The Singapore Free Press, 27 June 1959

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    13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS No. *****. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1959. 15 CENTS.
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    Books: The case for an appeal board
    57 1 Books: The case for an appeal board Opinion Ciovernted ulhe if. imbe on m bro> try to avo. rig the ar that aid ring the obvious I be to >^t up board a body can >o that decision would b the Govern- le one way c other, but with an
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    EXHIBITION BY BOY ARTIST
    24 1 EXHIBITION BY BOY ARTIST Jolly Koh Chen? Whatt, the 18-year-old artist. who>e exhibition of 83 painting* onened m Singapore See story m Pa?e 7.
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    Fisheries expert dies, 55
    49 1 Fisheries expert dies, 55 CAPETOWN. Dr. Johann< IfarUnus Marchand. Director of Fisheries for South Africa and one of the country's leading experts m marine biology, died here night at the age of 55. He was a member of the International Whaling Comlon, representing South Africa at world meetings. 1
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    68 DIE IN AIR CRASH
    296 1 Four separate inquiries begin m wreckage area 'Impossible' MILAN, Saturday. §IXT_ -EIGHT people died when an American airliner crashed m flames during a violent electric storm over Northern Italy yesterday. ter struck the Trans-World Airlines j Constellation minutes after it took off from I Airport.
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    BEHIND THE NEWS
    208 1 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllllltlllllllllllllltfllllllllllllllllllliaifillllllltllllli^ New Free Press feature starts today Frank and stimulating views I on the week's events THE Singapore Free Press introduces a new feature BEHIND x THE NEWS. I Every Saturday, Permerhati, an experienced Malayan journalist, E presents his views, reflections and interpretations on events which have
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    Floods maroon thousands near Canton
    211 1 Floods maroon thousands near Canton PEKING, Sat. RESCUE TEAMS were reported today to be battling to reach several thousand Chinese peasants marooned by flood waters when a dyke broke near Canton, capital of Kwangtung province. Some 30.000 of he 40.000" people m the flooded area were evacuated before the dyke
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    New fatal disease
    87 1 New fatal disease NEW YORK, Sat.— The Australian Government will give the United Nations information on a fatal disease, unknown to western medicine, but prevalent In the tern highland of New Guinea, when the Trusteeship Council begins discussion of conditions m this trust territory next week. A four- man U.N.
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    GOING TO C-PLAN CONFERENCE
    72 1 TWO officials of the Federation Government left Singapore by air this morning for Colombo. There they are to attend a three-day annual policy section working committee of the Colombo Plan conference which starts on Mnnrlav The picture shows Mr. C. L. Robless, (left), Assistant Secretary, Economic
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    Diplomat seeks asylum
    69 1 Diplomat seeks asylum WASHINGTON. Sat. The State Department announced last night that the application of a Soviet diplomat for political asylum was under consideration following the official's defection m Rangoon last Wednesday. There were some legal problems to be straightened out before the request could be granted, it was added.
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    'Disillusioned'
    79 1 'Disillusioned The United States Embassy m Rangoon quoted Kaznacheev as saying he was disillusioned with the Soviet regime and wanted the protecj tion of the American Emj bassy. Kaznacheev went to the U.S. Information Services library m Rangoon last Tuesday. An official from the U.S. Embassy talked with him for
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    Loan relief for pay-cut men
    202 1 GOVERNMENT and City Council employees m Singapore themselves too* the first move yesterday to help colleagues who find it nam to make both ends meet as a result of cuts m their --.riable allowances. 'This aid is m the form of relief from repayment of,
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    SULTAN IS COLONEL OF REGLMENT
    61 1 r ONDON, Sat.— The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has approved the appointment of the Sultan of Pahang to be colonel of the Royal Malay Regiment for three years with effect from June 22, the date on which General Sir Hugh Stock well relinquished the appointment. This
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    SHIP BLAST KILLS 3
    71 1 SHIP BLAST KILLS 3 TOKYO. Sat.— Three painters were killed today m a gas explosion aboard the newlybuilt Venezuelan oil tanker "Esio Maracaibo" at the Innoshima dockyard of the Hitachi Shipbuilding Company In Hiroshima, western Japan. Eight other workers were Injured In the explosion. Reuter. Hussein recovers AMMAN. Sat— King
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    Revolt breaks out in Bolivia: Police attacked
    135 1 i SANTA CRUZ (Bolivia), Fri. AN armed revolt has broken out here, a govern- i ment communique said tonight. It said troops I were being used to restore the situation. The communique said the insurgents had destroyed state radio installations. The rebels were
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    Rebels repulsed
    33 1 JAKARTA. Sat.— The South Celebes Military commtind announced today that Government troops had repulsed mass attacks launched by the Darul Islam soldiers against Onrekang, about 150 miles north of Makassar.— Reuter.
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    15 1 CHINESE FOUND Chinese age. On body t Tan Kirn BIG FIC cal UPI
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    Buying fund cut by $561 million
    17 2 Buying fund cut by $561 million lI7ASHINGTON, Sat an admin- ona fum. n i to ie com-
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    Lock icon BONN MEETING ON COMMON MARKET HITCH
    82 2 BONN MEETING ON COMMON MARKET HITCH PARIS mi—Negotiations lo overcome the hitch between the European common market countries and the "outer sewn' will take pi.ve in Bonn on July 3. thf French Finance Ministry »akl yesterday It is understood that thr initiative for the talks was taken by Professor Lndwig
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    ALCOA GETS INTO U.K. ALUMINIUM MARKET
    296 2 £5 mil. deal y i with LCI. for j 49p.c. stake LONDON, Saturday. JUNE is the month for weddings. After being beaten by another suitor for the hand of British Aluminium, Alcoa has managed to get into the United Kingdom market for aluminium by
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    Malaya to be at GATT Tokyo talks
    184 2 Malaya to be at GATT Tokyo talks QENEVA, Sat.— The import v restrictions which Denmark. Finland. Australia and Ghana at present apply tor balance of payment- reasons will be discussed at a scries meetings between these countries and the special committee of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 'GATT>.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    266 2 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Tai Ping 1/2, Mersey Lloyd 4/5. Benavon 6A, Mataram 67, Automedon 8/9, Orestes 10/11, Obra 13/14. Aeneas 15/16. Tamerlane 18. Maetsuycker 19. Giang Lee N. Wall 4. Emp Kittiwake 21,22. Kinabalu 23. Nore\erett 24/25. Matang 26. star
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    Round the World Market Prices
    409 2 Rou nd the World Market Pri ce s U.K. CLOSING PRICES LONDON, June 26. Previous Today l £*™»l°- RSS C ii tUrolKan 26>i buyer, 26 buyers P" 1 Jul > 26-, sellers 26", sellers •v 26 -H buyers 26* buyer* 26% sellers 26"« sellers KIBBFK No. 1 RSS Spot 2t%
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    Interest is on stores
    164 2 Interest is on stores LONI THE London stock markets ended the day on a generally i movements m the industrial mark' irregular. Stores shares wer nsain the centre of Interest followlug the overnight news that United Drapery had joined •Dcbenhams and the House of j Fraser m the battle lor
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    91-day bills are allocated
    20 2 91-day bills are alloc ated LONDON tlons 101 $2,210 totalled £4i $3,443 mi _260 mi at a with £3/9 0
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    MALAYAN SHARE MART PRICES
    1651 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. INDUSTRIALS. Previous Today Alex B:. Pref. 1.60 B B 1.80 S 1.80 S Ord 2.20 B 2.20 B 2.30 S 2.30 S Ke llxdß 8.8. Petrol 52/- B 52 B 54/-xdS 54/-xdcciS B.M. rniSttCfl 5.00 B 5.30 S Con. Smell P. 18 B 18
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    PLANE WITHIN A PLANE
    127 3 GROUND crew at R.A.F. Seletar unload a Whirl- wind helicopter from the E hold of a Beverlev trans- E E port that flew it 10.000 E E miles from Britain to E E Singapore. E E Both planes are join- E E ing the Far East
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    Lock icon Herter will visit West Berlin
    35 3 Herter will visit W est Berlin WASHINGTON. Fr:.— Slate Secretary Christian Herter will visit West Berlin, at the first opportunity alter the East-West Geneva talks resume on July 13. tne State Department spokesman said. Reuter
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    Buying British
    19 3 LONDON. Sat. Unigate, the British dairy firm, has secured a £1.250.000 order from Russia tor dairy equipment.
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    Lock icon CASTAWAY WINS OVER DUTCH
    196 3 ROTTERDAM, Sat. A young man of 17 from the Maldives islands who was picked up from the Indian Ocean on May 23, wearing only a loincloth, will be returning to his island at the beginning of next month. He is Mohammed Abdul Jahai ol the village
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    Lock icon 150 for education talks
    84 3 150 for education talks OXFORD. Sat.— More than 150 delegates will assemble here next month for the biggest Commonwealth education conference ever held. During discussions lasting two weeks and starting on July 15. the delegates from all the Commonwealth countries and many Colonial territories will formulate a new programme of
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    Lock icon China got goods: UK firm is fined
    243 3 ONDON, Sat.— Twenty roller bearings made m America for naval diesel engines and classed as strategic goods found their way to Communist China, the prosecution alleged m a case at the Old Bailey (central criminal court) here yesterday. The transaction led to a
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    Tyre company's record sales
    67 3 Tyre company' s record sales AKRON. Ohio. .Sat. Consolidated sales of the General Tyre and Rubber Company reached the highest level for any six-month period m the company's history during the first half of the current fiscal year. The sales figure for the sixmonth period ended May 31. 1959 totalled
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    Arrives today
    21 3 The new Command SecreGeneral Headquarters. d Forces, Mr J. H. Thorns by the Canton this •companied by his child.
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    Lock icon 'Kerala—new election'
    248 3 'Kerala new election' PICKETING MAY BE CALLED OFF SOON BEST SOLUTION TO POWER STRUGGLE, NEHRU CONCLUDES NEW DELHI, Saturday. Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, is ivinced that new elections would be the ution of the two-week-old struggle m slate between the Communist Govern_nd the Opposition, political circles said last night
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    SHE'S BOSS OF 60 AIR GIRLS
    24 3 SHE'S BOSS OF 60 AIR GIRLS (l after the air ihe world, has the lot' |S_Ushe hinese. Indian and who fly the tween Beirut
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    Film star's mother here
    6 3 Film star's mother here E6O- is
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    Offer withdrawn
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    Lock icon U.S. planes over China' charge
    47 3 U. S. planes over China charge HONG KONG. Sat. The una new* agency said that two United States Navy raft have violated Chiterritorial air space over the Hsi Sha islands of ang Province A reconnaissance plane twice over the islands while a patrol plane intruded leged. Reuter
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    Church announcements
    1515 3 Church announce ments SERVICES m Singapore churches for tomorrow are: HIR( II OF ENGLAND st \ndrews Cathedral; 7.00 Holy Communion; 8.00 a.m. .a Communion; 9.30 a.m. Sunday School: 9.30 a.m. Manil a.m. Morning Prayer; 1_ noon Holy Communion; 6 p.m. Evensong. Hilda's Church, Katong: t a m Hole Communion; 8
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    D-DAY
    1300 4 srehwen HERE YOU COULD DIE AND NOT KNOW YOU HAD BEEN USEFUL He lost an arm and his leg was shattered within an hour of hitting the beach. The rest of his tank crew died thinking they had failed. William ("Geordie") Dunn lived to know that what had struck
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    Youth Lucky STAR
    504 4 Youth Luc k y ST AR BORN today, you are more under the control of your emotions than you are of the intellect. You are governed almost entirely oy your likes and dislikes, and you cannot oe content uniess you are among those whom you love. You will be wise
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    Cash gift from Hong Kong
    228 4 AN anonymous animal lover m Hong Konji ha £10 to buy food for two horses saved fro: slaughter-house, now living m ret meadow at Kessingland. Suffolk. The horses are Bonnie Jack, who pu van round London for years, and Dii. pony m Lancashire. i Scores
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    PLANTS SUITABLE FOR HAVING INDOORS
    855 5  - PLANTS SUITABLE FOR HAVING INDOORS M.R.S. ARSCOTT By Shudv of purpi** 9 tjrwn and xilver In this week's article we describe some more plants suitable for growing indoors. Don't be scared by the long Latin names; they're not difficult to remember and it's the only way that the plants being
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    Background plants
    224 5 I\IEFF E N B A v CHIAS are fleshy, herbaceous plants, branchless and bearing li crown of large varieaed leav usually blotched with grey or creamy white. They are quick growing and highly prized as ornamental plants. This species of plan v known as dumbcane. This is because
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    BEHIND THE NEWS
    1028 6  -  Permerhati H*tt™ Animals sacrificed to man's fear and j ally hounding young lovers from parks... the sterilisation controversy A LITTLE brown monkey was shot dead as it scampered across an English meadow last week. Its crime: It had escaped from a government research laboratory where it had
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    BIRTH
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    ENGAGEMENT
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    KNOWLEDGMENTS
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    Basic issue
    106 6 even the barest necessities of existence it will mean huge tax increases. There will be less food, fewer clothes, not even a few dollars to spare for a night out once a week. If you have a baby son, the chances are that when he leaves school he
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    Nothing but the truth
    918 6  -  JOHN IZBICKI gfmtr, tr VL7HERE were you born? In a little Spanish village called Cadaques. HOW old arc you? There has aiwayi been some confusion about my aue. My iat iter did not have a good memory. But according to Miss Fleur Cowles who hits Just
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    LET MUSIC DEVELOP FREELY HE URGES
    301 6 LET MUSIC DEVELOP FREELY HE URGES SIR— The assessment m the "Free Press" of the issues involved by the recent Government decision to restrict Rock Roll ignores the fundamental principles at stake. i Rock 'n' Roll, whatever it is. is a form of music. Music itself is one of mankind's
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    Salvadore Dali
    13 6 Ie sic surrec has be by by ot}. vadore the latt
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    New deal for S'pore hawkers
    347 7 BETTER VOXDITIOSS...* GOVT. AID...* PROPER CONTROL I U_KTAIN ROADS MAY I BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR FIXED PERIODS fHE Ministry of National Development and the City Council are jointly working on a scheme to give a new deal to Singapore's 20,000 hawkers. Under the plan,
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    GOVT. SETS UP COMMITTEE TO STUDY TENDER SYSTEM
    160 7 GOVT. SETS UP COMMITTEE TO STUDY TENDER SYSTEM [fl \L.\ LIMPIR. Sat. lV The Ministry of :ue has set up a mittee to study procedure and make recommentis to the Governing this ye>tert Ministry spokesssed that the det.» form the com- i had nothing to uith the report of 1
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    Reorganise hospital David
    121 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— The Selangor State Legislative Assembly will be asked to renovate and expand the Tanglin Hospital at Young Road here to cope with the demands of the increasing population. This will be one of the mo- < to be moved by Mr. V. d. a
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    NEW SECRETARY
    23 7 The Programme Secret he International Women's Club. Mrs. K. D'Netto, who -ned recently has been iced by Mrs. J. H. Bul-
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    Attempted to extort $10
    61 7 Lira Hang Chang, 20, of Jalan Rajah, Singapore, was yesterday remanded for reformative training, after he had been convicted of attempting to extort $10 from Han Kit Juan owner of Dhoby Ghaut bar, on Feb. 28. Lim. the court was told, had demanded the money from
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    Choir classes at Geylang
    40 7 Choir classes at Geylang The Geylang Community Centre will hold Malay choir classes every Monday. Wednesday and Thursday from 7.30 p.m. They are open to all over 14. Those interested are to contact the secretary, Inche Mansor bin Haji Fadzal.
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    Oppenheim off for education talks
    195 7 Oppenheim off for education talks HPHE Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Professor A. Oppenheim, leaves Singapore by air tomorrow on a businesscum holiday trip which will take him round the world m less than two months. His first stop will be Bangkok, where he will spend two days attending
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    'BETTER RICE' PLEDGE BY BURMESE
    199 7 10-man delegation ends mission to Singapore T>URMA will do its best to improve the quality 13 of its rice, grade it more properly and export more of it to Malaya. This was told Singapore rice merchants by a ten-man delegation from the All-Burma Industrialists' Association,
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    'Yes, Govt should take over FPA work'
    204 7 'Yes, Govt should take over FPA work' MRS. GOH KOK KEE. chairman of the Far East and Australasia Region of the International Parenthood Federation, which has its headquarters m Singapore, yesterday supported the idea that the Government should take over responsibility for progagating birth control. The suggestion that the Government
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    COLOURS FOR JAMBOREE SCOUTS
    123 7 COLOURS FOR JAMBOREE SCOUTS T'HE Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Sir William Goode, will present colours on Monday to a contingent of 31 Singapore scouts who will attend the tenth World Jamboree m Manila next month. The jamboree, beginning on July 17. will be held at the Makiling National Park. This will
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    ACQUITTED
    47 7 Sect Keng Huat. of Race Course Road, Singapore was yesterday acquitted of a charge of committing housebreaking and mischief m a coffee shop m Race Course Road, on the night of Mar. 16. The second District Judge. Mr. Choor Singh, acquitted Sect without calling his defence.
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    WOMEN'S DIARY
    58 7 WOMEN'S DI A RY Y.W.C.A. (Raffles Quay): Creative drama for children, 9.30 a.m. Self makeup, 2.30 p.m. CATHOLIC TEACHERS' MOVEMENT: Lecture for Government school teachers, instruction m Catholic doctrine at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus at 5 p.m. GEYLANG STRAITS CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH: Family group meeting at 25.
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    UNIVERSITY PLANS 3 NEW COURSES
    236 7 rIREE new courses are Singapore Division of t the Principal, Professor^ closed yesterday. Tliey are three-year courses m public administration, business administration and a certificate course m Malay. Announcing this, Prof. Sandosham said they were m line with the University's policy of expansion. Prof. Sandosham
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    Singapore's first tourist guides
    166 7 SINGAPORE travel agents are now able to call on the services of the island's first batch of trained tourist guides. The teli girls and five men received diplomas this wefk after successfully completing a three-month training course arranged by the In ternational Service Organisation. Although the
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    FOR LEADERSHIP
    101 7 Mr. A. J. Lawrence, a journalist, will speak on "Three Years m the Far East" at the Singapore Rotary Club's lunch meeting at the Cathay Hotel on Wednesday. The Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. will send three representatives to the 1959 International Older Boys' Camp to be held m Kobe,
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    FATHER OF 2 DISCHARGED
    66 7 FATHER OF 2 DISCHARGED A father of two. See Thian Seng, 29. was discharged m a Singapore district court yesterday of attempted extortion of $1 from a hawker. Goh Song Heng, 24. The court was told that See demanded the money from Goh at Alexandra Close on April 21. The
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    'BUY MALAYAN PAINTINGS FOR SHOW IN BUILDINGS'
    157 7 'BUY MALAYAN PAINTINGS FOR SHOW IN BUILDINGS' A SUGGESTION that the Government acquire works by Malayan artists for exhibition m public buildings was made by cinema magnate Mr. Loke Wan Tho yesterday. Mr. Loke, an art patron, was speaking at the "one-boy" exhibition of paintings at the Odeon Cinema, Singapore,
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    $3,500 fine for helping to run lottery
    179 7 $3,500 fine for helping to run lottery A TAXI-DRIVER, Teng Kow Kow, 31, was fined $3,500 or five months' jail yesterday for assisting m a "character" lottery at the Singapore Turf Club race meeting on May 16. Thr Ninth Magistrate, Mr Philip Lav. allowed Teng. of Victoria Street, time until
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      112 7 SINCAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 4.00 p.m. TOMORROW: 340 a.m. and 4.44 p.m. MONDAY: 4.45 a.m. and 5.34 p.m. TUESDAY: 6.09 a.m. and 6.32 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 7.5 C a.m. and 7.29 p.m. THURSDAY: 9.02 a.m. and 818 p.m. FRIDAY: 9.53 a.m. and 9.00 p.m. v BHH___B A THE OUNLOP RUBBER CO
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    SPENCER TRACY'S FIRST OSCAR
    118 8 [HI-; winner w .Irs. Lucy Ang of 1 INK IN I Singapore 19. The answers were: 1. The largest light 2. The picture is on .its side inst straight across as m the normal film The star of Trader Horn: I. Stephen (.rant ing starlette who
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    A teapot can many things
    96 8 A teapot can many things [T may surprise you, but even after three years. I still enjoy opening your letters on a Wednesday morning. Some of that enjoyment I suppose must come from a sub-concious conceit that I have managed to stump just a few of you with the questions.
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    PRIZE QUIZ 2
    155 8 What have these gods m common? Jill, winner was John Cling of 685 Holy Innocents Lane, Singapore 19. Answers were: 1. Robert Burton 1(521: 2. 1. N. bhol 1935; 3, Small jade ornaments often m the shape of charms: 4. Baden-Powell: 5 Honorable Artillery Company; (>. She
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    This is the winner
    46 8 This is the winner "SPORTING SAM" rpHE Winner was Chow Hock Lock of 11 Prince Charles Crescent, Singapore 3, who thought up this cartoon of "Sporting Sam" by turning the teapot upside down. This week's object is a keris. Prize is a Philips long playing record.
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    GOSSIP FROM FILMLAND...
    194 8 PAT BOONE will star m the adaptation of Jules Verne's famous novel, "Journey to the Centre of the Earth," to be produced by Charles Brackett for 20th Century-Fox. The screen play was written by Walter Reisch and Charles Brackett. Marilyn Monroe has been selected for Italy's David
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    TWO WOMEN INDEPENDENT
    234 8  -  MARGARET O'HARA By pHILEAN Maria Ayala wins my vot» most newsworthy mother of the season by announcement that she is determined to carr competition tennis, despite approaching i hood. H she comes throu she may not win any tennis bouquet from rrr lor h< mutterings. mumblings and
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    SPECIAL QUIZ
    77 8  -  Shaw Brothers erjwrn E WINNER was Bal- E bir Singh of 157. r E Mount Pleasant Road E Singapore 11. E The photograph was of Nadia Gray as E E she appeared with E E John Gregson in the E J-A-R-O film 'The E Captain's Table" Now take
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    WITH WAYS And both of them speak out
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    226 9  - Your ear oils Harry Hey wood WHEN oil is tIU it 1« sensitive to o_ m the atmosphere. This oxidation forms corrosive products and sludge which can strict the oil flow and cause a seizure. This is combated by "additives" which retard oxidation and the formation of sludge, protect the
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    109 10 erjwrjn w million* No. 4 m B flat major op. 60 New York Philharmonic. Bruno Wallet. Philip-, l.'-meh. (i 15C.1 R). BHOYEN'S Symphonies come m waves. Those explosions of 'which occur m Ihe odd-numbered symphonies are [he even-numbered works !>y homelier explosions of high- on a d
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    CONCERTO THAT'S UNIQUE
    95 10 CONCERTO THAT'S UNIQUE RKMIMs (oncerto for violin and cello with Orchestra. 1-j.h n, violin Leonard Rosr. itllo \'e» York Philharmonic. conductor Bruno Walter i Philips h. G 056.8 R). Ot a v. k ward D to compose com- 110 seldom heard wi perhap> the slowest of to win a foot-
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    114 10 BEETHOVEN: Sonata for violin and piano No. m major 0p. 47 "Kveutzer" Arthur (•rumiaux. violin Clara Haskil. piano. (Philips 10-inch. G ***** X). This Is such a marvellous work perfectly done. The opening movement is full of bold strokes, the second is conceived m the grand manner- large
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    EMOTION FLOWS FAST
    195 10 -TWENTIETH Century A Fox new film Woman Obsessed" os Susan Hay ward plenty of opportunities for emotional acting, and she seizes them with both hand Sharron she starts the film by being mar- Arthur j a young Robbie b* Holm* about Fred and Mary the farm alone
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    Forest fire
    72 10 Tom ci a forest fire. and Mary finds that the farm i s too much for her to tackle alone. But one morning she wakes to the und of an axe. and that introduces Fred Carter phen Boyd) who beof kindness received from Tom m the past has
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    OLD COLOIItS AT THE CASTLE
    106 10 THE old Colours, Queen's and Regimental, of the Ist. Battalion. Royal Scots Fusiliers, have been laid up m the Scottish National War Memorial. Edinburgh C astle. The 21st regiment of foot, raised by the Karl of Mar m lh'7B and so the second oldest of
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    70 10 COLUMBIA Pictures Cor- j poration has announced a production programme of 9. feature films over an 18--month period between now j and November of 1960. This is the Hollywood motion picture company's largest programme for any comparable period m its history. WALT DISNEY will film "The Emperor's Stallion,"
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    127 10 STAR-PIECE of a motorcycle display by a Rova) Corp. of Signals team at Catterick Camp. Yorkshire, was a "ride through fire" by Captain Burtitt. the team's leader. A straw framework wa« doused m petrol, a flash, and the framework became a wall of flame-.
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