The Straits Times, 19 May 1961

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    18 1 \V»KV(.I DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90.000 maw* The Straits Times Estd. 1845. FRIDAY. MAY 19. 1961. 15 CENTS.
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    Lock icon S. KOREA P.M. QUITS
    630 1 Victory for revolutionary council Dr. Chang ('I was with friends') emerges SEOUL, Thursday SOUTH Korea's Premier, Dr. John Chang, came out of hiding today and an hour later submitted the resignation of his Cabinet, as demanded by the leaders of Tuesday's military coup. Dr. (,'hanjf gave
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    Lock icon CHURCHILL 'INDISPOSED' STATEMENT
    87 1 CHURCHILL 'INDISPOSED' STATEMENT LONDON. Thurs. Sir Winston Churchill. 86. was unable to meet President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia today because of a "mild indisposition." the Foreign Ollice announced. A spokesman at Sir Winston's home asked about the statement, said: "I'm sorry, but were not saying anything else." Sir Winston recently
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    Postmen's strike
    26 1 COPENHAGEN. Thur.s. Twu thousand postmen declared a one-day snap .strike here today in protest against breakdown of negotiations for pay rises for civil servants.
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    Lock icon Advice sought
    22 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs. President Kennedy today asked for India's advice on i U.S. plans to aid world's un-drr-doveloped areas.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Five girls quit 'Suzie Wong'
    101 1 JOIIANNKSBIRCi. Thurs. Five Chinese girls withdrew today from the cast of "The World of Suzie Wong" claiming it was "immoral and out of naI tional character." and caused a four-day post- pun. nit lit of the premiere fixed for May 23. Photographs depicting girls in
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    JULIE IS 'MISS -SINGAPORE'
    136 1 WISS JULIE KOH, 20, stenographer, (centre, above) was last night crowned "Miss6ingapore, 1961" at the Capitol Theatre. She will be Singapore's representative at the ''Miss International Beauty" contest, to be held at Long Beach, California, from July 20 to 30 The runner-up was Miss Evelyn Cunico,
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    Polling day ban affects local elections only
    347 1 Polling day ban affects local elections only KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs THE recent clamp-down on canvassing on polA ling days throughout the Federation applies only to local authority elections— not to Parliamentary and State elections. This is explained to all political parties in a circular letter sent today by the chairman
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    Lock icon Blaze: Girl missing, 60 homeless
    226 1 Blaze: Girl missing, 60 homeless MALACCA. Thursday. gMiHT Families of ;>l>out 60 people were made j homeless when ;i 10()-ve;ir-ol(l house in Trail- querafa Road here \\;is destroyed by lire today. An eight-year-old girl is missing. Screaming women and children jumped into Wanked held by rescue teams. One of two
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    Black-out at cinema
    41 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A ■blown fuse in the Lido cinema plunged both cinema and the.Ro&ee dOr into darkness last night for 20 minutes. Guests at tables in the night spot were supplied with, candles until the current was restored.
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    YOUNG HOUSEWIFE FOUND MURDERED
    133 2 YOUNG HOUSEWIFE FOUND MURDERED i I'UALA KANGSAR, Thurs. 1V A housewife. Rokiah binte Ngali Wahab. 25. was found murdered in front of her house at Bukit Chandan. one mile from here, last night. Her husband. Inche Zam bin Karim. a school teacher, found Rokiah lying in a pool of blood
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    Motorist fined
    39 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A motorist. Llm Ah Phan, 30, of Ipoh Road, was fined $20 or one week's Jail here today for disregarding a "no parkIng" traffic sign at High Street at 12.35 p.m. on Jan. 25.
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    Road death
    26 2 KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs A cyclist. Wong Chan. 68. was killed in a road accident at Paclang Rengas. eight miles north of here, this morninu.
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    September start on ending road nightmare
    275 2 September start on ending road nightmare IPOH, Thursday. THE motorists' nightmare, those 25 tortuous miles between Slim River and Tanjong Malim, is to go at last. The cost: about 54.5 million or $180,000 a mile. The deviation scheme will cut nine miles off the distance between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur
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    Foresters sail after 3 years
    81 2 Foresters sail after 3 years SINGAPORE, Thurs— More than 700 officers and men of the Ist Bn. Sherwood Foresters left in the troopship Neva.su today for Britain. They had been three years in Singapore and the Federation where they helped to nmn up the remaining bandits. At the quayside to
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    Ringlet says thank you
    274 2 Ringlet says thank you Ample stocks of old clothes KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.-The Ringlet Landslide Relief Committee today thanked all those who had contributed so generously" to victims of the landslide disaster. A le'ter sent to the Straits Times from the chairman of the committee, Mr. J.PrM. Clifford, and his deputy,
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    'MURDER,' SAYS A HUSBAND
    189 2 SEREMBAN. Thursday. CHOW KEE, 51. told an inquest here today that he suspected that his wife Choo Chook Tai, 29, had been murdered. Chow, an estate worker, said that Choo, a mother of four left their house In Rantaq on the evening of Dec. 24. He
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    Didn't stop: $25
    33 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A motorist. Chia Ah Loong. who failed to stop when directed to do so by a police officer, was fined $25 or one week's jail here today.
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    Driver is fined
    53 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Uew Kong Fai. 26. of Jinjang North. Kepoiiß, was fined $100 or one month's jail by the First Magistrate. Inche Hassan bin Hussaln, for driving a car without due care and attention. Liew's car collided with a car driven by Mr 800 d# Zwart
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    Lock icon Nato sea missile force
    342 3 U.S. WILLING TO SET IT UP, SAYS KENNEDY: MULTI-LATERAL IN OWNERSHIP, CONTROL OTTAWA, Thursday. PRESIDENT KENNEDY said yesterday that the United States was willing to establish a Nato seaborne missile force which was multilateral both in ownership and control. In an address to the Senate and
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      112 saved from sinking ship
      167 3 MANILA. Thurs.— A total of 112 people have been rescued from the sinking Philippine fishing vessel. De La Paz after It first radioed a distress signal last night in the stormtossed South China Sea. HONOLULU: Peace Corps director Mr. Sargent Schriver said after a three-week
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    Lock icon A round-up of loiterers
    45 3 CAPETOWN, Thurs.— Police yesterday arrested hundreds of persons of all races in a round-up of "loiterers and idlers." Many were natives who were in the area illegally under the union's travel restrictions, or did not have their native passbooks. U.P.1., Reuter.
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    Lock icon NOW A MOVE TO PUT THOSE SPACE RECORDS IN THE BOOK
    150 3 NOW A MOVE TO PUT THOSE SPACE RECORDS IN THE BOOK DARIS, Thurs. The International Aeronautical Federation is arranging to record space records officially. Rules will be adopted by the iederatlons sports commission at a meeting next week, its president, Mr. Jacques Allez. said today. Categories p roposed are;— DURATION
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    24 3 NEW DELHI. Thurs. The Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, may meet President Kennedy in Europe during the first week of next month. Reuter.
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    Yuri mountains
    16 3 MOSCOW, Thurs. Soviet geologists have named an Antarctic mountain range after spaceman Yuri Gagarin.
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    Lock icon S-W AFRICA: LOUW'S PROPOSALS
    85 3 S-W AFRICA: LOUW'S PROPOSALS NEW YORK. Thurs. South Africa proposed yesterday that "an Independent person of international standing" be named to Investigate conditions In its vast South-West African territory. The proposal was contained In a letter from the South African Foreign Minister. Dr. Eric Louw, to the U.N. Secretary-General, Mr.
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    TIBETANS AMBUSH FOOD SEEKERS
    144 3 NEW DELHI, Thursday. T<HE Indian News Service reported yesterday A that Tibetan rebel forces have ambushed a Chinese military force searching for food in 1 south-western Tibet. The agency's correspon- dent In Gangtok, capital of the Hmlalayan state of Slkk i m. said he had learned
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    Lock icon CASTRO PLANS PRISONERS FOR BULLDOZERS SWAP
    299 3 lIAVANA, Thurs. 11 Dr. Fidel Castro, Cuban Prime Minister, is offering to exchange prisoners taken during the April invasion of the island for 500 American bulldozers or a quantity of tractors. Addressing 6.000 members of the National Association of Small Farmers last night he
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    Lock icon Record win for widow
    53 3 LONDON, Thurs. A 54--year-old Liverpool widow learned yesterday that sh» and a relative had won £73.501 on last Saturday's Australian football results a world record for summer pools. The widow, Mrs. Dorothy Brown, and her relative, who wished to remain anonymous, will each receive half of
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    Lock icon 'Drop Negro bar'
    30 3 WASHINGTON. Thuts.The attorney general Mr. Robert Kennedy, has asked New York's exclusive Metropolitan Club to drop its ban on Negro members and quests, it was reported. Reuter.
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    Lock icon T.N.T. THEFT AS ALGERIANS DUE
    226 3 GENEVA, Thursday. AN emergency alert went out to all Geneva police stations after 11 lb. of T.N.T. was stolen from a quarry outside the city. News of the theft came only a few hours before the arrival of the Algerian delegation to take part in
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    Lock icon GURKHAS: A MATTER OF ALLOWANCES
    136 3 LONDON. Thurs.— Mr. John Profumo, Secretary ot State for War. agreed yesterday that Gurkha soldiers from Malaya, who will serve In Britain from the end of this year. received a diflerent rate of basic pay from that of the British soldier. But they were all
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    We want to create jobs for 40,000 people, says Yong
    522 4 We want to create jobs for 40,000 people, says Yong NO MOON-SHOT LIKE LUNIK, BUT... SINGAPORE. Thursday gINGAPORE'S Education Minister, Mr. Yon? Nyuk Lin, said here tonight the State's four-year Development Plan was both bold and realistic. Speaking at a dinner of the Supervisory and Management Training Association of Singapore
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    WEDDING PARTY SLAYING CASE
    207 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. A BRIDEGROOM, Low Kirn Chu, described today A how a wedding guest, Ng Choon Heng, was stabbed to death after attending his party. He said he heard Ng shoutIng: "You are hitting the wrong person." Low was a prosecution witness In the continued trial
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    Beat bush and got —a thief
    154 4 Beat bush and got a thief SINGAPORE. Thurs. An odd-Job labourer, with his left hand bandaged and In a sling, was today convicted of theft in a vegetable farm. Lim Llan Teng had been found Injured following action taken by a group of villagers in Upper Thomson Road on the
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    New centre
    37 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—lnche Yaacob bin Mohamed, Assemblyman for Buk i t Timah and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for National Development, will open the West Coast Road <7J m.s.) Community Centre on Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
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    Rural rates collection
    63 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A district collection will be made by the Rural Board, at Ama Keng Village Co-opera-tive Btore, 174m.5., Urn Chu Kang Road, Singapore on May 29 and 30. All rates and dues payable to the Rural Board on houses, land and rubber estates and piggery licence
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    Psychology talk
    32 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Dr. Amorn Montri of Nanyang University will give a talk on "Psychology and Religion" at the Maha Bodhi School Hall, Lorong 34. Geylang, on Sunday at 9.45 a.m.
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    Welfare aid
    18 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Social Welfare Department spent $726,143.20 in public assistance and TB allowances last month.
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    Knife charge
    44 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A youth, Lim Cher Seng, found guilty today by Mr. N.A. D'Rozario. the Fourth Magistrate, of having a knife at Joo Chlat Road on the night of Mar. 13, had his sentence postponed till May 27 pending a probation report.
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    Pirates kill seaman, wound six others
    94 4 Pirates kill seaman, wound six others SINGAPORE, Thurs. Celebes pirates have killed another man and wounded six others, the Royal Navy announced today. II M.S. St. Bride's Bay was on anti-piracy patrol on Sunday when she came across a cargo boat which had been raided the previous night. The casualties
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    AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    302 4 fTUIE following is today's X schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar airport. Singapore. ARRIVALS BO AC: Prom London. Frankfurt. Beirut. Karachi, Calcutta. Kuala Lumpur (BA 710) 455 pjn.; from Tokyo. Hong Kong (BA 965) 5.45 pjn. Pan- American From Los Angeles. Honolulu. Manila, Saigon
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      75 4 The Singapore Diary SI^GAPOBE POLICE BAND: aral clothing shop open 10 ajn Police Training School sports to 13 noon ground. 2.30 p.m. CHINESE YJW.C.A.: Internasinoapore AET SOCIETY: tlonml Folk Dance Club closed Local artist*' painting exhlbi- teuton, 7.30 pjn. von. British Council. Amber Y.W.C.A. (Raffles Quay)Mansions. Orchard Road, 10 Malay
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    Flying start to C-Week
    576 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday King releases giant balloon to open exhibition of technical training r PIIK Commonwealth Technical Training Week exhibition got off to a flying start here this afternoon when the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong released a monster balloon filled with hydrogen to signal the opening of
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    Seven more held in Singapore
    36 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Detectives arrested seven more suspects under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance yesterday. The suspects were arrested in Upper Thomson Rise. Pulua Street. Perak Road and South Bridge Road.
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    Women's charter
    24 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Women's Charter Bill will have its third reading at the next sitting of the Legislative Assembly on May 24.
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    Rail 'too slow and too dear'
    160 5 IPOH. Thursday. rpHE HEAD of the Railway Economics Commission A said today that the main complaints it had received were that rail transport was not speedy enough and that the rates were too high. Mr. K. Sunthanam, the leader of the commmisslon. told the
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    Cashier is accused of fraud
    77 5 Cashier is accused of fraud SINGAPORE. Thurs. A cashier, Koh Teng Khong. pleaded not guilty In a ma- 1 gistrate's court today to a charge of criminal breach of j trust of $1,853 at Joo Chiat Road between May 1 and May 6 Koh. who was allowed ball, was alleged
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    Dental service: 'High regard'
    207 5 Dental service: 'High regard' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Dato Ong Yoke Lin. said today when he opened a conference of senior dental officers: "The dental public health service in our country is something we can be proud of." He said; "It has been regarded
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    Varsity freshies stream in
    461 6 Petronella from Johore was almost turned away by watchman at the gate Peronella, 18. said later: •This is not the first time I have been mistaken for a little schoolgirl. "They won't believe lam 18 at the cinema and won't let me see for- adults-only films."
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    Former PWD man dies
    38 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Mr. O. Thomas, formerly technical assistant in the Public Works Department, Johore Bahru, and later in Kedah. has died in Penang. He was a keen sportsman being especially interested In cricket.
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    Chairman back
    29 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Inche Mansor bin Haji Bakrl, chairman of the Malay Chamber of Commerce, has returned to Johore Bahru after visiting Hawaii, Rome, Germany and England.
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    He'll suggest conference of all State Speakers
    118 6 He'll suggest conference of all State Speakers ITUALA LUMPUR, IV Thurs. The Speaker of the House of Representatives is to suggest to the Government that a conference of all State Legislative Assembly Speakers be held here this year. The Speaker, Dato Haji Mohamed Noah, returned today with seven other members
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    Bangle-snatcher gets jail
    39 6 PENANG, Thurs. Leow Gooi Lan, 23, unemployed, was today Jailed for two months for snatching a gold bangle from a four-year-old girl In Dato Kramat Road. A hawker, Yeoh Hee Chean, chased Leow and caught him.
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    Woman fined
    27 6 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— A housewife. Low Kah Ngim, was fined $150 here today for assisting in carrying or a chap-jl-kee lottery at Omar Road last night.
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    THE QUEEN PRAISES WORK OF VOLUNTEER WOMEN
    149 6 THE QUEEN PRAISES WORK OF VOLUNTEER WOMEN IPOH. Thurs. The Raja Permalsuri Agong. before winding up her three-day visit to Perak yesterday, congratulated women voluntary welfare workers on their good work In their respective fields. The Queen met about 80 leaders of the Women's Institutes, Inner Wheel, Family Planning Association
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    Fun in the US Navy with Pat, a pelican, Barbara and Buddy
    232 6 ANOTHER U.S. warship sails into port this week on a peace-time mission of providing songs, love and laughter Hollywood style. To sing the songs there's naval lieutenant Pat Boone for whom love comes in the person of the
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    A first task for YIP vessel
    188 6 A first task for YIP vessel KUALA LUMPUFL Thurs. The Royal Malayan Navy is to carry out a survey of Malayan waters, its commander. Capt. W. J. Dovers, said today. It was important, he said, to ascertain the position of hulks at the entrances to Malayan harbours especially on the
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    Army adviser
    32 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Brigadier Mohamed Noor Din Haji Tamin has been appointed Federation Army adviser lr» the Ex-Services Association of Malaya, replacing Brigadier Raja Lope Nor Rashid, who has retired.
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    Holiday over
    28 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Mr. Peter Jones. State Drainage and Irrigation Engineer. Johore, has returned from a holiday In Australia and la now working In Kuala Lumpur.
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    Lock icon Genius of the silent films died a pauper
    1341 7 Genius of the silent films died a pauper BETWEEN 1928 and 1933, the tobacco kiosk at the entrance to the Gare Montparnmwf, in Paris, was conducted by an elderly man whose neafl appearance and courtesy suggested he had seen better days. According to the tobacco licence posted over the door,
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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  • The Straits Times Friday. May 19. 1961.
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      Summit in Vienna
      689 8 It is ninety-nine per cent certain that President Ker-nedy and Mr. Khrushchev will meet in Vienna early next month. Diplomatic opinion ir. Wiishjington has the strung support of Congressional leaden and ol i private hints from the White House. The hints Indeed we*e a successful effort to
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      Trouble-Free
      274 8 The Teluk Anson parliamentary by-election on May 3C and the by-election in Pontian Kechil on June 24 for a seat ir. Johore'l State Assembly will Dot be bound by the recent regulations prohibiting canI massing on polling day. This has been explained by the chairman of the Election Com-
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      Technical Week
      294 8 As Commonwealth Technical Training Week progresses in the Federation, we may expect Iq hear Riucfa disapproving talk labout white collar preferences I Too much must not be made of the cliche, unless we are t< be persuaded that government olliies, banks and business enterprises can carry on without
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    TURKEY: The crisis of too much too soon
    650 8  - TURKEY: The crisis of too much too soon Corin Stanton-Hughes by OVER $3 billions in economic and military aid has been poured into Turkey by the* United States since 1948 in return for a freer economy and an attempt at democracy. Last year both nearly collapsed, and yet very little
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      143 8 I have to emphasise that the fact that only 34 per cent of the padi farms are operated by farmers as owner- farmers is in no way inconsistent with the fact hat nearly 60 per cent of Malaya's farms of all types are operated by farmers as owner-farmers. The purpose
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      77 8 In addition to these farmers who own the whole of their land (i.e. "owners under single tenure status" > there are farmers who own part of their land, for example, the owner tenants who form 15 per cent of padi farms and 11 per csnt of the mixed farms. These
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      134 8 the 59 per cent full owner* to give a Federation total of 67 per cent of all farmers who own either the whole or part of their land. Consequently. rather more, not le s. than "sixty per cent of Malaya's farmers can claim to be the owners of their
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      377 8 It has been necessary for the Census Commission, following the F.A.O. censu> programme, to adopt a new word, "parcels," when referring to the pieces of land which are individually cultivated by farmer in an operational holding. The word "parcel" is defined in the explanation of census report No. 3 as
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      BURNLEY CUP: A SUGGESTION
      114 8 BURNLEY CUP: A SUGGESTION •THE Football Association of Malaya recently announced that It had not decided what it should do with the Burnley cup whicn was presented by the Burnley Football Club of tnv land for a football competition among youth.-, In Mslaya. The association further stated that the youth
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    AID BRINGS NEAR DISASTER
    705 8 AID BRINGS NEAR DISASTER have cone with low wages, appalling conditions, and i mid labour. Trade unions are weak and the right to strike only a tew months old. Roaring Inflation has a<%companled extreme dbparity between levels ol progress and backwardness and although some trade tinlons were disbanded alter accusations
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      113 8 All the World is His Stage Nsajat In the nearly 4f* rears sine* their creator was torn hare Shakrxßoares characters Kpeken to v» many, or nirant so much. In Klizabcthan cost«ne. m*Mj>rn battle dr*u, Jeans «r dressed an animaltailed and feathered Kulu warriors; from the playwr 1 1 ht s
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    Shaw urges a tourist 'blitz'
    431 9 Campaign to maintain Singapore as heart of industry in South-East Asia SINGAPORE, Thursday. is urged to launch an intensive advertising "blitz" overseas to maintain her status as the heart of the South-East Asian tourist industry. The annual report of the Singapore Tourist Association, issued today,
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    M.P.s OFF TO INDIA
    106 9 1/UALA LUMPUR. Tm.rs. A nine-man ;;.r!iamentary delegation from Malaya left here by sir tor Madras today to >tudy development projects ii: I-.dia and see how they compare with these in the Federation The Malayans will spend two weeks in India visiting the hydro electric project at
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    Miss France leads fashion parade
    90 9 LEADING the fashion parade in is Miss France 1 left 1 in a dress worn after the lirst world war when the Charleston look was in vogue. NEXT comes Miss Austria in a 1914 evening outlit, when skirts were just beginning to rise above the
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    Watch man in
    32 9 SINGAPORE. Thur.v The Far East sales director of Bulova Watch Company. Mr Mark Borquln. flew into Singapore tonight by CPA from I Hong Kong for a one-week 'study tour.
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    THREE MORE GRADUATE FROM SYDNEY
    53 9 THREE MORE GRADUATE FROM SYDNEY KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Three more Malayan students have graduated from the Sydney University They are John Tan Kirn Teik (electrical engineering). Heng Hock Keng. (mechanical engineering), and Abdul Fatah bin Zakaria (economics) all from Ipoh. Mr. Tan and Mr. Heng are now working with the
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    SPEEDSTER: I WAS TAKING A SICK MAN TO HOSPITAL
    95 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs— A broker on a speeding charge told the First Traffic Magistrate. Mr. Richard Laycock. today that he was carrying a sick man to hospital when he was stopped. Low Kirn Swee was accused of speeding at 48 to 50
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    Two Singapore women fined
    39 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs— Two women were fined $25 each today for soliciting for immoral purposes in a back lane off Desker Road last night. They were Chan Yoke Peng and Yap Moi Hin. Both pleaded guilty.
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    Couture from Paris brought to Spore by beauty queens
    334 9  -  ESME BAPTISTA By SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Paris couture came to Singapore when some of the top designers from that fashion capital showed their latest creations last night. ft was the first time in several years that local women and men saw an
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    Petrol union asks company to stay hand on transfers
    191 9 Petrol union asks company to stay hand on transfers SINGAPORE, Thursday. THE newly-formed United Workers of Petroleum Industry today served the management ol Standard-Vacuum Oil Company with a notice under the Industrial Relations Ordinance seeking negotiations for a collective agreement. According to the union's seneral secretary. Mr. Seah Mvi Kok.
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    $2,000 fine on bookie
    54 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Chye Boon Woo. 28. was today fined $2,000 in default four months' I :ai! here for acting as a dookmaker. Inspector Teoh Beng San. prosecuting, said that Chye had seven betting schedules with a total value of $5,180 when he was arrested at Chitty
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    Donations to Ringlet victims
    339 9 £)ONATIONS In cash and in kind for the victims of the Ringlet landslide disaster received by the various Straits Times offices yesterday were: KLALA 1.1 MM K Petallng Jaya Sikhs $40: Master Colin Douglas Sheppard $10; Peel Road Convent (Two) $03.60; Devlnder and brother and sisters
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    Loke alimony claim: Second day of hearing
    120 9 Loke alimony claim: Second day of hearing SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Hearing of the alimony application by Mrs. Christina Loke. wife of cinema magnate Dato Loke Wan Tbo. continued in chambers today before Mr. Justice Buttrose. Today was the second day of the hearing. Both lawyers, Mr. G S. HiU (for Dato
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    Courting couples hold-up victims
    242 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. 0 Two courting couples were among the victims of five holdups in Singapore last night. HOLD-UP NO. 1: Chan Ah Choy. 13. a student of Gan Eng Seng School, was robbed of a watch by a youth j at about 12.15 p.m. in Hot
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    MIDO TO PROVIDE MORE AID
    89 10 MIDO TO PROVIDE MORE AID MIDO Watch Co. Ltd. of Bienne. Switzerland, will give all possible technical assistance to Singapore, the Federation and Borneo to provide more efficient aftersales service. This was stated in Singa- pore by Mr. Walter Schae'ren (above), watch manufacturer and co-proprietor of the company. Mr. Schaeren
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      U.K. investors look more to Malayan mart
      371 10 U.K. investors look more to Malayan mart MORE and more British investors are showing increasing interest in investing in Malaya, said Mr. Roderick Travers, overseas director of Joseph Travers and Sons Ltd. London who is now on a month's visit to Singapore, the Federation and Borneo territories. Mr. Travers said
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      INDIA HAS BIG RANGE OF GOODS TO SELL
      201 10 INDIA HAS BIG RANGE OF GOODS TO SELL SINGAPORE and Malaya offer a good market for Indian products provided manufacturers can supply goods suitable for local requirements and at competitive prices, i This was said in Singapore by Mr. A.S. Nathan, proprietor of Mercantile Export Corporation in Bombay, who is
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      Salem sales are up 700 per cent
      93 10 Salem sales are up 700 per cent SALES of Salem cigarettes have increased by more than 700 per cent in the past five years, the manufacturers, Reynolds Tobacco Co. of North Carolina, announce. According to Mr. Harry M. Wootten. a noted consultant on the American cigarette industry. Salem is today's
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      MANAGER GOES ON TWO-MONTH EUROPE TRIP
      123 10 MANAGER GOES ON TWO-MONTH EUROPE TRIP MR. WEE THIAM BOCK (above), the Dralle products factory manager of Rotterdam Trading Co. (M) Ltd. Singapore will leave for West Germany and Holland on Wednesday for a two-month study tour. In West Germany. Mr. Wee will visit the factory of Georg Dralle of
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      New refrigeration unit by Worthington
      120 10 ANEW type of refrigeration system has been introduced to Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. It is the transportation refrigeration unit which operates without any outside source of electric power Made by Worthington Corporation, the unit is a compact air-cooled selfcontained package which has its
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      A TIMBER COMPANY FOR PAHANG
      139 10 A TIMBER company has started business in Bentong. Pahang, to produce quality grade seasoned and tanalised timber. It Is called Timber Treatment Ltd.. a private concern whose present authorised capital is $120,000. A spokesman said that it was hoped to expand its activities and produce
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      Top Hawaii executive due today
      126 10 Top Hawaii executive due today ATOP insurance company executive arrives in Singapore today from Hawaii to conduct a concentrated course for the staff of the United Malayan Insurance Co. Ltd. He is Mr. James Y. T. Leong, president of James Y. T. Leong Agency who will be accompanied by Mr.
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    Rising tin price should stimulate Australian production: Minister
    162 10 THE rising tin prii-e. coupled with a probable world shortage during the current year should belp stimulate Australian tin production, said Senator W.H. Spooner, the Minister of National Development. Australia produced only about GO per cent of its requirements, he said. Present
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      213 10 Do you know that L 'SOUTHERN CROSS' will be joined by 'NORTHERN STAR' in 1962? FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONSULT MANSFIELDS SINGAPORE 2412 PENANG ***** KUALA LUMPUR ***** Pye is the word for progress ALL TRANSISTOR TABLE RADIO Sit wavebands (11.45 to 517 meters). Piano Key wavechange. Large elhptlcw speaker for
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    SHARE MARKET 'DIFFICULT': OPERATORS RELUCTANT
    323 12 From Our Market Correspondent SHARE markets were difficult yesterday right from the commencement of trading, particularly in the mining section. There is a marked reluctance to deal as the price of tin reaches the £880 per ton level at which the buffer stock manager must
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 12 Malayan Stock Indices: May 18 M»y 17 Industrials: 165.84 165.53 Ting: 333.61 338.93 Rubber: 349.45 249 29 Jan. 1 1958=100
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    936 12 BUSINESS on Hie Mala;, an Stock Exchange, Federation section yesterday with tne number of deals in brackets was: Industrials: P. and N. ords (4,000) $2.45: Gammon (2.000) $2.17: M. Breweries (1.000) $3.27: M. Box (2.000) $2,921: 8. Traders (1.000) $4.10: U.K. ords (4.000) 51. 13; Bou«--te;i<l (is.
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    CLOSING PRICES
    37 12 SINGAPORE. May 18. RIBBER: 891 cents per Ib.. (down fiveeiehths of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 89', cents (quiet). TIN: 5440.50 per picul (down 62} cents). Estimated unofficial offering 250 tons (up 25 tons).
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    109 12 T 1 M«Uy»n I letting* Banki' Ati*. 1 ciati*n made these chance* to its r«t*» to merchants yesterday (all rate* to $100): M*w Vark: Buying airmail r.T. 32|. O.D. 32], 90 d at 33 credit bills 33 l 'i« trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 s'l« O.D
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    U.S. rubber stockpile uncertainty
    379 12 U.S. rubber stockpile uncertainty STRONG rumours persisted in Singapore yesterday that the United States authorities were intending to lower the floor price for their sales from the rubber stockpile. Under the present system there are no sales when the price of rubber falls below 30 U.S. cents a lb. The
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    123 12 CHIPS lying aT*ng«l6* the Singapore »J wharvss today art: Sungti A.iahan NW 5. Krrnhlll 6A. Oresi.-t 10/11 Varra 13/14, Benmacdhul 15/16, Steel Klyer is, Slberoet 21/22, Mltaka Maru 1 29.30. General Slkornkl 33/34. Gordon 26. Straat Cook 27/28. Caltex Venice 42 '43 Outsr Reads: Wing On. Akajisan
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    127 12 MELBOURNE. Thurs INVESTMENT shares were firmer with Au*L Chemical 1< lOd. to 40s 10d.. Colonial Sugar 47s 6d. to £86 and Queensland Press 2s. 6d to 525. 6d. Base mrtals and OiN remained steady. ML Isa gained 2s to 68s 6d. and New Broken Hill 2a 6d. to
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    RUBBER PRICES
    176 12 UNE Drst itrade rubber buyers lob. J clOMd in SinKapore yesterday at >«9J cents per Ib. down five-eighths of a cent on Wednesday's closing price The tone \va> uncertain. S.C.C.R.A. -losing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were: Int. 1 R.B.S. Spot f.o.h huyers <~vi, sellers 891; Int.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    114 12 THE Chinese Preduce Eichange, £lngapore, noon prices per picul yesterday were: Cepra: U.K. /Continent May shipment $27} buyers, $27] sellers Coconut oil: bulk $40 sellers, drum $44 1 sellers. Pepper: Mtintok white Jl'.'L'i sellers. Sarawak white $1W) sellrm, special Lampone black SIM sellers. Lampong hlacK ASTA $167 i
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    .Malayan cement
    16 12 Mala>an Cement Ltd., an- nounces that production at Ritwang during April was 23.380 tons.
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      354 12 BARBER-FERN-VILLE LINES ANNOUNCE THE DIRECT SAILING TO U.S. GULF PORTS OF m.s. "FERNFIELD" LOADING AT SINGAPORE 12Hi 15th JUNE FOR MOBILE NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON CHARLESTON SAVANNAH TRANSIT TIME 32 DAYS HARRISONS CROSFIELD (S) LTD. TEL: ***** WESTBOUNO EUROPE SERVICE S'oare r. Slim Peaaag LOUGA 7/ I Juat S Juae 10
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      910 12 TOTALISATOR BOARD DOIBLES PROCEEDS. Commenciiiß 21st M, v 1961, Members of UK public an nuke doubles procet'oo InvHUnanta at the Town Offices ol each of the Federation Tmf Clubs. The unit of rtutvitniem will be $5/- and mvestinenis can be made on any race day up to 1.00 p.m. pi.
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      859 13 TENDERS TRENGGANU P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from registered P.WJD. Contractors as below will be received at the office State Engineer, ;u up to 12.00 noon of UM 301 li May. 1961 for the following work Uss 'D' i: above Contractors For construction of 2 blocks ot 4 units each (total
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      399 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for pasts of Guard and Escort Constables. Guard and Escort Unit. Singapore. QUALIFICATIONS: Successfully completed a Primary School Course, i.e. Primary VI in a Oovernment or Government Aided English or Chinese School or Dar- jah VII In a Malay School or 1 Standard VII in
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      854 13 |U|i VSsS I■!\ mi I aswTl IjT|TcTj^i3| IK» (Continued from Page 8) SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Words SS (Min.)— Box SO ets. txtra WANTED an office boy. Please apply Box AtiL'^'2 S.T 8 pore. EXPERIENCED GRADE 1 replanting conductor required for Pahang F.-ttatc. MPIKA salary scale. Age and full details to
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      972 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT i 20 Words SS (Min.)— Box SO ett. txlra THE OROVE, Seafront position, ac- commodation for couples $550.00 per month, all meals, less lunch weekdays. 109 Meyer Rd., Spore Tel. 40>73. FURNISHED/UNFURNISHED ROOM suitable for bachelors/spinstera/married couple. Board available. Please apply 37 Uchi Avenue, Sennett Eatate. Singapore 13.
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      828 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE to Words $3 (Min.)— Btx SO ets. txtra FOR SALE or rent. Properties In rarious parts of Singapore. Most reasonable prices. Apply. Cheong Koon Sens A Co Ltd., Tel: Spore *****. INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Recently completed semi-detached bungalows at Air View Park off 7J ra.s. Bu. kit
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      854 13 WANTED TO PURCHASE 20 Words $S (Min.)— Box SO ets. txtra AIR-RAID WARNING Siren or similar Instrument, audibility range at least 3 miles. Electrically or handoperated machines considered: Details i to Box A 1260 B.T. K.L. TRAVELS TOURS 20 Words Si (Mm.) Btx M cts. txtra CTS TOUR SERVICE: Hongkong
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      746 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE 2* Words SS (Min.)— Box SO ets. extra RARE MODEL: Rlley 2/3 Sports capable 90 m.p.h. Beautiful condition throughout. New tyres flood/ side screens 5t. 3.10'-. Appointment Tel: ***** Singapore 1»55 RENAULT JUNIOR. Excellent condition throughout. 46 m.p.g. comp. Insurance Nov Taxed Sep. Owner Halving for I.K.
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      489 13 FOR SALE 20 Words Si < Win.)— Box SO ets. extra ITEREO TAPCRECORDER PORTABLE 4 track Swedish madr Tandherg comil.tr with two »oundt>oxr-> lirutid 00. Trlr|>hutir b:'l4l ortlcc hourt) OM« hum,-, mill CONNOISSEURS CHOOSE -Painwp" world* (lr»t knitting-machine, tmrat quality, JJM.OO upward* "Turi.tn:." M'winKmachinr $345.00 upwards. Typ«allMl SIAO.OOO. uard Ki-miiiKtoa
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      73 14 277 I wonder when the v^^^^^^B hawker's f%^ coming. £T^ I do hop© (^jL-K^Bi I it's soon, j 4jf I can hear 4^^^^H^B him. I can n* fl^H hear him. r— f^^B Qtrawberry 1 ~*vj y Cone J /f 1 I like \£Bm!sS^M Magnolia ItQ YYWJ $vWX?S i II j
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      1004 14 ESTATE k TRUST AGENCIES (1927) LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE is hereby given that the Thirty-third Annual General Meeting of Shareholders ot the Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, No 2, Collyer Quay, Singapore. on Saturday, 27th May 1961, at 11.30 ajn. AND NOTICE is
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      225 14 NOTICE TO CREDITORS RE: FOOK HENG RUBBER WORKS IPOH AND BRANCHES Notice is hereby given that creditors wno have obtained judgment or who have claims against the abovenamed Partnership Firm are hereby required to submit their claims In writing to the undersigned as the said firm is applying to the
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      1371 14 NOTICE SELANGOR TURF CLUB. NUMBERS FORECAST POOL. The Numbers Forecast Pool (3 digits) oased on the usual $1/Unlimlted Sweeps starting from the Ist Day of the Singapore Meeting and for all future Race Meetings In the Federation and Singapore will be sale to the public at: Ist Floor, Loke Yew
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      844 14 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN "I 8 ALBERT SOH LEONQ PENG of No. 20. Bo Seng Avenue buiKuport. have applied for a transfer of Retail Shop licence in respect ol premises No: 358. Have- Ro d Singapore, to Mr. O R. C. Wriuhi und that thu application wul be
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    Western Plains revels in wet going
    514 15 RACING... On the track with Epsom Jeep MEMO GOES LIKE A WINNER IN A DASHING GALLOP WESTERN Plains was in his element at Bukit Timah this morning on a track which was heavy from yesterday's rain. Western Plains put up a smashing performance, running
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    Aussies in scoring m00d... hit four centuries
    244 15 Aussies in scoring m00d... hit four centuries lONDON, Thurs— A 100 before lunch, centuries by each of the first four batsmen, and a total of 449 runs at the rate of 90 an hour. That was the sparkling cricket provided by the Australian tourists on the first day of their
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    34-nation golf
    35 15 NEW YORK. Thurs. Thirtyfour countries, four more than at Portmarnock (Ireland) last year, will compete in the Canada Cup golf tournament at the Dorado Beach course, Puerto Rico, from June 1 to 4.
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    THANK YOU FANS, SAYS TOM FINNEY
    218 15 THANK YOU FANS, SAYS TOM FINNEY SINGAPORE, liiurs.— lorn Finney. captain of the English F.A. touring team, told the Straits Times today: "Please give our thanks to Malayan fans (or a wonderful stay. We like them to know that we enjoyed playing before them. "We regret it was such a
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    Malacca team hold Siantar to draw
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