The Singapore Free Press, 5 January 1957

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Saturday. January 5. 1957. Pric* 15CU.
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    Lock icon SHOCK IN WASHINGTON AT 'A.' LEAK
    489 1 SHOCK IN WASHINGTON AT 'A.' LEAK Reds in all-out moves to wreck the Ike plan White House parleys THE alleged disclosure that American marine forces in the Mediterranean are equipped with atomic artillery may, it is feared in Washington, tip the scales in Congress today against President Eisenhower's plan to
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    Lock icon A-ARMS IN MED?
    36 1 A-ARMS IN MED fIMIK Whit* H<H»«^ vns^rday r^fu»»4J to roiKinn or deny I jmiilishctl report that IS. Maru.rs in the y •"''nil'rr.nKan area arc n*i W armed with "tiyr" atomic artillery f U weapons A.P. U.P.
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    Lock icon BODY SENT TO NAPLES
    44 1 A body, believed to be that of Second-Lieutenant Anthony Moorhousc, arrived in Naples by plane from Egypt last night. Lt. Moor house, 20, wa.s kidnapped by Egyptians in Port Said shortly before the evacuation of British force.s from Egypt. Reuter
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    Lock icon FBI ON 'THE BODY' KIDNAP
    330 1 FBI ON 'THE BODY' KIDNAP POLICE in Los Angeles I said today that actress Marie "The Body McDonald telephoned a film columnist early this morning to say she was being held captive by two Soung men. The Federal tureau of Investigation has been called in on the case. Police Lieutenant
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    Lock icon RED ARMS IN SUMATRA
    276 1 THE COMMUNIST PARTY has supplied arms through left-wing unions to estate workers in North Sumatra where some army units are in a state of revolt according to a Medan newspaper. The report was carried in Medan by Lembaga and reprinted yesterday, in Jakarta by Abadi. Both
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      89 1 Only from 2nd to 26th January inclusive ~jg? ii I I w* One attractive shining RED LION «n JR» glass will be given away FREE with 3 every case of RED LlON— orange or «S pineapple. One bright sparkling F N glass will Sp» 4|^^ be given away FREE with
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    A $13,900 facelift for the oldest market
    128 2 milK City Council is 1 spending $13,900 to renovate one of SingaE pore's oldest markets at E Robinson Road, known to the Chinese as Lau Passar" j (Old Market). City Architect and BuildE ing Surveyor, Mr. H. Hawi son said the contract for
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    Lock icon EGYPT ENDS CENSORSHIP
    45 2 Egypt ended censorship of newspapers and outgoing cables yesterday by a military order of President Nasser. Censorship was imposed after the Israeli attack on Egypt on Oct. 29. Before that there was no direct censorship of news dispatches sent abroad. A. P.
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    NEW CHINESE TRADE PACT
    26 2 Radio announced yesterday. The agreement extends one signed 11 months ago. Red China and Yugoslavia have signed a £7.000.000 trade agreement, Peking
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    WELFARE STEPS UP WAR ON VICE
    313 2 WELFARE STEPS UP WAR ON VICE 'Direct action' to halt influx of prostitutes from Kota Bahru THE Social Welfare Department is taking "direct action" to prevent Malay prostitutes from Kota Bahru coming to Singapore. Mr. T. P. Cromwell, the director of the department, said although it was largely a problem
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    RONALD HAS A BIG HOPE
    170 2 RONALD HAS A BIG HOPE Seeks singing career RONALD ALCANTRA, a Singapore stenographer with a golden voice, ha> one great hope to eel to England or America for special musical training. Mr. E. Anderson, organic I of the All Malayan Talentime Quest for three .successive years, said: "Alcantra is the
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    Fourth class in German
    84 2 A PUBLIC course in the German language for beginners will be started at the "German Hou.se, 1 1-5 First Avenue off Bukit Timah Road on Jan. 8 at 6.30 p.m. The course will be given by the German lecturer at the University of Malaya. Mr. Wulf
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    FAIR AFLOAT FROM JAPAN
    208 2 A Japanese "Floating Fair." the 8.814-ton Nissho Maru. exhibiting made-in-Japan machinery, is now on the high seas heading for SouthEast Asian and other ports in the region on a mission to boost trado. The Nissho Maru is expected in Singapore on Tuesday 'Jan. 8.) for bunkering
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    Chew to head new P.S.C.
    87 2 rvMIE new Public Services Commission with executive authority over appointments and promotions is to be appointed within a week. The Wttt Press understands the (Government will invite a leading banker, Mr. (hew Hock Leon*,', to be its first Chairman, Mr. Chew was recently appointed to
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    Lock icon BLITZ ON CARS
    123 3 BLITZ ON CARS Drivers with horse and buggy brains Australia's Victoria state police are to conduct a "no mercy 1 blitz on motorists in an effort to arrest the soaring road toll. The police commissioner Mr. Selwyn Porter, will double the police strength on stale highways and conduct a year-long
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    Lock icon BIG RED PURGE AS UN REST FLARES IN BULGARIA
    213 3 BIG RED PURGE AS UN REST FLARES IN BULGARIA A MASS purge of Bulgarian students is taking place in Sofia according to an issue of the Polish youth newspaper Sztandar Mlodych, which reached Vienna yesterday. The newspaper's Sofia correspondent also said that unrest among Bulgaria's population was growing steadily, and
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    73 3 There was no lack of assistance when the time came for this New E Year bride, the former Miss Tan Kok Wan, to cut the cake at her wed- E din^ reception, as seen in this Free Press picture. Clasping her hand is the groom, Mr. Lim Hong Lian. They
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    Lock icon Reds condemn British rule
    54 3 fFHE Soviet trade union newspaper, Trud. yesterday published a series of articles attacking British rule in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Malaya and Kenya, Moscow Radio reported. The radio said the newspaper accused the British of atrocities against the local populations and predicted the end of British colonialism
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    Lock icon BUSMAN'S SPIRITS DAMPED
    88 3 FRIDAY started like an ordinary day for bus driver Denver Means in Charleston, West Virginia. Then a woman came into his life. Means .stopped his bus at a street corner and a mid-de-aged woman got on. Without a word she dumped about a gallon of water from
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    Lock icon French kill 63 rebels in Algeria
    110 3 IjiRENCH forces have killed 63 insurgents in a series of actions In the Soumman Valley of Northern Algeria, French sources said yesterday. Large quantities of arms were captured and there were no losses among the French troops. No other details were available of the
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    Lock icon King to visit U.S.
    28 3 King Saud of Saudi Arabia may visit the United States this winter, according to a Washington despatch to the New York Times terdai Reuter
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    New Year dance
    35 3 The Combined Associations of the Convent Past Pupils, (H.IJ.) and Christian Brothers' Old Boys will hold a New Year dance .at St. Michael's School, off Thomson Road tonight from 8 o clock.
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    SWOOP ON I.R.A.
    80 3 NEARLY 500 armed police and troops yesterday carried out the biggest operation yet in Northern Ireland to track down members of the outlawed Irish Republican Armv. Near Roostrevor, a picturesque little seaside resort nestlint at the foot of the famous Mountains of Mourne. they found a dump
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    Lock icon TIGER 'TASSIE' QUEST
    80 3 I^IIK first live Tasmanian tiger to kc seen for i"i J *ars his hern spotted from a helicopter. Two expeditions are bring planned to track the tiurr in the wild, west coast count! It was seen late on Wednesday by Captain Jim Ferguson, copilot of the Australian
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      44 3 ACID INDIGESTION? HEARTBURN? GAS? FIX IT ON THE SPOT n 40W417 -KWif C4W TUMAS AVAILABLE AT ALL Provision Druggist Stores Sole Agents:' COUSINS IMPEX. 3B Raffles PI SINGAPORE M. FUNTER S. Grinberg Diamonds Jewellery 67, Stamford Rd., (Eu Court 81dg.,) Spore 6. Telephone *****.
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      104 3 RAFFLES D/Nf /W Tfff ftAUROOM g AND DANCE WiTH £5 i GIANCARLO i AND HIS ITALIAN BAND f- BEST FOOD m O BEST SERVICE BEST ENTERTAINMENT S2 IN TOWN i|§ DINNER (4 COURSES) J*sB p A LA CARTE SERVICE M ?5 TABLE RESERVATION 2804 fj 111l BEAR ;!ip"|^ BRAND JPHK^
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JAN. 5, 1957. Opinion
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      FOOD FOR THOUGHT
      163 4 ttINGAPORE could with some equanimity look forward to constitutional changes leading to eventual full self-rule with a Chief Minister of the ability and undivided loyalty to Singapore such as Mr. Lim Yew Hock. But general elections I sometimes provide! surprising results,' sweeping aside trust- i ed and
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    EVEN ALEX. THE GREAT HAD HIS OIL CRISIS
    799 4 EVEN ALEX. THE GREAT HAD HIS OIL CRISIS By a Special Correspondent IyHEN Alexander the Great entered Babylon in 331 B.C. and took up temporary residence there, he was astounded soon after his arrival by a remarkable demonstration that was put on for his benefit by certain of its citizens.
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      37 4 It is a CLEAN SWEEP and that mrans at the CLOSING DOWN of oar RETAIL DEPARTMENTS at 71, High Street. ...NO REFUSAL FOR ANY REASONABLE OFFER GIVEN. Remember if is at BAJAJ Textiles, Limited. 71, HICIH STREET.
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      189 4 IN JHiSI DAYS, uhen running economy is foremost in every motorist's mind Wi Offtß YOU..*— l THE STAHDARD UHCUARD 111 During on offfij ciolly observed test corricd out JH| ■>■ M% ■^kWk^k^-^. entirely by R.AC. H| I J^-P-flf- 43S^^S^': production model «II pJ Ao^lgtm^m\*^sj^^^^m of the Stondord |X VfWIPL- -^<J»^
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    SERVICE WITH A SMILE
    78 5 The Army I in reverse 5 At the annual Xmas party fo r Eastern Command, England, held at Hounslow Barracks, the traditional custom was upheld when ntVutTs acted as waiters and served the meal to "other ranks." In the above picture Major General R. W. Jelf,
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    KHRUSHCHEV IN 'GOOD HEALTH'
    49 5 A Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman told a reporter in Moscow yesterday that he was authorised to state that Nikita Khrushchev is in good health. He declined, how■v.t. to gITC any reason* for the Communist Party loader's absence from public functions since New Year's Eve— A.P
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    The millionaire loves ghost girl
    267 5 The millionaire loves ghost girl >M>NDE Yvonne Anders, the film actress who fell out of a car then sued the student driver, had •wonderful news" for an American millionaire who says he loves her though they have yet to meet. Happily, .she waited in her London flat t 0 tell
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      36 5 M Get in there, and while they play the National M What TV programme were "He made me an offer for the Anthem bop him one!" "Mama!" you watching on the night of l°«- the 6fth
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      299 6 >l V\iMi\Ki by Lee Falk and Phil Davis ~~™~II~~~~~ /*7\ TT" I PONT VOU COME \^mT IhOWCAWWEGO WHEREON *^v Z^oN /^TN NEARUSTGO /arl RACK-WHEN WE/f EARTH CAN I SEARCHBP EVERYV/HERE^\ .jflK^r I*7 (-7 AWAY? GO BACK OJHf PONT KNOW WEBE7 FOR VO'J. WHAT ARE VOU XSIV IT^ WWERE VOU >fIDHL.
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      650 6 in? BORN today, your ability will make you a natural leader in the i circle in which you move Natui rally an active person mentally, you are apt to overdo things an«l, sin i you are not as physically robust as i you might wish, you tend to v> i
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      179 7 LONDON, Jan. 4. Above prices quoted in pence. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. 31 buyers 11% buyers European ports Januaty 3l s sellers 31 "•< sellers Febru.uy 31 t buyers 31\ buyers 3 1 j ellers 9 1 H sellers RUBBER No. i RSS Spot
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      New York prices
      134 7 Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb. NEW YORK. Jan. 4- Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 99 G2 nom. 100 00 nom. TIN futures January 98.50 buyers 98 50 buyers 99.00 sellers 99.62 sellers Standard Contract February 98.00 nom 98 25 nom. March 97.75
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      U.S. PEPPER
      39 7 Malabar, Lampong spot, awaiting release and afloats and January shipment were 2614 2(i'j, 26, M%, respectively. Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb. i Sarawak -spot, awaiting release and ftfloatfl and January ship,lment 26, sellers ex-dock-
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      38 7 NEW YOBK. Jan. 4 30 Industrials 499.20 498.22 20 Railroads 154 86 156 42 40 Oomestlc Bonds 89 58 89 67 IS Utilities 68 74 69 07 65 Stocks Composite Avcrafes 174.54 174 89 mum^^
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      99 7 LONDON. Jan. 4. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K./ North European delivered weight p«*r long ton Jan. Eeb. $187% sellers $187% sellers COPRA. Straits c.i.f. U.K. North European delivered weight per Ion* ton Jan Feb. £69% nom. £69% nom. Feb. Mar. £69% no-n. £69% nom. COCONUT
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    Luckiest boy alive
    337 7 TRAIN KNOCKS HIM DOWN 3 TIMES 4 lt-YEAR-OLD bo; was knocked dowi by a foods train loco motive. As 46 wagon: rumbled over him, h< tried to get up. Twic< more he was knockec down. Yet .some cuts and bruise: wore all that dark-h. Paul Potter, of
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    108 — she misses it by 21 days
    108 7 108 she misses it by 21 days MRS. CAROLINE BEALE, the oldest j woman in Britain died recently and missed her lOSih I birthday by just I three weeks. Last month she faced 8.8.C. camera and gave millions of viexoers this verdict of life: "Its all ridiI culous." With her
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    Crazv Gang knock-about
    74 7 Britain's first Olympic boxini; fold inedallis! for more tl!a n a decade, Terry Spinks. paid a visit to members of the famous Craty Gam at London's i Victoria Palace Theatre After being introduced to the audience he went backstage for a playful knock-about with the nans, which
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    Babies thrown to safety
    140 7 A GIRL trapped by lire grabbed her three-.-old babv from hi.s cot and threw him out of a first-floor window. A neighbour causht him 25ft below. While flames swept along the passage toward* her door, 19-year-old Mm, Pauline Bryan picked up her second baby, aged two.
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      8 7 V- ifemm ■••>• .;.:>:;•:•'■ SHIP M AERSK ■>'S:- s r.
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      58 7 m |M| a B SINGAPORE I I HIGH TIDES! TODAY: 12 ">a p.m. TOMORROW: 2.00 a.m. B and 1.31 p.m. MONDAY. US am. and 2.07 p.m. B TUESDAY; 300 a.m. I and 2.51 pni WEDNEBDAY: 3 35 a.m. and 341 p.m. I THURSDAY: 120 am. t and 5.N p.m. FRIDAY:
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    THE RULES
    127 8 1. All entries must be accompanied by a caption to the cartoon on this t page, then in the event of more than EE one reader having an all-correct solution the winner will be decided i EE on merit of the caption. S 2. There will be one
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  • WEEKEN QUIZ PAGE
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      Quiz I tor Film Fans
      228 8 Quiz I tor Film Fans AS you know the questions for last week's film quiz were prepared by a guest editor who asked that his name should not be divulged until after the competition, probably so that no one should pester him for the answers Well, its all over now
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      THE PRIZES
      96 8 HERE is the list of prizes for this week's Prize Quiz Contests: A double ticket to any Shaw Brothers' cinema goes to the winner of Prize Quiz No. 1. A Philips long-playing record "An American In Vienna" (BO 8105 L> —is the award for the News of the
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      Contest winners
      56 8 I AST week's winners were: Quiz No. 1: Miss Teresa Teo 492-O. lpper Serangoon Road. Singapore 19. Quiz No. Z: Jamshid Medora 21, Tanglin Koad, Singapore 10. Quiz No. t: Mrs. L Lynas. 6 Lloyd Leas, Changi, Singapore 17. Special Quiz: Miss Margaret Mok, c 'o Tan Tock
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      TODAY'S TARGETS
      124 8 TJOW many words of four i letters or more can you make from the letters In the square below? in making each word, the letters In each of the small squares may be used once only. Each word must contain the large letter in the centre square, and
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      Answers for last week
      130 8 OEKE are the answers to last week's Prize Quizzes. Quiz No. 1: 1. Jeanne Biegger. 2. Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey. 3. Peter Wyngarde. 4. Tony Curtis. 5. The Maze. 6. (A) Mark Stevens (B) Martha Hyer or Joan Vohs. Quiz No. 2: 1. Adelaide Eastley.
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      THE WEEK'S PRIZE COMP GUESS WHO SPECIAL ETITION:
      413 8 THE WEEK'S PRIZE COMP GUESS WHO SPECIAL ETITION: fHE Special Quiz last week hold no terrors except for the fact that a few of you thought that the train smash was in England and the typhoon in Japan. This week I am reverting to the films which is as it
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      News of the week
      127 9 PRIZE QUIZ No. 2 HERE it is again puzzlers the regular Saturday morning test to see just how closely you have been reading the papers this week. You should know what to do by now, but for the benefit of any newcomers— every question is based
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      What do you know?
      225 9 Prize Quiz No. 3 I CYF course there were lots of possible answers to last week's questions, although I think you j will agree that the answer to the first question j could only be Albert Street. Those who put Goodman Road missed the point of
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      120 9 Mcasiirt* Your Wig ENTRIES for any Prize Quiz on this page MIST be accompanied by a caption to the cartoon on the left in the event of more than one cornet entry for any quiz being received, the winner will be the contestant with the best caption entry. The winning
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    New Boy at BUKIT RAJA
    639 10 New Boy at BUKIT RAJA tut* sJUal STORY SO I OIK friends at Bukit Raja School Ah Soong. Mat J I Noor. t.urbal Sin^b and Mike Travers get involved with a t^ing of crooks who are out to kidnap Mike. The boys have runny adventures with tlie gang, and in
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    CHILDREN 'S PAGE Colour—in contest
    6 10 CHILDREN 'S PAGE Colour— in contest
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    With prizes for you!
    90 10 pOCKET-MONEY priies are offered for colouring this scene with paints, crayons or chalks. There are four prizes offered each of $5 (two for boys and two for girls.) All you have to do is to set to work to brighten up the sketch, then fill in
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    Last week's! winners
    69 10 Last week's! winners THE winners of last week's colour-in contest (each 91 whom wilJ receive a $5 prize in due course) are a;s follows: Mil Lim Seng Kok (12) t 570-A Serangoon Road, Singapore 8. Miss Tan Ting Luang '8), 124 Mackenzie Road. Singapore 9. Master Tan Tuan Kianq (14
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    The Adventure of Rusert and the Distant Music
    194 10 As soon n ihe spell of thf m.ig c rruivi s removed <he 1..i1c people realise how hungry hey are. W'a\, a rmnuic befoif you start rurvmrg off home." Rjperr smiles. Look whn lot or lovely things we have, brounht tor you
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      197 10 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS. -3. It's long, loose outer garment, just above your eyes. 6, A 5. Drink usually made from girl's name. 8. Kind of ape grapes 7, The mixture of that walks upright on the gases we breathe. 9. Islands ground. 10. Hunter's wea- often associated with the
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    HIGHLIGHTS of the PREVIEWS
    603 11  -  Pelham Groom by I BACKLASH AND BLACKBOTTOM iyAY back In the twenties when the blues were born and "BUckbottom," became the rage, there was a sifted team of De Sylva, Brown, and Henderson, who wrote "The Best Things of Life are Free," 'Button up Your Overcoat,"
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    Hoary tricks
    200 11 rpEENAGE REBEL" is another of those films which attempts to show how a divorced mother tries to recapture her daughter's love after years of separation. Pathos and bathos It is a difficult subject to tackle at any time, and the director needs a very delicate touch. Unfortunately Edmund
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      101 11 -k A li w m 0 lj^^|^^^^B>^ ~JbIH; T l^^ Opposite Sex 'is basically very much the t >Br j^^Bi^pf^S .F:o^| e l ecred bv Dolores Cr.iy. ably by Alice Pejrce *s'j v J^r J The Week's Ratings a*a a j PREVIEWS i\OW SHOW iXii I The Opposite Sex Tea
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    Lock icon Intensifying the war on TB in Asia
    275 12 INCIDENCE of tuberculosis in economically underdeveloped countries will be one of the most important topics on the agenda of the 14th International Tuberculosis Conference opening in New Delhi on Monday. More than 1,000 experts from 49 countries are attending the four-day talks on
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    Lock icon CEYLON-CHINA RUBBER PACT
    45 12 i^ommunisi unina nas announcca me sik"" 1 documents with Ceylon extending the current ChinaCeylon trade agreement and continuing the rubberrice trade, under which China would buy 50,000 metric tons of sheet rubber and Ceylon 270.000 metric tons of rice during 1957.- U.P.
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    29 12 The United Nations nai spent millions on restoring South Korea's war-wreck-ed fishing Industry, building and equipping neu boats and rehabilitating markets, canneries and ice plants. Picture shows Sokchu-Ri harbour.
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    Lock icon MERCHANTS IN U.K. DROP 'EASE EMBARGO' CRY
    420 12 MERCHANTS IN U.K. DROP 'EASE EMBARGO' CRY fill! OP ...curing news 11 1 1 1 \I" and views VLVL about Asia today MERCHANTS in London are easing off their demands for relaxa tion of the embargo on trade with Com mumst_ China. Ever since the embargo on the export of
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    Lock icon 'K. bows to Mao'
    118 12 'K. bows to Mao' IMU; Kremlin is now following the j theories of the Chi- nese Red leader, Mao I j Tse-tung, according to the lions Kong paper, I Daily Truth. The paper was com- menting on Nikita Khrushchev's state- I ment praising Stalin- i sm i The |).iiic r
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    Lock icon Floating fair
    24 12 Japan's machinery floating fair aboard the NLsshou Maru will pay a three-day visit to Karachi from January 31 to February 2 A.P.
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    Lock icon Mr. Nehru is confident
    71 12 PRIME MINISTER Nehru and his Congress Party are confident of winning a big victory in India's general elections next month. The Premier expressed this confidence when he blasted the Communists and Socialists in a speech to a meeting of the Congress national convention meeting in Indore.
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    Lock icon Trading medical information
    47 12 Japanese and Chinese Communist medical delegations will make exchange visits this March to trade medical and public health information, Peking Radio said. The arrangements were made by Mr. Yoshio Domori, Socialist member of Japan's Diet, during a visit to the Red capital.— A. P.
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    Lock icon AUSSIE-JAPAN TALKS TO BE RESUMED
    76 12 MR. NOBUSHIKO USHIBA, of the Japanese Foreign Ministry who represented Japan at the AustraliaJapan trade talks recently in Canberra, said there had been a hitch on the wheat issue bin Japan would reopen the negotiations this month. Mr. Ushiba said the Australian Government had promised
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      Lock icon Peking threat to S-E Asia
      102 12 Peking threat to S-E Asia PRESIDENT Chiang Kai shek declared in an interview that "the Republic of China will never consider any communist peace overture." He told Persian Senator Abba s Massoudi there could be no co-existence "between the Free World and the Communist bloc." President Chiang warned that Communist
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      19 12 South Korean people har* contributed US$2l,--604 during a tuo- month campaign to help freedom fighters in Hungary. Re uter
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      24 12 Brigadier-General Carlos P. Romulo, Philippines ambassador t 0 the United States, has besun his duties r».s January President of the UN Security Council.- U.P.
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      13 12 Postal remittances not exceeding I'SSIJOO have been resumed between Formosa and Japan- Reuter
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      57 12 T -r I)r Zuberi. chairman of tht* Inter-l'niversity Board in Lahore. Pakistan. said that in spite of the new nationalism rampant in British Commonwealth countries, there was no break with the traditions developed in English universities. He said the Commonwealth would survive on the concept, law and language, which England
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      37 12 General L. L Lemnitzer. United Nations and I'.S. Far East Commander, has warned that the Free World must remain "strong, alert and resolute" during 1057 if it is to survive as a community of free nations. U.P.
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      39 12 The English-language China Post in Talpeh has deplored the lack of a strong opposition political party in Nationalist China. "But in 1946 we heard cries for political reform to put this nation on a morr solid democratic basis."— U.P.
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    268 13  - QUIZZES PACK CHURCH BENT JENSEN i \WINDLING congregations and increasing successes for quizzes in radio and television have inspired the Rev. Ebbe Jacobsen, of the Protestant St. Mark Church at Aalborg, Denmark, to introduce a brand new institution Divine Service with quiz and prizes. I n Irudiiionut Scrr i n>s
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      994 13 [Tomorrow s church announcement!] CHI lUII OF LNGLAM) IU demptorist Monastery Ing Service St. Andrews Cathedral: 7 am. 'Thomson Road) 6.30, 7.30 a.m. striit. t t. int u awgMtrfs f r;^irs;' &f3?fiSß? in Service, 6 p.m. Evensong. 630 am.. 8 a.m. and (5 pm iT™*? WVm St. Hilda's Church. Katong:
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      75 13 Sunday School (Chinese an 1 Chinese), 10.30 a.m. Sermon in ese) English). 11 a.m. Worship (Eny- Cantonese. D r- lish). Baptist Gospel Centre (10th c r Baptist <.«>sp«l Centre (12 Silat Mile, Nee Soon): 2.00 p.m. Sun>eraii^oon (.arden Estate Bap- Crescent, Kamponc Bahru): 230 day School (Chinese), 300 p.m. usi
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    668 14 Cup rugger honours evade Seletar THE RAF TENGAH PLAYERS WERE FITTER AND FASTER SO- /VNCK Again Sanderson Cup honours eluded the RAF Seletar Station XV. Against RAF Tengah, they lost by a penalty goal. From the first scrum it was plain that Seletar were to gain little here. The Tengah
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    101 14 MALAYAN FANCIED IN THE FINAL OON (HONG JIN of Malaya moved into the finals of the All-England junior badminton championship at Wimhledon yesterday and will oppose 14--year-old Roger Mills of London today. Oon beat Peter Waddell of Kent, last year's winner. 15-8, 15-3, in a semi-final yesterday. Although one-sided, the
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    38 14 Manager Charley Johnson announced yesterday he has .signed Memo Diez of Mexico, second ranking flyweight, for a title fight with world champion Pascual' Perez of Argentina to be staged in Buenos Aires on Jan. 23 A.P.
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    107 14 Olympic cyclist in pro debut MAKING his debut as a professional cyclist. former Olympic gold medallist, Lionel Cox, went down fighting to another former Olympic dual gold medallist, Russell Mockridge. Mockridge and Cox were gold medallists in the tandem event in the 1952 (Helsinki) Olympic Games. After beating Cox in
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    37 14 The Indian soccer team, which boat Australia 4-2 in the Olympic (lames and later heat New South U'alrs 7-1 in Sydney, would like to make a six- week tour of Australia' next season.
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    222 14 MALAYA PLANS 'LITTLE OLYMPICS' |\IK. Herman de Souza, i who has been named chairman of the Sports and Games Committee of the Merdeka Celebrations Ori ganisation, yesterday j told of the plans for I staging the biggest ever j sports meet in Malaya, tentative dates for which are Sept. 4
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    415 14 Bridge Quiz (a) (b) Q J 10 8 6 0 10 6 943 9 9 842 0 Q9B 7 0 3 62 Q J632 (b) (*> Q J 10 8 k 10 8 6 9 A 984 0 Q987 0 3 963 2 A J5 3 (c) (f)
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    780 15  - S'pore players must speed up, says observer FRANCIS ROZARIO |-By OERE'S a man who paid his own fare to the I fl Olympic Games in Melbourne. He has returned full of information, and is by no means miserly about passing it on. So, for the benefit of Singapore swimmers depriv-
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    479 15  -  CHARLES BRYCE A warning to 5 f'orsecrell A.S.A. ,By VVHO IS GOING TO SAVE THE SINGAPORE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION? I hope to goodness someone does before officials smother under their own blanket of secrecy. THE RECENT HI SH HISH ATTITIDE CAN BRING NOTHING BIT HARM TO THE
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    304 15  -  ARCHIE QUICK By TIN- BIG LINE UP TODAY IS FOH THE GREATEST SOCCER SHOW ON EARTH—THE TIIIHI) ROUND PROPER OF THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP COMPETITION. The small clubs praying anxiously for success and financial n ward to pay the summer wap:es. The big
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    75 15 SINGAPORE Services and Federation Services flash today at Kuala Lumpur in a rugby classic tn.it pron :i Ip to Japan fcr ■>1 th< 1 Selectors ;in- usm^ the match as a full trial. Later m 11 M Foil es a r by < :v! < sid
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    176 15 SINGAPORE All Blues inert Ptrak All Blues in the final of the annual interstate rusfier series, but the colony team still have one more game to play. A (rial is ban*; held at the Police Training School next Hiesday to .select a team against Negri. Players Players requested
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      28 15 PONT MENTION THAT GAME I NLFSS YOU WHISPER? OCEAN PARK HOTEL A sea Iront Hotel of distinction crowning its t e n-a ere Park. Dancing nightly < except Monday
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    321 16 Nasser climbs down pHJYPT and the United Nations have reached an agreement of full clearance of the Suez Canal, it was officially announced in New lork yesieraay. The U.N. Secretary-General's chief assistant, Mr. Andrew W. Cordier, said that the agreement would be signed soon
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    235 16 Rotations plan hobby fair rE Singapore Rotary Club will be fairy godfather to a few hundred more villagers those of Kampong Tebang on t h e Jurong River. The club plans a hobbies exhibition -believed to be the first of its kind in South-East Asia -to raise funds to aid
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    328 16 Weights for next Saturday, fust day of the' Ipoh rare meeting are:— l n niv qF C L. 2, DIV. 1 9F. Argyll 900 Be Careful 8.12 Fair Weather 8.11 Silver Wings 8.10 Tipsy Trout 8.09 Dusty Bridge 805 Battle Creek 8.02 Sandown II 8.02 Gay
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    79 16 NATIONALIST China a1 will take part in the Fourth Asian Table Tennis Championship opening in Manila on Jan. 22 The Nationalist team will include Miss Chen Pao Pei, 1953 champion and a strong favourite for this year's individual title. Nationalist Cnina will not take part in the 1958
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    181 16  -  ALLAN LEWIS By li INGFOLD did a useful trial on the training track at Ipoh this morning. Ridden by Garnet Bougoure. he beat Sweet William (Barratt) in a tryout in 37',.. The track was good. Only local horses were out for work Outstation teams have not yet
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    87 16 PENANG QUIET TODAY T'HREE minor incidents were reported up to midnight last night in a practically deserted George Town City. Strong police patrols were on duty throughout the night. The situation this morning was reported to be quiet. Tonight the curfew in the Jelutong area will be lengthene.l to nine
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      541 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. DEATH 20 Words $6 (minimum). HILL: Thomas, aged 72. at his home m E-. Koad, Singapore, on Jan. 5 after a long Illness. Funeral at Bfcladarl a' 3 p tn on Sunday. SITUATION v \nt 20 U ,rd- H Min.) Hox ill >'"' A LEADING EUROPEAN < oocern
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