The Straits Times, 9 August 1960

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    20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000% The Straits Times Not"'"' 1 He"?*** Estd. 1845. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1960 15 CENTS.
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    Lock icon KATANGA—AID CALL
    429 1 KATANGA— AID CALL As African states plan joint Congo command Appeal for 'foreign legion' ftLISABETHVILLE. Mon. Katanga is preparing an appeal to "the world" for volunteers to come here and help protect the state against intruders, the Interior Ministry announced today. The announcement came as African states planned to establish
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    Raja of Perlis takes over King's duties
    222 1 rE Deputy Yang di-Per-tuan Agung, the Raja of Perlis, yesterday formally assumed the duties of Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The proclamation ceremony took place in the Throne Room of the Istana Negara 30 minutes after he arrived in Kuala Lumpur by train from Arau.
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    Union fund for S.A. oppressed
    41 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— The Malayan Trade Union Congress is to raise funds "for the relief of the oppressed people in South Africa". This was announced in a circular letter to affiliated unions and all M.T.U.C. divisions.
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    Lock icon Red truculence:' Ike on U.S. readiness
    372 1 WASHINGTON, Monday WASHINGTON. Mon. President Eisenhower said in a special message to Congress today that there had been "an intensification of Communist truculence" and he pledged to ask for additional defence readiness funds if he thought it necessary. "The Communists continue to exploit situations
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    Minister: Kidnap men may hang
    1275 1 Minister: Kidnap men may hang SINGAPORE, Monday. fHE Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong 'Pang Boon, told the Legislative Assembly today that the Government was considering the introduction of the death penalty for kidnapping offences. It might also amend the law to allow a presumption that, in the absence of
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    Lock icon Civil war in Cuba soon, he says
    105 1 Civil war in Cuba soon, he says \|ONTREAL, Mon. ITI The former chief of the Cuban Army, Ma j. -Gen. Jose Eleuterio Pedraza Cabrera, yesterday predicted that civil war would break out in Cuba within months. Gen. Pedraza, one of the top officials of a group called the Cuban antiCommunist
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    Lock icon They can't strike
    41 1 NEW DELHI. Mon. The Indian Government has banned strikes in essential services such as railways. posts and telegraphs. Parliament was told today. The decision follows a fiveday strike last month by more than 200.000 Central Government employees. Reuter
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    NEGRI RULER OFF FOR TREATMENT IN LONDON
    78 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Y.um di-Pcrtuan Besar of Negri Sembilan today left by air for England, where he is to be examined by two London specialists. He- was accompanied by his Consort, the Tengku Ampuan. a daughter, Tengku Dainah. and the Negri Sembilan
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    Lock icon Hong Kong trip
    35 1 HONG KONG. Mon —The Commander-in-Chief of the R.A.F., Far East, Air Marshal A. D. Selway arrived here today by special plane from Singapore lor what he termed a "purely informative" visit. —Reuter.
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    Belgian troops must go, says Dag
    183 1 Belgian troops must go, says Dag NEW YORK, Mon. The Security Council met in emergency session today on the Congo crisis. Mr. Hammarskjoeld told the Council he was firmly convinced that the aims of iU resolution on the Congo question would be achieved. He said that the opposition of the
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    STOP PRESS
    31 1 US RtPlltS MOSCOW M°n l Charge 4'ASalm ielii v l«i >»virt. r«irii..n Mifltotr? Bu •ua Note of Jul? M P" 1 leMin; delnerr ef F ■isulc io We»l m- ■■>
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    SEVEN BATTALIONS MALAYAN-LED WITHIN ONE YEAR
    574 2 SEVEN BA TTALIONS MALAYAN-LED WITHIN ONE YEAR KUALA LUMPUR, Monday ALL seven battalions of the Royal Malay Regiment will have Malayan commanders by August next year, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Tun Abdul Razak, told the House of Representatives. In a written reply to Inche Ahmad Boestamam
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    Teachers for conference
    56 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon A party of 20 Johore teachers led by Mr. B. W. Fernandez, of the English College here, left today for Penang for the annual delegates conference of the National Union of Teachers from Aug. 10 to Aug. 12. Johore will also take part lin
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    THREE TRUST FUNDS TO BE SET UP-AND ONE IS FOR THE EX-QUEEN
    984 2 THE House of Repre- sentatives today approved the creation of three trust fundsone for a widow of the late Yang di-Pertuan Agong; another to aid stranded Malayans overseas and the third for developing industrial sites. Several Socialist Front
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    Socialist, Alliance MPs clash over Govt. land allocations
    377 2 Socialist, Alliance MPs clash over Govt. land allocations KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A SOCIALIST Front M.P. and an Alliance backbencher clashed over the question of land allocations in the House of Representatives today. The issue arose when the House was debating supplementary estimates of $3,400,000 for rural development. 1 Mr. Karam
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    Hawker killed
    23 2 MALACCA. Mon. A hawker, Abdul Rahman bin Mat Some, 41. was killed in a motor accident near Telok Mas last night.
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    Doctors from U.S., Canada coming
    93 2 Doctors from U.S., Canada coming J( I A 1, A LUMPUR, Mon. Doctors from the United States. Canada and other friendly countries" are coming here to help Malaya build up its medical and health services. This was stated in the House of Representatives by the Minister for Health and Social
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    Former Queen to get $1,800
    101 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Parliament today gave its assent to a pension for Tengku Puan Besar Kurshiah, the former Raja Permaisuri Agong and widow of the late Yang dl-Pertnan Agong. The pension will be $1,500 a month plus a $300 maintenance allowance. A Bill to provide
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    Headmen decide
    17 2 IPOH. Mon. The Perak Penghulus' Association yesterday decided not to leave the Malayan Penghulus' Association.
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    11 cadets fail Malay exam: Sacked
    148 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Eleven probationary police Inspectors have been sacked for falling their Malay language examination. This was disclosed in the House of Representatives to- 1 day by the Deputy Prime 1 Minister and Minister of De- fence. Tun Abdul Razak. in 1 I
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    CAPITAL INFLUX: A 2 TO 1 RATIO
    231 2 CAPITAL INFLUX: A 2 TO 1 RATIO I£UALA LUMPUR. Mon. v —The granting of pioneer status exemption from income tax for five years has so far attracted Malayan and foreign capital in the ratio of one to two. This was stated In the House of Representatives today by the Minister
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    Rotary scholar
    52 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Miss Marjorle Horton. a Rotary Foundation scholar, who is on her way back home to Australia after completing a course at the Illinois University In America, will address a meeting of the Johore Bahru Rotary Club to. morrow at 5.15 p.m. at thw Johore Civil
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      193 2 Any mty she turns.., the picture of POISE There's very special quality •bout her. It's in the gracious way she moves the artfully simple way the dresses the quietly assured way she speaks. She's the kind of person who goes about her living poised and confident. "Problem days" have no
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    UN puts off meeting to await arrival of Congo mission
    732 3 NEW YORK, Monday THE Security Council meeting last night on the Congo was postponed for a day, it was announced here. Mr. Armand Berard. of France, the Council President, called the postponement to allow a Congolese Government delegation to get
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    Lock icon '6 MILLION MURDERS' TRIAL DATE FIXED
    159 3 TEL AVIV, Mon. npHE trial of Adolf Eichmann, former S.S. colonel A accused of responsibility for the mass murder of six million Jews, will be held in Jerusalem next spring, the Israeli Government Press Office announced. Eichmann has been in Israeli custody since his
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    Red bid to cut resort road repulsed
    74 3 Red bid to cut resort road repulsed CAIGON, Mon. Communist a guerillas attempted to cut the main road between Saigon and the beach resort of Cap St. Jacques yesterday afternoon but were driven off after a half- hour battle. Communist casualties were two dead. No casualties were given for the
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    Lock icon Battle of flowers by angry Barbara
    208 3 CAN FRANCISCO, Mon. Dr. Barbara Moore pelted American customs officers with fruit and flowers here last night in a battle over her luggage of fruit turtles, a honeycomb and a teddy bear. The British vegetarian marathon walker had arrived from Australia, where her departure
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    Lock icon DEBATE on DISARM TALKS BREAKDOWN ON MONDAY
    267 3 NEW YORK, Monday. A UNITED STATES spokesman said last night that the U.N. Disarmament Commission would "definitely" meet on Aug. 15 to debate the breakdown of the Geneva negotiations resulting from the walk-out of the Communist delegates. The United States proposed on July
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    Lock icon Shah: Call for a Jehad
    132 3 Shah: Call for a Jehad fAIRO, Mon.— A meeting of 50 Ulemas (Doctors of Koranic Law) yesterday called on the world's Muslims to denounce th« Shah of Persia's recognition of Israel. The meeting Issued a proclamation, which Muslim quarters here expect to have wide repercussions among Persia's Muslims, calling on
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    Lock icon Prince Henry the Navigator
    44 3 sagres, (Portugal). Mon. Ten thousand people, including the Presidents of Portugal and Brazil, yesterday watched 43 ships sail past Sagres Point, the southwestern tip of Portugal, In honour of Prince Henry the Navigator, patron of Portugal's 15th Century explorers Reuter.
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    Hunters killed
    33 3 REGINA. (Saskatchewan), Mon. Pour hunters were killed yesterday when one of them fired a rifle at an abandoned house and touched off a dynamite explosion. Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported.— U.P.l.
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    IVORY COAST GETS FREEDOM: CROWD BREAKS DOOR DOWN
    121 3 IVORY COAST GETS FREEDOM: CROWD BREAKS DOOR DOWN A BIDJAN. (IVORY COAST). Mon. The Ivory Coast, a former French colony, proclaimed its independence yesterday with its citizens breaking down the doors of the National Assembly to get a look at the ceremony. But seeing the deputies and the foreign dignitaries
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    Lock icon REDS ACCUSE 3 STUDENTS
    64 3 MOBCOW, Mon. Three British post-graduate students who have spent the past academic year at Leningrad University were stated by a Soviet newspaper to have been caught "taking pictures of military objects." They were Identified as John Donald Chadwick. Alan Bodge r and Michael Shot ton. Observers
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    Maiden speech Koh talks of chickens and errors
    2394 4 UMNO MAN CALLS FOR FRANKNESS ON COMMUNIST QUESTION CINGAPORE, Mon. The debate on the Yang diPertuan Negara's speech Mas resumed in the Legislative Assembly today. First speaker today was Mr. Thio Chan Bee (SPA Tanglin) who resumed the speech he started last
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      321 4 fTHE following Is today's Alor Star. Penang. Ipoh. Kuala 1 schedule of civil air- Lumpur, Malacca (ML 133) 7.26 craft movements at Paya P m from Kuala Lumpur (ML Lebar Airport. Singapore: IR™-'' Uom Peuan *ml aksivals 151) 925 pm BOAC: Prom London. Rome. DEPARTURES Istanbul, Tehran, Bombay, Cu> BOAC:
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    Neck marks made husband suspicious
    321 5 LABOURER CHARGED WITH MURDER ALOR STAR, Mon. A HUSBAND was "dressing" the body of his 1 wife in preparation for her burial when he noticed some blue marks on her neck, the Kedah Assize Court was told today. On trial was an odd-job labourer, Chiew
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    Pope to shut his garage 'for good'
    137 5 Pope to shut his garage 'for good' SINGAPORE, Mon.— Mr. C. F. Pope, owner of an Anson Roid motor car workshop whose seven workers are on strike, will close down his garage "permanently" from tomorrow. He said this today after the strikers had failed to meet his ultimatum to give
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    Kuala Muda beats Razak target by one week
    210 5 SUNGEI PATANI, Monday q^HE Kuala Muda disx trict rural committee completed drawing up its five-year rural development plan one week before the target date set by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural Development, Tun Abdul Razak. The committee had worked
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    ENGLISH FOR ALL PROPOSAL BY SARAWAK PARTY CHIEF
    150 5 ENGLISH FOR ALL PROPOSAL BY SARAWAK PARTY CHIEF KUCHING, Mon. Party Negara, Sarawak (known as "Panas"), will, as a means of achieving racial unity, encourage the study of English in schools, so that it can be finally adopted as the common medium of instruction. This was stated by the party's
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    Sarawak to spend $38 mil. extra
    259 5 Sarawak to spend $38 mil. extra ITUCHING, Mon.— The Sarawak Government is expected to spend an additional $38,730,000 on its 1959--1963 development programme. A Government statement said though $114,945,608 was sanctioned by the Council Negrl, additional projects will raise the cost of $153.--681,834. One of the main new projects is
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    Settlers who lack right spirit...
    129 5 Settlers who lack right spirit... J/UALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. today denied that he had said the settlers In Bllut Valley, Pahang were lazy. He said this in a written reply to a question by the leader of the Socialist Front. Inche Ahmad Boestamam. who
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    A WARRANT OUT FOR WIDOW
    82 5 A WARRANT OUT FOR WIDOW IPOH. Mon.-The High Court here today Issued a warrant of arrest against a young widow. V. Rukumany. 23, who had been missing since she was adjudged a bankrupt in May. Rukumany was adjudicated a bankrupt for a debt of $2,545 to her mother. Madam P.
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    Surprise raids
    53 5 MALACCA, Mon. Police here carried out surprise raids on suspected secret society hideouts in town during the past three nights. Two men with secret society tattoo marks were arrested. 494 people were searched and questioned and another 109 were taken to the Central Police Station for questioning. They
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    IN MEMORIAM
    52 6 in Words $lt (Minhmmm) IN LOVINQ MEMORY of Mr. Ng Bens Hun who died on 9.5.M. Forever loved Hnd remembered by wife and IN LOVINC MEMORY of my dear wife Hilda Hester Jones who passed away on 9th August. 1955. Deeply mourn t>v her husband and her sister
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    119 6 ID H nrd, flf (Minimum) IMASHINC BARGAINS IN Salt 11 Mulchands. b2-l, Braa Basal) Road also :ird Floor Gian Btogh's Bldg. B'pore. BE A COOO Malayan— Read Barlta Hu-lun, Tbc National Newspaper In the roraanlsed National Lancuag* and follow contemporary developments In the Land you live la. FIOERAL PUBLICATION*
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  • The Straits Times. Tuesday, August 9, 1960.
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      Deadline In Congo
      657 6 The wisest step the Security Council can take in its Congo dilemma is to set an unbreakable deadline for the withdrawal of Belgian troops from Katanga. This will not end the crisis, but not even a beginning can be made until the Belgian parachutists have gone. It
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      Asset For All
      309 6 A notable merit of the Report of the Federation's Education Review Committee is its refusal to treat English as a rival to the national language. Schools in nearly every country now teach a second language, and in most countries which are not English-speaking that second language is
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      Industrial Sites
      238 6 Petaling Jaya's remarkable seductiveness to industrialists is both an object lesson and a warning. As an object lesson it has made its impression on the Singapore Government and on quite a number of people in the Federation who now want a share of the industries that are coming
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    THE BLACK AFRICA MYSTIQUE...
    963 6  -  VERNON BARTLETT by WHEN I was at school. I learnt, or was vainly urged to learn, all about what happened when an irresistible force met an immovable body. The Congo is providing a frightening example of what happens in such an event. The irresistible force is
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      WANTED: STATEMENT OF INTENTIONS ON PRIVATE HOUSING
      162 6 ALLOW me to lake the discussion on housing a stage further, and in the course of it I will attempt to answer the criticisms of Mr. Norris and Mr. Chua Beng Chiang. From a national viewpoint, the contribution by private building programmes in
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      Renewals
      68 6 n*HEN the public sends TT money to the Registrar of Vehicles for the renewal of road tax and driving licences they do it generally by registered post. The licences are sent back however by ordinary mail. Sometimes they are lost in transit. Cannot it be arranged that each individual
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      $$ industry
      126 6 industry IT was with regret I noted that there was no mention of the tourist trade In the policy speech opening the Singapore Assembly. A lot has been said about industrialisation, but the Government has neglected an industry that already exists. All that is required Is a little action from
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      Paper plant
      118 6 I ENDORSE fully the request for a full statement on the proposed urea and paper plant project. Not only ambiguities exist, but very many contradictory statements have been made and reported in the Press. For example, capital requirement seems to fluctuate between $20 million to over $30 million.
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      Astonished
      123 6 1 WAS astonished to read 1 that during the debate In the Singapore Assembly, Mr. Lee, a parliamentary secretary, rebuked an official of the House for the misinterpretation of a Chinese phrase. Mr. Lee may be right or wrong in his opinion of the interpreter's translation (though the point
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    THE MAN WHO LEFT A $100 m. LEGACY
    436 6 4(f%RITICS. if not actual I. enemies, of the Co- operative Department of the Colony and Federation are not lacking, in official as well as unofficial circles, but no one who believes that the British administration in this country has other functions to
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    GUIDANCE OF YOUTH IS 'VITAL'
    228 7 GUIDANCE OF YOUTH IS 'VITAL' |£UALA LUMPUR, Mon Malayan youths need a challenge to their pioneering spirit. Mr. Khoo Oon Soo, youth adviser to the Department of Social Welfare, said today. Mr. Khoo told the thirn biennial conference of the YWCA at the University of Malaya that 60 per cent
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    Camping tour
    37 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Twelve members of the Negrl Sembilan branch of the Malayan Outward Bound Association will leave Seremban on Thursday for a Twoday camping tour of Pulau Tloman. off the east coast of Johore.
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    Students welfare inquiry
    385 7 DATO ISMAIL WILL HEAD COMMITTEE IN EXAMINATION OF NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES OF MALAYANS IN BRITAIN KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A TOP-LEVEL committee has been set up to review the needs a id activities of 3,098 Federation students studying in Britain and in Ireland. The four-man team will be
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    Company director held up on trunk road
    119 7 Company director held up on trunk road JPOH. Mon.— Four youths held up a company director in daylight this morning on the main trunk road 16 miles south of here. From Mr. Chew Kirn Ker. GO, a director of the SouthEast Asia Rubber Co., they took a briefcase containing documents,
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    Mr. THIO'S BID TO RESTORE GOVT. PAY CUT IS DEFEATED
    322 7 Mr. THIO'S BID TO RESTORE GOVT. PAY CUT IS DEFEATED SINGAPORE, Monday. A MOTION by Mr. Thio Chan Bee (SPATanglin) urging the Government to consider restoring to its employees the cut in variable allowances imposed last year was defeated on a voice vote after Mr. Thio had spoken in the
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    NEW PLATES FOR TEST DRIVERS
    80 7 NEW PLATES FOR TEST DRIVERS SINGAPORE. Mon.—Learn-er-drivers undergoing driving tests In Singapore will now have special plates, supplied by the Traffic Police, attach-- ed to their cars. The plates with these I words "Police. On driving test"— should be displayed together with the usual "L" discs on the front and
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    Stab case acquittal
    75 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. A Naval Base labourer. E.v. Raghavan, 30, who stabbed to death his next-door neighbour after a quarrel over spitting, walked out of the High Court here today a free man. The judge, Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah, acquitted him on a charge of culpable homicide
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    143 7 Man is held after acid attack at stall ITAJANG, Mon.— Three AY children were among seven people injured when a man threw acid Into an eating stall here last night. Police have detained a man. Two people were admitted to the Kajang Hospital. The other five were treated as out-patients.
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    Barracks death
    35 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Mon.— A special constable, Mohamed Shawal bin Yunus. 30. attached to Kuala Kangsar police station, was found hanging at the police bachelors' barracks here yesterday. Police found $371 In his room.
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    Widow gets $45 more
    60 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. Another $45 arrived at Times House today for a destitute Singapore widow. Sandanam Mary, and her seven children. The gif to are $6 from Mrs. Ann Pi Hay (Malacca). $20 from anonymous (Kuala Lumpur), $6 from anonymous (Ipoh) and $15 from Mr. S. Joe
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    Photo winners get prizes
    45 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. One hundred and seventysix entries were received In the Shell photographic competition on the subject "OH in the life of Malaya" from all parts of the country. Thirteen prizes totalling $2,250 were awarded after the Judging here today.
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    Man jailed: He bad enough morphine to kill 3,500
    229 7 KUCHING, Mon. A SINGAPORE man has been jailed in Kuchinr for 18 months for possessing morphine which he tried to smuggle into Sarawak by ship from Singapore. ioh Guan Sent;, 41, stated to be a labourer, was convicted in a Kiuhing
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    CARRIES BRIDE OVER THE THRESHOLD
    77 7 Mr. Jimmy Ooi Kok Jim, eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. Ooi Keng Lok, carries his smiling bride, the former Miss Esther Chong Kirn Slew, over the threshold of has home after their marriage at the Wesley Church, Riant. The bride, a teacher of the
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    Detainees end hunger strike
    151 7 IPOH, Monday 'THE 35 political detainees at the Batu Gajah detention centre ended their week-end hunger strike this morning. Among the detainees are two They began their strike last Monday in protest against not being released with the official ending of the Emergency Before they went
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    SIX MONTHS' JAIL FOR GRAFT IS SET ASIDE
    131 7 SIX MONTHS' JAIL FOR GRAFT IS SET ASIDE KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Federation Court of 1 of Appeal has allowed the appeal of K. Satkuru, a Johore labour officer, sentenced to six months' jail on two charges of corruption. The Court of Appeal set aside the conviction and sentence by
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    Youth course .in leadership
    38 7 IPOH. Mon. About 46 members of youth clubs from all over Perak today began a seven-day youth leadership course here. The course, organised by the Department of Social Welfanr. is belnjr conducted in Malay.
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    Handa is fellow of insurance institute
    129 7 OINGAPORE, Mon. The first Asian in Singapore to qualify as a fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute of London is Mr. N. N. Handa. an actuary. Mr. Handa, 33, of the Great Eastern Life Assurance Co. Ltd., Singapore, has been awarded the Institute prize
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    Grant for radio
    25 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The House of Representatives today approved supplementary provision of $251. 996 for new transmitters for Radio Malaya at Kajang.
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    Education review men 'experienced9
    159 7 Education review men 'experienced 9 JTUALA LUMPUR. Mon_AU the members of the committed which recently reviewed the Government's education policy were "experienced end distinguished men of affairs, fully capable of weighing the expert advice tendered to them and of reaching conclusions advantageous to the nation on the problems referred to
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    984 8  -  LUCY HUANG FEMININE FORUM SOME RULES FOR YOU TO FOLLOW THE woman who knows how to manage a cool, crisp look on a warm, close day, while vacationing or living under a tropical sun, will attract more admiring glances and
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    HAMMER & CO TO DECIDE ON LIQUIDATION: SHARES EASE
    529 10 HAMMER CO TO DECIDE ON LIQUIDATION: SHARES EASE By Our Market Correspondent yyiLLIAM Hammer and Co. Ltd., who formerly operated the supply of water to ships in Singapore Harbour and have now been taken over by Government, are to hold a special meeting on September 15 to decide the future
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    CLOSING PRICES
    35 10 SINGAPORE, AUG. 8 RUBBER: 104* cents per lb. (up one-eighth of a cent). 5 p.m. Close: 1042 cents (steady). TIN: $407 per picul (down SI). Estimated unofficial offering 260 tons (down 15 tons).
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    RUBBER PRICES
    219 10 AUGUST nrst grade rubber buyers fo.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 104.', cents per lb. up one-eighth of a cent on Friday's close. Tne closing tone was steady pM S.C.C.R.A. CLOSING PRICES In cents per lb., yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot fo.b. buyers 104%, sellers 104% (N>;
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    141 10 CINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent AuK./Sept. shipments $32 buyers. $33 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $47 sellers, drum $51 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok 'vhlte $310 (down $5) and Sarawak $305 (up $5), special Sarawak black
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    MALAYAN EXCHANGE RATES
    149 10 npHE 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 15/16. O.D. 33 1/16, 90 d/st 33 5/16 credit bills, 33 7/16 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 1/8. OX).
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    RUBBER CROPS
    115 10 Koala Reman Rubber Estates Ltd. produced 191,800 lb. of rubber, during July, according to a statement released by the Borneo Company. This compares with the figure of 197.000 lb. recorded for the month of June. Teraerioh produced 120.300 lb. Malaka Fuda 132.600 lb.. United Malacca 132,600 lb.. Aver
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    661 10 SINGAPORE members of the 13 Malayan stock Exchange reported the following business at their 3 30 p.m. call yesterday. (Bargains are given before prices unless only one was written). Industrials: Alex. Bricks orcls 80 cents; Fed. Dispensary $1.40: Fraser and Neave ords $2.02 ON. T, $2.03: M.
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    Guthrie result
    52 10 Outputs from estates and mlneo In the Guthrie Group for July and for 1960 In brackets awe as follows:— rubber 8,273.000 lb. (51,782,000 Ib.); tea (black) 141.000 lb. (1.0 M.000 Ib.): Palm oil 2.099 tons (14.409 tons); Palca kernels 540 tons (3.891 tons); and tin ore 898 ptculs
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 10 Malayan Stork Exchange: Aug. 8 Ac«. 6 Industrials: 131.53 132.44 Tins: 200.54 264.99 S Rubbers: 250.19 251.55 Jan. 1 1958=100
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    125 10 MELBOURNE. Mon. INVESTMENT shares opened the 1 week trading along steady lines. Davies Coop eased 6d. to 4s. Bd. and Matthews Thompson eased Is. 3d. to 19s. 4d. Repco gained 9d. to 14s. 2a. Base metals and the oils held a firm tread while Commonwealth Bends held a
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    171 10 SHIPS lying aleacaUe the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected this morning ate: Ampenan 1/2, Jagmata 4/6, Benloyal 6/7, Tldra 8/9, Larut 10/11, Mllmmn 13 14. Soudan 15/16, Burma 18, Soon Huat 19, Stia N. Wall 3, SedUl N. Wall 4, SRT 1155 URUP 21, SRT 1154 USSURISK
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      201 10 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from Class c and above registered Contractors will be received by the State Engineer, Selangor, up to 3.00 p.m. on 15th August, 1960 for the Laying of Cast Iron Trunk Main of Diameter 18" and 15" from the Intake at Cheras to the Treatment Plant
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      1374 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT VACANCIES Only candidates with the stipulated qualifications need apply. Applications for permanent appointment must satisfy usual birttt and residential qualifications. 1. ASSISTANT PRIMAKY PRODUCTION OFFlCER— Agriculture. SALARY: $340 x 15A 370/B/445 X 15A 505 x 30A 535 I 15A 585/B/610 x 20A 710 pjn. QUALIFICATIONS <fe
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      1599 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT METHODIST GIRLS' SECONDAKY SCHOOL MALACCA Applications are invited for the posi of Senior Science Teacher of eiiher sex from graduates and trained teaciiers. Applications kuoula be made in wr un*,, giving full particulars of qjai'lcations and experience to The Secretary, Board of Governors. Methodist Girls' Secondary School, Malacca,
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      41 11 NOTICE REMINDER PROPERTY SAU TODAY. l. No. 39 Hongkong street. 2 No 35 Martaban Road. 3. No. 206-J Lorong 29 off Geylang Road. 4. No. 43 Rosyth Road. Kiong Oui Woon k Co., Ltd. AucttPtmen Valuers, No. 194 Market Street, Mf-re.
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      1114 11 I NOTICES LIFE INBUKANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA 1 Incorporated In Instta) NOTICE having been given ol the loss of Policy numbered *****8 on the life of Mr. Mamat Bin Abas, Issued by Unit: National Insurance Company. Duplicate Policy will be issued unless objection Is lodged with us within one month
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      582 11 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received from Contractors not below Class "D" by the State Engineer, Kedan/ Perils, Alor Star, up to 12 00 noon of the 17th day of August, 1960, for the Construction of (1) 4 Classrooms for Sultana Asma School (U) 5 Classrooms for Sultan
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      923 11 (Contlnurd irom Page 8) SITUATIONS VACANT it Words SS (Min.)— Box St ets. axtra AUTOMOBILE ESTABLISHMENT requires experienced salesmen. Apply Box A 9487 S.T. X.L detailing previous experience-good prospect. QUALIFIED NURSB to be responsible for motherhood service on behalf of importers of world renown milk products. Reply Box AM33 B.T.
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      1098 11 SITUATION VACANT tt Words SS (Min.)-Box St et: axtru EXPERIENCED ENERCETIC SALESGIRL wanted "Record Parlour" Kitzpatrlcks Supermarket 300 Orchard Road. Spore Apply personally or Phone ***** for appointment. SITUATIONS WANTED tt Ward* Si (Mln.)— Box tt rU. axirm CHINESE LAOV TYPIST wants part time job, evenings only. Able to correspond.
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      902 11 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE it Wards SS (Mm.) Box St els. extra TWO STOMVID terrace twin corner lot Opera Estate, Slglap. All conveniences. Instalment arranged Reasonable pric*. Oood Income. Contact P.O. Box 2*87. Spore ATTNACTIVI TWO ITOREV Terrace) House ci Jalao Cnenskak of MarPhrrson Road. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lonsbatn,
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    Commercial News and Views Chocolate factory for Singapore
    292 12  - Commercial News and Views Chocolate factory for Singapore Geoffrey Boland NEW $5-MILLION PROJECT GETS PIONEER STATUS NEW factory with an authorised capital of $5 million will be set up in Singapore by Sheng Huo Enterprise Ltd., to manufacture chocolates. The factory, which is the first of its kind in the
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    GROWING TRAFFIC CAUSES BIG POSER
    182 12 GROWING TRAFFIC CAUSES BIG POSER INCREASING r o a-d traffic is becoming a major problem for motor insurance companies everywhere, said Mr. C. W. R. Little, general manager of General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd. of Perth, Scotland. Mr. Little, who left on Sunday for Australia after a
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    Holland fair
    26 12 A trade fair will be held In Utrecht. Holland, from Sept. 12 to 17 In which consumer goods from 23 countries will be displayed.
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    MERCHANTS FEAR RICE PRICE INCREASE
    201 12 MERCHANTS FEAR RICE PRICE INCREASE SINGAPORE rice traders are concerned that they will have to pay more for Siamese rice in future, as a result of a move in Bangkok to unite exporters into an organisation. On the advice of the Thai Government, most of the leading Siamese rice exporters
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    Cutlery sets for Malayan market
    239 12 A WELL known West German cutlery manufac- turing company, J. A. Henckels Zwillingswerk A. G. of Solingen, which entered «he Malayan market only a year ago, has now established a growing business in both the Federation and Singapore. Mr. W.E.V.L. Hoi, Far East representative of
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    Chemical speeds building
    174 12 Chemical speeds building A PIONEER factory A in Kuala Lumpur is producing a concrete hardening chemical to speed up building works in Malaya. The chemical helped 600 workers to build the Kuala Lumpur palace of the Sultan of Brunei, Rumah Awang Alak Betatar. in two months. One builder said that
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    VIETNAM'S RUBBER OUTPUT
    60 12 rE semi-official Vietnam Press News Agency said South Vietnam's rubber production last year was 65.610 tons against 62.657 tons in 1958. The agency said this figure took into account only plantation production. If smallholders robber were included, 1959 production was about 75.000 Urns. The area under cultivation
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    DUTCH SHIP FIRMS EXPAND SERVICE
    180 12 rpHE Nederland Line and Royal Rotterdam Lloyd A will further expand their Joint-operation programmes, when they Inaugurate a monthly direct cargo service between Singapore and Caribbean ports via the Pacific on August 16. The first vessel to leave Singapore on this service will be the
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    EXPERT HERE TO SOLVE WEED PROBLEM
    208 12 EXPERT HERE TO SOLVE WEED PROBLEM A REPRESENTATIVE of Fisons °est Control Ltd. has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to introduce a completely new range of weed-killers. He is Mr. K. F. Kavanagh who is attached to the Overseas Technical Development Staff. The company Is a member of the Fisons group
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    Levers make large-sized bar soap
    122 12 Levers make large-sized bar soap T EVER Brothers (Malaya) Ltd. have produced Sunlight soap in big bars, the first of its kind in the 80-year history of the group's world wide organisation. The product has never been produced by any Lever company anywhere else in the world and it is
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    BLUE FUNNEL LINER ON MAIDEN RUN
    211 12 BLUE FUNNEL LINER ON MAIDEN RUN A NEW Blue Fun- nel cargo-passen-ger liner, Melampis, arrives in Singapore on Saturday on her maiden voyage, reports M. S. Randhava. Built by Alfred Holt and Co.. the 8,500-ton ship, with accommodation for 12 passengers in large well-furnished cabins on the promenade deck, is
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    SOUTH WIN BY 124
    20 13 FLETCHER is clean bowled by Pereira in Soutn Malaya's second Innings on Sunday. Straits Times picture.
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    A 23ft. Bin. jump by Kama—his best ever
    737 13 A 23ft. Bin. jump by Kama his best ever MALAYA'S GAMES 'HOPE* GOES FURTHER AND FURTHER KUALA LUMPUR, Monday I/'AMARUDDIN Maidin, who has been selected to represent Malaya in the Olympic Games, today did his best ever long jump when he cleared 23ft. Bin. at the Federation of Malaya Schools
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    SUPPORT FOR 'LITTLE OLYMPICS'
    121 13 SUPPORT FOR 'LITTLE OLYMPICS' SINGAPORE, Mon. Aua- tralia. New Zealand and Malaya have responded to the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council's plans to stage a "Little Olympics" among the various Olympic teams that are expected to pass through Singapore after the Rome Games next month. All the three countries have
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    NORTH ALL OUT FOR ONLY 64 RUNS MORE
    317 13 NORTH ALL OUT FOR ONLY 64 RUNS MORE p E N A NG, Mon.— 1 South Malaya ran through North's remaining five wickets in one hour, seven minutes to score an easy 124-run victory in their annual cricket matfch which ended at Western Road here today North's last wicket fell
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    SOSC plans carnival
    68 13 CINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Olympic and Bports Council wCll hold la carnival on Saturday at the Royal Island Club to raise funds to send a seven-man contingent to the Olympic Games in Rome at the end of this month. Among the attractions will be a swimming competition
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    SPORTS SUMMARY AND CABLES IN BRIE?
    267 13 SOCCER Ptnang Div. 1: MRC 'A' 4 1 Sheik Omsr 2. Abdul Hamld. Omar Itam) PCCRC 0; Div. S: Prisons SC 1 (Abdul Jalll) PI8C 0. Ipoh Div. 1: Ramblers 3 (8k Ming 2. Wan Sangi PCRC 0. Kimptr Div. 1: Indians 3 (Krishnan.
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    Dempsey: Most dangerous man I ever fought..
    103 13 VKW YORK, Mon.— Former world heavyweijht champion Jack Detnpsey described Luis Angel Firpo. who died yesterday at the age of 63 in Argentina, as "the most dangerous man I ever fought." Dempsey paying a tribute yes. terday to "the Wild Bull of the
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    Weights for 16 races at KL this weekend
    748 13 Weights for 16 races at KL this weekend \yiICHTS for all eight racos on the first day of Mm August mooting at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday: Cl. 2. Div. I— 6F Rodato 9.00 LM.C. 8.11 Roman Galley U S.lO Balkan Chevalier 8.09 Upper Ten 8.08 Hard Final MS Sage Blue
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    Simple solution for the FMOC
    393 13  -  NORMAN SIEBEL By WITH only eight days left before the Aug. 17 departure date, the Malayan team's composition for the Olympic Games at Rome from Aug. 25 to Sept. 11 has not yet been finally decided. And the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council, which meets
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      77 13 TODAY'S SPORT ATHLETICS FMSBC championships (Merdeka y° Hll im. aJO pjn.). SOCCEK B'pore Dlv. 2: HM Dockyard v Alexandra (Oeylang). Ipoh Div. 1: Klnta Indians v 1/3 East Angllans (Chinese Assembly Hall grd). Taipinc Dlt. 2: REME v Town Council (Jalan pdgi. Kampar Div. 1: Chung Wait v Malays ipdgi.
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    Korea triumph in 4-min. spell
    858 14  -  NORMAN SIEBEL By B j l T i 1 1 X' 1 1 HONG KONG FIGHT WITH GREAT SPIRIT BUT FAIL TO LAST THE PACE KUALA LUMPUR, 1Y Mon. For 60 minutes at the Merdeka Stadium tonight, in the presence of the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan
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    DEATHS
    64 14 MR. SAMUEL CHELLIAH. fx-cnief clerk of Nordanal Estate, Panchore. Mil ir. passed away peacefully on Thursday. i4-R-l<t6o) in Seremhan. OEHLERS. JOHN HENRY, beloved Miohftnd of Cecilia Mary and loving I ithrr ot Margaret, suddenly on Bth August. Aged 5S Cortege leaves 47 Portehester Avenue 5 p.m. for St. Francis
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