The Straits Times, 18 January 1959

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  • 13 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES I Malay* No. 1,221. SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1959 20 CENTS
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  • 293 1 Former 'jungle girl' says: 'I didn't want to leave in 1950' B E R G E N OP ZOOM, (Holland), Sat. Bertha Hertogh, the Dutch "jungle girl" who married a Malayschool teacher when only 13 and was the central figure of the bloody Singapore riots of
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  • 618 1  - WE WANT IIM SURPRISE BY KHIR JOHARI Low Slew Thiam Three reasons why Chief Minister is liked in Federation By 'You're lucky to have him as leader' SINGAPORE. Saturday. "|"HE Federation Education Minister, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, declared here tonight if the voters of Singapore reject the Chief Minister,
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  • 40 1 LONDON. Sat. A fire early yesterday at the pnwsed steel company's factory at Cowley near Oxlord will a«"Ct deliveries of Rootes group cars in Britain and overseas. Rootes manufacture Humber, Hillman, Singer and Sunbeam cars.
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  • 27 1 MOSCOW, Sat. Russia has warned Persia that it would be "very dangerous" for her to conclude a military agreement with the United States.— Reuter.
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  • 309 1 MM JACKPOT UP TO $20, 000! -NINE SHARE $5,000 THE Jackpot in The Malayan Monthly's Contest "C" (December) was not won. The Jackpot for Contest "0" (January) will therefore be $20,000. One entrant submitted a solution which differed at one point from the solution (See Paje 5) which
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  • 248 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. PRESIDENT Eisenhower today received Mr. Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet First Deputy Premier, and conferred with him for one and three quarters of an hour. I It was the first time the President had met a topranking Soviet official since the Geneva summit meeting
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  • 73 1 Pope to pray for China Catholics VATICAN CITY. Sat Pope John will pray in one of Rome's main basilicas on Jan. 25 for Catholics In Communist ruled countries especially in China. In a letter sent to the Vicar-General of Rome. Cardinal Clemente Micara, the Pope asked that prayers should be
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  • 103 1 51 DIE IN ARGENTINE AIR CRASH ONE SAVED BUENOS AIRES, Sot.— Only one man. 38-year-old Roberto servents, survived when a twin-en-gined Argentine airliner plunged into the sea near here last night. The other 51 on board were killed. The plane was on an inauguration flight from Buenos Aires to Bahia
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  • 146 1 SINGAPORE, Sat. One man was killed, and 24 others were injured tonight when a lorry and a bus collided at 6V2 mile, Jurong Road. Among those injured were children. The Fire Brigade was called out to extricate the body of Ang Kwee Eah, 32, the
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  • 47 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— A total of 6,674 terrorists have been killed in the Federation since the emergency was declared in 1948. Another 1.275 Reds were captured 2,565 surrendered and 2.815 were wounded. Police and home guards killed since the emergency totalled 1.345.
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  • 35 1 SINGAPORE. Sat Three policemen tonight chased and caught a man after a cakeseller. 800 Hang K'.a, 25 had been attacked wit: a hammer in Cross Street here. 800 Is In a serious condition.
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  • 164 1 Gangsters kidnap boy after fight to run den C INCAPORE. Sat.— Police today launched an island-wide hunt for 10 secret society thugs who kidnapped a schoolboy. Cheo Keng Liang, 16, after a gang clash at Nicoll Highway last night. The fight, between two splinter gangs of the 08 secret society
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  • 20 1 BODIES FOUND 151 I Mi> AIR] 5 Seven bodies over long stretch beach "f which kill liter. Ihii
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  • 1492 2  -  ART COHN THE NINE LIVES of MIKE TODD... Start it today w V v ft V By Consider the death of Joe Glick. It was a hard blow for Mike Todd. Glick was an assistant producer and was the most trustworthy man he had. "Joe Glick
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    • 146 2 YOU WOMt FI«D AlWrllfe TO BEAT VIM SMOOTHER, ftSTER ttGMWNe! A bright, clean, shining house is every woman's pride and joy. And when you see a home like this, you can be certain that Vim has been busy again, getting cleaning results beyond compare. You can really trust Vim to
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  • 2271 3  - The Friendly Bloodhound FRANK FELDMAN FAMOUS GETAWAYS by The case of How a grateful dog helped a bank robber to escape... ONE of the whackiest escapes in the history of jail-breaks came on July 17, 1951. The hard-boiled convicts at Walla Walla penitentiary were just having a friendly baseball game.
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  • 649 4 WHY I BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY BY THE TENGKU 'PEOPLE'S GOVTS DO NOT GIVE FREEDOM TO PEOPLE' Communists dislike our defence pact' IPOH, Saturday. fHE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today said that Malaya was a "very strong adherent" of Western democracy. Speaking at Parit, 20 miles southwest of here, to
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  • 49 4 SINGAPORE, Sat.— The trophy for bestmaintained Post Office in Singapore for 1958 has been won by the Geylang Post Office. The postmaster. Mr. Choo Koh Bens, will receive it from the Director or Posts. Mr. H. M. Rose, at the General Post Office on Wednesday.
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  • 208 4 Ballet company of 25 young dancers to perform here The Theatre D'Art Du Ballet, a company of 25 young devotees to the romantic and classical ballet, is due to arrive in Singapore from Hong Kong on Tuesday for two performances at Victoria Theatre. The comparatively new company which made its
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  • 92 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Guan. will accompany the mobile unit of the Public Inquiry and Complaints Bureau when it takes the road for the firat time in the Hong Lim area and stations itself at the New Bridge Road City Public Dispensary
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  • 27 4 SINGAPORE. Sat.— A labourer. A. Muniaopan. 17, was burnt on the legs when a sampan exploded and sank in the Western Anchorage, off Singapore, tonight.
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  • 176 4 WANTED: AJRGIRLS WITH POISE AND CHARM CINGAPORE, Sot. Ten Malayan girls are wanted as air hostesses by the Union of Burma Airways. Requirements are: Poise, charm, simplicity, ability to dress and talk well and. preferably education up to Senior Cambridge level. Mr. Lee Tye Toh. ÜBA's representative in South East
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  • 61 4 At your cinemas Kola llli.iru ODKON: Copper Sky 9.45 a.m.; A Certain Smile 12.30. 3. 7.15. 9.30: LIDO: Penchuri i Malay) 9.30 a.m.; Tarzan's Fight For Life 12.30. 3, 7.15, 930. Kuanlan CATHAY: Wyoming Renegade 10 30 a.m.; Terminal Bound 12.30. 2.30. 7, 9.30; REX: Stampeded '.0.45 a.m.; Mui Choot
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  • 338 4 Prize money doubled for 1959 Run CINGAPORE, Sat.— Prizes totalling $11,100 will be offered in the 1959 Mobilgas Economy Run compared with $5,400 last year. The run will be over a longer distance and will include a stretch of night driving. There will also be a new class. This will
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  • 86 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Aborigines in tbe Federation are to have their own radio programme on Radio Malaya starting from Feb 3. It will be the first time a programme of music and news designed specially for them will be broadcast. The new venture, announced jointly
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  • 26 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Malayan section of the Royal Institute of Chemistry will hold Us annual dinner at Raffles Hotel on Friday a* 8.30 P.m.
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    • 188 4 them a bonny, bouncing LACTOGEN-fed. Baby. j3mCS AnniC Bernadette Cecelia On 22nd August 1957, into the world came: The babies are at P resent °n three meals a day and between them consume large quantities of: w, B irlh we ight4 b l 2. oz ,-u ngt hm» LACTOGEN, NESTUM
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  • 124 5 BY BUS AND LAUNCH TO VISIT VARIOUS PLACES OF INTEREST SINGAPORE Sot. The 20 official receptionists of the Singapore Constitution Exposition were taken today round the island of Singapore to get firsthand knowledge of various places of tourist interest. First a two-hour launch trip to
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  • 483 5 SINCAPORE, Sat. AUTHOR Han Suyin, forecast today that the most remarkable development of the 20th Century would be "not the drive to the stars or the conquest of the atom, but the revolution of women into full and equal human beings
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  • 42 5 ■H AT the Chinese Ladies' Association luncheon yesterday the Chief .Minister Mr. Litn Yew Ilork. the C.L.A. president Mrs. Christina Loke. author Han Suyin, and the visiting British High Commissioner in India. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. Sunday Times picture.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 34 5 SOLUTION TO MALAYAN MONTHLY CONTEST 'C This is the solution to the Malayan Monthly's Word Puzzle Contest 'C for December, which the panel of judges held to give the most meritorious set of answers.
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  • 76 6 Here is a recipe from "Cooking from the Commonwealth," for pineapple fudge. You need: 1 large pineI apple: 1 lb sugar. Peel the pineapple, cut I out the eyes and grate the flesh. Cook slowly with the sugar until the latter dissolves, then increase the heat and boil
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  • 314 6  -  SUSAN BARRIE BY IJICH waists, short skirts and flowery prints were highlights of a recent Singapore fashion parade at tea-time at the Adelphi Hotel. The Empire line, which shows signs of putting every other fashion trend out of the headlines, was well
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  • 689 6  - Mrs. with Mister in background twists old story SHIRLEY LOWE By rwent like the well, rehearsed script of a play we had all done many times before. "Now tell me," we would say, "to what do you attribute your success?" And the politician, or the pop singer, or the actor,
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  • 176 6 r^RENCH fashion expert F Madame Francoise Oarrlques, an executive of a West End London store, has issued her own list of fashion predictions for 1959 The high-walsted Empire dress will hold its own, says Madame Oarriques. But the waistline Is tending to get lower again. It will
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  • 431 7 Six women say: We have equality in our countries SINGAPORE, Saturday. fHE first six leaders who spoke today at the opening session of the Pan-Pacific SouthEast Asian Women's Conference all praised for the progress women have made in their respective countries. They all maintained that women had eaual rights with
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  • 196 7 MINISTER PLANS NATIONAL LANGUAGE WEEK KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday kJALAY will "very soon" become one of the qualifications needed for Government appointments, the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir bin lohari, j said here today. Speaking at the prizegiving ceremony of the Novel Writing Competition
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  • 78 7 5200,000 gift for YMCA pool SINGAPORE. Sat. The Chinese YMCA here will receive $200,000 from the North American YMCAs under their Building for Brotherhood programme to complete their swimming pool in Prince Edward Road. The North American YMCAs have agreed to donate $200,000. which is half the cost of the
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  • 49 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Prince Edward Boys' Club today held a "parent's day" concert at the club premises in Prince Edward Road. Mr. A. E.G. Blades, the Police Commissioner. gave away prizes for winners of table tennis competition at the end of the concert.
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  • 210 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— A silver-haired grandmother arrived here by air today from London to look after her two grandchildren while their mother is ih hospital. Fellow passengers said .Mrs. Esmee Prentis. 54 wife of a former Federation Official Assignee and Registrar of
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  • 137 7 BABY BOY FOR BEDAH KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. A 51b. 14oz. boy was born today to Bedah bintc Sonbong— the sfck aborigine woman who was flown by helicopter from Fort Langkap in NegrJ Bembllan to the Oeneral Hospital here yesterday. The child arrived at 5.55 p.m. about two hours and 10
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    • 652 7 HOW fo SPEAK jL MASTERLY H&I^B ENGLISH .£s4 _8 F^^'^ your English reveal your lack of education, or docs B| ment? Are you handicapped in your speech and writing or H| <* o s y° ur command of English rise to meet every occasion Hj H^^^^^H aßd ver V situation?
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    • 29 7 TOE (3AM6OLS /oom.tue o_y_T\ li 1/lVe NOTUIN6 MOCe)__ >_^1 ..,?>. /?i_C>\ If TO DO MOW BUT rrWn I /_fm?_. V _iir, VVStt |\IN MV CUAIBJ JfcT^^ I I SUPPCC J
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  • 462 8 JOINT INDUSTRY PLAN IS WELCOMED IN SINGAPORE It's in our interests to maintain economic unity' SINGAPORE, Saturday. LEADERS of political, trade and industrial circles here today hailed the recommendations made by Mr. F. Lyle, a Colombo Plan adviser, that the Singapore and Federation Governments should establish a joint industrial development
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  • 269 8 Victor is a 'Junior V.I.P.' jUiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiHiiMiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimtiiMiiii(i FORMER SINGAPORE BOY MAKES GOOD IN U.S. SINGAPORE, Saturdoy. yiCTOR CHEAH, aged 12, who is remembered by hit former schoolmates as "the clever boy who got a double promotion" in St. Gabriel's School, Singapore, is today a "Junior V.1. P." in E America. He
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  • 524 8 The Countryman's Journal by TUAN DJEK FRIDAY, Jon. 9. IT looks as if this month is going to be as dry as it was in 1958. The well now yields only enough water for cooking and drinking. The Nonya has to do the washing in the
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  • 295 8 KUANTAN, Saturday. lyiß. JUSTICE NEAL today sentenced a Chinese Muslim convert, Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman, 66, to 18 months' imprisonment for slashing his wife with a parang. Abdullah, who had claimed trial to causing grevious hurt to his wife. Som binte Abdullah.
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  • 59 8 SINGAPORE, Sat— A BOAC Comet IV. arriving in Singapore at noon on Jan. 29. will be the first civil Jet airliner to land at Paya Lebar International Airport. The Comet will be here for only 24 hours before leaving for Colombo. It has been
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  • 40 8 SINGAPORE. Sat. Saperimo son of Krishnasamy was today charged here with robbing Mrs. P. L. Williams of property worth $5,000, while armed with a dagger on Jan. 14 Saperlmo was remanded ta custody until Jan 22.
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    • 168 8 sale V J 1 COMMENCING I 1 Monda) 19th January at 9 a.m. HHI m Singapore Kuala Lumpur amSmE Pcnang Ipoh ami fuiping fl fl fl jfl COME EARLY, AND SEE THE W ~«G&f UNBELIEVABLE BARGAINS Bf» -JSk* l\ ILL DEPARTMENTS 1 V MMF 1 WHITEAWAYS WHITEAWAYS WHITEAWAYS BE YOUR
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  • 1134 9  - The long, long voyage of Jeanne Matilde Hugh Mabbett S'PORE YACHTSMAN MAKES IT TO ENGLAND— WITHOUT HIS BOAT (THREE YEARS 14,000 MILES) By ASinga p o r c yachtsman who set out almost three years ago to sail to England has at last arrived but without his boat after an
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  • 70 9 LONDON, Sat. The new colour newsreels will be in the cinemas for the first time on Feb. 2, and will last twice as long as the ordinary newsreels An official of the Rank Organisation said: "With TV showing events as they happen, there is no place for
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    • 644 9 THE WORLD NEEDS TRAINED MEN .ji-lj I New ZealandH POSTAL EDUCATION-^Ss^- .WL dr BRANCHES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD I THL. WORLD is desperate lor men to fill OVER 300 COURSES key industrial positions. We are entering Leading authorities consider "British Institutes' courses the a new exciting age where opportunities fi "**t
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  • 58 10 2t Words SIO (Minimum). DORIS GEDDES Little Shop Raffles Hotel. Fashion mwsClearance sale of Wool dresses. topcoats less than cost from i Mon. Feb. 2nd. Wonderful bargains. TO EUROPE AIRCONDI-TIONED-ui comfort In Lauro line passenger .ships "•Sydney". "Roma", which will have all ciuins, public rooms, tourist, Insi-class, air-conditioned from
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  • THE SUNDAY TIMES Sunday, January 18, 1959.
    • 314 10 PHE Kuala Lumpur divi- sion of the University of Malaya has now been formally established. Whether this is a prelude to the eventual splitting up of the University or to integrated expansion will depend partly on political factors and partly on the skill and vision shown by
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    • 170 10 pHE exciseman's hand L dips heavily into the pockets of everybody who likes a drink of something stronger than flavoured and carbonated water. But at last the taxed drinker has rebelled —not to the point of refusing to pay, but to the point of drinking less. ast year,
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  • 994 10  - TODAY'S PROFILE LLOYD MORGAN f INTERVIEW... M vn. ITHE FATHER OF I I BOYS' TOWN I ■PERHAPS the best tribute that can be i^paid to the Rev. Brother Vincent, Vice- I I Provincial of the Brothers of St. Gab- I riel in Singapore and Malaya, and retired 5 I Director
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  • 1039 10  -  LEE KHOON CHOY FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT... By Sunday Times Reporter Fireworks and 10,000 balloons at opening The Singapore constitutional exposition will be declared open by the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, on Saturday (Jan. 24) at 5 p.m. After his speech Tun Lim will unfurl
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  • 189 10 exposition, but will also help relieve trallic congestion. The exposition committee has earmarked 25 acres of vacant land on all sides ot the exposition ground as parking space. It is estimated tnat at least 15.000 cars will be able to use it. The police are
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    • 757 10 CLASSIFIED ADS. I I I 1 i I < < 20 Words SJO (Minimum). THE ENGAGEMENT IS announced between Henry Ang adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Kim Yan of Messrs Tan Chua and Theresa Tan Chin Suat youngest daughter of the late Mr. Tan Cheow Kim and Madam
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    • 5 10 ROLEX Watchword of the World
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  • 608 11 Jury reaches unanimous 'not guilty 9 verdict in 30 minutes KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. "pWO YOUTHS charged with murdering a Kuala Lumpur school- teacher, Stephen Peter Fonseka, were acquitted and discharged in the High Court here today at the end of
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  • 33 11 SINGAPORE. Sat Yap Pow Nguan was today charged In the Ninth Magistrate's Court with robbing Goh Suan Fong of $84 at midnight on Thursday at tho padang opposite Raffles Institution.
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  • 228 11 Singapore— for five million PRAISE IN AUSTRALIAN PAPER SINGAPORE, Saturday. FIVE MILLION people will be reading about Singapore and Malaya next week when the Australia Women"? Weekly hits the news-stands in Australia and New Zealand. This issue of the magazine contains a 16-page report by a member of its staff,
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  • 389 11 Girl from Malaya wins top prize THE BEST ALL-ROUND NURSING TRAINEE JyiELBOURNE, Sat.— The prize for the best allround nursing trainee in first year at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne, has been won by a Malayan girl. She is Miss Mary Varughese 22. of 315, Court Hill. Kuala Lumpur, who came
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  • 24 11 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was up 50 cents to $385.25 per plcul on an estimated offering of 150 tons
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  • 69 11 Junk sets sail for Singapore HOXG KONG. Sat. Six Spaniards, with three Chinese crew, left here today aboard the bOft. junk Rubia on an 11,000-mile journey to Barcelona. Mr. Jose Maria Tey. 39, a merchant of Barcelona, the Kkipper. said that the journey looked like a dream which had come
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  • 228 11 WARNING ON ILLEGAL HOMES SINGAPORE, Saturday. THE newly-formed Katong District Council which assumed authority on Jan. 1 has inherited the thorny problem of illegally built houses This was revealed for the first time on Thursday during a court case when a woman was prosecuted for
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  • 38 11 SINGAPORE, Sat. Two men broke into a Serangoon Road coffee shop early this morning and robbed the proprietor. Thai Hon Kiat. of $200 and cigarettes. They left him trussed up in his bed.
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  • 33 11 JESSELTON, Sat.— Two women have been appointed to the Je.iselton Town Board for the lirst time in its history. They ar3 Mrs. J.T. Medrana and Mrs. Editha Tsheng.
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  • 75 11 SINGAPORE. Sat. Electricity supply in the Jurong area was restored at 2.30 a.m. today after City Council employees had worked late into the night to repair a faulted high-tension cable. The power was cut when the cable blew out 200 yards from the Jurong substation oi
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  • 37 11 Singapore Copra Association noon prices per picul on Saturday: fair merchantable Bombay mixed copra: January $43 buyers only. Tone was steady. Singapore Coconut Oil Millers' Association: bulk $64 sellers, drum $67.50 sellers. Tone was quiet.
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  • 97 11 SINGAPORE. Sat. Mr. R. Jumabhoy, independent member for Telok Ayer. has withdrawn a question relating to the recent visit of the president of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. which he had asked the Chief Secretary to answer at the meeting of the Legislative Assembly oh Thursday. Mr. Jumabhoy
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  • 142 11 Master Malay and win $1 ,000! i \f ou don 1 yha v e to know th e language but it's a great help if you do and you 1 can MASTER MA- LAYTHEMAJAL--1 LAH WAY. S It's fascinating and it's free. Get a r copy of Majallah Bulanan Malaya,
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  • 106 11 OPEN VERDICT ON WOMAN ROAD VICTIM SINGAPORE. Sat. An open verdict was recorded today by the coroner. Inche Ahmad bin Hussein, on Bay Kwee Ini. 65, who died a month after she and a van driven by Ng Teck Siew at Victoria Street on Nov. 4 last had come into
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • 983 12  -  RAYMOND THOMAS BY week's article is directed to those photographers who have just been given their very first camera and know absolutely nothing about the mysteries of photography. A camera in its simplest form is the conventional box camera, a light tight box which holds the film at
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  • 147 12 WEEKLY PHOTO CONTEST R. J. PIMBOROUGH of 128 7 Bee Lian Lane. Jalan Kayu. RAF Seletar, Singapore 28. was j the first prize winner < S3O > in this weeks photo contest, with "The Lawman" (top. lefii. It was taken with an Isoleite 111. on Kodak Tri X. Aperture was
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  • 93 12 The Photc of the Year ri: Sunday Times has decided to award a special cash prize for "The Photo of The Year." Selection, by an independent panel of judges, will be made from among pictures winning first prize in the weekly contest. Handsome cash prizes will also be awarded to
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 143 12 12 "~~^^^T^~~ 1*• I#o I rO I 4-J I ACROSS: 1 Plants (5): 5 DOWN: 1. Empty space (6); Inundated (7>; 10. Winning 2. Image (4); 3. Nearest (4); services (4); 11. Square across t T v ,c\. c T»*tnr» em- i h 4 C el it <3 e^ Ty
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  • FILMS PREVIEW
    • 540 13 Lively Lola raises merry hell and sets Old Nick a-tire in mad, melodious musicale "QAMN Yankees" was a play which convulsed America for three joyous years. Now Warner Bros, bring it to the screen under the title of "WHAT LOLA WANTS." And an equally
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    • 15 13 BOYER (left) AND LADD For the pundit, there was no peace
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    • 156 13 "rpHUNDER IN THE EASJT" (Paramount), telling of events in India immediately after independence, may be factually inaccurate but nonetheless it remains an entertaining picture. So frtr as memory serves me no brash American sold arms .to the warrinu factions of Hindu and Muslim
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    • 206 13 MARK OF THE HAWK" U-Ii deals with an Africa seeking independance but keeps one In the dark regarding which part of the continent the events take place. The usual arguments including the silly ones both for and against independence .become bearable only
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    • 558 13 "/COFFEE TIME" with the \j Morton Gould orches. tra (RCA Itahana LP.M 1656) is a rich, heady brew of delightfully arranged tunes which make this the week's most satisfying disc of its kind. Mr. Gould's repertoire here has a strong popular appeal; he makes use of *uch
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    • 308 13 YOUR SUNDAY RADIO RADIO SINGAPORE Medium wave 476 mertes A.M. 6.30 OooU Morning To You! 6.32 Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; 7.05 Moment* Of Melody; 8.00 The News; B.OS Breakfast Club; 9.00 Programme Summary: 9.02 The Boston Promenade Orchestra; 9.30 Sing It Again; 10.00 Redgauntlet; 10.30 Malay Mixture; 11.00 Talking
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    2347 14 The punch that knocked me back 10 years... FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER YOU CAN GET INSIDE THE MIND OF A CHAMPION IN THIS STORY AS TOLD TO TERENCE FEELY "GIVE us your au t o g r a p h, Freddie .spar with us, Freddie let's feel your
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  • 35 15 "It was my most terrible defeat for seven rounds I fought on out on my feat But to this day I don't remember a thing about what happened."
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  • 530 15 By a special correspondent THIS year which is still so young has brought good news for haemopKilics those unfortunate people who can bleed to death, either internally or externally, from a slight cut or bruise. Scientists claim to have produced a new preparation which,
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    • 200 16 your point of view. Excellent for dealing with officials or for settling personal problems. FOR LITK TODAY WEAR OR USE: Royal blue. 4. Emerald. WEDNESDAY: Life should go pleasantly tor many people. An excellent day for entertaining or for renewing friendships. If you are anxious to make money try combining
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  • 1083 17 Guest who kicks cat whenever he pays a call a^BB^BB^^BB^BaV *l •"■-J 7^^^| jf^^^K '^B \jyr^^ l v Tfif QUITE a number of palmists predicted that I would n die at a young age or most probably through an accident. The thought of this worries me very much, especially as
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  • 1127 17 Boy with a problem: Should he become a domineering tyrant? 0 I HAVE an entirely different problem lor you to solve. Whether or not to be a tyrant! I am an outstanding pupil and leader at school. Do you think I can be a person of Importance in the world
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  • 67 18 SINGAPORE. Sat. G. Hovll (68) won the Keppel Golf Club's "A" medal competition '.odav. He also won the ball sweep on the first nine. Runner-up was W. Horst (70) who also won the ball sweep on the second nine. The -B medal ended in a tie
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  • 89 18 ■••4 b*lwt«n th« IiIMS to find th« Hidden Personality 1. It went wide* young lady (4). 2. The boats present a target (7). 3. A true M.A. plays for fun (7). 4 5 Indifferent oarsman may thus have fishing success (5, 1, 4) 6. Arrest at the end
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  • 28 18 M ISS REG A TTA AMA T EUR CA T CHA CRA B R I NIN HOT S PUR NET B ALL ST Y MIE
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  • 430 18 CINGAPORE, Sat. Thirteen-year-old Solly Hudson was the outstanding swimmer at the Singapore Swimming Club junior gala at Tanjong Rhu today. Sally was first in all three under 14 events in addition to winning the three metre springboard diving event for girls under 17. Another
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  • 552 18  - Styling— a new meaning m\ am ■■g Ambrose Khaw MOTORING... Ay Studebaker elegant, but not flamboyant MORE than 10 years ago a car of revolutionary design made all other cars at the time look like old crocks overnight. It was the unusual shape of that car which first caught the
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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    • 286 18 IBank of America NATIONAL JJ^Yng s ASSOCIATION Condensed Statement of Condition December 31, 1958 (Figures of Overseas Branches are as of December 24, 1958) RESOURCES Cash and Due from Banks 1,860,453,871.96 United States Government Securities and Securities Guaranteed by the Government 2,398,143,579.13 Federal Agency Securities 124,372,037.99 State, County, and Municipal
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 379 18 WEATHER TAKES A RECORD TOLL LONDON, Sat.— The English football league suffered the heaviest setback in its history by the concellation of 28 of its 46 scheduled matches. The previous worst for the English league was 27 on Mar. 8. 1947. Ten or tne 18 Scottish league games were also
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    • 123 18 CROSSWORD SOLUTION ACROSS: 1, Vines. S, Flooded. 10. Aces 11. Are. 12, Coxcomb. 14, Relax. 15, Unto. 16. Orts. 18, Tapir. 20, Acme. 22. Mad. 25. Corsair. 27. Genre. 30, Waste. 31. Repeals. 33. End. 35. Idle. 36, Steps. 39. Hear. 40, Atop. 43, Ditto. 45, Tableau. 46. Eel. 47,
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  • 105 19 MRU names teams for North v South KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— The Malayan Rugby Union tonight announced the teams for the annual North-South match to be played in Singapore on Jan. 31. NORTH: Chandler (Penang, captain), Sheridan (Perak), Nepia (Perak). Carr (Penang), Dix (Selan*or), Ashton <Selangor), McPhee (Perak), Tainsh (Selangor), Jope
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  • 122 19 SYDNEY. Sat. Jon Konrads, the 16-year-old Australian swimming star, broke two world records today— the 200 metres and 220 yards freestyle. Swimming in the 220 yards final of the new South Wales championships, Konrads clocked 2 min. 2.2 sec. The previous 200 metres record
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  • 1077 19  - Singapore pull off underdogs' trick in the last ten minutes LARRY CARROLL PERAK SEEM CUP WINNERS, THEN... By Kuala Lumpur, Saturday SINGAPORE today pulled off the traditional underdogs' trick in the H.M.S. Malaya Cup Rugby Final by holding Perak, the raging favourites, to a 9-9 draw and doing it in
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  • 424 19 MCC toil as Victoria score 270-5 By JACK FINGLETON kJELBOURNE, Sat.— No IVI Test match day in this series has been more exhausting for the M.C.C. than m fielding out throughout jhe first day of their return match with Victoria while opponents of modest strength scored 270 for the loss
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  • 50 19 SYDNEY. Sat. Betty Cuthbert equalled the world record for "the 440-yards today when she clocked 55.65ec at an inter-club meelng here today. At MELBOURNE, miler Herb Elliott was beaten over 880-yards today by novice Russell Oakley at an Interclub meet. Oakley clocked 1:57.2. Elliott 1:57.3— U.P.1.
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  • 272 19 CINCAPORE, Sat.—Tan- kards, a rugger team comprising mainly players from the Singapore Cricket Club, beat North johore by 19 points (two goals and three tries) to five (a goal) here today. Tankards' victory was due to their marked superiority in the back division in
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  • 1510 20 COMMOTION UPSET TO PA Y $124 Agnes Slipper sets record in scoring double By EPSOM JEEP Ipoh, Saturday. QOM MOTION, with John Forte astride, sprang an upset to pay $124 for a win in the Class 3, Div. 2, I 4-mile handicap at Ipoh yesterday. Brilliantly handled by John Forte,
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  • 64 20 TOTAL POOL: (5224.300 Ist. No *****6 ($62,290) 2nd. No. *****2 ($29,283) 3rd. No. *****1 ($14,946) STARTERS ($1,730 each): Nos. *****3; *****1; *****6; *****8; *****0; *****2; *****3; *****5; *****6. CONSOLATION ($l,OOO each): Nos. *****4; *****9; *****7; *****6; *****7; *****9; *****5; *****2; *****6; *****8. LAST 4 DIGITS: 6356 —21
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  • 86 20 BUENOS AIRES, Sat. The M.C.C. amateur touring team beat Argentina by an innings and 217 runs on the second day of their threeday match here. lan Bedford, the Middlesex spin bowler, had match figures of nine for 49. It was M.C.C.'s second win over Argentina. They
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  • 81 20 AUSTRALIA'S opening batsman Jim Burke tried leg glance off Jim Laker in Australia's first innings in the drawn third Test at Sydney on Jan. 14. He turns round only to see the ball i Mum into the hands of Tony Lock. who made no
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  • 802 20 (6) SHYLOCK HOME 8.6 (118-106) Wahab 10 (12) PALIO 8.0 (270-173) Johnson 11 (1) CHANTICLEER 8.4 (57-69> J. Jones 12 Winner trained by E. Van Breukelen). Won by 'i, head, l>i. Time: lmm. 14. Tote: $25. $8; $9; $17 Coarse scratching: Indian Heather II
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  • 40 20 BANGALORE, Sat. The West Indies were 280 for four at tea on th eopenlng day of their cricket match against a South Zone eleven here. Opening batsman Holt hit 105. with Hunter 50 and Smith 79 Reuter.
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  • 209 20 ONDON, Sat.— Henry Cooper the new British and Empire heavyweight champion, may have his next nght against Archie Moore, the American world Ughtheavyweight champion. Mr. Jim Wicks, Cooper's manager, yesterday cabled Moore accepting an offer by the world champion to meet Cooper In England with
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