The Straits Times, 7 March 1959

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    19 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SAIF r\lFrns 80,000 The Straits Times flat*** 1 Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1959 15 CENTS
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    TENGKU DEFENDS PACT
    249 1 NEED FOR THAT MUTUAL DEFENCE TREATY Malaya must get rid off internal Communist threat f Limited money for armed forces MALACCA, hi The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today defended Malaya's mutual defence treaty with Britain. Addressing 4,000 Malays, Chinese and Indians at a rally at Merliinuu.
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    It's Big Walk time – again: 1,636 in for fun and prizes
    573 1 It's Big Walk time again: 1 ,636 in for fun and prizes SINGAPORE, Friday. THE FOURTH annual Free Press Big Walk this Sunday, in which a record 1 ,636 people are taking part, promises to be the most spectacular sporting event of the year. Never before has Singapore seen so
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    NOW A CALL FOR PROBE OF ALL PA RTY FUNDS...
    242 1 NOW A CALL FOR PROBE OF ALL PA RTY FUNDS... SINGAPORE, Friday. J^jH. E. K. TAN, secretary-general of the Liberal Socialist Party, today demanded that tlic commission of inquiry which will probe the alleged $500,000 U.S. aid~to the Singapore People's Alliance should also investigate the poli tical funds of all
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    A double triumph for blind singer —David
    75 1 A double triumph for blind singer David HONG KONG, Fri. A young blind singer has won doable honours in the 11th annual schools musical festival here. He is David Lung, a student of the Hong Kong Music Training Centre for the Blind, who gained top marks of 170 for two
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    Lock icon ONE GESTURE RELEASED 7,000 CHEERS
    291 1 Quiet welcome changed when Philip jumped on back of car LIONG KONG, Fri. n A simple gesture from Prince Philip today changed his reception here from a quiet and polite interest into a warmhearted, cheering welcome. About 7,000 people gathered in the City Square to
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    'Third Man' slips in so quietly
    635 1  - 'Third Man' slips in so quietly PATRICIA MORGAN By ...AND PROVES HE IS NO k BIG DADDY' SINGAPORE, Friday HTHE "Third Man," actor Orson Welles, slipper A into Singapore today and showed that, in person, he is nothing like the sinister character he portrayed in his most famous film role.
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    A busy day for Lim
    68 1 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Chief Minister. Tun Lim Yew Hock, who became the Education Minister on Tuesday following the resignation of Mr. Chew Swee Kee, was at the ministry in Kay Slang Road today to attend to urgent problems. After clearing a heap of files with
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    Lock icon New penicillin discoveries
    48 1 LONDON, Fri. Four British doctors have isolated six amino-penicillanic acids "from which any number of new penicillins may be obtained, the Lancet said today. Already there were indications "that it will be possible to produce readily penicillins which do not cause reactions in penicillin-sensitive patients."—Reuter.
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    BODY OF WOMAN FOUND IN DITCH
    250 1 BODY OF WOMAN FOUND IN DITCH Hand was tied and jacket removed CINGAPORE, Fri. Police today removed the body of a middle-aged woman from a ditch fronting a Chinese cemetery at Lornie Road, near the Royal Singapore Golf Club. The body was found by five grass cutters. A black samfoo
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    Lock icon Big new rebel drive in Celebes
    193 1 Big new rebel drive in Celebes JAKARTA, Fri. The Indonesian Army announced tonight that North Celebes rebels launched fullscale attacks around Menado with modern weapons smuggled from abroad. The announcement said Government troops had brok- en up rebel frontal attacks south of Menado and killed 400. Radio M?nado announced tonight
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    STOP PRESS
    37 1 PLEDCE ON BERLIN FOR IKE WASHINGTON. Fri President Eisenhower _-:n<' congressional tracers of both partita .1 Oft-minute briefing on the Berlin crisis today and received i pledge of united support for his firm stand— U.P.l.
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    Teachers quit schools to retain lucrative home tuition
    489 2 SINGAPORE, Friday. J'KI V Al'h tuition in Singapore is so lucrative that several fully-qualified teachers have resigned when asked by the Ministry of Education to choose between the school and their side-line. The Principal Staff Officer of the Ministry Vfr. Goh Sin
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    Public meetings
    39 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. Mr. M.P.D. Nair, Minister for Communications and Work.-, today said he was planning to hold a series of public meetings next week at Yio Chu Kang. Kampong Cheng San. Jalan Hwi Yoh and Jalan Kayu-
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    First meeting
    29 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri— The .southern branch of the Senior Government Officers' Association will hold its inaugural meeting at the Civil Service Club here tomorrow fit 5 p.m.
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    1,000 AT TEA PARTY for THE RING AND QUEEN
    81 2 THE KING and Queen at tea during the first evening on Thursday of their four-day tour of Selangor. More than 1,000 people attended the tea party at the Istana Pantai in Morib. On the Yang di-Perruan Agong's right are the Sultan
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    King opens 880,000 mosque and gives a pledge
    475 2 SELANGOR: SECOND DAY OF THE ROYAL TOUR YIORIB, Fri. The ■l"! Yang di-Pertuan Agong today stressed that the Government intended to strengthen the Muslim religion in the country. The Government would do this by aiding and encouraging the opening of religious schoolsHis
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    THOUGH LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES ARE A BARRIER, BE PATIENT, POLICE TOLD
    336 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Chief Secretary, Mr. E. B. David, today said he looked forward to the day when a common means of c o m m v n ication would be developed for the different races of Singapore. Speaking at
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    Safinah to make debut
    56 2 SINGAPORE, Fri Saflnah, a new Malay screen star, will make her first public appearance at the Cathay Organisation's stall at the Singapore Constitution Exposi- tion at 8 p.m. on Sunday. Accompanying her will be Wahid Satay. the comedian, who wlil help give photographs to fans. He
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    20ft. BEAM MAY GIVE ANSWER TO COPTER CRASH
    100 2 20ft. BEAM MAY GIVE ANSWER TO COPTER CRASH KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A missing 20ft. lons wooden beam may provide a clue to the reason for the Sycamore helicopter crash at Serdang, I miles from here, on Feb. 21, when the pilot and an airman were killed. This piece of wreckage
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    Marine fuel prices cut
    61 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Shell Petroleum Company announced in London that it would reduce the Singapore spot bunker prices for marine fuel oil from today by 7s. 6d a long ton. The old price was £7 4s 6d a Shell spokesman in Singapore said. The new prices
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    Mac flies to U.S. on March 19
    371 3 PREMIER SAYS: MOSCOW TRIP HAS RESULTED IN WILL TO AGREE TO NEGOTIATE LONDON, Friday. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan. will fly to Washington on March 19 for talks with President Eisenhower on his recent discussions with the Russian Premier, Mr. Khrushi chev.
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    Cost of rebel war BOpc of the budget
    317 3 Cost of rebel war BOpc of the budget IN BRIEF... MACASSAR, Fri. The State Minister for Civil and Mi--lit a r y Co-operation, Wahib Wahab, said in a speech here that 60 per cent of Indonesia's budget was being used for suppression of the rebellion and bandit gangs throughout the
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    Lock icon Nanyang's role
    34 3 TAIPEH. Fri. The Vice President and Prime Minister. Mr. Chen Cheng, told visiting Nanyang University students from Singapore that the University was playing an important role in South-East Asia's anti-Communist struggle U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Royal visit
    20 3 LONDON. Fri. The Queen and Prince Philip will visit West Africa from Nov. 11 to Dec. 15— U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Woman aged 130
    31 3 AMMAN, FrL A woman who died yesterday at an age claimed to be 130 in the Hebron area of south Jordan left 100 grandsons, Amman newspapers reported.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon VI plot to hill Grivas' revealed, says paper
    133 3 VI plot to hill Grivas' revealed, says paper NICOSIA, Fri— The right wing Cypriot nationalist newspaper Ethnos said today that British intelligence men had discovered a "plot to kill Col. George Grivas the Eoka leader,' last Sunday. They had been informed that families of Cypriot "traitors" killed by Eoka during
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    Now trouble comes again to Kenya
    173 3 NAIROBI. Fri. Africa's current racial outbreaks swept into Kenya today when police arrested 30 strongarm African leaders in a dawn raid. The Government also announced two newspapers would be banned. The arrested Africans, members of Negro leader Tom Mboya's Peoples Convention Party, were accused
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    419 3 ONDON, Pri— Unsettled con- dltions prevailed In London stock markets today. Buyers were holding off, while small selling was Induced by adverse factors such as the rise In the United States discount rate and toe uncertain international political situation. The silt-edged market was also affected
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    Lock icon GOVERNOR GREETS MAKARIOS ON RETURN FROM 3-YEAR EXILE
    46 3 SIR HUGH FOOT. Governor of Cyprus, shakes hands with Archbishop Makarios on his return from three years' exile. Journalists look on as the two men meet to discuss the amnesty for the Eoka terrorist leader Colonel Grivas. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon USSR CONTRACT FOR BRITAIN
    223 3 Vickers Armstrong beat Krupps to it LEIPZIG, Friday. VICKERS Armstrong of Britain have secured a contract against competition from Krupps of West Germany for the supply of chemical industrial plants to Russia, trade circles reported here today. (In London, a spokesman' for the British firm said
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    Lock icon No sense of smell— they died
    93 3 No sense of smell they died LONDON, Fri. Thomas Ridley, retired college janitor, and his wife Ethel, both 73, probably died because they had little or no sense of smell, the New. castle coroner was told yesterday. Mr. Ridley was found overcome by gas, and his wife dead, in their
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    Lock icon AMERICAN ROCKET SETS UP RECORD
    191 3 AMERICAN ROCKET SETS UP RECORD lODRELL BANK, Fri.— J America's gold-plated Pioneer IV moon rocket reached a point 405,000 miles from earth at 1259 GMT and set a new record for transmission of radio signals from outer space. Officials at the Manchester University radio telescope here reported that the rocket
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    Lock icon Bottle of beer tragedy
    38 3 CHARLEROI < South Belgium), Fri. An eight-year-old boy was killed here when he fell down and broke a bottle of beer he had Just bought. Police said his throat was cut by broken glass. Reuter.
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    Lock icon DAVID NIVEN WINS AWARD
    92 3 HOLLYWOOD, Fri. Actress Susan Hay ward ("I Want to Live") and actor David Niven ("Separate Tables") won top actor ana actress awards last night at the annual banquet of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The film "The Defiant Ones" was acclaimed as the best picture of
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    Two-day triumph for hard-hitting Tengku
    335 4  -  DAHARI ALI By Muar, Friday TOUR PROVES UMNO STILL HAS POPULAR BACKING THE Prime Minister's triumphant two-day electioneering tour of the predominantlyMalay area of West Johore has proved that UMNO still commands popular support among the people. More than 18.000 people heard Tengku Abdul Rahman
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    FOUR GIRLS AND THEIR DANCE PARTNER
    108 4 The five cheerful globetrotting Americans at Kuala Lumpur airport (from left) Gloria H. Teal (New Jersey), Dana Matthaci (New Jersey), Stewart K Mott (Michigan), Jane E. Bancroft (New York) and K Sue Beebe (Michigan). The girls were usherettes in the American pavilion at the
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    NO CONFIDENCE CALL
    74 4 IPOH, Fri.— A People's Progressive Party motion of no confidence in the secretary of the Ipoh Town Council. Mr Ong Jin Hoe, will come up for discussion at the next meeting of the full council. The motion, notice of which was given at last night's meeting by
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    A second wedding for Yvonne
    150 4 A second wedding for Yvonne OINGAPORE, Fri. Runaway bride, Yvonne Mclntyre, 21, and her sailor husband. Ron Turner, 24, will be married a second time at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Yvonne ran away from her Oeylang Road home on Feb. 16 to wed Ron,
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    Temple trustee
    25 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Mr. N.K. Plllay, Chief Public Health Inspector. Johore North, has been elected a trustee of the Sri Muthumariamman Temple, Muar.
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    'Godmother' to 15,000 islanders wins again
    212 4  - 'Godmother' to 15,000 islanders wins again CATHCRINA NG By SINGAPORE, Fri. Che Masni Yunos, "godmother" to 15,000 islanders, today brought a second group of 60 from Pulau Sumulon, Pulau Ayer Merlimau and Pulau Damaluat, to Singapore for a civics course. To the men and women and children in islands around
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    Celebration of Hindu festival
    54 4 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Hindus throughout the country will fast and celebrate the "Maha Sivarathlrl" festival tomorrow night. On Sunday morning, celebrants will bathe In the sea, and break their fast. In Singapore, the Sri Senpaga Vlnayagar temple, 19 Ceylon Road, will stage four rounds of pooja ceremonies
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    BACK TO SCHOOL
    131 4 22 senior army officers learn about Christian leadership SINGAPORE, Fri. Twenty-two, of the most senior officers in the Army in Singapore went back to the classroom today Three major-generals, nine brigadiers ana 10 colonels attended a special course in Christian leadership conducted by the assistant Chaplain General,
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    MRS. LEON-SOH LEAVES THE SIT, CALLS FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY
    355 4 MRS. LEON-SOH LEAVES THE SIT, CALLS FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY SINGAPORE, Fri. Mrs. F. Leon-Soh, a City Councillor, today resigned as a trustee of ths Singapore Improvement Trust. She walked out of a committee meeting at 4.30 p.m. in protest against what she considered "an insult to a member of
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    Committee to hear cinemas owners
    159 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. T<HE CITY COUNCIL'S public utilities committee decided today to hear representations from owners of cinemas and amusement parks who have petitioned against a Council decision to charge a flat rate of 20 cents a unit for all their electricity. I Three representatives of
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    Two-day visit
    34 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. Mr George Bennett Director of the Asia-Africa Department of the Institute of International Education (1.1. E.) is scheduled to arrive here on Sunday from Saigon for a two- day visit.
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    FOUR WILL FACE QUIZ ON DELAY IN REPLY
    228 4 FOUR WILL FACE QUIZ ON DELAY IN REPLY SINGAPORE. Fri. Four top officers of the City Council have been asked to explain to the public utilities committee the reason for the delay in replying to applications from the Singapore Harbour Board about the Council's decision to increase the charges for
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    POLICE TOLD TO GUARD SHIP
    98 4 POLICE TOLD TO GUARD SHIP SINGAPORE. Fri. Th» Marine Police have been asked to guard the 7.233--ton Dutch snip Texel when it comes alongside the wharves at Pulau Bukom tomorrow. The Texel has on board three British East African stowaways. It was disclosed to the Straits Times today that the
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    Long service
    25 4 JOHORr: _*AHRU, Fri.— Mr. K. Veerasingam, special grade technician ot the Drainage and Irrigation Department. Batu Pahat, has retired after 33 years' service.
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    DO-IT-YOURSELF ROAD MAKERS START TODAY
    214 5 SINGAPORE, Friday. RESIDENTS will provide the labour, while the City Council provides $15,000 worth of materials and necessary equipment, to construct a 3,200-foot long road from Braddell Road to Potong Pasir. Work on the road, which runs parallel to Kallang River, begins tomorrow, and will
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    A trip to U.S.
    34 5 SINGAPORE. Fri Inche Hussein bin Abdul Hamid, Malay editor in the U.S.I.S. press section, will leave Singapore on Tuesday for the United States for a threemonth training and travel programme.
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    Bursaries for ZSO Malay students
    85 5 Bursaries for ZSO Malay students SINGAPORE. Fri.— The Ministry of Education today announced that 250 bursaries, each worth $72, will be provided shortly for the education of Malay students in secondary schools. Each pupil will receive St. a month and his lees will be remitted to him. A Ministry statement
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    Murdered man was member of society, says 08 member
    354 5 Murdered man was member of society, says 08 member SINGAPORE, Friday. QNG HOCK SAN, 18, was slashed to death outan open-air cinema in an area controlled by members of his secret society, a preliminary inquiry was told today. Chew Thiam Hock, a grass cutter, said that he and Ong were
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    —DUE INTOMORROW —ARMY'S MEDICAL CHIEF
    70 5 —DUE INTOMORROW —ARMY'S MEDICAL CHIEF LIEUT-GEN. Sir Alexander Drummond, Director General Army Medical Services, who Is scheduled to arrive in Singapore tomorrow night. He will leave for Hong Kong on Tuesday morning. Gen. Drummond will return on Friday after making a short tour of Hong Kong's British Military Hospital. In
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    News in dialects urged by MCA
    65 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association has asked the Government to restore news broadcast in Kheh. Foochow and Hainanese in the Chinese section of Radio Singapore. In a letter to the Chief Minister. Tun Lim Yew Hock, the association supported
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    ACCIDENT DAMAGES GIVEN TO TEACHER
    140 5 SiiNUAfUKUj. rriaay. r:OMAS JOSEPH VERGHESE, 29, a school teacher, who was permanently disabled in a traffic accident here, was awarded damages of $23,078 by Verghese, who is now in Kerala, South India, was knocked down by a Singapore Traction Company bus following a collision between
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    Transfer of authority plan
    80 5 Transfer of authority plan SINGAPORE, Pri. The Chief Secretary, who now holds movable and immovable property on behalf of the Government, is to hand it over to the Financial Secretary. Provision for this transfer of authority is contained in a Bill published here today. It was said that with the
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    Branch meeting
    31 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. A meeting of the Malacca branch of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association will be held at the Malacca Club on Mar. 14 at 11 a.m.
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    Teachers: Govt. studies new training plan
    225 5 Teachers: Govt. studies new training plan SINGAPORE, Friday. THE Singapore Education Ministry may soon introduce a single system of training teachers for Government English primary schools instead of the present dual system. This was indicated by Mr. Lee Siow Mong, Permanent Secretary to the Ministry in an interview with the
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      682 5 I Today's Singapore diary... j f_ SINGAPORE CONSTITUTION YWCA: Drama class— "Creative GEYLANG STRAITS CHINESE EXPOSITION at the former Kal- Drama for children" 9.30 a.m., METHODIST CHURCH: Counselllang airport site. 6 p.m. to 11.30 and •Poise and Personality for ing class 3 pjn., junior MYP p.m. Adults" 10.30 a.m. meeting
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    DEATHS
    106 6 20 »oid, $10 I Minimum). MRS. TAN HOCK S^NG, i;ee Mdm. Lim Geok Neo. pa-^sed aw.iy 16-3-59) 2i5F. Bartley Road, Singapore, leaving 4 sons, 3 daughters 2 aons-in-!aw. one daughter-in-law and 5 grandchildren Funeral (8-3-59) noon. MADAM TAN TEE, 76. on 43.39 at 25. Branksome Road, lr .n ing
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    67 6 1# H.rds Si* (Minimum). THANK YOU ALL for the kind Messages of Sympathy, Beautiful Flowers and Attendance at the Funeral Service of my beloved Mother. Enid Riches. THE FAMILY OF the late Mr. Joseph Chooog Kiang Choo thank all Relatives and friends for their condolence messages, wreaths, scrolls, mass
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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  • Saturday, March 7, 1959.
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      Keeping It Clean
      524 6 Tun Lim Yew Hock's allegations against P.A.P., says Mr. Francis Thomas, are "ridiculous, incredible and very dangerous in Singapore." The Chief Minister appeared to him '"to be willing recklessly to set fire ;to suspicion, bitterness and destructive hatred if by so doing he could block political I
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      Tibetan Revolt
      338 6 Peking's complete silence does rot contradict the now quite detailed accounts which are reaching India from Tibet of the revolt of Khamba tribesmen. The province of Lhoka, including the basin of the upper Brahmaputra river south of Lhasa, is now entirely in their control. Fighting seems to have
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      Kampong Drive
      247 6 The problems of Malaya's 350,000 rubber smallholders have been discussed largely in terms of helping them to replant. Undoubtedly their salvation depends upon it But this is a long term affair and should not obscure the need for an immediate increase in the incomes of most of them.
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    YEARS AGO FIFTY
    146 6 YEARS AGO FIFTY (From the Strait» rimes i of March 4. 1909* A START has been made A at filling in the sandpits that Ire alongside of Moulmein Road towards the Balestier end. They are dangerous; cases of drowning having occurred in them s owing to their uncertain iepth. I
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    As I was saying...
    1334 6  -  CYXICUS by T^HE one hour debate in the Singapore Assembly on the motion deploring the payment of compensation to the retiring Director of the Special Branch, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, was remarkable. I thought, for the fact that no-one had the courage to come to the
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    4 6 BUT EVERYBODy'S DOING IT.'"
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    WEEK-END STUDY
    9 6 THE DANCER Photo by K. S. Kong
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    All back that politics ban
    408 7 RS PARENTS, TEACHERS AGREE: PUPILS MUSTN'T BE USED FOR POLL FIGHTS KUALA LUMFUK, Friday. EDUCATIONISTS and parents today supported the Government's plan to tighten discipline in schools, particularly in matters concerning politics. They agreed that pupils should not be used by political parties in the
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    3 kathis called to sort out marriage tangle
    128 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Three kathis were called to the Shariah Court today in a ca*e in which a man alleged that his wife married anotner man. Tuan Ha]i Zubir testified that he allowed the divorce petition of Chan Bee binte Miam, 21. after
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    Every man is by nature a Peeping Tom...
    486 7 Every man is by nature a Peeping Tom IPOH, Fri. There is a tendency in every male to be a Peeping Tom. So, argues Dr. W. Holmes, since this is a natural Instinct in man, it is perhaps better to allow men to work off this instinct by watching strip-tease
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    WE WILL DEAL DIRECT WITH GO VERNMENT—UNION
    80 7 WE WILL DEAL DIRECT WITH GO VERNMENT— UNION KUALA LUMPUR.. Frl. The Government Printing Department Trade Union tonight decided to withdraw lls two-year-old pay demand from the Whitley Council because the council had "fro len" its claim The union will now ne- gotiate direct with the Government. It also passed
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    Eight-day festival of drama, dancing
    174 7 SINGAPO SINGAPORE, Fri An eight-day arts festival of music, drama and classical dances will be held In Singapore from April 1. The festival will Include exhibitions of post-war art in Singapore, the work of local photographers, and a flower show. Among those taking part will
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    P.C. STILL GUARDS —CHEW'S HOME—
    141 7 P.C. STILL GUARDS —CHEW'S HOME— police guard at Mr. Chew's house, he said: "There have been police guards there for a long time, and there is nothing unusual about it." ASKED whether the guards would be withdrawn from the house now that Mr Chew was no longer a Minister or
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    WOMAN DIES AFTER A FALL
    93 7 WOMAN DIES AFTER A FALL SINGAPORE, Fri. A young woman with head and body injuries died in hospital this morning shortly after she was rushed there from Upper Hokkien Street. She was iound lying at the foot of a block of Singapore Improvement Trust flats. Police believe Heng fell from
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    Chamber told to prove existence
    35 7 JESSELTON. Fri.— The acting Registrar of Societies. Mr. G.R. Hedley. has asked the Labuan Chamber of Commerce, registered in April. 1956. to furnish proof of its existence within three months
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    I was not overpaid $27,000, he says
    338 7 MAN DENIES BANK'S ALLEGATION SINGAPORE, Friday. KOH KIM GUAN, a businessman, today denied that he had been overpaid by $27,000 when he cashed a cheque at the Nederlandsche Handel MaatschappiJ last June 21. The cheque was for $3,000. The bank claims that Kon
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    Singapore students are also barred
    138 7 Singapore students are also barred OINGAPORE, Frl. Students in Singapore, like their counterparts in the Federation, may be expelled if they take part in election activities. Mr. Lee Slow Mong, Permanent Secretary to the Education Ministry, said this bar also covered preelection rallies. A departmental regulation to this effect had
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    Two acquitted
    43 7 SINGAPOr2. Fri Two men, Siah Kek Leng and Ho Sow Leng. were acquitted in a Singapore court today on a charge of attempting extortion by putting a woman. Pek Geok Wah. In fear of Injury on the afternoon of Jan. 22.
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    CHILDREN ARE ASKED TO MEET ROYAL PILOT
    78 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. Special invitations have been sent to five Singapore schoolchildren and a number of BOAC's Junior Jet Club members to meet Captain A.P.W. Cane, who commanded the Comet 4 in which Prince Philip toured India, Pakistan and Burma. Capt. Cane will be
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    STORE CITIZENS WILL BE BRITISH
    228 7 STORE CITIZENS WILL BE BRITISH SINGAPORE, Fri.— A Bill to make necessary amendments to the Citizenship Ordinance so as to confer the status of a British subject on citizens of Singapore was published today. The BUI is complementary to the State of Singapore Act amending the British Nationality Act. 1948.
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    Briefing for mission
    41 8 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The 15--man Singapore trade delegation to Indonesia today met the Minister for Commerce and Industry. Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, for an informal discussion. The party, accompanied by two government observers, will leave by air on Sunday.
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    New association for doctors rejected
    296 8 IPOH. Friday. JHE REGISTRAR of Societies, Mr. J. C. Adams, has rejected the draft constitution of the Malayan Medical Association, formed last November to represent the 1,500 doctors in Singapore and the Federation. The constitution was rejected, it is understood, on the ground that as
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    SPA LEADER HITS BACK AT THOMAS
    239 8 'He now kneels before PAP, singing its praises 9 SINGAPORE, Friday. MR. WANG TSUN HAO, secretary-general of the Singapore People's Alliance, today hit back at Mr. Francis Thomas, the Labour Front secretary-general, for attacking the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, in a statement
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    Sheridan: 'Powers for Govt' poser at Delhi talks
    250 8 Sheridan: 'Powers for Govt' poser at Delhi talks SINGAPORE, Friday. ONE of the pressing issues which faced the recent International Commission of Jurists in New Delhi was the question of drawing up rules which compromise the need for a government to have powers of governing, and the need for a
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    MARSHALL: COME TO THE PARTY TALKS
    70 8 MARSHALL: COME TO THE PARTY TALKS SINGAPORE, Fri. Mr. David Marshall, chairman of the Workers' Party, today appealed to members to attend a conference on March 29 at the New Star Hall, New World. He said that the meeting would receive reports of the chairman and treasurer and elect a
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    17 for survey
    27 8 SINGAPORE, Fri.—Seventeen geography students from the University of Malaya will leave Singapore on April 2 for a month-long survey of the Siamese rural settlement.
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    DISPLAY OF 350 CHOICE PHOTOS OPENED
    172 8 DISPLAY OF 350 CHOICE PHOTOS OPENED SINGAPORE, Fri. The 10th International Salon organised by the Photographic Society of Singapore was officially opened by Mr. Yap Pheng Geek in a simple ceremony at Victoria Memorial Hall this evening. Altogether about 350 pictures selected out of 2,001 entries from 40 countries were
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    2 TOP RAF OFFICERS DUE TODAY
    101 8 2 TOP RAF OFFICERS DUE TODAY SINGAPORE, Fri.— Two top Royal Air Force officers with the Air Ministry are expected to arrive here in a Transport Command Comet jet airliner tomorrow to visit the Far East Air Force. They are Air Marshal Sir Hubert Patch, Air Member for Personnel, and
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    $36,800 in fund
    32 8 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Mayor's fire relief fund today reached a total of $36,825, including some donations whioli came in late from various centres. The fund has now been closed.
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    Gold bars for six donors
    78 8 SINGAPORE. Fri.— Six veteran blood donors will receive gold bars from Mr. M.P.D. Nair, acting for the Minister of Health, at the Blood Transfusion Centre of the General Hospital on Monday. The six men are Mr. F. G. Crook Mr. K. D. Mistry, Mr Ho
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE THE LUMUT TRAGEDY
    1502 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE THE LUMUT TRAGEDY MAN KILLED AND TWO WOMEN INJURED IN MIDNIGHT RAID BY JOBLESS WORKERS "MRS. INNES was 1 astounded. A Chinese visitor, a complete stranger to her, seemed to be intent upon killing her. And she was quite unable to see any good reason for
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      216 9 CM When someone counts on you You can count on Life Insurance Marriage is both a happy aiid solemn turning point in life. And whether your experience is "for better or for worse" your life insurance helps you face the future with confidence. For many it is the foundation of
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      58 9 Carmen Co By 3taa The Saint Ely Lesiie Charteris f#f>#i Tracy By Chester Gauid m|l WMM^^"-' •^=s^>< j W— TWI 1A I.' J— W| W I CAN'T BELIEVE |T» JUST POLLOW THIS STREAM?] /T^l' -^J"**"^ Wf^^ -^Hl^fc^ f? Tarsan By Edyar Bice Burrauyhs Mtet V^ vV ITm Mb I I
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    TIN PRICE FALLS BELOW $400 MARK: LESS DEMAND
    606 10 TIN PRICE FALLS BELOW $400 MARK: LESS DEMAND By Our Market Correspondent AN even steeper drop of $2.50 yesterday took the price of tin in Singapore below the $400 level to $398.75. The price went over $400 for the first time since December 1956 on February 18 and the improvement
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    Rubber market sound
    369 10 rE behaviour of the rubber market this week again indicates it has a very sound foundation. report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current survey. During the first two days of the period when tenders representing very large quantities of March R.S.S. 1 were circulating a sharp decline
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    STORE SHIPPING
    108 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Borneo 12. Lao 3/4, Shunko Maru 6A. Ceylon 6/7, Straat Banka 8/9, Sunda 10/11. Kina 13/14, Lexa Maersk 15/16, Teiresias 18, Misaki Maru 19 20. Serempang N.Wall 2, TJI--lmvah 23/24, Lars Maersk 25/26. Sanana 27/28, Balong
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    26 10 SINGAPORE. MAR. 6. RUBBER: 871 cents per lb. (unchanged). TIN: $398.75 per picul (now n $2.50). Estimated unofficial offering 130 tons (up 5 tons).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    456 10 The Malays n Shate Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "Industrials were dull, tins were slightly easier while rubbers were steady. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the fc 'lowing business «P to 3.30 p.m.: Fitzpatricks 95 and 94 cents: Fraser and Neave ords 51.51 and $1.52;
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    STOCK INDICES
    24 10 Malayan Share Market: March 6 March 5 Industrials: 85.35 85.55 Tins: 99.68 100.47 Rubbers (S): 120.09 119 92 Jan. 1 1958= 180.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    141 10 March first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 87^ cents per lb unchanged on Thursdays closing price. The closing tone was steady. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 87 2 sellers 87;»; Int. 1 R.S.S March
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    112 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent March/ April shipment $42 'j buyers, $43 >-, sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $63% sellers, drum $67 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $158. Sarawak $157, special Sarawak black $83, garbled
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    RUBBER CROP
    11 10 SeafieM Am*] produced 737,000 lb. of rubber In February.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    117 10 MELBOURNE, FrL, INVESTMENT and mining shares eased slightly with a lighter .turnover on the Stock Exchange here today. Felt and Textiles down 9d. was the main move. Commonwealth Bonds were firm. Loans 3 V'c 1956-59 £101 ss. buyer Bank of N.S.W £37 Is Con, Zinc 77/3 Con. Tin
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    101 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks* Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 1/16. O.D. 32 3/16. 90 d/st 32 1/2 credit bills. 32 5/8 trade bills. Selling T.T. or On. ready: Swiss Francs 141 5 8:
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      750 10 NOTICES BATU LINTANG RUBBER CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Directors have declared an Interim Dividend (or the year ending 30th June 1959 of 15 cents per share, less Income Tax at 40%, payable to Shareholders on the Register of the Company
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      601 10 NOTICES SULOH RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at its Registered Office. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Ipoh. on Thursday the 19th March, 1959. at 11.30 a.m. for the i followiru? purposes: To
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      324 10 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Contractors of Class b and above (Head ii) will be received at the office of the Chief Architect, Public Works Department. Singapore Tender Box No. 1, up to noon of the 31st March 1959 for the Proposed Construction of One Standard Primary School, Tiffin Shed
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      1587 11 M »«os MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. t«ii MM (11 litM) (Incorporated mi Singapore) (12 liaas) p^T" THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE C MIIIMS Tt LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW, IMMN t CONTINENTAL PORTS (Via Smi «<tt liktrty U aracaad via Paaaau ar Cape tt Gaaa Nape) Carriers apt, on ta proceed via attar torts
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      1229 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES HOMEWARD SAILINGS FOR ADEN. PORT SAIB, SENOA. ANTWERP ROTTEROAM AMSTERDAM, BREMEN. HAMBORS, COPENHAGEN. GOTHENBURG AM OSLO Spore P. Sham Penang "KINA" U.ll-14/7MW T/9MW 9/18 Mar "FAUTBIA— 18/17MW 18/18 Mw 28/21 Mar ~SIMM«r* It Mw/ 4 Aft B/9Aft 87 7 Aft Sfacial Eatress satiiat— Calls MarialaMi l> U
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      1404 11 S£, M THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. m£„ Singapore (lataraatatad m t_ Mtaf Baßßaai) t lines SAILINGS TO ABEN. UK 1 CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'nam fenang BENRE och tor lonrjoß RoTtaroaai m Bremen Hamburg tM M I(HM g| CI Mlf BENAVBN for L'POOI. M'bro, I) dam B/11 Mat 18/17
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      TUMP AT WATER NOT FIT TO GARGLE
      364 12 rpUMPAT, a small town X at the North-east end of Malaya, with a population of 18.000 has been supplied with water, unfit for human consumption for the past three years. We get brown or orangecoloured water, spiced with considerable amount of sediments. Filtering
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      THE RAINS COME
      71 12 IT is true that Taiplng experienced a short spell of drought during the second half of February. But with the beginning of March, Taiping is experiencing heavy rainfalls. Within a few days the outlying areas of the town have been flooded twice. I am therefore at a
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      A CREDIT TO DEPARTMENT
      80 12 A CREDIT TO DEPARTMENT A FEW days ago I bought air-letter forms for a dollar at the stamp counter at Ipoh General Post Office. When I went to the post office again, the clerk who had sold me the air-letter forms remembered me and returned to me nine dollars change
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      Gen. Franco and the Spanish Republic
      235 12 Gen. Franco and the Spanish Republic SHOULD any reader, after reading Peter Baker's masterpiece in naivete (S.T March 4 be now waiting for Nationalist Spain to collapse, he will find sober comfort in a few points from a humble HLspanophile. Of all Francos opponents only the Socialists command anything approaching
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      Under-eigbteen drivers and road safety
      156 12 WITH relerence to the letter headed. "Why ban teenage drivers?" (S.T. Feb. 26), I disagree with Mr. Tan Jin Swee's view that the law 'should be revised for the benefit of those under eighteen years of age." Mr. Tan argues for a revision of the
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      HOW CONFIDENTIAL ARE OFFICIAL SECRETS?
      167 12 FROM the debate In the Assembly regarding Mr. Chew Swee Kee's affair it appears that Mr. Lee Kuan Yew possesses a arood few notes from a file in the Income Tax department Mr. Lee knows that Mr. Chew "did see Mr. Kolloway. It is recorded
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      A QUESTION FOR MR. THOMAS
      89 12 ACCORDING to the report in your l\ paper of the Legislative Assembly meeting. Mr. Francis Thomas had given permission to Mr. Lee Kuan Yew to disclose that Mr. Chew Swee Kee had in 1957 told Mr. Thomas that he had got $100,000 gold for the
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      Sink tube wells to solve water dearth
      345 12 rpHE only feasible solution 1 for the problem of shortage of water, for domestic and other users, brought about by drought and heat wave is by sinking artisan or tube wells, which have proved a great boon to India. An inexhaustible supply of
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      Evening class students
      88 12 AS a pupil in Form V ln a Government Secondary Evening class. I disagree with "Parent" <S.T. Feb. 20) that those boy a who have failed their Form 111 examinations in secondary schools are better than those who are at present in evening classes. "Parent" seems to
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      LIGHTING UP DURING PRINCE'S -VISIT
      274 12 LIGHTING UP DURING PRINCE'S -VISIT 1 SHALL be grateful if you will allow me to clarity my stand on F. G. P. decision No. 29 of the business agenda of the continuation meeting of the full council on 2nd March. 1959. This concerns the refusal by a majority decision of
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      CONTEST AT A NEUTRAL CENTRE
      54 12 CONTEST AT A NEUTRAL CENTRE MR. D. R. Seenivasagam challeneged Tengku Abdul Rahman to contest in his constituency Ipoh— Menglembu. If Mr. Seenivasagam is really a strong man of P.P.P.. why not challenge the Tengku in the Tengku's constituency in Kuala Muda or any neutral centre other than Ipoh- Mengelembu.
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      LIGHT-FINGERED GENTRY
      72 12 A REPORT appeared In your issue of Feb. 19, about souvenir hunters at the Merdeka dinner and the loss of 298 silver, salt and other spoons and damask table napkins. We take it that "souvenir hunter" is the refined name for the light-fingered gentry when applied to YIPs
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      MOSQUITO MENACE
      48 12 MOSQUITO MENACE AS a resident ln Joo Chiat Place area. I would like to call the attention qf the Katong District Council to the complaints by all the people of this area about mosquitoes. These noxious insects have been torturing us day and night. NOM DE PLUME Singapore.
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      282 12 "Bye! Don't forget to wear your Viyella!' You have been planning this holiday for so long! Stay in good health. Protect the family from chills with Viyella! Viyella IF IT SHHINKS WE REPLACE TM I IvdelU madr *T mmkm tirellm'mmd fcai ikr tmmr fumrmmlrm TOKYO INTERNATIONAI TRADE TAIR Sth MAY
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      221 12 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS (7). 1. Puck provides clothing and 6 7,"? much wantln K t0 aKree? varied food: O well, maybe f £> our Qf the Bourbon cock 8. It' helps to make America doubt < 4 5) dizzy isp A White' to Hamlet's people 14 ebell makes u
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      862 13 Check Before Posting Replies tt Bex Humbert I Utmost car* should be token I -hen replying to box number f o4s. to mm Hie CORRECT i NUMBER and Address to Hrn Stroit* Time*, Times House, i 1 River Volley Rood I Cosh mwst be sent by ref is- tered post;
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      881 13 SITUATIONS WANTED 2t Wordt Si [Mm.t Box it ctt. txtrm. INDIAN STENOTYPIST seeks full part time job If full time joining next month. Please write Post Box 2903 Singapore. EUROPEAN NURSING SISTER General and Midwifery Certificates Seeks Position In Nursing Home or I private Hospital. Reply Box A 6617. 6.T.
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      848 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE I 2t Wordt Si (Min.)-Box it ctt. extra. CORNER TERRACE HOUSE Three Bedrooms with modern sanitation, Serangoon Garden Estate. Principal only. Apply Box A 6632 S.T.. Singapore. 7 MAKTIA ROAD. Bungalow In respectable residential area, 14,000 s.t. 100 yds. trom the sea: close to school and
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      864 13 SHOPS TO LET It Wordt Si (.Win.;— Box St rtt. txtra. VACANT SHOPHOUSE, centrally located at Seah Street. Enquiries:- Mr. Wee. 36 °rlnsep Street. Singapore. BOATS. YACHTS FOR SALE It Word* Si (Him.)— Box it ett. txtrm. BOAT MOORING SERVICES Fishing Lines. Boats, Insurance available. 658 D. Kampong Kayu Road,
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      903 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE 2t Wordt SS (Mim.) Box it eU. txtra. NEW SKODA 440, 1954 Popular. 1952 Oxford, Velox, 1951 Vanguard, Hawk, Skoda, 1948 Plymouth, 1947 Hudson. Chung i Shan Motors Ltd., 240 Lavender Street, Spore. MINOR TOURER Late 1951. I Registered January 1952. one < Owner Driven, Tax. Insurance
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      711 13 MISCELLANEOUS 2« Word. SS (Mim.)— Box St clt. txtra. LIFTS AVAILABLE for one/two I office workers East Coast Road, I Katong area to City 8.30 a.m. Ring j *****. FREE SAMPLE Send your name and address to Linky Company. j 15A Bonham Building. Singapore enclosing 10 cents stamp where- upon
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      158 13 *h +Jf^ mOHKm TONICHT X MORE FUN AND ||v THAN YOU'VE HAD IN > V "DON'T GO NEAR THE (J. ■^C \^m (o^£s7t&*^j*/<* c L 9 F by DE LUXE A STORY SO REAL SO TRUE THAT YOU'LL FEEL THE SfIND IN YOUR MOUTH HUH THE SUN SCORCHING YOUR BACK
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    Sober Thought is fancied
    1184 14 ON HIS JANUARY FORM HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE WEIGHT ALL ROUND EPSOM JEEP's best bets at Ipoh today are Easy Winner (Race 1), Angkor Wat (Race 3) and Ten Per Carat (Race 6.) CALL BOY's double is: Winlaton (Race 2) and Verni (Race 6)
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    IPOH CARD
    1010 14 RACE t— I.JO: (Class X, Oiv. 4)— 6 Furs. 1 ***** Easy Winner (Mdm. C. K. Lee) Zain. 6 9.0 (SF) -Dragon 2 ***** Black Gold (BKW Kongsi) Martin. 5 8.12 (F) Posner 3 ***** Grey Court (Mdms. Smith Chan) Hobbs. 6 8.11 (O) Ban-alt 4 ***** Mirophli
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    139 14 - EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Roce 1 EASY WINNER Black Gold Centaur BLACK GOLD Easy Winner Centaur EASY WINNER Potentate Black Gold 2.30 Roce 2 LUCKY CAME Crown Link Kawanua WINLATON Kawanua Lucky Game TITILINO Lucky Game Crown Link 30J Race 3 ANGKOR WAT Blue Ace Lord Fredrick II
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    GETTYSBURG & SATORO ARE PROMOTED TO CLASS 2
    170 14 GETTYSBURG SATORO ARE PROMOTED TO CLASS 2 CINGAPORE, Fri. The Straits Racing Association today announced the promotion of three horses. They are Satoro, Gettysburg (from Class 3 to Class 2) and Cheers (from Class 5 to Cla*t 4). The following horses have been sent down from Class 3 to Class
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    Lock icon RODDY OWEN WINS GOLD CUP
    71 14 /CHELTENHAM, KrL— Roddy Owen, a 10-year-old owned X; by Lord Fingall and trained by Danny Morgan in Ireland, yesterday won the Cheltenham Gold Cap the championship of British sleeplechasing. Roddy Owen, starting 5-1 second favourite, won by three lengths from Lin. veil (11-2), with Lochroe
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    Pakistan 145
    63 14 DACCA, Fri.— The West Indies lost two wickets for 46 runs by the close after dismissing Pakistan for 145 on the opening day of the second Test here today. Pakistan had a bad start, losing five for 22. but recovered to be 126-7 at tea. Pace bowler Wesley
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    SINGAPORE LEAD 2-0 IN CHUA CUP FINAL
    205 14 SINGAPORE LEAD 2-0 IN CHUA CUP FINAL KUALA LUMPUR, Fri—Singapore, holders of the Chua Choon Leohg Cup since its inception in 1953, looked set to retain the Malayan tennis championship for another year when they won the first two matches, but rain halted further play on the Selangor Club courts
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    Teh scores a great win
    273 14 GLASGOW. Friday. rpEH KEW SAN of Malaya won the biggest ap- plause here last night when the three-day Glasgow World Invitation badminton champion- ships began. Teh took only 40 minutes to eliminate Thanoo Khadjabhai, the Siamess No. 2, In their singles first round tie. The
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    Alan Butcher in S'pore XI
    91 14 SINGAPORE, Fri— Alan Butcher, who recently signed on as an amateur for the English League First Division team, Wolverhampton Wanderers, returns to the Singapore team to meet Selangor in a friendly match at Jalan Besar on Sunday at 5.15 .p.m. Butcher was out of soccer
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    Marines rout Kota Raja
    65 14 SINGAPORE, Fri. Marines scored their second successive win in the S.A.F.A Div. 1 league when they beat newly promoted Kota Rajah 7-2 at Jalan Besar today. Outstanding for Marines were Omar Awang and Tahir Abu who scored two goals, each, while Ibrahim Haji Mansor scored the
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    SMHA stand
    38 14 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Singapore Malays Hockey Association has decided not to abide by the S.H.A. tournament committee ruling to replay their drawn second rcund senior knockout match against Police unless an appeal committee investigates an umpire's decision.
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    Lock icon No score
    24 14 LONDON. Fri. Crewe Alexandra and Exeter City drew 0-0 in an English League Div. 4 match played at Crewe yest^i day. —Reuter.
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    SRC win 3-1
    36 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. Singapore Recreation Club beat Mount Emily 3-1 in a B.AJ.A. Div. 2A match on the padang today. In a Div. 3B match at Oeylang Telok Kurau United beat Pondok Pernakan 2-1.
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    Lock icon Aussies tour team named
    64 14 MELBOURNE, Fri.— The Australian cricket team to tour India and Pakistan later this year was announced here today as follows: R. Benaud. P. Burge, A. Davidson, L. Favell. W. Grout. N. Harvey, L. Kline. R. Lindwall. K. Mackay. L. Maddocks. C. McDonald, I. Meckiff, N. O'Neill,
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    Selangor and Negri win
    32 14 MALACCA, FTl.— Negri Sembilan and Selangor won their opening matches in the Malayan Hockey Federation south quadrangular here today. Negri beat Johore 6-1. and Selangor beat Malacca 3-1.
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    LTAM to discuss S'pore-Fed split
    166 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rwiRE LAWN Tennis Association of Malaya will dis- cuss at its annual general meeting in August whether the Federation and Singapore should form separate national associations in view of the political division of the two countries. I The question was raised Dy
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    Richardson, Watson hit centuries
    77 14 Richardson, Watson hit centuries WELLINGTON, Fri. An opening stand of 225 in three hours and 20 minutes by Peter Richardson (111) and Willie Watson (106) paved the way for M.C.C. to pass 400 for the first time this tour on the opening day of the three-day match with Wellington lure
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    Army boxers win title
    131 14 6INGAPORE, Fri— Army won the inter-Services boxing championships with 21 points, beating defending champions Navy who scored 20, in the finals at Naval Base tonight. RAF. were third with 18 points. Results were: Fly: L/Cpl B. Isaac bt. OS Mustafla (N) r.s.b. 3rd rd; Bantam: Ord/S'man
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