The Singapore Free Press, 21 February 1957

Microfilm: NL5633
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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Large*! Afternoon Sale m Malaya *****. Singapore. Thursday, February 11, 1!»r.7. Price 15 Cts
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    Lock icon IKE SAYS GO AHEAD ON UN SANCTIONS
    756 1 IKE SAYS GO AHEAD ON UN SANCTIONS This is last chance for Israel Deadline today PRESIDENT EISENHOWER LAST NIGHT CAVE THE GO AHEAD TO THE UNITED NATIONS "TO EXERT PRESSURE 91 UPON ISRAEL TO WITHDRAW FROM THE GAZA STRIP AND THE GULF OF AQABA REGION IN LINE WITH THE U.N.
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    Lock icon Worried by Ike's cough
    73 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower's tired appearance and persistent cough, caused some comment among observers in Washington yesterday. Mr. James Hagerty, the White House spokesman, told reporters that Mr. Eisenhower had so far been unable to throw off the cough, described by doctors as a "rough throat." Mr. Eisenhower's
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    75 1 ■I Mr. VV I) C. Erskine-Crum. RO.Vf's Sales Manager ifl the Far Fast super- vises the draw for Hi, lucky people who will fly m the Bristol Britannia this ml afternoon. With him are Mrs Barbara James. Mr. Jason Vans and Mr. K. X Balakrislina. all of whom are on
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    Rubber price up today
    34 1 March first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at 86 5 8 cents a lb., up seveneighths of a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was quiet.
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      Lock icon Israel says 'no' to Eisenhower
      32 1 Israel has rejected the appeal by President Eisenhower to withdraw from Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba areas. Israeli delegation sources to I.N. said last nitfht.- Reuter
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      50 1 ■llllllllllMlllllllllHlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlll^ THE CARLSBERG COLLECTION j I The Westpoint Wader ...is a shy, retiring bin!. who firsts dirtiy m snluJnl atcas near the s y li<>rc. He is nocturnal m habit, will during the late evening m his inimicable, musical manner he can be heard, calling jot vanity/ BEER and STOUT
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    LABOUR FRONT TO CHOOSE ITS LEADER
    302 2 LABOUR FRONT TO CHOOSE ITS LEADER Marshall or Chew? "JpHKRE will be a five-cornered contest for the chairmanship of the Singapore Labour Front at its annual conference on Saturday. The meeting will be continued on Sunday. Among those nominated for the post are Mr. David Marshall, Mr. Chew Swee Kee,
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    Last week's Quiz winners
    66 2 WINNERS of last Saturdays Fi Press "Prize Quizzes" arc: Quiz No. 1: Serjeant G. O. Thomas. O.R.U.F.E. c.o G.P.0., Singapore. Quiz No. 2: Goh Hoon Qui. 81 Paya Lrbar Crescent, Singapore 19. Quiz No. 3: James Chan. 63 Oriole Crescent, Singapore 11. Special Quiz: Mr. A.
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    Lock icon Royal wedding
    24 2 Princess Marie-Louise of Bulgaria and Prince Karl Vladimir of Leingen exchanged wedding vows m the Russian Orthodox Church m Cannes yesterday A.P.
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    MEDALS CUT-IN SIZE
    170 2 MEDALS CUT-IN SIZE rE medals awarded by the Royal Life Saving Society will be reduced to the size of a halfpenny from this year. Tile Chief Secretary of the Society, m London, Mr. E. Hale, said m a memo- 1 randum that the society had made thi.s decision for economic
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    Lock icon Spreading? No, no!
    110 2 1/|R John Profumo. I'nderSecretary for the Colonies, said yesterday there was no reason to believe tuberculosis vsas spreading dangerously m Malaya. A Labour Member, Mr. Stanley Awbery asked m the House of Commons if the minister knew that 15 per cent, of the population of Malaya was
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    Canon checks in
    101 2 THE REV CANON V J. PIKE. Chaplain to the Queen and Chaplain General to the Fortes (right) checks his travel documents with the acting Air- E port Manager. Mr. G. A. Tessensohn. (left) on his C arrival from Hong Kong at Paya Lebar Airport During his tour
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    Lock icon JAKARTA BANS ROCK-'N-ROLL
    37 2 Rock-'n-Roll which bounced into Jakarta last year was bounced out by order of trie police yesterday. The police banned rock-'n-roll dances m a formal announcement to dance teachers and hot€l and restaurant owners. Reuter
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      75 2 CORDIALS and SYRUPS > CORDIALS j/ Orange, Pineapple, f £'Gr y Lime, Grapefruit, Lemon, Lemon Barley. s' SYRUPS **pt±Z& > Orange, Raspberry, rff* Rose, Strawberry, mtoi now X 3j?w3£'l^^ I *••«-> >lj#u W-I fcj**"™ K R; fjy L SOLE AGENTS 2Oth Century- Fox 4|ft 1 I 6 l< i 1
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      38 2 I To Clear I 6,000 PAIRS LEATHER SHOES FROM I DISCONTINUED LINES Children's sizes from 53.00 Z L d 0 I w 99 W w W V •E 9 I Como Earty for Better Bargains "•ifHMtftIMIMIIIMIII lIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIMIHIHMMIIIMIIIIIUtI'Hi'I IHlltlitllMfMtt'
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    JOY RIDES FOR SINGAPOREANS
    170 3 Whispering Giant's' Colony debut 450 people accepted TO mark the introduction of the Whispering Giant on the Singapore route of 8.0. \.C, leading citizens of the Colony have been invited to watch demonstration flights at Paya Lebar this afternoon. BO. AC. received 450 acceptance! to the
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    Lock icon ALGERIA: 79 MORE VICTIMS
    34 3 Seventy-nine rebels, have been killed or wounded m scattered combats m Algeria after two days of culm m the 28-month-old conflict with French forces, it was reported from Algiers.- U.P.
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    Lock icon 400 killed by mystery disease
    32 3 HEALTH authorities said an outbreak of a mysterious disease has killed more than 400 children so far this month m Fortaleza. Brazil, a city of 300.000. A.P.
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    Lock icon DRUG TRIAL POSTPONED
    65 3 Dr. John Bodkin Adams, 58, th c alleged poisoner, made a two-minute apjx ar anee m tlic dock m London yesterday while his defence secured a postponement of his trial on a charge of murdering a rich widow. The Judge at the Old Bailey ('(Mitral Criminal Court
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    Lock icon TOP SOVIET EXPERT DIES
    54 3 Vyacheslav AleksandroVich Malyshev, the Soviet Union".-, top expert on new industrial techniques, and generally identified af being m charge of Russia's atomic production programing, died m Moscow last nighi alter B month's QlneBS, Tass. the Official Soviet news agency, announced. He was suffering from leukaemia, a
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    Names out of the hat...
    436 3 I^HE jet-prop Bristol Bri- tannia will give two demon.stration flights from P^.ya Lebar this afternoon. A draw for the passengers m the.se (lights was held m the Free Press office this morning and below is a list of the people who were lucky. Passengers for
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    55 3 picture. E Part of the crowd of teen-age rock-and-roll fans which crowded the Rex Cinema E E yesterday for an exhibition of rock-and-roll on a lorry and a preview of the film E E Rock Pretty Baby. Two cool cats. Janetha Onslow ami her partner Barry Hardy. won enthusiastic applause
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    Lock icon CALL FOR PRIVATE ACCORD
    142 3 CALL FOR PRIVATE ACCORD rpHE United States ap- pealed to Britain, Greece and Turkey yesterday to settle the Cyprus dispute m negotiations outside the United Nations and urged that no UN. action be taken that would aggravate the situation. The United States Ambassador, Mr. James J. Wadsworth pledged full American
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      7 3 OH £JJF3) I .Sm I RARE EXQUISITE
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      124 3 REMOVABLE TRAY lAiJies! Here is just the thing you're been looking for! It's a Plastic Jewellery Box, ideal both far use when travelling or when at home. Manufactured by the famous Stewart Plastics, it is the perfect container for keeping all your jewellery (it your fingertips. rbcae so handy and
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Feb. 21, 1957. Opinion Merdeka for whom?
    222 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Feb. 21, 1957. Opinion Merdeka for whom? AS astonishing as the remarkable demands for privileges for the Malays of Singapore made by UMNO has been the reluctance of most of our public leaders to speak their minds. Is this due to fear of suffering political
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    WELL.... IS IT CORRECT TO SAY PRINCE PHILIP?
    825 4  - WELL.... IS IT CORRECT TO SAY PRINCE PHILIP? P. WYKEHAM BOURNE Y Debrett says he is a Prince— Burke that .1 f he is not. No official pronouncement has L ever liien made. k r:;:*:* :j* ht§ /VN'C'K again the argu- ment has blown up whether the Duke of Kriinburgh
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    52 4 photo. s a i General Norstad. Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe flew B into London last week for defence talks. Here he is seen as the guest of honour at a dinner given at the Dorchester Hotel by the English Speaking Union. With him is Earl Attlee-
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      19 4 for -KMIOXOV consult us. THE HOUSE o/ lIH.II fUAUTY Ml X »ml (orro\ Exclusive Designs i:<iiii;oia 28. Colcman Street.
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      88 4 AUSTIN... See for yourself these famous Austin A5 0 Cambridge Deluxe and Improved Front and Rear Suspension; 13" wheels for the lower line and greater stability; Plastic roof lining for coolness ai.d Rear Seat (52 for three passengers; Lontrer Wheel Ba.se 99 V; Full uidth IHUIII compartment, 14 cv ft.;
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    Names of donors for beds
    192 5 $500,000 APPEAL r FIIK Royal Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Asso- ciution yesterday invited members of the public to donate beds to the new hospital to be built m ChangL Director of S.A.T.A., Dr. G H. Garlick told the Free Press that the cost of buyIng and equipping
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    43 5 picture Krnatc Kulin and Asnes Bonnet, two of Mr. Giovanni Vanni's shapely continental roller ikating stars doing a burlesque show on rollor skates on top of a six foot diameter table m a Singapore alfhtsnot whert* they ar»« Derforminc every night.- Free Press
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    DISGRACE TO S'PORE HE SAYS
    119 5 DISGRACE TO S'PORE HE SAYS IWAS shocked to read your report m the Free Pi ess regarding the poor state of the Woodsville Road. The Singapore City Council's refusal to repair the road on the ground that it is a PRIVATE ROAD jiust shows the ignorance of the City Council
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    69 5 T ALINE rrancis, the ELi exotic Mexican E E fan darner, returned to E E Singapore by air after E a Far Eastern tour and E announced at the air- E E port: "I am going to E E get married." Then tame the mystery She wouldn't E 5 name
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    COUPLE ON TOUR TO MEET PEOPLE
    496 5 Seeking information first hand Coming again AMERICAN couple with a free 'one world" idea are now m Singapore on their global tour to see how the ordinary man and his wife live. He is Mr. Lyman Worthißton, a sales executive of a Sunday paper
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    New fivers for England today
    61 5 ANEW £5 note will be LsMied m London today, I the Bank of England announced. The new variety, with blue the dominant colour, re- places the familiar white note which has pro complaints because of its large size. The new note measures OJin. by just
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      84 5 For the widest range m SPORTS TROPHIES at competitive prices, pay us a visit. CUPS MEDALS TANKARDS SHIELDS SPOONS, etc. fa Sterling Silver A K.P.N.S. SPECIAL CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS, CLUBS SERVICES Ut/£\INII!£/^^~" 20, BATTERY ROAD S'PORE-1. TEL: *****. 9IIIIIIIIIIIICaiItUIIIIIUC3IIIIIIIIIIIIC3tIIItmiIItC2IIIMIIHIHCIIHtinniiIC]IIIHfIIHtKJ all QU Blades fOr Brushes Shaving! from The FEDERAL DISPENSARY
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      543 6 vwvvvwww _w_---w--«------ ■■SIS i }^^o]^ >I WIMKAKi: h? ti.ee Falk and Phil Daii* V^\^L^ r -THE TELER^THIC TV BROAP-jl I FUNNY-IJUST HAPA )/ko--WP) I f^fc" V__-^ C__-^" |NS2OWAPASJONNVXI9 CAST. S'RECE.VEP'ALL OVER JJS^ E '^^yV^/ R ORN today, the duality m the 6ETS'^BLICS^NKIN6--C,E -> reiN6S»VNKE^/__Y j *> vl dt>r whicn >'
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  • Round the World Mtarket Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      178 7 LONDON. *H». M. Previous Today Kl.KBER No. 1 RSS cJ.f. Luiup<Mn ports February 25 buyers 25 buyen 2) sellers 25 n sellers March 25 buyers 25 a sellers 25 s .sellers Bl ItBER No 1 RSS Spot buyers 3 i i filers Lien It I lilt hit
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      New York prices
      131 7 TIN Straits spot 100.50 nom. 100.00 nom. TIN futures February 98 25 buyers 98.00 nom. 99.75 sellers Standard Contract March 97.25 buyers 97.75 buyers 98.75 sellers 98.00 sellers April 97.75 buyer s 95.75 buyers 97.00 sellers 97.00 sellers TONS: Steadier. SALES: Nil. Straits Contract Febru.iry 99.25 buyers
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      U.S. PEPPER
      51 7 Malabar /Lam pon« spot 264. release 25 2 Whit* Muntok spot await mi? relea.se 26. afloats 33 4. awaiting release 33 25 'j and February shipment afloats 33. and February ship24'■ Baravmk »po( 2(5. awaiting I men! 32'^. all sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      43 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 2«. Previous Today 30 Industrials 466.84 469.00 20 Railroads 142.40 142.74 40 Domestic Bonds yi 01 90 99 15 Utilities 70.06 70.12 65 Stocks Composite Average* 165 28 165.83 Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per Ib.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      104 7 LONDON, Feb. t». Previous Today COPRA Philippines cif. UK./ North European delivered weight per lonf ton Feb. 'Mar. $179 sellers $178*4 sellers COPRA. Strait. cJ.f. U.K. /North European delivered weight per £66 »<i buyers £66 buyers long ton Feb. /March £67 sellers *66-\ .sellers March April
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    A nude shocks a town
    207 7 OH, what a hoo-ha it's caused show girl Toni Kaye's dance m the nude at the annual arts ball. Cheltenham, the so-respect-ablo spa town where retired colonels go to live, could talk of nothing -As--. More than 1,000 people saw 20-year-old Toni dance with two
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    Marion elopes...
    65 7 MARION ROBERTS, aged 16, was so methodical it seemed natural she should write m a notebook her plans to elope. But when she ran away with her fiance, 17 year old Bryan Adams, a welder, methodical Marion forgot one thing the notebook containing her "list of things to
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    ...WITH A SMILE AND A SONG
    77 7 ...WITH A SMILE AND A SONG SHOESHINE BOY The famous Ameri- can singing star, Gay Mitchell author of "Singing the Blues" that smash hit disc, is I now m England on a tour. I But when it tomes to I daily chores Guy I seems to be a very I
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    School on wheels
    114 7 A4O-SEATER motor coach Is to become a travelling classroom for 20 boys from W.-lb'-rk Secondary School Carshalton. Surrey. England, when they visit s > tn Wales next year. It will have a tape recorder and a cine-camera. The idea behind the visit is to give the boys,
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      2 7 W^^WH^B literal
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      89 7 N I VE A Fresh, pure with a delightfully fragrant I HP^ perfume. It's super- ►J'^^^^g freely. Ideal for dry If |P^ and delicate skin INGAPORE^AGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY LTD. PECIALISTS IN ARRANGING HIPMENT& CLEARANCE OF CARS TO ANY PART OF THE WORLD ASIA INSURANCE BUILDING, ROOM 8-E, TE.'-: *****3 LINES
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      56 7 -iiiii:iiiiiiiiiinuiiMr,iiiiiiimii'i I SINGAPORE I IHIGH TIDES TODAY: 3.52 pjn. E TOMORROW: 3.31 a.m. and 5.08 pjn. SATURDAY: 4.19 a.m. E and 7.52 p.m. E SUNDAY: 5.27 a.m. and 9.18 p.m. MONDAY: 7.12 a.m. and E 10. 00 p.m. E TUESDAY: 8.36 a.m. E E and 10.29 p-m. E E WEDNESDAY:
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    FORM GUIDE FOR PENANG RACES
    7496 8 FORM GUIDE FOR PENANG RACES A detailed record of every horse entered for the Penang races... ...keep it by you for the duration of the coming meeting I Class Four| Class Five] HOLLOWING are the horses entered for the Penang Turf Club February March Meeting. CLASS FOUR ALLKITS ■CBATCVD: 29-12-56
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      43 9 CREDIT FONCIER D EXTREME ORIENT. MEYER CHAMBERS TEL: *****-9. BUILDING LOTS FRANKEL ESTATE from 4,500 to 15,000 sq. ft. $1.00 to $1.25 per sq. ft. BINJAI PARK NEAR SWISS CLUB ROAD, from 12,000 to 28,000 sq. ft. $0.70 to $1.20 per sq. ft.
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    The circus chimp. who became far too human for words
    1863 10  -  Pelham Groom Another Latiff story by,.,, I FIRST MET Carl ttlucher when I was m C.ermany with the R.A.F. just after the war. He was the magazine illustrator's ideal of a Prussian officer. TALL, STRAIGHT AS A BAMBOO, BUT WITH
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      58 10 News from Malaya It's only $24/- tor 6 months to send the Straits Budget by airmail to any address m the United Kingdom. This popular weekly Issue keeps U.K. readers well informed on Malayan home news. By seamail and other parts of the world $13.50 for 6 months. Write to:
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    N.C.O.s celebrate St. Valentine's Day
    472 11  - N.C.O.s celebrate St. Valentine's Day T. Baptistma HAN HAI FONG SPOTLIGHT ON THE SERVICES ll* l r holoi»s *;i|»lis hr Rock- n Roll Fans Behind the Scenes of the Corporals' Club, R.A.F. Tengah, celebrated St. Valentine's Day with a swing last Saturday night at a ball held m their club
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      Lock icon Japanese call for world police force
      98 12 Japanese call for world police force THE Japanese World Confederation League has passed a resolution m Tokyo calling on the United Nations to organise an international police force to maintain world peace. The league which was recently formed by leading Japanese politicians, intellectuals, scientists and Industrialists was presided over by
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      49 12 The Pakistani Government has refused to produce before" the National Assembly for ratification any international or zonal pacts or alliances which have been enter ed into with foreign powers. Sardar Amir Azam Khan, Minister In charge of Foreign AfTalrs said there existed no constitutional obligations to do so.- A.P.
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      63 12 "Don't sell your country for the profits you will get from trade with Communist China." This appeal was made in a broadcast to Japan by Mr. Toyokatsu Abe, chairman of the Japan-China Cultural Association during a visit to Formosa. He said the Chinese Cojnmunists had slaughtered enough Chinese on the
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      39 12 THE U.S. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT SAID SIAM EXPECTS A NEAR RECORD 1,500,000 METRIC TONS OF RICE AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT THIS YEAR. MALAYA AND SINGAPORE, THE LARGEST USERS OF SIAMESE RICE. TOOK 305,000 TONS IN THE JANUARY-SEP-TEMBER PERIOD OF 1956.- A.P.
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      68 12 The independent Paris newspaper Combat, commenting on Japan's desire to head the Bandung nations, said, "Japan's industrialisation confers on her far stronger claims to this title than India." Reuter. The Melbourne Herald correspondent In Canberra said that Mr. R. G. Menzies. Australian Prime Minister, was expected to keep his promise
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    Lock icon KERALA POLLS GIVE NEHRU BIG HEADACHE
    211 12 KERALA POLLS GIVE NEHRU BIG HEADACHE Hill AP ...featuring news Ulll Pi and views lUkUL about Asia today INDIA'S COMMUNIST PARTY IS MAKJNG A STRONG BID FOR 1 POWER IN THE NEW SOUTH INDIAN STATE OF KERALA, WHERE ELECTIONS BEGIN ON FEBRUARY 28. Polling m the India- wide General Elections
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    Lock icon NO PRIVATE A.-TESTS
    43 12 The Japanese Atomic Energy Commission has drafted a bill which will place all atomic reactors, materials and fuels under strict government control. Thus no private organisation or group would be allowed to experiment with reactors without official Dermission.- A.P. Reuter
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    Lock icon Afro-Asia talks
    27 12 Prince Norod/n Sihanouk of Cambodia, said m Colombo that he favoured a second meeting of AfroAsian countries as proposed by Red China and Ceylon. A.P.
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    Lock icon CANARIES AND BOOZE
    40 12 Left behind by the Ja panese Antarctic expedition at Showa base on Ongul Island are 11 vien, four canaries, a cat and, 19 sled dogs plus a year's supply of sake (rice wine), johisky and brandy. Reuter
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    121 12 A Malayan social z worker, Mr. W. Meri- can, who is Social Wei- I I fare Officer at Ipoh, Pcrak, fias just made I an observation tour of I Australia's social ser- vices and community I development projects. Social workers from I Indonesia, Pakistan, the I Philippines and Siam, also
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    Lock icon New Spratley 'hands off'
    58 12 VTATIONALIST China has ll again laid claim to the disputed Spratley Islands and said it was maintaining a garrison force there. The Taipeh Foreign Ministry thus refuted a recent statement by Philippine Vice-President Carlos P. Garcia that the disputed Spratley Islands were "ownerless" and open to
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    'Can be adopted to suit Malaya'
    241 12 MALAYA can adopt Australia's social services and modify them to suit our own circumstances." This is the view of Mr. W Merican, a Social Welfare Officer at Ipoh. who has Just made an observation tour of Australian social studies course. m Victoria, Mr. Merican
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    Lock icon Formosa fishing
    22 12 Formosa had a record fish haul of 193,410 tons last year, nearly eis;ht per cent higher than m 1955. U.P.
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    Lock icon Reds to test U.S. on Chiang isles ?
    218 12 Reds to test U.S. on Chiang isles THE Chief of American air defence of Formosa, Brigadier-General Benjamin O Davis Jr. doubts the Communists would make a direct attack on the Nationalist Chinese stronghold. Gen. Davis pointed out m a United Press interview that such an all-out attack could immediately embroil
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      37 12 THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE" (4) From the Royal Performance Film I fill L **"^^Sll ilMi K\S^ lff ifjff^'ii'r' XW+ftV^tfcrfaQ&k^Tty* /.'/llftri*"" Y^^i*^t^^K WrrrfS'rW'T f> G& T &s' r "1 a^D >-QO«. rut PiAPees will. °'Ck: k^
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      THE HOUSE THAT BABS BUILT GETS THE 'WORKS'
      984 13  -  Michael Rand Because you never can fell with ambassadors 16 servants stand by day and night ...to cater for a 'crisis meeting' or just a late snack for a visiting YIP Drawing by POLITICAL moves mean house movings and this month has
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      The Bridge Hand
      398 13 Vali \Mi;iii \ou« *<>J7 C(J64 9 ftRST (D) EASI *J24K 10 6 5 97 5 0 J 10 8 3 Ch:| C J 10 5 2 *KJB6 5 4 *7 SOUTH A 9 84 *U 10 3 2 TW bidding: lim North t«»< South PSH 1 P«»«
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    Lock icon Floyd Patterson beats Tax man
    378 14  -  JACK CUDDY By WHAT KIND OF A HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION IS FLOYD PATTERSON? Right now that's the biggest one-man question In sport. It may be answered partially this year if the youngest heavyweight ruler m history survives his two planned title defences m June and Septem1
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    Lock icon TREVOR FORD MAKES APPEAL
    51 14 Trevor Ford, the Wales and Cardiff footballer, has lodged an appeal against his suspension by the English Football League. The league suspended Ford indefinitely last month when he refused to substantiate or withdraw unconditionally allegations he made m newspaper articles about irregularities m some transfer deals.
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    ROYAL AND ANCIENT SHOCK U.K. GOLFERS
    354 14 ROYAL AND ANCIENT SHOCK U.K. GOLFERS GOLFING diehards m general, and Scottish ones m particular, have given a hostile reception to a decision of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club to amend the procedure for the Open championship. The club is the ruling body for the game m Britain, and
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    SHE'S CHAMP AT 15...
    106 14 SHE'S CHAMP AT 15... Schoolgirl speedster Mary Hubbell, 15, of E Alhambra. California is the youngest hydro- E plane driver ever to E win a National Out- E Ebo a r d Association E s championship m a pro- E E fessional class. In her E third year m second-
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    85 14 AUSSIES WON'T SEND A TEAM TO RUSSIA THE Australian Lawn Tennis Association have turned down a Russian request to send a team to play in the Soviet Union. The Russians wanted the Australians to play in Moscow in May or June or. failing that, in the Youth Games in Moscow
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    107 14 THE French Rugby Union Federation have announced a change m their team to meet England at Twickenham on Saturday. Maurice Prat has injured his hip m a match and is replaced at centre-threequarter by Renle Monie, of Perpignan. About 1000 French fans are expected to travel
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    60 14 IJASEBALL coach Bill Davis rues the day he decreed tlu»t the member of the Temple City high school's team with the longest hair would t to carry the bat bag throughout the season. Davis, who wc'ars a crew cut. became the "longhair" himself when all the players showed
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    289 14 A 'Golf Olympics' is to be held in Japan MR. Frea C tournament director of the International Golf Association, said yesterday m Tokyo the 1957 international trophy and Canada Cup match will be played over the Kasumigaseki Country Golf Club course m Tokyo m October. Golfers from some 29 nations
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    97 14 SIMPSON Guillen, former West Indies Test wicket keeper, is m the New Zealand team to meet Australia m the first unofficial Test starting on March 1 at Chri.stchurch. New Zealand. Guillen has been living m NewZealand since 1952. He played for them against West
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      267 14 CLUES ACROSS state O) 1 Foreigners make saintly 6 Cleans an assortment of sfuda KUides (9). (5). 5 Bar or return a penny (3>. 9 Drum hidden at a border 7 This sacred image has no (5). back (4) 12 Break open a street finally 8 Vows begin on the
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    Lock icon Arkinstall beaten in Asia tie
    210 15 Arkinstall beaten in Asia tie MICHAEL D A V I E I and Billy Knigh (Britain) reached th< semi-finals of t h < men's doubles in th« Asia Lawn Tenni championships yester day in Colombo. They beat Jack Arkinstal (Australia) and T. Shibat; (Japan) 9-7, 6-1, 6-3 in th< quarter-finals.
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    52 15 Ron Delany, Irish winner of the Olympic. 1,500 metres, will defend his title m the mile at the American Indoor Amateur Athletic championships at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. HLs main challengers will be Laszlo Tabori < Hungary >. fourth In the 1,500 metres at Melbourne, and Fred
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    Lock icon SPRINGBOKS CAN SHARE SERIES
    85 15 SOUTH Africa need to win the final Test due to start at Port Elizabeth on March 1, I to share the series. I England have won ttro of the Tests and South Africa one, th c other having been drawn. Yesterday South Africa beat England bu
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    29 15 HK INVITE A JAP TEAM The Hong Kong Volleyball Association hare <i».;ded to Invite ;i Japan Volleyball Association team to visit Hour Kong at the end of May- Reuter
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    Bougoure to miss the Penang race meeting
    545 15  - Bougoure to miss the Penang race meeting ALLAN LEWIS HARD TRACK HAS TRAINERS WORRIED SEVEN JOCKEYS OUT f Sy I TRAIN KltS with horses entered for the Penang meeting are not having an easy time. The continued drought makes the track hard despite daily watering by the Turf Club. Unless
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    4 Malayans in Glasgow badminton
    82 15 4 Malayans in Glasgow badminton rUR Malayans will take part m an invitation international badm inton tournament at Kelvin Hall. Glasgow, next month. They are Eddie and David Choong, Jimmy Heah and Oon Chong Teik. Twenty one players representnig five countries apart from Scotland will take part m the championships.
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    119 15 Indians name 3 to p lay Malaya E THE Indian lawn: E A Tennis I earn to meet Malaya m their E Eastern Zone Davis Cup tie at Madras on March 1 to 3, was announced E yesterday m Calcutta. The team is: NaresJi I Kumar (captain), Ra- E manathan
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    NO INVITE FOR S'PORE
    99 15 A SOUTH EAST Asia athletic event Is being held m Hong Kong. But Singapore know nothing about it. Although a United Press report states that all South East Asian countries were Invited to take part no word has been received by Singapore officials. Runners from Japan
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    V.S. DOWN SAINTS 3-0
    51 15 IN an Inter-schoo] soecei r ;imr played yesterday at th< V.S. ground Victoria Institution beat St. Andrew*! School 3-0. Scorers wen Tiong Pin, K<>k Nang and Charlie Tan. m the Government Services FA. senior league tin Marine Department yesterday beat Post and Telegraph 4-0 at Seranjjoon
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    REME, THE HOLDERS, ENTER FINAL AGAIN
    140 15 ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, THE HOLDERS ENTERED THE SINGAPORE INTER-UNIT HOCKEY FINAL YESTERDAY. THEY BEAT ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS "A" 3-2 AT GILLMAN BARRACKS. In the final on Tuesday. RE.M.E. will meet G H.Q. at Tanglin. Winners of the Singapore final will represent
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    RUGGER STAR RETIRES
    59 15 Now lulib.uk has ann< uiu i ent. One of the out tanding fullt;: if k > In th« Britain and Franct with t; ■nd Ai-mv team r li.c Kiwis'* m 1045 to 40 ;;nd ui'h the I 9. r ,3 to 54 "All Blacks." Scott, who haa
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    MENON STRICKEN AGAIN IN THE U.N.
    338 16 Reds veto Kashmir plan TIIK Soviet Union using its 80th Security Council veto, yesterday blocked an attempt to send Mr. Gunnar Jarring of Sweden on a mission to India and Pakistan to try to find a solution to the Kashmir problem. Earlier Mr. V.
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    75 16 THE Philippine Herald said yesterday that an official m the Singapore Government has proposed establishing "a United States of Malaysia' 1 under the leadership of the Philippines and Indonesia. The Herald, m a dispatch from its staff member, Nestor Mata. who visited Singapore, attributed the idea
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    146 16 QUEEN AT BULL FIGHT Thousands of people broke out of police control at Vita Franca. Portugal, last night and charged through a field m which there were wild fighting bulls, to throng around Queen Elizabeth. A heavy fence standing between the bulls and the pavilion from which the Queen was
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    Colony fire drama
    101 16 A 52 -YEAR-OLD grandmother, Madam Tan Ah Hong, collapsed when she returned to her gutted house m Henderson Road, Singapore, which was the scene of a fire yesterday. She is seen above being carried away for first-aid by a policeman and two neighbours. The fire destroyed one
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