The Straits Times, 4 January 1963

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  • 21 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTII 1H» SALE EXCEEDS 100,000 The Straits Times jjQ^/' Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1963. 15 CENTS. KDN 352
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  • 440 1  -  BOB PERIES Police Question 14 RUM strikers 'Sabotage' suspected as wagons jump lines By JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. A SINGAPORE— KUALA LUMPUR goods train was derailed about 500 yards from the Johore railway station at 8.05 tonight. Within minutes, Johore police picked up 14 railway strikers picketing at the
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  • 156 1 MR. JUSTICE Wee Chong Jin (above), whose appointment as Chief Justice of Singapore is expected to be announced soon. He will be the first Singapore man to be appointed to the post. Mr. Justice Wee was appointed a Puisne Judge in August 1957— the
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  • 521 1 By VIC NAYAGAM: KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ALA YA'S striking railwaymen will agree to go to arbitration on condition that the Government first offers them "something which is within our dignity to accept/ the Railwaymen's Union of Malaya's President, Mr. Donald U'ren, said today. He declined to
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  • 76 1 LONDON. Thurs. Arthur Davidson, 79. a homeless former ship's steward, told a court at Chelmsford, Essex, yesterday he wanted to spend his last days in prison. Davidson, who was sentenced to five years preventive detention for housebreakiiiß. was said to have had 24
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  • 31 1 TEHERAN. Thurs. Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, arrived today from Karachi for a 24-hour stay, alter visiting U.S. armed forces In the Far East over Christmas.— UJ»i
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  • 114 1 Newspaper strike hits theatres NEW YORK, Thurs. The 26-day old New York newspaper strike is dimming the bright lights of Broadway. Mr. Thomas Troy, president of the West Side Association of Commerce, reported yesterday after a survey of producers, managers and ticket agencies, that owing to a lack of newspaper
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  • 327 1 KANGAR, Thursday. "TENGKU Abdul Rahman tonight said that Malay--1 sia "will definitely come into being on Aug. 31 as planned," and ridiculed the idea of Malaya declaring war on Indonesia or any other country over its formation. "We have neither war planes nor warships, not even
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  • 57 1 IPOH. Thurs.— The Sultan of Perak had another restless night last night in his palace in Kuala Kangsar. An official bulletin today said that his "condition remains unchanged and continues to cause anxiety." He had not been ible to take any food or drink for the past
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  • 68 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. Russian astronauts who circled the earth simultaneously last August will visit Indonesia as President Soekarno's guests, the Information Ministry announced today. No date was given for the visit of Major A. Nikolajev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovitz, passengers in Russia's Vostok 111 and IV,
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  • 54 1 MIAMI (Florida). Thurs.— Fire of undetermined origin destroyed t match factory in the Puentee Orandee district of Havana last night, injuring two persons, the Cuban radio reported today. The broadcast said the flames totally destroyed the factory despite the efforts of firemen and militiamen who fought the
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  • 43 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. The Town Council of Balikpapan, East Borneo, has voted to levy a $4.2 million fine on the Shell Oil Company for its use of Wain River water over the past fifteen years. No reason was given. U.P.I.
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  • 344 1 HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. Dick Powell, star of more than 50 films, died here last night. He was 58. He had cancer and had been in a deep coma for two days. He died In his flat here only five hours after another actor. Jack
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  • 43 1 TEHERAN. Thurs. Nine labourers were killed and 18 seriousfy injured on Tuesday night when i. concrete tunnel on a newly-con-itmcted highway linking Teheran with Amol, In the northern Caspian area, caved in. according to reports reaching here today. CPJ.
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  • 23 1 LONDON. Thurs. Britain's population is getting larger and proportionately younger every year. Mr Enoch Powell. Minister of Health, said yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 162 1 INDONESIAN POLICE AND SOLDIERS IN SHOOTING INCIDENT JAKARTA. Thurs.— J Shooting took place last Sunday between members of the Army and police in the outskirts of Jakarta on the way to Bojjor, it was disclosed today. The number of casualties was not known. In an official statement, the Jakarta Garrison
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  • 30 1 LONDON. Thurs. The bant rate, key to the rate of interest charged on loans in Britain, was cut today from 4 J to 4 per cent. Reuter.
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  • 265 1 Defeat, then shelled by own troops AP BAC VILLAGE JX (South Vietnam), Thurs. South Vietnamese Government troops today added a tragic finale to their repulse by Viet Cong (Communist) guerillas in yesterday's battle round this rice-farming village by bombarding their own troops with artillery, killing three and wounding about 12.
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  • 35 1 POLARIS: FRAN REPLIES TO U.S. PARIS. Thurs era! De Gaulle in m< to President K yesterday neithtr ed nor rejected States offer to I I Polaris mteill sources *>aid t Reuter (See T
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  • 133 2 1 ONDON, Thurs.— A Bntish aircraft firm asked the Air Ministry >i stirday to find out if American companies arc using any of its designs for a "swallow" plane that folds its win^s in flight. The Yickcrs Aircraft < <• said the "swing -wine" design
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  • 196 2 The unseen fire that burns trees... rIS is what radiation does to a forest: The tree* in the middle of this aerial picture were exposed for 20 hours a day for six months to gamma radiation from a 9,500-Curie source of Cesium 137. The exposure is part of a long-term
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  • 58 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The Nationalist Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Tsiang Ting-fu said yesterday the problems of Chinese in SouthEast Asia could be solved If they adopted the citizenship of the country In which they live. "Prejudice will gradually disappear as they take citizenship and interest in local
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  • 198 2 Aden warns of exploding cigarettes— ADEN, Thurs.— The Aden authorities have warned people against smoking exploding booby-trap cigarettes. Reports reaching here alleged that United Arab Republic planes were dropping packets of cigarettes in the royalistheld frontier area of the eastern Yemen. An official statement In Aden yesterday said the distributors
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  • 180 2 'PIRATE CHIEF KENNEDT-BY CASTRO HAVANA, Thursday. T)R. FIDEL CASTRO yesterday compared President Kennedy to "a vulgar pirate chief" for having welcomed the Cuban Bay of Pigs prisoners who were freed Just before Christmas. Dr. Castro, in a television address marking the fourth anniversary of the Cuban revolution, said his followers
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  • 105 2 PARIS. Thurs.— President do Gaulle told FJ?nch and foreign journalists at a New Year reception here Jast night that the American Polaris offer to France would need prolonged examination. "This Is the sort of problem one usually discusses diplomatically for 10 years
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  • 33 2 BOGOTA. Thurs. A near-pen-niless farmer who won 11.5 million in a Christmas lottery celebrated by buying his wife a cup of coffee and their 11 children a soft drink each.
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  • 33 2 BOMBAY. Thurs.— The Reserve Bank of India has increased the bank rate from four per cent to four and a hall per cent with effect from close of business yesterday.
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  • 27 2 LIMA, Thurs. Five people were killed yesterday In clashes between police and strikers who tried to burn down two sugar mills la northern Peru.
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  • 54 2 SANTA MONICA. Thurs. The Douglas Aircraft Company, prime contractor for Skybolt, announced yesterday it would have to lay off some 4.000 employees within 30 days as a result of the termination of the Skybolt programme. A Douglas spokesman said this was about 10 per cent of the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • FOREIGN NEWS DESK 2
    • 126 3 UNION MEN SEE MAUDLING ON JOBLESS ONDON, Thurs.—Bri- tish trade union leaders yesterday reported their "disappointment" after a meeting with Mr Reginald Maudling. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to plead for Government action to check mounting unemployment. A danger The growing total of j0b1e55—566,196 this month, the highest for four
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      77 3 LONDON. Thurs.— Earl Attlee, Britain's Labour Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951, was 80 today. He celebrated with a small dinner party in the House of Lords. He shares his birthday with Lord Morrison of Lambeth, who as Herbert Morrison fought beside him in the long political
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    • 346 3 LONDON, Thursday. J^ NEW blizzard swept in over England's southern coast last night, adding to the misery of Britain's worst winter this century. British weathermen predicted that the blizzard would double the misery of Britons before blowing itself out north of London. The storm has
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    • 98 3 LONDON. Thurs. Sir Charles Darwin (above), chief British organiser of wartime atomic bomb research work, died at his home at Cambridge on Monday, it was announced yesterday. Sir Charles, who was 76, was the grandson of the 19th century scientist Charles Darwin, whose
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    • 32 3 CHICAGO. Thurs. Three people were killed last night when a light plane crashed into a doctor's house here and bunt into flames. 81* peopie were taken to hospital.
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    • 173 3 Temple visit by Sihanouk: Thais on alert OANGKOK, Thurs. Thai border police are taking strong measures to forestall any incident during the forthcoming* visit of the Cambodian Head of State, Prince Nordom Sihanouk, to the ruined border temple of Phra Vishrn. Prince Sihanouk is scheduled to make a pilgrimage to
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    • 59 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs.—Eddie Machen, 30-year-old heavyweight boxer, who was taken to a state hospital last month as an "acute schizophrenic," was released yesterday to a private hospital here. Machen, rated number one title! contender by the World Boxing Association, was detained on Dec. 12 after being found
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    • 37 3 PEKING, Thurs.— China's VlcePreinler and Foreign Minister, Marshal Chen Yl. reiterated his country's "resolute" support ol the Cuban people at a reception in Peking last night celebrating the fourth anniversary of the Cuban revolution.
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    • 33 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. The Mc-Graw-Hill Publishing Company's department of economics reported last night the 1963 outlook for most industrialised nations 'is a bit less bright than it was for 19«2."— UP1.
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    • 437 3 LONDON, Thursday BRITISH trade with the Commonwealth countries declined in 1961 while her trade with Europe increased, according to a memorandum published today by the Commonwealth Economic Committee. British exports to Commonwealth countries in 1961 totalled £1,292 million and imports £1362 million, a decrease
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    • QUICK LOOK ROUND
      • 222 3 PEKING, Thurs. Chinese factories made more than 400 new products in 1962. the New China News Agency reported today. Among them. It said, were 28 h.p. tractors, pumps for farm irrigation and drainage, mobile cranes capable of lifting 25 tons, high-quality domestic sewing machines,
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      • 38 3 LONDON. Than. A party of 20« Derbyshire miners will travel with their beer, tea and food when they go to Italy for their two week's summer holiday "We don't like that Italian staff." one said.
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    • 333 3 PEKING, Thurs, R. CHOU En-lai said here last night China hoped that India "will return to the conference table" to settle the border dispute. Speaking at a banquet for Dr. Subandrio. the Indonesian Foreign minister, he repeated China's thanks to the six Afro-Asian nations who
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    • 77 3 V'EW DELHI, Thurs.—Mr. Nehru X1 said last night that China was behaving "like a huge crocodile in the pond of Asia, trying to devour small fish." He said: "Let it not be forgotten that we are a nation with great traditions. We have a capacity to
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    • 265 3 LONDON, Thursday. rpHE top British trade group concerned with China x trade today urged manufacturers to start laying the groundwork for a new sales drive on the Chinese mainland. The China Association, which represents almost all British firms doing significant business with Peking,
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    • 46 3 Japanese visit but when? WASHINGTON, Thurs.—President Kennedy hopes to visit Japan as soon as conditions permit him to take an extended absence from Washington, authoritative sources said today But at the moment he does not see his way clear to make a definite commitment this year.
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    • 29 3 NEW YORK. Thurs.— At least 12 people died and more were injured by an explosion in a meat packing plant at Terre Haute, Indiana, yesterday.
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    • 84 3 MALAYAN RAILWAY ANNOUNCEMENT DELIVERY OF CARGO AT PORT SWETTENHAM Arrangements for delivery of cargo from the transit sheds have been completed and Importers whose goods are lying in the space port undelivered are advised to approach the Port Authorities to take delivery of the goods as soon as possible. MREAL
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  • 500 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs HE URGES POLICE FORCE TO UNDERSTAND— NOT IGNORE— PROBLEMS OF A MULTI-RACIAL COMMUNITY THK retiring Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, luis given this parting advice to the police force: Difficulties arising out of a multi-racial community are best faced not by ignoring them but
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  • 178 4 Sll million I paid out I by Welfare Dept. SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Social Welfare Department distributed $11 million in public assistance to 22,000 families last year $2 million more than the previous year. This was disclosed today by the Acting Director of Social Welfare, Mr. Goh Sin Tub. in
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  • 55 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The body of an unidentified woman, aged about 27. dressed in a black samfoo was found floating In the sea off Elizabeth Walk yesterday. The woman of slim build was about 5 ft. tall. Anyone knowing her identity should contact Inspector Mahmud of
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  • 25 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Water will be cut off in WaUich Street Postmen's Qrs. and Customs Qn\). on Saturday from 10 ajn. to 4 pjn.
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  • 156 4 SINGAPORE, Thursday. rpHE Permanent Secretary to the Economic DeveA lopment Division, Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, tonight underlined the importance of youths to the economic progress of Singapore. In a broadcast on scholar ship opportunities in Singapore. Mr. Howe stressed the necessity of having qualified
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  • 97 4 AUPE dare: Prove your majority SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Amalgamated Union of Public Employees tonight challenged its rival in the Telephone Board to prpve majority of membership among the workers without threatening their rice-bowls. AUPE'S "opposition" is the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union, which on Sunday warned that a strike would
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  • 260 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The weekly "Pasar Malam" at Woodlands will definitely be stopped from this Saturday. A Government statement today urged the hawkers "to move away from this stretch of narrow road to other more convenient areas.' Big crowds Action has been taken following what Government termed
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    • 388 4 1 IN AND OUT BY AIR THE following is today's sche- Alitalia: Prom Sydney. Darwin 1 dule of civil aircraft move- (AZ 771) 5.35 pjn. ments at Paya Lebar airport. DEPARTUBES Singapore: Cathay Pacific: To Kuala ARRIVALS Lumpur. Bangkok. Hong Kong. Air India: Prom Madras (AI Taloeh. Osaka (CX 730)
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  • 330 5 Filipinos fly in to find the Borneo facts SINGAPORE. Thursday. JTOUR Filipino journalists who flew into Singapore today on their way to visit British North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei said that! their Government was "very much concerned" about Tengku Abdul Rahman's recent state- 1 ments linking the Association of South-East
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  • 277 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. An Australian world traveller is now in Singapore in an $85 1935 Austin Seven on the second last leg of a London to Australia run. Mr Ken Steggles, 33. of Newcastle. New South Wales, drove his aged and weathered baby auto
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  • 70 5 SINGAPORE, Thur.-. A warrant of arrest \vat> Issued today aßain.st a waitress. Lee Ah Moi. M, complainant in an attempted murder case against her husband, when she failed to turn up in court for a preliminary inquiry. Her husband, Chia Ah Chew. 29. a charcoal merchant.
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  • 42 5 BUTTERWORTH. Thurs.— Ten Kmji Yong. 35. wa.s acquitted lodiv of a charge of criminal breacli of Trust of 53.269 when the charge was withdrawn. Teh, it was alleged, committee th* oilencp while hii employee of the Thai Tiadm* Co.
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  • 68 5 SINGAPORE. man. The State Coroner, Mr. S. R. Chap:hana today called for more xjlicc patrols at Tolok Ayer Basin o keep children from playing on hr steps leading to the water. He had been told how a schoolK>y. Tan Tiong Cheng, nine, was Irowned in the
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  • 42 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— A woman. Lim Haw. 84. was found hanging from a rope tied to the hand rail of a staircase ot a building in Albert Street on Nov. 22. an inquest was told today. Verdict: Suicide.
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  • 69 5 Janet now in London hospital LONDON. Thurs. Three year old Janet Webster arrived from Singapore by air last nicht for treatment of a heart complaint in a hospital here. Her father. L/Cpl. Harry Webster, was sent home before the end of his tour of duty in Singapore by the Army
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  • 32 5 IPOH Thurs.— A farmer. Chert Hai. 54. told police here that his house In Kuala Kuang new village was burgled yesterday and $120 ca.sh and jewellery worth $120 stolen.
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  • 228 5 Metal Box men go on strike SINGAPORE, Thurs. I THE 400 workers of Metal Box Company's Woodlands factory went on strike today following a deadlock in their two-months-old negotiations over a claim for pay increases and fringe benefits. The Singapore Metal Box Workers' Union, led by Mr. Fong Swee Suan,
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  • 38 5 PENANG. Thurs.— Lee Ah Bok.l 37, unemployed, was today bound' over in $300 for six months after! she pleaded guilty to possessing 24, stems of orchids believed to ha y e! been stolen or fraudulently obtained.
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  • 150 5 HUNT FOR CLAIMERS WHO DID NOT SIGN OALA LUMPUR, l Thurs. A number of politicians and community leaders who tried to help claimants on mushroom life insurance companies forgot to get them to sign claim forms. They are now desperately trying to contact the claimants to get their signatures or
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  • 117 5 Non-Malay response disappoints Tengku I^ANGAR. Thurs. Tht ''Prime M i n is t c r, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today expressed dissatisfaction with the response of non-Malays to the Governments literacy plan The Tengku was told by the State Adult Education Officer. Inche Samad bin Abdul Rahman, that not one Chinese
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  • 42 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thuis- Aiif Kirn Leone. 39. a cleric ni Janie* Warren and Co. hen-, m ser. tenced to one day's jai! MM) flnrd $250 today for criminal breach of trust of SSS3 belonging to h* company. He pleaded guilty.
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  • 207 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ■JWE railway strike, now in its 12th day, is pushing up food prices throughout the country. Housewives are now paying: 45 CENTS for a kati of sugar, which was 30 cents two weeks ago; 35 CENTS for a kati of rice,
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  • 90 6 MALACCA. Thurs. A glass case contain. ng a revolver and two rounds of dummy ammunition is missing from the officers' mess of the Ist Federation Reconnaissance Regiment at Sungei I'dang. 12 miles from here. The case nun* on the wall of the mess with other
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  • 98 6 KUALA LUIVIPUR. Thurs. The Commandant Revlere, new flagship of the Com-mander-in-Chlef of French forces in the Pacific, will arrive In Penang tomorrow-* for a four-day visit enroute from France to Noumea, New Caledonia. The Commandant Reviere. one of the most modern frigates in the
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  • 72 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Federation Armed Forces mid today that officer cadets and boys whose leave expires within the next 48 hours and are stranded iii Kelantan and Trengganu because of flood and the railway strike should report to rear party, 2nd. Bn.. Hoyal Malay
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  • 62 6 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Workers' Party will hold an organising members meeting at their headquarters in Serannoon Road at 8 p.m. on Jan. 13 to elect 14 new executive council members. In a statement today the party said members who had not received their nomination papers
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  • 155 6 -The Tengku 'shoots' a crocodile on mudbank —In river- KUALA PERLIS, Thurs. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today "shot" a crocodile with a camera and cine-camera in Sungei Kayang. The 10ft. reptile was basking on a mudbank when the Tengku's boat and other craft In the Prime Minister's party
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  • 56 6 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Exhumation work at the Buktt Leng Kee cemetery in Alexandra Road, which has been acquired by the Government for a new housing estate, has been held up because the former owners of the land cannot find a suitable reburlal ground. Exhumation work was
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  • 43 6 KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs. Senator Ahmad Said released 10,250 fry of the lampam jawa and cat la varieties into the Chenderoh Lake near here yesterday It was part of the Government scheme to help rural people breed fish to Improve their diet.
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  • 35 6 •SINGAPORE, Thurs— A painter, Lee Chee Kin. 38. fell 30 ft. to his death while dismantling scaffolding in River Valley Road on Nov. 22, an Inquest was told today. Verdict: Misadventure.
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  • 278 6 Two men of Aziz lose posts in Umno set-up tf-UALA LUMPUR, mv Thurs. Two top posts In the Selangor Umno have been declared vacant as a result of the take-over by Tengku Abdul Rahman of the chairmanship of the party's state liaison committee from Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. former
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  • 30 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Nineteen officers, officer cadets and other ranks of the Federation Armed Forces will leave lor further training in Britain. Australia and Pakistan next week.
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  • 219 6 IPOH, Thursday A 16-YEAR-OLD girl was told today that her love letters caused "a lot of trouble." The president of the Sessions Court, Inche Mohamed Azmi bin Dato Hajl Kamaruddin, said this when he put a Public Works Department labourer, S. Ramaslvam, 23, on a oneyear bond
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  • 2157 7  - M STORM IN THE CHANNEL PART FIVE A tight rein on a husband GEORGES SIMENON by TRANSLATED BY JEAN STEWART MAIGRET LISTENS while the Dieppe police chief interrogates residents in the boarding-house. One of them is the murderer of the maidservant. And Mme. Maigret has explained the notes pencilled on
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  • The Straits Times
    • 665 8 How near the railwaymen are to accepting arbitration on their claims we do not know. They seem to be waiting for a gesture from the Government. The assurance they have needed seems to us to have been given them already by the Prime Minister in his
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    • 334 8 The campaign to get Chinese seconds ry schools to conform U< national education policy has been long and difficult. Examination boycotts, riots and crisis 'hat nearly split the Alliance are among the tests the Government hii.s had to (ace. It would be folly not to consolidate the
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    • 280 8 President Macapagal is happy, he has said, that the British Government has agreed to hold talks with the Philip- j pines Government on matters j of common interest. This is by no means the same thing as an agreement to negotiate on the Philippines' claim to North Borneo.
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  • 925 8 SOUTH AFRICA: THE FLIGHT OF TALENT IS ON Doctors, lawyers, professors quit by A SPECIAL WRITER SOUTH AFRICA is now receiving more immigrants than at any other period in the* past 14 years of Nationalist Government rule, but it has not been able to halt the drain of talent from
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  • LETTERS to the Editor
    • 224 8 IN his New Year message the Prime Minister said the obvious answer to the railway dispute was arbitration the prerequisite being that both parties agreed to abide by the decision of the arbitrator. The Straits Times editorial of December 6 suggested arbitration to avert
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    • 142 8 nriHERE are improvements 1 all over the country but it seems that Sentul Pasar is not Included in the happy list of improving places. This area has aulte a num- ber of schools. The main road traffic is quite heavy and the people are surprisingly indifferent. Stray
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    • 193 8 IHAVE read with Interest the correspondence on the Identity card registration scheme and the manner In which It has been operating. In Sungel Siput (North) I was told that the Registration Office was opened twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays. I presented myself at the office on Thursday,
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    • 146 8 RECENTLY. Taiping, the town of everlasting peace, has been drastically transformed into a breeding ground for gangsters, hooligans, and gangland warlare. Matters have come to such a head that decent folk dare not go to places of entertainment or to the Lakes at night, lest they should be
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  • 387 8  -  RAWLE KNOX by (JALCUTTA. Thurs. The tea that Britain drinks is now flowing back from Assam into Calcutta after bring held up by the war and a shipping strike. The tea penple m Calcutta are still gloomy, however. The sudden slut will
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 610 8 iv.. TV t Straits Times Malay Mail classified advertisements may be hsnded to: Ist Floor COLD STORAGE ARCADK Orchard Road COLD gTOHAOK BRANCHES AT HOLLAND »0»0-K«TO'^ aaPVBL ROAD-NAVAL BASK Authorised Aaents CITY BOOK STORE LTD Winchester Hmm, Collyer Ouay THE NEWS FRONT Flttpatrlck's Supermarket M. M. ISMAIL 8. M. ABDUL
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    • 110 8 MARIE -ANTOINETTE Tragic Queen of Make Believe Married at 14 to a boy of 15 who ate too many cakes. Marie Antoinette becanuthe idol ol France. Yet because of her arrogant and spendthrift ways shecame to be regarded as the symbol of a tyranny that had to be destroyed. At
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    • 271 8 You need Peps to /^gk cure a sore throat tf^W aw \y7^4^uSt!tl Yea. ail you need do is to suck PEPS 'iVost and Chut Tablets. Quickly tha ♦*,lj «ifv pain caused by a aora throat will go. ■«ll •laVfl P EPS healing vapours go straight to tha V. II «JIIm|I
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  • 562 9 Inspector says he held an identification parade three weeks later WOMAN WHO WENT FOR WALK IN SHORTS TELLS OF GOOD MORNING' WISH BEFORE ASSAULT IPOH. Thursday. AN army doctor's wife was raped one morning by a labourer who wished her "Good morning" before attacking her, the
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  • 122 9 Trustees to consider girl's plea KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Trustees of armless M:hoolgirl Lai Yoke Heong will meet here soon "to consider urgently" a request by Miss Lai that she be allowed to stay In England for another year. Mis.s Lai. who is being rehabilitated at the Roehampton Artificial Limb
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  • 154 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurv Two unions today criticised the acting Umno secretary -Rpneral. Sycd Ja'afar Albar. for his call to daily-paid workers of the Malayan Railwayto break tin- strike. The unions are the Kcdrrations War Department Civilian Staff Association and the Transport Workers' Union. Syetf
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  • 27 9 MLAR. Thurs.— The Town Conncil here will meet on Sunday to dtft cuss matters relating to the low* tost houses built by the council.
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  • 223 9 David the 'problem child' goes weeping home SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Head bowed, a blueeyed brown-haired boy sat in the Orchard Road police station today wiping away his tears. He had been brought in by the military police, who had found him in Oxley Gardens at 11 a.m. The boy. in a
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  • 210 9 HUNT FOR AZAHARI'S WAR CABINET From Geoffrey GcMard KUCHING. Thurs.—Security forces in Brunei are searching for missing "war cabinet members" of the Brunei Party Rakyat's Tentara National Kalimantan I'tara. The Party Rakyat leaders are believed to be still at large in the state and planning further attacks in isolated places.
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  • 40 9 SINOAPORE. Thurs. Mr. Junzo Sato, general manager of the Singapore office of Nippon Kokan Kabushikl Kaisha will makf a new year gift of 100 recordings of Japanese melodies to the Minister for Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, on Friday.
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  • 27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Sul'an of Selangor and the Tengku Ampuan will visit Rothmans of Pall Mall < Malaya > Limited in Petaling Jaya on Saturday.
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  • 198 9 I(UALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A man who slashed two sisters, including his girl-friend, and their grandmother, and then cut himself below the abdomen has died in the General Hospital here. He was Lee Sek Yew. 31. a carpenter of Setapak. He attacked the three women
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  • 19 9 BANTING. Thurs.— The Alliance Party will Hold a rally «t Telok Bunot Road Square here on Sunday.
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  • 814 9 Sir Alan on keeping highest standards E^IT^T^OM Mr. Nehru recently desenbmJiMMMmH e< J 'he agitation for the abandonment of English as an official language as "utter stupidity." a I cannot improve on that description. SINGAPORE, Thursday. 'JHE retiring Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose, said today that with the coming of
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  • 72 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A court was told today why Irene Lim, 28. a bar waitress, fought with a man near the Esplanade on Nov. 23. "Its the usual case of a lovers" tin* except that the -situation here turned out to be more explosive than the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 106 9 Washing clothes is a pleasure with the ij^""... NEW HOOVERMATIC Mm Ihe New Hoovermatic 3334 is _^_^*sfi2^^y_| the only washing machine with NO MORE <£"* RINSES pulsator "boiling action" and npunftcpv jLuA automatic heater-timer controls. WKUI/ObRT ft* il.. JjA Six pounds of clothes take only ima fr~ I l^m\ eight
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    • 21 9 Manikin Men like that smooth, rich Havana flavour in Manikin Cigars INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED IN CELLOPHANE' TO KEEP THIM IN PERFECT CONDITION
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 424 9 RADIO MALAYA f RAD O SINGAPORE NATIONAL SHORTWAVE JFf£G£l 4i 7 nttres SHORTWAVE SERVICE: A.M. 6.00 Time Signal, Negara- I 41 me tres in U g Mefodils; "ocT" Rendezvous MEDIUM WAVE SERVICE With Music; 7.30 Time Signal. 476 metres News; 7.35 Breakfast Club; 8.00 A.M. 6.00 Good Morning; 6.01 Time
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  • 6 10 CARRIER PLANT OPENING STRAITS TIMES FEATURES
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  • 563 10  -  TONY HERMON NOW AIR-CONDITIONERS ROLLING OFF PRODUCTION LINE By r pHK first "Made in .Malaya" air-condi-tioners are now rollin? off the production line of the .Carr i c r International (Malaya) Ltd. factory at Petalin? Jaya, just outside Kuala Lumpur. The factory will be opened today
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  • 679 10 Cool comfort on the ground or in the air 'JMIK name Carrier air-conditioning dors not only connote "cool comfort* 1 in the home. office .or cinema but also to comfort high up in the* air and in huge ships at sea. Which air traveller thinks to himself what makes an
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  • 60 10 American's first assignment abroad THE GENERAL MANAGER of Carrier International (Malaya) Ltd., Mr. w. A. Gabrielson (above), has been with the parent company in New York for 12 years. Mr. Gabrielson, who will be in Malaya for three years, was previously section manager of assembly and test group at Syracuse
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 107 10 K^d« m\ North, South, East or West, Carrier Air-conditioning V Equipment can be found in Hotels in New York, Office 1A Buildings in Kuala Lumpur, small flats in Hong Kong, or la seaside bungalows in Singapore. In fact anywhere Wi throughout the world where there is a need for air-condi-lfc
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  • 170 11 rE word "air-condition-ed" has come to stay in this country. It is not only within the reaches at the affluent society but even those less fortunate. The air conditioned cinema or office has been taken for granted by Malayans. Nowadays it is seldom that
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 102 11 (HlillilUltWlllWUtWNlillllllUllllHlllUlMlillllllMUlillillUillHllWlltnillUtlllMlilllilßMMlllUßtlOltllßllHllllllllM.I 1^ I We are proud to be associated with the CARRIER products now produced in Malaya I The International I Air-Conditioning Co. (m) Ltd. i i .^^B^B^fl B^B^B^hw Accredited jj Dealers I I in PENANG-P. WELLESLEY-KEDAH-PERLIS: ASTORIA LTD., 18-20. Church Street, Penang. Tel: *****. i:in u.i .Hi<iiiiiiii:iiii;riniiiiliißlMiilni.l,:ni:Milwil«innniiii|[ii l::nl:iMr;:niiiii:in imru.i
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    • 127 11 Electrical Installation at CARRIER FACTORY BY R E. MORRIS CO., LIMITED 174, BATU RD., KUALA LUMPUR. TEL: ***** 18, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. TEL: *****/8 AGENTS FOR SINGAPORE jt^^JH Mpl*s jar I^ I >y.'^y'''* MT ffvf C/ 9w m DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT Enter the A.A.S. photographic competition FELICITATIONS TO CARRIER INTERNATIONAL (M)
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  • Article, Illustration
    114 12 1 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm^g A SECTION of a part of the wrapper being .steam sprayed to ensure that all dirt is washed away. mt^KKKtKmmm^ ENAMELLED fan assembly unit* after being dried In the oven. On the light is stacked up wrappers. PART OF A section which goes up to make the wrapper
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 137 12 We extend our Best wishes to CARRIER on the opening of their New Factory at Petaling Jaya j THE RADIO GENERAL TRADING CO., LTD. 186-188. Brewster Road, Ipoh. Tel: 4281. Perak Accredited 5^ dealers OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIR-CONDITIONING CO. (M) LTD. l Negri Sembilan i Accredited 9 Dealers i THE
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    • 132 12 r -~i X CAPITOL Ij ELECTRICAL SERVICE I I*3. lUmpont Cbtna, K Trrnccana. Tel. 344. THE INTERNATIONAL j AIR-CONDITIONING CO. (M) LTD. j Accredited Service Representatives in Trengganu offer their congratulations on the occasion of the Official Opening of the New Factory at Petal ing Jaya. I I CHUA BROTHERS
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    • 1412 13 4 m\um..v,\mw:M\ TO^IV^R^O^ItJi^ESTCOASTBX: Ove Soon Sails P. Sham Penanf. AJAX Avonmouth, LlterpMl Ii Part LAERTES Liverpool, Glasgow Jm 4/ I MARON Luiraiii Ji. S Jaa 7 JM 1/11 JM 11 ASTYANAX lutnill JM 7 JM I JM 11/11 PERSEUS Livtnatl, Glasgow Ju n Jm IS Jm 14/11 im 17 EUMAEUS
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    • 1416 13 THE E. A. C. LINESSAHINCS TO CENOA. IE HAVRE. HAMBURC. BREMEN, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM. AMSTEROAM. OSLO, COTHENBURC ANO COPENHASEN, jnjik .i !!i^ S'pora P. Sham Penang BrVS\RI "SIBONGA" a) 111. 44/ I JM artns. 7 Jai I Jai WLrTtaF "JUILANOIA" I) 21/2) jai 24/21 Jai 27/21 Jai ft^^Maf&r "IOMA" a) II
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    • 1440 13 bewj^Jleme EXPRESS SERVICE TO LONWW. HVERPett eiNTINEJTAL PMTV S'pora P. Sham Ptntng l UNSORAN (E.La.) L'Mtl. NliirrHul^ R'CM I KiuTTMr iTtTrmtJllA^MSt.M'tjr. JH ll'U JM 14/11 Jll 11/ll KNAVBM (Hn H'aart. I lit, Hwri. Atitra Jm 11/1} Im 24/21 Jaa W J ■ENLOMOW (E.UJ L'pttl. Hul!. HatriMTg Jaa 21 i 31
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    • 1367 13 y m^ McAUSTER tfc CO., LTD. W, IMI la" Nt ««n m> yj£M ELLERMAN LUTE €t KLAVENESS LINE CITY OF LEICESTER IOS AN.cttl, SAN FRaNCIUI. HAVRE. LONDON. HAMIURE. SEATTLE. VANCOUVER I PORTLANI ROPEUAM MIIOLESIROUSN Atctitiit cargi itr CaaUal i SttU) Sport P. Sham Penang siAT/l^ia 11/17 JM 11/2t JM 11/21
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  • 549 14 From Our Market Correspondent 1 TTENTION was again A. concentrated on the industrial section of the Stock Exchange yesterday and there were some useful price rises am*, a fair amount of business written. Once again the interest was mainly in the new issues,
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  • 22 14 Malayan Stock Indices Jan 2 Jan. 3 Industrials: 100.80 101.T5 Tins: 100.27 100.55 rubbers: 100.00 100.39 Dec. 29. 1962 100.
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  • 755 14 (~OMBINED business in the Slngapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday, with tho number of shares traded in brackets: INDUSTRIALS: Bouttead (1.000) $1.72: Dunlop (16.000) $2.52 D. (2.000) $2. 51 D. (1.500) $2.50 SL. (500) $2.4% D. (8,000) $2.50, (5.000) $2.51. (S.
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  • 266 14 rpiN shipments from Malaya during 1962 were the highest since 1950 and the second highest in any post-war year, according to figures issued by Thr Straits Trading Co. Ltd. yesterday. The shipments totalled 81.334 tons compared with 81.793 tons In 1950. 1962
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  • 116 14 MELBOURNE Thurs. INVESTMENT SHARES displayed a firmer trend and leaders were again active A.C.I, gained 6d. at 675. 6d. I C.I. was also ut 6d. at 455. 3d Oils were quiet and slightly "eaker while base metals and loans closed steady. C.R.A. H-. Mount Im 6s 8 N.
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  • 27 14 January 3. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 79} cents (down three-eighths of a cent). TIN: $425.37} (down 50 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 275 tons (up five tons).
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  • 261 14 JANUARY first grade rubber buyers f.a.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singa- pore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at j 79» c»nts per Ib. down three-eighth" of a ont. The tone was quiet S C.C.R.A. and F.M.R.E. cloning price* in cents per Ib yest»r<lav int R 8.8 prompt f.o.b.
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  • 100 14 f-MINESE Produce Eichinte Stags- port noon prices per picul yesterday: Coconut oil: bulk 544 i seller*, drum US sellers: Cora: Jan. t'K 'Continent 129 buyer*. S3O sellers: Ptpptr: Huntok white M37J sellers. Sarawak white 113 ft sellers, special Sarawak black iw'i sellers, twrhled Lampong blark Mem. ABTA {1024
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  • 78 14 THE Malayn Eic(l«n,t Bankl' A... cntion made these changes in lv rate* to merchant* yesterday (all rates to SIOOi: tolling TT or OO roady lam Franco 141) Bilmin r r anci Mttl Oeuticht Marks 13O|: Italian Llrt *****: twodish Krontr 169 On the frM exchange market in Hang
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    • 1042 14 \V-S KAWASAKI, RISEN KAISHA. LTD. Express U.S*A. Pacific Atlantic Coast Saarviaa t'» t tli MA rpoit •>. S '~>t Mancuci t »n,i»i«f fo» "Kiankawa Mara" C<R 42 43 I l» 11 Jan 21 jai 31 la* It m -Ksaikm Man" nut N/ii jm a fti v fti is fit m
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    • 1140 14 SHIPS IN MALAYAN PORTS SHIPS lying aionxiidt tho Slngapwr* wharvti today arc: Melnam 31/32. Chuaan 1/3, City of New Castle 38/36. Straat Van Dlemrn 46, Malay 4/5, Charon, Kenryu Mam. Empire. Klttlwake 21/2' J. Lipla, NW. 1/2. Pulau Kldjang NW. 5, Doneverett 23/24, Slbonna 44, Landak NW. 4, Sedlll NW.
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    • 855 14 OPTION PREMIUMS c (OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS) J«n 3. Thr« month' Oilßlopt 14 Ctl. 8. P.irt 4t<l V. It N. lfi CtS. C. Slontxr 4td. Gammon It Ma. s Traction 1 3 J. WauKh 15 eta. Shell 13 Mb. i M. Brew 25 eta. Stramnhii' M Omrnt IS ctl. 8. Tiitirn 22
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1168 15 TENDER WAR DEPARTMENT TENDER NOTICE By order of the Director of Orcnance Services, OHQ FARELF, Tenders are Invited for the purchase of Vehicles and Earth Moving Eqpt surplus to WD requirements, comprising 8 Lots. Persons not registered with the Director of Ordnance Services must deposit $2500 with the Command Cashier,
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    • 178 15 TENDERS TENDERS from approved Contractors registered with. Public Works Department. Singapore. In Class "B" and above, and under Head I will be received at the Public Works Department, High Street, Singapore 6, in Tender Box No- 1 up to noon of the 23.1.83 for the Supply and delivery of reinforced
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    • 762 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANT HEADSHIP Anglo Chinese Primary School. Klang Applications are Invited for the post of Head Teacher in the above Primary School which Is classified as Medium under the Unified Teaching Service. The successful applicant will be appointed en a fixed basic salary of $750 (M' or $600 (F)
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    • 997 15 Continued irom Pag* SI SITUATIONS VACANT 10 Word* SS (Mln.)— Box St el*, txtrm GENERAL HOUSE SERVANT experienced live In Tanglin. Telephone ***** (B'pore). WANTED CORRESPONDENCE CLERK Good command of English Part-time or full time. Apply to Box A 4701 B.T. B'pore. THI LEADING OVIRSEAS Airline at P.O. Box 846
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    • 1023 15 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE it Word* SS (Min.)— Box St eta. axtrm ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES: Kor sale In first class residential area. Prices from $50,000/- onwards. View strictly by appointment. David Phoa Sons, Valuer A Estate Agencies. Tel: (Spore) *****/*****. HILLSIDE DRIVE: Single-storey Terrace House 1,600 sq.ft. Three bedrooms, etc. Low
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    • 1021 15 TUITION It Words SS (Min.r—Box St eta. txtrm PITMAN SHORTHAND SPECIALIST Trained many Credit Passes In LCC Examinations. Can accept few more beginners. Inquiries Box A4TO2 8.T.. Spore. SPECIAL TUITION: English. Science. Mathematics. (Primary VI, Secondary) Groups, Special rates. Districts:— 7, 8, 12, 14, 15. Telephone: ■WM *****. Spore. ASIA
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    • 1113 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE M Word* SS (Min.}— Box SO et*. txtr* I»st WOLSELEV 1500 Excellent condition 27.000 miles 53. 200 0.n.0. Contact (Spore) ***** office hours or ***** after office No dealers please LATE -HMO DIANA Sport: Ford Angl.j 1953. Both Excellent condition guaranteed. Tax, Insurance May. Beat offer secured.
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    • 612 15 MISCELLANEOUS !It Word! Si (Min.)— Box St el*, txlrm LAOIIS, Look Your Lovcllrnt with Lancomr. Lancomr H«niutv Preparations. Co»mrtii-s »nd PrrfumM are no» available n< Dorirr Initltutr D* Braute. 16 Cockman Sirrrt. Ipoh. At Salon "Dorlcr" you will rrctlve adv;, and rallKhtinmrnt. aj»— >>y ■< train., l bcautv :nj, r
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  • COMMERCIAL NEWS AND VIEWS
    • 524 16 NO BIG IMPROVEMENTS SEEN IN SHIPPING 16 Freight rates down, operating costs doubled ■JM-IE shipping and shipbuilding industries can look back on 1962 as a year of almost unrelieved gloom and there are few signs that 1963 will produce any major improvements. During the year dry-cargo shipping freight rates fell
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    • 154 16 new companies- with a total nominal capital of $50,350,000 were registered in Singapore during September last year according t.o the last issue of Singapore Trade. They consisted of four Investment companies, two tiouslng and land developers, .-even general merchants, importers and exporters, three travel and shipping
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    • 86 16 Pacific Engineering manager MR. PETER Humpston, a well-known figure in earthmoving equipment clrcies in Malaya and former sales manager of Pacific Engineering Ltd., has returned from a three weeks' visit to the head office of Tutt Bryant Ltd. in Sydney, Australia, parent company >tf Pacific Engineering. Mr. Humpston will now
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    • 152 16 pATHAY Ltd. of Singapore has secured the services of a leading, London-trained visualiser, in keeping with Its expansion policy. He Is Mr. Christopher Ar- hur, who has joined the I company as art director. He assumes duties today. Mr. Arthur previously worked for four years
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    • 67 16 Production of Volkswagens during 1962 totalled 1,184,795 vehicles, up 177,682 over 1061, the company announced. Exports Increased by over 100,000 vehicles to 681,319 of which 230,000 were sold In the United States where every second car imported is a Volkswagen. Production is nOW
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    • 51 16 The Bank of America. In a statement on the U.S. economic outlook, says that a recession Is a possibility" by mld-1963 unless substantial" cuts are made In Peoeral income taxes. The Kennedy administration hat said that an across-the-board tax cut would be given high priority In the next
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    • 246 16 Mushroom growing in Highlands By HENRY PAUL A TIN miner in Ipoh, Mr. Leong Sam Yuan, has successfully completed a two-year experiment in mushroom cultivation in Cameron Highlands, at a cost of about $26,000. Mr. Leong said that he now intended to cultivate mushrooms on a commercial basis. for sale
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    • 55 16 Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd. announced in London that from midnight. Dec. 31, 1962, it had withdrawn its posted export prices for products at Pulau. Bukom, Singapore. Export prices would continue to be posted at Pulaji Bukom, by Shell (Eastern) Ltd.. an associate of Shell International
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    • 318 16 CAR INSURANCE: HOPES FOR BETTER YEAR r[E People's Insurance Co. of Malaya Ltd. hopes for an improvement in its motor claim experience in die year to come, with the increase in rates of motor vehicle insurance premium which became I effective from Tuesday. This Is stated in the direx>ts' report
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    • 112 16 Ceylon now making instant tea A FORM of instant tea made direct from the green leaf is being manufactured on a commercial scale at Agrapatna, Ceylon, according to reports. It is known as Ceytea, and was first developed by the country's Tea Research Institute. But the Government has handed over
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    • 52 16 Output of Canada's pulp and paper Industry last year was three per cent higher than a year ago, the gross value exceeding $4,800 million, according to reports from Montreal. As In previous years, more than three-quarters was exported and the United States remained the chief customer, followed
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    • 125 16 The Penang MCA president and former chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Saw Seng Kew (third from left) photographed with the prize-winners at the Penang ChristmasNew Year Trade Fair being held at the New World Park until Jan. 8. With Mr. Saw who gave
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    • 174 16 STAFF For information and advice GRATUITIES abour the various types of schemes RETIREMENT available, providing tax concessions BENEFITS for both employer and employee. SUPERANNUATION consult Malaya's oldest life assurance SCHEMES company. ■S>.l i in ■■■■■EIBi&MiKSSIII P.O. BOX 797, SINGAPORE. TELEPHONE ***** AHh>. SOII AGENTS: MARTON ft COMPANY UNITED. M |g
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    • 81 16 MALAYSIA'S MOST BRILLIANT CAR RENAULT'S SUPERLATIVE R8 TEST DRIVE IT YOU'LL WANT TO OWN IT: Progress Motors Limited WEARNE BROS. LTD. 109 Pudu Rood, Kuolo Lumpur ATTENTION ALUMINIUM USERS! Comalco Industries Pty. Limited has appointed ENGINEERING SERVICES CO. LIMITED as distributors of Comalco aluminium mill products and ingot for SINGAPORE
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  • 439 17 WATER SCOUT EARNS HIGH RATING By EPSOM JEEP IPOH. Thurs. Top mo-ney-spinner last season was Water Scout, who won $61,500 for his owners, the Salamat Stable. A brilliant front-running stayer, Water Scout won three classics Including the richest race in Malaya the $50,000 Singapore Gold Cup. Going through the records.
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  • 211 17 Ksai i IEADING professional J will compete in the S on the Royal Island Clul 18-24. Entries are expected frorr Australia, the United State* England. New Zealand. Canada. South Africa, the Philippines. Japan. Korea. Formosa Indonesia. Burma. India and Malaya. The Philippines, Japan Korea
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  • 798 17 klri^ )v j j<) ;if j i FINE CENTURY BY SHEPPARD MELBOURNE, 1 Thursday ENGLAND beat Aus- tralia by seven wickets with 75 minutes to spare in the Second Test here today. This was a most convincing victory for England and their heroes today were
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  • 60 17 I WIMBLEDON, Thurs.— Oon Chong Hau of Malaya, favourite for the under-18 i event In the All-England junior badminton championships here, had an ea*v first round win today. He beat Francis Robinson. of Sussex, 15-4, 15-4 to make a good start towards regaining the title which
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  • 46 17 LONDON, Thurs.— Results of tne Scottish football matches: Scottish Div. 1: Queen of the South 0 Falkirk 1; St. Mirren 1 Raith 2; Third Lanark 0 Kilmarnock 1. Srottish Div. 2: Brechln 3 Queens Park 0; Hamilton 2 Porlar 2; Stirling 0 Berwick 3.
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  • 163 17 Pace man Colin Guest conies in for Burge in Test 12 MELBOURNE, Thurs. Australia, beaten by England in the Second Test match here today, make only one chance in naming 12 playera for the third match of the •erics in Sydney, starting on Jan. 11. Colin Guest, Victoria fast bowler,
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  • 42 17 OINGAPORE, Thurs.— American athletic coach i Bill Miller will conduct a two-week course for SAAA and school coaches here from Jan. 14. r He will be assisted by Tan Eng Yoon. the Singapore national coach, and Bob Nicholl.
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  • 52 17 SOCCER Ponggol Cup (T. Ansoni: NSK XI 4 LPIA 3. KLGGEK—Friendly <Spore>: SCC 9 (two tries, dropped goal) HMS Hermes 3 (penalty). HOCKEY—Ipoh Div. 1: Cheng Wah 5 RMR 0; Div. 2: Telecoms 2 Andersonians 1. Spore Div. 1: Police v Prisons postponed. Friendly: (Penangp: CRC 1 Malacca camblned
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  • 205 17 OURDETT Coutts, the SHA coach, today urged the selectors to field a young team instead of the National XI against three Services teams in the quadrangular tournament which begins tomorrow The selectors had earlier' named the State XI for the first match against RAF on
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  • 107 17 SBHFA team to tour Federation SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Business Houses F.A. plan to send a team on a tour of the Federation ol Malaya this year. Oan Kee Slang, who was reelected president at the annual meeting today, pointed out that the SBHFA were In a sound financial position.
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  • 30 17 TOKYO. Thurs.— Mitunort Sekl (Japan) last night retained his Orient featherweigth title when he knocked out Veeranld Chareonmanug (Thailand) in the fourth round ol the Uielr title light Here.
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    • 1538 17 BHBppi^paaap^p^i^ppijßl^Hi ■^■hh TENDERS PENANG P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from registered F.W.D. Contractors Class "E" and above (WORKS) will be received by the Stat* Engineer, Public Works Department, Penang up to 12.00 noon on 18th January. 1963 for the ERECTION OF PROPOSED FOUR (4) CLASSROOMS AND ANCILLARIES FOR SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN AT
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    • 900 17 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENT APPLICATIONS are invitrd from Federal Citizens who have attained the age of 30 but under 40 years for the post of Steward at Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Tiger Lane. Ipoh, salary scale $296x14-$422. The post is non-Government and cost of living allowance payable at current rates.
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 62 17 SPORTS DIAHY ■OOUI SPORE Q.LARANGILAR: R. Navy v Army (3.45 p.m.): Civilians v RAF (6.15, both matches at SRC grd). S'GOR DIV. Sgor Club v Railwiivs Sentul (XL padang>: Radio Malaya v Yg Eaglets (Taylor Rd>: Airport v EPF < Airport Rd i FOD v ERC (Batui. IU'GGKR FRIENDLY: Sgor
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  • 610 18 KATANGA'S MINING HQ FALLS TO UN TROOPS LEOPOLDVILLE, Thursday. UNITED NATIONS troops today captured the important Katangese communications and mining town of Jadotville. the United Nations announced here. A U.N. spokesman said no other details of the capture of the town were available. It was the third important centre taken
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  • 94 18 TAILOR SAID 'PAY,' THEN OUT CAME —DAGGERS SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Two men drew daggers today when they were asked to pay $98 for trousers they had ordered from a tailor in Upper Serangoon Road. The men had ordered the trousers a week ago and had given S20 as down payment. When
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  • 37 18 SINGAPORE. rnurs Five fans Aorth a total of $850 were stolen yesterday from the ceiling <>• a bouse under construction in Holland Orove Drive. The front folding door of the house had been forced.
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  • 44 18 I SINGAPORE. Thurs. Prof. Richard Hoggart. Professor of English at Birmingham Unlversity. will give a public lecture on 'The Trial of Lady Chatterley" at r the University of Singapore's new y lecture theatre on Jan. 15 beginnd ing at 8 p.m.
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  • 278 18 LONDON. Thurs. Today's cut in bank rate to four per cent from 4J per cent made a very favourable impression in stock markets, and prices made a good response, Gilt-edged hid a busy day but best prices were not always held War Loan was 5/16 up a*.
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  • 36 18 LONDON. Thura. Spot 24'id Feb. 23%d.. M*r. 23%d.. April 23ll/l6d-, April/June 23 3/16d. July Sept. 23 7/16d., OcL/Dec. 23 5/16d, Jan./ Max. Mnquoted Apr/June unquoted, c if. Jan. 2>7/X6d.. Peb. 23^,d, Mar. 23%d. Tone: Quiet.
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  • 25 18 LONDON, Thurs Buyers £852 Vi, sellers £853 4. Forward buyers £8544. seUers £8554, Settlement £8514. Turnover a.m. 265 tons. p.m. 85. Tone: Very steady.
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  • 120 18 SINGAPORE, Thursday. MR. C.V. DEVAN NAIR, general secretary of the National Trade's Union -Congress, and Mr. G. Kandasamy, a member of the NTUC central committee, leave for Cairo tomorrow for a week's visit at the invitation of the Egyptian Federation of Labour. They will
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  • 132 18 Thanat to patch up ASA differences- BANGKOK. Thurs. rIE Thai Foreign Minister, Mr. Thanat Khoman, reported to the Cabinet yesterday on the Association of Southeast Asia and his proposed trip to Malaya and the Philippines. Cabinet sources said today. The sources said Mr. Thanat would visit the two countries some
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  • 42 18 SINOAPORE. Thurs A talk on "Are You Preparing to Apply a Scholarship for Your Study Abroad?" will be given by Mrs. M C. Puthucheary of the Ministry 01 Education, at 3.00 p.m. on i Saturday at the Chinese Y.M.C.A.
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  • 30 18 SINOAPORE, Thurs. The Canadian Trade Commissioner here, Mr. E. Magulre, returned today after a three-week holiday In the Philippines with his wife. They met their daughter in Manila.
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  • 477 18 MACAPAGAL SAYS: CLAIM BASED ON SECURITY, TOO MANILA, Thurs. President Macapagal at his weekly press conference yesterday said he was happy the British Government had agreed to hold talks on matters of common interest. "The Philippine claim to North Borneo was initiated not only on the basis of legal lights
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  • 84 18 PEKING, Thurs.— The Chinese Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En-lai, yesterday expressed "the resolute support of the Chinese people for the just struggle of the people in Brunei. They had undertaken "a heroic armed uprising to win national independence and overthrow co- lonlalist rule, he said In London,
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  • 174 18 Thug ties v up young girl with brassiere SINGAPORE, Thurs. A 12-year-old girl was tied up with a brassiere and covered with a blanket by an armed youth who raided a Leonie Hill flat today. The girl is Jeannette Fourie.^ daughter of a Polytechnic lecturer, Mr. Paul T. Fourle. The
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 40 18 THOMAS: To Angela and Patrick n rl.ui^m.r Charlotte Sane at BlngaI.<;r. .Nursing Home 2.1.63. Thank* to doctor* and staff. OAUCHTER to Pooranajothy and Vuithilmgata on 3.1. S3 at General Honpltal. Kuala Lumpur. Mother and child well. Thank* to ataS. O.H.
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    • 55 18 J*%feuS A '-09m m. Li ll M dim sir <mL ml^ mr fShamrock ISTOUT Two attractive glasses will in^fc^— c given away FREE with every dozen. i||P^y SHAMROCK STOUT v IJ purchased between and &/r including Ist JANUARY 24th JANUARY 1963. EMPTY SHAMROCK J^lOrC^« bottles are valuable— return them to
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 40 18 UIGHEST and lowest temperatures for Malay.-* and Singapore for the period 8 pan Wednesday to 8 pjn. yesterday: Highest U>». ■Singapore 84 73 Kota Bharu 81 73 Penang 77 72 Ipoh 79 70 Malacca 84 72 Kuala Lumpur 81 72
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