The Straits Times, 8 July 1959

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    22 1 WIRVC.i; DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1959 o 15 CENTS. v i j——■ I»
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    TEENAGE TERROR
    317 1  -  EE BOON LEE They use brutality as stepping stone to power By Youths now control most gangs gINGAPORE, Tues. Shocking revelations of teenage thugs outdoing each other in acts of sheer brutality to qualify for gang leadership were made by police here today. The jockeying for power began
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    NO FOOD...THEY KEPT WALKING IN COUNTRY WHERE ELEPHANT AND TIGER ROAMED
    55 1 NO FOOD... THEY KEPT WALKING IN COUNTRY WHERE ELEPHANT AND TIGER ROAMED THREE OF the 20 members of tbe Outward Bound Association who spent two nijebts in the Selangor jungle without food. Mohamed Yusoff bin Ismail, M. Krishnan and M. Doraisingham are seen here on their way to catch the
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    $12 mil. fire
    33 1 PICTOU (Nova Scotia), Tues. A waterfront fire raged out of control here, destroying two piers, razing buildings, burning out fishing boats and causing an estimated U554,000,000 ($l2 million i damage.
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    3 foil $20,000 payroll grab
    193 1 MALACCA, Tuesday. A EUROPEAN planter and two estate employees successfully foiled an attempt yesterday by a gang to rob ttiem of a $20,000 payroll near the Craigielea Estate, Bukit Pasa. The three were on their way to the estate in a Land Rover from a
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    Time bomb scare
    25 1 LONDON, Tues. Selfridges. London's biggest department store, was cleared of shoppers after an anonymous phone caller said a timebomb would explode there.
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    Full house
    25 1 BEIRUT, Tues.— Arabs and Kurds jammed the pavements outside radio shops here as the Lebanese Television Company began a daily Arabic television service.
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    Steel strike off
    19 1 SYDNEY, Tues. Steelworkers at Newcastle near here, have called off a strike over a pay dispute.
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    PAY CUTS: A PLAN TO HOLD MASS RALLY ON THE PADANG
    172 1 PAY CUTS: A PLAN TO HOLD MASS RALLY ON THE PADANG SINGAPORE. Tues. The Council of Joint Action formed by the Federation of Singapore Unions of Government Employees has written to the Commissioner of Lands to ask for the use of the Singapore padang to hold a mass rally. Announcing
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    TV leads radio
    30 1 TOKYO, Tues.— The semiOovernment Japan Broadcasting Company (NHK) said 140,000 to 130,000 radio listening contracts were cancelled during April and May because of growing popularity of television.
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    20 boys missing in jungle come out smiling
    524 1  - 20 boys missing in jungle come out smiling By Felix Abisheganaden IT U A L A LUMPUR, Tues. Twenty youths missing for 42 hours in the Selangor jungle trudged to safety today as police and RAF rescue teams were preparing to launch a full-scale search. The 20. members of the
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    Washington report baffles Minister
    177 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Federation's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, was baffled tonight by an agency report quoting him as making a statement in Washington. Mr. Tan said: "I have not been out of the country since last November. "The last public
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    Lock icon King told to rest
    126 1 BRUNEI, Tues. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya, who is on a state visit to Brunei, was confined to his quarters today and was unable to attend a big welcoming ceremony given in his honour. The king, it was understood, was advised by his doctors to
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    Lock icon Three swim to freedom from Reds
    80 1 VfACAO, Tues.— Three IT Chinese farmers succeeded in swimming to freedom in Macao today from Chinese Communist-held Lappa Island despite heavy Communist machinegun fire. One of the refugees said that they first attempted to make the run on a sampan but failed when a
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    STOP PRESS
    30 1 PRESS REPRIEVE LONDON, Tues. Britaiq'b national papers will continue to publish until ■TMfeend *t leaat under truce- >t on pool in.; k :>tocks between union wid proprietors,— Rcutcr.
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    BRUNEI PUTS ON ROYAL REGATTA FOR VISITORS
    292 1  - BRUNEI PUTS ON ROYAL REGATTA FOR VISITORS MAZLAN NORDIN From Brunei, Tues. ~HE Raja Permatkuri Agong. accompanied by the Raja Isteri, Brunei, and the British Resident. Mr. 1). C. WUHe, today watt h i'il a RoVfel Hegatta trader the patronage of the Sultan. Sir Omar Ali Saif'uririin. to celebrate the
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    Plane hits a lorry
    58 1 LONDON, Tues. a man was killed today when a small plane crashed into a lorry and burst into ilames on a still unopened main road being built neax St. Albans. The dead man was a passenger in the plane, a twinengined De Havilland Rapid* 1 being
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    Only 'sure things' in polls race
    248 2 RAZAK SURPRISE: ALLIANCE TO PUT UP CANDIDATES WITH BEST CHANCEIN FEDERAL ELECTION KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. ONLY candidates with the BEST CHANCE of winning will be put up by the Alliance in next month's Federal election not on a ratio basis among the thrc partners
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    Move to end mission schools aid attacked
    184 2 Move to end mission schools aid attacked If UCHING. Tues —Two Borneo newspapeis have criticised a Brunnei Government decision to stop financial aid to mission schools from next year The Borneo Bulletin spoke of the "enormous amount of good" done by mission schools in Brunei, where educational facilities were not
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    Two for board
    29 2 JOHORE BAHRU. TON. Dato Hajl Mohanv-J Noah bin Omar and Dato Sheikh Abubakar bin Yahaya have been appointed mumb^rs of the Jon ore state education board.
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    Record sale at MAHA exhibition
    81 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue.v A record sale totalling $41,149 was reported by the arts and j crafts section of the MAHA exhibition which ended last night. A spokesman said: "Thi.> is the highest figure ever reached. We are very satisfled. "Though many European I buyers have
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    Dagger hold-up
    27 2 SINGAPORE. Tues— Thrr»» dagger men yesterday tied up Madam Tan Boon Scow and her family in Alexandra Road and stole $2,000 in ca>h and Jewellery.
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    Party branch
    26 2 PENANG, Tues. The Labour Party ot Malay.i has opened a branch in Prai with Mr. Ahmad Raja as chairman and Mr. M. Va.Mithavan. secretary.
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    Dog round-up
    25 2 JESSELTON. Tues. Tv I police here have rounded ud and destroyed more man 20 stray dogs In the town ar»a in a week.
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    Motion for $2,075 pay to Advocate-General
    70 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. A motion that the AdvocateGeneral should set 52.075 a month has been notified by the Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K. M. Byrne, for the next sitting of the Legislative Assembly on July 15. The Advocate-General.- Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim, will
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    Check these rallies, said Alliance man—police did: His was unlicensed
    319 2 Check these rallies, said Alliance man— police did: His was unlicensed rVO election rallies were being held in the SAME area. Rather odd, thought an ALLIANCE official. So he rang the police. Would they investigate? They certainly would, he was told. They found that one rally was being held without
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    Misadventure
    21 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Llm Kirn Leng. three, son of a vegetable-seller, was drowned in a pond on May 24. Verdict: Misadventure.
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    Sawdust acres
    20 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. An area of 120 acres at Tampoi has been set aside for the sawmill industry.
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    RADIO SINGAPORE HAS NEW SEVEN-MAN BAND
    80 2 RADIO SINGAPORE HAS NEW SEVEN-MAN BAND SINGAPORE. Tues. Radio Singapore has a new musical combination the "Pupa Kenchana.'' The septet plays music from Indonesia and Malaya and their programmes are broadcast over all net. works. Members of the orchestra are Ahmad Jaafar (Hammond organ i. Julai Tan (violin and accordion).
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    Bridge repairs
    36 2 KUALA LUMPUR. 1 up,. The Pekan-Kuantan Road will be closed to trnflic to. morrow. Thursday and Friday between 10 p.m. ;.nd 6 a.m for repairs to a bridge between the 17th and 18th milestones
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    Students think degrees don't count
    117 2 VINGAPORE. Tues. The Suloh Nantah. journal of the English Society of the Nanyang University, said today that ability was what counted in professional life and not qualifications. Rpferrlng to the problem of the recognition of degrees of the university, the journal asked senior students to
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    Pangkor loan hopes dampened
    182 2 Pangkor loan hopes dampened IPOH, Tues.— The hopes x of the owners of fishing boats in Pangkor for a loan from the Rural and Industrial Authority to help them tide over the flsh glut crisis have been dampened. The owners, who had agreed to put up nieir boats and unsold
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    29 years' service
    23 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Inche Kosai bin Haji MohamedSalleh. Assistant Conservator of Forests, has retired after 29 years in the service.
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    Lock icon Police find bomb factory near HQ of port strikers in Colombo
    281 3 RULING PARTY ASKS PREMIER TO TAKE FIRM ACTION AGAINST STOPPAGE COLOMBO, Tuesday. rpHE police yesterday found home-made bombs and a large amount of A bomb-making materials near the office of the Communist-led Ceylon Harbour Workers' Union, where two people
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    Lock icon SHIP WITH 1,029 HAD LIFEBOATS WITH HOLES
    252 3 SHIP WITH 1,029 HAD LIFEBOATS WITH HOLES PERTH. Tuesday. 4 SHIP'S captain, who let his lifeboats deteriorate to such a condition that holes could be made in them by finger pressure, was fined £A5OO with costs in Fremantle today. Captain Raphaele Jaume, commander of the migrant ship Montserrat, pleaded guilty
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    China denies jet claim
    69 3 LONDON. Tues. China yesterday said that Nationalist claims to have shot down five Communist MiGs off China were a "sheer fabrication." Peking Radio said the claim "is a sheer fabrication by the Chiang Kai-shek clique to deceive people in Chir-a and abroad." Only one Communist plane
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    Lock icon Move to press food demands
    58 3 CALCUTTA. Tues. West Bengal's price increase and femine resistance committee yesterday decided to raise 50.--000 volunteers to ";orce the government to concede to demands on food or resign. The committee. recently formed by left-wing parties demand, that West Bengal's food stock be built up and
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    Lock icon 70 die in flood
    23 3 KARACHI, Tues. The deathroll ln floods sweeping Karachi, west Pakistan and parts of Kashmir has risen to 70. Reuter.
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    Lock icon KOZLOV TAKES TRIP TO TOYLAND
    71 3 It looks like a tight fit but the Russian First Deputy Premier. Mr. Kozlov. is in high good humour as he models a "Steve Canyon" helmet during a visit to a toy factory in New York. The Russian visitor, considered one of the three most
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    Lock icon FAIR COMMENTS ON RUSSIANS
    179 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday. "ifISITORS to the Soviet exhibition that ..opened here last week are recording their impressions of the fair in guest books provided by the Russians. "Big brother Is watching you." one message states. Another visitor wrote: "I think the main perspective of thisRussian exhibit
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    A LEADER IN STYLE
    55 3 THE British Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers' Association has named the President of the Board of Trade. Sir David Eccles (above), as one of Britain's 10 best-dressed men. "He does more for the clothing industry in one day by his appearance than a thousand of his critics do
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    Lock icon Village fire
    20 3 KINGSTON. Tues.— Nearly 100 people were homeless after fire swept their village ln Jamaica's south-east Clarendon parish.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Stupendous Chicago farewell to Royal citizen No. 1
    253 3 Stupendous Chicago farewell to Royal citizen No. 1 pHICAGO. Tues.— The Queen, an honorary citizen of Chicago, was given a stupendous send-off last night, after a day of pomp, pageantry and high excitement the like of which this city had never seen before. A great multitude crammed the Lakeshore area
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    Korean floods
    27 3 SEOUL. Tues.— The Keum River, third largest in South Korea, burst its banks last night, flooding thousands of acres of farmland and several villages.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon CHINA FLOOD ALERT AS RIVERS RISE
    96 3 CHINA FLOOD ALERT AS RIVERS RISE TOKYO. Tues. Peking Radio said today that flood prevention teams were being rushed to China's mightiest rivers the Yangtze, the Yellow and the Kwai— to cope with possible emergencies. The broadcast said the rivers had entered their high water season and residents of the
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    Lock icon OF DOGS, ENGLISHMEN AND THAT MOD DAY SUN
    82 3 LONDON. Tues. The BBC yesterday urged Englishmen not to take their dogs out into the midday sun. evoking memories of Noel Coward's famous ditty: "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun." The 8.8.C. told listeners: "Here's a piece of
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    Lock icon Nehru: UN has shut itself from Tibet
    217 3 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. ]tf R. NEHRU, the Indian Prime Minister, said to--ITI day that the United Nations has "rather prevented itself" from considering :uch problems as Tibet because it does not recognise Communist unina. Mr. Nehru speaking at a press conference repeated a
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    Lock icon Mac's caller
    21 3 LONDON. Tues.— Mr. Averell Harriman. a leading U.S. Democrat, called on Mr. Harold Macmlllan, the Prime Minister, yesterday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Vice girls and lawyers—by a peer
    221 3 Vice girls and lawyers— by a peer T ONDON. Tues.— Lord Brabazon, 75. told the House of Lords last night that the prostitute and the lawyer were both practicing professions: One let out her body for hire and the other his brains. He was demanding an amendment to the Street
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    $750,000 FOR AN EVENING WITH CYD
    88 3 $750,000 FOR AN EVENING WITH CYD HOLLYWOOD. Tues. Cyd Charisse will become the highest paid woman on television when she makes her debut in autumn in a one-hour show for which she will receive U.S. $250,000 (S750.000). it was announced. The show, billed "An Evening With Cyd Charisse," is scheduled
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    Lock icon Sophia tops a laughter 'summit'
    96 3 Sophia tops a laughter 'summit' BERLIN. Tues.— Sophia Loren, the Italian film actress, has agreed to become chairman of a "humour for peace" committee which aims to employ humour as a contribution towards relaxation of tension ln the world, the committee secretary. Dr. Sandro Paternostro, said yesterday. Miss Loren would
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      354 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres NATIONAL SHORTWAVE A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 siRvirr n t me-xulu Morning Prelude; 7 00 The News; "i!™ C M 7.05 A Date With Music; 7.30 Mt»»UM W Wt SERVICES Speak Malay Lesson 3; 7.35 A KuaU Lumpur 341
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    Teachers at a 'blue film' show sacked
    267 4 EJGHT ARE DISMISSED FOR 'MORAL TURPITUDE 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Government today decided to sack eifcht teachers for attending a blue film show last month. All of them were called to the office of the Minister for Educa- lion, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin,
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    NANYANG DRIFTS WITHOUT CHANCELLOR
    234 4 NANYANG DRIFTS WITHOUT CHANCELLOR SINGAPORE, Tuesday. rrHE University Tribune, organ of the Nanyang University Students' Union, said in a leading article today that the delay in appointing a Chancellor would affect the efficient administration of the university. It said that without a capable Chancellor at its head, the University 'is
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    HUNDRED OF POOR WILL ATTEND Mrs. aw's FUNERAL TODAY
    157 4 HUNDRED OF POOR WILL ATTEND Mrs. aw's FUNERAL TODAY SINGAPORE. Tues.—Hundreds of Singapore's poor are expected to attend the funeral of Mrs. Aw Boon Haw, 76, who passed away at the Haw Par Mansions in Nassim Road, last night. The funeral procession will start at 11 a.m. tomorrow. She will
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    Shopman tells of bid to pass dud rupiahs
    241 4 Shopman tells of bid to pass dud rupiahs SINGAPORE, Tues. A shop proprietor told a preliminary inquiry today that a man approached him and offered to exchange 20,000 rupiahs of Indonesian counterfeit notes for local currency. Ya'acob bin Abdul Kassim was testifying against Hassan bin Kassim. 28. accused of attempting
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    Water shut for repairs
    75 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The four-inch main at the back of Albert Street and Rochore Canal Road between Selegle Road and Short Street will be closed tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m to lay a new connection, the City Water Engineer's Department today announced. The six-inch main
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    Lock icon PARENTS WAIT FOR NEWS OF THE SEA FOX
    255 4 PARENTS WAIT FOR NEWS OF THE SEA FOX SINGAPORE, Tues.— The parents of a honeymooning couple from Singapore who are on board the luxury yacht Sea Fox, reported missing off Northern Australia, waited with mounting anxiety for news today as the search continued for the boat. In their home in
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    MORE CAN SIT FOR THIS EXAM
    106 4 MORE CAN SIT FOR THIS EXAM SINGAPORE. Tues. The Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, has decided to allow one more category of students to sit for the Senior Middle 111 Examination as private candidates. Those who have attended Senior Middle 111 may take the examination in the year
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    Sponsors of evening college swamped by telephone calls
    159 4 Sponsors of evening college swamped by telephone calls SINGAPORE, Tues. THE organisers of the Singapore Evening College have been swamped with telephone calls from would-be students. Many people also rang the Straits Times for Information. Mr. Peter Kwok, a member of the Board of Trustees today promised that enrolment of
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    FALSE CALLS FOR AMBULANCES
    74 4 FALSE CALLS FOR AMBULANCES SINGAPORE, Tues.— There has been an increase recently In the number of fals« and unnecessary calls upon the ambulance service, both at the General Hospital and at the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital, a Health Ministry announcement said today. "This has placed a service strain on the
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    FOR ALL TEACHERS WITH DEGREES—NEW DEAL
    122 4 FOR ALL TEACHERS WITH DEGREES— NEW DEAL SINGAPORE. Tues.—Normal trained and certificated teachers in Singapore with university degrees now need not have to obtain a Diploma in Education to qualify for trained graduate pay scales. The Ministry of Education said today that these teachers were "eligible for consideration for emplacement
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    Annual meeting
    28 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union will hold its annual general meeting at the Empress Place canteen on Friday at 5.15 p.m.
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    Award for corporal who was a friend in need to all
    134 4 Award for corporal who was a friend in need to all SINGAPORE, Tues.— An RAF corporal has received a certificate of commendation from the Air Officer Commanding, R. A. F. Headquarters Units, Far East Air Force. Cpl. P. Wynche, of 68 RAF Movements Unit (Embarkation), Singapore, has for the last
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      227 4 Today's Singapore diary THE INDEPENDENT BOS- Malay civil service exam., std. II mlnton, Indoor games 3 p.m.; sepak SIONABY MOVEMENT: Free nim (advanced) 6.30 p.m. raga-5p.m.; body-bulldlng 6p.m. show at H. M. Convict Prisons, Y.W.C.A. (Raffles Quay): In- Br KIT TIM AH YOUTH CLUB: at 730 p.m. tematlonal Women's club-vlslt
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    Sterilisation: The women line up
    264 5 (AND THE\ MEN DEMAND SO GREAT IPOH HOSPITAL CAN OPERATE A FULL-TIME UNIT By JOSEPH MIRANDA IPOH, Tuesday HPHE General Hospital here is performing eight te II sterilisation operations on women a month. Dr. Chin Thin Man, acting state obstretician and gynaecologist, said today there
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    Muslim League to fete 4
    71 5 PENANG, Tues Pour recipients of the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong's birthday awards —Mr C. M. Hashim who received the Johan Mangku Negara and Che Puan Dasimah Dasir. Mr. A. S. Mansoor and Mr. C. D Ismail who were awarded the Ahli Mangku Negara— will be feted
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    Johore firm fined
    46 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The Zam Zam Chemical Works Company of Johore Bahru was fined S2OO in the magistrate's court here for falling to pay to the employees' provident fund the contributions of seven of Its employees for the months of February and March
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    PREMIER CHIEFS POST IN PERAK GOES TO A COMMONER FOR FIRST TIME IN 300 YEARS
    18 5 DATO YUSUF surprised
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    A raw recruit to a royal title says It came as complete shock'
    489 5 A raw recruit to a royal title says It came as complete shock' By HENRY PAUL IPOH. Tuesday A PERAK Malay commoner, who was ap- pointed late yesterday evening to a post that has been held exclusively by royalty for the past 300 years, today could only display stunned surprise.
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    Drew loaded rifle on trishaman, sapper fined $200
    189 5 Drew loaded rifle on trishaman, sapper fined $200 ALOR STAR, Tues. A A British soldier who pointed a loaded rifle at a trisha rider was today fined $200 or two months' jail. Spr. C. Pickles, 21, of the Royal Engineers, pleaded guilty to behaving in a disorderly manner while carrying
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    Youth accused of kidnapping
    42 5 IPOH. Tues. Kwan See Seng, 23. was charged in the magistrate's court here yesterday, with kidnapping a girl, Choo See Moi, 16 on Feb. 27. The case was postponed to July 14 and Kwan was remanded in custody.
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    Police hold 2 after midnight chase
    155 5 IPOH, Tuesday. "DOUCE detained two youths in an ambush near the Odeon Cinema here last night. The arrests were made by Inspector Lee Kam Yoong after a 200-yard chase through midnight crowds. It all began when five youths stopped Chong Khoon Wah. a labourer,
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    Round-up of stray fowls
    55 5 SEGAMAT. Tues.— The Segamat Town Council has ruled that fowls found wandering in the town will be "arrested" and detained by the council in Its drive to keep the town clean. They will be kept and fed by Town Council employees at the market. Owners claiming
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    Institute will start courses
    38 5 SEGAMAT. Tues. TailorIng and cooking lessons foi kampong women will be part of the activities planned by the Segamat branch of the Women's Institute under Puan Salmah binte Salleh, wife of the District Officer.
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    New branch
    21 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues— A new branch of the People's Progressive Party has been formed for the district of Serdang.
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    $500 theft
    18 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A thief stole $500 from a house In Parry Road here last night.
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    PENANG MIC WARNS ALLIANCE PARTNERS
    139 5 PENANG, Tues. The Penang State Malayan Indian Congress will take a "very serious view" of any omission to allocate it a seat in Penang for the Federal election, it was said today. An MIC source said the party hoped to get at least one of
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    Killed by lorry
    26 5 KLANG. Tues. A Javanese, Koret, 46. was killed in motor accident involving a lorry at Jendram New Village. 14 miles from here, yesterday.
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    MCA BOSS OUT OF ELECTION
    141 5 MCA BOSS OUT OF ELECTION Mr. Liew leaves to see sick son TPOH, Tues.— One of x the Alliance's biggest hopes in the general election, Mr. Liew Why Hone, has decided not to contest. The reason: Mr. Liew and his wife are to fly to Australia this weekend to see
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    Mayor to open poster display
    50 5 PENANG. Tues.— The Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. will declare open the City Council Health Week poster competition at the Town Hall here at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Ninety entries from various schools will be on display from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daiiy until Saturday.
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    'Brunei always ready to offer help to Malaya'
    415 6 'Brunei always ready to offer help to Malaya' BANQUET SPEAKER THANKS VISITING ROYAL COUPLE FOR GREAT HONOUR BESTOWED BRUNEI TOWN, Tuesday. THE goodwill visit of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and his Consort will strengthen further the bonds between Malaya and Brunei, the Yang Teramat Mulia Duli Pengiran Pemancha, representative of
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    GRANDMA, 89, FOUND DROWNED
    68 6 GRANDMA, 89, FOUND DROWNED BATU GAJAH. Tues. A grandmother, Ku Moy. 89. was drowned In a disused mining pool here this morning when she went to fetch water for her garden. When she did not return, one of her grandchildren went to look for her and found her slippers beside
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    Thief on wheels
    20 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A motor cycle was stolen from a parking area In Sultan Street here yesterday.
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    Progress marks parents' group
    43 6 PENANG. Tues.— The Pen. ang Parents' Association made considerable progress last year, writes the secretary, Mr. Gan Teong Eng. in his report. The membership rose by nearly 300 from 672 to 970 —while the association's fnanclal position .-en.ained. "satisfacaory."
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    State cannot hitch wagon to better star—paper
    164 6 State cannot hitch wagon to better star— paper BRUNEI TOWN, Tues. The six-day goodwill visit of the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong is regarded here as an added indication of Brunei's desire to establish closer ties with Malaya now that it has "turned its back" on the proposed Borneo Federation. The Borneo
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    Trishaman's grouse is supported
    157 6 PENANG, Tuesday. rpHE KAMPONG Bahru branch of Penang UMNO has decided to support the complaint by a trisha rider that a Government doctor and nurse ignored his sick wife on May 22. In a report to the Penang UMNO, the branch states the complaint was Investigated
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    Clerks will celebrate
    58 6 IPOH, Tues. The Government Temporary Offl. cers" Union (Perak branch) will celebrate with a dinner the success *of temporary clerks at the recent competitive examination which will enable them to >j Rbsorbed Into the permanent service. Of a total of 215 candidates from Perak. about 70 per
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    Waterfall death
    33 6 KUALA KUBU BHARU. Tues. A bus conductor from Rasa. Chew Wah Heng. aged 22. was drowned while swimming in a waterfall, five miles north of here at Pertak. on Sunday night.
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      327 6 26 Offers formerly tenpence to a C T shilling <7). Straits Times Crossword "wrup DOWN t I Iff I I 19 I 15 I I* I I 7 I 1 Art eJ'» resting place (2. 1. 8. M iHB~~H^ Two P BB *llow for little ■B v<§lHj£^ 'lip mm tßn
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    Pare—a pioneer in surgery
    1000 7 Par e a pioneer in surgery HORROR-strick en French soldiers stood round a cauldron of boiling oil one day during the Italian war of 1537. A clumsy scullion had just fallen in md been hideously scald cd. Army surgeon Ambroise Pare ran hastily to the nearest apothecary to fetch the
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    294 8 Wor4$ SU (Minimum). AT "THE COCKPIT". Mondays to Fridays Business Man's Lunch $3.50. HANDBAGS AND SHOES In all colours. Beautiful Hat*. Marvellous Frocks. Vanity 32 Raffles Place, 6'pore. OH DEAR! The odour of Ada (our dog) is most unpleasant. Airwick will kill It l the odour, not Ada i.
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    The Straits Times Wednesday. July 8, 1959 The Medical Services
    575 8 The Straits Times Wednesday. July 8, 1959 The Medical Services The Singapore Government's planning for the medical ser- vices has received rather less notice than its intentions and activities in other fields. Partly this is because the subject offers little scope for innovation that would strike the public imagination in
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    U.S. Aid For Burma
    352 8 The United States Government's offer of a U.S. $37 million aid programme in response to a request from the Government of Burma brings a sad story to a happy conclusion. For several years Burma would not touch a single cent of American money, the reason being
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    Israeli Leader
    277 8 If anyone in the world today can claim to be the architect of a nation it is David Ben Gurion, Israel's Premier. He inherited an idea from his father ami has devoted his whole life to it. Under him Israel has generated a spirit that has held together
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    Lock icon SHOULD AMERICA ADOPT A PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM.. ?
    744 8  - SHOULD AMERICA ADOPT A PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM. ALFRED KRUSENSTIERN by WA S HINGTON, Tues. Should the U.S. adopt the parliamentary system, as it is practised in Great Britain and in most other European democracies? With a Republican President trying to govern in co-opera-tion with a Democratic majority in Congress this question
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      GOVT. OFFICERS CAN'T SAY NOW THEY WERE NOT WARNED
      256 8 GOVT. OFFICERS CAN'T SAY NOW THEY WERE NOT WARNED 1 WOULD ask leaders and members of trade unions who are fighting against the pay cuts to read Mr. C. H. Tan's letter (S.T. June 24) over arid over again. If these "obedient servants" think they will be underpaid after the
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      YES, THOSE MISSING BEDSHEETS ARE BACK
      158 8 UAD "Expatriate" (S.T. July 4) spent as short a time In the country as I have and had he previously toured other Asian countries as extensively, his views might have been less prejudiced. For they would have been formed by comparisons and not by
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      THOSE FALLING BRANCHES
      120 8 PAN you or any member of the public or the Government say who is responsible for damage or loss of life, in the event of a tree or a branch of a tree by the roadside falling on a house during a heavy wind or a storm?
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      A bad day for all if this happens...
      127 8 IT will be a very bad 1 day for Singapore as well as the Federation in the field of education if the Singapore Government cuts the salaries of university staff. The professors and lecturers hold the highest qualifications and their task to
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    Why grumble?
    247 8 CIVIL SERVANTS HAVE LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE cuts in the vari- able allowance of civil servants have unleashed a flooc of complaints. May I remind civil servants, however, that they still have a lot to be thankful for? For example: THEIR jobs are more wcoze: WORK
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    1,000,000 on the move in rebel-torn Algeria
    353 8 1,000,000 on the move in rebel-torn Algeria ALGIERS. Tues.— The rebellion in Algiers, which will be five years old next November, has produced a profound regrouping of the Algerian peasant population, especially of the peasants in the isolated areas of the mountains where they were particularly vulnerable to rebel exactions
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    Bosses are warned
    183 9 Bosses are warned 'VICTIMISATION WON'T BE TOLERATED* SINGAPORE. Tues. The Government today warned employers that it would not tolerate victimisation of workers. A statement from the Ministry of Labour and Law said that it had been brought to the notice of the Minister. Mr. K. M. Byrne, that employers had
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    MAN POSED AS WOODHULL, COURT TOLD
    75 9 MAN POSED AS WOODHULL, COURT TOLD SINGAPORE. Tues. Rajasinghe Vijlsinghe, 25. pleaded not guilty today to a charge of cheating Teo Kirn Whatt of $19 by pretending to be Mr. S. Woodhull. of the People's Action Party. The alleged offence was committed at the Highway Inn in Clemenceau Avenue on
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    Free—a school field from Army
    38 9 Free— a school field from Army SEGAMAT. Tues— The British Army in Malaya has constructed a playing field with a 440-yard track for the Segamat Hwa Chiao School free of charge. The padang will be opened officially shortly.
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    Cans problem for canners
    258 9 WE ARE SOMEWHAT AT THE MERCY OF METAL BOX, SAYS YAP PHENG GECK rpHE CHAIRMAN of the Central Board of Pineapple Packers, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, said today that pineapple canners were "somewhat" at the mercy of the Metal Box Company because it was the sole
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    VINDICTIVE? NONSENSE SAYS BYRNE
    273 9 VINDICTIVE? NONSENSE SAYS BYRNE SINGAPORE. Tuesday. rE Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, today dismissed as "complete nonsense" a charge that the Government was "vindictive" against its political opponents in taking over control of community centres. Mr. Byrne was replying to allegations made by Dr. Chee Phui
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    CANS ARE CHEAPER IN AUSTRALIA AND AFRICA, HE SAYS
    346 9 CANS ARE CHEAPER IN AUSTRALIA AND AFRICA, HE SAYS JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday selves to the fact, as It Is our only source of cans." In this way, he added, canners were "somewhat at the mercy of the company." Mr. Yap said they had asked for certain concessions from the company,
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    Stanvac gift
    35 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Standard Vacuum Oil Company will present some machinery to the Ministry of Education at a ceremony in the Technical Institute at Jalan Kolam Ayer, off Maxwell Road here tomorrow.
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    Ceremonial opening of assembly
    75 9 Ceremonial opening of assembly KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Sultan of Selangor will be greeted with a fanfare of trumpets when he arrives to open the first meeting of the state's new fullyelected legislative assembly here tomorrow. After inspecting a parade of 50 men drawn from the Royal Federation Police, he
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    A TRIP SOLVED THEIR WEDDING PROBLEM
    96 9 A COUPLE who could not have a registry marriage in Negri Sembilan solved their problem by making a t.'-milr journey to Koala Lumpur yesterday. The bridegroom was Mr. A. F. Young, Registrar of Marriages. Negri Sembilan. who has officiated at the marriages of more
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    Woman tells court: I had to give $600 bribe
    444 9 TRAFFIC CONSTABLE ACCUSED OF GRAFT SINGAPORE, Tues. f«HAN CHOOI YOKE, v 25, a housewife, told a District Court today that she had to pay a $600 bribe to a traffic constable, who had earlier caught her husband driving a car without
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    FOR KURA NOW READ SUARA
    67 9 FOR KURA NOW READ SUARA SINGAPORE, Tues. The Katong United Residents' Association has changed its name to Singapore United Asiatic Residents' Association. Mrs. F. Leon-Soh, its president, said today that the change meant that residents in all parts of Singapore, and not just Katong alone, were eligible for membership. She
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    HUSBAND GRANTED A NULLITY DECREE
    154 9 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A CLERK, Shanti Athar, was granted a decree of nullity against his wife, Chong Ann Yin, on the ground of non-consummation of the marriage. Mr. Justice Ambrose in the High Court today declared the marriage null and void. The decree Is to be
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    SHIP SURVIVORS HOMESICK, PENNILESS
    265 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The 26 people saved when the Greek freighter, Georglos M sank off the Andaman Islands on June 2i are still In Singapore. And they still have no idea when they will go home. Mr. Nick Fantopoulos. the ship's 28"- year-old radio officer, said today:
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    Ship chase for man with $3,000 bullion
    135 9 OINGAPORE, Tues. A *3 French seaman today eluded detectives and Customs officers aboard the Vietnam Just as the liner was due to leave for France. The chase started after the seaman tried to sell gold bullion, worth about $3,--000, to two SHB detectives
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      WRITE TO A MALAYAN PEN FRIEND
      295 10 HERE are some more per pals for you. Ronnie Lee. 1317 Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore 19. Swimming. reading Harchan Dev. aged 14, 144 Assam Kumbang Road Taiping. Sports, singing Anthony Tan, aged 13. 746 C Florence Road. Singapore 19. Stamps. Sunny Lim aged 14.
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      The boys meet Lee once more
      1154 10 The boys meet Lee once more "iirE'LL get along to the police station now," said Chee Hong. "You can tell us the rest of the story on the way." It did not take long for Gopal to finish his tale. It seemed that each boy was to take it in
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      256 10 want that fish I<v I Sebastian the polar bear cub reaches eagerly for a fish. Please enrol me a member of the Wise Owls Club and send me a badge. I am enclosing six C.C.C. coupons and a stamped self -addressed envelope. < Name Address .^■mL M "O ID IDA
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      328 10 JOIN UP THE NUMBERS Dear Boys and Girls, You may use either paints Here are the six winners of or crayons for this, and when our contest in which you were you have finished, fill in the asked to find the hidden trea- form provided and send your sure and
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      113 10 t- Sfop that J^ PRICKLY K^ irritation today! Use JOHNSON** PIICKLT HEA7 g— I*l v^^^^^^ Soap when you with at t^2525^28 ~"^s l«rethel«tber» h I' few iecond», rm»e uuJ mmm drr.Then^ppl* <jcf.inrw» Johnson's Pmcaat 0 Heat Powon treei*. "MH •"'^k. HE AT flcfw*tm*flc&tncu The Borneo Company Limited (Incorporated in England)
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      1543 11 T-i: i 405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tab »4i(il hits) incorporated Singapore) CJ2 Itees) "oV,,* 1 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS TO LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LONOON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS. Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo LOADING FOR Due Spore Sails P. Sham Penang HOME! Aden, Ldon,
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      1272 11 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. TEL: Na.: 2HII ELLERMAN LINE KLAVENESS LIMB LONDON, NAMIURG. ROTTERDAM. HAVRE LOS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. HULL SEAHLE, VANCOUVER 1 PORTLAND and for Canada and USA North Atlantic Ports Acceptug cargo tar Ceetral t SMtk CITY OF LIVERPOOL Anerica Swre P. Sham Penang BOUGAINVILLE 14/ M My
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    STOCK INDICES
    23 12 Malayan Share Market: July 7 July 6 Industrials: 89.82 89.64 Tins; 106.65 106.51 S Rubbers: 133.84 133.24 Jan. 1 1958 =IUU.
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    SHARE MARKET IS QUIET: INVESTORS MARKING TIME
    621 12 SHARE MARKET IS QUIET: INVESTORS MARKING TIME By Our Market Correspondent impetus given to the Malayan Share Market by the Singapore Government policy statement last week now appears to have spent itself. With prices now consolidated at slightly higher levels there is a tendency to mark time. Yesterday the market
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    138 12 MELBOURNE. Tues. INVESTMENT shares were buoyant on an active market here The largest moves of the day were Myer up 2s. 3d. U> 29s 3d. and Associated Pulp gaining 45.6 d. to 50s. Base metals and oik "'ld a firm tone. Commonwealth bonds remained steady. i Loans 3'h',.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    116 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per P'c" l V 68 terdav were: Copra: quiet; OK Continent July/ August shipments $36 buyers. $37 sellers Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $58'; sellers, drum $61 sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business was reported done. Muntok white $130, Sarawak $129, special Sarawak black
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 12 July first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesierday at 96 cents per lb., down oneeighth of a cent on Monday's closing price. The closing tone was barely steady. Closing prices in cents per It., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 96. sellers 96
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    226 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Radnorshire 1/2, Malgorzata Fornalska 4/5, Diomed 6A, Benrlnnes 67, Aardyk 8, 9, Pleasantville 10/11. Neder Elby 13/14. Myrtlebank 15/16, Kyoto Mam 19. Serampang N.Wall 2, Sedenak N. Wall 3. scudai N. Wall 4 Bentong 21/22, Sigh 23/24.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    30 12 SINGAPORE. JULY 7. RUBBER: 96 cents per lb. (down oneeighth of a cent). TIN: $401.62' j per picul (down $1). Estimated unofficial offering 170 tons (up 15 tons).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    487 12 The Malayan Share Broker*' Association reported yesterday: "Tins and industrials were quietly steady while rubbers were selectively octter. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the l olio wing business up to 3.30 p.m.: industrials: B. B. Petrol (old) 52s. 6d. (O), (new* 53s. (O): Fed.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    92 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 1/2, O.D. 31 5 8. 90 d/st 32 credit bills. 32 1/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Citiaoia 31 3 16: Swiss
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    RUBBER CROPS
    18 12 The following further June rubber crops have been announced: Kempa* 389,5671 b., and Radella 23.300 Ib.
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      47 12 ISBRANDTSEN PUERTO RICO HEAP ENG MOH STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. 33/35, TELOK AVER STREET. Telephone No. ***** Weekly Service to KUCHING, SARIKEI BINATANG end SIBU. M/V "GIANG LEE" IN PORT SAILS 11/7 M/V "GIANG ANN" DUE 12/7 SAILS 18/7 Accepting Passengers and Cargo Sarawak Agents: BORNEO CO., LTD.
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      215 12 NOTTCFS TO LET MODERN OFFICE FLAT. 91C. Kallang Rd.. near Home Rd. Ins--1 pectlon any time. Key from 918. Particulars from the Dr At Kallang Dispensary, 91. Kalian* Rd.. Spore. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from registered P.W.D Contractors of Class "E" and above will be received at the Office of
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      1080 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMjENT NOTICES I i ASST. SALES MANAGER UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA STAR THEATRE PENANG J™£», ittJSSTZ IN SINGAPORE Offers are Invited for the pur rears experience in direct sell vn vj.<-w vnu chase of the business of S t ir int; are invited to apply for thr Applications are Invited
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      791 13 (Continued front Pag* O SITUATIONS VACANT Word* Si Mm.) Box St ett. txtrm WANTED EURASIAN RECEPTIONISTS. Apply personally 8L Asia Insurance Bldg., Spore. 2 to 6 daily. EXPERIENCED AircondiUonIng and Refrigeration Engineer required by Specialist Engineering Company. Apply with full details of previous experience and salary required to Box A
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      691 13 SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Word* ti (Min.)— Box St ett. txtrm WANTED EUROPEAN MUSICIANS. Apply personally 8L Asia Insurance Building, Spore, 2 to 6 REQUIRED by Engineering firm I one male Interpreter who could translate conversational French Into English and vice versa. Knowledge of Clerical work in English an advantage but
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      872 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT j 2ii Wordt Si (Mim.)—Bmx St ett. txtru LEONIE HOUSE." Mrs. T. H. Payne now has double accom- 1 modatlons available. Enquiries Please Tel: i S'pore) *****. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Nice Furnished Flat in Tanglin with all modern conveniences and In Ideal surroundings. Phone Singapore *****. CHINESE FAMILY offers
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      805 13 ACCOMMODATION WANTED 2t Words Si (Mtn.)—Box St ett. txtrm BRITISH COMPANY offers good rent for unfurnished house or bungalow, good European residential area. Write Box A 5373 ST., Spore. UNFURNISHED bungalow with 3 4 bedrooms in spacious compound, district 10. Modern facilities. Telephone offers 34-818, Singapore. UNFURNISHED 3 bedroomed wooden
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      842 13 EDUCATION 10 Wordt SS (Mm.) Box St ett. txtrm GREGG SHORTHAND: Four months guaranteed class starts 8-7-59. Tune: 7—B p.m. Also Theory/Speed different stages and Typewriting. Chunghwa Institution, 5, Short Street, Singapore. CHINESE YMCA SCHOOL'S Beginners' Malay. Book-keeping, Accounting, Shorthand. Typewriting, English. LCC 1958 Accounting passes 42%, Typewriting speed 75
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    1653 14 Race 1—2.15: (Class 3, Div. 3)— 6 Furs. 1 70 Mon Amour (Trois Amis St. i E Breuk., 3 9.0 (F) Leman 2 9036 Hard Final (ST. Tay) Daniels. 4 8.13 (SF) Mitchell 3 00 Full Steam (Mr. Si Mrs. L.M. Foo) R. Breuk.. 4 8.13 (O)
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    Happy Melody can call the tune in big sprint today
    1201 14  - Happy Melody can call the tune in big sprint today Epsom Jeep RACING with EPSOM JEEP* best bett: Hard Final. Safe Invest and Conservative. CALL BOY'S double: Silver Whistle and Cood Wind. Ccing: Cood. HAPPY MELODY (late Stoneyhurst), winner of the £1,355 Fitzwilliam Selling Stakes over til at Doncaster last
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    253 14 YEW DELHI, Tuesday.— The "contempt, scorn and 11 ridicule" which the British sports press had heaped on India's cricketers was the negation of everything British sportsmanship stood for, the sports columnist of the independent "Indian Express" said today The writer said that unlike the British sports press. Indians
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    ACS ARE CHAMPIONS AGAIN
    328 15  -  MOK SIN PiN By Raffles second 48 points behind SINGAPORE, Tues. Anglo-Chinese School, holding only an overnight lead of four points from Raffles Institution, staged a great finish today to win the Singapore Inter-school Athletic championship for the seventh successive year at Jalan Besar Stadium In
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    All results and records
    552 15 DIVISION IN yd«: IJ. Davumonl i Be.it t- a Kok All Keon<? iACSi. 3 Tsrhg Shee Wing iGESSi 10.7 sec. 440 yds: 1 If. Jeftathesan (ACS), a lan Thuan Sene ISASI. 3 Llm Klieng Siang (TKSTSi. 52.3 sec (record 1. I mile: 1 M. Kann.ah (BTES).
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    Walk-over
    37 15 IPOH, Tues. Eastern Sports Club conceded a walkover to First Biiitalion Loyal Regiment in 11 I.d.F.A. league first division match scheduled to be played on the lower padang. Eastern did not turn up for the match.
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    37 15 MAURICE de Vaz of St. Joseph's clearing the bar at sft. 7in. to win the Singapore inter-school "A" division high jump event at Jalan Besar stadium on Monday.— Picture by Kok Ah Chong.
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    SAAA'S bid to 'brighten' championship meet fails
    122 15 SAAA'S bid to 'brighten' championship meet fails SINGAPORE. Tue*. Attempts by Singapore A.A.A. to "brighten up" Its championships on July 24 and 25 have failed. Invitations sent to all the states in the Federation. Ceylon, Indonen.i and siam brought only three replies, from Johore, North Borneo and Sarawak. North Borneo
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    Emu score 111 in 70 min to win
    291 15  -  A. SRIPATHY By Malacca, Tuesday touring Emu Club cricket team from Australia 1 took only 70 minutes to score 111 runs for the loss of four wickets to beat the Malacca-Johore combined team by six wickets in a one-day match on the
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    Airmen better
    47 15 SINGAPORE. Tues. RAP Changl beat YMCA by seven wlckeu in a SCA Junior tournament match at Balestier Road on Sunday. YMCA 119 (Surratta «0 n.o Kylashum 22. Hey 2-17. Johnson 2-33 1 RAF Chantf 122-3 (Turner 40 no.. Eley 45. Raynes 24. R. Lvne 2-20 >.
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    SCOREBOARD
    171 15 J 0 11 OR i: -MALACCA COMBINED Sivasamboo b Evans g Gunendran c and b GUchrist 16 Govindarajoo run out Sethupathy b Cnmmins 37 Hazara Singh c Crossing b GUchrist 7 Jayatilaka run out 1 Bhupalan b Erana 19 Vlsvanathan c and b Gilchrist 7 McKerhnie b Evans Ross
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    Schoolgirl beats native record
    68 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Fifteen-year-old Selangor schoolgirl Shirley Tan today bettered the Federation native record in the high Jump with a height of 4 ft. D.ins half an Inch better than Chin Yeoh Foong's height at la.it year's Malayan championships at Penang. Competing in Class 2 of
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    Portmen take things easy
    57 15 PENANO. Tues. Listless soccer was up at the City Stadium today when the star-studded Port Commission R.C. just beat Indian Association. Butterworth. by 3-1 In a first division league match. It was obvious that the Portmen were taking things. easy, but the Indians put up a
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    Frida is out to beat three records
    216 15 I ID iPORE, Tues. Top i^J sprinters Kesavan Soon and j t. Vst Ftida. will clash for the 1 third time this season at the Singapore Police athletics championshins at Thomson Road on Saturday. Special interests will be centred on Ernest Fiida, who
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    No middle course for Indonesia
    503 15  -  Norman Siebel SPORTSFRONT by THERE is an impresA slon gaining currency abroad that the affiliation issue between the Asian Football Confederation and the Indonesian F.A. has become a straight fight between the Indonesians and the F.A. of Malaya. The view must be rejceted for the
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    Triumphal end for Jollilads
    64 15 SINGAPORE; Tues. Jollllads. this year's unbeaten SAFA Dlv. 3A league champions, completed their fixtures when they beat Customs 2-1 at Balestier Road today. Jollilads have dropped only one point In their 15 matches. In another Div. 3A match. Railways and Geylang United drew 2-2 at Farrer
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      146 15 SINGAPORE: Soccer— SGSPA, Senior Cud, Tan Took Seng HosDital "A" v Police "A". Jalan Be«ar Stadium. 6.30 p.m.; Div. 2 (replay). SMF v Woodbridge, Jalan Besar. S.1S p.m.; League and Cud competition Group "A", Chartered Bank v Mercantile Bank. Farrer Park: National Carbon v Wearnes. Parrer Park; Group "B". PuUu
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    Mr. Menzies: I will help Lee
    424 16 AUSTRALIAN AND SINGAPORE PREMIERS HAVE 'VERY FRIENDLY' CHAT WE WANT COUNTRY AND SELF-GOVERNMENT TO SUCCEED, HE SAYS SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. R. G. Menzies, today assured the Prime Minister of Singapore. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, of Australia's goodwill and co-operation.
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    TEN HEADS OF STATE IN COURSE OF TOUR
    295 16 TEN HEADS OF STATE IN COURSE OF TOUR a*k me lor detailed reasons, because I think I had better save those for Canberra." Mr. Menzles began the conference by saying that this afternoon he had had talks with the 10th head of state in the course of his journey around
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    Lock icon JAGAN WANTS TO STAY IN COMMONWEALTH
    133 16 ONDON, Tues. Dr. Li Cheddi Jajjan. British Guiana's Minister of Trade and Industries, said in a television interview here that his country did not want to leave the Commonwealth. "But we want to get into a position where we are politically and economically free,
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    Council work
    13 16 LONDON, Tues.— The British Council is to start work in Vietnam.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    348 16 LONDON. July 7. Uncertain local labour conditions coupled with seasonal restrictions, stock markets today ruled quieter. However, the undertone was considered satisfactory and some issues went ahead on small buying. Industrials provided a number of good features but gains and losses were mostly equalled. Steel shares were again
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    WARNING to 'SHADY TOURIST AGENCIES'
    217 16 WARNING to 'SHADY TOURIST AGENCIES' SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Government will soon clamp down on certain tourist agencies and social guide associations suspected of employing young girls for "shady outdoor duties." The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, today warned that Government would take strong action against
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    'Jungle' schools amalgamate
    55 16 SINOAPORE, Tuei. The Far East Parachute School Is to be amalgamated with the Far East Survival School. The combined school is to be called The Far East Survival and Parachute School, with headquarters in Nicholl Drive, Changi. The FEAF jungle school course is the only one of
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    Quake resistant
    39 16 TOYKO. Tues.— The Japan Atomic Power Generating Company said it had altered the design of the graphite core for the Calderhall type nuclear power generator it planned to Import from Britain to increase its resistance against earthquakes.
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    Lock icon Nehru is not in favour of intervening in Kerala crisis
    294 16 Nehru is not in favour of intervening in Kerala crisis NEW DELHI. T»HE Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru said today h« did not favour Federal intervention in Kerala where opposition parties are trying to oust the only Communist State Government in India. He told a Press conference the only intervention should
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      STERLING AREA AND CYPRUS
      38 16 STERLING AREA AND CYPRUS NICOSIA: Archbishop Makarios and Dr. Fazil Kutchuk, the Greek and Turkish Cypriot loaders, have reco»Tinnndcd to the Governor. Sir Hugh Foot, that Cyprus should remain in the sterling area for at least 10 years.
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      27 16 VIENNA: The Austrian President. Dr. Adolf Schaerf today accepted the resignation oi former Austrian Chancellor Julius Raar who was unable to form a new ConservativeSocialist coalition Government.
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      33 16 MOSCOW: Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Russian Prime Minister, today received in the Kremlin a group of seven American State Governors who are touring the Soviet Union, according to the Soviet News Agency. Tass.
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      25 16 JERUSALEM: Mr. David Ben Gurion, Israeli Prime Minister, told colleagues in his caretaker government that he planned to leave this week for a seaside holiday.
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      23 16 KAMPALA: Six wives of a cattle herder have beeu Jailed for killing a witch doctor whose efforts to restore their husband's virility failed.
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    CRICKET-CLOSSE OF PLAY SCORES
    306 16 LONDON. Tues. Results In today's cricket matches were: At EASTBOURNE: Sussex beat Somerset by six wickets. Somerset 372 for nine declared and 226 for nine declared (C. Greetham 56 P. Wight 74>. Sussex 378 for eight declared and 221 for four «T. Dexter 91 not out.
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