The Singapore Free Press, 11 May 1960

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  • 19 1 THE NEWSPAPER EVPRvannv s TALK |N6 »OUT The SINGAPORE Free Press No. ***** WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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  • 74 1 Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia calls it West Irian) where reinforcements stand by 'to repulse a possible attack' ■filtration says Minister and a think Igain' move^^^^^H lis beaten I UK HAGUE, Wednesday. »nd Chamber the Lower night defeated by 71 votes I Labour Party resolution rrtment to
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    9 1 MARGARET AND TONY CHOOSE A CARIBBEAN HONEYMOON
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  • 186 1 OUT: The madcap Long. IN: A hillbilly singer BATON ROUGE, (Louisiana). Wed. Hillbilly singer, Jimmie Davis, replaced Earl K. Long as Governor yesterday, bringing an end to one of the most fantastic chapters m Louisiana pol i t i cal history. Long's first action as a private citizen was to
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  • 68 1 GHANA REPUBLIC WILL STAY IN COMMONWEALTH: NKRUMAH PLEDGE LONI :.ieComIth Prime Minrence yesterday Ghana after a republic should tii.ue being a full memit ion of the CommonDr. Kwame Nkrumah. Prime Minister, the conference he constituent assemo! his country had reved that the necessary hould be taken to inrepublican form ion.
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  • 12 1 WARSAW. Wed. Indonesia's new ambassador, Adam Malik, has arrived here.
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  • 126 1 LONDON, Wednesday. THE polo playing Duke of Edinburgh has admitted thai he is occasionally tempted to hit the umpire. Prince Philip yesterday recalled that while playing polo at Windsor at the weekend he had "the greatest possible difficulty m
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  • 32 1 LONDON, Wed.— Mr. Nehru, Prime Minister of India, was yesterday honoured at a luncheon party given by the Home Secretary, Mr. R.A. Butler, and Mrs. Butler.
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  • 30 1 LONDON, Wed. Admiral Sir Charles Lambe, 59, First Sea Lord and Chief of the British Naval Staff, has resigned due to poor health, it was announced yesterday.
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  • 22 1 TAIPEH, Wed. A massive exercise was conducted m Queymoy to test "readiness" m case of a surprise Communist attack.
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  • 23 1 WASHINGTON. Wed.- The Army yesterday said it succes%W tired its long-range missile, the Pershing n a .test at Cape Canaveral. Florida.
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  • 44 1 0 LONDON, Wed— Queen Elizabeth yesterday took delivery of a new limousine, with a special "see-through roof and back. The car painted m Royal colours, is a standard seven-passenger Rolls Royce, Phantom J^iormallv cost £6,G00 (M 566,000), plus purchase tax.-« Reuter
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  • 298 1  - Vesak Day... a day of joy for Buddhists ARTHUR RICHARDS PROCESSION WAS A DAZZLING CHAIN OF MULTI-COLOURED LIGHTS Mr. G. was so very impressed By SINGAPORE, Wednesday. SINGAPORE Buddhists yesterday celebrated Vesak Day, the birthday of the Lord Buddha, with chanting of prayers, visits to temples and finally, a colourful
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  • 41 1 PORT MORESBY. Wed. The Malayan High Commissioner to Australia. Dato Gunn Lay Teik. said after a sevenday private tour of Papua and New Guinea that the territories had a "great future." particularly the rubber industry.
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  • 22 1 LONDON. Wed. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, left here to begin a threeweek tour of the Rhodesia Nyasaland Federation.
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  • 12 1 LONDON. Wed. About 20 Nigerian students staged a "No-Bases-for-Britain" demonstration.
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  • 12 1 CENTS STC nANCt M\l\. H X I DETF.CT OPEN Reuter
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  • 23 1 First Malayan Fund managers' prices today buying $1.31 and selling $1.38. Second Malayan Fund managers' prices buying $1.01 and selling $1.07.
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  • 181 2 Disturbances in Rhodesia belt and Johannesburg advices bring gold and copper down LONDON. Wed pill\ London stock I market yesterday remained quiet and sensi i i c, but steadier conditions developed m indus Irial equities m response lo soin c cheap buying. Elsewhere the feature 'he weakness of mining market
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  • 102 2 Good opening but the close brings losses all round NEW YORK: Wall Street closed heavy with a fair distribution of lasses ranging mostly to $1 <Ms 3» or I Morning; trading opened brightly with a few individual issues gaining prominently. But. despite a more encouraging domestic business picture,
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  • 44 2 LONDON, Wed— An overtime ban by telegraphists at the London headquarters of thr post office cable and wireicukea uas today delaying overseas cables and tele.ranis by several hours. The operators are fighting for tnition of a new stiff association.
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  • 139 2 Tin rules steady m London: Light trading m N.Y. LONDON. Wed— Tin ruled about steady In thin dealings yesterday. United States demand was still rather disappointing, while e'.sewnere it continued on a routine bi Despite the rathei more reassuring Chilean strike news the copper market opened higher on reports
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  • 53 2 BOW: Negotiations between West Germany and Cuba began here yesterday for a new trade agreement replacing that which lapsed on April 30. The discussions are expected to la.-t two weeks. In the first six months of 1957 more than half of the West German imports from Cuba
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  • 78 2 SHIPS IN PORT CHIPS lying alongside the Sin- gapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Drente 1/2, Havelstein 4 5. Fernfleld 6A. Perseus 6 7, Carthage lOll, Tegelberg 13 14. Karimata 15 16, Minikoi 18, Eiken Maru 19, Giang Lee N.Wall 2, Seremban N.Wall 3, Auby 21- 22. Mandowi
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  • 60 2 FRANKFURT: Last week's increase m the minimum reserve quotas which commercial banks have to deposit free of interest with the Federal Bank would neutralise 1.200 million marks, Herr Karl Blessing, president of the Federal Bank told a press conference. The increase effective June 1
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 36 2 Malabar spo' and afloats 61, May shipment 61. Lampor.g spot and afloats 61. May shipment 61. Muntok white spot and afloats 82. May .hipmer seMers. ex-dock. Adovi prices quoted In U.S. centa per lb.
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    • 116 2 LONDON. May 10. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS t.i.f. European parts May M I 16 3«i June 36i 37 3 16 RUBBER No. 1 RSS Sp«t 39; 41| RUBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms Juno .~.< 3 l* 40; July/Sept KS/lt 37 TONE: Very firm.
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    • 55 2 NEW YORK. May 10. Pravieut Today TIN Straits spot 99.00 99.12 RUBBER Futuras May 4-J !S7i «2.92| July 40.5L'i 41. 02 TONE: Firm. SALES: 34 lots. I No. 1 RSS May landed prict 42i 421 COFFEE: Futures B* Contract May 37 «.n 37 P-K Above pr.cee quoted
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    • 81 2 LONDON. May 10 Previous Today COPRA Philippines C.l.f. U.K. North European port* delivered weight per long ton June $^'07» 4^06 COPRA. Straits c.l.f. U.K. North European ports delivered weight per long ton May.'June f BO i BO COCONUT OIL crude Straits c.i.f. European ports m bulk per
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    • 36 2 NEW YORK. May 10 Previous Today SO Industrials 607 4 S 804 X 20 Railrcads 139. 50 IS7.M 40 Oomtttie Bonds 12 M 82.76 15 Utilities ■5 Stocks Composite Avenges 201 54 200.2?
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  • 54 2 Rolls Royce LONDON: Rolls Royce declared a final dividend of 7 1 per cent making 10 per cent for the year 1959 on capital doubled by a free scrip issue. This was the same as on old capital. Profit for the year after tax was £2.634.854 against £2.233,482. Taxation
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  • 270 2 'Paper' shortage cause of high rubber price erjej J OXDON, Wed. The present rise m rubber prices sprang from a "paper" shortage rather than from a physical one, the market generally agreed, said the Financial Times m an editorial yesterday. The trouble, said the limes, appeared to be that operators
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  • 141 2 World's largest rod rolling mill opened LONDON: Tne world's largest and most modem metalrod rolling mill was brought into service at Prescol, Lancashire, yestei day. Operated by only 17 men it •rill produce automatically 100.--000 tons of copper rod each year. It takes 95 seconds to convert a 2601
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  • 123 2 No change, but 1 closing prices remain firm LONDON: As the closure of the Singapore Market yesterday through holiday precluded any lead from there and as New York values were below London parity opening quotations were nominally unchanged from Monday's clo levels. The emphasis was still on spot and
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  • 823 2 NOTE All prices below are middle prices. Amil. Malay 4.85 5.10 Ayer Hitam 2.50 2.57 Vi Ayer Mole* 4.25 4.30 Ayer Panas 3.90 4.05 Bassett (50 cents) |1.85»/a N.94W Batu Lintang 12.75 J2.80 Bedford X 2.70 x 2.75 Benta t4.90 J2.50 Borelli (New) 3.25
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  • 65 2 HONG KONG, Tuesday. Closing prices here today were: Previous Today H. S. Banking Corporation $1,285 $1,290 sales 1,285 Bales Union Ins. Canton $93.00 $92.00 sellers sellers Wbeelock Marden 7.40 7.40 salas sales H Kong phone $38.50 $38.50 &$38.25 &$38.75 J sales sales Dairy Farm <fc Cold Storage
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  • 60 3  -  ROBERT CHONG rhw Singapore. Wednesday I AGE EXPERT WITH ON WRECKS •TS NEW COMPANY YORK ON THEM 1,0 >hip> worth millions tt tho bottom of the sea Malaya, according to an port. i hris Wright, who has had i ks lor iiKin\ years, Ikis llu
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  • 70 3 SOCIALIST FRONT WANTS FIRMS TO START CLASSES OR ELSE I^ -ALA LUMPUR. Wed I* Propc- at busini organ:> shoula be prothey do not provic duit eduea' .eir emplo; Front memorandum to Government. The memorai. s shoulc ,anised by organisations emplo> ore than 100 people Id be deto dation tor adult
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  • 25 3 KUCHII The Dep.: pector-General of Colonial Police. Mr. Nigei formerly the Singapore Commissioner of Police. Is due to arrive m Kuching tomorro
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  • 16 3 N'GAPORE. Wed The Department a total of 96 raids and hotels during April.
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  • 61 3 FRN I ,t* who r,..nti> ef-lMrd <^^Z%\j£ftoS£S2n Tr.iini.m Yntrr m Bamrauli A» d d^ C fi Vl and Hou L»en left) B. C.Ciuri... Kmrnth K(lwa l h t Colombo Plan the „,st lour jr om HjN« >*^ S in,h GUI, wMo
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  • 202 3 The secret of success.. ..by a man at the top SINGAPORE, Wed. The Chief Administrator of the City Council, Mr. P. C. Lim, said that industry, integrity, thrift and a sense of service were the four requirements for success. He was speaking at the first speech day of the Tanjong
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  • 66 3 JAIL, FINE AND ROTAN FOR $5,540 ROBBERY SEREMBAN, Wed Lim Hill, 21. was jaii- al and a ioOU. or another six to by oi tile :or rob- woman h and j( worm Chung 17, w t to Ma, approved Malacca, tc be kept until he reached the 21. h Lim
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  • 40 3 Clv -eliaid she heard a knock on her door and. on openaw Lim and some others standing at the endemanded her keys 14.000 m cash rrom her and jewellery which wa> mi n a paper bag near a cupboard.
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  • 91 3 Sardon sees an American radar speed detector demonstration ■fUALA LU MPU h. Wed. The Minister of Transport. Inehe Sardon bin Haji Jtibir. has seen a demonstration of an American-made police radar speed detector which might be used here to trap reckless drivers. The demonstration was held at the Merdeka Highway.
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  • 107 3 The model, costing about SlO.OOO. has a portable receiver the size of a small transistor radio and has been described as the cheapest, smallest, lightest and most power! ul radar speed-meter available. It is operated by -a man seated m a parked car by the side of the
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  • 76 3 THREE MALAYANS TO ATTEND I.L.O. MEETING AT GENEVA KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A five-man Malayan delegation will attend the International Labour Organisation conference m Geneva next month. The delegation will be led by the Minister of Labour, Inche Bahaman bin Samsudin. The employers' representative will be Mr. J. A. T. Perera.
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  • 23 3 SUNGEI PATANI. Wed. Mr. Goh Bean Sin. a teacher. I has resigned to study law at the University of Malaya.
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  • 99 3 Land hunger: A promise to clear backlog of applications in 2 years KUANTAX, Wednesday. piK Pahang Mentri Besar, Ungku Abdul Aziz hin Ungku Haji Abdullah, said that the .Kicklog ol" 40,000 applications lor hind m the State would he cleared m nboul two years. Pahang has the highest backlog of
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  • 102 3 He said that the State Government would also carry out as far as possible land development schemes. There was only one at present at Bilut. "There are quite a number of other schemes which have been agreed to m principle and it is proposed that half the schemes will
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  • 31 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mr. Norman Boswell. Assistant Controller of Posts. Johore. will speak on "Sport m Malaya compared with that m Britain at the Apexi Club today.
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  • 22 3 PENANG. Wed. A counter- feit $50 note was among three i forgeries discovered m Penang over the last weekend.
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  • 34 3 PAYA LEBAR. Wed.— The Singapore Government has awarded the tender for building an approach road to the new Administration block and car park at Singapore Airport to Chin Choon Company for $92,145.
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  • 18 3 TAIPING. Wed. Police Inspector, T. C. Chew. Senior Investigation Officer, has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 48 3 SINGAPORE, Wed— The Lions C lub is organising a flag day with a difference on July I. Instead of paper flags, a bar of candy from America will kc sold. Money collected will go to a fund for the relief of cancer patients.
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  • 32 3 PORT SWETTENHAM. Wed. The executive committee of the Harbour Trade Union has postponed its meeting to discuss the proposed boycott of the handling of South African goods at this port.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 173 3 Medium Wave 4;b metie* COO Edmundo Ro^ anc rSHORT WAVE: 62 metres <4780 chestn; tj 30 The Radio Natura-. kc's). from 9.00 p.m. 10.00 p.m h.-t 6.45 Sunset .serenade. daily. 6.53 Announcements 6.55 SlnP.M. 1.00 Programme sum- papore share market report; 7.00 mary; 1.02 Tunes with your tif- The new.s;
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  • 755 4  - The sun, sand and the sea... why Margaret Caribbean honeymoon LOGAN GOURLAY By JAMAICA, Wednesday JJERE I am on the sun-kissed isle that will soon welcome Princess Margaret and her husband Tony Armstrong-Jones with a calypso beginning with "Dance man, dance, for it's a Caribbean honeymoon/ It is specially written
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  • 120 4 CAPETOHN. Wed. Business leaders m South Africa have approached the Government and de- j manded a new deal for Africans. The industrial leaders said the Africans had cenuine grievances which should be examined and eliminated. "South Africa stands the crossroads. The only alternative to further
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  • 24 4 DAP -ES- SALAAM. \V. The and's African I tionalist leader. Dr. 1 Banda. yesterday app» for the release of Jomo Kenyatta
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  • 39 4 BELIZE, i British Honduras Wed.— The MsB.s million new town of Corozal j built over the ruins of a town destroyed by hurricane Janet m 1955, has been officially handed over to the Town Board
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  • 32 4 VIENTIANE. Wed. Progovernment candidates have won three more seats m the second round of the elections held here on Sunday, br. ing the total to 57 m the -memberlA^^.Nattona^Assembh* Reuter
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  • 33 4 A homesick Nazi back to the isle commanded during war... for a holi day DANS GIES lias cx'pl I making here, tin was tier's commam I tr. c I i I I I
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  • 107 4 CAR-RACE MEN IN BRITAIN SUPPORT NEW FORMULA LONEK cd. sporting sub-con.. of the Motor Traders Society has decided to U advantage of a loophol next years car-racn up. The Inl ional Automobile Federation ha that next year racir. m Formula I w< championship class shall be restricted to engines with
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  • 40 4 NEW VOHK Wed.— Tweuiv trim "mrtrt-l started months trainim \Wm the streets of New Yoi -11-mi enforcemeni squad m the i istoty. lit I handing out parking ticket*— il unpopikl has been added to their tl
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  • 27 4 PANAMA CITY. Wed. Early returns m the election of a new Panamanian President showed Richard Arias holding a narrow lead over his nearest opponent.
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  • 22 4 NORTHERN RHOD. Wed. European mine-wor-kers of tne copperbelt are questioning the wi>dom of the Queen Mother's visit 10 Rhodesia.
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  • 243 5  - Found Home for lonely patient ROY LAZAROO By SINGAPORE, Weo. SHE WILL GO BACK TO BRITAIN AFTER NINE FRIENDLESS YEARS IN A HOSPITAL HERE 10-YEAR-OLD English woman, who has been a mental patient at Wood bridge Hospital ior nearly nine years, will be flown back to Hritain next week m
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  • 74 5 Author Han Syuin quoting Indian poet Uabindranath Tagore said: "Thos^ who ere( t barrier*arc sinning against the very spirit of humanity. She said tirs go a large gathering who attended the poet's birthday celebrations held at the Victoria Theatre on Sunday. Tagore. she said,
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  • 45 5 More members needed for an association that helps rural folk SINGAPORE, Wednesday. pill. Singapore Rural Dwellers' Association Bukit Pimply Village, will soon launch ;i drive tor membership m the ini;il .ny.is. I to I I I I mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm M I I I I I I
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  • 39 5 .NJONG MALIM. Wed.— Police here yesterday disced bodies of three woChong Siew Keow, Lai Chong View Klew. :t disused well beside track, with deep stab won: The women had been re- :i missl
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  • 22 5 JOHORE BAHRI". Wed. nor Olcomendy. Archop of Singapore will officiate niation service at the of Immaculate Con- here on Sunday.
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  • 66 5 "May we m Singapore learn from Tagore and others like him. tli.-t humanity is one. and that those who erect barriers arc sinning against the ver> spirit of humanity Later a message received from Dr*. Rajendra Prasad. President ol the Republic ot India, on the occasion »f poet Tagore's
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  • 26 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.Two Alliance S Mr T. H Ta Ra i Rasi am Shahrome. yesterday vi the ,-:irinapping 1 Id-throwing punishable with d<
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  • 32 5 SUNGEI PATANI, Wed. Burglars nave broken into the Rest House here for the second time m three weeks ond escaped with liquor and cash worth $100. last night.
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  • 48 5 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. —A Singapore -architect. Mr. Ho Kok Hoe. who was a former City Councillor, has designed a million-dollar museum for the Federal capital. The museum is the first new major building to be built by the Government In Malay style.
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  • 112 5 RIDA SURVEY IS STEP TO DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL INDUSTRY |£UALA LUMPUR. Wed Members of me Rural ana Industrial Development Autnomy's marketing board are now collecting and studying data relating to rural industrial production. Tins was stated m Kuaia pur by RIDA's chairman. Inche Ahmad Daud. v.no .said tnat tne survey
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  • 34 5 PENANG. Wed.- Ten thugs, armed with gang-land weapons attacked two policemen at Batu Lanchang Lane here berday while they were on their way to a kampong to investigate a report about gambling.
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    • 226 5 RIP KIRBY t**y oohn Prentice <5c Fred Dickenson Iff J*N B_EW 1^ n: I r^r m m\A t _i__p __V Atr\ —^^T—mL MANDRAKt by Lee Falk and Plii! Davis THOSE THU3S-I I I MAVE TO ao POA'SI/ TELL I MANPRAKE'S COMIMfI HE WILL PROPOSE --WMO/ k OURMEMV EX" -AN~*PO»NT* HIM
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  • OPINION
    • 241 6 Crime and horror SENTENCING a youth to two years' imprisonment for prowlins: with a parang, a Singapore judge recently said: You make murder your nightly sport. You are too quick to wield the chopper. Last weekend, this judgment was borne out m the gruesome form of a severed hand a
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    • 68 6 BOUQUET to two brilliant girls of Singapore: Teenaged Mah Puay Tim and her younger sister Puay Khai who are now on scholarship studies at the University of Malaya and the Sydney University respectively. Daughters of a Singapore doctor, they are following m their father's footstepsAnd
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  • 24 6 11 Maybe it was the fluorescent green socks that cost you the job, Sid."
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  • 560 6  - I'll defend young people's clothes if no one else wi11 JOHN DEANE POTTER BY STELLA \a{ youth employment officer m Huntington. Enl4 land, iuis issued :i grave warning. It is this: "Unsuitable" suits and hair- styles are losing teenage boys jobs. Now I have no dotibt that Miss Lucy is
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  • 467 6 PETER FAIRLEY talking to Dr. GERALD EDWARDS A SUN-TAN pill may be produced soon. A number of manufacturers are looking into the idea of a tablet, which could prevent burning without impeding that golden glow. Many sun-bathers, they
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  • 78 7  -  EDNA TAN g BEGAN IN 1957 WHEN SA MPLES SENT BY MALACCA TRADER BE SUITABLE FOR THE PLYWOOD INDUSTRY retjemnrejermn Singapore. Wednesday I lE rS: BRISK DEMAND MERSAWA AND aN TI CONTINUES r S million boost to the I industry
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  • 18 7 $300 AWAIT THE WINNERS OF NATIONAL TUNE CONTEST IZUALA LUMPUI IV 1 5 p.i Abdul bin Hu di-
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  • 54 7 Weekend birthday girls Anne and Vera cut a cake together ovei- the weekend. Anne, wife of Sgt. William Baitlett. was 36, and Vera, j daughter of Mr. J.G. de I Souza, was 17. Anne Hartlet! <leii» md Vera de Sou/a catting :heir cake when they jointly celebrated their birtiilays with
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  • 178 7 TALENT TO HELP CONVENT ORPHANAGE... 17 PICKED FOR THE FINALS SINGAPORE, Wed Finals of the talentime m aid of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus orphanage, sponsored by Nestles, will be held on Saturday at the Convent. At the semi-finals last Saturday. 17 were selected out of 30 competitors.
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  • 263 7 A $250,000 windfall for men who paid too much rent MAJOR-GENERAL VISITS THE SATA CLINIC AND REHABILITATION WORKSHOP SINGAPORE, Wednesday. A WINDFALL of about $250,000 is due some 1,500 daily-rated bachelor employees of the City Council. The money represents excess rent paid lor Council quarters over the past six years.
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  • 104 7 TWO GIRLS WHO LOST TOUCH WITH THEIR PEN FRIENDS SINGAPORE, Wed. The Australian pen-friends of two young girls m Malaya, with wnom they had lost contact, are very anxious to get m touch with them again. They are Miss Dolly Yeoh, formerly of Jalan Chenor. Kuantan. Pahang, and Miss Ashnah
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  • 246 7 Francis (44) will be astride his 30-year-old bike for the Free Press cycle race Singapore, Wednesday IR. FRANCIS George, 44, will be astride the oldest bicycle m the Free Press cycle race. il ancient "iron horse is 30 years old and Francis has ridden it since he waj 14. ae
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  • 187 7 Parking problem at the National Library: Cyclists want stands STAMFORD, Wednesday. CYCLIST-VISITORS to the Raffles National Libv rary yesterday pleaded for bicycle stands to be erected inside the library compound so that they could park their bicycles m safety. They said bicycles were r now parked haphazardly and it was
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  • 52 7 NGAPORE. Wed About 100 members oi the Raffles Science and Mathemu Society will give demonstrations of various experiments m science and mathematics during an exhibition to be held on Friday and Saturday. The exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 6 p.m.
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  • 20 7 KOTA BHARU. Wed.— UMNO has opened a new branch m Kok Lanas. a stronghold of the PMIP.
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  • 21 7 $1 2 million in fees... KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Primary Schools In tne Federation brought m $12.--124.515 m scnool fees last year.
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  • 25 7 TELUK ANSON. Wed. The Government Englisn School here was placed first m the physical education, display held on the town padans.
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    • 41 7 POP -Once Bitten B Y C °g TBI EZ^I WHICH ACTE TME? TPO-SE 1| Now Them! TI,' M -iHiKJKiwe> okjeswhhthe wn>riHE Dent truat to luck sure ot a pleasant evening ever, day with a regular order for The Singapore Free Press
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  • 33 8 PaVTA LEBAR. Wed.— Tne Indonesian Director of Civil Aviation, Dr. R. Ahia, and the Chief of the Technical Division. Dr. A. Soetomo. left Singapore yesterday after a uvo-cktv visit.
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  • 29 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A special committee will be set up soon to study details of the Federation Government's proposal to establish its own national university by 1962.
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  • 19 8 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Automobile Association of Singapore will launch a giant road-safety campaign later this month.
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  • 96 8 FIVE-MAN TEAM CHOSEN TO STUDY PROBLEMS OF BEGGARS ffUALA LUMPUR. Wed.--L The State Welfare Committee here has appointed a live-man committee to study the problem of beggar s and vagrants m the State. The committee comprises Mr. C. M. Seth. chairman. Mr. S. V. Vijayathevan. secretary. Mr. C. E. R.
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  • 248 8  -  ALAN KHOO i By SINGAPORE, Wednesday. DEALERS SAY DEMAND IS GREAT, OUR STOCKS ARE SELLING OUT FAST CIRENS, of the type now used by the police, are being bought by Singapore towkays and fitted to their cars. This is yet another device
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  • 125 8 SALVAGED FROM THE SEA A SPEEDBOAT: IT CAN NOW BE CLAIMED SINGAPORE, Wed. A speedboat, salvaged recently from the bottom of the sea, can now be claimed from the Singapore Master Attendant's OfficeThis followed the acquittal of three men found m the speedboat on charges under the Customs Ordinance. Powerful
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  • 30 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Mr. P. G. Mahindasa. a past president of the Rotary Club m Malacca, will be the speaker at today's luncheon meeting of tne Rotary Club.
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  • 28 8 BENTONG. Wed. The Anglo-Chinese Schooi Old Boys' Association will set up a commercial class m vocational training for young men and women In the dis- trict.
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  • 22 8 PENANG. Wed.— There may be one-hour-parking only In the city's main shopping centre if the local council apa recommendation.
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  • 21 8 SEGAMAT. Wed— The District Officer. Inche Mohamed Said bin Tahir, has been elected Chairman of the Segamat District Committee.
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  • 420 8 BORN today you arc one of l the vigorous, intense and active individuals ot the world. Your enthusiasms arc so high that you encourage others to work as hard for things as you do. Original and inventive, you are likely to invent something which will bring you
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  • 9 8 LOOKI> Helen Choo. Sh,
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  • 42 8 Wonder synthetic answer to engin wear and econom SIN<iAI luh stand lu';it of m fahrenheifl In hydro-carbon lubrit is now being i pore, Federation I I I spokesman Cycle Carriam I I on is destroyed, the I I on metal I rejwernrhjwen
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    • 39 8 TODAY: 1100 a.m. and 1(?.52 p.m. TOMORROW: 11.49 a.m. and 11.28 p.m. FRIDAY: 12.40 p.m. SATURDAY: 0.08 a.m. and 1.33 p.m. SUNDAY: 0.51 a.m, and 2.27 p.m. MONDAY: 136 a.m. and 3.24 p.m. TUESDAY: 2.25 a.m. and 4.24 p.m.
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    • 201 8 i I 1 I I— I .1 I Lit M cli*j-:s ACROSS 1. One with a part to play seems to cope all ri (5-T». 8. What this holds is frequent- j ly pinched <B>. 9. Breathing apparatus— quite natural! (4). 11. Belonging to X, frequently I (5K 12. Gets
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    • 371 8 H vcbvcbvcb SALVATION ARMY (Clemenceau Avenue): Band practice 6 Dm Songster practice 7.30 p.m. PAYA LEBAR METHODIST CHLRCH: Bible class m English at MYF Room at 7.15 p.m. STRAITS CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH: Evening choir at 5.45 p.m. CLOTHING SHOP: St. Andrew's Church, CWA Room, South Side 3 p.m. to 5
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  • 48 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The celebrated Filipino violinist. Redentor Romero, will give a concert at the Victoria Theatre on May 20 m aid of the National Theatre Fund. The concert is being presented by the Singapore Chamber Ensemble m association with the Philippine Consulate-General.
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  • 226 9  - The Cambridge exam A record year MARGARET WEE By PRIVATE PUPILS SET NEW HIGH FOR TEST SINGAPORE, Wed. fHE number of private candidates sitting for this year's Cambridge Scnool Certificate is expected j to break all records. And here is the reason: For the first' time Chinese Middle' HI students
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  • 71 9 m SINGAPORE, Wed— The world's largest denomination of travellers cheque, for USS2SO (MS7SO), has been issued by Thomas Cook and Son Ltd. The new travellers' cheque, gold m colour, is m addition to the company's existing US SlO. $20, S5O and $100 issues. The cheque,
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  • 222 9 Market research expert to carry out an advertisement survey .SIMiAI'OKK, Wednesday. HH. HANNIBAL Graf Luttichau, head of the EMNID Institute for International Market Research, arrived m Singapore to join Dr. Staekelheri;. the president of the Institute. Dr. Luttichau said that they will carry out a survey to find out the
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  • 71 9 UNCONTROLLABLE BOY STOLE MILK THEN SOLD IT CHEAP PENANG. Wed. Pawarteh bin Pawanchik. 17, was described as an "uncontrollable" boy. Pawanteh pleaded guilty to stealing a tin of condensed milk from a house at Sungei Nibong Kechil. He sold it for 40 cent.-. Pawanteh's father told the court: "He is
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  • 33 9 PORT SWETTENHAM, Wed. —A new Austin Princess costlug $23,520, the birthday gift to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from the Raja Muda of Sel- angor, has arrived here by S.S. Benvenue.
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  • 62 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Shell Company will build the first refinery for petroleum products m Singapore at Pulau Bukom with a capacity of 20.000 barrels a day. The company at present operates an installation there for storage, blending and distribution of crude oil. The refinery has
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  • 316 9 CAR CLINIC... By FREDDIE POPE MORE about squeaks and rattles. Loose window channels and loose winding gears are also to blame. If the car is to be proper 1 y maintained, then once a year all door trimmings should be
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  • 53 9 m DETROIT, Wed. Mr. Edward N. Cole, general manaeer of the Chevrolet division of General Motors, predicted that normar output of the U.S auto industry would run to nine million cars and trucks near the end of the present decade, with more than ten million units produced
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  • 147 9 Woman who is accused of stealing tells the court: 'I was drunk' KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. IJOW WAI CHIN, 41, who admitted that she was drunk and did not know that she had committed an offence, denied m the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's Court that she had stolen a woollen blanket.
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  • 37 9 IPOH, Wed. Police iired several shots into the til night to stop four youths attacking a mee-stall on m Leong Sin Nam Street here last night. The youths, who broke up the stall, escaped.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 117 9 KS.KES IN IHE WORLol Vvjgivl Lsafety on the roads M\y"^ FT" Mw i > /SV M\ _-^*x t^^"^ _sa__l f£__^^^' )m\^ma^~^^ Master cylinders Wheel cylinders Eg! pressure hoses Repair kits WW Jr^AmmmW Ma. "^T P .rf^ I*^-V^C\_V^1 V^C\_V^ laV Zg/t 'mm^^^<*& __t^_______Pi!V _____a*^i S4 ORCHARD ROAD. SINCAPORE m■a a m
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    • 32 9 nbvnbvnbvnbv \jrvhurd Motors Used Car Dept. 1958 Victor Super $3,800 1957 Packard Clipper $5,500 1957 Vauxholl Velox $3,400 1957 Ford Zodiac $3,600 1956 Vauxhall Wyvern $2,800 290, Orchard Road, Spore. Tel: *****
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    • 256 9 1 Prizes for boys and girls pOCKET-MONEY prizes are offered for colour- •^■■^■■WiW"^!"^^ ing this scene with paints, -^S^ \<^s_f\ H "^f{f crayons or chalks. \x__^v. W There are four prizes of- V% <\f>\f. _-c if fered— each of $5 (two for s ~\i£^-^>J^J iXvJ* |lP boys and two for
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    • 50 9 USED CARS i 1956 Zephyr Saloon $3000 1957 Ford Zodiac $3600 j 1957 Ford Fairlane $5700 1957 Ford Anglia $2600 1956 Renault '750' $1750 UNIVERSAL CARS LTD., 45, ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE. I TEL: *****. BAN HOE CO., 191, Middle Rood, Singapore. Tel: ***** "The house of motor cycles, spares accessories"
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  • 222 10 1 30UTH AFRU li nings and 24 i nm Adcock w;is the main rtjwrm He biastea through the count;, ond innings when it they might well hold a draw. Derbyshire, wlio n m their first all out In their second The South
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    • 1884 10 THE UNITED COMMERCIAL BANK, LIMITED. BALANCE SHEET AS AT DECEMBER 31. 1959 CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES Rs. nP. Rs. nP. PROPERTY AND ASSETS j ~P. Rs. nP 1 CAPITAL- l« CASH: AUTHORifIFn papttai ■8 00 000 shares of Rs 100 In nand anci with Reserve Bank of India and State 1i9?0
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 174 10 Chess LessiJ ■tl mil m mm mmmmm mmmmmmmm mmB m Fred Remfeld i gTUDY the diagram al it depicts. Lit step. Quite mistaken thoughtless pon< barking on extended n oeuvres and thereb. lecting the King Whit*- Blatk 1 P-K4 P-QB3 I 3 N-QB3 PxP 4 NxP 5 Q-Q3 P-l I
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  • 457 11 All eyes will be on tonight's Chan-Gan clash WINNER TO GIVE TAY A FIGHT 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Badminton Association junior championship second round ties at the SBA hall tonight will be centered around the singles match between Chan Kheng Guan and Gan Kok Peng. Both Chan and Gan
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  • 144 11 PROMISING cricketer r Balakrishnan, who was praised by Test player Peter Ricnardson during his coaching tour last year, has been made 12th man for next week's MCA league match against Johore. Balakrishnan, an oid boy of Bartley Secondary School, made his debut for Ceylon
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  • 232 11  - T HE AGE OF 23 TAL HAS REACHED THE TOP AND HAS MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS LIM KOK ANN By Singapore, Wednesday I ghgfhgfhgf ghgfhghgh■ ghfghgfhgfhI To what does Tal owe Tal's style has cr'ibed as risky. peculative, and even •wnright unsound. Many I his defeated opponents complained that they >t
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  • 470 11 Singapore's win over the Indians was personal triumph for SAFA chief US CAGERS TO PLAY IN SPORE gIXGAPORE'JS 3—o win over the Indian Olympic XI last Thursday was a personal triumph lor Singapore Amateur Football Association president Mr. Soh Ghee Soon. Cycling Officials of the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association, and
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  • 248 11 IT'S OFFICIAL— SABA APPOINTS NORFOR AS STATE'S BOXING COACH ]y|ALCOLM Norfor has been appointed official boxing coach of the Singapore "probables" lo meet the Federation on .June 11. This decision was reached by Council members of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association on Monday. It was decided at the meeting to
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    • 242 11 Age m m t mmt •Tree Press Cycle Race." nly the first 500 entries cl to compete. REE PRESS CYCLE RACE. the rules, and I certify that own r. an Amateur cyclist as ;pore Amateur Cycling Postal Order. n ruber of any recognised m g \->ociution, please complete H _p
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    • 541 11 lon HIRE PURCHASE L atut Or tot mote.../ C4>>--\ Radio Radiogram h Tape-recorder Record Changer Refrigerator Bicycle Motor cyc,e S* 00 i-________ FanB Air conditioner SJ t__~=-==^ W9 we/cow your imptcf/ow Electric Cooker J KEE HUAT fl^p CO LTP L mmmmmmmumwmmmmmmmm M 122-124. Orchard Road. Singa pore -9. Phone: *****
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  • 359 12 Junior Clubs stop RAF.'s run of luck with draw I By CHUA BAN HOCK. Jalan Besar. Wednesday Royal Air Force 1 Junior Clubs 1 JUNIOR Clubs put an end to the Royal Air Force's run of luck yesterday. After two successive
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  • 147 12 SINGAPORE, Wed.— Thanks to skipper Bakthar. Starlite Youngsters scored an easy 4-2 win over Serangoon Gardens Youngsters m a friendly soccer match at Trafalgar Home ground yesterday. Bakthar was m great form. He did the hattrick by scoring three of the four goals. Starlite started off
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  • 93 12 FARRER PARK. Wed. Young Men Sikh Association outplayed Alagappa M.S.C. yesterday 4-2 m a friendly soccer match here. Jaswant, Harbans. Amarjit and Amar scored a goal each for Y.M.S.A. while Bala seor- ed both goals for Alagappa. Y.M.S.A. Jasbir; Avtar. Jagit; Niranjan, Mohinder. Savinder; Jaswant. Harbans.
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  • 51 12 SMILING SURANI... HE CYCLED THE FASTEST OF ALL TO RECEIVE BIGGEST TROPHY si RAM receives the biggest trophy after winning the 105-kilometrr massed-start cycle race at Pasir Panjang circuit yesterday. Handing it over is S.A.C.V (ominittee meinner Inche Rafli bin Baharawi. Photo by SAC. V photourapher M Sadli. SEE COL.
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  • 266 12 LONDON. Wednesday. SUSSEX captain Ted Dexter led his side to a 32-run win over Yorkshire yesterday. A fine knock of 7(> brought his season's total lo \:w. Dexter could now well be the first English batsman to score 1.000 runs m May since Bill Edrich
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  • 175 12 STEAMBOAT SPRINGS (Colorado), Wed. nR BARBARA MOORE, well-rested after U hiking only 18 miles on Monday, set out yesterday to snowshoe her way over 9,680 foot Rabbit Ears Pass. The 56 year-old British vegetarian walked as far as the snowline the
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  • 190 12 Goalkeeper parts brawling fans Radin Mas Sports Club 4; Arsenal Sports Club 1. FV.RRER PARK, Wed. Two spectators had a fight at this match, and one of them lost a tooth. Their battle was proving a buger draw than the football. Then Singapore goalkeeper Wilfred Skinner intervened. He had come
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  • 62 12 SYDNEY. Wed. When angry Juventus fans surrounded him. referee Eric Ilk took out a special whistle. The match he had just abandoned was agai:.>t Nova m New South Wales Div. 3. A Juventus player punched him. The referee blew his whistle. A fierce German shepherd dog came
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  • 90 12  - ADELAIDE JOCKEY DUE HERE ALLAN LEWIS By Bukit Timah. Wed GEORGE HOPE, a 33--year-old successful Adelaide jockey, has accepted an offer to ride m Malaya for L. and T. Stable. Hope, who rides at 7-10, is expected to arrive m Singapore for the current meeting. Holiday SUCCESSFUL apprentice M. Shaari
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  • 58 12 MELBOURNE. Wed. Ken RosewaU beat Lew Hoad m a 3hr smin. professional tennis marathon. It gave him the world indoor professional singles title. Rosewall won 6-3. 9-11. 8-10. 7-5. 6-3. at Melbourne Olympic Swimming Stadium. The victory earned Rosewall 'a prize of £700.
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  • 397 12  - SURANI, 21, WINS FIRST RACE FROM 1 8 OTHERS JOE EZEKIEL By THEY WERE THE RUNNERS-UP PASIR PANJANG, Wed. Surani bin Zailani won the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association's 105 kilometre race yesterday at the Gap. He won from 18 other colleagues. .He won by a quarter of a mile from
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  • 20 12 In a SAFA Division 3D League match played at Geylang Stadium yesterday, Indian Brotherhood Soccerites beat R.T.C. 7-1.
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