The Singapore Free Press, 10 May 1958

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya'B Own Family Paper e. Saturday, May 10, 19:,8. Pike 15 Its
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    Lock icon R.I. free port in Sumatra? 32-ship deal
    161 1 R.I. free port in Sumatra? 32-ship deal lEPORTS from Jakarta indicating that Indoi nes is actively pushing plans to create a port rivalling Singapore still do not mention iv specific harbours as free port candidates. However, since the scheme was first broached late last year, ports on the west coast
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    Lock icon SUBANDRIO" WE DON'T BLAME U.K.
    88 1 SUBANDRIO" WE DON'T BLAME U.K. allegations V tervention 1 i n uuI rebel forces I ted against I lonesian I ister, Dr SuI the British in Jakarta I >ermott W Oi'fice I lo: ed this answer to his daily e about the I Dr. SuI Bid foiled 1 guards beat
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    village
    76 1 THE Selangor State War Executive Committee this morning clamped down a 21-hour curfew on the ■1.800 people of Rasa Village. about 35 miles rn<m Kuala! Lumpur. About 1.000 police, soldiery, l special constables and special branch men moved into the area at 3 a.m. today IB a convoy of
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    Taxi grab report
    31 1 A Singapore taxi-driver, Tay Boon Qui, (old the police that two passengers robbed him of $7.50 In cash and a watch worth $:*5 at Mount Pleasant last night.
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    Queen gets nylons
    58 1 Queen gets nylons THE Queen was presented with nylon stockings for herself and knitwear for her husband when she toured a clothing factory at Leicester yesterday. She and the Duke of Edinburgh were on a sixhour visit to the city. They spent more than an hour touring- the factory and
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    Lock icon And Duke gets the boot
    105 1 And Duke gets the boot THE Duke ot Edinburgh got the boot a black outside number 12 from students of Leicester University yesterday. Student George Robinson broke through the ranks of spectators and solemnly presented it to the Duke as he and the Queen were walking through the grounds to
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    Lock icon Gaiters protest by ex-S'pore Bishop
    60 1 The Anglican Bishop of Birmingham, the Right Reverend John Wilson <a former Bishop ol Singapore) opened a school near Birmingham without his gaiters as a protest lie raid: "Bishops should not dross up in the way of the 18th. century which was one of the
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    Lock icon RIOTS AND ARSON IN TRIPOLI
    149 1 DEMONSTRATORS at Tripoli North Lebanon. yesterday stoned police and -set a cate and workshop on lire during clashes after prayers in the local mosque. The crowd of about 1.000 overcame a party of police and marched to Government House shouting slogans agaii^t President Camille Chamoun
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    LIM: WE'RE HERE TO TIDY UP A FEW POINTS
    374 1 LIM: WE'RE HERE TO TIDY UP A FEW POINTS Chief Minister tells London why he is back SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, told reporters when he arrived at London Airport last night that he and his allparty delegation had come "just to tidy up the constitution" which is
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    Lock icon Wife, son at the airport
    90 1 Mr. Chew Swee Kee and Mr. Lim Choong Mong. The fifth member of the delegation, Mr. Lew Kuan Yew, is due in London tomorrow. An Assistant Under-Sec-retary at the Colonial Office. Mr. E. Melville, greeted Mr. Lim on behalf of the British Government. Amori}> a
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      85 1 Maw! MAMIYA QK Magaz i n e your problems of using colour and black while or two different types oi' Alms at the same time are now over. Every Mamiya Magazine 35 camera comes with an ex! fa easy-cham>e-over film body. Incorporated also in this camera are "Mamiya Sekor" F2.8/50mm
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    Lock icon Soviet Marshals warn West
    148 2 Ri ssi miiit ii leadert warned the Wesl yesterdaj of the consequences oi war. All main newspapers carried articles underlining Russia's offensive potential and vigilance in tin lace of "provocation! from the West." Marshal Ivan Konev omniandei -in-Chiei, \V ars a w Pact forces) wrote that
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    Red sanctions against Yugoslavia?
    84 2 Red sanctions against Yugoslavia? IjRAVDA, the Soviet Com munist Puny organ, yesterday sharply attacked President Tito and warned that relations between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia may deteriorate, as well as relation.-, between the respective Communist parties. The warning that relations between the two states may worsen raises the Question
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    Lock icon U.S. SUMMIT TERMS NOT ACCEPTABLE
    243 2 Mr. khrushvhvr B€*US- air. Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Prime Minister, l yesterday rejected as unacceptable terms laid down by U.S. State Secretary John Foster Dulles for East -West summit talks. The Soviet leader. speaking in Moscow, said the conditions included the "liquidation" of the East German
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    Lock icon U.S. jet bombers for Pakistan
    52 2 The Unii ed 81 itea w.n end four B-45 lei bombers to Pakj tan Iri late 1959 to I rain cr< w for ub equent Uni 1 d state bombi r deliv) riea In i960, an n'i 1 iit at ive ourc« aid ;n Washington
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    Lock icon ON THE MARCH
    48 2 The fourth youth confer ence ol ihe 1 ,700,000 mom bei w- <;r mum Steel Workers (Jnion ye terd&y proposed ;t march on Bonn ol .''i l union youth move men! In protest agaii i ti ictear irma for the We t rman forci Reuter
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    Lock icon Conservatives and Socialists back Pflimfin
    94 2 Conservatives and Socialists back Pflimfin M R ."OWE PFUMLIN latest candidati S the Premiership 2 25-day-old French pLS crisis, was encouraged" terday by the Socialist a Conservative leaders u Guy Moliet and Mr Anton Pinay. to p< rsist in his forts to form a governing Mr. Moliet told Mr 'pfiiiii
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      91 2 T l^ STOPWATCHES "1 WHEN TIMT IS NEEDED WITHIN THE SPLIT OF A SECOND FAVRE LEUBA STOPWATCHES ARE JTHE ANSWER INDUSTRIALISTS: SPORTSMEN AND your production HORSE TRAINERS' COSTS DEPEND /^^^^^k YOuR TIMING OF ON PERFECT if jffii^ ]l PERFORMAr^CES Will riMiNG ruiNti m^ \fi[ JJ t:! Ml E: ACCURAH FAVRELEUBA^^J3::^J.EUBA
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      35 2 CATHAY TOMORROW. I THE FUNNIEST PICTURE OF THE YEAH I FILMED^ A ENTIRELY J# OFF .^jrr,^ lr|)^ WITHOUT DPERATION! g^f^^^^M JACK UMMON ERNIE KOVACS U« Jiff OiWIl U ROONEY ■mOCk rOfto MIKS OWWCN WCfH tM
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    Lock icon Stabbed leader tried to grab his assailant
    246 3 Stabbed leader tried to grab his assailant M%N with i» l° ll 8 kntf« yesterday assassinated A Khan Sahib, white-haired "grand old mil Pakistani politics and leader of the ruling Kepublican Party, on the verandah of a |i thoi< i Ilia. Khan Sahib was 7t5. The motive for the ition
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    Lock icon lift China trade bans' says Union
    47 3 iv, Amalgamated Eneineering Union conference 3 U Great Yarmouth England, yesterday called for the removal of restrictions and embargoes on trade with the Soviet Union and China. Tiuy unanimously passed a resolution supporting a policy of trade with all count: Reuter
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    CIVICS COURSE
    24 3 Twenty lour islanders from Pulau Sekijong Pelapa will take part m a civics ciuuvc organised by the Director of Information on Monday.
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    Lock icon JAILBREAK BID, THEN A HUNGER STRIKE
    79 3 QIXTEEN political prisoners In Mountjoj Jail, Dublin, remained on hunger strike yesterday in protest at disciplinary measures following a jail riot. Fifteen oi them had taken no rood at all since Wednesday and the Others had only taken milk. Penalties including confinement to cells
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    TERESA WILL BE TALENTIME GUEST STAR
    115 3 Guest star at to- night's grand finals of m g the Radio Malaya Talentime show in the H Badminton Hall will be vivacious Teresa de Villeneuve (above) who has appeared in British and U.S. televi- H g sion shows as well as at night
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    Lock icon Bandits swoop on farm-11 killed
    32 3 Bandits swoop on farm- 11 killed Bandits killed two policemen and nine farmhands in an attack on a farm near Sevllla, Valle Del Cauea, it was learned in Bogota Colombia, yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon Arms and ammo in his luggage charge
    97 3 AL9-YEAR-OLD Irishman, who had just arrived in Bire by sea from New York, was charged at Cobb last ni«ht with illegally importing American arms and ammunition into the Irish Kepuhlie. Hugh Kennedy, who had been living in the Bronx since July last year,
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    Lock icon THE DRUG RUNNERS GROW BOLDER
    126 3 THE DRUG RUNNERS GROW BOLDER resistance by drug traffickers last year indicated they were growing bolder, the United Nations commission on narcotic drugs was told in Geneva yesterday by its committee on illicit traffic In a number of 'important investigations, international gangs or rings were tracked down at grave risk
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      38 3 Whenever friends meet, the occasion calls for... i m VHISKY I rjbu lor s: ""IMALAYA' iro mmiirnniiiiiimti ////if Unhide 7a hk flii J DIETHELM Y CO^ull" lf mC t0 C in and <i«*pl.iy in our ground floor SHOWROOM
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      297 3 WME&9S '9 t «I^^B^m^» -V lei Hl' DISTINGUISHED GIFTS FOR DISTINGUISHED PERSONS., Bui KELANTAN SILVER i.-, much more than just a gift!! It embodies in it the goodwill message of the simple Malayan villagers, their aesthetic taste, their hardwork and perseverance. To the receiver it enlivens the memory of his
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      Opinion What's in a name?
      200 4 Opinion What's in a name? yisrrOKS to Singa- pore, l; ihry do not already know it. are invariably told that our name means Lion City. And true enough a lion crouches at either end of our already lamed Merdeka Bridge, albeit sadly dwarfed by the impressive pillars behind. And. seldom
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    'Heading for Disaster'
    1674 4 4 i •in annual mei t Ing oi he lai i Planning x »•<■, 11' h the Mini 1 1 i fOlf iv 111"'- 1 M •Mi Bwee k* t pi duced some flgur< bowing t \\r \n'< iblem ■.■inch the population increa e is now pi'*
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      59 4 NEW ARRIVALS IN NEW DESIGNS 100 D.uronv 100 Orlonv Nyion mu.d Don Tt.r y I n CANNON BtOSHEET SETS Sheets Towe.s Bfankets Ens^liih U C. im.ni Print) d Crepe 36' FRENCH LEOPARD SKIN VELVET 3G in 3 Lovily Colour CENTS l 'isii "it Toiloh int >< pi it .1 .1
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      31 4 Exquisite Jewellery of Quality and Taste By Skilled Craftsmen DIAMOND RINGS, WATCHES, FINK JEWELLERY S.P.H.deSILVALTD. 45, HIGH STREET, AIRPORT SINGAPORE 6, STATION ROAD, IPOH S.P.H. de SILVA (H.K.) LTD HONG KONG
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    Govt. is already buying up land for a new town
    308 5 Govt. is already buying up land for a new town i^i i( ,i \\ii\i portion <>i the 3»00#-acre 'and in Woodlands which the A 0 ernment proposes to develop a* a nej» township for 80,000 people I, Already been acquired, chiel planning officer oi tin Singapore Improvement Trust, Mr, mlosy
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    TODAY'S GREAT BAZAAR
    87 5 ABOUT $50,000 worth ol ranging from Ivoryware to favourite delibe on salt 1 at ria Memorial Hall L en the sixth Inten Bazaar fur the B I i S ipened. Pn ids from it will so t 0 igapore Associa- tion for the Blind. Mrs. w. W.
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    GLOBAL TOUR-IF 3 MORE JOIN UP
    271 5 GLOBAL TOUR -IF 3 MORE JOIN UP TOREE 10-year-old Slnga- pore yom h fi are plan lung to Cycle round tlu j world with ui:!y $50 ouch They start on their arduous journey m mid June by pedalling up through the Federation to Siam. They are Jimmy Tham from St.
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      147 5 Or XJ-m^ ffl f?£\ I "i^V t^c latex back that never, ever slips! I only in ••(,<mmlN, W s"u\\ VKM-irs \Evei wish you could glue on your strapless to i.ike it up? No your strapless worries are over 1 Warner's has invented GOOD NEWS— V-^ I a strapless with a
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      237 5 r Mont d'Or ICE CREAM, MILK AND SNACK PARLOUR Conditioned DAILY SPECIAL! Light Luncheonet served at specially reduced price OPEN DAILY Weekdays 8.30 to 10 30 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays, Holiday's Eves and Holidays 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 a.m. hircc AMU di nr GROUND floor, orchard rd. Witt ANN BLUII. SINGAPORE
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      66 6 I IHI SHI SI MU I ASH J I Onsis tastes fresh vvluh S you smoke. .fresh after S smoking too. That's why I smokers who know. I i now smoke the big "O". I JMMMK S nMM7 i ytfiniifnctnrtH htf f.ififfrtl A A- V lifts I ohm to (a.
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      180 6 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦**♦*** 4 flf m m V *lm& H <^^ v« w X^ai sw Mmsr& W /s» M Sim Mm. lo&k ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦4 t JKI MWVht: l»> Sv<ln<v Jortlan f LAuPA/TME MOON 1 *vhat is it 9 > C w^s O'.lu-vOOuGmi '^ai I TM€ AAAQTIAMS AOE H dfßl VOU CEMGMBE(? W
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      456 6 s combined with a keen mU E judgment and unusual I'- makes you a person who v to the top early in life. cl j I 1 Yo have a W«h success Dot^ E tial. The stars have given v, I talents, it i s U p to you t>
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      U.K. closing prices
      151 7 hi; White Sarawak f.a.q. European ports May 29', sellers SO SCllors >, i> Black Sarawak Special after 28 1 paid f European ports May 18 sellers 18-, sellers i i Session M»ot 731 buyers £736 buyers £731' sellers £737 sellers vumHis £735'- buyers £740 buyers £736 sellers
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      New York prices
      106 7 prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb. NEW VOEK, M;»\ 9. Previous Today Straits Spot 95 00 nom B5 50 nom '•'7;; Maj 94.00 buyers 94.00 buyers lts l 95 00 sellers 95 50 sellers luly 93.37 buyers 93.37 buyers 94 75 sellers 95.37 sellers S teadv.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      22 7 NEW YORK. May 9. Previous Today Bduslrials 462 50 462.56 r[j" oada 114.17 114.86 to.ks Composite Averages.. 159.81 160.06
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      U.S. PEPPER
      49 7 f n <J awaiting wak unquoted. Muntok white CLf oat s 25%1 Ma y spot and awaiting release 39, l -npong spot afloats 38',.. and May shipment a a a.m. release 26%, afloats 38 sellers ex-dock. Maj shipment 25U Sara- <■ Pncc.v guofed i/J f/.S. cc/i/s per /b.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      100 7 M c.i.f. r.K./ j l, Eui( i""' ports delivered Ef; .I 0"15'? 11 Ma J«n« tIU 1 IK, North hhtii loiM v; lrlivr- ed S(( M. lv.lunc OIL crude Strata riu!: 1,V i; i I J Orta l>»»< bv, ()n crude Ceylon r"i',"'"!"" >l! u ln
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    Lock icon Beauty Queen No. 2 rejected
    52 7 hope, to be Mow her w e n fi y Miss Peters told the organisers she was married, but later explained she was separated from her husband. Mr. Eric Morley, rhief organiser, laid yesterday: "Technically speaking although divorced perrons are eligible, separated peo--1 pie are
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    MORE DENTAL AND MEDICAL STUDENTS IS 'VARSITY AIM
    298 7 THE University of Malaya has set up a special committee to study and recommend steps to expand the Faculty of Medicine in Singapore. The chairman of the committee is Professor E. S. Monteiro, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The Registrar of
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    SACK IS TOP FANCY DRESS
    54 7 Mrs. Marjorie Jones, who wore a sack and won the first prize at the fancy dress contest held during the benefit dance for the Singapore Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The president of the society, Mr. R. M. McLeish presented the
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    NEW BOOKS FOR LIBRARY
    68 7 BOOKS worth nearly $44,000 will bo added to the Ranie s Library this year, the Librarian. Mr. L. M. Harrod, told the Free Press yesterday. He said: "Among the books we intend to buy will be seven complete sets of the works of Charle.s Dickens, .sets
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      126 7 [GIAN SINGH &CO LTD., B 30-1 RAFFLES PLACE, SINCAPORE-1 ¥1 ■I TELEPFIOI\E: *****/6 kl ucur heUnq'toQA t v'-,v Why take the^trowra^e in building "*sl":-. .'V up your home eflw^^tij^^wyer o period of years— only to havt^\^fwm broken in transit SINGA3?OitJB:' Co*, Ltd. SPECIAL OFFERS Men's Hing's Singlets SO.SO each. Men's
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      195 7 S I I M 1 1 I G I I I (1 1 1 1 1 H 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 11.^ I SINGAPORE I I HIGH TIDESI E TODAY: 4 J8 p.m. E 2 TOMORROW 3.42 a.m. E and 5.45 p.m. E MONDAY: 4.44 a.m.
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    mOST BEPUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD
    417 8  - mOST BEPUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD Diana Ross by He stayed up tii'-iv t in ii was dark and that was a foolish thing to cio for three reasons. The seaward side the land fell away sheer to the rocks and the sea two hundred teet be low. The other
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    SEA KING'S DAUGHTER
    344 8 SEA KING'S DAUGHTER denly swore and began to run towards the place where he thought the singer was. "I'll not miss the chance o' three wishes for a child? fear." he thought. '11l wish for all the wealth of the sea to my hand, the "Where are you 0 he
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    LAST WEEK'S WINNERS
    406 8 LAST WEEK'S WINNERS rriHE winners of last week'* I colour-in contest (each ol whom will receive a $5 prize in due course) are as follows Miss Lilian Gan (W, 6i Ceylon Road, Singapore 15. Miss Mary Chiam (10*. 710 Geylang Road, Singapore 14. Master Sng See Liong (14), 141-E Lorong
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      104 8 A colour-in contest With prizes for you! pOCKET- MONEY prizes River Vallej Road, Slnga- are offered for colour- pore !>, to reach her not ing this scene with paints, later than Thursday next, crayons or chalks. Age limit is lj. There are four prizes ofi'ered each of $5 (two Name
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      199 8 CLUES ACROSS. 1. To the .star to Bethlehem. 2. be important 6, It can be Part of a roof, perhaps 3. converted by heat Into A lambs mother. 4. Artifl■team. 7, lioal th.it was elal silk. 5, It may be past, rowed by glavea in olden present or future. 9
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      281 8 r °o^n'i pi yf^^^? /.iMB I J Havme someone to help him jo straight up a* the Proltssor told irakes it easy foi Rupert to lake me. and afterwards I'll return 10 his <oi under the balloon and cast Nutwood." Ristnß rapidly, bt off. Tht nun warche.* him fas- o^sses
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    WOMORROW'S SERVICES
    1215 9 WOMORROW'S SERVICES 01 ENOLAKB jUnJnM; 7.u0 g.OO am. n B.Bfl LO.3G m Morn--1 00 a.m. M indarin i ta] HaU); I! W 1 tl munioii; Ml P-* 1 CUIM I mU niOD aau am BundM Behool =s d ESS: ice; e om Ivan- m BOH C'om im Buodai nsong Church
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      35 9 /-ZJ^/i^>>^ Presented with the Compliments of NESTLE'S y^L^My Modified Powdered Milk for infant feeding ®P/l<fsl sr;/</ Wr^ a r^/»y Record Hook "Baby's First Years" Post this coupon to M VII IS P.O. Box 3007 SINGAPORE.
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    WEEKEND QUIZ PAGE
    274 10 '"THANK you unco again for fill your tetters, and please don't be disheartened if I have not used the questions you have sent me. I Shall use them eventually. There Is DO doubt whatever that you agree with the Festival Awards to "Our Sister Hedy' as the
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    THREE CARS-AND SPACE FOR ONLY TWO
    90 10 %PRIZE QUIZ J J __^H_A^^^^J Kong of 69 Cowan Street, Ipoh. E This week's pro- blem: E It is the rush hour in Singapore. Cars E are parked on both E sides of the road. E There is a car ap- E proaching you
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    Where to find a three-legged toad
    227 10 [prize quiz 2} L J THE answers to last week's quiz were: 1. The 1 height oi absurdity; I. 1812-1814; 3. They represented the Five Colours and the five elements: Fire, Earth, Wood, Metal and Watei. Also the five nations making up the old
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    Special Quiz
    140 10 YOU know far too much. Once again I had to use the Crystal Ball with the result that *****47 S A.C Dodd of No. 2 Hangar A.S.F Tech Wing. R.A.F. Tengah. was the winner. The answer was. that it was a still taken from the A.B.PC production "Let's
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    Lock icon MIDDLESEX SNATCH A VICTORY IN LAST OVER
    335 11 iIDDLESEX snatched victory in the last over of their county cham- D jonship match against Nottinghamshire at Lords yesterday. They u it with two wickets to spare after a day of thrilling, tensionpacked cricket. Nottinghamshire, 158 behind on the first innings, made a
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    Lock icon RESULTS
    163 11 »l Northampton: Match Undoned (rain). Leicestershire 277 for Jive deElared and 80 for four de--1\; .i .M AUen four for gn v rthamptonshire 128 and 118 for two (P. Arnold j b. Reynolds 41 not out) (I .iv friendly. v i in (is: Middlesex beat Nottinghamshire by two tickets
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    Cyclists in 50-mile race
    50 11 j^LEVEN Service riders from the Army, Chang! and Seletar Cycling Clubs, will compete in the 50-mile massed-start race at the Changi Camp circuit. Singapore, tomorrow at 7 a.m. The race, organised by the RAF Cycling Association, is the first to be held at the camp circuit.
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    Lock icon THOMSON TAKES TOP PRIZE
    105 11 THOMSON TAKES TOP PRIZE PETER Thomson. 28-year-old globe-trotting golfer from Melbourne, put in a tremendous finish to snatch flrst prize of £500 in the Duniop 90-holes tournament ai WentWOrth, Surrey. yesterday. Trailing the overnight leaders by three strokes going into the final 38 holes. Thomson rattled oil rounds or 7i
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    Lock icon HONG KONG IN EMPIRE GAMES
    41 11 Four athletes who are on leave In the United Kingdom will represent Hong Kong at the Empire Games in Cardiff in July. Horn; Kong will i'l.so havo a bowls tMm of seven, and .'-ix fencers Reuter
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    Lock icon THE LEW HOAD OF WOMEN'S TENNIS
    260 11 A BRAZILIAN teen- Miss Bueno a 'worldager is shocking S e te f Uer seei 8 her 4 i i defeat Mrs. Long, the lawn tennis ex- she hits the a|l harder pcrts. than any woman in tennis On her first visit to Europe
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      28 11 "'^^i^^tß^^^^^. m BAB A BJI fll |V<wi MM MAY W liiiißnl IU TUIQ IQQIiC ss. < in inio ijout STARS RECEIVE GLOBE AWAROS HOW YOKO FOUND FAME SERIAL r
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      154 11 I j i^B I I I I I I x R pSS s rhe make Is not quite the business (7). long .us the ladder (5). nornlng within 7 Forgive the Spanish gentleman at lnM (6). church, per- ;i h o -a teams grin if they arc **<•>. U^uSSrof^club, permore
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    GOld Medal smiles
    58 12 LEFT TO RIGHT: Tan Bag Ltftllff, IWo Gim Hock, (lan Eng Guan, Lionel Chee, Tan En^Bo^Barry^MW Lim SMILES of confidence (above) by the water-aoh players who will defend Singapore's only Goh Medal at the third Asian Games in Tokyo thi month. Morale is high and the team
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    HOBBS' HORSES GO THE BEST
    538 12  - HOBBS' HORSES GO THE BEST ALLAN LEWIS By THE Hobbs stable's Class 1 horses dominated this morning's training at Bukit Timah. The track was in good condition in spite of overnight rain. TDAflf MfflDlf Distine (Franklin) InAbA WUnIV and Downing Street (Donnelly) did a striking gallop over half a mile
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    They'll play against Rest of Singapore
    162 12 They'll play against Rest of Singapore SINGAPORE'S Asian Games water-polo team will play a match against the Rest cf Singapore tomorrow at the Singapore Swimming Club, commencing at 11 a.m. For spectators it will be the last opportunity to *ee the squad in action before they leave on Mav 14
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE Singapore. May 10, 1958.
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    • Article
      Up and up soars the price of a BRIDE
      512 1  - Up and up soars the price of a BRIDE COLIN SINCLAIR By •HE OLD custom of paying a bride price has suffered under the impact of civilisation some parts of Papua-New Guinea. What as once an exchange of gifts between fa ,ilics is now more like a commercial trans:hon. i
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    • Article, Illustration
      Untitled
      340 1 nessed the ceremony say that the weeping appears to be genuine. At the man's village there is another gathering iii which the people sit around in a circle and in which the girl, having recovered her composure, takes part. There is another exchange of gifts and on the future bride's
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    • Article
      Farmer buys runways
      181 1 Farmer buys runways I AN airfield near Doncaster, Northern Eng- land, bought at a public auction bv a i Dewsbury farmer includes air trailic control buildings and 46 acres of concrete runways. s He is Mr. Thomas Ottewell, Corner Farm, Tofts Newton, Dewsbury, who in all bought I 283A acres
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    • Article, Illustration
      If you want to get ahead —wear a toupee
      733 2 Suddenly the American male is responding to a sales argument that is so inconsistent as to be hair-raising in itself A TOUPEE should be worn casually, whimsically, like an item of dress. It should not be worn every day but just
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    • Article
      3 LANDS IN A CANOE
      125 2 3 LANDS IN A CANOE rrHREE young men from Lincoln will at- tempt to cross the English Channel in a 11-foot home-made canoe late in July. They are Robert Bull (18), an apprentice joiner, Lance Bailey (19), and a third who wishes to remain anonymous. Their craft is a wood
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    • Article
      Lock icon Crocodile 'tried' for murder
      455 2 THIS is the story of the trial of a crocodile. The charge: murder. The place: the little village of Sekadau, two wicks trek into the Interior of Borneo, into the heart of tho land where live the Dayak tribes who not so many years ajjo collected
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      UNKNOWN
      295 2 Have Yo« By iv T HE 1<(1^ m va h West. ster Abbeys bla3 '<* «';i:K and nil recently reachS obscure tablet ft corner of the Xj transept. 't is dedicated to memorj of Jonas I way. h hose name says) "will ner whilst a clivc piety j distinguish
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      UNKNOWN
      391 3  -  UNKNOWN of Jonas Hanway? IL pli tithropic activity f on hi n nol only a tablet i|r ibbey. n»' lso na 1 street named after him L eal rottenham Court h..k! But tin' umbrella IMII his abiding lsit'inoi ivil i s no< known how he L me be lh<-
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    • Article
      Russian 'flyers' over the West
      298 3  - Russian 'flyers' over the West A. CARNEY By AS far West as the British Isles, Europe is not unaccustomed to the flight of intruders from the Soviet Union. They have been travelling back and forth by air, vear in and year out, across the continental land mass and the North
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    • Article
      'Forgotten men' remember
      103 3 THE men who fOUQht in the jungles Of Burma, Britain's "Forgotten Army" Will remember those perilous days again VOhi tl they meet in tfie Albert Halt, London, on June 6. The Burma reunions hare been going Otl for 12 years. Between 3.500 and 4.000 holders of the
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      Rude when they tried hard to be polite
      800 3 Rude when they tried hard to be polite Pelham Groom writes on Chinese customs QNCE upon a time there was an ignorant man who became the Foreign Minister in his Government^ When he visited a certain country and appeared before the King of that realm he made an insulting gesture.
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    • FILM PREVIEWS
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        'THE RAID'—GRIMLY EXCITING WAR DRAMA
        753 4 'THE RAID'— GRIMLY EXCITING WAR DRAMA II MTU their products tion of "The Raid" Twentieth Century Fox have achieved something quite out Ol the ordinary. They have made a ftlm o! thr American Civil War that is first class entertainment i»i every way. There are HO impossible situations, there is
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        Strictly cloak and dagger fare
        321 4 Strictly cloak and dagger fare COUNT Five and Die" Ls a spy story based on actual occurrences in World War 11. If this is the way in which the Special Opt rations Executive worked it is wide open to criticism, but that doesn't matter. It is meant to be an
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