The Singapore Free Press, 16 February 1957

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Saturday. February 16, 19'>7. Prior ISCtfc
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    Lock icon UK ASSAILED FOR STEP ON KASHMIR
    311 1 UK ASSAILED FOR STEP ON KASHMIR MENON: RELATIONS I U.S. not neutral' MR. V. K. Krishna Menon, leader of India's delegation to the United Nations, said yesterday that India's relations with Britain had been considerably strained by the "British venture m the Middle East, and now by the venture m
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    Lock icon QUEEN MEETS THE IMP
    59 1 The Queen spent neariy an hour m the Royal Mows at Buckingham Palace yesterday making friends wiln a handsome six-year-old chestnut police horse called "Imp." Imp is likely to be the successor to the late Winston, the well-mannered mount which the Queen rode on all ceremonial
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    Lock icon New 'right hand'
    77 1 I Squadron Leader Henry Chinncry, six-feet-one-inch, an exZ fighter pilot, seen here over the Duke of Edinburgh s I shoulder 3t a dinner last year, his been named to replace I Mike Parker, the Dukes private secretary. Mike Parker I resigned from the post because he and
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    STC transport off for punters
    202 1 EVEN MONEY BETTiNG ON RETURN HOME HUNDREDS of Singa- pore race-goers who do not own cars will have to start for Bukit Timah early today. STC buses will be off the road between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The general manager of the STC, Mr.
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    SOEKARNO'S ANSWER
    26 1 President Soekarno told government party leaders last night, he would announce his "conception" for overcoming Indonesia's present political and provincial problems on Feb. 21.
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    Lock icon STEEL IN BEACH FIGHT
    70 1 npilE New York Post re- ported yesterday that film star Anita Ekberg's husband, Anthony Steel, and Cuban sculptor Joseph Dubroyni. tangled early yesterday morning on the beach at Palm Beach, Florida, with punches, chairs and even Anita's hish heeled shoes figurine m v he fray. The
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    BAN THE BANGERS SAYS PUBLIC
    704 2 DFDFGDFFGFFGDFFGDDFGFDGFD $200,000 wasted smoke A WIDE cross-section of Singapore citizens feels that the Colony should follow the example of the Federation and ban the importation of lire crackers. They told Free Press reporters that the Government and the Legislative Assembly should act forthwith before thoughtless
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    A bubble bath in public!
    164 2 II happened here m Singapore. A girl took a bubble bath tn public and got away with it. The "s t a n t thought up by the Cathay Organisation was part of a scene m an MOM expose on women m "The Opposite Sex
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      158 2 "CALLING ALL ROCK'N ROLLERS! TO THE SPECIAL TEEN-AGERS PREVIEW OF I "ROCK PREnY BABY" REX THEATRE P WEDNESDAY 20TH. FEBRUARY 9.00 A.M. Universal's Sensational Story of Today's Rock'N Roll Generation THEIR MUSIC AND THEIR LIVES. Featuring Exciting Newcomer, The Teen-age Idol JOHN SAXON and m m SAL MINEO The Star
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    SPARE LUNGS MAY SAVE LIVES
    197 3 SPARE LUNGS MAY SAVE LIVES IjiXPERIMENTS aimed at Ju using the lungs of doffl to keep alive patients whose heart and lungs have to be put out of action during operations are being carried out at Guy's Hospital, London* The success of the first experiments, m which only dogs were
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    ACS anniversary
    34 3 The Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association Singapore will hold its annual Founder's Day dinner on March, 1, at the Leo KttO Chuan Auditorium. Barker Road, m celebration of the school's 71st anniversary.
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    New group to play
    90 3 THE second concert to be presented by the newly formed Musica Viva Group will be given tomorrow night m the St. Andrews Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. The Governor of Singapore. Sir Robert Black, and Lady Black, will attend. The programme will include Schubert's famous "Trout"
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    Lock icon MARGARET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL
    77 3 T'HE faster the beat and the louder the music, the more Princess Margaret rocked and rolled m her London cinema .seat on Thursday night. The Princes.s wen', to the Carleton to .set- Jayne Mansfield m 'The Girl Can't Help It. 1 It was her third night
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    50 Singapore hotels face closure
    211 3 50 Singapore hotels face closure GOVERNMENT BID TO STAMP OUT VICE THE Singapore Hotel Licensing Board at its first meeting on March 12, will call upon about 50 hotel proprietors to .show cause why their 'blacklLsted" promises should not be closed. The police. Social Welfare Department and City Council have
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    Just fancy that...
    62 3 Ij^Oß years Jenny, a five-ton elephant, has delighted her fans by dancing and standing on her head. But there la something she dislikes about the Carlisle theatre she is appearing at this week -and so she has gone on strike. Manager Mr. John Sullivan said: "Wo have
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    Lock icon Egypt blocks all hope of peace
    307 3 Egypt blocks all hope of peace -ACCUSES ISRAEL EGYPTIAN threats to continue waging war against Israel are "a direct blow to the efforts to find a peaceful solution to MidEast problems," the Israeli Foreign Ministry said m Jerusalem yesterday. The Ministry's spokesman declared: "Official statements by Egyptian representatives make it
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    80 3 No gag. This isn't just a simple pin-up r E picture. This garter- E ful of fountain pens E E worn by An die Kay E during working hours E E at Sheaffer Pen Com- E pany's research lab at E Fort Madison m the E I'nited States, is part
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    Lock icon 'About July' baby
    22 3 Clifton Daniel said yesterday he and hia wif<\ th€ former Margaret Truman are expecting a child "about July.' A.P.
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      13 3 M.FLINTER& S. GRINBERG Diamonds Jewellery 67, Stamford Rd., (Eu Court Bldg.,)S'pore6. Telephone *****.
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      244 3 .^^RP^N /hi FOLKS' THIS IS POLLY MH A\ f INFORMING YOU THAT THERE IS I V> >| 1 ONLY 4 MORE DAYS IN WHICH I jLft&d y TO SEE ME IN "THE GREATEST I T^PP^^ j[ ON THIS ISLAND EARTH' I Js2&^ M& HURRY!* HURRY! HURRY! JBKHLJb LAST 4 DAYS!
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    The Singapore Free Pres SATURDAY, Feb. 16, 1957. Opinion For charity or profit?
    273 4 The Singapore Free Pres SATURDAY, Feb. 16, 1957. Opinion For charity or profit? SINGAPORE rice importers intend again to ask the Government to abolish the stockpile system the populations guarantee against a sudden shortage m the event of an emergency. Why? Because, they say. they have a wholehearted desire to
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    THE ROYAL FAMILY FACES A DILEMMA
    566 4  - THE ROYAL FAMILY FACES A DILEMMA AMANDA MARSHALL The resignation of Lt.-com-mander Michael Parker poses the question: Are the British becoming more Victorian than Queen Victoria? (r.'-.C HB^a-# _M MRS EILEEN PARKER T*HE resignation of Lieut.-Commander Michael Parker from his job as Private Secretary to Prince Philip, spotlights the dilemma
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    BY THE WAY
    181 4  - BY THE WAY Beachcomber DFG IT is to be deplored 1 that the old musii hall comedians did not live to see the da\ when enormous bul-let-proof Itlitf skins would be In the news. "I can see Harry Tate accompanied by a down-at heel dog, setting out for a sausage-shoot,
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      42 4 We must CLEAR EVERYTHING to the Rarr Walls, so we are Disposing all for the Prlrr of a Song at the CLOSING DOWN of our RETAIL DEPARTMENTS at 71, High Street. Don t Miss It at BAJAJ Textiles, Limited. 7i, mr.H mm
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      71 4 THE STANDARD TO MAINTAIN m For maximum comfort I and performance at the I lowest cost. Top speed I 68 M.p.h. Petrol con- I sumption 37/48 M.p.g. H^.^^— i^-^^^ 8 Super 10 t Provid< safe, economical motoring j^S^tej| with .impic reserve to meet every l^rrli^^ demand. Also .iv.iil.iblc STAND ||h|V^j
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    Suez has ruined my business, says Samy
    226 5 COLONEL Nasser and the Suez Canal are two things which Mr. V. G. K. Samy who has changed money for passengers on all P and O ships for the last 31 years does not want to hear mentioned. GrttvvMjartl For ever since the
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    TO OPEN RAF's OWN THEATRE
    67 5 TO OPEN RAF's OWN THEATRE rpHE new $20,000 R.A.F. 1 theatre or the Seletar Theatre Club will have the first concrete stage m Singapore for 'economy reasons." It will be opened by the station commander, Group Captain D. D. Rogers on Feb. 26. The theatre, designed by a junior technician,
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    Lock icon 100 MPH GALES BATTER FRANCE
    57 5 Gales were sweeping over France yesterday while rivers swollen by downpours continued to rise. The storm which at dawn reached 100 miles an hour at the airport of Vichy, central France, was batteri ing the country's entire At- lantic coast whore scores of small boats
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    THESE SNAGS MUST BE CLEARED
    237 5 THESE SNAGS MUST BE CLEARED Before recognising those U.S. degrees,.. RECOGNITION of foreign degrees for public appointments In Singapore does not look as simple, as it seems. But it is being pursued vigorously. An Education Ministry spokesman today explained to the Free Press some of the "snags" facing the Government,
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    Service awards
    168 5 EIGHT men m Singapore who have together contributed 100 years of service to the Royal Air Force, were this week awarded the C-in-Cs testimonials for good service. Air Marshal Sir Francis J. Fressanges presented the certificates to them at the Headquarters, Far Fast Air Force, Changl. He praised
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    NEW INDUSTRIES FOR STORE
    452 5 Aussies, Japs are interested m. Manufacture of valves, regulators proposed T EW Singapore industries may spring up shortly. 1 hey would be financed by an Australian businessman, and possibly, by a Japanese trade team. The Australian, Mr. S. H. Shaw, a leading share broker and director
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    Investor
    18 5 MR. S. H. SHAW, Australian share broker who is here to start new industries and invest capital.
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      540 6 >1 \MM( AKI by Lee I alk and Phil Davi^ yif^^^^^V^^ I l\" FROM SPACE. WHrN OUw I L-pririicDC TOOK Jl^lHß^ 'AeEAUYOI/fiCmftUXeW/S" C\V W YOIT \\™sB./rH^WERE G S J° Ge Z^L^S^mk nORN today. you have an atleetion*^%s^ffisg üBBf FSr^ Z\ i ))>' E N °^S C !^f!^!^> Ofl !^i^i|^^^^ Bate
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      U.K. Closing prices
      154 7 Previous lOND W 5 RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European ports February 25\ buyers 25*1 buyers 2b' s sellers 26 sellers March 25 T h bi. 25% buyers 26 sellers 26 sellers RUBBER No 1 RSS Spot 26. buyers 26's buyers MX lett 26% sellers RUBBER No.
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      New York prices
      117 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 15. I'revious Today TIN Straits spot 10"0 nom. 102.00 nom. T ,N futures February JW J-gJ 98.25 tag*. Slandard Contract g? 25 99.12 sellers 98.75 sellers April 96.00 buyers 95.75 buyers 97.37 sellers 97.00 sellers TONE: Steady. SALES: Nil. Straits Contract February 99.75 buyers
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      U.S. PEPPER
      33 7 Malabar /I-iimpong spot 28. awaiting release and afloats 26 and February shipment 25 sel- lers ex-dock. Sarawak spot 27 cx-warehou.se, awaiting release unquoted. Above prices quoted m u.i>. cents per 10.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      40 7 NEW YORK, Veb. 15. Previous T*lay 30 Industrials ***** 20 Railroads 141.49 143.09 40 Domestic Bonds 91-00 15 Utilities oy.o^ qj.oj 65 Stocks Comp«)site Averages 163 76 16^ 2 Above prices Quoted m U.S. cents per Ib.
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      Copra, coconut on prices
      94 7 Previous """"A.** COPRA Philippines c if. UK./ North turopean delivered weight per long ton Feb., Mar. $180 sellers $180 sellers COPRA Straits e.i.f I.K. North i;uropea.n deti^red weight per Mt« buyers EMg buyers lont ton Feb./ March £67 filers £66* selleis March/Apri, gj™ g{^ bjgj COCONUT
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    Painting of the year...
    181 7 THE Virgin Mary and child will be depicted as Australian aborigines m a large oil-painting m the new Catholic Wai Memorial Cathedra) at Darwin. It is the first aboriginal Madonna to be placed m a shrine m a cathedral In Australia. The picture of the aboriginal
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    'FALCON' CAN'T MISS
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    A NEW U.S. ROCKET GOES ON SHOW
    94 7 A NEW U.S. ROCKET GOES ON SHOW A new American air-to-air guided missile, the Falcon Car, was recently put on show for the public for the first time. The occasion was President Eisenhower's second inaugural parade. The falcon is the latest of a number of missiles developed for the Ameri-
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    SLIMMING TESTS AT THE S. POLE
    233 7 117 OMEN may learn a good TT deal about the best ways of preserving their "vital statistics" from the present Antarctic expeditions. For they are expected to bring back a lot of new information on dieting. The men m the Antarctic may have to
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    REACH! I'M THE NEW MARSHAL
    75 7 TEN-YEAR-OLD Kenneth Yardley expertly twirled his six-shooter and said: "It's great being a marshal." For Ken. of Kentelo.se, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, England has been made deputy marshal (honorary) ol Wichita, Kansas. He's a fan of ITV Marshal Wyatt Earp. And he wrote to Wichita's mayor
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      75 7 fGRUriDIG gSrSeUs Hmvett. {^Pi%\ "SCREENMASTER" 606 H SS*'*^'ov2 I PROJECTOR. S^^ficfiErC X „,.n than nnq <,tht, |MR, proj, rt,,r *"esMIOTW*^L rni<irdli«> •>» I'tmp uottnif). Smooth %=^l^Br2^A I rror-,,r,,0f Him Ihnndinq Full hidf%^\Sw/4L<^ h "<" J f W v f r p rf V\ Fust powrr nuin.l Hnnht 500-tratt vSSIl *w-
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      64 7 aiIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIfe I SINGAPORE 1 I HIGH TIDES 1 E TODAY: 11.44 p .m. S TOMORROW: 9.39 l.ns S and 12.32 p.m. E E MONDAY: 1.12 a.m. E E and 1.19 p.m. E TUESDAY: 1 .»:> am. E and BJI p.m. E E WEDNESDAY: MS a.m. and W1 p.m. THURSDAY: 'I
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    Steve Winters and THE GOLDEN SCORPION
    861 8 Steve Winters and THE GOLDEN SCORPION KBzl^fi^aE^ js% ttx&wlm MAULED I THF STORY SO FAR A WEALTHY Singapore towkay, Chan Ling, suspects thai a gan« is deliberately attacking his interests. His godowns have had goods stolen from them time afteT time, and one of his fleet of tongfcangs has disappeared
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    Last week's winners
    260 8 npHE winners of last week's colour-in contest (each of whom will receive a $5 prize m due course) are as follow?: Miss Soo Swee Yoke (12), 2-K Chan Sow Lin Road, Kuala Lumpur. Miss Evelyn Khoo (9), 421 East Coast Road, Singapore—15. Master Alphonsus Chong ♦13 >.
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      180 8 THE ADVENTURE OF RUPERT AND THE BROKEN PLATE ki« fc^ P T |M "L I Widay." sigh, Mr. Bear when JN-PIW I PtPP fn-^M£H^ftilt «~4, J^TTLj ?*T lu# '~*oon "Only it co« 3 Getting the oru* and dustpan favourite of Mummy's. If I wonorvg too rurd. he uyt She a
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      263 8 Colour— in contest With prizes for you! POCKET-MONEY prizes not later than Thursday are offered for colour- t A |imit b, 5 ing this scene with paints, crayons or chalks. There are four prizes Name (Master/Miss) offered each of S5 (two for boys and two for girls.) All you have
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    THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH
    709 9  -  Rev. A. Abisheganaden I Weekend sermon by i 1 PASTOR A. ABISHEGANADEN, IS OF THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF MALAYA. HE PREACHES DAILY TO HUNDREDS OF ESTATE WORKERS AND OTHERS IN GEMAS. TO TAKE CHRISTIANITY TO THE KAMPONGS, HE CYCLES -AT THE AGE OF 73 -ABOUT
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      56 9 •J young Malayans JftOOGElf W^ MILK fO O D H (harks Pcrcra, FOR INf A N T jtejjfe -^S^' i^wjfcW &s*ir rxpruin Darmadasa. 1p Although these h;ippy little parent! unhesiiatingly i 1 Kh<>r Ah (ick. KKiEN the 'nearcsi to mother's mill food wd the I \(T(K;KN is (nWPPfn choice .ill
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      506 9 Sunday church i I -anno un cements m i Eui-liarW and Parish Com- thurl h of T h« Holy Family OMi and Communicants' Claw. Sum 9.30 a..n. Sunuaj -School, ,K a U. lt 5.30. 6.30. 7.30 and 4.30 p.m. Ccnmumion Service. p.m. Bible Class and Evanaehs- Ma&s sermon. 7*5 p.m.
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      925 10 f "^^N "Hello There! J -I •SPOT Till] BALI. «O.>II»ETITIO\- FOR SPORTS FANS ""fe"*; I nless tMitrios reach me by :j the FIRST post on Wednesday morning /CONSIDERING that we haven't seen curvaceous Jane Russell for quite a while In Singapore it nere j s nothing I can do but
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    A record that's unique in sport
    400 11 A record that's unique in sport Ei *l *hi* F 8 l i I MqROBARI<Y the most zealous Singapore sports oflfi- E cial today, is the president of the Singapore E ['Amateur Football Association. Mr. Soh Ghee Soon. Himself an all-round sportsman m his younger I days. Mr. Soh's one
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    Lock icon SOMETHING NEW FOR PUNTERS
    424 11  - SOMETHING NEW FOR PUNTERS HAL WOOD Says THE greatest boon to the horse betting industry since the development of the thoroughbred is 5-10 beating. Inaugurated at Caliente race track m California a yv-M' ;iiso, it is slill #oi 1114 like wild-fire. This type of wagering, which calls for picking the
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    Lock icon Savitt is top seed
    72 11 American Dick Savitt, who returned to first-class lawn tennis last year after a fouryear lay-off, has been seeded first above defending champion Ult Schmidt (Sweden* m the American I n do o r Championships which open next Wednesday m New York. Schmidt is seeded Number Two
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    13 11 "When I mentioned 44-23-38, my dear, was referring to the last three breaks
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    Lock icon RUGBY LEAGUE CUP DRAW
    53 11 Draw for the second round of the Rugby League Cup, to be played on Saturday, Feb. 23. is: Bradford Northern v Widnes, Ca.stleford v Barrow. Hull v Halifax, Leeds v Warrinpton. L^igh v Oldham, Salford v Huddersfield or Swinton Wakrfield I rinity v Blackpool Borough, Whitehaven
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    FRENCHMAN'S THIRD SUCCESS
    35 11 A LAIN GILETTI of France won the men's individual title m the European figure skating champion ships m Vienna lzust nighi for the third successive year Karol Divin of Czechoslovakia was runner-up.
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    The kid from the Friendly Islands lost his temper
    251 11 ~*t WHAT HAPPENED TO VALDES THE spar of the year? It was more like the greatest private light of the century m Toby's (iym Bermondsey, London, when Kitone Lave, the 'Tonga Bomb," went one round with Cuban Nino Valdes, who is
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      28 11 1 vwl I 'T EL I 3 I LAj^jL^ if "^ceaSTJ PARK HOTEL A sea front Hotel of distinction crowning its I ten-acre Park Dancing nightly > except Monday >
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    PLAYERS DEMAND INSURANCE
    379 12  -  FRANCIS ROZARIO Says —and S.A.F.A. now plans their protection M pl<; TIME" SOCCER STARS IN THK COLONY SAY THEY WILL NOT PLAY ON FOREIGN FIELDS UNLESS TIIKY ARK COVERED BY INSURANCE. They also intend insisting on insurance for local games against foreign teams, and for Cup games
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    $10,000 towards cricket tour
    117 12 Free Press Sports Reporter pEYLONESE people m Malaya have promised $10,000 towards the visit of a Ceylon cricket team m August. Details of the forthcoming tour are now being arranged. The cost of the trip, $45,000. will be financed principally by the Ceylonese community. The Ceylon
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    Lock icon E. Choong bids for Irish singles
    83 12 E. Choong bids for Irish singles T. Lee of Malaya was beaten 15-0, 15-8 by F. J. Shaw (England) m a second round match of the men's singles m the All Ireland Open Badminton Championships yesterday m Londonderry. Another Malayan, Eddi^ Choong, the All-England champion, reached the semi-finals last night.
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    Lock icon AUSSIES ARE 25 FOR ONE
    71 12 TYttlE Australian cricket A team, m the first match of their New Zealand tour, scored 25 for one wicket m reply to Canterbury's first innings total of 229 at the close on the first day m Wellington. Richie Benaud gained some assistance from the lively
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    EIGHT TEAMS LEFT AFTER TODAY
    264 12 EIGHT TEAMS LEFT AFTER TODAY Easy tie for Cup favourites By ARCHIE QUICK rpABULOUS Manches- ter United continue their quest of an elusive "hat trick" when the Fifth Round of the F.A. Cup competition is played today. Having disposed of Manchester City, Bilbao and Arsenal m eight days each before
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    RAOC WIN BOXING
    36 12 Thirty Battalian R.A.O.C. boat 2nd. Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers m last night's Army team boxing final at the Singapore Badminton Hall. Ordnance won six of the ten bouts, scoring 16 points to 14.
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    BORNEO ENTER MERDEKA GAMES
    35 12 North Borneo A. A. A. will send their athletes to the Merdeka Games. This will be a preparation for athletes they intend sending to the Asian Games m Tokyo next year.
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    HOCKEY DRAWN
    22 12 In the Singapore Hockey Association senior knockout competition. Teachers Union and Ceylon Sports Club drew 2-2 yesterday on the padang.
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    KOSB WIN RUGBY CUP
    48 12 KING'S Own Scottish Borderers won the FARELF Cup m Hong Kong when they beat Vllth Hussars by nine points to nil. The Malaya zone rugby champions, who beat R.E.M.E. of Singapore m the semi-final, will play two more fixtures m Hong Kong before returning.
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    Seletar and Changi are favourites
    179 12 TWO favourites today for the deciding matches m the annual seven-a-side ru&by tournament are R.A.F. Seletar "B" and R.A.F. Changi *B\ If they hit top form on the padang today these rivals should meet m the final match. Strong foe Seletar meet strong opposition m
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    Lock icon S. AFRICA 234-4
    32 12 South Africa scored 234 rurus for the loss of four wickets on the first day of the fourth cricket Test against England at the Johannesburg Wanderers Oval yesterday. A.P.
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      301 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTH 20 Words $6 (minimum). WILLIAMS: To Jean (.nee Wilson) and Dick, a son at K.K. Ho. pita l on Friday afternoon 15th February. Both Wonderful. ACCOMMODATION VACANT U Words $2 (Mim.)-Box SO ctt. extra. 'ROCHFORT" 4 OXLEY Rise Vacant 1.3.57. Attractive, comfortable self-contained suite, full beard, meals
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE
    • Title Section
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      50 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE Singapore, Saturday, February 16. 1957. imiimi.i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 ii >, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a■i>■ i m I t in (l II II I i
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      Treasure hunters found happiness
      115 1 THREE urfhappy British seamen who quit the treasure-hunting ship Gold Seeker m Singapore last month have started life anew— in the Army. The trio, Ken Watson, and two cousins, Albert and Robert George, went to the recruiting office m Singapore after certtiin misadventures had befallen the
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      An original short story by a Malayan writer
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      Speaking for myself
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      FILM PREVIEW.
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      43 4 PREVIEWS Battle of the River Plato Oh My Papa Tea and Sympathy Eidden Desire Me Tender SHOWING Anastasia (F. P. Feb. 2) The Gun Runner (F.P. Feb. 2) As Long as You're Near Me (F.P. Feb. 9) The Vagabond King (F.P. Feb. 9)
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      COPACABANA A GOOD BET TODAY
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        25 1 mwmy wM 3f i.Pf LANOOK'Si f^^^X^^y^^M f brts today: Mlrafkll l JXj^^& (Race 7). SANDOWN YOUR BEST BET 200. CLBMENCBAO AVFM 1 vI\(.\rORF, TEL: *****-5.
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      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
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      Take this double
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