The Straits Times, 29 March 1962

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    Lock icon ARMY COUP in SYRIA
    338 1 'Plotters infiltrated Government' charge Closer Arab ties pledge DAMASCUS, Wednesday THE Syrian army seized power in a bloodless coup today. It promised a new government pledged to non-alignment, a strengthening of Arab ties particularly with Egypt and Iraq, and a "constructive socialist policy" at home. The
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    Lock icon Nuclear stand
    37 1 BELGRADE. Wed.—Yugoslavia Is ready to consider undertaking an obligation "to abstain from producing nuclear weapons or acquiring them by other means" provided this was part of a general agreement, it was announced here today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon In Argentina a coup gets under way
    208 1 BUENOS AIRES, Wednesday. ARGENTINE troops today occupied the Town Hall here— symbolic key to the city— as moves by military chiefs to oust President Frondizi got under way. Staff at the Presidential residence said that President Frondizi did not sleep there last night
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    Lock icon The rickshaw stakes
    120 1 LONDON, Wed. BRITAIN'S veteran and vintage motor enthusiasts are likely to hoot with derision on Sunday when their favourite rallying stretch, the London to Brighton Road, becomes the scene of a rickshaw race. Ten teams will run a relay in five mije stages, each pulling a rickshaw
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    Lock icon DUTCH SEND MARINES TO WEST IRIAN
    327 1 WILLEMSTAD (Curacao), Wednesday. A DUTCH KLM DC-8 airliner left the airport in this Dutch West Indies town early today carrying 70 Marines to strengthen Dutch forces in West Irian, the Netherlands news agency reported. There was no official confirmation. The report followed yesterday's Dutch
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    Lock icon 22 killed in Cuban air crash
    90 1 22 killed in Cuban air crash SANTIAGO (Cuba*. Wed A twin englned Cuban airliner, believed to be a Rus-sian-made IL-14 crashed at sea about half a mile from Santiago last night, killing all 22 persons aboard. All of the victims were believed to be Cuban. The plane carried 18 passengers
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    Lessons in protocol
    42 1 JAKARTA. Wed. Wives of prospective military attaches assigned to Embassies abroad are being given lessons on '"proper behaviour."' the Army announced today. They were told every Indonesian abroad should reflect Indonesia in Its language, culture and all other aspects.
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    Monaco charter
    37 1 MONTE CARLO. Wed. Prince Rainier today restored the constitution of Monaco Principality which he suspended in January 1959. It was suspended when members of the Monegasque National Council demanded a greater say in State affairs.
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    Barisan: People do not want war or bloodshed
    1225 1 Barisan: People do not want war or bloodshed CINGAPORE, Wed. The Barisan Sosialis tonight said that the party believed that the people in both Malayan territories wanted peace and prosperity not war and bloodshed. The party was commenting on the warning by Malaya's Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, yesterday that
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    Lock icon A-arms doubled
    25 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. A high official said today the U.S. stock of nuclear warheads would be more than doubled between 1961 and 1965. Reuter
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    Hatta: Malaysia a 'sound idea'
    193 1 Hatta: Malaysia a 'sound idea SINGAPORE, Wed ¥\R. Mohamed Hatta, former Vice-Presi-dent of Indonesia, today categorically stated that his country had no claims on the Borneo territories, and said that the Greater Malaysia plan was a "sound idea." Dr. Hatta Infer flew to Kuala Lumpur to begin a one- week
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    Youth due to marry next month loses leg in blast
    109 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A youth engaged to be married next month lost his left leg in a gas explosion near here yesterday. Mr. Wong Tuck Wah. 21. was working on gas lines at the Far East Oxygen and Acetylene Company
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    Lock icon Jouhaud: Early trial ordered
    117 1 Jouhaud: Early trial ordered pARIS. Wed. Presi- dent Charles de Gaulle yesterday ordered rebel former General Edmond J o v h a v d brought to trial within two weeks. Jouhaud. one of the top leaders of the Algiers' "Generals revolt"' last April and second-in-command of the French Secret Army
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    33 1 SHOWDOWN NEARS BUENOS AIRES. M Argentine troops arr < ing towards capitil for imminent showdown with President Frondizi Radio station and main telephone exchange have beta t over Reuter <S»r thi* p3?eV
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  • FOREIGN NEWS DESK 1
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      Lock icon WILLEM RUYS ORDERED TO ALTER COURSE
      90 2 WILLEM RUYS ORDERED TO ALTER COURSE ROTTERDAM, Wed. The Dutch liner William Ruys has been Instructed to alter its course because of the New Guinea situation, the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd announced yesterday. The liner, on a round -the world cruise, was to have travelled from Singapore through the Sunda Straits
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      Lock icon If Mr. K overruns Europe...
      260 2 If Mr. K overruns Europe... 'KS. ITOULD ff/7 1 AiCK W7777 EVERYTHING INCLUDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS' WASHINGTON, Wed TUX White House said yesterday U.S. policy was that "all available means" would have to be taken to prevent the overrunning of Western Europe If the Soviet Union launched a massive attack on
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      BIG MOPPING-UP OF GUERILLAS
      289 2 SAIGON, Wednesday. a GOVERNMENT force, estimated at more than 1,000 men. has begun a large-scale mopping-up operation about 40 miles north of Saigon in the first implementation of a new plan which the i Vietnamese and U.S. Governments are counting on as their main weapon to
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      Lock icon SKYBOLT FACING PROBLEMS, ADMITS McNAMARA
      216 2 SKYBOLT FACING PROBLEMS, ADMITS McNAMARA WASHINGTON, Wed.— The Skybolt missile, which is due to become a major component in Britain's nuclear deterrent after 1964, is having development problems, Mr. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defence, told a congres- slonal committee recently. A censored version, made public yesterday of the hearings by
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      Lock icon Rhodesia: UN team to visit London
      275 2 NEW YORK, Wednesday. T<HE U.N. committee on colonialism agreed yesterA day to send a sub-committee of four to London to discuss the future of Southern Rhodesia with the British Government The 17-member committee decided to defer making any recommendations on the territory until the
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      Lock icon Another hit at South Africa
      54 2 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, Wed— Sierra Leone's parliament today passed into law, after less than 30 minutes' debate, a bill imposing political and economic sanctions against South Africa. One M.P.. Mr. Wallace Johnson, told members: "We should kick South Africa and all that is South Africa
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      Lock icon Turkey quakes
      26 2 ISTANBUL, Wed. People {it Elblstan, eastern Turkey, are living In the open air after nine slight earthquakes In one day damaged 37 houses. Reuter
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      Lock icon U Thant to visit London
      31 2 LONDON. Wed— U Thant. the UN. acting SecretoryGeneral. Is to visit Britain In July as the guest of tne British Government. It vas announced here.— Reuter.
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      198 2 Just out HISTORY OF MALAYA (1400-1959) by JOGiNDER SINGH JESSY IB. A. Hons. Diploma-ln-Education) Mala/an Education Service. Specially written for FORMS IV, V and VI as well as Government Malay Examination (General paper) Available at all leading Book Shops at $5.80 per copy Jointly published by: I'NITED PI'BLISHERS. 187-189. Carnarvon
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      432 2 kl Potpourri, 10.40 Soft UghUs Ana RADIO MALAYA Swen Mus n °o Close Down. NATIONAL SHOETWAVE RADIO SINGAPORE SERVICE 41.7 metrvs SHOBTWAVE SEBVICE AM. 6.00 Time Signal, Me- 41 metre* gara-ku. News Headlines; 6.05 MEDIUM WAVfc SERVICE Morruag Melodies; 7.00 Rendea- 478 metre* Muslc 7 -30 Tlmt AM. *M Good
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  • FOREIGN NEWS DESK 2
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      Lock icon CUBA GETS $300 m. IN ARMS AID FROM THE REDS
      212 3 CUBA GETS $300 m. IN ARMS AID FROM THE REDS WASHINGTON, Wed.— The U.S. State Department said yesterday Cuba had received about US$lOO million worth of arms aid from the Sino-Soviet bloc. This had enabled it to develop "one of the most lormidable' military establishments in Latin America, the department
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      Lock icon Warning No. 194
      29 3 HONG KONG, Wed—Communist China today Issued Its 194 th "serious warning" to the U.S., charging that two American warships yesterday Intruded Into its territorial waters.— Reuter.
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      Lock icon Avon recovers
      28 3 BOSTON, Wed.— Lord Avon 64. the former Sir Anthony Eden, has recovered from his operation for a chest lesion and will leave hospital here tomorrow.— Reuter.
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      Lock icon US, Russia down to earth in space
      207 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. and Soviet space scientists met yesterday for 80 minutes of informal exploratory talks designed to pave the way for practical Soviet-American co-operation on outer space exploration. They will continue daily sessions. This first meeting, the result of exchanges between President
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      FIRE IN A-SUB
      39 3 LONDON. Wed.— A fire on Monday night slightly damaged Britain's first nuclear submarine, H.M.S. Dreadnought, the Admiralty announced yesterday. A spokesman said the fire began between the cork and glass fibre insulations In the submarine.— U.P.l.
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      Lock icon Round-up puts US Chinese in panic
      160 3 NEW YOBK. Wed. New York's Chinese community yesterday expressed concern over the mass deportation of Chinese illegal immigrants and said it would appeal to the U.S. Government. Members of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association met at the Pagoda Restaurant in the heart of Chinatown.
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      Candidate Nixon
      37 3 LOB ANGELES. Wed. Former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon filed nomination papers yesterday as a Republican candidate for governor and took the opportunity to describe Democratic Incumbent Edmund O. Brown as a "wobbly, weak-kneed governor— U.P.l.
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      Lock icon REFUGEE BIOCHEMIST (HOMESICK) FLIES BACK TO RUSSIA
      151 3 REFUGEE BIOCHEMIST (HOMESICK) FLIES BACK TO RUSSIA AMSTERDAM, Wed.— -fV Dr. Alexei Golub. the Soviet biochemist who sought asylum in Holland five months ago, flew home to Russia yesterday because he was homesick. The airport was the scene of a stand-up fight last October when Dr. Golub's wife, Irlna. Insisted
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      Lock icon More, says K
      35 3 M O 8 C O W Wed. Mr. Khrushchev has predicted that the Soviet Union will exceed her present targets In grain production, the official news agency Tass reported early today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon PANIC AFTER A BELLY-LANDING
      89 3 PANIC AFTER A BELL Y-LANDING PASSENGERS aboard a Colombia Airlines Constellation flee for their lives through the windows and hatches after the plane made an emergency landing on a field near Bogota. The aircraft, with 72 people aboard, skidded to a landing on its belly when the pilot was unable
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      Lock icon Rockefeller 'eaten by cannibals' report is denied
      159 3 Rockefeller 'eaten by cannibals' report is denied THE HAGUE, Wed. Dutch New Guinea authorities here last night discounted a report that Michael, son of the New York Governor. Mr. Nelson Rockefeller, who vanished while exploring, was killed and eaten by cannibals. The newspaper Haagsche Courant quoted a letter which a
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      Lock icon Arrest warrant awaits rebel Phizo in India
      69 3 Arrest warrant awaits rebel Phizo in India NEW DELHI. Wed. Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, indicated in Parliament yesterday that the Naga rebel leader Zaphu Phizo, now in London, would be arrested if he returned to India. Mr. Nehru told the Lower Hfiuse there was no chance of Phizo
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    A 'lift' for a Shaw—from the P.M.
    263 4 A 'lift' for a Shaw— from the P.M. AFTER HIS 'WAR WARNING' THE TENGKU RELAXES IN LIGHTHEARTED MOOD IN jovial mood, Malaya's Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, larks with cinema magnate Mr. Runme Shaw (see picture at right) at Tuesday night's dinner given in honour of the Tengku by Mr.
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    Chilly, outlook for hot curries
    182 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Housewives wer« shocked today by a 40 per cent Jump in the price of chillies from $1 a kati a week ago to $1.40 now. An official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-opera. Uves said that there has been a poor
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    YOKE HEONG FUND IS NOW $17,000
    404 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed A NOTHER $5,000 was col- lected today through The Straits Times Group and Chinese newspapers in Kuala Lumpur for Lai Yoke Heong, who lost her arms In a motor accident last week, making a total to date of $17,000. The Straits
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    Bank row: Police escort for non-union employee
    453 5 SINGAPORE. Wad pOLICE this evejiing had to escort a non-union woman secretary out of the United Commercial Bank building in Raffles Place following a "protest" strike by six dismissed employees. Earlier, a number of senior police oflicers, inspectors and constables, attending a passing-out
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    IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE STRESSED IN BROADCAST
    224 5 IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE STRESSED IN BROADCAST SINGAPORE, Wed. In a National Language Week broadcast, a spokesman of the Dewan Bahasa Dan Kebudayaan Kebangsaan, tonight said that in a multilingual society, "the importance of language as a medium of communication cannot be underestimated." The speaker said that for a language
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    Youth forum
    42 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. Teenagers will discuss ways to improve one's character through home, school, the community and religion, at a forum organised by the Chinese V.M.C.A. Youth and Student department at the U.S. Cultural Centre. Armenian Street, tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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    MALAY ORDERS AT PARADE
    232 5 SINGAPORE. Wednesday. A LARGE crowd of spectators and police per- sonnel this afternoon witnessed a unique passing-out parade of 73 recruits at the Police Training School, where for the first time all commands were given in the national language. The parade commander. Senior Inspector Louis Pang
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    Kampong slaying: Man jailed
    89 5 Kampong slaying: Man jailed SINGAPORE. Wed.— A farmer. Koh Nar, 52. who faced a charge of murdering Bay Bak Lim. 22. was jailed for four years by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah in the As-size Court today. He was alleged to have committed the offence with his ;>on. Koh Kirn
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    The Grand Prix
    41 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. Arrangements have been made to allow 100 hawkers to sell cooked food and mixed cold drinks in the spectator areas at the Malaysia Grand Prix to be held at Thomson Road on April 22 and 23.
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    Language night
    21 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Lembaga Gerakan Pelajaran Dewasa held a Malam Bahasa Kebangsaan tonight at the Cultural Centre. Canning Rise.
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    Water shut-off
    26 5 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Water will be cut off in Sum Wah Chee Drive, off Sembawang Road 13 m.s.. tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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    Safety forum
    25 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Junior Safety First Council will hold a safety first forum tomorrow at the National Library lecture hall at 3 p.m.
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    NO DOUBT OF YOUR GUILT JUDGE
    175 5 NO DOUBT OF YOUR GUILT JUDGE SINGAPORE. Wed.— A *3 District Judge who convicted two youths j today on a housebreak- ing charge told them: "I have not come across j a better prosecuted case than this one. There Isi no doubt in my mind that both of you committed
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    PC caused hurt to a striker
    115 5 PC caused hurt to a striker SINGAPORE. Wed. Constablo Ahmad bin Ismail of Tan Jong Pagar police station, was today convicted on! a summons charge of volun- i tnrily causing hurt to Too Kirn Theam. during a strike incident on Dec. 4 last year. Mr. Donald Yeo Hock] Chwee. the
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    TTC EXAMS PASSES ANNOUNCED
    169 5 TTC EXAMS PASSES ANNOUNCED SINGAPORE. Wed. Results of the professional reexamination for the certificate of education for graduates of the Teachers Training College. Singapore were officially announced today. The following candidates have passed the re-examina-tion in the subject mentioned against their names, and have thereby qualified for the award of
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    Scooter safety
    28 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Traffic Police will give a lecture on scooter safety at the Shell Theatrette tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. It will be illustrated by films.
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    New air mail fees
    97 5 BINOAPORE. Wed— From April 1. the airmail fees, payable in addition to the ordinary inland postage rates, for transmission of parcels and second class malls by air mail from Singapore to the Federation will be as follows: Parcels 50 cents per Ib. or part thereof; second
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  • Article
    Orders for sugar doubled
    291 6 TRADERS SCRAMBLE FOR IMPORT LICENCES, BUT GLUT NOT EXPECTED TO DEPRESS THE MARKET KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. yiALAYA'S sugar importers have obtained permits to bring in an estimated 300.000 tons of sugar this year double the normal annual requirement. The scramble for licences has been due to
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    COLOMBO PLAN WOMAN FROM JESSELTON
    76 6 COLOMBO PLAN WOMAN FROM JESSELTON SINGAPORE. Wed. The first woman from Je&selton to be selected under the Colombo Plan for training In Singapore. Miss Allc* Rentl de Foe. has arrived in Singapore for a year's course for health visitors. She is a trained nurse and qualified midwife. Miss de Foe
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    Top entertainers in Singapore today
    209 6 SINGAPORE. Wed. Two leading lights in the entertainment world, ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn and Academy Award-win-ning Hollywood actress Joan Fontaine, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow. Dame Margot. wile of the former Panamanian Ambassador to Britain. Dr. Roberto Arias, will spend only an hour at the
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    Doctors return
    25 6 SINGAPORE. Wed. Two women doctors and six midwives from Indonesia flew home today after attending a two-week course on family planning in Singapore.
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    $75,000 tag put on 100 Selangor 10-ct. stamps
    128 6 $75,000 tag put on 100 Selangor 10-ct. stamps f ON DON. Wed. —A v sheet of 100 Selangor 10-cent stamps has been valued here at $75,000 because of a "serious" printing flaw. The stamp shows the image of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor against a blue background—but the
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    FILM UNIT WAGON GETS STRANDED IN FLOOD
    50 6 FILM UNIT WAGON GETS STRANDED IN FLOOD POLICEMEN help pull out a Malayan Film Unit wagon which got bogged down along a flooded kampong road In Central Kedah yesterday. The van was following the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Razak, on his tour when it ran into trouble. Straits Times picture.
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    Masked men raid temple
    54 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Four masked men armed with daggers entered the Kuan Yecn Mol Chinese temple, a mile from Kuala Kubu Bharu yesterday and robbed two old women of $562 in cash and jewellery. Police here said today that the armed men got Into the temple
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    Planters to confer on cost cutting
    171 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Improved rubber planting techniques to cut down costs will be discussed at a conference of planters here on July 12. 13 and 14. The conference will be the second to be sponsored by the Rubber Research Institute after the last world
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    Grander Wesak
    34 6 PENANG. Wed— The Penang Wesak celebrations committee today announced the formation of a youth section to encourage local Buddhist youth organisations to participate in the celebrations on a "grander scale." than before.
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    'BUY OWN HOUSES' PLAN FOR SERVICES
    215 6 'BUY OWN HOUSES' PLAN FOR SERVICES KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. British Servicemen in Malaya and Singapore are saving money— a little more than the cost of a tot of whisky a day— to buy their own houses when they are demobilised. They are doing so through a scheme started about two
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    Crash pilot improves
    67 6 IPOH. Wed. Capt. John Tadman. 28. pilot of the Auster aircraft which crashed near the Malaya-Thai border on March 13. is reported to be improving "fairly satisfactorily" In the British Military Hospital in Taiping. He was airlifted from the jungle on March 19 to the hospital. He
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    New president
    18 6 KOTA BHARU. Wed. Dr. Wee Khoon Hock has beei. elected president of Kota Bharu Rotary Club
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    The death warrant is signed:
    2156 7 The death warrant is signed: CAPONE'S RETORT TO THE SHOOTING UP OF HIS HEADQUARTERS- KENNETH ALLSOP The Bootleggers CAPONE'S retort to the shooting up of his headquarters at the Hawthorne Inn by Weiss and his mobsters came twenty days later. Weiss had spent the afternoon of October 1 1 at
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    34 8 U Words tit (Mlminmm) RIV. K. M. THOMAS. Cnerukara. Kottackal House, Aylrur. Kerala Stale, brother of Mr. K. 11. George of Oovernment Hospital. Batu Pahat. Jobore. pa seed away on 3rd March IM2.
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    The Straits Times Thursday, March 29, 1962 Parliament in Peking
    615 8 The Straits Times Thursday, March 29, 1962 Parliament in Peking It is almost exactly two years since the Chinese National People's Congress, which is supposed to meet at least annually, last assembled in Peking. In a number of other ways, too, the parliament that went into session on Tuesday after
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    Women Teachers
    361 8 Teachers' organisations have followed Singapore's cue on equal pay for women with the vigour of the righteous. Both before and since the Prime Minister's announcement that an official committee would be set up to report to the Government on this problem there has been a welter of delegations,
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    Syrian Coup
    256 8 There is no doubting the political complexion of the Army coup in Syria. It is a move to the left the end of the "controlled free economy" of Premier Dawalibi. Internationally, the new regime is to follow a policy of "positive neutrality and non-alignment", roughly speaking a declaration
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  • LETTERS
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      David Marshall and Socialist conference
      517 8 MR- David Marshall (S.T. March 23) says it is untrue that at the Malayan Socialist conference in Kuala Lumpur, he supported the PAP's working paper. Nobody has charged that he supported the PAP'i working paper. But at the last private meeting of the steering committee.
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      STUDENTS IN AUSTRALIA
      160 8 RECENTLY, Malaya's High Commissioner to Australia, Dato Suleiman, observed that the Malayan students "transported their ways of life here..." He also said they did not mix with Australians. His comments are commendable and timely. However the situation Is not so simple. I have had a lot of
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      BOUNCING TO TURTLE BEACH
      169 8 IT Is all well and good to publicise Malaya's tourist attractions. But first let. us set right the things which CJd to be put right I am from the East Coast The monsoon has just come, and the roads are In a horrible state. One has
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      WHY I LOVE RADIO MALAYA
      121 8 DESPITE what my friends say I love listening to Radio Malaya. Here are a few items which- make listening in such a pleasure: "This is Ray Melayer, the dime Is do dirty "You have just herd the Rayer Mayer Orchestra playing Tancing In the Rain!"
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      COMMUNAL TEAMS
      91 8 XHE Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, has frequently emphasised that to promote peace and goodwill in this cosmopolitan country, co-operation among its races Is essential. This can be best attained In the field of sport But what Is the position? There still exist teams such as MIC, Dmno,
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    The fresh breeze of honesty and courage...
    861 8  -  DENIS WARNER reports from the Philippines ANEW, clean breeze is b I o.w i n g through the Philippines. It is too early to suggest that it will become a permanent, or even a semi-permanent, part of the poli t i c a
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    Two more witnesses in kidnap case impeached
    1582 9 Two more witnesses in kidnap case impeached MAGISTRATE STRIKES THEIR EVIDENCE FROM RECORD WITNESS: I CANNOT. REMEMBER IF I MADE STATEMENT TO THE POLICE... KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday two prosecution witnesses had their credibility impeached in a magistrate's court today at the continued hearing of a preliminary inquiry into the alleged
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    Transistor donation will put education on the air
    108 9 Transistor donation will put education on the air KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Arrangements to launch the nation-wide "Adult Education Over The Air" programmes have been completed with the distribution of 1.530 transistor sets to various States in the country. These transistors have been donated by the Asia Foundation. It is likely
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    Judge issues 'arrest' order
    54 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Mr. Justice Adams today issued a warrant of arrest in the High Court here against Lew Hwan Chong, a bankrupt who could not be traced at the address he gave the Bankruptcy Office. Application for the warrant was made by the Assistant Official
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    Police hunt goes on for gang
    65 9 Police hunt goes on for gang KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Police today continued their search for the five men who entered the office of Montor (M) Ltd. here yesterday and escaped with pens and watches valued at more than $50,000 and $800 in cash. At his daily Press conference today the
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    NEGRI MENTRI BESAR MADE A DATO
    317 9 NEGRI MENTRI BESAR MADE A DATO SEREMBAN, Wednesday. rpHE Mentri Besar, Dr. Mohamed Said bin Mohamed, has been made a dato of the Order of the Loyal Defender of the Realm (Dato Setla Perkasa) by the Yang dl-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan. He Is among 42 people receiving awards In
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    2 OFFICERS NAMED AS RELIEFS FOR CONGO
    99 9 2 OFFICERS NAMED AS RELIEFS FOR CONGO KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two officers of the Federation Army have been selected to relieve two officers of the Malayan Special Force serving with the 3rd Federal Infantry Brigade in the Congo. They are Capt Omar bin Ibrahim, of the sth Bn.. Royal Malay
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    The good workers
    60 9 KUALA LUMFUR. Wed. The German firm which is constructing transmission lines for the Cameron Highlands hydro-electric scheme Is pleased with the work of 200 Malays on Its labour force. A Central Electricity Board statement today quoted a spokesman of the firm, the Brown Boverl Company, as saying
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    Union recognised
    24 9 KOTA BHARU, Wed— The management of the North Eastern Transport Service Company has recognised the Kelantan branch of the Transport Workers' Union.
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    Injured girl: Police probe
    157 9 KLANG. W«d. POLICE and Social Welfare Department officials here are investigating injuries received by a 14-year-old schoolgirl, a daughter of the late Mr. Tan Kirn Puay. a timber millionaire. The girl. Tan Ah Oai_. has been admitted to the Klang District Hospital (or treatment ol a
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    FREE—IS,OOO APPLES
    108 9 FREE— IS,OOO APPLES ¥7K)UR pretty housewives JT are now touring Singapore island drily to bring "apple" cheer to thousands of people From Tuesday, the "apple girls," Mrs. Ann Tomsett. 23, Mrs. Heather Bullcid, 21, Mrs. Valeric Holmes, 26, and Mrs. "atricia Wildman, 22, beran handing out apple; to everyone they
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    Assaulted by youths
    78 9 IPOH. Wed. A mine labourer, Liew Seong Chung, 22. was forced into a backlane t Hume Street here yesterday evening by two youth* and assaulted, according to a police report. Three more youths who were there, joined in the assault with sticks. Llew managed to elude his
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    PARCELS BY AIR WILL COST MORE NEXT WEEK
    186 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. MAIL charges for parcels and second class mail within the Federation and Singapore will go up from Sunday. This Is because of increases in the air conveyance charges, according to a Government spokesman today. The increases in air mall
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    Sultan urges banks: Help the Malay contractors
    63 10 KUANTAi:. Wed. The Sultan of Pahang today called on local banks to give assistance to Malay contractors to Improve their business "You can do this by giving loans to enable them to "carry on their business smoothly," he said. The Sultan said this
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    School at Bilut
    23 10 BENTONG. Wed.— A $60,000 national school with 13 classrooms has been completed In the Bilut Valley Land Settlement near here.
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    Anna wants to be 'Miss Receptionist'
    68 10 Anna wants to be 'Miss Receptionist' \TIBS Anna Ong 20 (above). Is one of 10 receptionists who will seek the "Miss Receptionist" crown at the Federal Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night. The contest is being held In conjunction with a dance by the Kuala Lumpur Airport Recreation Club
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    ALLIANCE DIRECTIVE ON LOCAL POLLS
    148 10 ALLIANCE DIRECTIVE ON LOCAL POLLS f POH. Wed.— The Perak State Alliance committee last night decided to send out instructions to all its district branches to start preparations "now" for the forthcoming local council elections in the state. The elections will be held in June and July in 81 local
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    Whisky raid
    48 10 PENANG. Wed.— A housewife. Chuah Swai, 47, who.se house in Chulla Street was raided by Customs officers yesterday, was today fined $2,688, in default, three months' jail, when she pleaded guilty to knowingly keeping 48 bottles of whisky on which $448 duty had not been paid.
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      132 10 Bugs Bunny By Batph Heimdahi LVI Abner By At Capp Dick Tracy By Chester Gould ■■■^■■■■■''^n reuT'i l>o'NOrr r B fDO you T' WHOLE-^] AND BACK AT THE OO in POP THE I~— I BELiEVE iN V HtARTEDLY? UOUNOC-f^SPPCAOV-SPENSiVE MJfiHT^ OIRTV CXXLAR TWE LIE "S-T^ SM HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO
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    Police warn girls: Beware
    262 11 CHARMING MANNERS AND OFFERS OF HELP— BUT THIS WOMAN IS A ROBBER AND CHEAT SINGAPORE, Wednesday. POLICE today warned girls not to accept lifts from a woman with charming manners, who is usually seen being driven around in a green car. The Police Secretary. Mr. Lim
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    Rotary Club told of need for public libraries
    99 11 Rotary Club told of need for public libraries CINGAPORE. Wed The president of the Singapore Library Association. Mrs. Wang-Chen Hs i n Chin, today said it was imperative that the Federation of Malaya should establish a public library system immediately. She told Singapore Rotarians at their luncheon meeting: "The need
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    Ipoh visit
    33 11 IPOH. Wed. Hong Kong Him actress. Miss Mak Ling, arrived here from Kuala Lumpur today for a six-day personal appearance at the Ruby cinema in connection with her film "Sister's Devotion
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    The soldier clerk who climbed to the top
    131 11 The soldier clerk who climbed to the top LIEUT. Sheikh Hassan bin Sheikh Omar, (above) a soldier clerk who rose to the top post as Superintending Clerical Officer in the Federation Armed Forces. Ministry of Defence, will leave for Britain on April 6 for five-months' further military training. He will-
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    New capital head on Sunday
    245 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday UAJi Ismail bin Panjang Aris will take over as x "Mayor" of Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. He will be the first local man to head the civic administration of Malaya's capital. He will be the new Commissioner for the Federal Capital, succeeding
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    WHERE THE CATS ARE AFRAID OF THE RATS
    101 11 J{UANTAX, Wed. The Town Council here was today told of rats "running wild" under the aeau of people at eating stalls and of cats that were afraid of them. A Socialist Front councillor. Inche Mohamed Kamil bin Toh Muda (Teluk Sisek Timor>
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    Holiday for Umno man
    65 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. The vice-chairman of the Singapore Umno liaison committee. Inche Ahmad Haji Taff. will sail In the liner Roma on April 9 for a threemonth holiday in Europe. Inche Ahmad, who Is assistant manager of the Singapore Oairy Farm Ltd.. will spend his leave touring
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    PHOTO CONTEST GOLD FOR H.K. MAN
    165 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. A Hong Kong photographer. Tarn Ning. has won the Loke gold medal, highest award In the 13th Singapore International salon sponsored by the Photographic Society of Singapore. His winning exhibit In the monochrome section was entitled '"Flying Over The Ocean." None of
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    OFFICIAL TELLS OF ASSEMBLYMAN'S TAX RETURNS
    243 11 OFFICIAL TELLS OF ASSEMBLYMAN'S TAX RETURNS PENANG. Wed. A SENIOR income tax official testified today that the Penan g state assemblyman and former deputy chairman of the Butterworth Town Council. Phee Joo Teik, now on trial on charges of corruption, had reported a total of $6,638.49 income for the year
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    Double mishap cyclist, 42, dies
    123 11 BUTTERWORTH, Wed. A cyclist, Osman bin Ha&him, 42. died in hospital yesterday evening, five hours after he had been knocked down by a motor cycle and run over by a car. This double mishap occurred at the sth mile of the Permatang Tok-Kanda road I
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    University college plea in Penang
    87 11 PENANG, Wed. The leader of Socialist Front opposition, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, will urge the State Assembly next month to consider setting up a university college here. Mr. Ramanathan will introduce a motion calling on the State Government "In the Interests of Penang specially, and
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    6 'GREEN DRAGON' LEADERS EXILED
    165 11 6 'GREEN DRAGON' LEADERS EXILED TPOH, Wed.— Six lead- ers including three "tiger generals'' of the Green Dragon secret society have been served with restricted residence orders, issued by the Minister of Internal Security. They have been "exllert" for five years to different parts of Malaya. Besides this. 27 leaders
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      Actress Jean talks about her baby's first tooth
      463 12 CHE is beautiful, famous and a film star but when 1 met Miss Jean Simmons now Mrs. Richard Brooks I pictured her as a mother. And as soon as I touched on the subject of her two little daughters there was no
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      MODERN AGE WEDDING GOWNS
      121 12 JUDGING by these brides, no wedding is forgotten by gown manufacturers in this modern age. Left to right are Eve Bcarrfoot as an Arctic Bride; Marilyn Rickard as a "Tw'Easter" Bride so named because her outfit allows her to execute the popular twist dance with «ase,
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      False skylight for a room
      186 12 GLASS gives the feeling of light and space to any room and the clever use of mirrors will increase the apparent size. I know of a Singapore bank's branch office where the use of mirrors gives the place a look of brightness and glossy space.
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      Nylon web with 101 uses
      66 12 INDISPENSABLE in the kitchen and with 101 uses is an ultra fine pad in superstrong nylon web. Unlike the meshed metal variety. It does not scratch, splinter or rust and can be used with boiling water, detergents and most solvents. Its uses: From washing pots
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      278 12 Straits Times Crossword Hsi~ißi~~Hl bBI wM Hrn ACBOSS Oerman holding alao (6). 1. Driver may control It ankn&J 7. AJcmene's husband gets no might too (5-5). paj mirth 1* concealed (10). j S. One of two striken applaud- 8. Unusually late to share In one Inc. perhaps (4). of 37,
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    OPTION PREMIUMS
    121 14 Mare* SB Tbrw* montba. (UNOFFICIAL QUOTATIONS) INOUITRIAU r. N. 1 J eta OeM Stones Bd U. Bra 12 eta. ataamahlp 9 eu Etrawaria* 95 eta a. TIM a* U nm. Roblnaoo W eta a Trmd«r» eta H Darn* Bd. Ualtaan 13 eta. w Jaeka 9 eta MININOt K
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    TINS BURST OF ACTIVITY: BAN ON NEW OFFER DEALS
    530 14 From Our Market Correspondent A GENERALLY unexpected rise of over $3 in the noon metal price in Singapore produced a small burst of activity on the Malayan Stock Exchange in tin shares yesterday. In the morning quiet, but steady conditions prevailed,
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    STOCK INDICES
    29 14 Malayan Stock Indirr« March 27 March !8 Industrial*: 170.79 170.65 Tins: 321.R1 327.69 S RublMTt: 194.82 194.82 Jan. 1 1958=100. Tin Index peak: 3*6.35 (Jane 21. 1961).
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    791 14 gUS I NESS on the Malayan Stock Exchange. Federation section yesterday with the number of deals In brackets: Industrials: Dun I ope (1,000) SI.4S. ll«« OL: Eaat hmaltlm S2-89 OL. (1,000) $2.83: r aad N. orda (1,000) J2.74 od. (2.000) SZ79 cd: Hongkoos Bank HKS3BO: Malayan Bank
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    Tin up over 3 dollars: Rubber mart very quiet
    273 14 A SPURT of $3.62 i in the Singapore tin price yesterday took it up to $484.25 per picul which means that in the past two trading days the losses incurred, when it was revealed that the American stockpile contained 164,000 long
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    77 14 'J'HK Federation Minister of Finance has fixed these prices lor calculating customs duties lor the week befinninc on March SS. Rabbet 791 cents alb. Copra S42S a ton. oconul oil SCSSalon. Palm oil Sf4saton. Palm kernels JJOS.S9 a ton. The rales of do tie* payable are: Rubber 6
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    114 14 MELBOURNE. Wed. INVESTMENT SHARES cloned barely steady and moved within narrow limits. B.H.P. loat further to 635. 3d. Oils were Irregular. A.O.G. gained further to Ma. and rights to 795. Bd. after the Morale production teat raaulU were announced Baae metab closed ftrm and loam firm. N.B Hill
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    SHIPS IN PORTS
    203 14 CHIP'S lyini jitnutioa tht Sln|aa«rt wharvaj t*day ar«; alelampui I P, BolMevaln 4/3. Wilnu 3.1 M. Trh: bansa 10/U Brrvia Lykn 99/30. i Nara 6/7. Saikyo Maru 16/16. Gorrn 38/19. Java Ifall SS/34. Mar Alcyoa* 44. dsmenyib NW. 3 Outtr rsawa: Battri. straat Cleareor*. Cbyabaaaa. Majula. Theofano
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    124 14 rpMB Malayan lichanfa Binhi Asse--1 elstlen made theae channel Id Ita ralee to merohanu yesterday (all rmtaa to S100) New Verk: buying TT S3 7/8. airmail OD SI. 90 d/st SS 1/4 credit bllla. SS S/S trade hills Canada: bovine TT 34 9/IS, airmail OO M 11/16. 90
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    118 14 pNINItI >raa)u«a •>«*tania Inn flffi Ca»smit sfl! bulk |U« acilcra. dram 542 aallara. Oatvai Mareli UK/CootiMot 127 1 buy«ra. (38 nllcn l>t«awr: Muatok white 1170 aeilcra. Sarawak wbita Sl6?t Mllera, apaelaJ Sarawkk tXaca SlS3t *>ll«r>. pmrMad Lampoog blaak si Ml aaltan, ajTTA ti«2a aalMrJ. Rwnapin c*wra AnillaWw
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    KUALA LUMPUR RUBBER PRICES
    214 14 APRIL first «r«a. rubber buyara f.e.o clovMl at j p m in Kuala Lumpur yestrrtjay at TS»I i-rnta prr Pa. <1o»n hnll i S*M on Tuesday's clo'inn f(*Sa I 'Hint an 4 thihtly tstiar PCUCkATIOM OF MALAYA RUB BtR EXCHANGE cloxin* prices in crnta per in
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    SINGAPORE'S RUBBER PRICES
    211 14 APRIL artt trade rubber buyers f.e.b. closed at 4.30 p.m. In Singapore yesterday at *0i cents par Ib. down tnree-etgnths of a cent oo Tuesday's cloum* price. The cloning tone »»j inactive. (.C.C.R.A. closing price* in cents per Ib. yesterday: Int. 1 R 8.8. prompt fob. buyer«
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    CLOSING PRICES
    35 14 March. 28. RUBBER PRICES SINGAPORE: 80« cents (down threeeighths of a cent). K.L.: 79 J cents (down half a cent). TIN: $484.25 per pica, (up $3,621). Estimated unofficial offprint 220 tons (down 20).
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      1009 14 A KAWASAKI RISEN KAISHA. LTD. txprett U.S. A faotflc «a Allaodc Caaam iarvlsw ti» tl* tv tia 5 ow. Hke»>« m'isi* f'ciret t. a Tsr* "K>sbkM>a Mara" CM. 31/24 2 Apr II Api Apr 21 Apr 14 May •JShkaaa Miis" 22/24 Apt It A*i 14 May II Mai U «a>
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      771 14 m.v. "CITY OF HIPON" It it regretted that conditions presently prevailing at Port Swettenham necessitate that the above vessel overcomes her Port Swettenham cargo in full to Singapore. This cargo will be forwarded via Malayan Railway j to the railway station of consignees' choice in accordance i with the scheme
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      333 14 TRENGGANU BUS COMPANY. LIMITED. KUALA TRENGGANU. NOTICE At a recent meeting of tha Board of Directors, decision has been reached to amend certain parts of the proposed Plans for our Office Workshop Buildings at Pulau Kambing. Kuala Trengganu Tender Notice published in tha Straits Times dated Sih March. 1962 in
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      769 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS FEDERAL LAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 1. Applications are invited from Federal Citizens for the post of General Clerk* lv land development schemes tn different parts of the Federation. Starting allin salary $200/- 25A $500/--with free accommodation (electricity and water, where possible) and free medical attention for himself and family.
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      495 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FEDERATION OF MALAYA ADMISSION TO TECHNICAL TKACHER TRAINING COURSE Applications are Invited tor t 4rrH" t/wl to a two-year Teacher Training Course In the Technical Teachers mining College. Kuala Lumpur. Applicant must:— (i) be single; (li) have attained their 17th but not their 23rd birthday
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      1088 15 (Continued from Page 8) SITUATIONS VACANT M ■'•rats SI Mm.)— Box St tts. txtrm > AMAHS REQUIRED f>tn|rapore 10. Must have references speak English and wiiudk to work, good tenna. Phone (Spore) *****. CLERK OF WORKS. Required by arm of Architects, for not lee* than 10 months. Reply giving full
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      BURTON'S COMEBACK
      37 16 BURTON'S COMEBACK Australian jockey ALAN BURTON will leave Melbourne on April 3 for Singapore to ride in Malaya for several months. It will b<> Burton's second visit. Three years aro he rode 15 winners while in Malaya.
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      SHA W STABLE LEADS WITH $84,130
      278 16 SHA W STABLE LEADS WITH $84,130 IPOH. Wednesday OUSTED from the top of the winning owners' list in 1960 by Veni Vici Stable and in 1961 by L and T Stable, Shaw Stable is back in the spotlight this season. After five meetings, Shaw stable has a commanding lead with
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      16 top stayers to contest Singapore Derby in April
      918 16 CINGAPORE. Wed. Sixteen of the top stayers In training have been entered for the li miles Singapore Derby to be run on Apr. 15, last day of the Singapore Turf Club April meeting. The Derby entries are Amsterdam. Automation. Balkan Bambino.
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      SCHEDULE OF RACING
      77 16 FIRST DAY: Cl. 1. Divs. 1. 2 and 3—l mile; Cl. 4. Divs. 1, 2, 3 and 4— 61 Divs. 1 and 2—l mile. SECOND DAT: a. 1. Divs. 1 and 2— f; Cl. 4, Diva. 1. 2, S and 4— 6 f; Div. 2— 7 f.
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      PENANG AMATEUR CARD
      324 16 /\RDER of runninar and scratchings for the Penang amateur race meeting on Satur-^ day: RACE 1: 5.15 PJC. CL. S— ZF (ALL 12.7) Carlo. Chummy, Deep Purple, Eminent Prince, First Choice, Olrlie. Oolden Charm, Katie, Moondyne, Teddy Boy, Yeoman. Scratchings: Igaza, Klmanl. Kolek. Nugget. Sarah Jane, Smoky,
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      Snell v Beatty mile match
      64 16 MODESTO. Wed— Peter s»eiL New Zealand's record breakmn athlete, will compete against American Jim Beatty In a one mile race at the famous California relays meeting here on May 26. Beatty, one of the world's most improved mllers, became the first man last month to
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      11 NEW HORSES CLASSIFIED
      226 16 T^LEVEN new horses hare been i classified by the Malayan Racintr Association. They arc: CLASS 2— Nashor (20.2.62) 4 bah by Orgogllo-Lady Morocco: Neariura (17.1.62) 5 bag by Oleandrin-Snowfall. CLASS 3— Essence date Fria. 15.2.62) 3 br ag by Coronation Boy-Lady Rosemary; Lefts Lass (26.1.62) 4
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      1496 16 NOTICE THIS v to inform the public that MR. CHIN KIM YOONO of No. 221 Buntong New Village, Ipoh. has left our employment on 12.2.63. We snail not hold ourselves responsible for any debts Incurred by him during or after the termination of his service. YOM AHMAD LIMITED. No. 42.
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      794 16 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders for the construction of Rural Health Centre at Bagan Serai will be received at the offlce of the Jurutera Negeri. Jabatan Kerja Raya. Perak, Ipoh up to 3.00 p.m. on the 12th April, 1962 from contractors Class A-C. Full particulars may be obtained at the
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      766 16 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Application, with copies of certificates required. (a) Temporary teachers (English Medium). (b) Offlce Clerks— qualifications Cambridge or Federation School Certificate or Lower Certificate of Education or Form Four. Secretary, Board of Managers, Sulaiman (Primary) Standard Type School, Bentong, Pahang. PUBLIC APPOINTMENT Applications are Invited by 7th April. I9t>2,
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      46 16 MALAYAN BANKING LIMITED (Incorporated in th« Federation of Malaya) Authorised Capital $20,000,000 Issued and Paid Up Capital $10,000,000 HAS PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING FOR BUSINESS OF ITS KULIM BRANCH at 92 JALAN RAYA. on Thursday 29th March, 1962 mmm—m wmmm—m COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF BANKING SERVICES
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      Indonesians enter big team
      62 17 01PORTINO CRISTAL, the league champions of Peru, opened their Malayan tour with an impressive 6-2 victory over F.A.M. Selection at the Penang City Stadium on Tuesday night. Straits Times picture shows Crlstal's goalkeeper Reynaldo Parraga being introduced to the Governor, Raja Tun Uda Al-haj. Looking on
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      'SURVIVAL' PLAN FOR BOXERS
      202 17  -  LIM KEE CHAN By SPORE, Wed. BOXING competition at the Asian Games in Jakarta in August will be the toughest in the series and the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association will lay heavy emphasis on stamina-building in preparing its team for the Games. Mr. B. L. Dunsford.
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      97 teams join
      39 17 SINGAPORE. Wed. Kampong Slglap, winners of the Sultan of Pahang Cup, are among the 97 teams entered for the first Singapore sep&k rag* jaring championship which will start at the New World from Saturday at Dm
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      We booked Eng Yoon last year, Borneo AAA says
      278 17 We booked Eng Yoon last year, Borneo AAA says By ERNEST FRIDA Singapore, Wednesday SINGAPORE national athletics coach Tan Eng Yoon will leave Singapore on Apr. 1 for Jesselton and Sandakan to coach North Borneo athletes for one month. The N«>rth Borneo A A.A. secretary, Mr. Gurbakhsh Singh Kler, revealed
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      Draw is India's hope
      186 17 Draw is India's hope THIRD TEST BRIDGETOWN, Wed. India in their match against West Indies on the final day of the Third Test here today are 113 runs behind with eight second Innings wickets left*. They cannot win the game out by forcing a draw can keep the flve-match rubber
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      JAPAN ONLY NATION NOT IN
      239 17 JAPAN ONLY NATION NOT IN KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —Thomas Cup nations in the Asian zone of the world badminton championship will renew their rivalry in the Asian Badminton Confederation's inaugural championships at the Stadium Negara here from April 21 to May 7. Indonesia, the Thomas Cup champions since 1958. will
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        SOCCER:
        30 17 English Lge Dlv. 3: uamsiey i Halifax 2. League Cap sth rd rrpUy: Sheffield Utd 0 Blackpool 2. RUGBY UNION: Esher 14 Aberdeen Univ. 6; Tredegar 3 Newbridge 5.
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        BOXING:
        41 17 BOXING He»vywt. London B. Walker (Br> tko J. Peyre (Bel), ■ith rd. Feathrr: T. Splnks outptd B. Dnvis, Brrts. Middle: W. Greaves (Can) drew with M. Leahy (Br): 10 rds. Welter, MUam D. Lot (It) outptd B. Collins (US) 10 rds.
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        CRICKET:
        71 17 Tour matches. Hong Kong Commonwealth XI bt HK Island XI by 8 on Tuesday. Commonwealth 230. (McLean 64. Rhode* 43 n.0.. Meckig 32. Simpson 29. B«naud 21. Hall 3-74. Kitchen 2--49. Myatt 2-39). HK Island 222 (Hall 101 no.. Hinds 45. Adcock 6--70). Beat .Kowloon .XI by 196. Commonwealth
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      Tennis finals
      26 17 PORT DICKSON. Wed. The finals of the Port EHckRon Club and Yacht club open tennis tournament will be played off on Saturday and Sunday.
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      SCS MARK RETURN WITH 3-0 WIN
      228 17 SINGAPORE, Wed.— Singapore Cold Storage, making a comeback, beat Wearnes 3-0 In a Singapore Business Houses F.A. league first division match at Parrer Park loduv. Firldiim several newcomers. Cold Storage attacked strongly from the start to lead 2-0 at halftime with coals by Rahim
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      SCOREBOARD
      150 17 INDIA: 18T. INNS. 158. WEST INDIES IST. INNS. (Overnight 427-8) BUNTE c Engineer b Surtl 59 M( MORRIS c ■nyin^ir b Duranl 39 KANHAN run out 8t SOBERS c Engineer b Nadkaml 43 SOLOMON c De*ai b Ruranl M GIBBS b Bord c 7 WORRELL b Umrlgar 77 STAYERS
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      G.P. driver in 132 mph trial
      185 17  -  MOK SIN PIN By SINGAPORE Wed—lndonesia may invite racing car drivers taking part in the Malaysia Grand Prix here next month to compete in the proposed Indonesian Grand Prix for cars at the end of the year. Dradjat Martha, chairman of the Indonesian Automobile
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      HOPE FOR BOXER: REF IS CLEARED
      159 17 HOPE FOR BOXER: REF IS CLEARED YEW YORK, Wed.— Doctor* at Roosevelt Hospital announced last night that there was a "very slight Improvement" In the condition of Benny (Kid) Paret, who it fighting for his life after last Saturday night's savage beatIng at the hands of Emile Griffith In their
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      Seletar champs
      32 17 SINGAPORE. Wed. Seletar beat Changl 9-4 to become the first champions of the Par Bast Air Force badminton championships at Seletar today. Tengah beat Butterworth 10-9 in the other tie.!
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      66 17 SPORTS DIARY SOCCER TOIR MATCH: FAM Selection v Sporting Cristal of Peru (CAB grd. Ipoh. 6.15). SPORE DIV. ZC: Mlnto vT. Kurau Utd (Geylang): Kebenaran v Maxwell (Farrer Pk): Police v RAF SeleUr 'A 1 (Thomson Rd.): Div. 2B Stable Boys v Blue Rovers (St. George's Rd). HOCKET STORE JUNIOR
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    WAY TO MERGER CLEARER
    354 18 Tengku: Opposition coming round to the idea now KUALA LUMPUR. Wad. I THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, flew back to the Federal capital today and said that the prospect of merger with Singapore was now "much better than it has been in the past." The
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    DEATH
    62 18 MRS CHUA BOON SAN Inrr ChOO K»uni luunrd away pracrfully. \\>dnr«da> .'Mh Mirrh. 1061*. leaving b»hm<l to mourn thnr lox.s. hrr loving husband, two »on» s»cc Ch.-nn and Hww Boon, two rtiniKlit. m I •no flHc* rv ro. <1 tutrtitrrs- ln*law X* Y*ok Pin and Von^ Km Toon*, iionI
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    55 18 ID W,r4i lit Minimum > DICK MURRAY withes to thank all kind friend* who *tnt flower* and letter* of sympathy on the occamon of hla recent bereavement. AROKIASAMV rex I'rrnk Ltbranri and family thank relative*, (ricoda, for kind anslstao.ee. mrrsmtm of condolence wreath* and attendance at the funeral of
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    21 18 >• Wt4, lit (Minimum, SIGN! IYME I» pli'.inpd to announce that all pupil* entered for rhi rrrrnt R.A.I), examination* were SMSMaM
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    LUCKLESS AMATEUR NAVIGATORS TELL OF QUESTIONING—WITH A BOTTLE OF BEER NOW AND THEN—IN INDONESIA
    37 18 LUCKLESS AMATEUR NAVIGATORS TELL OF QUESTIONING— WITH A BOTTLE OF BEER NOW AND THEN— IN INDONESIA From left: Soc Smith, Soc Wilton, Sac Faulkner and Soc Gough. At right, Driver Prows*. Pte Hallissey (left) and Pte. Collet
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    Seven proved they were not Dutch spies
    431 18 Seven proved they were not Dutch spies SINGAPORE, Wed. Seven British servicemen lost on boat trips believe that the Indonesian authorities returned them to Singapore on Monday after satisfying themselves that they were not Dutch spies. At two separate press conferences today, the servicemen described the intensive questioning with an
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    Lock icon Australian dockers to stage a 24-hr. strike
    121 18 Australian dockers to stage a 24-hr. strike SYDNEY, Wed. Sydney's 4.800 waterfront workers today decided to take part in an Australia-wide 24-hour strike to protest against anti-strike penalties in new Government legislation. They joined 18,000 workers in other Australian ports who voted yesterday in favour of the stoppage on a
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    Yong for Tokyo conference
    71 18 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Minister for Education. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. will fly to Tokyo tomorrow to represent Singapore at the first Asian Ministers of Education Conference, sponsored by Unesco in a.v>ociation with Ecafe. After the conference. Mr. Yong will make a brief study of the administration
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    Lock icon Hill Royal wins Lincolnshire
    43 18 Hill Royal wins Lincolnshire LINCOLN, Wed.— Hill Royal (50/1) won the Lincolnshire Handicap here this afternoon. Robson's Choice 100/8 1 was second and Honeymoon «7/l favourite) third. Forty ran. Hill Royal won by a neck with two lengths separating .second and third.— Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS RUBBER AND TIN
    324 18 LONDON. Wed. No definite trend was estaboabad In stock markets today. Budget uncertainties coupled with a number of adverse Items kept business at a low level and small losses predominated. The encouraging Whit* Paper on the United Kingdom balance of payments position came too late
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    TIN
    23 18 LONDON. Wed— Buyers £004. Sellers £965. Forward buyers £9064. sellers £967. Settlement £965. Turnover ft.m 169 tons, p.m. H tons. Tone: Steady.
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    36 18 LONDON. Wed. Spot 23 d. May 23% d June 24d.. July/Sept. 24d.. Oct. Dec 24', d Jan./ Mar. 24\d April June 24>,d.. C.l.f. Apr 23 9 16d.. May 23\d. June 23 s «d Toiie: Steady.
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    THREE HUNGRY BOYS IN 600-YD. FREEDOM SWIM
    106 18 THREE HUNGRY BOYS IN 600- YD. FREEDOM SWIM MACAO, Wed.— Three boys aged nine to 14 today swam 600 yards from Lappa Island and were granted asylum in Macao. They said they had fled China because of the shortage of food. "We were getting only about six ounces of rice
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