The Straits Times, 7 March 1961

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    26 1 W I HAI,I DAILY < I 15 111 II II SALE EXCEEDS 90.000 Hot*" 1 He"*** The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, MARCH 7. 1961 15 CENTS.
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    Lock icon CONGO PEACE HOPES
    220 1 Leaders arrive in island capital for 'summit 9 talks Full-scale debate likely on all aspects of crisis TANANARIVE, Monday THE FIRST hope of peace in the strife-torn Congo Republic since the former Belgian colony became independent on July 1 last year emerged today as President Kasavubu and
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    CAPTURED U.N. MEN RETURN TO BASE
    136 1 NEW YORK. Monday. EIGHT of nine Canadian United Nations signalmen reported captured by Congolese troops in the port of Matadi have returned to Leopoldville. 10 miles east, "relatively unharmed." the U.N. announced here today. The fate of the ninth man, Capt. Garry Belanger. was
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    Indian aid for RI
    60 1 JAKARTA. Mon. India will continue to train Indonesian Air Force officers, it was announced here. Air Marshal S. Suryadarma said a new three-year agreement had been concluded between the air forces of the two countries. About 800 Indonesian officers are undergoing training in India, Indian Instructors
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    White Jumbo
    32 1 SAIGON. Mon.— Mountain tribesmen from Eatul village, near Banmethuot. in the South Vietnam highlands, have captured a white elephant— a sign of extreme good fortune for a SouthEast Asian country.
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    Gaitskell: No room for apartheid
    271 1 Gaitskell: No room for apartheid MCMILLAN CONFERS WITH THE TENGKU LONDON, Mon. The British Labour Party leader, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, speaking in Bath, yesterday opposed the re-admis-sion of South Africa to the Commonwealth after it becomes a Republic on May 31. 'I do not see how the Union of South
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    KHIR URGES MALA YS: CO-OPERATE WITH GOVT.
    321 1 KHIR URGES MALA YS: CO-OPERATE WITH GOVT. KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, whose job it is to ensure "peace" in Singapore U.M.N.0., today appealed to all Malays across the Causeway to co-operate fully with the PAP Government. He also announced the
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    House of Tang to reopen again
    242 1 House of Tang to reopen again SINGAPORE. Mon. Anew company known as C.K. Tang (Singapore) Ltd. has been formed to take the place of the Orchard Road curio shop of C.K. Tang Ltd. which is in voluntary liquidation. The new company will commence business at the House of Tang on
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    Lock icon Copter rescues man from sea
    68 1 MIAMI < Florida). Mon. An 18-hour ordeal ended for a Miami high school football coach yesterday when a hellcopter plucked him from a life raft in the Atlantic. Mr. Haywood Fowle. 36. was forced to ditch his small plane in the ocean on Saturday when
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    Chiang men to be sent home
    207 1 TAIPEH. Monday NATIONALIST 11 CHINA, apparently bowing to pressure from the United States, agreed tonight to help evacuate to Formosa the Kuomintane: irregulars in the Burma-Thailand Laos border area. Official sources here said the Nationalists agreed to this after Washington had asked the Taipeh
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    Lock icon 50 REDS KILLED IN 2-DAY BATTLE
    168 1 50 REDS KILLED IN 2-DAY BATTLE 2AIGON, Mon.— More than 50 South Vietnamese Communist guerillas were killed in a fierce two-day clash with Government security forces in Vinh Binh Province over the weeken d. Saigon newspapers said today. There was no mention of Government losses. The newspapers said that on
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    Lock icon Floods toll
    27 1 JAKARTA. Mon.— Thirtysix people have died in recent floods on the island of Flores, in the Lesser Sunda Group, according to reports reaching here. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Royal tourists nearly home
    109 1 Royal tourists nearly home A NKARA, Mon. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh stopped here briefly today on their way to Britain following their visit to Persia and their tour of India, Pakistan and Nepal. They will be home tonight —looking ;resh and fit after one of the most
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    LATEST
    43 1 US SHIPS STAND BY FOR CONCO UWSUINGTON. Mon /.s. Navy diverted miliM i^k forte of ships from :o<xlwiU WMt to Soutu M tea and ordered thin' Ua<l by in water?- ncn 'on^o in case thry .m iredect l>> United Kfttton* -I PI
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    BRITISH MOVE ATTACKED AS A MAJOR BLUNDER
    421 2 LONDON, Mon THE proposal launch- i ed by Britain in the Western European Union conference in Paris last Monday for a common or harmonised tariff with the Common Market i is being widely attacked in diplomatic quarters here is a major tactical blunder.
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    Lock icon Marilyn ('I feel wonderful') leaves after a month in hospital
    193 2 Marilyn ('I feel wonderful') leaves after a month in hospital >TEW YORK, Mon. 1 Marilyn Monroe left hospital yesterday after nearly a month of treatment and declared she felt "wonderful." The 34-year-old blonde screen star entered hospital I early last month amid re- ports that she was suffering from mental
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    Lock icon Millions of mothers are 'freed9 to work in factories
    149 2 Millions of mothers are 'freed 9 to work in factories TOKYO, Monday. RADIO PEKING yesterday devoted a special programme to its "emancipated" women, boasting of how they had been separated from their children and put to work in factories. The broadcast monitored here said that 60 to 80 per cent
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    Lock icon INDIAN POLL: CONGRESS TO NOMINATE MORE WOMEN
    90 2 INDIAN POLL: CONGRESS TO NOMINATE MORE WOMEN NEW DELHI, Mini. The Congress Party has decided that 15 per cent of its candidates in India's third general election in 1962 will be women. Women are nothing new to Indian politics but the decision may substantially increase feminine office holders. At present,
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    Ludicrous to keep Peking out Gaitskell BRIEFLY...
    272 2 Ludicrous to keep Peking out Gaitskell BRIEFLY... ONDON, Mon. Mr. L Hu([h Gaitskell. leader of Britain's Opposition Labour Party, said in Bath yesterday that "the time has come when the Peking Government should be allowed to take her rightful place in the United Nations." "It Is ludicrous that the present
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    Police shoot at Africans
    68 2 BROKEN HILL (Northern Rhodesia >. Mon— Police inspectors armed with riot guns last night fired five rounds to disper.se Africans who had stoned white police officers. The police officers were at the scene of the accident in which an African man and a woman were killed
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    Lock icon Senator killed
    35 2 NEW YORK. Mon Mr. John Sandier, 51. Secretary of the New York State Senate. was killed in a head-on collision of his car with another vehicle In the village of Sloatsbui gh.— U.P.I.
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    Liz is better
    30 2 LONDbV Mon. Elizabeth Taylor, the film star recovering in a London hospital from a dangerous attack of 'pneumonia, was said today to have made a "slight Improvement
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    Lock icon RED EMBASSY 'RAIDED'
    77 2 WASHINGTON. Mon. A croup of youths "invaded" the Soviet Embassy grounds here before dawn yesterday and exploded giant firecrackers on the lawn. When police arrived on the scene they discovered the Stars and Stripes planted in the middle of the lawn. A Soviet official who emerged sleepily
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    Lock icon Rebels kill 5 in Burma
    72 2 RANGOON. Mon. Karen rebels led by a woman killed five people, burned down three buildings, and looted the state pawnshop in a two-hour raid on Penwogon. about 120 miles north of Rangoon. Reports said the rebels attacked the police station, killing a constable and then
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    Lock icon 'Liberate Timor' move
    264 3 ISLANDERS URGED TO KICK OUT PORTUGUESE JAKARTA. Mon.— An organisation in Jakarta has called for the wresting of the I colony of Timor from! the Portuguese. Portugal and Indonesia share Timor, the easternmost Island of the Le.sser Sunda chain and the nearest of the group to Australia.
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    U.S. LAG IN WEAPONS: INQUIRY ORDERED
    143 3 U.S. LAG IN WEAPONS: INQUIRY ORDERED WASHINGTON, Mon.— The U.S. House of Representatives Space Committee will investigate charges that advanced weapons are being delayed 10 to 15 years because U.S. scientists cannot talk to generals and admirals. The chairman of the committee, Mr. Overton Brooks, announced this yesterday. Mr. Brooks
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    Lock icon Empress is 50
    15 3 TOKYO. Mon. Empress Nagako of Japan celebrated he« 58th birthday today. U.P.I.
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    Canadians seek cut in HK exports
    163 3 Canadians seek cut in HK exports HONG KONG, Mon. A visiting Canadian trade mission opens "exploratory" talks today with Hong Kong government officials in an effort to have voluntary restrictions placed on exports of certain clothing products to Canada. "We are not here to restrict trade." Mr. S. S. Reisman
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    Lock icon Russians offer a sealed lips bargain at UN
    325 3 Russians offer a sealed lips bargain at UN WASHINGTON. Mon. THE Soviet Union has said privately that it will drop charges of alleged American "aggression" at the General Assembly session, which resumes tomorrow, provided the United States does not push the Hungarian issue, according to Soviet diplomats. This is one
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    Plane crash kills nine
    50 3 EL PASO (Texas) Mon.— A six-engine Air Force. KBSO tanker with nine servicemen aboard, crashed last night killing all the nine. Ar Air Force spokesman. Ma]. A. J. Rosengren. said the wreckage oi the plane was scattered "over an area about a half mile long.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon UNUSUAL POSTURE OF A PREMIER
    37 3 UNUSUAL POSTURE OF A PREMIER The Burmese Prime Minister, U Nu, prays before an image of Buddha at Kalemyo, capital of Chin Hills, where he toured recently with the American Ambassador, Mr. William P. Snow. U.P.I, picture.
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    Lock icon He wants 4 Negroes in US team at the UN
    148 3 He wants 4 Negroes in US team at the UN lI7ASHINGTON, Mon.— Representative Adam Clayton Powell (Demo-crat-New York) yesterday identified rour American Negro experts on Africa whom he has asked President Kennedy to name to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations The Congressman from New York City's Harlem district
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    Lock icon U.S. IS BIG DEPOSITOR IN INDIA
    117 3 U.S. IS BIG DEPOSITOR IN INDIA NEW DELHI. Mon. The I United States is one of the biggest bank depositors In Indij. According to a report Riven in Parliament by the Finance i Minister. Mr. Morarji Desal. the United States has deposited 4.7 billion rupees (about I s 3 billion)
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    Lock icon Reds fire at Quemoy Isle
    41 3 I TAIPEH. Mon. The Najtlonalist Defence Ministry announced today that CommunM China yesterday afternoon lired nine shells at the Nationalist-defended Qusmoy Island. The Ministry did not say whether these shells contained leaflets or explosives. Reuter. j
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    Lock icon KENNEDY IS URGED TO DISCUSS IRIAN WITH SOEKARNO
    236 3 KENNEDY IS URGED TO DISCUSS IRIAN WITH SOEKARNO WASHINGTON, Mon.— The Washington Post and Times Herald suggested yesterday that President Kennedy will find it desirable to discuss the question of West Irian with President ScekarriO when the Indonesian leader comes here in April An editorial in the Post said that
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      401 3 RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave: 4T6 metres n Short Wave: metre* 4I metre!> from 8.00— 9.U0 p.m. A.M. 6.00 Time Signal, Ne- 1 A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 gara-ltu, News Headlines; 6.05 1 T^M^^siSLjiftß S"** Melodies; 6 50 Keep News: 8.05 More Melodies At Sun- Tcik Lee: 7.00 rise;
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    'Tankers for scrap' sale
    346 4 HONG KONG DEALERS OUTBID SPORE TO BUY FOUR SHIPS COUNTERPARTS WITH MORE ROLLING MILLS COULD PAY HIGHER PRICES: LOCAL FIRMS SINGAPORE, Monday. JJONG KONG firms dealing in scrap iron and steel recently bought four oil tankers offered for sale in Singapore. And Singapore scrap merchants said
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    Appeal to support buy-a-brick campaign
    172 4 Appeal to support buy-a-brick campaign SINGAPORE, Mon. Inche Othman Wok, a member of the National Theatre Fund Committee, to-^ night appealed to the people to buy a brick to help bolster the fund. Speaking over Radio Singapore, he said: "Although many shows were staged a,nd screened in aid of the
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    Water shut-off
    28 4 SINGAPORE, Mon.— Water will be cut off along Jalan Haji Karlm. Tampines Road junction up to Jalan Hock Chye, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Accused police clerk claims his OCPD was involved
    371 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A POLICE CLERK on A a criminal breach of trust charge alleged in the sessions court here today that his O.C.P.D. had said both of them were involved. John Koshy. 35, Is charged with misappropriating $226 between April 4
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    3-YEAR-OLD CHILD'S FATAL FALL
    89 4 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD'S FATAL FALL SINGAPORE. Mon. A three- year-old girl. Ngoh Ang Mol of Sembawang Road, fell {while playing outside her i house on Dec. 19 last year. She continued to play after crying for a while, and her 1 parents did not take the incident seriously. The next morning,
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    VOLUNTEER FOR FREE ENTERTAINMENT'
    115 4 QINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. S. Selvarajoo of Jalan Tua Kong wants to form a voluntary group of amateur artists in Singapore to provide regular free entertainment for the underprivileged. Selvarajoo today proposed that this group should be known as the "Voluntary Artists' Group" which would also aim
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    More money and foodstuffs collected for fire victims
    139 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Victims of the recent Upper Chin Chew Street fire will get more cash aid this week. Thr welfare committee of the Havelock Road Community Centre has collected $318 and 23 tins of biscuits from the public for them. A large
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    A wooden home for nine families
    114 4 A wooden home for nine families SINGAPORE, Mon. The Devonshire Road fire relief commitee has drawn up plans to build a large wooden home to accommodate the 54 fire victims In the kampong. Madam Oh Su Chen, chairman of the committee, announcing this today said the committee had so far
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    IN AND OUT BY AIR
    291 4 rTtfTE following is todays 1 schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore: ARRIVALS BO AC: From London, Rome, Beisut. Karachi, Calcutta (BA 708) 7-30 p.m.; from London, Zurich. Beirut. Bahrein, Delhi, Baiißkok. Kuala Lumpur (BA 796) 5.35 p.m. Pan- American: Prom Jakar.a
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    2 BOYS' BRAVE ACTION PRAISED
    185 4 SINGAPORE, Monday 'TWO Singapore schoolboys were today presented x with letters of commendation from the Commissioner of Police for putting up a fight against a gang of thugs who. tried to molest a young girl The boys are Anthony Chelliah, 17, a Form Four student
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    HIS RACE TO COMPLETE DREAM PLANE'
    98 4 HIS RACE TO COMPLETE DREAM PLANE' PrER MASEFIELD, the Golden Boy of British aviation, quit a lucrative poat managing director of one of the top airlines— to stake his reputation and personal fortune on a new plane. His "dream" plane, for the mass market, is intended to take over where
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    Algeria Aid Fund
    63 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The chairman of the Algerian Aid Fund Committee, Inche Rahlm Ishak. announced today that donations received so far for the fund, are as follows: Malaya Nanban Press Ltd. $10; M. Akhtar Brothers $25; Workers of Malaya Nanban Press Ltd. $20: People's Action Party $1,500: Tamil
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    $est-kept P.O.
    42 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The trophy for the best n.alntained Post Office In Singapore in 1960 will be presented to the Postmaster of Buklt Tlmah Post Office In the Mails Branch of the General Post Office on March 10 at 2.15 p.m.
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    Anniversary
    28 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Gunong Sayang Association will celebrate Its 50th anniversary with a dinner party on Saturday at Its premises in Ceylon Road with ronggeng In attendance.
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    British trade mission coming to study prospects in S-E Asia
    271 5 British trade mission coming to study prospects in S-E Asia KUALA LUMPUR. f Monday i I 1 A TRADF delegation from Britain will arrive here next month to investigate all aspects of trade and commerce with Malaya. Chairman of the delegation is Sir Edward Thompson, a trading industrialist. In a
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    MODELS SHOW FOR 10,000 CHILDREN
    183 5 SINGAPORE, Monday. ABOUT 10.000 underprivileged children and students will swarm the padang here on Saturday to see a Rotary Club-sponsored "air show." The show will be staged by aeromodellers, and will also be a preview of displays they will give at next month's giant international
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    Trust case man fined $250
    51 5 SINGAPORE. Mon. Lee Soon Teck. 28, a shoemaker, was today fined $250. in default two months' jail, for criminal breach of tru.st of leather and shoe-making materials amounting to $152. Lee pleaded guilty to taking the goods from a shop in Arab Street on Feb
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    Assizes opening
    29 5 SINGAPORE Mon. The third Singapore Assizes for the current year opened in the High Court here today before Mr. Justice Chua. Four cases are on the calendar.
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    More light for coasts of Borneo
    123 5 T ONDON. Mon.— North Borneo will benefit by £190.--586 from three grants made under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act in January The largest grant is of £110.250 towards the cost of providing navigational aids, j equipment and a lightship. Because of the hazards
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    HALF BIG LOAN ALREADY TAKEN UP
    144 5 HALF BIG LOAN ALREADY TAKEN UP ITUALA LUMPUR. Mon. lv —More than half of the $70 million loan launched by the Federation Government about a fortnight ago has been subscribed, the Straits Times learned today. A spokesman of the Central Bank here said today that so far more than $37
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    Accused of cheating
    69 5 SINGAPORE. Mon.— P R Karupplah. 46, was charged today with cheating a baker Thomas Vagapah, 37. of $750 atKampong Java on Aug. 5. iyoT. He was alleged to have deceived Vagapah into giving him the money meant to cover the expenses of a wedding. The wedding did
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    Fitter gets six months
    42 5 SINGAPORE. Mo-.).— A Jit-' ter. Mok Wah. 20. was Jailed for .six months by a magistrate's court today for fraudulent possession of a bicycle. Mok. who had two previous convictions, was arrested in Fullerton Square on Feb. 24.
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    Models give millionaire tourists ('We were fleeced') a flower shower
    377 5 OINdAPORL. Mon— As the luxury liner Rotterdam sailed into Singapore this mornins with 655 American passengers among them are a billionaire and more than 200 millionaires a man acknowledged to be a tourism expert advised that they should not* be
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    Team will 'push' chemicals
    88 5 Team will 'push' chemicals CINGAPORE, Mon— An unofficial five-man trade mission from France Is due here shortly to push up sales of chemicals. The delegates, headed by Mr. H. Journu. are expected on March 20. They will stay In Singapore for three days and will have talks with representatives from
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    Housewife fined
    44 5 RAUB Mon. A housewife. Chong Yin, 41. of Bukit Koman new village near here, was fined a total of $450 or two months' jail today for having two jars of uncustomed liquor, a still I and five gallons of f ermrntJcd mash.
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      Glassware adds grace and beauty
      194 6 Glassware adds grace and beauty WHETHER it is a traditional design in cut crystal or a modern design in clear coloured glass it will bring grace and sparkle to your home. If you have been lucky enough to receive an extra special piece as a wedding present, it is worth
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      NEWLY WED COUPLES SHOULD be AWAY IN-LA WS
      551 6 NEWLY WED COUPLES SHOULD be AWAY IN-LA WS gHOULD a newly married couple begin making a home'for themselves soon after the wedding? Will they be able to adjust their new life if they continued staying with in-laws? These questions are often the subject of controversial discussions in Asian homes. It
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      HAIR STYLIST TO PRESENT FASHION SHOW
      225 6 HAIR STYLIST TO PRESENT FASHION SHOW VfR. Gunther Roeffen. 30, a well known hairstylist from Germany who has visited practically every country in the world, is making his first tour of the East and will be arriving in Singapore tomorrow. On a 10-day visit, he will put on a show
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      301 6 Straits Times Crossword ta HM jHH| fI&W ACROSS 6. Moderate artist's initial me1. Bombastic gent, and liquor dium (7). makes him so (13). 7. French husband? No. Oer8. He may consume tea and man; might cause the Navy vinegar, but not gravy (10). to take cover at sea <6. 9).
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      Lock icon A NEW ERA FOR SEAFARERS
      1469 7 By applying precise mathematics to navigation, he opened Pinned his faith on the stars IU KING the closing months of 1/9U, a l»g American vemel with unusually tall masts and a greater sail area than most merchantmen carried, ploughed her way across the Indian Ocean
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    DEATHS
    59 8 711 HW< Sin /Minimum) HOE TECK LEONC. M, cilled home Ikm behind beloved one s.o Mnn and dauchtera hi visit 129 1.13 l.i\en<ler Street. Wednesday, 4 pm. MR. LIM PENC CHEOW. aged 71 11 1 f nil v on 5.3.61 hind hi.« v,ife. iiKhtera-10-law. ih« and 2t urandchlldren. iit
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      The Congo Summit
      664 8 I Agreement among the Con- I go's leaders being the essential 'beginning in ending the ConU<> s \^bes, the conference which opens at Tananarive 1 I today has everyone's blessing. Or the blessing of nearly everyone. But to meet at all is progress, and if only Mr.
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      Rural Credit
      405 8 The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives has more reason to be perturbed than surprised about padi farmers' 'uneven response to the provision of credit for buying fertiliser. Offered this important facility, quite a lot turned it down and of those who used it I many have failed to
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      Sibu Incident
      159 8 The wrangle over the venue of last Thursday's meeting of Sibu Urban District Council, reported from Sarawak yesterday, was incidental to the intention of some single-minded Chinese to protest against the Government's decision to make English the medium of instruction in secondary schools. The case for this in
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    Lock icon Algeria: The cost
    797 8 IN LIVES: Nearly 200,000; IN MONEY: $6mil. a day after six years of bitter conflict and^ terrible losses ajTend is at last in sight From a Correspondent PARIS. Mon. FRENCH officials totting up the cost of the Algeria war amid moves to open Franco-Algerian peace talks estimate
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    The great penny puzzle
    778 8  - The great penny puzzle VERNON BARTLETT by THE other day two small Chinese girls who were waiting at a bus stco in Holland Road, were examining each other's knowledge of the tables of weigh ts and measures printed on the back of a school fxrrcise book. Was It really atemary.
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      NO MATCH AT ALL HEREJUST EXHIBITIONISM
      355 8 IS the Football As-sociuti.i.i 1 of Malaya quite that soccer fans are ready to pay Inflated prices to see the Real Madrid team? Famous this club may be. but what sort of match will a Real Madrid game be? Our footballers would not be
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      'DEATH TRAP' CLINICS
      46 8 I WAS shocked to read your leader about the death trap clinics. But you did not quote the first and last paragraphs of Dr. Llewellyn-Jones' talk on "the obstetric limitations in general practice" and this gave a most unbalanced conclusion to the article.
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    MOVES TO EASE i TRAFFIC TANGLE
    170 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The traffic committee of the municipal council has taken further steps to ease traffic i congestion in the capital. More "No Parking" and "No Entry" signs are to go up soon. Parking meters are expected to be introduced to about six
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    MAN FACES DUD NOTES CHARGE
    69 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mohamed Kassim bin Majid pleaded not guilty at the assize court today to a charge of selling 50 forged $50 currency notes to Koh Tong Yong. a shroff at the currency office, on May 18 last year. The sale is alleged to have
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    Egg products: A $29,980 claim
    59 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. A writ claiming $29,980 hasi been filed in the High Court' Registry on behalf of Malaya' United Egg Products Co.. Ltd.. against Jin Sing and Co.. The amount is claimed as being the balance of the price of goods sold by the egg
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    Hawkers are urged: Start scholarship fund
    164 9 Hawkers are urged: Start scholarship fund ITI'ALA KANGSAR. Mon A justice of the peace here. Mr. Yeap Ghee cliv.in. yesterday advised the 10.J00- member PanMalayan Hawkers and Petty Traders' Association to set up a scholarship fund for the benefit of their children. Mr. Yeap. adviser to the association, speaking at
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    Fu case lawyer wins appeal
    545 9 HIGH COURT ORDER ON PAYMENT OF COSTS OF ACTION REVERSED: NOT PROPERLY BASED KI THING, Monday. JIIE Court of Appeal here has allowed the appeal of Mr. T. O. Thomas, a lawyer, against the order of the High Court that he should personally pay the
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    COURT BERATES POLICE FOR CAUSING DELAY
    194 9 COURT BERATES POLICE FOR CAUSING DELAY SINGAPORE, Monday. A MAGISTRATE today criticised a police investigating officer for going against an "established court practice" and causing inconvenience to many people. Mr. Donald Yeo Hock Chwee made this comment when he adjourned a police summons case, orginally down for hearing today, till
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    New school opening
    67 9 SINGAPORE. Mon.— The Indian High Commissioner. Mr. Y. K. Purl, will lay the foundation stone of the new Dayananda Anglo-Vedic Primary School and Arya Samaj Bhawan in Syed Alwi Road on March 18. The $75,000 school will have places for about 200 poor children from the Indian
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    'BIG NAMES' IN SHOW BUSINESS AT NEW STADIUM?
    219 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —Malaya's $1,500,000 miniature "Earls Court." which is rapidly taking shape here, will attract many "big names" in the c n t c r t a i nment world. That Ls the opinion of Jeff Patterson, a top executive in
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    Ghana message
    38 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the acting Minister of External Affairs. Tun Abdul Razak, today sent congratulatory messages to the President of Ghana on the occasion of that country's fourth anniversary of independence.
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    'The cleanest towns in the East'
    32 9 Bodo Kugalmann. 26. a student of modern languages, and Helmut Hettonhausen. 25. who are hitch hiking round the world, photographed in Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture.
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    MALAYAN INTEREST IN EDUCATION IMPRESSES HIKERS
    198 9 MALAYAN INTEREST IN EDUCATION IMPRESSES HIKERS i 111 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TWO GERMAN students, who are hitch-hik-ing around the world, say they are impressed with the "interest in education" of the people of Malaya. "That Is what has struck us most since we arrived in Singapore a week ago. Everybody
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    Bail allowed in parang case
    71 9 BINGAPORE, Mon.— Cheong Kok Weng. 19. pleaded not guilty today to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Cho Lai Yuen, of Neil Road, with a parang. Cheong was alleged to have caused hurt to Cho at Banda Street on June 19 last year, together
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    Hari Raya reminder: Post your cards early
    78 9 sjIM.APORE. Mon. The Postmaster-General. Malaya, today reminded the public to post Hari Raya Puasa (creeling cards early to ensure delivery in time. Final posting date to any part of Malaya is Saturday. March 11. Addresses should be written clearly and concisely, with the
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    Polls fund for Penang SF
    66 9 Polls fund for Penang SF PENANG, Mon.— The Pe»ang division of the Socialist Front has formed an elections fund committee to raise money from members and well-wishers. "This committee will be the sole authority for the receipt of donations," the Front's Penang chairman, Haji Harun bin Hajl Puteh. said today.
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    MALACCA CHINESE CLUB TO OPEN MEMBERSHIP TO ALL
    130 9 jIfALACCA, Mon.— The ITA Malacca Chinese Recreation Club plans to open its doors to nonChinese as associate members. This Is to comply with the wish of the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, that in a multi-racial country like the Federation, communal clubs
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    Court man on breach counts
    341 9 IPOH, Monday AN INTERPRETER and clerk in the Jpoh magistrate's court, V. Nagendram, 39, today pleaded not guilty in the sessions court here to two charges of criminal breach of trust. He was alleged to have misappropriated $100 being payment of fine by Foong Tong
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    Stole bananas
    33 9 RAUB. Mon. A farmer. Llm Tian Hee. 22, of Sungei Ruan village, who stole 25 bunches of bananas from a neighbouring farm was fined $25 in the magistrate's court here yesterday.
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    Croc skins case: Now there are 6
    138 9 SINGAPORE. Mon —The prosecution today withdrew a charge of abetment against Chio Ah Lek. 32. one of the seven men accused in a $107,671 crocodile skin case. He was discharged by the ninth magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Pates, the discharge not amounting
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    U.S. art show
    34 9 IPOH. Mon.— Forty reproductions of famous American paintings will be exhibited at Sltiawan on Friday and Saturday, at Taiping from March 17-19 and at Teluk Anson from April 13 to 15.
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    CHEAPER JUTE BAGS SEEN IN SINGAPORE
    246 10 CHEAPER JUTE BAGS SEEN IN SINGAPORE SINGAPORE jute bag traders forecast a sub- stantial fall in the price of jute bags locally in the next three months, following the better supply position in India. For the past few months, a shortage has developed in the local market, especially in second-hand
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    Paris firm to market comestics for men
    111 10 Paris firm to market comestics for men ROGER and Gallet of Paris is to introduce a full range of cosmetics for men and talcum powder to Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Thi.s was announced in Singapore by Mr. Leon Godet. the export inspector, who is now making his annual
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    U.K. insecticide paint
    51 10 Chop Teck Seng, importers and exporters, Singapore, have ordered 500 gallons of British insecticidal paint for general distribution. The order was secured by J. Manger and Son of London. Called Lakil, the paint contains two powerful but odourless chemicals which react on the insect the instant it
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    Top post changes in Shell
    114 10 rpHE new managing director X of Shell (Eastemi Ltd. •I has arrived In Singapore He is Mr. N. L. Fakes formerly manager of the transport and supply administration, production division Compania Shell de Venezuela. He succeeds Mr H. A Eccles who has been appointed as
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    Paint plant plan by big British company
    300 10 Paint plant plan by big British company gKITAIN'S second largest paint company, Pinchin Johnson and Associates Ltd., is planning to establish a factory either in Singapore or the Federation of Malaya for the manufacture of marine paint. Mr. \Y. Gerard Daroux, the assistant managing director, is now in Singapore making
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    Vauxhall's chairman
    54 10 Mr. William Swallow will take over as chairman and managing director of Vauxhall Motors Ltd. from April 1. Born in Gomersal. hi the West Riding of Yorkshire in January 1905. Mr. Swallow became a director of Vauxhall Motors in February 1956 and of Vauxhall and General Finance Corporation
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    UNIGATE CHIEF OFF TO HONG KONG
    155 10 UNIGATE CHIEF OFF TO HONG KONG MR. E. E. Taylor, chairman and managing director of Unigate Ltd. and Cow and Gate and its associated and subsidiary companies, leaves Singapore today for Hong Kong after a few days' visit. Mr. Taylor, C.8.E.. discussed local conditions with Government officials during his stay
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    HARPER NAMES NEW KUCHING DIRECTOR
    156 10 lIARPER, Gilflllan and Co. Ltd.. Singapore, has 11 appointed Mr J. W. Parsons, as a director of its Sarawak subsidiary. Harper Gilflllan and Co. (Borneo) Ltd. Mr. Parsons, who leaves for Kuching on Saturday, will also be in charge of the company's offices in Miri
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    Cargo war ends: K Line admitted to Conference
    201 10 Cargo war ends: K Line admitted to Conference T^HE Kawasaki Kison Kaisha. Ltd.. (K Lino) which operates a monthly cargo service from Japan to the Persian Gulf via Singapore and Federation ports, has been admitted to the Straits-Bombay-Karachi-Persian Gulf Conference, effective from March 1. The agreement was reached at a
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    U.K. AGENCY TO SET UP BRANCH HERE
    117 10 U.K. AGENCY TO SET UP BRANCH HERE MR. ASHLEY HAVINDEN vice chairman and creative director of W. S. Crawford Ltd., the London advertising acency. is now in the Federation of Malaya examining the prospects of establishing a branch. Mr. Havinden, who is accompanied by his wife. herself an executive director,
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    TRADERS TOLD: DEVELOP SARAWAK MARKET
    215 10 TRADERS TOLD: DEVELOP SARAWAK MARKET I*HL Uniiea Kingdom A Assistant Trade Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. J. H. Barwick warned local businessmen to take Sarawak more seriously if they were going to continue holding agencies cover- ing the territory. Mr. Barwick said 'tins in a radio interview in Kuching last weeK.
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    TIN PRICE NOW BACK TO HIGHEST LEVEL AGAIN
    1013 12 TIN PRICE NOW BACK TO HIGHEST LEVEL AGAIN By Our Market Correspondent pHK tin price in Singapore is now going back to the year's high level of $403.75 which was recorded on Feb 23 after a spurt of $3.75 on that day. Yesterday on an offering of 240 tons the
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    CLOSING PRICES
    38 12 SINGAPORE. March 6. R I BBER: 82 k cents per lb. (down threeeighths of a cent). 5 p.m. close: S'lk cents. TIN: 5402 per picul (up 75 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 240 tons (down 20 tons).
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    170 12 Shipi lyinj alcnciidt the lingaaart i Harbaur Baard wharvat or •iptctad taday are Bi*rl Advocalr Ml, Arenda- I krrk 4 'S. Shovo Maru 6A, L.en»ver»tt 7. Khyb^r i '9. Lcninaky Komsomol in 11. Brnrcoch 13 n. n<-*x«nstrln 15 16. Tohoro IX. Star Arrturun 10. s. u.i.u N. Wall
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    RUBBER PRICES
    212 12 MARCH first grade rubber buyers f.O.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 82. cents per lb.. down three-eights of a cent on Fridays close. The tone was quiet. S.C.C.R.A. closing price* in cents per lb.. yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers [tl%, sellers 82\ (Norn): Int. 1
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    153 12 rpHE Chlnet* Produce Exchange?. 1 Singapore, noon prices per picul yesterday were Copra: Quiet; UK/ Continent March /April shipments $27; b-.y--\m% S2B sellers. Coconut oil: Quiet; j bulk 542 sellers, drum 545 sellers. Pepper: Quiet: no business was i reported done. Muntok white $2081. Sarawak $197}. special Sarawak
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    94 12 Tha Malayan Eichanga Sinks' Aa* locution made these chances in its rates to merchants yesterday: London: selling T.T. or O.D. 2/4: buying T.T. 2/4 1/9, O.D. 2/4 5/J2. 3Od/st 2/4 3/16, 45 d/st 2/4 11/32. 60 dsi 2/4 13 3J. »O d'st 2 4 1/2, 120 d'st V*
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    STOCK INDICES
    23 12 Mala\an Sto<-k K\chan)re: March 6 Mar, h I Industrials: 148.'*? 148.09 Tins: 12H.;6 230.12 I Kubbers: 244.60 244.54 Jan. 1 1958^100.
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    RUBBER CROPS
    26 12 Rivrrview Rubber announce a crop of 157,000 lb. for Febiuary T (-merlon'* output for the same monln was 97.000 lb. Nyalas produced 35.250 lb.
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    563 12 BUSINESS 111 the trading room I on the Singapore section of the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday was: Industrial!: Krd. Disp. 51. 65: F. and N. 52.13 OL. S2.IT and $2.18: 11. Cement 52.2U: M Box $2.34: r.otunson $1.36: Cold Store* 52.U9 and $2.10: Mramer* "I cent* 8.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    130 12 MELBOURNE. Mon. INVESTMENT shares opened the week on a steady tone here today. B.H P. gained 4s to 70s-, Dunlop Is. 40. to 40s. sd. Base metals and the oik heid a steady trend. Interstate Oil gained 2». to 10s6d. Commonwealth Bonds maln--1 tamed a steady trend. Con.
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      235 12 MALAYA INDONESIA LINE lOINI EXPRESS StHVICt OF lUE fUNNEI IIN( t SWEDISH EAST aSi* CO lusraaai Cltktll>t| FORTNIGHTIV f*OM EtSl COAST US* Vl* SUEI |1D r r Vii 01 N-»Yrv» »»nn>» V S'nwtl S 00'« tOJC'tlg FQf: IOKCHOII SII Ftk 1 Mir 11 Mir 12 Mir II OiU. Scut. 5
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      655 12 NOTICES EASTERN REALTY i, COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Singapore). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ihe Twenty-eight Annual I General Meeting of the SuareI holders of this Company will be heid ai its Registered Office. 3rd Floor. China Building. Chulla «i I Street. Singapore, on Wednesday, f 22nd March. 1961 a>.
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      1097 12 NOTICE TALAM MINES, LIMITED (Incejrporateel in the Federation of Malaga) Notice Is hereby given tnat the Tiur^y-sevemh Annual General Meeting of Ihe Company will be lield at the ReiUsieied Office. Cnarteied Bank Cnamtxrs. Ipoii. on Friday. 31st March. 1961. at 11 m. At the said Meeting the Diteciors will recommend
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      87 12 NOTICE SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT NOTICE TO CONSIMERS Work m connection with electrical extension* to Sembnvan* Village and Andrews Avenue Area will necessitate »he interruption of electricity supplies from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday. 9th March 1961. The whole ot Chong Pang Village, comprising the following roads,
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      649 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT Applications are invited trom Federal Citizens and permanent serving Government officers for the post of Engineering and Radio Officer. Royal Federation of Mnlaya Police. Salary scale: $628x34— 934 982x34— 1.254. The post is permanent but non-Federal Citizens may be considered for the appointment on two-year contracts. Qualifications: (a)
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      493 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT L CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD \MLRON HIGHLANDS HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME POWER STATION SHIFT CHARGE ENGINEERS Applications arc invited for five vacancies as Shift Chame Enßi- neer Trainees lor the future Jor Hydro-Electric Power Station. I Cameron Highlands. 2 Applicants should be Federal Citizens preferably between the aces of 38 and
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      712 13 (Continued front Page 8) SITUATIONS VACANT Wore** SS (Mm.) Box 58 el*, extra a WANTED FEMALE CANVAMER*. cl alary plus good commission, apply or O all personally Sin Hu Trading Co., 20 F "an Quee Lan St., Spore. v VACANCY FOR A FOREST MANACER Monthly salary MSI.OOO/Acoommodatlon provided Nationality ef
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      921 13 SITUATIONS VACANT >0 Words SS (Min.)— Box St tl*. extra COOK AMAH WANTED immedlitely. English speaking, good with i -hlldren. references essential. Call 39 i 3nole Crescent. Raffles Park. Spore Phone Hill VACANCY FOR CORRESPONDENCE I CLERK Monthly salary Ms3oor- Accommodation pruMrtrd Quahlicatpon:Heldor el Senior Cambridge Certificate ana the past
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      863 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 20 Words SJ (Min.)— Box St et*. extra F 30 ACRIS fertile land coconut estate In South Johore Young trees. good yielding, easy transport $9*o/- A per acre. Reply Box A326S B.T. S'porc. n SIRANGOON OAROEN ESTATE two storey shop house facing cinema site. Loan transferable.
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      753 13 TUITION it Ward* Si (Min.)— Bos St et*. extra U LONDON DRIVING tONOOL qualt- fled experienced Instructors/Instructress Complete course $75/- advanced course S3O/- Dourly $3/-. 64. Seleglc Road. Spore. Ring *****. ASIA DRIVING SCHOOL modeni dual-cootrolled car* complete course $73/- rsfresfcsr course $25/- hourly $3/-. 67. Orchard Rc«d, «S'pors)>. Phone
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      895 13 TRAVELS A TOURS It W»r4t U (Min.)— Vox St et*. extra :i YOUR FASTER HOLIDAY VACATIONS SIC MALAYA WITH CTS 2, 7 WOHDIRFUL CxREFRII TOUR DAY a FOR ONLY SIM/- INCLUSIVE p 31ST MARCH— «TH APRIL, INI V LUXURIOUS A COMFORTABLE 2 CAACH BEAUTIFUL A CHARMING GUIDE BOOK NOW! P.O.
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    Early clashes can settle SAFA's senior championship
    659 14  -  TEOH ENG TATT THRILLS PROMISED IN LEAGUES OPENING MATCHES Singapore. Monday very interesting clashes, which will have an important bearing on the first division championship in the SAFA league this season, have been listed for play at Jalan Besar Stadium this month. Top
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    Robinson faces suspension for ring row
    251 14 Robinson faces suspension for ring row LAS VEGAS. Mon. r rHK Nevada State Athletic Commission considers some disciplinary action against Sugar Ray Robinson at a meeting today because of his conduct preceding Saturday night's losing fight with NBA middleweight champion Gene Fullmer, Commissioner John Gammick announced. The commission could fine
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    Kelantan CRC officials
    52 14 ALOR STAR, Mon— Mr. Lnn Pee Hung was re-elected president of the Kedah Chinese Recreation Club en Siiuircl.iv Mam Khoo Beng Chye, Chong Boon Pheow. Kong Hai Chong and Khoo Qon Jin were elected vicepresidents. Mr. Chan Beng Soon is hon. secretary and Mr. 00l Eng Hong
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    Floyd tipped to beat Ingemar again
    215 14 Floyd tipped to beat Ingemar again MIAMI BEACH (Florida). Mon.— Floyd Patterson remains a firm favourite to beat Sweden's Ingemar Johansson In their world heavyweight title fight here on March 13. Odds quoted here today ranged from 3-1 to 4-1 on the world champion. Advance ticket sales for the tight
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    70 14 West German title to Sonneville BONN. Mon.— Ferry Sonneville. of Indonesia, retained the men's singles title In the West German open badminton championships which ended here today. In the final, he beat Lee Kin Tat. of Malaya. 15-9. 15-1. H. T. Findlay and A. D. Jordan, the English internationals, won
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    WORLD RECORD RATIFIED— 20 YEARS LATE
    614 14 WORLD RECORD RATIFIED— 20 YEARS LATE LONDON, Mon. A women's high jump performance of 20 years ago Is recognised as a past world record In the International Amateur Athletic Federation's list of ratified world marks Issued here today. The high jump mark concerned was the 1.66 metres (sft 5-3/8> achieved
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    288 14 NO END YET TO OLYMPIC FINISH CONTROVERSY THE HAGUE, Monday. THE international Swimming Federation (F.1.N.A.) have decided to set up a sub-committee to reexamine the controversial result of the men's 100 metres freestyle event in last years Olympic Games at Rome. This follows a request by the Amateur Athletic Union
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    79 14 TOKYO, Mon.— The Japan Swimming Association today said five Australian swimmers would compete in the national indoor swimming championships here on April 1 and 2. The swimmers were Allan Wood Robert Windole. David Dickson. Helen Bartier and Janice Andrew. Dawn Fraser. who had been
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    Nine-year gap too long
    70 14 PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad. Mon.— Mr. Gerry Gomez, manager of the We.^ Indies touring cricket team, said here today that the We-t Indies Board of Control should ask Australia to shorten the nine-year gap between visits there by the West Indies. Judging from the interest •In
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    AAU plan 18-nation biggest meet ever
    259 15  - AAU plan 1 8-nation biggest meet ever KEN FERNANDEZ By Kuala Lumpur, Mon. JHE FEDERATION of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union's championships this year is expected to be the "greatest show ever" in the history of Malayan athletics. The A.A.U. will invite 17 Asian countries to oarticioate in its two-day meet
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    WEIGHTS FOR IPOH RACES
    477 15 \VI .UIHTS for all eight races at I poll tomorrow. Cl. 2, Oiv. I— s.\f. str. Memo fI.OO Baeqlava 8.13 Forest Duke II 813 1 Hoi Houw 8.13 Big Noise 8.12 Cornelia 8.12 tine and Dandy 8.11 Buster 8.10 Little Richard 8.08 Amaionas 8.08 Mickey Kooney
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    519 15  - Fine and Dandy has the form to win at Ipoh meet i SCRUTINEER By TPOH. Mon.— Fine and 1 Dandy, now trained by Martin, shaped up beautifully on the training track here this morning wnen runners for the second days racing at Ipoh were taken out for their final gallops.
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    R. Omar's post
    24 15 SING^PORE. Mon. S.A.F.A. today decided to make Rahlm Omar Ita assistant coach. He will get an allowance of $100 a month.
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    SPORTS SUMMARY
    200 15 SPORTS SUMMARY CRICKET KRIENDLIES— At Fort Dickson: YMCA. XL beat Pt Dickson RC by 16 runs. YMCA 102 (N. Stvaneethnn 26. S. Ramakrlshnan 19 n.o S. Jahendran 18. Jacdev Singh 6-33. Baljit Singh 2-34) PDRC 86 iJagdev 31. S. Ramakrlshnan 4-26. K. Sivanasft 2-14); At KuanUn: Rest bt Education Depot
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    SABA plan for youths
    112 15 SINGAPORE. Mon— Singapore Amateur Boxing Association tonight decided to form a youth pommittee to encourage more youngsters take up the game and build up the state's future prospects. The suggestion was brought up by Mr. Leslie Long, the BABA secretary, at tts first council meeting The
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    161 15 WORLD'S BUSIEST RACING CENTRE LONDON, .>. 0... A leading British racing journalist who travelled 31.000 miles to surrey the world's racing tracks today reported that he found Hong Kong tne mi»i active sports centre. Clive Graham of the Dally Express said in a report headed "Is Britain an also ran
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    June tourney
    35 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The Indian Recreation Club will stage an Invitation inter-district soccw tournament sometime ln June. Entries should be sent to the I.R.C. secretary. Mr. Oliver Rozarlo. 52 Jalan Maldrum. Johore Bahru
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    Siam's Davis Cup men coming
    164 15 Siam's Davis Cup men coming I SINGAPORE, Mon.—Singapore Lawn Tennis Association has agreed to arrange exhibition matches in Singapore for Thailand's Davis Cup team at the end of the month. The Thai team will meet Ceylon in an Eastern zone match in Ceylon on March 21 and 22 before coming
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    65 15 LONDON. Mon. Tottenham Hotspurs, the hottest favourites for years, meet tough opposition ln either Sheffield Wednesday or Burnley ln the semi-finals of the English Football Association Cup If they overcome Sunderland in the replay on Wednesday. The other semi-final will be between Leicester or Barnsley and
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    S'pore boys for Bangkok if SAFA can find the cash
    518 15 the state. The youth players, hr said, had shown improvement and some of them would develop into state players. The team had played six matches, he said. They won four, drrw one and lost the other. He felt thai the
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    121 15 SAFA TEAM anoi him MALAYA SINGAPORE; Mon. Singapore Amateur Football Association Council tonight agreed to send its Malaya Cup champion team to Ipoh and Penang during the Easter Holidays. The team will play one match in Ipoh and one or two matches in Penang. The team will leave on Marjh
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    League entries
    35 15 TAIPINO. Mon. The Taipina and District football league will start soon for division one and two feams. Bntrles will clow on March 13 and should be sent to Mr. J. E Francis, secretary.
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    SINGAPORE WIN MALAYAN POLO TOURNEY
    212 15 SINGAPORE WIN MALA YAN POLO TOURNEY SINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore retained the Singapore Turf Club Plate when they won the Malayan Polo Associations tournament at Mount Pleasant road f oday. Singapore won by holding off a strong Royal Pahang Polo Club side led by the Sultan. They received half a goal
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    Tanjong Katong are champs
    34 15 SINGAPORE, Mon. Tanjong Katong Secondary School retained the Singapore schools' Katong district table tennis championships when they beat Anglican High School 5-0 ln the district final at Tanjong Katong today.
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    580 15 BURNLEY STYLE IS BEST FOR MALAYANS CMOO 9CMO QUtC |M«»*y« mtlon*) MOMr DOtcM WHITES FROM ENGLAND BURNLEY. Monday. TOURING the six weeks I have beer, in England I have had several opportunities o, ntlng three of the best teams of the moment in the English League— Tottenham. Wolverhampton and Burnley
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    HUNT FOR BLACK HANKY' GANG
    195 16 HUNT FOR BLACK HANKY' GANG SINGAPORE, Mon. j *3 Detectives were tonight on the hunt for a black handkerchief gang terrorising bar waitresses and cabaret j girls in the Geylang I district. Police believe four men i were involved in the holdups, which usually took place in the early hours
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    Man scalded to death
    82 16 SINGAPORE. Mon— A man wus scalded to death after toppling into a cauldron of boiling; bean curd water in Sembawang Road, it was stated at a Coroner's inquiry today. The man. Ong Kwai Soon. 21. died In the General Hospital on Dec. 28 last yeareight days
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    69 16 MADAM KEE AH DAT lire Mr*. i^'rt i'A) ixifjed away acefully on ."ith March. IMI 1.-.ivinc t» r son Dr. Chia Chye Cheng and his famllv and daughter Chla Ah lyng to mourn her loss Kuneral will be on Tundny 7th March. Cortege leaving f'7-17 Bright Hill Cr»»c»nt at
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    43 16 MR. MRS. NC JOENC KIOEN and familr acknowledge with thank* to friend* and relatives for their scroll". wrrathi and kind attendance at the funeral of his late father Nc Kuan Poh of Z<. ficlnp Drlvi-. P por. on the 1 IKB, IMI.
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    88 16 MALACCA, Mon. Prospects of Malacca becoming one of the busiest business centres in Malaya were held out tonight. Mr. Tan Kee Gak, president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here, said this would follow the decision of the Federation Government to develop
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    58 16 SINGAPORE. Mon The Yang di Prrtuan Negara. Inche Yusui bin Ishak. and his wife, Puan Noor Aishah. were guests of Mr. Y. K. I Puri. Indian High CommlsttOMf here, at a Rallies Hotel dinner tonight. Among other guests at Mr. Purls first dinner for the Head of
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    The PAP rejects challenge by Marshall
    685 16 SINGAPORE. Mon 'POLITICAL BUFFOONERY' SAYS COMMITTEE FOR THE HONG LIM BY-ELECTION THE People's Action Party today rejected a challenge by Mr. David Marshall, chairman lof the Workers Party, to the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, to contest the Hong Lim by-election himself against
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    PRAISE FOR REPORT ON STUDENTS OVERSEAS
    476 16 PRAISE FOR REPORT ON STUDENTS OVERSEAS KUALA LUMPUR. Monday DARENTS and teachers and students who have returned from Britain today welcomed the report of the Commission of Inquiry into Malayan student affairs in Britain and Ireland as "most comprehensive and containing concrete recommendations." On almost all points they urged the
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    STORE GETS PLEDGE OF AUSTRALIAN AID FOR INDUSTRY
    224 16 STORE GETS PLEDGE OF AUSTRALIAN AID FOR INDUSTRY SINGAPORE, Monday. AUSTRALIA'S Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, Mr. H. \V. Swartz. today offered Singapore plant and technical staff to assist its industries. I He pledged that Australia, as a highly Industrialised country, would help in every way It could to contribute to
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    52 16 SINGAPORE, Mon. Construction work on the proposed $1.5 million 10-storey building of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to replace the present century-old premises in Hill Street will begin soon. The Chamber's chairman, Mr. Ko Teck Kin, announced this at its annual general meeting held over
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    WORKERS FIX STADIUM STAGE
    40 16 PICTURE shows workers from the Department of Information Sen-ices erecting a stage at the Mrrdeka Stadium. The workers here are making a dome which will be placed j on top of the structure. Straits Times picture.
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    127 16 Industrial drive plans: 'Compare notes' call INCHE KHIH KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Minister of Commerce and Industry. Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari. today stressed that Asian countries should "compare notes" on their industrial development plans. He said this shortly before he left for New Delhi by Thai International to attend
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    189 16 100,000 to watch Koran contests KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. About 100,000 people are expected to attend the four-day Federation sponsored Koran reading competitions a national one and an international contest starting tomorrow. Today, workmen were constructing two stages— one for men and the other for women competitors at the Merdeka Stadium
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    183 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Bank Employees Union has given the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation a week to enter into negotiations for a new agreement for the staff. A union statement tonight said the agreement would be for clerical as well as nonclerical employees of
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    Arsenal is uncovered
    57 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. Polir« yesterday uncovered a gang* land arsenal during a search in tho Tanjong Pagar area. A police party, led by Mr, Cecil Cheng, officer in charge, Cantonese branch, found five spears, one parang, two iron poles and a crowbar hidden in bushes In Chin Tuan
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    367 16 LONDON. Mon.— Stock markets in London today were buoyant for the start of a new account. The revaluation of the German i mark nnd Dutch guilder, which It was thought should improve Bntain's compeauve expoi i. post- > tlon, gave considerable Impetus to already optimistic
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    37 16 LONDON. Mon Spot 24-, d, April 24»id.. May 24-»d.. June 24\d.. April-June 24 7 >d., JulySept 24 l id.. OctDec. 24 'id.. Jan-Mar. 24\d.. c.l.f. Mar. 24', d.. Apr. 24 .d.. May 24*, d. Tone: Steady.
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    25 16 LONDON. Mon.— Buyers £803, sellers ££04. Forward buyers £806 Vi. sellers £807, Settlement £804. Turnover ajn, SO tons, p.m. S tons. Steady but inactive.
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