The Straits Times, 28 December 1960

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    20 1 AVERAGE DAII.V CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 The Straits Times Hot*** 1 He***** Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1960. IS CENTS.
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    EXAMS SURPRISE
    250 1 Pass in national language is waived Government 'Christmas present' for failures KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday THE Federation Government has decided to relax for this year only the condition requiring a compulsory pass in the national language for the award of the Lower Certificate of Education. This means that those
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    Lock icon FRANCE EXPLODES SAHARA A-BOMB
    332 1 PARIS, Tuesday FRANCE today exploded a nuclear device "of slight power" at Reggan, her experimental range in the Sahara Desert, it was officially announced here. Every precaution was taken so that fall-out would present no danger to the people, a Ministry of the Armed Forces announcement
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    A FAREWELL WAVE TO HER FANS...
    50 1 A FAREWELL WAVE TO HER FANS... SHAPELY Titlk Puspa. a star of the Indonesian Cultural Troupe, waves a cheerful farewell to her fans at the airport. Kuala Lumpur. Titik and the rest of the mission returned home yesterday after a successful 21-day goodwill tour of the country. Straits Times picture.
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    Lock icon Sabotage band smashed
    75 1 Sabotage band smashed PADANG, West Sumatra, Tues. Military authorities, here announced today that they had broken up a rebel "sabotage platoon." Two of the insurgents were shot and killed, and another wounded, while they were attempting to flee, the authorities said. The rebal &roup, calling itself the "Bazooka Sabotage Platoon,"
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    School fees in Singapore fixed at $4 a month
    469 1 School fees in Singapore fixed at $4 a month ONE SECONDARY RATE PLAN SpiGAPOJIE. Tuesday. SCHOOL fees for secondary education here will be *•■> fixed at a standard rate of $4 a month as from next year. The Ministry of Education In a statement today explained that this was to
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    Lock icon £10 tongue-twister?
    73 1 SYDNEY, Tues. A young apprentice jockey, H. Cartwright, was fined A £10 by the stewards at Randwick racecourse today after he had poked his tongue out at punters who heckled him. Cartwright had just finish- ed last on a heavily-back-ed mount after the horse had run off the
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    VISIT BY SAMOA PREMIER
    92 1 VISIT BY SAMOA PREMIER KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Prime Minister of Western Samoa. Mr. Flame Mata'afa Mulinu'ull will make a one-day stop here on Thursday. He will arrive at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday and leave the following morning. Mr. Flame Mata'afa Is on his way home after attending the United
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    Lock icon 1,200 SEE RESCUE DRAMA 400 MILES OFFSHORE
    114 1 1,200 SEE RESCUE DRAMA 400 MILES OFFSHORE AUCKLAND, Tues. Ship's steward John McCluaky dived into the sea try to rescue a passenger who had fallen overboard from the 28,396--ton liner Orcades yesterday. The passenger. Norman Douglas Burrows, 37. fell 80 ft. into the sea from the liner's promenade deck as
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    Lock icon Gen. Hull: A denial now
    96 1 Gen. Hull: A denial now T ONDON, Tues.— The War Office has denied reports from Singapore that Gen. Sir Richard Hull has been appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff. According to the reports from Singapore. Gen. Hull, now Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Land Forces, has been receiving cables
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    Lock icon Crisis denial
    25 1 BAGDAD, Tues. The Sudanese Ambassador to Iraq, Khalifa Abbas, has denied press reports of a crisis between the Sudan and Saudi Arabia.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon BELGIUM AUSTERITY STRIKE SPREADS
    161 1 BRUSSELS, Tuesday. INLYING CONTROL and ground personnel affiliated 1 to Socialist trade unions went on strike at Brussels airport this morning. An airport official said they were at once replaced by members of the Catholic trade unions and air traffic had not so far been affected.
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    Lock icon Cultural pact
    35 1 LONDON, Tues. Mr. Joseph Godber. British Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Under-Secretary. will fly to Moscow on Jan. 3 to negotiate fresh cultural exchanges between the two countries, an authoritative source said here today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Buganda trip
    36 1 NAIROBI. Tues. More than 500 men of the Fifth Battalion, King's African Rifles, will be flown tomorrow to Buganda in case of trouble over its secession from the* Uganda Protectorate and British rule. —Reuter.
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    White Xmas
    21 1 OTTAWA. Tues. Most Canadians celebrated a White Christmas season, described by the weatherman as the 'finest in many years."
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    Lock icon New nationality
    18 1 SEMARANG, Tues.— During this year, 3,761 Communist Chinese citizens had elected to adopt Indonesian nationality. Reuter.
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    Air trip for new Congo force
    382 1 Air trip for new Congo force KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The reinforcements for the Malayan force in the Congo, will probably travel there by air, a Federation Army spokesman said today. Military circles here consider air transport for the 120 men both desirable and feasible in view of the semiurgent nature
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    LATEST
    14 1 BAUDOUIN RETURNING WWTHflfl Tut*. Bdudouin Lulliuc itpauiMb bout.MUimu turu t<> Mrikobuuii'l tal— Rtuttr.
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    Lock icon 10 to die by hanging
    90 2 10 to die by hanging BAGDAD. Tues.- Ten people were sentenced to be hanged by a military court yesterday for complicity in killings in the town of Damlamaja. in Mosul province, at the time of the attempted revolt in March, 1959. Eighteen other men, all soldiers, were condemned to death
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    Lock icon 60m. Britons in 1999
    47 2 LONDON, Tues. Britain is expected to have a population of 60,115.000 In 1999. according to an extensive report published by the Central Statistical Office. The population last year was 51,985,000 compared with 47,762.000 in 1939. 38,237,000 In 1901 and 15,472,000 in 1821. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Etna erupts
    25 2 CATANIA, Tues— Etna volcano erupted yesterday when minor explosions sent a column of black smoke coiling high above the island ox Sicily.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon FOOD CRISIS IN CHINA
    369 2 'Calamities' Severe trials Shortages are forecast for next year following 'calamities' to half the cultivated land TOKYO, Tuesday COMMUNIST China today gave a grim report on agricultural production that forecast possible increased food shortages during 1961 for her 650 million people. Peking Radio said that about
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    Lock icon Peking will have an A-bomb soon, scientists told
    279 2 Peking will have an A-bomb soon, scientists told VSW YORK, Tues. •N China may be able to launch a rocket or explode an atom bomb soon. Seven thousand sctrntists *-er e told this at the opening yesterday or the annual meeting of the American Association for the advancement of Science.
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    Lock icon Tito blames China for summit 'rot'
    194 2 BELGRADE, Tuesday. PRESIDENT TITO yesterday blamed Communist 1 China for the Soviet bloc's latest attacks on Yugoslavia and said they were the result of a "rotten compromise." More than 500 deputies of the Federal People's Assembly rose and applauded for more than two minutes
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    Lock icon AIR FRANCE B-707 PILOTS BACK AT WORK
    122 2 AIR FRANCE B-707 PILOTS BACK AT WORK PARIS. Tues. Pilots and crews of Air Frances Boeing 707 fleet, who have been on strike since Dec. 9. returned to duty today. Yesterday the Government Issued requisition orders to the men Instructing them to report for work today. The requisition orders are
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    Lock icon Mahendra ends direct rule
    31 2 KATMANDU. Tues King Mahendra yesterday ended his 10-day-old direct rule and appointed nine Cabinet Ministers five ministers and) four assistant ministers to serve under his cnairmanshlp. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon WE'LL OVERWHELM DUTCH—NASUTION
    225 2 WE'LL OVERWHELM DUTCH— NASUTION JAKARTA, Tues rE Indonesian army can confront the Dutch with overwhelming military strength in West Irian, the Defence Minister and Army Chief of staff. General Abdul Haris Nasution. told a mass rally in Ardjasari. West Java, yesterday. He said the Indonesian army was in the process
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    Laos King goes back
    393 3 LONG SERIES OF TALKS EXPECTED AFTER 'EXILE' IN LUANG PRABANG FLAGS OUT AS HE RETURNS TO VIENTIANE IN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THE GOVT. VIENTIANE. Tuesday KING Savang Vatthana of Laos flew here yesterday from the royal capital of Luang Prabang in a public display
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    SANDYS IS ON HIS WAY TO MALAYA
    119 3 LONDON, Tuesday. MR. DUNCAN SANDYS, Britain's Commonwealth Relations Secretary, left London by air yesterday for brief visits to Pakistan, India and Malaya. He wiU talk with leaders of the three countries. At «the airport Mr. Sandys told reporters: "Fortunately, the nature of our
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    Lock icon Dies on eve of 122 nd birthday
    57 3 Dies on eve of 122 nd birthday CHARLESTON (West Virginia). Tues. William Davis, who claimed he would have been 122 on Christmas Day, died here on Christmas Eve. When the Social Security Administration accepted his claim to be 121 earlier this year, they said he was the oldest person receiving
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    Prince Charles bags pheasant
    127 3 SUCCESS WITH HIS VERY FIRST SHOT IN RAIN 11/3 TH his father Prince Vf Philip to advise him, 12-year-old Prince Charles brought down a pheasant with the very first shot from his 4.10 shotgun, while on a holiday shoot at Mersham. in Kent. It was the
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    Lock icon Even these ministers didn't know
    81 3 Even these ministers didn't know JERUSALEM, Tues— The Prime Minister, Mr. David Ben-Gurion. said yesterday that the decision to build Israel's atomic reactor was made two years ago and kept secret because of the Arab economic boycott against Israel. His comments were made at a Cabinet meeting in reply to
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    Russia's guest
    23 3 MOSCOW. Tues General Ibrahim Abboud. the Sudanese Prime Minister, will visit Moscow at a date to be arranged 'later. Tass announced.
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    3 Hong Kong men die in US crash
    201 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday. T<HREE students from Hong Kong studying at the A Houston University were killed on Christmas Day when their car skidded near Houma, Louisiana, and hit an oncoming vehicle. Edward Vat Chung Chan. 25. Albert Timing Lo. 23 and Raymond
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      377 3 RADIO SINGAPORE; RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres (41.7 metres) Short Wave: metres J^I!I3SS^& ISS& from 9.W— 10.M pjn. Melodies; 6.50 'Keep Fit With Telfc A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 Lee; 7.00 Sing It Again; 7.30 Time Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; 7.05 Melodies At Sunrise; 8.00 The Time Sign
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    THE LOOT WAS SO HEAVY
    262 4 Burglars took piano, motors, timber, bales of rubber SINGAPORE, Tues. Thieves and robbers on Boxing Day took to stealing heavy articles, ranging from outboard motors to a piano. The total loot was estimated at $15,000. Eight outboard motors belonging to th c R.A.F. Changi Yacht
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    This is the highest Xmas tree in S'pore
    77 4 This is the highest Xmas tree in S'pore SINGAPORE, Tues. The highest Christmas tree in Singapore is this Australian fir on the mast of the Norwegian ship Gudrun Bakke, which came in yesterday morning. Two trees, illuminated day and night, were put up by the crew of the ship at
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    1,200 TO CHOOSE BY SECRET BALLOT
    136 4 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. Yl ORE than 1,200 Division Four workers employed iTI in two hospitals here are to take a secret ballot to decide whether they belong to the Medical Workers Union or the Amalgamated Union of Public The workers are attached to the General
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    Youth social
    38 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The youth section of the Malayan Chinese Association, Singapore Branch, will hold a social and dance at the Boy Scouts Association headquarters at Sands House, Clemenceau Avenue, on Jan. 1 at 7.30 p m.
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    Full moon festival
    67 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Celebrations for the Full Moon Day, which falls on Jan. 1. will be held at the Mangala Vlhara, 38 Jalan Eunos. here. The celebrations will begin at 6.30 p.m. with a chanting of the Parlttas. followed by a Buddha Puja at 7.30 p.m., a sermon
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    SCHOLARSHIP TO BRITAIN FOR DOCTOR
    62 4 SCHOLARSHIP TO BRITAIN FOR DOCTOR DR. (MISS) Lee Guat Siew, the first woman to be awarded a state research fellowship by the Singapore Government left by ah* tonight for Britain to take up post-graduate studies leading to the M.R.C.P. and DC.H. Dr. Lee, who has been dealing with tuberculosis cases
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    NO GIFT FOR HIS CHILD— SO HE STOLE A TOY
    85 4 NO GIFT FOR HIS CHILD— SO HE STOLE A TOY SINGAPORE. Tues. A young man who stole a toy from Robinson's department store on Christmas Eve. told the Ninth Magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Pates today: "Your honour. I stole the toy to give it to my child a s
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    Sceneshifters' Xmas opera
    44 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore's New Sceneshifters will begin performances of their one-act Christmas opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors" at the Victoria Theatre on Thursday. The two performances on Thursday and Friday are at 8.30 p.m. and bookings are available at Robinsons.
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    ANNUAL VALUE IS $68m.
    292 4 SINGAPORE. Tuh. nnHE total annual value of property in Singapore within City limits on Jan. 1, 1959, amounted to $67,912,--684, according to the annual report of the Assessment and Estates Department for 1958 published today. The report, prepared by Mr. P. J. Forbes-Harrlss, Chartered Surveyor and
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    Clerk freed on brothel charge
    281 4 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A HOTEL clerk, Ibrahim bin SharifT, was today acquitted on charges of assisting in the management of a brothel and of procuring a woman for the purpose of prostitution, at the Bee Chew Hotel in Chapel Road on June 25. After acquitting him
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    Singapore Boxing Day wedding
    57 4 MR. AND MRS. Eugene Wijeysingha. who were married at the Church of Our Lady's Nativity, Upper Serangoon, on Box'ng Day. The bride, the former Miss Christine Faith Fernando, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Ernest Fernando. The groom is the son of Mr. and
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    Free film shows
    86 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Free film shows with short talks on current topics by the Field Section, Ministry of Culture, will be held at 7 p.m. at the following centres: TOMORROW: Changi Tamil School, Wing Loong Road: Sungel Kadut Chinese wayang stage: Ming Ching Chinese School Jalan Ulu Sembawang.
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    MANAGER WHO TOOK DOLE
    159 4 MANAGER WHO TOOK DOLE QINGAPORE, Tues. The O manager of a Caltex service station In Changi, Tan Eng Chong, 33, was fined $250 here today for cheating the Social Welfare Department of $46 which he received as public assistance in June, this year. He pleaded guilty. Inspector Teoh Beng San,
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    Joint reception
    38 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Federations of Boys' Clubs, and Girls' Clubs here will Jointly hold a dinner reception in honour of the visiting Sarawak youth delegation at the former's headquarters in Kallang on Thursday at 7.30 p.m.
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      175 4 rpHE following Is today's X schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar airport, Singapore: ARRIVALS BO AC: From Hong Kong (BA Ml) 1.36 pjn.; to London. Frankfurt. Beirut, Teheran, Delhi. Rangoon (BA 716) 7 pjn.; from Melbourne. Sydney, Dar> win. Jakarta (BA 711) 10.50 pjn. Cathay Pacific: From Hong
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    A BEAUTIFUL THING TO DIE BECAUSE OF LOVE
    1083 5 Japanese girl who drowned in flower-strewn bath left a pencil sketch and suicide note... 'My sheer wish' Adjourned On holiday Not expert Host says: Our relations were normal and friendly 'Good by* Flowers SINGAPORE. Tuesday A PENCIL sketch of a girl with
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    141 6 J« word, tit (Mlnhmmm) MR. AND MRS. Anthony Susay thank relatives and friends for their attendance, assistance, gifts and good wishes on the occasion of their marriage on 26-12-60. MR. A MRS. FRANCIS BOON LEE thank relatives A friends for their valuable gifts, good wishes and attendance on the
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    IN MEMORIAM
    39 6 it Word* Sit (MtMimmm) IN LOVING MEMORY of Clalr May who died 28tlt December 1953. Also In loving memory of George Arthur Scott who died on 14th January IMS. "Oone but never forgotten" from their loving family.
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  • The Straits Times Wednesday, December 28,1960.
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      Red Threat to Laos
      608 6 Co-ordinated threats of war issued by the Asian Communist powers in connection with events in Laos characterise their resolve, now stronger than ever, to secure the revival of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Laos. In itself a retrograde step, it would, however, be
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      Johore Plans
      393 6 Rural development, as the Federal Government keeps insisting, is more than a matter of land settlement although this is the major factor. Access roads are important In Johore a comparatively ambitious programme of road building has begun, providing about 130 miles of laterite roads at a cost of
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      Jobs For Some
      211 6 The Singapore Government has announced that Nanyang University graduates are eligible for appointment as temporary graduate teachers in the aided Chinese secondary schools. Whether other opportunties, in the public services, will be available is not yet known. What is in little doubt is that a substantial number
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    SCUTTLED!
    2436 6 RITCHIE CALDER 1 part three Concludes his on-the-spot assessment of the Congo disaster... The facts are plain: In surrendering the Congo ship of state the Belgians abandoned the bridge, scrambled for life-boats... The last of three articles: By arrangement with the New Statesman APART from relieffeeding which Mr. Maurice
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    The man who just loves to be back in jail...
    188 7 The man who just loves to be back in jail pENANG, Tues. A man with 14 convictions nodded and smiled today when the prosecuting officer told the magistrate's court that a doctor had described him as being "immune to all forms of punishment." "He has been In and out of
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    'GIVE SNAKES A CHANCE' ADVICE TO VISITORS
    89 7 'GIVE SNAKES A CHANCE' ADVICE TO VISITORS ITUCHING, Toes.— Visitors to Sarawak are "earnestly advised" not to have a fit of the horrors every time they set eyes on a snake. Giving this advice, the Sarawak Information Service adds: "Just give a snake a chance to move on and it
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    Second fall fatal to son on pillion
    140 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A BOY who was only slightly injured when he fell off the pillion seat of his father's motor-cycle was fatally injured when he fell off a second time The falls occurred on the Kuala Selangor-Bebak Bernam Read yesterday eveMohamed Yusof
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    Lecture on Indonesia
    48 7 SINGAPORE, Tues. The secretary-general of the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Dr. Subardo, flew Into Singapore yesterday after a week's visit to Japan. Dr. Subardo gave a talk to the Indonesian community here tonight on "Indonesia's new political development." He leaves by air for Jakarta tomorrow
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    P.O. transfer
    33 7 KUALA KANGSAR. Tue^.— Inche Osman bin All, postmaster in charge of a mobile post office station at Kuala Kangsar, will be going on promotion transfer to Lenggong, in Upper Perak. tomorrow.
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    Child burnt
    23 7 KANOAR. Tues.— Aslah blnte Mohamed Zaln, five, was badly burnt In a fire at Kampong Tambun Tulang. 10 miles from here.
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    $9,450 CINEMA HOLD-UP
    267 7 Demanded key Office robbed while 1,300 people were watching film called 'Lonely Hearts' KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday A FIVE-MAN armed gang held up a cinema manager and his three employees in his office here last night and stole $9,450. In the theatre 1,300 people were enjoying a Chinese
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    More Boxing Day brides
    108 7 ii/TTH THIS RING above TT left, bride Janet Lav Kit Tan slips the ring on the finger of former Penang swimming: champion Ong Kirn Lin, at their wedding in Ipoh on Boxing Day. The bridegroom is an inspector with the Special BranchLooking on is Deputy Commissioner
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    2 YOUTHS ROBBED A TEMPLE
    139 7 PENANG, Tues— Two youths broke into a Chinese temple and took money from a collection box, the first magistrate, Mr. Ng Mann Sau, was told here today. Lee Ah Leong and Chan Wah Heng. both 18, pleaded guilty to breaking into the temple, in Tanjong
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    Admitted to bar
    31 7 JOHORE BARRU, Tues.— A Singapore advocate and solicitor. Mr. N. K. Stoner. was admitted to the Federation Bar by Mr. Justice Adams in the High Court here today.
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    NEWSMAN PRAISES S'PORE INDIANS
    214 7 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A VISITING Tamil journalist left here yesterday by Air India greatly impressed by the enthusiasm of the Indians in the State trying to identify themselves with it completely. Mr. C. 8. Naraslmhan. managing director and editor of the leading Madras Tamil dally, the Swadeshamltran.
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    130 7 'Stop these anti-govt kathis' l/OTA BHARU, Tues. —A PMIP assemblyman complained yesterday that there were Imams and kathis (government religious leaders) in the state who campaigned against the government. Speaking during the Assembly's budget debate on the estimates for religious affairs and courts. Inche ShaAc bin Ahmad (Bachok Utara) said
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    34 7 KOTA BHARU, Tues.—Seventeen people were sent to jail today for one week when they could not pay a fine of $25 each after they pleaded guilty to Illegally occupying state land.
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    36 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— The People's Progressive Party will open a branch In Johore Bahru early next year the second In the state. It .intends to contest the town council elections In April.
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    Road to falls widened
    37 7 KOTA TINQGI. Tues. Picnickers and holidaymakers will now be able to motor in comfort to the Kota Tlnggl waterfalls. The eight-mile road from Johore Bahru to the 'alls has been widened and macadamised.
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    Students rise to defend 'helpful' department
    296 7 Students rise to defend 'helpful' department KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. CTUDENTS who have returned from Britain today denied the charge that the students department of the Malayan High Commission in London was "inadequate and incompetent." They said that on the contrary, despite being under.stalled, the department had been "very helpful" to
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    56 7 Was drunk on 2 pints jail PENANO. Tues. A clerk. K. B. Bawasar, 48, drank two pints of toddy and was in hospital for five days, the first magistrate's court was told today. Bawasar, who pleaded guilty to behaving In a disorderly manner on Dec. 22. was sentenced to five
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    'Phone booth theft' charge
    41 7 PENANO. Tues.— Kong Lean Pok. 20, unemployed, was today allowed $150 ball when be pleaded not guilty to stealing 30 cents from a public telephone booth on Nov. 28 In Cantonment Road. Hearing was fixed for tomorrow.
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    AIR-CONDITIONED CABINS IN NEW PILGRIM SHIP
    166 7 PENANG, Tim*. A FORMER passenger liner, now being converted Into a pilgrim ship in Hong Kong, is to have a swimming pool and air-condi-tioned cabins. The 12.500-ton Dilwara. to be renamed Kuala Lumpur, will be put on the Malaya-Mecca run. It is expected to
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    FAVOURABLE TRADE BALANCE IS BIGGER
    85 7 FAVOURABLE TRADE BALANCE IS BIGGER KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federation had a favourable trade balance of S72&S million in the first 11 months of this year compared with $665.4 million daring the same period last year. This increased prosperity was shown in Government trade figures issued today. The favourable balance
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    President again
    29 7 TANJONG MALIM, Tues. Mr. N. Mohamed Ah* has been re-elected president of the Tanjong Mallm branch of the Malayan Indian Congress for the fourth year In succession
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    CONDUCT CODE FOR MALAYAN TEACHERS
    126 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A CONDUCT code for Malayan teachers to regulate their relationship with students and parents is to be adopted by the Malayan Teachers' National Congress here on Friday. It will be in line with the professional code framed by the Asian committee of
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    That Christie thriller
    105 7 That Christie thriller YOU CAN START IT TODAY A RE you reading Agatha Christie's new serial thriller, The Underdog, which appears in the Free Press every day? It concerns the murder of rich Sir Reuben Astwell. His nephew has been charged with the crime. But Lady Astwell is sure he
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    SENTENCED TO JAIL, THEN BAIL
    81 7 SENTENCED TO JAIL, THEN BAIL SEREMBAN Tues. A man found guilty of possessing a secret society document was today Jailed for 10 -months by the magistrate here, Inche Abdul Wahab bin Ma'asuL Tham Kam Seng, alias Tham Klan Cheong. 20. admitted he had the document in his trouser pocket when
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      684 8 Mohanraj Andrew. 703. Pengkalan Rawa Road, Nibong Tebal. Province Wellesley; football, nshIng. correspondence. Ltow Mew Sin, aged 14; 19. Main Road. Kuala Klawang. Jelebu. Negri Sembilan; member Wise Owls Club; stamps, sports cycling, songs, correspondence. Tan Kok Kay aged 14; 15. Narooma Road. Singapore 11:
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      1069 8  - The friendly football game turns into a big f ree-f or- all! KATHLEEN HICKLEY by MAT Mousedeer has started a jungle school but is having a little trouble with Ezani Elephant and Bakar Bear who have misunderstood part of the arithmetic lesson and Alt, to prevent further argument, has suggested
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      471 8 Vllma G. PenUyos, aged IT; 633. Vermont Maiate. Manila, Philippine Islands; stamps. reading. Iqbal Mass Khan, aged 18. 33-3, Fowler Lines, Karachl-U, Pakistan medical student, stamps, view-cardv Nooehanasb Doangbastra (girl) aged 19; 134/2, Sol Asvanon. Sukumvlt Road, Paknam. Thailand: coins, records. stamps, reading. Those between 19 and
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      358 8 FATHER: "So yon were the only boy who could answer teacher's question this morning. What was the question?" SON: "Who broke the window." MOTHER: "Did you give the goldfish fresh water?" JOHN: "No mother they haven't drunk the water I g*re them tost week." GRANDMA: "Would
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      559 8 HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD NEW YEAR Name Address Age Sex Hello Girls and Boys; one get friends from overBefore I say anything, seas. I want to wish all of you The first problem I really the happiest of New Years don't know how to deal and hope that you
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    114 10 CHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Japan 1/2, Fuji Maru 4/5, Kapltan Kosko 6A, Oldekerk 6/7. Doneverett 8/9, Clytoueus 10/11, Machaon 13/14, Leverkusen 15/16, Adolf Warskl 18. Lotte Skou 19. Llpls N. Wall 3. Larut N. Wall 5, Van Cloon 21/22, Klnabaiu
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    111 10 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 33 15/16. O.D. 33 1/16, 90 d/st 33 5/16 credit btlls. 33 7/16 trade billsCanada: buying airmail T.T. 33 5 8, O.D. 33 3,4,
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    STOCK INDICES
    23 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: Dec. 27 Dec. 23 Industrials: 129.91 129.32 Tins: 185 64 ***** Rubbers: 215.69 214.36 Jan. 1 ISM— IM
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    TWICE-TAXED TONGKAH IS SEEKING A NEW ADDRESS
    1755 10 TWICE-TAXED TONGKAH IS SEEKING A NEW ADDRESS By Our Market Correspondent \T A MEETING expected to be held next month or early in February, Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging shareholders will be asked to approve the transfer of the company's headquarters from Malaya to London. Although Tongkah now conducts no mining
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    Share market improves
    124 10 ON the Malayan share market yesterday there was good support for Industrials and dollar rubbers with sellers reserved. Tins were steady. The turnover In all sections was small. Georgetown Dispensary was up five cents. Breweries and Straits Times up 2J cents, Gammon. Henry Waugh and Weame up
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    342 10 SINGAPORE members of the Malayan Stock Exchange reported the following business at their 3.30 p.m. call yesterday. (Bargains are given before prices unless only one was written). Industrials: Praser and Neave ords $1.97 ON, T; O'town Disp. $1.80; M Cement $179 ON; McAUster $1.20 ON; Robinson ords
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    102 10 QJING.VPORE Chinese Produce Esebaace noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: Quiet; UK/Continent Dec./ Jan. shipments $37 buyers $27) sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 sellers, drum $43 sellers. Pepper: Quiet; no business was reported done. Muntok white $335. Sarawak $330. special Sarawak black $lao and garbled Lampong
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      192 10 Bap!** ISRAEL NAVIGATION "■"1 COMPANY, LTD. EILAT FAR EAST SERVICE Mat Spirt lurk** S'Mrt Punt *Mt»w Eilat »KKO SnlH MM »MC M/ 31 tet 1/ J Jai I 111 21 jll E. NIEUEN IJM lit In 2 Flk 4 HI IM KM BARRETTO SHIPPING TRADING CO., LTD. 49/51 ROBINSON ROAD.
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      996 10 NOTICES BRIDGE CLOSURE NOTICE Bridite No.l/1. Kuala Sawah Railway Slat ion Road In Seremban District will continue to be closed (or a further THREE weeks from 6 ajn. on 25th December, 1960 to 6.00 p.m. on 14th January, 1961 to enable reconstruction work to proceed. THE STRAITS TRADING CO., ITD.
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      757 11 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that the transfer Registers of the undermentioned Loans will be closed from 2nd to 15th January, 1961, both days Inclusive, for the preparation of Interest Warrants. Federation of Malaya $54,000,000 3% Registered Stock 15,7/1962/66 $60,000,000 4V;'o Registered Stock 15/7/1965 and fttt% Registered Stock 14/7/1976/78.
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      692 11 nntlnued from Pftajw C) SITUATIONS VACANT 10 Word* tl (Mlm.)— Bex SO ct*. extrm NEEDING BNQLIBH SPEAKING baby amah for girls aged three and one. Box A 4319 B.T. Spore. REQUIRED CERTIFICATED MARINE Kngineer foreign-going vessel. Apply Kie Hock Shipping Co., Ltd., 4h, Cecil Street, Singapore. HOUSE-WASH AMAH Able to
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      1074 11 SITUATIONS VACANT I* Word* tS (Min.)— Bom t$ cts. outre. EXPERIENCED SECRETARY for Architects OOce. proficient ta shorthand, typing, general oSSoa prooedore, tiapahle of handling correapoodeajos and visitors on own Inltlatrre. Some basic book-kaepeaf. desirable. Please state quallfloauoaa and experience to Bos A 4331 S.T. B'pore. WB REQUIRE The Scrvtoea
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      964 11 EDUCATION M Word, U (Mln. .<— Box S0 ct*. extro ST. ANTHONY'S HIQN School 84 Tambun Road, Ipoh, Forms I— V Independent secondary School In Ipob with an up-to-dats scJeoce laboratory and well-equipped geography room with audio-visual aids. Entertain pupils from English and Chtnesi BBhstils Preparing, student! for UC.E./Q.T./ F.M.C.
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      695 11 VEHICLES WANTED 10 Word* U (Mln.)— Mom «B eU. gatra WANTED TO BOY a Oood Used Oar. Please Ring" B'pore ***** any day after 10.00 a.m. VEHICLES FOR SALE M Wordt U (Mlsu)—Mom eU. extrm TSSS LLOYD ALEXANOAR TS excellent condition SO m.p.g. oaean sale $2,750 owner wanted to boy
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    9 12  -  EPSOM JEEP with This 4-year-old in peak form
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    906 12 HULA HOOP LOOKS HARD TO BEAT He can prove too good for this moderate field VENI VICI Stable's Hula Hoop is likely to start at very short odds in the Class 2, Div. 3 6f handicap (Race 6) at Penang today, and it seems pointless to oppose him. This four-year-old
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    117 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 TINGGI Harapan Flylnf Mi«* Dancing Water DAM ING Water Tincri Harapan Flyinc Mist FLYING MIST Dancing Water Tincri Harapan Rao* t REALM OF GOLD Southern Moon Fanoa DISTRICT LINK St. Honorr Southern Moon FANON Realm of Gold Southern Moon Hace S RESQI'ILLEI'R
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    674 12 RACE 1-3.15: CL. 4 DIV. 3-6 F. 1 ***** Ma rolie (Vein Vici Si. > Aljan. 6 9.0 llillrtt 2 ***** Piet Hem (Nadem Konp.su E. Breuk.. 7 8.11 Donnelly 7 3 78 Sciatic (Pearl Kongsl) E. Breuk., 4 8.9 Chadwick 5 4 ***** True Love (SK Llm
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      89 12 TOUR MATCH (Jamshedpur): Pakistan tourists 434-4 dec East Zone 240-9 (Sudhlr Das 89, InteiChab Alam 4-79). SHEFFIELD SHIELD: At Belbourne. W. Australia 384 and 4-0 Victoria 149 and 236 (Shaw 56. Hoare 3-44. Simpson 3-56): at Adelaide. Queensland 547 (Burjje 240. Mackay 156. Dansle 5-61) A. Australia 41-6. riRRIE
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      RACING
      40 12 SIMMER CUP Him (Sydney): 1 Dual Copy (5-1) 3 MacDougal (3-1) 3 Pierre (16-1) 11 ran. won by 1%, nk. CALCUTTA DERBY (Bombay): 1 Glasgow 'Courser (5-4 fay) 3 Candid Scott 3 NataraJ. 11 ran. won by 2'i. l'fc.
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      124 12 TOUR MATCH (Twickenham): Combined Services SS. African Tourists 14. UK CLUB MATCHES: Blackheath 8 Oxford and Cambridge Past and Present 13; Aberavon 3 N«ath 0; Bath 21 Old Blues 3; Bedford 9 Old Paulines 3: Brldgend 21 Maesteg 0; Bristol 31 Newbridge 0; Cardiff 6 Wasps 3; Cheltenahm
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      25 12 ORANGE BOWL JUNIOR (Miami Beach): S-flnals P Froehllng (US) bt J. Newcombe (Aust) 6-3. 6-3; W. Lenolr (US) bt A. Ashe (98) 6-2, 6-3.
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      13 12 MIDDLEWEIGHT (Milan): Lazlo Papp (Hung) and Glancarlo Oarbelll (It) drew 10 rds,
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      38 12 AUCKLAND. Tues. The M C. C. cricketers drew with Auckland in the opening match of their New Zealand tour today. Auckland 281 and 193 for nine declared; M. C. C. 241 and: 156 for six. Renter.
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      261 12 Straits Times Crossword I ~bW~~~«Bj BbT~~blbl HBr^ ACBOSB 9. Arboreal Insect provides »hlp 1, 8. Little rascal disturbing with mallet (4-6). seniors, strong as wax H4>. 12. It gets ground and goes to 10, 11. Luxurious livers go for pot (6-4). this spread (4, 2. 4, 4). 13. Young stag
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    Double 'home' advantage must stop
    555 13  -  Norman Siehel SPORTSFRONT By THE massacre of Malayan badminton at Bangkok last Friday and Saturday is still shrouded in mystery despite all the explanations that have followed the biggest upset in international badminton. An hour before the Malayans met Thailand in their Asian Zone scmi-ttnai
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    Furukawa arrive for their KL matches
    209 13 [Juala Lumpur. Tues. Furukawa Electric Company, who became the first business house team to win the All-Japan soccer championship this year, arrived here today. They will play two matches at Merdeka Stadium— against Selangor tomorrow and Malayan Youths on Friday (kickon* 8 p.m. for
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    Lock icon AUSSIES KEEP THE DAVIS CUP
    378 13 AUSSIES KEEP THE DAVIS CUP SYDNEY, Tues. Aus- tralia today retained the Davis Cup when they took a winning 3-0 lead against Italy the challenge round here. With an overnight 2-0 lead, Neale Fraser and Roy Emerson clinched the winning point by beating Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola lt-8, 5-7.
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    CYCLING CHAMPION IS SUSPENDED
    385 13 PENANG. Tues. pEN A N G cycling 1 champion Safaruddin Zain was suspended for refusing to compete for his State in In the two-mile relay at the Malayan Cyclists Federation's carnival at the City Stadium here last night. When the teams were called to report to
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      19 13 FRIKNDLIES: Tg Mallm 1 Spore Rangers 5 (at Tg Mallm); Loke Wan 1 Kubu United 1 (at Muu).
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      13 13 MKDAN CLP (Penang): North Sikhs 3 (Mohinder, Ourucharan, Manmohan) South Sikhs 0.
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      33 13 STORK MALAYS: Men's singles final Abdul Rahman Bakar iNS) bt Sharln Osman 1 Spore) 6-2, 6-2; doubles final Sharin find Syed Sulaiman (Spore) bt Bo.staraan and I. A. Alaagoff (Spore) S-l. 6-2.
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    Cycling race
    29 13 PENANO. Tues. Fortythree cyclists, including 15 girls, will take part in a cycle race at Buklt Mertajam as part of the King's installation celebrations on Jan. 4.
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    Teng Yee is 'top youth'
    118 13 SINOAPORE. Tues. L c c Teng Yee was namea Singapore's outstanding youth footballer by SAFA today after he had helped Amicables to a s—l5 1 win over Sukaramai in the final of the youth competition at Jalan Besar today. Teng Yee was very much the
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    Happy Xmas for Spurs
    563 13 Happy Xmas for Spurs lONDON, Tues. j Tottenham Hotspur made it a Happy Christmas for their supporters by beating West Ham yesterday 3-0, to complete a double over their London rivals and retain their 10-point lead at the top of the English First Division. Spun now have 44 points from
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    SAFA and 'rebels' make peace
    289 13 SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore's three soccer "rebels" Rahim Omar. Wilfred Skinner and Mike Sutton have patched up their quarrel with S.A.F.A. and will rejoin the State team. This was announced by Mr. Soh Gh*e Soon. B.A.F.A. president, tcday. The three players, who were dropped from Singapore's
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    421 14 Armed Muslims break curfew, stone shop windows and sack a house: Shots are fired ORAN (Algeria), Tuesday. AN mobs armed with knives, axes and clubs were on the prowl here last night until dispersed by troops and police. Defying an 11 p.m. curfew order, about 100 Muslims
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    DEATH
    31 14 MR. LEO THOMAS. Manager Oovirnment Timber Depot. Ipoh pa**ed away at th<- Ipoh hospital oo 7T-12-60- Funeral from the residence of Mr. Clement Stanislaus (Seitmban) at 5 p.m. on 2*>-12-6O
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    134 14 MR. AND MRS. TIB TMIAN HUAT their kind attendance at their wedding and presents. MR AND MRS. M. KANACARATNAM thank all friends' and rclatlvea for presents, attendance, congratulatory messages on their marriage In Talplng. TON PUAN TAN CH.ENG LOCK and family wish to express their sinto II M The
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    Calves drown in heavy rain
    47 14 BRISBANE. Tues. Up to 11 Inches of rain the heaviest for four years has fallen In drought-ridden Queensland during the Christmas holiday. Calves were drowned and sheet bogged down. The town of Cloncurry was flooded for the first time in Its history
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    Police continue hunt for towkay 's kidnappers
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    Mac's peace crusade reports are speculative
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    30 14 KHARTOUM, Tues. Sudan's President Ibrahim Abboud has accepted an invitation to visit Russia at a date to be fixed later, the official newspaper Al Thawra announced today. Reuter.
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    Foreign aid cash cut
    76 14 WASHINGTON, Tues.— State Department officials said yesterday the Budget Bureau had sharply reduced the amount of money they had requested for foreign aid. They described as "roughly accurate" reports that the department's request for U555,500 million ($16,500 million) had been cut to around $12,000 million. Officials
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    HEALTH PAPERS NOT READY, SO HE WILL CATCH BOAT AT PORT DICKSON Yacht sails but leaves behind one of crew
    347 14 HEALTH PAPERS NOT READY, SO HE WILL CATCH BOAT AT PORT DICKSON Yacht sails but leaves behind one of crew SINGAPORE, Tues. The 22ft. yacht Ganga Dcvi left here at noon today with a crew of two instead of three. rHE REASON: The third man. Lt. A. D. Corkhill, of
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    2 witnesses sought
    83 14 SINGAPORE. Tues.— Traffic Police are looking; for two people who saw a car smash into two other vehicles and a cyclist in three separate accidents along Upper Serangoon Road within 30 minutes yesterday The cyclist has since died. Both eye-witnesses gave particulars to a radio patrol but
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    Veterans to make pilgrimage tour of Singapore
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    132 14 T ONDON. Tues.— Seven pla- I Li yers of Sheffield Wednes- i day, one of Britain's leading first division football teams, were taken to hospital here last night after a bus in which they were travelling left the road near Huntingdon.
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