The Singapore Free Press, 13 July 1957

Microfilm: NL2446
Total Pages: 20
1 4 The Singapore Free Press
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper L 14 it"-:*). Singapore, Saturday, July 13, 1957. Price 15 Cts.
    19 words
  • Article
    Lock icon FRESH IS ARM SHOCK
    206 1 FRESH IS ARM SHOCK I viet say no to IS 'ultimatum' tße disarmament talks in -■■London have reached fcacilock. Russia yesterday Reused the United States m having presented an ■timatuin which no Rlf-ro.specting nation can fccept."' America's stand stiffened, and prosRets of success have dimißs clear now that Rus- line
    Reuter  -  206 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Karen is U.S. airmen's choice for queen
    41 1 Nineteen-year-old Karen Harrison, of Utah. U.S.A., after she had been elected beauty queen, 1957. at the American Independence Day celebrations held at the United States Air Force Base at Burtonwocd, Lancashire, England. Popper picture.
    Popper  -  41 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Nek A-raid crushes US
    119 1 D J foarin. in cfea U yjfterday >i nationwide ■■'Than „m tlcally crushfoa.st rehearsal for disaster was led by President Eisenhower. With key alde s he fled Washington by hello.opter only an hour and 13 mlnutei before a simulated hydrogen bomb hit union railroad station, only
    A.P.  -  119 words
  • Article
    SMUGGLING: NOW ITS AN ALL OUT WAR
    354 1 SMUGGLING: NOW ITS AN ALL OUT WAR Opium out-* tobacco reaps richer harvest ALL-OUT WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED BETWEEN SINGAPORE CUSTOMS MEN AND SMUGGLERS. SEA AND LAND PREVENTATIVE PATROLS HAVE BEEN OPERATING ROUND THE CLOCK CHASING SUSPICIOUS LAUNCHES AND SEIZING CONTRABAND TOBACCO. BUT THE PIRATES ARE HITTING BACK WITH STRONG-ARM
    354 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      45 1 HKlllDb^V i mmm\AmW >^^ m% 4m\\j'- jtm m* mm* mm\ mm\ mm m&s?t> Malayans best race eiiide is inside lii n^i JWiiiiiiiii'HiMi J^^^n w OH II ill. I, I nun ,Di ClfigCf \l<" I rirnni.nlc, rlfi;'<| BfCff SodA t Cn^rryAa6fCrcflfii SodaiOrangc i v -li. CrApe mil
      45 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article
    A 'CENSUS' RUSE TO ROB
    299 2 Job is finished— now^ criminals fake ovej Weapons in briefcase |JOl SKYVJVKS, watch out! That man calling at your front door for the "census" is an importer. There are no more field workers doing census work. Well-dressed young men, carrying officiallooking flies or briefcases, have
    299 words
  • Article, Illustration
    He saw Colony growing
    274 2 He saw Colony growing PLAYED GOLF IN SEPOY LINES ATOP Singapore Government official who once played golf in the Sepoy Lines area now covered by hospital buildings left the Colony on retirement leave yesterday He is Mr. Leslie H. N. Davis, formerly Permanent Secretary to the Singapore Ministry of Communications
    274 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Trickery can bet rewarding
    77 2 When Grant Williams is reduced to pvsmy-siie S in the picture "The Incredible Shrinking Man'yooM can hardly believe your eyes. 1 It's trickery, of course and if you have a phofc j| graph to equal the one above you should send it t« 1 S,i_ Photograph
    77 words
  • Article
    RIVAL CLUBS IN MIX UP
    339 2 Women s soci **tes choose the rendezvous 'TWERE was an awkward hiatus yesterday in the sisterly relationships which ha* existed far four months between "rival" women's organisations in Singapore. The newly formed Professional Women's Assov uV A n A a d the year-old Y-W.C.A. Business
    339 words
  • Article
    Lock icon U.K. DRIVER HURT
    30 2 British driver Jj v£ j borlain. bmk r.. Rheims in Frfti r W lotus car overt nn y r m trials for hour ram. Hi hospital Reuter
    Reuter  -  30 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      161 2 OPENS TODAY -REX LIKE NOTHING YOUR EYES HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE! *4 4 r i' i X D I D C O I InlDCa: Wj Hr O XT C I ATTACK Of CROCOOIIfS IL^i Ii ON RIVfR Of DfATH' MWV^E^/^a stt i fjHJM»^PBSTI^^ ,F^/ BUUTHNCOHS SCt^^Tßt WHO BUffAlO THUNDER HEAD
      161 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article
    Lock icon STORM WARNING
    158 3 She mixed politics with the weather liOMMI NISI asl Cn many has pnked its star lady ujio announcer for llxing politics into ie weather report. llm' Communist ttirical weekly Eunsplefe] decided tiiat the hot weather was bad enough, but listening to a Marxist commentary on it by Miss
    A.P.  -  158 words
  • Article
    Lock icon GRANDSON SUCCEEDS TO AGA TITLE
    404 3 \anm will be weighed in gold I INC X KARIM, 20 -year-old grandson of the Aga Khan, has been named to succeed him as ruler of 10,000,000 Ismaili Muslims ac(Africa and Asia. They will d emonstrate their devotion by wetehhirn in gold and jewels. J
    U.P.; A.P.; Reuter  -  404 words
  • Article
    Lock icon BOMBAY DOCK STRIKE OFF
    46 3 I strike by 30,000 port and workers in Bombay called off an hour beit was due to have beat midnight last night Wing talks in ft c w ivernment leaders rea- a settlement with n representatives after B lasting 10 hours. Reuter
    Reuter  -  46 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Billy on the drug habit
    57 3 PVANGELIST Billy Gra- ham told a Madison Square Garden audience of 17,500 in New York that millions are taking tranquilising drug because they are spiritually dead. He said evil had been trying to capture man since the time of Adam and that it is "our
    A.P.  -  57 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Mayors greet London lad
    69 3 'pHE mayors of a scor c of London boroughs were at the Plaza Theatre in London's Piccadilly last night to greet a London boy who made good in America —Bob Hope. Bob, born in Eltham, South London, 52 years ago, had flown over for the opening
    Reuter  -  69 words
  • Article
    Lock icon AN OLD CRAVE DUG UP
    196 3 AN OLD CRAVE DUG UP ...And in it, relics of ancient Briton npHE grave of an ancient Briton, an aristocrat of the Belgic tribe of warriors who dominated South-Eastern Britain in the century before the Roman conquest, has been discovered at Hertford Heath, near Hertford, England. Archaeological experts are speculating
    Reuter  -  196 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Smallpox: Mecca is threatened
    50 3 rwo people nave died in a smallpox outbreak at Port Sudan, the U.N. World Health Organisation reported on Friday. Port Sudan is on the Red Sea coast opposite Mecca and a major transit centre for the annual Mocca pilgrimage, now in its first stages. A. P.
    A.P.  -  50 words
  • Article
    TB ROLLS DELAYED
    121 3 THE Health Ministry's scheme to register ah tuberculosis victims in Singapore a s part of its antl-TB erfripaign will not be launched for at least another three months more. I>r. C. E. Smith, the Asst Director of Medical Ser vices (TB), who heads the Ministry's TB control
    121 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      31 3 MNRIV ALLE D! I Just a dab a day I I Keeps odor away. I •SB. t I AVAILABLE AT ALL i '-fADINC STORES [cousins impex I I CROCODILE I SHI/irs
      31 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      113 3 B H H BHRIIHHHHHHHIH V- :->: > iHP^ -^-'^hß^b action in HELL- '^^B^9^^9^m B with PEDRO ARMENDARIZ B ROSSANA RORY GIA SCALA M Wmt liiilHi !iHihi!Hll!!lH]l!i!H]iH!H]ii:iHil!ilHlH'!Hlii l !HliiilHl'i l !Hl"ll^lllillBi' 'MB i> I^HJ Hlr ladelphi grilll s presents "LA SEMAINE CULINAIRE FRANCAISE" (French Gastronomy Week) < v from to-day until
      113 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article
    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, July 13, 1957. Opinion LOVELESS MARRIAGE
    318 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, July 13, 1957. Opinion LOVELESS MARRIAGE rrWENTY months after the lA curtain was rung down on the ill starred play "Spirit of Geneva." advance blurb has appeared of its revival under the title of "Loveless Castle." It is the same dreary tale of a bid
    318 words
  • Article
    U.K. trade unionists honoured
    936 4 U.K. trade unionists honoured By a Special Correspondent In a conference hall In the northern lea-eoasi town of Blackpool in September a man and a woman will step forward to receive the highest honour British trade unionism can bestow. They will Join the select bund to whom the Uold Badge
    936 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Is Russia using IGY to jump claims...?
    297 4  -  Chapman Pincher By TfEAR that Russia intends to use the international year of scientific exploration to claim Antarctic territory belonging to Australia has been strengthened by a surprise Soviet move. Russian explorers, who were allowed to set up bases in the Australian Antarctic,
    297 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      33 4 lI .T. m—mm* Best Tailoring BAJ A J Text iles, Limited. NOW AVAILABLE Latest materials in Wool/Dacron, 100''r Dacron, 75% Da ceo n, Orion/Nylon Stripe AND MANY MORE. 71, High Street, Singapore 6.
      33 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 2
      37 4 A Wonderful Selection Of Ceylon Gems CONSISTING OF BLUE SAPPHIRES! STAR SAPPHIRES! STAR RUBIES! AMETHYSTS! Are Available At Your Jewellers S. P.H. de SUVA LTD. 45, HIGH ST. AIRPORT-SINGAPORL 6, EMBANKMENT-K. LUMPUR 6, STATION RD. IPOH 5
      37 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    PICKETS ARE ILLEGAL, S.H.B. WELLS POLICE
    224 5 PICKETS ARE ILLEGAL, S.H.B. WELLS POLICE L strike notice has been given It .j\(;\PORE HARBOUR BOARD HAS PROTESTED AC \L\ST THE PRESENCE OF PICKETS AT ITS GATES. In a communication to the police and the Registrar of Trade Unions, the Board has pointed out that the S. H. B. Staff
    224 words
  • Article
    Lock icon US-CANADA TALKS
    31 5 Mr. John Foster Dulles, the US. Secretary of State, will fly to Ottawa on July 27 for talks with Mr. John Diefenbaker, the new Canadian Prime Minister. R euter
    Reuter  -  31 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Baught Aly Khan the Three R's
    182 5 H Singapore animal lovMj& I. E. Bach, is ■>bably the only English ■m.un in Malaya who w lived with the Aga ■urn family. She has sent I condolence cable to ■ince Aiv Khan whom Be had taught English S was a boy. described the
    182 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Untitled
    88 5 picture. Two members of the Evatt and Co. staff in Singapore have retired after serving the company for many years. The y are Mr. E. L. Peake, a senior partner, and Mr. J. B. Neubronner, a chief typist. At a tea-party this week the staff presented Mr Peake with a
    Free Press  -  88 words
  • Article
    Climbs up Eros statue
    89 5 Climbs up Eros statue fJAPING crowds In London yesterday watched a man shin up the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus, and decorate it with two automobile association pennants. The man, in a jubilant mood, waved and .shouted I to the crowd below for about five minutes before adornI ing
    89 words
  • Article
    He was drunk in a wheelchair—jailed
    28 5 One-legged Reginald ElI liott, 45. was jailed for three months in Durban South Africa, yesterday for drunken driving in a wheel- chair.
    28 words
  • Article
    Govt. loan aid
    66 5 ►vernment has doJ {i adi ..Mr B W<H 11 52.340 U» the 1 edit md rish Society, ApUgl lativt h ictiiht an 1 enable the society to advance money to fishermen who lost their boats and gear during the MVefi storm in Novrmbrr last y«-:ir. a Government
    66 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Page 6 Advertisements
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      149 6 MAXIiItAKK b y ""JLge'"i' ttifk and IMiil 'Pavia -v,' .1 |^^^^r-^| RSS^si^i| |Hg^)/(SS lAMPLEA',Ip\/r^Aß^ HI6M. ER--SHfe L SU3W FOR I LUT THE PifiCCS) 2^ A^A^-tSs IS to Set tfXJ. NOW, YOU* PIA< Bi Jgg Z '^V AMAilfi6f> IS fHA f f t r X. MAJESTY > nr^ l /E^y^p. --N^
      149 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 2
      500 6 I *s BORN today you have a ungd sire for learning am; vo 8 tp ae large part of your lif e iai fyffivJ desire. 8 th^ Since you enjoy travel] t h 1 are few places on the glob, that Si will not have visited durine V i life
      500 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Round the World Market Prices
    • Article
      U.K. dosing prices
      168 7 LONDON, July 12Previous Today lj ss c sasss sssss August 271s buyers 27 U buyers 27 !i sellers 27 Vi sellers so. 1 KSS Spot 27' t buyers 27V* buyers I;MK 27 sellers 87% sellers msE a 1 RSS Settlement I Terms August 27? 8 buyers 27
      168 words
    • Article
      New York prices
      100 7 NEW YORK, July 12. Previous Today N Straits spot 97.00 nom. 96.75 nom. N futures mdard Contract July unquoted unquoted Aug. 9512 nom. 9475 nom. INE: Quiet SALES: Nil. aits rit.ut July 96 37 buyers 96.00 buyers 9700 sellers 96.62 sellers Aug. 96- 12 buyers 95.75 buyers
      100 words
    • Article
      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      36 7 I NEW YORK, July 12Previous Today Industrials 617.97 520.77 Railroads 151.95 152.51 Domestic Bonds 86 89 8704 Utilities 7118 71.70 Stocks Composite Averages 178.92 179.87 Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb.
      36 words
    • Article
      U.S. PEPPER
      51 7 idalabar, 'Lampong spot and 26 1 4, awaiting release 26, afloats ilting release 26 Vz, afloats 26, July shipment 25. Muntok i to 26, Malabar July white spot 33, afloats 32^, sellers pmenfc 25%, Lampong July ex-dock. Pmenr 25. Sarawak spot Above prices Quoted in U.S. cents per
      51 words
    • Article
      Copra, coconut oil prices
      122 7 (LONDON, July 12WT Previous Today PRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K./ »orth I.uropean delivered fright per long ton July Aug. $168 sellers $168 sellers PR V Straits c if. U.K./Nerth uroptan delivered weight per £63 v; buyers £63*4 buyers t«n July August £64 sellers £64 sellers A u
      122 words
  • Article, Illustration
    GOOD VIEW OF A PRINCESS
    68 7 rIS little Jamaican girl found that quite the best way to see a princess on a Royal occasion was from between a policeman's legs. And there she is in the picture above seated on the edge of the pavement to see Princess Margaret as she
    68 words
  • Article
    MY 33 DAYS ON THE RUN -BY 'FOXY'
    193 7 MY 33 DAYS ON THE RUN -BY 'FOXY' POXY FOWLER, the man the law can't keep down, reported to the police during his recent 33 days on the run that his yacht had run ashore. According to a statement he is alleged to have made he told them at Foulness,
    193 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Liner refloated
    25 7 The liner Reina Del Pacifico was refloated last night after being .stranded near a coral reef outside Hamilton, Bermuda since Monday morning Reuter
    Reuter  -  25 words
  • Article
    MEET THE AMAZING AMANDA
    126 7 MEET THE AMAZING AMANDA MEET the amazing Amanda Jane. She is just 21 months old. And these are the things that make her amazing: SHE can recite 41 authentic nursery rhymes > including several versions of her own. SHE can tell dozens of fairy stories. SHE has a vocabulary of
    126 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      3 7 m Wv/'M iBW
      3 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2
      78 7 TO-NIGHT MIDNIGHT CAPITOL THE MOST IHCIIBDIBIB STORY EVER L.a...» U«. JK^^t^r Is iiuui i iw '^ffsfi QGts I *r^^* r f-&. i^- <W^^^^BJB^B^BHt,^m u^%^\U* fh t >,• «^^^HHHHJ i^RSB^ jB /■C >T* I ■Hf' ■al __g-^j9flw '^Kfl^HHF^H^BlL^' bj VI RT I| *Hw3BP b >BPBBB* .^^Hh^^hß /Bt^Bßj^^^^T^H^d In CinemaScope n Bi
      78 words
  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 7 Miscellaneous Column 1
      124 7 Today's Radio for Singapore Programme 1.15 p.m. Saturday Date; 130 Time Sißt^il. News nnd Singapore Share* Market Report; 1.45 Saturday Date Part II 2.15 Weekend Sport; 2.45 The Latin American Way; 300 At Your Request presented by Geoffrey Weeks; 330 Juke Box Parade; 400 La/y Afternoon; 430 Tea Dance; 500
      124 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 7 Miscellaneous Column 2
      56 7 SINGAPORE J 'HIGH TIDES TODAY: 12 24 p.m. I and 11.32 pm. I TOMORROW: 12.53 p.m. 1 MONDAY: 0.10 a.m. B I and 1.20 p.m TUESDAY: 0.48 am. f and 1.46 pm I WEDNESDAY: 1.23 am m and 2.14 p.m. THURSDAY: 2.02 am I and 2.48 pm m FRIDAY: 2.42
      56 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    Steve Winters and THE GOLDEN SCORPION
    1118 8 asdfsdafsdf ***************1 l THE STORY SO IMC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Lf HTEVK WINTKKS, the famous
    1,118 words
  • Article
    Last week s winners
    62 8 rE winners of last week's colo»jr-ln contest (each or whom will receivr a $5 prize In due course) are as follow. 10 Miss Goh Poh Chan (13), 15, Balmoral Road, Simju-pore-13. Miss X- Indraji (9 1 41- Pcrak Road, Penang. Master Laurence Basapa (11), 40 Coronation
    62 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Rupert at Greyrocks Cove
    174 8 Afoer they have finished rowing and lunch is over Mr. Bear decides to read (he paper in the sunshine. "Some oranges would be nice on such a hot d.iy. 11 he says. "Will you try to buy sonic." So Ruprrt fror.i into the village shop, only
    174 words
  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 8 Miscellaneous Column 1
      177 8 I ttJawM B'* I CLUES ACROSS, 2, a "Backbone ol Italy. 1 i'ri hai to *»n ii'T ;>. Aiid-A t do m •kks to hatch them <>nt. (>, thing, v, a jroung man 11 a little child 7. a ('ox An Important pump in. Ide Grange Pippin la a popular
      177 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 8 Miscellaneous Column 2
      219 8 Colour— in contest With prizes tor you! QOCKET-MONEI prizes Singapore l to reach iw arc ofl'ercd for colour- not l^ter than rhursdaj ing this scene with paints next. Age limit is 15. crayons or chalks. There are four prize* Name (Mastei Miss) offered— each of $5 (two for boys and
      219 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Untitled
    42 9 picture. THIS container is a new Swedish idea, a combined fruit basket and shopping bag in bamboo ivhich can be folded together when not in use. As can be seen from the picture, it can also be used for tarrying pets Popper
    Popper  -  42 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 1
      150 9 ;-;*>Ssx JmoßHlMßlßßM^^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bßm^'*x-'- ■-..•y&'sy. s s^ f -y^»^> --X'is'ii^wwiSwS^vSlwMSß^fi^^Bp |>^ I C^ V!" ■.".■■.■.vi ■..i..-,., i j yJA*.-- ■^■yyyfc'jißgQPSo^^^^^^^^^BK^V^^^^W^'*-**"-*' ■>*'**I* '.•'.•'.•'.''.*X I'-' L./2/55 Michael Soowy TO EXPECTANT AND 1% NURSING MOTHERS «R wR iLuJbfflM^M A really smart publication that provides -«««B^^p^^^^^^^B^^ for the recording of many fascinating details of baby's birth,
      150 words
  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 9 Miscellaneous Column 1
      1116 9 I Sunday church I ft announcements i k*f -^"parish Commu- Pay» Lebar: 845 a.m. Sunday BAPTIST V m Sunday School; School, 9 am. Service in Malay, maptist vl im 11 ftJB. Man- 10 aju- Service in (Eug). Church (51 Thomson B „i 45 am Holy G straHs cblnes fSffil/v 15
      1,116 words
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • Weekend Quiz Page
    • Article, Illustration
      WEEK'S SPECIAL PRIZE CONTEST
      168 10 WEEK'S SPECIAL PRIZE CONTEST I don't have to tell you the answer to last week's Quix. You all knew it! The lucky winner was S. Kantilal c/o 77, Arab Street, Singapore 7. I think it is about time I made the Special Quix a little more difficult. Have a shot
      168 words
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 1
      36 10 I THE ENTRY FORM I 4fMIHIIIItItIIIIMIIHIIimiIIIMIMII nilllltlllllllimillillllllllllltlMMll Name Address Prize Quiz No. 1 1 2 3 4 6 6 Prize Quise No. 2 Prize Quiz No 3 1 2 4 5 C Special QufaE 4 1
      36 words
  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 10 Miscellaneous Column 1
      389 10 J.ff^ t^LT A/.aX-31IIJI TT IS a long time since only one person scored full marks in any Quiz and Mr. A. RodrigUes of 67 Merryn Road, Singapore 11, is therefore all the more to be congratulated on being the winner. The answers were: 1 Wreath. 2 Scut. 3 Brush. 4
      389 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 10 Miscellaneous Column 2
      278 10 but before 1 i A thm about iif f week's answers i mS| j remind you that en 1 tries must roach ml Wednesday. I This week I had linish ed judging the entries! when alonu came J tamby wit li a beam-H i(if^ y^#PWSgv anC^ there were ver ll
      278 words
Page thumbnail Page 11
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Untitled
    38 11 photo. ALTHEA GIBSON, the first of her race to win a Wimbledon tennis championship, is seen receiving her prize from Queen Elizabeth. On the left is the beaten finalist, Darlene Hard. Mi*s Gibson won 6-3, 6-2. Re uter
    Reuter  -  38 words
  • Article
    Lock icon JUNGWIRTH IS FIRST TO O '4-MIN METRIC MILE'
    211 11 Ideal track and weather conditions and. IE RUNS ,500-M I 3-MIN 8.1-SEC Am^e.av J ing3H)M?:i 11. of Czechofc\ set a world Imp. 1 tor the 1,500 Metres when he B) k<(l 3min 38.1 sec M ■n\ ithletics vneettag at the Houstka KKJiij.T
    Reuter  -  211 words
  • Article
    Lock icon LORRAINE CRAPP JUST FAILS TO BEAT 5-MIN IN U.S.
    146 11 LORRAINE CRAPP JUST FAILS TO BEAT 5-MIN IN U.S. I ORRAINE CRAPP. Australia's Olympic swim- ming champion, narrowly missed becoming the first woman to break five minutes for 400 metres freestyle in the United States when she clocked smin. o.2sec. in Honolulu last night. Miss Crapp, who holds the world
    Reuter  -  146 words
  • Article
    Lock icon AUSSIE GRAND NATIONAL ACCEPTORS
    58 11 AUSSIE GRAND NATIONAL ACCEPTORS TEN horses which hav^ accepted for thf> £A3 500 Grand National Steepi«* Chafe, to be run over thre<miles one furlong at F1» J mington racecourse In Mm bourne today, are: PedrOfi Prldr 11 12 Th" Final 9.9. Provldor.* OH Blacksmltri 95. Akan Ki>ef Burwoodi Rxci .<■.
    Reuter  -  58 words
  • Article
    Lock icon FIRST VICTORY
    29 11 Britain* badminton team beat a Combined Western Province and Bol&nd .sido 8-0 in the first mnteh of their South African tour ai Paarl We.stern Province, yesterday Reuter
    Reuter  -  29 words
  • Article
    Lock icon TOURISTS IN REMARKABLE WIN AGAINST IRELAND
    119 11 I »Bj scored 1 7m victory b^ I had ;ittr r rair I nic; :<il the pro pj£ >J«- r) ono°d n ai mi cored mo for r /B t«am ror 6l" iHtft success??] rl »nared in a "fond wicket stand of 35. ?/>han
    Reuter  -  119 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Ashley Cooper in final after hard fight vs Forbes
    213 11 Ashley Cooper in final after hard fight vs Forbes /GORDON FORBES of South Africa, went down fighting by 8-6, 11-9 to the Australian champion, Ashley Cooper, in the serai- finals of the Irish Lawn Tennis championships at Dublin yesterday. Forbes tried everything he knew in delaying toe powerful Australian's victory
    A.P.  -  213 words
  • Article
    Lock icon INDIAN TEAM FOR BANGKOK
    96 11 INDIA a live member Thomas Cup team will leave Bombay by air for Bangkok tomorrow to play in the first-round Asian zone tie against Thailand on July 19 and 20. This is the third time India and Thailand are meeting in this World Badminton championship. On
    Reuter  -  96 words
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 1
      69 11 niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii PICTURES Make arrangements noir for your photographs to be taken by FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER telephone: Singapore 2800 )r write to Free Press Photographic Oept. 140-146, Cecil Street Singapore THIS SERVICE IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN SINGAPORE iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiiiimHiiiniiimiiimiiniiiimiiHiiiiiiiHiini REE BOOKLETS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Sol« A<i' i nt\ M'l'fmi /it Trading Co.,
      69 words
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • Article
    Lock icon Ibbotson eliminated from mile in heats
    350 12  - Ibbotson eliminated from mile in heats VERNON MORGAN BRITISH AAA MEEUMOCK By I) Klt E X IMiOTSON, the second fastest miler in the world, yesterday tailed to qualify for the final of the one mile in the Amateur Athletic Association championships at the White City Stadium in London. The Yorkshireman
    Reuter  -  350 words
  • Article
    Surrey watch the rain wash away a win
    348 12 A FIGHTING nOt-OUt century by 40- year-old Arnold Hatnei (Derbyshire) and then rain, robbed Surrey of a tenth consecutive win in the County cricket championship yesterday when in sight of victory they could only watch the drenching rain wa.sh their chances away.
    348 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    21 12 PITER CHAN astride his $3,000 Ducati (I?<> rC Grand Sports Model, which has been entered for taioSoJ* Princess Elizabeth Estate sprints
    21 words
  • Article
    Lock icon COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS
    164 12 RESULTS in yesterday's cricket matches were: At Manchester; Match abandoned i aln i anca hire 270; Su ex 110 foi At Folkstone: kenl beat Woi i r tei hire bj 1 28 rum Kenl 213 and LM i dec Worce iter 120 and 12a fKenyon Is, HaJfyard
    Reuter  -  164 words
  • Article
    Lock icon BLUES XV KEEP RECORD
    53 12 COMBINED Oxford and Cambridge Universities kept their unbeaten tour record In Lusaka, North Rhodesia, yesterday when they defeated a Northern Rhodesia Mid- lands selected XV by 1 points to three. Universities scored ti goals, one try and one drop ped goal to a try by tb
    Reuter  -  53 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Untitled
    31 12 picture. FRANK WORRELL, who was 145 not out In the Won Indies first innings in the drawn third Test against] England, is here hitting out at a ball from Laker A.P.
    A.P.  -  31 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 1
      442 12 CLASSIFIED ADSJ BNOAOIMBNI 20 H mil:, li, (minimum). AN(i kok The Bngagement is announoed between 'Henry; Thian iiv.at, fourth son "f late Mr Aiij-' Jin li mill Late Madam Tan Be<« Kent; of Rangoon, find (Jenny) ECeng Ching, eldest daughter Of Mr and Mrs. Kok Kum Choon oi Singapore on
      442 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 2
      92 12 mm Cheek with f&fhAA CONSUL 1 ZEPHYR CONSUL Unchallenged in its class feature for feature ZEPHYR High performance family saloon NOW, more than ever FORD SSTAR MOTORING In the Ford range is the ideal for YOU... and at the price you want to pay! Whichever you choose, y° u can
      92 words
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGZINE
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGZINE Singapore, July 13, 1957.
      9 words
    • Article, Illustration
      The spirit off Hari Raya
      45 1 In A Happy Mood" is the title hu Chup Ming, of Cecil Street, chose for this attractive port- Malay girl. have a photograph taken by you would like to see reproduced Page, send it to the Free Press ltur <% Magazine. >
      45 words
    • Article
      HEY'RE SHOOTING THE SUN
      86 1 p 8 In Australia an intcnl,,. '""""d M discoverU Ml «>f thr sun. '""Pmrnt in pi tl used sun's atmosphere every 30 seconds. By studying these, scientists should discover new facts about the effects of the sun upon the earth. These "sun studies" arc one of
      86 words
    • Article, Illustration
      PRECIOUS JADE
      1094 1 I «fl U.N.D. are many things in life I greatly admire but can't afford. One is jade and another is horses, both very expensive items. Funny that I should put those two together, for I was thinking of a horse's head carved In jade, and said to be
      1,094 words
    • Article, Illustration
      HOW DESPERATE IS
      1211 2 They're eveii iilljil^^ «j The Chinese mainland groans under the burden of feeding 600 million people. Most of them work the land. They farm with wooden ploughs, primitive fertilizers, and the water-wheel. All but a few are bitterly poor. Moreover, the population is constantly increasing, an estimated
      1,211 words
    • Article
      GUIDE TO ALL TODAY'S RUNNERS
      1765 3 m |n 38 4 5; 10-7-57 R scratching in 2 y IIN i 4-7-57— DlSW .ib «:,j°-'rf?= W scratching In Dlf. 6F K. [RO 4-7-57-- Was goW u sunny Day over J 6-7-57- -Covered 3F JJ 1/5 with Sunny Day, 8-7- Qt over 3P In
      1,765 words
    • FILM PREVIEWS
      • Article, Illustration
        Untitled
        0 4
        0 words
      • Article, Illustration
        'THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN' IS FRIGHTENING
        445 4 'THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN' IS FRIGHTENING 1 r |MIK incredible Shrinking Man is, as it .s name implies, an incredible Him. Mosi films fall quite I naturally into a dr.fi- BEYOND REALM /tif.c category Comedy, b r a in a Musical I Comedy, Horror and Qf POSSIBILITY c such like,
        445 words
      • Article
        Week's Ratings
        22 4 COMING Funny Face \\x\x The Incredible Shrinking Man SHOWING The Happy Road (F.P. May 25) xxxxx Folies Bergere xxxxx i
        22 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Years haven't tired these dancing feet
        425 4 Years haven't tired these dancing feet TWO musical comedies this week, both set in Paris and both of a high standard. Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn in FUNNY FACE are outstanding. Years haven't tired those dancing feet and Audrey Hepburn, in her first musical, is entrancing. Dick Avery <F re
        425 words
      • Article
        The Folies make up for everything
        357 4 The Folies make up for everything story of an actor married fo an actress who is separated from her by the demands of his profession is not very new. However, put their srory in Paris, m.ike it I musical comedy with everything that both those situations can offer, and wh.it
        357 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      130 3 1 1 _^L H; I I H i wffIWSBBiHIBffY i Q^ 'm MBSSiSßiiililil BHlTmiimiliil ■BBBSB OYSTER PERPETUAL jre/te/ee DATEJUST Worn by the mosl famous men of our time, the Rolex Jubilee Datejuti hay cowr to be regarded as synonymous with success and distinction. The 250,0001h Rolex i chronometer a Datejust
      130 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      96 3 I FILL YOUR FRIG j WITH THE BEST FROM f 1 COLD STORAGE f frrm I I In our Frozen Goods Department you can I obtain, under hygienic conditions, the I widest range of MEATS that any market can offer. Select from our choice STEAK, LAMB, MUTTON, VEAL and PORK
      96 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      5 1 FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special
      5 words
    • Article
      Topweights to fight out today's Cup finish
      616 1 Topweights to fight out today's Cup finish says ALLAN LEWIS HK four topHw eights dominatB discussions on I Stewards Cup, ■in race at Bukit Wiah this after•n, al the course ■lirophi] and Goldwl.Milofiy will proBjv share favour- Wn With Irish Pearl op X abana also supported. M} v Mirophli can
      616 words
    • Article
      ALLAN LEWIS'S BEST BETS
      34 1 AL LAN LEWIS'S BEST BETS a ß| >UIS'S R^st Bets for today are Hopeful l{ (f Six ThrrC); Tufton (Ra(e Four) and Wl NtoMni arc Budgerigar, (ilory and 1 h **>in* will be good.
      34 words
    • Article
      ALL THE LATEST SELECTIONS
      375 1 Saturday, July 13, 1957. THE FREE PRESS THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE STANDARD SIANG^PAU ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER WINDSOR LAD SCRUTINEER KWKE LOH t"l GARRYDEN FULL HOUSE VALIANT KNIGHT NICOL WINGS GARRYDEN GABRYDEN GABBYDEN GARRYDFN LIS Valiant Knight Quiny Full House Remembrance Nicol
      375 words
    • Page 1 Advertisements
      • Advertisement
        Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
        56 1 Singapore Workshops are now located at Robertson Quay Telephone ***** ext. 40 g I S^ ROBERTSOH QUAY a r \i\?\\ i j. i /v IIJiJ 2 f 1^ 0^ Vj c.a.c i > I ll n I oV7>i:< I 5 IpH;! j; Sole Distributors for S'fwrc C~ Fed* of Malaya
        56 words
    • Article
      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
      976 2 RACE 1-2.15: CLASS 2, DIV. 2-O ruita. 1 \v.\\i.K brei <; X cii'ng li Mm< CT Oohj Hobb D.M Dj*»*U> 2 192 VALIANI kmmii brag cYftp Kirn Hoej E Breukelen 9.03 gamtt M((>(. 111 iy brirg (Madam CX Lee) Manning g-OJ Smith 4. HIT PARADE >y
      976 words
    • Article
      YOU
      536 2 RACE ONE WAXtK: (j-7 v 3F Hi 37 1/5 with w :lt ov *l 9-7-57-Was going *t The Cobra ovei cr ,> 10-7-57-ScruhiuM J '*s Wa s kept to llne,- qU ar W'M gSSa thG eF VALIANT KM,,,,,. 4 ,J —Covered 3F i>/ 1^"l* 5 M Jade Spring; SflJjß
      536 words
    • Page 2 Advertisements
      • Advertisement
        Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
        103 2 You'll be in top form... if you stick to MACKESON'S MILK STOUT SO! E AGENTS: /tfore poWQf fa uout* UfOISELEY WOLSELEY With the graceful hues of a large car the 1 iftcen-l ilty is capacious too, yet modest overall dimensions cooler delightful manoeuvrability. Add to this the exciting performance of
        103 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon CHINA?
      300 3 kf H©||g!Hi«!g i If JJ this actW' J' Ish pointed out thai the Chinese Com munis t could get arounc the "differential" by having Russia Or some othei Soviet bloc country buj items that China can'l buy. That Is one argumeni for applying the same trade controls to Peking
      A.P.  -  300 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Untitled
      9 3 GOLDFISH, an amateur photograph by Freddy Oey, of Singapore.
      9 words
    • Article
      Speaking for myslef
      425 3  -  JOHN BEHAGUE '^j? I week I came Hi' ster«el! n £os dtfc, '■'•gi.stcrcd rn/T "n that part rftfc reserved let mar( s *jJ "K Chine.se |f (:i (^<d in jam* peculiar com! < have irnj* I" China*ht k area, nil rldl ng an anofT bea bicyle. f
      425 words
    • Article
      Raising the devil is a difficult business
      865 3  - Raising the devil is a difficult business PELHAM GROOM By T AST week I touch- *ed on the ritual of the Main Peterie as far as it dealt with ordinary diseases and told how the good spirits such as the lisping Lad and the Princess of the Golden Palm Blossom
      865 words
    • Article
      RODGER'S PAIR TO FIGHT OUT TODAY'S CUP FINISH
      239 4 RODGER'S PAIR TO FIGHT OUT TODAY'S CUP FINISH PICK YOUR WINNERS WITH TRESPASSER OENANG trainer "Dor" Rodgerfl <an win the Stewards Clip main event at Bllkit Timah today with either Golden Melody or Irish Pearl. They will fight out the finish. Golden Melody scored a handsome twolength wm over a
      239 words
    • Article
      Hopeful Blue has weak opposition
      293 4 H\9Vl\r l L ni,ui\. i., on tho upgrade and should Stake a claim for promotion to the top class *>y winning todays main sprint. Hopeful Blue is up a class with 7 lb more, but I am confident he is equal to his task. Hi..,
      293 words
    • Article
      REST OF FORM IN RACE EIGHT
      609 4 with Rio; 4-7 67— 'Wtnl »jvit 3F in 37 4 ii With Kid, 6-7-57 Third to Hopeful Blm m i>iv. 6F I a' J AIITINA: 2 J (\-bl Went ovei 3F |n 37 with Alu Alu; 4-7-57— Ufiit Alu Alu OW 3F In 38;
      609 words
    • Article
      Top form Powhatan is one of today's best bets
      242 4 Top form Powhatan is one of today's best bets POWHATAN furm whm tie led ill the way to win u lv Two mile race on Wednesday. It was an im pressive display and he should complete a double today in Run Five. Though Lady scarlet made a bid l n
      242 words
    • Article
      Chanticleer can beat Grey Court
      617 4 Chanticleer can beat Grey Court (IHANTICLEER was ast j gaining on Full Pious.and Grey Court over 6f in Div. 3 with 8.07 on Wed nesday and at the finish he was a length and a neck behind the winner With one furlong more and with 2-lb less to carry in
      617 words
    • Page 4 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 2
Page thumbnail Page 3
Page thumbnail Page 4