The Singapore Free Press, 2 January 1960

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    13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS No. *****. SINGAPORE SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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    Opinion The Laos Coup
    51 1 Opinion The Laos Coup rr.anated the by the M tO the of atement the InCabtoct be but the i to even up ♦he were ve of 7\ -.ern for the ttee \'ov--3 no I r:ed by I on. bolaid. move ;one ultiK rebioodless un< xpected ominous well preFar ol the
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    New Year battle in Holland
    48 1 New Year battle in Holland THE HAGUE. Sat. More than 250 persons were injured in a New Year battle in the streets and on rooftops. Young celebrants collected discarded Christmas trees and set fire to them in the streets. Firemen were greeted with showers of bottles and stones.
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    $30 MIL. TRADE DEAL
    300 1  -  DAVID TAMBYAH NEW YEAR WINDFALL FOR LOCAL MERCHANTS Successful negotiations mean boost for textile market By S'pore sells Indonesia huge supply of cloth SINGAPORE will sell Indonesia 50 million yards of cotton textiles this month to ease the <horta#e in the Republic. A leading textile merchant
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    She came back from dead to die THIS TIME IT IS THE END
    300 1 She came back from dead to die THIS TIME IT IS THE END r|EATH has overtaken > U Madam Ng Bee, 80, of Braddell Road. Singapore three months after she got up amidst preparations for her funeral. On New Years Eve, five days after lying in state in her kampong
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    Lock icon Fashion leader
    34 1 LONDON. Sat.— The Tailor and Cutter, tailoring trade journal, said that the Prince of Wales was leading juvenile fashion by launching himself into long tti*u*r* at. th*» arly age of 11. Reuter
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    Record year for Ford Motor Co.
    29 1 LONDON, Sat.- The Ford Motor Company said yesterday that it had had a record production year, with 469.000 cars. commercial vehicles and tractors.
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    Lock icon 126 KILLED
    17 1 CHICAGO. Sat— By last evening, 126 persons had been killed in traffic «<*"*™** since Thursday.— U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Former Malayan officer to be Extra Equerry to Prince Philip
    150 1 LONDON, Sat. The Queen is to have a new lady -in waiting and the Duke of Edinburgh a new extra equerry, it was officially announced last night in the London Gazette. The new lady-in-waiting is Miss Mary Morrison, 22--year-old daughter
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    Lock icon THIRTEENTH BIRTHDAY-AND 4,000 PEOPLE CELEBRATED
    91 1 THIRTEENTH BIRTHDAY -AND 4,000 PEOPLE CELEBRATED picture. The Singapore Harbour Board Mall Association last niaht celebrated its 13th anniversary at the Badminton Hall with a meeting and a variety showattended by more than 4.000 people. Among those present were the Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Ton Chin Chye. the Minister for
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    Russia ready to disband army, use rockets—K
    206 1 Russia ready to disband army, use rockets K MOSCOW. Saturday. AIR. NIKITA Khrushchev suggested at a New Year's reception at the Kremlin that if disarmament talks got bogged down it might be worth Russia's while to reduce her forces unilaterally and use rockets for defence, the Soviet news agency Tass
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    Maniacs at large
    29 1 LONDON, Sat.— More than 100 police and male nurses are searching Berkshire for two escaped mental patients 1 who. it was said, 'could be dangerous." Reuter.
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    MAGAZINE BAN
    149 1 Now 65 publications may not circulate in S'pore DURING the last year the Government banned the printing, importation, sale or circulation of more than 65 publications Banned under the provisions of the Undesirable Publications Ordinance, they included nine Singapore periodicals in English, Chinese and Malay. The latest of
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    STOP PRESS
    15 1 CHINCS A C. OF RUNNi: I M- i II cR POSITIC R SLASH
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    BEST YEAR FOR STOCKS ENDS IN BOOMING PRICES
    289 2 LONDON, Saturday. rHE busiest and best year the London Stock Exchange has ever ex--1 perienced ended in a blaze of glory. The renewed strength which developed in the markets before Cnristuas was maintained, and with a fresh expansion in business uread and
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    Lock icon EGYPT PAYS FOR CANAL
    40 2 PARIS. Sat. The Suez Finance Company, successor to the Suez Canal Company, yesterday received a payment iof seven million Egyptian pounds from the United Arab Republic. The payment is compensation for nationalisation of the canal.- Reuter
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    NEW LIFEBOAT
    36 2 LONDON*. Sat. A new ships lifeboat that can rest on chocks or hang on davits indefinitely without risk of seams opening or structural fatigue has been announced by its makers. Fairey Marine Ltd.— Reuter.
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    STRIKE AVERTED
    24 2 NEW YORK. Sat. A 1 threatened strike to bring t New York's public transport to a standstill today has been i averted.
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    Lock icon SHIP OF CENTURY
    78 2 pictures. An artist's impression of the new "Canberra" liner, which is being acclaimed as the "Ship of the Century." The 45.000 ton P and O turbo-electric liner is now under construction at Harland and Wolfe's Belfast shipyard. Costing about £15 million, it will be launched in March,
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    INCREASE IN STEEL SUPPLY
    100 2 INCREASE IN STEEL SUPPLY LONDON. Sat.— The belief that the world market for steel may be changing was expressed by yesterday's Financial Times. "Throughout most of the post-war period there has been a shortage of steel in most countries," this London daily emphasised. But a situation now seems to have
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    BOT rubber sales in Dec.
    64 2 T ONDON, Sat.— The Board Lj of Trade announced yesterday that sales of its stock of natural rubber in December totalled 8.577 tons compared with sales of 8,807 in November. Stocks at the Board's depots at the end of December, including rubber sold for forward
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    FRESH FALL IN GOLD STOCKS
    65 2 NEW YORK. Sat.— United States Treasury gold stocks fell by $11 million in the week ended Dec. 30. bringing this year's total decline to $1,078 million, the Federal Reserve Bank reported yesterday. In 1958. gold stocks shrank by $2,247 million through sales to foreign governments.
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    Lock icon '1960 as year of Prosperity'
    170 2 '1960 as year of Prosperity' ONDON. Sat. British Lj newspapers yesterday, in speculating on what the future decade the 1960s held for the world, expressed emphatic optimism. The News Chronicle believed that unheard of prosperity lies on all the thresholds of the nations. "In terms of finding food, of making
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    Output of Ramblers
    15 2 DETROIT. Sat. America! Motors Corporation produced a record 401.440 Ramblers in 1959.
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    New effort to prevent European trade war
    143 2 New effort to prevent European trade war DARIS, Sat. France has invited Western European countries, Canada and the United States to an economic conference here on Jan. 12 and 13. The invitations, Issued by France, were also in th*name of Britain, the United States and West Germany. The meeting, within
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    MALAYAN UNIT TRUST
    9 2 Managers selling price today $1.12 xd.
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    MALAYAN SHARE' MARKET
    844 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. KET TO MARKINGS t cci Cum capital issue x xall eicluling everything il eiclulmg livileni cli cum lams issue y icr =r excluding capital retura t ccr cum capital return ti cum dividend e call com all I Cft av
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    Nominated as Rotary chief
    53 3 Nominated as Rotary chief KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— A Ain g Kuala Lumpur Rotanan. Tuan Haji Mustapha Albakri. has been nominated ernorship of Rotary 330. which comprises Singapore, Burma, :etnam. The election of District Governor will be held at a three day conference of Rotarians from the five countries in Bangkok
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    Ten years later... New Year wish
    93 3 ition, :hey .arc! rom of him :iro of :yo. ire Julian Hoc t Harold Hoedan. Okuda. who spent his school days in Singapore, later acted as a liaison officer during the Occupation. Mr. F. C. James, a schoolteacher in St. Josephs, who iught Okuda,
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    SPORTSMAN DIES IN HUNTING TRAGEDY
    57 3 A rtsman, Kcat, 39. 'ile duck -hooting vamp i area, pool and and Mr. Lee dived in to retrieve it. He was understood to be a good swimmer. Suddenly he got into difficulties and disappeared. After villagers had searched the pool without success a frogman
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    Lock icon Chinese Note presses border claim
    330 3 Chinese Note presses border claim L PEKING STATES HER CASE: Mr. NEHRU IS BELIEVED TO SEE NO SOLUTION YET \E\V DELHI, Sat.— I The Indian Government has received from China a Note setting out China's historical claims to the disputed border territory between the two countries. The Indian Prime Minister.
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    Lock icon Dynamite cache blown up as New Year 'joke'
    238 3 Dynamite cache blown up as New Year 'joke SPRUCE PINE (North Carolina), Sat. 'TWO 16-year-old boys who told officers they 1 wanted to make 4 a little noise" admitted they had set off a New Year's Eve blast with 80 sticks of dynamite that caused extensive damage to shops in
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    NEW HEART DOG DIES
    34 3 NEW HEART DOG DIES STANFORD (California"* Sat. A mongrel dog whic' had lived more than eigl da^vs after the heart another dog had been tran planted into its body, v\ painlessly put to death.
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    Lock icon CHECK ON ALL XMAS PARCELS SENT TO QUEEN
    50 3 CHECK ON ALL XMAS PARCELS SENT TO QUEEN LONDON, Sat— A Buckingham Palace spokesman yesterday said that "a check was made of all pareels' sent to the Qi&?en this Christmas, following: an anonymous telephone call saying that one of them contained explosives. "Nothing was found.'* the Palace spokesman added. Reuter
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    Mission officials
    40 3 Swami Siddhatmananda was elected president of the Ramakrishna Mission. Singapore, at the 31st annual general meeting of the mission. Other officials are: Mr. V. Pakirisamy. J.P.. vice-presi-dent. Mr. S. R. Sonalkar. secretary, and Mr. V. P. Kunara.n. treasurer.
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    Lock icon Film star dead
    31 3 NEW HAVEN. Sat.—Marret Sullivan, stage and film tress, died here a few hours fore she was to appear in e first night of my. She was 48.— Reuter
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    Lock icon CHILDREN GREET BYRNE
    93 3 Singapore Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K M Byrne, is garlanded by tiny Elizabeth Chong. 8, daughter of the vice-president of the Kallang Airport Estate Community Association. The occasion was a giant New Year party given to 1.000 children living in the estate Also present were
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    FRENCH RULE ENDS AFTER 40 YEARS
    313 3 Rest of the news in brief YAOUNDE, Cameroons. Saturday. i 101-GUN salute booming out over a silent capi-i tal at midnight signalled independence and; the end of 40 years of French rule in the Cameroons yesterday. There were no disorders In contrast to the
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    Lock icon Anthony Brooke meets Chou
    46 3 PEKING, Sat. Mr. Anthony BrooKe, 47, nephew and heir of the last "White Rajah of Sarawak" met Mr. Chou En-lai yesterday for an hour and told the Chinese Premier he wanted to set up a world assembly of peoples lor peace.— Reuter
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      301 3 n^^Tl r^^ I'd CLUES ACROSS 3 "Hence loathed Of Cerbe--1 What's necessary, of course, rus and blackest midnight If there are to be outgoings born" (Milton) (10). 4 j&t by successful!^6) 5 8 The street rail is becoming under strain (6) increasingly rare (8)^ 7 Emotion of tne mode rn
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  • Women's Corner
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      SALLY PASSES AND PROVES HER POINT
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      She did both jobs well
      209 4 IT gave a very special kind of pleasure to young Mrs. Sally Teh, when she learned that she had passed the third year normal examination at the Teachers' Training College. For not only did it mean that she had become a fully-qualified teacher, but she
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      'Our women lead the way in LOVE and SEX'
      484 4  - 'Our women lead the way in LOVE and SEX' Thomas Wiseman Israeli girl starts new trend Br THE success of Miss Haya Harareet in BenHur looks like starting something of a new trend in girls. After the deep-frozen English roses, the Southern fried chicks, the Roman voluptuaries and the French
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  • FREE PRESS FILM REVIEW PAGE
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      Film by Negroes is big hit
      443 4 Film by Negroes is big hit Success for Belafonte TIARRY BELAFONTE, top singer, is idolised in America, and has an enviable quota of admirers here. In one cat-leap he scores a great success in another sector of show business as a film-promoter. His own company, called Harbel. has made the
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      Bogarde plays Franz Liszt
      242 4 DIRK BOOARDE, the steady reliable Dirk Bogarde of so many sound and safe British films, is being exposed fo r the first time to the hazards of international stardom. Mr. Bogarde is in Rome costarring with Ava Gardner m a film called Temptation/' In it he
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      242 4 STEREOPHONIC k W*T^ JT REPRODUCTION **^%f] fjfF l^^ GRUNDIG TK 5O Tooe rec :.bcck os well a I ploybock of recording hm -ereo p!c to 2 hours Two top* *pe*d* -3 12,000 cps l^ 50 to 60 cps -co ettect on "Stere^ xl GRUNOIG TK 55 Technical Speculation some as
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      134 4 WOMEN'S DIARY lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Y\VC\ (Raffles Quay): (Norris Road): Class on SriRhythmic movement IUS am I mat »^aga^d Gita 6^3o^. EXHIBITION of paintings Bl KIT TIMAH YULIH by Mr T C. Tan at Diethelm CLUB: Table tennis 4 p.m.: ST^ f ;i^ el StrCCt 9 am fi "?SIiT°Y P 6TTH CLUB:
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  • CHILDREN'S PAGE Rama AND Sita
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      QUEEN IS GOADED INTO JEALOUSY
      1517 5 THK STORY SO FAR ♦*♦♦♦•♦> AS I Kf SILT of a promise of a god. Vishnu, to have a man i named Kama born who would sUy Ravana. the king of the rakshasas (demons) who lived on the island of Lanka, four sons t were
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      Rupert's adventure with a Truant
      173 5 the pillar-box is lighted, and as *jr<l m the darkhe can see a vague ro it. Trying to he looks carehe is near enough <fe -^y there u nobody there. Then, as he is about to post i he letter, he starts back in surprise,
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      138 5 •^£yi^^j»^tofcj^^^BM|to^^^^Mu^^^^i^^^^^^a*a»*^fijayg^g BORN today you are one of the tactful, politic people who seem able to get along with everyone and anyone you may choose to associate with. You are a good judge of human nature and, as a rule, can figure out the motivation behind anyone's actions. You women, especially,
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      487 5 >UCKET-MONEY prizes River Valley Koad. SingaL are offered for colour- pore 9, to reach her not ing this scene with paints, later than Thursday next. crayons or chalks. Age limit is 15. There are four prizes Name (Master/Miss) offered each of S5 (two l«wr/mw for boys and two lor girls).
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      186 5 resolutions and make them definite aims. TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) It may be that you can solve some mystery which has been puzzling you recently. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) If you have a journey to make before your holiday weekend is over, plan to get an < j arly start.
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  • Random Thoughts
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      'WHITE' BUT NOT RACIAL
      576 6 ALTHOUGH it is a topic best forgotten, Aus trail a's "white" policy keeps coming up in writing a n (1 conversation, each time with its crop of misunderstanding. It is only natural when an Asian visits that Commonwealth and finds himself received in Australian offices and
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      BY THE WAY
      120 6  -  Beachcomber 3 This is where a sizeable quota could come in. Asians of high qualifications are I now allowed to live in Australia, each case being considered on its own merits. Mr. Calwell. the Labour MP who introduced the TT is now quite clear that A having
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      JOURNEY INTO SPACE
      765 6  -  DR. ABRAHAM MARCUS Bv Where your body has no weight Astronaut must ignore his ears \FTER its last stage, beyond the earth's pull, the rocket carrying the space cabin is in "free fall." Gravity is zero, so is weight. One can simulate this condition of weightlessness only
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      109 6 Mladio Singapore ir^- M 1 00 i >ro ra mmesummar y: 5.45 Sports hour; 6.45 ProU)3 Saturday showcase; 1.30 gramme summary followed by £^n W r^ L4 N€^ stalk i-S muslc: 655 gramme preview^ Carmen Dragon conducts; 2.00 7.00 The news; 7.10 Newstalk n MaI S' all 7.15 Visitor's book.
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  • Article
    Pay for overseas doctors
    30 7 OVT. IS 0 FINAL DIJMLS ORE "ill recruiting tors i their pay condioynent unrced Kh Ministry on II*WC to bring ,d plan S i I I
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    IT WAS THE GUN THAT MADE THEIR DAY
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    A family discovers the Istana grounds
    180 7 A family discovers the Istana grounds A BIG gun provided a big day for grandpa Ng You Teng, 77, and his eight grandchildren, yesterday. The gun was one of the main attractions at Istana Negara, the inner grounds of which were thrown open to the public for the first time.
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    KALLANG ESTATE NEEDS CENTRE, SAYS MRS. SEOW
    309 7 FHE need of a community centre for Kallang 1 housing estate. Singapore, was stressed by Mrs. seow Peck Lens:, Assemblywoman for Mount batten, in a speech yesterday. She was speaking at a New Year party attended by nearly 1.000 children living on the
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    Court closes
    43 7 once more The Eighth Magistrate's Court at South Bridge Road which was reopened on Dec. 21 with Mr. N. A. D'Rozario, a new law officer, as magistrate, will be closed ag-ain from today. Mr. D'Rozario will take over another magistrate's court.
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    K.L. DIVISION OF VARSITY TO GET OWN COAT OF ARMS
    157 7 K.L. DIVISION OF VARSITY TO GET OWN COAT OF ARMS KUALA LUMPLR. Sat— The Federation division of the University of Malaya is to have its own Coat of Arms. Revealing this yesterday, the chairman of the University Council, Tuan Haji Mustapha Albakri. stressed that it was wrong to associate this
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    SUNDAY'S CHURCH SERVICES
    217 7 SUNDAY'S CHURCH SERVICES p«OLLOWING are riianjes in Sunday's Church Services in Singapore: ANGLICAN SI. Georges Garrison Church, Tanglin Barracks; 7.15 a.m. Holy Communion; 9.30 a.m. Sunday School; 9.30 a.m. Morning Service; 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion; 6.30 p.m. Evening Prayer. BETHESDA Bethesda (Katong) Church: 8.30 a.m. The Lord's Supper; 9.30 a.m.
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    S'pore Registry wedding
    54 7 Mr and Mrs. Tony Ho Nee Leong pictured after their marriage at the Singapore Registry. The bride, the former Miss Dolly Lim Hee Noo. is the daughter of the late Mr. Lim Seek Kim and Madam Tan Boong Soo. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and
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    Lee: Let's look foward to progress
    210 7 Lee: Let's look foward to progress SINGAPORE'S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, yesterday told the people to look forward to progress in 1960. In a broadcast over Radio Singapore, Mr. Lee said that through hard work, faith and a little good fortune, 1960 would bring more happiness for more
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    Balestier party
    23 7 The Balestier Community Centre, Singapore, will hold a children's party tomorrow at 4 p.m. at the centre's premises in Whampoa Square.
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    GIFTS TO SATA
    20 7 SATA received a total of $1,136 donated in memory of relatives and friends who died during 1039.
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      43 7 TODAY: 12 19 p.m. TOMORROW: 2.15 am. and 1.35 p.m. MONDAY: ZM a m. and p.m. IVESDAY: 3 32 a.m. and 3.14 p m. WEDNESDAY: 4.13 a.m. and 4 14 p.m. niJBSDAY: ">OO am. and 5.35 p.m. FRIDAY: 5.:>S a in. and p.m.
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    NOW IS TIME TO PREPARE FOR BIG STORE FLOWER SHOW
    855 8  -  M.R.S. ARSCOTT BY Decide which annuals you will grow and begin planting Amateur gardeners invited to take part in various sections THOSE gardeners who intend to exhibit at the annual Singapore Flower Show to be held in three months' time
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      87 8 LATIN-AMERICAN INSTRUMENTS. Bongoes, Conga Drums, Conga Scfs, Timbolcs, Tom-tom Set* Tumba, Marocos, Clav<s, Caboco, Chocolo, Rrso-Reso, Cowbells on Handle, Guiro, Tap-boxes. Castanets, Tambourines, etc. Lurgc L< T. M. A. LTD.. Wck R< H Sini HANGOVER? take that wondc Pills GURONSAN well proven and m II tested I Keep a bottle
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      170 8 RIP KIRBY By John Prentice 6c Fred Dickenson V\ s]£Kvf'f I'VE LET IT AH, I S£E.SR. ANP I ~~jA W A 5 E 5A >sE RE I WELL, f X fl UX***^-**-* 8E < N OWN YOU ARE VISITING M TRiiNS TO PUT ACROSS. I THERE 1/ MY M T«
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    PHENOMENAL—THAT'S THIS NEW JAGUAR
    842 9 PHENOMENAL —THA T'S THIS NEW JAGUAR Road test by ROBERT GLENTON T'HF road was straight and clear, but I wasn't in a hurry. Second fear, third, top. and the engine was no longei a noise. became a drone struggling for voice as the slipstream cirum- the body. no lor the
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    GLENTON'S SCORECARD
    65 9 Pts. (max. Remarks 10) Engine 10 Le Mans under your bonnet. Steering 9 Light us a love song. Acceleration 10 The horizon always behind you. "Suspension 9 A very good compromise. "Cornering 9 Watch that right foot. "Comfort 9 Seats harder than the suspension. 71 Looks as expensive
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      113 9 P i/WMr^ A BOOTES PRODUCT >^~"^" Wr^ H<rm purcK»t« tarmt art a>«il»kla *n4 Hillman Minx A BETTER BUY BECAUSE ITS BETTER BUILT! Pu omti a^« .jr. It'l Swwpine. el*r>nt -new look". r and buUt to^a. ■^g,^lJgT^ < 5^ irom the latest version of mpr oved 'more-ea«er-to-Ko' an engine makes Hillman-driv-
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      69 9 CAR CAMIE .../or #li^ owner driver MOUPBKAKES <*• ot ***%ti& ™*^^w£^ot° mV^CI S^^^' ofi^^. '^^■■{■■■M^' /F THE hAf&BEAK£ ACTS ANP IHt OIL OOZES V\* ft '/'//i ""^^'W^ K)/HEBSAA£ wfl£ HEW HHSS ONLY, OUTONTDntf *g JjH g^gß^=Z^-^^ y H< !f^f i /ji s^*">'^» 5 >*V^ qr^-^^HtX*'^) S L/GHTAPPUCATCHOF7HE BRAKE PPUMS ''If
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    113 10 Rangers pip Celtic GLASGOW, Sat. Rangers beat their old rivals Celtic I—o in the Scottish League New Years Day fixtures yesterday. -< ornsa 1 1 \< i <»nf *irdrir t !\lothrr*Hl 1 Avr Third Lanark 3 < rlli. 0 Ransrrs 1 I mnd^r \txrde«n 1 Dunfrrmlinr 0 Raith Hibrrnian 1
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    33 10 LONDON. Sat Results o Rugby Leagu< matche> were: ,'h 4 St Helen's 12 pool City 19 Blackpoo Borough 3: Swinton 12 Sal ford in 34 Wajringtoi 5; Workington 0 Whitehavei Reuter
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    MCC follow on for the first time
    194 10 BRIDGETOWN, Sat. -The ILCC were a>kt-d lo follow on yesterday again.M. a Colony for the first time >ince before the fi: Following on -95 runs behind Barbados, the M.C.C. had scor»»d 80 for two wickets by the close here yt \i^d face an
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    MOSS SECOND IN G. PRIX
    58 10 EAST LONDON. Sat. Paul Frere, of Belgium, driving a Cooper-Climax, won the South African Grand Prix over a course totalling about 152. miles here yesterday. Stirling Moss, of Britain, driving a Cooper -Borgward, was second and claimed the fastest lap, clocking one minute 39 seconds
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    Henning is six under par
    44 10 TRANSVAAL. Sat —Harold Henning, of South Africa, returning a brilliant under par (i7 in the second round, and a 3tt holes total of 138. led the field at the halfway itegc in the South African 88,500 Masters Tour- nament.
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    KRAMER'S TENNIS CORPS INVITED TO PLAY HERE
    372 10  -  VERITY GILL By JACK Kramer's fabulous tennis troupe may be seen in action in Singapore this month. Disclosing this to the Free Press yesterday, Mr. Chua Choon Leong, president of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association, said: ''All we're waiting for is a cable
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    KRISHNAN IN FINAL OF ASIAN TENNIS
    112 10 KRISHNAN IN FINAL OF ASIAN TENNIS /CALCUTTA, Sat. Ra- manathan Krishnan, India's top player, beati Billy Knight of Britain 6-3, 6-4. 6-2 yesterday to reach the final of the men's singles in the Asian Lawn Tennis Championships. In the final, Krishnan will meet American Barry Mackay, who defeated Ulf Schmidt
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    279 10 Nari and Baig to lndia's rescue OOMBAY. 8a recovered from a#astrous start H third Test n against yesterday to ei first day with I for two. After losi] wickets for 2] Contractor 86 Abbas Baiu India's hop batting, alt: a numb< I The dour I tween opei tor and you
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    EXPERIENCED RIVALS FELL TO OUR YOUTH
    383 10  - EXPERIENCED RIVALS FELL TO OUR YOUTH FRANCIS BOEY Bv gamble of fielding a youthful Foong Seong Cup side against Selangor and Penang paid rich dividends to the Singapore Badminton Asso- A. 1 ciation. For the young Singapore team lived up to expectations in both the zone final and the challenge
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      210 10 Let's drink a toast to the HllllUiiLi fr The 1960 edition of the on sole ot oil good book- f?% j Jm while they last because there is sellers is the ideal New Year S now a great demand for this ''P ou^ e cou P on below and abrood.
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      87 10 RUGGER: Tankards v Johore Services, padang; 41 Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. v The Blacks, Changi; R.A.F. Seletar "B" v 19 A.F.S. Regiment, Seletar; S.C.C. v Royal Signals (Malaya), padang; R.E.M.E. v G.H.Q., Tanglin; 443 B.A.D. v R.A.S.C., Keat Hong. HOCKEY: Army (Singapore) v S.C.R.C, Gillman Barracks (5.15 p.m.). SOCCER: Tamil Festival Competition
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    Tumbalina—the day's best bet
    125 11 Tumbalina the day's best bet FREE PRESS Race K;l. I 11. (•it-man Street 8.10. nihulina S.OO. Sentence 8.08. i olid Marshall H nh, Princess Yearannia II 1 riwalla I than when she won the st bet ol the day. Tumbalina eting weak opposition. 8.11 meeting I for hall a length
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    DISTANCE
    277 11 ALLAN LEWiS forecasts alt the winners „<**? *»*J-«M Ra^kat »00. Brantas 8.13. Determined R^et 5l»o d,nf 803 Af€tic Refion CINEMASCOPE 111. who finished right on top of the placed horses over 7F on the cond day, is my selection for the New Year (up. main race at Penang tomorrow.
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    MAKES IT JUST RIGHT FOR CINEMASCOPE
    821 11 MAKES IT JUST RIGHT FOR CINEMASCOPE Jiiiiimmmiiiiimimiiiimiitiiiiii TRESPASSER Class 4—SV 2F. TWO TAILS, Straight Flight, Verni. Trespasser's selections for tomorrow are: CI. 3, Div. I—B*F: BRANTAS, Excelsior, Gustani. Cl. 3, Div. 2 BiF: LINDALOU, River Cloud, Three Cheers. CL. 3, DIV. 1 6F: TRAVELLER'S CHEQUE, Bright Eyes, Little Richard. Cl.
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    Probable Starters
    907 11 -THE NEW YEAR CUPCI. 3, Div. 1-8] FURS 09 H! SARA5 ARAR AT 10 yr. beg (Salamat St.) Rodgers 900 623 BRANTAS syr. breg <P L St.> Lee gl3 < > OD3IO DETERMINED syr. brem <K. K. Ng> Allan 811 C.I STAN I syr. birm «Santosa St.) Lee..
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    TRAINING FORM
    1575 12 NEW YEAR CUP CI.3Div.l-8\FURS. K.\K\KM r 3F In 382 t -12-59 Won Div. with 8-9 BRACT v^ Did from 6F 31-12-53 i!:ird to Mui Div. 1 l>\ II.KMIMH 41-1 I I I > 1 M Co Div. 1 m 6F I INEMAal OFE III: 1-12-Outsider. L01 \M II:
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    HOW THEY FINISHED ON THURSDAY
    306 12 Kate One: (I. 4. Div. (ih. I. Cart;o Riee 8.04 (Cieyer). 2. Dancing Water 8.04 (Ward). Burentaur 8.11 (Posner). 4. Pappa Prince 900 carr. 8.07 (Thangavelu). Winner trained by Allan Won by: I'. 2. Time: lmin. 14 1/5. Tote: MO, S5. SB. Kan- Two: Cl.
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