The Straits Times, 17 June 1959

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    18 1 AVIBAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 TmmmmimmmmmJ* The Straits Times Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1959 15 CENTS
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    KERALA FIGHT GOES ON
    273 1 TOLL; 10 DEAfr, 50 WOUNDED, 1,000 HELD New demonstrations: 'Out with Red butchers' cry Nehru men: Violence not our fault JRIVANDRUM, Tues. Demonstrators today continued their passive resistance campaign aimed at unseating Kerala's Communist State Government. Ifore protest rallies were staged throughout the state despite yesterday's
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    'OPPOSITION WILL GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE SUPPORT TO GOVT.'
    55 1 THE FORMER Chief Minister, Tun Lint Yew Hock, wot tieless and in hit shirt-sleeves when he paid on official coll on the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, at the City Hall yesterday. Tun Lim will be leader of the Opposition in the
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    MINISTERS TO GO ON THE AIR
    72 1 MINISTERS TO GO ON THE AIR SINGAPORE, Toes. The Ministry of Culture is arranging for all Ministers to sperfk over Radio Singapore in turn every week. There will also be a weekly Press conference presided in turn by a Minister, said a Ministry of Culture spokesman today. No definite arrangements
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    Lock icon Colombo strikes
    18 1 COLOMBO, Tues. Railway, postal and port services in Colombo today were dislocated owing to strikes. Reuter.
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    Urn calls on Lee, gives a pledge
    386 1 SINGAPORE, Tues.— Tun Lim Yew Hock, Opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly, today called on the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and pledged the "constructive support of the Opposition in the work of the Government." It was the first official meeting of
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    Puthucheary gets key job
    438 1 EX-DETAINEE IS HEAD OF ECONOMIC BOARD SINGAPORE, Tuesday. 4 MALAYAN economist, recently released from political detention, will lead the PAP Government's plan to set up a $100 million economic development board for Singapore. He is 35-year-old Mr. James Puthucheary, who stepped out of Changi Prison with
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    Lock icon Situation in Yemen serious
    111 1 Situation in Yemen serious ADEN, Tues. The Yemeni army has seized control of two of the Yemen's largest towns, Ta'iz and Hodeida, and the situation in the country is serious, usually reliable sources said here tonight. The Yemen's official Sanaa Radio was reported to have stopped broadcasting messages of allegiance
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    Quietest month of 11-year war
    133 1 Quietest month of 11 -year war KUALA LUMPLR, Tues. The Emergency in Malaya will enter its 12th year tomorrow. Today the Government announced that last i.ionth, for the first time since the Emergency began, no rewards were paid for information leading to the surrender, capture or kill- ing of terrorists.
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    SELAMAT HARI RAYA HAJI
    17 1 The Straits Times wishes all its Muslim readers Selamat Hari Raya Haji. iiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiniii
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    Lock icon Helicopter sets flight record
    35 1 PARIS, Tues.— The world's first vertical take-off airliner, the British Fairey Rotodyne, today set a record of 58 minutes for the BrasselsParis flight. Normal helicopters take one hour 50 minutes. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Prasad's visit
    28 1 COLOMBO, Tues.— A Royal salute of 21 guns was fired today as Dr. Rajendra. Prasad, President of India, arrived here on a six-day state visit. Reuter.
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    KING, QUEEN TO VISIT BRUNEI in JULY
    113 1 KING, QUEEN TO VISIT BRUNEI in JULY KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong will visit Brunei next month. This will be their first overseas Royal tour since they were installed in September 1957. The visit follows an invitation by the Sultan of Brunei, Sultan
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    Lock icon Britain sells Suez shares
    43 1 LONDON. Tues. The British Government has sold its holding of shares in the Suez Canal Company's investment trus.. It was announced today. Hambros Bank announced today that they have been successful in a bid for the Government's shares. U.P.I.
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    Reduced terms
    31 1 BAGDAD, Tues— The Iraqi Prime Minister, Major-Gen Abdul Karlm Kassem, cut prison terms of ail prisoners by 10 per cent to mark the sacrificial feast of Id Al Adha.
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    Lock icon 60 dead in four days of floods
    471 1 60 dead in four days of floods IJONG KONG, Tues.— Sixty people wert listed tonight as dead, or presumed dead, in the four days of floods and landslides throughout Hong Kong. Official figures put the casualty list at 46 known dead, 66 injured and 14 miss- Ing but presumed to
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    39 1 COMPROMISE AT CENEVA? GENEVA Tuts— Sccretarv »f staU- Christian Mirl< i and Soviet Foreign Ministi r Andrei Grotnyko iihi privately for tn hour today amid reports that compromise formula for holdiac summit conference may be pending. U.P.I.
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    Mystery of the 999 caller
    233 2 WHO RANG AFTER DOUBLE DEATH CAR CRASH? SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE police today were seeking "missing witnesses" one of them a 999 caller of a one a.m. double tragedy in Holland Road. Two salesgirls from Robinson's were killed when a sports car smashed into a lamp
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    Lock icon Big trooping rehearsal
    58 2 DRUMMERS of the central band of the Royal Malay Regt. in action at yesterday's full dress rehearsal of the Trooping the Colour ceremony in honour of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's 64th birthday. At least 20.000 Jp*|le are expected to/attend the parade at the Merdeka Stadium on Friday
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    SELANGOR PLANS A RURAL UPLIFT
    96 2 SELANGOR PLANS A RURAL UPLIFT KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Alliance Government In Selangor will improve and develop rural areas. The Mentri Besar. Inche Abu Bakar bin Baginda. has set himself this task. He has set up a rural development committee on .state executive council level to plan raising the standard
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    STALL WILL EMPHASISE CHILD CARE
    69 2 STALL WILL EMPHASISE CHILD CARE KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The National Association of Women's Institutes stall at the MAHA exhibition here next month will emphasise child care. State associations have been asked to send their exhibits children's clothes and dolls dressed in national costumes to the W.I. headquarters In Petallng Jaya
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    Grant for school
    51 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Minister of Education. Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari. has approved a grant of $12,000 to rebuild a Klang Malay school. Sekolati Umum To' M-uda. which was recently wrecked Dy a storm. The school has 150 students who are temporarily accommodated in a nearby
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    Birthday show that's free to 10,000
    225 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. INHERE will be 10.000 free seats going on a flrstA come-flrst>served basis at the Merdeka 'Stadium on Fttday at 8 a.m. The occasion The grand parade and Trooping the Colour ceremony by 1.000 members of the Federation Armed forces to mark
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    THE NUMBER IS 999. SAY POLICE
    82 2 THE NUMBER IS 999. SAY POLICE CEREMBAN. Tues— Three out of four people in Seremban dial the wrong number when calling for police help in emergencies, the Straits Times was told today. The OCPD. Inche Nik Yusof bin Nik Mohamed. said that people .should dial 999 and not 222 when
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    START SOON ON NEW BRIDGE
    64 2 START SOON ON NEW BRIDGE KUALA TRENOGANU. Tues. The Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications. Inche Sardon bin Jublr. said here today that work on the $250,000 Jerteh bridge would begin soon. He was opening a mobile post office at Jerteh. His ministry will spend $8 million to develop the
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    40 HELD IN SWOOP ON GANGSTERS
    49 2 IPOII. Tues. About 40 suspected secret society thugs were picked up by tin- police in the last two days in a bid to curb the current wave of gangster violence. About 26 were released after interrogation. Fourteen are being detained pending further investigation.
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    Jolly to put on one-man exhibition
    131 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. A Malacca artist. Jolly Koh Cheng Whatt. 18. will hold an exhibition of his paintings at the Odeon Hollywood Room on June 26. Mr. L. M. Harrod, director of Raffles National Library, said today Koh was an urtist of "exceptional talent. Koh
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    —500 HIDE AS STRIPED TERROR STALKS A KAMPONG
    105 2 500 HIDE AS STRIPED TERROR STALKS A KAMPONG I£UALA TRENGGANU. Tues. Five hundred people in Kampong I'lu Nerus are living in fear of a full grown tiger which has been terrorising the place for the past week. An Alliance town councillor. Tuan lladi bin Syed Sacoff. who recently re- turned
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    Accused of kidnapping
    53 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Tan Guek Hua. 19. was charged today with kidnapping a woman. Leong Scow Kum. 25 at Jalan Besar last night. He also faced a second charge of causing hurt to I Leong with a dagger In Farrer Park. No plea was taken and he was
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    Govt. reception
    32 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. In honour of the Yang dlPertuan AKong's birthday the Johore Government will hold a reception at Saujana. residence of the Mentri Besar. on Friday at 4.30 p.m.
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    STOLEN CAR HAD FAULTY LIGHTS, COURT TOLD
    199 2 STOLEN CAR HAD FAULTY LIGHTS, COURT TOLD MALACCA. Tuesday. T*WO men abandoned a stolen car after manoeuvr- ing through a police road block on Sunday night. They had found the car's lights inefficient, the Malacca magistrate, Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, was told today. Hashim bin Haji Ismail aged 32. and Yahaya
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    Malayan girl aiming for a new degree
    70 2 SI. of Imttl Road. Kuala Lumpur, who has graduated In arts at the University of Queensland, new plans to study for an honours degree. A past president of the University International Club, she was among students who received their degrees from the Chancellor,
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    These men will pick MCA poll candidates
    130 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Selangor branch of the Malayan Chinese Association appointed an eightman sub-committee toI day to select nominees for the Federal election. The committee is headed by the Selangor MCA president and Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. Mr. Ong Yoke
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    Two on gun charge
    63 2 PENANG. Tues. A police ambush party stopped a car on a lonely road and seized from it a pistol wrapped up in a handkerchief, the Sessions Court here was told today Two men. May Wah and Yap Thean Fook. pleaded not guilty to a joint charge
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    Abell's choice
    23 2 KUCHING. Tues. The Governor of Sarawak. Sir Anthony Abell, has appointed Mr. F.D. Jakeway to act during his absence from Kuching.
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    Lock icon West Big 3 get ready for final round
    388 3 West Big 3 get ready for final round LAST BID FOR CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS IN GENEVA GENEVA, Tuesday. THE Western Big 3 ministers meet here today for drawing up their final position op Berlin to be submitted tomorrow to the Russians in a last bid for constructive negotiations at the foreign
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    MARGARET AND MAN FROM MALAYA ARE IRON LUNG PALS
    109 3 EX-INFANTRY officer Paul Bates and his blue-eyed pen pal Margaret Dixon, who have been writing to each other for almost a year, spend their first day together lying help, lessly side by side. For both of them are com. pletely paralysed
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    Lock icon Governor in mental hospital: Decision is delayed
    210 3 Governor in mental hospital: Decision is delayed pAL-VESTON. Tues.— A v district judge last night put off for a week a decision on the plea of Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana to order him released from a Texas mental hospital. Long interrupted the daylong hearing with remarks of "horse doctor"
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    Lock icon Mekong talks
    24 3 SAIGON. Tues. The South Vietnam Secretary of Stale for Public Works today opened the talks on developing the lower Mekong basin. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Eyes damaged 300 miles from A-bang
    143 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. PE'flash of a nuclear explosion at high altitude can be damaging to the eye even at 300 miles iistance, the United States Atomic Energy Commis- i S ion reported yesterday. A joint announcement by the A.E.C. and the Defence Department said this
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    Lock icon RATS (SOME BIG AS CATS) TERRORISE A VILLAGE
    98 3 RATS (SOME BIG AS CATS) TERRORISE A VILLAGE '<•••••••■• ••<-<•••■••' NEW YORK, Tues.— An invasion of rats, some of them as big as cats, is terrorising the housewives of Dannemora village, northern New York state. The Mayor. Mr. William Donahue, said there were millions of rats in a dump in
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    Lock icon Call for 'flying saucer' show
    47 3 LONDON, Tues. Britain's service chiefs have asked for a demonstration of the Saun-dcrs-Roe "flying saucer'" at the annual amphibious exercise in the Portsmouth area next week. Before accepting the invitation. Saunders-Roe will decide whether the Hovercraft Is ready for this test. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Russians send heartbeats by wire
    139 3 LONDON. Tues. A ma- 1 chine which transmits heartbeats through a wire from a healthy person to bring back to life a heart which has stopped beating has been invented by Russian doctors. Moscow Radio announced. According to the radio, the heart radiates electric cur-
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    Naked Maja on cards is obscene
    100 3 Naked Maja on cards is obscene WASHINGTON. Tues— A post office official ruled that postal cards bearing a reproduction of the Goya painting. The Naked Maja. were obscene and should be barred from the malls. Mr. Charles D. Ablard. the departmert's judicial officer, said that advertising material carried on the
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    Lock icon EXPERTS WARN INDIA OF FOOD CRISIS
    343 3 EXPERTS WARN INDIA OF FOOD CRISIS NEW DELHI, Tuesday. TEAM of American experts has warned India that a serious food shortage will overtake the country within the next seven years unless drastic steps are taken. Food production must be increased by 55 per cent before 1963, they say, otherwise hunger
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    Lock icon Car firm sacks a whole section
    234 3 Car firm sacks a whole section COVENTRY. Tues. v The Standard Motor Co. announced here yesterday that it was dismissing all the production men in its Triumph Herald car body shop. The men. estimated to number between 100 and 120, have been Involved In a dispute with the management over
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    Lock icon Consulates 'like going to jail'
    46 3 LONDON. Tues— The Duke of Bedford said yesterday that visiting some British consular offices abroad was like "going to jail or going to have a tooth out." He urged that more money be spent on display in British consular offices. Reuter.
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    300 jobless are offered work on aid schemes
    204 4 300 jobless are offered work on aid schemes SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE MINISTRY of Labour and Lav today sent out notices to 300 unemployed persons offering them work on Government unemployment relief schemes. This is part of the Government's plan to ease the unemployment situation in Singapore. The names of the
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    'STUDENT AUDIENCE IS BEST' —EFFIE
    164 4 'STUDENT AUDIENCE IS BEST' —EFFIE OINGAPORE, Tues.— 13 Over a glass of orange juice in a spacious hotel room Effie Tjoa, the internationally known Indonesian singer today expressed her mixed opinion of Singapore audiences. While pleased with the greatly appreciative Victoria Theatre audience on Sunday night she said they were
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    Beethoven only
    26 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Recorded Music Society will present an allBeethoven programme at the YWCA in Raffles Quay at 8 p.m. on June 25.
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    Dog owners are warned: Deliveries may be stopped
    332 4 Dog owners are warned: Deliveries may be stopped TWELVE POSTMEN BITTEN ON DUTY KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. T*HE Postmaster-General. Mr. A.S. Gammon, tonight warned dog owners that if they "do not avoid creating conditions which inconvenience postmen," postal deliveries to their houses might be stopped. Speaking over Radio Malaya. Mr. Oammon
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    DR. CHUANG: NO DECISION YET ON HIS FUTURE
    105 4 DR. CHUANG: NO DECISION YET ON HIS FUTURE SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Government has still not yet decided on the future of Dr. Chuang Chu Lin, former principal of Chung Cheng High School, who was released last August after 10 months in detention. The school's management committee today called on
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    Lottery charge
    35 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. A cyclist. Teo Kirn Tye, 43. was fined $150 In court today, for assisting In the carrying on of a chap-Ji-ki lottery. He was found In possession of stakes worth MOO.
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    Paya Lebar plans for age of giant jets
    186 4 SINGAPORE. Tues.— Plans have been designed to enable the air traffic control centre at Paya Lebar Airport to cope with Jet airliner traffic to and through Singapore for at least another year. This follows discussions held here between a mission comprising of
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    JAP SUB SALVAGE HITS NEW SNAG
    153 4 JAP SUB SALVAGE HITS NEW SNAG SINGAPORE, Tues.— another hitch has slowed down efforts to raise the sunken Japanese submarine now lying about three miles south-east of Clifford Pier. And this time it is mud that has "torpedoed" the salvage work. Last week, the salvage work which began three months
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    Man released
    42 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Low Lam Beng, of Boon Tat Street, was acquitted today on a charge of robbing Susan Yong Choo Koo. a clerk, of a gold chain, a ring and a watch near her homein Starlight Road on Mafth 27.
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    MARKET MEN LOSE CUT IN STALL RENT
    175 4 MARKET MEN LOSE CUT IN STALL RENT i SINGAPORE, Tues. The City Council administrator, Mr. P.C. Lim, today called into his office representatives of market stallholders and told them: they might lose that 50 per cent reduction in stall rental given them since the middle of last month. The reduction
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      166 4 Todays Singapore Mary... SALVATION ARMY (Clemen- civil service exam. Prep. II ad- south side. 3 p.m. to 5 pjn. ceau Aye): Band practice 6 pjn.; vanced. 6.30 pjn. KATONG BOYS' CLUB: Badsomreter brigade practice 7.30 pjn. CHINESE YMCA: Kuntow elan 11 GEYLANG STKAITS CHINESE 7 a.m.; ÜbletennU S ajn.; body-
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    SEAMEN'S GRUMBLES GO TO MINISTER
    216 5 SEAMEN'S GRUMBLES GO TO MINISTER SINGAPORE. Tues. i The Singapore Malay Seamen's Union has written to the Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, stating that the present practice of selecting seamen for Jobs was unsatisfactory. The union's secretary. Inche Karim Dzafir. said today that many seamen were grum.iling about
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    50 IN SHIP GET A HARI RAYA BREAK
    152 5 SINGAPORE. Tuesday. FIFTY Muslims quarantined in the State of Madras r since her arrival here yesterday are to be permitted ashore tomorrow, five hours before the normal 48-hour quarantine period ends, so that they can enjoy Hari Ray a Haji. This was
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    Lottery case: 2 are fined
    35 5 SEGAMAT Tues. Pang Loon, 30, was fined $600 here for assisting in running a character lottery. Another man. Soo Choon. 39, was fined $30 for buying a character lottery ticket.
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    Training for 40
    25 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Forty delegates from youths clubs in the State will hold a 10-day training course here »tartinjj on June 21.
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    Printer says: I destroyed 1,000 dove-desian covers
    631 5 EVIDENCE IN 'WRONGFUL DISMISSAL' CASE BY FORMER HEAD A SPECIAL BRANCH MAN HINTED AT OBJECTIONS PENANG, Tuesday PRINTER told the Penang High Court today that he destroyed nearly 1,080 jackets for a school magazine after a Special Branch officer told him the picture
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    CYCLIST'S BODY FOUND IN CANAL
    78 5 CYCLIST'S BODY FOUND IN CANAL ALOR STAR. Tues. Police today found the body of a cyclist believed to have been knocked down by a car at the first mile, Alor Star-Sungei Patani road, last night. The man has been identified as Ooi Slew Heok, 39, a rice mill labourer. His
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    TRAFFIC CHIEF ON DANGEROUS DRIVING CHARGE
    71 5 TRAFFIC CHIEF ON DANGEROUS DRIVING CHARGE BUTTERWORTH. Tues.— The Province magistrate today granted an application for adjournment to July 3 for hearing of a summons case in which As. sistant Supt. B. C. Halahan. 33, is charged with danger, ous driving. Halahan, off icer.in. charge, Perak Traffic Branch, is alleged
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    Council is sworn in
    59 5 PENANO, Tues Penang's new seven-man executive council was sworn in at a simple Residency ceremony this morning. Taking the oath of office were: The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, Inche Hashim bin Awang. Mr. Cheah Seng Khim, Inche Aziz Ibrahim. Tuan Haji Ismail bin Che
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    DON'T SMEAR MALAYA'S GOOD NAME: Dr. ISMAIL
    111 5 DON'T SMEAR MALAYA'S GOOD NAME: Dr. ISMAIL KOTA BHARU. Tues.— The Minister for External Affairs, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, last night called upon the people to preserve Malaya's good name as an independent country. Addressing a rally at the Padang Merdeka here, he said Malaya had been praised
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    'Cut salaries of Assemblymen' move by Koh
    195 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. A Singapore People's Alliance Assemblyman, Mr. C. H. Koh, today proposed a slash in the allowances of Assembly members to help reduce the Budget deficit the State faces this year. This move follows the action taken by the Government yesterday reducing
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    BELL, LOST 7 YEARS, GOES BACK TO SCHOOL
    124 5 BELL, LOST 7 YEARS, GOES BACK TO SCHOOL PENANG. Tues— The Mayor. Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. today officially handed over to the Methodist Boys' School, of which he is a senior master, the 45-year-old school bell which it had lost in 1952. At a ceremony on the school padang. Mr.
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    Get-together
    38 5 MERSING, Tues. An inter, youth club social gathering, sponsored by the Mersing Social Welfare Department, will be held at the social camp, three miles from here, on July 4. Various competitions will be included in the programme.
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    Star in Ipoh
    26 5 IPOH, Tues. Hong Kong actress Ting Ling, 20. arrived here this morning to make personal appearances at the Capitol Theatre for four days.
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    Lock icon We rely on private capital—Kamil
    163 5 We rely on private capital— Kamil PORTLAND (Oregon), Tuesday. 'THE Malayan Ambassador, Dato Nik Ahmed Kamil, said here that Malaya continued to place its faith in the ability of private enterprise to undertake economic development. "America has become the greatest trading and industrial nation in the world today through the
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    SIX ESCAPE AS HOUSE COLLAPSES
    74 5 BUTTERWORTH. Tues A family of six escaped when their attap hut at Bumbong Lima. Butterworth, collapsed in a heavy storm last night. Talb bin Awang. 37. a padl planter, and his family were near the door when the house started to collapse They fled just
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    Talentime contest
    49 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. The 1959 talentime contest for amateurs organised by RedifTusion begins tomorrow. The finals will be held at the Victoria Theatre in December. Prizes o s^OO, $250 a:.u 00 win be given to the first three. Entry forms may oe obtained trom Redlffusion':; English programmes department.
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    Defamation case is transferred
    93 6 Defamation case is transferred SINGAPORE. Tues. A summons case of alleged defamation against Mr. L. C. Hoffman, editor-in-chief of the Straits Times, will be mentioned in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court on Saturday. A magistrate. Mr. Philip Lav. ordered this today when he granted an application by Mr. David
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    Knife used in wives' row
    56 6 SEGAMAT. Tues. A second wife used a tapping knife on the first wife in a fight and inflicted injuries, a magistrate's court here was told. Llew Kwee Eng. 25. who admitted a charge of causing hurt to Chong Liew, her husband's first wife, was bound
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    A High Court judge on 'bully boy' secret society thugs
    677 6 HE DIPPERS FROM RULING ON CORPORAL PUNISHMENT THEN ORDERS A WHIPPING SENTENCE ON A YOUNG GANGSTER TO STAY IPOH, Tuesday. jVI R. JUSTICE GOOD today differed from a ruling of the Federation Court of Criminal Appeal that it was a
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    WIDOW: I WOKE UP AND SAW MASKED MEN MURDER HUSBAND
    180 6 WIDOW: I WOKE UP AND SAW MASKED MEN MURDER HUSBAND pENANG. Tues.— A sob- bins woman told an inquest here this afternoon how her husband was murdered by one of four masked and armed men who broke into a shop house in Penane: Road on the night of Nov. 25.
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    Civics course for 30 workers
    49 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues A civics course for 30 Chinese estate workers is now being held In Johore Bahru, They will be taken on visits to the Princess Elizabeth School for the Blind, the leper settlement, the Malayan weaving mills and the Nanyang shoe factory.
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    Farm course for 19
    46 6 IPOH, Tues. Nineteen trainees. 10 Malays and nlna Chinese, are undergoing a three-week light tractor training course at the Rural and Industrial Development Authority school here. This is the first time that Malays and Chinese are being trained together in mechamcal farming.
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    Pneumonia kills 17 in a week
    37 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. —Seventeen people died of pneumonia in the Federation during the week endIng May 30. Two cases of poliomyelitis were reported In Selangor and Malacca during the same period.
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    KING TO JOIN MILLIONS IN HARI RAYA PRAYERS
    153 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Yang dl-Pertuan Agong and millions of Muslims In the Federation and Singapore will attend special prayers In mosques tomorrow to mark Hari Raya Haji. The King will pray at the Kampong Bahru Mosque hece. The Prime Minister. Dato
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    NOW PAP's ATTENTIONS TURN TO BAR GIRLS AND 'GUEST' HOUSES
    289 6 NOW PAP's ATTENTIONS TURN TO BAR GIRLS AND 'GUEST' HOUSES SINGAPORE, Tuesday. pROM pin-tables and juke-boxes, the Singapore Government has now turned its spotlight to girls in bars and "guest" houses. The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, today spoke of bar girls being "exploited" especially after
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    Razak invited to visit Australia and New Zealand
    315 6 Razak invited to visit Australia and New Zealand KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Malayan Prime Minister, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussain, has t>een invited to make a goodwill visit to Australia and New Zealand, after the elections in August. The Invitation has come from the Australian Minister of External Affairs, Mr.
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    FIRST DAY COVERS FOR JET FIRST
    87 6 SINGAPORE. Tues. First day covers of the Qantas Boeing 70/ inaugural service from Sydney to San Francisco on July 29 will be available here. The price of each cover is four shillings Australian (M 51.30) and will include addressing by Qantas on behalf of
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    Hull for Korea
    21 6 SINGAPORE. Tues. General Sir Richard Hull. Commander-ln-Chief of Far East Land Forces, is to visit Korea in September.
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    Lock icon All France wept day he took a full count
    1180 7 The day Descamps saved his boy from a beating ONE DAY in 1904 a spindly-legged, pallid-faced boy of 10 was attacked in a street of the French mining town of Lens by a 13-year-old school bully. Despite his physical deficiencies, the
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      153 7 Varwnen A 1 Ely 3 Mas The Saint By Leslie Churteris \l-j~j, -^XYivg b EENI KIVE BEEN LOOKING LOT\HKIVE GOT THE CANOES VOP COURSE W>£~ iT\ A LOT FORWARD TO MEETING 1 MORE VJ ARRANGED FOR THE JIAAA.. BUT a f 3^-- iweiJnwuAk. ABOUT VOJ- AM?. ROLF. BUT I JTHAN
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    129 8 Wor4* Sit (Minimum). MR. AND MRS. K. OANESHAN thank Relatives and Friends for tiieir Assistance and Valuable Presents on the occasion of tnelr Marriage on 27-5-09. MR. MRS. YAP NENG CHLW sincerely thank all their friends and relatives for their kind attendance and esteemed li:c>ents on the occasion of
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    180 8 2t W»r4t tit (Minimum). WHY KNOT? Use SelloUpe. H.M.V. SALON 101 Tanglin Rd. will be opened today as usual. THE PARTY WAS a Wow! Thanks to Alr-wick Mist, all cigarette and party smells were eliminated. FTTZPATRICKS SUPERMARKET wish to advise their < ustomers that they are closing at 1
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    The Straits Times Wednesday, June 17, 1959 Defence In S.E. Asia
    603 8 The Straits Times Wednesday, June 17, 1959 Defence In S.E. Asia If it seemed a shade disingenuous of the Commander-in-Chief of Britain's Far East Land Forces to give his anniversary Press conference on the same day as Singapore's Internal Security Council was named, at least the coincidence made a valuable
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    Ministers' Gesture
    418 8 Few people will be surprised by the decision of the Singapore Government to reduce the salaries of Ministers and their parliamentary secretaries, in the latter case the salaries received by junior ministers under the old rei ?ime. The campaign by Dr. |Goh Keng Swee and Mr. K. M.
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    Party Choice
    162 8 Although three States have still to hold th*nr elections, attention is already fast turning to the national polling in August, and specifically to the choice of candidates for seats in the new fully-elected Federal legislature. No party faces a larger or more complex problem than the Alliance, which
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    CAN THIS MAN MATCH UP TO THE TRADITION HE INHERITS?
    682 8  - CAN THIS MAN MATCH UP TO THE TRADITION HE INHERITS? DOUGLAS CLARK From GENEVA, Turn WHEN Mr. Christian Herter hobbles painfully into the Palais des Nations each afternoon on his two steel sticks he looks too fragile for the tough, grinding battle of this foreign minister s' conference. You feel
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    Singapore's future rests on whether these claims are right or wrong
    1140 8 Singapore's future rests on whether these claims are right or wrong THE other day, someone calling himself "Democrat" wrote a thoughtful letter on this page to refute two of my claims. ONE, that a Socialist party such as that led by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew is prothe only kind -of
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    THE ROCK MUSIC GOES OFF THE AIR
    221 9 THE ROCK MUSIC GOES OFF THE AIR SINGAPORE, Tues. Radio Singapore has already virtually cut out all rock n' roll or jukebox type music from its programmesThis follows the new policy laid down by the Minister for C ilture. Mr. S. Rajaratnarn. to devote more time to more serious programmes
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    Brunei mosque colour film
    46 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. A half-hour featurette in Eastman Colour about the new state mosque in Brunei will be shown at the Cathay cinema with the Malay film "Rasa Sayang Eh." The Brunei mosque film was made by Cathay-Kerls Film for the Brunei Government
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    No prosecution
    23 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— There were no prosecutions of civil servants on corruption charges last month, according to a Government statement today.
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    Culture to help merger
    374 9 NEW PAP PLAN TO STRENGTHEN FRIENDSHIP WITH THE FEDERATION BETTER FACILITIES TO STUDY MALAY SINGAPORE, Tuesday. rULTURE is to play a prominent part in the attainment of merger between Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, Singapore's Minister for Culture, told the Straits Times
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    Expert on land laws to advise Spore Govt.
    89 9 SINGAPORE. Tues.— An Australian authority on land laws, Mr. John Baalman, 65 (above), flew into Singapore yesterday to advise the Government on land laws. The arrangement for Mr. Baalman's visit was made by the previous Government. It has been confirmed by the
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    700 birds stolen
    25 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. A farmer. Lim Khean Soo, of Chua Chu Kanp Road, has had 700 of his chickns valued at $1,140. stolen.
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    COUPLE THANK MAN AT BUS STOP
    156 9 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. 4 COUPLE sent a letter to the Straits Times today to thank a man who had retrieved a pendant which had been snatched off their daughter. The man had nicked up the locket and returned it to Mrs. Lee Choon Huat while
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    Newsman weds
    29 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. -Mr. Frederick D. Coleman, correspondent for Reuter and Australian Associated Press, and Miss Marie L. Kuan, formerly of Shanghai, were married at the Registry today.
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    $1,000 haul
    21 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Thieves last night broke into a shop In Stamford Road and sole $1000 In cash and valuables.
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    WOMAN SPAT AT DOCTOR, ALSO THREW CLOGSCOURT TOLD
    389 9 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. FOUR police constables had to drag a mother of four out of a magistrate's court today when she shouted in protest after being convicted of trespassing into a doctor's clinic. Two of her children in the court, burst out crying
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    DEATH OF RAJA MOHAMED
    71 9 DEATH OF RAJA MOHAMED SEREMBAN, Tues.— Raja Mohamed bin Raja Aman, who was managing a rubber estate for the Yang dl-Per-tuan Agong in Kuala Pilah. died last night at his Kuala Pllah home. He was 64. The Yang dl-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permalsurl Agong went to Kuala Pilah today
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    Hold poll every four years call
    107 9 MALACCA. Tues. Inche Mohamed bin Haji Abdul Rahman (Alliance) suggested at today's monthly meeting of the Malacca Municipal Council that the Municipal elections be held once every four years instead of annually. Councillors Holding office for four years at a stretch could serve the
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    Teacher gets a degree
    31 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Miss Ng Chiau Teck. of Whitley Road, has received a B.A. degree in social studies from the George Poabody College for Teacher. In Nashville, Tennessee.
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    MENTRI OF PERLIS TO GET PAY OF $1,490
    99 9 MENTRI OF PERLIS TO GET PAY OF $1,490 KAM.AR. Tues. —The Mentri Besar of Perlis tiniest and northernmost state will receive a salary of $1,490 a month. In addition he will get an entertainment allowance of $150 a month, a free furnished home and subsistence allowance of $35 a day
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    Homes for 60 families
    58 9 JESSELTON, Tues.— T h e Jesselton town Board is to build 60 semi-detached temporary houses for residents displaced from Kampong Ayer who have been unable to purchase, land and build lowcost houses. The houses, to be built near the sea at Kampong Sembulan, will have two
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    Party chief: Council is in a mess...
    217 9 MALACCA, Tuesday. li, MALAYAN Party leader, Mr. J. L. de Cruz, said today that the Malacca Municipal Council had got itself into a mess over the revaluation of properties in the town. Speaking on the adjournment at the council's monthly meeting, Mr. de
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    Accused sent to hospital
    54 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues— C. Suppiah. who is accused of causing hurt to two policemen and attempting to commit suicide by cutting his stomach with broken class, is still under observation at the mental hospital. The case against him was mentioned in the magistrate's court today and
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    Two plan to hitch their way round the world
    152 9 Two plan to hitch their way round the world CINGAPORE. Tues.— Two adventurous young men from Katong plan to hitch-hike to Britain and America via the Middle East with SlOO each in their pockets. Patrick Nonis. 17. and Kyran de Souza. 19. are looking or a third companion. The purpose
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    ADVERTISE, EXPERT TELLS PINE CANNERS
    100 9 ADVERTISE, EXPERT TELLS PINE CANNERS SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. G.C.C. Chivers. a British market research expert of canned foodstuffs, today emphasised to members of the Central Board of Pineapple Packers the Importance of advertising their products. Yesterday. Mr. Chivers said that Malayan canned pineapples were facing keen competition, particularly from Australia
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    Kedah meeting
    20 9 ALOR STAR, Tues. The first meeting of the 24--member Kedah Legislative Assembly will be held on June 22.
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    RAF awards for four
    66 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Pour army officers in the RAF operational list have been awarded honours. Capt I -A. Bell and Capt. M.P.E. Legg. both of the 65« Light Aircraft Squadron, Army Air Corps, have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. The Distinguished Flying Medal has been awarded
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    Another MBE
    46 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. A further award in the Queen's Birthday Honours List has been notified by the British War Office. Mrs. I. Thorn, of the Women's Voluntary Service, Brigade of Gurkhas depot has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, (MBE).
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    Doctor is choice for Neari Mentri
    207 9 SEREMBAN, Tues.— Dr. Mo. named Said, 52, was to. night selected by the Negri Sembilan State Alii, ance Committee to be the state's first elected Mentri Besar. He will be recommended to the Regent of Negri Sem. bilan for the aopointment. It was the
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    TEACHERS' TRIP TO FORMOSA OFF
    125 9 TEACHERS' TRIP TO FORMOSA OFF SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Chinese School Teachers' Union has called off a proposed visit to Formosa by 33 of its members on the advice of the Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. Mr. Yong told union officials yesterday that the trip, planned for August,
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    SCOUTS TO AID X-RAY CAMPAIGN
    102 9 CINGAPORE. Tues. Mor» than 10 Scouts a day will assist the Singapore antiTuberculosis Association In its mass X-ray campaign in Tanjong Pagar by distributing multi-lingual leaflets 10 days before the campaign starts on July l. The leaflets will tell the 20.000 people in the area
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      IS MR. LONG MENG NEXT ON THE LIST?
      979 10 Two brothers, Lo Heng Wah and Lo Chi Hoe are on the track of their missing friend Gopal. They learn that he has been taken awayby amancallinii himsel) the wizard who H able to perform some very strange and frightening deeds. One
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      Pair up the ladies and the knights
      204 10 Dear Boys and Cirls, Here are the winners of our 'Icin The Numbers' contest, in which you were also asked to colour the picture. Chia Soon Chiang, II Kirn Tian Road. Singapore 3, Jumaat Jasman, 80-A Dorset Road. Singapore 8, David Phipps, 363
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      Mohammed didn't see the stairs
      270 10 Mohammed didn't see the stairs r«HAN: "Why did they throw you out of that antique shop?" Chin: "I can't understand it. All I did was to go in and ask: 'What's new?' Mci Mci was taken to the ballet and after watching the ballerinas dancing on tiptoe for some time,
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      Twelve tasks of Heracles
      317 10 Twelve tasks of Heracles I KHOO of Kuala Lumpur J* want to know what were the 12 labours of Heracles. I. To bring back the skin or a lion whose hide could not be pierced by any weapon. Heracles strangled the beast then used its own claws to strip the
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      NAUGHTY PET
      16 10 Mischief the gibbon travelled from Singapore to England to join his owner. Kirn Miller.
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    MALAYAN TIN SHIPMENTS INCREASED FROM JULY 1
    511 12 MALAYAN TIN SHIPMENTS INCREASED FROM JULY 1 By Our Market Correspondent THL Federation Mines Department announced yesterday that during the seventh control period under the International Tin Agreement, which commences on July 1, Malaya's permissible exports have been set at 9,757 tons. This is 13 per cent more than in
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 12 June 16 Jnnr 15 Malayan Share Market: Tins: 1*970 109.77 Industrials 88.80 88.89 S Rubbers: 136.83 137.67 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    150 12 MELBOURNE, Tues. INVESTMENT shares on the Stock Exchange here today opened the week on a firm tone. National Consol (previously National Radiators) closed the day at 28s. up 6d. after an offer to take over its bearing service. B.H.P. rose Is. 6d. to close at 575. Base metals
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    253 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: München 1/2, Banggal 4/5, Shoyo Maru 6A, Agamemnon 6/7. Sarbidon 8/9, Jagvijay 10/11, President Buchanan 13/14. Glenroy 15/16, Tanagra 18, State of Madras 19, Serdang N. Wall 3. Auby 21/22, Benveg 23, Tong Poh 24. Senggarang 26,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    116 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday .were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent June /July shipments, $414 buyers, $42 'j sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $64 i sellers, drum $67 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $133, Sarawak $132 (both up $1). special Sarawak
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 12 July first grade rubber buyers f .o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 96 i cents per lb.. up seveneighths of a cent on Monday's closing price. The closing tone was quietly steady. rioting prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot fob. buyers M%<
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 12 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the I.S. dollar was quoted at 5.73*; for cash and, s.7fi\ for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 1605 and one tael of gold at 253' i.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    30 12 SINGAPORE. JUNE 16. RUBBER: 96* cents per lb. (up seven-eighths of a cent). TIN: $402.25 per picul (down 25 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 125 tons (up 5 tons).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    488 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday Quiet conditions still prevailed in all sections and the turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 pjn.: Industrials: Fed. Dls;>. $1; Fiizpatricks 95 cents; Fraser and Neave ords $1.69 cci (T, O), $1.67 eel,
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    RUBBER CROPS
    28 12 The following further May rubber crops are announced Ayer Panas 108,000 lb.. Glenealy 101.500 lb Kluang 102,000 lb.. Pajam 150,000 lb. and Ulu Bennt 34,173 lb.
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    53 12 Lubok Investments (formerly Lubok Rubber Estate) is paying 40 per cent, for 1958. against nil for the previous year. Profit amounts to £6.122 (£9,257) after tax of £4,750 (£1,790). The company's rubber estates were sold In 1957, and since March 1958 it has carried on business as
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      1006 12 COMPANY MEETING DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY RECORD TI'RNOVER The 60th annual general meeting of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., was held oh June 8 in London. Mr. G E. Beharrell, chairman. in the course of his speech said: In 1958 the volume of goods sold I by the Group increased by
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    495 14 ON THE TRACK WITH EPSOM JEEP HE MATCHES STRWES WITH GETTYSBURG KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday pEACEFLL KING. ridden by John Forte, and Gettysburg (Leong) were matched in a splendid tryout on the training track here this morning. Breaking from the sf. they clapped on the pace
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    108 14 3 new men in Perak eleven TPOH. Tues. Three new players have been named In the Perak team to play Kedah in a Malayan Cricket Association league rcntch here this weekend. They are K. Anandarajah, who replaces Harry Holllngworth, the captain, who has returned to England, Joe Marshall and Khong
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    73 14 MINNEAPOLIS. T v c s x Beverly Hanson "of California won the American women's open golf tournament here yesterday in a "sudden death" playoff with Louise Suggs of Georgia. Both had totalled 277 for the 72 holes of th.c competition proper. In the playoff Beverly had a
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    A PRETTY AND UNASSUMING PHYSIOTHERAPIST 18 NEW STAR IN SINGAPORE ATHLETICS
    429 14  -  FIRDIE SALAHUDIN By Marie aims to beat Malayan marks SINGAPORE. Tues. Singapore's strong company of men athletes will find it hard to keep pretty Marie Bridgeford out of the limelight this season. Marie, 25, a London University graduate, has
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    MOSES WILL FIND IT TOUGH THIS TIME
    244 14 IPOH. Tues. J)AVIS Cup player Moses Tay will defend his two titles, singles and doubles, in partnership with Choong Ah Kow, in the Perak open lawn tennis championships, scheduled to begin here on June Top-seeded Moses will find his sixth defence of the
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    Lock icon Hewitt gives U.S. star a first set shock
    132 14 T ONDON. Tues —Wimbledon favourite Alex Olmedo, the Peruvian-born United States Davis Cup player, dropped a set in his first match In the London lawn tennis championships which began at Queen s Club yesterday. Olmedo had trouble with his service and trailed
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    SAFA says 'no' to Pak.
    134 14 SAFA says 'no' to Pak. SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore Amateur FA. management council last night turned down an invitation from the East Pakistan Sporu Federation to compett in the Aga Khan Gold Cup soccer tournament The council decided to turn down the offer, which included return air passages and board and
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    100 14 IPOH. Tues. Last nights Perak junior badminton championships results: Wen's doubles: First Round Ng Boon Ooh and Tan Yee Loong bt Phan See Wee and Au Chlni; Patt 15-1. 15-4; Loke Kok Khl and Cheah Chee Peng bt Ong Ching Swee and Chew Ming Si 12-15, 15-3.
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    MAS win 8-2
    29 14 TANJONG MALIM, Tues Methodist Afternoon School beat Methodist English School B—28 2 in a key match in the Bukit Gantang challenge cup soccer competition here yesterday.
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    S'pore's team to meet H.K. named
    147 15 SINGAPORE. Tues—Singapore's team to meet Hong Kong Chinese in a soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday (8 p.m.) will be: Mokhtar; Wah Chin. Matmoon; Kirn Beng, Omar Rahmat. Osman Johan; Abdul Rahman. All Abtar. Tahir Abu, Ismail Yusofl. Kirn Swee. Reserves: W.
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    New marks by Seahs
    84 15 SINGAPORE, Tues— The Seah brothers. Pong Hyu and Pong Pin, today set up new Singapore swimming records at a' trial at the Singapore Swimming Club pool. Pong Hyu lowered by two tenths of a second his own Singapore record for the 50m breast-stroke with a time
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    Norham misses 'double'
    69 15 SINGAPORE, Tues. Rain handicapped Norham bin Buang from performing a sprint "double" at the annual Outram School sports at the school ground today. Norham, who won the 100 yards easily In bright sunshine, was beaten Into second place by Ong Sun Hock In the 220 yards. After
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    CHINESE STEAMROLL TO 7-1 VICTORY OVER FAM
    617 15  -  NORMAN SIEBEL, By Kuala Lumpur, Tues F.A.M. selection by seven goals to one. It was as complete a rout as the score indicates, but Hong Kong handed it out so elegantly that the match never became dull a tribute to their artistry. The
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    Lock icon KRAMER MAKES $240,000 OFFER TO OLMEDO TO TURN PRO
    90 15 KRAMER MAKES $240,000 OFFER TO OLMEDO TO TURN PRO nPENNIS promoters are JL already making big of. fers to Alex Olmedo (above) to turn professional if he wins the Wimbledon title. Jack Kramer said in New York last night that he had offered Olmedo $240,--000 if he won at Wimble-
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    Lock icon Olmedo and Christine Truman are top seeds for Wimbledon
    271 15 I f ONDON. Tues.— Alex OlLj medo. Peruvian star of the United States Davis Cup I team, and Miss Christine I Truman, of Britain. have i been top seeded for the men's and women's singles in the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships
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    Bangkok or South Korea
    265 15  -  VIC NAYACAM By FAM FACES A DIFFICULT PROBLEM UIJALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Football Association of Malaya has been set a very difficult decision to make whether to cancel a proposed tour of South Korea and JaDan in order to participate in the SouthEast Asia Peninsula Games
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    VICTORIA BOYS FAVOURITES
    113 15 CINOAPORE, Tues.— V ie torla School, one of the favourites In the first interjchool cricket competition, will meet Alexandra Grammar School In the opening match on June 19 at Ayer Rajah Road. The draw Is: Ist Round June 19: Victoria v. Alexandra Orammar. Ayer Ralah Road; June
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    Worthy 4-2 winners: South recover from early shock
    340 15  - Worthy 4-2 winners: South recover from early shock OH KEE TIANC. By Penang, Tues. goals by inside-right Kirn Leng helped South to beat North 4-2 in the inter-combined schools soccer for the Governor of Penang, Raja Tun Uda bin Raja Muhammad's challenge cup at the City Stadium here today. South
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    RASC Sch. win Cup
    57 15 SINGAPORE, Tues. R.A.S.C. School won the In-ter-unit cup when they became the R.A.S.C. swimming champions at Nuffleld Pool toaay. R.A.S.C. School scored 64 points. Runners-up 25/61 Company scored 49 points. Sgt. Sharif bin Malinmuda was the best individual performance, winning three •vents 100 meters breast stroke.
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      273 15 H.K. P^ rain sodden ground; barely 5,000 spectators lost in the vast Merdeka Stadium; two illmatched teams. This hardly looked the setting for good football. But Hong Kong made it an occasion for their best football tonight and very brilliant stuff it was when they beat a U An Answer
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    614 16 ITS LOSS IS START OF TOTALITARIANISM, JOURNALIST DECLARES 'SIX WORDS USED AND 600 MORE WERE ADDED' SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE FREEDOM of the Press is essential in a free and democratic country and if it is lost, the result will be the start of a totalitarian
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    RELIGIONS PREACH LOVE AND GOODWILL -PREMIER
    198 16 RELIGIONS PREACH LOVE AND GOODWILL -PREMIER SINGAPORE, Tues. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, in his Hari Raya Haji message today to the Muslims of Singapore said: "Twice a year, on Hari Raya Haji and Hari Raya Puasa. the Muslims have their festivities. "Nowhere in the world is there
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    72 16 £300 mil spent on colonies f ONDON. Tues.— Britain has La spent £300,000,000 in her colonial territories during the past three years, the Colonial Office announced today. Financial contributions by Britain to the during 1956-58 were estimated at about £100.000.000 annually, the Colonial Office annual report for the latest fiscal
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    70 16 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Government hopes to build a new clinic at Sembawang soon, Dr. Cheng Nam Chin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, told a young man at the complaints bureau at Palmer Road today. The young man from Sembawang. asking for help for his
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    41 16 MR. K ARUMUGAM, 60, retired head overseer P.W.D. Bentong, passed away peacefully at 7 a.m. on 15.6.59. PATRICIA daughter of Capt. Mrs. H.V. Dadswell. 2/2 Goorkhas. died 16th June, result of road accident. Funeral 2.30 p.m. Wednesday from B.M.H. Church.
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    34 16 LOW KIM JOO and Low Kirn Yong Thank all relatives friends and Associations for their Condolences. Wreaths, Scrolls, JO6S Papers. Loans of Vehicle*, and night visits and funeral attendance of their late mother.
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    19 16 SEOUL, Tues.— The South Korean Government today announced It had completely severed trade relations with Japan effective today.— Reuter.
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    32 16 MOSCOW. Tues.— Mr. Nikita Khrushchev today said "no forces in the world could stop the Soviet Union s economic progress, for "we have all the things necessary for this."— U.PJ.
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    Detainees off to sunny St. John's Island
    145 16 SINGAPORE, Tues. Twenty-two political detainees have been removed from Chan&i Jail to St. John's Island "to give them more fresh air and sunshine." Major P. L. James, Commissioner of Prisons, said today that this had been done on the instructions of Mr. Ong
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    199 16 SO SORRY, BUT THE MINISTER IS TOO BUSY SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE SINGAPORE Amusement Service Associa- tion today tried in vain to meet the Minister for Home Affairs Mr. Ong Pang Boon, to seek an explanation for his "sudden and unexpected" action in authorising police to revoke Juke-box and pin-table licences.
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    41 16 RIO DE JANEIRO. Tues. Twelve people were reported killed and more than 30 others injured In a train smash at a suburban Rio station today the second crash on the Central Do Brasil railway in 10 days.
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    38 16 MOSCOW. Tues. Russian engineers have designed a giant 4,200 thousand kilowatts hydro-electric power station to be built at the mouth of a river on the Arctic circle, according to the Soviet News Agency. Tass. Reuter.
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    303 16 Jakarta Press hits at 'stay away' MPs lAKA R T A, Tues. J Failure of the Indonesian Parliament to reach the required quorum for a plenary session before going into recess yesterday has led to strong reaction in Jakarta newspapers. The English-language Indonesian Observer's editorial said: "No wonder, the public
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    Observation for surgeon
    47 16 NEW YORK, Tues. Dr. Rodrigo L. Sarmiento, Philippine surgeon accused of the murder of .1 Brooklyn nurse, was sent to Bellevue Hospital for mental observation today. The judge ordered the step after Sarmiento had said he was dissatisfied with his three court-appointed lawyers.. U.PJ.
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    50 16 PARIS, Tues. American Evangelist. Dr. Billy Graham, arrived here today in a Soviet airliner after a five-day visit to Moscow and said religious leaders told him religion was on the increase in the Soviet Union. There were now 25.000 churches and 37.000 priests in Russia. Reuter.
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    29 16 LONDON. Tues.— A conference on "scientific atheism" aimed at "the elimination of religious prejudice and superstitions in the population" opened In Moscow yesterday. Moscow Radio reported.— U.PJ.
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    276 16 LONDON, Mon— Stockmarlcets ended the account on a quiet and irregular note but the undertone remained fairly satisfactory. Movements in prices were usually small but falls predominated on a little end account selling. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: Consols 2'2 r /e
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    22 16 LONDON, Mon Buyers £788 V sellers £789 >,: Forward buyers £789 2 sellers £790; Settlement £789. Turnover a.m. 65 tons p.m. 25.
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    318 16 INDONESIA SAYS 'NO' TO RUSSIA RUBBER DEAL LATE FOREIGN NEWS [WJ3RIEFJ JAKARTA, Tuesday. INDONESIA had turned down a Russian proposal 1 for a long term contract to buy' Indonesian rubber, the director of the Foreign Trade Department of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry, Mr. Ismael Thajeb, said today He said the
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    62 16 PARIS. Tues. A Paris judge yesterday ordered the seizure of the current number of the political weekly Express after a French actress. Mile. Thllda Thamar, complained that it used her photograph next to a frontpage cover headline announcing an article on prostitution. Mile. Thamar asked for the
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    At last the Indians beat county side
    245 16 SPORT NORTiiAMPTON, Tues. The Indian cricketers gained their first win over a county side on their present tour when they beat Northampton by an innings and nine runs here today. Final scores: Northampton 211 and 208. Indians 428 for six declared. At Nottingham.
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