The Straits Times, 15 March 1962

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    24 1 NATIONAL LIBRARY NATIONAL LIBRARY AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 100,000 f The Straits Times Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1962. 15 CENTS. KDN 036
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    1034 1 ARMS TALKS OPEN 'Chance to bridge chasm of distrust' To the summit or early failure QENEVA, Wed. The 17 nation disarmament conference began here today with challenge from a L.N. spokesman to "bridge the chasm of mutual fear and distrust." Mr. Omar Loutfi, special representative, of the Secretary-Gen-eral. U Thant,
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    Lock icon £885 mil. a year from smokes
    47 1 LONDON. Wed— The Brit- ish Government expects to receive £885 million from its duty on tobacco during the financial year ending March 31. This was stated by Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons yesterday.— Reuter.
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    PILOT RESCUE BID DELAYED
    804 1 Weather and thick jungle slow down operation DESCUE teams were 1V still fighting their way through dense Jungle north of Kroh tonight in an attempt to reach the injured pilot of the British Army Auster which crashed yesterday 200 yards beyond the Thailand border. So far
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    31 1 MANILA. Wed. President Diosdado Macapagal today ordered that passports be denied 10 Filipinos bound for Moscow, as a "means of discouraging Filipinose from goIng to Communist countries." —U.P.I.
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    Cement racket: Govt. warning
    148 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. PERTAIN cement dealers in the Federation have v "cornered" the market to raise artificially the price of the commodity. This racket was disclosed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry today. It warned that the Government would not hesitate to introduce measures to
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    MERGER: THREE EXPERTS TO HELP DRAFT THE CONSTITUTION
    85 1 MERGER: THREE EXPERTS TO HELP DRAFT THE CONSTITUTION SINGAPORE, Wed.— Three top constitutional experts are likely to assist in the drafting of a new "merger" Constitution for Singapore. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today named them in the Legislative Assembly: Sir Ivor Jennings. Vice-Chancellor of the Cambridge I'niversity,
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    Cleaning pill NQ WEDDINQ MARCH
    42 1 Cleaning pill LONDON. Wed. A British firm announced today It has developed a tiny green pill that can be sucked after each meal to clean the teeth. "It gives the teeth a Jolly good wash." said a spokesman for the firm.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon NO WEDDING MARCH
    55 1 \f UNICH. Wed.— Brides in 1»1 some of Munich's Protestant churches will no longer walk down the aisle to the strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March. The Provincial Evangelical- Lutheran Church Council has condemned the march along with Schubert's "Aye Maria" and other popular wedding selections as "unsuitable"
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    Lock icon Air raid alarm in Dutch N. Guinea
    85 1 Air raid alarm in Dutch N. Guinea rPHE HAGUE. Wed— An air 1 raid alarm was sounded in Dutch New Guinea late last night, the Air Defence Commander reported today, according to messages received here trom Hollandia. The alarm wa.s called off after 40 minutes. No incidents were reported. The
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    Lock icon A NEW ALERT AS TALKS NEAR END
    299 1 PA HIS, Wednesday. [AND, air and naval forces in all garrisons in France have been confined to barracks as Franco-Algerian peace talks at Evian today entered the second week of the final phase of negotiations. At Toulon naval base, steelhelmeted marines armed with
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    Lock icon Gold screens
    34 1 LONDON. Wed. A gold layer one five-millionth of an inch thick is being experi- mented with to keep aircraft •windscreens free of ice, the Society of British Aircraft Constructors said today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Cobbold plane bogged i down
    171 1 Cobbold plane bogged down [PITCHING. Wed. 1V Lord Cobbold and two other members of the Malaysia Commission today travelled by a river speedboat to Marudi from Lon^ Akah near the Brunei border after their I R.A.F. Twin Pioneer aircraft bogged down. The two other members are Sir Anthony Abrll and
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    27 1 SOEKARNO READY JAKARTA. Wrd dent Sorkarno prepared to accept I.S. prop-- secret informal talks willi Holland on West Irian, Foreign Minister, l»r Jhandrio said Renter.
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      Lock icon 3 to hang for 'body on hillside' murder
      219 2 HONG KONG, Wednesday. JURY of seven today found all three defendants in the "body on a hillside murder case guilty. They were sentenced to death by hanging. The Jury returned the verdict after an absence of Just under an hour. Lee Wai,
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      32 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. An Arctic ice-island manned by Ame r i can scientists has floated Jnto waters claimed by the Soviet Union, the Office I N-.val Research reported today.— Reuter.
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      Lock icon A DIPLOMAT WITH NOT A WORD FOR THE DUKE
      89 2 A DIPLOMAT WITH NOT A WORD FOR THE DUKE Wed.— The I*l newspaper El Pais yesterday reported a onesided conversation between Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh and a Yugoslav diplomat at a reception here. "How long have you been in Uruguay?" the Duke asked in English, but the diplomat
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      Lock icon Goonetilleke released
      45 2 COLOMBO. Wed. Mr. Lionel Goonetilleke, former Assistant Superintendent of Police who was among 29 people arrested in connection with last January's abortive coup in Ceylon was released yesterday. Mr Goonetilleke, the first suspect to be released, will be confined to his home. Reuter.
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      PAULINE (Legally dead \ for 2 months I RETURNS TO LIFE
      264 2 PAULINE RETURNS TO LIFE (Legally dead for 2 months I ONDON, Wed. Pauline Magee, 28, who has been legally dead for two months, returned to life yesterday. A court quashed a London coroners verdict that said Miss Magee drowned In the Thames and ordered a new inquest. The trouble began
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      Lock icon Nuclear pledge
      28 2 OSLO, Wed. Norway has told U Thant. acting U.N. Secretary-General, she was willing to sign an unconditional undertaking not to produce or acquire nuclear weapons. Reuter.
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      Lock icon 5 a.m. news agent can now afford to sleep on
      127 2 T ONDON, Wed. For the first morning in five yrars Mr. Joseph Nixon was not up at 5 a.m. today getting newspapers ready for delivery he was in bed while 1 131.000 gathered interest in the bank for him. The
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      Lock icon U.S. AIRMAN ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR REDS
      275 2 U.S. AIRMAN ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR REDS WIESBADEN, Wed. A U.S. Air Force officer, Capt. Joseph P. Kauffman, is to be court martialled in West Germany for betraying defence secrels to East Germany, U.S. Air Force European headquarters announced today. Capt. KaufTman, 43. was alleged to have informed thp East
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      17 2 BELGRADE. Wed. Parliament yesterday approved unanimously a Bill which grants amnesty to 150.000 Yugoslavs Reuter.
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      'Eye for an eye' threat by Laos Reds
      229 2 'Eye for an eye' threat by Laos Reds qX>KYO. Wed. A A spokesman for the pro-Communist Pathet Lao rebels in Laos warned yesterday that unless Right-wing leaders there agreed to the formation of a Coalition government soon the rebels would renew the civil war with "an eye for an eye
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      27 2 NEW YORK. Wed.-Storms today burled northern New England under 20 inches of snow while large areas of the mid-West were Isolated by blizzards. Reuter
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      Lock icon M.Ps want talks now on Rhodesia settlement
      152 3 M.Ps want talks now on Rhodesia settlement SALISBURY, Wed. The Southern Rhodesian Parliament yesterday unanimously carried a motion that it was essential to the interests of Southern Rhodesia that discussions should start immediately for the "permanent settlement" of the Rhodesian Federation's future. Sir Edgar Whltehead, the Prime Minister, who introduced
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      Lock icon LOW-LEVEL EJECTOR TEST
      63 3 LONDON. Wed. A RAF doctor last night balled out of a jet plane flying at only 200 feet above the ground to test an ejector seat. Squadron Leader Peter Howard wu thrown 300 feet up from his plane by the rocket pack In the ejector seat which
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      Lock icon Hanratty fails in appeal
      48 3 LONDON. Wed.— The High Court here yesterday turned down an appeal by 25-year-hls James Hanratty against his conviction for the murder of John Oregsten on the main A-6 north-south highway 50 miles north of London last August. Hanratty Is under sentence of death. Reuter.
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      42 3 LONDON. Wed. Tobacco sh ares fell by more than £io million on the London Stock Exchange yesterday d U 2™, the M «est fan since the latest report on the connection between smoking and lung cancer.— Reuter.
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      134 3 American women call for 'petticoats In space' WASHINGTON. Wed. American women have launched a "petticoats in "pare" campaign, and are taking it to the highest levels because the National Aeronautics and Space Agency is not interested. Mrs. Jan Hart, wife of a senator, and Miss Jerrie fobb, a leading woman
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      Astronauts otter space—in a Florida motel
      85 3 Astronauts otter space—in a Florida motel £APE CANAVERAL. Wed.— America's seven astronauts will eivo their names to suites in' a I SSI million (fl million) 130-room luxury hotel they art- building in Cocoa Beach near here. The astronauts Glenn, Grissom. Shepard. Carpenter. Cooper, Schirra and Slayton are partners ii the
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      Lock icon Tory vote slashed in Liberal advance
      203 3 Tory vote slashed in Liberal advance T ONDON, Wed. The Conservative Government retained its parliamentary seat with a greatly reduced majority and Liberals ousted Labour as runners-up in a by-election at Blackpool North yesterday. The result declared last night was: Mr. N. A. Miscampbell (Conservative) 12.711 votes: Mr. H. Hague
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      Lock icon 'Firebug' jailed
      27 3 WARSAW. Wed. A man who set fire to seven houses "to distinguish himself later as a fireman" was sentenced to 55 months* Jail here yesterday.—Reuter
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      Lock icon TITOV'S RECORDS OFFICIAL
      140 3 I PARIS, Wed. 1 •JHE International Federation of Aeronautics here yesterday ratified distance and duration records set by Soviet spaceman Gherman Titov in his orbital flight last Aug. 6 and 7. Mr. Jacques Alez. president of the federation, who announced thi* at a Pres.s conference, said the
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      Lock icon IRIAN: U.S. SENDS OUT PLANS FOR PEACE TALKS
      360 3 IRIAN: U.S. SENDS OUT PLANS FOR PEACE TALKS WASHINGTON, T Wed.— The United States has sent proposals to the Netherlands and Indonesia regarding possible meetings to negotiate their dispute over West Irian, the State Department said yesterday. The department's spokesman. Mr. Joseph Reap, told a press conference that the communications
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      Lock icon 'Magic' wild ginger costs him month's jail
      91 3 'Magic' wild ginger costs him month's jail T ONDON, Wed.— Wild ginger Is used to seduce women In the Solomon Islands, Mr. Reginald Maudling, the Colonial Secretary, told the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. John Dugdale. a former Labour Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, had asked why a Solomon
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      MILITAR V BUILD-UP TO GO ON
      150 3 MILITARY BUILD-UP TO GO ON JAKARTA, Wednesday. THE Indonesian Foreign Minister. Dr. Subandrio, said yesterday that the Indonesian military build-up in areas bordering Dutch-occupied West Irian would continue even if negotiations were opened for a peaceful settlement of the dispute with Holland. Dr Subandrio told his staff at the Foreign
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    ESCAPE BID IN COURT: CHEAT GETS 20 MONTHS
    181 4 ESCAPE BID IN COURT: CHEAT GETS 20 MONTHS SINGAPORE. Wed. Se&h Peng Song, 33, created a scene by escaping from the dock in the Fifth Magistrate's Court today, after he was convicted of two charges of cheating. He climbed out of the dock, and ran for about six feet towards
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    Denies hurting inspector
    55 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. Lam Ho Song pleaded not guilty in the Ninth Magistrate's Court today, to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Inspector Ong Llan Tat of "A" Division at Pearl's Hill market, at about 9.50 a.m. yesterday. Lam was allowed $500 ball until March 29 when
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    Union chiefs appeal against jail terms
    432 4 NO EVIDENCE AS TO WHO STARTED SCUFFLE, SAYS MARSHALL SINGAPORE. Wednesday ]y|R. David Marshall submitted in the High Court today that a District Judge, who recently tried two Singapore Business Houses Employees Union leaders, had approached the case "on the basis of a juvenile
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    No decision yet on surplus houses
    320 4 SINGAPORE. Wednesday. THE Finance Minister. Dr. Goh Keng Swee today said that he had for a long time considered the question of the sale of surplus Government houses. "But," he told the Legislative Assembly. "I have not come to a decision yet." Dr. Goh
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    A striker who is sorry now
    123 4 A striker who is sorry now SINGAPORE. Wed.— A City Council labourer, arrested while taking part in a strike incident, today apologised in court for having allowed himself to become "deeply involved in a trade dispute." Kahshmir Sebastian, 26, said he now repented his act in scattering refuse from a
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    Tax from wages: 4No breakdown'
    124 4 Tax from wages: 'No breakdown' SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, said in the j Assembly today he could not state the amount of lncomeitax collected from salary i and wage-earners in 1960 and 1961. He said the income-tax detpartment did not have a breakdown of
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    Chandu charge
    37 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Chua Lian Peng, 53, a labourer at Lun Chu granite quarry, Plentong, was fined a total of $175 or seven weeks' jail in the Sessions Court here today on chandu smoking charges.
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      437 4 L >«flMfc. SINGAPORE'S JPH* IDENTICAL TWINS frm* I vH' SANYO tr I THIS CONTEST IS BEING ORGANISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCREENING OF WALT DISNEY'S "THE PARENT TRAP" I DO YOU HAVE A SET OF TWIN WHO LOOK SO MUCH ALIKE I YOU CAN HARDLY TELL THE DIFFERENCE IF SO,
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      129 4 AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES HPHE following is today's sehe- dule ol civil aircraft movemenu at Paya Lebar airport, SUiga pore: ARRIVALS BO AC: Prom London, Zurich. Istanbul. Teheran, Delhi, Rangoon, Kuala Lumpur iBA 716) 530 p.m.; from Sydney. Darwiu (BA 713) 10.45 p.m. QanUs: Prom Sydney. Darwin iQP" 575) 8.15
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      198 4 (ML 117> 7 p.m. from Sandakan. JtbstUon. Brunei. Slbu. Kuchlng 'ML 409i 5.15 p.m from Kota Bahru, Penang, Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, (ML 131j 7.15 p.m.; from Kuala Lumpur OIL. 173) 8 30 p.m.; from Penang (ML 151) 9 p.m DEPARTURES B.O.A.C: To Hong Kong (BA 960) 6.15 ajn.; to
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      103 4 the dttiry MINISTRY OF CULTURE: Free film shows at Kampong Soo Poo, Hong Lim Green Park, and Pulau Sudong, 7 pjn IS. CULTURAL CENTRE: Countries of Asia aeries movie show, 5 p.m. YJkLC.A.: Mandarin class by Prof. Huang, 5.30 p.m.; Judo class, 5.45 p.m.; yoga class, 8 p.m.; Sceneshlfters "Mikado"
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    A park will be built-if Japan pays for massacres
    236 5 A park will be built-if Japan pays for massacres SINGAPORE, Wed. A park and memorial for the thousands massacred by the Japanese in Singapore will be built at Siglap IF Japan makes reparation. This was announced by the Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. in the Legislative Assembly today when
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    MARSHALL DARES ONG: JAIL ME
    271 5 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. r [*HE Workers' Party member for Anson, Mr. David Marshall, today challenged the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, to try and take him to Changi Jail. He said during question time in the Legislative Assembly: -if the Minister of Home
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    Moves for negotiations in Boustead dispute
    205 5 Moves for negotiations in Boustead dispute SINGAPORE, Wed. The managing director of Boustead and Co. Ltd., in Union Building, Mr. W. A. Ball, today said he haJ offered to resume negotiations with the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union with a view to reaching an agreement on all its outstanding
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    Cinemagoer loses car
    55 5 IPOH. Wed. A car .-alesman. Fung Choon Yoong, 24, came out of a cinema here last night and found his car. which he had parked In Coc'.man Street, stolen. He told the police that the car. valued at $2,400. belonged to a friend in Singapore who had
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    New executive
    31 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The newly elected executive committee of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will be sworn In by the Minister of Finance. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. on Saturday.
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    Trade visitor
    26 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Mr. Jacques Duhamel. Dlrec tor-General of the French Promotion Board tor Foreign Trade, will pay a two-day viMt here next month.
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    Gift of 25 lorries
    63 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Canadian High Commissioner. Mr. G. E. McGaughey. will officially hand over 25 Ford tipper lorries to the Federation Government at a ceremony at the Federal Workshops here on March 23. The Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications, Dato V. T. Sambanthan. will
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    End to 82-day strike
    100 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The 82-day strike of 13 employees of International Computers and Tabulators Ltd. in Shaw House has bmi called off. following an agreement reached between the management and the Singapore Busines> Houses Employees' Union. Announcing this today the union's general secretary Mr Tan Slew Chwee.
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    Such a shock for Corinna
    410 6 R CHANDRAN By Singapore, Wed, SHE PLANS TO MARRY SOON AND SAYS I THREW AWAY ALL GOODINGS LETTERS' SUITOR "out ol the blue" has given a shock to a Singapore couple who are to be married in two months' time. The suitor is Mr. George
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    CLOSURE OF CINEMAS HITS THUGS
    96 6 CLOSURE OF CINEMAS HITS THUGS SINGAPORE. Wed. The Minister for Home Affairs. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, told the Legislative Assembly t .day that the closure of >pen air cinemas in the past had "reduced con-.-iderably" the activities of secret societies In hose areas. He said this when replying to a
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    Rotary leader
    24 6  -  PENANG, Wed. -Mr. Khoo Keat Cheong was today elected president of the Penan* Rotary Club, with Mr. Soon Cheng Sun as vice-pre-Ident.
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    MALAYSIA WEEK COST $115,000
    173 6 MALAYSIA WEEK COST $115,000 SINGAPORE, Wed. "Malaysia Week" held in February in Singapore cost $115,--093, the Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, told the Legislative Assembly today. He also told the House that the final meeting of the Malaysia Solidarity Consultative Committee held In Singapore cost $21,384. Giving the break-down
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    Dog bites: Up to $100
    109 6 SINGAPORE, Wed— A Bill to provide for the award ot compensation to a person bitten by a dog was passed in the Legislative Assembly today. 'Similar legislation was passed in the Federation recently to protect postmen). The Bill provides for th award of compensation to
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    Back with proof of — '—his pet theory—
    111 6 Back with proof of his pet theory SERIOUS-MINDED Eddie Lav used to tell his friends: "The best wives come from Japan." And today, when he stepped off the liner Sangola in Singapore with his Japanese bride, Keiko Yamalakl. on bis arm, he quipped: "Well, here is the proof." They first
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    'Punched by a picket' report
    58 6 SINGAPORE. Wed.— An engineer, Joseph Chang. 32, of Malayan Textiles Mills Ltd.. has reported to the police that a picket at the strikebound factory in Princes Elizabeth Estate yesterday stopped him at the gate and punched him on the face. Chang added that the man
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    Pioneer status
    29 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The production of film subtitles in the national language Is to be given pioneer status under the Pioneer Industries (Relief from Income Tax) Ordinance.
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    NO CURB IN IMPORTS OF SUGAR
    157 6 NO CURB IN IMPORTS OF SUGAR KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —The Ministry of Commerce and Industry explained today that the recent decision to place sugar imports under specific licensing should not be interpreted as a restrictive move A statement from tht Ministry said: "Sugar can still be Imported freely Into the
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    Soldier returns
    36 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Major D. V. Gill. A' Squadron commander In the 2nd Federation Recconnaissance Regiment, returned to Malaya yesterday after an 11-month tour of duty with the Malayan Special Force in the Congo
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    TEE 2,000 POLICE REJECTS
    109 6 SINGAPORE. Wod V EARLY 2.000 Singapore citizens whose applications to enter Polls Negara Singapura were rejected In the past two years were "predominantly under-Qualified. the Legislative Assembly was told today. The Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, said that 1.309 applicants were rejected In
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    Forged note found
    39 7 ALOR STAR. Wed. A forged S5O note was found at z bank in Kangar today. It bore the serial number A *****4. This was the fourth forged S5O note detected in Perils during the past month.
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    Stars to sing at talentime
    45 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Several Malay film stars are among the guest artists whc will sing at the talentime contest organised I the Methodist Poys' School here. The contest will be held at the Chinwoo at 8 p.m. on March 2*.
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    Lock icon Malayan tactics in a new scheme to fight the Reds in South Vietnam
    206 7 Malayan tactics in a new scheme to fight the Reds in South Vietnam SAIGON, Wednesday MALAYAN tactics are to be used in a new plan to fight Communist guerillas in South Vietnam. "Strateeic hamlets" will be set u>? in areas where the oeasants and local Dopulation will firmly support the
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    SCHOOL WILL GO TO MAKE WAY FOR VIADUCT
    206 7 SCHOOL WILL GO TO MAKE WAY FOR VIADUCT KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. A BUILDING put up in 1893 and now occupied by High Street Secondary School here is to be pulled down to make way for the 53.5 million viaduct to be built from Victory Avenue across the Klang River to
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    Dates set for Taiwan padi
    97 7 Dates set for Taiwan padi RUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed.— v Dates for this years Taiwan padi planting, the second crop In Bukit Mertajam district, were announced today by the District Officer. Inche Rozhan bin Uaji Kuntom. Irrigation of th«? fields will start tomorrow while nurseries will be planted Irom March 30
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    Tengku puts off tour —now it's official
    94 7 Tengku puts off tour now it's official KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tengku Abdul Rahman has postponed his proposed visit to India md Pakistan, it was officially announced today. A government statement said that the Prime Minister was originally scheduled to make th~ visit in April. Hi had asked for a change
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    Union election
    29 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. More than 100 Nanyang University undergraduates are to >tand for the annual election to the 47-member executive committee of the Students' UniOD on March 23.
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    MALAYAN WRITERS TO HOLD TALKS
    130 7 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. MORE than 140 men and women will participate in the Malayan writers' conference to be opened by the Yang dl-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, on Friday morning. The conference. which will be conducted in four languages— Malay. Mandarin. Tamil and English will
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    'SETTLE OR STRIKE' ULTIMATUM TO CLUB
    91 7 'SETTLE OR STRIKE' ULTIMATUM TO CLUB SINGAPORE. Wed. The w Singapore Catering Services Staff and Trade Union today c'-edded to serve a 24-hour ultimatum on the Tanglln Club in Stevens Road to settle its outstanding claims or face a strike by its 110 employees. The union's general secretary, Mr. Chang
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    Master key raids
    39 7 MALACCA. Wed.— A total of $257 was stolen from four Australian army officers' quarters in Christ Church Avenue. In Terendak Camp, 13 miles from here, early yesterday. The police believe the thier used a master btQ
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    Safety Week
    17 7 TAIPING. Wed. A road safety week, sponsored by the T' c Council is nowbeing hela
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    Tengku for Trengganu
    83 7 KUALA TRENGQANU. Wed— The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will fly here on Sunday on the eve of the K iala Trengganu Selatan parliamentary by-election to help campaign for the Alliance candidate The Alliance candidate. Inche Ismail bin Uaji Kas- -1 sim. will be opposed by Tenirku
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    PAY RISES FOR 27 IN SHIP FIRM
    235 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Twenty-seven employees of American President Lines Ltd. in Robinson Road have got wage increments, ranging from $30 to $90, under a new two-year wage agreement between the company and the Singapore Manual and Mercantile W o rk c rs' Union. The
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    91 pensioners re-employed
    47 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. —Of 25.000 civil servants in Singapore. 91 are re-employed pensioners, of whom 25 are above the age of 60. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. the Finance Minister, revealed this in the Legislative Assembly today in reply to Mr. Low Por Tuck (Barlsan Sosialls—Havelocio.
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    LEE: THIS QUERY NEEDS AN EXPERT
    166 8 LEE: THIS QUERY NEEDS AN EXPERT SINGAPORE. Wed. Should the proposed new Singapore power station be built next to Pasir Panjang power station and so close to an oil installation, or should it not be cheaper In the long run to have it at Jurong itself, where industries are coming
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    New engineer at Segamat
    39 8 SEGAMAT. Wed.— Mr. Edwtrd Cheah Bian Slew, of Kota Tlnggi. has assumed duty a.s Executive Engineer. Public Works Department. Seuamat. He has succeeded Inche M. Yusufl bin M. Yunus. whe has been transferred to Pek&n.
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    Plane grounded, engine trouble
    39 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A Malayan Airways Dakota scheduled to leave for Ipoh and Penang this morning was grounded 'here because of engine trouble. Passengers left at 1 .20 p.m. —three hours later in another Dakota.
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    TOP U.N. OFFICIAL IS COMING
    155 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wad. V LEADING adviser to U Thant, the United Nations secretary-general. will pay a four-day official visit to Malaya this month. He is Mr. C. V. Narasimhan. who will arrive here on March 22 for discussions with the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman,
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    To Malaya: Gift of $550,000 and high praise for progress
    323 8 Xl ALA Lt'MPl R. Wed. New Zealanders have followed the "spectacular progress" made by >lala.va since independence with interest and admiration, the Dominion's Deputy Prime Minister. Mr. J. R. Marshall, said here today. Phr visiting Minister, who also holds the
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      180 8 Bugs Bunny By Bat pit Bvintdaht /meres ver mowwTj can mow some op t all °ay:/-^ BJ %L tAt Abner By Ai tupp OH, MAMMY-IS v 1 f~AM GOTTA EXAMINE^) i^^^E YAH fes I"^*-^ 1 IT DISLaVALTO J( M*<^\ V TH' EW-DUMCE J »^V^ GIVES r/ WHAREVER.SME V^V^/ f BIDDER
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      The cold courage of the lonely L/Cpl
      2127 9  -  TIM CAREW by IT would not be easy to establish a connection between Lundy Island and Kohima. Lundy Island, two and a half miles long by one mile wide, lies 12 miles off Hartland Point, at the entrance to the Bristol Channel. It
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      A CASEBOOK OF COURAGE: DEEDS THAT WON THE BRONZE CROSS
      105 9 WHAT is the special quality which, suddenly and unexpectedly, lifts a man above his fellows, which turns an ordinary man into a legend, which wins for him the most coveted award of all— the V.C.? The series which the Straits
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    DEATH
    98 10 Wordt 110 (Minimum) MRS. LUCIA LIM LOY. nee Thean Plak Knlm, aged 66, mother of Lira Tarn Chong, Lira Tarn Mm. and Miss 1-lm Swee Nyuk. passed away peacefully on Bth January. 1962. in Dublin. Klre. The embalmed body will be flown hack to Kuala, Lumpur, scheduled to arrive
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    23 10 it Wordt tit (Minlmmm) CROSSETTB CHELLIAH and family HsMli relative* and friends for their •id a'teniianea at the funeral of Mrs. Banmugam.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    143 10 10 Wordt tit (Minimum) SALE BARGAINS Glove* price Antoinette 32s Orchard Roed, Spore. WHITEAWAYS Elizabeth Arrten Boutique In Flupatrick* Supermarket, last :i days. Closing down oq Saturday, March 17th. LOOK LOVELIER! Ten. loveliness of liotnes adds to your clamour! Buy lovely materials from your favourite. Moderns for your £ven!nga
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  • The Straits Times. Thursday, March 15, 1962. Seeing and Believing
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      Seeing and Believing
      673 10 Meetings of the Big Three foreign ministers have not improved the outlook for the Geneva disarmament conference. Perhaps it was never seriously expected that they would. We have Mr. Khrushchev's word for it that he agreed to negotiations at foreign minister level "reluctantly," and it is certainly
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      Cause and Effect
      393 10 Any doubts that may have existed about the result of Britain's negotiations with the European Economic Community have been virtually dispelled in the four months since discussion began in Brussels. Even on the thorniest problem of agriculture no obstacle has been found so massive as to raise
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      Houses Needed
      111 10 A lot of solid work is promised in the Selangor Government's rural development estimates for this year. The biggest sum, $9 million, is earmarked for new schools and teachers' quarters. Roads, water, drainage and irrigation, health centres and new land development, all will progress. Nevertheless there is a
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    THE END OF A DREAM...
    1063 10 With American aid likely to halt soon, Formosa will be forced to face the reality of the future cdau a rKUM A /iAn«rn«Aimm«. CORRESPONDENT «^^n^«^----^^_^^_i OF THE GUARDIAN vwiMu/mn THIRTEEN years after the Chinese revolution the Nationalist Party on Formosa is faced with an historic
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      WHAT PRICE PATIENCE?
      120 10 THE Director of Posts. Inche Hussaln bin Mohamed, In the Straits Times of March 12, appealed to the public to make "life happier" for harassed postal clerks on festival days by being more tolerant and patient. The üblic can be patient and tolerant, but there Is a
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      AN HONOUR EVALUATED
      212 10 THE report in the Straits Times of March 9 has conveyed to the public a highly inflated value of the so-cailed "rare honour" bestowed on Dr. Cooray. I wish therefore to point out the real value of having a paper accepted by the Geological Society of London.
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      EXIT MORAES
      77 10 VVHILE making no claim to burning patriotism. Mr. Proudfoot says of India: "I own no single acre of its hallowed soil yet, because it ls the land of my birth. It ls all of It mine." <S.T. March 9). What lofty sentiment! With India having so much to
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      RENT CONTROL: THE MAN WHO BENEFITS...
      221 10 RENT CONTROL: THE MAN WHO BENEFITS... YOUR correspondent "Sufferer" »S.T. March 10) Ls quite right about the unfairness of rent control. Rent control Is unfair. I know of an Instance where the landlord (owner) receives a monthly rental of $400 only, while his tenant pockets from his subtenant a clear
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    Lock icon WHAT IS A JEW..? BROTHER DANIEL'S BATTLE
    333 10 WHAT IS A JEW..? BROTHER DANIEL'S BATTLE JERUSALEM, Wed. Israel's Supreme Court has been requested to rule on the application of a Roman Catholic monk to be formally recognised as of "Jewish nationality." Brother Daniel, of the Carmelite Order In Haifa, has filed an application for an order nisi by
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      Call for an all-party * committee study
      3715 11 Call for an all -party committee study STRAITS TIMES ASSEMBLY REPORTERS: Singapore, Wed. fc Amendments for the sake of confusion 5 rejected Minister Legislative Assembly this evening began debating the Singapore National Referendum Bill, which will seek the people's vote on the proposed merger between Singapore and the Federation. Midway
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      FRIDAY START AT RUBBER MARKET
      85 11 FRIDAY START AT RUBBER MARKET KIALA LUMPTJR. Wed. The Malayan Rubber Exchange will begin announcing noon and closing Federation rubber prices on Friday. It will go into full operation on May 1. The by-laws of the Exchange have been completed. An informed source said today that a committee had been
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      Seats for veterans
      74 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Four companies and bank have contributed $100 each to buy seats for 24 Congo veterans to see the world premiere of "My Geisha," in aid of the National Monument Fund, at the Cathay Cinema. Kuala Lumpur, on Friday. They are K. C. Dat and
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      Bank's statement on pay proposals
      198 11 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. T»HE Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation said today the negotiations between the bank and the Singapore Bank Employees' Union "were temporarily suspended on Tuesday owing to the withdrawal from the meeting of the union's negotiating committee." In a statement, the bank'; manager, Mr.
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      $150 more a month for Singapore's judges
      168 11 $150 more a month for Singapore's judges SINGAPORE, Wed. .The Singapore Government has decided to give High Court Judges "another $150 a month entertainment allowance to bring their salaries in line with their counte. parts in Malaya in view of the proposed merger of Singapore and the Federation. This decision
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    Civics course
    37 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Mr. Y. T. Lee. a member oi the Selangor Executive Council, opened a three-day civics course for 4o Chinese women workers in the conference room of the Selangor Information Office here today.
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    Impossible to define 'dishonourable', Assemblymen told
    350 12 Impossible to define 'dishonourable', Assemblymen told SINGAPORE, Wed. I A! CLEARCUT definition of "dishonourable conduct" by an Assemblyman was sought today by a Barisan Sosialis member, Mr. Ong Chang Sam when the Minister for Health and Law. Mr. ,K. M. Byrne, moved the third reading of the Legislative Assem- bly
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    CEB in a race against time
    419 13 RUSH TO COMPLETE THE FIRST PART OF HIGHLANDS PROJECT TO AVERT THREAT OF POWER RESTRICTIONS KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. DOWER consumption in the Federation is increasing daily and the Central Electricity Board is now engaged in "a race against time" to complete part of the
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    Lim (twice barred) wants to be readmitted
    135 13 Lim (twice barred) wants to be readmitted KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A 1927 Queen's Scholar, Mr. Lim Kheng Khooi. 51. who was twice struck off the Register of Advocates and Solicitors, has applied to be readmitted to the Bar in the Federation. His application for readmlsslon will come up for hearing
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    Found: Purse in taxi
    48 13 MALACCA. Wed.— A purse containing cash, pawn-tic-kets and an Identity card, was found under the seat of a taxi belonging to the Malay Co-operative Taxi Company here this morning. The owner of the purse should contact the taxi company at Lorong Bukit China, Malacca.
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    Body found
    35 13 TELUK ANSON. Wed.— The police yesterday recovered the body of Sulaiman bin Jamart. 45. a sand-digger, from the Peratc River, near Tepak Semenang. about 10 miles downstream from where he disappeared last Friday.
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    Co-op meeting
    24 13 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed. —The Central Province Wellesley Co-operative Stores Society will hold its annual trtetlng at the Indian Association here on Sunday
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    LORRY DRIVER AND CYCLIST KILLED
    135 13 BUTTERWORTH, Wednesday. A LORRY DRIVER and a woman cyclist were killed and two other men injured in an accident near the Kedah-Province Wellesley border yesterday afternoon. The lorry. loaded with rubber, was returning to Butterworth from Betong. Thailand, when It was in collision with the
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    Change of mind
    28 13 PENANG. Wed.-, The chairman of the Kedah division of the Labour Party of Malaya, Mr. Tan Hal Leung, has withdrawn his resignation from the party.
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    Nanyang talks
    20 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. The 10th pan-Malayan regional delegates' conference of Nanvang University will be held here on March 29
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    127 strays die
    20 13 KLANG. Wed— A total of 127 stray dogs were destroyed by the Klang Town Council last month.
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    A 'health week' in Kedah
    73 13 A LOR STAR. Wed.— World i Health Week will be observed in Kedah from April 7 to 13. A statement issued by the World Health Day Committee here said the theme would be "prevention of blindness." Activities during the health week will Include essay and
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    Raja goes on tour by boat and bike
    88 13 Raja goes on tour by boat and bike TELUK ANSON. Wed.— Th* Raja Muda of Perak began a three-day tour of Lower Perak today by boat, motor-cycle, bicycle and on foot. He was accompanied by the District Officer. Inche Zainal Abidin bin Kasahatan. the Territorial Chief. Raja Ahmad Ilisham bin
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    Detective fires at five acid bomb gangsters
    166 13 SINGAPORE, Wed A DETECTIVE opened fire in Sllat Road yesterday when five thugs attacked him and a policeman with acid bombs and parangs. The gangsters red after the detective had drawn his revolver and fired three shots. It 1* not known whether any
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    March 26 date
    16 13 KUALA TRENGOANU. Wed.— Trengganu State Legislative Assembly will meet here on March 28.
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    BRIDE TOLD TO SLEEP WITH HER MOTHER
    89 13 IPOH. Wed. A teenaged wife was asked by her soldier-husband to sleep with her mother on their wedding night, the High Court here was told today. Mr. Justice Azml granted a decree nisi to Hee Foong Yin. 18. of Falrpark Road, who had
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      That first all important ■ date in your teens
      642 14 That first all important date in your teens P^ SHY 17-year-old girl has been invited by a boy to a party in Singapore next week. It is her first date and she has accepted it. But the thought of that memorable evening to come has given her the Jitters already.
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      FRILLY STYLES ARE NOW IN FASHION
      209 14 FRILLY STYLES ARE NOW IN FASHION REPORTS of the latest French collections say that Paris has rediscovered feminity. Summer fashions have one simple aim to make a girl look really PRETTY. The high-fashion note at the moment is frills and flounces. There will be frills to flatter carves and soft
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      FANCY RINGS LATEST FOR BRIDES
      230 14 FANCY RINGS LATEST FOR BRIDES gTYUSII. new wedding rings are no longer lhe monopoly oi" the newly-weds, reports The National Jewellers' Association, London, for these days women who have been married more years than they care to count are buying them. too. Fingers that have long been spanned by the
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      310 14 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6. Eastern officer gets in not 1. Thin mice, first-class rai per- for the first time! <&■ haps, and adder? (13). 7. Cattle deal— some bulls pro> 9. Discerning some kind of fault b*bly Included (5, 8). about a small weight (7). 8. Threatened Red when
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    MINOR BOOM SEEN IN TINS AS METAL PRICE RISES
    426 16 From Our Market Correspondent 11/ITII the London tin TT price about to break through the ceiling price of £965 per ton, fixed by the International Tin Council, and a local price which has now reached the highest level for four months,
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    22 16 STOCK INDICES Malayan Stock Indices March 13 March 14 Industrials: 170.97 170.99 Tins; 300.71 307.23 rubber*: 194.82 194.82 Jan. 1 1958 100
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    948 16 DUSLNESS on the Malayan Stock Exchange, Federation section yesterday with the number of. deals In brackets: Industrials: Boustead (2,000) $1.34. (1.000) 5133; J. Wawsh (1.OO0) 52.22; Rothmana (15.000) 11.40 ON, SI.3W OL., (7.000) *1.3» D. 11.39 8U (16.000) 11.38; Strainers (6.000) Sl.Ol, (3.000) 11: 8. Times (2.OO0)
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    154 16 TJHE tin price rise in Singapore yesterday gained fresh momentum with a further advance of $2.25 to $482.25, the highest price since November 27. 1 sally it is thought that statistical position will the price further ahead mlng weeks and the only
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    79 16 T"HK Federation Minister of Finance has fixed theae prices for calculating- customs duties for the week beginning on 'March 15. Rubbers 80 1 cents a Ib. Copra 5434 a ton. Coconut oil 8656 a ton. Palm oil 5645 a ton. Palm kernels 5309.50 a ton. The rates of
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    119 16 CHINESE Pretfuee exchange tingaHn nee*) arieee per p4«ul yesterday: Ceeemrt ci»: balk (87 a sellers, drum •41 asUsrs. Cepra: F*t>. UK/Continent *27 bay en. 1271 tellers. Pepper i Muntok white 51 72) seller*. Sarawak white (ITO aellers. special Sarawak bUck SI3S sellers. garbled lampong black SI3S sellers. ABTA
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    87 16 rl Malayan t (change Banks* Asscciatlen made these changes tn Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates) to S100> New Vcrh: buying TT BS, airmail OD 33i. M d/st 331 credit bills. 33* trade Mils. Sslllni TT er OO ready: N*w Verk 32 13/16: Swiss Francs 1421: Helland
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    95 16 MELBOURNE. Wed. INVESTMENT SHARES noted »n easing trend In moderate trading Oils wrre steadier. A.O.G.C. up Bs. to 1238. Base metals were caste* and loans tlrm. Mount Imi 73 /-a N.B. BUI Id/- Con Zinc «3'« Ampol II Hertld 61 A.C.I 74/6 B Humes 77 4« A.P.M 2S/11
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    204 16 SHIPS lyn| alengslde th« Sincapors wharves today arc Shlkiharu Mnru 2W/30. Brlsa Keliz 1/2. HlmrJl Maru is Elpeoor 44. State of Bihar 8/7, IkuMilma Maru 40/41, Borabala 42/43. Eastern Baga 31/32. Banthia, 33/34. Aknshtsan Maru 43. Anho NW. 2. Belaraat NW 4, Qiaos L<M NUM. Outer roidt:
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    OPTION PREMIUMS
    129 16 (UNOFFICIAL QUOTATIONS) Marco 14 Three month". INDUSTRIALS F. A N. 12 cts. Cold Storag* M. M. Box 12 cts. Steamship I its. Krewerles 25 eta 8. Times 13 its. Robinson 9 cts. 8. Traders 25 >-s. S. Darby sd. Unltears 12 cts. W. Jacks 9 cts. Wearnes 13
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      111 18 I HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BOARD Tenders are Invited for the right to supply electricity in Resettlement Area 638 at 11 m,*. Chua Chu Kang Road, Singapore on the basts of fees fT.O.L.) payable to the Land Office. Tender forms and all other particulars may be obtained from the Resettlement Officer, Housing
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      257 18 THE TOWN BOARD ENACTMENT (NO. 118) NOTICE UNDER SECTION IS?. No. Notice Is hereby Riven under Section 137 ot the Town Boards Enactment that toe under-mentioned draft plan has been prepared and Is open to public Inspection on any working day during office hours, ot the offlce of the Town
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      Siang Hock suspended again—for 3 years
      228 19 Siang Hock suspended again for 3 years pfcVY.Mi, k Ved. Pang Siang Hock, former Penang and Malaya inside-forward. has been suspended again for three years Irom Mar. 4. This tame within a fortnight of the announcement made by the F.A. of Penang last month that an "amnesty" has been declared
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      MAFA officials
      29 19 MALACCA, Wed. Malacca Amateur F.A. officials: Pre.sldent Tham Sect Wah; vicepresidents M. Nagarajah. Wee Thiam Tye and Tengku Adnan; secretary Tan Soon Liang; treasurer Tarn Kong Chee.
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      SGSFA sponsor women's team
      56 19 BINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Government Services FA. today decided tv sponsor a Singapore women's soccer team to play in the Malayan inter-state championship for the Straits Times Cup. Maureen Davis, secretary of the women's section ol the SGSFA. today called upon all Singapore sportsmen to come
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      How to improve—Tang
      404 19 How to improve— Tang 'OUR QUALIFYING MARKS MUST CONFORM WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS' HE SAYS JT HAS taken Malayan sports officials a long time to get used to the hard fact of international competition thai, unless our standards at home are raised by an insistence on higher qualifying marks for regional
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      Malayan officials meet the touring Commonwealth cricketers
      73 19 TtftE world touring Commonwealth XI were met by Malayan cricket officials when they stopped over at the Singapore Airport on Tuesday night on their way to Australia and New Zealand. Pictured here are (from left): Everton Weekes, Carl Schubert (SCA president), Ray Lindwall,
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      PCA plan trials
      83 19 TPOH. Wed. The Perak Cyclists Association will hold a series of trials in preparation for the Asian Games at Jakarta in August The Perak's trials are: 28 mil-s from Ipoh to Kanthan Bharu and back on Mar. 25: 75 miles from Ipoh to Padang Rengaa and back
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      Contractor says: Wl best in the —world
      136 19 Contractor says: Wl best in the world j^INGSTON. Wed. The West Indies cricket team were described here yesterday as "the best in the world" by Nari Contractor, captain of the India side beaten by an innings and 18 runs ln the Second Test that ended on Monday. "I knew what
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      Four show up on good going
      248 19  -  EPSOM JEEP; ON THE TRACK By Ipoh, Wednesday ALTHOUGH there was heavy rain yesterday afA ternoon, the Ipoh track was in excellent condition this morning when I "spotted." four likely winners for Sunday. They were Songkhla. Apa Lagi. Chahaya and Begtni Begltu. SONGKHLA (Merv
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      JHA meeting
      17 19 BEOAMAT. Wed. The Johore Hockey Association will hold a council meeting on Friday ln Kluang.
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      101 golfers for meet
      286 19 SINGAPORE, Wed. One hundred and one British Army golfers will compete in the Fare If championship which begins tomorrow at the RSGC course. Btartlng tlmea: FIRST TEE 7.45 ajn. Shakespear (8) M. Jones (10); 730 Whltehouae (9), W. Jones (14). 7.55 Downey (6). Nelson (5); 8.00
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      Tay: I was not biased
      94 19 SINGAPORE, Wed.— Tay Soo O Yong, chairman of SAFA's iinance and administrative committee, denied today that tie had biasedly attacked the Singapore Chinese P.A. at Monday's BAPA council meeting. "I still maintain that it was discourteous of the SCFA uot to have informed SAPA of
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        'Sit down' goalie fails to save the EPF
        178 19 'Sit down' goalie fails to save the EPF I^UALA LUMPUR, Wed. v Padmanathan may not be the best goalkeeper in Selangor hockey but he Is certainly one of the most resourceful. But, for all his quick thinking, it didn't work and his team. EPF. went down by 3-1 to Chartered
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        PI stars due
        59 19 SINGAPORE. Wed. Th« Philippines Davis Cup team will play exhibition matches against Singapore players on the padang here on Tuesday next. The Filipino team of Johnny Jose, Raymundo Deyro and Eddie Dungo will arrive on Monday, after their Asian zone Cup match with Ceylon ln Colombo. Admission
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      151 19 SPORTS DIARY HOCKEY STORE JUNIOR KO: Police T CSC (Thomson Rd). SCOR DIV. 1: AFS Sqn V TPCA 'A' (R. Range Rd). SOCCER RAF MATCH: Seletar v Changl (Seletar, 7.30 p.m >. GOLF FARELF championship (RSGC course 7.45 a.m.). SHORTS SUMMARY SOCCER GOVT. SERVICES KO (Malacca) Malacca 8 Armed Forces
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    Razak and Watkinson in defence talks soon
    233 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Talks on the defence of the proposed Malaysia will be held here on Marcn 21 and 22 between Britain's Defence Minister, Mr. Harold Watkinson, and his Malayan counterpart. Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, the Deputy Prime Minister. The discussions are
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    67 20 MRS S S. BACKUS and <hlldtrn th«nk all rrlamea and friend* for their condolrnre and attendance at thr funeral of thr late Mr 8. S. Backua on 2.3.X. THE WIDOW AND 'amily and Mr. Khob Kirn l.ian thank friend" and re- < 1st iv*. for ihfir a^mancr. mraaages I
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    50 20 HO LAI CMOON Of Kiula Pilah. Ho j J-rti QfeM Of Balu Pahat Thank Docton and Nuriri Of Batu Pahat Hocpital. Krlenda, Relatives fer Tbair Aaatatimce. Wreath". Scroll*. Mnntn Of Coodol- MM, .N'iKht Vi.'ita Loan Of Cars and Attrndancr At Thr KuDeral Of Late I Madame Lee Ah Yoke.
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    22 20 HELEN O. LINO first floor 131 Batu Road iK.L. > i losing salr reduction* on nil furniture, lamps, porcelain Ivory. Jen-ellery. clotbinc.
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    TWO GIRLS WIN AWARDS
    90 20 SINGAPORE. Wed. Two schoolgirls Minnie Li Wen Vi and Toni Sobrielo, won the Stanvac "Leaders of Tomorrow" awards at the finals of the State-wide oratorical contest for schools held by the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Victoria Theatre last night. Toni, a pre-University student
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    380 20 LONDON STOCKS LONDON. Wed—Cheerful conditions were again apparent in stock markets today but gains were less widespread than yesterday. Renewed strength in giltedged securities and brewery shares but a further fall in tobacco shares provided the main features of the day The February overseas trade figures were considered satlsfactorj' but
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    VARSITY DESIGN CONTEST WINNERS NAMED
    207 20 VARSITY DESIGN CONTEST WINNERS NAMED KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The winning design for the University of Malaya's $2 million great hall, administration centre and theatre was submitted by Mr. C.H.R. Bailey ot Booty Edwards and Partners. He will receive the first prize of $7,000 and his firm the contract. Second prize
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    TUC, dissolved because of split, is still registered
    378 20 TUC, dissolved because of split, is still registered SINGAPORE, Wednesday 'piIK Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour. Mr. Wee Toon Boon, told the Legislative Assembly today that the Singapore Trade Unions Congress ol today was like t lie T.l'.C. in the days of the Lim Ye.\\ llock administration. It
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    Short week plan comes up again
    143 20 Short week plan comes up again KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Government is reconsidering a proposal to introduce a five-day working week or 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. working hours for its 30.000 clerks and administrative officers. This was stated tonight by Mr. V. E. Jesudoss. president of the Congress
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    Objection by bank
    101 20 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Industrial Arbitration Court today heard a preliminary objection in Chambers by the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation on a point of law to the hearing of an application by the Singapore Bank Employees' Union for an interpretation of certain sections of their award. The court,
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      43 20 The weather tIIOHEST and lowest tempera- turee IB Malaya and Singapore for the period 8 p.m. Tuesday to 8 p.m. yesterday: Hlt-hcst Lowest Kuala Lumpur 90 73 Kola Bharu 88 77 Penang 80 77 Ipoh 90 77 Malacca 92 75 Singapore 92 73
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