The Straits Times, 24 August 1959

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  • 19 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80.000 The Straits Times. /Hal"*** -n Estd. 1845. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1959 15 CENTS
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  • 757 1 3 defeated candidates for the Upper House 4 other states to pick teams today KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. the first 12 Senators to sit in Mal a y a's Upper House of Parliament have been named. Johore. Pahang, Kelantan. Ncgn Sembilan and Perlis have already elected two Senators
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  • 157 1 JAYNE ON BABIES AND NEGLIGEES I ONDON, Sun.— "Child care authority" Jayne Mansfield said yesterday she never wears a black negligee when her eight-month-old son Miklos is around because "it isn't nice for babies to be conscious of their mothers as being sexy." Miss Mansfield gave a Sunday Pictorial reporter
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  • 60 1 Aussie missiles for Britain Dog-eaters CANBERRA. Sun. The British Government has ordered "substantial supplies" of the Australian anti-tank guided missile "The Malkara." the Australian Defence Minister Mr. Alan Hulme announced today. BONN. Sun. People who kill dogs and cats for human consumption will be liable to Imprisonment or fines under
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  • 157 1 New Communist 'massacre 9 in Iraq CAIRO, Sun. The Middle East News Agency reported today that Iraqi Communists had ravaged a town in North-East Iraq in a massacre that recalled the Kirkuk and Mosul bloodshed. The semi-official United Arab Republic agency, whose report was unconfirmed from other sources, said the
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  • 620 1 Foreign affairs committee: Lee's conditions NO OBLIGATION HERE, GOODS TOLD SINGAPORE, Sunday THE PRIME MINISTER. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. has made clear the position of the Singapore Government on the Inter-Governmental Committee to be set up with the British Government to deal with matters arising from Britain's responsibilities for the
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  • 458 1 U.S. COMPANY SIGNS A TYRE PLANT AGREEMENT Sweep results: $100 prizes KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. AN INDUSTRIAL combine here today signed an agreement with a iop American manufacturer of motor! tMp**; "jpset up a ?7 5 million tyre ptant at Petahrtg Jayur. The plant will initially produce 1,800,000 tyres a year,
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  • 80 1 Now Nikita sends a note to Adenauer BONN, Sun. Mr. Khrushchev has sent a 13--page note to the West German hancellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, a West German Government spokesman said today. The spokesman was unable to give any details of the note's content. He said it had been handed over
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  • 167 1 PENANG, Sunday. T IM AH PEK, 56, a cook with a Singapore idenu tity card, fell 60 feet to his death from the "Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas" at Penang's famed Kek Lok Si Temple in Ayer Itam today. Urn was found dead in the
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  • 35 1 KALIMPONG. India, Sun.— Chinese authorities have advised Indians not to visit Tibet on pilgrimage or for any other reason since "strong action" is being taken against Tibetan rebels. It was learned here today.
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  • 170 1 BISHOP CHEERED AS HE DEMANDS ENOSIS VICOSIA, Sun. 1 Cheers rang through the Greek Cypriot church in the mountain village of Kakopetria today when Bishop Kyprianos of Kyrenia delivered a sermon in favour of "Enosis" union with Greece. Bishop Kyprianos said the Greek Government was an organ of Britain and
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  • 39 1 LEOPOLD VILLE (Belgian Congo). Sun.— Dr. Louis Leakey, one of the world's leading anthropologists, claims his wife has found human fossils about 600.000 years old in Tanganyika, which may be the earliest known trace of man. Reuter.
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  • 189 1 Boy, 17, killed in busy street SINGAPORE, Sun. Gangsters at 3.30 p.m. today killed a shop assistant, Ong Hong Boh. 17. in busy Cross Street, about 200 yards from his home. Ong died of two wounds in the back in an ambulance on the way to the General Hospital. Hawkers
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  • 31 1 SIX HURT IN JAIL RIOT NICOSIA, inn Poli«« u-vfi leal »r- break up riot a^d nuas r->cap< by piiaonct> ■< Nl central prhon toda\ warders and four arisonrrs were injured.
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  • 184 2 University dons join the Malay classes SINGAPORE. Sun professors are among 40 members of the academic staff who have enrolled for tht University of Malaya Certificate Course in Malay, which opens tomorrow. They include Prof. T. 11. SiliVKSk, (Professor of Economics», Prof. H B. Gilliland (Dean of the Science Faculty
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  • 87 2 GETTING NEARER THE MILLION MARK KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Federation Government last week received applications for naturalisation and citizenship certificates trom 3.016 people. During t ie same week, more than 1.324 people received their certificates. In a Press statement yesterday the Government said that it had received more than 990,000
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  • 19 2 TAIPING. Sun. Mr. Jeffrey Koh. traffic officer in charge of Malayan Airways. Talplnjr. has been transferred to Ipoh
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  • 35 2 Pine report soon JOHORE BAHRU. Sun The report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Malayan pineapple industry is expected to be ready this week. The commission held 17 sittings and heard nearly 70 witnesses.
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  • 268 2 What to wear and when— by Johore 's Assemblymen Town Council elections A GOOD deal of yesterdays Johore State Assembly proceedings was devoted to the matter of dress. The question of dress tor Assembly meetings led to comment on the proper dress for other occasions. What uniforms should Malay boys
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  • 282 2 Mr. TAN'S FIRST TASK: THE BUDGET New Finance Minister talks of the basic problems facing the economy He starts work on it at the Treasury today KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. PREPARATION of the Federation's Budget 1 will be the first major task for the new Mi nister of Finance, Mr. Tan
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  • 25 2 MUAR. Sun— Health teams are now inoculating children under 12 years of age against diphtheria in towns and villages in the district here.
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  • 173 2 KLANG, Sunday. A 500-ACRE estate bought by the Selangor Gov- eminent in March for $2,000,000 is bringing in revenue to the state treasury pending its conversion into the state capita The estate is being run by Its former management for 20 per cent of
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  • 39 2 PENANG. Sun.— A teacher. Mr. Rajendra Nath. will lead a discussion on "Democracy Has it failed in Asia?" at the fortnightly meeting of the Penang Discussion Group on Wednesday night at Khek Association. Burmah Road.
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  • 31 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The leader of the Opposition in the Singapore Legislative Assembly. Tun Urn Yew Hock, flew to Singapore this evening after "observing" the general election here.
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  • 187 2 A 'sandwich course' to speed up training at Poly? SINGAPORE, Sunday. \|R. D. J. WILLIAMS. Principal of the Singapore T1 Polytechnic, has advocated a "sandwich course" for a more rapid training for students. Under this scheme, students will work six months In a year and attend college full-time the other
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  • 69 2 EXMENTRI BESAR GETS $15,000 REWARD JPUOpE BAIIRI Sun. The Johore Government has awarded Dato Wan Idris. the former Mentri Besar, an ex-gratia payment of $23,500. Of this sum, $7,500 is in lieu of leave on abolition of office and the balance is a reward in recognition of his services as
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  • 37 2 RAUB. Sun.— Baharum bin Ahmad. 23. of Alor Star was jailed for 14 months after he pleaded guilty to stealing eight gold bangles and two gold chains, valued at $200, from Scran bin Duasit.
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  • 23 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The 54th dinner meeting of the Apex Club here will be held at the Peninsula HQtel on Wednesday.
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  • 59 2 SINGAPORE. Sun— Ungku Mohsin bin Mohamed, a member of the Johore royal family and district officer Kou Tinggi, left Singapore by CPA Electra today for the United States on a U.S.I.S. leadership grant. Ungku Mohsin wU] do a four month administration course in America and then
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  • 101 2 RALPH LONGO. 50. reaches desperately for a rope while wet sand threaten* to suffocate him. It happened in Long Island. New York. Longo's feet became wedged when a hopper took him 15ft. into an excavation. Sand piled near the wall of the hopper and began
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  • 187 3 SAHARA A-TESTS: MORE PROTESTS DHODES, Sun. The MX World Council of Churches was urged tonight to protest to France against her pioposed nuclear tests in the Sahara. The Rev. ppter Kewei Dafadu. secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana made the appeal. A report by the World Council's "Foreign Ministry"
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  • 38 3 JAKARTA, Sun. The Indonesian Government has nationalised the Dutch Nationale Handlesbank N.V. (National Commercial Bank), Antara news agency said today. The bank has 12 branches In Indonesia. They have been working under Indonesian supervision.— Reuter.
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  • 52 3 GOA. Sun. -An explosion wrecked the operating theatre of the Rlbandar Hospital yesterday, killing a doctor and injuring three other people, two of them seriously. A surgical operation had been performed shortly before, and the theatre was being prepared for the next patient. Dr Avelar Barreto was
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  • 67 3 LONDON. Sun. About 300 "Ban the H-bomb" demonstrators marched in procession from Polebrook. Northamptonshire, yesterday Ito a rocket site being built on an aerodrome four miles away. The object of the march and the rally which followed, organised by the Direct Action Committee against
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  • 360 3 IKE WILL STAND FIRM ON CONDITIONS FOR ASIA SETTLEMENT SOVIET PREMIER WILL VISIT SIX CITIES DURING HIS 13-DAY TOUR OF AMERICA WASHINGTON, Sunday. ]t|R. NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, the Soviet J-" A Prime Minister, is expected to press Communist China's demands in the Far East when he
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  • 188 3 CARDIFF, Sunday GLOUCESTER City, the English non-league foot- ball team, won their first match 3—l in Longlevens yesterday, after Mr. Henry Blythe 61 a hypnotist, had given the team "confidence treatment" in the dressing room before the start of the game. "When you
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  • 31 3 JERUSALEM. sun. A brother and sister who had lost contact with each other In Poland in 1941 met by accident at a bus station at Pardess Hanna near Caesarea.—Reuter.
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  • 274 3 NEW DELHI, Sunday. [/"HAMBA tribesmen of Tibet killed 80 Chinese in 1V a recent week-long battle near the Western Tibet trading centre of Darchin, the Times of India reported today. A dispatch rrom the North Indian town of Almora said Indian traders who enter
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  • 90 3 JUST THE DAY FOR PICKING POCKETS CHICAGO, Sun. Two pickpockets picked a pickpocket pocket while the pickpocket was picking pockets. All three got picked up. Detective Charles Burke said he was standing near a city bus stop yesterday when he spotted veteran pickpocket Robert Hinton. 63, dipping his hand Into
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  • 115 3 I ONDON. Sun. Former strip teaser Gypsy Rose Lee said yesterday she got mistaken for Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia when her Rolls-Royce collided with a motorcycle on a mountain road above the Adriatic Sea. The motorcyclist and his rider fled on foot. Miss Lee said
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  • 45 3 HOLLYWOOD. Sun—Singer Vie Damone and his wife. Italian-born film star Pier Angell. who were reconciled recently after a lone separation, have parted again. Damone announced that he and his wife had failed In their attempt to save their marriage. Reuter.
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  • 327 3 GRIVAS? HE'S SICKLY, SELFISH AND ARROGANT— AVEROFF ATHENS, Sun.— The A Greek Foreign Minister, Mr. Evangelos Averoff, last night called former Cyprus Eoka leader Gen. Grivas a "sickly, selfish man." Mr. Averoff, one of the signers of the London agreement which granted Cyprus its independence, made the first violent attack
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  • 21 3 LONDON. Sun. British car exports for July beat all records, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders announced.— UPl.
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  • 25 3 NEW YORK. Sun. Two robbers herded seven people Into the Yorkville. Ohio, Community Savings and Loan Bank vault yesterday and took U5538.846— U.P.1.
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  • 451 4 RURAL AREAS TO HAVE SIMPLE STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT, WATER community centres SINGAPORE, Sunday. THE MINISTER for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, today ended a series of visits to proposed sites for building community centres in the rural areas. He has visited a
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  • 244 4 Doctors are urged to learn language of patients SINGAPORE. Sun. Malayan physicians must be able to speak the language of their patients. Dr B. R. Sreenivasan. a general practitioner here, writing on the "Problems of the general practitioners in Singapore In the latest issue of the gazette of the University
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  • 397 4 "THE Singapore Balx Jet's Third Season opened at the Victoria Theatre last Saturday with a striking triple bill "Design for Dancers" and "Western Symphony", (both to choreography by Vernon Martinus) and the self-contained second act of "Swan Lake." "Design for Dancers", an abstract
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  • 389 4 This campaign of hate is shameful, says Marshall UNION ADVISER ON 'POLITICAL CONTROL' SINGAPORE, Sunday. \IR. DAVID MARSHALL told the Singapore Fish Merchants' Employees Union today that "the present campaign of hate and contempt for the English-speaking is shameful and dangerous." He is the union's honorary adviser. Speaking at the
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  • 97 4 LECTURES ON MALAYAN ECONOMY SINGAPORE, Sun. Starting on Tuesday, prominent economists will lecture on various aspects of the Malayan economy at Nanyang University's Faculty of Arts. The series of 10 lectures entitled Towards a National Economy of Malaya" is arranged by the university's Social Science Society. The first lecture will
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  • 171 4 A LAW TO HAVE CATTLE BRANDED IPOH, Sun. Cattle- owners who allow their animals free rein to destroy Government property and private cultivation areas will soon face the prospect of $250 fine and a month's jail sentence. The Perak Government has announced that a Bill entitled the Cattle and Buffaloes
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    • 227 4 j Todays Singapore diary... REDIFH Sio> (8INGAPOW): pjn., Judo for juniors 4.45 p.m.. t aen»k raga 6 pjn.. bodybuilding 6 Talentlme lecordii*, "Treasure Board meeting 515 PJn.. Malay pjn. Cheat" quiz broadcast 7.30 pjn. civil servloe 8td. I 5.15 pjn BUKIT TIMAH YOUTH CLUB: SINGAPORE JUDO CLUB- 6tfa. Ub»e-iennl« 6
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  • 1217 5 STRAITS TIMES Special FEATURES MATUSCHKA THIS IS THE STORY OF A MANIAC WHO BELIEVED HE WAS DESTINED TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM ATHEISM... |^OWLS of maniacal laughter echoed across a ruined railway viaduct near Biatorbagy, Hungary, just after midnight on September 12, 1931. A deafening explosion had just hurled the
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    • 195 5 Cmnmmu A i v*. liy 3ias H^~Wta~NCvw UTS CTSCUSS\ HHi THE f*CTS SfEAK FOR TUCMStLVSSt I I I'M AFZAiP IVE •'BUT SKEH.V «O WOULVtCfS 9 rut rcoß.crM or kxj foixs J I >CUKS man- he was, but pont become a bit or a 1 minp us waiting thj. pus T
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  • 27 6 It Wi4t $19 (Minimum) MR AND MRS. Johann Predtnet Rayney thank all friends and relatlTta for attending their wedding on i 5.8.59 and valuable gifts received.
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  • 212 6 it W»r4t (Minimum) AT "THE COCKPIT" Mondays to Fridays Business Man's Lunch 13.50. FOR LUNCH TODAY Freshly made Sausages Beef 95c. lb. Pork $l 25 lb. at all Cold Storage Shops. THANK YOU DARLING lor the beautiful present, and the Airwick Mist, you do think of the nicest things.
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  • 587 6 The Straits Tim es Monday, August 24, 1959 Delivering The Goods Tengku Abdul Rahman has solid reason for building his Cabinet around the same men with whom he came into office four years ago, and retaining nearly all of them in their old ministries. They have had considerable experience of
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  • 646 6 The Land Development Authority is making headway despite having set out against [odds. Not the smallest of its early trials was extracting cooperation from Government departments. The worst is now over, apparently, and all praise is due to the Authority for the gathering pace of
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  • 1164 6  - maiaya answers the clamour for land ROLAND CHALLIS f $36m beat-poverty plan^ Straits Times Aug. 5 Planned settlement has become a part of Malayan progress... future is assured... and a steady by LESS than three years alter the first resettlement began at Ayer Lanas the Federation's land development programme has
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  • MAN IN THE STREET
    • 280 6 IN a report on the Assembly proceedings (S.T Aug. 15) a definition of "yellow unions" and splinter unions was given. A "genuine democratic trade union" was however not defined and a clear definition of it would now be welcome. In the
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    • 105 6 'rHE views of "C.K.T. 1 on 1 volunteer labour (S.T. Aug. 15 are incorrect and distorted. It is "volunteer service" for a good cause. C.K.T. i> trying to throw a spanner Into the works. He will fail. No one is compelled I am not compelled.
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    • 208 6 IN Dr. Ton Chin Chye's warning to branch officials of his party not to adopt a bureaucratic and arrogant attitude we see a revelation of the unassuming character of the Deputy Prime Minister. A man of his calibre is difficult to find these days when there
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  • 397 6 JOHANNESBURG. Sun. Crimes of violence are being committed in Johannesburg on a scale believed to be without parallel in any other large city in the Western World. On some evenings, casualty figures are "astronomical", say hospital officials. A survey has shown
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  • 916 7 SEMINAR HEARS PAPERS ON THE WIDER USE OF THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE BUT COMMISSION SUGGESTS A PLAN TO EXPAND VOCABULARY TO ACCOMMODATE LEGAL TERMS SINGAPORE, Sunda THE problem of making Malay the language of the judiciary highlighted the discussions today at the final session of the
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  • 34 7 MISS LINDA CHEN chairman of the commission on Malay as the lingua franca of the country, rises to ask a question at the Malay language seminar. Straits Times picture.
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  • 14 7 KUANTAN. Sun.— A $75,000 fire station will be officially opened here soon.
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  • 300 7 CULTURE INSTITUTE— A VITAL STEP TO MALAYAN OUTLOOK, SAYS MINISTER SINGAPORE, Sunday THE Minister for Cul- ture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, said today establishment of the proposed Institute of National Language and Culture here would be a vital step towards the creation of a common Malayan outlook. Mr. Rajaratnam said "The
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  • 244 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. TWO-HUNDRED and thirteen police clerks throughout the Federation will lose their jobs at the end of this year as a result of the Government's decision to abolish their posts. Reliable sources said today Ithat the civilian establishment In the department
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  • 35 7 IPOH. Sun Mr. L.J. Fernandez has been elected chairman of the Ipoh Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. Other officials elected are Mr. P. Mukundan (secretary* and Mr. R. M. Rakappan treasurer).
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    • 1391 9 \itZm THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. 'am SIMAPOM (iietrptrattd ta tkt UaitH Magttti) S tints SAILINtS TO ABIN. U.K A CONTIHENTAI PORTS S'pori P. S'htm Ptnang RENVANNOCh tor Hamburg Antwerp Rotterdam. Grangemouth 6. 4 5 75 Atg 21/27 Aug 21 21 Aug BENARTY for Red Sea. Malta. London t. 1-2/17
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    • 1420 9 McAUSTER 6c CO.. LTD. TCLi Ht.i ***** BIXBRMAN LINE BXAVBNBSS LINE LONDON HAMBORS. ROnEROAM HAVRE LOS AHtCLES, SAN FRANCISCO. t HULL SEATTLE, VANCOUVER t PORTLANO and tor Canada and USA North Atlantic Ports AccipMi cargt ftr Ceitrai A Saatk CITY OF HEWCASTIE pjpjlllk Sport P. Sham Penang SUNNYVILLE la Ptrt/2t
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 1387 10 MANY LISTED COUNTERS SHOW PRICE ADVANCE By Our Market Correspondent r fHE Malayan Share Market last week was given a tremendous boost as the result of the victory of the Alliance Party in the Federation of Malaya General Election and 57 per cent of the listed
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    • 24 10 TIN RUBBER (perpienl) (perlb.) Aug. 17 $400.37'j $1.06-1, IS $4M.l2<_. $1.08'! 19 $4W.37>] SI.UB-1, 20 5400.37-, $1.09',, 21 $402.00 $1.08' s 22 $404.87.;
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    • 290 10 The Malayan Share BrokersAssociation reported on Saturday (August 22): "All sections were firm and the turnover was fair Singapore brokers reported the following business: Industrial*: Fed. Disp. $1 04 (O): Praser and Neave ords $1 48 to $1.50; Gammon $185- W Hammer $1.50 (O. T). $1.52 and $1.51:
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    • 441 10 Rubber touches year's best HFHE rubber closing price in Singapore on Thursday 1 last week at $1.09| cents was the highest for the current year to date beating the previous highest price on May 7 by one-eighth of a cent. During trading hours the price was taken over the $1.10
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    • 110 10 COMMODITY REVIEW shipments In the firs', half of August compared with the first half of July. Straits Trading figures show total shipments In the two weeks at 2.703 tons, an Increase of 70 per cent. The rise was due to a 217 per cent rise In United Stales shipments to
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    • 45 10 Current Date of Total Total for payment payment for previous year year Kuchai Tin I4 r Sept. 25 14 r <i 10% Kundang Tin 3s. Sept. 16 3s. 6s. Bedford 20'; Aug. 28 30<?:« 20% Borelll Rubber 209-ft Sept. 17 424% t Interim.
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    • 162 10 Pepper prices continued to rise on the Singapore produce market last week, as a result of heavy speculative buying among local dealers. About 200 tons of black pepper were reported done, and garbled Lampong black was quoted on Saturday at $98 per picul. an increase of $6 during
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    • 117 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' AfortaUon made the following changes In Us rates to merchants on Saturday. August 22. (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 33. O.D. 33 1/8. 90 d/st 33 7/16 credit bills, 33 9/16 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 1/2. O.D.
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    • 1138 10 rE following list of revised quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brok-' ers' Association after its last meeting on Saturday (Au»j. 22). H and L stand for highest and lowest prices for business done this year. INDUSTRIALS I aim Bricks. 1.72'i 1.70 Pref 1.60* 1.80 2.40
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1175 10 sjaj J^r \V\ sUfik \K \hTline] top*— OAA. rUlMli 4k Atlantic Co*«i E.T.A. E.TA LIJL S'pcre P. S'r'am Penang H'kong l Angeles Not York "KiytkMa Mam" Ut Call J 5 S*rt Sept J Seat M Call 11 I Seat T2 Seal t Oct II Ott KM*km Man" ut Call S«ft
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    • 166 10 HEAP ENG MOH STEAMSHIP CO., LTO. 33/35, TELOK AVER STREET. Telephone No. ***** Weekly Service to KUCHING, SARIKEI, BINATANG and SIBU. M/V "GIANG ANN" IN PORT SAILS 29/8 M/V "GIANG LEE" DUE 31/8 SAILS 5/* Accepting Passengers arid Cargo Sarawak Agent* THE BORNEO CO., LTD. Ir^r-. GUAN GUAN LIMITED ys£<Ol
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    • 234 10 STOCK INDICES MaUyan Share Market: Aug. 22 An*. 21 Industrials: 97.69 96«2 Tins: lll^o mil Bubbers: 148.50 148.00 Jan. 1 l»M-100. TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDER WATER DEPARTMENT Contract for Alteration and Extension of Camp Shop at Tebrau. i Johore. Close at 2.1S p.m. on 8.9.59. Tender Deposit $50/-.
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    • 586 10 NOTICES NOTICE REMOVAL NOTICE. The Trachlng Aids Co. Ltd.. will mow to 4C. Bras Basah Road. Singapore on 24th August 1»59. Patrons and Customers are requested kindly to note. NOTICE We herewith declare that Mr. Kho Llan Chens alias Charlie Kho, as from today is no longer in our service
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 806 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Applications are Invited for appointment as Temporary Assistant Veterinary Officer, on a month-to-month basis, in the Veterinary Department, Johore. Salary scale: 5506x24-626 /Efly. Bar/674x34-770. 788x24-812 plus Cost of Living Allowance at cur- I rent rates. 2. Applicants must be Federal Cltisens or State Nationals wno have attained their
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    • 376 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PAHANG GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT VACANT Applications are .nvlted for the post of tourist promotion officer. Salary scale ($350-A2O-390/420- 1 A2B-700). Qualifications: applicant* must be Federal Cltlsens. They must not be less than 35 yean and not more than 35 years of age with a good school certificate or higher
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    • 861 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY Of MALAYA IN KUALA LUMPUR APPLICATIONS are invited for the Chair of Economics. Further particulars may be obtained from the Registrar, University of Malaya In Kuala Lumpur. Pantal Valley, Kuala Lumpur with whom applications (eleven copies) should be lodged not later than 30th September, 1959. VACANCIES FOB.
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    • 810 11 (CosttsNMd trosa Page SITUATIONS VACANT It Ward* SS (Mm.) Box St et: txtrm WANTED EXPERIENCED SALES Representatives, Male A Female In Screen Process Printing and Signboards. Salary plus Commission. Box A 4022 S.T. Spore. GRADUATE TEACHER (Government recognised Universities only) with/without Teaching Diploma. Government Salary Scale. Dryburgh English School. 41.
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    • 850 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT tt Ward, SS (Min.)-Bax SO et: extrm RESPECTABLE Chinese family willing to have bachelors as borders, reasonable charges. Please contact T. Y. Chlew, P.O. Box 1039. K.L. Phone *****. "NEW FLORAVTLLE" 130 Grange Road. Charming suite, also double/single accommodation. Full/ part board. Dally/monthly rates. Phone Spore *****. MODERN
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    • 824 11 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE it Word, Si (Mm.)— Box St et: extra BUTTERFLY AVENUE. Two storey semi-detached bungalow. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, one tiled with longbath. Loan available. Furnished or unfurnished Box A 5999 S.T., Spore. 2 ACRE LAND 3 roads boundaries 13 room bungalow. Immediate vacant possession. Can sell
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    • 834 11 BOOKS PUBLICATIONS It Ward, SS (Min.)— Box tt et: extrm MALAY BOOKS for T.T.C. and all other classes call at S. 8. Mubaruk A Bros. Ltd.. 63. Bras Basah Rd. Phone ***** (Spore). HIRE PURCHASE it Word* SS (Min.)— Box St et: extra LEONARD. HOTPOINT A Princess Refrigerators on Cash
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    • 813 11 FOR SALE tt Ward, U (Min.)— Box tt ef. extrm LAST DAYS? HALFIRICES. Nickers 4 for $3.00. Bloases $3.50. Men's Dacron Trousers $4.y0. Bedsheeta $2.50. Several Bargain* Luck's. 17. Orchard Rd., Spore ANOTHER KCA FIRST! Ihe Original Soundtrack LP recording of "South pacific available accredited dealers. Get your Album now!
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  • 326 12  -  VIC NAYAGAM year at Seremban By Kuala Lumpur, Sunday THE Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union, at its annual council meeting'here today, decided to hold next year a national championships meet in addition to its open championships. The first national championships were tentatively fixed for the second
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  • 256 12 LIM LASHES OUT AT UNION: RULES FOR AWARDS WRONG I/X T ALA Ll MPLR, Sun. Leading officials of the Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union were severely criticised at the annual council meeting here today by the Penang delegate. Mr. Llm Ten^ Sun. for altering the conditions for awarding special
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  • 79 12 451 YARDS WINNER! pRETTY Elizabeth Cheese, wright of Singapore had to run 451 yards to earn the trophy which she is posing with smilingly. First she ran 231 yards and won but the track marksmen then dis. covered their error and a rerun was ordered. Then Liz ran another 220
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  • 526 12 SINGAPORE, Sun. —I Versatile "Water Baby" Sally Hudson, set' a new state record at the Singapore Swimming Club's second junior championships at Tanjong Rhu today. Fourteen -year-old Sally won four events lor under 17's and established a new I state mark for the women's 100 metres
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  • 42 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Gan Eng Guan won the Tiger Swimming Club's annual three-mile sea swim for the fourth successive year with a time of 29min Issec at Pasir Panjang today. Second was Tan Yam Cheng with Gan Eng Joo third.
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  • 57 12 SINGAPORE, Sun. —Singapore "A" team, to 'meet Singapore In a friendly soccer match at 7 p.m. at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow will be selected from: W. Skinner. Thambyraj. S. Abdullah, HalU. Ramll. Hamid Ibrahim, Jeyathurai, Sutton, Khnmls Bani, Amir. M. Nunts, Dollah Yusoff. Ishak. L. Nonls, A.
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  • 29 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Defending SAFA Div 1 League champions. Darul Aflah, dropped a valuable point today when held to a 2-2 draw by Maxwell S.C. at Jalan Besar.
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  • 420 12 CINGAPORE, Sun— .Thirteen year-old Rodney Oehlers was the oustandlng performer at the Royal Island Club swim minji championships yesterday. Rodney won all three events for boys under 14 years, finished second to his brother. Michael. ir> the 100 yds freestyle for boys under 17
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  • 607 12 Kops ousts Vong Khean to reach last 8 in singles YEE KHAN GETS WALKOVER TO~ ENTER THE QUARTER-FINALS PENANG, Sunday. FORMER All-England champion Erland Kops ot Denmark today entered the men's singles quarter-finals in the Penang open badminton championships at Han Chiang High School. Kops beat former Perak champion, Foo
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  • 118 12 JOHORE DOUBLE FOR BILLY JOHORE BAHRI Sun Malayan schoolboy champion Billy Ng scored a fine double at the Johorr junior badminton championships played at the Kilat Hall here last night Billy won both the schoolboys' singles and Junior singles. Result*: BOYS' SINGLES: Billy N* bt Syed Omar 15-12. 15-1; DOUBLES:
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  • 119 12 JAGJIT'S HATTRICK BEATS TAIPING IPOH, Sun.—A hattrick by inside left Jagjit Singh enabled Kinta to beat Taiping by 4-0 in the final of the Perak inter-district knockout hockey competition for the Merdeka Trophy on the padang here today. Kinta. with a better all round side, led 1-0 at half time.
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  • 51 12 SINGAPORE. Sun—Twenty-three-year-old A. Kadlr of the International Cycling Club won his first R.A.F. 25--mile Time Trial open handicap meet with a time of 57min. 45-2/ssec. at Bukit Timah this morning. Second was I.C.C.'s Jumarl (59.6) followed by Cpl. Bob Burgoyne of Selangor (lhr. lmln. 6-2/5
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  • 34 12 SINGAPORE, Sun RAP Seletar "A" won the REME Inaugural and anniversary I cup shoot with an aggregate of 7T2 at Ayer Rajah Road today. REME Training Centr* 1 (754) were second.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 359 12 SPORTS EQUIPMENT FOR SCHOOLS Aljß CH^ EVERYONE CAN HELP in thii excitim VO^ uaV^ new scheme! Just think of it. Badminton \^li-l- ||^i 1 1 rackets, nets and shuttles, footballs, basket iJItjCH F*-* balls, table tennis bats, hockey sticks H $O almost all the sports equipment yon can imagine! And
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    • 75 12 *n LIMITED P* 7 FILING SYSTEMS > •w| This Suspended vertical j£ w* filing System is the most y modern, efficient and BBJBJHBMfQH tip practical System in use $f consult:^W H I?■ f Office Qpplianccs 1 tip HOMinOII OtHHIAI TIADINC CO. ITS. fiW *tJ «0N( HO* IUUOINfc 2 CfOICI ST.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

  • 170 13 LONDON. Sun. Warwickshire, current leaders in the fierce iti amble lor the LngH>h county cricket champjonsliip. iought back like champions against Essex at Claeton yesterday. The leaders were dismissed for 185 (A. To«nsend 62 1. But they swiftly removed tl^e smiles from Essex faces.
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  • 1945 13  -  EPSOM JEEP By A MrS. TAN POPIJLAR Sinrapore owner Mrs. Tan (hin Tuan, representing "Chens' Stable." LEADS IN leads llappy M lod y- the winner of the LtMUO In Yanc di-Pertuan Agones Gold Cup sprint yflfJIJrD at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Jockey Is
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  • 57 13 Total Pool $296,000 Ist. *****0 $55,620 2nd *****3 527.810 3rd *****5 $***** Starters ($2,781 each): Nos: *****9. *****2, *****4. *****1, *****5. Consolation ($1,236 each) Nos: *****3, *****2, ******. *****0. 2345«9. 26«t47, *****4, *****3. *****0. *****1. Treble tote: $1,423 (carried forward to next meeting). Forecast tote: Race 3
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  • 460 13 City of Paris provides a sho ck for punters (2) BESTCRETE 8 4 (338—204) Lee 1 (6) Jolly Matter 8.4 (M 7 —276) Berg 3 (11) Sober Thoufht 8.0 (69—62 i Chad wick 3 (3) BlnUnc Timor 8.0 (360—203) Forte 4 (0) HULA HOOP 8.8 (859—311) Donnelly S (10) POLLY
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  • 407 13 CINGAPORE. Sun.— Dilbagh Singh Kler, sole representative of British North Borneo at the FMAAU meet which ended at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, established one of the four new records at the all -Malayan Sikhs athletic championships at Farrer Park today. Dilbagh broke the 880 yards
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 245 13 KILL HARWrU?^^^ INSECTS ...instantly Crolect your heohh ogainsf INSECT f di»eo»ei carried by fliet, fly g flUHtt motqurtoet, fleot and roaches. *ZZ' iMe^l U«e Block Flog intectkioet to Ajf R| INSECT $MAY P«h O« contort. jl>aw leovet o lotting L !m\iJ f>i>n o< mectictde m l|- f Hot kill* crowding
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    • 508 13 /r\\ TITHES-FUJI f^SP^^-*^^ PHOTO CONTEST RESULT S^C^ First Prize: Either one "Praktiea FX-3" camera with 2.8 lens or one "Frorteli-Soprani" piano accordeon with 37 keys, 80 basses and case, to Mr. Siew Chee Peng. Address: 11 C, Buckingham Street, Penang. Second Prixe: Either one "AK-8" cine-camera or one" p lmed
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  • 296 14 VIENTIANE, Sunday LAOTIAN Communist rebels have infiltrated Vientiane Province and carried their attacks to with in 50 miles of Vientiane, the capital, usually reliable military sources here said today. The Defence Ministry hos not so far confirmed the reports, which said Government
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  • 15 14 AN ARTIST'S impression of the $7.5 million tyre factory.
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  • 223 14 BOAC launches first world jet service ONDON, Sun. —BOAC last night became the first airline to operate a regular round-the-world service entirely by jet prop airliners. I Just before midnight, a Britannia 312 took off from London Airport on the first flight of a twice-weekly west-bound service. It will stop
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  • 48 14 The Family of the late Mr. Yoong Chong Yong thank all' friends and relative? for their condolences, scrolls, wreaths, do-, nation and kind attendance. MR. MRS C. SELVARATNAM thank relatives and friends for their attendance and valuable presents at their marriage on .1 8.59 in Port Dickson
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  • 22 14 IN EVER-LOVING Memory of Rev. J. Appadurav M.C.H. of Ipoh who passed away T4-8 -57. Inserted by his dear children.
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  • 86 14 The death oi Mad;un Khoo' Hong Neo. 72. beloved wife or the late Mr. Saah Llan Hlap and Leloved mother of Margaret, Violet. Charlie. Nancy, Joyce and Victor, on Sunday, 23rd August, is regretfully announcer!. She leaves behlild also 4 sor. -in-law. Teo Slong Peh. Peter L4_9, Koh Keng
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  • 909 14 SHOCK SCC DEFEAT PUTS CSC BACK IN THE FIGHT SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore Cricket Association senior tournament officially ended today with defending champions Singapore Cricket Club still uncertain of whether they can retain their title. Against padang rivals Singapore Recreation Club today, S.C.C. suffered a five-wicket defeat their second In the
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 272 14 AU-YONG-OH: The engagement is announced of Shirley, Moh Cheng, second daughter of Mr. •rid Mrs. Au-Yong Peng Woon with Robert, Kong Yew. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Oh Cheng Tew. NOLL HANSON. The engagement is announced between Beverley Sue. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hanson of Sydney, and
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    • 36 14 7^ J _____^^^^^^^^^^^^^^___w 1 The flavour i in v J j^^ j j__j^X-d_!--^---TT chocolate^ *L *J O__ t% Tail M A taMM (jjjD i—, c.h.. d) A^R _L_ftw Ji VAN HOUTEN MAKERS OF REAL CHOCOLATE _-_BH^J#-_K.
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