The Straits Times, 31 December 1960

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    20 1 AVEBAfiE I»AM V < EBTIHK» SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 Hot*** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1960. if 15 CENTS.
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    QUEEN HONOURS THE TENGKU
    270 1 Appointed a Companion of Honour He is second Asian leader to get award KUALA LUMPUR, Today THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has been appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour (C.H.) by Queen Elizabeth in her New Year Honours List published in London.
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    Oppenheim knighted
    637 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fritoy. fHE Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Prof. Alexander Oppenheim, has been created a knight in the New Year Also honoured is the Federation's Secretary for Defence, Mr. R.G.K. Thompson, who becomes a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.). Genera]
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    Lock icon THAT TRAIN 'MASSACRE' NONSENSE SAYS U.N.
    93 1 THAT TRAIN 'MASSACRE' NONSENSE SAYS U.N. ELISABETHVILLE. Fri. The UN. Command here yesterday described reports of a massacre of train passengers by Baluba tribesmen in the Congo's Katanga Province as "completely contrary to reality." The statement was Issued after Col. Henry Byrne. Irish UN Commander in Elisabethville, had made an
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    RI study offer
    28 1 JAKARTA. FrL— The Sec-retary-General of the Education Ministry, Mr. Supardo, said today Indonesia was willing to send language teachers to Singapore and to offer scholarships.
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    Lock icon 50 killed in bus crash
    41 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. About 50 people were killed when a bus crashed into a tree near Sasaram. about 200 miles west of Patna. yesterday. The bus turned over and caught fire after hitting the tree.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Space pix for forecast
    61 1 MELBOURNE, Fri.— Pictures from space were used for the first time today by the Melbourne and Sydney weather bureaus to enable them to compile New Year weather forecasts. The pictures came from the U.S. satellite Tiros II now circling the world 400 miles up at 18.000
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    Nude wife found dead in swamp
    91 1 SEREMBAX, Friday. THE 'NUDE body of a young mother of four, who was reported missing on Christmas Eve, was found last night in a swamp. Chook Tay, 29, was found trussed up with a rope. The body was discovered three miles from her house
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    Lock icon Asian crime bureau
    83 1 TOKYO. Fri. A United Nations Asian Regional Institute of Criminology will be opened next autumn at Fuchu, near Tokyo, to combat crime In Asia. The Institute will be run by the United Nations with the co-operation of the Japanese Justice Ministry and will provide a nine-month training
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    24 1 CANBERRA. Fri. Prime Minister Robert O. Menzies announced today the appointment of Mr. Arthur Malcolm Morris as Australian Minister to Laos. U.P.I.
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    Chou for Burma
    22 1 TOKYO. Fri. Chinese Communist Premier Chou Enlai left for Burma today at the head of a 400-man "friendship delegation."
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    SPA won't fight Hong Lim by-election says Lim
    206 1 SPA won't fight Hong Lim by-election says Lim SINGAPORE, Fri. Tun Lim Yew Hock, chairman of the Singapore Peopie's Alliance, announced today that his party would not field a candidate for the Hong Lim by-elec-tion, following the resignation from the Legislative Assembly of Mr. Ong Eng OUan. Tun Lim said
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    Top Red shot by Thai police
    34 1 Top Red shot by Thai police BANGKOK, Fri. Police killed a highranking Communist North Vietnam army officer when he made a forced landing in a Russian-built h e 1 i copter in North Thai-
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    LATEST
    217 1 SIR ARTHUR Dlti IN HOSPITAL LONDON. Fri —Mr Alta" F<nu 71 Treasurer i UMtt'o .Motuvr Lli/j siuip. I°lb died in bospi l i.. r, i.jduy U-t Mu.v botb the*.' >J..lbvr iod Mr Artli'ir "limed American pre*.p<>rt uhuta .-jul tht. v wantsi ly nwrry— Heut< r land about ten days
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    KELANTAN FLOODS: AIRPORT CLOSED
    187 2 KELANTAN FLOODS: AIRPORT CLOSED KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. —The Kota Bharu airport was closed to traffic today after heavy rain during the past 48 hours had flooded the runway. From 7.30 a.m. yesterday 4.72 inches of rainfall fell along the East Coast. A Government statement .-aid the airport would be closed
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    Fight for equal pay she tells women
    91 2 Fight for equal pay she tells women ITUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A visiting American woman teacher yesterday urged her Malayan sisters to form a "strong" association to fight for equal pay with men doing the same work. She is Miss Margaret R. Robinson, 41. a teacher at Normandie School, Los Angeles.
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    $37,000 owing
    194 2 KANGAR. Fri— Land owners in Perils still owe the Government $37,000 In rent arrears Councillors chosen in the next election to be held in April or May, 1961. will hold office for only two years. "This reduced term is necessary in order to avoid having to hold three
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    City poll language bar to go
    142 2 ABILITY IN ENGLISH OR MALAY WILL NO LONGER BE NEEDED FOR ELECTION PENANG. Friday i BILITY to speak, read and write English or Malay will no longer be compulsory for candidates seeking election to the city council. "All that is required of a candidate
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    Lock icon Black for Singapore
    58 2 HONG KONG. Fri. Th« Governor, Sir Robert Black, is due to leave here by air on Sunday for Singapore to attend the annual conference of administrators ot British territories and ambassadors to foreign countries in the Far East, it was announced today. Sir Robert is scheduled to
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    No reburial for scooter victim
    116 2 No reburial for scooter victim SINGAPORE, Frl. The body of scooter-rider. Cheah Eng San. 23, who was killed In a crash on Christmas Eve. will remain in a Tampln grave. His father, Mr. Cheah Choon Aik, of Penang, In a last-minute change of mind, has decided that the body should
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    Banned for a year
    52 2 Banned for a year PENANQ. Frl. Lam Kang Pun, 22, was fined a total of $80 today and banned from driving for one year for three traffic offences. He pleaded guilty to riding his motor-cycle with an invalid licence, using it without Insurance coverage fnd altering the expiry date In
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    100 per cent pass for school
    68 2 100 per cent pass for school TANJONG MALIM, Frl. —The Sekolah Da to Abdul Raiak here, one of the few Malay schools which use English v a medium of instruction, scored a 100 per cent success in the Lower Certificate of Education examination this year. All 75 boys who sat
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    Brigadier Tengku Osman to visit Congo
    115 2 Brigadier Tengku Osman to visit Congo IPOH, Fri. Brig. Tengku Osman bin iengku Mohamed Jewa. commander of the iJnd Federal Infantry Brigade, based at Ipoh, will be leaving next week for the Congo. He will spend two weeks there on an official visit in connection with the special Malayan Congo
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    FEWER PEOPLE ARE VISITING SINGAPORE, SAYS REPORT
    272 2 PEWER people visited Singapore in 1959 than the previous year, says a report of the Immigration Department published today. The comparative figures were 55.715 last year and 73.983 In 1968. The number of visitors who came on holidays fell from 20.656 in 1958
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    Over-the-Pole airlift of stranded racehorses planned
    225 2  - Over-the-Pole airlift of stranded racehorses planned BY EPSOM JEEP DENANG. Fri. The 1 over- the-North-Pole air route may be used to bring a batch of racehorses from Britain to Malaya to overcome the danger of "African horse disease." This was stated today by Mr. Philip Hoallm. jr. president of the
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    Lock icon Status quo in Berlin again: New trade pact
    215 3 Status quo in Berlin again: New trade pact BERLIN, Friday. "tlf EST and East Germany today agreed to extend their present trade agreement beyond tomorrows deadine, thus removing a potential danger to Western traffic to this divided city. I r Agreement was reached today after a seven hour session, the
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    MANVILLE'S WIFE NO. 11 STILL MY WIFE: CLAIM
    85 3 MANVILLE'S WIFE NO. 11 STILL MY WIFE: CLAIM NEW YORK. Fri— A I.S. SIOO-a-week ($300) barber brought a salt against millionaire playboy Tommy Manville yesterday, charging he was still legally married to Manville s 11th wife a 21-year-old German brunette expecting to give him his first heir this June. Eugene
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    Lock icon Did it himself
    31 3 LONDON. Frl. A fisherman from Southern Ireland arrived at Billingsgate fish market here with 100.000 herrings which he caught. Iced and boxed himself— all in two days. Reuter.
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    Lock icon DEFENCE MAN HELD: SECRETS CHARGE
    160 3 DEFENCE MAN HELD: SECRETS CHARGE WASHINGTON, Fri.— A former employee of the U.S. Defence Department was arrested yesterday in Columbia, South Carolina, charged with stealing top-secret documents. He was Identified as Arthur Rogers Roddey, 38. An announcement by Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, the F. 8.1. Director, said Roddey was accused
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    Lock icon FRANCE EXPLAINS A-BOMB PLANS
    141 3 -*rr~^ PARIS, Friday. TTHE French Armed Forces Ministry said last night that one of France s aims in exploding its third nuclear device was "to perfect as manageable a bomb as possible.' 1 A Ministry of Information bulletin said: "To that end. we must master perfectly
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    Lock icon Red agriculture chief 'exiled'
    158 3 MOSCOW, Friday. RUSSIA'S Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Vladimir Matskevich, 51, has been relieved of his duties and posted to a new job in the Kazakh Republic in central Asia, the Soviet government announced last night. I His removal comes less than 24 hours after Mr. Khrushchev
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    Lock icon Kennedy plans roving envoy
    44 3 PALM BEACH. Frl. Pre-sident-elect John Kennedy said last night he was considering the appointment of a roving ambassador who would help strengthen American ties with new nations. He gave no hint about whom he might name lor the Job. Reuter.
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    Lock icon STRIPPER'S OFFER: MAKE BELL PEAL
    101 3 STRIPPER'S OFFER: MAKE BELL PEAL I ONDON, Frt— A striptease artist was yesterday alleged to have worn a Qstrlng with a bell attached to it and to have invited customers to ring the bell. A police sergeant said the girl was known as "Bonnie Bell, the Ding Dong Olrl." The
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    Lock icon 22 families quit blaze area
    53 3 LONDON, Fri. Twentytwo families were evacuated from their homes with their dogs, cats, canaries and other pets when fire yesterday turned a high-stacked Thames-side timber whan into a raging sea of flame. It took 300 firemen eight hour* to control the blaze at Barking Creek
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    U.S. MAY PUT MAN INTO SPACE NEXT YEAR—NASA CHIEF
    329 3 U.S. MAY PUT MAN INTO SPACE NEXT YEAR— NASA CHIEF WASHINGTON, Fri. Dr. T. Keith Glennan, retiring head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said yesterday that, barri n g unexpected difficulties, an American astronaut would successfully travel around the earth in a satellite and return safely in 1961.
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    Calamity as Yellow River runs dry
    194 3 (COMMUNIST China. describing what it called the worst natural calamity in a century, said yesterday the Yellow River had dried up for 40 days this year. "The river could be forded on foot," Radio Peking said In broadcast monitored here. "There was virtually no
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    Lock icon 'Hell ship' (sank 1791) believed found by diver
    211 3 'Hell ship' (sank 1791) believed found by diver CYDNEY. Fri. An aqua- lung diver off the Queensland coast suddenly found himself staring at the well-preserved wreck of a wooden sailing ship which may be that of the British frigate Pandora. The frigate went down In 1791 when taking 14 mutineers
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    Lock icon Insurance firms to be merged
    50 3 LONDON. Fri.— The £337 million Royal Insurance Company is planning to absorb the £71 million London and Lancashire Company, the directors of the two groups announced In a Joint statement today. This Is the latest of a series of Insurance company mergers in Britain.— Reuter.
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      472 3 RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres (41.7 metres) 8 ?r°omTo^ 9 "oTl M AM 60 Tlme 81gnal Negar A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 ku. News Headlines: 6.05 Morninn Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; Melodies; 7.00 Newport Jazz Festl7.05 Melodies At Sunrise; 8.00 The val; 7.30 Time Signal. News;
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    Kampong fire victims are now the proud owners of new homes, shops
    346 4 - He praised the Department of Social Welfare for looking: after the fire victims and the Housing and Development Board in planning: these new buildings to suit the requirements of the victims. Donors thanked He said Thanks to the
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    STORE IS 'NICEST TROPICAL CITY'
    178 4 SINGAPORE, Friday. A DISTINGUISHED Australian scientist and this year's Joint Nobel Prize winner for medicine, Sir Macfarlane Burnet, here on a three-day visit, described Singapore as the "nicest tropical city." Sir Macfarlane, Professor of Experimental Medicine at the University of Melbourne and Director of the
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    AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    236 4 AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES THE following is today's schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore: ARRIVALS BOAC: From London, Zurlcu, Istanbul, Teheran, Delhi, Rangoon (BA 793) 7.50 am from London, Zurich, Beirut, Karachi, Calcutta (BA 704) 7.35 pm.; from Sydney, Darwin, Jakarta (BA 716) 10.50 p.m. Cathay
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    No delivery on Monday
    78 4 SINGAPORE, Frl. There will be no delivery of correspondence or parcels on Monday, the Director of Posts announced. The hours of business at the General Post Office will be from 9 a.m. to noon. All other post offices will be open from 9 a.m. to 10.30
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    SHOPPING BAG TAKES MRS. LEE'S FANCY
    172 4 SINGAPORE, Frl. Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew, wife of the Prime Minister, today opened a handicraft exhibition and sale held to commemorate the sth anniversary of the PAP Women's League. In a short speecn Mrs. Lee, who is legal adviser to the League, urged a
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    EPF: Tan has free hand
    254 5 NO NEED FOR HIM TO REFER TO THE M.T.U.C. KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Federal Treasury tonight said there was no need for the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, to refer to the Malayan Trade Union Congress or to any other body before making
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    $43,000 grant
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Nuffield Foundation for research in the Commonwealth has set aside a grant of £5,145 (about $43,000) for the purchase of apparatus for research laboratories In the Chemistry Department of the University of Malaya here
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    'Aborigines have as many chances'
    172 5 GRIK, Friday. A BORIGINES living in the remote jungles had Just as many opportunities as the other races in this country to come up in life, the Mentri Besar, Inche Sha'ari bin Piai, said here yesterday. He was speaking to representatives of three tribes living
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    Two VSCs accused
    48 5 SINGAPORE, Frl. Two volunteer special constables were accused In a magistrate's court here today of breach of police regulations by threatening a woman In the course of their duties. Sapari bin Hall Nawawl and Abu Kasslm bin Hltam pleaded not guilty and were allowed ball.
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    Vagrants home
    36 5 IPOH, Frl.— Old people who are sleeping under bridges and on five-foot ways here are to be given a home by the Perak Chinese Welfare Association. The Government will be asked for a subsidy.
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    Rescued 14 due in Singapore today
    161 5 Rescued 14 due in Singapore today SINGAPORE, Fri. Thirteen shipwrecked Communist Chinese fishermen and a child who are being brought to Singapore will be held by the immigration authorities, pending repatriation. They were rescued by a Norwegian freighter in the China Sea early yesterday. They are due to arrive here
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    Malay businessmen to form syndicate
    159 5 rE Perak Malay Chamber of Commerce has decided to sponsor the formation of a syndicate of Malay businessmen. Earlier this month the chairman of the Rural and Industrial Development Authority, Inche Ahmad Daud. advised Malay contractors In Perak to form a syndicate so that the
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    YA'ACOB OFF ON STUDY AND HOLIDAY TRIP
    225 5 YA'ACOB OFF ON STUDY AND HOLIDAY TRIP KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TTHE Director of Information Services, Inche 1 Ya'acob bin Abdul Latiff, left here today by air on a four-month holiday and study trip to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Hawaii, the United States and Australia. He will be leading a threeman Malayan
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    'SOLD FAKE $50 NOTES' CHARGE
    60 5 'SOLD FAKE $50 NOTES' CHARGE SINGAPORE, Frl. Mohamad Kasslm bin Majld pleaded not guilty in the ninth magistrate's court here tocay to a charge of selling counterfeit Malayan currency notes. He was alleged to have sold 50 counterfeit $50 bills on May 13 to Koh Tong Yong He was remanded
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    Company's party
    29 5 SINGAPORE, Frl. More thar. 2,000 staff members and families of Standard-Vacuum Oil Company will attend the company's annual party at the Happy World amusement park tomorrow morning.
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    Falling coconut kills boy
    44 5 SUNOEI PATANI. Frt. A coconut fell on an eight-year-old boy yesterday afternoon and killed him. The boy. Arlff bin Che Anl, sor of a labourer, was gatherIng coconuts on United Patanl estate at the time. He sustained a fractured skull.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    34 6 If Words $U (MUUmmm) KOH— TAN: Between Uaa Huah. third son of Mr. and Mn. Koa Kirn Koot add Jeannle, Nga Lay, second daughter ot Mr. and Mn Tan Ifaiai Ho* on 31-12-60.
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    DEATH
    53 6 M Wscss tie (Mbdumm) MR. TAN MONO MON (aged ai passed away peacefully at S.SO a.m on 30-12-60 at IX. Cheng Tuan Street, leaving behind 3 wives. 7 sons, ft dauKhters, 6 sons-la-law, 9 daughters to-law, 40 grand-children and 18 grea grand-children to mourn bis less Kuneral at Bldadan
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    101 6 to iforas (it (HUumuumi MR. AND MM. N. JOHN thank relatives and friends for tMlr valuable presents aod ssilstance at their waddin* on Deo. 38. MR. MM. K. SIVASUBKAMANIAM thank all friends and relatives for presents, attendance, congratulatory messages on their marrtagr m K.L. on 13.12.0U MR. A MRS.
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  • The Straits Times Saturday, December 31, 1960.
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      A Notable Year
      705 6 Malaya approaches 1961 sustained by the thought that behind lies yet another year of political and financial stability, racial harmony and fruitful endeavour. It has also been a year of grave loss. Twice in the space of six months the nation mourned the death of the Yang
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      Congo Violence
      314 6 Fresh violence in the Congo gives Mr. Hammarskjoeld something to think about when he flies next week to the world's most dangerous trouble spot The U.N. SecretaryGeneral can leave to the conciliation commission the task of trying to bring the Congo's leaders together. Mr. Hammarskjoeld's problem is how
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      Honours List
      202 6 The inclusion of Tengku Abdul Rahman in the Order of Companions of Honour will give Malaya much pleasure. The Tengku finds himself in a small and noble company of distinguished Commonwealth statesmen for whom other honours, for one reason or another, might be inappropriate. Sir John Kotelawalla is
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    115 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO From the Straits Tima* Of Dec. 30. 1910 AT a meeting of the Pen* ang Chamber of Commerce It was suggested that rather than tax the trade In any shape or form the chamber preferred income tax as the lesser of the two evils. It was a
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    1961
    1011 6 m I HAVE been in the habit of filling this column at New Yaar with Old Bartlett's Almanack, in which I forecast, boldly but somewhat inaccurately, what the immediate future had in store for us. This year, my nerve fails me. I prefer to ask th© questions, leaving someone
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    Saturday Study
    7 6 PICTURE BY K. S. KONG
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      36 6 #»»»»»»»>»»»»»k»»»»»»»>;> START A I BRIGHT NEW YEAR i I by brushing your teeth tomorrow with MALCONIN DENTAL CREAM LOOK YOUR BEST IN 1961 I I A Happy Prosperous s New Year to you I I c<««««««««««««««««««««<
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      159 6 Your cat will stay younger, live longer on daily KIT-l-KAT N I It's as good J/A 1 as the food tmmX^^LmW'mm. Ls^*^j That's because Kit-E-Kat contain* fine* quality fresh fisb and meat, fish-li vex oila and cereals. Tinned and ready cooked to eat, it keeps free from contamination and is
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    What will 1961 hold for Singapore?
    194 7 What will 1961 hold for Singapore? WHAT does 1961 hold in store for the people of Singapore? This question is answered in an Informed article in the Free Press today. The author tells how 19«1 will be a year of expansion under one of the most ambitious plans ever put
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    Safe riding campaign
    55 7 KLANO, Fri. The Town Council here will conduct a publicity campaign to ensure that cyclists ride on the left side of the road. The Information Services and the Malayan Film Unit, will assist the campaign. Posters depicting the dangers of riding on the wrong side of the
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    Envoy back
    21 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— The Indonesian Ambassador In Malaya, Dr. Mohamed Razlf. returned from Bangkok today after a three-day holiday.
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    A defective warrant
    71 7 SINGAPORE. Frl —A search warrant. Issued by a police officer to himself before conducting a betting raid on premises in Chinatown, was today described as "defective by Mr. T. Ariarajah, the magistrate. The warrant of acting Asst. Supt. Tan Kan Wan. chief of the gambling suppression branch,
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    Rural plan: Immediate aims
    578 7  -  YAP CHIN KWEEi RAZAK GOES ON TOUR OF INSPECTION, SAYS DEVELOPMENT IN FULL SWING, COUNTRYSIDE WILL BE TRANSFORMED 'THE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul A Razak, today outlined the six objects which should be achieved immediately in the rural development plan. These are: roads, bridges, health
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    RETIREMENT AGE SHOULD BE RAISED: TEACHERS
    605 7 RETIREMENT AGE SHOULD BE RAISED: TEACHERS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Malayan Teachers National Congress wants teaching standards in Malaya to oe stepped up and the retirement age of teachers raised from 55 to 60. The Congress also reiterated its stand for equal pay for women teachers at Its annual conference
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    Newsletters to draw the tourists
    64 7 Newsletters to draw the tourists SINGAPORE. Fri. The Singapore Tourist Association today Issued Its first newsletter called "News from Singapore." The newsletter, which the association hopes to bring out bi-monthly, will be distributed to about 5.000 travel agents and tourist agents all over the world. It contains several articles on
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    Four thugs break in
    54 7 SINGAPORE. Frl. Pour armed men broke into a house In Macpherson Road here early this morning and escaped with more than $1,250 in cash and Jewellery Two of the men held Phua Boon Tay, a spare parts dealer, and his wife at knifepoint, while the other
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    MALAY 'WITHOUT TEARS' IS FIRST OF A NATIONAL LANGUAGE SERIES
    106 7 'PHE antics of Malaya's "three friends" were too much for this girl. She was at Radio Malaya's auditorium In Kuala Lumpur for the first recording of a new Malay fortnightly programme entitled "Tlga Sekawan" (The Three Friends) aimed at boosting
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    Boy chased a thief, but nobody went to his aid
    202 7 A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who chased and overpowered a snatch-and-grab thief yesterday had to let the man go because nobody would call the police. The youth, who saw the incident from a bus window, got out and chased the thief for
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    A dance
    28 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— The Selangor Eurasian Association will hold Its New Tear's Eve dance tomorrow, starting at 9 p.m. at the clubhouse In Pudu Road here.
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    Light letters on show in Singapore
    121 7 RECENTLY-discovered let- ten written by Sir Francis Light, founder of Penang, will be on show here during the first International conference of South-East Asia historians which opens on Jan. 1C Professor K. Tregonninr, of the University of Malaya, and chairman of the con- SINGAPORE.
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    A 'special chief will help make roads safe
    189 7 A 'special chief will help make roads safe pENANO. Fri. A special traffic chief to be appointed next year will aim to keep death off city roads. The Mayor of George Town Mr. 00l Thlam Slew, said today that a qualified engineer would be put in full charge of traffic
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    Chief Scout's visit
    55 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Sir Charles Maclean, Chief Scout of the Commonwealth, spent an hour at the airport V.I P. room here while an aircraft refuelled before continuing his Journey to Sydney, where he is going at the Invitation of the Australian Boy Scout* Association. Sir Charles will make
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      154 7 NOTICE L i n PUSTAKA MELAYU WATERMARK The SINAR BARU series of text books Is published by THE ROYAL PRESS of 745 North Bridge Rood, Singapore, which owns the copyright in the series. Pirated copies of the series are appearing in Singapore and Malaya and appear to be practically identical
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    Now public foots their telephone bills, too
    181 8 TiHE Malacca municipal councillors at their monthly meeting last Wednesday decided that telephones were "essential for their work" and, therefore, their phone rentals must be paid out of public funds. This decision means that the public coffers will be depleted by over $2,000
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    TRAVEL THE HARD WAY —BY MALAYAN RAfcWAY
    146 8 ITNLEBB It is a deliberate disregard for the public it is very hard Indeed to believe that the railway It unaware of the tremendousamount of Inconvenience passengers undergo travel ling in trains. On the night mall fron Penang which arrived In Kuala Lumpur
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    THE STRAITS TIMES
    219 8 THE STRAITS TIMES MENACE OF THE GROWLERS, SNAPPERS AND HEEL SNIFFERS IN CAPITAL TTNTIL I came to live in Kuala Lumpur I bad read more with amusement than anything else the tale of the postmen's fear of watch dog*. My own experiences have changed my outlook. Kuala Lumpur's docs appear
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    JOBS... AND THE CONCEITED YOUNG GIRLS
    502 8 I CERTAINLY agree with "Unemployed" (S.T. Dec. 17). It is a shame that young men who are capable and also the backbone of our country have t- rot away unemployed. But Is the job situation that hopeless? Certainly not. All the Jobs these days
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    What use are pass degrees? TIME THEY WERE SCRAPPED
    269 8 What use are pass degrees? TIME THEY WERE SCRAPPED f AM pleased to see that a 1 Colombo Plan expert has arrived to help the authorities In working out a plan for the establishment of a faculty of commerce and business administration in the University of Malaya. However. I believe
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    The Christmas message that was not heard in Malaya
    75 8 \YHY did Radio Malaya not broadcast Queen Elizabeth's Christmas message? It would have taken but a few minutes, and it would have brightened one of the dullest evening programmes imaginable. Have we really grown so sensitive that, as a Commonwealth country,
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      307 8 SHOULD A WIFE FORGIVE? A famed psychologist gives the answer M flL^^ IN JANUARY'S BIG ISSUE W*^H^H| Also i JM P ifjf B H yJEj ill B 1 BEAUTY: Confidentially: How to Beat -«K W )5^ t ri ifi I* M i II tne ~J" nieves °f Charm Meet Your
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      218 8 Straits Times Crossword ■I WSt iH iHI I l^l^^^l" 1 I mi is Kb kH ■■t^t 2b~^ Hf 181 ACKOSB 7 S* 1 1 ran a cat nto trouble ia i op ;^r i civ oBcrewf<>r »»r k faiß 12 5) twenty d«. Hi? jfli y Ur be rlng to
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    Godown liquidation well absorbed
    346 10 (WING to the short v week and lack of enthusiasm on the part of a majority of the trade, turnover was light, but a wider variety of grades were in demand, report H.C3. and Co. Ltd. in their current rubber review. Although overseas advices were encouraging
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    111 10 fHE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): New fork: buying airmail T.T. 32%. O.D. 33. 90 d/st 33 Vt credit bills, 33S trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 33 13/16. O.D. 32 15/16. 90 d/st 33\
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    23 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: Dec. 30 Dee. 29 Industrials: 132-88 132.58 Tins: 187.90 187.79 I Rubbers: 222-50 ***** Jan. 1 1958 100
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    657 10 SINGAPORE members ot the Malayan Stock Exchange reported the following business at their 3.30 p.m. call yesterday (Bargains are given before prlres unless only one was written). I ndux trials: Ffaser and Neave ords $1.95 OL, $1.99; Gammon $2.07 OL; Henry Waugh $1.40; M. Breweries $3.82 V
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    DOWN GO RUBBER STOCKS: OVERSEAS ADVICES BETTER
    1118 10 DOWN GO RUBBER STOCKS: OVERSEAS ADVICES BETTER By Our Market Correspondent rpHE SINGAPORE rubber market was encouraged yesterday by an improved outlook abroad, and by figures showing that not only had the disquieting October stocks level been exaggerated by about 2,500 tons, but also that a large reduction has followed.
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    Fewer price changes
    111 10 rf*HE Malayan share market 1 was fairly firm all round yesterday, with selective improvements in industrials and rubbers Tins were steady quiet There were fewer price changes than in the previous day. Straits Times gained another 31 cent*. Henry Waugh 2{ cents, and Robinson. Cold Storage and
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    RUBBER PRICES
    211 10 JANUARY Brst grade rubber buyers f.ob. closed hi Singapore yesterday at 88* cents per lb. up I*4 cents on Thursday's close. The tone was quietly steady-8-C.C.R.A. CLOSING PRICES in cent* per lb., yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.S- Spot f-o-b. buyers 86V sellers 86% (N); Int. 1 R.BS. Jan.
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    CLOSING PRICES
    38 10 SINGAPORE, Dec. 30. RUBBER: 86* cents per lb. (np a cent and a quarter). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 86 J cents (steady quiet). TIN: $389.25 per pical (unchanged). Estimated unofficial offering 280 tons (down 10 tons).
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    65 10 CHIPS lyin f along*Me the *3 Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Strathmore 1/2. Hallvurd 4/5. Sling 6A. Meinam 6/7. Soudan 8/9. Devonshire 10/11. Ruys 13/14. Siberia i>/16, Tocanaa 18. Ruthererett 19. Van Cloon 21/23. Mttaka Maru 23/24. Raula 25/26. Braeslde 27/28. Olenvllle 29/30. Dekabrtst 31/32.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    136 10 SINGAPORE Chineen Presraee Fxrhanfc noon prices per ptcul Tenerday were: Cepra: Quiet; OK /Continent Dec. Jan. shipments $37 buyers. $27j sellers. Ceeeuat ell: quiet; bulk $40 sellers, drums $43 sellers. IVpper: steady; no business was reoorted done. Muntok white $242J and Sarawak 5237« (both up $8). special
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      987 10 Express U.S.A. Padfle 6c AtUintlc Coast Service LU t.TJL ITA S'OOil P. S'tiM Ptnini H'konf L AnjeHi N Vert 'Crtsliu Mini" Ma. M/M 1/4 In lln Hln 14 Fll Kaaikmi Mini" 21 J» Jaa 31 jm/ 1 Ftl 3 Fct n fat 1] Mar All suitably equipped with deep tanks
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      424 10 NOTICES HENRY COMPANY NOTICE We hereby inform the public that Mr. Robert Chin Nghee Chee. is no longer with our company. and is therefore, not authorised to transact business or collect money or goods on oar behalf. NOTICE This Is to Inform the Public that Tan Peng Choon of Batu
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      359 10 FAR EASTERN BANK LIMITED! (Incorporated in Singapore) LOSS OF SHARK CERTIFICATE APPLICATION has been made to the Directors to Usae a duplicate certificate in (he name of the undermentioned shareholder in place of the original certificate stated to have been lost. Name. Cert. N* No. ef Shares Distinctive Not. Ming
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      1009 11 1 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT Applications are Invited for appoint men i as Tracers in vie Ministry of Education. Architect's Branch. Kuala Lumpur In 'lie ■alary scale $85-A3-94/Ex.Bar/ 100.A750-160 plus C.OLA, at current rates. Candidates for appointment under this Scheme must have attained tneir 16th but not '-heir 22nd birthday and must
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      589 11 NOTICES THE SINOAPORE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION WISHES ALL ITS MEMBERS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. The Private Lane between Grafton House and The Hongkong A Shanghai Bank Building ana between Graf ton House and Oresham House will be closed to the public for 24 hours on Ist January 1961
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      859 11 (Continued from Page S) SITUATIONS VACANT Wards SS (Mln.) Boa St et*. txtrm I SUP! R VISORS experienced tn pipeline erection wanted Immediately. Apply Box A 4364 B.T. Spore. WANTIO ceok amah for modern home on East Coast Pahang near Endau. Apply P.O. Box 890, Spore. RELIEF iTENOORAPHIri required 10th.
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      923 11 SITUATIONS VACANT tt Word, SS (Min.)— Box St ets. extra QUALIFIED EUROPEAN TEACHER required to teach French. Apply Taagltn School. 30 Orange Orove Road, B'pore. WANTID IMMEDIATELY Estate Watchman, must bs young reliable aad trustworthy Gurkha or exservice man preferred. Apply Cashwood Estate, Ayer Tawar. REQUIRED BOOK KEEPER for Immediate
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      1032 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT it Words SS (Mln)— Box St et,. txtrm TANOLIN. Furnished bedslttlngroom with balcony, ban aad bathroom attached. Private entrance. Rent $200/--sultabl* European bachelor only. Writs Box A 4366 B.T. Spore. FURNISHID ROOMS men only month. European or Asian food, laundry, a* required. Talbot Bouse, XI shared or single
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      993 11 TUITION tt Words SS (Mln)— Box St ets. txtrm DO SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS worry you or your children? Ring (Spore) ***** for experienced and sympathetic tutor*. Primary on* to H.S.C. STUDENT Wtan to give tuition at your home up to Form iv Afternoon /evening. Moderate fee*. Box A 4380 S.T. 8
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      1009 11 VEHICLES FOR SALE Word, SS (Mln.)— Box St ets. txtrm OHANQI AUTO SIRVICI offer* good used cars for sale on easy HP. Scheme. Plea** oall at 111 m.s. Upper Cnangl Road (opposite Chanel Prison) Singapore. Tele: 451 S3. 00CC0M0BIL 4 aaater saloon sunshine roof 63 mpg registered Nov. 60. 3.000
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      770 11 FOR SALE H Words IS (Mm Box St el,, rxtrm AIRCONDITIONERt I H.P. Fd|. OlOAini MOO/- Mitchell $200/- RsfnOrator* Prmitoold S3SO'- ft ru. ft. 4 cv. ft. $280/- 0.n.0. Kxrtllsnt ranilltlon. View 193. Bencoolen Street. B'porv. f INVIITICATC SWITZIRLANO-S SIWINO, Knitting Machines. "Tuiiina > assap" world's flnmt, Incomparably beautiful. Watches,
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      90 12 DARIS. Frl.— Prince Karlm r Aga Khan, in his first year as a racehorse owner, heads the list of French owners for 1960 with total winnings of 2,215,632 new francs (about M5U45,000). He has had 56 winners. His outstanding successes were Charlottesvllle, winner of the Prix
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      Lock icon Hope of averting soccer strike
      265 12 LONDON, Friday. TTHE threatened strike of professional footballers in the English League appears likely to be I averted. The players have threatened to strike on Jan. 21, unless concessions were made to their demands for the abolition of the maximum wage and for freedom to
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      Don't blame players for Thomas Cup loss
      284 12 Don 't blame players for Thomas Cup loss SPORTSLETTER tvISAPPOINTINO as has U been Malaya's defeat by Thailand In the Thomas Cup, nobody who did not see the matches and realise the conditions under which they were played should Judge too harshly the players who represented Malaya. True, one or
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      NOEL LOOKS SET TO WIN JOCKEYS' TITLE
      290 12 NOEL LOOKS SET TO WIN JOCKEYS' TITLE He has only one-winner lead but.*> HE HAS ENGAGEMENTS IN ALL SIX EVENTS ON THE CARD AND FOUR STRONGLY FANCIED MOUNTS PENANG. FrL Noel McGrowdie got into the last racing day of the season on Sunday with only a one-winner lead (57-56) from
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      McKinley suspended
      86 12 YEW YORK, Frl. Chuck McKlnley was yesterday suspended by the United States Lawn Tennis Association for acting "in a way detrimental to the welfare of the game" while In Australia as a member of the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team. The action was taken In concurrence with David
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      CABLES IN BRIEF
      108 12 TENNIS ORANGE CUT (Miami Bemch) 2nd rd Brazil bt Franc* 2-1. US bt C. Rica 1-0. Belgium bt Sweden 3-1; q-flnala U8 bt Holland M-0. Argentina bt Spain 2-1, Australia bt Japan 2-1. SUGAR BOWL (New Orleans): Oantnar Mulloy bt Andy Lloyd f-1. 6-1. Jack Douglas bt
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    PLANS FOR TAMIL FESTIVAL SPORTS
    133 13 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Four in-ter-communal events open to all nationalities are included in the Tamil Festival sports to be held at Jalan Besar Stadium on Jan. 8. The events are men s mile race and 4 x 100 yds relay and 1 00 yds novelty reiay
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    112 13 AUSTRALIA Ist Innings. McDONALD c Watson b Hall 15 SIMPSON c Alexander b Hall 49 HARVEY c Sobers b Worrell 12 O'NEILL c Sobers b Worrell 40 FAVELL c Nurse b Sobers 51 MACKAY b Ramadhin 74 DAVIDSON b Hall 35 BENAUD b Hall 2 GROUT b Watson 5
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    Ipoh entries
    38 13 IPOH. Fri. The Ipoh District Hockey Association knockout competition will start later next month. Entries, which close on Jan. 10. should be sent to the secretary of the association. Mr. KJC. Plllal, c/o Town Council. Ipoh.
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    Pakistan 201 for six wickets in 3rd Test
    309 13 fALCUTTA. Frl.— Pakistan were 201 for six wickets I at close of play on the first I day of the Third Test against I India at Eden Park here today. The first two Tests were drawn. Pakistan, who won the toss for
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    Martin shines in debut
    724 13 I .IHl^jl [t"Hi^]i j^^^^ffT^^^^^ETß^i «(Ki] 1 1 iB I fti M c first day HALL TAKES FOUR FOR 51 IN AUSTRALIA'S INNS OF 348 AFTER being eight wickets down for 251 at Melbourne today in the Second Test against the West Indies, Australia had a brilliant
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    61 youths to bid for 25 places in squad
    224 13 SINGAPORE, Friday. T<HERE are 61 candidates for 25 places in the x training squad from which the Singapore team for the Junior Asian Cup soccer tournament in Bangkok next April will be chosen. They wer« selected from teams which took part
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    WOMEN TO PLAY SOCCER FOR CHARITY
    155 13 WOMEN TO PLAY SOCCER FOR CHARITY §EREMBAN. Fri. Ne»ri Sembilan women will meet Srlangor women at soccer here on Jan. 8 in aid of the Boy Scouts buildin* fund. Mr. Joseph Leow, secretary of the organising committee, told the Straits Times: "We expect to raise at least $5,000 from the
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    Boys vs Army
    55 13 SINGAPORE. Frl. Combined schools will meet the Army In a hockey match at Tanglln tomorrow. The following boys are asked to report at Raffles Institution tomorrow at 4 JO pjn.: Johnny Fung, Peter Koh. Mehar Singh Param. Chong Beng, Cnek Pong. Teck Long. Balakrlahnan, n»v«huh Singh. Keval
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    Negri-Malacca pick team
    107 13 SEREMBAN, Prl. Negrl Malacca Blues will meet Federation Armed Forces In the last match of the All-Blues Cup ***** competition on the Federation Armed Forces stadium tomorrow. The NS/Malacca team will be selected from the following It players: Shafle Ramll (NS). Din bin Ahmad (NS). Ya'acob bin
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    TOUR MATCH RAINED OFF
    51 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl The Furukawa Electric Company vs Malayan Youth soccer match scheduled to be played at the Merdeka Stadium tonight was cancelled because of heavy rain. The Japanese players and officials will leave Kuala Lumpur by air tomorrow for Singapore, where they will play two
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      171 13 ARE YOU OVER 30? How often do you fed lacking in energy, lacking in power, and not as strong as you used to be? This often happens to people over 30. As they get older, they find the responsibilities of life drain away the energy and power they knew in
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      94 13 COLOR SUPER 5 &y°y the -pleasure of Sasy jMure taking Ift] Maiti %a t*j. iiATA "1. Ptnong Rood, Pctteng. T«l: 455J9 BANGKOK... Turn back the clock. Stroll amid the mystic world of the ancient orient. See the incredible relics of the Buddhist empire. Thrill a minute Thai boxing, bustling floating
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      72 13 SOCCER BAFA Cap final: RAF Seleur v Pathul Karib (Jn. Besar, 5.15 pjn.). Friendly: TPCA v Ipoh Ramblers (Penang City Stadium. 8 pjn.K RIGGER All-Bine* match: NS Malacca Blue* v Fed. Armed Forces (Rifle Range. XL). Trial: Perak Probablea v The Rest (Ipoh padang). B>>re friendlier SCC V Royal Signals.
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    464 14 "Baudouin to the gallows' cry as King returns and calls in Premier JJUNDREDS of strikers gathered outside the headquarters of the Opposition Socialist Party here today as King Baudouin, just back from his interrupted honeymoon, prepared for consultations with the Catholic-Liberal coalition Government. The Socialist Party secretary,
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    DEATH
    21 14 KULESZA: Un DccrmbtT 2Sth at F. M H Kluang. Thomas. Christopher •on of Barbara and BMplMBi No letters j please.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    51 14 MR. AND MRS. FELIX OICOM Ttmok relatives, friends for their attendance, assistance, gifts and good «Uhes on thr occasion of their marriage on 2i.i2.60. MR. AND MRS. JULIAN DE COSTA thank relative* and friends for thrir valuable gifts, good ■MfeM and attendance on the occasion of thrlr marriage on
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    IN MEMORIAM
    58 14 PETER JAVARATNAM WILSON dud 31-12-.'iH Thou MM taken but ihiw own «v«r more thy will be done. Intrrted by Or«r* and family. IN loving MEMORY Of my dearly hrloved Grandpa R.M Tbrxelra who Ml me on thr 31.12 IP'>!> RrM drar un! In everlantlne price. You will •Iway*
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    New medium at school
    90 14 SINGAPORE, Fn. Malay will soon be used as the medium of instruction instead of English at Gimson School, Singapore's reform school for boys. Three inspectors from the Ministry of Education who made a survey, have put up a report on steps to be taken to make
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    No vehicles allowed in
    80 14 SINGAPORE, Fri.— No vehicular traffic except official cars will be allowed into the Istana Negara grounds when It is open to the public on New Year's Day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m Vehicles of authorised visitors to the Yang di-Pertuan Negara will enter by the
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    Miss Supershell at trade fair
    37 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. Miss Supershell 1961. Miss Nancy Liew, will make personal appearances at the Penang New World trade fair next Monday and Tuesday. Miss Liew will also visit Shell service stations there.
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    116 14 - POLICEMEN forcibly remove demonstrators lying on the road in an attempt to delay the departure of the Prime Minister. Mrs. Ban daranaike, on her way to Colombo airport to fly to India. The demonstrators are against the Government policy of "taking-over" state-assisted
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    UMNO FACTIONS IN AGREEMENT NOW
    142 14 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The various conflicting factions within the UMNO in Singapore have come to an amicable agreement whereby they have decided to abide by the directives that might be given by the Party's central headqnarters in Kuala Lumpur. A Singapore UMNO official said today that
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    LONDON STOCKS
    363 14 LONDON. Fn. —London stock markets ended 1960 on a distinctly firm note wlin most section* showing useful gains. In th«t afternoon, however, there uas some ne.siiancy following the news that 4.000 tinplate workers ac Steel Company of Wale*, would be going on a four-day week. Steel of Wales
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    RUBBER
    29 14 LONDON, Frt Spot 26HQ.. Feb. 26d., Mar. 25%d-. Apr/June 25Hd. July/Sept. 25*Jd.. Oct./ Dec. 25"id.. Jan./ March 25Hd.. Jan c.if. 25-.d. Feb. 25\d Maicii 2Slid. Tone: Fuily steady
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    TIN
    24 14 LONDON. Fri. Buyers £787^. sellers £788' 2. Forward buyers £787... sellers £788. Settlement £788. Turnover am. 175 tons p.m. 45 tons. Tone: Steady.
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    Lock icon THE QUEEN GIVES 2,200 NEW YEAR HONOURS
    270 14 LONDON, Today. QIEEN ELIZABETH Ustowed 2,200 New Year awards today. Her Honours List in its wide sweep gave special encouragement to the arts. It included a knighthood to stage producer William Tyrone Guthrie, a Commandershlp of the Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.)
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    The latest Dutch destroyer for Irian
    140 14 The latest Dutch destroyer for Irian ff<HE HAGUE, Fri. The Netherlands plans to* send the nations most modern destroyer to Dutch New Guinea (West'lrlan), it was authoritatively learned yesterday. The destroyer, the 2.000-ton Utrecht, armed with torpedo and rocket launchers and radar and new antl-corroedon equipment, would replace the destroyer
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    Full moon fete
    36 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Sri Lankaramaya in St. Michael's Road will hold a full moon observance tomorrow at 7 p.m. A $2,000 pillar and marble tablet will be dedicated to four late Buddhist devotees.
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