The Singapore Free Press, 8 February 1957

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1 18 The Singapore Free Press
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    22 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya -l-l 4797 Sin :l I )Ore Friday, February 8, 1957. Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon Policy stays
    132 1 ]%/IR. PETER THOR- 111 NEYCROFT, Bri- tain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the j House of Commons yes- EE E terday that it would E be wronjf to interpret the lowering of the bank rate from five and E a half to five per cent E E a«>
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    THIRD FORCE MOVE TODAY IN COMMONS
    522 1 THIRD FORCE MOVE TODAY IN COMMONS OPEN CWEALTH TO NATIONS WISHING TO DRAW CLOSER IN FREEDOM FULL SOVEREIGNTY' SELF-DEFENCE AND TRADE JJRITAIN'S Parliament is to be formally invited today to approve an expanded Commonwealth, with membership open to any willing nation of the free world, as an essential part of
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    Lock icon Iraq calls for US aid
    104 1 CROWN Prince Abdul Illah of Iraq said In a speech m Washington yesterday that the Middle East cannot be defended against the Communist peril without American help. The Crown Prince, advisor to King Faisal of Iraq, made the statement addressing a luncheon at tlv National
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    Lock icon Give Sumatra autonomy-Hatta
    380 1 Give Sumatra autonomy -Hatta jj INDONESIA f ACES COMPLETE ANARCHY' I WIRNING that the Indonesian situation was now "so danferevs that it iiii«ht lead to complete I anarch>." former Vice- President Mohammad Haiti yesterday tailed for rrmnt of emergency powera It President Sukarno so that he (m "yrant auto i
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    50,000 ENTRIES BEING ANTICIPATED BY ROTARY
    240 2 Publicity campaign for hobbies show starts next weeit THE Singapore Kotary Llub nas pians ior an i^nu-n.ut P 1 radio, loudspeaker, poster and cinema slide campaign to get the people m the colony irterested m the club's hobbies exhibition. The Free Press learned tins
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    Lock icon Save a tooth, miss school
    94 2 A CHILD should not be deprived of his play time to have his teeth attended he should take time off from his lessons and have his dental work m school time, says a Chicago dentist. Dr. Stanley R. Korf, said j children needed their re-
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    Post-graduate courses in U.K. to start
    239 2 Post-graduate courses in U.K. to start THE Singapore Ministry of Education is inviting applications from Malayan students who wish to attend summer schools at British universities. Five summer schools are to be held under a joint programme at Oxford, fitratford-on-Avon, London and Edinburgh Universities m July and August, this year.
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    Lock icon William Tell -Texas style
    72 2 "l*^. WILLIAM NEGLEY. ifl Texas oil man plans t _uve for the Belgian Congo on Saturday to try to shoot an elephant with a bow and arrow and win a ten thousand dollars bet. Mr. Negley, an independent oil operator whose main purpose Is to collect
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    Sleek comedy opens
    155 2 Sleek comedy opens rE Stage Club brought live theatre to Singapore again last night with a sleek production of "The White Sheep of the Family" at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Charles Burt-Andrews* as the head of a family of hard-work-ing criminals plays a polished role. The happy atmosphere oi his
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    Lock icon BOMB QUIZ
    41 2 Police rounded up 300 Greek Cypiiot youths for questioning yesterday after at least 12 bomb attacks were reported on British property m Famagusta Bombs were hurled mainly at cars and the homes of British residents. Damage was slieht- A.P.
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    Lock icon Charming model!
    59 2 At a fashion parade held recently at the Odeon Theatre, Singapore, Mrs. Maureen Middleweek I (above) displayed the latest m cotton wear, E i which can be used either as a playsuit or a bathing costume. Maureen recently took a refresher course with the Mannequin Training and Charm
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    New 'no waiting' policy
    288 2 minim whip ASSOCIATION'S BRING IN PLAN rpHE Singapore Family Planning Association wants to "bring" people who need its help and advice to its clinics instead of "waiting" for them to come Mrs. Joanna Moore, an official of the association said the association hopes to engage a
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    Lock icon Football fans hurt in smash
    60 2 Seventeen football fans were injured when two coaches m which they were travelling home collided m Manchester on Wednesday night. The accident occured 45 minutes after the final whistle m the European Cup Tie Match between Manchester United and Bilboo of Spain. Seven people were
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    Drug used by burglars
    309 3 Drug used by burglars 15 SLEPT THROUGH i A FAMILY living m Sennett Road, off East Coast Road. Singapore, is certain that thieves who broke into their house a few days ago, carried some kind of stupefying drug with them. More than 15 people m the household slept i through
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    124 3 Four Greek nirls prrform I a dance of ielixht m the I lobby of a Sin^upor** hotel. They were J t of a party of ;>0 hi Its-to-fee from Macedonia on their way to Australia. Reason for such happiI ness they are soon to be reunited with their fiance* after
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    Lock icon SHE'S A BIG GIRL NOW
    81 3 A GIRL who weighed 24 ounces at birth began school In Sydney this week. She is Mary Anne Stewart. She was only 12 inches long when born prematurely m 1951. two inches shorter than the doll she now owns. Nurses knitted Mary Anne a miniature
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    Lock icon Jap professor's 'goldfish' story
    39 3 Professor M. Unchlda, a marine biologist attached to the Kyushu University, m Southern Japan. .said m Tok;. i day that lu j had" found a "piscatorial :i" a goldfish that makes noises d louse." Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, February 8, 1957. Opinion Darkening clouds
    215 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, February 8, 1957. Opinion Darkening clouds T<HE world hss been bedevilled since 1945 by one crisis after another. And each time it appeared to be a matter of touch and go whether it would explode into another world war. The Berlin Airlift, the Korea war
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    DE GAULLE MAY MAKE A COMEBACK
    885 4 DE GAULLE MAY MAKE A COMEBACK The announcement that women may now study at Oxford m unlimited numbers was welcomed by most male undergrads. "But," said a well-known warden to a don, "kindly explain to little Miss Whatsit that such studies as boat-racing, the placing of utensils on spires, the
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    Lock icon 'GRAVE SIDE' DOCTOR
    140 5 'GRAVE SIDE' DOCTOR 'Leave your body to me,' proposal A LONDON doctor yesterday described as "fantastic" a suggestion that doctors should hang notices m their waiting rooms asking patients to leave their corpses for dissection. The suggestion, made by a doctor m a previous issue of the British Medical Journal,
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    Lock icon 'Never drink water' -and live longer
    36 5 Mrs. Tatsue Saito celebrated her 104 th birthday In Tachikawa. Japan, this week. She offered this advice for longevity: "Never drink water— until you boil it." And. "eat plums." A.P.
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    Lock icon She's enjoying the magic of the East
    240 5 rbe the wife of a magician la to live m a world of dreams-come-true —r This is the opinion of Mrs. Crystal Dunninger, wife of the leading Amerlcan magician and mind reader, known as the "Amazing Durtninger." One dream is unfolding at this
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    Lock icon WINSTON DIES...
    164 5 WINSTON, the 17-year-old police horse ridden by the Queen each year at the trooping: the colour ceremonies, was destroyed at Thames Ditton, England, jesterday after dislocating his back. He was being ridden by a police con.stabL c when he slipped m the high street. A veterinary surgeon ordered
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    Lock icon Four Britons on trial as spies
    281 5 Four Britons on trial as spies EGYPT DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY THE Egyptian State Prosecutor last ni^ht demanded the death penalty for four Britons and sixteen others accused of spying. The indictment, made m Cairo, said the accused "wore spying m order to obtain documents and information related to the Egyptian
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    Lock icon SAS hopes to smash record
    69 5 OFFICIALS of the Scandinavian Airline.s System said yesterday that the airline expected Its inaugural DC-7C flight between Copenhagen and Tokyo thin month to set a new amund-the-world commercial flight record of 80 hours. They said the flight, which would take the North Pole route, would
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    Lock icon Top talks on radar
    26 5 An international conference on the use of radar m shipping is to be held m Genoa from May 16 to 19. Reuter
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    Lock icon Saud talks end today
    42 5 TWLKS between King Saud of Saudi Arabia, and President Eisenhower m Washington are to be concluded this morning. The assistant White House Press secretary, Mr. Murray Snyder, said it is expected there will be a communique afterward. Reuter
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      292 6 M"%]\iiiii"ikihi by" "lie talii and IMiil Davis AMDaWfLY \"ALL A7HPS OF W/LP /H£A/ AMP I I BUT THE MOST PANGEROUS THING w/if/»/fl'r/i/r Acyv^/v^i.. A '*f? /7 *f S WILD AM/HALS CUASEPVS OF ALL WAS TO HAPPEN -THAT J $KMr?ffJ nL'ff££i mi/AE'i f BACK/N7OrHErVWfiE" MAPEUSOUTUWTIME P r9%?!rkk f ffSf^ /^f\ I
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      650 6 I BORN today, you possess a high- i powered intellect and are able to accumulate knowledge without any apparent difficulty. i I Knowledge seeps into your mind 1 and detail stays there so that at any given moment you are able to i bring it out. correlate it and make
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. dosing prices
      179 7 LONDON. Feb. 7. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS ci.f. European ports February 25 4 buyers 25' '■> buyers 254 sellers 254 sellers March 25 4 buyers 25 buyers 254 sellers 254 sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 254 buyers 254 buyers 25 4 sellrrs 254 sellers
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      New York prices
      136 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 7. Previous Today TIN Straits spot 102.50 nom. 102.50 nom. TIN futures February 100 00 buyers 100.00 buyers 101.37 sellers 101.50 sellers Standard Contract March 98.25 buyers 99 00 buyers 99.25 sellers 99.62 sellers April 96.75 buyers 96.75 buyers 97.25 sellers 98.25 sellers TONE:
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      U.S. PEPPER
      36 7 Malabar /Lampong spot 28, inent 25^. Sarawak spot and awaiting release 27 hi, afloats 26% awaiting release 27 sellers exto 26, first half February ship- dock. Above prices quoted m US cents per 10.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      43 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 7. Previous Today 30 Industrials 470 81 468 71 20 Railroads H6-38 ***** 40 Domestic Bonds 90 36 POJg 15 Utilities 70.90 71.23 65 Stocks Composite Averages 16/.5< 160.93 Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      106 7 Previous Today COPRA Philippines c i J. U.K North European delivered weight per long ton Feb. Mar. $180 sellers $179 4 sellers COPR Straits c.i f U.K North European delivered weight per £66 4 buyers £664 buyers long ton Feb. March £67 sellers £67 sellers March
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    It's home (not so) sweet home, tor them
    141 7 It's home (not so) sweet home, tor them If UNDREDS of Hungarian refugees are still flocking across the border into Austria to escape the Kadar regime. Many more have sought refuge m Britain and America and are now being looked after m special transit camps until such time as they
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    A CASE OF RED FACED ROBBERY
    192 7 A CASE OF RED FACED ROBBERY PHIS is yet another story which brands Egyp t's President Nasser as 'snatch and jrrab' man of the Middle East. i British owned tanker, the Barbatia. registered at the Port of London, sails the Eastern Mediterranean with a hammer and sickle painted on her
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    Crew chased a nude girl around deck
    261 7 A NAKED woman ran round the deck of a lmer, pursued by members of the crew during a jarty, a court was told. Later it was said, a steward took her into the Chief Officer's cabin, where she sat. "smoking and making some
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      60 7 f *-4*4 »^<l SINCAPORE I HIGH TIDES j X TODAY: 4.18 p.m. TOMORROW: 4.15 a.m. Jj X and 6.08 p.m. SUNDAY: 5.25 a.m. t and 833 p.m. 4 MONDAY: tl"y am 4 and 9M p.m. J J TUESDAY: B.IS a.m. I and 10.20 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 9.t% J X am. and
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    SO THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN
    439 8 |T is not often that a circus of any size comes to town m Malaya or Singapore. The bigger the welcome therefore when one does. The all-Japanese Kinoshita Circus is one that compares m sixe and lavishness with many that tour European continents. And
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    Miss Polly the chim np has perfect table manner
    115 8 Miss Polly the chim np has perfect table manner CHIMPANZEES can compete with man m many aspects of everyday life. They are always a favourite m any circus and Miss Polly is no exception. She can even outclass some of tho clowns. First she appears on the stage m formal
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    Lock icon Noriko on her ladder of fame
    240 9 Noriko on her ladder of fame HOW would you like to 11 stand on a ladder 25 feet above the ground and perform acrobatics? That's what one of the top stars of the circus, pretty 20-year-old Noriko is doing m the picture on the right. But that Is not all.
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    THE NEW FACE OF POLAND IS SMILING
    393 9  - THE NEW FACE OF POLAND IS SMILING SYDNEY SMITH By r DID not think I had come to Poland to rock around the clock and pick Miss Sea Coast out of 16 almost bare, bosomy Baltic beauties, with a Politburo man and a First Provincial Party secretary as my hosts.
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  • School for photographers
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      THE secret of snapping
      402 11 CTILL searching for good ways to take better pictures of your friends and family? Well, the way I look at it there's just one great big secret to snapping a person— and it doesn't matter if her name is "Grandma" or "Brand New Baby." Give them
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      YOUR QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
      332 11 A FEW days ago I bought a Braun Hobby Standard electronic flash from a friend of mine. The flash factor and duration are given as follows: Flash factor 220 with fast pan film. Flash duration 1/I. oooth sec. But on the flash holder is written: IKO
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    Lock icon GREATEST FREE POLLS IN WORLD COMING
    558 14 GREATEST FREE POLLS IN WORLD COMING Campaign sfarts gV bullock cart, plane and on foot, hundreds of politicians are now campaigning m India for votes m the world's biggest free election. They have no television to help them reach the voters. The radio and the press have limitations. The candidates
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    Lock icon JAPAN MAKING AUSTIN CARS
    51 14 THE Japanese Nissan Automobile Company has announced substantial price reductions, including lower costs ex- factory, for the British Austin cars made m Japan under kcence. The company began assembling ports mad 3 m Britain, but now announces that the Austin models are completely manufactured In Japan.
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    Lock icon Nehru for Japan?
    41 14 Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru will be invited today to visit Japan after the forthcoming In- 1 dian elections, informed Tokyo sources said. The invitation would be extended by the personal representative of Japan's Premier Tansan Ishibashi. U.P.
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    Lock icon HEAVY BUYING SOON OF SUGAR?
    104 14 HEAVY BUYING SOON OF SUGAR? NEW YORK dealers have predicted that substantial buying may develop m the world sugar market soon. They said Holland is ex- pected to buy between 50,000 and 80.000 tons of sugar next week, while a large purchase by France is pending. Japan, they said, is
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    C'weaith fashions
    41 14 s A Malayan evening dress (second fr om 5 3 right) was among those displayed at a parade 5 of Commonwealth fas- C /lions from cotton S C pyjamas to dresses staged m London re- 5 cently. C -iiiiiiiiiiniiimiiiiii:]mimii!;ir:iiii!,-
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      Lock icon Jans raising wrecks off New Guinea
      48 14 Jans raising wrecks off New Guinea FORTY-SIX Japanese divers will fly to Rabaul this month to refloat Japanese ships sunk m waters around that World War II battleground. A Japan Airlines DC.4 will leave Tokyo International airport on Feb. 15 for Laewn, New Guinea, with the divers.- U.P.
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      33 14 Mr. C. M. Forsyth-Smith, the Canadian Trade Commissioner m Hung Kong, has called on Nationalist bankers and traders m that colony and exchanged views on promoting more trade between Canada aj»d Formosa. Reuter
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      24 14 THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN INDIAN UNIVERSITIES HAS INCREASED FROM ABOUT 44,000 TO 96,000 IN THE 10 YEARS SINCE THAT COUNTRY WON INDEPENDENCE. A.P.
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      33 14 German composer and conductor Professor Manfred Gurlitt has received a decoration from the Bonn Government for propagating the knowledge and understanding of German music m Japan during his 20 years' residence there. U.P.
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      46 14 Red China and North Korea have signed two trad^ protocols for exchange of goods during 1957. They provide for China to exchange grain, cotton, yarn, rolled steel and raw materials for chemical engineering m return for Korean iron ore, tooled steel, non-ferrous metals, and cement. A.P.
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      30 14 Dr Kiyoshi Shiga, who has died m Sendai, Japan was known among medical men throughout the world for his discovery of the Shiga bacteria*' one of the dysentery bacteria.— Reuter
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      23 14 T- T Mr. Akira Kodayi, Director General of Japan's Defence Roard was for many years a member of the Japanese Foreign Service Reuter
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      30 14 THE JAPAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION SAID JAPAN HOPES TO EXPORT 9,000 FOUR-WHEELED VEHICLES TO RED CHINA UNDER A PROPOSED NEW JAPAN-CHINA PRIVA TE TRADE AND TECHNICAL CO OPERATION AGREEMENT. A.P.
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      19 14 The Soviet freighter Voroshilovgrad has docked m Kobe with a 1,700-ton cargo of soy beans and hides. A. P.
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      31 14 The Delhi Government has approved plans to increase the number of paper mills m the country from 21 to 43 to boost annual production from 210,000 tons to 540,000 by 1961.
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      18 14 India's brightest tourist attraction the Taj Mahal —has an annual maintenance bill of about M 545,000, A P.
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      25 14 Mr. George Yeh, Formosa's Foreign Minister, is m Madrid to sign a cultural agreement with Spain. The two countries recently signed a commercial agreement. A.P.
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      20 14 Dr. George Pardon Bryce, 74, for 40 years a United Church mLsJonary m India, has died m Toronto. A. P.
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      48 14 The Free China Relief Association m Taipeh has invited to Formosa Chinese movie actor Huang Ho, who allegedly tried to commit suicide m Hong Kong after a visit to Red China. Nationalist neivspapers said he toas lured to Canton by the wiies of a Communist actress. A. P.
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      40 14 f Lt. General Choi Duk Shin, South Korean Minister to Vietnam who is now m Seoul for consultations, has advised Minister of Commerce and Industry Kirn II Hwan that an official trade mission should be •sent to Saigon soon. U.P.
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      25 14 The Syrian Parliament will Invite Japan to send a parliamentary delegation to visit the country. Pakistan is also being invited to send a delegation. Reuter
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    Lock icon U.S. AID FOR INDIA
    47 14 INDIA will receive U5560,000,000 worth of technical I 1 aid from the United States m the next 12 months, New Delhi sources have disclosed. It will mainly be m the form of steel plants and tbe 1 services of technical experts.- U.P. A.P.
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    Ban my new play?— marvellous, says Greene
    995 15  - Ban my new play? marvellous, says Greene Alan Brien *>n fiRAHAM GREENE has the sort of face which looks as if it had been left m a hot bath too long. The steam-pink flesh is loosely wrinkled round a pair of faded blue eyes and a mouth as thin as
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    BOOK OF THE WEEK
    242 15 fi.ii by Gert Ledlf (Wcidenlleld and n»< holson. iU. BA)j AS the Corporal rams the loose dirt into the exhaust pipe of the Russian tank.. he realises how futile his effort is but it somehow gives him immense satis-, faction at the same timi for he
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    BRIDGE HAND
    359 15 SOUTHS four spade bid seemed entirely reasonable; In fact, it still does m spite of the disastrous result. East-West could make four hearts. Souths hand promised to go down not more than two tricks If North could furnish no more than the ten of clubs. With the king
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      212 15 CLI7BB ACROSS 7 Always at the top 2 Registers the end m the 11 Bible priest lakes sume elixir middle (9). <3>--BAI begins a warning (5). 14 Sinus m these thoughts, 9 Retrain the land, perhaps mostly <7) (7j, 15 Should be broken nicely? 10 Harmonised Ned tinally (7). (3).
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    Lock icon THE WONDER WAY TO WORLD FAME
    455 16 THE SIX-FOOT-SIX, 210-LB. SHOTPUTTER FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY ROSE LAKORIOUSLY TO HIS FEET AND SAID, "YOU SEE, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF KINESIOLOCY." New York sports writers, gnawing on a luncheon steak, stopped abruptly and took a second look. What's that?" somebody said. "Kinesiolugy," replied
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    Defence had sound game
    175 16 gINOAPORE Selection pUyed a strong defensive fame yesterday at Jalan Besar stadium tund held the Indian Olympic team to a 4-1 victory margin. Superb teamwork of Vass, Arciszewski, Kirn Beng and Mallinder m defence diverted the constant Indian attacks right up to the 25th minute. Then
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    State series for schools will improve S'pore rugger
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    323 16 ALL WHITES "B" became the first Asian team to enter the second round of this years Singapore CtOkei Club seven-a-side ru&by tournament on the padanij yesterday. And they cud it m spectacular fashion, befttinf (lie strong Saints "A" team which included five State players. Whites won
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      2518 17 fijjrh rjOPACABANA, a last start winner ICjR> over nine furlongs at Ipoh for ijm which he is penalised only 1 II), reads UNA like the winner of the (lass 2 Div. 1 8 race, main event at Bukit Timah tom^M morrow. H J\ Copacabana
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      Probable scratchings tomorrow
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      Winning form on the track this morning
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    COLONY PLANS TO BEAT MENACE
    452 18 Houses, then sewers PUBLIC opinion m Singapore yesterday reflected grave concern over the hookworm scourge vitally affecting the manpower and economic resources of rural areas. Government and City Council officials connected with the extension of modern sanitation and other facilities to these areas talked of
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    81 18 IT has taken Japan just 18 months to push Britain out of the big East African fishing net market, according to official trade reports. "In mid-1955, 90 per cent of East Africa's nets came from Britain and 9 per cent from Japan," a Uganda Fisheries
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