The Straits Times, 3 January 1960

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    11 1 The Sunday Times No. 1271 SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1960. 20 CENTS
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    SHIPWRECK NEAR SPORE: CREW ALL SAFE
    537 1  -  CHUA BOON CHIN Ifa/fey Forge— aground on reef —breaking up and sinking By SINGAPORE, Saturday AFTER TWO DAYS ADRIFT, 22 MEN ARE RESCUED JWENTY TWO survivors from the 7,202-ton Liberty ship Valley Forge, who had been adrift in a lifeboat for two days, arrived
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    Cowherd (fleeing from buffalo) drowned
    122 1 Cowherd (fleeing from buffalo) drowned A TAR Sit. A **cowhfd, Nik Dee, wos d'ow^ed last night when he lumped into the river -ere to escape a charging buffalo. The animal chawd Nik near the Aloe Star new market >uld not shake otr \lk leapt i; to the nearby river. Hr
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    Three-legged record
    57 1 U.DKJRD, hNK, Sat.- 1 Japam-se-ln world record legged marathon nice was beaten here on i Thursday night at the first attempt by two local JourTied topeth. Donald Allen. 24. and Robert Hunter. 25. 'd the Olympic course of 2« mile.*. 38> yards to break the previous record of
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    31 1 CHIEF (OOK of the Valley Forge. Mr. John C. Hunt. 41. telling Sunday limes reporter Ctaua Boon Chin of the long and anxious hours before he was rescued.. Sunday Time* picture.
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    ANOTHER HORROR SLAYING FOR YARD TO SOLVE
    216 1 LONDON, Saturday CCOTLAND YARD was called in today to investigate another horror slaying in Birmingham 1 The naked body of Pauline Blaney was found last nignt in the apartment of Charles J. Goodby, a factory foreman. Police said Goodby. 47, walked into the
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    Detective (attacked by 4 men) opens fire in bus
    403 1  -  JACKIE SAM By SAFE ASHORE THEN CHASE DOWN BUSY STREET SINGAPORE. Sat A detective today shot o mon and put three others to flight after tht four men had viciously assaulted him in a crowded bus. v The bus haa just
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    Sportsmen!
    19 1 START THE NEW YEAR WITH A GREAT NEW COLUMN IN MONDAY'S FREE PRESS It contains something for EVERYONE
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    HE THREW WIFE OUT OF WINDOW
    87 1 HE THREW WIFE OUT OF WINDOW ROME, Sat A tipsy Italian husband at Pe^cara, on the Adriatic, tossed his wife out of a mezzanine window as a midnight salute to the new year, the Rome newspaper II Oiornale D'ltalia reported yesterday. The newspaper said he grabbed her after using up
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    Lock icon 23 injured in rail crash
    45 1 TOKYO. Sat. Twentythree persons were injured in Tokyo last night when a speeding express train rammed into the rear of a halted suburban train. Police said three were injured seriously. All of the injured were taken to hospital. U.P.1., Reuter.
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    Lock icon Former Red Cross chief dies
    46 1 ZURICH, Sat. Professor Max Huber, former president of the international committee of the Red Cross, died here yesterday after a long I illness, aged 85. He was president of the international committee of the ed Cross from 1928 to 1944— Reuter.
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    Film stars wed
    26 1 CUERNAVACA Mexico, Sat. —Actor Ernest Borgnine and Mexican star Katy Jurado were married last night. It was the second marriage for both.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Actress dies
    32 1 NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sat.— Margaret Sullivan, <4«t. stage and film actress, died here yesterday few hours before she was to appear in the first night of her latest play.— Reuter.
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    Your generosity made this party possible
    30 1 Your generosity made this party possible THE CHEER UNI) Party e«'U undrr and 3.000 underprivileged children have the time of thtir li\.s Sunday Times picture. (More pi< turo in pane
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    Fun and frolic for 3,000 children at Great World Park
    974 1 Fun and frolic for 3,000 children at Great World Park Singapore. Saturday. THREE thousand underprivileged children ot S pore went to the Great World Park this afternoon for the grandest and biggest party organised so tar by the Army and the Straits Times Cheer Fund Committee. It v»:i inn and
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    STOP PRESS
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    The girl who helped us get fame at last
    2372 2  - The girl who helped us get f ame at last GROUCHO MARX by FOR Id years we played m vaudeville, in the days when vaudeville really was something We were a big hit; we were getting pretty substantial money, but we were discontented We had our eyes on Broadway. You
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    The *****0-dollar cheque I missed
    1878 3 The 10 9 000-dollar cheque I missed longer and finally said. "Well. Leonard, how'd you like the show* He clucked his tongue a fe* Nff and kept looking at me. He wasnt looking at me he was looking through me Since be still didn t arswer. I didn't see much
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    Good for a laugh
    440 3 AKARMER w sitting down to luncl when he heard a tre mend >us noise outside He dash d out to find the seven-yer --old son of a neighbour me bit i*side a la- c farmcart which had spilling the coi r nts ading I tanner. "C
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    NEW RUBBER RESEARCH SERVICE
    418 4 The Planters Bulletin tells of those plantations that are completely out of touch ALL-OUT DRIVE TO GIVE ESTATES ADVICE AND KELP KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday ASIAN-OWNED rubber estates in the Federation, although sometimes badly in need of advice, do not seek help from, the Rubber Research Institute
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    Stunt team to aid Theatre Fund
    38 4 SINGAPORE. Sat The German aerialist troupe. Zugspitartlsten. now performing at the Singapore Badminton Hall, will donate the taktnga at their last two shows on Tuesday to the Na- 1 tional Theatre Fund
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    COMMUNITY HALL
    28 4 i KULIM. Sat The Sultan! of Kedah will declare open the Padang Serai community hall at 3.30 p.m. next Tues- day. A tea party will follow.
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    3,000 AT CHEER FUND PARTY
    79 4 A SMALL SECTION of the t.OOo underprivileged children trying out the masks and blowers they found in their surprise bags given out by the Army at yesterday's Cheer THE MINISTER for Labour and Law. Mr. K. M Byrne, the GOC Singapore Base. District, Major General
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    BRIGHT SUNSHINE AFTER DAYS OF RAIN
    107 4 KUANTAN Sal There; was bright sunshine here today in contrast to the heavy rains of the past few days. The Meteorological Department station at the airport here recorder 0.08 lnche> of ram at 7 am day for the previous 12--hour period. Sungei Lembing. 31
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    SPEAKER DECLINES TO STAND FOR UMNO POST
    161 4 SPEAKER DECLINES TO STAND FOR UMNO POST |(UALA LUMPUR. Sat —The Speaker or the House ot Representatives. Dato Hap Moh«imed Noah bin Omar, has declined to stand again for the post of permanent chairman of UMNO Beveral UMNO branches had nominated him for the post, which he has held continuously
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    Two D.I.D. men face corruption charges
    148 4 Two D.I.D. men face corruption charges ALOR STAR. Sat A Drainage and Irrigation inspector. Ah m.id bin Tjjuddin 39. and his overseer. Zainol bin Idris. 42. were today accused in the Sessions Court here of corruption Ahmad was alleged to have orrupiU .v <«-pt»-d S3OO from a H.sherman. (h ni:
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    NEW PMIP BRANCH
    44 4 BUTTER WORTH. Sat. Three PMIP national leaders —Dr. Burhanuddin, the president, lnche Ustaz Abu Bakar. youth leader, and Ustazah Sahmah, a women's section leader will speak at the opening of the Ban.m Dalam PMIP branch at 2 p m. next Wednesday.
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    Police transfer
    39 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The former Deputy Chief of the Traffic Police here. Mr. Jalmal Singh, who has re turned lrom a three-month course at a police college in Scotland, has been transferred to the Penang Police Contingent
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    Textiles: The Government's trade promotion role
    162 4 SINGAPORE, Sat The Government of Singapore is co-operating with the Government of Indonesia in respect of the latter's Inquiry as to the possibility of purchasing up to 50 million yards of textiles in the Singapore market. A Government statement Issued this afternon said: "The
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    A nation out of diverse races
    1034 5  -  JOSEPH YEO By Singapore. Sat. CINCAPORES Minister for Edu cation. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. said today: We have to build a nation out of diverse races and there must be greater understanding of each other's language." He also told the Sunday Times "Our thoughts,
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    MORE POWER FOR POLICE TO FIGHT CRIMINALS
    222 5 Suspect vehicles to be stopped and searched SINGAPORE Saturday. T*HE Government has published a Bill designed to give the police additional powers to deal more effectively with crimina Is. The Road Vehicles (Special Powers) Bill, presented to the Legislative Assem--1 bly on Tuesday,
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    A WOMAN'S VIEW...
    102 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Charged with pos.sest.ion of a still for distilling liquor and 135 gallons of fermented mash. Tan Choon. a 34-year-old woman, said the left It to the court to decide whether she was guilty or not. She told the president of the Sessions Court. Wan
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    Shots in air foil holdup bid by thugs
    99 5 Shots in air foil holdup bid by thugs LABIS, Sat.— A driver. Adam bin Mahadi last night fired several rounds into the air with a shotgun and foiled a holdup bid by four thugs. The thugs had stopped his car by placing a log across the main road at the
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    SMILING WILSON WAS ONCE A TOUGH ARMY SPY-CATCHER
    1086 5  -  JEFFREY FRANCIS By KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. LJE is a small man by English standards. A quiet, simple figure with a round face and grey hair. He is popular wherever he goes because he is good humoured. Always with a friendly smile. Very
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    MAKING SURE OF YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
    1261 6 Presenting today a checking-up quiz for the family— a score card on which each member can find his rating and take stock of the past 12 months THE BECINN INC of the yeir is the time for resolutions. For all those good intentions
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    NOW ADD IT UP AND FIND YOUR RATING
    213 6 YOU score the number listed after each question, if you have answerer' Yes to it. You get "O" i' the answer is a No. Now add it all up. your family rating v from -54 to -16, I'd ra ther not comment.
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    This could be you...
    40 6 This could be you... COR rhe girl who wonts tomethinq donlingly different in this wet monsoon seoson a white raincoat with a Striking black-flecked-white lining. The coot is in "Aqua 5," on astonishingly, permonently proofed, water and oil repellent fabric.
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    SHE POSED AS MAN FOR 35 YEARS
    548 7  -  RONALD DUCLOS STOYA. £3, SAYS: HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN 9 By Muar. Sat ENLISTED IN HOME GUARDS... HOODWINKED THE OFFICERS FOR 35 years Stoya binte Mohamed has posed as a man and she has fooled everybody. She even joined the Home
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    SHE IS TOUGH
    42 7 Sob o d y would hare thought that "he" is in tact a she. For 35 years Stoya binte Mohatned /iav carded her w o m a v' s clothes for shirt*, and long trousers. Note the close crop.
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    PERANAKAN SHOW
    36 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. The ituan Peranakan Smgapura will preset. t a stage show entitled •"A.iak Naraka" (The Prodigal Son» at the Happy World Stadium on Feb. 6 and 7 to raise funds for the party
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    He's in search of sweethearts for 3 'girl' rhinos
    357 7  -  ALAN YANG By SINGAPORE, Saturday. DIPE-SMOKING Mr. Peter Ryhiner, 40, is a hunter without a gun "I trap animals. I don't shoot them, he explained. The bearded six-footer had a big hand in the recent joint Swiss Indonesian expedition to capture
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    Confetti shower for couple
    65 7 Mi jfiu Mrs. Alan Chre-yeow leavinr St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday, after thrir weddinr umidM shower of confetti. The uroom is the third son of Mr. Ye© Thian In. i h iirin in and general manager of Yeo liiap Senc Canning and Sauce Factory Ltd. inri Mrs
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    More Malays are to be trained for top posts
    231 7 More Malays are to be trained for top posts KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. A NOTHER group of young Malays will leave for Aus tralia in March this year under the Rural and Industrial Development Authority's scheme to train Malays for executive posts in commerce and industry. They will study accountancy for
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    Anti-ranikhet
    15 7 KUANTAN. Thurs. More than 507.000 fowls in Pahang were inoculated against ranikhet last year.
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    CHILDREN RUSH TO STUDY MUSIC
    233 7  - CHILDREN RUSH TO STUDY MUSIC KOH Al LIN By SINGAPORE. Sat. Since the Government's ban on rock n" roll music over Radio Singapore and juke-boxes more people are sending their children to music schools. A music studio in the city had so many parents coming to enroll their children that
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      733 7 ■J i \~J Bib The glistening beauty ot Waicrford (.lass is something that money alone cannot create. It needs the lensinv* hand and critical eye of an artist to bring u> light the beauty hidden in cold glass, to interpret tradinon.il designs in terms ot modern living. Waterford lead t.r\M.il
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    NEW CALL BY CHINA FOR BORDER TALKS
    246 8 Chou En-laPs reply to Indian claims PEKINC. Saturday. pOMMUNIST CHINA has renewed its call for negotiations on the border dispute with India, the New China News Agency reported The, ogency said a note handed over to India on Dec 26 expressed the desire"
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    Lock icon Anti-Jew probe by Bavarians
    190 8 MUNICH, Saturday THE Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution has started a probe to find out whether political forces ore behind anti-Semitic incidents in this I South German state. The Bavarian Interior Ministry, announcing this today, said five cases of swastika smearing and scrawling
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    A SECOND MARRIAGE FOR JULIE
    76 8 A SECOND MARRIAGE FOR JULIE EM ISO (California). Sat. Singer-actress Julir London got out of a sickbed on Thursday night to wed jaiz musician and composer Bwbby Troup. Mivs London, who had pneumonia had spent the paM two days in bed. She went with Mr. Troup, 41. to Burhank. on
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    BEVAN RECOVERING
    36 8 LONDON, Sat. Mr Aneurin Bevan, deputy leader of the British Labour Party, pawed "a more comfortable day," a medical bulletin said here last night. Mr Bevan. 62, underwent a major abdominal operation on Tuesday
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    Lock icon Nik: Rockets for Russia's defence
    63 8 MOSCOW. Sat Mr Ni- klta Khrushchev, the Soviet I Prinv- Minister, suggested at 1 a Kremlin New Year Eve re- ception that if disarmament j > talks got bogged down, it might be worth Russia's while to reduce her forces unilater- ally and rely on
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    Lock icon 30 LONDON MURDERS
    26 8 LONDON, Sat Thirtypeople were murdered in the London area last year the same number as the year before Scotland Yard reported yesterday. Reuter.
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    A 'double' for Malayan student
    131 8  - A 'double' for Malayan student K. D. GOTT From ADELAIDE, Sat —South Australian high school students take their leaving certificate examination one year and the honours examination the following year. But this was not good enough for Loh Soo Beng, a Malayan student Loh. 20. a student at UnI fb
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    Lock icon Tremor hits Jakarta
    27 8 JAKARTA, Sat A slight earthquake shook Jakarta at 926 p.m. on Thursday. The epicentre was placed at 150 kilometres southwest of the capital. Reuter.
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    Lock icon NOW AN ERA OF PETTICOAT RULE
    102 8 NOW AN ERA OF PETTICOAT RULE LONDON. Sat. The ancient city of St. Albans. built by the Romans, has entered an era of petticoat rule. Miss Betty Entwistle. 46. has become its Town Clerk. the first woman in England to hold a local government post of this type. St. Albans
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    Lock icon Iraqi Premier lifts 5-year ban on political parties
    167 8 BAGDAD, Saturday. THE Iraqi Prime Minister, Major-General Abdul Karim Kassem, has issued the text of a new law allowing political parties back on the scene after a break of five years. The new associations law which comes into force next Wednesday— Army
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    Lock icon Policemen are beaten up
    279 8 THE NEW YEAR... AROUND THE WORLD NEW YORK, Sat. Police chalked up the score today and found that at least seven patrolmen had been beaten up in New York by New Year cHebrants. "I think that the trend today is toward fighting cops," said Dtputy Polire
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    Lock icon Diplomatic relations
    28 8 KATMANDU. Sat. The governments of Malaya and Nepal have agreed to establish diplomatic relations at an ambassadorial level the Nepalese Foreign office announced yesterday. UP I
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    WHY LAURENCE HARVEY STILL LOOKS to BRITAIN
    801 8 WHY LAURENCE HARVEY STILL LOOKS to BRITAIN I£oil&r<cck fftcuwn. HOLLYWOOD. Saturday. ALONG the golden sweep of deserted Malibu Beach, the Pacific breakers crashed and screamsd beneath the dying sun. A white Thunderbird convertible was drawn up in the road. And in the water, shooting abuse at the giant rollers, stood
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    Winning the centuries old fight against trachoma...
    1009 9  - Winning the centuries old fight against trachoma... ALBERT E. KAFF IN AND AROUND ASIA: no. 7 of a special series CHINESE, U. 5. RESEARCH WORKERS SCORE A DRAMATIC BREAKTHROUGH BY DEVELOPING NEW VACCINE By- THE CENTURIES OLD fight against trachoma, the world's major cause of blindness, may be near victory.
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  • COUNTRYMAN'S JOURNAL
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      Upset spoils the Tuan's Xmas plans
      104 9 Friday, Dec. 25. A STOMACH upset l.sr night has prevented the Tuans attending a tiffin party at a nearby planter's house. He would have liked to set the Christmas tree provided for the three children, and to inspect their numerous presents. At time of
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      98 9 IT was Seng, now 13. who last Chri>tmas tackled the Tuan on the subject of the Children\s Chrer Fund, and demanded to be told what he was doing about it. When the Tuan had recovered Ma equanimity he told Seng that none ol the chik:the Dusun qualified for help from
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      120 9 rE Leban tree lately idled l.> Vitex put* cens (Verbena family*. Among many intercstinii facts mentioned by Burkill in his dictionary is that "the smell given off by It when its wood burns Is used by thieves to obscure the smell of burning Datura when endeavouring to stupefy their victims
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      112 9 TV M may be said always to blow into the Dusun without warning, and generally when the Tuan is having a meal, in which he ivtxmm to join. On the la.st visit he stayed only long enough to inspect his cacao trees and to give Khu<n money for their upjeeep
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      18 9 Ip Duche.-ss Mr> M H Bdmeu MBl I YM The Young M«n who used to !ne On r«».
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    35 10 M »~m» fit fSßaliiiiaiii) RE* BLUE CRBEN or BMch 'm tun *ax I'VSBMaal •^■a»W©4s% t*J# Ml*4 BtMSB*fMV B a k aa M < oO»* aad BrtMvovaaat. Tb»y *m aM— jm Wairaaai aad aa aaar Mi
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      REMEMBER THEM
      239 10 MALAYA'S Home Guard has gone. It was finally disbanded on the la&t day of last year. That is one measure of success In the fight against militant Communism. Permits are again required for the movement ot food and other restricted article.-, In parts of Perak. That is another
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      POINTING THE WAY
      216 10 WORKERS and employers at the Sungei Nyor dockyard. Prai. have set an example that could be followed with benefit all over Malaya. They have set up a s:ck pay fund into which workers and employer alike pay 60 cents lor every hundred dollars a month earned by
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    GAMBLING'S A GLOBAL PROBLEM
    841 10  -  JOHN B. WHITE NO GOVT. CAN STOP IT -BY IN HUDDERSFIELD England, a man bends over 1 the table making crosses in tiny squares on a piece of paper. In |AKARTA. a group of men crowd round a circle in which two spurred cocks are fighting
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    A night at the dope 'pad'
    441 10  -  LEONARD MOSLEY By From NEW YORK QN THE stage of the offBroadway theatre as the usherette showed me to my seat the curtain was already up, although it was still 10 minutes to the advertised opening time. Young men and women sprawled around the
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    DOWN THE ROAD OF PROGRESS
    76 10 IN THE HEART of the charm of Kuala Trengganu. a Malay girl in flowered sarong and baju rides a scooter down Jalan Paya Bunga. She is the centre of attraction self-conscious and lovely. Attractive as her country. Like her. the East Coast is conscious of
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    That go-aheadness of the East Coast is fresh as a scooter ride
    1114 10  - That go-aheadness of the East Coast is fresh as a scooter ride HARRY MILLER By THE CIRL in the flowered sarong and baju rode down the road, a selfconscious look on her face. She was riding a scooter fast. She was a Malay, as attractive as her country. This very
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      825 10 CLASSII IKD \1». M aVord* $M («Waaa) Iltw-UM: Mttm na Jibiiay Ja» baae aeaaad w af Nr aad ktra lUo KMaai Mara aaal Mo La* Paa K«e OaaaaMar a( Madam Lre Pa* .Ini aad raa a'» Mr Laei Baad B»n« OVERS! AS LEAVE a 1 I «j, a M rt
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      52 10 To make it WATERPROOF IM I m\^+K hi At fXaT f "prrialh baefc ami To make It SELF-WINDING Hewn iatraaJuetai \mr warU'i kral rotor X £L f wriat-watcb. Can- m*"' tt ant tt>K<ii aa thr Cm Biaiß»nriaf roi.in- I y*» baitea to«arda eien \^a > graatrr arrurar> N Wrolex Watchword
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    BOOM IN LOCAL TOURISM
    256 11 Malayans showing greater interest in their own country This is a very encouraging sign -Inche Osman Siru |(UALA LUMPUR. Sat. Malayans are showing a greater interest in travelling around tHoir own country and Hiis, indirectly, is raising standards tor tourism. the view ot the Federation's Tourist
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    Court president is transferred
    48 11 JOHORE BAHRU Sat Mr. G. C. Byrne, president of the Johore Bahru Sessions Court, has left for Kuala Lumpur to be president of the Sessions Court there He was accompanied by Mrs Byrne and family Mr. Byrnes successor will arrive here on Jan 18.
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    Revenue collector
    25 11 KUAI.A TRENGGANU Sat. Inche Mohamed Dom bin Jadi. chief clerk of the Information Department here hai been appointed State Collector of Forest Revenue.
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    SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 3 MALAYAN UNIONISTS
    144 11 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 3 MALAYAN UNIONISTS I/UALA LUMPUR. Sat. Three Malayan trade unionists have been awarded scholarships by the labour education centre at the University of the Phillipines in Manila. They are Mr. N. M. Krishnan. of the War Department Civilian Staff Association; Inche Sulaiman bin Mohamed Ali, of the Union
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    $1,000 fine in lottery case
    60 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat Chla Thye Seng, of Singapore, was fined $1,000 in the magistrate's court here today for assisting in carrying on a character lottery. When arrested In Jalan Meldrum he had 173 unsold tickets on him and $220. Chia told the court that money
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    Traffic offences down in J.B.
    39 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat.— Traffic offences In Johore Bahru showed a decline In December. For the third month In succession no fatal or major accidents were reported. In 1959 there were only eight fatal accidents.
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    SAFER ROADS IN QUICK TIME
    375 11 Engineer has perfected a new method MUAR, Sot. IuIR WILLIAM Man-son-Hmg, the Senior Executive Engineer here, today claimed that he had perfected a simple method of designing road^ "without tears." Mr. Manson-Hing born in British Guiana of Chinese par :.tago Is the highest qualified c;\»l
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    TWO SINGAPORE WEDDINGS
    106 11 Mr Mrs. JIMMY NO 11 KIM CTIOO after their wedding at the Church of St. Joseph. Singapore, yesterday. The bride. Miss Moira Yam Keng Sim. is thr second daughter tif Mr Mrs Yam Shiew Lum. Thr bridegroom is the second son ol Mr. Mrs Ngui Jim Chiang.
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    CHILDREN'S PARTY
    25 11 Singapore, Sat— The Balestier Community Centre. Singapore, will hold a children's party tomorrow at 4 p.m. at the centre's premises in Whampoa Square.
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    S'PORE CHIEF SCOUT
    17 11 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara has agreed to be Chief Scout of Singapore.
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    P. Jaya model at London show
    228 11 P. Jaya model at London show By Doug Lackersteen lONDON. Sat. A 50 foot model, showing industrials Mtion in Petaling Jaya. will figure prominently at an international exhibition opening here on |an. 16. The model, shipped from Malaya, is expected to arrive in London a few days before the exhibition
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    TIN PRICE
    75 11 SINOAPORE, Sat.— The price of tin In Singapore today was $386 per picul. up 25 cents on an estimated offering of 200 tons, down 30 tons on Thursday. Today was the first tin market after the opening of the ninth control period from January to March, when the
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    COPRA PRICES
    35 11 Singapore Copra Association noon prices per picul on Saturday: fair merchantable Bombay mixed copra: January $40 S (nominal). Singapore Coconut Oil Millrrs' Aworiation: bulk $61', .sellers, drum $64' 4 sellers Tone wae quiet.
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    Jail for co-op man in $15,000 case
    355 11 7 HAD TO PAY MONEY TO EXTORTIONERS' C L. NARAYANAN. 38-year-old acting manager of the Handloom Co-operative Society Ltd. at Ampang Road here. was sent to jail for 18 months when he pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court today to a charge of
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      17 11 |H WELCO~ME~hi TO THE PASSENGERS OF 0 s.s. IBERIA THE CATHAY RESTAURANT istm v/ky^i bin. >^< vn y*iMKrssibr<
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      232 11 GO AMERICA on your way to EUROPE ss CHUSAN (Air Conditioned throughout departs HONG KONG 14th June. 1960. for JAPAN, HONOLULU, VANCOUVER, SAN FRANCISCO. LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, TRINIDAD, LAS PALMAS, LE HAVRE. •rrives LONDON 29th July, 1960. FARES: Hong Keng to London First Class from £332. Tourist Class from £264
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      97 11 HIGH TIDES l<»|»\\ .:.> A.m. .■•.in ",'■> pm. 1 9ft 9in i mrkaan. 92« am. ilfi 9in> 948 pm. (tft.t. Port S«ett*nh<<m. *33i m 1 13 ft 2un 9.05 p .m. Penang. 3 01 am. < Bft 2ini S So p n. i TOMORROW: Singapore. 254 a m. (tft 9in
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      221 11 \Whats on TODAY >\LV.\TIO\ MOn K'lemen- Ing, Market Street, 9 a.m ;o 4.30 reau Aye i Holiness meeting 10 p.m. Sunday school and adult SOCIETY OF FRIENDS iQuaBible class 3 p.m Young Peoples kerst: Worship 6 p.m.: discussion Leelon 5 p.m salvation meeting group 7.15 pm. at YMCA Orchard C
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    THE WINNERS OF THIS WEEK'S TOP PRIZES
    80 12 T»Hlfc> week's top prize of $30 goes 1 to "Fiery Fanfare" (right). submitted by Tang Long Kong, of 1 Rope Walk. Penang. Mr. Tang used a Yashica-Mat camera and Fuji film. Setting: f-4, 1 100 second. The second prize of $20 is won
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    A RUNNER-UP
    37 12 A RUNNER-UP prize of $10 goes to "Nosy Pair" < below i. by Mrs. Veronica Chonp, of 62 Hargreaves Circus, Penang. Mrs. Chong used a Minolta Reflex camera and Kodak V.P. film. Setting: f-11. 1/125 second
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    PIC of the YEAR
    15 12 THE 3 PRIZE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED HERE ON JAN. 17
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    Sunday Times Picture Contest
    813 12  -  RAYMOND THOMAS BY filters play an important part in black and white photography. They are sold in o range of colours in mounts that either screw onto the lens, or clip over it. The only colours that are likely to use are yellow, green, yellow-green, orange,
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    PICTURES FOR THIS CONTEST
    101 12 PICTURES FOR THIS CONTEST ADDRESS your entries: Picture Contest. The Sunday Times. Times House. River Valley Road, Singapore 9. Name and address of sender, with title of pirture and ili tills of equipment used and exposure, must be written on the back of every print submitted. Rejected prints can only
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    The other SlO prize winner
    19 12 Imii 10 runner-up won i) v "Reluctant I' Shu Ymu. < -3904 MalucB Rol-f-3.5. •ond.
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      205 12 Keep up with the k^ TJJ entertainment world M tdition to comolete <^L W details of r^L yM Vt r«ost rodtO progro r~ Molovo and ij^^P Singapore the irV Rodro WeeWly f* mo n v interesting feoM tures on oil ov of the ent><rroinment world. -een, books. recondmqs oil ore
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      102 12 (^POPULAR CROSSWORDJ Across: 1. Money got from I Command (5); 3. Conclude* something (8): 6. Secure (4); (4»: 4. 1 'ure 8. Particle <4>, 9. OtrtO fa< V Release* lit: 10. Region (4»; 13 Joun i- I Kstic profession <b-. 16. I <i>: 14. i' Uishes (7t; 18. Kind >hor
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    12 pictures I enjoyed most during 1959
    1185 13 PETER LIM REVIEWS THE YEARS FILMS QURING the post year I have been asked not a tew times by both friends and comparative strangers why I "praise every film." Why is it that you seem t.. like e\er> picture you preview,' they insisted.
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    TEMPTATION
    202 13 Men will be boys, so when Donna's back is turned SNAP! goes Tony's towel MEMORABLE MOMENT IN 'BEACH' LIFE has its memorable moments, like stubbing your toe in the dark, or having someone sit on your new hat. But high on the list ol the most aggravating that schoolboy
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    THE SUNNY MELODIES OF ITALY ON A STIMULATING DISC
    549 13  - THE SUNNY MELODIES OF ITALY ON A STIMULATING DISC Metronome Chianti's style bubbles with warm-hearted charm By THE sunny, lilting melodies of Italy ore superbly recorded on one of the most stimulating stereo discs available today. The album, issued by Grand Award (GA 218 S.D.), features the orchestra of Luißi
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      255 13 |CatuiyC)poanisation m mT.llirilsy »jot*]o»m I M ***** NOW SHOWING' 0 WAIIRWh m beaufu ISZJ wmmmm to w L»« rim' GRAND CANYON Ck»N I No RjM li>t> TODAY »T I 45 A m Ck»W MAN HUNT >»m *J'JX»JwI t 30 1 9 30 p m r»i iint now showingD«»*rrt MicNarlt N«»ili«
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      214 13 Let's drink a toast to the ANNUAL! e% The 1960 edition ot the f ymmmWl Better get your copies today from Ci T a t mmw^ your newsagent of the ANNUAL Stroits Times Annual now m& r «v t H f while they last because there is on sale at
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      290 13 shaw: Vor a> nlsstlon| I £ii I B usVusVß) M3M SSublub* sj TODAY 3 SHOWS a 2 30. 6 15 m 9 15 pm ■SEVEN WONDERSm WORLD > MS* tat |MSHt KSSSSf Orchestra $4 tack St«lh $1 So lakowy si SO n o f.,, i,., aj t7 LIDO 1 I
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      310 13 YOUR SUNDAY RADIO RADIO SINGAPORE A l4 630 Oood llwilfl 633 llfif, prvluoe 7DO The K*ws; 1 M MsMqti of Metndy SCO nmm. t» Break'fcM Ciub; >.00 ■m Orcrwßtrai IM Rcltclous Hal! I Hour MM Walts Time. 10 30 1: l«4*T*lkinc About Tsttrhlnc. 11 M Rdnundo Ros and UM Tike
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      134 14 MAl\t I YOUR FEEL I LIKE A I JOHORE I CIRCUIT I WINNER: I All contestants at Johore (February 20th— 21 st) will use SHELL X-100 MOTOR OILS and SUPERSHELL with I.C.A. or SHELL RACING FUELS. j You can be sure of (shell) Don't miss the Johore Coronation Grand Prix
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      1146 14 Edgar Rice Burroughs "'jr^O vS I r^i^J^B E GREAT mjmO MAS VA^E7 ARROW P>lO^S > "^WV r V&V^^>4^ [/111 'MXI J^^^^r,//2>*i' I Jj' '-E fl'S"' *WE Ul 'vAfl Tiwi-TlNi WO»^BVI ARE GUI7E7 TO TARZAN K »UT WE ]>3uWk6OOP i i-'^tf^fl^y^i \^P^l_ M S V CE^?^S'^!^/'o"V^I I ™E GREAT A^E Mi^EOUT.
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      93 17 HAVE been brought up a* an individualist. I now know a girl who, I i^e. will go out with me if I asked her. Should I do so. despite my individualistic behaviour 3 LS.K. You don't say what form Tow individualism takes. Prr»umabl>- the girl knows what >«v arr like,
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      53 17 IlTHENEVER I a&k the boy I lore to go out with me. he says he has no time. What should I do? A. Stop asking him; he is not interested. Find someone else. Bat remember, even in these modern days the girl should wait until the boy asks her to
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      113 17 I WOULD like to study administration law, and plan to go to Australia. My father has offered dip $200 a month if I go. Would that be enough? Can you tell m* what administration laws are about, how long it will take me. and what sort ot job I shall
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      116 17 MY father died when 1 was seven months old. and now my mother has left me an orphan with my brother. I don't like to stay in this house without my mother. What can I do? SJ»A. You don't say how old you are. If yon are still schooling the
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      51 17 WHERE can I get information about a scholarship offered by the American Field Service. through the United States Information Service? A.R. The consulates of the countries offering the scholarships are the one* to write to for information. In your case, write to the I nited States Consulate, Kuala Lumpur. ■u
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      106 17 I HAVE been In love with a girl for two years. Recently she heard that I had been talking to some other girls and told me to stop doing this. She also told the other girls bad tales about me. which her father heard. Now he has warned me not
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      114 17 m m CAN a man be arrested, who is a constant nuisance and bullies his parents and family? What can w. 1 do about him? G. A person can only be arrested if he breaks the law. If thi B particular int-iii t-er of your family attacks any of you,
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      66 17 SOME of my friends and I have very thin eyelashes. Can we buy anything to improve them? K. There are a number of cosmetic aids on the market which will improve the appearance of your eyelashcv even if they don t actually make them crow any longer or thicker. They
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      COOL, CAREFREE DAYS!
      337 17 COOL, CAREFREE DAYS! M.s in love with a married man. They go out secretly. and my parents do not know. I am the only one who knows, and as I love Have fun 1 Enjoy rvery caretrtr minute of sea and tun! And be cool despite problem days' Chang? to
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      90 17 I AM lonely and miserable and don't know what to do. Relatives have asked me to Join some clubs and be sociable, but I don't like to. M. Well, if you don't like joining clubs, you don't mind bring lonely, and so shouldn't feel miserable. Clubs are the best way
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      Jane Lee's HUMAN CASEBOOK
      90 17 Jane Lee's HUMAN CASEBOOK I AM working now, and am in love with a girl who is still at school. She has promised to marry me when she finishes. But I am worried that she may fall in love with some other man Do you think she will keep her
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      145 17 SEVENTEEN and still at school, I have become very friendly with a boy from my school. We have been good friends. Recently, when he passed near me while I was with a group of my friends, they laughed at him, not knowing that he was a friend of mine. He
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      68 17 MY girl and I are still at school, but her mother is tryin* to force her to marry a much older man To whom can we complain if she is ill-treated as a result of her refusing to marry this man? M. Complaints of ill-treat-ment should in the first place
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      65 17 vr 'J v THE girl I love desperately has never bothered or cared about me, and when I write, never answers my letters. How can I win her love? K. Give up trying; she just isn't interested. There are lots of girls about; why don't you find another one. it
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      142 17 I HAVE much lower qualifications than the girl I love, and although she loves me she refuses to go out with me. However, she does co out with another boy. Do you think it is because I have such low qualifications? We are both ■at school. I Well, if you
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      78 17 I WOULD like to celebrate my 21st birthday, which tails on a week -day. durine the weekend. If you were in my position would you have your celebration on the actual day, or later? L. Sorry to be so slow in answering; I suppose th* birthday is over? 1 would
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      124 17 I AM 18 and in love wuh a girl of 16. We have been going out frequently without her Daren ts knowing, and my girl thought she mould be caught one day. So she introduced me to her mother, and we all go to church together. Her mother likes me.
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      83 17 MY mother, brothers and sisters are alwavs scolding me. I am so unhappy. Do you think I should leave home and work as a servant? I am 15. THE SAD ONE No. I think you are better at home, until you are a little older. Try and be patient for
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    RIGHT THING TO DO
    162 17 I AM a girl of 17. and have been writing to a boy for the past few months. Recently he asked me to meet him and go to the movies. I asked my parents, and they told me not to meet him, but to invite him
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      34 17 DECENTLY I entered into correspondence with a girl. In her first letter she asked for my photograph, and I gave her one. Since then I have not heard from her C. WONC Kuala Lumpur.
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      44 17 It looks, Mr. Wong, cs i' your lace literally doesn't fitl If you read this, fickle Bukit Timah Miss, please return Mr. Wong's photo. It's worrying himl v DO you believe that children are bom with an intrinsic knowledge of right and wrong? MOTHBR
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      47 17 IV ii in. Children have to be taught what the society they are born into considers right, and ivhat it considers wrong. Sometimes this is a painful process. •b I SUPPOSE if you Know Alls disbelieve in Adam and Eve. you disbelieve in manna, too? ALOYSIUS TAN
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      53 17 Malacca. On the contrary, ice believe very strongly in it. Manna is a tree which exudes a sweet substance which people collect and eat. It's believed to be delicious from all accounts. ft 4 r someone forge* my name on a cheque and the bank pays him out. who reimburses
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      23 17 Penang. That bank! That's why they try and avoid making mistakes like that. m IS an P.R.P.8. allowed to practise medicine? BOI1AR1 ZAIN
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      46 17 Grik. he had medical qualifications he would be, but not solely as a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. to <r to SETTLE an argument among four people, and tell us who won the 5000 metres In the Olympic Games In Helsinki In 1952. FOUR LADS
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      42 17 Buttrrworth. The great Czech athlete who also won the 10.000 metres and the marathon in the same Games Emile Zatopek. ■Ct u v CAN you tell me how many days it will take to cycle to Malacca at normal speed? RICHARD KIM
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      96 17 Singapore. Well, if you go at ten miles an hour it'll take you from six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock at night.' And that's without stopping. We suggest you take at least two days, otherwise you won't see very mvf.h. H ir it 1 THINK I can solve
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      33 17 Ipoh. What a uonderful old age to have attained. Must be well-nigh a record •Cr <r -Cr CAN you possibly complete this traditional verse conveying happiness "Christmas comes but once a year BERT
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      31 17 Malacca. and uhen it comes it bring* good cheer" \i IS it possible lor our country to make hydrogen bombs to defend herself in time of war? WEE KIM SI Ml
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      75 17 How on earth do you defend yourself with a hydrogen bomb? Far better to start digging really deep shelters ir you feel a nar is inevitable. ■u V i^ERTAlNLY there is a Vy planet inhabited by Holy People and they visit the earth as often as they like. Scientifically they
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      52 17 Kuantan. We did make a New Year resolution not to print letters like this but we just can't resist them. We're always suckers for i really well thought out id*.. 1 it tr <r IS it true that a woman can give birth to three babies in a year? YEOH
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      31 17 Tenant. Triplets, or twins would have to come into it somewhere. ir <• -0 CANY you tell me the speed at which Radio Malaya news in English is read, please? S. KAttTHIKESAN
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      49 17 Alor Star. It depends a lot on the neics readers. Average speed is about 150 words a minute. <t <r IS it true that if a man was killed by lightning and we open an umbrella near the body, letters will appear showing the caust ot his death'' CHI
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      48 17 Singapore. Sorry to disappoint you. Mr. Cnua our experts tell all rubbish! WHENEVER I speak to people I have a feeling that something is stuck In my throat. Besides that. I always jerk when I have conversations with my friends. What medlclnt should I take? E. B. LIM
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      69 17 Singapore. All you need is more selfccnjidence, and as you grow older you Kill acquire this. <t -it IF James Dean were alive what do you think his opinion of rock and roll would be? Whirh of the following is most Idolised Rudolph Valentino. James Dean, or Elvis Presley? Don't
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      50 17 Singaporr. modern teenagers art vitally interested in knowing the answers to these two questions, then ue view the future of this country mth some considerable alarm' •> -> IS It true that If we accidentally swallow a strand of hair from the coat of a cat we can get asthma?
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      90 17 Singapore. Untrue, Margaret. Dog hairs don't cause headaches, either' <t HAS a schoolmaster the right to call a boy a loafer in front of the rest of class, although the boy did not commit it? MR. X Tarn pin. We guess that the pseudonym cunningly conceala the identity of he
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      116 17 Invrntrd by a iocmr j •m mtr.i hy millitms of iiMtn. I P 116 i Tell me Doctor! "Why do you always use Wright's Coal Tar Soap?" Ml '<m~t.Mn.Smik.Hm m*« w kaa» ay bmm mA Mi ICM ,H W aatf. aaott all. ataat kttp nwai IMB t»**r ■JiiiaiL. Tmt. art
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      154 17 Life has so much more Philip* record players Philtpt make nun> superb record ptaym far M) riciKr wlf-contained jmplrftervor m Philips radio is world-famous for its ability to give i-omb.n*iKHi»nhPhihptr»d»ioti»t outstanding Merrophonic reprodtKiinn. superb reception of broadcasts from all over the globe. But for complete home entertainment Philips records for
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  • THE SUNDAY PAGE FOR MOTORISTS
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      Breathtaking lines
      179 18 THE 1960 LOOK OF THREE AMERICAN MODELS UAPPY NEW YEAR! Here are pictures of three 1960 cars to take your breath away. These are American big cars not to be confused with the new American compact cars which were introduced last autumn. Massive At the top of the
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      First shipment of Bluebirds from Japan sold out
      275 18 A FIRST shipment of 1 960 Datsun Bluebirds which arrived in Malaya last month was sold before I had a chance to test one on the road. The sole distributors for Malaya, Tan Chong Sons Motor Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, expect another
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      DIAL TELLS WHEN TO CHANGE OIL
      143 18 DIAL TELLS WHEN TO CHANGE OIL DETROIT, Sat.— Electronic instruments may soon tell motorists when to change the oil in their cars. Oil In a cur has to be changed b< dust or small part: metal which f the metal valla u.Adc the engine. What is needed to decide when
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      226 18 Another electronic miracle by \I h\ 1 1 U fTI WORLDS BEST TRANSISTOR 1 PORTABLE ff^PlHlp^l^^^B^^^Mi^i^^^U^_.^ r II Me ~|H This latest miracle of electronic development gives you instant hair line precision tuning, plus an accurate battery-power reading at a glance rt^ r%r\ t T Tflis a d vance d
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    CONTRACTOR HITS A CENTURY FOR INDIA IN 3rd TEST
    398 19 Meckiff s pace swings game to Aussies 9 favour BOMBAY. Saturday. AUSTRALIA finished 272 runs behind India with all their first innings wickets in hand by the close of the second day in the third Test match here today. Indu, despite
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    Tottenham keep top position in Div. 1
    384 19 Tottenham keep top position in Div. 1 ONDON. Sat. Enflish First Division league leaders Tottenham Hotspurs consolidated their position with a 1-0 away win over Birmingham. Their closest rivals, Preston North End. went down 4-0 to West Bromwich. Spurs now have ;i point* and Burnley, who scored a 5-2 away
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    Signals lucky to go down by 12-3 to SCC
    231 19 SINGAPORE, Saturdoy CINGAPORE Cricket Club outplayed Royal Signals (Malaya) combined 18 Signals Regiment and 19 Air Formation Signals Regiment in their rugger match to win by 12 points (two tries and two penalties) to three (a penalty) on the padang today
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    Barbados set for a big win v MCC
    433 19 Barbados set for a big win v MCC DRIDGETOWN, Sat Peter May ond Colin Cowdrey, who saved England against the West Indies in the first Test at Birmingham in 1957, face a task of similar magnitude on the final day of the M.C C 's match against Barbados here todoy
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    Mahmood gets 5 for Sukaramai
    69 19 SINGAPORE. Sat. Sukaramai "A", who will play in Singapore first division soccer this season, won their first Singapore Malays F. A. Junior soccer league match when they beat Serangoon M Y. 6-3 at Balestier Road today. Mahmood. who scored five of the goal>. including a
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    SCOREBOARD
    107 19 INDIA Ist Inns Roy b Davidson 6 Contractor c Benaud b Meckiff log Uinrigar c Haney b Davidson o Baig c Orout b Davldion .so Borde b Meckiff 2« Ramchand lbu Meckiff o Kenny b Meckiff 20 Kunoeram lbw Lindwall is Nadkarni not out 18 Durani c Stevens b
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    Rainbow win
    50 19 SINGAPORE. Sat. Painbow I Sports Club won the Bukit Panjang District Football Association's Cup final when they beat Bukit Panjang Rangers 2-0 on the Bukit Panjang English School i ground tod.ty. Rainbow got a goal in each I hall, scoring through Seei Ooh I Teng and V. Rajoo.
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    Army show good form
    125 19 SINGAPORE, Sat. Army, who are preparing for this month's Singapore Hockey Associations quadrangular meet, showed good form in beating SC.R.C. 4-2 at Gillman Barracks today, i Chinese, however, could field only ten men and had to borrow an Army pi. Pesram five minute^ after the start
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    SELANGOR EDGE PERAK 2-1 IN SIKHS FINAL
    256 19 IPOH, Saturday. JELANGOR won the Ipoh Police Gurdwaro Trophy when they beat Perak, the defending champions, 2-1 in the final of the.Malayan Sikhs Inter-State hockey tournament on the padang here today After 20 minutes of fast, robust play, Perak opened the scoring through
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    The Blacks win last match
    108 19 THE BLACKS, playing then final rugby match of the season trounced R.A.F. Changi "B" by 21 points (three goals, try and penalty) to eight points (goal and try 1 at Changi today. The Blacks led by a goal and try at halftlme. Tamby Ahmad (1),
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      HK leading jockey dies in race accident
      64 19 HONG KONG, Sat.— Marcel Samarcq, popular Hong Kong jockey, was thrown and killed when his pony, As You Like It. stumbled and fell In the fourth race of today's seven -race card at Happy Valley. Samarcq suffered extensive head Injuries and died on
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      45 19 CALrITTTA— Aiian lawn tennis championships results: Women's singles final— Margaret Hellyer (Aust) beat Mimi Arnold <V.S.) 3-6. 6-1, 7-5 Men i doubles final N. Kumai and R Krahnan (India) beat W. Knight (Brl) and W. Woodcock (Aust) 6-3. 6-2. 3-6. 8-6 Reuter. it -C v
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      53 19 MELBOURNE— World champion mller Herb Elliott was beaten into third place In the 1.008 metres at an athletics meeting today in Sorrento, about 60 miles south of Melbourne Elliott finished 25 yards behind 20-year-old winner Oreg Blake who clocked 2mm 26.6 fee. Distance runner Danis Wilson was second, ten yards
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      45 19 PERTH— Neale Praser beat C WUderspin 6-3. 7-5. 6-2 and Bob Howe beat B. Bowman 5-7. 2-6. 9-7. 6-4. 6-3 to enter West Australian men's singles tennis final. Howe and Wllderspln beat D Napier and L. Orafton 6-1. 6-4. 6-1 In men's doubles final. Reuter.
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      33 19 DlRBAX— Trevor Goddard scored 200. 25 fours and a six. in NaUls 409-5 against Rhodesia In a Currie Cup cricket match here yesterday. McLean, another Test player, hit 73 d 2 fours'!. Reuter.
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      48 19 V V- V CAPETOWN John Fellows Smith (87) and Sid O Linn <83) staked strong claims for places in the South African team to tour England when helping Transvaal to total 281 ajtainst Western Province In a Currie Cup match They shared a slxth-wlcket stand of 127— Reuter.
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      34 19 TORTONA. North Italy— Pausto Coppl. Italy's greatest cycling champion of all time, died In hospital here aged 40. Coppl twice won the Tour de France and won the Tour of Italy five times.— Reuter.
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    Scoreless draw
    35 19 SINGAPORE. Sat— Rajujl and Indian Soccerites played a scoreless draw in a second round match of the Tamil Festival knockout soccer competition at Parrer Park today The replay will be played on Tuesday.
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    Wee shocks Roland in three sets
    116 19 PENANG. Sat. Singapore's Wee Choon Seng shocked Johore's champion Roland Ng 7-15. 15-12. 15-6 In a tournament among Thomas Cup trainees here today. In the second round Choon Seng was beaten by Kedah's Zaibidl Ismail 15-10. 8-15. 15-10. Omar Ibrahim, of Singapore, scored two
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    Easy Cup win for Selangor
    80 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat Selangor easily defeated Malacca 4-0 with one match undecided in their first round Chua Choon Leong Cup tennis match here today. Results (Selangor first): Singles—S A. Azman bt Y.Y. Kwok 5-7, 6-3. 6-3; L. C. Jayatilaka bt Dom Janurlln 6-3. 10-8 and
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    VERNI IS NAPPED FOR A DOUBLE
    30 20  -  EPSOM JEEP Last week's spectacular win indicates he can outclass his rivals RACING with He is in peak form and B\f suits him well
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    41 20 PERTH. Sal Win.; don champion Maria Bueno. Hraxil beat Brit i •me Truman 6-4. 6-4 in final of < l ia.ii lawn tpg here the >cmi filial day Mi>.> Truman beat 8-6 and < L« hane 6-4. 6-3 Rt uter.
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    424 20 WERNI is right at his peak and I nap him to win the Class 4, BJF handicap (Race One) and complete a double at Penang today. H wm over 7f lost week wos a spectocular eMort Trailing o long last right up to the holf-mile turn, he moved up
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    CONFIDENT VOTE FOR THE GIANT IN THE 4 O'CLOCK
    625 20 EPSOM JEEPS best bets are Verni, The Giant and Tumbalina. CALL BOY'S double is Three Cheers and Rilex. THE COINC is FIRM made no showing in hLs first run over BJf and then came out to score easily over 9L Rocket
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    129 20 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 VERM I onqimUdor Two Tails STR. FLIGHT Verni Two Taib STR. FLIGHT Verni Conquistador 2.3* Race 2 RIVER CLOI'D Promise Supersonic 3 CHEERS Lindalou Bukit Bintanc MM BINTANG Three Cheer* Lander 3.00 Race 3 BRANTAS Tricrer II Rocket CSCOPE Excelsior loyally EXCELSIOR
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    152 20 Belgian beats Moss in South African race gAST LONDON, Cape Province, Sat. Paul Frere, of Belgium, driving a Cooper-Climax, won the South African Grand Prix over a course totalling about 152*2 miles (245 42 kilometres) here yesterday. Stirling Mass, of Britain, driving a Cooper-Borgward. «|g second and claimed the fastest
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    Bell and Taylor tie for medal
    65 20 SINGAPORE. Sat K W. Bell and O S Taylor tied with a btore of 76 for the R.S.O.C. Div. "A" medal at Sime Road today The play off will take place next Saturday. K H Stevens won the ball sweep for the first nine
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    Nanyang U win
    25 20 SAIGON Sat Singapore's Nanyang University basketball team beat Saigon's Le Chi Club 63-53 in the final match of their visit last night.
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    185 20 SYDNEY, Sat. Bobby Madden, whose one previous appearance for New South Wales was nine years ago against the touring M.C.C., was top scorer with 99 for his state against Queensland here today. New South Wales ended the second day in a powerful position, having
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    128 20 LONDON. Sat— Chesterfield beat Newport County 2-0 in their English Football League Div. Three match on the Chesterfield ground yesterday. Results in the Scottish League were: Scottish One— Airdrieonians 0 Motherwell 1: Ayr United 2 Third Lanark 3; Celtic 0 Rangers 1; Dundee 4 Aberdeen
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