The Straits Times, 19 September 1958

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    'STATE of DANGER' BILL
    608 1 GOVT. SEEKS WIDE POWERS FOR TROUBLED AREAS Jail and whippings for offences in proclaimed districts A law to smash the acid gangs J^UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation Government is seeking far-reach-ing powers to restore law and order in any troubled area. Under the Public Order (Preservation)
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    ONE THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY: 17 FT. LONG
    66 1 ONE THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY: 17 FT. LONG IPOH. Thurs. A 17-foot python which swallowed a full grown goat five days ago was trapped with a fish hook with a duck as bait in Gunong Cheroh last night. The trap was set by a labourer, N. Nadeson, 35, yesterday evening.
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    Lock icon New shipping line formed
    53 1 HAIFA. Thurs.— The Israel national shipping company. Zim. has entered Into a partnership with Hong Kong interests to form a new line, an official spokesman said here yesterday. He said the new enterprise Gold Star Line would operate between Far Eastern ports the United States and
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    Lock icon General's tour
    26 1 TOKYO. Thurs. Gen Kumao Imoto. chief of the Japanese ground self-defence forces, will leave on an Inspection tour of Europe and America next month.—Reuter.
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    DRAMA, THEN VESSEL SAILS FOR CHINA
    676 1 Shouts of 'We don't want to go!' as banishees board the ship By STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. "We will come back! We don't want to go!" shouted many of the .SOI Federation and Singapore banishees and dependants as they were put aboard
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    Man who should be freed on boat to China—claim
    452 1 Man who should be freed on boat to China— claim A CLENCHED FIST FAREWELL From the train to Hie harbour by truck. Straits Times picture. But DPP tells courtHe said he was not a Malayan citizen DKNWG, Thurs. Mr. Justice Rlfby today dismissed an application for a writ against the
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    JAKARTA CRACKDOWN ON CHIANG SYMPATHISERS
    189 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. The army today banned 52 Chinese-run organisations, newspapers, cinemas, schools and businesses sympathetic to General Chiang Kai-shek The enterprises were accused of conducting their activities "on Identical lines" with the Kbomintang Par. ty, which was outlawed earlier this year. Major Soebroto, Jakarta's military
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    DOLLAR IMPORTS: NO REQUEST TO CHANGE POLICY
    174 1 DOLLAR IMPORTS: NO REQUEST TO CHANGE POLICY By GEOFFREY BOLAND DRITAIN has not yet asked Singapore to relax restrictions on a wide range of goods from the hard dollar currency area. This was learnt from Government sources yesterday after the British President of the Board of Trade. Sir David Eccles.
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    Hull in Manila
    24 1 MANILA. Thurs. Lt -O»*n 81r Richard Hull, comman-der-in-chief of the Far F««t Land Forces, arrived hrre today for a three-day visit
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    335 1 2 a.m. news roundup TIN HEALING IN LONDON HALTED LONDON, Thurs. Tin dealing on the London Metal Exchange was suspended today when the Buffer Stock manager withdrew "for the time "being" his support of tho price at £730 a ton. When dealing resumed this afternoon, the price of tin had
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    Roil crash search for secret device
    99 2 Roil crash search for secret device NEW YORK. Thurs.— Army lnteHiceaoe officer* are ••-arching for a "layer secret" (aided missile mechanism, believed lost In the Elizabeth, New Jersey, train disaster last Monday the New York Journal -American reported today. It said the device was being carried by aa army courier
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    Lock icon Chiang told: No air raids to bomb mainland bases
    202 2 WASHINGTON, Thursday. GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI SHEK has been told by the United States that the supply line to Quemoy can be kept open without aerial attacks on Communist bases on the Chinese mainland. Authoritative sources yesterday said there was disagreement in
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    Lock icon WEATHER MAY AID COMMUNISTS TO STARVE OUT QUEMOY IN TWO MONTHS
    286 2  - WEATHER MAY AID COMMUNISTS TO STARVE OUT QUEMOY IN TWO MONTHS FREDERICK COLEMAN By TIME is running out for the beleaguered Quemoy They would not give figures of supplies which were trick ling through to the Island's 100.000 defenders and 50.000 dTllians. But they said rough weather and storms beginning
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    Lock icon Record loans
    29 2 LONDON, Thurs.— British building societies lent £371 million to house buyers in 1957, highest figure on record. The total was £36 million more than the year before.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon No tax change
    28 2 ADELAIDE, Thurs. No increases in State taxation or in charges for public services are proposed in the South Australian budget submitted to Parliament today —Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Arabian nights' wedding
    64 2 RIYADH. Thurs. Two thousand guests will sit at a 1,000-yard long banquet table tomorrow at a wedding of Arabian Nights' splendour between Emir Mohammed, son of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Faisal, and Muni. daughter of Azzam Pasha of Egypt. A thousand roast lambs and tons of fruits
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      SEVERE FLOODS AS TYPHOON 'HELEN' TEARS INTO JAPAN
      36 2 SEVERE FLOODS AS TYPHOON 'HELEN' TEARS INTO JAPAN TOKYO, Thurs.— Heavy floods and torrential A rains today followed Typhoon "Helen" as it tore past Tokyo at more than 30 miles an hour. No casualties were reported.
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      30 2 Domestic and foreign airline services were cancelled when winds of 70 m.p.h. struck the Tokyo and Kanto areas. The st^rm brought the heaviest rainfall In Japan for 50 years. Reuter
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      17 2 DETROIT: Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers Union reached agreement on a three-year contract. U.P.I.
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      13 2 WASHINGTON: Libya has Joined the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. U.P.L
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      26 2 HAVANA. Cuban Army forces killed or wounded 26 followers of rebel leader Fidel Castro In a clash along the frontier between Oriente and Camaguey provinces. U.P.I.
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      18 2 ROME: The Italian Ci/il Aviation Ministry had refused permission for Boeing 707 Jetliners to land in Italy U.P.I.
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      24 2 PARIS: The Israeli Minister of Commerce, Mr. Pinna* Sapir, arrived to attend the Inauguration of "Israel house." the new Israeli tourist centre here.— U.P.I.
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      24 2 NEW YORK: The New Zealand ambassador. Mr. Foss Shanahan. presented his credentials to the U.N., secretary-general. Mr. Hammarskioeld as his country's permanent delegate. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Jakarta warns two big oil companies
    146 2 JAKARTA, Thursday. 'THE Indonesian Information Minister, Mr. SudibK yo, said today that firm measures would be taken against the Royal Dutch Shell and Standard Vacuum Oil companies if their arguments for an increase in petrol prices w The companies want the price raised from
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    Red rice deal
    23 2 JAKARTA, Thurs. An agreement "in principle" has been concluded under which Russia will supply Indonesia with 200,000 tons of rice.
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    Lock icon Police round up break-out girls
    50 2 GLASGOW, Thurs— Police were busy yesterday rounding up 26 girls who staged a mass break-out last night from a probationary school on the city outskirts. The girls are aged between 15 and 20. So far. 16 have been traced and returned to the home— Reuter.
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    Lock icon U.S. generals on Formosa visit
    44 2 TAIPEH. Thuri Two American generals arrived here today for inspection tours of army installations. They are Maj. Gen. Harrison B Coverdale, of the Defence Department, and Lt Gen. M. i. Asensio, comptroller- general of the U.S. Air Force.— Reuter.
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    NEW TERRITORY FOR PAKISTAN
    66 3 AIR. AGHA ABDUL HA MID (extreme right), special representative of the President of Pakistan, hoists the Pakistan flag at Gwadur. a peninsula 300 miles west of Karachi on the Arabian sea. The tiny enclave has been in the possession of the Sultan of Oman and Muscat,
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    Lock icon BRITAIN RAISES BAN ON MOST DOLLAR IMPORTS
    342 3 BRITAIN RAISES BAN ON MOST DOLLAR IMPORTS Announcement takes Montreal trade conference by surprise MONTREAL, Thursday. BRITAIN TODAY announced the lifting of restrictions on certain United States and Canadian dollar imports and held out the hope of further removals of controls on consumer goods and foodstuffs next year. Sir David
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    Lock icon Bad year again for British cinemas
    201 3 Bad year again for British cinemas lONDON, Thurs.— Lord J Rank, 69-year-old head of the Rank film organisation, yesterday reported a "drastic fall" in cinema audiences but said he was not nervous about the future of the industry. The loss of attendance, he told a press conference, was caused not
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    Lock icon Cyprus debate
    29 3 NEW YORK, Thurs—Britain and Turkey agreed yesterday to a United Nations debate on Cyprus and the General Assembly's steering committee put the problem on the agenda. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Civil service conduct code
    48 3 NEW DELHI. Than.— The Government of the Punjab has issued a 12-point code of conduct advising official* to avoid heavy drinking gambling, extravagance and favouritism The code also tells officials to make themselves easily accessible to the people and to treat them courteously. U.P.I
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    Lock icon Banda: No stooges in Commonwealth
    142 3 CE i LON DEB A TES BRITISH POLICIES COLOMBO, Thursday. VHE Prime Minister of Ceylon, Mr Solomon Banda- ranaike, last night refuted a suggestion that Commonwealth membership involved a diminution of national sovereignty. "No one with a grain rf .sensr wou d accuse the Prime
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    Lock icon Mineral find
    18 3 CANBERRA, Thurs— A rich field of nickel has been discovered near Beaconsneld. In northern Tasmania. Reuter
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    LONDON STOCKS
    283 3 I ONDON. Wed— A further aU round advance waj recorded In stock markets at the opening of the new account today. Best prices were not always maintained bit widespread and often appreciable gains wart scored. Bank rate optimism, the relaxation of hire purchase controls and Wan Street's fresh
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    RUBBER
    34 3 LONDON. Wed Spot 34d Oct J4Hd.. No*. 54% d., Dec 2i\A.. Oct -Dec 24Nd Jan-Mar. 24% d April-June 24% d.. July-Sept. 24% d.. Sept c.l.f. 24<4d.. Oct tit 24>4d.. Nov c.l.f J4^d. ToneSteady
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    TIN
    20 3 LONDON Wed -Buyers CT3O: sellers CT3OH: Po'^ard buyers t7J»V-. seller* €730. Settlement £730' a.m. 244 tons, p.m 130 ton*.
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    Lock icon Singing idol banned for life from driving
    100 3 Singing idol banned for life from driving MOSCOW, Thurs. Russia's most popular radio and television crooner, Mark Kernes. whose records sell mil. lions, has had his driving licence suspended for life for dangerous driving in the centre of Moscow. The Communist Youtb League newspaper Komsomol Pravda today described how Bernes,
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    Lock icon RED CHINA'S COMPETITION HITS INDIA
    93 3 RED CHINA'S COMPETITION HITS INDIA MONTREAL. Thurs Competition from Communist China has affected India's textile markets. Mr. Morarjl Desal. Indian Finance Minster, told reporters here last night. Answering questions at a Press conference, Mr Desal said that thl* competition had caused a reduction In India's sales in the last six
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    I WIFE GRANTED A DIVORCE AND CUSTODY OF CHILDREN
    135 4 I WIFE GRANTED A DIVORCE AND CUSTODY OF CHILDREN KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Mr. Justice Ong Huck Thye today granted Mrs. Marleoe Loretta Gordon of K»Jang a dinwee from her husband, Police Inspector George Charles Gordon. The suit was uncontested. Mrs. Gordon alleged that her husband had committed adultery with another
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    Holiday over
    21 4 SITIAWAH, Thurs. Mr. W. L. Harvey, manager of Snrrgei Wangi Estate here. has rrtnrned from kmt leave In Britain.
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    Estate official accused i of killing
    386 4 CONSTABLE: I SAW HIM RAISE RIFLE THEN MAN FELL DYING IN SWAMP SUNGEI SIPUT, Thursday. A POLICE eoneUMe told a magistrate here today that he saw an estate assistant manager raise his rifle and fire and then saw a man fall dying in a
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    Tight-Hpped information man front Indonesia
    80 4 Tight-Hpped information man front Indonesia MR. HUTAGUJLANG, chief of the Indonesia's in form a tioii officers overseas, wko flew into Singapore by Garuda from Jakarta yesterday was tuht-lipped when asked if his country intended to buy arms from Russia. "We will bay arms from aa> source that Is oaen to
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    Government to help farmers
    56 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Malaya's farmers were assured last night that the Government would spare no effort to "improve their standard of living. The Minister of Labour and 1 Social Welfare, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, said this at the closing of the training course for young farmers
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    Mr. Taxi Driver of Kuala Lumpur
    240 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A FORMER professional musician became "Mr. Taxi Driver, Kuala Lumpur, 1»58," in a competition held in conjunction with a road safety campaign by the Municipal Council He is Inche Othman bin Rais, 46, who nntil tire yean a gn was a
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    2,000 are insured
    40 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The National Union of Plantation Workers' insurance scheme has attracted nearly 2.000 members. The scheme began In March in conjunction with a life Insurance company It is the first of its kind In Asia.
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    Gone on leave
    20 4 JOHORE. BAHRU. Thurs. Mr. K. A. Blacker. Commissioner of Lands and Mine.s. Johore. has gone on leave.
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    FIRM, 5 DIRECTORS FINED $1,800
    188 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. A FINANCE company and its five directors were fined a total of $1,800 in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court here today for carrying out a liftinsurance business without depositing the required $200,000 security with the accountant-general The court President, Inche M. M.
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    Rubber to China
    31 4 PENANQ. Thurs. China was the biggest consumer of Malayan rubber last month. Of a total export of 100.421 tons, about 15,380 tons of sheet and crepe went there
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    HE SPENT REWARD CASH ON PICTURES
    150 4 IPOH, Thurs. The 1 way In which Mr. Donald Davies, of the Cathay Organisation, spent his reward of $5,000 for helping five terrorists in Perak to surrender was disclosed here last night. Mr I.S.A Howard. State Information Officer. Perak, who presided at the opening
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    UAR envoy
    21 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The United Arab Republic ambassador-designate to Malaya Mr Mohamed Rachad Danish, will arrive here on Monday.
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    NEW GOVT. OFFICES FOR PENANG BY 1961
    150 4 NEW GOVT. OFFICES FOR PENANG BY 1961 OENANG, Thurs. The 1 problem of accommodating various departments is holding up plans for the new Penanc government offices at Downing Street. "Special provisions like strongrooms may have to be made for certain departments," Mr. J. W. Pirn, the State Engineer, told the
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    No evidence— 4 acquitted
    55 4 No evidence 4 acquitted Pour persons were yesterday acquitted in a Singapore court alter the prosecution offered no evidence against them. Thcj are Chan Sal Chuen, Pok Soo. Wong Tung Hoi and Wong Yuen Kwong who were charged with being members of an unlawful assembly in Kampong Tiong Bahru on
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    Planters have plan for peace in rubber industry
    286 5 EMPLOYERS ARE READY TO MEET UNION ON THESE PROPOSALS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A PEACE plan to end the eight-month rubber wage dispute was approved today by the 20-member executive council of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association. The plan contains proposals which
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    LUCY IS SALMAH NOW
    92 5 LUCY IS SALMAH NOW BUTTERWORTH, Tnurs. Attractive Miss Lucy Yeoh Pfcik Choo, has become a Muslim in preparation for her marriage to a Malay teacher, Inche Ismail bin Hashim, this Saturday. The conversion ceremony wa.s performed last Saturday by a Butterworth kathi. Hajl Suri bin Haji Hassan. Miss Yeoh. a
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    MCA talks on Federal polls
    45 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Mr. Too joon Hing, Secretary General of the Malayan Chinese Association, has been here during the past two days for talks on next year's Federal elections with local MCA branch officials. He returned to Kuala Lumpur today.
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    DIAL 7200 FOR POLICE
    50 5 As a result of the opening of the Singapore Telephone Board's new city telephone exchange, the telephone number of the police ex- change will be changed from 2400 to 7200, it was announced yesterday. The change will take place at about 9 p.m. on Oct. 4.
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    Ex' Convict stole from man who gave him a lift
    126 5 Ex' Convict stole from man who gave him a lift SUN El PATANI. Thurs. An ex-convict stole a clutch plate from a motorist who had given him a lift, the Sun i Patari magistrate's court was told today. Salupu Appalanaidu. 31. with five previous convictions, was jailed for six months
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    Cyclist dies after crash
    40 5 TAIPING. Thurs. A 60--year-old cyclist. Chan Beng. was fatally injured here this morning in a collision with a motorcar about 8.30. Both vehicles were travelling in the same direction along Tupai Road when the accident occurred.
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    COUNCILLORS: WE ARE READY TO GO AT ANY TIME
    224 5 COUNCILLORS: WE ARE READY TO GO AT ANY TIME That Sago Lane challenge FOUR Singapore City Councillors are now ready to 1 live for two weeks within a stone's throw of the death houses in Sago Lane to prove that the noise and nuisance these houses are alleged to cause
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    Muslim club project to buy hearse
    82 5 Muslim club project to buy hearse pENANG, Thurs. The Penang I4athlbol Ahzan Football Club has launched a project to provide a van for the conveyance of Muslim dead to the burial grounds. "At present Muslims carry the dead the primitive way. bier on shoulders and have to walk for miles,"
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    Signal made the royal escort take wrong turn
    325 6 Signal made the royal escort take wrong turn MOTOR-CYCLE OUTRIDERS SWEPT INTO ONE SCHOOL, THE KING DROVE ON TO ANOTHER ITANGAR. Thurs. The police convoy accompanying the Yang diPertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong. left Their Majesties unescorted for a few minutes mis morning because of a traffic policeman's
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    Tighter book ban in the Federation
    215 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rpHE Government is to tighten the laws to control undesirable publications from abroad which are prejudicial to the public order, morality and security. A Bill, published tonight sets out a system of licensing in relation to countries, territories or places of
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    FOUR REDS STAY DEAF TO APPEALS
    78 6 FOUR REDS STAY DEAF TO APPEALS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Air-drop of one million leaflets. 100 sortie*, fc., RAF "voice" aircraft and appeals by mobile teams have failed to brine four terrorists out of the jungle in North Seiangor. The campaign to get them to surrender began on July 30. The
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    Rice for the poor
    47 6 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. Province Wellesley North UMNO will distribute 12 bags of rice to the poor through 63 mosques In the north district to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Mohamed next week. There will be a Kendurl (feast) at the Butterworth UMNO headquarters.
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    More branches
    30 6 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. Three more UMNO Kaum Ibu branches have been formed at Tassek Glugor, Penjara Atas and Padang Menora, making a total of six in Province Wellesley North.
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    C'WEALTH BANK WILL END PROBLEMS
    185 6 C'WEALTH BANK WILL END PROBLEMS KUALA LUMPUR, 1X Thurs. Bankers and businessmen agreed yesterday that the establishment of a Commonwealth development bank will speed up and also ease the implementation of the Federation's development plan. They said that instead of "running hither and thither" for loans, Malaya, which is expected
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    Call to ban entry into all Borneo
    301 6 KUCHING, Thursday. AN APPEAL to Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei to impose a rigid ban on immigration from other countries before the proposed federation takes place, was made in the Council Negri here recently. The appeal came from Haji Su'ut Tahlr. an unofficial
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    Rotary tour
    28 6 PENANG, Thurs. Mr Ny Tlhon, Rotary Governor of district 330. which Includes Malaya, will arrive i Penang next Tuesday on a Malayan tour of Rotary clubs.
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    Malay chamber registered
    30 6 KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs. —The recently formed Malay Chamber of Commerce here has been registered by government. Its president Is Tuan Haji Wan Hamaruddin. the Orang Kaya Temenggong.
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    $30 million port: No work for year
    195 6 I^UALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Work on the $30 million north Klang Straits project is not expected to restart for at least another year, the Oeneral Manager of the Malayan Railway, Mr. D. D. Barlett, told the Straits Times" today. He added that although America
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    'Chieftain' forces hit the bandits hard i
    418 7 NEW METHODS USED TO SMASH GANG ONCE SCOURGE OF SOUTH PERAK IPOH, Thursday. THK Malayan Communist Party has suffered another heavy blow by the elimination of 12 of the remaining 24 terrorists in the "Operation Chieftain" area of South Perak during the last
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    Farmer hurt by youths
    64 7 IPOH. Thurs.— Two youths stopped a farmer on a lonely road between Kampong Simee new village and Gunong Bercham new village yesterday afternoon and wounded him with a knife when he refused to surrender his watch. Foo Kwok Leong. 24. was cycling towards his house in
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    Y.C.W. founder due tonight
    49 7 Msgr. Joseph Cardijn. founder of Young Christian Workers, who is on a Far East tour is expected to arrive in Singapore tonight by air from Ceylon. He will be accompanied by Miss Marie-Maersman, vice president of the International Y.C.W.. of which he is the chaplain.
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    Pottery towkay gets threat
    57 7 IPOH, Thurs.— The proprietor of a pottery factory Mr. Cheng Keng Chor. 42, who refused to help two strangers with train fares to Singapore, was threatened with harm here yesterday afternoon. Mr. Cheng told th: police that the strangers went to his house in Chemor Road
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    New licensing board member
    45 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs I Mr. Liew Seng Chong, of Kota Tinggi Estate, has been 1 appointed a member of th* Kota Tinggi Liconsii g Board. He replaces Mr. S. Sandison. The next meeting of the Board will be on Sept. 29.
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    Jungle cook: 'My boss hated me'
    234 7 IPOH, Thursday. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Sang Chai, alias Chin Kong San, told the Ipoh High Court today of the conflict between himself and his leader in the jungle. "My leader disliked me and always criticised my cooking. He once threatened to shoot me." Sang said. Sang,
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    Hospital assistants are hired again
    68 7 Hospital assistants are hired again KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Government is again recruiting hospital assistants for the first time in six years. Fifty were engaged last month. They are beine trained in Penang. Hospital assistants here claimed they had won "a long battle." They have claimed that the Government closed
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    FIRST WIFE: I HAD TO LODGE WITH ANOTHER TWO
    117 7 FIRST WIFE: I HAD TO LODGE WITH ANOTHER TWO A BUILDING con- tractor with three wives was ordered in a Singapore court yesterday to pay $60 a month maintenance to his estranged first wife Lee Eng Seng, of Paya Lebar. admitted that he married Cheong Oeok. who brought the action,
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    Air Force treat for 250 boys
    105 7 THE Far East Air Force will act as hosts to 250 boys from Singapore schools and youth clubs at RAF Selelar tomorrow afternoon as part of the RAFs Battle of Britain Week celebrations. FEAF is paying for the boys' transport to and from RAF
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    Woman: No affair with Gurkha
    173 7 SU N G E I PATANI, Thurs. A seamstress denied in court here yesterday that she once had an affair with a Gurkha soldier who is accused of stabbing her. Meh Toop, 36, testifying at the trial of Corporal Kishandea Chetteri, 26, also denied that
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    SAILS FOR BRITAIN
    73 7 PENANO. Thurs. -Tengku Khadijah, daughter of the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, sailed for England by the Perseus today to Join her husband. Byed Hussein Shahabudln. in London. Tengku Khad.jah was accompanied bjr her three- year-old daughter. Sharlfah Intan. Her other daughter, Bharifah Hanlsah. aged 2J months
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    UMNO 'NO' TO A NEW DIVISION
    70 7 UMNO 'NO' TO A NEW DIVISION PENANG, Thurs— Officials of the Penang state UMNO are opposed to a move by five branches to form a new UMNO division at Batu Ferringhl. The new division, to be known as Penang north, comprises Tanjong Tokong. Bagan Tanjong, Batu Ferringhi, Telok Bahang and
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    Stamp display
    37 7 PENANG, Thurs. A gold medal will be awarded for the tK>st exhibit at the Penang Philatelic Exhibition, sponsored by the Penang Stamp Ciub, to be held at St Xavler's Institution on Nov. 8 and 9.
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    Brave Madam Ang at last has chicken farm
    262 7 Brave Madam Ang at last has chicken farm 1 pray all goes well; she says tTHE chicken farm dream of a crippled widow came true yesterday. So ended the five-month dilemma of Madam Ang Kirn Hong, who has been struggling to support her six children on a $45 a month
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    DEATHS
    142 8 It Wtrdt lit (Minimum). AMELIE BABEK. Formerly of Sungel Bongkoh Estate, Kedah. passed away after a long Illness in Bedford on the 15th September. 1958. MRS. NO LENG MONO (nee Koh Muay Cheng) passed away peacefully 17-9-58 at 467 Lorong Low Koon, Upper Serangoon Road, Leaving behind her beloved
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    IN MEMORIAM
    33 8 M Word, tit (Minimum). IN LOVING MEMORY of D C. Henry, formerly of Government Hospital, Muar, who departed unto Christ on 18.9.54. Always remembered by his loving wife, children «nd grandchildren.
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      A Sultan For Singapore
      576 8 A Sultan For Singapore A strong dose of realism is needed in Singapore bMMU. Three of the party's lour divisions have come out in support of the restoration oi the "Singapore sultanate," and with at least the passive co-operation of the more sophisticated West division, a resolution demanding the restoration
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      One Way Traffic
      328 8 Five days of one-way traffic in the centre of the Federal capital has left Kuala Lumpur with mixed feelings. The motorists mostly are pleased, the cyclists irritated and the pedestrians bewildered. Even this brief experience has shown there must be modifications in the system if life and
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      More Dollars
      224 8 The British Government's decision to make almost a clean sweep of controls on dollar imports of industrial, agricultural and office machinery was taken beiore the Commonwealth economic conference convened, but announcement after the Canadian appeal for the convertibility of sterling robbed the news of some of its glamour.
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    Japan between the East and the West
    1239 8  - Japan between the East and the West Richard Hughes By TtfO earnest writer or speaker on Japanese affairs can escape that hoary cliche about "The Bridge." Ever since Meiji, Japan has been telling the world and the world has been telling Japan that Japan's destiny Is to be an honourable
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      FACTORS WHICH FORCED MALAYAN COMMUNIST SURRENDERS
      306 8 FACTORS WHICH FORCED MALAYAN COMMUNIST SURRENDERS Fhis letter (S.T. Sept. 3), Mr. Lee Kuan Yew would, It appears, have us believe that the mass surrenders of M.C.P. members were precipitated by the decisive factor of international recognition accorded Malaya by Russia and China. He asserted that military pressure could neither
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      THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUY S.I.T. FLATS
      242 8 THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUY S.I.T. FLATS I AM certain that many residents of Tiong Bahru would gladly purchase Lhe flats they now live in. were these to be sold to them ut a reasonable price and the payment spread over a good number of years. By and large, these
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      Technical schools or grammar schools?
      252 8 TNSATISFIEDS" sugU gestion to Singapore's Minister of Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee (ST. Sept. 13) to delete the word "technical" from the names of the two secondary technical schools should be adopted at once. The two so-called secondary technical schools, we were told, were the
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      364 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. If Herrfj lit 1 Minimum). HOPE: To Jean .nd Sandy a son, June* Bradiev on 17; h h -ptember 1958 at X.X Hospital. OOODHEW: To Anne and Jack, a riauvhter, at Penang Mission Ho ;;iii on 13th September. Both well. 1* Hard, tit (Minimum). WEE— TAN: Kirn Cheng
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      69 8 EXPLORER of the HUMAN BRAIN The operation may take 7 hours. The patient conscious under a local anaesthetic helps the doctor identify trouble spots as electrical apparatus searches the grey matter of the brain. The August Reader's Digest (now on sale) contains a fascinating account of the work of Wilder
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    Dr. Foo: My wife called me a 'white nose'—that was not a term of love
    1911 9 Dr. Foo: My wife called me a 'white nose'— that was not a term of love TRIED TO GET HER BACK... EVEN AFTER PROCEEDINGS STARTED 1 HOUSE WAS IN BROTHER'S NAME AS RESPECT TO HIM... WHAT I'M NOW I OWE TO HIM— DOCTOR KUALA LUMPUR, 1¥ Thurs. Dr. Foo Lum
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    2 post offices
    34 9 MACHING <Kelantan). Thurs. The Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jublr. today opened a new post office here. Yesterday, he opened a post office In Kuala Brang.
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    SODHY: GOOD CHANCE TO WIPE OUT TB BY 1968
    243 9 SODHY: GOOD CHANCE TO WIPE OUT TB BY 1968 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. |\R. J. S. SODHY, Malaya's leading tuberculosis ex- pert, told the Straits Times today that there was a "good chance" of wiping out tuberculosis in the country by 1968. Dr. Sodhy, who returned today from Britain, said that
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    100 want to be vice hunters
    90 9 100 want to be vice hunters KUALA LUMPUR, Ttaur*.— More than 100 people have so far applied to be antl-Tice investigators in the Selangor Religious Deportment. Applications were invited last week. Only two investigators are wanted, one for Kuala 1 umpur and the other for Klanr Salary will be $260
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    500 new phones in August
    34 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Telecommunications Department installed nearly 500 new telephones in the Federation last month. There were more than 500 applications for new telephones during the same period
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    Rotary honour
    21 9 Dr. A. W. 8. Thevathasan of Singapore has been appointed Counsellor ror Australia and New Zealand by Rotary International.
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    Sin in the sun with old wolf Brazzi and friend
    439 10 SUSAN BARBIE SEES TOE WEEK'S MEW FILMS FRANCOISE SAGAN'S "A 1 CERTAIN SMILE," which roused wide controversy when it was published, loses a lot in the screen version so much so, that this story of an adolescent's love for a
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    Call girl Linda must pay the price of vice
    197 10 LINDA DARNELL, once one of the screen's most lush and sultry beauties, is cast as a full-blown inmate of an Italian bordello in "ANGELS OF DARKNESS." Miss Darnell is still sultry. It must be admitted she is sui' 1 to her
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    -DUELLINGTHRILLS AS CAVALIER GEORGE AIDS THE KING
    208 10 -DUELLINGTHRILLS AS CAVALIER GEORGE AIDS THE KING rpHOSE with a taste for history brought to the screen should enjoy the British colour film "THE MOONRAKER," based on the exploits of an intrepid cavalier helping Charles Stuart to escape from England after the Civil War. Running the gauntlet of Cromwell's Roundheads,
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    CYD ROCKS THE BOAT AS HUDSON SAILS PACIFIC
    349 10 TWILIGHT FOR THE GODS," starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse, is based on a fine story by Ernest K. Gann about the voyage of a battered two- 1 masted brigantine trying to compete with modern vessels in the Pacific passenger traffic. Unlike
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      327 10 24 He wants to know why people >trAltC TlltlAC I fftCCU/nrH 27 Favourites return (4). .Jllallb I 11 1 It? b \.IUb3WUIU 28 Primitive seaman of marked Individuality (10). 29 Cropping expert (11). Si^ 3 4 5 8 < DOWN 2 The basis of the prew (9). 7 .^SSS JS^
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    Lock icon Earl Haakon of Norway STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    1429 11 Earl Haakon of Norway STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Death in a pigsty was the fitting climax to his years of terror reign over the Norwegians. He lied and cheated his way to the throne. His end ushered in an era in which the people renounced paganism and took up Christianity.
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      254 11 nestum/" lICCTI LI O NKL- .A READY-COOKED jM^^\ 3-CEREALFOOD JgS&gSfy^ -^^S*-' m, V Readily dijffstible and verj- pi. l»tal>le; rwffljmAJjjfr MM iM>» h splendid complementary mJNfjfrffi? S^ f° nl l f° r bnby. It cun l>e given from WsBmtißnw/y> ffi^ j*r9^* dll m Or water to tne required gffljflgt a
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      263 11 (arnten A 0 V#. iiy 3iaa I I WEU..NOW WE AM£ vH rAN T Vi^i t {\x ieee V \f mi 11 1 O TAgMOi J&S' J^^\ \k\ ~x 1 1 TtLEPW^Nf jS v* l^^H rl I t -*^j^// 1 I I Ik. s^. The Saint By Lesiie Vharteris HHH^H^im
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    IN MEMORIAM
    81 12 LOUIS STEPHEN THIVY Died 20th Sept. 1957. Sweet are the memories that never fade, Of whom we loved but could not save. Broken-hearted still we trace, His lovely soul, his cheerful face, A beautiful life of kindly deeds. A helping hand in all our needs. Always unselfish loving
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    CHINA SHIPPED LARGEST AMOUNT OF AUGUST RUBBER
    519 12 CHINA SHIPPED LARGEST AMOUNT OF AUGUST RUBBER By Our Market Correspondent r^HINA made history in August by becoming Malaya's best customer during the month for rubber, her shipments totalling 15,469 tons. Britain who traditionally takes the largest share of Malayan rubber exports took second place with 13,319 tons and the
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    148 12 Ships lying alongside the Sin- > (apore Harbour Board wharvet or rxpeetrd today are: Ceillna 1/3, Arlmasan Maru 4 5. Star Betelgeusc 6A. Oyoncax 6. 7, Glenroy 8/9. DoP.ntnla 10 11. Kapttan Kosko 13/14. Straat Soenda 15 16, Cl'.y of Singapore 18. Chuyo Maru 19/20. Sedenak N Wall
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    83 12 The Malayan Exchanfe Bantks' Association made the following changes la Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to tlOO): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 1/16. On 32 3/16. 90 d/st 32 H credit bills. 32 H trade bills Selling T.T. or OJ). ready: Canada SI 11/16. On the
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    BROKERS REPORT
    405 12 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: -Industrials and tins were quietly steady, rubbers were firmer and the turnover small Siniapore and Federation brokers reported the followini business done yesterday: 8.8 Petroi 495. (ready and arrival) Fed Diipensary *1.12; Praser 'Neave ords $2 92 to $2.85 c all; Gammon
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    45 12 rpHE Federation's Minister of Finance bus fixed the following prices for calculating Customs duties tor the week from Sept. 18. Rubber 81 rent* a lb. Copra Ss2< a ton. Coconut oil ,-Mli ton. Palm oil *631.M a ton Palm kernels $389.75 a ton.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 12 October first grade rubber buyers t.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 83% cents per lb. up seven eighths of a cent on Wednesday's closing price. Closing tone: Quietly steadier. timing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.B. Spot fob. buyers 82ft, sellers 83; Int.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    107 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: steady; L'K. 'Continent September/October $33 '4 buyers $34 sellers. Coconut oil: steady bulk $51% sellers, drum $55 sellers. Pepper: quiet; nc business was reported done, Muntok wlire $124, Sarawak $113 special Sarawak black $73 t-.i'.l down $1).
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    STOCK INDICES
    19 12 Malayan Share Market: Sept. 18 Srpt 17 Industrials: 93.72 92.69 Tins: 83.77 83.7 C Jan. 1 19J8=lt0
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    26 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 18. RUBBER: 83 rents per lb. (op seven- ighthf of a cent). TIN: $368.5* per picul (unchanged). Estimated unofficial offerinr 90 tons.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    133 12 MELBOURNE. Thun. ACTIVE share uadlng moved Investment share* to higher levels on the Stock Exchange here today. Leader stocks and retail stock* were prominent In the rises which '.ends to show that 'he recent high level will be maintained. Loans 3Vo 1936-69 £99 Is. 3d. Loans 3S*'i- 1955-58
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      413 12 SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT VACANCIES CORRECTIONS ATTENTION is draw* U Ihr followini; errors in the advrrtisement of Slngaporr (invrrnmrnt Vacancies published in the Stral t Times of 18th September, 1958:— Item (8) Staff Instructor: For "Age: below 30" read "A(e OVKR St". Hem (7) Stenographers: For "Afe over 30" read "Age BU.OVV
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      19 12 NOTICES NOTICE FOR BEST RESII.TS USE BRITANNIA j D.Q.D.l^^M^mai PAINTS Trade Enquiries to: BARLOW CO. (S) LTD. i 1
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      441 12 NOTICES NOTICES THE BORELLI RUBBER S .S. GOVERNMENT 3* LOAN COMPANY LTD. 1962/72. (incorporated In the Federation NOTICE to hereby given that the of Malaya) transfer books of the above-men* .w tloned loan will be closed from Notice Is hereby given that an t 15th Octtibn 1958 dayg [nterim Dividend
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      283 12 NOTICE AUCTION SALE OF FREEHOLD PROPERTIES To Be Held at Our Saleroom No. It. Trluk Ayer Strret On MONDAY 32nd. SEPTEMBER 1958 AT 2.30 P.M. No 26 LORONu LIMAU Freehold Area 21.107 sq ft Solicitors— Messrs Philip Hoallm it Co MORTGAGEE'S SALE Nos 246 250. 254. 269 264 MACPHERSON iiOAD
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      854 12 "K LINE" Japan, U.S.A. Pacific tjs Atlantic Coast Service Sport K S hl(» CU ftoDt El* l> (IA NT •MB Mara- l«l call 11/11 «ci II oti II Oef iti call 14/11 Oet oei 11 utt M loading roi M«ngkoft|. atl lapan Porti lm »njeiai ano Htm lot*, also acceptmi
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      1488 13 Tei. i 405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. mm Mis (tt lims) (incorporated in bmgapoie; (11 lues THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE T,s SAILINGS TO LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW. lONOON I CONTINENTAL PORTS (Via Smi will libertj ta freciel tia Paaaaia er Cafe af CeM Hope; Carriers option to proceed tia ether parts to load
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      1204 13 EAST ASIATIC LINES MMtWARDS SAILINGS FSR ABCN, PORT SAID, GENOA, ANTWEIP tOTTtRIAAI SSfMCM. NAMSUPJG CSPEMNACEN, GOTNENBERC, OSLO Spore P. Sham Hmn* "KINA" 19/22 Sept "SELANDIA"* a/aSeft a/a Sept 24/25 Sept "BUSUANU" 1/ 4 Set 5- I Oct 7/ J Oct "SOMGUfU" 1/ S Set "FMSTRIA" a/14 Sat 25 21 Sit
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      1325 13 tuiLo'.Hc THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SIPNAPOIE (Incarporated in the United Kingdom) S UNES 'JULIUS S TO ADEN. U.K.. t CSHTIHEHTAI PORTS S'pwe P. Staai Penaag BENLAWERS for L'pool, M'bro, Hamburg le Part/11 Seft lENCRUACHAN for Hamburg, London, Rotterdam, M'bro a/a Seal a Seft M ttft/ 2 Sat B*MBOMH for
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      1305 13 MCALISTER tfc CO.. LTD. lELi Hf.l ***** BLLBBMAM LINES KLAVENESB LINB LONDON. HAVBE. ROTTERDAM LOS ANSELES. SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG t HULL SEATTLE, VANCOUVER 1 PORTLANB NM for U.S.A. North Atlantic Ports Uceitiag targe far Ceatral I Stttl and Canada tia Colombo Aaianca CITY OF SINGAPORE! BRONXVILLE Spare P. Sham renaag
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      Indonesian tourist business in Colony
      113 14 Indonesian tourist business in Colony AN Indonesian travel agency is planning to open a Singapore office in October this year wUh the object of developing tourist trade between Malaya and Indonesia. The agency, Maskapal Pengangkutan Indonesia (MASPD. will be the first Indonesian company of its kind to establish an office
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      'Local oil milling industry is now in danger'
      423 14 'Local oil milling industry is now in danger' HHEAPER TO BUY COPRA DIRECT pilK Singapore coconut oil milling industry is rapidly dwindling, because of the lack of demand for its product in Europe, Burma and other countries. Local millers said yesterday that many European countries including Britain, were buying more
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      Malaya buys more flour
      65 14 More wheat flour was imported into Malaya in the first half of this year, the amount being 76.200 tons. 3.200 tons more than in the same period of last year. Singapore bought 40.100 tons, an increase of 5,200 ton> compared with the first six months of
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      French company to start sales drive
      241 14 ALAYA is a great potential market for French pharmaceutical products, Mr. J. Chabert, export manager of Laboratoires Joullie of Paris, said in Singapore this week. M tpphnlral Mr. Chabert. who has come to introduce a number of produtts. Including a drug for the treatment
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      OVERALL MALAYAN OUTPUT RISES BY 4.6 PER CENT
      274 14 OVERALL industrial production in the first half this year in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya went up by 4.6 per cent in amount over the corresponding six months last year, state official figures. The figures show that production improved in nine
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      31 14 Imports of cement into Malaya in the first six months of this year totalled 190.000 tons, an Increase of 8,000 tons compared with the corresponding months of last year.
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      Singapore market for Dutch cigars continues to grow
      178 14 Singapore market for Dutch cigars continues to grow SINGAPORE has become one of the best 0 markets for Dutch manufactured cigars, said Mr. J. Hoogendam, import manager of Borneo Sumatra Trading Co. (M) Ltd., yesterday. He added that the market was continuing to grow. The company are the local agents
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      454 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND BOARD invites applications from suitably qualified Federal cititens (Ladies or Gentlemen) for the post of Secretary-Designate. The selected candidate would be stationed at Petallng Jaya and would be required to train, under the secretary, for a period of six to nine months and then
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    ON THE TRACK
    1099 16  -  ESPOM JEEP ON THE TR Sea Luck shows vast improvement DISTINE TO MISS VASE TRIAL IPOH. Thurs.— Sea Luck ap|>cars to have made tremendous improvement and his clash with Steve over six furlongs here on Satur day should be inter esting to watch. Ridden by Abdul Wahab.
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      307 16 Luton climb to top of the table Arsenal drop to sth LONDON. Thurs. Luton Town, the club with the lowest gates in the First Division of the English football league, went to the top of the table by beating Manchester City 5-1 last night. Luton, who along with Wolverhampton Wanderers,
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      52 16 SYDNEY, Thurs. Jockey George Moore said here yesterday he was still considering an offer to return to France to ride for Prince Aly Khan. But, he said, if he did decide to ride again in France it would not be before the new season opens in March.
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      56 16 LONDON. Thurs— R«sulU in last night's Rugby matches: RUGBY UNION: Bristol 37 Lydney 3; Camborne lfi Captain Crawshay's Welsh XV 20; Rugby 14 Coventry 18; Sldmouth 3 Devonport Services 24; Torquay Athletic 34 Exmouth 0. RUGBY LEAGL'E: (Yorkshire Cup seml-Anal) York 10 Leeds 13. LANCASHIRE CUP (semifinal):
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      71 16 KINLOCH NETS FIVE GOALS BUT TOURISTS LOSE 7-6 HONG KONG. Thurs— The RAF Far East soccer team, after holding a Combined Chinese team to 5-5 at full time, were beaten 7-6 after extra time At halftlme Chinese led 3-2 The game, part of the Battle of Britain Week celebrations, was
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      Lock icon US lifter breaks two world records
      252 16 US lifter breaks two world records STOCKHOLM. Tnurs. American welghtlifter Isaac Berger broke two world records when he won the featherweight division of the world championships here last night. Berger did a clean and Jerk of 324J-lb and lifted a total of 8194-lb both world marks— Reuter. BLACKPOOL: Elspeth Ferguson.
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      178 16 Lee ousts Ault in 3 sets KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs— Selangor Oolf Club open tennis championship* results. MEN'S SINGLES: Lee King Fun bt J. E M. Ault 9-7. 5-7, 0-4; L Juyatilaka bt M. B. Smith 6-3. 2-6. 6-1, 8. A. Adzman bt R. Praser 6-1. 6-1; W. S. Maclay bt
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      Postals enter semi-finals
      37 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.Postal Union entered the semi-finals of the F.A.S. Junior knockout soccer competition when they beat T.P.C.A. 3-1 at Ipoh Road today. Scorers: Wong and Mustapha (2) for Postals and Pachymuthu for T.P.C.A.
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      35 16 Xl AI.A LUMPLR,— Rugter Selangor Club v Victoria Institution, padang. Soccer Junior knockout match. P.W.D. v Selangor Indians Association. Prince* Road: Tmnli Selangor Golf Club championship. TAPAH: Soccer: Dlv. 2— Blkam Estate v Pcilce. padang.
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