The Straits Times, 16 August 1960

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    21 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 V 1 #l nut**** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1960 15 CENTS.
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    COUNTERFEIT GANG SMASHED
    85 1  -  Patient tracking halts flow of bogus $2m. Ipoh ambush starts big round-up JOSEPH MIRANDA IPOH, Monday POLICE HAVE SMASHED a nation-wide counterfeit ring which has been flooding Malaya, Singapore and possibly Borneo with forged currency. The lace value of the forged notes is believed to have exceeded
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    Tengku takes time off to have tea with pupils from S'pore
    18 1 'HAVE YOU WARMED YOUR SEAT TODAY?' By
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    Lock icon Clash at Nehru rally: 150 Sikhs held
    141 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. pOLICE wielding staves clashed with Sikh aemon- strators during an Indian Independence Day rally addressed by Mr. Nehru here today. One hundred and nfty Sikhs were arrested. Members oi the Sikh Akali Dal movement campaigning for a Punjabi-speaking state, hoisted
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    Fatal fall from bus
    73 1 SINGAPORE. Mon. A young Chinese girl, in flowered silk samfoo, died in hospital tonight after falling oif a moving bus in North Bridge Road. She had no Identification card. Police described her as round-faced with short permed hair and about 4 feet 10 inches in height.
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    Lock icon Big Aden strike
    32 1 LONDON. Mon. There was a virtually complete stoppage In some industries in Aden today as the result of a general strike called by the Aden Trades Union Congress. Reuter.
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    No secret pledge
    346 1 LONDON, Mon. Britain, in a Note published here today, told Poland It had no secret obligation to aid any West German claims on territory under Polish administration east of the OderNelsse line.— Reuter. and I poh. The big break came on Aug. 6 when the police laid
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    Tourism talks
    45 1 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, will leave for Kuala Lumpur by air tomorrow for top-level talks with the Federation Minister for Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, on plans to promote tourism in the two territories.
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    Talks put off
    27 1 GENEVA, Mon.— The United States. Britain and the Soviet Union today postponed until tomorrow the scheduled meeting of the nuclear test ban conference.— UJ.L
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    Senate and the 7-minute only sittings
    203 1 Senate and the 7-minute only sittings |£UALA LUMPUR, Mon. Federation Senators feel that the public has a wrong impression of the work they are doing because they sometimes meet only for seven minutes. At a Senate meeting today. Senator S. O. K. Übaldullah said sevenminute meetings grew out of the
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    Robbers kill a Malacca merchant
    386 1 SINGAPORE, Monday. J^ MALACCA merchant, Mr. Chan Hwee Tong, 58, was battered to death by armed thugs in an import and export office in Telok Aver Street at dawn today shortly before he was due to return to his home town. Mr. Chan, who arrived
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    UAR visitor
    34 1 THE HAGUE, Mon.— T.ie United Arab Republic Transport Minister Mr. Khalil, today called informally on the Dutch Transport Minister Mr. Hendrik A. Korthals to start a two-day visit to the Netherlands.— UP.l.
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    A FLURRY AS WOMAN GIVES BIRTH IN LINER
    211 1 SINGAPORE, Mon. A O Chinese woman in transit from Indonesia to China cavsed a flurry at Singapore Harbour Board this morning .when she gave birth to a son in the British India liner Sangola. An ambulance, which had been hastily summoned by
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    Lock icon Leap in crime
    35 1 WASHINGTON, Mon.— Fßl director J. Edgar Hoover today reported what he termed a "startling" 9 per cent increase in the U.S. crime rate during the first six months of this year. UP.I.
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    Lock icon He'll form new Laos Govt.
    183 1 ORINCE SOUVANNA Phouma was today designated to form a new government for Laos. Prince Souvanna is the neutralist leader favoured by the paratroop revolutionaries who staged a coup d'etat here last Tuesday. Prince Tiao Somsanith, the pro-Western Premier ousted by the paratroopers under youthful Capt.
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    STOP PRESS
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    New magistrate starts work
    51 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. Tan Wee Klan. Crown Counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor, started work today as the Fifth Magistrate. He was formerly Assistant Official Assignee. He succeeds Mr M Coomaraswamy. wno will be attached to the State Advocate-General's office. P4P ASSEMBLYMAN DISCUSSES SURVIVAL OF DEMOCRACY IN
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    No 'one-party rule' fear
    427 2 GOVERNMENT MUST KEEP ABREAST OF MOODS OF PEOPLE TO AVOID COURTING REVOLUTION KUCHING, Monday. A SINGAPORE Assemblyman declared hei today that there was no fear of one-par rule or dictatorship in Singapore, although tl Government had a majority and was able to ri< roughshod over all
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    Memorial to '23 valiant men of God'
    124 2 Memorial to '23 valiant men of God' PENANG, Mon. The Bishop of Penang, Monsignor Francis Chan, last night unveiled a tablet to the memory of 23 "valiant men of God." The ceremony, witnessed by more than 1,000 Catholics, heralded the three-day centenary celebrations of Penang's Cathedral of the Assumption. The
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    Health talks
    35 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Minister for Health. Inche Ahmad Ibrahim will open a World Health Organisation public health conference and study tour on Monday at 9 a.m. at the Institute of Pathology. General Hospital.
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    H-CODE TEST FOR WOULD-BE DRIVERS
    239 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. CANDIDATES appearing for driving tests after Sept. 1 will be failed if they cannot satisfy the or( thot thor nnsspss "n reasonable knowledge" Penang, Mon asked to be returned, and the Instructing solicitor out of respect to the court' did so." Mr.
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    Lock icon ENGLISH? ITS USE WILL GROW IN ASIA, SAYS PAPER
    118 2 ENGLISH? ITS USE WILL GROW IN ASIA, SAYS PAPER I ONDON, Mon.— The •I" Times today expressed the view that the spread of the use of English was unlikely to be checked. It was commenting on the language question in Singapore and India. "All over South-East Asia, where other foreign
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    Party Rakyat conference
    35 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Party Rakyat will hold Its annual congress In Johore Bahru from Nov. 11 to Nov. 13. The decision was taken at today's meeting of the party's central committee.
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    Tur-banned...
    388 2 Tur-banned. SIKHS WANT TO WORK ON BUSES BUT WONT WEAR THE OFFICIAL CAPS: RESULT IS DEADLOCK AND NO JOBS T ONDON, Mon.—Tur- bans are preventing Sikhs from obtaining employment in Manchester. There are 700 Sikhs living in the city and some of them have applied for employment as bus conductors,
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    Appeal court told of substituted pages of judgment
    202 2 Appeal court told of substituted pages of judgment HHHE Appeal Court here today was lold of the substituted pages of a Sessions Court judgment. Mr. David Marshall, arguing an appeal for convicted George Medallist Loh Kwang Seang, of the Special Branch, said Page 16 of the 16--page "grounds for decision"
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    Lock icon Nehru: We will tackle the Goa problem...
    329 3 INDIA HAS 'STAYED HER HAND' BY NOW COMES WARNING OF ACTION NEW DELHI, Monday. rpHE Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, warned today that India A would eventually "tackle" the problem of Goa and that this Portuguese colony in India "will be freed of
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    Lock icon Road took him back to jail
    54 3 Road took him back to jail LONDON, Mon. An escaped prisoner told police on his recapture yesterday that after escaping he walked 18 miles only to find himself at dawn back at the prison farm where he had started. He had walked a complete circle. Altogether he had been free
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    Lock icon Race for life
    34 3 NEW YORK, Mon.— A sanitation worker raced 30 ft. with his arms outstretched yesterday and broke the fall of a two-year-old boy from a window. 25 ft. above the grouna. U.P.I.
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    PRASAD: FOUR-POINT CHALLENGE WE MUST ALL FACE
    143 3 PRASAD: FOUR-POINT CHALLENGE WE MUST ALL FACE MEW DELHI, Mon. President Rajendra Prasad warned Indians yesterday that they might "lose the opportunities which freedom has brought." unless they met the challenge of caste, communalism. regionalism and multilingualism. Unless this challenge was squarely faced, "we may be delaying all hopes built
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    Lock icon THE MAN WHO WENT ON FISHING
    127 3 THE MAN WHO WENT ON FISHING ALDBRIDGE, Mon. A When a playmate of a seven-year-old boy, who was drowning in a flooded clay pit, ran for help to a man fishing on the bank he told him: "You got him in you fetch him out," and went on fishing. This
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    Lock icon Eichmann trial again put off
    47 3 HAIFA, Mon.— Adolf Eichmann, former S. S. Colonel accused of crimes against the Jewish people and against humanity. today made his seventh appearance before an Israeli magistrate. He was further remanded in custody pending completion of the investigaOions Into his case. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mother visits 'lifer' son
    59 3 PEKING, Mon. An American mother, Mrs. Mary Downey, of Connecticut, arrived here by train yesterday from Canton to visit her 30-year-old son John, who Is serving a life sentence after being charged with being a Korean war spy. It Is Mrs. Downey's second visit to her
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    Lock icon Trainloads of Russian experts quit Peking
    234 3 rpRAINLOADS Of Soviet experts have been leaving Peking to return to Russia in the past few days, according to the Peking correspondent of the official Yugoslav news agency Tan jug The correspondent reported that the official explanation for the exodus was that the experts'
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    Lock icon 350-mile walk
    28 3 MONTREAL. Mon. Dr. Barbara Moore, Britain's marathon walker, left here yesterday for a 350-mile walk to Toronto, the latest In her series of long marches.— Reuter.
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    LIFE MAGAZINE MAN `NOT WELCOME'
    116 3 j\I<)SCOW. Mon. A Life magazine photographer. Carl Mydans, yesterday joined the ranks of "undesirable" Americans accused of antiSoviet activities. The trade union organ •Truer published a blistering attack on both Life and Mydans himself for distortions of the Soviet scene. Mydans, author of the recent
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    Lock icon Death cell plea by tondemned Briton
    337 3 Death cell plea by tondemned Briton HE ASKS M.P. TO CLEAR HIS NAME OETER POOLE, 28, the Briton due to be hanged here on Thursday, has made a condemned cell request for a British M.P. to fly to see him "to clear his name for the sake of his wife
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    Lock icon Award to Paton
    62 3 NEW YORK. Mon.— Alan Paton. author of "Cry, the Beloved Country" and "Too Late the Phalarope" has been named winner of the Freedom Award for 1960, it was Announced today. Previous award winners include President Elsenhower. Mr. Edward R. Murrow. Mr. Bernard M. Baruch and the former
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    Lock icon `WHY CAN'T I SEE MY GARY?'
    405 3 `WHY CAN'T I SEE MY GARY?' Pilot's wife's fear rises as trial approaches MOSCOW, Monday. lif RS. BARBARA POWERS, wife of the AmeLTX rican U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, 31, said here today she did not yet know whether she would be allowed to see her husband before resday's trial
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    Lock icon Record bid lands him in trouble
    82 3 nONCASTER, Mon. A 21-year-old gliding enthusiast, attempting to set up a long-distance record in his single seat aircraft, made a forced landing after flying 40 miles and found himself surrounded by security police as he stepped from the glider. He had landed at a
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    Lock icon Riot in jail
    29 3 WINNIPEG, Mon.— One prisoner was killed and four others injured when guards opened fire on rioting convicts in Stony Mountain penitentiary near here last night Reuter
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    Scientists bounce messages from balloon satellite
    429 3 Scientists bounce messages from balloon satellite WASHINGTON, Mon. Scientists relayed radio messages across the country yesterday by bouncing them off America's new Echo I satellite. i'he messages were reflected off the 10-storey-hlgh "radio mirror" balloon by dentists at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel. New Jersey, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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      306 3 News; 9.40 Hawaiian Chimes: RADIO SINGAPORE 100 Ka<"o Night spot; 10.30 Sing It Again; 11.00 Close Down. Medium Wave 476 metres Short Wave: 62 metre. RADIO MALAYA from 9.M 10.00 pjn A.M.: 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 (41.7 metres) Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; P.M.: 1.15 Tlflln Date- 130 7.05 Melodies
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    500 boys go to work
    61 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Five hundred boya In their last year of school today had a preview of what their working life will be like when they leave school. The boys, from over 20 secondary schools all over Singapore are taking part In the Singapore Junior Chamber
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    Give vote to all call in Kuching
    298 4 POLYTECHNIC PRINCIPAL GIVES ADVICE TO 1030 FRESHMEN: KUCHIXG, Monday. A KUCHING Municipal Councillor has called for the extension of the right of vote to all persons attaining the age of 18 and not just limit it to householders. Mr. Stephen Yong, speaking at
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    26 WILL LEARN HOW TO BECOME LEADERS
    101 4 26 WILL LEARN HOW TO BECOME LEADERS SINGAPORE, Mon. Twenty-six team leaders in community centres today began a seven-week leadership training coarse at the National Recreation Centra at Kallang. They were addressed by the Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. The Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K. M. Byrne,
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    Settlement in suit for damages
    130 4 Settlement in suit for damages SINGAPORE, Mon.— A settlement was announced in the High Court toda" of the suit in which a building contractor, Mr. Wong Sik Choong, claimed $84,662 from Messrs Kian Hin and Co., as damages for breach of contract. Mr. Wong had alleged that under a contract
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    Woman's suicide
    42 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Coroner, Mr. N. A. D'Rozario, today returned a verdict of suicide at the inquest on a woman, Foo Keng Eng, 70, who was found hanging from a beam in her Upper Thomson Road home on April 19.
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    'Don't be afraid to use your hands'
    238 4 'Don't be afraid to use your hands' SINGAPORE, Mon. Those who took up a technical education as a career should not be afraid of using their hands, Mr. C. I. C. Scollay, principal of the Singapore Polytechnic told 1,030 freshmen, when the Polytechnic opened its new 1960-61 term today. Mr.
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    Plan to relieve shortage of dentists
    138 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. The 130-strong Association of Singapore Dental Technique Study has urged the Ministry of Health to hold dental examinations for their technician members for the purpose of registering then as practising dentists. This was one of the six resolutions adopted at the fourth
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    TRIBUTE TO AN HONEST WORKER
    236 4 TRIBUTE TO AN HONEST WORKER SINGAPORE, Mon.— An act of honesty by a a Singapore Harbour Board cargo supervisor has earned him a high commendation from his superiors. His service record has also been "suitably endorsed." The supervisor, Mr. Skipper Kamola, 44, has also been told In a letter by
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    3 FOUND ON PRISON ISLAND FINED
    131 4 SINGAPORE, Monday. rpHREE youths, who claimed they were forced by a storm to take refuge on Pulau Senang penal Island, were fined $100 each In a court here today for being found in a prohibited area. They were Jim B. Panai, Sand Main Muhammad.
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    Inche Yusof will open new camp
    54 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak will open the Singapore Boy Scouts Golden Jubilee Patrol Camp at Jurong Park Scout Camp, Boon Lay Road, on Saturday, at 5 p.m. The camp will be open to visitors on Sunday from 10
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      91 4 AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES rpHE following is today's 1 schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore. ARRIVALS BO AC: From London. Calcutta, B»tgfrA (BA 778) 2.35 a.m.; from London, Rome, Istanbul, Tehran, Bombay, Colombo (BA 790) 4.40 ton.; from London, Frankfurt, Beirut, Karachi. Calcutta, Rangoon (BA 708)
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      106 4 Kuala Lumpur, (ML 119 cc) 12.30 a.m.; from Kuala Lumpur 'ML 171, 10.15 am; from Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur (ML 101) 12.30 p.m.: from Hong Kong (ML 611) 3 p.m.; from Jakarta (ML 204) 4.40 p.m from Sandakan, Jesselton, Brunei, Slbu. Kuchlng (ML 409) 5.15 p.m from Kota Bahru, Alor
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      113 4 Rome, London (KM 571) 9.30 p.m.; to Jakarta. Perth (EM MS) 11 p.m. GarwU: To Jakarta (OA 893) 8 a.m.; to Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok (OA 9M) 11.35 p.m. Cathay Pacific: To Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong (CX 726) 2.30 p.m. Japan Airline.: To Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo (JL 712) 8
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      169 4 The Mary CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL: Variety concert at Victoria Theatre, 7 p.m. MINISTRY OF CULTURE: Free film show 7 p.m.. Kolam Ayer Lane Estate, Kampong Sungal Pandan. Boh Suan Tun Road. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: Talk by Dr. William Dameshek. 8.15 p.m., Allen Lecture Theatre. TOC H: Miss Sylvia I. Perera on "Almoning
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    172 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rPHE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rah- man, today said Radio Malaya was the pulse" of the Government and because of this ii would not be turned into a corporation. He said this in the Senate when replying to a PMIP Senator, Inche Amaluddin Darus, who asked whether
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    2 FARMERS JAILED FOR PARANG KILLING
    186 5 2 FARMERS JAILED FOR PARANG KILLING KOTA BHARU, Mon.— Two Thai padi planters, who killed another Thai, were today sentenced to three years' jail each by Mr. Justice Hepworth in the High Court here on a reduced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Eh Pin, 29. and Eh
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    Local affairs
    35 5 KOTA BHARU. Mon.— The Deputy Mentrl Besar of Kelantan, Hajl Mohamed bin Naslr, today opened a oneday course here on local government affairs for 27 local council staff and four assistant District Officers.
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    Thugs take $5,000 in watches from shop
    105 5 Thugs take $5,000 in watches from shop {SINGAPORE. Mon. Pretending to be customers, four armed thugs entered a shop in Prinsep Street today, herded a businessman. Mr. Tang Teng Siew. 52. and his family into the back yard and cot away with watches worth more than $5,000. Mr. Tang was
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    Australia's new envoy named
    66 5 Australia's new envoy named SINGAPORE. MOrv A new Australian Commissioner in Singapore was named today to succeed the present Commissioner. Mr. D. W. McNlcol. who leaves soon for Canberra to take up a senior post in the Department of External Affairs. He Is Mr. G. A. Jockel, a senior officer
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    Science teachers tour Seria oilfields
    150 5 SINGAPORE. Mon— Eight science supervisors from various Federation schools left Singapore by air this morning for the Shell Company's Seria oilfields on a four-day visit. The supervisors, each responsible for the supervision of science teaching in his or her respective State, are: Mr. Tan Ah
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    Radio Malaya—pulse of Govt. and nation
    682 5 Radio Malaya pulse of Govt. and nation SIX SHOTS, THREE BOARS —THEN HUNTER DIED IN HOSPITAL, COURT TOLD TENGKU: CORPORATION PROPOSAL WAS DROPPED FROM OUR MANIFESTO AFTER seven hunters had fired six shots and killed three boars, one of the hunters died in hospital, the Sessions Court was told here
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    86 6 2* Words tit (Minimum) WIFE, family of Jack Oehlers thank relatives, friends for their condolences, wreaths, donations to Church, masses, night prayers, and attendance at bis funeral. LADY ARIFF and ottur members of the family of the Late Dr. Sir Kamll Mohd Anff Al-Haj wish to thank H.E. The
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    The Straits Times
    7 6 Tuesday, August 16, 1960.
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    A Matter Of Freedom
    670 6 The battle to place control of broadcasting in the hands of a statutory corporation, free of government fetters, has been lost, both in the Federation and Singapore. It will be a long time before it becomes a live issue again. The most unpleasant aspect is the
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    Public Service
    350 6 The Sarawak Government has adopted virtually intact the recommendations of its select committee on Borneanisation, published last December. The job to be done is not, of course, merely the displacement of expatriates in the shortest possible time, but the construction of an indigenous public service as quickly as
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    Popular Prince
    178 6 With the designation of Prince Souvanna Phouma as Prime Minister Laos has regained its natural leader. He went out of office after the 1958 elections only because he was unable to form a cabinet to the liking of the Committee for the Defence of National Interests (CDNI), At
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    and he turns on Reds...
    1478 6  - and he turns on Reds MICHAEL ADAMS Kassem: He finally realises what he's up against TWO YEARS after the revolution which overthrew Nuri es-Said and the eastern throne of the Hashemi tes, Iraq still presents its neighbours and the world at large with a grept question mark. What is to
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    LOCAL-TRAINED TEACHERS: WHO WILL SPEAK?
    154 6 LOCAL-TRAINED TEACHERS: WHO WILL SPEAK? MR. RAMANATHAN in his capacity as the president of the National Union of Teachers recommends opportunities to enable qualified teachers trained at Brinsford and Kirhby to sit as external candidates for the University of Malaya's arts and science degrees. He makes no mention of teachers
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    Letters
    471 6 Certiflcate qualifications are frustrated in their desire to study in a university by their limited financial means Scholarships and bursaries for this purpose should be awarded to deserving teachers with the necessary qualifications. This would eventually ease the present shortage of graduate teachers and achieve a higher standard of
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    88 7 THIS panoramic picture by Straits Times cameraman LJM YAW CHONG shows the record crowd that packed the Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night for the final of the Merdeka anniversary soccer tournament between Malaya and South Korea. Paying customers totalled 36,600 and
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    BRUNEI TAKES UP LOAN
    93 7 BRUNEI TAKES UP LOAN KUCHING, Mon.— The Brunei Government has taken up the whole amount of a. S2O million loan issued by the Crown Agents on behalf of the Sarawak Government to finance revenue-earning schtme> under the 1959-63 revised development plan. A Government statement here said that the loan was
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    GOOD ENGLISH gives you Confidence
    243 7 GOOD ENGLISH gives you Confidence How you can gain poise develop your personality achieve success Hundreds of ambitious people have discovered a fascinating, simplified way to improve their English, gain selfconfidence, and develop their personality. They tell how this unique method, studied in the odd minutes of the day, lias
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    2-wife man loses BOTH
    246 7 2-wif e man loses BOTH FIRST A DIVORCE BY NO. 1 ON GROUND OF ADULTERY....NOW THE MARRIAGE' TO NO. 2 IS NULLIFIED BY COURT KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A MAN who had two wives in two towns found himself with no wife at all today. S. Ayadurai, 40, a railway guard,
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    Premier to speak
    60 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will address the inaugural meeting of the People's Association at Its National Recreation Centre headquarters at 8.30 p.m. on Saturday. Mr. Lee, as chairman of the association, has named representatives of 43 organisations to the association The object
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    Denial that embassy is 'American tour agency'
    133 7 Denial that embassy is 'American tour agency' irUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The PrLne Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today denied that the Malayan Embassy in Tokyo was like an American tourist agency. He added It was not true that the Embassy had pamphlets and brochures of the United States only and none
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    STUDENTS CRITICISE OFFICIAL APATHY
    162 7 SINGAPORE, Monday. r THE Malayan Students' Association in Ireland is x dissatisfied with the Malayan students' Department in London for what It calls the department's "apathetic and soporific attitude" toward its responsibilities. The department, which Is responsible for looking after the interests of the students. Is
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    One examination for entrants to varsity
    417 7 EDUCATION GAP TO BE BRIDGED HPHE deputy principal of the University of Malaya in Singapore, A Professor T.S. Monteiro, said in Singapore today that the university was now working towards .a common entrance examination for students from both English and non-English streams of education.
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    NOT GUILTY OF MURDER AS `INSANE'
    102 7 NOT GUILTY OF MURDER AS `INSANE' JOHORE BAHRU. Mon —A labourer, who was under mental observation for a year was found "not guilty of murder because he was Insane" in the Johore Assize Court today and ordered to be remanded at the pleasure of the Sultan. Urn Boon Leong. 22,
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    Union sends 30 demands to Caltex
    218 7 THE National Union of Oil Workers has submitted a set of 30 demands to the management of Caltex Oil (Malaya) Ltd. on behalf of more than 100 members employed by the firm. The demands are contained In the union's proposed draft agreement which is
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    OWNERS OF HOME-MADE GUNS GET AN AMNESTY
    87 7 OWNERS OF HOME-MADE GUNS GET AN AMNESTY JESSELTON. Mon.— Worried by the growing number of Illegal shotgun owners, the North Borneo Government has announced: "Anyone surrendering a home-made gun will be given every assistance in applying for a shotgun licence in the normal manner." It also announced that a three-month
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    Red documents
    23 7 KUCHING, M&a. Kuchlng police hare seized a 'large quantity" of Communist books and documents in a raid carried out near here.
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      869 8 The undercover story woven in cotton and nylon YEW ranges of lingerie designed for wearing in tropical climates contain many charming models which combine a pretty femininity with those easy-to-maintain qualities which all women demand these days. It is wonderful what a wide nylon ribbon, guipure lace daisies, permanently pleated
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      LOCAL DESIGNER AIMS FOR FASHION OSCAR
      284 8 LOCAL DESIGNER AIMS FOR FASHION OSCAR ROLAND Chow, one of Singapore's leading dress designers, after his successful European tour recently, is planning to win more laurels in the field of haut-couture. He has decided to take part in the Neiman-Marcus Fashion Exposition which is held In Dallas. Texas every year.
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      284 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6. Victor at cricket and probably 1. Coincidence (12). at bridge (7). S. The right answer in a bird 7. Puts up with oriental party, oi passage (.7). being flabbergasted (12). 9. Forward with the leaders of 10. Wager about people following the U.D.C lo give
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      1658 9 THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE TO ABEN, LIVERPOOU BLASBOW. LONDON ft CONTINENTU PC»M. Due Spore Sails P. S'Mm Pemrg PATROCLUS Livarpttt, Glesgow It Ptrt An 17 LiverpMl BM. 33 Tatty An 17/21 Ana MACNAON Livtrpeai, Glasgow An 21 An 24 An a/a Alg 11/ 1 POLTBORUS Uvarpttl. Havre Ana Aig a
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    128 10 MELBOURNE, Mon. TNVESTMENT shares opened the week on a firm tone here today. Ready Mixed Concrete gained 2s. Id. to 19s. lid. and Myer is. Id. to 395. 7d. Base metals and the oils traded along steady lines, while Commonwealth Bonds held a steady tone. Con. Zinc Mf-
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    189 10 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves' or expected today are: Malais 1/2, Dunera 4/5, Jens Maersk 6a, Hoegh Cliff 6 7, City of Wellington 8/9. Orestes 10/11, Karossa 13/14, Meinam 15/16, Borneo 18, Hopsang 19. Olan Ann N. Wall 1/2, Senggarang N. WaU 3, Sloe 21/22,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    143 10 CINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK Continent Aug.. Sept. shipments $32 buyers, $33 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $47 sellers, drum $51 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white, $320, Sarawak $315, special Sarawak black $200 and garbled
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    MORE ACTIVITY ON LOCAL SHARE MARKET: PRICES BETTER
    486 10 By Our Market Correspondent THERE was more activity on the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday after the dull and depressing conditions which ruled throughout the previous week. Selective improvement occurred in all sections as severs anea up. Business was mainly written in the
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: Am. 15 At*. IS Industrials: 127.21 125.64 Tins: 198.80 190.10 Rwafcera: 244.67 244.67 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    214 10 SEPTEMBER first grade rubber t3 buyers fob. closed in Singapore yesterday at 100% cents per lb.. down 2H cents on Friday's close. The closing tone was quirt after easy. S.C.CJLA. CLOSING PRICES In cents per lb., yesterday were: Int. 1 R. 8.8. Spot f.o.b. buyers 100%, sellers 100T4;
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    639 10 SINGAPORE members of the Malayan Stock Exchange reported the following business at their 3.30 pm. call yesterday. (Bargains ire given before prices unless only one was written). Industrials: Fed. Dispensary $1.39' Fraser and Neave ords (3) $1.95 to $1.97 R, D; Gammon $2; M. Breweries $2,924; McAllster
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    234 10 THE Malayan Exchange Bauika' Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to »iOO). New Yerfc: buying airmail T.T. 33, O.D. 33 1/8, 90 d/st 33 3/8 credit bills. 33 1/2 trade bills. Canada: baying airmail T.T Si 15/16. O.D. 32 1/16. 90
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      718 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MAUYA IN KUALA LUMPUR Applications are Invited trom Federal Citizens for appointment to the following posts In the University of Malaya In Kuala Lumpur:— (a) Servant Two posts. (b) Cook— One Pos'. Further particulars and application forms are obtainable from the Registrar. University of Malavi in
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      663 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT GOVERNMENT OF SARAWAK PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Applications are Invited for the pos: of an Assistant Engineer (Electrical). The appointment will be on 'Contract' terms for a tour of 3 4 years within the C 4 Scale at a commencing salary of $690/--rislng by annual Increments in the C
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      449 11 TENDERS PETALMG JAVA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Tenders are Invited for the supply and delivery to Petal. ..k Jaya of one Scraper suitable (or towing by crawler tractor. The Scraper should be flttea with a 3 piece cutting blade and tenders should include for the supply of 2 No. spare sets of
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      498 11 (Continued from Page Hi SITUATIONS VACANT 10 Words SS (Mi*.)— Box St cts. txtrm BOX AS42I B.T. K.L. position ailed. Applicants thanked. EUROPEAN COMPANY requires female accounting machine Operator Apply cut handwriting Box A 9510 S.T. K.L. EXPERIENCED LADY CORRESPONDING Clerk/Typist State qualifications A salary required age 23/28. Please apply
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      975 11 I ACCOMMODATION VACANT > It Words SS (miin.)— Box St cts. extra FURNISMEO FLATS available Immediately in Tanglin Road Phone ***** Singapore for details FULLY FURNISHED two bedroom Oat situated In Orchard Road area. I modern conveniences. Enquiries Tel: I Spore *****. MODERN 3-BEDROOM BUNCALOW at Oei Tioag Ham Park.
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      885 11 TUITION 2t Words SS (Min.)— Box St cts. oxtn, Y.W.C.A. -Japanese Flower Arrangement Beginners Class. Starting Friday, 19th August 11 a.m. Feea $20-. Members SlB/-. Ring B'pore *****. RADIO COURSE New class will commence on 2nd. September 1960. Apply Oversea-Chinese Radio Institute, 332, Oeylang Road. Singapore 14. LONDON DRIVING SCHOOL
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      406 11 MISCELLANEOUS I* Words SS (Min.)—Mox St cts. mxtrm SALES A SERVICE Outboard Motor*, Laws Mower* aod Weighing Machines. Chop Kirn sent Cneong. 103 Havelock Road. Singapore. Phone T8221/TSSOS. FOR CHEAP. BOlcieot and Kaliahle nulldlns repairs, renovation, etc pbooe I 2TBT7 (B'pore) for Hoc Seng Construction Gatimau given without on Ugatloo
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      119 11 To all professional aid amateur cine-enthusiasts 24 HOUR PROCESSING AND PRINTING SERVICE arm now available tar linn I I W natathra and positive films. PHONE ***** BORNEO SUMATRA TRADING CO. (M) LTD. BUSINESS MACNINtS DiPT) Ira FLOOft. X"M ELM.. I FINIAYSON CEIEN. SPORE. TERRY SPORTS SHIRTS ARE THE BEST English
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    CAR FIRM EXPANDS KUCHING BRANCH
    182 12 THE Cycle and Car--1 riage Co. (1926) Ltd. is expanding its office in Kuching to cope with increasing demand for automotive products in jSarawafc and North Borneo territories. Mr. Quek Tio Kwang, attached to the company's automotive products division, said in Singapore yesterday that he
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    Opel expansion programme
    59 12 Opel expansion programme The Adam Opel Company, maker of Opel cars and West Germany's second largest motor vehicle producer, hopes to achieve an average daily production of 1,600 units early next year, the company's deputy chairman, Mr. Gaston A. de Wolff, announces. Production would reach 425.000 to 450.000 units when
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    British trade with Malaya is improving
    413 12 27 PER CENT JUMP IN SIX MONTHS TWO-WAY trade between Malaya and the United Kingdom is making rapid recovery this year, afler having experienced a continued decline since 1954. The decline has been halted substantially for in the first six months' of this year
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    New jet service
    18 12 Japan Air Lines inaugurated its Trans-Pacific jet service between Tokyo and San Francisco on Friday.
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    U.S. concern opens Malayan company
    219 12 WARNER-LAMBERT International of New Jersey, America's leading manufacturers of Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, have established a Malayan company. Known as Warner-Lam-bert (Malaya) Ltd.. the company will set up a factory in Petallng Jaya to produce several of the company's products which are at present Imported from
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    Retirement
    26 12 MX- D. T. Lewis has retired from the board of Kuala Reman Rubber Estates Ltd., and Mr. G. T. Alden has been appointed a director.
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    R.J. FACTORY PLANS BIGGER CYCLE OUTPUT
    181 12 MALAYA'S new $340,000 factory which is now producing bicycles, tricycles and perambulators in Petaling Jaya is planning to increase output to meet growing demand. The factory, wnlch was opened in February, has an authorised capital of $2 million, all local money. The building cost
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    Singapore quits MCFA
    271 13 RULES ALSO CHANGED TO ALLOW NON-CHINES BODIES TO BE MEMBERS KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. SINGAPORE Chinese FA have withdrawn from the Malayan Chinese FA to enable the parent body to apply for registration. The Registrar of Societies has refused to grant registration to the MCFA with the Singapore
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    21 13 MOSCOW. Mon.—Middleweight Alexander Kurynov, 26-year-old Russian weightlifter, set a new world record when he jerked 170 kilograms 375-lb) yesterday— U.P.l
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    34 13 WARSAW, Mon Polish Davis Cup veteran Andrzej Licis. 28. has been disqualified from tennis for life for failIng to return to Poland for the national championships, the Polish Tennis Association announced yesterday.— U.P.I.
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    M-SOCCER MEET BREAKS ALL RECORDS
    154 13 M-SOCCER MEET BREAKS ALL RECORDS KUALA LIMPTR. Mon An all-time record crowd of 109,219 people paid $227,394.50 to watch the third anniversary Merdeka soccer tournament matches. The F. A. of Malaya had estimated the cost of running the tournament, which began on Aug. 5 and ended yesterday, at 5200.00U which
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    2 Gamesmen to compete in schools 'test'
    178 13 2 Gamesmen to compete in schools 'test' IJUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Two of Malaya's athletes going to the Rome Olympics. M. Jegathesan and Kamaruddin Maidin. will be among 120 top schoolboy athletes from Singapore and Malaya competing in the first international schoolboys athletics match at the Merdeka Stadium tomorrow (4 p.m.).
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    Veteran Thurai is recalled
    83 13 SINGAPORE. Mon.— The Singapore cricket selectors have recalled veteran C. Thuraisingam to the side to meet Selangor in the M.C.A. league final on Aug. 19. 20 and 21 at Kuala Lumpur. For the 42-year-old Ceylonese batsman, this will be his first match for Singapore in nearly
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    MALAYA XI TO TOUR KOREA AND JAPAN
    94 13 MALAYA XI TO TOUR KOREA AND JAPAN IJUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The FA. of Malaya has accepted invitations to tour South Korea and Japan in April next year. The invitations were extended by the leaders of the South Korean and Japanese football teams which competed in the Merdeka soccer tournamentMr. Lim
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    Aussies are hopeful
    128 13 SINGAPORE. Mon.— Th* first batch of Australia's Olympic contingent, the largest to leave Australia to participate in any Olympic Games, passed through Singapore today on their way to Rome where the Games are to be held at the end of this month. The manager of the contingent,
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    31 13 LONDON. Mon. Russia won three of the five titles in the three-day European women's rowing championships, which ended yesterday on the Welsh Harp Reservoir In Willesden, north-west London. Reuter.
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    'SPORTS SUMMARY AND CABLES IN BRIEF
    794 13 SOCCEB Kluang igr. 6 Royal Malay Regt. I lArshad) Chong Hwa 1 (Wahid). Kampar Div. 3: Tunas Harapan S (Tajuddlm Pel Yuen 'A' 0; Kampar Chines* 'B 2 iKwan See. Swee Oonj Pel Yuen 1 (Kong Meng). S'tor Div. 1: TPCA 7 (Thavarajah 4,
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    97 13 SOCCER Internationa) match: Spore V Japan (Jn. Besar 7 JO p.m.i. Spore Jnr. Cop: P. Bukom Utd v P stla (Jn. Besar 6 pan.). S'gor ODltfl Div. 3: Slmlt v Borneo; Harrisons v Warders; Telecoms Stores v Outhrles. lpoh Div. l: pcrc v PTC Trotters (Chinese Assembly Hall
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    Australian soccer results
    289 13 C YDNEY. Mon.— Yesterday s Australian league soccer results: Victoria State League: Foots City 0 George Cross 6. NSW Div. 1 (N): Blacksmith 1 Merewether 1: L. Macquarie 2 Mavfield 0; Newcastle i Wallsend I: West Wallsend 2 Awaba 3; Charlestown 0 Cardiff 5. NSW Fed. Div.
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    Weights for all races at K.L. this weekend
    351 13 WEIGHTS (or all TT eight race* at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday: Cl. 2. Div. 5-6 f Charge Sheet 9.00 Golden Beauty 8.13 Froggie 8.13 Time To Win 8.12 Jolly Day 8.12 My Fair Lady 8.12 Red Sunrise 8.11 Gunong Mas 8.11 My
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    THE FINAL DAY
    319 13 11/ EIGHTS for TT the Ust day's races on Sunday: Cl. 2, Div. I— 6f Paths of Wisdom 9.00 IMC. 8.11 Brilliant Ught 8.11 Upper Ten 8.10 Pisarro 8.10 Roman Galley II 8.07 Deminator 8.07 Balkan Chevalier 8.86 Ba«ajava 8.06 Traveller's Cheqae II 8.05 All The Way
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    Lock icon TSHOMBE SEEKS U.N. AID
    521 14 Pro-Lumumba crowds fight police with arrows Swedes for trouble spots as 3 die in riots £}WEDISH troops were today rushed from Elisabethville to the trouble spot of Jadotville, about 60 miles away, at the request of Katanga Government, U.N. official sources said. About ',10 Swedish troops
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    BIRTH
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    DEATH
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    42 14 LEOKC KOK MUN, LeonK Khal Mun, Dr. l.i-onß Chai Mun. Leong Wrl Muti, l.wii.s Bwec Ying and Hou K.Hun, thank all friends and relatives who «i- in wreathn, scrolls, telegram of condolencra and attendance at tbe funeral of their beloved mother
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    Alliance Senators hit against 'disgraceful' personal attacks
    608 14 LLIANCE Senators today hit out at the Opposition for making personal attacks on ministers and alleging extravagance during the Prime Minister's recent European tour. They did this at a Senate meeting today which passed the Supplementary Supply BUI, a development Bill and a
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    Lock icon Indus treaty is almost ready
    173 14 KARACHI, Monday. AGREEMENT has been reached on most of the disputed points in the proposed Indo-Pakistan Treaty on sharing the waters of the Indus basin for power and irrigation, it was announced today. Mr. W. A. B. Iliff, VicePresident of the World Bank, who came
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    Students making rural survey
    63 14 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Social Science Society of Nanyang University will carry out an lslandwide economic survey in October of secondary foodstuff producers to get an up^to-date and reliable picture of rural economy In the State. The field investigators will be divided into three sections to survey
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    Lock icon Soekarno steps up his guided democracy
    222 14 Soekarno steps up his guided democracy JAKARTA, Monday. PRESIDENT SOEKARNO moved closer to absolute power in Indonesia today by announcing himself as leader of the new' National Front a mass political organisation designed to cut across party boundaries. Today's move is designed to bring nearer the President's regime of guided
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    LOITERING BOOKMAKER FINED $2,000 OR JAIL
    93 14 LOITERING BOOKMAKER FINED $2,000 OR JAIL SINGAPORE, Mon Tan Chip Keng, of C hang i Road, was fined $2,000 or four months' jail, by the Ninth Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, today for loitering in Geylang Serai for the purpose of bookmaking. Inspector Teoh Beng San. prosecuting, said Tan
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    Annual display
    34 14 SINGAPORE, Mon. The 2nd Singapore Company of the Girls' Life Brigade will hold their eighth annual inspection and display, at the Geylang Methodist Girls' School Hall, en Aug. 20 at 5 p.m.
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    Lancashire follow on
    99 14 LONDON. Mon. Tea scores in today's county cricket match were: At Southend: Essex 289-9 dccl. (Statham 5-56). Lanes 106 and 63-1. Al Lords: Surrey 281. Middlesex 202-3 (Russell 82 n.o.t. At Leeds: Yorkshire 293 (Trutman 52). Leicestershire 110. At Nottingham: Notts 261. Derby 218-6 (Johnson 90). At
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    LONDON STOCKS
    265 14 LONDON, Mrn— Semiment In London Mock markets today remained cheerful and Industrials again met a fairly vigorous demand. Brokers had a large weekend mall to deal with In which Instructions to buy figured prominently. Closing middle price* of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: GILTEDGED Consol 2%%
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    RUBBER
    33 14 LONDON, Man- Spot 29' id Sept 29Vid., Oct./ Dec. 29?4d., Jan./ Mar. 29d.. Apr/June 28% d., July/ Sept 28<*d., Aug. elf. 29* d., Sept. ciJ. 29-S.d., Oct. ci.f. 29?»d., Tone: Very quiet.
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    TIN
    19 14 LONDON. Mon. Buyers £796 sellers £797. Forward buyers £797.,, sellers £798. Settlement £797, Turnover a.m. 55 tons p-ni.
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    Football-weary 'Stars' play out a 5-3 farce
    365 14 Football-weary 'Stars' play out a 5-3 farce rpHE Asian All Stars trial match turned out to A be a farce with Central Zone beating West and East Zones combined 5-3 at the Merdeka Stadium tonight. After nine days of hectic football, tonignt's match was an anti-climax with about 1.000 watching
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    21 14 RAMOO COVINOEN paused away peacefully on the 15 x 60 Cortege leaves Otneral Hospital at 4.00 p.m. for cremation at Bldadarl.
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