The Straits Times, 17 January 1959

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  • 20 1 AVI n M.f DAILY (ERTIFIED S/tLB EXTEEttS 80.000 He***** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1959 15 CENTS
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  • 479 1  -  CHIA POTEIK IN 42 PAGES COLOMBO PLAN EXPERT CHARTS WAY TO SINGAPORE-FEDERATION MERGER By The key? Joint build-up of industry Singapore, Friday A COLOMBO Plan adviser recommended today that the Singapore and Federation Governments establish a joint industrial development council whose efforts would "produce safe and
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  • 42 1 SINGAPORE. Fri— Revenue from liquors during 1958 fell by $3,000,000 to $25,066,000. figures Issued by the Customs Department disclosed today. Tobacco was the biggest source of revenue. It yielded $40,572,000 in duty— an increase of $1,259,000 over 1957
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  • 49 1 NEW YORK. Fri. The Tennessee police said that a three-year-old boy whose parents each accused the other of feeding him whisky was admitted to hospital here yestei ty in a critical condition from alcoholic poisoning. The parents were arrested on charges of being drunk. Reuter.
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  • 19 1 LONDON, Fri —The Ist. Bn.. Royal Fusiliers, is to be posted to Malaya early in May Reuter.
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  • 118 1 TENGKU PLAN: Dr. S. IS COOL JAKARTA, Fri.— The Indonesian Foreign Minister, Dr. Subandrio, wid today he could "see ne conclusive pomt 1 In the South-East Asian economic and cultural union proposed by the Malayan Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, Antara news agency reported. The Foreign Minister was making Indonesia's
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  • 252 1 MAYOR SPARKS ANOTHER WALK-OUT SINGAPORE. Fri Four opposition coun cillors walked out of a meeting of the City Council's public utilities committee today in protest against the action of the Mayor. Mr Ong Eng Ouan. when he arrived 15 minutes late and found the meeting already in progress. The four
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  • 412 1  - It's an 8-lb. boy for a blind couple who were childhood sweethearts JEFFREY FRANCIS WIFE: *HOW FOR A GIRL AMD MY JOY MS COMPLETE' By KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A PRETTY 20-year-old Malay wife has given birth to a bouncing 81b. boy she and her husband will never see. Both the
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  • 242 1 SINGAPORE, Friday. WOMEN labourers working in front of the Singapore Harbour Board police station at 9.30 a.m. today stopped digging when their shovels hit wood. Old board employees had told them 70 bodies had been buried in the area. The board's own labourers were called
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  • 28 1 INDONESIA BACKS TALKS MOVE JAKARTA, Fri.—lndonesia has pledged support for C 'pylon ninvc to stage Afr<> MM economic conft'nni> An tar a news agtn today. Rrutcr.
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  • 190 2 SINGAPORE, Friday. I OCAL rice importers fear thai the next shipments from Siain may be delayed, because Siamese military authorities have taken over control of rice exports. The importers' agents have cabled from Bangkok that all rice export; permits issued by the Siamese Ministry
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  • 25 2 PENANG. Fri— The American Ambassador in Malaya, Mr. Homer H. Byington Jr.. will visit Kedah and Perils at the end of the month.
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  • 165 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. Of the 1.800 candidates who sat for thfc Government Chinese Senior Middle 111 examination in December, 974, or 54.1 per cent, passed. Announcing this today, Mr. Lee Slow Mong. the Permanent Secretary to the Education Ministry, said: "The failures who axe
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  • 113 2 POLICEASK HELP TO IDENTIFY MAN KILLED BY BUS SINGAPORE. Fri. Police today appealed for help in identifying a man killed when he was hit by a bus in a temple yard used as a bus depot at the 5} mile Upper Serangoon Road yesterday. The man was a Chinese, sft.
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  • 518 2  -  OH KEE TIANG TAN IS INVITED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS ON JAN. 25 By DENANG, Fri.— The Malayan Chinese Association's Central Working Committee will meet on Jan. 25 to discus« the rejection of its new constitution by the Registrar of Societies. Mr. J.
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  • 321 2  - THA T AFFILIA TION CLAUSE: FATE OF SINGAPORE MCA HANGS IN BALANCE TAN TOCK SAIK By KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. T"HK FATE of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association hangs in the balance today. Its future relationship with the parent body in the Federation will depend on the final
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  • 355 2 NINE GOODS LISTED IN BILL FOR TRADING PROTECTION SINGAPORE, Fri. Certain local manufacturers are to get protection from competition by foreign firms wanting to manufacture the same goods here. The protection is provided for by a provision introduced into the Control of Manufacture Bill. The products listed are soap, biscuits,
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  • 70 3 Here it is the star combination of Mickey and Jerry. Mickey? That's Mr. Anasta s Mikoyan. Soviet Deputy Premier. That's him on the right. The other face could only belong to— and be pulled by screen comedian Jerry Lewis. This chummy shot was caught
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  • 204 3 CAIRO,' Friday. gRITAIN and Egypt have reached an agreement ending a financial dispute that arose from Egyptian nationalisation of the Suez Canal in July, 1956, it was announced here today. The agreement is expected to lead to a resumption of Anglo-Egyptian relations broken
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  • 132 3 LONDON, Friday. A LONDON court yesterday ordered a former servant of the Royal family to stop publication of a series of stories about life in Windsor Castle. The court issued a temporary injunction against Mr. William Charles Ellis, former superintendent of Windsor Castle, on the
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  • 27 3 TOKYO, Fri. Police here today confirmed one of Japan's oldest Buddhist temples in Nagasaki, southern Japan, with many treasures was destroyed by a fire. Reuter.
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  • 28 3 LONDON. Fri. Snow. Ice fog and floods today isolated villages and disrupted transport in many parts of Europe as the freezing spell continued its grip.— Reuter.
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  • 222 3 CELEBES REBELS CAPTURE A TOWN JAKARTA, Fri.— Indonesian Army authorities in Macassar announced last night that combined units of the Darul Islau and North Celebes rebels captured the town of Malili. The Indonesian Air Force struck back at concentrations f rebel forces bombing, among other places. Malili. TOKYO: Crown Prince
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  • 151 3 Winston's son seeks Tory ticket for Bournemouth LONDON, Fri. Mr. Randolph Churchill, Sir Winston's son, today announced his bid for the Conservative parliamentary candidature in the Tory stronghold of the Bournemouth constituency. Mr. Churchill said he wanted to fight the next general election "in the interests of
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  • 288 3 T ONDON. Fri. London stock markets had another good day and finished the week on a ver> firm note. Yesterday's Wall Street rise to a new peak stimulated buying and falily widespread gains were established In the industrial market Company news also helped especially In the case of
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  • 36 3 LONDON, Frl. Spot 25', d Feb 25% d.. March 25.d.. April. June 25'-jd.. July-Sept. 25\d Oct.-Dec. 25-« d., Jen-Mar. 25\d' Jan. c.l.f. 25' 4 d.. Feb. c.t.f. 25' id March c.l.f. 25Ud. Tone: Quietly steady.
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  • 23 3 LONDON. Frl. Buyers £769 >. sellers £760. Forward buyers £759' i. Mllere £780. Settlement £758. Turnover a.m. 80 tons, p.m. 30 tons. 1
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  • 181 3 NEW YORK, Friday. MR. ANASTAS MIKOYAN, the Soviet Deputy Prime Minister, yesterday again advocated a summit conference which, he said, was "bound to take place eventually." i Mr. Mikoyan also told a press conference here that Tuesday's statement on the German question Dy Mr.
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  • 80 3 HONG KONG. Fri— The colony's trade last year was I down more than HK$533 mili lion on 1957. The picture j would have been gloomier I but for a sudden rise in De- cember. This was disclosed tonight in statistics published by the Department of Industry
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  • 193 3 I ONDON. Fri. Mr. Macmillan. the Prime Minister, said last night that Britain was today solvent and paying her way in the world, with a nice bit to spare. "The pound holds up Its head high in every corner of the globe." he told guests at
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  • 412 4 SINGAPORE, Friday T»HK Chief Justice. Sir Alan Rose, today granted an order nisi in the High Court calling on the Chief Secretary and the Registrar of Citizens to show cause why the name of Mr. T. T. Rajah, a lawyer, should
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  • 60 4 THE CHIEF MINISTER. Tun Lim Yew Hock, yesterday gave a cocktail party to the 200 delegates to the Pan-Paci-fic South-East Asian Women's Association. Picture shows (from left) Miss Sun Yee, of Singapore, Ton Puan Lim Yew Hock, Mrs. N. Pillai, of Ceylon,
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  • 214 4 SINGAPORE, Fri.— A clerk. Tan Hock Soon, who had two wives, was electrocuted while he was courting a woman constable, the coroner here was told today. Tan, 36, was found lying on his back In a room at Lorong
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  • 34 4 PENANQ, Frl. Team& from the Nlbong Tebal district office will call at various villages from Jan. 19 to make outdoor collection of quit rents, house assessments, rubber licence fees and other rates
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  • 306 4  - REPAIRS BEGIN ON BURNT-OUT HIGH-TENSION WIRE JACKIE SAM By Singapore, Friday r»ITY COUNCIL workers began work early this morning on the high-tension cable which blew out and plungeci a wide area of Jurong into darkness last night. The fault was detected about 8 a.m. today after a series of "bridge
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  • 73 4 AFL-CIO executive visits Singapore MR. JOSEPH KEENAN, ▼ice president of tbe American Federation of Labour. Congress of Industrial Or. ganisations, who arrived in Singapore today for three days' stay here. He said he would study the "set-up" of Singapore unions. He will call on the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew
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  • 133 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Singapore Legislative Assembly Elections (Amendment) Bill which regulates the behaviour of candidates and voters for the coming general elections, will be tabled for first reading at next Wednesday's Assembly meeting. The Chief Minister Tun Lim Yew Hock, said the bill
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  • 27 4 TEMERLOH. Fri.— Mr. Jes want Singh, formerly chief clerk of the Central Electricity Board here, has been transferred to the board's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 76 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The acting New Zealand Commissioner in Singapore. Dr. R. A. Lochore, today paid a courtesy call on the Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock. He will take up his position on Jan. 19. Dr. Lochore. who arrived in Singapore yesterday. was formerly First Secretary
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  • 182 4 SINGAPORE. Frl. A lorry driver, convicted in the Third Criminal District Court last week of trying to extort "a certain sum of money" from a man who had won the Arst prize In a Federation Social Welfare Lottery four years ago, was today sentenced to
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  • 344 5 'SERIOUS, SAYS ALBAKRI, BUT IT IS A MATTER FOR STATE GOVERNMENT KLANG, Friday. THE chairman of the Elections Commission, Tuan Haji .Must up ha Albakri, commenting on the breach of secrecy at a polling station at Port Swettenham during the Klang town council elections last December,
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  • 80 5 'Lend me Ssoo y says voice on phone SINGAPORE, Fri. A man O posing as a high Feder. ation Government officer has been swindling wealthy Indians in Singapore. His technique has been to telephone a prospective victim and, after identifying himself, to ask for a loan. Then he would send
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  • 54 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. An expert on Indonesian banknotes will be coming to Singapore to help local authorities investigate forgeries. An Indonesian Consulate statement said today that the expert from the Indonesian Attorney-General's office was being sent at the request of a Singapore court after a distributor of forged
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  • 29 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. A new Government clinic was opened this afternoon at Cheng San Village to give farmers living in the surrounding area free medical advice and treatment.
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  • 162 5 SINGAPORE, Friday. DETITE Miss Michiko Ohsuga. of Tokyo, had al- ways dreamed of seeing a typical Malay fishing I 1 village. Last year Michiko. an airgirl with BOAC, came to Singapore twice but each time she stayed here only for a few hours,
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  • 44 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Sultan of Seiyum, Arabia, Al-Hussain bin Ali Al-Katiri. and his entourage, will be the guests of the Arab Union of Singapore and Malaya at a tea party at the unions premises in Geylang Road at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
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  • 127 5 Shaws give $40,000 ang pow to school SINGAPORE, Fri. film magnates. Messrs. Run Run Shaw and Run m c Shaw, have given $40,--000 to St. Margaret's School Building Fund. The Chinese New Year Shaw gift was disclosed todry when a cheque was presented to the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt.
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  • 61 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. A youth. Tham Soon, was acquitted in a district court today on a charge of rioting in Wishart Road on the night of Dec. 10. His defence was not called. The prosecution alleged that he was one of the members of an unlawful assembly that
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  • 199 5 SINGAPORE, Friday. rpHE ANNUAL value of the Chartered Bank buildA ing in Battery Road, assessed by the City Council at $170,000 for 1958, was reduced to $132,000 by Mr. Justice Wee in the High Court here today. The bank had appealed against
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  • 100 5 OFF TO NEW ZEALAND TO DO COURSE OF TRAINING SINGAPORE. Fri. Miss Frances Koh, a teacher with the Singapore School for the Deaf and Dumb, who left for New Zealand by Qantas today for specialised training. She will be with the Christchurch Teachers Training College for a year under the
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  • 94 5 OINGAPORL, Fri. The education committee of the Singapore People's Alliance has drawn up a scheme which will en. able 5.000 under. 14-year-old pupils who had failed their Primary VI to con. tinue their schooling. The committee will submit its plan to the Education Minister
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  • 255 5 U.S. racial tension less, says delegate SINGAPORE, Fri. Dr. Zelma George, an American sociologist, said today that the Negro question in the United States had been heavily charged since the Civil War with conflicting passions, hopes and frustrations, terror and hatred. The problem, she said, lay in the struggle against
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  • 61 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Chief of the Air Staff. Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Sir Dermot Boyle, will pilot his own Canberra aircraft to Singapore tomorrow. Sir Dermot. who is on a 20.000 mile tour of Far East Air Force units, is expected
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  • 23 6 1$ H'ortfi $10 (Minimum). CARTER. NOEL (Nick) passed away suddenly 10 Tomlln: on Road. 16th evening. Funeral Bldadari Chapel 3.00 p.m. 17th.
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  • 43 6 til Wort* $10 (Minimum). MR. MRS. HAN TOW LIN wiih to thank the Medical Staff of the Chest Unit of the Malacca General Hospital who cared and nursed Mrs. Han Tow Lin during her serious illness during her stay In Malacca Hospital.
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  • 26 6 29 Wort, HO (Minimum). IN MEMORY OP Homer Cheng Hul Ming. The soul of man Is stronger than anything 'hat can happen to him.
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  • 184 6 J» Wort* Sl» (Minimum). rHE COCKPITS Java RUstUfel la served every Saturday and Sunday lunch time. FTTZPATRICK'S SUPER-MAR-KET Have Just received a consignment of American Hard Mixed Candy 11 oz. tins $1.50 per tin, also Cranberry Juice pint bottles $1.35. MATERNITY REGISTERS Required under the Employment Regulations are available
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    • 653 6 With terrorism on its last legs there is a danger that the coming end of the emergency is being taken a little too much for granted. The new Director of Operations, Major-General Dato Brooke, has warned against overoptimism, and so did General Dato Sir James Cassels, the
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    • 262 6 The M.C.A. executive apparently is ready to accept the ruling of the Federation's Registrar of Societies that its revised constitution is unacceptable. Dr. Lim Chong Eu, the president, says that Mr. Adams was right not to grant permission for registration when he objected to certain provisions in
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    • 231 6 Whether service in tho Burmese army, first with the Japanese against the British and then with the British against the Japanese, makes a man a good administrator is a moot point. But Burma's young colon 'Is apparently are a bit more efficient, and much more courageous, than the
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  • 180 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO (From the Straits Times of Jan. 14. 1909). 1 R. A. R Wallace, famous E I*l naturalist, has put for- ward the theory that the dividing line between the E animal kingdom of Australia and that of Asia 2 runs westward of tlir Phi- lippines through the
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    9 6 AT PRAYER Photo by Ghiam Chin Hutu
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  • 1227 6  -  CYXICUS by I HAVE met far too tew of the delegates to the Pan-Paciflc and South-East Asian Women's Association seminar to have any idea whether their conference will be as stimulating, provocative and forthright as it ought to be. They will not. I hope, keep off
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  • 381 7  -  EE BOON LEE By Singapore, Friday AN 'L-PLATE ROMANCE' ENDED UNDER THE LIGHTS OF AQUARIUM EXTRA POLICE were sent tonight to the King George V Park here, scene of a fatal stabbing last night. There were two separate police patrols in the park last night,
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  • 160 7 Man who makes elephant vanish SINGAPORE, Fri. 13 The John Calvert Show which is travelling round the world is due in Singapore from Manila of Feb. 12. The show, which will open at the Sky Theatre on Feb. 17, will play three times a day for three weeks. It has
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  • 29 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Trie Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy. will visit the Constitution Exposition site on Monday evening to inspect his Ministry's exhibits.
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  • 31 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The DPP, Inche Mohamed Salleh bin Abas, today made his final submission in the Fonseka murder trial. Mr. Justice Ismail Khan will sum up tomorrow.
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  • 155 7 Delhi fashion model Ouru just wants to be good wife SINGAPORE, Fri. Top New Delhi fashion model Duru Mlrpuri, has arrived in the Colony to become just a good housewife. Pretty 20-year-old Duru was married to Singaporeborn Mr. Rewa Mirpuri. a businessman, a month ago in New Delhi. She said
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  • 200 7 It will be night of surprises when Philip sees fair SINGAPORE, Fri. Prince Philip will have many "pleasant surprises" when he visits the Singapore Constitution Exposition at the former Kallang airport on Feb. 22. Mr. Lim Kee Meng, secre-tary-general of the cxi position committee, said today there would be a
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  • 474 7 Mr. J.: CAPITAL CURB 'DANGEROUS 9 Minister replies to 'profits* article in Petir SINGAPORE, Fri. The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, today warned that any Government attempt to impose restrictions oni the free flow of remittances of business profits aboard would have detrimental effects on Singapore's
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  • 46 7 —AMD TO GIVE HIM A YIP WELCOME, Mrs. LEON-SOH 1 MAYOR ONC and hit wife at the airport yesterday. At extreme right is Mrs. Leon-Soh. former Liberal Socialist councillor, who was at the airport to meet them. Straits Times picture.
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  • 290 7 INDONESIA TRIP DID ME A WORLD OF GOOD, HE SAYS SINGAPORE, Friday. CUN-TANNED and still in a happy, holiday mood, the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, returned to Singapore from Jakarta by Air India today after his fortnight's tour of Indonesia. The Mayor stepped off his plane to a welcome
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  • 20 7 MALACCA, Fri— The American Ambassador. Mr. Homer M. Bylngton. began a two-day official visit to Malacca this afternoon.
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  • 69 7 Still four bandits in Johore lOHORE BAHRU. Fri. J -Johore is all "white" but there are still four inactive terrorists in the area. Special Branch men tipped off by informers are working hard to capture them A police spokesman said that the four Reds are believed to be somewhere in
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    • 165 8 THE LAW AND THE SIAMESE GIRL ONE has waited for some days in vain for some one in authority to explain satisfactorily how (as reported In the Straits Times of Jan. 9) a young Siamese lady, who from her photograph did not appear to be either a runaway child or
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    • 59 8 'L' DRIVERS ONLY FRMERLY there were no lorries parked in Banda Street, and now there are chains of them parking there. Since Banda Street is being used for the many "L" drivers and heavy traffic, I see no reason why this street should be used for parking lorries, as the
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    • 326 8 rpHE contention of "S.P.N." L writing on the People's Alliance and its new education policy (S.T. Jan. 8) that if the secondary school entrance examination is abolished the education here is going to be third rate should not be left unchallenged. The fact that there arc-
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    • 403 8 MALA YA 'S BIG NEED: A COMMON TONGUE FOR ALL RACES ON Jan. 5, 6 and 7 the National Congress of Teachers held an educational conference in Kuala Lumpur. This was the first opportunity of its kind to enable teachers of all types of schools in the Federation, whether of
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    • 95 8 MAY I reier you to a letter (ST. Jan. 5) on the subject of retirement of teachers. Could I be permitted to point out that teachers engaged in classroom teaching are not retired as is made out by your pupil correspondent. Teachers in executive positions such as
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    • 109 8 IT is typical of the official mind that it will be alert to minor Infringements of the law but is impotent in the face of the big-time criminals. I refer to the letter signed on behalf of the Federal Comptroller of Customs, issuing a warning to would-be
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    • 90 8 WITH reference to the letter from "Lonesome Pine." (ST. Jan. 9>, in which it was asserted that all the Rest Houses in Johore were dirty and dismal I feel I must challenge this statement in so far as the Merslng Rest House Is concerned.
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    • 140 8 rpAIPINO workers are 1 being caused considerable inconvenience at the Assum Kumbang Road level crossing (station end) almost every day. People going to work Just before 8.30 a.m. have to wait a long time at this crossing as the gates are generally closed about five minutes
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    • 191 8 Mr. Francis Thomas Justifies his continuance in office as a Minister In the S.P.A./U.M.N.0./M.C.A. Alliance Government though his Chief Minister does not acknowledge his political party as forming part of the present coalition on the grounds that there is no difference of policies
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    • 162 8 ATTACK ON MINISTER IS UNFAIR rE unfair attack on Mr. Francis Thomas for keeping bis seat in the Government cannot be left unchallenged. Mr. Thomas has every right to remain in his post. He should be admired for his bravery. He started as a Labour Fronter and is still a
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    • 394 8 Keep up Wl with the Y^ JS( entertainment world In addition jg yj^^^dm to complete SB jS details cf fljEßßw most radio WBt& pro grammes JB) available in a6Bl Malaya the jPfe Radio Weekly 3&E st^ ,w4 contains many ig&Sjjj interesting fea- tures on atl os- 1^ P«cts of the
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  • 1346 9 As war strategy Singapore port was closed to the invader GULTAN Ali Jalla 'Abdu'l Jalil, King of Johore, was in an expansive mood. In alliance with the Portuguese he had thrown back an attack on his capital at Johore Lama. It had been
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  • 8 9 THE OLD FORT ON THE HILL AT MALACCA
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    • 118 9 Varwnvn Co. By f###o r^C*. WUA'S T -f EhLm^JA« u-SN THE POUCi HAVE LOST INTEBIST*! THIS \l I lßr~~~'r N I L^«e "r»^/__H^T^p" ;> convict, well c<j up ouc loot anp skip to scvuj P j|_ f,j^> "*VJWm__^^B Saint By i.vsiiv Vhurivris TSHES STILL AS INNOCENT ASI fTWANK KXJ, SIR
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  • 152 10 February first trade rubber buyers fob. closed in Singapore yesterday at 86 a cents per lb., down flve-eighths of a cent on Thursday* closing price The tone was quiet after slightly easier. Closing price* In cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot if.o.b. buyers 86',.,
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  • 112 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Busuanga 1/2, Brooklyn Heights 4/5, Straat Torre 6A, Umarla 6/7, Hoegh SUvermoon 8/9. Nagoya Maru 10/n, Eastern Maid 13/14, Mteslppi Lloyd 15/16. Ansun 88. Leneverett 19/20. Sumpii.ui N. Wall 3. Perak N. Wall. 5. Tong Thay
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  • 475 10 By Our Market Correspondent 'J'HE first half of this month saw a welcome jump of 117 per cent in Malayan tin shipments to 1,500 tons, Straits Trading Co. Ltd. figures published yesterday showed. This was only two hundred tons less than total
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  • 70 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' A»»»etatioii made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday all rates to $100): Selling T.T. or O.D. rrady: i French Francs *****; Belgian I Francs 1629\. On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the I.S. dollar was quoted at 5.75H
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  • 323 10 One of the most surprising features of the week, or indeed the past two weeks had been that, despite the continuous heavy buying for Russian account, the rubber market has been affected to a comparatively small degree, report H.C.B. Mi Co. Ltd. in their current review. Admittedly,
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  • 28 10 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16. RUBBER: 86~i cents per lb. (down fiveeighths of a cent). TIN: $384.75 per picul (up r >o cents). Estimated unofficial offering 130 tons
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  • 534 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "All sections on the local share market were quiet and prices were inclined to ease slightly. Sterling rubbers were firm. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the follow ing business: Fed. Dispensary $1.14: Pitzpatrlcks $1.07 to $109; Praser
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  • 22 10 Malayan Share Market: Jan. It .lan. 15 Industrials: 89.57 89.68 Tim. 90.48 M.*2 Rubbers lltt.r.b 110.49 Jan. 1 1958 IM.
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  • 139 10 MELBOURNE, Pri. INVESTMENT shares maintained a flrm tone on the Slock Exchange here today. Shares generally continued their upward trend. Ampol Petroleom gained 9d. Mining shares recorded a steady I tone on light trading. Commonwraith bonds held a firm ton*. Loans 3'^r 1956-S9 £100 118. buyer Bank of
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  • 108 10 Singapore Chiiuae Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: steady; UK 'Continent January /February $41 buyers, 142 i sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $64 sellers, drum $67.. sellers. Pepper: steady; no business was reported done, Muntok white $130. Sarawak $129 both up $1), special Sarawak black
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    • 694 10 NOTICES THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., (MALAYA) LTD., Kt'ALA LUMPL'R. NOTICE is given that Mr. W. A. Lennle is no longer employed by this company and is not authorised to transact business on our j behalf. KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ASSESSMENT SECTION MUNICIPAL TREASURERS DEPARTMENT As from Tuesday 20th January. 1959
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    • 790 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN SINGAPORE CHAIR OF BACTERIOLOGY I Applications are Invited for appointment to the Chair of Bacteriology in the University which became vacant on the resignation of Professor J. H. Hale. M.D.. M.R.C.P. It is hoped that the successful candidate would be able to assume duties
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    • 501 10 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Messrs. Yeo Van Poh it Company of 61. Kampong China, Kuala Trengganu, are no longer Agents of this Company and have no authority to transact any business or collect money on our behalf. NORTH BRITISH MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO., LTD., Singapore. 16th January. 1959.
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    • 773 10 "K LINE' Japan at USA Pacific Atlantic Coast Service «Ht». mt iimm £TA HK £M tTA v EU 71 tall U/14 Fa* i| lea >.. n Mlf Mu MMing for Hongkong, all Japan Port», San Francisco Lot AngeTej, Pan"™ N* vork. Boston. PhiiKMlDiua Baltimore. Norfolk, Savannah also acceptinf e»i» toj
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    • 1503 11 x.i. X405 MANSFIELD tSc CO., LTD. x*n» »4i» (II limsj (Incorporated in Singapore) (Ii hats) o*,;,"" THE RLUE FUNNEL LINE T SAILINCS TO LIVERPOOL SUSSOW. 10M0N ft CONTIHEHTAI PMTS (Via Sau Witt lilertj M artteil via Paaaaa a Cape M teed Mat) Cam I option to proceed via other ports
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  • 111 12 Weather hits weekend games I ONDON. Fri. With snow Li and ice remaining on many grounds, soccer and rugby fixtures are likely to be badly hit this weekend. Football league clubs took the advice of secretary Alan Hardaker and called on local officials to make early decisions to avoid unnecessary
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  • 160 12 SINGAPORE, Frl. Abe Saperstein's Harlem Globetrotters opened their Singapore tour at the Happy World stadium tonight after a hectic rush from the airport. The Japan Air Lines plane which brought them was delayed aX Hong Kong. When It finally touched, down at Singapore the plane was
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  • 45 12 BUENOS AIRES. Pri —Michael Smith (Warwickshire) scored 216 not out for the M.C.C. amateur touring team on the first day of their three-day match against Argentina here today. M.C.C. declared at 410 for six. Argentina were 14 for one at the close.— Reuter.
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  • 35 12 BAHGALORE Frl. The touring West Indies cricket team scored 375-7 on the opening day of their three-day match against South Zone here today. Holt hit 105. Hunte 50 and Smith 79. Reuter
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  • 28 12 TOKYO. Fri Orient champion Sadao Yaoita (Japan) scored an unanimous decision over world flyweight champion Pascual Perez in a ten-round, non-title bout here tonight. Reuter, U.P.I.
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  • 279 12 SINGAPORE. Fri. —The Combined Schools will enter a team in the Singapore Cricket Association's j unio r tournament this year. Revealing this at the S.C.A. annual general meeting today, Dr. Ong Swee Law, who was re-elected president, said this was the first step in t
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  • 316 12 O'Neill says 'no' to an offer I by UK club <JYDNEY, Fri.—Aus- tsalian Test cricketer Norman O'Neill of Sydney will not accept an offer to play in the Lancashire League in England this year. The 21-year-old batsman said today he would cable his reply to the Accrlngton Club which Is
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  • 50 12 SINGAPORE. Fri. A lastminute goal by centre-forward Vennlng saved Singapore Cricket Club from defeat by Combined School when they drew 4-4 ln a friendly hockey match on the padans today. Schools scored through Lingam (3) and Sundralingam while S.C.C. replied through Vennlng (2), Hughes and Stanning.
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  • 362 12 May tops batting averages SYDNEY, Friday. DETER MAY tops the England batting averages 1 after three Test matches with 294 runs it 49.00, but he is closely followed by Colin Cowdrey, whose 100 not out in the Third Test boosted his runs to 231 for an average of 46.20. May
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  • 50 12 ADELAIDE. Pri. Oavlr Stevens, 26-year-old South Australian opening batsman, strengthened his claims for Test selection when he hit an unfinished century today. He made 124 not out in helping South Australia to score 313-3 on the opening day of their Sheffield Shield match against Queensland. Reuter.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 494 12 RUGGER: S.C.C. Ist v Tankards, padang; R.A.B.C. v South Johore Ist, R.A.S.C.; South Johore "B" v Johore Police, Johore Bahru: 19 APS. Regiment v Tfte Blacks. Changi; Johore Asians v R.A.P. Changi, Johore Bahru. SOCCER: Pongol Festival i final i Gymkhana v Indian Youngsters. Farrer Park: Friendly: Joliilads v Katong,
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    • 1488 13 B»sl^^^B»^^i^^^^^^^l^J^B bls^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^JTL^T^B SITUATIONS VACANT i U Word, %i (Vim.)— Box St ctt. exlrm. GENERAL CLERK fresh from school (Senior Cambridge) with I knowledge of typing. Good prospects for Uiose willing to learn. Apply with testimonials to Box A 5889 S.T. APPRENTICE CLERK/BOOK- Keeper. Must be able to read and write
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    • 837 13 I ACCOMMODATION VACAIW 2$ Ww4t Si (Mm.i—Box it eU. txtrm CORNER TERRACE HOUBE— For Residence or Shop In .Oppei Serangoon. Opposite Government School. Immediate occupation (with fridge, etc.) Tel: (.S'pore) I IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION Airy Bedroom Residential Area— Serangoon Garden Suitable fa) Married Couple Have Child maj Consider— For interview. Ring
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    • 785 13 I I Ilium M Wt4, U (Min.)-Baz St ets. txtrm. POH SAN DANCE Studio 283. Outrun Road, special coaching medal tests classes from bronze to gold star P.A.T.D. Tel: *****. LADY TUTOR Teaching: Chinese and English. Boys and girls please contact 15, Joo Chlat Lane, Singapore. Miss Tea Fee moderODR
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    • 918 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE M r«f* U (Vm.)-Boi M cU. txtr, LATE 1956 GOUATH Excellent condition. Baity payments can be arranged. Interested please write to Box A 5887 S.T. giving address and Phone Number. MUST SELL 1953/4 Ariel M/ Cycle 350 c.c. Taxed, Insured 9/8/59. Very good condition. Highest offer secures.
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    • 657 13 FOB SALE M Wor4, U (MU.)—*** M eU. axtra HULA HOOP RECORDS— Teach you the right way to do It. Get one today from Mcng Huat, 97 North Bridge Road. Phone ***** MITCHELL 1 HP. DELUXE Window Model Air Conditioner New Condition $750 or N.O. Box A 5837 S.X. BUY
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    • 364 13 rOU SEE THEM HERE YOU SEE THEM THERE SMEDLEYS PORKERS ARE EVERYWHERE! V SKINLESS PORK SAUSAGE BABY PORK CHIPOLATAS /^Cj^^FITZPATRICKS 300 Orchard Rood. Singapore 9. Tel: *****-9 This is *Just hrn II untid lIP nfttV jfil When a shopper exJBg claims 'That's exactly mi what I was looking fc^g for'
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  • 157 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTM Me* 1 CHfNDERIANG GITTYS«U«e CHENDCRIAN6 Kni«llt*brid 9 Ch«»derior, 9 Gcftyibur, 2.1 S a«Hiri GUntfor* Kn,,h,.b-,d«t R««. 2 BIILCEN WINDSOR II SILLEEN Scholanhip The Whntl.r Moho R S M« 2 45 Premium Bend Stholorship Malay Film II Boca 1 PEPPER DEALER TINY JADE HAMLET
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  • 1071 14 HE CAN OUTSTAY THIS LOT DESPITE DOUBLE PROMOTION EPSOM JEEP's best bets at Ipoh today are Chenderiang (Race 1), Cora (Race 4) and Technicolor II (Race 7) CALL BOY's double is Dr. Doddington (Race 4) and Grand Coup (Race 6). The going will be good. Rina will
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  • 1366 14 MACE 1 1.15: (Class J. Dlv. 4)—- 6 Furs. 1 Chenderiant vY.K. Foo) R. Breuk.. 4 9.0 (SK) King 2 ***** Kni(htsbrid(e (Lefresan St.) Yong, 5 8.13 (F) Berg 3 ***** Invincible (FCL St.) R. Breuk.. 6 8.11 (O) Barrett 4 57 Gettysburg (Kawatuan
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  • 864 14  - Fit, tough-as-Fijians Perak fifteen are Cup final favourites LEE FOO SAN and SAUL JOSHUA By IPOH, Fri. With 12 tough and hard-playing New Zealanders forming the core of a powerful fifteen, Perak hold an excellent chance of beating Singapore in the 29th final of the H.M.S. Malaya Cup rugby competition
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