The Straits Times, 16 February 1960

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    12 1 The Straits Times M^"*' Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1969 15 CENTS
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    Big welcome for Diem
    997 1 JETS, GUNS AND ROYAL GUARD MARK RECEPTION Schoolchildren cheer along three-mile state drive Rousing greeting at airport VUALA LUMPUR, V v Mon. Malaya today gave President Ngo Dinh Diem of Vietnam a colourful and rousing welcome when he flew An for a five-day state visit. At
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    30 1 LONDON. Mon— The Duke of Edinburgh will deputise lor the Queen Mother at a Buckingham Palace Investiture tomorrow, because she is suffering from a leg InJury.— Reuter.
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    Nehru invites Chou for border talks
    441 1 NEW DELHI, Monday MR. NEHRU said today he had invited Mr. Chou En-lai, China's Prime Minister, to visit. New Delhi next month for talks on the Chinese-Indian bonier dispute which erupted in bloody clashes on the North-East Frontier last Autumn. In a letter laid
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    THEY NEED NOT FAST
    105 1 TUNIS. Mon. The Grand Mufti of Tunisia, Sheik Abdulaiiz Djait. said in a radio broadcast to Muslims last nin lit that he approved of a proposal by President Habib Bourguiba to eliminate Ramadan fast' ing if it interfered with the country's development. He authorised the non-ob-servance
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    Fair's fireworks (worth $40,000) held
    210 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. More than $40,000 worth of fireworks Intended for the biggest fireworks display ever held in Malaya— is being detained under police guard at Port Swettenham Mr. Kiyoshl Kimura. head of the Japanese Export Trade Promotion Agency, was to have held the display
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    BUS ABLAZE: 'IT MIGHT EXPLODE' WARNING
    136 1 CINGAPORE, Mon.— A 1:5 half-loaded bus burst into flames during a torrential shower at Alexandra Road late tonight. Botn ends of the road were closed to all traffic for nearly an hour and a huge crowd kept at a safe distance by the police
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    Lock icon Nik in Calcutta
    35 1 CALCUTTA. Mon— Mr. Nlklta Khrushchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, arrived here today from Bhilai, where he had toured the vast steel plant which Soviet engineers are building for the Indian Government. Reuter.
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    THE QUEEN'S BABY IS EXPECTED IN 48 HOURS
    278 1 THE QUEEN'S BABY IS EXPECTED IN 48 HOURS LONDON, Monday. AM R. JOHN PEEL, the Queen's obstetrician, moved over the week-end from his home in suburban Putney to a flat in Regent's Park, only 10 minutes drive from Buckingham Palace, it was learned today. The birth of the royal baby—
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    Lock icon Copy Malaya ...Ghana party
    66 1 ACCRA. Mon. Ghana Opposition I niied Party suggested today that Ghana should become an "elective monarchy," on the Malayan system. It said heads of state should be chosen among the regional Chiefs on a rotating basis as an alterative to the Government's decision to turn the
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    STOP PRESS
    9 1 BAR OIRI KILLED MM \f muring ->urk
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    $10mil. PLAN TO EASE JOHORE FLOOD
    396 2 Big drainage project along west coast now nears completion BATU PAHAT. Monday ASI6 MILLION drainage programme to alleviate flooding along the west coast of Johore is now being completed by the Drainage and Irrigation Department under an "urgent" tag. The programme consists of five
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    PROGRESS IN BORNEO IS PRAISED
    113 2 PROGRESS IN BORNEO IS PRAISED JEBSELTON, Mon. Experts of the World Health Organisation and Unicei have expressed s>atlsl action with rf-cent progress In North Borneo, particularly as regards the control of malaria and the expansion of services lor the care of mothers and children. They are Dr. W. W. Yung,
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    Seaman gets 10 months
    84 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. A seaman, arrested at 4 a.m. last Saturday, was today lined $5,000 for having 125 li>. of dutiable cigarettes in a '.axl at Telok Blangah Road. Tonda bin Radln. 26, of Elakang Padang. Pulau Samboe. pleaded guilty. He was unable to pay the fine,
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    Accused of murder
    52 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. Lira Chee Huat, 24. tentatively charged today with the murder of Chow Yoke Lin, 37, a baker, was remanded at the C.I.D. till Wednesday. Llm Chee Huat. al.-o known as Khee Huat. was alleged to have committed the offence at Chow's house in Serangoon Road
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    THREE VICTIMS OF POLIO LEAVE FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT
    170 2 THREE CHILDREN of Mr. and Mrs. 1.0 Nyuk Siong of Kudat (in front) who left Sandakan. North Borneo, for Hong Kong in the Helios for treatment for post poliomyelitis at the University of Hong Kong orthopaedic unit They had been in the
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    There's cash in the beach at Pontian
    237 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Thert- is money along the golden beach on the Pontian coast of Johore. but few people who walk along the seashore know that it is right there under their feet— rwaiting to be picked. Most of the beach Is not
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    33 DENY RACE-DAY BOOKIE CHARGES
    120 2 SINGAPORE. Monday. THIRTY-ONE men and two women were today charged in the ninth magistrate's court with acting as bookmakers at the Singapore Turf Club during racing hours yesterday. They made up the biggest! group arrested at the race course. They were brought up In connection
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    Prosecuted for corruption
    57 2 1 KUALA LUMPUR Mon Seven members of the public were prosecuted for corruption last month, it wa.s officially stated today. A Federation Government statement said fines ranging from $30 to $200 were imposed In five cases. One perbOn was acquitted and discharged and the other bound over.
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    A PC pose alleged
    64 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Raja Mansor bin Raja Yusof. of Kampong Kapar. Klang. was charged here today with pretending to be a police constable last Saturday. He was alleged to have pretended to be a policeman and demanded "coffee money" from a man. Eric Chla. at Batu
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    Taxi-driver on death charge
    68 2 Taxi-driver on death charge IPOH. Mon. A taxi-driver. Ho Keen Wah. 46. was charged in the Sessions Court here today with causing the death of a 14- year old schoolboy. Ho Kwek Kong. Ho pleaded not guilty to, committing a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide with his taxi
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    Senior results
    30 2 BINOAPORE. Mon— Senior Cambridge results are expected in the second half of March, an Education Ministry spokesman said today. But he added that this was "not yet certain."
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    A NEW NAME FOR THE OLD SPORTS CENTRE
    428 2 A NEW NAME FOR THE OLD SPORTS CENTRE SINGAPORE, Monday. THE Singapore Youth Sports Ontre at Kallaug. taken over by the Government last December, will be renamed the National Recreation Centre. The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, announcing this today, also said that the new centre
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    Selangor to make 10 study gifts
    117 2 Selangor to make 10 study gifts KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Selangor Government is offering 10 scholarships— five for Malays and live for non-Malays for studies at the University of Malaya or overseas. The successful candidates must take up any one or these courses^ arts, science, mechanical engineering forestry, medicine, accountancy
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    Inconsiderate
    30 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Tan Hoo Chal. a lprry driver, was fined $100 today for inconsiderate driving on Oct. 10. It was said his lorry hit a car from behind.
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    INCOME TAX,BANKRUPT
    76 2 INCOME TAX, BANKRUPT BINGAPORE. Mon J.C.M. Rohrman. of Meyer Mansions, Coleman Street, has been adJudlcated a bankrupt on n bankruptcy petition filed by the Comptroller of Income i Tax The bankruptcy order was made against him by N#.~ .lustier Ambrose in the High Court on Friday. Rohrman was said to
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    Changi to get that telephone exchange
    151 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. -I The Singapore Tel lephone Board will soorJ start work on a million! dollar exchange afl Changl. Mr. N. vl Kn i?ht, general maJ nagtr of the 5.T.8., said today. m Plans for the exchange! were drawn up two years ago. but
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    Three patrons are elected
    63 2 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Mon The Bukit Mertajam District Officer. Inche Abdul Kadlr bin Talib. a Membft of Parliament. Mr. Tcfti Cheng Bee and a founder member Mr. Tan Bak Heng. were elected patrons of the Buldt Mertajam Astoniana Club at its annual general meeting here yesterday. Mr.
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    Gratuity move
    31 2 KLANG. Mon. The Tow* Council has decided to r>\s gratuity to all staff gettinF more than $400 salary a month pending the setting up of its own provident fund.
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    Lock icon Makarios refuses to give way
    313 3 'ACCORD IMPOSSIBLE IF BRITAIN STICKS BY CYPRUS BASES DEMAND 9 NICOSIA, Monday. A RCHBISHOP Makarios said last night that agreement on the problem of British bases would be "impossible" if Britain stood firm on her demand for 120 square miles. The Archbishop was commenting on
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    Western aid —'the new weapon of colonialism9
    203 3 Western aid 'the new weapon of colonialism 9 i^ALCUTTA. Mon. Mr. v> Khrushchev, the Russian Prime Minister, today described western assistance to under-developed countries as the "weapon of the new colonial policy." He told a meeting of steel workers at the vast Bhilai factory— soo miles from here which Russia
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    Lock icon Chief Justice
    26 3 SYDNEY. Mon— The former leader of the Federal Opposition. Dr. Herbert Evatt. was today sworn in as Chief Justice of New South Wales Reut«r.
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    'DEAD FROGMAN5 IS ADDED TO
    283 3 'DEAD FROGMAN 5 IS ADDED TO THE TWO SUBS MYSTERY ■DUENOS AIRES, Mon. —The navy cancelled officers' leaves in southern Argentina today in apparent preparation for an all-out attack on two .'oreign submarines believed trapped in the Nuevo Gulf. Two Argentine wirshlps were reported to hLv e fired on— but
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    Lock icon CHESSMAN TRIES AGAIN TO STCiP EXECUTION
    191 3 CAN QUENTIN, Mon. Condemned author Caryl Chessman, who has been waging 11 years of legal struggle for his life, will make another attempt today to stop his gas-cham-ber execution, fixed for Friday. His lawyers will petition the California Appeal Court to set aside a
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    Lock icon MAN BLOWN TO HIS DEATH
    60 3 LONDON. Mon. A raging blizzard last night swept down from the north of Britain blocking roads between the Midlands and the Scottish border with heavy falls of snow. A widower, Mr. William Hedley. was killed at Sunderland. when he was blown off the top of
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    Lock icon FRANCE TO GO ON WITH A-TESTS
    325 3 SECOND PHASE NOW UNDER WAY PARIS, Monday. PANCE is pressing on with the second phase of her long-term atomic programme despite protests from any countries and coolness by the other three members of the 'atomic club." The successful Sahara explosion on Saturday was greeted
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    New city in desert
    73 3 PEKING. Aon.— A new ollrioh city has sprung up m the desolate Gobi Desert In the north-western province of Sinkiang. the New China news agency said yesterday. The new city. Karamai. which means "black oil." In 4J years has grown from "scratch." to 50.000 people and
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    FIRST A TOAST WITH AUTHOR HEMINGWAY. THEN
    57 3 - AUTHOR Ernest Hemingway (left) pours a vodka toast to peace for Mr. Mlkoyan at his home La Viga in Havana. At centre is Mr Vlr.dlmlr Baiikln. Russian ambassador to Mexico. Mr. Mikoyan presented Hemingway with a set of works by the author that
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    WE CAN LIVE IN PEACE WITH WEST says MIKOYAN
    261 3 WE CAN LIVE IN PEACE WITH WEST says MIKOYAN ASLO, Mon. Mr. v Anastas Mikoyan. the Russian Deputy Pi2inier, said here last night that Russia believed in peaceful coexistence with the West. Mr. Mlkoyan, who had arrived only three hours earlier by air on hi. way home from Cuba, was
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    Lock icon NOTHING WILL DETER OUR UNITY—NASSER
    203 3 NOTHING WILL DETER OUR UNITY— NASSER DAMASCUS, Monday PRESIDENT NASSER told. Syrians yesterday that 1 "colonialism and its agents" will not deter the United Arab Republic from its goal of Arab unity. "We welcome every Arab nation that wants unity with us." he said. "But we do not want to
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    Actress weds
    23 3 LAS VEGAS, Mon. Actress Marie Blanchard. 32. was married here yesterday to a Los Angeles lawyer. Reese H. Taylor, Jr.. 3I^UJU.
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    Lock icon Mr. CHIRWA JOINS MONCKTON PROBE
    78 3 Mr. CHIRWA JOINS MONCKTON PROBE BALISBURY. Mon.— The appointment of a veteran African nationalist. Mr. Wellington Chirwa, to the Monckton Commission was announced last night Mr. Chirwa. once described as the "Napoleon of Nyasaland" will nil the vacancy caused by the resignation of one of the five Africans nominated to
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    Lock icon China flays 'sinister' SEATO meeting
    225 3 China fl ays 'sinister SEATO meeting "IXDKYO. Mon.— China to--1 day bitterly attacked the recent South-East Asia Treaty Organisation meetIng in Lahore. Pakistan, as part of a plan to increase tension In the Far East.The official New China News Agency. In a dispatch monitored in Tokyo, claimed that the Feb.
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      342 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metra NATIONAL SHORTWAVE A.M. 6.30 Oood Morning; 6.33 BY Mprnins Prelude; 7.00 TheNewi: SERVICE 41.. metre. 7^5 A Date With Music: 8 00 Th» MEDIUM WAVE SERVICES News; 805 A Date With Music: Kuala Lumpur 341 metre 8.30 BBC Concert
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    Banker heads Housing, Development Board
    385 4 Degree in Gemmology for Spore student SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. Lim Kirn San, 43-year-old businessman and banker has been appointed chairman of the Housing and Development Board, the Minister for National Development, Mr. Ong Eng Guan announced today. Th? Board, constituted on Feb. 1 under the
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    SINGER OFFERS A RING
    204 4 SINGAPORE, Monday. vyiTH a gold ring which she received from an admirer, vivacious singer, Miss Chew Ping, 20. hopes to raise a big sum of money for the National Theatre Fund in Singapore. Miss Chew told the press that she was from Batu Pahat and had
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    FUND NOW AT $375,853
    83 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The National Theatre Fund has reached $375,853.97. Among donations received by the Ministry of Culture over the last few days wpre: $230 from the lion dancers of the Moh Poon Pale Hok Keen Sun Seah. $160 from the Yuen Klew Physical Association. $50 from
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    BUILDING RESEARCH PLAN
    438 4 Experts sought to assess cost of proposed centre SINGAPORE, Mon. OFFICIAL representations have been made to obtain the services of Colombo Plan experts to assess the financial and technical aspects in setting up a building research centre in Singapore. This was disclosed before the seven-man Building Industry
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    Lee off to N.Z. today
    61 4 Lee off to N.Z. today SINGAPORE. Mon- Mr. Lee Khoon Choy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, will leave tomorrow by air for Christchurch to attend the Pacific Area Travel Association Conference on behalf of the Singapore Government. During his short visit. Mr Lee will also take the opportunity
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    Malay music
    30 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Radio Singapore's Septet led by Ahmad Jaafar will present Malay and Indonesian music in the modern manner in the programme "Dupa Kenchana" at 9.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    VIEWS ON TWO NEW BILLS INVITED
    154 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The select committees of the Legislative Assembly sitting on the Prevention of Corruption Bill and the Lembaga Oerakan Pelajaran Dewasa Bill today Invited representations on the proposed legislation from members of the public. Written representations i could be made in Chinese, English.
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    BOY FROM CHINA KIDNAPPED, FATHER FEARS
    151 4 BOY FROM CHINA KIDNAPPED, FATHER FEARS Never allowed out: alone. SINGAPORE, Mon. A distraught father said today he feared that his 12-year-old son who recently came to Singapore from China had been kidnapped. Thia Czee Teh, 40, of Lorong 23, Geylang said his son, Hlan Geok, a student, had been
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    MORE CONCRETE ACTION ON CULTURE: P.A.P.
    286 4 Follow-up course for Members SINOAPORE. Mon. The People's Action Party has called for more concrete action to create and promote Malayan culture. An editorial in the latest issue of the Chinese languagp "Petlr Weekly" said that the P.A.P. believed in concrete action rather than
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      308 4 PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY' FAYA LEBAR METHODIST OF SINGAPORE: KHventh Bin- CHIRCH: Official Board meetgapore International Salon and ac- Ing at MYP Room 8 pm. 8 !n C^m" Bt>IU T ""MAH YOITH CLUB: TWCA f^mJ'^v^iuSi t nnto body-buUcilng. flower arrangement new clss* JOO CHI AT YOI'TH CLt'B: < beginners) 10 a.m., 3rd.
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    Kuala Lumpur's big day in pictures
    131 5  -  LIM YAW CHEONG and NG BEH LEOW Straits Times pictures by Cheers all way for President MORE than 300 peo1W pie turned up at the Kuala Lumpur's International Airport yesterday to welcome President Ngo Dinh Diem of Vietnam. The TOP picture shows the President,
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    DEATH
    41 6 29 Wards tU (Mudmum) MADAM TAN KIM NEO, aged BS. at her residence 154 Joo Chlat Place. Beloved mother of Urn Lam San, leaving an only son and daughter, aaukh-ter-la-law, 2 »on»-in-lam- aad aa««ra! grandchildren. Funeral oa Wedars day 17.3.60.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    82 6 20 Words tit (Minimim) MR. A MRS. HAROLD SOM thank all relative*, friend*, aad colleagues fot th.tr valuable gifts, donations, and good wishes on the occasion of their marriage on February 141 a. MR. A MRS. A. HAMID BIN BILAL wish to sincerely thank all their relatives and friends
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    IN MEMORIAM
    32 6 in Word* tit (Minimum) STONE RICHARO NORMAN die suddenly of a heart attack Blngapar> February 16th l.M* Loving husbanr or at**M and father of Petar Joan Btepbanle and Baby Oaorgl.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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    She Straits Times Tuesday, February 16, 1960. Bowing To The Unions
    686 6 She Straits Times Tuesday, February 16, 1960. Bowing To The Unions Singapore's Industrial Relations Bill is a much changed instrument from that which the Minister for Labour and Law introduced on Wednesday. The changes are not for the better. Unquestionably the balance has been altered, and to do the Government
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    Approving Vote
    307 6 The weekend poll in Pakistan served several purposes. It put the Basic Democracies devised last year to immediate use, showed that the system works and proved to the people of Pakistan that their will carries weight The 80,000 local representatives required under the new five-tier democratic hierarchy were
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    Single Union
    222 6 Everyone appears to regard the merging of the railway unions as a happy event. Two Ministers, of Transport and Labour, were present at Sunday's meeting, when the decision was taken, to give the Government's blessings. The management has welcomed the merger with the remark that for three years
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    BRITAIN BARES ITS MISSILE SECRETS
    475 6 BRITAIN BARES ITS MISSILE SECRETS T ONDON, Mon. The Royal Air Force can now deliver within half-an-hour up to 45 megaton nuclear missiles almost anywhere in European Russia. Soon there will be 60 missiles, priced by the RAF at £70 million. At a frank, public demonstration of Britain's first missile
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      Technical terms in Malay
      280 6 ATTEMPTS at the Incorporation and Inclusion of commonly used semitechnical and technical words into the national language make me feel perturbed. The spelling and sounds of the newly coined words are so changed that entire ly new words seem to nave been unnecessarily created. In Indonesia
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    The high cost of greatness
    1332 6  -  WILLIAM HWNSHIP: From Paris, Mon. AN ATOM BOMB GOES OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SAHARA... AND IN ONE WORD (HOORAY) IT EXEMPLIFIES DE GAULLE'S CHIEF OBSESSION SINCE HE CAME TO POWER... TO RESTORE FRANCE TO ITS PREVIOUS POSITION ON THE WORLD STAGE T^IFTEEN years
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    Johore Sultan 'ends' drought
    404 7 MALAYS WELCOME RAIN AS HARBINGER OF GOOD THINGS TO COME WITH ROYAL VISIT BATU PAHAT, Monday. DESPITE a heavy downpour the Sultan and Sultanah of Johore arrived on schedule at the Batu Pahat ferry station this morning to attend an official ceremony in their honour. The
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    100,000 to see the Coronation Grand Prix
    238 7 100,000 to see the Coronation Grand Prix lOH OKI; BAIIRU. Mon. Preparations are going on for the Johore Coronation Grand Prix here on Saturday and Sunday Both sides of the circuit are being fenced, grandstands built and more than a mile of the circuit Wing resurfaced. About 100.000 spectators and
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    New assessors
    32 7 TANJONO MAIIM, Mon-Twenty-five people, mostly kathis and assistant kathis, have been appointed assessors for the year for the district of Batang Padang, South Perak. under the Perak Muslim Offences Enactment.
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    SELKIRK FOR BANGKOK
    46 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. Britain's Commissioner In Singapore and CommissionerGeneral for South-East Asia, Lord Selkirk, will leave for Bangkok on Feb. 18 for a visit There he will call on the King of Siam and top Siamese Government leaders. Later he will visit South Vietnam.
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    387 7 A HOPE THEY BRING 'NEW SPIRIT' SINGAPORE. Monday. T^HE Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minisx ter, Mr. Chan Sun Wing, today said that h< hoped Nanyang University graduates who joinec the civil service would inject it with a "new spirit." He told a group of
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    WOMAN DIES AS TAXI PLUNGES INTO STREAM
    88 7 WOMAN DIES AS TAXI PLUNGES INTO STREAM KLUANG. Mon— A 43-year-old woman was killed and four others were injured when a taxi plunged into a shallow stream at the 31st mile Kluang-Mersing road about 11 a.m. today. The dead woman was Madam Tee Hui of Jalan Lambak, Kluang. The injured
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    Joint machinery for rubber industry
    142 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Top level discussions for the setting up of Joint consultative machinery In the plantation Industry were held here today between the Government and representatives of the Malayan PlantIng Industries Employers' Association. On the GOVERNMENT side were the Minister of Labour, Inche Bahaman
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    NO, NO, SAYS MRS. A—l DID NOT CRITICISE...
    136 7 NO, NO, SAYS MRS. A— l DID NOT CRITICISE... SINGAPORE, Mon. American social worker, Mrs. Constance Anderson, chairman of the Committee of Correspondence of New York, denied today she had' criticised Malayan women for their lack of civic consciousness. She said: "It was not my Intention to criticise. On the
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    THEY JUST WOULDN'T LEAVE THE PARTY
    247 7 CINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. Le£ Chee Shan, managing director of the Chung Khiaw Bank, whose 10th anniversary children's party yesterday was gate-crashed by 10,000 uninvited guests, said today: "I still haven't got over the shock." The crowds which turned ud at the Victoria Memorial Hall,
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    LATEX THIEF FINED $100
    57 7 MALACCA, Mon. Ng Kirn trees on an estate at Paya Tian. alias Mohamed SharirT. Rumput eight miles from 30. was fined $100 or three here. months' Jail here today for He was caught tapping a attempting to steal half a rubbf trw v urn pound of
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    2 POLICEMEN OFF TO RANGOON, BANGKOK
    106 7 2 POLICEMEN OFF TO RANGOON, BANGKOK SINGAPORE, Mon.— The Deputy Commissioner of Police. Mr. Song Kok Hoe. and the Assistant Co.nmissioner. C.1.D.. Mr. Cbeah Teng Cheok. wiU leave tomorrow for Ran- goon on a two- week goodwill tour of Burma and Thailand. Mr. Song told the Straits Times that the
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    AN M.P. COLLAPSED TRYING TO CLIMB MT. OPHIR
    433 7 AN M.P. COLLAPSED TRYING TO CLIMB MT. OPHIR MALACCA, Mon. A 1M member of Parliament, Inche Hassan bin Mansor, collapsed unconscious and was broup-ht back by two guides when he tried to climb 4,187 ft. Mount Ophir, on the Malalcca-Johore border Hp u\is accompanying the Chief Minister of Malacca, Incbe
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    NZ PRIME MINISTER COMING IN APRIL
    236 7 NZ PRIME MINISTER COMING IN APRIL rUALA LUMPUR. 1V Mon. The New Zealand Prime Minister. Mr. Walter Nash, has accepted an invitation from Tengku Abdul Rahman to open the new Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Malaya here early in April. Confirmation of his visit was announced by Mr.
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    8 TURF CLUB TRESPASSERS ARE FINED
    102 7 8 TURF CLUB TRESPASSERS ARE FINED BINOAPORE, Mon.— Eight men were each fined $10 today for wilful trespass at th« Singapore Turf Club, at Buklt Tlmah. during a race yesterday. The eight were Oh Hung Chuang. Daud bin Magijoh, Tay Sian. Chong Pheow Sye. Koh Tiong Guan. s. Hamid Ohouse
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    Tied, gagged and robbed
    59 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. Thref armed robbers today held up Che Site blnte Hajl Amez and robbed her of cash and jewellery totalling $2,715. in in her home In Jalan Rehong, off Chanßl Road. Site woke up when she felt a sharp object prodding hei back. The men
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      614 8  -  LUCY HUANG LOCAL" FABRICS AND DESIGNS ARE RECEIVED WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM EVERYWHERE By I KEYNOTE IS COMFORT MALAYAN fashions are a great hit in the United States right now. I received this information from Susan Yorke, writer and Malayan representative of
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      323 8 Not enough togetherness say varsity girls During their four-month vacation, many students from the University of Malaya are out looking for Jobs to earn extra money to supplement their allowances. Two of the more successful ones are Elisabeth Abisbeganaden and Llm Bee Lum. These two young ladies, both 20. have
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      232 8 Straits Times Crossword ACBOSS 6 Stymie on the table (7K 1 Stolen fruit provided solid 7 Outcry about having aomcrepast (8. 4>. thing to put on one's face (7, 8 They rlw in a bad temper si. (7 1. 10 Treat wood in doubly lor--9 Criticism that's over the eisn
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    36 10 SINGAPORE. FEB. 15. RUBBER: $1.14 per Ib. (down half a cent). Inofficial 5 p.m. close si. 14; (very quiet). TIN: $392. 12 J per picul (up 37! cents). Unofficial estimated offering 200 tons (unchanged).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    128 10 MELBOURNE. Mon. INVESTMENT shares opened the week firmly here today. Associated Pulp were up 3s. 9d. to 695. 3d., ACI improved is, C'ourtaalds down 31s. leading the larger moves of the day. Base metals and oils continued firm, while loans were firm and active. Con. Zinc 94/- buyer
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    265 10 CHIPS lying alongside the Sin- M gapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Zaanlcerk 1 2. Musi Lloyd 4 5. Sudan 6A, Goya 6/7, City of Colombo 8 9, Wairata 10 11, Banda 13/14, Chandpara 15 16, Riverbank 18, Hlmeji Maru 19. Salong N.Wall 3, Semantan N.Wall 4.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    152 10 1» f \K( II first grade rubber A buyers f.o.b. closed Ui Singapore yesterday at 114 cents per lb.. down half a cent on Friday's close. The closing tone was inactive. Closing prices In cents per lb., yesterday were OFFICIAL: Int. 1 RSS. Spot f.o.b. b ers 113
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    STOCK INDICES
    24 10 Malayan Mock tArhanfr: Feb. 15 Feb. 13 Industrials: l? 8.08 127.97 Tins: UMI 1M.47 S Kubbrrs: M 1.63 231.09 Jan. 1 1958=10(1.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    148 10 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks. A Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 32 7/8. OX). 33. 90 d/st 33 3/8 credit bills. 33 1/2 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 3/8, O.D. 91 1/2.
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    SUNGEI TUKONG
    73 10 Presiding at the annual meeting of Sunfei Tukonc Rubber Plantations, Mr. P. B. L. Coghlan, the chairman, said that results for the current year should show further improvement. Up to the end of January. 196 D. they had harvested 550.000 lb. compared «rtth 508.000 lv. lor the corresponding
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    TIN PRICE STILL RISES: RUBBER SAGS ON DULL MART
    758 10 TIN PRICE STILL RISES: RUBBER SAGS ON DULL MART By Our Market Correspondent THE tin price in Singapore yesterday continued to rise, a process which has now been almost continuous since January 26. Yesterday's rise of 37* cents took the price to $392.12} per picul. For the third consecutive trading
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    472 10 fkN the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday, industrials were steady, tins were selectively better while rubbers were firm. The turnover was fair. Singapore and Federation members of the Exchange reported the following business up to 3.30 pm.: Industrials: Fraoer and Neave ords $1.75 (OP). $1.72 (OL), $1.77 to $178;
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    107 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent February/March shipments (41 i buyers. S43H sellers. Coconut •11: quiet; bulk $63 sellers, drum $65 sellers. Pepper: quiet, no business was reported done; Muntok white $351, Sarawak $350 (both unchanged), special Sarawak black $225. garbled
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      139 10 UNION OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD From Rangoon, Moulmein and Mergui Loading for Penong and Burma Ports Spore Penang PYIDAWAYE 18 Feb 20 Feb AGENTS: INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AGENCY 338/342 Tclok Ayer Street SI, Beach Street, Singapore ***** ft ***** Penang ***** THE EASTERN SHIPPING CORPORATION LIMITED Passenger* Cargo Service Stroitt/Nogopatttnam/Madra*. Spore
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      666 10 NOTICES NOTICE OF FIRST MEETINGS IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STATE OF SINGAPORE. Name of Company. Stanton Nelson Co., Ltd. Address of Registered Office. 6th Floor. Hongkong Bank Chambers, Singapore. Court. High Court, Singapore. Number of Matter. Companies Wlndlng-Up No. l of 19C0. Date oi First Meetings:Creditors. 23rd February,
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      826 10 NOTICES RANTAU TIN DREDGING COMPANY, LIMITED (incorporated In the Federation i of Malaya) NOTICE Is hereby given that the Directors have declared an Interim Dividend (No. 31) of 20 h cents per share less Malayan Income Tax at 4C V In respect of 1 the year ending 30th June. 1960
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      640 10 NOTICES LARUT TIN FIELDS LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya t. NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that a dividend, the forty-fifth, of sixpence (6d.) per srtre, less Income Tax at the rate of forty per cent, has been declared due and payable to shareholders on the register on 2nd March,
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      697 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Mining Company requires the following statf for work la East Pahang: 1. MEDICAL OFFICES: Applicants must have qualifications recognised in the Federation of Malaya and be able to speak fluent Malay. The duties of the post Include treatment of 300 men and their families, charge of a small
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      469 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN SINGAPORE Applications are Invited for the appointment to Lectureships or A Militant Lectureship* In the following departments:* SURGERY ZOOLOGY Further particulars may be obtained from the Registrar, Unlver ■ity of Malays, Cluny Road. Singapore, 10, with whom applications (ten copies) must be lodged not
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      933 11 (Continued from Page SITUATIONS VACANT 2« Words U (Mlm.)— Box tt cts. txln CHINESB cook/general Amah want- ed for family with two children. Re- fsi sates required. Phone ***** (Spore) 1 RBUABLE cook and Amah required Mother ft daughter preferred. Apply Mantell 34 Oriole Crescent. Rafflei Park, Singapore 11. OLD
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      1045 11 SITUATIONS VACANT to Words Si (Mtm.)— Box it ets. txtrm •ALESMAN REQUIRED preferably with experience la selling Room Air Conditioning Units. Applications giving full particulars, including salary sought, should be addressed to P.O. Box 1238, Singapore. LARGE EUROPEAN COMPANY requires clerks with the minimum qualifications of Senior Cambridge kjurn and
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      1000 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT I* Word, Si (Mim.)— Box tt ct,. txtrt AVAILABLE IST. MARCH Bungalow House 3 bedrooms bathroom attached servants room reasonable rent at Pslm crave Avenue, Blagapore. Apply Post Box 5.14. OXLEV QAROEN modem furnished/ unfurnished flat, available at moderaU rental, pleasant surroundings, elevated ground. Three bedrooms with H/c
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      963 11 EDUCATION M Words U (Mlm.)— Bom tt si*, astra COMMERCIAL HIQH SCHOOL 247 A Joo Chiat Road. Beginners to Advanced Courses LCC/Pltmans Examinations Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m.— 8.30 p.m. Singapore *****. FOORMAN'* ICHOOL of Muslo (Vienna Conservatoire of Music) enrolments accepted dally students for piano, harmony plano-accordioa, violin, guitar,
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    CALTEX OPEN NEW OFFICES
    185 12 CALTEX OPEN NEW OFFICES pALTEX Oil (Malaya) Ltd. have moved to their new and larger offices in Kuala Lumpur and have shifted their Prai office to Ipoh. it is announced in Singapore. A spokesman said that In the past few years, business In the Federation of Malaya had more than
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    U.S. rubber
    30 12 Natural rufcjer Imports Into the United Btates In December totalled 40.739 long tons, while latex Imports amounted to 6.704 long tons. according to the U.S. Commerce Department Statistics.
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    Plan for stabilising world prices
    412 12 Plan for stabilising world prices Australian born economist-Lt.-Col. L. St. Clare Grondonaexplained in Singapore last week the system he is advocating for avoiding extreme sweeps in commodity prices including rubber. Mr. Grondona, who was on his way to address the International Congress of Scientific Management in Melbourne next month, had
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    CANNED FOOD TRADE GROWING
    192 12 SINGAPORE'S multi-million dollar trade in can- ned foodstuffs is expected to be substantially stepped up this year, according to local traders. There are already Indications that imports of canned meat. fish, fruit, vegetables and milk into Singapore have been picking up during the past However, available
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    New insurance branch in Kuala Lumpur
    151 12 New insurance branch in Kuala Lumpur Rfc Royal-Globe Insurance group has opened a branch office in the Lee Tan LJan Building. Klyne Street, Kuala Lumpur, to cope with increasing business in the Federation of Malaya. Th« group which consists of the Royal Insurance Co., and Globe Insurance Co., and associated
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    Binocular sales: Another big Japanese trade drive
    280 12 JAPAN, biggest sup- plier of binoculars and telescopes to the Federation of Malaya and Singapore, is expected to increase sales considerably on the local market this year. Although official trade figures for the whole 1959 are not yet available, Malaya's imports of binoculars
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    Singapore good market for cashew
    165 12 SINGAPORE is a good prospective buyer of Indian cashew-nut kernels, said Mr. S. M. Thaha, leader of the three-man Indian Cashew Trade Mission, before leaving Singapore for Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Thaha said that during the mission's three days visit to Singapore members had had very
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    280 12 Consultants carry out survey for -Australian firms AN Australian company, Basil A. Rossi and Asso- elates of Melbourne, is setting up an office in Singapore with a view to increasing two-way trade between the Dominion and South-East Asia. The managing director, Mr. Basil Rossi. Is now In Singapore making arrangements
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    Metal Box chief here
    110 12 AN eminent British A scientist and business leader, Sir Harold Roxbee Cox, has arrived in Singapore for a week's visit. Sir Harold, who is chairman designate and deputy chairman of the Metal Box Co. Ltd.. England, and of the Metal Box Co., Oversea Ltd. ,is accompanied
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    Soh warns on gambling
    286 13  -  FIRDIE SALAHUDIN By Singapore, Monday SINGAPORE TEAM GIVE SAFA AN ASSURANCE MR. SOH GHEE SOON, the Singapore Amateur Football Association president, today confidently announced: "With our present set of players I think Singapore have a good chance of winning the Malaya Cup and F. A. M.
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    107 13 SONNEVILLE, PATTABONGS WIN DUTCH TITLES UAARLEM (Holland). Mon. —Ferry Sonnevllle. of Indonesia, won the men's singles title in the Dutch international badminton championships which ended here today. In the final he beat Hugn Flndlay, the English international. 15-11. 15-4. In the semi-finals earlier today. Flndlay had beaten Lee Kin Tat.
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    28 13 SOCCER: Friendlles Joyful Indians v 4 SRD. Ayer Rajah Road: IRC v 18 Signal Regiment 'A" Parrer Park. GOLF: Combined Services, Hong Konß v PEAP, RSOC.
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    276 13 Lindwall bows out of cricket From JACK FINGLETON CYDNEY, Mon. Ray Lindwall, whose tally of 228 Test wickets is a record for Australia, has announced his retirement. Lindwall. at present playing in a Sheffield Shield game at Brisbane against West Australia, says this will be his last game of any
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    Singapore keep Cup
    72 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. A goal each by Brig Binny. MaJ. Wylle-Carrlck and T. Franklin helped Singapore Warriors to retain the MacDougall Cup when they beat Royal Pahang Polo 1 Club by three goals to one In the annual Malayan polo tournament at Thomson Road today. Pahangs lone goal
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    11-0 rout
    50 13 SINGAPORE, Mon— Three goals by S. Yeo and two each by Rudy Richard, A. Chan, GaiK Chek and P. Chung helped St. Joseph's Institution to enter the final of the inter-school soccer competition when they beat Oldham Methodist School by 11 goals to nil at Bras Basah Road.
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    Lock icon Grout's feat: 8 wickets in one innings
    142 13 DRISBANE, Mon. Wally Grout. Queensland and Australian Test wlcketkeeoer. set a first-class wicket- keeping record today when he helped dismiss eight Western Australian batsmen In one Innings in the Sheffield Bhield match here. Grout's eight victims beat the previous record of seven held
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    CEYLON TO PLAY IN ASIAN CUP
    206 13  -  VAZIR MARKAR By Singapore. Monday pEYLON, who finished eighth among the nine teams in the first Asian Junior soccer competition at Kuala Lumpur last year, are not taking chances this time. Although Ceylon have not officially written to the F .A.M. of their Intention
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    SABA plans contest in April
    135 13 SABA plans contest in April CINGAPORE, Mon. 81ngapore Amateur Boxing Association and Joint Services will meet in a boxing contest at the Singapore Badminton Hall on April 30 in aid of the National Theatre Fund. SABA, at its meeting tonight appointed a working sub-committee to work out details for this
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    Police stay on top
    66 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. Unbeaten Police 'B Improved In the second half to hold their top position in the SOS A Div. 2A league when they beat Singapore Infantry Regiment by four goals to two at Thomson Rom today After both teams were locked at 2-2 at half-time.
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    EVANS HEADS SCA SCHOOLS COACHING
    129 13 SINGAPORE. Mon— Lt.-Col a KM. Evans, who assisted England Test player Peter Richardson to coach schoolboys when the latter visited Singapore last year, is the new chairman of the Singapore Cricket Association schools coaching committee He takes over from Major Lowe. Other members of this
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    PERUVIAN SCALP WILL BE SO NICE TO HAVE
    570 13  -  °y norman oieoei kH^ IKlSij TH E Malayan Footb a 1 1 c r s in training now will have a proud record to maintain when they meet the Peruvians at the Merdeka Stadium on Feb. 27. The record, which even the
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    HANGING BY A THREAD
    150 13 r piE communal associations, Malayan Chinese, Malayan Indians and Malayan Malays, are hanging on to their affiliation with the F.A. of Malaya by a thread. How else can their continued existence be regarded after the F.A.M. president, Tengku Abdul Rahmans declaration on Sunday The Tengku said:
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    Have you sent your entry?
    51 13 Have you sent your entry? RNTRIES for the Free Press Walk dose on Friday. Better get your name In now. The walk is on Feb. 28. Valuable prises are offered, sins free gifts to ail who compete. See today's Free Press for the full list, torether with entry form and
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    Totalisator record set on Sunday
    350 13  -  EPSOM JEEP JOTTINGS By fftHE huge volume of totallsa--1 tor betting at Buklt Timah on Sunday, last day of the Singapore races, will probably Influence the Singapore Turf Club committee to hold the first day's races at future meetings also on Sunday. The present system
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    CEYLON'S GP ENTRANT IN A FIX
    316 13  -  MOK SIN PIN His car is held by Customs By Singapore, Monday pEYLON'S lone Johore Coronation Grand Prix racIng driver, Mohamed Ismail Rauf today appealed to the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, to obtain a release for his car, a Volvo P 444,
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    Coronation Cup to J. Bahru
    113 13 Coronation Cup to J. Bahru TOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— The Johore Bahni Rifit Association, scoring 1,566 x 82, won the Coronation Cup In the shoot organised by the association at Its rang* here yesterday. Runners-up in the team event, which was open to all rifle associations in Malaya, was Fort Canning
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    SPORE ACTS ON MORE WORK OUTCRY
    478 14 Joint education body to be set up to advise on Gout's aims SINGAPORE Mon. A JOINT consultative committee is to be set up to recommend to the Education Minister, Mr Yong Nyuk Lin, the best way the Government's policies regarding intensification of language teaching
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    EXPLOSION FEAR IN BUS BLAZE
    35 14 THE burnt-out bus which caught fire in Alexandra Road last night For nearly an hour traffic was halted because of fears that the petrol tank would explode. Straits Times picture.
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    151 14 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Austasia Shipping Line of Singapore today announced a new Australia North Borneo-Australia service. Ships engaged on this run will begin loading in Australia at the end of April. Mr. R.F.A. Plowright. secretary of the company said: "The main reason for starting
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    Minister will hear report
    42 14 SINGAPORE. Mon. The interim committee of the proposed Singapore Tourist Association will call on Mr. S. Rajaratnam. the Minister for Culture, tomorrow at the Government Tourist Information Centre. City Hall, to report on the formation of the Association.
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    Berlin orchestra flies in for three concerts
    157 14 SINGAPORE, Monday. T<HE 22-man Berlin Chamber Orchestra flew into x Singapore tonight by Pan-American Airways from Saigon. They will Rive three performances at the Victoria Theatre one tomorrow night, one each on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 The last performance has been specially
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    DEATHS
    49 14 KUMAIIAVILLU THAMBIPILLAI of Alavrrtdy. father of T. Thamtndorai, police tiei.d.iuarter*. Ipoh, panned away on 11.2.60 at L'reiif. Ceylon MR. LIM VONC MOON offlo manager Sin.aporv Tobacco Co.. Ltd., puiied -iway prac« fully at nil resldrno <«, H«-nK Wan Rd.. on 15. 2.80. Kunrral 21 2. 80 at 11.00 a.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    63 14 MRS OASEN and famllv think friend* retatlvw for ne*«»Kr« of cordovmv. mi_, ilc mil :nirnd»«.r at funrral of Mr I MRS LOU CAW TONC .m.l t.nmly and bimnrtv a<."Oi-iutr* for >*n<lin»; ni«*>«atffs of condolences, reithg. airoll*. etc: In UM tra rendered, for paytM m^ht rk i attenrtini; ul Ihe
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    23 14 THI CRAND PRIX sprria. Train Karr from 8 porr to Joriorc Bahru and Back H SI. BO and not 51. 30 adver-
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    THE PIRATES 'PAID' FOR CARGO-IN DUD NOTES
    85 14 THE PIRATES 'PAID' FOR CARGO- IN DUD NOTES JESSELTON. Mon. A case of adding Insult to injury was told by an un lucky Celebes copra trader to Tawau police recently. The trader reported that his boat was raided en route from the Celebes to Tawau The pirates seiied his cargo
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    NEW BID TO SETTLE THE GEC STRIKE
    145 14 SINGAPORE, Monday. npHE General Electric Co (M) Ltd., whose 125 1 employees went on strike last Saturday, will meet the workers' representatives again on Wednesday in a bid to settle the dispute. The meeting will take place at the Ministry of Labour and
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    LONDON STOCKS
    366 14 LONDON. Mon. London stock I markets made good response to ilie satisfactory ending ol the railway dispute but the volume of business was .somewhat oui.ppoln:Ing. and after an initial advance many prices settled down at below '.be belt levels. The statemei.. by the Governor of the Bank of
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    CANADIAN 'MOON' TO GO UP ON U.S. ROCKET
    427 14 CANADIAN 'MOON' TO GO UP ON U.S. ROCKET OTTAWA, Mon. Canada's first satellite, to be carried into outer space in 1961 aboard a United States rocket, will carry 100 to 200 lb. of instruments. Dr. William Petrie. Ca- nada's chief authority on V the outer atmosphere, said it would orbit
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