The Straits Times, 1 March 1958

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    26 1 AVERAGE DAILY < KHTIFI EP S ALE EX< EEPS 80,000 Mai*** fat*** 1 Ik** 4 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1958 IS CENTS
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    Lock icon WARNING BY DJUANDA
    427 1 'TURBULENCE* COULD LEAD TO FOREIGN INTERVENTION Bigger difficulties for Covt. than consequences of anti-Dutch campaign Rebels fear an attack within days JAKARTA, Friday. J)R. DJUANDA, the Premier of Indonesia, told Parliament today the "turbulence" in rebel Central Sumatra province might constitute a stepping stone for foreign intervention.
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    Lock icon A WINTER HEATWAVE: MP BLAMES RUSSIANS
    102 1 A WINTER HEATWAVE: MP BLAMES RUSSIANS TOKYO, Fri. While A Europe and North America shivered today in snowy weather, Japan was basking in the warm sunshine of a winter heatwave that has covered the plum trees with blossoms weeks before time. Yesterday. a Conservative j member of Parliament. Mr. Kiyoto
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    Lock icon 100 too soon
    38 1 LONDON. Fri —The matron of an old folks' home at Gosport said lasi night s-he wa., cancelling a 100 th birthday party for a male Inmate —because official records showed he was only 8". Reuter
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    Burma friends
    19 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Frt. The Federation Government Is soon to extend diplomatic recognition to the Un.on of Burma.
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    Lock icon Lloyd to visit Kuala Lumpur?
    79 1 Lloyd to visit Kuala Lumpur? LONDON, Fri— The British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, may visit Kuala Lumpur early next month, according to aa authoritative soiree here. Mr. Lloyd may make the stop on his way to the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation meeting In Manila from March B—B.8 8. He
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    Lock icon Sir Winston 'doing fine'
    30 1 ROQUEBRUNE, Fri. Sir Winston Churchill Is doing fine, Dr. David Roberts said this morning. "He will get up some time next week," Dr. Roberts added. Reuter.
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    A mystery cable had Alwi worried
    414 1  -  SIT YIN FONG FULL-BLOWN? 'NAME'S NOT ON CODE LIST By THEN HE SAID: *IT IS A FAKE' ltffß. DES ALWI, press officer of the Central Suma--IT* tran revolutionary government, looked anxious and tense as he read a cable yesterday. The cable, sent from Washington
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    Lock icon Persia holds former army chief
    87 1 Persia holds former army chief rHKK AN Fri.— The Persian Army prosecutor. Gen. Hosseia Azmoudeh. today announced the arrest of the former army rhief of staff Gen. Vail Gharani as one of several people accused of complicity in a recent antl-Gov-ernment plot. Gen. Vail Gharani bad been arrested for "taking
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    Lock icon 160 miles to go
    24 1 WELLINGTON, rrl— Dr. Vivian Fuchs and his Commonwealth transantarctlc party were today 160 miles from their destination. Scott Base— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dial $$$
    30 1 Dial TOKYO, rrl. Firemen answered a fire call early today discovered it was a false alarm and returned to find the nrehouse safe looted of $999 In payroll money.— UP
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    Lock icon Army gives up barracks
    47 1 HONO KONG. FrL The army today agreed to surrender to the government the Murray barracks, parade ground and detention buildings, one of its oldest military establishments In the colony. The army will also give up sections of the Shamshulpo camp in Kowloon. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Quemoy shelled
    25 1 TAIPEH. rrl— Communist Chinese artillery fired 22 shells on to Nationalist Chi-nese-held Quemoy yesterday but caused no damage, the Defence Ministry announced —UP.
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    STEP NEARER to FULL CONVERTIBILITY
    253 1  -  GEOFFREY BOLAND By ORITAIN freed from a yesterday the import of sterling notes into that country There has been a close control on amounts of sterling notes allowed to be taken by travellers into Britain from abroad since August 1940. In recent years, the limit
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    Mayor Ong: I accuse...
    706 1 Mayor Ong: I accuse... STRAITS TIMES COUNCIL REPORTERS THE Mayor of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guan. yesterday accused the Straits Times of trying to create dissension in the City Council's relationships with the Public Service Commission, the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, and the Federation Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul
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    Lock icon MORE ARAB UNIONS: OIL STATES IN NEW MERGER
    140 1 MORE ARAB UNIONS: OIL STATES IN NEW MERGER BOMBAY. Friday. A PLAN to unite three Arab states into a new Arab federation was announced by Sheikh Mohammad Al Khalifa, uncle and chief adviser of the Ruler of Bahrein, here today The merger would include the powerful Arab kingdom of Saudi
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    Lock icon NASSER'S NEW ATTACK: THEY'RE THE AGENTS OF IMPERIALISM'
    140 1 NASSER'S NEW ATTACK: THEY'RE THE AGENTS OF IMPERIALISM' DAMASCUS. Fri. President Nasser of Egypt launched a stinging personal attack on Jordanian and Iraqi leaders here tonight as "agents of imperialism." President Nasser's attack on the leaders, whom he accused of working "to please their lords and the dollar," followed a
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      FACTORY GUTTED
      90 1 KUALA LUMPUR, FrL A big fire which lasUd nearly two hours gutted the Choong rah rubber manufacturing factory here tonight. The Bre, which started at about 10..'0 p.m., was believed to have been caused by m short circuit. About 50 people were working on night shift la the
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      REBEL RADIO BACK ON AIR
      184 1 PADANG. Fri. Dr. D. S u m i t r o. trade and economy minister in the rebel central government, has arrived from Switzerland via Singapore, reliable sources here said today. Dr. Sumitro arrived in Singapore from Switzerland secretly at the end of last week.
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      Lock icon TEST: LATEST
      29 1 PORT ELIZABETH. (Cape Province). Fri. South Africa were all out for 214 on the opening day of the fifth and final Test acainst Australia here todry.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Bitter fighting flares anew in Algeria: 430 reported dead
    265 2 Bitter fighting flares anew in Algeria: 430 reported dead LONDON, Friday. gOME of the bitterest fighting of the three-year Algerian war has cost the lives of at least 30 French soldiers and more than 400 insurgents in the last two days. Fighting is still going on in one engagement in
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    Lock icon Arms plane held in Algeria by French
    123 2 Arms plane held in Algeria by French AIGIERS, FrL— A Flying Fortress aircraft which landed at Bone airport, eastern Algeria. on Tuesday night with about three tons of arms aboard is being held temporarily by French authorities, a French Government spokesman in Algiers said today. The spokesman said that the
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    Lock icon Yemen's charge
    33 2 NEW YORK. Frl. The Yemen warned yesterday that she would ask for Security Council action if "effective and immediate measures" were not taken to end British "aggression" on her borders.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Nikita may make food price cuts
    262 2 Nikita may make food price cuts MOSCOW, Frl. Mr. ITI Nikita Khrushchev is believed to be aiming at an all-round reduction of food prices in Russia. This is seen by observers here as one ultimate objective of the Soviet Communist Party chiefs plan to allow collective farms to own machinery—
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    Lock icon BRIGHTON POLICE CHIEF NOT GUILTY
    485 2 BRIGHTON POLICE CHIEF NOT GUILTY He runs from dock and hugs warder as verdict Is announced But two detectives, bookmaker jailed for conspiracy LONDON, Friday. Jflß. CHARLES RIDGE 59-year-old suspended police chief of Brighton, gay South Coast holiday resort, wa> found not guilty here last night of conspiring to cheat
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    WOMAN ADVERTISES IN SHOP WINDOW FOR HUSBAND: DOESN'T CARE IF HE'S 90
    134 2 This woman is advertising for a husband. She is Mn. Kathleen Reeder. 31. a dhrorcee. Her two < hildren are also seen in the picture. Her advertisement waa put in the window of a sweetsoop in Rothertiam, England.
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    Lock icon GENERAL SACKED
    181 2 He undermined morale by decorating his quarter* too lavishly WASHINGTON. FrL— Major-General John B. Ackerman, US Air Force commander in the Philippines, was today relieved of his post "for exercising poor Judgment." The Air Force later announced that Gen Ackerman had undermined morale by over'.avishly redecorating four sets
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    27 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. Mr. James Wadsworth, a member of the US. United Nations delegation, was today appointed President Eisenhowever's disarmament adviser, succeeding Mr. Harold Stassen. Renter.
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    Lock icon No crash by A-bomber
    62 2 LONDON, Frl. The Air Ministry last night denied that a British or American aircraft had crashed in or near Britain while carrying a nuclear weapon. It was commenting on a statement In the Commons by Mr. Geoffrey de Freltas. who said h e had been told
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    34 2 LONDON, Frl.— The House of Lords last night passed the Overseas Resources Development Bill, which raises from £100 million to £150 million the amount of money the Colonial Development Corporation may borrow.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Commons approves defence policy with 317-261 vote
    413 3 SANDYS: WEST MUST REPLY wraay nuclear arms LONDON, Friday. J'HE BRITISH Governments nuclear and general defence policy won the approval of the House of Commons last night by 317 votes to 261 a Government majority of 56. The Commons rejected a critical Labour
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    A brave front—in spite of (lour bombs and eggs
    80 3 A brave front— in spite of (lour bombs and eggs HIT squarely between the eyes by a flour bomb and spattered by rotten eggs. Mi*. R. A. Butler, the Home Secretary puts on a brave front at the ceremony of his installation as Rector of Glasgow I'niversity rerently. Water was
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    Lock icon Practice shell pierces roof
    38 3 EDINBURGH, Fri. A 44mm shell fell through the roof of a building in Granton near here yesterday. An Admiralty spokesman ■aid that a naval vessel had been firing In the Firth of Forth— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Tear gas in Red state
    43 3 MADRAS. Fri. Police used tear gas today to disperse student demonstrations in ErnalrAilam. in Communistrun Kerala. The students, estimated at 3,000, picketed buses ana prevented them running on schedule. Police Intervened when the students clashed with workers UP.
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    Lock icon Plastics pioneer
    29 3 BOURNEMOUTH, Fri. Sir James Swinburne, considered to be the father of the British plastics industry, celebrated hla 100 th birthday today. He founded the Bakellte Co. Reuter.
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    Lock icon BIGGER, BETTER AMERICAN MISSILES ON WAY
    124 3 WASHINGTON, Fri.— The U.S. Air Force may eventually have intercontinental ballistic missiles that will carry much larger warheads than the city-wrecking hydrogen weapons now planned. Mr. Richard E. Homer, assistant Air Force Secretary, told the annual Air Force Association conference that a muchimproved missile
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    Lock icon U.S. MISSILE 'JUST OLD IRON'
    254 3 Cable flashes] f ONDON, Fri. The New Statesman, a left-wing weekly review, has attacked the British, Government for adopting the American Thor guided missile, calling it an "obsolete piece of hardware." "This obsolete piece of hardware has had an unhappy history. It has had 10
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    Lock icon Cancer: 'Smog, not smokes'
    63 3 LONDON. Kri .—A doctor who has studied lung cancer for nearly 60 years today declared It was nearly all caused by atmospheric pollution and not by cigarettes. Dr. Frederick Pybus, Professor of Surgery at Durham University, said the atmosphere of some cities produced the same effect
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    LONDON STOCKS
    339 3 LONDON. Thurs. There was as extension of yesterday's llrm trend In London stockmarkets today and by the close gains were fairly numerous In most nectlons. Sentiment was assisted by the overnight Improvement on Wall Street and some good company statements and later by a sharp recovery In sterling.
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    UMNO 'REPERCUSSIONS' THREAT
    313 4 Province South again warns: Don't expel our chairman PENANG, Friday. A TOP-RANKING Penang UMNO official warned today of "serious repercussions" should the party executive committee punish a state councillor who has repeatedly criticised the Government's Malay education policy. The UMNO executive will meet in Kuala Lumpur on
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    'I didn't say it,' says the Mayor
    133 4 'I didn't say it,' says the Mayor PENANG, Frl.— The Mayor. Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. today denied certain press statements attributed recently to him. "There was a report which said I deplored the apparent lack of discipline of the Labour members of this council for the premature leakage of the
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    KUCHING IS SWEPT BY 'OILY MAN' RUMOURS
    109 4 KUCHING IS SWEPT BY 'OILY MAN' RUMOURS KUCHING, Frl. Rumours that an "oily man" prowled the town at night have swept Kuchinjc following a midnight attack on a sleeping girl. The attack, H was reveale* today, occurred last Friday hi a house M Kamponr Jaw* No. 2. The victim was
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    'Why no lift?'He will ask
    43 4 'Why no lift?' He will ask Mr. Lee Choon Eng, Singapore Legislative Assembly member, will ask the next Assembly meeting why lift service to the upper floors of Singapore Improvement Trust flats has been stopped. He wants the service to be operated again.
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    Rugby dance
    42 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. The annual dance of the Johore Asian Rugby Union will be held at the Temenggong Abdul Rahman School here on March 13. Tickets at $3 a couple can be obtained from the Union secretary at the school.
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    Co-op meeting
    30 4 MERSINO. Frl. The Malacca Assistant Commissioner Co-operative Develop, ment Office will meet the committee members of the co-operative societies in the Mersine district on March I and 7.
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    COLLEGE TO ADMIT TEMPORARY TEACHERS
    179 4 COLLEGE TO ADMIT TEMPORARY TEACHERS DEN AN G, Fri.-The chairman of the State Education Board^ Dr N. K. Menon, said today that a number of temporary teachers lor English medium primary schools who had been given notice to quit would be admitted to the day training college next month. Dr
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    Cook who stole put on bond
    47 4 IPOH. Fri Tan Chong Jole, an assistant cook at the Officer's Mess of the Loyal Regiment. In Ashby Road, was today bound over here In $100 for six months He pleaded guilty to stealIng cheese worth $15 from the mess kitchen.
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    41 4 MR W. A. GEORGE, of the South Kinta Consolidated Tin Dredginc Co.. and Miss Netta Anne Robinson, of Melbourne, who were married in Penan* this week. The rapturously happy ■ride is seen here rutting the cake at the E O. Hotel.
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    Casey due
    22 4 The Australian Minister for External Aflairs. Mr. R G. Casey, Is due in Singapore from Australia by air today, day
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    Training course
    35 4 JOHORE BAHRU Frl A training course conducted by Mr F Tamboe. Chief Training Officer. Federation of Malaya, began In Johore Bahru today for members of the Government Health and Medical National Trade Union.
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    Japan woos Malaya with free visas
    158 4 fT<HE Japanese Government 1 is trying to woo more visitors from Singapore and the Federation to attend the international trade fair in i Osaka from April 12 to 27. Visas for Japan will be issued free to tourists who will travel to Japan during
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    SMELTING MEN MAY SEND PETITION TO KING
    101 4 PENANG, Frl— The Eastern Smelting Employees Union will petition the Yang diPertuan Agong if the company refuses to re-engaee the majority of its former strikers. "Although we re-registered immediately after the settlement of the strike last month, the company has ignored its former
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    POLICE LAUNCH BIG PROBE
    174 4 Reports of secret societies recruiting schoolboys KUAJLA LUMPUR, Friday. r[E Federation police have ordered an investigation into reports that secret societies are recruiting schoolboys in every state. The reports have stated i that secret societies in Penang hare been recruiting students from English and Chinese schools.
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    Husband not guilty
    67 4 Push not punch PENANG. Prl. A Butterworth school clerk. Mary Joseph, told the magistrate's court here today her husband. L. N. Joseph, punched her and pulled her hair when she was going to church on Dec. 8 last year. Joseph, charged with voluntarily causing hurt to Mary,
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      188 4 M Allin if it AVA gramme Summary Saturday niU»aU MAaiAIA Date; i.30 The News; 1« natiomai short WAVK Saturday Date; 2.15 The Week«iir*£n«L American Way 3.00 Saturday k??*i« ii^ipi^ 400 AH*™**: «30 Tea ruala i.i mi ik Danct: 500 Saturday Medley; Median 1 5.30 Bandstand: 4.50-6.30 ""poh"* mttTt Hawaiian Music;
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    400 won't be held up by red tape
    213 5 400 won't be held up by red tape VO medical red tape will obstruct 400 American tourists on board the luxury liner Kungsholm when they arrive in Singapore early next month from Bali. This la because Bali is a "clean" port and unless there Is an epidemic outbreak, ships from
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    Soccer match on the air
    57 5 Radio Malaya will broadcast the second half of the soccer match between Singapore and the Federation at the Merdeka Stadium. Kuala Lumpur, today at 8 p.m. At 10 p.m. tomorrow there will be a half-hour broadcast on the second day's play of the third Thomas
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    Royal funeral in Brunei
    57 5 BRUNEI, Frt— Yang Teramat Mulia All Bulkiah Al- Mugeiri. the ninth child of the Sultan and Raja Isteri, who was born on Feb. 17, has died at the General Hospital, here. All flags In the State were flown at half mast. The funeral was attended by
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    Scouts start 'job week'
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The 42,000 boy scouts in the Federation win observe job week from tomorrow to March 8. The money collected will be used for equipment for bet- 1 ter campaign facilities, and scout books.
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    Assessment increase: 'Rents can go up as well'
    309 5 Assessment increase: 'Rents can go up as well' SEENiVASAGAM OS 'IMPERTINENT, MISLEADING' PAMPHLET IPOH, Friday. THE Perak State Government was trying: to mislead the public by saying that the Rent Board could not increase rente to the full value of increased assessments, the Ipoh town council was told last flight.
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    Hurt charge
    30 5 SEGAMAT, Frl. Perlasamy. 42, of Volues estate, was committed for trial In the High Court on a chart; of causing grievous hurt with a knife to Narayana Filial
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    $45,000 JACKPOT
    63 5 Only three days to g0... YOU HAVE THREE DAYS to nuk« yow bid for 1 the $45,000 lackpot The Malayan Monthly's Contest S' (February). The contest closes on Monday, March 3. Send your coupon with postal order AT ONCE. There's also $5,000 in consolation prises. Full details in
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    2 MALAYAN PILOTS CAN TRAIN WITH QANTAS
    122 5 2 MALAYAN PILOTS CAN TRAIN WITH QANTAS TWO Malayan pilots to be chosen for advanced training In Australia would be attached to the Qantas Empire Airways training organisation for six months, the Qantas SouthEast Asia area manager. Mr. A. F. Foster, announced yesterday. Australia recently offered to give advanced coaching
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    RAHMAN PARK
    120 5 Municipal Council agrees to put up $23,000 a year for maintenance IfUALA LUMPUR, 11 Thurs.— The Municipal Council here has agreed to maintain the Tengku Abdul Rahman Park which is now nearing completion on a site adjoining the Merdeka Stadium. The park, built from money from the Social
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    Officer goes to aid of woman waylaid, robbed by thugs
    129 5 A n army officer went to the rescue of a Singapore woman when thugs waylaid and robbed her of Jewellery worth $1,300 on Thursiay. Asmah binte Salam was walking In Depot Road on her way to market when two youths
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    UK information office
    56 6 A United Kingdom Inform at ion office will be set up shortly in Singapore on the lines of those which wert recently established in West Africa and the West Indies. Mr. A J. W. Hockenhull present director of the UK Information Office in Kuala Lumpur will be
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    Thief jailed and fined
    39 6 For stealing a packet of cigarettes, worth 20 cents, a labourer was Jailed In Singapore yesterday for a day and fined $100. Tan Ah Bok. 37. paid the |lne and was released at 4 p.m.
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    REGENT LIGHTS A CIGARETTE FOR THE FIRST VIP BLOOD DONOR
    76 6 The Seremban Blood Bank moved to the former admission ward of the General Hospital this week. And the first donor at the new centre was Dr. Abdullah bin Ahmad. Medical Superintendent of the General Hospital. The Regent of Negri Sembilan
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    New political party for Ceylonese
    151 6 'GOOD RESPONSE- FOUNDER KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. APOLITICAL party which aims to replace the Ceylonese Federation of Malaya as the representative body of 100,000 Ceylonese in this country will be formed here next week. The party the Malayan Ceylonese Congress was registered today. Unlike the Ceylonese
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    Johore Council meeting
    56 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Prt. The next meeting of the Johore Council of State will be held at the Council Chamber Government Offices Building, on March 26 at 10 ajn. All members of the council have been asked to submit questions and motions which they wish to raise at
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    Strike talks
    37 6 Representatives of the Singapore General Employees' Union met the management of Gammons Malaya > at the Labour Ministry yesterday for talks on the strike by about 200 of the company's contract labourers. No decision was reached.
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    A-power and Malaya: We must prepare now plea
    368 6 TAN CALLS FOR SCHEME TO TIIAIN PERSONNEL J^UALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaya must prepare now for the commercial use of atomic power in future by training personnel, the Federation Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said today at the ECAFE
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    LABOUR COURT MAN GETS TWO YEARS
    201 6 k LABOUR COURT clerk, Seah Yeak Seng, was A Jailed in Singapore yesterday for two years. He was found guilty of misappropriating $2,755 between Nov. 21 1956 and April 10 last year. Seah admitted that he had a similar conviction in July 1951. for
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    Reserve tenders for Malays plea
    112 6 Reserve tenders for Malays plea A LOR STAR, Fri '-The Kedah Malay Chamber of Commerce has asked the state government to allocate tenders for public service projects below $15,000 to Malay contractors. The secretary of the Chamber, Inche Shaik Ostnan bin Ibrahim, said today that a memorandum containing this proposal
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    Assault is alleged on 'second wife'
    297 6 Assault is alleged on 'second wife' "MALACCA Fri.— Two women were accused here today of assaultIng another woman, who was stated to be the second wife of a Malacca General Hospital dental mechanic. Allen Ee. Van Neo. who claimed to be Ee's legal wife, appeared on a summons charge of
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    George Town primary education bill
    205 6 PENANG, Frl. The I Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. said today it was not the fault of the City Council that no education rate had been Included In its 1958 budget. "When our budget was being prepared," he told this afternoon's council meeting, "w e
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    10,000 to strike? Decision soon
    239 7 WAB DEPARTMENT CIVILIANS* ROW OVER THE QUESTION OF SEVERANCE PAY ZAIDA WILL SEEK POWER TO NAME THE DATE IF BALLOT SAYS 'YES' KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE War Department Civilian Staff Association will decide tomorrow if its 10,000 members should strike over the question of severance
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    Mahjong aid started a brawl
    92 7 JESSELTON. Fri. A husband who "advised" his wife while she was playing a game of mahjong found himself in a brawl with one of the players, the Jesselton magistrate was told yesterday. Trouble started, the court was told, when a man objected to the husband's
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    Premier due
    40 7 The New Zealand Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs. Mr. Walter Nash, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow. He will be accompanied by the secretary of the New Zealand Depart ment or External Affairs, Mr. A. D. Mclntosh.
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    Folk dance
    20 7 A 'folk dance party" will be held at the Chinese YMCA. Prince Edward Road, today at 7.30 p.m.
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    222 born, 50 die
    28 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Last month 222 births were recorded In Johore Bahru. Of these. 125 were Chinese. Deaths for the same period totalled 50
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    Killed by falling tyre
    82 7 SUNGEI PATANI, Fri. A cigar roller, Goh Slew Ngor, JB. told the Sungel Patanl coroner, Tuan Syed Madhzir i paadak, yesterday, that when she returned from market, she found her husband in I agony. "He said a tyre had fallen' on him while he was at
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    Watch was 'a present'
    49 7 SEGAMAT, Fri. Caught carrying a pillion rider on his cycle, Ng Scow Kai, 20, offered the police officer his wrist watch, the Segamat court was told. Ng, who said the watch was a present for the officer, was fined $100 and had the watch confiscated.
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    AWARD FOR THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE FMVF
    61 7 INCHE DOLLAH BIN HAJI Ml'JiD. the eldest member of the Federation of Malaya Volunteer Forces, receives a certificate from the G.0.C.. Federation Army, Major General F H. Brooke, for 27 years' good sei vlee. Four people received certificates at the ceremony at
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    MAMMOTH WELFARE TALKS PLANNED
    189 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. <t»he Federation Central Welfare Council, at a meet- ing today decided to hold a mammoth Asian conference of social workers in the Federal capital next year. A subcommittee headed by Mr. S. K. Sundaram from Penang was formed to work out details. The
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    DAYLIGHT THIEVES WORE GLOVES
    228 7 DAYLIGHT THIEVES WORE GLOVES IPOH, Fri.— Four men, 1 wearing white gloves, staged a daring daylight robbery here yesterday. They burst into a house in the densely populated Housing Trust district off Kampar Road, gagged a servant girl and made off with $245 In cash and Jewellery. The robbers, clad
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    RAF sergrant assaulted and robbed of $250
    82 7 RAF sergrant assaulted and robbed of $250 OENANQ, Fri.— RAF 1 Sergeant R. MacDonald was assaulted and robbed of $250 last night. Sgt Macdonald reported to the police that he boarded a trishaw at the Garrison Club. Light Stieet, about 8 p.m. and was taken to Ariffln Road. There he
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    Dramatic group seeks actors
    72 7 IPOH. Fri— The Perak Players, an amateur dramatic troupe, are holding the first readings of their next production on Tuesday and Friday at 8.15 pm. In the Perak Turf Club Sports Club premises In Tiger Lane. The intended play is Kenneth Home's comedy "Jane Steps Out".
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    Sultan ends his state visit
    50 7 TANAH RATA. Fri— The Sultan of Pahang his consort Tengku Zangfu Zanan. and their two small children left here yesterday after a five-day state visit. For the first time the Pahang State Executive Council of 19 members met here on Monday, with the Sultan presiding.
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    TODAY IS SILVER JUBILEE OF MALAY REGT.
    285 7 TODAY IS SILVER JUBILEE OF MALAY REGT. IT BEGAN AS EXPERIMENT KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE MALAY REGIMENT, formed 25 years ago by NVijor-Gen. G. Me. I. S. Bruce, celebrates Its silver Jubilee tomorrow. It started as an experimental company, but is today the' basis of the Federation Army. Its success
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    NEW RUBBER COUNCIL LEADER PLEDGES CO-OPERATION
    214 7 ITU ALA LUMPUR. Fri. 11 -Mr. Leong Hoe Yeng, new chairman of the Rubber Producers' Council, today pledged fullest co-operation to the Government and rubber industry workers. He told the Straits Times: "We are all do6eljr Involved with each other The council Is Interested
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    65 8 ID Unrd. ll* f minimum I MR. AND MRS. H 8. DEANS thank all relatives and Friends for their attendance. Qi -•'tings, and valuable presents on the occasion off their Wedding on 22 2.58. MR. ft MRS. M. G. LESSLAR I thank friends and relatives for their wreaths, donations,
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    451 8 M Wrnrd* %U I Minimum) WHERE TO 'JO? What to do? The Cockpit's Just the place for you. Rljsttaiel is served every Saturday and Sunday. FREEDOM from unpleasant odours and mustlness is assured when you use Alr-wlck Mist. Obtainable at all good stores. APRIL BRIDES. Be that radiant lovely
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      The Facts Of 'Discord'
      515 8 If Singapore's Mayor is to be believed, the Straits Times thrice in a week has been guilty of "mischief." We have been accused of souring relations between the City Council and the Public Service Commission, between the City Council and the Chief Minister, and between the
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      Watch On The Border
      369 8 Things are going to become more difficult for Communist terrorists' along the MalayanSiamese border. Talks between the Federation's Defence Minister and the Siamese Government have paved the way for closer co-operation between the two governments against the terrorists. Although full details of the discussions are still
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      Minority claims
      242 8 The Singapore Indian Congress plans to take pan lin future elections. It is entitled to do so although it would be going against the general trend of Singapore politics. Singapore has been fortunate in that political parties by and large have I been non-communal and the 1 voters
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    Applying for a job is a skilled art
    912 8  -  GOH LOOK WHEN I advertised recently for extra staft, I was shocked at the general level of the replies. Are the Singapore schools too busy preparing their students for Cambridge examinations that they have no time to teach an essential skill like
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    FIFTY REARS AGO
    97 8 (From the Straits Times of Feb. 27. 1908) SIR Robert Hall announced In London this week that It would take four years for an electric current sent from earth to reach the nearest star. It would take only one second of time, he announced for the current
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    Talks on maps did not empty the gallery
    908 8 Talks on maps did not empty the gallery (XKJNTING sheep Jumping through a gap In the hedge may help most people to overcome their insomnia. It doesn't help me. Instead, I count, or try to count, the International conferences I nave attended since I listened, as a very Junior reporter
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    CUSTOMS TRANSFER SYSTEM CONCERN
    173 9 CUSTOMS TRANSFER SYSTEM CONCERN IPOH. Fn.— The Ipoh branch of the Customs Services Union is concerned over the way In which married members are being transferred, resulting in their children's education being disrupted. The union, at Its annual meeting here last n.ght, decided to ask Its headquarters to ask the
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    Babas and nonyas to stage fancy dress tour
    108 9 MALACCA, Fri.— The Malacca Straits Chinese British Association will launch their "baba and nonya" nigtit tomorrow with a visit to the residence of the Governor. Mr. Leon* Yew Koh. The party of over 64 "babas" and "nonyas" in fancy dress will then
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    $6,500 fine
    37 9 Cheng Ah Keow, 41, was fined a total of $6,500, in default 19 months' Jail, when she was found guilty in Singapore yesterday of possessing a total of 131 Ib 4 oz. of raw opium.
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    Mr. OXFORD WAS LAST MAN
    68 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. Max Oxford, today became the last passenger to fly the Federation Air Service's Western route. Malayan Airways will from tomorrow take over the FAS from th e Malayan Railway administration which has run the Beaver service
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    Service for seafarers
    66 9 Men of the Royal Navy and representatives of local shipping companies will attend the annual seafarers' service to be held in St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, at 6 p.m. tomorrow. The service will be conduf led by the Dean of Singapore, the Rev. E Shield, and the British
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    Ashes of ancient Kedah king found
    431 9 1,000- YEAR-OLD CASKET CONTAINS REMAINS OF ANCESTOR OF THE PRIME MINISTER 'AN AMAZING FLUKE-WE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE OUR EYES,' SAYS UNIVERSITY TEAM CHIEF MERBOK, Central Kedah, Friday. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL team from the University of Malaya has discovered a I,ooo* year-old casket containing the ashes
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    MAYOR'S SPEECH SYSTEM GOES INTO ACTION
    278 9 Councillors wear earphones TiHE system of simultaneous translations was mxx troduced for the first time at the Singapore City Council meeting yesterday. Councillors and the Press, were supplied with earphones through which they could bear translations made by the Chinese, Malay and Indian Interpreters,
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    Decree nisi for wife
    54 9 Lily Heng (nee Chin), the wl*'e of Roman Heng, a salesman was granted a decree nisi by the Chief Justice. 81r John Whyatt. in the Singapore High Court yesterday dissolving her marriage wtth Roman Heng on the ground of adultery. The decree ls to be made
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    Job week
    29 9 The St. John Ambulance Cadet Corps' Job-week which was postponed will now take place from March 8 to 16. Its aim is to raise funds for uniforms.
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    Doctor returns
    25 9 SITIAWAN. Fri— Dr. V. R. N, Menon, a leading member of the Indian community here, has returned after a two-month holiday In India
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    MCP PROPAGANDA IS EYEWASH, HE SAYS
    155 9 IPOH. Fri. Estate workers in Central Perak have been warned not to be fooled by Malayan Communist Party propaganda that It stands for racial unity and equality. In a series of talks this week, the State Information Officer, Perak, Mr. I.S.A. Howard, told the
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    Bank agreement approved
    34 9 The executive committee of the Singapore Bank Employees' Union yesterday approved a draft agreement with the managements of eight Colony banks on gratuity rates. The agreement should be signed next week.
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    Social and dance
    33 9 A social and dance for student teachers will be held by the Catholic Student Teachers' Guild at the Fraser and Neave Hall, River Valley Road, this evening at 8 p.m.
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    ROYAL AUTHOR-JOURNALIST PASSES THROUGH
    196 9 ROYAL AUTHOR- JOURNALIST PASSES THROUGH 'Jolly good fellow 1 here— he's a prince A SIAME3E prince— described as "a Jolly good fellow" by neighbours in the English village he has made hi s home —is in Singapore with his English wife. He Is Prince Chula Chakrabongse, well known as an
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    Flag Day
    25 9 About 350 flag-sellers will spread throughout Singapore today to collect funds for the Singapore Children's Society The society hopes to collect about $10,000
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    POLICY SPLIT ON FILMS FROM CHINA
    384 9 ANOTHER film riddle has arisen between Singapore and the Federation, long at variance over their censorship policies. So far Singapore has passed 12 films made In Communist China for local screening. The Federation accepted the first four of these— and then refused to take
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    DOUBLE JOY FOR FAMILY
    75 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri It was a double celebration today for a Kuala Lumpur fanlly. While Mr. and Mrs B. F. Pereira observed their silver wedding anniversary at a special service at St. Jorn's Cathedral. their daughter. Jeanette. teacher at the Pudu English School, was engaged to
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      200 10 I SARAWAK i which lies four hundred miles to the east ov Singapore, a land of peace, progress, and of the future, of cordial industrial and racial relations, a land where air, road and sea communications are being opened up within the framework of a Development Plan costing well over
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    Socialism in Singapore: What does it mean?
    701 11 NO matter how ardent the Liberal-Social-ists may be in their courtship of the Labour Front, a political marriage seems to be as far from reality as ever. Short of such a union, most observers agree, Singapore in the Dor Year will go to
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    Cobra fight rould have been broken up
    423 11 Co br a fight rould have been broken up I F. KOH 1 HER in his letter regarding the cat vs. cobra affray (Saturday Forum Feb. 22 > admits to not knowing the facts of the case as reported in the Straits Times and is, therefore, to be commended for
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    WAITED: MOKE DENTAL
    158 11 WAITED: MOKE DENTAL HRHE Singapore Oovern- ment should organise more public dental clinics. The complaints that have appeared in your correspondence columns regarding delays In appointments are genuine, but unfortunately your correspondents have not made constructive suggestions to meet the pressing problem. I suggest that the Government should convert or
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      302 11 Straits Times Crossword ii Us n in m^i i^ Px\i 8 |J9 io "IT" aw d p MMiTi""i i« IS 16 3 20 2 2J~" 24 "~^25" 26 ~ft"" ACROSS 7 Snake found in Sou'h Am--8 Whoee son makes a kind ol erlra? Yes no. Canada! footwear? (8) (B). 9
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    METAL PRICE DROPS AS MINERS RUSH ORE TO BEAT LEVY
    515 12 METAL PRICE DROPS AS MINERS RUSH ORE TO BEAT LEVY By Our Market Correspondent JN Singapore yesterday the tin price continued the steep drops and rises which have been a characteristic of the present week. Yesterday there was a fall of $450 to $365 per plcul which followed a rise
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    131 12 MELBOURNE. Prl. INVESTMENT shares held a steady tone with little variation m price on the Stock Exchange here today. Santos Improved M In a firm jli section. Base metals continued to ease. Loans maintained a steady tone. Loans 3V: 1956-59 £99 7s. Loans 3' 4 1956-58 £100 12s
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    STORE SHIPPING
    173 12 Ships Iriiif aroarsMe the Singapore Harbawr Board wharves ar expeeteal today are: Boissevaln 1/2, Rajula 4/5. Bzan atom BA. Leneverett 6/7, Glengarry 8/», Benvrackie 10/11. BonnevUlc 13/14. Auata Maru 15/16, Adige 18, Roggeveen 19/20, Sadao N Wall 2. Tal Seun Hong 21/23. Bidor 23, Anna Presthus 24, Frederick
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    22 12 SINGAPORE, FEB. 28. RL'BBEB: 771 cents per lb (down five eighths of a cent). TIN; SUS per pica. (•town SCM).
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    Rubber market cautious
    367 12 rE week has been one of caution with many operators 'leaving well alone' on a rubber market which shows little inclination to develop a trend, report H C. B. Ltd. in their current robber review. The daily fluctuation has been small with outside Influences having little effect
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    RUBBER PRICES
    147 12 March Crst trade rubber hovers fob elaaed In Slns^ipore yesterday at 77 S cents per U>. down five-eighths of a cent on Thursday's closing price. Claainf toae: Very quiet Cloatng prices tn cents per lb yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.B. Spot fob. buyers 77»*. sellers 77*4; Int.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    105 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per ptcul yesterday were: Copra,: steady; UK Continent February/March $31 buyers. $32 sellers. Coconut oil: steady: bulk $47 sellers, dram $51 sellersPepper: quiet: no business reported done: Muntok white $103. Sarawak $103. special Sarawak I black $63 (all down $1) Singapore Copra
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    67 12 i ItM Malayaa Exefcaace Banks' Asaaeaatlaa made the fallowing j change In Us rates to merchants yesterday (the rate is to $100) I Selling T.T. or on. ready: French Fnmes *****. On the tree exchange market In Hone Kaac yesterday the I > aollar was quoted at 5.81
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      954 12 FH.LANTHROPtST PASSES AWAY Mr J M ABDDL AZIZ, an 5 1 Illustrious figure of Saigon who' r dri.'.trtrd from us recently Is I leaving behind him only great lorrows Bora in Uie year 1905 In Koo- I thatiallur In the State of Madras ~f im.Wn (India) Mr. J M. Abdul
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      418 12 NOTICES W. HAMMER ft COMPANY LIMITED 'Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of W HAMMER COMPANY LIMITED win be held at the Registered Office, Hongkong Bank Chambers. Singapore, on Monday. list March 19S8. at 12 o'clock noon. At this Meeting the Directors will recommend
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      694 12 NOTICES KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL APPLICATIONS are Invited for. i the post of ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES In the Town Planning I Branch, Municipal Engineer's De- partment. Salary Scale: (Consolidated). $604 x 22 834 x 22 »20 p.m. to which will be added a variable cost at 11 ring allowance which at
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    200 14 FERDINAND Magellan was dead. A Portuguese navigator in her golden days, he had landed with Albuquerque at Malacca and that city was captured in 1511. He had taken part in many sea fights. But like many patriots who serve their country overseas, he received no recognition for his
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    1118 14  - Sino- J a vanese civilisation flourished in Brunei 600 years ago SUTTON COINS WHICH DATE BACK TO 600 B.C. THROW LIGHT ON EVEN GREATER GLORY BEFORE MAGELLAN with silk trappings, and twelve men each of whom carried a porcelain Jar covered with silk in which to carry our presents. "Thereupon,
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