The Straits Times, 27 December 1961

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    18 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 100,000 The Straits Times. He***?* Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1961. 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon W. IRIAN: NEW MOVE
    232 1 Soekarno sets up special 'liberation staff Army to control food supplies JAKARTA, Tues PRESIDENT Soekarno today set up a special military operations staff to advise him on the "liberation" of Dutch-held West Irian. The new group consists of Ma j. -Gen. Ahmad Jani. Deputy Chief of
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    Student prince proclaimed Tengku Besar by father
    181 1 Student prince proclaimed Tengku Besar by father SRI MEXAXTI. Tues. A 14 -year-old schoolboy prince was today proclaimed Tengku Besar of Sri Menanti by his father, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of N>gri Scmbiian. in a simple yet colourful ceremony at the Balai Rons Seri here. Tengku Mukhriz took over the
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    Lock icon The fugitive tree
    60 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. A po' lceman saw a decorated Christmas tree running* away from a smashed store window here and gave chase. He found the legs below che tree belonged to Llnwood Belcher, who said he had gone out to buy gin and knew no'.hlng about any Christmas
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    Lock icon Charity for the Xmas drunks
    61 1 SYDNEY, Tues.— As an act of charity, a local man yesterday bailed more than 60 drunks out of Sydney Jails. At ten shillings per drunk, the good deed cost him more than £30 but those bailed out had to forego a Christmas dinner of roast
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    Crash toll 70
    30 1 ROME. Tue.<. The death toil In the railway disaster in .southern Italy on Friday rose to 70 when one of the injured passenger* died in hospital today.
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    NINE LEAP FROM A BLAZING HOUSE
    388 1 NINE LEAP FROM A BLAZING HOUSE PENANG, Tuesday. A COUPLE and their six children jumped to safety from the first storey windows of the Great Wall Co., a toy and confectionery store in Prangin Road, opposite the Prangin market, at 2 a.m. today as fire raged through the building. The
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    Sardon off to join the King
    88 1 Sardon off to join the King JTUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Minister of Transport. Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir, left by air for Dacca last night to act as the Minis-ter-in-attendance to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agung during their two-wrek state visit of Paicistan which begins on
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    Lightning kills boy on bicycle
    60 1 Lightning kills boy on bicycle SINGAPORE, Tue&. Lightning killed Tan Telk Seng. 10, as he and two brothers— all on one bicycle— were returning to their home in Changi yesterday. He was thrown into a ditch The brothers. Kai Teck, 18. and Ah Tee, 8. were shocked. The children of
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    Colombo Plan man dies
    45 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Philippines Under-Secre-tary of Foreign A Hairs. Mr. Fructuoso B Cabahug. who led his country's delegation to the Colombo Plan conference here last month, died on Christmas Eve. His death was announced lod'iy by the Philippines Emoassy here.
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    Lock icon UAR break up
    32 1 CAIRO. Tue.> The United Arab Republic will withdraw from the Federation ot Arab State which links the U.A.R. with Yemen, the authoritative Cairo newspaper Al Ahram said today. Reuter.
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    Nine escape as prahu capsized by log
    213 1 Nine escape as prahu capsized by log FERRY CLOSED AND BRIDGE FLOODED K"UALA TRENGG ANU, Tues. All eight passengers and the boatman swam ashore after their prahu capsized in the flood swollen Jerteh River, today. The prahu was travelling upstream when it hit a log. The helmsman. Omar bin Abdullah,
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    Nasser's navy 'strongest'
    48 1 CAIRO. Tues. New units at Alexandria have made the United Arab Republic's navy the strongest striking power In the ea.t Mediterranean, the evening newspaper Al Masaa said here. President Nasser, in a speech at Port Said, said the U.A.R. army now had three additional battalions.
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    Lock icon Shots fired at envoy's house
    42 1 VERSAILLES. Tues A carload of gunmen fired at the summer home near here or the Soviet Ambassador. Mr. Ssrgel Vlnogradov. police said last night. A guard who reported the incident said he narrowly escaped the shots Reuter.
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    Hunt for 2 missing ships
    179 1 SINGAPORE. Tu*«. AN R.A.F. Shackleton from Changi patrolled the South China Sea today in search of two missing ships a Panamanian tug and a "mystery" vessel. The Shackleton. with 11 men on board, left here at 1.23 a.m. shortly after the 405-ton tig inglls had
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    ROBBERS RAID CAFE AND GODOWN
    143 1 ROBBERS RAID CAFE AND GODOWN SINGAPORE. Tues. Robbers raided an Orchard Road restaurant and a Chinatown godown early this morning to provide the biggest items of Christmas crime. A gang raided the Rosee DOr. the nightspot above the Lido Cinema, shortly after Christmas festivities had ended. At least four youths
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    Lock icon Fire in car kills three
    49 1 ADELAIDE. Tues. Two girls aged three and a boy aged two from two families were burned to death In a parked car which caught fire yesterday In a suburb. The children were thought to have been playing in the car when It caught flre.Reuter.
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    Lock icon 42 die in bomb blast at party
    80 1 42 die in bomb blast at party BOGOTA (Colombia), Tues.— Twelve soldiers and 30 civilians were killed when a home made bomb exploded as they were leaving a Christmas party in a Colombian barracks. Forty-six soldiers and 78 civilians were injured. The dead included a number of children. The barracks
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    Lock icon 12 killed in explosion
    57 1 SAIGON. Tues. Twelve people were killed and 69 were wounded, many seriously, when more than a ton of TNT and several tons of detonators exploded In Phu Yen province, about 250 miles north-east of Saigon last we*?k. Authoritative sources said investigations had not yrt reveaied whether
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    Lock icon Russian anxiety
    30 1 MOSCOW. Tues. Ru.vin has told Greece of anxiety in the Soviet Union over recent reports of foreign nuclear weapons In Greece, the Soviet news agency Tass reported. Reuter.
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      Lock icon The worst ever drought hits Australia
      278 2 The worst ever drought hits Australia DARWIN. Tues fJENTRAL Australia faces 1962 in the grip of its worst ever drought. The Administrator of the Northern Territory. Mr. Roger Nott. ha.s described it a- catastrophic" and spoke Of :i "mantle of dust shrouding at leal 80,000 square miles The area averages
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      Lock icon NEW YEAR WOULD BE DECISIVE: CHIANG
      146 2 NEW YEAR WOULD BE DECISIVE: CHIANG rpAIPEH. Tues. Pre- sident Chiang Kaishek declared yesterday that 1962 would be a decisive year in which victory or defeat of the Nationalist struggle against Communism would be determined. Pn '.side ut Chiang was speaking to 100 national assemblymen who attended a constitutional forum
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      Lock icon When Gandhi staged a protest fast against his own govt.
      325 2 WASHINGTON, Tuts \f R. NEHRU disclos- ed in a recorded television interview yesterday that Mahatma Gandhi staged a protest fast against the Indian Government i.n 1948 forcing it to pay $300 million to Pakistan. Mr. Nehru gave details of Gandhi's
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      Lock icon Four killed, many hurt during riot at jail
      131 2 Four killed, many hurt during riot at jail DIO DE JANEIRO, m Tues. About 1,300 convicts in Guanabra penitentiary, western Brazil, rioted last night in protest against their food. Four convicts and two soldiers called to help quell the mutiny were killed. Twenty other convicts and soldiers were injured, mostly
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      Abortions down in Poland
      44 2 WARSAW. Tues.-^The number of legal and Illegal abortions in Poland has fallen since the passing of a law legalising abortions in 1957. it was reported today. Nearly 90 per cent of abortions are now carried out la hospitals and clinics
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      Lock icon Wreck found
      20 2 BOGOTA. Tues. Divers working off Cartagena have found the sunken wreck of a 17th centurj British galleon. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Franco in hospital after gun accident
      217 2 Franco in hospital after gun accident MADRID, Tues. ITI General Franco, 69, is in hospital here after injuring his left hand in a gun accident on Christmas Day while shooting wood pigeons on his estate near here. An official announcement said his condition was "completely satisfactory" and he was expected
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      Lock icon Pie-eating killers
      27 2 MELBOURNE. Tues. Bix youths, some munching pies, kicked and battered a middleaged man to death outside an all-night pie stand here yesterday, police said. Reuter.
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      Lock icon WINSTON AND I: BY NEHRU
      90 2 WINSTON AND I: BY NEHRU WASHINGTON. Tues Mr. Nehru said, yesterday that he and Sir Winston Churchill had been "quite friendly" since India's Independence in 1947. "Sir Winston nas told me more or less that he has changed his mind about opposing independence," he said. Answering questions In a television
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      $15,600 mil U.S. AID HIGHEST IN 7 YEARS
      233 2 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. T>HE United States spent $15.6 thousand million on A foreign aid during the 12 months that ended last June 30. the highest in seven years, the Commerce Department said today. But large repayments from foreign countries trimmed the net cost
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  • FOREIGN DESK (2)
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      The Queen commends 'the quiet people' who fight prejudice
      552 3 CHRISTMAS... A WELCOME ESCAPE FROM THE HARSH REALITIES OF LIFE, TENSIONS AND ANXIETIES T ONDON, Tues. Queen Elizabeth in her Christmas Day message televised and broadcast throughout the Commonwealth yesterday said: Every year at this tim-' the whole Chrls-ti-m world celebrates
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      Lock icon Pilgrims flocked to services in the Holy Land
      186 3 Pilgrims flocked to services in the Holy Land JERUSALEM, Tues. Pilgrims and tourists, who came to Bethlehem in record numbers this year, last night began their journeys home. Abjut Christian Arabs returned to Israel after spending 36 hours in the Jordan sector of Jeru>alem. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. Archbishop
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      Lock icon A white Christmas for millions in Europe and America
      662 3 A white Christmas for millions in Europe and America LONDON, Tuesday TT WAS a fairy tale white Christmas in many parts of the world. In Sweden country families drove to church In open sleighs, youngsters were out skating in Holland and much of the United States was a picture-book scene
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      Lock icon PRINCESS ALEXANDRA 25 ON XMAS DAY
      54 3 PRINCESS ALEXANDRA 25 ON XMAS DAY LONDON. Tues. Two royal birthdays were celebrated at Samlringham on Christmas Day. Pr i ncess Alexandra (above), who recently returned from a trip to the Far and Middle East, was 25 yesterday, and the Duchess of G 1 ou c c ster, the Queen's
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      Lock icon 28 plunge into icy lake for annual race
      110 3 f ONDON, Tues. The annual Christmas Day 100-yard-race to Hyde Park's Serpentine Lake took place yesterday in spite of an icy water temperature of 33 degrees Fahrenheit. Twenty-eight hardy members of the Serpentine Swimmers Club, the oldest of them 79. took the
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      Fire kills 3
      19 3 ADELAIDE. Tues. Three children were burnt to death in a car which caugl-t fire here yesterday.
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      Lock icon PRINCE WALKS OUT OF CHURCH, ILL
      155 3 LONDON, Tuesday. THE PRINCE of Wales and his aunt, the Duchess A of Kent, walked out of church during regular Christmas Day service at Sandringham parish church yesterday and a palace spokesman later said they were both unwell. The Prince, 13, and the Duchess
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      Lock icon Boiled to death in his bath
      50 3 TOKYO. Tues.— A 60-year-old Japanese was found in a bathtub, apparently boileti to death, on Christmas Eve. Police believed the man was taking a bath while under the Influence of liquor and fell asleep in the tutt with the gas burner left on. U.P.I.
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      Visa clamp
      25 3 CAIRO. Tues.— French people living in the United Arab Republic will not have their residence vi.sas renewed, the newspaper Al Akhbar said today.
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    Montfort School silver jubilee
    60 4 BINOAPORE. Tues. The Montfort School here will hold a silver jubilee variety concert at its school hall in aid of Holy Innocents' English Bchool Building Fund tomorrow. A Chinese dinner will also be held at the School premises on Friday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of
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    'Fishes and Us'
    31 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Curator of the Van Kleef Aquarium, Mr. A. FraserBrunner. will speak on "Fishes and Us" at the Rotary Club luncheon in the Cathay Hotel tomorrow.
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    Staff of two firms fail to turn up for work
    381 4 BOXING DAY A HOLIDAY? SINGAPORE. Tues. gO ME 300 striking employees of William Jacks and Guthries today did not turn up for work, although the managements had kept the doors of their offices and workshops open throughout the morning to
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    XMAS SEASON WEDDINGS
    230 4 MR. RODERICK PESTANA. a member of the Straits Times editorial staff in Singapore, and bis bride. Miss Caroline Fung, a teacher, who were married at the Church of St. Bernadette on Christmas Day. Mr. Pestana is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pestana, of
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    Bursaries for the dedicated
    328 4 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. T*HE Singapore Government has called on A "dedicated" people in the State to Join in an official plan to give a new deal to prisoners and ex-prisoners. The appeal made by the Home Ministry, followed an announcement that the Government was offering an undisclosed
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    Windfall for 150 Hume employees
    68 4 Windfall for 150 Hume employees OINOAPORE, Tues. About 150 employees of Hume Industries (Far East) Ltd. in Bukit Timah Road are in for a windfall in the coming New Year. They are to get wage increments ranging from $35 to $15, and to be backdated to July 1 this year.
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    Other benefits
    54 4 Mr. Dominic Puthucheary, the unions vice-president, said that other benefits which the employees would also receive include bonus, gratuities, free medical treatment, maternity and annual leave. The "Secretary of the firm, Mr. W. A. Mair, confirmed that an agreement had been reached with the union and added it
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    9 on drunk charge
    83 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Nine men were brought before the Ninth Magistrate's Court today for being drunk on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. R. Tiruvetam and Ramiah Muthu. who each had a previous conviction, were each fined $7. Six others, who pleaded guilty, were each fined $5. Francis
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    New Labour commissioner
    47 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Government has transferred the Commissioner of Labour, Mr. Kok Ah Loy. to the post of Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. He has been succeeded by Mr. Pang Tee Pow, Deputy I Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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    Regional broadcasts in '63
    448 5 COMMERCIAL SERVICE (60p.c. OF RADIO MALAYA'S AIR TIME) STARTS ON MONDAY KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. J^.ADIO Malaya is to introduce regiona broadcasts in 1963, the Director of Broad casting, Inche Dol Ramli, announced hen today. The broadcasts would be directed from Penang Kota Bharu and Malacca he
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    CALL BY U.S. STUDENT LEADER
    140 5 SINGAPORE. Tues AN American student leader. Mr. John Cooley. 22, today urged youths in Malaya to play an active part in the country's political, social and cultural life. Mr. Cooley, a psychology undergraduate of Davidson College, North Carolina, observed that the present Malayan society was
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    Soldier and teacher are wed
    61 5 LIEUT. HASHIM bin Mohamed AH and his bride, Che Rohaini binte Ismail, at their bersanding ceremony held in the bride's home in Kampong Bahru. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. Lteut. Hashim is with the 4th Bn., the Royal Malay Regiment, at Mentakab. Che Rohaini is on
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    Selangor DPP transferred
    42 5 KUANTAN. Tues. Sheik Abdul Rahman. Deputy Public Prosecutor in Selangor, has been transferred to Kuantan as the State Legal Adviser and Deputy Public Prosecutor. He succeeds Raja Azlan Shah, who has been appointed State Legal Adviser in Johore Bahru.
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    The 'Good Samaritans' of RAF Changi
    111 5 The 'Good Samaritans' of RAF Changi CINGAPORE. Tues. The RAF rescue co-ordina-tion centre at Changl here received an average of 40 distress calls a month this year. In the first two weeks of this month, they have already dealt with 25 calls, the latest issue of the Far East Air
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    Boy, 4, killed by pellet
    49 5 IPOH. Tues.- Abdul Karim bin Non Chik, four, «m killed by a shotgun pellet in his house in Kampong Kepayang, sl.\ miles south of here this morning. He was wounded in the jaw when the shotgun fell on the ground and went off accidentally.
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    Pineapple clerk is found strangled in bed
    148 5 Pineapple clerk is found strangled in bed fOHORE BAHRU, Tues. J Police are investigating the death of a clerk, Mr. Tan Vow Chong, 48. who was found strangled in his bed on Christmas Day. Mr. Tan was an accountant with the United Malayan Pineapple Co. Ltd. at the 7th mllotone.
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    Thrift meeting
    26 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tups. The Railway Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd., will hold it.s half-yearly general meeting at the Hotel Majestic here on Thursday.
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    SARAWAK TYPISTS AMONG SIX FOR STUDIES OVERSEAS
    165 5 KUCHING, Tues TWO typists are among six men and women in Sarawak who have been awarded scholarships for highei studies in Australia and Britain. Three going to Australia under the Colombo Plan are Mr. Anthony Ho Thai Fah. probationary technical assistant in the
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    Ex-brigade workers willing to rejoin if...
    107 6 Ex-brigade workers willing to rejoin if... SINGAPORE. Tues. Some 400 ex-Work Brigade members, who were recently evicted from their camps for disobedience. have indicated their willingness to go bacx to work under one condition that they be allowed to form a union. The eviction of the brigade members took place
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    $4.9m. FOR RAILWAY SCHEMES IN 1962
    201 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malayan Railway is to spend $4.9 million on development projects next year, Dato Ahmad bin Perang. general manager, announced today. He said the programme would help the railway keep pace with the country's economic and industrial expansion. The money is the
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    Socialists form a shadow cabinet
    169 6 PENANG, Tuesday. SOCIALIST Front has formed a "shadov cabinet" in anticipation of victory in th< 1964 general election. inche Ahmad Boestamam president cf Party Rakyat. tolrt the Straits Times this yesterday after the party's two-day national conference here. "With growing support I feel it would
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    Court president for Alor Star
    46 6 KUANTAN, Tues The president of the Sessions Court In Kuantan, Inche Mo* named Azmi bin Da to Hall Kamaruddln. will go on transfer to Alor Star on Jan. 2. Inche Mohamed Arlff bin Osman from Taiping will take his place here.
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    His new post
    39 6 SUNGEI PATANI. Tues.— Mr. Kum 800. who was Kedah Chief Education Officer until last month, has assumed the new post of assistant Director of Teachers' Training (Post Primary) at the Ministry of Education In Kuala Lumpur.
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    FINES FOR XMAS DRUNKS
    80 6 QINGAPORE, Tues.— Three people, including a dumb yotUh, pleaded guilty In 3" emergency court here yesterday to charges of beinp drunk and disorderly in public over the Christmas seasonTwo men. Rocky Fernandez and Tan Peng Sect, were each fined $10. Fernandez committed the offence at the
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    IHAADYAI1HAADYAI PHONE LINK WITH MALAYA
    123 6 IHAADYAI1 HAADYAI PHONE LINK WITH MALAYA ITUALA LUMPUR. Tues. —A telephone service will bf started betweeu Malaya and Haadyai, Southern Thailand, in the Nev/ Year. At present the only teleI phone link with Thailand is with Bangkok. The new service will cost the Malayan Government $200,000. It will I 1
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    Speedster fined
    42 6 SINGAPORE. Tues.— H. S. Larkin. of Leedon Road, who pleaded guilty to a summons charge of speeding hlodk Nlcoll Highway at 48 to 50 miles an hour on Sept. 7 vas fined $30 In the traffic magistrate's court here today.
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    A $40 lesson
    27 6 SINGAPORE. Tues.— Koh Ah Kow was fined $40 liere today for falling to display "L" plates on his scooter while holding a provisional licence.
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Cricket's cavalier Compton started career by selling score cards
    706 7 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Cricket's cavalier Compton started career by selling score cards AT Lords, headquarters of cricket in 1934, a 16-year-old boy on the groundstaff sold score-cards to earn pocket money during a Cricket Test match between Australia and England. He collected £14-6-1 although his eyes were on the
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    KNEE INJURY MADE HIM OLD CROCK' 5 YEARS TOO EARLY
    563 7 KNEE INJURY MADE HIM OLD CROCK' 5 YEARS TOO EARLY One teacher was so annoyed at his continued exam failures that he predicted he had better prepare to earn his living at sport for there was nothing else he was any good at. "I've already decided to do that.' piped
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    DEATHS
    133 8 M 11,,,Jj Sit (Minimum CHRKE: K C. Khrke. formerly of IM I'olice and Utterly of Chart'-* Kr.wlburne and Company died pe;i<e- Lilly In Kuala Lumpur on Cbriatmu* .lav mornlDK aged 4K. Funeral 4 p m 1 htirsday Dot, ML Cheras Road OJ mttory. THE FUNERAL OF dM Khoo Ho.k
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    87 8 M Hord* SlO Minimum) THE FAMILY OF th* Lan- Mrs. K I. t'llhiy thank all friends and reJatt*** lor thoir kind help. Con-Jul.-nci i, attcndiince at funrral. T. KRISHNASAMY and Subiaiii.miam, Meralng, thank all relation* And friends who attended and helped *t th» funeral of fheir mother Maira Suppamah.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    35 8 M Horit 11$ (Minimum, FEDERAL PUBLICATION! LTD. Im.te all Teachers and book addma to hro«»e In their snow rooms at Times (Or Valley Road. Singapore »nd at Rob*oa Houso 111 Pudu Road. Kuala Lumpur.
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    The Straits Times. Wednesday, December 27.1961 The Congo Mess
    606 8 The Straits Times. Wednesday, December 27. 1961 The Congo Mess The cease-tire in Elisabethville and the agreement which the Congo's Prime Minister reached with Mr. Tshombe both look now like false dawns. But as long as the cease-fire is not broken by more than desultory exchanges there remains hope that
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    Oil Palm Scheme
    447 8 As long ago as 1959 the Sultan of Trengganu, delivering his (then P.M.1.P.) Government's policy speech, promised that a 20.000- a cie oil palm scheme would be started at Jerangau. Like the Kula scheme in Johore. which had just been started and is still the only one
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    Parents' Choice
    233 8 In a mntter ol dnys, Chinese secondary schools in the Federation must decide whether or not to convert to nationaltype status. Over the last six months, an encouragingly large number have chosen to accept the Government's offer, the latest of them being the Chung Hwa High School in
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    HUSH-HUSH MOVES TO END ALGERIA WAR
    1003 8 HUSH-HUSH MOVES TO END ALGERIA WAR THOUGH ANARCHY IS ON INCREASE. CEASE-FIRE IS ANTICIPATED EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR THE increasing anarchy and unrestrained lawlessness in Algeria, strikingly reminiscent of Palestine in 1946 during the last weeks of the British mandate, tend to obscure the fact that negotiations, or at
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      A NUISANCE, A MENACE TO PUBLIC HEALTH
      157 8 <COME SO lorry owners have been prosecuted for having vehicles emitting excessive Miioko during the last two months. Even though this may seem a large number It U only a fraction of the total ot lorries which are a nuisance, and a danger
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      East Coast (1) IT'S A HAPPY PUCE TO LIVE AND WORK
      226 8 East Coast (1) IT'S A HAPPY PUCE TO LIVE AND WORK TNCHE PAWANTEH. on 1 behalf of parents in Penang. speaks of the dangers that young unmarried teachers face In strange towns particularly In the Ea.>t coast. He Is creating unnecessary anxiety in the hearts of parents. What dangers are
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      East Coast (2) DANGERS THAT LURK IN STRANGE TOWNS
      155 8 East Coast (2) DANGERS THAT LURK IN STRANGE TOWNS TiHE secretary of the Pen--1 ang Malays Association is certainly echoing the feelings of scores of parents on the transfer of young women teachers to towns other than their own It is an unwise and deplorable policy For over and above
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      RANGOON GAMES
      76 8 /"IONORATULATIONS mv- deed to the teams which represented the Federation and Singapore in the South-East Asian Game.-.. But let us keep our heacJ^. We have been regaled with a tale of the "records" they broke. Now the Games in Rangoon were only the second in the series. Is
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      YAPPING BOGS
      46 8 £AN nothing be done to stop the continual yapping and barking of dogs in this area? will owners of these dogs please have some thought for people who cannot stand this nerve-racking noise: and in any case a good watchdog never b&rks. DEPRESSED Singapore
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    U.N. line-up
    294 8  - U.N. line-up NORA BELOFF By ANGERS THE AMERICANS YEW YORK. TOM lhe .ine-up in the United Nations Security Council of three neutralist countries—Ceylon, Liberia and the United Arab Republic with the Soviet Union in opposing a cease-tire In Goa. and fears of the impending "liberation of Dutch New Guinea by
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    LEE KONG CHUN TO BE NEW VARSITY'S FIRST CHANCELLOR
    302 9 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. MULTI-MILLIONAIRE philanthropist, Dato Lee Kong Chian, is to be the new University of Singapore's first chancellor, when it comes into being in the New Year. The divisional councilor' the Lniversity of Malaya in Singapore, which will become the University
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    R. C EHRKE, BROKER SPORTSMAN, DIES AT 49
    128 9 R. C EHRKE, BROKER SPORTSMAN, DIES AT 49 T^UALA LUMPUK, rues— Mr R. C. Ehrke, a senior member of the stookbroking firm of Charles Bradburne and Co. and a former Selangor State cricketer and rugby player, died in his sleep at his hume <n Seavoy Road here on Christmas Day.
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    A Christmas baby for Mrs. Ong
    51 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. A baby girl was born to Mrs. On.T Pang Boon, wife of the Minister for Home Affairs, on Saturday night at Kandane Kerbau Maternity Hospital On Christmas Day a total of 8P babies, including a set if twins, were ben In '.he
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    POLICE CAR STANDS BY AS STUDENTS CELEBRATE
    115 9 SINGAPORE, Tu->- Some 50 students of the University of Malaya in Singapore at Punearn Poad hostsl took time o^f from their precxam .swotting on Christmas Eve to usher in yuletlde. They installed thpmselvcs at the hostel gates and hailed passing motorists with cries
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    Appeal by mother who feeds self with a tube
    298 9 Appeal by mother who feeds self with a tube SINGAPORE, Tues.— A mother of two, who has been feeding herself through a tube for the past five years, has appealed to the Health Ministry to send her overseas for treatment. Madam V. Mariammal. 24. in a letter of appeal to
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    Woman wounded
    32 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A married woman. Madam Appu. was found with head and arm injuries Jn her mother's r»ou:» at the 18th mil? Rawang yesterday. Police have detained a man
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    $200 fine for car owner
    45 9 $200 fine for car owner SINGAPORE. Tues.— Ling Woo Mee. of Koon Seng Road, was fined $200 here today frx allowing Sarah binte Surni, to drive his car on Sept. 30 with out being covered by third party Insurance. He was disqualified for a year.
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    Certificate to practise cut from $500 to $50
    124 9 Certificate to practise cut from $500 to $50 SINGAPORE, Tues. A Bill to reduce the annual duty on a certificate to practise taken out by lawyers from $500 to $50 was published today. The Minister foi Finance. Dr. Ooh Keng Swee, said In his budget speech last month that the
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    Engineering student is a girl
    82 9 Engineering student is a girl SINGAPORE, Tues. Miss Sui Fan Leow a 26-year-otd Malayan mining student at the University of Otago in Dunedln, Is now doing prac tlcal work in a large Invercargill engineering shop Miss Sal recently appeared in the "Southland Times.' which published a photograph showing her welding
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    Two hurt in kerb crash
    64 9 PENANG, Tues. A scooter rider and his pillion passenger were admitted to hospital with serious head Injuries this morning. The scooter was going round a bend along Farkuhar Street. In front of the E and O Hotel, when It hit a kerb and crashed. Both
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    IPOH CRIME RATE SHOWS BIG INCREASE IN 1961
    187 9 IPOH, Tuesday vtORE than twice as many robberies were committed in Ipoh during the first 10 months of the year than In the whole of last year, making 1961 one of the worst years on record Statistics compiled ty Jbe police show
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    School and song are united
    49 9 MR. PATRICK Chooi Leong Kong, a teacher of the Singapore Government English School, helps his bride. Miss Betty Wong Suit Yin, a Penang amateur singer, cut their wedding cake at their wedding reception at E. and O. Hotel, Penang, on Sunday.— Straits Times piqture.
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    Look to a glorious future, Sarawak is urged
    207 9 Look to a glorious future, Sarawak is urged INCHING, Tues. 1V The Rev. L. S. Willington has said that any appeal to the people of Sarawak to "toil and sweat" should be made on the basis of the "glorious and hopeful" future ahead of Sarawak. Mr. Willington. principal of St.
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    TEACHERS ARE WARNED: DON'T PROPAGATE POLITICS IN CLASS
    125 9 TEACHERS ARE WARNED: DON'T PROPAGATE POLITICS IN CLASS KLANG, Tuesday. rpHE Selangor Mentri Besar, Dato Abu Bakar bin x Baginda, warned adult education teachers today not to "propagate polities'* in their classes. He was opening a civics course for adult classes teachers at the Klang High School. Dato Abu Bakar
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    Malaysia broadcast
    71 9 SINGAPORE. Tues— Radio Singapore on Thursday will broadcast a forum on Malaysia, in which delegates to the second meeting of the Malay\la Solidarity Consultative Committee in Kuchlng last weak took part. The forums in English. Chinese and Malay were recorded by Radio Sarawak. The English and Chinese versions
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    Minister's tea
    36 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dato Ong Yoke Lin. will entertain members of the University of Malaya Students' Union to tea at his home on Friday at 5 p.m.
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    Speculator must pay under new law
    79 9 Speculator must pay under new law (SINGAPORE. Tues. All contracts or agreements purporting to br made for the sale or purchase of nibbrr will become enforceable under the terms of the Civil Law (Amendment) BUI published today. An explanatory statement says that until now forward contracts for the sale or
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    Magistrates' postings
    71 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Inche Mahmood bin All, 51, who has been a magistrate of the Johore Bahru police courts for 12 years, is going nn transfer to Batu Pah at at the end of this week He will take up the post of circuit magistrate in Batu Pahat
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      TWO DRESSES FOR TOWN OR FOR PARTY
      68 10 IDEAL for chic wear is a smart grey linen dress worn here by Denise Justin (left) and ideal for that special cocktail party is this attractive pale primof the House of rose and moonglow blue silk dress with floating panels, worn by model
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      CHRISTMAS GIFTS ARE DEARER AS THE SEASONS ROLL BY
      286 10 11 ITU Christmas just over, there is one aspect of the season which seems to get out of proportion. It is the mad rush of exchanging gifts and I mean the quite expensive ones. Some years ago we were quite happy
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      Singapore woman present when Princess toured Gan
      485 10 A 2,000-MILE AIR JOURNEY TO WRITE STORY OF A MEMORABLE VISIT rVDR Mrs. Ruth Barnes of Singapore, the year 1961 will go down in her diary as one of the most memorable years of her life because of a thrilling experience. She was
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      After a job? First impressions count
      162 10 IF you are just out of 1 school and looking for a job which is not easy to get these days those first impressions are going to be of great help. Neat and carefully planned clothes will be a definite step towards success. In
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      310 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 7. He pretended to take meat, a 1. They are very like a poor crop bit of dessert, and cake (7. 6). of vegetables (3, 4. 2. 1. 3». 8. He pretended to revive during 0. Fiddler comes in to support hostilities when on call (6.
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    Tin price affected now by impending stockpile sale
    603 12 Tin price affected now by impending stockpile sale fHE U.K. weekly Metal Bulletin says with little prospect of any material revival in consumer demand for tin before the new year, London prices last week were as low as £943 for cash. They were probably affected by the impending stockpile sale
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    JAPAN'S EXPORT EFFORT
    219 12 JAPAN was determined J to make efforts to achieve a 15 per cent increase in its total exports in 1962. Mr. Yoshizane Iwasa, vice-president of the Fuji Bank, said. If this goal was attained. Japan would be able to restore equilibrium in its balance of international payments
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    83 12 Atf**iati*n rat** ncr» unchanged yr*te-rlay aa follows (all rates to $1001: Niw V»rk: buying T.T. 32 13 16: nirm-nl O.I). 33 1/16. 90 d »t 33 S 16 credit bills, 33 7 16 trade bill*. Canada: buying T.T. 34 7 16; airmail O.D. 34 9 16. 90 it
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    U.S. rubber sales rise
    102 12 SALES by the rubber industry in the United States should rise by 6i per sent In 1962. Mr. George R. Vila, president of United States Rubber Company, said in a year-end statement. This would be in line with an expected boost in the general economy and
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    182 12 CHIPS lying along,, rl. the Singipor* wharvat t.day are: City of P.lpon 4. Cre*tes S. Bogota 13. Benares is, Ara 21. Kinabalu 24. Wairata. 27. Polydorua 31, Mandama 41, Karachi 46. Oollus 6. Tanagara, 10. Sergei Kirov 19. -Song Be 23. Enunkb Maru 25. Benyo Maru 29.
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    SUNGEI BESI
    46 12 On Sunrri Besi the Mining Journal says the future trend must be for a considerable expansion and the accounts for the current year should also reveal an improved profitability. Malayan Tin, Southern Malayan ana Pahant; Con. reports are given mostly factually adds the Journal.
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      444 12 ROUND TRIP TO JAPAN S.S. CHUSAN (24,000 tons fully oirconditioned fitted with stabilisers) departs PENANG 9th January, SINGAPORE 11 th January, 1962. (returns to Singapore 2nd February. Penang sth February) For Reservations, apply to your Travel Agent or to: ISLAY KERR CO., LTD.. SINGAPORE. Harrisons 4 Crosfield (F. of M.)
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      172 12 TENDER P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received by the Jurutera Mekanik P.W.D. Kedah/ Perlis, Alor Star up to 12.00 noon of the 22nd January 1962 for the purchase of unserviceable lorries now lying in the P.W.D. State Workshops Alor Star. Full particulars are available from the Jurutera Mekanik. Kedah
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      802 13 NOTICES TO ALL CONCERNED Mr. M. K. de PiUal is no longer employed as the Mess Manager of Temple Hill Oificers Mess RAJ-'. Cha:i#i and has no authority to pledge the credit of. or to place orders on behalf ef the Me*>s. PUBLIC NOTICE This H to announce that all
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      757 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENT CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE CITY TBEASI'EEK'S DEPARTMENT: Required MACHINE OPERATORS (FEMALE). MECHANISED ACCOUNTS SECTION, in salary sca.e Sl4lxAl4--155xA16-219/P.ollcieucy Bar 235xA16>315 pluo exiMuig vanable allowance and Central Provident Fund benefits. Appointments will be on temporary basis In the fii:-t Instance with Drospects of future permanency. Qualifications: Good
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      941 13 ffi I (Continued from Pace 8) SITUATIONS VACANT It Word* Si (Min.)— Btx S» cfs. ezfra WANTED Part time KncMxh lady teacher living near Still Road. Apply •tat ing salary and time. Box S.T. SlnKaporv. WANTEO MALE TEACHERS able to tearb English. History in Form IV and V. Apply tp
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      836 13 EDUCATION It Wmrd* Si (Min.)— Box it ett. txtrt CHINESE VMCA COMMERCIAL School's Beginners' Morning Evening Book-keeping. Shorthand. Typewriting, Knisis-n. Malay. Apply early to ensure :i<lmii«ion. 107 Selegle Road Spore I *****. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DRAWINC. Systematic and Specialised coaching commences on 4tb. January. Apply M. N. Campos ft Co.. Second
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      701 13 business opportunities it Word* Si (Mitt.)— Box it cl,. txtrm HIGH FINANCE required for setting up of pie-iron jmeltinK work.v Profitable venture. Only principals need apply to P.O. Box 52. Talping. WONDERFUL AMUSEMENT for all. Klipper Games and all types ef automatic Reward Maehir.es. Write the exporter. Chicago Automatic Supply
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      644 13 VEHICLES FOR SALI It Word* SS (Min.)— Box 50 rf*. txtrm VELOX S3. Bxcllent Kngint. P.nprayed. Owner returning I.K. Must sacrifice at StSO 0.n.0. Call/Write 40 Qoodwood Road, Sussex Estate, Singapore 5 CHIAP TRANIPORT for all. fiOcc I Antocycle* at f 300 00 (100—120 miles mpg > will pay BMat,
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      567 13 STIAMBATHS, MASSAGE, ETC. it Word* Si (Min.)-Box it rf*. txtrm TIMID? LET LAURA Ma«MR«/ Sttambath refresh You. Doras* Mat■nr'UuieuN. Sl9-P. River Valley Road, Spore. Telephone ***** 10.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. ■tiarp. MASSACC AND TURKIIH-BATH (StrambaUij) 57-A. Victoria Street, Junction of Bras Ba*ah Road, Smga-Pore-7. Triepbonc ***** Government Licensed Dally
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    Happy Melody has great chance to make amends
    866 14  - Happy Melody has great chance to make amends Epsom Jeep RACING with GOING HEAVY HOC Rodgers's crack sprinter, Happy Melody, has yet to win a race this season but he gets a great chance to rectify this at Bukit Timah this afternoon. Forbidding weights have kept him out of the
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    1528 14 RACE f: 2.15-CL 3 DIV 3— 6 F 1 05 (iunong Taban (Low &Kg St.) Martin. 4 90 Johnson 7 2 ***** Ace Admiral (Admiral St.i Daniels, 6 8.13 Maynard 2 3 16 Gratification (Mdm. NgSt.i Heddle, 5 8.13 CrackneU 14 4 ***** Pamtoba <TS St.) Donnelly. 4
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    159 14 EPSOM JE'P CALL BOY POINTER Kace 1 SANS ATOIT Thomassvaer Double Chance 1 HOMASZVAER (.ratification Sans Atout mm \dl Sans Atout SKIfr Cindy JUce 2 TOWN BEAT Garryden Eiffel Tower (.ARRYDEN Town Beat Bravado TOWN BEAT Sunshine Lad Junclr Orchid uw> J QIO VADIS Swift Tlf Prince
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    NO OFFER TO RIDE IN MALAYA
    83 14 NO OFFER TO RIDE IN MALAYA ENGLISH jockey Lester Piggott, pictured above astride Dreamboat whom he partnered to victory at Bukit Timah on Sunday, left for Australia yesterday. Piggott, who rode two winners on Sunday his other winner was Huat Chye— had originally planned to ride at Bukit Timah today
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    Smart trial by No Fluke
    181 14 QINGAPORE. Tues. Persian Hero (Apprentice Ismail up) showed a lot of zest on a heavy track this morning when he ran 3f in 39 4/5. Dententurius (Maynard) did a smart 3f sprint In 39. Happy Melody (Moxham) went attractively over of In 43 4/5. No
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      273 14 Something Remarkable Happens When You Fill a Parker 61 Actually, you never fill a Parker fil 11, mil pen! That something remarkable is x^'Sm the fact that the Parker 61 fills itself If to capacity by itself. No levers to posh, IS no delicate parts to manipulate. Capil- US lary
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    PAKISTAN HAD TO TOIL FOR 2 GOALS
    454 15 SPORE SELECTION 0 PAKISTAN 2: Singapore, Tuesday gRILLIANT goalkeeping by Fong Kong Chee confined Pakistan, the world's hockey champions, to only a 2-0 victory over Singapore Selection in their opening match here at Jalan Besar today. Pakistan stood head and shoulders over the
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    101 15 Frost hits UK sports programme T ONDON, Tues.— Frostbound grounds, and Icy conditions generally, caused all seven Rugby League and five Rugby Union games scheduled to be played yesterday to be postponed. 8even of the eight race meetings scheduled to take place today have been called off because of the
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    153 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Toes. v Penang bodybuilder Pa* Wai Peng celebrated Christmas Eve by winning the 1961 Mr. Asia contest at the Cbinwoo Auditorium here. It was third time lucky for the 25-year-old Penang clerk as he was runner-up in the previous two
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    35 15 BINGAPORE. Tues. The PanMalaya v Pakistan hockey International Is on and will be played as arranged on Thursday, said Mr. 8. Yogarajah. S.H.A. secretary. The Pan-Malayan team will be announced tomorrow.
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    38 15 CRICKET: Tour match (Calcutta) MCC 95-2 v Services XI. Sheffield Shield: At Adelaide S. Australia 263-8 (Fa veil I°7> Queensland 325. At Melbourne NS Wales 398-8 dec. and 23-1 Victoria 336 (Lawry 65. Crotnpton 58. Simpson 4-67).
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    81 15 IPOH. Tues. Chan Kirn Chan of Selangor took two titles In the pan-Malayan Chinese Engineering Association's table tennis competition here over the week-end. Chan won the men's singles final by beating Loong Him Mun (Perak) 21-8. 12-21. 21-16. 21-19. Partnering Lav Kee Sum (B'gor) Chan beat
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    187 15 WEIGHTS for four races at Bnklt Timab on Sunday are: BINOAPOJK ST. LEGES (ClaMra 1 and 2 Combined) l*i mile*: Orramboat 9.0, Rln» g.lt. RrpuLse B»y 5.6, White Heather 8.5, Mr. Jason 5.4, Movie Home II 8.2. Royal Guard S.O, Peaceful Kin* 7.12, Picture Fan II
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      38 15 HOCKEY INTERNATIONAL: Spore v Pakistan (Jn. Besar, 5.15). RIGGER FRIENDLIES: SCC v BMH (Spore padang); BMH v RMAP (Kinrara. KL>; Perak Asians v Talplng Tigers (Ipoh padang). BADBONTON FOONO CUP: Inter-gone final Perak v Spore (Malacca BA hall).
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    446 16 AS TSHOMBE DECIDES, WELENSKY DENIES ARMS HAVE CROSSED RHODESIA FRONTIER ELISABETHVILLE, Tuesday. ]yjK. TSHOMBE and the acting President of the Katanga National Assembly have decided to send a parliamentary delegation to Leopoldville next Wednesday, it was officially announced here. The Katanga Parliament is being summoned for
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    67 16 TAIPEH. Tues. Chinese Communist guns along the Fukien coast bombarded Na-tionalist-defended Quemov with 53 shells yesterday, breaking a 104-day lull in the Formosa Straits. The Nationalists did not fire back. The last Communist artillery bombardment was recorded on Sept. 1 1. Since then guns on both
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    298 16 NIK'S WAY OF LIFE TO REPLACE STALIN'S MOSCOW, Tuesday. \IR. Khrushchev has again made it clear that •a new Soviet constitution is being drafted to replace that one adopted under Stalin in 1936. The Soviet leader, speaking at a meeting or agriculturalists in Kiev last Friday, said that this work
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    50 16 LONDON, Tues. BOAC handled a record 526 tons of mall at London Airport in the flr>t 20 days of December 26 tons more than in the same pre-Christma* period last year, it w%t announced here. Heaviest loads have been to Australia. Canada and the United States. Reuter.
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    52 16 NEW YORK, Tues. Mr. Edward Scanlon died after Intervening In an argument between two fellowworkers with an appeal to "knock It off it's Christmas." One of the two Is alleged to have pulled out a revolver and shot Mr. Scanlon. He has been charged with
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    22 16 TAV SOON CHUAN of PWD. Muar. attend PJS.C. Interview at Young Road. Kuala Lumpur, on December 29. 8.30 a.m. without fail.
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    23 16 TODAY Criminal Investigation is a science, proves Sir Sydney Came following In footsteps of Sherlock Holme*. In December Ryder's Digest, sold everywhere
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    142 16 MR. AND MRS. Fciu Yinj; ;?iew thnnfc all friends and relatives for their food wishes, valuable alfts and attendance <m t]<p oeFMfofl of their Wtddtal IT j 2 til MR. AND MRS N Thiaaendran thank all friend* and relatives for their eood wishes, valuable gifts *nd attendance on the
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    81 16 Probe into subversive 'poison plot' launched \I AMI A Tues The Philippines News Service said today police were looking into unconfirmed reports that a "subversive group" had dispatched agents all over the country to poison food. The agency said the investigation was being conducted in Pangasinan province, north of Manila.
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    138 16 I ONDON, Tues.— The Archbishop of Canterbury said yesterday that nations should abandon "their weapons of destruction" and "lust for power" and begin co-operating. That, said Di. A. M. Ramsey In his Christmas morning sermon in Canterbury Cathedral, was this Christmas's "urgent message." However,
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    56 16 NYKOEBING (Denmark), Tues Christmas dinner has b*»en delivered to a lone cow llvms on Enehoeje Island 'in Natsov Fiord, Lolland Island. A post boat making Its last cal. this year got through thickening ice to land a bale of hay. but was unable to reach two
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    183 16 VIENTIANE, Tues. v Soldiers of the proCommunist rebel regime of Prince Souvanna Phouma and guerrll- las of the pro-Com-munist Pathet Lao rebel army today peacefully entered this capital city. It was a year ago that they were driven from the capital by the forces of
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    83 16 A mother's 'best Xmas present' LONDON, Tues.— A youth who has been unconscious for 16 months after a car accident spent an hour at home for Christmas with his family whom he does not recognise. Peter Thornton, 16. has just begun to talk again and doctors hoped the visit home
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    42 16 NAIROBI, Tues.— Matthew Muhoro. a former Mau Mau leader known as General Leopard, pleaded guilty to robbery with violence at Nyerl and was remanded for sentence. He admitted being a member of a gang who attacked a European farmer.
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    31 16 PARIS, Tues. a French Super-Mystere je t fighter crashed today on the village of Ognon. north of Paris. It was not immediately known If there were casualties
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    30 16 LONDON. Tues.— Syd the seal, who gave the "star" performance when the automatic feeder dropped herrings into the pond at London Zoo. has died of old age.
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    214 16 VATICAN CITY, Tues.— Pope John yesterday formally convened the second Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church for an "opportune" time next year and said immense and grave tasks await the church as In the most tragic epochs of its history In a Papal Bull,
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    70 16 ENTERPRISE PAYS A CHRISTMAS DIVIDEND NEW YORK Tues. —Eight-year-old Meg McMorrow overheard her mother tell her father that she would like some shares for Christmas. So Meg wrote to stockbroker Ernest Kirk asking: "If you have an old used one around could I have it for Mom? Enclosed is m\
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    16 16 HONGKONG. Tues. The Chinese National Peoples Congress will meet In Peking In March.— Reuter.
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    168 16 AMERICAN WOMAN IN TOKYO JAILED TOKYO. Tues. —An A American woman who had been charged with killing her husband and discarding the body was today sentenced to ei^ht years' jail by the Tokyo district court. The court also sentenced her 18-year-old son to a prison term of more than five
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    43 16 PAN JIM <Goa>. Tues. India's Chief of General SUIT. Lt.-Gen. B. Kaul. today visited Portuguese? prisoners detained In the former Portuguese officers' mess near here. There are 1.178 prisoners at the camp, including 81 officers and 300 civilians.
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    126 16 TOHORE BAHRU. Tues. v Lav Teck Hut. alias Liew Teck Kong, 21. of Jasln new village. Malacca, was fined $100 or one month's jail In the Magistrate's Court here today when he pleaded guilty tj a charge of trying to import subversive documents into
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