The Straits Times, 22 March 1963

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    19 1 lIVEWACE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 100,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1963. 15 CENTS. KDN 352
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    NO MINE STRIKE
    397 1 TENGKU'S PLEA SUCCEEDS Unions put the national interest first KUALA LUMPUR j Thursday THE threatened strike by 15,000 mining workers, set for Saturday, was called off tonight in deference to an appeal by the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. The decision was announced after an executive council
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    THE RAINS COME...
    343 1 Water rationing may NOT have to start on Monday OINGAPORE, Thurs. Heavy rain in the Tebrau River area of Johore today gave rise to hopes that water rationing may not be introduced here on Monday, as planned. Scattered rain also fell in Singapore today and at 4.15
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    Lock icon Talks to prepare 'summit' today
    221 1 Talks to prepare 'summit' today MANILA, Thursday. INDONESIAN Deputy Foreign Minister, Dr. Suwito, the Malayan Ambassador, Inche Zaiton Ibrahim, and the Philippines Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. Salvador P. Lopez, will open formal talks tomorrow to pave the way for a planned "summit" meeting on Malaysia, according to Foreign Office sources here.
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    Lock icon New Sputnik
    34 1 MOSCOW. Thurs. Russia today launched the 13th Cosmos satellite to give scientists useful information on the best way to get a man to the moon. The launching was described as routine. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Blast: 18 hurt
    31 1 ESSEN (West Germany). Thurs. —At least 18 people were injured, eight seriously, In a gas explosion which rocked part of the Essen city centre today, police said. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Measles campaign
    32 1 OUAGADOUGOU. Thurs. Health officials have vaccinated 731.713 children between the ages of seven months and four years in a four-month campaign to eradicate measles in the Upper Volta area. Reuter.
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    Kennedy flies home
    29 1 SAN JOSE. Costa Rica». Thurs. —President Kennedy flew from San Jos<> to Washington today after a three-day sum- lit with the presidents of the Central American
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    Lock icon VIP Burton is pulled up by the law
    138 1 VIP Burton is pulled up by the law ONDON, Thurs. On the "the VlP's" film set at London airport last night walked a policeman. He stopped in front of Richard Burton, who was filming a scene with Elizabeth Taylor. and said: "Would you mind watching your language. Sir.' The policeman
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    Lock icon $4.5 nil. MIKE TODD CLAIM IS SETTLED
    98 1 LOS ANGELES. Thurs.— A plagiarism suit for US$l.5 million ($4.5 million) against the estate of the late showman Mike Todd has been settled out of court for an undisclosed sum, It was revealed here last night. The suit was brought by Leo Mantin,
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    Lock icon New flat every 10 minutes
    59 1 MOSCOW. Thurs. A new flat is completed in Leningrad every 10 minutes, and house-warming parties are given in two new houses every day, according to figures published in a book by the city's chief architect. Mr. Valentin Kamensky. Tass news agency, quoting the book, said
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    BODY OF CUSTOMS MAN FOUND IN RIVER
    113 1 KUANTAN. Thurs. Police today recovered the body of Customs revenue officer Shataaruddin bin Omar. 29, for whom a search was started yesterday because be failed to go home after duty at It o'clock the previous night A search party came upon the body
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    Lock icon 250,000 in Bali exit
    67 1 JAKARTA, Thurs.— Civic and military authorities on the Island of Bali are reported to have begun evacuating 250,000 villagers from the Besakish region, a few miles south-west of the volatile Mount Agung. A spokesman for the Health Department here said the exodus was being made on
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    Lock icon Doctors' strike
    41 1 ATHENB. Thurs. Some 8.000 doctors employed in hospitals, civii services, insurance funds, and other medical institutions throughout Greece went on a five-day strike early this morning in support jf a demand for higher wages a. id other claims. Reuter.
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    LE CAIN, BLADES IN POLICE SHUFFLE
    468 1 SINGAPORE, Thursday. jVJK. Alan Edmund Grove Blades today relinquished his post as Singapore's Commissioner of Police to become Police Adviser, Malaysian Affairs, in the Federation Government. The Straits Times understands that he will work with Dato C.H. Fenner, Malaya's Director of Police Affairs, in
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    Dirty work
    39 1 OTTAWA. Thurs. Sundry owner Lin Ho refused to give a young man his laundry without a ticket. The man said: "I will come back." He did. three minutes later, with a gun. He made off with $900
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    Lock icon What they say about us—by Peking
    194 1 What they say about us by Peking PEKING, Thurs.— The Chinese Communist Party newspaper People's Daily today gave nearly two full pages to the first of a new series featuring other Communist parties' attacks, on it, the New China news agency reported. An editorial note said that 44 '"fraternal parties"
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    STOP PRESS
    11 1 TIN DOWN i DON Titan Iwppi lib spni I
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  • AFRO-ASIAN DESK
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      Lock icon 'Gas war' charge: 'These are the facts'
      260 2 SAIGON, Thursday. SOUTH VIETNAM denied today that poison gas was being used in the war against Communist-led guerillas. The Information Director, Mr. Phan Van Tao, said the Government was only using chemicals to kill foliage along canals and roads to deprive the guerillas
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      Lock icon INSURANCE A MOTIVE FOR SABOTAGING AIRLINER
      57 2 INSURANCE A MOTIVE FOR SABOTAGING AIRLINER SALISBURY, (Southern Rhodesia), Thurs. Insurance vending machines should be removed from airports, a sub-committee of the International Federation of Airline Pilots Conference said yesterday. The sub-committee said Insurance could be a motive for sabotaging an airliner and the removal of the familiar machines could
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      'Goodwill visit' was bid to cure Soekarno
      130 2 JAKARTA. Thurs.— Antara v news agency announced today that the team of Chinese specialists who left for Peking yesterday came here "In an effort to restore President Soekarno's health." The team under Vice-Health Minister, Dr. Wu Chlehping, arrived a month ago on a
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      KAUNDA IS LEADER' BBC REPORT LEADS TO WALKOUT
      109 2 KAUNDA IS LEADER' BBC REPORT LEADS TO WALKOUT T USAKA. Thurs. Mr. Harry Nkumbula, leader of the African National Congress, and his party's other members in the Northern Rhodesia Coalition Government, walked out of the Legislative Council here yesterday in protest against a BBC report. The report said that Mr.
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      Lock icon War-torn Vietnam bans all doleful ditties
      266 2 War-torn Vietnam bans all doleful ditties SAIGON, Thurs. Ulli Marlene has been banished from the army barracks, bars and nightclubs of wartorn South Vietnam. Hie Government has banned Vietnamese love songs, which are considered too romantic or bad for soldiers' morale. They Include: "Au Revolr. Sweetheart." "Forgetful Heart." "Honey. You've
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      Lock icon Pledge of U.S. aid to India and Pakistan
      191 2 Pledge of U.S. aid to India and Pakistan T^EW YORK, Thurs. 11 The Assistant Secretary of Stale for Far Eastern Affairs. Mr. W. Averell Harriman, said today that the United States would continue giving military and economic aid to Pakistan and India. In a speech to the National Farmers' Union,
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      SAUD: MY PLANE BLOWN UP BY BOMB
      279 2 VICE, Thurs.— King 11 Sand of Saudi Arabia told his people last night that his private plane, which crashed yesterday in the Alps, had been blown up by a bomb. The message was broadcast by Mecca Radio following a radio- telephone hook-up with
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      Chiang told of British anger
      153 2 ■BRITAIN has told the Chinese Nationalists through all the channels open to her that she strongly objects to the activities of, Kuomintang agents in the British colony of Hong Kong, Mr. Joseph Godber, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said last night Mr. Philip Noel-Baker.
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      Lock icon mACAPAGAL, Chen line up against the Reds
      170 2 MANILA. Thurs.—PreiTl sident M a c a p a gal and visitinj? Nationalist Chinese Vice-President and Premier Mr. Chen Cheng reiterated their common cause in the fight against Communism at the state dinner given by Mr. Macapagal last night. Mr. Macapasal told Mr.
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  • U.S.-EUROPEAN DESK
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      Lock icon Home wins support for a Nato N-Force
      267 3 Home wins support for a Nato N-Force PARIS, Thursday. J^ORD Home, the British Foreign Secretary, flew back to London last night with the satisfaction of having won the support of the majority of the Nato Council for early creation of Nato nuclear force, diplomatic observers said. In a 40-minute speech,
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      Lock icon V-bomber crashes: All dead
      52 3 STAMFORD, northeastern England, Thurs. A Royal Air Force V-bomber crashed near here last night. The plane, of the type that can carry a hydrogen bomb, was carrying a crew of four. There were no survivors. The plane came down in an open field and burst into
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      Moscow cold snap
      21 3 MOSCOW. Thurs.— Moscow is having an unseasonable cold spell with temperatures eieht to 10 degrees Centigrade below average.
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      Lock icon SORAYA'S 'GREAT' SCREEN TALENT
      128 3 ROME, Thurs.— The Italian producer. Dino de Lauren tis, says be has discovered in ex- Queen Soraya of Persia "a great screen talent." Speaking of a secret screen test held last week before he signed her up for a film, de Laurentis told an Italian magazine,
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      Lock icon LORDS TOLD ABOUT THE INEDIBLE AMERICANS
      102 3 LORDS TOLD ABOUT THE INEDIBLE AMERICANS T ONDON, Thurs— Canni•M bals in Polynesia no longer allow their tribes to eat Americans because their fat is contaminated with chlorinated hydrocarbon. Lord Shackleton. son of the British explorer, said last night. He told this story to the House of Lords during a
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      Avon return
      27 3 LONDON. Thur.-.— Lord Avon (former British Premier Sir Anthony Bdem arrived from NewYork last night after convalescing from a he;irt attack in the West Indies.
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      Bidault decision soon
      25 3 MUNICH. Thurs— The Bavarian State Interior Ministry will decide this week whether fugitive former French Premier Georges Bidault can st*y in Germany.
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      Lock icon Bank aid makes sterling happier
      214 3 Bank aid makes sterling happier T ONDON, Thurs.— The pound sterling was in a happier mood than for some time on the foreign exchange market here yesterday after the Bank of England. In a surprise move, raised the price of its "helping out" loans for the London short-term discount market
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      Unfriendly three
      73 3 PARIS, Thurs. Actor I director Orson Welles, actor Tony Perkins and actress I Dany Saval were chosen by French journalists yesterday for the lemon prize for being the most unco-operative with j the Press. None of the three showed up at a Paris restaurant for the announcement of
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      Typhoid fighters
      38 3 ZERMATT (Switzerland), Thurs. —The Swiss Army Medical Corp* yesterday took command ot the nations flght against a typhoid fever outbreak as the number of confirmed and suspected cases rose to more than 100 throughout Europe. TJPI.
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      Lock icon Israel to Bonn: Stop this rocket-making aid to Nasser
      147 3 JERUSALEM, Thurs. Mrs. Colda J Meir, Israel's Foreign Minister, yesterday called on West Germany to stop her scientists working on rocket projects for Egypt. Mrs. Meir was addressing Parliament on the case of two alleged Israeli agents held in Switzerland on
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      Lock icon BERLIN TALKS TO RESUME, MOSCOW AND U.S. AGREE
      282 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. DUSSIA and the United States have agreed to re1V sume the exploratory talks on the Berlin problem which were interrupted by the Cuban crisis last October, officials said yesterday. They said it was possible the first meeting in the renewed
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      PRESS STRIKE 'MUST END SOME DAY'
      229 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. UNION leader Mr. Bertram Powers said yesterday that the 103-day-old New York newspaper strike "has to end some day" and if his striking printers should re-consider the rejected terms of settlement, he hoped they would accept them. "There are only three
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      Kennedy: Russians must quit Cuba
      178 3 Kennedy: Russians must quit Cuba CAN JOSE (Costa Rica), Thurs.— President Kennedy said yesterday the American hemisphere could never be lecore until the Soviet Union had. gone the way of George 111 (King of England at the time of the American Revolution) and the Spanish conquerors. The President was speaking
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      Newspaper blast
      23 3 LONDON. Thurs.~A bomb ex- ploded at the entrance of the Jewish Chronicle office In London last night. No one was hurt.
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    Association dinner
    25 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Th« Singapore Photographic Trade Association will hold their annual dinner at the Tai Thong Restaurant at the Happy World on Sunday.
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    Tec cleared of shooting taxi driver charge
    420 4 '[MIX Second Criminal District Judge, Mr. K. T. Alexander, today acquitted Detective Staff-Sergeant P. Palanisamy on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a taxi driver on Jan. 30 last year. Palanisamy was alleged to have shot Nah Meng Swee, the taxi-driver
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    OBSTRUCTING POLICE: TRIAL FOR 13 TO BE RESUMED
    243 4 OBSTRUCTING POLICE: TRIAL FOR 13 TO BE RESUMED SINGAPORE, Thurs/— Eight women and five men who were arrested in a strike incident In Katong arid whose trial was interrupted last week, following the withdrawal of Mr. T. T. Rajah, their counsel, were today told that their case would continue on
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    Convent girls give $100 to fire fund
    62 4 Convent girls give $100 to fire fund SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Straits Times today received I $200— $100 from the pupils of! the Marymount Convent and; $100 from the Buddhist Union, Singapore for the Bukit Ban Kee Fire Fund. The total now stands at $7,383.40. The Singapore Council for Bocial Services'
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    'Bang on the head' miirder trial: Accident, says defence
    362 4 rE death of Seng Kee Hoe, a young hawker, allegedly killed by a group of persons who banged his head against the ground one night in October last year, was an accidental one, submitted defence counsel Mr. T.T. Rajah in the
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    SINGAPORE SYMPHONY APPEAL: 'A WEALTH OF TALENT BUT...'
    303 4 MR. L.C. GOH, a bank personnel manager and the head of the newly-formed Singapore Orchestral Association today outlined the difficulties in the setting up of a symphony orchestra in Singapore. Mr. Goh, speaking to members of the Rotary Club of Singapore-West at
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    TELSTAR MODEL AT SPASTICS FUN FAIR
    281 4 SINGAPORE. Thura. Elephant rides around old Admiralty House In Grange Road and a model of Telstar. the American communication satellite, will be amoni the many attractions of the first fun 'fair organised by the Singapore Spastlcs Association to Le held on March SO. The
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    SMMWU seeks a longer accord
    168 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union today confirmed that it had applied to the Industrial Arbitration Court for an extension of its collective agreement with C.K. Tang (Singapore) Ltd. for another two years. The present two-year agreement expired on March 15. In
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    ASSEMBLY OPENING
    142 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Details of the ceremonial opening by the Yang diPertuan Negara. Inche Yusof bin Ishak of the fourth session of the Legislative Assembly at 6 p.m. next Wednesday were announced today. .-Quests are- #xpeoted to br in their seats^by 5.45 p.m. and mo minutes before 6 p.m.
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    Now the Grand Alliance
    445 5  -  TAN TOCK SAIK -By TO RUN MALAYSIA: SOME DOUBT ON WHETHER PAP CAN BE ADMITTED KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A "GRAND ALLIANCE" of political parties in the five Malaysian territories is to be formed here soon. The inaugural meeting, to be attended by 100 delegates, will be
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    Malaya strides ahead: Cyclist
    102 5 Malaya strides ahead: Cyclist- SINGAPORE. Thurs.— A veteran German amateur racing cyclist. Heinz Zehnfund, 28 (above), who has ridden more than 15,600 miles through 14 countries, including Malaya, said in Singapore today: "I think Malaya is strides ahead of the Asian countries I have been through, both in industrial and
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    INDONESIAN JOURNALISTS WELCOMED
    346 5 INDONESIAN JOURNALISTS WELCOMED KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. T*HE deputy chief editor of Suluh Indonesia, largest daily newspaper in Indonesia, Mr. Satyagraha, today said that his doubts about the kind of reception he would get from the people of Malaya had proved to be unfounded. He was speaking to about 100 journalists,
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    Still at large
    31 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Two short-term prisoners, Teo Chye Huat, 24, and Tan Chwee Huat. 24. who escaped from the Woodlands Open Prison yesterday afternoon, were still at large today.
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    Varsity conference
    21 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Nanyang University will convene Its 11th pan-Malayan regional delegates conference on March 38 in the library hall.
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    'Business clinic' for Spore?
    107 5 CINGAPORE, Thurs. 13 A new activity of Rotary International the "business clinic" is likely to be set up in Singapore if a pilot scheme now being tried out proves successful. Mr. L. M. Randall, business consultant to Rotary International, said here today: "Such clinics are designed
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    Court to decide in marathon dispute
    200 5 QINGAPORE, Thurs. The Industrial Arbitration Court today resumed hearing of a dispute relating to the dismissal of two employees by Malayan Insurance Co. Inc. in August 1961. On Jan. 5 last year, after hearing submissions from both the firm and the Singapore Insurance Companies
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    Selangor Club gets union ultimatum
    111 5 Selangor Club gets union ultimatum ITUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Selangor Club was today given a one-week ultimatum to recognise the National Union of Hotel, Bar and Restaurant Workers and reinstate a dismissed employee. The decision was taken by the Selangor Club section of the union last night. It said today:
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    This is royal gift to the university
    253 5 rIS is the mace which will be presented to the University of Malaya by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at a convocation ceremony in Kuala Lumpur today. A gift from the King, the Kelantan silver mace is 55 inches long and weighs 401 b.
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    SMASHED: STOLEN GOODS RACKET
    126 5 SMASHED: STOLEN GOODS RACKET lOHORE B A H R U Thurs. Police cracked down last night on a syndicate exporting stolen bicycles, radios and typewriters to Indonesia. In swoops In Johore Bahru and Kluang, they arrested three men and seized nine bicycles, three typewriters and an unknown number of transistor
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    Police transfer
    23 5 IPOH, Thurs. Woman Inspector A jit Kaur. officer- ln-charge of training women police In Kuala Lumpur, has been transferred to Ipoh.
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    IMF mission in
    61 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A three-man International Monetary Fund delegation, headed by the Deputy Director of its Asian Department, Mr. H. C. Murphy. flew in tonight "to keep our file on Malaya up-to-date." Other members of the team are Mr. S. A. Pandit and Mr. J. Swidrowsld. The
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    Insurance firm's deal: Incredible, says judge
    473 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. JR. JUSTICE ONG said today it was incredible how one could sell a company for more than half a million dollars without knowing whether the buyer had money in the bank. He made the remark in the course of questioning Hor
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    Sultan of Brunei leaving for Britain in May
    140 6 Sultan of Brunei leaving for Britain in May PORT DICKSON, Thnrs. 1 The Sultan of Brunei said here today he would be going to Britain In !V(ay for a holiday. He was speaking: to reporters after inspecting the Slg-intinr military training: centre, ten miles from here. TMs was bis first
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    Warning to vessels
    34 6 PENANG. Thuvs. Vessels negotiating in the approaches of Kuala Muar on the Wesc Coast of Malaya have been warned to proceed with caution because of a submerged obstruction in waters nearby.
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    100,000 VISIT STORE TV EXHIBITION
    134 6 OINGAPORE, Thurs. *3 More than 100.000 people have visited the $2 million TV and radio exhibition in Robinson Road. It ends tonight. The figure was given by the vice-chairman of the Singapore Radio and Electrical Traders' Association. Mr. Yeo Hong Chuan. It includes 20,000 children.
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    CON MAN TRICKS BUILDING FIRMS
    199 6 CON MAN TRICKS BUILDING FIRMS OINGAPORE. Thurs. A confidence trickster is cheating sudpliers of building material in Singapore. In the past three months he has talked four suppliers out of $3,000 worth of tiles, pipes and wire mesh. Today the acting police secretary, Mr. Niaz Mohamed Shah, warned building merchants
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    Waitress (19) tells court: I passed out after injection
    195 6 rp H E Magistrate's A Court was told today that unqualified government hospital employees in Kota Bharu were giving injections and supplying drugs. Salleh bin Ismail, 28, a Kota Bharu hospital attendant, who was alleged to have administered drugs to Saadiah
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    Behind the glory, the glamour
    106 7 ALAN HOBY has been in America on a special mission. Be has been visiting some of the outstanding personalities in sport. Now you too can meet them in a gripping new series. How do these giants of the sporting world live and work? Have they
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    Boxing's Golden Boy becomes Tunney the tycoon...
    1993 7  -  ALAN HOBY by THE door of the discreetly opulent executive suite on the twelfth floor of 52, Vanderbilt-a venue, New York, opened and a massive plateau of a man said with a smile almost as wide as his shoulders: "How nice to see
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    65 8 JO H.,r«\ Sit (Minimum) CHAN KOK BENC. aged P3. paaaed peacefully on 21«t March 19H3 at a.m. leaving behind Mi beloved «lfe. I aona. Hrn I^-oriK. H«a Tuanh. H»a Choo. :< daiufhten-in-law. I daughtera. 4 noni-in-law, 60 grand.blldren and I] nre»t-icr;ind children to mourn hi* loan. CCftaß* will leave
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    25 8 J" Hor«« HO (Minimum) H. L. CUTTER h.-lnvi-d teacher and friend who Joined the Lord on H I It, Gone but not forgotten.
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      Education Policy
      674 8 There is much to be gained from reviewing the Malayan education system at regular intervals, Four years— the I period the Razak plan w?s I tried before it- was re- 1, examined seems an appro- priate span. Regular stocktaking is necessary in order that errors may be corrected
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      Wages In Japan
      335 8 Wages and Japanese labour condition* in general are under scrutiny again as Japanese exports make fresh headway in world markets. A contributor to the -Far Eastern Economic Review, commenting on a recent booklet issued by the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, reaches the conclusion that wages are in
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      British Aid
      240 8 Speaking on the Lansdowne report in North Borneo's Legislative Council, Mr. Donald Stephens disclosed news of considerable interest. Britain, he said, had agreed to meet the full cost of the scheme for L'ompensating expatriate officers when their posts ar» Borneanised. It is a sizeable contribution, since some 630
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    ON THE MOVE A NEW WIND IN ARAB WORLD
    1099 8  - ON THE MOVE A NEW WIND IN ARAB WORLD ROY PERROTT by DAMASCUS, THURS THE road to Dam ascus rises steeply from Lebanon's coastal plain, then cuts into the interior along an ancient trade route. Once over the first summit the view of Beirut's sunny sprawl is left behind and
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    116 highly paid 'No-men of Hong Kong
    340 8 116 highly paid 'No-men of Hong Kong LONDON. Thurs. Hong Kong Budget estimates show that more than £176.000 has been allocated to Government Information services, a department with an authorised staff of 116. including 40 Press and Information officers, that specialises ln saying "No Comment." Governmental secrecy is the rule
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      178 8 1 REFER to the letter toy "Onlooker" (S.T. March 20). He alleges that the present trained pass degree graduate salary scale of $385-$9OO a month is no better than that of the certificate-trained teacher. This Is not true because from May. 1958 holders of the Certificate in Education
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      'Dragon' fuss
      218 8 T AM disappointed with the fuss over the role of a teacher in the film "The Year of the Dragon." I am certain the producers consulted the proper authority on the theme of the story and took the necessary precautions to ensure that the film would not have
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      121 8 L'ROM her letter it would appear that Mrs. Butler regards it as the responsibility of the State to provide food, education, housing and employment for an entirely unlimited population. It surely seems obvious that If we are to accept the benefits of modern science and medicine, we
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      139 8 WITH reference to the j letter by "Citizen" (S.T. March 8), I would like to state that members of the public who dump rubbish j indiscriminately in public places and drains are still liable to be prosecuted under the law. The difficulty, however. is ln catching the culprits
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      Rural plan
      129 8 WITH reference to the letter from "Resident" <S.T. March 15). Jalan Kachang has been made up to agricultural road standards to serve the farmers and other residents ln the area Action is also being taken to drain the pools of I stagnant water which "Resident' 1 complains of
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    A councillor is fined $200
    490 9 'WHY WASN'T HE ACCUSED OF DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR?' "J^HE Malacca magistrate, Mr. Ramanatta Iyer, said today that he did not know whj a charge of driving under the influence ol liquor had not been preferred against Malacca Alliance municipal councillor, Yong Ah Chak.
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    WOMAN AND THE BODY IN SEA
    68 9 WOMAN AND THE BODY IN SEA SINGAPORE, Thurs.— A woman, Yon* Chew Hing, saw a body in the sea off the Esplanade yesterday without realising it was that of her husband. She learnt of it only late in the afternoon when she reported that her husband. Yeah Teng Cboon, 61,
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    Rotary chief
    28 9 KUALA LUMPUI's ltvirs. A cnnsirueUon enginee,*. Mr. Bernard Wang, has been elected president of the Petaling Jaya Rotary Club. The secretary is Mr T;in Phock Theonc.
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    Film for patriotism
    32 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Methodist Afternoon School Old Boys' Association will hold a film > show at the Lido Cinema on April 4 in aid of the National Patriotic Fund.
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    DUNLOP MEN SEEK HELP
    243 9 SINGAPORE, Thursday. T»HE National Trades Union Congress plans to see A the acting Minister for Labour. Mr. Ong Pane Boon, about the dismissal of employees of Dunlop Rubber Purchasing Co. Ltd., which is closing down its packing operations in Singapore. Mr. Ho See Beng, chairman of
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    Dr.Lee is back from tour
    132 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The chairman of the Barisan Sosialis. Dr. Lee Slew Choh. flew home tonight from a three-week tour of AfroAsian countries and Britain claiming that the "many new friends" he had made on the trip were disturbed at the "political chicanery and. Indecent haste"
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    Broken leg
    31 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. A naval rating D. S. Prance, 24, of Jalan Harun. broke a leg when his scooter crashed into a tree in Jalan Yahya Awal this afternoon.
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    Today's Radio,TV programmes
    319 9 RADIO SINGAPORE SHORTWAVE SERVICE 41 Metre* MEDIUM WAVE SERVICE 476 Metre* A.M.: 6.00 Time Signal. Ne-gara-Ku; 6.02 Morning Melodies; 7.00 Time Signal. The News; 7.10 News Commentary; 7.15 Pong Tune; 7.30 Breakfast Club: 8.00 Time Signal, The News; 80S Top Of The Morning; 8.30 Housewives' Selections; 9.00
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    Television Singapura
    90 9 7.15 pju. Opening and programme summary In Malay. Chinese, Tamil and English: 7.20 Heckle and Jeckle and Co. Cartoons; 8.00 Verdict of The People a film about the 1962 referendum; 8.15 News and Newsreel In Chinese: 8.3* Hancock's Half -Hour; o.oa Harvest of the Sea, a do- I
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    Ee-fong calls for 'problem dog' Honey
    222 9 Ee-fong calls for 'problem dog' Honey SINGAPORE. Thurs. Chang Ee-fong. 11, a convent girl living in Serangoon Garden Estate, today appealed to Straits Times readers to help find her missing dog. an "old. fussy, fluffyhaired" terrier named Honey. Much as she would like to Ret him back. Ee-fong is willing
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    Penang plans for Hunger Week
    82 9 Penang plans for Hunger Week PENANO, Thurs. As a member of the United Nations, Malaya welcomed and fully supported the Freedom from Hunger campaign. Dato Wong Pow Nee, the Chief Minister, declared today. "We in Penang," he said in a broadcast marking the start of Fr«"vlom from Hunger Week, "are
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    FIRE!
    198 9 It's Holden to the rescue in a real-life drama on 'Dragon' set By AUSTEN ZECHA KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs —Actor William Holden turned fireman this morning when a real-life drama took place on the set of the film "The Year of the Dragon." While more than 1,000 extras were toeing
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    All is set for women's equal pay rallies
    237 9 All is set for women's equal pay rallies KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 'THE Malayan Women Teachers' Union is all set for its country-wide rallies on March 26 to demand equal pay with men teachers. The union president. Mrs. F. R. Bhupa an, said today the rallies would be organised at branch
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    Lock icon BOYCOTT OF MALAYAN FILMS CLAIM
    43 9 JAKARTA. Thurs Film fans in West Java are boycotting Malayan films even when they feature their favourite stars, according to Antara news agtlicy. "Their prompt action is a pare manifestation of their antipathy against Malaya," Antara said. UPI.
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    A letter to Soekarno
    90 9 JESSELTON. Thurs. Two lifionesians living in Sandakan. Harry Sunjote and Haji Abdul Majld, have sent a letter to President Soekamo asking the Indonesian President "to keep iheir views In mind when he attends any summit conference on Malaysia." The two men said today they had written
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    SEARCH IN JUNGLE FOR BROTHER AND SISTER
    92 9 lOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Police today searched the Jungle around Cha'ah in north Johore for a brother and sister who went out to collect firewood on Monday and did not return. The search parties, from Labis and the Kulal field force, went out with
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    Extort bid boy: Send me to reform centre
    72 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A youth, who pleaded guilty to attempted extortion, asked district court today to send him to the Reformative Training Centrr. K. P. Ravinda Das, 16. who admitted having escaped from Gimson School, said he did not wish to return to
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      93 9 TODAY: Sedill Kechll 5.38 a.m. <5.6ft> 8 22 p.m. (6.8ft i: Singapore 8 00 am. 7.7ft > 9.53 p.m. <7.8ft>; Port Dickson 4.10 am. '7. 2ft) 4.28 p.m. M.crt Port Swettenham 2 36 a.m. r l ..8ft t 317 p.m. (11.4ft): Penang 11.12 a.m. (6.2fti 1104 p.m. (7.1ft» rOMORKOH': Sedlll
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    TENGKU'S BRIEFING FOR THE RULERS
    194 10 Kuala lumpurj Thurs. TeriKku; Abdul Rahman today j briefed the Conference of Ruters on the latest developments in Ma-laya-Singapore merger talks and also the talks i with Brunei on the terms and conditions on which it will enter Malaysia. He also reported to the Rulers
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    Marshall: Don't make scapegoat of Dr. Siva
    632 10 'HE IS ENTITLED TO SAME LEGAL PROTECTION AS A CITIZEN' RUALA LUMPUR, 1V Thurs. The prosecution case in the Siva corruption trial was "as full of holes as a Christmas stocking." Mr. David Marshall, defending, said this in a submission to the Sessions
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    Film men to visit Singapore
    75 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Two top officials of Universal International Films. Mr. Milton Rackmll (president) and Mr Americo Aboaf, (vice-pres-ident and foreign general manager) will arrive here next Wednesday on a Far East tour of company branches. They will fly In from Bangkok after attending the world
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    Seamstress stabbed
    57 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Woo Yin Mcl, 20, a seamstress. was admitted to the General Hospital with stab wounds after being attacked by a man In a shop at High Street here today. She was stabbed with a pair of scissors in the head, body and left arm. Her
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    Two policemen promoted
    56 10 KUALA KANOSAR. Thurs. Two policemen nave been promoted to the rank of probationary Inspectors In Perak. They are acting Cpl. Chua Ken* Hock, offlcer-ln-charge of the secret societies branch in Kuala Kangsar, and Cpl. A. Sankaran, of Ipoh. Mr. Chua will be transferred to Negri Sembllan and
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    Guest speaker
    41 10 SINOAPORE. Thurs. The Director of Medical Services. Dr. Ng See Yootc. will be the guest speaker of the Singapore Family Planning Association at its 14th annual meeting at Red Cross Hall. Penang Lane, on March 29 at 5.15 p.m.
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    Actress, comedian seek film awards
    112 10 Actress, comedian seek film awards SINGAPORE, Thurs— Three actresses, a top comedian, and two film directors will represent Catbay-Keris Films at the 10th Asian Film Festival in Tokyo from April 14. The delegation will be headed by Mr. Tom Hodge, managing: director of Cathay- Keris Films. The actresses are Latiffah
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    Now it's the DOGGY look
    60 11 Now it's the DOGGY look 'FOR people who might think the world is going to the dogs, they're wrong. It's the "doggy set" that is going to the heads of women. Flipping into style is a matching hairdo for the girl with a poodle. The coif is piled high with
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    New savings body to help Mecca pilgrims
    337 11 'J'HE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Ab'dul Razak, today launched the Malayan Muslim Pilgrim Savings Corporation set up to help Malayans go to Mecca. He told the first meeting of the corpoiation's board of management that It had a big task ahead In developing
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    Delegates for scripture rally
    51 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Representatives of 15 countries will attend an International rally of the Scripture Union, a world-wide Christian movement, at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday night. After the rally, delegates will go to Port Dickson to attend an International conference there from March 25 to
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    Health Day talk
    36 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The central branch of the Malayan Medical Association will hold a scientiflc discussion on March 30 lo mark World Health Day. The theme will be "Hunger, the Disea&e of Millions."
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    Educationist talks
    33 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Dr. B. B. Majumdar, a university educationist from India, will speak on "Tagore. Vivekananda and Gandhi A Comparative Study" at Rumakri.shna Mission in Norris Road at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Cake-seller is hurt
    28 11 PENANG. Thurs.— A cake-seller was seriously Injured when his bicycle collided with a car near the bridge at Paya Terubong Road, Ayer Itam. this morning.
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    BOOKIE ('I AM A PUNTER) IS FINED $2,000
    299 11 BOOKIE ('I AM A PUNTER) IS FINED $2,000 TPOH, Thurs. Chong x Mong, 40, a businessman and tin miner, was fined $2,000 or eight months' jail for acting as a bookmaker at the Perak Turf Club premises on Aug. 5 last year. He was defended by Mr. A.S. Yeo. Senior
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    Lee to officiate at ceremony
    70 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. will officiate at the swearingin ceremony of the new management committee of the Thong Chai Medical Institution on Tuesday. The Institution, which has been giving free Chinese medical treatment to the public for more than 90
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    Team sent to check mysterious —'virulent'
    106 11 Team sent to check mysterious —'virulent'- SINGAPORE. Thurs. Two Royal Malayan Navy ships made a mercy dash with a medical team to Pulau Aur, off Mersing, early today. With the team, the 40 crew members fanned out over the island to check an outbreak of a mysterious "virulent" among 45
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    Fisherman jailed for having gun
    43 11 kangar. Thurs. A Thai fisherman, Nai Hin, 35, was today sentenced to 16 months' jail for illegally possessing a pistol and eight rounds of ammunition. He pleaded guilty to having the firearms at Kuala Perlis on March 10.
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    Dance at K. Lipis
    36 11 KUALA LIPIS. Wed.— A dance under the patronage of the Tengku Mahkota of Pahang will be held at the Pahang Club here on March 30 In aid of the National Patriotic Fund.
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    Baby contestants
    23 11 PENANO, Thurs.— Eighty-seven babies have been entered for the baby show which the Sungei Nlbong Development Committee is staging on Saturday.
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    2,48 teachers be recruited
    155 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. 'THE Ministry of Education is to recruti 2,480 teach- ers. 80 for technical institutes and rural extension schools and the rest in primary and secondary schools. A Ministry spokesman said today that the technical teachers would be recruited next month. Successful candidates will
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    ARMED MAN FIRES SHOT IN THE AIR
    86 11 ALOR STAR. Thurs. —An armed robber, who entered a kampong shop near Perlis last night, fired a shot into the air when the owner's wife. Mrs. Gan Teong Cheow, 35, shouted for help. The robber, carrying a pistol, had earlier broken into the
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    School operetta
    28 11 PENANO. Thurs. St. Xavier's Institution will stage an operetta "Chimes of Normandy at Heab Joo Seang Hall in Farquhar Street at 8 p.m. on March 30
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    CLERKS' DELEGATES TO MEET WHITLEY COUNCIL
    205 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Ten representatives of clerks who are members of the Congress of Union of Employees in the Public and Civil Services and the Clerical Federation are to meet the joint working party of the National Whitley Council on Monday to discuss outstanding
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    Engineer to train at steel works
    78 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A former Chung Cheng High School student, Mr. Ong Liang Thong, 25. left here by air today for training In the Iron and steel Industry In India under the technical cooperation scheme of the Colombo Plan. A nominee of the Singapore Government,
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    Bahaman: Make contract labour case official
    274 11 HPHE Minister of La- bour, Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, said today that if the National Union of Plantation Workers felt the third party labour contract system used was outmoded and harboured secret societies, it could brine ud the matter officially. "The union can take
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    U.S.'looking forward' to visit by Tun Razak
    221 11 U.S. 'looking forward' to visit by Tun Razak KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The U.S. Government is "looking forward" to the visit next month by the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak, the American Ambas.«adoi here, Mr. Charles Baldwin, said torta;,. Commenting on Press reports about Tun Razalc's trip. Mr. Baldwin said:
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    'Babas' opera to aid Jaycees projects fund
    68 11 PENANG, Thurs. Penang Jaycees will sponsor a "Malam Baba-Nonya Malacca" opera in the Penang Chinese Girls' High School Hall on April 14 and 15. Highlight of the performance will be a play "Putus Harappan" (Disappointment) written by a blind author, Mr. Tan Eng
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    Student wins 3 medals
    43 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs— A Singapore student. Chen LI Chen, has won two bronze medals in the first international photographic salon organised by the University of Taiwan. Singapore sent 235 entries. 65 of which are now on display at the university.
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    Almoners transfer
    33 11 BATU GAJAH. Thurs.— Miss P. C. Sushama, almoner at the Bf-tu Gajah and Ipoh hospitals, has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur. Her successor is Miss Rosie Cheah Slew Hoon, from Taiping.
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    BRICKS: BIG RISE IN OUTPUT LAST YEAR
    290 12 BRICKS: BIG RISE IN OUTPUT LAST YEAR Welcome boost for industry PRODUCTION of bricks in Singapore made a big leap forward last year as a result of the extensive building projects carried out here during the period. The higher demand for bricks provided a welcome boost to the brick-making industry
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    Electronic paper cutter by Polar
    175 12 Electronic paper cutter by Polar ANEW cype of electro- nically controlled paper cutter has been marketed in Malaya. Called Polar Eltromat, it is the first of its kind here and Is a product of Adolf Mohr Maschinenfabrik of Taunus. Germany, a leading manufacturer oi paper-cutting machines whose paper cutters are
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    UK shipping trade down
    84 12 TUIE share of British shipping In the Import and export trades of Britain fell last year, according to a report in the London Financial Times. In me export trade particularly the share of British ships fell below 60 per cent for the first time since the
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    230 12 OINGAPORE is one of the best markets in the Far East for B.A.S.F. magnetic recording tape, said Dr. Ludwig Trainer, director of B.A.S.F. of Ger- many. Dr. Trainer, who was here on a market survey, said that one of the main reasons for the big demand for
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    35 12 AI A APPOINTMENT Mr. Stephen Y. N. Tse was elected chairman of the Investment Committee of American International Assurance Co. Ltd. He Joined AIA In 1960 and has been Its Investment officer since last May.
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    176 12 MEAD Johnson International, manufacturer of Metrecal and pioneer of the 900 calorie diet-food, has introduced three types of Metrecal soups to the Malayan market. Mr. C.T. Wood (above), vice-president, Pacific area operations, said during a visit last week to make marketing arrangemets, that
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    New synthetic rubber process
    71 12 Pilot plant studies at the central research laboratories of U.S. Industrial Chemicals Co., division of National Distillers and Chemical Corporation, have found a new process for the manufacture of synthetic rubber based on butadiene, tf>e company said In New Orleans. Limited field tests indicate that rubbers
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    CRANE FIRM MANAGER ARRIVES TO GET ORDERS
    94 12 CRANE FIRM MANAGER ARRIVES TO GET ORDERS rpHE sales manager, Eastern L zone, of The British Crane Co. Ltd. of Middlesex, arrived in Singapore on Wednesday to get orders and have discussions on trading conditions. He is Mr. D.J. Matthews who will leave for the Federation tomorrow to continue his
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    Free service and advice
    56 12 Mr. W. Ibhlda, service engineer of Bridgestone Pactoiy of Japan, has arrived in Malaya to give free service and advice to owners of Bridgestone motor-cycles. He will be here for a month. Bridegestone also manufactures vehicle tyres which, together with the motor-cycles, are handled locally by
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    B.I. ship due with Australia exhibits
    121 12 B.I. ship due with Australia exhibits rf»HE British India motor vessel Bulimba, arrives in Port Swettenham tomorrow carrying exhibits for more than 90 Australian companies for the Australian Industries Malayan Exhibition to be held in Kuala Lumpur next month. The exhibition, which will take place in the Stadium Negara from
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    BUSINESSMAN RETIRING TO SPAIN
    132 12 A SINGAPORE- born British businessman who has worked 31 years in Malaya will soon leave Ipoh on retirement with his wife. He Is Mr. P. O. H. Allen, manager of the Ipoh branch of Jardlne Waugh, former president of the F.M.S. Chamber of Commerce and three
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    Kodak salesman studies latest photo methods
    161 12 ABENIOR salesman of Kodak (Malaya) Ltd.. Mr. Wilson Richards, has returned from America, ready to Impart his knowledge on the latest U.S.-developed photographic methods to his company's customers. He attended an International conference and study course on microfilming sponsored by Kodak photographic experts at
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      Ebel fixes retail prices of its watches locally
      294 12 Ebel fixes retail prices of its watches locally U<BEL Watch Co. of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzer- land, is now fixing the retail prices of all its watches sold in Singapore and the Federation. This was announced by the sales manager, Mr. W. Hunsperger. during a visit last week to appoint distributors
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    EXTREMELY QUIET DAY ON MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    459 14 From Our Market Correspondent EXTREMELY quiet conditions prevailed on the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday and the volume of business reported done was small. Industrials were quietly steady and there was hardly any trading in tin shares, operators still waiting to see if the
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 14 Malayan Stock Indices March 20 March U Industrials: 100.99 101.118 Tins: 100.84 100.. rubbers: 105.08 105.08 Dec. 39, 1962=100.
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    * MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE *
    635 14 MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE (COMBINED business in the Vj Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Malayan Stock; Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded in brackets, was: INDUSTRIALS: Boustsad (1.000) 51. 49; Dunlaaa (6.000) 52.65, (4.000) 52.67; East Smeltert (1,000) $2.73; Fed. Oisp. (2,000) $1.41; F. and N.
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    Tin price drops $1.37 1/2 Stagnant rubber mart
    322 14 TN front of the strike of Malayan mine workers 1 scheduled to start early tomorrow, the Straits tin price yesterday fell by $1,374 to $433. 62£ per picul. Dealers felt Wednesday's rise of $2.25 had been overdone. The estimated offering was 255
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    CLOSING PRICES
    28 14 March 21. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 7b k cents (down a quarter of a cent). TIN: 5433.621 (down $1,374). Estimated unofficial offering 255 tons (up 10 tons).
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    126 14 'THE Malayan ■lehanga Banks- Asaa--1 elation made these changes In Its ratea to merchants yesterday (all rates 10 S100): New Vark: huymg TT 32 11/16, airmail OD 32 13/16, BO d/st S3 1/16 credit bills. 33 3/16 trade bllla Canada: buying TT 35 5/18. airmail OD 35 7/16.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    72 14 C MINIS! Product tiertantt. »ln«iMfi n»»n prleaa o*r aicul yttKrday: Cmnut ail: bulk $421 nllcn, drum 1431 Milan. C*pra: March/ April UK/Corrtlneot (271 imren. »*aa«r: lluntok white (137t wllen, Sarawak white SIB 6 Milan, special Sarawak black »112 i acllen. garbled Lampoog black »U)7| aellen, ABTA *117 i
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    107 14 MELBOURNE. Thurs. CHARE trading was quieter today. Moves were narrow and about In balance. ■< Associated Australian gained further to 255. to furnish the only notable move In oils. Base metals were steady and loans firm. C.R.A. 17/7 Mount lsa ft., io N liroken Hill (10a.) 62/7 Ampol
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    220 14 (JHIPS lying alengslds the Singapara Harbour wharvti ar expected taday are Laerartes 18, Benrliuies 46, Bullmna, 40/41. traat Johore 42/43. Mlaalaaippl LJoyd 45, Nlcblyo Maru 4/5. Ronert Marrak 29/30, Vlngaland 23/24, Nagasaki 13/14, Eastern Ranger 10/11, Smtlana 36/39, Aeneaa 44, Uoegb Calra 6/7. Charon (1) 47. Bumside
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    RUBBER PRICES
    252 14 APRm firs, grade rubtfer buyera f.a.b. cloned at S p.m. Id Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 761 cents per lb. down a quarter of a cent. The tone was quiet after slight* ly easier. S.C.C.B.A. and F.M.R.E. aletinc prices In cents Mr lb. yesterday j Int. 1
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    OPTION PREMIUMS
    141 14 (OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS) Harcb 21. Three months. Dudlops 14 eta, 8. Darby 4d. F. N. 16 cv. C. morale 4 Id. OammoDi 11 eta, 8. Traction 1/3 J. WauKh 15 eta. Shell 14 ct.v M Brew 30 eta. Steamship 7 cv. M. Cement 18 eta, Time* 22 ct*. Container*
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      914 15 NOTICES A.C.S. 0.5.A., SEREMBAN. Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting of the Anglo-Chinese Old Students' Association, Seremban. will be held on Saturday. 30th March. 1963. at 5 p.m.. in the Anglo-Chinese School Hall. Refreshment follows. YEO ENG HIOK Hon. secretary. THE PAHANG CONSOLIDATED COMPANY LIMITED i Incorporated
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      636 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT. j MINISTRY OF FINANCE TRADE DIVISION GOVERNMENT STOCKPILE RICE TENDER NOTICE APPOINTMENT OF LABOUR ft LORRY CONTRACTOR Tenders are invited from «-ntablished firms for the appointment of Labour and Lorry Contractor for the handling, transportation and storage of rice purchased und sold by the Singapore Government for a
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      865 15 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT CITY COUNCIL OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG Applications are Invited Irom Federal Citizen* for tne post of Assistant Electrical Engineer on the establishment of the Electricity Supply Department. The post Is temporary with prospects of permanency. The minimum acceptable qualification for this appointment is graduate&hip of the Institution of
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      Komiya in shock win over Borch
      623 16 THE ALL-ENGLAND LONDON. Thursday. JAPAN "arrived" in the badminton world yestei day when their champion, Yoshio Komiya. 22. toppled the joint top "seed," Danish title-holder, Henning Borch. in the third round of the men's singles in the All-England championships at Wembley. Komiya, who is
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      The Straits Times
      49 16 SOCCER FAM CLP: Kedah v Perak (A. Start. SPORE DIV. 2A: AAA v Arsenal fGeylanp^ Div. 2B: K. Raja v Rajaji (Farrer Pk>: Kebenaran v RAF C \inm 'A' (Farrer Pk>. HOCKEY QI'ADRANGL'LAK: Negri v Johore < 3.45 Malacca v S'gor '5.15. both matches at Bandar Hllir).
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      Wales are out of the Cup
      202 16 SOCCER LONDON, Thursday. A I—l DRAW, both goals from penalties, took Hungrary Into the second round of the European Nations Cup at Cardiff last night when they beat Is on 4 2 aggregate. es only goal came from Jones, the Tottenham Inger, who scored
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      Lock icon LISTON I TITLE DEFENCE POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
      154 16 LISTON I TITLE DEFENCE POSTPONED INDEFINITELY CHICAGO, Thurs.— Sonny I.l«- 1 ton, world heavyweight chain- pion. fared the prospect today uf six months rest and an operation on his injured knee which ban caused indefinite postponement of the return bout with Floyd Patterson. "I know I have to have an
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      244 16 HONG KONG: Armando Yanga and Ramon Bayot (Philippines) beat Lindy Lin and Lim Whye Oeok (Singapore) 15-9. 15-11 in the doubles in the Hong Kong open badminton championships. Earlier Lindy Lin beat Bawne Rego 15-12. 15-6 to advance in the •ingles, but compatriot Chan ChorKln went down 15-2.
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      Lock icon Good start for Japanese players
      255 16 Good start for Japanese players GOLF rpOKYO. Thurs.— Japan's X golfers fulfilled earlier expectations that they would dominate play in the last leg of the Far East circuit, the $45,900 Tokyo Open golf tournament which began here today. The players teed off In brilliant sunshine on the difficult par 72,
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      1150 16 S.S. GOVERNMENT 9fk CHEROH, ESTATE LOAN 1962/72 RAUB PAHANG The directors of Pahang Rubber Notice is hereby given that the Co., Ltd., are consloering sale of transfer books of the abovemen- the above estate as a going condoned loan will be closed from Ist fern and for continued operation, to
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      865 16 TENDERS I KELANTAN P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from J.KJI. Register--led Contractors Class 'D' and above will be received a, the O3lcc of the Jurutera Negeri. Kelanian. Kota Bharu up to 3.00 p.m. of the 6th:' April. 1963 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE NO. DOUBLE A.C. I CULVERT 10 x 10'
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      887 16 I NOTICES j CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION 1963 ENTRIES FOR SCIENCE— PRIVATE CANDIDATES Entries for the above examination from candidates who took science subjects in the 1962 Examination and who wish to take these again as private candidates will be received from 18th March to 23rd March 1963 inclusive by
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      491 16 NOTICES SHERIFF'S SALE IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STATE OF SINGAPORE Island of Singapore In the cause of Distress No. 5/6J The Asia Insurance Co.. Ltd. Plaintiffs versus Lie Tjon Shee trading as General Enterprise Company Defendants NASSIM CO., (SINGAPORE) LIMITED will wH by public auction at No. 8M
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      134 16 KAH MOTOR CO., LTD. I Kuala Lumpur Branch: Japan Industrial Fair At CHIN WOO ASSN. grounds. SAVE-YOUR-FUEL CONTEST ON TOYOTA 700' j RESULTS:— Name M.P.G. 1 1. Mr. Chow Shee Fun 74.5 2. Suib b. Safar 70.6 3. Sheikh Ramli b. Ismail 73.8 4. Goh Kai Ming 66.8 5. Chew
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      Rous('MORE MEMBERS IN FIFA)flies in THAN IN UNITED NATIONS'
      432 17  - Rous ('MORE MEMBERS IN FIFA)flies in THAN IN UNITED NATIONS' NORMAN SIEBEL -By- 'Ordered' to see M-meet, he says KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. What is the first world organisation newly- independent countries join? i. The International Football Federation, says Sir Stanley Rous, president of FIFA. It has, he says, 120 members,
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      5437,250 PROFIT FOR S'GOR TURF CLUB
      115 17 5437,250 PROFIT FOR S'GOR TURF CLUB RCALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Selangor Turf Club made a profit of $437,250 last year. after allowing $69,337 for depreciation on buildings and other assets, $363,000 for income tax and $244,942 for upkeep of the racecourse and buildings. Tax paid to government on totalisator and
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      TWO READY FOR 'HATTRICKS'
      586 17 RACING by Epsom Jeep JPOH. Thu.-s. Two horses in line for "hattricks" on Sunday emphasised their chances when given light workouts here this morning. They were Boleh Menang (apprentice P. K. Leong), who had to be hard held for pace work, and Pari Passu. who was
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      Wanda ends Marines fumbling
      208 17 Wanda ends Marines fumbling SOCCER MARINES 3 FATHUL 1 QINGAPORE, Thurs. For 34 minutes today Marines' supporters shook their heads in dismay as their team bungled chance after chance. But Fathul Karlb's "charmed life" did not last in this Div 1 match at Jalan Bes a r which Marines eventually
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      RECS B WIN
      32 17 pore Recreation Club B entered the semi-finals of the SHA knockout championship when they beat Indian Association 3-0 on the padang today. The Indians played with three men short.
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      211 entries for KL's April meeting
      911 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A total of 211 entries has been received for the April Meeting here on Mar. 31, Apr. 3 and 7. They are: CLASS TWO SCHEDULE: Mar 31 CL 2 Divs. 1, 2. 3 and 4 sif and 7f; CL 3 I>iv.
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      STIPE'S REPORT
      417 17 JPOH, Thurs. The Stipendiary Steward's report on yesterday's races here: RACE ONE Aloha (apprentice Nawari) was slow to begin. In the straight Dauntless (Mitchell) had to be checked when he attempted to hang in onto Wat Glong (Posner). RACE TWO Moxham (On Tract when questioned as to his
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      ENGLAND CAN BEAT WEST INDIES—DUKE
      296 17 ENGLAND CAN BEAT WEST INDIES— DUKE nnHE Duke of Norfolk, manager of the MCC team, x said in Singapore today that he was confident that England would beat the West Indies this summer. 1 The Duke said he based his confidence on the fact that England shared the recent series
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      Gan.Prathin win titles
      94 17 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Gan Kok Peng (Raffles) became the ..ngapore schoolboys singles badminton champion when he beat his schoolmate, Rajendra. 15-8, 15-3 in the final today. Gan and Rajendra won the doubles title, beating Ng Ah Nee and Bobby Khoo (ACS) 15-10.15-5 in the final. Prathln Pattabongs (American
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      AAA MEETING
      21 17 PENANG, Thurs. The Penang AAA will hold their annual meetIng at FAP House, Dato Kramat Road, on Mar. 28.
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    Start to be made on S'pore slum clearance
    452 18 UNITED NATIONS experts are to draw up plans for a vast slum clearance md re-development scheme for the central area of Singapore City. The scheme, costinj; many millions of dollars, win "change the face of Singapore, create new ihjMW and provide a
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    THE PEOPLE OF SARAWAK 'NOW ONE'
    284 18 THE PEOPLE OF SARA WAK 'NOW ONE' From GEOFREY GELDARD: KUCHING. Thurs. THE events of the past few months revolt and the worst floods in history had brought the people of Sarawak together as one people "and have revealed qualities of steadfastness, enterprise and courage amid determination," the Governor of
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    Essence of chicken court suit
    105 18 Essence of chicken court suit SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Supreme Court today heard an action for damages brought by Pasuma Fharmacai Corp., of New York, makers oi Apollo chicken essence, against McAlister and Co. Ltd.. former agents for the (Mow. The corporation also claimed damages for breach of an agreement signed
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    DEATH
    16 18 CABLE RECEIVED J. Williami. PMuioncr. s.ninlian. passed away on XX h March I'.'tVt m Jaffna
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    184 18 Two firms give S5OO each to P-fund KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Two firms donated $500 each to the National Patriotic Fund today. They are Chee Woh Cheong Tin Mine Limited. Ipoh. and the Setapak Garden Estate Limited at Klyne Street here. The amount collected by the Straits Times group today totalled
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    Relief for the fire victims
    66 18 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Social Welfare Department made i.he third cash relief payment from Jie Bulcit Ban Kee Fire Relief Fund to the fire victims this morning. each receiving $10 and essential goods. The amount paid out was $14,860. Fire victims who have not collected their
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    'Think again'
    78 18 "I understand how strongly you feel about your own interests, but it seems to me that this projected strike Is likely to be most harmful at this time. "If you can persuade your members to think again, to consider not their own Interests alone but those of the
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    WHO WILL TAKE OVER FROM COL. SUGIH ARTO?
    133 18 WHO WILL TAKE OVER FROM COL. SUGIH ARTO? SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The Consul-General for Indonesia in Singapore. Col. Sugih Arto (above) is now waiting for instructions from Jakarta to signal the end of his tour of duty here. The soldier diplomat, hero of the battle for Medan against rebel forces, has
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    Conference of smiles
    83 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Day-long talks were held today between the Malayan and Singapore delegations on the financial implications of the merger plan. No statement was issued after the meeting, but delegates fiom both territories emerged from die conference room with smiles on their faces. According to an
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    LONDON STOCKS
    297 18 LONDON. Thurs. London stock markets closed firm although there was no marked expansion in the volume of business. A sharp improvement in giltedged provided the main feature. Small but persistent buying brought gains ranging to about half a point. Banking shares were dull and insurances mixed but in
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    RUBBER
    45 18 LONDON. Thurs. Spot i2Jd., Apr. 22 11 16 d.. May ,22jd.. June 22Jd.. Apr./ June 22Jd.. July/Sept. 221 d.. Ocf./Dec. 15/16 d.. Jan./ Mar. 22 15 16d.. Apr./ June 22 13'16d.. July/Sept, unquouci. c.i.f. Mar. unquoted. Apr. 22; ci.. M.«y 22id. Tone: Quietly steady.
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    TIN
    22 18 LONDON. Thurs.— Buyers £802. sellers £853. Forward buy.r.--£BSSJ. sellers £856. Settlement £857.. Turnover am. 25 ions. p.m. 75 tons. Tone: Easier.
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      132 18 DURBAN, Thursday. AX explosion cut the main Durban-Johannes-burg railway line early today. Police sealed* off the area. They refused to say if they believed sabotage was the cause, but it was reported they found an unexploded charge. There were no reports
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      114 18 At 4-month journey's end -royal reward BROOME (W. Australia). Thurs. A cattle station owner and hLs wife, who took nearly four months to drive 750 miles across the outback to see Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, today received a special summons to meet the royal couple. Mr. Howard Stafford and
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      83 18 SAIGON. Thurs. Police said today at least seven people died In a fire here last night which reduced 4,000 wooden, thatchedroofed homes to a square mile of smouldering debris. Nearly 100 people were injured and several were still missing. Damaged was unofficially estimated at
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