The Singapore Free Press, 19 March 1960

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  • 18 1 THE NEWSPAPER PV»ypnnv s TALK|p|G ABOUT The SINGAPORE Free Press No. *****. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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  • 181 1  -  CHAN SWAN BEE Aviation Department and airlines will discuss changes 1 ?NS OCCURRED I L TIMES' CLAIM Ijvil planes have flown through lengah zone L;DKL;KDF SINGAPORE. Sat Force ha> protested to the Department of Civil Aviation id violation of military air aircraft ins that <>n al
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  • 333 1 Mr. Fry it is for the best man's role -he played Cupid 'TONY POPPED QUESTION IN OCTOBER 9 yyHDDING PLANS for Princess Margaret and her commoner fiance, Mr. Antony Arm-strong-Jones, begun to take final shape here last night with the announcement that Mr. Jeremy Fry, scion of the wealthy British
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  • 48 1 LSat. George 38. was jailed for 18 at Maidstone for deliberately :e to a wooden bungalow m which his twin brother. Jack, burned to niUed setting alow owned they could sura nee ution said Jack rt died after he became pped Reuter
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  • 37 1 BOMBAY. Sat. Malaya. Japan. Hong Kong and Indonesia are among Afro-Asian nations which have agreed to ates to a conven--011 Tib< t and against >niallsm m Asia and Africa to De month I Reuter
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  • 87 1 A FORTUNE -ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A DOG NAMED 'LADY' SALEM. (Massachusetts), Sat. -An ailing 12-year-old terrier named "lady" was the main beneficiary m a US$lOO,OOO ($300,000) estatej left by Mrs. Lilla Turner, who died on March 2. According to records filed In the court here, the 82-year-old widow
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  • 18 1 PALEMBANG. Sat.— Police have detained 62 beggars some of whom have been making $25 a day.
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  • 39 1 COLOMBO. Sat.— Armed police stood by and all bars were closed as Ceylon prepared for its first election since the assassination of Mr. BandaranaiKe last Sentpmhpt\ The result is expected by tomorrow evening. -H Reuter
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  • 98 1 SUNGLASS THUGS RAID BANK IN SYDNEY, ESCAPE WITH $29,000 SYDNEY, Sat. Four armed men wearing sunglasses held up a Sydney suburban bank yesterday and escaped with £A4,2b'o (about $29,000). They also took the bank's er, cheques and official documents. The bank was the Australian and New Zealand branch at Belmore.
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  • 32 1 PAYA LEBAR. Sat. A BOAC Comet due here from London at 5.30 am. today. been delayed m Bahrein with :ie trouble. The plar. v expected here at 4 p.m. today.
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  • 10 1 Reuter MOSCOW. Sat. Mr. Khrushchev has recovered from
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  • 158 1  - The mountain is still aflame in volcano terror island ALAN RAMSAY By MADANG, (New Guinea), Sat. Police reinforcement were today rushed by air to the island volcano of New Guinea which blew up on Thursday and buried two native villages m ash and glowing clouds. But according to unofficial reports
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  • 213 1  - Canoe men seek around the island record CHARLES BRYCE By SINGAPORE, Sat. Two men m a canoe are bent on breaking a record this weekend. They will paddle their way around Singapore Island. Rover Scouts Malcolm Wadsworth. 21. and David Clennell. 23, hope to complete their journey m 24 hours.
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  • 33 1 WARSAW. Sat.— Two Polish I ex-policemen who took part !in Nazi executions of Jews j during World War II have I been sentenced tofiveand I seven years' jail. -H Reuter
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  • 33 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. The U.S. Atomic Energy Com- mission said yesterday that underground nuclear tests I below a certain power could be muffled so as to reducethei chances of detection. -M Reuter
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  • 87 1 WHIPPING: A MISTAKE SAYS NKRUMAH LONDON. Sat. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the Prime Minister of Ghana, has told a British Labour Member of Parliament by letter that the whipping sentences on 15 members of the Ghana opposition party were "the sort of mistake which might occur anywhere." Dr. Nkrumah was replying
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  • 219 1  - Hundred-hitter Hugh says Sunday sport is OUT VIJAY MARKAR 'I HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO,' ARMY BATSMAN DECIDES By gIXGAPORE, SaL A cen-tury-hitting batsman has decided not to play m Singapore's senior cricket tournament because matches take place on Sundays. **l have nothing against Sunday cricket," said Hugh ThompIson
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  • 336 2 Sterling rubbers had best day for many weeks B_____________l*^ PAGE TWO GIVES YOU THE DETAILS OF THE UPS AND DOWNS OF YOUR INVESTMENTS SINGAPORE, Saturday. piKM conditions ruled on the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday and of the 40 price changes recorded m all sections only one Metal Box slipped off
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  • 92 2 Northern Pacific Rails: 55 cents NEW YORK: Northern Pacific Railway announced the regular quarterly dividend of 55 cents payable April 29 to holders on record as of April 8. Firestone Tyre pays out 25 cents AKRON: Firestone Tire and Rubber Company declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents on
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  • 37 2 Offer by Kulim is still open LONDON: Kulim Rubber itlons Ltd. offers for the capital of Central Perak Rubber Co Ltd. and Sungkap Para Ltd. remain eptance until further null Both offers were Wholly unpreviously announced.
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  • 112 2 Malayalam's 1-for-2 proposal i ONDON: The r< of Malayalam Plantations L:a. have called an extraordinary general meeting for April 11 to approve the capitalisation of part of the reserves tor the s< of making a scrip issue one-for-two bass. At the same time they recommend that the whole of
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  • 358 2 Round the World Market Prices NUTK: AU prices below are middle prices. U.K. Closing Prices LONDON. Mareh 18. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European ports Mar unquoted unquoted Apr S*l 34, RUBBER NO. 1 RSS Spot 34 13 16 34J RUBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms Apr
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  • 10 2 VIENNA: The Austrian bank 5 per
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  • 190 2 Cllir» lying alongside the sin--7 a pore Harbour Board wharves this RMnaißg are; Straal Van Diemen l 2. Bum 4 5. Pres. Tvler Tjipondok 6 7. City of Wellington 8 9. Amagisan Maru lv 1 1, Memnon 13 14. Glenorchy 15 16. 1 r 18. Louga 19
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  • 59 2 HONG KONG. Friday. Closing prices here today were: Previous Today H <«L-. S. Banking Corporation $1,270 $1,270 sales sales Union Ins. Canton $100.00 $99.50 sellers Wheelock Maiden.. 7.45 7.35 7.40 7.30 sales H Kong phone $37.75 $37.25 7.50 sales •es Farm Cold Storage $27.00 $27.00 26.90 .sales
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  • 77 2 Widespread gains mark E cheerful close of London marts LONDON. Saturday. THE stock markets were somewhat (juicier yesterday but a firm tone was fully maintained and the week ended on a cheerful note. Good company and I prospects favourable I weeks from some leading I concerns the! on Street! pro-
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  • 70 2 NEW YORK: The market 1 closed barely steady yesterday with changes mostly j fractional either way. Some j I afternoon uneasiness, was i fairly well contained. A lew speciality i»u< s recorded wide gains m halfhearted morning trading. The general list showed no better than a small majority
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  • 44 2 LONDON. Sat— The rubber market close was steady, with most quotations unchanged on the day. In NEW YORK rubber futures slipped on trade selling with volume fnr tH*> rl i v very nctivp and confined mo>tlv to trade houses I Reuter
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  • 859 2 UP 39 DOWN 1 UNCHANGED 140 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. KEY TO MAIIKINCS I cci Cm capital issaa i »all exclirlias iverytliai «i axelatfint trtttfaM I cli cm laaas issue f acr =r txclaliag capital ratara t ccr cm capital ratara I c< cuai tfivileal call cam
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  • 30 3 THE CARD GAMBLERS WHO LIKE THE SHADE the ady r I ol view J I >, tiI I I I I I I ibout E O. Piously wrong' I I I
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  • 283 3  - Toy and teddy-bear drive— they all want to capture Malayan market R. G. PILLAI NOW CHINA AND INDIA JOIN THE RACE WITH JAPAN AND THE EUROPEAN PRODUCERS By SINGAPORE, Saturday THREE Asian countries are making a firm bid to capture the million-dollar pan-Malayan toy market. They are Japan, China and
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  • 120 3 $21,000 hall soon for Trafalgar Home inmates \lO CHU KANG, Sat x —A $21,000 community hall for inmates Trafalgar Home will be this years contribution by the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association. Mr. Ec Peng Liang, president of the association, said that discussions on th* building of the hall had been
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  • 216 3 MEN'S SUITS GO CONTINENTAL WITH 3 BUTTONS AND A CUT-AWAY FRONT TANGLIN, Sat.—Fas n i o n conscious men m Singapore are taking to wearing "Continental" suits a sartorial habit which has already been accepted as chic m England and America. Local tailors say that the new cut, introduced a
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  • 53 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Postmaster General yesterday j gave five hints on Hari Raya Puasa greeting cards. They are: Address greeting cards clearly and concisely; post early; affix stamps on top right hand corner; refrain j from using bright red envelopes and post the cards be- j
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  • 38 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Singapore Catholic Teachers' Movement is organising a picnic at the Fathers' Holiday Bungalow on March 27. The party will leave the Catholic Centre m Bras Basah Road at 8.30 am
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  • 36 3 picture. MAJ. -GEN SHAH and his wife at Singapore Airport before their departure for Hong Kong where the general will continue his Far East tour.l Free Press
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  • 182 3  - GURKHA TOP BRASS PLEASED THAT HIS TROOPS ARE 'SO WELL LOOKED AFTER' Chan Swan Bee By pAYA LEBAR, Sat. The Quarter master-General of the Royal Nepalese Army, Major-Gene-ral Surendra Bahadur Shah, is pleased that Gurkha troops m Singapore and the Federation are "well looked after." Maj. -Gen. Shah said before
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  • 93 3 Thief left behind his card SINGAPORE", aut omniah son of Mohd. Kassim. a 19 year old f actor worker, was today convicteo of stealing 135 rambutans worth S2. from a Dlantation m Clementi Road on March 11. Sinniah. who ulradec guil: s allowed bail of 5250 pending a probation report
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  • 228 3 'New' rubber research plans: They are not so new, he says KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE retiring Director of the Rubber Research Institute. Mr. C. E.T. Mann, suit! yesterday lhal the recently announced plans for the future development of the institute were not so new as some people seemed to think.
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  • 25 3 SERANGOON. Sat. Hit; St. Joseph's Convent School will hold its annual fun fair on March 27 from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m
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  • 50 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The sixth Aneka Ragam Ra'ayat will be presented by the Ministry of Culture at the 5i m.s. Thomson Road < along the main road) tomorrow at 7 p.m. Includea m the programme is the full Chinese string orchestra of the Singapore i Gnoh Kung
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  • 37 3 PAYA LEBAR, Sat -The Bartley Secondary School Music Society will hold a music festival on March 31 at 6.30 p.m. m the school hall. Heats m the jazz and classical sections will be next Thursday.
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  • 34 3 THE JOHANSSON STORY JOHANSSON cr tinucs the story of V fentostic fighting I m th Monday. In this scco part of his teli about contenders fd weight title without pulling any punches m HQt«EAPGiO_3S___
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  • 180 3 GOVT. URGED TO COMPEL SHIPS TO HIRE LOCAL SEAMEN SINGAPORE. Sat.Ships registered m Singapore should be compelled to employ only local seamen. •'Only then will the grow unemployment situa among seamen be the secretary of the Malayasian Ship Offi Union, Capt. Said bin Alias, said yesterday. He accused shipping companies
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    • 185 3 Your office con now be mode from a blend of Pura Irish Linen and Terylene cloth which is the experts' answer to the midday creoso problem. This newly arrived material is crease resistant, cool and very comfortable and .daily washing m the normal way beet* them clean and fresh. Available
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 154 3 am Sunoa\ Scnool: p.m. Song Service. Mr. W. Ro- class; 0 30 ajn Morning .XRRIsoN w Ferguson; Sei 6.<-0 i GEYLANG STEAITS < HIJ UI Ser ice Dr Chia SE °s_ METHODIST CHURCH: a.m. P-m. Gospel Senice. Jj, pm Sunday School: 2Ao Boon U' d 8 00 a.m. p. m
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    • 176 3 I l \>iL 1 N 1 9 m it J *7^i M Medium Wave 476 metres I preview: 7.00 The news: 7.10 Short Wave 62 metres Newstalk. from 9.00 to 10.00 p.m. 7.15 Youth at the helm, pro--1.00 Programme summary; 1.03 duccd nd P. rese ted oy lan Evergreen parade;
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  • 563 4 'Oar marriages ran into trouble at almost the same minute...a lack of understanding' I WANT KATIE BACK... I'M SEEING HER VERY SOON* Now Ken Gregory joins racing ace m mews cottage of two sad and lonely bachelors' LONDON, Saturdax TWO DAYS after it was
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  • 174 4 Bennie the Human Cannonball in the museum T ONDON, Sat. The name is Bernard Lynch "Bennie" to his friends. Age: 41. Disposition jovial. Girth: considerable, ttionality: Irish, and proud of it. Yesterday his name and his feat were recorded at South Kensington's Science cum as part of our short but
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  • 31 4 Solved -Guinea's row with Adenauer BONN. Sat. Mr. Nabi Youla. Guinea's amb to West Germa Id today country's dispute with the Federal Republic over :ts reported recognition Germany had been solved.
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  • 40 4 This is not Pegasus but an amazing shot of one of the famous white Lipizzane horses riding the air during a training session at the world famous Imperial Riding School at Vienna.
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  • 142 4 Attack from the outer space: British plan for Geneva talks gRITAIX is taking the lead m a move to insure against the launching of a nuclear attack by any Power with missiles kept m outer space. A comprehensive Western rmament plan is benm presented m Geneva by Mr. David Ormsby-Gore.
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  • 109 4 ARABS IN KENYA TURN ON NASSER NAIROBI. Sat. Egypt's President Nasser is no longer the pin-up boy of the Arabs who live m Kenya's disputed 10-mi'.e--deep coastal strip. Sales of his photograph to Arabs m the area have slumped; the Africans are buying them instead. The reason is an ominous
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  • 34 4 VATICAN CITY. Sat— Cardinal designate Rufino Ms. Archbishop of Manila, yesterday attended the third Lenten sermon m the consistorial hall of the Vatican palace, together with the Pope and 30 cardinals.— Reuter
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  • 181 4 THE MAJOR HAD CHARGE OF NATO'S STRATEGIC ALARM SYSTEM— BUT HE SPENDS A NIGHT PUB-CRAWLING LUXEMBURG. Sat. -Major Aloyse Schiltz was missing from hi s post on the night of February 29. It was an important post. Major Schiltz was officer m charge of the strategic alarm system at the
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  • 156 4 NEW MODERN ART WILL DISINTEGRATE WITHIN TEN YEARS LONDON, Sat. GUStav Metzger has devised something most people will applaud a form of modern art which will disintegrate within a certain period of time. He calls it Auto-destructive Art. He has perfected the model for k 15ft.-high construction which he hopes
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  • 53 4 1 ACCRA. Sat.— Ghana's Foreign Trade Ministry an- nounced yesterday that with I the exception of a number of restricted items all goods from dollar countries could |be imported into Ghana under open general licence. The restricted items include arms. explosives. gold. cinematograph film, pet- roleum products
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  • 24 4 WASHINGTON. Sat— The United States is considering the purchase of British Skylark research rockets, Missiles and Rockets niagazine reported yesterday. l Reuter
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  • 28 4 BELGRADE, Sat.— The SoI viet bloc council for mutual economic assistance has declined for the second time a Yugoslav request for observer I status.
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  • 41 4 TOKYO. Sat. The South Korean ambassador Japan. Mr. _vi Tal Ha. i the Director of the Ja. Asian Bureau. Mr. Yujiro Izeki. met it a meeting of the working committee dealing with the mutual release of detain
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  • 19 4 JAKARTA, Sat. A heavy transport Hercules C-130 aircraft, ordered by Indor. from the American Lock! terd. Reuter
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    • 363 4 BORN today, you have one I ponding paragraph. Let This should be a perfect day for of those outgoing, ener- your birthday star be your pleasure, but if there is a business getic personalities. You do daily guide. de ndl 8, no, not know the meaning of re- VIRGO (Aug
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  • 84 5 The Life Guard Corps plans to honour this brave student I^ED INTO CANAL IH EN HE SAW A A D IN THE WATER I U }W T i'V AH Saturday. lit. <.uard Corps is planning ror a xhoolboy, Lee X,rjuk l c d jj" !1 -year-old boy from form V
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  • 74 5 Man killed by winch on board tongkang SINGAPORE. Sat. Tan Boon Chwee. 57. lost control of a :ich while lowering th( of a tongkang m orm when he /ed by asthmaand instantly 1 under the blows of ie winch handles, a Singapore Coroner was tol He died m a few
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  • 57 5 FIRST JAPANESE SHIP TO TAKE PILGRIMS TO MECCA S.GAPORE. Sat -The j ap :p equipped pilgrims to M d m Singapo: the 7.000-tan X M; V r taking m pro- to Jakarta to pick 00 pilgrims to M« il-Japanese manned its m Singar> Company. m^ mUtn Koan Maru. which brought
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  • 33 5 APORE. Sat A colour on ards m action. own at 253 River ley Road today at <w pm Water-ski and outboard:ing enthusiasts can conSoon Cheong Limited, ohone *****. for tickets
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  • 27 5 SERANGOON GARDENS. Serangoon Garden Sports club will hold an Easter Grand fete on April 18 to raise money for the construction of another pavilion.
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  • 29 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. How to Appreciate d Book be held oj Itudent and Youth Wort artment of the Chinee YV 4.00 p.m. todaj iOCimUon-i premises at South Pier.
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  • 32 5 •APORE Jf day old Chines I found abandoned ma dram at the junction of Sims Avenue and Lorong 39 on v. died m the X Kerbau Hospital I terday.
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  • 104 5 Big Hari Raya shopping spree starts in S'pore SINGAPORE, Sat.— Merchants along Arab Street, High Street and North Bridge Road are enlisting temporary hands to cope with the big Hari Raya shopping spree that has begun m Singapore. Hundreds of Malay housewives are flocking to Arab Street the centre of
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  • 25 5 SERANGOON. Svt The new Serangoon Garden Government High School will hold Its nrst concert at the end or the first term luxt year.
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  • 8 5 Concha Hughes alias Kalei-O-Kuaihelani MISS HUGHES DEMONSTRATIONS. TOO
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  • 137 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. Miss Concha Huifhe.s iKalei-O-KuaihelanH. a specialist on Hawaiian culture, music and dancing, will arrive m Singapore this evening to give a series of illustrated lectures. She will trace the history of Hawaiian culture a* it is reflected m folklore, from I ancient chants
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  • 141 5 CHARITY: CATHOLIC BODIES JOIN FORCES I SINGAPORE, Sat.— 0 The Catholic Welfare Services has coordinated the activities of all local Catholic voluntary charitable organisations m an effort to improve and expand welfare work 2mong the un-der-privileged m Singapore. Formed In 1954 on a panMalayan basis the Spore. CWS wa.s formally
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  • 38 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Salvation Army Central Corps will hold two farewell meetings at 207 Clemenceau Avenue for Major and Mrs. Stanley Gordon tomorrow at 10 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. The couple leave soon for East Africa.
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  • 40 5 SINGAPORE. Sat.— Mr. K. T. Alexander, a district judge and magistrate, will be the guest speaker at a Toe H meeting at Talbot House at 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday. He will speak on "Christianity during the Japanese occupation."
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  • 200 5 New Shell House will be ready this month SINGAPORE, Saturday. THE 4.")0 employees of Shell Compam will this month move into their new office m Collyer Quay the new Shell House, ;i 15--storey air-conditioned building which stands out m heigh! and modernity m Singapore's architectural landscape. Ihe building t 10-
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  • 90 5 AN EXPERT TO TEACH DANCING SINGAPORE. Sat lln Chinese V.M.C.A. is in\iting the public to take part m a series of folk dance courses to be conducted by American Folk Dance Leader and Square Dance taller Ricky Holden at the Chinese V.M.C.A. preminext month Mr. Holden who \isiteil Singapore m
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  • 32 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. A corsage demonstration has been arranged for members of the International Women's Club at its weekly meeting next Wednesday at the YWCA. Raffles Quay, at 10 a.m.
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  • 37 5 SINGAPORE. Sat- The president and members of the Ceylon Sports Club will entertain the "Dances of Ion" dance troupe to a buffet dinner at the club premises m Balestier Road at 10 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 34 5 SINGAPORE. A woman driver. Chia X of Geylang Ro.. I $15 m a traffic court h terday for tree-month-ion 1 while driving he: Rochore Canal Road G lasl
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    • 207 5 RIP KIRBY By John Prentice tic Fred Dickenson ■^T^ c,m 3= \^'A\T S Ax AN? WmAT IF HE WILL NOT A VCU ARE A GKEAT ~-7^ >J I «AI7INKSS TO FCLLCW TW "I f a L\\ LOSE *ZZ? POU3LE-CROSS AAE J SCOUUVKEL, UNCLE M ITIS^ERY A V CYTIF SHE SA»LS
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  • Opinion
    • 356 6 A fateful day for Ceylon rpoDAY the Ceylonese 1 go to the polls to choose their fourth vernment since winning independence. It is a fateful election, one that will be watched with especial □apathy and anxiety m South-East Asian countries which share. m varying degrees, Ceylon's problem of resolving race,
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  • 742 6  - Mr. S: Why let America keep us around? EMANUEL SHINWELL, M.P. FIRST ARMS NOW BASES AND ALWAYS GERMANY CROWS STRONCER fey former British MINISTER of DEFENCE SURELY there are few people m Britain who would deny that to maintain friendly relations with America is a matter of vital importance. I
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  • 920 6  -  GEORGE VINE by THERE is no law that says you have to love your allies. The Germans do not expect to be loved. But they do expect a reasonable degree of trust and confidence m them. For, the past three months they
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  • 227 6 WELLINGTON, Sat. THE New Zealand division of the Royal Aeronautical Society is seeking evidence to challenge America's claim that brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright were the first to fly a heavier-than-air machine at Kittyhawk, North Carolina, on Dec. 17. 1903. Some, but not
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  • 110 6 COLONEL WILLIAMS was very pleased with Th« Canons." the larjre old country house that he had leased for seven years. It was a fine-looking building. Unfortunately, his second winter there was a prett> rough one and the outsicl» of the house took rather a beating. JThe
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    • 32 6 i >-, Wonted active lady canvassers to sell Telcdo Costume Jewelleries to direct consumers. Very good commission given. Apply or write for particulars and leaflets. FEJ. I. 45-A, Circular Road, Singapore-). Tel: *****.
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    • 88 6 SELF -CO NT A I NEI |TTTt__fi_7 STEREC l_rl I _r H^.'^{"irW^T *Pe"a^ r" ams* SO 102 WE* This low price set gives you full styled cebinet includes o stereo record c elso for monourol records and two che end sound deflection. 9 Valves pro Fully Tropicolised 4 perm. dyn.
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  • 9 7 OFF-THE CITIZENS ONLY' KILE FOR TENANTS and ion R
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  • 11 7 N'OAPORE S The oi Robinrt on March '23
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  • 29 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. The principal of the Singapore Polytechnic. Mr. C. I. C. Scollay, will speak over Radio Singapore's "Youth At The Helm" programme at 7.15 tonight.
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  • 205 7 Japanese bank chief pAYA LEBAR, Sat.— The Governor of the Central Bank of Japan. Mr. M. Yamagiwa, said m Singapore yesterday that he was "stunned" by the way Singapore had grown into a bustling city over the last 30 years. Mr. Yamagiwa was comparing the city today
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  • 54 7 BUKIT TIMAH Sat. The University of Malaya Students* Union. Singapore, baa launched an appeal for funds to help the victims of the Agadir earthquake disaster. Mr Edmund Chia Hong Kiang. acting general secretary of the union, said appeals have been sent by post to the 2.000
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  • 79 7 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Japan Export Trade Promotion Agency will hold a sundry goods exhibition m their office, at the American International Assurance Building, between March 22 and April 4. Jetro spokesman said the exhibits were being sent here by the West Japan Trade Promotion Council, which consists
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  • 133 7 Water water everywhere these villagers want drains rpAMPINES. Sat.— The 1 1.000 residents of Hun Yeang Village, off ninth milestone Tarnpines Road, want the Rural Board to do something about periodic flooding m the area. They made representations 1 to Mr. Goh Chew Chua. Par- i liamentary Secretary to the
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  • 31 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. Che Aisha Akbar will give the fifth m a series of eight talks on "The Story of the Malay Dance" over Radio Singapore at 9.15 tonight.
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  • 189 7  -  TAN THUAN KOK ROADSIDE VENDORS DO BRISK UNDERGROUND' SALES- FOR TRUSTED CUSTOMERS ONLY By SINGAPORE. Saturday. cigarettes v der Kround' trade m smuggled I •'.i.'.'nuT' 0 Se n popular '^Ported brands •a -JJ cents bekm the currenl prices for a packet f ßut c
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  • 19 7 BEAUTIFUL Alice Lai, a beautician is looking particularly lovely today. She is only U).
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  • 154 7 Choked drains and flies... residents want clean-up TANJOXG PAGAR, Saturday. lIYGIEXIC standards m coft'ee shops m this district arc deteriorating, according to the residents. A Free Press reporter who investigated the complaints found: A LARGE number of flies; CUPS and bowls not properly cleaned; and ATTENDANTS sweep the floor while
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  • 48 7 You are the judge See Page 6 THE colonel lost his case. The judge said that the windows were not part of the walls. The walls were merely the setting into which were placed the windows which were something completely different. (Based on a 1951) Appeal Court decision).
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  • 25 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. A medley of popular Malayan and Indonesian tunes can be heard m "Tiga Sekawan' over Radio Singapore at 9.15 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 30 7 NEWTON, Sat,— the 150 ft. tree m the grounds of Scotts Road Malay Girls School which endangered the lives of about 300 pupils has been cut down.
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  • 24 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. Radio Singapore will feature a recital by violinist Ladislav Jasek m the programme "Entracte" at 9.15 tomorrow night.
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  • 172 7 QUERY TIME A MUST FOR POLY STUDENTS TO-BE SINGAPORE, Sat. Prospective students for the 1960-61 sessions of the Singapore Polytechnic have been strongly advised to take full advantage of the 'Question Time" sessions, beginning from March 21 to 25 at 4.45 p.m. each day. A spokesman of the Polytechnic told
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  • 23 7 SEMBAWANG. Sat. The Sembawang Hills community centre will hold a social at I 7.30 tonight at No. 51, CasuaI rina Road.
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  • 183 7 Daily-rated and that extra holiday: It is now made lawful KUALA LUMPUR Sat. —Daily-paid Government employees will m future be entitled to a day's leave when additional Public Holidays are declared m the state where they are employed. Agreement on this issue has just been reached between the Government and
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  • 23 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. The omnibus edition of Malay lessons 9 and 10 can be heard over Radio Singapore at 1230 p.m. tomorrow.
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    • 235 7 DIARY OF TODAY'S EVENTS INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: Flee film show at Ramaknshna Mission Boys' Home. Hartley Road. 7.30 p.m. RAMAKRISHNA MISSION f) Noma Road.t Lecture on "India's Spiritual Mission by Sri Tushar Kanti Ghosh, editor of Amrita Bazar Patrika. Calcutta, at 6.30 p.m. m the Hail. ELIM CIURtH a079 Serangoon
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  • 7 8 YOUR GUIDE TO SINGAPORE ENTERTAINMENT
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  • 1392 8 ELLA FITZGERALD keen to visit Singapore, says GUS STEYN (back from U.S.) F M V FITZGERALD, America's top ranking singing shir and record m- artist, would like to visit Singa- Oik was one of the niter tit-bits I picked up on mv nightbeat. Others ranged from market prices to +r
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  • 474 9  - THIS SHRUB BLOSSOMS SO WELL in S'PORE M.R.S.Arscott GARDENING oloom This is altogether the more robust of these two species strikes more readily and much faster.' Once established, it will run riot li not pruned regularly. In a small garden il Pood pian to cut off the older sprays as
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  • 303 9 WHILE we are busy with our sprays of pest and disease controlling chemicals do not let us neglect ordinary routine garden hygiene. Attacks of virus disease, aphids etc., could often be avoided if we were careful not to introduce infected plants and cuttings into our gardens.
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    774 9  -  Christine Roddy D;LKL;R;[E D 4p THE SIMCA ETOILE LOW seats m a car can be a cause of acute embarrassment. Let me illustrate. Our c;ir was laid up m the workshop- And one does noi fully realise the indispensability of a car until the old bus is out of
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  • 232 10 TORON TO. Sat— Hope was abandoned >esterda> lor four men trapped m a smoke and water-filled sewer tunnel under the Don River on Thursda. night when a tire cut oh their supply of air. Jack Ohrt. uf the Provincial Department of Labour, said there
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  • 69 10 Secret investigations-in spite of all the official denials 100 UNIDENTIFIED p.* OBJECTS STILL SE EVERY WEEK AROUND THE WORLD. SAYS E:xp Er >\i BRITISH ||yin_ there is an "internal ion part of government^ to k< terest m unidentified flying oh He said th:«t nio still being reported
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  • 102 10 THIS is one of the gay dance items m "The Easter Parade a musical show being produced by Joan Johnson of R A.F. Changi m aid of the Cheshire Hume and Ked Cross Hume fur Crippled hildren. It is an ambitious effort. having
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  • 231 10 World peace talks at Geneva in May says Brooke LONDON, Sat. Mr. Anthony Brooke, 47-year-old nephew and heir of the last "White Rajah of Sarawak," announced here yesterday that a "world people's conference for peace," will be held m Geneva next May. People of "high intellectual and moral capacity" from
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  • 27 10 CAMBRIDGE (Massachusetts*. Sat.— Russia's Sputnik 111. launched on May 15. 1958. will probably disintegrate late this month after nearly two years m space. U.P.I.
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  • 22 10 ALGIERS S rebel> walked of Stef: and shot dead three G ment soldiers and teacher. Five other were seriou Reuter
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  • 19 10 WASINGTON. S U.S. army study group recommended m arch programme :<>n nuclear power k.s. tank- ar.c U.P.I.
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  • 20 10 At last MOSCOW. Sat. Tl work of Sow Sergei Prokofiev, who died 1953. had Its ftrst p< j r: Reuter
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  • 123 10 FBI hunts in crash plai wreckage for^H bomb clues TKLL CITY, Indiana, Sal. fJIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD experts the FBI dug into a blackened crater Lerday to sec if sabotage sen, li.". people falling KS.O(M) feel to their (k';ith__^^^^^^^^^^ I the M I crew. up the I "Hi- I all possibilities,
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  • 17 10 WASHINGTON. Sat A, "flashing star" satellite will be launched by thtJJnite^ States this year. Reuter
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  • 23 10 M\N< HIM 11. sat -H. Lancashire fast bowlei Im" today on his arrival horn* h<»ni his son Terenre m hospital uurd.-H Reuter
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  • 4 11  -  I.GILL Iding meet
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  • 61 11 JJI-KIT TIMAH, Sat. Softball thrills arc urtd here tomorrow, keen-eyed Kiwis from Tengah are challenging unbeaten stanra< I at the Ini\crsit\ ground. Play bea p.m. 75 Squad- v Zealand had a strong 3 Oil Newcomer deneup. The .ore DIVISION (IM by red by RNZAF
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  • 1121 11 Race 1—2.15: Cl. 4, Div. 1 9 Furs. BON oi \pril 4yr beg Sullivan. 9 0 <4> Ward *«n £__i lt XH 4yr b1k,12 Hobbs. 8.13 (3) Franklin 4 n-« V^LV HFM!n brtr 8 Rodgers. 8.12 (1) Wilson °J* MBI:,VN Wr beg Lee. 8.8 (5, Forte I WATI
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  • 1892 11 RACE ONE SON OF APRIL: 1-3-60— r 3F with Canov 13-3-60— Seventh l— 6P race: 18-3-60— St roc- over won 3F m \LL l LEAK: 13-3-60 :o Panon In Div. I— B'_F 7-3-60— Strode ever _m last 3F In 43H.— THREE CHEERS: 12-3-60— Cocked 3F
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  • 361 12 FREE PRESS THE STRAITS TIMES MALAY MAIL HAMAS RANFAN6 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER L.M.V. KWEE kOM MA YTJ-LOONC r. ALL CLEAR ALL CLEAR~ ALL CLEAR~~ aLT CLEAR aTTcLEAR I ALL CLEAR I ALL CLEAR WATERLINE 2.15. Thre Ch Woterlint Eastern Way
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  • 851 12 By ALLAN LEWIS IPOH. Saturday. piELDS will be big:, and though winners may be hard to find m the majority of races. Conquistador over 9F and No Kidding over 6F should take the main double here tomorrow. Race 4 NO KIDDING won
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  • 676 12 SAFE BET OVER 9F DISTANCE [Race 5 j j /CONQUISTADOR got up In the last I stride to defeat Cinemascope the first day. For that performance he gets only 2 lb. more In the Class 3 Div. I—9F1 9F event. And as there is an extra half furlong to go
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  • 227 12 WEMBLEY, Sat. Top seeds Oiaroen Watanasin of Thailand and Erland Kops of Denmark will meet m the men's singles final of the AllEngland badminton championships. Malayan holders Lim Say Hup and Teh Kew San won through to the final of the men's doubles-. They
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