The Straits Times, 21 February 1961

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    21 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE^^EDS 90,000 f The Straits Times flat* 0 1 He****** Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1961. 15 CENTS.
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    LAOS: MALAYA READY
    528 1 B^ [i] *JB ip^.WTCk^yc^ M I M^y \t^J lCB^1^3-Bij-fcjJ^ilJil£MJL^U^ Sympathy for King Savang's 3-nation call 'Peace is always our aim' £UALA LUiMPUR, Mon. Malaya will serve on the proposed threenation "peace" commission to help bring stability to Laos, if officially asked to do so. This was stated
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    RAZAK HANDS OVER CHEQUE Berita gift to Congo wives
    428 1 RAZAK HANDS OVER CHEQUE Berita gift to Congo wives $5,000 CHEQUE FOR HARIRAYA MENTAKIB, Monday. A GIFT of $S,tKK) from Berita Harian to the wives and children of Malayan troops was handed to Major Sidek bin Ismail by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for DeThe gift, and $3,976 from
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    Lock icon LUNS: DEEP CONCERN OVER RED ARMS AID
    150 1 THE HAGl fc, Mon. The Netherlands Foreign Minister, Dr. Joseph Luns expressed deep concern yesterday over the Communist backed military build-up in Indonesia, threatening Dutch New Guinea, which she claims. Reports of a $1,050 million deal between Indonesia and Russia, recently concluded in
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    Lock icon BLAZING SHIP: 28 MISSING
    74 1 BUENOS AIRES. Mon.—Police today combed the Parana River for 28 people missing after a tanker was In collision with a cargo ship and burst into flames 135 miles upriver from here. The collision, between the Argentine tanker Petromar and the Danish cargo ship Pennsylvania, occurred yesterday
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    Lock icon Plane downed?
    35 1 HONGKONG. Mon. -A Nationalist Chinese plane has been shot down over Bandu. East of Thavieng In Upper Laos, according to a Voice of Pathet Lao Radio broadcast reported by Hanoi Radio today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Lecture tour
    24 1 LONDON. Mon.— Lord Attlee. former British Labour Prime Minister, left today by air for India to give a series of lectures.— Reuter.
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    2 die in clash
    23 1 BONN. Mon.— Two people died in a fight between po- < lice and a gang of thieves near Buedingen today.
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    Soldier seeks aid to trace mother
    256 1 Soldier seeks aid to trace mother WOMAN BELIEVED TO BE IN ENGLAND SINGAPORE, Mon. —A volunteer with the Singapore Military Forces, Mahindra Granville Sydney Orterga, 20, wants- to trace his mother, whom he has seen for only 15 minutes in 1954. Mr. Orterga today appealed to the Straits Times to
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    Lock icon British A-force streamlined
    342 1 British A- force streamlined LONDON. Monday ORITAWS nuclear Domber force is now streamlined to the point where it could •'inflict devastating retaliation upon an aggressor." This was disclosed today in a memorandum accompanying the 1961-62 air estimates. It said that even with only a few minutes' notice of a missile
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    BELGIUM'S ENVOY REPLIES TO THAT NOTE
    488 1 BELGIUM'S ENVOY REPLIES TO THAT NOTE KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE MINISTER of the Belgian Legation here, Mr. Roger Malengreau, today said his country could not agree to the terms of the Federation Government's Note, handed to him on Saturday, which insisted that all Belgian troops and other personnel be withdrawn
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    Seaman dies after check on ice chamber
    96 1 Seaman dies after check on ice chamber SINGAPORE, Mon The body of a ship's engine driver. Koh Ngi Jian. S3, who died on board the Tone Hong yesterday of gas poisoning, was brought ashore here tonight. Koh went to inspect 1 freezing chamber on board the ship on Saturday while
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    Lock icon King rejects quit bid by nine
    128 1 King rejects quit bid by nine BRUSSELS. Mon. King Baudouin today rejected the resignation of Liberal Ministers from the Belgian cabinet out signed a decree dissolving Parliament. The nine Liberals walked out last Friday when the Catholics decided to impose, before the election on March 26. higher taxes provided lor
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    LATEST
    28 1 i DAC: 6 CONGOLESE EXECUTED UNITED NATIONS M«-ii llainm.ir>kjorltl I d Security ('iHini'il today In liail mrivrd word mv Daapsleac political prison ■r* had Itrtn executed FCrutrr.
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    Mission chief: A 'real indication' of more U.S. investments in Malaya
    475 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday THE leader of a U.S. trade mission to Malaya. Mr. Rene Lutz, said here today that there was a "real indication" of further American investments in Malaya either direct or through joint business ventures. The mission,
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    SWETTENHAM PORT PILE-UP: IMPORTERS RESPOND TO APPEALS
    344 2 SWETTENHAM PORT PILE-UP: IMPORTERS RESPOND TO APPEALS OORT SWETTENHAM, Mon. Traders have responded to a "move-your-cargo" appeal by the general manager of the Malayan Railway, Mr. E. T. Williams, and have helped to relieve the congestion of imported goods here. But the situation In the dock area is still not
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    Man, 68, fined
    22 2 PENANG. Mon.— Ow Yang Thean Soon, 6fc, was today fined $200 for assisting in carrying on a 1.000-character lottery.
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    Clerk stabs thug in 3.15 a.m. flat drama
    200 2 Clerk stabs thug in 3.15 a.m. flat drama SINGAPORE. Mon.— A clerk snatched a knife from a robber and stabbed him in the stomach in a predawn drama at his flat in Lim Teck Kirn Road here today. Now an island -wide hunt is on for the wounded man. Hospital*,
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    SCHOOLBOY DEAD IN CANAL
    61 2 BUTTERWORTH. Mon. A missing schoolboy. K Thiagarajan. aged 10. was found dead tills morning in a canal at Prye Estate at Pral. Thiagarajan left home on a bicycle yesterday and failed to return In the evening. A search party was organised. Early this morning, the body
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    THREE HOMES IN STORE BURGLED
    172 2 SINGAPORE, Monday. DURGLARS grabbed cash and property to a value of $5,200 from three homes in Singapore yesterday. The bungalow of Capt. A.J. North In Edgeway Lane, Nee Soon Garrison, was entered while he and his wife wert out. The couple had left at 9.30
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    Patient dies
    32 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Siew Lai Chow, 35. a patient, in the Tampoi Mental Hospital for the last 13 years, died yesterday morning after he slipped and fell in a ward.
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    Decree nisi for officer
    66 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. A ship's officer, Robert Humphrey Sid ley. who sued his wife. Oerda Hilda Sidley nee 1 Schmidt, for divorce on grounds of adultery, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Buttrose in the High Court today. The decree Is to be made absolute
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    TAXPAYERS ' WILL TELL EXPERT LONG STORY
    356 2 TAXPAYERS WILL TELL EXPERT LONG STORY KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. HPHE Federation of Malaya Taxpayers' Asso- ciation has a 'ion? story" to tell to the West German economist, Dr. Joachim von Spindler, when he arrives here in April to review the Federation's tax structure. The association hopes that its offi -ials
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    Police recover stolen car
    43 2 BUTTERWORTH. Mon. Police here recovered a stolen car this morning an hour after it liad been reported missing. It was found abandoned at Mitchell Pier. The owner. Lee Lean Hock, missed the car from his garage at Permatang Tengah.
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    Perak gets new lands chief
    45 2 IPOH, Mon.— Syed Zahirudi din bin Syed Hassan, former District Officer, Batang Padang, has assumed duties as Commissioner for Lands and Mines, Perak. He succeeds Inche Lokman bin Yusof who has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur as State Secretary. Selangor.
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    Lock icon Leopoldville terror regime
    645 3 NEW YORK. Mon. DAYAL REPORTS WAVE OF ARRESTS, DEPORTATIONS AND LIQUIDATION OF KASAVUBU OPPONENTS Ttf R. RAJESHWAR DAYAL, U.N. special representative in the Congo, tells of a reign of terror involving the arbitrary arrest, deportation and liquidation of political personalities in Leopold ville. In a report to
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    Lock icon PAPER FINED £5,000 FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT
    208 3 PAPER FINED £5,000 FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT DELFAST, Mon. Beaver brook Newspapers Limited were fined £5,000 here for contempt of court by publishing a photograph in the Daily Express of a man suspected of murder and details of his criminal re cord. The Manchester editor of trie Daily Express. Mr.
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    Lock icon U.S. BRANDED A 'COLONIAL SUPPORTER': BRITAIN IS BLAMED
    247 3 U.S. BRANDED A 'COLONIAL SUPPORTER': BRITAIN IS BLAMED WASHINGTON, Mon.— Senator Wayne Morse (Democrat) said today it was time to put a stop to British influence on United States policy concerning colonial questions. In a report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his term as U.S. delegate to the
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    Civil war threatens in N. Rhodesia
    158 3 SALISBURY. Monday. WHITE and black extremists threatened civil war yesterday in Northern Rhodesia, each daring i the other to attack. The British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan held urgent consultations in London to try to head off an explosion, but the British strategic reserve,
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    Lock icon Nehru's guest from Russia
    61 3 NEW DELHI. Mon.— Mr. Alexei Ksyogln, a Soviet First Deputy Premier, arrived here today for a fortnight's visit at the invitation of the Prime Minister. Mr,. Nehru. He will have talks on further Soviet economic aid to India's third Five-Year Plan and -visit Agra, Madras and
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    Lock icon Kassem invited
    27 3 BAGDAD. Mon. MajorGeneral Abdul Karlm Ka-'«em Iraqi Prime Minister, has been Invited to visit Ceylon, the Ceylonese Trade Minister. Mr. T.B. I'angaratne. said here Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE SHAH SPEAKS
    862 3 —of his life and times and says that China will drive Russia into non-Communist camp T ONDON, M o n.— The Shah pf Persia declares in a book published here today that it is gradually dawning on the Russians their ultimate danger comes from "sprawling, fast breeding"
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    U.S. plans new aid measures
    153 3 U.S. plans new aid measures WASHINGTON. Mon. f —The United States plans to intensify its pressure on the industrialised nations of Europe and on Japan to pledge specific and long-term contributions to a hiiac aid programme <or underdeveloped nations. The U.S. Government la drafting a policy memorandum for submission to
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      405 3 RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres (41.7 metres) S ?£m ™2£U!m "Em?* A M 6 Tlme SlBnal A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 Ku, News Headlines; 6.05 MornMorning Prelude; 7.00 The News; j ng Melodies; 6.50 Keep Pit With 705 Melodies At Sunrise; 8.00 The M K r»—.v— News;
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    L—murder protest rally
    320 4 L— murder protest rally LEE'S CALL TO 'SHOW YOUR DISGUST' SINGAPORE, Mon.— i The PAP-sponsored mass rally in protest against the murder of the Congo's first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, will be held at the Happy World Stadium on Sunday between 9.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. The venue was announced
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    'KING'S' WIDOWS SETTLE DISPUTE
    180 4 SINGAPORE, Mo n. The dispute between two widows of the murdered "Biscuit King" Mr. Lee Gee Chong in connection with a petition for Letters of Administration has been settled following a compromise. Mr. Lee, 49. was found dead after he was kidnapped in April last year.
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    BANK TALKS: NO ACCORD ON CLAIMS
    104 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. —NO specific agreement was reached today in regard to nonclerical negotiations between the Singapore Bank Employees' Union and the Over-seas-Chinese Banking Corporation. The talks were held on the last day of the one-week 'ultimatum" Issued by the union to the bank to
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    Rotary speaker
    42 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. M. B. Bell, senior partner of one of the oldest stock exchange firms In Singapore. Messrs. Fraser Co. will speak to Rotarians on "The Reminiscences of a Stock Broker" at a luncheon at Cathay Hotel on Wednesday.
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    FOWL RAID: DAGGER MEN FINED $100
    182 4 School certificate results SINGAPORE, Monday. A 60-YEAR-OLD man was threatened with a knife after he had caught a group of men stealing his fowls. In the Ninth Magistrate"* Court today, six men pleaded guilty to charges arising out of this fowl raid, at Kampong
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    Girl tells court of stabbing
    181 4 Girl tells court of stabbing SINGAPORE. Mon. A 14--year-old girl. Tan Ah Kiew. gave the Assize Court here today an eye-witness account of how a man stabbed her sleeping uncle to death. She was testifying at the trial of Llm Chee Hut alias Urn Khee Huat, accused of the murder
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    THEATRE 'BRICK SALE' IS ON
    207 4 SINGAPORE. Men. rpHE people of Singapore 1 were today urged to contribute "bricks" to build the r National Theatre here. Some 200,000 souvenirs bearing a coloured sketch of the Theatre in the frame of i I a brick printed on good quality paper, will be
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    GIFTS FOR DEAF CHILDREN AT LUNAR YEAR PARTY
    128 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. More than 80 underprivileged children from the Singapore Oral School for the Deaf today received a twohour treat at a Chinese New Year party given by the Singapore Rotary Club at Y.W.C.A. Outram Road. This is the first of 50
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    Industrial plan campaign
    270 4 Industrial plan campaign SINGAPORE, Monday. THE Singapore Government will stage a week-long A campaign in the middle of the year aimed at advancing the State's industrialisation plans. The campaign will be part of the celebrations to mark the Commonwealth Technical Training Week. Though the Week will be from May 29
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    Had stolen goods: 12 months
    182 4 Had stolen goods: 12 months SINGAPORE. Mon. —A I bicycle, a gas stove and a meat grinder stolen from a hawker were recovered some days later at three different addresses, the Second Criminal District Court here was told today. Tan Ah Nam. who pleaded guilty to the theft of these
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    Luncheon talk
    39 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. R. B. Andrews, General Services Officer of the American Consulate here, will speak on "Procurement Opportunities in Singapore" at a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Singapore-West at the Princes Restaurant on Thursday.
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      447 4 IdvSHAW: ■j nv' Orßanla»ttoii| "ESS S^^ww pßowsHowma 'V^^i N.B. Cash Bookir»g, f or $3 &J2 3 Seats can b« made up to ~arxi inciudino Monday 27th Feb. LINDAI PETER CHEN HO in ta Shows Million-Dollar Production ."LES BELLES'" j_ Mondor n with Enalish _2 P Shaw Scope Color No Free
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      171 4 i Singapore diary.^7 STAGE CLUB: Performance Church and its members." ol "Under the Sycamore Tree" INDEPENDENT MIBBIONat Cultural Centre Theatre. 0 ART MOVEMENT: Free film pjn «how at Trafalgar Home. Ylo SINGAPORE SOCIETY FOR Chu Kang Road. 7.30 pjn. SPIRITUAL CULTURE: Yoga YMCA: Body building, lawn classes at Cultural Centre.
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      296 4 rpHE following is today's 7.25 pm.; from Kuala Lumpur. 1 schedule of civil aircraft 173 9 pjn. from Penang. movements at Paya Lebar iUL 151 de 8 P a R tures airport. SlnKaDore. BOAC: To Hong Kong. Tokyo ARRIVALS (BA 964) 6 JO a.m.; to Darwin. BOAC: From London. Rome.
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    Lock icon Convict wrote immortal poems from death cell
    962 5 VILLON WAS RECOGNISED AS 'VOICE' OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES BORN in suffering and despair, the macabre ballads of his Grand Testament were among the glories of medieval Europen literature. Most of his short and tempestuous life was spent in flight from the
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    85 6 M Mora's lit (Minimum) THE FAMILY of the. late Mr. A J. ArimasaUm thank all relatives and fni'mls lur condolences, wreatba and attendance at toe funeral. MR. ONC SENG WAN and family in. .i fly thank tbe relatives and friends for wreaths, messages of condolence, assistance and attendance in
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    146 6 20 Word, SH (Minimum) YOGA FOR CHILDREN. Class** eai-ti Tuesday, Cultural Centre, CanDini; Ki.-e at S.3U p.m. urlat REAUINU n mill coat complete ranee ol r"ao and fonixca books available at B'port Cold Htoraft. A remit. Uirtiard Road. BE A GOOD Malayan—Rrad Btrlta Banan, The National Newspaper In the
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    The Straits Times Tuesday. February 21, 1961. Initiative In Laos
    636 6 The Straits Times Tuesday. February 21, 1961. Initiative In Laos The encouraging thing about King Savang Vatthana s statesmanlike broadcast to the people of Laos is that it .has brought the initiative for settlement of the crisis back where it belongs in Laos itself. Nonetheless many minds probably met before
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    The Conflict
    348 6 The Federation's Internal Security Ordinance certainly conflicts with the principles of democracy, as the Mayor of Penang so unoriginally says, but it does not offend the constitution because the constitution was amended in order that the ordinance could be passed. The Government's reasons for arming itself with these
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    White Ants
    244 6 White »nta have got into the hospital news again. Two years ago their destructive industry was dramatically exposed when a ceiling collapsed in Kuala Lumpur general hospital. Bungsar hospital has been more fortunate. Nothing has come down. Nevertheless, the ants have been busy enough to raise doubt about
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    A new broom but the same old story...
    1025 6  - A new broom but the same old story... ALISTAIR COOKE by KENNEDY BEGINS TO HAND OUT THE TOP JOBS TO HIS OLD CRONIES AN unusual meeting of minds among three staff members of the New York Times has just produced a three-pronged attack on President Kennedy, the first such attack
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      MALAYA'S CONGO STAND: 'IT MAKES ME PROUD'
      223 6 MALAYA'S CONGO STAND: 'IT MAKES ME PROUD THE fact that the situation in the Congo has become one of world importance remains undisputed, but I feel that the position has been magnified out of all proportion by the constant animosity between the world's major powers and their attempts to justify
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      WHAT THOSE CAMPERS SAW
      162 6 IN the Straits Times of 1 Feb. 17 is a report of the sighting of the Soviet satellite by a group of Singapore people In Pahang National Park. I think there can be no doubt but that the object these people saw was not the Soviet
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      RETURN OF ROCK'n ROLL
      139 6 RETURN OF ROCK'n ROLL IT Is many months since the Ministry of Culture banned rock and roll over Radio Singapore, and if I am correctly informed the ban still stays. But is there a different policy towards rock and roll music on commercial programmes? Many records are "suspiciously" In the
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      15 YEARS-STILL NO SOLUTION
      84 6 CINCE 1946 we have been w hearing about the shortage of staff at the (Raffles) National Library. Why? No highly technical or educational qualifications are required for much of the library work. In fact, the Asian temperament is particularly well suited for work of an orderly
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      THE SPUTNIK SPOTTERS...
      118 6 I WAS fascinated by the account of the sighting of the Russian Sputnik from the Pahang National Park on Feb. 5, and particularly by the amazing accuracy of Mr. Guy's calculations, which enabled him to estimate the weight of a moving object "200 miles away" to within
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      UNCALLED FOR REMARKS
      78 6 UNCALLED FOR REMARKS Jlfß. HEAH JOO SEANO'B remarks on the nocoat brigade at the Chinese Swimming Club's annual reunion dinner were uncalled for. The occasion was a subscription dinner with no conditions laid down about dress. Certainly there was no one wearing shorts or singlet, most of those there wore
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    'MISSING' GIRL WAS RAPED: CHARGE
    191 7 'MISSING' GIRL WAS RAPED: CHARGE CINGAPORE. Mon. A Labour Ministry officer, Y. Rajagopal. was at a police station on Nov. 25 to report the disappearance of his young maidservant when he was confronted with an allegation of rape which the girl had earlier made against him, a preliminary inquiry was
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    Flood aid appeal
    71 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Indonesian Consulate-Gene-ral today appealed to the people of Singapore, particularly to members of the Indonesian community, for donations to help flood victims In Indonesia. The floods have made thousands homeless and destroyed property worth millions of dollars. The consulate and the Indonesian Association have
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    Exhibition
    23 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Netherlands' Graphic Art Exhibition, which will last for two months, will begin tomorrow at the National Art Gallery.
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    Extort bid: 12 months
    63 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. A shop assistant. Wong Peng Hong, was today Jailed for 12 months for attempted extortion of $108 from a bar owner. Chan Huat Seng. Wong was said to have made the demand In the bar at Lorong 12. Geylang. In his defence. Wong, of
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    Salesman faces fraud charge
    66 7 Salesman faces fraud charge SINGAPORE. Mon. Ng Khlam Phuan. 46. a salesman and bill collector, wa* allowed bail of $10,000 after he had pleaded guilty in the ninth magistrate's court today to a charge of crlmln il breach of trust of $5,827 be longing to his firm. Hlap Huat Pottery.
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    Story of mob in a temple
    264 7 BUT A COURT ACQUITS TWO ACCUSED MEN WITHOUT THEIR DEFENCE BEING CALLED SINGAPORE, Monday. A MOB marched into a Hong Bahru temple, and an idol was carried away, it was stated in court here today. A coffee stall near the temple, v/as smashed up
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    Another inspector accused
    106 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. PoUce Inspector Ramakrlshnan Naldu claimed trial In the Ninth Magistrate's Court today to a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Goh Boon Teck, alias Tor Pul, at the C.I.D. in Robinson Road on Feb. 13. Insp. Naldu. attached to the Tanjong Pagar police station,
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    Man stabbed in playground
    48 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. A City Council clerk, Teo Cheng Koon, 24, was attacked by three thugs armed with knives this evening and stabbed in the chest at a playground near Seng Poh Road, In Tiong Bahru Teo was admitted to hospital In a serious condition
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    335 7 BIG CROWD AT AIRPORT TO SEE HER OFF KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —About 600 students and former pupils of the Methodist Girls' School this morning lined both sides of Young Road, here to wave farewell to the school's retired principal. Miss Mabel Marsh. 79. Miss
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    Official to visit war gaves
    99 7 Official to visit war gaves I ITUALA LUMPUR, Mon. I A war graves official, Mr. W. Wynne Mason, will visit Malaya and Singapore next month. Mr. Mason. Director of External Relations of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, left London last Friday on a six-week tour of nine countries, according to
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    TRADERS HIT BY JOHORE BAHRU TOWN PLAN SEEK HELP FROM GOVT.
    250 7 TRADERS HIT BY JOHORE BAHRU TOWN PLAN SEEK HELP FROM GOVT. JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. THE Johore Bahru Tenants' Association today called on the State Government to help secure suitable temporary accommodation for tenants having businesses in the town while their premises are demolished in line with the 'Town Plan. In
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    A goodwill ship due in S'pore from Indonesia
    143 7 A goodwill ship due in S'pore from Indonesia CINGAPORE, Mon.— An Indonesian goodwill ship Tampomas with a complete trade and cultural fair on board, will arrive in Singapore on Thursday. A tour of the ship, a reception and a cultural performance in the ship's theatre will follow the official opening
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    Drowned in pond
    44 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. The State Coroner, Mr. S. Kandlah, today recorded a vtttbSt of death by misadventure ur. a barber's son, Kang Bwe? Eng, 11, of West Hill Road, who was drowned in a fishing-pond at Jalan Ulu Sembang on Dec. 1.
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    GOVT. RICE MILL CHARGES TO BE INVESTIGATED
    198 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Investigations are to be conducted into allegations that the Government rice mill at Snngei Manlk, In Teluk Anson, was deducting between 10 and 29 katis of pad! for each bag sent by planters for milling. According to a Government statement
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    Assembly member's son shot
    117 7 UOTA BHARU, Mon.— A Kelantan State assemblyman's son, Inche Mustapha bin Omar. 22. was shot in the bac< early yesterday morning In his home in Paslr Mas district. 10 miles from here. The bullet went through his bod>. His wife. Che Malmun blntt Abdul Bakar. and
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    Bets case: 'Agent' cleared
    333 7 IPOH, Monday THE Ipoh Magistrate, Mr. Chew Kok Chool, today acquitted an amusement park stallholder. Ooi Teik Peng, on an amended charge of being an agent of a bookmaker on Sept. 25 last year at the Perak Turf Club. Mr. Chew said that 001. who was
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    AUSSIES ARE READY TO AID MALAYA IN MECHANISED FARMING
    228 7 AUSSIES ARE READY TO AID MALAYA IN MECHANISED FARMING 17-UALA LUMPUR, Mon. 1Y Australia will gladly help Malaya in mechanising rice cultivation. This was said here today by Mr. R. w. Swartz, Parliamentary Secretary, to tht Australian Minister of Trade, before he returned home after talks In the capital. He
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    Insomnia... she hanged herself
    48 7 Insomnia she hanged herself SINGAPORE, Mon. An old woman, suffering from insomnia and mental deprpssion, hanged herself In her home In Pheng Geek Avenue on Nov. 29, an inquest, was told today. The coroner. Mr. S. Kandlah, recorded a verdict of suicide on Madam Goh Ah Chee. 64
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    Suicide verdict
    41 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. The assistant coroner, Mr. Lc:<e Slew Hoong. today recorded a verdict of suicide on a fishmonger, Tang Oek Song, 20, who was found hanging from the beam of his room lr* Jalan Hock Chye on Dec. 11.
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    SNAKE TEMPLE FEAST DAY
    60 7 PENANG. Mon.— Hundreds of devotees crowded Into Penang's famed snake temple at Sungei Kluang this morning to observe the feast of the temple deity. Chor Soo Kong (God of Snakes). The pilgrims brought eggs to feed the snakes. To avoid the heavy incense of burning joss
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      914 8 For the stylish junior miss: A whole new wardrobe FROM PARTY DRESSES TO SUNDAY CLOTHES THE pre-teen junior misses, thpse who have out-grown rompers, but are- not auite old enough to graduate into the bra-ana-panties playsuit class yet, are getting a lot of attention in fashion circles these days. Most
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      298 8 Straits Times Crossword |HpT|H2~^Hß'' j■? 1 r? i re i 17 1 1 jaj I j H j//t 1^ flH fIH ACROSS 6. Journeys In Prance (S). 4 Domestic heresy? (8). 7. Enough coal to start fires, m 8- Quiet, different from fuss luck would have It (7). (6). v.
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    STOCK INDICES
    23 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: Feb. SO Feb. 18 Industrials: 144.53 144.18 Tim: 2CO-21 ***** S Robbers: 231.81 232-59 Jan. 1 *****= 10*.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    113 10 MELBOURNE, Mon INVESTMENT shares maiiuain- co a firm tone here today. Humes eased 2s. 6d. to 605., National Consolidated gained lOd to 255. 9d Base meals and the oils traded along steady lines. Commonwealth Bonds held a steady trend. Con. Tine K'6 Mt. In SS 6 N.B.H. (101.)
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    RUBBER PRICES
    231 10 MARCH am trade rubber buytra f.o.b. cloatd in Singapore yesterday at 791 centa per lb., down five•lghtlia of a cent on Tueaday'a close The ton- waa quiet. .CCR. A. Claslng prises In cents per lb., yesterday wen: lot. 1 R. 8.8. Spot fob. buyers 79t. aellers AO (N>;
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    132 10 TM C M ftl i y in K ichsngt Bsnks Ast alatian made these ehangea Id its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to S10O): New Yarh: buying airmail T.T. 32J. O.D. 33. i>U d/at 33a credit bills. 331 trade bllla. Cansda: buying airmail T.T. 32 9/16, O.D.
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    THE MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    810 10 BUSINESS in the uauiuts room on the Singapore section of tiie Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday, with ihe number of iha.es in brackets, was: •nduttrlali: Fed. Diap. (1.000) $1.66. (l 000) 51. 67: Fltzpatneka (1.000) $1.49: F. and N. ords (1,000) $2.17. (2.000) fcS.ls. $2.16 OL: Gammon
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    TINS AGAIN ADVANCE ON ACTIVE SHARE MARKET
    1174 10 TINS AGAIN ADVANCE ON ACTIVE SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent THE MALAYAN share market started the week on a very active note with tin shares advancing in a heavy turnover. Industrials were also very firm and there was a revival of demand for dollar rubbers. The activity ranged through
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    CLOSING PRICES
    38 10 SINGAPORE. Feb. 20. RUBBER: 79*4 cents per lb. (down fi>eeighths of a cent). 5 p.m. close: 79] cents per lb. (quiet). TIN: 5396.50 per picul up 50 cents). Estimated unofficial offering; 260 tons (down 10 tons).
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    132 10 THI Chlntte Product fxettange. Sin--1 caper*, noon prices per plcul yesterday were I Capra. Quiet: UK /Continent Feb./ March shipments $28 buyers, S2ft| seller*. Cacenut ell: Quirt; balk $43 sellers, drum 546 sellers. P*pper: Quiet: no business was reported done. Muntok white »217|. Sarawak S3l2s. spectsl Bara«-ak black
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    128 10 Ships 'ylng alengaMs the Blngaawrs Harbour Board wharvee or expected today are: Victoria 1/2. Straat Mozambique 4/5, Laertes 6/7, City of Rlpon 8/9, atraat Banka 10/11, Leda Matrak 13/14. Trafalgar 15/16. Bandung Mara 18, Tozal Maru No. 11 19, Bg. Asaban N. Wall 1, Scudal N. Wall 2.
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      227 10 MALAYA INDONESIA LINE JOINT EXPRESS SERVICE OF HUE FUNNEL LINE t SWEDISH EAST ASIA CO liwaaal, CaUtaaari FORTNICMTLY FROM CAST COAST U.S.*. Vis. SUE 2 no Arrival Oat at hi* York Penans P. Sham S'pora Loadina For: BATAAN I'M in Fal M Fit 14 Oiak, T aaa. Saa. S'kaya. OORGNOIT
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      216 10 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from Contractors Class "B" and above will be received at the Office of the State Engineer, Kedah and Perils, Alor Star, up to 12 noon of the 28th day of February, 1961. for the Construction of Twelve (12) Units Class "H" quarters Type B in
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      869 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited lor a number of scholarships for the 1961 academic year in the following fields of study:— (a) Hona. Degree In Electrical Engineering tenable in New Zealand; (b) Diploma, in Social Studies tenable at the University of Malaya; (c) Course leading to the Examination of the
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      1520 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT MALAY COLLEGE, KUALA KANGSAR Vacancies exist in April 1961 (or the following: 1 Graduate teacher In Malay 1 Graduate teacher in Science A Pass Degree is acceptable. Apolicatlons to: Headmaster, Malay College. Kuala Kangsar. NOTICES SINGAPORE TURF CLUB The following nominations have oeen received as Candidates for election
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      1022 11 (Continued from Page B) SITUATIONS VACANT M W*dt U (Min.)— Bom M da. aXra EXPERIENCED BABY AMAN with excellent references, required Immediately. Phone Singapore *****. QUALIFIED BALLET TBACHER required to be assistant teacher In well known local Ballet School. Apply Box A 3033 S.T. B'por*. WANTED MEN WOMEN to sell
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      1055 11 i ACCOMMODATION WANTED 10 Wordt IS (Min.)— Box SO ett. txtra INDIAN COUPLE RKOUIRE from Ist April furnlihrd or unfurnished room, modem sanitation, scparats •atranoa snd kitchen district IS Preferred. Boa A 5033 B.T. S'por*. UNFURNISHED SEMI-DETACHED/ Tsrracc House in qultt area by responsihlr small Chinese family at cad of
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      721 11 TUITION Wtrdt ti (Min.)— Box it ett. extra ABOUT YOUR FUTURt Brltaio'i foremost r'ostal Training School oaa guide and help ambitious men to Boecess and Security Expert tuition for all Bookkeeping. Accountancy. Secretarial. Commercial and General Education Xsamlaauoaa. Established over 46 years The School's "OuMe to Careen" and peraocal advice
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      561 11 VEHICLES FOR SALE 20 Wordt IS (Min.)— Box SO ett. txtrm rORD FRIFtCT 1»«O Model. Brand New Condition. Little uaad. 4.900 mile*. Beat Offer Secures. Immediate Sale Delivery. Phone B'pore *****. MORRIS 1000 IMO 4 doors 11.000 j miles excellent condition. Bargain quick sale 14.200. Capt. Murlson Rest House Seremban
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      520 11 FOR SALE 2* Wtrdt Si (Min.)— Box St el*, exlrn CARPETS INDIAN WOOLLEN rock bottom DrtCM. "V V" W0 00. To Clear cot 100 carpru "8 s U" (820" All ilres. Sat Nam Carpets, ito Karapout Java Road. (Newton Circle) oaal to Hoit otfic*. Ulngapore V. INI SHIPMENTS American Goods
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      124 11 WHERE TO STAY (Fed.) it Wtrdt 110 (Minimum) Dailm 1 month. 10 Wtrdt S2.it fMhJ JOHORE HOTEL JR. K.n«lnh Cl»--tonrac hood Alrconditloned Room*. I'tone 2385 8. WHERE TO EAT (Spore) 20 Word, $10 (Minimum) Dalla I mon'h. to Wordt S2.it (Mm.) Mill FONQ RESTAURANT:— Lunchton at only 51. 90 per
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    BENSON MERGES WITH CANADA AGENCY
    137 12 BENSON MERGES WITH CANADA AGENCY A LEADING advertising agency in Toronto, Canada, Breithaupt Milsom Ltd.. is now affiliated with the Benson International Group of Agencies. .This was announced In Singapore yesterday by Mr. Alec Jones, managing director of Masters (1959) Ltd.. the local affiliate of Benson. New name Mr. Jones
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    Lock icon Beehive is high selling brandy
    302 12 ]MR. J. BUHAN, the iIA chairman of Adet Seward S.A. of Bordeaux, makers of Beehive Brandy, and his managing director, Mr. G. A. Girkins, were in Singapore last week during a world tour. They also visited Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. Previously they had visited
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    Boom in car business last year
    106 12 Boom in car business last year THERE was a boom in the motor-car business in the Federation and Singapore last years. Import figures up to November last year showed that Singapore Imported 8.593 passenger cars in the 11 months, the highest for many years. The Federation also imported a record
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    Paris congress
    54 12 The first International Technical Congress of Agricultural Engineering arranged by the Central Association of the French Tractor and Agricultural Engineering Industry opens In Paris from March 2 to 6. This Is to assist the campaign against hunger In th£ developing countries conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation
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    Journal: Japan is scrambling for raw materials
    446 12 JAPAN is losing no opportunity of developing and pre-empting long-term sources of raw materials wherever they can be found to Mipplv the rapidly rising needs of her steel mills, smelters and refineries, says an editorial in the Mining Journal. The journal comments that
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    Bombay to get watch factory
    56 12 The Indian Government has approved the establishment of a watch, factory In Bombay for the manufacture of cheap watches. The project, to be known as Indo-French Time Industries. Private Ltd.. will go into production before the end of the year. The factory will have a
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    COMMERCIAL NEWS AND VIEWS Big oil find by Sirip in the Persian Gulf
    283 12 COMMERCIAL NEWS AND VIEWS Big oil find by Sirip in the Persian Gulf T»HE Italo-Persian oil company Societe Irano-Italienne d c s Petroles (Sirip) has discovered a major oil field in its offshore exploration area in the Persian Gulf, according to the Rome correspondent of the Financial Times. A first
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    record air passengers pass via singapore
    97 12 record air passengers pass via singapore HTHE Singapore Airport handled a record number of passengers last year. Available figures up to November show that over 203.000 passengers passed through the airport during the 11 months, the highest ever. Comparable total for the corresponding period of 1959 was 169.400. Of the
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    U.S. pepper imports
    43 12 The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that U.S. unground black pepper Imports during November 1960 amounted to 1.650.214 Ib. India supplied 459.200 lb., Singapore 31,814 lb. and Indonesia 1,159,200 lb. Unground white pepper Imports were 117.600. lb. all from Indonesia.
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    Gillette's plan to increase Asian business
    227 12 Gillette's plan to increase Asian business /TLLETTE INDUSTRIES LTD., of London, has stationed in Singapore a regional executive for South-East Asia to expand sales in the region. He is Mr. E. J. Jones, who arrived in the State last week. Mr. Jones will supervise the marketing operation by Gillette's local
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    Rubber reclaim plant planned
    59 12 Dunlop Rubber Co. and the U.S. Reclaiming Co. of Buffalo. N.Y., are to set up near Liverpool, England, a £750,--000 rubber reclaim plant. Production Is expected to begin about July or August next year and the plant will be operated by a new joint company in
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    Trade talks
    39 12 Japan and Bulgaria began negotiations here today on an agreement aimed at expanding their trade and remedying an Imbalance favouring Japan. The two countries hope to see the annual trade volume between them expand to US$5 million.
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    SHELL NAMES ECCLES FOR TOP POST IN INDIA
    131 12 SHELL NAMES ECCLES FOR TOP POST IN INDIA ]l/f R. H.A. ECCLES, (above), I*l managing director of Shell (Eastern) Ltd., has been appointed chief representative Of Burmah-Shell in India. Mr. Eccles. who assumes his new duties later this year, will be succeeded by Mr. N. L. Fakes, at present manager,
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    Aviation pact
    14 12 X.L.M. will co-operate with the newly-formed Venezolana Internaclonal dt Avlacion Socleded Anonima.
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    A great sprinter—by coach Tan
    498 13 A great sprinter— by coach Tan MONTEIRO CAN RUN THE 100 YARDS IN 9.6 sec IF HE TRAINS ENOUGH, HE SAYS By F. SALAHUDIN Singapore, Monday SINGAPORE'S national athletic coach, Tan Eng Yoon, has warned that unless the State's athletes plan a long-term policy of training they will not be
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    Soecerites, Amicables are back in Div. 3
    288 13 CINGAPORE. Mon— Two former ttrst division clubs. Star Soccerites (1954 league champions) •nd Amicable Athletic Association have re-entered the Singnoore Amateur Football Associations league competition starting on March 20. Star Soccerites. who narrowly missed scoring the "double" after winning the league championships in
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    SPORT SUMMARY
    124 13 SPORT SUMMARY SOCCER HAY f IT (Kluang): Yong Peng Est 5 (Hamld 4. GohadU Pamol Est 1 (Bamang). HOCKEY FRIENDLY (Spore): McNalr Youngsters 2 (Hassan. Armstrong) Girli SC 1 CM. Pennefathen. BOXING Fl'ROPEAN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE (Dortmund, Gen: D. Richardson (Wales, holder) outpfed H. Kalbfell (Oer), 15 rds. SOCCER INTERNATIONAL (Cairo)
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    Froggie repeats Cup feat of 20 years ago
    377 13  -  EPSOM JEEP by NOT since CoolUpfs la.st-to-flrst triumph In the Singapore Gold Cup more than 20 years «go have I seen a more brilliant Cup performance than Froggles spectacular win in the Selangor Oold Cup over l' 4 m at Kuala Lumpui
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    Morgan is going home next montn
    202 13 Morgan is going home next montn SPORE TO LOSE TOP ALL-ROUNDER SINGAPORE. Mon. 1^ Mike Morgan, one of Singapore's finest allround cricketers, will leave the State next month six months before the completion of his tour of duty in Singapore. But Morgan, a Cambridge Blue, will be available to represent
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    Lock icon Spurs away v Sunderland
    86 13 T ONDON. Mon. The draw for mj the quarter-finals of the Football Association Cup, to be played on March 4, is: Sheffield Wednesday v Burnley; Birmingham or Leicester v Barnsley; Sunderland y Tottenham Hotspur; Newcastle United v Sheffield United. The draw for the semi-finals of the
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    Kanhai, Sobers may return to Australia
    187 13  -  JACK FINGLETON 8> /CANBERRA. Mon. Lastvy minute efforts are being made by Australian state associations to have the star West Indian cricketers. Rohan Kanhai and Gartield Sobers return to Australia to take up coaching appointments and play Sheffield Shield cricket. West Australia seeks Kanhal
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    OLYMPIC COUNCILS MUST KEEP PROGRESS CHECKS
    750 13  -  SPORTSFRONT...By NORMAN SIEBEL AT any time now we "■may hear that the great Australian swimmer. Dawn Fraser, has broken the 60 second barrier in the women's 100 metres free style. Miss Fraser won this event in 61.2 sec. at the Olympic Games at Rome
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    Lock icon FA team to Malaya includes 13 pros
    213 13 I ONDON. Mon Tht English Football As»o- elation team to tour the Far j East and New Zealand In May will comprise 18 player* 1 13 professionals and five amateurs with Tom Flnney as player-manager. They will play in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong
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      42 13 HOCKEY SPORE JUNIOR KO: SRC v Police A' (padang); SHA training <S«rangoon Rd); Friendly: SCC v CSC padang •>. IPOH SENIOR KO: Indian RC v Police (upper padang). ATHLETICS CROSS-COUNTY: 18 Signals. PPSS, Ist Bn Sherwood Foresters (Princess Ellabeth Barracks. Spore, 5 p.m.).
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    655 14 PLANTER SAW 100 PEOPLE AT SHRINE 400 YDS. OFF pORT DICKSON, Moo. The sea off Cape Hiichado where 13 people were drowned yesterday was only 7 ft. deep and "200 y aids from the bench. At low tide holidaymakers walk out more than 200
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    DEATH
    82 14 MRS. LOW PUAV KIM no* Madam Nr Gek Cheag aged 6J passed away peacefully at 12.60 p.m. on 20.2.1961 t 7. St. Baroatas Road. Singapore leaving behind her beloved husband, 6 rons Upv Kwang Chung. Kwantt Hwm, Kuaag Henn, Kvant Yak. Knang Hal K»»ng Hoe, 3 daughters Mrs. Tan
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    49 14 MR. LIM TEH SAI thanks fritnds and relatives for wreath*, night visits. condolences, etc. and attendance at the funeral of bis beloved wife on 18. 2.61. MR. AND MRS. RICHARD TALALLA for tbe.r attendance. Rood wishes and lovely gifts on the occasion of their Marriage on 14 1.1961.
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    22 14 DAMCI, RAFFLES HOTEL, Saturrt.iv. 25th Kfbrusry. 1 p.m. Ticket* $2 racb RoblnMß* and Door. Dru: Informal (Tie Essential) Aid Deaf Association.
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    Negro progress in pictures
    54 14 SINGAPORE. Mon.-An exhibition of photographs showing the progress of American Negroes opened today at the United States Information Services Library. An article published in conjunction with the exhibition stated among other things: that the "American Negro is making greater progress toward equality than any minority group
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    Boat overturns
    23 14 MANILA, Mon. Fifteen people were reported missing today after a sailboat capsized off Clotayan Island, 300 miles south of here.— U.P.l.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    393 14 LONDON, Mon.— Cheerful and fairly active conditions prevailed in London stock markets today for the start of a new account. Buyers predominated in the Industrial market and prices advanced on a broad front. There was a good investment demand for giltedged securities during the morning and prices went
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    5-YEAR PLAN LOAN ISSUE ATTRACTS $24m ON FIRST DAY
    197 14 5-YEAR PLAN LOAN ISSUE ATTRACTS $24m ON FIRST DAY KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ABOUT $24 million has been subscribed to the new $70 million loan launched by the Federation Government today. An official of the Bank Negara told the Straits Times this afternoon that the greater part of the sum subscribed
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    His cheque 'bounced'
    80 14 SINGAPORE, Mon. A clerk, serving sentence for criminal breach of trust, was taken out of the prison today to answer a "bouncing cheque" case. Wong Chiang Mm pleaded guilty, and was jailed for four months for dishonestly obtaining $40 from Miss Soo Kal Chee, a clerk in
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    BOAC man for talks
    65 14 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Chairman of BOAC associated companies, Mr. Keith Granville. arrived in Singapore last night from London and flew up to Kuala Lumpur today. He will have talks with the General Manager of Malayan Airways, Capt. R. P. Mollard. on the airways' plan to modernise
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    'THE ANGEL OF CHANGI' HOPES TO MEET POW FRIENDS
    316 14 SINGAPORE, Mon. A Singapore widow who has been described as the 'Angel of Changi" will leave by air tomorrow for Australia, where she hopes tc meet some of the prisoners of war she helped in Changi and Bidadari during the Jast
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