The Straits Times, 29 March 1960

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1960 4 15 CENTS He**"**
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    THANK YOU' says KING
    690 1 HARI RAYA BROADCASTS BY YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONG AND YANG DI-PERTUAN NEGARA 'Day of victory' he tells nation Xl ALA LUMPUR, 1V Mon. The Yang di Pertuan Agong today said "Thank you" to all citizens for their devotion and loyalty to the country. His Majesty who was
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    Happy moment for millionaire with his family
    130 1 A HAPPY moment for Singapore multi-millionaire, Mr. Tan Boon Khak. 74, (wearing braces), as he is re-united with members of bis family, after being released from a week-long captivity by kidnappers in South Jobore. This picture was taken at Tai Tak Rubber Estate,
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    Pawnshops back in business
    522 1 PLEDGES TO BE ACCEPTED AGAIN FROM TODAY —ASSOCIATION SINGAPORE, Monday. PAWNSHOPS here will resume accepting pledges from tomorrow, says an announcement by the Singapore Pawnbrokers Association. A notice published in Chinese newspapers today, said the rush for withdrawals had slowed down and association members had decided
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    Lock icon BEVAN: I'LL BE OUT OF POLITICS FOR SOME MONTHS
    145 1 BEVAN: I'LL BE OUT OF POLITICS FOR SOME MONTHS LONDON, Monday. \|R. ANEURIN BEiTI VAN, 62, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, said today that he would not be returning to politics for some months. He held his first press conference at his farm near Chesham since a serious abdominal
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    Argentine poll violence —tear gas used
    91 1 Argentine poll violence tear gas used BUENOS AIRES, Mon. Celebration of a heavy protest vote against the Argentine President. Senor Arturo Frondizl. in yesterday's congressional election erupted into violence here today Police used tear gas against demonstrators, who snouted defiance of Senor Frondizl and balled re- turns that gave opposition
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    Lock icon TENGKU WILL ASK M.Ps TO CONDEMN S. AFRICAN MASSACRE
    1020 1 TENGKU WILL ASK M.Ps TO CONDEMN S. AFRICAN MASSACRE KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will discuss the South African massacre when it meets on April 19, on a motion by the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. This is to show the world that the Tengku is speaking with
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    Lock icon POLICE BEAT BACK THE CROWD FROM MOSLEY H.Q.
    117 1 POLICE BEAT BACK THE CROWD FROM MOSLEY H.Q. f ONDON. Mon. Nearly Lt 1,9 0 0 demonstrators clashed with police for 10 minutes yesterday while trying to storm the London headquarters of prewar Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley. The clashes came after a mass rally held in Trafalgar Square to
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    Lock icon Ike and Mac fly off for talks
    232 1 Ike and Mac fly off for talks WASHINGTON. Mon. Mr. Macmillan and President Eisenhower flew by helicopter to Camp David today for secret talks on a Joint answer to the latest Soviet nuclear test ban offer with the blessing of Russia's top United Nations representative. Mr. Arkady Sobolev said In
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    STOP PRESS
    24 1 HALF-MAST FLA oj'LO Mm t flo*n *t hJlf w i >"on»'4.' todj> in .-.< n Titb Afrii.iUM killed *CBtb Afruau n«u Mondi' Rf
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    $15m. boost for private industry
    263 2 $15m. boost for private industry GOVERNMENT MAJOR SHAREHOLDER IN LARGE FINANCE COMPANY KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A $15 MILLION organisation, planned 27 months ago to help secondary industries in Malaya to flourish, is now ready to start operations. Registered as the Malayan Industrial Development Finance Limited, the company has six principal
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    DEATH OF JOHORE COUNCILLOR
    72 2 DEATH OF JOHORE COUNCILLOR KLUANG. Mon. Mr. Cheong 800 Kheng. 41. Johore State Alliance councillor for the Sri Lallang constituency, died yesterday at the Singapore General Hospital after a short lllne.vs. Mr Cheonß. who was also town councillor for Kluang. leaves a widow, three sons and three daughters. His eldest
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    Highlands air service needed, says expert
    112 2 Highlands air service needed, says expert IPOH. Mon. A top official of an international t< urist organlation today complained of the "long, tedious drive" to the 5,M« ft> hirh Cameron Highlands, Malaya's most popular hill resort. Mr. James R. Benefield, publicity director of the Pacific Area Travel Association, who made
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    Cyclist killed
    22 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Wee Liang Fook, a 22-year-old farmer, was knocked down and killed while cycUng along Jalan Larkln yesterday.
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    'Join us' plea by peer to Malayan traders
    194 2 SINGAPORE, Monday LORD BALFOUR, president of the British Federation of Chambers of Commerce, said today he would like to see Singapore and Malaya represented in the Federation. Lord Baltour was passIng through Singapore on his way to the 20th conference of the
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    2 BIG WATER TANKS END BOTHER OVER DUST
    84 2 2 BIG WATER TANKS END BOTHER OVER DUST \ILAK Mon. The dust which has been bothering kampong people living along the road leading to the Kepong Iron Mine has been reduced with the aid of two large water tanks. The tanks each with a capacity of 1.200 gallons of water,
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    TONGKANG CATCHES FIRE AND SINKS
    90 2 TONGKANG CATCHES FIRE AND SINKS SINGAPORE. Mon. Soon after firemen put out a fire on board a tongkang in the Telok Ayer Basin today, it sprang leaks and sank. Fire damage to about 30 tons of fibre in the tongkang was described as "negligible Lightermen and wharf labourers had towed
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    A trek into Pahang
    65 2 A trek into Pahang SEREMBAN. Mon. Th« Negrl Sembllan branch of the Malayan Outward Bound Association will make a twoday trip to Fort Iskandar. In the heart of Pahang. next Sunday. The branch secretary. Inche Baharuddin Moan. said the expedition would leave Ladang Gadls. in Pahang. In the morning and
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    TEACHERS SAY: OUR FIGHT NOT FOR PERSONAL GAIN
    519 2 TEACHERS SA Y: OUR FIGHT NOT FOR PERSONAL GAIN RE P R E S ENTATIVES of eight teachers' unions said here today that they were not fighting for personal gain. As union representatives, they expressed the views of members voiced at general meetings, they declared. They made this statement after
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    Premier to speak
    39 2 SINGAPORE, Mon The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will speak to Nanyang University students on "Language and Politics" at the University tomorrow night. His speech is at the invitation of the L'nisity's Political Service Society.
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    Lock icon The symbol of hate burns again in the South
    185 3 The symbol of hate burns again in the South SAVANNAH, Mon. The fiery cross of the Ku Klux Klan lit the sky over many parts of the South last night. And the white hoods and robes of the anti-Negro, anti Roman Catholic, anti-Jewish organisation were much in evidence. Crosses were
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    Knife slipped, baby killed
    49 3 TAIPEH, Mon.— Un Chunfa. 27, a farmer afflicted with tuberculosis, stabbed his wife with a kitchen knife yesterday because she refused to sleep In the same room with him. The knife slipped, wounding the wife but killing their two-year-old son strapped to her back.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Beggars to go
    25 3 BANGKOK. Mon. All beggars in Thailand's two bin cities Bangkok and Thonburl are to be rounded up and taught new occupations. Reuter
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    Lock icon JAKARTA REDS NOW IN STRONG POSITION
    326 3 JAKARTA REDS NOW IN STRONG POSITION President Soekarno announces 261 in new parliament: Muslim Masjumi is among parties to get the axe 'THE Communist Party has emerged in a strong position in a new Indonesian parliament announced yesterday by President Soekarno. He suspended the old fully-elected house on March 5
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    27 3 VATICAN CITY. Mon. The Pope in a secret consistory today announced the appointment of three new cardinals in addition to the se\en already proclaimed.— U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Chiang rally
    31 3 TAIPEH. Mon. About 100.000 people are scheduled to assemble here tomorrow to confirm their support for President Chiang Kai-shek, who wao re-elected to a third term last week. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Menon walks off with ministry race prize
    59 3 Menon walks off with ministry race prize THE INDIAN Defence Minister. Mr. V. E. Krishna Menon. proves that he is as good at walking as be is at talking during a walking race at a Defence Ministry athletic meeting In New Delhi. Mr Menon, 62, took part in the class
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    Lock icon REDS RIOT IN IRAQ: 13 KILLED AND 27 HURT
    81 3 REDS RIOT IN IRAQ: 13 KILLED AND 27 HURT REIRUT. Mon. Two Beirut newspapers. Al Hayat and the Daily Star, yesterday quoted reliable sources as saying that 13 people were killed and 27 injured in clashes between Iraqi nationalists and Communists in Basra. Southern Iraq, on March 23 and 24.
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    Lock icon Reform island
    26 3 BANGKOK. Mon. The Interior Minister Gen Prapas Charusathien. said today that the Island of Tarutao would be transformed into a reformatory for gangsters. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 10,000 Reds give big welcome to Mr. K
    196 3 MARSEILLES. Monday \|R. NIKITA Khrushchev drove into this tradi--ITX tionally left-wing Mediterranean port today to a rousing welcome from a 10.000 crowd waving red flags and shouting pro-Russian slogans. Mr. Khrushchev's programme took him to a school, built on the site of
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    Lock icon Amory to quit after the Budget?
    148 3 Amory to quit after the Budget? T ONDON. Mon.— Mr. Derick Heathcoat Amory is expected to resign as Chancellor of the Exchequer and to give up active politics after he presents the Budget in Parliament next Monday, two leadIng newspapers predicted today. The Conservative Daily Mall and the pro-Labour Dally
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    AFRICANS FORM NEW BODY IN FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE
    276 3 AFRICANS FORM NEW BODY IN FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE NAIROBI. Monday. AFRICAN leaders decided at a conference near here today to form a new nation-wide political party and affirmed their support for the Lancaster House Constitution for Kenya "as an instrument for immediate independence." A crowd of 25,000 Africans I greeted
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    Lock icon Anti-rocket youth arrested
    104 3 Anti-rocket youth arrested LONDON, Mon. Police at Swaffham (Norfolk) yesterday Intervened In a private campaign which a boy of 16 tried to wage against nuclear armament. The boy, an unemployed apprentice engineer from London, arrived at th*> Thor rocket site near Swaffham and announced that he was going to hold
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    AIR ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURES
    307 4 The following Is today's chedule of civil aircraft aovements at Paya Lebar tirport. Singapore. ARRIVALS BOAC: Prom London, Rome, ombay. Colombo (BA 790/132) .25 a.m.; from London. Zurich. Urachi. Calcutta <BA 708/217) .05 p.m. Cathay Pacific: Prom Hong Cong. Bangkok (CX 723) 9.30 xn. (.n-iida: From
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    Free film show
    29 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. The independent Missionary Movement here will be giving i free film show at the Sushey Park Home In Nelson ■load at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    THE CROWN AGENT FLIES IN FOR A 4-DAY VISIT
    109 4 THE CROWN AGENT FLIES IN FOR A 4-DAY VISIT SINGAPORE, Mon. Sir Stephen Luke, Senior Crown Agent for Overseas Governments and Administrations, flew into Singapore tonight by CPA on a four-day visit. His agency acts on behalf of 106 Governments. and public authorities all over the Commonwealth. Including a number
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    Annual meeting
    26 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. The annual general meeting of the Spastic Children's Association will be held at No. 25 Gllstead Road on Wednesday at 5.15 p.m.
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    Two-man Indian shipping team on study tour
    118 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. P. R. Subramaniam and Mr. K. P. Shah, a two-man Indian shipping delegation to the Far East, arrived In Singapore today from Hong Kong on their way to Jakarta. Mr. Subramaniam described their trip as an "informal study of the
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    RSFC meeting
    23 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Royal Singapore Flying Club will hold Its annual general meeting at the Clubhouse at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
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    DID NOT REPORT TO POLICE
    76 4 DID NOT REPORT TO POLICE SINGAPORE. Mon.— Teo Ah Koon. alias Teo Ah Chin was today jailed three months for failing to report as a police supervisee. He had been placed under a two-year police supervision order fallowing his 12-month jail sentence for theft last year. Under the order he
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    Holiday in the Istana grounds
    55 4 ALL tne way from Malacca came these three sweet-4ooking teen-agers to celebrate their Hari Raya Puasa. Here, they are seen from left to right: Fatimah binte Mohd. Yusoff, 12, Mahan- binte Sulalman, 16. and Hamidah binte Osman, 18 at a pond in the Istana Negara
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    UNDERGRADS WILL SEEK ISLAM'S ROUTE INTO MALAYA
    292 4 UNDERGRADS WILL SEEK ISLAM'S ROUTE INTO MALAYA SINGAPORE, Monday. POURTEEN UNDERORADS, including four girls, all members of the Archaeology Society of the University of Malaya, Singapore, will leave here tomorrow morning for Kuala Brang on the Trengganu Coast, for an archaeological excavation. Six of the undergrads are students from the
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    Yong to open Tamil school
    44 4 SINGAPORE, JHon. The Minister for Education. Mr. Vong Nyuk Lin. will officially declare open the Umar Pulavar Tamil High School In Maxwell Road on Wednesday at 4.30 p.m. The school is the first Tamil High School in the state
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    Hindu festival
    34 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Hindu professional and Tbuslnessmen of Singapore will celebrate the Pangunl Sathurthl festval at the Sri Senpaga Vlnayagar Temple. 19, Ceylon Road, on Wednesday from 4.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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    Talk on 'Sages of India'
    37 4 SINGAPORE, Mon.— SwamJ Siddhatmananda will speak on the "Bages of India" at the Cultural Cer\tre. Canning Rise, tomorrow at 7.15 p.m. The lecture is organised by the Singapore Society for Spiritual Culture.
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    BRIDE FROM AUSTRALIA
    63 4 MR. D. B. KIRKPATRICK of Boustcad Co. Ltd. and Mlas Irene Ellen Gtovt, who were married at Singapore! Presbytert»n Church on Saturday. The bride U the daughter of Mr. and Mr*. R. C. Grove of Dalkrith. Western Australia. A reception was held at the home of Mr.
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      Sultan leads Hari Raya joy
      555 5 IOIIORE BAHRU. Mon.— To mark Hari Raya Puasa. the Sjiltan of Johore. Sir Ismail, today held "open house" for his people the first time a Johore Ruler has done so. Hundreds in their holiday best flocked to the audience hall of the Istana Bcsar to
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      UN man in Singapore to aid industry, economy
      199 5 THE Far East regional representative for the United Nations Technical Assistance Board. Sir Alexander Macfarquhar, is now in Singapore to find ways and means to help the state develop a "more productive industrialised economy." Sir Alexander, who arrived from Bangkok yesterday, will
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      New market for Johore Bahru
      43 5 New market for Johore Bahru JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The Johore Government has approved In principle an allocation or $500,000 for a new market In Johore Bahru The site for the new market Is In Jalan Ah rook, next door to the fire station.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    46 6 U Word* Sit (Minimum) MR. J.C.I. O'HARA and family thank the doctors, slaters and nurses of njrds 23, 17 and 16 Oe.ieral Hospital, Singapore Casket Company, relatiws and friends (or their kind assistance, condolences, mass stipends, wreaths and attendance at funeral of airs. Ados O'Hara.
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    The Straits Times Tuesday, March 29, 1960 Mandate on Africa
    636 6 The Straits Times Tuesday, March 29, 1960 Mandate on Africa The Prime Minister's desire that the situation in South Africa should be discussed at the conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London now has the support of New Zealand and Canada. Better still. South Africa's Prime Minister has asked if
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    Hand Picked
    386 6 The exasperating thing about President Soekarno is that if he were asked why he has gone to all the trouble of raising his gotong rojong assembly amidst the dust and rubble of the parliament he suspended earlier this month, he would probably miss the point of the question.
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    Goodwill
    157 6 Muslims throughout Malaya are celebrating the end of Ramadhan. A month of selfdiscipline and restraint, when the devout fast from dawn to dusk and the night is given to prayer and meditation, is over. The spirit of gaiety walks abroad, wearing all the cheerful colours of a cheerful people.
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    ROLAND CHALLIS
    10 6 Just back after a visit to Rangoon, pinpoints
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    BURMA
    1074 6 BURMA will soon return to parliamentary democracy with U Nu as Premier once more after 18 months of caretaker government by the Army. Will it all be the same as before? But first, what was it like before? Why did Burma have to interrupt its normal processes of government
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    Break up
    50 6 Like the Congress, the AFPFL embraced different political views and it was only a matter of time before it broke up Into Proper political parties. Two factions appeared, the larger "Stable" side under U Ba Swe and U Kyaw Nyeln and a smaller group calling itself "Clean" which
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    Man on a tightrope
    734 6 WITH ONLY 66 SEATS TO COUNT ON SENANAYAKE IS CEYLON'S— COLOMBO, Mon MR. DUDLEY Senanayake, leader of the United National Party which won 50 seats in last Saturday's general election, has formed a Government on the invitation of the Gov-ernor-General, Sir Oliver Goonetilleke There are 151
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    INCOME TAX: THERE IS NOW A LOT OF HARDSHIP, UNFAIRNESS
    380 6 INCOME TAX: THERE IS NOW A LOT OF HARDSHIP, UNFAIRNESS LETTERS INCOME tax though based for calculation purposes on the previous year's income Is tax for the current year. In Britain where the company rate of tax Is now slightly less than Singapore a company pays tax nine months after
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    Poor Asia— the reason why
    279 7 Poor Asia the reason why LARGE SUMS SPENT ON FUNERALS, WEDDINGS, FESTIVALS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Weddings, funerals and certain religious festivals which "ate up large sums of money borrowed at heavy interest" were an important cause of the present low standard of living in Asia, Mr. G. Leo, secretary of
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    True love—in 8 little words
    189 7 True love— in 8 little words FIFTY YEARB married— and still as much In love as ever. Ageing Leo E. Campbell, 73, and his wife Hilda, 68, of Singapore, showed this clearly on tbeir golden wedding ln Singapore anniversary yesterday. After the wedding service at the Cathedral of the Good
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    Imam hits at 'exposed' clothes of women
    109 7 Imam hits at 'exposed' clothes of women KOTA BHARU, Mon.— The Imam of the Kota Bharu mosque, Tuan Haji Abdul Rahman, today criticised women for wearing "exposed" clothes and attracting men. Addressing the first open. air prayer meeting l n the State. Tuan Hajl Abdul Rahman said: "Women are now
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    Lottery draw
    18 7 SEREMBAN. Mon. The next draw of the Social Welfare Lottery will be held here on Thursday.
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    NGAIO MARSH CALLS ON WAY TO SETTING OF HER NEW NOVEL
    13 7 NOAIO MARSH
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    Mystery of mystery writer who baffled a ship
    245 7 Mystery of mystery writer who baffled a ship SINGAPORE, Mon No-one on board the Italian ship Australia, which arrived here from FYemantle early this morning, recognised a tall, striking, contralto voiced woman, as a world-famous mystery writer. A reporter tracked her down in the ship's lounge after a two-hour hunt
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    MALAYAN REDS MUST NEVER BE RECOGNISED—A GANG OF OUTLAWS, SAYS PPP CHIEF
    313 7 MALAYAN REDS MUST NEVER BE RECOGNISED— A GANG OF OUTLAWS, SAYS PPP CHIEF T<HE PEOPLE'S Prox gressive Party leader. Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, said today that the Malayan Communist Party should never be recognised. Addressing a regional btud< nu' seminar at the University of Malaya, he said MCP members should
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    UMNO charter meeting
    38 7 TELUK ANBON, Mon.— The Lower Perak UMNO division will hold a general meeting here on April 4 to discuss the new constitution for the party. About 200 delegates from 57 sub-branches are expected to attend.
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    BUND REPAIRED: HOMES SAVED FROM SEA
    196 7 BUND REPAIRED: HOMES SAVED FROM SEA KLANG, Monday. WORKMEN repairing the collapsed bund at Pandamaran New Village, four miles from heie, have won their race against time and saved the homes of 8,000 people from being flooded by the sea. Working round-the-clock In shifts since Thursday, they completed the repairs
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    S'pore should start solar energy research —scientists
    161 7 S'pore should start solar energy research —scientists CINGAPORE. Mon. An eminent American physical chemist, Dr. Farrington Daniels, believes that solar energy could be put to beneficial uses ln Singapore. Dr. Daniels, 71. vice-presi-dent of the National Academy of Sciences and a graduate of Harvard University, Is on a tour of
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    Regent is 38 today
    55 7 SEREMBAN, Mon. The Regent of Negri Sembllan. Tengku Laxamana Munawlr, will be 38 tomorrow. His birthday is not officially a holiday in (he State, because this year it fails on a Hart Raya holiday. The Regent will hold a private buffet party at the Istana Besar.
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    Singapore student gets high US award
    83 7 Singapore student gets high US award CHUA CHENG LOK, 22, of Singapore. Is among 37 students of De Pauw University in Indiana, (VS.) to win a special award for outstanding scholarship this year. Chua. who majored in English and English literature, won the gold Phi Beta Kappa key, which Is
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    120 7 KLANG. Monday. A SAILOR was killled and three others Injured, one seriously, when a car and an oil tanker collided head-on at the 3rd mile, Telok Gadong Road, Klang, this morning. Tjiong Tjln Klew. 18. a sailor from Indonesia, died on the spot.
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    Dancing, curry
    37 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. A special evening's mtertainment Is being provided at the Johore Civil Service Club on April 7 for the club's "April Night" celebration. Dancing and a Malay curry are included In the programme
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    58 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Mr. E.H. d'Netto, a law officer of Singapore, has filed his papers in the Supreme Court Registry here for admission to the Bar of the Federation. Other Singapore law officers, who have recently been admitted to the Bar of the Federation are Mr. Choor
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    Prawn probe
    30 7 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mon. The Fisheries Department is to conduct a survey on the possibility of prawn breeding along swamp areas f ringing the Muda River in Province North.
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    Quiet day for mercy flight man
    171 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon It was a quiet Hart Raya Puasa at the Bungsar Hospital here today for Wan Abdul Kadlr Ismail, the UMNO publicity chief, who was brought in last night in a mercy air night after a motor accident at Kemaman. Kelantan. Friends
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    BOOKIES HIT BY S'PORE RACING BAN
    201 7 BOOKIES HIT BY S'PORE RACING BAN UUALA LUMPUR Mon. Federatioi bookmakers today esti mated their turnove for last Saturday's Buki Tlmah races to hay been cut by half as result of the Singapor Government's ban oi Rediffuslon commen tarles. Bookmakers and punters li Kuala Lumpur and Penan had depended on
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    BOAC PLANS ADJUSTMENT IN FARES
    71 7 BOAC PLANS ADJUSTMENT IN FARES SINGAPORE, Mon.— BOA will Increase first-class a lares between Britain and tl Far East by a "small percen age" from Oct. 1. It was ai nounced today. From the same date, hoi ever, the airline will begin new "economy class" servi which will cost six
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    Variety show
    28 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Young Christian Wor ers movement here will he a variety show "Intern tional Night" at tl Chin wu auditorium on 8a unlay.
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    ROBBERS HIT WOMAN ON HEAD WITH IRON BAR
    83 7 SEREMBAN. Mon. A shopkeeper's wife was hit on the head with an iron bar when she refused to hand orer the day's takings of $480 to five thugs last nlcht. Later a rubber tapper. Muttu. was stabbed on the back when he
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    GOLD IS THE COLOUR FOR THE GIRL WITH A TAN
    284 8 GOLD IS THE COLOUR FOR THE GIRL WITH A TAN IN Malaya where there are so many different colours of skin, it is important for each woman to remember that to look beautiful, you must look natural. If you have a very brown rkin and wish to lighten it with
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    308 8 IJSUALLY 1 am rather old fashioned in niy ideas about national dress. I think that no one should corrupt the basic lines of such costumes because the simplicity about them is what makes them so beautiful. I agree with my colleague, Ratnamala of
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      310 8 Straits Times Crossword ACBOSS on* of the best (10). 1. Opposed to ruling up ingenious t. Sid raises something to bind projecting beam (10) :he uorker; it appears hurst. I. Rod* the river (4). io > 10. Follower about in training? 12. Tax fools and ordinary people (10). in a
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    OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK PROFIT SHOWS SLIGHT DROP
    350 10 By Our Market Correspondent fHE Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. for the last calendar year reports a slightly decreased profit of $3,839,014, after deducting current expenses, depreciation for fixed assets etc. This compared with *a 01 1 «wu ♦>><» December 31, 1958. After adding the
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    K. Kangsar profit up
    228 10 KUALA Kangsar Plantations Ltd. made a substantial rise in last year's trading profit which wag £72.087 as compared with £51,057 earned in the previous year. The chairman Mr. AR. Scott said last year 230 acre* of old seedling rubber were replanted and a further 206 acres
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    PERAK RUBBER
    30 10 The Perak Rubber Plantations Ltd. interim dividend of 25 per cent for the year ending March 31. is payable on April IS to shareholders on the register today.
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    TIN PRICE
    48 10 rpUE price of tin in X Singapore yesterday was $389,124 per picul, down 25 cents. The estimated offering was unchanged at 250 tons. All other markets were closed in the Federation and Singapore yesterday for the Hari Ray a Puasa holidays. The Singapore markets re-open today.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    132 10 MELBOURNE, Man. TNVESTMENT shares opened the x week on a firmer tone here today. There were no large falls. Anpot gained 7d and Colonial Sugar advanced 205.. highlighting the moves. Base metal* and the oils held a steady tone. whi:e Commonwealth bonds traded along firm lines. iount Iyell
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    86 10 CHIPS lylnc alongside the Slngapore Harbour Board wharves or exported today are: Corfu 1 2. Florlan Oeynowa 4 5. Wako Maru 6A. State of Madras 6/7. Wainmu S/9. TJlluwah 10 11. Akagl Maru 13/14. Bogota 15 16. Lycaon 18. Seiko Maru 19. East Sea N Wall 5. Emp.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 10 On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. aoUar was quoted at 5.74 S for T.T. and 5.72S for cash. Sterling was quoted at 15.95 and ooie taei of goM at 251 V
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    Rubber futures are lower in New York
    158 10 ftUBBER futures tended 1V slightly lower on the New York Market last week except for the spot month which was sharply lower on liquidation. The volume of business for the week was on the moderate side. Routine demand Physical rubber was routine with
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    NORTH HUMMOCK
    49 10 See Hoy Chan, which is now the owner of over 97 per cent, of the issued capital of North Hammock (Selanfor) Robber Company proposes to exercise the right u> acquire the outstanding holdings. Statutory notices will be Issued shortly. Late acceptances will be received until further notice.
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    SAPONG RUBBER
    48 10 Holders representing over 90 per cent, of Saponf Rubber Estates' capital have accepted Muir River Rubber Company's offer to exChange their shares and the offer has been declared unconditional. The holdings of any Sapong shareholders who have not accepted by April 21 will he acquired compulaorlly.
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      159 11 SITUATIONS VACANT It Word* tS (Min.)— Box tt cti. txtrm APPLICATIONS are Invited for toe post of Resident Matron In the Singapore Children's Society's Convalescent Home for children at Tanah Merah Besar which will fall vacant la tbe middle of May 1960- Applicants should be not less than 27 years
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    Malayan tourist party will visit Japan
    147 12 rpHE assistant manager of Archipelago Trading A and Shipping Co., Singapore, Mr. Chew Teng Swee, leaves for Japan on April 14 to conduct a group of Malayan tourists. The tour lias been organised by the company's travel department and will last for a month.
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    Envoy on leave
    41 12 The Australian Trade Commissioner in Singapore. Mr. R. W. Holberton, will return to Australia on Sunday for four months' leave. During his absence, Mr. J. S. Nicholls, the Assistant Trade Commissioner in Singapore, will act for Mr. Holberton.
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    322 12 Timber trade faces new difficulties HIGHER FREIGHT RATES WILL RAISE PRICES SINGAPORE'S timber trade, already crippled by an acute shortage of log supplies from the Federation of Malaya, will further be reduced this year, because of increased freight rates to New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. The cost of
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    600 firms from nine countries at Paris Fair
    100 12 The Sixth Internationa Exhibition of the Paper Printing and Graphic Art* 'Industries will be held ir Paris from April 29 to May 8 More than 600 firms fronr nine countries will exhibit the latest equipment and products relating to th< paper industry.
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    New council formed
    132 12 OUSINESS manage- ment in Asian and Pacific countries will be more closely linked soon by the formation of at new regional council of the International Committee of Scientific Management. The new body, to be known as the Indo-Paciflc Council of CIO6. was Inaugurated at the 12th International
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    COLOGNE CHIEF VIEWS MARKET
    183 12 OALES of the House of 4711 products in Indonesia have fallen a great deal because of trading difficulties with that territory. Mr. Walter Leuschner. export sales manager of the company said in Singapore. Mr. Leuschner t>aid that Indonesia was formerly an Important market for 4711 and
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    Australian wine sales show jump
    119 12 A USTRALIAN wine A exports in 1958-1959 totalled more than 1.7 million gallons, the second highest figure in 10 years, according to the latest issue of the Australian Exporter. Exports were made to 51 i countries and notable increases were recorded in shipments to Singapore,
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    Swissair makes $5 mil. profit
    66 12 Swissair's total revenue in 1959 was $195.8 million against $177.5 million in the previous year, it Is announced. The net profit amounted to $5.3 million plus a remainder retained in business from 1958 of $284,275. The board of directors recommends a dividend of six per
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    SALES DIRECTOR PUNS WIDER CONSUMER RANGE
    203 12 A LEADING British wine merchant visited the Federation of Malaya and Singapore last week to encourage Malayans to drink more wine. He was Mr. Dorrien Belson. sales director of John Harvey and Sons Ltd., of Bristol. Mr. Belson said that most wine drinkers In
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    Singapore traders to boost exports on European tour
    269 12 Singapore traders to boost exports on European tour rpWO Singapore businessmen will tour Britain and the Continent early next month to seek further outlets for Malayan canned foodstuffs and canned fruit. They are Mr. Tjoa Goan Klat, managing director of T. G. Kiat Ltd., and Mr. Yeo Hock Leong, general
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    Danes buy more rubber
    95 12 Danes buy more rubber DANISH imports of J natural rubber during January totalled 494 tons, compared with 477 tons in December and 627 tons in January 1959, according to the Department of Statistics. Malaya, supplied 260 tons, the Belgian Congo 52 tons. Nigeria 51 tons, Britain 38 tons, Sweden 34
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    30 12 Peugeot Company of France produced 203,863 motor vehicles in 1959 compared with 18V/14 in the previous year. P&senger cars totalled 154.729 an increase of nearly 10.000 over 1958.
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    487 13 PAGE 13 SPOTLIGHT ON THE JUNIOR ASIAN CUP FRONT Japanese ask for practice under floodlight E Kuala Lumpur, Mon. BY AIR and by train, Asia's young footballers continued to arrive here for the second Junior Asian Cup competition starting at Merdeka Stadium on Wednesday at 7
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    274 13 Lew Kim on A AU difficulties KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. \YEEKLY or fortnightly athletics contests in Malaya were impracticable, said the Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union Secretary, Mr. Lew Kirn. today. i 1 Mr. Lew Kirn was ommentlng on a suggestion made In Sportsfront that (the F.M.A,A.U. run weekly or
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    86 13  - O'NEILL FACES DAVIDSON AGAIN AND HITS 103 JACK FINGLETON By CANBERRA. Mon. The last time Australia's star batsman Norman O'Neill played against Test bowler Alan Davidson was in 1957 and he retired hurt when hit on the head by a bumper. The pair met again on Saturday in Sydney's grade
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    RAF too good
    20 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. R.AF. Seletar "B" beat Telok Kurau 7-3 In a friendly soccer match at Seletar yesterday.
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    247 13  - 'Win the title' order for S'pore TEOH ENG TATT [By SINGAPORE, Mon. Win the title —or finish among the first three, at least. That is the order given out to the Singapore team Tor the Junior /sian Cup competition. A tall order? Not really, if one takes into account the
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    'B medal to Mizushima
    84 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. H. Minishlma (39) won the "B" division monthly medal fstableford* of the Royal Island Club yesterday. The ball sweep was shared by M Wauml and O.C. Chan, both 194. Mrs. E. Oaw and Dr. HP. Lira won the mixed foursomes (stroke) with a nett
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    15 13 RABAT. Mon. Spain beat Morocco 2-0 In an International hockey match here yesterday.
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    Dato Clough hails Tengku's plan
    226 13 SELANGOR T.C. PROFITS DOWN KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE chairman of the Selangor Turf Club, Dato Sir Clough Thuraisingam today backed the announcement of the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, that the New Zealand off -course system of betting should be studied with a view to
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    Police beat Tengah by 122 runs
    124 13 Police beat Tengah by 122 runs SINGAPORE, Mon. Police beat R.AJ 1 Tengah by 122 runs In a Singapore Cricket Association junior tournament match at Thomson Road yesterday. Police declared at 108 for six (O. Krishna n 48. A. A Rajah 35 not out. Davles 3-45). Tengah 76 (Rose 40.
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    France advance to semi-finals
    58 13 VIENNA, Mon. Prance qualified for the semi-finals of the. European lnter-natloas soccer cup oy beating Austria 4-2 In their second leg match here yesterday. France won the first leg 5-J In Paris last December, so qualified on an aggregate score of 0-4. In Brussels, Belgium beat
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    Lauriston wrests title from Still
    269 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. R. B. Laurie ton won the Selangor Golf Club championship yesterday when he beat the holder R.M. Still after a hectic battle. At the end of the first 18 holea. Lnuriston was three holes up with I a score of 76 against
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    120 13 TJORTMUND. (West Germany), Mon. Dick Richardson, of Wales, won the vacant European heavyweight championship here last aight when his gruelling fight against Hans Kalbfell. West German champion, was stopped in the 13th round. A tumult of boos greeted the decision of French
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    BEST GALLOP BY ROMAN GALLEY
    290 13 BEST GALLOP BY ROMAN GALLEY *ON THE TRACK with Epsom Jeep SINGAPORE. Monday. ROMAN GALLEY 11, with Bob Taylor in the saddle, returned the best time in this morning's galllops at Bukit Timah. He outpaced Titilino (J. Wilson) to clock 38 3/5 for 3f. Roman Galley Us last outing was
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    Player injured
    49 13 HONO KONG, Mon. A strong all-Hong Kong team beat Slnsa- pore Combined Services 3-1 In a hockey match here today. Hong 1 Kong led 2-1 In the first half. Four minutes before the match ended. Singapore's lnslde-Wt Abt dullah was Injured and had to leave the field.
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    Jayatilaka, Dharma join last four
    129 13 Jayatilaka, Dharma join last four KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Lionel Jayatilaka, the Federation's S.E.A.P. Garnet player, qualified fcr th* semi -finals of the All-Malayan Indo-Ceylonese tennis slnglei by beating K. Raslah 6-2. 1-8. 6-3 here today. K. Dharmnratnam. the 1958 holder, easily beat M. F. Vllvaratnam. former University of Malaya champion,
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    97 13 TPOH. Mon. Captain Andrew 1 James, of the Federation Eneineers in Tapah. today a on trip Perak golf championship for the Dato Blelloch Cup. He had the best aggresatscore «f 82 f 84 77 343 in the two-day tournament. In which 19 competitors took part.
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