The Singapore Free Press, 29 December 1960

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    Masthead
    22 1 TO KEEP UP WITH THE LOCAL NEWS YOU MUST REAO The SINGAPORE Free Press No. *****. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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    Room four
    466 1 Room four SISTER TO HOUSE BROTHER DYING SINGAPORE' AND HIS FAMILY I x. rhws. a v wife m B:r- has offered re her nome with tngei brother ported to be j Ing In Singa- a car crash 118 rv Redfern, 48, the Staiga eneral Hospital to he ISC her broKen
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    Top moneymaker
    29 1 HOILYWOOU. ThUTS. Doris Day was yeaicruav named ihe screen's top moneymaker In i^e annual top ten poll conducted by Motion Picture Herala. trade maeazme of film exhibitors.
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    5 years for spying
    25 1 PBC (Yugoslavia), Tnur> An Albanian mine tecnnician wa.s sentenced to five years' impnson- ..>.. on charges of spying for Albanian Intelligence service.
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    Call for deserters
    30 1 BERLIN. (Eastern Sector". T-riurs -Ar. East German Comi mantel leader yesterday appealed to Germans m Uie Reach Foreign i Legion m Alsena to desert to the ln.sur-rent^.
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    FREE TUITION for MALAYS
    192 1  - FREE TUITION for MALAYS JAMES ANG Polytechnic will waive new IGfilQOIflU O TAOC wVVOIUII W I WWW for 500 students By Singapore City, Thurs. MALAY students taking full-time courses at the Singapore Polytechnic next year are to get their tuition free. This plan is part of the Government's policy of
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    $1m. bank burglars left 1.8m: An inside job, says FBI
    268 1 $1m. bank burglars left 1.8m: An inside job, says FBI TAMPA (Florida Thursday. BURGLARS took $1,200,000 from an armoured ear service vault but left about SI.N(MMMM) behind. Investigation said the split-second precision. he Federal Bureau of mrglary, executed with apparently was an "inside job." E. A. Rasdale, president of the
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    A moment of police history
    221 1 RIDZWAN TAKES OVER A NEW ERA BEGINS FOR BAND SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. The drums rolled out the introduction to the state's National Anthem last night and, for the last time, the Singapore Police Force played under the baton of Mr. J. E. Boyle, their retiring
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    TIGER SHOT DEAD IN VILLAGE AMBUSH
    101 1 TIGER SHOT DEAD IN VILLAGE AMBUSH K LUANG. Thurs.— A tiger, weighing about 200 katis, was shot dead by game rangers last night at Sungei Sayong, about 11 miles from here. The tiger had stolen a pig at Sungei Sayong village on Tuesday. The owner reported his loss to the
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    US nuclear stock
    40 1 NEW YORK, Thurs. Tiie United Slates has a iruclear stockpile equal to about 50.000 atom bombs of the ivpe dropped on Hiroshima. In nnotner three years she will have liv.- equivalent of an additional 30.000 such bombs.
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    Fire on freighter
    35 1 BOMBAY. Thurs.— Six thousand bales of jute and a large consignment of oil cakes for European pons were yesterday destroyed m a fire aboard the Pakistan freighter, Chittagong City, m dock here.
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    Peace preserved
    33 1 VATICAN CITY, Thurs.— Pope John XXIII yesterday thanked God for "preserving a certain amount of peace" m 1960 and prayed that m the New Year there may be a "spiritual renovation.''
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    Missiles for Italy
    31 1 ROME. Thurs.— Units of the American "Terrier" surface to air guided missile system have been delivered at La Spezia Naval Base for installation on the Italian cruiser Garibaldi.
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    FRENCHMEN HERE TO VOTE ON ALGERIAN ISSUE
    90 1 FRENCHMEN HERE TO VOTE ON ALGERIAN ISSUE SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. -•The 230-odd French nationals m Singapore were today advised to draw up their powers of attorney for the Referendum on the Algerian question. The Referendum was announced by General De Gaulle m November this year when the President sought approval
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    Sympathy strike
    27 1 MONTEVIDEO. Thurs. Most of the industrial plants and the public transport system here were on .strike yesterday m support ol strikers at a cigarette factory.
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    Dooley in hospital
    26 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. Dr. Thomas A. Dooley was m Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases yesterday for treatment of a spinal ailment.
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    Leave in anger
    25 1 JERUSALEM. Thurs. Primp Minister David Ben-Gurion will take an extended leave m anger over his party's handling of the controversial "Lavon Affair.
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    Rainstorms: 3 killed
    25 1 ATHENS. Thurs.— Three peopie were killed and five .seriously injured after 24 hours of rainstorms m South Greece and the Aegean Islands.
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    Russians hit U.S. plane watching Laos air drops
    210 1 VIENTIANE, Thurs. AN aircraft belonging to the United States Air Attache m Saigon, accredited to Laos, was fired on while checking on Soviet air drops north of here, it was learned yesterday. One engine was hit and there were a number of
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    NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN TODAY FOR TALK AT VARSITY
    141 1 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN TODAY FOR TALK AT VARSITY SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. —The 1960 Nobel prize winner for medicine. Sir Frank Macf-arlane Burnet. Professor of Experimental Medicine m the University of Melbourne, flies into Singapore today for a threeday visit. Sir Frank is returning from Stockholm where he was presented
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    Ike's five stars
    40 1 NEW YORK. Thurs.— Former President Truman said yesterday he had planned to restore President Eisenhower to full rank as five-star general of the army if he had lost to Mr. Adlai Stevenson m the 1952 presidential campaign.
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    Pilots quit Congo
    26 1 BELGRADE, Thurs.— Twentyone Yugoslav pilots, withdrawn by their government from service with the United Nations Forces m the Congo, left yesterday for Yugoslavia.
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    Paper to fold up
    26 1 Karachi. Thurs.— Pakteta 1 i oldest English-]. ii.uu.ttrc newspaper, Che Civil and Military Qaaette (CAMGt of Lahore IS pl:»i.ii:MK to close Feb.
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    Weights
    226 1 kdfgnkfg Remaining third day w«i,i ts for I'enang. (1 2. IMv. I— €F., R*>squill«ur 9.0, TiUlino 8.13, I mbrtan si:, Amazonas 8.11, (omr Ip XV, Amsterdam 86, Kauanu.t I <>, Star Zeal 8.5, Hula Hoop X>, Burma (ilory 8.0, Stra.c Pet« r 7 11. CL 2, Div 2 6
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    Stock exchange
    43 1 Malayan stoci; Exchange opeiieu steady uus momm" m Singapore TTiere were buye of Praaer Ar Neave Ords $1.97: Gammon 52.11; M B'tu pries 12-60; Robtnsou A. Co. Oid.s. SI .-•"> Avtr Hiiam Tin Ms. flc; BtaUMe Ui Mi Toiigkaii Harbour 44s 3d
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    Malayan, HK funds
    42 1 Fieri M.ihty.jii Fur.v uaaagei k prices today, buying $i.i« .d ■eiliug $1.36 Second Ifalayi Fuud managers prices, bu ID m cents and sell:n'? 51. 04 Pint Bong Kong Pmid mas gar's prices, buying hksi 07 and selling HK$l 14
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    Rubber unchanged
    31 1 Jutuuy (.is; gntfe i buyers f.o b opened Ui Bin] pore ;hi», morning &1 R.;' 4 oeti l^r lb unciMtnged on y^ c day's clase. Ttn toUC v.as quie
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    Diamond sales
    22 1 ACCRA. Thurs. -ah diamonds produced In Qhatifl irom Jan. l. are to be sold through the crovernment diamond market here.
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    Condemned flyer Pope's wife begs Sukarno to spare husband's life
    237 2 Condemned flyer Pope's wife begs Sukarno to spare husband's life I by the^REEPRESS FOREIGN SERVICE JAKARTA, Thursday. i\ attractive young American woman went to President Sukarno A vesterda> to plead for her husband's life. She is Mrs Allan Lawrrn Pope of Miami, Florida, mother of two vo^cWldren^^ Allan Lawrence Pope,
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    Subpoenas: give order: with care
    120 2 Subpoenas give order: with care I England I V' Thurs. Every airman at the United States Air Force base here received a subpoena over the Christmas holidays which charged him to appear m his usual place of duty on Jan. 2 "m full bodily vigour, without fractures, abrasions or other
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    CARRIER BLAZE I OUT IN 30 MINUTES IF FIREMEN HADN'T INTERFERED'
    182 2 CARRIER BLAZE I OUT IN 30 MINUTES IF FIREMEN HADN'T INTERFERED' NfBW YORK. Thurs A I United Slates naval wit ss testified y< sterday that :;avv men could have put oit last week's bilge fire on board the U.S. aircraft carrier Constellation In hall an boor U New York city
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    Bus rams store
    24 2 i.ondon Huns.— A doublelie bu.N crashed into the front o: a >ell -.service store vi central L^:.c:or. e^eraav injuring 18 rt+'upie
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    19 hikers missing
    42 2 CAPETOWN ThUTS Planer and search parties scoured the precipitous Cape Mountains noith Of Hermanus yesterday m a vain search for a party of 19 boys and girls who set out with one adult from a holiday camp on Tuesday.
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    Walking for charity
    28 2 TOKYO. Thurs A lired Texas GI and his footsore Captain have completed an 826-mfie *Chris mas hike' to raise 530.000 for a needy Japanese o/piiana^e.
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    Swastikas again
    35 2 BOCHUM (Germany*. Thurs.— Police revealeci yesterday thai ttvo houses and a fence were smeared with swastikas on Tuesday night. It was the second ca^* of swastika -smearing m West Germany m two week?
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    $7m. claim rejected
    28 2 LONDON Thurs.— A London Insurance group has rejected ;i $6,840,000 claim by 20th Century Fo\ for losses sustained on the film -'Cleopatra." starring Elizabeth Taylor.
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    Air Secretary
    22 2 PALM BEACH (Florida). rhurs.— President-elect John Kennciy yesterday appointed Mr. Sugene Zuckert. 49. to be Secreary of the Air Force.
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    Archaeological find
    26 2 BANGKOK. Thurs.— A joint Thai-Danish archaeological team ia.s founo over 2.000 artcrafts of :he Stone ai}d Bronze Ages m the Eastern province 01 Kanchanaburi.
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    Malik's new role
    29 2 WASHINGTON. ThUTS. Dr. Charles Malik of Lebanon, a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, was appointed Professor of Philosophy a: American University here yesterday.
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    Hong Kong prices
    55 2 HONG KONG. Wed.— Closing prices here today were: Previous Today H. S. Banking Corporation $1,450 $1,445 sales sales Union Ins. Canton $124.00 $124.00 Wheeiock Sa eS SaleS Marden 9.60 9.65 sales sales HKong phone $38.00 $38.25 sales sales Dairy Farm Cold Storage $33.00 $32.75 sales sales Taikoo
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    Market indices
    29 2 LONDON. The Financial Time!, market indices for Dec. 2, last year, week ago, previous and yesterday's, respectively: Tins 233.2. 262.9, 288.0, 251.3 Rubber. 206.1, 188.0, 193.3, 193.9.
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    Round the World Market Prices
    329 2 Round the World Market Prices NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. U.K. Closing Prices LONDON, Dec. 28. Prtvious Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f European ports Jan -•*> 7/16 25 3 1H Feb 25 16 25J RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 25 9-16 RUBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement Houso
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    855 2 I V-: Vr 7— Ul> [^29^1 DOWN L S, J UNCHAHCED j 141 1 ''>.-■•■:;::;; -:O:':':- 1 i NOTE: AH prices below are middle prices. SINGAPORE, Wednesday. INDUSTRIAL. Prevmjs Tocay Alex. Bricks Ords. (N) .90 .90 Atlas Ice 11.00 Buyer* BOUSTEAD 1.16 1.15 8.8. Petrol 40/- 44/B.M. Trustees 5.25 525
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    Bail delays hinder mining operations, says Simms
    534 2 Bail delays hinder mining operations, says Simms By the FREE PRESS MARKET COR: I J J^j>\- SINGAPORE Th... DELAYS by the Railway v d have held up work on mad and r.iu" 11 ation, the chairman oi Sun^i sl dh C.W. Simms, told the annual London. (etln^ ii It is
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    Uncertain outlook in London market
    205 2 Uncertain outlook in London market LONDON, Thurs. The stock markets In London yesterday were generally quiet and there appeared to be little desire to take advantage of the facility for dealing for the new account which commences tomorrow. Business was small and price movements were narrow with the overall trend
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    FALLING SALES MAY FORCE UP PRICES OF BRITISH CARS
    150 2 FALLING SALES MAY FORCE UP PRICES OF BRITISH CARS LONDON. Thurs.— British car prices are likely to rise m the New Year to offset a fall m sales m both the home and export market, it was stated here yesterday. Forecasting this as a "strong possibility." a British Motor Corporation
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    LONDON STOCKS OF TIN AND COPPER UP
    70 2 LONDON STOCKS OF TIN AND COPPER UP LONDON, Thins. Stock* of refined tin m London Metal Exchange official warehouses sat the end ol last week totalled 9.407 tons (against 9.284 tons m the previous week S:oct:s at the warehouses comprised: London 4.245; Liverpool 3.455 and Hull 1.707. Copper stocks amounted
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    Pakistan to have decimal coinage
    49 2 KARACHI: Decimal coinage system will be officially introduced m Pakistan on Jan. 1. Under the new system the value of the Rupee will remain unchaiigea. but will be divided iiuo 100 equal parts called Paisa as againsi its present division of Annas ana Pies.
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    Boeing agreement
    33 2 NEW YORK: Boeing International and Japan Aircraft Maintenance Company. Ltd. have signed an agreement. making JAMCO an authorised Boeing maintenance and service centre for the Boeing 707 and 720 jet airlhit'is
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    DECLINE IN RUBBER PRICES: Tin QUIET AND EASY
    143 2 DECLINE IN RUBBER PRICES: Tin QUIET AND EASY I OMDOM T:; M camp down ov aDv farthing per pouwUth opening sympathy wS the decline a! Simr^ end undrnvf-m little X change dun:- ih t momir? m slow trad^ After a very dull fcJ dealers reported son* V tlnental enquiries cv—
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    COMMERCE DEPT PUTS OUT RUBBER FIGURES
    43 2 COMMERCE DEPT PUTS OUT RUBBER FIGURES C".r.~.r..' m c;rt's for Nc I respi I Natura 1 availa I imporu v j abk". .3: '?/j :.>• 4.338 M2l iral 62.3:- I 1 Synthftif .238.231' I twn 21 DM 23.: tion 'm B port,. (unavailabh I
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    Philippine bid for trad
    81 2 MANILA. TbttTS. A delegation 01 SO businessmen will leave here for Hong Kong or, Jan. 3 to explore possibilities of expanding trade. The mission will stay In Hong Kong for six days lor a series of trade conferences and observation tourarranged by the Hong Kor. General
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      151 2 ~~-SHIPPI><BARBER LINE From U.S.A EAST COAST PORTS via PANAMA I ANO HOKG>- FERNFIELD 7 Jan \yi\S FERN-VILLE FAR EAST Lin From U.S.A. GULF PORTS via PANAM* LOS h CASTLEVILLE 6 Jan fft fr BARBER'FERN-VILLE TO: NEW YORK, BOSTON. PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMOU MOB via SUI7 6LENVILLI In PtM 2 Jm FERNBROOK 12
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      126 2 t- SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Japan 1/2. j Olenorchy 4/5, Canara 6A, Sling 6/7, Soudan 8/9. Ruys 10/11. Machaon 13/14. Lloyu Bakke 15/16. Shiga Maru 18, Rajah Brooke 19, Lipis N. Wall 4, Tnpaii N. Wall 5. Van Cloon 21/22, Kmabalu 24,
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    PRIVATE ATOM-POWER
    316 3 PRIVA TE A TOM-PO WER Six U.S. companies chipped m $153 m. to set up 180,000-kilowatt plant: It will supply electricity through regular transmission lines to 200,000 people MORRIS, (Illinois) Thurs.— The Dresden Nuclear Power Station, described us the world's first full-scale, privately-financed nuclear power facility, was dedicated here recently.
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    It's unlawful to keep protected birds as pets at home
    237 3 It's unlawful to keep protected birds as pets at home SINGAPORE CITY, Thursday I. i ho Irap certain species of wild local els and keep tbein m cages as pels are iing Ihe law. wind< d i Simon. 54 ereSu. jap >.. Cage is a Bird pro!)] Ol Ud Malayan
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    'SMALL AXE' GANGSTERS GIVE UP THEIR LIFE OF CRIME
    184 3 'SMALL AXE' GANGSTERS GIVE UP THEIR LIFE OF CRIME KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The story 01 how the "kapak kechil" (small axe* gangsters of Kelantan have turned over .a new leaf from their life of crime is told m the latest issue of the Royal Federation of Malaya Police magazine. The
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    Now a luxury liner
    36 3 PENANG. Thurs. A lormer passenger liner Dilwara now being converted into a pilgrim ship m Hong Kong, is to have a swimming pool and air-conditioned cabins to make it a luxury vessel.
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    MPs ANGRY AT HIS 'TERRORIST MEMORIAL' OUTBURST
    241 3 MPs ANGRY AT HIS 'TERRORIST MEMORIAL' OUTBURST KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A Socialist Front M.P. was told by the deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul R"azak: "If you want to build a memorial to the Communist terrorists then I suggest you had better do it yourself." The M.P., Mr. Karam Singh, had
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      96 3 trtythh Medium W;iu- »7ti netlC9 >lIOIM WAV!.: 6i metres 1780 Short Wave: 1! metre* <4780ke 's.» Irom Ml pm— 1> tlaiU PM 1-00 Programme summary; ■m b Latin mood; 1-30 Tim news- 140 9lx-strtug harmcay: •>oo CJose down; 0.00 Piogi-umme summary; W* au mg ah Hospiials: 6.n0 Conccri hour; ti3o
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      79 3 l- like melody; i<> The Goon Show; u.ou Close down. Kadio Malaya <41.7 metres} i j m 1.15 Tin m Date; 1.30 Tune signal, ihe news; MOON. General Assembly; 1.50 Tiffin date 200 Close down; 5.00 Children's Corner; 5.30 The Malayananes; ti.oo Summary of proerammes fur the evening; 6.03 Laches
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      74 3 6.5u Interlude; 6.55 The Malayan stock exchange report; 7.00 Time signal, ne\ 7.15 The Singapore Six; 7.30 Calling on you; 8.00 For your delight; 8.30 Music shop; 9.00 Short story; 9.15 Asian music festival; 9.30 Time signal, news; 9.45 Moral teaching from the holy Koran; 9.50 Classical requests; 10.30 Newport
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    Lady Astwell tells a hypnotist about bulge in the Tower room curtain
    1561 4  - Lady Astwell tells a hypnotist about bulge in the Tower room curtain AGATHA CHRISTIE by MR. MAYHEW was a thin, dry and extremely cautious gentleman. He re ceived Poirot with reserve. Poirot, however, had his own ways of. inducing confidence. In ten minutes' time the two men were talking together
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    THE STORY SO FAR
    122 4 Famous detective Hercule Poirot is investigating the death of Sir Reuben Astwell whose nephew, Charles Leverson. has been charged with the crime. Lady Astwell believes Charles innocent and is firmly convinced that the killer is Owen Trefusis, her late husband's meek and mild secretary. poirot interviews
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    'He is not a quack, said Poirot. 'You will be quite safe'
    481 4 'He is not a quack, said Poirot. 'You will be quite safe' for yourself. Reuben began kicking up a rumpus about some reference or other of hers. Mind you, I don't say she hadn't cheated about it. She had. "But. bless you, I have done many worse things than that
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    Five stars of the 'Amahl' opera
    343 5 LATEST FARE (ITS A TREAT) BY NEW SCENESHIFTERS AT VICTORIA THEATRE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW f RISTMAS is over. Socials and family lnutions have come to amend. There's more lime for a much-needed breather iv one is caught again m the whirlwind w ear Inn.
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    Boxing Day bride for journalist
    160 5 Two members of the staff of The Straits 1 >vs Press (M) Ltd. were married at the church of St. Francis Xaviei. Chartwell Drive, on Boxing Day. They were Mr. Ec Boon Lee, a reporter, and Miss Marina Mina Keh, a clerk. More than !00
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    Nikki from Australia gives party with a difference
    157 5 Nikki from Australia gives party with a difference SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD Nikki Baldwin gave a Christmas party with a difference it was m Hawaiian style. Her friends were asked to come to her parents' home m Rallies Park, m Hawaiian costumes. The girls lived up to the spirit of the
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    'MISS 1961' TO BE SURPRISE ITEM AT DANCE
    89 5 'MISS 1961' TO BE SURPRISE ITEM AT DANCE rnHERE is going to be lot x of fun at the New Year's Carnival Ball to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hail on Saturday. Organised by the Girls' Sports Club, proceeds will go towards the club's building fund. The organisers are
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    Folk dancing at 10 community centres
    52 5 TT^OLK dance sessions conr ducted by an American expert, Mr. Ricky Holden. will be held from Jan. 5 to 17 m ten community centres here. A centre spokesman .said that the dance sessions were arranged by the Peopled Association as a result of overwhelming
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      105 5 RIP KIRBY t by John Falk tic Fred Dickenson MANDRAKE &y cc Falk and Phil Davis I l ™T "T \J i > I A r^ > yl A i W I /ip CT *"^>"" k _,^r^ 7 1 r _^^H r V THE HEART OF JULIET JONES by Stan
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  • TELLING THE PEOPLE
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      Ban those atom tests now
      190 6 Ban those atom tests now (\NCE AGAIN the scientists warn on radiation hazards from nuclear fall-out. The British Council of Medical Research issues a sharp statement on what would happen should a nuclear war break out. It says: "Given a sufficient number of bombs no part of the world would
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      Conduct code
      119 6 THE Malayan Teachers' National Congress has made a move which Singapore teachers would do well to copy. At the fourth Annual Delegates' Conference to be held at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the Congress will adopt a professional code of conduct to help regulate the relationship of teachers with students
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    SAHARA SUCCESS MAY URGE FRANCE TO ASK U.S. FOR ATOM SECRETS
    171 6 SAHARA SUCCESS MAY URGE FRANCE TO ASK U.S. FOR ATOM SECRETS PARIS. Thurs. France may soon ask America to share atomic secrets with her, claiming that her third atomic test m the Sahara on Tuesday puts her m the class of power entitled to share such secrets. When president -elect
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    25,000 send Xmas greetings to Dorothy
    131 6 25,000 send Xmas greetings to Dorothy HARDY (Virginia). Thurs. Dorothy Ridgeway. a nine-year-old girl suffering from a usually fatal bone disease whose plight drew sympathy from thousands of people around the world has received about 25,000 Christmas cards— and still the cards and presents are pouring m. The Ridgeway home
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    '20 killed on train'
    21 6 ELISABETHVILLE, Thurs. U.N. is investigating reports that Baluba tribesmen killed 20 passengers on a train m Katanga.
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    Ankara: 65 held
    17 6 ANKARA, Thurs. Sixty-five people were arrested for activities against the ruling National Unity Committee.
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    Lock icon CRASH! MAN IN BED LANDS ON TOP OF BUS
    82 6 CRASH! MAN IN BED LANDS ON TOP OF BUS LONDON. Thurs. Mr. Frank Scatter good had just gone upstairs to bed at his home m Ilkeston on Tuesday night when he heard "a noise like a bomb. He then found himself on top of a bus. REASON: A single-decker bus
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    Double murder
    41 6 TARANTO (South Italy), Thurs- A labourer who lived m a house for a fortnight with the bodies of his wife and mother-in-law was arrested yesterday at Crispiano near here and police said they had charged iiim with double murder.
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    A 'most charming' opera at the Vic
    262 6 (^IAN-CARLO Menotti's onev" act TV opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors," which the New Sceneshifters are presenting at the Victoria Theatre, is one of the most charming works which we have seen m Singapore for a long time. It would appear that on
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    Most of the new laws enacted in 1960 will be of great help to the poor in State
    1165 6  - Most of the new laws enacted in 1960 will be of great help to the poor in State David Tambyah kldfjgldf kdfmklf THE 1960 Hansard reports of proceedings oi the Legislative Assembly are certainly the thickest on record proof that m VI months the Government has drafted and pushed through,
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    Newsman hits at prices for cultural shows
    231 6 Newsman hits at prices for cultural shows JAKARTA, Thursday. A JAKARTA journalist criticised the organisation of the just-completed tour of Malaya by an Indonesian Cultural Mission. _J 1 The Mission made up of singers, dancers, musicians and other entertainers arrived home on Tuesday. Mr. Alwai Alatas, a reporter of PIA
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    Berne buys jets
    21 6 BERNE. Thurs— The Swiss Federal Council announced that it proposed 10 purchase 100 French Mirage 111 jet fighters.
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    Sumatran dances by Mini. 18, highlight a concert
    82 7 Sumatran dances by Mini. 18, highlight a concert |KIKU' PAN JANG. Thurs. Mfau Mimi Kassim. 18, ,0 Ike star performer at i if>-tv concert staged by Hi (..ihongan Seni, a Mai f)j^ itricaJ organisation. ,i ih. ci immunity centre > prrformed four daneSumatran origin i hn (candle dance), pavong (umbrella
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    PPP's new branch
    21 7 BAHRU. Thurs. iplca Progressive Party en a branch m Johore iriy next month. It second m the I
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    $200,000 SATA clinic for Changi
    231 7  -  CONRAD CHICW Move to build TB treatment centres all over the State SURVEY SHOWS 27 PER CENT OF PATIENTS COME FROM EASTERN PART OF ISLAND By Changi, Thurs. TENDERS have been called for the building of a regional chest clinic for SATA at the %i
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    NEW ASSESSMENT RATES TO BE BROUGHT INTO FORCE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
    168 7 NEW ASSESSMENT RATES TO BE BROUGHT INTO FORCE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council's new assessment rates would be brought into force on New Year's Day, the Council President, Mr. A. D. York, said. He said there was no question of the revised assessment
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    Church to hold end of year dinner
    53 7 SERANGOON. Thurs Elim Church will hold its end of the year dinner m the Church annexe on Saturday at 7 p.m. It will be followed by a play put up by the Christ Ambassadors and a watchnight service at mid-night to usher m
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    Breeding wrigglers: This backyard business annoys the residents
    133 7 Breeding wrigglers: This backyard business annoys the residents SINGAPORE CITY, Thursday. THE lighting fish craze has started m Singapore again and with it a dangerous backyard hobby is also catching on. Fighting fish feed on larvae and a cigarette tin full of these wrigglers (about 300) is sold for 10
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    DRAMA GROUP IS TOLD TO FOSTER A MALAY CULTURE
    84 7 BUKIT PANJANG. Thurs. Inche Yacob Mohammed, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Development, has praised efforts by Gabongan Seni, a Malay theatrical organisation, to foster Malay culture. Speaking at a variety concert m the community centre, he said that though
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    GOVT. TO BUILD TALLEST SCHOOL IN ASIA
    73 7 GOVT. TO BUILD TALLEST SCHOOL IN ASIA SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. The Government is calling for tenders for the construction of 10--storey primary school and hall m Selegie proposed skyscraper Mhool—probably the tallest Work on the school— one of several to be built -luider the Government's 1960-61 building programme—ls expected to
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    VALERIE, 18, TO TEACH RIDING AT THE SADDLE CLUB
    112 7 Miss Valeric Yvonne Ferris, 18 years old and an expert on horse back, has been appointed instructress at the Singapore Saddle Club m Bukit Timah Road. She took over from Mrs. H. White. Miss Ferris has taken part m "Mock Hunts"
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    Free hospital conducts experiments with 'modern' Chinese drugs
    239 7 Free hospital conducts experiments with 'modern' Chinese drugs SINGAPORE CITY, Thursday. A BOLD experiment m the use of "modern" Chinese medicines for all kinds of ailments is now being carried out by the Thong Chai Medical Institution, which gives free medical aid to more than 600 people every day. The
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    A QUEENSTOWN PETITION WILL CALL FOR EXTENSION OF BUS SERVICE
    246 7 A QUEENSTOWN PETITION WILL CALL FOR EXTENSION OF BUS SERVICE QUEENSTOWN, Thurs. More than 5,000 people m the Northern part of the Queenstown housing estate are to petition the Government to permit a bus service to run to the end of Margaret Drive. They complain that the present service covers
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    FAMILY PLANNING EXHIBITIONS WILL BE HELD AT CENTRES
    105 7 FAMILY PLANNING EXHIBITIONS WILL BE HELD AT CENTRES SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. £3 Following the success of Its recent exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall, the Family Planning Campaign Committee is now making plans to hold further exhibitions m community centres. Details of the programme are being worked out with the
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    First step to unite Malayan churches
    254 7 SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. —The first step has been taken to set up a Church Union m Malaya with the formation of an autonomous committee headed by three chairmen. They are Dr. S. Holth, Dr. Ho Seng Ong and the Rev T. N. Koshy. The
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    Decision by ballot
    40 7 SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. More than 1,200 Division Pour workers employed m two hospitals here are to take a secret ballot to decide whether they belong to the Medical Workers Union or the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees.
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    Two to attend U.N. seminar on teaching
    63 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The president of the Women Teachers' Union, Mrs. R. N. Bhupalan, and the assistant secretary of the Malayan Teachers National Congress, Inche Othman bin Bahaudin, will attend a United Nations seminar on teaching next month. Among the subjects to be
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    Lock icon Nobody realised Tan's genius
    179 8 CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS... by Sunny Giam SUNNY GIAM writes for you every week obscure A.R.P.S. has today become a bright, shining new F.R.P.S. Tan Boon Yean, just informed of his Fellowship award, has been given a back seat for too long. Few people recognised his photographic
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    'I FAILED TWICE AND THEN FOUND THE REASON WHY'
    252 8 CONSTANT SALON exhibitor, hut by no means a regular award winner, Tan Boon Yean never gave up hope even when his prints did not get acceptance. "I have failed twice m the F.R.P.S. exam" said Tan, "and I don't hide this
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    The Blue Diamonds best disc ever?
    257 8 1 $10 FOR MUSIC CRITIC^B t>EST amateur critic of the week is Frankie Chew, 32-D Dakota Crescent. Singapore 14. He wins $10 for this comment on a current hit: "The hit. recently made by the Fabulous Blue Diamonds, is 'Oh Carol.' "It has been
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    Can you name masked man shown above
    69 8 THE mystery ghost last week was RIEM DE WOLFF, brother of Rudy de Wolff. Many readers recognised him. First name out the hat was Richard Teo, 222, Middle Road, Singapore, 7. Prize of two Philips EP records is on ttye way. This week
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    BEGINNER OF THE MONTH
    13 8 winner 01 2>j o will be announced next week.
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    Send in your best prints
    120 8 THE South East Photographic Society, responding to a campaign by the Ministry of Culture for Orient Year, will sponsor a "Know Our Singapore" Exhibition. Amateurs and professionals are invited to submit their best pictures. Wanted: scenery, architecture, portraiture, customs, factory, labour or buildings, (singly «or
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    Poirot ('my nerves are so disturbed') gets stay at Mon Repos
    1766 9 Poirot ('my nerves are so disturbed gets stay at Mon Repos HUMPHREY NAYLOR. LADY ASTWELL, LILY, HE MUSED— THERE ARE MANY POSSIBILITIES Contd- from P. 4 u'.monds; he is Tomorrow I shall not to put the that side of the o Lady Astwell." -Siben b bo a bad huto night.
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    Rupert and the Sky-boat-9
    104 9 Rupert pick* up the iron hook, which feels heavier now that it is not tied to the mysterious metal. I wonder. if I ought to ask the Old Professor about all this." he murmurs. Suddenly Margot points. See, here come some more of those queer things,"
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    Claps for the 'bees'
    227 9  -  ROBERT THAN A CONCERT FOR SCHOOL BUILDING FUND By r<EYLANG, Thurs.— The 400 pupils and teachers of the Sin Mm High School recently staged a variety concert to raise money for the school building fund. The target was $12,000, to be raised m three nights at
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    Sea sports: All set
    30 9 SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs. Vessels m port will "dressship" on New Year's Day, m preparation for the New Year's Sea Sports to be held on Jan 1.
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    December-the month of orange blossom
    224 10 Air. \nrireu Lim helps his bride. Miss Cheong Moey m to cut the wedding cake at a reception held at J'obinsons Cafe after their marriage m the Kamponp K.ipor Methodist Church. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs I »m Boon Tin and
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    VARSHA WINS TOP PRIZE IN FANCY DRESS COMPETITION
    33 10 VARSHA WINS TOP PRIZE IN FANCY DRESS COMPETITION Yarsha Patei »ir>t prize dinner m the junior section •U the fancy dress competition held doling the children's Christmas party, at the Kamala lub recently.
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    Boxing Day thefts
    38 10 SINGAPORE CITY. Thnrs.— Thiev( s and roMbeis were very .v on Boxing Day. stealing goods ranging from x lard motors to a piano. r total cosl ol the loot is itimated to be about $15,000.
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    Picnickers, campers complain of more thefts in area
    171 10  - Picnickers, campers complain of more thefts in area R. PALAN By CHANGI. Thurs JJOLIDAY-MAKERS and campers are- losing a lot of sleep over the increasing number of petty thefts m the Changi area. These small-time burglars generally pick on schoolboys who form the bulk of the pic- nickers. According to
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    A Keng Hua in bloom brings good luck to Mr. Sim
    171 10 A Keng Hua in bloom brings good luck to Mr. Sim CHANGI. Thurs. The blooming of a Keng Hua only four months after it was planted has brought luck to Mr. K. S. Sim of Chang] Road. Mr. Sim. lour months ago. had gone to a cousin's home and immediately
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    KEEP FIT SECRET OF THE RAF IN PENANG
    73 10 KEEP FIT SECRET OF THE RAF IN PENANG CKAXGI. Thurs. The RAF' marine craft unit In Penang is keeping its men fit by allowing them Ito develop their own hobbies. The ""keep fit secret" ot men ot the 1125 Marine Craft Unit was revealed m a statement by the Briti>h
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    TEMPLE BRINGS AN END TO ACCIDENTS ALONG THIS ROAD
    104 10 TEMPLE BRINGS AN END TO ACCIDENTS ALONG THIS ROAD CHANGI, Thurs. Sine* the erection of the Tua Pek Kong temple m G-ulega Road eight months ago there haw been no accidents at this spot. The temple us situated at the junction of Changi Road and Gulega Road. once notorious for
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    'MR. ROJAK' WINS FANCY DRESS CONTEST AT Y.M.C.A.
    93 10 'MR. ROJAK' WINS FANCY DRESS CONTEST AT Y.M.C.A. r pANGLIN. Thurs. More 1 than 65 youths attended the annual bullet and social dance at the V.M.C.A. hall recently. The function was organised by the V.M.C.A. Young Adults Group and the Young Student Volunteers with Miss Dorothy Tan athe mistress of
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    Social and dance at Sands House
    40 10 SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs. The Youth Section of the Malayan Chinese Association. Singapore Branch, will hold a social and dance at the Boy Scouts Association Headquarters, Sands House, Clcmenceau Avenue, on Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
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    School fees fixed
    38 10 SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. —The Ministry of Education has announced last night that the school fees for secondary education will be fixed at a i standard rate of $4 a month 1 as from next year.
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    Full Moon day
    31 10 SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs Celebrations for the Full Moon Day. which falls on Jan. 1 will be held at the Mangala Vihara. 38 JaLan Eunos here, at 6.30 p.m.
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    Xmas party for prisoners
    58 10 /TOANGI, Thurs.~Members of the Wcs- V> ley Church Methodist Youth Fellowship gave a Christmas party to the Englishspeaking prisoners of Changi Prison recently. The programme included carol, singing, refreshments and a short concert with items from both MYFcis and inmates. Picture shows the group after the
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    Army storekeeper Uncle Tom retires after 15 years' loyal service
    255 10 Army storekeeper Uncle Tom retires after 15 years' loyal service SINGAPORE CITY. Thursday. MR Joseph Thomas, 61, a BODCA stonekeeper, was entertained to a farewell din ncr party by 30 members of the Mobilisation Sub Depot. Base Ordnance Depot, on the eve of his retirement. Mr. Thomas is retiring after
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    A new lawyer
    23 10 SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs. Mr. T. c Tan oi Singapore has been called to the Federation Bar before Mr. Justta Adams.
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    Public lecture by visiting professor
    73 10 SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs. j Pruf. DP. Derham will d< i liver a public lecture on "Aus- tralian Commitments m New Guinea with special relerence ■to the development of an i effective legal system" at the University of Malaya, Cluny Road, at 5.30 p.m. on Jan.
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    Open for one-hour
    46 10 j SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs. j i The shipping and port clear- i ance office and the imports I I and exports office will be j opened on Monday (Jan. 2)1 j lor one hour only from 10 j I a.m. to 11 a.m.
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    NEXT YEAR'S NE OFFICIALS FOR ART SOCIETY
    44 10 NEXT YEAR'S NE OFFICIALS FOR ART SOCIETY OINGAP'> -:r ted offici... I uupore Art BKfel lull council PBcentl > Council Loctt: deni Dr. C. h Mr. H X B Jacksoi M mas c Choy Chan W orpa Koh. secretai M T- and" Mr. Ch treasurei
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    Nine long, blank years for the Cricket Club in hockey league
    331 11  -  J. LOUIS HOCKEY TOPICS by I T n ine > ears "so since the Singapore pricket Club won the hockey league. Their solitary win and their low rank m wL *i gW this season makes one as^: a v
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    THAILAND WILL NOT REACH THE CUP CHALLENGE ROUND
    720 11  -  KEN JALLEH By SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs INDONESIA'S top ranking badminton officials who watched the Asian zone Thomas (,up ties m Bangkok are confident that Indonesia will retain the trophy despite the 'speedy, clever young Thais' who shocked the badminton world by trouncing
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    31 11 Chinese goalkeeper Lch Fook Ten? takes a full length dive m vain. Majid Ariff's 40 yard drive goes home. This goal put Malays on level terms. Malays beat the Chinese 3-2.
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    Malays upset Chinese 3-2...and the Premier League is still not decided
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    58 11 JAKARTA. Thurs. President Sukarno yesterday expressed confidence that the Asian Games project would be finished m time for the holding of the games In Jakarta m late 1962. The president yesterday toured the sites of the main stadium, the sports hall, the swimming pool and the
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    71 11 LONDON. Thurs. Ray Lindwall, the Australian Test fast bowler, and the Nawab of Pataudi, the Oxford University and Sussex batsman, complete the party of 13 players who have accepted invitations to tour the West Indies with E. W. Swanton's cricket side next March and April.
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    194 11 SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs.— Martin Giang, 19, prolific goal getter fo r his school, Jurong Secondary is nicknamed "Twinkle-toes." He is bent on making soccer his career. Soccer has always been his one and only sport. He became interested m the game at
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    281 12 MISSON CELEBRATES WITH FRUIT, MILK LACED WITH GLUCOSE SYDNEY, Thursday. JAN MECKIFF, replaced yesterday by New South Wales fast bowler Frank Misson m the Australian 12 for the second Test against West Indies starting tomorrow at Melbourne, said this morning
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    74 12 SYDNEY. Thus. A Sydney Specialist has toid Australian tennis ><tar Neale Fraser that he must have an operation on his left knee. Fraser. who has been suffering from bursitis behind the knee played through the challenge round o: the Davis Cup this week knowing the trouble could
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    20 12 NAPER. Hum. First day of mcc v combir.ed Hawkes crteket natch, mcc 185 for 4. Hawkes 1
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    108 12 LITTLE FAST WORK AT PENANG From Allan Lewis PENANG. Thurs. There was very little fast work this morning. Horses with engagements on the last day will probably gallop tomorrow morning. Littlewood »Ward) and Determined (Billett) finished their pace work with three m 44. Feima spurted down the straight. Nangum (Bougoure)
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    609 12  -  ALLAN LEWIS LEADING OWNERS TAKE HALF THE PROGRAMME AT PENANG RACES See How They Ran By THE TENGKU'S HORSE READING owners Veni Vici won half the programme at Penang yesterday. They had three winners, Realm of Gold, Amazonas and Morning Flight.
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