The Straits Times, 31 October 1959

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  • 22 1 AVI It \«.l. lIAII IEBTIFIEH SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 f The Straits Times Hat*"* 1 Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1959 15 CENTS.
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  • 755 1 HE SAYS; MY FIRST VISIT BUT IT WON'T BE THE LAST Students, YIPs at airport to greet visiting Premier A simple sincere goodwill journey PERTH, Fri. The Malayan Prime Minister, Ti-ngku Abdul Rahman, landed here today by Qantas airliner and was met by more! than 200 Malayan
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  • 149 1 THIS IS IT... THE OTHER FACE OF THE MOON |^ERE IT IS the hidden side of the moon. The side man has never seen before. The secrets came out from Moscow in pictures taken by the space satellite, Lunik 111, and televised back to earth. The pictures show that there
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  • 107 1 MARCUS SUES COUNCIL SINGAPORE. Fri. A writ has been filed in the High Court Registry on behalf of Mr. P. C. Marcus, former City Council Chief Administrative Officer. against the City Council claiming for a declaration that his suspension from his office as Chief Administrative Officer by the Minister of
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  • 371 1 SINGAPORE, Friday. T*HE Government today clamped down on the free 1 import of washing soap in all forms from abroad, including the Federation. Under a new Department of Import* and Exports regulation, importers are only allowed to bring in as much soap as they
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  • 26 1 HONO KONG Fri. Miss Michele Mok. 17. "Miss Hong Kong 1959." left today for London, to participate in a Miss World contest.— Reuter.
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  • 64 1 LAOS KING DIES AFTER RULE OF 55 YEARS LUANG PRABANG, Fri.— The King of Laos, Sisavanc Vong. 74. died last night after a reign of 55 years. A message of sympathy was sent today from Kuala Lumpur by the Deputy Paramount Ruler to the Regent of Laos, Luang Prabang. The
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  • 48 1 BAIOON. Fri. The South Vietnam naval authorities announced today that a Singapore ship bearing the registration marks SMS. 388 had been detained for violating South Vietnamese territorial waters. The 80-ton ship, with a crew of nine Chinese, was carrying a five-ton cargo of fish. Reuter.
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  • 420 1  - Big switch of top officers in Singapore Police Force JACKIE SAM and 808 PERIES By SINGAPORE, Friday. THE Singapore Police Force is to undergo a major re-organisation aimed at a more centralised control of its 5.000 officers and men froir. Monday. This will also involve a sweeping reshuffle in the
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  • 12 1 The Straits Times wishes all -ts Hindu readers a happy Deepavali.
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  • 39 1 MR D. OFFERS TO RESIGN IF OLO.MBO. FH —Cf jluii Fr- inicr Dabaoarake toda> oiund to resign office if oppoMtion charst that b< had hecrctly met one <>f principal in Uiiidar-uulke MWm lion ia>r vafi »totc<J Kcutcr.
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  • 201 2 SOLDIER IN AIR DASH TO SICK FATHER CINGAPORE, Fri. A young British soldier left here, late last night on a 8,000-mile air dash to England to be at the bedside of his father, who is seriously ill. He is Pte. J P. Smith. 21. of the Ist. Bn., Loyal Regiment,
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  • 156 2 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Catherine Wong, a 17-year-old student, left her home in Paterson Hill on Wednesday to go to a night class at Kallang School. She has not returned home since. Her father. Mr. Wong Chong Seng, said that his daughter had recently
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  • 51 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri —The Auditor General has reported to the Johore Government that the Johore statement 01 accounts for the financial year ended Dec. 31. 1958. has not yet been submitted to him. This statement should have been submitted within seven mont^"-- t" 'ie close of the financial
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  • 41 2 PENANG. f^Yl— Lok Beow Chuan. who entered Malaya without a passport and paid 51. 300 for a Singapore identity card, was today jailed for six months for using an identity card which did not belorig to him.
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  • 35 2 IPOH. Fri Mr. Sek Ah Ngow. 43. clerk in charge of the Talving branch of Messrs. William Jacks and Co. (Malaya) Ltd., was presented with a gold watch for his 26 years' service
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  • 300 2 BRAVE BONG CHEE, 12, HAS TWO TOUGH EVENTS SINGAPORE. Fri the 17,181 students busily preparing for the secondary schools entrance examination in four days time is 12-year-old Miss Lee Bong Chee. But unlike the other candidates, Bong Chee is doing all her studying
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  • 98 2 DIOR MAN HAS NO DRESS INTEREST QINGAPORE. Fri— Mr. Francois Bertrand. a representative of the famous fashion house of Dior, is only interested in perfumes and not dresses. Mr. Bertrand. sales director of Christian Dlpr Perfumes. Parts, is on a Far Eastern tour to meet local representatives. Asked about the
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  • 164 2 Four men fined $672,000 for smuggling PARIT BUNTAR. Friday. THE president of the Sessions Court here yesterday fined four men a total of $672,000 (or three years' jail each) for smuggling. The president, Tuan Syed Osman bin Syed Ali. said in passing sentence: "ThU is the highest fine I have
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  • 73 2 FONG DUE IN CAPITAL TOMORROW KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The first American Chinese Senator. Hiram L. Fong, who Is In Singapore, will arrive here on Sunday. He Is on a fact-finding tour of Asian countries. In Kuala Lumpur. Senator Fong will pay courtesy calls on Federation officials and will obtain briefings
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    • 41 2 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby 1 CAN YOU BUT YOU «AIO LCNO ME Cl. YOU'D &UD j If and i uavc > i'll have ALL TMIS MONEY I ENOUGH fOd ie*T OVE«-fiOIF ANEW HAT J V mou'll lend me v. \T*l. PLEASe/
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  • 560 3 4 Excessive' price compels buyers to put off orders LONDON, Friday. rIE Financial Times reported today that the squeeze on the London rubber market is still continuing. The amount of rubber needed to free the market is quite small, but so far
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  • 187 3 TO OPEN DOORS FOR TRAINING' JOGJAKARTA, Friday. YiALAYA, one of Asia's richest per capita nations ITI after Japan, hopes to offer Colombo Plan training to people from neighbouring countries, a spokesman for the Malayan delegation to the Colombo Plan conference said today. The spokesman, Raja Mohar
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  • 184 3 6 OF 10 WOMEN DO NOT KNOW... MEW YORK, Frt 11 Six of every 10 women are unaware it is possible to control pregnancy, a field representative for the planned Parenthood Federation of America said in Cincinnati yesterday. This "plain ignorance" costs the United States millions of dollars yearly, said
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  • 124 3 DELINQUENCY PROBE INTO FLYNN'S GIRL LOS ANGELES. Fri. The District Attorney, Mr. William B. McKesson, ordered an investigation today Into allegations of contributing to the delinquency of a minor In the case of Beverly Aadland. the late Errol Flynn's 17-year-old "protegee." The police, and Juvenile authorities are co-operating in the
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  • 20 3 ALGIERS. Fri.—Seventysix rebels were captured In a cavp discovered by troops near the port of Bougie. Reuter.
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  • 119 3 ASSASSIN'S REVOLVER CHARGE COLOMBO. Fri. Opposition members In the House of Representatives charged last night that a friend of Finance Minister. Mr. Stanley de Zoysa. supplied the revolver used in the assassination of Mr. S.W.R.D. Bandaranalke. Deputy opposition leader. Dr. Colvin R. de Sllva. said the .45 revolver was "supplied"
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  • 299 3 LONDON, Friday. AIR SELWYN LLOYD, the Foreign Secretary, yesterday expressed some disappointment that a Western "summit" conference is not now likely to be held before the middle of December. In the House of Commons, he said "That is not as soon as we were willing to attend
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  • 44 3 LONDON. Fri. Canadian Pacific Airlines has dropped plans to buy Comet airliners and has ordered Douglas Super DC-8 jets instead. Comets do not have the range required for flights over the Pole or across the Pacific, say CPA officials. U.P.I.
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  • 60 3 ROME; Fri— A flaming object crossed Capri last night, breaking the darkness for a mile around with Its glow. The object looked like an unusually large or unusually close meteor and was seen by dozens of eyewitnesses. Eyewitnesses said the object was cylindrical, its nose bluish and its
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    163 3 LUANG PRABANG, Fri. King Sisavang Yong, 74-year-old ruler of Laos, died in his palace here last night after a reign of 55 years. The rheumatism and gout-ridden king has been confined to bed for several years and In August this year he appointed his son. Prince Savangrattana,
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  • 70 3 SYDNEY, Fri.— Hundreds of tons of rain-weakened rock and earth roared down a hillside and struck a mall train near Mittagong, 76 miles from Sydney today. Twelve people were hurt as sleeping passengers were flung from berths, but the train remained on the rails and continued on.
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  • 153 3 Genoa bars 300 Indians from landing ftENOA, Fri. About 300 Indians due to disembark here yesterday to continue their Journey by rail to Britain were prevented from landing by the Italian police. Police officials said disembarkation was refused because of certain "faults" and "Irregularities" found in some of the passports.
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  • 64 3 LONDON. Fri— Five paintings dicovered in a shed in Dublin by a London art dealer two years ago have been revealed after restoration as the work of 18th-century Italian artist Francesco Guardi. Art experts today hailed the discovery, announced last night, as one of the most
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    • 511 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 4*6 metre* NATIONAL SHORTWAVE A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 JKs<* gg&n Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; KwUa Lumpur 341 metre* 7 05 A Date With Music: 8.00 The Penant 366 .metres News. 805 A Date With Music; Jf^ g^lS 8.30 Calling
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  • 37 4 SINGAPORE. Pri— Former Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Mr. S K. Mukherji. will talk on 'India and the World" at the Ramakrishna Mission Hall, 9 Norris Road, on Sunday At 6.30 p.m.
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  • 47 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Tay Kay chong, one of two partners of Chip Chee Trading Co., Ltd. was adjudicated a bankrupt by Mr. Justice Buttrose in the High Court today. A receiving order was made against the company in 1957. The company's total liabilities amounted to $250,997.
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  • 17 4 Mr. Herbert (right) and Mr. Doggett. Straits Times picture.
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  • 264 4 A shock for Govt. men: No more car loans THE END OF ONE OF FEW REMAINING PRIVILEGES KUALA LUMPUR, 1Y Fri. The Federation Government has decided to stop giving interest free car loans to its employees, thus ending a 35-year-old privilege enjoyed by thousands of civil servants. This shock decision
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  • 177 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. T»HE dispute between the management of Borneo x Motors and the Singapore Motor Workshop Employees' Union over recognition of the union, is now partly settled. This followed another meetIng today between both parties and the Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K M.
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  • 94 4 Concert at Katong tomorrow SINGAPORE, Fri. The Ministry of Culture's 12th Aneka Ragam Ra'ayat. will be held at Katong Park, at 7 p.m. on Sunday. Radio' Singapore's orchestra "Dupa Kenchana." led by composer Ahmad Ja'afar. will play Malaysian music In the Western style, and the guest singer will be Mohamed
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  • 163 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. lljß. JUSTICE Buttrose in the Singapore High Court today granted an application for the compulsory winding-up of Carwith Ltd., a company incorporated in Singapore in 1951 with a nominal capital of $50,000. In making the application, Mr. Dennis D'Cotta, the Official Assignee,
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  • 69 4 1,000 in rush to buy 100 SIT flats SINGAPORE. Fri.— About 1.000 people have obtained application forms to buy the 100 terrace houses at St. Michael's Estate put up for sale by the Singapore Improvement Trust yesterday. The Assistant Deputy Manager of the SIT, Mr. Ngr Chee Seng, said that
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  • 35 4 SINGAPORE. Prl— Mr. Vernon Ralph Hunt, an executive in a well-known British publishing firm, will talk about paperback books in "Visitor's Book" in the English service of Radio Singapore at 7.15 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 68 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. —An art exhibition by Professor Tao Jhi was opened at 5 p.m. today by the CommissionerGeneral for South-East Asia. Sir Robert Scott, at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Hill Street. Prof. Tao Is the head of a 200-member art academy In
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  • 28 4 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Universal Religion Mission will hold a prayer meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Its headquarters at No. 1395-A, Serangoon Road, to celebrate Deepavali.
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  • 120 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Ministry of Culture will give free film shows at the following places from Monday at 7.15 p.m. MONDAY: Tuan Mong School. 11 m.s. Ylo Chu Kang; Sin Mln School, Van Kit Village: Pulau Branl (Telok Saga). TUESDAY: Nong Chor.g
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  • 303 4 Recital by Australian tenor tomorrow SINGAPORE, Fri. A well-known Australian tenor, who made his debut two decades ago at the age of 18, is here to give a recital at the Victoria Theatre on Sunday at 8.45 p.m. The tenor, William Herbert. 38. is on his way back to England,
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  • 65 4 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Mr. a Periasamy, has been elected chairman of the Singapore Government Public Works Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Limited. Other officials are: Secretary and treasurer. Mr. J. J. George; committee members. Messrs Abdul Rahman bin Koemln, V. C. Penelra, S. A. A. Bruce. S. Supplah,
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  • 32 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Master Attendant's Office, the Shipping and Port Clearance Office and the Imports and Exports Office will be open tomorrow Deepavali for one hour only from 10 a.m.
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    • 553 4 IfISHAWKBg: Wishing Hindu Moviegoers p A HAPPY DEEPAVALI %xi IUJEZD 32nd RECORD DAY!: P Today Tomorrow 3 Shows: 2.30, 6.15, 9.15 TickeU available at SKY LIDO CAPITOL. PRICES: Orchestra $4 'Back SUlb $2.so«Baleony $1.50*N0 Free List TW mW t TNIjmO CINOMMA MUttHTATION J COkOM aTV TMMMOOLOR Special Conc*»»lon for SCHOOL
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    • 176 4 THE SALVATION ARMY (Cle- nlc at 8.8. Camp 9.30 a.m.; BUKIT TIMAH TOVTB menceau Avc>: Prayer meeting Scene&hlfters rehearsal of "Mar- CLUB: Table tennla, body build -7 pjn.; open air meeting 746 pjn. tha." ing, football 4 pjn,; fllm show THE METHODIST CHURCH CHINESE V M C.A Table ten 730
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  • 326 5 Dr. Thevathasan must pay $12,150 arrears to wife MAGISTRATE: I HOPE THAT THEY WILL SEEK THE GUWANCE OF GOD SINGAPORE, Friday. DR. VICTOR M.S. THEVATHASAN, a City Council employee, was today ordered by a Singapore magistrate to pay $450 monthly towards the maintenance of his estranged wife, Ruth Kamalavathy Thevathasan,
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  • 165 5 MAN WHO PEDDLED KNIVES, CHARGED AND THEN CLEARED SINGAPORE, Friday. TWE first man to be charged under a new section 1 of the Minor Offences (Amendment No. 2) Ordinance, which bans flick-knives, was today unconditionally discharged by a district judge. The 27 flick-knives he put up for sale on a
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  • 116 5 Army P.R.O. is now Military Attache KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The public relations officer of the Federation Armed Forces. Major Mohamed Nasir bin Hajl Mohamed Tahir. has been appointed Military Attach? to the Malayan Embassy in Banekok. He will leave for Bangkok early next year. Maj. Nasir has been the Army's
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  • 56 5 A $2,000 prize is waiting to be won in Tlie Malayan Monthly's Contest "I" (for October). This great contest closes on Monday. You have three days in which to make your bid for the big money. Send in your entry, NOW. Full details in MM for
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  • 52 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— The five prize-winning films In the recent pan-Malayan amateur cine contest will be screened at the British Council Hall here tomorrow at 9.15 p.mMr. Loke Wan Tho. the cinema magnate, will present the trophies at the end of the show which Is open to
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  • 28 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Minister of Health, Dato V. T. Sambanthan. today opened a new Buddhist temple In Sungei Bulah Leper Settlement, 13 miles from here
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  • 174 5 IPOH, Friday. THE Minister for Justice, Tun Leong Yew Koh, making his first official tour of the courts here since his appointment last month, received a suggestion for having a Palace of Justice built. He said after his tour: "The suggestion for a Palace of
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  • 94 5 $10,000 FOR MEN WHO FELL IN SEWER JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. The dependents of the two pwd workers who lost their lives when cleaning a sewer at the General Hospital here on June 7 are to be paid $10,078 compensation. Ibrahim bin Majid. a fitter, was making a routine check of
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  • 35 5 IPOH. I ri. A special committee on the municipalisation of the Ipoh Town Council has recommended that Ipoh become a municipality on "Jan. 1, 1960, or not later than March 1."
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  • 196 5 Danger of religion being used as a cloak: Lee j SINGAPORE, Fri. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said today that not only was there religious tolerance In Malaya but also an appreciation of the underlying spirit of goodwill manifested by all religions. In a message to Hindus who
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  • 31 5 SINGAPORE. Frl. The Rev. J. T- N. Handy, a founder of St. Hilda's Churcn. arrived from Ceylon yesterday to take part In the Sliver Jubilee celebrations of the church.
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  • 629 7 DR. LITTLE'S EXPERIMENT UNDER THIS BRIDGE GAVE HIM `PROOF' THAT HIS QUAINT THEORY WAS RIGHT FEE bridge over the canal in Syed Alwi Road is not one of Singapore's most attractive features. Some people, nowadays, might even flnd it difficult to locate in that out-of-the-way part between Serangoon and Kallang
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  • 935 7 Rochore canal smell killed malaria— he found in 1847 Ed of sulphuretted hydrogen. The stronger the smell, greater the concentration of sulphuretted hydrogen. That piece of blotting paper suspended over the waters of the Rochore Canal had been soaked in carbonate of lead to test the amount of sulphuretted hydrogen
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    • 254 7 I/if Saint By Leslie Churteris "IVlii^vTJ BtE YOND TH£ VILLAGE .'"JET *PrY TO6£Te/OOFAU 7HC rMCNE; iftlUflS jjt|| WHE(?E THY DEPARTURE^! J**^^k £M£#AL/>S WG HAVE NOW. PgEPAgATIONS APEIy lw" LL N T D66K E^M h >^^ AMD WM£V I NEEO MOPE. JLi'l Abner By Al Lapp f THASS VALOOBLE v N
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  • 27 8 2« W*4* tit (Minimum) IN FOND and Loving Memory of Madam Maria Won* Ah Kwee who departed on 31-10-46. sadly missed by her beloved ores.
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  • 407 8 It H orii lit (Mimmmm) THE COCKPITS Java Rljsttafel is *ened every Saturday and Sunuav lunch time. AMIR SONS. Sale Now On— Bokhara Indian Carpcu «c Rugs. 3d' DIbCOUNT ON All Shoe*. Vanity 32. Raffles Place. Spore. Open to 1 p.m. COLD STORAGE SHOPS open lodav S a.m--5 p.m.
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  • 737 8 The Straits Times Saturday, October 31, 1959. A New Tin Agreement Within the next eight months members of the Inter- national Tin Council have to make up their minds whether j they want the International Tin Agreement, which expires on June 30, 1961, to be re- newed or not. And
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    522 8 A combination of circumstances is making the United States take a new look at its foreign aid programme. The main trouble seems to be the spanking trade deficit anticipated at the end of this year: this added to the complete recovery of European and Japanese industry has
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  • 132 8 FIFTY YEARS AGO {From the Straits Times of Oct. 31, 1909 J^ GOVERNMENT Gaiettfe extraordinary gives i thr following details of the constitution of the Federal council: MEMBERS: Thr High Commissioner (also presiI dent of the council the i Resident General; the Sultans of Perak. Selangor. Pahang and the Yam
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  • 1113 8  -  CYRIL DUNN THESE STUDENT UPRISINGS ARE NO LONGER AMUSING: THEY POINT TO THE MORE SINISTER ASPECT OF SOME GRAND DESIGN NEW DELHI INDIAN students in the old Mogul city of Agra, tne celebrated site of the Taj Mahal, have been on strike because two students were expelled
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    6 8 Picture by K.S. KONG
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  • 1890 9 That $1,900,000 profit told union was just a guess— manager STC ARBITRATION: SECOND DAY SINGAPORE, Friday fTHIE general man--1 ager of the Singapore Traction Company Ltd. Mr. G. G. Wilson, told an arbitration board today that the two estimates he gave last year of the company's working profits of si.soe.eee
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  • 268 9 WHEN GAMBLING 1 IN HOME IS NOT AN OFFENCE —BY A JUDGE SINGAPORE. Friday. HABITUAL gambling at night in private homes in Singapore does not by itself necessarily constitute an offence in law, a magistrate declared today. Mr. Choor Singh, in a judgment, said that: IT IS NOT AN OFFENCE
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  • 126 9 $100,000 rubber falls into sea SINGAPORE. Fri. About a $IM,HO worth of rubber was thrown into the sea when a lighter containing 500 rubber bales capsized off godown 35 in the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves yesterday. The accident happened when four lighters tied alongside the President Buchanan were struck by
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  • 186 9 SINGAPORE, Friday. THE Government tonight announced the condiA tions under which residents can from Monday become Singapore citizens by naturalisation. A Ministry of Home Af- i fair's statement said that applicants must: BE of full age and capacity; BE of good character: HAVE resided in Singapore
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  • 79 9 MARRIED ONE MONTH, THEN HE LEFT HER MALACCA. Fri.— A 26--year-old woman told Mr. Justice Ismail Khan in the High Court here today that one month after her marriage In February 1955 her husband left tor Kuala Lumpur and had failed to maintain her ever since. Teoh Oh Kwee successfully
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  • 42 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. —An order for the windlng-up of Clemenceau Corporation Ltd. was made by Mr Justice Buttrose In the High Court today. The total known liabilities of the company were stated to be about $500,000
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  • 246 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. Mrs. Ong Huck Lim. of Penang. a grandmother who has not looked after babies for more than 30 years, is terribly worried and anxious. THE REASON: From Sunday she will have to look after her six-month-old granddaughter. Lisa, who is
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  • 39 9 MALACCA. Fri. This year's Poppy Day will be observed with a ceremony at the memorial at the Cloc»c Tower here at 10.45 a.m. on Sunday. Nov. 8. Poppies will be on sale the previous day.
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    • 354 9 MUST SHE LOSE ALL HER TEETH? Mla-affaVaVataffaffaTaffW^ ANXIOUSLY SHE WAITS TO HEAR iytk-4Hrk^'. I HER DENTIST'S ANSWER. VEST IT aTOir IT COULD BE. BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN WZtJW 1 I HAVING GUM TROUBLE, AND WHEN f£r*mr< W% GUMS BECOME INFECTED, EVEN Mm SOUND TEETH ARE BOUND TO JPP fjaj SUFFER
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  • 165 10 THE DAY SAW TWO THUGS BEAT UP A MOTORIST J WOULD like U> complain about the inadequate services the police are rendering to the public. The other day, two gangsters were obstructing a narrow road with their tricycle. The driver of a passing car sounded his horn twice. This irritated
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  • 111 10 MALAYA HAS DONE GREAT SERVICE \J.\I.AYA has done a great service to the cause of human-rights by raising the question of Tibet in the United Nations General Assembly. Tibet had been a small Himalayan state for hundreds of years with her own tradition, culture and way of life. The massacre
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  • 537 10 IjtfilDKjMl&llMgßllJtflDgl Saturday Forum Here, I suggest, is a more useful intellectual lead our undergraduates can give in shaping the new Singapore TN Ihe latest issue ot the Malayan Under- grad, journal of the University of Ma aya, the Minister of Culture is quoted as saying that the students and
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  • 239 10 Vagaries of the law in Kelantan T"HE monsoon has set in In the northern part of the east coast. And It Is most regrettable that the police in Kota Bharu should have chosen this inopportune time to warn the public against using umbrellas while cycling. Trisha peddlers, too, have received
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  • 72 10 CINCp the withdrawal of the women housing visitors, the S.I.T. tenants of Redhill Estate are turning this healthy estate into a poultry farm. The unauthorised rearing of fowls and geese has destroyed the previously wellkept grass lawns around the buildings and in addition to this, more filth
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    • 276 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 8 They're theories— but here i<> 9 Girl's accent In Kentish town something written down <4> (9). 14 May be near a Trust House 10 Though supposedly deaf, providing refreshment (10). they've obviously got sltua- 15 Dependent pleased about split tlon s (5). gin (10). 11
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  • 356 12 rE week has been highly erratic and nervous, with a large turnover and wide price movements, report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in their current rubber market survey. Early in the period November 1 R.S.S. was in demand from all sections of the market and the limited first hand
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  • 149 12 November first grade rubber buyers f.ob. closed in Singapore yesterday at 118 cents per Ib. up one cent on Thursday's close. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R S.S. Spot fob. buyers 122, sellers 124; Int. 1 R.S.S-
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  • 296 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Schwabenstein 1/2, Memnon 4 5, Atsuta Maru 6A, Anna Baklce 6/7, Betwa 8/9, PresPierce 10/11, Steel Worker 13/14, Glnyo Maru 15/16. Kimlkawa Maru 18, Zyrianm 19, Jarak N.Wall 4. Oiang Lee N.Wall 5, Bidor 21/22, BocnevLUe
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  • 699 12  - SHARE MARKET CLOSES AFTER ACTIVE WEEK Our Market Correspondent By THE Malayan Share Market closed the week yesterday before the Deepavali holiday on a quieter note after extraordinarily active trading in the preceding four days. Share interest has been stimulated by the high price of rubber, which yesterday closed at
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  • 33 12 SINGAPORE. OCT. 30. RUBBER: $1.18 per lb. (up one cent). Unofficial 5 p.m. close SI.18! (quiet). TIN: $3% per picul (down 111 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 240 tons (up 5 tons).
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  • 112 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra; quiet; UK/Continent October- November $41 buyers, $42 V?. sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $64 'j sellers, drum $66? sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business was reported done, Muntok white $175, Sarawak $174 (both down kl). special Sarawak black
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  • 92 12 The Malayan Exchangr Banks' Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T T. 31 U. O.D- 31 H. 90 d/st 31 13/16 credit bills, 3 1 7 trade bills. Selling; T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 30 15/16;
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  • 895 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "Industrials and rubbers were generally steady while tins were firm. The turnover was fair." Singapore brokers reported ihe j following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrial!: Fed. Dlsp. $1.07: Fraser and Neave orris $1.49 and $1.50 x all; Gammon $2.01; Henry
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  • 21 12 Malayan Share Market: Oct. 30 Oct. 29 Industrials: 1*5.52 105.26 Tins: 133.22 ***** Rubber*: ***** 172.86 Jan. 1 1958-100.
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  • 518 12 MELBOURNE. Fri. I TNVESTMENT shares on the Stock Exchange here today closed the week firmly on a quieter market. B.H.P. eased Is. 6d. to 71s. and CSR closed at £70 ss. down 15s. Highlight of the base metals was Mount Isa which gained 4s. to 78s. Oil shares
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    • 1256 12 Express U.S.A. Pacific tfc Atlantic Coast Service E.T.A. E.I.A. E.T.A. SVe P S'hw« Pentng H>on| L. Angeles New York KiMkia* Mar* C«a II I Nil 3 Niv J4 Ni» II OK Mini Miru" lit Call 24 JS Ntv ?j Ntv 27 Nl. TUtltl M/M Ntv 4 OtC 25 OtC 10
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    • 1096 12 NOTICES THE PAHANG CONSOLIDATED COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated in England! Telegraphic advice has been received from London that the Directors recommend payment of a Final Dividend of 10 r i on the Ordinary Stock, leas Income Tax at the Standard Rate, for the year ended 31st July, 1959, payable 12th December,
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    • 800 13 NOTICES HOTELS LICENSING REGULATIONS, 1956 Regulations 12 (1) Assjttoßtfs* far a ertiflcate Registration NOTICE to hereby given thai Mrs. Eileen McOuigan of 312 Orchard Road. Singapore, la applying to the Hotels Licensing Board. Singapore, for a Certificate of Registration in respect of premises known as "Silver Bank" Hotel at No:
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    • 806 13 (C— ttnaed from Page 8) OVERSEAS LEAVE it Warms U (Mln,) Bam It eta. awtrm WHEN IN BRITAIN drive yourself In a Vauxhall (Velox. Wyvern or Victor), Austin (A.35. A 40. A.55, A.95) or Bedford Dormoblle Caravan. Our three-way tariff gives choice of three popular rates (special rates for winter
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    • 717 13 PHOTOGRAPHY it Warms SS (Min.)— Box ft eta. txtra PHOTOGRAPHIC CLASS Postal Course In Photographymoderate charge Special Class, Saturdays St Sundays 10, Oollyer Quay, Ist Floor, Singapore, *****. PARTIES, WEDDINGS. INDUB--miAL Photographs, etc Call Nantao Studio Expert CommerciaJ Photographers. 191 A New Bridge Road, Singapore, Tel: ***** Charges Moderate. SITUATIONS
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    • 894 13 SITUATIONS VACANT It Words U (Min,)— Box It sis. txtrm 4 JUNIOR CLERKS. Cambridge I: Salesgirls: 4 Stenographers: Vacancies not Handled By Other Agencies: Interviews to-day: City Employment 748 Robinson Road. S-pore. WANTED AN ENGLISH speaking lady driving Instructress, Interview 1 p.m. 5 p.m. 1-11-59 Sunday. Please apply 67, Orchard
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    • 831 13 ACCOMMODATION WANTED I tt Words SS (Mlm.)— Baa St ets. txlra NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICER St Wife need cheap accommodation near B.MJI. Offers to Spore ***** weekdays. EUROPEAN FAMILY require large house Immediately Furnished or unfurnished Leave house considered Rental about $600. I Box A 4945 ST., B'pore. ENGLISH MANAGING DIRECTOR
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    • 935 13 BOOKS PUBLICATIONS i 2* Words SS (Mtn.)— Box St cts. txtra A MERICAN. BRITISH, INDIAN (English) Magazines, Subscription accepted. Write for Classified Lists, Specifying Country. Excelsior News Agency, P.O. Box 403, Singapore. HIRE PURCHASE It Wards SS (Mtn.)— Box St ets. txtra SIN NGOU KWONO, 484, I Serangoon Road, offers
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    • 947 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE it Words SS (Mtn,)—B*m St rta. mxtra 49/50 VANGUARD, Engine, tyres springs all good, body rough, must sell. $400. Mr. Jones, 32 Bloxhoine Drive. S.G.E., Spore. FORD SQUIRE September 1957 one owner leaving 23,000 miles Is 3 300. Offers view 568 Changi Road Spore After 5 p.m.
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    • 769 13 MISCELLANEOUS tt Wards tS (Min.}— Baa St cts. sxtra ULTRA-SONic Watch-cleaning Is done in our modern workshop by experts. A good watch deserves the best service. Oammeters Ltd, 16. Collyer Quay, Singapore. FREE BOOKLET "The Clock to Ticking Again" now available to the hard-of-hearlng from Philips Singapore Limited, N.T.S. Building,
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  • 799 14 RACING with EPSOM lEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Friday CANTY ALSO HAS CHANCE OF FLYING START WITH DETERMINED IN RACE 4: EASTERN WAY THE DANGER TWO jockeys from Britain, Phil Canty of Ireland and Dominic Forte of England, will make their Malayan debut at Kuala Lumpur on
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  • 131 14 SINGAPORE. Prt.— The Btraits Racing Association today announced tbe registration of seven new horses. One of them. Kwan Kong date King's Thane), a six-year-old by Legislator -Pnncess Thaura. has been placed in Class l. The others are: Class 3 West Star, 3-y-o
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 219 14 OWBRIDGE'S LUNG TONIC COMPETITION RESULTS lit PRIZE (Veipo Scooter Mts» Mory Bakar, K.K. Hoaptoi, S>noopore. 2*4 PKIIIS (S Transistor Radios) Sulong Awong, E MM CO, CXmoun Foo Hock L*"fl, Jalon Mgwok, Setopok Wee P«n Lesng Ampon Tcnong Estotc, Kotong Choi H»or>, Jolan Poit Offict Larro, Kota Bhoru. CH#n Ch«fc Lm,
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    • 308 14 J^N. In iust a few hours you can odd years of r3fc\ beouty to your wolls with Super Kern-Tone, S^^-i the miracle lotex woll point. More people use Super Kern-Tone thon ony other wall point because it's so easy to put on so easy to core for. Peautiful colours, dries
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    • 1513 14 Race 1—2.15: (Cbss 3, Div. I)— Abt. 7 Furs. 1 ***** Snperjet (Double H St.) Sullivan. 4 9.0 (F) Taylor 7 2 ***** Excelsior iTrio Kongsl) Yong. 5 8.13 (O) D niton 5 .3 ***** Time To Reason (Capt H.F. Bloxham) Rodgers. 7 8.12 (O) J. Forte 1 4 *****
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  • 397 15 Question KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Federation of Malaya Olympic Council tonight appointed a five-man committee to determine the number of competitors to be sent to the South-East Asia Peninsula Games at Bangkok in December. The committee will also examine applications for affiliation
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  • 48 15 THE boot of high-kick-ing R. Smith, Tottenham Hotspurs centreforward, gets in the way of McKinlay. Nottingham Forest centre-half, in a tussle for the ball in the Notts' goal area during last week's English First Division league match. Tottenham won 2-1. U.P.I, picture.
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  • 119 15 Affiliates promise $10,000 to SOSC SINGAPORE, Fri.— The Singapore basketball, cycling and snooting teams to the Peninsula Games in Bangkok in December have been named. This wa s disclosed at today's Singapore Olympic and Sports Council meeting at which it was estimated that the Singapore contingent to Bangkok would at
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  • 32 15 SINGAPORE. Fri— Outtram School beat St. Joseph's Institution by 19 points (two goals, three tries) to 9 (two tries, a penalty goal) In a ***** match at Outtram Road today.
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  • 44 15 SINGAPORE. Fri—Teachers' Training College beat SCRC 2—l In a Div. 1 league hockey match at Paterson Road today. The other Dlv. 1 match between SCC and CSC was postponed. Serangoon Gardens beat SHB Police 4—l In a Dlv. 3 match.
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  • 200 15 SINGAPORE, Friday. SINGAPORE soccer selectors put their F.A.M. Cup side on show today against R.A.F. Seletar and though they won as expected by 3 l, they never looked a side that can challenge the best in the Federation. In the first half they were lucky
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  • 310 15 SINGAPORE HALVES HOLD KEY TO SUCCESS IN CUP TIE By VAZIR MARKAR SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore, the Joint holders of the Malaya Cup (Rugby) with Perak. have a tough first round hurdle this year. They meet Johore here tomorrow in the opening match of the south zone. Johore will field a
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  • 143 15 JTUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Selangor entered the Federation of Malaya interstate combined schools knockout hockey semi-flnal s today when they beat Negri Senbllan 1-0 at Pantai Road here. Selangor's heroes were their defenders. The goal that brought victory was scored by left back Ranjlt
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  • 329 15  - Burmese fitter, better and more experienced-they should gain easy win LIM KEE CHAN SINGAPORE, Fri. After watching the amateur boxers of Singapore and Burma in their workouts, my forecast of tomorrow's international match is an easy win for Burma. I am not belittling the tremendous work put in by capable
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 253 15 m 2890. Don't let that COLD take hold! A few drops of Vapez on your handkerchief and on your pillow at night dears the head quickly. Vapex relieves colds from the flnt deep breath. VAPEX ta the new "v^V^W^B lU> Ntwl VAPEX INHALE* i|»"J Cany one in your pocket or
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 75 15 SINGAPORE: Rugby Malaya Cup tie south zone) tie. Singapore v Johore lat padang) friendly matches, Singapore Combined Schools v Johore Combined Schools (padang, 4 p.m.) Royal Signals v Johore Services; R.M.P. v The Blacks; Nee Soon v S.R.C. Boxing International match. Singapore v Burma (at 8.B.A. Hall, 8.30 p.m.). Hockey—
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  • 460 16 Grads may have to start right from the bottom, warns Gamba IjNIYERSITY' students must be prepared fora future when they may have to start from the bottom rung in business and trading concerns. Dr. Charles (iamba. Lecturer in Economics at the University of Malaya, warned tonight. "Even so, many will
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  • 78 16 DEAT HS CULLEN: On October 25th at Perth Wrsterr Australia. Thomas James aged 24 years. Cousin of Perce Cu.len. MADAM NEO CHWEE NEO. 81. v.ife of the lave Mr. I.n Ji.ik Chone. (,a.s.seti away pearemllv at No. 42 Ceylon Road. Singapore, on 30-10-59 at 10.30 a.m. leaving behind her beu
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  • 98 16 SCORPIONS AND TARANTULAS ADD TO STORM DEATHS MKXICO CITY. Fri.— An avalancic caused by heavy rains obliterated tne village of Minatitlan on Tuesday, killing about XOO people, according to reports reaching here. Swarms of scorpions and tarantulas attacked tbe few survivors when the side of the Copales Mountains thundered down
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  • 199 16 THAT INCIDENT IN ORANJE: WE DIDN'T MEAN IT lAKARTA, Fri. In- donesian authorities had not intended to enter the cabin of the British First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Carrington, when they searched the .Dutch liner, Oranje, last week. The Assistant Attorney General. Mr. Gunawan, who led the cabin-to-cabin search,
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  • 94 16 FLOODS: 2 ROADS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. More rajn continued to pour in various parts of the Federation today. Here arc the latest flood reports: Selangor Sungei Besi District. Puchong-Klang at 13th milestone 2ft. Bin., rising, impassable to light traffic. Parts of Kampong Malaya at 131 milestone Puchong-Klang
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  • 451 16 rpHE Hindustan Times said today that Mr. Nehru was now convinced that the Chinese intended to occupy the entire 6,000 square miles or Ladakh shown in their maps as Chinese territory. It said the Government had reached this conclusion after studying reports compiled after
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  • 197 16 4 DEAD IN A DAY OF MISHAPS SINGAPORE, Fri. Four people, including a child, were killed in separate tragedies in Singapore today. CASE ONE: The first death was in a hardware shop at Pulau Saigon Road where a 52-year-old labourer. Lee Hong Kang, In a fit of anger, smashed a
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  • 29 16 BANGKOK, Fri. The Siamese Government has instructed governors of provinces bordering Cambodia to clamp down on movements across the border, usually reliable Government sources reported today.
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  • 348 16 LONDON. Pri. Aft«r some hesitancy stock markets resumed their upward trend and the week ended on a very firm note with gains widespread and substantial in many cases. Sentiment was Influenced to a great extent by the repayment of the US Export-Import Bank loan. Closing middle prices of
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  • 87 16 SINGAPORE, Friday. lyiTH four more days to go before the Govern- merit's 16-day "reform offer" to gangsters comes to an end, 482 people have so far taken advantage of it. Yesterday's "score" was 64 and today's 51. As tomorrow is a public holiday,
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