The Straits Times, 14 January 1961

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    25 1 AVERAGE DAILY (IR I II II II SALE EXCEEDS 90.000 Hat**** 1 He*** 9 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1961. 15 CENTS,
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    CONGO: U.N. WARNS
    559 1 KEEP APART' CALL TO RIVAL FORCES L-troops fire on plane— Moroccan wounded Balubas blow up railway bridge ELISABETHVILLE, Friday pKO LUMUMBA troops at Manono, in North Katanga, today fired on a U.N. plane carrying Moroccan reinforcements to the town. O ii c Moroccan w;is seriou si y
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    Lock icon Sandys mission—new —disarm approach
    495 1  - Sandys mission— new —disarm approach NELSON RUTHERFUHD By TALKS WITH TENGKU AND LEE TO SEEK THEIR VIEWS, IDEAS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaya is to be asked to contribute her share of new ideas towards evolving a I'nited Commonwealth approach to the problem of world disarmament. Indicating this on his arrival
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    Lock icon NAVY SECRETS MAN IS MISSING
    177 1 LONDON, Friday. A BRITISH naval officer said to have "some access" to secret naval documents failed to report for duty today after he had been missing while on leave since Jan. 1. the Admiralty said here today. I He is Sub-Lt. Harry Drummond. 35, assistant
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    Lock icon 9,000 car men on 2½-day week
    68 1 LONDON, Fri. Nine thousand workers at the Morris Motors plant at Oxford will go on a 2!i-<lay week from Monday because of falling sales. Last night 8,000 Rootes Group workers making Triumph Herald cars also on short time, voted against a company proposal that
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    Two warships collide
    45 1 NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Fri. The Navy announced here that two destroyers collided today off the coast of North Carolina. The two destroyers are the USS Keppler and the USS Johnston. Keppler sustained "topside and hull" damage and Johnston "some bow damage." UJM.
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    Lock icon 'Life made in test tube9
    93 1 'Life made in test tube 9 ROME, Fri. A Rome newspaper said today that three Italian scientists had generated human life in a test tube. An egg cell taken from a woman was fertilised by male sperm in a tiny glass container and, for 29 days thereafter, the cell multiplied
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    Lock icon A record day for the Cheer Fund
    498 1 A record day for the Cheer Fund $2,500 COLLECTED YESTERDA Y—sl, 000 FROM P.J. CORP. KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE biggest donation so far $1,000 to the Straits Times and Berita Harian Cheer Fund for the Malayan Special Force in the Congo came today fom the Petaling Jaya Development Corporation. The
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    2 killed by grenade
    88 1 CONST ANTINE. Algeria. Fri. A grenade bounded off a policeman's shoulder and exploded in a village square today, killing two Muslim vegetable sellers. In Oran. a plastic explosive bomb destroyed the empty car of a local Oaulllst leader. Police found two other unexploded bombs, one In
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    Floods, slides close roads
    371 1 An east to west road link cut ITVALA LUMPUR, Fri. Landslides and flooding, caused by yesterday's all day rain in the Federation, closed a number of roads in Pahang and Trengganu, including a link between the East Coast and the West Coast. The worst affected road
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    LATEST
    33 1 LUMUMBA FRUP IN MUTINY LONDON I n i firmed reports <u> tMif troiu I us:- 'ii Yugoslav nt«=> i. day LMMUiba fret 4 in lujsmJK by ;arri3'«n MMt< ajuinst ti>l"ini Mob loiter.
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    Lock icon THE PAST 8 YEARS—BY IKE
    540 2 THE PAST 8 YEARS— BY IKE U.S. has forged ahead, he says in last state of union message Foreign affairs need delicate handling and constant review WASHINGTON, Friday PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, in his final "state of the union" message to Congress yesterday, offered a vigorous defence of his policies during the
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    The 'space' monkeys watch TV
    75 2 THEY ENJOY CARTOONS BETWEEN FLIGHTS' OACK from a simulated space flight at the Wyle laboratories near here, two Rhesus monkeys enjoy their favourite pastime watching television. The monks seem wrapped up in the cartoon show they're viewing. Both animals are equipped with permanently implanted radio
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    Lock icon Ike hopes to visit Japan this year
    116 2 Ike hopes to visit Japan this year WASHINGTON. Fri President Elsenhower was auoted yesterday as saying he hoped to vi.Mt Japan later this year. Gen. Lyman Lemnltzer. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told reporters of the President's .tentative plans after he had accompanied a visiting Japanese statesman
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    Lock icon RUSK: NO CHANGE ON CHINA STAND
    346 2 WASHINGTON. Frl. I" ]i|R. DEAN RUSK, PreiTl sident- elect Kennedy's choice as Secretary of State, said yesterday he saw no possibility at the present time of establishing normal relations with China. This was because Peking seemed to be making as a condition "abandonment of
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      160 2 /mpo/o Sporf Stdan photogropM at tht Anmtcan Inttncttonot Assuronce Building, Singapore. rvjOLj nci rvjoCHEVROLET I FORM Uic clean new btylc of the 1961 Chevrolet are combined with a trim new size. Door openings are wider and roomier. Higher seats give more comfortable seat- ing. There's more front seat head room
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    Lock icon Colour bar legal fight is on
    320 3 NEGRO STUDENTS ASK JUDGE TO CANCEL UNIVERSITY SUSPENSION MACON (Georgia), Fri da A MOVE to return to Georgia University the two Negro students sent home on Wednesday night after riots failed in a federal court here yesterday. Lawyers for Charlayne Hunter, 18, and Hamilton
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    Lock icon DAG'S TALKS WITH Dr. V CONSTRUCTIVE'
    211 3 NEW YORK, Friday. i PARTHEID talks which Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, A the U.N. Secretary-General, has had with the South African Prime Minister, Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, in the past reek, were "frank, constructive and helpful," a Joint communique said yesterday. The document, released here, said
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    Lock icon Swoop on Reds
    22 3 MALAGA (Southern Spain). Fri. Police here have arrested 50 alleged Communists in raids during the past 24 hours. —Reuter.
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    Politics again in Turkey
    54 3 ANKARA. Frl. The Interior Ministry announced yesterday that party political activity could resume throughout Turkey from today. Political activity was suspended last June a week after the May 27 army coup that overthrew the Mcnderes regime and brought Gen. Gursel to power at the head ot
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    Lock icon Net result of primate's Rome visit: A change of climate
    258 3 Net result of primate's Rome visit: A change of climate T ONDON. Fri. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, said here yesterday that a change of climate was really the sum total of what happened on his recent visit to Rome. At a reception given by the Anglican and
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    Lock icon Now a bid to board rocket ship
    104 3 Now a bid to board rocket ship T ONDON, Frl. A nuclear disarmament group today announced plans for a non-violent attempt to board the U.S. Polaris-carrying depot ship Proteus when she arrives next month at the submarine base at Holy Loch. Scotland. The attempt, during which members of. the direct
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    Lock icon Italian rocket
    27 3 ROME. Fri— ltaly's first space rocket was launched today from a range In northwest Italy, a defence ministry spokesman said In Rome last night.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Conciliation move in Belgian Parliament
    142 3 BRUSSELS, Fri.— The Socialist Party leader, Mr. Leo Collard, is expected to make a "conciliatory" speech in the Chamber of Representatives here today before voting on the Government's austerity proposals. A Socialist source said last night: "We expect the speech to lay the foundation for
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    Lock icon RUSSIA FIRES NEW BLAST AT BELGIUM
    561 3 'A flagrant violation of international status of Ruanda-l rundi and an abuse of rights' NEW YORK, Friday RUSSIA yesterday asked that the General Assembly should urgently examine Belgian "violation of the trust agreement in RuandaUrundi." Addressing the Security Council, Mr. Valerian Zorin, deputy foreign
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      359 3 RADIO SINGAPORE from 8.00 p.m.— 9.00 p.m. A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 (41.7 Metret) Morning Prelude; 700 The News; A.M. 6.00 Time Signal, Negara- 705 Melodies At Sunrise; 8.00 ku. News Headlines; 6.05 Morning rhe News; 8.05 More Melodies At Melodies 7.00 Newport Jazs Fes- sunrise: 8.30 Calling All Hospitlval;
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    Education and development
    59 4 SINGAPORE, Frl. Dr. F. Cyril James. Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McOill University, Canada, tonight gave a lecture on "Education and Economic Development" at the University of Malaya in Cluny Road here. Dr. James is a member of the Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth Executive Council
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    FAMILY ON PUBLIC AW
    403 4 Driver with $14,000 savings ordered to pay $185 monthly to wife, children SINGAPORE, Frl A SIKH driver, whose estranged wife and seven children were dependent on public assistance, admitted in a maintenance suit today he had savings, amounting to about $14,000 in India. Veer Singh of
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    FOOD CROPS DAMAGED: $150 FINE
    89 4 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The day a woman farmer, Chai Tow, returned to her Woodlands farm from a magistrate's court, she found that $2,000 worth of her food crops and tobacco plants had been maliciously uprooted. It was stated today. Chai, represented by Mr. LJm Kean Chye.
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    Theatre Fund donations now total $626,053
    104 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. Six more donations received by the Ministry of Culture have brought the National Theatre Fund to $626,053. The latest donations came from: Cultural Festival sub-commit-tee (being gross proceeds from shows held during Festival Week). $5,880; Perkumpulan Seni and Sriwana (proceeds from "Lela
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    Lord Selkirk presents the Queen's Colour to FEAF
    249 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Earl of Selkirk, United Kingdom Commissioner in Singapore and Commissioner General for SouthEast Asia, told the men of the Far East Air Force at a colourful floodlit parade today that they were here to maintain peace and stability in
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    Byrne sees new sites
    55 4 SINGAPORE, Frl. The Minister for Labour and Law. Mr K. M. Byrne, today toured five new sites for building community centres. Accompanied by the Director of Social Welfare, Mr. W. S. Woon, Mr. Byrne visited vacant plots at Geylang Serai, Kampong Kembangan, Kampong Wak Tanjong, Kampong
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    Select Committee seeks public views on Bills
    183 4 SINGAPORE, Fri.— A Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly today invited members to submit their views on two Bills the Agricultural Leases Bill and the Control of Rent (Amendment No. 3) Bill which the House has asked it to consider in detail. The
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    Chopper man gets year's jail for extort bid
    162 4 Chopper man gets year's jail for extort bid SINGAPORE, Fri. The wife of a dentist, Llm Kirn Hiang, told a District Court here today she saw a man with a chopper chasing her husband. She was testifying at the trial of Low Boon Soo, who faced two charges of putting
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    Hindu harvest fete today
    44 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Hindus in Singapore and Malaya will celebrate Thaiponggal, a harvest festival propitiating the Sun-God, Surla, tomorrow. The president of the Singapore Hindu Sabhai. Mr. P. Velluplllal, tonight wished all Hindus In the country a happy and prosperous Thaiponggal.
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      268 4 rE following Is today's Penang (ML 151) 8.55 p.m. schedule of civil air- departures craft movements at Paya T h v ala iSS 1 i phar Airrtnrt Rinirannr*- Bangkok. Delhi. Teheran, LeDar Airport, bingapore. Beirut. Dusseldorf. London ARRIVALS (BA 793) 2 p.m.; to Jakarta, BO AC: Prom London, Zurich, Darwin,
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    Ideal home in Malayan wood
    476 5 THREE HOUSES BUILT TO PROVE A POINT— TIMBER IS CHEAPER, SAFE AND LASTING SUPPLY PLENTIFUL, BUT OH! THAT PREJUDICE Students design one, now working on two more l/'UALA LUMPUR, ■^*-Fri. Three houses of Malayan timber have been built in the grounds of the Forest Research
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    $10,000 paint stolen
    42 6 SINGAPORE, Fri.— An estimated $10,000 worth of paint was reported stolen from a shop in Aliwal Street last night. The paint, in several drums, were missed when an employee of the shop made a check. The police are Investigating.
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    Caravan (with all the comforts built in) for world trip couple
    176 6 3 YEARS OF SAVING, PLANNING SINGAPORE. Fri.— Mr. and Mrs. Peter Klaffke. of Germany, both 38, are now in Singapore the half way mark of a round-the-world trip by car. Their grey Opel caravan has covered more than 30.000
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    'ALL RIGHT'IS VERDICT ON NANYANG
    211 6 'ALL RIGHT' IS VERDICT ON NANYANG SINGAPORE, Friday. SIR DOUGLAS LOGAN, leader of a visiting delegation of university heads, today said he was very impressed by the general layout and tone of the Nanyang University campus. Asked about the standards of the library and science laboratories. Sir Douglas, principal of
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    New lecturer
    29 6 TANJONG MALIM, Fri.— Mr. G. Pankajakshan, of the Malacca Day Training Centre, has assumed duties as a lecturer in English at the Sultan Idris Training College here.
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    CO-OP SOCIETY PAYS $3MIL FOR AN ESTATE
    51 6 CO-OP SOCIETY PAYS $3MIL FOR AN ESTATE KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Newly-formed National Land Finance Co-operative Society has bought its first eitate for about $3-million. The NLFCS was started to beat the fragmentation of rubber estates. The property It has bought Is the Buklt Sidlm Estate In the Kulal area of
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    Stole from mother
    41 6 SINGAPORE. Fri. An 11--year-old boy stole $1.10 from his mother while she was busy doing housework, the juvenile court was told today. The boy pleaded guilty to a charge of theft. Sentence was postponed pending a probation report.
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    $4,700 gift for charities
    56 6 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The Japanese Consul-General in Singapore, Mr. M. Maeda, today handed a cheque for $4,700 to the Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. Byrne, to be distributed among charities under his jurisdiction The money represents the net proceeds from the sale of tickets
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    Unionists fly to Calcutta for training
    169 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Seven trade unionists left today by air for Calcutta to attend a threemonth course at the Asian Regional Trade Union College of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. The unionists wh« flew by Thai International, comprise the 17th group of
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  • ANOTHER 'CASH FOR LETTERS' CONTEST
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      109 6 J)O YOU approvt of long engagements? That is the question on which you are invited to submit your views in the FREE PRESS Camera Quiz No. 2. Send in your opinion in a letter of from 40 to 50 words. Don't forget to send a passport-size photograph of yourself with
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      110 6 ris not often nowadays that a British boxer gets a crack at a world title. That is why there is special Interest in tonight* bout Jn which Terry Downes attempts to wrest the middleweight crown from America's Paul Pender. Will Terry be the first Briton to hold the title in
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      82 6 rjARBO—a magical name to a generation gone by and a name of mystery today Eighteen years ago she made fomous the phrase "I want to be alone" and since then she has lived up to it. What Is the Garbo of today like? What are her plans, hopes and memories?
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    Open verdict on motor-cyclist
    44 6 SINGAPORE, Fri. Th« State coroner, Mr. N. A. dHozarlo, recorded an open verdict here today on Scan Ah Koon, 23, of Geylang, who died after an accident on his motor-cycle on Nlcoll Highway on Aug. 27. There were no eye-wit-nesses.
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    Expert leaves
    31 6 KUALA LUMrUR, Fri.— Mr. George W. Cadbury, a representative of the International Planned Parenthood Federation and member of the famed chocolate family, left here today after a five-day visit.
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    One boss now for 2 rubber boards
    237 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Frid.-y ANOTHER step to A give natural rubber a more effective front in its competition with synthetic has been taken with the reconstitution of the boards of two rubber organisations financed by Malaya The boards of the Natural Rubber Bureau and
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    TWO mothers hunt for boy
    231 7 BROUGHT UP BY FOSTER PARENT, HE IS AFRAID OF OWN MOTHER NOW SINGAPORE, Friday. A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy, Yee Pek Lang, has run away from home because he is afraid of his own mother. Today, the distraught mother. Madam Lee Moi. 29. appealed to Straits Times
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    Ministry post
    47 7 LONDON. Fri— Dr. T. A. Lloyd Davies. Professor of Social Medicine and Public Health at the University of Malaya In Singapore Is to become senior medical Inspector of factories under the British Ministry of Labour in the spring, at a salary of £3.250 a year.
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    AZIZ TOURS STORE RESEARCH STATION
    123 7 SINGAPORE, Friday. THE Federation Minister of Agriculture and Co- operatives, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Jshak, and a party of officials today spent 90 minutes touring the Singapore Government experimental research station at Scmbawang. Inche Aziz, who is here on a three-day visit to study developments
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    Armed men rob shopkeeper
    60 7 Armed men rob shopkeeper TELUK ANSON. Fri.— Four masked men. armed with daggers, yesterday held up a sundry shopkeeper. Teoh Eng Wah. 29. and escaped with $20 In cash, cigarettes and a watch worth S3B at Batu Dua In the Sungei Manlk area of Lower Perak. The robbers entered by
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    To plan 'month'
    39 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A committee has been set up under the chairmanship of the District Officer, Inche Inche Ghazali bin Dato Mahmood. to draw up plans for national language month activities in the Kuala Lumpur district.
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    KING TO BE PRESENTED — -WITH A GOLD BADGE—
    191 7 KING TO BE PRESENTED -WITH A GOLD BADGE— KUALA LUMPUR, Friday A GOLD badge designed by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Federation Armed Forces, Brigadier Raja Lope, is to be presented to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The presentation is to be made by the Ex-Services Association of Malaya,
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    Union meeting
    25 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The 10,000-strong Naval Base Labour Union will hold Its annual meeting at the Sultan Theatre, Sembawang. at 9 a.m. on Sunday.
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    New registrar
    24 7 IPOH. Fri. Mr. A. N. Daniel, an Indian interpreter of the High Coyrt. has been appointed acting registrar of the Sessions Court.
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    FARMER CHEATS WOMAN OF $10,000, GETS 15 MONTHS
    272 7 FARMER CHEATS WOMAN OF $10,000, GETS 15 MONTHS PENANG. Friday. A PADI farmer posed as a land owner who died 20 years ago, and cheated a woman of more than $10,000, the first magistrate's court was told today. "He erased some words on the back of a land 1 grant,
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    Four in first escape bid from penal island
    91 7 Four in first escape bid from penal island SINGAPORE. F r i. Four detainees tried to escape from the Pulau Senang detention settlement early on Wednesday morning. This first escape attempt was revealed in a short Press statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs today. One of the prisoners was
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    68 8 Vt Wort. $iv (Minimum) IOH YEW COAN. aged 60, pawed away peacefully at R.M a.m. on Knulntu. leaving behind hi* beloved wife Ani Eng Neo and beloved Ang Kirn N«o: live »on». Willie. Charlie, Harold, Jimmy and Johnny: only daughter. Jorre, 6 daafbttrs-ln-lnw and 12 grand children to mourn
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    52 8 In Word! Sin (Minimum) PUBLIC SPIRIT I tendex my utmoM gratitude to all tboae Including the MM and man* of OaaanJ Hospital and G.P.O. who rendered their kind a«■MMM to my father who fell down near th« G.P.O. Counter. Kullerton Building on 1071 '61 at about b p m.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    296 8 in Words UU (Minimum) Mist IRENE will now attend to your hair Ib May Poeng Beauty Salon at vi Devonshire Road, Singapore, 9. Tel: ***** I*ll 1961 Golden Wedding Jubilee. Mr nnd Mrs. G.A. Phillips- thank tnelr n-latlvt-s and friend! for their pre»>-nu. THE COCKPIT'S Java Rljsttarel la served
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      Ike's Last Report
      617 8 Making his last review of the state of the Union, President Eisenhower pointed to many solid achievements of his Republican administration. ■In domestic policies particularly he claimed that America had forged ahead in his two terms. Many of the specific objectives that he had in mind in
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      Replanting Aid
      391 8 The Senate's debate on the (Supply Bill, declared null and void, was not entirely wasted if only because it afforded a rare opportunity for parliamentary representations on the problems of the rubber and tin industries. Senator Crawford, after congratulating the j Government on an "excellent land sound budget,"
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      Timber Houses
      207 8 The use of timber for Malayan house construction has tradition and a cheap, plentiful supply of the raw material to justify it Public prejudice against timber, is quite recent. Damage by termites, bad design and fear of fire seem to have laid the foundations for this prejudice, but
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    FIFTYYEARSAGO
    116 8 From the Straits Times of Jan. 14, 1911 rpHE result of the hous« X numbering in connection with the census operation shows that the population of Kuala Lumpur is approximately 45.000. This is considerably loss than the estimated population and shows that the average rate of increase for the
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    923 8  - FIRE OF REVOLUTION VERNON BARTLETT NATIONALISM THEY CALL IT. BUT IN FACT LOYALTIES ARE MORE TRIBAL THAN NATIONAL The perils posed by 'fragmentation' in Africa by -PAGE EIGHT COMMENTARY EVER YONE admits that last year was Africa's year. A continent of colonies changed its status with a rapidity that has
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    Councillor wants to bar beer at meetings
    102 9 Councillor wants to bar beer at meetings CEREMBAN. Fri,-The Town Council president was criticised last night by a Socialist Front member for allowing councillors to order drinks during monthly meetings. 'I In- drinks they have been tailing for include beer, stout, and aerated voters Speaking on the adjournment at yesterday's
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    I-card letters
    31 9 I -card letters IPOH. Frl. The next issue of letters of appointment for new identity cards will be made at the Registration Office here on Feb 1, for interviews In March.
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    Hamid takes Ong's place
    61 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Sir George Oehlers, has nominated Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, the Umno member for Geylang Serai, to be a member of the estimates committee of the Legislative Assembly. Dato Hamid replaces Mr. Ong Eng Guan, who resigned
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    Police station that keeps office hours
    114 9 SEREMBAN. Friday. THE police station Ib the district of Rahang (pop 15,000) observes Government working hours And on New Year's Day the police were given a day of! and the station was closed At last night's meeting of the Seremban Town Council, an Alliance
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    Long service certificates
    58 9 SINGAPORE. Frl.— Sir Leslie Gamage, who has just retired as chairman and managing director of the General Electric Co. Ltd., will arrive here to present long service certificates to some members of the Singapore staff on Jan. 17. Sir Leslie and his wife are now on a
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    What is an 'offer'? wrangle
    424 9 APPEAL JUDGE IN A CASE OF ALLEGED BRIBERY ADJOURNS THE HEARING, SAYS 'THIS IS VERY DWFICULT IPOH, Friday. T*HE legal definition of the word "offer" under the Prevention of Corruption Ordinance today set a poser in the Appeal Court here. Mr. Justice Azmi postponed the
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    NO MINISTRY TO INSTIL PATRIOTISM: ALBAR
    262 9 NO MINISTRY TO INSTIL PATRIOTISM: ALBAR PENANG, Friday. MALAYA did not need a special ministry to instil loyalty into the hearts of the people, Syed Ja'afar Albar, Assistant Minister of Broadcasting and Information, said in Penang last night "This cannot be done by force." he told an Informal meeting in
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    Piped water 3-1 last...
    58 9 Piped water 3-1 last... KUALA KUBU BHARU. Fri. The 140 people of Kampong Kuala Kubu, who have depended on water from wells and streams for the past 40 years, are to get tap water from Sunday. The supply to the kampong. two miles from here, will be opened by the
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    Reception date
    34 9 SINGAPORE. Frl. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will hold a reception at 47. Hill Street, at 5 p.m. on Jan. 19. in honour of delegates to the first South-East historians' conference
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    Happy wanderer Sun Lee, 3, finds a home
    132 9 SINGAPORE, Fri.— A homeless boy aged three, is now staying at the Salvation Army Boys' Home in Thomson Road and is happily unconcerned about his future. Chong Sun Lee, as is believed to be his name, was found wandering in Havelock Road
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    CUT-RATE TRAVEL: CLOSE-UP FOR 50
    159 9 SINGAPORE, Friday. OOAC'S monthly Skycoach service today came under the scrutiny or a group of 50 Singapore travel agents who visited the aircraft to inspect the facilities it offers to passengers. They were shown around by Mr. Peter Robinson, district sales manager of the airline.
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    Lock icon My peace plan—by Mrs. Seow
    77 9 My peace plan by Mrs. Seow /CANBERRA, Frl.— A SingaV* pore assemblywoman today called for a United Nations seminar to consider her proposal that peace should be "taught" in the classroom. The woman, Mrs. Scow Peck Leng said permanent world peace could only come through educating people to appreciate peace.
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    Boys who sat on railway track
    58 9 SINGAPORE, FrL Two boys, aged 10 and 11, were today acquitted in the juvenile court, after the magistrate, Miss Jenny Lav. decided that sitting on a railway track was a "minor offence." The boys admitted that they were found seated on the railway track
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    Johore Bahru trade hit as shoppers go to S'pore
    293 9 Johore Bahru trade hit as shoppers go to S'pore JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. Johore Bahru businessmen have resigned themselves to the fact that most of their trade has crossed the Causeway to Woodlands in Singapore. The roadside fair across the Straits of Johore has been draining an estimated $300,000 a month
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    By torchlight
    25 9 IPOH. Frl. The Malayan Police Band will give a onehour torchlight display on the town padang here on Jan. 21 at 7.30 p.m.
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    A 'bleak' outlook for architects
    256 9 SINGAPORE, Friday MR. NG KE N G SLANG, past president of the Society of Malayan Architects, said today there was a "bleak" outlook for local architects and about 100,000 others involved in allied building industries. He said in an interview: "Although there are still signs
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    Malayan miracle -by Mr. Puri
    134 9 Malayan miracle -by Mr. Puri A LOR STAR, Fri. A The Indian High Commissioner in Malaya, Mr. Y. K. Puri. said last night that Malaya's racial harmony was "miraculous." "It is indeed wonderful how this country has solved its racial problems and forged ahead within such a short period after
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    The phoney phone men
    46 9 SINGAPORE, Frl— Posln« as Singapore Telephone Board repair men. three youths yesterday walked Into a Guillemard Road home and robbed a housewife of about $1,000 in cash and valuables. All three were armed with knives, Madam Lee Slew Ho, 35, told police.
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    Water project
    33 9 KANGAR. Fri.— The Minister of Transport, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir today visited the Perils State Government's water supply project at the border town of Padang Besar, 23 miles from Kangar.
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      301 10 THE 'MALAYANISING' OF ENGLISH... IN your issue of Jan. 7 "Listener" complains about a Radio Singapore quiz master pronouncing "power" as "par" and sus; gests that tins was "Malayanising" the word. I did not hear the quizmaster identify himself, but I heard the "power station" part of
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      Fancy a national library having almost nothing on these subjects
      213 10 Fancy a national library having almost nothing on these subjects I RECENTLY wrote to you (October 22) suggesting that security at what was then Raffles Library needed improving. Of three books I had asked for, the library staff could trace none. The subject of these books was body-building by weightlifting,
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      Kicked (and hard) by the tax man
      205 10 Kicked (and hard) by the tax man \IR. ALLINGTON KEN--41 NARD'S review of Income tax anomalies in your book page omitted one glaring example found hfre in the Federation. It wcrked this way. in my particular ca.'-e: My wife started work here in July 1959. When I came to pay
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      —What has happened to the younger generation?
      137 10 What has happened to the younger generation? I OOKING at the calendar painting hung on the wall of my house depicting a garden scene of Confucius' son bowing low to respect his father and mother. I began to wonder what has happened to our young generation today. In the past,
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      59 10 QOME months ago most of the roads in Perseverence Estate in Jalan Eunos were surfaced with earth by the City Council. The residents of Jalan Mangga also pay assessment, and if the next road Jalan Bedara can be repaired by the City Council why is it that Jalan
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      A WATCHING BRIEF FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS
      159 10 T WOULD like to lend my support to the Malayan Students Department in London. As a parent I hare always found the department very courteous and very helpful. It has always taken an act'.ve interest in my children and has kept a watching brief
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      LEARN MALAY
      131 10 Now a slight case of confusion between beans and bosses IN "Learn Malay" of Eadio Singapore. Lesson 41, might I suggest that lahu (bean-curd) be corrected to tauhu so as to avoid confusion with, tahu (to know). Tau- is the Hokkien Chinese for "bean." and -hu for "curd,"
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      Further maths v. biology
      173 10 T UNDERSTAND that is is x the intention of the Government to make a certain school in Penang into a sixth form centre for Nortn Malaya. As a result this school will have two lower six science classes but only one biology class owing to the
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      Asian students in Australia
      129 10 T WOULD like to pay a tribute to the wonderful behaviour of Asian boys in Australia. I have been connected with them in the home and outside. They do not neglect their studies or their church, and the respect they show us is beyond reproach It
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      345 10 Straits Times Crossword bS^B &vfi- I I ACROSS than a cycle of (Tenny1. Possibly a bore in th« coun- son) (8). try and needs patience (11). 7. Not the best time to be on 8- Fish was used In wartime (4). form (6, 5). 10- Dull to eat outside yet
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    Two factors assist decline in rubber
    468 12 LTERE ARE points A from the weekly re- views (issued yesterday) of two leading rubber brokerage firms, Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co. Ltd. and Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd.: Lewis and Peat report: "The Malayan market has led world rubber prices two cents lower
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    647 12 DUSINESS on the Singapore I section of the Malayan Stock "Exchange yesterday was: Industrials: C.T.S ords 475.; Fed. Dlsp. 51. 51: V. and N. ords $2.04: Gammon »2 21. $2.19: M. Box J2.16: Robinson ords id) 51. 28: S Times $2.56. $2.57. $2.58: S. Traders $2.90: l\K.
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    TIN SHARES IMPROVE ON 'GOOD BUYING SUPPORT'
    1156 12 By Our Mark( JHE MALAYAN sha again yesterday, b ness was slightly redu were mainly small. There were 74 tran Federation and 43 in Si total of 117. In Singapo price and 23 were lower. The Federation section reported after its 4 p.m.
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 12 Malayan Stock K\rhangr: Jan. 13 Jan. 12 Industrials: 137.70 136-51 Tins: ***** 195.18 S Rubbers: 236.37 238.08 Jan. 1 1958=1100
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    I CLOSING PRICES!
    39 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. 13. RUBBER: 85 cents per lb. (up three-eighths of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 85' cents (quietly steady). TIN: S3B9'-.- per picul (down 50 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 240 tons (down 10 tons).
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    124 12 SHIPS lyinc at*ni>id< tht Singapart Harbour Btarri whlrv.l «r UHCttrt ttday arc Yarra 1/2, Wesertteln 4 5. Thai 6A. KwangtunK 6/7. Horgh Drake «9. Pm. Adams 10 11. Eastern Maid 13/14. Hodakasan Maru 19/16. Alice 18. Tozal Maru Np. 11 19. Cast Sea N. Wall 3. Rohina 21/22.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    129 12 MELBOURNE. PRI. INVESTMENT shares on the Stock Exchange here today closed the week along firm lines. Australian Chemical gained is. 6d. to 345. 6d. Peter* (Vie) eased lid. to 7s. Id. and Rothmans 3s. to 89s. Base metal and the oil traded along steady lines, while Commonwealth Bonds
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    RUBBER PRICES
    230 12 I^F.BKI ARY first trade rubber x buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 85 cents per lb., up three-eighths of a cent on Thursday's close. The tone was slightly steadier. S-C.C.R.A. CLOSING PRICES in cents per lb., yesterday were: Int. 1 RSS. Spot f.o b. buyers 84',. sellers
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    123 12 THE M 3 ls y a to E i ensng t B inks Asso* elation made the following charters In Its ratrs to merchants yesterday call ratri to M00>: Nsw Yorh: buying! airmail T.T. 32 In 'l6. O.D. 33 1/16. 90 d.'ot 33 5/16 credit hills. 33 7/16
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    154 12 T«HE Chinese Produce Exchange, 1 Singapore, noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: Quiet; UK/Continent Jan. Feb. shipments $26' i buyers, $27 sellers. Coconut oil: Quiet: bulk $41 sellers, drum $44»i sellers. Pepper: Quiet: no business was reported done. Muntok white $240. Sarawak $235. special Sarawak black
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      401 12 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received trom i Registered P.W.D.. Contractors trom Class 'E' trnd above at the Office of the State Engineer. P.W.D.. Perak Ipoh up to 3.00 p.m. of the 20th January. 1961 for the Construction of one <1) block of two-storey class rooms (total 6
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      761 13 4 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN SINGAPORE (HAIR OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY Applications are Invited for appointment to the Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery. Further particulars may be obtained from the Registrar. University or Malaya in Singapore, Cluny Road, Singapore, 10, with whom applications (ten copies) must be lodged not later
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      921 13 Continued from Page SITUATIONS VACANT St Word, Si (Him.}— Box St eta. extra r YOUNG GIRLS WANTEO to assist l In office work. Please write to P. O. Box 294 Ipoh. I REQUIRED EXPERIENCED SALESMAN Nilary $300 plus commission. Apply only If really qualified. Bex A 4598 ST. B'pore. REQUIRED
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      1012 13 SITUATIONS VACANT Itt Words SS (Mi* Box St ett. extra EUROPEAN STENOCRAPHER. Applicants must be British subjects and available for at least one year. Reply giving particulars of age. qualifications and experience to P.O. Box 99, Singapore EXPERIENCED CLERK OF Works for a period of approx. 6 months to supervise
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      1107 13 DOGS, PETS, ETC 2* Word, Si (Ml*.)— Box St ett. txtrm BOXER PUPPIES For Sale M.X.A. Class I sire Imported parents of very good bloodlines. 95 Pheng Geek Aye, Sennett Kstate Spore 13. WANTED TO PURCHASE tt Word, Si (Hi* )—Box tt eta. txln TO BUY and sell new aad
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      776 13 FOR SALE 20 Word, Si (Mi*.)— Box St eta. txtrm FABULOUS CHALLEN PIANO. I "the" British piano of th* BBC. Ov»r 140 pianos in u.«r d.nly Modrl T»XB I especially m^df for troiii<-s. HP. 12-1S months. Nuntthenn 103-105. ftelrgi* Koad. Singapore, *****. INSATIONAL OFFERS: "Turin** Fortuns. automatic free-arm macicdlal sewtncmachine
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    Sobers wins heart of Sydney with magnificent knock
    691 14 Sobers wins heart of Sydney with magnificent knock JACK FINGLETON reporting.... THIRD TEST: First day pi SYDNEY, Fri. j- pARFIELD Sobers, the brilliant West Indian batsman, today won the cricket heart of Sydney. He played a magnificent innings in the Third Test against Australia. With 50 minutes left for play
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    74 14 WEST INDIES first innings HUNTE o Simpson b Meckiff 34 SMITH f Simpson b Davidson 16 KANHAI c Grout b Davidson 21 SOBERS not out 152 WORRELL c Davidson b Uenaud 22 NURSE c Simpson b Benaud 43 SOLOMON not out 4 Extras 11 TOTAL (for five wickets) 303
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    Civilians wm after early shock
    134 14 SINGAPORE, Fri.—At expected. Civilians and Army won their matches on the first day of the Singapore Hockey Association's Quadrangular tournament on the padang today Civilians. virtually the State side, recovered from a shaky to hammer RAF. 6-2. while Army whipped a scratch Navy team 8-0.
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    Lock icon PAKISTAN HIT 235 FOR ONE
    87 14 \|ADRAS Fri. Pakistan scored m 235 for one on the first day of the Fourth Test against India here today. Opener Imtiaz Ahmed was 123 not out at the clost. Hanif Mohamed and Imtiaz stepped up the scoring after lunch and put or 162 for
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    4 changes in Asians fifteen
    135 14 4 changes in Asians fifteen KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. Malayan Asians selectors have made four changes from the side announced earlier to meet Malayan Planters In their annual Rugby Union match at Merdeka Stadium tomorrow (3.45 p.m. kick-oir>. Lee Kool Meng, Fong Wah Fatt. Sinthamoney and Nashatar Singh are on the
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    S'pore enter Cup final
    71 14 CEREMBAN. Frl. Singapore Indians, with five Malays in the side, beat Negri Indians 6-3 in their Bardhan Cup soccer semi-final here today. Singapore will meet Selangor Indians in the final here on Sunday. Singapore, who led 4-1 at half-time, scored theii goals through Syed Osman (2).
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    Lock icon England in zone final
    122 14 STOCKHOLM. Fri.— England took a 5-4 winning lead over Sweden here last night In their second round European zone tie in the Thomas Cup badminton competition. Results (England's players lirst) R.J. Mills lost to B. Glans 3-15. 8-15: P.J. Waddell lost to I. Eliasson 6-15, 15-5.
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      29 14 IPOH LEAGUE: Div. 1 In. dian RC 1 (Sherv) ACS Old Boys 1 (Mahinder); Dlv. 2 STAR 4 (Karim 2. Hafidz. Jaffan HQ No 2 FIB 1 (Harchan).
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      SOCCER
      42 14 SPORE GSFA DIV. 3A: Police C 9 (Anthony 3. Awalludin 2. Maheran 2. Osman. Kassim) Social Welfare 0; FRIENDLY: Star Socce rites 3 SMF 2. COW GATE CLP (Ipoh): Kllat 3 (Kit Lin 2. How Choon) Malaya 2 (Ahmad Daniel, Ramllj.
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    32nd CUP FINAL PROSPECTS LOOK EVEN
    454 14 32nd CUP FINAL PROSPECTS LOOK EVEN By NORMAN SIEBEL H.M.S. Malaya Cup Rugby finals have seldom been open to confident prediction. Except when the Fighting Fijians were powering Johore to their unbroken run of three victories in the finals of 1954, 55 and 56, the forecasts generally have been very
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    S'gor underdogs but not lambs
    356 14  -  LARRY CARROLL By CELANGOR will take the field against Singapore Services on Saturday as underdogs in this year's Malaya Cup Rugby final. That shouldn't worry Jope or his mates one bit. Up to last Saturday they might have wondered It, with the best will in
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    SERVICES STRENGTH IS FAST PACK
    217 14  -  TEOH ENG TATT By SINGAPORE Joint Services selectors are not eager to speak about their team's chances today. Not that they have no faith in their side but because they do not want to be "over confident." But my view Is that Services will retain
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      110 15 TOP Melbourne jockey Bill Williamson may ride in Malaya again for a short spell. A Bukit Timah trainer has offered attractive terms to Williamson to break journey in Malaya before returning to Ireland for the British flat season which begins in March. Williamson was
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      THREE YOUNGSTERS ARE IN GOOD FORM FOR IPOH
      476 15 IPOH, Friday y ORAL. Rubber Exporter II and Courtwise are three newcomers worth following at the Ipoh meeting which starts on Sunday. They have improved greatly since their first outings at Bukit Timah last month and should be ready to win races
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      -Runners and riders
      1296 15 RACE 1—2.15: (Class 5. Div. 3) 51 Furs. 1 88 Kaki Kuda (Dr. Dennehy Mosar) Daniels. 4 9.0 Poaner 13 2 ***** New State (L T St.) R. Breuk 5 8.13 McGrwwdle 1 3 ***** Tna Pwar (NT SO E. Breuk., 5 8.12 (8F) Bonronrr 10 4
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      Grantlee earns a spell in the Highlands
      168 15 \TP.. A. Kennard's Grant- lee. one of the best three-year-olds last season, has been sent to the veterinary sanatorium at Cameron Highlands for a spell. Other arrivals at the sanatorium during December were Singapore Grlffln. a newcomer trained by Jack Spencer, Film Studio
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      Quad games abandoned
      73 15 IJUALA LIPIS, Fri.— The East Ctoast floods have caused the first day's play In the inter-state quadrangular hockey tournament here to be abandoned today. The padang was under five feet of water today. Officials are hoping that the water will subside quicklyenough for the tournament to begin
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        34 15 TOLH MATCH (Dunedin. NZ> Otago 340-6 <S.N. McGregor 86. RE. Long 71. J.W. Dtrcy 6-. B. Sutcliffe 59 n.0.. Larter 4-44) v MCC SHEFFIELD SHIELD (Melbourne): S. Australia 203 <Sarreant 63) Victoria 5-0.
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        TENNIS
        44 15 S. Al STRALIAN (SHIPS (Adetaldej: Men's •-fluls: R. Layer bt C Stubs 6-4. 6-2. 6-3; M. San«t«r (Bt) bt N. Gibson 2-6. 6-3, 2-6, 1-4. 6-4; women's finals: J. Le-' hane bt E. Duldlg 6-1. 6-1- M Smith bt M. Schacht 6-3. 6-2
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      Lock icon —North clubs also say 'no9 to offer by League
      196 15 —North clubs also say 'no 9 to offer by League MANCHESTER, Fri. ITX Professional footballers from England's northern clubs yesterday unanimously rejected the Football League's "final ofter" on wages and contracts. The players— 344 of them from 43 clubs thus supported their colleagues from the Midlands and the South who
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      $4,854 loss
      39 15 PENANG. Fri.— The FA. of Penang's financial position Is "not so satisfactory," says its ieport to the annual meeting to be held here on Jan. 17. The statement of accounts for 1960 shows a deficit of $4.854.
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      108 15 BUGGER MALAYA CUP FINAL: Selangor t Spore Joint Services (Merdeka Stadium 5.10 p.m.i; Malayan Planters v Malayan All-Blues (3.45 pjn.). FRIENDLY: SCC V RAF Chang! 'A' (Spore padang). SOCCER SPORE GSFA DIV. 2A: Police 'B 1 v TTS Hospital B (Kallang); DIV. 2B: Prisons v Woodbridge (Oeylangi. FRIENDLY: Perak v
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    Lock icon LAOS: NEW RUSSIAN AID
    542 16 Soviet plane directs artillery fire: Govt. Harvards hunt for Red air transports VIENTIANE, Fri. I 1 A RUSSIAN biplane was reported yesterday to have been directing artillery fire for Communist-supported rebels against Laotian Government troops- Military informal] design plane, a "Colt," Vieng theatre of oper The
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    DEATHS
    54 16 COVINDAMMAL. ml.- Of M. Supptah of C.E.B. Ipoh pasted away on 13.1.61. Funeral 14.1.61 at 2 p.m. from C.K. B. Compound. JOHN SANTA MARIA, 79 passed away peacefully at 296 Telok Kurau. Sttnicapore on 13/1/61 Cortege leaves residence 4 p.m. for St. Joseph* <pm.} on 14/1/61. For attention Alexander
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    21 16 THE FAMILY OF the Uito Mrs. Charlotte Stewart thank all relatives, friends for wreaths. condolences dnnnn their sad bereavement 7-1-61.
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    62 16 HAVE YOU BEEN to the Prince's Tea Room? Ask your friends who have been there They will confirm the delightful atmosphere. Pivgy sings daily from 3.30—7.00 p.m. A TREAT FOR the Ladles: Mrs. V. DiTon. Gala of London. Color connultant. is here to Rive you invaluable advice on your
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    86 16 'Common cold can't be cured' MELBOURNE. Fri. —lt was doubtful whether a cure could be found for the common cold, an Australian Nobel Prize winner, Sir Macfarlane Burnet, said today. These were many technical reasons why it would be a near Impossibility. Sir Macfarlane, director of Melbourne's Walter and Eliza
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    Korean art
    42 16 SINGAPORE, Frl. Five visiting Korean artists together with the Singapore Art Society, the China Art Society and the Equatorial Art Association will hold an exhibition of Korean paintings at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Hill Street, tomorrow, at 1.30 p.m.
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    Bank opening a new branch
    62 16 KLUANG. Fri. A branch of the United Malayan BankIng Corporation Limited will be opened here on Monday by the District Officer, Inche Abdul Raof bin Haji Mohamed Sa'at. General manager of ihc corporation, Mr. Lim Sli: Seng, this morning gave a tea party to local
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    Medical meeting
    26 16 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Dermatological Society and the Singapore Medical Association will hold their monthly clinical meetine at the Pathological Lecture Hall, next Wednesday.
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    French A-sub
    24 16 PARLS. Frl. The French Armed Forces Ministry said here today that France's first atomic submarine would be ready for operation by 1967.
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    361 16 LONDON, Frl— London stock markets ended an unseuied week on a firm note. After opening easier following still funner unfavourable MM from the motor industry, there was some improvement, later in respon.se to a certain amount of cheap buyingClosing middle prices of selected stocks not
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      Britons told: Don't dress like tramps abroad...
      62 16 Britons told: Don't dress like tramps abroad... British tourists were urged T yesterday by Sir David Eccl.'s, the Minister of Education often describtd as the best-dre.wd man In the Government: •For God's sake, don't go abroad looking like tramp; They must remember they come from a country which makes clothes,
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      28 16 Check on the treasury accounts at Komponcham. 60 miles from Phnom Penh. Cambodia, following the death of the French paymaster showed he had misappropriated funds totalling 56.5 million.
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      35 16 India's Supreme Court has dismissed a habeas corpus petition by Gopal Vinayak Godse. who is serving a Ufa term of 20 years' jail for complicity in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi nearly 13 years ago.
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      21 16 The Vatican has excommunicated all persons responsible for the expulsion of two Roman Catholic churchmen from the Caribbean Republic of Haiti.
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      14 16 Caruda Airline plans to open services to India, y Japan and Hong Kong soon.
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      19 16 Canada's opposition Liberal Party has pledged that, if returned to power. It would scrap interceptor planes and anti-aircraft missiles.
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      20 16 Last ol the Irish representative peers in Britain's House of Lords, the Earl of Kllmorey. has died. He was 78.
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