The Straits Times, 5 March 1960

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    11 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1960 15 CENTS
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    INDUSTRY CENSUS
    357 1 MANUFACTURERS TO GET QUESTIONNAIRES Data to help plan development programme Experts will process facts ITUALA LUMPUR, 1V Fri—The Federation Government is to conduct a country wide manufacturing census to g&ther data to help plan the country's development programme. A Government statement says: "Inlbnnation in many ■r« as is
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    BIG FUTURE FORECAST FOR JACKIE
    87 1 BIG FUTURE FORECAST FOR JACKIE JACKIE CHAN. 23-year-old Chinese actress who has been one of the most frequent companions of Mr. Tony Armstrong Jones, who is now engaged to Print-ess Margaret. Jackie plays one of the main parts in the World of Suzie Wong at the Prince of Wales Theatre,
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    BIG BID TO SALVAGE SUNKEN TROOPSHIP
    102 1 BIG BID TO SALVAGE SUNKEN TROOPSHIP SINGAPORE, Frl. A big operation is being carried out in the sea off Singapore to salvage the .{OOOO-ton troopship. Empress of Asia, sunk 18 years ago by the Japanese. The work is being done by the International Salvage Association which has recovered 14 ships
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    New phone link with Madras
    53 1 SINGAPORE, Fri. A new Madras-Singapore radio-tele-phone link will be inaugurated tomorrow with th« formal opening of the new radio centre at Madras. The Minister for Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, will receive a call at about 7 p.m. from the Indian Minister of Transport and Communication.
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    Madam Choon relents and sees her son
    379 1 Madam Choon relents and sees her son TEARS OF JOY AT THE REUNION... SINGAPORE. Fri. Madam Choon Kum Ying, 41, who refused to see the son she had left 16 years ago, when he was only a year old, has relented. She had a happy reunion with him this week.
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    Indonesia rebels are issuing own currency
    73 1 Indonesia rebels are issuing own currency MACAO, Fri. The Indonesian rebels said today they have issued their own currency in the Celebes and in Sumatra. Rebel representatives here said that the notes were printed outside Indonesia but exactly where was not disclosed. Tli« issue is valued at IM.- million rupiahs,
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    Queen's colours
    33 1 LONDON, Fri. Queen Elizabeth II will take the salute at the annual "trooping of the colour" at 11 am. on June 11, her official birthday, the War Office announced today.— U.P.l.
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    Govt. rice deal
    44 1 SINGAPORE. Frl. The Permanent Secretary to the Finance Ministry. Inche Abu Bakar bin Pawanchee. and the Controller of Supplies. Mr. Thlagarajah. have returned to Singapore after successful negotiations in Bangkok and Rangoon for the purchase of rice for the Government stockpile.
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    Lock icon Chiang for third term
    63 1 TAIPEH. Fri. A National Assembly Committee today overwhelmingly approved a resolution which would permit President Chiang Kai-shek, 72, to serve a third term. The committee voted 555 to S3 to amend the nations 11-year-old emergency decree so as to allow a third presidential term. President Chiang's
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    Lock icon Disaster
    67 1 A SCENE IN THE CITY THAT WAS STRICKEN BY AN EARTHQUAKE THIS huge mass of rubble and ruined masonry is all that remains of a block of houses at Agadir, the tourist city that was destroyed this week in the worst earthquake in Morocco's history. More than 6,000 people
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    Bar killing: Missionary testifies
    488 1 Bar killing: Missionary testifies I URGED HIM TO CONFESS HIS SINS TO GOD— COURT TOLD SINGAPORE, Friday. fHK night after his shipmate was killed, Trinidad Felipe Pimental, 19, asked a local American missionary to take him to a police station, n preliminary inquiry was told today. (Rev. Paul A. Contento.
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    22 1 TOLL PUT AT 10,000 IN? £&AXE, Fti rotten f rnrnn Ytw Mouljv Wa^ao estti (.uthquAke deAfhroL'. §1 l« o*< —Renter.
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      6 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000
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    Investment: A big snag
    352 2 LABOUR SCARES AWAY CAPITAL, SAYS INDUSTRIALIST KUALA LUMPUR, Friday ONE of Hong Kong's leading industrialists, Mr. V Tat Chee, said today fear of unfavourable labour conditions in Malaya was holding back unlimited capital investments from the Colony. Otherwise the prospects here of attracting capital from Hong
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    PLAN TO TRAIN 60 NURSES
    134 2 PLAN TO TRAIN 60 NURSES KUALA LUMPUR. Frl— The Australian Oo v c rnment has granted a Malayan Government request for 60 scholarships for basic training for nurses in Australia under the Colombo Plan during this and next year. This is disclosed in a statement by the Minister of Health
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    New society
    28 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl- A Malayan Society of Incorporated Accountants has been set up here to protect the Interests and further the advancement of the accountancy profession.
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    After 15 days, judgment is reserved in polls case
    801 2 IPOH. Friday TVHE hearing of the petition to have the election of Mr. Leong Kee Nyean (Alliance) to a Parliamentary seat from the Kampar constituency last August declared null and void ended in the High Court here today. During the 15-day
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    Tanker freed from reef
    154 2 OINGAPORE. Fri.— Th^ 19,000-ton Norwe gian tanker Jarena which ran aground 01 Hellmar Reef last Saturday. turday. is afloat agair j and out of danger. The vessel came ofl Sti reef about 1 am. today, ac cording to a. spokesman o Boustead and Co.. the ship'
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    PO man charged
    42 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. i postmaster. Ramallngam Sa ravanamuthu Kathiravalup pilai. 44, pleaded not gjftt in court here today to charge of criminal breach c trust of $120 on Dec. 19 las year. Bail of SI. OOO was allowei I
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    24 end course
    30 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Twenty four potential officer of the Federation Terrltorls Army have Just complete their two-week course at th Armed Forces' School c Instruction In Malacca.
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    30 mph signs
    28 2 TAIPINO. Frl— The trafll committee of the Taipinl Town Council has agreed m put up speed limit slgrl along old Kamunting Road tfl check speeding.
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    Lock icon THE BREAKERS MOVE INTO 'QUAKE CITY
    371 3 AGADIR, Friday. TISN thousand men are today waging an all-out battle against disease in the shattered city of Agadir in the hope of finding some victims still alive in the ruins. Rescue workers burrowing into the debris of one house made an amazing discovery
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    Lock icon Press reports 'justified'
    343 3 BLANTYRE DISTURBANCES PROBE B T JVNTYRE, Friday. Tif R. HENRY FAIRLJE, political commentator of the London Daily Mail, told the Southworth inquiry here today that British Press reports on the Blantyre disturbances in January were not motivated by hostility. He said the British Press was entitled to
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    INDONESIA REBELS REVEAL CABINET
    113 3 INDONESIA REBELS REVEAL CABINET GENEVA, Fri— The European representative of the rebel I'nion of Indonesian States last night disclosed tbe Cabinet of tbe newlyformed "Government" Big surprise, according to rebel sources, was the appointment of Col. A. Kahar Muzakkar, head of the Darul Islam forces in tbe southern Celebes, as
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    Lock icon EDEN WAS 'OBSESSED' BY SUEZ SEIZURE: GAITSKELL
    300 3 EDEN WAS 'OBSESSED' BY SUEZ SEIZURE: GAITSKELL f ONDON, Fri. Mr. *-> Hugh Gaitskell. leader of the Labour Party, today described Sir Anthony Eden as "obsessed" and emotional" at the time of the Anglo-French intervention at Suez in 1956. Mr Gaitskell, writing in the Socialist weekly "Forward." was reviewing the
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    Lock icon 'CHEAP, HARMLESS' CLAIMS FOR NEW BIRTH CONTROL PILL
    228 3 LONDON, Fri.— British Drug Houses Ltd.. large manufacturing chemists and druggists claim that they have discovered what might prove to be an inexpensive and harmless form of oral contraceptive. The firm claimed that tests on animals had shown the new substances acted
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    Lock icon I loved Lucy
    38 3 HOLLYWOOD, Pri. Deal Arnaz and Lucille Ball, once the happiest married couple on television, announced their separation yesterday after the red-haired star of "I Love Lucy" filed for divorce in Santa Monica superior court —U.P.I.
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    Lock icon JUST BEGINNER'S LUCK...
    56 3 LONDON, Fri.— A 22-year-old hotel night porter in St. Heller, Jersey, yesterday learned be had won £26.449 (M5224.8M) on a football pools coupon be found in a wastepaper basket and filled out to kill time. It was tbe first time the porter. David Richmond, had ever filled
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    Damaged love nest-$108,OOO
    57 3 ROME, Pri.— A court yesterday ordered the Italian state to pay $108,000 to the family of Benito Mussolini's late mistress for damage to the dictator's love nest. The ruling. Issued after a six-year investigation, covered damage suffered by a luxurious villa near Rome where the dictator held
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    Lock icon Desert clash
    41 3 TEL AVIV, Prl One Egyptian was shot dead ard another wounded during an encounter between three armed Egyptians and an Israeli border patrol about six miles Inside Israeli territory In the Western Negev Desert, an Israeli army spokesman announced.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon New pay scheme
    21 3 LONDON. Prl.— A report published today recommends a completely new wage structure for Britain's 450.000 railway workers.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Copter rescue
    20 3 BUENOB AIRES, FYl.— Two helicopters rescued stranded members of an Argentine military outpost at Margarita Bay. Grahamland.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ray must pay
    43 3 NEW YORK. Fri. "Sjgar 1 Ray Robinson, until recently the world middleweight boxlnK champion, was ordered yesterday to Day U851.750 M 55.250 damages to a woman who claimed that he made slanderous remarks about her reflecting on her morals. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Now Bonn seeks military bases in Britain
    335 3 Now Bonn seeks military bases in Britain BONN, Friday. \MR WALTER C. iTI DOWLING, American Ambassador in Bonn, said here today there had been general discussions in Nato on the possibility of setting up West German supply bases in Britain. Mr. Dowling was answerIng questions from correspondents at a luncheon
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    Lock icon IKE'S PLANE LANDS ON 3 ENGINES
    162 3 SURINAM (Dutch West Indies), Friday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S Jet plane developed engine trouble before touching down here for refuelling and had to land on three engines. The President left in another plane for Puerto Rico. Mr. Elsenhower had Just completed a tour of Brazil. Argentina.
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    Lock icon 'MEG' FOR PRINCESS MARGARET 'OFFENSIVE'
    181 3 'MEG' FOR PRINCESS MARGARET 'OFFENSIVE' LONDON. Fri.— The American practice of referring to members of the British Royal Family "as if they were units in a republic, without prefix to their names." was deplored by Lord Chandos. former Colonial Secretary, at a lunch here yesterday of the English Speaking Union.
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      305 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave «7« outre* NATIONAL SHORTWAVE Snort wflrtai cvovirr a\ 7 from 9•• to 10.M pjn. SBBVICE 41.7 Metre* AM 6.30 Good Morning 63> MEDIUM WAVE SERVICES Morning Prelude: 7.00 The News: Kuala Lunar 341 mt\Ut» 7.05 A Date With Music; S.OO The
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    LOOKING LOVELY TODAY...
    69 4 LOOKING LOVELY TODAY... Today a lovely Singapore working girl gets Page One treatment in the Singapore Free Press. Who it she? She may be a girl you've met yourself in a bus, an office or a public park. For the answer buy today's Free Frets. We give you just one
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    Low-cost housing rents need subsidising for $200 wage earners, inquiry is told
    1310 4 Low-cost housing rents need subsidising for $200 wage earners, inquiry is told SINGAPORE BUILDING EXPERT ON LIMIT TO REDUCING EXPENSE SINGAPORE, Friday THE head of the building department of the Housing and Development Board, Mr. Teh Cheang Wan, told the Commission of Inquiry into the Building Industry today that rents
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    Ship Service fined $50
    70 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Bhip Service, Cross Street, was today fined $50 for disobeying a summons by failing to be represented at the Labour Commissioner's Office in connection with a case, on Dec. 23. The charge arose out of a complaint mad<> by Mr. R. 8.
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    29 NEW VISITORS FOR HOMES
    228 4 29 NEW VISITORS FOR HOMES SINGAPORE, Fri. Four assemblywomen and a Minister's wife, are among 29 members of a new Board of Visitors set up by the Government today, to help improve the running of welfare homes administered by the Social Welfare Department and other voluntary organisations. The assemblywomen are
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    Madam Lim Lee's concert music
    42 4 SINGAPORE. Frl. The Bel Canto Choral Society will hold its inaugural concert at the Victoria Theatre tomorrow at 8 p.m. The concert will feature compositions by Madam Llm Lee. a music teacher at th« Ministry of Education.
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      95 4 -1 in yupore Qiory YMCA (Orchard Road): Junior Dept. open from 3 pjn.: Malay Cambridge Bum. preparation a p.m Singapore Cheas Club a pjn.; Judo practice for all 5 pjn.: Young Adult Group general meeting and election 7.30 p.m. BITKIT TIMAH YOUTH CLUB: Table tennla. body -building, football 4 p.m.;
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      78 4 ■UIbjODIST CHTJBCH: Family group meeting at 16. Jtlin Bes. vjfw at 6 pjn.; MYF "Youth Shares" at 7 pJB. BAMAWWNA MIMION (9 Korrta Roaxl): Lactur* on "InterReligious Harmony" by Bwaml Bhaakaranandjl at 630 p.m. BINOAPOBX AMATSIK BASKETBALL FEDEBATTON: Concert and basketball match at the Happy world SUdhim in aid of
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    Penang merchants discuss tax proposals
    1419 5 NO police force, NO court of law, NO water supply... \f A.I OR Forbes Ross iTI Macdonald fixed his audience of hardbitten, frosty-faced Kuropean and Chinese merchants with a smile of benign goodwill. "On these subjects, gentlemen," he said, "I request you will favour me
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      212 5 Th<> Saint By Lesiie Charteris Lil Abner By At Capp V '^l*i /A^tSfi^flggv*-|/ ANY- 1 J i WILL.*) f WELL.I 111 -BEFORE IT H II f AMD IT WAS UUCKV f^- mar fcgftlMJ BODY i MUST I, T WAS S DISAPPEARED, L SOU HEARD THE I NOWTH'STATCHOO O' COMIN? fl
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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    The Straits Times Saturday, March 5, 1960. Protection Takes A Rap
    685 6 The Straits Times Saturday, March 5, 1960. Protection Takes A Rap Figures just released by the Canadian Bureau of Statistics show that the country's imports from Japan last year rose by half and there were important increases in the amount of money it spent in France, Belgium and West Germany.
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    Rubber Yields
    355 6 In the last four years rubber estates and smallholders have replanted annually rather more than four per cent of their land. It is unlikely that replanting will continue at this rate, but the theoretical possibility of a complete replanting of all Malayan rubber in twenty-five years has attracted
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    Student Nurses
    201 6 Sixty more student nurses are to go to Australia under the Colomob Plan during this year and 1961. There, like the many who have been wellreceived before them, they will get a first-rate training side by side with Australian girls in schools that could well occupy themselves entirely
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    Fifty years ago
    99 6 Fifty years ago From the Straits Times of March 6. 1910 FOM March 1 telegraphic money orders to the Federated Malay States have been introduced. A CHRONICLER writes in to say that in former days Penang was one huge clove garden. Disease, however, killed the cloves as it may one
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    Japan THE WAY BACK
    1116 6  - Japan THE WAY BACK Geoffrey Tebbutt by -OF THE GUARDIAN JAPAN'S reputation inSouthEast Asia, long bedevilled by the twin legacies of war-bred bitterness and fears concerning the nations future intentions, has improved considerably in recent months and years, and the improvement is continuing. Even five years ago popular sentiment In
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    Saturday Study
    5 6 The market place
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    Information Officer on trial
    563 7 CLAIMS FOR CIVICS COURSE EXPENSES WERE FALSE, SAYS FIRST WITNESS IPOH, Friday HOWARD USED THE LIQUOR AND HOTEL BILLS, COURT IS TOLD A SENIOR Government official denied in the Sessions Court here today that he was so "keen for promotion" that he abetted his superior in
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    MONEY TO PAY HIS
    381 7 7 WAS UNDER DURESSHE WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME A BAD REPORT 9 for "maybe two years." said Mr. Quek. Mr. Yeoh: "You were friendly with Mr. Chin?" Mr. Quek: "What do you mean? He was Just a usual friend." Mr. Yeoh: "Then why did you ctll
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    All is set for the court martial of Staff Sergeant Hicks
    143 7 All is set for the court martial of Staff Sergeant Hicks SINGAPORE, Friday. A LL is set for next Thursday's court martial of Staff Sgt. Lucien Hicks on a charge .of murder. Staff Sgt Hicks. of REME. whose wife Helga was found burnt to death In their flat In Alexandra
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    Mrs. Goh for U.S. welfare talks
    132 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Mrs. Goh Keng Swee. wife of the Finance Minister, and Madam Hoe Puay Choo, PAP Assembly member, will represent Singapore at the golden anniversary White House conference on children and youth at Washington from Mar. 27 to April 2. the United States
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    Assembly date
    17 7 PENANO, Fri.— The Penang State Legislative Assembly will meet at 9.30 a.m. on March 22.
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    HOUSE IS BURGLED: THREE MEN HELD
    97 7 IPOH, Fri.— Police detained three men today after a report was made that a bungalow was burgled Early this morning, Mr J. H. Bennle, a mining engineer at Tekka Mines Limited in Slmpang Pulal. seven miles from here, reported to the police that his
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    Sumatra quieter—so trade soared
    149 7 Sumatra quieter— so trade soared PENANO. Fri. The Fede- donesian Consulate, said to- ports airalnst 5.889 tons In ration's barter trade with In- Hatu the gumatra p cn anf exports to Sumatra donesla rose last year because unrest in 1958 had proved a rose from $749,703 in 1953 to of
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    Ministry job for MCS man
    94 7 Ministry job for MCS man ITUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The former State Secretary of Perak. Ton Muda Abdullah bin Dato 'Stia Mohd. Noordin. has been appointed secretary to the Ministry of Health. His appointment by the Yang dl-Pertuan Agong was announced today In a Government gazette. He succeeds Tengku Mohamed bin
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    GOC opens estate
    58 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. The General Officer Commanding, Singapore Base District, Major General L C. Harris, today officiary opened the Medway Park Estate, off Dover Road. It has quarters for 82 married officers. Work on the site started In October, 1958. and the entire project, estimated to cost $3J
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    Cash for roads
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Frt.— The Executive Council of Johore has approved $16,000 for the government to pay for the cost of road construction within the low-cost housing area In Kampong Melayu In Kluang.
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    Killed grazing
    20 7 BUTTERWORTH, Fri. Two buffaloes were killed by lightning yesterday while grazing on a padl field at Permatang Perangan
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    Ship fire: Judge says SHB men to blame
    436 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. MR JUSTICE BUTTROSE said today that a fire on board the M. V. Javanese Prince, on July 24, 1954. was due to the negligence of the Singapore Harbour Board workmen. He said this In giving Judgment in the High Court
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    Rain ends long drought
    41 7 KAJANO. Frt— The monthlong drought which hit Kajang and other parts of the Ulu Langat district In south Selangor, ended yesterday, when heavy rain felL The shower brought relief to rubber smallholders, vegetable gardeners and estate owners.
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    TALKS ON CLAIMS CONTINUE
    59 7 TALKS ON CLAIMS CONTINUE SINGAPORE, Fri. Negotiations which resumed today between the Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federation and the Council's negotiating committee on the federation's 17 claims will continue on Monday. Today's meeting lasted four hours. No statement was Issued. Strike notices served by the federation's 12 affiliated unions
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    44 7 SINGAPORE Fri. The Permanent Secretary to the Finance Ministry. Inche Abu Bakar bir Pawanchee. and the Controller of Supplies, Mr. S. Thlagnrajah. have returned here after successful negotiations in Bangkok and Ran. goon for the purchase of rice for the government stockpile.
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      225 8 An advisory service for students YOUR editorial Student Advice (S.T. Feb. 29) touches on an urgent problem. It reflects on the need of the Malayan Government to provide advisory services to parents and intending students who wish to study in Australia and New Zealand. The Australasian Graduates' Association of Malaya,
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      THE TEACHERS WHO DO ANYTHING BUT TEACH
      566 8 IT is disappointing that the Ministry of Education has not taken steps to see that all classes In Singapore schools are functioning on proper lines. From what I have seen as a student In a Government school. I am driven to the conclusion
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      118 8 A lesson in preserving one's dignity... JF there is any truth in the contention that a Minister's dignity varies according to the size of the car he occupies, then the late Ma- l> at ma Gandhi mast have been a very insignificant being indeed. But there is not a shadow
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      THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR
      199 8 THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR \VAGES ought to be sufficient to support the average worker. And If in our modern society the average worker is unable to support his iamlly Jn human dignity, then there is something fundamentally wrong with our economic system. There must be a real and sincere approach
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      344 8 I AM VERY DISTURBED ABOUT IT AS a parent with four children in school. I am extremely disturbed over the state of education in Singapore today. Like most parents I have hopes thai my chiidrei. will be given sufficient scope in our schools to full', utilise their intellectual
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      325 8 Straits Times Crossword across 7. "Second childtenna* and 1. It's in Burma and neigh- mere (As You Like It) touring states iB>. <t). S. Ttaln the submarine com- S. A sort M floor-covering (or a pany (S>. printing-machine (8). 9. A tiny bit of the wrong clue 13. One 300-tonner
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    TIN PRICE FALLS OVER TWO DOLLARS IN SINGAPORE
    497 10 TIN PRICE FALLS OVER TWO DOLLARS IN SINGAPORE By Our Market Correspondent f HERE was a sharper decline af $2.37] in the price of tin in Singapore which was quoted at $388.37} per picul yesterday. The Singapore fall followed substantial drops in London overnight prices where in Thursday's afternoon session
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    22 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: March 4 March 3 Industrials: 129.90 129.54 Tins: 150.76 15*40 Rubber*: 256.08 233.74 Jan. 1 1958- It*.
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    Discount on March rubber
    363 10 THE feature of this A week's trading has been the sudden return of 1 R.S.S. March to a discount to April, attributed by some dealers to some early tendering of March 1 R.S.S. state H.C.B. Co. Ltd., in their current market survey. Nearby 1 R.S.S. has
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 10 \lt< II Hist grade rubber 11 buyers fob. closed in Singapore \esterday at 117> a cents per lb.. up one-eighth of a cent 00 Thursday's close. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 1174. sellers
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    109 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce 0 Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copr»: quiet; UK/ConUnen» March/April shipments $40 buyers. $41.. sellers Coconut oil: quiet; bulk 562 sellers, arum $64 sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business was reported done. Muntok white $361. Sarawak $360 iboth down $10), special Sarawak black $230.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    141 10 ALL Malayan Exchange Banks' Association rales remained unchanged yesterday as follows all rates to $100): New Verk: busing airmail T.T 32 O.D 33, 90 d \t U% credit uiit-. 33 'j trade bills. Canada: buying airmail TT 31 5/l(j. O.D. 31 7 16. 90 d st 31 7
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    647 10 (\N the Malayan Stock Exenmng* yesterday, industrials were slightly Irregular, tins were quiet and rubbers steady. The turnover was fair. Members of the Exchange reported the following business at me afternoon call: industrials: Piaser and Neave oras $i.»o (On »i.tfB to 5i.94. Hongkong Ban* »biu.oo xd; M. breuene»
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    283 10 CHIPS lying alongside the sin--0 gapore Harbour Board wharves this morning: Ruys 1/2, Surt Patrol 4 5, Glenfrutn 6A. Karslk 7. Benreoch 8 9. Bolealaw Beirut 10 11. Hulda Maersk 13/14. Jaa Mate]ko 15/16 Tricolor 18. Star Arcturus 19. Stia N. Wall. Btrusa N Wall 2. Salong N.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    37 10 SINGAPORE, March 4. RUBBER: $1,114 per lb. (up one -eighth of a cent). Unofficial 5 p.m. close $1,111 (slightly steadier). TIN: $388,314 per plcul (down $2,314). Estimated unofficial of ferine 225 tons tup 5 tons).
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    121 10 MELBOURNE, PH. INVESTMENT shares closed the x week along steady lines here today A.P.M. eased 9d., and Cyeloos also 9d. Base snetaJs and the oils hell a firm tone Commonwealth bonds were traded* along firm lines. Con. Zinc 93 Mount LyeU (5/-) 7/4', North Broken Hill 155 9
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      495 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE The Van Kit Swimming Pool will be closed to the public from Ist March 1960 until further notice for repair*. GUTHRIE ft COMPANY LTD., Announce that MR. TBO HONO HWEE being no longer In their employ it not authorised to transact any business on their
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      553 10 NOTICE BUILDING SOCIETY OF MALAYA, LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eighteenth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at Its Registered Office. China Building, Chulla Street, Singapore, on Saturday. 19th March. 1960 at 12 30 p m. to transact the
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      976 11 NOTICES CLOSURE OF ROAD Kuantan/Maran Road will be closed to traffic from 9.00 p.m. on 12.3.60 to 6.00 a.m. the next morning due to tepflrs to Bailey Bridge No. 2b, 5. STATE ENOINEER PAHANO eastern realty company, limited (Incorporated in Singapore) JrVoTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN *nat the Twenty-Seventh Annual General
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      759 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS P.W.D. VACANCY NOTICE SCAMMEL DRIVER wanted in North Kedah on dally pay depending oa experience and abilities with Driving licence for Groupes E vehicles and wltn experience In driving a 8 cubic yard Scammel Upper. 2. Candidates will bo required to show their skill in a test and
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    129 12 ELLIOTT AND THOMAS ALLOWED TO TOUR US PERTH, Fri.— The Australian Amateur Athletic Union yesterday agreed to. world champion miler Herb Elliott and Albert Thomas accepting invitations to run overseas. However, it Is not known yet whether the two topline athletes will accept offers to run in California in May
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    Noel's choice likely to be Flying Mist
    247 12  -  EPSOM JEEP CLASS 5 TOP DIVISION SPRINT IS INTRIGUING By EXPENSIVE HOBBY ALSO HAS CLAIMS PENANG, Fri. The top division race for Class 5 horses over six furlongs here on Sunday looks an intriguing problem. Four first run winners have been brought together,
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    IT'S UNFAIR TO MAY BENAUD
    324 12 IT'S UNFAIR TO MAY BENAUD By JACK FINGLETON: Canberra, Friday MERITING that every day is May Day for some English cricket writers. Australia's Test captain Richie Benaud, in his Sydney Sun column, says between now and 1961, Peter May will only have to tie a shoelace incorrectly to call down
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    37 12 ROME, Fri. The Clymplc Organisation Committee announced yesterday that 959 journalists from 631 newspapers and news agencies all over the world had been accredited to the Rome Olympic Games by the end of February— Reuter.
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    26 12 LONDON, Fri. Bill Edrich, 43-year-old former England and Middlesex cricketer, and Barbara Valeric Terry. 35, were married yesterday. It was Edrich's fourth marriage. Reuter.
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    Penang weights
    232 12 Pe n ang weights M(.ii i s for all seven races at Penanc on Sunday: Cl. 4— S\F Piet linn S.OU Quicksilrer B.l> No txense h.uh Gay TournaJ 8.08 Two TaiU 7.12 Sri MrdaD 7.11 Chemise 7.09 Heyday 7.07 Cl. 5. Div. 1-6 F Expensive Hobby 9.04 r lyinf Mist
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    Lock icon 'CHAOS... if authorised players not accepted'
    254 12 'CHAOS... if authorised players not accepted' I ONDON, Fri.— Mr. J. Eaton Griffith. British president of the International Lawn Tennis Federation, told a Press conference here last night tho.t tennis would be reduced to "chaos" 11 the I.L.T.F. did not accept "authorised players" at its July meeting in Paris. Mr.
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    Scientist leads in 1,000-mile race
    150 12 GLASGOW, Friday. f\AVID Robinson, 35-year-old Bermudian sAen^ist, was still well ahead of the field yesterday in a 1,000-mile race down Britain from John O'Groats to Land's End. I After walking and running for most of the night, Robinson reached Abington, Lanarkshire, yesterday morning, 40 miles
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    37 12 Irish (N) Cup semi-finals BELFAST. Fri. The draw for the semi-finals of the Irish (Northern) Cup, to be played on Saturday (Mar. 26) Is: Distillery v. Llnfleld (at Cllftonville); Derry v Ards (at the Oval, Belfast). Reuter.
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    27 12 VANCOUVER, Fri. Carol Heiss. 20. of the United States won the women's world figure skating title for the fifth successive year here last night. Reuter.
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    65 12 (GEORGETOWN Fri.— A local sports goods shop had cricket fans chuckling here by "gaying" M.C.C. players who wear extra protective clothing because of the "bumper war" on the West Indies tour. The shop displayed a life-six* model of a fullydresaed cricketer, wearing such additional protection as crash
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    SYDNEY RUGBY SIDE ON STRIKE
    105 12 SYDNEY RUGBY SIDE ON STRIKE CANBERRA. Fri. Australia, land of many strikes Sydney busmen, Melbourne seamen and Newscastle coalminers are at present "out" had an unusual one last night. Sixteen members of New town, a Sydney Rugby League side, went on strike because of insufficient payment. The clubs offered them
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    Lock icon MCC face big task against Guiana
    223 12 GEORGETOWN. Fri. r U M.C.C who are 31 for* no wicket .in reply to British Guiana's first innings total of 375 for six declared, faced a big task as they entered the third day of their fourday match here today. Chief Interest centred oJI
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    22 12 CARDIFF. Fri. Walef/ and Holland drew their international amateur boxing match at Porthcawl las* night, each winning five bouts. Reuter.
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    NS crash in 'quad'
    73 13 SEREMBAN. Frl. Negri Sembllan, the Malayan hockey champions, were today humbled 3-0 today by Selangor, the 1958 champions, in the South zone championship quadrangular here today. In an earlier match, Malacca beat Johore. also 3-0. The winners of the South and North zone championship quadrangular*, and
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    Eveready in final
    63 13 SINGAPORE. Fri.-Eve-ready entered the final of the Singapore Hockey Association's junior knockout competition when they beat Navy Nomads 4-3 after extra time at Thomson Road today. A hat- trick by Charlie Tan gave Eveready a 3-2 Interval lead. Mohamed Noor (2) and Nicholas put the Nomads level
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    30 13 SINGAPORE. Frl.— Jollilads and R.A.F. Tengah drew 2-2 in a friendly soccer match at Geylang today. Nadarajah (2) scored for Jollilads, while Tengah replied through Goring and Deed.
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    Indian Recs win
    31 13 SINGAPORE. Fri.— Goals by Rahlm Omar and Hassan Awane helped Indian Recreation Club to beat 5 Coy Doe Unit 2-0 In a soccer match at Farm Park today.
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    SOSC PLANS AN AWARD
    183 13 AN INCENTIVE TO SPORTSMEN IN SINGAPORE-TAN SINGAPORE, Friday. TO gain greater public support for sport, the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council is planning to present an annual Olympic Council award for the outstanding sportsman in the state. S.O.S.G. president, Mr. C. C. Tan, told a council
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    STRONG POLICE XI CAN STOP SCC'S WINNING RUN
    447 13  - STRONG POLICE XI CAN STOP SCC'S WINNING RUN FIRDHOUSE SALAHUDIN By SINGAPORE, Prl. Police Sports Association, champions in 1955. 1955 and 1957, have a great chance of stopping the Singapore Cricket Club's winning run in the Singapore Cricket Association's senior tournament this season. SCC won the championship In 1958 and
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    Australian youths may play here
    241 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. rpwo rising Australian tennis stars, who took Neaie Fraser and Roy Emerson to five sets in the recent Australian championships may visit Singapore and Malaya on their overseas tour next month. i They are John Pearce and Fred Btolle. both of whom
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    FAM names 21 players for Junior Cup squad
    233 13 KUALA LIMPIR. Fri. The F.A, of Malaya today named 21 players to undergo training in preparation for the Junior Asian Cup soccer competition, starting here on Mar. St. The trainees are: Teh Cheng Lee (S'gor), Lee Soo Phunß (Mai.), Abdullah Nordin (Pk.),
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    176 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Australian Badminton Association has arranged exhibition matches for Malaya's Teh Kew San and Urn Say Hup In all the five Australian states. Kew San and Say Hup, who will be defending their douoles title* In the All-England.
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      27 13 FOOTBALL MBC*pore T Peruvians (Jalan Besar Stadium. Singapore. 8 p.m.). BASKETBALL Singapore v Johore (Happy World, Singapore. p.m.). HOCKEY Senior knockout quartw-final: BCRO YMSA (Shenton Way. Singapore).
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    314 14 'NUMBERS TALLIED WITH THOSE OF NOTES SENT ME BY MALACCA POLICE 9 MALACCA. Fri. ANOTHER OFFICER WAVED HANDKERCHIEF AFTER LAND OFFICE VISIT A POLICE inspector today told of the trap set for Anthony Bong, 48-year-old Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Mines
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    88 14 $1 death man gets 7 years SEREMBAN. Fri. A vegetable farmer. Chong 58 ho was charged with the murder of a retired •state employee, was today Jailed for seven years by Mr Justice Ismail Khan for culpable homicide. The jury, taking 38 minutes to reach a unanimous decision, found him
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    152 14 Nanyang students: We are big family SINGAPORE, Fri. The Nanyang University Students' Union today urged that the university should remain a pan-Malayan university and that no limitation should be imposed on the number of Federation students. In a 3,500-word statement in Chinese issued today, the Union said: "The people of
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    141 14 SHOP WAS OPEN ON HOLIDAY: $100 FINE SINGAPORE. Friday. yHE Fourth Magistrate, Mr. M. Coomaraswamy, today convicted and fined a shop partner $100 for contravening the Shop Assistants and Employment Ordinance. 1 Tan Yong Heng. partner of a shop in Cambridge Road appeared In court for being responsible for the
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    123 14 w. SINGAPORE, Friday. T»HE Ministry of National Development is conwo« St Ct i ng ;c. maJor hi hwa y to link Choa Chu Kang Road at 5J m.s. with Jurong Road at 134 m s The link road, of 2V4 miles is
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    48 14 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Trainee teachers here will meet at Raffles institution on Sunday at 2 p.m. to discuss the new single system of teacher training introduced by the Government on Feb. 22. They will also discuss formation of a body of Teachers' Training College class representatives.
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    Road death case acquittal
    40 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. Tan Toh Yam, of Tampenis Road, was today acquitted of causing the death, not amounting to culpable homicide, of a three-year-old girl, Lee Choon Lan, by negligent driving at Angullia Road on Jan. 9.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    53 14 MM. MAHV tUPPIAH md family thank rrlati%-ta and frlenda who attended i he funeral, sent wreath* and teleg-am> uf late M- K Buppiah MR. AND MRS. COLIN CMARLIS MOLLOWAV thank all relative! and fnenda for their rood wiahca, re e■rmms and valuable preacnta given oo the occasion of thetr
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    Exchange law
    23 14 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The Exchange Control (Amendment) Ordinance. 1960. which was passed by the Singapore Legislative Assembly last month, became law today.
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    KINDNESS COST HIM $150, BRUISES
    87 14 KINDNESS COST HIM 150, BRUISES SINGAPORE, Fri. A lift to three strangers coat a motorist here about $150 and a lot of cnU and bruises last evening At 5 p.m.. Mr. Poon Chew Guan of Ponttot Road, was driving along Alexandra Circus. Seeing three men by the wayside he offered
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    MISSING BOY IN JOHORE —REPORT
    108 14 SINGAPORE, Fri. A 19--year-old Indian youth, Ramachandiramani missing •lnce he left his Jalan Kayu home on Jan. 29, is reported to have been seen in Johore Bahru last Saturday. The manager of Rex Theatre. Johore Bahru, Mr. Dominic Vaz, said that a youth who looked
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    LONDON STOCKS
    283 14 LONDON, Prt. Unsettled con- dltlons were again appaient in London stock markets but considering the sharpness of yesterday's fall on Wall Street and the presence of other restraining Influences, Including the prospect of footing a big Increase In railway workers wages, today's performance was considered fairly satisfactory. Closing
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    RUBBER
    28 14 LONDON, Prl. Spot 34d Norn. April 33*»d.. April/June 33', d.. July/Sept. 32&»d.. oct./Dec 31 T ,d. J»n./March 31 Sd., March c.J.f. 34d.. Aprtl cl.f. 33 \d. ToneDulL
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    TIN
    21 14 LONDON. Prl. Buyers £783 i, sellers £7844. Forward buyers £783 sellers 1784. Settlement £784'u. Turnover a.m. 110 tons p.m 80.
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    HAD STOLEN GOODS: 18 MONTHS FOR FATHER OF 8
    203 14 HAD STOLEN GOODS: 18 MONTHS FOR FATHER OF 8 SINGAPORE, Friday. ■J\\\ KNG SENCi, a locksmith, was today sentenced to. 18 months' jail by the First District Judge, Mr. Ku (.how Chye, for receiving stolen cash and jewellers- on Dec. 9 last year. The court was told that the Jewellery,
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    Paints probe next week
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    SHIP WORKERS' NEW BID TO GET JOBS BACK
    102 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. More than 130 contract workers engaged in cleaning ships' tanks, who lost their jobs three months ago. will make another bid tomorrow to get their jobs back. The Ship Cleaning Work- 1 ers' Union, representing the 134 men, will write
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