The Straits Times, 18 December 1959

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    19 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times. Sat**" 1 Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1959 15 CENTS
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    S'PORE-K.L. ROAD CUT
    647 1 Water up to top of houses KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. [UK main Kuala Lumpur Singapore Road was cut off this evening by floods at the in'; mile, Kajang. Traffic was being diverted via Ili c Sungei Besi Road. In Kajang district, Kampongs Jambu and Paya were under several
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    TRIALS OF BEING A GIANT ...BY A 2801 b PREMIER
    201 1 SINGAPORE, Thurs. ASIX-FOOT-THKEK !80lb prince and premier today relaxed in a Singapore fiat and talked of "the several inconveniences of being a giant." He is Prince Tupouto A Tungi, eldest son of famed Queen Salote of Tonga and Prime Minister
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    Lock icon Trade pact signed
    55 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. Indonesia and Australia today signed a one-year trade agreement to promote and expand their trade relations. Under the new accord, Indonesia will export to Australia items including tea, coffee, rubber, teak, bauxite, petroleum, and capok while she will import from Australia flour, medicines, building materials
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    New rubber process gets Govt. blessing
    485 1 PONTIAN KCCHIL. (Johore). Thtirs. •THE Federation Mm*- ister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, today gave the Government's blessing for a new coagulant which will revolutionise rubber processing here. The new coagulant make* the "smoking" of rubber sheets unnecessary and obviates the need
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    Lock icon End of 'Robert the Terrible'
    65 1 CHICAGO. Thurs.— Robert "the Terrible" Touhy, American gangster of the prohibition era, was cut down by five blasts from a shotgun last night, little more than three weeks after his release from Jail. He died shortly afterwards. Also wounded was Touhy's companion. retired Police Sergeant
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    BOTH STUDENTS' EXAMS OVER
    124 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Wee Swee and Ling Soon Woh, the two Nanyang University students arrested yesterday, had both completed their examinations before they were arrested. the Straits Times was told today. A report that Ling was stopped by a detective as he was about to enter the
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    SMALLPOX SHOCK: 30 SUSPECTS ISOLA TED
    332 1 SMALLPOX SHOCK: 30 SUSPECTS ISOLA TED KOTA BHARU, Thursday. MEDICAL teams probing the smallpox outbreak in North Malaya today isolated 30 people suspected of suffering; from the killer disease. Arrangements are being made to remove all 30 in the Piisir Puteh district of Ke lan tan to an emergency hospital
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    Lock icon TENGKU TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON TOUR
    80 1 TENGKU TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON TOUR WELLINGTON, Thur». The New Zealand Prime Minister. Mr. Walter Nash, announced today that T>n*ku Abdul ftakman the Malayan Premier, will visit New Zealand from Jan. IS t*27. Mr. Nash said there will be an exchange of opinions •n issues of the day and earn
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    Lock icon Madame Wei
    24 1 LOS ANGELES. Thurs. Madame Wei Tao Ming, who was China's first woman lawyer, died here yesterday at the age of 63— Reuter.
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    Banned: The Saturday Post
    313 1 Banned: The Saturday Post KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Govment has suspended the licence of the Saturday Post, a Kuala Lumpur Eng-lish-language weekly. In a letter to its management, the Deputy Permanent Secretary to the MinUter of Interior. Mr. R. N. Jackson, said: "I have been directed by the Minister to
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    Lock icon Blood is drawn in Indonesia, Red charges
    400 2 OVERSEAS CHINESE BEATEN, INSULTED, WOUNDED, SAYS PEKING OFFICIAL PEKING, Thursday A COMMUNIST Chinese official said today that Chinese nationals in Indonesia had been "subjected to inhuman persecution" resulting in "serious bloodshed/ Large numbers of overseas Chinese have become homeless and lost their means
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    ASIA COLD WAR GETS 'HOTTER'
    193 2 I ONDON. Thurs.— The Daily Telegraph today regarded the latest developments in the relations between China and Indonesia as a major enlargement of the Asian cold war. It c\prrsNc<l the belief that overseas Chinese throuKhout Asia may now be iiM-d for subversive purJIOM'S. "The sharp
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    Lock icon The 'other woman' libel: Liz wins suit
    125 2 The 'other woman' libel: Liz wins suit LO NDO N, Thurs.Actrevs Elizabeth Taylor got an apology and an undisclosed sum of money yesterday in an out-of-court settlement of a libel suit she brought against a newspaper that implied she was responsible for breaking up th? Eddie Fisher-Debbie Reynolds marriage. Mis,,
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    MYSTERY 'INVASION' VOICES WERE TWO BORED EXPERTS
    171 2 MYSTERY 'INVASION' VOICES WERE TWO BORED EXPERTS NEW YORK. Thursday. MANY New Yorkers making telephone calls yesterday were startled by strange voices on theii lines. "Space ship one. space ship one, space .ship one. This is flotilla leader. I am now over Washington. Do you read me, space ship one?
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    Peer hits adultery proposal
    120 2 I ONDON. Thun,. A former Conservative Minister. Earl Wlnterton. .*ud tonight that a recent proposal by the Arrhbl-hop of Canterbury. Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, that adultery should be made a crime would mean setting up an "Adulterers Squad" at Scotland Yard similar to the "Fraud Squad." He
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    Lock icon ROW IN PARLIAMENT OVER SIX DECENT, HONEST PEOPLE' IN JAIL: XMAS PLEA
    323 2 ROW IN PARLIAMENT OVER SIX DECENT, HONEST PEOPLE' IN JAIL: XMAS PLEA LONDON. Thursday. SEVERAL members of Parliament yesterday tried unsuccessfully to prevent the Christmas adjournment of the House of Commons until six anti-nuclear war campaigners, three of them women, jailed on Tuesday, were freed. Mr. Arthur Lewis (Lab- our),
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    Lock icon The Pope's message to new cardinals
    182 2 The Pope's message to new cardinals I^ATICAN CITY. Thurs. T —Pope John conferring the red cap on seven new cardinals, reminded them last night that the colour of their office was tho colour of blood and martyrdom Recalling 'our beloved fathers, cardinals and bl.shops." living under oppression in some parts
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    Lock icon BUSY WEEKEND TALKS FOR WEST LEADERS
    499 3 PARIS, Thursday. PRESIDENT Eisenhower, General de Gaulle, Mr. Harold Macmillan and Dr. Konrad Adenauer will hold four working sessions over the weekend here to discuss the prospects of an EastWest conference, it was officially announced here last night. Gen. de Gaulle will also have
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    Lock icon Ayub: Ike trying to end Kashmir row
    158 3 KARACHI Thursday. FIELD-MARSHAL Mohammed Ayub Khan, the Pakistan President, said yesterday that President Eisenhower was trying to end the IndianPakistan dispute over Kashmir and declared that he himself was "always prepared" to meet Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister. President Ayub was replying
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    Lock icon THE ROLLS HAD SAUSAGES
    88 3 THE ROLLS HAD SAUSAGES LONDON. Thurs. The Duke of Edinburgh toured a number of boys' clubs in East and South London yesterday and sampled their sausage rolls and mince pies to make sure they were tasty. He began a campaign sometime ago when he complained that the sausages in rolls
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    Lock icon TWO GIANT PLANE FIRMS ANNOUNCE MERGER
    232 3 TWO GIANT PLANE FIRMS ANNOUNCE MERGER LONDON, Thurs.— Two giant British aircraft firms, Hawker Siddeley and de Havilland, last night announced plans to merge. A Joint statement said the merger would bring about "the most powerful organisation of its type in the Commonwealth." Recommended The merger Is to be carried
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    Lock icon Trade agreement
    14 3 JAKARTA. Thurs. Australia and Indonesia today signed their flrs,t trade agreement. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ship blast mystery
    82 3 LONDON. Thurs. The cause of the explosion in the 17,000 ton Japanese built British tanker, Btanvac Japan, in the Arabian Sea in October. 1958. when 1) British officers and 10 other crew lost their lives, remains a mystery. Giving the findings of the Inquiry Into the explosion
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    Museum started
    26 3 PORT SAID. Thurs.— Work on the Moorehouse Museum, which nearly caused a UARBritlsh diplomatic crisis, began yesterday. It will open on Dec. 23.— UJ».L
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    Lock icon MORE BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK
    107 3 MORE BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK LONDON. Thurs. Almost one out of every 10 babies born In London last year was illegitimate. the Medical Officer of Health, Dr. J.A. Scott reported today. The London area birthrat* In ISSB was the highest In 11 years. But. he. said, of the 54.152 babies.
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    Lock icon STUDENTS STRIKE FOR MORE ROOM
    136 3 PARIS. Thursday. MORE than 2,000 literature and language students marched from the Sor bonne down the Boulevard Saint Michel today in a protest demand for more classroom space, more professors and deferment from military service. Pickets stationed them- i selves outside the university to dissuade
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    Lock icon Police and public: Big probe
    113 3 Police and public: Big probe f ONDON, Thurs.—Relations between the public and the police, which have caused anxiety for some time In Parliament and outside, are to be investigated by a Royal Commission, whose terms of reference were announced yesterday. Mr. Harold Macmillan. the Prime Minister, told the House of
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    Lock icon Hopes dim after vain search
    163 3 3 TRAWLERS LOST LONDON, Thursday. OOPE for 19 men aboard a missing British Traw- ler, the Red Falcon, dimmed late last night after an RAF Shackleton made an unsuccessful search off the Scottish coast. A coastguard had reported seeing white flares from the Fleetwood-based trawler.
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    4 COUPLES CHANGED PARTNERS IN MARRIAGE MESS UP
    277 3 4 COUPLES CHANGED PARTNERS IN MARRIAGE MESS UP MELBOURNE, Thurs. Four husbands and their wives, all of whom admitted they had been unfaithful, were granted divorces today in the Supreme Court of Victoria. In each case, both the husband and wife had become entangled with one of the other married
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      357 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres NATIONAL SHORTWAVE AM 630 Good Morning; 6.32 MEDIUM "a^S^VKES Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; Kuala Lumpur 341 metre* 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 Th« f" 1 3«<j Ipoh 330 mrtrrc News: B.OS A Date With Music; Malacca 297
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    Minister warns bus owners: Observe law or else...
    231 4 Minister warns bus owners: Observe law or else... SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, today called in the managements of 10 Chinesebus companies and warned them that they must observe the provisions of the Labour Ordinance or face prosecution. He gave them two months
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    Bid to accommodate the failures in schools near home
    499 4 Bid to accommodate the failures in schools near home SPECIAL CLASSES BEING ORGANISED SINGAPORE. Thurt. §TUDENTS provisionally posted to distant schools after failing the recent entrance examination to English secondary schools may be accommodated nearer their homes. Government schools with Primary VI classes this year have been given permission to
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    Multi-storey car park: New plea
    298 4 'ENCOURAGE PRIVATE CAPITAL* SINGAPORE, Thursday. THE HIGHWAY, official publication of the Automobile Association of Singapore and Malaya, has urged the Government to encourage private enterprise to build multi-storeyed car parks. I Referring to the introduction of the parking fee system, which will operate from Monday
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    Magic show for children
    42 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Great Wong, well-known Singapore magician, will perform at a children's party at the Indonesian Consul Generals residence in Paterson Road on Sunday at 10 am. All children are welcome, a member of the Consulate said.
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    THEA TRE FUND NOW $161,900
    172 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The National Theatre Fund now stands at $161,900.29. Today's donations: Committee of Bukit Timah Residents $2,700.43; South Union Co., Ltd. $500; Hock Soon At Co.. Ltd. $300; Tropical Produce Co., Ltd. $300; Hua Heng Rubber Factory Ltd. $300; Eng Lam Co., Ltd. $200;
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      262 4 BINGAPOBE BALLET: TIM PAN-PACIFIC SOUTH-EAST Nutcracker (complete ballet) at ABIA WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: Victoria Theatre 0 pjn. Malay cliiiw for beginners 930 SINOAPOBE ABT SOCIETY: to 10 30 a.m. at Singapore InstlCxhlblUon of palnvlngg ol orchid* tute of Science. 593-A. Serangoon by Mlaa Tan whel San at Victoria Road. _J r^H^?^
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    ONE KILLED, 5 HURT IN 3 a.m. CRASH
    134 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A youth was killed and his five friends critically injured whin their car I crashed into a lamp post in Nicoll Highway just after 3 a.m. today and ended up like this. LOW CIIUA BENG. 20, died on the s
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    Secret meeting on oil tax
    35 5 IPOH, Thurs. The council of the FMS Chamber of Mines met behind closed doors here today and is believed to have discussed further the Government* new tax on fuel oil.
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    Christmas eggs for patients
    38 5 KULIM. Thurs. About 180 patients in Kulim Hospital will receive Christmas parcels and about 400 eggs at a party on Dec. 21. The gifts were donated by the four bus companies In South Kedah.
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    4-man probe team finds no colour bar in T.B. hospital
    270 5 4-man probe team finds no colour bar in T.B. hospital MINISTER COMPLETES INQUIRIES KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday 4 TOP-LEVEL team has completed investigations over the illepations of colour bar at the Lady Templer T.B Hospital. RESULT: "No basis whatever for the allegation." A nurse who was alleged to have made a
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    INSPECTOR CLEARED OF 70 MPH DRIVING
    135 5 INSPECTOR CLEARED OF 70 MPH DRIVING JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Inspector Chan Kok Wah of the Johore police was charged in the magistrates court here today with riding on a motor cycle along Jalan Campbell at 70-75 m.p.h. He was acquitted and discharged without his defence being called. The chief prosecution
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    DERAILMENT UPSETS SCHEDULES
    67 5 DERAILMENT UPSETS SCHEDULES KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— An engine and a goods wagon ran off the rails near Pral and Seremban last night causing a delay in train sarvices between the north -nd the south. As a result, the first night mail train to Kuala Lumpur and the second night express
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    LORRY CRASH: SHOP OWNER'S ESCAPE
    198 5 IPOH, Thurs. The owner of a kampong shop had a narrow escape early this morning when a lorry smashed the verandah of his shop. The rear end of the lorry crashed Into the verandah after skidding off the road and down an embankment. Drizzling It
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    Xmas party for children
    37 5 KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs. I— Three hundred children attended the annual Christmas i tree party held at the Infant Welfare Centre yesterday The children, between one and six years, received toys, 'sweeis and biscuits.
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    Lepers land illegally 14 are still at large
    109 5 Lepers land illegally 14 are still at large KLANG, Thursday. FOURTEEN lepers from Indonesia are in hiding 1 after illegally landing at Tanjong Sepak, 50 miles from here, with 10 others last week. Eight have been arrested and sent to the Sungel Buloh leper settlement. The two others gave themselves
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    MAN TOOK A BOTTLE OF TODDY FROM SHOP: FINED
    139 5 MAN TOOK A BOTTLE OF TODDY FROM SHOP: FINED lOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Tan Tua Tiou was fined $50 in the magistrate's court here today for taking a bottle of toddy away from a toddy shop when he was not authorised to do so. He said that he bought two quarts
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    Foreign interests? A $109 m. answer from the Minister
    403 6 Foreign interests? A $109 m. answer from the Minister Mr. TAN RETURNS THE CRITICS' FIRE KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, today strongly defended foreign interests in the Federation against criticism appearing in a Malay newspaper this week. On implications about the wealth of the country
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    Killer in a chiller diller thriller
    297 6  -  KATHLEEN HICKLEY TF you like to feel apprehensive shivers running 1 up and down your spine, don't miss "THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH." It's a real chiller-diller, particularly at the finish. It is based on the old, old search for Immortality. Two medical
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    TODD-AO FILM SET FOR A RUN RECORD
    97 6 TODD-AO FILM SET FOR A RUN RECORD ITU ALA LUMPUR. Thurs. About 100,000 people from Selangor have seen the Todd-AO film, "South Pacific." now showing at the Odeon Cinema In Kuala Lumpur. "South Pacific." which was first screened here 34 days ago, Is still attracting large audiences. The Odeon Cinema
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      302 6 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS French navy (4). 1. Batmen gat In Ices to sup- 6. Disgusting uproar about an ply these conferences (7. B>. order (7). 8. Scot on the French televt- 7. An Idle fop on site might be alon it will make another cocksure of himself (4-11). man
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    EX-WORKERS LOCK OUT PINE FACTORY BOSSES
    363 7 Lawyer seeking injunction order tells court... SINGAPORE, Thursday A LAWYER told the A High Court today that ex-employees of a pineapple factory were preventing the owners from entering the premises. Mr. K. C. Chan was applying tor an Interim Injunction on behalf of Whay
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    Two landslides are cleared
    113 7 ALL TRAFFIC TO THE HIGHLANDS RESUMED TANA RATA, Thurs. Traffic to Cameron Highlands was restored this afternoon after P.W.D. men had cleared two major landslides. The landslides occurred last night after incessant rain during the past two days. The worst of the two was at the
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    HUSBAND, 70, (IT WAS A PLOT) FREED OF ROBBING BRIDE OF 14
    144 7 HUSBAND, 70, (IT WAS A PLOT) FREED OF ROBBING BRIDE OF 14 ALOR STAR. Thurs. A I 70 year-old pensioner. Hajl Sa'ad bin Awang. was acquitted in the Sessions Court here today of robbing his 14-year-old bride. Rokiah blnte Chin, of her wedding jewellery. Haji Sa'ad, who pleaded not guilty,
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    ROAD CRASH: KIRKBY TEACHER IS BURIED
    94 7 ROAD CRASH: KIRKBY TEACHER IS BURIED IPOH. Thurs. The funeral took place here today of Mr. Michael Van. 23. a Klrkby-trained teacher who died after a road accident yesterday Mr. Van. father of two small children, was travelling In a car from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh when It was Involved
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    'Siam will not cut the Kra Isthmus'
    155 7 PENANG. Thurs. The Siamese Government had no intention of cutting the Kra Isthmus. the new Siamese Consul in Penang, Mr. Sawet Komolbhuti. said today. "I do not think it advisable to cut a canal across the isthmus as such a pro- ject would
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    CASE AGAIN SMASHED: 15 WATCHES STOLEN
    102 7 CASE AGAIN SMASHED: 15 WATCHES STOLEN SINGAPORE, Thurs.— •^Thieves smashed a showcase at Gammeters Ltd., Collyer Quay, last night, and stole 15 watches worth $3,000 This is tne second time within three months that th(» showcase has been smashed. In the previous theft, the firm lost watches worth $2,000. A
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    Anniversary
    32 7 KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs. —The Police Volunteer Reserves here will i-elebrate their second anniversary with a dinner party, ronggeng and dance this Sunday at the Kheh Community Hall, at Jalan Kota Lama.
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    Towkays warned of whisky con man
    169 7 IPOH, Thursday pOLICE here today warned shopkeepers to be on 1 the alert against a confidence trickster who yesterday got, away with four cases of whisky worth a total of $914 from two shops one in Clare Street and the other in Hugh Low
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    EX-POLICE INSPECTOR ACQUITTED
    95 7 EX-POLICE INSPECTOR ACQUITTED ALOR STAR. Thurs.— A former police inspector. Wong Yew Teng. 38, was acquitted in the Sessions Court here today of corruptly accepting $950 from a Perils padi planter. Khor Hee Seng. Wong. who had been a contract inspector tor eight years, was found not guilty of accepting
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      318 7 The Saint By Lesiie Charteris PLEASE F&&NE ME, >( FOR6ET IT, HONEY riL 1 JUST HOPE MV FATHER^ SiHf ITS MY OWN FAULT I^S F^EPA &Ur I'VE COT TO <5O TAKE MB A S/6S7A KEVER WRfTES ME A m -^Jf SHOULD HAVE K£PT/M I THIMK T OUT BEFORE 1 AMP
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    69 8 19 Word* tl» (Minimum) MltlM KWOK tIEW KHAN. Slew M*oi. Blew Choon. Slew Tin «,nd "lew Inoof thank their ir.end* and relative* for their *rrolis. wreath* and ■■tndtnee on their recent bereavement. THE FAMILY or the la'e Mr. Chan Kirn Choon th.ink* nil trienda. rela- aa, Church member*. R.KM.K.
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    The Straits Times Friday. Dec. 18, 1959. The Bid For Power
    532 8 The Straits Times Friday. Dec. 18, 1959. The Bid For Power President Soekarno has given himself some more paper power. The indefinite extension of Indonesia's state of emergency, first proclaimed in 1957, is not in itself remarkable, however, for there has been no amelioration in the country's affairs to suggest
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    Fragmentary Facts
    388 8 The committee which is to study the fragmentation of rubber estates has still to be appointed, but this ought not to delay the first essential steps in the inquiry. The committee will need facts and figures, and apparently !the key figures are not easily obtainable. The State land
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    Flood Problem
    213 8 Heavy but by no means exceptional rain once again has flooded parts of Kuala Lumpur. The victims unfortunately are not getting used to it, each visitation being every bit as bad as the last. These flood sufferers will need all the patience they have before final cures are
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      THE MTUC: WHAT HAS IT ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR?
      179 8 COME accusations have been made against the MTUC. which lost no time in answering Its critics. But the MTUC's statement. I feel, is most unconvincing. It is more than five years since this country was urged to unite and fight for merdeka.
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      How cash is being saved
      108 8 I NOTE with amusement 1 your Saturday cartoon showing the Government coffers being filled at the expense of the rich. Why not show the complete picture? A visit to the Social Welfare Department In Havelock Road will show countless cases of money being saved. There
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    THE CASE FOR A COMMON MARKET
    1769 8  - THE CASE FOR A COMMON MARKET Roland Challis by THE Singapore Government has given new urgency to an old idea by proposing a form of common markcl agreement with the Federation. Two articles on this page will examine today the economic climate in which the suggestion is made and tomorrow
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      81 8 I Stayed Awake at my Heart Operation Life and death drama in the operating theatre watched by the patient himself! He had chosen a delicate operation, rather than live as an invalid; again, he chose a local anaesthetic. It meant he could see the surgeons at their daring task and
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    Govt. move to stop backing out of rubber contracts
    297 9 LEGAL LOOPHOLE IN FORWARD BUYING AND SELLING UNDER MINISTRY STUDY KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation Government is considering steps to prevent rubber traders from backing out of deals as a result of a loophole in the law. The deals concern forward
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    FORMER IPOH NURSE IS SAILING ALSO...
    203 9 PENANG, Thurs. A FORMER Ipoh nurse bade her family farewell at the Swettenham Pier here today before sailing with her English husband in the troopship Nevasa for Britain. Mrs. Mary Spencer the former Miss Boon Lai Yong and her husband. Corporal John Spencer, of
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    The problems of prison training
    573 9 NO 'WET-NURSING' INQUIRY TOLD SINGAPORE. Thurs. MR. N. SEWELL. prisons industrial instructor, told the prisons inquiry commission today that conditions within prisons must be simulated with the best possible outside conditions to which prisoners would eventually return. He said the less prisoners saw of authority
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    SPA calls on Koh to resign from Assembly
    334 9 SPA calls on Koh to resign from Assembly SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The executive committee of the Singapore Peoples Alliance, at a meeting tonight, accepted the resignation from the party of Mr. C- H. Koh, Assemblyman for Joo Chiat. It also required him "immediately to resign his seat in the Assembly as
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    KIDNAP CASE: POLICE HOLD WOMAN IN RAID
    91 9 KIDNAP CASE: POLICE HOLD WOMAN IN RAID SINGAPORE. Thurs. Detectives raided a house in Cnan Road today and arrested a woman wanted In connection with the kidnapping of a shop assistant. Ng Kay Tal, 21. from Peoples Park on Nov. 26. The detectives, led by ABP Cecil Cheng, 0.C.. Cantonese
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    SETTLED: TEXTILE PAY DISPUTE
    135 9 OINGAPORE, Thurs. A wage dispute between the Malayan textile Mills Ltd. in Bukit Timah and the Singapore Spinning Workers' Union, has been settied by the Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K M. Byrne. The two sides signed an agreement at the Ministry In Havelock Road
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    Surveyor to head RIDA
    64 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A 42-year-old surveyor has been appointed chairman of the Rural and Industrial Development Authority. He la Inche Ahmad bin Duud. who succeeds Dato Osman bin Talib. former Chief Minister of Malacca, who acted as temporary chairman of RIDA He was until recently District
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    Traders favour rubber mart in Federation
    354 9 Traders favour rubber mart in Federation KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. FEDERATION rubber traders and brokers here are in favour of a rubber market being set up in the Federal capital. Some feel, however, that a branch of the Singapore market should be set up here first. They maintain that the best
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    $15,000 for four schools
    42 9 T A N J O N G KARANG. Thurs. The Mentri Besar. Inche Abu Bakar bin Baglnda, today presented five cheques totalling $15,000 from the Social Welfare Lotteries Board to religious schools and madrasahs in four villages here.
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    $17m. for Brunei development
    59 9 BRUNEI TOWN, Thurs. The Government of Brunei has set aside $17 million for development projects in 1960 A Bill allowing this was passed yesterday at a meeting of the State Legislative Council which met for the first time after the state was given a greater degree
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      116 9 SPECIAL OFFER OF FREE GIFTS for the season "VIKIN** GOLD LABELLED DANISH PtLSENER BEER Awarded the Prix D'honneur, Belgiquc W -lE 1958, the highest distinction awarded at I the World Exhibition in Bruxelles, where 444 products from all over the world FyuL 0 FOR EjP^H IVERY CARTON ■v 7 PURCHASED
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      407 9 latest loveliest! in new PYRIXqo'etV from England (Jmetv divided vegetable dish keeps two vegetable! really hot. (Use the cle«r j lid separately for party macks, supper savouries!) White daisies on pink, sj||^^^. white snowflakes on blue ii^Hb\ or oi ck > ack anowfiake* 'JPP'tJPi^^^^'^Hß Ifc A ytltovi. With or without
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    Nurses' dance
    23 10 BATU OAJAH. Thurs The nurses of the general hospital here will hold their annual Christmas dance on Saturday at their hostel.
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    3,350 Govt men fight for wage rise
    219 10 3,350 Govt men fight for wage rise FOUR OF 15 CLAIMS FINALISED KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE CONGRESS of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services will fight for wage increases for 3,356 Government servants. This 'more pay" move is the first since the Government imposed a wage freeze
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    'Lost legion' man is jailed two years
    218 10 BANISHED 30 YEARS AGO, JAPS BROUGHT HIM BACK ALOR STAR, Thursday. A MAN banished from Malaya 30 years ago was brought back during the war by the Japanese army, the Sessions Court was told today. Mr. Chang Mm Tat. defending Ooi Ah Sooi
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    Tengku: The tasks ahead of Malayan youth
    143 10 Tengku: The tasks ahead of Malayan youth I^UALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malayan youth has a "special obligation" to understand "seriously and earnestly" the tasks of nation building. This was stated by the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, in a special message to the Malayan Hindu Youth Council, which is holding a
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    GOVT. PROBES DROP IN BARTER TRADE
    192 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. jTIE MINISTRY of Commerce and Industry is investigating the cause of the big drop in trade between Malaya and Indonesia through Port Swettenham and Penang. The Ministry Is "rather concerned" over the decline "We are not yet sure of th* reasons
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    All three Alliance men win
    86 10 IPOH. Thurs— All three Alliance members who contested the Kami local council elections 10.- three vacant seats yesterday were elected. The only other candidate, a People's Progressive Party member, lost. Karai is a small town on the Perak River near Kuala Kangsar. The new councillors
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    GARY SURPRISES TUTORS —TOPS EXAM IN PERTH
    105 10  -  KEITH HOOPER From pERTH. Thurs— A Malayan 1 student has topped the English examinations at the Leederville Technical School and for entrance to the Perth Technical College. He Is Gary Yeang. of Penang. who gained a distinction. What makes his success more noteworthy
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    Flood-hit—but they could still smile
    71 11 Flood-hit— but they could still smile SOAKED through but still in high spirits, this young woman paddles away happily on a flimsy bamboo raft from her house in Kampong Bharu. THESE TWO SAMPANS are not carrying flood evacuees. They are the youths of Kampong Bharu enjoying themsrlvr.-. in the flood
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    BUT THE DOG HAS NO SMILE FOR CAMERAMAN
    32 11 BUT THE DOG HAS NO SMILE FOR CAMERAMAN WHAT ABOUT ME? The dog at the right seems to be saying as residents in Combak Lane evacuate to dry land. Straits Times pictures.
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    ESCAPED IN 1956: NOW JAILED
    86 11 ESCAPED IN 1956: NOW JAILED BINGAPORE. Thurs. Mohamed Hussin bin Jantan. 22. was Jailed today for three months for escaping from legal custody 2i years ago. The prosecution said that Hussin was arrested on April 2, 1956, In connection with a case of housebreaking and theft. The next day, at
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    BOAC man in
    39 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs— Mr. J. W. Hill. 36. the new assistant manager of Qantas and BOAC in Singapore, has arrived here with his wife and 10-year-old son after 13 years of service with the company in Sydney.
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    WORKERS PARTY TO GET NEW MEMBERS
    134 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs— The Workers' Party has begun a campaign to enrol new members for 1960, the party secretary-gene-ral, Mr. H. S Choong, said today. Mr. Choong also disclosed that the executive council is appointing a special Chinese Secretary-General to help with the expansion of
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      266 11 Let's drink a toast to the ANNUAL! e% The 1960 edition of tht Better get your copies today from T A V^. mkJSt,^^^^^ your newsagent of the ANNUAL Straits T.mes Annual now WiX mT while they fast because there is on sale at oil good book- m i now a
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      Big Shell plan to reorganise
      400 12 MORE FEDERATION RESPONSIBILITY BIG plan to streamline the relationship between The Shell Company of the Federation of Malaya Ltd. and The Shell Company of Singapore Ltd. is now being carried out. Under the scheme, six co-equal district offices will be established in the Federation Penang,
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      JAL OFFICE OPENS IN K.L.
      236 12 JAPAN Air Lines will open its new off-line office J in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The office is located at the Hotel Merlin in Treacher Road. The JAL district manager. Mr. T. Yamazaki. said that the opening of the new office was in line with the
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      Japan imports more rubber
      42 12 Japans NovemDer crude rubber import.-. reached 10.302 tons, the Japanese Customs House h-as announced. This is an increase oi 17.2 per cent over the figure lor October. But it is still 1.091 tons lower than in November. 1958.
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      Malaya makes more shoes
      39 12 The Federation of Malaya is increasing her production of rubber footwear and during the first eight months of this year 8.870 pairs were produced, an Increase of 1,000 pairs on the same period last year.
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      New share brokers in Federation
      130 12 A 37-YEAR-OLD sec- retary. Mr. Lee Kai To, has been made a partner of Hallam and Company, Kuala Lumpur sharebrokers. Mr. Lee. who has been running hi s own firm of sec retarie.s since 1938. i s the first Malayan partner of Hallam and Company.
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      Close financial co-operation is essential: Banker
      288 12 Close financial co-operation is essential: Banker AN executive of a British bank said when he visited Singapore last week that he hoped the Federation of Malaya and Singapore Governments would co-operate closely in financial and commercial matters. The executive. Mr. Stafford Northcote. said that only through such co-operation could both
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    137 14 MELBOURNE. Thurs. INVESTMENT shares were firm on the Stock Exchange today with Henry Jonea gaining Is. 3d. to 82s. Cd., and 1.C.1, up 2s 6d. to 80s. 6d. Base metals eased with Mt. Isa and Mt Lyell both down Is. Oils were again active, with Interstate Oil appreciating
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    213 14 CHIPS lying alongside the Sinraporr Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Nachisan Maru 12. Mlkawa Maru 4 5 Tjlpanas 6A, Tancred 67, Agamemnon 89. Oldekerk 10 11. Star Alcyone 1314. City of Newcastle 15 16. Kilinskl 18. Pelk 19 Sedill N.Wall 3. Giang Ann NWall 4. Auby
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    RUBBER PRICES
    157 14 JANUARY first grade rubber buyers fob. closed in Singapore yesterday at 114* cents per lb., up three-quarters of a cent on Wednesday's close. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot r.o.b. buyers 114%. sellers 115>«; Int. 1
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    109 14 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK/Continent December/January shipments $39 buyers. $40 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $61 sellers, drum $63 sellers. Pepper: steady, no business vu reported done. Muntok while $256. Sarawak $255 (both up $s>. special Sarawak black $175. garbled
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 14 Malayan Sharr Markrt: Dec 17 Dec. 16 Industrials: 115.23 111.90 Tins: 143.6S 141.87 S Rubbers: ***** ISfctt Jan. 1 1958=100
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    ALL MARKETS QUIETEN AS HOLIDAY APPROACHES
    581 14 ALL MARKETS QUIETEN AS HOLIDAY APPROACHES By Our Market Correspondent WITH the approach of the Christmas holidays most Singapore markets have turned quiet and there has been a slackening off in the volume of business transacted. The Malayan Share Market yesterday saw selective support in all sections with business largely
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    89 14 'T'lll Federation Minister of Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating Customs duties for the wrek beginning on Dec. 17. Rubber 118 cents a lb. Copra $618.00 a ton. Coconut oil 11.008.0t a ton. Palm oil 5631.50 a ten. Palm kernels 1510.00 a ten. The 'rates of
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    73 14 THE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Swiss Francs 141: Belgian Francs 1629> 4 Deutsche Marks 136: Italian Lire *****. On the free exchange market in Hong Kong, the U.S. dollar
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    First Malayan Fund
    9 14 Manager's selling price < December 17) $106.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    37 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 17. RUBBER: M.14' k per lb. (up three-quarters of a cent). Unofficial 5 p.m. close SI.UU (quietly steady) TIN: $386,621- ptT picul (up 87 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 200 tons (up 20 tons).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    618 14 THE Malayan Snare Brokers Association reported yester- day: "Industrials and ;:ns were selectively better while rubbers were firm. The turnover was good." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m Industrials: Fltzpatrick< $1.04 and $1.05; Fraser and Neave ord> $1.57 and $1.58: Gammon $2.10
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      49 14 KIE HOCK SHIPPING CO., LTD. 1 <l CECIL STREET. S PORE. Tlletktte Nts 714U ***** itV^gl is\ TONG SAN Diakarta tec H I TONG TICK Semarang Bet II MS^Bv rriNr; COAN Oiakarta Bet 21 TONG JOO Pontiarak t«c 21 TONG NAM Surabaya Me 22 TONI KIAN Tjirebon Bet 21
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      258 14 RUBBER CROP Amalgamated Robber Estates Ltd. produced 1.052.890 lb. in November. SHIPPING NOTICE KNUTSEN LINE ■.s. "ELISABETH BAKKE" VOY. 161E arrived 11.12.59 Consignees of cargo ex the above vessel are notified that the general survey will be held at Singapore Harbour Board Godowns 13/14 18 at 8.30 a.m. on 22.12.59.
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      741 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal citizens for appointment as Temporary Hospital Assistants In the Federation Armed Forces on the salary scale $137.50x 7.50-152.50/209x14-307/324x14-450. Increments wUI be given for approved service as Hospital Assistants. Applicants who must be Grade I Hospital Assistants, should also be efficient dispensers, able to
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      1088 14 NOTICES NOTICE SIME DARBY (SINGAPORE) LTD. Mr. Tan Chin Lye Is no longer In the services of the above Company with effect from 16th December, 1959 and he has. therefore, no authority henceforth to act. to transact business or to collect monies on behalf of Slme Darby (Singapore) Ltd. Dated
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      269 14 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE STATK OF SINGAPORE 3<" r 194« REHABILITATION LOAN IM2/ISIO Notice is hereby given that tha transfer regliter of the abova Loan will be closed from 31st December 1959 to 14th January 1960 both days Inclusive for tha preparation of Interest Warrants. By Order The Hongkong And
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      539 15 SITUATIONS VACANT •0 Words Si (Mlm.) Box it cts. extn WELL ESTABLISHED European Im port house requires for Immediately th services of a reaponnlhle office clerl ige 25 and male 'female typist. Plea* ipply to Box A 9674 S.T. K.L. ESTABLISHED INDENT HOUSE Re liitre on. experienced Indent aalesmai For
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      1067 15 1 I*l 1 1 1 i ACCOMMODATION VACANT tO Worm* Si (Min.)— Box It cts. oxtra FURNISHED, two room 'bathroom 1 flatlet, ground floor, Oxley Rlsa, for 1 one person $220-. Telephone, Refrige- rator. Phone (S'porei *****. WELL-FURNISHIO FLAT large Veranda large Double Bedroom. Kitchen a Bathroom H/C Central Orchard
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      998 15 TUITION It Words Si (Mim.)-Box it ct*. txtro PR. VI, TORN II Tutorial Classes start Jan. 4. 5. Fsea $10. $15. Apply Dons:, 987 Up. Serangoon 18. Telephoo* MW4. WANTED ulnirlng teacher to teach Ftilsh snd Chinese songs once weekly. Apply Box A 5524 S.T. Spore stating renumeratlon required. PIANOFORTE
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      1152 15 WANTED tt Words Si Min.)— Box it cts. Oxtra WANTED COMPANIONS Kor HitchHike to Britain Those genuinely keen: Pleaas Write to Bos A 3565 ST. 8 pors. esrly. SECOND HAND 12 Bore D.B. nhotgun. must be In good condition. Reasonable price. Contact Mr. Ng. Tel. ***** (Spore). WANTED rubber factory
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      1002 15 FOX SALE tt Words Si (Min.)— Box it cts. extra VALUE CONSCIOUS CONNOISSEURS buy "Turmsa" "Helvetia" I Swiss) world flm-st handsomest sewing machines, pnxd 40', below I U.K.: Trade-Ins accepted. 1960 typewriters 1180.00. Philip* radio S3O.00: I Amplified automatic player S100.00: 6. I Koch Road. Spore ***** SECONDHAND AUCUSTFORSTER PIANO
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    S'pore will pick 18 for junior cup training
    255 16 S'pore will pick 18 for junio r cup training SINGAPORE, Thursday. HPHE first phase of Sin ipore's preparation for next year's Junior Asian Cup soccer competition will begin next month, when Singapore Amateur F.A. pick an 18-man team for training. With the lifting of the "schoolboys only" restriction by the
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    Lock icon Borotra's plan flops
    87 16 I)ARIS, Thurs.— Jean Borotra. former French lawn tennis star, ran Into doublefault trouble when he tried out his plan for moae attractive tennis in a preliminary match of the Albert Canet Cup tournament here. Borotra's plan involves moving the baseline back two feet, and is designed to
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    SUDHI THE SIAMESE SENSATION BEATS OFF MALAYAN CHALLENGE
    46 16 THE official photofinish of the men's 200 metres final at the South-East Asia Peninsular Games at Bangkok. The winner: Sudhi Manyagas of Siam. He is followed by Shaharuddin Ali (Malaya), Ernest Frida (Singapore) and Low Sin Cheok (Singapore').
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    Traveller's Cheque promoted to Class 3
    181 16 Traveller's Cheque promoted to Class 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Straits Racing Association announced today that three Class 4 horses have been promoted to Class 3. They are Wee Wonder and Traveller's Cheque both winners at Buklt Timah and No Kidding. Four new horses have been classified in Class 1. They
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    101 16 Surtees is Sportsview personality of 1959 LONDON, Thurs. John Surtees, holder of two world motor-cycling titles, was last night named "Sportsview Personality of the Year' In a 8.8.C. national ballot of television viewers. He received his award— a miniature television camera —from Sir John Hunt, leader of the successful Everest
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    Lock icon India drop 3 bowlers from Second Test
    162 16 NEW DELHI, Thursday. INDIA omitted three bowlers from the team that 1 lost the Fir-.t Test to Australia when they announced 15 players last night from whom the side will be chosen for the Second Test at Kanpur. beginning on Dec 19. Pace
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    INGEMAR TO VISIT N.Y. TO SORT OUT MATTERS
    138 16 INGEMAR TO VISIT N.Y. TO SORT OUT MATTERS T ONDON. Thurs lngemar Johansson. Sweden's world heavyweight boxing champion, is to visit New York next month to find out how he stands about a return contest with former champion Floyd Patterson. Mr. Eddie Alqvist. who arrived in London with Johansson from
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    SHA 'trial' cancelled
    66 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs The hockey match between an SHA XI and an SHA Invitation XI to be played on the padang today to test the new penalty corner rule, was cancelled because of rain. At a conference, a senior member of the SHA Umpires Board. Mr. J.W. Lawler.
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    Jollilads to tour Fed.
    65 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs Jollllads Athletic Union, the unbeaten Slnnapors AFA League Div. 3 champions, will go on a three-match tour of the Federation next week. During the tour thp team will play two matches In Penang against the Muslim Recreation Club on Dec. 27 and against the
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    23 16 LIMA. Thurs.— Peru beat Uruguay 6-0 In the first match of their Olympic soccer qualifying tie here last night— Reuter.
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    RAMBLERS AVERT DEFEAT WITH FIGHTING RALLY
    212 16 RAMBLERS AVERT DEFEAT WITH FIGHTING RALLY KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Selangor Club, fielding 14 players, held Federation Ramblers to a 11-11 draw In a rugger friendly on the padang today. Club scored their points with a goal and two tries to Ramblers' goal and two penalties. Ramblers led 6-0 after ten
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    23 16 ERNAKULAM. (India), Thurs. Israel defeated India 2-1 in their return match In the Asian Cup West zone soccer tournament here yesterday.—Reuter.
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      30 16 GERMAN WANTS WORLD TITLE BOUT BERLIN. Thurs. -Oustav Scholtz. German and European middleweight champion, has asked the German Boxing Federation to press his claims for a world title fight.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon The last gold to Chan
    691 17  -  NORMAN SIEBEL THE FINAL COUNT: EIGHT EACH FOR MALAYA AND STORE r[E Federation of Malaya and Singapore finished all square in gold medals when the first SEAP Games ended here today. Singapore had won their last gold medal in the boxing finals last night through
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    I—Our medal winners-.
    344 17 I Our medal winners-. MALAYA COLDS: Tin Chee Lin (high jump). Maureen Ann Lee (women's long jumpi. Lim Heng Chek (100 m backstroke). Lim Heng Chek (1 00 m butterfly). Kamaruddin Maidin (long jump). Kwan King Lam (weightlitting lightheavy) Carmen Koclmcyer (women's 100 m). K. C. Chan (rifle prone). SILVERS:
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    Eng Yoon—A shining example
    386 17 Eng Yoon A shining example tense struggle. Malayan officials generally rate our performance in the Games as "satisfactory" and that I agree is as high as we can place them. 31am finished way ahead of us with 32 golds, 39 silvers and 13 bronzes for a total of 187 points.
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      212 17 Tin sixth day's results Raalrnthall FLYWKKiHT (final): Kicha DdsneiDdii Punpol (Slam) outpointed V. FINAL Slam bt Vietnam 77- Kesavan (Spore). Bronze to 71 to win the gold medal. Ma- Ha Nyunt (Burma). laya bt Singapore to win the FEATHERWEIGHT (final): bronze. Aung Tun (Burma) tko Bhodi Sooknoi (Salm) In 3rd
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    556 18 JAKARTA, Thursday. HE NAMES ELEMENTS WHICH STILL ENDANGER PEOPLE AND COUNTRY PRESIDENT SOEKARNO yesterday extended Indonesia's state of war for an indefinite period and took all emergency state powers in his own hands. "There are stili elements which cons litute a danger to the nation and
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    86 18 CRCNICR <■„ BWMHMt 9th UUI Houv-. Channn. Kent in hii M«t yi-ar. Normnn 8t John Charter Grrnirr. formerly of Kuala Lumpur. Malaya, the beloved father of Phyllm. .love and the ivt Mabel and loving grandfather o r Alan and Helen. MR. LOUIS LIM CHEW KOK, aged 71 of 433-H.
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    35 18 MR LEI SOON NJI and «on« wish friends and relative* for thnr v; luable I iHMMancc, donations .md wreath* and tboae who attended the funeral of the late Madam Oah Soo See on 15.12.39.
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    The 'Hannibal' trip man marries English girl
    82 18 MR. JAMES SONG, son ol the late Mr. Song Tian Choc, of Katong. Singapore, and ward of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Steven, Kuala Lumpur, after his marriage in London to Miss Shirley Tigg, of Northwood, Middlesex. Mr. Song was photographer to the
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    112 18 DAHA PARTY AGAINST BLOCS, SAYS MANIFESTO /COLOMBO. Thurs.— -Mr. Wii n .iiiaiui.i Dahanayakr. the Ceylon Prime Minister, announced today that his new party's foreign policy would be one of non-in-volvement with power blocs and friendship with all countries. The Prime Minister, who last week resigned from the Sri Lanka Freedom
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    253 18 LONDON, Thurs. Take-over bids provided the main topic of conversation in London stock markets today and the general tone was satisfactory «iih a number of other good feature; Closing mlddie prices ot .selected .stocks not Including i>;amp duty were Consols 2V, £49 15/16 1/16 Funding 4', £93War 3,,
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    20 18 TIN LONDON. Ttiurv—Buycis £787, sellers £787' 2. Forward buyers C7B3'*. sellers £784, Seulement £788. Turnover a.m. 170 tons p.m. nil.
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    Bonus for STC men
    53 18 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Employees of the Singapore Traction Company were jubilant today when the company paid them one-and-a-half weeks' wages as additional bonus. Those who have not been paid today will get their bonus tomorrow. The bonus was awarded by an arbitration board recently. It will cost
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    Bazaar prize winners
    76 18 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Tickets bearing the following numbers won prizes in the Christmas bazaar, held at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday in aid of the Singapore Children's Society: 0478, 0336. 0662. 0563, 0510, 0522. 0430. 0669,- 0456. 0708, 0829, 0406. Consolation prizes: 0014, 0082. 0178, 0226, 0344, 0376
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    SONS ASSUMES DUTIES AS ACTING SPORE POLICE CHIEF
    101 18 SONS ASSUMES DUTIES AS ACTING SPORE POLICE CHIEF YESTERDAY'S picture of 1 Mr. Song Kok Hoo. the first Asian to head the Singapore Police Force, soon after he took over as Acting Commissioner of Police. He will hold this top post until Mr. ULG Blades returns from his twomonth le;i\e
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