The Straits Times, 7 March 1960

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  • 241 1 NEARBY RESIDENTS ARE GIVEN QUIT NOTICES Tengku will give scheme his personal attention It will be the best in S-E Asia KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Prime Minister is giving personal attention to the $10 million plan to develop the International Airport here into the best in South-East
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  • 173 1 KING IN QUAKE CITY AGADIR, Sun. King Mohammed drove In a disinfected ctr into the centre of this quarantined city today to watch the work of the disinfection squads in the ruins. The Royal car was dusted with disinfectant powder before driving into the cordon-ed-ofl zone. The King was accompanied
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  • 46 1 KATMANDU. Sun. The Nepales Prime Minister Bushe&war Pra-sad Koirala. left here for Peking at the invitation of the Chinese Government. His chief objective is to get an unequivocal declaration from China recognising the boundary between Nepal and Chinese-ruled Tibet. observers said. Reuter.
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  • 30 1 HONO KONG. Bun.-Borne 800.000 refugees will receive 600 000 pounds Nof tinned Canadian p-.-k -the courtesy of the Canadian Lutheran World Relief Service. It was announced today.— U.P.Z.
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  • 68 1 LONDON. Sun. The Sunday Express said today that Princess Margaret's fiance, Mr. Antony Armstrong -Jones, would be given a title probably that of a Marquis. The main reason would be to provide some distinction for the children of his marriage to Princess Margaret, the newspaper
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  • 133 1 STORE READY FOR CLASH IPOH, Sunday. nOLICE found two gangland armouries here to- day. They recovered four long knives, an axe, six choppers, daggers and an iron rod. Some were burled in a big mound of sawdust on the bank of Klnta River, off Laxamana
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  • 43 1 NICOSIA. Sun. The Cyprug Governor, sir Huge Toot, announced today he had commuted to life Imprisonment the death sentence on a Greek Cyprlot. Costas Xenofontos. who was convicted In January for the murder of a Cyprlot woman. Joanna Joannou. Reuter.
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  • 50 1 PARANG GANG ATTACKS YOUTH SINGAPORE. Sun.— A fiveman parang gang attacked a youth, Tan fcng Choon. 20, in Penan; Road here late last night. Tan was rushed to the General Hospital with three wounds in his back. At midnight detectives went to the hospital to talk to the injured youth.
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  • 43 1 HONG KONG. Sun. -Work has been completed on dams and dykes for a reservoir, on the Chinese mainland, which promise*, to help solve the water problems of Hong Kong and Macao, the New China news agency reported from Canton— Reuter.
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  • 289 1 SINGAPORE, Sun. Blonde Senta Tafl. a former Australian airgirl. relaxed in her hotel suite here this morning and gaid: "Yes, I am breaking through the great brand barrier at last." Ml*s Taft. who is a tales promotions officer for seven Australian flrmi dealing In
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  • 281 1 JAKARTA. Sun. President Soekarno is now the absolute ruler of Indonesia. The 58-y«ar-old revolutionary leader last night, dismissed the tountry's Parliament besau«. he said, the House had n»t met the hopes for mutual 00-uperation between it and the Government. Leader* oi the
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  • 404 1 SECRET VOTE TO SELECT ACTING M.B. FOR PERAK IPOH, Sunday. rpHE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and 1 the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. presided over a series of Party meetings here last night when two secret ballots were taken on who is to be the acting Mentri Besar
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  • 136 1 GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS FOR GHANA REPUBLIC ACCRA, Sun. Government proposals pablikhfi\ today to turn thr \\>-t African nation of Ghana into a Republic would give its- Parliament the power to surrender the country's sovereignty to a larger Union of African States. This Union is the oft-men-tioned goal of Ghana's present Prime
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  • 174 1 Bonn urged to break ties t>ONN, Sun —A spokesD man of the ruling Christian Democratic Party's parliamentary group said today that West Germany should consider breaking diplomatic relations with Guinea. This follows yesterdaj announcement of the establishment of diplomatic relation* between Guinea and East Germany. Guinea thus became the first
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  • 44 1 BAIT STABBED SINGAPORE B l.r,Lt<ro me* tb- bi'ii." Past stabl" tJtk dorm; fistu in ■etai boms tomjbt I •M in bis moth- r i «hcc nuuß mtb >mf rorJied *t them. Moth'.r ■at not mjared !>.<.>■■ >eot hone after ttiitiu 1 v Hospital
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  • 29 1 ACCRA. Sun. Messages of congratulation poured in from all over the world today as Ghana celebrated Us third anniversary of independence with churches services and special prayers.
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  • 229 2 S'pore AA sets record —9,168 members SINGAPORE, Sun. Despite the exodua of expatriate members, the total net membership of the Automobile Association of Singapore has reached an all-time record of 9.168. The association's 1959 report said: "Although the net increase (for the year* of 89 Is nothing compared to previous
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  • 55 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. Two thugs pounced on a cyclist. Ong Hlan Bee. 17. in Kirn Seng Road at noon today and stabbed him twice In the back and arm. Ong, of Covent Road, has been admitted to hospital in a serious condition. The police believe it
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  • 215 2 CIKokpORE. Sun The three-month-old Malaysian SociologicaLjßeeearch Institute has formed a fundraising committee. Members of the committee are Messrs. Nazir Mallal. Ng Aik Huang. K M. Abdul Razak, H. A. Jlvabhal. Tan Yeok Seong. Adam Moledlna. Tan Kia Nam, Ameer Jumabhoy. Dr. Lien Shin Sheng and Dr.
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  • 373 2 Anglican Synod to meet on 'province' idea with S.E.A. dioceses SINGAPORE, Sun. The Anglican Diocesan Synod of Singapore and Malaya will consider the formation, with other dioceses in South-East Asia, of a "province" in this region, when it meets in Penang from March 29 to April 1. The Bishop of
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  • 194 2 SINGAPORE. Sunday. A 60-YEAR-OLD woman and her four grandchildren were admitted to hospital here today suffering from suspected food poisoning after having had bread for breakfast in their home in Cavan Road. First to fall ill was Madam Lim Yew.
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    • 249 2 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS I M«n on the run? (IV 4 Artificial stone found In Ir«- <In ntremlty on« m»y i»vt Und (I). up <bi. 8 Describe a flxVs means of 7 Business Interest (7). •vtmminß in h river i6 14 Men cure ham an unucual 9 Being forcible malc«s
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  • 185 3 TIBETANS STILL FIGHTING CHINESE, says LAMA NEW DELHI, Sun. The Dalai Lama said here yesterday that Tibetans all over Tibet were still fighting the Chinese despite their "oppression", anft were "determined to regain their own political and social life." He told reporters at Mustorie that he believed that even the
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  • 34 3 JAKARTA. Sun. Floods and fires in Jakarta in the past two years have destroyed property worth nearly 42 million rupiahst about $3.360.. 000), the municipal information officer told reporters today. Reuter
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  • 68 3 SACRAMENTO, (California), Sun.— Radio Station Krak began a 24-hour serenade for homecoming soldier Elvis Presley yesterday by giving its listeners nothing but his records. Station manager Jay Hotter called It "Be Kind to Elvis Presley Day" and reported that "response is tremendous and almost entirely favourable."
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  • 488 3 RABAT, Sun THE new city that will be built on the ruins of the old port, shattered by an earthquake on Monday, will be called "New Agadir," it was announced in Rabat today. Crown Prince- Moulay Hassan today cleared up
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  • 92 3 ALBERT Joseph Herbert. Jr.. 21. on way to the U.S. from Communist China, appears stunped as United Press International correspondent William Miao (right)' trans lates for him a UPI dispatch from Massachusetts in which the youth's father claimed he was not married to his
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  • 105 3 140 DEAD IN BLIZZARD WHICH HIT THE U.S. YEW YORK, Sun.-The blizzard which laid a mantle of snow across the southern and eastern United States leaving over 140 dead gave way In most areas today to clear, but biting weather. As the snow clouds rolled out over the Atlantic they
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  • 13 3 TOYKO, Sun. Japan's Empress Nagako today celebrated her 57th birthday.
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  • 181 3 WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE U.S. State Department yesterday denied charges of complicity in the Havana ship explosion made in a broadcast by the Cuban Premier Dr. Fidel Castro. Dr. Castro said U.S. interests opposed to the Cuban revolution were responsible for the explosions.
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  • 38 3 LONDON, Sun.— Mr. Harold Macmillan. the British Prime Minister, was last night elected Chancellor ot Oxford University over his rival. Sir Oliver Franks, a former British Ambassador to Washington and chairman of Lloyds Bank.
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  • 24 3 UMTALI (Southern Rhodesia). Sun.— Major C. W Mercer, better known as Dornford Yates, the author died here early today, agea 74.— Reuter.
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  • 43 3 JAKARTA. Sun. Agricultural authorities In Central Java are encouraging the people of the province to eat rabbit. Jakarta newspapers said today. The papers said It was hoped In this way to get more protein Into the people's diet.— Reuter.
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  • 26 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Sun.— The Navy said yesterday a leported unidentified submarine off the U.S. -Canada border actually was just "a big fish."— U.P.l.
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  • 123 3 2 QUESTIONS BOG DOWN CYPRUS BASES TALKS VICOSIA, Sun. Archbishop Makarlos said today he and Mr. Julian Amery. British Colonial U n d c r-Secretary. had made progress on the British bases question in Cyprus. Two important questions concerning the bases are still outstanding a safeguard for Cypriot rights In
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  • 88 3 Tony may be new prince's godfather ONDON, Sun— The Queen Li Is expected to lnvita Mr. Antony ArmstrongJones to become a godfather to her baby born two weeks ago. according to today's Sunday Dispatch. The newspaper quotes friends as saying she will do this to make Princess Margaret's ex-photograph-er fiance
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  • 19 3 JAKARTA Sun— Film star Frederic March has arrived in Indonesia on a short holiday tour. Reuter.
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  • 107 4 DIFFICULT TO FIND GIRL GUIDE LEADERS, SHE SAYS KUALA LI MPI Sun. It was difficult to find sufficient girl guide leaders in Malaya, a 26-yvar-old guider from Malaya na B said in Australia. The guider is Che FakhiUh binte Mohammad Dans, of Jalan Day, Alor Star. Che FakhiUh said there
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  • 69 4 ART SHOW AT POLY IN APRIL SINGAPORE, f^n. The Singapore Art Society's 11th open exhibition of works by local artists will be opened at the Singapore Polytechnic on April 4. Closing date for entries U Saturday March 19. Sketches and paintings In any medium and works of sculpture and modelling
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  • 262 4 NO MORE CONGESTION: STATIONS NEAR HOME KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Election Commission is to make it more convenient for people to go to the polls in future. There will be no more congestion in certain areas: No "ghost stations," with only a handful of •votecs
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  • 115 4 Free film shows for the week BINQAPORE. Sun. Tht Field Section of the Ministry of Culture will give free nlm shows at the following places from tomorrow. All shows will begin at P<m. and short talks on current topics will be Riven by Field Officers MONDAY— Children's Playground. Aliwal Street;
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  • 274 4 SINGAPORE, Sunday. A REPORT from London that the British Drug Houses Ltd., has discovered what might prove to be an inexpensive and harmless form of oral contraceptive has caused a mild stir among local doctors but only because it promised to be radically
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  • 160 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. A large crowd of about 2.000. saw this year's fl'tb "Aneka Ragam Ra'ayat" show at the Katong Park. The three-hour show included for the first time. a selection of modern songs and music by Derek Plumstead and his Quartet from RAF Changi and
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  • 184 4 COMMERCE COURSE: FEDERATION OFFERS STUDY GRANTS KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. T<HE Federation Ministry of Education has made 1 Its first offers of scholarships in commercial I subjects. Scholarship winners will be trained at the Pitman's College In London. The Government has alio announced that it will award two scholarships in design
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  • 34 4 SINGAPORE. Sun.— A photographic exhibition of flower studies In monochrome and colour will be held in conjunction with the Singapore Flower Show, which begins at the Happy World Stadium on April l.
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  • 41 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Mr. Alfred Lee Hood Yew, 27. returned here today by Qantas from Britain with a medical degree from Cambridge University. Mr. Lee. a former student of Raffles Institution, will take up private practice in Singapore.
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  • 17 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mr. Cecil Wong has been re-elect-ed president of the AngloChinese School Old Boys' Association.
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  • 69 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Government, which has provided an Information centre In the city area to assist tourists coming here, is to tet up another centre in the harbour area soon. A Government spokesman today said that the Government would also arrange visits of organised
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    • 77 4 Singapore diary., FEDEBATION OF BOYS' CLUBS (Queen Street): Judo A p.m.; motor repairing class, photojrraphy 7 p.m. KATONG BOYS' CUB (Gulllemard Road): Badminton, Indoor fanes 3 p.m.; sepak rags 5 p.m.. bodybuilding 6 p.m. Bl KIT TiMAH YOI'TH CLVB: Table-tennU, Indoor gamrs, football, bodybuilding 4 p.m.; badminton 4.30 p.m. JOO
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    • 85 4 KAMALA CLUB: Sewing cla» 10 a.m. to 13 p.m.: 1 pm. to 3 p m 3 pjn. to S p m. embrodtcry claw 11 a.m. to 1 pm.; 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. YW.C.A. (Raffles Quay: English Conversation Intermediate 9.15 a.m. advanced 10.15 am.: beginner* 11.15 am. V.M.C.A. (Orchard Road)
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  • 380 5 CHIEF MINISTER SAYS: ALLIANCE GOVT. IS CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF ALL DEGREES PENANG, Sunday. T<HE Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, said A last night that the Alliance Government was giving serious consideration to the question of recognising degrees awarded by universities all over the world. "Your president's
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  • 158 5 GOVERNMENT MAKING MORE USE OF LABOUR EXCHANGES KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. More and more Government departments are using the employment exchanges to recruit workers, says the Ministry of Labour's monthly report, just issued. In January 169 Government vacancies were notified to exchanges. Employment exchange figures for that month were: Vacancies (Government
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  • 27 5 KAJANG. Sun. Local council elections at Balakont? 10 miles from here, will btheld on March 31. Nomination of candidates will take place from March 14—16.
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  • 27 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A total of 1.105 citizenship certificates were Issued during the week ending Feb. 27. bringing the number Issued so far to 1.021.673.
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  • 140 5 DERTH. Sun— The Industries and Development Minister of West Australia. Mr. Charles Court, has said that Western Australia must adopt a specialised approach toward.-- increasing its export business with South-East Asia. Mr. Court has lust return- Ed from a 17-day tour of Singapore, Malaya. Indonesia
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  • 251 5 MALAYA HAS 5,000 FACTORIES, SAYS EXPERT KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. —A Canadian industrial statistics expert. Miss Barbara Mercer, has found that there are 5.000 manufacturers in Malaya. She is the main brain behind the country-wide manufacturing census to gather data to help plan Malaya's Industrial development. Miss Mercer today appealed to
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  • 293 5 SINGAPORE. Sunday. "J^ANYANG University authorities expect a big influx of visitors from Singapore, the Federation and overseas during "University! Week,'" which begins on March 30. The university's first convocation will be held during the week, which will com- memorate the second
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  • 81 5 j FIRST SEA LORD DUE ON TOUR OF FAR EAST SINGAPORE. Sun.— Admiral Sir Charles Lambe. Britain's First Sea Lord, who is due here next Sunday on a tour of the Far East and AustraliaSir Charles, 59. was C-in-C. Far East station, in 1953. Before taking over his present post,
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  • 114 5 23 clubs for Rotary talks IPOH. Sun.— Twenty-three Rotary Clubs In District 330 will hold their annual conference here for the first time on April 16 and 17. The District Governor, Tuan Haji Mustapha Albakri bin Haji Hassan, will preside at the assembly which will be held at the new
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  • 26 6 1$ Wmrtt $1$ (Mtmlmum) MR. MRS. KOH BEE CHOON thank relatives A friends for their valuable glfta and attendance on the occasion of their wedding.
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  • 277 6 M WmH, SU (MUUmmm) (HE COCKPIT— MerIe Harris -.n fc nightly -xcept Sunday AIR- WICK lasu for ages, but II won't last for ever. Replenish your Alr-wlck as soon as the bottle Is empty. MONOAVITIS Everybody feeling really gloomy! Brighten the day with fresh flowers from Robinson's Floral Boutique.
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  • 614 6 The Straits Times Monday, March 7, 1960. Mr K's Asian Tour Mr. Khrushchev lias less to show for his strenuous Asian tour than he must have expected. Only in Indonesia does his visit seem to have borne any comparison with the uproariously triumphant gadabout he enjoyed with the now lamented
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  • 331 6 The question of improving Kuala Lumpur's international airport has come up for airing again. The plans are the same as before, and there is no reason why they should be different, since they are detailed and comprehensive. The main item is the extension of the runway by about
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  • 289 6 The most intractable problem in the treatment of leprosy is not the arrest of the disease, but the almost insuperable difficulty that all patients face upon their discharge. They find it next to impossible to regain their place in society. It is to be hoped that the Malayan
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  • 891 6  - They've never had it so good either! Ninetta Jucker THOUGH ITALIANS BEUEVE THAT THEIRS IS A POOR COUNTRY—A NATION OF HAVES AND HAVE NOTS— THE MIRACLE EXISTS....AND THE FIRST SIGN IS THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE ROADS by ROME, Sunday. THE Italian Confederation of Industries has just announced that
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  • 322 6 How to win friends and influence people LONDON, Sun.— Some of Britain s worst "ambassadors" are skilled technicians posted overseas on short-term contracts. They take so little sympathetic interest in their surroundings and have such little understanding of the people. The resultant poor personal relationships are formidable In volume and
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  • 863 6 By EDWARD CRANKSHAW: Moscow, Sun. DAZZLED by the glare of Russia's super skyrockets, reeling under the impact of Mr. Khrushchev's non-stop oratory, most people tend these days to overrate the real conditions of life in the Soviet Union. And it is a good thing
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  • 344 7 BRITAIN'S EXPORTS DROP, BUT SHE STILL LEADS KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Britain's exports to the Federation and Singapore dropped by $113.6 million in value last year— from $700.7 million in 1958 to $587.1 million. Increased competition from other countries seeking a greater share in the market here is said to have
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  • 145 7 SMALL GROWERS GET A 'LEARN TO BE TOUGH' INVITATION KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Malaya's smallholders have been invited to attend leadership and tough-ening-up courses at the Outward Bound School in Lumut. The Rubber Grower's Association has awarded six scholarships for this. Smallholders or their sons aged between 18 and 24 should
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  • 51 7 BATU GAJAH. Sun— Eight of the 11 students of the Royal Commercial School here have passed the Pitman intermediate examination. They are Miss Lee Phel Chin, Au Mun Kok. Mok Thai Soo, Lee Kok Kwong. Matthew Kok Tze Meng, Jelt Singh, K. Govindan and P
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  • 897 7 COURT CROWD CLAPPED WHEN VERDICT ANNOUNCED— FIRST SUNDAY SITTING AFTER WAR ANTHONY BONG, 48, Assistant Commissioner of Lands and ■t*> Mines, Malacca, was today acquitted and discharged without his defence being called by the Malacca Magistrate, Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, on a charge of obtaining $206
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  • 92 7 General flies in to meet the Gurkhas SINGAPORE. Sun. MaJ Oen. Surendra Bahadur Shah. Quartermaster-General of the Royal Nepalese Army, flew in today by Qantas on a tour of Gurkha units In Singapore, the Federation and Hong Kong. He was met at the airport by Gen. Sir Richard Hull, Commander
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  • 32 7 ALOR BTAR, Sun. A villager, Mohamed All bin Mahamed Noor. was stabbed to death at Yen. 40 miles from here, yesterday evening. The police have detained a man.
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  • 171 7 CONTINUE TEACHING ENGLISH Mr. S TPOH. Son.— The secretaryx general of the Peoples Progressive Party, Mr. D. R. Seenivasajam, urged here today that English should continue to be taught in Malaya. It was the only language which would fit the young people of this country for their part in the
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  • 280 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. There will be tremendous opportunities for the expansion of the timber and timber products Industries of Malaya and Singapore hi the next 15 years. This Is Indicated In a report which will be made available to delegates attending the ECAFE conference In
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  • 61 7 ALOR STAR, Sun.— A former detainee under the Prevention of Crimes Ordinance, Mr. Tay Ewe Chye, a moneylender, was released yesterday. Two other detainees— Mr. 00l Teow Hock, a business. I man, and Mr. Tan Chuan Hock, a radio shop proprietor —were also released. They were
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  • 130 7 SINGAPORE, Sun.— A strik»s Ing new-look church was opened here this morning by the Lutheran Christian denomination its first church in this state. The Rev. John R. Nelson, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Petaling Java Kuala Lumpur, conducted the opening ceremony.
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  • 299 7  -  GHAZALI SEAT VACATED BY IPOH, Sunday. THE People's Progressive Party will contest the Grik constituency by-election brought about by the appointment of Inche Mohamed Ghazali bin Haji Jawi, the Mentri Besar, as ambassador designate to the United Arab Republic. Mr. S. P. Seenlvasagam, the vice-president,
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  • 189 7 JOBS FOR NANYANG GRADS URGED ITUALA. LUMPUR, Sun. —The Federation Government was urged today to consider employing graduates of the Nanyang University. The call was made by the Malayan People's Socialist Front in one of the 13 resolutions passed by the second congress of the party held here. Among them
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    • 122 7 378? ty^feujeruttb*, Wl77f lirfi^^ '^E ADJUSTABLE TEMPERATURE |Kr#R DEEP-FREEZE COMPARTMENT J gj^L AMD AROMA F/LTOt W»dK\ aknecht $30.00 MONTHLY M W 1 gBSA s^sgy h» *toM T.iiJa n SNh $28.00 MONTHLY i §W Jdto Avtnt s for Singapore, Federation of Malaya It Borneo: KEE HUAT RADIO CO., LTD. 122-124, ORCHARD
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    • 185 7 FARGO (MOM KIW INGLAND) oxiiii noDuct .^erf^w""^o«^*\te»wßßM W\ f^~' J|' fh J7 '\^j I m I liluwrated above la I TOP /TtOf€ the ffcrto tipper -4 truck, especially suittrack vo/isef i™ building and construction wortt. Diesel models fitted with the popular Perkins P4 and P6 engines. Both front and rear
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    • 1286 8 NOTICES WILLIAM JACKS ft COMPANY (MALAYA) LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation el Malaya i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 5% (lew 40% Income Tax) has been declared in respect of the Financial Year ending the 30th June i960, payable on the 28th March I 1960, to
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    • 823 8 NOTICES THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Members of the Association will j be held in the Roof Garden, Adelphi Hotel, Singapore, at 5.15 p.m. on Tuesday. 22nd March. 1960. Nominations for election to, the Committee must be received by the
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    • 850 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT The RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL, PKNANO ISLAND, invites applications from Federal Citizens for the post of Building Inspector on a commencing salary of $324 pjn. basic plus cost of living and housing allowances at current Government rates. 2. The salary scheme and qualifications are at follows: Salary Scheme Teehokal
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    • 1941 8 fl^^"***""**^^"*^******"'*''**'*^S SITUATIONS VACANT it Word* SS (Mi*.)— Box St et*. txtro APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED for trs mtti t c schf rs to till tn t etch ins post in the Pudu English Primary School (two) Kuala Lumpur. Please apply to Chairman. Board of Managers Pudu Engliah Primary School, Foes Road,
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    • 1139 8 ACCOMMODATION VACANT tt Word* Si Mi*.)— Box St et: txtro COUPLE WITHOUT CHILDREN has two large hed rooms with own bath for two working singles or couple to share In Bennett Kstats board aod lifts arranged. Write Box A 6591 B.T. ACCOMMODATION WANTED it Word* ti (Mi*.)— Box it tU.
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    • 1086 8 EDUCATION it Word* SS (Mi*.)— Box it el: oxtrm CMINSII VMCA OOMMBRCIAk School's Morning /Evening March Beginner s Book -keeping, Snort hand. Typewriting, Kngllab. Economtea, Lathi. LCC Cum revision. 107 BdAft* Road i Spore *****. 1 POSTAL TUITIOM: CAMBHIDQS.^ Ked. of Malaya Certificate. H.S.C.. r Lover Certincata. Primary VI Entrance.
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    • 1671 9 B THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE Ko ADEH, LIVERPOOL, 6USGOW. LOHBOH ft CONTIHEHTAL PORTS. B Dut Sport Still P. S>nn Pentng ■iLCIHOUS liverpttl, Dublin Mar 7/ I Mar II OTMENEIAUS L'don, B'men, H'burg, R'dam Gda. 11 Mar 11 Mar 11/12 Mar 1] PELEUS livtraaal, Glasgow Mar 11 Mar 11 Mar 14/11
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  • 1596 10 STRUGGLING TO DIGEST £500,000 WORTH OF SCRIP By Our Market Correspondent J*HE Malayan Stock Exchange last week was fairly active although the turnover \va> reduced compared with the previous period's trading. The market is still struggling to digest about another £500,000 worth of scrip from London
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  • 23 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: March 5 March 4 Industrials: 130.06 129 9* Tins: 149.74 150.7* Rubbers: 257.09 2545.0S Jan. 1 1958 100.
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  • 29 10 TIN RUBBER (perpicul) (perlb.) Feb. 29 $391.12* 91.18>i March 1 $391 12 a $1.17 2 5391.50 11.18 3 $390.75 $1.17H 4 $388.37 'i $1.17', 5 $***** >j
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  • 56 10 < urrent Datr of paymrnt pavmrnt lame ord*. 1% April 9 lame pref. 7% April 0 fopenc Con. 3d.t March 31 rnrkmJen ords. Is. IH4.T April 1 .undone Tj. Pan |%f March 18 eUn<or CoconaU 10', March 21 t Interim Total for ye*r 13<"i 13% Tout for prrvfou*
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  • 234 10 ON the Malayan Stock Exchange on Saturday (March 5). all sections were quiet and the turnover was small. Members of the Exchange reported the following business at 12 noon: Industrials: Fraser and Neave ords $195; Gammon $2.45 and $2.44 (Oj; Hume pref. Ass. l' 2 d. <O>; Malayan
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  • 142 10 ALL Malayan Exchange Bank* Association rates remained unchanged on Sa*'irday, March 5, as follows (all rates to $100 1 New York: buying airmail T.T. 32:,. O.D. 33. 90 d/st 33 credit bills, 331- trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T 31 5/16. O.D. 31 7/16. 90 d st 31
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  • 1215 10 T<HE following list of revised quotations was Uraed by members of the Malayan Stork Exchange aftei their last meetinc on Saturday (March 5). H and L stand for highest and lowest for business done in 1959 and In the current year to date vi v mamium I
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  • 142 10 'THE Singapore Rubber Market last week was again unsettled by ambiguous statements regarding future American stockpile disposals. A Having already disposed of nearly 50.000 torfl the General Services Administration which administers tlu? stockpile, has yet to state its policy for the remainder of the
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  • 436 10 No. 2 and 3 grade were neglected and there was generally very little overseas Interest In the market. Rubber production in the l\Mriition of Malaya and Singapore during January fell by only 90 tons compared with December to 65.222 tons. While estates output decreased by 867 tons to 37,718
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    • 1268 10 jiT\£?LiiisJ. Express U.S.A. Pacific ck Atlantic Coast Service f.T.A. E.IA E.lJ>. Spore P. S'^am Penang H'kon| I. An|eie» New Yorl "Kaaiiiawa Mara" Ist Call 21 30 Mar 11 Mat/1 Apr 2ii Call 2' 1 Apr i Apr 21 Apr 11 Ma) "Satsk* Mara" lit Call 11/21 Apr 21 22 Apr
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    • 348 10 GILBERT HARRIMAN Stock t Shorebroker Members ct the Sydney Stock Exchona* Suite 2, 3rd Fleer, TelefiVms: 117, Pitt St. HARRISHA, SYDNIY SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. TELEPHONES BL 3985 BL 3986 I DEPENDABLE 1 I ECONOMICAL I 'round -world 3 cargo service 8 Ship i 1 ISBRANDTSEN Merchant*, and Shipowner* In ***** *****.
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    • 218 10 SHIPPING NOTICES WILH. WILHELMSEN LINE M.S. "TRICOLOR" ARRIVED SINGAPORE tun MARCH 1960. A General Survey of »J1 damaged c*rgo discharged ex the Above vessel will be held at 9 a.m. on 10th and 15th March 1960, at 833. Oodown No. ig. No further survey will be held either before or
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  • 1487 11 HEAVY BETTING IN THE FIRST RACE— WINNER DASHERA PAYS ONLY $10 ON THE TOTE L By EPSOM JEEP FpENANG, Sun. Gay Tournai, ridden by Laurie Johnson, sprang a surprise in the Spring Plate over B. lf to pay 592 for a win and $26 for
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  • 154 11 SEREMBAN. Sun Selan- j gor beat Johore 2-1 to win the south zone quadrangular in trie Malayan Hockey Federation's championships here this evening. Negrl Sembilan last year's champions, finished runnws-up with a I—o victory over Malacca today. Selangor. who had beaten Negn SembUan
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  • 52 11 KLUANO. Bun. Johore beat Negrl 4-0 In their M.CPJL Cup first round match here today. Johore scorers were Wong Eng Kok. Pang Cheng Wei and Tham Meng Lee (2). At Jalan Besar Stadlam. in another MCFA tie. Singapore beat Malacca 1-0. Lee Yong Kong scoring In the
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  • 25 11 IPOH, Sun. The Malayan Chinese PA Cup tie between Perak and Penang. the holders, was called off today because the ground was waterlcged.
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  • 121 11 SEREMBAN, Sun.— Malaya and Singapore will meet In two international hockey matches at Rifle Range Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Mar. 19. For the first time, the tw* eemitrles will meet In a "B" international hockey match. The Malaran teasas are: MALAYA K Thambrrajah (Pah.);
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  • 174 11 SEREMBAN. 6un. The Malayan Hockey Federation will make an all-out drive to turn out top class umpires The M H.P". Umpires Board, at tv meeting here today, drew up plans to ensure that as from next season there will be a good number of qualUied umpires. The
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  • 374 11 Pat on the back for Spore XT By TEOH ENG TATT Singapore, Sunday SINGAPORE football got a pat on the back from Mr. Federic Dauelsberg Benavides, manager of the touring Peruvian team, today. Mr. Benavldes told the Btralts] Times: "I have had only a KlimDse of Malayan
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  • 62 11 FOOTBALL Singapore Ooyernment Services F.A. v Peruvian tourist? (Jalan Besar Stadium. SiiiK^pocf, JLli Pjn.l, Singapore Base Dl^ricf LeaguTTHY. I— RPO "A" v Cheshire "A" (Nee Soom: Am Dog Coy RMP v OHQ Farelf (Colombo Camp*; 443 BAD v II Signal Regiment "A" (Karnji); 30 Battalion RAOC v HQ
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    • 259 11 Ay STOMACH Mti\ WINS? NOT ME I TAKE F>/7 WEISEN TABLETS WIISIN is o morvellous new theropy K i^^^b^jtTS^ for oosrric ond duodenol ulcers, |^=?^Ass?^g| hyper-ocidity, stomachache, ulcerous V polns, hyperidrosis ond other peptic \s\ _^fcgj SL diseases due to outonomic neivoos >/^Ji^^^^™^^^3u system disturbances. WIISEN is {vi^S effective becouse
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  • 666 12 3 'widows,' father in court fight for $1 mil. estate JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday fHREE women and a man appeared today before Mr. Justice Neal in the Supreme Court in a probate suit to determine the next-ol-kin, issues, and beneficiaries of the estate of the late Loh Toh Met. Toh Met
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  • 112 12 ial; ALA LUMPUR. Sun. Two field of the Information Services left today for India to study advertising and visual publicity under the technical co-opera-tion scheme of the Colombo Plan. I They are Inche Moktar bin Hajl Ahmad and Syed Abdul Rahman who will be
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  • 730 12 SPORT a back page roundup ONDON, Sun. Tottenham Hotspur, who have been disappointing in recent weeks, came back to form with a bang yesterday when they beat Sheffield Wednesday, a favoured Cup team, 4-1 in the First Division of the English Football League. Sheffield Wednesday,
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  • 307 12 MCC use match as batting practice GEORGETOWN. Sun. M.C.C.s match with British Guiana ended in an inevitable draw here yesterday when the tourists, seiztn« the chance of batting practice, gained a first innings lead of 119 by totalling 494 in reply to the Colony's 375 for six declared. At close
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  • 52 12 SINGAPORE. Bun. Results of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club's competition over the weekend were: Fireflies (Single handed) Poslen (Lt. D. Adams): Dragon* Rika 111 (EG Holidavi; skiffs Ruth II U. A. Bums) Fireflies Rigadoon (Maj. L. Lines*: Snipes Louis* iß.es. Barrett); G P's Wasp (P. Tlerney); RN.B.A's Upnor
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  • 38 12 BINOAPORE. Sun. B.C.R.C and Y.M.B.A. drew in a friendly cricket match at Shenton Way today. Y.M.B.A 146-9 declared 1 Ounathilake 42. Thlru 39. Buddy 21) S.CR.C 119-5 lEooie Fung &1 retired. Khoo Ons Lee 42).
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  • 1056 12 HK>l DIVISION P W D L F APtt Tottenham i 2 17 9 ***** 43 Wolves 32 10 4 9 79 55 42 Burnley 31 18 4 9 68 4b 40 Sheff Wed 32 15 *****38 37 Bolton 31 14 7 10 40 35 35 Preston 32 13
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  • 166 12 GEORGETOWN. Sunday. IT EH bARRINGTON. the Surrey batsman, who was confined to bed with flu' earlier this week, was again unwell yesterday disturbing news for England in view of Peter May's ill-health. Barrinpton stayed In his room with < Vjest congestion and If there
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  • 409 12 ONDON. Sun The powerful Northampton Club continue to carry all before them. A convincing 28-8 win against Qloucester at Franklin Gardens took their points total well pa&t the 600 mark and they have now averaged Just over 20 pointe from eacn oi their 30 games.
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  • 121 12 SINGAPORE, sun. Mt. B.M Somes, president of the Royal Singapore Golf Club, '.on the Club's Div. "A" monthly medal (bogey) competition -a lth a comfortable score of 2-up at Slme Road today. Mr. Somes also went on to share the ball sweep for th« second nine holes
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    • 476 12 llW^lJlJi»:l'riJ;iiMl'lj?ni| BIRTH tt *or*» ilu i Minimum, RUTHCRFORO: lo Alice and Micoaei Kuiherfurd a daughter Mary on rtth March at Gleneatsles Uonpital Singapore ACKNOWLEDGMENT 2* Horrf. $10 (.Minimum) 'Hi PAMILV ut me .ate Annie Munich wish to convey thrir cratitude to all who attended and helped In to* funeral and
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