The Straits Times, 28 April 1959

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    Lock icon 3 DIE in MID-AIR BLAST
    488 1 RAF helicopter crashes after rotor system blows off Bodies are buried under wreck KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. An RAF helicopter exploded in mid-air over the Federal Capital this morning. It plunged into a val I c y in Maxwell Ho:id, killing the pilot and two other
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    Elias: Govt. may name new man
    250 1 Elias: Govt. may name new man ONG TO APPEAL AGAINST JUDGMENT SINGAPORE, Monday. rpHE Government is expected to make an announcement tomorrow in connection with the Commission of Inquiry set up to inquire into the working of the City Council, and the relationship between the Mayor and councillors and the
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    37 1 JAKARTA. Mon. Eight hundred tons of rubber, a part of the 14,000 tons bought by the Soviet Union, will be sent to Russia from Belawan. north Sumatra, this month, according to Antara news agency. Reuter.
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    Tour ending
    30 1 PARIS. Mon. The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret today ended a week's European holiday which started with five days in Rome, followed by a quiet weekend in Paris.
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    On foot...to Singapore
    47 1 NORTHAMPTON. Mon.— James Wagstaffe. 22 just loves Singapore. He was shipped home from there on his discharge from the army last July. and he's starting back there on Friday on foot. He expects to make it in two years, at 25 miles a day.
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    FIGHT TO SAVE TWO LIVES
    211 1 Transfusions for youths stabbed by thugs SINGAPORE, Mon. Two youths were dangerously ill in the General Hospital after they were stabbed by gangsters in separate incidents here tonight. Up to a late hour, doctors were fighting to save the lives of Ng Peck Ling, 19.
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    Boys on a train roof crushed in tunnel
    85 1 Boys on a train roof crushed in tunnel NEW YORK, Mon. Two boys were killed last night when they leaped on to the roof of a train just before it entered a tunnel. Authorities said the bodies were found between two cars of the train which was bound for Brookyln
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    Lock icon China's new head of state-Liu Shao-chi
    300 1 China's new head of state -Liu Shao-chi PEKING, Monday. MX. LIU SHAO-CHI, the Chinese Conimunist Party's chief theoretician, was today elected head of state to succeed Mr. Mao Tse-tung. He was tne soie nominee tor the post at a session of the National People's Congress (Parliament). Immediately alter his election,
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    Lock icon Earthquake shakes Formosa
    68 1 Earthquake shakes Formosa TAIPEH. Mon. A violent earthquake shook Formosa before daybreak today but initial police reports indicated it ha caused little damage. No death or injury has so far been reported. The quake hit the island at 0541 hours local (2041 OMT), the weather bureau here reported. The bureau
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    HUNT FOR WOUNDED GUNMAN ENDS
    133 1 HUNT FOR WOUNDED GUNMAN ENDS SINGAPORE, Mon. —An island-wide hunt for a wounded gunman, which began last Monday, was called off this afternoon after police had detained a man at the 7th mile. Tampines Road. Special precautions were taken as a large police party, led by officers of the Special
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    34 1 NEW RUSSIAN MISSILE NEW YORK. Mon.— Ru.sMa has timi several new lons-rang** ballistic missile** employing t-ontrol techniques that enable them to fhMtf dmrCiim in flight. UM MgßrfM Aviation Week MM ItiSJ —Reuter.
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    Doctor's query: Where did PAP get $25,000?
    275 2 Doctor's query: Where did PAP get $25,000? SIM. APOKE, \l«»n— Ur. Suhramanyam *aid lien- today as a PAP founder member he knew all along that thtparty was very poor. "But where did it pH .0(1 to pay lor all its :»l i andidaltV deposits'.' he asktd. It would really be
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    Death rail chief
    33 2 KOTA BHARU. Mon. Inche Sulaiman bin Hassan has been re-elected president of the Association of Death Rail Labourers. Inche Othman bin Ngah is vice-president and Inche Mohamed bin Daud secretary.
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    PAP losing thousands their jobs, says SPA
    254 2 SINGAPORE, Monday. VIR. YAP CHIN CHOON, a Singapore People's Alliance candidate for Thomson ward, said tonight that the People's Action Party was causing thousands of people to become jobless. H was speaking to a crowd of about 1000 at a SPA rally at
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    200 TO SEE FASHION PARADE
    59 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. Tin highlight of the Pan-Pacific South-East Asia Women's Association's luncheon party at Ocean Park Hotel on Saturday will be a fashion show. On display will be fashions trom practically every country. Mrs. Scow Peck Lrng. chairman of the association, said that more than
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    Tan: We hope to attract foreign capital to Singapore
    316 2 Tan: We hope to attract foreign capital to Singapore WELFARE STATE PLAN BY LIB-SOCS SINGAPORE, Monday. THE secretary-general of the Liberal Socialist Party, Mr. E. K. Tan, declared today that his party hoped to encourage foreign and Commonwealth countries to invest in Singapore. Foreign investors, he said, may be asked
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    We are no spent force—Tun Lim
    354 2 We are no spent force Tun Lim SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore People's Alliance is not a spent force, its chairman. Tun Lim Yew Hock, said today. Replying to an attack by the People's Action Party secretary-general. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Tun Lim added: "'We are sc force for good whereas
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    113 2 Indonesia: 'Deep concern' in Singapore JAKARTA, Mon. Singapore is "deeply concerned" over Indonesia's return to the framework of the 1945 constitution. This was said today by Brig. -Gen. Djatikusumo. Indonesian Consul-General in Singapore, according to the independent newspaper Merdeka. Brig.- Gen. Djatikusumo is now in Jakarta lor talks with his
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    MOTHER UNAWARE BABY IS DEAD
    149 2 MOTHER UNAWARE BABY IS DEAD |{UALA LUMPUR, Mon. A mother lay unconscious in hospital today after a car crash unaware that her one-year-old child had been killed. The car. carrying a family of five, was returning to Kuala Lumpur last night when it collided with a lorry at the 26i
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    Lock icon Nehru accuses China of 'cold war language' used over Tibet
    386 3 Nehru accuses China of 'cold war language used over Tibet GREATLY DISTRESSED' BY THE TONE OF CHARGES AGAINST INDIA NEW DELHI, Monday. Jilß. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, said today that he was greatly distressed by the tone of Chinese comments and charges made against India over Tibet. Ik- icciiml
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    Lock icon Refugees still fleeing in their thousands front the Communists
    117 3 Refugees still fleeing in their thousands front the Communists NEW DELHI, Mon.— Thou- sands of Tibetan refugees are still crossing into India. They are fleeing from an intensified drive by Chinrsc Communist forces to wipe out rebel strongholds in south-Kit- 1 Tibet. Most are crossing by the samr roub* as
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    Lock icon Captured rebels: 'We came from Cuba'
    194 3 Captured rebels: We came from Cuba' PANAMA CITY, Monday. THE Panamanian National Guard yesterday captured three members of a revolutionary invasion force that had landed on a desolate jungle-bordered beach on the Atlantic coast of ■pnnama rz jraiiaina. The Minister of Justice, Mr. Jose D. Bazan, said today that the
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    Lock icon Wrong house demolished
    49 3 LONDON. Mon. Demolition workmen trooped into a house, piled up a huge bonfire of furniture and started ripping off the roof before they discovered it was the wrong house. "A most regrettable incident, a mistake in a million," a spokesman for Aldershot Town Council admitted. -U.P.I.
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    Lock icon NEW LOOK FOR IRAQI OIL
    187 3 BAGDAD. Monday. IRAQ will give an "Iraqi look" to oil companies 1 now operating in the country and within a few years the companies will be fully staffed by Iraqis, Dr. Ibrahim Kubbah, Iraq's Economic Minister, said here yesterday. The oil companies had conceded the
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    Lock icon SHE KILLED TO BE KIND
    71 3 MANILA, Mon. A 30--year-old Filipino mother stabbed her infant son to death with a pair of scissors to end his suffering from a pulmonary disease, it was reported today. "I had to be kind to my son," Mrs. Jovita Tiro Ching was quoted as saying.
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    Lock icon Trapped potholer rescued front mine
    85 3 Trapped potholer rescued front mine LONDON, Mon. A 21--year-old pothoier hurt in a fall 420 feet below ground in a mine near Castleton, Derbyshire, was slowly dragged to the surface early this morning by a rescue team. John Keans. an apprentice mechanic, was 15 feet from the bottom of Maskill
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    LONDON STOCKS
    296 3 LO NDON STO CKS T ONDON. Mon— lt was a good day on London stock markets with business on an increased sale and most sections showing numerous gains. Optimism concerning the business outlook was the main stimulus and this brought .an increased demand for industrial equities. Engineering, electrical, building and
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    RUBBER
    26 3 LONDON. Mor..—Spot 28'Bd.. May 28\d., June 28',d.. JulySept. 28.d. Oct.-Dec 28' .d.. I Jan.-March 28••«(!., April-June unquoted. May c.i.f. 28'sd.. June c.U. 28'Bd. Tone: Dull.
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Mon—Buyers £783' i, sellers £784. Forward buyers £784. sellers £784> 2. Settlement £784-. Turnover a.m. 115 tons, I p.m. 65 tons.
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      PHILIP 'IS AWAY TOO OFTEN'
      81 3 PHILIP 'IS AWAY TOO OFTEN' f ONDON, Mon.— The Daily Herald said today Prince Philip is spending too much time away from his family. The Herald, in a lengthy front-page editorial accompanied by a picture of Prince Philip waving goodbye, reminded readers that the Prince was returning to London on
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      14 3 JAKARTA: Military authorities in Padang, Central Sumatra, have banned Western-style dancing at parties. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Polio up 83 per cent
      43 3 NEW YORK: Cases of paralytic polio in the United States during the first quarter of this year increased by 83 per cent over the figure for the same period last year despite mass vaccinations with Salk vaccine. Reuter.
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      22 3 STOCKHOLM: Earl Attlee. former British Prime Minister, said the Berlin problem should be solved with the help of the United Nations. Reuter.
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      27 3 GLASGOW: Scottish Nationalists have protested to the Government for refusing to allow a case for Scottish self-government to go before the Hague International Court of Justice. —Reuter.
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      Monty off to Moscow
      29 3 Monty off to Moscow LONDON: Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, 71, left here by air for a threeday unofficial visit to Moscow, during which he will meet top Soviet leaders.
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      16 3 ROME: An Italian religious sister. Elena Guerra. was beatified In the Basilica of Saint Peter.— Reuter.
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      19 3 JAKARTA- Customs officials dealt with 2.610 smuggling cases in 1958 and seized contraband valued at about US$l 000.000. U.P.I.
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      19 3 TOKYO: Twenty three workers were trapped at the site of the Mibro dam when a tunnel caved in. U.P.I.
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      22 3 NICOSIA: Archbishop Makarios drove through Nicosia's festooned Turkish sector for a return courtesy visit to the Turkish-Cypriot leader. Dr. Fadil Kutchuk. Reuter
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    Sick man is beaten up and knifed by 15 gangsters
    269 4 Sick man is beaten up and knifed by 15 gangsters MOTHER, 70, FINDS VICTIM BEFORE ALTAR SINGAPORE, Monday. QANGSTERS brutally attacked a bedridden and unemployed mechanic in his attap hut in Lorong 17, Geylang, early this morning. Hoon Ah Soh 38, who has been suffering from a glandular disease for
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    SULTAN OF BRUNEI MEETS AN OLD SCHOOL FRIEND
    216 4 SULTAN OF BRUNEI MEETS AN OLD SCHOOL FRIEND rUALA LUMPUR, "> Mon.— The Sultan of Brunei arrived back from Kota Bharu by air this morning after presenting the Sultan of Kelantan with the Most Esteemed Family Order of Brunei He received the Most Esteemed Order of the Kelantan Royal Family
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    Mercy mission mother: A girl
    87 4 Mercy mission mother: A girl SINGAPORE. Mon. Five members of the Far East Air Force parachute rescue team who dropped to the aid of an expectant mother in Sarawak last month have been told she has given birth to a 5-Ib. eirl. Both are doing well, says a cable received
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    Jail for thief
    37 4 SINGAPORE. Mon.— A labourer. Yap Feo alias Ah Kong. 18. was jailed today for six months for theft of wallet containing a wrist watch valued at $37 belonging to Koh Wah Ling, a clerk
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    Nanyang talk
    37 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Nanyang University Social Science Society will inv.te Mr. P. S. Raman to give a talk on "The creative arts in Ma laya" tomorrow night. The talk will be open to the public.
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    Painter jailed for robbery
    55 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A painter. Yieh Chong Yong. of Singapore, was Jailed for one year by the Sessions Court here today for robbing a hotel employee of $10.80 at Batu Road on the night of Feb. 20 The court ordered that the sentence should be followed
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    I-card offence
    35 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Ng Keng Heng. 45. of Singapore, was fined $20 in the magistrate's court today for not taking out an identity card for his 15-year-old son who was born in Johore
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    Buying of MCA cards alleged by Mr. Yap
    132 4 IPOH, .Mon The Perak branch of the Malayan Chinese Association has charged that its political opponents are buying; MCA membership cards from new villagers. The price offered, says the Perak MCA secretary, Mr. Yap Yin Fah, ranged from $2 to 52.50 a
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    CYCLIST DIES AFTER COLLISION
    86 4 CYCLIST DIES AFTER COLLISION SINGAPORE. Mon. A motor-cyclist. Hcng Seng Lai. 29. died in the Oeneral Hospital here today shortly after a collision with a bus at the Changl and Bedok Road junction. Hengs wife, Lim Hock Lan. 22. who was riding pillion, received head and leg injuries. Late tonight,
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    Robbery charge
    29 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Tallb bin Othman was charged today with robbing Nissam binte Rejab while armed with a dagger on the moraine of Jan. 16. at Towner Road.
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    $500 fine on woman
    55 4 $500 fine on woman SINGAPORE. Mon. Wonf Wai Yang, 34, was fined $500 in a magistrate's court today after she pleaded guilty to permitting a room in her house for smoking prepared opium on the afternoon of March 22. Wong said that her husband, who was a seaman, used the
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    RAZAK AT SITE OF MILITARY COLLEGE
    172 4 RAZAK AT SITE OF MILITARY COLLEGE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Da to Abdul Razak bin Hussein today inspected the 200acre site of the proposed Federation Military College at Sungei Besi. 10 miles from here. For two hours he saw levelling and road construction work in progress. Later he said: "1 am
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    Teachers take a 5-day course
    42 4 PENANG, Mon. Thhty non-Malay teachers today started a five-day course at the Island Girls' School, Northam Road, on the teaching of the national language. The course was declared open by the Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee.
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    UNLUCKY FOR 13: HOTELS HAVE LICENCES REVOKED
    261 4 UNLUCKY FOR 13: HOTELS HAVE LICENCES REVOKED SINGAPORE, Monday. THE HOTELS' Licensing Board today ordered the cancellation of the 1959 licences and registration certificates of 13 Singapore hotels. "The Board is fully satisfied that these hotels art being conducted in an improper manner, said Mr S. K. Lee. the chairman.
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    RUSH FOR PLACES IN THE VARSITY
    214 5 RUSH FOR PLACES IN THE VARSITY SINGAPORE, Mon. Candidates who have qualified for entry into the Faculty of Arts. University of Ma--lay a, in Singapore, have far exceeded the number estimated by the authorities. The senate of the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur has agreed to accept 10 to
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    Church fun fair
    28 5 SINGAPORE, Mon.— A fun lair will br held at the St. Joseph \s Church. Bukit Panjang. on May 3 from 8.30 a.m. to 6 pm
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    DOCTORS TO BE ASKED TO GIVE VIEWS
    96 5 DOCTORS TO BE ASKED TO GIVE VIEWS SINGAPORE. Mon —Doctors in the Federation and Singapore will be asked to state whether they support the idea of a panMalayan Medical Association or not at the annual general meetings of the three branches of the Alumni Association during next month. This follows
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    P.C. assaulted: Man charged
    49 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Chong Lip Meng, 39. of Petaling Jaya. was charged in the magistrate's court here today with assaulting a police constable. Ho Wa4 Khian. at the Merdeka Stadium on Saturday. Chong was allowed $300 bail. The case will be heard on June 11.
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    Sir Robert on 'this bold experiment'
    328 5 HE SAYS: SINGAPORE HAS GOODWILL AND SUPPORT OF BRITAIN IN SELF-GOVERNMENT KUCHING, Monday. •pHE Commissioner General, Sir Robert Scott, tonight described the introduction of selfgovernment in Singapore next month as "a bold experiment." Sir Robert said this in a recorded broadcast here following a
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    Still no news of Hollo way: Contact hope on May 5
    264 5 Still no news of Hollo way Contact hope on May 5 SINGAPORE. Monday. tyIYSTERY still surrounds the xfl whereabouts of Mr. G. T. Holloway, Singapore's Comptroller of Income Tax. Mr. Holloway is wanted as the last key witness by the Commission of Inquiry into the bank account of the former
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    'TWO MUSTS' FOR MORE TRADE
    104 5 'TWO MUSTS' FOR MORE TRADE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The newly-elected president of the Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Chan Kwong Hon. today gave two "musts" for attracting foreign capital and stepping up trade with Malaya's neighbours. ONE: The Federation Government must immediately embark on a vast programme to improve
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    New officials of SHB union
    48 5 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following have been elected officials of the Singapore Harbour Board Malay Employees Union. President Inche Talib bin Ahmad; vice presidents, Inche Ahmad bin Rahman and Inche Mohamed Noor bin Bambong: secretary. Inche Sharif f bin Ahmad treasurer Tuan Haji Ibrahim.
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    Man had sheath knife—jailed
    61 5 Man had sheath knife jailed OH \1 IPOH. Mon. A car cleaner Seercngam, was jailed lor three months without option of a fine by the Ipoh magistrate today for having a sheath knife in his pocket. Seerengam, 27, was also jailed for a concurrent one week for having a defaced
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    SMALLPOX: 800,000 ARE VACCINATED
    160 5 SINGAPORE, Mon. More than 800,000 people have been vaccinated against smallpox in the present intensive campaign. The City Council has vaccinated 445,000, the Government about 300,000. and private doctors, the military authorities and organisations like the Singapore Harbour Board many thousands more. Attendances drop Attendances at
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    Tea-house touch in Singapore
    131 5 TWO kimono-clad Japanese dancers evoked an idyllic atmosphere of geisha tea-houses and falling chrysanthemum at the Cultural Centre, Singapore yesterday. The two girls, Misses Akaiic and Asuka, belong to the famed llanayagi school. They are the first leading Japanese dancers to perform in Singapore. They flew
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    Tengku to be at youth rally
    35 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The youth section of the Johore UMNO will hold a rally at Batu Pahat on May 1. Tengku Abdul Rahman President of UMNO, Malaya, will attend.
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    Knife men steal $1,500 in raid
    86 5 Knife men steal $1,500 in raid SINGAPORE. Mon.— Three masked men held up a 30--year-old dressmaker. Madam Chan Ah Sai. at her home in Syed Alwi Road early this morning and robbed her of 51. 500 in cash and jewellery. The men. all armed with daggers, had climbed the back
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    Indonesian stars arrive today
    52 5 SINGAPORE. Mon.— Eighteen top stars of screen, stage a/id radio will arrive here tomorrow from Indonesia on their way to Kuala Lumpur for a variety show at the Coliseum Theatre on Thursday. The troupe will attend the 6th Asian Film Festival as the official delegation of
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    Former police chief dies
    44 5 LONDON. Mon.— The death has occurred in England of M.A.R. Chancellor, former Inspector-General of Police, Straits Settlements. He was 89. Mr. Chancellor joined the S.S. Police in 1902 and was Inspector-General for nine years, until he left Singapore in 1922.
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    The people who don't know where Juvenile Court is
    182 5 SINGAPORE. Mon. There art- many people in Singapore who do not know now to find their way to the Juvenile Court. Inspector Mandy Goh. the prosecutor, told Mr. C. J. Koh. the magistrate, today. She was explaining why her main witnesses
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    FATHER 'GLAD' HIS 11-YEAR-OLD SON WAS ARRESTED
    178 5 FATHER 'GLAD' HIS 11-YEAR-OLD SON WAS ARRESTED SINGAPORE, Mon. A FATHER told the Juvenile Court magistrate today he was glad that his 11-year-old son accused of stealing a screwdriver from a motor cycle had been arrested. "I have six children," the father said. "This is the only one who gives
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    Boost rubber output —research chief
    153 5 Boost rubber output research chief KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ]1/lALAYA'S newly-appointed Controller of RubiTl ber Research, Sir Geoffrey Fletcher Clay, arrived here today to take up his post. He was met at the railway station by members of the Rubber Producers' Council and United Planting Association of Malaya, and the Secretary
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    Woman, 91, dies
    28 5 KLUANG, Mon. Madam Liew Hong. 91. grandmother of Federal Legislative Councillor Dato Teoh chze Cheong died here at the weekend' The funeral was held yesterday.
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    Civics training
    22 5 MftL.AuoA, Mon.—Thirtyfive Chinese teachers from the state's three districts Central. Jasin and Alor Gajah— today started a sevenday civics course.
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    He is accused of rioting
    56 5 SINGAPORE. Mon. Teo Han Teck pleaded not guilty today to beinu a member of an unlawful assembly and committinu rioting \v hl l c armed with a knife in Thomson Road on the afternoon of March 31. He was allowed SI. OOO bail. The case
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      102 5 *^BHBlWBMk S|lec al O N E-SHOW Premiere *^■H^|^Pr«ift ttrrtt a- ii I ft. oo pm 1 Usual Admission Prices: $3, 2 I—No1 No Free List E A MILLION -DOLLAR PRODUCTION (in Mandarin) Personal Appvarnnvf of Ml 1 Sha wh* Honakona Star nvivautvn B to the Hth Asian Film Fvtttiral! 2
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    DEATHS
    45 6 Id Wor4i $10 (Minimum). NICOL Suddenly on 26th. April DoroUiv Hamilton only luu.-hter of Mr. and Mrs. W. RNtcol. OH JIN NEO Nee Bibik Besar late Matron C.E.Z.M.S. i passed ;t\vay peacefully, cortege leave OH. Chapel 430 p.m. for Bidaluil 28th Tuesday April 1959.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    141 6 10 Horrft $10 (Minimum). MR. POH HOE GHEE thanks the BuddhiH Union, relatives and l: lends who attended night visits, loan of cars, wreaths, for the luneral of hu-> sister-in-law Miss Tan Ker Chit on 26.4.59. AI LIN and David Tan thank nil relatives and friends who made their
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      No Change In China
      619 6 No Change In China Four months of speculation I and theory since Peking announced Mao Tse-tung's intention to resign the post of Chairman of the Republic I have produced no explanation Ij of the change that is better oi more likely than the MM given at the time. r Chairman
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      The State Elections
      621 6 At the age of 27, Mr. Wong Swee Soon, who is a clerk in a local council in Selangor, has distinguished himself, after a fashion, in Malayan politics. When the nomination lists closed on Saturday for elections to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly on May 31, Mr.
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    Lock icon The man they feared
    768 6 The man they feared 'The whip that flogged... the gun that shoots down party rebels... J^IU SHA0-C111 was picked yesterday by delegates to the National People's "Congress meeting in Peking, to succeed Ino Tse-tung as head of the Red Chinese Government. Liu is the man who made things run in
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      Temporary clerks do not seek postponement of exams
      493 6 I REFER to your report (S.T. April 23) of a letter written by Mr. T. R. P. Dawson to the Permanent Secretary to the Prime Ministers Department. The heading "Temporaries Plead, Postpone Test. Please" is a little misleading. It conveys the impression
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      Mr. KOH EXPLAINS
      230 6 AT their rally at Joo Chiat the LiberalSocialists attacked me for standing as a candidate although I had made a "dramatic" statement that I would not. The explanation is very simple. As a democrat 1 had to obey the voice of my electorate. It was expressed in
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      607 6 Straits Tisms 4 Free Press j for th* twi»i»linci ol rrMn out repr«»4i»t«ttv«i al Ml I Moor, SINGAPORE COLO STORAGE, j ORCHARD ROAD, wilt r«c«ivt r »mall od*«rtii«m«nlt ane r to fivnbart. Clctsitiad odvcrtisamanu mmy alto ka handad lo: CITY BOOK STORE LTD* Winchattai Houm. Colly«» C»oy, Sirtfapora. MR. M.
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    Big plans to meet the voters
    761 7 SINGAPORE, Monday PAP GETS READY FOR SIX MAMMOTH RALLIES, 60 STREET MEETINGS A DAY WITH Si days to go before polling day, Singapore's three main political parties are working to intensify their election campaigns. Their 122 candidates 51 PAP, 39 SPA and 32 Lib-Soc
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    100 escape by a hair's breadth as giant tree crashes on 15 huts
    439 7  - 100 escape by a hair's breadth as giant tree crashes on 15 huts BOON YOON CHIANG Father forgot baby, branch missed him by inches By Singapore. Monday A BOUT 100 people escaped death by a hair's breadth during a rain storm early this morning when a huge tree fell on
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    Permanent centre of productivity plan
    320 7 1.L.0. EXPERTS COMING SINGAPORE, Monday. 'THE Council of Ministers has approved in prin- ciple the setting up of a permanent centre for the study of management and productivity techniques. This was announced to day by Mr. L. C. Ooh permanent secretary to the Ministry of
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    POLICE AVERT BIG GANG CLASH
    203 7 POLICE AVERT BIG GANG CLASH SINGAPORE, Mon. In a pre-dawn swoop here today, police averted a clash between members of two rival secret societies in Weld Road, off Jalan Besar. Some acid bombs, nine iron bars, six daggers and four parangs were found at the scene. Two suspects have been
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    S.C. cleared
    46 7 SINGAPORE. Mon.— Special Constable Yang Chik bin Haji Bachik was acquitted In the First Criminal District Court on April 21 on a charge of stealing a revolver at the Havelock Road police station on Aug. 2, 1957. He was not. called for his defence.
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    $2,000 raised
    29 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The youth section of the Ma layan Chinese Associatlor raised $2000 in its two-da.v concert at the Diamond Ju bilee Hall at the week-end
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      FESTIVAL FEVER HITS KUALA LUMPUR
      460 8 SUN AND SATAY FOR FILMLAND V.I.PS THERM is electricity in the air as Kuala Lumpur puts on her Sunday best and brings out her holiday spirit in readiness to gred the Sixth Asian Film Festival. The streets are being iestooued with bunting and the buildings
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      Fashion notes for your eyes
      229 8 To say that your eyes droop is not strictly correct. The eye may not actually droop, but seems to form the extreme fullness of structure above the lid. This fullness obscures the lid and appears to push the eye downward at the outer corner, adding
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      Goodwill afloat from Manila
      687 8 Goodwill afloat from Manila i^ILIPINO women in Singapore will be the first ones to greet the good-will yacht, "Lapulapu" from Manila when it arrives here on Thursday. The welcoming party will be lead by Mrs. Tomosa Siddons. who is nearly 70 years old. She will be the first person to
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      Shopping guide
      49 8 Campbell's condensed soups, soie agents, Borneo Company Ltd., Crosby House, Robinson Road, Singapore, available at all grocers, Singapore and Federation. Maidenform Loh-bak from the Much-ado series, sole agents, Muller and Phipps, (Malaya) Ltd., Laidlaw Building, Battery Road, Singapore, available at all good department stores and clothing shops.
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      181 8 Look twice at IWICFOVFR the new maiderrform Here's the new exclusive elas- \^7C^^ tic bra with double track \_^-^7 stitched cups for lasting shape and lift. ONL LOOK! You sec a light, fantastic elastic bra. its back cut lo slay down. TwiceOver keeps its just-bought shape, teds like next to
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      292 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS there may be money In It 1 Head of the Army Legal, De- (B>. partment? (8-7). 6 Put back for a second brief--8 Charm of the turbulent salt Ing? (8). main (8). 7ln the position of being too 9 In which one might write the fat
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      1590 9 Idji: 1405 MANSFIELD <k CO., LTD. Tel: 1411 (II liatsi (incorporated in Smgaoore) (12 lines) ,j,T n THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS TO LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS (Via Set/ witk liberty te proceed via Paiaaaa ar Cape af Gaed Hue Carriers option to proceed via of-er ports to
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      1230 9 fjjjjMfjjff y ik i [^mumk EAST ASIATIC LINES HOMEWARD SAILINGS FOR AOEN. PORT SAID, GENOA. ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM AMSTERDAM, BREMEN HAMBURG COPENHAGEN, GOTHENOURG AND OSLO Spore P.S'ham en n ■JUTLANOIA 21 Apr 21/10 Apr "KOREA- 21 Apr/ 4 May 5/ I May 1/7 May "MEONIA" 21/23 May 24/25 May «/2l May
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      1363 9 1 bui'loing THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. T n SINGAPORE (lacarparated ia tie Uaited KngdMi) 5 LINES SAILINGS TO ADEN. U.K. 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. Sham Penang BENALOER for Hamburg, London M'bro., Hull ii Part '21 Apr BENLOMOND tor London, Rotteroam. Bremen. Hamburg 6.15-11/ I May LeidM direct arrives
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      1377 9 McALISTER tic CO., LTD. TEL: Ne.: ***** EUERNAN LINE KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. HAVRE, ROTTEROAM, HAMBURG, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, and tor Canada and USA North Atlantic Port; SEATTLE. VANCOUVER t PORUANO Accepting carga fat Caatral I Seat* Cm OF CHICAGO' America Spore P.S'ham Penang SUNNYVILLE CM IS May 4/1 May
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    25 10 SINGAPORE, April 27 RUBBER: 97^ rents per lb. (down half a cent). TIN: 5397.50 per picul (unchanged). Estimated unofficial offering 130 tons (unchanged).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    631 10 The merger, if it goes through, will produce a group with £200 million of assets excluding life business and with over £300 million of assets including life. It is much the largest for a very long time. The last sizeable Insurance merger was of the Guardian and Caledonian
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    RUBBER PRICES
    156 10 May first grade rubber buyers f 0.0. closed in Singapore yester- 1 day at 97 J ,i cents per lb., down half a cent on Friday's closing I price. The closing tone «as dull. Closing prices in cents per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b.
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    186 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Corfu 1/2, Braunschweig 4/5. Akita Maru 6A. Reuben Tipton 6/7. Cily of j Chicago 89. Ordia 10/11, Idomeneus 13/14, Benlomond 15/16.1 Wauimu 18, Tohoro 19 20. Scudai I N. Wali 3. Rajah Brooke 21/22. East Sea
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    INDUSTRIALS AND MININGS IMPROVE ON LOCAL MARKET
    564 10 INDUSTRIALS AND MININGS IMPROVE ON LOCAL MARKET By Our Market Correspondent ALTHOUGH the turnover was smaller when the Malayan Share Market resumed trading yesterday prices in industrials and minings generally improved. This is somewhat surprising, as although the rubber price is steady just below the 98 cents level, there is
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    159 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following uianges in iis rates to merchants yesterday fall rates to $100 1: New York: buying airmail' T.T. 33 116. O.D. 33 3 16. 90 d st 33 i 7 16 credit bills, 33 9/16 trade 'bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    109 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK/Continent April/May shipments $44 buyers. $45 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $68 sellers, drum $70 sellers. Pepper quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $145. Sarawak $144. special Sarawak black $80. garbled Lampong black $75
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 10 Malayan Share Market: Apr. 27 Apr. 25 Industrials: 87.43 86.92 Tins: 106.18 105.89 Rubbers IS): 148.97 148 47 Jan. 1958=100.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    163 10 MELBOURNE, Mon. "INVESTMENT shares on the x Stock Exchange here today opened the week on a firm tone. AJ.C. fell Is. 3d. to 635. 6d.. while C.I.G. and General Industrie* both rose Is. 6d. Trading was heavy in both Ampol and 8.11.P. Rifnts. In the base metals section,
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      919 10 "K LINE" Express U.S.A. Paeitie Atlantic Coast Service E.T.A. E.T.A. E.T.A. S pore P. S't-.M Penang H'kong L. Angeles New Yor> "liyetawa Mki" 21 Apr l» Pert 4 May 24 Miy II Jim "(mow* Mart" Ht Call 21/24 May 25/2« Ma| M Call 17/31 May 4 Jwm 24 Jim II
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      1368 10 SHIPPING NOTICES m s "ELLEN MAERSK" Voy: 1 Arrived: 21/4/59 Consignees of cargo ex the above ve&sel are notified that the General Survey will be held at Godown 25, 26 at 8.30 a.m. on 30/4 59. No turther survey will be held after this date. As Agents: ANGLO-AMERICAN COBPX.. LTD.
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      950 10 COMPANY MEETING LABU CHEVIOT RUBBER LIMITED Sixth Annual General Meet inn to be held at 19 Fcnchurch Street, hmdon. E.C.3 on 20th May. 1959. SIR JOHN HAY'S STATEMENT During my recent visit to Malaya I was able to inspect once again the Company's largest property. Labu Estate, and to meet
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      694 10 The 1958 crop was the largest ever produced by the Company, and was materially assisted by th* extremely favourable weather during December, In which month bumper harvests were obtained over the whole country. In 1959 we hope to obtain a crop of over 10.000.000 lbs. FUTURE REPLANTING Fortunately the new
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    Chief Justice dismisses Ong's application to bar Elias from probe into the City Council
    1670 11 TfflS /S il BORDERLINE CASE...BUT I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS NO REAL LIKELIHOOD OF 81A5. SINGAPORE, Monday THE Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, today dismissed an application by the Mayor, Mr. Ong
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      485 11 now in service cpo prop-jet W^ m I—^ <JL J_ i -Lilt JBSBSSBIJBIsssBsPft 'I' the fastest prop.jet in the world CwKBCB /iff cathay pacific airways I Booking Offices: Singapore Tel: *****-9 Malayan Commercial Agencies Ltd.. X.L Tel: ***** The Borneo Co. Ltd.. Borneo and Sarawak ct-n or your usual Trovel
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      154 11 Carmen A €V». By Mas The Saint By Leslie Charteris WAS QUITE CHIIOSh] r^EV COULD 4AQDLY BEUEVE V "Rt j^^ f E THAT I MERELY USED THE^B €^/UjH E)ssi MHrk Trary By Chester Gould HHil^HßHHLssssssHH AND IN LONDON— Wr.^~~*^r-EHA~~Y7 1 f t say what they say in voufi^ ll^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^SM r
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      SCHEME FOR K.L. BRANCH PLANNED
      175 12 SCHEME FOR K.L. BRANCH PLANNED THE Malayan Advertisers Association has applied for registration in Kuala Lumpur in view of the increasing advertising business and activities in the Federation. This was stated by the chairman Mr. B R. Ratcliffe, at the association's annual meeting. Mr. Ratclifle, who has been re-elected for
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      Car exports are better
      47 12 Production ot British passenger cars in March wa* 102.691 against 79.527 in February and 109,257 v. March 1958. the Board ol Tra_e said in London. Exports in March amounted to 41.590 units against 35.791 in the previous month and 44.200 in March 1958.
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      South Vietnam trade grows five-fold
      321 12 South Vietnam trade grows five-fold GOOD SUPPLIES OF RICE, VEGETABLES. FISH COUTH Vietnam is steadily developing her export market in Malaya and last year she supplied $21.3 million worth of products, five times more than in 1957. Mr. Tang Van Chi, the Vietnamese Consul in Singapore, said yesterday that the
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      U.K. steel output up
      34 12 Steel production In Britain in the first quarter this year was four per cent higher than in the fourth quarter last year, the Iron and Steel Board stated in London.
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      Malayan palm oil production soars
      244 12 T*HE Malayan palm oil milling industry is mak- ing steady progress and production has risen by nearly 20 per cent in the past three years. Millers said that with the use of scientific methods and research, output should increase further in the next few years.
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      Sarawak oil plan
      113 12 A SITE at ttngkabang, near Marudi, Sarawak, ha* been selected for an exploration oil well and according to the present programme. drillIng will start during the second half of the year, said reports from Kuchlng. Preparatory surveys oi the area have been completed and work will begin
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      Japan-R.I. service introduced
      199 12 Japan-R.I. service introduced TiHE Royal Interocean 1 Lines are strengthening their half a century old service between Japan and Indonesia with the TJiluwah and TJiwangi, each of 13.000 displacement tonnage. The vessels will run on a regular schedule and will leave Singapore for Hong Kong. Yokohama. Osaka and Kobe about
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      Australia to buy more timber for housing projects
      257 12 4 USTRALIA will import an increasing amount of Malayan timber for housing purposes, Mr. W. R. C. Schmidt, a director of Kian Gwan (Australia) Pty. Ltd., said when he visited flings put last weeK. I He urged timber grower.In the Federation to
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      INDIAN RUBBER INDUSTRY SHOWS STEADY PROGRESS
      201 12 T'HP Indian rubber industry is growing rapidly and production has increased by 60 per cent in the past 10 years, reports Reuter from New Delhi. The report said that output in 1958 totalled 24.348 tons, compared with 15.422 tons in 1948. Consumption oi natural
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      477 12 MIL EE »\OW A BEAUTIFUL NEW AIR CONDITIONING ROOM UNIT :ner air conditioner purchased in Singapore between NOW ■.<nd 30th June. 1959. will entitle the buyer to receive an entry form o participate in a simple competition. The prize is a beautiful new Carrier air conditioning room unit. When you
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      29 12 film I I T R A C TOR SERVICEMAN S K'TS :^H|Bc^J^^faWWßß DOUBLE OPEN ENDED SPANNERS BtwJSZsSllajS l|pMlflß REFRIGERATION TOOLS CONSTRUCTION SPANNERS PwHHiBHr*AJV(fIrri£VCE3B 54 ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE PHONE 22*128
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    Church's 'shun Marxists' call gets mixed reception
    503 13 Church's 'shun Marxists call gets mixed reception SINGAPORE, Monday. pOLITICAL parties today gave a mixed reception to a Roman Catholic Church pastoral letter advisftig members not to vote for parties or candidates "inspired or guided by Marxist principles." While the Liberal-Socialist Party and a leader of the Singapore UMNO supported
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      877 13 Check Before Posting j I Replies to Box Number* j Utmost care should be taken 1 I when replying to box number I od». to use the CORRECT I NUMBER and Address to Hie Stroits Times, Timat House, River V.I lev Road. Cash must be sent by raf is- I
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      843 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT I it Wordt Si (Min.)— Box it ett. txtrm. j IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION four 3 bedroomed semi/detached bungalows. Modern conveniences district 15. Apply Tan. 11, Seraya Road, off Haig Road. Spore. i AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Spacious room. Modern convenlen- ces. Suitable bachelors working girls or couple- Apply 124-E Tembeling Road,
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      820 13 EDUCATION W.rds Si (Min.)— Box St ett. txtrm. ENGLISH SPEAKING Schoolchildren who want guaranteed success in their forthcoming examinations by improving their memory immensely may Contact P.O. Box 2921, Singapore. FOORMANS SCHOOL Of Music (Vienna Conservatoire of Music) enrolments accepted from 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. dally students for piano,
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      855 13 REAL ESTATE It Wordt SS (Min.)— Box SO ctt. txtrm. FOR PURCHASES. Sales. Mortgages and Valuations: Consult C. H. Williams. B.Sc. F.A.1.. P.R.V.A., Valuer Estate Agent H-9 Hongkong Bank Chambers Tel: *****. HIRE PURCHASE :o Wordt Si (Min.)— Box St ett. txtrm. REFRIGERATORS 3 CU. ft. CO 40 cv. It.
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      845 13 FOR SALE Wordt Si (Min.)— Box St ctt. txtrm. ANNUAL SPECIAL OFFERB at Modern Silk Store 34 High Street i various items on Bargain Counters Chinese Silk Brocade 20% Discount ANYTIME WHEN You Buy Bedsheets, Coloured or White, and Any Size, for Competitive Prices, just remember Cathay's 38/39 Bras Basah
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      391 13 TENDERS WAR DEPARTMENT TENDER NOTICE Xl Kill K TAPPING RIGHTS— KLUANG TENDERS are Invited for Rights to tap approximately 75 acres of Rubber on War Department Land on part of Lot 1909 Muklm of Kluang for a period of one year from Ist July 1959. Application should be made to
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      273 13 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER Tenders wlil be received from P.W.D. registered Class 'D' and above contractors at the office of the State Engineer, P.W.D. Trengganu at Kuala Trengganu up to 12 noon on the llth May. 1959 for the construction in reinforced concrete of a road bridge over the Sungei Kemasek
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      122 13 The crazy story of a craefcbrained crook who got more than his moneysworth Belinda Kathleen Robert «k K Loot jri t Ji I w and m/f OPENS FRIDAY f Phone 3«>9U3 Book Now. 1 vitraVisioN technicolor' Jt m j os., 'lAf \i USED CAR A^V •BARGAINS £<k -i ALL MODELS
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    Vietnam threat forced SAFA's hand
    203 14 Vietnam threat forced SAFA's hand SINGAPORE. Mon. Singapore Amateur Football Association's decision not to include British Servicemen in its team to play in next month's Asian Cup central zone matches in Singapore was forced on the association. Vietnam F.A. is understood to have informed the Asian Football Confederation that it
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    Kew San beaten
    55 14 HONG KONG, Mon. Charoen Watanasin. of Siam, beat Teh Kew San. of Malaya. 15-9, 18-16 In an exhibition singles match here today. Other results: Lim Say Hup (Malaya) and Watanasin beat Wong Wai Hung and Fei Hung 15-5. 15-4; Say Hup and Kew San drew with Watanasir
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    Tengku to take salute
    372 14 THE official programme of the Asian Cup central xone tournament it: May 9 opening ceremony: 7 p.ri The band of the Singapore Police Force takes up its position in front of the S.A.F.A. clubhouse and the competing teams assemble in the following order: Burma. Malaya. Vietnam
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    ASIAN CUP: SAFA PLANS
    250 14  -  SAUL JOSHUA We are going all out to make it a great success— Al-Junied COMFORT OF VISITORS THE AIM By SINGAPORE, Mon. —Th c Singapore Amateur F.A. has drawn up an elaborate programme for the Asian Cup central zone matches to be staged here from May
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    Police win 4-2
    35 14 SINGAPORE, Mon. Police •A" beat Singapore Harbour Board Police 4-2 in a S.A.F.A. Div. 3B match at Thomson Road today. Awalludin (2), ThambyraJ and Sivagnanam scored for Police, Katon for S.H.B. Police.
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    SAAA TO INVITE OVERSEAS ATHLETES
    191 14 SAAA TO INVITE OVERSEAS ATHLETES SINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore 0 Amateur Athletic Association today decided to invite athletes from neignbourlng countries, including Federation of Malaya, to compete in its future annual championships. This was proposed by Lt, Commander C.A.C. Hodgson, the Royal Navy representative, after Vernon Perreau, the former S.A.A.A. secretary,
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    Lock icon Koreans' weight and extra power tipped the balance
    695 14  - Koreans' weight and extra power tipped the balance NORMAN SIEBEL NO EXCUSES FOR MALAYA'S DEFEAT IN CUP DECIDER -By- TRUISM of boxing is thai a good big 'un is better than a good little *un. This applied with telling effect when South Korea bent Malaya 2-1 before the unbelieving eves
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    Collegians' 72-match tour starts today
    523 14  - Collegians 72-match tour starts today FIRDIE SALAHUDIN By Singapore Monday THE first stage of a cricket tour that took two years to plan and prepare and would eventually cost $165,600 when completed in September, began with the arrival of the Australian Old Collegians in Singapore today by 8.0.A.C. Britannia. The
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    Five winners promoted
    109 14 SINGAPORE. Mon. Five recent Penang winners have been promoted according to the S.R.A. amendment list issued today Agnes Slipper and Singora II have been promoted from CL 2 to Cl. 1. while Follow Me Home 11, Excelsior and Loyalty II have been promoted from Cl. 4 to
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    Entries for Singapore amateur meeting
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      50 14 CRICKET; S.C.A. Presidents XI v Old Collegians, padang. SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Asian Cup training. Jalan Be.sar. 5.30 p.m. League. Div. 2B— S.C.C. v Rajaji. padang; Dlv. 3A— Jollilads v T.8.A.. Geylang; Western v Indian Younssters. Farrer Park. POLO: Jubilee Cvp Singapore v Federation. Thomson Road, BADMINTON: S.B.A. Junior championships 7.30 p.m.
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