The Straits Times, 22 June 1961

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    23 1 NATIONAL LIRRAXY. SINGAPORE, 6. \VIR\(,I DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90,000 Ho**" 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. 15 CENTS. THURSDAY, JUNE 22. 1961.
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    TIN PRICE SHOOTS UP
    1019 1 B J^L I B B M m B f Iji B K j IB B 9 B I I^^k j I D^^ M~^& > I /i. BL JL JL A. 1 M\ mm m^*mA-*J V^^ MVmmS Jt^ C 9 Highest figure for more than seven years
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    Car workers hit by strike
    60 1 LONDON. Wed.— Over 6.000 oar workers in the English Midlands were idle today becau.se of an unofficial strike of 2.000 men at a motor accessories firm in London. The strike, which is over a j pa y claim, entered its tenth day today with no
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    Lock icon Two men held in Bangkok
    32 1 BANGKOK. Wed. Two men were arrested yesterday on charges of violating the Anti-Communist Act. Police said they are key men in the distribution of anti-Government letters. Reuter.
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    NEPAL ROYAL PARTY IN FOR VISIT
    141 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. Nepalese royalty including the senior and junior Queen Mothers slipped quietly into Singapore last night for a brief vacation. At the airport to meet them was soldier diplomat Col. Deva Bickrum Rana. the liaison officer of the Gurkha battalions In Malaya. The
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    A NIGERIAN PREMIER DUE TOMORROW ON A VISIT
    69 1 A NIGERIAN PREMIER DUE TOMORROW ON A VISIT THE Prime Minister of Eastern Niccria. Dr. M. I. Okpara (above) will arrive here tomorrow for a four-day official visit to the Federation. He is expected to have informal talks with the Prime Minister. Trngku Abdul Rahman. Dr. Okpara is reported to
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    Lock icon DEB OF THE YEAR WEDS AT PEAK OF RUSH HOUR
    144 1 J ONDON. Wed.—Million--I_j aire banker Henry Tiarks's daughter. Henriet ta. and the Marquess of Tavlstock chose the peak of London's rush hour for their marriage today. Some 120 policemen controlled a crowd of more than 1.000 outside the Church of
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    Congo relief troops are going
    171 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The first batch of relief troops for the .Malayan Special Force in the Congo will leave in the I'nited States. Navy ship Blatchford from Port Swettenham on July t. it was announced today The troops will he drawn from the 6th Bn
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    10 top Malayans quit posts in the Brunei Govt
    489 1 10 top Malayans quit posts in the Brunei Govt ASSAULT ON ONE IS ALLEGED KUALA BELAIT, Wednesday. TEN Malayan officers seconded to the Brunei Government and holding key positions in the administration have resigned and booked air passages home. Their action follows an alleged assault on the State Forest Officer.
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    Americans leaving U.K. bases
    125 1 Americans leaving U.K. bases WASHINGTON. Wed. The Defence Department today announced plans to discontinue or modify operai tion.s at four bases now used lb.y the United States Air Force in Britain. The announcement said that the bases affected and the actions to be taken are: Alconbury: Reduce activities to a
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    Typhoid outbreak: 10 cases in Pahang
    106 1 Typhoid outbreak: 10 cases in Pahang RAUB. Wed. Mass inoculation has begun here following an outbreak of typhoid. Ten cases have been reported, and another six people an- under observation for signs of typhoid Inoculation centres hay» been set up in Raub and the surrounding area. The West Pp.hang health
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    LATEST
    59 1 bOVIET PACT Wl EAST GERMANY I ONDON. Wed.- K in lii'v >aid t<xl.i\ tli Rumia would stfn t" >< treat) with K;ist German) it end yr.ir. IH—cow i idle x.«iti todaj Khrasli in v told Krrmlin I i hi-: to eniiiini i .innhcr>ir\ Hitl< I nk on Beviet I
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    Lock icon U.S. TO WITHDRAW MILITARY TEAM FROM LAOS 1F...
    367 2 GENEVA. Wed Mac Donald says: We can see some elements of agreement in speeches 'piE United States yesterday stressed that it intended to remove its military advisers from Laos but all other foreign forces, except those allowed by the 1954 agreement, must
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    Plea to Nikita from refugee
    63 2 Mr. Oleg Lenchevsky, 45, a Russian scientist granted political asylum in Britain, has written to Mr. Krushchev begging him to let his wife and two daughters Join him In London. A senior research officer In the Water Supply Institute In Moscow and a party member,
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    Lock icon Spinster afraid of her own heart
    45 2 Spinster afraid of her own heart SHIRLEY MACLAINE. who has been hailed as a creat comedian, plays tinpart of a school teacher afraid of her own heart in a new film. "Spinster." The film. by Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer. also features Jack Hawkins and Laurence Harvey. Reuter picture.
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    Lock icon UAR will save rock temples
    67 2 UAR will save rock temples rAIRO. Wed. The United Arab Republic has decided to raise the huge rockhewn temples about 190 ft. to save them from inundation by the waters from the Aswan High Dam. This £25 million decision requires international cooperation. The UAR government hart allocated £3,400,000 over seven
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    Lock icon 'A-threat ended Korean war'
    168 2 'A-threat ended Korean war' XTEW YORK. Wed. General Mac Arthur advised President Eisenhower shortly before he took office in 1953 that the quickest way to end the Korean war was to threaten openly to drop an atomic bomb, a former White House assistant disclosed in a book published today. Mr.
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    Lock icon 8-ton roller runs 'amok'
    49 2 LONDON. Wed.— An eightton diesel road roller thundered out of control down a steep hill in south-east London yesterday scattering rush-hour workers before it ended up in a fish-and-chlp shop. The roller hit a 55-year-old woman, severing her leg She was taken to hospital.— Reuter.
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    40,500 migrants in 5 months
    37 2 LONDON. Wed. Immigrants to Britain from the West Indies. India. Pakistan and Cyprus during the flrsl five months of this year numbered 40.500 compared with 17.625 for the same period last year.
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    Lock icon Mr. KHRUSHCHEV SENDS JACKIE A STRELKA PUP AS A PRESENT
    115 2 Mr. KHRUSHCHEV SENDS JACKIE A STRELKA PUP AS A PRESENT WASHINGTON, Wed.— Mr. Khrushchev has sent Mrs. Kennedy a six-month-old pup which the Soviet "cosmic dog" Strelka gave birth to a few months after she returned from a space trip last August, the White House announced today The gift was
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    World news in brief...
    246 2 #/S/iVG SUN MAY FLY AGAIN IN OKINAWA WASHINGTON, Wed.— The Japanese flag may fly soon alongside the Stars and Stripes over Okinawa, wrested from Japan's control during the second world war and now a chief U.S. defence bastion in the Far East. President Kennedy is on
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    South Tyrol bomb terror
    39 2 BOLZANO: Italian troops guarded bridges and power lines in the mountains of South Tyrol, claimed by Austria where 47 terrorist bombings in five days have resulted in three deaths and $6 million damage to property.
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    MORE GO BANKRUPT IN BRITAIN
    21 2 LONDON: A total of 2.774 people went bankrupt in Britain last year against 2.280 in 1959.
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    Lock icon Eichmann denies blame
    553 3 JERUSALEM, Wed. NAZI ACTIONS AGAINST JEWS CRAZY: 'I WAS MERELY CARRYING OUT HITLER, HIMMLER ORDERS' A DOLF EICHMANN, accused of directing the murder of millions of Europe's Jews under the Nazi regime, said yesterday: "This was the tragedy I had no influence. My status was too small."
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    Lock icon 210 MIL. INDIANS TO VOTE IN 1962
    112 3 210 MIL. INDIANS TO VOTE IN 1962 NEW DELHI; Wed. India's third general election, in which an estimated 210 million people are expected to vote will be held next February, the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr. V. K. Sundaram, told a press conference in Chandigarh. Except in mountainous snowbound areas, polling
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    Nehru may see Kennedy in autumn
    67 3 Nehru may see Kennedy in autumn NEW DELHI, Wed— President Kennedy and Mr. Nehru, the Indian Premier, are expected to meet this autumn, probably in Washington, diplomatic sources said here. If Mr. Nehru attends the summit of non-aligned countries starting in Belgrade on Sept. 1. he might fly on to
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    Lock icon Nigerian chief talks of 4-nation union
    55 3 - CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLD (right), president of the Action Group of Western Nigeria and leader of the Opposition in the Nigerian Federal Parliament, chats with Ghana's President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. during a five-day visit to Ghana recently. The chief said he would like to see
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    Lock icon Philip crashes into goalpost
    68 3 LONDON. Wed.— Prince Philip crashed into a goalpost while playing polo in Cirencester yesterday afternoon. Play was held up and an estate wagon sped on to the field, but tht. Prince, who had leapt from his horse, remounted without assistance and carried on. His team was
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    Portuguese begin burning out Angola fighters
    184 3 Portuguese begin burning out Angola fighters MANCHESTER. Wednesday. BRITISH missionary in Angola has reported A that Portuguese security forces have begun burning out freedom fighters in the northern grasslands, the Guardian* said yesterday. The report was one of the first uncensored accounts of Portuguese terrorism to come out of Angola
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    Lock icon POLICE FIND ARSENAL IN TEMPLE
    56 3 POLICE FIND ARSENAL IN TEMPLE TOKYO. Wed.— Police raided a Buddhist temple In KO--ga. Eastern Japan, yesterday and confiscated guns and machine tools a priest had been using ?or manufacturina Runs, Tokyo newspapers reported. The newspapers said Koga police were hunting for the priest. Police said the arsenal was discovered
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    New Govt. pay rates
    475 4 ALLOWANCES ARE REVISED FOR POLICE, 3 UNIONS SINGAPORE, Wed. Three Singapore civil service staff unions and the police are to get revised rates of variable allowances from next month. The unions the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees. Singapore Medical Services Union and the Singapore Tamil Teachers
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    Dog display at RASC fete
    63 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Royal Army Service Corps fun fair and fete at the Corps' parian g in Ayer Rajah Road on Saturday will Include a demonstration by dogs of the 5 Dog Company. Royal Military Police. A fancy dress and national dress competition will replace
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    THE NORMAL TEACHERS WANT PAY REVISION
    169 4 THE NORMAL TEACHERS WANT PAY REVISION SINGAPORE, Wed. The State's normal trained teachers will attend a special meeting at the Monk's Hill secondary school hall this Sunday to call for the scrapping of their present pay schemes. They claim that under the present pay schemes introduced by Tun Lim Yew
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    Photo display
    45 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Photographic Societys" "Visit the Orient Year" photographic exhibition at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Hill Street on June 29 will be opened by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Culture, Mr. Lee Khoon Choy at 5.30 p.m.
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    New chairman
    25 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. Billy Cheng has been elected the new chairman of the Buklt Timah group of the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association.
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    LATEST FIRE FUND DONATIONS
    260 4 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Donations totalling $44,--518.42 were received today by the Buklt Ho Swee Fire National Relief Fund Including a gift of $5,000 from the Government of Sarawak. The following in a full list of donations received by the committee up till 1 pjn. today. The Sarawak Government
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    Dr. Toh sees -men train
    234 4 - SINGAPORE, Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Toh Chin Chye, today saw how the British Army is helping to train Singapore's engineers and technicians of the future. He visited several army installations, where about 120 students from the Singapore Polytechnic are now spending their vacation
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    ROYAL NAVY i PATROLS SCARE OFF -PIRATES
    157 4 ROYAL NAVY i PATROLS SCARE OFF -PIRATES- SINGAPORE. Wed. Anti-piracy patrols by Royal Navy minesweepers in the Tawau waters appeared to have "scared off" the sea raiders, officials bere said today. No fresh reports of piracy have been received by the police for some time, they pointed out. A report
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    Report subversives —call to clerks
    168 4 Report subversives call to clerks JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday T»HE Johore Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Hassan bin A Haji Yunos, today appealed to local council clerks to watch out for subversive elements in the course of their duties, i ri m He said these elements were a "nuisance" and a threat
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    AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    322 4 rpHE following is todays X schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar Airport. Singapore. ARRIVALS feOAC: From Sydney, Darwin, Jakarta (BA 711) 8.25 a.m. from London. Rome. Teheran, Delhi, Rangoon (BA 7M) 1.55 p.ia. QanUs: Prom Sydney, Darwin (QP 777 7.45 ajn.; from Sydney, Darwin
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    Bhagavad Gita
    28 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. A class on Bhagavad Gita will be held by Swaml SHdhatmananda at the Ramakrishna Mission school In Norrls Road at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
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      112 4 The Singapore Dim-y SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY: ledge class 9.30 a.m.. SceneshlXExhlbltlon of local artUts' ters "Patience" rehearsal 8 p.m. paintings at the British Coun- CHINESE YJt.C.A.: Palntcll Orchard Road, 10 a.m. to 6 Ing display 7.30 pjn. pjn. Y.W.C.A. (Raffles Quay): SINGAPORE LODGE THEO- International cooking 10.30 SOPHICAL SOCIETY: Mr.
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    Rubber deadline is stretched
    308 5 Exporters welcome extra time (from 2 days to 6) to declare their goods OUBBER exporters today hailed the decision of the Customs De- partment to allow them more time to declare their goods before shipment. From July 1 exporters will have six working days to make
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    SINGAPORE FISHERIES EXPERT TO RETIRE
    137 5 SINGAPORE FISHERIES EXPERT TO RETIRE SINGAPORE, Wed. The director of the Primary Production Department of the Ministry of National Development, Dr. Tham Ah Kow. has gone on leave prior to retirement. Dr. Tham, 48, a fisheries expert, had applied for retirement on the grounds of poor health. Mr. Cheng Tong
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    To protect 4,000 acres
    56 5 ALOR STAR. Wed. Survey work has begun on a 15--mlle bund along the Merbok River in central Kedah. The bund, costing an estimated $950,000, will protect about 4.000 acres of Bakau swamp in the coastal plains now being converted into padl land. The bund will prevent
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    BURNT BY A STOVE EXPLOSION
    77 5 BURNT BY A STOVE EXPLOSION SINGAPORE, Wed. Mohammed Shariff, 40. a driver, was burnt in the legs when fire broke out in his quarters In St. Patrick's Road early today He was trying to light a kerosene stove at 6.30 a.m. when it exploded setting aflame the roof of his
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    Only 10 mins. to get visa
    184 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed "^ISAS to the United States can now be got from the American Embassy here in about 10 minutes. i 1 This was announced by the United States Information Service here In a statement issued today. The trips to the U.S. could
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    Mrs. Soekarno visits Spore
    157 5 GINGA PORE, Wed. Charming Mrs. Fatmawatliy Soekarno. wife of the President of Indonesia, last night urged her compatriots in Singapore to live up to the name of their country. Mrs. Soekarno (who is seati'd second from right in the above picture taken at a reception given
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    WINNING TICKET' WAS FAKED: HIS PRIZE IS JAIL
    209 5 WINNING TICKET' WAS FAKED: HIS PRIZE IS JAIL ]POH, Wed. A cleverly faked numbers forecast pool winning ticket very nearly fooled officials of the Perak Turf Club, the Sessions Court here was told today. In the dock was Lim Chin Poh. 58. unemployed, who pleaded guilty to attempting to cheat
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    Malaya in talks on phone link-up
    241 5 Malaya in talks on phone link-up IT U ALA LUMPUR. Wed. 1V Talks will begin here next Tuesday to plan the South-East Asian section of a roundt h e-world commonwealth telephone cablt link-up. Malaya will be asked to contribute her share towards the cost of the $705 million project. The
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    Thugs take scooter, too
    52 5 SINGAPORE. Wed— Two men early today robbed a ntter and his friend of $150 and rode off with the fltter'i scooter. The fitter. Tee Poh Teng. and hLs pillion rider, David Foo, were held up in Balestier Road just after midnight. One of the robbers had
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    David's motion on EPF leads to new uproar in Parliament
    2661 6 The Member for Bungsar has left no stone unturned in his efforts to smear the Board II call upon him to repeat the charges outside this chamber at an open rally Cries of 'shut up, get out/ then Speaker warns
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    10 road deaths last month
    38 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Ten people were killed in road accidents last month, two less than in April. There were 2,498 accidents, compared with 2,332 in April, states the monthly report of the Traffic Police.
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    Civics course
    32 7 KANGAR. Wed.-The Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim. will open a civics course for Perils padl planters at the Simpang Ampat Malay School at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday.
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    Conference
    25 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union will hold its annual delegates conference at the Boys Scouts headquarters in Clemenceau Avenue on Sunday.
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    Senator and son stabbed: Man held
    239 7 Senator and son stabbed: Man held KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A N Alliance senator, Mr. Lim Hee Hong, and his 19-year-old son, Lim Heng Duan, were stabbed today by a man while watching workers building a bungalow for him in Perak Lane here. Heng Duan received stab wounds on his chest
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    Bridge on main road collapses
    71 7 Bridge on main road collapses KUANTAN. Wed.— A wooden bridge on the main Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan road collapsed just as a heavy lorry had crossed It at Gambang, 20 miles south of here, this morning. Traffic on both sides was held up for three hours and 15 minutes while workmen from
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    Refugees: A fund drive
    85 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed— A 20-member committee has been formed in Johore to raise funds for world refugees between July > and 8. The committee, headed by the Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos, is under the patronage of Sultan Ismail. During the World Refugee
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    New embassy trade man
    46 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The new commercial attache at the United States Embassy here, Mr. Floyd J. Dubas, has arrived here with his wife and three children. Mr. Dubas took over Irom M. Joseph A. Camelio. who left the country on June 1
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    SALARY PROBE-NOW CUEPACS MAY MOVE
    120 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Demands for more pay for the lower grades of government daily and monthly paid employees will probably be made shortly by the 1 Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Service (Cuepacs). The secretary general of Cuepacs. Mr. O.
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    Jap firm in oil search
    53 7 lESSELTON. Wed A Japanese firm, Teikoku Oil Co Ltd., has been granted oil prospecting facilities for two months over several areas on the east and north coasts of North Borneo. Representatives of the firm have arrived here for a tour of inspection of Sandakan, Tawau
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    The bunga raya wilts but wins flower battle again
    311 7 KUALA LUMTUR. Wed The bunga raya is to remain Mala.vas national flower. A move to have it substituted by the orchid (Anggerak Kinta) was defeated in the House of Representatives today. The battle of the flowers caused much laughter in the
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    ADMIRAL LE FANU LEAVING TO BE THIRD SEA LORD
    88 7 SINGAPORE, Wed. RearAdmiral Michael Le Fanu. the retiring Flag Officer Sec-ond-ln-Command. Far East Station, will sail through Keppel Harbour on Friday in his flagship. H.M.S. Belfast, and bid farewell to hundreds of sailors. He will be given an escort by H.M.S.
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    29 8 VI H.,rds $11, I Minimum) IN LOVINC MEMORY Of I >' KMnnm, Ma|«| departed 21' h .vi. "Oom bw never forgotten". mi riiheitil |iy helo\td wife and children
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      The Buffer Goes
      709 8 When the tin price touched the ceiling not quite a fortnight ago it was obvious that within a matter of days the buffer stock would be drained, and the price would rocket. What was there to stop it? By all accounts only something less than 8,000 tons,
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      Salary Review
      553 8 From MacGregor to Benham, the appointment of a commission or committee in the last thirty years to study government salaries has always been regarded as a signal for a new round of increases —and expectations have unfailingly been proved right. It is not surprising, therefore, that the announcement
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    Caesar's dead —but the old guard lives...
    899 8  - Caesar's dead but the old guard lives... PHILIP DEANE BY BEHIND THE COPS WITH GUNS A NEW GOSPEL THE President of the D o m inican R 6<p v b lie, Mr Joaquin Belaguer, a diffident man who sits pigeontoed and seems unhappy with the international press, says his country
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    Common market AND THE Commonwealth
    751 8 Common market AND THE Commonwealth IT is of course inevitable that as Britain edges closer to possible membership of the Common Market a number of Commonwealth countries should be expressing growing anxiety. The British Government for its part has always maintained that no definite step would be taken without the
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      762 8 CLASSIFIED ADS 211 Y\,nds fill Mimmnm) LETCHUMANAN SAKUNTHALA: > lpoli and Siikunthala reeond daUKhter Mn v. Uovindaaamy, Foreman Straits Timtn SinjiaiKire on Sunday ANNOUNCEMENTS 10 Worit Sill (Minimum) HEAR THE NVw Hand at the West Point (Janleu. l".i-,r PaaJUsS, s i>ore. JOHNNY BORC at The Cockpit. Hon t miss his
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    Boss is quizzed on his bonus
    2122 9 THIRD DAY OF INQUIRY INTO BANK WORKERS' WAGE CLAIMS Bank pays interim dividends before profits are known After the members of the court had seen the paper, the president said that the information would not be made public but Mr. Nair could assume that
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    Principle involved, and not capacity to pay, Industrial Court told
    2513 9 Union from beginning based its case on facts, says Mr. Nair SINGAPORE, Wed. > The managing director of the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, was today questioned about his personal bonus and the bonuses paid to the
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    50 food poison nurses are out
    157 9 SINGAPORE. Wed Fifty of the 80 nurses admitted to the General Hospital with suspected food poisoning after a hostel meal on Monday night were discharged today. The others are expected to be discharged tomorrow. The medical superintendent of the General Hospital, Dr. Gwee Ah
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    Man who died in rescue attempt
    151 9 JESSELTON, Wed. Relatives of a man who died trying to save a girl from drowning have been given an "in memorlam" testimonial In recognition of his brave conduct. The award made by the Royal Humane Boclety of London, was a sequel to an incident
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    Meeting date
    22 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Med The next meeting of the Johore Legislative Assembly will be held on July 12. from in a.m.
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    Govt. seeks extra $12 million
    107 10 Govt. seeks extra $12 million KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Supplementary estimates for 1960 totalling $12,391,614 were tabled at the House of Representatives. They are the third supplementary estimates for the year and bring the Government's total estimated expenditure for 1960 to $920,197,931. The biggest item tabled today was $5,271,109 for pensions,
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    Father of pretty girl, 14, is sought
    104 10 Father of pretty girl, 14, is sought PENANG, Wed. The Penang Social Welfare Department is anxious to trace the father ot a pretty 14-year-old girl, Lim Slew Lim, who left her home in the Jarak area of BukJt Mertajam on May 19 this year. Her father's name was given as
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    Sultan's call to people
    272 10 'Rush to towns should stop and all available manpower used to open up new land' ALOR STAR, Wednesday. 'JIIE Sultan of Kedah today expressed the hope there would be no great outflow of population from the countryside to the towns. ''It is essential that all available
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    TENGKU GRADUATES FROM CADET SCHOOL
    99 10 TENGKU GRADUATES FROM CADET SCHOOL rN'GKU ABDULLAH. 21. third son of the Sultan of Pabang. has graduated from the officer cadet school at Portsea. 60 miles south of Melbourne. He looked smart in his Australian officer's black and red dress uniform, at the Graduating parade, which was reviewed by the
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    Boy reports: I was kidnapped
    272 10 IPOH. Wednesday 4 STUDENT, R. Rajasegaram, 18, reported to Kuala Kangsar police that he was kidnapped, taken for a long car drive, assaulted and len thrown into a pool. Rajasegaram said he was cycling home at 1.30 p.m. on Monday near Silibin Road when a
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    PASSPORTS: A TOTAL OF 25,732 LAST YEAR
    107 10 PASSPORTS: A TOTAL OF 25, 732 LAST YEAR pENANG. Wed. One thousand eight hundred and ninety two Malayan passports were issued to Malayan students going abroad "for further studies last year. Seven hundred and sixty students went to Australia. 553 to Britain, 215 to Formosa and the rest to the
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    Councilman: Don't read just to pass exams
    109 10 Councilman: Don't read just to pass exams KNANG. Wed— There wa* a general tendency for students to read only with an* eye to passing their examinations or qualifying for jobs. Mr. W. J. K. Mandv. regkoial director of the British Council, said here today. "They should develop a habit of
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    1467 11 But it became one of mankind's 3 staples of life __jij.—iai.lßlJ«J~ UTI TIME WAS WHEN THE POTATO WAS SHUNNED AS 'DEVIL'S NUTRIMENT' SPUDS ALSO WIPED OUT SCOURGE OF SCURVY ANYONE asked to name the most unromantic article off human diet would probably, a f t c i hesitating briefly ov
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      487 11 4x -S\ l^lßuii'f fl TTi^^l W 1 /YORK J ROOM AIR CONDITIONER tiß^ JJf It gives you more value for your dollar W Lots of Air Conditioners make exagSlHMjfflnr gcralcd claims about quietness. We [^^t^^K make no claims, »c ask \ou to test, w- m in >our own home, York's
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      247 11 Buys Bunny By Balph Beimdahl Lit Abner By Al Capp TH'AROMA IS NOW I~\1 MeAMWH/LE LES G/RLS THEM ¥D' AH D-DOH-f-W- GITTIN'MORE'M FLESH AU >. S rH CL j^ fe MUSTKMOW G u lpfr -ah TOOK A CAIH\ AM' BLOOD KIM STANDS SSt S MPRFi>/Li'LARKiP(? WHAR^RE. NOT 7O HELP NO
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    DOWN MY WAY...
    389 12 rpHE mother of a teenage 1 daughter is suffering (like most mothers in similar positions) from what we call "telephone irritation." That Is daughters who talk for up to an hour on the telephone and say absolutely nothing. This particular mother sought to shame her daughter by
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    PREPARING for MARRIAGE
    431 12  -  CATHERINA NG by Young and old seek new interests in this community centre JY]ORE than 500 women, young and old, find a second home in the Malay Farms Community Centre off Changi Road. To all of them it is both a meeting place and a vocational centre.
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    HOSPITAL BALL
    112 12 A HOSPITAL Ball will A be held on June 30 at the Cathay Hotel in aid of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. Mrs. Diana Eu. the organiser of the ball, and chairman of the hospital's Appeals Committee for 1961, said there would be a special display of Scottish
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    Remedy those shadows under the eyes
    439 12 fTHREE beauty problems that are raised often by many women, young and old, are shadowing, puffiness, and pouches under the eyes. Dark shadows are often attributed to late nights and fatigue, but It can be constitutional also. Sometimes shadows are really an optical illusion.
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      202 12 SUEDE FOR THAT OCCASION* SINGAPORE iTTrh FOOT Ct/^M When irritation occurs between the jJm toes and the skin begins to pe el, apply *D. D.D.' Prescription immediately. yJBk •D.D.D.' quickly brings relict and <^L S f clears up the infection because it pene- I r,l trates deep into the tissues,
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      287 12 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS to the pulpit 1 6;. 9. Coloured cloth popular with 6 P c 1 1118 of a "Dashing merchantmen (3, 6i. br «»«»»t? (3, 10. More sprightly soltiiers turn 7 «>«ne hobby Tim to a poet (5) engages In (2. 4) 11 Big. lean, clumsy European
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    BIG JUMP IN TIN SHARE PRICES: TURNOVER LARGE
    423 14 From Our Market Correspondent IT was a boom day in the tin share section of the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday it could hardly have been anything else following the exhaustion of the International Tin Buffer stock in London overnight and the consequent
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    STOCK INDICES
    23 14 Malayan Stock Indices: June 21 June 30 Industrials: 169 88 169.88 Tins: 366.35 343.24 S Rubbers: 243.22 243.22 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    *k MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE it
    830 14 DUSINBSS on the Malayan Stock Exchange, Federation section yesterday with the number of deals in brackets was: Industrials: 8. Times (2.000) 53. 40; Boustead (1.000) Sl-60. Minings: Austral Amal 28s. 9d. OU ON. 30s. lOid. OL: A. Hitam (22.100) 60s. 6d. AIS. ON, 615.. 605..
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    80 14 T"HK Federation Minister of x Finance has fixed Ihes* prices for calculating customs duties for the week berinning on June 22. Rubber 84 rents a lb. Copra S4OB a ton. Coconut oil 5672 a ton. Palm oil $663.25 a ton. Pahn kernels $358.25 a ton. The rates of
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    69 14 TT ME Malayan Exchange Banka' Ano 1 ciation made the following changes In It* rates to merchant* yesterday (all rate* to tlOO): Sailing T.T. or o.D rtady: Btlglan Franca 1610: Dsutach* Markt 12s|. On the fraa axehanga marktt In Hang Kang, the U.S. dollar waa Quoted ■t 5.79}
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    109 14 MELBOURNE, Wed. TNVESTMENT shares were traded M. along steady lines. Read; Mixed Concrete gained Is. to 17s. 6d. and B.H.P. Is. to 795. 6d. Bate Metals and Oils were steady. Western Mining gained 2s. 7d. to 21s. Commonwealth bonds were Ann. Con. Zinc 91'- Mt Ist 66 10ij
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    RUBBER PRICES
    227 14 JULY Drat I rid. rubbtr buyers f.».S). I closed in Singapore yesterday at 85i cents per lb. up tbree-quarters of a cent on Tuesday's closing price. The tone was vary quiet. S.C.C.RA. closing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were: Int. 1 R. 8.8. Spot f.o.b. buyers 85.
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    CLOSING PRICES
    36 14 SINGAPORE, June 21. RUBBER: 851 cents per lb. (up threequarters of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: 85} cents (quiet). TIN: $465 per picul (up $12). Estimated unofficial offering 240 tons (down 10 tons).
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    150 14 CHIPS lying alongtida the Singapore wharvta today are: Neleua 1/2. Bentong 3, Mentor 40/41. Orestea 8/9, Bintang 25/26, City of Newcastle 48. Narasan Mam 35/36, Hallvard 44. President Arthur 15/16 Outer Roads: William O. Walkley, Kian Aun, Nedler Waal, Djaulajat. Coromandcl, Madras Maru. Eastern Saga, Hoegh Drake,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    119 14 rE Chmtat Produce liahanga, tinnaport, no«n prico par picul yaatarday wara: Capra: UK 'Continent June ahlpment »25i buyen, J26 tellers. Cacanut all: bulk *38| aellera, drum *4'J sellera. Pappar Muntok white <l*7i aellera, Sarawak white t\V> aellera. special Sarawak black $155 aellera, garbled LamponK black $155 aellera. I^ampong
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    Rubber mart confused by Canadian $ devaluation
    385 14 Rubber mart confused by Canadian devaluation T<HE Rubber Market in x Singapore yesterday was erratic and confused on the official announcement of the devaluation of the Canadian dollar. Two schools of thought prevailed; those who took the bearish view that devaluation would enable Canada to export her large synthetic exports
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      209 14 BARBER-FERN VILLE LINES ANNOUNCE THE DIRECT SAILING TO U.S. GULF PORTS m.s. "FERNBAY" LOADING AT SINGAPORE 12th. 15th. JULY FOR MOBILE NEW ORLEANS HOUSTON CHARLESTON SAVANNAH TRANSIT TIME 32 DAYS HARRISONS CROSFIELD (S) LTD. TEL? ***** y^ ijJJJ Ftp. EAST U.S.A.. CANAOA SUV ICC for Halifax. Montreal. Toronte. Hamilton N*»
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      1839 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS COMMISSIONER OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL OF KUALA LUMPUR Applications are invited for the appointment of a Staff Nurse in the Municipal Health Department. Applicants should be Federal Citizens not over 35 years of age ;iHct must be Registered Trained Nurses and hold a Midwifery Certificate. The possession of
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      880 15 NOTICES ROAD CLOSURE BUNGEI AVER HI 1 AM, PEKAN/NENASI ROAD The Timber Bridge no 1/2 near Pekan will be closed (or repairs to all traffic from 22nd to 25th June 1961, between the hours of 8.00 p.m. each night ana 6.00 a.m. the following morning. STATE ENGINEER. Pahang. FIRST MALAYAN
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      967 15 (Continued from Pace SITUATIONS VACANT M (Tor* Si (Mi*.)— Box et*. mxtrm BOX AIMS ST. K.L. Position filled Applicants thanked. TYPIST CLERK resident Pahang for Sawmill Jerantut Ferry. Salary $180/--per mensem. Apply Box A 6627 B.T. Singapore. WANTED English speaking Waitresses In High Class Bar at 290-N Joo Chlat Rd
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      758 15 SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Wordt SS (Min.)—Box SO ttt. mxtrm AN INTIRBSTINO POSITION as private secretary/assistant In a large commercial organisation now available. Applicants must have bad previous CO prrltnce In office routine, shorthand would be an advantage and must be competent to control staff. Applications In writing giving age nationality
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      880 15 WANTED TO PURCHASE tO Wards SS (Ml*.)— Box SO ett. extra WANTCO TO PURCHASE a socond hand piano, must he In irood conrt tion PItSM contact Tel. (8 pore) Tt<26« bcwoeo i 0.30 a.m. 3 p.m. AGENTS WANTED tO Wards SS (Milt.)— Box SO rls. extra ACIMTt WANTCO by general
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      659 15 FOR SALE tO Wards Si (Min.)-Box SO ets. extrm REMOVAL SALE and closing down I won. Kv.rythitin must he i.Camphor cbest. Orient Cniit. Children lady «Mir Peiping Slore, j iirancn. Ralilr* Place. I t PRICES ANNUAL s.iV Extra 10' v Diccoiiti- p,, r Kailitowrls M (HI, litnihSuuncost times. s Luck*
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    30 16 ALL set for the Johore Grand Prix this weekend are Chan Lye Choon (left) and Peter Cowling (right), two strongly fancied contestants.
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    THE 'TOP FIVE' AIM TO SET NEW RECORD
    710 16  - THE 'TOP FIVE' AIM TO SET NEW RECORD MOK SIN PIN By SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THE Johore Grand Prix record book is likely to be re-written many times over this weekend when some of the world's fastest machines will race over the Johore Bahru course. A total of 28 entries has
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    Conqueror of Fraser coming for LTAM meet
    291 16 Conqueror of Fraser coming for LTAM meet By KEN FERNANDEZ KUALA IUMPUR, Wed. This year's Malayan tennis championships, to be held here in August, promise to be the best ever in the 30-year history of the series. Entries have been received from Japan. Thailand, Pakistan. India. Ceylon and the Philippines.
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    Sultan to declare GP open
    90 16 SINGAPORE, Wed.— The Sultan of Johore will declare the Johore Grand Prix open on Saturday by driving round the circuit. He will also attend Sunday's racing. Advance sales of grandstand tickets closed today. The remaining tickets—about 300— will be on sale at the new service
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    Jump mark
    27 16 SUNGEI PATANI Wed.— Kasi Pulendran on Monday brokea 26-year-old record for the long jump at the Sultan Abdul Hamld College meet. Kasi cleared 20ft. 51n.
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    New coaches for STTA
    93 16 SINGAPORE. Wed. Singa- pore Table Tennis Association has now -15 qualified coaches, including two women. The 15 coaches recently passed a course conducted by STTA and are expected to attend an advance course to qualify themselves as senior coaches. The new coaches are Wong Sek Mei.
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    Amagasaki a good thing for Sunday
    399 16 ON THE TRACK with Epsom Jeep- |£UALA LUMPUR. xv Wed Amagasaki. with Laurie Johnson astride, galloped like a winner on the track here this morning. He went better than stablemate Arina Gold (Dragon) over 3 f in 37. A four-year-old by Borealis, Amagasaki date
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    171 16 HONG KONG. Wednesday. OONG KONG'S marathon walk next month will KA see Japan's Tomozo Takahashi, Singapore's Taj Mohammed and Australia's Joe Hohnberg striding the 41-mile course with some 500 "locals." The walk is a gruelling test of stamina as competitors have to walk round hilly
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    Lock icon Finney was magnificent, says Lindsay
    97 16 T ONDON, Wed.— Sir Stanley Rous. secretary of the English F.A., welcomed the F.A, touring team when they arrived at London airport yesterday after their tour of the Far East, New Zealand and the United States. The players paid tribute to their player-manager. Tom Finney.
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      1255 16 QUALIFYING TEST 1961 1. Cambridge School Certificate Examination, 1962. 2. Cambridge School Certificate Examination, 1962 and or the Federation of Malay.i Certilic.ite of Education Examination 'English Medium*. 1962. 3 The Federation of Malaya Certificate of Education Examination 'Malay Medium). 1962. A Qualifying Test for Private Candidate* wiahlng to enter the
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      878 16 1 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE SIPPLY OF PADI FERTILISERS Tenders are invited for the supply of padi fertilisers for the main 1961 padi' season under the < padi fertiliser subsidy scheme. Full particulars may be obtained from the State Agricultural Officer. Perak. Ipoh. Closing date for receiving tenders at the State
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      182 16 "MALRAC RACE FORM" Racing is the King of Sports all over the world and it i« now Tery popular in Singapore and Malaya. After many years of intensive study of race form we have hit upon the answer to winning regularly. We wish >ou to share our successes and are
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    271 17 Stan 1 decides to stay in Spore By TEOH ENG TATT SINGAPORE, Wed. Stanley Gabrielle, the Selangor and Malaya international winger, said here yesterday he has decided to get a job and stay in Singapore. His decision, he said, was made on personal reasons which he did not want to
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    120 17 ATHENS. Wed. The 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo will be held between Oct. 11 and Oct. 25. the International Olympic Committee officially announced yesterday. The opening ceremony will oe held in Oct. 11. a Sunday, and the first day of competition on Oct. 13 iTueiday>.
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    106 18 MRS. PHYLLIS FU i-d children tli.mk relative* and friends who sent •rfOmdMi mfss.iKM of sympathy and visiti <' Ihr house attended and aiwlMed at th«- funeral of their beloved hum.and and lithfr THE FAMILY OF the late Mr Chan Yen p.i, thank the Venerable DhHmm.'iMikhii and Member* of the
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    34 18 JOHORE BAHRU. WedLarry driver. Tan Chong Hing. 23. of Pontian. was admitted to hospital here with" Injuries on his face and limb.-, today after his lorry went off 'he road near Pontian.
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    41 18 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Mr. G. P. Darke will speak on "The Use of Meccano in Elementary Mathematics Teaching." 1 at the next meeting of the i Malayan Mathematical So- ciety, at Raffles Institution hall, on Friday at 5.30 p.m.
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