The Straits Times, 26 January 1961

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  • 18 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 510.000 He***** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1961. 15 CENTS.
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  • 398 1 RADIO FIXES PIRATE LINERs POSITION Change of course now heading North SINGAPORE. Wed 'Influenced by the Ministers? Never' SAY THREE PSC MEMBERS rpHREE members of the Public Service Com- mission today said on oath that on no occasion were they influenced by any Minister in the
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  • 680 1 People aboard cable: We are safe NEW YORK, Wednesday pLANES and warships scoured the Atlantic east of Barbados today after a radio "fix" pinpointed the Portuguese "pirate liner" Santa Maria. The "iix" placed the liner 400 miles cust of Guudaloupe, indicating thut the ship has changed course and is heading
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  • 69 1 QUEEN ELIZABETH had a 10-minute ride on a golden howdah on the back of an elephant in the inner courts of the pink sandstone palace at Jaipur, Rajasthan on the second day of the Royal tour of India. She sat in the iront seat of the howdah
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  • 237 1 STOREMEN IN MISSWG DAKOTA JAKARTA, Wednesday. Singapore men are among X 2\ people 10 passengers and live crew in a Dakota missing between Jakarta and Bandoeng since yesterday morning. One is Mr. L. Oswald. Singapore manager of Swissair. The other is Mr. Anthony Hasdock-Hill. said to be a British professor
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  • 38 1 LOS ANGELES. Wed. Playboy Tommy Manville was sued yesterday for more than US$l million by his nin'.h wife. She charged that ne obtained a fraudulent divorce by having her twin sister impersonate her. U.P.I.
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  • 96 1 10 polio cases in a week KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Ten cases of poliomyelitis were reported in the Federation in the first week of this month, it was disclosed today. Eight of the cases occurred in Selangor. one in Penang and the tenth in Malacca. There was no death. The Minister
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  • 65 1 MEDAN. Wed.— An Indonesian merchant ship collided with an unidentified South Vietnamese warship on Jan. 15 in the Strait of Malacca, the Navy has reported here. The Indonesian ship was identified as the Kalimantan. The collision took place about ten miles off the coast of Malaya,
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  • 399 1 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore Trades Union Congress today asked all workers in the State to stop work at 3.30 p.m. tomorrow and be present at the Padang by 4.15 p.m. to honour Dr. Ferhat Abbas, Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Algeria. In a statement, the
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  • 19 1 LINER SIGHTING m w yora DsaMl Ircii'htcr lji" 2.*'il he sjw N:tnt:i M I nun miles oastof Trum'
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    • 86 1 First €hmhm of 1961 We otter the newest ana best ooticot service. It you hove been wearing our gioues during 1960, you'll wont to continue the patronage. It you have not yet tried our service make it your tirst New Year's resolution to moke a conven.ont appointment or better still
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  • 801 2 THE CHUAffgfj COMMISSION OF INQUIRY SINGAPORE, Wednesday J^ MEMBER of the Public Service Com m i s sion, Dr. Phay Seng Whatt, told the Inquiry Commission today that when he recommended Mr. Kwa Soon Chuan lor appointment as Deputy Commissioner
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  • 60 2 COLUNSEL AT THE INQUIRY FOR MR. ONC INC CUAN. wkoM allcg*tioi»« of nepotism jgjinst the Prim* Minister and the Minister for Labour and Law in the Legislative Assembly, form the subject of the inquiry: Mr. L. M. Ong jnd Mr. Philip Lju. ASSISTINC THE COMMISSION: Inche Ahmad Ibrahim, the State
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  • 6521 2 Lee: Will you tell inquiry we were in same 5ch001...? MR. LIM KIM SAN TELLS OF 'MESS' IN THE HOUSING BOARD AND OF HIS GREAT RELUCTANCE TO TAKE THE POST THE CHUA COMMISSION OF INQUIRY THE CHUA COMMISSION OF INQUIRY Meadows to be called: Questions about a
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  • 220 2 'OFFICER CAN BE PLACED IN AN ACTING POST WITHOUT PSC APPROVAL' approve the secondment, and it did. In reply to Inche Ahmad. Dr. Phay said that in considering the case of Mr. Kwa no Influence was exerted on him. Mr. L. M. Ong, crossexamining, asked if it was not correct
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 10 2 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby f CARtPUL.J •oupptt^r \^OONT/ \oooay
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    • 391 2 RADIO SINGAPORE I RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres 4j 7 Metresi Short Wave: 62 .Metre* from 8.00 9.00 pin. A.M.: 6.00 Time Signal. Negara A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 632 |t U Newß Headlines, G. 05 Morning Morning Prelude; 7.C0 The News: Melodies; 6.50 Keep Pit With Teilt 7.05 Melodies
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  • 221 3 FORT WORTH (Texas), Wednesday IIfUC KEY COVINGTON, 33, waved the stump T1 of his right forearm at detectives yesterday and read the 30th verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew as an introduction to a murder confession "And
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  • 229 3 The KENNEDY TEAM'S PUSH IMPRESSES OFFICIALS IN LONDON LONDON, Wednesday. THE British Government has received from Washington a confidential account ol the important talk last Saturday between the United States Ambassador in Moscow, Mr. Llewelyn Thompson, and the Soviet Prime Minister. Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, authoritative sources said here yesterday. The
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  • 111 3 Whole town but off by ring of bushfires PERTH, Wed.— Cut off by a ring of bushfires fanned by fierce winds the people of a small sawmill town south df here radioed desperately today that the flames had destroyed their hospital. schooL hotel, and many homes. Then the radio went
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  • 35 3 ISTANBUL. Wed. The prosecution yesterday called ior the death sentence to be passed on Mr. Adnan Menderes. the former Turkish Prime Minister, and three others accused of encouraging attacks on opposition deputies. Reuter.
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  • 20 3 ALGIERS. Wed. Two hundred and fifty-eight Algerian rebels were killed and 122 taken prisoner last week.— U.P.l.
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  • 416 3 Indonesia and the U.A.R. also to withdraw soldiers and Sweden may follow suit NEW YORK, Wednesday. Tt/fOROCCO, largest single contributor of troops to the U.N. force in 1 A the Congo, will withdraw its entire 3,139-man contingent within the next week, it was
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  • 251 3 T EOPOLDVILLE, Wed.— An Irish United Nations official said here yesterday that about 600 U.N troops were unable to stop "hit, grab, and run" raids by 1,000 soldier-bandits in the eastern Congo province of Kivu. The soldier- bandits operate in
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  • 80 3 BRUSSELS, Wed. The Belgian government has advised all its citizens in the Congo Orlentale and Kivu provinces to gather in the areas' big centres ready (or evacuation, a government spokesman said here today. The measure was taken because of "disturbing news reaching Brussels from the areas,"
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  • 236 3 CAPETOWN, Wednesday. \XR. VERWOERD, South Africa's Prime Minister, said yesterday that although the situation in the country was not always properly understood by other countries, South Africa's name abroad was not as bad as the opposition tried to make out. H? was
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  • 50 3 WELLINGTON. Wed.— Two American divers have swum beneath the Antartlc Iee remaining submerged for 28 minutes despite a water temperature of 27J degrees (Fahrenheit). Details of the feat, which was accomplished earlier this month, were outlined by Mr. J. Thome, one of the divers, in Christchurch today. Reuter.
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  • 30 3 SWEETSBURG (Quebec). Wed. Abel Vosburgh. 63. a labourer, was charged yesterday with murdering his wife and 11 of his 15 children. He was remanded until Feb. 3. UPI.
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  • 18 3 CAP FERRAT (France. Wed. British author Somerset Maugham celebrated his 87th birthday here today. U.P.L
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  • 91 3 Wed. The Panamanian Embassy said yesterday it had received many lettsrs Inquiring about the whereabouts of a bank reported "missing" along with its officers and resorces of US $4,043,907 since last June. The New York Herald Tribune said in a report that the American and Foreign Bank
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  • 185 3 NEW YORK. Wed. The Asian Highway from Indonesia to Istanbul may be completed within three to flve years, the U.N. reported yesterday. Thirteen countries are jointly planning completion of 3,400 miles of all-wea-ther roads linking the Far East with
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  • 44 3 HOUSTON (Texas), Wed: A heavy explosion rocked the Houston ship channel last night &nd started a big Are at an oil refinery. OH storage tanks exploded. All available ambulances went to the scene. One man Is reported badly burned. Reuter.
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  • 88 4 Killed three days before his wedding SEREMBAN, Wed. A captain in the Federation Army who was on his way here from Ipoh for his wedding on Saturday was killed in a road accident about 13 miles north of Seremban this afternoon. He was Capt. Richard Tan Siew Leong, 24, of
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  • 406 4 RUSH TO BOOK STALLS FOR SINGAPORE'S BIG AIR SHOW SINGAPORE. Wed f HERE has been a big rush by aircraft and equipment manufacturers from many countries to book stalls at Singapore's first international air show which begins on April 8. About 60
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  • 161 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. *3 The Singapore Government has asked unions and associations, whose members are in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 to a Joint meeting on Friday "to agree on the method of negotiations" for the partial restoration of the variable allowances. Each union and
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  • 161 4 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. A CORONER'S court was told here today that a missing man, covered with blood, appeared to his cousin in a dream the night before she discovered that he was dead. Madam Lav Kwool Kee revealed this at an inquiry on Lim Slang
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  • 102 4 SINGAPORE, Wed.— Police today warned housewives to be on the look-out for protection racketeers, who are expected to call on them demanding Chinese New Year ang pows" (red packets). The Police Secretary, Mr. lira Seng Huat said: "Housewives should be more careful when opening their
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  • 228 4 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. WONG SIONG YIN, 31, was fatally mauled by four thugs when their attempt to kidnap his wealthy father was foiled, the State Coroner, Mr. N.A. D'Rozario, was told today. The Intended victim of the abortive abduction bid. Wong Yoke Kee. a North Bridge
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  • 27 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Chettiars' community here will celebrate the Thaipusam Festival at their temple in Tank Road on Tuesday between 8.30 p.m. and 10 E/in.
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  • 70 4 CAUGHT A THIEF: 3 COMMENDED SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. A. R. Spiver, 25. a City Council engineer, and two gardeners today received letters of appreciation from the Commisisoner of Police. Mr. A. E. G. Blades for "the responsible role" they played in catching a thief at Adam Park off Dunearn Road
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 180 4 rwniE following is today's 1 schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore: ARRIVALS BO AC: Pram London. Zurich, Cairo. Bahrein. Bombay. Colombo (BA 788) 5.20 am.: from Sydney. Darwin (BA 713> 8.45 pjn.; from London. Zurich. Istanbul. Teheran. Karachi. Calcutta (BA 710) 10.05 pjn. Qantas: Prom Perth.
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    • 195 4 (ML 409) 5.15 p.m.: from Medan. Penang (ML 111) 7 pjn.; from Kota Bahru. Penang. Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca (ML 131) 7.25 pjn.; from Kuala Lumpur (ML 173) 8 pjn.; from Penang (ML 151) 8.55 pjn. DEPARTURES BO AC: To Hong Kong (BA •60) 630 ajn.; to Bangkok, Calcutta. Delhi,
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  • 202 5 Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery Stops Itch— Relieves Pain London. (Special) For the first time science has found a new healing substance with the astonishing ability to shrink haemorrhoids, stop Itching and relieve pain without surgery. In case after case, while gently and promptly relieving pain, actual reduction
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  • 118 6 20 Words $10 (Minimum) FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS LTD., has od display the complete range of Pan and Montana books in the Cold Storage Arcade, Orchard Road, B'pore In conjunction with S.P.C.K. LATEST ANO NEWEST Model .Norgt •or 12 cv. ft. sue. only S&UO. Baa your Norge dealer today. Spore. I'enanK
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  • The Straits Times Thursday, January 26, 1961.
    • 657 6 The United Nations operation in the Congo stands today in jeopardy, and the whole of the Congo with it A quarter of the U.N. force is being withdrawn, the several warring provincial authorities are taking increasingly independent and disastrous aciicp, the Baluba tribesmen are a pow:v and
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    • 393 6 A number of landlords in Kuala Trengganu, and probably elsewhere too, have given a particularly vicious new twist to an already unsatisfactory system of land rent. They have been accustomed for many years to let out padi land without any obligation on themselves and without guaranteeing the planter
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    • 126 6 At today's celebration in New Delhi of the eleventh anniversary of India's republican constitution the titular head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth, will be discreetly watching from an inconspicuous vantage point. No better symbol could be found of what republicanism means to the huge Union or of the
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  • 1399 6 THE END OF A PIPE DREAM IN ALGERIA The referendum is oven now on the day of the arrival in Kuala Lumpur of Mr. FERHAT ABBAS, Prime Minister of the Algerian Provisional Government, on a visit... DARSIE GILLIE (OF THE GUARDIAN) writes from Paris THE French are inclined to make
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  • 105 6 Today's rather tightlipped obedience should not lead the observer to suppose that there is no longer an "army" problem. The President's letter of thanks to General Crepin suggests that he Is very aware of this. To continue a war with a prospect of an armistice is always trying to
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  • LETTERS
    • 173 6 YOUNG CITIZENS OF MALAYA: WHY THIS 11-YEAR WAIT? ¥AM a Federal citizen born In Perak. I have seven children whose ages range from 16 to five years. A few days ago I called at the registration office to take out Federal citizenship papers for all my children but the clerk
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    • 72 6 THE Alliance Government's rural development plan and the energy with which it is being implemented is greatly to be admired. In the meantime, however, the numerous kampong folk whose livelihood depends on the sale of their coffee are reduced to near starvation level due to
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    • 78 6 YOUR correspo ndent "EMW" of Kuala Lumpur iS.t. Jan. 20) seems to me to have the sensible approach to the matter of tuning in to the 83.C. He carefully chose a set which would do what he required of it; and he informed himself as
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    • 139 6 I HEARTILY agree with what "Amateur Fisherman" has to say about the banning of fishing stakes. I was in the fish business myself in the years 1930-32 and know a lot about fishing stakes, or belat as they were called in Lower Burma, and it is
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    • 39 6 I HAVE no direct share of 1 any material benefits from the late Dr. Tom Dooley, but I believe he has set an excellent example of service, love and courage to the whole of mankind. PX. Singapore.
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  • 203 7 Man who ran war of nerves against Reds back IPOH. Wed. Mr. AJXC. Peterson, who directed the psychological campaign during the height of the Emergency In Malaya, has returned in an unofficial capacity to visit "this really very fine country." "It is wonderful indeed to come back and find that
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  • 24 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The seventh Malayan artists' exhibition will be held at the British Council centre from May 16 to May 24.
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  • 767 7 DEAD MAN TOOK OUT INSURANCE AGAINST VIOLENT DEATH 12 DAYS BEFORE ALLEGED STRANGLING 4 BOUT 12 days before businessman Tan Kirn Toh died, he took out an insurance policy that had a clause covering him against violent death. This was brought out by the defence
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  • 230 7 MALACCA, Wednesday. AN 18-year-old labourer of the Central Electricity Board, S. Krishnan, was today found guilty in the High Court here of attempted murder of a mutton seller. He was ordered to be detained at the Henry Ourney School until he was 21. A mother
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  • 111 7 Two killed in separate road accidents TPOH, Wed. Two men were killed yesterday In separate road accidents in Perak. They were Mr. Richard Teh Enr Llm. 26, a junior shift engineer in the Malim Nawar steam station of the Perak River Hydro Electric Power Co.. and Inche Osman bin Puteh,
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  • 38 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Three Malayan students have passed their Bar final examination in London. They are Inche Abdul Manan bin Othman. Inche Yusof bin Mohamed and Inche Hashim bin Yeop Abdullah Sani.
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  • 216 7 Army officer jailed on bigamy change is freed KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A FEDERATION Army officer, who married a German girl while attending a course in Australia and was jailed last week for nine months on a bigamy charge, walked out of Pudu Prison here last night a free man. The
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  • 158 7 KUALA TRENGGANU. Wed. Flood stricken families from three fishing villages in the district of Kemaman want the Government to evacuate them to safer places People of Pulau Sekepeng. Baran and Kampong Tepl Laut. have reported that some of their houses have been wrecked by
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  • 29 7 KUALA SELANGOR, Wed.— The Kuala Seiangor Social and Recreation Club will hold a satay party and dance on Feb. 11 to raise funds for the club.
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  • 49 7 SINGAPORE, Wed.— The Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federation plans to hold a general meeting of its 10,000 members at the Singapore Badminton Hall to explain the Integration of council departments lmo the central government and questions concerning the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees.
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  • 56 7 PORT DICKSON. Wed. The Assistant Minister of Information and BroadcastIng, Syed Ja'afar Albar, told 93 settlers at Kampong Ulu Jimah Estate Development Scheme, 14 miles from here, that they were lucky the Alliance Government had given them land and assistance. In Kelantan and Trengganu, ne said, the
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  • 30 7 TELUK ANSON Wed A shop assistant here, Goh Ah Kee, 20, was fined $1300 In the Sessions Court yesterday, for illegal possession of firecrackers, worth $650.
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  • 27 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The president of the Malayan Association of Youth Clubs. Tengku Abdullah, will address a meeting of the youth club here on Sunday.
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  • 19 7 PENANO, Wed. A mechanic was robbed of $47 by two men in Dato Kramat Road last night.
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  • 246 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday npHE director of the Language and Literature Agency, Syed Nasir bin Ismail, is not put off by a Canadian professor, Dr. F. Cyril James, who claimed that Malay could not be "effectively used" in the University of Malaya for the next 25
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  • 184 7 BRIEF PLANTER HAD 15 KNIFE WOUNDS A LOR STAR. Wed. A padl planter. Mohamed All bin Lebai Ira. 35. was found dead with 15 knife wounds in the home of hit former wife at Kampong Tok Puteh, 28 miles from here, last night. Police found the body after a man
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  • 168 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. 1Y The Philippine Minister in Malaya, Mr. Yusup R. Abubakar, today expressed surprise that the Philippine Foreign Secretary. Mr. Felixberto Serrano, would come to Malaya next month before President Carlos Garcia He said: "I have not been officially informed of the visit.
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  • Feminine forum
    • 587 8 The new hair-line for 1961 is Tarts) Short but certainly not pin-headed DESPITE all predictions that hair in 1961 would not only be short but so thinned that we got the idea it would be more like a skull cap than a coiffure, the new fashion look is decidedly NOT
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    • 197 8 REVEALED AT WORLD STYLISTS' CONVENTION I came across a newcleansing cream that sounded very interesting, so I decided to try it. The cream Is a soft, leafy colour, lightly perfumed. The makers claim that It Is the first "mint-flavoured" cleansing product In the world. Certainly it Is very fresh. Applied
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 275 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS meat (4, 3. 6). 1. "He'd run In debt by dlspu- I^ 11 4 nwer chan«d the UUon, and*jiay with hutory of the worid, said (Butler) (13T DtenwU (IS). 9 Watching a dog run badly 10 £l°w« poet (7). (2 6) Stealthy approach about 10. Deformed
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    • 1451 9 B'SiuTmt THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. smtAPORE (lacarpirtttl ta tM Unite (iagaaa) 18 lines SAILS to ADtN. U.K. t CBNTINENTAL PtRTS Sport P. S'ban Ptnang SEH*UCMOI UvarpMl, Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hamourg 17/38 Jm la Part/Taßay lEHALBANACR Ramlarg. London. Gtsowth 3/ 7 FM 28 Jaa/ 3 FH BENOORAN laidtt, Rotttrdam. 28/27 JM
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    • 1284 9 tM> McAJLISTER tfc CO., LTD. s MK \gS9i Tll; vDaW r** 1 ILXKRNAN UME «Jc KLAVEMESS LIME LOMB4M. IJUAUK. ROnEUAM. NAVRt. LBS AMBELES, SAN FRANCISCB, I ROIL SEATTLE VANCOUVER k PORTLAND am tar CaaaatM 0 J.A Attaatrc Part*. Acctatias carga far Ceitral I St»t» CITY OF NEWCASTLE Aatiict. Sport P.
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  • 111 10 MELBOURNE. Wed. INVESTMENT shares maintained x a steady trend. Largest moves on a steady market were Aust. Chemical gaining Is. 3d. to 3fis. Rothmans eased Is. 3d to 88s. Base metais and the oils were steady, while Mt. Isa eased 2s to 58s. 6d. Commonwealth bonds held a
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  • 207 10 piEBRI'ARY first grade rubber x buyers f-o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 79 cents per ib. down one cent on Tuesday's close. The tone was steady but quiet. B.C.CJK.A. CLOSING FRICEB In cents per lb., yesterday were: Int. 1 RSS. Spot f.o-b. buyers 79>4. sellers 794; Int. 1
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  • 118 10 PMIPS lying a ionics Idi the Singapore Harbour Board wharves Of eipeetad today are: Veatrl 1/2, Agamemnon 4/5. Van Noort (Eaat) and Anil (Weat) 6A. Stavropol 6/7. Straat Clarence 8/B, Nankai Maru 10/11. Klna 13/14. Minikoi 15/16. Rajula IK. Slberoet 19. Tong Nam N. Wall 2, Erap. Klttlwaka
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  • 994 10 RUBBER FAILS TO SHAKE STRENGTH OF THE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent THE MALAYAN share market displayed considerable strength yesterday, although the rubber price lost most of Tuesday's gain and the price of tin marked time. Overseas rubber orders were described as "most disappointing" and February No. 1 sheet slipped
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  • 79 10 T*HE Federation Minister of 1 Finance has fixed these prices for calculating Cnstoms duties for the week beginning on Jan. 26. Rubber si cento a Ib Copra $432 a tonCoconut oil $718 a tonPalm oil a ton. Palm kernels $364.50 a ton. The rates of duties payable are:
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  • 24 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: Jan. 25 Jan. 24 Industrials: 138.07 137.30 Tins: 192 62 198 24 I Knbben: 231.15 ***** Jan. 1 1858=3100
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  • 690 10 BUSINESS In the trading room on the Singapore section of the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares in brackets was: Industrials: Fed. Dlap. (6.000) $1.53: PltzpatrlckH (2,000) $1.45: F. and N. orda (1.000) $2.08: Gammon (2.000) $2.16. (1.000) $2.17; Hume pref. (4,000) Aoa. at.
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  • 36 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 25. RUBBER: 79 U cents per lb. (down one cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 78% cents (quiet). TIN: $389.62', per picul (down 12.• cents). Estimated unofficial offering 260 tons (up 10 tons).
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  • 157 10 TPHE Chinese Produce Exchanfe, x Singapore, noon prices per picul yesterday were: Coprm: Quiet; UK/Continent Jan. Feb. shipments $274 buyers, $28 sellers. Coconut oil: Quiet; bulk $42 sellers, drum $44 H sellers. Pepper: Quiet; no business was reported done. Muntok white $225, Sarawak $220, special Sarawak black $147'-
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  • 108 10 rl Malayan Exchang. Banhe' Am otati.n made th« following cbajiutt la Ita rates to merchant* reaterday (all rmtea to $1OO) N«« Vtrk: ouytnc airmail T.T. 33 18/16 O D. 33 1/16. 90 d/at 33 5/16 credit bllla, 33 7/16 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32J, O.D 32J.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1111 10 Express U.S.A. Pacific Atlantic Coast Service E.T.A. ETA. E.T.A. Spore P. Sham Pening H'vonf I. Angelet N. York "Kuikuu Man' 1 27/ M Jia 31 jaa/ 2 Ftk S Ftk 25 Ftk 12 Mar "KiMiktwt Mara" 24/2? FH Ftk/ 1 Mar I Mar 21 Mar 12 Aar All suitably equipped
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    • 767 10 NOTICES NOTICE The public is hereby informed that effective Jan 25. 1961. May Tan Gm Eng has ceased to be employed by, and Is no longer authorised to transact business on behalf of, the undersigned. Dr. (Miss) H. Yuen Mo- Yin. The China Clinic, 6, Klyne Street. Kuala Lumpur. NOTICE
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    • 1218 10 NOTICES NOTICE Federation of Malaya, SIM.MV.MV 544% Registered Stock 15/2 IM7/7C Notice Is hereby given that the Transfer Register of the abovementioned Loan will be closed from Ist to 15th February 1961, bom days inclusive, for the preparation of Interest warrants. Registrar of Public Debt BANK NEOARA TANAH MELAYU Kuala
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    • 94 10 NOTICES JAMES WARREN COMPANY LIMITED NOTICE is hereby ?lven that the ESTATES DEPARTMENT of JAMES WARREN COMPANY, LIMITED will be moving from the Company's present address at 3, Ciarke Street. Kuala Lumpur, to the Lee Van Lian Building (Bth ft 9tn Floors), Moun; bauen Road. Kuala Lumpur on Sunday the
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 699 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO VACANCY OF LINOTYPE OPERATOR .'MECHANIC Applications are invited from qualified technicians for the vacant post of Linotype operator/ mechanic on the siaff of the Government Printer, North Borneo. The salary scale of the appointment is in Division IV D 3, 4 $290x20-410/430x20-490. Full particulars
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    • 643 11 NOTICES In the Matter at the Companies Ordinance KAY AND ARTHUR, LIMITED (Incorporated la Slnfapore) SreCIAL RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company, duly convened, and held at No. 1, Kwong Avenue, Singapore, on the 23rd day of January, 1961, the following Special Resolution
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    • 768 11 (Continued from Pare 6i SITUATIONS VACANT Word* U (Mim.) Brnm St ctm. txtrm P.O. BOX 2101 Advertisement position filled. Applicants an thanked. VACANCY for Junior clerk at room 4*. 3rd Floor W Inchon er House la now filled. Applicants thanked. MALAY PRIVATB DRIVBR required by business executive. Must be firstclass
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    • 722 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT 19 Word* Si (Mim.}— Box S9 et*. extra CLEAN UNFURNISHED ROOM! Joo ChUt Road modern sanitation. Bultable Chines* slnKle/oouple. Please telepbom Spore. 3.'»5»»5 Mr. Low. AVAILABLE 1.1- Si In Oxley Klse. Private entrance FumlaMd 2-roomed Flat, iltttoc/dlnlng. porch, hot longbath. telephone, lighting, water. $280. ***** (Spore). SPACIOUS MODERN
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    • 737 11 HOUSES LAND WANTED to Word* Si (Mim.)— Box S9 ttl. txtrm WE MAVB BUYERS for Bungalow*, Two-storey, Semi-detached, Terrace Houses. List four property with us for quick sale. Term* 2% commission If sold. Real Estate Asents «t Investment Co., S3, Tne Arcade, Spore ■ML EDUCATION tt Wordt SS (Mim >—
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    • 731 11 LOST Word* SS (Mim)— Box St eta. mxtrm MISSING BOXBR ***** Cbangi area reward $50. Tel: *****. DOGS, PETS, ETC. tt Word* SS (Mim.)— Box St ctt. txtrm FOR SALE 4 months ***** Pekinese with certificate at $350/-. Apply in the afternoon at 19, Broadrlck Road, Katong, Spore. FOR SALE.
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    • 702 11 VEHICLES FOR SALE tt Word* Si (Mirny—Boxm y— Box St ctt. txtrt SPECIAL BAST TEAMS! 19JS Wolseley 4/44, K 'Prefect. Rlllman Mlax, 1953 A/Slddeley, Citroen. All immaculate condition throughout. View: 208 Ifoubnetn Road, Singapore 11. FOR SOFT RIDING comfort buy the new Popet Scooter. No clutch and gear change. push-button
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    • 622 11 STEAMBATH, MASSAGE, ETC. 20 Word* Si (Mim Box 10 et*. txtra TRY THE NEW rurnisn Bteamroorn at "Ricky's" tiiamr** Masaaee by expertenoM Massew/Maaseu**, 298 River Valley Road, Singapore Telepdone *****. MISCELLANEOUS Daily 1 month. 10 Words J2 JO (Vim) CONTACT NOB SENO construction for cheap, rellsble building repairs. mosmc tiling,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 158 12 243 CELEBRATE KiCIA/ VPAP purchased between 15 JANUARY and 28 FEBRUARY &ONE CAN OF BECKS BEER &1^ CDCET WILL BE GIVEN P IvLL fa ARE YOU TIED UP by \2\-^J--^ /-"V~ Bidomak create* new healthy nerve cell* »nd f-^~\ h\ t provides full supply of healthy nerve fluid. U'^ \y4-A
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 149 12 Bugs Bunny By Baiph Beimdahi fc^— 1 aSSirr TOTHEBEPSIPEOFAN. HEART OF \AS YOU s r ■YISAY,BUcSS.PO sagpuel MmQ UNCLE Z> GOLD, GET SBUGSVStUSUHES S YOU HAVE A < IfIeIEJ IN EUASVILLE! V GUVNOR! ABOARD! [Mr .fWwO 0^ •RIPENOW,P«^ j 1 ]~1 I BESEECH V WELL, WHEN DO^ L TOLLER S&&f^l^&M&sH
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    611 13 Plan better golf... the KEL NAGLE waif This is the second of the Straits Times' special series of five articles by British and Australian open golf champion KEL NACLE. TODAY'S ARTICLE IS ON— My secret My secret for a bunker shot. I never try to force a shot. J
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  • 287 13 SOCCER SPORE GSFA LEAGUE DIV. 1: MRNVR 5 (Llm Tlang Lye 2. Nawawl, Basri Sunl, Dahlan Saad) General Hospital 0; Div. 2A: Marines 'B" 3 (Salri 2, Omar Mohd) TTS Hospital 'B 0. FRIENDLY (Segamat): Tigers 3 (Chee Klong. Ungku Hassan 2> Labis Bahru 1 Rahman i. HOCKEY
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  • 293 13 Amsterdam is ready to run well over 7f TEN-TO-FOLLOW By EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE, Wed. Ten horses to follow at the January-Feb-ruary meeting starting here on Sunday are: AMSTERDAM: Impressed first time out at Penang last month when second with 9.0 to Burma Olory over 6f; it should suit him better.
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  • 115 13 SGSFA XI to leave in 2 groups SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Government Services F.A. team to tour Indonesia will leave for Medan in two batches, on Feb. 2 and 4 The team was originally scheduled to leave on Thursday but there has been some delay In getting entry permits from
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  • 95 13 C V D N E Y. Wed— Peter Burge. the Queensland batsman, will replace the injured Nell Harvey In Australia's tearr for the Fourth Test against West Indies at Adelaide starting on Friday. Harvey withdrew from the team earlier yesterday after he had failed a
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  • 224 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. Weights for four races on the second day Tuesday Jan. SI) of Singapore Turf dab's JanuaryFebruary meeting. CLASS 2, Div 1— f: Big Noise 9.», Cornelia 9.0. Musty Jadi B.IS. Gatot Kacha 8.12, Conag 8.11, Come Up 8.11, Power First 8.10,
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  • 354 13 WEEKEND QUAD MOST OPEN OF THE SEASON Singapore face tough opponents KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. SINGAPORE, having beaten the Federation 3-2 in their home international at Kuala Lumpur last month, return to inter-state competition in a quadrangular tournament with Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Malacca at Malacca from Friday to Sunday. Singapore
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  • 156 13 rnn£; Singapore sepaic A stage two national and is planning an inter-: teams from the Federatic pete. The S.S.R.A. decided yesterday to revise all its existing rules for the game to fall in line with the Federation. Inche Amin bin Jamil, the S.S.R.A. secretary, told
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  • 87 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore hockey squad resumed its training under coach Major Gordon Smith yesterday In preparation for the three-day Malayan H.F. quadrangular which starts at Malacca on Friday. Other States competing are Selangor. Negri Sembllan and MaJacca. The probable Singapore team that Is expected to
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  • 144 13 TDI RNLEY, Wed. Choo Seng Quee, Malaya's national football coach who has Just arrived in England to study training methods, began his tour at Burnley Football Club here yesterday. The English FA. has chosen the champions' headquarters for Mr. Choo's first look at
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 235 13 CDCC Chine N w v *<" r Gift to «vtry Customer! St« our wonderful jcleefion of quality gifti at the Friojdoire Showroom today. STEREOCOOLING AIR CONDITIONERS from $38/- month (With small down payment) Fngidoirt Product of Control Motor*. 200 Cltm«nc«ou Avonuo, S.nqopor* V Itch Germs Killed In 7 Minutes .Tow
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    • 140 13 a quick quiz...^^| Subject: The Biggest Rubber Market in the World ,^^B ■WlI»B Answer: Read all about it in January's Singapore Trade UplM? W I m Subject: The abacus, an ancient computing v ■^■P** Question: Can it compare in speed with a Answer: Read all about it in January's SingaSubject:
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 60 13 SOCCER Spore MFA Jnr. League: Sukaramai v Setia Jaya 'A' (Balestier Rd); Friendly: Joyful Indians v H M. Boom Defence. HOCKEY Ipoh League Div. 1: ACSOBA v Indian RC (upper padang); Div 2: HQ 2 FIB v Telecoms (lower Dadang). s 'uor League Div 2: S'gor Club v Mindef B
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  • 619 14 SINGAPORE. Wad. I JUDGE SA YS BLAZE IN HOLD WAS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE: REGISTRAR IS TO ASSESS THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES ■THK High Court here today dismissed a $879,293 claim by the Singapore Harbour Hoard from the Austasia Line Ltd., owners of the freighter Manchuria,
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  • 33 14 CABLE RECEIVED thai Mr. K. Arlacuddy retired MuniaKar, Vallkamam. paused away In Ceylon oa Tuesday. He is the eldest brother of Mr. K. Arasaratnam. retired Hospital Assistant of Ring Road. Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 36 14 THE FAMILY of the late Mr*. May Darwood, (beloved mother of Winnie, K«me. and Mabel) who passed away peaecfully on 24-1-61. wish to thank relative* and frlend« for their wreaths. BBMaaSM of condolence and attendance.
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  • 174 14 THE QUEEN and Prince Philip remove their shoes and put on red. velvet sandals at the Gandhi memorial at Rajghat, New Delhi, on thr first day of their tour of India. The royal visitors laid a wreath of 500 white roses on the memorial.
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  • 330 14 LONDON, Wed.— Tne uowiiwara movement In London stock markets whicii started yesterday afternoon under the lead o{ Courtaulds was coiuuiued today and further widespread losses were recorded in industrial equities. Semiment was affected by the President of the Board of Trade's warning on increased foreign
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  • 31 14 LONDON, Wed. Spot 23 \d.. Feb. 23 s d.. Ma;. 23 :l ;d.. Apr/June 23% d.. July/Sept- 24d-, Oct./ Dec. 24d.. Jan./ Mar. 24d., ci.f. Feb--23"id.. Marcn 23<«d. Tune: Quiet
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  • 26 14 LONDON, Wed— Buyers £78i'... sellers £782 a Forward buyers £786. sellers £786 'i Settlement £781.4. Turnover am 285 tons, p.m. 116 tons. Tone: Very steady-
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  • 127 14 OET an experienced abacus operator against a skilled adding machine operator, and who would be the winner? This month's issue of Singapore Trade describes such a match, with the two competitors contesting a variety of mathematical problems. Some results were re- markable. The abacus operator, Mr. P.
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  • 373 14 Combine gives $250 for fund KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Messrs. Osborne and Chappel, Ipoh, one of the major tin mining combines in Malaya, has donated $250 to the Straits Times and Ber i t a Harian Cheer Fund for the Malayan troops in the Congo. Today's contributions totalled $868. The fund.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 326 14 Late CUSSIFiED ADVERTISEMENTS M W»r4t $19 (Minimum) SIMPSON: On -JIM January at Batu Qajall to Ann and Peter n dauxhter Kllzabath Mary, sister for Michael. Both Well. UPTON NC: The engagement is announced betwtrn Htnry Norman I I'loo i-ldcut non of th.- late Mr. and Mr». K Upton and Miss
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    • 191 14 Time and Dote Jewelled for maximum precision and designed for durability in all climates, FAVRE-LEUBA watches are backed by 7 generations of watchmaker*. Do cot hesitate boy FAVRE-LEUBA watches You can be sore of their quality. LEUesa XT^ GENEVE IDAVMATIC FAV«E UUI»W»TCHCO_LTD.I«-F tcHmn «d- S>«r» 1 J ffX BE THE
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