The Straits Times, 29 March 1963

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    Lock icon TENSION AGAIN?
    171 1 Subandrio's new warning BRIEFING OF MALINOVSKY ON MALAYSIA PLAN, THEN A DEMAND FOR 'IMMEDIATE SOLUTION' 'Dispute must be settled soon' JAKARTA, Thursday. THE situation in South-east Asia was today discussed by the visiting Russian Defence Minister, Marshal Rodion Malinovsky, and Foreign Minister, Dr. Subandrio. After I 40-minute meeting,
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    Lock icon McNamara: Concern on Jakarta policies
    186 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The U.S. Defence Secretary, Mr. Robert McNamara, said in a testimony released today that be had discussed the Indonesian Government policies with Australian officials and knew they were concerned about the situation. The heavily censored testimony was given by Mr. McNamara before the
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    What is Aussie stand on Malayan defence?
    344 1 What is Aussie stand on Malayan defence? —CANBERRA MPs WORRIED —BY THIS QUESTION... From JACK FINGLETON pANBERRA, Thurs.— Government backbenchers are pertubed at conflicting statements on the position of Australian troops in Malaya made recently by the Minister for External Affairs, Sir Garfleld Barwick. When Sir Oar field returned from
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    Lock icon Indonesia jails a Communist
    56 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. A Communist has been sentenced to one month's Jail by a court In Semarang. Central Java, for holding a meeting without a permit, Antara reported. Jusuf bin BiLstaman, secretary of the Indonesian Communist Party in the city, was found guilty of violating martial law
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    Lock icon 'Cleopatra' date
    36 1 PARIS. Thurs.— The film •Cleopatra." starring Elisabeth Taylor Mild Richard Burton, will be released In SO European and Middle Fast cities on Oct. 10. It was anI nounced by 20th Century-Fox toI day.— Reuter.
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    $600,000 for Soraya
    90 1 ROME Thurs. Princess Boraya will get U. 5.5200-.-000 for her first picture, plus 20 per cent of the profit. Dino De Laurentls Productions said today. A spokesman for the company, which signed up the former Empress of Iran earlier this month, said the figure applied only to
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    Three facts that assure a place for 'natural'
    287 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Controller of Rubber Research and chairman of the Malayan Rubber Fund Board, Dr. L.C. Bateman, today told rubber planters of "three important factors" in favour of natural rubber in its competition with synthetic rubbers. Dr. Bateman assured them
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    Lock icon MEDICAL AID BY AIR FOR BALI VICTIMS
    370 1 MEDICAL AID BY AIR FOR BALI VICTIMS JAKARTA, Thursday EirVE Indonesian Air Force Hercules transport airx craft left here today with 300 men of the Army Medical Corps to help the injured victims of the Mount Affung eruption on the island of Bali. Announcing this, the acting spokesman of the
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    PRANK COST BOY, 10, HIS LIFE
    66 1 KUCHING, Thurs. Ten-year-old Insoll Jaseh. hid himself in a trunk in his house when he returned from school. His mother. Bali Anak Ngaleh and neighbours searched for him for hours when he was missed, and finally found him dead In the trunk. The latch
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    Killed in fall
    23 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Um Ah Sai. 65, of Queens Crescent, was killed when he fell from his fourth floor flat tonight.
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    Lock icon 800-mile walk was Gilligan's 'holiday'
    129 1 800-mile walk was Gilligan's 'holiday' FkARWIN, Thurs. Gilligan, a 50-year-old aborigine, returned to Darwin today after a round trip of 800 miles, 400 of them on foot, to attend a nephew's initiation ceremony. During the journey he had to travel through country made impassable to vehicles by floods, and swim
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    Lock icon Back to jail for Bayar
    43 1 ANKARA, Thurs— Ex-President Olal Bayar of Turkey is being detained In hospital and is later to return to jail, it was announced here today. The Governments decision followed widespread rioting because of his release six days ago.— U.P.I
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    Lock icon Bidault must go
    30 1 LISBON Thurs. Mr. Georges Bidault. French anti-Gaullist leader, harried from country to country and sick with Influenza, was today asked to leave Portugal, his latest refuge. Reuter
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    Lock icon 20 die as Reds sink fleeing junk
    158 1 20 die as Reds sink fleeing junk IY/fACAO, Thurs.— More iT than 20 people were killed yesterday when two Communist f?un- boats sank a fishing junk in a sea clash a few miles from Macao, witnesses said today. The incident occurred at the Pearl River delta One fisherman Bald the
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    Visit by US flagship
    57 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thur.s The U.S. cruiser USS Providence, flagship of the Seventh Fleet Commander. Vie cAdmiral Thomas H. Moorer, will make a goodwill visit to Malaya and Singapore next month. The USS Providence Is due at Port Swettenham on April 13. Two days later she will
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    STOP PRESS
    23 1 DR SOEKARNO S N ECONOMIC lAH i h id nj.h" ■omj ■ltd Pr»-M l< tlilV |< 111-; i to overcoat nomn ill-
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  • AFRO-ASIAN DESK
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      Lock icon Learn from us, Peking tells India
      218 2 PEKING, Thursday (XDMMUNIST China has told India she should "learn honestly' from her and Pakistan how to settle border problems in order to settle her own dispute with China. In a Note Issued to correspondents in Peking last night Communist China j rejected as
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      Lock icon Butler seeks to ease deadlock
      112 2 LONDON. Thurs. Mr. R. A. Butler. British Minister for Central African Affairs, last night held a short-notice private meeting with Northern Rhodesian leaders aimed at breaking the deadlock of their walk-out from the Central African talks here. But after the one-hour session Northern Rhodeslan spokesmen
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      Editors tell of Malaya visit
      84 2 Editors tell of Malaya visit I JAKARTA. Thurs. President Soekarno yesterday received reports from Mr Satlyagraha, editor of the Nationalist daily Suluh Indonesia, and Mr. a. Karim, editor of the leftwing dally Warta Bhakti. about their visit to Malaya and Singapore. The two Indonesian journalists went to Kuala Lumpur and
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      Lock icon Bans close paper
      26 2 CAPE TOWN, Thurt. ll* left-wing weekly Spark announced today that It la causing publlcattao because of bans imposed on Its leading Journalist*.— Reuter.
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      Lock icon SITUATION DESPERATE SAYS NKOMO
      100 2 LONDON, Thurs.— Mr. Joshua Nkomo (right) Southern Rhodesian African na,Uonalist leader, left here by air last night for Salisbury after declaring "The situation in my country is desperate." Mr. Nkomo arrived here yesterday morning after speaking to the United Nations Committee on Colonialism in New York.
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      Lock icon REDS ORDER: DESTROY STRATEGIC HAMLETS
      340 2 REDS ORDER: DESTROY STRATEGIC HAMLETS SAIGON, Thursday. fTUE South Vietnamese guerilla command has A ordered all its agents and organisations to carry out a determined and persistent struggle to destroy the Government's strategic hamlets (fortified villages) programme, according to several Vietcong documents seized by Government troops and made available to
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      Lock icon Americans force an Everest route
      136 2 Americans force an Everest route KATMANDU, Thurs. lv The American Everest expedition has forced a route through the treacherous Everest icefall, where American mountaineer John Breitenbach died under tons of ice last Saturday, according to a radio report received here. The expedition reported that three parties were on the lcefall
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      The adopting ambassadress
      51 2 TAIPEH. Thurs.— Mrs. Sofia Karlcas Ma nf redo. Ambassadress from Panama, said In an Interview published here that she would adopt a Chinese baby the minute she presented her credentials to President Chiang Kai-shek. The date of her presentation U now being arranged by the Nationalist Foreign
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      Lock icon Laos King in India
      29 2 NEW DELHI, Thurs. King Savang Vatthana of Laoe. accompanied by his Prime Minister, Prince Souvanna Phouma, arrived here yesterday on a three-day official visit.— Reuter.
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      Red troops fire on UN patrol
      59 2 SEOUL. Thurs.— The United Nations Command claimed today that .Communist Nortn Korean troops fired yesterday on a U.N. patrol In the demilitarised cone. No U.N. personnel were Injured but tracer bullets from the Communist position started a grass fire which exploded almost 40 landmines.
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      Lock icon Home off to Japan on an historic visit
      197 2 Home off to Japan on an historic visit LONDON. Thurs. Lord Home left here by air yesterday for Tokyo on the first ever official visit to Japan by a British Foreign Secretary. He is accompanied by the Countess of Home. Mr. C. JVI. MacLehose. head of the Foreign office's Far
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      Lock icon The 74 saboteurs
      44 2 CAPE TOWN. Thurs. The Minister of Justice. Mr. Balthazar Vorster, said In the Senate her* that since the General Law Amendment (Sabotage) Act was approved last year 195 people had been charged with sabotage and 74 convicted. Others await trial. Reuter.
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      Lock icon HUSSEIN'S 'BRAIN' TO FORM NEW GOVT
      198 2 AMMAN (JORDAN), Thursday. MR. Wasfi Tell, Prime Minister for 15 months, submitted his resignation to King Hussein yesterday. Mr. Samir Rifai, 64, one of Jordan's veteran politicians. who has five times held the post of Prime Minister, Is expected to form a new Cabinet.
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      Lock icon 16 lost from boat
      24 2 PUSAN (Korea>, Thurs.—Sixtorn people were lost when a boat wiih 38 people sank yesterday off Pusan, police reported todaj. -U.P.I.
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  • U.S.-EUROPEAN DESK
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      Lock icon A RED 'YES' BUT WEST SAYS 'NOT HELPFUL'
      302 3 GENEVA. Thursday. JfUSSIA yesterday offered what her disarmament delegate described as a major step towards the Western standpoint assent to on-site inspection of launching pads for nuclear missiles. Mr. Semyon Tsarapkln. leader of the Soviet delegation, told the conference he would also
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      Lock icon LIBERALS SEEK TO HUMBLE -TORIES—
      139 3 LIBERALS SEEK TO HUMBLE -TORIES LONDON, Thurs.— The Liberals hope to inflict a fresh humiliation on Mr. Macmillan's Conservatives tonight by ousting them from the runner-up position in a parliamentary byelection. It they succeed, it will be the Liberals' second score of tn P kind in a week. Last Thursday,
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      Lock icon Minister resigns after warning
      53 3 BUENOS AIRES. Thurs.—Ar- cntina's Interior Minister, Mr. Kodolfn Martinez, who had proposed allowing some Peronlsts to; take part in an election coalition, l resigned last night as Defence and Service chiefs warned against "any totalitarian bid for power." The announcement followed rumours of an Imminent military
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      Lock icon Russia rejects US protest
      47 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The Soviet Union has rejected a U.S. protest against penetration of Alaskan air space by Russian reconnaissance aircraft, authoritative sources said last night. In reply, the Soviet Union declared that their planes had never flown nearer Alaska than 217 miles. Reuter.
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      NEGRO IS KENNEDY'S CHOICE
      76 3 NEGRO IS KENNEDY'S CHOICE MR. Carl T. Rowan (above) has been appointed United States Ambassador to Finland the first Negro ambassador appointed by President Kennedy. He was the President's personal choice for the job and until his appointment was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. Mr. Knu. in is a
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      Lock icon Two shots fired into British Embassy —in Bonn
      208 3 Two shots fired into British Embassy —in Bonn- OONN, Thurs. An unknown person fired two shots into the British Embassy here last Friday night, it was learned yesterday. Nobody was hurt. A Swas t i k a-scrawled newspaper cutting in which Britain was condemned as "politically the weakest member of
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      Lock icon Typhoid closes a Swiss resort
      213 3 ZERMATT, Thursday. ALL hotels, chalets, cafes and restaurants were closed here yesterday and fewer than 1,000 tourists remained of the 10.000 who were here 11 days ago when the typhoid epidemic hit this Swiss ski resort. They have left behind a ghost town in which
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      Lock icon Doctors get a pay rise
      51 3 LONDON. Thurs.— Britain's 56.--000 doctors and dentists who work in the National Health Service are to get a salary rise of 14 per cent, the Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Macmlllan. said. The extra cost would be about £16 million, he told the House oX Commons.
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      Lock icon TEAR GAS WAR OVER THE WALL
      72 3 BERLIN, Thurs. East and West Berlin police battled with tear gas grenades over the wall in the French sector during the night. West Berlin police said two East German border guards began the brief clash by throwing stones and then eight tear gas grenades
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      Lock icon Thailand trying on its own
      63 3 BANGKOK, Thurs.— The Prime Minister. Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Thanat Khoman said yesterday that Thailand was trying to depend on Itself whether the United States aid was cut down or not. They were making separate comments to newsmen about United
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      Lock icon Quake in Sicily
      31 3 KCATANIA (Sicily*.— Thurs.— An earthquake shock of considerable strength was felt in this Sicilian cily at 7.50 a.m. today. First reports did not mention damage or casualties. U.P.I.
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      DEATH FALL FROM LEANING TOWER
      154 3 PISA. Thurs. Angela Barbora. 47. of Rome, fell to her death today from the leaning tower here Authorities said she apparently had a dizzy spell and lost her balance after climbing to the top of the 180 ft. tower. MOSCOW: A Sverdlovsk court has sentenced
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      Common Market move
      36 3 STRASBOI RG: The six-nation European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the resumption as soon as possible of negotiations for the entry into the Common Market of Britain. Denmark Ireland and Norway
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      Lock icon Teachers now besiege Commons but it's orderly
      254 3 Teachers now besiege Commons but it's orderly LONDON, Thursday. pOR the second day running thousands of disgruntled Britons yesterday converged on Members of Parliament, still shocked by Tuesday's unprecedented scenes when thousands of unemployed tried to storm the House of Commons. Yesterday it was the turn of some 6,000 teachers
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      Train put on just for one' man—
      86 3 Train put on just for one' man LONDON. Thurs. British Railways laid on a special two-coach dlescl train yesterday for a Rochdale businessman who had to get to Manchester. 10 miles away, to catch an airplane. He had complained he missed his train because the railway indicator board giving Its
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      Lock icon Judge of war trials dies
      46 3 LONDON, Thurs. Sir Cecil Hurst, 92, former chairman of the Allied War Crimes Commission, died at his home at Horsham yesterday. Sir Cecil also was judge of the permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague from 1929 to 1946.— U.P.1.
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      Lock icon Journalists strike
      25 3 PARIS. Thurs— French journalists last night declared a 24--hour "warning strike" in provincial papers throughout France after the breakdown of pay talks. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Cost of man on moon
      43 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Dr.: Bralnerd Holmes, head of the U.S. manned space flight programme, said yesterday the estimated com of landing a man on the moon had i now been set more precisely at. $60,000 million or less. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Honour goes to Alliance man
    201 4  -  JACKIE SAM THE PRIME MINISTER PRAISES OPPOSITION MEMBER By gINGAPORE, Thurs. Community development made history in Singapore tonight, when for the first time, an Oppositi o n Assemblyman was invited to formally open a community centre. The honour went to Mr. A.P. Rajah (Alliance), who
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    RAJAH OPENS NEW CENTRE
    275 4 a democratic system, such a thing happening was only possible where there was a large area of agreement on fundamentals. "We can disagree on the methods on how we want to create a more just, more equal society. But we should agree that when a thing
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    Mediation by Government: 3 farmers get $4,500
    205 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs iTME Ministry of NaA tional Development today announced that it had successfully mediated the settlement of the first case in connection with claims for compensation by rural residents of Tampines against sand quarry operators for damage caused by their operations. The
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    LABOUR COURT NO. 2 EASES BACKLOG
    217 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore's Second Industrial Arbitration 'Court has helped to clear much of the backlog of cases. Mr. Lim Ewe Huat. the Registrar of the first court, said today that there had been a "serious backlog" before the second court was set up in
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    Rare blooms flown in for Flower Show
    112 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Ten consignments of fresh blooms from eight overseas countries will be on display at this year's flower show opening tomorrow, at the Happy World Stadium. They are a special contri- j bution by three international airlines— -Qantas. BOAC and Air India.
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    World Health Day
    43 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. World I Health Day will be observed in Singapore with a short symposium on nutrition at the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health. Institute of Health. Outram Road, on April 5 from 4.45 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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    EXHUMA TION NO TICE
    81 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Housing and Development Board has asked those whose relatives are buried at Toa Payoh to Inform the board if they wish to exhume the remains on their own. The 100-odd graves at Toa Payoh are obstructing the earth-moving work being carried out by
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    Parking extensions
    54 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs From April 1, the parking scheme will be extended to the existing car park in Orchard Koad, opposite the Singapore Cold Storage, and Upper Pickering Street, between New Bridge Road and South Bridge Road. The charge will be 20 cents for an hour's parking, or $1.60
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    BEDROOM ROBBERS GET $5,370
    141 5 pENANG, Thurs.— 1 Four armed and masked robbers held up a contractor's wife early this morning and. after threatening to kill her daughter, escaped with $5,370 in cash and jewellery. Madam Khoo Yu York, 36, was sleeping with her four young daughters when four youths carrying
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    SCHOOL HEADS WILL DISCUSS MALA YSIA
    200 5 SCHOOL HEADS WILL DISCUSS MALA YSIA KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. MORE than 100 heads of secondary schools from all over Malaya will discuss the c ducational needs of Malaysia at the University of Malaya here for three days from April 25. < The conference its theme is "Education In Our Developing
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    Canada to hear plea to invest
    103 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Canadian Trade Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. EH. Magulre, left for Ottawa today to attend a trade promotion conference pledging that he would urge Canadian Industrialists to increase Investments In Singapore and Malaya. "Prospects of greater Canadian investment In this area are
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    Bus crash miracle: Falling concrete post misses girls
    185 5  - Bus crash miracle: Falling concrete post misses girls PADMAN GOPAL By FUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Two girls he'd a miraculous escape when a bus in which they were travelling with six others ran into a concrete lamp post in Chan Sow Lin Road here this morning. The post broke into three
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    SPEAK ONLY IN MALAY CALL TO THE PEOPLE
    88 5 I^ANGAR. Thurs. 1V The Mentri Besar. Dato Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim. today called on the people of Perlis to converse only in Malay. "Wherever you are and whatever your racial origin, you should speak the national language," he said at a
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    Schools' exhibition
    30 5 PENANG. Thurs. Thr Pcnang State Schools Arts Society will stage a festival of music, drama and dancing at St. Xavlcr's Instutution al 8 p.m. on Monday April 8.
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    Freedom dash of Din ends in lake
    128 5 Freedom dash of Din ends in lake TAIPING, Thurs. A prisoner's dash for freedom from police custody in the magistrate's court here yesterday morning ended very soon in the middle of one of the big lakes in the Lake Gardens. Mat Din bin Kasslm. 32. had been produced in the
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    Club president
    17 5 PENANG. Thurs.— Mr. K. Guru has been elected president of the Penang Indian Recreation Club.
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    Clerk jailed for two years and fined
    156 5 PENANG, Thursday. A FORMER lawyers clerk, Subash Chandran, was today jailed for two years and fined $1,000, in default, another four months' jail, for cheating the City Council in respect of a house and land. Chandran was found guilty of dishonestly inducing the
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    Village robbery
    33 5 IPOH, Thurs. Two yorths one armed with a knife walked Into a house in Buntong new village here this morning and robbed the occupants of $20 and (433 worth of Jewellery.
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    People who like to befriend police
    198 5 People who like to befriend police BY AN ACCUSED INSPECTOR pENANG, Thurs. An inspector accused of accepting $350 from a self-confessed smuggler told the Sessions Court today that smugglers, gangsters and other bad hats liked to make friends with police officers. Inspector Kamel bin Mohamed Arlf was making his defence
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    Team to study college site
    62 5 PENANG. Thurs.— Members of the University development committee are due here next montn to Inspect the proposed college site. At yesterdays State Assembly meeting, the Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, announced thai no definite site had been decided upon, but it was proposed to
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    TV Queen contest
    45 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— A free round trip to Hong Kong by Cathay Pacific Airways and a National television set will be won by Singapore's first "April TV Queen" at the Gan Eng Seng School Old Students' Association's Charity Ball here on April 30.
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    NAAFI TO SETTLE THE SACK
    92 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Naatt management has agreed to meet the Naafl Employees' Union soon over the dismissal of two employees in Sungel Patanl TWO YEARS ago. The president of the union, Mr. Tan Kah Wleh. said today that his union has been given an
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    Family planners
    31 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Permanent Secretary to the Mmi.-iry of Health. Dr. Ng See Yook. will speak at the annual meeting of the Family Planning Association at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow.
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    TRADE FAIR 'SHOWCASE OF AUSSIE INDUSTRY'
    225 5 - KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs ON E hundred and fifty Australian companies will exhibit goods worth almost $2 million at the 19-day Australian Industries Malayan exhibition opening here on April 15. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, has been asked to open the exhibition, which will
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    Sufficient rice for all is the aim
    334 6 BIG IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN KEDAH, PERAK, KELANTAN Kuala Lumpur, Thurs A $158 million irrigation project is planned for north Kedah as part of a three-stage plan to make Malaya self-sufficient in rice. The project by far the biggest ever considered by the Government
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    Mr. GLAZE MOVES UP AS VICEPRESIDENT
    117 6 gIXGAPORE, Thurs. The appointment of Mr. H. T. Glaze (above), as a vice-president of Grant Advertising, Inc., has been announced in Chicago by the founderchairman of the company, Mr. Will C. Grant. Mr. Blaze. 43, a Singapore citizen, is also manager of the company's
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    —2,000— blood pints from RAF
    91 6 —2,000— blood pints from RAF SINGAPORE. Thurs. The airmen and women at R.A.F. Seletar have given more than one ton of blood, more than 2.000 pints, to the Singapore Transfusion Centre during the past four years, an Air Ministry news letter revealed today. A Seletar electrical fitter. Flight Sergeant G.
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    Youth accused of two rape bids
    62 6 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Aw Hock Chwee. 20, was today charged with trying to rape two women on a footpath at Mandal on Aug. 27 last year. He was also charged with robbing them of jewellery worth $221 at the same place and date. Aw was
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    Shop raided: $50 haul for knife gang
    59 6 ALOR STAR, Thurs. Three men armed with knives held up a shopkeeper last night at Kampong Bala, about 20 miles from here. They took $50 worth of cigarettes and a pair of trousers, but did not harm the proprietor, Tan Ah Hong, 35.
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    Opening at school
    30 6 PENANG. Thurs.— TOe Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee, will opea a block of the Buiterworth High School at Jalan Gaiah. Butterwonh, at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Instal TV call to restaurants, coffeeshops —bars—
    151 6 Instal TV call to restaurants, coffeeshops bars SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Government has launched a campaign, to get television sets installed In bars, restaurants and coffeeshops for the benefit of the masses. Letters signed by Mr. W. S. Woon, permanent secretary to the Ministry of Culture, have gone out to owners
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    DEPORTEE JAILED FOR ONE YEAR
    61 6 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Two days after being deported from Singapore, an Indonesian slipped back into the state, a magistrate's court was told today. Muktar bin Zakaria was jailed for a year for returning to Singapore without authority on March 22. He was deported on March 20
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    Forgery trial
    46 6 KUALA LUMPUR.. Thurs.— A canteen keeper at the Federal Police Depot here. Yoonj? Ku;ui, 51, was today committed for trial in the High Court on a charge of possessing $1,010 worth of police coupons knowing them to be forged. He was remanded in custody
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    The on-off murder trial on again
    207 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs A MURDER trial, which was declared null after five days of hearing three weeks ago, started again in the High Court here today. The trial came to an abrupt end when Mr. Justice Ong, the trial judge, ruled that it could
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    The champ who demolished 11 men in Round One
    1597 7  - The champ who demolished 11 men in Round One ALAN lIOIIV THE SAGA OF THE BROCKTON BLOCKBUSTER -THE FIGHTER WHO WAS THE NEAREST THING TO A STONE AGE SAVAGE I HAVE EVER SEEN... PART SEVEN OF A si 11 1 1 sBY THE New England voice on long distance twanged
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    14 8 DIED Victor lAili ccneniaill* I M Nttaoo. New »aland oa 13th March. 1»«3
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    75 8 LEONC KUM CHOON thank Krtend. Krintiv. (or v. rearm etc and MUaeJaam al funeral of h>« mother. THE FAMILY OF th# ute Mr V A I'hrluah who paaaed awat on 2V.1 43 •hanki. r»lativ.-.« 'nrrxis lor noadoien. ea iMi.tnce donatMMia and >r.itba JiiriDK tb*tr recent bertavemeol TENCKU ELENA ZAMAN
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    IN MEMORIAM
    33 8 rVwrf, Sl* (Wcai'Mi.) IN LOVIHC MEMORY of Mr T M M<-noo Died W-Z-IU •»> ahull ,rwn»» rrutrtah memorw of you Our home ii empty without you' By Me •orrowful wife and rtnldren.
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    257 8 AIR COMD4TIONINC FROM oat* 08 a month hv Carrier fs.» In P><Wa- on). Rtnr SMwapore M2IJ or Koala l.ninplir •IfST 'nr full (V-tnlln EASTER BRIDES ran hooee •t H >«r illriK xl Antoinette 324 Orcoard Raaxt I i«>r.- i.enuio* BrHial ToMe Ml fivr rotoura BETTY S BEAUTY SALON. Ptooac
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      U.S.AidAnd Malaya
      600 8 When Tun Abdul Razak meets President Kennedy next month he may be assured of warm support for Malaysia <:nd a sympathetic hearing for what he "will have to say on the development of Malaya's relations with Indonesia. But what will be the President's reaction should the question of
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      Home and Away
      359 8 Malacca is short of land for' development: as its Mentn Besar, Inche GhafTar bin Baba has put it, "we do not havo an acre left" although there are some 20.000 applicants in the queue. On the other side of the peninsula, Pahang is one of two States
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      Pay Claim
      258 8 Singapore's Amalgamate'] Union of Public Employees must not expect any outpouring of public sympathy if it persists in demanding strike action in support of the pay claims of postal and telecommunications workers. Responsible opinion is likely to tange itself on the side of the Government which charges that
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    NOW CASTRO FASHIONS A PARTY ON THEK MODEL
    1144 8  -  GAVIN YOUNG HAVANA, Thursday CUBA'S carnival season has ended. For the last three weekends dancing, shouting crowds have packed the broad avenues of old Havana to cheer the gaudy floats and whistle at dancers in trilly shirts or skirts h a p
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      351 8 IWKLCOMb Mondays leader on "Conservation" since it has brought up a most pertinent and olten misunderstood point: and I entirely endorse the view expressed that economic progress and wild life conservation are not opposed, or at least need not necessarily be opposed. On the other hand. I
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      Traffic circus
      347 8 rwVciE Traffic Police are obA viously going to a great deal of trouble in trying to resolve the Increasing traffic problem. In Singapore. At the moment, their efforts appear to be concentrated on Empress Circus. It seems to me doubtful whether the arrangement and re-arrangement of barrels and
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    SECRET OF LONG LIFE...
    260 8  - SECRET OF LONG LIFE... Keith Morfett by MOSCOW. Thurs.— His face furrowed like a freshly ploughed field, a farmhand in Russia's "Deep South" was up with the lark today well beyond his itStß birthday. Tottering about thr pis atlai was a likely lad of 122. And there is a whipper-snapper
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      98 8 WONDERS OF TOMORROW'S WORLD Among the many engineering marvels nearing completion in the 1960's in different countries, five in particular stand out an enormous Australian irrigation scheme; a French dam containing the world's first tide-driven electric power station; a Dutch sea-defences programme, the most ambitious ever undertaken; an American bridge
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    Film chief denies campaign against television
    227 9 Film chief denies campaign against television SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. Milton Kackinil. president of Universal International Films Corporation, today denied that his company was involved in any campaign against Television Singapura. Mr. llackmil, who flew in last night alter attending the world premiere of "The Lgly American" in Bangkok, was replying
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    ALL-TIME RECORD FOR PORT
    76 9 ALL-TIME RECORD FOR PORT OINGAPORE. Thurs. £> A total of 39.911 ships with a total tonnage of 83.8 million entered and i cleared the port of Singapore last year. This is an all-time record for the port and a tonnage increase of nine per cent \er the 1961 figures, according
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    The Rovers to climb Gunong Ledang again
    86 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs The 128 th Kallang District i Rover crew is organising two more expeditions to explore I Gunong Ledang in Malacca {and the Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur this Easter The 4.187-ft. peak of Gunong Ledang, believed to be the dwelling place
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    Typist in maternity dress tells of rape
    641 9 Typist in maternity dress tells of rape KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs J^ typist, Goh Oi Ching, 24, told the High Court here today that before raping her, a salesman told her he wanted "to have some fun with me." i Goh, in a white maternity dress, was testifying at the trial
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    The 21st school is opened
    62 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Goh Chew Chua, today opened the new Aroozoo Intergrated primary School in Aroosoo Avenue the 3m school built by the PAP Government. The school is situated In the' same compound as two other Gov-.
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    Car executives' flying visit
    50 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Two top executives of Chrysler International S. A. Geneva. Switzerland, car manufacturers, will fly to Singapore on Saturday for a shor. business visit. They are Mr. Thomas W. Koo>. executive director of distributer^ sales, and Mr. George Romanes general sales manager, eastotii hemisphere region
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    Telecoms men on tour
    46 9 SINGAPORE. Tnurs. Seven technical esperts from the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation's MBBCteH companies in Britain. Australia and West Germany are now here lecturing to the armed forces. Singapore Telephone Board technicians and the Telecommunications Department personnel Later they will visit MaUva
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    4 questions on moneylenders
    44 9 JOHORE BAHRU Thurs.— Mr. M P Kumarau lAll.-Batu Enam> has submitted four question* to the State Assembly about licriiiPd moneylenders coing pa^nbrokinc b-mre.-s In Jo .ore. Hr will a.Nk thf Government what action it has taken to st«p this practice.
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    $6,000 robbery charge
    57 9 KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs. P. Thangaraju. 24. of Kuala Lumpur, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here yesterday to a charge of robbing the Underwood Clinic here of $6,376 in ca&li and i Jewellery of Sept. 27 last year. He was allowed SI. OOO bail in two
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    Clerk tried to rob friend in need
    286 9 SINGAPORE. Thursday. A DELIVERY clerk was today Jailed for 12 months A by a District Court for breaking into the mansion of Mr. Baey Khong Khai, 62. on a night when Mr. Baey had $20,000 in cash at home. Ignatius 00l Joo Pin.
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    Grand film premiere will aid the Monument —Fund—
    270 9 Grand film premiere will aid the Monument Fund KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The grand-est-ever film premiere to be held in Malaya —that of "West Side Story" is expected to net the highest charity collection in Malaya, for the National Monument Fund. Already, donations and sales of tickets for the premiere —to
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    FEO men off to Borneo
    63 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Frder.i ion BrtabMnnent Office officer. Tengku Mohamed bin Tengku Besar Burhanuddin. today left for a visit to the Borneo territories. He siiid that the visit was purely to crt a general picture of the conditions there. Hr was accompanied by two
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    The Grand Alliance: A 12-party meeting
    309 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A Grand Alliance Party will be formed at the two-day convention of 12 pro-Malaysia political parties at the Dew a n Bahasa dan Pustaka hall here this weekend. The convention will also give a full mandate to Tengku Abdul Rahman to
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    DECREE TO DESERTED HUSBAND
    68 9 DECREE TO DESERTED HUSBAND SINGAPORE. Thurs. An accountant. Gustav Patrick 81ms. who petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage because his wife. Barbara deserted him In 1954. was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah in the High Coun today. They were married In 1952 in St.
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    PAHANG PLEDGES LAND TO STATES
    129 9 KUANTAN. Thursday. THE Mentri Besa*- of Pahang. Dato Abdul Aziz bin A Ungku Haji Abdullah, said here today that the Pahang Government would consider any request for land from any other state in the Federation. He added that Pahang had ample land and the State
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      536 9 Today's Radio, TV programmes RADIO MALAYA Z^t^aJiSZSr* NATIONAL SHORTWAVE R^o SINGAPORE si K\ M l 41.7 metres AM 6.00 Time Signal. Nega- MEDIUM WAVE SERVICES ra-Ku 6.02 Morning Melodies; 47C metre* 7.00 Time Signal. The News; khortwavf nikvk i 7.10 News Commentary; 7.15 BHORTWA>E SERVICE Song Time; 7 JO Learn
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    16 GANG MEN HELD IN SWOOP
    182 10 16 GANG MEN HELD IN SWOOP IPOH, Thurs. Sixteen suspects have been detained under the Prevention of Crime Ordinance In the first big police swoop on members of secret societies here this year. Tho detained suspects comprise nine members of the Buddha gang, and seven members, including a tiger general,
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    Vessel free after $I.Bm —promise—i
    99 10 Vessel free after $I.Bm —promise— i SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Hif h Court today released the motor vessel Tone Hoo after the owners. Kip Hock shipping Co. (H.K.) Ltd., signed a pledge as security. The Tons: Hoo was arrested on Saturday on behalf of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co.
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    U.S. 'self-help' team arrives
    198 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs rpHE co-ordinating director of the American Organisation of World Peace and Friendship, Mr. David Wynn, is now in Singapore to seek ways in which his organisation can help supply the needs of Singapore, Malaya and Borneo. Heading a five-man team, which includes two doctors
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    Purdy in Spore
    27 10 SINOAPORE, Thurs. Mr. J. R. Purdy, of the International Telephone and Telegraph Par East and Pacific Incorporated, is In Singapore for a short visit.
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    Sarawak team to find truth of those —rumours—
    349 10 Sarawak team to find truth of those —rumours— JPOH, Thurs. How x will the proposed Malaysia affect the people of Sarawak in religious matters, commerce, education and employment opportunities? These are the questions uppermost in the minds of a 12-man delegation of the Sarawak Chinese Association which arrived here today
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    Six months for extortion
    57 10 PENANG, Thurs.— A padl plan- t«r, Teh Eng Chye. 18, was today] Jelled for six months on a charge; of extortion. Teh, it was stated, had with an- 1 other man still at large, extorted $31 from Cbeong Kirn Cheng by putting him In fear of
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    In friendship: Germany gives three X-ray units
    401 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday, 'J'HE German Ambassador, Dr. H. Boehling, handed over three mobile X-ray units mounted on six vehicles to the Federation Government today. The units were part of a $700,000 gift of medical equipment promised by the West German Government to Tengku
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    ROTARIANS FLY IN FOR TALKS
    124 10 SINGAPORE, Thursday. rTHE last group of rotarians from the Federation. Vietnam and Thailand flew into Singapore this evening for a two-day conference of Rotary International District 330 which starts tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The conference, to be attended by some
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    Methodist fellowship
    27 10 PENANG. Thurs.— The Wesley Methodist Church has started a Methodist Men's Fellowship with Mr. Tham Yak Cheong as president, and Mr. David Foo as secre-tary-treasurer.
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    STABBED YOUTH IN SERIOUS STATE
    157 10 STABBED YOUTH IN SERIOUS STATE 1/-UALA LUMPUR 1V Thurs.— Two youths walked into a shop In Jalan Kenaiiga. near Shaw Road, here last night and stabbed the owner's son after asking for a packet of cigarettes. Leong Lai Yuen. 21, was admitted to the General Hospital with stab wounds in
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    New taxation query
    55 10 JOHORE B.VHRU. Thurs.— The Johore Government's new taxation imposed as royalty on timber logs and other charges for timber extracnon form the subject of a question to be tabled at the next meeting of the State Legislative Assembly on Saturday. Mr. Phang Voon Liat (IndBekok) wants to
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    Red Cross test in Penang
    53 10 PENANG. Thurs —The Penan* and Province Wcllcsley Red Cross Society will hold its first-aid competitions this weekend. The contest for juniors will oe held at St. Xavier's Institution from 8.30 a.m. on Saturday, and that for detachment members al the Metnodist Girls' School at 1
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    Jobless man acquitted
    56 10 IPOH. Thurs.— Quek Chin Tionu. 22, unemployed, was today acquitted without his defence being called on a charge of attempted extortion. He had pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court to attempting to extort money from a tailor. Tai Teik Kheonß. 23, at Pasir Pinji new village
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    Lam Soon plea: Importers, too, ask for protection
    222 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs A REPRESENTATIVE of the Singapore Chinese Textile and Sundries Importers' Association. Mr. Tan Cheng, asked the Government today to give local importers time "to adapt and adjust themselves to the new situation" before it imposed tariffs against foreign products. He
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    TWO MORE CARS STOLEN IN STORE
    90 11 TWO MORE CARS STOLEN IN STORE SINGAPORE. Thurs. Two tars were stolen and another recovered in the last 24 hour*. A schoolteacher, Mr. Lee Ki-ok Ec of Loronjr Limau, found his Austin 40 missing yesterday after he had parked it overnight near his home. A shopkeeper. Mr. Lam Hin ('hong,
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    Sultan at school
    25 11 TANAH RATA. Thurs. The Sultan of Puhatif? lodiiy visited the Convent primary school here where 13 attorigine boys and girls are pupils.
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    Negri Ruler creates new Dato
    311 11 SEREMBAN. Thurs, 'JUiE Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan will create one Dato and bestow honours on 37 other people on the occasion of his 41st birthday tomorrow. The new Dato will be Inche Abdul Jalil bin Haji Aminuddin, Speaker of the Negri Sembilan State
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    RUBBER—A WARNING ON STABLE QUALITY
    120 11 RUBBER— A WARNING ON STABLE QUALITY I O H O R E BAHRU, Thurs. The Johore P 1 an t c rs' Association has warned that tehipments of rubber of varying quality will play into the hands of synthetic producers "who are able to deliver a more stable quality." The
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    $1,600 stolen as woman bathes
    53 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Asnah binte Ahmad. 30. of Willcie Road, was in her bath for only 30 minutes yesterday when a thief broke into her bedroom and stole 51. 600 in ca.sli and jewellery from a cupboard. There were no clues as to how the thief
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    $1.30 trust charge
    58 11 Xl ALA KANGSAR. Thurs. A former chief clerk of the police headquarters here. Shamsuddin bin Rasool, 40, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here yesterday to committing breach of trust of $1.30. He was alleged to have committed the offence on or a|bout Feb 14. last
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    Drop golf to aid others, planters urged
    179 11 Drop golf to aid others, planters urged JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— The chairman of the Johore Planters' Association, Mr. F. Thorn, today urged members to encourage neighbouring smallholders with advice and experience. Speaking at the association's annual meeting, he said: "Substitute a day's golf for a day with your neighbours and
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      MALAYA LEADING AUSTIN MARKET
      130 12 MALAYA LEADING AUSTIN MARKET THE highly competitive taxi market in Singapore is making tremendous demand for Austin A6O diesel cars, according to the Austin Motor Export Corporation. it Is estimated that about 10 per cent of the taxis running in the city are of this make. In the Federation, the
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      S.C.C.R.A. RUBBER TURNOVER 'SHRINKING'
      596 12  - S.C.C.R.A. RUBBER TURNOVER 'SHRINKING' GEOFFREY BOLAND Direct dealing by traders blamed By yyillLK Malayan rubber exports continue to increase in volume the value of payments on f.o.b. tenders passing through the clearing house of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association is declining. This by-passing of the recognised Singapore Rubber
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      Coming fairs jp U.K.
      116 12 Coming fairs jp U.K. SEVERAL trade exhibitions are to be held In Britain during the next two months. From April 1 to 5, the Dairy Engineer'ng Exhibition and Laboratory Apparatus and Materials Exhibition will take place at Earls Court, London. At Hotel Russell, London, beginning on April 18 for four
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      NESTLE BID TO PRODUCE IDEAL FOOD FOR ASTRONAUTS
      139 12 NESTLE BID TO PRODUCE IDEAL FOOD FOR ASTRONAUTS NESTLES associate in the United States, The Nestle Co. Inc., New York, and its affiliate research organisation. Westreco. have been actively engaged over the past few months in exhaustive research for the ideal space food for long weightless space flights. In carrying
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      Envoy for Milan
      60 12 Dr. Massimo Manclnl. the Italian Trade Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur. Is attending the Milan Trade Pair next month. He *ill be available there to help visitors trom Malaya, and can also be contacted in Kuala Lumpur before ue leaves next week His address at the fair is:
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      Helix agents
      38 12 The local agents In Malaysia for Helix (Universal) Ltd.. U.K. makers of school and laboratory equipment are Paterson, Simons Ltd. with whom Mrs. Elsie Lawson chairman of Helix conferred tn her recent v\sit to these territories.
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      INDIAN FABRICS POPULAR HERE
      177 12 r[E growing demand for textiles in Malaya has rated her as one of the first 10 major customers for Indian textiles. r This was stated by Mr. v. M. Chemburkar. representative of the Indian Cotton Textile Promotion Council 'or South -East Asia, who leaves for Bombay
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      Car executives
      49 12 Mr. Thomas w. Koos. executive director distribution sales of Chrysler International. Geneva, and Mr George Romanos, general sales manager, Eastern Hemisphere region, arrive in Singapore tomorrow for a two days' business vult. Chrysler Is the maker of Slmca, Plymouth. Valiant, Chrsyler, imperial and Pargo range of vehicles.
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      Versatile cash register
      76 12 A cash register of novel, type for shops, which registers the cost of the different items scld to a customer, computes the total, notes the sum received as payment and calculates (if the sum is larger than the totab the amount which has to be given back
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      New sales system for watches
      296 12  - New sales system for watches MOK SIN PIN By ANEW sales system which dispenses with the services of the middleman has been introduced in Singapore by a Swiss watch company. The company, "The Swiss Watch Center" at Clemenceau House, aims to supply customers with genuine, quality Swiss watches at a
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      Local builders go for better quality materials
      290 12 Local builders go for better quality materials INCREASED foreign attention is focussed on the local building trade as Singapore and Kuala Lumpur go about their tasks of achieving industrialisation. Japan poses a threat in this field just as she does In other spheres. But what lemains a big incentive for
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    119 14 MELBOURNE. Thurs. IXVESTiIENT SHARES were steadier, with market movements small and aoout In bala jc«. Baaw meUls featured with Barriers showing good rises and Mount Isa also Improving North Broken Hill released a buoyant report. Indicating higher profits and a higher Interim. Oils were steadier and most issues
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    222 14 V^mips lying alangsMa ths Singaport Harbour wharvss or axsMtad today are: Qlrnrallocfc 33/34, Auby N.W. 1/4 Sauuma Maru 13/14, Bclangor N.W. 4 Machaon 44, Rayon 21/22, Blntaac (NLRDM) 23/24. Chusan 1/3, Trgetbcnc 42/43, Asatcru Maru 38/39. Brede 19, Qekko Maru 4/5. aurapuaj) N.W. 1, Benarty 18, Tonsberg;
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    OPTION PREMIUMS
    137 14 (OFFICIAL QUOTATION*) March 28. Tbre* months. Dunlopa 14 cU. 8. Darby 4d. F. N. 16 eta. C. Storage 4td. Gammons 11 cU S. Traction 1/3 J. WauKh 15 ets. Shell 14 cts. M. Brew 30 cts. Steamship 7 eta. M Cement 18 cts. Timea 22 cU. Containers 11
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    CLOSING PRICES
    25 14 March 28. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 76 cents (up one-eighth of a cent). TIN: $431.37* (unchanged). Estimated unofficial offering 255 tons (up 20 tons).
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    121 14 'I'ME Malayan Eichinm Banks' Aw*- clatlen made these changes la It* rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to *100> New York: buying TT 33 11/16, airmail Ol) 32 I.Vlti. 90 d/st 33 1/16 credit MB*. 3.1 3/16 trade bill*. Canada: Nuying TT 35 5/16; airmail OI) 35 7
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    GENERAL BUYING INTEREST IN INDUSTRIALS WIDENS
    672 14 From Our Market Correspondent rpHERE was a better 1 turnover on the Ma- W layan Stock Exchange yesterday in industrials and a moderate increase in prices as general interest further widened. The index went over the 102 mark for the first time since February.
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 14 Malayan Stock Inriicr* Mar. 27 Mar .28 Industrials: 101.71 to.'.til Tins: inti.S!' loo.xv rubbers: 1H7.4K 107.48 Dec. 29, 1962=1110.
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    554 14 /COMBINED business in the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded in brackets: INDUSTRIALS: Dunleps 52.70 BL. (3.000) $t.n D. (l,oOo> J2.71 D. '17.000) SX7O: Bast. Smsltsrt S2.TB SL, (3.000) »2.7 V: F. and M. .rdi
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    Straits tin is unchanged: Rubber values harden
    293 14 STRAITS tin remained unchanged in price yesterday at $431.37$ per picul on an offering which shot up 20 tons to 255 tons. In the London tin market on Wednesday a useful amount of business was again transacted and the market ruled steady at
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    RUBBER PRICES
    229 14 \PRIL first urads rubber Quytrs f.e.b clo«cd at p n in |K)rr and Kn.iW Lumpur vrytcrrlay at 7>, .i „f -x e*m 1 quiet. IX CR A and F.M.R.E. define pricM *n cenlft per Ib yesterday i li I > > i.m -,;,l Io hiivirs ffit. M IM.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    72 14 /"■MINIS! Prsduce Ei*»ang*. Sinca- p»rs ns»n oricts p«r »ieul yesterday: Ceeenut ell: bulk S42| sellers, drum $46! sellers. Cepra: March/April UK/Oontlnent $27| buyers. Ptstwr: Muntok white $1 15 sellers. Sarawak white Sl!V2e aellers. special Sarawak black $107* sellers, garbled hamponi; Mack $102* sellers. ASTA $11. 'i Kellers. ■mgapcrs
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      219 14 t~\\\ HOEGH LINES Yr-~^ FOR CANADA-GREAT LAKES HOEGH GAPE accepting cargo for Halifax and for Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton with fast railage From Halifax or 8t John N.B. S"Dore p S'hom Penong 11/14 Apr 20/21 Apr 22 Apr Ag.nt.: HARPER GILFILLAN 6c CO., LTD. SiKWtri B4«' •»< 'isaig ***** SOCf
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      991 15 NOTICES NOTICES THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE (MALAYA) LIMITED Notice Is hereby given, pursuant Incorporated in the Federation to Section 143(2) of the Local of Malaya) Government Ordinance, 1957. that that°a7u?e AnnSfo^erapMee^ ia» the execution of streetworlw ing of the company to be held at f the
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      738 15 (Continued from Page 8) SITUATIONS VACANT in Wordt SS (Min.)— Box SO et: txtrm NGLISM SPEAKINC CENERAL Cook Amah live In family or three District Ten. Telephone ***** or call 20 Rebecca Park. Spore. WANTED EXPERIENCED house/ wash amah. Katong district. Apply In person witb testimonials 8-9.00 a.m. 72 Arcade,
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      1026 15 SITUATIONS WANTED M H ore's Si (Min.)— Box S» et: txtrm RECOMMEND INDIAN COOKBOV witb or without amah seeks employment. Willing to work anywhere. Please Ring ***** (Spore). EXPERIENCED TYPIST seeks employment witb reference, bard working. capable of working Independently, available Immediately. Please reply P.O. Box 76 Katong, Spore. WILL
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      920 15 EDUCATION 20 Words Si (Mim.)— Bex SO ett. txtrm PRIMARY SIX STUDENTS MornInn Afternoon Clssses, Engllsh/Matbematlca. Apply: Academy Of Accountancy And Secretaryship, Second Floor George Lev Building, Clemenoca v Avenue. Singapore *****. BE A STENOGRAPHER In 4 Months! Take advantage of tbli wonderful Guaranteed offer! Knrol :.o« for the April
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      1047 15 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES to Wmrdt SS (Min.)— Box SO ctt. txtrm II WELL-ESTABLISHED MEDICAL CLINIC In Central Jobore for sale, en Owner leaving. Apply to Box AM72 24 8.T.. Singapore. dl FINANCIERS INTERESTED tn ca- fs pital partnership In suitable secondary Industries, land and housing II estates. Active management desired, zc
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      BISTRO BEST WITH 3F RUN IN 36sec
      490 16  -  EPSOM JEEP: By Kuala Lumpur, Thursday gISTRO, a five-year-old mare by Good Brandy, put up the most impressive performance at this morning's gallops here. Bistro, who holds an engagement over sif next Wednesday, streaked over 3f in 36sec. The going was good. St.
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      The 'Big Two' are neck-and-neck
      219 16 Stable and Veni 0 Vici Stable, owners of the two largest strings in Malaya, are neck-and-neck at the top of the owners' table this season. Each has 13 winners so far but the Shaw brothers, whose horses have gained more places have a slight lead
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      Lock icon Spurs stretch lead to 3 points over Everton
      284 16 Spurs stretch lead to 3 points over Everton SOCCER ROUNDUP; London. Thursday r<OALS by England internationals Bobby Smith XJ and Jimmy Greaves (penalty) gave Tottenham Hotspur a 2-0 victory over Leyton Orient last night and increased Tottenham's lead in the League First Division to three points. Tottenham now hav e
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      159 16 Brazil out of running for title |X)CHAMBA (Bolivia). Thurs. \j —Brazil, the World Cup holders, lost all chance of winning the current South American championships being played in Bolivia when they wer c held to 2-2 by Ecuador yesterday. Brazil led 1-0 at half time. Paraguay beat Peru 4-1 (halftime
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      Lock icon ROPS AND ! THAIS ! AMONG THE '—LAST B—'
      188 16 ROPS AND THAIS AMONG THE '—LAST B—' VANCOUVER. Thurs.-Den-marks Erland Kops and Thailand's Sangob Rattanusorn and Channarong Ratanasaengsuang all reached the men's singles quarterfinals in the Canadian badminton championships here yesterday. Kops recently beat Channarong In the All-England singles final in London Yesterday's results Included: First Round— Kops beat Syd
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      Herts outplay Berkshire
      59 16 LONDON. Thurs. Results of Ru?by matches played yesterday: Kiighy I'nion county championship Hertfordshire 21 Berkshire 3 Club matches Abrrtillery 0 Swansea 0; Brldgend 13 Pontypridd 11; Neath 3 Loußhborougn College 3; Newport 8 Cardiff 8; Northampton 3 Harlequins 0; Coventry 9 Oxford and Cambridge Universities 11. Ru«by
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      Lock icon MICHAEL, 18, SLAMS CAVALIERS
      193 16 CRICKET JOHANNESBURG. Thurs.— Michael Proctor, 18-year-old Natal schoolboy, hammered the International attack of the Cavaliers touring cricket team yesterday, scoring 76. with 15 sparkling boundaries, in 61 minutes. Despite Proctor's fine Inn- 1 Ings, the Cavaliers won the one-day match against a South African Schools XI
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      312 16 Monawin's victory in 'Lincoln' delights the bookies LONDON. Thurs. Monawin, an eight-year-old mare, owned and trained by former speedway ace Ron Mason, won the Lincolnshire Handicap over a mile at odds of 25-1 yesterday. Splendidly ridden by Joe Sime, the mare, the oldest horse in the race, took the lead
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      1404 16 J K R. VOTKE For thp purpose of replacing old timber bridge by new concrete Bridge at Hill Sired. Kajang in Ulu Langat District, the Hill Street will be completely closed for all traffic, from :he junction of Route I to the junction of Church Btre.n, from the Ist of
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      873 16 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT! KERETAPI TANAH MELAYI \l AMY FOR STENOORAPHKK APPLICATIONS aie im ite< Mom Unr.iamed Female l-eceia Citizens who have passed th ledeiation ol Malaya Ceriifkat o. Education or tne Over.se School Certificate Examinatioi a nil a creuit in English Languag and have attained their 17th OU DM tiieir L-Utn
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      468 16 I TENDERS KERETAPI TANAH MELAYU TENDER NOTICE TENDERS are Invited for the -upply of 200 tons Gas Coke tiSmithyi. Tenders close at 12 noon on 29ih c April I&C3 Hi ihe ofln;e ol 'ie tt Pengeruii. Jawatan. Kuasa Pern buka Tawaran. d a Pejabat Ketua c Jurukira Keretapi Tanah Melayu
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      RAIN—so doubles put off till today
      166 17 RAIN— so doubles put off till today DAVIS CUP KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Rain washed out the second day's doubles match in the Davis Cup eastern zone tie between Malaya and Burma on the Selangor Club courts today. The doubles, between S. A. Azman and Kwok Yoke Yen (Malaya) and Joe
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      Aussies arrive
      84 17 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Australia's official team for Twimbbedon comprising Ken Fletcher. John Newcombe, Owen Davidson and Tony Roche, arrival here tonight to compete in the Malayan Open at Penang from Apr 2 to 7. Team manager R. Stephens said on arrival that although he expected strong opposition from the
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      SAFA—all scouts
      411 17  - SAFA— all scouts TEOH ENG TATT Councillors to spot talent THE HUSSEIN PLAN FOR FOOTBALL By Singapore, Thursday SAFA councillors will become talent scouts. This is part of the "Hussein Kamari Plan" to ensure a bright future for Singapore soccer. Inche Hussein, SAFA's new president,. told me: "Previously councillors were
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      Goalkeeper ignores 'comeback' order
      139 17 Goalkeeper ignores 'comeback' order SINGAPORE. Thurs. Australia's top soccer goalkeeper, 26-year-old Heinz Wenzl, Ignored a "come back" order from his Hakoah club president. Karl Rodney, of Sydney, and continued on his Journey by sea to Austria by the T.V. Roma. Wenzl, writes Keith Hooper, left Sydney last week for Austria
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      Bailey: 'Not just men —only'—
      141 17 Bailey: 'Not just men only' DENANG, Thurs. Ron Bailey, president of the Penang AAA, today called for more women to take up athletics "to prove that this is not Just a men's sport." "Having seen some very good performances at glr 1 s' school meets, It is difficult to account
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      Grace to lead Bultaco team
      204 17  - Grace to lead Bultaco team JOE DORAI MALAYSIA G.P. By SINGAPORE, Thurs. John Grace, the Bultaco manager in Spain, will lead a works team of three local riders in the Malaysia Grand Prix for motor-cycles to be held over the Upper Thomson Road circuit next month. This waa disclosed today
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      SPORTS SUMMARY
      84 17 SOCCER S*pore Div. SC: Cosmos 3 Seletar Indian Youths 2; Gymkhana 7 Indian Youngsters 1. Inter-Police District (Malacca): Jasln 4 Central Or Penan* Malay Lire: Baharul Alam 6 Darul Alhsan 3. Inter-school <K. Kangsan: Malay College 3 Anderson School 0; College 'B 3 Andersonlaiis 'B CRICKET Inter-Mhod under--15
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      69 17 SANDERS STARES AND STARES LEAVING his club on the ground, American pro golfer Dou? Sanders stares at his ball which stopped on the edge of cup on the Bth hole during play on the final day of the Yomiuri international open gqjf tournament in Tokyo. Twentiy nine-year-old Sanders beat second-place
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      BOYS' MATCHES
      37 17 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The American School in Bangkok will send a team of ten boys for basketball, volleyball, badminton and bowling matches against the Amecan School in Singapore at King's Road from Apr. 1 to 4.
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      CROSS-COUNTRY
      20 17 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Entries for the Singapore AAA annual cross-country on Apr. 20 at Mcßitchle Reservoir close on Apr. 10.
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      Bumper crowd expected
      288 17 SINGAPORE, Thurs CAFA are expecting a 10,000-plus crowd at Jalan Besar Stadium this Sunday when Singapore meet Selangor in the south zone final of the FAM Cup competition. i 1 Judging by recent events this is not wishful- thinking by any means, writes Teob En* Tatt. Attendances
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      A 'first' for Malacca
      115 17 GO-KARTING I/UALA LUMPUR, Thurs Go-karting will be held at Malacca for the nrst time on Sunday. The Malayan Motoring Sports Club have planned an 18-event programme to be run on the Malacca Airport apron starting at 9 a.m. So far 27 go-karters from five states have
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      80 17 SOCCER FAM CLP S-FINAL: Kelantan v Peralc (K. Bharu. 5.15). JOHOKE SL'LTAN'S CUP FINAL: J. Bahru v Muar (J. Bahru stadium. 5.15). STOKE DIV. 3D: Amicable* 'A* v STB (Farrer Pic) Star Soccerites 'A' v RAP Tengah 'A' (Parrer Pk); Windsor Rovers 'A' v Kg Kapor (St. George's Rd). TENNIS
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    88 18 WHAT is more norur- ol than that Mr. Aristotle Onassis, who is worth many millions, should sit at the feet of Mr. Paul Getty, worth perhaps six times as much and reputed to be the richest man in the world? The two met for lunch
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    Election fever in Pahang royal town
    170 18 PEKAN, Thursday. WITH three days more to polling day. this quiet TT royal town on the bank of the Pahang River has now become a centre for political parties to launch their election campaigns. Three candidates are contesting the Pahang Tua state by-election. They
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    X-ray survey: 500 T.B. suspects found
    69 18 X-ray survey: 500 T.B. suspects found SINGAPORE. Thurs— From Feb. U) Mar. 13 9.689 people were x-rayed at Monks Hill Secondary School, River Valley Community Centre and River Valley Government Chinese Secondary School x-ray centres. Five hundred cases of suspicious limn tuberculosis have been discovered. They will be called up
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    73 18 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Dr. Michael Shimkin, a Government ramer specialist, said today th;^ '.uicer.s in animals, including dun* and cuts, might eonrtttuu .i trans* mission hazard to irum. He said: 'Tumours in animals are of interest today not only because they may demonstrate environmental factors shared by
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    Lock icon MERCHANT CLUB GIVES $200 FOR P-FUND
    129 18 MERCHANT CLUB GIVES $200 FOR P-FUND I/-UALA LUMPUR, 1V Thurs. Donations to the National Patriotic Fund through the Straits Times group of newspapers now stand at $58,100.29. Contributions through the group today amounted to $221.40. They were from the Selangor Merchant Club, Kuala Lumpur, $200, and the Pergerakan Kaum Ibu
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    VILLAGES RAISE OVER $1,500
    80 18 SINGAPORE. Thurs— The people of two villages, Bukit Panjang and Woodlands. through the efforts of Mr. K. C. Lee, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education, collected a total or $1,501,20 for the Bukit Ban Kee Fire Fund. The donations: Bukit Panjang villagers i51.445.25j; Woodlands' villagers
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    Cash for fire victims
    41 18 SINGAPORE, Thurs— The Social Welfare Department made the secondary cash relief payment today to the victims of the Rumah Boinba Circus Fire of Mar. 18. Sixty-seven victims received $10 each. The victims also received donated household goods.
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    Association officials
    33 18 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Mr. B. H. Melwani has been elected president of Sincilii Merchants Association Other office-bearers include Mr. 88. Harjani. vicepresident: Mr T. Gulabrai. secretary. and Mr. J. G. Bhojwanl, treasurer
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    Servicemen give 525,000 to M-Fund
    108 18 Servicemen give 525,000 to M-Fund KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Tengku Abdul Rahman today received from the British High Commissioner, Sir Geofroy Tory, a cheque for 525.000 from British servicemen who were in Malaya during Emergency operations. The presentation was made at the Residency in Kuala Lumpur and the money is for
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    Talentime contest
    60 18 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The 17th Company, Singapore Boys' Brigade, will hold a talentime contest on Sept. 29 at the Victoria Theatre. The winner will get a free air trip to Penang. Heats will begin at the Geylang Methodist Girls' School Hall on May 4. Entry forms for the contest,
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    Student grants
    44 18 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Mr. Lee Khoon Choy. will present scholarships, donated by S. P. H. de Sllva, to top students from the four-langu-age streams who passed their primary school-leaving examination, at the Education Ministry tomorrow.
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    310 18 i LONDON, Thurs. Equities shone in London stock niarii<-i.s I today. Pre-budßet buying was on lan increased scale although not heavy. The strength of bus shares provided the highlight with demand stimulated by Government plans for British Railways. In motors Leylands, SMC. and Dennis all advanced well. Components
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