The Straits Times, 15 August 1960

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times Estd. IMS. MONDAY, AUGUST IS, 1960 15 CENTS. AVERAGE DAILY CEHTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90.000 00****
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  • 385 1 HE 'GAVE CASH TO AMERICAN CITIZEN' Plot alleged to get Government agency job A 'gross breach by a Russian THE U.S. State Department yesterday ordered the expulsion of a Russian diplomat in Washington who, it said, had given "substantial sums of money" to an American citizen.
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  • 32 1 LONDON, Sun. An unofficial seamen's strike which began three days ago is now holding up 83 ships in British ports, according to figures issued tonight by the Shipping Federation. Reuter.
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  • 46 1 Jungle trek trio speak of plans gone awry Mil. MCDONALD, at th« steering wheel, H uei sp«*m§ffoV*«&i Tijnes reporter, How Fow Peck. Seated next to him is Manfred Efclet, and in the back teat it Stuart Baker. The picture wot taken at Tanah Rota, Cameron Highlands.
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  • 438 1 MUSIC MASTER: WE RAH OUT OF FOOD AND HAD TO TURN BACK TANAH RATA, Sunday. THE LITTLE red sports car that was hunted yesterday by hundreds of troops and police and four Auster aircraft raced up to Slim School in Cameron Highlands at 2.30 this afternoon. And out jumped Mr.
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  • 93 1 SINGAPORE MEN IN K.L. ROBBED AT GUN POINT KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Five thugs broke into a hotel room at Bukit Bintang Road last night and at gunpoint robbed three Singapore businessmen of $600. three watches and three pens. One of the victims. Mr. Lee Hock Puay, 48, a shopkeeper, said
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  • 569 1 World Bank team due here next month Dr. Goh SINGAPORE, Sunday. rpHE FINANCE MINISTER, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, -I said on his return here today that the World Bank would send a three-man team here next month to study the State's economic structure in relation to loans to finance Singapore's
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  • 60 1 TOKYO, Sun A flash of lightning killed three workmen and injured four more today in lachi Prefecture, Central Japan The workmen were resting at a construction site under a bridge when the lightning struck. The lightning, accompanied heavy rainfalls and storms, came in the wake of two
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  • 205 1 MALAYA came through the final of the Merdeka third anniversary soccer tournament undefeated tonight, but they will have to share the trophy with South Korea for the next 12 months. After 90 slogging minutes including 10 of extra time —at the Merdeka Stadium, they held
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  • 65 1 NEW YORK, Sun.— A headon crash of two cars early yesterday morning in Worshington, Minnesota, left nine people dead and 38 children motherless. Six of the nine who died were mothers and the other three men, one a father. Another mother of
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  • 31 1 Teargas used on mob in Katanga ELISABETHVILLE, Sun.—Katanga military police with fixed bayonets used teargas today to break up an antiTshombe demonstration held outside Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld's house here before he
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  • 214 1 SAVID *KOM n|.M. IPOI I in. ill bin Imao In. ii i ■>'■■. dian > p< I i> in H" II din.' Miurhs darin M.U* Dl nil .'I Nu "H I left for the Belgian military base at Kamina. Meanwhile, Swedish United Nations troops were rushed to the
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  • 292 2 West Australia feels higher standards are needed to improve Malayans' results PERTH, Sunday. HIGHER standards are to be demanded of Malayan students wishing to study in West Australia. This was one of the points raised at a recent conference between the West Australian Education Department and
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  • 77 2 PLEA FOR A RELIGIOUS INSPECTOR KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Selangor State Legislative Assembly will be asked at its meeting on Wednesday to recommend to the Government to create the post of Religious Inspector. A resolution to this effect will be moved by Tuan Haji Mas'od bin Havati (Alliance Sementa). The
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  • 172 2 Top world jurist to visit Malaya this week KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The president of the International Commission of Jurists, Mr. Vivian Bose, will arrive here on Wednesday for a four-day visit. Mr. Bose. a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, is on a Far East tour on behalf
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  • 209 2 r rHE' Governor of Sarawak, Sir Alexander Waddeil. has called on the people here to learn from the experience of others and to match their fearless resolution in the fight against subversion in the country. In ati address of welcome at the
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  • 331 2 Sha'ari is confirmed as Mentri of Perak TENGKU ATTENDS TOP TALKS, THEN— IPOH, Sunday. THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, announced here today that Inche Sha'ari bin Piai, who was appointed Mentri Besar of Perak for three months last April, had been confirmed in that appointment. The Tengku made the
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  • 54 2 TELUK ANSON, Sun. Te.uk Anson's observance of the third anniversary of the Federation independence day this year will begin with a parade, followed by a physical drill display on the town padang. These will be followed by water sports, soccer and sepak raga matches as
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  • 39 2 KUALA KUBU BAHRU. Bun. The Ulu Selangor Medical Officer, Dr. John Loii, has been transferred to the General Hospital in Kuala Lumpur. Dr. Hui Weng Choon, from Kuala Lumpur, has arrived to take his place.
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  • 36 2 IPOH, Bun. The Raja Muda of Perak and his Consort, Che Hanizah blnte Abdullah, celebrated their Joint birthday with a dinner here last night. The Raja Muda is 36 and his Consort 26.
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  • 140 2 S'PORE DRINKS, SMOKES LESS SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore used more petrol but drank and smoked less in the first seven months of this year compared with the same period last year, a Customs Department report said today. The report showed that total revenue for th e period January-July, 1960. was $65.613.000—
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  • 65 2 KLANG. Sun. Fire broke out at Bukit Kamunins Estate, 12 miles from here, last night and destroyed a smokehouse and rubber valued at about $34,000. Firemen from the Klang fought the blaze for one and a half hours Defore bringing It under control. More
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  • 49 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. More than 200 trisba riders In Singapore have given up their occupation since the beginning of this year. Their licences were withdrawn after their failure to pay the annual fee of $6. an official from the Registrar of Vehicles office said today.
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  • 138 2 NEW 'TAKE IT WITH YOU' THRESHER TO AID PADI FARMERS rUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Small-scale pad! planters in the Federation, are being urged by the Department of Agriculture to use a newly developed padi thresher. The thresher was developed after research here by an expert from the Colonial Office. Mr. R.H.
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  • 31 2 KUALA SELANGOR. Sun. The deputy chairman of the Tow n Board here. Inche Abdul Hamld bin Haji Hassan, will be transferred to Kajang as assistant District Officer.
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  • 169 2 Selangor to bear $109,000 loss IT U A L A LUMPUR.' 1Y Sun. The SelanKor Government will be asked in the State Assembly on Wednesday to: WRITE OFF $98,340 representing Btate funds missed from the Klang Land Office In 1956: and MAKE GOOD $11,012 which is owed to members of
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  • 20 2 TAN JONG. MALEM. Sun. Inche Mohamed Ramly bin Abdullah has been appointed a territorial chief of Parit.
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  • 456 3 Coup men give ultimatum to Cabinet LAOS TENSION RISES AS MINISTERS FAIL TO RETURN TO CAPITAL' VIENTIANE, Sunday. 'PENSION in Vientiane heightened today A following a declaration by Capt. Kong Lee, the coup d'etat leader, that if the Cabinet did not return here by 9 p.m., it would be interpreted
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  • 44 3 YOUTHS called up in the Congo breakaway province of Katanga are pictured being taught to salute. No weapons are available for the hurriedly recruited "army" of Katanga and the emphasis in training is being placed on provincial loyalty.
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  • 98 3 The women alcoholics by a professor SYDNEY, Sun. United States statistics had shown there were at least as many women alcoholics as men. Professor Marvin Block told the Australian Conference on Alcoholism at the University of New South Wales yesterday. Professor Block, Director of the National Council on Alcoholism In
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  • 164 3 COLOMBO, Sunday. pEYLON newspapers yesterday condemned the Government's decision to increase state control of the Press and to widen newspaper owner- ship. The Ceylon Dally News said inquiries into the Press in Britain and India had given a "clear and unequl i vocal" verdict. J
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  • 80 3 MANILA, Sun. The Philippines news service reported that a mystery freighter flying a hammer and sickle emblem dropped anchor yesterday off a wartime American naval base In the southern island of Basilan. The agency said islanders believed the ship was driven into Pnlllppines waters
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  • 114 3 Nixon: Ike AND I SOMETIMES DISAGREED NEW YORK. Sun. The U.S. Vice-President, Mr. Richard Nixon, said last night that be and President Eisenhower haye not seen eye to eye on farm policy for several years. "Now that I am a candidate in my own right. I will urge my own
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  • 60 3 Their 'ball' a bomb LONDON. Sun. Children engrossed in a game of cricket on a beach in Somerset were found to be playing with a 3in mortar bomb as a "ball.'' Horrified parents ordered them away and informed the police, who closed the beach and ordered the occupants out of
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  • 40 3 EDINBURGH, Sun.— Police here are inquiring Into the disappearance of a great many cats In the Scottish capital. It Is believed that a gang is trapping them and selling them for experiments In research laboratories. Reuter.
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  • 21 3 BERLIN. Sun. West Berlin housewives were warned yesterday not to buy Australian kangaroo meat because it is Infected. UPI.
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  • 97 3 lONDON. Sun.— A lorry v carrying 33 Boy Scouts ran out of control down steep hill In Lyne Regis yesterday, iiiowlnsj down pedestrians and smashing -into five cars. Police said two people were killed and 13 Injured, when the iony's brakes failed. None of the
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  • 265 3 GARY'S BIRTHDAY TRIAL IN 3 DAYS MOSCOW, Sun.—Francis Gary Powers, pilot of the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft shot ddwn over the Soviet Union on May Day, will appear in court here to answer espionage charges on Wednesday —his 31st birthday. This mild-mannered young man from Kentucky, whos* flight, according to the
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  • 452 4 EQUALITY PLEA BY TAMIL TEACHERS SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Tamil Teachers' Union has submitted a memorandum to the Ministry of Education asking them to remove the disparity between English school teachers and teachers in vernacular schools. The President of the union, Mr. O. S. Manlckam. told the Straits Times today
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  • 608 4 SINGAPORE. Sun.— Swaml Ranganathanandaji. head of the Ramakrishna Mission in New Delhi, who is on a lecture tour of South East Asia, will speak on "The Sages of India" at the Ramakrishna Mission Hall in Bartley Road on Thursday at 6.30 p.m. KUCHING Sun. The Paper said that
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  • 79 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. A BUI to amend the Telephone Board Ordinance to enable the board to appoint a Director of Audit to audit the accounts of the board was tabled at the last meeting of the Legislative Assembly. The Bill also aims to remove the existing restriction
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  • 19 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. The finals of the Singapore Medical Services Union's billiards tournament has been postponed to Saturday.
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  • 50 4 SINGAPORE, Sunday. A BILL TO AMEND the Singapore Legislative Assembly Election Ordinance so that it will not be necessary to revise the register of electors to be completed this year was introduced at the last meeting of the Legislative Assembly. Called the Singapore Letfs- t
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  • 42 4 Port economy is rice-bowl for many: Toh SINGAPORE, Sunday. mHS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, Dr. Toh Chin A Chye, today called on the people of Singapore to be "more conscious of the importance of the harbour In the economy of an Internal self-gov-
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  • 361 4 /CULTURAL leaders in v Singapore will be invited to form a panel of experts for the Government's proposed National Cultural Brigade The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, Mr. K. C. Lee, who announced this recently. also outlined the main purpose
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    • 144 4 Fair arrivals am departures rpHE following is today's -1- schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport. Singapore. ARRIVALS BO AC: From London, Du»•eldorf, Beirut. Karachi, Calcutta, Bangkok (BA 714) 9.15 p.m.; from Melbourne. Sydney Darwin, Jakarta (BA 705) 10.50 p.m Quilu: Prom Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Jakarta (KM MS)
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    • 208 4 SINGAPORE TOC H: Ifeeting of Woman's Association at TsJbot House 2.30 pja. CHINESE Y.M.C.A. (Smith Pier i Table tennis 9 aon.; body building sod weight lifting, badminton 2 p.m. v we. A. (Raffles Quay) English conversation intermediate 9.15 am.; advanced 10.15 a.m.; beginners 11.16 (ML 151) 8.36 p.m.: from Kuala
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    • 41 4 am ChliMM cooking— wtty dating 10.30 a.m.; Holiday programme 9.15 am.; Katong Club cooking demonstration 3 p m. Y.W.C.A. (Outram Road) Homecraft Training Course laundry and child care 9 a.m.; houaewlfwy and cookery 9 a.m.; caka-making 3.30 p.m.: Malay 7.30 p.m.
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  • 1371 5 Prime Minister Pitt adjourned the House of Commons in the midst of debates on the Napoleonic War so that members could see Master Betty play Hamlet the afternoon of December 1, ISO 4, the narrow streets round London's Covent (•arden Theatre looked like the
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  • 31 6 Word* lit (Minimum) IN LOVING MEMORY of my dear husband W>. V. Thomaa wM passed away on 15th August. MM. Forever loved and remembered by his wife and ton.
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  • 165 6 in Here's Ut (Minimum) MULCHANOS' SALE till Saturday. Drastic Reductions on All Dresses at Both Salons. ENSICN BOOKSTORE, Kuala Lumpur, are displaying the full range of Penguin Books for two weeks from today. Free cataloguee available. PERMANENT PLEATED DRESSES. Plain 140/- Printed $45/-. Write today for Brochure Colour Cuttings.
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  • 7 6 Monday, August 15, 1960.
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  • 628 6 Alert to the menace of the Communist underground, as recent amendment of the constitution confirmed, the Federation Government no doubt has followed the Singapore debate on the Communist threat with the closest attention. It will hope, with Singapore's Prime Minister, that there is in fact a dearth
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  • 361 6 At midnight tonight Cyprus will becorre an independent republic within the Commonwealth, its independence guaranteed by a treaty signed by Britain, Turkey and Greece in a spirit of amity that seemed sometimes to have vanished beyond retrieval during the four year emergency that started in 1955. There will
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  • 193 6 The communique issued at the conclusion of talks between Chancellor Adenauer and Mr. Macmillan in Bonn last week enunciated a principle of crucial importance to Europe and to all who trade with any of the Western European nations. It was embodied in the rather obscure statement that problems
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  • 1207 6 South Africa boycott: THE WORRY THAT HAS HOW BECOME PANIC CAPETOWN, Sun. WHITE South Africans have been profoundly shocked by Ghana's official boycott of all things South African. This action, plus Malaya's boycott and the presence of United Nations troops in Africa, have suddenly transformed what were only vauge fears
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  • 307 6  - Banda's big gamble COLIN LEGUM: LONDON by WHATEVER letioru others might be drawing from the catastrophe in the Congo, the British Government is determinedly refusing to give up its belief that the best hope for the future lies in eng..i.. »k. .vmnithv anH goodwill of the African na- tionjlisr leaders.
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  • 341 6 THE Malayan Leprosy Relief Association would be grateful if you will publish this appeal. One of its objectives Is to spread among the public an awareness of the real nature of leprosy and to strive to obtain for exleprosy patients a fair deal. We now know for certain that
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  • 6 6 The old prejudice that dies hard
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  • 142 7 Boy in flames flees church DENANG, Sun. An altar boy's garments caught lire during Mass at the Cathedral of the Assumption this morning. The boy, Frederick. Jeremiah. 11, was lighting candles at a side altar when his altar clothes caught fire. The congregation were unaware of the Incident until they
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  • 131 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Two guides from the Girl Guides Association of Malaya. Miss Khoo Suat Pheng of the Victoria Institution here, and Miss V. Byrnece van Gayzel of Seremban. left today for Australia to attend a Jubilee conference at Paxwould, Western Australia. Two (juiders Miss Yap
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  • 52 7 KLANG, Sun. Ng Sin Thiam, 32. of Meru Road, was fined $50 and had his licence endorsed when he pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention at the 2nd mile Meru Road on June 29. His car struck a telephone post and caused
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  • 671 7 SEREMBAN, Sun. Three hundred guests invited to a luncheon today to welcome the homecoming of a bride went to the funeral of the host instead. Mr. A. K. Dutt. 56. a member of the staff of Ulu Pedas Estate here, had arranged the
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  • 77 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday There was a decrease In passenger revenue due to reduced military and police movements as the Emergency drew to an end. It added. Well ahead Revenue from conveyance of goods continued at a level "well ahead of last year." During the first six
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  • 99 7 VUALA LUMPUR. Bun.— An engineer in a commercial firm here. Mr. Chan Seng Hon. will leave for England tomorrow on a Federation of British Engineers scholarship for a six-month course. He will be attached to three British firms specialising in diamond drilling. Mr. Chan, who
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  • 63 7 AN IMPRESSIVE mass tattoo at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday night marked the second day of the eight-day Singapore Children's Festival. Schoolchildren contributed eight of the 13 items on the programme with displays of mass drill, dancing, singing and gymnastics. Here
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  • 247 7 MALAYAN Railway revenue has been increasing at a higher rate than expected, it was stated here today. The Railway Administration is confident that the position will continue to be satisfactory. Kereta Apl. an official publication of the Malayan Railway Administration. said In its
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  • 174 7 SEND MEN FOR TV TRAINING: UNION 1/-UALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Federation Broadcasting Staff Union has urged the Federation Government to send technicians overseas to study television. The latest issue of its publication. Di-Udara (On Th« Air), states that this is necessary if television were to be introduced in Malaya. It
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  • 45 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Telecoms Athletic and Welfare Association will hold a dinner dance at Hotel Merlin on Thursday. KLANG, Sun.-The district merdeka celebrations committee at a preliminary meeting here have decided to celebrate Independence Day on Aug. 31 on a "modest" scale.
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  • 642 8 Teh control and moulding of Communist China's intellectuals TO bring contradictions into the open is to run great risks, tor rectification can then be a dangerous and even uncontrollable process. Encouraged to speak, public opinion may say the wrong things. It is a discovery which is always being newly made,
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  • 151 8 I IKE the Kon-Tiki adventurers, Eric de Bisschop took to a raft to prove an ethnological theory, but a theory contrary to Heyerdahl's. He was convinced that the cultural parallels between Polynesia and south America were due to Tahitian voyagers visiting Chile and Peru. So Bisschop
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  • 93 8 three of them were mutinous in spirit. "Nje wind took them north of the Marquesas, they were forced to rebuild their raft as it began to disintegrate, and then they were swept tantalisingly beyond Starbuck. Finally in a fourth raft built out of the remains of the third they
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  • 445 8 THE RED EXECUTIVE. By David Granick. (Macmillan 2UJ rpHE fundamental dif- ferences between the American and the Russian way of life are so sharp that the similarities, when they are unearthed, are certain to be startling. Obviously, however, there must be parallels between planning within a
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  • 136 8 THE SILENT WAR IS TIBET. By Lowell Thomas jr. (Doubleday US$335) IF the valley is re- ached by a high pass, only the best friends or worst enemies are visitors. There is bitterness in this Tibetan proverb. Lowell Thomas tells the story of the Chinese invasion
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  • 70 8 KRUPPIAN CHARM THE FALL AND RISE OF ALFRIED KRU?P. By Gordon Young (Cassell. 215.) The reinstatement of Alfned Krupp as head of the great German industrial empire is one or history's more splendid ironies. This account of the penniless prisoner who served only three years of his sentence ftf war
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    • 296 8 Straits Times Crossword ACEOSB 6 Never esteemed f.>r holding 1 Till the crag rise*, the w»> is top place <7j. rough (4, 8). 7 Many eager to bear a wild Recompenses party to a bill threat In a magnanimous waj returning south (7). 5. 7). 9 Betas*! to get In
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    • 1366 9 m McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. Till Hoi MMI. \tA's*f flilr-fflTO" UMB KLAVIHISS LIME I Itawwfl. HAIMftS. ROTUUAM. HAVRE. IM AHtEIES. SAH FRANCISCO. A NOLL. SEATTLE VANCOUVER A PORTLAND AM tor CawwiM t U.S.A. Atlaatic Parts Acceatiai carge far Ceitral A Seme CITY Of WfIIIMTON Alienee Spore P. S'riam Penani SUNNYVILLE
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  • 1645 10 Recovery towards end of the week By Our Market Correspondent V\ the whole conditions appeared to be a little better when the Malayan Stock Exchange closed on Friday after the most depressing week for a considerable time. At the lower levels after the majority of prices had
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  • 220 10 COMMODITY REVIEW It is thought that over 1,000 tons in all have reached Antwerp since the beginning of the month (a larger quantity that can be expected In a normal fortnight), and toe T ~*~»tt'ir tin has probably contributed mthaUntlally to the easing of prices In Europe. The efferiag last
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  • 28 10 ,v«. S 9 It 11 12 (perpicul) 5407.00 *405.M 1406.00 $405.00 #403.87 > 2 (perlb.) SI. II I SI.IU', 51.04< H s i .(I i k 51.03
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  • 1321 10 TPHr following lilt of revised 1 quotations was isaued by Sin(apore mnnbers of the Malayan Stock Exchange after their last meetinf on Saturday (August 13) H and 1 stand for highest and lowest for business done this year. 4 cci can cfsitM itttw i nil a nctaftsf
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  • 208 10 /\N the Singapore Rubber Market last week the v price was taken down on Thursday to 101 cents per lb., its lowest since October last year. This follows heavy bouts of selling as it was the last day for August as the current
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  • 22 10 Malayan Stork Exchange: Aug. 13 Aug. 12 Industrials: 125.64 124.33 Tins: 190.10 185.04 Rubbers: 244.67 244.54 Jan. 1 i't:,x— mi,
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  • 273 10 SINGAPORE members of me Malayan Stock Exchange reported ihe following business at \i noon on Saturday, August 13 (Bargains are given before prices unless only one was written) Industrials: Fraser and Nfave ords $1.86 to $189. $1.84 ON Gammon $1.96; Jackson (S> 84 cents; M. Breweries $2 90
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  • 308 10 'THE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in Its rates to merchants on Saturday, August 13 (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail TT 31 15/16, O.D. 3i 1/16, 90 d/st 32 1/2 creoit WUs, 32 9/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready Canada 31
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    • 1041 10 Express U.S.A. Pacitic tfi Atlantic CoMt Servic* E.T.A. t.T.A. E.T.A. S core P. S narn Penang H'tont I. Angeles N. Yoik •■Oniii Mare" Ist Call 11/11 «vi U 21 Aaf 2at Call 21/21 A«f 21 Aat 1? Sipt 1 Oct RMilawa Mara" Ist Call 23/2S Sipt 21/27 Sipt 21 Sipt
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    • 580 10 yOU PICK THE BEST BRAINS You cosh in on the know-how of some of the best finonciol experts in the country when you invest the modern woy in UNIT TRUSTS. For information and frtt Booklet wnt* to MALAYAN UNIT TRUSTS LTD., P.O. Bo* 90, Singapore. EVERETT ORIENT LINE Fir Hulking.
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    • 339 10 j NOTICES CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS 1 Power supply to the entire Serangoon Garden Estate will be interrupted at staggered times be- tween 8.00 a.m. and 600 pm. on Monday 15th August. 1960 to carry out essential overhaul of substation equipment. It is hoped to limit th«
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    • 1492 11 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS City Architect BeJMlng Surveyor'B Department (P.WD. Building High Street). (a) Sale of a Plan Printing Machine (carbon type). The machine can be examined on application to the Secretariat, City Hall. Singapore. Tender Deposit lioo/-. Cloae at 2.18 p.m. on 33rd August 1960. City Engineer'!
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    • 712 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC Applications are lnvUed from suitably qualified persons for appointments In the Department of Architecture and Building to commence duties as soon a* possible. (A) Assistant Lecturer* in Architecture Qualifications: An approved degree or diploma and/or Corporate Membership of a lecogmaed Institution. Candidates should preferably have had
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    • 821 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE CITY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: Required TEMPORARY SENIOR OVERSEER, ULU I PANDAN BEWAOE PURIFICATION WORKS, at an all-in static salary of $660/- to $750/- per month on a month-to-month basis according to ability plus Central provident Fund benefits. Qualifications: Minimum 10 years' ex* perlenoe in the
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    • 1938 11 <> a, 1 a» W ii 11M ai > »»«B»aj»»a»»» > a»» J a»* > »»»»»*»»»»»»»a»»sas»»»»»»^»»»aaStaaaaa»«a«»»s»^»^ 1 (Continue* from Page SITUATIONS VACANT f* Wordt U (Htm.,— Box tt rts. exlre RIQUIMO IMMIOIATILV Kxi>. nenced conductor for South Johore K state. Apply with eoplea of testimonials to Bos A 3707 S.T.
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    • 977 11 ACCOMMODATION WANTI» It Word, $i (Min.)-Box it tit. rxlra WANT TO RIHT, Sell, Buy Houm r'urmahad 'l/nrurmahrd? Contact Bo* Hoiiaing Af»ncy, 21 rattaa Road. TanJon* Tokon*. Ptnan* <T»1. (TT77). WANTIO TO HINT artratly or Enftun oompany mr«« txdrooro farnlahad compound boua*. Not bouainc development. Apply Boa AS7OS S.T. S'por*. FULLY
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  • 52 12 IPOH, Sun. Mr. W.A. Tavelra, Controller of Posts, Perak, has gone on transfer to Kuala Lumpur to take up a new appointment as chief investigation officer at postal headquarters. He Is replaced by Inche Mohamed Ghazall bin Jaafar, who was Controller of Posts of Trengganu, Kelantan and
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  • 51 12 BINGAPORE. Sun. The Singapore Girl Guides' Association will hold Its five-day Golden Jubilee Camp at Jurong Park from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Girls Guide movement here. The camp will be officially opened by the wife of the Yang dl-Pertuan
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  • 168 12 Wonder weed transforms face of east coast KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. of acres of barren, sandy land 1 in the east coast are being turned into highyielding agricultural land by the use of a "wonder" weed. The weed, first imported from Australia 12 years ago, is known as stylo. This is
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  • 169 12 Award for Tengku: Son to act for him IPOH, Sun. The Prime Minister's son, Tengku Anmad Nerang, a lieutenant in the Federation Armoured Corps, will represent the Tengku at the presentation in Manila, on Aug. 31 of the 1960 Ramon Magsaysay award Jor community leadership. The Magsaysay Award Foundation's decision
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  • 75 12 ALOR STAR. Sun. Two days after she had been reported missing, the body of 17-year-old Siti Halijah binte Omar, a schoolgirl, was found floating in the Buklt Pinang River here last nU'ht. Siti was with a picnic party of 11 other boys and girls last Thursday when
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  • 104 12 $1 6 1.000 FROM SELANGOR FOR NATIONAL MOSQUE ITUALA LUMPUR, Sun. iV s elan go r is to contribute $161,000 towards the cost of Malaya's national mosque, which will be built in Kuala Lumpur. This figure is based on the State's population. The mosque will cost $5 million, of which
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  • 42 12 SINGAPORE, Sun. —.The Knutsen Line's latest cargopassenger liner, the Oudrun Bakke (10,500 tons) arrived here this morning from Australia with 2,000 sheep and 549 tons of cargo for Singapore. This is her first trip to Singapore.
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  • 24 12 BUTTERWORTH, Sunday. TNCHE Ahmad bin Jusoh, 50, a village pawang 1 (medicine man), caught his 32nd crocodile yesterday. I
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  • 254 12 S'PORE GOVT. TO REORGANISE ALL PRIVATE SCHOOLS SINGAPORE, Sunday. THE Singapore Government will soon reorganise L all kindergartens and private schools which cater for about 13,000 pupils. The Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. said recently that these were the only two aspects of education which had not been
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  • 32 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— A total of 214 societies were registered by the Registrar of Societies during the second quarter of 1960. A further 140 applications for registration have Deen received.
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  • 121 12 Council pay cut demand is settled SINGAPORE, Sun. One of the three demands submitted by the Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federation in March "for Immediate negotiations" has been settled. The demand was for the reinstatement of nine dismissed workers and the restoration of pay to IS workers whose wages
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  • 69 12 SINGAPORE, Sun— A Bill which seeks to amend the Land Acquisition ordinance to enable the Collector of Land Revenue, in cases of urgency and on direction of the Minister, to take possession of all land needed for public purposes, was introduced at the last meeting of the
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    • 752 12 liE L il 1 1 M s famous singer knows how important it is for IIH successful people to keep their teeth white and 1 1 M attractive. That's why she chooses theworld's best \wl toothbrush for teeth and gums. Be like her buy llli y° urse 'f a e
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    • 447 12 il A STRICTLY LIMITED OFFER S! 250,000 SECOND MALAYAN FUND units are now offered at 99 cents per unit. If that price exceeds the Managers' selling -S price on the day on which the application is received by them, units will be allotted at the lower price. The price includes
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  • 2039 13 By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Sonsusie, the brilliant sprinter trained by Eddie van Breukelen in Ipoh, today won the 6f King s Cup here. Veteran Jockey Mickey 1 'Donnelly sent the flvej iyear- o1 d Australian j Jmare to the
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  • 8 13 0 Australian leagu* soccer results will appear tomorrow.
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  • 293 13 RAIN SAVES SINGAPORE SCHOOLBOYS KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday Hoou 3. Poh Chye lbw Ajmcr 13. Gatha c Bik Hoou b Christie 1, Hanill b Christie 4, Shankar o Christie 3, Hamld b Christie 13, Vljendran b Ajmer 1. Sivarajah c Aruldoss b Ajmer 2. Sivanesan not out 28. Roland not out
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    • 43 13 to«get around better travel Tt&u) TainbreUa BORNEO MOTORS Singapore Kuala Lumpur Malacca Sertmban ipoh Ptnang Butterworth Jesselton Kja.'a Beiait Kuching r s\ '^1111 l lim4bl t«-4ay'» MJtQw* wE^ tyrtt %r J Ai^R«l ißv iH ■i V 3ft I c QUALITY TRUCK TYRES >J^m,J—
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 335 13 SPORTS SUMMARY wHICKt I Spore senior tourney: BCRC and IA drew at Shenton Way. SCRC 184-8 dec. (Ong Lee 48. Thlam 81ew 59 no., Razak 4-41) IA 131-7 (A jit 55, Heng Hoe 4-51). SCC bt SBC by 10 wkts on the padang. SRC 41 (Klrkham 6-10) SCC 42-0 (Schubert
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    • 263 13 Arjan Singh Gill 2 Pal sft loir (record); hop-stz-p Jump: 1 Arjar. Singh OiU 2 8. Ram 42ft s', ln (record) pole vault: 1 Pal 2 Baldev lift 7in (record); shot putt: l Mohan Singh Khalra 2 Balde36ft 3Hln; hammer: 1 Baldev 2 AJit 94ft 3hi In; javelin: 1 Baldev
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    • 43 13 flNrr-*ME SOCCER Spore junior ko cup (Ist rd): Sukaramal 'A' v Railway RC (Balestler Rd); Dlv. 3C: TBA v Cos. mos (Farrer Pk). Friendly: Royal Navy v Singapore Youth (HMS Terror stadium, Spore 7.30). TENNIS Talping CRC championships. BASKETBALL National championship* <Serem« ban).
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  • 1080 14  -  RECORD CROWD OF 40,000 SEE TENSE, THRILLING FINAL END IN A SCORELESS DRAW MALAYA AND SOUTH KOREA tonight played 90 minutes of thrill-packed, exhausting football in the final of the Merdeka Third Anniversary football tournament and at the end of it there was not a
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  • 693 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Indonesia, who had so narrowly missed the honour of challenging Malaya for the title, gained the consolation of third place in the Merdeka Third Anniversary football tournament when they beat Pakistan 4-0 at the Merdeka Stadium tonight. After Indonesia had scored their
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  • 830 14 SINGAPORE, Sun. Most of the Singapore players named for the M.C.A. InterState cricket final against Selangor next weekend showed good form In today's S.C.A. Senior tournament. Skipper Johnny Kirkham put up the day's most outstanding performance when he helped S.C.C. to trounce S.K.C. by ten wickets
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  • 245 14 Malacca to stage next year's 'national' Sun. The second National athletics championships and the Malayan Open championships next year will be held in Malacca if the State Government and the Malacca Municipality give their approval. At the Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union's annual meeting here today, Perak declined to
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  • 27 14 SINGAPORE. Sun. Eveready Sports Club won the Singapore Badminton Association's Inter-. Commercial Houses championship? when they beat Shell Sports Club 5-0 in the final tonight.
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