The Straits Times, 24 February 1959
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Title Section22 1959-02-24 1 AVERAGE lIAII.V I HIM lll> SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Nad" 1 1 Estd. 1845. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1959 15 CENTS22 words
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Article1443 1959-02-24 1 PRINCE SPEAKS AT BRILLIANT STATE DINNER "Singapore will flourish under new management' Future depends on liberty, stability SINGAPORE, Mon. Prince Philip told the people of Singapore tonight that "the tremendous development" of the island and its unique position as a centre of trade and commerce depended1,443 words
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Article, Illustration669 1959-02-24 1 SINGAPORE. Monday MORE than 30,000 spectators converged on the padang this evening to see a rally by 7,500 boys and girls who gave Prince Philip a memorable introduction to Singapore's multi-racial cultures. The padang, dappled by the waning evening sun, was a rippling669 words
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Article46 1959-02-24 1 WASHINGTON. Mon—President Eisenhower paid his fourth visit today to Mr. j John Foster Dulles at the Walter Reed Hospital. Mr. Eisenhower went to the hospital after talks with Mr. Christian Herter, who is acting as secretary of state for Mr. Dulles— Reuter.Reuter - 46 words
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Article33 1959-02-24 1 LONDON. Mon. A new radar system covering all air I traffic movements over Britain is to be set up Jointly by the R.A.F. and the Ministry of Civil Aviation— Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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174 1959-02-24 1 - SINGAPORE. Mon.— At his request and tv the surprise and anxiety of h's security officer^ Prince Philip was taken on a tour of Chinatown tonijtht. in. Prince expressed bis wish to s> the Chinese quarter of the city at night after174 words
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Article65 1959-02-24 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will start his election campaign with a tour of North Johore. He will address rallies at Pontian and Batu Pahat on March 4 and at Muar the next day. On March 6 he will speak at65 words
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Article127 1959-02-24 1 SINGAPORE, Monday A QUARREL led to the stabbing of a 16-year-old student, Lim Koon Seng, on a hillock off Chin Swee Road today. Lim died three hours later in the General Hospital. Divisional police combed the hill and recovered a dagger believed to have been127 words
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Article31 1959-02-24 1 CANBERRA Mon. Unemployment in Australia Is at its highest level for 10 years with two per cent of the labour force of about four million out of work.— Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article175 1959-02-24 1 Man jumps on Royal car SINGAPORE, Mon.— Six policemen grappled with a man who Jumped on to the Governor's Rolls Royce minutes after Prince Philip had alighted from it at the Victoria Memorial Hall here tonight. A large crowd, waiting to catch a glimpse of the Prince on his way175 words
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Article24 1959-02-24 1 CYPRUS DECISION LONDON. Mon —Cyprus will become independent republic before Feb. 19 next year, it was announced here. Reuter. (See P. 3)Reuter - 24 words
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Article21 1959-02-24 1 HONG KONO. Mon— More than 100 people have been prosecuted for fir/works offences during the Chines* New Year celebrations.—Reuter.Reuter - 21 words
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89 1959-02-24 2 PRINCE RECEIVES ORCHIDS FOR QUEEN SINGAPORE, Mon. A bunch of Singapore's tamous orchids was presented to Prince Philip for the Queen at the State dinner given in his honour at the Victoria Memorial Hall. A basket, tied with a red-white-and-blue ribbon held about 25 blooms of Dendrobiums grown in the89 words
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Article31 1959-02-24 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. Curt Jurgens. the film star, flew into Singapore today with his wife from Hong Kong where he has been on location filming, Ferry to Hong Kong.31 words
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142 1959-02-24 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. Top police officers rushed to the grounds of St. Xndrew's Cathedral here today when an 11 a.m. explosion injured six people. Including four children. They arrived within minutes. The scene of the explosion was just a stone's throw from the City142 words
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Article, Illustration465 1959-02-24 2 'Poly' opening, garden party today 's events SINGAPORE, Mon. Tomorrow, the last day of Prince Philip's visit, will be highlighted by the official opening of the Singapore Polytechnic and the garden party at Government House. In the morning Prince Philip will spend most of his time at the Naval Base.465 words
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Article34 1959-02-24 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Mr. Ng Chen? Bok. president of the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce, will give a talk to members of the Johore Bahru Rotary Club tomorrow on the Jaycees movement.34 words
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Article47 1959-02-24 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. In the magistrate's court to* day Kong Chang was fined $200 for failing to declare i<> the Customs on arrival from Singapore that he had a new wrist watch on which duty payable was $11.25. The watch was confiscated.47 words
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Article37 1959-02-24 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Ramakri.shna Mission here ,> organising a food and fun fair In aid of the Boy.s" Horn at the Indian Associations grounds In Balestler Road, next Sunday, trom 11 a.m. to 7 pm.37 words
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237 1959-02-24 2 DIVER FLUNG TO SEA BED AS ROPES RAISING PITHO SNAP SINGAPORE, Mon A Royal Navy diver crashed to the bottom of the Keppel Harbour narrows when two of the four pontoons being used to salvage tht- sunken tug Pitho broke loose last night and shot out of the water. He237 words
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214 1959-02-24 2 SINGAPORE. Monday. /CRIMINAL gangs struck at various parts of the island last night as police resources were strained to the utmost to ensure the success of the Royal visit here. Nearly $4,000 in cash and valuables went into underworld coffers and four persons were214 words
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Article, Illustration232 1959-02-24 2 CAPTIVE EUROPEAN' GIVES MESSAGE TO FREE SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, Monday. A "CAPTIVE European" is in- Singapore with a message for its free citizens. He is Mr. Jozsef Kovago, vice-chairman of the Assembly of Captive European Nations. Mr. Kovago. 46, was Mayor of Budapest when it revolted agaiiut Hungarian Communists and Russian232 words
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Miscellaneous32 1959-02-24 2 THE GAMBOLS by Barry Appleby s^~Z^ I /it* JUST wuat iVe\ fI DO LIW6 OWN LOOUIN6 COC /"ano EXACTLY tub 1 1 soMeruiNG AWPUL Z CK2H4T OOLOUC AND V* UAPPCNS OH J32 words
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Article385 1959-02-24 3 REJOICING IN THE STREETS OF NICOSIA-AND SHOUTS OF 'EOKA! 1 NICOSIA, Monday. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT yesterday closed all its detention camps in Cyprus, setting free more than 900 detainees. The mass releases, following: the signing of the tripartite agreement on the island's future last week,Reuter - 385 words
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63 1959-02-24 3 New bid to settle U.K.-Egypt cash talks CAIRO, Mon. Mr. Eugene Black, president of the World Bank. arrived here last night to make a fresh bid to settle differences which have delayed the signing of the Anglo Egyptian financial agreement. Mr. Black's mediation led to the initialling of the agreement63 words
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Article17 1959-02-24 3 BELFAST: Police discovered an abandoned I.R.A. dug-out fitted with bunks "nd stocked with explosives in County Londonderry.17 words
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Article22 1959-02-24 3 HAVANA: Three men were wounded in a gun battle between police and supporters of ex-President Fulgencio Batista barricaded in a house here.22 words
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Article29 1959-02-24 3 MANILA: Lt.-Gen. Manuel Cabal, armed forces chief, will head the Philippines delegation to the 10th Seato military advisers.' conference In Wellington (New Zealand) from April 2 to 4. w29 words
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Article28 1959-02-24 3 PORT OP SPAIN (Trinidad): Walt Disney is planning to make a $5,000.--000 film of the book "The Swiss Family Robinson" on the island of Tobago later this year.28 words
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Article25 1959-02-24 3 LONDON: Turkish Premier Adnan Menderes, who was involved In an air crash on his arrival last week, will leave a London clinic for home tomorrow.25 words
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Article21 1959-02-24 3 MELBOURNE: More than 350 people in a crowd of 70,000 collapsed from heat exhaustion while listening to a Billy Graham sermon.21 words
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Article26 1959-02-24 3 CALCUTTA: Twenty-five men were feared killed after about 800 tons of molten steel spilled over work ers at the Indian Iron and Steel Company at Bunipur.26 words
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Article18 1959-02-24 3 HANOI: M 6.41 Vietnam's President Ho Chl-minh will leave on Feb. 26 for a lUday visit to Indonesia18 words
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Article17 1959-02-24 3 JAKARTA. Mon. Hu^e floods have swept Bandoeng. West Java, destroying 300 houses. Antara reported.—Reuter.Reuter - 17 words
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Article49 1959-02-24 3 TOKYO. Mon. The Tokyo Rubber Exchange said today it would start trading in R.S.S No 1 from next Monday. The Kobe Rubber Exchange. Western Japan, has also made the same decision. At present trading in the two exchanges is limited u> R.S.S Nc 3. ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article50 1959-02-24 3 TOKYO, Mon. Police today confirmed that five people were slightly Injured during a clash last night in Osaka, western Japan, between two groups of Koreans One favoured Japan's decision to return Korean residents in Japan to North Korea and the other opposed the decision. Reuter.Reuter - 50 words
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Article304 1959-02-24 3 LONDON. Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: RUBBER LONDON. Mon Spot W%i. March 25 '.d April-June 25 »d.. July-Sept 25\d.. Oct -Dec. 55 .d.. Jan-Marrli 25 T ,d March c.l.f. 2S«vd.. April c.l.f. 25', d. Tone: Steady. TIN LONDON304 words
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Article, Illustration53 1959-02-24 3 THE MAYOR of \V'est Berlin, Mr. Willy Brandt, receives a bouquet of flowers from smiling Kimono-clad Japanese actress Izumt Ashikawa on his arrival in Tokyo for a three-day visit to Japan. Mr. Brandt is on a round-the-world trip during which he is spending two weeks inUPI - 53 words
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352 1959-02-24 3 Mac, Khrushchev talk I for 2 hours on I world affairs MOSCOW, Monday. THE British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan, and the Soviet Prime Minister, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, this morning met at a Kremlin conference and talked for more than two hours on world questions. Later, a Soviet Foreign MinistryReuter - 352 words
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154 1959-02-24 3 SHEEPSKIN HAT WORN BY MAC CAUSES A SENSATION LONDON, Mon.— The white sheepskin hat which Mr. Harold Macmillan, the Premier, wore on his arrival in Moscow on Saturday i 9 the talk of British male fashion circles. Tomorrow it tops the bill at the Men's Wear Fair at Earl's CourtReuter - 154 words
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Article46 1959-02-24 3 TURIN. Mon.- A three-year-old girl, Brunetta Visentini, died here when she fell into a cauldron of boiling milk being made into buttermilk curd. A 60-year-old woman suffered burns on the arms when she tried unsuccessfully to lift the girl out. Reuter.Reuter - 46 words
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Article117 1959-02-24 3 SYDNEY. Mon.— The Sydney Probate Court today declared that a man who was "missing. presumed dead" was officially ally* again. A businessman. Norman Harold Hopkins. disappeared in 1949 and was missing for seven years. In his affidavit, read in the court today, he said heReuter - 117 words
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Article33 1959-02-24 3 PARIS. Mon France will begin launching a series of rockets from her guided missiles testing range at Colomb Bechar, in the Sahara on Wednesday, the French Defence Ministry said today. Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article79 1959-02-24 3 BLANTYRE, Mon. One African was killed and at least 50 other people injured yesterday when renewed rioting broke out in Blantyre and nearby Limbe, Nyasaland. More than 30 people were arrested in the rioting in the two towns and in a number of other centres throughout Nyasaland'sReuter - 79 words
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Article26 1959-02-24 3 TOKYO. Mon— North Korea declared today that the proposed U.S.-Pakistan military pact would be a "new menace to peace and security in Asia."— U.P.l.26 words
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Article24 1959-02-24 3 JAKARTA. Mon. The Indonesian Parliament has passed a law ending the State salt monopoly and allowing private companies to manufacture salt.— Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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Article57 1959-02-24 3 JAKARTA. Mon.— Thieves raided the homes of wives of two of Indonesia's leaders on the same night and made oil with big hauls. They took about $2,550 from the horr.e of Mrs. Fatmi wati Soeka.no, first wife of Pr?siu*!V; Soekarno. and hkuc? I .'rcm Mrs. Suwlrjo.Reuter - 57 words
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Article302 1959-02-24 3 MIFF TO ROCKET SHIPS LONDON, Mon. The British Navy has or- dered four new guided missile destroyers with entirely novel steamgas turbine propulsion that will enable them to leave harbour instantly without steam up in emergency or immediately double their engine power at sea. This was disclosed today I:i aReuter - 302 words
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Article42 1959-02-24 3 NICOSIA. Mon. -Air Marshal William Mac Donald. C-ln-C of the R.A.F. In the I Middle East, wounded hlmI self In the leg while starting a cross-country race yesteri day. The Air Marshal sulfered a grazed leg.— U.P.l.42 words
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Article, Illustration467 1959-02-24 4 The day begins with a tour of R.A.F., Army establishments /tie iioyal\ VISIT: \SECOiD iky GOWN ENABLES Mr. CHAN'S ANCESTORS TO SHARE HIS BIG MOMENT HE IS GARLANDED ON FIRST VISIT TO HIS OWN GURKHA RIFLES ON BLAKANG MATI FRINCE PHILIP smil.s as he is greeted with a traditional Chinese467 words
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Article, Illustration777 1959-02-24 4 5 packed hours for Philip with the services SINGAPORE, Mon. Prince Philip spent the first five and a half hours of his packed programme today with the Army and the RAF. The Prince showed no signs of strain from yesterday's strenuous day when he set out from Government House in777 words
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Advertisement85 1959-02-24 5 EVERY DISH DESERVES THIS DELIGHTFUL FLAVOUR! TIEN CHU\/E~|SIN Jm GOURMET W \~f Jh POWDKR Wj^^Jp^^^ Soup, meat, fish, vegetable^. in fact all loods lake on a new '"tasty" flavour with Ve-Tsin Made from high-grade wheat protein it's wonderfully nutritious too! HUP YICK COMPANY LIMITED CHINA NATIONAL FOODSTUFFS EXPORT CORPORATION. SINGAPORE85 words
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Article, Illustration118 1959-02-24 6 /the royal\ f VISIT: I \SECONB DAY/ HE MEETS THE COUNCILLORS AND HAS A PLEASANT 15 MINUTES WITH THEM JHE PRINCE tries Chinese tea (at left) at the City Hall reception. With him are the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan (back to camera)118 words
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451 1959-02-24 6 SINGAPORE, Mon. 0 Prince Philip had a most cordial reception at City Hall today from the Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Guan. despite the People's Action Party's decision not to attend (unctions arranged in honour of the Duke. Though his programme allowed451 words
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448 1959-02-24 6 SINGAPORE, Mon.— Prince Philip dined on "grand shark's Ans" and that Singapore speciality, roast suckling pig. at a Chinese dinner in his honour given by the Chief Minister. Tun Lim Yew Hock. at the Victoria Memorial Hall tonigbt The royal 12-course Cantonese448 words
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Article, Illustration125 1959-02-24 7 Three pictures showing Prince Philip and the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, enjoying themselves ot the youth rally yesterday Straits Times pictures LEFT: Prince Philip waves to cheering spectators from a Land Rover during his inspection tour at the mammoth youth rally on the125 words
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Miscellaneous48 1959-02-24 7 Carmen A Co. By Ma% The Saint By Leslie Charteris Dick Tracy By Chester Gould J'-'ST" f YES, NO MOTO? YES, f HAVE YOU EVEP"\/' WHAT ME-? I JUST YOU, TROUBLE? v VCXftTE I MAOC A PARACHUTE I DOVtX) r^as^ggg^asH *^r|^n i®^)^^ £j|?V££?*A==!£ Taraan By Edgar Rivv Burroughs48 words
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Article36 1959-02-24 8 20 Worit tit (Minimum). TAN KIM KEE Family Thank Rev. Lav Teik Oqn. all relatives and friends for their wreaths, Assistance Rendered, and those who attended the funeral of his beloved father Tan Ah Chew.36 words
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649 1959-02-24 8 The Straits Times Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1959. The Guided Democrats Little by little the big decisions in Indonesia are emerging. In January there was agreement between President Soekarno and the Indonesian Cabinet on the representation of "functional groups" in the future Indonesian parliament. The possibility of agreement with the political649 words
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Article286 1959-02-24 8 Leaders of the MCA. have resolved their views on the party's new constitution. They have ag eed tha* Singapore M.C.A. should continue as a branch of the parent body in the Federation. The revised constitution is not to be enforced until after the Federal elections. Beyond286 words
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Article215 1959-02-24 8 So many recruits of good quality are today coming forward to join the Federation Armed Forces that a high proportion have to be turned away. An even more encouraging feature is the response by Chinese youths. It was not very long ago that the introduction of national215 words
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Article, Illustration1158 1959-02-24 8 THE ICE IN THE COLD WAR IS BREAKING UP Big power attitudes may become less rigid KUALA I I MPI K ANE cannot write of v the international situation without expressing sympathy •for Mr. Dulles, for no man ever served his country with more devotion or approached his task with1,158 words
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Article705 1959-02-24 8 WALTER DAVIES - WALTER DAVIES by LONDON. JOHN PAIKES knelt before a hushed, packed House of Commons and humbly apologised. He was solemnly admonished and sent to prison. The date was 1728. His offence was reporting a Parliamentary speech, which most members of the House of Commons disapproved of.Reuter - 705 words
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Letter152 1959-02-24 8 YOUR editorial on the recent decision of the Singapore Government to act on its promise to place Normal trained teachers on equal footing with other teachers In the service over-simplifies the Issue. It is not a reasonable solution, but the removal of a fundamental inequity In152 words
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Letter102 1959-02-24 8 MAY I ask the Chairman of the Rural Board what concrete steps are being taken to save the residents of Serangoon Garden Estate the agony they have to undergo every morning. There Is at present a rough road which Joins Cardiff grove to Braddell Road. It102 words
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Letter109 1959-02-24 8 SOLDIERS of the Federation Army are now seen using what Is known as the Armed Forces Maintenance Corps hats. These soldiers look so pathetic that I am reminded of the criticism made of the ridiculous headgear worn by our policeman a few years ago. At109 words
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Article, Illustration76 1959-02-24 9 THIS was the scene at the glittering state dinner given in honour of Prince Philip by the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, at Victoria Memorial Hall last night. At the horse-shoe shaped main table, tastefully decorated with orchids and the red white and blue76 words
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Article460 1959-02-24 9 •fr From Page Seven before his arrival fainted just before he came. So too did two of the spectators. The Prince then made a grand inspection from a Land Rover. Standing with one hand on a railing for balance and the other casually behind his460 words
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149 1959-02-24 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. A religious school teacher, whose wife is alleged to have "obstructed" his divorce proceedings, denied strenuously in a court today that he had at the time of his marriage made a solemn promise that he would make her "happy and149 words
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309 1959-02-24 9 INSPECTOR: I WAS BITTEN AND HIT by RAF WIFE SINGAPORE, Monday. A SENIOH Harbour Board policeman told a court today that a woman, wife of an R.A.F. officer, called him "ugly-faced," hit him on the nose and bit him on the arm when he tried to arrest her last December.309 words
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323 1959-02-24 9 SINGAPORE, Mon.— The Exposition Committee today assured the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing. Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. that no insult or discrimination was ever Intended when his wife, Datin Kartini. was not given a seat in the exposition hall323 words
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Article, Illustration141 1959-02-24 9 SHY Mr. SHA W WROTE PRINCE'S HYMN Mon. Everyone was curious when, at the evensong service attended by Prince Philip at St. Andre w's Cathedral yesterday, a hymn written in his honour was sung. It was the "Hymn for Seafarers but no we could name the author of the four-lined141 words
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302 1959-02-24 10 Leaders of Lib-Socs, SPA in poll pact talks NO DEFINITE DECISION REACHED YET SINGAPORE, Monday INFORMAL talks aimed at reaching an underderstanding in the coming general elections have been going on between leaders of the Singapoi^ People's Alliance and the Liberal Socialist Party. Political observers today said that while a302 words
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Article, Illustration99 1959-02-24 10 A MALAYAN TOPS THE ACCOUNTANCY EXAM LIST A STUDENT from Johore Bahru. Inche Salleh Yusof (above), who was awarded a Colombo Plan scholarship to study accountancy in Perth, topped the Australian list in commercial and miscellaneous law in the examl--nations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He was also first99 words
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Article21 1959-02-24 10 KOTA BHARU. Mon.-In-che Abu Bakar bin Ahmad Alhmady has teen elected chairman of the Padang Garong Old Students' Association21 words
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Article41 1959-02-24 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A coroner's five-man jury today returned a verdict of misadventure at the Inquest on Ong Thiam. 43. who was tound dead on Dec. 28 at Woodbridge Hospital. Ong was presumed to have had a fall.41 words
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118 1959-02-24 10 SINGAPORE IS A GOOD RANK FILM MARKET SINGAPORE. Mon. Singapore is one of the best film markets. Mr. R. M. D. Odger. general manager of J. Arthur Rank Overseas Film Distributors, who is surveying local conditions, told a Press conference today. He said that the Rank Organisation Is making more118 words
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208 1959-02-24 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. William Bailey, a I Post Office employee, suspected infidelity when his wife gave birth to a fourth child which did not resemble him. the High Court was told today. He petitioned for divorce on the grounds of his wife's adultery. Bailey208 words
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Article60 1959-02-24 10 SINGAPORE. Mon— Billy Quek Choon Hock, a War Department clerk, who sued his wife. Annie Goh Chio Tee. for divorce on the ground of desertion, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Chua today. The decree is to be made absolute in three months. The couple60 words
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429 1959-02-24 10 CINGAPORE, Mon. Two detectives stopped a taxi carrying dutiable tobacco and one of them asked a passenger for $4,000 but eventually accepted $300, the prosecution told a court today. Before the court were detectives Hassan bin Saiam and Omar bin Arshad facing two charges429 words
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Article52 1959-02-24 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Government today announced the area which will be prohibited to learner drivers during peak hours unless they are undergoing tests. The area is bounded by Tanjong Katons> Road. Paya Lebar Road, Bartley Road. Braddell Road. Thomson Road, Chancery Lane. Anderson Road, Tanglin Road and52 words
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Advertisement368 1959-02-24 10 A HHMI P 3 h^, now showing! tn\&2£ l "THE REMARKABLE MR. PENMYPACKER' ■^t sUrring Clifton Webb Dorothy McGuirr ("scopc-t'olor-Ko% 3^" -r Dl ||Cf MF.l'i Short: "MASTER FARMER" rLUO. ALSO AT ALL PERFORMANCES THE I ONLY OFFICIAL COMPLETE FILM OF THE SINfJAPORE jL k- CONSTITUTION EXPOSITION Cathay -Krrii). M NEXT368 words
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Miscellaneous508 1959-02-24 10 Todays Singapore diary.- SINGAPORE CONSTITUTION i YMCA: Bodybuilding, weight- COSPS: Life saving class at FarEXPOBITION at the former Kal- lifting 4 p.m Malay civil service rer Park pool 5 pm lang 'lrport site, 6 p.m. to 11.30 exam Prep Std. II Judo (begin- VIKING YOUTH CLl'B: Table p.m. ners) 5.30508 words
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Article, Illustration1497 1959-02-24 11 COLOUR AND CHARM ALTHOUGH women are obviously reserving their most striking clothes A for today's garden party, dressing at the Royal functions so far has been quite impressive though Eastern fashions have so far outshone Western ones by their colour and glitter. Only a small1,497 words
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Advertisement223 1959-02-24 11 The Only Chocolate b_~tl\ i3^~?^— r> 31 —lEaiC*''' B^Br^ _A "•IMfc^" r^^*fr v jSmSk-- B^l b_t9 *w :a__. i H Ilk. B_T^ ''5* ttf Hf j^?^"' -a)» BJBW^jffi*— Dri^k^gttM^xes ._J^ _P_M_l __k v _^fIKjHX l Vf**t _H ifl__l a_y__C H b_______^ S| v _^Br_r 4_!_s _Ml _^b_> _(^___i ___r f-223 words
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Advertisement220 1959-02-24 11 ST_z_osr_D ON YOTTR OWN TWO FEET Make up your. own mind about Tampax I Don't wait for someone else to come and lead you by the hand you're not that kind of person. You like to be first with new fashions and new ideas. V. hat's keeping you from trying220 words
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Miscellaneous310 1959-02-24 11 I 25 Flawing out turbulently at Straits Times Crossword oMmai Vo 9 i N I^ _H~~~__f~~B__A~l d qUeen ttle s s ll0) _BB_BR —J— L -_mh_ _H— pH|— JHL— J i<n a I B| 1 1 3 Even George Washington I I I BM would lie Uius (8). S« In)310 words
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432 1959-02-24 12 TIN PRICE REMAINS UNCHANGED WHILE OFFERINGS DECLINE By Our Maiket Correspondent (ill the tin price in Singapore yesterday ceased its advance for the iir>t time for eight days it remained unchanged at' $402.87* per picul. This caused some further surprise in view of the International Tin Council's decision to increase432 words
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Article33 1959-02-24 12 SINGAPORE. lII*. Mm RUBBER: 861 rrnts per lb. (down threeeiajhths of a cent). TIN: $4*2.87 1 p«r pi. ul (unchanged). Estimated unofficxal offering; 110 tons (down 5 tons). I ppppppppppi— pip^pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppippppppppppppppppppp-p^pppp-33 words
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Article452 1959-02-24 12 The Malayan Share Broken' Association reported yesterday: "Industrials were steadier at the lower levels. There was selective support for tins and rubbers with small price improvemen*. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported thr followlne; bustness up to 3.38 p.m.: Fed. Dispensary Si. lo and $1.11;452 words
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Article24 1959-02-24 12 Malayan Share Market: Feb. 23 Feb. 21 Industrials: 86.39 86.45 Tins: 97.44 97.27 Rubbers (f): 113.68 113.31 Jan. 1 19&8 3 IM.24 words
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Article153 1959-02-24 12 March first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday a*. 86 cents per lb.. down three-eighths of a cent on Friday's closing price. The closing tone was dull. Closing prior* in cents per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.B.S. Spot f.o.b buyers 85 Si. sellers 85153 words
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Article130 1959-02-24 12 Ship* lying alongside the Singapore Harboor Board wharre* or expected today are: Oranje 1/2, City of Brooklyn 4/5. Benarty 6A State of Madras 6/7, Achilles 89. Benvrackle 10/11. Talcsang 13 14, Heemskerk 15/16. Bawean 18. Clydebank 19/20. Serdang N. Wall 2. Semantan N. Wall 3. Loksang 21/22, Talabot130 words
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Article113 1959-02-24 12 MELBOURNE, Mon. INVESTMENTS and minings A maintained a firm tone on the Btock Exchange here today, with Herald and Carltoo. both up 7d.. being the main move. Loans were firm Loans 3., 1956-59 £101 Os. 9d. Bank of NSW. £36 15s. Con. Zinc 79/- buyer Con. Tin 2/10113 words
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Article160 1959-02-24 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants I yesterday tall rates to $100): New York: buying airmail TT S3. O.D. 33 1/8. 90 d/st 33 5/16 credit bills. 33 7/16 trade bills. i Canada: buying airmail TT 32 3/16. O.D. 32160 words
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Article113 1959-02-24 12 Sinc.porr hinrsr Produce Exrhanajr noon prices per plcul ye»terday were: C«pr» quiet; UK/Continent February 'March M 2»» buyers. M3 1 sellers. Corona t all: quiet' bulk $63-, sellers, drum $67 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business ••as reported done. Muntok whlto IIU. Sarawak $147, special Barawak black $79. garbled113 words
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Advertisement498 1959-02-24 12 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Robert Lee Chee Klong is no longer in our employment as from 24th February 1959. ENGAGEMENT \mendmtnt To Advert Published on 22.2.51. KOH— MONTEIRO: Between Francis, son of Mrs. Koh Kong Leng and the late Mr. Koh Kong Leng and Eunice daughter of498 words
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Advertisement643 1959-02-24 12 NOTICES I NOTICE It Is hereby notified for General Information that the lpoh Town Council hearse will not be available from 24th February. 1959 to 7th March. 1959 due to repairs, i JAAFAR BIN MOHD. TAHA Chairman, lpoh Town Council L~ NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the engagement between643 words
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Advertisement765 1959-02-24 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are inwted for the post of Lecturer or Assistant Lecturer In Islamic Studies in the Muslim College Malaya. The person appointed is expected to lecture at University level. Further parti- 1 j culars obtainable from and appli- cations, ten copies, should be lodged with the Registrar. Muslim765 words
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Advertisement587 1959-02-24 12 NOTICES PERAK TURF CLUB A Branch Office of this Club has been opened at No. 15 Anson Road. TELUK ANSON, for the convenience of Members residing in Teluk Anson and Its environments. Ordinary Members. Subscribing Members and Day Members can purchase Unlimited Sweeps and Numbers Forecast through this Branch Office.587 words
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Advertisement1080 1959-02-24 12 "K LINE" Japan <s USA Pacific Atlantic Coast Service S'pof* P. Sham Ptnant, CTA HK £T» Hole CTA LA ETA N» "Mtfata Mara" lit call 1/11 Mai n Mai 12 Mat Mtm 1315 Mar II Mat 21 Mai 13 Aar 21 iir ■naamaw Mara" lit call (/It Aai 11/11 Aft1,080 words
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Advertisement1542 1959-02-24 13 Tel: X405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. i«» Mis (11 ims) (Incorpontad In Singapore (11 Han) THE BLUE FUNNEL LDfE SAILINGS TO LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON A CONTINENTAL PORTS 'Via Sail witl littltl tl prKtrt 111 Puma er Catt M Gttd Htpc, Cirrurs option to proctad vn otner ports to load md1,542 words
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Advertisement1216 1959-02-24 13 MdIIpMyUIJJhVrMWWTITpi EAST ASIATIC LIMES HOMEWARD SAILINGS FOI AMU, POWT SAIO, MUM, ANTWERP. MTTIMAM. AMSTERDAM. MEMIN, HAMMM, COPtHNACEN, MTHCNMM AM OSLO Sport P. Sham Penang -selaniia— a/a Frt a/27 Frt n/a fm "KINA" J/ I Mar 7/ IMM 'FAlSTBttr~ a 21 Mm 22/21 Mar 24/ a Mm •SIIOUSA"- 11 MM/ 41,216 words
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Advertisement1348 1959-02-24 13 ZZk THE BEN UNE STEAMERS LTD. Ttl a 7,, SINtAPOIE (laiMPMaaid n fjjt Mrtrt Kurtm) I LINES SAILINGS TO ADEN, UK t CONTINENTAL PORTS Sport P. Slum Panang BENCRUACNAN toi Ham., London. Rotterdam. M'bro IR Ptrt 24 Frt a/a Frt MNREOCH tor London. Rotterdam. a/a Ft* m Bremen. Hamburg 171,348 words
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Advertisement1349 1959-02-24 13 McALISTER «5c CO., LTD. teli m.i aai ■tf.aWIMAW LDfB KLAVENESS LINE IPNOON, NAVRE, ROTTtIDAM NAMOUM LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, and tor CinaOi md USA North Atlantic Porti SEATTLE, VANCOUVER I PORUANI CITY OP BMOCLYH Acctptiig cargi Hr Ctitral A SMk S'pon P. S'hm Ptntng Aaunci Gda.4-9/24 Frt 25/ a Frt1,349 words
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Article88 1959-02-24 14 1 Kodak 'Malaya) Ltd.. Singapore, has set up a new $50,000 laboratory for colour I printing and processing of Kodacolor film. The laboratory is equipped with the latest colour print. ing machine and processing equipment bought from the United States. Mr. W. F. Reinhardt, an official88 words
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312 1959-02-24 14 LOCAL BUYERS WAIT FOR ELECTIONS THE Singapore property market, which has already been hard hit by the trade recession, has been further affected by the political uncertainty created by the coming general elections, local real estate companies said yesterday. They said that buyers were holding back312 words
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Article, Illustration148 1959-02-24 14 Air France celebrates fortieth birthday AIR France, which will soon introduce jet aircraft, the Caravelle, on its short and me-dium-distance lines, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The company launched Its first successful commercial flight on February 8. 1919 with a Farman's twinengine aircraft named Goliath. The plane took148 words
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Article141 1959-02-24 14 Swiss buy most rubber from here MALAYA continues to be chief supplier of natural rubber to Switzerland. In December. Malaya exported 388 tons of rubber to Switzerland, out of the total Swiss purchases of 795 tons. Other Swiss suppliers of the commodity were the United States which sent 258 tons,141 words
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Article39 1959-02-24 14 Mr. Malcolm M. Millar, a general manager of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.. has been appointed to the board of the company. Mr. Millar was with the Singapore office of the company for several years.39 words
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Article, Illustration217 1959-02-24 14 A BRITISH silver polish manufacturer, J. God- dard and Sons Ltd., will soon export to Malaya its new polishing paste, which is claimed to contain chemical ingredients for quick removal of tarnish and rust. Mr. J. C. Thornton, director and chief chemist of217 words
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Article33 1959-02-24 14 Mr. H. Paterson, chairman and general manager of Riverview Rubber Estate Ltd., has been appointed a director of Buloh Akar Estates Ltd., in place of Mr. H. Scully, who has retired.33 words
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Article94 1959-02-24 14 THE newly appointed member of the board of the General Electric. Co. Ltd., London, the Hon. S. O. Catto, is arriving in Singapore on March 4 from Australia. Mr Catto who will be in Singapore until March 7, Is a director of Yule. Catto 1 and94 words
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200 1959-02-24 14 rE 12,500 ton ScheldtLloyd which arrived in Singapore last week on her maiden voyage is believed to be the heaviest-rigged freighter in the world today. Belonging to Royal Rotterdam Lloyd, the Schelde Lloyd carries two extraheavy loading booms of 120 tons each which200 words
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Article26 1959-02-24 14 Swissair has expanded its fleet by the addition of one DC-7C. one .DC-6B and one "Cargollner" DC-6A aircraft during last year.26 words
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Article, Illustration218 1959-02-24 14 TOHE first tanker in the world to exceed 100,000 A tons, the Universe Apollo, made her first call in Singapore on Sunday, dwarfing every other ship lying in the roads at the time. The vessel's gross tonnage is 104.520 tons. The218 words
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Advertisement350 1959-02-24 14 iiW Royal Blue Washat) e Soap and water washes every trace of Royal Blue Washable Quink from clothing and fingers. For safety Washable Quink. For permanence Permanent Quink. Quink is the only ink containing magic Solv-X which cleans and protects any pen. QUINK INK IS A PRODUCT OF VaV TME350 words
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Advertisement271 1959-02-24 14 The Problem Move 16,000,000 Yards of Rock,Morine Clay, again the answer was TtrestOftt Tyres In excavating the marine channel on Galop Island in the St. Lawrence Seaway, millions of yards of heavy boulder-strewn glacial till are being moved under the toughest haul road conditions. The Galop Island Project is well271 words
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228 1959-02-24 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. J'HE Malayan Cricket Association will hold a meeting here on Sunday to make arrangements for the visits of three Australian teams and the coaching tour of English Test opener Peter Richardson. The three visiting teams expected this228 words
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Article67 1959-02-24 15 WELLINGTON. Mon Mr. W. T. Tindill of Wellington, an umpire new to international cricket, has been appointed to stand in the First Test between New Zealand and England, which begins in Christchurch next Friday. Mr. Tindill. 48. played for New Zealand at Rugby and cricketReuter - 67 words
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Article68 1959-02-24 15 BRISBANE. Mon. Ray Lindwall, the 37-year-old Australian fast bowler, is now after the world record of 236 Test wickets held by England's Alec Bedser. Lindwall. who recently beat Clarrie Grimmett's Australian record of 216. is 17 wickets short of Bedser's total. He said today heReuter - 68 words
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Article, Illustration36 1959-02-24 15 SQUARE DEAL, with Bob Franklin up, winner of the second race at Penang on Saturday, provided the biggest upset ot the day, paying .$l6O and $33 on the tote. Straits Times picture.36 words
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Article222 1959-02-24 15 NEW YORK. Monday. rvEFENDING champion Dick Savitt and Davis v Cup ace Alex Olmedo yesterday reached the final in the United States indoor tennis championships. Olmedo easily beat Barry MacKay 6-2. 8-6. 6-4, and Savitt, who also won this tournament in 1952. scored a222 words
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Article147 1959-02-24 15 MADRAS. Mon.— Dattajirao Oaekwad, 30-year-old stylish right-hand batsman. wa.named here today as captain of the Indian cricket team to tour England this summer. Oaexwad toured England In 1952. playing In one Test and scored 852 runs with an average of 27.48 on the tripReuter - 147 words
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104 1959-02-24 15 SYDNEY, Mon.— Australia's first Empire Games gold medallist, Harold Hardwick, collapsed and died in Sydney last night. He was 69. As a member of the Australasian team, he won gold medals for swimming and boxing at the Games in 1911. The following year, at theReuter - 104 words
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Article58 1959-02-24 15 ADELAIDE. Mon.—Australian Test cricketer Neil Harvey, now playing for New South Wales after transferring from Victoria, has rejected an offer to go to Western Australia. Harvey said today a Perth businessman had offered him a job and a home to play for the state butReuter - 58 words
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103 1959-02-24 15 MELBOURNE, Mon. World mile record holder Herb Elliott wiH not run at the 1959 Australian athletics championships at Hobart, Tasmania, next weekend. Elliott told Mr. Harold McSweeney, manager of the Victorian team, of his decision today, but cave no reason apart from sayingReuter - 103 words
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Advertisement816 1959-02-24 15 Check Before Posting Replies to Box Numbers j j Utmost core should be taken when replying to box number ads. to use the CORRECT j NUMBER and Address to the 1 Sf roits Times, Times House, River Valley Rood, i Cash must be sant by rcgis- I tared post; Postal816 words
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Advertisement829 1959-02-24 15 ACCOMMODATION VACANT 20 Wordt Si (Min.)-Box St ct: txtrm. ROOMS IN QUIET Residential area off St. Michael's Road, Spore District 12 Furnished/Unfurnished, working girls, couples without children preferred. Apply 55 Jalan Taman for particulars, j NEWLY FURNISHED double/ single rooms, bathroom, H/C longbath M/S attached. V'dah. Best food (European) and829 words
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Advertisement853 1959-02-24 15 TUITION tt Word, Si (Him.)— Box St Ut. txtra. BALLROOM DANCING 3-nours! lessons given patiently systematically by expert. Individual atten--1 Uon. Success guaranteed Ghani's School of Dancing, 58-A, Jalan Besar (Spore). PRACTICAL COURSES In Dressmaking. Drafting Patterns making cutting, draping, fittings. Dressmaking Maria Academy (London Diploma) 373 North Bridge Road.853 words
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Advertisement863 1959-02-24 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE M Word, SS (Ml*.)— Box it ct, txtrm. LATE 1956 SIMCA Aronde excellent condition, regularly serviced Insurance December 1959. $3,000 0.n.0. 253 Buktt Tlmah Road Singapore after 1 p.m. 1956 BOROWARD STATION Wagon recently overhauled, five new tyres, comprehensive Insurance June, paintwork and condition excellent. Apply Phone863 words
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Advertisement673 1959-02-24 15 MISCELLANEOUS }0 W»,d, Si (Him.) So* St ct*. mxtrm. HOME MADE Chinese. Indonesian, Malayan Food, Monthly j Payments, at District 16. For further particulars apply Box A 6430. B.T. SALES A SERVICE Outboard Motors Lawn Mowers and Weighing Machines. Chop Kirn Seng Cheong, 103 Havelock Road, Singapore Phone *****/*****. CHENG673 words
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Article130 1959-02-24 16 ADELAIDE. Mon. Tesi A batsman Les Favell and his opening partner. Gavin Stevens, figured in a back-to-the-wall unbroken stand of 79 for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match here today to temporarily stave off I defeat by New South Wales Favell hit 52 not out130 words
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Article, Illustration531 1959-02-24 16 FIRDIE SALAHUDDIN - FIRDIE SALAHUDDIN STATHAM AND LOADER TELL OF CAR CRASH DRAMA By STRUGGLE WITH JAMMED DOOR AS PETROL ESCAPES Singapore, Monday |£NGLAND fast bowlers Brian Statham and Peter Loader flew into Singapore thi> morning and said "We're lucky to be alive." Statham and Loader, who531 words
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Article, Illustration261 1959-02-24 16 'Joke' turns out to be golf's big surprise By LIM KEE CHAN SINGAPORE, Mon. When 15-year-old Phillip Sim, a Form Three student of Anglo Chinese School, told his father, Mr. Sim Teng Boon, a Singapore businessman and racehorse owner, that he was entering for the Duffers Cup golf competition of261 words
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238 1959-02-24 16 CINOAPORB, Mon. Only students under 20 years of age who are attending schools or universities will be eligible to play in the inaugural Junior Asian Cup soccer competition which will be held In Kuala Lumpur in April. The age limit will date up to238 words
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80 1959-02-24 16 OWNERS NOW FREE TO BUY HORSES AS SRA LIFTS BAN PENANG, Mon. —Straits Racing Association has now lifted all restrictions concerning new importations. All new importations may now be placed in any class at the discretion of the handicapper, and there will be no age limit on any horse to80 words
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Article296 1959-02-24 16 SAUL JOSHUA - SAUL JOSHUA By Singapore, Monday rpHE Singapore Amateur Football Association A wants to find out if the terms offered by the British Council to the F.A. of Malaya for a Malayan coach to visii Britain are as earlier reported. The F.A.M. has been told296 words
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Article152 1959-02-24 16 'We will invite Brown to coach' GINOAPORE, Mon. Sin- gapore Amateur Football Association will invite Mr. Hughie Brown to join its panel of coaches. Mr. Soh Ghee Soon. S.A F.A president, said today. Mr. Soh said that the invitation will be made this week. Brown, a qualified British coach and152 words
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Article79 1959-02-24 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. Cambodia have sent a cable to the Singapore Amateur Football Association to say that they will not take part in the Asian Cup central zone matches to be staged in Singapore in May. Slam also will not be competing. Of the seven countries eligible to79 words
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Article54 1959-02-24 16 LEICESTER. Mon.—Nottingham Forest beat Birmingham City by five goals to nil in their English Football Association Cup fifth round second replay here today. Nottingham will meet Dolton Wanderers or Preston North End in the next round. Bolton and Pres- ton are meeting in their i second replayReuter - 54 words
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Article60 1959-02-24 16 SINGAPORE. Mon.—Pemuda Bawean Singapura. the "A" division champions, will meet Setla Jaya S.C., the "B" division champions, in the final of the Singapore Malay Football Association junior league soccer competition on Feb. 28 at Jalan Besar at 5.15 p.m. The competition is for the McGregor Watt Shield. In60 words
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Article75 1959-02-24 16 2 DATS LEFT TO ENTER BIG WALK You have two days left to enter the Free Press Walk. Entries close tomorrow at 4 o.m. The Walk this year presents the most mixed field ever to contest a sporting event locally. Valuable prizes are to be won in this 14^-mile trek75 words
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272 1959-02-24 16 Cowdrey hits a > sparkling century rjUNEDIN, Mon. A 11 sparkling century by Colin Cowdrey (115); and another stylish innings by Peter May (97) helped M.C.C. to gain a first innings lead of 251 over Otago on the second day of the three-day match here today. a M.C.C. who lostReuter - 272 words
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Advertisement668 1959-02-24 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. \T YOUR SERVICE Wordt Mo f Minimum). Ihulm 1 month. Jo Word, UJ$ (Mtm.) PHOTOSTATS BY POTOMATIC— 2O7IO. PLAN Prlntlnt? trom Tracings Putomatlc— 2o7lo RENT-A-CAR Irom Evernne Co.. 519 Serangoou Road, Tel: ***** LIFE 1 PROCESSES COLOUR Film li> 48 hours Telephone *****. Singapore RELIABLE NORD MENDES' Available668 words
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Advertisement132 1959-02-24 16 SKY THEATRE "present's" I ~jZr<flL^few *> 'FANTASTIC m^* 1 2 d WEEI f ■|B i 00 A S#. \oml- g Mss* O^S John Calvert "Tp^SPv FANTASY j jf STAGE Extrovoganzo come to Singapore Bj 1 2-HOUR SUPER MAGIC SHOW FEATURING WPL jl B ■PI LIT A CORRALES I VC^fl AND132 words
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Miscellaneous42 1959-02-24 16 j SOCCER: SGS.F.A. Div. J— Education v Prisons. Kallang. Inter-school Oan Eng Seng v A.C.S.. Anson Road. Friendly— Jollllads v S.C.C.. padang. BASKETBALL: In er-school tournament iLee Slow Mong Cup) —Victoria v Boys' Town: Dunman Chinese v Chung Cheng, S.Y.S.C. (5.15 p.m.).42 words
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Article, Illustration2184 1959-02-24 1 VINCENT NG - Polytechnic opening marks a new phase in the history of Singapore VINCENT NG BY $8 MILLION HAS SO FAR BEEN SPENT ON BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT TO TRAIN TECHNICIANS OF TOMORROW THE DAYS are over in Singapore when education ists and employers need complain of a dearth ot young men seeking2,184 words
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Advertisement46 1959-02-24 1 .iillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllii. The Singapore Polytechnic Department of Commerce was supplied with FRIDEN AUTOMATIC CALCULATOR BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE BURROUGHS AUTOMATIC BILLING MACHINE by BORNEO-SUMATRA TRADING CO. (M) LTD. (Business Machines Dept.) 5 Ngee Ann Building, 270 Pudu Road Orchard Road, Kuala Lumpur Singapore. Tel: *****. Tel: *****. 146 words
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Advertisement45 1959-02-24 1 BORNEO MOTORS Automobile and Agricultural Engineers have great pleasure in extending their warmest congratulations on the opening of the SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC by H. R. H, The Duke of Edinburgh and welcome this great step forward in higher educational facilities for the benefit of our city45 words
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Article, Illustration629 1959-02-24 2 The man with a myriad interests who gave up all for the poly Singapore Government appoints him the first chairman of the Board of Governors MR. LIONEL CRESSON, J.P., 0.8. E., A.M.I.CH. E,. A.1.R.1.5c., AJ.R.I.Tech., was appointed the first chairman of the Board of Governors of the Polytechnic in January629 words
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Advertisement171 1959-02-24 2 SINGAPORE STEEL WELDED MESH MANUFACTURE CO. 171, Paya Lebar Road, Singapore. Tel: ***** We offer our congratulations and best wishes to THE SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC on their official opening. We supplied and constructed their frontal grill and gate. We are also suppliers of the following: Steel Welded Mesh Chain link Mesh171 words
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Article, Illustration655 1959-02-24 3 VINCENT NG BOON HEAN - The lean and literate head of the Po1y. VINCENT NG BOON HEAN BY MR. DAVID J. WILLIAMS, M.A., B.Sc, F.R.I.C-, FR-SX, principal of the Singapore Polytechnic, is a man of ideas and has great insight into the role of the college in Singapore. In his calm ul ruffled manner, looking655 words
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Advertisement28 1959-02-24 3 The Builder of Singapore Polytechnic f i v v -*v s > LOKE HONG KEE Civil Engineers and Contractors 189 CLEMENCEAU AVENUE SINGAPORE 9. T ***** Telegraphic Address "CIVILCON"28 words
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Advertisement107 1959-02-24 3 The Tools of your business are our business fy MONROE J APDING AND CALCULATING MACHINES I k POSTAL FRANKIN^t; Udll 111 Eflj MACHINES H and do the job properly DQ\IEO^^E9 ROaINSOM SINGAPORE TEL. 3231k I 1C r^| U* KUAL* LUMPUB |»OH PCNANQ UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated in Hie Colony of107 words
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Article, Illustration154 1959-02-24 4 IT COVERS A FANTASTIC DIVERSITY OF SUBJECTS THE PICTURES on this page are a sample of the fantastic diversity ot subjects covered in the Polytechnic. They are also a shrewd comment on the times in which we live. For this is the age of the guided154 words
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Article, Illustration5 1959-02-24 4 BOOKS... AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE TOO5 words
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Advertisement259 1959-02-24 4 Congratulations tn I SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC S LIFTS I I and ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS I 1- I HARRISONS LISTER ENGINEERING LTD 1-SCHINDLER LIFTS I ATLAS LIGHTING FITTINGS I ENGLISH ELECTRIC! SWITCHGEAR ENFIELD I CMA CABLES HORSTMANN TIME SWITCHES gi Consult us on your elevator ami electrical installation problems j^j I HARRISONS LISTER259 words
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Advertisement120 1959-02-24 4 THE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO., LTD. suppliers to The Polytechnic of a Dennison 50 ton testing machine, Carl Zeiss Optical Equipment and Gallenkamp Laboratory Ware. Wish The Singapore Polytechnic every success on this the day of their official openiml. SANITARY WATER PROOF INSTALLATION ROOFING By By TONG NAM TONG NAM CONTRACTORS120 words
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