The Straits Times, 30 January 1959

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  • 20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Nat**" 1 flew**** tstd. 1845. FRIDAY. JANUARY 38, 1959 15 CENTS
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  • 726 1  -  LEE KHOON CHOY EDITORIAL IN PETIR APPEALS FOR TOLERANCE 'Do not insist on equal rights immediately'— P. A.P. paper Advice to Chinese: Allay fears of Malays By SINGAPORE, Thursday. h TRAGEDY no less catastrophic than Ceylon's recent bloody civil strife will befall Malaya if the Chinese
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  • 97 1 New Aussie fighter squadron is due soon CANBERRA. Thurs. Th«r second Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron will fly from Australia for duty in Malaya early next month, the Air Minister, Mr. Frederick Osborne announced here today. Last November No. 3 Squadron of the 78 Fighter Wing flew 16 Sabre
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  • 209 1 'LAND FOR CITIZENS' IS STILL ONLY AN IDEA I^UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The question of allowing only Federal citizens to own land in the country in the future is an idea put forward for consideration by the National Land Council. Nothing has been decld ed, he Deputy Prime Mm lster. Dato
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  • 29 1 LONDON, Thurs. Mr. Victor Feather, assistant secretary of the Trades Union Congress, will represent the T.U.C. at an Indian trade union conference in Assam next month.— Reuter.
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  • 22 1 PARIS. Thurs. Oen. Raoul Salan, iormer commander-ln chief in Algeria, of French national defence, was today appointed Military Governor.
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  • 178 1 Monaco's Govt. dissolved by Prince Rainier MONACO, Thurs. Prince Rainier 111 today suspended the constitution of his tiny state of Monaco. This means the dissolution of the National Council (Parliament) and the municipal council of Monte Carlo. For the time being Prince Rainier will rule personally through a State Council.
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  • 165 1 Model Pauline to marry son of a millfenaire pAI'LINK SZETO, 24. a I Singapore model, who will marry Mr. Stanley Leong Thoe Seng, 28. an architect and racing motorist, in Koala Lumpur on Monday. A thousand people have been invited to a dinner at the Kuala Lumpur Turf Club on
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  • 66 1 Negri's last bandit quits SFRFMBAN Than. The last terrorist in Negri SembiUn a state committee member has surrendered. This Government announcement was made today 36 hours before the entire state is declared a "white" area by the Regent of Negri Sembilan. The terrorist, Yeung Tin. gave himself ap to a
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  • 29 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. Antara news agency said today that President Soekarno would pay a formal visit to Turkey next April. The President was invited two years ago.— Reuter.
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  • 49 1 PERTH. Thurs. Three nuns and a priest, all on a visit here from Ireland, were drowned last night In a picnic boating accident at Mandurah. near Perth. Two other nuns clung all night to an overturned dinghy and are In a critical condition.— Reuter.
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  • 41 1 NAIROBI, Thurs. Three Indian elected members of the Kenya Legislative Council have decided to withdraw from the work of the council's next session In protest against the British Government's rejection of demands for a round table constitutional conference. Renter.
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  • 163 1 KOTA BHARU Thurs. The "no study strike" by about 600 students of two religious schools entered its third day today. The students of the Mathad Mohammadi School in Kota tharu and the Madrasatul Ameer Indra School ir Bachok are protesting against the decision of the
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  • 462 1  - AMOK WHO WOUNDED THREE IS SHOT DEAD EE BOON LEE by Singapore, Thursday. MENTAL home escapee was shot dead after he ran amok and wounded three police officers in a village off the 7] mile Yio Chu Kang Road here today. Detective Tan Soon Watt fired two shots and killed
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  • 38 1 NICOSIA. Thurs. Two Greek Cyprlot girls, Christoulla Pandell, 18 and Niki Sofroniou. 19, were Jailed for two weeks' by a Limassol court today for throwing stones at security forces at Agros on Jan. 22 and 23.Reuter.
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  • 472 1 Jakarta men: We were snubbed SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, president of the Pacific Area Travel Association, was called in tonight to intervene in an incident in which the Indonesian PATA deleKates figured as victims of an alleged snub in Singapore. The Indonesians walked out in protest at a
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  • 26 1 RE|ECTED BID: DENOUNCED WASHINGTON, Thurs, Niiir congressmen denounced -rejection of low British bid to supply twe turbines for a dam project in Arkansas. Reuter.
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  • 157 2 'Queen of the Sea' awaits a permit SINGAPORE, Thurs. The $1,000,000 luxury yacht Shemara ("Queen of the Sea"), which Belgian millionaire industrialist Mr. Maurice Solvay has chartered from Sir Bernard Docker, has heen held up in Singapore to await a permit to sail to Bali. The Shemara was to have
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  • 423 2  -  VICTOR NAYAGAM Opposition to police recording witnesses' statements In certain eases? By KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A top level committee will, it is understood, recommend to the Government that the present system of holding preliminary inquiries into serious charges should stay. The committee con-
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  • 265 2  -  JOSEPH YEO FIRST LEG OF JOURNEY IS O)/ER FOR SIX MEN (OLDEST IS 80) By SINGAPORE. Thurs. Six men have arrived here from Bangkok on the first leg of a Journey to Mecca by truck. One of the party Is Nat Chua Bhanbusavl. a 60--year-old Buddhist
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  • 175 2 Steelworkers' chief meets Singapore's VIP unionist SINGAPORE, Thursday. \M R. DAVID MACDONALD, president of the United iTI Steelworkers of America, had his wish today —meeting "YIP unionist" Tun Lim Yew Hock, the Chief Minister of Singapore. Mr. Mac Donald. who arrived from Australia yesterday, first paid a courtesy call on
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  • 265 2 The hawkers: Heated debate expected in City Councii SINGAPORE, Tliursiby A HEATED debate <>n hawken is expected ut tomorrow's City Council ■Meting Controversy is sparked by two decisions of the health committee, which recommended: NO. 1: That the council should deplore the recent wave of "unwarranted mass arrests" of hawkers
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  • 16 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs An UMNO fun fair was declared open here this evening.
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  • 86 2 UNIVERSITY DISPLAY OF CHINESE PAINTINGS SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The ice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Prof. A. Oppenheim, will open an exhibition of loaned Chinese paintings at the university's art museum on Tuesday, Feb. 3. at 5.30 p.m. A number of originals by great painters of the Mine and Ch'ng dynasties
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  • 64 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Two Japanese beauty experts. Miss Nagayo Ishihara. 21, and Miss Yoshiko Miyamoto, 27. who are here to demonstrate the use ot Shlseido cosmetics at the Singapore Constitution Exposition, today gave a preliminary demonstration at the Hollywood Room. Odeon Theatre. They were assisted by Miss Susan
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  • 39 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A man. A. Rasaungam. was fined $150 or a month's jail In the Eighth Magistrate's Court today for stealing clothing valued at $43 from a house at Serangoon Garden Way on Dec. 30 last.
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  • 85 2 Indonesia v. Federation on the dance floor PKNANG, Thurs. Indonesia and the Federation will meet in an international ballroom dancing contest to be held in Kuala Lumpur next month. Preceding this will be an international meet between Indonesia and Sineapore. Date* for the two contests are to be fixed later.
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  • 357 3 IKE: PEKING HAS ARMY OF 3,000,000, MODERN AIR FORCE AND MILITARY POWER STILL GROWING WASHINGTON, Thursday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER said yesterday that the Chinese Communists had three million men under arms and a modern jet air force and that their military power was growing year
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    • 47 3 Drought is over— now come floods MELBOURNE, Thurs.' Heavy rain, which four days ago broke a searing twoyear drought in the "outback" of Queensland, has now brought flooding to larfe areas of the state. About 300 people were marooned today after rainfall of up to 15 inches.
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    • 16 3 NICOSIA: A large-scale new hunt for EOKA terrorists has begun throughout the north-east peninsula of Cyprus
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    • 32 3 LONDON: Mr. George Ward. Secretary for Air, said procedure for the handling and control of ballistic missiles in Britain was such as to ensure that they could not be launched In error.
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    • 22 3 KARACHI: A Pakistani Air Force Wayfarer transport crashed In flames In the mountains near Rawalpindi killing seven passengers and all the crew.
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    • 27 3 MIAMI: Five teen-age boys were killed instantly and two others seriously injured when their car crashed into a partially constructed seawall on the beach at Cocoa Beach.
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    • 22 3 LONDON: Trade unions were asked to give official backing to electricians threatening to stop all work at Ford car factories in Britain.
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    • 16 3 ALGIERS: French troops killed 205 nationalist rebels in two major battles in the past 24 hours.
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  • 348 3 500,000 IN BOMBAY OUTDO DELHI TO GREET PRINCE PHILIP DOMBAY. Thur s.— Bombay yesterday outdid Delhi in its welcome for Prince Philip when he drove into the city to the cheers of half a million people at the start of his week-long tour of India. The 18-mile route from the
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  • 166 3 Scotsman praises Tengku's plan EDINBURGH, Thurs. Tengku Abdul Rahman's pan-Malay plan is the "most dynamic idea to strike South-East Asia" the Scotsman said today. "It is the first Independent piece of political scheming which the region has allowed Itself." the newspaper's diplomatic correspondent said. In a special article he .said
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  • 20 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. President Eisenhower will visit Mexico in February at the invitation of President Adolfo Mateos. Reuter.
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  • 247 3 SHE WAS TOLD: GET OFF MY BEAT LONDON, Thursday. AN attractive woman M.P. told a women's club yesterday that a few nights ago she had been mistaken for a streetwalker by another woman Miss Pat Hornsby-Smith, Conservative M.P., said she was standing in front of
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  • 128 3 FOG DELAYS EMERGENCY TRIP BY AMBULANCE LONDON. Thurs. A 10--month-old baby was taken to a London hospital today for an emergency brain operation in an ambulance guided by policemen on foot. Eight policemen walked In relays to direct the ambulance over a 15-mile fog-bound route to the hospital. They made
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  • 35 3 MEXICO CITY. Thurs. The government seized Mexico's eight airlines and placed telephone exchange buildings under heavy police guard today In an attempt to halt the spread of labour unrest across the nation. U.P.I.
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  • 48 3 HOLLYWOOD. Thurs.— British actress Audrey Hepburn broke four ribs and injured her lex when she fell from a horse yesterday while making a film at Durango. Mexico, her studio here announced today. She was working on a scene in the Hecht-Lancaster film "unforgiven." Reuter.
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  • 344 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The hlgh-l'-ht of London stock markets t00... was the sharp rise In certain Orange Free State gold mining shares with Free State Oeduld around 13s. higher following news of rich gold values at the mine, revealed In the chairman's an- nual statement. Stock markets generally mre
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  • 58 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Earl of Home, the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, and the Countess today called on the Sultan of Kedah at Istana Anak Buklt in Alor Star. They visited the Ban Heng Bee Rice Mill in Alor Star. the Balai Besar and
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  • 42 4 KOTA BHARU. Thurs.— The former Assistant Officer In charge of Criminal Investigations. Inche Ibrahim bin Hitam. is now the OCPD of Kota Bharu police district. He succeeds Inche Yusoff Shah who has been transferred to Kuala Llpls.
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  • 187 4 How to beat the burglars— by a policeman $50,000 HAUL FROM HOMES TBIS MONTH SINGAPORE, Thursday. MANY of the 118 homes thieves had broken into this month had been left unattended while the occupants went shopping or visiting, police said today. losses in these burglaries totalled more than $50,000. Said
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  • 134 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. A SINGAPORE economist, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, is now in Israel studying its economic set-up. Dr. Goh, who is one of the leading members of the People's Action Party, left about a month ago at the invitation of the Israeli Federation
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  • 141 4 No official road map? There IS, says Survey Dept. KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Survey Department headquarters here expressed surprise today over the complaint of two travellers that there was no official road map of Malaya Mr. C.L. Laws, 43. and his wife were stumped for a map when they arrived In
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  • 37 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs—Thirty students of the Queenstown Secondary Technical School visited the Singapore Telephone Board City Exchange. George Street, today as part of their civics course They were shown how the Telephone Board functions.
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  • 26 4 KUANTAN. Thurs. The Minister of Health, Mr. VT. Sambanthan. will begin his tour of East Coast hospitals by visiting Kamaman. Trengganu. on Jan 29.
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  • 161 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs PeUlinr Jaya, Kuala Lumpur's satellite town, will be on show in model form at the Singapore Constitution Exposition on Saturday. A spokesman for the Petaling Java administration said today that Sinrapore industrialists would be informed of the general advantages offered by Petalinir
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  • 247 4 TWO NEW THEATRES IN SHAW CIRCUIT SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Two cinemas one in Singapore and the other in Kuala Lumpur built at a total cost of $4,500,000 for the Shaw Brothers organisation will be opened on Feb. 6. Opening of the $2,500,000 Lido In Orchard Road here will be made by
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  • 388 4 'No licence for glandular tablets man is fined $861 SINGAPORE, Thurs. E. R. Chart of Chari and Co., Robinson Road, was fined a total of $861 after pleading guilty today to six charges under the Poisons Ordinance. Mr. M. Coomaraswamy. the magistrate, was told that
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  • 33 4 JOHORE BAHRU. ThUTS. Mr. W. J. Llttlejohn. executive secretary of the Johore State War Executive Committee w no is on leave, will talc* up an appointment in Kelantan oa hu> return.
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    • 541 4 I Today's Singapore diary... »ata CONFEKENCE closing INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY Volunteers Club night 7 p.m. MMlon \t Vtetoria MemorUl fl»ll. MOVESfENT: Free film show at CLOTHING SHOP .t St. Anrr° Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Moul- drew* Cathedral CWA Room. 10 SHELL THEATRETTE: Free ineln Road, 7.15 p.m. ftjn. to noon film
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  • 283 5 New legislation will block Communist economic aggression KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. BUREAU of standards, to ensure that locally manufactured products which are given protection are up to standard, will be essential to the success of the Federation's new antidumping; law. The Government must also
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  • 68 5 MISS YUEN CHOOI YKN(. 18, Singapore's delegate to the 1959 New York Herald Tribune Forum for High Schools, meets Miss Kluin Aye Daniels of Burma (left) and Mr. Bisid- thisak Subarubbesay of Siam, in New York, Mlvs Yuen, daughter of Mr.
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  • 35 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Mr. S. L. Prescott, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia, will be returning here soon to join the commission appointed to investigate the academic standards of Nanyang University.
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  • 144 5 Lost job, so man, 67, leaped to his death CINGAPORE, Thurs. Four months after he was retrenched, a labourer leaped from the first floor of a building and fell 15 feet to his death. This was stated at the inquest today on Tan Bue Buck, aged 67. who fell from
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  • 25 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Local candidates for the London 1959 written examination of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music totalled 1.035-
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  • 218 5 WIFE IN COURT SHOWS 20 'LOVE LETTERS' SINGAPORE, Thursday. TN THE Shari'ah Court today, a wife produced 20 documents and said that they were all love letters which had a bearing on the case before the court. The letters, tendered by Radiah blnte Shaikh Ma'arof. 19. were not read. Radiah
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  • 144 5 SINGAPORE, Thursday. rnHE acting Director of Broadcasting in Singapore Mr. Tony Beamish, said today that he had not been officially informed about the Khek boycott of the programme specially arranged for the Chinese New Year and the Singapore Constitution Exposition. Describing the boycott as "absurd."
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  • 114 5 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. A Kedah shopkeeper. Lob Shoni? Yong. explained in court today that 16 bottles of perfume, four ballpoint pens and six refills, on which he had to pay duty, were intended as wedding present for a friend. "I bought them with two other friends."
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  • 62 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Mr. Ec Soon Howe, president of the Singapore Rotary Club, will tomorrow morning lead 20 delegates to the Rotary International conference (District 330) in Saigon. District 330 includes Singapore. Malaya. Borneo. Sarawak. Siam, Cambodia. Laos and Vietnam. About 250 delegates are expected to attend
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  • 45 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A misadventure verdict was recorded today on Tan Teck Soon. 64. who was killed >n a collision with a motorcycle on Dec. 15. The accident took place at Telok Blangah Road while Tan was trying to cross the road.
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  • 37 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Singapore Film Society will be screening the Ella Kazan film, "A Face in the Crowd" on Feb- 15 at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Cultural Centre Theatre. Canning Rise
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  • 33 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Abdul Rahman bin Sa'at. of Singapore, was fined $350 in the Magistrate's Court here today for driving a car without a valid driving licence and without insurance cover.
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  • 38 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Teo Boon Ktat. 49. was fined $360 or two months' jail in the Fifth Magistrate's Court today for having 5' 2 lb of dutiable cigarettes in a cubicle at Blanco Court.
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  • 28 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The City Council Chief Administrative officer. Mr. P. C. Marcus, has accepted the resignation of Mr. George Newman, a senior markets and hawkers inspector.
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  • 170 5 MECHANICAL STREET CLEANING FOR KATONG TO COST $28,000 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Rural Board will spend $28,500 to keep the Katong area clean for Chinese New Year. At the board's monthly meeting today, members approved this sum to buy two lorries and two cranes to expedite the cleaning of streets. Mr
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  • 99 5 PENANG, Thurs. A motorist, Teh Ah Seng, explained in court today his car zigzagged when he tried to avoid some cyclists. Teh. 32. pleaded guilty to an amended charge of Inconsiderate driving along Maxwell Road at about 11 p.m. on Jan. 16. He was
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  • 354 5 Manager of jobs agency is jailed for cheating SINGAPORE. Thurs.— •^The manager of an employment agency Singapore Uni i Service, was sent to Jail I today for two years, to be followed by two years' police supervision, for cheating a jobseeker of $150. I Cheang Ban Swee, 27. who I
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  • 183 6 SINGAPORE SLING-THEN A SWIM WITH GIFT SARONGS AS SWIMSUITS SINGAPORE Thurs.— About 40 of the PATA delegates' wives enjoyed a tropical picnic-de-luxe when they visited Pulau Damar Laut (an island 14 miles from the city) today for swimming, gin slings and curry lunch under the palm trees. The guests were
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  • 322 6 Three ILO experts will help to step up our output MORE PRODUCTIVITY FROM SAMS MEN, MATERIAL AND CAPITAL SINGAPORE, Thurs. Three International Labour Organistion experts are coming to help Singapore increase industrial productivity. They are Mr. H. Whitaker, leader of the team, Mr. A. J. Young and Mr. R. H.
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  • 31 6 KUALA TRENGGANU. Thurs Members of the youth section of UMNO here want state councillors throughout the country to be paid $350 a month instead of %2 r ~>
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  • 190 6 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Tay Aw Quee, a tri-sha-rider, told a Singapore preliminary inquiry today that he was stabbed for cracking a Joke with another tri-sha-rider. Tay was testifying at a preliminary inquiry in which Lee Ah Koh, a trisha-rider, was accused of the attempted rmirder of
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  • 69 6 PE24ANG. Thurs. The Deputy Mayor, Mr. Tan Phock Kin, will movp at tomorrow's City Council meeting that the Senior Chinese Middle Certificate be accepted as a qualification for admission to the Council's clerical service. Mr. Tan will also urge the Council to accept candidates who have attained the
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  • 180 6 Inside again for man with 8 convictions EIGHT YEARS' DETENTION FOR EXTORTION BID SINGAPORE, Thursday. .4 SO-TEAR-OLD man who has spent nearly oneiX third of his life in jail was today convicted for the ninth time and sentenced to eight years' preventive detention by the First Criminal District Judge, Mr.
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  • 97 6 Jobless position Is likely to get worse KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A warning that the unemployment situation is likely to get worse is given in the latest report of the Department of Labour and Industrial Relations. The report says: "Unless the tin restrictions are eased and the general trading conditions improve,
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  • 53 6 SINGAPORE, Thurs. <The 20 girl receptionists of the Singapore Constitution Exposition tonight travelled in launches from Clifford Pier to see the exposition from the sea. The boat-ride, which was a trial, took about 20 minutes and gave the general impression of the exposition at night
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  • 76 6 ATTACK ON SOLDIER OVER A GIRL JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— A hotel cook. Lei Koh Kan. was sentenced to two months' Jail today in the magistrate's court here for assaulting a soldier. Cpl. Terence Adams said Lei struck him with an iron bar at the Malaya Hotel on Sept. 20 after
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  • 29 6 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Singapore Tamils' Representative Council this afternoon gave a farewell tea party to two visiting Tamil language experts, Prof. G. Govindarajan and Prof. R Mascarenhas.
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  • 21 6 JESSELTON, Thurs. All post offices throughout North Borneo will be closed on Feb. 9. the Chinese New Year holiday.
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  • 112 7 YOUTH will bring a cultural touch to the Singapore Constitution Exposition to be opened tomorrow by toe Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock. Groups of schoolchildren will present a two-hour variety show every night. A Ministry of Education spokesman. Mr. Joseph David,
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  • 297 7 HELP 'PLAIN PEOPLE' TO MEET SINGAPORE, Thursday. RELEGATES to the Pacilic Area Travel Association conference here were today urged to work for cheaper travel within the area. This plea was made by Mr. Modesto Farolan. president of the Philippines Tourist and Travel Association, who said PATA
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  • 34 7 PENANG. Thurs. An Australian school teacher. Miss Judith Bamberger. 18. arrived here from Melbourne today to join the RAAF school which opens in Penang next Monday In the city's former mayoral residence.
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  • 135 7 Sir Leonard next PATA president SINGAPORE. Thursday. OIR LEONARD ISITT, a New Zealander, is expect- ed to be unanimously elected tomorrow as the 1959 president of the Pacific Area Travel AssociaI tion. Sir Leonard, who is chairman of Tasman Empire Airways Ltd. and the New Zealand National Airways Cor- poration.
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  • 109 7 VISA-FREE TRAVEL FOR TOURISTS IS URGED SINGAPORE. Thurs. —I A proposal for visafree travel for tourists visiting member countries has been made at the Pacific Area Travel j j Association conference I here. Delegates have discussed 1 minimum government requirements for entry and departure of tourists from member countries and
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  • 24 7 KOTA BHARU. Thurs. The State Government will increase its grant to the Muslim College at Klang from $5,000 to $15,000 this year.
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  • 152 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Ministry of Education here today appealed to the parents of children born in 1945 and who had failed in the secondary school entrance examination last year to make use of the proposed special afternoon schools. Singapore's Chief Examin. ations Officer, the Rev. Theodore
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  • 211 7 SHOPPING LIST OF FIVE REBELS: 5,000 BANNED WAR BOOKS OENANG, Thurs.— Five Indonesian rebels, headed by a North Sumatran businessman Teuku Haji Omar, have arrived vi Penang to buy 5.000 copies of a book on the "Atjeh war." The book, "Kissah Prang Atjeh," first printed and published in Kota Ray
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  • 402 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Several University of Malaya graduates today accused the Singapore Ministry of Education of "not keeping faith" with them and of being "very unreasonable The graduates were commenting on a Straits Times report that a number of them were reluctant to be teachers
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    • 425 7 LONGINES mjM I- i-l In obiervatory Tests during 1957 LONCINES achieved the following m&s If- 1 rem*rk«bl« results: |H*j :J At Neuchatel Wrist Watches: 24 awards (including 8 first prises). ttf i lii At Geneva The best result ever, for both Scries of Chronometers B k an< iin c chronometers
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  • 55 8 Ju Word, $l» (Minimum). MRS. CH'NG TEONO CHBONG i nee Lim Pek Hoei on Mth Jan. 1959 at her residence 40, Rangoon Road, Penang. Funeral on Sunday 1.2.59 at 11.00 a.m. AT HENBLAS YSTRAD Meutlg Cardiganshire 24 January 1959 lorwerth Hywel Osborne- Jones sometimes a well known Malayan jugoy
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  • 85 8 in Word, $1$ (Minimum). MR. <* MRS. 8. K VEKRIAH thank friends and relatives for their valuable gills to our son Mr. Maruthamu;hoo's wedding. THE FAMILY OP the late Mr. Low Cheng Ngak thanks their Pastors. Friends and Relatives who sent condolences, wreaths, gifts and attended the funeral. MESSRS
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  • The Straits Times
    • 631 8 Too Cold For A Thaw? There were not so many rays of sunshine in Mr. Khrushchev's speech at the I 21st Soviet Communist Party Congress that a thaw in I the cold war can be expected with any certainty. For the most part Mr. Khrushchev maintained a familiar position. But
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    • 495 8 Press And Trial By Jury After long inquiry the Federation committee appointed to consider whether changes are desirable in the procedure of commital for trial by jury has agreed, it is believed, not to recommend any change. Opinion seems to have been divided, and it is likely that a majority
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  • 1591 8  -  Dr. LIM TAY BOH A Malayan economist says that the failure to grasp essential points about Singapore's economy has driven I son* politicians and businessmen into unnecessary I pessimism about economic prospects for the island, i In the first of two articles the author
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  • 359 8 LONDON. rnHE Russians have been responsible for most of the "flying saucers" sighted throughout the world in the last 10 years. So »ays Dr. Carl Oustav Jung, the gTeat Bwiss psychologist, in his latest work "Flying Saucers." publisher l by Routledge. London But they
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    • 164 8 r would appear that with the rapid increase in motor vehicles upon the roads of Singapore there is also a flock of negligent drivers, negligent to the point of criminal neglect. I refer chiefly to drivers who pull out from the verge
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    • 89 8 f PRESUME the streets and 1 public buildings will be decorated and Illuminated for the visit of H.R.H Prince Philip. It is to oe hoped that the different communities and associations will consider erecting arches along main roads to welcome Prince Philip. I am sure commercial
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 655 8 |ilMIMMlll»ll««MMII-#«l»iMiMIIIMMIMI«j Straiti Time* Free Preu tot Hi* convenience at aaNar* I j I t i»c is our rtpr«xneoll»a» et Is* I' I Hoor. SINGAPORE COLO JIVJMCI. i ORCHARD ROAD, «i« I Mil"! c finoll aa*#fTi4afwaajW mrq aaawart i to box nymWrt. ClaaMttaa' advtrtttamaatt m> i i also ba handed to:
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    • 75 8 OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS for young men You have a rood idea. Your country could supply the materials you want, the labour, the market. All you need is capital. The January Reader's Digest (now on sale) teUs the story of Bill Graham, globe- trotting millionaire, who uses his money to help young
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    • 79 8 For Cleaner Whiter Teeth and Sweeter Breath M 4 4 T -El CHtuKv^--. m V M m mf\ -W__ J use COLGATE Chlorophyll Toothpaste Brush your tertfa regularly with Colgste Chlorophyll Toot bpMM. This wonderful green toothpaste not only fight* tooth decay and keeps your teeth clean and white but
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  • 916 9 CHIEF SECRETARY IS ACCUSED OF AN ACT IN BAD FAITH SINGAPORE, Thursday. AIR. T. T. RAJAH, a Singapore lawyer, told Mr. Justice Ambrose in the High Court today that the Chief Secretary had not exercised his discretion legally in depriving him of his citizenship by removing
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  • 102 9 Two old women, part of a crowd of 500 over M-year-olds, fainted while queueinc for Chinese New Year gifts at the Great World Park. Singapore, last night. The queueing began at 2 p.m. The gifts are part of the
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  • 272 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thursday. EXPORTERS' proposals that the Government should act as a buffer between the smallgrowers and the canneries by "buying fruit from the former and selling to the latter at what might turn out to be different price level, were rejected at a
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  • 66 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Members of the Johore Bahru Town Council named to serve on its works, plans and town planning committee this year are Inche Ahmad bin Mohamed Shah (chairman), Inche Banudin bin A. Mana.s. Mr. Lee Teck Chiang. Mr. Lee Chin Ngiap. Hajl Annuar bin
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  • 126 9 SUPER HOSTESS FLIES IN FOR A QUICK LOOK SINGAPORE. Thurs. One of the world's most fastidious air travellers, Mrs. Sheila Portch, is due here tomorrow in the course of a six-week flight through a dozen countries. As BO AC s passenger relations officer, Mrs. Portch's duty is to see that
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  • 194 9 SYLLABUS TEAM TURNS DOWN 'FIGHT REDS BY CIVICS' PLAN KUALA LI'MPI'K. Thursday. rpHE PLAN to fight Communism through educa- tion by introducing subjects such as ethics, civics and logic into Malayan schools has been rejected. One of the reasons for the General Syllabus Committee's decision to reject the plan, the
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  • 124 9 6,000 New Year gifts to the aged SINGAPORE, Thurs. For the 10th year in succession, Shaw Brothers will distribute Chinese New Year gifts tomorrow to old people over 60 years of age here and in the Federation. The recipients, increasing year by year, will reach 6,000 this year. Each will
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  • 24 9 PETALING JAVA. Thurs A new sub-committee of the Petaling Jaya Development Corporation will examine the conditions and pay of the corporation staff-
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 182 9 The flight captain hos chosen his profession and hn fl >l^ El= watch wisely. He knows that pre- 'A '< **'m cision instruments are vital to the L»»SBHa¥ security of air navigation. That is why he has chosen a Tissot his first "SHMH' precision instrument. B ii TISSOT VISOOATE 1
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    • 167 9 SKIN TROUBLES^ \^-^T^*lg^*'^ Don't nuffer the torments o! «kin imt»tio« \\JlL^^^ —t he agony of skin dine mow. Cool, healing. y^ D.D.D. Prescription will bring yo« m J inrtant rtlief. M^f DRIVES PAIN AND ITCH AWAY HmR VB^B/ D.D.D. Prescription prnetratt* into tkt H^^B\ vH «ii».attark» the festering t,-erm««ii<idriv»» out
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  • 1455 10 THE UNHAPPY JOURNEY OF PETER THE HERMIT STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATAURE. Pop* Urban II whose golden tongue inspired Peter the Hermit. IN the town of Clerraont in the French province of Auvergnc on November 18, 1095, a great assembly gathered about a dias draped in scarlet. When the speaker held
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    • 229 10 sal //■>//« NEW GENERAL^) ELECTRIC U.S.A. AUTHORISED OCALCRS IN SINGAPORE SOUTH ASIA TRADING CO., 351 Victoria Street, Spore 7. Tel. No. ***** and *****. SIN SEONG YIP TONG KEE, 153 South Bridge Rd. Spore 1. Tel. No. *****. OVERSEAS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., 76 Orchard Rd. Spore 9. Tel. No *****
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    • 367 10 (Advertisement) READERS' POSTBAG Qwrfc. Ckaa Sometimes I fiai-e a date iihirh meant going straight from the office. I would like to renew my make-up, but hacen't the time. Can you suggest avuthing? Easily answered. Besides removing every trace of dirt »nd make-up in a matter of .seconds. 'Anne French' Deep
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 79 10 Carmen A Co. By bias The Saint By Leslie Charieris rSUT A MOM&fT A6O >OU UXXCE^I fIM NOT TM A 6*S 6/AC.' ■Fifi^^fcm Li<E A WOAAN-AND MOrV VOUKrJ lIN A TEW £"5 IU BE AW Jrs| Uivk Tracy By Chester Gauid Tarsan By Edgar lliv<> Burroughs Bflt^^^Hwi^rr^ I __S~\ THfN.uttE
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  • SUBAN BARRIE SEES THE WEEK'S NEW FILMS
    • 397 11 JERRY LEWIS is always funny to my mind sometimes even funnier than the doyen of clowns, Danny Kaye. But in "Geisha R o y," Paramount's latest big comedy production, Jerry does not have his most rewarding role, although he raises many
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    • 210 11 DISASTROUS IMPULSE-AND IT'S SO CONVINCING •'THE Birthday PreA sent;" a British film starring Sylvia Syms and Tony Britton, is one of those convincing true -to life stories that are so effective on the screen when they are well acted and directed. It concerns the disastrous consequences of a little Impulsive
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    • 300 11 Mr. Freud would turn In Ms grave rivlE medical profession. 1 especially those on the psychiatric side, may not give a seal of approval to "The Hypnotist, bat even though the story is Improbable, It Is Interesting and makes quite a good film of the semi-thriller type. Paul Carpenter. whose
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    • 244 11 A film to make you grip the seat GLENN FORD, who emerged as top box-office attraction in a recent American poll, adds to his honours as a tough and courageous submarine skipper ln 'Torpedo Run," MGM's drama of an American naval battle with the
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    • 80 11 HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has dropped a stipulation barring admitted or suspected Communists from receiving its annual "Oscar" awards. An announcement following a meeting of the academy's board of governors said the 1057 bylaw to this effect had been repealed
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    • 569 11 iiij hi Phone: MOW CIiniHIMCI il ajn., 1.45, 4.15, t [«im»KI 211U iOW •■WMW 845 M»M p... J I I "TL- f ACT Bf \T-ritßlZr VAN JOHNSON Thm LAST BLITZKRIEG (Columbia). 3+ Midnight Tomorrow! "GUNMEN from LAREDO" (CoL). Tomorrow a.m.: "TREASURE of BENGAL". 2 Sonday 9 a.m.: "NIGHTINGALE of ALISHAX"
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 70 11 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 19 Pot's raven's refrain (9). 9 Hour binge disrupted by tha C ryU 10 Tm?c^\**& SUi S5, wUad Uno h«d.--11 Sd (7) W Pre F d^a include liquid Id 12 seu tbe expert a whHefUh P*^^ w)mWw 14 It de^rlbes'^he netber re-' J[!*? n^,»2i by tlons.
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    • 158 11 ln a Obrlstmas dl»«srslon (10). 2 In brief. Violet's nobleman "l'nM';"*^! tor another 3 Put aside ln Camhel, vary likely (6). 4 A way to upset tbe first Mrs. Copperlield (4). 5 Uttle Rhody's capital f oresif ht (It). 6 Maxim in study gives this name 7 Recover, (or example.
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  • 375 12 FRESH SPURT TAKES TIN TO HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 1957 By Our Market Correspondent A FURTHER spurt of $!.12J took the price of tin up to $388.75 per picul in Singapore yesterday which was the highest level reached since May 1957. The highest price in 1958 was $388. The offering yesterday
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  • 30 12 SINGAPORE, Jan 29. RUBBER: 851 cents per lb. (up seven eighths of a cent). TIN: 5388.7.'i per picul (up $1.25). Estimated unofficial oftrrine 138 tons (up 10 tons).
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  • 467 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: ''All sections on the local share market were steady and prices were well maintained. The turnover was smal 1 Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to J. 30 p.m.: Fed. Dispensary 11.13; Flupatrlcks $1.04; Fraser and Neave ords
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  • 25 12 Malayan Share Market: Jan. 29 Jan. 28 Industrials: 88.91 88.67 Tins: M.7S M.73 Rubbers: (t) 109 19 109.1* Jan. 1 IMB ss I*o.
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  • 146 12 February first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at toW cent» P« r lbup seven-eighths of a cent on Wednesday's closing price The tone was steady. Closing prices In cento per lb., yesterday were: OmCML: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 84-V sellers 85'«; Int. 1
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  • 107 12 Ships lying alonfside the Sin<aasce Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Bayeret«ln 1/2, Bolssevaln 45. Benvag BA. Idomeneus 6/7, Cheklang 89. Sibonga 10/ 11, Temkewa Maru 13, 14. President Polk 15/16. Aizu Maru IS. Islaner lt/30. Sanana 31/13. Hoegh SUverspray 33/34. Arkeldyk 35 26. Bronxvllle 37, 28,
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  • 135 12 MELBOURNE, Thurs. INVESTMENT and mining A shares maintained a nrm tone In an active market on the Stork Exchange here today. Associated P»lp up Is. lid. on higher profit and the Interim dividend of 4' a per cent was the main move. were firm. Loans 3',«5- 1956-*****0 13s.
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  • 111 12 I Sincaperr Chlneae Produce t\change no n prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK/Continent January/February $42 buyers. $43 sellers. Coconut oil: quie". bulk 1 164 sellers, drum $67.50 sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business was reported done. Muntok white $135. Sarawak $134 (both down $3). special Sarawak black
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  • 72 12 The Malayan K\ change Banks' Aaaoclation made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday tall rates to $100): Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Swiss Francs 141: French Francs *****: Belgian Francs 1631%. On the free exchange market In Hang Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted
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  • 80 12 rpHE Mwitlm 1 Minister x of Ftaaaee has Axed the followinc prlen far caJrnlattns; Cnrtini dalle* far the week ■ngtiwhsf on Jan. Zt. Robber M% eenU a lb. Copra S««t a ton. Coconut oil $I.o*o a too. Fatal ail IfM.ZS a tan. Palm kernels S4OS.M a ton. The
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 610 12 NOTICES NOTICE The Annual Ci-neral Meeting of I the Oxford Cambridge Society will be held on Friday. 30th Janu- ary, 1959, at Uie Hollywood Room, Odeon Cinema Theatre. North Bridge Koad, at 5.15 pjn. All members o( rllher University are .ordially invited. PROFESSOR A. OPPENHEIM President, Oxford Si Cambridge Society.
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    • 346 12 NOTICES NOTICE OF CHANCE OF NAME I I. H.J.S. Walsly No. 212, Watson Road, Bentong, Pahang, District Hospital, Bentong, heretofore called and known by the name of H.J.S. Walteingham. hereby give! notice that on the 24th September 1958 I abandoned the use of my said name of H.J.S. Wallslngham and
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    • 320 12 I NOTICES KAMUNTING TIN DREDGING LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) Cabled advice has been received that at a Meeting of Directors of i the abovenamed Company duly I constituted held on the 27th I January, 1959, an Interim Dividend of four and a half pence i 4' 3 d.t per share
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    • 698 12 NOTICES NOTICE This is to Inform the Public that Messrs. Thlam Whatt Lighterage and Transport are purchasing the goodwill and assets of the firm of Jupiter Luggage Service of No. 30. Arcade. Singapore as from the Ist day of February 1959. Any one having claims against Jupiter Luggage Service and
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    • 1096 12 "K LINE" Japan OSA PaaUU /Atlanta* Coast Service S'aort P S'htm Penjnj ETA HK ET* KoDt ETA L» ETA NY "Msttau Man" lit call li I Ft* 11/11 fik 12 »M HM tall i3u Fat ii Fit n rat ii Mar n Mat "Masai Man" Ist call I/It Mac 11
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 1575 13 T.i: i 405 MANSFIELD ds CO., LTD. x«4t »4» (II lues) (Incorporated <n Singapore) (U toan) SST* THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE T SAILINGS 11 LIVERPOOL. BLASBBW, LBMM I CONTIHEHTAL PORTS (Via Stu witt itertj tt artcwM fit Pataau er Cape tl MM Mai) Carriers option to proceed ma other porta
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    • 1260 13 MJllpMyUlJJkVrWriMlilpi EAST ASIATIC LINES NBMEWARB UILIMS FIR ADEN. PMT SAII. UNIA, ANTWERP MTTEMAM. AMSTERDAM MEMEN, NAMMM. COPENNAMN. 60THENIUP* AM OSLO Sport P. S"Mm Penang SARSMNA- VtFM 1/ 7 FM -1 "SEUNIIA— 11/11 FM M/«FM W9 FM ■s. "KINA MFM/4MM 1/ I MM 1/ 7Mm Callt lattet tar passeatirs. Call! l«yrnrtt
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    • 1276 13 ISXSm THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. nLl n T, ItMAPBM (latertartiM M ttt UaitM UtajJtM) I UNI S UlllMS Tl AMU. IX I CONTIHEHTU POITS Spore P. Sham Pttwtg lEMOIAN to. Lontloa, Rttttrettj. Bremen, Hamtwrg S 34-lt tFM UMM PJrttt arrives PM BENALBANACH for Aden. Jerjdih, Port Sudan, London, Hamburg,
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    • 1327 13 McALISTER «k CO., LTD. TEL: Nl.: ***** CIXIRMAN LUfTM KLAVENESS LIMB LtHBON, HAVRE MTTIMAM, NAMMM LOS AMEUt. UH FS^NCISCO. and ftr U4>.. North Atlantic Porta SEATTLE, Vancouver I PORTLANI MM Canada UtuUit carti *w CaMral A Stall em t# LIVERPMI Aatrtta rpert P. Sham Penang RMniville It ParVM tat 11
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  • Commircial News and Views complited
    • 136 14 Company offers new service OFFICE Appliances, Singapore, is now offering a service for planning complete new office installations or re organisation of existing establishments in Malaya. Mr. A.R. Townsend, the company's manager, said yesterday that an expert would be available to advise customers on office layout problems and on choosing
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    • 290 14 SINGAPORE DEALERS' OPTIMISTIC VIEW [MIX Peking Government may at any time end its four-months old boycott of direct trade with Malaya, following the Singapore Government's lifting of import restrictions on Chinese textiles into the Colony on Wednesday, local textile traders said yesterday. Mr. Tan
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    • 205 14 Three more cities on CPA routes fATHAY Pacific Airways Ltd. will add three new cities, Tokyo, Taipeh and Seoul to its present network from July 1. Mr. D. R. Y. Bluck, commercial manager of the airline announced in Singapore this week. Mr. Bluck said that with the new arrangement. CPA
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    • 152 14 WEST German total natural rubber imports in the first 10 months of last year fell by 8,524 tons to 98,935 tons compared with the corresponding period of 1957, reports Reuter. But her purchases of synthetic rubber showed a slight rise, totalling 33.385 tons against 32.109 tons.
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    • 71 14 A total of 315.945 cars, delivery vans and lorries were produced at the Opel motor company's works at Russelsheim. near Mainz last year, according to figures published by the West German Economics N»*ws Service V.W.D This compared with 228.903 vehicles in 1957 and 207.010
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    • 221 14 HONG KONG can successfully combat competition in the paint trade, a leading businessman from that Colony said in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Paul Low. managing director of National Lacquer and Paint Products Co.. said that Hong Kong paint industry was growing very fast. He claimed that
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    • 192 14 A LEADING British rayon manufacturer, Samuel (ourtaulds 4k Co. Ltd.. has successfully developed a new type of furnishing fabric, which is fire and stain resistant. Called the Duracour, It Is made of a special yarn impregnated with certain chemicals to rive a hard.
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    • 223 14 MALAYA will soon be getting supplies of Terylene fabrics from India, Mr. O.P. Dhawan, publicity officer of Silk and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council, Bombay, said in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Dhawan said that India started manufacturing the material six months ago and
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    • 77 14 The United Kingdom aircraft Industry exports reached more than £154 millions sterling last year. This was 33 per cent more than in 1957. Announcing the year's figures in London, the Society of British Aircraft Constructors point out that since 1955 the Industry has increased Its value
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    • 330 14 as ad' anced as it looks the most advanced JU lighter in the world This exciting-looking lighter is fHJRiH something you're going to want. |jpp»^3 And not for its looks alone. You can fill it up in five seconds. You «c sj can top it up whenever you like iJ
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    • 64 14 ENO .\-±vs< ENO mM M*RKLING ANTACID J V t 'fbuitsalt' mmjmZ*.^ rT coofc the Wood. ««W. aptat uomochv kaao* *aa> watanuinoiuum y "^-^T.TiT Tir^" a*o«e «"d fcaunhy. i« aso •co io»po» mv» good, tool 6» *>orfc «»o,.»e4 < lMn 9 trio. ENO'TSThe words "ENO" ..nd "FRUIT SALT" •re registered trade
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    • 834 15 Check Betire Prating Repliei tt Box Numbers j Utmost car* ihould bt token 1 i when replying to bom number 1 i adt. to me the CORRECT i I NUMBER ami Address to Hie I Straits Times, Times HotiM, River Valley Rood. I Cash mutt b« sent by r*gh> f
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    • 824 15 I ACCOMMODATION WANTED Word, ti (Mi*.)— Box it tU. txtrm. YOU'VE GOT IT! I want It! House/Bungalow In Own Garden on Long Lease. Easy reach Tann- lin. Please write Box A 6059. S.T. EUROBEAN OFFICERS REQUIRE Unfurnished/ Furnished Houses Postal Districts 17, 16 IS. Apply immediately Box A 6OBl S.T.
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    • 820 15 TUITION tt Wordt ti (Mi*.)— Box tt elm. txtrm. CAN'T DANCE! Here's The Quickest Way. Enables You Dance In 3 Hours. Enrol Now Ghanl's School Of Dancing, 56-A, Jalan Besar. SAFETY DRIVINO SCHOOL. Safe Rapid Tuition by Competent English -speaking Instructors. Moderate Charges. Phone *****. 268. Orchard Road. Singapore YEO
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    • 892 15 DOGS. PETS, ETC. it Word. U (Mlm.)-Btx tt eU. txtrm. BOXER PUPPIES For Sate. Apply No. 5, Jalan Kemaman, ofl Balestler Road, Singapore 12. WANTED ONE FULL Grown Cocker Spaniel (mate) any colour M.X.A. Class 1. Ring ***** anytime ask for Tan. 5 DALMATIAN PUPPIES, 2H months, and 1 Alsatian
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    • 554 15 FOR SALE I* "»rdm ti (Mi*.i-Box tt cte. txlr. UNUSUAL OFFERS! To publicise "Turlssa". "Helvetia". Swltserland's wonderful, beautlful. Sewing Machines, Poch Traders, 6 Foch Road, *****, accept household goods as part payment I BRAND NEW and best selection of standard and long-playing records at bargain price, also many selection of
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    • 463 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Cituens or State Nationals and from serving Government officers. Including those on probation, for appointment as Technical Cadet, Technical Assistant in the Town Jt Country Planning Department. Jobore. on the •alary scale of $324 x 14 352/ Examination Bar 419x14-548 562x 18-652 plus
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    • 461 15 NOTICES BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICES. SINGAPORE NOTICE OF QUARTERLY BEBBION A quarte/ly session of the Board of Licensing Justices for Singapore will be held in the Court of the District Judge and First Magistrate in the Criminal DUt trict anc Magistrates' Courts Building, South Bridge Road. Singapore at 10.30 ajn.
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    • 424 15 TENDERS D.I.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received by the Senior Mechanical Engineer. Drainage Irrigation, Federal Workshop. Lahat Lane, Ipoh, up to 3.00 pjn. on 16th February 1959 (or the purchase of unserviceable mechanical parts and scrap metal stored in the Workshop. Pull particulars may be obtained from the above
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  • 327 16 WEIGHTS for RACES AT BUKIT TIMAH TOMORROW WEIGHTS for tomorrow's races at Bukit rimah: Williamson Memorial Stakes— 7 F. HiKh Sotks 9.07 Your Hlfhneai H 8.10 Ooumff 8.07 Downing Street 8 OB Sovereign llimc 8.93 Tudor Wonder B.M The Nailer 8.0« Tobaaco 7.12 Irlina I.' Timberlane 7.1* James Aiu-h 7.«7
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  • 176 16 SINGAPORE. Triurs. Nine teams have entered for the Marshall Shield soccer competition organised by the Singapore Combined schools Old Boys' Association. The teams are Raffles, A.C.S., Victoria, Gan Eng Seng, St. Andrew's, Bartley, Beatty, Pasir Panjang and Christian Brothers. There was no
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  • 34 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. IJt.C. beat Amlcables 5-2 in a friendly soccer match at Parrer Park today. Syed Osman (.2), Palanlappan (2> and Nathan scored for 1.R.C.. Yong Kong and Wah Chin for Amicables.
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  • 297 16  -  EPSOM JEEP STAR JOCKEY ENGAGED FOR FANCIED RUNNER IN BIG RACE WHO KNOWS HEADS GOVERNOR'S CUP HANDICAP WITH 9.3 By AHTHI'R WARD, the popular Australian jockey, has oeen engaged to ride Prince of Lalita, a strongly fancied runner, in the last Governor's Cup race over
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  • 185 16 ADELAIDE, Thurs. Mr. v Arthur Lance, curator of the Adelaide Oval, where the Fourth Test match starts tomorrow, said he had been preparing the Test match wicket for six weeks, and expected a fast, true pitch for the game. Mr. Lance said covers were ready
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  • 264 16 NEW BOOTS AID THE GUNNERS IN REPLAY VICTORY LONDON. Thurs.— Arsenal, held to a draw by Third Division Colchester United In the English F.A. Cup on Saturday, slammed their rivals 4-0 in the Fourth Round replay last night Accrington Stanley wer« whipped 4-1 in another replay at Portsmouth, and new
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  • 28 16 PERTH. Thurs. Ashley Cooper beat Pancho Gonzales 2-6. 6-1, 10-8 and Ken Rosewall beat Ton* Trabert 6-3. 4-6. 6-3 in professional tennis matches here yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 218 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. 0 Prince of Lalita. with Arthur Ward up, wound up his Cup preparation this morning with a stylish gallop over 3f with Couag (Forte). They clocked 38sec. running wide out all the way. Couag who Is not entered for the Governor's Cup race, goes
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  • 27 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Jockey Bob Taylor will not ride on Saturday. He Injured a wrist in a fall in Race Two at Buklt Timah on Wednesday.
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  • 18 16 BANGKOK. Thurs. The touring Malayan football team beat the Siamese Muslim XI 5-1 here today. Reuter.
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  • 199 16 SINGAPORE, Thursday. AMID constant cracker-firing and barracking, league champions Police became the second team to enter the second round of the S.H.A. senior knockout competition with a 2-1 victory over University at Thomson Road today. As in their first encounter on Tuesday, the match
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  • 83 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. North will make two chaoses and South one for their »""übT Rugby match at Jalan Besar Stadium here oh Saturday. Centre threequarter Carr (Penang) and wing forward Maskery (Perak) have withdrawn from the North side and their places will be taken by
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  • 150 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Olympic and Sports Council's management committee, which meets tomorrow, is expected to reach a decision on the proposed levy on all its affiliates to subsidise teams going abroad. Originally the sO.s.Cs finance sub-committee had recom- mended that a five per
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  • 646 16  - ENGLAND NEED A 'MIRACLE' TO SAVE ASHES JACK FINGLETON PREVIEW of the FOURTH TEST by ADELAIDE, Thursday ENGLAND will need J some sort of a cricket miracle to win the Fourth Test beginning here tomorrow. England must win to keep alive their hopes of drawing the series. But conspiring against
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