The Straits Times, 2 May 1961

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    21 1 NATIONAL UftttASY, SINGAPORE, AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 He***** The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, MAY 2. 1961. 15 CENTS.
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    'MOMENT of DECISION'
    3008 1 Do you stand tor or against the PAP: —j SINGAPORE, Mondayi Lee tells the big rally: Choose now THE PRIME MINISTER, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today said that the workers and people of Singapore must decide now whether they stood for or against the People's Action Party.
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    Lock icon A mother's pond death nightmare came true
    100 1 LONDON, .Mon. Six times 1 mother dreamt that tier 21-year-old daughter missing for three veelcs would be found in a pond near her home. Yesteniajr her nightmare came true Mrs. Edith Mason persuaded her husband to have the 14- t-deep pond drained md
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    Lock icon Challenge to duel in Kenya
    105 1 Challenge to duel in Kenya Mon.— Mr. John Keen, secretary it the Kenya African Democratic Union, yesterday challenged Mr Tom Mbova. >ecretary of the Kenya African National Union to a "inel. In an open letter relu.sed to the p ress. Mr. Keen called on Mr Mboya to accept the challenge
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    Lock icon Crisis meeting in Katanga
    188 1 J^LISABETHVILLE. Mon.The Katanga Interior Minister. Mr Godefrold Munungo. called a highlevel conference here today to preserve oublic calm following the Leopoldville Government.- threat to hold President Tshombe a prisoner indefinitely. Heads of the police and administration and representatives of >i* companies attended Mom Europeans here believe
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    Lock icon SPACE-MAN IS GIVEN A TOP SPOT
    303 1 SPACE-MAN IS GIVEN A TOP SPOT MOSCOW, Monday. 7MTAJOR Yuri Gagarin, Russia's first bpace--ITX man, today had a top place in Moscow's Red Square for the gigantic May Day parade in which Russia showed off her rocket might. He stood on the left hana of Mr. Niklta Khrushchev. Russia's Premier,
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    Lock icon AUSTRALIAN AWARDED PEACE PRIZE
    82 1 AUSTRALIAN AWARDED PEACE PRIZE MOSCOW. Mon. —An Australian union leader William Morrow ha.-, been awarded a Lenin Peace Prizt by Russia. Morrow was described in the Tass news agency announcement as an "AustraI Han public leader wh<»t whole life has been dedicated to the Australian Labour movement, a founder of
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    Lock icon Americans are advised to go
    63 1 Americans are advised to go WASHINGTON, toon The United States had advised the 600 American citizens still in Cuba to leave to avoid any further harassment by the Castro regime. State Department officials sad yesterday Letters had oeen sent 10 the Americans last Wednesday and Thursday 'hrough the Swis s
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    Lock icon Fresh bids to end Laotian civil war
    440 1 UNSUCCESSFUL TRY TO CONTACT REBELS I ONDON. Mon.— Both sides in the Laos lighting are putting out peace feelers today as intense diplomatic activity continues in New Delhi. Washington, and other world capitals to end the civil war. Roth the rightwing ;0%--ernment and
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    23 1 NEW YORK. Mon. Clock* were put forward one hour iuring the night as America shifted to daylight saving time todav— Reufer
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    Pickets taken to police station
    150 1 Pickets taken to police station I^UALA LUMPUR. Mon. About 65 men, vomen and children from Kampong Siren picketing outside the Selangor Secretariat were taken to High Street police station tonight. Their demonstration was In prote.st against the restricted residence order imposed on lADdnl Hamid bin Hajl Tuah, who is alleged
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    22 1 ILGIERS. Mon France* Mediterranean Fleet, wnirh been in Algiers sin,?* j Wednesday, sailed lonighi tor lan unknown destination. I Reuter
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    'LIQUIDATE DUTCH' THREAT
    510 2 JAKARTA. Mon Nasution warns on Irian: One incident there might cause an open conflict INDONESIA threatened to liquidate the Dutch in West Irian yesterday and warned that "one incident there might cause open war." The Defence Minister. Gen. Abdul Haris Nasution, said this on returning from a
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    Now a Moscow paper accuses Dulles of 'a hand in Algeria'
    241 2 Now a Moscow paper accuses Dulles of a hand in Algeria' MOSCOW, Monday Moscow newspaper Sovetskaya Rossia said yesterday that there were indications that Mr. Allen Dulles, head of American intelligence, had a hand in the latest events in Algeria, the Russian news agency Tass reported. The newspaper said "The
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    Lock icon SCRAP THE COLOURED COMMONWEALTH CALL
    87 2 LONDON. Mon. Lorryloads of police stood by as the British National Party an extreme right-wing group held its first May Day rally in Trafalgar Square yesterday, under leaden skies and a banner proclaiming "Scrap the coloured Commonwealth." Some 1.500 people, whose numbers were soon reduced
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    Lock icon Police shoot 2 Africans
    51 2 CAPETOWN, Mon. Two 1 Africans were killed when police opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators who were stoning them at Warmbaths. Transvaal, yesterday. The Africans were demonstrating against the reappointment of Mr. M. W. van Cooler as manager of the non-European Affairs Department for Warmbaths.
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    As U.S. prepares space shot, Russia talks of the way to the stars
    259 2 MOSCOW. Mon.— On the eve of the United States' first attempt to put a man into space, a Soviet scientist hinted that Russian astronauts have been training to rocket around the moon. Mr. Bobrov, research director of
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    Lock icon THE CARDINAL HITS BACK
    193 2 WARSAW, Monday. /CARDINAL Stefan Wyszynski, the Polish Catholic primate, has told Poles that "priests have demonstrated that they can shed their blood, and are prepared to do so if necessary." He was speaking only a few hours after Mr. Wladyslaw Gomulka. the Communist Party leader, had
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    Lock icon Broken hearts cry here
    59 2 BIRMINGHAM, Mon. The Anglican vicar of a residential area here has introduced a "broken hearts" column in his parish magazine. In a parish like mine," the Rev. Alan A. Holt explained, "where 40 of my flock live with people other than their husbands or wives, there
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    Lock icon Algerian shot
    24 2 PARIS. Mon. An Algerian Muslim was killed and two others seriously injured in a shooting Incident with police here last night. Reuter.
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    TAGORE CENTENARY PLAN
    64 2 LONDON. Mon.—Monthlon.i celebrations of the centenary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore. the Indian poel musician, author and plaj wrtght, begin here next week under the patronage of Mr. Harold Macmillan. the Prime Minister. Tagore. born in Calcutta on May 6. 1861. studied in Britair in 1877
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      13 killed as two trains crash
      37 3 ISTANBUL. Mon. Thirteen people were killed when two trains collided at Kartal near here last night. About 50 passengers were Injured., some of them seriously. Three coaches were smashed to matchwood.
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      26 3 MONTREAL: President j Bourgulba of Tunisia, arrived here by air for a State visit. He will leave Canada for Washington on Wednesday to visit President Kennedy.
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      24 3 SAO PAULO (Brazil): Two children were killed and 25 others seriously injured when fire broke out in a theatre here during a matinee show.
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      21 3 AMSTERDAM: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands celebrated her 52nd birthday in the family circle at her Soestdijk palace on I Sunday.
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      35 3 KEY WEST (Florida): Havana Radio reported that, three people had been inlured in a bomb explosion in front of the Havana rail terminus— the first reported bomb incident since the unsuccessful landings a fortnight ago.
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      34 3 CAPETOWN: The GovernorGeneral of South Africa. Mr. Charles Swart, has resigned. The Chief Justice. Mr. Lucas Cornelius Steyn. will act as officer administering the government until South Africa becomes a republic on May 31.
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      17 3 HONG KONG: Communist China has earned US$ll3.--750 from Hong Kong by selling water since lash Dec. 2.
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      12 3 NEW YORK: Irving (Miff) Mole, veteran. jazz trombonist, died here, aged 63.
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    Souvanna meets Nikita at Black Sea resort
    190 3 PRINCE Souvanna Plum ma (right), the neutralist Prime Minister of Laos, meets tin- Soviet Prime Minister. Mr. Nilrita Khrushchev (left) in Sochi, a Black Sea resort, during a State visit to RussiaThe Prince, now back in Laos, has derided to build a new
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    Lock icon SALAZAR'SAIR FORCE STRAFES ANGOLA FREEDOM FIGHTERS
    321 3 LISBON. Mon •JHE Air Force of the Portuguese Dictator Salazar yesterday strafed for an hour 5.980 freedom fighters besieging a colonial outpost in the West African Portuguese colony of Angola. Lusitania, the Portuguese news agency, said one plane kept on diving on the freedom
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    Lock icon Ilyushin: Yuri was first
    85 3 MOSCOW, Mon.— Soviet test pilot Vladmir Ilyushin is now in China and has denied a French report that he made a space flight before Major Yuri Gagarin, Tns* reported today. Col. Ilyushin. .son of the aircraft designer Sergei Ilyushin. said the story had "all been made
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    Lock icon Pakistan, India need £2,500 mil. for development
    197 3 LONDON, Monday. INDIA and .Pakistan will need about £2,500 million over the next five years for development, an economic specialist said here yesterday. The money would have to be obtained "in every possible way and from every possible country— nothing less allinclusive will
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    Lock icon Red Devils in Cyprus, but it's only a practice
    203 3 Red Devils in Cyprus, but it's only a practice NICOSIA, Mon. Eight hundred British paratroops, dropped over Western Cyprus yesterday In Exercise Fabulist, hired mules from villagers to transport their supplies to forward positions In arugged forest. The aim of Fabulist is to try an operational move to an overseas
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    BARBARA TO WALK IN HONOUR OF K
    93 3 BARBARA TO WALK IN HONOUR OF K \l l AMI. Mon.— Dr. Barbara A Moore, 57, arrived here by air yesterday en-route to Key West. Florida, where she will begin a 2.600-mile trek to New England 'in honour of President Kennedy. She stepped jauntily from a plane and talked briefly
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      443 3 RADIO MALAYA I RADIO SINGAPORE (41.7 metres). Short Wave Services 41 metres A M fi 00 Time Slbiial Nerara- MwUuin Wave Services 41 metres A.M.. 6.00 Time Signal Negara- A M fl 0Q Qood Monllng 602 ku: New Headlines; 6.05 Morning Morning Prelude. 7.00 The News; Melodies; 6.50 Keep Fit
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    FOOD FOR ALL TASTES AT STORE BLIND FAIR STALL
    251 4 FOOD FOR ALL TASTES AT STORE BLIND FAIR STALL SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Stall will have everything to satisfy the most discriminating patron at the International Bazaar in the Victoria Memorial Hall on May 6 in aid of the Blind and Handicapped Children. 1 All the delicacies in tyuslim. Indian
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    Finance for culture
    114 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The promotion of art and culture by the Dewan Bahasa dan Kebudayaan Kebangsaan would Include special meetings and lectures by wellknown authorities on particular aspects of art and culture, said the Minister for Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam. in the Legislative Assembly last week. He was
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    Assembly questions on work for seamen
    162 4 SINGAPORE. Mon.— The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, told the Legislative Assembly last week that the Government could not discriminate in the employment of seamen on Singa-pore-registered ships. Replying to a question by Inche Mohamed All bin Al wl Umno
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    AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    276 4 mHE following Is today's X schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar airport. Singapore ARRIVALS BOAC: Prom London, Dusseldorf Beirut, Bahrein. Bombay. Colombo (8A712) 4.40 p.m. Pan- American: Prom Jakarta (PA818) 9.40 a.m. Garnda: Prom Jakarta (GA800) 8 am KLM: Prom Amsterdam, Geneva. Rome. Cairo.
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    New Varsity courses
    274 4 FIVE EXPERTS WILL SET UP DEPARTMENT IN ACCOUNTANCY AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SINGAPORE, Monday. (JANADIAN-BORN Professor Leslie Wong flew into Singapore today to start courses in accountancy and business administration at the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore divisions of the University of Malaya. Prof. Wong, head of the finance
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    Girl is best orator
    70 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Miss Ng Slew Lan, 17, won the first oratorical contest of the Singapore Buddhist Lodge Sunday School, which was held at the school's premises over the weekend. Miss Ng beat nine other boys and girls to win the contest which was held in conjunction
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    Photo display on Saturday
    54 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Yang dl Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, will open the 12th Singapore International salon of photography and the first Singapore International colour slide exhibition at the National Library In Stamford Road, on Saturday at 2 p.m. The exhibition is sponsored by the
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    Prize-giving
    39 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Amoy Canning Corp. (Singapore) Ltd., will hold a prizegiving ceremony of the "Green Spot Colouring Contest" at Its dinner meeting in the New Peking Restaurant. New World Park, on Wednesday, May 3, at 7 p.m.
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    Library lecture
    30 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Prof. R. S. Milne will give a lecture on "Comparative Administration" in the Lecture Hall of the National Library at Stamford Road tomorrow at 5.30 p.m.
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    Rotary talk
    32 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. C Wechsler. the Immediate Past President of the Singapore Rotary Club, will give a talk on "Travels of a Rotarlan" at the club's weekly luncheon on Wednesday.
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    WESAK CELEBRATIONS END
    293 4 SINGAPORE, Mon SINGAPORE'S Buddhists today ended their three day celebrations of Vesak the thriceblessed sacred day with prayers, sermons and religious meetings in temples and schools. The Buddhist flag flew from all Buddhist temples which have been open to worshippers and visitors since Saturday. A mammoth rally
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    Education poser for N. Borneo
    291 4 JESSELTON. Mon I rpHE North Borneo Government is facing an acute problem in providing education for 90,000 children of primary school age. Mr. J. H. Macartney, an official member of the North Borneo Legislative Council, said at its last sitting that the Government had "underestimated"
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      139 4 PUBLIC LECTUK (Lecture about his recent vUtt to Kenya, Hall of National Library): Talk 8.30 p.m. on "Comparative Admlnistra* V.M.C.A.: Mandarin course tlon" by Prof. R.S. Milne. 5.30 by Prof. Huang 8.30 ajn.: P-m. Malay Claas Minister of EducaGETLANG STRAITS CHIN- tlon «yU*bua < beginners) 4 ESE METHODIST CHURCH: P
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    Plan to ease port pile-up
    305 5 RAILWAY WILL HELP IN DIVERT SCHEME KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malayan Railway, the Customs department and Far Eastern Freight Conference have agreed on a scheme to divert ships from Port Swettenham to relieve congestion in the port when necessary. Mr. E. J. C. Gardner, the
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    TRACTOR IS DROPPED TO SITE OF AIRSTRIP
    92 5 TRACTOR IS DROPPED TO SITE OF AIRSTRIP JESSELTON. Mon.— A tractor and a trailer were airdropped recently to the construction site of a new airstrip in a remote area of North Borneo. The air-drop was carried out by a giant R.A.F. Beverley aircraft from Jesselton. It took the pilot an
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    Aussies give a display
    67 5 IPOH. Mon.— Units of the Ist Bn.. the Royal Australian Regiment gave a demonstration here this afternoon of the preparation and use of helicopter landing zones In Jungles The demonstration was for senior ofVcers of Malayan. Thai and Commonwealth army and police, who began a two-day
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    Board member
    25 5 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. Ang Hock Lam has been appointed a member of the board of trustees of the National Theatre for six years.
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    EUROPE can NOW HEAR STORE
    277 5 SINGAPORE, Mon FROM today Radio Singapore may be heard as far overseas as Australia and Europe, if conditions are good, and as clear as a bell by listeners in the Federation, Borneo and Indonesia. The Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, said this tonight when
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    40,000 join Sarawak party
    85 5 40,000 join Sarawak party ITUCHING. Mon.— The Party Negara Sarawak one of three political parties here— has enrolled about 40.000 members since its inception a year ago. The success of the membership drive was told to executive committee members at a meeting to mark the first anniversary of the PNS.
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    Name changed
    26 5 SINGAPORE. Mon. The name of the Singapore Improvement Trust Labour Union has been changed to the Ptiblic Daily-rated Housing and Development Board Workers' Union.
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    Rotary lunch
    32 5 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. C. Wechsler, a former president of the Singapore Rotary Club, will speak on "Travels of a Rotarian" at a club lunch at the Cathay Hotel on Wednesday.
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    2,000 acres of padi land to be under double crop this year
    184 5 KUALA TRENGGANU, Monday V EARLY, 2.000 acres of padi land In Trengganu will be under double cropping this year The Departments of Agriculture, Drainage and Irrigation and information are working closely to get farmer* in this scheme. This
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    Jap skipper tells of night his destroyer rammed Kennedy's torpedo boat
    275 5 Jap skipper tells of night his destroyer rammed Kennedy's torpedo boat 'IT WAS BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS SO WE NEVER EXPECTED ANY SURVIVORS' SINGAPORE, Monday. r JTHE wartime navigator of a Japanese destroyer which rammed an American torpedo-boat today reminisced about the incident which has become famous in the past few
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    Driver's body in well
    50 5 PENANG. Mon.— A car driver, N. Supprasoom, 46, was found dead in a 100-year-old well at the "Gcddess of Mercy" temple In Pitt Btreet this morning. Supprasoom is believed to have fallen into the 15ft. deep well between midnight and the early hours of the morning.
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    All about petting...
    136 5 All about petting Her World out tomorrow ALL about petting is the subject of an outspoken article in the May issue of Her World on sale tomorrow. In the series, "Secrets of Your Body," a famous doctor discusses the problems that face boys and girls In the first love affair
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    Lock icon REBEL GENERALS: NOW A FULL-SCALE HUNT ON
    521 6 An extra page of foreign news ALGIERS. Mon SECURITY precautions were heavily reinforced here last night as a full-scale hunt was set in motion for fugitive leaders of the military putsch a week ago. Gendarmes ringed the exclusive St. Georges Hotel on the
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    Lock icon Dockers defy a Red leader
    251 6 I LONDON. Mon. I \IORE THAN 2,000 of the 13.000 men on strike in the London docks yesterday accepted a recom-j mendation for a return to work provided operations at the wharf where the dispute began were suspended pending an inquiry When the call was
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    Lock icon A progress review of Casablanca charter
    94 6 A progress review of Casablanca charter CAIRO, Mon Representatives of five African states and the Algerian nationalists met here last night to discuss progress made in implementing the African charter agreed on at the Casablanca conference in January. Foreign Ministers of Mali, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, and the United Arab Republic
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    Lock icon New charge brought in kidnap case
    173 6 SYDNEY. Monday. OYDNEY police today preferred a fresh charge against a 43-year-old photographer of allegedly demanding £A 25.000 (about $170,000) with menaces from the father of eight-year-old Sydney schoolboy Graeme Thorne, who was kidnapped and murdered last year. The man. Alfred Vercoe, of I
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    The McCann —miracle—
    190 6 ]y|AXILA, Mon— Robert E. McCann, released last month from Communist Chinese imprisonment with massive cancer, coni tinued today to hang onto his life in a fight described as miraculous. The 60-year-old American businessman was flown to the Clark U.S. air force base hospital in the Philippines from
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    Lock icon CARDONA LV WASHINGTON
    32 6 WASHINGTON. Monday. f)R. JOSE MIRO CARDONA. leader of the Cuban Revolutionary Council, which guided the recent invasion in Cuba, has arrived here for a meeting with U.S. officials. Reuter.
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    43 6 HONG KONG, Mon. Mr. Alvln Hamilton, the Canadian Minister of Agriculture, left by air yesterday on his way home after discussions with Peking Government trading concerns In Hong Kong over a sale of Canadian wheat to Communist China.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Menzies explains vote at UN
    240 6 Menzies explains vote at UN SYDNEY. Mon.— Mr. R. G. Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, said last night that Australia supported the recent United Nations motion condemning South Africa's apartheid policy because it did not want to be misrepresented throughout Asia. He said Britain's decision to vote for the motion
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    24 6 LIMA. Moi:. President Manuel Prado of Peru Is due to arrive In Tokyo on May 10 for his visit to Japan. Reuter.
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    SAMSON JURY DISMISSED AFTER MEMBjER FINED
    1388 7 PENANG, Monday He talked to two in a bar, said: 'He's guilty as he11... Marshall's lost this case, boy' r PHE judge in the Samson murder trial fined a juryman $500 for contempt of court and dismissed the jury and ordered a fresh trial
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    Even MEN collect maternity benefits
    95 7 Even MEN collect maternity benefits J^LALA LUMPUR. Mon A factory, manufacturing; insulation and acoustics materials in Johore Bahru pays maternity allowance not only to women workers but also to new fathers. This was disclosed today In a Ministry of Labour report. The report did not say how many of the
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    Ship firms open in Malacca
    103 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Three shipping agencies her- 1 have set up tlanchec in Malacca because more shins are now callinß at the port there. Ministry oi Labour report today said that the tonnagr oi cargo handled at Malacca increased by about 40 per ceni in
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    Judo display
    32 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Members of the Singapore Judo Club, led by Mr. S Siato. chier instructor gave a display today at the inauguration of the Johore English College Judo Society.
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    Rotary speaker
    37 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.Mr. H. Whittaker. chief of the International Labour Organisation Productivity Mission, I will speak on "Productivity in Malaya" at the Kuala I Lumpur Rotary Club weekly luncheon at Le Cog dOr on Wednesday.
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    SEREMBAN LAWYER WEDS A DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER
    54 7 Mr. -Edgar Joseph Jr.. Seremban lawyer, and his bride. Carol Anne Ibrahim, daughter of Dr. and Mrs S. 1. M. Ibrahim, of Singapore. They were married at the Church of the Visitation. Seremban The groom is the son of Mrs. Charlotte Joseph and the
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    Exhibition for technical training week
    238 7 Exhibition for technical training week KUALA. LUMPUR, Monday. fHE Commonwealth Technical Training Week Exhibition, will be held at a former military camp near the Kuala Lumpur airport from May 18 to 24. The Minister ot Labour, Inche Bahaman bin Sham suddln, said today the Federation Government would spend about $50,000
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    MCA branch inaugurated
    56 7 TAPAH. Mon. The Batang Padang branch of the Malayan Chinese Association's youth section was inaugurated here yesterday evening in a ceremony on the town padang, during heavy rain. About 50 members, including girls, attended the ceremony at which Mr. Yap Yin Fah. secretary of the Perak MCA.
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    Woman is held in opium case
    46 7 PENANG. Mon.— A woman. Yeap Ah Nya. 31. was today charged with possess) opium and smoking utensils j at. the Aik Seng Bazaar in i Chulia Street yesterday evening The magistrate ordered her to be remanded in prison until tomorrow.
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    86 8 NoiWi $10 I Minimum) CHARLIE KMO LIAN CHENC 11 t.:.«sM away paoccfully .->t his r^siden^ r .1 -scnnrti Ro«d l..ivinc behind his r»- loved »if-- -i sen. Kok bag. Kok Han Kok V.ou. son-inlnw Tan K<n» many |iaa4< lilldlta Kunenil tn p m MAOAM BEATRICE VAU IWII CHAN mitt
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    59 8 Wnrdt sfO (Minimum) MR AND MRS B. KUMARAN I M for wreath*. attendance and messagea <.r condoK-nr* at in» runeral of their .Iter Vimala MRS. W. S. PERERA and (amtly thank all relative), frienda and ataff^ ■I Klret Class Ward G H. tor their i- nd condolences «-renths md
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      Return To Crisis
      734 8 The three-power Laos truce commission has sent a unanimous report to the British and Russian Governments, co- (chairmen of the 1954 Geneva I conference, and is ready to move into Laos. But the commission still has no truce to supervise. If the speculation in Delhi is correct,
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      Technical Aid
      313 8 In the next two or three weeks the British Government will sign agreements with the governments of dependent territories that would help them to retain administrators and technical experts from overseas until sufficient numbers of local civil servants are ready to take over. Altogether thirtythree territories will benefit.
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      Pumps And Padi
      260 8 About half a million acres of land, mostly for padi cultivation, are covered by the irrigation and drainage schemes which are in the current development estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture. Not all the schemes are new, and not all of them will be completed in the
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    A TESTING-TIME FOR TANGANYIKA
    1307 8  - A TESTING-TIME FOR TANGANYIKA CLYDE SANGER BY Its greatest asset is the humility of its Chief Minister, Mr. Nyerere THE tumult and the s h o v t i ng have died at Dar-es-Salaam and Mr. Macleod and his journalists have d€«part c d. leaving Tanganyika to its future. There
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      195 8 PAY CUTS: A PITY TO REJECT OFFER BY GOVT. IT is a pity that the Amal--1 gamated Union of Public Employees has rejected the Government's latest offer for partial restoration of variable allowances This is the time when all sections of the State, both employers including the Government and employees
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      VARSIIY ENTRY IN BRITAIN
      270 8 REFERENCE the report on students' weliare (S.T. April 26 1 I quote extracts from a letter I have received from the principal of Concord College, Tunbridge Wells. England. The letter is dated March 29 and says: "With reference to Leong's admission to a university I am
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      IDENTITY CARD PROCEDURE
      146 8 'THE procedure for obtaining new identity cards requires three separate visits one for appointment, one to produce decuments and the third and final for thumb prints or signature. To a working man this involves the loss of three days' wages plus expenses for each visit. The Kampar
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      110 8 MAY I express my indignation at this cruel practice of setting Jerats. As chairman of the wild life subcommittee of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. I have very often been Into the jungle in various parts of this country and have personally
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      67 8 I AM sure the post office has an obligation to deliver telegrams to the place they are addressed to. A telegram addressed to my home was in some mysterious way delivered to my place of work, and as I am a casual labourer it was not until the
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    1048 9 Says that PPP leader "obtains service' of others to defend thugs SENATE IS TOLD OF TROUBLE AT ELECTION KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MR. Yeoh Kian Teik (Alliance) today in the Senate replied to allegations made in the House of Representatives a few days ago by the Peoples
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    Condition of shot police woman improves
    137 9 Condition of shot police woman improves SINGAPORE, Mon. Policewoman Helen Thar o b i Fran- l'O, who was rush- ed to hospital with three gun shot wounds from a lover's lane at Hume Heights on Saturday morninji. has improved Visitors were today allowed to see her aiter she had been
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    Dog owner fined
    79 9 JOHORh. BAHRU. Mon A man. wl.o c dog bit a post- DUUI at Jalan XvtU at 12.30; pin on Dec 1" la.->t. was fined $50 in the magistrate* court here today. ChvX. Joo Kee. nl til" a :r >ey Deoartment. EndJ... Cio pleaded guilty to letting nis
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    Stone laying
    35 9 KUALA T.UMPUR. Mon. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will lay tne foundation stone of the new maternity block ot the General Hospital at Circular Road here on Muv 12 at 5 p.m
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    NANCY HAS FULFILLED AMBITION
    96 9 NANCY HAS FULFILLED AMBITION ITIALA LI'MPUR, Mon. Miss Nancy Tan. who has fulfilled her life-long ambition of touring the world returned here from Australia to sre her aging mother recently. "I have achieved my ambition by training myself to be an Eastern dancer said Miss Tan. who is better known
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    Fined for trespass
    61 9 SINGAPORE, Mon— Lee Ah Lum. 34. unemployed, was today fined $200 or >lx weeks* Jail for criminal trespass with Intention to commit theft. The emergency court magistrate. Mr. Donald Yeo Hock Chwee. was told that a police constable saw Lee and two other men lifting a rolled
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    The right number
    42 9 K^JALA LUMPUR, Mon. The government today Issued a statement correcting thp ticket number which won one of the seventh prizes of $3,000 in the Social and Welfare Services Lottery drawn yesterday. The winning ticket Is *****88 and not *****88.
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    Thais tell of precautions to bar Hari Raya incidents
    278 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE police in Changwad Pattani, In southern Thailand took extra precautions last Harl Raya to forestall the possibility of disorders Involving local Muslims according to the Thai Embassy here. A statement from the Changwad Pattanl authorities, issued by
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    'POLITICAL SACK' CHARGE DENIED
    167 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. 4 N Alliance senator denied today that politics was behind the dismissal of a Language and Literature Agency employee, who was a member of the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party. Engku Muhheln A. Kadir was replying to charges in the Senate by Inche Amalluddin bin
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    LIFT CEILING ON BANK LOANS, URGES SENATOR
    429 9 LIFT CEILING ON BANK LOANS, URGES SENATOR KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A N ALLIANCE senator, Mr. T. H. Tan, today asked the Government to reconsider or remove the restriction imposed on banks limiting to 60 per cent the use of deposits for loans. Speaking in the Senate to- 1 [day, he
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    Plea for more racecourses to attract the tourists
    144 9 Plea for more racecourses to attract the tourists ITI ALA LUMPI'R, Mon.— A suggestion that there should be more race courses in Malaya was made in the Senate today by Dato Sir dough Thuraisingham. He suggested Johure Bahru and Cameron Highlands as .suitable sites. Sir Clough was talking about tourism.
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    Pilot is hurt in Seato 'games'
    245 9 Pilot is hurt in Seato 'games' SINGAPORE, Mon.— A Royal Navy Dilot. Lt. G. C. Edwards, was seriously injured when he> was forced to ditch his Scimitar Jet while taking part in operations connected with "Pony Express," the Seato exercises now going on off North Borneo. Lt. Edwards was picked
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      363 10 If so, you can soon buy fabrics made of paper too \yOMKN ha v c never had it 80 good.. ..Every imaginable article is bein manufactured with an idea lo woo the fairer se\. There is no denying mat we fall for
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      216 10 TWOFOLD PURPOSE ARTICLES FOR HOME THE trend is towards tall, elegant and practical, and if possible, doublepurpose articles for decorating the home. Crystal tops the list tor beauty and utility, and stainless steel is popular because it needs no polishing, according to Mrs. M. Kunz. who manages a little newly-opened
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      A man's point of view on beauty aids
      213 10 A man' s point of view on beauty aids ASIAN girls bought more beauty aids than their counterparts in Britain, said Mr. F.P. O'Hagan, ex- port sales manager of Yardley and Co.. Ltd.. London, who is in Singapore on a business visit. He added that he found the average working
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      262 10 Straits Times Crossword HbT bH^ 5 b^bsP HP" bHF bHP Hi ACROSS copyright plo' (10). 8. Palmer of country bouib- 7. Sound statement i6>. sayer (8). 13. is the child of 9. Game Edward spoiled (6). Thought.'- (Disraeli) (10). 10. Employer's strange ruse (4). 16. Is learnt oifferenily Inside 11.
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    1430 11 Straits Times Special Feature MILITARY SIDESHOW BECAME EPIC OF AUSSIE COURAGE fighting in grim battle for Syria ON the morning oi June J, 1941, a little boat crammed with Australian soldiers bobbed across the swiftly Rowing Litani River, on the Syrian coast north oi 'lyre. Machine gun bullets and mor
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      303 11 Buys Bunny By Balph Hvimdahl fpT CERTAINjLY V AM? YOO YOU WAsJTYOUR^Bi XDO >A HAVE A/NN^fV i\4 IS A L-LOVELV/ THEM'S I SANPWICH ON WHITE ANY>?yF' WSI < vvN^-^\ l > xl bSPOT!^^ A/OBOPV OR WHOLE WHEAT '_~AYA I^/ mR WTT^V 1 Li m i Abnvr By At Yapp Park
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      Fuji to set up a steel plant in Singapore, experts comingj
      338 12  -  James Any By FUJI Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Tokyo, one of the giant steel concerns in Japan, is to set up a plant in Singapore which will be the first project of its kind to be carried out
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      MALAYAN BUSINESS IN SAWS GROWING
      167 12 MALAYAN BUSINESS IN SAWS GROWING 'THE increasing me- chanisation in plantations and the logging industry in Malaya offers good opportunities for expanding sales in chainsaws, said an American businessman during a visit to Singapore last week. Mr. Frank Mclnemey, the export manager of Homelite saW that his company's business locally
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      Car production
      47 12 West Germany produced 200,545 motor vehicles In March compared with 177,699 in February and 193.379 in March 1960. the Society of German Motor Manufacturers stated The March figure Included 162.230 motor cars against 143.500 cars In February. Exports totalled 95.061 units compared with 85.389 units
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      York air-cooler
      20 12 The 1961 model 50-cycle room air-conditioners from the York Division of BorgWarner Corpn. are now available in Singapore.
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      INDIA EXPECTS TO EXPORT RAW PLASTICS
      249 12 INDIA EXPECTS TO EXPORT RAW PLASTICS INDIA will be able to export raw plastic materials 1 in two years' time. Mr. R. N. Desai. chairman of the Plastics and Linoleums Export Promotion Council, said in Singapore. Mr. Desai, leaner of the four-member Indian plastic trade mission which visited Singapore last
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      Promoting trade in office furniture
      58 12 Promoting trade in office furniture MR. FREDERICK KOPPL (above), the export manager of Sankey-Shel-ton Ltd., London, is now on a month's visit to Singapore and the Federation of Malaya studying local market conditions and the possibilities of expanding business. Sankey-Sheldon products Including office furniture, chairs, filing systems, shelves and partitions
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      Bicycle imports
      13 12 Singapore Imported 6.500 bicycles In January against 7.200 units in December.
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      BMC PLANS A MILLION VEHICLES EVERY YEAR
      183 12 BMC PLANS A MILLION VEHICLES EVERY YEAR THE British Motor Corporation announces that plans for expanding output to a million vehicles a year are now progressing. A spokesman said that they were again producing at the rate of 750.000 vehicles a year, the full current capacity of the group's factories,
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      Miyata to send more mopeds
      107 12 Miyata to send more mopeds TpHE Miyata Works, a Japanese bicycle producer, announced it had contracted with the Hagemeyer Company, a Dutch firm to export mopeds to Australia and Singapore, according to a Reuter report. Under the contract. Miyata Is to export 1,200 mopeds a year to Australia, beginning this
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      100,000 people fly SAS
      53 12 ONE hundred thousand passengers have flown by Scandinavian Airlines System 600 m.p.h. DC-8 Jets since they were put into service 11 months ago, said the company. The 100,000 th passenger was carried between Europe and New York. SAS' seven DC-8 Jets have covered six million miles
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      STUDY TOUR IN HOLLAND FOR PHILIPS' DEALERS
      91 12 rpWO senior assistants of the Philips department, William Jacks and Co. (Malaya) Ltd. are now on a month's visit to Eindhoven, Holland studying the latest developments in the electronic field and the sales service aspects of radio and television. They are Mr. Cheong
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      New Japan cycles due on mart soon
      109 12 New Japan cycles due on mart soon T^HE managing pro--1 prietor of Chuan Tat Trading Co., Singapore has left for Japan to arrange for the shipment of the new model of Yamaguchi motor cycles. He is Mr. See Soon Ge«, who will visit the manufacturers, Yamaguchi Motor and Bicycle Manufacturers
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    ESTATE LABOUR COSTS DETERMINED BY RUBBER PRICES
    492 14 'pHE problem presented by falling copra prices and estate labourers' wages which are linked with a high rubber price is referred to by the chairmen of Chersonese (FMS) Estates and Batu Kawan Rubber and Coconut Plantations. Mr. T. B. Barlow, of Chersonese (whose
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    Rubber market: Anticlimax last week
    505 14 AFTER the activity of the past few weeks the current period has been somewhat of an anticlimax report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their weekly review. Fluctuations have lessened and with little or no lead from terminal markets conditions have been generally quiet. A feature, however,
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    AVERAGE PRICES
    21 14 April average prices were: April. 1961 Mar.1961 Robber (per Ib.) 88.10 eta. 85.41 eta. Tin (per picnl) $424.15 $403.48
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    TIN IS DOWN
    39 14 The tin price in Singapore yesterday was $425.12} per picul. down 62} cents on Saturday's price. The estimated offering was 265 tons up five tons. All other markets In Singapore were closed and will re-open today.
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    BUSINESS ON STOCK EXCHANGE
    256 14 BUSINESS ON STOCK EXCHANGE T*HE following Is bnsineai on 1 the Malayan Stock Exchange rrporW by Federation broken yesterday with the number of deals in bracket*. The Singapore trading room was closed Industrials: Metal Box (1,000) $3.10; Steamers 93 cenu Mining*: Aokam (3.000) $4.85, $4.80; Australs (7,500) 23s 3d ON.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    133 14 MELBOURNE, Mon. TNVESTMENT shares maintained a steady trend here today. Patersons gained 9d.to 10s. 3d., but Peters Ice Cream (Vie) eased Sd. to 9s. 5d Base metals were steady and oils were stronger with heavier trading. Assoc. Aust. Oil gained Is. to Bs.. Assoc Freney 8d to 4s.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 14 On the free exchange market In Hong Konf yesierday, the I.S. dollar was quoted al 5.77 Vi for T.T. and 5.75 for caab. Sterling was quoted at 15.98 and one tar! of goW al 261 V
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      178 14 BARBER-FERN VILLE LINES ANNOUNCE THE DIRECT SAILING TO U.S. GULF PORTS (via SUEZ) m.s. MANDEVILLE LOADING AT SINGAPORE Bth. 11th. May FOR MOBILE NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON CHARLESTON SAVANNAH TRANSIT TIME 36 DAYS HARRISONS CROSFIELD (S) LTD. TEL: ***** UNION OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD. I'm iMtMt an Peiaif. liMiu tir Piiaif
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      171 14 NOTICE NOTICE THIS is to inform the public that Mr. Ang Peng Lum has resigned from service us from 30.4.61. He is henceforth not authorised to transact any business on our behalf. HIMALAYA MEDICAL HALL LTD.. Ipoh. What's Happening Back Home? Lrttrn to friend* and rrlati»m now mrrwoi •re only
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      566 14 TENDERS TENDERS from registered P.W.D. Contractors under Head VIII win be received In Tender Box No. S at the office of the Cuief Supplies Officer, Kandang Kerbau, Singapore 8, up to noon of 16tn May 1961 for the SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF MISCELI.WFOTS ARTICLES TO THE CENTRAL SUPPLIES OFFICE OR
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      1042 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT VACANCIES Only candidates with the stipulated qualifications need apply. Applications for permanent appointment must satisfy usual birth and residential qualifications. X SUPERINTENDENT OP GOVERNMENT VESSELS IND LAUNCHES Marine Surveys Department SALARY SCALE: $M0:630:660:690x30A-930/960tf5A-1240 pjn. QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE: huMl hold a First Class Certificate of Competency (Motor) In
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    Chastened Australians ponder dismal start
    798 16 'A PALTRY. LABORIOUS 177 IN 233 MINUTES ...BATSMEN RUSHING TO SUICIDE' un i v« WORCESTER, Monday T* H E Australians last night were a pretty chastened 1 o t after their worst ever opening of a tour against Worcestershire on Saturday. This particular game began
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    Dragoons find winning streak
    205 16 Dragoons find winning streak IPOH, Mon.— Royal Dragoons beat Cheng Wah by two goals to nil in a soccer league div. 1 tie on the Town Padang here today after being held to a scoreless draw until well Into the second half. Dragoons' vital breakthrough came about ten minutes after
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    201 16 \IANILA, Mon. The Sin--1 gapore Royal Yacht club put on an impressive finish today and won the seven-na-tion Far East Regatta in Manila Bay. Singapore's boat 'Pegasus,' a consistent leader since the start of the regatta on Saturday, collected a total of 43 points after
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    COMBINED TEAM DECISION DEFERRED BY INDIA
    72 16 COMBINED TEAM DECISION DEFERRED BY INDIA UOMBAY. Mon. The working committee of the Indian Cricket Board ot Control, at a meeting here today, decided to defer a decision on a Pakistan suggestion that combined Indian and Pakistan teams should be fielded against visiting countries. The committee did decide in favour
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    75 16 The committee also approved preliminary details for the Indian section of M. C.C/s tour of India. Pakistan and Ceylon, starting In October. The touring team will play five Tests in a three-month tour of India, and go on to Pakistan and Ceylon after the fifth Test in Madras
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    GOAL-SCORING GHANI-STYLE
    91 16 'rm. break-through beX 1 ween o p p o s ition backs after feinting a pass .then a hesitant right foot to the ball to fool the goalkeeper rushing up and a left foot tap at the last moment sending the ball past the custodian who dive the
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    54 16 KAMPAR, Mon. Kampar Police and Pel Yuen shared points and six goals in a dlv. 1 league match here today. Kampar Police netted all their goals in the second half through centre-torward Bakar. outside left Tee Diong and inside right Yusof. Pei Yuen's goals *vere
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    49 16 DORTMUND. Mon.—Gerhard Hetz, of West Germany set up a new European re-i-ord for the 800 metres freestyle with a time of 9mln 16.3 sec at the German championships here yesterday. The old record, set by Jozccf Katona of Hungary in July last year, was 9:22.6.— Reuter
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    MALAYAN SOCCER TABLES
    1293 16 Singapore league Positions in the S.A.F.A. League as at April 30. I" > I H W U L F APts S.A.F. Seletar 2 2 0 0 11 2 4 Marines 2 2 0 0 7 4 4 Maxwell 3 1118 7 3 *.A.F. Changi 3 1117 9
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    CEYLON NOT INVITED TO GRAND PRIX THIS YEAR
    254 16 CEYLON NOT INVITED TO GRAND PRIX THIS YEAR OINGAPORE. Sun. Ceylon's motor-cyclists who were highly successful in the motor-cycle Grand Prix last year, will not be represented at the second Johore Coronation Grand Prix to be held on June 24 and 25. Ceylon 1» not among the countries Invited by
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    141 16 Sharin gets his revenge KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Sharin Osman of Singapore avenged his defeat in the Guillemard Cup tennis competition on Saturday when he beat Tan Song Kean in the Chua Choon Leong Cup tennis competition on th«# Lake Club courts this morning Sharin who lost the first set won
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    30 16 TELUK ANSON, Mon.— Dew Recreation Club here will hold its annual general meetIng on May 6 at 6.30 p.m. This will be followed by a dinner and dance.
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    THE CHAMPION WAS A "HAS-BEEN"
    37 17 THE CHAMPION WAS A "HAS-BEEN" Last year Willie Khoo was in line for the Malayan championship. Now he was taking a beating even in his own State. What was wrong? Why was he always off his game?
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    OUTSTA TION SUPPORT SET TOTE RECORD
    378 17  -  EPSOM JEEP Punters gambled $2million at four-day Selangor Meeting By K. Lumpur, Monday DETTING on the totalisator at the four-day April Meeting of the Selan--13 gor Turf Club reached an all-time high, thanks to the remarkable response by racegoers in Singapore and other centres
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    The Iron Men prepare for Rangoon
    521 17 The Iron Men prepare for Rangoon KUALA LUMPUft, Monday. T»HE Malayan Amateur Weightlifting Association A will hold a series of trials to select its team for the South East Asia Peninsular Games at Rangoon in December The Malayan welghtliftlng championships at the Seremban Town Hall on Saturday will serve as
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      21 17 WORLD CUP: Hungary bt Holland 3-0 in Ist leg at Rotterdam; Colombia bt Peru 1-0 in Ist leg at Bogota.
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      11 17 HEAVYWEIGHT (New York): Doug Jones ko Peter Rademacher. 6th rd.
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      23 17 TEXAS OPEN (San Antonk»: 1 Gary Player (SA) 270. 2 Al Balding (Can) 271. 3 Paul Harney (US) 272. over 72 holea.
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      TENNIS
      166 17 DAVIS CUP: European tone Ist rd: New Zealand bt Israel 5-0 ai Tel Aviv <Le\v Gerrard bt Gabriel Dubltzki 6-2. 4-6, 6-0. 0-1; Mark Otway bt Elazar Davidman 6-4. 6-2, 8-7). Monaco led 2-1 •gainst Luxembourg at Roquebrune, Cap Martin (Roland Borghim and Georges Pasquier bt Gaston Wampath and
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    170 17 SOCCER J. BAHRIT LEAGUE DIV. 1: IRC 2 (Thomas. Francis) 1/10 Gurkha PMO 0: Div. 2A: Education 2 (Osman. Ghanh IRC 'A' 0: Win. 2B: Chetak Club 3 <Awang 2. Esa) Customs 0; INTER -POLICE KO: HQ Johore Bahru 6 (All 4. Ibrahim. Saldi Police Field Force 0
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    WEIGHTS FOR PENANG
    492 17 WEIGHTS FOR PENANG 11/ •> TT eight races at Penang Summer Meeting on Sunday. Cl. 4, Div. I— s^f. Our Someo 9.00 Small Change 9.00 Joaleen 9.00 J Huat Chye 9.00 Tant Mien\ 8.13 Eiffel Tower 8.13 Angler's Serenade 8.11 Jungle Orchid B.o* >lori 8.01 Dllruba 8.00 Fire Power 7.13
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    B'worth Rangers join leaders
    162 17 pENANG. Mon. Butterworth Rangers kept their chances alive in the PiF.A. league division 2 when they trounced Darul Alsh r>n F.C. by 7-1 on the Datn Kramat ground here toda\ By this win the Rangers joined the Chinese Recrea- 1 tlon Club at the top of
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    Ten with a chance at Bukit Timah
    235 17 Ten with a chance at Bukit Timah pLASS 2 ana 3 horse* will be racing again at Bukit Timan in tnree weeks time. Here is a short list. On their showing at Kuala Lumpur they should pay to follow at Bukit 'rimah. writes EPSOM lE«iP .•.!>>■ .11. n .i.anvl: A
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    55 17 WORCESTER. Mon.— Th« Australian cricketers gained a first innings lead of 22 when they dismissed Worcestershire for 155 before lunch on the second day of their three-day match here today At lunch, the Australians, who made 177 in their first Innings, were 13 for one
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      220 17 SOC'CEK SPORE LEAGUE Dlv. 1: Chinese Athletic v RAF Changi (Jalan Besar): Dir. 3A: Darul Allah 'A' v Alexandra 'A' (St. Georgr's Road i RTC v Serangoon MY (Geylang); Mt. Emily v Seletar VI (Parrer Pic); Halkowyu v AAA (Parrer Pk). J. BAHRU LEAGUE Div. t: SUrlight v 221 BVD.
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    547 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 'J'HE Federation Court of Appeal today ordered a re-hearing of an action for $39,340 brought by Holiday. Cutler. Bath and Co. Ltd.. against a rubber firm. Lee Yen Kee. on the grounds that the High Courts findings were "Inconclusive"
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    238 18 SINGAPORE. Mon.— The May Day rally, organised hv the Trades Union Congress, at Jalan Besar stadium today passed these five resolutions: "On this day of celebration for all workers, we. the workers of Singapore, send fraternal greetings to all trade unions and workers'
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    167 18 3 RAMPAGE ELEPHANTS KILLED BY GAME RANGER KUANTAN. Mon. Three of the six elephants which devastated 30 acres of rubber smallholdings m the Gambang area. 18 miles from here and caused damage estimated at $50,000, have been killed. The six beasts had been on a destructive rampage for the past
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    65 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Mr. H. J. Sinclair of Charles Bradburne and Co. Ltd. Kuala Lumpur, and Mr Lee Swee Cheng, of Fraser and Co. Singapore, were elected chairman and deputy chairman -espectively of the Malayan 3tock Exchange Association at a meeting here yesterday. A nine-member committee four from
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    26 18 SINGAPORE, Mon. The certificate of registration of the Ford Employees 1 Union has been withdrawn by the Registrar of Trade Unions! upon its dissolution.
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    178 18 KU ANT A N. Mon.— More than 1.000 peo--1 pie surrounded rhe court here today for three hours to catch glimpses of 24 people accused ol attending a secret society initiation ceremony The courthouse was filled to overflowing and the main entrance was evontu ally (Closed.
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    71 18 SINGAPORE. Mon. Th* Singapore Teachers' Union has rejected the Government's latest orfer for partial restoration of variable allowances for civil servants and city council employees. The unions decision was taken during a special weekend delegates' conference at the Raffle.s Institution Hall, where voting was
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    28 18 TAIPING. Mon. Twelve girls have entered for the Shaw Bros, sponsored "lflaa Taiping" contest which will be held at the Lido cinema here on Wednesday.
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