The Straits Times, 5 February 1959

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    19 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 Nat*" 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. > THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1959 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon MAC: A MOSCOW VISIT?
    204 1 AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED TODAY Papers say Mr. Khrushchev's 'invitation' already accepted He may discuss it with Dulles first LONDON, Wed. An official announcement is expected tomorrow that Mr. Harold Macmillan will visit Moscow. The British Prime Minister was meeting Mr. John Foster Dulles, the United
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    Varsity men stage noisy hunger strike
    608 1  - Varsity men stage noisy hunger strike VINCENT NG 240 HOSTEL STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE THEIR DINING HALLS By SINGAPORE, Wed. A lightning hunger strike was staged at the University of Malaya Dunearn Road Hostel tonight the first of its kind in the university. When the dinner gong sounded at 7 p.m..
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    Lock icon Luncheon for visiting M.P.
    37 1 JAKARTA. Wed. The Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament. Mr. Sartono. today gave a luncheon for a visiting British Labour M.P., Mr. James Callaghan. Mr. Callaghan is on a week-long visit to Indonesia. —Reuter.
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    Man hides as thief takes his money
    89 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A young man woke up at 2.30 a.m. today peered through the darkness and saw a man searching the pockets of his ttousers. But he did not raise an alarm. Instead, he hid behind a door in fear. The house
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    Brother snubbed, so Bennett seeks an explanation
    320 1 Brother snubbed, so Bennett seeks an explanation KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rpHE New Zealand High Commissioner in Malaya, Col. C. M. Bennett, today asked his Government to clarify a Reuter report that his brother, Dr. H. R. Bennett, had been refused a drink in a hotel because he is a Maori.
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    Looting gunboat surprised in act
    177 1 PONTIAN. Wed.— A Federation marine police patrol this morning surprised an Indonesian gunboat as Its crew were looting a Singapore fishing vessel The gunboat fled as the Federation boat approached. A police spokesman said the hoidup took place in Federa- Five of the gunboat's crew
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    Pianist Peg joins show to tour the world
    128 1 Pianist Peg joins show to tour the world PRETTY SINGAPORE pianist Pyy Tan will be joining t mfrUhD Calvert Show" T on ih*(r round-the-world tour. The show is now in Singapore-. Going along with Peggy will be her father. Mr. U 11. Tan, whe will lead the t band of
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    Mercy flight a success
    69 1 Mercy flight a success SINGAPORE. Wed. The RAF Canberra jet bomber which rushed a supply of the drug mustlne hydrochloride to Ceylon yesterday in an attempt to save the life of Mr. C. E. Thurgood. the British Trade Commissioner, returned to Singapore this afternoon. The pilot of the bomber, Flt-Lt.
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    TIGER MOTH RIPS OFF A ROOF
    157 1 KUALA LIPIS, Wednesday. A KUALA LUMPUR Flying Club Tiger Moth ripped off the roof of some labourers' quarters here yesterday before crashing into the kitchen. The pilot, a 20-year-oid trainee. S. K. Gosh, escaped unhurt. He was lifted out of the damaged aircraft d>labourers.
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    Persia stays in the pact
    45 1 TEHERAN. Wed.-The Persian Foreign Minister Mr. All Asgar Hekmat. told the Senate today his country would actively co-operate with and remain a faithful member of the Bagdad Pact. Despite minor differences all members were solidly behind the alliance, he added.
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    65 FEARED DEAD IN NEW YORK AIR CRASH
    179 1 65 FEARED DEAD IN NEW YORK AIR CRASH NEW YORK, Wednesday. GIANT four-engined American turbo-jet airliner carrying 73 people plunged into the East River here in the early hours of this morning after over-shooting the runway at La Guardia airfield. In nightmare conditions, injured survivors trying to swim ashore were
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    Lock icon 8 die in RAAF crash
    48 1 SYDNEY. Wed. Eight crew members were killed instantly when a Royal Australian Air Force antisubmarine Neptune bomber crashed In flames near Richmond air base today. The Neptune was to have taken part In the feirying of Sabre jet fighters to Malaya tomorrow.— Reuter.
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    3 in Stratojet killed
    32 1 LITTLE ROCK, Wed.— A B-47 Stratojet bomber crashed into a swampy, wooded area about 25 miles north-east of here last night. The three crewmen aboard were killed.— U.P.l.
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    2 dead in rice field crash
    34 1 MANILA. Wed. Two amateur pilots were killed yesterday when the twoseater plane they were flying crashed In a rice field minutes after taking off from the Manila airport.—U.P.l.
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    PLANE (WITH 124 ON BOARD) DROPS 29,000 ft. IN MINUTES
    119 1 PLANE (WITH 124 ON BOARD) DROPS 29,000 ft. IN MINUTES NEW YORK. Wed.— A PanAmerican World Airways let passenger plane with 124 people including film star Gene Kelly aboard plunged from 35.000 to 6.000 feet in a matter of minutes last night. The plane, a Boeing 707, made a routine
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    Robbery victim loses an eye
    199 1 Robbery victim loses an eye SINGAPORE, Wed.— A furniture shop assistant. Mr. Cheok Hup, 40, was brutally assaulted by two men who robbed him of $2,000— his life savings in Victoria Street tonight. Mr. Cheok Hup, a bachelor, has been admitted to the General Hospital. He lost an eye and
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    STOP PRESS
    38 1 LORRIES FREED UEI STSDT, Wid— l our i Army lorrirs In-11l up by Russians in r 1 1 1.11i 1 1 y since Moil-.it-u-il West Germany -i tihoui-r curlier •.Iron:; prutr-,t I I their detention. Boater.
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    Lock icon 4,000 'poised' for Paris...
    288 2 THE STORY OF CIVIL WAR DANGER PARIS, Wednesday. DIGHT to the last moment in the upheaval of last May France was in imminent danger of a military putsch and civil war, according to a new book by the journalist brothers, Merry and Serge Bromberger, just published
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    NO, SAID THE MOTHER SUPERIOR TO ROCK N' ROLL
    174 2 NO, SAID THE MOTHER SUPERIOR TO ROCK N' ROLL KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THERE was rock n' roll on the programme so the A Mother Superior said "No. That "No" means that America's Golden Gate Quartet who have sun* at the White House on three occasions have to look for another
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    Police ban on sparklers in Penang
    57 2 Police ban on sparklers in Penang PENANG. Wed. Penang police warned today that action would be taken against people dealing in or possessing sparklers. "These sparklers are a potential Are danger in the present drought." a spokesman told the Straits Times. The spokesman stressed that the cracker ban had not
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    2 men charged with robbery
    46 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Pakirlsamy and Panchaikawanda were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with robbery and remanded in custody. They were alleged to have robbed Clement Dervls on Jan. 22 of a gold chain, valued at $100 at Jalan Salim.
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    Religious art contest
    43 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Malayan Christian Council Literature Commission is organising an art contest to encourage and promote the development of religious art. Entry forma avallablp from the Commission's executive secretary at St Andrew's Cathedral should be submitted by Feb. IS.
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    Lock icon BELFAST LABOURER IN RECORD POOLS WIN
    113 2 BELFAST. Wed— A 53-year- i old Belfast labourer Mr. Jamea Gault. today won C 300.684 (52.555.814 Malayan) a world record in a national football pool, and the chance of flying out to New Zealand to join his wife. Mr. Gault. who earns under Vlii
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    CEYLON CELEBRATES AMID FEARS
    105 2  -  R. CHANDRAN By Colombo. Wed CEYLON today celebrated its 12th independence anniversary amid forebodings of more communal strife. Flags, banners and streamers decorate the seafront along Galle Face Green. Strike threat The gaiety was increased by the postponement of a threatened bus strike after the Prime
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    New president
    21 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. AR.S.AR. Karuppan Chettiar has been elected president of the Chettiars' (Nattukkottai) Chamber of Commerce In Singapore.
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    SIGHTING
    205 2 UONG KONG. Wed.— The president of the lan Crouch inquiry, Mr. Justice Gregg, today called for further details of a reported sighting of wreckage on a reef near Borneo. He authorised ar. approach to the navy at Singapore for information after remarking on the simillarity between the missing Australian
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    Lock icon 3 'rock' singers die
    70 2 CLEAR LAKE dowa). Wednesday. rREE of America's top rock 'n' roll singing stars —Ritchie Valens, J.P. <The Big Bopper) Richardson and Buddy Holly died yesterday with their pilot in the crash of a chartered plane. The singers, members of a rock 'n 1 roll troupe touring
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    Lock icon HIGH C MAKES A SINGER LOSE HALF HER BIKINI
    98 2 HIGH C MAKES A SINGER LOSE HALF HER BIKINI PRIS. Wed. The curtain fell not a second too soon for scantily-clad operetta singer Rita Capri In Nantes, western France, when the lower half of her bikini fell to her ankles a s she took a high note. The baritone swept
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      INDONESIA ALERTS BRITAIN ON NORTH BORNEO SMUGGLING
      44 2 JAKARTA, Wed —The Indonesian Government has alerted the British Government on smuggling of goods between Indonesia and British North Borneo. The smuggling, it is alleged. Is carried on by "irresponsible elements" to help the rebels in Indonesia.
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      13 2 BELGRADE: Britain is to lend Yugoslavia £3.000.--000 to buy equipment from British firms.
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      16 2 LONDON: The Prince.^ Royal, aunt of the Queen, left for a fortnight's holi day in Gibraltar.
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      25 2 WASHINGTON: The Japanese Antarctic expedition ship. Soya .Mam. bat broken free from pack ice which held it fast for several days, the U.S. Navy announced.
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      19 2 WASHINGTON: Thr United States is considering an Indonesian request for purchase of $10 million worth of light military equipment.
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      34 2 JAKARTA: The head of the Immigration Department said that foreign residents who have no passports will be siven travel papers if they want to go abroad. But they will not be permitted to reenter.
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      25 2 LONDON chi-Chi. the giant panda at London zoo, worth £.12.000, is the most valuable of the zoos 2,917 exhibits, according to annual stocktaking figures, enter.
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      18 2 (APK CANAVERAL: The second attempt to launch the newest U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile, the Titan, ended in failure.
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      31 2 NEW DELHI: President Dr. Rajendra Prasad opened the Bhillai steel works in east India today. The plant, built with Soviet aid. will produce two million tons of steel ingots per year.
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      29 2 VALLETTA: A few hours before the Governor of Malta. Sir Robert Laycock, went to his office he learned that his mother had died in Reading. Berk. shire, aged 84.
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      20 2 NEW DELHI: The Earl of Home, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations. arrived here from Karachi for a twoday visit.
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    Howlett to make study of King George V Park
    339 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Malaya's Director of Tourism, Mr. R. A. Howlett. will investigate the tourist possibilities of King GeorKe V National Park and the east coast of Malaya next month. Mr. Howlett said today that he planned to make an extensive tour
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      335 2 ■(!?Sr^S) SHAW (^jfs&)" \^ALr/ ORGANISATION s vw^jliy B Announcing the Grand Opening of the MOST LUXURIOOS CINEMA IN THE FAR EAST! Official Opening Ceremony by II K. Thr t'otamiv ionrr-Urnrral for Snuth-East Asia Sir ROBERT SCOTT, GC.MG.. CBE. Thp Singapore Harbour Board Rr>*rve Pipe Band will br in attendance J
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      17 2 THE GAMBOLS by Barry Appleby V^LLjJUJT (^U£ rSfj'T USUALLY Aef) [IW( AT v^ CDjPMQLV A^ TMAt* i
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    Lock icon MY MISTAKES-by A PLANNER
    294 3 MY MISTAKES -by A PLANNER Former deputy premier makes amends at factory manager ANOTHER SOVIET LEADER CONFESSES COMPLICITY IN ANTI-PARTY GROUP OF MALENKOV, MOLOTOV MOSCOW, Wednesday. SECOND Russian leader today confessed to his mistakes and complicity in the anti-party plot of Malenkov and Molotov, and revealed he was trying to
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    Russians told: No more Berias
    134 3 Russians told: No more Berias MOSCOW, Wed. The chiel of the Soviet security police. Mr. Alexander Shelepin. told the Soviet Communist Party Congress here today that every Soviet citizen could be confident that the "shameful affair" of the violation of legality under Laurent! Beria would never be repeated. Mr. Shelepin,
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    Hedy Lamarr is sued for divorce
    45 3 HOUSTON (Texas). Wed. —Wealthy oilman. Mr. W. Howard Lee sued Hedy Lammarr for divorce yesterday, claiming the former actress had endangered his health by cruel treatment. Mr. Lee and Miss Lamarr were married in 1953. They separated last summer.
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    Lock icon 'GIVE INDIA CHANCE TO GREET QUEEN'
    159 3 LONDON, Wed.— Lord Altrincham. outspoken commentator on the affairs of the Royal family, said yesterday he hoped after its great welcome to Prince Philip that India "in some ways the greatest of Commonwealth nattart" would soon get a chance of greeting the Queen herself.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    362 3 T ONDON. Wed.— Generally cheer- ful conditions prevailed in London Stock Markets today. The advance in prices Rathered momentum and gains were larger and more widespread. Several (actors contributed to the better atmosphere and the Rood Rold figures for January proved particularly helpful. OUtedged securities were firm In
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    TRAPPED UNDER A TWO-TON PIPE
    94 3 A TRAPPED 12-year-old boy (arrowed) waits bravely as police and firemen work to shift a two-ton section of concrete piping which had fallen on him. Police said the boy apparently went exploring at a construction site. and was trapped in a squatting position for seven
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    PEKING: BRITISH ENVOYS TO MOVE
    131 3 PEKING: BRITISH ENVOYS TO MOVE PEKING, Wed.— The British Charge d'AfTaires Office here has been asked by the Chinese authorities to move because the site is needed for a new town planning project. A British spokesman said today talks have begun with Chinese officials about the problems involved. He said
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    Lock icon Queen Mother receives Boyd
    37 3 LONDON, Wed. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother received the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd. at her London home today before her departure tonight on a three-week visit of Kenya and Uganda.— Reuter.
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    Explorer Fuchs gets U.S. award
    138 3 Explorer Fuchs gets U.S. award WASHINGTON. Wed.— President Eisenhower today awarded the Hubbard Medal, highest exploration honour of the Nation a 1 Geographic Society, to the British explorer Sir Vivian Fuchs. The presentation took place In the floodlit White House cabinet room before television and newsreel cameras. The medal has
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    Siamese freed
    24 3 BANGKOK. Wed.—Cambodia yesterday released 49 Siamese citizens taken in custody by the Cambodian police and sent them across the border into Siam
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    Lock icon Visit to US
    33 3 WASHINGTON. Wed.— The President of Ireland, Mr. Scan T. O'Kelly. will arrive in Washington on St. Patrick's Day. March 17. to begin a 10-day visit to the United States.— Reuter.
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    Middle East oil output increases 10 peg cent to set new record
    153 3 Middle East oil output increases 10 peg cent to set new record LONDON, Wed. Middle East oil production in 195S Increased 20 per cent broke all records, tbe Petroleum Information Bureau announced today. Total output was 214,400.000 metric tons compared with 177.700.C00 tons the previous year and 172.600,--•00 tons in
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    Tigers claim 10 victims
    61 3 PALEMBANQ Wed *t least 10 people among them a mother and her child and a young married couple, have been killed during the past week by tigers in this area. Authorities today said many rubber tappers in the outlying areas around this south Sumatra city have
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    Lock icon PHILIP'S INDIA TOUR ENDS
    167 3 £100 mil. steel plant visit (CALCUTTA. Wed. i Prince Philip yesterday wound up his highly successful 14-day tour of India with a visit to the steel and industrial heart of the country, west of Calcutta. He returned here last night after spending the day swing the
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    Fou Ts'ong (the fugitive pianist) will give 3 concerts
    275 4 Fou Ts'ong (the fugitive pianist) will give 3 concerts SINGAPORE, Wed. Fou Ts'ong, the brilliant young Chinese pianist who created a sensation when he flew to London from Warsaw last December and said he would not return to China, will arrive In Singapore on Tuesday morning. Hi* visit U being
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    He made his own liquor-$l,OOO
    66 4 He made his own liquor- $l,OOO 1 BUTTERWORTH, Wed. -A clog maker, Tan Vee Cheng. 53. was fined a total of 11.030 yesterday on three chart es of distilling Intoxicating liquor without a licence, possession of 140 gallons of fermented mash, and of four gallons of samsu. Tan was arrested
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    SOT TWINS POSER FOR THE HEAD
    166 4 A DOUBLE exposure? No. no. Theme six pairs of twins all to to the same kcbool in Singapore. The headmaster of the South-bast Asia Union College, Mr. P. O. Miller, claims this as a Malayan recordHe told the Straits Times at the school in
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    BABY FOUND ABANDONED IN PARK
    68 4 BABY FOUND ABANDONED IN PARK IPOH Wed. A three-month-old xlrl. found abandoned In the Coronation Park here early this morning. Is being looked after oy an Indian family. Mr. O Veerasamy. 29. an ambulance driver of the Qeneral Hospital hare said' "We have named har Avalyaar, after a famous woman
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    'NO CONFIDENCE' IN TWO UMNO MEN
    130 4 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. •pHE election committee of the UMNO East division here has unanimously passed a vote of no conAdence in Inche Osman Ghani, chairman of the Singapore State UMNO election committee, and Inche Jallani Imam, another member of the committee, because of their alleged
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    Woman robbed
    27 4 IPOH. Wed— A widow. Fam Hock May. 91. was robbed 01 $100 by a youth in the central market here at about 11 am today.
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    Expert to judge dogs
    81 4 SINOAPORE. Wed Mrg. O M. Barrington, an expert In breeding Brlttas Alsatian dogs, arrived here today from Ireland on her way to Kuala Lumpur to judge at the first-ever Alsatian DO3 Show being held at the Selangor Badminton Hall on .March 1 Dogs from all over
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      512 4 Today* Singapore Mary... j ABT MT'IEUM of the Unlver- Peraic House, Paslr Panjang Park, Table tennis, badminton, football, I iltv of Malaya presents a exhtbl- 7.15 p.m. i library 4 pm. tion of Chinese paintings, 9 a.m. CHINESE YMCA; Table tennis i KATONG BOYS' CLUB: Badlo 4 30 v in
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    Lock icon LAW STUDENT WEDS DOCTOR FROM MALAYA
    42 5 LAW STUDENT Mr. Albert Chene Keat Looi, 26, married Dr. Dorothy Chua Poh Luan, 28. from Malaya, at the City Temple in London recently. Mr. Cheng expects to finish his law studies this summer. Reuter picture.
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    GOVT: NO TAX ON TRADE FAIR PROFITS
    239 5 GOVT: NO TAX ON TRADE FAIR PROFITS SINGAPORE, Wednesday. OTOE Government has decided to exempt profits of the Constitution Exposition from entertainment tax. This followed a plea last Friday by the rubber multimillionaire. Mr. Tan Lark Sye. who is a committee member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. He said
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    Pan-Malayan accord is near on a united entry policy
    381 5 Pan-Malayan accord is near on a united entry policy KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federation and Singapore today reached considerable agreement on establishing a common policy on several aspects of immigration, the Straits Times understands. The all-day conference at the Ministry of External Affairs was attended by Tun Lim Yew Hock,
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    Union chief hits back at Mayor's champion
    487 5 Union chief hits back at Mayor's champion SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. P. Ramasamy. general secretary of the Singapore City Council Services Union, today hit back at Mr. Wee Toon Boon, vicechairman of the City Council Staff Committee, for accusing him of using the union for his own political gain. In a
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    Rubber stolen from factory
    35 5 SINGAPORE, Wed.— Police were called to a Yio Chu Kang Road factory last night after 3.143 lb. of rubber was missed. The rubber in bales, is reported to be worth $2,735.
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    Rotary governor
    39 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Mr. Luang Sitayamkan, president of the Dhonburi Ro-, tary Club, Siam, has been elected Governor of Rotary District 303 in succession to Mr. Ny-Tinon at the Rotary conference held in Saigon during the weekend.
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    'GO-SLOW CANNERY MEN GET LOANS
    170 5 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. A DISPUTE between the management of Whay Hin Pineapple Cannery in Guillemard Road and its 100 workers over advances for the Chinese New Year has been settled. The company has agreed to give an advance of $150 each to about 85 men and
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    SAFETY FILM WINNERS GET PRIZES
    127 5 SAFETY FILM WINNERS GET PRIZES SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister for Communications Tand Works. Mr M P D. Nair. tonight gave the prizes to the winners of the Road Safety Film competition sponsored by the Singapore Safety First, Council and the Shell Company of Singapore. Mr. N. Volken and Major D.
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    Furry friend drops in on a clerk
    181 5 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. .iIfHILE Mr. K. C. Ong, a clerk of the Long Press Co., was parking his car in front of his office yesterday he saw "a strange animal" dropping from under another car. He went to have a rlnspr look and decided
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    Cyclist robbed of $50, smokes
    39 5 SINGAPORE. Wed.— A cyclist. Leow Ting Ming, was held up by three men early this morning at Braddel Road and robbed of $50 and a tin of cigarettes. The robbers escaped in a car.
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    Speech test
    25 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Chinese V.M.C.A. will hold a bilingual speech contest on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. at its auditorium in Prince Edward Road.
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    Wandering boy, 6, killed by truck
    194 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. A boy who left his home to attend a film show without obtaining his father's permission was later killed in an accident, the coroner here was told today. Bahari bin Ahmad, six. of Loyang. died soon after he was struck by a
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    Russians toad &,500 tons of rubber
    74 5 Russians toad &,500 tons of rubber SINGAPORE. Wed. The 5,842-ton Russian freighter Nicolai Pirogov came alongside the Sincapore Harbour Board wharves today to begin loading a cargo of 3.500 tons of rubber valued at more than $7,000,000 for Odessa. The Nicolai Pirogov is the first Russian ship to load rubber
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    350 attend party
    59 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Assistant Ceylon Commissioner, Mr. W. P S R. Jayaweera. and Mrs. Jayaweera tonight gave a cocktail party at the Ceylon Sports Club in Balestier Road to commemorate Ceylon's independence I day. About 350 people were present at the party, mii eluding the Governor. Sir
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    DEATH
    20 6 Jf Wordi lit (Minimum). K.K. AMMA, Mother of K.A. :<ump. Naval Base, passed away peacefully at India on 2.3.59.
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      Mission To Moscow
      691 6 Britain's Prime Minister may be in Moscow before the end of the week. Mr. Foster Dulles' unexpected trip to London, the visit j of the Soviet Charge d' Affaires to the Foreign Office, the sudden interest which Moscow Radio has shown in the idea of a "peacemaker's
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      forgotten Memo
      290 6 Somewhere in the files of the Federation's Ministry of Education is a memorandum from the Malayan Library Group on the establishment of a library service. The Group withheld publication of the memorandum for nearly three years in the hope that the Government would act. It is difficult to
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      Trade With China
      177 6 The small pother over trade with China, begun by the banning of certain categories oi textiles and i extended by the Federation Government's banking legislation, seems to have settled itself. The textilt ban was regarded in Peking as so hostile that the International Trade Promotion Board retaliated
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    Mr. Macmillan's thoughts turn to elections in spring
    1221 6 KUALA LUMPUR. SINGAPORE and the Federation are not the only territories in which the politicians are becoming worried about elections. There is quite a possibility that the United Kingdom will beat them to it. On the results of two forthcoming by-elections those
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    Algerian policy in the melting-pot
    388 6 by A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PARIS. A FRESH phase in the contest between Oeneral de Gaulle and the Algerian Lobby over the future of Algeria now seems to be in full swing. Everything goes to show that the General is applying himself to a longterm policy
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      SINGAPORE'S ECONOMY AND THE CHALLENGE OF NATIONALISM
      291 6 I HAVE read Dr. Lim Tay Bon's two articles with much Interest. Singapore owes Us growth to its entrepot activity. The resurgence of Asian nationalism and the emergence of neighbouring countries, particularly Indonesia and Malaya, as free and independent nation* must necessarily affect
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    Ban is lifted—now direct trade with China again
    281 7 Ban is lifted now direct trade with China again TRADERS: 'CHEAPER GOODS, BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY* SINGAPORE. Wed. D.reef trad* between Singapore and China is now possible again. China hat called off iti ban on exports to Singapore following the lifting of ret frictions on the import of Chintio textilei by
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    GAMMON TO BUILD RUNWAY AT ADEN
    140 7 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. r<AMMON (Malaya) Ltd. has been awarded an Air Ministry contract to construct a 7,000-foot runway at Khormakfar Airfield. Aden, it was learnt today. The contract, worth $4} million, includes the provision of taxi-ways and hard standings and also for the re-construction of
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    KING PINS AWARDS ON 5 RULERS
    86 7 KING PINS AWARDS ON 5 RULERS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Five Malay rulers were today presented with the insignia of "Drajah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara" (the Most Exalted Order of the Mahkota Negara) by the Yanj? diPertuan Agong in a simple ceremony at the Istana Negara here this morning. They were
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    Thugs escape with $4,000 in van hold-up: 3 held
    206 7 BATU PAHAT, Wednesday. UIVE gangsters, believed to be from Singapore, x held up a cigarette dealer's van near here jesterday evening and escaped with $4,000 in cash, cheques worth $7,000 and 200 welfare lottery Three men were arrested later at a
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    $100,000,000 bank deposit
    69 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. More ttan $100 million has been deposited In the Ban* Negara (central bank) since it opened for business on Jan. 26. The deposits were from commercial banks amounting to $37,762,000 the Pedderatlon Government $64, 384.000. and Others $1,593,000. This was stated in the first
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    JUDGE TO LEAVE MALAYA SOON
    66 7 JUDGE TO LEAVE MALAYA SOON KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Mr. Justice Sutherland of the Selangor High Court will leave early next month under the Malayanisation scheme. Mr. Justice Sutherland, who Is an acting judge, waa offered the poet of Registrar of Supreme Court recently but declined. The post of regiatrar is
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    Ceylon's day
    36 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, cabinet ministers and diplomats attended a reception given tonight by the Ceylon High Commissioner, Mr. D. C. R. Gunawardene, to celebrate Ceylon's Independence Day.
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    Man is cleared after a lamp experiment
    191 7 IPOH, Wednesday. A JURY decided in the High Court here this after- noon that it was unsafe to convict a man charged with murder after they saw an experiment con- ducted in court. Mr. Justice Good acquitted Ishak bin Hajl Osman, 30, accused
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    Happy birthday to the Tengku from Rotary Club
    200 7 Happy birthday to the Tengku from Rotary Club KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, was all smiles and laughter today when about 100 people, including several High Commisioners, sang "Happy Birthday to you." Ha was presented with a decorated birthday cake. There were loud cheers when the
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    Friends' dinner
    37 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Friends of Singapore will hold a Raffles Day dinner at the Tanglln Club on Friday at 8.15 p.m The dinner is in commemoration of the founding of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles.
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    Malaya's delegate to student conference
    75 7 Malaya's delegate to student conference MR. KENNETH KHAW, 21-year-old vie* -president (foreign relations) of the National Union of Federation student*, left Singapore by KLM yesterday for Amsterdam on his way to Lima, Peru, to attend the Bth International Student Conference. This is the first time a Malayan student*' onion is
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    Promotion for Dyak officer
    47 7 KUCHINO, Wed. Mr. Michael Juan, aged 42 of the Sarawak Constabulary, has been promoted from Chief Inspector to Assistant Buper lntendent. He Is the second Sea Dyak to be promoted to that rank and U at present In charge of the Serian sub-division
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    Kelantan tour
    25 7 KUALA LUMPUR Wed The Minister of Agriculture Inche Abdul Aaiz bin Ishak arrived in Kota Bharu today for a three-day tour of Kelantan.
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    Documentation for pilgrims
    55 7 SINQAPORE, Wed. The Muslim Pilgrimage Office, situated on the ground floor of the Singapore Secretariat building, will be open to the public from Feb. \2. Pilgrims from the Federation. Borneo and Brunei who Intend to sail to Mecca via Singapore will have to present their pilgrim passes
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    School planned
    29 7 MALACCA. Wed. -A $50,000 Tamil primary school— the first to be built will be built soon at Kubu Road. It will have six classrooms accommodating 250 pupils.
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    YOUTH RALLY IN HONOUR OFPRINCE PHILIP
    324 7 YOUTH RALLY IN HONOUR OFPRINCE PHILIP SINGAPORE, Wed. About 5,000 children are expected to take part in a youth 1 rally in honour of Prince Philip when he visits Singapore between Feb. 22 and Feb. 25. Details of his programme are expected to be announced this week. The rally, It
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    TEACHER QUITS SCHOOL FOR COUNCIL
    205 7 I£UALA LUMPUR, Wed. —A Kirkby-trained Malacca school teacher has quit school to become a Federal Council interpreter because his new post will give him twice as much basic pay. He is 27- year -old Inche Abdul Rashid bin Yusope, a former teacher at the Malacca
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    A CASSOWARY FROM SARAWAK FOR HAMBURG
    231 7 A CASSOWARY FROM SARAWAK FOR HAMBURG (It eats snakes, kittens) KUCHING, Wednesday. rIE Sarawak Museum's only six-foot high cassowary a colourful, voracious New Guinea Bird sailed for Hamburg this week destined for the famed Hagenpark Zoo. The bird originally came from the Aru Island, off the coast of New Guinea.
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    $20,000 ang pow
    35 7 $20,000 ang pow HAVE you sent in your entry for that "Ang Pow" Jackpot? A coupon sent in promptly for The Malayan Monthly's January Word Puzzle may win you a $20,000 Chinese New Year present.
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    600 attend SATA's New Year party
    83 7 600 attend SATA's New Year party SINGAPORE. Wed.— More than 600 people 400 destitute and chronic tubercular patients and 200 children this afternoon attended the annual Chinese New Year party of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association at the SATA premises In Shenton Way. Mrs. Gladys Nlcol. BATA's public relations officer, said:
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    Bail extended
    41 7 SINGAPORE, Wed. A 13-year-old boy, charged with trying to extort property from a Chinatown shopkeeper by means of a letter had his ball of $200 extended today in the Juvenile Court. The case will be mentioned on Feb. 11.
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    Bus lands in ditch
    74 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. About 15 passengers, including women and children. In a General Transport Company bus were badly shaken when the vehicle left the road and ended up on Its side In a ditch In Princes Road here this morning. Among four people taken to the
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    COUNCIL TO CO-ORDINATE FLOOD AND FIRE RELIEF MEASURES
    141 8 COUNCIL TO CO-ORDINATE FLOOD AND FIRE RELIEF MEASURES SINGAPORE, Wed. The newly formed Singapore Council of Social Service will act as a co-ordinating body in future relief work for flood or fire victims, it was announced today. The interim committee which was set up to formulate the council's policy suggested
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    Husband and wife team in Economy Run
    90 8 SINGAPORE, Wed.— A husband and wife team, Mr. and Mrs. John Palmer, are among the first entries for the 1959 Mobilgas Economy Run organised by the Singapore Motor Club for the Easter weekend. Mr. Palmer and bis wife Christa of Singapore will drive
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    New fellowship officials
    29 8 SINGAPORE. Wed. The following have been elected officials of the Bedok Methodist Youth Fellowship: President, Miss Christina Loh; secretary. Miss S. Chua, treasurer Mr. Michael Chong.
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    Four councillors petition Minister
    580 8 IN INTERESTS OF PUBLIC YOU SHOULD INTERVENE TO REDRESS IRREGULARITY' SINGAPORE, Wednesday. pOUR Opposition members of the City Council Public Utilities Committee today appealed to the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing, Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, to intervene to redress an "irregularity" the
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    TWO INDONESIANS HERE ILLEGALLY
    202 8 SINGAPORE, Wed. Two Indonesians arrested by the police here on Dec. 31 were found by the Immigration Department to be here illegally, Mr. H. T. Tan, prosecuting, told a court today. They are Sakak bin Hadji and Abu Bukar bin Sulalman. who were fined $200 or
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    CURRY LUNCH FOR 55 BY CEYLON COMMISSION
    102 8 FIFTY-FIVE boys from the Perak House. Paslr Panjang. were today given a treat by the Ceylon Commissioner's Office to celebrate Ceylon's Independence Day. Mr. W.P.S.R. Jayaweera. the Assistant Commissioner, said it was the first time that an Informal party had been given. An
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    First chance of a luxury cruise (at $120 a day) to Yokohama
    149 8 First chance of a luxury cruise (at $1 20 a day) to Yokohama SINGAPORE. Wed.— For $120 a day YOD can sail from here to Yokohama in the $30 million liner Kungsholm. For the first time she will be able to pick up passengers here something she and other luxury
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    TOLERANCE FOR ISLAM URGED
    151 8 IPOH, Wednesday. j^\ APPEAL to employers to show tolerance and understanding toward non-Malay employees who embrace the Islamic religion was made today by the president of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, Perak Branch, Dr. Haji Megat Khas bin Megat Omar. He made this appeal following •'certain
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    Borneo radio licence clamp coming
    123 8 JESSELTON. Wednesday. THE Director of Posts and Telegraphs, Mr. C. J. Fen ton, today warned that action would t>e taken against non-holders of current licences for their radio sets. Mr. Fenton said that Inspectors would be sent out to conduct house-to-house check and offenders would
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    Extortion alleged
    71 8 SINGAPORE. Wed. Lee Choon Wah. Liew Ah Sow and Khoo Ah Wan were today charged in a magistrate's court with trying to extort "a sum of money" from a woman, Goh Moi Klew, by putting her In fear of bodily injury. The alleged offence was stated to have
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    Called to Bar
    25 8 IPOH Wed— Mr. N. T. Rajah, was called to the Federation Bar by Mr. Justice Good at the High Court here yesterday.
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    PREMIUM BOND IN FOOD PACKAGE
    169 8 PREMIUM BOND IN FOOD PACKAGE SINGAPORE, Wed. The 4,000,000 th pack for British troops fighting bandits in the Malayan jungles will contain a form entitling the opener to a British premium bond. And if the bond strikes a lucky number, the owner will win $8,520. The 4.000.000 th pack, prepared
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    She's president
    27 8 TANJONG MALIM. Wed.— Mi.\s Esther Neelagandan. a 19-year-old teacher, was elected president of the Tanjong Maiim Methodist Youth Fellowship for the second consecutive year yesterday.
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    Lock icon Under-sized Casanova and his fifty dupes STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    1493 9 Under-sized Casanova and his fifty dupes STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE A SHUFFLING, tearful old man was led from a Chi cago courtroom in 1949 to begin a 10 year sentence. "I'll never come out alive," he wailed. The crowd only jeered. He didn't look it, but everyone knew Sigmund Samuel
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      467 9 Cy/i, aetey day I If first thing in the morning you will gargle and rinie your mouth with fragrant Dettolin, your day will be diSerent. Imtead of the after>UMe of deep or of that last cigarette instead of that uncomfortable touch of morning catarrh; your mouth and throat will feel
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    FRESH ADVANCE IN TIN PRICE ON FIRM MARKET
    420 10 FRESH ADVANCE IN TIN PRICE ON FIRM MARKET By Our Market Correspondent fIN still continues to provide the greatest interest in Malayan markets and yesterday a jump of over one dollar took the price to $391.87} per picul on a firm tone. The price is now at the level of
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    101 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchance noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet, UK 'Continent February March shipment $42 buyers, $43 sellers Coconut oilquiet: bulk $63.50 sellers, drum $66.50 sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business was reported done. Muntok white $139. Sarawak $138 (both down $I>, steclal Sarawak black $73
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    146 10 MELBOURNE, Wed. INVESTMENT shares maintained a firm tone on the Stack Exchange here today, with niiim moves being HI up 9d. and BHP up 6d. Mt. Isa improved lid. and Santos 'rose Is. in an otherwise quiet mining section. Commonwealth bonds held a firm market value. Loans 3
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    86 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (ail rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32*. O.D. 32>4. 90 d/st 32 9/16 credit biUs, 32 11/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Belgian Francs 1632: Norwegian Kroner 233.. On
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    28 10 SINGAPORE. FEB. 4. RUBBER: 85 J cents per lb. (up I cents). TIN: $391.8?; per picul (up 51.12J). Estimated unofficial offering 140 tons (up 10 tons).
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    BROKERS REPORT
    488 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "Industrials were quietly steady and tins and rubbers were better on Improved commodity prices. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m. Alex. Bricks pref. $1.70; Fltzpatrlcks $1.03: Fraaer and Neave ords $1.57;
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    STOCK INDICES
    25 10 Malayan Share Market: Feb. 4 Feb 3 Industrials: 89.7* 89.M Tins: 92.58 92.04 Rubbers III: 109.66 I*9 99 Jan. 1 19S8 a 100
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    241 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Corfu 1 2. Nlcolay Plrogov 4, S. Mogilev 6A, Idomeneus 67, Olenorchy 8/9, 1 Charon 10/11.. Peleus 13/14.! Braunsch»ei(t 15/16. Ball 18. Oyonnax 19 20. Salong N. Wall 1. Serempang N. Wall 2. Semantan N. WaU
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 10 Frbrnarr first tr»dr rubbrr buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 85 cents per lb. up 1\ cents on Tuesday's closing price. The tone wi.s quiM afOr steady. Closing price* In cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 85, sellers 85-; Int. 1
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      828 10 NOTICES NOTICE The Perrr tang Pauh Pontoon Bridge Butierworth will be closed for repairs from 12.00 midnight to 6.00 ajn. on Tuesday, 17th February, 1959 and Thursday, 19th February. 1959. An alternative route to Butierworth and North Is available via Kubang Semanc and Sungei Dua. STATE ENGINEER, PENANG. NOTICE The
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      365 10 NOTICES NOTICE CHANGE OF ADDRESS. The Federation of Malaya Police Co-Operatlve Thrift and I Loan Society, Limited, Kuala Lumpur has moved its office to the Bth floor "Bangunan Sharlkat Polls", No. 1 Suleiman Road, I Kuala Lumpur. Telephone No. *****. NOTICE TO ROAD USERS Bacan Seral-Selama Road The roadway level
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      850 10 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that In accordance with ancient custom a New Manager of the THANDAYDTHAPANI TEMPLE at Tank Road and SITHIVINAYAOAR TEMPLE at Keong Saik Road, Singapore which belong to the Nattukottal Chettiar Community of Singapore. ha* been appointed as from the 25th day of January 1959.
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      849 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL "COUNCIL EXPERIENCED FEMALE STENOGRAPHER required for a period of approximately two years. Minimum speed 80 words per minute. Application in own hand- writing stating qualifications, experience and salary required to reach the Municipal Treasurer, Kuala Lumpur by first post on Friday. 13th February. KUALA LUMPUR
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      131 10 SHIPPING NOTICE Wll II WILHELMSEN LINE M/S "TAMESIS" ARRIVED SINGAPORE ON IST FEBRUAKY. 195*. A General Survey of all damaged cargo discharged ex the above vessel will be held at 9 a.m. on 6th, 12th it 17th February 1959 at S.HB godowns Nos. 38/39. No further survey will be held
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    1168 12  - feminine forum 4 FESTIVE NEW YEAR SUSAN MARRIE'S IN Chinese homes throughout Malaya, preparations are in full swing this week for Chinese New Year, surely one of the gayest and most friendly festivals In the world, when Chinese families open their homes to friends of all races and nations. The
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      298 12 34. Rebuilt dais Is not so called QfrraitC TimOC I rftCCU/nrn J5. So the estate agent, "unique JllClllO lllllC?O VfIUOaWUIU residential property la justl- fled (2. S. 4. •>. DOWN ~t I T5 I I; I [4 I I f IS f T* I \T l. It Is. In fact,
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    Jumabhoy warns of formidable task
    275 13 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THE Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, warned today that the economic task facing Asia was very formidable. He told a Rotary Club luncheon here that Asian countries had to face the problem of making the economic resources of the
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    Jakarta's approach is right 0* envoy
    97 13 Jakarta's approach is right 0* envoy SINGAPORE, Wed. The former Pakistani Ambassador to Indonesia. Mr. Abdur Rahman Khan, said In Singapore today that the Indonesians were '■grappling with their problems rightly." Mr. Abdur Rahman flew in with his family in a Garuda aircraft from Jakarta after completing his two-year term
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    Nautical school
    25 13 KUCHING, Wed.— A nautical school is to be established here by the Sarawak Government to raise the standard of seamanship and marine engineering.
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    WRAF CHIEF IN FOR TWO WEEKS' TOUR OF MALAYA
    138 13 WRAF CHIEF IN FOR TWO WEEKS' TOUR OF MALAYA AIR COMMANDANT Dame Henrietta Barnett. Director of the Women's Royal Air Force, flew into Singapore by BOAC from London yesterday for a two-week visit. She was accompanied by her personal assistant, Flight Officer M. K. Macrae. At the airport to meet
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    Nursing chief visits Kinrara
    55 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Matron-in-Chief of the British Army Nursing Services, Brigadier Damp Monica Johnson who is here for a two-week tour of army medical units, yesterday visited the British Medical Hospital at Kinrara and chatted with soldiersShe will visit Singapore and Hong Kong before returning
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    Taxi driver on rape, robbery charge
    166 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. OUPRAMANIAM, a taxi driver, was produced ii the magistrate's court today on a tentativi charge of robbery and rape. The complainant an estate I labourer. testified that on Nov. 20 she boarded Supra maniam's taxi at Johore Bahru when he offered
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    COURT TOLD: WITNESS MURDERED
    81 13 COURT TOLD: WITNESS MURDERED KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Chan Keng Sun, 20, charged with causing hurt to a man with a chopper last November was discharged In the Magistrate's Court today because two very important witnesses failed to turn up. No reason was given for the absence of the first witness
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    Back from leave
    30 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. J. W. Stogdon, a director of Islay Kerr and Co., Ltd., re. turned to Singapore today in the liner Corfu after six months' leave.
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    CITY COUNCIL'S PAY DISPUTE: TALKS GO ON IN PRIVATE
    411 13 CITY COUNCIL'S PAY DISPUTE: TALKS GO ON IN PRIVATE SINGAPORE. Wednesday. COME of the differences between the City Council *3 and the City Council Labour Unions Federation on matters forming the subject of arbitration proceedings were discussed today by the parties in private with Mr. S. K. Lee, the arbitrator.
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    30 RMAF men pass out soon
    52 13 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. The first batch of 30 recruits of the Royal Malayan Air Force will pass out in a ceremony in Singapore on Feb 15. Another 25 men have begun their basic training at the armed forces school of instruction at Tanjong Kling
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    Bride of a month left husband, court told
    162 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. A 19-year-old bride left her 28-year-old husband a month after their marriage, the Shari'ah Court was told today. Selamat bin Haji Abdul Kahim, a businessman petitioned the court to help him to be reunited with his wife, Supinah binte As'ari
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    Court registrar promoted
    44 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr. A.G. Moorthy, Registrar of the Sessions Court. Penang, has been promoted to Assistant Public Trustee and transferred t > Kuala Lumpur. Mr S. Nadarajah from Kajanu. !:as succeeded Mr. Moorthy as iwi-trar of the Sessions Court. Penan 6
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    Speech contest
    31 13 SINGAPORE. Wed —A bilingual speech contest will be held at the Chinese YMCA on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. The Education Minister. Mr. Chew Swee Kee. will present the prizes.
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    31 14 LONDON. Wed Birmingham City beat Fulham 3-2 In their F.A. Cup fourth round replay at Fulham today. Birmingham will next meet Nottingham Forest at home on Feb. 14. Reuter.
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    NO HOPE for ENGLAND
    872 14  -  JACK FINGLETON BAILEY CAUGHT OUT WITH LAST BALL OF THE DAY From THEY ARE FIVE WICKETS DOWN AND STILL 38 BEHIND Lindwall needs 1 more to tie Test record ADELAIDE, Wed.— England face certain defeat in the Fourth Test here. With five wickets left and only
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    Fathul to make four'day Fed tour
    148 14 Fathul to make four 'day Fed tour SINGAPORE. Wed. Fathul Karib. the Singapore Amateur Football Association Cup champions, will make a fonr-day tour of the Federation during the Chinese New Year holidays. The team of 13. including seven invited players and two officials, will leavr on Friday for four matches.
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    SOUTH QUAD BEGINS ON SUNDAY
    71 14 SOUTH QUAD BEGINS ON SUNDAY SINGAPORE, Wed. The Malaya Hockey Federation's south quadrangular tournament Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Johore and j Singapore begins here on Sunday. The three-day tournament which ends on Tuesday will be the only quadrangular meet to be staged in Singapore this season. The programme is: SUNDAY Negri
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    S'PORE WILL COMPETE AT JUNIOR ASIAN CUP
    129 14 S'PORE WILL COMPETE AT JUNIOR ASIAN CUP SINGAPORE, Wed.—Singapore will enter a team for the inaugural Junior Asian Cup soccer competition which will be held at Kuala Lumpur In April. Disclosing this today Mr. S. R. P. Naidu, chairman of the Singapore Amateur Football Association's Schools Youth committee said that
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    2-0 victory
    44 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. Wearne Brothers beat National Carbon 2-0 In a Business Houses Div. 1 league match at Parrer Park today. Palanlappan and Jumahat scored. Other results: Dtv. l| Cold Storage 2 Pulau Bukom 1; Div. 2: Wearnes "A" 1 Borneo Co. 1.
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    The Blacks clear tough hurdle
    282 14 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. rE BLACKS provided spectators with some delightful rugger when they gained a deserving victory by 13 points (two goals and try) to three (try) over 3 Base Ordnance Depot in their first round match of the S.C.C.'s seven-a-side competition on the padang today.
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    Canastra sent back to top class
    493 14 Canastra sent back to top class SINGAPORE, Wed. Canastra, who won twice at Bukit Timah last month after being dropped to Class 2, has been sent back to Class 1. The Straits Racing Association today also announced promotion for these horses: From Class Z to Cla*s 1 Jacmac. Yes Dear,
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    Favourites tumble in key league match
    191 14 SINGAPORE, Wed. Marines *3 created a major upset when they beat the favourites and last year's champions. Police, 3-0 In a Government Services Div. 1 league soccer match at Jalan Besar today. With this victory, unbeaten Marines are well In the running for the
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    ARTHUR TO PLAY AS 'GUEST' FOR RANGERS
    146 14 ARTHUR TO PLAY AS 'GUEST' FOR RANGERS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Arthur Koh, the the Singapore Asian Games inside forward, will turn out on Sunday as a guest player for Selangor Rangers, the team he will eventually Join as a regular. Arthur will play at inside left In the game against
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    Seletar upset favourites
    35 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. Ceylon suffered their first defeat in the FEAF hockey festival when they lost to RAF. Seletar 5-1 at Changi today. In another high scoring match, Tengah beat Kuala Lumpur 6-0.
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      84 14 BUGGER Seven-a-«ide (lit. round): Changl "A" v 75 Squadron "B" (5.00); Police v O.H.Q. "B" (5.20); Signals "A" v B.C.C. "A" (5.40); Johore Asians "B" v St. Andrews OBA (6.00); padang. HOCKEY Practice match: S H.A. v Selection XI. Serangoon Road. FEAF festival: Ceylon v Changi; K.L. v Butterworth; Seletar
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