The Straits Times, 14 February 1959

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  • 20 1 AVERACE DAILY IERTIFIEH SALE EXCEEDS 80.000 The Straits Times fat*** 1 flfc-itfr**** Estd. 1845 SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1958 15 CENTS
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  • 2518 1 Three-hour blaze destroys Kampong Tiong Bahru Huts were too close together The dollars pour in THE MAYOR ON THE SCENE YESTERDAY i 1 dead, four children missing SINGAPORE. Fri. AT LEAST 12,000 i people lost their homes in a Friday the 13th fire which swept through Kampong
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  • 63 1 THE CHIEF MINISTER of Singapore, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, one of the first people at the scene, gets down to the task of fighting the fire. He stayed at the kampong for several hours, standing in line with a bucket and helping to
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  • 139 1 COLOMBO: The Prime Minister. Mr. Bandaranaike said last night that the general good humour displayed in the House of Representatives while opposition members were being carried out by the police on Thursday was "a healthy sign for democracy." Reuter (Sec Page 3). JAKARTA: The Deputy Prime
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  • 37 1 Burma Premier resigns LONDON, Fri Gen. Ne Win resigned today as Premier of Burma's caretaker government. A report said Gen. Ne Win had found it to be "impossible" to hold fair elections as early as April.— U.P.l.
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  • 377 1 Tun Lim makes relief appeal SINGAPORE. Fri. Exhausted after an afternoon's flre fighting at Kampong Tiong Bahru, the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, tonight made an appeal for generous public support for the victims of "one of Singapore's worst fires." At the same time he announced that the Government
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  • 30 1 DUTCH PLAN A PROTEST THE HAGUE. Fri.— The Dutch Government Is preparing diplomatic moves to protest against nationalisation of Dutch estates in Indonesia, it was announced today. u.r.L
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  • 187 3 SIDNEY BRADFORD is 53. For all but the first 10 months of his life he has been completely blind. Now, suddenly, two corneal grafting operations have restored his sight, and after half a century of darkness he is for the first
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  • 159 3 TRIPARTITE TALKS BEFORE MAC GOES TO MOSCOW LONDON, Fri. SIR HUGH FOOT, Governor of Cyprus. said here today that "we have got very good reason to be grateful" to the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Greece and Turkey. Sir Hugh, who flew here
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  • 87 3 MELBOURNE. Fri. The Indonesian Foreign Minister. Dr. Subandrio, announced on a television interview here tonight that Australia and Indonesia will sign a "treaty of friendship" in the near fwture. Dr. Subandrio, who leaves for New Zealand on Sunday. said: "I will not stay for the
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  • 153 3 STRIKERS DELAY P AND O LINER rLBURY, Fri. Departure of the P. and O. liner Himalaya (27,955 tons* for the East was delayed yesterday for nine hours when about 250 Ooanese crew went on strike. The strike was settled and the Himalaya «v then due to sail on the midnicht
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  • 56 3 MOSCOW. Fri. The supreme court has confirmed sentences totalling 107 years on a gang of six gold thieves one of them a woman who stole 12.000 roubles <Ms3.ooo> worth nuggets from the Irkutsk gold fields in Central Russia for sale in Moscow The sentences ranged from
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  • 29 3 NEW DELHI. Fri. The Indian President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. will visit North Vietnam In th« last week of March at the invitation of President Ho Chlmlnh Reuter
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  • 328 3 T ONDON, Frl. London stock market* finished the week on a subdued note. Incentive was lacking. Most sections failed to establish any definite trend and It was usually a caae of Individual features in the Industrial market. Qlltedg opened quietly firm but closed' wit ti an Irregular appearance.
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  • 333 3 OPPOSITION LEADER is EJECTED BY POLICE COLOMBO, Friday. CIXTY ARMED policemen walked into the Ceylon House of Representatives today and carried out the Opposition leader. Dr. N. M. Perera, and 10 other Opposition members for defying the Speaker. The action led to anti-Communis* shouts in the packed galleries and the
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  • |IN BRIEF...
    • 65 3 Rhee breaks off talks with Japan rKYO. Frl—The Republic of Korea today broke off negotiations aimed at establishing normal relations with Japan in a reaction to Japanese Cabinet endorsement of a plan to repatriate Korean residents in Japan to Communist North Korea. Mr. Ylu Tal Hal. Minister to Tokyo. informed
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    • 11 3 HAVANA: Five "war criminals" were executed at Cabana Fortress in Havana.
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    • 14 3 WASHINGTON: Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State. underwent an operation for hernia.
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    • 18 3 BANGKOK: Siamese Police are studying reports that ousted former Premier Marshal Pibul Songgram, plans to return 10 Siam.
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    • 14 3 LONDON: Princess Margaret will visit Nigeria when it celebrates its independence in October. 1960.
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  • 598 4  -  LEE KHOON CHOY By 3,000 AUDIENCE PACK MEMORIAL HALL AND ITS CATCALLS FOR MR. TANG BUT GREAT APPLAUSE FOR MAYOR ONG SINGAPORE, Fri.— It was booing for Mr. Tang Peng Yen and clapping for I lie Mayor, Mr. Ong ling (ivan, all the way
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  • 178 4 TUN LIM: INCREASE IN SINGAPORE'S OUTPUT IS ESSENTIAL SINGAPORE, Fri. The Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, said today it was essential, through greater productivity, to find employment for the "phenomenal" population increase if Singapore was not to suffer a setback in maintaining or even achieving higher living standards. Speaking
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  • 233 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Labour Ministry here today stepped in to try and settle the dispute between the management of the Lam Huat Hup Kee pineapple cannery near Kranji and all their 180 employees who were dis- missed on Wednesday. Leaders of the Malayan Amalgamated
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  • 341 5 FEDERATION FIGURE FOR THOSE COMING TO TAKE UP JOBS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A MINIMUM monthly salary of $1,200 has been fixed as the requirement for people entering Malaya to take up jobs. But this figure will be relaxed if it is shown that no
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  • 125 5 One kitted, 5 seriously Mured in truck crash JESSELTON, Fri. A man was killed and five others were seriously injured when a truck carrying the party home to Penam. pang earlier this week overturned and crashed 54 feet to the bottom of a hill near the Penampang Quarry. All six
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  • 210 5 Permit can be cancelled in 2 years SINGAPORE, Fri. The Controller of Immigration may at any time, within two years, cancel the entry permit of a person who ha° entered Singapore, if he is later found to be a prohibited immigrant. This will be one of the additional powers given
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  • 157 5 NEW AIRMEN First 30 recruits from Federation pass out SINGAPORE, Fri.— The first batch of 30 recruits of the Royal Malayan Air Force from the Federation passed out at a simple ceremony held this morning at RAF Seletar. Proudest recruit was 20--year-old Ahmad Jawas bin Hassan, of Kota Bharu. who
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  • 306 5 Nanyang aims at students having 'a good knowledge of English 9 OINGAPORE, Fri. Dr. Chang Tien-tse, chairman of the Nanyang University Executive Council, said today: "We have adopted English as the medium of instruction in many subjects, especially in science." Students were also given a choice of answering examination papers
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  • 394 5 THIS IS A CHEAP STUNT SA Y CRITICS OF PAP SINGAPORE, Fri.— The PAP decision in the City Council's finance committee not to have decorative lighting of City Hall and its vicinity for the visit of Prince Philip on Feb. 22 was described today as another cheap political stunt. Legislative
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  • 151 5 BILL TO CHANGE ADOPTION LAWS SINGAPORE, Fri. —it is to be made legally possible for parents in j Singapore to adopt their I own illegitimate children. Till now there has been no provision ln the Adoption of Children Ordinance under which this could be done. Other changes An amending BUI
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 543 5 Singapore diary... 1 1 I. 1 1 1 1 SINGAPORE CONSTITUTION II and 111 2.30 p.m. and Form IV EXPOSITION at the former Kal- and V 3.30 p.m., Singapore Chess lang airport site, 1 p.m. to 12 Club 3 pjn., film show, "To Catch midnight. A Thief" S p.m. INAUGURAL
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  • 301 6 SINGAPORE, Friday fHE Singapore Turf Club may soon set up branch office "betting shops" where members can place bets or buy sweep tickets without going to the races. This proposal is made in a statement by Mr. E. Laidlaw Thomson, the club's
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  • 449 6  - 'Blue baby' slept— and never woke again OH KEE TIANG BOON LEONG DIED BEFORE OPERATION By Penang, Friday. I AI BOON LEONG, 12, Penang's "blue baby," died from a heart infection in St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota, two weeks ago without undergoing the heart operation for which he went to
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  • 55 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. The Sultan of Johore. MaJ. Gen. S'r Ibrahim, is expected to return to Malaya from London by ship in May with the Sultana. Lady Marcella and their daughter Princess Merlam The Sultan who will be 85 years old this year, left for Britain
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  • 28 6 KOTA BHARU. Frl. The UMNO publicity officer. Inche Jaafar Albar. will tour Kelantan from March 1 to 7 as part of the Alliance election campaign.
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  • 281 6 MAYOR MUST MAKE UP HIS MIND: STAY OR TEACH? PENANG, Fri. The Mayor of George Town, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. will have to decide soon whether he wants to stay as Mayor or be a teacher. The Ministry of Education today issued a circular pointing out that under present regulations
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  • 121 6 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Trades Union Congress today urged the Government to expand its housing projects to provide work for the unemployed. In a letter to the Minister for Local Government. Lands and Housing, Dato Abdul Hamld bin Haji Tumat. the TUC said
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  • 243 6 Sea is Singapore's avenue of trade, says admiral SINGAPORE. Fri. The bustle of Singapore for the last several hundred years has been the pulsebeat of South-East Asia, said the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Admiral Herbert O. Hopwood, today. In a luncheon talk to the American Association of Malaya
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  • 22 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Prl. Fencing has been Introduced Into the Kluang Club and a class is being conducted every Wednesday.
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  • 419 6 Convicted, freed now another murder charge acquittal SINGAPORE, Fri Low Ah Mole, a former purchasing agent of the Green Bus Co., accused of murdering Kong Boon Hong, a director of the company, in Bukit Timah Road on March 5, was acquitted by Mr. Justice Wee Chong Jin in the Assize
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  • 375 7 BUT PENANG ACCEPTS ONG'S CALL -AND WILL SEND SIX, NOT THE THREE INVITED KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. £UALA LUMPUR and Seremban municipal and town councillors have rejected the invitation of Singapore's Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, to visit the constitution exposition as guests of the Singapore
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  • 387 7 Fou Ts'ong's Press session becomes a long grilling on politics REPORTERS, OFFICIALS IN A WORD WAR AS THE PLACID PIANIST PUFFS ON By SIT YIN FONG Singapore, Fri A PRESS conference at the Adelphi Hotel for Fou Ts'ong, 25, the brilliant runaway pianist from China, became a verbal fracas between
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  • 95 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. Two shots rang out in the midst of a secret society gang fight in Spring Street Chinatown, at 7.35 last night. They were fired by Detective Chee Kong Seek as about 20 parang-waving thugs attacked him and Detective Chan Hoong Yong. The
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  • 44 7 'Open house of polytechnic SINGAPORE. Fri. The Singapore Polytechnic will open its doors to the public on Feb. 26 and 27 and on March 2 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The public are invited to tour the building and watch classes in session.
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  • 19 7 ...there's $20,000 to be won in the MM January Contest, which closes at 5 p.m. on Monday. 1.N11i*****.***************.M.**********11
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  • 150 7 SCHOLARSHIP OFFER TO TEOCHEW STUDENTS SINGAPORE, Fri— Four university scholarships and an unlimited number of yearly monetary grants to secondary school students are offered by the Ngee Ann Kongsi for the nonChristian Teochew community of Singapore. Of the four university scholarships offered, two are tenable at the Nanyang University, one
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  • 168 7 aiAiinruitt, m. first picture of the just-com-pleted tiara which is to be presented to the Sultanah of Kedah Ten ska Bahiva. as a gift of the state on the eve of her husband's formal installation as Kuler next Thursday. It was reported
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  • 170 7 SINGAPORE, Friday. RiO men were arrested here today about an hour after Toh Kok Beng, 14. who was kidnapped by a gang staggered into his home at the 13th mile, Chua Chu Kanp Road. Toh. a rubber-tapper, was drinking at a coffee-shop in the village
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  • 92 7 A DATE FOR ORCHESTRA AT FAIR SINGAPORE, Fri. Radio Singapore's popular dance orchestra, the Malayanaires will make one of their rare public appearances on the stage of the Government pavilion at the Singapore Constitution Exposition on Monday at 8.30 p.m. The band, which will have the support of three topflight
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    • 454 7 &OPWAT rfWk C7OMAM ••WITH LATEST v|JT2u? @P\ JAPANESE DISCOVERY WEISEN ta.Vits A NEW THERAPY FOR PEPTIC (p) AND DUODENAL ULCERS (Py* Normal treatment of gastric r""*) and duodenal ulcers is by S~\ /C "k""/ neutnjlising the excess acid, v 1 1*"/ C < N//'~~\ y) but i» has been foond
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  • 56 8 It W.rt» fit (Minimum). MR. MRS. JULES COLOND thank all Friends and Relatives for their Kind Presents, Congratulatory Telegrams and Endeared Presence on the occasion of their Marriage. A. S. RAJASUNDRAM Accountant NUPW thanks relatives and friends for their expressions of sympathy and kind attendance at the funeral of
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  • The Straits Times
    • 627 8 Guarding The Gates The first reaction to the substantial amendments proposed for the immigration ordinances of the Federation and Singapore is relief that tin; two Governments have found agreement on a common policy that will keep the causeway open. The second is that proper and satisfactory means are being provided
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    • 291 8 Fire swept through the attap area of Kampong Tiong Bahru in Singapore, yesterday, the most destructive disaster of its kind for many yearsFirst estimates are that about twelve thousand people have lost their homes and belongings, twenty people have been injured, and one woman has lost her life.
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    • 284 8 In endorsing its Foreign Ministry's recommendation that Koreans who are to leave Japan can go, if they wish, to the Communist half of that country, the Japanese Government faces a serious break in relations with South Korea. It is believed in Tokyo that a complete severance of trade
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    5 8 VLL ATTEND TO THE ENGINE
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  • 203 8 FIFTY YEARS AGO (From the Straits Times of Feb. 11. 1909). 11/ ERE a record to be i Tf taken of the attendE ances of the Penan* Muni- pal Commissioners at the 5 various meetings of that body in the past twelve months, it might occasion some surprise to discover
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  • 1236 8  -  CYXICUS by 'THE P.A.P. vote against the illumination of Pit,, rnnnHl hnilrf City Council Duildmgs and the padang route which will be taken by the Duke of visits Singapore is not surprising. But it ie nprhan<? thp is pernaps me worst display of bad manners yet
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    8 8 The Builder Photo by Larry L'x.n
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    • 182 8 The Vital Link between School and Home... ARTHUR MEE'S CHILDREN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopedia ls an acknowledged masterpiece among reference books for young people. Its authentic text beguUlncly combines erudition and entertainment in a way quite unique in works of this kind. Generations of teachers have saluted the Children's
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  • 154 9 The tragedy on Friday the 13 th— in pictures VOLUNTEERS WITH BATTERING RAM] BACK FROM SCHOOL... TO NOTHIHG turned from school to find their homes burnt to the ground. 111 CMC lIP IM CMAirc TWO FIREMEN P° k e among the ALL UUHt Ur 111 SMUHt still smoking ruins This
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    • 185 9 r I I FORGET I YOUR I FACE SOMETIMES, how you wish you could! How can you concentrate at work or enjoy a party when pimples, rashes or prickly heat torment you with discomfort and embarrassment But suffering from skin complaints nowadays is just plain old-fashioned, because to protect yourself
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  • The STRAITS TIMES Satarday forum
    • 113 10 OFFICIALS MUST TOE OFFICIAL LINE MR. D. R. SEENIVASA GAM maintains that it would be Intimidation 11 Government took action against the two officials who refrained from voting on the Issue of multiJlngualism in the Ipoh Town Council. Their ab stentlon r~ ulted in the P.P.P. motion being carried by
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    • 73 10 HPHE leader of the People'. 1 J- Progressive Party, Mr D. R. Seenlvasagam. has challenged the Tengku to contest the coming Federal elections In his constituency In Ipoh-Menglembu which is his stronghold. A fairer fight would be to take the Tengku on at Kuala Kangsar. Tel
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    • 77 10 ON admission to the third class ward of Kuala Pilah hospital. I was given a bed with a dirty linen which had Just been vacated by a discharged patient. I was also without drinking mug and eating plate Before buying them for my own, I had to borrow
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    • 468 10 YOUR leader "Back to 1 Normal'! (S.T. Feb. 10) struck only a small happy note for the Normal Trained teachers. Frankly speaking, the attitude of the Ministry of Education towards teachers is still confused. As a rate-payer, I am much concerned with the way the
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    • 245 10 YfOUR leader on smugglers 1 (B.T. Feb. 9) concludes with the ominous verdict that the sooner Singapore learns to be really rude to the "gentry who flourish on temporary visas." the better. I can only nresume you i can omy presume you mean smuggling
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    • 182 10 lAM a poor wage-earner. By stinting for many years I saved a little money. With that as deposit and by continuing to forgo most of the pleasures of life I have succeeded in becoming —at least nominally a house owner. Of course the
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    • 101 10 rpHE Federation's Minister l for Transport has gone to Hong Kong for the launching of two boats for the Penang Butterworth ferry service. He would have been spared this journey had these boats been built in Butterworth or Singapore. It is astonishing that
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    • 98 10 IF a country gets the Goveminent it deserves it would not be unreasonable to assume that a city gets the Council it deserves. Can the present shambles be regarded as an indication of things to come? It is disturbing to find among the more responsible and
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    • 95 10 lAM an American businessman who has travelled extensively throughout South East Asia and have had an opportunity of observing traffic control in many Asian countries. I am, therefore. somewhat qualified in commending your police force upon the excellent Job of traffic control, not only In the
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    • 83 10 AS a Malay I oppose the suggestion that Radio Malaya should be renamed Radio Persekutuan Tanah Me ayu or Radio Tanah 1 y. U- Besides being a mouthful the new name will confuse foreign listeners say the Australians. People in every corner of the world
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    • 84 10 INDISCIPLINE and mattentlon is the main cause of failures of students in some private schools. In a class room of a private school (he teacher's voice is rtrewned in the din of disorder among the pupils Under such conditions wen i (.ftssors in the Mibjf. ••;l-.t cannot
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  • 1157 11 On Friday the Sultii of Kedah will be formally installed. The picturesque ceremony which will last 45 minutes will he attended by more thai 600 dignitaries headed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. This article tells ef the last occasion [when a
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 37 11 Carmen A Co. By $fa* The Saint By Leslie Charteris MMick Tracy By Chester Gould Bii^BV^T] AMA. YES. ABOUT THE 1 T SUE WAS IN MERE ONUVAnI F" CtT» LEAVE TME WOOO Taraan By Edgar Bice Burroughs
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  • 469 12 WORLD MAY FACE TIN DEFICIT OF 7,000 TONS By Our Market Correspondent THERE may be a net deficit of 7,000 tons between world tin consumption and production by the end of this year according to estimates drawn up by the London metal merchants, A. Strauss Co. Ltd. in their latest
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  • 28 12 SINGAPORE. FEB. 13. RIBBER: 85} cents per lb. (down fiveeighths of a cent). TIN. 5396.12} per picul (up 12, cents). Estimated unofficial offering 144 tons (unchanged).
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  • 556 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "Industrials were quiet, while tins and rubbers were steady at quotations. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Alex. Bricks pref. $1.72'j; Fed. Dispensary 11.13; Fraser and Neave ords. 81.55; Oammon $1.75
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  • 21 12 Malayan Share Market: Feb. It Feb. 12 Industrial.: 89.35 Tins: 94.67 94.19 Rubbers 110.81 llt.U Jan. 1 ISSH 100
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  • 282 12 'THE two days on which the rubber market was open after the Chinese New Year holidays were probably quieter than the holidays themselves, report H.C.B. Ltd. in their current review. Although there was a considerable accumulation of orders, particularly (or lower grades, a large section of the
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  • 116 12 MELBOURNE. Pli. INVESTMENTS and minings closed the week on a strong note on the Stock Exchange here today. Loans were steady Loans 3,-,-, 1956-59 £100 IBs. 3d. Bank of N.B.W £36 seller Con. Zinc 79/Mount Lyell 30/4 N Broken Hill 91/4H HUI 50 8/8 Mount Morgan 15 6
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  • 152 12 February Bnt grade rubber buyers fob. closed In Singapore yesterday at 85' 3 cents per Ib. down flve-eighths of a cent on Thursdays' closing price. The tone was quiet after easier. rimlm prleea in cents per IV. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int 1 RSS. Spot f.o.b. buyers 85"... sellers
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  • 100 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' AaMciaUon made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100 1: Canada: buying airmail T.T. 335. O.D. 32>i, 90 d/st 32 13/16 credit bills, 32 15 '16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 32: Swiss Francs 141.;
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  • 11 12 Further January rubber crops included: Sungei Tukang 51.000 lb
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  • 111 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK Continent February/March shipment $42' i buyers. $43'_- sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $64 sellers, drum $67 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $144, Sarawak $143 tooth down $2). special Sarawak black
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  • 37 12 Outputs from the estates and mines in the Gnthrie Group for January are as follows: Rubber 8.431.000 lb.. Tea (Black) 156.000 lb.. Palm oil 1.669 ton.v Palm kernels 403 tons, and Tin ore 760 plculs.
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    • 365 12 LA SALLE SCHOOL, KLANG CHINESE NEW TEAK ANG POW TICKETS RESUT M OP DRAW HELD AT THE SCHOOL ON 9th Feb. '59 at 10 p.m Ist Prize Ticket No. ***** (Seeing Machine, etc.) 2nd Priie ***** (Bicycle, etc.) 3rd Prize ***** (Watch, etc.) Consolation Prizes ***** (Substantial Ang Povr) *****
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    • 380 12 NOTICES TEMERLOH RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED i Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that a First Interim Dividend of Ti r o less 40 i Malayan Income Tax will be paid on 4th March 1959 to all Shareholders whose j names appear on the Company's Register as
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    • 662 12 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Public Licence No. 91 Usued to Inche Osman Bin Mobd All to supply electricity to Jerantut. Pahang. is hereby cancelled. CHIEF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR. Federation of Malaya. Kuala Lumpur. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Lim Leong Hon Is no longer employed by
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  • 677 14 ENGLAND BATTING FAILS AGAIN UNTIL... THE FIFTH TEST RICHARDSON HIGHEST SCORER WITH 68 AND LATE STAND SAVES THE DAY From JACK FINGLETON Melbourne, Friday CENT in by Benaud, the Australian skipper, when he won the loss. Kn gland failed badly here today on a lively pitch.
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  • 94 14 CINOAPORE. Fri— A total of fifteen secondary schools In Singapore will take part In the SAFA inter-school knockout soccer tournament starting on Feb 30, when all seven nrst-round matches will be decided. The draw is A.C.S. bye: Ist. round: Army Boys Trade school v R.1.; Alexandra
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  • 98 14 SIN^\PORE, Fri. LEONG Lye Ment, 16-year-old Asian Games swimmer, left Singapore by B(> AC BrltUnla for Sydney this morning. Lye Meng represented Malaya in the Tokyo Asian Games and finished sixth in the women's 200 metres breast stroke final. A former pupil of St.
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  • 61 14 SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore Amateur FA youth committee decided tonight to provide training for primary school players during school holidays. The committee felt this would give primary schoolboys an early grounding and interest In the game before they go into secondary schools. It is hoped to give
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  • 91 14 SINGAPORE, Frt.— lHe Singapore Amateur F.A. youth committee decided today to play trial matches on Mar. 3 and Mar. 9 at Jalan Besar to select a training squad for the Junior Asian Cup competition in April. The squad will then do Intensive training under Loughboregtat
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  • 35 14 SINGAPORE. Fri.— Victoria beat St. Andrew's 4-0 In their Inter- school soccer match on Victoria School ground today. Kwan Meng and Nadarajan (3) scored. The schools drew 3-3 in their second-eleven match.
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  • 424 14 SINGAPORE, Friday. THE fourth annual cricket Test between Singapore A and the Federation will be played in Penang from March 27 to 29 and will be the first of 11 representative matches Singapore will play this season. Another important fixture for
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  • 21 14 CARDIFF, Fri. Wales and Holland drew their International amateur boxing match here last night, each winning five bouts.— Reuter.
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  • 209 14 State discard Coutts is SRC's hero SINGAPORE, Fri. State discard Burdett Coutts turned in a match-winning performance for defending champions Singapore Recreation Club in their Impressive 6-0 win into the second round of the S.H.A. Senior knockout competition against Prisons on the padang today. Coutts. who was not considered for
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  • 112 14 ENGLAND IST INNS. Richardson c and b Benaud 68 Bailey c Davidson b Lindwall 0 May c Benaud b Meckiff 11 Cowdrey c Lindwall b Davidson 22 Graveney c McDonald b Benaud 19 Dexter c Lindwall b Meckiff 0 Swctmon c Grout b Davidson 1 Mortimore not out 41
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    • 384 14 I RIGGER: S.C.C. seven-a-slde (seml-nnals>— Rotoitl v SCC. "C", 4.46 p.m.; Naval Base "A" v Johore Asians "A", 5.09 pm: Final at 6 p.m SWIMMING: Singapore Battalion Boys' Brigade carnival. Olllman Barracks Pool, 2.30 p m HOCKEY: SHA. senior knockout (Ist round) I.A. v Singapore Malays, Balestter Road: junior knockout
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  • 551 15 DENANG, Fri. Be- cause of the poor entries of 116 received 57 from Class 3 and 59 from Class 5 the Penang Turf Club February meeting has been reduced to two days, on Feb. 21 and 28. There will be eight races ;ach day
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  • 53 15 FNANCi. Fri— The schedule of raring to: FIRST DAT: Class 3. Divs. 1 and 2 3 if and "f Crass 5. Dlvs. 1 and S sJf and 7f. SECOND DAY: Class, 3. Divs. 1 and 2— 6 f and Bif. Class 5, Divs. 1 and 2— 6
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    • 757 15 FOR SALE Word, U 'llm.,— Box M tt,. txtrm TURIS6A" "HELVETIA- wonlerful. beautiful Swiss sewing nachlnes, Sunbeam frypans, nixers beaters, fans. Danish hams, isusages, cheaply priced. 6 Foch ■toad. Singapore *****. ONE CHRYSLER AIR-CONDI-ITONER, One Kelvlnator 9 cv. ft. Refrigerator. One full stse Electric Cooker. Excell.nt working order. Apply 17
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    • 441 15 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received by the Senior Mechanical Engineer. P.W.D.. Workshop, Johore Bahru, up to noon of the 38th February, 1959, for the purchase of Mechanical Spares, Assorted Tyres A Tubes, Cast Iron Pipes and Scrap Material and Batteries. Full particulars and Tender form* can be
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  • 1205 16 GOVERNOR'S CUP FINISH PROVIDES A RELIABLE GUIDE EPSOM JEEP's best bets at Kuala Lumpur today are State Minstrel (Race 2), Corporal Nim (Race 4) and Movie Fan (Race 8). CALL BOY's 'big race' double is: Who Knows (Gold Cup) and High Socks (Henggeler Trophy). The
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  • 1334 16 RACE HMH (Class 4. My. %)—9 Vurs. 1 ***** Excelsior (Trio Kongsl) Yong. 4 8.13 (O) Ransome 2 ***** Arctic Befion (Dr. Si Mrs. E.C. Urn) Rodgers. 6 8.13 (F) Moon 3 ***** Lord Fredrick II (E.L. Sc O.S. Nathan) E. Breuk., 8 8.13 (O) Donnelly 4 861
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  • 166 16 By KEN FERNANDEZ Kuala Lumpur, Friday A KOREAN university soccer team may tour Malaya A for three matches next month, F.A. of Malaya secretary Kwok Kin Keng told me today. The Koreans, who are scheI I duled to visit Slam at the end of
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  • 76 16 Tengku will be FAM chief again KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman will be reelected president of the F.A. of Malaya at Its annual gneral meeting here on Sunday. The Tengku, who has been president for the past eight years. Is the only candidate for the post The
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  • 25 16 BRISBANE. Fri. Victoria scored 84 for one wicket on a rain-hit first day's play in their Sheffield Shield match against Queensland here today.
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  • 231 16 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Tan Tock Sen* Hospital. S.G.S.F.A. Cup champions- and League runners-up, suffered a setback in weir bid for this year's league championship when they were held to a 1-1 draw by 8.T.8. at Jalan Besar Stadium today. Hospital have only a
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  • 175 16 F AP plans clubhouse LOH OUTLINES PROJECT AT MEETING PENANG, Fri. The F. A. of Penang is planning to build its own clubhouse. F.A.P. president Loh Hoot Yeang disclosed at last night's annual general meeting of the association that the F.A.P. had been offered a 2.800 square foot piece of
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