The Straits Times, 28 December 1961

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    18 1 AVrHM.I IIAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 100,000 The Straits Times Sew*""** Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1961. 15 CENTS.
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    FLOODS WORSEN
    251 1 Rising river threat to 15,000 villagers State still cut off by road KOTA BHARU, Wednesday FIFTEEN thousand people living; along the banks of the 50--mile long Kelantan river were tonight keeping their fingers crossed and praying that the waters of the swift flowing river would not rise a
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    Lock icon CUSTOMS SEIZE PIGGOTT'S NEW SADDLE AT SYDNEY
    110 1 CUSTOMS SEIZE PIGGOTT 'S NEW SADDLE AT SYDNEY CJYDNEY. Wed. Customs »5 officials today seized a saddle from the luggage of English Jockey Lester Piggott at Sydney airport. Piggott protested that the saddle was a newly-made plastic one that had never been used, but the officials told him that Australian
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    36 1 COLOMBO, Wed. The Governments of Ceylon and Thailand have agreed to raise the status of their respective missions in Bangkok and Colombo to the level of Embassies, it was officially announced here today. Reuter.
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    Sugar loses its sweetness—and $10 million
    279 1 Sugar loses its sweetness— and $10 million By YAP CHIN KWEE, Kuala Lumpur, Wed. MALAYAN sugar traders have lost m estimated $10 million because of a glut of the commodity resulting from the collapse of the international sugar agreement. Twenty leading sugar importers and traders throughout the Federation today called
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    Lock icon 'Fastest gun' dies at 98
    67 1 'Fastest gun' dies at 98 TARZANA. California. Wed. Al Jennings, a former "badman" who claimed he was the fastest gun in the West but later reformed and ran for Governor of Oklahoma, died here in his sleep yesterday. He was 98. Born in Virginia, he ran away and went West
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    Lock icon Debt payment
    37 1 NEW YORK, Wed.— The New York Times reported today that Japan's post-war foreign aid debt of about $2,000 million to the United States is to be settled by a payment of some $490 million. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Canadian visit
    29 1 LONDON, Wed— The Queen Mother Elisabeth is to visit Canada for about 10 days in the first half of next June, it was announced here today. Reuter.
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    LAOS MEETING OFF BEFORE IT BEGINS
    118 1 LAOS MEETING OFF BEFORE IT BEGINS VIENTIANE. Wed. Prince Boun Oum, Right-wing Laotian leader, today torpedoed the long-awaited three Princes reconciliation meeting on which the country's future peace may depend. "I have nothing more to tell them," he said after a 30 minute "courtesy call" by neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma
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    Lock icon Xmas smash-up
    37 1 LONDON. Wed.— A steam engine bringing a trainload of city commuters back to work after the Christmas holiday, ran into buffers today at Fenchurch Street Station. East London terI minus, injuring about 20 passengers.- Reuter.
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    Lock icon Call for Katanga probe
    511 1 T*HE Rhodesian FedeA ral Cabinet today r called for an impartial investigation "long overdue" into the conduct of U.N. operations in Katanga. The call, made at a special Cabinet session presided over by Sir Roy Welensky. followed further DJf. allegations of arms traffic from Northern Rho-
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    King's India tour makes the ties 'even stronger'
    713 1 fHE Yang di-Pertuan Agong, in a farewell broadcast over All-India Radio tonight, said that his tour of India had "made even stronger and closer the good relations" between India and the Federation. Speaking on the eve of his denature from India for
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    Lock icon Kuwait tension: Navy moves
    383 1 Kuwait tension: Navy moves REACTION TO NEW THREAT BY IRAQ MOMBASA, Wed.— The ITI British aircraft carrier Centaur (22.000 tons), with the tngates Plymouth and Loch Alvie and a landing ship sailed from Mombasa at dawn today for an undisclosed destination. A naval spokesman here said: "All we know is
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    27 1 RUSSIAN PROTEST MOSCOW. Wed news agrencv Ti put out statement protf-t ing against United support for Jap.nuv*" claims to blinds «>! Kuna■fcfc and Itnrup in the Kuriles.—Reuter.
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  • FOREIGN DESK 1
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      Lock icon Toure tells of a Marxist plot to seize all Africa
      276 2 Toure tells of a Marxist plot to seize all Africa CONAKRY. Wednesday. PRESIDENT Sekou Toure of Guinea said yesterday that last month's attempts to overthrow his Government were staged by "Marx-ist-Leninists with machiavellian plans to launch a Marxist revolution in Africa." President Toure made the charge In a speech opening
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      WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING CHANGES HANDS
      157 2 WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING CHANGES HANDS YEW YORK, Wed. 11 The Empire State Building, tallest skyscraper in the world, changes hands for U.S. 565 million ($195 million) today in one of the largest and most complex property deals in history. The Prudential Insurance Company will pay USS29 million for the title
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      Soekarno: We'll tear Irian away from Dutch
      485 2 Soekarno: We'll tear Irian away from Dutch PRESWENT TELLS ENVOYS: DON'T TRY TO PERSUADE US TO TALK JAKARTA, Wed pRESIDENT Soekarno said yesterday that Indonesia intended to tear West Irian away from the Netherlands. The President, who last week called for immediate hoisting of the Indonesian flag In the Dutch-held
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      Lock icon SECRET OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT'S ILLNESS IN CHURCH
      138 2 SECRET OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT'S ILLNESS IN CHURCH ONDON, Wed. The Duchess of Kent. 28, who was taken ill during the Christmas Day church service at Sandringham, is expecting a baby in the summer, it was announced yesterday. The Duchess, formerly Miss Katherine Worsley. was married to the Dukr
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      Lock icon American air might in Europe
      146 2 American air might in Europe I>ONN, Wed. The U.S. Air Command in Europe is now the strongest American air force ever maintained outside the United States in peace time, a Press statement said yesterday. The statement, issued at Wiesbaden. Air Force Headquarters, .said the Command was strengthened last M.iy whe
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      Lock icon Billy Bunter's creator dies
      33 2 BROADSTAIRS (Ken t>, Wed. Best-.selling author Frank Richard;, who created "fat boy" Billy Bunter and the Greyfriars School stories, has died at his home here. H8 was 86 Reuter
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      Lock icon ESCAPE DRAMA OF CZECH FAMILY
      114 2 pASSAU (West Germany). Wed— A Czech carpenter, his wife and four young daughters braved barbed wire, mines, frontier police and bitter cold to escape from Czechoslovakia Into West Germany at the Christmas weekend. Unnoticed by the Czech guards, they trudged through snowbound woodland early on
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      Lock icon Menon flares up in anger at airport interview
      137 3 Menon flares up in anger at airport interview THE Indian Drfence Minister. Mr. V.K. Krishna Menon. apparently testy over his nations delicate position on Goa, flared in anger during an interview at New York Airport with Ameel J. Fisher, a UPI Movietone reporter, who questioned him about aggTession. Mr. Menon.
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      Pledge to retake Indian land
      158 3 NEW DELHI, Wednesday. JJEFENCE Minister V. K. Krishna Menon has pledged to recapture the Indian territory occupied by Communist China "one way or the other." But how and when this would occur were the concern of the Indian Government and the timing of any action
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      36 3 RABAT. Wed. Grocers, tobacconists, barmen and bus drivers and conductors stopped work In Rabat yesterday In protest against the Go vernment's dismissal ot 34 top civil servants who went en strike last week. Reuter.
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      Lock icon RUSSIA PLANS CITY IN THE ARCTIC
      59 3 RUSSIA PLANS CITY IN THE ARCTIC MOSCOW. Wed— Plans for a complete Soviet city in the Arctic artificially heated under a giant transparent plastic dome, were announced today by Moscow Radio. The city, designed by Leningrad town planners, will Include a park, a stadium, concert hall, restaurant and multi-storey apartment
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      Lock icon Smiling Mike's successor
      53 3 Smiling Mike's successor WASHINGTON. Wed.—Diplomatic sources said here last night that Mr. Dmitri F Dobrynln, head of the Soviet Foreign Ministry American Affairs Section, will succeed Mr. Mikhail Menshikov as Soviet Ambassador to Washington. A Soviet Embassy announcement sail Mr. Menshikov. known here as "Smiling Mike." will return tc Moscow
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      Lock icon Mysterious blast in sub-chaser kills four
      72 3 Mysterious blast in sub-chaser kills four BANGKOK, Wed.— An explosion aboard a Royal Thai Navy subchaser tied up in the Chao Phya Kivrr killed four people and injured three others yesterday. Cuuxr of the explosion was being investigated. The ship, a gift of the United States under the Defence Aid
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      Lock icon Soldier falls to death
      58 3 HONG KOV. Wed. A 1 your.? British :crvlceman was killed here early yesterday when he fell 1^ floors into a. garden Irom the roof of a block of flats where he lived with his wif-. and eight-month-old son. He was Cpl. W.J. Mackenzie, aged 23. of
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      Lock icon Sino- Albanian company
      30 3 PEKING. Wed. Chinese and Albanian government representatives here yesterdaj signed an agreement to form a Slno-Albanlan joint stock shipping company, the New China News Agency reported. Reuter.
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      Lock icon 'I CAN STILL do rr-Dr. BARBARA
      79 3 'I CAN STILL do rrDr. BARBARA LONDON, Wed. Dr. Barbara Moore, 58 year old Britlj-h marathon walker, strode through Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, yesterday on her walk from Marble Arch in the rentre of London to Edinburgh, "to prove I can still do It." Dr. Moore, a vegetarian, set out on Friday
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      XMAS ROAD DEATHS IN U.S. SOAR OVER 500
      390 3 XMAS ROAD DEATHS IN U.S. SOAR OVER 500 PHRISTMAS traffic deaths reached their highest peak for six years in the United States this year with a death roll at latest count of over 506. But in Australia road deaths were almost halved and in France they were also slightly down,
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      Lock icon Sack warning to 23,000
      83 3 Sack warning to 23,000 ■J^EW YORK, Wed. 1 Pan-American World Airways has told its 23,000 employees they may be laid off if pilots carry out their threat to strike on Jan. 9. In a letter sent to employees on Christmas Day, the company said the dispute with the pilots arose
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      26 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. United States and Japanese Intellectuals will confer in Tokyo next month on cultural and educations' affairs, the State Department announced today. Reuter.
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    AUPE: Pay talks continue
    450 4 INTERNATIONAL FILM DISPUTE FOR ARBITRATION WAGE RISE FOR SHIP COMPANY'S WORKERS CINGAPORE, Wed.— The pay talks between the Government and the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees, which have been held over five meetings, are continuing, with another meeting due for Friday. The union, which is seeking
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    TWO WEDDINGS IN SINGAPORE
    105 4 MR. CHIA QCEE HOCK, a teacher in the Telok Knrau English School, and Miss Elsie Chan Kirn Neo, a staff nurse of the General Hospital, who were married in Singapore yesterday. A reception was held at the Adelphi Hotel. MR. ONG BENG BEE of the Cathay
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    Illegal import bid: Man fined $2,050
    171 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. LIM TEOW KIM, 30, from Singapore, was today fined a total of $2,050, in default four months' rigorous Imprisonment, for trying to illegally import, among other things, 10,000 packets of firecrackers into the Federation. Two other people from Singapore. Lim Chew
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    Jailed for escape
    58 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. Lam Fook Seng, 23, who escaped from the C.I.D. in Robinson Road last night while being searched by a police officer, was today jailed for three months in the Ninth Magistrate's Court for escaping from legal custody. The court was told that Lam had been
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    ASA exam.
    24 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The results of the Australian Society of Accountants examinations held last October will appear in The Free Press on Friday.
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    Dinner .date
    33 4 SINGAPORE. Wed.— A Chinese dinner will be held at the Montfort School premises on Saturday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the arrival of the Brothers of St. Gabriel in Singapore.
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    Radio Forum on Malaysia
    86 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Radio Singapore broadcast schedule for the Malaysia Forums recorded by Radio Sarawak has been changed. A Government statement said today that the change would enable more people to listen to these discussions, in which delegates to the Malaysian Solidarity Consultative Committee at Kuching
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    RETURN TO THE LABOUR SERVICE
    111 4 RETURN TO THE LABOUR SERVICE SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore's new Commissioner of Labour. Mr. Pang Tee Pow, is no stranger to the Labour Department. Mr. Pang, who replaces Mr. Kok Ah Loy, was a labour inspector from 1950 to 1951, and was in Part I MR. PANO TEC POW of the
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    Nationals: RI puts a deadline
    174 4 Nationals: RI puts a deadline SINGAPORE. Wed—lndonesian Chinese in Singapore have till Jan. 20 next year to decide whether they wish to be Indonesian nationals or not said a spokesman of the Indonesian Consulate-Gene-ral here today. The spokesman said that under an agreement signed between Indonesia and the People's Republic
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    AID OFFERS FOR IRIAN CAMPAIGN
    116 4 AID OFFERS FOR IRIAN CAMPAIGN SINGAPORE. Wed.— Scores of people have besieged the Indonesian Consulate-Gene-ral in Singapore in the past frw days in answer to Pre- j sldent Soekarno's call for an army to liberate West Irian. But, a Consulate spokesman said today, they had to be turned away because
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    TWO LABOURERS ACQUITTED OF RIOTING
    211 4 SINGAPORE, Wed—Responding Immediately to some shrill whistling, a crowd of people launched a mass attack on two groups of temporary City Council workers in an incident at Park Road on Nov. 2. a magistrates court was told today. The rioting, it was stated, broke out
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    Bad brakes
    41 4 SINGAPORE. Wed.— A City Council lorry driver, G. Thankappan, was fined $40 in a Traffic Magistrate Court today for driving a lorry at the junction of Selegie Road and Short Street while its braking system was not In order.
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    ELEPHANT RIDE FOR THE QUEEN AND DAUGHTER
    48 5 ELEPHANT RIDE FOR THE QUEEN AND DA UGHTER T<HE Raja Permaisuri Agong and her daughter, Tengku Sharifah SalA wah. take a ride on an elephant during their visit to Mysore Zoo. The Queen and her daughter are now on a tour of India with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
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    Malayan in jungle accident flown to hospital
    186 5 TPOH. Wed. Mr. Veoh 1 Kian Hln, one of the Malayans injured in an accident earlier this month during a prospecting trip deep in the Thai jungle, was flown in a stretcher from here to Singapore today for treatment. He was taken by
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    Photo display
    28 5 IPOH. Wed. The Mentri Besar, Dato Sha'ari bin Bhaflee, today opened an exhibition of colour photographs by the German photographer. Franz Lazl it the YMCA here.
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    At home of Tagore—an hour to sample rich legacy of great poet
    387 5 At home of Tagore— an hour to sample rich legacy of great poet r PHE Yang di-Pertuan A Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong yesterday spent an absorbing hour at Jorasanko House, where the famous Indian poet and Nobel prize winner. Kabindranath Tagore. once lived. It was h<*re that the
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    SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE DWLOMA in EDUCATION
    99 5 KUALA LUMiUK. Wed The University of Malaya Is Inviting applications fot scholarships to pursue studies In the rinlversltv in Singapore leading to th» DlDloma In Education The offer la open to private students recommended by heads of depart rrents of the university, and those
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    Big phone scheme is under way
    103 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. "THE first stage has begun of a Commonwealth sr.b- marine telephone cable scheme which will link Malaya by telephone with various parts of the vorld. The plan, when completed in five years, will provide continuous 24-hour service to various countries At
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    40 renewals
    22 5 SINGAPORE. Wea. The Pawnbrokers Licensing Board today approved 40 applications by pawnbrokers for renewal of their licences for next year.
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    Off to Bangkok
    35 5 IPOH. Wed— A party of 35 teachers, including several women from the national type schools in Ipoh. will leave for Bangkok by train or: Friday for a 10-day educational and goodwill tour.
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    Return to Pekan
    29 5 KUANTAN. Wed.— The Sultan of Pahang, who has been holidaying In Singapore since Dec. 19. will r. irn to the royal town of Pekan on Friday
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    One month's observation
    62 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. A housewife. Ow Cheaw Tee. 35, who admitted possession of opium utensils and prepared opium was today sent to the opium treatment centre for a month's observation The Ninth Magistrates Court was told that she was arrested by a party of detectives, who raided her
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    Snake kills woman
    56 5 Snake kills woman SEREMBAN. Wta A woman who went to bathe in a stream in K<s:ilh Pilah last night was bitten by a snake. She ned five mln utes later. Police said Sonljum binte Hussein, 55, ot Kampong Majau, went to the jungle stream 50 yards from her house. She
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    Whiteaway Laidlaw to close in Singapore
    256 6 Whiteaway Laidlaw to close in Singapore SINGAPORE, Wednesday. one of Singapore's leading department stores and a landmark for 60 years, is to close down in February. Announcing this today, Mr. R. Jacobs, the company's general manager for Singapore and Malaya, said: "The reasons for our closing are the approaching termination
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    SIX CINEMA STRIKERS IN COURT
    78 6 SINGAPORE, Wed. Six striking employees of Hoover Theatre, in Balestler Road, pleaded not guilty in a Singapore magistrate's court today to a charge of rioting. Abdul Ghanl bin Hamid Subramanlan Vlsuwalir>«am. Tay Lian Thong. Sinduan bin Abdul Rahman, Tan Jin Wah, and Yakob bin Plr
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    Conference of Malaysia socialists: New date
    132 6 Conference of Malaysia socialists: New date Kt ALA LIMPIR, Wed The Malaysia socialist leaders conference scheduled to be held here from Jan. 6 to Jan. 8. has been postponed to Jan. 25. Nine socialist parties from Malaya. Singapore. Brunei. Sarawak and Borneo are taking part in the meeting. Each party
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    $1,000 to fund
    19 6 PENANG. Wed. Penang millionaire Mr. Loh Boon Slew has donated $1,000 to the National Mosque Fund.
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    SEARCH FOR TWO SHIPS FINISHES
    141 6 SEARCH FOR TWO SHIPS FINISHES SINGAPORE. Wed. An RAF Shacklcton from Changi returned to base this afternoon after the air force and navy called off a combined search for two ships reported to be in distress in the South China Sea yesterday. The 14 crew of the small Hong Kong
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    Union accepted
    32 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wrd. The National Mining Workers' Union of Malaya has been recognised by the Malayan Mining Employers' Association for negotiations and discussions at national level, the union announced today.
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    BIGGEST TEACHERS' TRAINING CENTRE WILL OPE N SOON
    240 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. MALAYA'S biggest teachers' training centre will be opened on Jan. 15. This $5.4 million project the Malayan Teachers' Training College at Panta Valley— will replace the one at Kirkby in Britain. It will be a residential college, with a
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  • The Straits Times Thursday. December 28. 1961.
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      Passing The Buck
      739 8 balanced its 1960 accounts. A Johore fund from which advances have been made to Government employees has been used also Eor advances to State Councillors. i Many of the matters to which the Auditor-General and his assistant draw attention are plainly much more than technical inquiry into
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      Eyes on Kuwait
      398 8 J Speculative explanations of I the British Government's aleri of a small military contingent i lor assignment if necessary to an unnamed lesion of anxiety in the Middle East all circulate around rumour that military movements in southern Iraq portend another attempt to annex Kuwait. It seems
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      Fitting Choice
      134 8 The nomination of Dato Lee Kong Chian as first Chancellor of the new University of Singapore, when it comes into being next year, will be widely and warmly welcomed. For more than thirty years he has been an outstanding figure in Malayan commerce and industry; during this period
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    1564 8 PAKISTAN: THE PRESSING PROBLEMS by A STAFF WRITER Separated by 1,000 miles of territory belonging to a testy neighbour, this is the country Ayub said thi politicians had turned into a laughing-stock IF. as some anticipated the country we call India had adopted th© name Hindustan when British India was
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      279 8 IN his tourth article on the war in Malaya. Mr. Baratham briefly describes the fate of the 45th Indian Brigade, and quotes an alleged comment by General Perclval. Percivals "caustic verdict." he writes, was: "This brigade had never been fit for employment in a theatre
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    421 8 From ELIZABETH MORRIS T ISBON. Wed Like the debris or a party the morning after, tattered bills and posters in Lisbon proclaim: "Goa ia Our Territory. We Wl'.! Not be Intimidated by Nehm' Since 1510. Goa once a sacred Hindu lt|. had been Portuguese
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      112 8 Jk Refrigeration Air-conditioning f£| '•■••&< m Built ob a foundation MtWlttT bl fMJt.KAar M of 107 yttrt •xMrienea* -;*:>•> WalH* v.»v nil iv» FRICK ar« always abl« to Vss meet their customers' r??! I r^ 11 requirements precisely 9 X •wit* u»e» w\ _.j._i_. FRICK BQUipmant Icawst^aaai v. Send for
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    'Blood sport' anglers under fire
    277 9 CURATOR OF AQUARIUM 'GOES OFF THE DEEP END' OVER KILLING OF FISH FOR FUN OF IT, INSTEAD OF FOR FOOD SINGAPORE. Wednesday. 'JHE curator of the Van Kleef aquarium. Mr. A. Fraser-Brunner. today hit out at anglers for indulging in a "blood sport." He was
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    A DETECTIVE SERGEANT IS ACQUITTED
    94 9 A DETECTIVE SERGEANT IS ACQUITTED PENANG. *.Ved. A "elective sergeant. Lo Thean Guan, 39, was today acquitted of corruptly obtaining $150 from an oil-mill labourer. Ong Ko Up. He was not called for his defence. Also acquitted was Sim Hun Chong, 25, who pleaded not guilty to abetting Lo. Sim's
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    Hong Kong trip for a song
    41 9 IPOH. Wed Mr. Chlew Chung Weng. 23 teacher earned a free air return trip to Hong Kong by winning the lpoh Boys" Club singing content here la.^t right He ,-ang an u-lish sc:ig "One Alone"
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    Driver fined and barred
    57 9 SINGAPORE. Wad. —A mechanical engineer in H M.S. Puncheston. David Arthur Holt, was fined a total of $95 In a Traffic Magistrate's Court today on three summons charges of driving a car without licence, without the owners consent and without a third party Insurance. Holt was
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    Sultan takes a trip on the lakes
    206 9 'I MUST HAVE MY OWN BOAT HERE,' HE DECIDE ITIALA Ll'MPl'R. Wed The Sultan of Selangnr (xee above) went boat riding on the lakes of the Kl&ng Gates dam this morning, and decided that he should have his own racing boat at the
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    Mr. M's appeal to Dato Lee
    303 9 SINGAPORE. Wednesday. 'PHE Workers' Party today urged Dato Lee Kong 1 Chian. the Chancellor-designate of the University of Singapore, to use his position and influence to ge. 'the educated and the wealthy" to recognise the need to "discharge a duty to the community in
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    President again
    18 9 KUALA LUMPUR Wed Mr. K. I. Muhludeen has been re-elected president of the Belabor Musldn League
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    Rail crossing
    19 9 TANJONG MrtLIM. Wed. Work on wide; ing the railway crossing In the town here has been completed.
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    MARSHALL IS WORKERS' PARTY HEAD AGAIN
    88 9 MARSHALL IS WORKERS' PARTY HEAD AGAIN SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. David Marshall has been re-elected chairman of the new executive council of the Workers' Party for 1962. The other officials are: Ist vice-chairman. Mr. Sum Chong Heng: 2nd vice-chair-man. Mr. Koh Chong Hwa; secretary-general. Mr. Chua Chin Klat: treasurer, Mr Chiang
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    GANGSTERS CLASH DURING FUNERAL
    85 9 IPOH. Wednesday. QANGSTERS attacked a rival gang during a xw funeral procession today at Menglembu. three miles from here. The procession was In Tranchell Street when a party of men following the mourners threw bottles and stones at a group on the five-foot way. Police believe
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    Ministry studies case of the tube-fed mother
    181 9 Ministry studies case of the tube-fed mother SINGAPORE, Wed. The Health Ministry is now studying the case of Madam V. Mariammal. a mother of two, who has appealed to the Government for aid to go overseas for specialist treatment Madam Mariammal. who has fed herself through a tube since 1957
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    Police transfer
    25 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Inspector B. Ramakrlshnan of the Special Crime Branch here, will be transferred on 1 uesday to Talplng as Asslstlant O.C.P.D.
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    Mentri's visit
    30 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— The Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Haji Hassan bin Hajl Yunos, will visit Batu Pahat tomorrow to open a school and a community hall there.
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    Found dead in field
    64 9 ALOR STAR. Wed. A planter, Abdullah bin Ismail, 43, was yesterday found dead in a padi field at Tanjong Pering. 25 miles east of Alor Star. He had tour slash wounds on the neck and body. The police went to the scene after a man went
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    Aziz: Umno branch calls meeting
    183 9 KUALA LUMPUR. W«d OELANGOR Umno leaders are to meet on Monday to consider the recent attack on Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. the Minister of Agriculture, by the Mentri Besar of Negri Sembllan. Dr. Mohamed Said, in the State Legislative Assembly. Five Umno Members ol
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    $4.7 mil. FOR CHEAP HOUSES NEXT YEAR
    78 9 $4.7 mil. FOR CHEAP HOUSES NEXT YEAR KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation Government is to spend §4.~85.000 next year in building more cheap bouses throughout the country. This is part of its programme to spend $45 million in five years to build 10.000 cheap booses in the Federation. The cheap
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    Back on job
    22 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Fifth Magistrate. Mr. S. R. Chapkhana. today resumed duty after being on leave for 50 days.
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    MCA PLAN TO INVEST IN RUBBER AND MINING
    181 9 MCA PLAN TO INVEST IN RUBBER AND MINING KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Malayan Chinese Association is to form a finance corporation in the new year. The object of the corporation is to buy rubber estates and go into the mining industry as well. The decision to form the corporation wa.s
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    By-election on Feb. 3
    68 9 SEREMBAN. Wed. domination day for the Negri Sembilan State Assembly byelection has been set tor Jan 8 Polling day will be on Keb. 3. The by-electton Is to fill the seat left vacant by the death on Dec. 17 of Mr. Fong Yew Wong (Alliance-Gemas). The
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    Pay talks between Govt. and union to go on
    137 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Pay talks between the Government and the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees will continue on Friday. The parties have already met more than five times. The union, which is seeking wag*: Increases and improved working conditions for about 7,000
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    Barisan cannot hold rally
    254 9 Barisan cannot hold rally SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Government has rejected an application by the Barisan Sosialis to hold a mass rally on the merger issue on Sunday In Jalan Laut on the grounds that it (the Barisan) does not have an assembly representative in that area. Mr. Llm Chin
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      134 9 /Iff MENTHOL FINEST VIRGINIA B^^^*^M LONG SIZE FILTER [VV^H l.err tawfcar kMv» t**4 Vif«tai« ci««r«m u» o« lamon-Ycllow colewr tobacco of iw««t-««»t»»T'«» SNOW HOUSt" M*nthol«lW ci»o^«H« Kav* |v*t tM«« super* qvolrtm lemo»-v«llow »k»r, m«t *m»km« mn4 Mm h»»¥mtm or cool mtnrfcol. That it »k« More M* Mar* oooal* arc Jinihlaa,
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      90 9 MMIfNEW IH v ■B I s ne am^ v s ze (5-3 cv. ft.) refrigerator K I I Lftfl by Bosch of Germany has all these features:M I 1 1 II m I extra-large freezer compartment with two I ice-trays. 3 shelves (one adjustable), butter /-^^^r- \^^r f~ r compartment,
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    SIGHTSEEING STAY, THEN ON TO HONG KONG
    216 10 SIGHTSEEING STAY, THEN ON TO HONG KONG TWO DISTINGUISHED VISITORS HAD A RENDEZVOUS IN SINGAPORE TWO interesting recent visitors t o Singapore were Princess Con Caetani of Rome and Loelia, Duchess of Westminster. Friends for many years, the two of them had planned to meet in Singapore before continuing a
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    IMPORTANCE OF THE BATH TO COMFORT
    140 10 THE Romans recognised 2,000 years ago that a well planned bath is one of the most important features of their dwellings. Their luxurious styles for bathrooms have given Inspiration to some of the best designers of rr.jdern bathroom equipment. Easily worked But to get
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    Dish that is always timely
    30 10 Dish that is always timely riERVE your euests a S^l ?n 5 flavoured dish of chicken chow-mein. f v „«i,_ nnn**i*ia<, o^h yoke appetities and can be served as a
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    Mainly for Women
    657 10 ings will give bath and wash-basin surrounds of walls and an appearance of tiles or marble. What is more, a wipe with a damp cloth is all that Is required to clean them. Another innovation are the "rubberised" paints .specially manufactured for use in bathrooms so that
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    PLAYSUIT FOR THAT LEISURE HOUR
    56 10 PLAYSUIT FOR THAT LEISURE HOUR THIS cool, casual playsuit for comfortable lounging around the house is in Indian printed cotton. The pair of well-tailored slacks is topped with a blouse a?id loose el-bow-length sleeves trimmed with thrcs rows of frilly, matching lace. A short overskirt, secured at the waist with
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    Experiment with lipstick— shades may vary
    76 10 Experiment with lipstick shades may vary piFTY years ago women bit their lips to make them red and alluring. Nowadays women are lucky. Lipstick does the Job for them. Beauty counters groan under their load of lipsticks in every colour and price. Colours multiply year after year and it is
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    THE DAY AFTER? TRY THIS REMEDY
    137 10 THE DAY AFTER? TRY THIS REMEDY DID you know that garlic Is a cure for hangover? There are some other off beat uses as well. Here are several remedies for ailments vouched for by a French author, Rosie Maurel. who wrote a book called "The Food Dictionary." For Indigestion: 801
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      277 10 Our Hire Purchase Terms are the LOWEST in Singapore! Here's proof that FRIGIDAIRE is your best buy. BRAND CAPAOTY TOTAL H.P. PRICE FRIGIDAIRE 9.1 eu.H. 544.00 COMPETITIVE BRAND "A" 6.5 cv.ft. 900.00 "B" 7.7 cu.lt. 926.00 "C" B.7cu.H. 984.00 "D" 9.4eu.f». 1,118.00 FRIGIDAIRE 9.1 cv.ft. refrigerototj f' r '"""T^L ul
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      145 10 Jt m N?ow v! JbbbK jF more than ytf EVER X W J^ CONFIDENCE t~zr-~'^£~si Only the KOTEX feminine tS| towel has the 'Wqndersof t*' Jsm l^^^^^M covering. This, plus pressed *ttl S<^*^^> rounded ends and the spec ia 1 i r^< <'$*$& *^BJ centre, means sure invisible $*$t "^yw^^J
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      280 10 Straits Times Crossword p^ ihHI in ACROSS 9. It'a thought I am to ran 1b 1. "Sunset and und one disarray (10). rlear call for me!" (Tenny- 12. Defeat, that is to «ay. on th« son) (7. 4). Scottish coast Hit t. Jason's vessel reversed painter 13. Merry fellow flyirtf;
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      1640 11 BLUE FUNNEL LINE FREIGHT ENQUIRIES tel: 2415. PASSACE INQUIRIES. Ttli 2412 tO ADEN. LIVERPOOL. CIASCOW, LONDON I CONTINENTAL PfltTS. Cue S'oore Ml P. S'fim Penan) ACHILLES LllllllM, Gasjow Ii Pt Die 21 Dec 38 11 POLTDOP.US L'pttl. Out in. Havt, H'curt Cli. 11 TMay Dec 28/1 ADRASTUS Litcrpeel. j<gr« Cla
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      1333 11 THE E. A. C. LINESSAILINCS TO MEIITEIMUHEAN. CONTINENTAL I SCANIINAVIAN PtRTS. £X—JSf\ SAMOA" a) 21 OtC/ 4 JM 5/ 7 Jll 1/ I Jtl iSfV^KI >S"*ARA' |)c) 7121 In 27/21 Jn 2111 In yAY^4ZM "KAMIIIIA" a) 21 JM/ 4 Ftl 5 7 Flk 1/ 8 Flk YMt-amW FALSTRIA I 11/28
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      1674 11 THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. UNION IUILOINC SINGAPORE TELi ***** I EXPRESS SERVICES TO LONDON, LIVERPIIL, I CBNTINENTAI PORTb S'pori P. STitm Peri'-g •ENAUER(H) H'lirg. I'coi. Ha»rt. M'tro li Pt Tifay Btc 28/1 SENIOMOND f LP) L'tlll, R':am. Hull. H'lurt Dtc W/ I II Pt/lM 28 BENIORAN (E.L.) llMli, Hamburg.
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      1266 11 McALISTER dc CO., LTD. TOR lU| M ICt \F»* ELLEKMAM LIMB cV KLAVKNCSS LINE LONDON. HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM t IBS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO HAVRE k HULL. SEAUE. VANCOUVER t PORTLAND CITY IF RIPON Acceilm cargi fir Clltlll t Sauia S'pon P. S>iti Perirg *uf£!'J,*,\ t M.4-1/TMI, 1, 2S/3S {.C T?"'-" lIINCKINC,
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE RE-OPENS VERY QUIETLY
    495 12 MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE RE-OPENS VERY QUIETLY By Our Market Correspondent WHEN the Malayan Stock Exchange reopened yesterday after the Christmas holidays conditions remained extremely quiet. There was a very small volume of business written, but prices were very steady. Trading included Tongkah Harbour done at 81s. Sungei Way 52.55. Sungei
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    518 12 BUSINESS on the Malayan Stock Exchange. Federation section ye&teiday witn the number of deals In brackets: Industrials: K. and N. (1,000) $2 49: S. Time? (1.000) $3.06: S. Traderc (1.000) $4. T0: Win. Jacks (3.000) $l.ft 6 crl: Kast Smelt $2.59 OL ON: (1.000) *2.60; Rothman* $1.13
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    80 12 rPHE FfderaUon Minister of 1 Finance has fixed these prices for calculating: customs duties for the week beginninc on U»c. 2<t. Rubber 78 i cents a Ib. Copra $404 a ton. Coconut oil $616 a ton Palm oil $654.2."> a> ton. Palm kernels 5312 a ton. The rates
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    RUBBER PRICES
    215 12 JANUARY llrst [rim rubbtr bi/y.fl I f.».b. closed la Singapore yesterday at 791 cent! per Ib up 14 cents OB Friday" prle*. Tbe tone was sttady. t.C.C.R.A. closing prices In cents per Ib. yesterday: Int. 1 R. 8.8 Prompt fob. buyers 79, sellers 79s (Norn): Int. 1 R.
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    180 12 SHIP* lying alsngald* the (ingaMrs wharves todty are: Sydney Man 6A. ThorKorn 42 43. ArendKkerk 46, Tong Wee 18, Kamiluwa Maru 6 '7. Leda Maerf>k r>« 3>, Sydney 43. Belnmat 23. Sabang 24. Outtr reads: Llan Hin. Nlnella. Balya. Adra*tus. Silver King, Nlkonl M.-iri. LiborMd, Thornolm. Emp.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    114 12 £HfNISK Pr»duc. Euhm i Slno- Mr* noon pricss Mr »leul y*sttrday: Coconut til: nnlk $34 *#llrrn, drum $3Vi teller*: Cora: Dec. t'K Continent S2.IS buyer*. 12.M Mltera. P*ww»f. Mnntok white *167| Keller*, ftarawalc white JIM (tilers, upecla! Sarawak black is.'i seller*, nrbled Lamponf blark $13.-! MOOT, ASTA. $148
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    86 12 ALL Malayan Eiehtng* ■anki' I Atiecl»ti»n ratca were unchaogr<t ymtrrday as follow* (all rates to |100>: New Y»rli! buying T.T 32 15M6: alnnail O.D. 33 1 16. 60 d lit 33 5 16 credit bills. 33 7 18 trade bill*. Canada: buying T.T. 3' 7 16: airmail O.D.
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    Tin price falls sharply: Rubber market steadier
    250 12 WHEN the Singapore tin market re-open-ed yesterday after the long holiday the price fell by $1.37| to $472.25 on an offering reduced by 30 tons to 240 tons. Local market observers connected the drop with the seasonal lack of demand which continues. During
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    CLOSING PRICES
    35 12 SINGAPORE. Oec. ?7. RUBBER: 79? cents per Ib. (up 1\ cents). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 79; crnts (steady). TIN: 5472.25 per pit til (down 51.37! Estimated unofficial offering 240 tons (down 30 tons).
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      705 12 TENDER J.K.R. KEDAH TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received from Class "E" and above registered contractors at the office of the St*t« Engineer. Kedah PerHs. Alor Star, up to 3 p.m. on 7th January, 1962. for the Const ruction of Culverts on the Padang Buloh-Liibok Saga Rural Road in Central
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      138 12 THE STRAITS TRADING CO. LTD. i NOTICE is hereby given tint I the private rj.id lr:.ulng Irom Kitmpong Bahm Road to Nos. If au*hey Park will be closed io .vi uufllc on !.-t Ji.:,tMu-y. 1962. ST ANDREW'S KINDERGARTEN \VOOI)*VII I I B«vs ;:nd CMi Ajcd 4yrs. (!\r<;. Monday, to I'rid.iy.
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      626 13 (Continued from Page 8) SITUATIONS VACANT Wordt SS (Mln.)— Box it ett. txtrm WANTED .1 male Arts Graduate of n-coKnised Vnlvernity for local •econschool. Apply Bo* A.'><3o B.T. S pore. WANTED coo<l xeneral dally amah no ''(Kikifik- reference* e-**ntlftl. Apply n Clifton Vale. Braddel H*l«ht-. B'pore. Trl h7r).ir> WANTED GENERAL
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      462 13 SITUATIONS VACANT GLAXO-ALLENBURYS (MALAYA) I Ltd., wish to secure the services of a pharmacist or chemist to be engaged primarily upon quality control work on Pharmaceutical Products Manufactured at their Prtallng Jaya Factory. Reply to P.O. Bos 11, Petaling Jaya. WANTED: A school clerk In Johore Bahru. Qualification*: School Certificate
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      956 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT Word, Si (Min.)-Bn St ctt. txtra FURNItNtD ROOM to let n-ar bus I stop* suitable working girls bach-lors coupl* Reply Box A 5525 B.T. B' pore. TO LIT airy room la acw flat, qaiet surrounding: suitable siagle/coupl* (no cooking pleas*) call at 103- A I Dor-rt Road B'pore.
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      1037 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT M Wordt %S (Min.)-Box St ctt. ntlrm FURNIIHIO UNFUKNIIHIO ROO'.tt Bukit Timah Road, 7th mile near busstop. Own Mparat* entrance. Including U'U-pbon*, ligbt, water. SMI: Tdepboa* (S'forc) *****. BUNGALOW HOUSB with vpacJou* room* and bath-room attached, (arrant* and driver* quarter*, furoisbajd. spacious compound avallabl* for rant. Phon- (S'poret
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      699 13 EDUCATION M Wmrdt SS (Mln.)— Box St ctt. txtrm JANUARY SESSIONS!! Secretarial. Stenography, Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typewriting. English, Law Subject*. Classes anytime. Register early: Raja- Colleg* (Oian Singh's Sad door) Spore. MECHANICAL t NOINBSBIMC DRAWING. Sy-tematle and Specialised coaching t oa Wk. January. Apply at. N. Campos 4k Co.. Second Floor,
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      781 13 WANTED Wmrit S5 St eta. -rtr. WANTBO experienced typewriter mechanic -filing to work throughout the Federation of Malaya anywhere. Apply to Box ABB2O B.T. B'per.-. RADIO COMMUNICATION RICHVI R must be workable at leaat to SO me* and also Ham equipment 60 or 150 watt. Box A9SSS S.T. B'pore. i
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      796 13 VfHICLCS FOR SALE It Wmrdt SS (Min.)—Bsx St ctt. txtra ■UVINO A lILUNO Oood U*ed C*r* 'U upward" Easy Term* can be arranged. 12 Cairnhill Road. Spore. Tel: *****. 3 VOLKSWAGEN VAN* delivery one month after acceptance of offer. 12 i month* road tax Included. Inspection at I Kuala Lumpur
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      313 13 SHOPPING GUIDE (Sport) 20 Word* $10 (Minimum) Daih I month. 1$ Wordt fl.il (Him.) RINCS of dlMlnrtlw dealfB. Onn Goldsmith Singapore JAVA MODES (415 River Valley Raid' Kebaya* utrn dtsiKn. HAVE YOU THOUGHT of mini Bank? r.afik Shop Cathay Cinema DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT WIDDIHC Rlncii. CTiinng ShinK Manufarfjrlnx Jewellrrs. Tel *****.
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    APA LAGI-$ll7 TOPS DAY OF GOOD DIVIDENDS
    2037 14 Jazz Singer wins main sprint By EPSOM JEEP gINGAPORE, Wed.— Jazz Singer, with Kitson Leong up, scored a smart win in the main sprint over 6f at Bukit Timah today. Jazz Singer showed a fine turn of finishing speed to overhaul the favourite,
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    22 14 CALCUTTA, Wed. Ridden by English jockey Duncan Keith Golden Can scored a five-length win in the Calcutta Derby here yesterday.
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      717 14 NOTICE THE private road between the HoiiHkonn and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the Medical Hall Ltd.. leading from Battery Road to Union Lane will be closed to the public lor 24 hours from 6 air. on Ist January 1962. THE TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT. IPOH TOWN COUNCIL. NOTICE Notice Is heieby
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      213 14 1 GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE 3% 1*46 REHABILITATION LOAN (1982-197*) Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Register of the above Loan will be closed from the Ist [January. 1962. to 14th January. 1962. both days inclusive, for the j preparation of Interest Warrants. By Order, The Hongkong
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      572 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND Applications are Invited for employment in the Christmas Island Teaching Service. EUciMNtjr: Male British subjects who arc citizens of Singapore. Malaya or Australia. Qualification* Adequate training in teaching. Salary: Normal trained. $440 r S2SA to $940 per month. Graduate. $575x540A to $1,215 per month.
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      27 14 mm mm tt 1 Wont Astrologer Doi|||hy m^ m m*' 00 &4p«tts foretells youit|lfeto "*s9f^ M 'y i /I p* H l\ 1 m "j k^\ j
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      587 15 CHAMPIONS RESORT TO NEW TACTICS IN ATTACK AND SCORE FOUR GOALS By ERNEST FRIDA SINGAPORE, Wednesday SINGAPORE 0 PAKISTAN 4 SINGAPORE lost their proud home record in international hockey matches against touring sides when they were badly beaten 4-0 by world hockey champions Pakistan before a
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      66 15 FIRST OF TWO WINNERS FOR VISITING JOCKEY yiSITING English Jockey Lester Piggott winning the fifth race on Huat Chye at Bukit Timah on v Christmas Eve. Huat Chye beat Peak of Perfection (Laurie Johnson) by a neck with Swift Tiger (Lyall Harbridge) third half
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      29 15 LONDON, Wed. —In the only Rugby League match played yesterday, Hull Kingston Rovers beat Hunslet 16-10 The remaining 13 matches were postponed owing to frost. Reuter.
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      107 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Malaya and Singapore have been invited to take part in a friendly welghtllfting content in Ceylon next year. J. Ranasinghe. manager of the Ceylon team to the Mr. Asia contest held here* on Christmas Eve, Issued the Invitations on behalf of the
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      82 15 rjINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Civilians Soccer Referees Society have protested to the Singapore Amateur F\A. over the disciplinary action taken by the BAFA Commission of Enquiry against three players. The three players— Rahlm Omar, Umar Rahmat and Long—were sent off thtf field during a Premier League game.
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    520 16 LEE, WHO JOINED THE PARTY THIS YEAR, IS NEW SECRETARYGENERAL: IT'S WAR ON 'OPPORTUNISTS' SINGAPORE, Wednesday. Singapore People's Alliance will soon begin a big clean-up of members "of the same category as those that have resigned." This was the first public announcement of the new
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    56 16 MALACCA. Wed.—Singapore and Perak were level at 2-2 tonight at the end of the first half of their Foong Seong Cup Badminton interzone final here. The match will be completed tomorrow night and the winners will challenge" holders Penang in the final of the
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    49 16 THIS is the wrecked fuselage of the British European Airways Comet 4-B jet airliner which crashed at Ankara, Turkey, with the loss of 2(J lives. Kight passengers survived the crash as the plane was taking off in sleet and snow from Ankara airport U.P.I. picture.
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    358 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed rpENGKU Abdul Rah- man spoke last night of Malaya's determination to help South Vietnam crush the Communist menace to that country. He said in an airport interview on his return from a Christmas holiday in Bangkok: "If we have mon arms
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    529 16 OINGAPORE, Wed. A Barisan Sosialis leader, Mr. S. T. Bani, back from the Malaysia Solidarity Consultative Committee conference in Kuching, today accused the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, of "deliberately misrepresenting" the proceedings at the conference. Mr. Bani, who is also Assemblyman for
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    358 16 LONDON, Wed. —Stock markets In London today resumed quietly after the long weekend and although It was possible to deal for the new account which officially starts on Tuesday next, business was small. Just before the close business was further reduced when the market was
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