The Straits Times, 20 May 1960

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    19 1 •rfVERACE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Nat4>" vi Estd. 1845. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1960 15 CENTS
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    NO CHANGE IN 'OPEN SKIES' PLAN
    14 1 'Free world has to tighten belt, work harder'
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    Lock icon STAND FAST—IKE
    353 1 STAND FAST— IKE Nikita: U.S. on perilous course LISBON, Thursday PRESIDENT EISENHOWER arrived in Lisbon from Paris today and immediately admonished the free world to stand fast against the torpedo tactics of Russia that doomed the Paris Summit conference. The President said that while he thought Ihe re was no
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    Found: Another 300 bottles of that killer insecticide
    203 1 Found: Another 300 bottles of that killer insecticide KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. JHREE HUNDRED bottles of the killer liquid insecticide which claimed 17 lives in Singapore and the Federation last year have been found in Malacca. Tonight, the Government again warned people not to touch It. Tne warning, directed particularly to
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    Blind man accused of murder
    57 1 Blind man accused of murder SI.IM.AIIVW. Thurs.— Henry Wong. 3 4^, a blind inmate of the Old People's Home here, was today charged with murder. He is alleged to have murdered Wong Nan, a 85--year-old inmate of the Home, yesterda> The case was postponed for a week after the charge
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    Lock icon Physician dies
    25 1 OXFORD. England, Thurs. Major-General Sir Robert McCarrison, who was an honorary physic: in to King George the Fifth, has died aged 82— Reuter.
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    'A JOINT RED TEAM BEATS EVEREST'
    302 1 'A JOINT RED TEAM BEATS EVEREST' ATEAM of Chinese and Russian climbers are reported to have scaled Mount Everest. The report was broadcast tonight by Radio Pakistan, quoting a Nepalese Government spokesman in Katmandu. No confirmation was immediately available from either Moscow or Peking. It was learned in Katmandu last
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    Lock icon Soviet Plan to bring up spy flights at U.N.
    286 1 Soviet Plan to bring up spy flights at U.N. NEW YORK, Thursday. THE SOVIET UNION yesterday called for an urgent meeting of the Security Council to consider "aggressive acts" by the United States Air Force. The request was cabled from Paris by the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Gromyko. to
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    CHOU HITS AT THE 'PROVOCATIVE U.S. IMPERIALISTS'
    104 1 CHOU HITS AT THE 'PROVOCATIVE U.S. IMPERIALISTS' FKING, Tbura. Mr. Chou En-lai declared today that encroachment on any Communist country was an encroachment on China, and would be met with "a annihilating rebuff." Mr. Chou, speaking at a farewell banquet for a delegation of the Algerian Provisional Government, said: "The
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    Lock icon Tengku says 'Mr. K. was in the wrong'
    109 1 BERLIN, Tburs. Tenfku Abdul Rabman Mid ber« today the American plane incident bad no thing to do with Britain and France, and sbould therefore not have been brought up at tbe Summit talks. On his return from a tour of East Berlin,
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    Lock icon Red officer detained
    62 1 BONN, Thurs. United States military police yesterday temporarily detained a Soviet military liaison mission Colonel and his driver for travelling in a forbidden area. The Russians. Colonel Michael I. Chernikov. and his driver. Private Michael Y. Vasyanovitch. were taken into custody in a troop training area near
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    Lock icon French rocket goes up
    45 1 PARIS, Thurs. French scientists successfully launched a four-stage rocket on May 5. the Defence Ministry announced today. The Ministry said the rocket was launched from the French naval experimental station at the He dv Levant, in the Mediterranean off Toulon. Reuter.
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    Diet uproar: 300 in fight
    140 1 4 FIST-FIGHT broke r% out in the corridors of the Japanese Diet Parliament) building today when the Opposition Socialist Party tried to "kidnap" the Speaker of the Lower House to prevent resumption of debate on the controversial Japan U.S. TOKYO, Thur». Security Treaty. Just as
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    Lock icon 30 escape death in a mid-air crash
    102 1 - DARIS. Thurs. Thirty passengers In a twinjet Caravelle airliner had an amazing escape from death today in a mM«alr coMUion. about 6.0W feet above the countryside near Orly Airport. As the airliner, flying from Algiers to Paris, was descending to land, a small,
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    Three Chinese consuls told: Go
    69 1 JAKARTA, Thurs.—lndonesian Government today demanded the withdrawal from their posts of the Communist Chinese con uls in Medan. North Sumatra and Banjarmasin (South Borneo). This was the latest Incident in the quarrel that has been flaring sporadically between the two countries since Indonesia last year
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    125 1 CHINAS PROTKST UO.NG KOSRi Ihur. CommuQbi t inu i b i *inst bou^. Inn' M < Ml j. urait.".'"' >• w r;.. u t' r S masir. Consul or arrogant b»» naviour toward Indonesian officials and said the Chines* in Selat Panjang nad intimidated officials by Rating the
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    East Coast clerks plan joint memo to Govt.
    131 2 East Coast clerks plan joint memo to Govt. IfOTA BHARU, Thurs. —A Joint memorandum by the Kelantan and Trengganu State clerical unions asking the Federation Government to place their 263 members In the General Clerical Service will be submitted soon. The unions have engaged .solicitors In Kuala Lumpur to prepare
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    Fake dollar
    13 2 PENANG. Thurs Another forged dollar note has been discovered in Penang.
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    OLDEST AIR LINE IS NOW 40 YEARS OLD
    75 2 OLDEST AIR LINE IS NOW 40 YEARS OLD SINGAPORE Thurs The world's oldest air service celebrated Its 40th anniversary on Tuesday. XL.M started an Amsterdam to London flight on May 17, 1926, when pilot Jerry Shaw made the journey in 215 minutes flying a con- i verted military aircraft, the
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    Recruits sought
    38 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs— The i Royal Air Force i Malaya' training centre is seeking recruits. Those interested should i write to the Officer Commanding. Royal Air Force 'Matayai Training Centre. RAF Seletar. Singapore, be. fere May 30
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    CHIEF OF EURASIAN UNION CONFIDENT OF THE FUTURE
    156 2 CHIEF OF EURASIAN UNION CONFIDENT OF THE FUTURE PENANG. Thursday. fRASIANS in this country have sufficient confidence in the future, Senator Dato G. Shelpresident of the Eurasian Union of Malaya, declared here today. Dato Shelley was commenting on a proposal to be considered at Its annual meeting; In Ipoh on
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    Murder attempt alleged
    51 2 PENANG. Thurs. Choc i Guan Seng. 30. an unemployed, was accused in a magistrate's court here today of the attempted murder of his mother-in-law. Cheah Geok Bit. on March 7 last year in Immigration Road. No plea was recorded and he was remanded in prison for A
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    Missile era won' t affect Singapore as base
    330 2 Missile era won' t affect Singapore as base GEN. PIKE LEAVES FOR NEW POST AS IGS VICE-CHIEF, SAYS: SINGAPORE, Thursday. MAJ.-GEN. W. G. H. PIKE, retiring Chief of Staff, Far East Land Forces, said here last night that, even with the advent of missile warfare, Singapore would always be an
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    FIRST-DAY COVERS ON SALE TODAY
    91 2 FIRST-DAY COVERS ON SALE TODAY CUMGIPQBI, Thurs I irst--1 day covers, for use with the National Day commemorative postage stamps to be issued on June will be on sale at all post offices in Sinnapore tomorrow. The acting Director of Posts announced that only limited number of envelopes would "c
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    Bank plaque
    31 2 JOHORE BAiIRU. Thurs. The Sultan of Johore will unveil a commemorative plaque at the new premises of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank here on May 28 at 5.3« pm.
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    TO ATTEND MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON TIBET
    106 2 pENANG. Thurs -Malaya's representative on the International Legal Inquiry Committee on Tibet. Mr Ong Huck Llm. will leave on Monday to attend the next meeting of th* committee at Geneva on June 11. The meeting is expected to finalise Its report on Tibet
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    Lock icon America seethes at K's 'fishy friend' reference to Ike
    385 3 WEST DECIDES ON A DUAL POLICY TO MEET RED TACTICS IN THE FUTURE PARIS. Thursday. TOP United States officials are seething J- with indignation at the offensive way Mr. Khrushchev referred to President Eisenhower at his final Press conference at the
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    Russia's act will not divide the West, says Diefenbaker
    240 3 Russia's act will not divide the West, says Diefenbaker K ACCUSED OF WRECKING SUMMIT TO COVER UP TROUBLE AT HOME OTTAWA, Thurs.— Mr. John Diefenbaker, the Canadian Prime Minister, said here today that Mr. Khrushchev was mistaken if he thought he could divide the West by his "deplorable tactics." The
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    MARGARET, TONY TO VISIT TRINIDAD
    140 3 PORT OF SPAIN, Thursday. ORINCESS Margaret and her husband. Mr. Antony Armstrong-Jones, will arrive at this sunny Trinidad capital tomorrow afternoon for a visit of two or three days. The newly-weds, who arrived yesterday in the Royal yacht Britannia of! Tobago Island, after an 11
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    In brief
    108 3 HONG iw.iu; Field Marshal Lord Montgomery arrived on his "way to China and was greeted by a guard of honour from his old regiment. the Royal Warwickshires. LONDON: One woman was killed and at least 17 other people Injured when the roof and front of a grocery store
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    Lock icon WHAT DID KHRUSHCHEV CALL THE GERMANS?
    104 3 PARIS. Thurs.— Mr. Khrushchev appeared yesterday to have referred to the Weit Germans as "bastards." Hi* interpreter translated the word as "rlfr raff." Persons fluent in Russian said he used the word "obhlyudki" in referring to the Germans and that the translation is "*****."
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    Lock icon COST OF PARIS FAILURE -NEARLY $4 MILLION
    96 3 pARIS. Thurs.— The stillborn summit conference cost about 600 million old francs (about $3,700,000). French officials said today. Renovation of the Palais de Challlot to serve as International Press headquarters for about 3.000 newspapermen and news- reel radio, and television correspondents, alone cost
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    Lock icon 'RUSSIAN SPY' HAD TO QUIT THE U.S.
    237 3 'RUSSIAN SPY' HAD TO QUIT THE U.S. WA SHINGTON. Thurs. A U.S. State Department spokesman said last night that Vadin A. Kirilyuk, a Soviet citizen, had engaged in espionage activities last year in the United States while he was employed by the United Nations. The spokesman. Mr. Lincoln White, made
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      261 3 II MORE and MORE U PEOPLE ARE OPENING I BANK I DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS JL LOMBARD BANKING f I NO Capital Depreciation-Vow I D funds remain at >our disposal. 1 I V INTEREST is calculated on a Daily Basis I i.e. >our money is earning I interest from the day y
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      343 3 Your radio today... DAPiin ciM^ADADr 93 feature Half-Hour; 10.00 Thf riAUIU aINuArUKL Navy Lark; 10.30 Music In MiniaMedlum Wave 476 metre. ture: <*** Ni ht SHORT HAVE: metres RADIO MALAYA from 9.M p.m.— 10.00 p.m. NATIONAL SHOETWAVE AM. 6.30 Good Morning; 8.32 «.«,J?F. RVICI: 41<: metpe Morning Prelude 7.00 The
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    VARSITY COURSE FOR CIVIC LEADERS
    204 4 VARSITY COURSE FOR CIVIC LEADERS OINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore's Parliamentary Secretaries and Assemblymen are now 1 undergoing a course in 1 economics set up by the Economics Department of the University of Malaya. The first of 11 lectures in the course has been given by Prof. Lim Tay Bon, who spoke
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    Doll's house as prize at fair for the blind
    121 4 Doll's house as prize at fair for the blind SINGAPORE, Thurs. A one-sixteenth scale model of a typical house in the Tanglln area will be one of the most soughtafter prizes in the draw to be held at the International Bazaar for the Blind on Saturday afternoon at the Victoria
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    PRIMARY SCHOOL EXAMS FOR 4 STREAMS
    126 4 PRIMARY SCHOOL EXAMS FOR 4 STREAMS SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The primary school leaving examination for 32.000 Singapore candidates in all the four language streams will be held here on Nov. 2, 3 and 4, this year. This will be the first time the Ministry of Education is attempting such an examination
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    Church talk
    41 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Rev. T. R. Doraisamy who has just returned from Denver, U.S.A. after attending the Methodist General Conference will speak of his impressions at the Methodist Tamil Church, 14 Short Street, at 6 p.m. on May 24.
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    WOMEN'S WRANGLE: ONE STABBED WITH SCISSORS
    210 4 WOMEN'S WRANGLE: ONE STABBED WITH SCISSORS SINGAPORE, Thursday. AN INCIDENT between two women, each claiming to be the wife of a blacksmith, led to one of them. being stabbed with a pair of scissors, Magistrate's Court was told today. The women were Foo Ai Chong, 45, who received several stab
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    FIVE ARE UP ON BOOKMAKING CHARGES
    109 4 FIVE ARE UP ON BOOKMAKING CHARGES SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Five men were brought up today on charges in connection with bookmaking at the Singapore Turf Club, Bukit Timah, yesterday afternoon. Three pleaded not guilty to separate charges of acting as bookmakers. They were Ling Kok Hong and Lim Boon Ching. both
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    REHEARSAL FOR GRAND RALLY ON MAY 22
    508 4 •yHE Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, will inspect the march-past of contingents of the uniformed forces and civilians at the mass rally at the Padang on June 3 National Day. The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. with the arrival of
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    Delighted wife says: Big rooms, so airy here
    418 4 Delighted wife says: Big rooms, so airy here LOW INCOME MALAY FAMILIES MOVING IN HERE WILL ONE DAY BECOME OWNERS OF THESE HOMES OINGAPORE, Thurs. First groups ot families have moved into the low-cost houses in Jalan Kaki Bukit at Changi. Of the 100 housing unite to be c instructed
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    New president
    27 4 SINGAPORE, Tnurs— Mr Swee Lim Swang nas been elected president of the University of Malaya Non-Acade-mic Staff Union. Tne vicepresldeni is Mr. Vincent da ■ha.
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      68 4 Singapore diary... NATIONAL THI \I Xl FUND: Violin recital by Redentor Romero at Victoria Memorial Theatre at 8.45 p.m. CLOTHING SHOP: St. Andrew's Cathedral. CWA Room, South Side 10 ajn. to noon. PAN-PACIFIC SOfTH-EAST ASIA WOMF.VB ASSOCIATION: Malay class 9.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. at Singapore Institute of Science. 593-A
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      71 4 am.; 11 am. and 5.15 p.m., English conversation 4 p.m. Spanish 5.15 p.m. BI'SINESS AND PROFESSIONAL W'OStEN'S CLUB: Buffet supper at the chairman's flat 7.30 p.m. V.M.C.A. (Orchard Road) Junior dept. open from 4 p.m., body-building and weight-lifting 4 p.m. judo special Intensive course 5.45 p.m and Malay Civil Service
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      135 4 AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES HPHE following is today's X schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport. Singapore. ARRIVALS BO AC: Prom London, Zurich, Teheran. Karachi. Calcutta (BA 710/113.) 12.10 a.m.; from Melbourne. Sydney, Darwin, Jakarta (BA 709/234) 11.36 pm Garnda: Prom Medan (OA 990) 3.46 pjn.; from Bangkok,
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      152 4 Bahru. Alor Star. Penang. Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur. Malacca (ML 133 i 7.36 pm from Kuala Lumpur (ML 173> 8.30 p.m.: from Penang (ML 151) 925 pjn. DEPARTURES BOAt: To Jakarta. Darwin. Sydney (BA 710/112* 1.10 am; Garnda: To Jakarta, (OA 997) 4 pjn. Cathay Pacific: To Bangkok. Hong Kong (CX
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      19 4 Penang (ML 150) 2.45 pm to Kuala Lumpur ,<ML 172 > 6 pjn to Hong Kong (ML 812) 11.30 p.m.
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    One in ten has TB in Kedah, says doctor
    237 5 One in ten has TB in Kedah, says doctor HALF CAN'T AFFORD TREATMENT ALOR STAR, Thursday. ABOUT 75,000 people in Kedah— one tenth of the entire populationare suffering from active tuberculosis and only about half can really afford proper treatment, Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed Iskandar, president of the Kedah Anti-TB
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    SINGAPORE SENDS RARE ORCHIDS FOR THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
    131 5 SINGAPORE SENDS RARE ORCHIDS FOR THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW SINGAPORE. Thurs. A consignment of orchids from Singapore is being flown to Britain to be displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show. BOAC has given the senders, the Singapore Orchid Society, free freight for the 35 specially prepared, insulated boxes that make
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    SOPHISTICATED! THAT'S WHAT HE CALLS THE BOTANIC GARDENS MONKEYS
    183 5 SOPHISTICATED! THAT'S WHAT HE CALLS THE BOTANIC GARDENS MONKEYS CINGAPORE. Thurs.— The monkeys in the Botanic Gardens here have become so sharp and sophisticated through "dally contacts with their human cousins" that they have outwitted the best trappers in Malaya. This is the lament of the Director of the Gardens.
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    UNGKU AZIZ TO GET A TOP VARSITY POST IN CAPITAL
    148 5 UNGKU AZIZ TO GET A TOP VARSITY POST IN CAPITAL KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. T^fALAYA'S leading agricultural economist, iTA Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Hamid, 38, is likely to be appointed head of the Economics Department al the University of Malaya here. Ungku Abdul Aziz is a senior lecturer in economics
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    'Queen of Smile'
    39 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs A search is being made tor girls with smiling faces. They are wanted for a new contest the "Queen of Smile"— to be held by the Kuala Lumpur Psychology Club on July 2.
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    St. John meeting
    20 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The St. John Ambulaice Association here will ru Id its annual meeting on Saturday.
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    The 30 Indonesian rebels lose appeal but boat to be returned to them
    736 5 DENANG. Thurs. 1 The Penang Appeal Judge. Mr. Justice Rigby. today dismissed the appeal by 30 Indonesian rebels who had been convicted by a lower court last February for unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, but ordered
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    Man alleged to have cheated 3 people
    124 5 SEREMBAN. Thurs —Jack Warren Le Calne. alias Abdon I Warrick. a 50-year-old Cana-| dia-i. now serving a term at Tatplng Jail, today appeared j In the Sessions Court here charged with three counts of I •beating He Is alleged to have "heated a
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    Kampar defeat 'inquest'
    392 6 ALLIANCE CANDIDATE Mr. LIEW SAYS: SOMETHING WENT WRONG SOMEWHERE IPOH, Thursday. HTHE ALLIANCE'S defeated candidate in the Kampar by-election yesterday, Mr. Liew Why Hone, said today: "Something went wrong somewhere." He lost to the People's Progressive Party candidate, Mr. Chan Yoon Onn, by 1,999 votes. "Late yesterday,"
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    Govt. votes $250,000 for Perak stadium
    77 6 Govt. votes $250,000 for Perak stadium IPOH. Thurs.— The Ferak Legislative Assembly today approved supplementary expenditure of $955,548 for development this year. The money is required for public works, rural services and the building of the Perak stadium, for which $250,000 was allocated. THif Mentri Besar, Inche Shaari bin Pial,
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    Parliament
    26 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The next session of the House of Representatives will be held at the Parliament building here from June 20 to June 28.
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    He'll play a 1736 violin at concert
    173 6 He'll play a 1736 violin at concert SINGAPORE. Thurs. A 224-year-old Italian Grangino violin will be used in a concert In aid of the National Theatre Fund on Friday at the Victoria Theatre. Filipino violinist, Redentor Romero, said today that he had been "selling his country" with it. He wouldn't
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    SPEED-UP IN RURAL WATER SUPPLY
    157 6 IPOH, Thursday. ITRGENT action is being taken to provide kam*J pongs with a water supply, the Government said in the Perak Legislative Assembly today in reply to a question by Mr. See Khoon Lim (All.-Jalong). Mr. See had asked how many kampongs In the state
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    Cyclist dies in accident
    46 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Thurs. A cyclist. Tan Chew Ghee, 52. died In Bukit Mertajam hospital yesterday from Injuries received in a motor accident earlier In the day. He was cycling home along Bukit Tengah Road when he was knocked down by a car.
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    $600 theft
    36 6 TELUK ANSOV Thurs. Thieves early today broke Into the home of a padl dealer. Osman bin Yusoff. at Slmpang Tlga. Sungei Manlk, about three miles from here, and stole $621 from a trouser pocket
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    A TIP-OFF—THEN C.I.D. ROUTS GANG of THIEVES
    148 6 A TIP-OFF— THEN C.I.D. ROUTS GANG of THIEVES A TIP-OFF from a member of the public has A resulted in the breaking up by the Selangor C.I.D. of a 12-man gang believed to be responsible for a number of recent burglaries in and around Kuala Lumpur. All 12 were arrested
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    State crowns for Sultan, Sultana of Trengganu
    95 6 IT U A L A TRENOGANU. Thurs. The Sultan and Sultana of Trengganu are to be supplied with state Crowns. At present both the Ruler and his consort are using their own crowns, belonging to the sultan's lat* parents. It is understood that
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      243 6 Straits Times Crossword ACBOSS 8. Skilful lrlnc prowldM m*v 4. lUc«, though aoelaot, U oompleUly (S). numerous (S). 7. Let ring form round god of 8. Shut up about the Old tattle (7). Testament It's powerful d>. 14. Dance of Scotswomen la 9. She may run away with a Franoe?
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    1174 7 THE STORY OF AGADIR France, Germany and Spain clashed over the possession of this Atlantic port gHORTLY after dawn on July 3, 1911, a young French cannoneer woke from sleep in the barracks at Agadir, a port on th( south coast of Morocco. As he strolled to the window to
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    23 8 2'i orWf Si* (Minimum BROWN At St. Andrew.. Sc*tl»nd on l«»ta. May •Blllle' brlovcd R W, Brown formerly Straits lritfing Company Llmlttd.
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    28 8 N H.nii fit (Minimum) FRED AND MAVIS WOODFORD thank relatives and fnenda for their kind assistant*-, wreaths and attendance at the Funeral of their beloved aon. .Noel.
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    29 8 2« Mere's Sit i Minimum', .IN EVER LOVING memory of Mr. M Kandiah, Srremban. Paased away M v<9 Gon* but not forgottea. Inserted by widow and eons.
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    34 8 :n Wore 1 Sit (Minimum) THANKS To all our friends who hwped, attended and graced the panayanam of our eon Anandkumar. Thanks al«o for your felicitations aad gifts to him Dr. Mr*. Shankar.
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    458 8 M Hera 1 Sit Minimum > lALE LAST 2 Days at alulcnandt. l>o Not Miss This Opportunity. VANITY Outstanding collection of Net) h rock* Sizes 7 to -Ui. KatHes Place, Spore. FITZPATRICKS SUPERMARKET advise customers that the amended late shopping hour* are now Frldaya until 7. 30 p.m. and
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      Making Bad Worse
      685 8 Mr. Khrushchev's assurance that he is not o ringing Berlin I to the boil, and that the i disarmament talks in Geneva and negotiations for a suspension of nuclear tests are to I continue, removes the worst of the fears that followed the collapse of the summit
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      Kampar Poll
      391 8 Mr. Chan Yoon Onn of the People's Progi essive Party, the successful candidate in the Kampar by-election, had obvious advantages over the Alliance candidate who was his chief rival. Trailing less than 1,300 votes behind the Alliance in the election last August, his party had an important stimulus
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      Killer At Large
      184 8 The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has had to issue another warning against use and possession of the parathoin insecticides which were responsible for 17 deaths in the Federation and Singapore last year. Shopkeepers were asked at the time to surrender their stocks of these poisons,
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    The big task ahead for Malaya's rubber industry
    1704 8  -  '^^^W^^^^^^^^^^^^M iliiiillllPi MR. UOL'GHTON was lent to tbe Federation for six months in 1947, when he was an officer of the British Ministry of Labour. Instead, he stayed for three years as head of the Labour Department, where he was responsible for
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      WHERE MALA YA IS STREETS AHEAD OF THE OTHERS
      221 8 INDUSTRIALLY and so--1 dally we may be trailing behind some Western nations but on racial problems and co-existence we are certainly way ahead of most Western democracies. We may be guilty of some forms of social distinction, but we certainly do
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      SILENT M.P.
      44 8 AM sorry to raise this x issue but I feel that my local MP Mr. c H. Koh. has entirely overlooked his responsibilities. It is reasonable for him to keep quiet on small matters, but when it comes to grave issues affecting
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      SAVAGERY
      129 8 WHEN Mrs. Davidson drew attention to the beat-lng-up of a European and a Malayan motorist she had in mind the numerous other cases of like savagery perpetrated up and down this country. She. in company with thousands of decent Malayans, must have pictured the damning effect this mob violence
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      64 8 LONDON'S TELEPHONE SAMARITANS Mansion House 9000 this telephone number has already saved hundreds of desperate people from suicide, given new hope to thousands of men and women who needed love and kindness. The April Reader's Digest (now on sale) tells the story of the Rev. Chad Varan's mission, dedicated to
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    REJECTED: BRIBE CASE APPEAL
    232 9 REJECTED: BRIBE CASE APPEAL KU AL A LUMPUR. Thurs. The Federation Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Buyong bin Haji Abdul Majid, 36, who was sentenced to one year's jail and fined $2,000, or a further six months' Jail, on a corruption charge. "Buyong, a former driving tester
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    'Firm action' against Social Welfare cheats
    131 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Action was being stepped up against persons who cheated the Social Welfare Department In connection with public assistance. Inspector Teoh Beng San told a magistrate's court today. He said this after two labourers, arrested yesterday, each pleaded guilty to three counts of
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    UN charter: Malaya's stand
    675 9 ISMAIL SAYS THE GOVT. WON'T TOLERATE DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE, RELIGION OR COLOUR THE Federation Minister of External Affairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said here today his Government felt very strongly that discrimination on grounds of race, colour, religion or sex constituted
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    Malaya can get big World Bank loans, says an expert
    205 9 Malaya can get big World Bank loans, says an expert KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaya's sound industrial and public utility projects and healthy overseas credit will facilitate substantial loans from the World Bank, the leader of a five-man mission from the Bank, Mr. H. E. Bachem. said today. He said thL
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    SMOKY VEHICLES: A CALL TO PUBLIC
    133 9 SINUAFUKE, Thursday. THE Government today repeated its warning that action would be taken against owners of vehicles found emitting excessive and obnoxious fumes An official statement asked the public to help by reporting any vehicle with a smoky exhaust. The first warning was Issued
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    Mr. OOI NOW HEADS PRESS SECTION
    69 9 Mr. OOI NOW HEADS PRESS SECTION ITUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Mr. R. B. Ooi, a former newspaperman, has been appointed head of the Press and liaison sections of the Information Services under a reorganised set-up. Mr. Ooi, who is 54, began newspaper work in 1923 when he joined the Straits Echo
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    K.L. AS A MODERN CITY: FULL REPORT A WAITED
    191 9 A UNITED NATIONS town planning expert, Mr. Valso Antolic, will make a full and final report to the Government and municipal authorities on the future development of Kuala Lumpur as a modern city towards the end of this year. The recommendations
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    Installation of Ruler
    60 9 SERE.MBAN. Thurs.— The installation of the Yang diPertuan Bcsar of Negri Sembllan has been fixed for March next year at Sri Menantl. the seat of Negri royalty. A Government spokesman said today: "We would very much liked to have had it earlier but we most give the
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    Ragging: University seniors given stern warning
    504 9 Ragging: University seniors given stern warning KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday ALL senior students of the University of Malaya here have received a stern warning that they are liable to be sacked from their residential colleges If they "rag" any of the 415 new students who moved into the university today. And
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    'LEARN MALAY': A CUEPACS CALL GOES OUT FOR DETAILS
    171 9 'LEARN MALAY': A CUEPACS CALL GOES OUT FOR DETAILS KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. GOVERNMENT servants throughout the country are anxious to know more details of the twoyear course in Malay to be launched in November. This was stated heTe today by the secretary of the Congress of Unions of Employees In
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    Security Council meeting
    48 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs— The Interal Security Council met today with Lord Selkirk, the United Kingdom Commissioner, In the chair. Among those present were the Prime Minister of Singapore. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and the Federation's Minister of External Affairs, Dato Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman.
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    Shareholder seeks more details
    87 9 Shareholder seeks more details PENANG. Thurs._A resolution calling on the directors to give shareholders full details of the company's leases ai.d sub-leases will be considered at a general meeting of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Ltd. next week. The meeting, requisitioned by a Penang shareholder. Major T. J. W. Allen,
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    32 9 SEREMBAN. Thurs. The Minister of Transport, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jublr, will discuss transport problems in Negri Sembllan with the Mentrl Besar and State Assemblymen when he visits Seremban tomorrow.
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    24 9 BENTONG. Thurs. An all-community dinner will be held at the Kwangsal Association on Satuzday In honour of the visit of the Sultan.
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    LYKES LINE'S NEW VESSEL
    281 10 LYKES LINE'S NEW VESSEL- AN American shipping company, Lyk c s Bros! Steamship Co. Inc., New Orleans, will put yet another cargo ship into service on its Far East route in June. The ship, named James Lykes costing; $30 million to build, will load at U.S. Gulf ports for her
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    Synthetic plant for Goodyear
    47 10 Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company will build a new ISO-million plant in Beaumont, Texas for the production, of synthetic rubber, it was announced. The plant will be located near the Mobiloil Company's Beaumont refinery from which Goodyear will obtain Its principal raw materials.
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    384 10 Booming conditions for jewellery GOLD TRANSACTIONS AIDED BY RUBBER PRICE yHK Singapore gold jewellery trade is now experiencing one of its best trading years, as a result of the steady price of Malayan rubber, Mr. Chng Tok Ngam, chairman of the Chinese Gold and Silver Merchants' Association, Singapore, said yesterday.
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    Dunlop expand factory further
    138 10 THE Dunlop Rubber Co. (Malaya) Ltd. announce a further expansion of their Dunlopillo factory in Bahau, Negri Sembilan —the fourth since its inception in 1956. The total investment In the factory now exceeds $1 million. The company is providing the bulk of the latex foam requirements
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    300 10 A CATERPILLAR earth-moving equipment de- monstration will be conducted at Orchard Road, Singapore, tomorrow morning by Sime Darby (Singapore) Ltd., sole dealers for Caterpillar Tractor Co. products in Singapore, the Federation of Malaya and Borneo. Among the units to be de- i monstrated are a
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    183 10 Federation iron mines get boost iyHE conclusion of a trade pact between the Federation of Malaya and Japan will give a further boost to the Federation iron ore industry. The Japanese Government has agreed to ensure the maintenance of Malayan iron ore export market in Japan. A Japanese company, the
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    Machine tool fair in Milan
    67 10 The Italian Machine Tool Exhibition will be held this year In the Milan International Trade Fair ground from October 7 to 16. Over 400 exhibitors will take part in the exhibition, wh.ch will cover an area of 215.000 sq.ft. Seventy -five per cent of the
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    Sarawak recognises special treatment in rubber sheets
    227 10 T*HE Sarawak Government has accepted non--1 smoked MacLai Coagulant-treated rubber sheets as the equivalent of rubber smoked sheets. Announclng this in Kuala Lumpur, Mr. D. McCall, inventor of MacLal Coagulant, said he hoped the Malayan Rubber Traders' Association meeting here in September would
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    118 12 MELBOURNE. Thurs. INVESTMENT shares showed an J easier tone here today. Holrproof eased to 10>» 2d. BHP eased further 10 85s. 3d., down Is. 3d. Base metals and the o'.ls traded along steady lines wnlle Commonwealth bonds held a firm tone. Con. Zinc. 91/9 Mount Lyell i5/-> fi/,8
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    145 12 SHIPS lying alongside thr Sin- gapore Harbour Board wharve* or expected this morning are: Talisman 1/2. Prancisville 4/5, Myimioon 6 7. Bogdan Klimelmtsky 8/9. Miluua Maru 10/11. Pernsea 13/14, Thais Hope 15/16, Brteside 19. Sirusa N. Wall 3. Rajah Brooke 21/22. Bruas 23. Hoi Houw 25/26, Salatiga 27/28.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    118 12 THE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to mer- chants yesterday < all rates to I $100 1 New York: buying airmail T.T. 32 15/16. O.D 33 1 16, 90 d si 33 3 8 credit bills. 33 1 2 trade bills. Selling
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    MALAYAN SHARES EASIER AFTER SUMMIT TALKS FAILURE
    492 12 MALAYAN SHARES EASIER AFTER SUMMIT TALKS FAILURE By Our Market Correspondent the first full day's trading after the breakdown of the Summit Conference took place yesterday on the Malayan Stock Exchange there was a general easiness. Sellers were available throughout the list at current quotations. The drops were not heavy,
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 12 Malayan Stock Exchange: May 19 May 18 Industrials: 141.38 142.85 Tina: 18!.0« 182.9« Rubbers; 330.25 330.52 Jan. 1 19J8 l»t).
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    RUBBER PRICES
    221 12 Jt'NE BrH grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 131", cents per lb., down one and three-eighths cents on Wednesday's close. The closing tone was quiet and easier. S.C.C Jt.A. closing prices in cents per lb., yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 136, sellers
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    116 12 SINGAPORE thineae Produce Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were Copra: quiet; UK/Continen: May/ June shipments $34 buyers. $35 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $53 'j sellers, drum $56' i sellers. Pepper: steady; no business was reported done, Muntok white $260. Sarawak $255. special Sarawak black MBO. garbled
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    CLOSING PRICES
    37 12 SINGAPORE. May 19. RUBBER: $1.31 7 h per lb. (down I 3 8 cents). 5 p.m. close: $1.31 i (easier). TIN: $389 per picul (down 75 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 275 tons (up 35 tons).
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    1291 12 ON the Malayan Stock txehange yesterday, all »ections were generally easier Singapore members of Lhe I hxchaJijr reported the lollowing I business ai the afternoon call, i Bargains are given before the prices unless only one was written i. Industrial. Fed Dtspensary $135 xd ON. $133 xd.
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      904 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD JUNIOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANT CADETS Applications are invited from Federal Citizens only for appointment as j. T. a. Cadets (Electrical). Salary Scale. The commencing basic salary of the post Is $145/- per month In < the first year of service, $152.50 I basic per month in
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      683 12 NOTICES NOTICE TI.NDKBS FOR OPERATION Ol' PAWNSHOPS IN KELANTAN The above tenders for period of 3 year* from lsl January, 1961 will be received by the State Secwiary. Kelantan. before 12 noon oa 14th July, 1960. Printed form; of tenders and lull particulars are obtainable ai the State Secretariat, Kota
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      662 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS j CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE j Application has been made to tbs City Council of Singapore to Issue to Mr. Sim Thlam Boh of No. 48, Jalan Besar. Singapore 8, a duplicate certificate in respect of his holding of $10,000/- Singapore City Council A' c Debenture Stock 1954/1965-77.
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      579 13 NOTICES THE MANDAI TEKONG (Singapore) RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. i Incorporated in the State of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN I that the Transfer Register of the I Company will be closed from 24th to 28th May, 1960. inclusive, for the purpose of repaying to Shareholders $0.70 per Share consequent upon
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      590 13 NOTICES I GREETINGS TO THE NATIONAL FIRE k GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. On tbe opening of their new I Otßce Premise* in MEYER CHAMBERS Raffles Place on Friday. 20th May 1960. from M/ 8 I'nlon Uaea Car Co, M/S HUp Huat A to. NASSIM k CO., (SINGAPORE) LIMITED will sell
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      627 13 {(ontinurd from Pace 8) SITUATIONS VACANT it Word* ti (Mln.y—Box St ctt. txtrm WANTED: Junior Salesman required by European Import firm In Ipob. Apply Box A9UI ST., Ipoh. LADY TUTOR teach two boys standard II and Ml at Petallng Jaya after S. p.m. Pleas* apply Box A 9992 S.T. K.L.
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      1071 13 SITUATIONS VACANT Wordt tS (Min.)— Box it ctt txtrm WITH LONQ ESTABLISHED Import I concern exists the vacancy for a fully experienced sundry salesman Good salary and commission for anyone who tx capable and energetic. Apply Boa A4S4B B.T. 8 pore. MECHANICS with experience In the running and maintenance of
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      871 13 TUITION It Wordt ti (Min.)— Box St ell txtrm CLASSES Malay (English explanation) Chinese cooking, cake makinr. Mandarin, Ballet dancing. Malay folk dancing, homecraft course (needlework cookery etc) Tel. Spore ***** (Office hours) WAIKIKI HAWAIIAN GUITAR Studio Qultar Lessons for beginners by quickest methods. Theory and practical. Cheap guitars for
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      935 13 FOR SALE Wordt ti (Mm )—Box tt ctt. txtrm MOUTRIE PIANB T'prlgbt goo 4 condition 1000. owner leaving counut. Telt i i.vi PIANO ACCORDION. ICANOALLI, SO baas, very good condition llso/--0.n.0. Please write Box A4MS S.T.. I Spore. fOI tALt ***** »cr»« 1927 OJ wdlin* rubber situated near Padang Rsnsas
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    473 14 SURREY WRITE A LETTER: ONDON, Thurs.— Jim Laker, famous Surrey and England bowler, has been banned from the scene of some of his greatest Test match victories In a letter made public last night. Surrey County Cricket Club have informed the 37-year-old cricketer
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    213 14 Sentul MBS protest rejected KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The cricket sub-commit-tee of the Selangor Schools Sports Council today rejected the Sentul Methodist Boys School's demand for a replay of the Vanderholt Trophy quarter-final against MBS of Kuala Lumpur. The Sentul school had protested that if one of the umpires had not
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    BESTCRETE beats RIVALS
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    Malayan Graduate shows his speed
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    Kedah XI
    48 14 ALOR STAR. Thurs.^Kedah's team to meet Penanp la the M.C.A. cricket league match at Western Road this week-end will be: Abdul Majid, C. C Augstin. E. M. Augustin. J. P. Augustin, S. E. Augustin, K. Balan, Dirar Singh. S. Dorairaj. R. Me Intosh, Neesakumar, A. Toolseram.
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    MCFA TOLD TO RE-APPLY
    195 15 HITCH IN REGISTRATION f PHE Malayan Chinese Football Association, whose application for registration was refused last week, has beeQ told by the Registrar of Societies to re-apply for registration. Leading officials of the M.C.F.A. met the Registrar on Saturday, and explained to him the reasons for
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    Angry fans chase Rajoo
    113 15 Angry fans chase Rajoo CINGAPORh. Thurs. P. Rajoo. tht- Gymkhana inside-right, ran for <over as angry Alexandra supporters chased him across the field during a SAFA Div. 2 semifinal at Farrer Park today. Referee Lint Kirn Young abandoned JM«> match midway in thr second h.ilf with Gymkhana KaclinK 1 Rival
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    84 15 CUNOEI PATANL Thurs.— Former Olympic sprinter S. Karuppiah only managed to clock 10 9sec for the 100 yd when he won the event on the opening day of the Kedah and Perils Telecoms athletics meet here today. Lily George won the 100 yd in 14.5
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    232 15 SOt < K Mslsya Cup: Keduh Penang (at Alor Stau. h'pore i)i\. :C: belear v RAJ; Chung! itit\iai>tj', Chines* Aih •A' v RAT renguh tFurrer Pk>;: Uiv. ID: B.id.ui Keseman v T. Kuuu Utd (Farrer Pk;. S'gor Div. 1: SEA Hangers II (Princes Rd); Div. 2: Sunrise H
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    539 16 GOVERNMENT CREATES SPECIAL ONE-YEAR INTENSIVE COURSE FOR GRADUATES JUE EDUCATION MINISTER, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, today announced the creation of a special professional course for the training of graduate teachers to cope with the "very large increase" in the student enrolment of (iovernment and Government-aided secondary
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    40 16 TEOH KONG: Teoh KnK Llm, second son of Mr. and Mr*. Teoh Seang Teik, to Kong Koon. Yin, third daughter of the laic Mr. Konic I'ing Kwonif and Mri. Kong Ping Kwon* en. Y. oh Hint LW) on 19.5.1960.
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    61 16 AUGUSTINE WEE PENG LIM, 45 I years passed away peacefully on 19.5.1M0 at the General Hospital Singapore. Funeral cortege leaves Singapore Casket Company, Lavender Street at 3.4 A p.m. Saturday 21.5.1960 tor Church of Balnt« Ma* Paul I hence to Bldadarl Cemetery. Deeply mourned by uidow moth-r one son
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    43 16 MESSRS. MOHANA KRISHNAN and (,<j|.al Kn«hnan> family thank all thorn I who vialted. til. phoned. trlreraphtd I ihc ir condolrncm. tho.^e who sent wreaths and asnlMed in varioun viuyn al the funeral of their mothii at Kuala Uumpur on 121h May 1060.
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    216 16 New Zealand Premier to visit Malaya KUALA LI'MPIR, Thurs. The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. Walter Nash, will arrive here on June 5 for a two-day visit. Mr Nash was to have visited Malaya last month, but this was postponed because of the death of the Yang di-Pertuan Agonf.
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    258 16 TENGKU FINDS EAST BERLIN 'DEPRESSING' BERLIN. Thursday. T<ENGKU Abdul Rahman found East Berlin cxx tremcly depressing, he told members of the group accompanying him on his three-day visit to Berlin. "I was quite astounded at the striking contrast between the two sectors of this city. In the free area of
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    314 16 LONDON. Inurs. OeneraUy unsettled conditions were experienced in London stock markets today. After a quiet opening, sentiment later came under the influence of the International sltuatlon and when small selling de- veloped prices gave way. Nevertheless. Industrial equities provided a number of bright spot* as the result 'of
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    30 16 LONDON, Thurs. Spot 40'jd.. June 39' 4 d.. July-Sept. S7'«d., Ocx Dec. 34\d.. Jan/March 33 .(1. April June 32 ',d.. June c.l.f. 37"sd July c.U. 37d.. Tone: Very quiet.
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    21 16 LONDON. Thura.— Buyers £785. aellers £786, Forward buyera C7SS. -Hers 1789 >i. Settlement £785 Turnover a.m. 56 ton*, p.m. 140.
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    393 16 BID BY DEFENCE LAWYER TO HAVE SUBPOENA SERVED ON GOH MALACCA, Thursday. THE High Court here was asked today to serve a 1 subpoena on the Singapore Minister of Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, to satisfy the court that he was the duly constituted Chairman of the Board of Currency
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    26 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Water will be cut off in Qcjrlang Road (Lorong Tahan between Lorongs 5 and 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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    125 16 Drop in tobacco revenue SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Customs De--1 partment here collected i $37,807,000— Ab0ut $1.5 million short of the estimated collection in the first four months this year. The deficit was due to a fall In tobacco and petroleum revenues. Tobacco accounted for 512.700.000 and petroleum (12.686.000. as against
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    315 16 Case of major's car and stone on road SINGAPORE, Thurs. The City Council of Singapore today successfully appealed in the High Court against a District Court decision, awarding damages of $608.95 to Major J. G. E. Rippin. whose car was damaged in a road accident in Keppel Road in January
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