The Straits Times, 3 January 1958

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    23 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. fat*** 1 He**"** SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1958 fr ft 15 CENTS
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    POLL CASH? 'No, No, No'
    775 1  -  CHIA POTEIK By EX-SECRET SOCIETY MAN; I PROVE CAR FOR WINNER 'Two other candidates wanted me to help: 9 I was out to one, said no to other 3 times the question is asked FOKMKR Singapore secret society leader said yesterday he helped a Liberal
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    $35,000 1 jackpot: THREE days to go
    108 1 $35,000 1 jackpot: THREE days to go UAVE you made your bid for the E big New Year |ack- E i pot? If not, you should do so NOW. E There's $35,000 waiting to be won. E 1 And there's the F E usual $5,000 in con- solation prizes in
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    Red chief shot at Rawang
    80 1 Red chief shot at Rawang KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs —A police patrol wounded a bandit in Rawang todr>.y. Tlie man. a district committee member of the Selangor branch of the Malayan Communist Party, has been admitted to the hospital here. He was one of two bandits the patrol found near the
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    Lock icon Crash: 7 lost
    30 1 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. Seven passengers and a steward are missing, presumed drowned, as the result of t. crash of an Argentine flying boat In Buenos Aires harbour.—Reuter.
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    PAKISTAN'S GIFT FOR KING
    59 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Federation's High Com■aiWtOMr in Pakistan, Teng- '< ku Mohamed bin Tengku Be- 1 sar Baharudciin, today presented a crystal vase to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on i behalf of Pakistan's Minister of the Interior. Tengku Mohamed, who is also a brother-in-law of
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    DRIVER TRIED TO HELP PASSENGERS BUT WATER HELD DOOR SHUT
    15 1 DRIVER TRIED TO HELP PASSENGERS BUT WATER HELD DOOR SHUT THE TAXI COVERED WITH MUD
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    3 escape as taxi plunges into harbour
    243 1 3 escape as taxi plunges into harbour TWO passengers and the driver escaped when a taxi plunged Into 60 feet of water In Singapore harbour. The passengers, Mr. J. Bos. 25, a storekeeper, and Mr. A van Haastrecht, 21, a greaser were returning from a New Year party. The driver
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    : Fish inside : the car
    96 1 Fish inside the car S.H.B. policemen, who heard the splash, rushed to the scene and helped to direct the three as they swam to the wharf steps. The taxi was hauled out of the water by a floating crane yesterday after a diver was sent down to clear It. It
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    23 1 ZURICH, Thurs. Zurich DOllce plan to build a traffic garden where schools (an take children for lessons in road discipline. Reuter.
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    286 1 Venezuelan capital bombed as President threatens 'heavy attack" CARACAS, Thurs.— The Venezuelan Government of General Marcos Jimenez has threatened a "heavy attack" on the Garrison of Maracay, 50 miles east of Caracas, where troops rose in revolt yesterday. A Government communique said the garrison
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    THE THREE LUCKY MEN
    10 1 HAASTRECHT TAY ENG KOK J. BOS
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    Downed plane crew 'safe and well'
    240 1 REFUGEES WAIT FOU RELIEF THE British Skymaster airliner forced down ov2r Communist Albania by Jet fighters on Tuesday had been chartered by KPM to fly 60 Dutch employees, wives and children from Singapore to HolThey were evacuated from Indoresia earlier this week. A ICPM
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    42 in crash, but the show goes on
    96 1 42 in crash, but the show goes on MALACCA, Ihurs. -For-ty-two members of the Singapore Malay Cultural iror.pt- had a narrow escape from death yesterday evening. A bus in which they were travelling from Singapore to Malacca ran off the road and overturned in a ravine six miles from Bengam.
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    Lock icon Siam stays in
    35 1 BANGKOK. Thurs. Siam w continue to be a member of the South East Asia Treaty Organisation because it is "bent-flcial to the country." the new Prime Minister. Gen. Thanom Kittakachoru. said today.—Reuter.
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    JAKARTA SEIZES COLONY VESSEL
    208 1 JAKARTA SEIZES COLONY VESSEL Cable received from master INDONESIAN gunboats are reported to have seized a Singapore owned freighter, the S. S. Honesta, as she was voyaging from the Celebes to the Colony. A United Press message from Hong Kong quoting local shipping sources, said the vessel vas seized In
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    Police kill terrorist
    48 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A police special squad last night killed one of two terrorists contacted in the Kota Tinggi district of Johore The second terrorist escaped. The dead terrorist has been identified as Stow Kwai Loi. He had a rifle and 32 rounds of ammunition.
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    Floods close two roads
    44 1 KUALA LUMPUR. ThursTwo more roads in Pahang are closed today because of floods. The Temerloh-Trlang-Ke-mayan road is under 34 feet of water at 21J milestone and the Trlang-Mengkuang Road is under four feet six Inches of water at 1021 milestone.
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    Lock icon First and last
    39 1 NEW YORK, Thurs. —Mrs. Roman Thelen set a local record at St. Cloud, Minnesota, last night by giving birth to the last baby born 'n 1957 after producing the year's first baby on Jan. 1. Reuter.
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    MINISTER: JAKARTA AIR PACT? PERHAPS...
    91 1 MINISTER: JAKARTA AIR PACT? PERHAPS... KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Government is prepared to enter into an air agreement with Indonesia provided it is "mutually beneficial' This as stated toda> by the Minister for Transport. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Talib. He was commenting on a proposal by Garuda, the Indonesia airline,
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    Lock icon Joint work on a new jet
    54 1 LONDON rnurs> Iwo »l 3ritaln'<- biggest a.rcrar. firms the HawKt-r-Siddele> group and the Bristol Aeroplane last night announced joint project to build a let airliner for British European Mrways The ne» company will hav Dr A E Russell, designer >i the Bristol Britannia as
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    Lock icon Red letters
    26 1 LONDON Thurs British postal and telephone staffgot Ne* Year greetings cards lodav (nun their counterparts in Moscow. Prague. Riga. Leipzig. Budapest and Warsaw- Reuter
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    238 1 2 a.m. news roundup WOMAN SAYS: I DON T VALUE MY 0.8. E. The only Chinese woman mentioned in the Queen's New Year honours. Madam Liv Yuen Sien, of Singapore, said yesterday that she did not attach much value to the award. Madam Liu. the Principal of the Nanyang Girls'
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    Lock icon NEHRU: OIL FIRMS TO STAY
    111 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs Indias Prime Minister. Mr Nehru, today denied reports that the Indian Government was considering taking over foreign oil distributing firms In the country Mr. Nehru said: "The Government has not had any such proposal In any form before it. If you ask
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    Colony, Australia seal their friendship in blood
    324 2 Colony, Australia seal their friendship in blood IT ALL STARTED WITH LETTER FROM A DOCTOR.. s J BLOOD DONOR IIN SINGAPORE BLOOD DONOR L IN MELBOURNE t Mr. bur.ston is a veteran blood donor. In 12 years, he has given blood in Melbourne 48 times— an aver.age of one donation
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    Lock icon 32 killed at station
    57 2 NEW DELHI. Thurs. Thirty-two people were kille'J and 85 injured in a collision between two passenger trains near Ambala. 120 miles north of here, carry yesterday. The Ambala-Delhi passenger train ran head-on into the Delhi-Pathankot express, which wa> standing in Mohri station, six miles from Am
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    Lock icon Party trick kills him
    95 2 LONDON, Thurs. Joha Wagstaffe. in the full regalia of a Highland drum major. did his party trick for his New Year guests in Slockport. Cfushire, last night. He snatched his dirk from hU sticking and plunged it into his chest. The guests, and his wife and
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    CO-EXISTENCE 'YES' AND 'NO'—BY SOEKARNO
    379 2 CO-EXISTENCE 'YES' AND 'NO'— BY SOEKARNO JAKARTA, Thurs. President Scekarno thinks the Western and Communist countries can live together in peace "but peaceful co-existence between colonialism and the oppressed people is impossible." The president, looking fit and cheerful, was addressing foreign diplomats and Indonesian dignitaries at a New Year gathering
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    Lock icon School rockets
    30 2 DALLAS. Thurs.— Two high school groups report the successful firing of home-made rockets on Monday and Tuesday. One rocket was said to have reached 6 000 ft —Reuter.
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      Lock icon JUMBO GOES ON A NEW YEAR ROMP
      215 2 LONDON, Thursday. 4 N elephant weighing one and a half tons burst out of its circus stable yesterday for a New romp in the streets of Nottingham The elephant. named Baby, smashed the doors of houses, pushed a car for 50 yards and
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      Lock icon He really S(c)ent her
      56 2 ROMF. Thurs.— A spnrned lover spoiled N>w Year's f(<r 19-yrar-old Carla Musso with a bouquet of chloroII .i-spr iyd rosrs. Tlio ;ir! pinned two of the rnses on her dress before t in? to a dancinc party. She became so sleepy that she had to go
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    CEYLON FLOODS: NO WARNING BY WEATHERMEN
    619 2  - CEYLON FLOODS: NO WARNING BY WEATHERMEN FRANCIS COORAY Front COLOMBO, Thursday. yHE sun is shining over flood-devastated Ceylon again, but it is little comfort to a people who will need all the help so generously offered by friendly countries to recover from the shock of a deluge the like of
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    Malta's Government faces new charge
    262 2 £BMIU -SPENDING SPREE' VALETTA, Thursday. rIE leader or Malta's Progressive Constitutional Party Miss Mabel Strickland today charged the Islands Labour Government with a £8 million •spending spree." and called for a financial commission to investigate it. Miss Strickland made the charge in a statement nj
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    Lock icon Police pickets
    22 2 OSLO. Thurs. Oslo police, who went on strike at midnight on New Year's Eve, picketed police headquarters iere today— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Impracticable' to scrap English
    230 3 CHIEF MINISTERS OF THREE SOUTH INDIA STATES JOINTLY DECLARE IT IS- 'IT SHOULD CONTINUE AS AN OFFICIAL TONGUE BEYOND 1965 DEADLINE 9 1 MADRAS, Thursday. THE Chief Ministers of three south Indian states Andhra, Madras, and Mysore said in a joint statement yesterday that "the discontinuance
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    Lock icon RUSSIANS PONDER TRIPS TO STARS
    224 3 RUSSIANS PONDER TRIPS TO STARS MOSCOW, Thurs.—Soviet scientists are pondering problems of journeys to the stars from which passengers might return to find the earth millions of years older. This was revealed in an article published here In the newspaper Soviet Aviation by Professor A. Ghilzin, a member of the
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    Lock icon Blind man will tour Empire
    48 3 LONDON. Thurs. Mr. John WlbOß, 38. the totally blind director of the Comi.ionwealth Society for the Slind. leaves London Airport on Monday for a five-month commonwealth tour. It will include Singapore. Malaya, Honi Kong. Pakistan. India. Ceylon. Australia, New Zealand and Canada Reuter.
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    Lock icon Nearing the Pole
    48 3 WELLINGTON. Thurs— Dr Vivian Fuchs and his British Antarctic paity have got to within 300 miles from the So.ith Pole, while Sir Edmund Hillary's New Zealanders are i within 70 miles of the Pole. ;Pccording to messages from Scott Base received here to--1 day— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Peking sends 'weeding9 expedition to Tibet
    158 3 Peking sends 'weeding 9 expedition to Tibet KATMANDU, Thurs. A five-member mission sert by the Chinese Communist Party's central torinvUee has arrived in Lhasa to "weed out reactionaries and those who stand in the way of modernising; Tibet on socialistic lines" according to re. ports reaching here. The reports said
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    Lock icon HUNDREDS IN PAY OF 'GENTLEMEN SMUGGLERS'
    184 3 HUNDREDS IN PAY OF 'GENTLEMEN SMUGGLERS' nACCA, (East Pak*J istan), Thurs.— Major-General M. Umrao Khan, commander of the Pakistan antismuggling operations on the East PakistanIndian border, said today that the ringleaders of the smugglers were 'gentlemen who employ hundreds of poor people as load carriers." He described them as ''men
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    Yuko gives dolls for Colony girls
    137 3 MR. A. KIPPI'SAMY. a Singapore Public Works Department clerk, sent the Governor of Tokyo. Mr. Seiichiro Yasui. 12 worthless SI OO Japanese occupation notes three weeks ago and asked for dolls for his three dauehters. When thr dolls failed to reach his Joo Avenue
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    Lock icon IKE'S NEW YEAR WISH-TO REMOVE THE CURTAIN
    405 3 IT' ASHIXGTON. Thurs. President Eisen- hower yesterday sent a message to the leaders of the Soviet Union pledging the United States to "every effort" toward world peace. The cable was in reply to a New Year message of greeting from Mr. Voroshilov chairman
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    ISRAELI CRISIS
    128 3 Ben Gurion willing to form Govt. but on his own conditions JERUSALEM, Thurs.- Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Mr, David Ben Gurion, wh.c tendered his resignation on Tuesday after a party crisis, tonight accepted a mandate *c form a new government. But Mr. Ben Gurion set down a number
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    LONDON STOCKS
    268 3 LONDON. Wed. Closing middle prices of selected stork not Including ytamp duty were: LOANS Consols £46 11/16 +H Funding 4% £86** +4 War 3'/,% £63', BANKS Mercantile Bank of India name of company changed to Mercantile Bank Ltd.. and following reororganlsatkm there is only one class of share,
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    Knocked down cyclist—$150
    44 4 Knocked down cyclist— $150 KUALA TRENGGANU, Thur.s. The chief rlerk of the Telecommunication Department here, James Pereira was fined $150 in the magistrate's court yesterday for negligent driving. He was driving along Jalan Ayer Jerneh on Aug. 22 and knocked down a motor cyclist.
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    NO WATER FOR 300 WHO WOULD NOT PAY RATES
    107 4 NO WATER FOR 300 WHO WOULD NOT PAY RATES SUNGEI PATA N 1, Thurs— More than 300 householders here had their water shut of! yesterday because they failed to pay their rates on time. Many consumers, told officials they had paid the rates and produced receipt* to support their claim.
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    New councillors
    41 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Inche Abdullah bin Dato Abdul Rahman and Mr. P. Subramaniam have been nominated to be members of the Johore Bahru Town Council for the current year. They replace Mr. Omar Saliah and Mr A. Abdul Rahlm.
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    CHINESE SEX BOOKS BANNED
    53 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The importation of two Chij nese books on sex has been i banned by the Federation Government. 1 The books are "Sexual De- sires and Women" and "A Study of Virginity."' A police spokesman here said the books had been banned under the
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    PARADE OF BEAUTY, BUT GIRLS AREN'T INTERESTED
    125 4 PARADE OF BEAUTY, BUT GIRLS AREN'T INTERESTED PENANG. Thurs Organis ers of a Malay P»p»y Day fund international fashion contest to be held at the New World park here on Jan. II have hit a snag no girl has entered so far. "This parade was to have been the bighlifht
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    No mass sackings—mines chief
    269 4 No mass sackings— mines chief r.UROPEAN-OWNED COMPANIES ARE RETAINING THEIR EMPLOYEES- MITCHELL BUT SCHEDULES OF WORK ARE BEING REVISED: IT'S A FIVE DAY WEEK NOW INSTEAD OF SIX KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. fHE president of the Malayan Mining Employers' Association, Mr. B. K. Mitchell, told the Straits Times today that there
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    Outing costs two $6,520
    161 4 Thieves rob homes KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Thieve s broke into two house, in Klang and Port Sw« it n r.am yesterday evening and took away cash and jewe'.ier.. worth more tnan $6.521> while the occupants were making New Y^ar visits to tne.r triend^ and relatives. In
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    ALLIANCE RIFT
    125 4 Province Wellesley Indian Congress to discuss suspension of branch BUKIT MERTAJAM. Thurs.— The executive committee of the Province Wellesley South Malaya Indian Congress is meeting to- night to consider the suspension of the local MIC from the Piovince Wellesley South Alliance Council. The branch was suspended for "violating
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    Slept through robbery
    65 4 PENANG. Thurs. A Kelawei road hou-sewife slept while a burglar ransarked her bedroom and escaped with V'T, in cash and jewellery yesterday. Miss l.ilv Jans, 27, re- turned home at about 2.30 a.m. with her sister after a New Year party. She found her room ransacked ulien
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    HOCKEY STAR IS MARRIED IN THE SAME CHURCH AS HER PARENTS
    105 4 HOCKEY STAR IS MARRIED IN THE SAME CHURCH AS HER PARENTS Koniur I'uui.; and I hfK'key pla>er Miss I .1 Thomasi obtained her greatest wish recently she uas married in the same chareh as her parents. She is shown above with her husband after her marriage to Mr. Harold ins
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    A frame-up? That's not true—P.C.
    195 4 A frame-up? That's not true P.C. 7 LIKE THIS MAN- 1 LIKE PUBLIC IPOH, Thursday. 4 POLICE constable denied In court here today that he "framed"' a man "generally disliked by the police force." PC. Ahmad bin Said was lvinpr evidence against Ng I Sum. 21. who pleaded nut guilty
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    City takes over 82 schools
    43 4 KUALA LUMPUR Thura. The administration of 82 primary schools here was taken over yesterday from the Selangor Education Department by th e Municipality, in accordance with the new education policy. About 1.900 teachers are serving in the schools.
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    BANDIT GANG FLEES ACROSS BORDER
    139 4 ALOR STAR, Thursday. SECURITY forces hunting down a Jiang of terrorists who fought a one-hoar battle with Home Guards at Jitra on Monday believe the bandits have fled into Siamese territory. This follows the discovery today oi a new track leading across the border. The
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    INSTITUTE WARNS ON SYNTHETIC RUBBER
    226 4 INSTITUTE WARNS ON SYNTHETIC RUBBER KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Rubber Research Institute of Malaya warned today that any neglect in improving present forms of natural rubber and developing useful new types would mean an even greater threat from the synthetic rubber industry. The warning, made in the institute's bulletin. The
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    Boys fly in to join new school
    186 4 Boys fly in to join new school IPOH, Thurs.- Six boys 1 from Brunei arrived by air here this nornlng to join the residential Malay Secondary School which moved into its new $2,200,000 Duilding today. The school is the first of its kind in the Federation and opens on Monday.
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    Study gifts for 34
    58 4 KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs.— Thirty- four students. 13 of them girls, of English and Chinese schools here, yesterday received scholarships totalling $397 from the Kheng Chiew Association. The students are children of members of the association and each year, since 1951. those pupils who do well in
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      179 4 Everybody's Favourite Jttp\ The Week-ender JB» >* an 3 fC^ ssue Now On Sale J SINGAPORE AIRPORT RIDDLE jf r Myste-ious happenings scare workers WH^^JtVfcr"^ j A MALAYAN KAMPONC OF BALDIES iHK^i i It's a strange but true story |APAN S ELVIS PRESLEY IS A CIRL iQ|^| Pictures of srnsational
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      177 4 II 1 I RADIO MALAYA NATIONAL SHOBT WAVE KEKVICE 41 rurtrfi 72M kr SINGAPORE Mrdima ware <7< metiea KUALA LL'MrTJR Mrdium wave Ml mrtm rENANG MrtMttJO out 344 metrra IPOH M«4laa> wbtc 13a mrtrts MALACCA McdiaiH ware 297 metre* AM. 7. 1S Opening Announcement; 7 16 Momli g Serenade; 7
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    '$100 FOR SWEETS'—IT WAS A BRIBE
    312 5 '$100 FOR SWEETS'— IT WAS A BRIBE Amusement park man tried to give cash to police chief's niece, 12 Court president: We shall all suffer if you try to corrupt Government officers BENTONG, Thursday. amHsement park manager tried to bribe a police officer by giving the officer's 12-year-old niece $100
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    Mayoral mansion: Tenders out soon
    238 5 Mayoral mansion: Tenders out soon UENANG, Thurs.-Thej Penang City Secretary. Mr. S. V. Adams, will soon call for ten- j ders from people wish- 1 ing to rent the Mayors official mansion in Residency Road. The new Labour Mayor, Mr. i D.S Ramanathan. has an- 1 nounced that he will
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    MALAY STUDENTS PERFORM THE CANDLE DANCE
    45 5 The girl-members of the Malacca Malay Students' Union are seen dancing the "Tarian I. Mm or "Candle dance" at an all-community cultural night organised by the Malay Cultural Congress at the MCA. Hall Malacca this week —Straits Times pictarr.
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    Minister's 'silence9 worries parents
    187 5 Minister's 'silence 9 worries parents PENANG. Thurs Parents and guardians of overaged Malay students who sent a petition to the Minister for Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari. two weeks aso. will meet on Sunday to conr.ider the Minister's "silent attitude.' "Schools will re-open soon, and these pupils, who have been
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    New president is Sultan's son
    41 5 PARIT BUNTAR. ThursRaja Azlan Sail, son of the Sultan of Perak. win take over as President of the j Sessions Court in Tniplng. He succeeds Inche Abdul Hamid bin Omar, who is going 1 to Seren.ban.
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    POLICE HELP FOR PENANG STRIKERS
    146 5 POLICE HELP FOR PENANG STRIKERS PENANG, Thurs.— Police today helped Eastern Smelting strikers to stop company vehicles and urge new hands not to work for the management. As a fresh batch of employees reported for duty in several cars and trucks, police allowed a five-man delegation of strikers to approach
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    Pahang plan for a floating dispensary
    217 5 Pahang plan for a floating dispensary IfTJANTAN. Thurs.— The PahanK Health Department has plans foj a "floating dispensary" to serve the people of remote riverine kumponss. The State Medical and Health Officer. Dr. M. J. Che Lah told the Straits Times today that the $100,000 project had been submitted to
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      414 5 Penan* CATHAY: Omar Khayyam 1.15, 330. 645. 9 15, ODKON: Don't Go Near The Water 3.30, 6 45. 9.15; PARAMOITUT: Hatlm Tai '3 30. 6 34), 9 30; CAPITOL: Mr. .Cory 115, 3 30, 6 30, 9 30; REX: Btiiang Lapok (Malay) 1.15, 3 30. 6.30. 9.30; LIDO: Partners 3.15.
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      329 5 3, 7. 9.15; PRINCESS: Silk Stockings 1230, 2 45, 7, 9 15. MAJRSTIC: Passion (Mandarin) 12.15. 7. 9.15. SmtU*i Sipnt PRINCESS: That Woman 2 30, 7. 9.15. Klaanft BRILLIANT: Buloh Perlndu 2.15. 7, 9.15; CORONATION: Giant 2 30. 7.15, 9 30; BISTRO: Chumr Yuen Hoong 2.30. 7. 9.15 Kaala Inmpor
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      98 5 Kaala TrcaaiiM«a« CAPITOL: Anak-Ku Sazall (Malay) 5. 7.15, 9.30. Neremban CATHAY: Funny Pace 230 6 45, 9.30; SAPPHIRE: Pontianak 2.30. 6.45. 9.30: CAPITOL: Bujang Lapok (Malay) 1, 3, 6.45. 9 30; REX: Serenade 3, 6.45. 9 30; PLAZA: Odongo 2M, 7, 9.30. Ka.«ar EMPIRE: Pyassa (Hindi) 3. 7.30. 9.46. Maar
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    35 6 in H ori, tie (Minimum), P. W. EVANS: As a result of •n accident, early New Year's Day, Bill Evans. Malayan Refrigerating Co. Will be sadly missed by his colleagues and his many friends
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    177 6 :o Wort, tit (Minimum). MR. MRS. NOEL DROZARIO thank all relatives and friends for their valuable gifts and attendance at their wedding. MR. AND MRS. J F PEREIRA Thank all Relatives and Friend* for their good wishes, kind assistance presents and attendance at their marriage on 26 12.57 MRS.
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    602 6 It Wtrit tit (Minimum) IT IS AVAILABLE now In I Singapore Tabasco, the Sauce made from Chilli with worldwide reputation. NOW AT MADELINES First, shipment new season's Cottons from California. Tailored and i casual wear In latest fabric blends. ARVIN Electric Razors made i by Ever-Ready Razor Products Ltd.,
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      Young Man's Problem
      644 6 Young Man's Problem It has sometimes been suspected that unemployment in Malaya is a young mans problem. The findings of a Labour Department team which recently made a sample survey in Penang consequently are less of a shock than they might have been. There are some dismdl figures in the
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      Lonely Tapper
      273 6 The best compliment evei paid to the new villages comes from resettled estate workers. Far from showing any eagerness to escape their "concentration camps", estate workers apparently are eager to remain where they are. This attachment may not be quite general, but a great many of these settlements
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      Of Co-existence
      216 6 Mr. Khrushchev's shortest speeches are his best. They improve if he has a glass of vodka in his hand, and another glass or two in his belly. Champagne replaced the vodka at the New Yeai reception in the Kremlin, and the speech making was good. Mr. Khrushchev recalled
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    Russia s assistance is tiny alongside Britain's
    995 6 Russia s assistance is tiny alongside Britain's The Russian offer of unconditional aid was greeted with 'thunderous applause' at the Afro-Asian conference in Cairo •T-HE Russian offer of "unconditional" economic aid, I read, was greeted with "thunderous applause" by the delegates to the AfroAsian solidarity conference in Cairo. And, as
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      Russia does not come to Ceylon's aid
      925 6 ONE may perhaps be forgiven for some bitterness as the old year passes. It has apparently aroused no comment in your columns that at a time when Soviet Russia and her Communist friends and relations are currently vilifying the Commonwealth and the United
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      BOOKING IN COUNCIL CHAMBER
      184 6 YOUR leading article (ST. Dec. 27) appears to show bias against the P AJ». and Its supporters when It says that obviously there was intimidation trie moment the crowd booed the first councillor who addressed the meeting in English. It would appear that your leader was
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      81 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. U Wort, tit (Minimum). ON DEC. 29TH 1967 to Margaret and Oolln Walker P.W D. Kota Bahru a son. LEWIS: To Dinah and Sriwyn at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Singapore, on 28th December 1957, a daughter, sister for Jane. tt W»t4m lit (Minimum). COUPAR— WOODI"ORD: On December 30th at
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      124 6 ga jostoot! M; K bean at thr rrffr 1= •f •pare. Thr story of Major David Simons' rtctnt bal-.gM loon atrrnt to the fanUMic 8 lirlltlil ol more thuc It miles. Ho. I. dral trim M M trn«l«n«. Elrten iii i|l nl H suggrstlons on how to rid yourself of
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      112 6 ARTHUR MEE'S CHILDREN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA COMPLETE IN 10 VOLUMES I Encyclopedia it j big word and mjy sound rather dull. But there it noHiiag dull about the 10 wonderful >ili*n of the CHILDREN S Encyclopedia Each one t* packed with vivid picture» on every imaginable lubject under and beyond the tun,
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    Congress wants liquor ban
    223 7 Congress wants liquor ban MALACCA, Thurs.— The Malay Cultural Congress here today asked the Federation Government to ban alcohol at State banquets and other official functions. The representative of the Pahang Malay Teachers' Association, Inche Jaafar bin Mohamed Nor. moved the resolution for the ban. It was against *the Federation
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    $1.25 m. railway training centre under way
    120 7 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Thurs The Malayan Railway is building $1.29 million siaff training centre near Its Sentul works here to ensure "maximum efficiency" when it is completely Malayaoised in 1962. Lectur r rooms and a hostel are expected to be ready by the end
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    Wanted: Fragmentation 'watch-dog'
    454 7 WORKERS DEPLORE INQUIRY'S 'GLARING OMISSION' OF ASIAN-OWNED PLANTATIONS PLANTERS' LEADER AND UNION AGREE ON NEED FOR COMMITTEE ON ESTATE BREAK-UPS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A "WATCH-DOG" committee to study carefully every step in the future progress of fragmentation of estates in Malaya must be formed, the vice-president of
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    NEW YEAR HOLIDAY THEFTS TOTAL $13,000
    15 7 THE OPEN SAFE the thieves took everything of value.
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    NEW YEAR BABY CECILIA MEETS HER NEW YEAR SISTER MARGARET
    112 7 NEW YEAR BABY CECILIA MEETS HER NEW YEAR SISTER MARGARET ONE-YEAR OLD Cecilia (centre), born on New Year's Day 1957, meets ber baby sister Margaret born on New Year's Day 1958. That is not all. Their weights at birth were the same 61b. Sot Their fattier, Mr. Henry Kuok U,
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    New voters: Perak target is 100,000 NEW YEAR CITIZENS DRIVE
    187 7 New voters: Perak target is 100,000 NEW YEAR CITIZENS DRIVE IPOH, Thursday. SIXTY THOUSAND new voters have been registered in Perak in the past 10 months and the figure is expected to reach 100,000 before the electoral rolls are closed in September. m The Perak electorate for the first Federal
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    $10,000 fine on smuggler
    58 7 Sim Kirn Loung. 31. was fined $10,000 or six months' jail In Singapore yesterday for possessing 447&1 b. of dutiable tobacco on Chri.stmas Eve. Another man, Lim Soen TJhlan. 27. pleaded not guilty and had the charge against him withdrawn. Sim's offence took place In a
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    To retire
    21 7 KUALA LIPIS. Thurs.-Mr. N. Selvamanickam. ipeciai 'rade chief clerk here, will :etlre soon after 32 yars In he PWD.
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    Home guard changes
    58 7 TAPAH. Thurs. Major Francis Khoo Oh Leong, 43. assistant State Home Guard Officer, Bantang Padang district, will take over duties as assistant State Home Ouard Officer. Perak South, from this month. Captain Wan Yahaya bin Hajl Talib. 38. who has been transferred here from Orik, will assume
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    Funeral of newsman
    56 7 Funeral of newsman Journalists from Singapore's newspapers and a number of local motor racing drivers and cyclists were among those who attended the funeral of Mr. Edin Peters at Bidadari Cemetery yesterday. Mr. Peters, who was on the editorial staff of the Straits Times, was killed in a motor accident
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    Accused dead
    36 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— The case against Llew Ah Chee for driving negligently was struck out in the magistrate's court here today when it was stated the accused had died in hospital on Dec. 2.
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    Thieves took $7,000left two cent 'ang pow'
    293 7 Thieves took $7,000left two cent 'ang pow' OUPERSTITIOUS thie- ves left an "ang pow" of two cents, wrapped In the traditional red paper after they had made a New Year's Day raid on a Singapore house— and stolen $7,000 in cash, Jewellery and valuables. The thieves followed the age-old Chinese
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    FOUR SEEN CARRYING SAFE IN 4am RAID
    185 7 FOUR SEEN CARRYING SAFE IN 4am RAID SINGAPORE police, investigating the thert of a safe containing about $6,0P0 worth of watches, early yesterday morning discovered that the thieves had Used a stolen van to cart it away. The only man to witness the theft was a fishmonger, Chan Hong Siang.
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    Chinese monks send cash to Ceylon
    150 7 /CHINESE Buddhist monks in Singapore yesterday sent $4,300 to the Ceylon's Prime Minister, Mr Bandaranaike, for relief of flood victims The money was given by the monks on behalf of the various Chinese temnles at a meeting on Wednesday at the Leong San temple
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    THE 'ANG POW' ON A CHAIR
    25 7 THE two one-cent coins left behind by the superstitious thieves. The coins were wrapped in red-paper. straits Times pictures.
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    Ex-UMNO chairman gets jail
    110 7 KUALA TRENGGANU Thurs.— The UMNO "strong man" of Kampong Seta-rang Taklr. Kuala Trengganu, Abdul Rahman bin Taib, 36. was sentenced yesterday to six months' jail for criminal breach of trust. Abdul Rahman, a. former chairman of the Kuala Trengganu North Local Council, was found guilty of
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      107 7 DfiWAR'S IS THE SCOTCH gvjj -IT NEVER VARIES I? I OF CREM_* C M I- ow) DewoT&S^ I No other drink i""' DisTiLit" s fH.J refreshing as Scotch Whisky. I "V V '\A You can drink it short or long, ■j^^"*^ i»i'"^^J a$ tne moo< ukei you, but ■"..'-■^ijß whether
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    Pyjama girl Day goes all nightie but nice
    365 8  -  SUSAN BARRIE FRIDAY SPOTLIGHT OS THE WEEK'S NEW FILMS By THE Broadway hit 'THE PAJAMA GAME" has been 1 1 1 ccess fully ada pted for the screen by Warner Bros. The result is one of the most entertaining musicals for a
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    HOW THE U.S. MARINES TOOK NEW ZEALAND
    406 8 "ITNTIL THEY SAIL," about American Marines in New Zealand during World War 11, is based on a story by James ("South Pacific") Michener and has several well-established names in the cast. With these assets It should offer reasonably good entertainment. Instead it Is
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    GLAMOROUS GLYNIS TURNS HOMELYNS AS PIONEER BACKWOODS MOMMA
    238 8 GLAMOROUS GLYNIS TURNS HOMELYNS AS PIONEER BACKWOODS MOMMA By KATHLEEN HICKLEY rrHE general reaction to "ALL MINE TO GIVE" will be: "We had a wonderful time. We cried our way through six handkerchipves." It is a sincere and moving film based on a true story of a Scottish couple, the
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    Lock icon Knock for rock idol Presley
    36 8 LISBON. Thurs— Flvis Presley and Kirn Novak were "linn -Hired" by the Lisbon evenin; newspaper Diario Popular In its year-rnd dim review jTitrrriaj the worst actor and actress of 1-J37. UP.
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      634 8 I Lv\ (yi'Bl PW^^ fsl T a*B VaJt^Ji I l»\v\Jv 'lyall |loML_!mUMF^'''^''^^^^^ s^il phom /4UA 11 lit &>'"'' VS TODAY n ***** XSSSSBH^ 1 1,1.45, 4, 6.30 30 1. Ladies wearing SAMFU to the 11 1.45 shown JW J admitted U Stalls for »1 Circle $2 daring *Jl# ttJ ■I
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      420 8 F*^ »T HTaT 1 rhnnr Tnmvi x M •is,*" Hubert Wagnrr Joan Co'Jiiu in "STOPOVUI: TOKYO" mSSSSF J t Midnight Tomorrow: Fox'i "KISS THKM FOR ME 1 t'Scope. Tomorrow 9am "DESPERATE MOMENT** 1J.VR.0.1 •^_giinjaY__ «_aj« LL J-SAg_KUA CHEW KEI" (Mandarin). J^PJHNffIHPP^I Fh n mniYi "xVI J < ■■•■■■■■■•Hoi <;rnr Krllv
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      324 8 Straits Times Crossword wJ 2 i i* vu 4 1 .r i |o i r r p 8 fell p S 9 _3ZBIiZB-lZiii '5 16 mom 4/ dsd i_|_gjb i" pi mi I i ijg i" 2* 25 —>»»» "aziiilißiEi""iiH"" far 1 1 1 1 1 n n ii ACROSS
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    THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MARLBOROUGH FORTUNES
    912 9 I )M- autumn morning in 1668 a royal cavalcade clattered out of the town of York on a grey-hound-coursing expedition in the nearby countryside. At its head rode the Duke of York, brother of King Charles 11, followed by a train of gaily-dressed lords
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    269 9 staggered by a report tin:. James seriously considered marrying the Bellasls widow. Summoned before the irate King. James was told "that he had played the fool once, and that it was not to be done again." Sobered by the experience James Invited Arabella to return. She
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      297 9 15 garden-fresh vegetables Wfw^tf" ■itiuJfc'*" in one superb soup! AH cooked with Campbell care in hearty beef broth to give you more nourishment more delicious flavor. of Campbell's \§!lttti?/n Soups... BHk^MMB condensed for double value! VfGETABI* tfampfelli VEGETABLE SOUF I OF INTEREST TO ADVERTISERS in ALOR STAR PENANG IPOH KUALA
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      338 9 I LA YEBANA T 100 V*L keeps you abreaat of modern smoking /jT^/J habit*. IN «*elmive Carbote* filter. p~~-~£>£. which assure* you of a smooth wnoke up o^^yf<pf to the last puff, and iti exclusive use of J>a»iJ "V**— tobacco that has been aged FOR SIX JBi BfeMk\7*?V* YEARS, combine
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      274 9 Carwnon A Co. By 3lua El2L£32£K^B/LS33B^^^M and i ThOuoh^ s~2^~ HtAvtNS wo mv j^^ rwur rv-i»anzr\MYij.ii.v < WM I \ou weec jnls 1 s one sweet' we Signed \f >viuTi7/w- I l^ikSßK.^- HTtKiSTiO lN jf m/ T-«6 THAT STIU LCVStV CONTRACT j jJP^ Tu E l? _f|^^ jff V /BOTHERS
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    ALL MALAYA MARTS START NEW YEAR DULL AND HESITANT
    385 10 ALL MALAYA MARTS START NEW YEAR DULL AND HESITANT By Our Market Correspondent J^jALAYAN markets on the first-day's trading in 1958 were extremely quiet yesterday and the volume of business transacted was very small. The Singapore Rubber Market followed trie tone of the London Market on Tuesday and was featureless
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    45 10 The Federation's Minister of Finance ha* Bxed the following prices for calculating Customs duties for the week from Jan. Z: Robber 82 H cents a lb. Copra Ml* Coconut Oil |84« a ton. Palm Oil $699.25 a ton. Palm kernels $389.5* a lon.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    395 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "All rections on the local share market were dull and Irregular. The turnover was small." Singapore brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Fed. Dispensary $2; Fraser Neave ords $2 62', to $2.60: Gammon $2 25; W. Hammer $2.15 to I 2
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    RUBBER PRICES
    153 10 January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 82 4 cents per lb. down a quarter of a cent on Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was very quiet (losing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.B.S. fob buyers 82, sellers
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    93 10 Tbe Malayan Exchange Banks' issorlJUion made the following changes in lls rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32N,. OD 32', 90 d/st 32 7 credit bUls. 32 15 16 trade bills. Selling T.T or OD. ready: Swiss Francs 142',; French Francs *****;
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    21 10 SINGAPORE, JAN. 2. RUBBER: 821 cent* per lb. (down quarter of a cent). TIN: $360 per picul (up $2.62J).
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    104 10 Singapore Chinese rrodaca Exohange: noon prices per ptcul yesterday were: Quiet; January February |2» 3/4 buyer*. $80 1/4 sellers Coeonat oil: quiet; bulk $48', sellers, drum »52'» sellers Pepper i quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $100, Sarawak 199. special Sarawak black $65 i all unchanged). Singapore
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    121 10 Ships lying In the Singapore Harbour Board wharvea ar expected today are: WUlem Ruy« 1 2, Levernbank 45, Laertes 67, Clenbank 6A. Bendlg&hlre 89. Sunnyvllle 10 11. President Monroe 13 14, Drente 15 16, Wonosoto 17 18. Bruas 21 22, Resang 23. Perak 24. Inverbank 25 26. Fernsea
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      396 10 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that I the undersigned have resigned from May Sc Baker Ltd. as from 31st December, 1957 on my own accord. JOSEPH SIM CHEK MENG. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 3>,% DEBENTURE STOCK 1948. M-73 NOTICE Is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Stock will
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      135 10 NOTICES P.W.D. NOTICE Bridge N*. 1-1 Ula Lai Road The public Is hereby Informed that the above bridge will be closed to all vehicular traffic excepting bicycles until further notice. The closure Is due to flood damage EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PW.D. Ulu Langat, Kajang. NASSIM ft CO.. LIMITED will seU by
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      398 10 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Joseph Sim Chek Meng has resigned from our Company and Is no longer authorised to transact any business on our behalf. MAT 4c BAKER LTD. Nona This Is to notify the public that (a) Abdul Karim bin Oanl of 693-J Upper Serangoon
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      383 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE REFUND OF ASSESSMENT Claims for refund of assessment on houses reported vacant between Ist July and list December 1957, must be submitted by Slst January, 1958, on forms obtainable from the City Assessor's Office (Ground Floor). MAKE SURE that receipt of your claim has been
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      813 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for one scholarship leadlna; to employment In the Department of Museums. Archives and Aboriginal Research. Candidates must be male Federal Citlrens not ovss 25 years of age on Ist July 1957 Qualifications: Applicants must hold a Grade I or II School Certificate with credits In
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      596 10 KNUTSEM LINE ohieni service FROM CANAOA/Oi PACIFIC POUTS— IO OATS Arrtvtuf, KRISTIN BAKKE 17/U Jon 1* am 21 Jon 21 )>I amna sakki 9mm wn 14 >t» tm tUSAIITH (AKKt 22 Jen 5 F.b 8/10 Mo, Mm.. It Mci JJ Mi, Acccstm« Cargo to. Frtmantto calling Scraldton FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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      1391 11 Tel: X4o* MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2,412, (IS Knes) n s.<nc,opo"-) (12 Raes) D." 1 TH*: BLUE FUHN£L LINE T SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, bLASoOW, L&NOCN A CONTINENTAL POMTS (Via Saet wltk fifccit* to proci.d <,a Paauma or Capa of Good Hope) Corners option to proceed \lO other ports to
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      2271 11 3^ Ay Jf AfIHBL^V I m m LJ LJ mL M faumm /Ti J|m M m knN& EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST Penang P. S'hom Spore MANCHU.iI A" Gdns. 11/14 'MEONIA- 14/14 Jaa 17/18 Jaa 19/20 Jaa Celling Saigon, Bangkok. -SUMBAWA- 18/ It Jaa SO/21
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      1273 11 McALISTER «Sc CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ELLBKMAM LIMES KLAVENESS LINE ION '^rM?UR V G RI i. I( HL T L I L' IDAM "-OS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. gu SEATTLE, VANCOUVER ft PORTLAND ond for U.S A., North Altontic Ports Acceatmg) cargo far Cantrol ft Soutfc and Canada via Colombo
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    Vietnam can supply Malaya with 1,000 tons of fish, prawns
    195 12 am immimiin iiiiiiiiiiiimimimir THE Vietnamese Consul in Singapore, Mr. Pham Khac Rau, has announced that Vietnam will be able to supply 1,000 tons of fresh fish to Malaya In 1958. This Is a considerable increase on last year's supplies to
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    Singapore commerce leaders hold mixed views
    377 12 Singapore commerce leaders hold mixed views CINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce chiefs hold mixed opinions as to trading prospects In 1958, but agree that local politics and the Indonesian situation will be major factors. Mr. Tan Slak Kew, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said: "So much depends on
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    U.K. traders urged to travel abroad
    253 12 PAPER CHIEF ON WORLD TOLR »THE necessity for British business executives to visit overseas' markets and learn for themselves local conditions at first hand was emphasised in Singapore this week by Mr. Lancelot Spicer, chairman of Spicers Ltd., Britain's largest paper merchants, i JSoXsuZ
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    COLONY COMPANY WILL MAKE WIRE MESH
    262 12 THE British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co., Ltd.. and the Austra 1 1 a n Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co. (Pty.) Ltd., have! jointly purchased the factory and office premises of the Malayan Wire Mesh Fencing Co., (1946) Ltd., and have formed a private company in
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    NEW FBI DIRECTORY
    152 12 NEW FBI DIRECTOR Y •pilK Federation of British 1 Industries Register 1958 edition contains a comprehensive and accurate guide to a substantial cross section of British industry and lists the products and services of o?«r 7,500 member firms under more than 5.400 alphabetical headings. In addition to the classified buyers'
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    SEEKS LOCAL MARKET
    65 12 A LEADING Japanese company manufacturing medical plaster wants to promote business with the Malayan market. The company is Hisamit. mi Bros, and Co. Inc., whose executives, Mr. Genkai Matsutnntu and Mr. Katsnninsa Takahara are now in Singapore. They will discuss with their local sole agents Nam Aik
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    Record US tyre sales
    132 12 rRE industry sales In th« U.S. in 1958 will approach the all-time "high established in 1955. said Mr. E. F\ Tomlinson. the President of B.F. Goodrich Tyre Company in a new year statement. He estimated that the indu.NU/, sales in 1958 would i -.tal 112.'.^.", 000
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      232 12 This book is a sign of BUSINESS EFFICIENCY h s C °J business to show #^$^^^^^^flri^fl H^ iv v<hi are v p tv c ate an^ r^ t^F^^fi^S|^BHßß[Sußi M efficient. That is why the modern business man of P^H^wH^^^c, \\\\m lmtMtlvt and enterprise •^22s^H^Saw^^^^^^ \\^\^^A\l \B communicates with hisovcrI^Ubj^S^^ K
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      172 12 LIFT LOWER if] TRUCKS PSCKUP+ PUT DOWN M] These are the factors which j L I Ul /rl Handling a product adds nothing to its ~Z-^i~" value, only to its cost. r~_Z^^9l M V '1M It you doubt the efficiency of your f 3 V j^3x\ handling methods or face
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    BURY TAKE OVER LEAD AGAIN
    391 13 Dodd and Williams get double hat-trick LONDON, Thurs.— Scotland's traditional New Year's Day full soccer programme was played under tricky conditions of icy ground? yesterday, hut did not produce any freak results. In addition, the Northern section of the English League had. a six-match proiTamme
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    167 13 Operation snow LORRIES MAKE 25-MILE TRIPS TO PREPARE JUMP SITE /~IARMISCH PARTENKIR- CHEN. (West Germany), Thurs. Snow had to be carried by lorry, from as far away as 25 miles, during the past three days to the Olympic Jump here In order that the second stage of the New Year
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    BRITAIN'S WORLD TITLE HOPE
    47 13 I' W t (lUKM.KV. of Dartford. has big plans ahead for the New Year which could lead to thr world lishtu.irht title. A championship eliminator for him has tv-en arranged on Jan. 28 against an American oponent yrt to he named. Rmt.-r photo.
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    Lock icon Aussie girls in good workouts
    194 13 WORLD RECORD HOLDER GETS READY FOR NSW MEET SYDNEY. Thursday. WfORLD record holder, Lorraine Crapp. and Sandra Morgan both broke 2min 30sec in 220 yards training swims at the Enfle.'d Pool today. Their couh. Frank Guthrif, did not disclose their actual times. He said both
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    62 13 AUCKLAND. Thurs -Otapo beat A-ickland by five vtefeeta in a Plunket Shield cricket match here today. Scores: Auckland 181 iD Taylor 51. J Alabaster 4 for ib> and 88 < Alabaster 6 for 40. Otago 143 U. Hayes 5 for 58, K Hough 4 for
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    CSC billiards players
    43 13 The Chinese Swimming Club billiards team to meet Tiger Sporting Association at Lim Teck Kirn Road on Sunday: Choo Kirn Chwee. I.op Sal Pong, Quek Eli Huat Goh Eng Chew. Chua Kirn Leng. Reserves: Ho Ttu ChUo, Wee Aik Sum.
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    300 14 CAPETOWN. Thurs. South Africa were 171 for eight wi.keU at tea on the third day of the second Test mai.h asainM Australia here today. They still needed 128 to avert the follow on. Aus'ralia were all out 449 i- t eir first inn- ri?s. Ueuter. of the bat between
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    67 14 IPOH. Thurs. A Perak XV will meet Taiping Garri son in a rugby match on the Esplanade at Taiping 011 Saturday. Following will represent Perak: J. Wrigley: W. Proc tor, V. Grylls. Labrun, J West; A. W. Wanless, H. C Plgou: J. M. Welsh. Cheam Suan
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    AUSTRALIANS 449 ALL OUT
    224 14 Burke scores I 89 9 his Test highest, and shares in two big stands South Africa 46 for no wicket CAPETOWN, Thursday. INNINGS of 189 by Jim Burke helped Australia amass 449 runs in their first innings on the second day of the second cricket Test
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    116 14 Schmidt is the Indian champion /CALCUTTA, Thurs. W \y Schmidt, the Swed sh Uavis Cup player, won the men's singles title in the All-India Lawn Tennis Championships in a gruelling five-set final with Incla's Rrmanathan Krishnan yesterday. The Swede won G-3. 6-2. 4-6. 4-6. 6-3. Earlier Ramanathan Krishnan and Naresh
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    48 14 TAIPING. Thurs.— Taiping Hockey Association's team lo meet Penang Hockey Association here on Saturda> will be selected from: Darmalingam, Ir.dot, Guy Martinz. Hazarl. Talb. Nordln J. Francis. O. Murugesu, Yahya. Navaratnam. T. Do rat. Mahayudin. Hamld Tengku Mat. Sivaguru. Ga many and C. Pereira.
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    165 ENTERED FOR IPOH MEETING
    700 14 IPOH. Thurs. The racing season for 1958 will begin with the Perak Turf Club"s three-day meet in Ipoh on Jan 11, 15 and 18. A total of 165 horses 90 from Class Two and 75 from Class Five ha s been entered. There will be
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    The 1957 lesson for Penang FA: New talent needed
    230 14  -  TAI SIM OHN Dy PENANii, Th v r s. The Penang soccer season ended last year wiih more brickbats than bouquets from a critical public. Chief talking point in footDall circles was the soccer thuggery which persisted on tne field. The
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    Chinese bring off 'double'
    83 14 If the Penang stale sidt had started training a s vigorously as the youthful Perak bide, which beat Selangor 3-2 in the Malaya Cup final. Penang would have gone far. says this official He suggests It U time that young blocd is Introduced and prepared, by
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    Lock icon BEARDED HILL REACHES THE BALL—WITH HIS HANDS
    49 14 BEARDED HILL REACHES THE BALL— WITH HIS HANDS FI'LHAM'S bearded inside right Hill (centre) jumps to a huh centre but in his eagerness uses his hands daring the second division match against Swansea Town who were beaten 2-«. Watching Hill are Swansea goalkeeper Reid and fullback Griffiths. Reuter photo.
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    MCA agree to run state tourney
    212 14 FIXTURES TO START IN APRIL KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. THE Malayan Cricket Association has decided to inaugurate an inter-state competition in the coming season. The competition, to be started probably in April, will be run on the lines of those for ■soccer and rugby All
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    67 14 A RECORD ROUND ON 43rd BIRTHDAY LAKELAND, (Florida). Thurs. Professional golfer Peter Cooper had a 13 under par 59 on the Cleveland Heights course here yesterday his 43rd birthday. Playing with friends, he had 29 on the first nine and 30 on the secord. Par for the 6.450-yard course is
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    25 14 JAKARTA. Thars. The touring Bulgarian national soccer team beat Jakar'a 5-3 in a match here yesterday. Bulgaria led 2-0 at half time.— Reuter.
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    PTS team in line for a double
    60 14 Police Training School have qualified for the senior and junior finals of the Singapore Police divisional knockout soccer competition. Both finals will be played today at Victoria School ground. In the senior match, PTS will meet Radio Division at 505 p.m. while the
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    Schedule of racing
    79 14 First Day (Jan. ID: Class Two, Dlvs 1. 2, and 3— 7 f. Class Five, Dlvs 1 and 2— BJf and 6f; Dlv 3 BJf. Second Day <Jan. 15): Class Two, Dlvs 1. 2. and 3 fif Class Five. Dlvs 1, 2 and 3— sf straight; Dlv
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    Malays to run a junior league
    202 14 Malays to run a junior league !THE Singapore Malay x Football Association will sponsor a soccer competition— the Malay Junior League— for affiliated clubs and associations this season. This competition was first started before the war and very popular among the Malay footballers. It has not been held since during
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