The Singapore Free Press, 15 February 1958

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper n vl! i O ir, Saturdays February 15, 1958, Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon FRANCE MAKES PLEA TO U.N.
    133 1 FRANCE MAKES PLEA TO U.N. l:,v \"< EMENT last that the United I Security Council ■ouici < onvene on TuesK. on the Tunisian com- oi French agures■o:: wa.s followed by a ■;i': ■sure that France Xvi Lodged Its own comB til igainst Tunisia. s French explanatory p andum asked the
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    49 1 silence of the gongs from a group of ture. taken as the ship was f was broken liy llon dancers there to wel- about to dock, shows a lion M "»i< Mntwti come the visiting: Ameri- dancer putting on his cos- O f cans This Free Press pic- tume.
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    Lock icon Moscow order: Be gay. laugh
    156 1 Moscow order: Be gay. laugh mfIOSCOW citizens 1?1 were told in stentorian tones > through a loudspeaker system last night: "Be gay, citizens. Down with those who don't laugh." The loudspeakers were installed near the Lenin sports stadium. Thousands of Musco- vite s in fur-lined coats flocked there for the
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    NO MOVE AGAINST REBELSJAKARTA
    308 1 NO MOVE AGAINST REBELSJAKARTA Support for Hussein mounts in Sumatra THE Indonesian (iovernment decided last night to take "no further steps" against the rebel group in Central Sumatra. This was announced after an emergency Cabinet meeting on the eve of the expiry at eight o'clock tonight of the dissidents' ultimatum
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    Lock icon U.S. warns of A-tests in Pacific
    65 1 PHE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission yesterday designated a rectangular area of about 390,000 square miles as a danger zone, from April 5 for nuclear tests in the Pacific. Ships and aircraft were warned to stay out of the area. Meanwhile the U.S. Navy has
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    Body identified
    36 1 The woman found dead n a stream at Pasir Panjang yesterday has been identified as Che Lijah ointe Awang, 32, a cafe waitress at the Happy World. Police believe she was murdered. Investigations continue.
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    A cracker welcome wakes luxury tourists
    197 1 SINGAPORE took many of the passengers aboard the 18,500-ton American luxury cruise liner Lurline by surprise when she docked early today. In fact, Singapore's welcome woke a large number of the 575 tourists. As the ship neared the harbour a deafening burst of crackers
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    $17,000 RANSOM CHEQUE IS CASHED
    68 1 $17,000 RANSOM CHEQUE IS CASHED IUIE $17,000 ransom cheque paid for the release of Mr. Tan Bw«t K^ow. a Chinese physician, kidnapped eight days ago was cashed yesterday. The cheque was left in j Katong Park yesterday afternoon by Mr. Tan's wife. Mr. Tan Wftl released .six hours later. The
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      98 1 For Chinese New Year Home Entertainment CINE PROJECTOR The Revere "90" is, without doubt, the supreme Bmm home movie projector embodying many startling innovations found in no other Bmm projector. Among these /■Hl^^^S I are: finest and fli^fi; dlflfl mos precise H^«l| I film track II I evCr c es
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    Lock icon US will halt tests when Reds stop making H-bombs— Lodge
    186 2 US will halt tests when Reds stop making H-bombs— Lodge lIEMIY CABOT LODGE, O.S, Ambassador to the Tnited Nations, said in New Delhi yesterday that "the moment the Soviet Tnion agrees to stop making nuclear bombs and start oit real disarmament" the Vnited States will stop its nuclear tests. Mr.
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    Lock icon QUIT KOREA: CHOU'S PLEDGE
    265 2 pOMMUNIST Chinese Premier Chou Enlai yesterday issued a now call for the withdrawal of aIJ foreign troops from Korea and said his nation was ready "to make active efforts' 1 towards this end. Mr. ChOU issued the rail in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang immediately
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    Lock icon US 'SPACEMAN' SHOWS SIGNS OF WEARINESS
    70 2 US 'SPACEMAN' SHOWS SIGNS OF WEARINESS DONALD FARRELL, the earth hound American spaceman. showed signs of fatigue yesterday after five days of a simulated seven-day trip to the moon and back. The Chief of Space Medicine at Randolph base, said Farrell was bearing up well in his sealed sphere under
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    Lock icon ROCHDALE DEFEAT A MINOR SETBACK
    138 2 [OKI) HAIUSHAM. CLairj man Ol the Conserva Ive Party, last night <i<siribed the Rochdale by•lectton a.s "the loss ol a (mall engagement" In a campaign lor Britain- con in iicd .survival and great less. The Rochdale was won by I.abmuy vii the Liberal candVfcte second
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    Lock icon RED FINGER TIGHTER ON A-TRIGGER'
    197 2 RED FINGER TIGHTER ON A-TRIGGER' TWO Labour MPs both former junior MinisA ters said last night that British nuclear defence preparations would have the effect of tightening Russia's finger on the "atomic trigger." Mr. Frank Beswick, who was a British observer at the 1946 Bikini atomic tests, said in Nottingham:
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    Lock icon 40 saved by safety helmets
    86 2 40 saved by safety helmets The compulsory wearing of safety helmets by motor cyclists and pillion riders is considered to be mainly responsible for the fall in motor cycle deaths from 76 in 1955 to 36 in 1956 according to a New Zealand Transport Department statement. Safety helmets have been
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    SHIPS AT BASE
    17 2 Ships in the Singapore Naval Base today are: An Irew and St. Bride's Bay.
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    Lock icon Bonn doubtful of U.K. warning
    47 2 Wrst Germany is "scop- tical" of the latest British warning that thp Strength i of British troops on the con- j tlnent would bo reduced if; no support costs were paid. a Defence Ministry spokes- i man said In Bonn yesterday. Renter
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    Lock icon New Polar bases?
    35 2 Britain is to close down some of the existing 15 bases in the British Antarctic Falkland Islands Depcndendei nnd may establish new onrs, a Foreign Office spokesman said in London yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon Rival move toward Arab world unity
    297 3 Rival move toward Arab world unity NASSER AND MOSCOW DEAfT HEMW I DIFFERENTLY TO UNION YESTERDAY'S Amx man agreement to merge Iraq and Jordan in a new federal Arab state is seen m London as removing one of the artificial barriers which have separated the Arab nation since the end
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    BUSH FOR CHARITY SHOW TICKETS
    151 3 BUSH FOR CHARITY SHOW TICKETS H for the big I charity shows at the ft World tonight are H celling •■extremely well." ■h-< hi«-hight will be the ■liiifre of "Around the Hi': iii 80 Days" to mark H opening of Shaws' jM'i-million dollar Sky fy the Governor. IB W Go
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    Lock icon Rhodesia Govt. talks deadlocked
    24 3 i :i Whlteheaa, i 5 i I: V enounced eto form <ld tlOt be P» government leadi, £1 reached Reuter
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    Lock icon WANTED FUNERAL- SACKED
    65 3 I 'EVEN worker* f by a boxi l( Salford suburb yes- hey defied ruling nor to leave their jobs to watch the funeral cortege of Eddie Colman, one of the Manchester United players killed In the Munich air The workers, 17 women and 10 men, left their
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    Lock icon A winning smile from the Queen of the sea
    81 3 Miss Neptune 1958— Miss Christina Lee, 17 smiles at runner-up for the title. Miss Angelina Lim. The title was awarded at the Singapore Sea Cadets Corps first annual ball at the Raffles Hotel last "I night. On the left is Miss
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    Lock icon CHRISTMAS ISLE CRABS -PESTS OR PETS?
    140 3 CHRISTMAS ISLE CRABS -PESTS OR PETS? A MEMBER of Parliament complained yesterday that crabs the size of a man's hand lived inside blankets in which British soldiers slept on Christmas Island, the British nuclear testing base in the Pacific. Mr. Richard Winterbot- i torn, Labour, told the House of Commons
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    Lock icon Duke in turbo-car
    23 3 The Duke of Edinburgh drove a gaa turbine car at 70 m.p.h. at the Rover Company's Birmingham works yesterday, Reuter
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      132 3 GEMS I i NOW AVAILABLE A VERY LARGE SELECTION OF STAR SAPPHIRES BLUE SAPPHIRES RUBIES JADES ALSO SINGAPORE SOUVENIRS S. P. H. de SUVA LTD. 45 HIGH STREET SPORE AIRPORT SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH. :iniiiiiiiiiiiic3iiiiiiiMiiic3iiiiiiiiiiiic3iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiimiic]iiiimig For comfort, convenience economy if Stay at Malayan Railway STATION HOTEL) I KEPPEL ROAD SINCAPORE
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      50 3 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES > TODAY: 10. »0 p.m. TOMORROW: 9.10 a.m. n and 10.53 p.m. MONDAY: 9.55 a.m i and 11.21 p.m. TUESDAY: 19.85 a.m. and 11.4.1 p in. t WEDNESDAY; 11.11 4 am 1 THURSDAY: 0.08 am aid 11.46 a.m. lltll) \Y 0 Ml ;t m ;ind lt4Pi p.m.
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      Opinion It might be you next
      185 4 Opinion It might be you next OINGAPORE owes an ever-growing debt of gratitude to the j public-spirited people who donate their I blood so that others might live. Last year blood donat- 1 ed by 9,221 people; saved 9,092 lives in emergency cases requiring transfusions. An impressive figure indeed, and
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    The CASBAH is so jolly
    492 4 The CASBAH is so jolly LORD LAMBTON, MP looks at the 'wickedest place in the world 1 now that the tourists are scared away THE Casbah of Algiers is said to be one of the wickedest places in the world. To me it seemed one of the jolliest. It is
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    ALL SET FOR VIOLENCE
    519 4  -  Donald Wise by ANE side or the othei "J in Cyprus is going to flip the switch for a big explosion whetbei Britain makes a policy statement or not. The count down to this explosion .seems endless. The single numbers started early in December when Greek-speaking
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      77 4 BRILLIANT NEW I HILLMAN 4uJ>i&£ J^%| MODEL OF ADVANCED ff jH The new modern design gives a clear unobstructed > <• all round note the sloping bonnet, Hie wide culVl screen, the narrow pillars, the four wide flush winding imj windows and the swept-round rear-window for w < .ingle visibility.
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    DONORS SAVE 9,000 LIVES
    155 5 rpHE lives yf 9,092 Binga pore people were saved by blood transfusions last year. Of these, the largest nuni ber n| patients were Chinese 7.049 During last year, a total ot 9.221 people donated blood. This included over Ii.OOO Europeans. ove" 2,500 Chinese and abou. 1,200
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    A BATHROOM SCENE BANNED
    148 5 A BATHROOM SCENE BANNED Noelle Adam, 23-year-old star of Francoise Sagan's ballet "Broken Date", is now in London for the West End performance. The boy-meets-girl-in-a-bathroom scene was cen- sored by Prince Rainier before he took Grace Kelly to see the ballet in Monte Carlo, but it will remain i in
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    THEY AIM TO RAISE CLUB HOUSE FUNDS FROM MEMBERS ONLY
    151 5 "We are now trying *o get it approved." The building, she said, would only be on a temporary basis, as the association planned to build the premises with what ever sum it managed to rai.se first. "Then it Will be
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    Lock icon Danny's wife loses $45,000 gems
    38 5 Misa Sylvia Pint, th€ wil> Oi comedian Danny Kaye, yesterday reported she had lost $15,000 (M 545,000; worth of "irreplaceable j I Well on a flight Irnm Lo# Angeles to New York Reuter
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      20 5 listen" 119 liAllfff nj fly J x- -^„.,,.4/ <>i loco" Af T v Loo| < before you listen— look In the
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      243 5 m U INTERNATIONAL mifLM CHARITY COMMITTEE iS^^^^m A ONE DAY FESTIVAL ATTRACTIONS m J ?'Mtol %The Great World Park m i o ii a j ■NON-STOP FUN SHOWS from 10 am 12 Midnight" DRAGON DANCE LION DANCE m CHINESE ART OF SELF-DEFENCE DEMONSTRATION m JAPANESE FIREWORKS DISPLAY INTERNATIONAL TRADE EXHIBITION
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      180 6 ill/\i\'»lli\Ki: b> Lee Falk and Phil IKivis JAi\E by Hubbard <NOW SOMETHING, THANKS, I?UPERT;\ s^^ HOW ABOL/T COMING TO A ]^^^^33f 0W -ARTHUR— J MAUCEEN I LIKED /AND D>C>£/ KNOW J I'M GLAD YOU PARTY ON NEW YEARNS EVE 'M^^-^L}\j AK^ M E MOM E^J THE WAY YOU STOOD SOMETHING?—
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      521 6 I>ORN today, you have been M tn "ill exceptional talent and th, V =il indicate that you should become i il 5 outstanding success in the field of =11 your choice. Since you have muU,i !il dramatic and inventive latent it I I up to you which one of you,
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  • RACE DAY Special
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      7 1 RACE DAY Special Saturday, Feburary 15, 1958.
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      PISIER FOR PROGRAMME NOW
      1375 1  -  ALLAN LEWIS jftjjjjj 3^H 990 m Mi;! i Ul\(;s and Straits (Ode will m 1 start in ilie main ■n<r Kuala Lumpur ll»i- ifternoon, which HimiM make it much ■asii r for the Spencer B>ii: Programme and wriiH'p Charter to promU\v the finish. link Programme will
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      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
      1809 2 RACE 1-2.15: CLASS 1, DIV. 3-6 FURS. 1 ***** SANTIAGO syr chug <C.T. Aw) Daniels 9.01 Ransome 2 24ii6:i LITTLE JOHN tiyr. beg (K.H. Yap) E. Breuk 8.11 Barratt 3 51 110 COFFEE EXPORTER 6yr. birg (Kwik Stable) Allan 8.09 C.eyer 4 ***** NATIVE RULER 6yr.
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      UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
      430 2 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN AAC£ OWf IJ SANTIAGO: M,, over 'iiin in 48 4 -f w ««iH in 37 2/5. na fl LITTLE JOH\ I going better than v '^^B over 3F in 38 2/5 9 COFFEE EXPORTER M 58- Impressed with 3p '--Ml nicely on the bit d 9 NATIVE RULER:
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      Pick your winners with ...TRESPASSER
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      FOLLOW THESE FORM HORSES
      1525 10 Artina, Canastra, Maghera make a safe each-way treble pUNTEKS can enjoy a food day's racing and a happy Chinese I New Year at Kuala Lumpur today if thc> follow form horses froni the recent Bukit Timah meeting. Three horses that should make a safe each -way
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      22 1 BEST BETS I X?-, as c I eg, Wi a i Screen Play f HE GOING '^'"c will be very lllHlll| M«imiiiimmiiiinl
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      52 1 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT to car -owners THE EAST ASIATIC CO LTD (MOTOR DIVISION) can offer the best auto service in town in their new workshops at ROBERTSON QUAY FOR CONVENIENCE, HAND YOUR CAR OVER AT FIAT SHOWROOMS IN ORCHARD RD. I^HHBHHHHHBMBHHBBBBHHHBHMllllllHlllllHHHHllllliliiiilllililli^ii^^i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FOR FIAT OWNERS THERE IS SPECIALISED SERVICE WITH GENUINE FIAT
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      155 2 m A X ,^r^^^^ SINGLE RIDE "Quality first" Take the wheel of this great Morris Oxford feel the viif^ r W!W\ r K^ iW l /iPil cxhilaraiini! power of its Mi IV IV M V ■"">' > H.V. cny.nc 'sa. jjy Jfct^ JM^M J JI f^Wii cmo\ Ific spaciousness and
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      202 9 No. of cylinders 4 |H I H.P. 15.8 (1.483 cc.) I Compression ratio approximately I Maximum speed 75 M.P.H. 1 Turning circle 34.8 ft. I Output 51.3 HP. at 4.200 R.P.M. v i CiVdjll SINGAPORE MOTORS LIMITED 315-319* ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE TEL. *****/***** REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT MALAYA I m "Ov CMAI/C
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      49 10 UNIVERSAL CARS LTD. I taain dealer I lor |N( y^jHfc^^M ZEPHYR CONVERTIBLE IB ZEPHYR m HP 1^ NEW STYLING FEATURES! I NEW INTERIORS! I NEW COLOURS! If NEW SAFETY! Ig See all that's NEW from 11 FOUD FOR 58 Af I UNIVERSAL CARS LTD. II ORCHARD ROAD SINCAPORE, lH
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  • GREAT WORLD INTERNATIONAL TRADE Exhibition
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      9 1 GREAT WORLD INTERNATIONAL TRADE Exhibition Saturday, February 15, 1958.
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      SINGAPORE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
      463 1 SINGAPORE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE A STAGE SHOW EVERY NIGHT 111 international trade exhibition which opens at the Great World Amusement Park today marks the first demonstration since the -of the confidence of foreign manufacturers in the future of Efapore as a trading centre and market for their iroods ■i comes
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      Good luck to trade fair
      31 1 Good luck to trade fair The Free Press joins the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. M. Jumabhoy, in wishing success to the international trade fair, the sponsors and all exhibitors.
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      Message from Minister of Commerce and Industry
      172 1 Message from Minister of Commerce and Industry THIS International Trade Kxhibi j fcidh, 1 understand, ill not only display goods produced in the United Kingdom, United States, Austra- I lia, India and China, bul will also put <>n view ihe products <>r more than 100 Japanese linns which are participating
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      HE HOPES FOR TRADE BOOST BETWEEN COLONY AND JAPAN
      148 1 il IV(N "'<• very much plear. I" )S international U*** Exhibition, which j. «r n«g a special signi):iii ii i i being a major rillY™* f h ft* Trade lair a »r©Bt success, and will of increasing the n 1 ;:;:^:7i:;a.
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      EIGHT NATIONS ONE EXHIBITION
      1045 2 EIGHT NATIONS ONE EXHIBITION I/) NT, of the most interesting exhibitions in the inter national trade fair is the pavilion erected by .Messrs. Shewan, Tomes cV Co. Ltd., the old China firm established in Canton in 1819—139 years ago Shewan, Tonics' pa\ I lion, which 14 the largesl single exhibit
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      Single idea was driving force
      627 2 IF ever an industrial organisation was founded and successfully developed on a devoted application to a single idea, it is the j, famous Japanese electrical concern, the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. In 1918, the founder and present president of the company, Mr. Konosuke I
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      A look Japanes products
      405 2 A look Japanes products J^HE name Tithes Dental Photo S;; > i v i^Bl has been associated with Singapoi 1 lairs far too loiij^. to require any intrn,.;, •ii :liHB f%</ regular visitors. This year, however tin only be setting up their own booth but wil] i: ;s^R manage those
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      THREE FACTS OF A CINEMA
      535 3 Unusual problem for the architect rjESIGNING of Shaw Brothers' Sky Cinema presented an unusual problem in that it had three equally important frontages. The architect, Ho Koh Hoe of Ho Kwong Yew and Sons, is to be congratulated on the outstanding design of the building,
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      205 3 They laughed, Mr. Verne... %]O\ "...when you wrote a book about going around the world in 80 y //^y \y y^^^^ days even prophesized it would be done in 80 hours. \\l 1 /X/yy^^^^^^ "But you were right, Mr. Verne. You were right. We can circle \\l ///yVZX^^^^^^ the world
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      129 4 yS I zzzzzzizlil zlzli Izlzzlz 111 l ii J V H^v^l x^ ::5^1l::ii:ii::ii!iil!::::":::rii;:f jr N^aW >^. «—s. S/^eT^^^F^*^. •^-■^y. X. V 1 1 ,/Vj' l_Ja^^'l^*'^^aaaW < '^^aaL ■^B^. -..aa^^^ M G V^-i^^v WHEREVER A SWITCH IS TURNED 2^^^v "NATIONAL" STANDS READY TO SERVE M inßrL A^WNV A MORE gracious and
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE
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      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE Singapore, February 15, 1958.
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      3 1 THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
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      My most moving moment
      1392 1 My most moving moment BERYL GREY ends the story of her triumphant Russian tour There on freezing morning QANCINC at the Bolshoi was the biggest challenge of my professional life. I was conscious of friendliness and helpfulness throughout the theatre, but I was aware also that all the time I
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      Coping with a S.T.U.T.T.E.R
      222 2 Coping with a S.T.U.T.T.E.R HOW to cope with a stutter has always produced in me a discomforting amount of embarrassment writes Jennifer Johns. In the vast 'i have always taken one of three courses depending which sprang to mind first. rl LOOKED AWAY have looked away and pretended not to
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      My favourite VOLCANO LADY of 1958
      788 2  - My favourite VOLCANO LADY of 1 958 AMANDA MARSHALL By 1 THE activities of I Miss Lin d a I Christian, who has I lost her heart again, I and Miss Lollo- brigida, who is suing I a film prod liter for I breach of contract in connection with a
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      Miracle give hop crippled UNKNOWN
      240 2 Miracle give hop crippled UNKNOWN BECAUSE his u*r.Bi. countrymen are nOt B c interested in his m-K ventions. a Welsh In >* motor mechanic 'B ]i taking his ideas to|B England. B,' Working in a tiny ar 'f|Mt' five-and-a-halt years i c without a plan or r print, 45-.year iid
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      Jeanette defeats the Age of Confusion
      279 3  - Jeanette defeats the Age of Confusion LEONARD MOSLEY lIICJUIII BY IVIIKN you meet a pretty girl, a fresh out of school, just embarking on grown-up life, do you envy her? I don't. I feel sorry for the poor thing-. For the years between 16 and 20, for a girl, are
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      Brandy cigars and spirits
      228 3  - Brandy cigars and spirits DOROTHY HARRISON By f r|VER alter -dinner V/ brandy and cigars the other evening, the big business men push. Ed back their chairs. formed a semi-circle and th e scanc c began. It lasted more than 1 two hours in a private i suite at London's
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      And now— sleeping pills for fish
      123 3 And now— sleeping pills for fish PiUa for fish are being Keles tinK n sri(>nUst at Lo s B treams ty to restOck lak s V;;, pilla (of sodium trlcl n(1 other barbiturates) n"^? vex «enta of even the c eW C and flap- worthy •ntlsi wtm llf y flft
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      GOD who KNEW WAYS OF MARRIAGE
      948 3 GOD who KNEW WAYS OF MARRIAGE Pelham Groom writes on Chinese customs THE old saying that some are bom great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust up on them is true in every walk of life. And it is equally true that some of those in the last
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        WINDOW'S WAY IS A RUBBER VERSUS RICE DRAMA
        297 4 WINDOW'S WAY IS A RUBBER VERSUS RICE DRAMA I ABOUR unrest on,} political ditfer enr cs, faC tor, only too fdl I\\ liar tv us, form the sub ject of 'V/.ndom 5 Way's starr un; Petl 1 Finch and Mary Urc The film is set 'on an island m the
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        GUEST CRITIC
        163 4 GUEST CRITIC fine performance as Anna. Finch's head nurse, and sister of the village firebrand Jan. She is obviously in love with the doctor and her loyalties are severely tested I when a clash occurs between Finch and her Wemiisiie There's a realistic villain in the person of the local
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        A drama of the writer's underworld
        238 4 A drama of the writer's underworld •'Sweet Smell of Success brings Burt Lancaster (right) and Tony Curtis together again but this time in the ruthless world or American Journalism. J. J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) i s a Columnist who is read by six million people. Sidney Falco (.Tony Curtis) a
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        Comedian Danny is just as funny as ever
        279 4 "ILfKKKY ANDREW* with Danny Kaye. It's iTI really superfluous to say any more. Danny Kaye is as good as ever and the film is full of laughs. The story comei from Paul Galileo's novel and tells of a young schoolmaster who is
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      THEY'RE OUT TO TAME SUN
      697 5 Its energy is tree QELEGATES from Siam, Korea, Japan, India, Ceylon and Pakistan were among some 700 experts from 30 nations to attend the first World Symposium of Applied Solar Energy held recently in Arizona. Its purpose was to provide a common meeting ground for
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      BINOCULARS ON SHOW, TOO
      299 5 From Page 2 ltlms n hnr own booth the "fffi mentioned above for fI HKJ pot sale. I In addition, ex- t ich tried-and-true a a heSolida, Franka, Praki n fl 1?i mat Prakticaf! Dlax Edixa-Re-gex z cameras and the Multi- •■'iroi.ir flash. (r SS?"* to
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        67 5 y^\ PERFORATED H G yl or coolness IWBH and comfort hI C ■■'•> i I sleep on air-cooled I PARAFOAM i yfl| latex foam Im PILLOWS jMmjJMi^H MATTRESSES /^^ll 1 PARAFOAM HBik ift 1 If PERFORATED HOLES W^mm^ 4 J PI S PILLOWS* MATTRESSES W^^^m, f 'V 1 8 CUSHIONS
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        128 6 See the Multi-purpose usage! and Wide Adaptability of: I £022 O^i^D The STEEL PIPE SCAFFOLD (£f| V^P ASSEMBLED HOUSE 1 tAt PIPE SUPPORT H Wfe used in //ie construction ot: I sr 1 TL. lADAMFCF TDAHE CAID I ELM PRWECTOR "YASMICA CAMERA 'FUJI FILM" I l IIC wfirfllllivli I lm#%lr
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      BACKWARD GLANCE
      31 7 iinisfer at past trade fairs lllf formal am!?j Jumabh °y stroll around last year's exhibition after »lN»ning ceremony. Mr. Jumabhoy's special message for this r appears in Page One.
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      FORMAL, INFORMAL
      41 7 LEFT: The Singapore Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, formally opens last year's Great World trade fair. ABOVE: An informal moment at the 1956 fair when a salesgirl gives him a light for his sample cigarette.
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        50 7 These and many other famous "AMOYCAN" c|iiatily ff^^fok products are ohtainahle at special prices with KJR^S valuahle FREE i\eu Year Gifts at the GK^AT <• WORLD TRADE FAIR from the I.lth February to the 9th March, 1958, Curried Sweet Chilli Chicken Sauce THE AMOY CANNING CORPORATION (Singapore) LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA
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      THE ACCENT ON AND COMFORT
      484 8 THE ACCENT ON AND COMFORT i>arafoam industries Ltd. was established In late 1957 aftei three years of practical experiments! which have now enabled Parafoam to manufacture better and cooler latex-foam pillows, mattresses, and cushions. The main feature of Parafoam products is their cool quality. No competitors can claim this quality.
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      Bottling your favourite drink
      247 8 One of the biggest and oldest canning factories in th e Far East, the Amoy Canning Corporation, has over half a century's experience in the manufacture of canned products, soya sauce and preserved ginger. For several decades, their products have been so popular throughout the principal
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        48 8 I *^T!I. r^ TAPE REC O RDER S CONFECTIONERY I I AROUND THE WORLD I UN-CAN industrial SHE WAN TOMES RUBBER COODS PAVILION 1 flßßflam GREAT WORLD PARK I3ljjfl& f j misth March9th 19S8 j *7^^B^B^L_^B^B^^^oy I la I I I Bil »4^B^^^ HICH FIDELITY RECORn? EQUIPMENT RECORDS
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      IT'S OUR DUTY TO REFLECT THE LIGHT
      556 9  - IT'S OUR DUTY TO REFLECT THE LIGHT Ch ristian Layman Saturday sermon l»j a I|M LING was a young, sincere Chiistian. M Whenever she read this verse from the Bible v jesus Christ says: "I am the Light of the World (John 9:5) it reminded her of this Indent: i
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        79 9 smiles at you! What a joy when first I^P^P^ s*my you hear those happy coos and VHHP9 Jk^ 1 chuckles! Baby is telling you that all is jiji knowledge that here is health in abundance. X X nR Siong Look at the gleeful, smiling faces of balanced infant food that
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        1045 9 ::l i 1 1 1 f i f 1 1 f l l l l l l l l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ce 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimmmiiimiiHiiiiiii Sunday
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      WEEKEND QUIZ PAGE
      681 10 VHE Crystal Ball only had to be brought into use for the Special Quiz last week, and that is how it should be, for if hundreds of you all know th e right answers it shows that the Quizzes are too easy. And that itself is an
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      CHARLES FEELS THE STRAIN
      273 11  -  ARCHIE QUICK By J HI great John Charles is beginning to feel the strain of playing in Italian football. He was given a hero's welcome back to Cardiff when he played for Wales against Israel in the World Cup, out the giant was a shadow of
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      29 11 sia Dortmund and Milano drew one-all to th( first leg of their I r oP«an Soccer Cup quar- i al mat(h ln at^lftt Sldeled 1 Reuter
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      CANADIAN XV FOR JAPAN?
      25 11 Columbia allteam may visit Mr. Rob Went oi the BriRugby Union.' icouver. said thr toam la > nlnr matches In rugby team
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      IRISH LEAGUE
      11 11 Ii L Baagof 5-a T( tgw match ntiftrj 28
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      Zip—it's the way the big stars hit
      514 11  - Zip it 's the way the big stars hit DAN MASKELL CAN IMPROVE YOUR TENNIS -by i *DAN MAS- E KELL, world-fa- E mous tennis coach/ gives you the style of the i stars how they E play the shots E that make them E champions. t|II- world class 1
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      48 11 Isaac Logart of Cuba and Virgil Akins. United States, have agreed on a 12-round final eliminator for the worw welterweight j title at MadLsoM Square Qardetl I n March 21. The winner will fljdit the American Vinre Martinez for the vacant champion* ship Reuter
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      Horse with five feet
      40 11 Has a fivr legged hefM evei iron a n<»t race? Will, not «jiiiti--bu! nrarlv! PaDChc < alv.in was hum in England with Btc f'«< i>»t "»«i one amputiUd fir hftf ITOfl Wfefl «>f his tin ra<;is too!
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      21 11 Lew Hoad about to 2 volley the racket head under perfect control and about E to be punched, not swung. E
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      BOYS CLUB WEIGHT TOURNEY
      129 11 THE Pasir Panjang Boys' Club will hold their second annual body building and weightlifting championships at their premises tomorrow at 7 pjn. Those competing are: MR. PASIR PANJANG: Lee Kirn Soon, A. Rahim bin Mohamed Noor, Abdul Rahim bin Haji Mohd. Noor, David Jaya Raj, Oth.tnaii
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      32 11 The American national ice hockey team were beaten 7-6 by Wembley Lions, the London team, at Wembley la.st night, On Wednesday the Americans- were brnten 5-4 by Harringay.- Reuter
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      Lock icon BARROW WIN 36-2
      23 11 Barrow beat Liverpool City by 36 2 iii the Rugty League Cup first round postponed from !j«si Batur day, Reuter
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      396 11 ORITAIN'S AMATEUR SPORTSMEN FACE A CRIPPLING SETBACK IN THEIR CEASELESS FIGHT FOR MORE FACILITIES AS A RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT CIRCULAR URGING LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO CUT DOWN ON EXPENDITURE. The long-suffering athletes are expected to be the hardest hit victims of the new cuts. With
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      BIRTH
      25 12 JO W «rd» S'» < minimum i MM: To Ivy ftftd Kee Cl.:.i. Paglar Meinoiial Clinic, a daughter on 13.3.58. Botii mother and child well
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      DEATH
      98 12 20 Word* $6 (minimum) MRS. CHAN KOK SENG aged 67, passed away peacefully on 12th February 1958 at her residence No. 343. Upper East Coast Road (Bth mile stone) Leaving behind two sons Chan Wah Chip ol Jurong Brickworks Ltd.. Chan Wah Chew of University of Mal.iya (Estate Oilice>,
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      Lock icon THE JAPANESE BULLDOG BORES IN TENACIOUSLY
      37 12 picture. Ray Ming Chan (left) backs from the p a attacking Japanese ■I Bulldog, Kiyoshi J Miura, in their ten- round battle last night at the Happy World > Stadium. Free Press
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      Lock icon Easy for Carlos
      68 12 MAX CARLOS, former South-East Asia amateur champion, scored the easiest win of his professional career last night in Melbourne when he did not lose a round against Emil Tinde, of the PhilippinevS. rinde, conceding a pound in weight —he scaled 9 st. 84 lb.— was outclassed but
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      Lock icon HUNGARY PROTEST
      56 12 THE president of the HunA garian Football Federation, Mr. Sandor Bares, said yesterday the FIFA (International Football Federation) decision to reduce the suspensions on six Hungarian footballers was "completely illegal" and the Hungarian Federation would lodtfe a protest. The players were suspended because they refused to return home
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      Lock icon Spurs sign' up star winger
      111 12 Spurs sign' up star winger CLIFF JONES, Swansea Town's Welsh international winger, yesterday signed for Tottenham Hotspur to close a foot- j ball transfer deal that has been talked about for two weeks. Jones, at present on National Service with the Army and stationed in the London area, had indicated
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      Lock icon Yusuf in s-finals
      46 12 EDDY YUSUF of Indonesia entered the semi-finals of the East India badminton championships in Calcutta yesterday. He beat Arun Banerjee of Bengal 15-4, 15-4. Tan Joe Hock, Indonesia's number one player, qualified for the quarter-finals, beating Keshav Datt of Bengal 15-5, 15-5. Reuter
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      Lock icon Batsman's 104 v. Australia
      90 12 A FINE batting display featured the first day's play of a three day match between Griqualand West and the Australian touring team /esterday when the visitors scored 88 for one wicket after dismissing Griqualand for 185. Brian Goble. a 24-year-old salesman, had fortune on his side
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      ROY LAZAROO BEATS KESAVAN
      176 12 Tiik thunder of last night's boxing i<i pulo Bwkom WM between Roys ton LftMTOO and V Kesavan. LacaTOO out classed tits opponent to win a scientific bat tin Ke.savan was MM to taking I fount n the first and second rounds when he absorb h! If
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      Need for Boxing Board to Need for Boxing Board to step in...
      178 12 Need for Boxing Board to Need for Boxing Board to step in... Free Press Boxing Reporter OOUS thousand spectators stormed uomnn 1 ring last night at the Happy World Stadim! AS Ray Ming Chan was given a points verdict Japanese Kiyushi Miura. l()Ur L They regarded the Jap a comfortable
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      Lock icon U.S. WIN 8-5
      27 12 The United States hp»t I I Switzerland 8-5 in an inter I national Ice-hockey match I J last night in Lausanno I 1 Reuter
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      Lock icon DOG CLASSIC
      21 12 Holystone Elf. a second season dog. yesterday won the Waterloo Cup, the greyhound coursing classic. .held in Liverpool. Reuter
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      19 12 Grand Master Mikhail Tahl has won the title of Soviet chess champion for 1958 in Riga. Reuter
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        404 12 Straits Times Free Press For the convenience of od*cr- tisi-ri our represcntotvie at It Moor, SINGAPORE COLO STOR AGf. ORCHARD ROAD, will ro cctve small odvt rtiscncn(» ond answers to boa numbers. Clarified •dvertiktment* rt»o> oi. j be handed to: CITY BOOK STORE LTD Winchester House, Collycr Quay, Singapore. MR.
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