The Straits Times, 8 March 1961

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    20 1 SINGAPORE, 6. AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 Ho*"* The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8, 1961. 15 CENTS.
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    MAC'S 'NO CLASH' BID
    500 1 He sees Nehru, Dief and Dr. V Major issue at Commonwealth conference I LONDON. Tuesday EFFORTS by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Macmillan, to prevent the expulsion of South Africa from the Commonwealth entered a crucial phase today. He had separate meetings with Mr. Nehru, Ihe
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    Lawyer, wife found dead in sea
    66 1 THE PLYMOUTH car of Mr. Tsan, which was found abandoned with its doors ajar by the side of the road near Nicoll Drive. Strewn under the car were an empty brandy bottle, an empty whisky bottle, and three empty stout bottles. Straits Times picture.
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    32 1 LONDON, Tues. A Government spokesman said last night that Britain was not planning to ask Argentina to extradite former Nazi Dr. Joseph Mengele, an Auschwitz concentration camp official. U.P.I.
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    FIRST HINT OF TRAGEDY CAME WHEN CAR FOUND AT DAWN...
    697 1 QINGAPORE, Tues. A prominent lawyer and Chinese affairs expert, Mr. V.H. Tsan (Vu Huan Tsan), '0, and his wife were found dead in the sea oil Changi this afternoon. Their bodies were seen bobbing in the rain-lashed sea at 1
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    Lock icon BID FOR NEW LOOK CONGO ARMY
    723 1 BID FOR NEW LOOK CONGO ARMY NEW YORK, Tuesday. PONGOLESfi President Joseph Kasavubu has proposed the creation of n national defence council which could include Congolese military lenders and U.N. force representatives under a neutral president. Such a body, he said in a letter to Mr. Hammarskjoeld. the U.N. Secretary-General,
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    Lock icon Liz Taylor's condition improves
    96 1 ONDON. Tues. Film star Elizabeth Taylor fighting a dangerous pneumonia attack in a London hospital had today made a "definite improvement." medical reports said. As special drugs were flown in from the United States and rushed to the hospital for use when Miss Taylor's condition improves,
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    Lock icon Tests to check A-blasts
    61 1 LONDON. Tues. A British naval frigate will explode depth charges in the English Channel tonight to check the possibility 01 detecting underground nuclear bomb tests. The frigate, after leaving Portland on the south coast Just before midnight, will drop the charges of "conventional' 1 explosives every
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    Lock icon 120 RI rebels give up
    82 1 JAKARTA. Tues. One hundred and twenty rebels have surrendered at Batusangkar, West Sumatra, bringing with them 67 firearms, including Bren guns, sub-machine guns, and bazookas, according to an Army report today. Another report trom North Celebes said 200 "Permesta" 'Universal Struggle Insurgents had been "eliminated"
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    Lock icon Beautiful Chinese girl will teach troops for Malaya
    172 1 Beautiful Chinese girl will teach troops for Malaya LEEDS. Tues —One hundred recruits at the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry depot at Pontefract, Yorkshire, are to have "a beautiful Chinese girl" to teach them to use chopsticks. The reason is that the Bnt battalion of the regiment, to whicli the
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    Lock icon Visitors bar at U.N. building
    143 1 Visitors bar at U.N. building I^EVV YORK. Tues. U.N. security officials today decided to bar visitors, other than official groups with long standing reservations, from the headquarters here for the opening today of the General Assembly's resumed session. The last-minute dcci.ston was said to have been taken as a "simple
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    LATEST
    24 1 SHIPS SWITCH WASHINGTON •"<r 8 >hip> li' ur < iii were urflinil Li lay i" 'i' .i<l i<» N ritrlc i Instead 1 P.I
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    36 1 MOSCOW. Tues. The United States Ambassador. Mr. Llewellyn Thompson, will fly to Siberia tomorrow to deliver a personal message from President Kennedy to Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, it was learned here today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon S. Africa in or out? 'Human rights' call
    455 2 PRESS URGES PRIME MINISTERS: DRAW UP SET OF PRINCIPLES _i LONDON, Tu«s. I I II THE Co mmon- wealth Prime Ministers' conference, which opens here tomorrow, should draft a set of principles of human rights which member nations should guarantee in order
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    Lock icon BRIGHT SPOT ON WORLD HORIZON: THAT'S MALAYA
    267 2 WASHINGTON. Tuesday. npHE U.S. Ambassador-designate, Mr. Charles F. x Baldwin, said yesterday that Malaya was a "bright spot on the international horizon." In an interview at the State Department where he is preparing for his assignment in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Baldwin predicted that
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    Lock icon Collars can still go by the diplomatic bag
    167 2 Collars can still go by the diplomatic bag I ONDON, Tues— The Foreign Office yesterday refused to stop a British naval officer at the Embassy In Moscow using the diplomatic bag to send uniform collars 1.500 miles to Britain for starching. Mr. Cyril Osborne, Conversatlve, had complained in the House
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    WEATHER BLAMED FOR FOOD CRISIS
    123 2 WEATHER BLAMED FOR FOOD CRISIS THDKYO. Tues. -A Com--1 munist Chinese meteorological official has blamed the weather for China's food crisis. Last j year's drought along the I Yellow River was one of the worst in 300 years, he said. The vice-director of the Central Weather Bureau. Mr. |Lv Wo.
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    Lock icon Agreement on passports
    39 2 PARIS. Tue.s. British tourists will no longer need passports for visits of up to three months in France under an agreement announced here last night. Similar facilities will br given to French tourists In Britain. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Polish envoy on spy charge
    44 2 PARIS. Tues. A Po;i>h I Embassy official. Wladi^ias Darmach. 33. was charged with espionage today and taken to Fresnes Prison, near Paris, to await trial. He was alleged to have made microfilms concerning a secret suited anti-tank gun. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Reds boycott a Dag lunch for Nkrumah
    196 2 NEW YORK. Tuesday. IUH ANDREI GROMYKO. the Soviet Foreign MiiTl nister. and other Communist diplomats today boycotted a luncheonsgiven by Mr. Hammarskjoeld, the U.N. Secretary-General, for President Nkrumah. Their boycott apparently stemmed from the Communist states' rupture of relations with Mr. Hammar.skjoeld, whom
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    Lock icon Jakarta hails Ceylon move
    51 2 JAKARTA. Tues.— The In- donesian Naval Chief of Stall. Rear Admiral RE. Martadinata. said today Ceylon's i denial 01 its ports to the Dutch destroyer Utrecht was a "political victory for liido- 1 nesla." The Utrecht is on its way to the Dutch-held Indonesiaclaimed West Irian.
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    23 2 BONN. Tues.— Mr. Harold Watkinson. British Defence I Minister, arrived here by air today from London for a 24--hour visit. Reuter.
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    42 2 CAPETOWN', Tues Seven Africans detained In a series of police swoops on African townships here were yesterday remanded In custody until March 13. They were charged with being members of Illegal organisations. No evidence was heard yesterday. Reuter.
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    45 2 KARACHI. Tue.v President Ayub Khun of Pakistan !has accepted President Ken- nedys Invitation to vl.sit the i United States and expects to |go there next November, a i Foreign Office spokesman said i here today Final dates have not yet been set. Reuter.
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    Lock icon K: We can wipe an aggressor off earth
    121 3 K: We can wipe an aggressor off earth MOSCOW, Tuesday. A/% K. Nikita Khrushchev said in a speech published today that Russia had enough nuclear bombs to "wipe the aggressors off the face of the earth if they tried to settle their dispute with Communism by war. His speech to
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    Lock icon LAOS CRISIS: TALKS BY BRITAIN, U.S.
    221 3 LAOS CRISIS: TALKS BY BRITAIN, U.S. LONDON, Tuesday. THE Foreign Office said yesterday it is discussing with the United States possible next moves in the Laos crisis. A spokesman said that a variety of possibilities were under consideration, but no agreement has yet been reached on any firm proposal to
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    Lock icon Queen and Philip back home from tour
    93 3 Queen and Philip back home from tour 1 ONDON. Tues.— Queen Eli- zabeth and her husband. Prince Philip, arrived home by air last night after their six-week tour of India. Pakistan, Nepal and Persia. Their Britannia airliner landed at London airport a', 11.03 p.m. seven minutes ahead of schedule. It
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    Lock icon 'Disaster' stamps in Indonesia
    47 3 JAKARTA, rui-.-v— The m-done.-iai Government has Issued a six-denomination series of "natural disaster" stamps. Proceeds from the sale of the stamps will go to help victims of recent floods and landslides in Java, and typhoons in the islands of the Arafura Sea. Reuter
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    Lock icon Fitting end
    38 3 TOKYO. Toes. An unidentified teenager walked into an expensive department store here today, bought a new suit, put it on ln the store's washroom and then jumped to his death from an eighth floor window —U.P.I
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    Lock icon Wages protest
    31 3 PARIS, rues. Scattered strikes by French schoolteachers are expected to result In a 24-hour general strike by all public services on March 14 against the government's wage-freeze policy. U.P.I.
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    'Freedom from prejudice' campaign urged
    190 3 'Freedom from prejudice' campaign urged \TEW YORK. Turs. —India has suggested a worldwide "freedom from prejudice" campaign. Mr. Shlani Sunder Nath. Indian representative ln the Human Rights Commission, yesterday outlined a campaign supported by posters, films, broadcasts and pamphlets. The United Nations, he told the commission, co'jld observe a freedom
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    Lock icon Man jailed for cheque cheating
    89 3 Man jailed for cheque cheating I ONDON. Tue.s.— Fraudulent conversion alienees. Involving £14.600. today sent a lorme- member of the London Stock Exchange to prison for twe years. Kenneth John Bennett. 51. pleaded guilty to eight charges of fraudulently converting the proceeds of cheques entrusted to him for the purposes
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    Lock icon Ikeda for U.S.
    26 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. Mr. Hayato Ikeda. the Japanese Prime Minister, will visit Washington trom June 20 to 22 for talks with President Kennedy. Reuter.
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    28 3 BRUSSELS. Tues.— King Baudouin and Queen Fablola of Belgium will pay an official visit to President de Gaulle from May 24 to May 27— Reuter
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    42 3 WASHINGTON. Tues.—President Kennedy has decided to order all government officials to give to charity any money they may earn from writing articles or making speeches about their experience in the government service, a White House spokes man said today.— Reuter
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    Jap volcano erupts
    45 3 TOKYO, Tues Mount Sakurajlma. an active volcano at Kyushu, southern Japan, erupted yesterday, hurling stones ln the air and causing small fires near the foot of the volcano. Citizens in Kagoshlma City hurried out of their homes 1 at the shock. U.r.l.
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    Lock icon RADIO SAVES POISON BABY
    77 3 BULL HARBOUR (British Columbia*. Tues. Two-year-old Kelly Juerard owes her life to a diagnosis and prescription all done by radio. She became dangerously ill on Sunday after swallowing eight pills containing arsenic. Attempts to fly a doctor to her isolated home in Bull Harbour, off the
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    Lock icon RUSK: CHINA AND US. PROSPECTS NOT BRIGHT
    301 3 RUSK: CHINA AND US. PROSPECTS NOT BRIGHT LONDON, Tuesday. MR. DEAN RUSK, United States Secretary of State, said in a television interview last night he would suppose that the prospects for normal relations between China and the United States were not very bright. Mr. Rusk's interview on the BBC was
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    Lock icon King's drive against subversives in Nepal
    111 3 King's drive against subversives in Nepal KATMANDU Tues. King Muhendra has issued a decree requiring all government officials, retired officials and landlords, to inform against anyone engaged in anti-government activities. Failure to obey will be punishable with instant dismissal, stoppage of pensions or confiscation of land, the decree said. It
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      437 3 OAmA CIMPADrtDr 10 30 The Clitheroc Kid: 11.00 RADIO SINGAPORE close Down. Mrdium Wave: 476 metre* RADIO MALAYA Short Wave: 62 metres from 8.00 9.00 p.m. (41.7 metres) A.M. 6.0 Good Morning; 6.32 A.M. 6.00 Time Signal. NegaraMorning Prelude; 7.00 The News; ku. News Headlines: 6.05 Mornm* 7.05 Melodies At
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    University workers ask for more pay
    171 4 University workers ask for more pay SINGAPORE, Tues. The Industrial Arbitration Court today began hearing a dispute between the-Uni-versity of Malaya in Singapore and the j Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union over wage rates of more than 70 dailyrated employees of the University. The union is claiming sf dollar
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    7 years jail for robbery
    407 4 RAMBUTAN SELLER, WITH FOUR OTHERS, HELD UP SHOPMAN PARANG MEN RANSACKED PREMISES, TOOK AWAY $50 AND 15 PACKETS OF CIGARETTES SINGAPORE, Tuesday RAMBUTAN seller, Chua Ah Pheau, 23, was jailed for seven years by the High Court here today for holding up and robbing a
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    PARTY FOR ALL MALAY PRINTERS
    154 4 PARTY FOR ALL MALAY PRINTERS SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore General Printing Workers' Union has formed i a Malay sub-committee to unite those whom it described as "the scattered and neglected non-union Malay printing workers in the State." Its first function will be to hold a "perjumpa'an Hart Raya Puasa" on
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    Lions club talk
    41 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. Alex Ooei, of Goei and Co., will address the dinner meeting of the Lions Club of Singapore East at 8 p.m. on March 9. at the Hotel Ambassador. He will talk on stocks and shares.
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    Water shut-off
    40 4 SINGAPORE. Tues.-Water will be cut tomorrow in Owen Road between 174-184 Norfolk Road and 306-320, Owen Road, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and in Jalan Sampurna off Oei Tiong Ham Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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    GOVT. BURSARIES for POLY STUDENTS
    189 4 OINGAPORE, Tues The Singapore Government today offered bursaries to students taking full-time courses at the Singapore Polytechnic during the 1961/62 session. Bursaries will be awarded on the basis of scholastic merit and financial need. The maximum value of each bursary is $820 a year. Applicants
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    A POLISH PIANIST TO PLAY IN SINGAPORE
    165 4 A POLISH PIANIST TO PLAY IN SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. Wit o 1 d Malcuzynski (above), famed Polish pianist will give a recital at the Victoria Theatre in Singapore on March 18. Widely recognised as one of the greatest and most moving interpreters of Chopin, his compatriot, and equally famous
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    36 score honours in B. Sc. exam
    359 4 SINGAPORE, Tues.— The University of Malaya in Singapore today announced the names of 62 candidates who passed the examination for the degree of B. Be. with honours and the final examination for the degree of B. Sc. Thirty six candidates, including 13 girls
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    IT'S RAW TURTLE EGGS AND -WATER FOR 'LIVING FOSSIL'
    252 4 KUCHING. Tuet yHE DIET problem of 1 the most soughtafter lizard the 13--inch lanthonotus borneansis has been solved. The "living fossil" is now being kept alive with raw turtle eggs and water In the home of Sarawak museum curator, Mr. Tom
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    214 4 Pay more attention to Sarawak: Traders warned KUCHING, Tuesday rpHE United Kingdom Assistant Trade Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. J. H. Barwick has warned that "certain businessmen" in Singapore would have to take Sarawak more seriously if they wished to continue holding agencies covering the country. 6 Mr. Barwick sounded this
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    Club for flour merchants
    71 4 Club for flour merchants SINGAPORE. Tues. The Association of Chinese Wheat Flour Merchants of nrnl a pore as acquired new premises where members can exchange Information on market conditions, prices and other matters related to the wheat flour trade 2d? ?h Mr Koh Cnyesaid the new premises at Eastern Mansions
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    parking SPACE AT COURTS
    113 4 parking SPACE AT COURTS SINGAPORE. Tucs.—Police from the South Bridge Read courts today took steps to restrict the use of the car park there to those who have to attend court. Previously, many motorists who had nothing to do with court cases had been parking their cars there, depriving others
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    Praise for Singapore port plan
    137 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Philippines Minister of Public Works and Communications. Mr. Florencio Moreno, said here today that he was keen to convert his country's port administration into a port authority similar to the one proposed for Singapore. Mr. Moreno flew in today from Jakarta by
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    Names not needed
    63 4 SINGAPORE. Tues The police secretary. Mr. Lim Seng Huat today reminded members of the public that letters addressed to P.O. Bux 5000 or P.O. Box 999 should not have the name of pny police officer On the envelope. All letters addressed to these two. boxes are delivered
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      244 4 THE following is today's 7.35 pm: from Penang, Kuala schedule of civil air- Lumpur mlis3> 9.25 p.m craft movements a.t Paya departires Lebar airport. Singapore: Co^£ l »«»r. i \S? IV AV S Istanbul. Zurich. London <BA ■OAC: From Hong Kong, 789) 2.30 p.m.; to Jakarta (8A961) 1.25 p.m.; from
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    A 'NIGHTMARE' JOURNEY WILL BE IMPROVED
    284 5 Work goes on to make some sections of road from Tapah to Tanah Rata better TANAH RATA, Tuesday V^yORK has started on improving certain sections of the tortuous 35-mile road from Tapah to Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands. The Cameron Highlands, particularly this
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    'Borrowed' watch and typewriter: Man jailed
    137 5 I SINGAPORE. Tues.— A drama student disappeared soon after he had borrowed a watch and a typewriter from two schoolboys In October last year, i the Fifth Magistrate's Court was told today. On both occasions. Patrick Chua, alias Chua Juak Cher, was stated to
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    Assembly date
    25 5 ALOR STAR. Tue.-. The next meeting of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly will be held at the Balai Besar here on April 5.
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    Last council meeting
    55 5 SUNGEI PATANI. Tues.The Sungei Patani Town Council will meet on April A for the last time before it if dissolved on April 19. Nominations for the towr council elections have been fixed for May 14. and polling on June 11. The Alliance is expected -tc contest all
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    Party men freed, but residence is restricted
    307 5 Party men freed, but residence is restricted PENANG, Tuesday. ("DENANG police today released four officials of the Labour Party of Malaya and Party Rakyat who were detained by the Special.Branch last month under the Internal Security t\ C I. "They were held for known subversive activities but we 'have jiow
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    THIEVES GRAB $2,000 FROM HOME WHILE WIFE IS OUT
    83 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. A housewife, Quek i Suan Neo. 50, lost $2,000 in jewellery and cash. when thieves broke into her house in Onan Road yes.tenl.iv When she was out. Jewellery stolen included two gold bangles, two diamond brooches. two gold rings,
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    Watchman dies
    33 5 KLAXG. Tue*. A Portj Swettenham watchman. -Abu Bakar bin Ahmad. 38. died on the way to hospital after I collapsing at his home in I Kampong Kuantan. near here, this morning.
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    Development officer
    41 5 ALOR STAR. Tues.— lnche Yaacob bin Itam. from I Seremban, arrived here today Ito take over as Kedah State Development Officer. He succeeds Inche Shamsuddin bin Mohamed Sidln. whe .has been appointed clerk-of-councll of the Senate in Kuala Lumpur.
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    Goodwill visit
    34 5 P E N A N G. Tues— HMS Hartland, an escort maintenance ship of the British Navy, arrived here today on a five-day goodwill visit. Its commander is Capt. F. W. Hayden
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    Tengku will get back sword lost 19yrs. ago
    333 5 Tengku will get back sword lost 19yrs. ago KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. A RRANGEMENTS are being made here for a ceremony to hand over to the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, a ceremonial sword which he lost 19 years ago. It is hoped that Oen. Abdul Harith Nasution. the Indonesian Minister
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    THE BIG AIR SHOW: WORK BEGINS
    162 5 THE BIG AIR SHOW: WORK BEGINS SINGAPORE. Tues. Work on the sevenacre exhibition site of the International Air Show to be held at Singapore Airport began today. The nine-day air show the biggest of its kind to be held in South-Ea&t Asia will mark the opening of the airport.-, new
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    Handbag theft is alleged
    55 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. Tan Hock Hai pleaded not guilty in a magistrate's court today to a charge of stealing a handbag containing three keys and $4.50 from a woman, Kong Swee Chee, at Irwell Bank yesterday. He was alleged to have committed the offence together with an
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    Civics course
    26 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Thirty Chinese youths rrom all over Johore are now attending a three-day civics course organised here by the State Information Department.
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    FAST BREAKERS FINED
    65 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues— i Tuan Mohamed Sarlb bin Mohamed. Kathl of Johore Bahru. today fined three Malays $5 each for not observing the Cast on Feb. 24. Jaffar bin Mohamed Sal- leh. Osman bin Perang and Ishak Marican were arrested on that date by police while committing
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    BUFFALO LOAN PLAN BEGUN IN JOHORE
    145 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. IN an attempt to increase the buffalo population in 1 Johore the Ministry of Agriculture has launched a "loan" scheme. j Each farmer is to get a three-year-old female buffalo which will become his property when he returns a feI male
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    Rural road will aid 2,600
    45 5 ALOR STAR. Tues.— Nearly 2.6C0 people will benefit from two bridle paths newly completed at kampongs Naga Lllit and Sungei Ular. Kulim. The projects cost $5,600. The $44,000, three-mile .Labu Besar-Blkan road, also In Kulim district, will be opened soon
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    Varsity names new principal for S'pore division
    230 6 Dr. SREENIVASAN TO TAKE OVER IN MAY I SINGAPORE, Tues. The University of Malaya in Singapore today officially announced the appointment of Dr. B. K. Sreenivasan as principal of the division. He is expected to assume office early in May just before the
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    Bridge lottery
    29 6 KLANG. Tues. A shop assistant. Tan Lit Thium. 37. was fined $200 today for assisting in a character lottery at the new Klang bridge on Feb. 12.
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    SCREAMS, THEN GIRL AND MOTHER DIE
    87 6 MALACCA, Tuesday. A YOUNG mother and her three-year-old daughter died as they were being taken to the General Hospital here last night. They were Kamalam, 21. wife of Mr. 6.P. Plllai. senior mathematics teacher at the High School here, and their only child, Rajamanl
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    Port Dickson parade
    42 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— About 318 recruits of the Federation Armed Forces will pass out at a parade to be held at Port Dickson on Saturday. The Deputy General Officer Commanding, Federation Army, Brigadier Raja Lope, will take the salute.
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    New president
    17 6 TAIPINO. Tues. Mr. Llm Seang Kwee was elected president of the Chinese Recreation Club h«re.
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    Lottery fine
    28 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Chang Yuen, of Saleng new village, was fined $1,000 here for assisting In the running of a four digit lottery on Jan. 30.
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    BRITAIN'S FIGHT to REGAIN TRADE
    259 6 BRITAIN'S FIGHT to REGAIN TRADE I^UALA LUMPUR. Tues. I The sending of a British trade delegation to Malaya next month follows general concern in Britain over a drop in its exports to this country during the past few years. Britain's share of Malaya's total imports amounted to 17 I per
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    Fighting buffalo kills a mine man
    100 6 BATI' GAJAH. Tues.— A mine worker. Chong Yeng. 57. got too near two buffaloes engaged in fierce battle, and was fatally gored last night near the 3rd mile, Batu Gajah-Tanjong Tuallang road. Chong Yeng was cycling home about 11 p.m. with a friend when
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    1535 7 The decks flowed with blood as motley crew mutinied on convict ship THE LADY SHORE HORROR 'YOU HAVE MURDERED ME' CRIED THE DYING CAPTAIN Till! sound of gunshots echoed across the waters off (ape Frio, Brazil, just before dawn on August 1. 171)7. as members of the New South Wales
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    24 8 in Wm4t Sin i Mm, mum MRS R CUNARATNAM and famiU for thfir assistance, services and mesbmsjl of 'he la'e Mr. R. Qunaralnam.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    224 8 !U Mortis Si* (Minimum) EASTIIt BRIDES in Invltrd 10 Ma •K rang* of bridal h«addrrM»s •nd veils si Antoinette, 3.4, Orchard Road, 8 pors. HOSEt U'OI LUNCH, Dally tram Monday to aatoriay—l DatMooa Lose* at 53.50 per pcraoa. fuaday tpaetsl i tack —ladoxslio cblekcn curry <t II H Mr
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  • The Straits Times Wednesday. March 8. 1961.
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      The London Talks
      634 8 I simple as that, and other possible courses of action must be examined, even if only to be rejected. The underlying principle should be to place the onus of decision upon South Africa itjelf. One way of doing that was suggested by the Tengku when he said
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      Student Means
      386 8 Recommendations which the commission of enquiry has made to improve the position of Malayan students in the United Kingdom seem to have won general approval. The recommendations are in fact sensible and practical, and as far as reorganisation of the students department at 'the High Commissioner's office is
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      Russia and Dag
      187 8 The General Assembly of the I United Nations resumes its session in the expectation that Ghana's President will make a fresh bid for an African 'solution for the Congo. Dr. Nkrumah has broken his 'journey to London to address the Assembly, having first attended a meeting of
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    The case for sending South Africa packing...
    1081 8  - The case for sending South Africa packing... PATRICK VAN RENSBURG ON THE MORNING OF THE OPENING OF THE COMMONWEALTH PREMIERS' CONFERENCE- BY LONDON, Tu.s. MMTHEN the majority of the white South W^W African electorate voted "yes" on October 5, 1960, they were approving a republic, whatever the consequences of their
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      Exam results
      147 8 DOES PUBLICATION DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD? 1 WONDER why you taku so much trouble and so much space to publish the results of the overseas Cambridge exam ination each year. Since the students can go to their respective schools and be informed of the results, why publish
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      A plebiscite in West Irian
      247 8 URITISJH Ex-Resident is 13 to be complimented for his incisive letter of March 3. However. I am not sure that his conclusions go far enough. Power politics have contributed very greatly to the chaos which has been >o prevalent throughout the world since the turn
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      Tin: Big need is land
      208 8 \yiTH reierence to the statement to Petaling Tin shareholders by Mr. D.C. Thomson, Its chairman, It is unwi.se to bring to the Government's notice this year, a year of expected unprecedented dividends by most of the big companies, that increased taxation is having a "stultifying
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      Why Rida is losing staff
      137 8 'J'HE statements made by the chairman of the Rural and Industrial Development Authority and reported in the Straits Times of March 3 are worth the attention of Rlda officers From what I have seen, officers have done a good job in the rural areas and
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      A misuse of authority
      105 8 rE detective on the platform of the Kuala Lumpur railway station the other night seemed to me to misuse grossly any authority he may have. He manhandled, as though his victim was a runaway murderer, a man whose offence apparently was to be on the platform
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    THE ARMY'S SPRAWLING ACRES...
    112 9 Malaya's $20 million military cantonment begins to take shape at Sungei Besi A SECTION of Malaya's "Sandhurst", the $7.5 million sprawl of modern buildings at Snngei Besi, near Kuala Lumpur, which will replace the present Federation Military College at Port Dickson. Contractors are now working double
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    Who chases whom? Women answer MP's report
    356 9 Who chases whom? Women answer MP's report COURTESY IS PLEASANT, BUT RESPECT COUNTS KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. WHO chases whom in the matrimonial stakes? Do Chinese girls here go all out to win a European husband, or are European men running after the Chinese girls? A Malayan M.P., Mr. Geh Chong
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    Gang suspect picked up
    41 9 PENANG. Tues. Penang detectives last night picked up a gang suspect from Kuala Lumpur. The man. who is being held for interrogation, is believed to be a member of the "21 brotherhood" gang in the Federal capital.
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    Fatal fall on stairs
    68 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mrs. Marion Littledyke. wife of Mr. George L. Littledyke, a director of McAUster and Co Ltd.. fell down a night of stairs in her house in Cable Road on the night of Dec. 12 last year, an Inquest was told today. She died at
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    Trader fined for lying
    60 9 PENANG, Tues. A businessman, Mohamed Haniffa 40. was today fined $185 for a false statement which he made three years ago to obtain a citizenship certificate. Haniffa, the prosecution stated, declared in March 1958 that he had stayed in the Federation for a total of 10
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    Women plan 12-day regional conference
    125 9 Women plan 12-day regional conference KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The role of women's voluntary organisations in economic, social ?nd cultural development will be discussed at a 12-day Asian regional conference opening here on March 27. The conference is being organised by the National Association of Women's Institutes here under the sponsorship
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    Petrol men accused
    72 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Two drivers of the Shell Company, Osman bin Ahmad and Ibrahim bin Hitam, pleaded not guilty in a magistrate's court today to a charge of stealing 13 gallons of petrol belonging to the company at the Junction of Rochore Road and Waterloo Street on March
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    Get I-cards soon
    65 9 Get I-cards soon ALOR STAR. Tues. The Kedah Assistant Registration Officer Mr. R. Ampalavanar. said today at least half the number of residents in and around Jitra. 12 miles from here had not taken out new Identity cards. He said the registration team now In Jitra would be moving out
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    Killed in crash
    35 9 IPOH, Tues. A town Council labourer, P. Savarimuthu, died before he could be taken to hospital this evening after his bicycle was Involved In a collision with a car In Connolly Road.
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    NEON SIGN DAMAGES HOUSES
    77 9 IPOH. Tues.— A 30-feet tall. neon advertising sign at i the top of a row of two-storey buildings In Anderson Road crashed during a storm this) afternoon. It caused an estimated $50,--000 damage to two houses and an office. No one was injured. One of the
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    Singapore a 'tourist paradise' says world cruise man
    227 9 Singapore a 'tourist paradise' says world cruise man SINGAPORE, Tuesday. DEFORE he sailed away today, Mr. Elliot I. Liman, described as "the dean of cruise-planners," gave Singapore his unqualified endorsement as a tourist paradise. Mr. Liman, passenger traffic manager of the HollandAmerica Line, who arrived in Singapore yesterday with 665
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    A councillor's wife dies
    55 9 IPOH. Tues. Che Noor Meemee binte Casslm. 26, wife of Inche Ramll bin Mohamed Said, Town Board Councillor in the Cameron Highlands, died at the Ipoh hospital after a short illness. She w&s buried here yesterday. Inche Ramli is a businessman in Cameron Highlands. They have
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    Academy award nominations
    75 9 SINGAPORE. Tues.— Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, which was screened in Singapore at the end of last year, has been nominated for two academy awards— for best art direction and for black and white cinematography, according to the Cathay Organisation I here. Alfred Hitchcock has also i been nominated
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    To visit Kedah
    37 9 ALOR STAR, Tues— The Minister of Labour. Inche Bahaman bin Bamsuddin. will visit Kedah on March 28 to open a new employment exchange at the Department of Labour and Industrial Relations in Sungei Patanl.
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    FIREMAN FACES CHEATING CHARGE
    217 9 FIREMAN FACES CHEATING CHARGE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A Civil Aviation Department fireman, who was promoted and sent to Kuala Lumpur from Malacca, waa charged in the Sessions Court here today with having attempted to cheat the department of $108 on his transfer allowance. The fireman, Sulaiman bin Arifnn, 34. pleaded
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    Expert urges wider use of preserved timber
    216 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A BRITISH timber exA pert, who arrived here today, urged a wide use of preserved timber in the Federation. He is Mr. Bernard Hickson, president of the British Wood Preserving Association and chairman of the Hickson Group. Mr. Hickson said
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    Misadventure
    44 9 SINGAPORE, Tues Th« State Coroner, Mr. Sathl V. Kandiah, today recorded a m.sadventure verdict on V. Pereira. 21. a tactical operator, who was found dead on a railway track at Yew Te* Village. 1U m.s. Woodlands Road, on the night of Dec. 22.
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    KILLED AT HIS DOOR BY A SHELL
    92 9 KILLED AT HIS DOOR BY A SHELL SINGAPORK. Turs. A fisherman. Tan Kok Chew, 41. of Changi Road, was killed in the explosion of wartime shell outside his house on Dec. 14 last year, an inquest here was told today. Warrant Officer A. J. Pentecost, an army ammunition technician. testified
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      94 9 """""^^JPER FUMES luR The lintai classic blend of iffy rV/^_ rot*. Jasmin*, honey -suckle tm4 Mm »«v«MTM Ho»al them* in which jatmiiM j hiavin predominates with a d*ee> slightly y oriental bick grootW. Sola Agents: Jackson's Malaya Ltd., K. Lumpur, Ipoh Fmanf. Jackson Co. Ltd., Sirtfipor* and Jan***. |<iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiuiuiiiiuiiunuiaiH| I
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      912 10  - 'Let's start an adventure ociety just us 4' KATHLEEN HICKLEY A NEW EXCITING SERIAL STARTS TODAY Dy OUTSIDE the gates of the Malayan School for Girls, a line of cars waited in a long queue that stretched right down the road. Mary Chong. who was walking down, looking for her
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      500 10 Kathleen l.im. aged 14; 216. Kirn Seng Road. Singapore 9; badminton, songs, rediffusionlisioning. star-photos, movies, correspondence. Tony Low. 57K, Kampong Burls. Singapore 12: outdoors, radio-listening, games, movies, parties, correspondence.* Robert Chong, 57K. Kampong Bugis. Singapore 12: outdoors, games, movies, parties, radiolistening, correspondence. lily Van Poo
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      356 10 Overseas pen pals Paul Kancourt aged 15: Box 340. Prince George, B.C Canada: stamp*, skating, sleighing. Takako Koshlkawa (girl), aged 14; 2616 Imalzuml-cho. Ut-sunomiya-city, Tohigl-Ken. Japan; music, letter writ inn. sports, stamps. Perake Llndblom (boy), aged 16; Lada 314. Njutanger. Sweden; chess. sports. books, cinema, poems, jazz, dancing. Karln Person
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      706 10 THE CROSSWORD V. 1 IS INTERESTING cum iCTMm -i r-^Kr-^^mn m— l East coast county of Scot- HL-I__L— l_l land. 5. Popular breakfast H| dish. 7. One of the Rifts h~U LvH W C! taken by the Wise Men to U I I I I I the infant Jesus at
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      1489 11 ZiU THE BEN UNE STEAMERS LTD. SINGAPOU (lacariaritad 11 Ui MM Uattaai) 11 Limit Mill tl ADEN UK ft CINTININTAI POtTS. S'pori P. Strm Hmang •EMINNES Liverpaal. Hull. Rottiroam. la Pirt I Mm Hamburg 11/14 Mar Liririeel dirett imrts I Apr BENALBER Hamkarg Lonflon, G'mautl 2S/24 Mm IS/21 Mm M/
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      1231 11 tlp^ McALISTER tJc CO., LTD. \kSV lILi KLLBBMAW LWB Ua KLAVENISI LIMB V^^10N00N. HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM. UVRI LOS ANGELES, UN FRANCISCO, ft MIL. SEATTLE. VANCOUVER ft PORTLAND CITT OF COLOMIO Acceitiai carte fer Caatral ft Seat! Spore P. Sham Paaaog Amenta. 21 25 Mm 21/21 Mar II Mm/ 1 Apr anmirviiia
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    CLOSING PRICES
    34 12 SINGAPORE. March 7. KL'BBER: 83.' cents per lb. (up l| cents). .*> p.m. close: 83; cents (slightly steadier). TIN: 5401.30 per picul (down 50 cents). hMhnatrd unofficial offering 225 tons (down 15 tons).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    129 12 MELBOURNE. Tue*. INVESTMENT sha.es he.d a steady lone heve :ooay. Commercial and Oene.ui Acc?ptance gained llu io 9b. liv B.H P. reacvea l.s. 3u io 68.s 6a Base nieial!> and me Mia remamea steady. Imerstaie Oil easti. Is. 6d. to 9s. Saiuos gained Is. lo 9s. Cummoimeului Bonds
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    147 12 'PHI Malayan Exchange Banks' 1 Association maae these changes in lls rates to mercnants yesterday (alt raits to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T 32 3/4. OD. 32 7/8. 90 0/.s. 33 1/8 credit bilU. 33 1/4 t.aue bUls. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 3/8. OD >32 1/2,
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    153 12 CHIPS lyin* aloni;s.clc tht Sinuapora Harbour Beard wharvtt or e«ptct--I<d today sre: 8tr«l Advocate I '2. i Kanmun 4 0. Shoyo Main 6A, TakIsSSSJ 7. Khybir s L.ninsky Kom.«omol lull. Palrcxlus 13 14. Strsat fcrniil N Wall 1, Scudai 'n. Wall 2, Si rudom N. Wall 3. Sedill
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    GOOD BUSINESS STILL CONTINUES ON SHARE MARKETS
    1081 12 By Our Market Correspondent jy|ALAYAN Share Markets continued to experience quite good business yesterday although there is a section of the market advocating caution in regard to the too rapid rise in prices. They feel buying power is not quite as strong as
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 12 .MaUjan Stork tAchange: Mar. 7 Mar. Industrials: 148.31 148.t? Tina: 332.7« 221.76 S Rubbers: 245.17 244.6* Jan. 1 1938 «1M
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    RUBBER PRICES
    218 12 MARCH first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 83 cents per lb., up 1 :> k cents on Monday's close. The tone was quiet. S.CC.BA. CLOSING PRICES In cents per lb., yesterday were: Int 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 83V sellers 84 (NX Int. 1
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    130 12 THK Chinrse Produce Exrhangr. siiiKaporr. noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: Quiet; UK Continent March April shipments $27 2 buyers. $28 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk 542 sellers, drum $454 .seller.-. Pepper: Quiet: no business was reported done. Muntok white $202-. Sarawak $197 'j, special Sarawak black
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    RUBBER CROPS
    40 12 Harrisons and ro*ticld report the foUowliig rubber crops for February: BenU 122.000 lb Jeram Kuantan 65.500 lb.. Kundong Tanjonjr Pau: Kundoni? Pau Estate 47.633 lb.. Tanjonr Pau Estate 99.000 lb.. MenUkab 76.000 lb.. «nd Sun(ei Bacan 225.000 lb
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    717 12 gUSINESS in the trading room on the Singapore section of I the Malayan Slock Exchange yesterday wa.s Industrials: C.T.B. ord.i 52a. 3d. A IS: KM. Dl»p. 5i. 65: K. and N. $2.18 and 53. 19: Gammon S2.IS: Robinson $1.36 and $1.37; Strainers 74 centi: S. Times $2.82:
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      472 12 B°]MJU| ISRAEL NAVIGATION COMPANY. LTD. EILAT FAR EAST SERVICE S'M'P Penan* Naoiiin Cilat KESm* (Hinc.iri) 21/14 Mar 15/2S Mar 21 1 Mar II "ir "A VtSSII" HLwarl) ntiti S fl"»ir BARRETTO SHIPPING TRADING CO., LTD. 49 51 ROBINSON ROAD. SPORE TEL: *****/8 WITTO SHOSEN CO., LTD. COLOMBO SERVICE MEIWA MARU
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      706 12 NOTICES SUNGEI BIDOR TIN DREDGING LIMITED i Production for the month of February 1961 390 picuis RAHMAN HYDRAULIC TIN LTD. (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) Shareholders are advised tßat the Tin Ore Output for the month of February. 1961. was 610 picuis. HARPER. GILFILLAN CO., LTD., Secretaries &i General
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      532 12 NOTICES SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT \OTHI IO < O\M Ml RJjJ i Work in connection with electrical exten.MOn. to Sniiuawaiiß Village and Andrew s. Avenue Area will in-ce-^silate the interruption of electricity supplies trom 8 a.m to 6 p.m on Thur.->dav 9th Marcn i 1961. I lie whole ol
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      870 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENT CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE CITY ELKCTRICIT- DEPART- 1 MiM: Required: <A) ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT TESTER in salary scale $415 x A2O-495 plus Central Provident Fund benefits. Appointment will be on temporary basis in the first instance with prospects of future permanency. Qualifications: Applicant must have a working
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      805 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND BOARD I The Central Provident Fund Board. Singapore, invites applications from persons between 25 and 36 years of age for a new permanent senior post in the Board's Office ln Singapore. The person selected will be required to undertake general administrative duties under the Board's
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      1745 13 l>|l:U'll-Nil:M l iJ;.ir-H?.U'.t.| (Continued from Pate B> SITUATIONS VACANT it Wordt SS (Min.)— Box it ctt. extra WANTBO: A Female Typist with Kood knowledge of Chinese language. Reply to P.O BOS No. 3043, Blngaporr REQUIRED telephone operator/typist. Senior Cambridge preference. Apply Box A 5296 B.T. Spore. PART TIME LECTURER to
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      1047 13 ACCOMMODATION WANTED I* Wordt Si (Min.)— Max St ctt. extra ENGLISH FAMILY wants to rent furnished bungalow ln districts 9. 10, 11, from mid-March Tel. Sembawang 52-011 extension 32 (Spore). YOUNG CHINESE COUPLE requires un/furaished flat or house. Rent between $100— 5250. Reply with details to BOX AS2(* S.T Spore.
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      1016 13 TUITION JO Wordt SS (Min.)— Box SO Ctt. extra AHA DRIVING SCHOOL modedual -coot rolled cars complete course $75/> refresher course 525/- hourly (5/-. 67. Orchard Road. tii'pore) Phone ***** PERSONAL TUITION— MaIay conversation, grammar easay-wriuns Jawl. Special coaching for civil service examination Kor particulars write Box S.T. B°pore. MATHEMATICS
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    Old brigade to fight Penang's cup battles
    542 14  - Old brigade to fight Penang's cup battles OH KEE TIANG: Pi ZONE CHAMPIONS LAST YEAR BUT FOR THE 'IPOH AFFAIR' By enang. Tues WITH tin- "old brigade" still available as the mainstay in the team, Penang are quietly hopeful of their prospects in the coming quest for the Malaya and
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    Lock icon SPURS 7-4 F.A. CUP FA VOURITES
    145 14 SPURS 7-4 F.A. CUP FA VOURITES I ONDON. Tues.-Shcffleld United. the only team so lar sure or I a place in the semi-finals of the j English P.A. Cup. were cut from i 6 to 1 to 5 to 1 at last night's callovcr at the Victoria Club here. Tottenham
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    Zone final
    50 14 BINGAPORE. Tues. Singapore will meet Malacca In the South zone final of this year's M.C.F.A. Cup competition at Malacca on Sunday. After their splendid win over the young Negri Sembilan side. Singapore should have no difficulty In winning this match. There is no change In the Singapore team.
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    SPORTS SUMMARY
    342 14 SOCCER INULR-IO TRIAL iKiuangi Possibles 2 'Humphrey.-. Bhupalan) Probables 2 cKulimuihu). FKIENDLILS (Penang)- D Kranwt Rangers 4 <Talib t machandra, 5111 K oan Pelandok SC. 1 (Hanafli; Harpland Point 3 (Buckel. Spencer. Brook) Ah Har's XI 1 (Huck Slang*. ATHLETICS STORK DISTRICT INTKRSCHOOLS It O S S-COINTRY RACE
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    YES-BUT – $1—NO! SAYS SOH
    179 14 YES-BUT $1— NO! SAYS SOH SINGAPORE. Tues. Singapore Amateur Football Association president Mr. Soh Ghee Soon last night spoke strongly against a move to pay $1 to youth players as an allowance for each day of training from March 1. Mr. Soh said: "I am in favour of gAving the
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    1,200 boys get chance to see MCC in action
    340 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday ABOUT 2.D00 school-' A boys in the Federa-r tion have been invited I to see the M.C.C. vs Malaya match at Kuala Lumpur on the March 18 and 19 but owing to travel difficulties only half that total
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    KELANTAN AAA TO PUBLIC—'HELP US'
    170 14 KELANTAN AAA TO PUBLIC— 'HELP US' l/OTA BARRU, Tuesday.— The president of the Kelantan Amateur Athletic Association. Mr. Wee Khoon Hock, last night appealed to Kelantan sports enthusiasts to give support "morally and materially" to the association. Addressing the annual meeting of the association. Mr. Wee said that in the
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    181 14 TEST PRACTICE HURTING COUNTY GAME Different laws needed, say Warwickshire LONDON, Tuesday WARWICKSHIRE County Cricket Club, in their annual report to be published tomorrow, suggest that Test and county cricket shouil be governed by different laws and conditions. The report saya that it has long been apparent that the highest
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    RI'WELCOMES' STORE PLAN
    84 14 RI 'WELCOMES' STORE PLAN SINGAPORE, Tues. P.S. 5.1., the controlling body of soccer in Indonesia, has told S.A.F.A. that it "warmly welcomes" the suggestion to hold an interport tournament between Indonesia. Hong Kong and Singapore. But it could not confirm the dates suggested by Singapore for the inaugural match until
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    Easter meet for Malays
    114 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues— Th« eleventh postwar All-Malay* Malays tennis tournament will b« held during the Easter holiday* from Mar. 31 to April 3 In Kuala Lumpur. Events for the tournament are: men's open singles, men's open doubles, men's handicap singles, men's handicap doubles, veterans' singles, veterans'
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      253 14 ITTfH'WWff* Destroyed WYE "Ken; i. Tues.— Mr 5. T. ATHLETICS Turner's 11-year-old geldmg Melted Singapore secondary schools Ice. an outsider lor the Grand cross-country run (preliminary. National, had to be destroyed Gillman Barracks i. alter pulling up m a thr. c mUrs BASKKTBALL steeplechase here yesterday. H* Goh Chyc Hin
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      294 14 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS about Tyler getting a cheap 1. Formal support in a reverse drink (3, 5). <3. 4). 8. Detract from Dore work 5. Supposed to be put In the above the entrance (8). grass (7). 13. Revelation of a certain at- The case for very large things
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      143 15 SCRUTINtIR CALL BOY POINTER MARTINGALE MARTINGALE Race 1 Race On Atami I Atami Karr On COl RT WISE S. PRINCE Rate 2 opprr Khan tof fee Boy Malham Court Wise RACE ON Martingale Sea Luck MALHAM Court Wise Coffee Boy TIMBALINA Race 3 Dr. Doddington Karpton M. ROONEY Race
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      Redouble II has the best chance in stayers' event
      1389 15 Redouble II has the best chance in stayers' event YOUNG EAGLE DUE FOR WIN REDOUBLE II stands out as a good thing and can be confidently followed in the 9f handicap (Race 5) for Glass 4, Div. 2 at Ipoh this afternoon, second day of the Perak Turf Club's March
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      IPOH CARD
      1325 15 Race 1: 2.15 Class 2. Div. 4—51 Furs. Str. 1 Quren's Patrol iS. H. Lee) Daniels. 5 9.0 Subian 1 ■i 49 Raceguide (C. C. Chong) Paul. 5 8.13 Barratt 10 3 103b5 Race On iMr. Mrs. L. M. Foo) Martin, 6 8.10 Johnson 2 4 630 Atami
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      BEST BETS
      118 15 TOJMBALINA: The Newton Wonder 4-year-old has been working extremely well on the track and is right back to her peak form after her two outings at Bukit Timah last month. Comes up against a moderate Div. 2 field today. pNTERTAINER III: On the handicapping he stands out as
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      187 15 T ONDON. Tues.— Prices at thr ca Hover on the Lincolnshire Handicap and the Grand National steeplechase at the Victoria CiuU here last night were: Linrolnnhire: 12 to 1 Book- 1 1 marker. 14 to 1 Phridipprdes. 16 j to 1 Honey Moor and Neograph. I 18
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    'Peace and prosperity' pledge
    361 16 SZ42E WrfiVO LEADERS PROMISE TO CARRY OUT POLICY OF CO-OPERATING WITH SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT SINGAPORE, Tuesday gIXGAPORE Umno leaders today promised to carry out the new policy of co-operating with the People's Action Party government "in the interests of the peace and prosperity of the State of
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    Nehru loses an adviser: Indian Home Minister dies
    69 16 Nehru loses an adviser: Indian Home Minister dies MR. PANT NEW DELHI. Tues. Mr. Govind Ballabah Pant. Indian Home Minister, died here today after an attack of cerebral thrombosis. He was 73. .Mr. Pant, who was taken ill last month, has for a long time acted as de facto Deputy
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    27 16 CANBERRA. Tues. National Development Minister Senator William Spooner has suggested that Japanese steel manufacturers might partly finance development of iron ore deposits in Australia. U.P.I.
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    58 16 RAMLI BIN MOMAMED SAID I Ikaaka frirnd* NIaUVM »nd xtaff of Ipoh Ho«pit.il for ihMmm rendrml rliinnt: OMH of hl.i wife Noor Mwm« «nd n( hrr funeral on 6-3-61. THE FAMILY of Int.- Mr. A. T. MaThc.v thank friend?. r»*Litives for at-radinrr :it ih«- funeral, ureaths. rondalcore.i and helpful
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    21 16 JANTZEN SWIMSUITS latent 1061 itylrj h.ivr just arrived at Hilda* B.C.S On-hard Road. In all ilih and •oloun. Tel: 2TOS7.
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    Diplomats tour N. Borneo
    62 16 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Consul-General of Japan in Singapore. Mr. Kenseku Maecla. and the Vice-Consul, Mr. tfadao Saito, are now on a tour of North Borneo. Today they proceeded from J«sselton to Sandakan for a two-day stay to meet Japanese representatives of the tLnber export trade. They
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    Basketball results
    94 16 SINGAPORE. Tues— Results ol the Goh Cnye Him Cup junior basketball competition pluyeii at the Peoples' Association toi.ight were: Ngou Kirn Basketball Team (83) bt Sin MUo (63); Yen Chu«n (72) bt Chuen Yic? i 47); Sin Hua (68) bt Chung Cheng Hign Scuool (49): Soo Chuar. (85)
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    33 16 NEW YORK. Tues. The United States has decided to vote in the United Nations for the independence of the Portuguese colony of Angola. Newsweek magazine said today. U.P.I. Co* must t»
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    'Up-and-down' shot as Jakarta V.I.P. arrives
    155 16 LEGAL SYSTEMS: VIEWS EXCHANGE rIS up-and-down picture of the Indonesian Ambassador in Malaya. Dr. Unnamed Razif (right) and the Indonesian Minister Chief Justice. Dr. Wirjono Prodjokikoro. was taken at the Kuala Lumpur airport yesterday. Dr. Razif towered over the Minister because the Ambassador was
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    123 16 LONDON. Tues. A Londoner who won $200.--000 on the football pools wants to fly to Tokyo to fulfil an unusual ambition to have a steam bath. Alberto Chiesa.. 39-year-old bachelor, London-born of Italian parents, said today on being told of his win: "Now
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    385 16 LONDON. Tues.— There was .■slightly less acuvily in Lonuoi; stock markets today ana a certain amount of profit taking was noticeable during the morning. Nevertheless, business was still on a sizeable scale and altnough failing lo establibii any cieciusci trend for mo«t of the day.
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