The Singapore Free Press, 27 April 1957

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No. 148«3. Singapore, Saturday, April 27, 1957. Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon SYRIANS NOW EXPECTED TO WITHDRAW
    546 1 SYRIANS NOW EXPECTED TO WITHDRAW KING SAUD SNUBS IEGYPT BY DECLARING FOR HUSSEIN A setback for Nasser WITH DRAMATIC TIMING, KING SAUD OF ARABIA YESTERDAY ALIGNTT ED HIMSELF WITH THE KINGDOMS OF JORDAN AND IRAQ AND, IN SO DOING, GAVE A POINTED SNUB TO THE REPUBLICS OF EGYPT AND SYRIA.
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    A fight has been arranged
    428 1 A fight has been arranged AND IT COULD BE DANGEROUS AN election duel between the former Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and the PAP leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, would have very significant if not dangerous repercussions, according to political circles this morning. Some of the observers are content
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    Lock icon Marines off to Med.
    130 1 WHILST five U.S. Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force ships carrying: a battalion of Marines were preparing to join the American Sixth Fleet yesterday, the American people were being assured that the U.S. •'show of force" m o 'Miu'ction with the Jordan crisis was only a deterrent. Reports
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    STC WAITS FOR YOUR COMPLAINTS
    240 2 Non-stop bus drivers to be dealt with The grouses are increasing DLANS are afoot to take stern action against Singapore bus drivers who fail to halt at stop* to pick up passengers when vehicles are not full. The General Manager of the Singapore Traction Company,
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    Probe on barbers
    106 2 rpHE Singapore City Council 1 Health Department is investigating the possibility of licensing barbers m the Colony. This is worrying the Chinese and Indians m the trade who have decided to protest. They will submit a memorandum to the City President, Mr. J. T. Rea, before the
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    NO AERIAL WAR ON THE BUGS
    154 2 NO AERIAL WAR ON THE BUGS Air-sprayed DDT only for swamps A ERIAL spraying of DDT to A kill and control the breedIng of insects is not feasible m Singapore. That is official the reason being that Singapore is a small island and dense y populated m several areas. The
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    Lock icon Soviet rockets forE. Germany
    59 2 QOVIET artillery units In East Germany are being replaced by smaller formations equipped with the latest Soviet rockets, the West Berlin evening newspaper Nacht-Depesche said. The rocket units contained fewer men than the former artillery groups, which were being sent back to the Soviet Union, NachtDepesche
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    Lock icon Taipeh bans 'Colonel Cow'
    60 2 POLICE m Taipeh yester--1 day banned the sale of children's round playing cards and sweets wrapped to look like dice on the grounds they would have an evil influence on juveniles. They also declared these playing cards an "Insult to the military" since animals on them
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    Lock icon Record crime year for U.S.
    70 2 A MAJOR crime was committed every 12.3 seconds m the United States last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said m Washington yesterday. The FBI said In Its an. nual report that just under hall of the persons arrested for major crimes were juveniles. The
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    63 2 CICELY COURTNEIDGE. the British theatre star, celebrated her 50 years m show business with a luncheon at the Savoy Hotel m London last week. Trim and ga v m a dark green costume she said she was not looking back. "I've tremendous enthusiasm for the future." Here she is seen
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    Lock icon Eden to rest in Canada
    36 2 Sir Anthony Eden will arrive In Ottawa from Boston on Monday, May 6, as guest of the Governor-General, Mr. Vincent Massey, to convalesce at Government House following his recent operation. A.P.
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      102 2 SOLA- PLATE Cutlery manufactured by \H/ tlie SOLA factory m Wy^ Holland, guaranteed to /^nTiS^s. List a life-time. wri'JNS^ Obtainable from: DE SILVA b BROS., C.C. 3. R.iHlet Place, Singapore. OVERSEAS TRADERS LIMITED SINCAfORE MUALA LUMPUft PfMANC What a difference L^L g j MACKESON'S j makes! I When slowed down,
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    Lock icon A RED WARNING ON U.S. 'SHOW OF FORCE' IN M.E.
    353 3 A RED WARNING ON U.S. 'SHOW OF FORCE' IN M.E. THE SOVIET UNION accused the United States m the Security Council yesterday of making "a show of force" by moving units of the Sixth Fleet into "Arab waters." Mr. Arkady Sobolev, Soviet representative, made the charge during; the council debate
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    Lock icon Six killed in mid-air smash
    39 3 Two small planes of the Geneva Aero Club collided over the city yesterday and crashed only 100 yards from a main thoroughfare. Six persons four of them on a sightseeing tour were killed.- A.P.
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    Lock icon Saved by a flag
    160 3 Saved by a flag GIRL told a i -/^Johannesburg magis- 3" trate yesterday that i I she used a British flag to cover herself after a would be attacker tore off all her clothes. f The girl, a 16-year- i ■I old European, said an Indian youth came J Into
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    Forgiveness...
    32 3 Forgiveness When an Irisn labourer, was asked by a Leicester magistrate what he thought about a man whose leg he broke with a kick, he replied- "I'll remember him m my prayers.
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    Lock icon Japs track down comet
    83 3 JAPANESE scientists observing the progress of the Arend-Roland Comet yesterday reported they had been successful m taking a large number of photographs with a new type astro camera. A spokesman for the Nagoya Astronomical Observatory, Tokyo, said the scientists had als 0 used a six-inch equatorial
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    Lock icon Mouse heads off Royalty
    65 3 A MOUSE jumped out of the red carpet as it was unrolled for King Frederik and Queen Ingrid of Denmark at the railway station when they visited Aalborg. North Jutland, on Thursday. Later, a giant three-tier Iced cake baked for the 300 th anniversary of the
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    Lock icon REDS TRAINING US TO BECOME FAKIRS?
    82 3 rplIE reader of a local newspaper at Veszprem. Hungary, haU this to remark about the staterun village bakery: "First I found pieces of glass, bugs, bits of string and lead m the bread, but "Then th e bread turned out burnt, sour and dirty,
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    Lock icon MAGSAYSAY'S DEATH CRASH: PROBE BEGINS
    184 3 SENATOR Mariano Cuenco said m Manila yesterday he would ask two Philippine constabulary officials to testify before a Senate Committee regarding the possibility of sabotage m the plane crash which killed President Ramon Magsaysay and 25 other passengers on Cebu Island on April 17. Mr.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Apr. 27, 1957. Opinion MAJULLAH S'PORE
    189 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Apr. 27, 1957. Opinion MAJULLAH S'PORE pOR the people who do 1 not yet realise it, Colony banker Mr. Yap Pheng Geek has timely advice. Instead of the cry "merdeka," substitute "majullah Singapore" (let Singapore prosper), he has enjoined. The first need, he stressed, is
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    BY THE WAY
    303 4 BY THE WAY by Beachcomber I yEARS ago I advocated the eating of charcoal, m order to save food. Today I read of a man who. while experimenting with "diets/ tried charcoal, because it is bulky and contains gases. Unfortunately, as a reviewer of the book describing this experiment says,
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    THE enemy in my home
    364 4  -  EILEEN ASCROFT by IS the telephone m one's home an asset or a liability? As far as I am concerned, my telephone is THE enemy m my home. I would willingly say goodbye to its horrid black face for ever. A telephone may be essential
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    Channel tunnel scheme is far from being dead
    296 4 THERE are signs that the British Channel i tunnel scheme, that ancient joke, could become a reality at last. When four shilling: shares that have sold as low as 1 ninepence suddenly rocket to twelve shillings and I over, the Channel tunnel
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      41 4 We must CLEAR EVERYTHING to the Bare Wall*, so we are Dlsposinr all far the Prior of a Sonf at the CLOSING DOWN of oar RETAIL DEPARTMENTS at 71, High Street. Don't Miss It at BAJAJ Textile*, Limited. 71, HIGH STREET.
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      94 4 0 TRIUMPH for the motoring enthusiast TRIUMPH I I I aC I mi\d^ The Tr.umph T.I. new Ha» Cirling Dl«< Irahct fitted to the front ***H. Very powerful twwetli and progrettivt In action with no fading. tK«M brakes offer great safety at speed. With this btcst featvre. coupled witn its
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    'DANGEROUS' ANIMAL THEFTS ENDED
    234 5 'DANGEROUS' ANIMAL THEFTS ENDED Disease warning and tighter security work Used for polio, plague research work at the Medical College THE fear of disease and tighter security measures have put a stop to the series of thefts or attempts to steal animals used by the University of Malaya for experiments
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    To get chance
    153 5 To get chance THE 250 girls inter- j! viewed recently for I selection as potential < nurses will know if j; they were successful or I. not by the end of this <> month. V The Singapore Prin- cipal Matron, Miss B.M. Griffin, told the Free Press that they were
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    MANILA ROPE CUTS
    308 5 P.I. official warns of 'retaliation' SINGAPORE'S restriction on the importation of hemp and Manila rope from the Philippines is worrying Filipino consulate officials here. The Filipino Commercial Attache m Singapore Mr. A. M. Tahil, yesterday described the restriction as "very unfair." Mr. Tahil told th e Free
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    Lock icon FAMINE THREAT
    31 5 Official circles In New Delhi confirmed "food scarcity" reports m the eastern Indian state of Bihar, th€ western state of Rajasthan and Premier Nehru's home State, Uttar Pradesh. UP.
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    50 5 Ava Gardner and David Nlven are all ears between scenes on the set of MGxM's The Little Hut m Rome, as they listen to a story. The comedy film also stars Stewart Granger. .........••.•••••••••••■■■■■■•l 1 1 1 ■i m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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    HE WAS NOT AN UNTOUCHABLE
    60 5 yiRENDRA Kumar Satya- wadi, former member of the Indian Parliament, has been sentenced to sin months imprisonment at Ambala, for falsely declaring himself an Untouchable. Satyawadi, who sat for the past five years m the last House of the People as a representative for Untouchables
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      55 5 \ttll)tl*ALLlDt i Just a dab a day t Keeps odor aw3y. i AVAILABLE AT ALL L LEADINC STORES Sole Agents: i i COUSINS IMPEX T 3B Rafflei Place Spore OBTAINABLE FROM AlL^*^*^^ CHEMISTS A STORES Jf y FROM SWJOfN SOLE AGENTS: M A LATIF BROS. 20 CHULIA STREET. SINGAPORE I
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      272 6 M iiiiim uiiiii I mmnn •■••••■•■•■■■■•■■■•••••■•■•■•■•■■•■••••■••••■a >l AMMt \HI by Lee Falk and Phil Mavis up-see-c*visv- yeah- mow i pipn-t teac** k«m. 7/ up- sce-cvmsy \^l Ue-t«»-»UtY 7 ABOUT THAT, ME WASWT 6CfT TWE SftE TICAN PO IT* ~^£j >OO GUYS >s. A YEAMt LETS -ITS A F AXE »A.
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      450 6 z s%I s BORN today, you have an exceptionally strong will— unbending against any assault except one made through the emotions! You like to make out that you 1 are stern and cold-hearted. Exactly the opposite is true. You are emotional, affectionate and demonstraI tive. But you may have received
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      170 7 LONDON, April 26. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS eJf. 27 buyers 27 buyers European port. May 21% sellers 27 Vi sellers Jun« 27 buyers 27 buyers 27 '<* se ller s 27«4 sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 27% buyers 37% buyers 27'.£ sellers 27 sellers
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      47 7 NEW YORK, April 26. Previous Today SO Industrials 492 29 491 50 20 Railroads 147 49 146*98 40 Domestic Bonds 90 08 90.11 15 I tilities 72.95 72 99 65 Stocks Composite Averages 173 13 172.86 Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per Ib.
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      New York prices
      112 7 NEW YORK, April 26. Previous Today TIN Straits spots 100 50 nom. 100- 12 nom TIN futures Standard Contract April 98 75 buyers 99.25 nom 99 75 sellers May 98 75 buyers 98 87 buyers 99 75 sellers 99.75 sellers TONE: Steady. SALES: Nil. StralU Contract April
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      U.S. PEPPER
      61 7 Malabar/Lampong spot and awaiting release 27 it afloats 27 to 26\, April shipment Malabar 27»;, Lafnpong 26 I Sarawak spot 26 afloats 26 >4. April shipment 25 May shipment 25 U. June shipment 24 H Muntok white, spot and awaiting release 14%, afloats 33 to 33, April shipment
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      105 7 LONDON, April 26 Previous Today COPRA Philippines ci.f. UK./ North European delivered weight per long ton April/May $174 4 sellers $174 'i sellers COPRA, Straits e.if. U.K/North European delivered weight per lone ton April/May £63'« buyers £63U buyers £63% sellers £63*; sellers May/June £63 4 buyers
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    Moving house
    53 7 A complete house is being moved m the town of Bad Homburg, Germany. It is being moved over E a distance of about 80 yards. E The operation, which will take about one month, is being carried out to enable the occupants of the house behind to have
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    Britain says no to Nike and Hercules
    174 7 Britain says no to Nike and Hercules "ORITAIN has turned down an American proposal that U. S. air bases and H-bomb dumps m the country should be guarded by Americans with their own anti aircraft missiles. These "deterrent" bases must be guarded exclusively by British guided missiles, the Government has
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      228 7 Sensational victory of MOVADO at the 1956 Timing Competition of the Swiss Official Neuchatel Observatory I'liluT ulttill^BuVT\^ ■>■ rVlovado heads the list In the JiiSiffl lUrs wri»t chronometer class >-ih^>W 4\ Movado breaks all records 'wG^ ior performance re 9 ularit y of 9L, ...^l'Jii^SllW^ Movado is awarded the "Prix
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      133 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore 1 15 p.m Saturday Date; 1-30 rune Signal. News and Singapore Share Market Report. 145 Saturday Date (continued); 215 Weekend Sport; 2.45 Edmundo Ret, and his Rumba Band; 3.00 M Your Request presented by Geollrey Weeks; 3.30 Juke Box Parade; 4.00 Lazy Afternoon; 1.30 Tea
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      51 7 SINGAPORE ::HICH TIDES O TODAY: 9.39 p.m. J TOMORROW: 10 02 J! a.m. and 10.05 p.m. MONDAY: 10.41 a.m. <> and 10.32 p.m. X <* TUESDAY: 11.19 a.m, j; and 11.00 p.m. <* WEDNESDAY: 11.59 << Jj a.m. and 11.32 p.m. V <> THURSDAY: 12.40 p.m. <- FRIDAY: 0.06 a.m
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    A NEAR ESCAPE
    987 8 A NEAR ESCAPE ghgfghgfh iqjfcmwMtMef&ucd THE STORY SO FAR— The famous private detective, Steve Winters, to by Sinc»pore millionaire, Mr. Chan Ling, who thinks that a canr headed by a man calling himself the Golden Scorpion is trying to ruin him. Winters, his assistant, Snubby, and three schoolboy friends, Ah
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    Contest winners
    70 8 rE winners of last week's colour-In contest (each of whom will receive a $5 prize m due course) are as follow?: Miss Rose Kaw (UVi), SO Prince Charles Crescent, Singapore 3. Miss Amy Wong Ah Mci (11), 453 H Jalan Ulu, Siglap. Singapore IS. Master Moha m c
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      185 8 Rupert is taken aback by the And, remember, we shall wanr generous offer, and cann3t under* every one c( those pieces." says stand k. While he is hes»:at.ng che younger man. "This is the rider man SMMI m and wa beyond me." thinks Rupert at he ani ouvly 10 see
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      321 8 CLUES ACROSS.— 3, Joan ol France are fishermen of Arc was called "The— of and mariners. 7. Part of Orleans." 6. Made a hole m house. 9, Drake was playing with a tool, perhaps. 8. bowls on "Plymouth- as The part of a plant which the Spanish Armada sailed attaches
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    BELIEVING IN THE INVISIBLE
    392 9 I The Saturday sermon I BELIEVE m One God." Day by day and week by week this affirmation of faith is made m many hundreds of languages by many thousands of people and inwardly accepted by many thousands more who see no need for open confession.
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      977 9 V- 1 A* l\\ I £fllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllirilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllllllUi Sunday church j 1 announcements l CHURCH OF ENGLAND Timah): Mass, semon 6 15, 7 15 Sunday School, 5.30 p.m. WorHoiyC^mruni^^m- 7^ "st jl^ Church (P-M.) day School^ (95 Eucharist Parish Communion; Victoria Street: Mass, sermon 6, ZT£? Avenoe >- 9a m Sunday 10
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      570 10 DC^^?X^^iJX^^SC^SSCfe^3£ I ctcwart GRANGER f It is quite obvious that J JOAN FONTAINE STEWART GRANGER Ll_l^J many of you r ead nearly a ji ii S every film magazine that is J Umfcil^^** I"^^^^1 S i n g up the quizzes would then THE sleeping beauty whom I asked you
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    BAGBY HORSES STAND OUT
    413 11  -  ALLAN LEWIS World Freedom shows old form By ST. VITUS OUTPACES DINKUM BA G B Y-TRAINED entries for the forthcoming meeting at Penang were outstanding on the training track this morning. I thought the best of them was World Freedom, who ran 3f m 36 4/5
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    Freak goals decide Army final
    356 11 Freak goals decide Army final SHED a tear for Royal Army Pay Corps Training Centre (Devizes), losing Finalists m the Army Soccer Cup for the second time m three years. It did look as though they had won it at Aldershot Stadium this season when, with only 18 minutes to
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    Lock icon ROBINSON: I'M AT MY BEST SINCE 1949
    119 11 SUGAR Ray Robinson re- 1 sumed boxing yesterday, after taking a day off which started a rumour that he is ailing, as his middleweight title fight with champion Gene Fullmer draws near. Robinson, who meets Fullmer at Chicago Stadium on Wednesday, said that
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    Lock icon Philippines and Japan lead 2-0
    220 11 DAVIS CUP ROUND-UP FE PHILIPPINES took a 2-0 lead over India by winning the two singles matches on the opening day of their Eastern Zone Davis Cup tennis match at Manila yesterday. Felicisimo Ampon, of the j Philippines, defeated Naresh Kumar 6-2. 6-1, 6-4; and
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    Lock icon Below-form Hoad enters semi-final
    147 12 Below-form Hoad enters semi-final LEWIS HOAD, of Australia, still playing below form, entered the semi-finals of the Naples tennis tournament yesterday by defeating Ulf Schmidt of Sweden, 9-7, 6-8, 6-2. In the doubles, the Aussie pair of Neil Gibson and Warren Woodcock won their first-round match against Italy's Giacomo Bonaiti
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    Lock icon STEWART HITS 93 OFF W.I.
    339 12 BUT TOURISTS IMPRESS IN POOR CONDITIONS yHE West Indies at- tack had little opportunity to shine m cold wintry conditions at Eastbourne yesterday when their twoday game with E. W. Swanton's Eleven ended m a draw. West Indies declared their first innings at the overnight
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    Chinese fail to click
    217 12 TH E star studded Chinese team failed to click at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday although they beat Eurasians 3-1 m the S. A. F. A. Community League. It was disappointing soccer from Chinese. Their attack fumbled moves continuously, and the defence was repeatedly beaten by men
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    Lock icon Acceptors for Randwick race
    57 12 THERE are nine acceptors for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes of £A5,000 to be run over one mile and six furlongs at Randwick, Sydney, today. They are with weights: Redcraze 9.03; Lindbere; 9.03- Electro 9.03; Sailor's Guide 9.0U; Empire Link 9 00- Macs Amber 9.00; Evening Peai
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    ALL IN A DAY
    37 12 Sapper s clearing wartime land mines at Trlmingham, near Cromer, Norfolk, have uncovered fossilised remains of the tusk of a pre-historic mammoth. Experts from the Norwich Castl c Museum are to examine it.
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    Wood foils Army bid
    25 12 WOOD, the Europeans' goalkeeper, saved this Army attempt as one of his defenders runs m to cover. But Army won 7-1.
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    Lock icon Allis leads in Spalding tourney
    104 12 Allis leads in Spalding tourney "DETER ALLIS, the British 1 professional golf international, turned m a magnificent round of 64 yesterday 1 Ito take the lead m thej Spalding strokeplay tour- 1 nament m London. Allis's round on the 6,013- yard West course at Moore Park gave him a 36
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      580 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. ANNOI'NCEMENT 20 Words $6 (minimum). THE NEW ZEALAND Comniisglon wishes to complete and bring up to date its records of New Zealand citizens iWktt&l m this uroa. New Zealand citizens m Singapore and the Federation are accordingly invited to apply to the New Zealand Commissioner's Office. 4th Floor,
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      72 12 IT IS WISE... TO PHONE ***** fP jy AND SOLVE YOUR PACKING f 1 PROBLEMS 0 our glass, china, silver-ware W jL and furniture needs the attention >m M of experts. We pack and crate 1 1 anything for you with the W H greatest of care. J| y FURNITURE
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE
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      10 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE Singapore, Saturday, April 27, 1957.
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      Marriage trials in the jungle
      1018 1 Marriage trials in the jungle BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS FROM BALI, BY J.N.D/ lUitatu; is one ieauire about the Balinese I found most difficult to understand. Many times I was invited to a cock fight, and aftor spending some time m explaining to them how extremely cruel such a performance was,
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      LET SCIENCE UNMASK MONSTER! MASK THAT
      1724 2  - LET SCIENCE UNMASK MONSTER! MASK THAT CUTHBERT GRAHAM i By The time has come for a serious scientific study of the Loch Ness Monster. Send a bathysphere down into the depths to discover what lies there. Organise a 24-hour watch from moored rafts These are proposals m a challenging book
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      Speaking for myself
      579 3  -  JOHN BEHAGUE Saturday tflkii r Saturday talking points by HAVE you ever visited a newspaper office? Not the advertising floor with its quiet, church-like atmosphere, or the production department populated by dignified gentlemen sitting m silent meditation. No, I mean the editorial, which Ls the nearest approach
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      11 3 FISHERMAN AND SON ...A fine Singapore seascape by Mr. Lawrence Chia.
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      Hantu that lives in the banana tree
      866 3  - Han tu that lives in the banana tree PELHAM GROOM By BANANA leaves, banana trees and the bananas themselves all play a prominent part m Malay magic, for it is believed that all banana trees are inhabited by hantus and if the bomoh is sufficiently adept he can use that
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    • FILM REVIEW
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        Hidden horror
        421 4 V -THE UNKNOWN" is a horror picture and I apart from patches of exceedingly bad continuity it is very good. The film was made m England with Dean Jagger as the star. He plays the part of Dr. Adam Roystan, a nuclear scientist, who is trying to discover
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        SPARKLING COMEDY IN BUSINESS
        398 4 SPARKLING COMEDY IN BUSINESS 'WE Sojid Gold Cadillac*' is a sparkling comedy which had a long run as a stage play on Broadway with Josephine Hull m the lead. In the film Judy Holliday is at her best as Laura Partridge, a small part actress who, because she owns a
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        117 4 Left to right John Harvey, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, and Dean Jagger m the latest horror film "X— The Unknown*' m which Dean Jagger plays the part of a nuclear scientist who is trying to discover a form of nuclear fission which wil] not cause a devastating explosion. He is
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        Hopelessly improbable
        354 4 I DID not enjoy "The River's Edge" because the story was so hopelessly improbable not even Ray Milland could give it any semblance of plausibility. On the other hand it is a fast moving film with plenty of action and people who are not too critical and don't
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  • FREE PRESS Special Race Form
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      9 17 FREE PRESS Special Race Form Saturday. 27 April, 1957.
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      PENANG T.C. MAY MEETING RACE FORM GUIDE
      7106 17 rpHE race form of all the horses entered for the Penang Turf Club's two-day May Meeting, which begins on Wednesday, is: CLAM TWO ACBOBAT FOl'RTH: (Nine startedi 6-4-57 Ipoh 8-8 carr 8-1 6F (Dragon* Cl. 2 Div. 5: 1st Dinkum 8-9; 2nd Illustrious
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      Lock icon Sydney man wants a yearling
      125 17 Sydney man wants a yearling LEADING Sydney trainer T. J. Smith said Sir Gordon Kit- hard., would buy a yearling on his behalf at the Newmarket (England) Bloodstock Sales in July, and train the horse for racing in England. Smith said the former English champion jockey had offered to buy
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      Lock icon Injured horses can be saved
      368 20 T»HE recent report by Swap's owner that the famed American racehorse has recovered very well from a fractured leg brings up the question of why race horses with such injuries almost always are destroyed. That needn't be, said a New York veterinarian wfro preferred to
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    • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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        131 20 I SPORTS/ U.S.A. h^L-Y I WKf'M fM\M0NS mi of us. house tuners FITZSIMMONS. 82, OF NEW YOBK CITy, HAS BEEN CONNECTED WITH HORSE RACING FO* 70 YEARS. HE BECAME A TRAINEE IN 1893. SINCE THEN HE HAS HAD MORE THAN 300 WINNERS IN STAKE RACES r~~ .^69 Ejff .^-JsVagf .^yMfl
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