The Singapore Free Press, 19 February 1959

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper -MU-MMin-. Thursday, February 19, 1959. Price 15 (ts.
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    Two attempts to set fire to kampong'
    169 1 Two attempts to set fire to kampong' liWO attempts were made day to set fire to Silat, off Kamponn Bahru Road, accordMr S. M. Vasagar. Lib < a1 Socialist City Cou He said he would ask the Tanjong Pagar police to rol the area night and day so that the
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    RUBBER PRICE
    11 1 I rubber ('lulled m mornln unchai la The •am.
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    Lock icon DUKE PRESENTS COLD MEDAL TO LEADING BURMESE DANCER
    150 1 DUKE PRESENTS COLD MEDAL TO LEADING BURMESE DANCER TJEFORE leaving Rangoon for Singapore yesterday the Duke of Edinburgh presented a gold medal to one of Burma's leading dancers, Shwedan Tin Maung, after watcning her troupe perform at a Harden party. The party, given by the Burmese President, U Win Maung,
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    Lock icon TRANSPORT JAM CUTS DOWN CHINA'S EXPORTS
    92 1 TRANSPORT JAM CUTS DOWN CHINA'S EXPORTS JAPANESE Government J officials yesterday expressed the view that a reported decline m China's exports to South-East Asia was due to increased domestic consumption and difficulties m transport. Foreign Ministry officials said they had received many reports from Japanese diplomatic and consular establishments m
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    Woman robbed
    25 1 Madam Mooi Ah Kan of Moonstone Lane, off Seianp;oon Road, yesterday report rd loss of a diamond rina rained $500, and $200 cash.
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    Lock icon Girl goes blonde, is banned
    109 1 A l i" n v d l ;i R OLD i |r hls hvvn YUm 'rom school for dyeing her > blonde. 'I .lolly Mil n(«.ision:illv 1 i Mend who ..inn »rri?ej Sclmji Bccon4--1 on th« South 111 one v^'i« blonde locks, the h« ...i
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    DUKE'S WELCOME: COLONY PLAN IN GEAR
    325 1 DUKE'S WELCOME: COLONY PLAN IN GEAR Navy and R.A.F. all set for their parts FK)UR SHIPS of the Royal Navy and two of the Royal Australian Navy leave the Naval Base this morning to rendezvous with the royal yacht Britannia m the Malacca Strait, thus setting m motion the first
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    MAKING FRIENDS! It's a Big Walk habit
    162 1 MAKING FRIENDS! It's a Big Walk habit A NAN bin Seiian (right) drives a lurry all day. That's his job yet he's always eager for a journey on foot. That's why he'll be taking part m the Free Press Walk on March 8. Anan. who- is 32, hasn't missed a
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    Lock icon Subocean quake
    36 1 The central meteorological observatory m Tokyo said yesterday a subocean earthquake was believed to be responsible for "unusual vibrations" accompanied by rumblings which were reported by a Japanese fishins boat m Aleutian waters. Reuter
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    Lock icon Cyprus: 'The final decision today'
    145 1 THE session of the Cyprus round table conference m London today may be final and decisive, it Is believed. Ti Greek Foreign Mini Mr. Evan .iir. said last night he believed the char agreemeni today were ••better than 5 Earlier a .poke ma,n for Archbishop
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    'WELCOME, MAC,' CRIES NIKITA
    105 2 We'll do everything we can to foster improved relations r iiK SovKl Fretilin. Mr. Nikita Khrushchev said yesterday Russia would "willinrlv receive the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 01 Britain. ()u r people are hospitable Expanding his reference to the forthcoming visit o! Mr. Harold Macmillan
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    Lock icon DICK IS HOST TO ORPHANS
    96 2 A group of Australian stage folk rounded up by comedian Dick Kent ley were hosts at a very special party at Australia House, London, recently. It was a farewell Party for 15 boys and ffirls from Dr. Barnado's homes who were due to leave England
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    Lock icon GURKHAS GO TO POLLS — FOR THE FIRST TIME
    105 2 GURKHAS GO TO POLLS FOR THE FIRST TIME pOLLING began yesterday m the first general elections ever held In Nepal. There are 850 candidates contesting 109 stats m the Lower House of Parliament. The elections will be phased over 45 day.s because of the inaccessibility of many areas Ki:v_> Mahendra
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    MORE AUSTERITY FOR GOVT. CUTS IMPORTS
    152 2 MORE AUSTERITY FOR GOVT. CUTS IMPORTS OAKISTAN last night restricted the importation of a further 33 items, the Chief Controller of Exports and Imports, Mr. I A. Khan, announced. He said that the number of items which could be licensed for import into Pakistan during the first half of this
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    Far East tour
    41 2  -  M.P.s by Lord Moyne and five British Mi' left Oatwlck Airport. England, by air j day for Manila on a month to the Phillipm*' Vietnam, ;uid Cambodia. The tour is bring mad** tor the inter Parliament Union Renter.
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    Lock icon No basis for quarrel, says Moscow radio
    276 2 MOSCOW RADIO said yesterday that Britain and Russia had 'no basis for a quarrel" and that Mr Macmillan's visit was an opportunity for improving Angio-Soviet relations. A commentator recalled the '•foundations laid m 1956 for Rood mutual relations between our countries' when Mr.
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    Lock icon Nehru annoys Pakistan
    24 2 A Pakistan Foreign OfT'ire spokesman yesterday critl[ndian Prime Mi: Nehru for tolling Parliament that Pakistan cannot control border Khontlriff Inri- Reuter
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    WOMAN HERMIT MURDERED
    38 2 Sixty-ciuht year old Annie Yofla. a brilli itor of Philosophy, who p <i to ii i hermit In a murder< Lerday near her "home" m the heavily-timbered foothills oj the Dand mill Mbourne. ur i
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    Lock icon Army backs Sukarno's I 'Guided Democracy'
    107 2 Army backs Sukarno's I 'Guided Democracy' T IIE Indonesian Arm y L su Pporl tamo's theon democracy.- g, *Jgifi formation Officer LA Har^ono, tola repJi Oulded democraci M mean a part-elecSd 2 Part nominated r.. ..rnJS or Indonesia, |5 'gj* Major H. i: d tb senior offlci .i™ had decided
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    Lock icon Krupps: No time reprieve
    67 2 MR. DAVID ORMSBYGOKE. Mini State for yesterday denied that Hen 1 Alfred Krupp had been anted extra time off some <>t his firm and steel holding und r the "decart( lisation" i the allied-German convention of 1953. The report- ha Krupps' firm applied for an extension
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    Lock icon Nash off to Japan
    21 2 Mr. w. Zealand Prime Ministi Manila by air Toky«. for a 0 j visit to Ja] Reuter
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    Lock icon White schoolchildren stage boycott of Negroes
    166 3 White schoolchildren stage boycott of Negroes 11/HITE Schoolchildren at Front Royal, Virginia, yesterday staged a boycott against the admission of Negro children to a previously all-white high school. It was the first such demonstration to take place m yirglnia since public school, were recently re-opened on an integrated basis. There
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    Lock icon STAY AWAY' CALL DIDN'T DIM JOY AT ROYAL TOUR
    150 3 Mother lefl Nairobi, on her Hid i \esicrday after a fort- Kenya In which the llt( \in u»>. \siuiis, and EIUTOpCAai l, v her rood humour and charm. The \fricans, Ignorlm their leaders' r ,i (l t« boycott the tour, turned
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    Lock icon Duchess defies sun to climb a pyramid
    83 3 m oi Kent m Alexandra. m end ol their :o, yesterday B-o\e huge and an- the Sun, m. City, and its |Ti:-. I and Prink.v. Imple cotm d flat shoes, ■air. hundreds of W 220--v amid whose m square, rivals ol Egypt. I
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    Lock icon RADIATION CURE FOR DULLES
    20 3 RADIATION CURE FOR DULLES I Foster Dulles eceiving radia|UI J l tomorrow or control the t. his doc--1 terday. Reuter
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    4 3 lar-powered U.P.I.
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    Lock icon THE BELLE OF THE BALL EARL GOES AS GOVERNESS
    96 3 Hit of the recent Opera Ball at London's Dor- E Chester Hotel was the Queen's cousin. The Karl of E E Ilarcwood, who arrived dressed as a woman. "I'm a 1 5) ill century English Governess. Mistress Benson, a character from
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    MP HINTS AT CURB ON IMPORTS FROM ASIA
    135 3 MP HINTS AT CURB ON IMPORTS FROM ASIA A LABOUR Member of Parliament yesterday tabled a motion m the House of Commons calling on the Government to take Immediate action to deal with "the menace of cheap Imports from Asian countries." Mr. Harry Hynd. Member for the Lancashire cotton centre
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    Crew abandon grounded ship
    60 3 THE 42 crew-members of the British freighter, Ocean Trade, which ran aground on Tuesday m bad weather south-west 01 Tokyo, abandoned the listing vessel yesterday and landed at Yokosuka. The freighter was on her way from India to China, carrying 8,500 tons of Iron ore, according
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    Lock icon 'MOON' COULD SPOT H-BLASTS
    165 3 A I f ADING American J\ scientist told the space committee of the House of Representatives yest< that the Vanguard II satellite launched by the United States on Tuesday might be able to detect a nuclear explosion cloud. The .scientist. Dr. John en, director of the
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    Lock icon 4 MILLION TOLD: NO 40-HOUR WEEK
    114 3 4 MILLION TOLD: NO 40-HOUR WEEK A CLAIM for a 4<) 1. week by foiu million engineering workers was rejected m London terday by the National Industrial Dispute! Tribunal. The claim was a "test Ct covering 3,000,000 engineering workers 1,000,000 office staff employed by 4.300 (inn throughout Britain Limit textiles
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Feb 19, 1959. Opinion 'No' Isn't enough
    259 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Feb 19, 1959. Opinion 'No' Isn't enough THE Western Powers' Notes to Russia rejecting her I call for an international conference to draft a German peace treaty and suggesting Instead a Big Four Foreign Ministers" meeting to discuss the wider issues of Berlin, Germany as
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    Peril of the Arctic Ice
    294 4 0 N imiar y *Kw Greenla*. /manakwas reported missing L S^ coast o! Greenland with mi passeiL? 1 he January 30, 19;,9. the Greenland Hedtofi struck an iceberg off L v Greenland with 95 passenger* anil turning irom her maiden voyage. The I manak survived.
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    NEW-STYLE BISHOP NOW PLANS NEW-STYLE PARSONS
    763 4 NEW-STYLE BISHOP NOW PLANS NEW-STYLE PARSONS by J.W.M. THOMPSON ]Y| ERVYN STOCK- wood, who becomes the new Bishop of South wark on May 1. says he objects to the idea of going about his diocese dressed like a jockey. He will not ask his tailor to provide him with the
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      23 4 DIAMOND RINGS 1 IN! BMERAI D 8 SAPPHIRES RUBIJ s Silo. t Now* I V(hMl\\ 106, ORCHARD RD Tel ***** lit II IIIMIMIIMIiniHMIIIIIIIIiI
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    WORE POLL CAMPAIGN WARMS UP
    154 5 |?flO candidates get ready FREE PRESS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT rr||f political climate m Singapore is getting 1 warmer as the general election to the Legislative Assembly draws nearer. Mosi of the 200 potential candidates exmtest the election on party tickets actively contacting community leaders and canvassing
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    Pravda warns Sweden
    39 5 Pravda warns Sweden T Communist Party newspaper Pravda d Sweden ping its army and rocket led Obserthe Soviet said: "A Sweden to armaments iou.s cononly for y but also for •ion m the S< a and jvhich now atom-free
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    Lock icon Irian pledge by Indonesia
    20 5 lid be Quite lined West (Irian) from would make rest of New lonesian Dr SubanAurkinnri U.P.I.
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    40 'HOSTESSES' AT BALL TO AID FIRE FUND
    87 5 40 'HOSTESSES' AT BALL TO AID FIRE FUND ABOI'T 40 pretty girls from two glamour schools will act as dance hostesses at a ball m Raffles Hotel on Saturday night m aid of the Kampong Tiong Bahru fire victims. Seven of the girls are from the Marion Clamour School of
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    Lock icon 41 more detainees are set free
    29 5 The Government yesterday announced the release ot 41 more Oreek-Cypriots from political detention camps In Cyprus leaving an unateri 1.020 still detained Reuter
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    Ministries to be asked: Boost play contest
    159 5 yHE University of Malaya Society is stepping up efforts to publicise the contest it is running for original English-language dramas and one act plays. The competition, open to all playwrights m Malaya, was announced last November but only three people responded A spokesman
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    74 5 FOUK Asian teachers of English Mr. Lionel Trutwein of Burma, j Mr. Tseng: Wei Hung j of Formosa, Mr. Lee j Bik Wu of Sarawak, and Mrs. Pengsri Leke- i watana of Siam are I receiving instruction m the latest Inulish lan- guage teaching tcchni- ques at the University of
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    'Self-help' dining for army in Singapore
    144 5 'Self-help' dining for army in Singapore HELP YOURSELF army dining rooms which have proved successful m Britain will eventually be intnxlueed m Singa- i pore, an Army spokes- man told the Free Press. Experiments m larg- I er camps m Britain j have proved that the self-help system resulted m
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    Lock icon African treason trial adjourns
    35 5 The South African I son trial adjourned m Pretoria yesterday until March 2 after 13 day* of piment and counterargument over a defence application for the quashirn* of the indictment. Reuter
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    Lock icon Brazil plans trade mission to S-EA
    17 5 to Bou ith the The ml Ami r tn him U.P.I.
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    It's school for the tourist guides now
    109 5 It's school for the tourist guides now THE I>« partrnriit of Touri m tnd the Blngtpore -artrncnt of Information Bervlcei are to set Up a training school for tourist guides shortly. When the .school is functioning, official tourist guides will have to apply for registration at the Department of Tourism.
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    Lock icon 'Arms air-dropped to R.I. rebels'
    30 5 An Indonesian Army spokesman said yesterday i foreign Catalina flying bout on Feb. 5 dropped clothe< and arms to the rebels m West Sumatra Reuter
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      220 6 HER GRAVITATIOWAL PULL KjMBl 7 f NCWLV- ESTABLISHED LUNAR UGHT OF A BILLION SUNS I WILL ACTLJALLV fYICKPrT mM V^Kff>4 oASe H^H|BBBBH|^b^^ UU m. >I\MMI\Ki; |»y i o< > i tlk an<| M|i n avU -^-i 4»^ OfV an« A ii C* r»t^ *^^^^^^^\^^^»s^HP 1^ INTO iHE V^^ /y7 7*^WV
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      312 6 > i-Jh BORN today you hi active nund. It nstantly and quickl them. Your dynamic H bring you anVady s t you stick closely lo Jectlve and folio* You have musical dr H artistic talent that i tempestuous nature miht strive to k< en small print m your co I
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    RUBBER SHARES QUIETLY FIRM
    134 7 a certain Itancvln ►ck markets part of the lay dm. to light fan on y. ho\* were Ir- Antofagasta stocks rallying after their recent fall. Most of the leading Industrials were supported and some of the buying wa.i believed to have been on American account. Glaxo
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    Curt will be here on Sunday
    60 7 I FILM STAR CURT Jurgens and his wife who are coming to Singapore on Sunday for a .short visit. They will be the guests of Mr. ftunme Shaw and leave for Ja- karta on Tuesday. Curt stars with Sylvia Sim m the film Ferry
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    Police will keep up pressure
    172 7 Police will keep up pressure A SINGAPORE police spokesman gave an assurance yesterday that the police would keep up the Chinese New Year pressure on thugs as far as possible to prevent a resurgence of theft and crime. He said intensive patrolling and checks on gangland during the pre-Chinese New
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    Lock icon United air crash report out soon
    28 7 The final report of the commission investigating the Manchester United air crash m February. 1958, will bo published on March 7.— Reuter
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    Lock icon C.I.G.S. to visit troops abroad
    35 7 General Sir Franc I ing. Chief of the Imperial General Staff, left Gatwirk Airport. Surrey. y< for a 12-day tour Ol Brit troops In Malta, Trlnnli Benghazi and K< Reuter
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    Eden to be guest of Ike, Mateos
    61 7 Sir Anthony Fden. former British Prime Minister, will meet President Elsenhower and President Lopez Mtteos of Mexico at a dinner In Acapulco later this week, the British Embassy In Mexico City announced yesterday. The two presidents who are conferring at Acapulco todfcy and
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    TITO SETS SAIL FOR U.A.R.
    34 7 President Tito Of YllgO l:i--via left Port Sudan In th** presidential yacht (iaieb terday bound for the I' ed Arab Republic, after a seven-day official visit t<< Sudan Renter.
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      44 7 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES; 1 TODAY: 9.35 p.m. TOMORROW: 8.15 a.m. B and 10.10 p.m. SATURDAY: 9.11 a.m. and 10.42 p.m. SUNDAY: 9.57 a.m. and 11.12 p.m. H MONDAY: 10.38 a.m. and 11.42 p.m. TUESDAY: 11.19 a.m. B WFDNESDAY: 0.12 a.m. and 12.01 p.m. "■■■■■■■■■lff
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      114 7 1 00 p.m. Programme Summary and I-Uiuhtime Concert; 1 :io Time Signal and News: 1.45 Grandstand; 2.00 Close mi; 4M) Schools Broadcast; 5.00 Programme Summary and Orrhe-ara of the Week; 5.30 Snow Tic. sure; 6. 00 Calling All Hospitals, presented by MaLsie Ooncelcao; »i 4 > sunset Serenade; 6.53 Announcements
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    THE GIRL WITH THE COOLING TOUCH
    80 8 ITS LONC; LONG TRAIL FOR SOMK but at the finish there are pretty nurses and other members of the St John Ambulance Association to wield v cooling fun and a bottle of smelling salts. The finish (pictured below) is inside the car park of
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    Singapore ste
    399 8 ALL Singapore is agog over the coming Free Press Walk on Sundaj March 8. It has become an annual event of social, sporting and entertainment value to all who compete and of course to the thousands of spectators who throng the route. Just take a look at these
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  • Race Form FREE PRESS Special
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      9 1 Race Form FREE PRESS Special Thursday, February 19, 1959.
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      Your Guide To Penang Race Meeting
      6288 1 Your Guide To Penang Race Meeting FOLLOWING are all the horses filtered for tin Penang Turf Club's i ebruary Meeting: CLASS THREE ALOHA (lute Beau Kullah) i||i H: (ia tarted) 17 l-M Ipoh >K.<..i> Cl. .i Div. 2; Ist. Time 2nd. College Tutor rd. Hlx Oftirt' II i-13. 1 rack
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      s it out FATIGUE ERY YEAR
      334 9 s it out FATIGUE ERY YEAR 1( ■aq they ith their respeci ver Challenge il] bo contested juniors, one one for Veteone for the mi event Teams may mixed age groups, i test aggregate start to finish the winning House arrangeig made to walkers as the finishing drinks and be
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      FANCY HAT
      24 9 RIGHT lh. Bis Walk It the fashion show of the on Judging h> the <!•• bonaire headgeai worn here h\ ieo Eng sen".
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      FINAL SPURT
      21 9 Bi LOW. Face contorted with his finishing effort, .\ul1in hin Karjo rouuvs borne strongly m last year's Bit V\alk.
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        85 9 Winning trio RIGHT. Last wars Winners. They arc, left to right: n. Wathen of the Army (Jnniors), i -boxer .foe Diamond (Veterans) and >lerdeka Games walking Champion Noel Hullen of the R.A.F. (Seniors). Joe is entiled auain this yeai and can be seen on a Saturday afternoon striding out the
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        5 9 ENTRY FORM ON PAGE 14
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      A 'Baskerville' hound under my bed
      1967 10  - A 'Baskerville' hound under my bed PELHAM GROOM asdf iobou/ him, but he was really nothing mor 'i than a big black beast, and not a vp/^ friendly beast at that 'i IT was the eighth night of the Chinese New Year and therefore the noisiest of them all. Latin
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      Kisses were too tame man Balmain
      322 11 Kisses were too tame man Balmain I re and i saw I ading Panit uncr like r [main <'an alipP earance ol He used only ho fashion ay, he lrtt and unmls ol Bulmain. lage. Bal i ladles. The black and I blue' ball lasi ball ol carnival iised »edat€
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      LOGAN GOURLEY goes to a ball
      89 11 LOGAN GOURLEY goes to a ball has played a variety of roles m Continental films: "l can't say I enjoy being bitten. It was very painful at the time. And it left quite a mark." There were no hard feelings She rolled up her sleeve to show two black and
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      He liked her hair—so he (snip!) took some
      132 11 He liked her hair—so he (snip!) took some v\.iMte«l one of he. iled h\ long hiii plaits. lam f.isrin- Poppei picture IfINDI STUDENT, 1 Miss Virpala Patel, had never had her hair cut until the night she went to the cinema. Suddenly she felt a tug on her threc-foot-long plaits,
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      PAKISTANI OFFICIALS ON COURSE
      99 12 rinvi n i ivikist mv 1 v aid (Village \g i iv'iiihn tud Indus- ti Development) officials studying com- miinit] development projects In the Philip- pints have begun »pc- < tial training at the eommunitj develop- menl centre .tt I »»s B.mos The acting (DC director,
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      236 12 GIANT JAP COMBINE BACK IN BUSINESS rpHE Mitsui Bussan trading company has just gone back Into busin tnbol of the revival Ol Japan great Zaibatsu combines. A dozen years ago Allied trust-busters hacked Mitsui Bussan into 170 small pie< m their effort to smash forever the iron grip of the
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      193 12 Canada did less trade with China CANADA, which docs noi recognise the Chinese Government, doubled its exports to Peking m the past year. But a Trade Department expert said that, apart trom about $21 million worth of wheat, Canada had done less business with Peking m the past year than
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      32 12 f rm. Universal Apollo 101 !o U the largest 1 tanker Afloat left foknyama, Western Japan, for Kuwait on hrr maiden vnv.irp m *mv /.run,. „,i !».»< k (<• .l.ip.m Reuter
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      37 12 Cambodia favours Asian common market T IIK Caml Mm visit to B; ndungtLt [f v <>ur ol the form^ Won of an Asian com mon market. Mr. iiou y un ftP Kani&ation unterpart t0 European mmon U.P.I.
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