The Singapore Free Press, 29 August 1957

Microfilm: NL2446
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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya'6 Own Family Paper L4Mt. Singapore, Thursday, August 29, 1957. Price 15CU.
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    Malay outwits gangsters
    139 1 THREE MEN CAPTURED AFTER MILE LONG CHASE THREE thiifi were arrested by the police alter a milelong chase last night when they fell for a shopkeepers bluff at the iWalay Farm, off Changi, Singapore. The men, believed to belong to <iang 24, had demanded $10 protection money
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    Lock icon This is Britain's latest
    69 1 This is Britain's latest picture "THE BLOODHOUND"— Britain's new type of suP<rs O ni t missile which in due course is to replace tighter aircraft for the defence of the United Kin S" d«»m—i s being made at five factories in Britain and *t the Ulton works of the Bristol
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    Lock icon LISBON ACCUSES INDIA
    169 1 LiSBON ACCUSES INDIA Armed forces massing on Damao border threaten its sovereignty' Hi'! DENTS taking place ground Damao, Portu- India, i?idicate an to challenge Portutovereignty, says a mmunique issued last "I oy the Portuguese jj r *«ai Ministry in Lisl'"' "'mmunique stated "'"foreements of Inl' u Mon police, and Jj£
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    NOW U.S. TESTS SECRET MISSILE-ANSWER TO RUSSIA?
    678 1 NOW U.S. TESTS SECRET MISSILE-ANSWER TO RUSSIA? Moscow claims 'ultimate weapon'' accurate within 12 miles West is determined to save the disarmament talks A GUIDED missile, believed to be the Jupiter, blasted off from the United States Air Force test centre north of Cocoa Beach, Florida, yesterday as demands were
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    Rubber price
    31 1 September first grade rurj ber buyers fob. opened in Singapore this morning 88?4 cents a lb., up one-eighth of a cent on yes'.i rday's close The tone was quiet.
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    THE 'KICK' IS FADING FROM 'BUKIT SAMSU'
    293 2 THE 'KICK' IS FADING FROM 'BUKIT SAMSU' Illicit liquor now a dying trade in Colony pEDDLAKS of illicitly-distilled *amsu in Singapore are reported to be playing a profitable "double cross" in a trade that is steadily passing with time. Chinese housewives in certain residential areas near the city, who enjoy
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    Lock icon Egypt lifts 'enemy ban'
    66 2 EGYPTIAN shipping companies have been freed from a military order prohibiting dealing with the enemy thus permitting their "ships to carry cotton to British and French ports, it was announced in Cairo yesterday. An Egyptian Finance Ministry spokesman said the companies had been exempted from the
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    33 2 picture. Mrs. Srima Bandaranaike. wife of Ceylon's Prime Minister, Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike. who arrived in Singapore with her husband in the Willem Ruys to attend the merdeka celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. Free Press
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    11,000 juniors join BOAC Jet Club
    267 2 SPORE CONTRIBUTES 109 THE Junior Jet Club of the British Overseas Airways Corporation has now more than 11,000 members all over the world, of which 109 are from Singapore. Tli e Corporation's sales manager Mr. Donald Erskine Crum, told the Free Press that membership
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    Lock icon VERTICAL TAKE OFF AIRLINER?
    95 2 The technical feasibility of developing a supersonic airliner capable of vertical take-off and landing will be discussed at the sixth AngloAmerican Aeronautical Conference to be held at Folkestone, Kent, from Sept. 9 to 12. Reuter I>r. and Mrs. Tsu Teh Hu. of Sine »i>" t«* turned
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    Lock icon FACTORY BLAST KILLS WORKERS
    41 2 An explosion rocked a factory making cartridges in Penrhydeudracth, Wales yesterday, killing four workers three women and a man. A dozen other persons were injured in the blast which could bo felt over a thrfv-mile area. A.P.
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    PLEDGE LOANS MOUNT
    223 2 Jobless patron INCREASING Uirm.i ment m SlnSSft g**ng the ptwiSSSU ness a maj boost rhe wentan ui th e sine* pore Pawnbroker? r a ciation, Mr ?*>■ Chin, suiu the valuta their business htd i creased by a 1 -out sinnnn 000 during the uat months. The
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    T.V. FILM DEAL WITH U.S. FIRM
    64 2 Associated Tel( Islon, Ltfl., of London has paid a re ported U.5.5250.000 for right to show a croup of ol( Warner Brothers guy*" British television, it is tf first large scale deal W showing of feature U.S. films on British y screens, trade source*
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      143 2 142 _YE A Ri 0F EXPERIENCE m^R 1 FAVRE LEUBA WATCH CO., LTpT] I^— l— i— —^i^i—^— —^i— i i THE Here is the story of Malaya's march to nationhood a book IVKiBPtHt/1 wort^y a B rcat occasion »j^^»* Between the handsome covers of this beautifully produced art paper book
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    Cut adverts at the shows
    152 3 Cut adverts at the shows WHY do we in Singapore have to pay &o much for the doubtful pleasure or reading advertisements? We read in your paper that your Film Critic considers that a certain film is well worth seeing and so with infinite trust in all that we read
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    42 3 Seen sunbathing on the beach at Cannes in France young French starlet Simone Bach, who is on holiday there before taking up work again in the forthcoming film "Girls of Today" in which she will .ippear with James Mason and Van Johnson.
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    A READER ON READERS
    141 3 He wants more interesting letters rpHIS is ;i reader's letter about readers' letters I enjoy reading "Readers' Write' because it Is interesting to find out Other readers' views about current events and mat ters of topical Interest. That is, It would be i" tcrestins if readers
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    BROTHERHOOD MUST STEM FROM HEART
    285 3 i nvy e th nker answers a Bikhu 1 si V g fp a osl^Sf c XI° make n :1 artide "">™« sss^afflsr of au nations seCt The different shrines ot various holy men, the temples, churches and other religious organisations in Singapore, such as
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    ENFORCE THE LAW
    48 3 There arc rules and law, galore In Singapore, but it does not .seem as if th authorities concerned are able or bothered to en fore them. When will we see some action against smoking buses, indiscriminate horning, open solicitation or spitting, for instance UNLAWFUL Singapore.
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    LIGHTS ARE NEEDED
    162 3 LIGHTS ARE NEEDED Museum can be a big tourist draw rhas been pointed out recently with increasing frequency that Sin gapore Is a rich city In potential tourist attrac tions. But few more glaring examples could be found of Singapore's comparative Indifference to the tourist trade than that of Raffles
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    Reckless spending?
    101 3 I WOULD be interested to le urn why the Federation Government has seen fit to Order GO veiy expensive and brand-new cars from Amenea for the eonvenience of visiting VIPs. Surely this move in not necessary? Do visitors really expect all these new cars to be provided for
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      7 3 moB i—^ BUI RARE EXQUISITE H i
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      120 3 I Helena Rubinstein introduces I SKIN DEW I ...new sleeping beauty treatment! WH HggJ ■■*<'■', i^Sk BKwt < Wake up lovelier every morning with SKIN DKW, Helena Rubinstein's new moisturizing emulsion. SKIN DKW is formulated with "ferments laCtiques" tO replace vital inner moisture, maintain the acid balance of the outer
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion VITAL U.S. BASES
    201 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion VITAL U.S. BASES THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 1957 IVISDOM of the United States action in building up her atomic bases around the Red bloc has now been brought home to the Free World. But for these bases strategically placed in the Middle East, Europe and Asia
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    THE QUEEN-AS THOSE LORDS WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER...
    93 4  - THE QUEEN-AS THOSE LORDS WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER... CUMMINGS Her Majesty on the way to open Parliament m 1 (ceremony delayed owing to traffic in Oxfordst.)... Buckingham Palace exchanged S for a more democratic home g 1 State banquet to foreign Prime Minister m B in strictly non-tweedy surroundings...
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    Walking into the lion's den
    744 4  -  P.M. RAMAN Reporter's Notebook by r rilF lout; arm of the law has taught up with some of the leftwing: subversive unionists and PAP officebearers who somehow failed to ket 4 p their rendezvous with the Special Branch on Thursday night last week. On that
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      21 4 Fully-Tropicalised TABLE MODEL RADIO-GRAM WITH PLAYER $525 00 WITH CHANGER 595 00 Liber.il Cash Discount fNANG.HtNGJ. CO Tiano mousi IOS"H)S.SfLHif SiKGAPoet.
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    Lock icon CHESS: BEST PASTIME FOR YOUTH
    369 5 CHESS: BEST PASTIME FOR YOUTH ET Singapore's chess champion brothers ?1 Lian Quee, 16, Lian Seng, 14, and Lian Ann, 9 who are the sons of Mr. Tan Hock San, an invest- company manager. Lian Quee of Outram 5:. was the champion of the Schoolboys' Tourna~ r.T' which finished at
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    Wedding of 4,007 couples
    61 5 MEXICO'S biggest mass wedding was held for couples in the huge lonal auditorium in 0 City. [ny of the couples had four children with «0m« babes in arm, up to four years old. Vaa the ninth and mass wedding sponV by the Federal Social ''y Institute
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    Lock icon U.S. CAR SALES
    39 5 Mr. Henry Ford told a news conference in Detroit yesterday he expects the U.S. f;ir industry to soil 6,000,000 cars this year. This is an increase from hLs estimate earlier this year of 5.800,000 A .P.
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    PEN PALS FOR ALL
    142 5 YOAN aims at world bridge of understanding by mail rraE youth Oi AH tions, an International Correspondence organisation, with headquarters in New Vork wants more correspondents from Singapore and Malaya. The aim of the organisation. VOW. is to help youngsters from all over the world to
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    LABOUR AND PAP PACT PROSPECTS DIM
    422 5 The changes in leadership will affect polls Can moderates hold the reins? merger between Singapore and the Federation? and #Ar e you r loyalties to Singapore or for any other country? H e said claims of groups or parties of being socialistic ar e
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    54 5 I picture This charming flong Kong high school girl, Miss Owe-Yang Tang Foong (White Flower), 17, loves dancing so much, that she has come to Singapore with the lions Konu Chean Hong Revue daring her school holidays. Miss Tang Foong, a "cha-cha" expert, Is appearing with the troupe at the
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    More immigrants for the U.S.A.
    44 5 A new immigration bill which would permit entry into the United States of additional 60,000 aliens in the next two year.s wa.s passed by the House of Representatives yesterday and .sent to the Senate for final action. -Re uter
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    Johore guests
    80 5 Johore guests GUESTS invited to the reading of the proclamation ceremony at the Supreme Court Padang, Johore Bahru. on Saturday should arrive there by 8.30 a in. via the route directed by the police on duty at the Causeway. All guests arP rc minded to bring their invitation cards and
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      103 5 HAVE VOU BOOKEII VET FOR THE GALA J MERUEKA EVE "ISLAND IN THE SIN", FIESTA I |±r NIGHT AT THE OCEAN PARK HOTEL i r TOMORROW NIGHT FROM 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. j DARRYL f. ZANUCK'S J J ISLAND 5 I i* the Sun X JBF^PP^m TOMORROW! For </ie
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      65 6 S J 1 For the first time filtei tip J <| smokers are getting vvh.it tnrv i want... much more flavd I i <md aroma with fTMJCh nicotine. After the firSi i< v puffs from an L 6 M, nn j i smokers sum it up in i i way
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      244 6 i»i"v\Dli AKK by Lee "Faik aiid IMiil Uavis ANP I SENT \/mE'S PROBABLY PON'TPEA I KATE TO LET MAKE TVtg CAST Y-ITSALON6 TOPP-IHfc V POING THE: f-'OOL, GLORIA. J\A* R BANKS U?SE THEIR JOBS" J WAV P^OWN IF THAT WHILE TOM REX JINX--TQTALK A OPPOSITE-BUT WMY STAY WITH N. ROWN—
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      439 6 BORN today, yo u have B bMlcall serioui nature but d i,/ y e neatii there is a streak i h nder I dome and satiric. n[)l vx f«- you have the gUt of the SSL. 8 8 s E written word everyth iL' llnd i or say has this
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      175 7 I LONDON, Au X H mm No. I RSh ilf. J i I P©ftg Sept- MM buvfrv; mi i w I Duvets Jt) 1 buyers I w 2a < sellers -'G\ sellers I u c 26 buyers 26% buyers L... Rss Spot gggg"; sJ^«a« t-fi m- IS|SS
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      New York prices
      102 7 NEW YORK, Aug. 28 Previous Today j Straits Spot 93 37 nom. 93.50 nom. fut'ii fS bdard ontract Aug. unquoted unquoted Sept. unquoted unquoted HE: Quiet SALES: Nil. iits Contract Aug. 92.75 buyers 93.00 buyers 9325 sellers 93. 37 sellers Sept- 92-62 buyers 92.62 buyers 93.12 sellers
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      37 7 NEW YORK, Aug. 28Previous Today IndustiKils 477.55 477-79 lailroada 136.40 135 80 Domestic Bonds 8490 84 89 utilities 67.48 67 68 Stocks Composite Averages.. 164.72 164.68 Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per Ib.
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      U.S. PEPPER
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      117 7 LONDON, Aug. 28. it>.. Previous Today tt.\ Philippines cJf. U.K/ «rth European delivered [•«»u per long ton Sept./ Oct. $176 sellers $176 sellers RA. Straits cJ f. VM /North iropra,, delivered weight per £63 Va buyers £64 buyers P l ton Atiff./Sept £64V4 sellers £64 4
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    LORETTA'S EFFORT IS THE BEST
    364 7 LORETTA'S EFFORT IS THE BEST winners 'Yksii;ri, av I was dreaming of a stage career Today, i hav« jriyea up all thought, 3 a br liant debut, curtain Jl's and m> nanu j gf®»-Uliit« i just want to be myself. ''When tomorrow conies round. I ma be fired with another
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    Lock icon Li-li Hua enrages Mature -No kissing, she said
    370 7 LI-LI HUA, idol of Malaya's Chinese film-goers, has taken on the role of a reluctant lotus blossom in Hollywood by dropping an iron curtain on a kissing scene with victor Mature, She is veteran of 60 Chinese films, all kissless. During a
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    Lock icon 'THE END' FOR CONRAD'S SHIP
    55 7 The hulk of Joseph Con rad's first command has been destroyed by fire at the "ship's graveyard" at East Risdon near Hobart. She is the Otago, once described by Conrad as "an Ar.ib steed." It is believed he made her the setting for at least
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    Lock icon REDS SNUBBED
    29 7 The 40,000-strong Italian Seamen's Union, one of Italy's key labour organisations, has proclaimed its "absolute independence" and withdrawn from the Communist-controllf'd General Confederation of Italian Labour. Reuter
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    Lock icon FLU IN TURKEY
    43 7 Asian flu is rampaging through an eastern province of Turkey, according to reports reaching Istanbul yesterday. They I aid th a t 13,000 CMei had been treated in the eastern province ol Er/urum, but there. Were no deaths. U. P.
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      79 7 SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY LTD PECIALISTS IN ARRANGING HIPMENT& CLEARANCE OF CARS TO ANY PART OF THE WORLD I ROOM 8E ASIA INSURANCE BUILDING SINGAPORE TEL: 2301 1 3 lines OVERSEA CHINESE BANK BUILDING PO BOX 100'. Tel: 4347 K. LUMPUR lAMOTTJE'l^tei': tOt-C «(lINH MAi,fMCYER ntADINn CO. (M> iTO. JMI
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      179 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore 1.15 p.m Lunchtime Concert; 1.30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Ladies Only; 2.00 Waltzes played by Mantovani; 2.30 The Water Music; 3 00 The Band of H. M Grenadier Guards; 3. 10 The Queen's representative arrives; 4.30 Tamil Programmes; ;6 00 English Programme Summary; 6.02
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    OH DEAR-WHERE'S THAT WA STLINE GOING!
    72 8 OH DEAR-WHERE'S THAT WA STLINE GOING! I Will they laugh at Lachasse? These two, outfits, exemplifying the ?iew soft swing line features are by Lachasse of London, and are among the London desig n e r s new autumn and winter collections. On the left Virginia Woodford wears "Belladonna,'' a
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    8.000 model girls st cannot make it
    309 8 8.000 model girls st cannot make it tyELL, here we are In the midst of pinsupfl and pulchritude great big gorgeous lovelies with great big gorgeous eyes looming out at us from the telly ...beckoning to us from the posters...giving us the old come hither from almost every magazine cover
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    Meet the roof top romeo
    218 9 J^ GIRL is pining in her London home while 3! her runaway lover prowls around the V> neighbourhood, refusing all entreaties to re- t turn. i He is Michi the monkey from the ZOO which the <• Fountain Hospital, i n Tooting, London, runs for
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    Afghani in the lead
    159 9 (iRFYIIOUMj rac- E Ing with the E dog chasing after an E electric hare has I for a long time been I a popular sport. The 1 5 poor man's equival- IE eil t to liorse racing, E E in Britain. E In Germany however, E
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    THE LUCKY WINNER'S LAST BET
    1935 10  -  Pelham Groom Another Latift story by IN A POCKET OF HIS DRESSING GOWH WAS A LETTER FROM YOU PLACING UTS FOR SATURDAYS RACING-1N WHICH YOU PICKED THE WIN NEK Of EVERY IMF I ATIFF stood in the hall looking at a fish tank while he
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      85 10 27 PelhAi liami^ Clinton |tf 1H s^DWpov«. 22nd An«n*t My dear Benny* I a™ off to the Federation at a »o»ent» noticeand since I think my lucfc i$ in this week I aendin^ you my f*no%e& for Saturday. I am goine to n Roll" ri^ht thrtmgh the I*ll have 100
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    SPOTLIGHT ON THE SERVICES
    453 11 Army runs own fire brigade By a Special Correspondent ir millions ol dollars worth of Army stores and equipment in the Singapore area, a well organised uiu (ire fighting service is essential. This service is ;1 il le at key points on the island and in
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    Lock icon JAPAN MAY START S-EA SCHEME BY NOVEMBER
    237 12 ITTfIWsPBBBBKH ILJ 1 1 Bki mHFTiir mi mTrfT^'^T THE Japanese Government is expected to begin in November to put into operation an ambitious plan for the development of South-East Asia and the Middle Ea st. The Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri said Prime Minister Nobusuke
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    Lock icon Jap Reds in many swindles
    100 12 Jap Reds in many swindles JAPANESE police, now engaged on a nationwide round-up of Communists engaged in illegal business acti. vities, said Communist Party members were involved in swindles amounting to over 500,000 from Japanese companies and banks. Many labour unions which once gave big donations to the Japan Communist
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    Lock icon A new HK venture —pearl oysters
    50 12 NOW Hong Kong is cultivating its own pearls. Some 3,000 pearl oysters are at present being cultivated at an outlying island near Hong Kong. Meanwhile, that Colony's million-dollar oyster industry has sent a sample consignment of frozen oyster flo.sh to the United States. U.P.
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    Lock icon Liberty hero
    26 12 The late P.I. President Ramon Magsaysay's face decorates the first of the new US, "Champions of Liberty" postage stamps to be issued tomorrow. A.P.
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    101 12 KM soehs new mtirhvis INDONESIA will regulate foreign investments in an "eminently fair way," Indonesian Ambassador Moekarto Notowidigdo saia In San Francisco. Indonesia has still to rely on world market prices for a few basic commodities, as her main products are sensitive goods like rubber, petroleum products, tin and copra,
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    Lock icon Japan honours an heroic Danish seaman
    191 12 Japan honours an heroic Danish seaman A LARGE crowd of Japanese fishermen and their families gathered at Hinomisaki Cape, Western Japan, to watch the unveiling of a monument dedicated to the memory of a Dani.sh seaman, who lost his life hist February while attempting to save the lives of two
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      Lock icon Parents hit at Mao curb on education
      131 12 Parents hit at Mao curb on education <T»HE gravity of Red China's shorta <• rooms and qualified teachers is un Ss by reports from Tientsin that ***** S? l^ ha,ve protested at the curtailment of Idnll^ for their children in primary an SftSfc schools. solidary The People's Daily, organ of
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      28 12 The last U.S. Army combat division in Japan has closed down, leaving the Army only about 17.000 caretakers and support troops in the land it once occupied. A.P.
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      46 12 South Korea has appealed to America for emergency food supplies to relieve victims of severe floods. In one province alone, Kyong Nam-do, more than 45.000 homes along the Naktong River had been destroyed or damaged. Thousands of people are without clothing, homes or food. A. P.
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      42 12 Mr. Hideo Tanaka said in Hong Kong that an eleven- member Japanese salt industry mission had concluded an a g r e e m ent with the Peking Government to buy 1.000.000 tons of salt at £1 18s. sterling ner ton. Reuter
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      18 12 The Ingalls-Talwan Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation has begun its project of constructing two *****-ton tankers in Formosa. Reuter
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      19 12 Philippine Army Intelligence agents have captured Huk documents showing rebel plans to disrupt the November presidential elections. A .P.
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      37 12 When Hong Kong's big jet airliner runway, now more than two-thirds complete, goes into service in the autumn of next year, it icill stick out over one-and-a-haij mii es mto the sea in 7,,«t ro l Reuter
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      50 12 Communist China ha* Placed large utMi in t£ Po s a 5 B^. the Fellow Se an d V 1 East Chin Sea out of bounds f,* traw fishermen "to protect resources and avoid fishing disputes between motoi trawlers .i,,,i f lshin .Hinks." R :u iio P«Wnf M ported U.P.
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      20 12 A second shipment of 3 British five-ton trucks ha arrived in Hong Kong fo transhipment to Rei China. A P.
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      30 12 SEVERAL SMALL CHINES COMMUNIST GUNBCHT! HAVE BEEN STATIONS NEAR MACAO ON I ROUND THE CLOCI WATCH TO STOP THI FLIGHT OF REFUGEES SAYS A REPORT FRO* THAT PORTUGUESI COLONT REUTER
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      50 12 Three Chinese i r ovi Hoi Kong and Macao Ml been sent e need to prisa terms ranging f r om ji months I eight yea in Canto, or Hani ing pr dat e I overseas Chine c rem tances from abroad, business which is mom policed by state-omt U.P.
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      45 12 Dr. T. s. Arakwa Japan youngest profess r who at present In JohanM burg to .study the e^ and cure of malnutriw said the Japanese Gove.l ment was becomli anxious at the m number of cases of ma nutrition among its r« r inhabitant- Reuter.
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      46 12 The Oakland Calnon firm of Kal Engine has signed a nucH development agreeme with C. It oh and CM pany. Ltd I Osaka, initiate a joint P«*flS to study and m nuclear plan- 1! c nP and const n: n P«W e in Japan Re uter
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      31 12 Five Laotian Bum priests hare m pitted an eight** English at Mahatai 7vmp.t Bangkok „v ushis th( n national I major Bu< r -i centre, in and Burma lifth O7i Reuter
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      11 12 Chinese re Korea h US$4,OOO m flood vi< I public. U.P.
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    ON THE ART FRONT
    189 13 ON THE ART FRONT /ll!\ VU CHI AN, 1 ,iio exhibited j, j» i m tings last w a{ the British Kil Hall, is a young .Malayan arti>f i great talent uti deserves to lebievc his ambition to study in influence of y r < b F a u v
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    Lock icon Brushing up on your man's hobbies...
    889 13 Brushing up on your man's hobbies... Sketches toy ]V|OST women B advice columns, catering for the apparently insatiable desire of all women to Keep the Man Interested, supply male-retaining etiquette hints rangmg from frou-frous to fingerbowls bounder and simpler advice is: brush up on his hobby which i s most
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      207 13 ">S ACROSS 5 Saw backward (3). Mr. Head? (5). 6 Lord of a Belgian city? <."»). after 4 down (4). 10 Written down for the «> of stone in a long celebrities (5;. y 4) 11 The food of love could r ea the sunk dame (8). describe a Ball
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    Malaya surprise Ceylon 2-1 in interport tennis
    417 14 PERAK CHAMPION MOSES TAY PLAYS BIG PART IN WIN ]YJ \L AY AS Davis (up team, Ong; Chew Bee (Singapore) and Moses Tay (Perak) caused a big upset in the Merdeka Games Inter-port Tennis Tournament at Kuala Lumpur yesterday when they eliminated fancied
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    SASA TEAM FOR MERDEKA GAMES
    75 14 Singapore Amateur Swimming Association last night named its team for the Merdeka Games at Kuala Lumpur. The team will leave for Kuala Lumpur tomorrow by road at 8.30 a.m. The team is: Fong Hoe Beng. Foo Chee Han. Goh Soon Hock. Tan Chiew Choon, Chong
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    BUSBYBABES OUTPLAY EVERT ON 3-0
    290 14 BUSBYBABES OUTPLAY EVERT ON 3-0 ]VI ANCHESTER UNITED, English League football i?1 champions for the past two seasons, are soon into their winning stride again. Having won their first match 3-0 against Leicester City on Saturday, they gained two more points by beating Everton 3-0. Results Wolverham pton and FIRST
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    Kent flog tourists
    124 14 COUND innings by all the *J recognised batsmen and several fielding lapses by the West Indies enabled Kent to total 355 at close on the opening day of their three-day match at Canterbury yesterday. Fast bowler Wesley Hall conceded 91 runs In 16 overs without taking a
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    LATIFF from page 10
    146 14 Send that through the post and if you are lucky you will receive inside the envelope addressed to yourself a nice blank envelope with a stamp cancelled with the date of posting. All that Is then necessary is for you to address the envelope, in this
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    M-GAMES INVASION OF K.L. IN FULL SWING
    310 14 rpilE invasion of Kuala Lumpur by foreign tp I smen for the Merdeka Games r m full swing. In Singapore Vietnam, one of the fancied teams for the .soccer championship, arrived yesterday and left for the Malayan capital this morning. Their captain, 20-year-old
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    Lock icon HZ CYCLIST TAKES TOP PRIZE
    295 14 HZ CYCLIST TAKES TOP PRIZE >TEW ZEALAND cyclists i again took the major honours on the third day of the Merdeka Game* Cycling Championships at Kuala Lumpur yesterday when Warwick Dai ton. their Olympic repre sentative, won the 2bmile road race over the Lake Gardens circuit. Dalton. who won in
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    SPORE SCHOOL WINS CRICKET
    26 14 Singapore [wy ,JJ beat O\et i run in Balwtiei I bined S. 1. tt Beadles <• bay* 98 i J ft» 35, Bca.i
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    THE RINGER, NOBLE ESSENCE IMPRESS
    486 15  -  ALLAN LEWIS Hobbss horses again jjogfgg^fcf, Timah By i]<) BBS' -trained horses again showed up well on tlu lightly soft No. 2 track at Bukit Tim in this morning. i ho Kinder attracted attention by the waj ho disposed of three in 38 1, 5
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    Mickey's jockey ship gains him three winners
    790 15 Mickey's jockey ship gains him three winners By ALLAN LEWIS IyfICKEY DONNELLY ITI was in good form at Bukit Timah yesterday. He rode a winning treble Waxer. Sir Francis and Collateral. Donnelly must be the veteran among Malayan jockeys at present but despite this, holds his own with his younger
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    Four for your list
    109 15 [TORSES to follow; WAXER improved his on p. weight after Saturday's race. Expe< i more improvement ;i his successful outing yesterday. OLLATERAL, having only his second Start i n Malaya, looki though he needthe race, but still Showed plenty of determination by fighting back when Pilot's
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    surprise
    49 15 >DIMIR SITKIN. 22- ar-old Ukrainian, un;XPf -ctodly beat world re;^u holder. Yuri Stepanov. n Olympic bronze medalIgor Kashkarov, to win i'l'^h-jump title at the PVlet Athletic ChampionJ n Moscow yesterday. i ysJn won with a jump tff lOHin. Stepanov '<! the sam 0 height. fitkin had fewer at- ptg,
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    A DOUBLE
    73 15 S pOT, of Rusita, who von fte 5,000 nictros enrlipr tills j completed a "double" last |f wnen hr won the 10.000 W 32m in 10.4sec to spt ft b, lf Rn d dumb record nt r »"eni Olympics in MH;»n hr r vorld rrcord for deaf tn
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    Lock icon U.S. TO TAKE NO CHANCES
    154 15 AMSRICA'S Walker Cup cap- tain said yesterd ly thai ths us. tenm la rv>t expecting an ea.sy victory over Britain The Walker Cup match bSgllU 'omorrow. "I expect if tO be CIOM all ttM way," said non-playing skipper Charley Coe "In fad I'm not *1
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    Denis Compton says farewell with fast 143 oft Worcester
    308 15 Denis Compton says farewell with fast 143 oft Worcester DENIS COMPTON, the brilliant Middlesex and England batsman, made a characteristic 143 in his farewell game at Lords u a professional against Worcestershire yesterday. Compton, who hit a six and 17 fours in a stay of three hours, shared in a
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    CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES
    87 15 (■'LOSE Of play in yesterday's cricket matches were: At Lords: Middlesex 350-6 dec (Roberston 104, Compton 143); Worcestershire 27-1. At Bournemouth; Hampshire 160; Northamptonshire 113-3 At Manchester: Warwictohire 180; Lancashire 42 for none. At Bath: Gloucestershire 311 (Emmett 83, Milton 89. Noltlng. hams! lire 55-1. At
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    U.K. TELLS YEMEN: BRITISH ATTACKS WILL GO ON
    386 16 U.K. TELLS YEMEN: BRITISH ATTACKS WILL GO ON Using fire bombs? Nonsense gRITAIN has warned the Arab kingdom of Yemen it will go on attacking Yemeni forces, which have crossed into the Aden Protectorate, until they have withdrawn. The declaration was made in a London Foreign Office statement, issued after
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    Lock icon French wheat for Egyptian cotton
    46 16 The French Government has agreed to an exchange of goods with Egypt to a total value of 3.000 million francs, well informed French, .sources said in Paris yesterday. It covers wheat exports from France in exchange for cotton from Egypt.— Reuter
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    NAVAL SHIPPING
    16 16 Three ships. Crane. Tele- machus and Newcastle are in the Singapore Naval Base today.
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    'Malaya is a monument to colonialism'
    139 16 'Malaya is a monument to colonialism' THE right wing Lon. don Daily Express, in an editorial on Malaya's independence, today declares: "Malaya's independence celebrations begin this weekend. When the first Union Jack went up in Malaya, the country was a collection of primitive, feuding states. There were no towns, no
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    PLANE CRASH
    80 16 A U.S. Air Force B-50 tanker plane, practising the refueling of bombers in flight, crashed and burned at Bovina, Texas, yesterday. Reports from the scene said all six men on board escaped. Maj. Clarence Cone ot Clovis, New Mexico. Air Force Base, said pilots who saw the plane
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    Party for the V.I.P.s
    154 16 Party for the V.I.P.s Above are picture* of some of the rcrr^cnta. lives here for the Mcrdeka celebrations 'on Saturday, attending n party in their honour at the Raffles Hotel last night The:- are from left to right: The German reuresentative, Mr, p r n 2 Neumayer, q f om&
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