The Straits Times, 18 February 1958

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  • 20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80>000 r The Straits Times Mai***; Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1958 15 CENTS
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  • 335 1  -  JOHN DARBYSHIRE TWO VESSELS ARE DETAINED ON THEIR WAY TO SINGAPORE Million dollar cargoes intercepted at Pulau Samboe: Master radios news By Shipowners i warned of seizure THE Indonesian Central Government has imposed a blockade on four Central Sumatran ports Djambi, Palembang, Pekan Baroe and Padang according
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  • 3201 1 RUBBER FIRM GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS Jury returns five-two verdict AIK HOE and Co. Ltd., one of the world's biggest A rubber companies, was found guilty in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday on all 34 criminal charges of breaches of the exchange control laws The charges were said to Involve
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  • 102 1 PADANG, Mon. The Indonesian Prime, Minister, Dr. Sjafruddin Prawiranegara said today the Jakarta Government "is sitting on a volcano." Dr. SJafruddin disclosed:' that an additional step had been taken to tie up the funds of the Soekarno-Dju-anda Government. He said: "I have felt it ad-' viseable to have
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  • 57 1 LONDON. Mon. Nearly 400 Anglo-Egyptian refugees. J expelled by Egypt during the Suez dispute, yesterday end-( ed a hunger strike at a Kidderminster hostel. The strike began on Satur- i day when the refugees com- j I plained of discrimination in i •elections for emigration and
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  • 60 1 THE STRAITS TIMES WISHES ITS CHINESE READERS A HAPPY NEW YEAR HERE arc four pretty E {iris who believe in i starting the Chinese New Year with a bang. They arc (from left): Misses Daisy E Szeto, Trixie Lee, E Doreen Bligh and Frei- da
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  • 118 1 Threat to life of Princess reported LONDON, Mon.— Scotland Yard has put extra guards on duty at Princess Margaret's home because •f anonymous threats to her life, it was reported today. A Yard spokesman said he had "no knowledge" of any strengthening of the guards at Clarence House, where the
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  • 264 1 3 TOWNS OFFER JOY RIDES KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. YOU can see your home— from the air— for just $10. This is an attraction offered by the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club as part of its Chinese New Year Joy rides programme tomorrow and
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  • 61 1 MOSCOW. Mon. Many Russians are giving up the Idea of buying a private car because the queues for cars never seem to move forward, according to a Soviet engineer. Relatively few cars are released for private sale each year In Russia, although steps are
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  • 222 1 i KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A man who posed as an agent of the Malayan Lotteries Board in India has been Jailed for four years and fined 3.000 rupees i about $2,000) for forging Malayan tickets "on a huge scale" there. R. Balakrishnan 28. of
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  • 34 1 WELLINGTON, Mon. Dr Vivian Fuchs 1 trans-Antrac-tic expedition was believed to be under way again today after a forced halt for repairs to a Snowrat 60 miles south Of depot 480 —Reuter.
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  • 115 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A 28-year-old prisoner. Lee Sang, today made a daring Chinese New Year Eve dash for freedom. Lee. who was to have been charged in the Magistrate's Court here this mornins with cheating Is now being hunted by police. While he wa s In
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  • 32 1 BOMBAY, Mon. Mr. Krishna Menon. India's Defence Minister, said yesterday that a solution of the Kashmir issue rested with Pakistan, while great responsibility also rested with the United Nations— Reuter.
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  • 98 1 Scout hurt in jungle battle OALA LUMPUR, 1V Mon. A member of the security forces was wounded oa Saturday evening in a gun battle with terrorists In the Batu Gajah area of Perak. The man was a scout sent to cut off the escape of a terrorist who was being
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  • 62 1 LONDON. Mon. Molra Shearer. balU-rina wife of Ludovic Kennedy, claimed here last night that it was the hydrogen bomb which mattered most to voters la the recent Rochdale by-elec-tion Her husband, the Liberal candidate, came second la the poll, which brought a crushing defeat to the Conservative
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  • 72 1 JOHANNESBURG. Mon. Two Africans were hacked to death with axes yesterday in a faction fight at Pirnville. an African township on the outskirts of Johannesburg Trouble began when a crowd of a Basutos returned to the township after attending the funeral of one of their tribesmen
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  • 50 1 BLACKPOOL. Mon. The 220 yard-long pier, landmark of this popular English sea side holiday town, was partldestroyed in a fierce blaz*early today. Flames leapt 70 feet :n th» air as firemen battled to save the pier, but Its amusement arcade, cafe and car* were destroyed.— Reuter.
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    • 242 2 y^L It makes you think! I j?~ Dishes dishes dishes. Piles and piles of t^^ j^ dishes. To be washed. To be cleansed of greasy left-overs. m 1 1 To be wiped. And then to be used all over again! ■■j~* I y^V Spare a thought for the world's washers-up.
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  • 238 3 Pineau writes to Cromyko PARIS, Monday. THE French Government proposed to the Soviet Union yesterday a meeting of Foreign Ministers to prepare the way for a summit conference of world leaders. In a 2,500-word communication to the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Gromyko, M.
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  • 156 3 Student plot to steal Gretna anvil is foiled GRETNA GREEN, Scotland, Mon. The marriage anvil of Gretna Green, over which runaway lovers were married for centuries was tonight under lock and key at a local inn. Police had been tipped off that five students from a Huddersfleld technical college were
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  • 41 3 CAPHTOWN, Mon. A meeting of non-white organisations here yesterday demanded "appropriate mass action" during the present general election campaign to support a call for a minimum wage of £1 sterling a day for all workers in South Africa.— Reuter.
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  • 62 3 NEW YORK, Mon. Millions of Americans today faced the mammoth task of digging themselves free from one of the worst blizzards for years, which has blanketed the north-eastern and midwest states beneath several feet of snow. At least 36 people died In toe north eastern
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  • 126 3 ROME. Mon. Planes of three nations yesterday searched for a U.S. Air Force Dakota, missine with seven crew and nine passengers aboard between Naples and Athens. It was last heard from shortly before 11 p.m. when it reported its position to be 30 minutes east
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  • 36 3 BERLIN. Mon.— About SO ships anchored in the Elbe Estuary, near Cuxhaven. today as a gale swept Northwest Germany. Parts of the Cuxhaven harbour and some small I--land* were flooded.— Reuter.
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  • 319 3 FRANCE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE PARIS, Monday. MR. JOHN FOSTER DULLES, the American Secretary of State, will today renew his efforts to restore direct contacts between Paris and Tunis before tomorrow's scheduled United Nations Security Council debate on the Franco-Tunisia dispute, it is reported here. But Tunisia
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  • 177 3 I DOCTOR WATCHES SPACEMAN' IN FLIGHT' 1 DONALD KAKKM.I. E year-old American airr man, "returned to earth" E at the weekend after a week in a sealed cabin E to test mental and phyE sical conditions of sup~i posed flight to the moon. The test took
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  • 270 3 Ike will ask Russian P.M. to clarify his terms for summit conference WASHINGTON. Mon. -President Eisenhower is expected to rail on the Soviet Union this week to clarify th.o v g h diplomatic channels what it is prepared to discuss at a summit conference. United States officials
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  • 122 3 'ASK DAG TO ATTEND SUMMIT TALKS' WASHINGTON. Mon. Mr. Harold Stassen, former presidential disarmament adviser, today called for a summit conference at which U:N: SecretaryGeneral. Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld. would act as moderator. He said In a television interview that such a conference should be held at U.N. headquarters in New
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  • 57 3 The siow tempo quickstep' LONDON. Mon. A Joint British Army and RAF air mobility exercise "Quickstep" involving 500 officers and men has been delayed because of fog over the Mediterranean, an Air Ministry spokesman said tonight. The troops were due to be flown tonight to Idris. Tripoli, from Britain and
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  • 128 3 •TEL AVIV, Mon.—Jor- danians and Israelis exchanged heavy fire in the demilitarised zone of Mount Scopus last night. First reports here said three Israeli policen. n were wounded, one seriously. Israel lodged a complaint with the U.N. truce supervision organisation. The clash occurred after the
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  • 125 4 NO FIREWORKS BAN DURING NEW YEAR HEAVY rriu-iirr firing in the vicinity of the Singapore City Court. Bencoolen Street, yesterday afternoon caused a case against a bus driver Gob Choax Ting, to he adjourned till March. 6. Mr. M.C.S. Schubert.
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  • 313 4 HIGHER TAXES ARE TO BLAME' I^HE Singapore Lorryowners' Association yesterday claimed that its new 20 per cent haulage charge increase, introduced on Sunday, was justifi e( I iTho nr»«WMi« tax was 13(50 It accused the Labour Front ol tailing to help the small businessman by
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  • 56 4 PENANG Mon. Chool Chin Fook, 17, and Wong Fee Leong. 18, were charged here today with robbing two men. and a woman of $15. a wrist watch, two fountain pens and a gold necklace at the Espla nade at midnight on Feb. 15 j They
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  • 22 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Local Ceylonese met here yesterday and decided to collect money for the Ceylon flood relief fund.
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  • 152 4 Family tells stranded mother of 4: Come home A LOR STAR. Mon.— The family of a Malayan woman now stranded in Korea today wrote to her asking her to return home Tan Chew Eng, 23, mother of four children, is now in the Salvation Army home "> Seoul after having
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  • 29 4 SEGAMAT, Mon. Khoo Teng Chip, 43. manager of a hair dressing shop, was fined $5C here for contravening th. weekly holidays regulations by opening on a Sunday.
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  • 140 4 PENANG. Mon.— The nura b r of Malay mediurv secondary classes to be se f up in Penang and Province Wellesky will depend on th« demand lor them and tht response so far has been poor. "But we will try to accom mndate all those
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  • 359 4 AFTER 5 YEARS MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, DECIDES TO ACT THREAT TO CANCEL ITS LICENCE IF PARKING FACILITIES NOT IMPROVED KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE fate of one of the oldest cinemas in Kuala Lumpur the Coliseum in Batu Road is hanging in the balance. Municipal authorities here
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  • 110 4 All-out hunt for six terrorists PENANQ, Mon. A combined force of about 200 officers and men of the police special squad and special operational volunteer force have mounted an operation in the Balik Pulau area of Penang island. They are hunting six members of the 12th branch of the Communist
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  • 78 4 JPOH, Mon.—Representatives of the estimated 500 settlement officers in the Federation will meet in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to discuss representations to be made to tin- Federal Government on the improvement of their service condition-, Settlement officers are at present traded in Division Three and their duties
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  • 48 4 Change in Australian command nil. r. G McMAMAKA (above) has taken over command of the Australian Army Force. FAR ELF. fron> <ol F \V Speed. The change in command follows the major relief in November last year which brought man) new mem bers to the Australian Arm) Force.
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  • 18 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mr. p. Senthamanickam has been transferred to the Telecoms Department, Kluang, from Kota Bharu
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  • 126 4 Tobacco, liquors show big increase but rubber drops $500,000 UA L A LUMPUR, Mop. Federation customs revenue rose from $35,959,115 in December to $40,151,558 last month. The biggest increase was In the import duties on tobacco, dears and cigarettes— $10,164,950 In January com. pared with $8,216,704 in
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  • 136 4 MALAY IN THE LOWER COURTS? I(UALA LUMPUR, Mon. -The Federation Government is considering the introduction of Malay in the lower courts Discussions on tnls subject are now being held between the Ministry of Interior and Justice and the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Thomson, the Straits Times ■is told today. Circulars
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  • 241 4 'Muslims can eat turtle' Author on book ban move I^ANGAR, Mon. A 1V Perils Muslim author today challenged the president of the Negri Sembilan Council of Re- ligion and Malay Cus--1 toms, Tuan Haji Osman, to produce evidence that Muslims could not eat turtles. The author Ustaz Shik Abu Bakar
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  • 61 4 TODAY: Singapore 10.35 am (9ft. lln> 11.45 p.m. ,gft 31n Port Dlcluon 6.39 am. (Bft 31: i. > 6.50 p.m. (Bft. 4in.). Penang 12 28 a.m. <7ft. 4in.) 1.04 p.m. (6ft 81n.>. TOMORROW: Singapore 11.11 a.m. (»ft. 31n.) Port Olckson 710 am. (Aft Sin.) 7.22
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  • 157 5 POLICE WIPE OUT KUALA LUMPUR'S 'TOWEL' THIEVES KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Police have cracked down on the "towel" gang responsible for a number of burglaries in Selanfor recently. A police spokesman said today that four men had been detained In connection with several housebreaking and theft cases. The all-out war on
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  • 25 5 SEGAMAT. Mon. Mohamed All. 21. was charged here yesterday with enticing away the wife of his neighbour. barber. Bail in $300 was offered.
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  • 38 5 MR. YONG CBOONG HJONG. sales representative of Van lUutrn Ltd.. and Miss Chan Yeow Moy wbm were married in Singapore recently. Mr. Yong is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Yong Mvi Lan »f Knlim. Eedah.
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  • 347 5 GROUPS REVOLT AGAINST NEW MIC SET-UP President's powers criticised IPOH, Monday. g(). ME Malayan Indian Congress branches are planning to revolt against the new MIC set-up approved with "a narrow majority" at a stormy session of the delegate conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. They allege that amendments to the constitution
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    • 136 5 Kuala kaiiuviir GRAND: Night of E. Yu Tan 12, 2 30. MS. 9.15; EMP1KI Swee Foo Chuen (Cintonete) 2.30 7. 9 15; Foong Chan Yeow Mutt (Mandarin) midnight. Kit par BEX: Yee Fan Chip Mook (Mandarin) 13.45. 3. 7. 9.15; Long Houm 1145 p.m.; SUN: Sin Chow Kee Yuen (Cantonese)
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  • Feminine Forum
    • 931 6 YESTERDAY I toured the teeming, bustling markets of Chinatown with a Chinese friend and Joined the annual buying spree for last minute New Year supplies. With thousands of local housewives, we stopped at the stalls piled high with brilliant mandarin oranges, the flower bootns and the
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    • 208 6 Straits Times Crossword HT H 2 BH* if t If ff fel 7^ Illlljbf II I J I 19 20 2?" 22 26 ACROSS 7 Arrangement of IS In the or- B^w/th rSSSr f«i. L?"?*?™ by ont> -10 Salt (6) Dears (S, 11 They net a living ftteh lor thU
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  • STRAITS TIMES Special Feature
    • 1203 7 CAPTAIN Arthur Phillip's First Fleet made a sorry start from England in 1787. Of the 1030 men and women he took with him to carve a settlement from the Australian bush, hardly any could build 9 house or till a field. His 200 Marines
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  • 83 8 2* Wort, Sit (Minimum). ALEX V. PEREIRA of Murukurrn irha nn.-sed away on 17.2. 58 I at Naval Base. Cortege leaves 19. LuronK K at 8.30 a.m. MRS. TAN HOCK ANN. aged 67, of 12 Barrack Road, Penang. passed away peacefully early on Monday 17th February 1958 at 1
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  • 198 8 M Wordl ll* (Minimum) THE FAMILY OF the late Madam Tan Hock Neo thank all relatives and frterds' for their RtjM visits, wreaths, messages of condolences and attended the funeral. MR. P. O. MAHESAN and the children of late Mr. S. S. Pon- nlah of Kuala Lumpur thank all
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  • The Straits Times
    • 563 8 Tengku Abdul Rahman has said it all— or nearly ailbefore. The Federation does not want merger with Singapore. It has enough on its hands without taking on the problems of a troublesome twelfth State. But until he spoke to the group of American newspapermen who were
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    • 396 8 Reports from the Burmese border add their mite of information to the puzzling picture of China. There has^ been rising unrest in Yunnan, say these border reports. A number of peasants have been executed for destroying their crops in protest against Government decrees, and others have
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    • 208 8 Hong Kong has been facing much the same problem in its schools as Singapore has, but with rather less to its credit. The number of children in school has increased sevenfold since the war and fewer than 40,000 of the 353,000 total are in Government schools. A
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  • 94 8 FROM INCIDENTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IT HAS BECOME PLAIN THAT SEVERAL NATIONS HAVE EXTENDED THEIR TERRITORIAL SEA TO DISTANCES WHICH JEOPARDISE THE PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE GOVERNED MARITIME LAW SINCE THE DAYS OF GROTIUS. THE RECENT INDONESIAN CLAIM THAT ALL WATERS BETWEEN AND CONNECTING
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  • 1433 8 THE SCRAMBLE TO CARVE UP THE WORLD'S OCEANS By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT fENEVA, the last resting place of so many lost causes, will be the setting this month for an international conference that seems foredoomed to add little to the harmony of nations. Representatives have been invited from all member
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  • Man – in – the – Street
    • 830 8 J. J. contends that few Malays will reach the University If the Malay School Teachers' demand was followed, since "the standard of examination in Malaya is that of the Senior Cambridge Examination Syndicate." (ST. 10th Feb.). But this argument will only hold
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    • 101 8 MY proudest mommt arrived when the Minister for Health, pinned on me a gold bar attached to the gold medal when I had given 37 times of my blood to the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service slnc*> 194S I am proud because I am not thinking of reward
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  • 258 9 Stable Govt: A vicar's thanks IFOH. Mon. The people of Malaya should thank God for a stable Government and continue to pray for the country and its Rulers, states the Rev. J. J. E. .Sampson, vicar of the Anglican Church's south Ferak parish. Merdeka was the outstanding event of the
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  • 108 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The coming ECAFE meeting here will be open every day, except for its opening session, to 140 members of the public. The hall in Ampang Road where the meetings will be held, can accommodate 452 people. The rest of the seats
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  • 36 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Municipal Council committep which is Investigating allegations of corruption In municipal affairs has ceased private sessions to hear complaints, because none has been received. Public apathy was blamed.
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  • 69 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Johore. with $117,906, topped the list of rewards totalling $135,082 for information leadIng to the capture and killing of Communist terrorists in January Negri Sembilan paid $17,000 and Malacca paid $166. Twenty, nine terrorists were eliminated last month 13 killed, seven captured and
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  • 28 9 IPOH, Mon. The All-Ma-laya Muslim Missionary Society, which caters for all communities subscribing; to the Islamic faith, ia to expandedits activities on a national l»*eL
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  • 391 9 MAN ACCUSED OF HAVING SIX GUNS AND AMMUNITION HEARS COURT TOLD: PARCEL WAS LEFT IN BUSHES AFTER TALK WITH A GO-BETWEEN, SAYS INSPECTOR THE Singapore Assize Court was told yesterday how a police officer posed as an arms buyer and another posed as go-between.
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  • 71 9 SEREMBAN, Mon. More than ten men armed with daggers have been arrested here in the last three weeks, the CID chief, Mr. B. K. Cashyap, said today. "We are ready to deal with any crime or violence over the Chinese New Year," he said. "If there
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  • 163 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A POLICE officer clung on to a running car at the danger of his life and fired three shots in an attempt to stop a robbery, the coroner's court here was told today. One shot, aimed at the tyre missed.
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  • 57 9 PETALING STREET in Kuala Lumpur is crowded at nigtit the Chinese New Year shopping spree Is not yet over. This picture by Straits Times cameraman Lim Yaw Chong. was taken on Sunday night. The shoppers have overflowed into ttie middle of the street
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  • 337 9 FIGURES TO BACK UP CLAIMS KUALA LUMPUR, Monday OOTH the UMNO Headquarters and the Federa- tion of Malay School Teachers' Associations are asking for returns of teachers resigning from UMNO over the Malay secondary classes row to find out how effective is the
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  • 135 9 Masked men molest, rob woman KUALA LUMPUR, Mon A young widow was held in terror for 30 minutes at 2 a.m. today while two masked men molested her and robbed her of $130. The woman Leong Choon Yin, 28, was sleeping with her two children in her Circular Road home
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  • 56 9 SEREMBAN. Mon. Low Ah Kow, 24, who escaped from police custody on Feb. 2 by breaking the plank bathroom walls, was today sentenced to six months' jail. He had been accused of robbery. Low. who broke his left arm while being captured, pleaded guilty to the
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  • 41 9 BEGAMAT. Mon- Pleading guilty by letter to a charge of falling to stop when order ed to do so by a police officer, a Singapore motor is i Ramond Restovrlch, 33, was fined $25 in tht Labis court yesterday.
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  • 237 9 MALACCA, Mon. A man loved his wife so greatly and paid so much attention to her that she was driven to attempt to commit suicide, the Malacca Coroner. Mr Ramanatha Iyer, was told today. When the man, Saminathan 28. heard that his wife Ratnam,
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  • 24 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A St. John Council to co-or-dinate all activities of the ambulance organisation will be formed in Malaya soon.
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  • 183 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federal Council has been summoned to re-as-semble for an emergency meeting, on March 17 to consider certain "very urgent Government business." The council originally planned to meet from Feb. 12 to 13. This was postponed until April SO. Federal councillors were
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  • 436 12 By Our Market Correspondent markets closed quietly in Singapore yesterday for the Chinese New Year holidays. The rubber, tin and share markets reopen again on Thursday, but the Singapore Coconut Oil Millers Association and the Chinese Produce Exchange will not resume
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  • 150 12 March first irradr rubber buyers f.o.b. closed Singapore yesterday at 77*4 cents per Ib. up half a cent on Friday s closing price. Closing tone: Very quiet. Ir-ing prices in cents per lb yesterday were: ofTMtt: Int 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 78. sellers 78V Inc. 1 R.S.S.
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  • 123 12 The M*:.i\.m l>.lun|r Banks' Associatioa m.ide the following changes tn iti rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to »100) New York: buying airmail T.T. 32 15/16. OX) 33 1/16. 90 dst 33 1 4 credit bills. 33 5 16 trade bilk. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 1 4.
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  • 200 14 Swiss train local men A SWISS watch expert from Bienne said in Singapore yesterday that Malayan watch technicians could attain the same skill as the Swiss, if they received proper training in Switzerland. The expert Mr. Alphonse Bolllat. said that the more promising local boys should be given these training
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  • 364 14 Malaya must ensure quality of canned pines TO BEAT STRONG COMPETITION DETERMINED EFFORTS NOW BEING MADE TO IMPROVE FRUIT PROCESSING AT CANNERIES THE chairman of the newly formed Malayan Pineapple Industry Board, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, said yesterday that Malaya tould hold its important place in the world canned pineapple
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  • 79 14 Horlicks. milk products, etc., manufacturers, has declared an Interim of V' 2 per cent, for the year to March 31. 1958, on the El'im, capital as doubled by a free scrip Issue, compar- Ed with the equivalent of 6 2 3 per cent, a year ago. The total
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  • 232 14 T»HE president of Pepsi-Cola International, Mr. Donald M. Kendall, arrived in Singapore last week at the start of an inspection tour of Pepsi-Cola bottling plants in the Far East. Mr. Kendall was accom panted by Mr. Samuel H. Desch, executive vice president of the International
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  • 123 14 r THREE more P and O liners will make Singapore their port of call on the EnglandAustralia run within the next fow months. The agents for P and O passenger ships they are the Himalaya, Stratheden, and Strathmore told the Straits Times yesterday that
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  • 143 14 nADIO dealers in Singa- pore and Johore Bahru at a dinner last week met Mr. N. B. Butler, export manager of Pye Ltd., of Cambridge, who is here to introduce a completely new range of domestic radio receivers manufactured by the entirely new method of printed
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  • 246 14 Bottling machine worth $200,000 installed by F&N VfALAYA'S leading aerated water company, and Neave Ltd., have installed at their Singapore factory a new bottling line costing over $200,000 to give their consumers a high quality product. The machine, called Coolmlx Carbona>or, is being used by the company for botUlng their
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    • 880 15 ACCOMMODATION VACANT M Word, Si (Mim.t Bom M clt. txtrm TO LET FURNISHED Room For European only In District 10. Rmg Cm* After 12.30 p.m. FURNISHED ROOM with j board* Indian food two working j girls or couple. Phone ***** between 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. "NEW FLORAVILLS," 130 Grange
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    • 788 15 TUITION it Worti Si (Him.) Bom it rU. txtr* TAYLOR DANCE STUDIO closed for Chinese New Year Tuesday, Wednesday February 18th, 19th. and all Public holidays, c V.M C.A. Tennis Pavilion Bras Basah Road). POSTAL rumON BookReeping. Accounts. Business Correspondence. Special coaching for LCC Exams. Success guaranteed Apply Principal. FECI.
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    • 1000 15 rvuLji- ArrwtiN i tnx.n i a APPLICATIONS sre Invited from federal Cilixeai for tiiipointmsnt as Denial Officers In the Ministry of Health, Bederation of Malaya, on the salary scale $730x34-934, 982x 34-I JM p.m. plus C.OLA. at current rates. Applicants must possess a Dental qualification registrant with the DenUl Board,,
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    • 706 15 NOTICES LARUT TIN FIELDS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) Notice Is hereby given that a dividend, the forty-third, of sixpence <6d.) per share, less Income Tax at the rate of thirty per cent, has been declared due and payable to shareholders on the register on the sth March,
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    • 426 15 Asthma Mucus PlffflfffS Loosened First Day AMMeMBSSI Don't let coushniK. anerilnK. ehokinc attacks mt Uronrhltli or r 1 Aitrima lUln your sleep nnd »n*riry nni n n All! another dij or night without trylnf l.lllllS I•A t J MENDACO. This great medicine 1« UULUO UMll Dot a smo'K.*, Injection or
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  • 312 16 Winning gallop by Blue Swell ON THE TRACK with EPSOM JEEP KTALA LLMPUir, Mon. Double Eagle (late Harnham Hill) did a sensation al gallop on the track here this morning. With apprentice Chris Dragon in the saddle, Double Eagle clocked 35sec. for three furlongs, going we H on tne bit
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  • 39 16 The following were elected to the Singapore Turf Club election committee: Dr. GK. Lim. Messrs G. H. Namasie. R. Jumabhoy. W. Gordon. J. Sharp. Jee Ah Chlan. Milton Tan. Wong Slew Leng. N. W. Paton-Smith, Lim Eng Kwan
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  • 18 16 All Business Houses league soccer matches tomorrow have been postponed because of Chinese New Year.
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  • 173 16 Holder out in day of surprises at North golf IPOH. Mon. Defending champion Donald Baxter and several other top players were eliminated in the qual.fying round of the North Malayan golf championship #hich began this morning on the Tiger Lane course. Baxter. 22. returned the nmr score of 167 (82
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  • 63 16 j Capt. 1.0. H. Garnett was elected chairman of the Dockyard Football Association at a meeting at the Naval Base yesterday. Other officials are R. W. Wood (secretary); L. Olrdnestone (treasurer); P. Oopal Filial (mess secretary): M.K. Mydeen (referees secretary*; KB. Menon (coach). Clubs wishing
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  • 528 16 DOUBLE EAGLE STAKES GOLD CUP CLAIMS WITH 3 F Of 35 SPOR TSFRONT...by NORMAN SIEBEL SAFA must be realistic i and accent new set-up k WHETHER Singapore will play in this year's Malaya Cup soccer competition now depends entirely on the Singapore Amateur Football Association. Singapore's re-entry into
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  • 46 16 DESPITE their harruwing experience in the Munich plane disaster. Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg (front left) and right back Billy Foulkes (half hidden behind him) oblige with their autographs on their arrival at Liverpool Street Station. London from Germany last Tuesday. Renter picture.
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  • 98 16 NO LUGGAGE. NO PLAY FOR WOMEN XI MELBOURNE. Mon. There was no play today in the women's cricket match between England and Victoria. The Englishwomen's "bags' had gone astray. The visitors spent the week- j end in Tasmania but when they returned to Melbourne for the opening of the match
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  • 166 16 THREE Singapore swimmers now studying in Aus--1 tralia may qualify for the Asian Games, at Tokyo in May, by proxy. The swimmers. Ong Choon Lim, Koh Slew Chuan ami David Llm. wrote to the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association three weeks aso asking for permission for
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  • 58 16 CALCUTTA. Mon— Tan Joe Hock qual.fled to meet fellow Indonesian Eddy Yusof in the men's singles final of the East India badminton champioiush.ps here yesterday when he beat Shamsad All (Pakistani 9-15, 15-11. 15-10 in a semifinal match. Oajanan Hemmady and Vtkram Bhat (India) beat Hock and
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  • 106 16 irom Singapore." He said that S.ASA. would request A.A.S.U. to hold the trials for the Singapore swimmers probably in April. Choon Llm and Scow Chuan are former schools back stroke champions while David Lim is Singapore's Olympic water polo goalkeeper. Mr. Phillips had
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  • 23 16 HOG ANAS (Sweden). Mon. Richard Bergmann. (Britain) won the International table tennis tournament here yesterday beating Fuji. (Japan) 21-18. 21-23. 21-17.
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  • 413 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Sharin Osman, of Singapore, rreated the second upset In the All-Malayan Malays tennis tournament when he beat third seeded Abdullah Lincha (Malacca) after a 75-mlnute three-set match. Sharin won by 6-1. 9-7, 6-2. Results of today's matches were: MEN'S SINGLES (Ul round):
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  • 309 16 CHAMPIONS HAVE ONE MORE STEP TO RETAIN TITLE TPOH Mon. Defending champions Omar Yahya and Yussof Akil, of Johore, qualified for the men's doubles final in the All-Malayan Malays badminton champlonsiilps here this morning. They beat H. Ismail bin H. A. Rahim and Jaafar Ahmad (Johore) 15-5, 15-10. M. Sadali.
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  • 267 16  - Tengku: Trip to Tokyo if KKM FEHNANDEZ By If UALA LUMPUR, Mon. 1V Tengku Abdul Rahman said today that he would like to go to Tokyo for the Asian Games In May provided the Japanese Government would receive him as a member of the Malayan team and not as the
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  • 30 16 PARIS. Mon. Kurt Niel sen. of Denmark, beat Jaros lav Drobny. of Egypt. 7-3, 6-3. 6-2 In the final of the French indoor tennis championship here yesterday Reuter.
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