The Straits Times, 27 June 1959

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    12 1 He*** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, 27, JUNE 1959 15 CENTS
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    PAHANG: THE BIG POSER
    678 1 P AHANG: THE BIG POSER Alliance, PMIP reluctant to predict their chances Fight may be close in many wards KUANTAN, Friday. TOMORROW'S elections in Pahang the last State to go to the polls will be an acid test for the Alliance which suffered telling defeats by the Pan Malayan Islamic
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    RELATIVES MAKE DESPERATE BID TO SAVE KILLER
    280 1  -  EE BOON LEE By Delegation seeks Ong's aid for man due to hang on Monday RELATIVES of a convicted killer, due to be hanged at 6 a.m. on Monday, today made desperate attempts to save his life. They went to City Hall in
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    SATCHMO:
    82 1 Doctor: He is out of danger ROME, Fri. Louis Armstrong astounded his doctors today by rallying "marvellously" from his lung illness and was tonight declared out of danger by his personal physician. But the trumpet king showed signs of fatigue after celebrating what he regarded as a close shave
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    NO ROOM FOR ANTI-REDS: THEY HAVE TO GO FREE
    83 1 ffiHIVANDRUM, Fri. Th* J- jails in Kerala State have become so jammed the Communists are now forced to release most of the antiCommunists they arrested, it was disclosed today Anti-Communist sources said 11.000 bad keen arrested in the two weeks since
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    Lock icon POLICE STAND BY ON FREEDOM DAY
    155 1 DURBAN, Friday. pOLICE throughout South Africa are prepared for possible disturbances today, the, fifth anniversary of the signing of the "Freedom Charter" by the country's major non-white organisations. Nominal police precautions are being taken in all places except Durban— scene of recent violence In
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    Lock icon Seven boats seized
    36 1 JAKARTA. Fii. South Sumatra authorities have seized seven motor boats allegedly used for smuggling rubber between that province and Singapore. The authorities announced 107 tons of rubber were seized with the boats. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Troops out in Colombo dock strike
    127 1 COLOMBO. Fri. The Governor-General of Ceylon, Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, today called out the island's armed forces to prevent or suppress any civil disturbances and to maintain essential supplies and services during the Colombo dock strike. Sir Oliver's order came after speculation about the possibility
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    59 DIE IN STORM AIR CRASH
    77 1 59 DIE IN STORM AIR CRASH MILAN, Fri.— An American Trans-World Airline plane carrying 59 passengers on a flight from Milan to Paris crashed tonight over Northern Italy during a violent thunderstorm. According to preliminary reports, some eye-witnesses saw the plane bursting into flames after being struck by lightning in
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    STOP PRESS
    14 1 71 DEATHS IN AIR CRASH MILAN deatl toU of plan crashed neai
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    LOTTERY TICKET CASE: APPEAL LODGED
    117 2 LOTTERY TICKET CASE: APPEAL LODGED KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. —The legal battle over the ownership of a $125,000 lottery prize is' to start again. I The "battle is between C. Govindajsamy. a forrnpr peon, and Shafii bin Shahld. a lormer RAF lance-cor-poral. Govindasamy whu lost the claim in the High Court
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    Every year 250,000 accident reports
    191 2 The force also had a fine set of recruits, who had the potential of officers in them. Women who have attended the training course will be given certificates by the association. SINGAPORE, Friday. pOLICE Superintendent, Mr. Eu Cheow Eatig, yes--1 terday said that though the
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    roison suspect
    26 2 BATU GAJAH. Ftf.— Yeong Ah Khong, 23. a fitter, who was rushed to hospital here last night with suspected add poisoning, died early today.
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    Council to have flag
    64 2 IPOH. Fri.— The Ipoh Town Council is to have a flag of Its own It already has its own crest. The council, at its monthly fleeting last night, agreed with the chairman. Inche Ja afar bin Mohamed Taha. that a flag was necessary. Mr. C. H.
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    $2 mil. tuna project: Jap chiefs here
    153 2 pENANO. Fri— Four execu--1 tlves of a Japanese flshing concern are in Penang on an exploratory mission to establish a $2 million joint Malayan-Japanese tuna fishing project. Mr. Takaei Ilyama. president of the Overseas Fishing Co of Tokyo. Mr. Suekichl Imamura. managing director,
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    COUNCIL IS ASKED TO AMEND COAT OF ARMS
    80 2 COUNCIL IS ASKED TO AMEND COAT OF ARMS TAIFING. Fri.— Thr Perak Government has asked the Taiping Town Council to replace the two chang. kols in its proposed coat of arms with a crescent and an 11 -pointed star. The crescent and the star form part of the Federation flar.
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    200 inspectors say: Pay cut will hit our morale
    194 2 THEY'LL SEEK ALLOWANCE IN VIEW OF JOB'S DANGER' SINGAPORE, Friday. 1 f OKK than 200 police inspectors decided at a closed-door meeting last night that the Government's move to slash their pay packets from July 1 would affect the morale of
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    Call by Tengku for more joint machinery in industry
    199 2 SUNGEI PATANI. Fri. The Tengku Bandahara of Kedah Tengku Abdul Malik, today called on employers and workers in Malaya to "cultivate the spirit of Merdeka." The Tengku was addres. Ing 400 delegates and observers at the second biennial meeting of the
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    Police chief on six-day tour
    37 2 IPOH. Frl.— The Commissioner of Police. Mr. C. H. Fenner. Is making a six-day tour of police stations In Perak. He arrived at Tanjong Malim yesterday and visited Teluk Anson this morning.
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    A WOMAN GOES OVERBOARD OFF SINGAPORE AND IS FISHED OUT IN 5 MINS BY 'PIRATES'
    153 2 VILLAINOUS -LOOKING "pirates" on board a "galleon" roared with laughter when a woman fell over board into the water off Pulau Saru near Pasir Pan Jang, Singapore, on Thursday. She was Joan Wilkins. publicity officer
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    Malayan to give talk on the BBC
    93 2 Malayan to give talk on the BBC PENANG. Fri. A former Kuala Lumpur student, Mr. Yapp Chong San, now on a round-the-world tour, will broadcast from the BBC on July 18. He will talk on his experiences. Mr. Yapp. 32. is now in London after having workMi his way around
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    Charged as vagabond
    60 2 IPOH. Fri. Sundram Nadasu. 52, was charged in the magistrate's court here today with being a ''rogue and a vagabond." He was alleged to have committed the offence by telling the fortunes of two Indians in the children's playground in Hugh Low Street yesterday morning. Sundram claimed
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    Council wants municipal status
    168 2 IPOH, Fri.— A five-man committee has been appointed to Investigate the possibility of raising the Ipoh Town Council to municipal status by Jan. l, 1960. "if possible." It was set up at a meeting of the council "s general purposes, finance and tenders committee, and approved
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    MR.S: MEN WHO QUIT GOT A 'NO' FROM PARTY
    393 2  - MR.S: MEN WHO QUIT GOT A 'NO' FROM PARTY R. MIRANDA L- By THE People's Progres- sive Party today announced that the two party officials who resigned were disappointed men. The disappointment, according to a >;nement, issued by the PPP vice-pre-sident. Mr. 8. P. Seenivasagam. centres around their unsuccessful bid
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    REDS WILL ACT ON ADVICE OF Mr. NEHRU
    394 3 REDS WILL ACT ON ADVICE OF Mr. NEHRU Disputed education clause to be suspended TR I V A NDRUM. Fri. The Communist Government of Kerala is to suspend a controversial clause of the Education Act on the advice of the Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru. This clause empowers the Government to
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    Lock icon 'Solution in Tibet is autonomy'
    161 3 BOMBAY, Friday. TWE INDIAN Prime Minister,. Mr. Nehru, suggested x in an interview published here today that Tibet should have autonomy in the Communist Chinese state as a solution to its problems. 1 Mr. Nehru said that apart from historical, religious and other factors, the
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    Lock icon PROPAGANDA WITH THE DINNER
    125 3 PROPAGANDA WITH THE DINNER HONG KONG, Fri. The Communists are using communal canteens as centre* of propaganda and education in the Kuangst autonomous region. The K want si Daily, published in Nanking, says that commune public mess halls are not only collective welfare organisations but bases through which party committees
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    Lock icon War widows demonstrate
    53 3 PONTIANAK. Fri. A| group of widows of Indone--i sians killed by the Japan-' ese during World War 11 1 demonstrated here to de- mand a share of war reparations payment. They demanded that Japanese textiles sent as war reparations payments be j distributed to the victims of
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    Dr. WU THE WORLD'S LEADING WOMAN IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS
    119 3 DR. WU CHIEN-SHIUNG Shanghai-born professor of physics at Columbia University. America, exhibits the Research Corporation Award, given to her for her valuable contribution" to physics in 1958. Dr. Wu's experiments disproving the "parity law" hare been called the "solution to the
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    BAGDAD A-ARMS: A SURPRISE
    221 3 LONDON, Friday. ORITISH official quarters last night expressed surprise and scepticism at a statement by President of Bagcfed People's Court, Col. Fadhel Mahdawi, that «e-eqiiipm£nt of the Iraqi army with modern weapons, including nuclear arms, was now complete. A British Foreign Office 'spokesman said: "We have
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    BRITAIN TO SELL TIN STOCKPILE
    137 3 BRITAIN TO SELL TIN STOCKPILE ONDDN, Fri. The Board of Trade announced today that arrangements will be put Into operation on July 1 for the disposal through the buffer stock manager of the International T i n Council of 2,500 tons of Government-owned tin. The board said that In sellIng
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    Lock icon WALK-OUT BY the ROYAL GUESTS
    240 3 WALK-OUT BY the ROYAL GUESTS Police called to control people 1/fONTREAL Fri.— The lfl Queen and 'Prince Philip left a Royal ball in their honour here after jonly half an hour last jnight when 1.900 guests thronging the ballroom made dancing impossible Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were called In
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    Mac: Geneva necessary from summit
    84 3 Mac: Geneva necessary from summit LONDON, Fri— The Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan, told a Conservative rally last night that the foreign ministers' talks were necessary "if any summit conference is to be fruitful and effective." Ke added: "At the end of last year we were in an atmosphere of
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    Deportations by Dutch alleged
    41 3 AMBON, Fri.— A group of 110 Indonesians deported from Dutch New Guinea (West Irian) have arrived here, according to Pla news agency. More are expected. The report also said the Indonesians were deported because of anti-Dutch activities.—U.P.l.
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    All the PAP assemblymen will wear white
    404 4 All the PAP assemblymen will wear white 'REHEARSAL 9 IS HELD AT ASSEMBLY HOUSE SINGAPORE, Fri.— The last arrangements for the official opening of the new Legislative Assembly by the Yang di-Per-tuan Negara, Sir William Goode, at 10 a.m. next Wednesday were completed today j after a "rehearsal" by Ministers
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    Report called on youth
    48 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. Sentence on a youth. Tan Boon Cheong. was postponed today to July 10. pending a reformative training report. Tan was convicted of robbing Foo Tool Heng of a pen. ring and a screw-driver, on the night of June 4 at Mountbatten Road.
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    VANISHED AFTER VISIT TO MOTHER
    76 4 VANISHED AFTER VISIT TO MOTHER LUCY LAI YIT MENG 20, has been missing from Holland Road in Singapore where she was working as a maidservant since June 14. On that day she visited her mother, Kong Choy Pong, at 6: i miles Changi Road and did not return to her
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    MR. ONG REVOKES POWER RATE CUT
    222 4 MR. ONG REVOKES POWER RATE CUT SINGAPORE, Fri Mr. Ong Eng Ouan, the Minister for National Development, today rescinded three me.jor decisions on electricity supply and rates made by the nonPAP City Council between April 8 and June 4. Mr. Ong has advised the Council's Administrator Mr. P. C. Lim
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    15-WEEK ECONOMICS COURSE FOR MALAY LISTENERS
    180 4 15-WEEK ECONOMICS COURSE FOR MALAY LISTENERS SINGAPORE. Fri Radio Malaya and Radio Singapore will conduct an economics course in Malay from July 27. The 15-week course will consist of 15 lectures by sis lecturers. Each weekly session will consist of a 15-mlnute lecture and a 15-mlnute discussion. It will be
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    SIR JOHN TO MEET MR. S AT OPENING
    96 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Chairman of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of Britain. Sir John Deans, will meet Mr. H. F. Stalley, aged 78. believed to be the oldest living former employee of the firm, here tomorrow. Mr. Stalley. a consulting
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    PAY CUTS 'A BLOW FOR THE UNIONS'
    73 4 PAY CUTS 'A BLOW FOR THE UNIONS' SINGAPORE. Fri. The Singapore People's Alliance said today that the government's pay cut policy "bits at the very root of the democratic trade union movement." In a statement, the party's secretary-general, Mr. Wang Tsun Hao, said: "The SPA| views with the gravest concern
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    TWO RESCUED AFTER 10 HOURS AT SEA
    88 4 TWO RESCUED AFTER 10 HOURS AT SEA PENAMi. Fri.— An RAF launch today rescued two fishermen from a rapsized sampan two miles off the mouth of the Mrrbok River in Central Kedah. The launcb sighted a distress signal from the sampan from about 500 yards. The two fishermen, Neo Heng
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    'Don't pay for that road' warning to residents
    142 4 'Don 't pay for that road' warning to residents SINGAPORE. Thurs. The City Council today warned residents of Bukit Per m c 1 against "unscrupulous characters." who are collecting money as "statutory contributions" for making up the road. A statement from the Ministry of National Development said: "The road has
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    Dr. Chuang will not get job back
    282 5 EX-HEAD MAY ASSIST CHUNG CHENG IN ADVISORY CAPACITY YONG GIVES 2 REASONS FOR SAYING 'NO' SINGAPORE, Friday. ])R. CHUANG CHI LIN, former Principal of Chung Cheng: High School, who was released last August after 1% months' detention, will not get his job back.
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    GOVERNOR GREETS THE KING
    128 5 THE YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONG. on his official non-ceremonial state visit to Malacca, is seen here being welcomed by the Governor of Malaoa, Tun Leong Lew Koh. on his arrival at the state boundary on Thur '.iv. The Paramount K;iler is spending four days in the state.
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    She gives up school for building trade
    249 5 She gives up school for building trade KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —An attractive 21--year-old girl here is giving up teaching children to go into the building business. HER REASON: "I have always wanted to do something solid and creative." She is Evelyn Lee Mong Har, one of three picked from 45
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    SINGAPORE TO SEND 31 SCOUTS TO JAMBOREE
    98 5 SINGAPORE, Fri.— A continrent of 31 Singapore Boy Scouts and Scouters will leave next month to attend the World Jamboree at Los Banos, Philippines. The Jamboree, which will be held from July 16 to 26, will be attended by more than 3,000 Scouts
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    RESULTS IN 4 WARDS WILL BE DAY LATE
    124 5 THE results in at least morrow's Pahang ele until late on Sunday or < These are the Jelal, Jerantut, Pahang Tua and Rompin constituencies. The delay In getting the results through In these areas is communication between the various riverine kampongs. In
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    Talk on thugs
    39 5 SINGAPORE. Fri.— Cheam Kirn Siong. of the C.I.D will give a talk on "Collective Resistance to Secret Societies' at a lunch given by the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Cathay Restaurant, Dragon Room, tomorrow.
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    Bound over for causing hurt
    36 5 SEGAMAT. Fri.— Ng Long. 57. pleaded guilty to a charge of causing hurt with a knife to Chong Choon Choo. his neighbour, and was bound over for a year in $200.
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    Holiday bound
    20 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— Mr. P. W Eserton, under-secret-ary of Chinese Affairs. Johore. has left for Britain on holiday.
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    Police crack down on rubber thieves
    152 5 SEREMBAN, Friday. WEGRI SEMBILAN police have started an all-out war on estate rubber thieves. A number ofarrests have already been made. The CID chief here, Mr. Choo Kok Weng, told the I Straits Times today: "We have our own plan to catch these thieves
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    MCA MEN TO DISCUSS MANIFESTO
    58 5 MCA MEN TO DISCUSS MANIFESTO PENANG. Fri. Th« Malayan Chinese Association Central General Committee will meet at the MCA headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on July 12 to consider the Alliance manifesto for the forthcoming general elections. The meeting will also' consider candidates to be nominated by the assocla-: tion, and
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    WHO'S TO BE NAMED ON A LICENCE?
    256 5 WHO'S TO BE NAMED ON A LICENCE? irUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Is it- necessary for all the partners of a rubber dealer to be named on the dealer's licence to buy rubber? The Federal Court of Appeal held that It was not necessary and dismissed the appeal of Chai Sau Yin
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    30 to compete for title
    65 5 IPOH. Fri. Thirty "hello" girls from various parts of the state will compete for the "Miss Telecoms. Perak. 1959" title at a dance organised by the Perak Telecommunications Department at the St. John's Ambulance Association hall here tomorrow night Che Norbaya binte Ramli. 20. who
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    Caine: Both sides will gain by a merger
    396 6 Caine: Both sides will gain by a merger LONDON, Friday. SIR SIDNEY CAINE, former economic adviser to the Singapore Government, said today that though Malaya and Singapore looked a natural combination geographically, they might go on for a long time politically sepaSir Sidney, now director of the London School of
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    Lock icon JAVA ART FOR SHOW IN SPORE
    67 6 JAVA ART FOR SHOW IN SPORE JAKARTA. Fri.— T h e works of 10 Indonesian artists from Solo, a central Java city, will be sent to Singapore for exhibition next month. The 100 paintings are from the leading contemporary painters of this city, called the centre of Javanese culture. Two
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    A DREAM COMES TRUE TO CUSTOMS MAN FROM BRUNEI
    91 6 A DREAM COMES TRUE TO CUSTOMS MAN FROM BRUNEI SINGAPORE, Fri.— A lifelong dream of Mr. Teo Kirn Yau. 37. Superintendent of Trade and Customs, Kuala Belait, Brunei, to visit London has come true. Mr. Teo arrived In Singapore today on his way to London to take a ninrmonth training
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    HE WANTS TO QUIT TO FIGHT ELECTION
    155 6 HE WANTS TO QUIT TO FIGHT ELECTION IPOH. Fri. Tenßktt Syed Abdullah bin Tengku Syed Omar, the District Officer of Lower Perak, has asked the Government for permission to retire from service to contest the federal elections, if he is selected by the Alliance as a candidate. The 53-year-old Tengku,
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    Japan to seek recognition as a member of GATT
    304 6 TRADE WITH MALAYA: DISCRIMINATION FEAR KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. JAPAN is expected to make a strong bid to remove the possibility of discriminatory treatment in trade by the Federation. The possibility exists because Malaya does not recognise Japan as a member of
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    KING AND QUEEN TO VISIT BRUNEI
    109 6 KING AND QUEEN TO VISIT BRUNEI KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Yang di-Pertuan Agonf and the Raja PermaUuri Agong will make a "per. sonal and friendly" four, day visit to Brunei start, lnr on July S. it was officially announced today. This will be their first visit outside the Federation since
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    Malayan stall at fair was big 'bit'
    149 6 RUALA LUMUR. Fri. Malaya has made a "hit" in America with the products it put on show at the International Trade Fair at Portland. Oregon, the Deputy Controller (Trade). Inche SuJaJc bin Rahiman, told the Straits Times today. Inche Sujak, who has Just
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    RMN SHIP TO MAKE A DAY'S VISIT
    63 6 RMN SHIP TO MAKE A DAY'S VISIT SEREMBAN. Fri. Th« Royal Malayan Naval ship, H.M.M.S. Temasek, will call at Port Dickson on July 1, Navy Day. The in -shore minesweeper, under the command of Lt. M.J.A. St. Aubyn. will be open to vlhltors for the whole day. Organised parties of
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    Fatal accident
    30 6 TELUK ANSON. Fri.— B. Narayanan, 66. was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a van at the sth milestone. Teluk AnsonBagon Datoh Road here last night.
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    Paint vandals
    24 6 PENANG, Fri Vandals smeared the signboard of the Penane and Province Wellesley MCA headquarters at Penang Street last night with yellow paint
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    Lock icon New stamps out on July 1
    36 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The new Kedah pictorial stamps bearing the portrait of the new Sultan will be sold at all post offices and postal agencies In Kedah on July 1
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    MERGER OF ARMY UNITS PLANNED
    116 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri —Two Malayan army units the Federation Regiment and the Federation Armoured Car Regiment are to be formed into a single corps, the Government announced today. The re-organisation had been decided upon for both tactical and administrative reasons, a Government statement said. The
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    UMNO fires strong man
    57 6 KULIM, Fri.— The Kulim branch of south Kedah UMNO has expelled one oi Its strong men. Inche Kamaruddln bin Hajl Mahazlr. for allegedly "working, privately or openly" against the party during last month's Kedah state election. Inche Kamruddln, 45. joined the branch on its inception in
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    PAHANG POLLS: ALL THE CANDIDATES
    393 6 T^OLLOWINO Is ttoe line-up for today's Pahang SUte elecUon: JELAI (electorate 4,631): Muhammad Nor bin Sulalman (All): Sulalman bin Hajl Sldek (PMIP). KI'ALA UPIB (4.032): Seong Slk Yong (All); Hf""** 1 bin Hajl Hussaln (PMIP); Ong Seong Tek (Ind.). TANJOKG BESAR (7.113): Mohamed Khalruddin bin
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    Lock icon 1864—adventure in Christmas Island
    1349 7 1 864 —adventure in Christmas Island as told by a cheerful sailor in a chatty letter to the editor to the Straits Times is therefore, of considerable historic Interest as the first written account of the island. The chatty style used ov the cheerful captain makes it even more interesting.
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      66 7 Carmen A Co* By .lias Tin* Saint By Leslie Charteris B l^ V^SSflß^^' lP YOU f*NC/"LOST^ KWELL, IT ISN'T EXACTLVTHE^J UljfiHiSi^f I BO YOU hVELCOME.^Iin Juki 'wT' VvMOSyJ A CivilizatioNs I QUAINT LITTLE COUMTRV 1 Ij*^ ""I SIMON -TO A PLACE J&m MHvk Tracy By Chester Gould |P l f!5!!SS!?^
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    91 8 Wore 1 Sit (Minimum). THE PASQUAL FAMILY wishes to thank all those who gave masses for the repose of the soul of Annie Paschal. MR. MRS. J. N. DE SOUZA thank all their Relatives and Friends for their Kind Attendance. Good Wishes and Valuable Prenents on their Weddint Day
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    220 8 >• W»r4* Sit (Minimum). THE COCKPITS Java Rijittafel is served every Saturday and Sunday lunch time. TRY BCRIPTO BALL pens for a smooth even line. Models available from $2.00. Beware of inferior Imitations. VICTORIA INSTITUTION Annual Athletic Sporti. today. Saturday, 37th June 1959 at 3.00 p.m. All old boys
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    83 8 it Wirit UM (Him.) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH In Singapore. Orchard Road. Sunday Services 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. All welcome. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, Singapore, 9, Orange Grove Road. Slngapore-10 (off Orchard Road) Sunday Service* and Sunday School 10.30 s,m. Testimony Meetings Ist and 3rd Wednesdays, 7 p.m CALVARY BAPTIST
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    The Straits Times Saturday. June 27, 1959 The Future of Tibet
    638 8 The Straits Times Saturday. June 27, 1959 The Future of Tibet If the reasonableness displayed by the Communist Chief Minister of Kerala is to be taken at its face value, Mr. Nehru's intervention or perhaps we should speak of his non-intervention has acted as a welcome emollient. Can his latest
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    The Test In Pahang
    313 8 Today's elections in Pahang have assumed an importance that few could have foreseen 'in April, when the State was just one of eleven battlegrounds on which the strength of the Alliance would be tested afresh. Up to a week ago. the fate of the 23 contested
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    Rural Poverty
    248 8 There is food for thought in the Federation Government* statement on its efforts to encourage Malays in the field of commerce and industry. Since 1930, the Rural and Industrial Development Authority has issued loans amounting to more than $12*2 million, mainly to Malays, and of this total the
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    118 8 FIFTY YEARS AGO Horn the Straits Times of June 25 1909 'THE lone- awaited through train service from Singapore to Johore and F.M.S. will berin from July 1. A HANDSOME silver cud has been presented to Darul Adab club by Messrs. McCubbln and McNair to be competed for in their
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    The importance of unity in the West...
    1286 8 The importance of unity in the West... Tjl LECTIONS and Ijj their consequences have so occupied attention in Singapore and the Federation that few of us have had the time to follow events in far-away Europe. And yet they have been sensational. Not. of course, the breakdown of the foreign
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    SATURDAY STUDY
    7 8 Pictvre by K S Kong
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      409 8 l "J 1 Straits Timei Free Press ft th« to»-»n.t(u» a* ea>ar- tnar* a«r rip»«iawt«tiv» at Id i flaar. SINCAPORI COLO STORACI ORCHARD ROAD, will racaiv* (mall •<»arthannnti and i«i«it ta bo* namkttt. Clanifiae' •eVartratmaati aha »a »a«4«< t«: CITY BOOK STORI LTD.. Winchester Mouse Cellyer Quay, Sineapare. MR. M.
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      62 8 SIGNALS for EYE-EXAMINATION:- Not seeing well at distance or near Frequent headaches Eye* feel tired or ineasy. Can f t read or write comfortaKv In extreme cases dimness and nausea. loss of appetite 4. \omiUng. Onr technique and procedure in visual analysis with the most complete equipment are ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
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      138 8 TVMIN> KNOB ''(ACTUAL :>ltt) "LvJCKI wrist watch type Germanium RADIO It is so simple thot ony child con enjoy it. Sire of stondordsiie wrist wotch. Ployi for yeors without electricity or Bottery. Con receive broodcosts within 20 miles rodius of ony radio station. Supplied complete with plcstic strop, earphone and
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    Man owing $10,000 to pay $10 a month
    159 9 Man owing $10,000 to pay $10 a month SINGAPORE, Fri.— A city council meter reader, who filed his own bankruptcy petition, told Mr. Justice] Buttrose in the High; Court today that he! could not pay more than $11 monthly to the Official Assignee as his, v a r i able
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    Malayan show in Bangkok
    38 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Malayan Embassy in Bangkok will hold a "ProKrr>.> Exhibition of the Federation" during the four-day visit of the Prime Minister Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, to Siam from June 28.
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    SIR DOUGLAS TO TAKE UP TIN JOB IN LONDON
    109 9 Xl \l A LUMPUR, Fri.— Sir Douglas Warm:. chairman of Anglo Oriental (Malaya) Ltd. and an authority on tin, has l<ecomc deputy chairman of the London Tin Corporation in London. His appointment was an. nonnced today by Mr. J. Ivan Spens.
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    'I was tricked into signing'
    729 9 APOLOGY TO UMNO FOR 'SCURRILOUS ATTACK' FOLLOWS MEETING AT CHANGI JAIL OTHMAN GHANI SAYS HE COULD NOT READ ENGLISH. DID NOT KNOW CONTENTS OF LETTER SINGAPORE, Friday. OTHMAN BIN GUAM, serving a life sentence in connection with the Maria Hertog riots in 1956, today alleged
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    Stray animals
    24 9 KUALA KUBU BHARU. Fri. Seven people were fined $10 each today for allowing animals to stray and cause a nuisance to traffic.
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    Malaya appoints consul for Germany
    128 9 J^UALA LUMPUR. Fri— The Federation has appointed «m honorary consul in West Germany, it was announced today. He Ls Herr Wtlll Kellinghusen. a Hamburg business-* man. The appointment takes tflect from July 1. I Herr Kellinghusen Is a senior partner of Arnold Otto Meyer, Germany's
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    POOR LIGHT HOLDS UP CRASH SEARCH
    117 9 SINGAPORE. Friday. THE UNDERWATER search for the two men misx sing after a helicopter crash at sea near Seria on Sunday night has been hampered by poor visibility. Divers, however, are still continuing with the search. Personal belongings of the two Brunei Shell Oil
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    Youth section
    25 9 RAWANG. Fri.— A youth section of the Malayan Chinese Association ls to be formed here soon to help in the coming parliamentary election.
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    Guides do their good deed for SATA
    92 9 MEMBERS of the l«t Nee Soon girl guides group seen helping the Singapore Anti-TB Association to get ready for its annual nag day on July 11. Paper orchids made by ezTB patients will be sold and the guides are arrant Ing the orchids
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    'Little Phoenix' off to start a new career
    52 9 Pretty 22-year-old linger. Miss CheonK Slew Foont ('Little Phoenix"), who leaves, Singapore by air today for Hong Kong to begin a film career. Well-known throughout Malaya, Miss Cheong has been signed on by Shaw Brothers for Mandarin. Hokkien and Cantonese films. Straits
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    Co-op assets top $lm.
    60 9 PENANG. Fri.— The assets of the Government Co-ope-rative Thrift and Loan Society have passed the $1. million mark. This was announced by the chairman, Mr. N. Jegatheesan. at the society's annual meeting this week. He said the society's membership had increased from 487 in 1946 to
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    Students' show
    32 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" will be shown at the Chinese YMCA auditorium. Prince Edward Road, on July 4 at 7.30 p,m. for the Students' Monthly Movie Circle.
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    S'pore Govt. bans 18 pin-up magazines
    215 9 S' pore Govt. bans 18 pin-up magazines YELLOW CULTURE WAR (CONT.) SINGAPORE, Friday. EIGHTEEN -pin-up" magazines published in Bri tain and the United States have been banned b\ the Singapore Government. All specialise in glossy, coloured photographs or scantily-clad models with short piquant captions describing the assets and charms of
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    Farewell dinner by teachers
    40 9 PENANO, Fri— Five teachers" organisations will entertain Mr. Chan Yik King, Organiser of Chinese Schools, to a farewell dinner at the Penanp Cafe tomorrow. Mr Chan ls retiring from the Education Department after 22 years service.
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    Beat Retreat
    19 9 RAUB. Prl— The police band will beat retreat on town padang her* on Sunday at 5.30 p.m.
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    117 GOVT. AWARDS TO NANYANG
    158 9 117 GOVT. AWARDS TO NANYANG SINGAPORE, Fri.— Th« Minister of Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, today announced the award of 177 bursaries to Nanyang University students. This is the first batch of awards. More will be awarded next month. Of the 117 students. 77 will study arts. 34 science, four
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    Rubber firm burgled
    44 9 SINGAPORE. Frt— Thieves broke into a rubber firm at Market Street last night and stole 30 bales of rubber valued at $5,000. They climbed over a wall. A provision shop at Changi Road was burgled and goods worth $2,350 were stolen.
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    No citizenship for 18,900
    38 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A total of 18.915 people have been refused or dls. qualified from Federal Citizenship, according to Government statistics Issued today. Up to last Saturday, more than 1.186.800 certificates had been Issued.
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      264 9 PROFIT FROM PRACTICE! MEN ara creatures of habit x^H Bfe especially in matters of dm dress. Xfl <~% Once a man has fcund a Brand that he likes, almost V -> invariably he keeps to it. So it is with t son They are set in their v preference. They
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      243 9 YOU RISK LOSING ALL YOUR TEETH unless you take care of your gums If vourpums brromr infrrtrd, HW 5 even perfect teeth are bound W to suffrr. T^a^aßl Thai me&iu you could lose all 4^«P^ ft 11 your te«th before you are very i k much older. To avoid this
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      A GLUT? IT'S ALL QUESTION OF PRICE
      262 10 A GLUT? IT'S ALL QUESTION OF PRICE rWERY time there is pineapple glut or a fish glut we hear the Minister of Agriculture appealing to the public to consume these very 'necessary articles of food. The public would very much like* to follow the Minister's advice It must be realised
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      MOUNTAINS AND MOLEHILLS
      83 10 ISN'T Mr. CunynghamBrown making a mountain, however courteously, out of a molehill in chiding you for your reference to the Malaya of 50 years ago as a "colonial territory"? Although Malaya was. strictly speaking, a protectorate rather than a colony, there was little difference in practice. Malaya
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      The pay slash: There's a lesson here for all
      422 10 MR. LEE, our Prime Minister, has already made known through the Press the reason for the Government's move in effecting economies all round, and for cutting down the variable allowances which Government employees enjoy out of public funds. One would have
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      WHO'S GOING TO PAY THE SECRETARY'S SECRETARY?
      107 10 VOW that the Government has decidedly turned down all representations made hv its employees regarding the reduction of allowances, will the Government make a statement as soon as possible as to whether or not the PAP backbenchers, who have been assigned to various
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      HERE'S ONE TEACHER WHO ISN'T SPOILED OR PAMPERED...
      311 10 I WRITE this to prove that not all teachers in English schools are as has been made out by your correspondent from a Chinese school. My daughter, a Form V teacher in one of the Government secondary schools in Singapore, tells me
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      THERE ARE SOME OF US LEFT WHO BELIEVE IN INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
      225 10 THERE ARE SOME OF US LEFT WHO BELIEVE IN INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM IT SEEMS to me that the area of individual freedom which is being whittled away by the modern politician comes in for another blow from Mrs. Joanna Moore. While exDressing herself on family planning and sterilisation she would deny
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      GOVT. JOBS FREEZE IS UNWISE. UNREASONABLE
      125 10 I WAS stunned to see the headline "Government Jobs Frozen" (S.T. June 24). The PAP was one of the many parties in Singapore which, during the election campaign, promised employment for all. Now. even the few vacancies for the Cambridge school certificate holders are
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      Land sales: This is the procedure
      204 10 T REFER to Mr. Lee Kirn Kees letter ,8. T. June 19) concerning the Government Gazette notification regarding the sale of tlcn of sales of land for recovery of arrears of rent under the Land Code. In the interest of all land offices I
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      244 10 IM NIVERSAL 1 *~e» you looking Fhours for a l,t/H> K PLAYING [timi Oon't ih>iitlt> until you hurt' sft'n Iht- I 11 1 II I niri'r.siil yourself. AMATEUR PHOTO STORES LTD. W^| < 109. MMTH MIOCI ROAD. MNCAPORI. 6. HI. ***** *****. HONG KONG* <^r on your way to 'X£&
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      1565 11 .Ton i »4os MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tats »4i» (II litts) (Incorporated in Singapore) (12 HttSJ nT" THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE t £T SAIIINSS TR LIVERPOOL, SUSROfJ. LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other torts to lead md ditCMrgt ctrge LOABINR FIR Om Sport Sails P. Sfttm -tnang
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    TIN PRICE IMPROVES AS CONTROL PERIOD ENDS
    761 12 TIN PRICE IMPROVES AS CONTROL PERIOD ENDS By Our Market Correspondent WITH the drawing to the close of the sixth control period (there are only three trading days more) the Singapore tin price continues to increase and a total gain of over $2 a picul has been made since Tuesday.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    29 12 SINGAPORE. JUNE 26. RUBBER: 911 cents per lb. (down oneeighth of a cent). TIN: 5404.624 per picul (up 871 cents). Estimated offering 105 tons (down 25 tons).
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    Washington upsets market
    365 12 Washington upsets market T*HE rubber market, 1 this week, has been most active and erratic, with a large turnover and wide fluctuations report H.C.B. and Co. Ltd., in their review of the week to June 26. Unfortunately once again the blame must be put on the variety of news bulletins
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    142 12 MELBOURNE, Prl. INVESTMENT shares on the ■■■Stock Exchange here today closed the week on a firm tone. Herald rose 9d. to 33a. and H.C. Slelrh not™ sained further to 645. Base metals and oils remained steady with Santos up 3s._ being the highlight Commonwealth bonds held a firm
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    RUBBER PRICES
    152 12 July first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 91 v cents per lb.. down one-eighth of a cent on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. l R S.S. Spot fo.b. buyers 91. sellers
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    72 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' I Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday fall rates to $100): Selling T.T. or OD. ready: Belrian Francs 1632 1/4: Italian Lire *****. On the free exchange Market In Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.75*
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 12 Malayan Share Market: June 26 June 25 Industrials: 87.M 87.04 Tina: 105.88 195.28 Rubbers: 127.77 128.54 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    524 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "There were better inquiries in all sections of the share market and the turnover was fair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: Fed. DLsp. 99- cents (O). II; Fltspatrlcks 96' L. cents; Fraser and
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    264 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Tal Ping 1/2, Mersey Lloyd 4/5, Benavon 6A, Mataram 6/7. Automedon 8/9, Orestes 10/11, Obra 13/14. Aeneas 15/16, Tamerlane 18, Maetsuycker 19, Clang Lee N. Wall 4, Emp. Klttlwake 21/22. Kinabalu 23, Noreverett 24/25. Matang 26, Star
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    111 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK/Continent June/ July shipment* 838^4 buyers, $39' i sellers. CooMMt oil: quiet: bulk $61 sellers, drum $63', sellers. P"ppw: quiet: no business waa reported done, Muntok white $132, Sarawak $131, special Sarawak black S7B, garbled Lampong
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      1201 12 Exprtsi U.S.A. PaciSic ek Atlantic Coast Service t.TJI. E.IJV. E.I.A. S'pcre P. Sham PenaAt H'kon| L. Anjeies New York luitm Mtri Ist Call I. 2 Mi 1 July IN C> I Jllf S JUT {4 ill} II Aif umikM* Man" Ist Call 31/ 1 Ait 2' 3 Aui 4 A«t
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      682 12 NOTICES IMPORTANT NOTia THE PUBLIC la hereby notified that Ng Hong Yap has left our service since 24th, June, 1959 and has no authority to act or transact any business on our behalf or to collect any sum* of money due to us or to Issue any receipt In our
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      498 12 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION. 1959. A number of scholarships will be available during 1960 for courses In science and allied sub- Jects. These -scholarships are de- signed to qualify the selected Candidates for Appointment to posts in various Government Departments. Intending applicants for these
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      110 12 MALAYAN ANGLING ASSOCIATION Will members please note that the Annual General Meeting hax been postponed and will now >* on the Bth of July at 7 p.m at the Institute of Medical Research. REQUIRED Asian Mechanical Engineer as ar Assistant to Engineer on large Latex Processing Factory in Central Johore.
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      867 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SEREMBAN TOWN COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS Applications are invited from Federal Cltlsens and /or State Nationals for the Posts of Town Council Clerks on the following Salary Scales plus C.O.L.A. at current rates: (I) With School Certificates and credit In English $137 50x7.50 152.50/199 x 14-227 254x14 394/408 X 14-478.
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      749 13 SITUATIONS VACANT If Ward, St (Mm.) Box tt et, axtro AUTOMOBILE SPARE PARTS Storeman required by established Motor Firm in Malacca Apply Box A 5089 S.T. Spore. FIRST CLASS Cook wanted. Apply Mess Secretary, Officers Mess. 1/6 QSO Ourkha Rifles. Kluang. Johore. WANTED EXPERIENCED European Lady to run approved boarding
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      800 13 SITUATIONS VACANT tt Word, St (Min.)— Box tt eta. amtra WANTED a fully experienced accountant capable of keeping and preparing final accounts independently. Must have a good knowledge of Chinese language. Apply Box A 5224 ST. Spore. SITUATION VACANT International Cesasany require* Asian trainee for responsible Marketing Mana«ea>ent position baaed
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      855 13 I ACCOMMODATION VACANT I M Ward* SI (Mim.)— Max It ets. rxtro UNFURNISHED ROOMS Available Sunday ground Flat. Rent $46.00/846.00, water light cooking facilities. 451 Bast Coast Road/off Telok Kurau, Spore. LADIES ONLY: Well-furnished room available Immediately in lady teachers' home. Near bus stops. District 15. For particulars, please Phone
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      811 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE M Words U Mtn.)— Box it rt, txtro TERRACE HOUSE for sale or to let Sembawang Hill Estate, Third Phase, will be ready end July. Box A 6191 S.T. Spore. VALUABLE FREEHOLD LAND. Vacant. Sear School. Over «4 I acre. East Coast Rd/Teluk Kurau Frontages. Box
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      919 13 HIRE PURCHASE If Words Si (Mtn.)— Box tt tt: txtra EASIEST TERM Orient Celling and Table Fans Guaranteed Shroffs. 193, Orchard Road. Singapore— 72 Batu Road, Kuala. Lumpur— 32 Bishop St.. Penang KXLVINATOR REFRIGERATORS many models on easy straight payments. Nachlappa Bros.; 56 Serangoon Road. 10 Collyer Quay, 983 Geylang
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      914 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE JS Ward* Si (Min.)— Box tt et*. axtrm 9*56 A5O, 1957 Minor 1000, 1965 F/Prefect, F/Popular. 19*4 Tl I Anglia. Wolseley 4/44. 1963 M/ Minor. 1952 A/Bomenet. A3O. F> Consul. 1951 S Vanguard. A4O. Sin Thai Hln Trading Co.. 54. Short Street, Spore. Tel: *****. c 1958
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      696 13 DOGS, PETS, ETC. tt Words M (Min.)— Box tt rt,. txtra GOOD HOMES WANTED for S month* oW dog puppies. Boxer Cross Pal. Phone Spore *****. EXCELLENT ALBATTAN pedigree M.X.A. Class 1 puppies n:ne weeks, for sale. 75 Cardiff Orove, off Cartsbrooke Grove, Serangoon Garden Estate, Spore. AUSTRALIAN TERRIER. Great
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    Technicolor to outstay rivals
    1167 14 SHAW STABLE'S Technicolor II has improved so much that he looks a readymade winner in the Class 2, Div. 1, IJmile trophy race (Kace 4) at Kuala Lumpur to-day. The longer the race the better Technicolor II likes it and I expect Bill Williamson, who can
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    CHA CHA CHA GOES OVER PET DISTANCE
    239 14 CHA CHA CHA GOES OVER PET DISTANCE against a very weak lot he may find his winning break. He has yet to win in H starts. Last year Ford ran some good races over 7f and beyond. One of his best efforts was his second to Straight Flight II over
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    176 14 JAKARTA, Friday THE Times of Indonesia today advised the Indo- nesian F.A. to pay its dues to the Asian Football Confederation quickly or no member of the federation would have anything to do with Indonesian soccer teams The Times was commenting on the omission
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    Combined Services outplay Kedah
    184 15 Combined Services outplay Kedah KANGAR, Fri.--Com-bined Services Malaya, easily beat Perlis &<3 in a north zone Maktya Cup match here today to maintain an unbeaten record in five games. Services have completed their llr.st round matches with victories over Armed Forces «4-3» and Perak (2-1). They drew with Penang (2-2)
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    S'PORE CAN EXPECT TOUGH MATCH AGAINST SERVICES
    357 15 By TEOH ENG TATT SINGAPORE, Fri.— in the 24-hour period between Sunday evening and Monday evening, Singapore's hopes of an easy win over Singapore Joint Services in their local "derby" match in the Malaya Cup soccer competition at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday
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    PERAK HAVE UNSOLVED PROBLEM
    343 15  - PERAK HAVE UNSOLVED PROBLEM LEE FOO SAN By TPOH. Frl.— Perak will x take the field in their last first-round Malaya Cup soccer match against Kedah on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground her* on Sunday with a vital problem still unsolved. The composition of the forward line has Dosed a
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    ARTHUR KOH LIKELY TO LEAD ATTACK
    279 15  - ARTHUR KOH LIKELY TO LEAD ATTACK VIC NAYAGAM By JJUALA LUMPUR. Frt— k The withdrawal of Abdul Ghanl from all future state matches should give H. Ramlah. Selangor Rangers' outside-left, his biggest break this season. With Ghanl's absence, the state forward line will b« reshuffled, and the best possible line-up
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    Perak tennis results
    82 15 IPOH, FTI. RetulU of the first day's ties In the Perak laws tennis championships Men's singles (first round): Leong Slew Weng (seeded) bt Cheong Kai Wong 5-7, 6-3, 6-1; Lee Eng Cheong (seeded) bt Poo Yong Kal 6-2. 6-1; Wong Kok Moon bt Wonu Soo Kong 5-7.
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    Siamese win
    20 15 IPOH. m The visltin* Siamese Police basketball team beat Thoong Hon. the Perak champions. 94-44 here last night-
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    26 15 SAIGON. Fri. The Hong Kong Eastern Athletic Club Soccer team last night lost i 3-0 to South Vietnam's Ge- neral Staff team here. Reuter.
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    BAM still awaits replies from all invited players
    231 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. \yiTH less than five weeks to go before the Malayan badminton championships start in Singapore, none of the ten overseas players invited for the tournament have replied. The Badminton Association of Malaya has given the invited players up to
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    NEW 'CAPS' IN S'PORE XI TO MEET EMU CLUB
    210 15 NEW 'CAPS' IN S'PORE XI TO MEET EMU CLUB SINGAPORE. Frl. Roy Plowrlght and Hyder Slthawalla will make their debut for Singapore this season when the state meet the visiting Australian cricket team, Emu Club, next weekend. Plowright is Singapore's Cricket Club's opening batsman who has been scoring consistently in
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    Postponed
    28 15 SINGAPORE, Frl.— Th3 University of Malaya Interfaculty rugger match between medicals and a r ts and science, scheduled to o«» played at Buklt T.mah today, was postponed
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    Wins 4 events
    32 15 SEGAMAT. Frt.— Winning four events. Urn Meng Jit was champion athlete in the senior division at the Segamat Secondary schools sports meet here yesterday. Mohamed Arlffln was Junior champion.
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    Gymkhana beaten 3-0
    72 15 Prl.— Sukaramal Sports Club beat Gymkhana 3-0 In a Singapore amateur F.A. Div. 2B match at Geylang today. In a Dlv. 3A match at Parrer Park, Indian Youngsters beat Serangoon Malays 5-0, scoring through Avtar Singh (2). Victor Dass (2) and Lin gam. Mohamed Darus. Llm Hong
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    BIG FIGHT: ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT IS LIKELY
    80 15 BIG FIGHT: ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT IS LIKELY YEW YORK. Fri.— The possibility of another postponement loomed here today over the world heavyweight title flght between Floyd Patterson and his Swedish challenger Ingemar Johansson. A forecast of further thundder showers over New York brought more worries to Bill Rosensohn, the promoter who
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    Talks to strengthen the ties with Jakarta
    304 16 Talks to strengthen the ties with Jakarta SINGAPORE MINISTERS CONFER WITH INDONESIAN CONSUL-GENERAL SINGAPORE, Friday. THE Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and cabinet colleagues last night met Indonesian Consulate-General officials for important talks aimed at promoting friendlier relations between the two countries. The Indonesian side, acting on behalf
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    Russians strong enough for showdown
    261 16 Russians strong enough for showdown 1 ONDON, Fri. An up-to-date assessment of Soviet air strength showed today that Russian military preparedness is strong enough to gamble on a victory over the West. This evaluation of Russian air strength appeared in "The Soviet Air and Rocket Forces" edited by Wing Commander
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    IN FOR A 3-MONTH TOUR, A SINGER FROM HONG KONG
    103 16 IN FOR A 3-MONTH TOUR, A SINGER FROM HONG KONG YOUNG and beautiful Miss Lo Kuk Chi a singer with unusual talent. The 20-year-old statuesque beauty who arrived from Hong Kong aboard the Tjiwangi today sings in English as well as in Mandarin although she knows very little English. She
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    132 16 Indonesia needs foreign aid Minister lAKARTA, Fri.— lndoJ nesia could embark on i n d v s trialisation only with the aid of foreign capital, the Indonesian Finance Minister, Mr. Sutikno Slamet, said last night. He told a meeting of the Indonesian Council of Industries that a "special and effective"
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    Friendly ties for S'Pore
    53 16 MANILA. Fri. The Philippines aims to cultivate "very friendly" relations with Singapore and enhance their cultural and trade ties, a Foreign Affairs official said today. Mr. Rodolfo Severino. chief of the Foreign Office External Affairs Division, at the same time minimised the oanger of Singapore falling
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    New coinage
    34 16 CAPE TOWN. Fri.— The South African Parliament passed through all its stages a bill to Introduce decimal coinage by the establishment of a basic ten-shilling unit— the "rand"— divided into 100 cents.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    43 16 19 Word* $10 (Minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Choo Cheeng Khay. thank all Reiatives and Friends for their Condolence;,. Wreaths. Scrolls, Assistance and Funeral attendance. MRS J C. DICKSON wishes to thank all Friends for Flowers, and expressions of Sympathy.
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    60 complaints for bureau
    52 16 SINGAPORE. Fri.— A special bureau in the Ministry for Home Affairs went Into action today to help the people with complaints or inquiries regarding police immigration and national registration matters. A team, headed by the Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary, Mr. Tan Kia Gari, dea.lt with more than
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    Probe into the low wages, high rents of workers
    279 16 Probe into the low wages, high rents of workers I7UALA LUMPUR, Fri. Evidence on the lack of privacy at the homes of Government daily -rated workers and on some paying rents nearly twice their housing allowances was recorded today by the commission inquiring into claims by these workers. Witnesses told
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    Atlas explosion
    19 16 SAN DIEGO. Fri.— An Atlas Intercontinental missile exploded 17 miles from here, but no one was injured.
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    Aly buys a farm
    17 16 Aly buys a f arm DUBLIN, Fri. Aly Khan has bought a 110-acre stud farm near here.
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    Winner had no licence
    40 16 JAKARTA, Sat.— When the wife of Indonesia's Communications Minister presented the prize In a trlsha riders' contest, It was found that the winner, selected out of the city's estimated 20.000 riders, did not have a licence.
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    19 16 AACHEN, Fri.— Six miners were killed In an explosion in a coal mine in West Germany.
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    96 16 Britannia sails the seaway MONTREAL, Fri. A vast crowd broke into thunderous cheers today as the royal yacht Britannia, with Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower aboard, entered the St. Lawrence Seaway to mark the opening of one of the world's greatest engineering projects. Church bells pealed, ships sirens screamed and
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    UNIONS DECIDE ON UNITY IN FIGHT AGAINST PAY CUTS
    330 16 TWO staff bodies of 1 the City Council tonight agreed to join in the council of joint action by Government and other public service employees to fight the "arbitrary and unilateral" action of the Government in cutting variable allowances. The unions
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    263 16 LONDON. Fn. London stock markets ended the week on a generally satisfactory note although movements in the Industrial market were somewhat irregular. Stores shares were again the centre of interest. Closing midc-e prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: Consols 2H r i £52% +1/16
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    32 16 LONDON. Pri. Spot 267d.. Aug-ist 26-; d.. September 27d.. Oct.-Dec. 27Hd., Jan-March 27 •id.. April-June 27d., July-Sept. 27d.. July cS.t. 267id.. Aug. c i.f. 267»d.. Sept. cU 26T»d.. Tone: Steady, quiet.
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    21 16 LONDON. Fri. Buyers £790; sellers £790"5; Forward Buyers £791; sellers £792; Settlement £790%; Turnover a.m. 130 tons; pan. SS tons.
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      207 16 LONDON. Pri. The touring Indian cricketers and Lancashire drew their three-day match at Manchester today. Final Scwvs were: Lancashire 400-5 declared; Indians 196 (Kripal Singh 57, Nadkarnl 44; Statham 5-36, Hlggs 4-66) and 87-2. At Sheffield: Yorkshire beat Warwickshire by six wlcketa. Warwickshire 77 and 159
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