The Singapore Free Press, 15 February 1957

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Friday, February IS, 1357. Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon NEW THREAT OF 475 SOVIET SUBS FACES THE U.K.
    368 1 NEW THREAT OF 475 SOVIET SUBS FACES THE U.K. As UK pondersjnissile warning Navy soys A-pact planned ible threat" of more than 475 Russian su mar "greater challenge than the peak Jhrea man submarine campaign m the last war This new ihrent «3L"L jjKfS Master, Mr. Duncan British Isles with
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    Before snake bit
    8 1 v.. civr \pftßF strongman Mohamed
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    Storms delayed the giants flight
    188 1 Storms delayed the giants flight HEW B R,T,SH AIRLINE* IS SMOOTH' a BOAC turbo prop A riuliir equipped Britannia airliner arrived at BlnffmpOTC Airport M this moriiinß on a proving Difht from London to Sydney. She was 15 minutes behind schedule. After its take oil fro.n Calcutta the plane was
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      101 1 your tir storey nair means it's time to use J^» those first* grey hairs. ■■11l i" ccto p;7 anfn B f^^^^ilSf Hair Colouring SIT k* makes a wonderful ii|j|W\ difference to dull or i'lr Ss^f hair and |}j|p \^^^|y j pives a wonderfully ILimn^— r^^KMi youthful, lasting colW~ if our
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    The cash has yet to come..
    246 2 RED TAPE HOLDS UP THE REPAIRS I FJELAY m transferring money from the Treasury to the Public Works Department is holding up I repair and reconstruction ,of two Singapore schools I burnt and damaged by rioters m October last year. The Legislative Assembly [approved
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    THE CENSUS TAKING MEANS WORK FOR 2,000
    243 2 THE CENSUS TAKING MEANS WORK FOR 2,000 Supervisors, assistants and enumerators needed... Statistics Department to employ extra hands 2,000 persons are to get temporary employment for several weeks m the Statistics Department, Singapore, m connection with census work m June. The Chief Statistician, Mr. E. J. Phillips, told the Free
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    BOOST FOR TIN
    148 2 CIR Charles Goodeve, the director of a leading British steel research organisation said m Singapore that India would need Malayan tin for her steel production. He said India possessed large quantities of excellent coal and iron ore— the two components necessary for steel production—but lacked tin for
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    Lock icon Exercise 'Duke'
    20 2 The aircraft carrier AJbion with the Duke of Edinburgh aboard has left Gibraltar early yesterday for exercises. Reuter
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      218 2 Fewer babes die OINGAPOU conUnues to be the healthiest place m the I ;ist. Tht infant mortality rate (number of deaths under one year of age per 1.000 live births) was 4«U;7 for |fH, the lale t year for which completed figures are now available. A <iovernment spokesman told the
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      37 2 Hulioh! For Your Choice Of w FASHION FABRICS I m Prints and Silk Visit GIAN SINGH'S. Now Received #:v</iiv#if» IPvsifjns nn<i iolours SILK COTTON DEPTS., Ground Floor GIAN SINGH CO., LTD. 30-1, Raffles Place, Singapore-1. ***** *****
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    Lock icon Labour wins a Tory seat
    279 3 Labour wins a Tory seat ONE UP AND SEVEN TO GO THE British Labour Party last night captured the Conservative Government's Parliamentary seat at North Lewisham, London, m a byelection fought over the Suez crisis and the government's plan to rai.se house rents. It was the Conservative administration's first byeiection
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    Red China in colour
    22 3 Communist China announced yesterday it is working on its first \udescreen colour movie according to reports m Tokyo.
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    Lock icon 'Trying to get German doctors cheap'
    185 3 'Trying to get German doctors cheap' WIST German doctors are "ready m principle to serve m Malaya, hut have had no olTrr from the Malayan Government, Dr. Werner Koeken of the l"r- -eiim service of the West German Chamber <»f Medicine said m Stuttgart yesicrday. Dr Roeken was asked to
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    BIG ATOM GRID
    92 3 WITHIN ten years or les; fY European atomic power Station* may produce up to twice as much electricity ai all Prencto nower stations prod aeon m 1955 the French ex-minis-ter Francois do Mentnrm told the European Coal and Steel Pool Assembly m Strasbourg yesterday. The United States,
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      21 3 -LAMBERT'S DRIVING^ SCHOOL L-.-^PtT^ 9 r H Du.il controlled B can for iaft tuition 410 Orchdrd Road B Tel: ***** B
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Feb, 15, 1957. Opinion TIGHTEN SECURITY
    217 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Feb, 15, 1957. Opinion TIGHTEN SECURITY Singapore is not U earn the title of "res camp" for Federatioi terrorists, a genera tightening of securit: measures has to b< taken m hand. One wounded man, al leged to be a Selangoi terrorist leader, wai recently arrested
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    Verbose mediator who won't accept his own advice
    569 4 Verbose mediator who won't accept his own advice By a Special Correspondent rpHE ten years I spent m prison did me a lot of good." There cannot be many men who, having been deprived of their freedom at one time or another, would be prepared to endorse such a statement.
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    BY THE WAY
    294 4  - BY THE WAY Beachcomber by MOW that more and more advertisements are being crammed into film programme Sol Hogwasch is considering the incorporation of some of them m the films themselves. It would add greatly to the suspense, and to the artiMic value of a film if, just as the
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      17 4 Imimmi SwrV»rSlk DIAMOND GEM SET RINGS P. H. Hendry Manufacturing |cweller 78, North Bridge Road, SINCAPORE. 6.
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      101 4 YESTERDAY a bright IJpq^[^JJJJJ It's this easy with speedy f THE DE-LUXE LATEX WALL PAINT If" wonderful 1 Your bright idea becomes o brand new room vitd quick, ready to use Super Kern-Tone! Velvet-rich rubbrr-tough, it goes on easily over plavfer, wall paper, paint, wood or brick without brushmarks. Dries
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    Expats are not
    162 5 BRAGA ON THOSE VACANCIES VO ATTEMPT is being made by the Singapore Ministry of Health to recruit men from overseas to meet the present shortage of specialists m Government hospitals. The Minister for Health, Mr A. J. Braga, said yesterday that the ministry would not employ expatriates
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    EXHIBITS POUR IN FOR SHOW
    178 5 EXHIBITS POUR IN FOR SHOW MORE than 12,000 entries have been received by the organising committee of the Malay schools for the handicraft exhibition, to be opened by the wife of the Governor, Lady Black, on Saturday. The handicraft exhibition will be held at two centres, the Geylana Club Centre
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    Lock icon FIRMS MUST STAY FREE
    76 5 MR. T. T. KRISHNAMACHARI, the Indian Minister of Finance, said yesterday he was against nationalisation of foreign enterprises m India. Speaking to students oi the commercial college m Madras, the Minister said he i found no point m extending the scope of nationalisation to banks or
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    Lock icon The quiet man murders wife
    58 5 PIERO PRETI, 49-year-old labourer, was dismissed from a mental asylum m Borgomanero, Italy, ten days aso with the following notation "A quiet man, well oriented for the future. Dismissed upon request of his wife." Yesterday Preti hammered to death his wife and their nine-year-old son
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    Lock icon Red research pact
    22 5 A protocol extending the Soviet-Yugoslav agreement on nuclear research has been signed m Moscow, according to Moscow Radio Reuter
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    To promote travel
    94 5 MX CHARLES R. FARWKLL. top American tourist otlicial has just fiown into Singapore from Sydney by Air India to investigate Malaya I 5 tourist potential. While m the Colony he will have talks with local agents of all international airlines about promoting tourist travel throughout the Pacific
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    ALL SET FOR THE S'PORE REGIMENT
    253 5 ALL SET FOR THE S'PORE REGIMENT Two officers are due here tomorrow r\YO British Army officers, who will command and train the new Singapore Infantry Regiment (regular) Battalion, are due to arrive m the Colony tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Government is going ahead with the spadework to give the battalion a
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    RADIO TRAINS
    112 5 RADIO TRAINS MUSIC while you travel. Uiis b a now idea which may be introduced by tin* Malayan Railway to rolieve the monotony and liven things up for pas>»rni;('rs. A railway spokesman m Singapore told the Free Tress that a pro- I posal to instal radios In I trains Praa
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      64 5 NAPRtN 3 BLONDING EMULSION lightens your hair to the exact shade you desire. With Napro Ulo^'in',' Emulsion you can lighten your hair ju.st a shade -t>r tx- radiantly blonde. E;i>v to use, safe and gentle, Napro Bh>ndin«r KtnuLsion conteins rich, exclusive oils that your hair soft, natural looking, shining with
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      88 5 Jewelled movement ,<^X'% 16mm 80UNO Sapphire surfaced shuttle guide and tension clips— > give 400°; longer life to critical parts New camshaft and counte« gear combination— reduces wear and nofst 4 New type clutch— ««ves more positive action, reduces maintenance Improved governor end cap— obviates adjustment f New style lamp
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      427 6 WFi3_ 1 iii i_ im '^i^iwl .iliwii iitt 1 1 iTii> ufn mi ill iiwni 1 1 1 li iiiff I V K>OP?^X ]>^j^« -wvbiimaiionm^ I BONES;^B^ »/W/ jW are a little inclined to waste them. ~~7ii~m~M rm tV^^~ U l one to want to f°H«w the idoas of ABSAA\
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      157 7 LONDON. Feb. 14. Previous Today Rl'RPLR No. 1 RSS c.i.f. Kuiopean ports February 2"> buj 26% sellers 3 i i Kllen March 26 buyers 25Ts bll li'i 1 1 sellers Hera RUBBFR No 1 RSS Spot 2(> b 26 t sellers R TUBER No. 1 RSS Settlement
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      U.S. PEPPER
      38 7 Malabar/Lampon* spot 28^ 25 4 sellers ex-dock. Sarawak sellers ex-warehouse. Malabar/ spot 27'^ ex-warehouse, awaiting Lamponj? awaiting release 26 Vi. release 26 sellers ex-dock, afloats 26. February shipment Above prices quoted m U.S. cejits per Ib.
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      New York prices
      119 7 Previous Today TIN Straits spot ISM 102.50 nom. T.N future, Februar, MM tg. Standard Contract Kl March 98 00 buyers 9i.to buyers W 99 00 sellers 99.12 filers Amii 95.75 buyers 96.00 buyers 97.00 setters 97.37 nun TONE: Steady. BALIS: Nil. Straits Contract February 99.50 buyers 99.7d
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      44 7 NEW YORK. Frb. 14. Previous Today 30 Industrials 462 14 461.56 20 Railroads ..141.69 141.49 40 Domestic Bonds 90 89 9100 15 Utilities 69.74 69 62 65 Stocks Composite Averages 163 99 163.76 Above vrices Quoted in U.S. cents per Ib.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      91 7 LONDON. Feb. 14. Previous Today COPRA Philippine cif. UK./ North European delivered weight per Ion? ton Feb. Mar. $179 sellers $180 sellers COPRA Straits c.i.f. I K. North srr w^r tM r. sk as |r as? BkSSE I8*SE COCON't'T OIL crude Straits cif I K. North
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    Hoorah for the girls at Oxford
    179 7 Hoorah for the girls at Oxford fIXFOKD UNIVERSITY has abolished its rationing of women. Until last week the quota was six men to every woman generally considered an unfair distribution of femininity. But the economy campaign is over. A new statute opens the doors of the university equally to men
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    The patience of the silent Trueloves
    205 7 The patience of the silent Trueloves TWO young parents, who live m a world of silence, are waiting m suspense as the slow days creep by. And as they wait they look, with a questidn m their hearts at their lovely auburn-haired, I<J day-old-baby. For, deaf and dumb, they will
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    ROCK-A-BYE BABY
    55 7 rpWENTY-THREE-YEAR--1 OLD Margaret Stahl is to become a Royal nurse. For she has been chosen from more than GOO candidates to look after Princess Grace's baby. Among these applicants were nurse for many countries trying for the envied job. Miss Stahl r\#mes from Zurich and has several years
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      51 7 1 rJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIimilllllllllHIli; i SINGAPORE 1 HIGH TIDES I TODAY: 10.59 am TOMORROW: 006 am. and 1146 p.m. SUNDAY: 0.39 a.m. and 5 12.32 p.m. MONDAY: 112 a.m. and 119 p.m. TUESDAY: 1.45 a.m. E and 2.07 p.m. E WEDNESDAY: &18am E and ->7 p.m. THURSDAY: 2.53 am. and 3.52 p.m.
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    'PAPA' TAKES A RIDE...
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    Hundreds of hysterical hep cats try to paw the king of rock 'n' roll
    256 8 Hundreds of hysterical hep cats try to paw the king of rock 'n' roll %WHAT better way to test a pram than to ride m it oneself, thought "Oh Mein Papa" trumpeter, Eddie Calvert, when he went to Manchester to collect a sparkling new pram for his two-week-old son, Gilbert.
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    Jubilee of the car
    112 8 Jubilee of the car A MODEL of a steam road wagon designed nearly 200 years ago and the latest prototype turbine engined car are at the start and end of the "Age of the Motor Car" Exhibition which the Royal Automobile Club is to hold as part of its Diamond
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    OUR BEST IS BRITAIN, THE SHARIF
    132 8 UIIARIF HUSSEIN of Beihan m the Western Aden Protectorate recently received, m his palace at Beihan a number of foreign correspondents of newspapers from various parts of the world. Amongst those represented were the "New York Times." two Sudanese newspapers, the London newspaper "Observer"
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    SEAWEE BOOSTS
    86 8 A SEAWEED-EXTRACT w against attacks of cor tested on patients at the London. The extract, called lair power to clear the blood < which are believed to dam for keeping the heart bcati] Regular doses, might be which usually leads to a c< An injection of the drug
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    FRIEND SAYS
    94 9 I itely ates. er^d g to to had ins cent At the end ot the meeting the newspapermen asked him if he had anything to add to what he had already said to them The Sharif replied: "I am an Arab a Muslim. I put all my confidence
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    ED DRUG S HEART
    91 9 which may protect the heart j •oronary thrombosis if being j National Heart Hospital m aminarin sulphate, has tho j of microscopic fat-droplets image the arteries responsible j .iting. j ac able to prevent this damage, coronary thrombosis attack. I ug begins to clear fat from
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    Put that pipe away
    84 9 Put that pipe away TESTS m which a robot was given exI pensive cigars to smoke i have yielded new in- formation about smok- nig and lung cancer Dr. Arthur Lindsoj l and Dr. John Campbell, I experimenting at Sir I John Cast College, m I the City, were surpris-
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    IN A WHILE CROCODILE
    61 9 TJARVANE might gc for roses and tulle, and Simone Mirman the wide, flat brim. But m New York just now it's the alligator line. In fact all over the U.S. they are going m for the sort of headgear you see on the right. It costs
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    'Senorita' Dors
    53 9 'Se nor it a' Dors REGULAR headline- j hitter, shapely Diana Dors, has arrived m sunny Spain for a combined holi- day and business trip with her husband Dennis Hamilton. They will be looking for suitable In<a- tions for their next film. Above, shapely Diana poses for cameramen on arrival
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    JACK SPOT HAS ONE TOO MANY
    168 9 JACK spot laughed J over the story that tie was rushed to ho.spitaJ after collapsing at his home. "I sot drunk." he .said at his ilat m Hyde Park Mansions, W. "You could have knocked me down with a featht r when I woke
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    "A 'cool' customer
    44 10 TOWARD G, ROBINSON, tough guy and gangster of American films is admiring love- !•••••■■•■■••■■■■••••■>■•■•■■ ly fans belonging to Japanese star Shirley Yamag:uchi (left) at the recent Japanese Film Festival m New York. With them on the right is Shinobu Chihara, a starlet.
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    A BARONESS RIDES IN HER TRAM'
    97 10 A BARONESS RIDES IN HER TRAM' THE grey-haired dowager baroness patted her gleaming midget car affectionately and explained: "I've had to lay the Rolls up. "But I kept Arthur, my chauffeur, on. Now he drives me m this. Lady Kindersley— widow of Baron Kindersley, former National Savings boss —bought her
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    Costly paunches of prosperity
    225 10 rpHE most astounding thing is happening m the heart of Germany; The people are literally eating themselves to death. Two m every three adults have heart ailments or blood pressure brought on by overweight. The managerial classes including M.P.s— on whom the country depends, are falling
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    Row brews over those jellied eels
    391 10 THE feud of the jellied-eel brothers— Barney Gritsman and Tubby Isaacs— goes on In London's East End. All because there's gold m them thar eels. Tubby and Barney hav e rival stalls ban? opposite m Goulston Street. Stepney. They haven't spoken to each other
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    A bride defies murder threats
    209 10 A bride defies murder threats VOW reunited are a 11 19-year-old bride and the British soldier she married m the face of two murder threats. He is 20-year-old Corporal Alfred Tyson of the Royal Pioneer Corps. She is just a Cypriot girl. Any more information might mean tragedy for her
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    USE YOUR FLASH IN SUNLIGHT
    398 11  -  JERRY FIELD l:m,,M i|H||W fey gKFORE I got to know too much about photography, every time I took my camera outdoors for some shooting I always took the flash "gun" off and left it at home. Hut not anymore. I've found out thai flash can
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    QUESTIONS
    65 11 Q. I can never re- member what kind of 'i film I have put m my camera. I'm only ten, but I know that's important. A. It sure is, little lady: why not write down <m a little piece of paper what kind of film you put m the
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    BRIDGE HAND
    323 11 IVEST opened the Jack of diamonds and East's play of the deuce told declarer that the high ones were behind him. Thus, after hi* queen Ml forced out. his king was vulnerable if East could lead a diamond through. South s problem, therefore, was to try to make
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      246 11 CLUES A( KOSS 6 BUCh gems are no Iriends 15). 1 Preserve alms at the end (7). 5 Palls with nothing m the 7 Relative In hospital? (C>. middle <5) 11 An opener for the boas 8 Big Ben is m slow motion P eih «P« <C, 3). perhaps (7).
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    Lock icon Rural welfare as key to community aid
    192 12 Rural welfare as key to community aid •'IN CEYLON, as m other countries of Asia, any substantial improvement m the conditions of living: must be based on a programme of rural welfare for about 80 per cent of the population of Ceylon is rural." This was stated by Mr. Badiudin
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  • Glimpses
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      38 12 South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem's budget for 1957 calls for an expenditure of an equivalent of M 51,212 million this i year. American financial aid, the Assembly said, would be less than onefourth the proposed budret. A.P.
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      40 12 THE TOKYO KYODO NEW SERVICE SAID THAT, UNDER ACCORDS IN THE JAPANESE STERLING AREA NEGOTIATIONS SO FAR, JAPAN WILL BE ABLE TO INCREASE EXPORTS OF ABOUT 20 ITEMS, INCLUDING CANNED GOODS AND TEXTILES, TO NATIONS IN THE STERLING AREA. A.P.
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      19 12 9*9 The Japanese opposition Socialist Party has decided to sponsor a national movement for recognition of Communist China. U.P.
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      16 12 Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay ha submitted to Congress the 1957/58 budget amounting to US$6O6 million.— Reuter
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      25 12 Pakistan's new ambassador to Inonesia, Mr. Abdul Rahman Khan, has arrived m Jakarta from Karachi. He was accompanied by his wife and four children. U.P.
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  • PULSE
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      Lock icon TRADE WITH RED CHINA IS INCREASING
      292 12 TRADE WITH RED CHINA IS INCREASING J^ SURVEY of Western European foreign trade for 1956 shows thai most countries increased their exports to Communist China, with the Scandinavian countries well m the lead. Trade returns for the first eight to ten months of last year show that Britain now is
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    Lock icon 'U.S. hand in Goa amnesty'
    92 12 INFORMED New Delhi sources credit the United States with playing an important role m obtaining the release of 33 Indian nationalists from Portuguese prisons m Goa. The Indians wer given an amnesty and freed on Feb. 2. They were held over a year after crossing
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    Lock icon Debt? Payment in goods
    53 12 The Government of Ceylon has initiated negotiations for purchase of Communist Chinese goods. •This decision has been taken due partly to the fact that Ceylon has a favourable balance with China as a result of la.st year's rubber-rice agreement. China owes Ceylon Rs. 80.000.000 over last
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    Japanese tribute to Keller
    98 12 Japanese tribute to Keller World-famous deaf and blind leader, Miss Helen Keller (centre) accepts the replica of a Japanese statue presented to her by Mr. Tsuneaki Ueda (left), Japanese Consul m New York, at a luncheon ceremony. As counsellor on international relations of the American Foundation for Overseas Blind. Miss
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    Lock icon NO ANTI-JAPANESE HOSTILITY
    28 12 Some 450 Japanese citizens noio live m Formosa Japanese envoy Horinouchi said m Taipeh. There "ii no animosity towards the Japanese here," he added U.P.
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    Lock icon Thaw in Japan-Korea relations
    195 12 Thaw in JapanKorea relations DR. You Chan Yang, the Korean ambassador m Washington, said he was greatly encouraged by signs of a thaw m relations between Japan and South Korea. He expressed the view that the election of Mr. Tanzan Ishibashi as Japan's new Prime Minister would be followed by
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    Lock icon Moscow tells Tokyo Govt.
    57 12 Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shcpilov. m the course of hi.-> major policy report to the Supreme Soviet m Moscow, called on Japan to establish diplomatic relations with Red China. Such a step, he said, "would answer the need.-, and interests not only of the neighbouring states
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    Lock icon 'Taipeh would hurt itself'
    148 12 'Taipeh would hurt itself' JAPANESE Ambassador Kensuke Horinouchi said m tl Taipeh that it would be "very disadvantageous" for Nationalist China to cut off trade with Japan. The veteran Japanese diplomat told the United Press that Nationalist officials m Taipeh are "greatly disturbed" over Japan's growing trade with Communist China
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    Lock icon NOW A CHINESE 4-TON LORRY
    56 12 A Communist Chinese delegation has left Peking for the Leipzig International Fair with exhibits of products newly produced on the Chinese mainland, the Peking radio reported. The radio said that among new products were "a new four-ton lorry, different kinds of big machine tools and
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    THE GHOSTS OF EERIE VERSAILLES
    482 13 THE GHOSTS OF EERIE VERSAILLES ►THE BOOK PAGE< TIIK GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES. By Lucille Iremonger. Faber. 313 pages. rpHE most famous of all ghost stories concerns the events x of a summer's day m 1901. Two English spinster ladies visited the Petit Trianon and, according to the belief which gradually
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    'Varsity Mascot
    81 13 Jambo is i stuff- cd elepha «t presented t the! l'nivers\v by the famou circus owner, I\ T. Bar- j num. There is a tradition at the University that luck will come to whoever deposits a penny m Jambo's trunk. Khou You Heng, director of the Cambodian Hu-
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    Book of the Week
    177 13 Death m Another World, by Robert Cross (Putnam, 13 6). VyilKN Charles Hals- ton arrives m a remote valley m the Andes Mountains of South America, where he is to take up the position of manager of a large farm, the last employer he expects to
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      116 13 A DELICIOUS PRESCRIPTION u Yes, he's the picture of health now. Mrs. A. He was ff JJ^fc^^^S^l rather underweight; due to his rapid growth the doctor ff f /«S/fr>^ -V said-. ty»6pnn "What did he prescribe, Mrs. B?" f x I <t f)1 I "Plenty of best quality milk every
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    LEATHERNECK HAS EASY TASK
    245 14 T EATHERNECK will be one of my day's best bets m the Class 2 Div. 2, 9F event. Leatherneck won over nine furlongs then finished third over miles at Ipoh last June. He then went for a spell and re- i sumed racing at Ipoh last
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    2365 14  - Up a division Undoubtable can still take main race ALLAN LEWIS *^CE bv~RACE by Are YOU a wise punter? /HUWCABANA, Vital Chance, So Sorry, fijOfr Undoubtablc. Joe s Tipple, Argyll, j(Wvtt><'m, Steam On, Honey Bird and at a Hfpinrh Brilliant Scholar are all possibilities I JR3 m the main Class
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    70 14 I i ijKOBABLfc scratch- i ings at Bukit 1 Timah tomorrow are I as follows: I Chrys a n t h c nuiin, Charles Kuda, 1 Star Signal. Sincero, A p p I a v s c, Toly's Delight, Timberlane. 1 (rawthorne Wood, j I Oniayah. Square Deal,
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    398 15 R.A.F. dominate Q finals ROYAL AIR FORCE teams yesterday established themselves as the strongest force m Singapore ru^by this season. Teams from Seletar, Changi and Tengah all battled their way into the semifinals of the annual Singapore Cricket Club seven-a-side tournament on the padari£. The
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    Lock icon Jap hope out of singles
    228 15 Jap hope out of singles I ASIAN TENNIS rp SHIBATA of Japan had mixed furtunes when the Asian Lawn Tennis Championships were continued m Colombo yesterday. Partnered by Jack Arkinstall of Australia, he moved into the second round of the men's doubles with a victory over Sat Sayal of India
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    213 15 TYSON LEFT OUT AGAIN? ENGLAND'S problem m selecting today's Test team against South Africa l> whether or not a place is found for Frank Tyson. I England's selectors are not expected to choose their definite side until this morning. With Trevor Bailey and Brian Statham fit. Tyson may find himself
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    52 15 Real- Madrid, the holders, beat Nice, of France. 3-0 m the first leg of their Euro Dean Football Cup quarterfinal match yesterday m Madrid. A crowd of 110.000 saw Real Madrid take a halftime lead of 1-0. The return match will be at Nice on March
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    219 15 OOTTOM section favourites after yesterday's v quarter finals are Koyal Air Force Chanffl "B." They eliminated Royal Signals *B M by 13 points (two goals, try) to nil. The Chanyii team, who brat the ho]d< rs Singapore Cricket Club 'A In the .second round, arc
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    194 15 England win 9-0 at badminton ENGLAND BEAT IRELAND 9-0 IN AN INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON MATCH IN LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND, LAST NIGHT. The only match m which Ireland appeared to have a 1 chance of victory was m the second men's singles where Frank Peard put up a great fight against J.
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    37 15 A Cambridge University Past and Present team boat the Combined South African Universities Rugby Union side 25-3 m their match at the Grange Road ground. Cambridge yesterday Cambridge led 11-3 at half-time Reuter
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    29 15 WILLIE TOWEEL retained the British Empire and South African lightweight boxing titles last night, beatIng challenger Johnny van Rensburg on a technical knockout m the fifth round.
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    130 TEAMS ENTER!
    92 15 ONE hundred and thirty tettM will compete la the basketball tournament organised by the Singapore Youth Sports Centre. It will commence on Feb 23 and will continue at the centre for the next two months. A number of teams from Johore IncMlng the I I*> POM. Gurkha
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    84 15 The While City tennis stadium In Sydney drew its bi^ne. t crowd tm liust night to see Pnnv> Caineia and King Kong m a wrestling match. The crowd, ofQcially estin at 20,000, filled all seats m the stands and hundreds of chairs were packed around
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      34 15 j MR. LiM AT THE I YOUTH CENTRE r\ Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, will address the first meeting of the new CouiK-il of the Singapore Youth Sports Centre at 5.30 p.m. today.
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    405 16 EGYPT TO ISRAEL: REPLY _A]jjONCE[ SANCTIONS DEMAND TO U.N. IS NOW EXPECTED E*GYPT i* reported to have delivered an ultimatum to Israel rj to ifree, by noon today, to withdraw her forces from all Egypt- ian territory. Failing this, United Nations sources have disclosed to Router,
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    230 16 rpHE MCA's rejection of 1 UMNO demands for special political rights for Malays when Singapore gets Merdeka did not come as a great surprise to political quarters. They said it was well known that some sections of the Malays themselves were not m favour of
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