The Straits Times, 18 January 1961

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    20 1 I HA4.I HAM > CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 The Straits Times mat*- 1 Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1961. 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon BALUBAS GO WILD
    314 1 Tribesmen attack U.N. train three times Swedes hit back at raiders ELISABETHVILLE, Tuesday HUNDREDS of rebel Baluba tribesmen launched three separate attacks on a train carrying Swedish troops near Luena, in Katanga Province, this morning and were repulsed with heavy casualties, a United Nations spokesman announced here.
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    Lock icon Dalmia released on bail
    40 1 NEW DELHI, Tues. The Supreme Court here today granted special leave to millionaire industrialist Ram Krishna Dalmia. 67, to appeal Mainst a two-year jail sentence for fraud. The court also ordered his release on bail.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Gaitskell off
    24 1 LONDON. Tues. Mr% Hugh LQaiiMceli. leader of the Labour Party, left here today on la wetk's visit to the United f BtaUs._Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dr. Fisher to retire
    190 1 QUEEN TO CONFER A LIFE -PEERAGE ONPRIMATE- LONDON, Tues. Dr. Geoffrey Fisher. Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual head of the Church of England, announced here today that he would be retiring on May 31. A simultaneous statement from the office of the Prime Minister said that
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    Floods hit Jakarta
    57 1 JAKARTA, Tues. Torrential rains flooded many areas of Jakarta with up to five feet of water early today. The flooding came after more than two weeks of intermittent rain. At Kemajoran airport, the runways were surrounded by more than a foot of water although planes were still
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    Ong: Promise by counsel to have him appear
    880 1 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. £JOUNSEL for Mr. Ong Eng Guan promised today to get the former Minister for National Development to appear before the Commission of Inquiry set up by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara to inquire into allegations (by Mr. Ong) of nepotism against
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    Lock icon BRITAIN TO LEAD BID TO END LAOS WAR
    661 1 BRITAIN TO LEAD BID TO END LAOS WAR PNOMPENH, Tuesday. fl[R. MACMILLAN has said he hopes the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Home, will soon be able to invite his Soviet counterpart, Mr. Andrei Gromyko, to join him in asking Mr. Nehru to take measures to end the fighting in Laos,
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    Lock icon Express hits a gas lorry
    77 1 Express hits a gas lorry NEW ORLEANS, Tues. The crack streamlined express City of New Orleans collided with a lorry carrying butane gas near Magnolia, Mississippi, today, and the driver, the fireman and the lorry driver were all kilied, a railway spokesman said. The train, bound lor Chicago, belonged to
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    Lock icon Chief secretary
    26 1 JAKARTA. Tues. President Soekarno has appointed Mr. Icksan, former Indonesian Ambassador to Thailand, as his State Secretary, or chief of the Presidential staff.— Reuter.
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    Formby ill
    26 1 BLACKPOOL, Tues.— Oeorg-i Formby, well-known British comedian whose wife Beryl died on Christmas moriin?, was today reported to be ill himself, though not seriously.
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    Not for them...
    36 1 BAGDAD, Tues.— A book by Mr. Anthony Nutting, former British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, called "I saw for myself," has been banned in Iraq as containing "publicity for Zionism and Israel."
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    Lock icon King's visit
    20 1 COPENHAGEN, Tues King Frederik and Queen Ingrid of Denmark are to pay a short official visit to Thailand.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Red space shot?
    35 1 WASHINGTON. Tues.— The United States Defence Department has alerted radar outposts for a passible Soviet space shot in the central Pacific— on the eve of Mr. Kennedy's presidential inauguration of Friday.— Reuter.
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    $2,300 MORE FOR CHEER FUND
    754 1 KHALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Straits Times and Berita Harian Cheer Fund for the Malayan Special Force in the Congo today topped $15,000. Today's donations totalled $2,314.66. bringing the Fund to $15,394.66. Today's collection is the second highest for a day since the Fund was launched
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    Manila report baffles officials
    144 1 Manila report baffles officials IZUALA LUMPUR, **-Tues. Officials of the Ministries of Defence and External Affairs here were mystified today by a news agency report from Manila stating that Malaya would hold consultations "in the near future" with the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan on common security problems. 'Not ruled out'
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    LATEST
    19 1 RUSSIAN SHir MOLESTED MOSCOW In,>o\ict ship cUimrd M S*s •molcsttd fi>r MtaHUn todj-y Ul Ai-*t>Un fe» by dt^trcrvtf
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    Lonely Charlayne
    77 2 NEGRESS IS NOW BACK AT RIOT UNIVERSITY The Negro girl was one oi the first two of her race to attend the state institution. She and the other Negro student were suspended following riots at the university but have now been readmitted. U.P.I, picture. lyflSS Charlayne Hunter, framed
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    The cold stare, but no riots this time
    266 2 ATHENS (Georgia), Tuesday. TWO Negro students whose admittance to the University of Georgia last week sparked off a riot, returned yesterday under police escort and met a tense, silent acceptance. The sober faces if the two Negio students, Charlayne Hunter, 18. and
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    Lock icon Tidal wave hits 300 houses
    34 2 MANILA, Tues.— A tidal wave hit the town of Tago, Surigao del Sur province, yesterday destroying -300 houses and rendering about 3,000 people homeless. No deaths were reported UPI.
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    Lock icon RIOT MOBS STONE POLICE
    62 2 NAIROBI, Tues— Two European officers we;e Injured when police were stoned in a fresh outbreak of political rioting in Nakuru In Kenya's White Highlands last night. The police baton-charged crowds of Africans and forced them to disperse. A raid on the offices of both African political
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    Lock icon CLOSE THAI WATCH ON THE BORDERS
    160 2 BANGKOK, Tuesday. THE Thai Government today ordered strict conA trol measures on Thailand's north and north west border with Burma following news that heavj fighting had broken ou- in Burmese territory ad joining Thailand. The Interior Ministry has ordered both provincial authorities and border
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    Lock icon Queen, Philip 'return to posed regal dignity'
    355 2 Queen, Philip 'return to posed regal dignity' LONDON. Tues. -The Press today gave a mixed reception to new official photographs of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, issued to mark their forthcoming tour of India, Pakistan. Nepal and Persia. The photographs, taken by 48-year-old Anthony Buckley, portray the royal couple in
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    Lock icon UN study team
    40 2 NEW YORK. Tues.— Tht United Nations is to send a diplomatic mission to the United States-administered strategic trust territory of the Pacific Islands to makt a six-week study of conditions there, it was announced last night.— Reuter.
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    Dag rebukes Kasavubu
    403 3 U.N. REPRESENTATIVE DAYAL STAYS IN THE CONGO, HE SAYS, AND GIVES A WARNING ON FALSE ALLEGATIONS NEW YORK, Tuesday. rPHE U.N. secretary-general, Mr. Dag Ham- marskjoeld, last night rejected a demand from the Congolese President, Mr. Joseph Kasavubu, that the IX. chief representative in the Congo, Mr.
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    Lock icon Dr. Edith is created a life peeress by the Queen
    325 3 Dr. Edith is created a life peeress by the Queen THE COMMONS LOSES ONE OF ITS; MOST FORCEFUL SPEAKERS LONDON, Tues.— Queen Elizabeth created Dr. Edith Summerskill, the Labour politician, a life peeress in a New Years honours list published today. The list, Issued from the Prime Minister's office, also
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    Lock icon Nobel man named
    46 3 PALM BEACH. Tues. Nobel Prize-winning chemist. Dr.- Glenn Seaborg. was named by President-elect Kennedy last night to be chairman of the Atomic Eiergy Commission. Dr. Seaborg, 48. won the Nobel Prize in 1951 for his discovery of the element Plutonium in 1940. Reuter.,
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    Lock icon WE HOPEFUL OF MAN IN ORBIT SOON
    126 3 WE HOPEFUL OF MAN IN ORBIT SOON WASHINGTON, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Eisenhower said in his budget message yesterday that United States scientists were hopeful they could put a man in orbit around the earth this year. He also said the launching of p.n unmanned satellite to the moon may take place
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    Lock icon BELGIAN STRIKERS IN NEW FLARE-UP
    147 3 BRUSSELS, Tuesday. QENDARIV'ES opened fire in a clash with strikers near Liege yesterday, fatally wounding an exboxing champion and a woman in a new flare-up of violence in the "Red belt." while peace moves went on in the capital. Joe Woussem, 32, former lightweight champion
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    Lock icon SUBANDRIO: 'A CLOSER ACCORD WITH MOSCOW...'
    110 3 SUBANDRIO: 'A CLOSER ACCORD WITH MOSCOW...' JAKARTA. Tues.— The Indonesian Foreign Minister. Dr. Subandrlo, returned from Moscow today and said that Indonesia and Russia had reached closer understanding on world problems. Dr. Subandrlo was a member of the Indonesian mission which recently concluded an arms buying agreement with the Soviet
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    Lock icon KHRUSHCHEV TO GO ON AFRICAN TRIP
    62 3 KHRUSHCHEV TO GO ON AFRICAN TRIP MOSCOW. Tues— The Russian Premier. Mr. Khrushchev, will visit Africa. Tass said yesterday. Tass said Mr. Khrushchev had accepted an invitation by Mr. Sylvanus Olymplo, Prime Minister of the new African state of Togo, to visit his country. No date for the visit was
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    Lock icon Britain hanged innocent man, claims author
    465 3 LONDON, Tuesday AN author who be- lleves Britain hanged an innocent man in 1949 yesterday called at the Home Office to deliver to Mr. R. A. Butler, the Home Secretary, a book in which he expounds this view. He was Mr. Ludovic Kennedy, author,
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    Lock icon Adenauer agrees to Erhard as heir
    135 3 Adenauer agrees to Erhard as heir gON.N, Tues. Dr. Konrad Adenauer, 85-year-old West German Chancellor, has agreed to let Prof. Ludwig Erhard. 63. his popular economics Minister, be named as his eventual successor. Government sources said today. Observers believe that with a Federal election due this autumn, the ruling Christian
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    Lock icon India gets $64m. reactor
    69 3 UOMBAY. Tues. The 1 Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, yesterday inaugurated a new £7.500,000 <$64 million) experimental reactor here, and said It wculd not be used "for India's progress alcne." "Let other countries, parti cularly Asia and Africa, take advantage of It and utilise its benefits for
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    Factory hand on murder charge
    196 4 Factory hand on murder charge SINGAPORE, Tues. A pay day quarrel between two factory workers ended in murder, the High Court here was told today. In the dock stood Yeo Peh Choh alias Botak, 20, an employee of the Singapore Tobacco Factory, who was charged with the murder of a
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    Rain havoc in padi state
    270 4 HOPES FOR A RECORD HARVEST KILLED: 65,000 PLANTERS HIT BY THE BAD WEATHER ALOR STAR, Tuesday UNEXPECTED rains this month have killed the hopes of 65,000 Kedah padi planters for a record harvest this season. Up to last month, they had been expecting an excellent
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    Inche Yusof at dance show
    55 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak. accompanied by his wife, Che Noor Aishah, tonight attended the two and a half hour show, "Dances of India," by Ganga and Madhavl. at the Victoria Theatre. It was in aid of the Singapore Government
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    New president
    23 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Dr. Chong Tong Mun was elected president of the Kallang Airport Estate Community Association at the general meeting recently.
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    Vacate W.D. land order
    91 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Seventh Magistrate, Mr. James Loh, today ordered the issue of a warrant of dispossession against Ng Her Sim, a farmer, for unlawful encroachment of War Department land. Mr. Loh allowed Ng two months to vacate the land at Clement! Road. No fine was
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    Lions luncheon
    35 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. John C. Lee, manager of Malayan Research Services, will give a talk to members of Lions Club at their luncheon to be held at Regency Room, Raffles Hotel, on Thursday.
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    Hotel clerk gets jail term for procuring
    145 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. A hotel clerk, Ng Kirn Leng, was found guilty on two counts of procuring women for the purpose of prostitution by a district court here today. He was jaUed for 12 months on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. Ng
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    ATTENDANT FALLS 105 FEET DOWN A LIFT PIT
    176 4 ATTENDANT FALLS 105 FEET DOWN A LIFT PIT SINGAPORE, Tues. The head lift attendant of the Asia Insurance Building fell 105 feet from the ninth storey of the building to his death, the Assistant Coroner, Mr. Loke Slew Hoong, was told today. Llm Chi an. 50, of Changl Road, was
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    ONLY WINNER OF QUEEN'S AWARD AT JAMBOREE
    71 4 ONLY WINNER OF QUEEN'S AWARD AT JAMBOREE SINGAPORE, student, Bay Yew Chuan, who was the only scouter to be awarded the Queen's Scout Certificate at the 6th Australian Jamboree, held near Sydney recently. The jamboree, held at Lansdowne, from Dec. 29 to Jan. 9, was attended by 15,000 scouts from
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    Moving house
    26 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Survey Department will be removing from Fullerton Building to its new office on the ground floor, City Hall, as from Friday.
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    GEC CHIEF PRESENTS SERVICE AWARDS
    97 4 OINGAPORE, Tner Sir O Leslie Gamage, the retiring chairman and managing director of the General Electric Co., Ltd., flew into Singapore today by BOAC for an hoar's stop-over in the course of his world tour. At a cocktail party given in his honour at the
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    3 YEARS FOR 'WELL EDUCATED MAN'
    219 4 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. OONALD MINJOOT, described by his counsel as K% "a young man of good education from a respectable Christian family," was today Jailed for three years by the Second Criminal District Court for housebreaking and theft. Minjoot. 23, had pleaded guilty to a
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    $3,321 for Bukit Timah fire victims
    171 4 SINGAPORE, Tues.—Fiftyfour victims of the recent fire in Buklt Timah today shared a total of $3,321 from public donations. The money was distributed to them in shares of $37 by the Social Welfare Department on behalf of the Council of Social Services. The Bukit
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    Variety show to aid spastics
    47 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Spastic Children's Association of Singapore will hold a variety show to raise funds at 8.30 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the Badminton Hall. The show will be under the patronage of the Yang diPertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak.
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      368 4 Y.W.C.A. (Outram Road) GICAL SOCIETY AND BINGADresstnalung 11 ajn. and 230 GAPORE MEDICAL ASSOCIApm TION: Monthly clinical meetPOXGGAL FESTIVAL CE- ing. Pathological Lecture Hall LEBRATIONS: Fifth day ceie- 815 p.m. bratlons at Rangoon Road from NARAYANAGURUKOLA AB> 6.30 p.m. to 11.30 pm. SOCIATION (SEMBAWANG): Y.M.CA.: Billiards lightning Indian Classical Dance
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    SHARP EYE OUT FOR ILLEGAL CRACKERS
    97 5 SHARP EYE OUT FOR ILLEGAL CRACKERS KUALA LIMPIR, Taes. With the approach of Chinese New Year, Customs officers are keeping an extra sharp look-out to prevent consignments of illegal crackers being smuggled into the Federation. For the 12-year ban on crackers is still in force, although the Emergency which prompted
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    The soccer girls get down to it
    102 5 TRAINING NOW IN FULL SWING FOR CONGO CHEER FUND MATCH AT STADIUM CELANGORS women footbailers are training hard every evening at the Victoria Institution ground in Kuala Lampur for their match against Per a k women at the Merdeka Stadium on Feb. 3
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    Tengku's call to ungenerous: Help varsity
    405 5 Tengku's call to ungenerous: Help varsity KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today called on "ungenerous men' who were dodging income tax to make contributions for the development of the University of Malaya. He was addressing top educationists from Commonwealth and South -East Asian countries attending the
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    S'pore men leave for Ecafe talks
    91 5 S'pore men leave for Ecafe talks CINGAPORE. Tues.— Mr. Low Por Tuck. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, left for Sar.gkok to day by CPA to attend the frurth session of the Ecafe committee on trade. Hs leads a three-man delegation to the conference which opens tomorrow. The two
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    Air youths' goodwill trip to Australia
    163 5 D E N A N G. Tues.— Two y rths from the Malayan Air Training Corps Cpl. A. P. Devldas, 14, and Cpl. Tan Hek Koon, 18— will be guests of the A.T.C. of the Royal Australian Air Force next week. After arriving at
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    FOUR ACCUSED IN ONG KIDNAP CASE
    79 6 FOUR ACCUSED IN ONG KIDNAP CASE CINGAPORE, Tues. k Four men were remanded in custody after they were charged in a magistrate's court today with kidnapping a rubber estate owner, Ong Leong Seng, in Yio Chu Kang Road on Christmas Eve. They are: Tan Woon Nam, Tan Chin Mln, Lee
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    500 UNIFORMS SEIZED
    321 6  -  HO SAI HONG, Cargo believed going to Indonesian rebels grabbed in ambush By Penang. Tues. CUSTOMS officers ambushed a motorpowered sampan off Telok Bahang last night and seized over 500 camouflaged marine uniforms believed to be destined for the Indonesian rebels. They also seized duplicating machine, a
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    Drifted for a week
    268 6 PENANG. Tuesday A SHIPOWNER and two members of his crew drifted for a week in the Straits of Malacca before they were rescued by a Japanese fishing vessel. Loh Klan Bok, 46. a father of 11 children, and his companions, 00l Loh Hwa, and Ben Tok
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    THREE MORE THUGS HELD
    70 6 SINGAPORE. Tues. Police have detained three more gangsters, who were involved in the series of kidnappings of wealthy businessmen here last year. All three are now being held in Changi prison. The number of n»*a now in prison for their part in these abductions is 40
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    A.A. HEAD WILL VISIT MALAYA
    85 6 A.A. HEAD WILL VISIT MALAYA KIM A LITMPI'R. Tues. The chairman of the Automobile Association in Britain, Lord Brentford, is due to arrive here by air on Friday for a four-day visit to the Federation. He will be accompanied by Lady Brentford. The A. A. of Malaya will bold a
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    AHMAD ON THE LOCAL WAY TO BECOME A LAWYER
    211 6 cteps to enable local law students to qualify as practising lawyers in Singapore and the Federation without having to go to England were outlined by the State Advocate-Gene-ral, Inche Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim, today. He was expanding on his statement at
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    Reminder on George VI stamps
    72 6 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Postmaster-General, Malaya, announced today that the period of three months' grace, during which holders of all 1. 2. 4, 9. 6. 8, 10. 12, 20, 25. 35, 50 cents and $1. $2, and $5 postage stamps of the States of Malacca and
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      283 6 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 5. Faux pa* In at* pttbU9. Bt» i down. city experts (6). 10. OommaadftUon far Using 6. Gloomy weekend far Muaas French leave? going around old city (9) 1L Raving won at dloe he's sent 7. Destiny crosses one's path at to Coventry (7). weekend (6).
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    20 7 THE victory at Agineourt won against fearful adds at French rhiratru eratvned the tame at Henry
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    Lock icon Scourge of France was hero of Britain
    1194 7 100 PRINCES AND LORDS, AND 11,000 MEN RODE TO DEATH QX the morning of October 25, 1415, the chivalry of France rode to destruction across a rain-sodden meadow near the River Somme. Nearly 100 princes and great lords, 1,500 knights and 10,000 common
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    32 8 M Words SM (Minimum) MR. P. SAMOAMAIAMV, 68, paaacd away after lane Illness 17.1.61. Cortege leaves «34E Clemenceau Are. 4.00 v m. 18.1.61 for Lady of Lourdes Church tbence to Bidadart
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    35 8 2* WtU Ut (Mtmimum) MR. AMD MM. CHEOK SOS KOON thank their friends, relstwas tor tnr.r assistance, gttts on the occasion or their brother's msmaat Dr. Check Soo Tack ta CAraßaa Caen on 14.1.61.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    229 8 in Word* tl» (Minimmtn) MISS IRENE will now attend to TOOT hair In May Foenf Beauty Salon at »l Devonshire Road. MoEanar*. a. Tab *****. ONLY BMO Kor a Nora* Re trlxf rater. lattSSl model 12 ru. ft. site. See your Nortc dealer today. Spare. Prsaatj only. SKINNY PANTS.
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    The Straits Times Wednesday, January 18. 1961. S.E. Asian Studies
    643 8 The Straits Times Wednesday, January 18. 1961. S.E. Asian Studies Conferences meeting in both divisions of the University of Malaya this week are healthy signs of an incipient South East Asian consciousness among the region's academics. The Singapore division, soon to assume the status of an independent national university, deserves
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    Arms Deal
    372 8 There will be some surprise at the Federation Government's announcement that it is to give stores and equipment to South Vietnam for use by its police. These supplies will include unarmed steel-plated vehicles and shotguns used by Malayan police and home guards during the Emergency which are needed
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    Toa Payoh
    187 8 So the Toa Payoh satellite town is to go ahead. Fanners, not to mention some squatters, may be expected to raise some protests about the inevitable loss of land, just as many did in 1956 when the draft Master Plan, including the Toa Payoh scheme, was laid open
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    THE GRIM LEGACY THIS MAN INHERITS...
    1043 8 THE GRIM LEGACY THIS MAN INHERITS... VERNON BARTLETT underlines the tremendous task that Kennedy takes on this Friday... I SPENT one beautiful summer morning in 1 940 at an airfield in Kent Biggin Hill, as far as I remember with that most unspoiled of film stars, Leslie Howard. We were
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    Apartheid
    698 8 The first big signs of wavering loyalty to Dr. V's hated policy CAPETOWN, Tuesday The new session of the South African Parliament, which opens on Friday and which should see the country's transition to republican status, may also be marked by a fresh outburst of controversy on the apartheid
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      107 8 METRONOME Bates Pr»ci«lao-huili JACCARA m I rill I l > IH Mot**. j e*s« awe made in the world Vsm Walt* i— rirej Ceitre in Switzerland and are the mo»t «e--liatoe) end accurate) instrument to otd music students in TrmeKeeping" exercise*. E<_ch aeot m audibly morked i with o cleor
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    Boy told: '$400 or I'll beat you'
    229 9 PUPIL PASSES MARKED NOTES TO YOUTH AS POLICE WATCH, THEN TRAP IS SPRUNG SEREMBAN, Tuesday. A TEENAGE cycle mechanic was found **-guilty in the magistrate's court here today of attempting to extort $406 from a 13-year-old pupil of an English school here. The
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    Praise for Tengku's blow at apartheid
    90 9 Praise for Tengku's blow at apartheid KUALA TRENGGANU, Tnei.— The secretarygeneral of Party Negara, Inche Garieb Abdul Raof, today praised Tengko Abdul Rahman for granting political asylum to three South African Malay families. He suggested that the Federation Government should offer "more shelter" to South African Malays. Inche Garieb was
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    Cemeteries give planners a headache
    173 9 Cemeteries give planners a headache fOHORE BAHRU, Tues. jJ Town planning officials here find it very difficult, "if not impossible" to estimate the areas required for future Chinese cemeteries In the report on the plan for the new Johore Bahru town, the State Planning Officer, Mr. Y. H. Ylng. said
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    Misadventure, says coroner
    55 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Assistant Coroner. Mr. Loke Slew Hoong, today recorded a verdict of misadventure on a carpenter who was electrocuted in a workshop In Sembawa Road on Aug. 31. Lee Ah Tong, 58, of North Bridge Road, was trying to connect a lamp to a live
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    Wanted: Head of a TUC section
    37 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Trades Union Congress Is looking for an economics graduate to head its research section. Applications should reach the secretary-general, TUC headquarters In Queen Street, before Jan. 25.
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    AGENT FOR ILLEGAL MONEYLENDER GETS A $500 FINE
    176 9 AGENT FOR ILLEGAL MONEYLENDER GETS A $500 FINE SINGAPORE, Tuesday. T*HE criminal district court was told today how 10 1 employees of the Malaya Publishing House obtained loans from an unlicensed moneylender. "They did this through; their colleague, Chan Wai Cheng, a compositor In the firm," said the prosecutor. Insp.
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    Condemned man's plea is rejected
    94 9 LONDON, Tues. The judicial committee of the Privy Council, meeting here today, refused a petition by M. Sinaraju asking for special leave to appeal against a murder conviction in the High Court at Ipoh in July last year. Sinaraju, 30, was jointly tried with A.
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    Japanese mine made harmless
    55 9 SINGAPORE. Tues.— Men of the Royal Navy bomb and mine disposal unit of the Far East Station in Singapore recently disposed of a live wartime Japanese mine In Ari Atoll, in the Maldive Islands, off the west coast of South India. The men were led by
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    Date fixed for murder trial
    60 9 SINGAPORE; Tues.— The trial of Wong Kirn Wan, alias Linda Fong, a former cabaret supervisor, on a charge of murdering Tan Kirn Toh, a businessman, at a house in Kirn Pong Road at 2 a.m. on Sept. 20 last, is fixed for hearing at the
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    Film star envoys back
    72 9 BINOAPORE. Tues.— Two Malayan film stars. Sa'adlah and Orchid Wong, returned here today after being goodwill ambassadors for Singapore on the KLM DC-8 Inaugural flight to Europe. They were among 24 guests of the airline from Singapore, the Federation and North Borneo. The actresses distributed tourist
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    Melissa, a 50,000 miles jet girl
    133 9 Melissa, a 50,000 miles jet girl KUALA LUMPUR. Toes. A smiling 11-year-old girl who "jut loves" travelling by jet aircraft was today presented with a certificate by Boac's general manager, Mr. B. W. Bampfylde. The document, which Melissa Cunliffe (above) received at a ceremony here, marked her completion of 50.000
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    Cinema talks
    26 9 SINGAPORE, Tues.— Are* supervisors and 12 theatre managers and assistant managers of Cathay Organisation first-ran cinemas are at present attending a fiveday conference here.
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    'ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLE OF LAW THAT HE MUST PROVE ALLEGATION'
    565 9 Mr. Justice Chua then remarked that Mr. Ong Eng Guan did not appear to be present in court. Mr. L. M. Ong said his client was unable to be present today, but he "may, In the course of things," be present
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    304 10 ftosli bin Haji Oman, aged 13; 4038 A, Jalan Paslr Puteh, Kola Bahru. Kelantan; member Wise Owls Club; stamps, reading, cycling, correspondence. Murphy Oh, aged 17; 87, Sllai Road, Singapore 3; star-photof view-cards, requesting. William Wee, aged 16; 25-76. Changi Road, Singapore 14; cycling,
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    In desperation, Mat turns to his grandfather's ook of magic!
    960 10  - In desperation, Mat turns to his grandfather's ook of magic! KATHLEEN HICKLEY -by- MAT Mousedeer has started a jungle school which a large number of animals attend, but as usual Bakar Bear gives him a lot of trouble. In the middle of a cooking lesson Bakar deliberately splashes Mat with
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    825 10 Louise Neubeeker, aged II; 3804. 12th Street. N.W-, Canton 8, Ohio, U.S.A., reading starms. Lucilla Lo, aged 14: 10-4, Caicada do Tronco, Velho, Macao; movies, stumps. Anrette Cain, aged 14; 264, Wahikulj Street, Lahaina. Maul, Hawaii: correspondence. Hueli O'Konnor, 36. Kennedy Court, Leonard Street Kenllworth. Johannesburg, Soutit
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      1400 11 tuiitiNc THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. T Vi™ SINGAPORE (Itctrptrattd it On Otittd Kittdtm) II UNO SAILS tl ADEN. UK t CONTINENTAL PORTS Sport P. S'nm Ptnang KNATTtW Ltriii, Hamburg. Middlesbrough -It Part/11 Jm lENMACDROI Liverpool. Antwerp, Rotterdam. Hamburg 21/23 Jai 2a7lt JM 24/29 JM •ENAIBANACB llfllig. London. S'mouth 21/21
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    578 12 BUSINESS on me Singapore section of the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday was: Industrials: Boustead SI. 18: Fed. Dlsp. 51. 52; K and N. ords (3) $2.06, 12.05: Oammon $2.22: H. Waugn 11.47: M. Breweries $3; M. Box $2.15 xd: Slmc Darby 6s Ad. D: Cold Storac* SI.S2.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    118 12 MELBOURNE, Tues. INVESTMENT shares maintained a steady trend here today. Herald gained Is. to 465. 6d. but Henry Jones eased 2s. to 675. 6d. Base metals and the oils remained firm. Timor rose Is. lid. to 6s. sd. Commonwealth Bonds held a firm tone. N.B.H. (10*.) 196 B
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    128 12 THE Chinese Produce Exchange, Singapore, noon prices pet plcul yesterday were: Copra: Quiet; UK/Contlnem Jan./Peb. Bhipmente $264 buyers, $27 sellers. Coconut oil: Quiet: bulk $41% sellers, dium $44Vs sellers. Pepper: Quiet; no business was reported done. Muniolc white $242.30. Sarawak $*****. special Sarawak black $160 and garbled Lampong
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    149 12 SHIM lying aisnislds Mis llngapers Harbsur Beard wharvt. W sxptct sd teday ars: Tancred 1/2. Maas Lloyd 4 5. Jakaruta Maru 6A. Kwangsl «'7. 14aron S 9. Enkel Maru 10 11. Martha Bakkf 13 14, Hodakasan Maru 15/16. Tamesls 18. Thorstrand 19. East 8e» N Wall 1. Serial
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    STOCK INDICES
    23 12 Malayan Stock Exchange: Jan. 17 Jan. 16 Industrial*: ***** 13S.H Tins- ***** 197.10 Rubbers: 235 20 214.58 Jan. 1 1958 100
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    FALL IN RUBBER CAUSES MARKET VOLUMEJ TO CONTRACT
    1220 12 FALL IN RUBBER CAUSES MARKET VOLUMEJ TO CONTRACT By Our Market Correspondent reports thai tin shipment* from Peiiang and Singapore In the flrs: 15 days of January were 3.7014 tons, against 4,264 tons In the same period of December and 7,744 tons foi' the full month. The top destination In
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    CLOSING PRICES
    38 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17. RUBBER: 82" 8 cents per lb. (down seveneighths of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 82^8 cents (quiet). TIN: $389 per picul (down H| cents). Estimated unofficial offering 260 tons tup 20 tons).
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    RUBBER PRICES
    214 12 UKBRI ARY first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 82 cents per lb.. down seven-eighths of a cent on Monday's close. The tone was quiet. S.C.C -R. A. closing prices In cents per lb.. yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 82';. sellers 82^;
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    108 12 siatlen made the following ebangea in UK rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100) New Verb, buying airmail T.T. 32 15/16. CD. 33 1/16. 90 d/st 33 5/16 credit bllla. 33 7 16 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32t, O.U. 321. 90 d/st 33 5 16
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      242 12 JIM ISRAEL NAVIGATION /♦T^A"""" COMPANY. LTD. EILAT FAR EAST SERVICE Sails Eillt Part S'kaa Siifaatf* RESAHY* (ftrtwart) Suit* 2 Fe» 4 Fit S'pari Ftsaii Cilal MS»m (HMtwari) l/IMar It/11 Mar 15 Mar 7 «ar BARRETTO SHIPPING TRADING CO., LTD. 49/51 ROBINSON ROAD. SPORE TEL: *****/8 v-_ THE BURMA FIVE STAR
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      381 12 TENDERS MALAYAN RAILWAY Re-decking decayed and damaged Bridge Timbers in 8 spans of Guillemard Bridre at Sunfei Kasial. Tenders will be received from Class A' registered contractors for the above work by the Tender Opening Board c/o Chief Accoun--1 tant. Malayan Railway, Kuala Lumpur up to 12.00 noon on Monday
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      1054 12 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS Work In connection with urgent exte lsions In Changi 94 m.s. Substation will necessitate tlie Interruption ol electricity supplies between the hours ol 8.30 ajn. and 6.30 p.m on Thursday. 19th January. 1961. Consumers in the t3iiowlng areas will be afiected: Koh
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      276 12 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE SINGAPORE PROPERTIES To be held at our saleroom New. 14 A 16 Robinson Rd-. S'por* ON THURSDAY 19th JANUARY. 1961 at 230 P.M. Nos. 310/ A to 318 'A (even) AND Nos. 322/ A LAVENDER ST. Freehold. Area ranging from 1.741 to 3.068 sq.ft. Monthly
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      1598 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN KUALA LUMPUR Applications are Invited lor trie appointment of a full time Physician for the University Heslth Sen-Ice. The doctor appointed will be expected to look after the health of the students and also certain categories of employees of the University. Applicants should be
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      993 13 (Continued from Page 8) SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Word* SS (Mlm.)— Box SO ett. extra 72 PECK SEAH Street. Singapore, position filled. Applicants thanked. BOX AS7S2 S.T., K.L. Position Filled Applicants thanked. WANTED Doctor (or a clinic in central Johore. Apply stating qualifications and salary expected. Box A 4611 S.T. Spore.
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      911 13 SITUATIONS VACANT 10 Word* SS (Mln.)— Box SO ct*. extra "QLINIAGLIS HOSPITAL" There are vacancies for trained nurses. Applicants must be registered with the Singapore Nursing Board and with the ilidwlves' Board of Singapore. An not over 35 yean. Apply to Matron, Oleneagles Hospital. Napier Road, Singapore 10. SITUATIONS WANTED
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      837 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 2* Word* SS (Mm Box SO et*. extra NIWLY COMPLETED and ready for Immediate occupation. Doublestorey bungalow, 4 -room Mosaic Par-quet-Flooring, Spacious garden, modern sanitation, etc. Freehold. Dlstrict-11. Apply Albert Lira, Phone ***** from 11 a.m. c/o, Peiplng Store. 6 Raffles Place, Slngapore-1. HOLLAND CROVI DRIVE:
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      828 13 BOOKS PUBLICATIONS tO Word* SS (Mlm.)— Box St eta. extra SELF STUDY EDUCATIONAL BOOKS 'Malay- Made-Easy Series" to be sold at clearance prices. Catalogue available M.E.C.S. Box 682, Slnga-pore-1. AVAILABLE NOW THI NIW INTERNATIONAL ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA 6 HANDSOME VOLUMES SPECIAL LOW PRICE $80 THE SET INDISPENSABLE FOR SCHOOLS, HOMI. OFFICES
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      777 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE 10 Word* SS (Mim.)— Box SO et*. extra It5S F/PftlFfCT, 1958 M/Mlnor 1000. 1957 F/Prefect, 1956 F/Prefsct. 1950 Austin A/40. 19M Pontlac-Trade-in-acc«ptwl. Hlap Buat Co., 243 Middle Road. Singapore. Tel: *****. ISSI/2 PIAT 1400 good condition w/rmdlo. Selling at $1,000/-. Ring ***** (8) for Eddie (office hoars)
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      809 13 FOR SALE 20 Wordt SS (Mm Box SO ett. extra FIT A WASHABLE air-filter to your air-condltloncr and also available filtercoat for Odor and Dust removing. Call at Singapore Refrigeration Company or Phonr Spore 2219<i. CHINESE NIW YEAR Offer: "Phllco" refrigerator 8.3 cubic feet all yours for only $650/- available
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      1110 14 LAURIE Johnson, who got off a fine start in the new season with a winning double on Sunday, can follow up with Cha Cha Cha (Race 3) and Hi Society (Race 4) at Ipoh today. Hi Society, a fllly by Newtown Wonder
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      87 14 HI SOCIETY: Meets a moderate field in Race 4: Impressed when setond to Fair Castle 3ver 6f at Kuala Lumpur in October. OBEDIENT SON: Proved too good for Class 4 at Penang last month; should i give a repeat perI formance in Race 6. BEST OUTSIDER KAKI KUOA:
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      127 14 TONY SHRIVE, a 25-year--1 old English Jockey, has arrived in Malaya to ride for Mr. A. P. Lim. A former top apprentice, Shrive has had his share of winners in England and among his successes was the Stewards Cup on Vilmoray. Shrive has
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      154 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 MOVIE FAN Rapid Air New State MOVIE FAN Demarara Bonanza MOVIE FAN Bonanza Jalan Besar Race 2 SIO PWAR Kaki Kuda Gun Runner RKDSKIN Bonirie Express Kaki Kuda KAKI Xl DA Bonnie Express Ellen's Tieasure Kaot 3 CHA CHA CHA Spore Glory
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      1327 14 Race 1 2.15: Class 5. Div. 2 6F. 1 ***** Nazarth (H. N. Tan) Teh, 4 9.0 Wilson 11 2 ***** Chemise (K. M. Humt E. Breuk.. 5 9.0 Chadwich 10 3 ***** Rapid Air (Keng Hwa St.i Mawi. 5 8.12 Johnson 2 4 ***** Raffles Square (L
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    795 15 JACK FINGLETON reporting on THE THIRD TEST fourth day HARVEY AND O'NEILL START FIGHT BACK— W.I. STILL LEAD BY 282 SYDNEY. Tuesday JUST after 2.30 p.m. here today, Australia set out on the gigantic task of making 464 runs in 540 minutes to win the Third Test.
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    146 15 WEST INDIES Ist inns 339 AUSTRALIA Ist inns 202 WEST INDIES 2nd innings (overnight 179-7) HUNT*, c O'Neill b Davidson 1 SMITH c Simpson b Benaud 55 KANHAI c Martin o Davidson 3 SOBERS c Grout b Davidson 1 WORRELL lbw Benuud 82 NUR.SK c Harvey b Henaud 11
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    119 15 Sours crash to second defeat T ONDON. Tues.— Manchester United, with goalkeeper Harry Oregg Injured for half the match, Inflicted the second defeat of the season on English Football League First Division leaders Tottenham Hotspur when they beat them 2-0 at Old Trafford, Manchester, last night Hero of the match,
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    365 15 T ONDON. Tucs. In a JLj dramatic reply to the threatened professional footballers' strike on Saturday, the English Football League said yesterday that the full day's programme would take place on Friday. In telegram to all English clubs, the League secretary, Mr. Alan Hardaker. instructed
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    212 15 SOCCER SPORE GSCA LEAGL'E: Div. 1 RMN Volunteer Reserves 14 ißasri 8. Nawawl 2, Rahim t Tlang Lye, Roadl) Telephone Board 0 FRIENDLY (Begamat>: PWO Begamat 3 (Harun 2, Wahid; Police l (Kirn Aun). HOCKEY r E A r CHAMPIONSHIP (g'pore): Beletar 6 (Dim 4. Snell. Brevln) Kai
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    34 15 MADRAS, Tues. India scored 345 for five In reply to Pakistan's 448 for eight declared on the fourth day of the Fourth Test here today. Polly Urn ri gar scored 117. Reuter.
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