The Straits Times, 24 June 1959

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    17 1 AVinACE DAILY CEBTIIIKH SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1959 15 CENTS
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    GOVT. JOBS 'FROZEN'
    489 1 Another step to reduce that $14 million deficit Vacant posts not to be filled unless. SINGAPORE, Tues. —The Government has decided to "freeze" all new appointments, the Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, announced tonight. A ntatfihenl issued by the Finance MinisIry today said: "No vacancies
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    Lock icon 'SATCHMO' HAS A HEART ATTACK
    65 1 'SATCHMO HAS A HEART ATTACK SPOLETO. Italy, Tues. Jazz trumpeter. Louis Armstrong. suffered a heart attack here early today. His condition was not immediately known. Armstrong had arrived here last night with his band to give a performance tomorrow at the current "Festival of Two Worlds". Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, one
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    Lock icon Mac hopes for summit
    50 1 LONDON. Tues.— Mr HaT* old Macmlllan, Britain's. Prime Minister, said today he hoped the Foielgn Ministers conference, which would resume on July 13 at Geneva. would "lead to a meeting of heads of Government." Mr. Macmillan was answering a question in the House of Commons. Reuter.
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    FUCHS IS OUT—ON WAY TO BERLIN
    152 1 FUCHS IS OUT— ON WAY TO BERLIN LONDON, Tues. Dr. Klaus Fuchs, the British scientist who was jailed in 1950 for 14 years for giving nuclear secrets to Russia, boarded a Polish plane for East Berlin today shortly after being released from Wakefleld Prison, Yorkshire. The 48-year-old scientist was freed
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    AN ALL-JET PATH TO SINGAPORE
    191 1 AN ALL- JET PATH TO SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, Tuesday. OOAC/Qantas today announced that all their ser- vices to and through Singapore would be by Jet aircraft by November this year. The announcement was made by Mr. B. W Bampfylde, BOAC General Manager, Eastern Routes, at a press conference held at Airways
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    Lock icon More Socialist MP's out
    39 1 LONDON. Tues. Twelve more Labour Members of Parliament today withdrew their names from a Parliamentary motion protesting at the stockpiling of American controlled nuclear warheads in Britain. Eight others had previously withdrawn their names. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Polio report
    28 1 TAIPEH. Tues. Thirty cases of infantile paralysis. three of them fatal, have been reported in Keelung, Formosa's northern port, the Keelung Health Bureau said yesterday. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Millions out in big China floods patrol
    208 1 Millions out in big China floods patrol PEKING, Tuesday. \M ILLIONS of peasants were patrolling flood dykes and river banks in heavy rain in the South China Pearl River delta today which is under the threat of serious flooding. The New China News Agency reported that the province of Kwangtung
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    Actors to wed
    22 1 HONG KONG, Tues.—Hollywood actress Dorothy Malone and French actor Jacques Bergerac. gave notice of marriage at the registry here.
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    Lock icon Rebirth of empire, not decline—Mac
    161 1 Rebirth of empire, not decline Mac LONDON. Tues.— The Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Macmtllan. said last night that the British Empire was in the process of rebirth. He spoke at the annual dinner of the Australia Club. "We live in an age In which the voices of the croaker, the
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    Three injured as car hits two lamp-posts
    164 1 DEBRIS OVER WIDE AREA SINGAPORE, Tues. —In pouring rain, passing motorists tonight extricated three men who were trapped in a car which hit a lamp-post and then wrapped itself round another 75 yards away along Nicoll Highway here. The crash victims Ang Hong
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    NO RELIEF AID NOW FOR ALIENS
    99 1 NO RELIEF AID NOW FOR ALIENS SINGAPORE, Tues. Fresh applications for public assistance from persons who cannot "furnish evidence" that they are Singapore citizens, will no longer be entertained from tomorrow, the Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, announced today. Mr. Byrne added that in the case
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    Producer dies
    32 1 LOS ANGELES, Tues. Arch Selwyn, 82, who produced Broadway plays zuch as "Bittersweet" and "Private Lives" and co-founued the firm which became Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. died last Sunday In a private sanatorium.—UPJ.
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    Mists again
    29 1 SALISBURY, Tues.— Heavy mists, for the eighth year In a row, marred the Druids' annual sunrise ceremony at Stonehenge. the prehistoric circle of stones in Salisbury Plain.
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    Kipper in mail
    33 1 DUMFRIES. Scotland. Tues. —A 44-year-old Scottish lass who mailed a half decomposed kipper to her boyfriend to get even with him was fined £2 or 30 days In jail.— U.P.l.
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    CLERK AND TEACHER SACKED FOR FIGHTING AT SCHOOL
    157 1 CLERK AND TEACHER SACKED FOR FIGHTING AT SCHOOL SINGAPORE. Tues. A teacher and a clerk of a Government-aided Chinese School here were sacked today for fighting In the school premises. Revealing this, a spokesman for the Education Ministry told the Straits Times: "The school's principal came to us yesterday and
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    Jet pilot killed
    36 1 ADEN. Tues.— The pilot of a Royal Air Force Venom jet fighter on a Britain-East Africa ferry flight was killed when his aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from Khormaksar R.A.F. base in Aden.
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    Harrods sell out
    26 1 LONDON, Tues. The Directors of Harrods, the Queen's favourite department store, decided to sell out to the £56.000,000 De ben ham Store group.
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    ANOTHER BIG TEST OF STRENGTH
    140 1 ANOTHER BIG TEST OF STRENGTH ITOTA BHARU, Tues. 1Y —The attention of the whole country will be focussed on the Kelantan state election tomorrow after the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party's victory in Trengganu last week. The PMIP hopes to repeat its Trengganu success. Tomorrow the PMIP and the Alliance are contesting
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    30 1 PEACEMAKER TITO NEW YORK, Tues. *Tk masaain* today that President Tito of Yugoslavia was trying to patch things up between President S and Premier Ka(*em of Iraq— U.P.I.
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    First Negri elected Mentri is installed
    127 2 First Negri elected Mentri is installed Tues. The Regent of Negri Sembilan, Tengku Munawir, today formal'y appointed Dr. Mohamed Said bin Mohamed as the state's first elected Mentri Besar. Dr. Said. 52. is a retiree Government doctor. Untlrecently he was in private practice here. Handing him the instrument of office
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    Keep-left drive
    19 2 SINGAPORE. Tues.— The Traffic Police and the Safety First Council will launch a keep-left campaign on Thursday.
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    TRIPS OFF FOR 3 MORE POLICEMEN: GOVT. SAVES $15,000
    117 2 TRIPS OFF FOR 3 MORE POLICEMEN: GOVT. SAVES $15,000 SINGAPORE, Tues.— Three more police officers have had their overseas trips cancelled in line with the Government's economy drive. They are Deputy Supt. D. A. Rodrigues, Assistant Supt. Michael Chong and Inspector Hashlm bin Ahmad. Last week, two police officers. Assistant
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    Lock icon Six miners die
    27 2 MADRID, Tues. Resc-.ie workers today recovered the bodies of six miners trapped in a mine at Mleres. In northwestern Spain, after an explosion. Reuter.
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    YOUTH FREED IN OBSCENE FILM CASE
    89 2 YOUTH FREED IN OBSCENE FILM CASE PENANG. Tues.— Keng Ken Yam. 19. who was alleged to have publicly exhibited an 8 mm obscene film at a Tanjong Bungah bungalow here, was today acquitted and discharged without his defence being called. The magistrate. Tuan Nik Hussaln bin Nik All. said the
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    Pangkor: Jakarta help offer '
    452 2 Pangkor: Jakarta help offer INDONESIA WILL BUY UP SURPLUS DRIED FiSH: RIDA READY TO LEND COMPANIES $120,000 KUALA LlMl'lK, Tuesday. INDONESIA has agreed to help relieve the 1 plight of fishermen on Pangkor Island by buying their surplus dried fish. A Government spokesman said today that many Indonesian firms had
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    Federal poll: MCA takes no chances
    307 2 Federal poll: MCA takes no chances KUALA LUMPUR. Tues— The Malayan Chinese Association will take no chances in the Federal election. It wants all state branches to submit lists of constituencies in which MCA men stand a fair chance of winning Saturday Is the last day for submission of names
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    Installation
    30 2 BRUNEI TOWN. Tues. A ceremony to lnstal Tuan Hajl Tamlt bin Aspar as Dato Darma Wijaya will be held in the ante-chamber of the Lapau Diraja here on Thursday.
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    Lock icon Rocket fails to orbit
    77 2 CAPE CANAVERAL. Tues A Vanguard scientific "weather satellite- launched from here yesterday presumably failed to go into orbit. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it was thought there was 'some malfunction In the second stage" of the satellite, which was designed to measure the heat
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    Lock icon Amok kills 3
    25 2 PERTH. Tues.— A man ran amok with a revolver in Premantle and Perth last night, killed three people and wounded a policeman.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Lost in storm
    33 2 ST. JOHN'S. Tues.—Thirtyfive Newfoundland fishermen were last night officially listed as dead or missing In the hur-ricane-force storm which shattered a salmon fleet In the Northumberland Strait last Saturday— Reuter.
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    CADET ZAINAL ARRIVES ON A TRAVEL PRIZE
    133 2 LONDON, Tues. Zainal Abidin bin Ahmad, this year's winner of one of the annual Ben Line scholarship voyages granted to outstanding Singapore sea cadets, has arrived inEngland. Cadet Zainal. 29, the son of Singapore s Assistant Coroner, has been a sea cadet for
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    Lock icon Smiles for Jordan envoy
    51 2 Mr. Ihian Hjiun, thr Jordanian Ambassador in London, is greeted by the Malayan High Commiiiioinr Tengku Ya'acob Hamid Halim Shalt, and hit wife, Tengku Maimunak, on his arrival for a dinner parry in London in honour of the official birthday of rfc. Yang di-Perrvan Agong. U.P.I,
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    BUSMEN (OUT SINCE 1956 RIOTS) SEEK JOBS BACK
    64 2 CINf.APORE. Toes. A number of Singapore bus workers who lost their Jobs after the 1956 riots, have asked their bosses to reinstate them. A spokesman for the Chinese Bus Owners' Association said today these workers were formerly employed by two bus companies.
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    Lock icon Winston's pal
    30 2 SOUTHAMPTON. Tufc. Mr. Bernard Baruch. 88, America's elder statesman, landed here today for six weeks in Britain, where he will see his old friend. Sir Winston Churchill— Reuter
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    Council job going
    62 2 LONDON. Tues. The London agents of the Singapore City Council have invited applications for the appointment of assistant technical engineer (protective gear) in the Electricity Department The appoint meet wilr be for three years with' an option on the council's part for a further period of two
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    PAP to screen all the invitations
    157 2 SINGAPORE. Tuesday. THE People's Action Party has appointed a protocol officer to scrutinise all invitations received by the party's Assemblymen.) He is Mr. Chan Sun Wing, Assemblyman for Upper Serangoon. and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister. The Party has instructed all its Assemblymen
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    COPTER CRASH: 5 BODIES FOUND
    157 2 Search goes on for other two SINGAPORE. Tuesday. DESCUE parties have recovered five bodies at the scene of the helicopter crash in the sea near the Brunei oil town of Seria on Sunday night. They were identified as drillers from the Brunei Shell Petroleum Co..
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    Lock icon Nkrumah's bid to hem in his opponents in Ghana
    404 3 WHITE PAPER DETAILS DRASTIC LAW CHANGES BEING PLANNED ACCRA, Tuesday. THE Government of Ghana declared today it intended to treat with the utmost severity any attempt to overthrow the Government by force or assassination or any attempt to prevent the choice
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    Lock icon OPERATION GIVES 20 SPANIELS A POLITE COUGH
    148 3 OPERATION GIVES 20 SPANIELS A POLITE COUGH SYDNEY Tues.— About 20 cocker spaniels at kennels near Newcastle. 104 miles north of here, are to lose their barks because of complaints by neighbours. Mr. R. S. Buchanan, owner of the kennels, said today that the operation would reduce the barking to
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    Lock icon RANDOLPH: ONLY DISAGREEMENT WITH FATHER WAS OVER EDEN
    66 3 RANDOLPH: ONLY DISAGREEMENT WITH FATHER WAS OVER EDEN LONDON. Tues. Mr. Randolph Churchill, journalist son of Sir Winston, revealed last night that the only major issue on which he had disagreed with his father was the appointment of Sir Anthony Eden as Prime Minister. Mr. Churchill said he did not
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    Lock icon Philippines want more Asian ties
    208 3 MANILA. Tuesday. THE Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary, Mr. x Felixberto Seivano. said today the Philippines was seeking stronger ties with its Asian neighbours to correct an impression that it still was a "virtual colony of the United States." Mr. Serrano was addressing the International Women's
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    Lock icon Medical mission
    23 3 LONDON. Tues. -A group of Soviet medical specialists yesterday left for Iraq to help Iraq's health services. Moscow radio reported.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Nehru starts probe into the trouble in Kerala
    374 3 Nehru starts probe into the trouble in Kerala TKiVANDRUM. Tuesday. MR. NEHRU arrived here yesterday for a threelu day study of the anti-Communist drive in Kerala and was greeted with street parades described by observers as the biggest ever seen in Tri- vandrum. Thousands of people shouted slogans at the
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    Lock icon Pilots killed
    25 3 BERLIN. Tues.— Both pilots were killed when two jet aircraft of the West German air force collided in midair at j Augusberg.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon De Gaulle for Britain?
    60 3 PARIS, Tues. President de Gaulle is expected to pay a state visit to Britain, it was learned In usually wellinformed quarters here- late tonight. A letter delivered early today by Sir Gladwyn Jebb, British Ambassador, to Gen. de Gaulle in person is reported to have contained
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    Lock icon Wimbledon of wigs, three love matches and a strike
    300 3 Wimbledon of wigs, three love matches and a strike ONDON, Tues.— Wigs, romances, an elopement, and a printing strike vied with tennis for the crowd's attention at the AllEngland Lawn Tennis Championships which opened at sunny Wimbledon here yesterday. The Duchess of Kent, tennis't greatest royal patron, was present at
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      308 3 Your radio today RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 47« metres NATIONAL SHORTWAVE A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 MEDIUM WAVE SERVICES Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; Kuala Lumpur 341 metres 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 f ei nf HI mttre The News; 8.05 A Date With MaUcca 297 mUS
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    City Council rates back -in line with PAP policy
    243 4 City Council rates back -in line with PAP policy SINGAPORE, Tues.— The Minister for National Development, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, has reversed decisions taken by the City Council after April 18. These decisions were taken by the 16 remaining members of the Council after the resignation of Mayor Ong and
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    'Unionists were told of PAP policy on allowances'
    337 4 'Unionists were told of PAP policy on allowances' SINGAPORE, Tuesday. rpHE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today 1 maintained that he DID tell representatives of Government unions that the PAP would never agree to the consolidation of variable allowances I into basic pay. The Prime Minister's Office today issued
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    Eight-hour talks on rail dispute—and all 'most cordial'
    257 4 Eight-hour talks on rail dispute— and all 'most cordial' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— For eight hours today representatives of the National Union of Railwaymen and officials of the Malayan Railway management met behind closed doors in an attempt to settle the workers' claims. Negotiations were resumed after the union suspended its
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    Missile training for airman from Singapore
    143 4 Missile training for airman from Singapore SINGAPORE, Tues.— Corporal Leonard H. Wildish, 23, is probably the first man from Singapore to become a trainee at the Thor intermediaterange guided missile school operated by the Air Training Command, U.S. Air Force, ij at Rocketdyne, Cali- fornia. His parents are Mr and
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    Art exhibition
    43 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Art Society will hold an exhibition of paintings by Madam Jolly Koh Chenp Whatt from June 27 to July 5. Mr. Loke Wan Tho. patron of the society, will open the exhibition at 5.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    Prison for man who gave girl blank note
    171 4 Prison for man who gave girl blank note SINGAPORE, Tues. An 18-year-old girl told a District Court today how she was cheated by a man who promised her a job of a maidservant. Kow Jit Ling was giving evidence at the trial of Cheah Kuan Hock, a former Penang postman.
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    Death after a bath fall
    59 4 SINGAPORE, Tues.,— lnche Ahmad bin Hussein, a coroner, today returned a verdict of death by misadventure on G. Nagamar. a 56-year-old woman of Kampang Heap Guan Seng. She died of a. fractured skull at the General Hospital on June 6, after a fall while bathing
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    General who fought in both world wars files in for brief visit
    161 4 General who fought in both world wars files in for brief visit SINGAPORE, Tues.— Lieut-General Vernon E. Megee, who fought in both world wars and in the Korean War, is now in Singapore on a brief visit. He Is commanding general. U.S. Fleet Marine Force, Pacific Fleet, with headquarters In
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      62 4 F SHELL THEATRETTE: Free film show "Singapore Statehood" and "Citizen Harry". 110 p.m. TOC H: Present* a recorded music recital at the Church Hut, British Military Hospital, 8 p.m. YWCA: In'ernatlonal Women's Club visit to Tanah Merah Home. 10.30 a.m.; beauty culture 5.15 p.m. YMCA: Bodybuilding and welghtllftlng 4 p.m.;
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      58 4 seniors 5.45 p.m.; St. John meeting 5.45 p.m CHINESE YMCA: Kuntow 7 a.m.: t&bletennla 9 a.m.; bodybuilding and weightliftlng 2 p.m.; Prl "V- club 3 p.m.; student week sub-committee meeting 4 p.m.; fencing club 6.30 p.m.; boys' basketball 7.30 p.m. INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: rree film show at Red Cross Home
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    Language move: Enough men to make it a success
    323 5 Language move: Enough men to make it a success WE CAN MANAGE WITHOUT ANY AW, SAYS MINISTER SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE EDUCATION Ministry is confident that there are enough Malay experts here at j present to enable the Government to achieve its p.ans to make Malay the national language of the
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    Course in blind welfare in New Zealand
    62 5 Course in blind welfare in New Zealand MISS A.N. PILLAY. a teacher in the Singapore School for the Blind, has been awarded a Colombo Plan scholarship for a course in Mind welfare in Auckland, New Zealand. She is an old pupil of the Methodist Girls' School. Malacca. She leaves Singapore
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    Assemblywoman takes over
    52 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. PAP Assembly woman Che Sahora binte Ahmat took over the public complaints bureau of the Health Ministry today because Parliamentary Secretary Dr. Sheng Nam Chin Is 111. Che Sahora is one of the Government backbenchers assigned to act as liaison officer between the Minister and
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    New Methodist principal
    51 5 KUANTAN. Tues. MLss Laura Schleman. formerly principal of the Kuala Lumpur Methodisi Girls' School, lias been appointed principal of the Kuantan Methodist Girls' School. She will arrive in Singapore next Friday after a year's holiday In the United States, and will take up her new post next
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    ROBBER TELLS COURT: I WAS CHEATED
    85 5 ROBBER TELLS COURT: I WAS CHEATED PENANG. Tues.— A self-con-fessed robber told the Sessions Court here today he did not receive anything; from the proceeds of a $2,268 armed robbery. "I was cheated." Koay Kar Hup. 25. a welder, said. He added he had since repented and had surrendered himself
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    Teachers to confer
    52 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The United Chinese School Teachers' Association, which has 7.000 members, will hold a delegates' conference here on July 4 to discuss outstanding Chinese educational problems. More than 200 Chinese school teachers from all over the Federation are expected to attend the conference at the
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    Donors' awards
    38 5 TAIPING, Tue*. Medals will be presented to blood donors at the St. George's Institution ground here on Sunday at 9 a.m.. by the territorial chief of the District, Tuan Haji Wan Mohamed Razali bin Wan Is.
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    Youth accused of killing
    56 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. A youth, Goh Eng Bee. was today committed for trial at the next Assizes on a charge of causing the death of Tan Hong Gek, a labourer, while in an unlawful assembly in Silat Road on Oct. 5. The charge arose from a clash
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    3-DAY EVENTS IN LONDON CELEBRATE STATEHOOD
    221 5  - 3-DAY EVENTS IN LONDON CELEBRATE STATEHOOD LAN MOK-AI From T ONDON. Tues.—Ma- layan students here are organising a threeday celebration for tomorrow, Thursday and Friday in honour of the new State of Singapore. The celebrations will open with an exhibition of Singapore products and art items. The former represent the
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    CID CHIEF CALLS FOR PUBLIC HELP IN WAR ON THUGS
    307 5 IPOH, Tuesday TTOE chief of the Perak x CID, Mr. Sher Mohamed, today appealed to the public to assist the police in their efforts to curb secret society activities. His appeal follows seI veral gang clashes during the last two
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    Water-ski show on July 5
    51 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Malayan Water Ski Association will hold its annual carnival and trade fair at West Point Garden, on July 5. There will be two water-ski displays at 1030 a.m. and 1.15 p.m. Admission charges are 50 cents for adults and 30 cents for
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    GANG BOSS No. 2 IS PICKED UP BY POLICE
    82 5 GANG BOSS No. 2 IS PICKED UP BY POLICE PENANG. Tues.— A "tiger general" of the notorious Gang 24 was picked up by detectives of the secret societies branch of the CID at Perak Lane last night. The police had been looking for him for the past week. He was
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    Body of mother, aged 20, found
    57 5 SEGAMAT. Tues.— A few hours after a 20-year-old mother, Gan Hlong. was reported missing from her house In Kampong Abdullah at 1 a.m. today, she was found dead under a bridge. Gan had given birth to a child about a week ago. The baby
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    Self-rule is aim of Sarawak party
    166 5 MANIFESTO IS PUBLISHED KUCHING, Tuesday. THE AIMS and objects of Sarawak's first political party, the Sarawak Unfted People's Party, were outlined in a manifesto made public today. The manifesto said the time had come to take firm and positive action to preserve the existing
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    Burglars steal $1,780 from two houses
    70 5 Burglars steal $1,780 from two houses PENANG. Tues Burglars stole $1,780 In cash and jewellery from two houses in Erskine Crescent last night. Mr. P.O. Menon. manager of the Penang Tourist Association Bureau, reported to the police that he los. $200 in cash and $985 In valuables. Yeoh Swee, living
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      138 5 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 15 To some degree a small sister 1 Unauthorised disclosure of a provides the groundwork (5). fall in liquid assets? <7>. 16 Turn dealt in silence <9>. 5 Talks wildly about the Adju- 18 Tartar cot exerts quite a pull £ant-Oeneral being destructive (9>. (7). 21
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      185 5 DOWN 1 Where the cattle can make themselves heard? (7). 2 When MPs refuse to be unseated? (3. 5. 7). 3 They don't appear to make their patients feel at home (9). 4 Irish patriot met. me In some confusion (ft) 5 Enabling Shiner to get his own back (9).
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  • Article
    Rush of queries on those New Zealand jobs
    289 6 MINISTERS STATEMENT LEADS TO 25 CALLS AT COMMISSION OFFICE SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE New Zealand Commission here has had a sudden flood of inquiries from local people about the chances of emigrating; to New Zealand. Commicsion staff have dealt with more than 25
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    FUNERAL OF CRASH VICTIMS
    123 6 FUNERAL OF CRASH VICTIMS 'J'AIPING. Tues.— An army captain and his 12-year-old daughter who were killed after their car plunged Into a 250 ft. deep ravine In Cameron Highlands on Sunday evening, were given a military funeral here today. Capt. Frank Hoyle, of the Royal Army Service Corps, and his
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    World union sends best wishes to Singapore
    135 6 SINGAPORE. Tues.— The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has sent messages of congratulation and good wishes to the Prime Minister. Mr Lee Kuan Yew. and the Singapore Trades Union Congress on the attainment of self-govern-ment. The ICFTU general secretary. Mr. J.H. Oldenbroek,
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    Sarawak timber
    23 6 SARAWAK. Tues. Sarawak exported more than 12,260 tons of sawn timber last month. The largest importer was Britain, (nearly 7,000 tons).
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    RESIDENTS WARNED OF 'NEW FACES' IN TOWN
    96 6 RESIDENTS WARNED OF 'NEW FACES' IN TOWN IPOH. Tues.— Residents of Tapah Road, a small railway town 42 miles from here, were warned by the District Officer, Inche Mohamed Hashim bin Amin. not to let undesirable characters or incidents disrupt their peaceful life. Addressing a public gathering at the community
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    Police find weapons
    52 6 Police find weapons IPOH, Tues. Police recovered a cache of gangland weapons, including a bottle of acid, on a vacant plot of land in the Buntong new village yesterdayThe weapons Included three scythes, a chopper, a knife, a sickle and the bottle of add. They were hidden under a stack
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    I helped carry body to river: Murder trial witness
    218 6 I helped carry body to river: Murder trial witness ALOR STAR. Tues A MURDER trial witness. Mohamed Khir b'n Taib. told the Kedah High Court to day he helped three brothers to carry a body to a nearby river. "Earlier I had seen them kill h e man." Mohamed testified
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    Two slept on as cloth dye factory blazed
    85 6 Two slept on as cloth dye factory blazed KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Two men slept inside a cloth dyeing factory in (iombak, near here, last night while the attap roof was on fire. A passer-by raised the alarm and with the help of the two men pat out the blase, with
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    Well death
    28 6 ALOR STAR. Tues.— A girt. Zaleha binte Hanan, 8, was drowned when she fell into a well at Pokok Sena. 12 miles from here, last night.
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    IPI MAN: ON-THE-SPOT OBSERVERS FOR STORE
    241 6 QINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. Armand Gaspard, the Swiss journalist sent to Singapore by the International Press Institute as a special observer in connection with freedom of the Press, left today. He said he would report to the headquarters in Zurich. Switzerland, on the result of
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    Warships in for training trip
    54 6 PENANG, Tues— Two Australian destroyers, the Tobruk and the Anzac, arrived in Penang today to take members of the Royal Malayan Naval Volunteer Reserve training classes for their annual sea training off the coast of Malaya. The two ships will leave Penang on Friday and
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    A $23 CABLE TO SAY: DEAR FATHER, I HAVE WON $125,000
    242 6 A $23 CABLE TO SAY: DEAR FATHER, I HAVE WON $125,000 PENANG, Tuesday. FORMER R.A.F. Lance Corporal Shafli bin Sha--1 hid, who yesterday won a Kuala Lumpur High Court claim for a $125,000 prize in a 1956 social welfare lottery, today spent $23 cabling the news to his parents, who
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    Mother who vanished in man's garb found dead
    178 6 IPOH, Tues. A widowed mother of three grown up children. Madam Chow Mun Yin, 48, who disappeared from her home here on Saturday disguised as a man, has been founddead. Her body was found in the Klnta River, near Batu Oajah, about
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    Woman killed in tree crash
    42 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Tues. —A 26-year-old housewife, Leong Yew Foong. was killed when a coconut tree crashed on her house at Tanah Llat here yesterday Leong was having her midday meal in the kitchen when the tree fell.
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    Lock icon Dickson-a pioneer of ballyhoo STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    1340 7 Dickson-a pioneer of ballyhoo STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE He promoted shows in a style unknown to Europe ...and made a fortune while he was at it IN THE summer or 1928, Jeff Dickson, a fast talking, good-looking young American showman and promoter, was coining money at his Paris boxing arena,
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    REQUIEM
    29 8 Wor4t Ut (Minimum i. RBQUIfcM HIGH MASS will be sung (or late Timothy Pei-eira 6 a.m. Friday 26th. June Lady of l/iurdes Church, Ophlr Road, S pore i
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    27 8 AC KNOWLEDGMENT 21 »ur4t Sl» (Minimum). FAMILY OP LATE Madam Lim Kirn Neo mantes the Staffs of I.TS.H.. Revd. Ong Chiak. G lee in their Sad Bereavement.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    19 8 in Morrf* Sl* (Minimum). MUST LOVINGLY REMEMBERED, the late Mr R. S. Potger. dl*ii 24th June 1948.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    268 8 Murrfi Sit (.Minimum;. MAGICIAN WILL MAKE rabbits disappear. Air-wick makes unpleasant odours vanish. Airwick from good stores everywhere. FOR THE LATEST methods In hair and beaut'- treatments. vu>it Charmalne Beauty Salon. Goodwood Park Hotel, Spore. Phone *****. ItESULT of the New Zealand I -on* tion Draw for Singapore Association
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    The Straits Times Wednesday, June 24. 1959 Four Years After
    600 8 The Straits Times Wednesday, June 24. 1959 Four Years After Almost exactly four years ago an entirely nominated legislature bowed itself out of the Federation's political scene after a life of seven and a half years, to be succeeded two months later by a House in which elected members held
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    Law In Ghana
    352 8 Five new measures proposed today give weight to the I impression that Ghana, though not a police state, is a country where the police are kept awfully busy. Dr. Nkrumah's iron hand has fallen too often of late to permit unalloyed confidence in the flowering of Ghanian
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    History's Due
    231 8 The choice between preserving a historical bui'ding and destroying it in favour of a project designed for greater public convenience must always occasion some anguished indecision and, indeed, difference ot opinion. The problem is inevitably most acute when it occurs in the middle of a town. The Malacca
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    VERNON BARTLETT
    1174 8 Motive is fine but risk is there SINGAPORE. Turn. THE first photographs I took in Singapore were of the large and variegated crowds on the steps of the City Hall, now the offices of the new government. All these Chinese, Malays, Indians and Eurasians were not taking part
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    JUKE-BOXES: A NUISANCE
    129 8 I AM all in favour of the Government banning juke boxes. They have proved a nuisance whereever they are operated. Now owners of these infernal machines are seeking a Government review of the ban with a plea that classical pieces will be given pride of place in
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      Raise tax on local-madel smokes to boost the sagging revenue
      197 8 Raise tax on local-madel smokes to boost the sagging revenue j HAVE read that the Singapore Government is Liepared to go to considerable lengths to ensure that Singapore does not end the year with a deficit and towards this end intends to reduce variable allowances paid to Government servants. However,
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      ITS MUCH TOO DRASTIC. SAYS HOUSEWIFE
      120 8 ITS MUCH TOO DRASTIC. SAYS HOUSEWIFE Salary cut '["HE Singapore Government's decision to cut the salaries of civil servants is too drastic. Even officers in Divisions 3 and 4 will be affected. A Division 4 officer after 23 years' service who is drawing a basic salary of $225 will lose
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      I DEPLORE THIS 'TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT' ATTITUDE
      176 8 fHE Singapore GovA eminent has shown what its attitude to Government trade unions and Whitley councils really is. What has angered the vietlms of this injustice is not so much the pay cuts but the dictatorial way In which they were
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      WHAT ABOUT JOBLESS?
      80 8 (VN THE excuse that the former Government budgeted for a deficit of $14 million. Government servants have been forced to sacrifice part or all of their allowances. Now that the PAP Government will make good the deficit: and will get a few millions to boot, will our
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      Now why not a lottery for S'pore?
      286 8 \O ONE will argue with our Prime Minister that a Government must not exploit the gambling habits of the people. Its duty is to suppress them. But running a state welfare lottery is not an exploitation of men's propensity to gamble. Gambling entails
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    Illegal houses demolished
    296 9 COUNCIL MEN APPLAUDED AS 26 BUILDINGS TOPPLE. SAYS MINISTRY: SIT WARNINGS OUT SOON SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE City Council this morning demolished 26 unauthorised houses in Tiong Bahru, i Jalan Anggerek, off Aljunied Road, and Lorong 3, Geylang. The Ministry of National Development said later that more demolitons*
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    32 Govt. unions to collect member's views on pay cuts
    301 9 32 Govt. unions to collect member's views on pay cuts SINGAPORE, Tuesday. nPHIRTY-TWO unions and associations reA presenting Singapore Government employees will hold meetings within the next three weeks to get the views of their members on the pay cuts. The Federation of Singapore Government Employees Unions, which controls 25
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    Late return costs $25
    76 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Madam Kong Fung 'Yin. described as a principal partner, was fined $20 today for not submitting In time the 195^ Income tax returns of Chop Wan Seng, a sundry business. She said the delay "as due to illne.vs. Two businessmen who admitted similar charges
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    MIC meeting
    21 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Selangor branch of the Malayan Indian Congress will hold its annual meeting on Sept. 27.
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    Appeal is lost
    44 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Tan Chin Choon, a dealer In second hand goods, under sentence of five years' jail for the attempted murder of I Ho Yee Chee and for causing J grievous hurt to Ho's son Ah 'Lam. lost his appeal today.
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    Driver stabbed in fight
    36 9 SINGAPORE. Tues.— -A van driver. Manl bin Karim. 21. was stabbed In a fight at Upper Chin Chew Street here today. He was rushed to the General Hospital in a serious condition.
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    BROADCAST BY MINISTER
    63 9 BROADCAST BY MINISTER SINGAPORE, Tues. The Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon. will Inaugurate a series of weekly broadcasts by Ministers at 7.15 p.m. tomorrow. Mr. Ong will also broadcast in Mandarin at 8.15 p.m. Broadcasts in Malay and Tamil will be given later by Inche Yaacob bin
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    Robbery of gold chain alleged
    43 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Gerdad Singh was remanded till Thursday on a charge of r^jblng Charan Kaur of a good chain worth $370 in a house in Jalan Kubor on Monday. He was also accused of causing hurt to her.
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    WIDOW, 70, PREFERS LIFE IN COMMUNE
    93 9 WIDOW, 70, PREFERS LIFE IN COMMUNE Madam Lee Ah Kwal (above). 70. yesterday asked the Singapore Government for financial help to go back to China. REASON: She prefers living In a commune than in poverty in Singapore. After visiting the complaints bureau of the Ministry for National Development, she said:
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    New Muar D.O.
    45 9 MUAR. Tues.— lnche All bin Hajl Raya. the former I District Officer of Kota Ting- gl. Johore, has taken over from Inche Abdul Aziz bin Haji Shukor as the District Officer of Muar. Inche Aziz has gone oi i four months' leave.
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    WEEDER GETS FIVE YEARS FOR RAPE
    157 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. A COFFEE estate weeder. Goh Liam Bok, 23, was <*■• sentenced by the Supreme Court today to five years' jail for raping a mother of four. Before passing sentence. Mr. Justice Ong said: "The crime committed against the defenceless woman in
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    Council to end with bouquets for Alliance Govt.
    270 9 Council to end with bouquets for Alliance Govt. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. There will be bouquets for the Government at the Federal Council meeting starting tomorrow when the House goes Into session for the last time before being prorogued A resolution by Sir Douglas Waring (mining) to "take note of the
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    NOW PROBE OF 700 SCHOOL TUCKSHOPS
    148 9 NOW PROBE OF 700 SCHOOL TUCKSHOPS SINGAPORE Tues. The Singapore Government is investigating the running of canteens or tuckshops in 700 schools in the state. The Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyvk Lin. said today that a special committee had been set up to inquire into the administration of these
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    Wounded tiger probably dead—hunter
    261 9 Wounded tiger probably dead hunter KUANTAN, Tuesday. A TIGER shot and wounded by a Malay villager in the Pahang jungle on Saturday is probably dead, Kuantan hunter Mr. K. D. Bok, said today. The tiger was one of three encountered by Mr. M.O. Warrior. 43-year-old Rompln Mining Company official, and
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    ANNIE BEATS HECTIC WEDDING DAY PROBLEM
    141 9 ANNIE BEATS HECTIC WEDDING DAY PROBLEM IT WAS qul> a problem for Miss Annie Lye of Jesselton. North Borneo, when she was planning for her wedding to Mr. Fraacis Chong Foo Nang, 25. of 5 Greenlane. Seremban, recently. The reason was that the wedding was to take place In Perth,
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    Murder verdict at inquest
    46 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The City Coroner, Mr. Glam Chong Hlng, today returned a rerdict of "murder against person or persons unknown" at the inquest on Yuen Hc-k Kwan. Yuen was stabbed four times in his quarters at the Naval Base on March 20.
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    EX-REPORTER DENIES HURT CHARGE
    75 9 EX-REPORTER DENIES HURT CHARGE SINGAPORE, Tues. Bernard Williams, a former reporter, pleaded not guilty today to a summons charge of causing hurt to Doreen Perera at a house in Joo Chlat* Road on June 9. The case will be heard on July 6. In a counter-summons, Williams accused Perera of
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    Cleared of jail term on appeal
    63 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Ng Ming Yong. the proprietor of Anson Cycle and Motor Works in Rochore Canal Road, won his appeal in the High Court here today against a District Court sentence of six months's Imprisonment on a charge of obtaining credit by false pretences.
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    TINS FACTORY IN PRODUCTION SOON
    290 9 SINGAPORE, Tues.— The factory to be operated in Petaling Jaya by the Metal Box Co., of Malaya Ltd. Singapore, is expected to start production In September. The report for the year ended March 31 said considerable Interest in the new factory had been- arouse J
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    WARNING TO SHOPS TO OBSERVE ORDINANCE
    72 9 WARNING TO SHOPS TO OBSERVE ORDINANCE SINGAPORE. Tues. The Ministry of Labour and Law intends to take action against shops and department stores which continue to contravene the Shop Assistants Employment Ordinance. A Ministry announcement said today it had come to the notice of Mr. K.M. Byrne, the Minister, that
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    CHEATED OF $85 BY A FRIEND
    181 9 CHEATED OF $85 BY A FRIEND DUKIT MERTAJAM Tues. A railway tindal, K. Anamalai, 54, told the Sessions Court today he gave a friend, R. Kandiah. $86 as an "inducement" to a doctor to board him out medically from the Malayan Railway. Kandiah was sentenced to one day's jail and
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    Thrift society officials
    37 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. N. G. Raju has been elected chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board Employees Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. Other officials: Secretary. Mr. 81ak Chun Lens; treasurer. Mr. A. S. Maniam.
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    Paterson Simons urge: Accept this offer
    136 9 LONDON. Tues.— The di- I rectors of Paterson Simons i recommend shareholders to accept an offer by Hart. Son and Co.. merchant bankers, on behalf of clients whose identity Is not disclosed, to purchase the whole issued preference and ordinary capital for cash. Harts
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      21 9 *OR THE MODEKN WAY OF BEAUTY USE WORLD FAMOUS Helen Neu slid ekr lIC. COSMETICS 1.1.1. moderna LIPSTICK WITH SLPER LASTEEX
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      120 9 Preparing to be a Beautiful Lady Sheila is delighted with her new playmate, and is very busy learning how to look after him. Sheila's mother has already taught her the value of tender care. She has looked after J_ her little daughter's delicate -3^£&pg HH^^HJH complexion from babyhcod, w tn
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      OLD BUGIS FORT GAVE ITS NAME TO BRIDGE
      782 10  -  HOW POW PECK Workmen quit over the headless body By A BRlDGE— named after the fort of the marauding Bugi6 pirates who once terrorised the inhabitants of Klang will bring new pro-' sperity to the future capital of Selangor. The birde is,
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      LAMP FOR LOWER DECK
      37 10 A LABOURER fixing a lamp for the lower deck of the multi million dollar bridge over th« Klang River. At night the lamps add a romantic touch to the utility of the bridge.
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      Farewell to Madras and Sydney
      139 10 THK two pontoon bridges which have served Klang for more than 13 years and carried millions of vehicles across the Klang River will be closed today. They are the Madras bridge and the Sydney bridge built by Army engineers after the war. All the 26
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      281 10 SOON SIOK CO. 38—40 MAIN STREET, KLANG. Importers, Hardware Dealers, Estate Suppliers Agency Suppliers of constructional steel, general hardware, engineering materials and allied tools to contractors of JAMBATAN KOTA P. O. BOX 66 KMONt ***** iiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiimiiiiiiimiiiimiiimiiimiiiiiimiiimiHiimii Title picture by Ch'ng Seng Poh; Other pictures by Lim Yau Chong »PH|^^^^^^^H^H|H|HHra|^^ I
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    ACHIEVEMENT
    757 11 TESTED AND READY NOW-TWO MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE rpHE completion of the 1 1,500-foot Jambatan Kota more than two months ahead of schedule is quite an achievement. Mr. N. O. Derby, who was in charge of the construction on behalf of the contractor, Messrs. Dornian Long (Bridge and Engineering)
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      113 11 Complete official coverage of the progress photographs of JAM BAT AH KOTA" By CHNG SENG POH PHOTOGRAPHERS P. O. BOX 96 KLANG Congratulations to the builders. KLANG BRIDGE UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED are proud to have been associated with DORMAN, LONG (BRIDGE 6 ENGINEERING) LIMITED in the construction of the TWO
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      109 11 m HJmHJKwmk'^P m 1 P V9i H|LHnlHnnMmßm^^m»^mm____^_. I t I t HHm^m^m^Z I I *j£E^ C^ fl^*3^^^2S3BnlS^^inm^^^^^^i^^^^^^Z^^^^m^mln^r "*"^Manjn^nnanni^Lnßm |mm^| GAMMON (Malaya) LTD., Malaya s Leading Civil Engineering Contractors The Initial Stage of Erection of JAMB AT AH KOTA KLANG I I ID IL. T/T J4«ri4 JAyyA W^MP^'nWnlmlßnJ Completion Stage (Below)
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      A night long vigil to catch the magician
      1113 12 A night long vigil to catch the magician Two brothers, Lo Heng Wah and Lo Chi Hoe are on the track of their friend GojJal who is missing from his home. Through a coincidence they go to a wood one night and find a silent group of figures watching a
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      CHOOSE YOUR PEN FRIEND
      269 12 CHOOSE YOUR PEN FRIEND pjERE are some more pen pals for you. Natalie Chong. aged 12. 78 French Mines Road, Lahat, Ptrak. Debbie Chong, aged 11. 78 French Mines Road. Lahat, Perak. Woon Sui Ling, aged 12. 50-A High Street, Lahat Town, Perak. Llm Kuin Ylng, aged 14. 529 East
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      Ali has so few
      105 12 TEACHER: "If I cut my steak in two, what do I have?" Bill: "Halves sir. Teacher: "Correct, and if I cut them in half, what then?" Bill: "Quarters sir." Teacher: "And U I divide the quarters?" Bill: "Mincemeat sir.'' Mary: 'What Is a comet?" Jane: "A
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      214 12 PRICKLY k^ get you down Life c«n be worth firing •gam if you use f^^HMt* -^fl I JOHMSOhT'S PkICKLT HIAT Scmt and Jokkjon's [f^^^sSS^^^ ""^^^B PIUCKLTHBATpOWDn _^^fl reg«tarly. 1 hit proved treatment \o simple to toilow r» -tcrct A I ,j. IJ f J^~ tmttuoo wmuAattly. 9 I t MICKLY
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      354 12 1 JT-LAST 4 DAYS'*! I 1 SA L E I M MORE 600DS MARKED DOWN.... YOUR LAST H CHANCE TO SAVE AND SAVE HANDSOMELY X] Children T-shirts BM 2 end 4 ..V .20 «acn Ml HI Gents All Wool Card.gors 1.50 19 H Gents Wilson Brother V.'hite Shirts 4.00 91
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      250 12 Flipper discovers hidden treasure Dear Boys and Girls, Serangpon Garden Estate, Here are the six winners Singapore 19. of our contest in which you Wnen Flipper was inspectwere asked to find which ob- ing the costle nc hod Q great ject wos out of ploce on th« for suddenly the
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      1512 13 T.i: 140 5 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. Tel: x«ui (II lims) Incorporate j in Singapore) (12 lims) v i.".? 111 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE C SAILIMS TO LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LONOON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Ca'ners option to orocetd via of-er ports to lead and discharge cargo LOADING FOR Due Spore Sails
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    U.S. STOCKPILE AFFECTS RUBBER: DROP, SHARP RISE
    549 14 U.S. STOCKPILE AFFECTS RUBBER: DROP, SHARP RISE By Our Market Correspondent fHE price of rubber fluctuated sharply in Singapore yesterday on reports from Washington regarding American stockpiling policy. From an opening price of 93i cents July first grade was pushed down by heavy selling to 92 5/8 cents when it
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    29 14 SINGAPORE. June 23. RUBBER: M| cents per lb. (down oneeienth of a cent). TIN: $402.25 per picul. (down 75 cents). Estimated offering 125 tons (down 5 tons).
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    108 14 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent June/ July shipments $39 > buyers, $40 sellers. Coconut oil": quiet; bulk $63 'j sellers, drum $65*2 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $133. Sarawak $132, special Sarawak black $78, garbled
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    86 14 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): 1 anau> buying airmail T.T 31 5/8. O.D. 31 3/4. 90 d/st 32 1/8 credit bills. 32 3/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31 5/16; French
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    81 14 Ships lyinc alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Kyoto 1/2. Mersey Lloyd 4^5, Benmacdhul 6A, Soudan 6/7. Akakurasan Maru 8,9. Orestes 10,11. Rebeverett 13/14, President Pierce 15/16. Luna Maersk 18, Thorsgaard 19. Tong Joo N.Wall 2, Scudai N.Wall 3, Tronoh N.Wall 4. Eastsea N.Wall 5.
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 14 Malayan Share Market: June 23 June 22 Industrials: 88.11 88.09 Tins: 107.66 108.81 Rubbers: 132.00 133.27 Jan. 1 1958=100
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    725 14 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "Quiet conditions still prevailed in all sections of the local share market and the turnover was small. Prices were inclined to ease." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: Fed. Dlsp. $1; Fraser and Neave
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    143 14 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MELBOURNE. Tues. INVESTMENT shares recorded a variable tone on an active market in the Stock Exchange today. B.H.P. reacted Is. 6d. to 575. 6d. to provide the highlight. Oil Search eased sd. in an easier oil section while base mei&'iS were also easier. Commonwealth Bonds maintained a firm
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    RUBBER PRICES
    152 14 July first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday, at 94?4 cents per lb., down one-eighth of a cent on Monday's closing price. The closing tone was ateady. Closing prices In cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 94 2 sellers
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      142 14 NOTICE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF SINGAPORE Z'c 194S REHABILITATION LOAN (1962-1970). Notice is hereby given that the transfer ret .ster of the above Loan will be closed from the 30th. June 1959 to 14th. July 1959 both days Inclusive, for the preparation of Interest Warrants. By Order The Hongkong
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      666 14 NOTICES j UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA GUILD OF GRADUATES ELECTION TO UNIVERSITY COURT NOMINATIONS for election of members of the Guild of Gradu- ates to the Court of the University of Malaya are now Invited from members of the Guild. Nominai tions on the approved forms should reach the Vice-Chancellor, University
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      886 15 HIRE PURCHASE 20 Ward* $S (Mm.) Box 50 ett. extra EASIEST TERM Orient CellIng and Table Fans Guaranteed— Shroffs,' 193, Orchard Road. Singapore 72 Batu Road. Kuala Lumpur 32 Bishop St., Penang. FINANCE HIRE PURCHASE on Motor Cars. New and second hand (late models only). Easy terms Apply Ann Peng
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      571 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 20 Wordt SS (Min.)— Box SO ctt. extra. FIAT 500 Austin A3O Plymouth 1952 Hlllman Husky 1957 Austin A 55 1968 Citroen 1951 Morris Minor 1952. Sin Chew Trading Co. 146 Albert St., Spore Tel: *****. GOING CHEAP!! 1955 Renault Junior one owner, taxed insured, good condition
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      397 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 20 Wordt $S (Mm.) Bos SO ctt. extra 1955 VOLKSWAGEN. 1953 Austin Somerset, 1952 Austin A3O. 1948 Studebaker. Buying and selling secondhand cars, easy payment. S. K. Llm 26. Dhoby Ohaut, Singapore. Tel: *****. FOR SALE 20 Word* $S (Min.)— Box SO cts. extra JAPANESE CULTURED! PEARLS
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      346 15 STEAMBATHS, MASSAGE, ETC. 20 Wordt $S (Mm.) Box SO eU. extra TOYO-BATH MASSAGE Saloon. Experienced English speaking masseur/masseuse In attendance. 185-B Orchard Road Spore TeL *****. TALADI MASSAGE Saloon by Trained Siamese Lady Masseuse Hand/ Electric Remedial Treat-! ment. Also Eteambath. Hours 9 a.m. s p.m 319G River Valley r.oad.
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      341 15 SHOPPING GUIDE (Spore) 20 Wordt $10 (Minimum). Daily 1 month. It Wordt S2.SO (Mm.) DRIP DRY 10C% Non-Iron Diplomat Shirt* only $6.90 at Melwani's. MORNINO. CTAIL DRESSES at reasonable prices. Rose Oo*n Shop Ltd. NYLEX BEACH SANDALS 4 colours $2.50 c Himalayas. 3. Selegle Road. COMPLETE RANOE fnmris Zetss magnifiers,
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    PRINCE TOURNAI LOOKS TOO GOOD FOR RIVALS
    1365 16  -  Epsom Jeep RACING with EPSOM JEEP's best bets at Kuala Lumpur today are Dance Hall 111 (Race 1), Prince Tournai (Race 6) and San Siro (Race 9). CALL BOY'S double is: Opportunity's Forelock (Race 2) and Kra (Race 5). THE CO INC is
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    162 16 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOYPOINTER RACE 1 3.13 DANCE HALL (>un Runner Prise Entry DANCE HALL My Darling Game One DANCE HALL One Two Four Prise Entry RACE 2 2.45 b. express O. Forelock Reliable O. FORELOCK Pulot IUm Exhibitor II EXPRESS Reliable Petite Princess* RACE I 3.15 TALENT Winred
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    Fielder and Pfister are S.M.C. rally winners
    174 16 SINGAPORE. Tues. Maj. J. A. Fielder and R.A.P. Pfister won the Singapore Motor Club's two-day rally held over the weekend. Maj. Fielder, driving an MG Magnette, with Pfister as navigator, showed remarkable ability in incur, ing the lowest penalty points during the two
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      Burma will send team of boxers
      89 17 jCINGAPORE. Tues.— SingaI pore Amateur Boxing Association wiii stage two international matches against Burma at the Happy World 'Stadium on Sept. 30 and Oct. 3. The Burmese will meet a {Singapore Combined Services "team on Sept. 30. and on Oct. (3 they will be
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      Johore tennis tourney
      40 17 MUAR, Tues— The Johore lawn tennis open championj ships will be held here from July 16 to 18. Entries, which close on July 4. should be sent to the Hon. Secretary, Johore L.T.A.. co Agricultural Office. Muar.
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      LTAM SELLS 'SEASOM' TICKETS AT $10 EACH
      104 17 LTAM SELLS 'SEASOM' TICKETS AT $10 EACH JPOH. Tues. The Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya is issuing '"season" tickets at $10 each which will admit the holder to the Malayan championships (July 30 to Aug. Z) and the inter-port matches (Aug. 3 to 5) here. Uail> tickets for the Malayan
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      Choo's visit
      27 17 TELUK ANSON, Tues. F-A. of Malaya coach Choo Seng Quee's visit here has boen postponed to July 2. He will be here for four days.
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      BUCHHOLZ OUSTS NICOLA
      326 17 BUCHHOLZ OUSTS NICOLA WIMBLEDON LONDON, Tuesday. rTARL BUCHHOLZ, the 18-year-old United States junior champion, became the first "giant killer" of the 1959 Wimbledon lawn tennis championships yesterday by toppling third-seeded Nicola Pietrangeli of Italy. The slim. six-foot-two youngster showed quall*'es of a seasoned campaigner to win this exciting clash, played
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      Lock icon First round results
      279 17 W. A. Knight (Br.> bt. J E Barrett (Br.» 6-2. 6-0. 6-3 n' waaer (Australia) bt. P. Dar'mon France > 6-4. 6-4, 6-2; J. Ulnch (Denmark; bt. R. Weedon (8. Africa) 6-3, 6-4. 6-4; A. Segal (8. Africa) bt. T. Lejus (Russia) 6-3 «-4, 7-5; B. Mackay
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      Record entries for 4-day English schools meet
      203 17 By MOK SIN PIN CINGAPORE, Tues.— A record number of entries has been received for next month's Singapore interschools annual athletic championships. The four-day meet, to oe held at Victoria School and Jalan Besar on July 3. 4, 5 and 6. has attracted
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      Clash: Two players sent off field
      101 17 Clash: Two players sent off field I3ENANG, Tues.— Combined Services beat Muslim Recreation Club 3—l In their first division league soccer match at the City Stadium this evening. Muslims played with 10 men throughout the game which was dull. The only redeeming feature was a good display by Douglas in
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      29 17 MELBOURNE. Tues. Ong Eng Hong, last night regained the Victorian state badminton singles title by defeating the defending champion, Don Murray of Tasmania 15-12. 15-18, 15-2— Reuter.
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      TOURISTS WIN 3-1 IN LAST MATCH
      280 17 TOURISTS WIN 3-1 IN LAST MATCH SINGAPORE, Tues.— Hong Kong Chinese completed their Malayan tour with a 3-1 win over Sino-Malays before a crowd of 2,500 at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight. Sino-Malays put up a good fight in the first half but when the rain came they were beaten to
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      Rosebowl trophy for Lawler
      65 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. M E. Lawler, of Renong Tin, won the silver "Rosebowl," presented by Sir John Hay. in the annual panMalayan golf competition organised by Gutrie and Company He beat P. J. Sullivan, of Jeram Padang Estate by 5 and 3 In the final played
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      Ghani the scapegoat?
      521 17 SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST FAIREST NAME AMONG MALAYAN FOOTBALLERS OELANGOR football was bursting at the seams with unlimited talent when the Malaya Cup competition started. Now two months later it is falling apart with dissension. For Saturdays Malay Cup match against Negri Sembilan, crack national centre-forward Abdul Ghani
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      91 17 SINGAPOEE: Cricket interschool knockout competition; Athletics Christian Brothers sports meet; Soccer SBHFA League and Cup competition. Group "A 1 Chartered Bank v National Carbon, Farrer Park; Wearnes v Mercantile Bank, Farrer Park: Group "B", Pulau Bukom v Hongkong Bank, padang; Ford v SCS., Farrer Park; Group "C", National Carbon "A"
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    PROPAGANDA IN CHAIN LETTERS TO PUPILS
    262 18 Peking** aim is to 'exercise minds of the young' POLICE TO SUBMIT REPORT TO PRIME MINISTER ITUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Chinese secondary school students in the Federation are now the target of the Peking Government's propaganda machine. For the past month they have been receiving
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    Mentri to be installed
    41 18 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The first elected Mentri Besar for the State of Johore will be named at an installation ceremony on Saturday, it was announced here tonight. The ceremony will be held in Johore Bahru at noon.
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    Lock icon Father of 34 electrocuted
    62 18 ORLANDO. Florida, Tues.— A father of 34 children was electrocuted yesterday when a bulldozer he was driving severed a guy wire holding up a power utility pole. The victim was Gary Armstrong, 58, (Negro) of nearby Maitland. He was survived by his second wife and 33
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    A secret weapon that can paralyse the enemy goes on show
    318 18 A secret weapon that can paralyse the enemy goes on show WASHINGTON, Tuesday. CONGRESSMEN i m charge of American space and seientiiic research yesterday watched animals being paralysed by new secret weapons developed by the I.S. Army. Representative Mr. Overton Brookes who arranged the demonstration, said the tests made it
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    63 18 NEW YORK. Tues.— Actress Marilyn Monroe underwent a gynaecological operation at the Lenox Hill Hospital this morning. Miss Monroe, wife of playwright Arthur Miller, had tried to have children, but recently suffered a second miscarriage while making the film "Some Like It Hot." Her doctor. Mortimer Rodgers.
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    Blaze in hotel for tourists kills 30
    233 18 Blaze in hotel for tourists kills 30 I rkSLO, Tues. More *J than 30 people were killed and 3b injured when flre swept through the packed Stalheim Hotel in Vossestrand, a popular resort in western Norway, early today. Many American tourists were among the hotel's 147 guests. Most of those
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    20 18 MR. MRS. S. SAYSON thank relatives and friends for their \aluable Rifts on the occasion of I their marriage.
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    A plan to help the poor get air cooler
    159 18 A plan to help the poor get air cooler SINGAPORE. Tues. —An executive of a company selling air-condition-ing plants, Mr. S. Garxett, today announced a scheme whereby a sick person requiring an air conditioner in his or her home can get one under easy pay -back terms. He said: "There
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    89 18 JAILED FOR PUSHING MAN OVERBOARD NEW YORK. Tues. A seaman who admitted pushing a shipmate overhn.inl into shark-infested waters was sentenced here today to 10 years' jail. Cecil C Robinson. 37. a chief electrician in the transport vessel Lt. Robert Craig, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The dead man was James
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    A STRIKE THREAT BY W.D. MEN
    170 18 A STRIKE THREAT BY W.D. MEN lOHORE BAHRU, J Tues. The War Department Civilian Staff Association here may consider strike action if the War Department fails within a month to reinstate two sacked employees or give a satisfactory reason for their dismissal. This decision was taken tonight at a protest
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    Dag for Cairo
    48 18 UNITED NATIONS. Tues.— The Secretary-General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, will leave on Friday on a trip that will take him to Cairo for discussion of the United Arab Republic's refusal to let Israeli ships or cargoes pass through the Suez Canal, it was announced today— UJ?J.
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    H-bomb issue: Gaitskell and Bevan win day against the left
    191 18 H-bomb issue: Gaitskell and Bevan win day against the left LONDON, Tues.— The Labour Party has decided to suspend nuclear tests Indefinitely If It comes to power in the forthcoming British elections, It was learned today. But party leaders Mr. Hugh Gaitskell and Mr. Aneurln Bevan appeared to have won
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    246 18 LONDON. Tues.— Stock markets In London today maintained a satisfactory tone although Interest was selective rather than, general, and price movements were somewhat irregular. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: tonsols 2 X > C £52/U +3/16 •undlng 4% £90 13/16 far
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    35 18 LONDON. Tues. spot 27 **d.. July 27\d.. August 27 nd., September 27 T id. Oct.-Dec 28d.. Jan-March 28d April-June 27"id.. July-Sept. 27-, d.. July c.l.f 27~;d.. Aug. ci.f. 27\d. Tone: Slightly easier after steady.
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    22 18 LONDON. Turs. Buyers £788: sellers £788' j. Forward buyers £789.; sellers £790; Settlement £788.. Turnover a.m. IK) tons; pjn. 30 tons.
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    749 18 Women hold stage on second day: Britain's two top girls win LONDON, Tues.— Women held the stage at Wimbledon today— the second day of the lawn tennis championships. On the main programme were first and second round women's singles, spiced with a series of men's doubles first round matches.
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    168 18 LONDON. Tues. Remits in today's cricket matches were: AT MANCHESTER: Lancashire beat Surrey by 10 wickets. Lancashire 368 for seven declared and seven tor no wicket. Surrey 179 and 192. AT BRISTOL: Gloik r shire beat Cambridge University by 313 runs. Gloucestershire 323 and 224 for eight
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      90 18 Hi To fltve everyone, younQ :> Fk 'v' ono old, o descrvino JHJr~— "sIA |5 jouv#nir of thu essential JHr f^\ j ffl late of 4th October, 1957, fj^L^gfr )0 k 8 has developed a special AOp^^ktVyTi I wmt wotch mod«l bearing M&^P^~~~^\9tKr% the internotionolly regu- *l I «tl OCTOBER
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