The Singapore Free Press, 26 May 1956

Microfilm: NL2445
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    Masthead
    21 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya v *****. Siiij;upou\ Saturday, May Hi, 19. r ><i. Priet 15 C'ta,
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    PINK ROSE FOR A PRINCESS...
    73 1 PINK ROSE FOR A PRINCESS... World f.imous rose grower. Harry Whc.itzroft Mr. Rose to British sardcnersi ,idd s Km th c wedding of the year by producing a CraCe Kelly roit Cr.icc de Mon.ico poink and With a perfume stronger rh.in any rose smcc **c w,ir. It t, bernt; shown
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    They are out to smash Red hold on talks
    577 1 They are out to smash Red hold on talks Students' conference: New move jHVO weeks ago the Free Press warned Singapore of the dangers likely to arise from the Afro-Asian students 1 conference to be held in Bandung. Irrefutable evidence was given t<> the Fre< Press that Communists were going
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    Take it easy-Nehru
    124 1 Take it easyNehru IT v. .< repori from Wen Driiu tod iy (hat the [ndian Pi line Mini rtur, Mr Nehru told Bii tga pore Chiel Mil I bei Mr. David M;n hall, ttiitt. Bomel line > it bettei not to go the whole hog on an i nue 1
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    Rubber price
    49 1 The Singapore Ru b i> r i Ms i kel opened t tii^ morn Ing w i ii flrsi grade, Jui 6 shipment at 76} q cent i .i lb., one ;i M(i oi e eishi h ol ceni lyi'ioi" yesterday' i i^ e The tone uncertal
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    fee's antidote to world tension
    313 1 v Eisenhower •I world Comterday in Waco, "gigantic r on MUis.-i th,> iin people i<> iv In the full. man freedom" i lf leadership 1 tenhower pro'ori ni antidote to ;ns the creation divide bell of tech lentiflc schools two-way avenue of communical ion 1
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      80 1 H I I jL\ I '-sr I v TAJ r^S"\V ATERS jB^BI A J^^ s A wA r l<: R ■^SSm^^^'M 'TONIC WAT E R B^S Ir N R i: K r /^■#^|^gj L g QNAD E iff^B" 1 > c: H K R R v A K Wmw^Mlt^^ R
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    MALAYANS GO ABROAD TO TRAIN
    215 2 MALAYANS GO ABROAD TO TRAIN Colombo plan request is biggest in area 4 REPORT «»t the technical assistance being given to Singapore and Ihe Federation under the Colombo Plan shows that Australia, Canada, India .md Ceylon arc the principal countries now draining Malayans. Australia has been i ked to train
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    Prasatina is back
    103 2 Prasatina is back I OiiMs .ii Sins :!|)or*' 'imv!'!i sch< .•<;!.!', ill, Prasanna Balau aged j<( -sec;) above has jnst arrived b;tek in the Colony to a scries of shows of classical Indian dances. Miss Balau has just completed a four-year course studying the forms of Indian dances, at the
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    Falsies cause trouble
    69 2 Falsies cause trouble r piO£h: faLsies built Into dresses may spell glamour to some" girls but they are a headache to laundries— and fire insurance companies. The Columbus Cleaners Association says several recent fires in cleaning shop.s have been traced to the padded material being ignited by the high temperatures
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    NEW HOPE FOR DEAF AND DUMB: CRESSON
    265 2 NEW HOPE FOR DEAF AND DUMB: CRESSON ITHE Singapore Association for the Deaf and Dumb yesterday welcomed Government's grant of a site for its proposed new "lip-read-ing" training school. "The Government has lent us a vei*y big hand," said Mr. L. Cresson, the president. "Its assistance in this and other
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    Lock icon U.N. TO DECIDE?
    35 2 The Arab States told other members of the AsianAfrican group meeting at United Nations Headquarters, New York, yesterday that they had decided" to bring the Algerian question before the Security Council. Reuter
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    Bomb blew him in two
    38 2 A dynamite bomb parently intended weapon of Chic world terrorism, ex a man's arms ea and blew him 1 The victim Campbell. 55, an uni ed newspaper tru< who appeared cently struck I
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    Leslie's tomboy debut
    84 2 Leslie's tomboy debut Paris bom I eslie Caron, who has i;iv*'n up dancing in favour of acting, excitedly chews a lock of her long hair part of htt characterisation o( the tomboy (iigi, title-role of the play in which she has just made hrr London stage debut. Though Leslie ins
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    Trade team for Cambodia
    176 2 SINGAPORE Government is to send a delegation to Cambodia to establish ixiicr trade relations between the two territories. The Suggestion to send a trade delegation was first made by The Trade Ad visory Council at its last meeting;. A Government spokesman said the three Chambers of
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      146 2 T«EATfVIENT FOrt s A A M-v 1 ■'■■■>;■ V- &X" I *Tmeafax' is the proven scientific treatment for /V* foot" Harmless and non-irritating fo the V*) l%] I skin, clean and free from objectionable odours, v^ p j'Tmeafax' contains the most efficient substances yet discovered for Athlete's Foot, Dhobie Itch
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    MARSHALL IS IN HSSH SPIRITS
    48 3 The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, was in high spirits this morning when he attended the meet-thc-people session at Assembly House. Last night he reported to members of the Labour Front central committee on the London talks. He will meet them again today.
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    Lock icon Esupthly paradise
    392 3 Miss^ Baches _doors_are always open, her home provides.. rv: RE a -i monkey par- 1 I use in Singapore. 8 ife from cruel tote In other hands. H monkey orphanromp iovoii.slv at 28 Tom- ''.tad home ol their kindiv caretaker Miss f E he Queen of the monfcev
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    War footing
    19 3 Mr Robert Locaste, French Minister Resident in Algeria, today placed Press correspondents there on a war footing.
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    Harbour men all smiles
    68 3 Harbour men all smiles The Penang waterfront again hummed with activity this morning as i,500 work en i turned to work a ftei a three-day .strike for Increas ed wages. With one Blue Funnel liner alongside the pier and nine others in the road, the men faced the task of
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    Clash leads to curfew
    65 3 Security authorities In Nicosia yesterday Imposed an indefinite curfew on the South Coa.st town of Larnaca after what observer i described a.s the island's most serious clashes yet beeen Greeks and Turks. The town was .silent last nighi but a ton.se atmosphere remained in thn curbed
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    DON'T TOLERATE THESE TOUTS!
    226 3 DON'T TOLERATE THESE TOUTS! PiabaSc Disgrace No. 19 iioMY changen «»> .>! Raffles Place, Collyer Quay and Change Alley ;ir<> a pestilential thorn in the side of shoppew In the Colony t is well nigh Impossible for anyone with the ■lightest look of a tourist about him to walk through
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    Lock icon Loewen in Manila
    41 3 q eral Bii trie Loe ii r-in-( !hiel Briti h v n Efl il i ind >< da arrlvi i hi la fron Hong Kong n thn das Klwlll h rn to I .m gap mon >w*- A. P.
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    Lock icon Wreckage of plane sighted
    88 3 The wreckage of a ml ing Guatemalan airliner with 31 persons aboard was Lghted in the mountains ne ir La Tinta yesterday. All the p and crew were believed dead, since there w< re no iJ -.us of activit v near the wreckage. UP > Ginger
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      53 3 A PON and I? MUSSELS SPROUTS Srv3APORE COLD STORAGE CO. LTD. «rf» «rf* &P(j&f*€f LIGHTERS 1] S !\^\WSk i BRUSH FINISH fSV HEAVILY CHROME PLATED Vv V^" 1l with satiny, soft A VV m TONED BRUSH SURFACI V\ AND CONTRASTING HIGH 0? POLISH. I AVAII ABI E AT ALL I
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      44 3 PA ?B l\ no price premium tc>r a premium pi oduct vnir\\ ral w iters iff, fchweppes m.-:*Z Vat *zZ?' In a cla i by u.dj ifMONADE Qf NQf ft lEift t ONIC W.' A T H lODA ivakr DR > QINQI K I c.
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion Federation blunder
    234 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion Federation blunder ay 26, 1956. /COMMITTED as it is Vv to its ambitious deV( lopmi lit. and social programmes, the Federation Government desperately needs all the revenue it can rai.se. But allowing its customs service to gouge trade and commerce is emphatically not wise. Yet
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    Fifty million people with work-fever
    820 4  - Fifty million people with work-fever Charles Close Another informative article on life in Germany todnu Mai <M i V« 1 Dm. [T was i a.m.. and th< barman m my Berlin hoteJ greeted me with a smile. "A nightcap, sir?" lie inquired, i studied the Immaculate, whiti coated figure, "Don't
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    WEDDING TOAST
    30 4 Lovely Swedish actress, Anita Ekberg ami BrU i itSn star Anthony Steel, drink a tOOSt to t he future.* The}/ it err married quietly Uns ueek jfl Florence,
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    THE WOMIEN LABOURERS
    25 4 German women i :(N down tracks in front Of what used to be Hitler's Keith Chancellory in the Soviet Sector of BerUn.
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      36 4 Optical MOUSE f ZEISS I -y PUNKTfiI t J\ d i: S i.:r7.A..,,i,'-.L, i.-^iillifi OPTIC I A 1 1 *o an o! Johore 1 pital Singapore. 169. MIDDLE ROAD. SINGAPORf 1 i 6- W.i f. rloo
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      60 4 ■^■■■■■■■MMBtXSKtiaai THE STANDARD TO MAINTAIN fi%>r maximum comfort *2 and performance at the Wm lowest cost. Top speed 68 M.p.h. Petrol con- 9 sumption 37/48 M.p.g. Wi^^mpmmg^^to*, Provides safe, economical motocinc with ample reserve to meet rvrry demand. AKo av.iil.ihlc STAN" tART FAMILY 10 .ind STAN O4 COMPANION Estate C.irl
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    Mow A-treatment for milk
    160 5 \in K kept fresh by atomic treatment be delivered weektistead of daily in a years time. Fanners living near the Harwell atom station in ■ks have heard unoflft- that the Milk Marng Board has been tol< discoveries that could ionise milk distribution. Board official ad that
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    OBY LOSES OUT TO PETS
    52 5 •rii-k J- Bftts of Den Colorado, was awarded vorce because his wife. )ets— ll chinchillas, a a dog, a cat and r e bov is of goldfish. Bctts testified his wife once tried to stab bun bocause he slept while the cat rte one of
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    WIRE TOLD TO SWEAR PURITY ON A GRAVE
    180 5 WIRE TOLD TO SWEAR PURITY ON A GRAVE I'Vw would tlo ii. say« ilic jiitigc I husband demanded that ins wife iwear on lX her mother's grave that she never committed adultery it was snid In the Divorce Court. Hit the woman would not do it. And Mr. Commissioner Blanco
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    Lock icon Ideal mum kills babes
    92 5 A di ci Lb< i i "model mother" killi d her three daughi ■c i y- t< d ty. I placi d ihi m car< I nil m thi lr t- 'i t hen flred two pistol bullet Int her own breast Mrs. Lorene Culbeck, In
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    GUESS WHERE
    71 5 i'.ml jM'J.pU' OUt of the thousands who i »^> ihi oug b Empress Place every «':»y were able to tell where yes t puzzle picture was taken. It was the scroll on It.- o'.ij'Ji .Sv in impress Place. t\i\\\ we thought that was risy! ■/v What about today's?
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      46 5 iß^vesßeißiisEiiißar \Look Lovelier in a^ i hH| the most beautiful n I l U most beautifying m M j Switnsuits I A in the world! m fA 19.TG «/•//#>.% not* m i on pfeff i A^nts: EXCELSIOR LTD. 66, Ilitfli street, Singapore. ft'3 fcj r* ■< B fc)
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      49 5 -^jpg NFCKLACFS -^II CHOKERS "r^^ BROOCHES in A Aim iv 01 DESIGNS now on disim \y t^RH.de SI LVA LTRI EWEL L E RS H .-^—w B r» si I'M S ■«0«< o"t t »<<< 9 *H 1O #t »»a» r»«. c»f>. i»OM ••*•»<••<••• •>* .a v j •<• NEW
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      104 5 BIRCH OF ENGLAND St. Andrew's Cathedral: < a.m. Holy Communion, 8 a.m. Sung feucharist and Parish Communion, 9.30 a.m. Sunday School, 10.30 a.m. Matins, 11 a.m. Mandarin Service, fi p.m. Evensong. St. Hilda's Church, Katong: 1 a.m. Holy Cummunion. 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist, 10 am. Jr Church and Sunday School,
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      401 5 nion. st. Christopher's Church, Johore Bahru: 7.30 a.m. Holy; Communion, (>.30 p.m. Evensong, Holy Trinity Church, Hornc Road: 7.30 a.m. Holy Commu nion (.Eng.), 9 a.m. Bung Eueha- rist Wld Sermon (Foochow), 10.30 i a.m. Matins and Sermon <Hoki kien), 4 p.m. ESvensong and SerI men (Eng.) Church of The
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      424 5 HO DIST Straits Chinese hurch: ».41> I a.m. Sunday School, 9.40 a.m. Service In (Eng.t, Rev. F, 3. Lau (HC), 10.30 a.m. Service In (M). Mr. Kon Tlong Tal, 5.:?o pin, St-rviee in (.H^ig.), Rev. Eric Lambourne. Paya Lebar: 8.4f) a.m Sunday School, B a.m. Service in (M», Rev. Wee
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      333 6 .lI.WIIIIAKI] l»r !.<-<> l «lk and M*liil fl;ivis I Ml txAMINEOTHE WHO I I MICHAEL- THIS IS NOT A I I TURN I WANT THE TKBONE. I THERE ARt/l WOULD THIS JOKE V JOKE. NABOA. BACK" V INTEND TO 8E KING-IN NARDA DISAPPEARED '"Ko^lM WOT PRINTS AND DABE-- HA^ GONE
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      702 6 I Mil^HHi^ V^^^ 8 L# t nORM today, you are one of tl 0 13 who has been able to conai er 0 nuid and restless nature, brinu It t JJ undt r control and turn those enerei u Into a productive, gratifying channel! 4- of accomplishment. Vou have a
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      179 7 LONDON, Ma\ l'i t-Mous 1 oday Ki'BßEl No 1 Kss tU buyera 22 buyei p -.in ports June 22% sellers 22 .sellers r No. l kss Spot 23 1 buyers. 23% buyers 23% sellers 23% seUei i 1. 1 BBBS No. l Rss Settlement 2:i\ buyers 23%
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      New York prices
      105 7 NEW YORK. May 25. Previous Today riN Straits spot and nearby 96.75 nom. 96.75 nom. iiv futures May 95.50 bid 95.75 bid 9G.75 asked 96.00 asked June 95.40 bid 95.65 bid 96.75 asked 97.00 asked July 95.30 bid 95.55 bid 96.60 a.sked 96.85 asked TO NT Steady.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      38 7 Lampong spot ami release 30 v... Afloats lupment 30. June 29. jv)t 29'j. awaiting re- Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb. lease 29. Afloats 28 to 27. May shipment 25%. June 24%, seller ex-dock.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      32 7 NEW YORK. May 25. Previous Today 30 Industrials 473.51 472.43 20 Railroads 165.76 166.56 10 Domestic Bonds 96.61 96.^6 IS Utffitles 65.53 65.13 64 Stocks Composite Averagt? 171.10 170.75
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      104 7 LONDON, May 25. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K./ North luropcan deliveiVd June/ July weight ikm long ton Mav/.fune $193 sellers $192 sellers COPRA, Straits c.i.f. I K/North European delivered wVight per long ton May/ Jon© £69% buyers £69% buyers £70', sellers £70', sellers June/July £69$
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    New courses swelling pool of instructors
    6 7 New courses swelling pool of instructors
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    Youth activities
    186 7 INTENSIVE training is going on at the Queen Street Boys' Hostel in Singapore to prepare a pool of activity Instructors with sufficient qualifications and experience to instruct members of youth clubs in various activities. Courses that are now in progress are boxing by Mr B. L. Dunsford, fretwork
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    Looking out for witches
    150 7 ALL through this month P.C. R. Jack oi the Cotswold village oi Long Com p ton iia.s been on night j patrol-- looking for wltchea ills vigil .started on the eve of May i>ay traditional meeting tune ior witches. From ju.st after P r until 3.15
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    Lock icon One-day battle
    42 7 Pren i h Infantrymen i• u lied hu rebel forc< nea i Kh< ml on t h( Al"'f iin MOItM t' lf d( killing ,t ir,i,t hm) in bd «v lonn f Pren< h offlclal I aid yeattrd iy UP
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    MAJOR STARTS OVER AGAIN
    204 7 MAJOR STARTS OVER AGAIN Wf in the J i< md bfajoi f I r. :><■<•'; tartii n i oi the Now ;i mi i. r of the Derbysh tafl of thi Army (\uici i > -i ling tern i i m ma I 1 1 C h te? designed to
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    Lock icon RAF FOR RUSSIA
    25 7 The Soviet Premier, Nikolai Bulganln, haa Invited aenior Roynl Air Forcft (.Iliccr.s to vi.sit Ku.v-.Kt next month, it w;us announced yesterday UP
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      67 7 aiiillllillllllllllllllliilllliiiliiinb I SINGAPORE I I HIGH TIDES 1 TODAI 11.41 p m I OMORROH I > r: S P HI E monii oi i i m g s and 1.31 p II ESDAY 19 HI S itui '1 1 p'" S \m DNFSDAY: 116 s 5 -i hi .Hid 1.48
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    ARE—SHORTER THEIR STAY
    1092 8  - ARE— SHORTER THEIR STAY T.F. Hwang HBI IV I^PV I^ H V I^ By *****1111l MARRIAGE eosti a bofej to manj ol Singapore's eligible bachelors Thej conjure up terrifying expenses, keeping bachelors awaj from 1 1 1 <• wedding march. But i he bill does not hav( to be hi
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    Boozeometers? Give me alcohol Oses
    334 8  -  PELHAM GROOM says IHAVE always liked Guy de Maupassant's story of the man who assessed his degree of inebriation by the graduated scale of a boozeometi r. Not, as the author points out. that the man had such an Instrument, but with the passage of
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    The bridge hand
    437 8 response rould have been made if the Intervening player passed. This may have robbed you of any bid at all, or changed the bid you WOUld have m;idc; it may also have made it more difficult for partner to rebid an he had prepared to. Keep these
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    Prejudice in Colony forces lepers into self-banishment
    507 9  -  Adelaide Eastley i\vi:ni THi:\iMi:\r us cmirmxg VMCTiMS or i.bwiwsy BUT... r VPORE has f b long way clays when heavily mufin cotton robes, e<j around the as beggars, ringra ss bella to warn public of their suffering from Oldest disease' n to mankind,
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    'Fordibben'
    31 9 Lovely Anne E Francis, the girl r with the "kitt?n B will soon 'ti in the I .Mine had of Rim "ForS Iden Planet." Un e is a c binnde.
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    BIRD WATCHING IS GREAT FUN
    458 9 AN international hobby, which knows no barriers of race or creed and in Malaya and Singapore takes in men who may be millionaires or clerks, is helping Australia in the study of its bird life. The technical name for these Malayan and Singapore hobbyists is
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    T.V. IN MOTORS
    86 9 T.V. IN MOTORS a i i■ i■ t i on sale i i the U<; a v. !u< h take i ill the guea Ol k <jut <*! bho gai age mechanic's labours and also doi a away with the motor] t'a complaint th;it he has been charged u tortune
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      244 9 I Ornithology V if you like I uiiuiiiKin niii in iiiiiiiiiiiiiii 5 ail these many more E i Usual Price Sale Price E 1 Chinese Brocidcj > 50 $3. 90 German Fancy Sh.intun^ 1 >0 3.25 4 E f Stretchablc Panties (Fit to .ill |lin) J.90 290 i Strctch.iblc Stocking
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    INDIAN GIRL LEAF FROM S STEAL ARTINE
    550 10 INDIAN GIRL LEAF FROM S STEAL ARTINE A FEAST of colour. youth and beauty was presented to Singapore when the 16 girl dancers, above, of the Lady Irwin College in Delhi, staged a variety programme at the AngloChinese School Auditorium in Barker Road. In their rainbow -hued saris glittering with
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    Lock icon ALI AS 'BRIDGE' IN TALKS ON FORMOSA
    253 12 ALI AS 'BRIDGE' IN TALKS ON FORMOSA Inside on the countrle. and people arouiwrwl in kin-.', are specula ting whether Mr. Mohamad Ah. Prime Min ol Pakistan, bi for tng )i views i between i tina and I U States, particuover the question of Nationali I n tno i the
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    BY JAP TEXTILES
    96 12 \GGRESSIVE J P anese trade competil lon, particularly in world textile markets, is causii g serious concern in India, the United States and other producing nations. I:. New Delhi, India's Minister for Commerce mid Industry, Tate T. Krishnamachari told the semi- i official Export Advisory Council: "A
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    Lock icon New Japanese trade pacts
    117 12 tied China has agreed to extend for another year the unofficial Japan-China i t ide agreement calling for $255 million ann u a i if.lv. each way. This i:, the third extension .since World vv.u a ended. Japanese firms last year x ported $76' 2 million
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    Lock icon S'HAI AS A GRAVEYARD OF TRADE
    190 12 S'HAI AS A GRAVEYARD OF TRADE SO iar as business is concerned, "Shanghai La a commercial graveyard as the present programme calls for elimination Ol private business.' 1 Thus said Mr Charles Sydney Miner, an American busine ig man on arrival in ii mg Kong from Shanghai where he has
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    Row brews over isles claim
    355 12 Row brews over isles claim 4N international row which may eventually draw in Ked China is brewing over a private Filipino claim to an island empire in the South China Sea. tionallftt China Has informed the Philippines Government th a t the claim to the island group constitutes an "infringement
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    Lock icon Films for China
    20 12 a Japanese film I win be held in P I eight other cities oi next month A.P.
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  • Glimpses
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      25 12 The population of Red China totalled 582.6 million in 1953, according to Peking. The population growth is estimated at two per cent annually. A. P.
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      27 12 The Hiroshima Council for Banning Atom and Hydrogen Bombs has protested in cables to President Eisenhower *nd Adlai Stevenson against the US H-bomb dropped at B>kini. U.P.
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      Lock icon Chinese abroad now investing in Fukien
      38 12 Chinese abroad now investing in Fukien 4 Dill OE ikl^^S^ W WS '"THE biggest of 14 A "mechanised" cane sugar refineries being built in Fukien Province, "is being built with investments from overseas Chinese," says Peking Radio.— U.P.
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      25 12 Communist China has •started the cultivation of coffee, pineapple and hemp in its sub-tropical province of Yunnan, according to Radio Peking. Plantations cover 32,123 U.P.
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      29 12 Over 250,000 copies of textbooks and grammars in the new written Mongolian language have been published in Inner Mongolia. It is written in the Cyrillic alphabet (like Russian Reuter
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      30 12 Led by China's foremast female impersonator, Mei Lan Fang, an 80- member theatrical delegation Is due to give a .series of performances in five leading cities of Japan. 1 Reuter
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      38 12 Soviet oil experts have advised India to concentrate her search for oil in the Punjab and Rajasthan. They also recommended test drillings in the Ganges valley, West Bengal, in the Cambay area and on the Madras coast.- Reuter
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      37 12 A bronze bell weighing six tons A Buddha Jayanti i^ift to Ceylon from the chief abbot of the Japanese Buddhists has arrived in Colombo for installation at historic Daiada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) in Kandy.— Reuter
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      38 12 A team of German experts will carry out research In India on rare plants and animals and will donate part of their collection to Indian scientific institutions. The team may also visit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. U.P.
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    336 20  -  ALL AN LEWIS i?\ SOVEREIGN, ridden »v a riding boy showed all v tii old dash when he ran 31 In 31 i5 In bryout with Pro peritj on a good track at [poh this morning Sovereign was a comfortable neck in front
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