The Straits Times, 16 February 1961

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    20 1 SNb^FOtt*, AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 ,***>** M**"^ N***** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1961. IS CENTS.
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    REDS: DAG MUST GO
    1809 1 Russia urges sanctions on Belgium, arrest of Tshombe, Mobutu Demand for end of UN Congo operation NEW YORK, Wednesday RUSSIA last night tabled a formal resolution in the Security Council demanding the dismissal of Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld as SecretaryGeneral and liquidation of the UN Congo operation.
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    Lock icon Mrs. L to UN: Give me husband's body
    234 1 Mrs. L to UN: Give me husband's body I EOPOLOVILLE, Wed. —Mrs. Pauline Lumumba, widow of the murdered former Congo premier, walked six miles to the U.N. headquarters here yesterday to ask that her husband's body be delivered up to her. She was accompanied by her brother-in-law, Mr. Albert Lumumba.
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    700 TO BOLSTER FORCE MAY LEAVE IN APRIL
    393 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday TKJP army officers here said today that Malaya's 700 more men should be ready In April to leave for the Congo. The time lag was needed to allow the complicated series of preparations to be completed, they said. Inoculations
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    Lock icon Australians clinch Test series
    130 1 Australians clinch Test series MELBOURNE, Wed.—Australia clinched one of the most exciting series in Test cricket history when they beat West Indies by two wickets In the final Test here today. Final scores: West Indies 292 and 321 Australia 356 and 258 for eight. With each side having won one
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    Widespread rioting by students over Lumumba death
    850 1 Widespread rioting by students over Lumumba death MOSCOW, Wednesday. rjEMONSTRATORS battered down the doors of the Belgian Embassy here last night as 6,000 foreign students and' Moscow workers howled anti-Belgian slogans in protest the death of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. Mounted police were eventually called in to break up
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    Lock icon TSHOMBE: NO HELP IN PROBE
    234 1 TSHOMBE: NO HELP IN PROBE EL I S ABETHVILLE, Wed. President Moise Tshombe of Katanga today refused emphatically to cooperate in the proposed U.N. inquiry into the killing of Mr. Lumumba. rte told a press conference the U.N. was responsible for "the state of chaos In the Congo. It would
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    Chairman of BOAC to visit Malaya
    58 1 Chairman of BOAC to visit Malaya SINGAPORE. Wed. The chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation. Rear-Admiral Sir Matthew Slattery. is to visit Singapore on Feb. 27. Sir Matthew will be accompanied by Lady Slattery. While in Singapore, Sir Matthew will hold a Press conference at Airways House, Raffle* Place.
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    Lock icon Kidnapping: $42,000 ransom is paid
    581 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —A Federation rice merchant who was kidnapped last Friday from his home <vas released last night— lust in time for a Chinese New Year reunion with his family. A ransom of $42,000 was paid to secure his release. During the flve days
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    71 killed as Boeing crashes
    155 1 71 killed as Boeing crashes BRUSSELS. Wed. All 70 people aboard were killed when a Boeing 707 jet airliner crashed in 1 lames in a field on the outskirts of Brussels this morning. A farm labourer working near the crash scene was killed by flying wreckage and another seriously injured.
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    Missing soldier comes back
    49 1 BONN. Wed. An American soldier, who disappeared into East Germany last September, was returned to United States Military control in Berlin yesterday. The U.S. Army European headquarters at Heidelberg said Corporal Victor W. Rue was immediately taken to a Berlin military hospital for physical examination.
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    BIGGEST MAJOR VARSITY DISEASE IS TB
    227 2 BIGGEST MAJOR VARSITY DISEASE IS TB SINGAPORE, Wed. Tuberculosis heads the list of major disabling illnesses in the University of Malaya. This Is revealed In an article "T.B. and the university student In the latest Sata bulletin, issued by the Singapore Antl-tuberculosls Association. The article said "In all surveys made
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    Cyclist killed in collision
    50 2 TELUK ANSON. Wed. A farmer. Chu Sun How, 40, was killed yesterday when a cycle he was riding and a car collided near the eighth mile Teluk Anson Hutan Melintang Road. The car went into a moonsoon drain after the collision but the driver escaped inJury.
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    6-HOUR DAY DURING THE FASTING MONTH
    91 2 6-HOUR DAY DURING THE FASTING MONTH SINGAPORE. Wed The Treasury has reminded all Ministries of fasting arrangements so that as many Muslim employers as possible can end work at 2 p.m. each day during the fasting month. A Government statement today said that Muslim daily rated employees would be required
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    Shell gives $56,000 in bursaries
    73 2 Shell gives $56,000 in bursaries ITUCHING, Wed. The Sh«ll Company has awarded 152 bursaries to children In Sarawak and British North Borneo to help towards higher educational standards. The total value of the bursaries—9o for Sarawak and 62 for British North Borneois $56,000. They have been awarded to pupils recommended
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    Monthly meeting
    26 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. St. Mary's Christian Women's Association will hold its monthly meeting at the Jubilee Hall on Feb 24 at 9 30 a.m
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    German posters for display
    38 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. About 100 German pasters will be on display at an exhibition at the British Council Hall here for six days from Friday. They have been pre■ented by the German Arts Council
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    'Stop these foreign dances'
    365 2 Rahim calls for songs of Singapore and Gunong Tahan with local background SINGAPORE, Wednesday TNCHE Rahim Ishak, political secretary to the Ministry of Culture, said here last night that cultural leaders and artists would be doing a great disservice to Malayan culture if they persisted in
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    Co-op to buy $3m. Kedah estate as experiment
    176 2 IPOH, Wednesday. T*HE National Land Finance Co-operative Society x Ltd. is planning to buy a 3,000-acre estate in Kedah for nearly $3.3 millions. This was disclosed here by Dato V. T. Sambanthan, Minister for Works, Posts and Telecommunications, the man behind this
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    SIR PATRICK URGES: GO TO MALAYA QUICKLY...
    274 2 SIR PATRICK URGES: GO TO MALAYA QUICKLY LONDON, Wednesday. "DRITISH businessmen have been told that it would be a tragedy if they failed to take advantage of investment opportunities in Ma--7 [laya. They were told this by a former Colonial Secretary In Singapore. Sir Patrick McKerron, in a letter to
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    $10m. a year to wipe out malaria experts
    121 2 $10m. a year to wipe out malaria experts KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Malaya must spend about $10 million a year to eradicate malaria completely, say two World Health Organisation experts. At present, they said, the Government was .spending about $6.4 million a year. But this gave protection 'to only j about
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    Body in river
    33 2 BATU GAJAH. Wed— The body of an unidentified elderly man was found in the Klnta River near here yesterday by mining labourers. It was removed to the Batu Oajah hospital.
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    LEGAL PROFESSION IS NOW 'MADE IN MALAYA': VARSITY
    327 2 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. fPHE legal profession in Malaya, which once A depended on lawyers "made in England", now welcomes a new type of legal men— those who are "made in Malaya," says an editorial in the University of Malaya Law Society's first graduation
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    Manager of airline for training with BOAC in London
    205 2 Manager of airline for training with BOAC in London KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malayan Airways has arranged for its Kuala Lumpur manager, Mr. C. J. Talalla. to be attached to British Overseas Airways Corporation in London for a short period. The visit— he leaves on Feb 28— is part of the
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    Pool planned
    18 2 SEREMBAN. Wed.—Seremban Jaycees plan to build a swimming pool at Pantai this year for underprivileged children.
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    Lock icon Rising power of China
    663 3 BRITAIN IS CONCERNED: GOVT. STUDYING PLAN FOR UNIFIED COMMAND IN THE FAR EAST LONDON, Wed BRITAIN is concerned about "the rising power" of Communist China. For the first time, the British Government focuses attention on the menace in its annual defence report published yesterday. The report,
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    WHY INDONESIA COOL TO ASAS
    318 3 JAKARTA Wed. Dr. Subandrio, the Foreign Minister, yesterday explained why Indonesia was coo] towards the proposed Association of South-East Asian States He told a Press conference that Indonesia's stand was not due to suspicion that Asas might become a defence pact or an alliance against
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    Lock icon MASTER JAIL BREAKER HINDS TAKES OWN CASE TO LORDS
    187 3 MASTER JAIL BREAKER HINDS TAKES OWN CASE TO LORDS T ONDON, Wed.— Alfred lj George Hinds, often called Britain's master jail breaker, went to the House of Lords from a prison cell today to argue that he was being Illegally detained Hinds, 43, is serving a 12--year sentence for robbery
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    Lock icon British plan for North Rhodesia franchise
    192 3 T ONDON. Wed. Mr. fein Lt Macleod, Britain's Colonial Secretary, yesterday disclosed |at a closed-door session of the Northern Rhodeslan constitutional conference here the principles underlying the British plan to give Africans more political power. Official secrecy shrouded the details. But it was learned
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    Lock icon George Formby to wed in May
    59 3 BLACKPOOL. Wed— George Formby, 56-year-old Lancashire comedian and film star, announced he would marry Miss Pat Howson. 36. a teacher. In May. Mr. Formby's first wife Beryl died on Christmas Day. He recently left hospital after being confined for 15 days with heart trouble
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    Lock icon Soekarno tour
    19 3 JAKARTA. Wed. President Soekarno will begin his annual world tour on April 16. the palace announced. UPI.
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    Meeting of ex-Reds
    60 3 NEW DELHI, Wed. About 150 former Communists met here yesterday to discuss ways and means of "wiping out the Communist Party from the soil of India." The meeting was sponsored by the 'Former Communists' Association of the Northern Zone, whose members have renounced the Communist •Party because
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    India report hits at China border grab
    226 3 TtfEW DELHI. Wed. China is unlawfully occupying 12.000 square miles of Indian territory, an official report stated today. The report was a summary of the border talks between India and China in New Delhi. Peking and Rangoon last year held by second rank
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    Lock icon Irian leaders living in Jakarta planning 'to kick Dutch out9
    285 3 Irian leaders living in Jakarta planning 'to kick Dutch out 9 JAKARTA, Wed. West Irian leaders living in Jakarta are planning action "to kick the Dutch out of West Irian.' 1 Mr. S. Papare. chairman, and Mr. Jean Torey. Keneral-secretary. of the Irian People's Association. are appealing to all their
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    Lock icon HUGE UNESCO PLAN FOR ASIA PUPILS
    225 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. A 20- YEAR programme for providing every child in Asia with primary schooling by 1980 was outlined in a publication issued by Unesco yesterday. The programme has been drawn up by Unesco in collaboration with 15 Asian governments including the Federation
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    6,000 rebels surrender
    33 3 JAKARTA, Wed. More than 6,000 rebels surrendered last Friday at Langoan, North Celebes, Antara news agency reported here. The rebels brought some 4,000 dependants with them the report said.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Queen has air view of Everest
    123 3 Queen has air view of Everest DACCA, Wed.— Queen Elizabeth yesterday flew close to the peak of Mount Everest where Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing planted a Union Jack on May 29, 1953, four days before her coronation. The Britannia carrying the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh from
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    Lock icon Panchen back in Tibet
    42 3 TOKYO, Wed. The Communist China has returned the Panchen Lama to his monastery in Lhasa, after five months in China. New China News Agency said the Panchen Lama returned by special plane from Southern China on Monday.— U.P.I.
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    Russian loan
    40 3 KARACHI. Wed. The Pakistan Finance Minister, Mr. Mohammad Shoalb. said a Soviet loan for oil exploration in Pakistan might be about £10.700,000 to £12.--500.000. The Minister discounted earlier press reports that the loan would be about £90 million.
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    FEWER CRACKERS BUT FESTIVITIES GAY AS ALWAYS
    163 4 FEWER CRACKERS BUT FESTIVITIES GAY AS ALWA YS SINGAPORE, Wednesday. *Y HE Year of the Ox was ushered in here today with less cracker-fir-ing; than last year. It reached a climax at midnight, then petered off to isolated bangs here and there in the City. Nightclubs, amusement parks, cinemas and
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    Easy payment loans for industries
    98 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— The Government-spon-sored Malayan Industrial Development Finance Ltd. Is offering loans to local industries to buy equipment on the easy payment system. The general manager of the company, Mr. Dermot O'Regan. announced this here today. He said: "This facility should be of considerable
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    200 made homeless in Perlis fire
    72 4 200 made homeless in Perlis fire KANOAR, Wed.— A fire outbreak last night at the Perlis town of Simpang Ampat, near here, destroyed 12 houses and over 1,000 piculs of stored padi. About 200 people lost their homes. They are now living with friends and relatives. The Simpang Ampat Town
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    Theatre Fund
    33 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The National Theatre Trust will present a concert "Malam Kubudayaan" In aid of the National Theatre Fund at the Victoria Theatre on Feb. 18 and 19 at 8 p.m.
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    AUSTRALIA TO ENTER SHOW
    196 4 SINGAPORE. Wed 'THE Australian Government will send "flowers in ice" at the forthcoming annual flower show sponsored by the Singapore Gardening Society. "This is quite a surprise we have no idea just what the flowers will be," the pre- sident of the society, Mr. H. M.
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    Art exhibition
    28 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Art Society's exhibition of paintings at the British Council Hall, Penang Road, will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Open for 1 hour
    40 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Master Attendant of Singapore has announced that the Shipping and Port Clearance Office and the Imports and Exports Office will be open for one hour only, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. tomorrow.
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    Crippled man teaches crippled children how to swim—
    186 4 Crippled man teaches crippled children how to swim SINGAPORE, Wed. Ten O crippled children were taueht how to swim yesterday by a man who Is a cripple himself. The children were from the British Red Cross home In Singapore Their coach was bearded John William Johnson, now in Singapore after
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    Van driver blamed by coroner for 2 deaths
    124 4 Van driver blamed by coroner for 2 deaths rpELUK ANSON, Wed.— The 1 coroner, Inche Abdullah bin Ghazali, yesterday held that a 13-year-old grrl, Tan Sew Hlang, and her brother Swee Huat, eight, died through the negligence of a van driver, G. Murugan, 23, in an accident at the Uth
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    Graphic art show
    31 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A Netherlands' graphic art exhibition will be opened at the National Art Gallery. Ampang: Road, on Tuesday, and will continue for the next two months.
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    AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    353 4 AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES nTHE following is today's A schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore. ARRIVALS BO AC: Prom London. Cairo, Bahrein. Bombay. Colombo (BA 788) 5.20 ajn.; from Sydney, Darwin (BA 713) 8.45 p.m from London. Zurich. Istanbul. Teheran. Karachi. Calcutta (BA 710) 10.0S p.m.
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      Beat those tell-tale after-party signs
      608 5 PLAN A ROUTINE AND FOLLOW IT CAREFULLY The right make-up, lots of sleep HOLIDAYS are inn, what with the parties that go on till dawn and the good food being served in abundance, but these things are murder to the ligures and complexions of those
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      FIRST PICTURES OF NEW PARIS LINES
      72 5 MIAMI is cut from an excitingly unusual material crepe satin it is practically shapeless. There is no waist or bosom to speak of and all emphasis is placed on the feather-trimmed tripple hem of the dress which ends provocatively .\t kiier-cap. Simply beautiful and
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      The best in evening wear from Ricci, Cardin, Lavin-Castillo and Heim
      656 5 The best in evening wear from Ricci, Cardin, Lavin- Castillo and Heim J^OW that we have heard and readall about the new Paris fashions, it is only natural that we should want to have a look at them to see what they are really like. From the United Press International
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    218 6 U Word, Sit (Minimum) FITZPATRICK'I SUPERMARKET will open from 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. today. PROTECT YOURSELF, Family and Property. Install a Siren 12V 230 V. Inquire* to 62. Middle Road also 133. South Bride* Road. Singapore. WHIN IT COMES to Alreoodlttoolat; Tou'v* sat to baud It to Climate
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      The Congo Abyss
      678 6 More than the Congo is sliding into the abyss in which Patrice Lumumba lies buried. Unless the small nations grasp the significance and intent of I the Russian demands, the United Nations organisation itself may be destroyed, with dire consequences to newly nurtured hopes of world i
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      The Campaign In Vietnam
      345 6 The death has been alleged of Dr. Phan Quang Dan, leader of the moderate opposition Liberal Party in South Vietnam, where he has been in gaol since the coup last November. It is most unfortunate for President Ngo Dinh Diem that this event should look like
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      King Cricket
      190 6 I Test cricket brought Melbourne practically to a standstill yesterday, for the first time for many years. Like Englishmen (if Australians will forgive the comparison) they are more used in Melbourne to the cricket being at a standstill. But yesterday, as fortune swayed in the last great game
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      THE MIND AND THE MEMORY OF SINGAPORE
      420 6 T AM grateful to your correspondent of "On the Seene 1 for his partisanship In connection with the refusal of the acting director of the then Raffles Library to grant me permission to search the stacks of the library in January 1960. But
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    Coinings and goings From Britain
    1364 6 Coinings and goings From Britain AS MORE BRITONS LEAVE FOR AUSTRALIA AND CANADA, IN COME THE IRISH. W. INDIANS Here, in the first two articles, C. E. Cam nc ton of the Guardian, Manchester, deals with British migration policy. Tomorrow he will examine the case for controlling immigration into Britain
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    23 6 "Maurice, my son, how'd you like to come and help your daddy, your brother-in-law, your cousins and the rest of the incompetent family
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    Razak on the 'seven deadly sins'
    746 7 HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GET A DEVELOPMENT 'PEP TALK 9 FROM MINISTER WHAT TO AVOID TO GET R-E-S-U-L-T-S: HIS LIST SPELLS THE WORD KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. I HEADS OF GOVERNMENT departments have been warned that they must not be found guilty of committing any
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    $156,000 spent on development
    39 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Kuala Selangor District Rural Development Board spent $156,325 last year in building 33 wooden bridges. 19 culverts, two markets, two community halls and drains and In Improving 29 miles of road.
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    STUDENTS ALL SET FOR OFFICE CONDITIONS PROBE
    101 7 STUDENTS ALL SET FOR OFFICE CONDITIONS PROBE SINGAPORE, Wed. The draft questionnaire for a survey of conditions of clerical workers in European business houses has been submitted to the Singapore Employers' Federation for approval. The survey is to be carried out by eight University of Malaya students. The questionnaire comprises
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    Spastic meeting
    25 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Selangor "Spastic Children's Association will hold its annual meeting at the British Council Hall on Feb. 28. at 5.30 p.m.
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    A coat in court? No definite ruling
    166 7 A coat in court? No definite ruling KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —How should witnesses attending court be dressed? According to an official of the Supreme Court here, there is no hard and fast rule, but there was "a rule of decency." The official was commenting on an incident in the High
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    BROTHER AND SISTER NOW DOCTORS
    141 7 FIVE Singapore students, including a brother and sister, have graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Sydney. Dr. Quck Kai Van and his sister, Dr. Lai Kai May, have both been appointed resident doctors at the Royal Newcastle Hospital, 200 miles from Sydney,
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    Church talk
    32 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. An American Missionary, Miss Mabel Marsh, 79, will speak on the theme "Forward through the ages" at St. Andrew's Church, Weld Road, on Friday, at 6 p.m.
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    28 7 KUALu. LUMPUR. Wed. The Theatre Club will present "Night Must Fall" at the Town Hall from Feb. 23 till Feb. 25. Curtain up: 9.13 p.m.
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    111 7 Malay girls keen on new courses SINGAPORE. Wed.—Commercial and domestic courses conducted in the Geylang Craft Centre are becoming very popular with Malay girls, the principal of the school. Che Sauyah binte Hajl Abdullah, said today. More than 280 girls, between the ages of 12 and 16. are now studying
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    88 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The head of the mathematics department of the Teachers' Training College, Mr. Chan Kai Yau. left by air with his wife today to take up a twoyear scholarship for a course of .study leading to the M.Sc. degree in mathematical statistics at the University
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    248 7 SINGAPORE, Wed. THE parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Culture, Mr. Lee Khoon Choy, said here, last night that he had made useful cultural contacts with India and Burma during his private visit there. Mr. Lee returned after attending a seminar on "South and South-East Asia
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    BLOOD HUNT SCIENTIST HITS OUT AT APATHY
    335 7 BLOOD HUNT SCIENTIST HITS OUT AT APATHY KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A YOUNG Malayan scientist who has been seeking human blood samples for research today criticised the apathy of the Chinese, including the English-educated, towards giving even a few drops of blood. Mr. Lawrence Lai, 27, a Bachelor of Science who
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    51 7 KOTA BHARU. Wed. The Speaker of the Kelantan Btate Assembly, inche Mohamed Asri bin Hajl Muda he Is also an M.P. was flown to Kuala Lumpur this afternoon for specialist medical treatment He was admitted to the General Hospital here last month for an operation for
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    163 7 SCHOOLS: SAME CHANCES PLAN RAMPAR, Wed. The Government wants all fully-assisted schools to have a uniform system of teaching. Under a new plan, they will be equipped to ensure that pupils follow the same curriculum and sit for the same examinations on an equal footing. Th> Assistant Minister of Education.
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    PIONEER PASTOR FOR 50 YEARS DIES, AGED 80
    165 7 JPQH, Wed. —The Rev. S.S. Pakianatban, 80, pjoneer educationist and pastor of the Methodisi Church in Malaya for more than half a century, died at the district hospital here today. He came to Malaya in 1904 and had served In parishes all
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    SMALL TIN SHORTAGE FORECAST FOR 1961
    507 10 By Our Market Correspondent THE BRITISH Metal Corporation in its review of non-ferrous metals says the tin consumption situation is in doubt but there will probably be a small shortage in 1961. Tin consumption in the free world should exceed the 1960 level of
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    45 10 Malayan rubber imports in January totalled 31,338 tons against 39,955 tons in December. This fall of 8,600 tons rives food grounds for expecting a reduction of the current heavy stocks, allied to which will be the seasonal fall in production now due.
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    93 10 MELBOURNE, Wed. Investment shares held a firm trend. BHP gained Is. 6d. to 635. 3d.. Colonial Sugar 255. to £76. ss. and McPherspns Is. 6d. to 625. Con. Zinc 84/6 Mt. Ita 57/9 N.B.H. UOt.) 19«ij Ptto 4/11 Ampol Ptt. 14/10 V* A.C.I. 78 7>> A.P.M. 26/101* BHP.
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    180 10 pANBERRA. W e d.— Australian trading banks reduced their advances to the public by nearly £A 22 million in January because of the Federal Government's antiinflationary economic "squeeze." Banking figures released by the Commonwealth statistician. Mr. S. R. Carver, show that: 1. Loans and advances by
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    212 10 LONDON, Wednesday. BRITISH exports in January on a f.o.b. basis totalled £330.1 million, according to provisional figures issued by the Board of Trade today. The London stock exchange viewed the figures optimistically and steadied after they were Issued. Imports c.l.f. amounted to £404.7 million and
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    212 10 Congo fears push up price of tin rE price of tin has taken an upward jump. Following Tuesday's halfdollar a plcul rise in Singapore, taking the local price to $392.87 J. the London spot price rose £4 a ton to £791 and the three months' price rose another £4 to
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    43 10 The feature of overseas markets yesterday was the revival of Wall Street, which closed firm on a wide distribution of gains ranging mostly to one dollar or more. The Dow-Jones industrials average rose nearly six points to 642.91.
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    201 10 Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Company: The board has decided to make the following offers for shares and stock held by the public in the following four paniesEdinburgh: Highlands and Lowlands offering to acquire £58.437 capital and for every 28. stock unit will offer in exchange
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    Ghana drops its Mines Bill
    91 10 ACCRA, Tues. The Ghana Oovernment has decided to drop Its recent "Mines (Abandonment) Bill" if the shareholders of five gold mines In Ghana accept last week's Government offer to buy up all -their shares and take over the mines. The Bill, aimed at stopping companies
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    506 11 By Our Market Correspondent JHK BRITISH Metal Corporation in its review of non-ferrous metals says the tin consumption situation is in doubt but there will probably be a snvall shortage in 1961. Tin consumption in the free world should exceed the 1960 level of
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    45 11 Malayan rubber imports in January totalled 31.338 tons against 39,955 tons in December. This fall of 8.800 tons rives rood grounds for expectinr a reduction of the current heavy stocks, allied to which will be the seasonal fall in production now due.
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    102 11 MELBOURNE. Wed. Investment shares held a firm trend. BHP gained Is. 6d. to 635. 3d.. Colonial Sugar 255. to £76. Ss. and McPherspns Is. Od. to 625. Con. Zinc M/ 6 Mt. Isi S7/9 N.B.H (10s.) 19/SVk Ptko 411 Ampol Ptt. 14. IOVa A.C.I. 71 Rt A.P.M. 26/lOtt
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    180 11 /CANBERRA. W e d.— Australian trading banks reduced their advances to the public- by nearly £A 22 million in January because of the Federal Government's antiinflationary economic "squeeze." Banking figures released by the Commonwealth statistician. Mr. S. R. Carver, show that: 1 Loans and advances by
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    219 11 LONDON. Wednesday. BRITISH exports in January on a f.o.b. basis totalled £330 1 million, according to provisional figures issued by the Board of Trade today. The London stock exchange I viewed the figures optimistically and steadied after they were Issued. Imports c.l.f amounted to £404.7
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    212 11 Congo fears push up price of tin rE price of tin has taken an upward Jump. Following Tuesday's halfdollar a picul rise In Singapore, taking the local price to $392.87 i. the Lon- don spot price rose £4 ton to £791 and the three months' price rose another £4 to
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    43 11 The feature of overseas markets yesterday was the revival of Wall Street, which closed firm on a wide distribution of gains ranging mostly to one dollar or more. The Dow-Jones Industrials average rose nearly six points to 642.91.
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    91 11 ACCRA, Tues. The Ghana Government has decided to drop its recent "Mines (Abandonment) Bill" if the shareholders of five gold mines in Ghana accept last week's Government offer to buy up all -their shares and take over the mines. The Bill, aimed at stopping companies
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    189 12 WEST INDIANS DID NOT GIVE UP FIGHT TILL THE LAST By JACK FINGLETON iyt ELBOURNE, Wed.— Chasing 258 to win and in another incredible finish in which incident piled upon incident, Australia beat the West Indies here today in the Fifth and Final Tes by
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    610 12 Just prior to not going for that catch off Martin. Before Mackay had scored. Hall failed to get to a sharp chance at mldwlcket off Valentine. Unhappily, the series ended with an Incident a few minutes before. the end that will be discussed for many
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    27 12 HONG KONG. Wed.— Hong Kong's winning goal eight minutes before time gave them a 1-0 margin over Young Boys of Berne here today.
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    205 12 SOCCER FRIENDLY At Bawang: R awang Indians 5 8g. Chob Malays HOCKEY PEXAXG KO: Jolly Lads 7 i Lee Chee Konjr 3; P. Fernandez 2, Mohamed Rejab. Che Teh) Penang Sports Club 0. INTEB-SCHOOL (Segamat) Public High School 3 (Oanesan Yusoff. Ramani) Segamat Secondary English 3 (Song Patt.
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    315 12 IPOH, Wed.— Too Joon Loke became the first Asian to I lead the qualifiers In the 17th North Malayan golf championship at Tiger Lane here today. The three-day championship be- can today with 52 North Malayan golfers competing. The quarter-finals will be played tomorrow
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    1210 12  -  EPSOM JEEP RACING with "EiPSOM JEEP's best bets at Kuala Lumpur today are: KAKI KUDA (Race 2) should be ideally suited by the 7f. He was running on when third to Esther's Pet over the Ipoh 6f. last month. CAMEBOROUCH 111
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    160 12 teat J/UALA LUMPUR, Wed. Women soccer enthusiasts here have formed the Selangor Women's Football Association under the patronage of Puan Sharlfah Rodzlah. wife of the Prime Minister. The BWFA will sponsor yearly competitions for a euj> to be donated by the Straits Times
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    235 13 CRACKER BAN BUT LOTS OF BANGS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. People celebrating Chinese New Year here today illegally fired thousands of fire crackers. There Is a total ban on the import, sale and possession of fire crackers in the Federation. To the noise of crackers was added the din of gongs
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    78 13 REV. S. S. PAKIANATHAN. 80. of Al9 Kuan Woh Yean, off Jalan Bendahara. Ipoh. died In Ipoh Hospital on 15.2.61 at 11 a.m. He leaves behind his widow, four sons, two daughters and eight grandchildren. Funeral 16.2.61 at 10.30 a.m. from home to Connolly Road Cemetery. sible D'SILVA. youngest
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    46 13 MR. MRS. V. Balasubramaniam thank relatives friends for their kind attendance, valuable piv>*nt.N nnd congratulatory messages on the occasion of their marriage on 5.2.61. MR. AND MRS. H. L Richard thank relatives, friends for wreaths, messages of condolence, assistance and attendance in their recent bereavement.
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    31 13 MR. AND MRS. T. RAMASAMY. who were married In Rawang. The bridegroom is from the City Engineer's Department. Singapore. The bride is the former Miss Letchumi, of Rawang.
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    379 13 LONDON. Tues. An early fall In most sections on the London Stock Exchange yesterday was arrested when the January trade figures became known. Although they still leave a lot to be desired they were viewed with some optimism and this was responsible for a
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