The Singapore Free Press, 30 May 1956

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya s,. l 1581. Singapore. Wednesday, May 30, 1956 l'ri.e 13CU.
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  • Article
    They're hostile to Mr. Marshall
    248 1 rpHE Free Press learnt to--1 daj some of the "other reasons' 1 which might tlif Singapore Chief Minister to resign. He spoke of these "other reasons" in his broadcast on Monday night but he did not specify what they were. According to informed sources, these
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    WITCHCRAFT
    227 1 It happened in Singapore Here's a story that will AMAZE you The Free Press has ob;"7;1 the story of a "ffntened man. it is a "range, true story of love »nj Witheraft and superstition jtaj With it all is the lilt)! tact that this is a 5 STOKY. The
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    BLOW FOR BANDUNG REDS
    305 1 BLOW FOR BANDUNG REDS Hold on talks is defeated Neutralism triumphs J'HE Afro-Asian students' conference opens in Bandung today free from Communist influence after what the London Times today described as neutralism asserting its independence from the Communist position. The conference was postponed until today after (lit ferences in the
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    CYPRUS GUNMEN STRIKE
    156 1 CYPRUS GUNMEN STRIKE GANGSTER-STYLE Turkish Cypriot gunman in a black car yesterday stopped a truck, killed the driver and seriously wounded the other occupant with a burst of bullets. The attack is thought to be a Turkish retaliation for the death of a Turkish policeman who was earlier wounded in
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    Lock icon First flight to Lhasa
    53 1 The first passenger plane from Peking arrived yesterday at the "forbidden city" of Lhasa capital of mountainous Tibet. Peking Radio reported. The flight nearly 2,000 miles over range after range of mountains -lasted more than 11 hours, the radio said, with the Diane steady at 22,000
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    Rubber price
    38 1 The Singapore Rubbei M;i ik'! opened this nn >ni Ini with fir' 'I nil June shipment Mi< < nl b ib one and on< Quarter cent below v terday' clow n tone wfl i unceri :i in
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    VULCANS JOIN UP
    29 1 Britain 'a delta wingi d atom bomb< i the four* |el Avtf) Vulcan, iii be In §cf flCe with U At. ia a lev. weulu' Uiue.
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    Samaritan
    348 1 railll«: heart of ;i well-known Sint;;iJL pore woman has opened to the plight of two Rucking (Sarawak) youngsters who need accommodation here while undergoing medical treatment M the General Hospital. She is Mrs. Elisabeth ('hoy. who was awarded the 0.1t .K. for her heroic wartime services and who lives
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      48 1 I rLA^rl I NEWSI Better pictures! Bigger pleasure! [l C you get both, when you use I SYLVANIA SUPERFLASH m Take the pictures you've always > C wanted indoors, outdoors, night or day. I; 'Blue Dots for J I tm Shotsf SYLVANIA f I SUPtf flush bulbs iSViV/AViViVi'/iViVi'iV/iViViVtVi'tS'iVA fwftfa
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    Down with the struts
    238 2 COMBINED OPERATIONS TO REMOVE A DANGER A COMBINED Singapore Improvement TrustCity Council operation will be started soon to remove dangerous timber struts from backlanes in the city. The two bodies are to share the payment for their removal. The acting City Architect, Mr. H. Hawson, told
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    ENGINEER WEDS TEACHER
    241 2 ENGINEER WEDS TEACHER ...It was love at first sight AFTER IS years away from Singapore, Michai B. Lee, aged 28, was thinking of parkin!, h bags and returning home. B ih But over lunch in the famous St. Leger tou Doncaster, Yorks, he was introduced i! J friend to attractive
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    She beats taboo
    83 2 A WOMAN who shattered the concept that AAsma n women still bring up their children in the same feudal taboos and superstitions as their ancestors did centuries ago has just passed through Singapore. Miss Elizabeth Barton. World Health Organisation worker in remote villages of Pakistan, is flying
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    Cat nursed her to health
    132 2 Cat nursed her to health chen, found more food and brought it into the bedroom. The procedure lasted the entire 10 days the woman spent in bed When she appeared at tableagain and offered her cat a piece of liver the animal refused it and placed it at its mistress's
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      6 2 Ic^ 5-8 Children $1.10 J7 t^
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      156 2 Advertisement A baby knows better than y0u.... Whether his system really thriving on the die! have chosen for him or Jtl putting on fat without building up muscles and bones. Yes, that can happen if give him a sweet, starch]) (Mi that may ple«ase Ml palate dvi does not give
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    Untitled
    124 3 :rr <> s S E 1> from a I 1 speeding Singapore E lorrj yesterday at the corner of East Coast Road and Jalan Haji Salam, Bedok. a for- E lorn polka-dotted spa- niti lay dejectedly un- til rescued by a pass- E mu motorist. E While uninjured, the E
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    WINDOW LAUNCH
    96 3 Mr Robert Brown, who built a 26 -foot boat in his living room in St. Petersburg. Florida, has launched it with half an inch to spare. During the six weeks the boat was being built, neighbours wagered that it would not fit through a 9 ft. 5V 2
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    THEY ALL WANT TO HIRE FANS OFF COUNCIL
    144 3 THEY ALL WANT TO HIRE FANS OFF COUNCIL Applicants haven't much longer to wait now... 1 500 householders are on the Si,,, C.ty Councils waiting U st sjg ivrr l th y wont havt t0 wa 't much loneer Mr, Chan, vice-chairman 01 the Council's Public utilities Committee, said that
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    H-mystery grows
    197 3 \WAS A BOMB EXPLODED? AMERICA i'S NOT SAYING Ottit i\ls in Washington still refused yesterday to confirm or deny Tokyo reports that ttie tinted States had exploded a second hydrogen bomb last Sunday in its current series of Bikini tests. Interest in the "mystery" seemed to have vanished.
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    Lock icon Dust hinders space travel
    74 3 Tiny particles of airborne dust, which are almost in visible to the naked eye, may be a great hindrance to outer space travel, say scientists at the Armour Research Foundation of the Illinois Institute of Technology. This problem and the problem of erosion of metal surfaces
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    Sell papers race is on
    82 3 A hot circulation war j among Britain's nationally distributed morning newspapers hit a now peak yesterday. The Daily Sketch announced a contest for readers in which the prize i.s a two-week safari in Africa In a previous contest the tabloid Sketch gave away a racehorse.
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    RAIN AT LAST
    27 3 Heavy rain soaked the South of England yesterday. ending a six-week drought which caused scores of forest fires and threatened havoc to early crops.
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    WHO'LL FOOT BILL?
    122 3 SINGAPORE Government has cleared waste ground in Shenton Way to convert the area into a car park. During the past week bulldozers have cleared blukar from the ground and levelled it. Director of Public Works, Mr. A. Wear, said yesterday: "The next step is a survey to
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    Security tightened for Royal trip to Sweden
    158 3 ovvedish security officials jO responsible lor the. Queen's safety during her Official vi:sif, to Stockholm next month are keeping a sharper watch at sea and airports for undesirable aliens. The security men aid they were on the look out for fanatic Greeks or
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      52 3 < i Just arrived < AMERICAN SHOES! De Liso, Fiacee and other makes Town Country Meyer Chambers, Raffles Place (Next Door to ROBINSON'S) G1FT5... r^^^^ I I C HOOSING A GIFT THAT WILL CONVEY y OUR SENTIMENTS ELOQUENTLY IS SO SIMPLE AT s l p 11. de SILVA LTD. S|
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      67 3 j,« mi needai|ft? i tif Spring tonic mm 1 B any season of the yearl 1 SiLMMw* Fresh new design eye-catching colorsf i B SEE OUR NEW RANGE IN h SQ. ENDS OR POINTED END IN PURE SILK, RAYON AND DACRON j m HI Bi HI IB IB Hi IH
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      Opinion It also hurts the Govt.
      197 4 Opinion It also hurts the Govt. i>Y its policy of ham- pering the tin mining industry, the Federation Government appears to be doing as grave a disservice to itself as to the industry. The present mining ureas Lire being worked out. Yet, despite repeated appeals, every difficulty has been placed
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    Irish Sweepstake began at No 13
    679 4  - Irish Sweepstake began at No 13 MICHAEL CURRAN FABULOUS EMPIRE OF PHILANTHROPY HAS PAID £B7,OOO,OOO [I By ONLY something startling, .something dramatK that no one had ever thought of, could hell the half-dozen hospitals in Dublin which badl^ needed help in 1929. P'aded paint was peeling Off the walls of
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    MALAYANISATION? THESE BOYS WILL MAKE IT WORK
    483 4  - MALAYANISATION? THESE BOYS WILL MAKE IT WORK Pelham Groom says TIE was a smart youngster, and he wore his uniform proudly. The brass M.A.T.C. badge on his beret was smooth through constant polishing. "England has everything now. Hasn't she?" i he asked. j I couldn't think what I he meant,
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      29 4 It means I so much morel /o give-or get\ P »v f |PATEK PHILIPPE| wmadt, limited annual^ proiliu ti"H I H. SENA LTD. f 5 ITmi. IVnang Bangkok, r,
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      28 4 a picture of health... I Available from all leading stores C-" I THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD I 33, RAFFLES PLACE J SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE ARCADE, ORCHARD r^ j
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    Lock icon Singapore Spotlight
    1048 5  - Si ng apore Spotlight ADELAIDE EASTLEY Kll!llllllH»' lll|l|llMiri IH By j(|IIIIIIHII| milllll!lllll|||||||4; I I HIDS to Mr. Tun 1) si»k Kew, presi|H>; oi the Singapore m,' Chamber oi IJommeivt', whose proti Oi J° bs ln loc^l ■Rhui firms to Malty', i< a welcome ges|E r< civic co-opera-II m a fact
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      238 5 H. M.V. «4fe I I uiijllfl I ,l I l( Wlth '-"J""l i rr.|, „l i i BT*' •fe"'''"" T '^^HBte l 3 lIOv w'/ I'Jv AC ■[> mBQ&.^R mOSSi^^^^ '■>'''■■' (jbo/o A 'ithcr O|if>li > -^^^^3 E. s! ISAAC CO., LTD. IMIA Ceil St Spore I. Til ***** The
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      188 6 .VIAXIHI \Ki: l>< !.<■<• I'alk anal I'liii llmis i.%11/..\\ by Edgar Hire Burroughs she ,vv~ C'N >■ ep thkt he uP- L MM >S >.^BSS^ j aLy'tjP' 1 WMi IV^jqS^KSß^''';^ ITV^ :^4:''"' 1 hJOT SEE MEK FACE ne VxrT^ w-AMCS^WAKC' TUKMEP THK SAI.VF by Leslie Charteris S^^^^'^/6QOD HAVE the ["THE
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      727 6 J! I BOHN today, «ou b*V€ a k« n I, ir for careful detail. You lt J H 4 slmrp observer oi human beings anri can get at motivation behi 1* 1 the surface tacts wit h a jreat dSS I 4 of ease. \ou can understand human 1? >
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      188 7 LONDON, May 29 Previous Today In i; Nl> l KSJ ci 22 bu veis 21% buyers llKiri-> i >t(ll> June 22 a sellers 22 sellers PBjK V l KSS Spot 2; b^yers 22^ buyers P 23^4 sellers 22 sellers K. fiQ 1 KSS Settlement 23 buyers t*
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      New York prices
      99 7 NEW YORK, May 29. Previous Today [Strut- s[>ot and nwwby 96.00 nom, 94.75 ivom futures >l*y 95.25 bid 95.25 bid 96.25 asked 96.25 asked June 93.90 bid 93.90 bid 95.40 asked 95.40 asked July 93.80 bid 93.80 bid 95.20 asked 95.20 asked BE; Barely steady. BfUK: futures:
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      U.S. PEPPER
      47 7 lalabar Lampong spot and lease 29, afloats 28 to 28 x 2 May iting release at 30 4. Afloats shipment 24 1 June 23 I All May shipment 29%, June 29. sellers ex-dock, iwai spot and awaiting reAboae prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      28 7 I NEW YORK, May 29. Previous Today Industrials 468.81 477.68 Railroads 161.60 165.72 Domestic Honds 96.43 96.56 ETtOities 64.35 65.13 Stocks ..tnposite Average 168.49 171.80
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      105 7 LONDON. May 29. Previous Today PR\ Philippines ci.f. U.K./ Wfw Furopean delivered gW per ion c ton June/ July $189 sellers $185 sellers tK V Strata ci.f. UK/North r °Pe»n delivered weight per •"I Uu May/June £69Vi buyers no buyers £69% sellers £68 sellers June/July £69^
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    9 sea scouts get burnt...
    254 7  -  SUN, PAINT AND PARAFFIN ...BY sea scouts were taken to hospital with burns after v day in the sun. it was not sunburn but the effect of the SliN and black VARNISH and PARAFFIN. The boys— from the Hampstead troop w ere painting their training
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    'Copter rescue service expands
    130 7 'Copter rescue service expands lIKLICOITKKS arr S Xl hfiux UM*d more r and more for 1 1 1 1 MVblg round thr I 5 coasts of Britain, and E their n umbers are to i n be increased Kxtra pilots ;trr l*ein«r traitu-d x\u\ more mac hines come E off
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    Lock icon TOP REDS HELD
    21 7 Seven people described as top functionaries In the State of Massachusetts Communist Party organisation, have been arrested. A.P.
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    Lock icon Party talks
    29 7 President Tito received Palmiro Togliatti, Secretary General of the Italian Communist Party on Monday and was continuing talks with him yesterday, it was announced In Belgrade. Reuter
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    Conductor dies
    18 7 Professor Hermann Abendroth. noted German conductor, died yesterday in Jena, East Germany. He rtra c T1
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    Dipper rail at fair cracks
    122 7 mHIRTY people riding on Battersea Fun Fair's Big DipJ. per had a split-second thrill not included in the Is. ride. As the three-car train hurtled at 35 m.p.h. to the bottom of a 70-foot high run. it came to a grinding, sudden A cracked rail
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    GUESS WHERE
    64 7 Round two of our war on readers gave us a technical knockout-not a l proper one because I OIK Liiessed yesterdays answer is the Overseas Bank of China. Only four out of our thousands of readers. Are we going to let up. Not on your life, Hires another
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    Lock icon POPE IS ILL
    23 7 A sore throat and fatigue has forced w V' ir )lfi v vv Pitt! XII to n' lU >" hl> U.P.
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    Today's laugh
    3 7 Today' s laugh
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      44 7 AVOID THE RUSH. y M^^^SUR Come early for the e^^^SP^Hf^^J < > LAST 4 DAYS V^^*^ H^^tk of our >, MID-YEAR SALE I (lAN SINGH CO. LTD. 30-1. Raffles Place Sporo-1, Phone ***** 6 fi \h< f& f& Pl^lSKrf STERILIZtD V^2^AV FRESH I ft <*Wl<t<s v^-**' MILK
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      56 7 S SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 2.48 m. TOMORROW: 208 a.rn and 3.29 pm. B g Fill DAY: 2.54 a.m. 1 and 4.15 p.m. SATURDAY: 3.49 a.m. And 5 05 pm m SUNDAY: .:»7 and (i 0 1 p m MONDAY: 8.15 am B a and IJI pm. TIfKSOAY: 7 .1*)
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    MOST MODERN TV. STATION! IN WORLD TO COST £5,000,000
    358 8 ii/ORK hsu started In London ()ti most advanced television centre In Ihe world. It is expected to take about six years to build, and abo it E5,000,000. I centre eventually /> u in (4 f aboul 13 ;i t i lii
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    ...Colony is still waiting
    197 8 ...Colony is still waiting i\ Singapore the GovI ii nimnt has set up a committee to explore tlie various methods of ,v introducing television. Assemblymen hold 1 strong views on the subject. Some member^ on Government benches hold the view v that a commercial contern should be liven s licence
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    No more rabbit pies far the Australians
    509 8  -  Arthur Morley "Myxo" kills off century-old pest |j Special report from THE myxomatosis A story in Australia is growing to be a fabulous tale. Fanners and graziers have been throwing their hats into the air with joy since the rabbit killing disease, (imported
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      25 8 BLACK j^^SrM^i FLAG-r^^^*^l KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE STRAITS BUDGET Six Months Air Freight Subscription (U.K. only) $24.00 Six Months Sea Mall Subscription (Anywhere) $13.50
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    Lock icon PEKING ROLLS OUT RED CARPET
    552 9 PEKING ROLLS OUT RED CARPET ir o -fSBm l^v*~ v^^^^F wP^WWw^K^af'^BB ,mjß v PWWiWpW! ypyp|BHWWßPM|B||jßpM^p|pP|ißJßpM i^^^^Bgn^^Br «^^kw (COMMUNIST China J dots her best to welc o m t ton ign visitors, reports Reuter'g Peking correspo n d (mi t David Chip}). If th 6 object i.s to uivr first Impression
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    Lock icon NO CHINESE IN U.S. IS MADE TO REMAIN
    106 9 THE U.S. State Department said there are no Chinese in the United States either in prison or out who want to go to Red China and have not been jx^rmitted to go. Pn\vs Officer Lincoln White told newsmen that Communist China, in
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    Lock icon PEARL QUEST
    30 9 IT nty-one small ships have left Wakayama, Japan for pearl fishing ration* In the Aralura i oil the coast of Aust- 342-ton survey ship accomnanied the fleet:— A.p.
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  • Glimpses
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      PULSE
      88 9 Food crisis in East Pakistan The food situation in the province of East Pakistan is "catastropnic," Mr. H. S. Suhrawardy, leader of the opposition Awami League, told reporters when he arrived at Karachi from Dacca. Mr. Mohamad Ali, the Pakistani Premier, has said every effort was being made to
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      38 9 Mr. Suhrawardy said the Premier had ordered the purchase of 50,000 tons of dee from Burma and East Pakistan. The Pakistani Government recently accepted an offer of a gift of 40.000 tons of food grains from Russia, Reuter
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      45 9 The steppcd-up drive against clandestine opium dens in South Vietnam, will affect the estimated 4,000 opium dens in Saigon's Chinese suburb of Cholon. In the first phase of the cleanup drive launched six months ago, 434 people were arrested and sent to rehabilitation centres.- U.P.
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      21 9 Sir Dudley Senanayake, former Premier" of Ceylon, has arrived in London for medical treatment. He is suffering from gastric troubles.- A.P.
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      22 9 Fekinej Radio reported the first plane of the Pefcping-Lhasa Air Line has landed at Lhasa airport on a trial fligftlt.- A. P.
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      31 9 The Thai Television Company of Bangkok will enlarge its service by establishing eight transmitting stations in provincial areas, a T.T.V. spokesman has disclosed. At present only Bangkok receives TV programmes U.P.
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      29 9 More than 250.000 people packed the ground* of the World Peace Pagoda i ear Rangoon for a mass orciin- ation service of 2,500 Burmese youths into Buddhist monkhood.- Reuter
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      19 9 Five Chinese graduates of i U.S. universities have passed through Hong Kong on their way to Red China A.P.
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    Lock icon RED THREAT ALARMS PI
    133 9 HE Philippine army's expert on Com--1 munist subversion has told visiting student! and faculty members of the 1 s National War College in Manila {p»t, unless the big powers of the Manila <<t came up with a firm approach to th( Philippic problem, the Philippines J°Wd
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      53 9 ipS^". Tost your pointing-abilities with a PPINTURA set... it giver; the pleasure of achievement. Painting's a hobby thai brings peace Prico $5.75 per box \^PfiP^V% J^^ +»***"*"*> W M. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY We w.ll be closed all day tomorrow. (Malaya) t rd (Incorp r ittd n Sinfjport) Raffles Plact, Slngaport.
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    The German robots are marching on the world
    652 12  - The German robots are marching on the world ANTONY TERRY jb mr By a m^ 'I'Hp: robot, eye ol the little green monster blinked at me steadily in a Stuttgart factory. And I suggest you watch out, for very shortly it is going to be blinking at you, too. The
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    MONEY HE SEEKS IS CENTURIES OLD
    546 12  -  Donald Gomery By—- I AM going on a treasure hunt, for gold and silver coins, for gold and silver plate. For some part of the great treasure that lies just beneath the soil ol Britain. The man I'm going with is called Charles Quarrel!
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    Making friends
    37 12 Prince Charles makes friends with a polo horsj I in Windsor Great Park. Berkshire, England I The Royal Family were at the park to watcn I the Duke of Edinburgh play in a. polo matrli-
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    'Lion of the piano" due next month
    480 13  -  'MAESTRO' y£>& S> $&t Ja&a 8 Si flt pOp A Saßl iKnm X JB aoc^^g fir w flB j^^{ He -dSp I jS? >Mw Mflßfl jK »w w^i v JBfc F flj^ af jjtfSa 4n By 1 IrvONALD MOORE Pro- J; iiiiuns are
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    POPS
    60 13 PO PS J I LOSS has been a top- r moire years than 1 <<> remrmber. lILs Not (lis< Whos S<> rr y v backed by Memories 7»« of This, shows s «<»M none of his old r or popular appeal. l numbers are given „i?"- oth sll^ treatment v
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    FOUR ACES
    777 13 FO UR ACES T"HIS is the new feature that Malayan music lovers are talking about. Each week Free Press antics are choosing their Four best recordings m the Jazz, Pops, Vocal and Orchestral fields Each week, also, there is news of forthcoming musical events in the Colony. Start collecting the
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    He's smooth, slick
    144 13 frantic competition of new sound" orchestras which have to rely on gimmicks and quirks he can still rat* 1 Ace status. This disc (lIMY OEA 1856J 78) will spin him and his orchestra among the big boys of the wax world and keep Joe and his orcheMra
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    On the line to 'pop' land
    108 13 Pop-addicts have found a paradise with their z favourite tunes available at the push of a button E It's the browserie at ;i large London record showroom. No need to sort out the records and Z then hunt for a free cubicle Just press
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      112 13 *****000 0 ********** 0 0 000 0 0000 //%< .A^ 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE" LP YOUNG FATS WALLER U.--., Fat) .Vl'.. dlp ii n ALL I WANNA DO IS SWING (Thi |oc Newman Story) j c Ntvvman Octal dlpiim SUN VALLEY SERENADE Cl«nn Millaj and hi Orch (from Mkn) dlp ho;
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    HE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE ENGINES
    388 14 HE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE ENGINES 1"» he hoy who Want--1 ed to See the Knftint\s wa.s disappointed the other day. The boy: Prince Charles With the Queen and Princess Anne he was travelling up to Balmoral. At Aberdeen he wanted to Inspect the engines that pulled the royal
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    Lock icon Oddities
    221 14 A Grand Rapids, Michigan, mother of three won the I "Mrs. Michigan" title. Z Her outstanding do- mestic abilities de- Z eide-d the judges: She prepared a winning meal of Broiled Porter. house Steak, Tossed Salad. Broccoli and Devil's Food Cake. Z if. I IjiLORIDA'S Marine- land has a
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    DISNEY'S WESTERN
    93 14 \yALT DISNEY will make two live-action CinemaScope features in the near future. The first of the two adventure Alms dramatises an actual Civil War raid of 1862 In which James J. Andrews undertook to destroy the railroad between Chattanooga and Atlanta. Disney has called this film, "The Great
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    THE William Hickey COLUMN
    520 14 THE William Hickey COLUMN serve Britain's 6,500,000 motor vehicles." He loves curry OIR WILLIAM STEWARD, Tory M.P. for West Woolwich, and bustling boss of the Parliamentary Catering Committee, was the last person I would have imagined working in a kitchen. But. He told me at a party at his Indian
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      204 14 *^B^^H^B^M^|MMrt- li A 1 1 lj j MB 9 B?! CLUES A( ROSS (6). 1 Boarder loses hLs degree (5). 6 Rout mules in this f'"^ 4 To a chic disturbance (7). way o), 8 Let this be man's set up (13). 7 universal savour 18. 5) 10 Pound in
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    Oh, WHAT a farmhouse tea this was!
    1037 15 Oh, WHAT a farmhouse tea this was! I HAVE always muin- tamed that the Brijft usewife is the ft courageous cook I arth when it to pastry and making. She ■thinks nothing of makI a Christmas Cake, covering it with mar- and royal icing and then decoratingit with as much
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    BRIDGE HAND
    411 15 One ol the table* at oui bridge club hai come to he callei ihe Jungle The players are far more skillful than the average— although not quite in the top-expert clatt, They nn also morr daring, to use a euphemistic word for what Rom? of the jungle's carping
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    MARILYN REVOLTS
    1102 16  -  W. K. BLESS tWgWßwaf >* Jp| X'>*T2£3MHS9kw MSHiißKS^ra^M JH WaSßUH^^^ iff/** —And walks out of a $297,500--a-year contract \IARILYN was in the headlines and sweeping the glossy cinematic magazines in a tour de force. She was in a position to leave job-hunting to ber agent, and relax, but
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    IT'S ALL A QUESTION OF TIMING
    788 17  - IT'S ALL A QUESTION OF TIMING HAROLD HEFFERNAN by -says a Hollywood stuntman who ought to know IftoHN i'AYNE and (I J Jill Bishop, trading Ifij mlts in a 1915-era I „111, suddenly i Into a furious IK r- They struggle It n the room, uplE,!';:.-.: tables, chairs I vM
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    ROMANCE
    60 17 H wrowdgrtd how soree.n <:>»litiis m«-t their "ii.ianrrs? I I'avlow first saw loi huslKind Derek •in n they w«rfc co- '•> ;i (luillrr "V.!,! Slnden and Diana ■Ml as they reBhaketpeto* at 1"I «iti- Avon BrI e« mot ornH LBCM •t m,;is rullrd at the '<» be ptiotn^raphed nee
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    Flowers from Miss Phyllis
    49 18 Laay tressanges receives a basket of flowers from Miss Phyllis Galbraith, daughter of Squadron Leader (Rev > AC. Galbraith, M.C.. M.A., P.M.U. B. Chaplain, R.A F Changi. Occasion was the Far East Air Force tennis championships at Changi on Sunday when Lady Fressanges presented the prizes.
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    LAST WICKET HELD OUT TO WIN
    1120 18  - LAST WICKET HELD OUT TO WIN RALPH BLAKEMAN *r RAF Changi sports round-up C^hancji Accidental* drew with Seletai Adust rans in a Services Wednesday League match last week The Accidental* batted flyst and scored 85, oJ which Fg. Off Butler scored 28. in an exciting finish, the Ada stran's last
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    Brundage 'amazed' at sport in Asia
    131 18 Brundage 'amazed' at sport in Asia i| ix. avery Krundage. pre I If! sident of (he totenia tiona Olympic Committee said in Cairo yesterday he was '/amazed 1 at the progressive standard of sport in Asia, the Middle Fast and such countries as pat istan. He recently attended Olympic Week
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    A record Olympics forecast
    87 18 W.S. Kent Hughes, chairman of the Australian Olympic Organising Committee, said in Washington yesterday that prospects for the 1956 Games in Melbourne "look like a record in every way." Hughes said a record number of countries already have entered. He also expects a record number of
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    SAME TEAM
    60 18 The same four Bntisn who were defeated In last Wiuhtman Cup tennis matcnes were chosen yealerdaj again to wrest thr trophy Eroffl the U.S. thLs year. The British Lawn Trni sociation named Shiriry H.-^.ii-er. Angela Buxton. Angtt Moremer and Pat Ward for the Cup matches* at Wimbledon on
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    UNKNOWN OUSTS A FAVOURITE
    167 18 D. MACK IF., of Royal Hong Kong, w;us beaten by two holes by W. 8. Ja< k (Pollok) in the first round of the British amateur golf champlonshlpa at TrOOO, Ayrshire, on Monday. David Mackie. an unknown young Scottish golfer, scored a big upset by ousting
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    KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
    349 19  -  All-Rounder Ipoii Survey by I.\NSI COGHIIJL has retired irom club in the Wales. He was opening batsman fur Llan- his place will be taken by his son Rex This [ntain a tradition, for a Coghili has opened th( nnings i<>r the last three generations. VA
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    DAVIS CUP DONOR HONOURED IN U.S.
    81 19 The name of Mr. Dwight Davis, who presented the Davis Cup for international competition 56 years ago, is to be inscribed in the American national lawn tennis hall of fame in Newport. Rhode Island. miss rat Mnythe. selected to represent Britain in the Olympic
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    Top fighters in the Orient
    257 19 JAPAN and the Philippines led Asian boxing J ratings for the first quarter of 1956. Rankings were released yesterday by the Oriental Boxing Federation. The ratings listed Japanese champions Hitoshl Mlsako in the flyweight. Shigeji Kaneku In the featherweight and Teruo Onuki in the middleweight
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    PARKER CUP
    24 19 rem f: ptftl 1 I OurklMMi today ;«t Hiim Barrack* bi th* first round of the Parker <:up infjtr.rnrna :^j< LCI COmLK'UUuli.
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    Epsom Derby callover
    115 19 FRENCH challenger Lavandln, favourite at five to one, wm supported In .some keen bettinnf> exchanges at Monday \s ca Hover on the Epsom Derby t<> be run on June 6. Tndunn, Roi.st.ir and Sane Bleu w<re all backed, but. the be*t business wa.s about anothei French colt,
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    Jap marksmen beat Indians
    86 19 Japanese marktnm again dominated India yesterday whet. Japan won bOttl tIM fXOUP KOd diviflunl small \x>re rifle VftXXU in the second liidi.in .Japan Kfxxiwill ri/le tourjuuii'-nt. Details: Group Bftnt: Japan 2,920 team by 2.91 7 to 2,863 points Small bore; i. Yuklo Iguma (Japan) .094 pointe
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    TOO WET FOR FOOTBALL
    56 19 Ft A P.O and haf BeiH ir BparUuu iwrt tevtl out HI >'"■ terday <«t Nee ;>,<.n WtMtl Un-lr United f >T\i« »•,< Li afl le Dtt 2 match VM abandoned I#IJ Will utea after h»]f time V>" ataM of the plUh made fit 'l.' i
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    A crime to want first place?
    343 19 A crime to want first place? W/V .1/ 4 PROPM l 4.k Mfotir In n CDS Hi U- I f < DC utmost comet ttut n the case <:/ (i"f(ton I'inr. ll< re ',s Mtfllctt It hi) I (1 fh-ti'rt. t. -i I Mm /•> fi scA run- //;//<; <///,/
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    'Gelignite' Jack to coach here
    203 20 MEET "UelignlW' Jatk Murray, who blew into Singapore yesterday. The (rack Australian rating motorist is on a holiday trip to Japan and will stay in the Colony until Friday. An all-round sportsman, Jack formerh held the amateur Hit-stiing welterweight title of Australia for 1? y-ats.
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    36 20 AuiH'ii uimon, 28-year-old N««w Yoikn In smirch" of Uie WimbWvlori tennis rroun, Look an MMf 0-0. fl-1 v.in over Hritiiln's (Ulliiin Fv.ins In t Vie secon^i lourxi of the Burro chftm« plon.sl)l|),s vr.slorditv A.P.
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    OUT OF DERBY
    25 20 Geoffrey Brooke, trainer of The TUSOaT, said last night that the colt woukl not run in the Epsom Derby on June fl
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    'NO CHINESE FLAG,' RULES COMMITTEE
    112 20 'NO CHINESE FLAG,' RULES COMMITTEE OLYMPIC SOCOit FINALS ORITAIN was last night chosen to compete in the finals of the Olympic football competition at Melbourne during a surprise meeting of the Olympic soccer tournaments committee in Amsterdam. The 16 finalists: Australia, India. Siarn, United States. Yugoslavia, Egypt, Bulgaria, Cambodia. Hungary,
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    VICTORY OUT OF DEFEAT
    565 20 VICTORY OUT OF DEFEAT Bowlers break Essex hopes DUSSEX, shooting Essex out tor 7<> runs yesterday, Increased their lead in the county cricket championship table to 16 points over their victims, who are stiH second. Essex, set to score 122 in 145 minutes, seemed almost sine of winning when Bruin
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    SHORT AND SWEET
    169 20 SHORT AND SWEET gINGAPOKI ltll|li fans were treaty to an hour »f top rIi llMlllls the 5i,,.: yesterday. h> Allstra U»'i Wimbledon „r *P<*cts. Ken Kos, v il and Mai And,.rs,, M ,^7 =11 lured left) :fc In the Orst exhibi. =1 turn of doubles, Rose! M wall and Rhone
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    CYCLE RACE POSTPONED
    67 20 Singapore uynr itacing a.s,so- elation have agreed to postpone the Coronation challenge trophy match botween stngaporc civiliana and thi Servicw, it was to »>e hold it thi Queen's Fiirfhday urass track nirpt loinorrow at 3.30 am. OwinK to heavy fixtures raf cyclists com Id not fnkr \r.\rl.
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    'HELP JOE WITH TAX'
    61 20 [REPRESENTATIVE Allied j Sieminski (Democrat-New iersey> introduced a bill In the louse of Representatives yesterlay to relieve former heavyweight >oxing champion Joe Louis of all mtstanding income ta^es owing ,he government since 1939. Sleminski called oil Congress .o wipe out Joe's income tax iebt as an
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    11 tries for Springboks
    78 20 DRILLJANT kicking by Basle X Viviers, featured the 47-3 j jvin over Queensland yesterday jy the South African touring ;eam. The Springboks' captain scored seven goals in eight atempts some from near the ouehlines. Roy Dryburgh, who pi.iyea« on the wing, scored six oi theß eleven
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