The Straits Times, 4 December 1959

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    18 1 AVIHAf.F DAILY CEBTIFIEO SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times fie**"** Estd. 1845. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1959 15 CENTS.
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    SINGAPORE REJOICES
    4396 1 YANG di-PERTUAN NEGARA INSTALLED History is made in nine minutes at City Hall FIVE MORE PAGES OF LOYALTY WEEK INSIDE Huge crowd throngs padang for big parade SINGAPORE, Thursday. IN A HISTORIC nine-minute ceremony at the City Hall this morning, Inche Yusof bin Ishak was formally installed as
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    10 'life' prisoners are freed after nine years in jail
    303 1 10 'life' prisoners are freed after nine years in jail SINGAPORE. Thursday. THEN PRISONERS now s< rving life sentences for murder, including those convicted in connection with the Maria Hertogh riots in 1950. today had their sentences remitted by the Yang di-Pertuan Neorara. The prisoners, who have been granted clemency
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    Lock icon Kassem leaves hospital
    35 1 BAGDAD. Thurs. MaJ. General Abdul Karim Kasspm. Prime Minister of Iraq, left hospital here today "fully recovered" from the three bullet wounds he received In an assassination attempt 56 days ago.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Emergency ends
    28 1 COLOMBO. Thurs The state of Emergency proclaimed in Ceylon nine weeks a?o after the assassination of the Prime Minister. Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike was lifted today. Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    53 1 FIRI CUTS SHOE TACTOIY .fAK.MIIA t**] Kir* Bill M 7 .«t hihbalt rir,«t lurr, Uklu\ .oid tintgr official!? eailautt-d a* > woo |M rupi ih> Rcult PLANE WITH 38 MISSING KIO MJAMHBOi rhu« t (MfttcUativd airhmr «>l Kr^/ilMn Aulio*- IMpmi «I<i-Bm/iI raisin; M people aboard atcordnt radio reports
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      101 2 Judging of the iO finalists in the 1 MISS SUPERSHELL 1960 CONTEST #j I -*a f mil he held at the Arts Rail, a Raffles Hotel Dec. 12th oW SUPERSHELL t7 __fl JHHBI It's good shopping to buy Supcrshell with ICA. For the ICA in Supershell actually saves petrol it
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    Lock icon EISENHOWER IS OFF ON HIS 11-NATION TOUR
    744 3 EISENHOWER IS OFF ON HIS 11-NATION TOUR WASHINGTON, Thursday PRESIDENT Eisenhower said yesterday he was making his 11---L nation tour beginning tomorrow to express American devotion to peace. The President also said he would be glad to discuss with Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, the border dispute between India
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    Lock icon Birth control: 'Not America's business
    153 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Presi dent Eisenhower told a Press conference yesterday that birth control problems in other countries were not the business of the United States. He was commenting on a statement by the Roman Catholic bishops of America who oppose the use of foreign aid
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    Johnny Ray faints on being cleared of immorality
    154 3 Johnny Ray faints on being cleared of immorality rkETROIT, Thurs. v Singer Johnny Ray was found not guilty today on a morals charge. He immediately fainted in the court. After being revived, the 32--year-old singer, charged with accosting and soliciting a plalnclothes police officer for immoral purposes, gasped: "It's the
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    Lock icon THE MOORHOUSE DEATH BOX TO FEATURE IN CAIRO 'MUSEUM'
    251 3 THE MOORHOUSE DEATH BOX TO FEATURE IN CAIRO 'MUSEUM' f ONDON, Thurs —The Foreign Secretary. Mr. Seltryn Lloyd, has called for an immediate inquiry into Cairo reports that a museum Is to be opened at the house where a British officer, Lt. Anthony Moorhouse. lost his life during the British
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    Algeria: Afro-Asian group urges talks
    218 3 NEW YORK. Thursday. A GROUP of Afro-Asian nations yesterday ignored A an appeal by the United States and Britain to keep the United Nations out of the Algerian problem. The group submitted a resolution calling on the UN to urge talks between France and Algeria
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    Lock icon MPs QUERY PHONE TAPPING
    137 3 MPs QUERY PHONE TAPPING LONDON. Thurs.-The Post-master-General. Mr. John Bevlns. was hotly questioned in the House of Commons yesterday about the ethics of official telePhone tapping. M T;r M ,!i rcu 2l. Llpton Labour> urged him to end the beastly business" of official intrusion into private conversations in cases where
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    BAN ON MIXED MARRIAGES 'MONSTROUS'—BISHOP
    93 3 BAN ON MIXED MARRIAGES 'MONSTROUS' BISHOP CAPE TOWN. Thur«. South Africa's law banning mixed marriage is monstrous. Cape Town's Anglican Archbishop said. Archbishop Joost De Blank said: "It is wholly repugnant to the Christian conscience." Re added it was an open question whether Anglican priests would continue to •crre as
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      422 3 Are you 4gsfc> always TIRED, lf>, §b ;O ~jj vigour SSs5?/T VITALITY PANOPEPTON HHtrS DEFINITE PROOF I I Übortlory lem prove that general THY THIS 7 -DAY debility. lon of appetite, enthusiasm TKCT VSMiacci r and vitality, headaches and nervous I ■>» I TUUKSCLF new rwult when your body fails
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      319 3 I Your radio today... 1 RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA NATIONAL SHORTWAVE Medium H» w 47S metre* SERVICE 41.7 mrtree A.M. 6.30 Oood Morning 63» "OSpiX'M WAVE SERVICES Morning Pre lude; 70 0 THe New.; J^' 11 1 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 The 1 >oh 33« metres New,; B^os
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    THE FIRST NIGHT...
    298 4 THE FIRST NIGHT SINGAPORE LOYALTY WEEK CELEBRATIONS? FIRST DAY X SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Happy World Stadium was thronged to its portals tonight for the first Aneka Ragam Surat2 Khabar, a recital of Malayan and South East Asian dances sponsored by the newspapers of Singapore. Mr. L. C. Hoffman. Editor-in-Chief of
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    SEEING IT ALL FROM THE AIR: BIG RUSH
    185 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. Kthan a hundred people went to the airport y to get a bird's eye view of the Island ng the Installation of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara. Malayan Airways and the Royal Singapore Flying Club, who organised special joy rides had
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    DIAL 2 OR 3 FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
    85 4 DIAL 2 OR 3 FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM SINGAPORE. Thurs. Want to listen to "Majulah Singapore. Singapore's National Anthem? Just pick up the telephone and dial "2" or "3". This special service began at lunchtime today and will continue throughout Loyalty Week. A spokesman for the Singapore Telephone Board said:
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    ALL THE GOODWILL MESSAGES
    1328 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Messages of congratulations and good wishes on the Installation of Singapore's first Malayanborn Yang dl-Pertuan Negara have poured into the State from many countries. Prom the BRITISH Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Macmtllan. came this message to Incbe Yusof bin Ishalt. the new Head of
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    Subandrio: 'Spore will enhance peace'
    99 4 JAKARTA, Thurs. The Indonesian Foreign Minister. Dr. Subandrio. said the emergence of Singapore as a selfgoverning nation "is bound to enhance peace and safety in South-East Asia. Dr. Subandrio, speaking at a nation-wide radio broadcast hailed the Installation of Singapore's Yang di-Pertuan Negara as "a
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      486 4 MAJVLAH SINGAPVRA :#SHAWrai I Special LOJf ALTY WEEK Short: "Forward With The People" I NOW SHOWING at ALL SHAW ORGANISATION CINEMAS. iCSIITONIGHT9.IS P.M.| South East Asian Premiere '?ft'^P T* 1 StH' CINERAMA Presentation ../HP the lOWE'I THOMAS production WONDERS 4trf the W Utibll HCOt I as seen through the greatest
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      520 4 |\TSaM-» MAJULAH ==^2^l I SINGAPURA JHt I 1 2uT» IOW SHOWING! 630 A 9.30 p.m. a Max Bytraves "D^DDImT IkIC" Chinese-Subs. a Shirley Jones Pk/PPllvlWj CScope (Fox) B MIDNIGHT Nifel Patrick "CIPPMIRE" Eastman Colour TOMORROW: Yvonne Mitchell »WrrHIWK (J.A.8.0.) p CZSEZSI now showing! Ji Ta^l'J: Maria Menadoit|f HDDAll CITIIAU' Ta
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      The joy born of a new pride and dignity
      103 5 FU "MERDEKA!" A group of the 4,000 People's Action Party members who gave lusty, clenched fist cries of "Merdeka" as they passed the Yang di-Pertuan Negara during the march-past. BANDSMEN of the Singapore Boys' Brigade take a breather while waiting for
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      SOME OF OTHERS WHO TOOK PART
      19 5 BELOW: Some of the others who took part in the march-past yesterday. Our
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    Wonders of the world —on a wide, wide screen
    295 7 Wonders of the world —on a wide, wide screen THE latest Cinerama 1 show, "SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD," is very much ahead of its two predecessors. Another travelogue, it takes the audience on an exciting journey through many continents. Lowell Thomas tells us In his introduction that for many
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    LONDON SLUMS WHERE RACE HATE FESTERS
    339 7 T"*™*^»~. "OAPPHIRE" is an excellent film, but hardly the sort of story likely to further inter-racial friendship. It deals with the colour bar in England, and does so much more intelligently than most American films on the same subject. London's coloured population is large
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    FORTUNE FOR SPECULATOR MAX—THANKS TO HIS INFANT'S TIP-CHAT
    245 7 FORTUNE FOR SPECULATOR MAX— THANKS TO HIS INFANT'S TIP-CHAT 11 IS becoming in- creasingly difficult to decide whether a film is made by a British or American company. KOBBIKINS is a delightful mixture with the parts distributed fairly evenly from both sides of the Atlantic. Fantastic The story is fantastic,
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    Lock icon Marty mobbed as he weds
    55 7 LONDON. Thurs. Thousands of screaming women and teenagers mobbed British rock 'n' roll singer Marty Wilde. 20. and 18-year-old singer Joyce Baker after their wedding here today. Policemen cleared a path 1 for the couple as shouting wo- men clung to the railings of {the
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      189 7 The Saint By Lesiie Charteris ■■J H f^ Jll»»*L I 'AW SEGURANCA MUST Jjj /MEAMWHILC- Tt»ERE A(?C A LOT OF WM/S^ AMTKSO THERES v |r v 4AICJ ANTJodT- EAN SOMETHING LUCEBM MH^ IN THfS BUSINESS, SAINf, AND 1 MtXJR *AMT»OUE SHOP L&m j r^SHKia TON SEEMS TO THIHK J Li'l
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    91 8 It W»t4i $tt (Minimum) THE FAMILY OF the late Mrs CLirte Maud Mitchell thank all relatives and friends for their condolences, wreaths and kind attendance at the funeral of their beloved mother on 30.11.59. ADVERTISEMENT INSERTED BY Mr. as Mrs. Choo Yeok Koon Messrs. Lim San Hal. I.lm I*e
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    350 8 7* Borrft tit (Minimum) CHRISTMAS COLLECTION of Dresses at Town <fc Country. Air shipment Just arrived. PARTY FROCKS. Cocktail Oowns. Super Xmas Gifts. Vanity. 3J Raffles Place. Spore. Open to 5 pm. Saturday. ROSIE. the Rhode Island Red, nil, "Why buy Inferior brands whfn -Ylk-Poh-Lelc' lothenriw Apollo') Is available.
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    PHOTOGRAPHY
    115 8 w,ri. Si (Him.)—B»a S$ ets. urtra COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY nai many use* In Commerce and Industry. Advanced development of the process In tbe Straits Timer Colour Laboratories which produr< up to 11" z 18" has made Its use possible for many purposes including horjM magazines, brochures, showcards and lllumlnateo displays.
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    OVERSEAS LEAVE
    32 8 U rV.rdj U <*in.y—*»x t* eil. **tr, MODERN HOUSE Bromley Kent. 13 mite London, 3 Bedrooim. Oarage. Vacr.it now untl middle of April. Six Guinea.weekly. Box A 9649 ST.. K.L.
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    The Straits Times Friday. December 4, 1959. Unity And Loyalty
    377 8 The Straits Times Friday. December 4, 1959. Unity And Loyalty At ten o'clock yesterday morning, Inche Yusof bin Ishak was installed Yang diPertuan Negara of Singapore. The evening before, Sir William Goode, the last of the governors and the first Head of State, had bade farewell to the island. It
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    Paying For It
    418 8 A fundamental point of the education policy that grew out of the Razak Report in 1956 was that the States should establish local authorities to carry some of the administrative burden Mr. TanSiewSin hinted in his budget speech that so far as their financial responsibilities were concerned
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    Better Health
    369 8 The deficiencies of the Federation's Health services, especially the state c f some of the hospitals, always attract more attention than the remarkable progress which the health services have made in the past decade. Independence has accelerated the progress, and the projects outlined yesterday by the Minister for
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    HUNGARY '59
    1116 8  -  by NORA BELOFF A slanging match in the U.N. at this stage could be a disaster They don't want our oratorical solicitude they just want desperately to be left alone RETURNING from a threeweek visit to Hungary, I read that the Western allies are again preparing a verbal
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    U.S. DEGREES: THE SOLUTION DEPENDS ON MALAYA'S NEED
    102 8 MORE LETTERS READ with great interest the opinions expressed by "Public" (B.T. Nov. 28) on the question of recognition of U.S. academic degrees. The question of recognition Is assuredly not a simple matter The solution to the problem would depend upon the
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    WHAT ABOUT THE U.S.?
    55 8 "pUZZLED AMERICAN" <B.T. Dec. 3) seems to have got rather emotional over the non-recognition of United States university degrees here in Malaya. My impression Is that the United States does not accord recognition to any overseas degrees whether they be from Oxford. Heidelberg. Kuala Lumpur or
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    TIME FOR A NEW POST OFFICE
    129 8 TIME FOR A NEW POST OFFICE ri« well and good to cry out 'Prosperity is with us"— but who benefits? Since the Government is now reaping an unexpected rich harvest don't you think it is an opportune time to build a new General Post Office In Kuala Lumpur? The present
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      LETTERS
      159 8 I WAS pleasantly surprised, extremely satisi ued and delighted to read Mr. S Woodhull.-. concise comment on the much maligned English -educated (S.T. Dec. I). This D-Day has not come too soon from one of the "high ups" of the party In power. His perspective is* a model of
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      RELIEF
      113 8 WORDS cannot express the Immense relief > with which we read Mr. S. Woodhull on the Englisheducated i S.T. Dec I>. Mr. Woodhull cannot be closer to the truth when L he talks about the "growj Ing sense of suffocation felt by teachers, lawyers, doctors and engineers." The English
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    THE BIG MOMENT...scene in City Hall as Inche Yusof takes the oath
    119 9 THE SCENE at the installation of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof b. Ishak. in the City Hall chamber. Those present at the ceremony were Ministers, Comm onwealth and consular representatives, assemblymen and senior civil servants. Inche Yusof
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    Lee: We cannot afford diversity of loyalty
    343 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— —The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. said in a broadcast from Radio Singapore tonight that National Loyalty Week had been so called "to emphasise the most important quality we must develop in large measure if we are to forge ahead
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    GRAND TATTOO HIGHLIGHT OF TODAY'S EVENTS
    255 9 GRAND TATTOO HIGHLIGHT OF TODAY'S EVENTS rpHE Grand Tattoo (Malam Ruksaksa Rakyat) at the Jalan Besar Stadium, will be the highlight of today's celebrations the second day of National Loyalty Week. This is a combined show by the Singapore military forces, civil defence, police force and 5,000 schoolchildren. It includes
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    'Death sentence' for the five-bite dog
    143 10 'Death sentence for the five-bite dog PENANG, Thurs. A DOG which bit a postman was "sentenced" to death by a Penang magistrate's court today. The' magistrate, Inche Eusoff bin Chin, ordered the animal to be destroyed after its owner. Tara Singh, 30, had pleaded guilty to negligently allowing it to
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    Teachers in school row will go back if board man quits
    169 10 Teachers in school row will go back if board man quits A LOR STAR, Thurs. All nine teachers who resigned yesterday from the Al-Tarbiatul Islamic Religious Girls' School, will withdraw their resignations if a member of the school committee whom they accused of being high-handed i? removed. "As long as
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    Now council chief makes history I. Sarawak
    70 10 Now council chief makes history I. Sarawak ITUCHING, Thurs.— For the first time in Sarawak's history a member of a political party has become the head of a local authority. Mr. Ong Kee Hui. chairman of the Sarawak United People's Party, has been elected president of the Kuching Municipal CounOf
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    Boat capsizes, 11 rescued
    49 10 MALACCA. Thurs. A 10-ton motor sampan, carrying a cargo of scrap rubber, coconut oil. coffee seeds and arecanut worth $5,000 from Sumatra to Malacca, capsized this morning after hitting a reef at Pulau Tanjong pear here. The crew of 11 were rescued by fishing boats.
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    Armed robbers raid S'pore post office
    193 10 SINGAPORE. Thursday. A GUN butt crashed on a post-office assistant's head when he looked up on hearing a thud on the counter. Through the trickle of blood falling over his eyes. assistant Khamis bin Lisup saw a man armed with a revolver facing him.
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    JEWELLERY IN BICYCLE LAMP
    69 10 JEWELLERY IN BICYCLE LAMP BUTTERWORTH. Thurs.— Five gold bangles and a brooch were found in a bicycle lamp at the Butterworth custom s examination shed on Aug. 28. the Sessions Court here was told today. Leong Yew Leng. 37. pleaded guilty to two charges of attempting to evade $125 customs
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    Cyclist killed
    29 10 KLANO. Thurs.— An 11--year-old girl cyclist. Lee Ah Olak. was killed this morning when she was knocked down by a bus in Batu Tiga Road. In Klang.
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    STUDENT'S $5,440 BILL CANCELLED
    151 10 MELBOURNE. Thurs Mr. Richard Casey, the Australian Minister for External Affairs, to day announced the cancellation of a bill for; £800 ($5,440) sent to a Singapore businessman for the treatment of his son last year in the Melbourne Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Mr Casey described the cancellation as
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    $2,000 TO BE WON
    24 10 PLAY SAFE— post your entry today for The Malayan Monthly's $2,000 Jackpot Contest "J" (for November) which closes on Monday.
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    MPs COMPLAIN OF RUDE CUSTOMS MEN
    302 10 MPs COMPLAIN OF RUDE CUSTOMS MEN KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 4 LLIANCE backbenchers today charged that some officers of the Customs Department at Butterworth and Johore Bahru were ill-mannered and caused undue delay and inconvenience to the public. These charges were made during the debate today in Parliament on the detailed
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    Minister announces a huge health scheme for next year
    969 11 Minister announces a huge health scheme for next year ALL GENERAL HOSPITALS TO BE MODERNISED KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday A HUGE health scheme was outlined in Parliament today by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dato On; Yoke Lin. Projects for the coming year include: A pilot anti-malarial scheme as
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    'DON'T BE SHY' Mrs. LEE TELLS WOMEN
    110 11 ALOR STAR. Thursday. THE Federation chairman of the National Associa- tion ot Women's Institutes. Mrs. Douglas Lee. said here last night the associations main problem was to "break down fhyness among women." "This shyness is preventing more women from coming forward to Join
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      300 11 Straits Times Crossword AcmOBS 5 Marbles could mftka thla fJra--1 Ace R.L clitic cant possibly place i 5). be given a certain latitude 6 Included In no acted turn (9.6). (9) •In addition, detectives catcb 7 Possibly in Ventnor ba rat returning <9). yawned occasionally (5, 3, 3. 4) 10
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    Ore output up
    35 12 Production of iron ore in the Federation of Malaya during the first eight months of this year amounted to 2.4 million tons, 600.000 tons more than in the same period of 1958.
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    Indonesian trade is now 'disrupted'
    364 12 MORE COMPLICATED R.I. EXPORT REGULATIONS TWO-WAY trade between Singapore and Indonesia has again been disrupted following the Indonesian Government's decision to make another change in its export and import regulations, according to Singapore traders. They say that supplies of Indonesian rubber, copra, coffee and pepper
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    Ben Line man back from U.K. study tour
    160 12 T\OCK facilities in the United Kingdom and the Continent are very up-to-date and efficient. a senior executive of The Ben Line Steamers Ltd., Singapore, Mr. Choo Seng Hock, said on his return after a five-month tour. Mr. Choo said he was Impressed
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    NEW HOEGH LINE SHIP CALLS SOON
    178 12 NEW HOEGH LINE SHIP CALLS SOON ANEW vessel. Hoefh Dene, for Hoegh Lines Far East/ U.S./ North Atlantic cargo service will arrive in Singapore on Monday on Its maiden voyage from New York. This was announced by Mr. J. N. Aucntt. shipping manager of Harper, Gilfillan and Co. Ltd.. the
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    Rubber plant
    30 12 The first synthetic rubber plant to begin production in Japan was opened recently in Kawasaki by officials of the B. F. Goodrich Co. and Japanese Qeon Ltd., Tokyo.
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    Hookworm probe here
    99 12 Hookworm probe here A SENIOR member of the export division of Burroughs Wellcome and Co.. Ltd. London, Mr. K.J. Bunting, leaves Singapore tomorrow for Rangoon after a few weeks' visit xo Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Mr. Bunting nas been Investigating the incidence of hookworm in Malaya and assessing
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    Singapore travel service will help you see the world
    161 12 Singapore travel service will help you see the world A SINGAPORE shipping company aas opened a A travel service department in R(binson Road to organise tours to anywhere in the world. The company. Archipelago Trading and Shipping Co.. has contacts and agents in Japan, Hong Kong. Italy Thailand, the United
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    OVER ONE MILLION UNITS SOLD BY MALAYAN FUND
    660 14 OVER ONE MILLION UNITS SOLD BY MALAYAN FUND By Our Market Correspondent 'pil K First Malayan Fund the Federation and Singapore's first unit trust which started operations 17 days ago had sold 1,100,000 one dollar units to the general public up to Wednesday. The managers— Malayan Unit Trusts Ltd. report
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    93 14 nr*RE Federation Minister of x Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating Customs duties for the week beginning on Dee. 3. Rubber 125', cents a lb. Copra $604.00 a ton. Coconut oil $998.00 a ton. Palm oil $€31 JO a ton. Palm kernels $510.00 a ton. The
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    US. STOCKPILE RUBBER SALES ANNOUNCED
    153 14 US. STOCKPILE RUBBER SALES ANNOUNCED rfIHE Genera! Services Administration has announced that sales of natural rubber from the United States National Stockpile totalled 6.854 tons between November 2 and November 30. The GSA said this announcement was "In line with the agency's policy to make sales figures available on a
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    Pepper mart now more settled
    210 14 Pepper mart now more settled AFTER a fortnight of hectic trading, the Singapore pepper market is now settling down to comparatively normal conditions with buyers and sellers coming more into line. There has. however, been very little business done In either white or black pepper on the local produce market
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    SHARE MARKET IN FEDERATION
    251 14 rpHE Share Market in the J. Federation was quiet yesterday with a main interest concentrated on sterling tin counters. This followed the boost in an article In The Investors Chronicle which suggested that mining .shares should not be sold even if the international Tin Council did
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    Australian dividends
    76 14 Dividends declared by Australian Co-- ni nles Kst weetr. Included: Aust. Montedeplete 8 per cent, British "^aceo 4 per cent, Brookland* 5 cent. O. J. Coles 9 6 per cent. Guinea Gold 3d.. H. G. Palmer 6V* per cent. King Island 6d Mareuarie Worsted 6d.. National Trustee 6H
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    RIVERVIEW CROP
    14 14 Riverriew Robber Estate* Ltd. produced a crop of 164,000 lb. In November.
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    "Foolish to ignore tin pact defects"
    327 14 Defects in the international tin restriction scheme are discussed by Sir John Hay, chairman of Renong Tin Dredging Company, in his annual statement to shareholders. Sir John says it would be churlish to omit to acknowledge that the present agreement has succeeded, aibeit after
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    139 14 MELBOURNE. Thurs. INVESTMENT shares held a steady trend on the Stock Ex. change here today. Colonial Sugar eased 17s. 6d. to, £74 10s. and NZ Forest gained Is. to 41s. Base metals were steady with Mt. Isa dropping Is. to 71s. 6d. Interstate Oil held most Interest in
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    Ledang Bahru's good result
    193 14 The chairman of Ledan* BaJini Ltd.. Sir Andrew McFadyean In his annual report states that the average price recelvec by the company for its rubber to the financial year to July 31 wai 27 7d per lb., an improvement of over 2d. per lb. on the
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    Lok Kawi Rubber
    78 14 Up to November 26 acceptances of the offer made by Scott and Trench acting on behalf of Mr. Percy Phillips to purchase the whole of the issued capital of Lok Kawi Robber had been received in respect of 784.750 of the 2s. shares, representing 87.5 per cent.
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      95 14 UNION OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD S.S. "PYIDAWAYE" ETA Inport Outer Roods From Rangoon, Moulmein, MsYfjl THE BURMA FIVE STAR LIKE s.s. Mario Angela Martinoli ETA In Port Accepting cargo A (Passenger Accommodation Available) tor rswsng. Mergui, Moulmein Rangoon. AGENTS: INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AGENCY SINGAPORE PENANG 335/342, Tclok Ayer Street. SI. Beach
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      358 14 PUBLIC APPOINTM.ENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ***** The University of Malaya invites applications from candidates who wish to take the entrance examination for admission to the course leading to the Diploma in Social Studies In the Session 1960/61. A Special Entrance Eiaminatlon will also be held at the same
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      606 14 PUBUC APPOINTMjENTS Applications are Invited from Federal Citizens and serving permanent Government OQicera in* eluding those on probation for appointment on a 3-year contract as Cost Accountants. Salary Scale: $982x34-1.254. The point of entry to the scale will depend on tne applicant's qualifications and experience. QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants should be members
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      350 14 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE SINGAPORE PROPERTIES To be held mt oar salesroom Nos. 14 16 Robinson Rd.. S'porw ON THURSDAY 10th DECEMBER, 1959 at 2.30 pm. MORTGAGEE'S SALE 1. No. C 3 LAVENDER STREET Freehold. Ares 16.364 sq. tt. 2. No. 28 WOO MON CHEW ROAD Freehold. Area 32.839
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      1350 15 NOTICES NOTICE William E. Henley, having resigned from our employment, is no longer authorised to conduct any business on our behalf. JAMES MILLER COMPANY LIMITED JAMES MILLER COMPANY (MALAYA) LIMITED THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Hobdays— Christmas Day, Friday, 25tb December. 1959. New Year's Day. Friday, Ist January, 19«0.
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      876 15 (Ceattaaed from Pace 81 SITUATIONS VACANT it Wordt SS (Ml*.)— Bom it ett. mMtrm WANTED— Amah for wash and clean. Must speak English, not required to live In. sHms. Holland Road. Box A 5397 8.T., Spore. WANTED 6 counter salesmen age 17 to 35 years old, education 6th to 7th
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      823 15 ACCOMMODATION VACANT tt Wmrrnm SI (Mm.)— Box It eto. fstra FOR IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION: 3 bedroom Terrace House at Lorong 104, unfurnished $150. Singapore House, Land St Estate Agency. Tel. Spore *****. HOSTEL with Food for School Students quiet residential area. Moderate Charges accommodation limited. Apply 55A Imbl Road, Kuala Lumpur.
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      798 15 EDUCATION it Wordt SS (Mi*.) -Bom M «te. «*tw ENROLMENTS I960: Arts. Science and Commercial Subjects. General Education Std. 11-VIII, Cambridge Certificate, H.S.C.. 0.C.E.. qualifying test etc. Details: C.V.M.A. School Queen Street or K Arcade (B'pore) (TeL *****). CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL CERT., and Higher 8.C.; Wolsey Hall Oxford (Est. in 1894)
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      679 15 FOR SALE tt Word* Si (Min.)— Bom it ett. mmtrm ONE CANE LOUNGE suite with dunlopillo-kapok cushions. Can be viewed telephone (B'pore) *****. PHILCO AIRCONDrnONER Good condition, best offer over $200 secures. Phone Singapore *****. FOR SALE Started White Leghorn and Local Pulley Obtainable at the Farm. 36. wing Loong
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    British AAA invites top Fed. athletes
    241 16  - British AAA invites top Fed. athletes VIC NAYAGAM By KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The British A.A.A. has invited Malayan athletes who take part in the Rome Olympics in August next year to run in international meetings in Britain and Europe after the Games. A letter from British A.A.A. secrotary Mr. Jack
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    BOUGOURE TO RIDE GRAND COUP
    642 16 ON THE TRACK with Epsom Je«p: Singapore, Thurs rrHE Singapore St. Leger over 1| miles at Bukit Timah on Saturday looks wide open. There is no outstanding stayer engaged and I shall not be the least surprised if a Class 2 horse, Amusement Park 11,
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    Rees, Alliss due on Sunday
    70 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs— Dal Rees. the British Ryder Cup captain, and his teammate Peter Alba will play a series of exhibition goll matches in Singapore this month. They are expected to arrive by air from Australia on Sunday. Their first exhibition match will be played on
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    College head to probe eggs incident
    91 16 College head to probe eggs incident KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The principal of the Technical College here, Mr. N.A.K. Nalr. said today that he would investigate the "egg throwing incident" on Nov. 13. College students threw' eggs at a Eurasian player. Douglas Fernandez, after, the league hockey match between the college
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    CSC move up
    58 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs Ceylon Sports Club, who dimmed University of Malaya's hope of winning the senior championship In the SHA league by holding them to a scoreless draw on Tuesday, scored two easy points today. They moved up to third place In the table when YMSA failed to
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    20 BOYS SELECTED FOR HOCKEY TOUR
    166 16 20 BOYS SELECTED FOR HOCKEY TOUR SINGAPORE, Thurs.— A Singapore combined schools' hockey team will travel to Malacca to meet Federation j schools in an international match on Wednesday, Dec. 9 The team of 20 players will leave Singapore on Sunday and will play three other ma ches during their
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    S'pore minus 4 stars
    94 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—Singapore will be at half strength for the Inter-state hockey quadrangular meet at Seremban this week-end The other states taking part in the quadrangular are Selangor, Negri Sembllan and Malacca. Singapore will be without W. Skinner. Harbhajan Singh. E. Frida and Tham Kong Onn. All
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    Johore Asians Cup team
    60 16 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Johore Asians team to meet Negrl-Malacca Asians in the All-Blues Cup competition on Saturday, will be selected from: Robert Ng, Padmanathan. Tay Chong Yew, Tengku Sulalman. Abdullah AH, Koh Yeow Tong, K. Pestana. Hussein, Sivallngam, Zainol Sulaiman, Ec Peng Han. Wan Rahman, Yusoff
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    Abdullah's late goal saves Khalsa
    167 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A goal from a last-minute penalty bully by centre-for-ward Abdullah saved Khalsa Association from an upset defeat by Singapore Teachers Union in their SHA league Div 1 match at Shenton Way today. The game ended In a 2-2 draw. Teachers attacked from the
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    A bouquet for the civil servants
    206 18 A bouquet for the civil servants SINGAPORE. Thuts. The Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Ton Chin Chye, this evening paid tributes to civil servants when he opened the "People's Government at Work exhibition at the Victoria viciiinn.il Hall He said: 'The Government wishes to acknowledge the hard work put in by
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    Lock icon Fatal fumes
    36 18 ADELAIDE. Thurs. An Indian member of the crew of the British freighter Mlchbank died and two others were overcome by gas fumes aboard ship at the South Australian port of Port Lincoln today.— Reuter.
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    DEATHS
    113 18 MADAM TAN AH LENG (68) pa&sed away peacefully at 7, Valley Road on 2 12 59 leaving behind two sons, Goh Choon Teng. Choon Seng, three daughters, two sons-in-law, three daughters-in-law, 21 grand-children, one «on and one daughter-in-law, three great Krand-children. Funeral Sunday 6/12/59. KOW TIAM CHUAN, beloved father
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    IN MEMORIAM
    30 18 IN EVERLOVING MEMORY of Mrs. Annie Candappa who departed this life on 4 12 '56. Gone but not forgotten in daily prayer. Inserted by her husband S. Candappa.
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    FIRST NIGHT WITH THE NEW HEAD OF STATE
    101 18 FIRST NIGHT WITH THE NEW HEAD OF STATE mrrn UAT T nnATCJ rTk TTD HUNDREDS of balloons are let off from the padang JllJb UALIjUUJMO UU Ur to mtrk the installation of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara. Thousands of people had packed the padang early morning. Straits Times picture. THE YANG
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    Nehru acts on foreigners in India
    154 18 Nehru acts on foreigners in India T^EW DELHI. Thurs.— A All foreigners in India, except Commonwealth citizens, must get residential permits within one month, Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, told a press conference here today. The order will apply particularly to about 19.000 Chinese In Calcutta. Hitherto. foreigners resident
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    FLOODS GO DOWN IN 4 STATES
    83 18 KUALtA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Four states reported tonight that water was subsiding in areas hit by the monsoon floods recently. .The states are Johore, Kelantan, Province Wellesley, and Trengganu. In TRENGGANU, the state welfare committee today distributed flour to flood victims. With the improved situation
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    MALAYANS SECRET PAST
    54 18 MALAYANS SECRET PAST Body of an elephant and head like a horse with claws.. This was just one of the weird beasts that roamed Asian forests. Read about them in the new Free Press series starting TODAY The first article reveals secrets of the sunken continent that has become Singapore,
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    LONDON STOCKS
    348 18 LONDON, Thurs. Unsettled conditions were apparent in London stork markets today with sentiment affected by (ears of higher Interest rates. Olltedped M urtties were particularly aflected and thee was a general setback In prices. Industrial equities suffered a fairly general fall as a result of some end-account selling
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    Lock icon 260 DIE IN TORRENT FROM BURST DAM
    400 18 CANNES. Thurs. Yf ORE than 300 people are feared dead in the flood-waters of a burst dam which, overnight, split a manmade lake on to the Riviera town of V re jus, about 12 miles from Cannes, in France. The official toll of
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