The Straits Times, 12 July 1958

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    20 1 AVERAGE PAII,V CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 110,000 The Straits Times Nat*" 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 12, ItSS 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon SELF-RULE: NEW STEP
    291 1 COMMONS DEBATES COLONY CONSTITUTION BILL Boyd on 'two forces' at work LONDON, Fri.— Mr. Alan Lennox Royd, the Colonial Secretary, opened a debate in the House of Commons today on a Bill to provide for the constitution of the State of Singapore "and for its peace, order
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    SIR JOHN AND Mrs. H RETURN 'We did not run away' he says
    253 1 SIR JOHN AND Mrs. H RETURN 'We did not run away' he says SIR JOHN HLGGINS. «f--year-oM former Governor ef Jamaica, aad Mrs. Margaret Hitchcock. 45, pictured at London Airport on their return after aa 11 -day holiday in Italy and France. Said Sir John: "We did net run away.
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    Lock icon Mass-killer Manuel dies oft gallows
    81 1 GLASGOW. Frl. Peter Manuel. Britain's most cold-b'/oded killer, was hanged In Barllnnle Jail here this morning for seven murders The New York-born gunman of 32. who conducted his own defence at his trial and astonished the court by his forensic skill, was a broken man
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    EAST COAST-BOUND PASSENGER TRAIN IS DERAILED
    143 1 EAST COAST-BOUND PASSENGER TRAIN IS DERAILED KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. A PASSENGER train ran off the rails at Ayer Itam Aon the Negri Sembilan-Pahang border this morning. None of the passengers was injured. The train which left Oe- mas v 6.15 a.m. was on Its way to the East coast. The
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    Lock icon KLM pilots win claim
    79 1 THE HAGUE. Fri The management of KLM Airlines and the Pilot* 1 Association yesterday settled a long -standing wage dispute by agreeing on "a technical revision" of pilots' salaries as from July 1 Details were not disclosed The pilots will also receive a lump sum in
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    395 saved from pilgrim ship
    42 1 BUEZ. Fri -The Lebanese transport "Lyra", carrying pilgrims hwe from Mecca, foundered yesterday on a coral reef In the Red Sea. Her 395 passengers were rescued with thp help of the British freighter "City of Porumoii'.h."— U.PL
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    Lock icon Teenage terror: Boy of 12 didn't have a chance
    418 1  -  EE BOON LEE By A FRAIL 12-year-old schoolboy sobbed in his headmaster's room in Singapore yesterday as he took off his shirt to show the injuries he received at the hands of ten teenaged thugs. There were eight stab wounds on
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    Lock icon BRITISH FIRM TO CLOSE
    62 1 COLOMBO Pri. The big- company had found It gest British-owned de- "difficult for some years partment store White- to operate their high-class away Laidlaw and Co. stores In Ceylon as a pro announced today that they fitable Investmentwould close down at the The Ceylon Government Is
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    Lock icon Anti-TB nurses from Australia
    40 1 CANBERRA, Frl Australia will send another team of anti-tuberculosis nurses to Malaya to work under the Colombo Plan In Kuala Lumpur. The nurses win leave Sydney and Melbourne by Qantas for Singapore on July li.— Reuter.
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    Peace talks
    22 1 ADEN. Frl Britain and the Yemen ha* opened peace talks In an effort to settle their Aden border dispute. U.PJ.
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    Rahman move for Alliance peace
    220 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. qnHE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rai man, is anxious to straighten out outstanding disputes between the three Alliance partners before the campaigns for the coming State and Federal elections are launched. He has called for a special me ting o' the Alliance
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      COLONY THUCS NEW WEAPON
      89 1 A NEW kind of gangland weapon was seised in a police raid at Veerasamy ttoad, Singapore, yesterday. It consists of two bearing scrapers tied to a length ol cord. A gangster wraps the cord around his waist and uses a scraper in each hand to stab
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      U.S. PROTEST ON SHOT-DOWN PLANE
      136 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. The Russian Ambassador Mr. Mikhail Menshikov, mi today summoned to the State Department to receive a stiff American protest against the shooting down of an unarmed U.S. Air Force transport plane over Soviet Armenia on Jane 27. Informed sources said that the United
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      UNION SECRETARY ARRESTED
      68 1 POLICE yesterday arrested T. Gomez, secretary of the Singapore General Employees Union, for alleged obstruction of a car in connection with the glass factory strike in Henderson Road. Gomes was arrested with the three strikers and remove J to Tan Jong Pagar police station. They were later
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    Rebates touch off freight war for Japan cargoes
    171 2 Rebates touch off freight war for Japan cargoes SHIPPING LINES TOSS RATE AGREEMENT OVERBOARD CHIPPING lines have tossed aside an agreement on rates for carriage of Japan's main exports! cement, steel and steel products to Singapore. The freight war smarted when a few lines offered "under the counter" rebates for
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    SULTANA OF KEDAH IS HOME AFTER TWO
    146 2 SULTANA OF KEDAH IS HOME AFTER TWO YEARS ALOR STAR, Fri.-rThe Sultana of Kedah, TengJcu Asma, returned to Alor Star this afternoon from Kuala Trengganu after an absence of about *wo years. A large gathering, including members of the ruling house, turned up at Kepala Batas Airport, seven and a
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    GRAHAM GETS A CALL
    125 2 GRAHAM GETS A CALL THE Malayan Council of Churches has invited Dr. Billy Graham to visit Singapore for an evangelistic campaign in 1959. The invitation has been signed by several members of the Christian churches, including the Bishop of Singapore. But Dr. Graham ha s not yet replied. According to
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    New DO for Butterworth
    64 2 BUTTERWORTH, Fri. The new Butterworth District Officer. Inche Mohamed Ghazali bin Dato Mahmud from Kajang, has reported for duty in place of Mr. V. G. Bennett who retired under the Malayanlsation scheme. Inche Ghazail, a son of the former Speaker of the Federal Legislative Council. Dato
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    School dance
    30 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The old girls of St Mary's School will hold a dance tomorrow at the Kuala Lumpur international airport in aid of the school's building fund.
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    Mr. S does not speak for Ceylonese, says new party leader
    185 2 Mr. S does not speak for Ceylonese, says new party leader KUALA LUMPUB, Friday 'THOUSANDS of Ceylonese" in Malaya want to 1 have nothing to do with criticisms of the Alliance that have been made by Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, Federal Legislative Councillor and sec-retary-general of the People's Progressive Party.
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    New OCPD
    28 2 MENTAKAB. Fri. A. S. P. S. Samson of Segamat has succeeded Mr. S. Nathan as 0.C.P.D., Mentakab. Mr Nathan has gone to Britain lor police training.
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    Minister opens phone kiosk
    44 2 KUALA LIPIS. Fri-The Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications. Inche Sardon bin Haji Jublr today declared open the first tele phone kiosk in Jerkoh new village near here. Built at a cost of $5,600, th<> kiosk will benefit 1.159 people.
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    New building
    41 2 TEMERLOH, Fri— Plans for the construction of a new building for the Temerloh Chinese Chamber of Commerce have been approved by the local authorities, a spokesman of the chamber said today. The new building will be in Leonard Street.
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    FOOTNOTE ABOUT 3,000
    37 2 More than 3,000 shoemakers from several unions in Singapore plan to form a National Federation of Footwear Workers. The move is being sponsored by the Bata Employees' Union which claims to have 250 members.
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    SOLDIERS HURT IN LORRY ACCIDENT
    73 2 SOLDIERS HURT IN LORRY ACCIDENT TAPAH. Fri.— A military lorry carrying 18 Gurkha soktiers knocked down a pedestrian and samersaulted thrice before it landed on its side along the main road here yesterday. Nine soldiers and Urn pedestrian were injure*. One of the soldier*. Masta Bahadur lUi. 2*. said t«
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    NOW 100 HUNGARIAN PATRIOTS FACE DEATH...
    171 2 NOW 100 HUNGARIAN PATRIOTS FACE DEATH... WASHINGTON, Fri. Hungarian courts have demanded increased sentences, Including the death penalty, for 100 citizens put on re-trial for "revolutionary activities" during a recent 10-day period, a State Department spokesman said yesterday In Budapest, a Hungarian Government spokesman denied reports that Mrs. Julia Rajk,
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    Lock icon Goldfine cheques puzzle Senators
    192 2 Goldfine cheques puzzle Senators WASHINGTON, Fri. Mr. Bernard Goldfine, Boston industrialist friend of Mr. Sherman Adams, President Eisenhower's chief assistant, again declined yesterday to answer questions before an investigating Congressional sub committee about allegedly "mysterious" cheques drawn by his companies. Mr. Goldfine maintained that the questions were not relevant to
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      Lock icon PRESIDENT BAYAR TO PRESIDE AT FOUR-NATION TALKS
      67 2 PRESIDENT BAYAR TO PRESIDE AT FOUR-NATION TALKS ISTANBUL. Fri— President Celal Bayar of Turkey will preside over a meeting of the four Muslim heads of state of the Bagdad Pact powers, due to open here on July 15 The Shah of Persia. President Iskander Iflrza of Pakistan and King Faisal
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      16 2 TOKYO: The Japanese Ministry of Finance announced that Pakistan had asked for a $50 million loan.—Reuter.
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      20 2 ADELAIDE: The Queen has sent the Advertiser, Adelaide's morning newspaper, a message of congratulation on the occasion of its centenary.—Reuter.
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      23 2 NEW YORK: Eighteen members of the Afro-Asian group signed a request to put the Algerian question on the next U.N. General Assembly agenda.—U.P.l.
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      22 2 BIRMINGHAM: The Duke of Edinburgh was unanimously elected president of the British Medical Association for 1959-60 at its annual conference here. Reuter
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    Lock icon Night of terror in a convent
    229 3 OUTRAGE CLIMAXES DAY OF RENEWED COMMUNAL CLASHES NUN AND MONK ARE SHOT AND STABBED TO DEATH NICOSIA, Friday. NUN and a monk, both Greek Cypriote, were killed last night in a sudden attack by men armed with Sten guns, knives and clubs on a
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    Lock icon She will aid the Queen
    66 3 LONDON. Fri.— Miss Anne Hawkins. 30. editorial assistant on the magazine "Young Elizabethan." whose chair, man Is Lord Altrlncham, outspoken critic of the monarchy, has been appointed assistant Press Secretary to the Queen. Miss Hawkins. eldest daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hawkins, joined the statT
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    Lock icon Cheers for Duke
    27 3 BRUSSELS, Fri. a large crowd cheered the Duke of Edinburgh yesterday as he arrived at the British pavilion at the World Fair here Reuter
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    Lock icon CRISIS FOR SUMUAL CRACK PARATROOP MEN MOVE ON REBEL TOWNS
    139 3 CRISIS FOR SUMUAL CRACK PARATROOP MEN MOVE ON REBEL TOWNS JAKARTA. Frl. Crack Indonesian combat units which parachuted from low.lying planes near Lake Tondano In the North Celebes yesterday are moving on Tondano, Tomohon and Sairo. three main centres of rebel resistance, Jakarta Rad' i reported today. Meanwhile, Government Infantry
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    Lock icon 'End cold war' call by Tito and Nasser
    147 3 BELGRADE, Frt. Marshal Tito and President Ganval Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic yesterday called for a summit conference, cessation of nuclear tests and an end to the cold war. An official communique signed by the two Presidents after eight days
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    Lock icon LIGHTNING DAMAGES ROME'S :olosseum
    78 3 LIGHTNING DAMAGES ROME'S :olosseum ROME. Prl. Lightning struck massive stones yesterday off the ancient Colosseum. Workmen fled as a 150 feet lone section of Its upper balustrade tumbled down. The lightning struck at the height of storm which also caused the collapse of an ancient wall of what once was
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    Lock icon Electricity Board to drop M.P. libel action
    166 3 LONDON. Fri— The London Electricity Board yesterday announced its decision, "in view of the recent debate in the House of Commons," not to proceed with their intended libel action against Mr. George Strauss. a Labour M.P. The libel action threat arose from a
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    LONDON STOCKS
    380 3 f ONDON. l.iv.> ue&pile .iumLi ber of adverse factors stock markets in London today gave a satisfactory performance with Indications of some expansion in the recent Investment buying. The feature was the sharp advance In gilt-edged securities. There was s general Improvement in front of the bank rate
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    MODEL INVADES CHURCH CONFERENCE AND — INTERRUPTS ARCHBISHOP
    52 3 MODEL INVADES CHURCH CONFERENCE AND INTERRUPTS ARCHBISHOP A LONDON fashion model Invaded the openin r session of the Lambeth Conference and interrupted the Arrbbishop of Canterbury's speech by shouting "I am from the League of Empire Loyalists." The girl, Judith Moyens, 17, is teen Here bein* escorted out of the
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    Lock icon —SPACETRIP MOUSE MISSING
    193 3 SPACETRIP MOUSE MISSING WASHINGTON, Frl.- The test firing of a mouse-carrying intercontinental ballistic missile appeared today to have been succesful for all but the mouse. The Air Force confirmed last night that the Thor rocket launched on Wednesday night with a mouse In the nose cone fell In the South
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    Lock icon Typhoon 'Viola' moves north
    41 3 TOKYO. Frl. The United States Air Force said today that Typhoon "Viola" was located 350 miles south-west of Iwojima. moving north at 18 miles an hour. Maximum winds within the typhoon were 115 miles an hour. Reuter.
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    Lock icon ROBESON OFF TO LONDON
    73 3 NEW lUKiv. Fri. Paul Robeson. the American Negro singer and actor, left here by air last night for London and what he called a stay of "many, mrnjr weeks." He said he would travel to Prague and to Moscow but his "main base" would be In
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    Pneumonia toll
    28 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Pri Twenty one people died of pneumonia in the Federation during tne week ending June SI. Six of the £*l <*e*ths occurred in Kedan.
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    Central kitchen for 18,000 in Sungei Siput
    289 4 IPOH, Friday. gUNGEI SIPUT TOWN, the administrative and commercial centrt of the notorious sub-district where the 10-year-old Emergency wa» born, is to have central rooking. Central cooking for the 18,000 people of the town, 18 mile* north oi here, is scheduled to come
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    MAYOR: 'LIBRARY IN VERY GOOD HANDS'
    161 4 PENANO. Friday. rS Mayor of Penang, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. said today he could assure the House of Lords lhat the Penane Library was "in very eood hands. Mr. Ramanathan, who is I chairman of the library committee, was commenting on a statement by
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    J,OOO tappers insure for Si million
    68 4 KUALA LUMrua, Fri Mafeyaa plantation workers are »cc— >■» more and more insaraace minded. More than l.H* off them —all members of the Naional Union of PimnUUon Workers have taken oat policies valued at a total of ji.ow.fr A spokesman of the NI'PW told
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    Youth accused of kidnapping
    29 4 SEOAMAT. Fri. Sulalrr/.ii bin Idr* 22, was charged here with kidnapping a girl. Kok Yui Sin, who was under 16 years old. Ball wa* allowed
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    B.P. Rotary club
    26 4 BATU PAHAT, Fri. The Rotary Club of Batu Pahat will hold an installation dinner and dance at the Bandar Penggaram Club tomorrow night.
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    531 GIRLS END LACK OF NURSES ANXIETY
    184 4 531 GIRLS END LACK OF NURSES ANXIETY KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation Government's anxiety over the shortage of girl recruits to the nursing profession is now over. Five hundred and thirty one girls have applied since January to become nurses mainly because of the present scarcity of white-collar jobs. One
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    Raja Muda opens new mosque
    46 4 Raja Muda opens new mosque TELUK ANSON. Fri.— The Raja Muda of Perak today opened a new $25,000 mosque at Permatang in the Sungei Manik area. Half the funds for the mosque were raised from public subscriptions. The other half came from the I State Government.
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    'DOUBLE YOUR MONEY' CASE
    420 5 MAN WAS OFFERED TWO KINGS HEAD' NOTES FOR EVERY 'QUEEN'S HEAD' NOTE PRODUCED SEREMBAN, Friday. AN INDIAN pig-rearer told the Sessions Court here today that he was offered double the sum of money in "King's head" currency notes in exchange for "Queen's head" notes. G. (iopal,
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    Safe for dogs
    22 5 SEREMBAN. Fri. The Town Council here last night voted in favour of prohibiting dog-shooting in the town council limits.
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    1,548 try for six jobs in City Council
    68 5 1,548 try for six jobs in City Council rV. Singapore City Council has received a total •f 1,180 applications for five posts of probationary building inspectors and another 368 for the post of assistant keeper of he Van Kleef Auuariuni. In view of the large number of applications, the council
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    Man stabbed as he fights robbers
    280 5 IPOH, Frl. A youn? shop assistant ignoring the odds against him, put up a plucky fight against three armed robbers last night and was badly stabbed in his shoulder and arm. Hah Kee Van. 24. and ht< girl friend. Leong Meng i Choo. a
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    Ex-PMIP chief quits politics
    51 5 BUKi. MERTAJAM, Frl.— Tuan Hajl Ahmad Faud, first president of the Pan-Ma-layan Islamic Party, and a former nominated Federal Councillor, today announced he would retire from active politics. Tuan Haji Ahmad. 42-year-old headmaster of the Almasrljah Arabic School at Tanah Liat. resigned from the PMIP sometime
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    Successful bid to change magistrate
    178 5 Successful bid to change magistrate MALACCA, Fri.— Miss Kamala Dcvi, counsel for a man charged with enticing away a married woman, today showed the Malacca Magistrate, Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, a copy of the Straits Times to support her application that another magistrate should hear the case "in fairness to my
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    Marianne gets U.S. science degree
    42 5 Marianne gets U.S. science degree MISS Marianne Mun Chiang Sim of Beach Street, Penang. has gradnated as a Bachelor of Science trom thr Chestnut Hill Collcgr in Philadelphia. Marianne is a member of several clubs and a badminton enthusiast. Straits Times picture.
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    Estate bungalow burnt down
    44 5 KLANO. Fri— A bungalow on Jeram Acob Estate, 11 miles from here, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Eight firemen and two engines fought the blaze for more than three hours to prevent it from spreading to neighbouring buildings.
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    TEN MEN STILL WAIT FOR GOVT. 'YES' TO GO TO CHINA
    175 5 TEN MEN STILL WAIT FOR GOVT. 'YES' TO GO TO CHINA T»HE Singapore Gov- eminent was yesterday still undecided whether it should allow a 10-man rubber delegation to visit China. Mr. Lim Joo Hock, the Controller of Immigration, said: "I am still awaiting Instructions on the matter." Members of the
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    MAN: I FOUND WIFE'S BODY IN HAY
    340 5 PENANG, Fri. A fisherman, Khor Ah Guan, told Penang Assize Court today he I found his wife's semi- nude body hidden under some, hay after a medium in a trance had led him to a padi field. The medium, Casslm bin Osman. pleaded
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    Shot cat of great value: Man fined
    209 5 Shot cat of great value: Man fined CUNGEI PATANI, Fri. 1 A padi planter, Abu Bakar bin Yassin, 31, said in court yesterday he attached "great sentimental value" to a cat shot by his neighbour. "I would estimate Its woith at $400 but I would never sell It." Abu testified
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    10 in brawl in market
    55 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Early morning shoppers at the Sentul market here screamed and scattered for safety when about 10 fishmongers were involved ln a brawl. When the fight was over, one of them. Loong Slaw Ann. 40. lay bleeding on the floor with head injuries
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    27 6 Wm4t (I* iHimmmai ANDERSON. A. PADDY beloved hu«band of Gwendoline passed a»ay on 11/7 58 funeral at Bldaciarl Cemetery on 12" 58 at 4 30 p.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    30 6 n Wmtk sit iViaiinMj THE FAMILY or the late J P Crompton sincerely thunk all KelHtivrs and Friends for ilieii Wreaths. Messages of Condolence ■nd Attendance at the Funeral
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    IN MEMORIAM
    40 6 nVirrdji tilt I mmmum) IN EVER LOVING and unmln* memory ol our beloved mrtlirr and grand mother. N. Annum.imnml of Parit Buntar who left us On 7.7.1957 "In silence we remember." Inserted by her lovuijt children and !!< 'ixichildrem.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    233 6 ti Hard. I/t iMimmnm) THE COCKPITS Java Rijsttafel is served every Saturday .nui fciinri;t\ lunch time IT IS AVAILABLE now in Singapore—Tabasco, the Sauce made from Chilli with a worldwide reputation. TODAY. WHILE STOCKS lastl Mark brand new long playing retords at $5/- each Come early to Robinson's, Kuala
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  • The Straits Times S'pore, Sat. July 12, 1958
    • Article
      Ending The War
      681 6 The Prime Ministers warn- ing that there can be no scaling down of Emergency expenditure ought to have been unnecessary, but the immense improvement in the situation has led to some wholly unjustified optimism. The Communist organisation is cracking, the gangs in the jungle are scattered, dejected
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      Off-White Policy
      285 6 Attempts by Australian politicians to convince Asians that Australian immigration policy has no trace of race prejudice only add insult to a persistent injury. Australian churchmen fortunately have denounced the policy as "immoral and dishonest." In May Sir lan Clunies Ross, who is chairman of the Commonwealth Scientific
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      Superstition
      224 6 Ai-i-i ii limn to the head of > Singapore's blood transfusion centre the Chinese in Singapore still seem to be superstitious about donating blood-. But is it not possible that the superstition theory, so often advanced, may itself be superstition? There are about 9,000 blood donors. Is it suggested
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    157 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO E (From the Straits Times ol E July IC. *****. ET^HE world's motor-tar —M. championship at Brix>k> lands for a distance of y.'t E miles was won by Nazarro, driving a F.I.A.T. motur-rar E at an average speed of Sl J 3 miles. 1 =The Kaiser a..v
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    As I was saying,..
    1405 6  -  CYNKVS l tw 19 W w •pHE "sensitive" ex- terrorists who were so camera-shy when confronted by newspaper correspondents in Ipoh certainly have a urea: deal to be sensitive about. Bur they were not in fact a bit concerned about past terror and murder, and "sensitive"
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    WEEK-END STUDY
    9 6 IHE DANCER Photo by K. S. Kong.
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  • Article
    CASHIER FAKED ROBBERY TO HIDE FRAUD
    212 7 CASHIER FAKED ROBBERY TO HIDE FRAUD KUALA BELAIT, Brunei, Fri.— A Malaccaborn oil company cashier who faked a "snatch-and-run" robbery to cover defalcations of $14,600 was sent to Jail for two years today. Cyril John Ferroa. 39, employed by the Brunei Shell petroleum Company in Seria. pleaded guilty in the
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    K.L. team wins FARELF award
    37 7 KLUANG, Fri. The 28th Army Fire Brigade from 136 Army Fire Company. Kuala Lumpur, won the efficiency cup In the FARELF army lire service competition, held at Garrison sports ground here today.
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  • Article
    Star to give up films for politics
    334 7 Star to give up films for politics JIMMIK DE LA ROSA, a top Filipino film star, said yesterday that he was giving up films for politics. He left Singapore fo r Manila by PAA yesterday and told the Straits Times of his secret ambition before he boarded the plane. He
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    RAJ: Pm no angel—l was unfaithful
    754 7 RAJ: Pm no angel— l was unfaithful HE TELLS COURT: I WAS WILLING TO TAKE MY WIFE BACK IF SHE SWORE SHE'S INNOCENT f R. DASARATHA RAJ, a former Legislative Councillor, admitted in the Singapore High Court yesterday that he was unfaithful to his wife. And he added: "I am
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    Social Welfare brings a ray of cheer to the children of murdered man
    465 7 \T IALA, LUMPUR, Fri. IV Your youngsters who became orphans when thugs killed their father at Sentul two nights ago cried for joy today when the Federation Government decided to take them under its wing. The cbildren
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    A CHINESE DISH FOR ME, SAYS BRIDE QUEST AUSSIE No. 2
    221 7 A CHINESE DISH FOR ME, SAYS BRIDE QUEST AUSSIE No. 2 SECOND Australian is hoping to find an Asian bride in Mulaya. In addition to preferring the charms of Asian g.rls. the latest contender also thinks their cooking is more to his taste than that of Australian girls. Lionel Felton,
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    Self-defence plea made by counsel at murder trial
    339 7 Self-defence plea made by counsel at murder trial KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. A BOILER-MAKER attached to the Sentul railway workshops, Letchman Singh, 45, killed his 'good friend" of 25 years' association in a sudden fight and in self-defence the High Court here was told Defence counsel. Mr. R Ramani. made this
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    MPA officers
    37 7 The following have been elected officials of the Malayan Pharmaceutical Asso clat.on: Chairman. Mr. J Dick: secretary Mr. Chiang Shen San: treasurer. Mr Anthony Lim. committee Mr. Ng Ek Khiam and Mr Chong Tong Thok
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    Driver fined
    30 7 KUALA KANGSAK. Krl. A Japanese businessman Kasunoki Shlnji. 26. of Singapore, was yesterday fined $150 by the magistrate. Raja Aril Shah, when he pleaded guilty to negligent driving.
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    PARTY CHIEF JAILED FOR PERJURY
    169 7 BRUNEI TOWN! Fri.— Sallrta bin Haji Masri. vicepresident of the Brunei People's Party, was Jailed for four months in the High Court here yesterday for intentionally giving false evidence in Judicial proceedings. Salleh applied for leave to appeal and for stay of execution of sentence
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    'DRUNK DRESSER'
    110 7 Councillor alleges hospital 'assistant slapped patient SEREMBAN Fri A him an Injection and tied Labour Councillor, }j£ the bed with a banMr. Kat Fye Hln, -is this a slaughter-house alleged at the Town or a hospital?" Mr Kat B.«kCouncil meeting last Dr nlgnt that a drunken tne Health
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    Official opening of school
    44 8 RAWANO. Fri. The District Officer. Ulu Selangor. Inche Abdul Alia bin Mohamed All. today opened olficially the (200,000 standard type primary school t English i here. The school, which began functioning on Jan. 5. now has a enrolment of 345.
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    Tin theft
    30 8 IPOH. Fri. Thieves brake into the storeroom of Meru Tin Limited in Jelapang. near here, and stole nine bags of ore weighing about six piculs and worth $1,800
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    Naval visit
    32 8 PENANG. Fri. An Indian Naval Squadron will visit Penang on July 22 for a five-day stay. The squadron consists of the cruiser, Delhi, and three destroyers. Oodavari. Gomati and Ganga.
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    STUDENTS TOLD: GET RID OF THIS HYPOCRISY
    388 8 STUDENTS TOLD: GET RID OF THIS HYPOCRISY Nanyang journal stresses Importance of EngtHh 'pIK important c of the English knifMge Ls stressed 1 in the "Snfoh Nantah," journal of the Nanyaag Unirersity English Society. An article quotes a recent lecture by the Singapore Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, who spoke
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    Sultan's granddaughter weds bank executive
    140 8 rTONGKU Aiizah. graad--1 daughter of the Sultan ol Johorp. Mts besUc ker husband. Inche Mvhamrd Yasin bin Date Abdul Rahmaa. at their henaadine ifnnony in Juhnre B.ihru on Thursday night. Five hundred pe«ple attended the weddiag in the bride's hillside home overtoohing the Straits of
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    Two study awards by Jaycees
    103 8 Two study awards by Jaycees FNANG, Fri. The Malaya Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor two scholarships for Chinese middle school graduates to Hong Kong this year. The awards are tenable for four years and the successful applicants will enter either the New Asia College or the Chung Chi College.
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    Stabbed in back
    42 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A rubber broker, Mr. Lim Chye Teo, 40, was stabbed in the back by a man armed with a tapping knife early today at Jinjang, near here Police said the attack followed an argument over money.
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    Party: Sardon using colonial tactics
    165 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TWO opposition party leaders today attacked the Minister for Works, Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, for saying that there were Communists in non-Alliance political organisations. i Party Rakyat's secretarygeneral. Inche Nazar Nong. S described the statement as an election
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    Padi thief jailed
    50 8 SUNGEI PATANI. FrL A rubber tapper drilled a hole through the flooring of a pad; store and stole a sack of padl. the Sungel Pa imi court was told yesterday. Ibrahim bin Hamzah. with four previous convictions, was jailed for six months for theft of the padl.
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    M.C.A. Youth anniversary
    38 8 SDNGEI PATANI. FrL The Sungei Patanl MCA. Youth Section will celebrate lt<i second anniversary with a singing contest on Aug. 10. Entries will close on July 15. There will be two sections—for boys and girls.
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    Opened—a new cinema
    65 8 Opened a new cinema 1 BUKIT MERTAJAM. FrL— The new 5350.000 Cathay Cinema here was officially opened tonight by the Dts- trict Officer, Mr. J. W. Telfier. The cinema ls the first new one to be built by tht Cathay Organisation in Province Welle.sley. and teas a seating capacity of
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    RUSH FOR CHOLERA SHOTS
    101 8 RUSH FOR CHOLERA SHOTS KLANO. Fri.— A big rush for anti-cholera injections ls on here— and the Health Department just cannot understand it. Hundreds of school children have been Injected at private dispensaries. A spokesman of the Health Department here said: "There is no necessity for anyone to be treated
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    Co-op training
    26 8 SCNGEI PATANI. Fri. Incbe Noordin AH bin Hu.-, sain, a Co-operative Inspector, has left Sungel Patarri for a twj-month training course In Kuala Lumpur.
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      166 8 Straits Times Crossword :j^*^-;.--0 T J J I txJB 10 I 1 4 Boatmen may be doing roles 24. I 1 "J^T"~ r I j I II YRBTEBmAY*S SOtXTtON HaS 881 isSjlimM ■R*V||lalAmWB I TBL" 1 S^ """^^^^^^(^"^""^i^^^l^^^* O A mm W aftU U H m# aY K H mP
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  • STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    • Article, Illustration
      Exploits of commerce raider in Malayan waters
      1277 9 THE morning procession of carriages and pony traps across Elgin Bridge to Commercial Square was in full flood. Contentedly replete after the customary breakfast of fish, curry, and a couple of boiled eggs washed down with a tumbler or so of good claret,
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      173 9 She', got 45 c—*4 of AiOSET! /C i L^M[ AVOSET. ih« M^rili^ rrr.n tk.l rom« fr«. J^^ffiPW rrmi r«». and lUj, ,«m for noo(b>. Yoa, l^^iuitSmM 1«. r.o ba 45 caaet ol AVOSET and depea** f fcr flb* every bMlle lo m*y MreeL WU Aelin fiurlace cooled totally enclosed tropical
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      148 9 4 <irnu>n A fa. By Muz r^^2^BEs23£~~'^*^^^s9 -wst coming m^ m^^^^ r SCAB£ Vkxihcmts oal holiday TtiA> c^^\^s^*itfj m^\' Jt^'f~jr^^9mmmW9 g» I— j g^g^gw M^F <™^k^^r I /^j aiC y Ju/")U/ w"ta fK J"^ r^^^ i^^gg^^. I g#j^g#X J^^^ I i*"^ nicw >LAJ ice tQP >v [■-*-Z' t^-^'*--±P!^3lZ^~ c^'l gß^
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    LOCAL SHARES END WEEK'S TRADING ON TRENDLESS NOTE
    319 10 LOCAL SHARES END WEEK'S TRADING ON TRENDLESS NOTE By Our Market Correspondent f HE Malayan Share Market closed its last full day's trading for the week yesterday on a trendless note with buyers and sellers evenly balanced. There was less short-covering in evidence than o/ late and all sections of
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    BROKERS4 REPORT
    358 10 BROKERS 4 REPORT The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "All sections on the local share market were quietly steady. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following businew done yesterday: Praser St Neave ords $2.50 (odd lot); Gammon $147', x all; W. Hammer $1.83 and II 62',.
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    STOCK INDICES
    18 10 Malayan Share Market: July 11 July 18 Industrials N.M 89.86 Tins: 78.57 78.72 Jan 1, ltsS=l»t.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 10 Aaiutl first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 77 cents per lb. down oneeighth of a cent on Thursday's closing price. Closing tone: Quiet after steady. Closing price* In cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 RSS Spot Cob. buyers 77%. sellers 78; Int.
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    67 10 Ship, lying alongside the Slngapor* Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Daphnella 1/3. Nagasaki Maru 6A, Idomeneus 6/7. Bantam 8/9. Atreus 10/11. Sabang 13/14, TJUadane 15/16, Tlgre 18. Walrata 19/20, Sumpltan N. Wall 3, Sadao N. Wall 4. Reginald Kerr 21/22, Ravensteln 25/26, Euphratr 27/28. Alaska Mam
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    22 10 SINGAPORE. JULY 11. RUBBER: 77 cents per lb. (down one-eighth of a cent). TIN: 1368 per picul (down 121 cents).
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    Caution on rubber market
    267 10 FLUCTUATIONS during the week have been narrower and a cautious attitude seems to be developing on the Singapore rubber market report Holiday. Cutler. Bath and Co. Ltd. In their current circular. Imports (luring June, white a drop was foreseen, wer« lower than expected at 25,805 tons
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    130 10 MELBOURNE Frl INVESTMENT shares held a steady tone with rises and falls even on the Stock Exchange here today. ACI and BHP made small gains while Dunlop eased Is. Loans 3','< 1956-59 £99 10s. 9d Loans 3V, 1955-58 £100 12s. 6d. Bank of NSW nt\ Con. Zinc 61
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    110 10 Singapore Chinese rrsdurc Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Coprm steady: UK/Continent July August 130 buyers, $31 sellers. Coconut oil: steady: bulk $47 S tellers. drum $50 sellers, reascr: steady; about 140 tons of business reported done, Muntok white $133, Sarawak 1133. (both up $3), special Sarawak
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    97 10 The Malayan Eschnng* Banks' AaoselaUosi made the following changes In It* rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100>: Canada buying airmail TT 31 1/2. On 31 5 8: 90 d st 31 15 18 credit bill*; 32 1 18 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada
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    TANJONG TIN
    32 10 Tanjong Tin Dredging Ltd announce a second Interim dividend of 3d. par share In respect of the current year, payable In England on July 11. to shareholders registered last Thursday
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    RUBBER CROPS
    27 10 Further June rubber Crops har vested Include Ayer Panas 77.500 Id Glenealy ***** lb Klitanf. 59.000 lb.. Pajaas 131,500 ,Ib.. sad Ula ■enmt 3MOO la.
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      944 10 NOTICES PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED SOUTHERN MALAYAN TIN jy-^j^au-. ijr^p-n DREDGING LIMITED Medical Research. Kuala Lumpur. t t~i m n .,i.n/4\ The minimum quallflcatlons for (incorporated In England) ..ppointment aw an Honours The Board of Directors has Degree In Chemistry or Blochedeclared an Interim Dividend for mistry of a
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      1254 10 NOTICES- NOTICES THE PAHANG CONSOLIDATED NOTICE COMPANY UMITED mAD nAcm BAnrrg( (Incorporated In England) SCHOOL, KAMUNTINO. Telegraphic advice has been TAIFING. received from England that a (National Type Assisted Secondary Preference dividend of 3H% for —Enillih and Standard Tw half year ending 31st July 1958 Primary-English) has been declared, payable
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      1224 11 McALISTER CO., LTD. Till Hi., MMI j BIXBRMAH UMBB BLAVENESS UMB IMMMC MVM. ROTTERDAM US ANSELES. SAN FRAHCISCI I HMM, Ml SEATTLE VANCOUVER I PORTLAND and 111 U.S.*., Nortk Atlantic Pirti Acctiiiit cargt ftr C.ttr.l I Sttt* Md CMMI vil ClIltIM A«er,ca cm m irntfio. "T*'"!, 111 9mKM I rttrt
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  • The Straits Times Saturday forum
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      INSTAL SEPARATE POSTING BOXES —
      144 12 INSTAL SEPARATE POSTING BOXES APROPOS the recent correspondence on air mail letters being sent by sea. may I suggest that the postal authorities instal separate posting boxes for letters Intended for transmission by Air. As things stand at present, all first class mall, second class mall and air mail letters
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      WHY DANCE ALWAYS TO FEDERAL TUNE?
      362 12 f REGARD with dis--1 may the attitude of the leaden of Singapore's political parties toward the barring of Federal :i iizens from the Colony's public service and I firmly believe that the thousands of unemployed people on this island will back me up. All
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      Revise lobs policy only after the merger
      163 12 YOUR report (S.T. July 4) quoted reactions on the part of political leaders in Singapore to the question of barring Federal citizens from entering Singapore Government service. I feel that most of the view s expressed by oar leaders are ridiculously stupid. In
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      Gaily driving away potential capital
      323 12 I AM unable to understand why the Town Council of Kota Bharu allows erection of timber buildings all over the town. Surely our councillors realise that this policy is going to be harmful to the progress of the town. If people are allowed to build
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      PATIENTS CANNOT AFFORD BUS —FARES—
      164 12 PATIENTS CANNOT AFFORD BUS FARES rE inmates of Sungel Buloh Settlement highly value and greatly appreciate the excursion bus which was recently presented by the Social Welfare Lotteries Board. But to our disappointment, the Sungel Buloh Council has imposed fares which we can hardly afford to pay. A trip from
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      A TRAFFIC GUIDE IS WANTED
      80 12 WILL the authorities take the necessary action at the Telok Kurau Road and Joo Chlat Place junction (near the Malay Girls' School) between 7.10 a.m. and 7.45 a.m. each morning? This are* Is very busy for traffic and children crossing for school. There should be
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      THIS ROAD IS BLOCKED
      42 12 THIS ROAD IS BLOCKED HAWKERS and trlshas are parked three and four abreast everyday in Hampshire Road only 10 feet from the entrance to Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital. Besides causing obstruction to road users this impedes the movement of ambulances. LIM. Singapore.
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      Why allow students to exploit adult classes?
      125 12 RECENTLY I attended a pre-aenlor (English) class run by the Singapore Council for Adult Education. To my amazement, I an adult, could hardly get a place in the clan. It was almost fully occupied by teenager* below the age of eighteen. I was
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      No cakes for children
      62 12 /CHILDREN attending the Batu Pahat Girls School sports day on July 6 were not given even a soft drink. The cakes and drinks displayed were served to adult guests only. If the guests knew that the good things served to them were at the children's expense,
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    166 13 WEEKEND DIARY TODAY PENANG: Ath.rtlr, Penang AAA meet. City Stadium IPOH: Tennis Perak championships (finals;, Town Council courts; Goll— Perak T.C. v S'gor 0.C., Tiger Lane; Shooting— Fed Honvi Guard meet, Ountoni; Athletic, ACS. meet Xl ALA 1.1 MPI X: Cricket— MCA league, Selangor v Penang padsng; Athletics— Police Depot
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    209 13 Tourists (76 behind and 9 out) saved by clock OEI.KTRK, Scotland, Fri.— The New Zealand cricket team only Just manBged to avert what could have been an ignominous defeat by Scotland in their one-day macch here yesterday. At th-! close they had their last pair at the
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    116 13 nimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiii Close of play scores I ONDON, Frl.-Close of play scores In yesterdays County cricket matchesAt Lords: MCC 124 and 162-0 oS U 2& n aaJe76 0) At Eastbourne: Cambridge 333-6 dec and 140-9 dec. Jardines XI 100. At Derby: Derby 214 and 88-6. Lanes 300 (Marner 82. Grieves
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    1175 14 LONG STRAIGHT LOOKS IDEAL FOR THIS STRONG-FINISHING SPRINTER RACING W IB BF*OM JBEP Pizarro Sunny Lad to go close ROSE OF MALAYA LOOKS SET TO SCORE AGAIN £OBER THOUGHT, runner-up to Azarole over six furlongs at Kuala Lumpur last week, should take today's main race (Race
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    192 14 SELANGOR SELECTORS CALL TWO TO 'STAND BY 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Frt.—Tht selaneor soccer selectors in aelanjor soccer selectors, in naming the team to meet Negrl Sembllan in tomorrows key south sone Malaya Cup tie here are J! mlr rrn,«-d r. Keeping uieir nngers crorsea r«warding the fitness of several players
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    131 14 PENANG, Frl— Three records ►ere broken and on* equalled on he first day of the Peoang Arnaeur Athletic Association i chamitonships at the City Stadium terc today St. Mark's School of Buttar►orth set the first new mark when heir 4 x 440 yards relay team locked
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