The Straits Times, 20 August 1960

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    19 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 The Straits Times He**" I**1 Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1960 15 CENTS.
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    THE KING
    47 1 Fever has passed, but still calls for concern The following bulletin was issued last night: 'His Majesty has lost his fever but his condition is still very weak and there is cause for concern. The cause of the fever was a virus infection. (Col. 3).
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    Lock icon Lumumba snubs Bunche
    573 1 MANHANDLING OF CANADIANS WORSENS SITUATION HE REFUSES TO DISCUSS BEATINGS WITH UN. OFFICIAL LEOPOLDVILLE, Friday THE Congolese Prime Minister, Mr. Lumumba, yesterday refused to receive the U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Dr. Ralph Bunch^, to discuss the beating of Canadian U.N. soldiers by Congolese troops. Dr. Bundle's request to
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    Lock icon New Soviet space ship takes animals
    62 1 New Soviet space ship takes animals MOSCOW, Fri. The Soviet Union today launched its second cosmic space ship, the Soviet news agency Tass said. The space ship carries animals, including two dogs, Tass said. The Soviet news agancy said the launching was made to develop a system to support man's
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    The King must rest—so traffic is halted
    456 1 The King must rest— so traffic is halted SON AND CONSORT STAY AT BEDSIDE KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Elaborate measures to enable the Yang di Pertuan Agong to have as much quiet and rest as possible were taken by the Bungsar Hospital authorities today. Throughout the day, all traffic to the
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    Lock icon U-2 PILOT POWERS JAILED FOR 10 YEARS
    1897 1 U-2 PILOT POWERS JAILED FOR 10 YEARS Spectators cheer verdict: 'It's severe, says Ike MOSCOW, Friday FRANCIS GARY POWERS, 31, pilot of the United States U-2 spy plane shot down by the Russians on May 1, was today found guilty of spying and sentenced to 10 years' "loss of liberty."
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    ROME: DECISION ON MALAYA TODAY
    121 1 ROME, Friday. ItfALAYAS LATE ATHLETICS entries for the iTI Rome Olympic Games will be considered at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee to be held here tomorrow. Malayan entries arrived early on Wednesday morning. The list had closed at midnight on Tuesday. The Malayan
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    Lock icon Dock strike: 7,000 idle
    65 1 LONDON. Fri.— More than 7.000 dock workers were on strike today in the pert of London. Some 50 ships were idle. Tons of m.at and perishable foodstuffs were waiting to be unloaded and export goods were piling up on the quayside. The unofficial I strike called
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    Lock icon Weeks dies
    24 1 LONDON. Fri. Lord Weeks, industrialist, former, chairman of Vlckers Limited, giant British engineering company, died in hospital here today, aged 69. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Red scientists die in fire
    44 1 WASHINGTON, Frl.— Eight Russian scientists have died in a fire at the Soviet Antarctic base at Mirny, according to a radio report from the U.S. scientific base at McMurdo Sound, in Antarctica, to the National Science Foundation Here. Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    41 1 IV-- O UN CUAHDj NEARLY SHOT LtbPOLBVILLI rdaj "bilt tr.Mrn? iJ» liwr lH't- from I' N Df pii^ Gcaeral i,. .in ,n proi i,it'iiuil>.» ii<irri>«i i i.p- .j i v "-.utifu by Con i.i in; •uui'J U —IF I
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    Now you can photograph satellite
    181 1 SINGAPORE, Friday THE United States satellite echo balloon, now circling the earth every two hours, can be photocranhed with an ordinary camera from anywhere in Singa-po»-p This was rfveal^d today by Mr. V Harrison, senior experimental officer at the British radio research substation in the
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    POCKET MONEY PLAN FOR BEGGARS
    261 2 Welfare body urges 'vagrancy ward' for Penang, and weekly trips to the city for inmates PENANG, Friday. A SPECIAL welfare sub-committee on beggars and vagrants has recommended the early establishment of "vagrancy wards" in Penan;. These wards, the sub-committee suggests, should either be built or
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    CHILD WITH POLIO STARTS JAIL SCARE
    64 2 CHILD WITH POLIO STARTS JAIL SCARE SINGAPORE. Fri.— The discovery that the child of a prison officer at Outram Jail was suffering from poliomyelitis yesterday has touched off a mild polio scare among other parents on the prison staff. The child, a *!0-month-old boy. was admitted to the Middleton Hospital
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    Wagons off line delay rail traffic
    120 2 Wagons off line delay rail traffic DARIT BUNTAR. Fri x Eight wagons carrying iron ore from Ipoh to Prai jumped the rails on arrival at the Simpang Lima railway station, four miles south of here, on Wednesday afternoon. The engine and four other loaded wagons remr' -d on the line.
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    $3mil. 'face lift' for quiet town
    98 2 $3mil. 'face lift' for quiet town \IUAR. Fri— This Quiet town is in for a $3-mll-lion "face lift." Under the plan drawn up by the Statj town and country planning department. the 30-acre Tanjong area opposite the Muar River is to be completely transformed. There will be a swimming pool,
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    GOVT. THANKED FOR FOSTERING UNIONS
    163 2 KUANTAN. Friday. THE PRESIDENT of the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Service, Mr. V. E. Jesudoss, today thanked the Government for encouraging the growth of "healthy, responsible and democratic" trade unions. Mr. Jesudoss was speaking f at the Inaugural meeting
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    MCA land move
    34 2 BENTONG. .I.— The Manchis village branch of the MCA youth section has decided to ask the Pahang Collector of Land Revenue to consider allocating land to the landless in this area.
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    Maiden voyage
    19 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. Blue Funnel's latest cargo-pas-senger liner. Melampus. arrived here today from Britain on her maiden voyage.
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    PMIP man criticises award of state decorations
    170 2 PMIP man criticises award of state decorations I P O H, F r i.— The award of state decorations came in for criticism zy an Opposition member in Uie Perak Legislative Assembly here this morn ing. when the Government asked for si 47.07 1 as supplementary expenditure for this year.
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    HOWARD: LEAVE TO APPEAL REFUSED
    139 2 HOWARD: LEAVE TO APPEAL REFUSED IPOH. Fri.— Mr. Justice Neal today dismissed an application by I.S.A. Howard. 47. former Perak State Information Officer, for a certificate to appeal to the Federation Court of Appeals. Howard was found guilty by the Sessions Court here of cheating the Federation and State Governments
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    Four die of diphtheria
    47 2 Four die of diphtheria KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Forty peop" 1 i the Federation had diphtheria in th« last week of July and four people died of it, a Government health report said today. Eighty-five people suffered from influenza during the same period but there were no deaths.
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    Court told: My sister said it was like sleeping with a tiger...
    394 2 PENANG, Friday A SEAMSTRESS, Yeap Slew Eng, today recalled the night of Chinese New Year's Eve when her elder sister, Luan Eng, ran out of the bedroom crying bitterly. "She sobbed out that sleeping with her husband was
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    Council pay: A fixed rate soon
    91 2 Council pay: A fixed rate soon SEREMBAN. Fri. A uniform scale of allowances to town councillors is being drawn up by the Federal government to avoid "confusion and chaos," according to the president of the Beremban Town Council. Mr. Lam Teck Choon. Mr. Lam said that the State government had
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    Cyprus job for ex-Malayan
    47 2 LONDON. Fri. Former Malayan Judge. Mr. N. L. Cohen, has been appointed resident Judge of the Senior Judges' Court in the sovereign base areas of Cyprus Mr. Cohen joined the Colonial Legal Service in 194 ft and served in Malaya for eight years.
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    THE WOULD-BE MOTHERS WHO NEED JOBS
    111 2 SEREMBAN, Fri. Nine out of 10 women seeking daily -paid employment with town council here hkre been found to be pregnant. So now the council hopes to start a family planning campaign for its daily-paid employees. The president of the council. Mr. Lam Teck
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    THE NIGHTMARE OF S'PORE DRIVING...
    132 2 SINGAPORE. Friday. THRIVING in Singapore is no longer a task of nor- mal responsibility, but the living nightmare of a constantly tense struggle against inconsideration and iecklessness. i That is the opinion of the Singapore Congress, expressed In a letter to the deputy Prime Minister.
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    5,000 TO GET GOVT. AID TO GROW RUBBER
    87 2 5,000 TO GET GOVT. AID TO GROW RUBBER KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. —About 5,000 settlers in Federal Land Development schemes are to be given 2.140,000 rubber seedling stumps to help them to grow a total of 30,800 acres of rubber. These settlers are at Bllut Valley. Slntok. Naka. ijok. Ulu Bernam.
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    Medals for five
    24 2 PENANG, Fri.— Gold medals will be presented tomorrow to five Penang donors who have given their blood 15 times or more.
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    Lock icon New disarm talks urged
    509 3 NEW YORK, Fri. A THREE-DAY DEBATE THEN COMMISSION CALLS ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO CONSIDER QUESTION THE United Nations Disarmament Commission last night called for "the earliest possible continuation of international negotiations" to end the arms race. Climaxing three days of debate, the 82--member body adopted unanimously
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    Lock icon Briton is hanged for murder of African houseboy
    254 3 Briton is hanged for murder of African houseboy SOBBING WOMEN LEAVE THE MAN WHO SHOT TO PROTECT BOGS NAIROBI, Fri. Peter 28, was hanged here last night for the murder of an African houseboy. Poole, the first European in Kenya to be sentenced to death by an all-white jury for
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    Lock icon Lama's mother flying to U.K.
    61 3 Lama's mother flying to U.K. NEW DELHI. Frl.— The mother of the Dalai Lama, spiritual head of Tibet now living in exile in India, is to be flown to London for medical treatment, Tibetan sources said here today. Bhe was taken ill about four weeks ago with an infection of
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    Lock icon Leaders meet
    23 3 ROME. Frl.— Dr. Adenauer, the West German Chancellor, will meet the Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Amlntore Fanfanl, on" Sept. 2 Reuter.
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    Lock icon LAOS: TALKS MOVE, MARCH HALTED
    104 3 VIENTIANE, Fri. Gen. Phoumi Nosavan's opposition army in South Laos has expressed its willingness to have talks with the newly-appointed Government of Prince Souvanna Phouma. it was learnt here today. Gen. phoumi was earlier reported to have already begun his advance on Vientiane but this
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    Lock icon New Chou plea for peace with the West
    137 3 New Chou plea for peace with the West TOKYO, Fri. The Red Chinese Premier. Mr. Chou En-lai, today called for peaceful co-existence between capitalist and Communist countries but at the same time urged the people of Asia. Africa and Latin America to "unite against imperialism and colonialism." 'The Chinese Government
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    Lock icon Recognition
    16 3 THE HAGUE. Frl. The Dutch Government has formally recognised the new independent Cyprus Republic. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Miners injured
    21 3 SANTIAGO (Chile). Fri.— Thirty-four miners were seriously Injured yesterday In a blast In a coal mine near Conception.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Sir Cedric—'deserter'
    68 3 Sir Cedric— 'deserter' SAN FRANCISCO. Frl- Lady Hardwicke. 38-year-»old wife of British actor Sir Cedric Hardwlcke. 67. filed a petition for divorce here today, on grounds of desertion. In the petition. Lady Hard- wicke American actres* Mary Scott said she and Sir Cedric were married on July 27, 1950, In
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    Lock icon Mechanical heart that kept a dog going
    150 3 Mechanical heart that kept a dog going npOKYO, Fri.— An artiA I ncial heart, that kept a dog alive for four hours and 19 minutes after its own heart was removed, has been developed by a team of scientists at Tokyo University. Prof. Seijl Kimoto. head of the surgical department
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    Lock icon Borneo epidemic
    22 3 SINTANG. (West Borneo), Frl. At least 100 people have died of smallpox In an epidemic here since Aug. I.— U.PI.
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    Lock icon New bid to recover a space capsule
    214 3 LOS ANGELES, Friday. I>HE U.S. Air Force yesterday launched a new A Discoverer satellite in another attempt to recover a capsule after a global orbit. The nose cone which was supposed to go into orbit was crammed with electronic equipment, some of It
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    INDIAN JURIST TO VISIT S'PORE
    181 4 INDIAN JURIST TO VISIT S'PORE SINGAPORE, Frl. Mr. Justice Vivian Bose of India, president of the International Commission of Jurists will arrive in Singapore from Jakarta on Aug. 29 for a four-day visit. At 7.30 the same evening he will be entertained to cocktails at the Adelphi Roof Garden by
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    Temple worship
    32 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Thiru Balakavi Ramanathan Chettiar will give a talk on "Principle of Temple Worship Id Tamil at Sri Senpaga Vinayagar temple, 19, Ceylon Road. at 7 p.m. on Sunday..
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    Dental Association warns against move to relax regulations
    384 4 I SINGAPORE, Friday rtENTAL surgeons in Singapore do not want unqualified persons to be put on the dental register. Mr. Phay Thong Huat, chairman of the Malayan Dental Association (Southern Branch), which repson Us over 90 qualified dentists in Singapore and Jo-
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    Prisoner gets new jail term
    502 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. JUDGE: LENIENCY OUT OF QUESTION FOR STUPID YOUNG MAN WITH BAD RECORD OF CRIME A YOUNG MAN who is now serving a sentence of two years' jail for theft of a motor car was today jailed for 10 years by Mr. Justice Buttrose
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    Machine sold in good faith
    138 4 Machine sold in good faith SINGAPORE. Fri. *3 The National Cash Register Co. (Singapore), Ltd., in a statement today said it had no knowledge at any time that the Multilith machine they had sold was used for an alleged illegal purpose. The statement was made In connection with the report
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    Donations from readers
    59 4 BINGAPORE, Frl. Another $167 has been received from Straits Times readers for destitute Singapore widow Sandanam Mary and her seven children, bringing the total of $647. The new donations are from an anonymous reader ($5) Selangor Indian Cloth Hawkers' Association ($4l), Kothari and Doshi Bros. ($101) and
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    IN AND OUT BY AIR
    311 4 mHE following Is today's X schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore. ARRIVALS BO AC: Prom London, Zjricll, Cairo. Bahrein. Bombay, Colombo (BA 788) 4.55 a.m.; trom London, Zurich. Beirut, Karachi. Calcutta (BA 704) 7.40 p.m.; from Sydney. Darwin, Jakarta (BA 715)
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    Earl of Selkirk's party for 2,000
    200 4 Earl of Selkirk's party for 2,000 SINGAPORE, Frl. The United Kingdom Commissioner in Singapore, the Earl of Selkirk, will give a garden party tomorrow at the old Admiralty House, Grange Road, to celebrate the birthday of the Queen. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak. will be present Over
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    200 VOLUNTEER TO REPAIR A ROAD
    110 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. RESIDENTS of an attap village in Ulu Pandan **> will leave their homes with changkols and pickaxes on Sunday in a co-operative effort to improve a "muddy" private road leading to their homes. About 200 villagers have so far volunteered to repair
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    Special shows for children
    49 4 SINGAPORE, Fn. Tickets at 40 cents each for the Children's Festival special matinee film shows at seven cinemas tomorrow at 9 a m.. are still available at Rex. Jubilee, Diamond and King's theatres. Tickets for the Odeon. Metropole and Garrick cinemas have been sold out.
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      92 4 Jesse Owens ON THE Olympics A fascinating series of straightfrom the shoulder articles about the chances of the various nations at Rome by one of the greatest athletes of all time! They begin today in the FREE PRESS I Hfc~~ fV/T Winner of 4 Sp^iol Aware*. aL^^^^pcj .^^T^^^Srfc A t0
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      91 4 SHnffOporc diory*.. BT. ANDREWS MISSION HOSPITAL: Pun fair and baaaar In aid of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital for children, noon to 6 pjn. at C.V.M.A. grounds. Bras Ba*ah Road. PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE: Special exhibition of photographs by K. P. Wong at 4, Cashln Street a.m. to 5.30 pjn.
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      93 4 p.m.; lawn tennis 4 p.m.: tennis open championship tournament 5 p.m.; Malay Cambridge Examination preparation 2 p.m.; Singapore chess club 3 pjn.; Y.A.O. and Y.S.V. camp ai Robin's Tempat off Llm Chu Kang Road. CHINESE V.M.C.A. (South Plerj: Table-tennis 9 a.m.; body-building and weight lifting 2 p.m.; teen talks 4
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      Lock icon BELLAMY'S BRIGADE
      1290 5 The first fire engine was pulled by the crew men themselves (MIIMF OFFICER Bellamy, standing on the balcony of the Selangor Club, looked around hini with profound satisfaction. The day was going well. Engineers Wilson, Rae and Pound? 11, stalwarts of the Fire Brigade, all three had won
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    PERSONAL
    42 6 lit Word, Sit (Minimum) I, M.C. rt SHEPPARD give notice that 1 have taken the name of Hajl Abdul Mubin Sbeppard after my return from the pilgrimage In June 1990, and I wish to be known by this sunr in future.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    239 6 20 Words tit (Minimum) THE COCKPIT'S Java Rljsttafel is served every Saturday and Sunday lunch time. LAST DAY OP Bale at Ifulchands Prices Slashed on All Dresses. Botli Salons Open nil S p.m. VISITOR TO SINGAPORE would like young Chinese chap to show him around and for company to
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      New Congo Crisis
      618 6 Mr. Lumumba's lack of confidence in Mr. Hammarskjoeld confronts the Security Council with a graver Congo crisis than it faced three weeks ago when Belgian withdrawal was the issue. The affair at Leopoldville airport underlines it Congolese soldiers manhandled and humiliated Canadian signallers in the United Nations'
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      Perak's Plan
      321 6 The fiver of planning is upon Malaya. The Sultan of Perak's address at the opening of the State Legislative Assembly on Thursday was a forceful reminder that at all levels work is afoot on the second five-year plan due to take effect next January. His Highness spoke almost
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      Step By Step
      220 6 To America's suggestion of a cut-back in production of fissionable materials the Russian delegate to th* Disarmament Commission could reply only that general disarmament was preferable. In the event the meeting of the Commission has been a failure, producing no more than a resolution of good intention
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    95 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO From the Straits Times of August 18, 1910 THERE is talk of th* Selangor Fire Brigade wanting a new and up to date fire steamer added to the present equipment. It is also proposed by that most useful body to acquire a more central and commodious site
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    HOT SEAT!
    950 6  -  Vernon Bartlett by Attacked by the Belgians, reviled by the Congolese, Hammarskjoeld nevertheless patiently struggles to bring order to the Congo BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS? NOT IN THIS WORLD £4H LESSED are U the peacemM makers." But not, one fears, in this world. While the name of Mr.
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    GREATER SWAP OF NEWSMEN URGED
    189 7 GREATER SWAP OF NEWSMEN URGED SINGAPORE, Fri. A O Filipino editor, Mr. Felix Bautlsta, said here today that there should be a greater exchange of journalists between Singapore and the Philippines to improve relations of the people of the two countries. Mr. Bautlsta, of the EvenIng News in Manila, said
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    'Killer' for banned list
    433 7 A YEAR FOR ESTATES TO USE UP STOCKS OF SODIUM ARSENITE. SCOURGE OF CATTLE KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ESTATE owners in Malaya were today given a year's notice by the Government to use up all their stocks of sodium arsenite. I This time next year thh chemical,
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    MAID WASHING HOME IS ELECTROCUTED
    63 7 MAID WASHING HOME IS ELECTROCUTED SINGAPORE. Fri.— A maidservant was electrocuted this morning, while washIng the hall of a bungalow in Oei Tiong Ham Park. The maid. Tan Ah Soi. 22, knocked a lampstand while scrubbing. A watersoaked rag, wrapped round her hand, irot tangled with the wires underneath the
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    $500 fine for loitering
    45 7 SINGAPORE. Frl. Ahmad bin All, a salesman, who pleaded guilty today to loitering on a five-foot-way in Oeylang Serai for the purpose of bookmaking on July 24. vas fined $500. Ahmad was arrested by two detectives of the gambling suppression branch.
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    THANK YOUR STARS, COURT TELLS DOUBLE 13 FATHER
    161 7 THANK YOUR STARS, COURT TELLS DOUBLE 13 FATHER OINGAPORE. Fri. A o father of 13 misappropriated $200 from the company he had served for 13 years, the fifth magistrate, Mr. Tan Wee Kian, was told today. He told Tan Siak Juay. 56: "You owe much to your lucky stars In
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    Latex thieves
    33 7 RAWANG. Frl. Lee Sing Woon and his wife. Chal Tal, who were caught stealing rubber latex from cups on an estate in Serendah on July 28, were each fined $500 yesterday.
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    $2,000 fine for bookie
    70 7 SINGAPORE. Frl. —A shopkeeper. Tan Slew Wah. was fined $2,000 In a magistrate's court here today after he had pleaded guilty to acting as a bookmaker at the Singapore Turf Club at Buklt Tlmah Road on Feb. 14. Two others. Ng Choon Hwee and Goh Seah
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    New premises
    35 7 SINGAPORE, Frl. The Mentn Besar of Johore. Datok Hajl Hassan bin Hajl Yunos, will open the new premises of the Rubber Dealers' Association at Jalan Alsagoff, Pontlan, Johore, at noon on Aug. 28.
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    'Miss Golden Voice' gets a kiss from the runner-up
    57 7 MRS. CYNTHIA LEEMBRUCCEN, of Singapore, who was chosen "Mist Golden Voice, Malaya, I960" being kitted by runner-up, Mrs. Joyce Neighbour, also of Singapore. Looking on it Mitt Phoebe Erskone, of Panang, third. The finals of the competition was hold in Kuala
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    A JUNGLE KIDNAP 'PRISON' IS FOUND
    126 7 A JUNGLE KIDNAP 'PRISON' IS FOUND TPOH, Fri.— Police here A have discovered a pit in the jungle which they believe was dug as a "prison" for an intended kidnap victim. The pit, four miles from the main road about 14 miles from Kampar, was stumbled on while police were
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    Three clubs banned
    66 7 SINGAPORE, Frl. The Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, has dissolved three clubs on the grounds that they were being used "for unlawful purposes and for purposes incompatible with the respective objects and rules" of their societies, a Government gazette notification said today. The clubs
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    Madam Yong dies at 84
    43 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Madam Yong Pak Kook. 84, mother of a Kuala Lumpur lawyer. Mr. 8. M. Yong, died here today. The funeral will take place at No. 8 Ulu Oombak Road, Setapak, at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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    CONFERENCE MEN IN CAR CRASH
    152 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday Q«IX Labour Party representatives from Penang were Involved In a car crash at Trolak, about 80 miles north of here, last night They 'were on their way to attend the two-day Labour Party conference In Johore Bahru. starting tomorrow. They were picked
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    His stroll cost him year's jail
    71 7 SINGAPORE, Fri.— A youth, Wee Bou Leong, who failed to comply with an order of the Minister for Home Affairs, was jailed for a year today. Wee was placed under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance to remain indoors between 7 p.m. and 6
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    TRUST CASE CLERK IS ACQUITTED
    75 7 TRUST CASE CLERK IS ACQUITTED JOHORE BAHRU. Frl— A Government clerk, Mohamed Doon bin Hajl Dahlan, was acquitted on a charge of breach of trust of $77. The accused was charged with having committed the offence between Jan. 1 and Sept. 20 last year. Tuan Byed Agil Barakbah. president of
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    Malaya's prestige is soaring, says Chief Justice
    187 7 Malaya's prestige is soaring, says Chief Justice KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TMj'ALAYA'S prestige in Britain in the econo- mic, social and politicial fields is soaring, the Federation's Chief Justice, Dato Sir James Thomson, said on his return here today from a I holiday in Britain. Dato Thomson said tht British were
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    BEACH ROAD ROBBERY: 3 ACCUSED
    76 7 SINGAPORE, Fri— Three youths. Tan Ah Tee. Tan Aik Kuan and Chal Song Chew, were accused in the ninth magistrate's court today of armed robbery in Beach Road last night They were alleged to have robbed a shopkeeper, Koh Bah Seah. of $100, a watch
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    EXPERTS TO STUDY MEDICAL SERVICES
    291 7 SINGAPORE, Friday »pH2 medical and 1 health services of Singapore will come under the scrutiny of medical .experts from .13 Western Pacific countries, Including Malaya, from tomorrow till Thursday. The experts, who are attending the llth session of the Western Pacific regional committee meeting of
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    Inspector jailed for bid to extort
    159 7 Inspector jailed for bid to extort TO APPEAL— BAIL IS ALLOWED pENANO, Prt The deputy chief of the Penang Anti-Corrup-tion Branch, Senior Inspector Johar bin Haji Abdul Rahman, was today sentenced to six months' Jail on a charge of attempting to extort $1,400 from a toddy contractor, S. Ponusamy. Convicted
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      287 8 This stylo is certainly no weed VOU have reported that a "wonder weed" called stylo has been used to help farmers on the East Coast turn poor, sandy soL' into high-yielding agricultural land. I was most surprised at the spokesman of the Department of Agriculture referring to this plant as
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      158 8 IS THIS $200,000 TO BE JUST GIVEN AWAY? IT is Interesting to note that the Minister of External Affairs is seeking $200,000 from the Government to assist Malayans in distress abroad. A perfectly grand gesture. But to read that be suggests that the Government must be prepared to write some
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      SCHOOL FEES THAT ARE DEMANDED TOO EARLY
      649 8 AS one of many parents who have children In school I am facing a host of problems. One of the worst is financial because much Is needed for my children's books, uniforms and fees. My husband gets his pay only at the end
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      105 8 A $160,000 silence from Radio Singapore HOW lon e is Radio Singapore going to fool the public with old recordings of the former Radio Orchestra? Excellent musicians of this once brilliant orchestra included Dick Abel. Dan Hopkins, Louis Moyser, Juiai Tan etc.. all of whom have long since departed. The
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      262 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS happy (6). Slt went west, but hu 6 Calculating air arise* withchance of flourishing (9). out being real (9). 10 Rodent turning up with com- 7 Port's old flame, a sort of pany <S). canary (6). 11 A copper In Latin whose work 8 a quantity
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    Rubber market bearish
    404 10 THE bears have definitely had the upper paw this week, with the local rubber market taking a lead, report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current rubber survey. Prices have declined continuously, with neither London nor Singapore showing signs of rally adds the report. Reports from overseas indicated
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    142 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce O Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent Aug./ Sept. shipments $31 '-i buyers, $32 'i sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $45 sellers, drum $49 sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business was reported done, Munlok white $305. Sarawak $300 ibuth down $5). special
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    SHARE PRICES CONTINUE TO EASE BUT RUBBER STEADY
    450 10 SHARE PRICES CONTINUE TO EASE BUT RUBBER STEADY By Our Market Correspondent WHEN the last full day's trading concluded on the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday prices were still easing with sellers again predominating. The average drops were again around five per cent. Forty-one out of a total of 44 were
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    CLOSING PRICES
    35 10 SINGAPORE, AUG. 19. RUBBER: 96-, cents Per lb. (up five-eighths of a cent). 5 p.m. close: 96 J cents (quiet). TIN: $397.75 per picul (down $1.12</ s Estimated unofficial offering 250 tons (unchanged).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    119 10 MELBOURNE, Fri. INVESTMENT shares closed the week along steady lines here today. ACI gained Is. 6d. to 83s. 6d. and Commercial and General gained 96. to 14s. 3d. Base metals and the oils held a steady trend, while Commonwealth Bonds traded along firm lines. Con. Zinc 98/9 Mount
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    RUBBER PRICES
    220 10 CCPTEMBEB first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 96 cento per lb., up five-eighths of a cent' on Tnursday's close The closing tone was quirt. S.C.C.K.A. CLOSING PRICES in cents per »V yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot l.ob. buyers 965, sellers 96 7 i;
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    142 10 ALL Malayan Exchange Banks' rv Association rates were uncnanged yesterday as follows (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 33. O.D. 33 1/8, 90 d/at 33 3/8 credit bills, 33 1/2 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 15/16. O.D. 32 1/16. 90 d/st 32 1/2
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 10 Malayan Stock Exchange Aug. 19 Aug. 18 Industrials: 123.50 124.13 Tins: ISO.'M 193.09 Robbers: 229.94 233.13 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    750 10 SINGAPORE members of the 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: Fraser and Neave ords $1.87 to $1.86; Gammon $1.98; McAllster $1.32; Cold Storage (2) $1.50 to $1.48; Steamers 66
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    340 10 CHIPS Imiis alonfiide the Sinca- pure Hurbour Board wharves this miirninx: State of Madras: 1/2, Benveg 3. Mikawa Maru, 4/5, Star Alcyone 6A, African Patriot 6 7, Hlrashima Maru 8/9, Orestes 10 11, Straat Van Diemen 13/14, Pekln 15/16, Luna Maersk 18. Kwangtung 19, Pesco Na 21 N.
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      227 10 EVERETT ORIENT LINE •••RAOEyEiEVr- 1 11^:: s oo c g"SS WSBET. li, M >\& "LENEVEREn- 24 A|| V Alf 7» Alf Bulk oil latex spaci available. JOHNSON LINE 'or Ntifktig, Jipai:- Score P. S'rtam Kenani »Stpt sJ.pt 35,,t "STAR «LIATRIX" Oci I Oct 5 Oct Ftr Itmiay. Persian till:- HCYONI"
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      603 10 TENDERS SINGAPORE TELEPHONE BOARD Tenders are Invited from contractors experienced In the laying of telephone underground plant for carrying out the work below 13/Dl/60 Laying of armoured cables In Changi area. Deposit: $200/-. Ttnder Form, plan and specification, etc., can be obtained from Chief Development Engineer's Office, top floor. City
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      312 10 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Lee Boon Leng has lett our em* ployment as from 17th August 1960. He is therefore not authorised to collect payments on our behalf as frorr abovemenUoned date. SIN HUP HIN. 51. Prinsep Street. RADELLA RUBBER ESTATE (MALAYA) LIMITED (Incorporated in the
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      811 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS j I ApDlicatlons are invited, from 1 Federal CiUsens and from penoa- j nent serving Government officers I including those on probation who have attained their 20th but not their 28th birthday for the ap- pointment of Council Reporter and I Official Translator in the State Secretariat. Pahang,
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      513 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS NEGRI SEMBILAN STATE SCHOLARSHIP FUND Applications for Scholarship are invited from suitably qualified Malay Negrl Sembilan Nationals for study at an Overseas University for Courses not tenable at the University of Malaya. Forms of Application and all particulars may be obtained from the Secretary to the Board of
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      864 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT NOTICE THE CITY COUNCIL OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, invites applications for the post of ASSISTANT ARCHITECT In the Town Planning and Building Department. 1- A candidate must either be a Federal Citizen or eligible to become one. and should preferably be between 25 and 35 years of age.
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      1025 11 (Continued from rate t) SITUATIONS VACANT M Word, $4 (Min.)— Box M H: txtrm P.O. BOX 13BS Spore Position filled Applicants thanked. required Grade 111 Dresser for Estate In Negrl Sembilan. Salary according to MPIEA scale. Replies to Box A 5788 S.T. B'pore. ATTRACTIVE GIRLS as waitresses at Buklt Panjans
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      957 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT It Wordt SS (Min.)— Box St ett. txtrm MARIO-VILLS S4, Lloyd Road, (Spore) phone ***** few partly furnished rooms available, very reasonable rates for w/glrl, ladles, teacher aad bachelor. FURNISHED A UNFURNISHED Flats at Rambutan Road and Tembellng Road. 3 bedrooms. M/san. Rent from $140/-. Pbone Spore *****
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      1042 11 EDUCATION lt Wordt Si (Mim.)— Box it ett. txtrm SCIENCE: Theory and pracUcals. with approved laboratory facilities for Cambridge Certificate, H.8.C., 0.C.E.. 'OVA' Levels. Physics. Chemist-y. Biology, Zoology. Botany. General Science Forms 11-V C.V.M.A. School Science Department. 169-B, Belegie Road. Singapore and CTMA College. 123-.C Ipoh Road. Kuala Lumpur. CAMBRIDCE
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      1112 11 VEHICLES FOR SALE It Wordt SS (Mim.)— Box tt tit. txtrt ISSS MINOR 1000 3 Doors, 1957 Minor 1000 Convertible. 19*6 F7S»pfcyr. 1932 A 70. 1961 Rover 75. 238, Orchard Road. ***** Singapore. OUICK SAL! ISM Austin A-80. Good condition $2,630/- 0.n.0. Phone Mr. Blew or Yeo ***** View 131.
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      850 11 FOR SALE It Word, $i (Min.)-Box SO ctt. txtrm HOUSfHOLO FURNITURE: Dining. Boa. Cans Suites. Desk. Tablss. Lonsbatb etc. Apply It*. Amber iisnsiuns, Ptas.DK Road u-po:e. Dally 10—11 a.m. S— S p.m. or Ring *****. ANNUAL SB* REDUCTION Bale:— Ladlts' Beschjackets js ."■*>. colours Rsary Quality Swimcosturors JS/50. Jinurn Sportshlrts,
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    A safe bet today: My Goodness
    1101 12 A safe bet today: My Goodness HE SHOULD RECOVER THE LOSSES with EPSOM JEEP EPSOM JEEP's best bets are My Goodness (Race 1), Tollana 111 (Race 2) and Yes Master (Race 5). CALL BOY'S double is Funny Face (Race 4) and Nakorn Nai (Race 8). THE GOING is good. BACK-in-form
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    TODAY'S RUNNERS AND RIDERS AT KL
    1141 12 Race 1 2.15: (Class 2, Div. 5)— 6 Furs. 1 ***** Charge Sheet i Newlands St.) Spencer, 7 9.0 Posner 9 2 ***** Froggie (Mom C.K. Lee) Zalu. 4 8.13 (F) West 1 3 ***** Time To Win (Jovid St.) Sullivan. 6 8.12 Ward
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    TOMORROW'S K.L. RUNNERS AND RIDERS
    1098 12 RACE 1—2.15: (Class 4, Div. 5)— 6 Furs. 1 OSSO2 Field Marshal (Bright Star St.) Sullivan. 4 9.0 Franklin > 2 ***** Wansbroufh (Mr. Mrs. M. Warden) Noordln, 6 8.12 Pamer 5 3 ***** Window Test (Llm Chong) Spencer. S 8.10 'Urn 11 4 *****
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      176 12 V 10 or anywhere airconditioning is AIDPnLUniTinNrPQ required from it. and the easily MUCwUnii/I I IwHtH^ operated 10-position Thermostats V^f^ vp 1 make if easy foT you to set and maintain the temperature you want BIGGEST BARGAIN ThinUneUqualitybuilttogiv.- you lons, dependable service. IN COMFORT \1 M^ for operation on 230
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    SELECTIONS
    149 13 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER tu*» 1 MY GOODNESS Froftie Black Charm MY GOODNESS Canastra Froffie MY GOODNESS Time To Win Froeirie Race t TOLLANA Box Offire Kawanua KAWANIA Box Office Tollana BOX OFFICE Tollana Cool Assurance bee S PALONG A Meteorite Easy Winner PALONG A Fasy Wlnnrr Happy
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    Top-form Perak shock the Koreans
    155 13 Top-form Perak shock the Koreans [POH, Fri.— South Ko- rea, joint campions with Malaya in the Merdeka anniversary football tournament suffered -their first defeat 'In this country when they were beaten 2-1 by Perak, in a friendly match here today. Both Perak goals were scored by centre forward Abdul Rahman
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    Christine in form
    74 13 QINGAPORE. Fri.— A splen- did "third leg" by 13--year-old Christine Henderson enabled Singapore Swimming Club to win the women's 4 x 100 metres medley relay In the Singapore swimming championships at Tanjong Rhu today. In the only other final decided today, Chinese S.C. "A" Lionel Chee. Fong
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    S'pore beat Pakistan 4-1
    78 13 SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore beat the visiting Pakistan football team 4-1 in a scrappy match In which several players of both sides were cautioned at Jalan Besar stadium tonight. Pakistan, who were down 3-1 at half-time, appeared to be affected when a goal by lnslde-right Haroon was
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    7 Test men in Pak team
    110 13 f/UALA LUMPUR. Fri. Seven Test cricketers are In the Pakistan Eaglets team of 15 which will arrive here next week for a seven-match tour. The captain of the team, Mian Mohamed Saeed, a former Pakistan Test captain, is expected In Singapore with his wife
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    Scoreboard
    159 13 SLLAXGOR IST. INNS. Wilson c GlifNn b Kirkham 1 Thmrnmmfnanam c Drlilkan b tookf 26 C. Shepherdson b letter* 1 M. Shepherdson Ibw Woodhouse 43 Ent Chenj not out 49 Gurueharan c and b Kirkham 39 Ranjlt c Jeffers b Morgan 0 Rajalirnam b Morfan S U« c Dflilk.n
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    SINGAPORE SET BIG TASK IN MCA FINAL
    578 13  - SINGAPORE SET BIG TASK IN MCA FINAL NORMAN SIEBEL By Kuala Lumpur. Fri. SINGAPORE have hardly lived up to their own high expectations in the first day's play in Ihe final ot the Malayan Cricket Association's inter-state championship. Selangor, who have beaten Singapore in both finals played since the tournament
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    Kedah fight hard to beat Services 1-0
    176 13 ALOR STAR, Friday. ITEDAH bad to fight hard before they managed to J beat Combined Services I—o in their last Northern Zone Malaya Cup match here today. The winning goal was scored in the 13th minute by Inside right Syed Hood. Rain which
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    VITAL NORTH ZONE TIE WASHED OUT
    92 13 VITAL NORTH ZONE TIE WASHED OUT KOTA BHARU, Fri. The deciding Malaya Cup East Zone match between Kelantan and Trengganu at the Sultan Mohamed Stadium here today was abandoned after 25 minutes of play when heavy ralo flooded the pitch. The game started off in a hot sun but ten
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    SPORTS SUMMARY
    625 13 BADMINTON P E N A N G OPEN: Mens ■inslea (2nd RdJ: Foo Vong Khean (Pk) bt Anthony Phang (Ked) 15-18. 16-10. 15-8; Billy Nk (Job) bt Lee Ouan Chonu (S'gor) 16-12. 16-10; Zabidi Ismail (Ked) bt Shaikh Anis (Pg) 15-3. 15-0; Idris Kadir (Pg) bt Ng Kong
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      156 13 '*'C*^.**lo^_ POWERFUL m 'i\ ,^H Keep your drains, sinks g and dustbins germ-free JEVBC I with Jeyes 1 Fluid. When Hfc EJ cleaning floors use a few 9 El 11 1 Q drops of Jeyes in the I water— essential if there 4 x is illness in the home and
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      64 13 TODAYS SPORTS DIARY SOCCKK MaUya Cup: Ncgri v S'gor rscrembun). Tour match: Spore Selection v Vietnam iJn Besar 8.30 p.m.). Denaro Cup (Armed Forces knockout) final 7 Bn. Royal Malay Regt. Taiping v No. 1 Transport Co. AFMC. XL (Rifla Range Rd 4.45 p.m.). TEXMS Taiping Chinese RC c'shios. BADMINTON
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      54 13 pionships (.Han Chiang School hall 10 ami; North Peralc c'ships (Taiping >. Malayan Sikhs tourney iS«langor BA hall 8.30 pm CRICKET MCA final: S'gor v S pore (XL padang 11 a.m.). Kuler Shield (-final: Prralc v S'gor dpoh Coronation grd) ATHLETICS Malayan Sikhs meet (Merdeka Stadium 2 p.m.). SWIMMING Spore
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    14 months jail
    37 14 SINGAPORE. Fri A father of three, Yeo Hock Soon, who pleaded guilty to a charge of dishonestly retaining a stolen gold bracelet worth $800, was jailed for 14 months in a district court today.
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    S. Africa get well on top in Test
    228 14 S. Africa get well on top in Test LONDON, Fri.— South Africa had scored 167 for three in reply to England's first Innings total of 155 by the close on the second day of the fifth and last cricket Test here today. When England resumed at 131 for eight today,
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    145 14 MADAM RANCIAPAKKIAM 72 I panned away peacefully Friday funeral Saturday cortrKi* leaven p.m. Son-in-law B.P. Siimv 144 Jalan Bagia Cremation Hindu Cemetery Bidadary. MADAM CLARA MORAES a«ed 65 parsed away peacefully at her residence 409 F Changi Road leaving 2 sons 3 daughters and several grand children to mourn
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    49 14 MR. A MRS. D. WILSON LAZARUS th.ink all friends and relations for their kind assistance and for their lovely presents THE FAMILY OF thr late Mr. Koh members of the Bbuddist Union, friends and relatives for their kind prayer*, visits, condolences telegrams, scrolls, wreaths, and attendance at funeral.
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    Lock icon County cricket results
    80 14 LONDON, Fri.— Result* in today's cricket matches are: AT SOUTH END: Essex bt Somerset by 10 wkts. Essex 14 point*. AT SWANSEA: Glamorgan bt Yorkshire by 87 runs. Glamorgan 14 points. AT EASTBOUKNE: Worcs. bt Sussex by 90 runs. Worcs. 14 pts. AT CHELTENHAM: Gloster and Middlesex
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    ASSESSMENT LIST FOR INSPECTION
    106 14 ASSESSMENT LIST FOR INSPECTION SINGAPORE, Fri. The acting Chief City Administrative Officer, Mr. W. S. Woon, today announced that the valuation list for 1961 for all houses, buildings, lands and tenements liable to assessment within City limits would be open for Inspection from Aug. 19 to Sept. 15. The list
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    Malaya leads S'pore in schoolboys' badminton
    117 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. Malaya, holders of the Education Ministers' Cup, led Singapore 3-1 at the end of the first night* play in the International Schoolboys' Badminton match at the Selangor Badminton Hall tonight Wong Tew Gee (Spore) upset Lee Chong Hoe, former Penang junior
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    PENANG KNOCKOUT FOR SEEDED PLAYERS
    139 14 PENANG. Pm. Both the Singapore seeded prayers. Llm Wei Lon and Omar Ibrahim, were knocked out in the second round of the Penang open badminton championships at the Han Chiang High school here tonight. Omar Ibrahim went down to ■Perak's Ng Boon Bee in three
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    LONDON STOCKS
    314 14 LONDON, Pri.—There was a further contraction In business on the London stock exchange today due to weekend and end of account influences but the undertone remained firm in response to a selective demand. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: RUBBER LONDON. Pri. Spot
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