The Straits Times, 27 August 1959

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    19 1 AVKRAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times. J^ Afe*/*** Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1959 15 CENTS.
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    OUT: HEAD AND No. 2
    341 1 Probe committee recommends replacements at Language Institute after union protest j 'Drastic' action urged by inquiry KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Principal and the VicePrincipal of the Language Institute at Pantai Valley here are to be 'removed from their posts. Also all the powers of the
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    Lock icon Trade resumed
    27 1 SAIGON. Wed. South Vietnam and Laos have resumed trade relations whicn were interrupted when the Laotian currency "Kip" was devalued in October, last year.— Reuter.
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    27 1 TOKYO. Wed —Heavy rain causing floods and landslides in Central Japan today killed eight people and disrupted railway communications, according to police reports tonight.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Time again for US to push SEATO'
    590 1 SINO-INDIAN BORDER CRISIS NEW DELHI, Wednesday. T«HE INDIAN Express said today that with a "stark x menace" on India's northern border, it was time for "Uncle Sam to hawk SEATO around once I again." "This time he wilJ find many takers as this
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    Lock icon Wife gone, leg lost, now for an eye
    148 1 IOHANNESBURG, Wed. Because his marriage had broken up and he had lost a leg in the war. Mr. Theo Van Wyk, of Johannesburg, volunteered to be Infected with the dreaded eye disease of trachoma to test a new serum. He was waiting
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    A RACIALIST WINS IN MISSISSIPPI
    151 1 NEW YORK, Wednesday MR. ROSS BARNETT, 60, a lawyer who has vow--IT* ed to close the public schools rather than see them integrated, will be the next Governor of Mississippi. He preached against 'moderation" on racial Issues in his campaign and expressed admiration for the
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    Lock icon Nik's gifts to children
    51 1 TOKYO, Wi:d.— Members of a children's club ir. Osaka have received two crates of gifts, containing more than 80 Items of Russian toys, picture cards, and albums, from the Soviet Prime Minister, Mr. Nikita Khrishchev, after the director of the club wrote to the Soviet leader
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    Lock icon Earthquake
    27 1 SAN DIEGO (California). Wed. An earthquake, described by a locai seismologist as "quite strong," was felt here late last night but no damage was reported. Reuter.
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    BLOOD and the police come running
    321 1  - BLOOD and the police come running JACKIE SAM By SINGAPORE. Wed. *3 A jaga looked into a car parked in busy Robinson Road hero this afternoon and saw fresh bloodstains over the back seat, the carpet and doors. He ran back to his office and dialled 999. "I think there
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    Lock icon RUPIAH SLASH A TOP SECRET
    127 1 JAKARTA, Wed. Rigid security measures were taken ot President Soekarno's summer palace at Bogor just before the Cabinet meeting announced its decision to devalue 1,000 and 500 rupiah notes and institute other sweeping reforms, it was revealed today. High officials and aides knew of the
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    Soekarno: More capital now for development
    388 1 Soekarno: More capital now for development JAKARTA, Wed. J President Soekarno said in a speech tonight that Indonesia's latest currency reform «wat the "first stepf In bringing guided economy to Indonesia. In a na 1 ion-wide radio broadcast, he said the decrees announced on Monday meant more capital would be
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    Lock icon RUBBING IT IN-NOW SALT IS SHORT
    74 1 RUBBING IT IN-NOW SALT IS SHORT JAKARTA, Wed.—Major cities in Indonesia are facing serious shortage of salt, it was officially r«for^d today. The reports said the shortage is most serious in Bandoeng and some Sumatran cities. But Jakarta is also feeling the pinch. A shortage of transport is blamed. Prices
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    The dumb man in the river...
    47 1 KUALA LIPIS. Wed A tapper Wong Kuan Kam. 27. cf Penjom new village, got into difficulties while bathing in the Panggong River but could not shout for help because he was dumb, a Coroner was told hert yesterday. VERDICT: Accidental drowning.
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    Leong named Senate leader
    150 1 I/UALA LUMPUR, 1Y Wed. The Governor of Malacca, Tun Leong Yew Koh, is to be leader of the Government in the Dewan Negara (The Senate) and Minister of Justice. This was officially ar.nounced by the Federation Government tonight. Tun Leong's Cabinet apliointment splits the Minis»ry of
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    STOP PRESS
    19 1 TALKS Wed. f South I Washington hte nr.f mouth for 'info-mal' talks .State Department an mMtt4, Heu«<T
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    Lock icon BRITAIN TO STATION SUBS IN S'PORE
    100 2 BRITAIN TO STATION SUBS IN S'PORE LONDON. Wed. A new submarine squadron Britain's tenth Is to be formed later this year and based at Singapore. the Admiralty announced last night. It will provide the Far East fleet with a submarine arm and also enable Commonwealth navies to train with submarines,
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    Boestamam: My party will pick own leader
    85 2 Boestamam: My party will pick own leader ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed IV —The Socialist Front leader, Inche Ahmad Boestamam. made it clear today that his party would elect its own leader In Parliament. He denied a vernacular j newspaper report that the I Socialist Front. Party N c g a r
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    GOVT. SAVES $9.8 MILLION IN ITS ECONOMY DRIVE
    361 2 And seeks provision for two new ministries SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THE Government's economy drive has resulted in a saving of over $9,896,000, according to an official paper on the third supplementary estimates published today. The previous Legislative Assembly had approved the spending of
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    16,000 more go to school
    50 2 PENANG. Wed. A total of 16.640 pupils— B.9so boys and 7.690 girls— will be admitted to primary classes in English, Chinese. Malay and Indian schools in Penang and Province Wellesiey next year, the Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee. said at a Press conference today.
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    THEY WILL HAVE TO GET RECOGNITION THE HARD WAY
    202 2 THEY WILL HAVE TO GET RECOGNITION THE HARD WAY YPOH, Wed.— The National Union of Bank Employees which represents the bulk of the 3.000 bank workers in the country will have to get recognition from the employer. the hard way. A letter from the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, which ordinarily
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    Runaway boy of 10 stows away in ship to rejoin mum
    235 2 Runaway boy of 10 stows away in ship to rejoin mum PENANG. Wednesday. A STOWAWAY, R. Murugiah, was detained by immigration authorities when the State of Madras docked here today. He is only 10 years old. Immigration Authorities will hold him pending Investigations. Muruglah said he left Malaya for India
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    Parents comb island for missing son without result now seek aid
    193 2 Parents comb island for missing son without result now seek aid SINGAPORE, Wed. For the past week Mr. Chia Neo Kirn. 54. and his wife have travelled all over the island looking for their missing son— but with no result. Tired and depressed. Mr. Chla today walked into Times House
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    Tree burnt by lightning
    38 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— During a heavy rainstorm this morning, lightning struck a tall tree near the main road entrance to the Istana Besar grounds. Part of the tree was burnt No one was injured
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    All-in-one pay plan for teachers
    174 2 All-in-one pay plan for teachers pENANG, Wed. The Federation's entire teaching; force of 40,000 to 50,000 men and women in English and vernacular schools will benefit from a unified salary scheme which has now been accepted by the joint negotiating I council for teachers Agreement on the scheme was reached
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    'No. 1 film ticket racketeer'
    46 2 PENANG. Wed. —A gangster, described as the No. I racketeer among local clnema ticket black market operators, has been detained under the Prevention of j Crime Ordinance. An order has been Issued for his detention for 14 days {pending police investigations.
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    President again
    25 2 SITIAWAN. Wed— Dr. V. R N. Menon was re-elected president of the Dlndings Indian Association here yesterday. He has been president since 1940.
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    Stay or go? 'Rebel9 decision soon
    173 2 Stay or go? 'Rebel 9 decision soon KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday \IR. Douglas K. K. Lee will announce in "due course" whether he Intends to resign his seat for the Salak constituency in the Selangor State Assembly or not. An MCA "rebel". Mr. Lee. son of the former Minister of Finance.
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      131 2 A happy exception... NEW YORK. Wed.— Time pendence. fall into econoMagazine today called the mlc an< Political chaos and finally take desperate Malayan elections a refuge ln mlUt ary rule "happy democratic excep- that is usually efficient tion" to a state of affairs and honest but still dienow quite prevalent
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    Lock icon A CONFIDENT IKE SETS OFF IN QUEST OF PEACE
    404 3 A CONFIDENT IKE SETS OFF IN QUEST OF PEACE President wants allies to join him in new appeal to Nik WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER took off before dawn today for Bonn at the start of his historic 10-day round of consultations with West German, British and French leaders. He is
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    Lock icon More aid to Laos: U.S. decision is expected soon
    294 3 More aid to Laos: U.S. decision is expected soon WASHINGTON. Wednesday. TIHE United States is expected to announce very soon its decision on responding to the Laotian Government request for aid to help it meet Communist attacks. Diplomatic sources said that Laos was seeking such items as tents, small arms,
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    Lock icon Sherpa row so women climbers get police escort
    213 3 Sherpa row so women climbers get police escort KATMANDU, Wed. Nepalese police are escorting the European women who are to attempt the world's sixth highest peak because of possible hostility from tribesmen who object to the guides chosen for them by Everest conqueror Sherpa Tensing, it was disclosed here today.
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    Lock icon A RADAR 'BEEP' TO TEXAS VIA MOON
    185 3 LONDON. Wednesday. DADAR signals have' been sent via the moon from the Royal Radar Establishment at Malvern, Worcestershire, in the heart of England, to a research laboratory in Texas, it was announced here last night The signals were transmitted early yesterday mornIng from
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    Lock icon Shot—six workers
    74 3 Shot— six workers MOSCOW. Wed.— Six workers were sentenced to be shot and three others to long terms of imprisonment for murdering a man and raping his wife in Leningad. The men were said to have beaten, strangled and stabbed the victim and thrown him into a lake to drown.
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    THE RUNAWAY TORPEDO '
    57 3 THE RUNAWAY TORPEDO SYDNEY. Wed. A runaway practice torpedo charged through a crowd of more than 200 holidaymakers. many of them children, at Clarevllle Beach. north of Sydney, tills afternoon. It leapt from the water at the feet of a young couple and hurtled 40ft. through the air before finishing
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    Lock icon Now it's the Conservative comics
    90 3 LONDON. Wed.— The Conservative Party tonight launched a new form of political propaganda— a 12-page magazine which to observers seemed indistinguishable In style from a children's picture comic. In strip-cartoon form, it Is brightly coloured and Is entitled "Form. The front page states: "What is
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    Lock icon TWO MARRIAGES THAT MADE THE HEADLINES
    61 3 TWO MARRIAGES THAT MADE THE HEADLINES STEVEN ROCKEFELLER, 23, of the $150 million New York family, outside the church in Sogne, Norway, where he married Anne Marie Rasmussen, 21, who once worked as a maid in the home of his father, the Governor of New York. (Norwegians were quick to
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    Lock icon BEECHAM'S BRIDE
    33 3 BRITISH conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, 80, with Miss Shirley Hudson, 27, administrator of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, whom he married secretly in Zurich, Switzerland. This was his third marriage. Renter picture.
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    Lock icon THIS NEW BIOCHEMISTS' CHAMBER OF HORRORS
    229 3 PUG WASH, (Nova Scotia), Wednesday. A SCIENTIST, Sir Robert Watson Watt, who helped develop radar. said here that chemists had developed a poison eight ounces of which could kill every human being in the world if it were properly distributed. Addressing a meeting of
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    Lock icon Tear gas, batons used in food policy clashes
    143 3 CALCUTTA, Wed. Police fired tear gas shells and made baton charges In clashes in several parts of West Bengal today with leftwing demonstrators protesting against tht* state government's food policy. Demonstrators broke into court rooms and smashed furniture. Over 300 persons were
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    Your radio today...
    276 3 RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 The News: 8.06 a Date With Music; 8.30 The Billy Cbtton Band Show; 9.00 Close Down; P.M. 1.00 Programme Summary; 1.02 Pot luck;
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    The tides...
    77 3 TODAY: Singapore 3.24 ajn. (6ft 71n). 3.24 pjn. (Ttt Sin): Port Dickson 10.46 ajn. (7ft lint 10 .53 jun. (6ft). Port Swett*niianj 10.3« am. (10ft lln) 11.22 pjn. (flft 2in>; Penan* 5.21 a.m. (6ft lln» 5.44 p.m (sft 51n). TOMORROW: Singapore 3.39 a.m. (sft 51n) 5.14 pm (6ft
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    Lock icon 'KICK SOUTH AFRICA OUT' DEMAND
    76 3 'KICK SOUTH AFRICA OUT' DEMAND WINNIPEG, Wed. The Canadian labour congress will ask that South Africa be expelled from the Commonwealth unless it ends Its racial segregation policy, congress president Claude Jodoln said here today. The congress urged Mr. Diefenbaker, the Canadian Prime Minister, to raise the matter at the
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    Lock icon Alexandra ill
    29 3 LONGBEACH. Wed—Princess Alexandra, now touring Queensland, was ordered to bed today because of a mild attack of laryngitis which had developed from a slight head cold —Reuter.
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    In search of 'security'
    277 4 MALAYAN TEACHERS IN SPORE SEEK JOBS AT HOME 280 WILLING TO WORK FOR LESS PAY IN THE FEDERATION KUALA LUMPUR, 1V Wed. Many Federation citizens teaching in Singapore want to return to Kuala Lumpur for "professional security" and are looking for teaching jobs. The teachers about
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    TWO SUICIDE NOTES LEFT by MAN
    78 4 TWO SUICIDE NOTES LEFT by MAN SINGAPORE. Wed. A verdict of suicide by hanging was recorded at an Inquest today on Lee Seng Poh, 63, unemployed, who was found hanging in a coffee shop in Duxton Road on Aug. 18. Two witnesses Urn See Hal and Lim See Hong, told
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    NOT MUCH SCOPE IN TEACHING —SHE SAYS
    9 4 MABEL LIM
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    So it's a five-year U.S. business course for Mabel
    212 4 So it's a five-year U.S. business course for Mabel SINGAPORE, Wednesday. MISS Mabel Llm Tean Neo, 19, who at first decided to make teaching her career, has now changed her mind. Mabel leaves on Sunday for America to take a flve-year course In business administration instead. A former student of
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    A salesman admits he took $7,100
    117 4 A salesman admits he took $7,100 SINGAPORE. Wed. A salesman, Johnny Wee Eng Wail, admitted in a District Court today that he misappropriated $7,100 collected from the sale of two cars belonging to Champion Motors Ltd. Mr. D. de Cruz, ASP., prosecuting, told Mr. Choor Singh, the Second Criminal District
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    TAXIMAN FOR TRIAL ON GUN CHARGE
    150 4 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. AT a preliminary inquiry today, Foo Kia Siew, 25, a taxi driver, was accused of unlawful possession of a .38 revolver. The Magistrate, Mr. M. Coomaraswamy, committed him for trial at the next Assizes. ASP Chan Kok Keen, of the CID, told
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    Film on King
    25 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. A two-reel film of the Yang dl-Pertuan Agong's visit to Brunei in July is now being shown in Brunei theatres
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    Prize-giving
    20 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Chinese V.M.C.A. will present prizes for its recent "Civic Knowledge Contest" on Saturday at 4 p.m.
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    Having fun with music—with questions and answers
    96 4 Having fun with music with questions and answers SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Musical Society will experiment with a new form of entertainment a musical brains trust at the Cultural Centre tomorrow night. Three distinguished musicians, who are visiting Singapore as examiners for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of
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    FACTORY SPOT CHECKS BY WEE
    135 4 FACTORY SPOT CHECKS BY WEE SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. Wee Toon Boon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Law, today paid surprise visits to three factories In the Alexandra area and heard a host of complaints from the workers. Some claimed that their wages were too low, while others
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    Girls top list in art show
    60 4 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Girls swept the board in the art exhibition held as part of the programme for "Students' Week," organised by the Chinese YMCA. The first three winners are: Miss Ta/i Eng Kiat of the Methodist Girls' Bchool. Miss Lav Boon Hua of Cedar
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    Govt. bursaries for undergrade
    466 4 SINGAPORE, Wednesday rrHE Minister for Edu- cation, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, today announced the award of 87 bursaries and financial grants to Singapore undergraduates and honours students In the University of Malaya for the academic year 1959/60. The awards, which vary according to the financial circumstances
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    Today's Singapore diary...
    308 4 PAYA LEBAR METHODIST CHURCH: Prayer circle, commission on membership and evangelism, 8 p.m. SINGAPORE JUDO CLUB: Beginners' class, 7.30 pjn.; Randori for all grades, 8.30 pm SALVATION ARMY (Clemen. •eau Avenue): United hoilnesn meeting. 7.45 p.m TOC H: Joint group meeting at 181 Malta Crescent H.M. Naval
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    GREED...
    1408 5 GREED Snow a blanket of death 0 si HMI s Miffs BELOW IS A SCENE OF DISASTER... 109 DIED BECAUSE OF QUICK MONEY CRAZE ONE of the worst blizzards in living memory blanketed Washington on the night of January 28, 1922. But despite the swirling snow and wind, more than
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    66 6 70 Words fit (Minimum) MR. MRS. Arthur Heng Mak Yong thank friends and relatives (or their valuable gifts, attending their wadding on 22.8.59. MOUSON: Singapore ladles acknowledge with thanks the amazing results by using the beautifully scented Mouson soaps. THE FAMILY of Late Madam Sim Gek Swee. Mother of
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    The Straits Times. Thursday, August 27, 1959. China And India
    667 6 The Straits Tim es. Thursday, August 27, 1959. China And India long overdue settlement of the Kashmir dispute. Communist expansion will be easier to resist if India and Pakistan, neither of which has any wish to expand, can settle this argument. There are more than straws in the wind to
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    'Drastic Action'
    325 6 "Drastic" actions have been recommended by the Committee of Inquiry, reporting to the Education Minister on recent incidents at the Federation's Language Institute involving the students and their principal. The adjective is the Government's own, and a well-chosen one it is. All powers of the principal that have
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    Fair Shares
    250 6 Government charity in any form is open to abuse and should be reviewed periodically. Mr. Byrne's revision of public assistance in Singapore is desirable quite apart from the Government's economy campaign. He has emphasised that he is less concerned to reduce expenditure than to ensure that what money
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    What price natural?
    997 6 PRICE JUMP POSES SOME SERIOUS DANGERS TO I THE RUBBER INDUSTRY j By a correspondent of the FINANCIAL TIMES: LONDON. WHATEVER the outco m e of President Eisenhower's forthcoming visit to Moscow in terms of more or less cordial relations between the Soviet bloc and the West,
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    The new face of Malayan art is on show today
    979 6  -  CHERMIN BY THE National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur yesterday opened to the public of Malaya for the next two months its second national exhibition of Malayan art in honour of the second anniversary of merdeka. In both calibre and
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      Adventists: Talks still going on
      127 6 T REPRESENT some or the 26 Seventh-Day Adventist teachers mentioned in the Straits Times of Aug. 26. It Is not true that all the 26 teachers will resign en bloc if they have to teach on Saturdays. The difficulty which thry face is now being
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      Hazards on the road
      202 6 ONE often reads reports of motorists involved in accidents being beaten up by angry villagers. I wish to cite two instances of this near Kuantan recently. A villager had been knocked down by a vehicle. The driver was immediately set upon by villagers and suffered severe
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      He wasn't the last
      78 6 He wasn 't the last T\R. Tharmaratnam la NOT the last Federation Queen's Scholar to have left for Britain (S.T. Aug. 18K My brother. Mr. Khoo Soo Hock, of Penan?, also another Federation Queen's Scholar, will be leaving for Britain by air soon He Is also a graduate of I
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    AIRLINE SAYS 'NO' to FLIGHT ON TICK
    232 7 AIRLINE SAYS 'NO' to FLIGHT ON TICK Madam Lee tries to rejoin husband KUALA LUMPUR, Wed 1Y A 30-year-old woman, with no money and no travel documents walked into the Malayan Airways office at the airport here today and asked for a "lift" to Medan. "It's urgent." said Madam Lee
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    Council plea
    27 7 MALACCA. Wed—The Malacca Municipal Council decided today to ask the Central Electricity Board to reduce the two months deposit paid by consumers to one month.
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    Cultural institutions plan
    325 7 MUSIC SCHOOL, MUSEUM, LIBRARY AS YEARS GO BY' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaya is to have a national museum, library, cultural centre and conservatorium of music. They will "rise one by one as the years go by," said the Deputy °rime Minister, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein.today. The
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    30,000 get ready for the big rally
    200 7 CORE feet, a chipped tooth and a Sergeant Major's roars highlighted the full dress rehearsal of the Merdeka anniversary rally at the Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The rally of 30.000 school boys and girls will be one of the main items
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    Officer to pay $90 less
    263 7 FORCED BY $329 CUT IN SALARY HAS SO FAR GIVEN $21,400 SINCE SEPARATION SINGAPORE, Wednesday. A SENIOR police officer, seeking a 50 per cent -£*> reduction in a $360-a-month maintenance order, told a magistrate that his pay-cut was a principal reason behind the application. Chief
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    THE TENGKU REPLIES TO PMIP'S MESSAGE
    123 7 THE TENGKU REPLIES TO PMIP'S MESSAGE KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, has told the leader of the Pan Malayan Islamic Party. Dr. Burhanuddln Al-Helmy. that "the Government would strive to achieve prosperity, peace and justice for all citizens and people of the country." He was replying
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    Body found at flats
    63 7 SINGAPORE. Wed— A city council employee who disappeared from a General Hospital ward last night was found dead in front of a block of nine-storey flats in Windstedt Drive at dawn today. He was Beng Tiang Yew. 48. a lather of two, who was admitted to
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    Youth remanded
    34 7 IPOH. Wed— Ong Huat. 19, was remanded in custody by the Sessions Court here today after he was charged with attempting to extort $36 from Kam Cheang Hoe. He pleaded not guilty.
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    Ex-planter dies
    27 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mr. J.B. Foley, J.P.. a retired planter, has died in Malacca. He was last on the South Malay Rubber Plantation. Kota Tinggl.
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    Ministry warns workers
    52 7 BINGAPORE. Wed— About 300 of the 1.500 temporary workers employed in Government relief schemes, have been absenting themselves every day. The Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K. M. Byrne, today warned that If they continued to stay away from work, the Ministry would replace them with
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    Mosque fenced
    37 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— A nine-foot high wire fence has been erected around the Telok Blangah mosque and the adjoining cemetery In Singapore at a cost of $8,500 by the Johore government, who owns the area.
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    CLERKS UNION AIM: 100,000 MEMBERS
    134 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. TTHE National Union of Commercial Workers is x aiming at a membership of at least 100,000 white collar workers in the Federation. Thousands of letters have been sent to staffs of commercial firms, telling them of the union's plans. The main points
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    BBC course in Britain
    43 7 SINGAPORE. Wed.— lnche Suhaimi bin Hajl Amin, head of the Malay section of Radio Sabah in British North Borneo arrived here today on his way to Britain, where he will do a three-month broadcasting organisation course in the BBC.
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    DEAN OF NANYANG ARTS COLLEGE
    92 7 DEAN OF NANYANG ARTS COLLEGE PROF. TSOU PAO-CHL'N. acting Dean of the College of Arts, Nanyang University. Prof. Tsou, 51, who graduated from Liverpool University. England, with an M.A. degree in geography, was a research assistant of the late Prof. Percy M. Roxby, founder of modern geography. In 1952 he
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    Thieves take away $1,200
    28 7 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Thieves broke into a house in Tanjong Katong Road early this morning and stole $1,200 worth of Jewellery belonging to T. S. Klshnanal
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    Hospital servants press for quarters
    110 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Johore Medical Workers' Union today called upon the Federation Government to provide quarters for all hospital servants In the country. The union also expressed dissatisfaction with the present salary scales based on the grade system. It said hospital servants should be paid
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    UNIVERSITY UNION TO CELEBRATE MERDEKA
    137 7 UNIVERSITY UNION TO CELEBRATE MERDEKA OINGAPORE, Wed. The students' union of the University of Malaya, Singapore division, is organising functions to celebrate the second anniversary of the Federation's achievement of independence. There will be a rally of undergraduates in the university grounds in Cluny Road at 5 p.m. on Monday
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    Medals for blood donors
    73 7 TELUK ANSON. Wed.— Seven men and a woman who have given blood three times each to the Teluk Anson blood bank, will be presented with bronze medals at a ceremony on the town padang here during the merdeka anniversary celebrations. They are Mr. Sam Paranjothy. Mr.
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    Envoy calls
    31 7 PENANG. Wed.— The Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of the United Arab Republic, Mr. Muhammad Rashad Danish, paid a courtesy call on the Mayor Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, today.
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    No search for Toby in Kuala Lumpur
    102 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The federation police said today they had not been asked by the Singapore police to trace the proprietor of Toby's Paradise, Emmanuel Toby Ebiember. who was reported missing from the State and temporarily stayIng in the Federal capital. Mr. Ebiember.
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    Inspector appeals
    44 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Justice Buttrose in the Singapore High Court today reserved judgment in the appeal of Police Inspector M. Kanupathy against a conviction and sentence of 18 months' Jail on a charge of accepting as a public servant '$50 without consideration
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    33 10 SINGAPORE. AUG. 26. RUBBER: $I.oB] per lb. (up three-quarters of a cent). Unofficial close 5 p.m. $1.09 (steady). TIN: $401.75 per ptcul (down 12' cents). Estimated unofficial offering 150 tons (unchanged).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    139 10 MELBOURNE, Wed. INVESTMENT shares maintained a firm tone on a quieter market here today. Herald gained a further 6d. to 38s. 6d. Base metals eased slightly today v ith Mt. Isa down Is. 3d. to 57s Oil shares held a steady tone while Commonwealth bonds held r firm
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    RUBBER PRICES
    152 10 September first grade rubber buyers fob. closed in Singapore yesterday at 103\ cents per lb., up of a cent on Tuesday's price. The closing tone was Steady, quiet. Closing price* in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 109' i, sellers 109 Int.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    113 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent August September shipments, $374 buyers, $38 V. sellers. Coconut oil: quietly steady; bulk $59 sellers, drum $62 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported Cone yesterday: Muntok white Sl5B, Sarawak $157, special Sarawak black $98,
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    184 10 Ships lying alongside ibe SinIt a pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Willem Ruys 1/2, Laura Maersk 4/5, Tweedbank 6 A Straat Johore 6/7, Sche.de Lloyd 8/9. Benalder 10/11, Azumasan Maru 13/14. Brayslde 15/16, Agamemnon 18. Svend Maersk 19, Ferak N. WaU l. Serdang N. Wall 2.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    665 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "All sections were easier and the turnover was fair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 pm Industrials: Fraser and Neave ords $1.45 and $1.46 (OL), $1.48; Gammon $1.85 md $1.86; W. Hammer $1.52; Henry Waugh $1.42
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    JULY TRADE WAS HIGHEST THIS YEAR: RISE
    846 10 JULY TRADE WAS HIGHEST THIS YEAR: RISE By Our Market Correspondent THE Federation of Malaya and Singapore had another good trading month in July when at» a result of the highest rubber shipments since the Korean War export values rose to $385.2 million, the highest since January 1956. This rise
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 10 Malayan Share Market: Aug/. 26 Aug. 25 Industrials: 98.23 98.31 Tins: 111.99 112.52 Rubbers: 147.73 149.54 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    68 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: French Francs *****; Italian Lire *****. On the free exchange market b! Hong Kong yesterday, the 17.8 dollar was quoted at 5.72 H for
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    PRINCE OF LALITA TOPS THE LIST
    451 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By MY Ten-to-Follow at the Singapore Derby meeting starting on Saturday are: PRINCE OF LALITA: Weight will not stop this brilliant stayer: he carried 9 2 to an easy win in the Perak Derby in May and at Penang he defied 9.10
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    Japan, HK teams fly in on same plane
    443 12  - Japan, HK teams fly in on same plane VIC NAYAGAM. By Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday T^HE Hong Kong and Japanese national soccer •I teams who meet in the preliminary round of the Merdeka anniversary soccer tournament on Monday (second day) arrived here today on the same plane. The Japanese team manager,
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    THE VICTOR AND VANQUISHED
    32 12 Teh Kew San (left), the 1959 Penang singles badminton champion, and Eddy Choong. the runner-up, after the final on Tuesday. Kew San won 15-7, 15-11. Straits Times picture.
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    36 S'PORE SWIMMERS FOR K.L. MEET
    280 12 36 S'PORE SWIMMERS FOR K.L. MEET By MOK SIN PIN SINGAPORE. Wed. Singapore swimmers will be out to defend tfcxir titles at the Federation cf Malaya Swimming Union's Merdeka anniversary championships to be held a£ the Chin Woo Pool this weekend. A total of 36 men and women swimmers, most
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    EX-MALAYAN PLAYER IN HONG KONG CUP TEAM
    122 12 EX-MALAYAN PLAYER IN HONG KONG CUP TEAM CINGAPORE. Wed.— A former Malayan badminton player is in the Hong Kong team of five to meet Malaya In the first round of the Über Cup badminton com. petition in Singapore on Sept. 5. The team is scheduled to arrive in Singapore on
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    FAM names referees
    95 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— F.A. of Malaya has named three Malayan referees for the Merdeka soccer tournament starting here on Aug. 30. They are T. Nadarajah, Otl Poh Hwa and Arthur Warburton. Four linesmen have been selected. They are Hwang Hsl Wen iPenang). P. F. Nice (Kelantan), S.
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    SCFA's team
    83 12 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Chinese Football Association to meet the visiting Indonesian Combined University footbull team tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. at Jalan Besar stadium will be from: Sect Yew Chang. Loh Fook Teng, Lee Wah Chin. Khoo ChooJ Kirn. Quah Kirn Beng. bee Kok Seng, Lee Yong Kong,
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    S'pore Malays team for KL
    73 12 SINGAPORE, Wed.—Singapore Malays team to meet Selangor Malays in the final of the Rulers Shield cricket competition at Kuala Lumpur ot: Saturday and Sunday will be from: All Omar (caj,t?ln>, Omar Rejab, All Yunos, Hussein Shah, Mohamed Shah. A. R. Omar," Fazal Mahmud, Mohd. Lally.
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    22 12 SINGAPORE. Wed—Fiftysix Singapore teachers have enrolled for a three-month life saving course sponsored by the Singapore Ministry for Education.
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    SPORTS DIARY
    39 12 SINGAPORE: Soccer Tourists match, Indonesian Universities v Singapore A. Jalan Besar (5.30 p.ni.i. SAFA Dlv. 3A. Maxwell A v Perhlmponan Stla. Balestier Road; Frlendlieg. Anchor Breweries v Rajajl. River Valley Road: JollUada v 443 BAD Buklt Chermln.
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    CARBON AND H.K. BANK DRAW AGAIN
    188 12 CINGAPORE. Wed. For the third time National Carbon, the favourites, and Hong Kong Bank drew their 8.8.H.F.A- Senior Cup quar-ter-final at Jalan Besar tonight, the match ending without any score despite extra time. When they first met the teams drew 2-2 and last week
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    112 12 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Singa- pore Combined Schools Sports Council tonight named the schools' team to meet Federation of Malaya schools in their two-day badminton international match for the Education Ministers' Cup at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Friday and Saturday. The Singapore -team is: Singles: Chan Kheng Cuan, Kwok
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    347 12 Seletar take FEAF title SINGAPORE, Wed. R.A.F. Seletar bee a m c inter-station champions at the Far East Air Force swimming championships at Seletar today. Final placings were: 1. Seletar (80 points), 2. Changi (59), 3. Butterworth (45). 4. Ceylon (24). 5. Kuala Lumpur (7), and 6. Tengah (one point).
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    739 13  - The 220 fiasco: Re-run should not have been ordered Norman Siebel SPORTSFRONT by The disqualified athletes acted in good faith HTiHERE are always two sides to an argument and these are now being! j presented with equal vigour in the case of the re-run 220 yards final at the Federation
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    347 13 ONDON. Wed.— lngemar lv Johansson, Sweden's world heavyweight boxing champion, who arrived here by air canty today from Gothenburg, said that he and Jack. Detnpsey had agreed to a return title tight with American Floyd Patterson "on a date somewhere between May and
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    354 13 GYM AND COACH for STORE BOXERS PLANNED By LIM KEE CHAN SINGAPORE, Wed.— The decline in the staro dard of amateur boxing in Singapore is worrying Mr. A. P. Lim, president of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association. Now Mr. Lim has decided to do something about it. As a first
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    244 13 T ONDON. Wed. The M.C.C. party to tour the West Indies this win. ter was announced here yesterday. They are: Peter May (Surrey, captain), M.C. Cowdrey (Kent, vicecaptaln). D. A. Allen (Gloucestershire). K. V. Andrew (Northamptonshire). K.F. Harrington (Surrey), E.R. Dexter
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    325 13 Newcomers strengthen SCC S'pore fifteens By VAZIR MARKAR. Singapore, Wed. A FORMER Old Watsonian captain, Alan Aitken, Is one of four newcomers who will be bidding for places in this year's Singapore Cricket Club and Singapore Civilians Rugby sides. The other three players are fullback Ken Moore (Edinburgh Academicals), fly-half
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    THE RISE OF SUKARAMAI
    366 13 AN OUTSTANDING FEAT SINGAPORE. Wednesday. DISING from the third to the first division of the S.A.F.A. league in five years of competition is not a rare feat, but in the case of Sukaramai Sports Club it can be considered outstanding. For. unlike the "giants" in the
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    Malays in final
    31 13 TAPAH. Wed. Tapah Malays entered the final of the BatanK Padanx District knockout soccer competition for the Wang Bang 800 Cup by beating Jolly Youngsters 2-0 here yesterday.
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    NZ Davis Cup men to play in Malaya
    173 13 NZ Davis Cup men to play in Malaya KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.-The three-man New Zealand Davis Cup team and a ranking Australian player. Bob Howe, will arrive here early next month for exhibition matches in the Federation. The three New Zealanders are Mark Otway, captain of the Davis Cup team and
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    35 13 TONDON. Wed. English league football results yesterday: Dlv. 1 Burnley 5 Everton 2: Preston North End 1 West Ham U. 1. Div. J—Brentford 3 Wrexham 1. Div. 4—Walsall 2 Hartlepools 2—Reuter.
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    42 join w-polo training
    65 13 BINOAPORE. Wed. For-ty-two boys from 13 secondary schools in Singapore Including three Chinese schools (Chung Cheng, Chinese High and Dunman). have Joined the waterpolo training course conducted by the Singapore Combined Schools' Sports Council at the Chinese Swimming Club. The course, which is exepected to last
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    YEE LUEN, 14, IS CHAMPION
    36 13 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Fourteen-year-old Leong Yee Luen won the Federation of Boys' Clubs Individual open table tennis title when he beat Foo Chee Kian 21-14. 21-17, 21-15 in the final last night
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    Govt. to pay Chief Kathi
    326 14 SINGAPORE MOVE TO PUT THE SHARIAH COURT ON PROPER FOOTING MORE STAFF TO HELP PRESIDENT ENFORCE ORDERS (SINGAPORE, Wed. !-Oi the first time, the Chief Kuthi, Haji Ali bin Mohamed Saul Salleli, will be paid b\ the Government His salary will be $690 basic a
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    DEATH
    66 14 MADAM TEO SEOK KIM 73. pa wad away peacefully on 25-8-59 leaving behind three son* Chew Meng Poh and Meng Kirn of Lian Seng Ltd. and Meng Soon, four daughters-in-<a\r, four daughters, four sons-in-law, and ?3 grandchildren. Cortege leaves 11 Jalan Keiruunan off Balestier Road at 11.00 a.m. on
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    Lock icon Calcutta police arrest Reds
    68 14 CALCUTTA police arrest Communist agitators and put them into a van after an attempt to disrupt the work of a court. About 300 Communists and their sympathisers were taken Into custody, including 12 Communist members of the West Bengal Legislature. Since the suspension of the Communist
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    165 14 AUSTERITY SO OUT GOES GAMBLING CHIANG OFFICER TAIPEH, Wednesday. THE Nationalist Government has dismissed a member of the Government Council, Mr. Hsieh Cheng-chiang, for gambling at a luxury hotel during the current austerity period, the official Central News Agency reported today. He is the second official to be dismissed in
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    Lock icon GIRLS IN HK SMARTER THAN BOYS
    64 14 GIRLS IN HK SMARTER THAN BOYS HONG KONG. Wed.— Hong Kong girls have better brains than boys— according to this year's examination statistics The Director of Education reveals that 1.320 girls were promoted to secondary school this year against 1222 boys. Altogether. 10.246 pupils sat fdr the examination. It was
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    31 14 CAIRO. Wed— The United Arab Republic Ministry announced today that full agreement had been reached on the World Bank loan requested by the U.A.R. for Suez Canal development. Reuter.
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    27 killed
    25 14 JAKARTA. Wed. Army units have killed 27 rebels in a new wave of attacks in South Celebes, a military spokesman announced in Macassar—Reuter
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    Sultan told to rest
    36 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Sultan of Selangor, 61, is ill and is resting at the Istana Pantai, at M.-nb. on medical advice. Palace officials said the Ruler was suffering from "mild influenza.'
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    LONDON STOCKS
    374 14 LONDON. Wed. Unsettled conditions were again apparent in London stock market today, bat theie was still very little pressure I to sell and in the industrial market there «as occasional support at the lower levels. Giliedged securities presented a much brighter appearance In the absence ol any further
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    COUNCIL CHIEF TOLD: YOU HAVE SLIGHTED OUR MEMBER
    242 14 COUNCIL CHIEF TOLD: YOU HAVE SLIGHTED OUR MEMBER MALACCA, Wed. The President of the Malacca Municipal Council. Mr. Lim Yeow Koon (Alliance) was today accused of discourtesy in not congratulating the Malayan Party Councillor, Mr. Tan Kee Oak, who had won the parliamentary election here. Speaking on the adjournment, Mr.
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    HAWAII'S NARCISSUS QUEEN FOR SINGAPORE
    69 14 HAWAII'S NARCISSUS QUEEN FOR SINGAPORE MISS LINDA TOM. Hawaii's 1959 Narcissus Queen, will arrive in Singapore on Sept. 3 by PA A on a Far East tour. Travelling with her will be 50 other Hawaii residents. They will be touring tbe -Far East as the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Orient
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    Ran to catch bus—killed
    69 14 Ran to catch bus killed SINGAPORE, Wed. Loh Heng Yong, a dentist, who was knocked down and killed by a car at Upper Changi Road on May 22, was running across the road to catch a bus, an inquest was told yesterday. The driver of the car, Kenneth Walter Dudlow,
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      Jet noise: Cows no milk, hens no eggs
      273 14 Jet noise: Cows no milk, hens no eggs TOKYO, Wed. The Japanese Agriculture and Forestry MmIstry said today that the noise of jet aircraft was responsible for cows not giving milk and chickens not laying eggs. A farmer in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmoa inland, demanded in Ftbruary last year compensation of
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      125 14 Close of play LONDON. Wed. Close of play scores in today's cricket matches were: LORDS: Northamptonshire 306 (M. Norman 90, Subba Row 62. G. Tribe 56 not out) versus Middlesex. BOURNEMOUTH: Hampshire 360 for nine wickets (Barnard 128. Sainsbury 53, Horton 46 1 versus India. MANCHESTER: Kent 83 (B.
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