The Straits Times, 10 February 1961

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    18 1 AVEBACE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 The Straits Times fie**"* Estd. 1845. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1961. IS CENTS
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    PRAISE FROM GARCIA
    877 1 'We too have triumphed over Communists' Common stand on race bars KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday PRESIDENT GAR- CIA of the Philippines today praised the Federation Government when he addressed both Houses of Parliament at a special session. In a 25 minute speech he said the people of the
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    Oei family business is seized
    94 1 Oei family business is seized JAKARTA, Thurs. The Government yesterday closed down the main oiflce as well as all branch offices ot Kian Gwan-Oei Tiong Ham Trust Company, the largest private business company in Indonesia. The company was charged with having committed "violations of foreign exchange regulations involving millions of
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    Tourist hotel burns down
    65 1 W E G G I S, Switzerland, Thurs. A wooden frame hotel famed as one of Switzerland's tourist attractions for almost 100 years burned to the ground today while packed with tourists. Police said four bodies have been identified and three persons sent to hospital. Another
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    Lock icon 'SPY RING HAD ATOM SUB SECRETS'
    760 1 'SPY RING HAD ATOM SUB SECRETS' LONDON. Thurs T)ETAILS of H.M.S. Dreadnought, Britain's first atomic submarine, were among secret papers seized when police searched the home of a member of an alleged spy ring, it was said in court here today. Dreadnought was launched by the Queen at Barrow-in-Furness in
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    WHAT MADE THE 'SNOWMAN' FOOT PRINTS?
    221 1 WHAT MADE THE 'SNOWMAN' FOOT PRINTS? KLUANG, Thursday. 11/-HAT made the giant footprints found on the Jungle fringe 26 miles from here? The footprints— resembling the footprints which gave rise to the "Abominable Snowman" legend— were found leading from a drain to a nearby hill at the 49th mile Johore
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    Lock icon UK miners accept
    62 1 LONDON, Thurs. British miners have accepted wage increases costing between £12 million and £14 million a year, it was announced here today. After today's meeting of the executive of the National Union of Mineworkers it was announced that their recommendatior to accept the Coal Board's ofter had
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    Lock icon No more Sahara A-bomb tests
    42 1 PARIS, Thurs. France will not carry out any further atomic tests in the Sahara, official sources said today. France has so far carried out three nuclear test explosions at the Reggan Desert site in the Sahara.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Buried in mud
    31 1 BILBEIS, Egypt, Thurs. A bus carrying 43 passengers swerved from the highway into a canal here yesterday burying 23 persons in a muddy grave, police said today.— U.P.I.
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    Soccer $11,000 for Fund
    482 1 KUAi.A LUMPUR, Thurs A GIFT of $11,000, the entire proceeds of the women's football matches at the Merdeka Stadium on Feb. 3, today brought the Straits Times and Berita Harian Fund for Malayan troops in the Congo to $55,--876.91. The money was handed over to a
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    That 'phone calF: Inquiry ordered
    291 1 That 'phone calF: Inquiry ordered KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. J*HE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, announced in the House of Representatives today that he would order an inquiry into the way rich iron-ore land in the Sungei Lam area of Perak had been distributed. His action follows allegations in the
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    Plane down off S'pore
    51 1 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A Royal Navy Sea Vixen crashed Into the sea 40 miles off Singapore during a naval exercise in the South China sea today. The pilot and observer of the plane were rescued. Their I names were given as Lt> Geoffrey Hunt and Lt. John
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    LATEST
    26 1 PRISON BREAK ALGIERS. Thurs r-wrlvp Muslims, held Dnlitk.il dMTfM c^-M* 'l from a jail here I«kl<n Tm killed in bunt •»> .nurilv forte* and «"<> >iiicr>> nphnCMMn
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    Mountbatten on way
    51 2 LONDON. Thurs. Lord Mountbatten, British Defence Staff Chief, left London yesterday for a month's tour of the Far East. He will visit British units in Aden. Kuala Lumpur. Singapore. North Borneo. Rangoon. Hong Kong. Australia and New Zealand, and will return home through San Francisco and Ottawa.—
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    New Year guard
    33 2 TAIPEH. Thurs. The Nationalist Chinese Navy has stepped up patrols in the Formosa Strait to guard the offshore islands from Communist attacks on the eve of Chinese New Year— U.P.l.
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    U.S.-SOVIET ACCORD ON LAOS, CONGO HOPES
    517 2 U.S.-SOVIET ACCORD ON LAOS, CONGO HOPES Kennedy holds meetings to chart new action WASHINGTON. Thurs. had not yet replied to Britain's proposal for reviving the three-member International Control Commission. Diplomatic sources Intimated that the Keni.eay adml n 1 s t ration would be prepared to accept a broadly based coalition
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    Lock icon A girl who has -everything—
    63 2 A girl who has -everything— OEAUTY. talent and riches. they all belong to redheaded acttress Jill St. John, seen here peek-a-booing over her sable coat. Jill, who is in Britain filming with Vivien Leigh in "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" at Elstree. is one of the world's wealthiest actresses.
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    Lock icon 'WALK WORKERS' SPARK RIOT
    152 2 NAPLES, Thursday. ANGRY rioters last night clashed with police here round the wreckage of burnt-out buses after finding they would have to walk home because of a snap bus strike. j Fifty people were injured and 100 arrested before the crowds broke up at midnight leaving
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    Lock icon 'Ham' on film
    47 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs. A 30-mlnute film showing the reactions of the Americ a n space chimpanzee "Ham" during his recent flight to an altitude of 155 miles over the Atlantic was screened yesterday for the first time before the House of Representatives Space Committee— Reuter.
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    Desert holiday
    28 2 LOS ANGELES. Thurs.— Former President Eisenhower, declaring "its wonderful to be a private citizen." arrived In Palm Springs, with his wlft yesterday for a desert holiday.—U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Four cities to sue electric firms
    318 2 NEW YORK, Thursday pOUR of the nations r largest cities announced yesterday that they will bring mil-lion-dollar damage suits against electrical equipment manufacturers convicted of price fixing. Nearly a dozen other municipalities were also considering suits against the 29 firms found guilty in a
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      34 2 TKE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby WELL. I CANT S6E 1 IEVS&V MAN TO HIS 1 1 PUONt T«e CCTVICff I fuE SAVS'IUV^ 7Z WBONG^ JO» I ALVWTAVB^^N I AHO A«« Ta«/I__^r\ YOU TRI6D A
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    Lock icon 'Kasavubu is agreeable to new govt.'
    215 3 WITH ILEO AS HEAD: ATTITUDE OF MOBUTU 'IS NOT KNOWN' LEOPOLDVILLE. Thurs. PRESIDENT Joseph Kasavubu was yesterday reported to have approved the formation of a new provisional government here. Mr. Albeit Delvaux. Minister without Portfolio in the Kasavubu Government and one of the men
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    Lock icon 850 losing jobs
    26 3 COVENTRY, Thurs.— About 850 car workers at the two Rootes Group factories here are to be sacked as redundant In a fortnight.— Renter.
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    Lock icon Surgery an 'honour* in Congo: Doctor
    168 3 SYDNEY, Thurs. Australian Red Cross doctors have carried out 870 operations in the Congo in the past six months a Melbourne surgeon said when he reached Sydney by air today. He is Dr. Bruce Fox, formerly of Melbourne's Alfred Hospital, who, with five other
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    The Queen (in slacks) watches Duke shoot game
    241 3 The Queen (in slacks) watches Duke shoot game SAIDU SHARIF. (Pakistan), Thurs.— Queen Elizabeth, wearing blue slacks and a silk headscarf, went out with binoculars on the snow-capped peaks of the North-West Frontier yesterday and watched the Duke of Edinburgh shoot a mixed bag of hill partridges and duck. Plans
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    Lock icon PORTUGUESE PAPERS PUBLISH CRITICISM BY OPPOSITION
    235 3 LISBON, Thurs. ALL four Lisbon evening newspapers published last night the full text of the communique' of the thieo Opposition leaders who on I*londay urged President Amerigo Tomas to restore "fundamental liberties" to the nation. It Is a long time since the people of
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    Lock icon London cafes bombed
    40 3 London cafes bombed LONDON, Thurs. Police launched widespread investigations in the Greek Cypriot area of London today after a gang of youths wrecked two Greek Cypriot cafes with home-made bombs, milk bottles, knuckle dusters and bicycle chains last night. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ghosts in embassy...
    48 3 NEW YORK. Thuri—Seven-teen-year-old Wagl Jo has disappeared from the Indonesian United Nations Embassy here after having told the Ambassador, Dr Wlrjopranoto. that he was afraid of ghosts in the building. The embassy is a big Eng-lish-style mansion with wooden beams and dia-mond-shaped window panes. Reuter.
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    Lock icon INDONESIAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA: A PROTEST
    354 3 INDONESIAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA: A PROTEST THE HAGUE, Thursday. HPHE Dutch Government yesterday published the text here of a protest Note to the Indonesian Government about the activities of Indonesian armed forces in New Guinea. The Note, handed to the Indonesian Foreign Minister. Dr. Subandrio in Jakarta on Tuesday
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    Lock icon 'Chewing Gum Kid' sold escape keys: Prisoners
    123 3 'Chewing Gum Kid' sold escape keys: Prisoners LONDON, Thurs. Prisoners from London's Pen ton ville Jail told a court here yesterday that they were able to buy do-it-yourself escape kits inside the prison from a warden. The warden, William George Alston. 34. also known as "The Chewing Gum Kid." was
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    Lock icon Exchange deal?
    30 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Representative Thomas J. Lane (Democrat-Massachus-sets) yesterday urged President Kennedy that the United States should exchange food to starving Communist Chinese in exchange for American prisoners. U.P.I.
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    Home again
    31 3 BONN. Thuns. Dr. Joachim von Merkatz. West German Minister, returned here today by air from an 18-day trip which took him to Burma. Thailand. Singapore. Malaya. Indonesia and Ceylon
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    Call for a 'just' policy
    513 4 PAY CUT: 'NEED FOR GOVT. TO REVISE PRESENT ATTITUDE' PLEA FOR UNITY BY AUPE CHIEF SINGAPORE. Thurs. QENERAL secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees, Mr. G. kandasamy, tonight urged Government to adopt "a fair and just policy to its employees." He was addressing
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    5 ROBBER-CATCHERS COMMENDED
    270 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. A. E. O. Blades, today sent letters of appreciation to five people. Including a 17- year-old schoolboy, for their "public-spirited role" In arresting three robbers and a thief last year They are: Koh Whatt Teo, a student of the Raffles
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    Shops open on Sunday
    50 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. More than 3.500 shops here will remain open during the week-end to meet the expected last-minute rush by shoppers for Chinese New Year, which falls on next Wednesday. The proprietors of these firms have obtained permission from the Commissioner for Labour to do so.
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    'PAP NOT FOOLED BY RIGHT-WING DENIALS OF USING ONG'
    511 4 'PAP NOT FOOLED BY RIGHT-WING DENIALS OF USING ONG' SINGAPORE, Thursday rpHE chairman of the J- People's Action Party's Hony iim byelection committee, Mr. Chok Koh Thong, today declared that right-wing parties were not fooling anybody by denying that they were using former Minister for National Development, Mr. Ong Eng
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    Armed 'man in red9 demanded money, woman testifies
    472 4 Armed 'man in red 9 demanded money, woman testifies SINGAPORE. Thun A DANCE hostess spoke today of the night a man in red shirt aimed a pistol at her and demanded money. She said she ran and hid In a bathroom and later heard the sound of gunfire. Mahawi blnte
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      264 4 mHE following 1. today. Konyjicx 7^9.30 p^^ JSTIo^-SSr S£ L schedule of civil air- iPrmnkfurt, Rome. Cairo. Kara- 173) 9 p.m. craft movements at Paya C hi, Calcutta. Bangkok (EM departures Lebar airport Singapore: 574') 9-30 pjn- iuiac- t o n«min svonev ARRIVALS Garoda: From Medan (QA m B )A
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    TB risk grows: Now all-out campaign
    447 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE risk of contracting tuberculosis in Malaya is now four times greater than it was 14 years ago, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dato Ong Yoke Lin, warned today. His warning, in the House of Representatives, was based on
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    FAMILIES VISIT DETAINED MEN
    142 5 FAMILIES VISIT DETAINED MEN PENANG, Thurs. Three officials of the Labour Party and Party Rakyat detained here since Monday were allowed to see their families at police headquarters today. The visitors brought food and clothes for the detainees. They stayed only for a short time. One father was disappointed when
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    Extortion case acquittal
    58 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Lee Ba Ba, 16. was acquitted In a magistrate's court here yesterday of two extortion charges. The magistrate. Mr. Dallp Singh, said he was not satisfled with the prosecution's evidence which had alleged that Lee extorted five dollars and three dollars from Lai Keen, a
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    Proximity: Heavier penalties?
    100 5 Proximity: Heavier penalties? KOTA BHARU. Thurs The P.M.1.P.-con trolled Xt mtan Government is considering a proposal to Impose heavier penalties on Muslims who are not married to each other and who are found in close proximity to people of the opposite sex. The States recently appointed anti-vice committee has suggested
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    15,000 in rush for 400 places in army
    96 5 15,000 in rush for 400 places in army KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation Army recruiting section has been swamped with more than 15,000 applications. The intended period for applications Jan. 18 to yesterday was cut to two weeks because, said an army spokesman, "the response was many times greater than
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    New pioneers
    32 5 KUALA KUMPUR. Thurs.— The acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Cheah Theam Swee, has declared that pioneer status had been granted to building material manufacture and essential oil extraction.
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    He's studying TV
    49 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. John Duclos. bead of Radio Singapore, is now studying television problems in Australia, with special reference to the development of TV in Singapore. A Radio Singapore spokesman said today an intensive programme of television training had begun for the staff of the station.
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    SANDYS VISIT HERE: THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED
    95 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Two Opposition members In the Lower House asked today what exactly happened at the "summit" meeting o the Cameron Highlands during the visit of the Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, Mr. Duncan Sandys. Mr. Karam Singh <S.F—Damansara) asked if the Laos
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    DYAK DETECTIVE ELIZABETH HUNTS DOWN THE KILLER VIRUSES
    243 5 DYAK DETECTIVE ELIZABETH HUNTS DOWN THE KILLER VIRUSES IPOH. Thursday. tiUZABETH Unyie Mai. 20, a pretty Dyak girl who works in the Veterinary Research Institute here, is a detective with a difference. The difference is that she does not hunt criminals but the many types ol virus that kill thousands
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    Lock your cars...
    33 5 Lock your cars... ALOR STAR. Thurs.— Police today advised motorists to lock their cars as a precaution against their being stolen. A police spokesman said there had been three car thefts this wee*.
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    Mayor's pledge
    30 5 PENANG. Thurs. The Mayor. Mr. Ooi Thlam Siew, has promised to find out from the State Government why George Town citizens had to pay a higher education rate.
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    'Potpourri' show
    31 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs Tht Singapore Ceylon Tamils' Association will present a "people's potpourri" at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 9 p.m. on Tuesday in aid of the national theatre fund.
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    Pi's First Lady surprises Gurney blind centre with a gift of $3,000
    407 6 MADAM GARCIA SPENDS A BUSY DAY WITH VISITS TO SOCIAL WELFARE BODIES, WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday MADAM GARCIA, wife of the Philippines President, surprised officials of the Gurney Training Centre for the Blind here this morning when
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    PROF. CAHEN IS TO VISIT SINGAPORE
    154 6 SINGAPORE, Thursday. OROF. JULIUS CAHEN, of the Haifa Institution 1 of Technology, is due to arrive here next week for informal talks with the Government before deciding whether he will head Singapore's proposed economic development board. Prof. Cahen's visit Is a seauel to an
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    Envoy in talks at Nanyang
    45 6 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Commissioner for Australia In Singapore, Mr. O.K. Jockel, today visited Nanyang University and exchanged views with the university authorities on the possibility of setting up an exchange programme for teachers and students between Nanyang and Australian universities.
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    Lock icon Golf first on a tight programme
    706 7 VISITORS LOSE TO MALAYAN PARTNERSHIP KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday THEN GARCIA CONFERS HIGHEST PHILIPPINES CHIVALRY AWARD ON THE KING PRESIDENT GARCIA •T of the Philippines began his tight schedule today with an early morning round of golf at the Selangor Golf Club. His son-in-law, Mr.
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    FIVE-YEAR PLAN is PASSED
    1861 8 A flop? That's nonsense critics on the Opposition benches are told KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday Cheers greet Dato Onn's appeal for full support' PRIORITY TO ROADS IN KEL ANTAN, TRENGGANU THE FEDERATION Government's second Five-Year Plan, which seeks to boost the social and economic standards of the
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    SOCCER WOMEN NET $11,000 for TROOPS
    176 9 J^ HAPPY group of women met at the Residency, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday to count the money which spectators had paid last week to see football games In the capital between women's teams from Selangor. Perak. Negrl Sembllan and Malacca. Puan Sharifah Rodziah, wife of
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    NON-GHOUL 'WIZARD' IS GOOD LOOKING AND GRAND FUN
    273 9  -  CHAN CHIN BOCK FILMS by IF someone mentions the word "genii" to you what do you picture in your mind? A dark, ghoulish figure rising out of the smoke of a magic lamp somewhere In Arabia? Well, that's the conception of a
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    Females and fandangos in fabulous East
    161 9 J^S the title Implies "Les Belles" is all about girls bubbly, bouncy girls iof the Hong Kong variety) captured within the magnified focus of Shawscope. What do the girls do? They sing and they dance their way through 130 minutes of can can. cha
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    Tan to David: I admire the astonishing nerve...
    266 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday rpHE Malayan Trades Union Congress, which could claim only 13 per cent of contributors to the Employees Provident Fund at the most, could not be recognised as solely representing workers, the Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Siew Sin. said
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    IN MEMORIAM
    35 10 it Hera's lit (Minimum) HILL REID. ALAN. In loving memory of a beloved brother, Alan, who died In Oulldford, 10th February, ldM. "What li lovely never dies but passes Into otter loveliness." R.I.P.
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    247 10 JO Wardt fit (Minimum) HURRY NOW to Mulchsnda' Sals Hill Days. Price Slashed on Ail Dresses. to SWEET To Come Home to a bouse where tbe room! are kept fresh snd odourless with Alrwick. GREAT READING at little cost complete range of Pan and Fontaaa books available at Spore
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      How To End A War
      642 10 A definite change of sentiment, in favour of a substantial international conference and away from reliance upon the return of the threenation international supervisory commission, has occurred on the question of how to end the civil war in Laos and deliver it from outside interference.
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      A T.B. Shock
      355 10 Nothing the Minister of Health said yesterday in his review of development plans will attract more attention than his warning that infectious tuberculosis is more prevalent than ever. The death rate has fallen steadily in the 'past ten years, but this is the result of new drugs
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      Adult Education
      205 10 Despite the difficulties of its first reorganised year Singapore's Adult Education Board did very creditable work in preparing 4,504 students, of whom more than half passed, for the first ever large-scale examinations in indigenous languages. The public response to opportunities for evening study was the Government's best reward
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    THE LAW AND THE PROFITS
    1704 10  -  RICHARD FRY by Financial Editor of the Guardian AS THE FACTORIES GO UP ALL OVER INDIA, A NEW MOOD OF INDUSTRIAL REALISM SIX ye»ars ago when I returned from my first postwar visit to India a Briti s h manufacturer asked me: "If you were
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  • SAVINGS BANK: TAX ON INTEREST IS NO INCENTIVE
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      189 10 T WAS not surprised to read that there has been a drop In Post Office Savings Bank deposits. One reason may be that people have not that much money to save nowadays. Another may be that there Is probably no point In saving if you have to pay Income
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      IDENTITY CARDS: MORE MUDDLE
      159 10 IDENTITY CARDS: MORE MUDDLE I AM not satisfied with two aspects of the issue of new identity cards. First, the staff are apparently not well versed in the procedure laid down by the Commissioner of National Registration, thus causing great inconvenience to the public. For example, when I went to
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      LADY C BAN*
      67 10 QUITE sufficient books are banned already without the Singapore Booksellers" Association somewhat belatedly taking it upon themselves to add "Lady Chatterley's Lover" to the list. The Government is surely better qualined to judge what action to take "In .the Interest of the youth of Singapore" and the
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      85 10 The Nuclear Ship SAVANNAH On test off New Jersey today is the N.S. (Nuclear Ship) Savannah the most remarkable vessel to have been launched since Fulton's original steamship took the water in 1807. Engineers from the whole world (even Russia) were shown her secrets while she was still under construction.
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    TENGKU WARNS ON UNITY
    585 11 Call for goodwill in S-E. Asia in economic, cultural matters KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday He tells how region's nations should get together, or there's danger Ye may sink' THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, tonight stressed the need for Southeast Asian countries to unite on the economic
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    HE FLIES IN WITH WIFE AND SON—AND NOT A WORD TO NEWSPAPERMEN
    17 11 HE FLIES IN WITH WIFE AND SON— AND NOT A WORD TO NEWSPAPERMEN MR. GUPTA yesterday's picture.
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    CAPITAL'S LITTLE BOY LOST, AGED 14, IS FOUND
    248 11 CAPITAL'S LITTLE BOY LOST, AGED 14, IS FOUND SINGAPORE. Thursday A 14-YEAR-OLD Kuala Lumpur boy who was separated from his mother during a trip here last month has been found— aimlessly tramping the streets. The boy, Ng Geok Llm. was taken by the police to a social welfare home. Ng
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    Scout meeting
    33 11 IPOH. Thurs.— The annual meeting of the Ipoh District Boy Scouts Association will be held at the office of the Religious Affairs Department in Club Road here tomorrow at 5 p.m.
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    Airman dies in road crash
    83 11 Airman dies in road crash SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Wing Commander Norman Henry Nixon, of R.A.F. Changi, was killed when his car crashed into a lamp post at 1.45 a.m. today at the 81 mile Upper East Coast Road. The 45-year-old bomber pilot, who was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross in
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    Lent money charge
    77 11 S I N G A PORE. Thurs Chong Sang Chun, described as the managing partner of a finance company, pleaded not guilty today to an amended summons charge of carrying on an unlicensed moneylendlng business between Sept. 19, 1959, and March 10. 1960. It was alleged that
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    Banished union leader is back for talks
    330 11 Banished union leader is back for talks KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A trade union leader, Mr. S. C. Sen Gupta, banished from Malaya during the Emergency 12 years ago lor alleged subversive activities, returned here today for a short stay a very silent man. He was accompanied by his wife and
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    VARSITY FUND FOR BOY NOW $1,569
    106 11 KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs. A total of $1,569 has been contributed so far to the fund for Wan Azkla bin Hajl Wan Yusoff who plans to take a four-year course at Nanyang University In Singapore. Wan Azkla. who passed his senior middle three at the
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    Death for tapper
    88 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Mr. Justice Adams In the High Court here today sentenced to death Lee Kirn Swee. 35, a tapper, for murder. Lee was unanimously found guilty by the jury of killing Wong Yoke. 53, who Is said to have punched his pregnant wife, a mother
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    The problems of a film censor...
    363 11 SINGAPORE, Thursday INCHE RAHIM ISHAK. chairman of the Singapore Film Committee of Appeal said tonight that a film censor in a democratic state "cannot and should not assume responsibility for the guardianship of public morality Speaking over Radio Singapore, he said. "To do so
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    DAGGER THIEVES GET $5,600, RUIN NEW YEAR REUNION PLAN
    323 11 DAGGER THIEVES GET $5,600, RUIN NEW YEAR REUNION PLAN KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 4 BIG family reunion over the Chinese New Yeai holidays for a school principal and his familj here is off because armed robbers have cleanec them out with a haul of $5,644 including $3,0(K for launching the Year
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    Leopold to tour estates
    45 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Ex-King Leopold and Princess Lillane of Belgium icft for a tour of East Coast rubber estates today. Earlier they visited the Rubber Research Institute at Ampang Road here. The couple will spend the weekend at the Cameron Higlands.
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    My plans to beat Patterson —by Ingo
    104 11 My plans to beat Patterson —by Ingo PAN Ingemar Johansson win back the world heavyweight championship from Floyd Patterson? That ls a question In the minds of all followers of boxing. To seek a clue to the answer a Free Press special correspondent visited Ingo's training quarters In Florida. There
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    Medals from Sultan
    67 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Th» Sultan of Trengganu has promised to give one gold and one silver medal to winners of the 2nd South-East Asian Students' salon of photography to be held at Nanyang University here from March 31 to Apr. 6. Other silver 'medals will come from film
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    'NO RED' WEAVER GETS THAT JOB
    130 12 'NO RED' WEAVER GETS THAT JOB WASHINGTON, Thurs. —The Senate banking committee yesterday approved President Kennedy's nomination of Mr. Robert Weaver, 53-year-old New York Negro, to be Federal Housing Administrator. The vote was 11 to four. The post is the highest in the United States to which a Negro has
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    Lock icon 'Luiz boss of Red Chinese in Cuba'
    306 12 NEW YORK. Thur». A GROUP of six ChiA nese who recently fled from Cuba today named Manuel Luiz as the Chinese Communist boss there. They said his real name is Lul Fot Chu. that he ls about 40 years old. and 'hai he
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    154 12 LONDON. Thurs— Official sources here last night categorically denied Press reports claiming that Mr. Harold Macmillan. the British Prime Minister, was considering visiting Peking this autumn for talks with Communist Chinese leaders. The reports said that the purpose of the visit would be to start
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    86 12 MARILYN HAS MYSTERY ILLNESS NEW YORK, Thurs.— A New York hospital spokesman said last night that Miss Marilyn Monroe had been admitted as a patient for observation mnd treatment. He added that she was suffering from an illness of "undisclosed origin" but her condition was satisfactory. The spokesman said she
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    Spy ring broken
    23 12 RABAT. Thurs. Security police have uncovered a French army intelligence spy ring in Morocco, reliable reports said last night.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon The road to bloody civil war in Rhodesia
    275 12 The road to bloody civil war in Rhodesia I SALISBURY, Thurs. OIR EDGAR WHITEHEAD, the Southern Rhodesia Prime Minister, said in a broadcast last night that any attempt to introduce black supremacy in the colony "could only end in bloody civil war." He announced that he intended holding a referendum
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    Lock icon BUSINESSMEN IN BRITAIN URGED 'BUILD FACTORIES' IN MALAYA
    177 12 BUSINESSMEN IN BRITAIN URGED 'BUILD FACTORIES' IN MALAYA j T ONDON. Thurs. A leading British business executive yesterday urged British manufacturers to take advantage of the opportunities presented by Malaya and Singapore. Mr. W. A. Innes, chairman of tHe Cerebos group of companies which is known for its salt but
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    Father may keep his son as an only child
    134 12 LONDON, Thurs. Does a father have a right to keep his son an only child if he wants that son to grow up as an English gentleman? Yes, a London divorce court decided yesterday while dismissing Mrs. Ismene Smith's divorce suit
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      242 12 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 7. Landed about one hundred— 1. Bathers distressed respiration !T S allow d (i > ,g 8. Truants are unusual whtrt 5. On* using abusive languase food ls P rovld e«l- U" 1 in b.ck7Treei ve,ucl« TsT u^J'v^ 8. Bit soft joint (8). ll th butt*r
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    Lock icon Spy turned authoress shocked all England with bawdy stage plays
    1224 13 Spy turned authoress shocked all England with bawdy stage plays Times Special 188 f}NE April day in 1689 the most notorious woman in England lay dying in her drab Soho lodgings. She was not yet 50, and traces of her once-celebrated beauty still lingered In her raddled face and emaciated
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      196 13 iVSb^Bb&^ L4*jt LM Price: S pore 5620/- Fad. of Malaya Last Lib.ro I Coih Discount $780/T.rm.: U*/- Ui/ mmMt MUDEK COMPA.Y, "T^" TM tM^ 7i ft 92, Orchard Road, Mt Fto#r> chhl# Biur-B<# luildlna, Singapor. 9. 174, Batu Road, Tel: *****, *****, ***** Kuala Lumpur, Tol: B*BB3. F. 1980 treatment
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      200 13 Bugs Bunny By Balph iieimduhl Pf YOU CAN I l/OH.BOVi ILL R\vFfT>O^l f I -WE'PE ONLY I GET SOME I CUTPLENTYi J >*i^Hv(>-^ W WJ GONNA BE HERE FIPEWOOP IP VA'LL J V Vt- i /^O^NIGHT^ID!/ LM Abner By Al Capp ((-AH GO TA USE BRA/N-PCMER \j|9 /^INSTEAD o*O-lAMGIN'HIWDEPD<r >
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    FACTORY PLAN BY CRITTALL IN FEDERATION
    250 14 FACTORY PLAN BY CRITTALL IN FEDERATION THE CRITTALL Manufacturing Co. Ltd., of Braintree, England, is planning to set up" an assembly plant in the Federation. This was disclosed in Singapore this week by Mr. J. F. Crittall. the managing director and deputy chairman, before he left for Australia after a
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    BI LAUNCHES 7,000-TON CARGO SHIP
    113 14 BI LAUNCHES 7,000-TON CARGO SHIP THE British India Steam Navigation Ltd. has launched a new cargo liner which will be the fourth to join 8.1.'s Austraiia/Persian Gulf service. The Bamora. of 7,370 tons deadweight, will join the Bankura, Barpeta and Bulimba, and will be commanded by Capt. T. M. Rouse,
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    POTTS TO TAKE CHARGE OF EASTERN AREA
    108 14 POTTS TO TAKE CHARGE OF EASTERN AREA rh UNION Carbide Corporation has appointed Mr. James E. Potts as vice-president of the international company. Mr. Potts joined Union Carbide as a field salesman in 1934 and for the past 20 years has been concerned witb the corporation's affairs overseas.' including the
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    N.Z. EXPORTS TO MALAYA
    94 14 TpHE Minister of Overseas I Trade. Mr. J. R. Marshall, has announced that 1960 exports to the Federation of Malaya would be worth about S3 million against Imports from Malaya of about Sl7 million Mr. Marshall, who was commenting on the trade agreement between the two
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      An Australian packing plant in Singapore
      219 14 An Australian packing plant in Singapore AUSTRALIAN industrialist, Mr. Weston Fox, has arrived in Singapore to establish a new industry, for which he will recruit local labour and technical staff. Mr. Fox. as managing director, will be the only overseas expert in Parco (Malaya) Ltd., which will be the first
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      Price of pepper slips to low level
      179 14 Price of pepper slips to low level THE Singapore pepper price continues its downward trend this week to reach the lowest level since midNovember 1959. Black pepper is now quoted at $140 per picul and white pepper $205, a fall of nearly 50 per cent over the peak 12 months
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      Youngest captain
      73 14 MR. JOHN W. SHIELDS, 32, until recently chief officer of the Ben Line heavy-lift ship Benarty with three 120--ton derricks, has been promoted captain and appointed to his first command. Capt. Shields, who thus becomes Ben Line's youngest master, is now in command of the cargo-passenger liner Bencleuch
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      Pledge to aid rural programme
      100 14 Pledge to aid rural programme npHE managing direc- tor of Metro Enterprises Ltd., Mr. Tan Beng Tuan, said that the company would utilise its resources, whenever possible, to finance smallholders in various projects. Mr. Tan was speaking at the company's first anniversary dinner in Ipoh on Monday attended by about
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      Rubber, Russia blamed for fluctuations
      211 14 ANE single commodity and the purchasing policies of one country have been mainly responsible for the ups and downs of Britain's total re-exporting performance in the past three years, says UPI. The commodity was rubber and the country Russia. Over the past five years total
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      Studying the needs of local consumers
      124 14 Studying the needs of local consumers T*HE export manager 1 of G. Bauknecht G.m.b.H., the German manufacturers of refrigerators and electrical appliances, visited Singapore and Malaya lastweek to study local requirements. Mr. Josef Denlg said that Improved models of the company's products suitable for Malayans would be Imported. Aroma filter.
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    FOUR U.S. EXPERTS PROMOTE TRADE IN FAR EAST
    233 14 pOUR top executives of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., of St. Paul, Minnesota, are touring the Far East on promotional programmes. All may t>e contacted at the Goodwood Park Hotel.. Singapore. Mr. Paul Auger, the auto refini&h product manager. is already
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      146 14 I Someone isn't using Amplex Outdoor sports and hot we»thcr lummfr activitiea c«n to easily result in offensive body odour. And though you can't help perspiring, you can play it tafr u-ilh Ampler. Safely and surely stopping odours at their source, Amplex leaves breath sweet and body free of smtll.
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    99 16 MELBOURNE, Thurs. TN VESTMENT shares were steady here today. Queensland Press gained Is. 6c to 435. 6d. while Henry Jones eased Is. 6d to 70s. 6c Metals and oils were steady, and loans were firm. Con. Zinc 88 6 Hi. Isa 60/9 N.B.H. (10s.) 20 U i PekO
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    RUBBER PRICES
    217 16 YTitBRUARV flrit grade rubber buyers f.o.b. doffed In Singapore yenterday at 7S| cents par lb., up tbreeeighUu of a cent on Wednesdays close. The tone was quietly steady. C.C.R.A. CLOIINO PRICCt In cents per lb., yesterday were: lnt 1 R.S.B. Spot f.O.b. buyers 781, sellers 79 (N): Int.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    142 16 rl cninese Product Exchange, tlngapere, noon prices per pteol yeaterday were: Cepra: Steady; UK/Continent Feb./ March shipments $28 buyers, $251 sellera. Coconut ell: Steady: bulk $43 sellers, drums $46 sellers, pepper: Steady for white, and quiet for black; no business wan reported done. Muntok white $212 i and
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    MART STEADY WITH SOME TIN SHARES IRREGULAR
    1147 16 By Our Market Correspondent MALAYAN share market was steady yesterday with some shares irregular but small gains predominating. Some Singapore quarters associated a quiet mood with the approach of Chinese New Year. Both the tin and rubber prices were better, February No. 1
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    CLOSING PRICES
    40 16 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. RUBBER: 78*4 cents per Ib. (up three eighths of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 78 S 8 cents (quiet). TIN: $392.12' ■> per picul (up 25 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 260 tons (down 10 tons).
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    114 16 SHIM lying aUngsM* MM tlngaa«ra Harbour Beard wharvat or tip««ttd taday ara: Olga liaersk 1/3. Coromindel 4/5, Manjursan Ma.ru 6A, Benmhor 6/7. Nlkkyo Maru 8/t. Wononobo 13 '14. Bennachle 15/16, Glen*hl«l 1», Strudom N. Wall 1, Badao N. Wall 2. Scdenak N. Wall 3. Scdlll N. Wall 4.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    62 16 Th» Malayan liahang* Banks' Am*clatUn made this changr Id Ita ratea to mrrchanta yesterday (the rate la to $100): (tiling TT. ar O.D. raady: Balflan Franct 1626*. On the fro txehangt markat In H»n* Kang the U.I. <Jo)l«r was quoted at 5.73| for T.T. and 5.72 (or cath.
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    23 16 Malayan Stock Exchange: Feb. 9 Feb. 8 Industrials: 143.88 143 58 Tins: 207-61 206.61 S Rubbers: 233-64 233.02 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    902 16 DUSINESS in the trading room on the Singapore section of the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares In brackets, was: Industrials: F. Dlsp. (2.000) ll.fiO. (1.500) $1.61: Gammon (7.000) $2.19, (1,000) S2l*. (1.000) $2.20: Jackson (M) (1,000) 84 cents: M. Cement (2.000) $2.03: 11.
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      1202 16 NOTICES TENDERS OH COUNQL TENDER ELECTRIQTY DEPARTMENT tenders wm be received imotipf Trt rovsiMFß<s om Contactors registered in NOTICE TO CONSUMERS class "D and above under Head To enable urgent extension II at the Office of the Contract work to be carried out In Scran- Offlcer. lst Floor. P.W.D. Building.
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      677 17 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT CLERK-OF -WOBKS, JABATAN KERJA KAY A Salary scale *419x14-545/Effl-clency bar/562x18-652 plus usual allowances. The point of entry Into the scale will depend on qualifications, abilities and ageRequirements: Federal Citizenship; age over 35 years; wide experience of at least 10 yean as a clerk of works on large direct
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      494 17 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Applications are Invited from Kedah Nationals for the post of Chief Clerk cum Bookkeeper in the Kedah Land Development Board. Minimum qualifications: School Certificate or at least 6 years experience In General Administration. Applicants MUST possess knowledge of bookkeeping/ auditing; good knowledge of Malay essential! All-in-salary $300 x
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      813 17 (Continued from Page 10) SITUATIONS VACANT tt Words tS (Mim.)—Box St ets. extra QUALIFIED EUROPEAN TBACHER required for Raebura Park School Infant Department. WANTEO ■XPBRIBNCED TBAOHBRS capable of teaching higher forms. Apply Parents' Association Public English School, Kuala Kangsar. WANTED Chinese cook/general Amah, for bungalow at Johore Bahru two European
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      1055 17 ACCOMMODATION VACANT tt Wordt SS (Min.)-Box it ett. mxirm KIM LIM PARK. Three- b*d roomed two-storey semi-detached bouse. Unfurnished $380 p.m. Real Estate Agents k Investment Co., 83, The Arcade, Spore ***** IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION furnished rooms at No. 14 First Avenue, Buklt Tlmah. suitable for bachelors or married couple. Apply
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      816 17 EDUCATION it Words SS (HUM.)— Box St ett. txtrm FREE APTITUDE TEST for new accordion sr.d guitar students. Write today for an appointment. Enrolments accepted dally. Lessons by modern methods. The Guitar tt Aocordlon Centre, 58 Phenr Oeck Avenue, Bennett Estate Spore. Open also on Sundays. Tel: ***** from 2
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    AUSTRALIA BACK AT FULL FORCE—BUT WI DESERVE TO WIN
    819 18 AUSTRALIA BACK AT FULL FORCE— BUT WI DESERVE TO WIN A PREVIEW of the fifth Test by JACK FINGLETON MELBOURNE, Thursday 'A beauty 9 of a pitch MELBOURNE. Thursday. pOUN HOY of Queensland and Colin Egar of South Australia were appointed umpires for the Fifth Test between Australia and the
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    SCA appeal for more members
    441 18 v SINGAPORE, Thursday. F|R. ONG SWEE LAW, the Singapore Cricket Association president, has appealed to members of his committee to make every effort to persuade all those interested in cricket to Join the association. Dr. Ong said that if the cricket enthusiasts join the association
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    Sonneville to defend his title
    119 18 Sonneville to defend his title rpHE HAGUE; Thurs.— Ferry 1 Sonneville of Indonesia will defend his title in the Dutch international badminton championships to be held at Haarlem on Saturday and Sunday. Main challenge to Sonneville is expected to come from Charoen Watanasin, of Thailand, the Danes Ole Mertz, Knud
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    Moore wants $600,000
    36 18 PHOENIX, Thurs.—"Ageless" ArciJe Moore. 47-year-old world light heavyweight champion, said here yesterday that he wanted a M 5600-.-000 guarantee to* fight Harold Johnson, holder of the American N.B.A. version of the world title.
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    Lock icon NEW STARS SPARK ENGLAND UNDER-23 TEAM'S VICTORY
    91 18 LIVERPOOL. Thurs. England beat Wales 2-0 In an under-23 soccer international before 27,235 spectators here on the Everton ground last night. Several new stars emerged In the much-changed England team, brightest among them being Bobby Moore, of West Ham. 21 -year-old Johnny Byrne
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    121 18 COLOURED BOXERS CAN FIGHT FOR SA JOHANNESBURG, Thurs Non-white amateur boxers will.be able in future to represent South Africa in the Olympic and British Empire and Commonwealth Games provided they are up to international standard. At a meeting of the South African Amateur Boxing Association here affiliation was granted to
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    77 18 \JOSCOW. Thurs. Mr. 1 Valentin Oranatkln. president of the Russian Football Federation, said yesterday Russia is "emphatically against any reduction of the Olympic programme." At a press conference, Mr. Granatkin said Russia also rejects the suggestion that soccer should be excluded from the Olympic Games. "The FIFA
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    Lock icon Aussies expect tough opposition
    113 18 lIONG KONG, Thurs. Tht South China Mornlns Post golf tournament for the Open championship of Hong Kong this weekend (Feb. 11--12) has attracted a formidable entry of star Australian golfers. Heading the list are Peter Thomson, who took the title last year with a record-break-ing score
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    Mawi trio in smart trial
    307 19 FIRM GOING LIKELY FOR GOLD CUP MEETING By EPSOM JEEP I^UALA LUMPUR, xv Thurs. Horses which prefer firm going should be in their element in the Selangor Gold Cup meeting which starts here on Sunday. The capital is having a very dry spell, with practically
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    Lock icon Khoo is bang on target with a smashing left
    64 19 KHOO Kirn Chuan (HMS Malaya) is right on target with a smashing left to the face in his flyweight bout against Raja Zainal (sth Royal Malay Regimeut) during the Armed Forces inter-unit finals at K.L. Chin Woo Auditorium on Wednesday. R.M.R.
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    58 golfers to bid for North title
    279 19 3 FORMER CHAMPS ENTER IPOH, Thursday. FIFTEEN Asians are among the 58 competitors for the North Malayan golf championship which will be held at Tiger Lane course here on Feb. 15 and 16. Three former champions are among the entries. They are R.
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    Lock icon India 393-5
    31 19 NEW DELHI. Thurs— lndia were 393 for five at close on the second day of the Fifth Test against Pakistan here today. Polly Umrigar was 105 not out. Reuter
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    BOXING FOR MASSES is NEW SABA SCHEME
    89 19 BOXING FOR MASSES is NEW SABA SCHEME By LIM KEE CHAN SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Amateur Boxing Association plans to take boxing to the masses through the community centres. SABA's scheme is subject to the approval of the People's Association which controls activities in the community centres. The Army has
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    Applause was for losers in sevens Rugby
    406 19 SINGAPORE, Thursday. TWO BEATEN teams— Royal Engineers and GHQ A won the crowd's applause in today's quarterfinals of the S.C.C. seven-a-side Rugby championship on the padang and they richly deserved it too. They provided unexpected smart opposition against the favourites, H.M.S. Terror and
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    Malacca cry off again
    66 19 Malacca cry off again SINGAPORE, Thurs. Malacca have again told, the Singapore Hockey Association that they are unable to play In the quadrangular tournament scheduled to be played here this weekend. The tournament was postponed from last week because Malacca were unable to travel. Singapore will now play a triangular
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    232 19 BOXING STORE BASE DISTRICT C'SHIPS (Preliminary rounds): Fly Aralfin (SIR) bt Mohamed Ambl (RAMC); Zublr (3D Bi RAOC) bt Hassan 1SGR1. Jumahat (SIR) bt L. Cpl. Ong (SIRi: Feather— Sgt. Syed Omar (RASC) tko'ed Sgm Yusoff (18 Signals) In and; Lliht L/Cpl. Shearer (30 Bn RAOC) bt Cpl. Noordln
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    CRICKET 'FEAST IN STORE FOR STORE FANS
    215 19 CRICKET 'FEAST IN STORE FOR STORE FANS SINGAPORE. Thursday SINGAPORE cricket fans will see two touring sides in action next month. The MCC team now playing in New Zealand are due to arrive on Mar. 16 to play a one-day match and they will be followed a week later by
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    30 19 JAKARTA. Thurs. Th« touring Singapore Government Services F.A. team lost 6-3 to a PSMS (Medan F.A.) side at Medan, North Sumatra, yesterday. At half-time Medan led 4-I.— Reuter.
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      55 19 SOCCER MCFA KO: Kelantan v Selangor (Kota Bharu). LAXAMANA CUP: VI v Malay College (VI ground). HOCKEY MHF East cone championships (K. Bhanu TRIANGULAR: Spore v Johore (Thomson Rd. 5.15 pm.). PENANG LEAGUE: Sepoy Lines 'B v MTC (D. Kramat); YWCA DTC (Green Lane). RUGGER S'gor RU "sevens' tourney (XL
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    $1.1 million diamonds trial
    504 20 SINGAPORE. Thurs MERCHANT FACES THREE TENTATIVE CHARGES OVER FORGED DOCUMENTS IN GEM TRANSACTIONS fHREE jewellers and a retired pawnbroker testified today as key prosecution witnesses against Charles Reinholt, a Belgian diamond merchant, in a case involving diamonds worth about $1,100,000. Reinholt is facing a preliminary inquiry
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    Mecca send-off
    32 20 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak. will visit the Singapore Harbour Board on Tuesday to send off pilgrims leaving for Mecca on the m.s. Kuala Lumpur.
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    Jehovah's Witnesses airmen go to jail — again—
    184 20 Jehovah's Witnesses airmen go to jail again SINGAPORE, Thurs— Two British airmen who last October preferred to undergo 112 days' detention rather than renounce their religious beliefs are back i in detention again— for the same reason. The two, both senior aircraftmen of No. 2 Regional Band, Royal Air Force,
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    Lord M. will lay wreath at Kranji
    90 20 Lord M. will lay wreath at Kranji SINGAPORE. Thurs. A visit to the Kranji War Memorial will be one of the highlights of the two-day programme which has been laid on for Lord Mountbatten. Chief of the Defence Staff who arrives on Sunday. He will lay a wreath at the
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    LONDON STOCK MARKET
    325 20 LONDON. Thurs Tueie was renewed firmness in the London stock markets today on buying encouraged by the overnight advance on Wall Street- Industrial equities continued to attract a (air amount of attention and many useful gains were again recorded Steel shares improved, helped by the better January
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    OBSERVERS FEEL SEATO MAY FALL OVER LAOS —SARIT
    179 20 OBSERVERS FEEL SEATO MAY FALL OVER LAOS —SARIT BANGKOK, Thurs. The Prime Minister, Mr. Sarit Tanarat, told reporters today that some observers believed I that the Seato might ultimately dissolve if it did not do the right thing in the Laotian situation. He was talking informally to newsmen who asked
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    Salesgirl fined $40
    75 20 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A salesgirl. Mary Wee Huat Neo. was fined $40 in the sixth magistrate's court here today for using violence on another salesgirl, Rosalind Slow, during the strike at C. K. Tang's curio shop in Orchard Road last year. The court was iAd that I Wee,
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    School concert
    27 20 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Th« Hua Vi Government Chinese Middle School in Margaret Drive will hold a concert in the school auditorium on Sunday at 7.30 p.m
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    Water cut off
    29 20 SINGAPORE. Thur.s. Water will be cut off In Lorong 3. Geylang, between Sims Avenue and No. 73G Lorong 3. from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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    DEATHS
    38 20 HANNAY H. C. at RunKsar Hospital Kuala Lumpur on Tth February 19*1 Harry C. Hannay aged 86. BELLA IB» suddenly at Heatingham Norfolk Knctiind on 6th February IUBI Sidney Bellalrs beloved father of Pauline Morrlhoo Subur Estate.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    77 20 MR. AND MRS. SELVARETNAM 4 thank all friend.* relatives and for their kind assistance presence and valuable Klfts given on the occasion of their marrlaite at Beßamat on 20.1.1961. MR. AND MRS. CYRIL TILAKA Thank nlHtivc-i and friends for their kind attendance, valuable presents an* congratulatory messages on the
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    IN MEMORIAM
    22 20 IN CVERLOVINC MEMORY of our brloved father Lee Ltng Hua who departed on 10.2.60. Sadly missed by bi« luvinK children.
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