The Straits Times, 10 July 1959

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    17 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. FRIDAY, JULY 10. 1959 15 CENTS.
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    ALLIANCE: Is this the end?
    1734 1 The big split is almost certain now Dr. UM'S LETTER TO TENGKU TELLS OF FEAR... Razak appeals for calm: Tengku and Tan fly in KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. |"HE UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance today faces the gravest threat of its seven-year existence. Early this morning it looked virtually
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    One thrill after another for little Shirley
    158 1 One thrill after another for little Shirley KUALA BELAIT, Thurs. Happiest girl in Seria today is Shirley Ruffee, flve-year-old daughter of a Brunei Shell Petroleum company official. Since early morning she had had been planning in her own way to meet the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri. Hearing
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    Siam invitation for the King
    43 1 BANGKOK Thurs. Siamese sources said today the cabinet yesterday had decided to invite the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Malaya's Paramount Ruler, to visit Siam. They explained that the Royal visit would further promote good relations between Siam and Malaya.
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    ROYAL PARTY SEES SERIA OILFIELD
    361 1 ROYAL PARTY SEES SERIA OILFIELD From Mazlan Nordin Kuala Belait, Thurs. T*HE Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong today drove 70 miles to visit Seria oilfield Brunei's El Dorado and principal source of wealth. i Their Majesties, accompanied by the Sultan of Brunei and the Raja Isteri, were cheered
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    Spy had cyanide
    28 1 HAIFA, Thurs. A capsule of cyanide poison has been found on a Rumanian-born engineer detained in Israel on suspicion of spying for a foreign power.
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    75 bananas
    20 1 MADRID, Thurs. After eating a normal lunch yesterday. Angel Moreno Lopez ate 75 bananas to win a bet.
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    INDIAN MP HELD IN SWOOP ON 2,500
    92 1 INDIAN MP HELD IN SWOOP ON 2,500 ti;i\.\M)KiM, Thurs. ■I- A member of the Indian Parliament and two Kerala assemblymen were among 2.500 people rounded up by police today during the opposition campaign to oust the Communist government. Mr. K. Marina t-a. Menon, Congress Member of Parliament, was later sentenced
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    Honest, sensible Lee—by Menzies
    147 1 Honest, sensible Lee by Menzies /CANBERRA. Thurs. The \j Australian Prime Minister. Mr. R. G. Menzies, said today that Singapore's new Prihie Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. was an honest man. He did not lean towards tho Communists but rather regarded them as one of his problems, he said. Mr.
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    Training in arms
    23 1 TEL AVIV. Thurs. —Eight officers and non-commis-sioned officers from Burma arrived here for nine months' training in Israel's arms industry.
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    Radio lessons
    19 1 SYDNEY. Thurs. Radio Australia will begin broadcasting weekly half-hour lessons In English to Indonesia from Oct. 6.
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    Lock icon CINEMA RAID REDS KILL AMERICANS
    116 1 SAIGON, Thursday, TERRORISTS last nigh 1 billet at Bienhoa, 20 n killed two American mi attacked an American lies north of Saigon and itary advisers and two Vietnamese. The attack by 10 Communists occurred during a film show. An interior department communique said one terrorist
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    Tattooed girl thug, 14, held: She is member of two gangs
    326 1 Tattooed girl thug, 14, held: She is member of two gangs By LEE FOO SAN Ipoh, Thurs. FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl, said to be a member of the notorious 08 and Hung Pak Foo (Victorious White Tiger) secret societies, has been detained by the Ipoh police. She is the first girl gangster
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    SOEKARNO FORMS NEW GOVT
    324 1 SOEKARNO FORMS NEW GOVT JAKARTA. Thurs.—Presiu dent Soekarno today announced the formation of a new government that he will head with virtually unrestricted powers. The Government, Indonesia's 18th in its 14 years as an independent state, will replace the coalition cabinet of Premier Djuanda and will serve the President to
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    Doctor's $50,000: Govt. may sue
    118 1 Doctor's $50,000: Govt. may sue OINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Government is contemplating action to recover $50,496 from Dr. A. C. Sinha, one of two senior obstetricians and gynaecologists at Kandang Kerbau Hospital. The money is said to be due from the doctor to the treasury In respect of fees collected by
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    Diana baby due
    22 1 LONDON. Thurs. A London newspaper reports that British actress Diana Dors is going to have a baby in December.
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 URANIUM ON FIRE LYNDON <R Thurs A rail containing 17:1 dn uranium 00 on tin hen totfaj ritiea cleared ■f JOO >ards Bntil l( rrcy (»mn arrived
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    Tug reaches the crippled Sea Fox
    335 2 READY TO MOVE UNDER HER OWN POWER WHEN NEW PUMP IS FITTED IN ENGINE-ROOM DARWIN, Thursday. AN Australian Naval tug today reached the American yacht Sea Fox with magician John Calvert and seven other people aboard. The yacht has been drifting helplessly off North
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    DRIVER ON THE RUN HAD CONTRABAND
    141 2 SINGAPORE. Thursday. A CAR which sped away after a police patrol sig- nailed it to stop was found to be carrying four bundles of dutiable cigarettes in its boot, a district court was told today. The discovery, the prosecution told the court, was made
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    Bombay course
    33 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Federation Government has chosen Miss Eugenic Chan Yoke Lin for training in occupational therapy at the King Edward Medical Hospital. Bombay. She leaves tor India on Sunday.
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    Annual dinner
    22 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Old girls of the convent here will hold their annual dinner at the Griffin Inn on Saturday.
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    Man robbed of pigs for market by a gang of four
    64 2 Man robbed of pigs for market by a gang of four SINGAPORE. Thurs. A I sang of four armed with daggers robbed a man of three freslily-slaughtered pigs early today. The thugs crabbed the pigs, worth 5270. from Ang Tiong Hong at thr junction of North Bridge Road and Bali
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    Man gave wife's gems to strangers, inquest told
    144 2 »;iINGAPORE, Thurs. —A mother of five told an inquest today that a few days before her husband killed himself, he secretly gave her jewellery to strangers. Chia Wee Eng. 42. was testifying at the inquest on her husband. Lim Kim Boon. 53.
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    Exhibition of calligraphy
    42 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs! A calligraphist. Mr. Leng Ka Nong. will stage an exhibition of his works at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce premises from July 17 to 19. Bangkok-born. Mr. Leng. 41. started his career at the age of 11.
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    Diplomat gives Jaycees a treat—with jazz
    183 2 Diplomat gives Jaycees a treat— with jazz HE SETS A LUNCHEON AUDIENCE HUMMING KUALA LUMPUR Thursday AN AUSTRALIAN dip- lomat treated Jaycees here to an unusual jazz session during their weekly lunch today. Mr. Greg Gibson administrative officer of the Australian High Commissioner's Office, gave a talk on jazz with
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    Axe killer, who also skinned victim's forehead, is to hang
    176 2 Axe killer, who also skinned victim's forehead, is to hang KUALA TRENGGANU, Thursday. A TRISHA rider, Ismail bin Abdullah, 35, was today A sentenced to death in the High Court here for murdering a hawker. Ismail was jointly charged with Adam bin Ibrahim and Ibrahim bin Ismail— who are still
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    Lock icon Aid approved
    30 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The Senate last night approved a U553,543,320,000 foreign aid Dill for military and economic assistance for friends and allies overseas in the next 12 months. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Prison probe
    35 2 SALISBURY. Thurs. Police are inquiring into an allegation that a prison offi f cial ill-treated detainees at Khaml prison in Bulawayo. the Federal Secretary for Law. Mr. D. D ODonovan. said tonight.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Rice imports
    29 2 KARACHI. Thurs.—Pakistan will import a further 100.000 tons of rice from Burma and China in the near future, the Food Minister. Mr. Hafizur Rahman, announced today. Reuter.
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    2,000 SOLVE THEIR WATER PROBLEM
    87 2 2,000 SOLVE THEIR WATER PROBLEM KLANG, Thurs.— The 2.000 people living on Pulau Lumut, an island five miles from Klang, will not have to travel to the mainland for their water supply now. Three storage tanks with a total capacity of 1,800 gallons have been constructed in the three kampongs
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    HIGH COURT MEN BUSY IN RUSH FOR PAPERS
    111 2 HIGH COURT MEN BUSY IN RUSH FOR PAPERS SINGAPORE. Thurs. High Court interpreters here have been kept busy during the past few weeks signing declararations for citizenship papers for hundreds of Chinese. Malays and Indians. Most of the applicants have been old and partly blind and crippled people. Some of
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    Hospital gets new head
    36 2 TANJONG MALIM. Thurs. —Dr. Wong Theen Chee is the new medical officer in charge of the Tanjong Malim District Hospital. He succeeded Dr. G. T. Alyathurai. who has been transferred to Malacca.
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    Tappers fined
    30 2 JOHORE BAHRU. ThursKosman bin Haji Ohani and Manap bin Waglman, two tappers, were each fined $500 today for stealing 85 katis of scrap rubber from Sungel Pedas Estate.
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    Lottery draw
    23 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tnurs The 65th draw of the Socia' and Welfare Lottery will be held in Kuala Dungun, Trengganu. next Friday.
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    ASSEMBLY THANKS FOR SIR WILLIAM
    231 2 ASSEMBLY THANKS FOR SIR WILLIAM Opposition to attack GovL on pay cuts SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will open the debate on the Government's policy in the Legislative Assembly next Wednesday with a motion express 1 ng thanks to the Yang diPertuan Negara for the speech
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    SCHOOL CHAIRMEN FOR TALKS
    195 2 ftJUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. School board chairmen, headmasters and senior teachers one of each from Kuala Lumpur's 91 primary schools will have their first meeting with municipal officials at the Town Hall on Saturday. They will "discuss common problems and foster a closer relationship" between the {schools
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      111 2 ANNUAL SALE STARTS TO-DAY! Smashing reductions -we must clear our sticks to make way for new goods: Normal Sale German Shantung 36" 53.90 $2.90 German Flock Nylon 36" 5.50 4.00 English Nylon 36" 4.80 3.80 English Silk 36" 5.50 4.80 French Cotton Glaze 36" 4.90 4.00 Swiss Embroidery Voile 44"
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    Lock icon Khrushchev is only man who can speak for Russia
    311 3 Khrushchev is only man who can speak for Russia MACMILLAN TELLS WHY HE FAVOURS A SUMMIT MEETING LONDON, Thursday. ]Y| K. MAC MILL AN, 'the Prime Minister, told iTI the House of Commons last night that he favoured a summit meeting because he believed decisions for the Soviet Union could
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    Lock icon Ike makes stinging attack on Mr. K.
    153 3 Ike makes stinging attack on Mr. K. WASHINGTON. Thurs. President Eisenhower today administered what observers viewed as a stinging rebuke to Mr. Nikita Khrushchev for language he reportedly used in a recent interview in the Kremlin. The President told his press conference that the Soviet Premier's remarks on Berlin, said
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    Lock icon UNION MOVE ON COLOUR POSER
    232 3 DOUGLAS (Isle of Man), Thursday. rwELEGATES to the annual conference of Britain's biggest trade union, the 1,300.000-strong Transport and General Workers, yesterday approved a resolution calling on members to do all in their power to solve the problems of coloured people !n Britain. A London
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    Lock icon Even a Nobel Prize Negro can't join club
    313 3 Even a Nobel Prize Negro can't join club NEW YORK. Thurs.— Dr. Ralph Bun<he. the American Negro Nobel peace Prize winner and now a United Nations undersecretary, cannot become a member of the West Side Tennis Club, America's Wimbledon. Dr. Bunche said he had been informed by the president of
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    Lock icon How to run a factory —by Kozlov
    139 3 How to run a factory —by Kozlov CHICAGO. Thurs. The Bovlet First Deputy Premier. Mr. Frol Kozlov got a first-hand glimpse of operations in U.S. steel plants yesterday and said: "This is the way factories should be built." Mr. Kozlov was taken on a tour through the Indiana harbour works
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    Lock icon NZ tax cuts
    28 3 WELLINGTON, Thurs.— The New Zealand Finance Minister today announced cuts in direct taxation mainly income tax estimated at £17 million in a full year.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon PLEASURE CRUISE BLAST: 50 DIE
    150 3 COPENHAGEN, Thursday. CROGMEN diving into the murky waters off Haderslev, South Jutland, this morning recovered six more bodies, bringing the death toll in yesterday s pleasure boa. disaster to 50. Police are still working to identify the bodies of those who died, when a boat
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    WORLD TOUR FOR AKIHITO?
    96 3 TOKYO. Thurs. The possibility of a world tour by Japar. .s newly- married Crown Prince Aklhito and Princess Michiko will be discussed during the Prime Minister's trip to Britain. Europe, and Latin America this month, it was reported today. The leading national newspaper, the Asahl Shimbun,
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    Lock icon A SOVIET GIANT ON SHOW IN U.S
    87 3 ON THE TARMAC at Idlewild Airport, New York is the Soviet TU 114, largest commercial airliner in the world, which made the first non-stop flight from Moscow to New York 5.029 miles at an average of 460mph. The plane is now on public
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    Lock icon Banda beats Opposition censure bid
    96 3 Banda beats Opposition censure bid fOLOMBO, Thurs. The Government of Mr. Solomon Bandaranalke yesterday survived the first combined Opposition bid to censure it after defections from his coalition. The Government mustered its full strength of 50 votes against the combined Opposition's 41. The voting was on an agreed Opposition amendment,
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    Lock icon Oops! Queen nearly got a ducking
    95 3 SA UL T STE MARIE. Thurs. The Queen was nearly jerked off her feet on stepping ashore here today when a barge, tossing violently In the swell, pulled a ceremonial red carpet askew. Flune off balance as a band played the national anthem, she
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    Lock icon WEATHER HAVOC, SO FOOD IS SCARCE IN CHINA
    308 3 WEATHER HAVOC, SO FOOD IS SCARCE IN CHINA DEKING, Thurs. Chinese townspeople will probably have to put up with continuing tight food supplies in the opinion of many observers here as more reports came in of weather damage to crops throughout the country. It was possible that the recent news
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      343 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADiu MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metre* NATIONAL SHORTWAVE AM. 630 Good Morning; 6 32 M HmK! C WAVE "S&WES Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; Kuala Lumpur 341 Metres 7 05 A Date With Music; 7.30 :^f 5S2teS Speak Malay: 7.35 A Date With Malacca 297
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    The Council of Joint Action is told off
    320 4 The Council of Joint Action is told off Dr. GOH EXPLAINS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLE SINGAPORE, Thursday. JHE Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, made it clear tonight that the Government did not recognise the Council for Joint Action as an organisation with any right to conduct negotiations on pay cuts. In
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    MALAYAN SCHOOL BOOKS BY 1961
    248 4 MALAYAN SCHOOL BOOKS BY 1961 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Government intends to introduce Malayanised text-books in schools by 1961. This was disclosed by the Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. today when he met a group of students from the Bartley Secondary School's Civic Club for discussions. He said
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    GOVT. MAY PROBE CONTRACT LABOUR CONDITIONS
    181 4 GOVT. MAY PROBE CONTRACT LABOUR CONDITIONS OINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Singapore Government is considering setting up a commission of inquiry to look into the whole system of the work1n g conditions of contract labourers. It is estimated that there are about 30.000 such workers in the State. The Minister for Labour
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    Trespass: Fined
    30 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Nine men were fined $10 each in a magistrate's court today for wilful tresspass at the Singapore Turf Club during yesterday's race meeting. All pleaded guilty.
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    THE WHITLEY COUNCIL IS ADEQUATE
    190 4 THE WHITLEY COUNCIL IS ADEQUATE "It is true that no agreement was reached on the general reduction of variable allowances. But in the course of negotiations with the staff side unions on June 19 and 20. no counter-pro-posals were offered by the unions. "Instead, they asked for a month's adjournment
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    Third class wards still get enamel crockery
    196 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. —Patients of third class wards at major Government hospitals in Singapore except the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, are still using old fashioned enamelled and aluminium crockery. The Straits Times discovered this today in a crockery check at Government hospitals. The Finance
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    HUNT FOR BOY WHO MOLESTED WOMAN
    146 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. pOLICE tonight were looking for a curly-haired youth who molested the wife of a British Army sergeant at the 6th mile. Pasir Panjang Road, bus terminus, today. i Up to a late hour detectives and uniformed police were carrying out a systematic
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    Document only for promoters, court told
    103 4 Document only for promoters, court told SINGAPORE. Thurs. A document found on Thio Wei Cheong, of Carmictaael Road, when he wan arrested at a race meeting in Singapore on May 16. showed that he was a "character" lottery promotor, the prosecution told a magistrate today. Mr. One Kirn Boon, ASP,
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    Water off here
    42 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The City Water Engineer's Department announced today that water will be turned off at Angullia Park between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to-morrow. A four-inch main there will be closed for the shifting of a water hydrant.
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    Chamber music
    25 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Chamber Ensemble will stage a musical soiree at 8.45 p.m. on Sunday at the Cultural centre In Canning Rise.
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      176 4 Today's Singapore diary... SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY: 1.30 pjn. Y.W.C.A. (Raffles Quay) Sauare Exhibition of painting, by Hasan THE INDEPENDENT MIS- Dance Club's social night 8 am DJaafar at Singapore Polytechnic 8IONARY MOVEMENT: Pree fUm Malay conversation class 0 15 a m from io ajn to 8 pjn. show at Perak
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    Ipoh judge off to convention
    31 5 IPOH. Thurs.— Mr. Justice) Syed Sheh Barakbah left today for Australia for the Australian Bar Council convention in Perth. He will be away for two weeks.
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    He mistook acid for ginger ale
    62 5 He mistook acid for ginger ale PENANG, Thurs— A dying Indian told his brother-in-law he drank sulphuric acid by mistake, the Coroner's Court was told today. "He thought it was ginger ale," P. Rajoo, a goldsmith, testified at the inquest on his brother-in-law, C. Seenlvasagam. Rajoo said the bottle containing
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    Govt. plans to promote a Malayan outlook
    258 5 CONCERTS, PLAYS TO BE STAGED AT BOTANIC GARDENS, PARKS SINGAPORE, Thursday. THE Singapore Government will soon take the first step to promote a Malayan outlook among the people. This is part of its plan to accomplish a social revolution. Details are now being
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    SET OFF YEAR AGO WITH $150 IN POCKET AND A TRUSTY GUITAR
    462 5  -  RODERICK PESTANA By Singing cyclist —back from world tripkeeps promise SINGAPORE, Thursday. A MAN who set out from here a year ago to cycle round the world with only $150 in his pocket and a guitar slung over
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    Magistrate hits at police probe
    178 5 SINGAPORE, Thursday. MR. M. COOMARASWAMY, a magistrate, today described as "unsatisfactory" the police investigations into a stabbing case against Gerrit Johanr nes Reintjes. 19. Last week he granted a police request for an adjournment pending further investigations. Today the court was- given only brief details
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    Teachers to be interviewed
    46 5 PENANG. Thurs. Teachers applying for training at Kirkby, Brinsford and the colleges in Penang and Kuala Lumpur next year will be interviewed here next week. The selection board will sit at the St. George's School, Macallster Road, from July 13 to 25.
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    SINGAPORE IS FOREVER EATING, SHE SAYS
    83 5 SINGAPORE IS FOREVER EATING, SHE SAYS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. People in Singapore seem to be eating all the time, Mrs. Marie Mak. an American tourist who has been on holiday in the island for the past five days said here today. Mrs. Mak added: "I have never seen so many
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    Klang gets 999 service
    53 5 KLANG. Thurs. The peo. pie of Klang will be able to call 999 and get Immediate police help when an automatic telephone dialling system Is introduced on July 19. A Klang police spokesman today urged the public to make full use of the system when urgent
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    Mother fined
    31 5 IPOH. THurs. A young mother of seven children, Chan Yoke Lan. 24, was today fined $150 ln the magistrate's court here for assisting ln running a char-> acter lottery.
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      302 5 Straits Times Crossword ACROBS feature (4K 1 Essential Ingredient taken by 6™, wire-pulling to get wtor and mall-van (4. 3. 6>. led head (7) 8 The look or a paper cane? When I get presents from my dO). wn and daughter in turn 9An objection to be next door i
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    'UNFAIR SMEAR ON THESE WOMEN'
    186 6 'UNFAIR SMEAR ON THESE WOMEN' CINGAPORE. Thins.— The Singapore improvement Trust Local Officers' Association today protested against press reports on the dismissal of women housing visitors as an attempt "to smear the character of these employees." Twenty of the 21 visitors have been given notice as their work is no
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    DETAINEE: HOW CAN I KEEP FAMILY?
    130 6 SINGAPORE. Thurs. —Ng Say Chuan. who described himself as a detainee, was brought today from Changi Prison to face a summons charge of not maintaining his four children, now living with his wife. When the charge was read to him. Ng said: "How can
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    'Can't speak? Who says so?'
    423 6 OPPOSITION 7 ATTACK BAN ON ADJOURNMENT SPEECHES AT ASSEMBLY'S FIRST BUSINESS MEETING PENANG, Thursday. PENANG'S seven-man Socialist Front opposition will "insist" on addressing the new State Assembly on the adjournment of its first meeting his Saturday. "We will insist on this right unless it can
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    Holy scented water for His Majesty
    72 6 AN ANCIENT ceremony of welcome was performed in the audience Kail of the Istana Darul Hana, Brunei Town, on Wednesday, when the Sultan and the Raja Isteri of Brunei sprinkled aver bcrbueh (holy scented water) on the Yang diPertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri
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    New Govt. offices: First pile
    83 6 New Govt. offices: First pile pENANG, Thurs. Piling work began this morning for the building of Penang's new $3,200,000 Government offices In Downing Street. At 9.40 a.m. the Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee. drove in the first of 326 piles. The new building. 10 storeys high, is expected to
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    PENAL COLONY SITE PICKED
    193 6 it's a group of islands off Malayan coast KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Federation Government has earmarked certain islands of! Malaya to establish a penal colony where the country's worst thugs, secret society gangsters and other bad hats will be confined. A spokesman of the Ministry of
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    CORPORAL FACES GRAFT CHARGES Court told of $60 a month offer to policeman
    260 6 CORPORAL FACES GRAFT CHARGES Court told of $60 a month offer to policeman A LOR STAR, Thurs.— A corporal who was transferred to the AJor Star Traffic Branch to keep watch on certain members of the police lorce suspected of corruption told the Sessions Court here today that he was
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    Labourer fined
    28 6 IPOH. Thurs.— A labourer. Perumal. 37. was fined $250 or two and a half months" jail for retaining a stolen bicycle worth $50 on May 12.
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    Out of the horrors of war came a mission of mercy
    1212 7 BANKER HELPED BY A FEW GALLANT WOMEN FOUGHT TO SAVE 40,000 WOUNDED ON June 24, 1859, the Bat He of Solfen no in the Plains of Lombardy ended in a nightmare of slaughter and devastation. The armies of Franz
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      137 7 itttnivti A. io. By 3Maa Th*> Saint By Leslit* 0 harteris Dick Tracy By Chester Gould H I [what shooting?^ Besioes. 1 T au. we've V well, IB^ smootwimjf -WWOSSEEN 'BUGGED' COT SO ISN'T M VOU'SE SO DeTEfIMINED. SKXJLDNT WE CJD SHOT? .M EVIDENCE c/o adc tucos CUVYTuu L g
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    68 8 If W»r4, ft* (Minimum). THE WIFE and Children of the late Mr Neo Wan Chin. 18 Palm Orove Avenue, wish to thank those who sent Wreaths. Scrolls. Donattona. and attended the Funeral yesterday. MRS. BEET CHENG HEE. Messrs. Sect Chim Hock. Sect Chlm Lock, Sect Tlong Hean thank relatives
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    IN MEMORIAM
    148 8 it W»r4» Sit (Minimum). IN EVEP. LOVING Memory of Our Dearly Beloved Mother, The Late Mrs. Annie Bianca Lucretla Marsh who passed away on the 10-7-58. "We have loved iler in Life, let us not forget Her in Death". Fondly remembered by her Children. Grandchildren. Great Grandchildren. Sons
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    The Straits Times Friday, July 10, 1959 MCA And Alliance
    640 8 The Straits Times Friday, July 10, 1959 MCA And Alliance Publication of Dr. Lim Chong Eu's letter to the Alliance chairman, Tengku Abdul Rahman, confirms speculation that the M.C.A. has been asking for 40 of the 104 Alliance nominations for the parliamentary elections. Since it is no secret that UMNO's
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    Tolerance
    361 8 It is ironical that President Eisenhower should have chosen to castigate racial segregation in his country on the self-same day that Dr. Bunche, the well-known Negro diplomat, made public his exclusion from a famous New York tennis club on racial grounds. Incidents like this provoke in many people a
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    Girl Gangster
    199 8 Description of the first girl gangster to be detained in Perak, a 14-year-old, conjures up quite a picture. This chain-smoking, tattooed juvenile with her drain-pipe jeans and striped shirt presumably thought she looked pretty good. Nearly everyone else knows she looked an utter fool. Unfortunately and this is
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    ENGLAND '59
    1415 8  -  Alistair Cooke by OF TMC MANCHESTER GUAHOIA* (The first of two articles) ALONG MAIN STREET, U.S.A. THE AVERAGE IMAGE OF BRITAIN IS A COMPOUND OF CHURCHILL, CATHEDRALS, TAXIS THAT TURN ON ONE WHEEL AND OF GOOD SCOTCH, AND DULL FOOD BETWEEN the Edinburgh Re- view's sneering, "Who reads
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    Mesoscaph
    340 8  -  JOHN KENDALL By FAMED EXPLORER PROF. PICCARD DEVELOPS A NEW COPTER-LIKE DEVICE TO EXPLORE THE OCEAN DEPTHS $AN DIEGO, Thurs. Veteran ocean explorer Professor August* Piccard today revealed details of a proposed underwater research vessel which would operate somewhat like a helicopter. The 75-year-old Swiss scientist, famed for hit
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      WHAT ABOUT MINISTERS?
      103 8 J READ with Interest the suggestion by "Yeo" •ST. July 6) that In order to put to the test whether Government servants were overpaid or not they have their services valued by commercial firms. Quite a reasonable suggestion except that he forgot to suggest the inclusion of
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      This is no longer a privilege.,.
      219 8 AN V Government ser- vants. Including myself, have read "Contributor" (8. T- July 4) on contributions to the widows' and orphans' fund. We fully agree with mm. This "privilege' was imposed on the majority of Government servants against their will by the then colonial
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      71 8 The First Space Man Want to be the first man to orbit the earth in a rocket? An article in the June Reader's Digest (now on sale) tells of the hair-rais-ing tests which have been devised to narrow down candidates for what may be history's greatest adventure written by a
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    THE FIRST 40 FROM CHINESE SCHOOLS
    166 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Forty students from Chinese schools have been selected to join the science faculty of the University of Malaya *n Singapore. It Is the lirst time that students from Chinese schools are to be admitted into the university. The names of the successful
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    Welfare society lottery draw
    36 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.- The Indian Welfare Society of Malaya will hold Its third lottery draw on Aug. 23 here. The lottery is to raise funds for the welfare work of the society.
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    S4O ORDER FOR SECOND WIFE'S CHILDREN
    96 9 S4O ORDER FOR SECOND WIFE'S CHILDREN SINGAPORE, Thurs. A businessman with two wives told a magistrate* court today that he could only afford to give $15 a month Tor tne maintenance of two of bis children. The man, Ng Ah Kirn, said he was part owner of a sundry goods
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    Members drive
    26 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Jaffnese Co-operative Society Ltd. is to launch a membership campaign soon. It will hold its annual meeting on July 19.
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    Nepal Army chief visits
    67 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The Chief of the General Staff. Royal Nepalese Army. Lieut. -Gen. Mr Shumsher Jang Bahadur Ran a, passed through here today on his way to Singapore to visit Gurkha soldiers. He is to come back to the Federation to study tactics used against
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    'Dust storm' in Keppel Road
    290 9 CEMENT STORE AND POWER STATION ARE 50 YARDS APART -IS IT TOO NEAR? SINGAPORE, Thursday. A "DUST STORM" may break out here because a power station and a cement store are too close to each other. The storm'' will depend on experiments low being carried
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    TWO GET EIGHT YEARS EACH ROBBERY
    161 9 TWO GET EIGHT YEARS EACH ROBBERY SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Two men. who with four others, robbed a housewife and her mother in a house In St. Francis Road of cash and jewellery worth $15,000 on Jan. 26, were jailed for eight years each in the Assize Court today. They were Chua
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    A TUG AND FIRST PILE GOES IN FOR NEW OFFICES
    47 9 A TUG AND FIRST PILE GOES IN FOR NEW OFFICES THE CHIEF MINISTER. Dato Wong Pow Nee, palls a rope and sets in motion the piling operation which started yesterday at Penang's new $3J2M,O#« Government office* In Downing Street Straits Times picture (See story in Page 8)
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    Two printers of to Madras
    34 9 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs.--Two employees ol the Government Printing Department here will leave tomorrow for training In printIng technology In Madras. They are Mr. 8. Savaratnam and Mr. E. Nanoo.
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    THE MAN WHO FOUGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY WITH DISTINCTION NOW SAYS 'MALAYA IS MY HOME'
    296 9 THE MAN WHO FOUGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY WITH DISTINCTION NOW SAYS 'MALAYA IS MY HOME' By RONALD KINSEY IPOH, Thursday A FORMER Free Czechoslovakian fighter pilot, Josef Jura'k, realised a long cherished ambition today when he and his wife embraced the Muslim faith here. Josef, 39, now assumes the Muslim
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    Govt bans a Malay magazine
    70 9 Govt bans a Malay magazine SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Government has banned the Aneka Warna (Variety) the first Malay publication to be considered undesirable in present "yellow culture" clean-up. The weekly magatlne. published in Singapore, has had its permit withdrawn by the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, <fter
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    ALLIANCE NAMES SPEAKER
    66 9 ALLIANCE NAMES SPEAKER JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Haji Rahmat bin Daud has been elected by the Alliance to be Speaker of the Johore State Legislative Assembly Hajl Rahmat retired from Government service to contest the state elections. He was elected for the Tampoi constituency. Originally. Inche Kosal bin Haji Mohamed Salleh.
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    Free Czech fighter pilot Josef and his wife Alice become Muslims
    13 9 THE JOHARIS
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    22 PASS MIDWIVES EXAM
    103 9 22 PASS MIDWIVES EXAM ITUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Twenty-two nurses haw passed the Federation's midwifery division one examination held last month. They are: PENANG-Wan Wai Cheng. Hilda Tan Slew Suan, Mrs. Ng Swee Poor. Slti Ahdar blnte Hajl Abdul Raof Mrs. Lim Teh Eng. KEDAH— Ch'ng Oalk Lool. Puvaneswarl Candlah. Auyong
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    New padi
    27 9 BEOAMAT. Thurs. More than 1.500 acres are to be planted with padi in the Segamat district this season. Including a newly-open-ed area of 300 acres.
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    MOT CHARGE: NINE PLEAD NOT GUILTY
    82 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Nine men pleaded not guilty today to a charge of rioting In a Victoria Street bar at 11.30 last night They also pleaded not guilty to a second charge of committing mischief by damaging property worth $150. All were remanded in custody
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    Entrance tests for two exams
    48 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The qualifying test for private candidates who wish to sit for the Cambridge School Certificate Examination next year, and the Federation of Malaya Certificate of Education, 1960. will be held on Dec. 12. Closing date for entries is Sept 7.
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    Poll card experiment in Malacca
    175 9 MALACCA. Thurs. Voters In Malacca town will be Issued with cards showing their registered numbers and the places at which they should cast their votes in the parliamentary elections. They must present these cards, given by the elections office, when they go to the polling
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    PAY CUTS MEN WILL NOT SEEK PARTY AID
    209 9 OINGAPORE, Thurs. Civil servants and their unions "had not and would not" approach opposition members in the Legislative Assembly to support them in their fight for trade union principles. Mr. F. V. Rajendra. chairman of the Joint Council of Action representing Singapore
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    Now it's eight
    39 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Mat Hassan bin Mahmad. with seven previous convictions, was today jailed for three months for tresspasslnic by night at the residence of Inche Ismail bin Osman in Jalan Dato Wilson on June 13.
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    Japanese bank buys China building
    290 10 Japanese bank buys China building $800,000 KUALA LUMPUR OFFICE BLOCK SOLD THE Bank of Tokyo has bought the Bank of China's three-storey building in Old Market Square, Kuala Lumpur, at a cost of $800,000. This was announced yesterday by Mr. H. Sato, Singapore manager of the Bank of Tokyo. He
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    Cigarettes flown to Singapore
    103 10 ROTHMAN'S King Size filter cigarettes are being flown from London to ensure continuity of supplies to smokers in Singapore and Malaya, Mr. G. Botha, manager of Rothmans of Pall Mall in Singapore, said yesterday. Mr. Botha said "Due to the increase In international demand for the
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    ENGINEER HERE TO GIVE SERVICE
    138 10 ENGINEER HERE TO GIVE SERVICE AN Australian welding engineer, Mr. C. V. Whitehouse, has arrived in Malaya to advise and assist with technical problems associated with hard facing procedure. Mr. Whitehouse is technical sales manager Of Coballde (Industries) Pty. Ltd.. largest manufacturers of hard facing welding rods and electrodes in
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    KLM orders more planes
    55 10 KLM has ordered four more DC-8 Jet aircraft from the United States in addition to the eight already purchased. The four planes are to be equipped with turbofan engines, which are claimed to be capable of reducing fuel consumption by 14 per cent. The new aircraft
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    First Malay rubber company director
    277 10 rE deputy Speaker of the former Federal Legislative Council, Raja Musa bin Raja Mahadi, has been appointed the first Malay director of one of six rubber companies run by one of the largest rubber agents in the Federation. Raja Musa becomes a director of the
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    L-JUTE TRADE DECLINES
    218 10 INDIA'S trade in juteS goods in Singapore has declined considerably, according to a report of the Indian Jute Mills Association delegation which recently toured Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia. The report, which was published in the May issue of Jute and Gunny Review, Calcutta, said that
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    Sherry firm introduces new brands to Malaya
    90 10 Sherry firm introduces new brands to Malaya Caldbeck Macgreror and Co. Ltd.. have been appointed sole agents in Singapore and Malaya for Williams and Humbert's sherries. At a wine tasting at Caldbeck Macgregor's Singapore office last week, seven sherries, ranging from the fine dry Pando to the sweet, rich Walnut
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    Fodder mill makes poultry mash for Singapore farmers
    213 10 Fodder mill makes poultry mash for Singapore farmers P E. ZUELLIG (M) Ltd., are experimenting with the production of cheap, but effective poultrymash at their new $500,000 animal fodder mill and experimental farm at Princess Elizabeth Estate, Singapore. Dr. T.O. Ling, who is in charge of the mill, said yesterday
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    Federation output of rice up 20 per cent
    166 10 FEDERATION mills r produced 215,000 piculs of rice in April, a rise of 20.9 per cent over the previous month's output, states the Department of Statistics in Kuala Lumpur. This amount brought total production in the first four months this year to
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    Comet trucks for P.W.D.
    32 10 The Singapore Public Works Department, which is using a fleet of Leyland Comet tipping trucks on road improvement schemes, has ordered another eight Comets with Levland Motors Ltd.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    163 12 MELBOURNE. Thurs. INVESTMENT shares held a firmer tone on the Stock Exchange here today. The turnover In the investments was an all-time record. Myer fell 2s. 2d. to 295. 2d. National Bank 12s. 6d. vpaidi (rained 2s. 9d. whUe the 20s. fully paid shares rose 2s. 6d. to
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    263 12 ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today. Stratheden 1/2, Malgorzata Pornalska 4/5. Orestes 6/7, Pleasantvllle 10/11. Serudom 12. Minikoi 13/14. Tegelberg 18. Tong Lee 19, Scudai N. Wall 4. Katong 21/22, Larut 23/24, Lalandia 25/26. Halldor 27/28. Java Mall 29, Lao 30. Canton 31/32,
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    RUBBER CROPS
    35 12 The following further June crops are notified: Ayer Molek 34.047 lb.; Buklt KatU 35,441 lb.: Benta 103.000 lb.: Jeram Kuantan 76.000 lb.. Kundong 43,141 lb.: Mentakab 65.000 lb and Sungei Bagan 205.000 lb.
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    INDUSTRIALS HARDEN ON INVESTMENT BUYING DEALS
    379 12 INDUSTRIALS HARDEN ON INVESTMENT BUYING DEALS By Our Market Correspondent rpHERE wag no particular feature on the Malayan Share Market yesterday, but industrial shares were inclined to harden slightly. This was attributed to a lack of offerings and small investment buying has started again. Operators appear to be In- fluenced
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    83 12 THK Federation Minister of 1 Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating Customs duties for the week beginning on July 9. Rubber 93 >» cents per lb. Copra $592 per ton. Coconut oil $9M per ton. Palm oil $744 25 per ton. Palm kernels $499.5» per ton.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    108 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK Continent July/AuR. shipments $36 buyers, $37 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $58 'ic sellers, drum $61 sellers: Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $130, Sarawak $129. special Sarawak black $77, garbled Lampong
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    96 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 9 16. O.D. 31 11/16, 90 d/st S3 1/16 credit bills, 32 1/8 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready Canada 31 3/16: Swiss
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    542 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "Prices In Industrials were Inclined Is. harden while tins and rubber? I were quietly steady. The turnover was fair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: B. B. Petrol 535. 6d. x all; Fed. Disp.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    29 12 SINGAPORE. JULY 9. RUBBER: 96* cents per lb. (down half a cent). TIN: $402.62' i per picul (up $1). Estimated unofficial offering 160 tons (down 5 tons).
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 12 July first grade rubber buyers f o.b. dosed In Singapore yesterday at 96S cents per lb.. down half a cent on Wednesday's closing price. The closing tone was ««iet. ClaaJng prfees in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S Spot fob. buyers 96 H. sellers 97:
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    Guthrie results
    49 12 Outputs from the estatea and mines in the Gnthrie Group for June and for 1959 to dat« in brackets are as follows: rubber 7,527.00 lb. (41.S68.000 1b.) tea. (black) 153.500 lb. (947^00 lb.); palm kerneU 436 ton* (2,754 t0n5); and tin ore 980 piculs (4,473 pt"culs). With
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      132 12 a ISBRANDTSEN PUERTO RICO BURMA FIVE STAR LINE S.S. "AMERICANA" |9|Bl^ FROM JAPAN HONGKONG PORTS feMVTTI Spor Pert Show p |flaataßßajj& Arriving 20/21 22/23 July Accepting Cargoes tor Penang and Rangoon. Agents: INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AGENCY •7, Nail Rood. 23, Suites* A«r Road, 51, Beach Street, Singapore. Port Swettenhom. Penang Tel:
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      20 12 STOCK INDICES Malayan Share Market: July 9 July Industrials: 9046 M.lt Tins: 106.C7 1*6.34 Rokbert: 133.8< 133.84 Jan. 1 1958=10*
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      410 12 SHIPPING NOTICES KNTJTBEN UNI "ELISABETH BAKKE" Toy. ltlW arrived 3.7.59. Consignees of cargo ex the above vessel are notified that the general survey will be held at Singapore Harbour Board Oo- downs. Nos. 6 7 st 8.30 am on 14.7.59. No further survey will be held after this. SANDILANDS BUTTERY
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      239 12 NOTICES TOWN COUNCIL, SEREMBAN Please note that as from 9th July 1969. the Telephone Numbers i of the Seremban Town Council's Office will be Seremban 1560. 1561 and 1562. TRONOH MINES LIMITED i DIVIDEND The Directors have declared an interim dividend of 4' a d. per share less Income Tsx
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      375 12 NOTICES HONG FATT (SUNGEI BES!) LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) Shareholders are advised that the permissible Malayan Export Quota for the period Ist July to 30th September Is 1703 piculs of Tin Concentrates as compared with 1524 plcuU for the previous quota period. The company's output (or the
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    BRILLIANT SCHOLAR IN SMART WORKOUT
    324 14 BRILLIANT SCHOLAR IN SMART WORKOUT ON THE TRACK with Epsom Jeep BRILLIANT SCHOLAR showed a glimpse of form on the training track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Ridden by Barry Moon, this seven-year-old ran half a mile in 52 3/5 (3f in 37 1/5) with Aodato (King) for company. Brilliant
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    44 14 Maria Esther Baeno. the 19-year-old Brazilian, happily shows her trophy received from the Duchess of Kent after her 6-4, 6-3 victory over American Darlene Hard in the final of the women's singles In the Wimbledon tennis championships. Reuter picture.
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    62 14 JPOH, Thurs.— Former Indian tennis champion Sumant Misra will not play in the Malayan championships. Malayan Lawn Tennis Association secretary Lim Eng Keat today received a cable from the Indian Tennis Association announcing a change in plans. Misra will be replaced by Vishnu Mohan, a former Davis
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    196 14 FAST SCORING AT S'BAN CEREMBAN, .Thurs. The Emu Club cricket team from New South Wales scored the third victory of their tour when they beat Negri Sembilan by five wickets in a one day match on the KinKg George V School ground here today. As
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    Sunday racing for Penang
    61 14 pENANO. Thurs.— The last day's races of the Penang Turf Club's autumn meeting July 25. 29. Aug. 2) will be on a Sunday. The Penan t Gold Cup. the main race of ihe meeting, will be run on the first day. The meeting 1? for horses
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    55 14 SINGAPORE: Soccer SAFA Premier League. Royal Navy v Junior Clubs. Jalan Besar Stadium. 5.15 p.m.; League. Div. 3A. Western v Queenstown, Geylang: Div. 38. Bukit Panjang v Hal kowyu. Balesiier Road; STB v Radin Mas. Farrer Park; Pondok Peranakan v Arsenal. Farrer Park: SAFA training, Jalan Besar. 7
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    111 14 DUBLIN, Thurs. American and Australian players entered the semi-finals ol the men's singles In the Irish open lawn tennis championships at the Pltzwilliam Club here yesterday. In the quarter-finals Bob Hewitt (AusO beat Joe Hackett (Ireland) 6-2. 6-4; Prank Gorman i Austi beat Roger Faulkner (England).
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    74 14 INGLEWOOD, (dauforrua). Thurs. Psyche First, a two-year-old colt for whom an offer of MJ750.000 was refused only last week had to be destroyed here yesterday after he had snapped a bone in his foreleg. Johnny Longden. who has ridden more winners than any other jockey in the
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    226 14 NEGBI SEMBILAN Wong You* Urn b R. Taylor 0 S. Devendran b Taylor P. U. De Silva c Bucknell b GUehrist 35 M. T. Retnam b Bruce Khoo Bin Kent c Chaffey b GUchrist 52 Harbhajan Singh c and b Bncknell 15 8. Sen b Bncknell It Low Tang
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    Kumar scores 64
    47 14 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Pasir Panjang secondary school beat Beatty by 63 runs in their friendly Inter-school cricket match at Patlr Panjang today. Pasir Panjang: 113-7 dec. (Darashar Kumar 64, Lingam 5-30). Beatty 50 'Boon Leong 17 no. Fernando 3-3, Bakshish Singh 36, Ourdev Singh 2-10).
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    21 14 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Royal Military Police beat Rajaji 6 o In a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park today.
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    283 14 By JOE EZEKIEL CINGAPORE, Thurs. In- creasing body weight L, worrying Tan Howe Liang. Asian and Empire Games lightweight weigh timing champion, since he was found to be overweight at Evergreen Party's championships held here recently. Whether he wni be successful In overcoming this difficulty
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    588 14 Battle of the hurdlers may be meet highlight By SAUL JOSHUA, Kuala Lumpur, Thursday IN the. absence of early season competition, what are the prospects of Selangor athletes in the Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union championships to be held here on Aug. 21 and 22? Thlr n»Ao»lnn mill ka
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    47 14 TAIPING. Thurs. St. George's Institution were all out for two runs in their annual cricket match against King Edward VII School here yesterday. Edwardians won by 31 runs. Scores: Edwardians 33 (ShanmuKam 6-11), Bt. George's 2 (Afzal 6-1. Kirn Yon 4-0)
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    Cup glory awaits Malacca if they can beat Singapore
    1284 15  -  NORMAN SIEBEL By Kuala Lumpur, Thurs. MALACCA, by their feats of beating Singapore Joint Services a fortnight ago and holding Selangor to 4-4 last Sunday, and aided by Singapore's defeat by Negeri Sembilan on Sunday, have suddenly emerged as a factor
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    145 15 SINGAPORE Thurs—For- mer Singapore centreforward Awang Bak&r has been recalled to the state training squad from which the Singapore team to meet Malacca In their Malaya Cup match on Sunday at Jalan Besar will be picked. Bakar is among 19 named by the Singapore Amateur FA.
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    166 15 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Malays kept themselves In the running for the S.A.F.A. premier league title when they beat Comoincd Eurasians Europeans B—o at Jalan Besar Stadium today. Malays led 2—o at halltlme. On todays form Malays liave a cood chance of limshniK level with Royal Air Force.
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    23 15 TANJONG M\LIM. Thurs —Recreation Club and Methodist English Scl-00l drew 1-1 In a Bukit Gantang Challenge Cup soccjt match here yesterday.
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    234 15 Weng Foo, 17, soon a threat to the best-coach's prediction By MOK SIN PIN SINGAPORE, Thurs. The 0 Royal Island Club has discovered a potential goll champion among Its junior members. He Is Wong Weng Foo. a 17--year-old protege of the club's former professional coach Jack Hodgklnson.
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    205 15 Pan*nc 3 2 t 1 15 S 4 Trrnfjanu S t 3 1 It 0 lieadlng scorers In the competition to-datc are: Arthur Koh (Selangor) 13; Pang SUing Hock (Penang) 10; Robert Choc (Malacca) 9; Abdul Ohani (Selangor) 7; Ham id Ohant (Kelantan) 7; Amran iPa hang
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    71 16 WEE: Mr. Wee Kah Kiat, passed away peacefully on 9ih July. 1959. Cortege leaves 3-B. Amber Road at 4.0 f pjn. today for Queen ot Peace Church. Tanjnng Katong Road and thence to Bitiadan for Interment. Deeply regretted. V. T. SINNATHURAY former Senior Hospital Assistant Hoyal Naval Asian Hospital
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    24 16 HONG KONG. Thurs. Chinese movie star Lir. Dai plans a three-week vacation in Honolulu in the near future for a rest.
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    130 16 BRUNEI, Thursday. yHE RAF Beverly Transport plane which was to 1 have taken the Malayan Police band back to Kuala Lumpur today developed engine trouble just before take-off and has been grounded. The pilot. Flt-Lt. J. Grobler, was revving the engines on the runway
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    29 16 SAIGON. Thurs. South Vietnam has protested to the international truce commission against "repeated raids by Communist armed men" on the demilitarised aone between North and South Vietnam.
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    103 16 STUDENT DIES IN CRASH SINGAPORE, Thurs. A youth was killed and another seriously Injured tonight when a motor-cycle they were riding crashed into an oncoming car at the 8' 2 milestone. Upper East Coast Road here. Lea Twee. 20. died in an ambulance, while Cheng Tiam Huat, 18. was admitted
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    317 16 LONDON. Thurs.— Stockmarkets have continued to make steady progress today as a result of persistent selective buying which In a number of cases has been stimulated by take-over talk. The outstanding feature was a substantial rise in Kemsley Newspaper. Closing middle prices of selected stocki not including stamp
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    270 16 Red gunboat rams a Portuguese launch MACAO. A COMMUNIST Chinese gunboat today rammed a r% Portuguese police launch inside Macao waters and tried to tow it to the mainland. The Red gunboat was chasing a sampan in which two Chinese were trying to escape to this Portuguese island outpost. The
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    365 16 Smoking and cancer: 'Striking negative results' I ONDON. Thurs. Experiments over the past five years to induce lung cancer in mice and rats by exposure to strong concentrations of cigarette smoke had provld c d "a striking negative result," said a scientific report issued here today. In these experiments, added
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    233 16 Close of play scores LONDON. Thurs. —Close of play scores In today's cricket matches were: HOVE: Oxford University beat Sussex by eight wickets. Sussex 234 and 77 (A. Corran five for 23). Oxford University 150 <JBurki 49. D. Bates five for 54) and 163 for two (M. Eagar 46,
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    183 16 I IN BRIEF j NEW DELHI. The Chief Minister. Mr. E.M.S. Namboodirlpad. of Kerala arrived here today fur talks with President Dr. Rajendra Prasad on the situation in his state where opposition groups are trying to oust the only Communist Government in India. Mr. Namboodiripad
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