The Singapore Free Press, 10 April 1957

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper r Singapore, Wednesday, April 10, 1957. Price 15Cts.
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    Lock icon UNKNOWN
    257 1 w U.S. proposal is jwaaed LoMATiC sources m Washington said last [lit ti.-' Japan, Britain d other major trading ions were hoping to eive early details of iteci States proposal the China trade prom phristian Herter, the Ber-Secretary of State, s been, discussing China ide restrictions with ngressional leaders
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    Lock icon Neavy Snowfall
    28 1 bU .5? Yo '-k State "clwith two feet Yoi c^ da y- Western l ate got a foot •Wing a similar n °Wfra on Mon- A.P.
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    Lock icon BORDER IS A DEATH-TRAP IN HUNGARY
    374 1 BORDER IS A DEATH-TRAP IN HUNGARY 'Suicide squads' are forced to set up deadly minefields Big purges go on lIUNGARY'S Red authorities are reported to be heavily mining the country's border to cut off refugees trying to flee into Austria. Two escaped Hungarian soldiers told Austrian police m Vienna they
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    54 1 picture. A full dress rehearsal of Vernon Martinus' pro- duction "On Stage" was held at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. The show opens tonight. On the right is Miss Diane Hyder, 19, and Miss Phyl Westerhout. 21. doing the Rhythm Capers. The act consists of Rock-V-roll, Cha Cha Cha's,
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    Lock icon Menzies warns of U.N. betrayal
    123 1 The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzles, said yesterday that peace had been jeopardised m the long run and international justice betrayed by "recent failures of the United Nations." Mr. Menzies was speaking m the House of Re- presentatives foreign affairs debate, at Canberra. Mr.
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    Rubber price
    30 1 May fir.st grade rubber buyers fo.b. opened m Singapore this morning at 92 V. cents a lb., up half a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was quiet.
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      115 1 Jf^^^ Restful nights.., >»MB WEr JOGaRiMB j^B^^ jjtf >^, Vittimins. mean d a y s^Z Regular niprhts of restful sleep keep you P^jV __4*^7 healthy, vigorous and ready to enjoy lift- aSy s to the full. That is why countless thou- ffSfoJ* \LJjfifl sands the world over m;\k<- delicious /Jf
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    Ghost film
    189 2 E rpilK story of the E JL origin of the Malay E ghost Pontianak, will E be screened by the E E Kris Film Studios m E E Singapore shortly. Maria Menundo. E E playing the title role Eof a woman turned E into a vampire. will E
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    Lock icon Reds imprisoned
    21 2 A Baghdad military court has sentenced 12 persons to seven years' imprisonment with hard labour for Communist activities.- U.P.
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    SINGAPORE CAN BE A BETTER CITY THAN TOKYO!
    151 2 SINGAPORE CAN BE A BETTER CITY THAN TOKYO! Colonial ndmlnistration praised THE famous American architect, Mr. Louis Werderich, who built the $100,000,000 oil refinery m Texas, yesterday praised Singapore's colonial administration tor its "wonderful" achievements. He said he had heard it said that Singapore was a Colony. "But look, it
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    Lock icon Norway puts out Red lifeboat SOS
    35 2 The Norwegian state radio appealed today to all shipping m th° Arctic Ocean to watch for a drifting lifeboat with three men from the Russian seal catcher Tchbtopol.- A.P.
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    ART CLASSES NEXT MONTH
    101 2 APPLICATIONS are being i\ invited for enrolments m Western and Eastern painting classes to be held at the China Society's Singapore Academy of Arts at the Adult Education Centre, Fort Canning Road, beginning on May 1. Classes will be conducted on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7
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    Indian grads elect officers
    68 2 r THE Indian University Graduates Association of Singapore held their third annual general meeting recently and elected the following office-bearers. President Professor C. S. Pichamuthu of the University of Malaya; vice-presi-dent Mr. S. Narasimhan; hon. secretary Mr. N. T. S. Chopra; hon. treasurer Mr. S. G.
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    YELLOW ROBE CHOICE
    217 2 YELLOW ROBE CHOICE AN American who wa formerly a salesman b 1 profession and a Method Ist by religion is now ii Singapore preaching Bud dhism. He Ls the VeneraW Vajara Sara. He told the Free Press yes terday: "I was studyta psychology at the Highlat Park junior college to
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    Three more 'dos' for Serangoon
    149 2 IMIE overwhelming success of the two-night variety concert sponsored by the Scrangoon Community Association last weekend, has encouraged its organisers to plan other similar programmes. The president of the association. Mrs Grace Wee, told the Free Press that plans for three programmes during the next
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      75 2 I A^LT DAY HIIDDVf UIIDDYI Until! nUniili Final Astounding Reductions MW% /iff fiAi^/irTmiinfc f ill iAff UrQpurT fffftfiff S« Yes, this is your last chance to buy the real bargains you want at the lowest possible prices! In all Departments, there are items going at discounts which are truly unbelievable!
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    Lock icon QUEEN IN BRILLIANT PARIS REVUE
    406 3 QUEEN IN BRILLIANT PARIS REVUE Sails down the Seine m a dazzling diamond-studded gown QUEEN ELIZABETH last night watched with wonder an unpre- cedented pageant of French history as she sailed down the Seine m a Paris river boat. The Queen sparkled like the floodlights which bathed the river. Her
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    POCKET CARTON
    28 3  -  OSBERT LANCASTER to "Do you remember my ashnji you the Portuguese for 'it U unwise to cook Lza m an ammunition Jump WeU, forget it I"
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    ALL ATOM PACT FOR CANADA
    101 3 ALL ATOM PACT FOR CANADA BRITAIN will pass on all I its nuclear power prouction Information to Caada, but will restrict its (formation to the United tates, Sir Claude Gibb said 1 an interview m Winnipeg. Sir Claude, chairman of ie Nuclear Power Plant ompany cf Britain, is here >
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    Lock icon Engineering: UK's highest exports
    35 3 Britain's engineering rts '->> r year totalled Ei.465.000.0cn sterling fore than 16 per cent 'of all intish exports, a governlent court of inquiry into a national engineering strike •as told yesterday.- Reuter
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    99 3 mi m -*P«rr models faru suvk f »i" a l .r rty to ne of S i model Rozi !-u,. ls!l( r «»•<> will *\th heJ r lm y shortly Illiiiiiii. s l(r tothet for Britain. They are left to ri^ht j Dorothy llardman. Rozi j who is "oh so
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    Lock icon NEW U.K. PHONE LINK TO CANADA
    35 3 Britain and Canada are considering plans for providing a new submarine telephone cable between the two countries to cope with increased traffic, the general post office announced today.- Reuter
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    CHESHIRE HOME: ALL SET
    204 3 CHESHIRE HOME: ALL SET rE Cheshire Home for the chronic sick m Singapore is expected to be built soon. Plans for it have already been sent to the Government for approval. Miss Phil Loneragan, who was specially flown out to supervise the construction of the first Cheshire Home m Singapore,
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    Lock icon Suicide by relative of ex-German chief
    43 3 Police today reported the suicide of GLsela yon Beneckendorff und Von Hindenburg, poverty stricken sister-in-law of the late President Paul Von Hindenburg. Police said the 69-year-old woman flooded her West Berlin apartment with gas on Sunday.- A.P.
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      260 3 W^/i PADS and INKsI KOLOK Stamp Pads containers are seamless and made from pressed tin plates, with rolled edges and with *n attractively coloured enamel finish. They are up-to-date m design, yet stout m construction with a close fitting easy-action lid. Quality Inks arc combined m the Stamp Pads with
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, April 10, 1957. CAUSE FOR DISMAY?
    212 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, April 10, 1957. CAUSE FOR DISMAY? SINGAPORE'S del c gates are reported to have appeared downcast over a lastminute stipulation by the Colonial Secretary for a guarantee that pensions of expatriate officers would always be honoured at 2s. 4d. to the dollar. Downcast? Hardly. For
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    Big boost for the adulterated milk racket...
    793 4  - Big boost for the adulterated milk racket... P.M. RAMAN by MILKMEN who make T liberal use of free water from City Council pumps to adulterate their wares, are among the few m Singapore happy over the Government's rejection of a milk plant offer from Australia. They would hav e been
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    BY THE WAY....
    96 4  -  Deachcomber by TIIKRE is no need for me to invent any news today. Here arc three news items which have caught my eye. (1) Children wearing home-made togas ate snails and tripe and onions m Northamptonshire. (2) At Salford docks Zoo men. Customs officials, shipping company officials,
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    Latest British midget
    135 4 Latest British midget I O NE tne most re volutionary ventures I m the history of British motoring was officially I inaugurated at the DorI Chester Hotel, London, when motor-manufac-turer Mr. R. J. Ashley, announced his plans to produce six essentially British models of the BM.S. Isetta, now the rage
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      72 4 <j^< ?*<>#< iNfc.o/'* r^iifi >>*<»^( iVj; t Oi alt the watches j SSuitttrland produces, 5 the marine chronometer 9 is far the most accu- E 3 rate. And every marine C C chronometer that 2 comes from Switzerland j 5 k made by ULYSSE J NARDIN. Exclusively. J I r-
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      19 4 H' n/nfUV sparkling Ferguzade X jJI,, ferguzadei THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY tta 33. RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE ARCADE. ORCHARD
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    Lock icon In the Army now....
    83 5 HbOVE: The acting Chief Secretary, Mr. S. T. Stewart, and the Assistant Mln- I Eer to the t hief Secretary, Mr. M. P. D. Nair, inspect a second batch of new i ■ecruits to the Ist. Battalion, the Singapore Regiment, at their Ulu Pandan i Bamp
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    CHINESE TEACHERS PROTEST
    86 5 CHINESE TEACHERS PROTEST BE Singapore Chinese I Middle School Teachers Bon yesterday alleged that ■chers would be treated X "coolies" when the new ■ication Ordinance came ■he new ordinance, it felt, Bild give the Director of ■ication the "arbitrary wer" to cancel the licence ■by teacher if he thought teacher
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    Recorded music
    30 5 i he Singapore Recorded Jf Society will present a! c c« m the Oel Tiong J hall, st. Joseph! ituion. Bras Basah ijomorr w at 7.30 p.m. J
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    Tan straightens a view
    164 5 CO IT HANDLING OF MILK PLANT INEPT' E -■•''•y-scncral of )dai lS f B D? a P or 6 Liberal y that his observat? tern? Australian n::..',". v Plant to the n mlsunder- stood. Mr. Tan was quoted as aaylng that he doubted Australia's sincerity to
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    UNUSED TAXI STANDS
    290 5 UNUSED TAXI STANDS They're no good to anyone at all A NUMBER of taxi ranks m Singapore are claimed to be of no use either to the taxi drivers or the residents. The president of the Singapore Hire Car Association Mr. T. A. Simon, said that they were situated m
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    Lock icon HONOUR FOR BRIGADE PET
    113 5 A TWO-YEAR-OLD police dog with a unique nose for fires was honoured In Tokyo yesterday with a ser- j vice medal and a new collar. Kuma. a femalo Alsatian owned by carpenter Gempei rmai, 32, WM cited ny the City Fire Department for rendering distinguished scr-
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      29 5 If fi I| < jfl |*%r Season from FRIDAY, APRIL 12th I Par, "^^"i^l ALL-MALAYAN PBEMISEI I~lL_l '< <ii(s TOMORROW at 8 p.m. K^^^l!l !W "-out print with full ChfaMM Subtitles.
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      169 5 JUST UNPACKED AT WASS9AMULLS ____tti__if_______-r _^_l ____M ____fl_rv v__B > i_______L ot WASH WEAR fibril for suits and slacks In beautiful shades of Charcoal, Brown, Grey. Beige and Blue GET THEM AT WASSIAMULLS GENT'S DEPT. Ist FLOOR HIGH ST. H.Jwm.V. /^S HJjjfir Controlled Heat Electric Automatic Iron with signal lamp
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      232 6 Icilllliiiiiiniaiyaiiiiiini........ >I\\IM( AKI |»v Lee I aik and IMiil I |V^4X> TH£ VAULT. TUBE'S A I I 'W?O M4G UP MAI r A 'jJ^S N J^ H "°*i- 6UA*O THArS TOCAf* 7D <&r~ BLOCK TO WAT VAULT- T A 22 A Zl eifT^TTTT WERE'S AAY PQoBIEM S. WC* MA&C-' i
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      574 6 BORN today, you have b^T^ I exceptional and unusual tali m U>n ß the stars. You have ur« t mli nl Übj l over those with whom you lllUe nce^B I and must take care that vn,t s J late ß are kept high so that v '^B 1 shall
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing Prices
      176 7 LONDON, April 9. Previous Today i KSS cJf* tll IKl t- Ipril MX buyers 26. t buyers ■»F jn 27 sellers 26^ 8 sellers May 26 3 i buyers 26 i buyers H 27 sellers 26 7 S sellers Kb 1 BSS Spot 27 buyers 27 buyers
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      New York prices
      120 7 I NEW YORK. April 9. Previous Today gtraits spota 99 00 nom. 99.25 nom. futures lard Contract April 97.50 buyers 97 50 buyers 98 75 sellers 9900 sellers May 97 50 buyers 97.50 buyers 98 75 sellers 99 00 sellers I Quiet SALES: NilIs Contract April 98.50
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      38 7 I NEW YORK, AprU 9. Previous Today idustrials 479 04 482 66 ailroads ***** 145.46 tomestic Bonds 90.69 9085 WBHes 7129 71.27 locks Composite Averages ***** 169.84 Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      52 7 I labor Lampong spot 25, ing release and afloats April shipment Malabar Lampong 24. Sarawak 24 April shipment 23-. May shipment 23. June shipment 22 Muntok white, spot and awaiting release 34, afloats 33 to 32. April shipment 31, sellers ex-dock. mt Aoove price* quoted m U.S. cents
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      100 7 LONDON, April 9. fr-l Philippines ri.f. it.k./ Tod y M>™ turopcan delivered Wp*K«™Uri*g%™AZ $176 Bellers 17 5H sellers ■[J^n delivers weight per W>"< 'an April May £06^ £65 buyerg H ir 9 £65 4 sellers H May June £66 i^ £654 buyers fc:i""- u Mirait S
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    DOCTOR GOES FREE
    266 7 Second murder charge dropped DR. John Bodkin Adams, acquitted yesterday of murdering a rich old lady for profit, immediately had a secret indictment quashed, accusing him of killing a second wealthy patient. Dr. Adams was allowed to walk out of the court room on bail, but he
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    Lock icon ISRAEL DEMANDS FIRM U.N. ACTION
    409 7 Egyptian troops moving up for another all-out battle —Pentagon ]\JR. ABBA EBAN, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, declared m Washington last night that "the time has certainly come" to deal firmly with Egypt over the Suez Canal In a foreign policy lecture at Washington's
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    Lock icon ARMED HOLD-UP NETS $30,000
    80 7 Two bandits held up a bank at Geneva's busiest corner and made off with nearly M 530,000 m foreign currency on Monday night In their haste, they overlooked more than M$l5O,OOQ worth of Swiss currency and gold coins m the safe. The masked thieves fled by
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    Lock icon Channel tunnel vital new link
    71 7 The New York Herald Tribune said m an editorial yesterday on the prospect of a tunnel under the English Channel "Britain is being forced by circumstances, and perhaps by inclination, to throw her lot m with Europe. If the prospect of a channel tunnel today
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    Lock icon Ehrenburg visit
    25 7 Two-time Stalin Prize winner and one of Soviet Russia's outstanding contemporary writers. Ilya Griogovyevlch Ehrenburg. has arrived m Tokyo on three-week visit.— A.P.
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      150 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore 1.15 p.m Wednesday Serenade; 1.30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Everybody Sing; 5.00 Songs from the Plantations; 5.15 Hawaiian Blossoms; 530 Tea Dance; 6.00 Time Announcement and Programme Summary; 6.02 Mail Bag opened by Joan Pillay; 6.55 Announcements and Singapore Share Market Report; 7.00 Time
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE SPOt UNKNOWN
    2006 8  - SINGAPORE SPOt UNKNOWN adelaide Eastley BY,, Children findm Triumph an #||«X seuißiiaious t^coK jttje m a temple... iff... A seifish and dJIIIIIIIIIIIIIII MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ£ Some of Singapore's prettiest models will take S E part m a parade of beachwear at the Capitol E E Theatre today. E The parade will precede
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    84 9 I This nine-months old Sakhalin husky. Mine, wonounced Min-Ney) is the only feminine member E the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition which rived m Singapore during the weekend on its way She is being taken back home because she was •nsidered too young to help pull a sledge for the I
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    LINER WINS BIG DOLLAR DEAL RACE
    252 10 CABGO-UNEB with a precious cargo aboard steamed into St. John, New Brunswick, last week at the end of an exciting race to save a £560,000 Canadian order for Britain with one day to go. The order depended on one thing: it had to be
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    Let small boys smoke, says Dr.
    115 10 Let small boys smoke, says Dr. HOW to prevent a boy from starting to smoke? Give him a "sample" cigarette at a very early age, says a schools medical officer. "I am all In favour of a small boy having a cigarette and being ill. It will teach him a
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    Polio: U.K. doctors are worried
    142 10 Polio: U.K. doctors are worried rpHERE have been so A many polio cases throughout the exceptionally mild winter in Britain that doctors are worried. They are concerned about the danger of a serious epidemic this summer. Already 451 cases of polio have been proved this year, it was officially stated
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    Off to Ascot...
    68 10 milk UK was a preview ot Koyal Ascot at a fashioi J display held last neck at Windsor Berkshire One of the dresses on view was the Ascot ,m.h;> showi m the picture on the left Ult It has a deep *V neck and I length sleeves
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    BRIDGE HAND
    391 10 TIfHAT was wrong with the ?T bidding? Should South have allowed for two losers m heart* and dropped the contract there, when North was able to bid only five spades over five diamonds? Before you answer that, consider whether North should bid six spades over five diamonds tf
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      73 10 a?!v v V wouldn't know Cod Liver Oil iEs^r^b|\ Capsules Thousands owe their continued li|P^gLW>..*";- 1°: Wl good health to 3cotts Cod Liver Oil ||7»T3F ?sJs: li Capsules. These tasteless vitamin- ll[ i^Lr a packed capsules build resistance, In- IS fj^| fl crra.v vigour, keep you smiling Con- f MMM-ftf
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      243 10 CLUES ACROSS 10 Sound promise at Qrst (5). 2 A snare on the cricket field, 11 This Beast Ls a Tibetan perhaps (5). priest we hear (5). 5 Take this m a race (4). 13 Cling to a card at the finish 7 Mostly loose this fibre (4). (7). 8
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    A Chat between scenes
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    Bow and arrow fans
    132 11 A KCHERY is becoming more and more rk popular m Britain these days and every J; year the International Archery Society holds <; a big tournament. j! In the picture below Mrs. M. Atkinson of Hurley, Surrey practises for this year's con- <► test beneath an
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    Duke peeps at radar
    112 11 Duke peeps at radar D l vi X N( a recent to a firm of Wctnf? S<rn m the INnA l 0 Witt Lily on Hl( an operator Wha, ss mh| y "ne for i»; <>n w «rkin R I Plo >f !r I<lr "Astern- **********1111I "»mi"n......,,,,,, mi Before visiting
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      94 11 SCHOOL HOLIDAY MATINEES 11a.m. DAILY i From 13th April to 28 April 1957 g| I SPECIALLY SELECTED CHILDREN'S ATTRACTIONS I f 13—15 MARTIN LEWIS 'MONEY FROM HOME".* I Kt9l I';— 18 GORDON SCOTT "TARZAN'S HIDDEN. IUNGLEfI ffiTß^ 19—21 "VERA CRUZ" SuprrScope Te<h. I 22—24 "TOM JERRY" Cartoon Festival. L HHI
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    Lock icon HK SHOPS AND NIGHTSPOTS LURE TOURISTS
    311 12 HK SHOPS AND NIGHTSPOTS LURE TOURISTS AMERICANS arc Hong Kong's best customers. Every year more than 50,000 tourists visit this British Crown Colony and the majority of them are Americans. According to Hong Kong's tourist agencies, the average tourist spends about HK52,400 while visiting Hong Kong for the usual span
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    Lock icon H-bomb orders for ship
    174 12 H-bomb orders for ship (rpHE Japanese freight- I Xer Hisakawa Maru. g at present m Sydney, is carrying rubber I i clothing to protect her crew from possible radiation from Britain s pg forthcoming Christmas Island hydrogen bomb tests. w I Captain T. Kotachi said his company put the clothing
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    Lock icon 'JAPAN VITAL TO DEFENCE OF FAR EAST'
    94 12 TAPANIS co-operation Is vital to the defence of the Far East," the U.S. State Department's top Far East expert, Assistant Secretary of State Walter S. Robertson has told the U.S Congress. "There is competition for prestige between Communist China on the one hand
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  • PULS... foutaring news and views about Asia today
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      Lock icon Medan Chinese in army probe
      94 12 Medan Chinese in army probe IytEDAN military police have rounded up "a number" of Chinese for interrogation on suspicion of being involved m smuggling and corruption m that North Sumatra capital. The crackdown was m line with the Indonesian Army's nation-wide drive against corruption. Major Sukaroi, commar ier of the
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      33 12 Th e Islamic Republic of Pakistan has granted Rs. 15,000 for the completion of a Buddhist monastery at Chittagong m East Pakistan. Construction had stopped ivhen the Buddhists ran out of funds- A.P.
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      49 12 Hong Kong exports during March amounted to 11K5283.1M>8.695 and imports 11K5473.14!.333. Compared with the same period m 1050. there has been a drop of 11K.5429,f>. r >s m the colony's exports this year, while m the import field there was an increase of HK581,979,289, mainly from Red China.- U.P.
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      25 12 A 30-member Japanese women's delegation has flown to Communist China to inspect educational institutions, social welfare centres, health clinics and nurseries during a one-month-tour. A.P.
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      25 12 American Franciscan priest Rev. Fulgence Gross said m Hong Kong that five Americans still imprisoned m Shanghai were McCarthy. House, McCormick. Redman and Wa?ner. U.P.
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      48 12 A one-year trade pact between Lebanon and Nationalist China has been signed at Beirut. Formosa will supply sugar, tea, cotton textiles, paper. aluminium products, camphor, hog bristles, oil, yeast, bicycles and sewing machines, and will buy Lebanese vegetable oil, tobacco, hides and leather, dried peas and cement.- A.P.
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      46 12 A Ceylon trade delegation has sigrned an agreement with Red China to buy foodstuffs worth M$840,0»0 m the next three months. The sum will be set off against money due to Ceylon from the sale of rubber to China, which now stands at M$48,(M)O,0O0. A. P.
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      23 12 The first Russian labour delegation to visit postwar Japan has arrived m Tokyo on an 18-day Inspection tour of Japanese factories. A.P.
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    Lock icon Birth control or poverty
    180 12 Birth control or poverty THE Chinese Communists have stepped up their campaign to promote birth control m an effort to do something about a population that is simply growing too fast. From now on, for example, any woman who asks can have an operation to induce abortion or to become
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    Lock icon Poland gets Vietminh support
    130 12 Poland gets Vietminh support pOMMUNIST North Viet- IK V^ nam has m effect prats- In cd. Poland's leaders for IK attempting to steer a path IK independent of Kremlin dictates. Do. A joint statement by Polish Premier Joseph A Cyrankiewicz and President I Ho Chi Minh of North Hi Vietnam
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    Lock icon Indian Reds plan grab
    77 12 MR. E. M. Sankaran Nambudripad. y™. munist Chief Minister w Kerala State, told n*. men at TriVandrum Jg State Assembly would m- r for 12 days from AprM when a commission wow beset up to report wWJ a short specified tm. urgent land reforms He further
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    Lock icon LAOS REDS PROVOKE U.N. MEN
    68 12 /^OMMITNIST troops In northern LftOf are reported to have r» sorted to physical humiliation and intimidation of Canadians serving on the U.N. lado- China truce supervisory commission. The Ottawa External Affairs Department said there have been several recent instances of such Communist action. The department
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    55 12 I Noted Chinese artist Miss Yau Wan I Shan, who is giving a series of exhibitions of her paintings m American cities, looks on as student leaders of Georgetown {Wash- f ington) University sign the guest book be- I i fore viewing her work. Miss Yau studied her art m
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    He plays like a man inspired...
    482 13 jkfjsdkdfjskdjsd PIANIST 15 DUE v, t i k I sat down and sampled a small part oi a musical feast to come. The taste was hod and my appetite was aroused. It was a recording of Beethoven's Sonata m A ia jor op. 101
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    FOUR ACES
    284 13 fdfsdff T ATEST In a new Polydor ■Li series is Favourites of Gisela on 46 027 LPHM. It consists of 12 numbers and a dozen different singers and orchestras. Included In a romantic programme are Smoky, The four best recordings of the week, selected by i Jonathan Russell.
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    Singing Sergeants
    32 13 "The Ringing Serjeants," the official male chorus of thr United SUtea Air Force, may competa »t the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, to be held af, Llangeftli, Anglesey next Augu.st.
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    243 13 lat^^S? N F GONE S T on Philips 429 221 BE Is the f yesterdays, It Dont Mean a Thing and Avalon m masterly I Diec. SU <£ SE ?f E AND THEIR T»OMBONE Is a fine to! Pr^^ Cm k L"* n Polydor 20
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    & SEVENTY-EIGHTS
    226 13 SEVENTY-EIGHTS rpHE Fontane sisters come x up tops this week with a nostalgic rendering of a blues number that is already a favourite m Singapore. It's The Banana Boat Song (London-Hl-D, 8378) given the full sentimental treatment with the help of Billy Vaughn's Orchestra On the reverse is Lonesome Lover
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    JUNIORS BACK SATTAR'S CLAIM AT JALAN BESAR
    327 14 JUNIORS BACK SATTAR'S CLAIM AT JALAN BESAR TUMOR CLUBS' delegate to S. A. F. A. Council, J Rahim Sattar, has for a long time pressed at Council meetings for the recognition of junior clubs' players, but without much success. Yesterday at Jalan Besar he finally proved his point that there
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    145 14 Spinks wins in debut TERRY SPINKS, Britain's Olympic flyweight champion, made an auspicious debut m London last night as a professional m beating experienced Jimmy Loughrey, of Northern Ireland, the referee stopping the fight m the fourth round owing to the Irishman's cut left eye. Baby-faced Spinks, a 19--year-old Londoner,
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    73 14 Naresh Kumar, Ramanathan Krishnan and Premjit Lai have been nominated by the All India Lawn Tennis Association for the Davis Cup match against the Philippines and for the Wimbledon championships. Premjit Lai, of Calcutta, is 16 and holds the India Junior Championship. Apart from being named
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    GRADUATES 2-1
    31 14 Graduates of the Teachers Training College yesterday beat the College 2-1 at hockey at Paterson Road yesterday. Low Weng Kee scored for graduates and Patrick Mowe for the College.
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    WEDNESDAY 3-1
    34 14 j Portsmouth's relegation worries continue when they were beaten 3-1 by Sheffield Wednesday m their English Div. One match yesterday. In a Div. Three North match, Hull City beat Carlisle 3-1. Reuter.
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    31 14 RESULTS of Rugby Union j matches played m Britain yesterday were: Coventry 8 Rugby 8; Exeter 3 Newport 19; Falmouth 3 Penarth 8; Hayle 9 London Hospital 3. Reuter
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    58 14 Jaroslav Drobny and Alfred Huber ("Austria) won the men's doubles title m the Carlton Club International Tennis Tournament, beating Malcolm Fox <U.S.) and .Jackie Briehant I (Belgium) 3-6. 6-3. 6-2 In Cannes yesterday. Ann Shilcock and Jacque- line Kermin a won the women's doubles final 6-4,
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    338 14 By ALLAN LEWIS DRAGON SEED (Paterson), who run thn* 39 on the Number Two track at R»i!sl Timah this morning, was the most attract* Hi worker although he did not make the tu/tB time. Dragon Seed was always travelling w„ within himself and
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    NEW BRITISH CHAMPION
    76 14 Dave Charntey, 22-year-old Kentish boxer, won the British lightweight title when he outpointed the holder, Joe Lucy, over 15 rounds at Harringay Arena. Bobby Neill. Scottish i champion who is regarded i as one of Britain's mofl promising featherweight^H was outpointed and out^V punched by Victor Pepeda^Hj
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    Singapore Schools will be fighting fit for tourney
    268 15 till Mti^apore defend their Combined Schools Lter state soccer championship against Negri CAmbilan, Malacca and Johore at Jalan Besar this Saturday and Sunday, the boys will be fighting <•<■ the past fortnight the players have been intensive training under S. A. F.
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    33 15 RAMC'S Fowler gets his hands on a REME forward but fails to stop him during play m the Southern Command inter-unit Rugby team championship semi-final at Aldershot on Apr. 3. RAMC won 40-0.
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    223 15 Abolition of tax on sport— a "Godsend" BRITAIN'S sports bosses yesterday hailed the abolition of entertainment tax on sport as opening the way to bigger and better tournaments, with more incentive for homegrown athletes to get to the top. Chancellor of the Exchequer Peter Thorneycroft scrapped the 33 1;3 tax
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    125 15 I 1 OUT TOMORROW, EIGHT! FACiKS OF RACING. THE FREE PKKSS RACING SERVICi:, the best m Malaya, is attain *t your serVtee to guide you to the i winners at Biikit Timah. There will be an eight-pa?e Rac« Supplement m tomorrow's issue
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    Clean sweep
    40 15 Ie ten ldlv match of ru v- s at Johore wr be at Medical SC eight < ail T n won all blef i ngles and tw <> I an5 am o s Cpl Hux OUtst d C Glbbon S
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    100 15 I 2 member table ;'7 *«1 t, the •*»l and Little stars j r W?cSB£" this i fey, v Pacific ho Kong. i ya federation of £ti lk^ a tour hibSS rx|)frfo(l f bp 1 month, Thoyi Hong Kong and four m
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    389 16 Good tor overseas operators m sterling but I First Press comments are good: Cheering, helping hand POLITICAL quarters m London last night forecast bitter criticism of the Conservative Government's budget m the House of Commons debate today. The Labour Opposition regard it as
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    206 16 U.S. security may get cold-shoulder CANADA'S External Affairs Minister, Mr. Lester Pearson, indicated yesterday that Canada's security regulations with the United States were under review. He told the House of Commons m Ottawa that he had not completed a statement he was to have made on the
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    71 16 f'MRRHOSLS of the liver asKj sociated with alcoholism has "practically disappeared" m England— presumably because high taxes on spirits there have cut liquor consumption, an American doctor says. In contrast, said Dr. Robert M. Kark of the University of Illinois School of Medicine speaking m Boston
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    165 16 Export trade to grow 5 'I HAVE every con j X fldence that we i can look forward I an increase j n I Ports," sait the cellor of the E t! chequer, M r P X; j Thorneycruft, at th I conclusion of Q fc Bud I fet speech
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    77 16 Sailor's condition improves STORES Chief Petty Officer C. McCorquadale who was rushed to Singapore from the Christmas Islands m the British destroyer H.M.S. Concord last night, is improving and may not have to undergo an operation as reported earlier. A Royal Navy spokesman said this morning: that McCorquadale's condition was
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    187 16 ■m THE SPARTAN ROAD TO SUCCESS: SEVEN years ago a Latvian migrant, Eberhards Vitols, came to Australia and began to learn English. After two years, working as a labourer for the Government, Vitols could speak English and enrolled at Sydney University. Now, after 5 years
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