The Singapore Free Press, 29 May 1957

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No. *****. Singapore, Wednesday, May 29, 1957. Price 15 Cte,
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    BUS VIGIL BY POLICE
    246 1 THEY'RE LEAVING NOTHING TO CHANCE THIS TIME DTKIKERS picketing outside the Hock Ice and Tay Koh Vat bus depots m Singapore are keeping a close watch on those who enter and leave the yards to make sure that no new workers are engaged by the managements.
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    Lock icon THE Gls NOW ANGRY
    203 1 THE Gls NOW ANGRY U.S. officials m Taipeh worried rOP American military officials m Taipeh are worried about anti Chinese resentment among the G.ljs and are fearful that the slightest public incident could touch off new trouble. Few officials think any incident could erupt as violently as last week's embassy
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    Lock icon FLURRY OVER FALLOUT
    273 1 Town* geigers go mad after V.S. test T KiHT fallout from yesLd terday's U.S. atomic detonation caused a flurry of excitement m the Nevada mining town of Tonopah. about 100 miles north of the Atomic Energy Commissions test site. Although the fallout the heaviest received i» Tonopah,
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    9,000 WORKERS AT NAVAL BASE JOIN IN TOKEN STRIKE
    397 1 Dockyard reported idle as they protest against redundancy dismissal notices to 415 workers Chief Minister to visit Admiralty today YTORE THAN 9,000 dockyard workers of the Singapore Naval Base iU went on a token strike today to protest against dismissal notices
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    Rubber price
    26 1 June first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at 90 cents a lb.. unchanged from yesterday's dote. The tone was quiet.
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    Lock icon CANNERS' TALKS ON PINEAPPLES
    62 2 Delegates from the pine-apple-canning industries of Australia, Kenya, Malaya, Swaziland and South Africa have discussed at a conference m London how to increase consumption of their products m Europe and Britain. Delegates also discussed the dangers to growers and processors alike, of the expansion of production
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    Lock icon Shah for Moscow
    25 2 Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan has accepted an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, the Soviet news agency Tass announced yesterday. Reuter
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    DRIVE IS ON AGAINST THE 'PIRATES'
    320 2 100 new taxis on the roads Not-so-rich parents hit A HUNDRED new taxis have been registered since the ceiling on licensed taxis was removed two weeks ago, while more than 30 "pirate" taxi drivers have been apprehended during the past seven days. Singapore's new
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    Lock icon Big bite was her reward
    340 2 CHARLOTTE STILL HELPS THE DOGS A GERMAN woman who did a good turn to a dog m Singapore early this year, was rewarded with a big bite. Her right cheek is now paralysed as a result but Mrs. Charlotte Williams, who came from Germany last
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    DISARMAMENT OR ATOM WAR
    86 2 PROFESSOR Carlo Sehmid, one of the West German Social Democratic Party's leading spokesmen, said m Hamburg that the alternative to a world powers agreement on disarmament would sooner or later be a "world-wide atomic war. 1 Addressing a public meeting Professor Sehmid appealed to the West
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    Lock icon Treasure hunt in Tower
    184 3 PATHER more interest xv than usual wa s displayed at the Tower of London last week when the Ministry of Works began what ffga officially termed "an archaeological dig" but there was little interest m the archaeological business of the day. which m ministerial words, was
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    Lock icon DOG HAD TO SHARE HER BED
    151 3 DOG HAD TO SHARE HER BED A WIFE insisted on her dog being allowed to sleep between her and her husband, a divorce court was told m Bristol, England yesterday. Mrs. Peggy Wallbridge aged 37 was refused a nullity decree on the grounds of incapacity or refusal to consummate the
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    Lock icon STUDENTS LEARN TO FIGHT FIRST
    40 3 East German Communists said yesterday youths must serve m the Soviet zones armed forces before they may enter college. The announcement was made by Vice Admiral Waldsmar Verner at a youth forum m Wismar.-- U.P.
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    Lock icon THE DUKE'S CASTLE: A GIVE-AWAY
    275 3 To avoid the taxman HPHE Duke of Norfolk yesterday won the approval of his fellow Peers for a Parliamentary Bill granting him and his successors a rent-free, taxfree home forever m the 100-room Arundel Castle. In return the Duke, Earl Marshal of England and premier
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      199 3 r SPORTS < i»hi:si;:\tatio\ Z i s All Ottasions TROPHIES, MEDALS J L+~. m Silver and E. P. N. S. Always available at: G.C. de SILYA BROS., Manufacturing Jewellers 3, Raffles Place, Singapore- 1, Phone *****. Special Concessions < S to Schools, Clubs The Services s ZIPPO J^ NEVER FAILS
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 29, 1957. Opinion Unrealistic proposal
    218 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 29, 1957. Opinion Unrealistic proposal ILiALAYA, due soon to join the ranks of the world's independent nations, hopes to achieve greater prosperity and a higher standard of living for her people. And all past utterances of top Alliance leaders justify these hopes. For full
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    Nina and I along the Eyewash Road
    1178 4  - Nina and I along the Eyewash Road ANNE SHARPLEY TRAVEL TOURIST TO RUSSIA,.. _*L AFTER five days with the group of tourists at third A class rates ($25 a day approximately) I left them m Moscow to fly to the Crimea and the Black Sea. lo travel alone (but with
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    EASING BIG TRAFFIC PROBLEM
    207 5 Two plans for Yio Chu Kang First a link road THE Singapore Government has two schemes to relieve traffic congestion along Yio Chu Kang Road. The bottleneck, a long standing complaint, is worst between Serangoon Garden Estate and Upper Serangoon Road. One of the two schemes
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    POSTER BATTLE GROWS
    230 5 The Torch, too on traffic signs TPHE police have removed some of the PAP. posters found on traffic signs m the Tanjong Pagar area but have inadvertently forgotten to remove others. The Liberal Socialists have further complicated matters by pasting their insignia of the Torch beside the
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    MAJOR'S TALK ON WORK STUDY
    65 5 Members of the public are invited to listen to the talk to be given by Major H. W. Girvan Brown on "Principles and Practice of Work Study." This talk which Is arranged by 3 BOD Civilian Training Committee will be held at the premises of
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    Lock icon JAPANESE TOUR FOR ORCHESTRA
    49 5 West Berlins well-known philharmonic orchestra has announced it will go on a 23-day concert tour of Herbert Von Kara.vim. The orchestra will leave West Berlin on October 23. It will play works by German composers m 16 coni certs at the biggest Japanpse cities. A.P.
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    LADY CYNTHIA WINS JACKPOT
    104 5 Lady Cynthia Asquith won $27,200 m the •'564,000 question' programme on British television by answering a six-part question on Jane Austen, the novelist. Asked if she would take the money m savings certificates, she said. "No. I'll take a cheque I need it urgently." j Lady
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    Polar penguins get rum ration
    70 5 TPWO out of six king penguins on their way from the Antarctic on board the British survey ship H.M.S. Protector are getting a rum ration. Of the others. Captain J. J. Wilkinson reported by radio from the ship, two are temperance, one is under age,
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    Lock icon THE MAYFLOWER NEARS INDIES
    54 5 Commander Alan Villiers I reported by radio today that the Mayflower II was just over 600 miles from the West Indies 'making five-and-a- half knots and al] is well." Ho said the ship had sailed 138 miles m the last 24 hours— one of its best
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    MOTOR RACING AGAIN!
    170 5 SINGAPORE motorists can recapture the thrills of the defunct Johon Grand Prix at the Changi airfield speed track when the Tones Motor Club holds its race meeting on Jun«> !>. The meet will .il*o be open to members of the ip ire Motor Raring Club. The Forces
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      191 6 >1 A\l>ll AKl by Lee Falk and Phil Davis THE !SAI\T by Leslie Charteris W^A/'- Kyou little Ywho,aie?i never/ you Kthat's right... but so/vieome...\ I """"A RAT' WHEN /OUGHT TO KNOW- 1 O<N WITH I LEFT HIffSCH THERE FOR THE J Q WHAT HAPPENED, SyJ SjfSs D/D YOU GO XA
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      460 6 E BORN today, you are one of those whose magnetic personality gets you to the top of the heap without i any apparent effort! You are charming, aggressive and i although you may tumble into i trouble often enough because of your i quick temper— you manage to get out
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  • Round the World Market Prices.
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      U.K. closing prices
      181 7 LONDON. May 28. Previous Today BIBBER NO. 1 RSS df. European ports May 26 U nom. Jun« 26 s buyers 26-S buyers 26! sellers 26% sellers July 26% buyers 26 r >s sellers fcUBBER No- 1 RSS Spot 26% buyers 26% buyers 26' sellers 26% sellers RUBBER
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      New York prices
      105 7 NEW YORK, M»y 28. Previous Today TIN Straits spot 98.37 nom. 98 37 nom. TIN futures Standard Contract May 96.75 buyers 87.00 buyers 9800 sellers 98.12 sellers June unquoted unquoted TONE: Steady. SALES: Nil Straits Contract May 97.75 buyers 98 00 buyers 98.25 sellers 98 37 sellers
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      47 7 NEW YORK, May 28. Previous Today 30 Industrials 499 21 497 72 20 Railroads 145 04 145.10 40 Domestic Bonds 89.13 89 08 15 Utilities 74 20 74.04 65 SUcks Composite Averages 174 37 174 02 Above prices quoted In UJS. cents per Ib.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      58 7 Malabar Lampong spot 29^. awaiting release 29. afloats 29 to 28 V Malabar May shipment 28. Lampong May shipment 17V4. Sarawak spot and await- Ing release 28*; afloats 27 4, May shipment 26-. June shipment 25 1 Muntok white spot 33 afloats 32 to 32, sellers ex-dock. Above
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      63 7 LONDON. May 28. Previous Today COPRA Philippine* cif. U.K7 North European delivered weight per lonf ton May/June $168 sellers $167 paid COPRA, Straits c i.f UK/North European delivered weight per COCONUT OIL crude Straits cif- L'K North European m bulk per long ton May June £89'
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    BOTTLES FOR A ROYAL CYPHER
    62 7 DURING their two-day State visit to Denmark, the Queen and Prince Philip paid a visit to the famous Carlsberg Brewery m Copenhagen. The management had thought up an original idea by inscribing the Royal Cypher E R 2J with bottles of their brew And there
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    Explorers face four months in the dark
    199 7 THE sun has set m the Antarctic for the last time until September leaving the British party and others taking part m the Commonwealth Trans- Antarctic expedition m darkness. As soon as spring arrives the British party, led by Dr. Vivian Fuchs, will
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    THEY CAN DRIVE TO MOSCOW NOW
    37 7 The British Automobile Association ha>s announced that Russia has to allow British motorists to make tours on certain roads m the Soviet Union. Visits to Moscow and Yalta will be possible.
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      91 7 ROBINSON^ LEMON or ORANGEm and health-giving, and I K^^^^^"^^^^B( is especially delicious I Jr^i/^ 651 ""^^m M when taken with I L |k|#^ >% |kf C ffl Gin or Rum. I^^. \s-^ 11 HARPER GIL|:|LUM COlTl> MOVADO 28 jewels xJ^rr^H '"^PfJiAl l^''' WATERPROOF "v. \\^K |r >^^ AUTOMATIC j| J^^
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      147 7 Todays Radio Programme for Singapore 1.15 pjn. Footlights Parade: 1 30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Footlights Parade; 3.57 For Schools; 5.00 Songs from the Plantations: 5.15 Hawaiian Blossoms; 5.30 Tea Dance; 6.00 Time Announcement and Programme Summary; 6.02 Children's Corner; 6.30 Four Star Variety; 6.55 Announcements and Singapore Share
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT UNKNOWN
    2011 8  - SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT UNKNOWN adelaide Eastley BY.. picture. SINGAPORE'S (iov ernor, Sir Robert Black and Lady Black are expected to return from London al>o a r d a 8.0.A.G "Whisper- ing Giant 91 m ample time for the Queen's Birthday a-r de n party on June 13 at Government House. The
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    Intelligence report
    775 10  -  Sefton Delmer ONE MASTER SPY SACKED, BUT LOTS STILL STAY IN U.K. [fly THE METHODS USED BY EUGEN PERIANU, THE RUMANIAN ATTACHE WHO WAS| THROWN OUT OF BRITAIN LAST WEEK FOR SPYING, ARE AT THIS VERY MOMENT BEING C OPERATED BY MANY OTHER IRON CURTAIN DIPLOMATS IN LONDON.
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    King's escape plane is returned to R.A.F.
    121 10 C The X A.F helicopter which all through the Jordan crisis had been standing m the stony field E behind the royal palace m Amman, is now back m Cyprus. The "royal helicopter had been m constant readiness to ferry King Hussein to
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    New brainwash rules for Canada's POWs
    194 10 New brainwash rules for Canada's PO Ws ANEW ORDER for the conduct of prisoners of war, recently promulgated by the Canadian armed forces, details new hardships which prisoners must expect, it reflects a study of the techniques of "brain-washing" and a senior official has stated that the order could infer
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      242 10 B J 1] I^o I CLUES ACROSS Dire journey (4). lAt last two pounds m a 7 A bed at first ln a hospital 4 HuTeTm^er Worn at M m Sherry--7 Breaks up pieces of sculpture ne^4K 1 ;> 14 Natural hotel at first (6). 9 Way out for a
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    A feather in his hat
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    One for the road
    92 11 AMONG the "regulars" at a Shoreham, Sussex, pub m England, is 'Twinkle* a Chestnut Exmoor pony, with a white mane. For "Twinkle' likes nothing better than a visit to the local with his master, Major Frank Dickerson, a former K.R.R.C. officer, and he drinks pint for
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    Royal yacht stands by
    6 11 North Zealand
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    A chief arrives on time from Nigeria
    72 11 A chief arrives on time from Nigeria T^HE Nigerian Con- stitutional Con- ference opened last I week at Lancaster House m London. Among the many delegates who tra- veiled to London for the event was Chief I 0.8. Douglas of the I Eastern Province. He is seen m the above
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    Lock icon Hindus blame United States
    295 12 ITNITED STATES U military aid to neighbouring Pakistan is putting an increasing strain on Indo-Ameri-can relations. Indians blame it for what they call an "arms race" between India and Pakistan. How much arms aid America has given Pakistan has never been revealed It is generally believed
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    Lock icon A Jap-Pakistani mountain team
    30 12 Five Japanese moun taineers will join a group of three from the Punjab University m Karachi to explore northwestern parts of the Himalayas m July.- Reuter
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    49 12 Rev. Victor A. Wong. Hong Kong-born chaplain to Chinese Catholics of Washington, shows a codv of the U.S. Declaration of Independence to Miss Alice Huang, daughter of an Episcopa- lian bishop exiled from Communist China. Both Rev. Wong and Miss Huang had just taken the oath of American citizenship.
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    Lock icon KISHI ADVISER TELLS ABOUT COPROSPERITY
    334 12 KISHI ADVISER TELLS ABOUT COPROSPERITY THE architect of Japan's prewar Greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere has proposed American capital, Japanese technical skill and South-East Asian resources be linked to combat Communism. Mr. Okinori Kaya, Finance Minister m the World War II Tojo Cabinet and a personal friend of Premier Nobusuke
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    Lock icon N.Koreans flee to West Germany
    42 12 Two North Korean students have been granted political asylum m West Germany. The students, identified only as Kirn and Chung, fled from East Germany where they were studying engineering at Dresden University with about 100 compatriots. A.P.
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  • Glimpses
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      24 12 President Eisenhower said m Washington he did not think there had been any concrete move yet to send modern weapons to South Korea. Reuter
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      40 12 The total number of Japanese workers at U.S. army, navy, and air force bases throughout Japan now exceeds the total number of U.S. servicemen stationed there. The 150,000 workers draw a total of US$lO million m salaries every month. Reuter
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      38 12 Japanese Welfare Minister Horoshi Kanda, who will attend the World Health O r g anisation conference m Europe, will also inspect social welfare systems m Switzerland, Italy, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and the United States.
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      25 12 Japanese Premier N9busuke Kishi said m Rangoon that he hoped, m the near future. Okinawa and other Pacific Islands would be returned to Japan U.P.
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      20 12 Portugal has denied India's repeated complaints of violations of Indian waters and air space by Portuguese vessels and aircraft. A.P.
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      22 12 The Asian Federation of Motion Picture Producers have decided to hold the fifth Asian Film Festival m Manila m April 1958.— Reuter
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      34 12 Said Mr. Kishi m a state- ment m Karachi: "Japan is prepared to co-operate m the implementation of Pakistan's five-year plan and I would like to see our trade with Pakistan further increased."- Reuter
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      39 12 The independent Karachi newspaper Dawn, m an editorial on Mr. Kishi's visit, wrote: "By her phenomenal strides m the fields of industry and technology, is not Japan becoming the main ho] c of the under-develooed countries of Asia?" Reuter
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      15 12 Red China and India havr exchanged notes m New Delhi renewing their trade agreement. U.P.
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      27 12 Mr Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese Member of Parliament, is scheduled to visit Egypt early m June to convey a message from the Japanese Premier to President Nasser Reuter
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      38 12 Mr. Manuel P. Manahan, a close collaborator of the late President Ramon M ag say say, has been named by the newlyformed P roaressivv Party as its presidential candidate m th e Philippine general elections next November. A.P.
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      30 12 Officials m charge of preparations for the meeting of the 22-nation InteriMtional Rubber Study Group m Jogjakarta from June 24 to June 26 reported that these were now completed. Reuter
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      46 12 A Karachi arts and crafts centre m Karachi present ed Mr Kishi with three wooden boxes for cigarettes and cigars, a handbeaten copper tray, two copper flower vases and two camel skin lamps. Members of Mr. Kishi's entourage bought Kashmir stoles, brassware and wooden figures U.P.
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      20 12 Japan and Nationalist China have resumed trade talks, Suspended since March, on importing 150.000 tons of rice from Formosa. A.P.
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      37 12 The Japanese Government has protested to the Soviet Government about the seizure of Japanese fishing boats off Sakhalien Island early this month. Fifteen Japanese fishing boats and 15 crewmen are being held by the Soviet authorities.— Reuter
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      Lock icon Kishi: Asia now has epochal role
      142 12 Kishi: Asia now has epochal role |N a speech at a civic welcome m New Delhi. 1 Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi appealed to Asian countries to 'join together and march m unison toward a realisation of international justice and equality of nations He said this was possible, despite the
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  • Jonathan Russell reviews the best records of the week
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      French without tears by three great artists
      472 13 French without tears by three great artists CONTINENTAL sensation of the moment is Henri Salvador, Le Troubadour Solitaire, whose stage appearances m Paris are Rang up audiences m knots of laughter. Henri is a guitar player and singer of no mean talents but he is also a comedian. According to
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      Success of Mr. Whelk
      150 13 THE biggest musical draw m America today is practically unknown to Malaya. He isn't mobbed by the youngsters. He's staid and he's middle-aged. And he doesn't have a gimmick. His name is LAWRENCE WHELK. As a bandleader, Whelk is a pre-war relic by current teenage standards
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      FOUR ACES
      330 13 YOU certainly get a handsome slice of entertainment on a new Philips disc entitled Popular Entertainment No. 6. First. 42 Dutch children armed with castanets and supported by Tom Erich and his orchestra present an unforgettable Marcia Castagnolle. Then come popular tunes by Bemhard Drukker at the Hammond
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      BEST OF THE 78s
      170 13 BEST OF THE 78s rPS this week is If I Can't Take It With Me by Eartha Kitt who gets melancholy —m Calypso style over diamonds and minks on H.M.V. Pop 309. On the reverse is a hilarious ditty, Just An Old Fashioned Girl, m which Eartha extols the virtues
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    TULYAR-THE HORSE WITH THE £240,000 SICKNESS
    1083 14  - TULYAR-THE HORSE WITH THE £240,000 SICKNESS ALAN BRIEN And nobody knows what it is By WHEN I bought Tulyar m Ireland last year I thought he was just about the handsomest horse I ever saw," Kentucky breeder Arthur "Bull" Hancock told me recently, "but the way he looks now I
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    'WHY, OH WHY DID THE BALL FALL MY SIDE'
    344 14  - 'WHY, OH WHY DID THE BALL FALL MY SIDE' BRUCE HARRIS By sent truth that today there are more than 4000 affiliated clubs and schools. One of the quaintest disclosures is made by Wimbledon's head groundsman. Mr. Edwin Fuller. How is it that the big rollers are left on the
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    Lock icon Erskine wins on points
    52 14 JOE ERSKINE the British heavyweight champion, beat Peter Bates on points over twelve rounds at Doncaster last night. Originally the fight was arranged for 14 rounds, so that Erskine's title was not at stake, but just before the, start the men agreed to limit it to
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    Lock icon Enrique O. Sivori —rags to riches footballer
    277 14 Enrique O. Sivori —rags to riches footballer pNRIQUE Omar Sivori, a young Argentinian who was once too poor to be groomed for soccer stardom, yesterday became the world's most expensive footballer. The Argentine River Plate Soccer Club announced approval of the transfer of the 21-year-old player to the Italian team,
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    Lock icon NOW THEY'RE AFTER BOCA'S ANGELILLO
    102 14 NOW THEY'RE AFTER BOCA'S ANGELILLO CLOSE on the heels of the signing of Enrique Omar Sivori by Juventus came news yesterday that Boca Juniors, another South American team, had demanded 10,000,000 pesos £100,000) from an undisclosed Italian team for the transfer of their centre forward Antonio Valentin Angelillo. An emergency
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    Lock icon HAMPSHIRE FALL TO HIM SHORTLY BEFORE LUNCH
    373 15 Bailey shows selectors he is fully fit Yorkshire tumble to fifth place rpKEVOR BAILEY, the Essex and England all-rounder, completed an almost single handed victory over Hampshire yesterday when he finished with eight second innings wickets for 49 runs. Bailey had earlier m
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    Nottinghamshire, WI hit 1207 runs in drawn match
    343 15 rE match between Nottinghamshire and the West Indies which was dominated by the batsmen during the three days, ended m a draw at Nottingham yesterday. A total of 1,207 runs was scored for the fall of 16 wickets during the game. 406
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    Lock icon HOAD IS AN 'AMAZING SLEEPER'
    124 15 LEW HOAD, Australia's 22--year-cld lawn tennis star is not the sort to worry about his recent surprise defeat m the French championships m Paris. Ho more than likely slept it away. "He is able to relax completely and put everything out of his mind." says
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    157 15 "DESULTS m yesterday's cricket "matches were: At Lord's: Middlesex beat Somerset by nine runs. Middlesex 147 and 242; Somerset 160 and 220 At Romford: Essex beat Hampshire by 46 runs. Essex 130 and 141; Hampshire 109 and 116 (Bailey eight for 49). At Swansea; Match drawn Sussex
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    226 15 Ashley Cooper strengthens his claim for French title THE men's and women's singles were both reduced to the last four yesterday when the French International Lawn Tennis Championships were continued m Paris. Ashley Cooper, the Australian second seed, emerged a stronger favourite than ever for the men's title, when he
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    68 15 pENNADIE CHATKOV, one vJ of Russia's three Olympic champions, was defeated m the biggest upset so tar m the European Amateur Boxing Championships at Prague last night. Drago:slav Jakaljevic, 25--year-old Yugoslav champion, beat him on points m the middleweight quarterfinals. Chatkov was well below his
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    75 15 COUTH AFRICAN Arthur Walker, recent winner of the English amateur championship, won a spinetingling third round match m the British Amateur at Formby yesterday when he came back from being 2 down to defeat lan Caldwoll of England on the 19th hole. The South African sank a 12-foot
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    JAP AMONG TOP TEN
    41 15 MASAKAZU OTSUKA, of japan, is listed tenth contender for the World bantamweight championship m the monthly ratings of The Ring, the American boxing magazine. He comes into the top ten to the exclusion of Robert Tartari < France).
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    463 16 Malay planters are made penniless by strikers Yet imports from Rhio continue piNEAPPLES worth about $1,300,000 are rotting m Johore plantations due to the closure of a strike-bound cannery and the go-slow tactics of workers at another. ißotfa the canneries, which used
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    30 16 Mr. Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet Foreign Minister, left Budapest by air yesterday for Moscow after .signing an agreement with Hungary about keeping Russian troops m this country.
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    45 16 A man who appeared m the Putaruru Court charged with being idle and disorderly was stated to have been subsisting on a diet of mushrooms and methylated spirits, it was revealed m Wellington. He was sentenced t 0 six weeks' imprisonment.
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      Distine can carry 10.3 to victory
      682 1  - Distine can carry 10.3 to victory ALLAN LEWIS -By T)ISTINE is a definite runner m the main race at Bukit Timah this afternoon, provided there is no sudden change m the state of the going before that race. At present the going will be very good. During the past twenty
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      ALLAN LEWIS'S BEST BETS
      31 1 ALLAN LEWIS'S Best Bets today are: Screen Play, Beechnut and Tanslin Hill. Best outsiders: Brilliant Ufht and Valiant Knight The going will be vny s, r ood.
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      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
      1111 2 RACE 1-2.30: CLASS 2, DIV. 4-6 FURS. 1. 535 s|N GLEAM 4y birg <T.V. Mitchell) Hobbs 9.00 Donnelly 2. 499 FULL HOUSE 4y cheg (Shaw Stable) Spencer 8.10 Posner 3. 208 TOLY S DELIGHT 7y cheg <Tai Sam Yuen Stable) Yong... 8.09 Geyer 4. 472 BEECHNUT
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      491 2 RACE ONE SUN GLEAM: 23-5-57 Went over 3F m 38 with Grey Court; 25-5-57— F^th to Coffee Exporter m *jiv. 3— 6F race. FULL HOUSE: 25 5-57 Ninth m Div. 4— 6F race. TOLY'S DELIGHT: 23-5--57_Was kept on the bit for 3F m 42i; 25-5-57— Course scratching m Div.
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        227 2 m m m i» 7n& iw) spbfts tot THAT GREW OUT OF GEORGE EYSTON'S RECORD-BREAKING SPECIAL! Here's the MO. Series MO. A. -the sport« '*g| BfciO^^ car for the competitor and the connoisseur. g| epecialiot-bullt. track-tested and road I proved. George Eystons record-breaking 1 1 ki I til r^^ MO
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      guide of all today's performer
      1185 3 kept to 3F m even time; 23-5-57— Went nicely on the bit over 3F m 38 1/5; 25-5-57 —Was not out to make time m 3F m 42. MAN ABOUT TOWN: 25--5-57—Beat Royal Worlington II m 3F m 36 4 5. INFERNAL REGION: 27--5-57 Went
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      Stage Show can score in today's top sprint
      430 4 Pick your winners with..,TRESPASSER >. STAGE SHOW II has regained his form and with a handy 7.07 I am willing to take a chance and name him as the winner of today's main sprint—a 6f handicap for Class One, Div. One horses—
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      Timberlane has only one to beat
      102 4 rpiMBERLANE, who drops A a division with 2- Its more for his Penang win. should win the Class 2 Div. 2 sprint (Race Two). Timberlane's opposition Is not too strong. The only danger appears to be Chanticleer, who gets only a pound more for
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      BUFFER STOCK IS NICELY WEIGHTED
      252 4 THE nicely weighted Buffer Stock is my choice m a strong Class Two, Div. One sprint field (Race Seven). He was strongly fancied m Timberlane's race at Penang last month, but failed because of the weight. He drops 15-tfe and should make amends fcr that
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      TANGLIN HILL MEETS A WEAK FIELD
      141 4 fTANGLIN HILL impressA ed me when he finished a strong second to Azarole over 6f at Bukit Timah last month, and I take him to score his maiden win m Race Four. Ignore his second run failure at that meeting. He failed to saddle
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      AZAROLE TO MAKE AMEND
      361 4 AZAROLE was unlucky to miss a double at Bukit Timah last month when she accidentally unseated her rider. Chadwick, at the start. On her all-the-way win m his first run, I am confident she will make amends and win Race Six. Azarole is keeping her good
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