The Singapore Free Press, 30 March 1960

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  • 14 1 IS TALKING The SINGAPORE Free Press No. ***** WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1960 15 CENTS.
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  • 21 1 Delay m self-rule talks' Wed 1 Industry, y< i out British nslitu- as tx In principle by I Reuter
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  • 213 1 Now prospects of agreement at Geneva brighten He persuades the U.S. to make new offer to Russia WASHINGTON, Wednesday. fHK British Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Macmillan. yesterday talked President Eisenhower into offering Russia a short-term ban on small-scale underground nuclear tests. Mr. Macmillan thereby revived Ihe
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  • 216 1  - Warning on ships in quarantine by the port chief BOB PERIES By SINGAPORE, Wed UNAUTHORISED persons found boarding ships al the Quarantine Anchorage will be detained [Or observation for a number <>i" days. This warning was Issued to the shipping community yesterday by the Singapore Master Attendant, Capt. I.A.L. Pavitt.
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  • 40 1 CAPETOWN. Wed.—Thousands of Africans stayed away from work yesterday although the scenes of Monday night's ar.M>n and violence, where damage estimated at between $250,000 and $350,000 m Worcester town.ship alone was caused, were calm again.—
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  • 18 1 VATICAN CITY. Wed. Popo John will give red birettas twinged caps) today to seven Cardii.
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  • 30 1 KANSAS CITY. Wed —More than 2.000 production workers walked off the assembly lines at the Fisher Body plant here m a dispute over employee work loads. j
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  • 16 1 MANILA, Wed. TheUnitfd Nations Childrei Fund HCEFi has appropriated U*****,000 lor nice to Philippii
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  • 15 1 HOLLYWOOD. Wed. A I settlement of the film strike is expected today. Reuter
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  • 30 1 TOKYO. Wed. A tenmember Japanese cultural delegation arrived m Canton yesterday to study work on reform of the written Chinese language, the New China News Agency reported. U.P.I.
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  • 21 1 TOKYO, Wed. One men died and 200 were injured m clashes m Japan's strike-hit coalmining area Reuter
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  • 13 1 SOUTHAMPTON. Wed. The 17th.-21.st. Lancers left for Hong Kong.- Reuter
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  • 139 1 No trace of Tonga vessel with 22 people on board SUVA, Wed.— The 114 -ton Tongan fishing boat Teike, built m Japan, is missing m the South Pacific with 22 people aboard. Searching aircraft yesterday found no trace of the vessel but lifebelts, kerosene drums and a
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  • 278 1 UPROAR ...AT THE OTHER BEHAN PLAY ABOUT TIPPLERS ONDON, Wed. The morning after the rowdy opening of his first London play, Dominic Behan stands acclaimed the equal of his famous brother, Brendan as a roisterer, but not as a playwright. Brendan himself stayed away from the performance of "posterity be
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  • 85 1 Three men and a >yoman were injured when this bus collided with a van In Paya Lehar Road yesterday evening. The three injured men, who were occupants of the van. were admitted to hos- 1 pital for treatment. The
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  • 89 1 'MAN INTO SPACE' ENGINES PASS TEST WASHINGTON. Wed. German-born rocket expert Dr. Wernher Von Braun said yesterday that the powerful Saturn rocket booster engines, designed ultimately to send a man into space, were sur fully tested yesterday. Dr. Von Braun. reporting to the Senate space committee, showed coloured films of
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  • 110 1 Boy 1O, faces trial on murder count 1 SOUTHAMPTON. Wed. A' i 5 10-year-old boy h< .-ent for trial yesterday on a charge of murdering a girl. \9. In what the prosecution called a "trenzied attack" A juvenile court ord« him to be sent to Wiltshire i Assizes on the
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  • 12 1 Manager. 1 prices today lhng $1.27, buyine $1 20.
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    • 113 1 C.KTANG LTD. 310 ORCHARD ROAD. SPORE 9 home *****/9 ft ***** jwf max Factor curl control aA MAKES Wg; STRAIGHT HAIR a 38 STAY CURLY 'hout permancnts or sticky sprays r\\f\ PftWu^ 1 Spray /frB/ com 6 thru \,\l\\ uVJ^ L flnd set your cvr j s t o s
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    • 204 1 < V.VAV.VA\V.V, I .V.V.V.V.ViVA I l^ 1 mi£R§fi£fln ji THE JOY OF MUSIC! ji How many times, young and old, have regretted the j fact of not being able to play a musical instrument on which to ploy a favourite melody or, perhaps, I" the latest hit song? Here is
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    • 15 1 VAX lI IX FOR FIXE MHMTinE 136/142. Orrh»rd R««4, S>»r»— Teh 3<144. ?2.SM A ?2g4«»
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  • 66 2 HONG KONG. Tuesday. Closing prices here today were: Previous Today H. S. Banking Corporation $1,240 $1,230 &S 1.230 sales .sales Union In Canion $100.00 $99.00 sellers sellers Wheelock Maiden 7 LTj 7.20 T.i'O 7.25 f-ales salai H Kong phone 134.75 $35.00 &535.00 &535.25 sales .sales Dairy Farm
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  • 662 2 II PAGE TWO GIVES YOU THE DETAILS OF THE I II UPS AND DOWNS OF YOUR INVESTMENTS ALTHOUGH it was only to be expected that the Malayan Stock Exchange would be quieter yesterday as Federation brokers offices were still closed for the
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  • 319 2 Round the World Market Prices Note: All prices below are middle vrices. U.K. Closing Prices LONDON. March 29. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.t. European ports April 34Z I 16 May RUBBER No. I RSS Spot 31 II 'Iri 34 1" H". RUBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms
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  • 160 2 SHIPS IN PORT Ivini; alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today areCorfu 1/2, Florian Ceynowa 1 5 :o Maru 6A, State* of Madras 6/7. Walrimu 8/9. Tjikanipek 10/11, Akagl Maru 13/14. Boeota 15/16, Lycaon 18. Ansi.un 19 Eirp. Kittnvake 21/22. Kimania •21/24. Kenineau 25 '26. Bougainville 27/28, Seiko
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  • 155 2 LONDON. Wednesday. QUIET and generally irregular conditions prevailed m the London stock markets yesterday under the influence of the approaching Budget. The feature was provided by South African mining shares which fell sharply during the early part of the session on
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  • 51 2 LONDON: Alter a quietly steady opening reflecting the east the market soon hardened when buying orders emerged. Main interest again was centred on forward landed positions, and switches also featured business In NEW YORK rubber futures were firmer today on covering and trade buying. Dealing; were moderately
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  • 787 2 i J XOTE: All prices below are middle prices. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. Previous Tocay INDUSTRIALS AIM E-:ks Pre? I* 1-95 Ords. 2.40 Atlas ice Buveri B.B. Petrol 54 B.M. Trustees 5.25 3 25 :ob. Tin Smelt Pref. 19 Ords rederal Dispensary 1 2 i ritzoatriekt
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    • 669 2 t/^^h CA C C.A.1.. LINES Sailings ti ADEN. RED SEA. MEDITERRANEAN. 4 jrfS CONTINENTAL SCANDINAVIAN PORTS. S pare P S ham Penanf yA 3 |otJ b 27 Mar 4 Apr SI Apr S 7 Apr i^^' Metn.j b 23 25 Apr 21 27 Apr 21 25 Apr 31 Apr 4
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    • 188 2 smi»i»i\<, HAMBURG-AMERIiXjT^ NORTH GERMAN LLOyJ To (Colombo), Gcnoo, Morsoillcs, ABremen Homburq Colls Southompton for po BAYERNSTEIN (LLOYD) 30 Mil 1 Apr I WERRASTEIN (LLOYD) 9 11 Apr ESSEN (HAPAC) 21 21 Apr FRANKFURT (HAPAG) 30 Apr Express Service Omits Marseille Catti To Manila, Hongkong, Yokohama, N HAVELSTEIN (LLCYD MUNCHEN !HAPAC
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  • 73 3  - S'PORE RUNNING OUT OF SAND: NEW SOURCES SOUGHT EDNA TAN •It's difficult to fulfil contracts' By SINGAPORE. Wednesday oi trohwater sand are running low m Singapore and eonIm »n have to go to Johore for their supplies, indpits, the main source of supply, are reported to be e< point. to
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  • 56 3 tAN ADI newspaperman Mr. John Kay and his blonde wife, aho a journalist, were amun; .">OO rich uorld-junketing American tourists who have left Sin- caporf b> the Caronia after a \isit. ."Mr. and Mrs. John X.iv are attached to the Toronto Chronicle. The? said they
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  • 7 3 Johore or for ..gapore
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  • 136 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. —An Indian t Her. Mr. Bhogillal D. Zaveri m pure with a large I oi emeralds, rubies and jaue, right ranging from five to 1 atv Uut th north only about S.VOOH th, x\nthrtu >ton Mr Zaveri is m t three-month
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  • 291 3 Come-and-go comets and the stars Ngiao SINGAPORE. Wed. THE -shock ;me detection novels come and go bright and fast like comets. But the serious ones m this line will main permanent tures m the book busini like the pinion of d's most velists who :id only to the -Queen of
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  • 30 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. j leader. Mr. D. R. Seenivasa»am, declared here that the Malayan Communist Party should never be recognised and its members considered a bunch of outlaws.
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  • 25 3 STAMFORD, Wed. The Alexandra Modern School will present a piay called "The Rivals" at the Cultural Centre today, tomorrow and on Friday.
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  • 120 3 RESIDENTS SAY THUGS USE THIS FOREST AS LAIR oERANGOON, W e a Serangoon Gardens residents suspect that gangsters, robbers and thugs are using a five-acre forest right m the centre of the housing estate as their secret hiding place. The forest, dark, gloomy and frightening, separates Medway Drive into two.
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  • 54 3 PAY A LEBAR. Wt v.— More i Uian 100 Indonesian tourists are expected to arrive m Singapore Tor a week-long visit. Tne first batch is expected m a special Garuda Indonesian Airways Convair ihis afternoon. Another parly is expected tomorrow. The flights are 1 being specially
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  • 41 3 $15 mil. enterprise KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Government and a number of banking, insurance and commercial organisations have jointly set up a $15-million organisation called the Malayan Industrial Development Finance Limited to assist and encourage private enterprise m the country.
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  • 272 3 SINGAPORE. Wednesday YjEMBERS of the 1?1 Industrial Arbitration Court will not be affected by the Government ruling that no Assemblyman or official of a political party may sit on a judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal, the Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K.
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  • 193 3 The old Vie...where the cello will sound heaveny-by Michelin SINGAPORE, Wed. Two world-renowned musicians were full of praise yesterday for the Victoria Theatre and "everything m it They are French cellist Bernard Michelin and his j Italian accompanist Alfredo Rossi who are m Singapore to give two concerts. Acoustics Said
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  • 36 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Thp Sarawak Public Works Department has drawn up a master plan for a multimillion dollar road network that will stretch for a distance of 1.664 miles, it was officially announced yesterday.
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  • 30 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Sir Donald and Lady Wolfit yesterday left Singapore by air] for New Dehli, where they, are scheduled to give a num- j ber of performances.
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  • 83 3 A 100 PER CENT GAIN FOR COMIC VENDORS IZATONG. Wed.— The second-hand comic vendors are doing good business m Katong. Formerly there was only i such comic-stall. But now there are more than stalls. Business Is very good, according to most of them. Some make as much I 100 per
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  • 54 3 PORT CANNING, Wed.— The Changi Variety Club will stage a play, 'Private Lives" at the Cultural Centre on April 21. 22. and 23 at 9 p.m. "Private Lives" is an intimate comedy by Noel Coward. Seats at $4, $3, and $2, are obtainable at Robinson's
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  • 51 3 BUKIT TIMAH. Wed- Dr Ralph E. Cleland, Dean of the Graduate School oi Indiana University, will give a public lecture on April 4, at 5.00 p.m. m the New Physics lecture theatre 3, University oi Malaya, The title of the talk will be "Recent Advances m Cellular
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 143 3 FREE ENTRY CONTEST-SEE PAGE 12 A A a 3 PAGES I OF SPORT WHETHER YOl i watch sport or play it E ...whether you are a I proud Dad or an ener- j i getic stripling, if your I taste is for healthy exer- cisc THREE daily pages devoted to
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    • 83 3 Ifflifcimofo Peart s l v^ the \V Distributors:G. C. de SUVA 6i BROS., 3. Raffles Place. Singapore-1 Phone: *****. SALE NOW ON FOR BOKHARA 1/ 6 CONTINENTAL U CARPETS RUGS IRANIAN CARPETS 37. TANGLIN ROAD. SINGAPORE 10 TEL: ***** Mostly Air-Conditioned Rooms IT; This comfortoble Hotel is Centrally situated, clean
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    • 192 3 Open AA meeting Radio 'vampire' SINGAPORE, Wed. Alcoholics Anonymous will be holding an open meeting at the YMCA, Orchard Road at 1 5.30 p.m. today. SINGAPORE, Wed.— Radio Singapore will broadcast a play "No Such Thing as Vampire" on Friday at 10.15 p.m. SINGAPORE RADIO TODAyHI P.M. 100 Programme summary;
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  • 14 4 Algeria the price PARIS. V. 5.00 C French d ir the A i t-onii:
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  • 178 4 MAJOR NAMED AS THE MAN WHO PAID THE HIGHEST PRICE EVER FOR A PAINTING LONDON, Wednesday. JHE man who paid M 52.338,000 for Rubens' painting "The Adoration of the Magi 91 was said by art expert Mrs. Mary Constantinides to be industrialist Major A. E.
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  • 103 4 MODEL OF THE AUTO STACKER -A PLAN TO EASE THE PARKING HEADACHE IN BRITAIN A model of the "Auto Stacker" an eight-storey garage to be erected m Woolwich, South East London on display at the Car Parkins Exhibition of the British Road Federation m the Institute of Civil Engineers, Westminster,
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  • 97 4 MADNESS RATES LOW AMONG GENIUSES NEW YORK, Wed.— Who d genius is akin to madness? Men with rains" Intelligence Quotient ratings (150 plus) suffer fewer mental breakdowns than the rest of the population, according to university sociologists m San Francisco. Four out of every 100 people experience some form of
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  • 16 4 PERT i town of Cvirnarvon, or north-west of Westerr Axis' >.prp hv vps- Reuter
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  • 135 4 LOVE AND DUTY IN THE POLICE FORCE: 2 CONSTABLES GET THE SACK f ONDON, Wed.— The beautiful blonde clinging to the arm of off-duty Constable John Camm was offduty Constable Drene Guest. They were very much m love. But it was a romance that did not seem terribly popular with
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  • 28 4 LONDON. Wed— Mrs. Lucienne Vignali continued her flight from Pans to New York r a 10-day stoD here to have a baby.- Reuter
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  • 59 4 LONDON. Wed.— The Ro taxpayer a refund of nearly This is the amount the Air 1 last financial year, accordln Auditor-General. Sir Kdmund surrendered to the Excheque yal Air Force is to give the £6} million (M 555.250.000). Vfinistry I/M>KK spent m the 15 to the
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  • 69 4 GEMS MARKED PATH TO SUCCESS FOR COMPOSER ONDON. W- trail of :ier> marks the career oi Robert Stolz, the 73--year-old Viennese composer. A.s an unsuccessful pi at 17 he bou self a thin gilt ring v. fake blue stone "to i an impression." Later, as his songs b m he
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  • 24 4 LOS ANGELES. Wed. Three men, hopi:. away from it all." m a Chinese junk on lonp voyage of the par
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  • 17 4 SAIGON. Wed—A So Vietnam M.P. praised I mosa s 'scientifically app. free enterprise system. U.P.I.
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  • 267 4 ONDON, Wed. Old Etonian Viscount Eshe'r stood up m the Lords on his 79th birthday and denounced the 11 -plus and examinations m general. •'I make a plea for the dunces m this world." he said.
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  • 16 4 Ex-sergeand Hucks in a tangle with 2 generals I H Court martui I I I i
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  • 50 5 I PAIR EACH FOR THE .VHOLE POPULATION IN JUST THREE WEEKS- I PAYA I.KHAR. Wednesday riON ran produce shoes for* the m^apore's 1.6 million people m prediction bul il came Ironi I .iU Mr. A. Cekota ■m's policy his -*ood M^ CKKOTA
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  • 11 5 BIG CULTURAL NIGHT TO MARK OPENING B l torm- po, ere.
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  • 129 5 SIR ALEXANDER WANTS TO KNOW HOW U.N. CAN AID SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, Wed. Sir Alexander MacFarquhar, Far East regional representative of the United Nations Technical Assistance Board, will hold talks with the Government on how the Board can furnish aid to Singapore. Sir Alexander, who arrived here during the v, end.
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  • 46 5 NGAPORE, Wed.- About underprivileged children will by siwn a party by the ration of Girls* Clubs at Rafflr> Institution on Sunday. 1 1 ci art- the d Law. Mr. K. M. By: d the of Social Welfare. Mr. \V. S. Woon.
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  • 107 5 Five visit Britain awards for newsmen SINGAPORE, Wed. The United Kingdom High Commission is offering five awards to Singapore journalists to visit Britain for one month, from May 5 to June 2. Air passages, board and lodging and subsistence allowances would be provided by the British Government. Selection of applicants
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  • 30 5 FORT CANNING. Wed. Mr. Choy Chan Wah of the Singapore Arts Society will conduct a life model drawing class at the Cultural centre tomorrow at 6 p.m.
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  • 270 5 JURONG. Wed WEEK-LONG display of the wealth of variety that goes to make up university education and corporate campus life will begin at the Nanyang University here today. The "University w. anised by the N University Student.-' U is aimed
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 348 5 DIARY OF TODAY'S I EVENTS i LOTHIXC <lir,, ;ewjs Koom. S< > p.m. KM«'N(. BOYS' U i; id »".i kit iim\h raci body-bu. p.m.; badmmJ p.m. i HI\T V(»l TH (LIB: :minton. 4 pm.; box- Ope. \KW\N\ (.IKIKILA: p.m. to 9 p.m. at 188- K\M\l (1 J J-, to 11
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    • 25 5 Teresa's music SINGAPORE, Wed.— Teresa de Villeneuve. the British radio and television stage star, will appear m the programme "Make Mine Music" at 9.30 tonight
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  • OPINION
    • 244 6 The hidden tourist attractions rOR the foreign tour- ist who wants somewhere to stay for sevil days Singapore has less to offer than the Federation. But for a short, arp sightseeing cum ending spree, Singapore is unrivalled m this part of the world. And by happy coincidence, most tourists these
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    • 139 6 AIR. G. LEO. a promiA?1 nent Federation trade unionist, has told an international workers' gathering m Kuala Lumpur that w r eddings. funerals and certain religious festivals, "which eat up large sums of money borrowed at heavy interest," play a significant part m the low
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  • 600 6  -  TOM BAISTOW -by It explains why you never seem to have enough cash m your pocket lyilEN Parkinson's Law "As the work grows less, so the staff grows bigger" was first promulgated two years ago an adminhappy world' laughed wryly and top bureaucrats everywhere squirmed uneasily m
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  • 418 6  -  JAMES CAMERON -hi pIK must solemn-simple observation on the imminent danger of peace breaking out m Geneva was of the posh Sunday paper which complained that by suddenly deciding to AGREE with the Americans on March 19 "the Russians have put the
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  • 492 6 Now Russians marriage can be serious by CHRISTOPHER OOBSON Moscow, Wed. MOSCOW is ready for the latest Soviet gimaTl mick. Specially designed buildings m the city will soon sprout into "Palaces of Marriage." following the vast success of a converted nobleman's house m Leningrad where young couples are flocking to
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  • 464 6  - A momentous decision for whole world.. PAUL JOHNSON by I PRESIDENT EISENHOWER yesterday laced perhipf th decision of his career. It was one onh h. will affect people all over the world. He had to decide whether or nol I banning nuclear tests. After IX months oj d< got iat
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 34 6 C I MOVING? For e>r pock nc ond storoge TRANSPORT STORAGELTD 173, Cecil Stn Phone: ■P?^ at the fs^l ■feg^ JAR A RESTAURANT k I a. ORAMOI GROVI ROAD, SINCAPC rf n TEL recording
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  • 227 7  -  ALAN KHOO THE BOYS AND GIRLS I GET TOGETHER TO CLEAR LALLANG AND FILL POTHOLES By SINGAPORE. Wednesday \N "operation chantek" to clear lallang and shrubs and to fill up stagnant pools m upera Estate i> now under way. Led by energetic, young Mr. Donald
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  • 20 7 NGAPORL. Wed. 1 the "big m: South Africa and the Federa* me Tengku move :or di>the coining ComPrirm
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  • 65 7 SINGAPORE, Tufv 1 h<- n-sulK vi the SI Joseph i Convent Lottciv drawn on Sunday m aid «»1 the y« Ihh.l building fund are: Ist. *****; 2nd m 138; :ird. Uh *****: sth. 1 2X53 SUI «i4(»:ti; 7th. 15H1; Bth. |§7I 9th: 08! M; loth. 1t939.
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  • 115 7 Lad had knife: 'I didn't know the law' SINGAPORE. Wed. Teo 7 s Kok Peng, 17, of Boon Lay Road, claimed yesterday tie did not know the law. id been charged with having a flick knife In his >ion on the morning of March 5 In Bukit Timah Road. He
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  • 37 7 SINGAPORE. Wed —An AllMethodist Youth fellowship Institute meet will from August 17 The Rev. 0.-car A. Guinn of he Wesley Methodist Church ril] be the Dean with Mr. Joe Chia as organising secret i
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  • 34 7 PAY A LEBAR. Wed.— The new general manaeer of KLM lor Singapore, Mr. A. A. Pu.sthumu*. flew into Slngapore yesterday lo take up his appointment. He was formerly .stationed m Israel.
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  • 16 7 LOOKING lovely today is Miss Agatha Chong. She is a model.
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  • 172 7 Presents, but these good children gave them back BUKIT PANJANG, Wednesday. £JHIXESE and Indian children of Bukit Timah senl Hari Raya gifts of sweets and toys to the' Malay children of Tanjong Kling, Pulau Damar, Sungei Kadut and Sungei Birch. This spontaneous gesture of goodwill and inter-racial harmony was demonstrated
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  • 34 7 SINGAPORE, Wed.—Twen-ty-one people were fined $10 i each m the Magistrate's j Court here yesterday when tney pleaded guilty to trespass into the Singapore Turf Club's compound during a 1 race meeting.
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  • 23 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The programme "Sports Reel" at 9.45 tonight will feature a recorded interview with thr famous footballer, Stanley Mathew
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  • 225 7  - Pipetons are nothing to this 'Puppy' Arthur Richards SAVED MASTER FROM SNAKES-SO MANY TIMES By, SINGAPORE, Wed. MEET Puppy the dog which has saved the life of its master several times and killed nearly 100 snakes during the past one year. Among Puppy's victims are a few cobras and redpipetons.
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  • 43 7 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Hundreds of people have already called at the Raflles Museum to see the one-man photographic exhibition by Eric Hoskin. The exhibition comprises 44 pictures of birds from various parts of the world. It will continue to the end of April.
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  • 48 7 SINGAPORE. Mon.— A rally m honour of the Chief Scout of Singapore, the Yang diPortuan Negara Inche Yusof bin Ishak. will be hold by the Boy Scouts Association on April 2 from 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. at the grounds of the Lstana Negara.
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  • 184 7  -  BOB PERIES By SINGAPORE, Wednesday yHERE was no room yesterday for deck passengers from Singapore on board the Tjiluwah bound for China. Every inch of bleeping space on the three-tiered decks of the ship hud been taken up
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  • 133 7 School essay competition in four languages SINGAPORE, W e d.— The first interschool essay competition is being organ for all students m Singapore between the ages of 13 and 13. Sponsored by the Students and Youth Department of the Chi V.M.C.A.. tne com will be held Victoria School on Saturday,
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  • 67 7 A QUARTER OF S'PORE'S POPULATION ARE STUDENTS Wed k One out of every lour people m Sin poro tudeni t. The lal statistics Lao show that Singa] the high* I perceni ithEast A Singapore has 354 pupils constituune cent of tne entire po; tion. made up 01 201,72 and 152,955
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 47 7 SINGAPORE jfW rODAY: 1 S] p.m rOMORROW: I is a.m and 1.28 p.m. FRIDAY: 1 t% am and 5 p.m. SATURDAY: 1.31 a.m. p.m. SDAI md > m. MliM»\\ n. and m. l^ v^>^^ m. and 1 l» m. DAILY CROSSWORD 10 i IBH 1 B^- t> sson >>
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    • 47 7 by oog POP- blind Sid,' uig T <, KJOT <iOOD Co A V ift^l ViAXJKJETR^ >•/ IX^ GOOD v^^^\C fe^l OF AUOV '^f^Ofl I* J |/l /Ib I Don't trusl to luck... be sure of a pleasant evening every day with a regular order for The Singapore Free Press
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  • 392 8 THAN 11)0 guests gathered m the Coral Room of the Adelphi Hotel la>t Saturday to say farewell to popular golf-playing Mr. L.B. Mathur and his wife. Slim, < nini; look Mathur Ikis n stationed m tlu 1 I<> IlKHlli Ihe s 0
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  • 95 8 r|\&LKING shop about ships A and shipping, hundredodd guests got together m the Regency Room of i Raffles to meet Mr K. Kaiuku. Managing Director of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, last Friday. Hosts were the Malay States Shipping Company Ltd.. represented by their dirertor.
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  • 395 8  - 'The potato can tell when it is going to ram" —Russians PETER FAIRLEY PERISCOPING SCIENCE By HPHE potato is a flrst- rate weather forecaster. It can breathe. And it reacts, m advance, to changes In barometric pressure. Who says so? The Russians. While their colleagues have been firing off Sputniks,
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  • 271 8 ONE evening recently, m the Burmese Consul's home. 30 ladies pondered the Burmese "line of beauty." Mrs. Kyaw, pretty wile of the Consul, was hoskss to members of the Singapore chapter of the Pan-Pacific South-Easl Asia Women's Association and quests, and
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • 581 9 BRITISH MANUFACTURERS READY TO BRING OUT FOUR-HEADLAMP MODELS [ROBERT WALLING sums up the Geneva Motor Show (]AHS with four headlamps are common enough m Singapore Ihe se days imported from America, of course. But not so '.v I hear that the first models to appear m Brii] be In view
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  • 534 9 Motor-cycles share in scooter boom: Emphasis is on enclosure TUX tremendous boom m scooters is obvious on all skies: What is less apparent, since the machines are more Familiar, is that motorcycles are doing every bit as well. This is reflected m the new models and innova* available for 1960.
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  • Article, Illustration
    316 9 THE ALL IMPORTANT GREASE CAP Make use of greaser or you will pay for it! TODAY'S illustration is of a water pump Housing on which a normal type greaser is fitted. Although this ivS provided by the manufacturer, little attention is given by some owners to it.
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  • 32 9 Germany's first drive-in cinema will be opened soon In a forest clearing near Frankfort. There will be space for 1,100 cars grouped m a huge >emi-circle before a superdimensional screen.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 51 9 Rupert and the truant Rupert is now too interested m the doll (o risk losing sight of it. Hi, come back hr shouts. Where are you going Playing truant is wrong. You must belong to somebody." The other leads him a merry dance, and doesn't stop until reaching the highest
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    • 44 9 v to of the common. This m ihr spot whers I ran away from banta CUuft. When will he come b.» Don'i b« silly &ays Pupert f inking down breathlessly. Christ* mas is all over. Santa Claus won't be back for nearly a yrar
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  • 68 10 The students send in 170 exhibits for the big flower show SINGAPORE. Wed One hundred ehildom all schools m ppre will be taking m this year's Flower Show, which promises to be the most tacular ever to be held. that lildren's aded In tht ween them. the xhibiting about rid
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  • 8 10 Broac-. -*-er D: Mark S
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  • 98 10 THE cast of 'The Rivals" at yesterday's dress rehearsal at the Cultural Centre. From left: John Bartaby (boy). Norman Dupre (Fag) John Bewick (Captain Absolute), Shelagh Hughes (Lydia Languish), Pamela Wingate (Lucy), Jeanette McAulev (maid). Fred Barrett (servant) Colin Thomas (Faulkland) Patricia
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  • 55 10 M.P. TELLS HOUSE T COMMONS THAT I) CO-OPERATIVES CAN HELP RE-ORGANISAT I RUBBER planting I cientand ill-organised.' M Labour M P., contended m th n mons last ni^ht. He was speaking on to accepl the articles oi posed InlcnKilioii.il |> lA (1. 1). A. > For
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  • 172 10 Sheridan comedy to aid Refugee Fund SINGAPORE, Wed. Pupils of Alexandra Secondary Modern I School will present Sheridan's comedy "The Rivals" at the Cultural Centre. CanIning Rise, at 7.30 tonight, tomorrow and on Friday. The performances are In aid of the World Relugee Year Fund. The play will run for
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  • 80 10 KUALA LUMPUR RUBBER MART-'ONE BIG ADVANTAGE' LONDON Ti: Kuala Lumpur ing that th< London or N but had ?rou-e--great deal ol inK I Singapoi likely to be *ff< There wen a numb* .c]es to t P Kuala Lump become a seriou the Singapore market, pap^r .^aid. Advantage It cited a
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  • 234 10 Staring incident led to fatal stabbing: A constable is jailed for five years SINGAPORE, Wednesday. CONSTABLE, Sunny Shu Ang Moh, 19, formerly attached to tlu v Rumali Miskin police station, \v;is jailed lor live years by Mr. Justice Buttrose m the Assize Court here \cstenlay for causing the death of
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  • 39 10 LONDON, Wi -v copter rescued two men from a Royal Naval Air Service Gannet trainer plane which -ned m the sea near Plymouth yesterday and landed them back unhurt at their base all within 20 minu Reuter
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  • 24 10 MADRID. \V aliSsimo Franco slipped secretly out of Madrid for a meeting yesterday with the Pretender S anish throne, well:med sources said
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  • 24 10 CHICAGO. Wed.— Th< nude body of a nightclub owner who twice testified m organised crime investigations was found yesterday m a
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  • 17 10 PORT MORSEBY. V. The administrator. rejf« a proposal (or sterner rr sure-^ against Reuter
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  • 201 10 'The spirit of Arab awakening': Dr. Prasa lauds Gamal Nasser NEW DELHI, Wednesday. PRESIDENT RAJEXDRA PRASAD of India raised his gkiss lo loast Presidenl Nasser al a banquet here yesterday and told him he symbolised a "spirit of awakening' 1 m the Arab world. President Prasad. speaking i at his
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  • 127 10 THERE was an international flavour about the latest 48..>00-ton vessel to join the Caltex tanker fleet SS Caltex Plymouth which arrived m Singapore fi terday on her way from Japan to the Persian Gulf ports. It is the first Caltex tanker constructed
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  • 117 10 Big drop in pepper exports of Sarawak SINGAPORE. Wed. The Sarawak Government today nported that only three tons of black pepper were exported last month a drop of 59 tons from January. Exports of boili bjaek and wtiite pepper from Sarawak fell co.^iaerabiv m February because stocks were bring neid
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  • 116 10 Mac: A great triumph From Page One agreement" not to touch oil Milan underground onet> until scientists ana a sure v%ay oi detecting mem. lh t > diplomatic spotlight now moves from Washington t 0 Geneva where it predicted that tough bargaining iie.s ant ad with the rtusslans over the
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  • 48 10 FAHis. Wed.— The evening newspaper Paris-Prcsse reported jresterdaj that France had uffcrecl her military air tale at (oi;na< South-West France, as a training centre for the Luftwaffe. Nesotiations for military faci iiti«s for West German force* In France are at m^-ni m pro^n Reuter
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  • 29 10 LOS ANGELES Wed. Union Oil Co., of California i announced a new refining process which converts low quality crude oil into prei miurh quality diesel fuel.
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  • 22 10 JAKARTA. Wed. Dr. Djuanda will be Acting President when President Sukarno leaves on his world tour on April 1.
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  • 17 10 STOCKHOLM. Wed. —A powerful solar eruption was observed yesterday from Saltsjoebaderi Observatory, near Stockholm.- Reuter
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  • 15 10 WASHINGTON. Wed. A Navy blimp sot a record for sustained flight lour a
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  • 70 10 MOSCOW. Wed.- The lour young Soviet soldiers cam* 1 home yesterdaY to face a hero's welcome and some of the pru-bh-ms of matinee Idols. The soldiers, who v. picked up by U.S. aircraft carrier Kear>argt j after 49 days adrift In the Pacific stepped from
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  • 26 10 LONDON. Wed. A uroup of 53 British immigrants, the first to leave for South Africa since the recent riots, left last night.
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  • 21 10 GENEVA. Wed. World crude oil production increased from 686 to 977 million tons between 1954 and 1959. Reuter
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  • 58 10 lAKARTA. Wtd J Indonesian Fon Minister, Dr. Sub;: drio, has told the Co: munist Chi. Government his count r> doing all it can to allow Chinese leave Indonesia n tl. c noose. A note irom Dr drio to the Chinese Fon Minister. Marshal Chen
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    682 11 Stand by for ski thrills THE ANNUAL CARNIVAL IS BIGGER THAN EVER CYCLISTS RALLY TO THE CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS CALLING all waterskiers! There is a busy time ahead and thrills galore On April 17 the Malayan Waterski Association's annual carnival and trade fair at West Point is
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  • 1651 11 RACE ONE 1 \>^ 1. DIV. 4—6 FIRS. NIMISMATE: 22-3-60 Was not out to make time over 3F m von on course. JUAN: 23-3-60 Went attractively over 3F m 38 15, 28-3-60 Was going better than Here He Come.s over 3F m 40' v won
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