The Straits Times, 4 February 1961

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    25 1 ARCHIVES, N ATONAL LIWUUfB, SINGAPORE, AVERAGE »AII V (EBTIFIEM SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 The Straits Times. Hatted ft**** Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1961. 15 CENTS.
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    PROGRESS PLAN No. 2
    979 1 A $5,000 m. STAKE IN MALAYA'S FUTURE And half will go on rural development KUALA LUMPUR. Friday Razak: A bold bid to raise standards THE Federation's second five-year plan requires an investment of $5,050 million— s2,lso million by the Government and public enterprise and $2,900 million
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    Lock icon GUESTS DRENCHED
    80 1 KARACHI. Fri. A huge awning collapsed on hundreds of guests under weight of torrential rain a few minutes before Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at a garden party here tonight. Men scrambled from underneath and others slashed the canvas with knives to release people trapped
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    CYCLIST TRIED TO KILL ME—BOY, 13
    135 1 CYCLIST TRIED TO KILL ME— BOY, 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. A 13-YEAR-OLD boy from Singapore has told the police here that a man brought him to Johore Bahru from Singapore on his bicycle yesterday and Pn tried to kill him. c boy. Low Poh Lian of ig 3. Oeylang, was
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    Exodus' riot
    30 1 PHILADELPHIA. Fri. Seventy-five persons were arrested last night when police broke up a demonstration at the premiere of the film, "Exodus," a story of the Israeli nation.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Skipper retires
    21 1 LONDON. Fri. Captain Frederick Pearce, master of. the P and O Orient liner Corfu, will retire this month. Reuter.
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    Lock icon WHY I GAVE UP, by CAPT. GALVAO
    359 1 WHY I GAVE UP, by CAPT. GALVAO RECIFE (Brazil), Friday pAPTAIN Henrique Galvao said here that he brought the seized Portuguese liner Santa Maria into port "to save the life of a man who had only a 10 per cent chance of living." He was apparently referring to the first
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    Tengku: A trip to Bangkok with Serrano?
    593 1  - Tengku: A trip to Bangkok with Serrano? FELIX ABISHEGANADEN By KUALA LUMPUR. Friday J^WE Philippines Foreign Minister, Mr. Felixberto Serrano, ha* plans to take Tengku Abdul Rahman with him to Bangkok if the Thai Foreign Minister cannot keep a date in Kuala Lumpur. He said this on arrival here today
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    USAF to fly troops to Congo
    111 1 USAF to fly troops to Congo KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Two USAF Globemaster transports are due to take off for the Congo with 120 reinforcements for the Malayan Special Force on Tuesday from the Buttenvorth air base at 6 p.m. Senior military officers tentatively fixed this departure time today, after receiving
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    Train smash: 7 die, 67 hurt
    67 1 BOWIE. Maryland. Fri. At least seven persons were killed and more than 67 injured yesterday when a special train carrying racing fans to the Bowie race track "lost its brakes." Two diesel engines and four coaches of the 11 -car train jumped the tracks
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    INVITATION TO DISPLAY MALA YA BEFORE 70 MIL.
    796 2  -  T. S. TAN: New York World Fair team will meet Tengku today Members stress advantages of participating in big show Kuala Lumpur, Friday It will cost $1,500,000 MALAYA will get an invitation tomorrow to make the World Fair in New York from
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    KHIR SIGNS PACT IN WELLINGTON FOR BOOSTING EXPORTS
    299 2 KHIR SIGNS PACT IN WELLINGTON FOR BOOSTING EXPORTS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A TRADE agreement was signed in Wellington today by the Federation Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari and the New Zealand Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs. Mr. K. J. Holyoake. According to a
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    Greetings sent
    23 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, today sent greetings to the Prime Minister of Ceylon on Independence Day.
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    New chairman
    23 2 TAPAH. Fri.— lnche Mohamed Zam bin Mohamed Daud has been elected chairman of the Government Pensioners' AssoriaUon of Batang Padang district.
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    The Congo Cheer Fund tops $40,000
    75 2 The Congo Cheer Fund tops $40,000 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Straits Times and Berita. Marian Cheer Fund for Malayan soldiers in the Congo today topped 540,--000. Today's donations totalled 51. 608.14, taking the fund to 541.187 02. They do not include the gate receipts for tonight's soccer matches at the
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    Birthday date
    17 2 TANJONG MALIM, Fri The Methodist Youth Fellowship here will celebrate Its twelfth anniversary next Saturday.
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      453 2 RADIO SINGAPORE RAD;O MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres Short Wave: Ct metre* 41.7 Metre* from 8.00 9.00 p.m A.M. 6.00 Time Signal. NegaraA.M. 6.30 Good Morning: 6.3 a *v. News Headlines; 6.05 Morning Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News- Melodies: 7.00 Newport Jazz Fes--705 Melodies At Sunrise; 8.00 Thi tlval: 7.30
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    Lock icon Kennedy-Mac talks set
    467 3 WESTERN BIG TWO WILL DISCUSS ALL MAJOR WORLD PROBLEMS WHEN THEY MEET IN APRIL WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDENT KENNEDY and Mr. Macmillan, L the British Prime Minister, will discuss all the major world topics when they meet here in the first week, of April, officials said. Heading the
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    Rocky start in new friendship
    107 3 Rocky start in new friendship LONDON, Fri.—Parliamentary circles are saying that Mr. Macmillan got of? to a rocky start with Mr. Kennedy, the Evening Standard reported. The trouble started with Mr. Macmillan's letter congratulating Mr. Kennedy on winning the presidency, the newspaper said. "The Prime Minister is said to have
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    Lock icon YOUTHS' BID TO SEIZE PLANE FAILS
    74 3 YOUTHS' BID TO SEIZE PLANE FAILS VIENNA, Fri.— Three youths tried to seize a Czechoslovak airliner at pistol point and force the crew to fly to a Western country, the Austrian news agency APA reported today. It quoted travellers from Prague as saying the youths shot and seriously wounded the
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    Lock icon FAMINE FEAR: CHINA BUYS A MILLION TONS OF AUSTRALIAN WHEAT
    146 3 FAMINE FEAR: CHINA BUYS A MILLION TONS OF AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CHINA has ordered a mi Australia worth £21, MELBOURNE, Friday, illion tons of wheat from ,600,000 ($183,600,000) It was learned today. This Includes 300.000 tons bought last December. China's wheat crop has failed for two successive seasons due to drought.
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    Lock icon 17 surrender
    26 3 RANGOON. Fri.— Two leaders and 15 followers of the insurgent Red Flag Communist Party (Trotskylte) have surrendered with their arms to the Burmese Army.—Reuter
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    Lock icon Dr. Babs fined
    33 3 LONDON, Fri.— Marathon walker Dr. Barbara Moore, who hiked across the United States and the length of Britain last year, was fined £5 In Whitchurch yesterday for careless driving. U.P.I.
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    SOUVANNA 'WILL RETURN'
    74 3 SOUVANNA 'WILL RETURN' VIENTIA NE. Fri.— Peking Radio yesterday told Laotians that the deposed Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma. will return from exile soon The broadcast said Prince Souvanna will return to Laos from his Cambodian exile "to direct affairs of state In person". It quoted a broadcast by the Pathet
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    Lock icon G.l.s TO BE URGED SAVE $240 A YEAR
    121 3 G.l.s TO BE URGED SAVE $240 A YEAR WASHINGTON, Fri. Mr. Robert McNamara, the new Defence Secretary, said last night that American servicemen and their families abroad would be asked to save US $80 ($240) a year to help reduce America's balance of payments deficit. He told his first Press
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    Lock icon Buried alive
    23 3 JAKARTA, Fri.— Thirty-six people were buried alive by a landslide on the Island of Lewobatang, In the Lesser Sunda Islands.— Reuter.
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    Governor General of Australia dies at 67
    209 3 Governor General of Australia dies at 67 From JACK FINGLETON fANBERRA, Fri. The Governor-Ge-neral of Australia. Viscount Dunrossil, former Speaker of the House of Commons, was found dead in bed at his official residence when his valet took him his customary cup of tea at 7.30 a.m. today. Dr J.
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    Lock icon Canadian call: Sack South Africa
    165 3 OTTAWA. Friday 'THE Canadian Labour Congress yes t c r day urged the government to recognise China and to take the lead In expelling South Africa from the Commonwealth. Other policies suggested by the central labour body in its annual brief to the Cabinet Included
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    Lock icon DAG, BELGIUM UNDER NEW RUSSIAN FIRE
    296 3 - NEW YORK. Friday RI'SSIA last night renewed its attacks on Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld and Belgium over the Congo, but welconied President Kennedy's decision to reappraise U.S. policy in the Congo. Mr. Valerian Zorin, the Soviet delegate, told the Security Council he hoped that statements
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    Fierce battle in Katanga between Balubas and aendarmes
    256 3 LEOPOLDVILLE, Friday. A FIERCE battle raged between belligerent Ba.'uba tribesmen and provincial gendarmes in north-western Katanga, according to reports reaching here. The fighting was centred around the area of Luena 200 miles from Elisabethville, and "many" Baluba rebels had been killed, the
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    Lock icon Khrushchev for U.N.? Red envoy can't say
    92 3 Khrushchev for U.N.? Red envoy can't say WASHINGTON. Fri.— The Soviet Ambassador, Mr. Mikhail A. Menshikov, said yesterday he did not know whether Premier Nikita Khrushchev wouldcome to the United States (his spring to attend the United Nations. "I have no information," the Russian ambassador said in response to questions
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    New peer made commissioner
    40 3 LONDON. Fri.— The Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations, Mr. C. J. M. Alport. has been appointed the British High Commissioner In the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The Queen has made him a life peer.
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    Lock icon 2,000 made homeless
    40 3 TOKYO. Fri Police said today 2,000 people had become homeless as a result of yesterday's earthquake in Nagaolca city in northern Japan. Police said the latest report showed five persons were killed and .19 others injured. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 225 for Holland
    34 3 SOURABAYA. Fri.- A total of 225 Dutch nationals have left here for Holland In the Dutch ship Zulderkruls. which was given special permission by the Indonesian government to dock here. Reuter.
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    'Variety Time'
    30 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. "Variety Time." a show in aid of the Spastic Children's Association will be held at the Singapore Badminton Hall. Gulllemard Road, tomorrow night at 8.30 p.m.
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    Pay row: 140 stop work
    307 4 SINGAPORE, Fri UNION CHARGES COMPANY REFUSES TO NEGOTIATE \fORE than 100 employees of Linde teves Jacoberg (Far East) Ltd. in Clemenceau Avenue went on strike this morning in protest against the firm's alleged refusal to negotiate on wage claims. It is the third strike staged
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    Painting display in move for an art gallery
    126 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. "A humble beginning" towards the proposed permanent art gallery will be made soon wnen a yearlong art exhibition opens on Monday at the British Council in Penang Road. The exhibition will be open to the public (entrance is free) from
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    Singapore Govt. to set up science, industry museum
    260 4 Singapore Govt. to set up science, industry museum SINGAPORE, Friday. rnHE Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Ton Chin Chye, tonight disclosed Government's intention to set up a science and industry museum, to present to laymen the principles of scientific laws and their application. Dr. Toh was speaking to mertibers of the
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    MENTRI TO OPEN SPEAK MALAY' DRIVE
    68 4 MENTRI TO OPEN SPEAK MALAY' DRIVE TOHORE BAHRU, Fri. J The Mentri Besar, Jobore, Dato Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos, will declare open Bolan Bahasa Kebangsaan at State level at 2.15 p.m. tomorrow at the Diamond Jubilee HalL This will be followed by an exhibition of posters and books in
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    80 HOURS ON CYCLE: CROWD -MOBS MARATHON RIDER—
    210 4 80 HOURS ON CYCLE: CROWD -MOBS MARATHON RIDER QINGAPORE. Fit Wild £5 scenes of enthusiasm marked the end of an 80-hour marathon cycling feat by a young Indian, R. Muthukumaran, at Fairer Park, here tonight As the president of the Tamils' Representative Council, Mr. G. Sarangapani, stood up to congratulate
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    Carrying cash: Shops urged to keep alert
    105 4 Carrying cash: Shops urged to keep alert SINGAPORE, Fri.— Police here today reminded firms and shops to take all precautions when transporting large sums of money to and from banks during the Chinese New Year season. Police Secretary Mr. Lam Seng Huat advised persons carrying big amounts of cash to:
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      125 4 AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES (TWE following is today's 1 schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport. Singapore: ARRIVALS BO AC: Prom London. Zurich. Beirut. Karachi. Calcutta (BA 704) 7.35 p.m: from Sydney. Darwin, Jakarta (BA 715) 1040 pan. Qantas: From Perth (QP 547) 6 p.m. Japan Airline* Prom
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      62 4 from Penang. Kuala Lumpur (ML 163) 9.26 p.m. DEPARTURES BO AC: To Kuala Lumpur. Bangkok. Delhi. Teheran, Beirut. Dusseldorf, London (BA 793) 2 pjn.; to Jakarta, Darwin. Sydney. Melbourne (BA 704) 8.36 pjn.; to Calcutta. Karachi. Beirut, Rome, London (BA 715) 1135 pjn. Air Ceylon: To Colombo, Bombay. Karachi. Bahrein,
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      72 4 Hong Kong (CX 732) 7 ajn. Garuaa: To Jakarta (GA 973) 8 a.m. Pan-American To Saigon. Manila. Honolulu, Los Angeles (818) 10.30 ajn. Malayan Airways: To Kuching, Sibu, Brunei. Jesselton, Sandakan (ML 410) 6.30 a.m.; to Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh. Penang. Medan (ML 102) 7 ajn.; to Kuala Lumpur (ML
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    NATIONAL LANGUAGE MONTH
    24 5 NATIONAL LANGUAGE MONTH Say it in MALAY Say It In MAUY...Say it in MALAY... Say it in MALAY... MOJ BJDJM ottOfe ||MaJ 0 W
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    A 'runaway' seeks mother
    334 5 A 'runaway seeks mother FIRST CLUES IN THE SEARCH COME FROM NEWS REPORTS OF NOVEMBER 1956 SINGAPORE, Friday. rpHE news files in the Straits Time library have provided two clues in a son's search for his Japanese mother. The son is Collln Rogers, 22, who, in a letter to the
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    TEENAGERS READ THIS GUIDANCE: CONQUER PROBLEMS
    145 5 TEENAGERS READ THIS GUIDANCE: CONQUER PROBLEMS J7VERY teenager needs guidance to solve the Inevitable problems of "growing up." Sometimes this guidance comes from parents or teachers but they Invariably stop short at the point where the teenager most needs help and instruction. Now a Free Press special correspondent provides just
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    Sent to jail
    38 5 IPOH, Fri. Zainol bin Ibrahim, 24. of no fixed abode, who had seven previous convictions, was sentenced to one year's jail when he pleaded guilty here today to being in possession of a stolen bicycle.
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    Transferred
    26 5 KUALA LUMPUR Fri.— Mr. T. S. Navaretnam, headmaster of the Government English Secondary School, Kuala Kubu Bahru. has been transferred to the High School. Klang.
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    Indian film body officials
    56 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. The following were elected officials of the Indian Motion Picture Distributors' Association of Singapore and Malaya for 1961: President, Mr. Lim Eng Kwan; vice-president, Mr. R. M. H. Patel; secretary and treasurer, Mr. A. G. Abdul Kader; council members. Mr. Mahlnder Singh, Mr. M.
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    Now the book men freeze out Lady
    177 5 SINGAPORE, Friday. T«E Singapore Book Sellers' Association has dcx cided not to import any more copies of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" into the State. i Reason: Some of their members have Just finished reading the book and their verdict is: "Not for the childThe
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    NEW YEAR CHEER FOR YOUNG, OLD
    103 5 NEW YEAR CHEER FOR YOUNG, OLD JOHORE, BAHRU, Fri.— Two organisations here will bring cheer to 320 underprivileged children and old people over Chinese New Year. The Johore Bahru chapter of the Jaycees (Junior Chamber International) will give a nasl beryanl treat to 180 inmates of the old people's home
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    Shaws give New Year presents to the aged
    110 5 Shaws give New Year presents to the aged KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Six thousand aged people today received Chinese New Tear presents from the Shaw Brothers' Organisation. The gifts, distributed at all the major Federation towns and in Singapore, consisted of cash and parcels containing five katis of rice, one kati
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    Annual meeting
    16 5 SEGAMAT, Fri.— The Segamat International Club will hold its annual meeting on Feb. 11.
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    Suleiman is asked to be new envoy to Australia
    212 5 Suleiman is asked to be new envoy to Australia KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Minister of Interior, Dato Suleiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman, has been asked to become Malaya's new High Commissioner in Australia. Dato Suleiman said today that he had not yet made a decision. He was now on sick
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    Fall in house killed him
    49 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Coroner, Mr. N.A. DHozarlo. was told today that Ho Ah Kee. 47 tripped and fell In a house in Sungei Road on Nov. 7 last year. He had a laceration of the brain and died a few hours later. Verdict: Misadventure.
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    Penang income tax men moving
    41 5 PENANG, Fri.— Next Monday the Penang Department of Inland Revenue will move to the 4th floor, OverseaChinese Banking Corporation building in Beach Street. The stamp office will move to the third floor in the same building.
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    Health talks
    37 5 SEGAMAT. Fri.— The staff of the health office here will give talks on sanitation and rural health to the people of Kampong Melayu Raya on Feb. 12 and at Kampon? Tebblng Tinggi on Feb. 13.
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    Union registered
    29 5 IPOH. Fri. The Perak Cinema and Amusement Enterprise Employees' Union, formed four months ago, has been granted a certificate of registration by the Registrar of Trade Unions.
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    THE FU CASE: APPEAL COURT DECISION
    320 5 KUCHING (Sarawak): Friday T^HE Sarawak Court 1 of Appeal has rejected the AttorneyGeneral's application for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against a decision in connection with the Fu Tze Man case. Fu is a Sarawak-born Chinese who was arrested in Slbu and
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    RECORD 5.5 m. TONS IRON ORE PRODUCED LAST YEAR
    235 5 RECORD 5.5 m. TONS IRON ORE PRODUCED LAST YEAR IPOH, Friday. MALAYA'S booming iron mining industry last year produced a record 5.5 million tons of ore, alued at over $140 million. Royalties to the five producing states Trengganu. Perak. Johore. Kelantan and Kedah— are estimated at a total of about
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    Gardener dies after pig bite
    98 5 Gardener dies after pig bite TPOH, Fri.— A vegetable gardener, Lam Khai. 49, died shortly after being bitten by a four-year-old crossbred stud pig in the Gunong Bercham new village, near here, yesterday evening. The boar, weighing more than two piculs, escaped after biting Lam. Police and veterinary officers scoured
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    Missing: Tractor spare parts
    42 5 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Tractor and heavy machinery spar* parts valued at $5,500 were reported missing yesterday from the Jardlne Waugh •tore in Buklt Timah Road. The loss was discovered during a check by Mr. Llm Hood Beng, chief storekeeper
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    133 6 W»r4i Sit (Minimum) MRS. K KANOIAH and family thank all friends, relatives and students who a'tended the funeral, sent tele>.r.im> and condolences, wreath" snd to a!l those who rendered assistance id k.nd at In* funeral 28.1. 51. THt FAMILY of the late Madam l.m Bek Neo (wife of the
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    The Straits Times. Saturday, February 4, 1961. Improving A Port
    654 6 The Straits Times. Saturday, February 4, 1961. Improving A Port It is good to see the Minister of Transport deeply and personally engaged in the matter of Port Swettenham. Inche Sardon's pronr.se of further action and the pledge that the pott authority will be autonomous in 1964 are both welcome.
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    Report On Tibet
    336 6 Intercourse between Tibet I and the free world, except j along the well-worn refugee routes, ended with the effective exclusion of Indian traders and since last June, when the Nepal border incident bore I witness to guerilla resistance on a scale which even the Chinese Government did
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    Stable Dollar
    223 6 It is a novel experience for a U.S. President even to have to think of asserting that the dollar will not be devalued. America used to hold the greater part of all the gold that has ever been extracted from the earth, and it was due to that
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    102 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO From the Straits Times of Fob. 3. 1911 DR. MM BOON KENQ has been cabled for by the Chinese Government to return to Peking immediately to direct measures there to cope with the plague outbreak which is reported to be spreading southward. THE close of 1910 has
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    949 6 THE QUIET AMERICAN VERNON BARRETT COMMENTS President Kennedy's New Frontier begins to take shape... THE voice of Churchill, transferred to another continent and another generation." I wrote that sentence 10 days ago after reading the text of President Kennedy's inaugural speech. Since then, I have seen the film of the
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    Til shoot myself man said
    1021 7 PENANG, Friday SCHOOL TEACHER TELLS MURDER INQUIRY OF CONVERSATION WITH SAMSON IN NOVEMBER A SCHOOL teacher, Mr. Wee Teow Soon, today testified that an in- surance agent, Bryant Samson, told him last November he would "get drunk one of these days, shoot a cash register
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    Ways to relieve port congestion are discussed by committee
    321 7 I KUALA LUMPUR. Friday A special sub-commit-tee of the Port Swettenham Board met here today to discuss immediate improvements to relieve congestion in the port. The day-long talks were presided over by the deputy general manager of the Malayan Railway. Dato
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    King meets Buddhist monks
    63 7 PENANG GOVERNOR GIVES GARDEN PARTY rpHE Tang di-Pertnan Agon* meets Buddhist monks at a X garden party given by the Governor of Penang, Raja Tun Ida (right) at the Residency on Wednesday. In lounge salt is the Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Dato On* Yoke
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    Impresario from the Philippines flies in
    166 7 Impresario from the Philippines flies in SINGAPORE, Frl. Mr. Alfred Lozano, the leading impresario In the Philippines, flew in here this afternoon to make arrangements for the visit of a 100-man Filipino concert orchestra. Mr. Goh Soon Tioe, wellknown Singapore impresario and violinist, was at the airport to meet Mr.
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    Bank owed $173,000
    55 7 SINGAPORE, Frl. Three partners of Chop Swee Hin Chan were adjudicated bankrupt by the Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, in the High Court today on a petition by the Bank of America. They are Tan Kok Beng, Chua Cheng Hock and Tay Thian Seng. They are said
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    Rape bid is alleged
    55 7 SINGAPORE, Frl.— Lee Ah Mong, 55, was charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court today with attempting to rape a 12-year-old girl. The offence was alleged to have been committed at an unnumbered hut at Sambau Street on Feb. 1, at about 8.45 pjn. Lee was remanded
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    Suicide verdict
    36 7 SINGAPORE. Frl.— A verdict of suicide was recorded today by the coroner, Mr. N. A. DRozarlo, on Madam Leong Ah Bee, 60 of Hylam Street, who took caustic soda on Sept. 10 last year.
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    Found: Man whose mother was trying to trace him
    116 7 Found: Man whose mother was trying to trace him SINGAPORE, Fri. An Englishman whose mother had been trying to trace him, in order to tell him of his father's death has been found. He is Mr. Brian F. Williams, a departmental manager of a firm in Walllch Street. His mother,
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    Death fall from roof
    66 7 SINGAPORE. Frl. A man fell five or six feet while repairing the zinc roof of a shop in Tanjong Pagar. and died the next day, the coroner, Mr. N A. D'Rozario, was told today. A verdict of misadventure was recorded on Llm Hiua, 58, of Ball
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    Road death
    37 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl.— Soong See, 60, of the old people's home in Jalan Scudai, was killed by a lorry near the home today. Soon, a former barber, had lived at the home for 10 years.
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    CROWDS SEE KING AS HE DRIVES TO FRIDAY PRAYERS
    421 7 PENANG, Friday THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong prayed at the Ka--1 pitan Kling Mosque In Pitt Street this afternoon before leaving Penang for Province Wei- lesley. It was His Majesty's last public appearance In the Island after a busy fourday stay here.
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    Lock icon $ is legal till 1962
    55 7 is legal till 1962 JAKARTA. Fri. —The Malayan dollar will continue to be legal tender In the Indonesian Islands of the Rhio Archipelago until the end of the year The decision was contained in a government regulation which stated that the measure was necessary "to safeguard the economy and to
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    A FLOW OF U.S. CASH NOW EXPECTED
    249 7 A FLOW OF U.S. CASH NOW EXPECTED Food fiim heads in for opening SINGAPORE, Frl.— Th« first "pioneer" Amp. rican enterprise In Malaya the Beatrice Foods (Malaya) Ltd.- is expected to bring a flow of American capital to the Federation. This was predicted today by three top executives of the
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      33 8 QINCE the police have given an a&surance about action against "jaga kreta" boys, it would be appreciated if action could also be taken against gangsters dealing in cinema tickets. FILM-FAN Singapore.
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      471 8 THE GOVT. SHOULD THINK AGAIN ON ITS OFFER TO DIVISION II OFFICERS AS a disinterested citizen, allow me to comment on the Government proposals for the partial restoration of variable allowances. In the first place the offer of a 10 per cent restoration, with a maximum of $50
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      DEGREES: IT IS TIME WE BURIED AN OLD MYTH
      101 8 THOUGH the discrepancies between the relative worth of a general and honours degree have in the past being unduly emphasised by the educational systems of the country. I think it Is time that the myth was buried. In keeping with the
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      183 8 MY seven-year old son and eight-year old daughter who are now studying in Tanglln Boys' School and Tanglln Girls' School are down with serious colds as a result of being exposed to the rain. The main gate leading to these schools Is so narrow that It Is
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      51 8 \[R. Mllon Nandy, In Saturday's i.-sue says some rather interesting things about the OCE in comparison with the School Certificate examination. If what he says Is. In fact, true, we ought to know more about It. Perhaps Mr. Nandy might care to cite his references and authorities? TEACHER
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      198 8 Mr. Tan explains that port visit I WAS surprised to read the report in yesterday's issue of your newspaper, describing the part played by me at Port Swettenham on Thursday when a party of Ministers, officials and businessmen visited the port in order to find out if something could be
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      85 8 AM an ex-serviceman, having served in the R.A.S.C. as a sergeant during the second world war. Although I was without employment, I was enrolled as a member of the ExServices Association on March 22. 1956. At a committee meeting of the association on Jan. 18 this year it
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      352 8 THE HIGH COST OF AN IDEAL HOME T FULLY agree with your comment that "Eighteen thousand dollar homes, to the cost of which must b« added $5,000 for the site, are within the reach of only a relatively small number of people." You also raise the point about those who
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      231 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 8. Confident to a place the 4. Hone. boy holds great one French pass up (b). (•>• 7 Ancient club scrap? (I. 4). 5. Voyage made by Crusoe (6). 14. Tellers, but not In a bank 9 Murder! I must have detec- (B). ttves In the
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    Sentiment in rubber 'moderately bullish'
    583 10 DOINTS from this week's Singapore rubber reviews, issued yesterday, are: Lewis and Peat: After a2k cent drop from last Friday's noon quotations prices climbed sharply on active dealer shortcoverlng, wiping out all but 1 cent of the drop. Sentiment appears to have turned to moderately
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    137 10 rE Chinese Produce Exchange, Singapore, noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: Quiet; UK /Continent Feb./ March shipments $27. buyers. $28 sellers. Coconut oil: Quiet; bulk Mlj sellers, drum $44* sellers. Pepper: Quiet; no business was reported done. Muntok white $205. Sarawak $210. special Sarawak black $1421 and
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    STRONG ADVANCE IN TINS: ISSUE BY KUALA KAMPAR
    678 10 By Our Market Correspondent ITEEN demand in an active market pushed tin shares upward on the Malayan share market yesterday and many good advances resulted. Industrials were also active and better, but rubbers continued dull. Among the brightest spots of a bright
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    92 10 THI Mslsysn Ixshangs Banks' Asss--1 slatlsfl made these changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to S100): Csnsda: buying airmail T.T. 82 11/16. O.D. S3 13/16. 90 d/st 331 credit bills. 33 8/16 trade bins. Silling T.T. sr 0.0. rsady: Canada 321: Belgian Francs 1824J: Swedish
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    22 10 Malayan Stock Exehanfe: Feb. S Feb. 2 Industrials: 143.70 142 44 Tins: 24)4.87 195-55 Rubbers: 833.0. 231.48 Jan. 1 1958__100.
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    CLOSING PRICES
    37 10 SINGAPORE, Feb. 3RUBBER 781 cents per lb. (down a quarter of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 782 cents (quiet). TIN: $391.25 per picul (up 12. cents). Estimated unofficial offering 240 ton. (down 10 tons).
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    833 10 BUSINESS In the trading room on the Singapore section of the Malayan Scock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares In brackets, was: Industrials: Boustead (1.000) $1.37, (2.000) $1.28. (1,000) $1.30: Fed. Dlsp. (1.000) $1.99; F. sad N. orda (9.000) $2.13. (8.000) $2.12: Oammon (9,000) $2.21. (2.000)
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    110 10 MELBOURNE. Fri. TNVESTMENT shares closed the 1 week along firm lines here today. Colonial Sugar gained 30s. to £76 and Aust. Cement Is. 9d to Mb, Base metals and the oils held a steady trend, while Commonwealth Bonds held a firm tone. Con. Zinc 85/6 B Mt. lv
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    RUBBER PRICES
    215 10 1 1TCBBC ART first grade rubber Jl buyers t.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 781 cents per lb. down a quarter of a cent on Thursday'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 78 1.
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    113 10 SHIM lying alenssMe the Slnmwti Harbour Beard aiharvss or siaeeted tedsy ars: Neder Ebro 1/2. Pekln 6A, Benarty 6/7, Travestetn 8/9, Surat 10/11, Pleaaantnile 13/14. Oleaflnlas 16/16. Steel Traveller 18. State of Madraa 19. Hong Tat N. Wall 1. Olang Ann N. Wall 4. Scudai N. Wall 5,
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      373 10 NOTICES NOTICE All parties concerned are hereby notlfled that our Ciiief Clerk Mr. Yoon Hong F_u has left (.he service of our company on his own accord as from the Ist of February 1961. Mr Yoon Hong Patt Is therefore not authorised to transact any business for and on behalf
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      370 10 NOTICES PUBUC NOTICE BUDGE NO. 2/4 JELAIEOMPIN ROAD. KUALA PILAH DISTRICT, N. SEMBILANDoe to repairs to Bridge No 2/4 the Public are hereby notified that until further notice this Bndge will be restricted to Vehicles with a Gross Laden Weight not exceeding 5 tons. Vehicles above the restricted weight desirous
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      149 10 NOTICE AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Singapore Properties. To be held at oar Saleroom No. 104 Market Street. Od Tuesday. 7th February IMI at IM pjn. Estate ol Waghji La_HJ_id*_. deceased. 1 Land at Joo Chlat Place, arra 15,512 sq.ft. freehold. VACANT POSSESSION a _and at Kamponn Eunos. area 104.241 sq.ft.
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      641 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY Applications are invited for the Post of Copy Typist on the salary scale 5130.00 x 7.50 205. Applicants should have an Overseas Cambridge or Federation of Malaya School Certificate with a Credit in English, and should be able to type at least 30
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      607 11 NOTICES TYRESOLES COMPANY OF MALAYA LIMITED THIB IS TO NOTIFY our customers that Mr. Sim Leng Hocleft the service of the Ipoh Branch of this Company on the 31st January. 1961 and no longer has any authority to collect debts or transact business on behalf of this Company. TYRESOLES COMPANY
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      896 11 (Continued from Page SITUATIONS VACANT ID Words ti (Min.)— Boa tt ets. txtra LADY CASHIBR and outdoor cashier (male) required by Sunky Store. Apply 52 Joo Chlat Place, Singapore 15. EXPERIENCED STOREKEEPER required by Bunky Store must be able to speak several dialects an advantage. Apply 52 Joo Chlat Place,
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      1061 11 SITUATIONS VACANT tt Wards St (Min.)— Box tt ets. extra EUROPEAN IMPORT COMPANY In Singapore offer tbe pott of A»al«--tant Hanacer. Applicant* should have organising and admlnlitratlvt ability and wide experience In tbe field of general Importa. It Is also essential that candidates should speak and write fluent Engllah and
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      933 11 EDUCATION tt Words Si (Min.)— Box it cts. txtra FELLOWS COLLEGE (LONDON) Offers specialised Ensllso LancoMa courses tor Cambrldse Certificate. Qualifying Test and U.C.B. Airmail tuition ny ex-Malayan tutors. Low fees. Result guaranteed. Details P.O. Bos 150 H. Singapore. POSTAL TUITION I CTMA College External Studies Department provides courses: UCB.,
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      1068 11 WANTED tt Words U (Mtm.t—Baa it ets. erf rm 18 MM SOUND FILMS wanted. silent nlms considered if In good condition. Box A 4838 S.T. B'pore. MUSICAL DAUGHTERS iraad practise piano. Limit S4M or will tend/rant yours while oo leave Also silver flats Boehm. low pitch. Write Bet. rarrell 73
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      1037 11 VEHICLES FOR SALE tt Words Si (Min.)— Box it ets. ex.. l FIAT SOO, late 1955, good condition. J2.300. View at 431. Buklt Tlmah Road, Spore (near Stevens Road). 19S8 JAGUAR 3.4 litre with overdrive and dlac brake. 1960 nohUD Saloon. 1957 Mercedes Benz 190 Saloon. Hire purchase terms can
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    160 12  -  EPSOM JEEP I with SULTAN OF JOHORE WILL SHORTLY RACE A STRING OF 20 HORSES 'THE Sultan of Johore will shortly race a string of about 20 horses he has imported from Australia and Britain. They will be trained by T. K. Nair, who has been issued a licence
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    FOLLOW BEATEN FAVOURITES
    318 12 MUSTY JADI, MY FAIR LADY AND SPANISH PRINCE SHOULD MAKE AMENDS FOR FIRST-RUN FAILURE T>EATEN favourites have a knack of popping up next time out and my advice to punters is to follow up tomorrow on horses which were strongly fancied but failed on the first two
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    1322 12 RACE ONE 2.15-CLASS 2 DIV 3-6 F 1 ***** Comae (J. H. Laldlaw) Bagby. 6 9.0 Boufoure 2 2 ***** Fleetmuster (Brighton St.) Martin, 6 8.11 (SF) Johnson 3 3 ***** My Goodness (W. McO. Watt) Sullivan. 6 8.11 (F) McGrowdie 4 4
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    189 12 Malayans crash in Middlesex tourney I ONDON. Frl. Malayan students in England tumbled out of the Middlesex badminton championships here at Stamford Hill last night'ln the second and third rounds of the men's singles. Harry Parmar of Singapore, captain of the London University Badminton Club and a civil engineering student,
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    Rangers' visit postponed
    71 12 SINGAPORE. Frl. Selangor Rangers' tour of Singapore, scheduled for Feb. 11 and 12, has been postponed to enable Singapore Government Services F.A. to be at full strength for their Indonesian tour starting on Monday. S.G.S.F.A. will now be able to play at Medan on Feb. 7 and
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    35 12 IPOH. Fri. Three women are among 40 competitors who will take part in the six-mile walk organised by the Ipoh Cold Storage Social and Sports Club here on Sunday, starting at 6.45 a.m.
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      218 12 Bugs Bunny By Baiph Beimtlahl (r^SsMSS^^IbHhI pa IR! I "''Jji___\ t^^soJ F '^n I kips'. J MA* I Abner By At Capp OH, MILTON. 1 -YOU HAVE I BUT, SJ WHO GAVE HIM IT'S THE l *~V r NAMELV-A V (-7*CM.Yl7£ffEk«S >— s EVERYTHING A GIRL «/Qfljy.lNG- ALLTHATfT-MlHy FINEST WEDDIMS
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    1135 13 By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SETS A NEW RIC RECORD WITH 67 HAYASHI OF JAPAN IN FIRST TEN SINGAPORE, Fri.— Frank Phillips, a bespectacled golfer from Sydney Concord Course Club, shattered the Royal Island Club scoring record today with a 34 33 67 to take a twostroke
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    97 13 SINGAPORE, Fit— A group of Singapore women have decided to Xorm a football team with the view of challenging Malaya to a women's International match. They plan to begin training soon at a secret venue and will be coached by several Singapore State players. "When we
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    121 13 DAVIDSON, HARVEY RETURN TO TEST 12 MELBOURNE, Fri. Alan Davidson and Nell Harvey, who missed the drawn Fourth Test through Injury, are back in Australia's team for the vital fifth and final Test against West Indies starting here on Feb. 10. With the teams level, 1-1, in the series, the
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    85 13 SABF plans tourney for juniors {SINGAPORE. Fri. The Singapore Amateur Basketball Federation will Introduce a junior tournament this year. It will be open to men and women teams which had not competed In the senior tournament before. The junior tourney will start on Mar. 4. Entries close on Feb. 20.
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    308 13 SOCCER PENANG I,NTfcB SCHOOL TOURNEY: George Town Secondary 3 (Sultan Mydtn, Cbwee Leng. All) St. Marks 1 iZalnal). SHORE INTER-SCHOOL: Oan Eng Seng 6 St. Patrick 0. FRIENDLIES At Klnang: Jotiore Chinese 3 (Wong Er.g Kok. Meng Tong. Meng L«e) Kluang Dlstrtct 2 (Jaffar. Kelly). At Ren[im: Bt
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    722 13 ...as girls take over M-Stadium By NORMAN SIEBEL Kuala Lumpur, Fri. DEMEMBER that old saying about all roads leadMX ing to one place? Well it applied with full force when the women footballers of Malaya took over the Merdeka Stadium for two hours of fun and
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    20 13 IPOH, Fri. The Perak Motor Club's Kledang Hill Climb will be held on Feb. 12 from 8.30 a.m.
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      89 13 SOCCER TOIR MATCH: PAM v Younf Boys of Berne (Penang City Stadium. 8 p.m.). STORE GSFA DIV. 1: Police v MRNVR (Thomson Rd); Div. ZA: Ourong v TTS Hospital 'B (Oeylane>; Dlt. 2B: SMF v Woodbrldge (Kallanc). FRIKNDLIEB: Malayan Youth? v S'gor Selection iMerdeka Stadium. 8 p. mi Prisons AC
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    S'pore golf championship opens
    114 14 THE camera captures some of the best moments of the leading contestants in the threeday Singapore open golf championship which began at the Royal Island Club yesterday. Straits Times pictures show Kel Nagle (left), making a hard drive, while in the second picture Peter Thomson, pretournoment
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    HOW THE MONEY
    46 14 Agriculture and Land Development $545.3 million Transport $362 million P.W.D. Plant and Equipment 68.7 million Communications 72.9 million Utilities (water, sewerage, power) $402 million Industrial Development $27 million Social Services $491 million General Government Development $121.1 million Defence $60 million Total $2,150 million
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    39 14 :n "orrf. SU (Utinimum) MR. AND MRS. N.S. MANIAM, *<rnt nyih Group Kstatc, S. minyih thank frlrnds and rrlativm for thi'ir a.-sl.--tanct-. Rood wish.s and for th.-ir valuable prriu-nt* on th* occasion of their daughter wrddtnK on 21.1.81.
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    Bankrupt is discharged
    85 14 SINGAPORE, Fri. F. J. Skelchy, a Government pensioner, who had been a bankrupt since Oct. 3, 1958, with total liabilities of $10,297, was granted a discharge by the Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, in the High Court here today. Mr. N. N. Leicester, who appeared for the
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    US envoy to Britain
    44 14 WASHINGTON. Fri.—President Kennedy yesterday named Mr. David K. E. Bruce to be U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain. He is the first career foreign service officer ever to get the choice assignment. Mr. Bruce. 62, will succeed Mr. John Hay Whitney.
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    Dog Show at Great World
    78 14 SINGAPORE. Fri. More than 70 dogs will compete for 24 challenge cups at a dog show to be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday at the Great World Amusement Park. Admission is $1 for circle seats and 50 cents for standing gallery. Mr. Leo Wilson,
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    Lock icon CHANGI CO. IS NAMED AIDE TO THE QUEEN
    75 14 LONDON, Fri. The Queen has approved the appointment of Group Captain Nigel Martin Maynard, at present Commanding Officer at R.A.F., Changl in Singapore, as her aide-de-camp with effect from Jan. 1. He succeeds Group Captain H.N.G. Wheeler, who has been promoted to
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    374 14 LONDON, Pn. Siock marker finished a generally satisfactory week on a firm note today. There was a more optimistic feeling concerning the business ouJook following the news tha: car production was to be steppedup by BrhiMi Motor Corporauoii and Rootes. Yesieiday's rise on Wall Street
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    An inspection
    40 14 SINGAPORE, Fri. Brigadier H. I. Dessain of the Singapore Military Force will inspect members of the sth Corps. West Central Area ol St. John Ambulance Brigade, at the S.M.F. headquarters in Beach Road on Sunday at 11.15 a.m.
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