The Straits Times, 6 December 1958

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    19 1 AVEnuiE i>\ii 4i iiiiFirn <\ir exceed* 80.000 The Straits Times. fiat**** Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1958 15 CENTS
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    PORT 'GO SLOW SHOCK
    481 1 $00 DOCKERS TO WORK-TO-RULE FROM 6 a.m. TODAY Immediate plans to divert ships to Singapore and Penang Xmas cargo delays are feared KLANC, Friday. piVE HUNDRED workers at Port Swertenham in a shock announcent today told the railway administration that they will work-to-rule from 6 a.m.
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    MARSHALL to LIM: GIVE ME YOUR PERMISSION TO REVEAL ALL...
    202 1 MARSHALL to LIM: GIVE ME YOUR PERMISSION TO REVEAL ALL... SINGAPORE, Friday. QH AIRMAN of the Singapore Workers' Party, Mr. David Marshall, today appealed to the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, for permission to disclose details of a recent interview between them. He was referring to the statement made
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    BIG RECEPTION PLANNED FOR VISIT OF PRASAD
    160 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MORE than 10,000 Indians from all over the country will converge on the Federal capital tomorrow for a glimpse of the Indian President. Dr. Rajendra Prasad. The route from the airport to the Istana Tetamu where he will be staying
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    Lock icon Youth curfew may go
    45 1 NICOSIA. Fri. The Governor of Cyprus, Sir Hugh Foot, said in a state, ment issued last night that he hoped to lift the present youth curfew restrictions in Nicosia next week. These restrictions have been in force for several weeks. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Red at fair
    29 1 MOSCOW, Fri. The Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade, Mr. Nikolai Patolichev. flew to Cairo today to attend the United Arab Republic's industrial and agricultural fair. U.P.I.
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    WHIPPING and jail term for a thug
    148 1 WHIPPING and jail term for a thug IPOli. Fri.— The Sessions Court President. Mr. J. it. Whimster today ordered whipping for one of two youths found guilty of attempted extortion and theft. Chan Soo Har. 18. a lampshade maker, was jailed for two years and was ordered to be given
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    Top policy speech
    46 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman will make an important speech on home and foreign affairs in the Federal Council tomorrow He will start the debate on the speech from the throne given by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Wednesday
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    Lock icon former Governor has slandered Chinese'
    307 1 former Governor has slandered Chinese' GRANTHAMS CRITIC SAYS HONG KONG WANTS TO BE FREE HONG KONG, Fri.— Former Chinese Supreme Court judge Mr. Lee Sing Ng has criticised Hong Kong's former Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, for "slandering" the colony's people. Mr. Lee. in a speech to the United Nations Association
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    England batting shattered
    239 1 BRISBANE, Frt. England made a disastrous start to their bid to retain the "Ashes" on the openinu day cf the first Test here. They were shot out for 134 —their lowest score of the tour— and Australia scored eight for no wicket in reply, to finish the
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    ELECTIONS to ASSEMBLY ON MAY 23 AT LATEST
    382 1 ELECTIONS to ASSEMBLY ON MAY 23 AT LATEST SINGAPORE, Friday. SINGAPORE will probably go to the polls earlier than political parties have expected. Polling day may be in April or the latest May 23, if the Legislative Assembly is dissolved on April 2. The Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock,
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    Envoy back
    40 1 SINGAPORE, Fri. The U.S. Ambassador to the Federation. Mr. Homer M. Bylngton, arrived here tonight by CPA after being away in the United States for two months, with Mrs. Byington and his only son— Mr. Homer Byington 111.
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    Happy birthday
    31 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today sent messages of greetings and congratulations to the King of Siam on his birthday
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    Lock icon Princess Grace
    33 1 NEW YORK. Fri.— Princess Grace of Monaco "reigned" over the most glittering event in New Yortc's social season —a six-hour imperial bail which lasted into the early hours of today.— Reuttr.
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    Hale sees steady decline -of polio
    69 1 Hale sees steady decline -of polio SINGAPORE. Fri. Singapore's polio expert. Prof. J. 11. Hale, said today that the polio epidemic now seemed to be running at a steady low level. Only one case was reported today bringing the year's total to 353. Prof. Hale has just returned from a
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    Guns quell jail riot
    42 1 FLORENCE. (Arizona). Fri. Forty-five inmates of the Arizona State Prison broke out of the maximum security block on Wednesday night ■eized two guards as hostages. A prisoner was seriously wounded when warders opened fire to quell the not.
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    Call on UN to steady prices
    204 1 IT NIT ED NATIONS. *J Fri. Malaya looked to the United Nations to play an active part in the stabilisation of commodity prices in the interests of countries that depended on primary commodities for their prosperity, Mr. Mohamed Sopiee said today. Mr. Sopiee. who
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    STOP PRESS
    31 1 NO 1 TO BAR UNDESIRABLES LONDON B Government |||M'<! (■> seeking to restrict cntrj m t.iin ni ill idle, mi' criminal per» :-.-> lrr< tw, t>\ r ll "i nloui Beater
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    Greater share urged for man who does the work
    278 2 Greater share urged for man who does the work SINGAPORE, Friday. JUIK eminent English scientist, Prof. J. B. S. Haldane, of the Indian Statistical Institute.! Calcutta, said here today that the whole economy of .Malaya was "unabalanced" although Singapore was clearly by Asian standards "very i prosperous." Ho was speaking
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    Changi tail vision marks 1 Oth birthday
    132 2 Changi tail vision marks 1 Oth birthday SINGAPORE. Fri. In a dark cell of Changi Prison 15 years ago. four Christian leaders representing three denominations decided to start a united theological college if they ever came out alivr. The four were Bishop 11. B. Amstutz and Bishop Wilson and the
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    THEY ALL WANT TO BE PRESS BALL QUEEN
    107 2 PICTURED above are 17 of the contestants for the title of Press Ball Queen of Singapore. The Ball, organised by the Singapore Union of Journalists, is being helc tonight at the Sea View Hotel. The girls above are: Seated (from left): Kathryn
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    Lock icon Dulles hits out at Red dumping
    301 3 MILLIONS OF CHINESE ARE DYING OF STARVATION BUT CHINA EXPORTS RICE' MEASURES TO COMBAT TRADE WITH POLITICAL UNDERTONES SAN FRANCISCO, Fri.— The U.S. Government and top American business leaders are studying "concrete measures" to counter Red Chinese dumping in Asia. This was revealed by
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    Lock icon Debbie sues and Liz keeps her dinner date
    176 3 Debbie sues and Liz keeps her dinner date f^lBRIEF.,. OEVEHLY HILLS, Fri. D Singer Eddie escorted ElizaPaylor to a swank irant for chamviar and dinSf last night only hours after his wife Debbir Reynolds filed for divorce. 1. fna the first public te 1 her h;us had with uus Taylor
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    This was blaze which killed 87 children, three nuns
    256 3 £j l l 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 im WAS IT ARSON OR AN ACCIDENT? iiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiimimiiniu± THESE BILLOWING black clouds conceal the worst fire tragedy in Chicago in 55 years the death of
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    Lock icon Travel ban to Cyprus lifted
    82 3 Travel ban to Cyprus lifted LONDON, Fri. The Prime Minister. Mr. Macmillan. announced today that the Government had decided to lift the ban on Service family travel to Cyprus. •'We shall get as many families as possible out by Christmas, but I am afraid it will be some time before
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    Lock icon Macmillan gets answer from Khrushchev
    316 3 Macmillan gets answer from Khrushchev f ONDON, Fri. Mr. Nikita Khrushchey, the Soviet Prime Minister, today replied to the letter from Mr. Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, in which the British statesman on Nov 22 warned him that the W est would stand by its obligations towards Berlin. A
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    LONDON STOCKS
    401 3 ONDON. Fri— There was fcliyhl■L< ly less activity on the London Stock Exchange today, attributed partly to weekend considerations. Nevertheless a selective demand continued and the market closed quietly firm. Industrials received most attention and several issues responded to favourable company statements. Electric and musical industries were the
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    Woomera range to be extended
    27 3 MELBOURNE, Fn. The Australian Government yes- terday gazetted details of its proposed extension of Woo- mera rocket range into 1 Western Australia
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    'Failure of duty' charge against council official
    377 4 SWIMMING POOL IS DELAYED SINGAPORE, Friday. A LOCAL senior official of the City Council has been departmentally A charged with dereliction of duty following recent investigations into the construction of a $520,000 swimming pool at King George Park The dooi was alleged to
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    $2,000 for fund
    21 4 KUALA LIPIS. Fri.— More than $2,000 was collected in the district here recently for the Poppy Day fund.
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    New punishment code proposed for council
    295 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. A PROPOSAL that disciplinary action against the City Council staff should in future be referred to the Public Services Commission was agreed to at a Whitley council meeting today of the staff and the official sides. The Whitley council also appointed a
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    Vendors put up cigarette prices
    71 4 Vendors put up cigarette prices SINGAPORE, Fri. Nearly all street vendors w«re charging increased prices today for cigarettes and tobacco, although many brands will not attract increased duty charges until Monday. Some leading department stores and provision shops still charging the old prices reported an in. creased demand, but there
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    Industry talk to unionists
    39 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— Mr G. L. Wilkinson. Federation Commissioner for Industrial Relations, will speak to trade unionists here on industrial relations. The meeting will be held at the Postal Club on Sunday at 9 p.m.
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    Reunion dinner
    29 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Fri. The Bukit Mertajam High School Old Boys' association will hold its annual reunion dinner at 8 p.m. on Dec. 13 in the school hall.
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    CUSTODY CASE: MISS KOK APPEALS
    299 4 CUSTODY CASE: MISS KOK APPEALS wire of Dr f" Choon. against the deeffi Mr. Jus.ic. &> gardin R th.. <2 h r^Mr. JnsUce Smith •>n Wednisria- children and Foo Keai Placed in m. uncle. Mr. Foo chon 3 elder broth, bJtbt Two notices Miss Kok. clau-iter Justice of the irW
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    TOO MANY WON-SO NO PATROL TRIPS
    170 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. piFTY-SIX disappointed students were award certificates for their prize-winnine essays I "Police Week" by the Police Commissioner, A. E. G. Blades, at the Police Training Sri evening. They were disappointed because they were given certificates instead of Joy-rides The competition was launched
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    Union queried
    33 4 A f STA.. PM. The K dah Government Clerical Union has been asked by the Registrar of Trade Unions and Societies to show cause why its registration should not be canceled
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    MAN WHO CRASHED WAGON SACKED
    113 4 MAN WHO CRASHED WAGON SACKED SINGAPORE. Fri. City Comdh sub-commit ti< ><-'»' r areacted tli«- ipi"-' 1 c lea n si n c d < P r ment mamlorf i-" 1 1 dismissal MtomH accident with I rf>fuy collecting «.i- (l iB It was alleged U the temporal •> i^"
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    T.V. QUERY FOR GOVT
    58 4 SINGAPORE Fri-The Governm. make a statement in the next Legislal meeting on Dec 12 on whether Singapore b to W' 1 vision in 1959. An independent Assemblyman. Mr 1 has given notice that he will raise this lssi I ing. He will also ask the Government
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      495 4 SINGAPOKfc IMMM OKJOIK- Pri-Y Club 3.30 pjn Chinese NAUSTS: Prtss j3all at Sea View boxing, basketball 7.30 p m Hotel 8.30 p.m. YWCA (Ralfles Quay)- Christ-T.tffiV^KSl^-f A EB8> NA mas Mle a.m.. child drama TIONAL CONGRESS: Inaugural class 230 pjn meeting a, Victoria Theatre. 10 KATONG mv (QuU ST. JOHN
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    The vital condition for Spores prosperity
    313 5 SINCAPORE, Fri.— A leading banker, Mr. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, said here today political stability was the vital condition for Singapore's continued prosperity in the economic advancement of South-East Asia. Writing on "The precarious prosperity of Singapore" in Commerce, journal of the Nanyang University
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    FPA 'absolutely useless in reducing population'
    304 5 FPA 'absolutely useless in reducing population' SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Family Planning Association has proved utterly useless as a "population reducer," the chairman of the Catholic Social Guild. Mr. A. R. G. d Rose, says in an article m the latest issue of the Malayan Catholic News. "All the money
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    Court quashes whipping order on extortioner
    120 5 rjINGAPORE, Fri. The O Court ol Criminal Appeal today Quashed an Assize Court order imposing eight strokes of the rotan on Ho Kok Kwang. 19. a carpenter. The court dismissed Ho's appeal against hi s conviction and sentence of two years' jail on a
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    THE WIND REVEALS
    95 5 SINGAPORE, Fri— A strong gust of wind exposed a knife hidden by a man under his shirt, the Third Criminal District Court was told today. Detective Corporal Syed Abdul Rahim told the court: "I saw the knife when the man's shirt fluttered in the wind." He identified
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    TWO WHO STOLE A TAXI, $20 GET FIVE YEARS' JAIL
    277 5 TWO WHO STOLE A TAXI, $20 GET FIVE YEARS' JAIL SINGAPORE. Friday. TWO soldiers were jailed tor five years each today for robbing a taxi driver of his taxi and $20 cash. In the Assize Court here Mr. Justice Buttrose told the soldiers. W. J. Mathews. 19. and T. A.
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    Lensmen to hold Xmas dance
    57 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. Members of the Command Photographic Reproduction Unit (Far East) will hold a Christmas dinner and dance in the Grill Room of the Adelphi Hotel on Dec. 12. One of the highlights ot the occasion will be the elec tion of a "Charm and
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    Teachers' course
    82 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— A course for instructors in adult education classes will be opened here on Dec. 12 by the deputy Besar, Johore. Ungku Haji Ismail bin Abdul Rahman. OFFENCE in Victoria Street on July 14 and he was observing them from a short distance when the wind
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    Murder of all-alone woman still a mystery
    98 5 Murder of all-alone woman still a mystery SINGAPORE. Fri.— The woman found murdered in a forest off the 91 mile Upper Thomson Road must have led a very secluded life. For although her mutilated body was discovered on Nov. 1-J. no-one has as yet rome forward to identify her. post-mortem
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    Airline office appointment
    45 5 SINGAPORE. Fri.— Mr. b. G. Shah has taken over duties as assistant district manager for Air India in Singapore. He succeeds Mr. K. n. Menon. who has been posted to Moscow. Mr. Shah was formerly witli the airline's head office in Bombay.
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    'Titbits' talk
    35 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Pernanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Mr Lee Siow Mong. will speak on "Chinese titbits" at th 2 next Wednesday luncheon of the Rotary Club at the Cathay Hotel
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    Go-or-go-to-jail prof, is going—tomorrow
    153 5 Go-or-go-to-jail prof, is going— tomorrow 'HO VISITORS' NOTICE ON DOOR mlll SINGAPORE, Friday. T"k Prof. Fan Kie will sail on the T |il u wah for Hong Kong on Sunday. The professor, whose Iltor's pass expired on 28, has been warnto leave the Colony the first ship availe or risk
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    Methodists to meet
    55 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. About 200 ministerial and lay dele- I gates will attend the M ilaya Methodist Annual Conference i to be held in Kuala Lumpur from Dec. 8 to 14. The conference will be pre- i sided by Bishop H. B Amz- i tutz. head of the
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    PROJECT FOR TUNA CANNING FINALISED
    175 6 PROJECT FOR TUNA CANNING FINALISED SINGAPORE. Fri. Details for the establishment of a tuna fishing and canning industry, jointly owned by Japanese and Singaporeans, have been finalised. The Minister for Commerce and Industry. Mr. J.M. Jumabhoy, today met a delegation of experts from Japan headed by Mr Suekichl Imamura. for
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    Visit to Maran
    15 6 MARAN. Fri.— The Bultan of Pahang paid a one-day visit here yesterday.
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    Riddle of charred body is unsolved
    183 6 SINGAPORE, Friday. AN ooen verdict was recorded on a carpenter, Lee Hon Ming 22, whose charred body was found in a backlane off Park Road on the night of Oct. 16. Inspector Ram Kumar told the coroner that he went to the scene that
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    New president
    23 6 SINGAPORE. Fri.— Dr. E F. Lai has been elected president of the southern branch of the Catholic Medical Guild in Malaya.
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    SHELL UNION: NO STRIKE ACTION
    162 6 SINGAPORE. Friday. THE Shell Employees' Union here today denied that it was contemplating "strike" action since talks with their employers have ended with no agreement on six demands. It is understood that mem- bers of the union executive council have different views as to what
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    Bankruptcy petition
    48 6 SINGAPORE. Fri.—Receiving and adjudication orderwere made against Kon« Ngan Fen. trading as General Engineering Co.. by Mr. Justice Arljrose in the High Court today on a bankruptcy petition filed by Watts and Baker Ltd. The debtor owes Watts _nd Baker Ltd. $49,305 on a judgment debt.
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    Hawker cleared
    38 6 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Chen Thing Huat. a hawker, was acquitted today on a charge; of rioting while being a member of an unlawful assembly which asf-aulted Ah Yong Ka! a labourer, in Nicoll Highway on Sept. 20.
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    $100,000-a-night show
    36 6 SINGAPORE Fri.-The Kwonu Wai Sui Free Hos_it_l at Serinitoon Road raised 5300.000 from a three-__rh! _i_ ?l° ney wU| be spent in renovations and extenSd ta t 6ir went buiidinit The h spitai wissibi.
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    Leprosy patient takes Senior exam in home
    467 6 MINISTRY ARRANGES 2 ONE-MAN EXAM CENTRE* COURAGE OF A BOY WHO BECAME ILL AT 14 By ESME BAPTISTA SINGAPORE, Friday. A BOY, who became a victim of leprosy three years ago at the age of 14, completed his Senior Cambridge Examination today in
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    A failing coconut tree hills schoolboy
    50 6 A failing coconut tree hills schoolboy MALACCA, FrL Tang Meng Hang, 13, a schoolboy, was crushed to death by an old coconut tree. He was flying a kite behind his house at Kampong Bukit China this morning when the tree fell on him. Some boys playing nearby saw the tragedy
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    A $35,000 NEW YEAR for YOU?
    47 6 TWENTY-SIX days to go to 1959 but the Malayan Monthly's $35,000 i a pot contest closes on Monday, just thr< days more. E By posting your entry today y Ou may give yourself a really flying start for 1959 -iiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiimiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiMi M||||
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    3 SCHOOL MEN LOSE THEIR APPEALS
    158 6 Shoo iChi.i The fanel cessiully appealed 1 the decision v Choo Kuan schoon. mi iKwong Hwa I Mr. Lim Pan HUh School. member Mr. Won" \v. Thu. Yi n Sin School i SINGAPORE. Frr I THHE Education Ministry announced I A had refused on
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    Police suspect arson
    37 6 Police suspect arson ALOR STAR. I I are Investigating a iirewf-1 broke out at 1 a.m. todav'il a house at EUmpang Kua^l village two miles from bn I The attap rool wa I cd. Police suspecl S
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    Elections in 20 centres to pick 52 councillors
    797 7 Elections in 20 centres to pick 52 councillors STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS RUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Voters in 20 centres throughout the Federation will no to the polls tomorrow to choose 7)2 town and district councillors. There are more than 250,000 mimes on lhe electoral rolls in these centres. In PENANG last
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    FATHER AGREES NOT TO EXHUME BODY OF SON
    99 7 SINGAPORE. Fri Mr. Teo Kiat Seng. 45. tonight said he would not go ahead With his earlier plaiv to have the i body of his son. Kian Soon. 16. exhumed. His application for the exhumation was rejected i yesterday by the Coroner.
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    PLEA TO GOVT: GIVE US MONEY
    214 7 PLEA TO GOVT: GIVE US MONEY OINGAPORE. Fri.— The Singapore Council for Adult Education in its annual report urges the Government to help it with financial aid to expand its work The truth m the old adage that 'one adult class means one policeman less'," should be realised, the report
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    Skeleton keys opened safe
    50 7 PENANG. Fri. EusotTe bin Khan Bahador. 22. used skeleton keys to open the safe of the Balik Pulau District Office, the sessions court was told today. Eusoffe, a peon, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing $12 from the safe on Nov. 29 Sentence was postponed.
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    JOHORE TOWN LINE-UP
    69 7 TAMPOI: Inrhr Abdullah bin Sallrh (Lab.l: Inche Aim bakar bin Mohamrd Sallrh (All. I: Inche Ha rim bin Hassan (Nreara). AVER MUI.KK: Mr. liv Imi.v Yong (Lab.); Mr. Lee Chin N;iah (All.): Wan Moha- med bin Ibrahim (Ntcara). NONG CHIK: Inche Abdullah bin I)aio Abdul Rahman (All.);
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      342 7 THE GREATEST OFFER EVER MADE IN THE BARGAIN ERA. ffi EVERYTHING TO CLEAR TO THE LAST PRICE. i \i»iis hi ahymaih: 4.00i»s Si &k V Wovcntex Cotton Panties $1.00 Each Wospcse Corset lO Only Size 26" 1.50 Jf VVoventex Fancy Briefs 1.50 Plain Nylon Briefs 1.90 Ug Panties 2.50 ffl
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      312 7 1 FIVE CONTINENTS k I FIVE MARKS I s^l?™ O ROSLER m Wz®& rZ 1 WEINBACH I SCHOLZE fflßLteK. i FIBICH i PIANOS /^Hfe I 1, b I |rJHiHIHHiI ftU^ E Stop Press: The PETROF PIANO cx- hibited at the World Exposition in Brussels 1958 has been awarded the Diploma
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      264 7 Straits Times Crossword LDLOTTT^MiMinn t yyc XCROSS 0. Change of a *.une about the ,i^™ >w. sea will make you sick (8). I. Road tit* nuHci.ung the whoge orders are m risks of monopoly? i 9. 6>. order? i 7 8) 8. Biave word for a white man v Keynote
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    DEATHS
    100 8 lv Wordi $10 (Minimum). A.E. PFEIFFER age 67 passed ;,«ay peacefully at G.H. 5-12-58. Cortege leaving Good Shepherd 4.30 p.m. today for Bidadari. JOSEPHINE, beloved wife of Andrew Pakiam. peacefully passed ;.way on 5.12.58 at 9 p.m. Cor'ege loaves No. 7. Swanage Road, at 430 p.m. today for Church
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    70 8 21) Hordt M (Minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Ai j Oliveiro thank all relatives and friends for their wreaths, donations, condolences, attendance, and loan of cars at their recent bereavement. MR MRS. V. K. NADARA.IAH and Mr. Ml*. A. T. Arasoo thank all relative and friends who
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    IN MEMORIAM.
    48 8 :n Words SlO (Minimum). MODDER— NOEL FRANK Ul me Federation on (i 12. 50. "In Christ Shall all be made alive IN EVER LOVING memory of A S. Rajah, departed this life on 6th December, 1957. Gone but no' forgotten by his sorrowing wile and children.
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    The Straits Times. Saturday, December 6, 1958. Naming The Day
    1142 8 The Straits Times. Saturday, December 6, 1958. Naming The Day Singapore's Legislative Assembly is to be dissolved on April 2. The Governor will issue election writs, consult tho Chief Minister on the length of time needed for campaigning, and then name polling day. Since the Elections Ordinance fixes the period
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    108 8 FIFTY YEARS AGO I (From tl. L Slrai North Borne, b<l H wedding lSr-*j5 *J? hap p> Mr. Lim Su,, ,H huan and Born,;,. 1 la. Opium Farms '.""N wife. '""I hi, I A straits s, Ul m ">< 1907 nj against til' 79* i\ In Singapore n population «;I?
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    As I was saying...
    1244 8 \TOW that the Assemhly ftas expressed the opinion that an address be presented to the Governor to fix the date for the introduction of Singauore's new constitution there will be an end. it is to be hoped, of the rumour moneerine to which Mr. Lee Kuan
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    SATURDAY STUDY
    9 8 THE DANCER Photo oy K. S. Kong
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      693 8 in Wm4» BM (Minimum) ENGAGEMENT is today announced between Chiang Hal Chew, eldest .-on of Mr. <!L Mrs. C'liiang Mong Hoe of Muar and Engellne Goh Hui Eng. thiid daughter of Mr. Mrs. Goh Puay Lam ol Singapore. 20 Hards $10 (Minimum). 1 AN SIEW GUAN and Wee Slew Chin
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      23 8 CTERN A MATIC I The Mpdern pocJcetwatrh Waterproof. Selfwinding, I in Stainless Steel or Silver Iroin $155 1 1 16 COUYOt QUAY (3j&
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      52 8 PgfreshJng! \L— Carefully blended to produce a most i J^^V delicious beverage V-rJT*^ HTZPATRICKS y^ 3QO Orchard R oad Singapore 9. Tel: 3968* THERE IS STILL TIME TO HEAR FRANK REYNOLDS America's Superb Baritone Co ENTERTAINING NIGHTLY Tk Cockpit _Jable Reservations Tel: jjj^. iD\ RELIEF ]L \W^J FOR ALL THE
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    MIDNIGHT $2,000 ROBBERY IN HUT
    106 9 MIDNIGHT $2,000 ROBBERY IN HUT „N C; \PORE. Fri.— A culled the today nine after she had robbed of $2,000 rth of jewellery by ry took place midnight in a ong hut in Boon Bok Noy. 45. :<c daughters range from 16 were playing So absorbed... ■o absorbed in they
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    PETROLEUM REVENUE UP BY $6 mil.
    43 9 PETROLEUM REVENUE UP BY $6 mil. SINGAPORE, Thurs.—Reim petroleum pro- creased by more 000,000 to 52C.691.000 the first 11 months of compared with period in 1957. trom liquors, howued to decline below the $25,699.- elded last year. collections showed of about 55.000.000 598.676.000.
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    FOUR YEARS' SCHOOL FOR OEMS, CASH ROBBER
    97 9 SG Fri. Ho Ah who. with two other i rubbed a housewife of j cash and jewellery, i rdered to attend Ciurney School till ded guilty to taking hold-up at Tan Iv Road at 11.30 a.m. on At a previous hearing. A.S.P. Nadarajah,
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    Discrimination is illegal, council told
    767 9 5 HOTELS TAKE ADVICE, THEN PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF POWER CHARGES SINGAPORE, Friday. piVE leading Singapore hotels have sought legal advice on the recent action of the City Council in imposing on them what they call "new and highly discriminatory terms for the supply of
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    BUSINESS HOUSE UNION CALLS MEETING
    314 9 iINGAPORE. Fri. The 5 Singapore Business [ouses Employees' Union will old a mass meeting at the ictoria Memorial Hall next eek to protest against what calls an "unfair" draft greement offered by 14 big mployers. The union president. Mr. nhn Chung Teck Hee. said le
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    Baby Ibrahim-a new heir to the throne of Johore-and mother
    73 9 TENGKU IBRAHIM, a new heir to the throne of Johore, seen in the arms of his mother, Che Kholsom, in the Johore Bahru General Hospital yesterday. The little prince, named after his great grandfather, the Sultan, is two weeks old
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    21 Johore nurses to be dismissed
    136 9 KUALA MJMPUR, Friday. TWENTY-ONE assistant nurses in Johore will lose their jobs by the end of January. This is because the Federal Treasury has decided to stop allocating funds for payment of temporary officers. A spokesman of the Ministry of Health here *aid: "These
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    Boy fractured skull in fall
    55 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.Berry Anthony Pike. 11, son of Asst. Supt. V. Pike, tell while cycling home after school when the handle bar of his bicycle dropped off He fractured his skull and died on Sept. 24 In hospital, the Coroner was told today at an
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    Talk for trade unionists
    39 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Mr. G.L. Wilkinson. Commisi sioner for Industrial Relations. Federation of Malaya, will give a talk on "Industrial Relations" to trade union representatives on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Postal Club premises.
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    Three flints on Malaya for showing in France
    116 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The French Government has bought the film rights of three documentaries made by the Malayan Film Unit. France becomes the first European country to make such a deal with the Unit, it was announced here today. The films "Tin
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    $11 a minute— and all taken
    39 9 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Radio telephone reservations for England on Christmas Day at $33 for three minutes are fully booked. Christmas Eve calls are also almost booked out but there are still plenty of bookings.
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    Blonde ('I use the metric rule') keeps a secret
    382 9  - Blonde ('I use the metric rule') keeps a secret R. CHANDRAN By SINGAPORE, Fr i Shapely French fashion model France Gheys stepped off a Qantas airliner at the airport here today— with a statistical poser for reporters and no vital visa for immigration officials. THE RESULT: An hour later a
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    THE WORLD IS NEARING ITS END, HE SAYS
    81 9 THE REV. Barnabas Chang (above), 78-year-old Shan, tungese founder and chief oi the True Jesus Mission, declared in Singapore yesterday that "the world is now nearing its end." The mission concluded a two-day Pan-Malayan conference at the Cultural Centre, Canning Rise, "to
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      101 9 TINGLING -FRESH •and that means healthy gums The tingle /%K& comes from Sodium WJr J Ricinoleute, a 4jjf substance that cans lipP' W^m for your gums, and 1 I GIBBS S.R. is good for teeth and gums X-OIR 111-715.M YOU EVER SEEN AN EXCLUSIVE ]K I FOTIONB OF CHRISTMAS CARDS
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      103 9 What can I gel /I B to relieve J^^l this awful skin W V IL irritation?" m V K "Asepso Soap -it's so soothing" m \§f Asepso Snap protet *s A^Bv vo a S at ns gct'ins that rouse skin troubles. FAMOUS FOR THE KUEF^^^^^JMr OF PRICKLY HEAT "^^MT S5
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    WHY CALL THIS IS A BARBECUE ?
    308 10 WHY CALL THIS IS A BARBECUE YOUR article on the "Barbecue Party" (S.T Nov. 16) is sufficient to cause one and all either to turn in their graves or to have the shakes for a week The essence of a barbecue is to have the carcase of an animal roasted
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    Living in Johore and working in Singapore?
    453 10 The STRAITS TIMES Saturday fonim -"THE understatement 1 of the century is undoubtedly that no administrative difficulties are expected from the new Singapore and Federation differential tax rates. Possibly the statement was made as the Financial Secretary is soon leaving and feels "apres
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    REPORTING DISEASES
    103 10 I SUPPORT Mr. Choong Ah Kong Taiping in his contention that the reluctance to report T.B. cases has more to do with the apathy of the public in general and the private doctors in particular (ST. Nov. 27). The other day I was with a private doctor and
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    Building Society loans and fall in bank rate
    267 10 I AM one of many 1 wage earners who, by dint of hard work, sacrifice and thrift, have purchased their own homes through loans obtained from the Malaya Borneo Building Society. In my own case, when the loan was granted, the Interest
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    Cut out non-essential broadcasts
    232 10 IT is unrealistic to leave out the broadcast in Teochew. Hakka. Hainanese and Foochow dialects. Broadcasts in these dialects have always been kept to the minimum and the essential. The weekly programme for the Hainanese for example takes less than twi hours— the daily five-min ute
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    A place for the Mayor to really clean up
    145 10 MANY of the residents of Teck Lim Road and Jiak Chuan Road had sent many complaints regarding flies and rubbish in this area to Mr. Ong Eng Guan. but nothing has so far been done about it. What is the use
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    INTEREST RATE STAYS PUT
    106 10 JT is claimed that the Malaya Borneo Building Society was established to help the middle class to buy their own homes. This is a commendable thine. In the early days the Society charged six per cent interest. But following the increase in the British bank rate,
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    DOCTOR IN THEIR MIDST
    63 10 T can't understand the Federation Government spending large sums of money advertising for doctors in Ceylon, India and the rest of the world (and even sending recruiting teams) when there is one in their midst willing to join Government service but is told that he cannot
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      239 10 flnfll ■If i' rfyk 1 P -^^St^fl WELDING j&^^LrJ Sole Agents: LINDETEVES (M) LTD. SINGAPORE, K LUMPUR/IPOH/PENANG/JESSELTON Ea< V enrrv S I >gi Four complete W J Very attractive Only 5250/- each plastic carrying If case I Sole Agents:SWEE LEE COMPANY. No. 161. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. 'CAPITOF, BUILDING) j SINGAPORE.
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      165 10 EASY-TO-USE CALCULATOR rapidly calculates any figure probic: JACOBSON VAN DEN BERG (S; LIMUrn Agents for: TYPEWRITERS (M) LTD. SINGAPORE K LUMPUR 0 J Exquisit- Fabrics of Guaranteed Quality Madt in Ensir4 *JLmm specially for Malaya. VOILES Standard Retail Price Spore Penan? $3 00 Per M Federation of Malaya 53.20 Per
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    Italian mercenaries fought in early Malayan tin war
    1290 11 STBAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE I ,|vj BOSS HIRED SECRET SOCIETY MEN TO FIGHT OUT RIGHTS u;«y, in the year 1885 or 86, the exact date is not im portent, a workman digging foundations for a house in Koala Lumpur, drove his changkol
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      404 11 s THE AUSTIN A. 55 (^,fl/Mlt rU4A/j£> New look in family motoring The sleek new A. 55 takes family motoring a dozen Strides forward. POWER The A. 55 has the Powerful 4-cyhrv der o. h.v. I^oo c.c. cnpnK giving As you see from the p.cturc: very hjgh oxnAnot for vcrv
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      95 11 Carmen A #o. By ffdvs pi7;«ji^vi:^HJilMyiaa:<rM>Li^^r:ayi:ir«:ii:'r^^^^ W^^^B^&Tw actist Uk£9 Vj^^l Ituc u/Tfcl/ACP I A* all \v> t ArXjn^C/iuc I VVOkK, BUT ON£ I ~^^W^^tj ihi Suini By Lestiv Cttarieris iiivk Tracy By Chester Uould ■■I^BMBI^BBHBMB f m. boys, i &weat.»~^ U what no i said 3 I And miss egghead
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    STRONGER SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRIALS AND MININGS
    499 12 By Our Market Correspondent THERE was a slight improvement on the Malayan Share Market yesterday following the easier conditions which have ruled for two days in the wake of the Federation and Singapore Rubbers were quiet, but industrials and tins came for some selective
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    RUBBER PRICES
    157 12 December first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 82 U cents per lb. down a quarter of a cent on Thursday's closing prke. Closing tone: Quiet after easier. Closing prices in cents per lb., >esterdny were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 82 sellers
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    RUBBER CROPS
    11 12 In November Kuala Krman produced 119,000 lb. of rubber.
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    Rubber selling continues
    328 12 THE market this week- has been subjected to further heavy liquidation, again largely from up-country centres and considerable quantities were traded at the lower levels, report H.C.B. Co., Ltd., in their current rubber market -survey. The decline was aggravated at times by nervous and stop-loss selling by
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    546 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "Both industrials and tins were selectively better, while rubbers quiet. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business: Fed. Dispensary $106; Fraser Neave Ords. $1.54 and $1.55; Gammon $1.624 to $1.66; W. Hammer $1.54; Henry Waugh $1.28
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 12 Malayan Share Market: Dec. 5 Dec. 4 Industrials: 88.80 88.33 Tins: 87.45 86.66 Rubbers (Si 102.41 101.81 Jan. 1 1958=100
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    70 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday mil rates to $100 1: Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31,; Belgian Francs 1617; Italian Lire *****. On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the r.S. dollar was quoted at
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    95 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Ex- 1 change noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent Decemser/Janunry $41 buyers, $42 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $64 sellers, drum S6tj'_. sellers. I Pepper: quite, no business was reported done, Muntok white $129, Sarawak $128, special Sarawak black $71 (all unchanged).
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    72 12 Ships Tying; alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are; Soudan 1/2, Saint Edmund 4/5, Tokyo Maru 6A. Benalder 6/7, Perim 8/9, Van Reibeeck 10/11, Cyclops 13/14, Limburg 15/16, Talisse 18, Maetsuycker 19,20, Tronoh N. Wall 3, Senai N. Wall 4, Sabang 21 22, Saidja 23/24.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    53 12 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS JNVE.S I abl. while small, Stock Bxchan .^SiJ Con. Zinc .^s^ Mount LyeU ,vr •fount Feko r, 13 Western Ampol Ex. '-/2»s, Oil Scan a Timor Oil Ausl. Con. Tut; A.P.M (New) Bradford B. Hill Pro, Courtauld Dunlop Elec. Zinr Pelt Tex G J. Cole Herald IC.I. (An
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      457 12 NOTICES WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Stockholders will be held at 45 Orchard Road, Singapore on Wednesday 17th December 1958 a*, noon when the Direct' 's will recommend the payment on 9th January 1959 of a final dividend ol 5 -pnts and
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      467 12 NOTICES I CABLE AND WIRELESS LTD. have pleasure in announcing a reduction in telegraph rates between SINGAPORE MALAYA and TAIWAN which are now as follows: Ordinary telegrams^ $1.00 per word. Letter telegrams $11.00 (minimum 22 words) .50 earn additional word. NOTICE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Matriculation Examination May Jane, 1959
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      914 12 I NOTICES NOTICE PUBLIC Is hereby Informed that the Ulu Juasseo, Padang Lebar Road will be closed to through traffic on 7th December, 1958 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. lor the purpose of repairing Bridge No. 4 8 at 3'j Milestone. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a petition
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      693 12 PUBLIC APjPOINTMENTS applications ARE Invited from Federal Citizens and from permanent serving Government officers, including those on probation, for appointment as Technical Cadet/Technical Assistant in the Town and Country Planning Department, Pahang, on the salary scale of $324x14-352/ Examination Bar/ 419x14-545/562x18-652 plus Cost of Living Allowance at current rates. Candidates
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      399 12 OFFICIAL pg! (nehimged) 2 D(-r N ottt:in K N h^«S "K LINE"'" Japan tfc USA Pacific/Atlantic Const Servi* Spire P. S'ram Penang ETA M "Kaimkawi Maru" 9/10 Oec 11 D;c 12 Oec 2n(l call 13/13 D« is Dec Mia "Kuukawa Maru" Ist call 9/10 Jan 11 Jan 12 Mi 1,
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      1392 13 05 MANSFIELD «c CO.. LTD. t«i, 4 ft* tlriLOrporiteo in Singapore) IHK BLUE FUMNEL LIME ml .HINtS 10 UVERFOOI, 61ASG0W, LONDuN I CONIINENTAL PORT* 'i 1 SH> «'t» Ca»t II G*M HaHl cction to proceeo «ia other ports to icao ano discharge cargo LOADING FOR One Spite Sails P. Ska*
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      1245 13 mI m t^laßW Jlm m <■# *4 X/^LaK lM Urn I J r^^U EAST ASIATIC LINES HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR ADEN, PORT SAID. CENOA, ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM BREMEN. HAMBURG. COPEHHAGEH. GOTHENBURG. OSLO Spore P. Sham Penang •y"*" BM 17/17 DM t 23/24 Dtc 21/21 DM 27/21 Die IIIU 9/ IB Jai 11/12
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      1305 13 SIS.* THE BEN UNE STEAMERS LTD. SINMPORE (incorpofiteo I* the United Kingoom) I LINES SAILINGS TO ADEN UK t CONTINENTAI PORTS S'Dore P Shan Penang RENALDER tor Aden, jeddah. PI Sudan Antwerp, Grangemouth, Hull CM 7 Die lENVENOE for Liverpool, Hamburg. M'bro 1/13 Dtt 11/11 DM 11/21 DM RENYORLICH for
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      1301 13 McALISTER <Sc CO.. LTD. til. Nc. tUII ILLEHMAN LINES IONOON, HAVRE ROITEROAM HAMBURC HULL tan roi U.S.A. North Altantic Pom and Canada via Coiombo CITY OF BEBFORD* S'pori P. Sham fenang 15/21 DM 22/24 Dec 25/27 DM Call* Casablanca Havr* oeior. tonoon CITY OF lIVERPOOI Sport P Sham fenang 11/22
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    SHOCKS for England
    942 14 From JACK FINGLETON Brisbane, Friday. gATTING first on a real old-style Australian green-top pitch after Peter May had won the toss, England was toppled out here today 23 minutes before stumps for only 134 runs. It was England's lowest Test score against Australia since they scored 123
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    SCOREBOARD
    188 14 ENGLAND l*t INNS. Richardson c Mackay b Davidson 1 1 Milton b Mcckiff 5 Craveney c Grout b Davidson 19 May c Crout b Mcckiff 26 Cowdrey c Kline b Mcckiff 13 Bailey st Crout b Benaud 27 Evans c Burge b Davidson 4 Lock c Davidson b Benaud
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    Boys played for clubs— out of schools team
    336 14 Boys played for clubs out of schools team SINGAPORE. Fri. Hardly has the long-awaited cooperation between the Singa pore Combined Schools Sports Council and the controlling associations for sport bl Singapore Deen established than it has been struck a I most harmful blow. It has happened in hockey and as
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    FREAK STORM BLOCKS THE TEST BROADCASTS — EXTRA TRANSMISSION
    87 14 FREAK STORM BLOCKS THE TEST BROADCASTS EXTRA TRANSMISSION SINGAPORE, Fri. A severe inospiieric storm interfered with Kadio Australia^ ball-10-ball commentaries on the first Test between England and Australia at Brisbane. Transmission to South-East Asia on the 13 metre band was almost completely blocked by freak atmospheric conditions. The Australian Broadcasting
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    Key Div. 1 match today
    155 14 OINGAPORE, Fri. Tomorrow a key match between Singapore Recreation Club and Police will virtually decide the S.H.A. Div. 1 league championship. S.R.C, the defending champions, must win tomorrow if they are to stay In the running for the title which has been In their possession
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    Butterworth in final
    113 14 SINGAPORE, Fri. A late rally gave R.A.F. Butterworth victory by 13 points (two goals and a try) to nine (three penalty goals) over R.A.F. Changi in their semi-final tie of the Sanderson Cup rugger competition at Changi today. Changi led 9-5 until the last five minutes before
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    BADMINTON TOURNEY FOR SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR
    113 14 BADMINTON TOURNEY FOR SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR J^UALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation of Malaya Combined Schools Sports Council is to organise an inter-school badminton championship for schools in the Federation and Singapore. This tournament, said Mr Toh Boon Huah, the council secretary, will be in addition to the annual Heah Joo
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    Beaten again
    38 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. sell Strength complfted their Chuny Hwa Cup basketball .league fixtures without a single point when they were beaten 37-86 by Mm Chong at Great World tonight. In the other game. Sharks edged Siglap 88-86.
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    SBHFA dinner
    33 14 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The annual dinner and distribution of prizes of the Singapore Business Houses F A will be held at the Diamond Restaurant. Great World amusement park, tomorrow at .7.30 p.m.
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    WEEKEND SPORT IN SINGAPORE
    232 14 TODAY RL'GGER: H.M.S. Malaya Cup: Johore v Singapore, Johore Bahru; Comb. Services v Negri-Malacca, padang. R.A.S.C. v R.A.F. Seletar, Ayer Rajah Road: R.A.F. Seletar •B" v R.N.Z.A.F., Seletar; R.E.M.E. v R.A.F. Changi. Ayer Rajah Road; 19 A.F.S Signals v South Johore "B". Changi: St. Andrew's 0.8.A.
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      623 14 y V MOW Shnu-ing Y?£? < -SXiMttOL > ii, 1.45, 4, 6.30 9.30 Roben imUlk l>cl OIARISSE Lee J. COBB a J MGM's "PARTY GIRL" CScope&Color a Tonight M'nitr VCII F P E! L S ?MJ£ ER WALT DISNEY S ULU YLLLtK Tech (JARO). p Tomorrow M'nitr: -BORROW A RED
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      535 14 <EEBSEt "l^oVnWw;; < Phone TODAY! Robert Hajne, < ***** (No Free Lists) C'Scope n r |n SSSS* "MM-A-BYE BABY' j K Today 9 a.m.: "DRAGONFLY SQUADRON" (Tomorrow 9 a.m.: "THE LAST MCISION" Nf li'lVi p OPENS TOdTyT*^* < DAWWADOAMS HlJ^jL^Bj^ tttHjJ V MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! "THE LAST I\\K\ii,m N *Tft^ K
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      1128 15 SITUATIONS VACANT in Word. $3 (Min.)— Box SO tt,. txtra. WORKSHOP FOREMAN Vacancy with British Company tor really first class man; must be familiar IC Diesel engines also earth moving equipment. Basic salary $300 plus allowances Provident Fund, free light and accommodation offered for right man. Apply with copies ot
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      887 15 ACCOMMODATION WANTED It) Word, SS (Min.)— Box SO ctt. txlra. BRITISH COMPANY RE- QUIRES three Bedroom Furnished Modern Accommodation, Long or i Short Lease Residential area. Reply P.O. Box 480, Singapore. > FURNISHED BUNGALOW with I fenced garden suitable bachelor i and two dogs. Willing to caretake I during owners
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