The Straits Times, 1 December 1959

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    18 1 AVEBACE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times. I Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1955. <£- 15 CENTS.
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    300 MORE EVACUATED
    600 1 RIVER BURSTS BANKS TO BRING ADDED HAVOC Kampong under 8 ft. of water, some houses submerged Boats used to shift stricken KUALA Trengganu, Mon. Another 300 people had to be t evacuated early this when the Kuala Trengganu River overflowed its banks and flooded a kampong. An
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    Farewell parade for Goode in a hangar
    61 1 THE THREE SERVICES in Singapore staged a farewell parade yesterday for Sir William Goode, retiring Yang diPertuan Negara, who leaves for Britain tomorrow. The weather was bod —so the parade was held in a hangar at the Royal Naval Air Station, Sembawang. That's
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    Lock icon KRAKATOA ERUPTING AGAIN, SAY PILOTS
    61 1 KRAKATOA ERUPTING AGAIN, SAY PILOTS JAKARTA, Mon. Airline pilote today reported seeing big eruptions on the volcanic crater of Krakatoa, lying between the islands of Sumatra and Java. Scanty first reports said the volcano was erupting regularly at two-hour intervals. Krakatoa erupted in August 1883 in one of the world's
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    Parliament: Fifth day
    344 1 HEAVY COUNTER-BLAST FOR CRITICS IN OPPOSITION. THEN HOUSE PASSES $888 MIL. EXPENDITURE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon —The House of Representatives today agreed In principle to the Government spending SHKB." millions next year as outlined by the Deputy Paramount Ruler when he opened the Budget session last Wednesday. Before
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    Lock icon Foreigners already in Jakarta: No decision
    154 1 Foreigners already in Jakarta: No decision lAKARTA, Mon. J No decision has yet been taken on the future of aliens already living in Jakarta, the Army said today. The announcement followed yesterday's order forbidding foreigners to move Into the city to live, temporarily or permanently. The move Is directed against
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    Head of State: No announcement
    38 1 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Government did not announce the name of Singapore's first Malayan-born Yang di-Pertuan Negara today. At 9.30 p.m. a Ministry of Culture spokesman said that an announcement was "not yet ready."
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    Lock icon Govt. control: Two firms win case
    193 1 COLOMBO. Mon. The Supreme Court here today granted an Interim Injunction against the recent action of the Government of Ceylon In declaring two British-controlled firms "controlled undertakings" under Its emergency powers to stop them cutting staff. The two Judges held that the Emergency Regulations
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    Lock icon RUSSIA TO KEEP SOLDIERS IN HUNGARY
    187 1 RUSSIA TO KEEP SOLDIERS IN HUNGARY BUDAPEST, Mon. Soviet troops are to remain in Hungary, Mr. Janos Kadar. Hungar i a n Communist leader, told the party congress here today. Speaking In the pre?vnce of Mr. Niklta Khrushchev, Mr. Kadar said the Russian troops were not in Hungary for Internal
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    Lock icon Survivors found after six months
    198 1 Survivors found after six months r)AR ES SALAAM (Tanganyika), Mon. Ten people from an Arab dhow, which disappeared mysteriously six months ago, have been found on a tiny island off the coast of Somalia, where they were nursed back to health by the island community. The 10 are the sole
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    STOP PRESS
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    Ministers defend foreign policy
    2499 2 UNDER FIRE: TIBET MOVE IN U.N.; ATTITUDES TOWARDS APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE IMMIGRATION POLICY IN AUSTRALIA; TI&PEFENCE PACT WITH BRITAIN KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MERGER: I HOPE THE PRIME MINISTER WILL CHANGE HIS MIND. SAYS DAVID ALLIANCE minis- ters, led by the Prime Minister, Tengku
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      183 2 x <:■■'■:■■■■ \'---y<<r'-yyy.-y/.- •■••v-x:xv:-:v>: :y: :\V: x x x :vX :v:: TOMORROW Singapore to K. Lumpur in i| ONLY ONE HOUR and on to Bangkok in just S Ji over three hours Jjiii MALAYAN AIRWAYS IVMY WfONiSDA Y y M <«n M w AND *v«fy T««U«y m*4 Fnd. y ||:i:
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      34 2 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby PLBAS£ s—~~>^ f AO iMOMCy Not) ANDTMAT* V^. Z~S \^y\J \PINAL J f 7\ f n/BOv "'SHf OtONT MAKE Ate =^v "V'l V 55r J CMWV Aft ABGUMGNT =w>
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    Lock icon Bevan triumphs at Labour 'inquest'
    419 3 Bevan triumphs at Labour 'inquest' 'WHY THIS DEFEATISM?' CHALLENGE TO PARTY BLACKPOOL, Monday. TLJR. ANEURIN BEVAN, deputy leader of iTA the Labour Party, gained a personal triumph yesterday at the special party conference here to hold an "inquest" on its general election defeat. As the threat of a breach between
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    Lock icon IKE IS AGAINST CUTTING FOREIGN AID
    115 3 IKE IS AGAINST CUTTING FOREIGN AID WASHINGTON, Mon.— President Eisenhower has ruled against a deep cut in the funds he will ask Congress to appropriate for the foreign military and economic aid programme next year. Authoritative sources Mid the President had decided to support the State Department's request for foreign
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    Lock icon Another trip
    17 3 JAKARTA, Mon.— President Soekarno plans another world tour next year, it was reported today —Reuter.
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    DYNAMITE BLAST: 23 DEAD, 200 HURT
    195 3 DYNAMITE BLAST: 23 DEAD, 200 HURT I OB fiALCUTTA, Mon.— At Xj least 23 people were killed and 200 injured when a dynamite warehouse caught fire and blew up at Asanol 10 miles from here. 9 m ROME: Mrs. Mirella Arri, former bank employee, claims a new world typing record
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    Lock icon A-bomb protest march on US base
    218 3 A-bomb protest march on US base r ONDON. Mon. More than 700 demonstrators against nuclear weapons, led by a jazz band, took part in an eight-hour march from the American airbase at Brize Norton to Oxford. They were protesting against round-the-clock Hbomb flights from the base The demonstrators, nearly half
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    Lock icon STRIKE IN LONDON POWER STATIONS
    144 3 LONDON Monday. 4 24-rHOUR token strike of manual workers began rk last night in London power stations and threatened to spread to key provincial cities The authorities said they were "reasonably confident" of maintaining essential Supplies and appealed to consumers to cut down on their
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    Lock icon Blast M.P. on hunger strike
    59 3 PARIS, Mon.— Mr. Robert Pesquet. the former French M.P. remanded yesterday over a bomb blast in the National Assembly last year, has gone on hunger strike and is refusing to attend any interrogation by examining magistrates. If he were made to attend an interrogation by
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    Lock icon More murders
    33 3 WASHINGTON. M 0 n Murders, rapes, stabblngs and other felonious assaults continued to Increase in the U.S. during the first nine months of 1959, the Department of Justice said today.— Reuter.
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      381 3 your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA J na ;^i a c l c sysK? A.M. 6.30 Good Morning: 6.32 m£DILM WAVE SERVICES Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; Kualm Lumpur 341 metres 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 The J^"* 3" News; 8.05 A Date With Music; Malacca, 297. metres
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    Cambridge paper 10 days earlier for 34—by error
    347 4 Cambridge paper 10 days earlier for 34— by error THE INVIGILATOR WASN'T TOLD ~> 50... ITUALA LUMPUR. Mon—Thousands of students in the Federation and Singapore sat for their School Certificate design paper this afternoon but 34 in Kuala Lumpur did not. It would have been pointless for them to do
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    PLUCKY ISOBEL TAKES EXAM IN HOSPITAL
    236 4 SINGAPORE, Monday. A 19-YEAR-OLD girl, who was operated on yesterday for appendicitis, today determinedly finished her School Certificate design papers Despite pain which set in about half an hour before the examination was scheduled to begin at 2.30 p.m.. plucky Miss Isobel Gomez, a
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    COURT TOLD OF A DEPRAVED' BOY
    304 4 Lived on immoral earnings of prostitute SINGAPORE, Monday. 'THE JUVENILE COURT was today told of an 18- year-old boy who maintained himself by living on the immoral earnings of a prostitute. An officer of the Gimson School said this when he asked the court
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    THE THEATRE FUND IS NOW $34,4*5
    91 4 THE THEATRE FUND IS NOW $34,4*5 SINGAPORE. Mon. Eleven donations to the National Theatre Fund, ranging from $1 to $3,000. today brought the total I far received by the Ministry of Culture to $34,405. Today's donations: Mr. Tan Lark Sye $3,000; Mr. Lee Choon Beng $1,000; Kong Hoa Ltd. $1,000:
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    $300 donation promised
    46 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Driving Instructors' Association today announced the donation of $300 to the National Theatre Fund. The association has also appealed to its members to take a holiday on Thursday "in honour of the appointment of a Malayan-born Yang di-Pertuan Negara."
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    S.H.B. men to meet
    68 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association will hold an extraordinary general meeting tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. at the Association's premises in Cantonment Road. The meeting will deal with a progress report on the Implementation of the recommendations of the 1957 court of inquiry. National
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    Water shut-off
    29 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Water will be cut off tomorrow in Airport Road (from the junction of McPherson Road to the new culvert) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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    New jobs for 5,000 but 1,500 will be sacked
    386 4 New jobs for 5,000 but 1 ,500 will be sacked $2 A DAY FOR THE WORK BRIGADE SINGAPORE, Mon. The 5,000 workers to be recruited next year under the Government's new unemp 1 o y m c n t relief schemes, will each be paid about $2 a day. The
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    Probe wants comments
    39 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. The recently appointed Commission of Inquiry into the building industry in Singapore invites views from all persons and organisations interested in the industry. Comments may be made orally before the Commission or in writing.
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    Jobless relief: What Dr. Goh said
    144 4 SINGAPORE, Mon— ln the Sunday Mail of Nov. 29, under the heading "New Jobs for 5,000, it was stated that workers employed in Government relief schemes in Singapore would be assured of a daily wage of $3 plus certain provisions for overtime. This is
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      81 4 Today's Singapore tttary... ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: Cllnlco-Paihologlcal meeting, Path, lecture theatre. 8.15 p.m.. chairman Dr. T. J. DhanaraJ. BL'KIT TIMAH YOUTH CLUB: Table-tennis, body-bulldlng. football, library 4 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A.: Tabletennla 9 a.m.; body building and weight-lifting 2 p.m.; glrla 1 basketball 5 p.m.; boys' basketball 7 om.; Chinese boxing 7
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      74 4 KAMALA CLUB: Membership day 10 am. to 6 p.m., sewing and embroidery clMse* 11 a.m NARAYANA GURUKULA: Dane* claw 3.30 pjn. at IU-68 Westhlll Road. PKRSATUAN PERSURATAN PFMIDA PEMI DI MELAYU (Malay Youth Literary Aaoclatlon) Public drama entitled Slapa-Kah Jembalang Dalk" (Who U the Devil of Dalk) at Victoria Theatre
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      88 4 YJLCA.: Junior department from 3 p.m.. body-bulldlng and weight-lifting 4 p.m.; hockey match against National Carbon at YMCA ground 516 p.m.; bookkeepers' exam. 6.30 p.m.; judo 5.46 p.m Malay ClvU Service beginners 6.30 p.m. VI KING YOUTH CLUB: Table- tennis 7 p.m.; and Chinese classes 7.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A. (Outram Road)
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    Gag Press? That's the last thing we would do —Tengku
    420 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rpilE PRIME MINISTER, Tengku Abdul J- Rahman, told the House of Representatives today that curbing the freedom of the Press would be the "last thing" his Government would want to do. He was replying to the leader
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    Expatriates' service cannot be measured in money: PM
    199 5 Expatriates' service cannot be measured in money: PM ITUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The help that expatriate officers have given the Federation cannot be measured in terms of money, declared the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, in the House of Representatives today. He was replying to Opposition criticism in the House on
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    Mr. Heng called to the Bar
    32 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. Heng Cheng Swee. a former Commissioner of Labour. Selangor. was today admitted Into the Federation Bar in the Kuala Lumpur High Court
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    MR. S: PEOPLE ARE BULLIED BY OUR POLICE OFFICERS
    249 5 I{UALA LUMPUR, 1V Mon. The People's Progressive Party leader, Mr. D. R Seenivasagam, speaking in Parliament today, complained about "arbitrary detentions" under the Emergency Regulations. Saying there was a tendency in the country for certain police officers to take pride in
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      142 5 new^aQ|^J^Js arrive BRAND NEW by MALAYAN j? C RAILWAY' Ho question of road damage TKe evpeK 11 handling of NEW Ford cars by Malayan Roilwoy SCftEMtAN ensures their arrival at the local Railway Station \JL in covered wagons BRAND NEW! Fresh from the %kP^ fV) Foro Mol °y° Plor rt
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    Tengku rejects 'go left' call
    1737 6 Tengku rejects 'go left call SEENIVASAGAM GETS SHARP ANSWER AFTER RAISING THE QUESTION OF 'WHAT IS A LOYAL CITIZEN' KUALA LUMPUR, Monday rpHE Prime Minis- ter, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today flatly rejected an Opposition suggestion that the Government should "go left" and create a socialist society. Speaking in the House
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    GOVT. WILL GO ALL OUT FOR THAT BIG RURAL UPLIFT—RAZAK
    171 6 GOVT. WILL GO ALL OUT FOR THAT BIG RURAL UPLIFT— RAZAK KUALA LUMPUR. Mob. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. Tan Abdul Rasak bin Hussein, told the House of Representatives today that special committees at all levels would be set up to launch the Government's kit rural development
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    Son tells mother of other Son tells mother of other woman
    343 7 Son tells mother of other Son tells mother of other woman KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. AN ENGINEERS wife said in the High Court here today that her six-year-old son had told her on returning from Port Dickson that he, his father and a Malay woman had shared the same hotel room
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    BAN LATE SHOWS DEMAND
    66 7 BAN LATE SHOWS DEMAND KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Do midnight shows i n cinemas during the weekends affect the health of the people? A Socialist Front Municipal Councillor, Mr. S.S. Nayagam. thinks they do. Today he urged the Municipal Council to ban these shows. But the President. Mr. A. D. York,
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    Constitution
    34 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Tuan Syed Ja'afar Albar, the Assistant Minister. Prime Ministers Department, will open the course of lectures on the Constitution at the Language Institute Hall. Pantai Valley, to-morrow at 6.15 p.m.
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    Farewell parade for Goode
    176 7 SINGAPORE, Monday. THE three Services todaj staged a farewell parade 1 for Sir William Goo4e, the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, at the Royal Naval Air Station at Sembawang. .Sir William leaves for Britain on Wednesday. The 15-minute parade was i simple one, devoid of all the usual
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    HE OPPOSES FEE FOR NEW I-CARDS
    100 7 HE OPPOSES FEE FOR NEW I-CARDS PENANO. Mon.— The secretary of the Penang Ratepayers' Association. Mr. K. H. Loke, today criticised the proposed fee of 50 cents for changing identity cards. "This may be a fleabite to the rich, but it will be hard on the poor, especially for big
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    ATTORNEYS FML TO AGREE ON OTEC COMPENSATION
    129 7  -  HALL ROMNEY From LONDON. Mon.— Efforts oy attorneys of the Oriental Telephone and Electric Co. to reduce disagreement between the company and the Singapore and Federation Governments and reach a ■settlement on compensation have been unsuccessful. It now appears that arbitration In Singapore
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    'ILLICIT LOVE' ON ESTATES: UNION PROTEST
    126 7 'ILLICIT LOVE' ON ESTATES: UNION PROTEST KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. 'rilE ALL-MALAYAN Estates Staff Union has pro--1 tested to two ministers against a "slanderous' radio broadcast on the "illicit love affairs" of estate conductors. The programme was broadcast in the Tamil service of Radio Singapore and relayec by Radio Malaya on
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    Clubs can operate jackpots
    113 7 Clubs can operate jackpots SINGAPORE, Mon. Clubs and associations owning jackpots and other mechanically operated machines of chance can continue operating them so long as the premises are not open to the public. This clarification was made by the State AdvocateGeneral. Inche Ahmad Ibrahim, today when commenting on a declaration
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    $5,000 gift for mosque
    51 7 PENANG, Mon— The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. today presented a $5,000 cheque from the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board to Inche Shabudin bin Saud. secretary of the Mukim Olntlng Masjid In Balik Pulau. The money will be used for extensions to the 72--year-old
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    Body in sea
    33 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from the sea off Nicol Drive this afternoon. There were no injuries on the body. Foul play is not suspected.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    56 8 2* H»rd» 51* Minimum j MR. Si MRS. TAY SENO WAN thank relatives and friends for rheir presents, assistance and attendance at their marriage on .8/11/59. MRS. TAN SCO CHYE family thank Rev. Chew Hock Hin. friends and relatives for their wreaths, condolences and kind attendance at the funeral
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    PERSONAL
    23 8 War4t $10 (Mimmum) DEAREST LlFE— Happy Anniversary and many more to follow all my love to you only as always your Giovanni.
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    The Straits Times Tuesday, December 1, 1959. The Work Brigades
    416 8 The Straits Times Tuesday, December 1, 1959. The Work Brigades The Singapore Government has wisely allotted $7 million for the continuation of the work brigades started a year ago to relieve unemployment There will be only minor modifications in 1960: rates of pay are to be lower, and if this
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    The Labour Inquest
    394 8 The British Labour Party cannot go on as though nothing happened in October, yet the inquest at Blackpool seems to have been no more than a grisly dissection that leaves the party as puzzled and distressed as before. It was agreed that Labour must recast its outdated
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    Korean Pawn
    368 8 The United Nations has again discussed the reunification of Korea, as at every session since the Geneva Conference in 1954. The fighting equipment ranged on either side of the 38th parallel is more daunting than ever: South Korea with 600,000 men under •rms boasts the world's fourth largest
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    FAIR SHARES FOR ALL...
    1342 8 FAIR SHARES FOR ALL... Enter the unit trusts— which put the people with a few pounds to invest outside the long reach of tipsters and shady promoters The figures speak: From £60 million invested in 1958 to £160 million today by A Special Correspondent IN the boom of the past
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    Double take
    83 8 UOW i.s it that the Government permits certain teachers who are employed In Government service to work full-time in private schools? I was always under the impression that people iv Government service may not undertake any extra private work without the knowledge and permission of the necessary authorities.
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    A WAGE-EARNER'S VIEW OF THE NEW FEDERATION TAXES
    156 8 MORE LETTERS... \IR. TAN, in his Budget A speech, said it was important to ensure "that increase of revenue, when it materialises, is sufficiently ahead of the increase of population to enable us. not only to maintain our standard of living but
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    In the wet —for 5 years
    67 8 In the wet for 5 years T AM one of the unfortunate occupants of Government quarters in Petallng Jaya constructed in 1»M. In spite of repeated reminders to the appropriate authorities and in spite of repairs by Government contractors, the roof still leaks badly. I've had to endure this for
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    In the dark
    56 8 IT takes at least five minutes to locate the tiny town of Jerantut In Pahang. As the evening light fades away darkness envelops the people of the town. They stumble round their gloomy homes to light their ancient oil lamps— for there is little hope of this
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    No mean feat to achieve in these days...
    289 8 No mean feat to achieve in these days... YOUR leacer under the heading m Matter of Money" (S.T. Nov. 24) makes Interesting reading but unfortunately you painted only the gloomy side of the Auditor-General's report. I allude to the collection of Government revenue in respect of Penang. I deplore your
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    'End this lunatic streak'
    1038 9 SINGAPORE. Monday WE MUST STOP THESE ATTACKS ON THE ENGLISH-EDUCATED/ WOODHULL TELLS LEE TLf R. S. WOODHULL, parliamentary secre1TX tary to the Health Ministry, has called on the People's Action Party to stop attacking the English-educated. In an open letter to Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, published
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    Padi price to continue
    42 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Federation Government will continue to pay guaranteed minimum price of $15 for a plcul of padi grown In Malaya. This price will remain In force until June 30 next. It was officially announced today.
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    Shoes fill their Xmas stockings
    183 9 SINGAPORE, Mon.—Four- te«n pupils of the School for the Blint were overjoyed today as they were led into Bata Shoe Company to try on their new shoes. The store presented the boys with shoes, while Dr. C. B. Wilson, the school's honorary physician, paid for
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    $40m. Shell refinery for Singapore
    209 9 SINGAPORE, Monday. r PHE Shell Company of Singapore today announced x plans to build a $40 -million refinery here. The announcement follows that by the Shell Co. In the Federation last Tuesday that Shell would be putting up a $60-million refinery in the Federation In
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    THREATENED BUS STRIKE IS AVERTED
    65 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. A dispute between the Chanel Bus Company and its workers over new rates of pay has been settled. The company's managing director, Mr. Tan Kong Eng. said agreement waa reached last night. It will benefit more than IN workers. The workers had threatened
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    THE BIG PRIZE TO SELANGOR
    259 9 PENANO. Mon. Ticket No. *****15. sold In Selangor. won the first prize of $350,000 In the 69th Social and Welfare Services lottery drawn at the Chinese Town Hall here this afternoon. The second prize of $125,000 (ticket No. *****21< and the third prize of $50.--000
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      165 10 What are they doing in Paris? IN PARIS the (iris are wearing: Chains, around their waist, instead of a belt, around their finger, instead of a wedding ring, around their neck, instead of a choker, around their wrist, instead of a bracelet. Where will they snap one next? Around their
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      Artists band together for Loyalty Week
      502 10  -  COLOURFUL ALL-STAR CASTS 'By LUCY HUANG of Singapore's professional and amateur stage are banding together to present productions that will make the Loyalty Week celebrations something that will remain in our minds and on our tongues for a long time. Forgetting all Jealousies and
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      Curry coconut cheese balls
      102 10 Curry coconut cheese balls EVERYONE has cock- tail parties, anl everyone likes coconul Well, almost everyone. Try curry coconut cheese balls the next time you throw I drinking marathon. You will need one and one third cups flaktd cfconut, one and half tea« spoons curry powder, 16 ounces (two packets
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      This honourable deception
      215 10 This honourable deception "COR the 12th consec utive year. Pan American Airways will help prove to youngsters the world over that there really exists a Santa Claus. A statement from PAA said: "Children who write letters to Santa will receive tangible proof that the old gentleman really exists in the
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      264 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS a roll (7). IIU arms are legs (S, 11,1). 6 Run away sailors study a 8 Slips of yew sllverd In the copper (7). moon's (Macbetn) (7). 7 Review concerning yield (13). 9 Mince tarts In conveyance t7>. 10 They may show a certain dell Silver
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    Military dress got him the hotel freedom
    311 11 A 3-TIMES CHEAT TELLS COURT— MALACCA, Monday. A FORMER salesman from Penang told the Magistrate's Court here -tx today how he got board and lodging in hotels without payment. Ong Cheng Kuang, 31, was pleading for leniency after being convicted, on his own
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    Budget meeting
    20 11 PENANO, Mon. Budget meeting of State Legislative Assembly will be opened ceremonially at 9.30 a.m. on Dec. 22
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    L-TESTER ON $74,144 GRAFT CHARGE
    102 11 ALOR STAR, Monday. A DRIVING tester, Lvi Teck Fatt, was charged to- day with having corruptly accepted $74,144 from persons unnamed in Alor Star between Feb. 1. 1958, and Aug. 30 this year, as inducement or reward for showing favour to driving schools. Alternatively, he
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    Councillors to inspect roads
    32 11 PENANG. Mon. City Councillors will tour the city on Wednesday to report on roads requiring immediate repairs The tour will start from the City Hall at 4 p.m.
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    25 JUNGLE DANCERS LEAVE FOR STORE
    120 11 25 JUNGLE DANCERS LEAVE FOR STORE IPOH, Mon. Twentyfive dancers from the Semai tribe of aborigines left Kam par this afternoon for Singapore in a chartered bus to take part in the state's Loyalty Week celebrations. This is the first time In the postwar period that aborigine dancers will be
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    Birthday plans in Penang
    44 11 PENANG. Mon The birthday of the Governor of Penang. Raja Tun Uda bin Raja Muhammad, which falls on Dec. 15. will be a public holiday In the state. There will be a garden party at the Residency at 4.30 p.m.
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    AMBASSADOR FROM BRAZIL RECALLS 71-YEAR-OLD TIES WITH MALAYA
    159 11 AMBASSADOR FROM BRAZIL RECALLS 71-YEAR-OLD TIES WITH MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The BrazilUn Aiiilib—dor designate to Malaya, Senor Rubens Serreira de Mello, who arrived today, said there had been diplomatic* 1 ties between Malaya and BraiU since 1888. In that year, the first Brazilian "ambassador" rubber was introduced into Malaya,
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    NAAFI BEER CASE: FINE REFUNDED TO WOMAN
    72 11 NAAFI BEER CASE: FINE REFUNDED TO WOMAN JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Mr. Justice Neal. In the High Court here today cautioned and discharged Elizabeth June Huegett. who had earlier been fined $600 in a magistrate's court for possession of beer on which duty had not been paid. He ordered the fine
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    Carols recital
    29 11 TAIPINO. Mon.— A recital of Christmas carols will be given by the Commonwealth Festival Choir at Bt. George's Institution hall here on Dec. 11 at 8.30 p.m
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    Nayagam: Mission schools brainwash non-Christians
    533 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A CHARGE that mls- sion schools in Kuala Lumpur wire "brainwashing" nonChristian students by giving them religious education irrespective of their own faith, was made by a Socialist Front councillor at the monthly meeting of the Municipal Council here. Speaking during the
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      231 11 The Saint By Leslie Charter %s ST'Bi tiffi^. Jl^J^BMHVf p I rYES. HE SEEMS ALL RKSHT. IfS JUST^I K TRAVEL IS SUPPOSED TD»E~^M E,TIPM ,1' HI? W* ml TSteS OH, I SUPPOSE I'/M SILLY TO BE SO /MUCH eCCKDGNING, HONEY AND HE W mBJsUjSm J?Z rSSSSf i w JvJi m
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    DANES OFFER PEST KILLERS
    209 12 DANES OFFER PEST KILLERS A DANISH company manufacturing insecticides, Nord i s k Alkali Ltd., Copenhagen, is keen to aid Singapore and the Federation of Malaya combat field and garden pests. Mr. C. J. Christensen, managing director of the company, said in Singapore during a visit last week that his
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    W. Australian bauxite trade
    92 12 Western Australia may become a competitor supplier to Malaya. Indonesia and India of bauxite to the Australian Aluminium Production Commission whose plant is at Bell Bay. Tasmania, writes Keith Hooper from Perth. AAPc general manager. Mr. A.L. E.lLs said here regular exports of West Australian bauxite
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    Federation may get process plant
    317 12 AUSTRALIAN DAIRY PRODUCE IMPORTS' PLAN QNE of the largest Australian provision houses. K. L. Ballantyne Pty. Ltd. of Melbourne, is exploring the possibility of establishing a manufacturing unit in the Federation of Malaya. Announcing this in Singapore during a recent visit, Mr. Keith L. Ballantyne,
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    SCHOOL FOR INSURANCE FIELD MEN
    233 12 A NEWLY registered A Malayan insurance company in Kuala Lumpur is to set up a training school for its arents "to give the insurance policy holder a better deal." This was announced yesterday by a director of the company. United Malayan Insurance Co. Ltd.. Mr.
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    Less soap is made
    52 12 The Federation of Malaya and Singapore produced 377,621 cwt. of soap during the first nine months of this year, compared with 472.901 cwt. in the corresponding period of 1958. Imports of toilet soap into Malaya totalled 2.6 million lb. of which Britain supplied more than 50
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    Singapore compan made sales' agents for U.S.A. concerm
    195 12 Singapore compan made sales' agents for U.S.A. concerm DARRETTO Shipping and Trading Co. Ltd. is ex tending its operations in Singapore and th< Federation of Malaya by introducing a technics and chemical service for the marine industry. Mr. B. E. Gibbons. ship operation, department manager of Barretto's. said yesterday that
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    U.K. to boost car industry
    74 12 The British motor industry Is set for a further period of expansion, it is announced in London. Several large companies Including the British Motor Corporation. Ford. Vauxhall and the Rootes Group hay« announced plans for expansion. A The BMC annual repoofl states thai, the corporations
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    34 14 SINGAPORE, NOV. 30. RUBBER: $1,191 per lb. (down 44 cents). Unofficial 5 p.m. close $I.lBi (easier). TIN: $391 per picul (down 871 cents). Estimated unofficial of ferine 206 tons (up 10 tons).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    131 14 MELBOURNE. Mon. "INVESTMENT shares opened the week actively on a firm tone here today. BHP gained ls. 9d. to 735. 3d. Base metals were firm on an active market. North Broken Hill gained 205.. Mt. Isa Improved 2s. 3d. and Mt. Lyell advanced ls. 2d. to 48s. •4
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    252 14 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Wharves er expected today are: Leda Maersk 1/2, Mersey Lloyd 4/5. TJlnegara 6/7 Polydorus 6A. Atami Maru 8/9, James McKay 10/11, Olenartney 13/14, Bayemsteln 15/16, Star Betelgeuse 18, Shunko Maru 19. Presco No. 12 N. Wall 1. Labuan Hadji N. Wall 5,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    106 14 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK 'Continent December January shipments $37.50 buyers. $38.50 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk (60 sellers, drum $62 sellers. Pepper quiet; bo business was reported done, Muntok white $251. Sarawak $250, special Sarawak black $175. garbled Lam
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    TIN CONTROL DECISION EXPECTED IN NEXT FEW DAYS
    782 14 By Our Market Con-espondent THE uncertainty about the relaxation of controls and to what degree they will be lifted which has been acting a damper on the Singapore Tin Market in the past two weeks should be removed in the next few
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 14 Malayan Share Market: Nev. 3« Nov. 28 Industrials: 115.59 115.38 Tins: 143.41 143.74 Robbers: 181.44 IM.S7 Jan. 1 1958= 1M.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    359 14 THE Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "Industrials were selectively better while tins and rubbers were quietly steady. The turnover was fair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 pjn.: Industrials: Fraser and Neave ords $1.53 (OL). $1.60, $1.59 (OP); Gammon $2.10 (O). $2.11;
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    AVERAGE PRICES
    16 14 \cvember average prices Nov. 19.-.9 Oct. 1959 Rubber: 117.8S 104.92 eta. ■l.n 5594.96 JV197.10
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 14 DECEMBER ant grade raMter %J buyers f.ab. closed in Singapore yesterday at 119*4 cents per lb.. down 4Vi cents on Friday's close. The closing ton* was easy. Closing prioea in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 121, sellers 126 Norn); Int. 1
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    147 14 ALL Malayan Exchange Banks Association rates were unchanged yesterday as follows (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 32 15/16. O.D. S3 1/16, 90 d/st 33 7/16 credit bills. 33 9/16 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 3/8, O.D. 31 1/2, 90 d/st 31 15/16
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    ESTATE SOLD
    135 14 A contract has been signed for the tale of the estates of Koala Muds Rubber Estates for £586.666. says the chairman. Mr. L. I. Simpson. A forfeltable deposit of ten per cent of the purchase price has been received, and an undertaking to provide an acceptable guarantee for
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      166 14 UMIOIf OF BURMA SHIPPPf O BOAUP S.S. "PYIDAWAYE" ETA 1* D«c. From Rangoon, MsajlaßSJß. Menu! THE BUHMA FIVE STAR HUE s.s. Maria Angela Mortinoli ETA. 2 Dec. Accepting cargo A (Posscnget Accommodation Available) for Penan*, Mergui, Moulmein A Rangoon. AGENTS: INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AGENCY SINGAPORE PENANG 338/342. Telok Aycr Street. SI.
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      388 14 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS INTERRUPTION OP ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY AT BUKIT TIMAH 4TH MILE TO 44 MILE DUCHESS ROAD. KINGSMEAD ROAD. CORONATION ROAD. KLN'GS ROAD, QUEENS ROAD. DUKE ROAD. TAN KIM CHONO ROAD. PRINCE OP WALES ROAD. AND PRINCESS OP WALES ROAD Electric power
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      684 14 NOTICES NOTICE We hf-ve to advise that Mr Pong Kirn Toong is no longer in our employ and is therefore not authorlaec' to solicit orders, to accept payments or to issue receipts on our behalf. MALAYAN FERTILISERS LTD.. Kuala Lumpur. AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE As December 3rd has been declared
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      248 14 NOTICES CHINC KENG LEE ft COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE Ls hereby given thai the- Thirty-ninth Annual Gene -i Meeting of Shareholders of m Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Compe iy. No. 2. Collyer Quay. Singapore, on Tuesday, the Bth' December 1959. at 11
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      1239 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT APPLICATIONS »re Invitee 1 from federal citizens or state nationals for the following posts In the Public Works Department, Cameron Highlands: (A) Temporary clerk of works on a basic salary of $419/- per n isem vfi) Temporary surveyor on a ua-vc salary of $209/- per mensem. i. The
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      435 15 NOTICE THE BORELLI RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY Riven that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Stockholders will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, No. 1 the Embankment, Kuala -Lumpur on Thursday 24th December, 1959. at 10.30 a.m.
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      771 15 (Continued from Page SITUATIONS VACANT 29 Words tS (Min.)— Box St ets. mxtrm WANTED AN EXPERIENCED Pianist and a few Waitresses. Apply personally to 185, Orchard Road. Singapore 9. GENERAL AMAH for European Household with Child. Required to Live in. Apply stating references. Box A 5356 ST.. Spore. WANTED 6
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      842 15 SITUATIONS VACANT It Words tS (Ml*.}— Box St ets. mxtrm YOUNU PROGRESSIVE concern requires energetic salesman for Kl. office not afraid of hardwork and capable of working independently. Must be able to type and take charge ol normal office work. Knowledge of electrical lines particularly lighting fittings preferable. Transport an
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      867 15 HOUSE LAND FOR SALE tt Words ti (Mi*.)— Box St ets. extrm VALUABLE FREEHOLD LAND At East Coast Avenue off East Coast Road, opposite sea, area 10,061 aq. ft. Vacant possession. Tel. (Spore) *****. BINJAI PARK still a few elevated lots at $0.60 a sq. ft. and two bungalows vacant
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      889 15 HIRE PURCHASE tt Words ti (Min.)— Box it ef. oxtn SOON TKCK FINANCE Company finance Hire-PUrchase on Motor Cars new and secondhand (1964 Model upwards only)- termi moderate. Apply 173 A. SouU Bridge Road, Singapore Tel: 7556t or Room 2, 3rd. Floor MCA Building, Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur Tel: *****
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      797 15 FOR SALE I It Words ti (Mi*.,*— Box St ef. extra ONE BP PILING plant capable handling 100 fee- length 12 ton I RC piles with seam boiler and i winch. Brand new single acting 4-ton steam hamrr.i.r Tiptop con- > ditlon. Apply Boy AS3SO 8-T. Spore. JOHNSON 30 HP.
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      327 15 WHERE TO STAY (Spore) it Words tit (Minimum) Itailm 1 month, 10 Words $I^» (Mm SERVICE FLATS Luxury Furnished. Fully equipped, 2 airconditioned bedrooms, lounge/ dining room, modern k'tchen, telephone weekly or monthly tenancy. Executive House 120 Oxley RUe. B'pore (Cemenceau Avenue JuncMon) Phone *****. WHERL TO KM 21 Word,
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    LTAM is declared illegal body
    259 16 ITS NOT REGISTERED IN FEDERATION. REGISTRAR TELLS OLYMPIC COUNCIL By VIC NAYAGAM Kuala Lumpur, Monday rpHE LAWN Tennis Association of Malaya has been declared to be an unlawful society in the Federation. The Registrar of Societies, has written to the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council
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    Moses is _ off for big race
    155 16 Moses is off for big race SINGAPORE. Mon. After a delay of more than J4 hours Mihiyan jockey Moses Lee left here tonight by air for Australia to ride in trie International Stakes al Melbourne on Saturday. Moses is the second Malayan Jockey to be invited to ride in the
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    Majedee win
    54 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Majode*- Barracks entered the second nund cf the Malayan Army Cup Rugby football competition beating Px>yal Engineers. Malaya, by 22 points (two goals, four tries) to nil. In a first round match at the Civil Service ground here today. Majedee now meet' Ist. Bn. Foresters
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    Lock icon FRASER REJECTS $122,400 OFFER
    55 16 MELBOURNE. Mon— Scale Fraser. the Australian Davis Cup star, said today that he had rejected promoter Jack Kramer's M 5122.400 offer to turn professional. Fraser said he wished to remain an amateur to help Australia defend the Davis Cup and also to seek the world's major
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    FMOC asks Govt. for $16,000 grant
    101 16 FMOC asks Govt. for 16,000 grant ITU ALA LUMPUR, Mon. —The Federation of Malaya Olympic Council has applied for a grant of $16,000 from the Government tc finance its team to the South-East Asia Peninsular Games at Bangkok from Dec. 12 to 18 F.M.O.C, which launched its International Oames Fund
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    Selva heads selectors
    129 16 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr P. Selvanayagam. the Malayan Cricket Association selection committee chairman, will head the Malayan cricket team's selection committee during the side's twoweek visit to Hong Kong next month. Other members of the tour team's selection committee announced today are: Gorbex Singh, the manager. M. Sathaslvam,
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    FINAL TEST ON SUNDAY FOR SEAP GAMES ATHLETES
    346 16 FINAL TEST ON SUNDAY FOR SEAP GAMES ATHLETES SINGAPORE, Mon. The •lght athletes represent- I ing Singapore at the S.E.A.P. I Games In Bangkok will have a final test when the Singapore A.A.A. organises a triangular meet between a Singapore selection, Services and Police to celebrate the National Loyalty Week
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    SAFA tourney
    29 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. SAFA will hold Its annual McOregor Watt throw-In competition at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Deo. 10 at 5.30 p.m. Poet entries will be accepted.
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    Technicolor tops St. Leger field of nine
    661 16 Technicolor tops St. Leger field of nine WEIGHTS for the first day. Saturday (Dec. 5), of the Singapore St. Lerer Meeting:- SINGAPORE ST. LEGER CI. 1 and 2 combined lfim. Technicolor n 9.00 Marksman 9.00 Peaceful Kinr B.M Grand Coup 8.02 Amusemeat Park n 8.00 Automation 7.13 Arnes Slipper 7.
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    CSC move up to third place
    120 16 CSC move up to third place SINGAPORE, Moo. Ceyi u n Sports Club Improved their position from seventh to third In the S.H.A. league Div. l table with a 7-2 win over Singapore Teachers Union at Balestler Road today. CSC now have 14 points from nine matches and are behind
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    Singapore GSFA officials
    104 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. Claud Doral was elected president of the Singapore Government Services Football Association at the annual general meeting at SAFA clubhouse today. Mr. S-R.P. Naidu was re-elected hon. secretary. Other officials: Vlce-presl'*— it: Mr.. N. Sutcllffe; hon. vice- I idents: Mr. Son Teow Seng am.
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    17 successes
    73 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. Seventeen of the 29 candidates who sat for the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association poaching examination were successful. They were: Sprints Wee Beng Huat. Lee Keng Fang, Wong Fey Wan. Koh Kla Wan. Low Sin Cheok. Joseph Teo. Mok Khoon Yam. Albert Abraham. Jennifer Argus. Tang Ngl
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    Jegathesan fund now $356
    71 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The fund to send quarter-miler M. Jegathesan to the South-East Asia Peninsular Games at Bangkok next month has reached $356.50. The latest donations are (%j each) K Slvapragasam, K. Slnnadurai; <*3> S. Kandlah ($2 each) V. S. Mantajn. V. Vlgneswaran. T. Selvaratnam; ($1)
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    She was the lone survivor of her family outina
    36 17 POLICEMEN help to carry Miss Cheah on a stretcher after she gave evidence how her parents and brother were killed in a motor accident. Straits Times picture.
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    LINK-UP OF ALL RAIL MEN NOT POSSIBLE— NUR CHIEF
    122 17 LINK-UP OF ALL RAIL MEN NOT POSSIBLE— NUR CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The president of the National Union of Railwaymen. Mr. A. W. King, said today it was impracticable for all railway employees to negotiate as one body. He was referring to a suggestion by the retiring general "manager of
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    School concert
    27 17 KUALA KUBU BHARU. Mon. The Standard Type Primary School Tamil) here will stage Its annual concert at the school hall on Friday at 7.30 p.m.
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    DEATH OF AIRPORT MAN: NO FOUL PLAY, SAY POLICE
    166 17 DEATH OF AIRPORT MAN: NO FOUL PLAY, SAY POLICE SINGAPORE. Monday. T<H£ Police Secretary, Mr. William Cheng, this A afternoon confirmed that no foul play was suspected in the case of the Singapore Airport health officer, Mr. N.V. Lin gam. who was found dead in his office at Paya Lebar
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    Tax rise a rude shock
    73 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon —The All-Malayan Estate Staff Union has adopted a resolution deploring the new income tax increases. A statement by the union said the increases hit the majority of its members. j It added: "The middle 'classes which had placed immense trust and confidence
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    $500 collected
    25 17 KUALA KUBU BAHRU. Mon. The local branch of the Selangor Adult Education Association collected mure than $500 here during I adult education week.
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    Professor among 13 called to Bar
    109 17 Professor among 13 called to Bar LONDON. Mon. Prof. C. J. Eliezer. M.A., Ph.D., D.Sc. of the University of Malaya, is among 13 Malayans who have just been called to the Bar in London. Others are S. Sahathevan (Kuala Lumpur), Mak Tak Onn (Kuala Lumpur), A. bin Gbazi (Kulim), Teh
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    LORR YDRIVER on NEGLIGENT DRIVING COUNT AFTER TRAGIC COLLISION
    358 17 LORR Y DRIVER on NEGLIGENT DRIVING COUNT AFTER TRAGIC COLLISION KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A 20- YEAR-OLD girl was brought on a stretcher to the First Magistrate's court here today to give evidence about a road accident in which her parents and a brother were killed. In between sobs, the girl.
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    2,000 attend funeral
    42 17 TRIANG. Mon— More than 2 000 people, Including students from Kemayan and Mengkuang. attended the funeral of Madam Wong Kan. 81. mother of Mr. Lee Chlng Khing. a J.P. Madam Wong leaves three sons, two daughters and 30 grandchildren.
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    Poppy collection
    24 17 KUALA KUBU BAHRU. Mon.— The Ulu Selangor District Poppy Day Committee collected more than $1,000 this year, $200 more than last year.
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    Ratna back with Homicide
    71 17 SINGAPORE. Mon.—Former chief of the ClD's Homicide Squad, Assistant Superintendent V.N. Ratnaslngham, now on long leave, has been recalled for immediate duty. Mr. Ratnasingham, who will break his vacation a month before he is due to return, will be back at work tomorrow as head of
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    Taxpayers' meeting
    52 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The inaugural meeting of the Federation of Malaya Taxpayers' Association will be held on Dec. 13 at 2 pm at the top floor of Ng Keat Teong Building. Pudu Road. Professional men. merchants and others will address the meeting which will be t open to
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    £ A 800 TB bill uproar
    392 18 A 800 TB bill uproar YOUNG SINGAPOREAN WAS FREE OF DISEASE ON ARRIVAL YEAR AGO PRESSURE MOUNTS ON AUSTRALIAN GOVT. TO REVIEW STUDENTS CASE SYMPATHETICALLY MELBOURNE, Monday. pRESSURE is mounting on the Australian Government to consider sympathetically the case of a Singapore student who has been presented with an £ABOO
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    DEATHS
    77 18 THE DEATH Has occurred of Mr. Richard Overee. No. 8. Temple Road. K.L. at 2.15 p.m. on 30. 11.59. The cortege leaves house at 5 p.m. today for St. Johns Cathedral, thence to Cberas Road cemetery. N. V. LING AM, Medical Department, brother of N. Krishnar, Railway Pensioner, and
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    357 18 THE SON of Late Madam Mary Liin beet Nya Chik expresses grateful thanks to all Relatives. Friends. Members Charity Chain for help, cash donations loan of cars, wreaths, funeral attendance and night prayers in his recent bereavement. "Inserted b" Her Beloved Son. John Lowe". LONDON. Mon. Business In London
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    PAP: Unpopular decisions necessary to take measures that are popular
    421 18 SINGAPORE, Monday PETIR, the journal of the People's Action Party, said today that every act by the Government was the collective decision of all the Ministers. The unpopular and unpleasant decisions were shared as equally as the popular and successful
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    From 3rd floor into fir tree
    58 18 BRISTOL. Rhode Island, Mon.— A 37-year-old socialite was sent to hospital today after a narrow escape from a 20-room mansion where her husband and four children died In a flash fire. Mrs. Martha Neaerry climbed out of a third floor window and tumbled into
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    Japanese Bill
    29 18 TOKYO. Mon. The Japanese Government today announced it had decided to draft a Bill to make mass demonstrations illegal in the vicinity of the National Diet building.
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    BOMBAY KIDNAPPING: PEKING HAS ITS OWN VERSION
    178 18 BOMBAY KIDNAPPING: PEKING HAS ITS OWN VERSION PEKING, Mon. C6mmunist China charged today that U.S. Consular officials in Bombay kidnapped a Chinese official there and used threats to get a statement from him. The charges were In direct contradiction to the U.S. version of the kidnapping of American Marine Sergeant
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    Viscounts begin flights today
    111 18 SINGAPORE, Mon. Malayan Airways will from tomorrow operate Viscount services between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. With the introduction of the prop-Jet aircraft, which cruises at a speed of 300 miles per hour, flying time between Singapore and the Federal captal. will be cut down to one
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    Boeing sets new record
    52 18 LONDON. Mon. A Pa,nAmerican World Airways Boeing 707 arrived in Lonti«.r rrom New York City today after a record flight of 5 hrs. 27 mln*. Officials at Louden airport said that this beat the prpvious Trans- Atlantic recora. also held by a Boeing 707 by three
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