The Singapore Free Press, 9 May 1960

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  • 17 1 L"E NEWSPAPER EVFRYPnnv frrfnn ABOUT The SINGAPORE Free Press No. ***** MONDAY, MAY 9, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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  • 185 1 ihe calm pilot Po wers Pravda publishes the first Ar£ FARM WOMAN HEARS EXPLOSION I THEN SEES WRECKAGE AND A KrACHUTE COME DOWN: THE PILOT IS huCHT BUT THERE ARE NO INSULTS junior chess m the State. He stressed that chess was a game that
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  • 41 1 Playing with fire, says Red Marshal *A^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B -neci an eyeount of how the m was shot rlv state Suiina, was Day celeb--111 wlumi she and vi the plane Surin, ami carets rest parachutist. lot's equippons cuncl Sve soon on our lid.
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  • 50 1 STRONG FLARES THAT LIGHT UP EVEN FOOTPRINTS LONDON. Ml pt that even lootground can be :H be included time ual reco:. competition bet air for tbh. Dutch and Bel- ms drawn from the Second Allied Tactical Air Force would once again pit their skill against French and United States teams.
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  • 53 1 The White House maintained a tight lipped silence m the face of mounting speculation that President Eisenhower would cancel his plans to visit the Soviet Union. The President last week cast doubt on his Intentions to make the trip with his use of the phrase "if I go
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  • 201 1 Ike calls in Herter for talks JFKLS;JFL;SJFSL;F PRESIDENT Eisenhower returned here last night from a weekend visit to his farm at Gettysburg and immediately summoned Mr. Christian Herter, the Secretary of State. They are believed lo have discussed the impact of the revelation that an American plane had been shot
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  • 144 1  - Waiting in the police deep freeze: Arm picked up from road ALAN KHOO By SINGAPORE, Mo n Singapore Police have an arm m deep freeze waiting for the owner to claim it. The arm was found lying on the road-side near the junction of Mackenzie Road and Selegie Road on
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  • 35 1 LONDON, Mon. British Commonwealth leaders, whose five-day-old conference enters its final phase today, yesterday made private efforts to reduce tension between Malaya and South Africa over the apartheid issue. Reuter
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  • 130 1 TAHL IS NEW WORLD CHAMPION MOSCOW, Mon.— Mikhail Tahl, 23-year-old Chess journalist from Riga, Soviet Latvia, triumphed over Mikhail Botvinnik of Leningrad to become tne youngest chess champion of the 20th century. Botvinnik. who is 48. and has held the world chess title since 1948, lost the world series when
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  • 65 1 MODEL PLANE FLIES 45 MILES TO SET A RECORD TYMPNE, (Kent*. Mon.— A radio-controlled model aircraft set a world distance record here today, with a flight of 45.75 miles. The previous record was 37.2 miles set m the United States. The British plane, an Auster-type, high wing monoplane with a
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  • 21 1 NORTHERN RHODESIA, Mon. A woman and her two daughters were attacked by 30 Africans who ambushed their car.
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  • 17 1 NOTTINGHAM. Mon. A 108-year-old Cockatoo is to have an operation for a swelling on his tongue.
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  • 130 1 1 ,700 white prisoners in South African jails plan a hunger strike JOHANNESBURG, Monday. WHITE detainees who are jailed m three South African provinces plan a hunger strike if not released or charged this week. White women formerly m Johannesburg Fort Jail but now held m Pretoria Central Jail have
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  • 40 1 HAMBURG, Mon.— West Germany's road death record last year was worse than those of Britain, France, Italy and the United States,— 2s people out of every 100,000 inhabitants of West Germany were killed on the roads.— Reuter
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  • 31 1 HAARLEM. (Holland) Mon. Bank notes and securities worth 32,000 guilders hidden m a gas cooker by a married couple, were burned when their daughter lit the gas.
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  • 47 1 m \l KLVND Mon.—Lady Hillary, wife of the conqueror «7 Everest Sir Edmund Hillary, is planning a Himalayan rxJdition uith three other women. She plans to go next 33- Sn Kdmund is also m the Himalayas planning Reuter it catch the "Abominable S«<nvnian.
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  • 191 1  -  HARRY CHIA By Singapore, Monday. CHESS IS REALLY NOT A COLONIAL GAME' ...IT HAD ITS ORIGIN IN INDIA -Mr. LEE THE Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Mr. K.C. Lee, urged the Singapore Chess Federation to throw open its doors to players of Chinese
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  • 19 1 NEW YORK, Mon. Stanley Saber, who deserted from the army m 1923, has given himself up.
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  • 6 1 ORE RA WEIGHTS i
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  • 22 1 First Malayan Fund managers' prices today buying $1.31 and selling $1.38. Second Malayan Fund managers* prices—buying $1.00 and belling $1.06.
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  • 512 2 Roaring jets do not stir even one protest here, but in London, hue and cry raised PAYA LEBAR, Mon. ()\i: OFTEN wob. Iders how the folks living m the \icinity of Paya Lebar civil nil port sleep m Ihe night with ;«ll llu noise of the ids. For the roar
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  • 84 2 WASHINGTON: The Agriculture Department here reported that leaf tobacco stocks m the > United States and Puerto Rico totalled 4.709,478.000 lbs on April 1, 1960. This compared with 4.84' 258.000 tons on April 1. 1959 and 4.853.630.000 m inventory on Jan. 1. 1950. The department
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  • 66 2 SHIPS IN PORT Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board whares or expected today are: Laos 12, Havelstein 4/5. India 6 7. Langkoeas 8 9, Tegelberg 13 14. Karimata 15/16, Minikoi 18. Nichirei Maru 19, Seremban N. Wall 3. Siaoe 21/ 22, Hai Lee 24 25. Keningau 26. Thorsgaard 27/28.
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  • 113 2 MANILA: Philippine copra exports last March amounted to 57,550 long tons, according to official statistics released here. Of this amount, 24,800 tons were shipped to Europe, 22,000 tons to the United States, and 10,730 tons to South America. This raise* the total copra
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  • 54 2 LONDON: The total amount of application for last week's offer of £250 million 91-day Treasury bills was £446,800.000. The amount mas £250 million and went at an average of £4/13 4.70 per cent compared with i £4/13 v.48. This week £230 million 1 of 91 -day bills
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  • 484 2 25,000-ton rubber surplus for year predicted m buoyed by a brisk rise m m April, will step up production thi.s week. The five major car companies plan to build 142.622 cars this week up from the 135.515 cars turned out last week A year ago 134.763 cars were built. LONDON,
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  • 71 2 Pengalen Estate LONDON: The directors of Pengalen have accepted— subject to approval at a general meeting and to the consent of the British treasury an offer of $2,500,000 (Malayan) less a commission of I 1 per cent for the company's estate (equivalent to £267,290 net). Pengalen also announced a
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  • 88 2 Shermans agree ROYAL OAK, Michigan: The directors of Sherman Products, Inc. nave approved the sale of most of the company's a.ssets to Ford Motor Company and sanctioned dissolution of the firm. The proposal will be submitted to Sherman stockholders at the annual meeting June 24. According to the purchase
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  • 186 2 Foreign competition NEW YORK: Foreign competition threatens to cut American industry profits and increase unemployment, a survey of leading industrialists shows. The business management magazine, Duns Review and Modern Industry, polled presidents of 175 major United States companies. Competition from foreign manufacturers is petting keener, the magazine said. Company
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  • 45 2 TOKYO: A Japanese businessman said Nigeria and Ghana offered lartce potential markets for Japanese exports. Mr. Hideshi Kagawa told reporters joint and independent investments would be welcomed In Nigeria and that Ghana planned to send an ambassador to Japan to increase economic-co-operation.
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  • 202 2 Age creeps m .and Cunard looks around for successors LONDON: Two shipabout 75.000 gross tons with a speed of 30 knots would best replace the ageing •'queen" liners on the North Atlantic service, the Cunard Chairman. Sir John Brocklebank, said today. In a statement published with The company's
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  • 77 2 \F\V YORK: Soviet exports of oil to Wesuern countries have trebled ri urine the past four years and now represent 12 per cent of Soviet uioc production, the magazine Business Abroad has reported. It said Russia had so far sold crude and refined products
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  • 797 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. SINGAPORE. MMtfay. Previous Saturday INDUSTRIALS Alex Bricks Ords 2.40 2.40 *t:as ke 11 20 Buyers 8.8. Petrel 52/- 49 6 B.M. Trustees Ui o 1 .on. T.n imeit Prat. |lt/- *l9t- eras 50 6 49 6 fftOtfSl
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  • 35 3 France has now more to offer than brandies, S'pore told .APORE. Monday. a\m\ one begins to think wines. m from tluil country m lo erase tli.it "stereolintain tli.it France docs >gnac and wines. Successful we
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  • 89 3 JA'AFAR THROWS CHALLENGE AT PMIP LEADERS OVER LOANS IfUALA TRENGGANU, Mon. The AssisMinister for Inition and BroadTuan Syed r Albar, chaliged PMIP leaders Trengganu and Kelantan to clarify their stand on foreign loa iniormal leaders and members here. Tuan Syed Jaafar that during the election PMIP leaders ited that opposed
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  • 43 3 SINGAPORE. Man. The apore Government Public Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd.. has ,-holarships of each to children of memThe awards will be presented by the vice-president of iety. Mr R. I. Barker. \t the P.W.D. Club toad tomorrow.
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  • 30 3 N'GAPORE. Mon. k. Masiliamoney I the chairman of -ts< 'vn branch of the ivil Service Union, cretary is Mr. J. T. nd the treasurer Ifr. i Hock.
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  • 142 3 A DRIVE TO GET MORE TO TAKE TO THE AIR IN CAPITAL If U ALA LUMPUR, 1V Mon. The comImittee of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club meet next week to discuss ways and means of boosting the club's membership. The Prime Minister, Teiv;ku Abdul Ranman. who is tne Club's president
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  • 31 3 IPOH. Mon.— Tuan Haji Khalid bin Awang. Assistant Minister for Rural Development said that Tengku Abdul Rahman will seek assistance from Commonwealth countries, for Malaya's rural development projects.
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  • 22 3 SINGAPORE. Moii Oriental Tour Party of 20 Christian businessmen is h from Hong Kong on a tour of Malaya
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  • 29 3 SI.NC '^ORE. Mun. Mr. Tan Choo Haw ol tne Marine Department leaves Singapore today for Kuching to undergo training In hydrographie surveying under a Singapore Government scholarship.
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  • 56 3 HAPPY S'PORE BRIDES OF A SALESMAN AND A SHELL MAN MR. JOSEPH VASS and Miss Theresa Monteiro who were married at the St. Joseph's Church. The bridegroom is on the stall of Shell Company Ltd. MR. (>N(. KIAN GIAP, a motor salesman of Universal ars Ltd. and Miss Lim (>ck
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  • 210 3 After four years, rare orchid bloom by a Katong hobbyist KATONCi, Monday. AN orchid hobbyist ;nul cnthusiasl m Katong Ikis (lowered the iirsl orchid bloom m Singapore between the Aruchnis Nbel and the Vanda l>ill Sutton. A proud Mr. Y. C. Wan told the Fret- Press of his rare orchid
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  • 52 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Staiie Club will present "The White Carnation" "oy K. C. Sheriff at the Cultural Centre at 9 p.m. on May 25. 26. and 27, and at 5.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on May 28. Tickets at $4. S3. and $2 are available
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  • 121 3 3,020 EGGS FROM FARM RUN BY INMATES OF TB HOME ITUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Patients at trie Mor:b Tuberculosis Sanatonum, wnich was established nearly two years ago by the Selangor brancn of tne Malayan Association iur the Prevention of Tuberculosis for advanced cases of the disease, are proving themselves to be
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  • 37 3 SINGAPORE. Moil. Tne el secretary of the World mbly of Youth, Mr. N. Krisnnaswamy, is aue to arnere later Lhis month lor an extensive tour of Singapore and Malaya. He is now m Borneo.
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  • 161 3 Catholics in the United States send 250 tons of rice for poor in S'pore: More coming SINGAPORE Monday. Catholic Welfare Services has received 250 tons of rice, 10 tons of used clothing and 944 pounds of shoes from America for the poor of Singapore. These goods are from the Catholic
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  • 32 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mori. I The Australian Government j has provided $91,000 worth of equipment under the Colombo Plan to improve the water j supply In kampongs In the Federation.
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  • 32 3 BATU GAJAH, Mon. Tne Batu Gajah branch of the Malayan Indian Congress is to invite the Assistant Minister of Labour. Mr. V. Manickavasagam, to its annual meeting on June 26.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 152 3 Medium Na\«' 47i; nn-tris Schools" broadcast: 4.10 SignaSHORT WAVE: f£ metres H7XH ture tiane: 4.13 Adventures m kcM from 9.M p.m. 10.00 p.m. Malay; 4.33 Interval music: 4.35 daily. —5.00 Songtime. beginning of Programme sum- term concert with Aisha Akbar v i3 O 0.00 Programme «imn«y;sjJ3 The' news; 1.40 Newstalk
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  • 61 4 THE LATEST IN SUITS FOR DOGS GO ON SHOW WITH MANNEQUIN AND ALL photo. 0 PKDIOKEE dogs were fitted with matching "costumes' uht'n a department >.torr m London staged a fashion parade t<> mark its 6tth anniversary. Photo shows mannequin Pit O'Reilly wearing .1 suit m hunting Stewart lartan. ••Muflin
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  • 146 4 Old Tom the tramp has come back from the world of the dead LONDON, Monday. <L\ weeks after Thomas Williams was buried m a pauper's grave, Thomas Williams w I kill up lo Ihe village policeman who identified his Imdy at the inquest. Id Hack. tol. said: Tr I Coroner
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  • 174 4 Army wants to discharge soldier whose lonely wife pines for him f ONDON, Mon. The Army wants to discharge 22-year-old Signalman William Mitchell— because his wife Margaret is pinIng for him and losing weight. The Army has tried twice. The first time the War Office said "No." The second time
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  • 18 4 HONG KONG. Mon. Mr. Chou En-lai the Chinese Premier will visit Mongolia Jater this month.
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  • 21 4 KATHMANDU (Nepal). Mon. —Aircraft have been alerted to look out for a Swiss mountaineering plane missing for four days.
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  • 55 4 The 3-man puzzle— and the red-face envoys Nash left behind in Moscow NOW THEY'RE TR V i FIND OUT WHO'S f SINCERE' SUMMI M( THE grizzled Prime Mm Mr. Walter Nash now i r Commonwealth Prime Mm m his wake m Moscow i the diplomatic front and d I V.
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  • 88 4 SHE RUNS 'BLACK MARKET' THAT DEALS IN BABIES NEW YORK. Mon.—Whathe buying and selling price of a baby? For the second time New Jersey police have arr« 1 Mrs. Fay Wasserman on i charges of operating a black market m bab Her latent deal, police involves a two-year-old whom she
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  • 69 4 These five women from Peking enjoy a walk m a London garden during their present visit to Britain as guests of the British-China Friendship Association. They are (from left) Tai Li Chin, Nei Fei Chun, Han Yu Tung
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  • 177 4 The silent women from Peking on a goodwill tour of Britain LONDON, Monday. J^ PARTY of five women from Red China let by Mine. Han Yu-tung. a member ot the Peking Parliament and president of a People's Court are now m Britain on a three-week goodwill visit. They were met
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  • 50 4 YOU CAN LEAD A MONKEY TO WATER BUT YOU CANT GET HIS FEET WET lilIS monke> m the >kansen zoo near Mcxkholm has found a novel way of solving the age old problem that confronts every young boy and girl how to play m the water and keep yourself dry.
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  • 31 4 PRETORIA, Moil.— The two bullets which wounded the South African Prime Minister, Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, m an assassination attempt on April 9 were successfully removed. Reuter
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  • 17 4 MANILA, Mon.— The Philippine Congress has enacted a bill prescribing death penalty for rape.
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  • 27 4 PHNOMPENH, Mon. Mr. Chou En-lai, the Chinese Premier, has pledged the unfailing support of 650 million Chinese m Cambodia's struggle to maintain national independence.
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  • 22 4 BEIRUT, Mon. Unknown gunman shot at the former Lebanese Prime Minister Mr. Sami Solha's car. No one was hurt.
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  • 131 4 A GROW-UP DRUG THAT CAN TURN 'WEEDS' INTO MEN LONDON, Mon. Rapid increases of weifiht and height m undersized people have been obtained with a new tablet Dr. George F of United Br.stol Hospitals, reports today. The tablet which contains the drug meth-andro-steno-lone has been effective with children and young
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  • 48 4 WELLINGTON, Mon More than 2,000 people demonstrated outside Parliament House here when the "AllBlack" rugby team arrived lor ite farewell before leaving for South Africa The demonstrators v protesting against the exclusion of Maoris from the team, because oi South Africa's racial poll
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  • 8 4 Triple collision Ship sinks Pola: 3 10<i U.P.I.
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  • 66 4 LONDON. Mon. A pair of the Ouecn's swans is likely to be sent to Belgian industrialist Baron <lw lour for thr lake of his home near Cannes. The baron ask<*d his < ousin at the Belgian Embassy m London to approach the royal household, and the
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  • 187 6 A war on thec middleman BIpSTCTSIf! IN a bid to wriggle out of a coop, Singapore's poultry farmers have sensibly joined hands; put thenwelfare m the hands of the Poultry Rearers' Co-operative Society and cut out the luxury of the middlemen. This is thi turof the Asian b ness tendency
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  • 113 6 FJESPAIRING lo\ have taken their lives from time to time, but m the recent suicide of the French dentist Marcel Boucherat is a bitter twist which only love stories coftld provide. Marcel had joined the thousands ol* people m the Aldermaston march. But he found himself walking
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  • 1570 6 Why are barbers allowed to wo over eight hours a day? Your questions answered by a Government expert flksjflks QThe barbers m Singapore are working more than eight hours a day. Why is it so? Is the Government going to take any action to give them the benefit of the
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  • 640 6  - Monstera: This climbing aroid trees by its fibrous roots M. R. S. ARSCOTT sdlkfjskl;fjs fsjflk;sjf VIONSTERA is a iU climbing AROID belonging to the ARUM or ARACEAE family and can also be called a PHILODENDRON (phileo, to love, dendron, tree) from its habit of attaching itself by means of fibrous,
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  • 217 7 ONE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA AND THE OTHER TO AUSTRALIA TO STUDY MEDICINE SINGAPORE, Monday. JWO Singapore sisters are now studying medicine 4,000 miles apart under separate scholarships. They are Miss Mali Puay Tun, IX. and Miss Mah Puay Kliai, 17. both former
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  • 99 7 HOUSING ESTATE BUILDER WINS FREE PRESS WORD PUZZLE CONTEST SINGAPORE. Mon Mr. C.W A. Sennett 69. former Commissioner of Lands, and builder of Sennett 'ate. won the $500 In the Free Press Word Puzzle "X" contest. Said Mr. Sennett when rhat he had won the rd Puzzle "It is wonderful
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  • 59 7 A PENGHULU AND HIS FAMILY.. .ALL SET F OR AN ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA. CITY OF THEIR DREAMS THF Prnuhulii of Malacca, Mohamed bin Mas. 36, and his family were among 543 Muslims who left Singapore on a pili, r rimaj;e to Mecca. The Penghulii is seen here with his
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  • 191 7 CAMPAIGN TO PUT ITS PROGRAMME ON A SOUND AND PROPER BASIS— SPOKESMAN SINGAPORE, Monday. ABOUT 60 members ot the St. Andrew's ilhedral m Singapore, yesterday visited shioners of the church m an all-out effort i<> raise funds to further the Cathedral promiK The drive, which l
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  • 105 7 THIEVES ROB A SHOP OF BEER AND BRANDY VALUED AT 5560 SGAPORL, Mon.— Thieves broke into a provision shop m Bugis Street on Saturday night and stole liquor worth about $560. The shop-assistant Lim Senu r Hock told the Free bat when he opened the shop on Sunday mornhe found
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  • 23 7 PENANG. Mon. The Federation Immigration authorities have issued special passes for 30 self-confessed Indonesian "rebels" to stay for 10 days.
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  • 23 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Kampong Kapor Straits Chinese Methodist Church will hold a Thanksgiving service at 35. Yarrow Gardens at 6.30 today.
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  • 68 7 WESLEY CHURCH WEDDING FOR PASTOR'S SON AND FORMER TEACHER Vlr. N» Chiao Berig and Miss Penelope Lim Cheng Sim alter their wedding at Wesley Church, Singapore. The bridegroom, sales representative of National Carbon (Eastern) Ltd., is the eldest son of the late Rev. Timothy Huang and Mrs. Huang. The bride,
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  • 22 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. The extraordinary general meeting of the Singapore Teachers Union was yesterday postponed for lack of a quorum.
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  • 29 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Mansfield Local Employees' Un.on will hold an extraordinary meeting today to hear the result of negotiations with the company on wage and service conditions.
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  • 15 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. Churches m Singapore yesterday held special services to commemor. Motn< Day.
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  • 170 7 Jail sentence for three who tried to enter S'pore without permit SINGAPORE, Monday. J^ COURT here was told of a predawn attempt by three Indonesian Chinese to enter Singapore m a motor-sampan. I Through the alertness of a Customs Officer, Mr. Chua Choo Lim who was patrolling m a launch
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  • 28 7 BUTTERWORTH, Mon. The Manager of Malakoff Estate, whose car collided with a schoolboy, was attacked and wounded by a hostile crowd of about 30 men.
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  • 246 7 'Daredevil' kids send shivers up the spines of householders SINGAPORE, Mon. 0 The sight of children crossing electric cable "bridges" over the Stamford canal, between the Cathay building and Orchard Road, is making householders very nervous. Children regard it as an act of daring and fun, apart from the fact
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  • 44 7 Buddhist service at new temple SINGAPORE. Mon.— Buddhists will hold religious services at the new temple, The Mangala Vihara. No. 38 Jalan Eunos at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow. Sponsored by Madam Chew Quee Neo, the service will be conducted by Yen. M. M Mahaweera Thero.
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  • 24 7 PENANG. Mon.— Sentence postponed on Cheah Kirn Khor, of the Council, who pleaded jjuilty to a charge of criminal breach of trust.
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  • 87 7 KUALA TRENGGANU, Mon. Sir Ali.-ter IfcMullin. chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, said today Malaya will become the venue of an annual conference of the association. He told State Assemblymen here- "Your country is known throughout the world as havi rrong and stable Gover
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    • 44 7 POP -Well Sunk B y Co WEL>--l>-WX-T-5 tMt ■>) ITS SURE 1O E»e ,-7 y w e AWO-TV-»ER, £>G?«»O»<S <//**>. SOMEWMERE 1 \l J "Kfe Don't trust to luck be sure of a pleasant evening every day with t regular order for The Singapore Free Press
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  • 123 8 MUSICAL SOCIETY TO START PIANO AND VOCAL CONTEST ON WEDNESDAY SINGAPORE, Mon.— The preliminary judging of the Singapore Musical Society Piano and Singing competition, will be carried out at the Cultural Centre on May 11. from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.. and from 8 15 p.m. to 10.15 p.m. Judging
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  • 143 8 A HOUSE-TO-HOUSE RECRUITMENT DRIVE TO GET RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT ESTATE ASSOCIATION SINGAPORE. Monday T*HE C ate Reinched an leamih is The 1959 con •tea i An official of tin ss that it me ultimate aim of ssociauon to enrol all the Opera Estate residents member*. Ai me moment, he said,
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  • 53 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The Flywheek Rubber Works Co.. of Johore Bahru. was fined a total of $300 m the Magistrate's Court ye>terday for operating an air receiver without first obtaining a Certificate of Fitness from the Inspector of Machinery. There was also no safety valve
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  • 17 8 SINGAPORE. Mon. The next session of the Singapore Legislative Assembly will be held on Wednesday.
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  • 194 8 The scramble for eggs: Middlemen now paying us less, grouse farmers PRICE HAS FALL IN A MONTH TO A LOW 6 CE IN pOULTRY farmers m the M a Timah and Hukit P are being rooked by mid I *N Their grouse is tlie> eggs ;nul tlint the middle i
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  • 112 8 VESAK HOLIDAY: NO MAIL DELIVERY IN S'PORE SINGAPORE. Mon. There will be no delivery o! letters or parcels tomorrow Vesak Day. The Acting Director of Posts. Singapore, has announced that the General Post Olf.cc would be open from 9 a.m. to noon. A.I other po>t omces and postal agencies would
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  • 8 8 SARDON OPE $800,00 WHARF EXTEN IN FEDERAT p
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  • 22 8 JERANTUT. Mon. poor and jobles.s will c 4.000 acres of land by the State Government for rubber planting.
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  • 184 8 Four police supervisees found at busy bus terminus, court is told SINGAPORE, Monday. pOlK youths, ;ill police supervisees, were found together ;it n busy l)iis terminus m South Canal Road on April '2o, the First Criminal District Court us told. Befoiv Mr. Eu Checw CV.ye. ihe .iuase. were On G
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  • 26 8 SINGAPORE. Mon. Entries for National Language Public Examinations 'Standards 1. II and HI 1 will be ,)tabie as from to end of the month
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  • 23 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Yee Yuan alias Wons Khce Yuan, 19. 1 iOd tor twc years for robbing a 1 dacger-point.
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  • 16 8 SINGAPORE. Mon. A businessman. Ang Teck Leong. was adjudicatec bankrupt by Justi< Chong Jin.
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  • 25 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mor. The PMIP leader. Dr. Burhanuddin. will fly to Lor, on May 23. to attend a week course of Parliamentary procedure
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  • 36 8 PENANG, Mon. The President of the Malayan A^&ociation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis said that the time had come for the Government to take over part of the work of the organisation.
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  • 16 8 LOOKIXG-LOVELY today is 17 year-old Xancy Han. She is ;i salesgirl.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 283 8 Learning Malay with Radio Singapore: Lesson No. 25 It pi: Edge side. iinnum: At Bedok beach Lant: Sea mere were lots of people lurut: Follow. eating and drinking. Serta: Joining m. 5. Kerana di-situ ramai Sahahat; Friend. orang jual makanan: Beiin lood. cause at that place there 3 IM-Mtu: Ihere
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    • 989 8 DIARY OF TODAY'S EVENTS j MINISTRY OF CULTURE: Free film shows at Kampong Coconui Plantation. off Wood- j lanas, 14 2 m.s.; Koong Mm School, Florence Roao; Pulau Semakau 7 p.m. STRAITS CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH: (Kampong Kapoi> Me.hodisi Youth Fellowship programme "Family Worship"' church hall. 7.30 p.m. GEYLANC. STRAITS CHINESE
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    • 245 9 The boy who is silent over wedding worries girl Call the whole thing off! s fixed for next lotions have yel gone been made and Ihe refuses to discuss ihe I i Excuses IT is quite clear that Dnroth> > finance is >naUh every excusr to put oil the wedding.
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    • 472 9 He was a married Casanova sljflsf A NEIGHBOUR'S SUSPICION I A Whir e ry shi ri h ndl3 L With my next d ««r neighbour, husband *u aS m hospital I have see* her >"end" i h^M a other woman Ought I to tell my of dhloviltv fn d h^
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  • 373 9 Your poor old body is like a motor car HAVE YOU a health problem? Send it to the Free Press Doctor. But remember, he can answer your questions only m this column. NOW AND AGAIN IT GIVES UP >me .re on the local nt ps due to ti bad nlargeci
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  • 69 9 SINGAPORE father puts a poser about V his son of 15 who stammers. He has had i therapy and mild hypnosis but »JJJ better. Would deep hvpnosis put him right. THE TROUBLE with short cuts is that they often onlv work for a short time.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 274 9 Word Puzzle X': Winning solution tl Xi K> K4 K5 K6 THE JUDGES' COMMENTS nTHE PRIZE m the Singapore Free Press S5OO Word Puzzle "X" was won by: C. W. V SENNETT, 18, Thiam Siew Avenue, Singapore-15. He submitted a solution which, m the opinion of the judges, contained the
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    • 305 9 MEAN at all is to be too MEAN. Preference for LEAN. K3-2: May try the patience if unusually dull. "Unusually dull" means 'duller, than usual", yet a DANCE may not be dull at all. A DUNCE is dull, and perhaps unusually so. Preerence for DUNCE K3-4: An expert on books
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    • 134 9 used to indicate reduction. LESS can be used to indicate reduction. LOSS may indicate total deprivation. Preference for LESS. K6-2: There's certainly something to be said for a square one. It is most important that one should get a square DEAL, and there is certainly a lot to be said
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  • 262 10  - The Free Press Cycle Race... it's open to all and the cou takes in one of most colourful sections of the island M. Harrison-Gray slfjslfjslf by KEEP THIS DATE FREE: SUNDAY JUNE 26 SUNDAY June 26 is a day to keep tree. It you are not yourself takin£ part m
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  • 393 10 ZAINOL IS BEST ATHLETE SINGAPORE. Mon. Cpl Zainal bin Yusoff of Headquarters Platoon put up a grand performance when he won both the sprints at the 61 Company R.A.S.C. athletic meet held at Ayer Rajah Road on Saturday. Headquarters. with 41 point>. were the champion platoon. A close second were
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  • 43 10 TRANSVAAL SPRINGS. Mon. Scotland's rugby union party wound up their three-match tour of South Africa with a victory over Eastern Transvaal by 30 points i three goals, dropped goal, four tries i to 16 itwo goals, penalty goal, try>. Reuter
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  • 627 10  - JOHANSSON IS SMART. ..HE HAS OUT-THOUGHT THE BIG-TIME BOXING BRAINS DESMOND HACKETT By London, Monday IXGEMAR JOHANSSON and Floyd Patterson finally met up m New 1 York and signed contracts for the return world heavy-weight championship which goes on m the Polo Grounds, New \ork, on June 20. The brief
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  • 285 10  -  L. Nakashima By Tokyo, Monday MANAGER Danny Capili and his fighter. Rush Mayon, have given Filipino boxing a big black eye. I am not saying this just because the mustachioed Mayon with a big tattoo on
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    • 270 10 -Free Press Cycle Name Address Post this form b Times House, Singapore '< I) received will be pennilu U compete 1. I wish to enter 2 1 agree to ab:dI will race 3. I certify that I defined by 1 1 lociatioi 4 I enclose entry If you are a
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  • 4 11 CEMEN STRIKE i i
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  • 107 11 He missed a winning manoeuvre LIM KOK ANN. Singapore. Monday N hunger ame with She was I Sta uvre equence Mas, thats Whit.- Rlatk \a\iir -QB4: J B-B4 N--v N'-KB N-Q5. P-K3 6 c b- have moves P-KB3 WPxP. B-N2; 13 N-K2 P-83. B-K4; 15* 0-0. P-<^4 I ;-B2; 18
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  • 59 11 Orme, Seah to fight out final S.GAPOK E. J. .it the the d Club on Saturtoppled the Wong Weng H ~ound by b--20th hole, is title. terN\ Todd i 2 while Seah beat the 19th hole. o. mixed foursomes the RIC Shield i n I S. F. N Holbom with
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  • 477 11 MR EXTRAS SCORES 4O TO HELP CHINESE SURPRISE THE VARSITY T U() matches m the Senior cricket league si,m U T nl rcsillt «l 'n outright decis o,s vestenk.v In what was supposed lo he •m evenly-niatelud game, Army scored
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  • 282 11  - Don't listen to tales and don't take any medicine says Free Press expert LIM POH BOON By Singapore, Mon A READER writes: \hav Mr. Lini, I have been following your body building exercises m the Free Press daily and I must say it is doing me a world of good.
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  • 182 11 Equipment you will need build up your body A quickly, weights are essential. Most youth clubs and sports clubs m Singapore have a set of barbells. If you want to be "exclusive"' and buy your own it is more expensive. In the Free Press body building: course this is the
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  • 316 11 ONE RUN IN THE LAST INNING DECIDES A CLOSE BATTLE BETWEEN THE CARDINALS AND THE GASSERS I£AHI) fought all the way, yesterday's clash between the Gassers and the Cardinals highlighted the Singapore Softball League programme. The Cards surprised their fancied opponents with deft nsive play and good batting to tie
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  • 154 11 Joe Carroll wins the Duniop prize KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Malayan Junior track cycling champion Joe Carrol] trit j d road racing yesterday and won the Selangor Cy- clists Association 25 miles Dunlop Trophy Trial at Petaling Jaya from a field of 22. He clinched victory In the final 300 yards
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  • 119 11 SINGAPORE, Mon. —Results of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club's racing yesterday: Dragon Class 1. How Come (H. Pfrunden 2. Chey Loong <Lt. Comdr. A. C. Leach) 3. Rosemary (V. c. Bath.) Tornado Class 1. Yvonne <J. Lawton) 2. Kangaroo (A. Robertson) 3. Urk (J. Grace). Skiff Class-l. Terbang
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  • 236 11 Chinese hopes soar as they hand Army 9-1 soccer drubbing Chinese m i SINGAPORE Chinese have great hopes of winning the MCFA Cup against Perak Chinese at the Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday i Yesterday they were m top form against the Army m the Premier League match. It
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  • 46 12 WONG FOOK KWONG SPEEDS TO FIRST PLACE IN CLASS 2 AT GAP CLIMB Picture by Wong Fook Kwong (Honda) won the class II motor cycles l-"> c.c. and under with a time of 56.16secs at the Singapore Motor lub's Gap Hill Climb yesterday. Kok Ah Chong
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  • 191 12  -  VAZIR MARKAR By PASIR PANJANG. Sunday. JOHOKK Grand Prix winner Bill Wyllie had a lucky escape yesterday. He met with an accident at the Singapore Motor Club Duntop sponsored Gap Hill Climb. Wyllie, who damaged his car when il hit a post
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  • 390 12 MOIOK < U .">occ and under: I thru?: Teek Men? (Fvcjn I <<^ Buk Kuee (\nti»n.i hua Tua Sai (Virtoriai. > i:Vc and under: I Won;; Fook Kwont i Horn. ui> I hia iDuuti \.iii (.nan k Honda). and under: 1 Muthusamy Triumph). I K. Lee i
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  • 620 12 West Star makes her first victory in Malaya a most convincing one Ey ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Monday. WHEN WEST STAR, four-year-old English mare by Arctic Star out of Westrol, won the Kedah Cup at Penang yesterday, it was her first win m Malaya. Going over a distance for the first
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  • 241 12 And these punters won't forget IJIORGET-ME-NOT. who r won the fifth race, gave punters a shock by beating hot favourite Hula Hoop by the narrowest of margins Hula Hoop, who allowed the winner to get through on the inside, beat himself by hanging out m his endeavours to get away
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  • 416 12 FROM PAGE 1 pretended not to word oi Russian bin > the tarm director told moke tfc asn rshai X Garr the Amevoca: also reported. an article the Marshal said the flight, carried out ai Soviet- American rela were improv.
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  • 52 12 Substitutes: Cup demand WEMBLEY. Mon. The demand for substitutes for injured players m the English Football Association Cup final was renewed m the British press today as Blackburn Rovers left-back Dave Whelan lay m hospital with a broken leg. Whelan Is the seventh player seriously injured m the last nine
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  • 46 12 SINGAPORE, Mon. Lastminute entries from Hamid Supa'at and Awi bin Manap makes a total entry of 23 for the class II 100-kilometres massed-start race at Pasir Panjung circuit tomorrow at 7 a.m. Singapore Amateur Cycling Association say that no more c*n be accepted.
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  • 66 12 a*oA partnershI D of 100 runs between Prashant and Sbankar gave Combined Schools an easy Mx wickets Z??o^ Uiit the Sln^Pore Teacher? Vmor T In a J Scor?rf e srS at i^ a at( t A St tH JOSe^ h s groimd yesterday Qin h o TO: 116
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  • 34 12 Gleneagles. Mon. In a thrilling, last-green finish, Scottish Ryaer Cup star Eric Brown and little- known assistant Ralph Moffitt, of Coventry, for first place m the Dunlop £2,750 golf tournament here.
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