The Singapore Free Press, 25 February 1958

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    The Singapore Free Press
    32 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper r ,1 -n.;.«i>««»'. Tuesday, February 25, 1958, Price 15 Cts. intercepted Jakarta airforce message urges friendly troops and planes to search tor Mustang fighters
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    Lock icon 7 dead as racer hurtles into crowd
    213 1 7 dead as racer hurtles into crowd u -> l><'opie were reI Parted killed and 20 J J ll re d yesterday wiien Ferrari racing m car driven by Arman- ft /v^fia, of Cuba. Jkldded into specta- jors ,\urb\fr the Cuban m y Us(| i» rix al .Havana. m already
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    TWO PLANES LOST IN RADIO RAIDS, say REBELS
    345 1 TWO PLANES LOST IN RADIO RAIDS, say REBELS TWO INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT MUSTANG FIGHTERS ARE MISSING AFTER A THE ATTACK ON THE RADIO STATIONS AT PADANG AND BUKIT TINGGI IN REBEL-HELD CENTRAL SUMATRA LAST WEEK, IT WAS REPORTED IN PADANG LAST NIGHT. This news was contained In what was described as
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    5 quarry strikers arrested
    69 1 SINGAPORE police arrested five strikers this morning for alleged obstruction. They were employees of Gammon (Malaya) Ltd. Police were called to a quarry at Jurong about 8 a.m. a group of was said to be obstructing the entrance. A police spokesman told the Free Press the
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    Lock icon Winston has visitors
    29 1 Sir Winston Churchill *ho is continuing his remarkable recovery at his French Riviera villa at Roquebrune, was able t<* have his first aiMnwnM visitors yesterday- U.P.
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    Thugs take revenge. smash two stalls
    55 1 Thugs take revenge. smash two stalls piFTEEN gangsters smashed up two coffee stalls in Noordin Lane at about 8.40 p.m. yesterday. Damage was estimated at $65. A police spokesman said the proprietors had previously refused to pay protection money. He added: "If they had reported the extortion attempt earlier the
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    Lock icon H-bases protest
    43 1 About 350 demonstrators, mostly young people, protested at the House of Commons last night against establishment of missile bases In Britain. They were admitted In batches of about 20 or 30 at a time to talk with Members of Parliament. Reuter
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    RUBBER PRICE
    32 1 March first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at 77 5 8 cents a lb., down threequarters of a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was quiet.
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    Lock icon British minister chased by mob
    169 1 jl li RIOTING mob last ■ft night chased the ftory Housing Minister, qHKIr. Henry Brooke. \M Bhmii a public meeting Igl En London as he deu,l Kenrit'ti a controversial "'KKovernmem measure ililKlKU took the ceiling fs,^B° n rents i_ M Mr. Brooke rushed :l Bfn
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    Lock icon TOWNS STRICKEN BY FLOODS
    130 1 RAGING flondwaters swept through four North Island towns of New Zealand yesterday, killing two people and causing millions of dollars of damage to farmland. The flood poured over the banks of a dozen rivers swollen by a day and a night of teeming rain. Troops were
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    Lock icon Rockets: Sandys rebuffs delay proposal
    355 2 Rockets: Sandys rebuffs delay proposal \\n Duncan sand* iU the Defence u2 ter, yesterday refill ed to give the Labo l Opposition an 2 ance that constru? tion of bases m m tain for America* made missiles would not start b ef "summit" talks bZ tveen Russia and th West:
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    Lock icon Sew Kunsey sex shock
    215 3 jji Kinse> Institute oi Sex Research, renowned for its reports on the behaviour of the l!«--i nd female, said in i report released In yesterday that one i v\ oni m In 10 be hi i "A i before sin." larries Xhe institute, part oi ndiana
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    Lock icon BRITONS WILL GO TO U.S. IN MAY FOR MISSILE TRAINING
    177 3 BRITONS WILL GO TO U.S. IN MAY FOR MISSILE TRAINING iflrsi British Servicen are expected to arrive In America early in for ir.b.m. training, l arned In Washington ye; terday, Early training will be at fa^t) m c com Po n cnt The arrangement for a I decision by the
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    Lock icon IKE: CONTINUE AID OR U.S. MAY BE A GARRISON STATE
    263 3 IKE: CONTINUE AID OR U.S. MAY BE A GARRISON STATE ORESIDENT Eisenhower said in Washington yesterday that the United States "is the strongest temporal power on earth" and has "nothing to feai from ourselves or others." The President cautioned, however, that if the United States does not continue its foreign
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    Lock icon Fiji stork is early bird
    66 3 Fiji stork is early bird A CENSUS taken in Fiji has disclosed that m the 10 years between 1946 and 1956 nearly 1.400 girls under the age of 15 had babies. Girls ased 15 who I had babies totalled nearly 4,500, while girls of 16 who had babies I numbered
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    UNKNOWN
    133 3 I ml.i /'abiiK iecided in I A Khartoum last night I Hhat Egypt had acted in I WP n i lin I 'i enc "''y way' 1 toI Kvards lii 1 Sudan. I Information Minister, I Mil- Abu Sin, said the I BTjovo: 1 !nt would an. Bicu nee
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    Lock icon A side of bacon saved his ship
    102 3 A side of bacon saved his ship A FOUR-POUND side of bacon saved the 100--ton Dutch motor vessel "Zuiderzee" from sinking In the harbour at Eindhoven, Holland, a spokes man for the Koopvaart shipping company revealed yesterday. The ship sprang a leak in the hull after a collision. One of
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      167 3 Ifl Most up-to-date Fabric for U m decorating your house and W ra Wow is the right time! H 91 Come and see our Furnishing Dept., Ffl I! Ist Floor. |1 [GIAN SINGH CO. LTD., 30-1 RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE-1 Xi Bj TELEPHOME: *****/6 M ~eat24t milo? fe^w WtL Oh yes!
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 1958. Opinion
    205 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 1958. Opinion Success for Singapore TT has been a long upx hill struggle to get Singapore on the world tourist map. And election by the Pacific Area Travel Association of Singapore's Commerce and Industry Minister as! its new president is a well-deserved recognition
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    ONASSIS IS WORRIED
    917 4  -  RICHARD KILIAN uy 'White storm is on you mu H t not lose your nerve. It trill puss like other storms A RISTOTLE SOCKAAT E s 0N A 8 8 1 8 squinted his eyes across the shimmering harbour at Monte Carlo, pointed to his £350-a-day yacht,
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      10 4 Sole Apontt' SCHMIDT CO, IM) LTD. P.O. BOX 2395, SINGAPORE.
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      52 4 Kill germs fast wiih%S the home germ -free. Keep JaH^ap easier. Use Hrobat foi HP flenning sinl s, b.iths, Bhj|M'?!i!EM I J^JjyfH^^^ kitchen tnl)!< s. floors, stone steps, etc. Brobat S^^^MlrPfPß •hacoo a so ,;i VGs (1 leaner w.isb HMHmIb t° white nnd coloured w K^B i SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE
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    550 'MISSING' CITIZENS FOUND
    201 5 8,.? 4tvrs go out to <hvm to vttii I .id iakv oulli m jore Citizenship Registry announced 1 ay, that they had found 550 people M filiations for citizenship had been X did not come in to take the oath. p. Cromwell, the Chief Registrar of
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    COLONY 'POLL' LISTS OUT ON MARCH 1
    178 5 COLONY 'POLL' LISTS OUT ON MARCH 1 TT copies of the W rolls for the m Singapore W.: ()i mcil elections w on display at 36 K l l *he rural areas 1" tal of registered m er s in the three disW !V| Seranooon Bukit PanjangTwo months mr JP
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    ONASSIS IS WORRIED
    205 5 ■Voim ftifn* 1 m y sWpa were cam mu <* a £12,000 a reckoned that already had to &B Id up, R 6 the insur. and the salaries I^° 9'oomy Onassis has had to cancel three of them already. By now. Onassis had regained his usual calm.
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    Endurance test round world
    100 5 motor CYCLING round the world is I a still' enough enj durance lor any man but not for engine- fitter R. C. Banks i (right), He is now on a world tour by niotor- cycle. He arrived in Sin- gapore recently after an arduous trip from
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    $33,625 MORE REQUIRED FOR YWCA APPEAL FUND
    111 5 I^HE Singapore Y.W.C.A. has received $1,375 towards its annual appeal fund. It still needs $33,625. The association launched a campaign to raise money tor this year's activities about a week a so. Its target figure is $35,000. The campaign organised by Mrs. Martha
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    Lock icon Quads-all girlsfor miner's wife
    30 5 Quadruplets all girls were born yesterday to Mrs. Ingeborg Rossol, 23-year-old wife of a miner at the Rhineland village of Repelen. near Geldern. W. Germany. Reuter
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      205 6 i I hi i«T S Aiiii i: by Sydney .lonian AJh /OUNCES IMMINENCE O/" rutfWO^' POWEQHJL c,V^>O^ SO r«47 /T FALLS FEW AUTOMATIC A/OS ___CT —^^^^^^^^^^^^J /-/v/i .>»v^/.v AiuuA/ 7» 'W^W/ IB^^^i^Ml lIW 'LL HAVE TC:) pLY WCG ALL Y^|4^N *M i^» k^l^P 1^ s uupak will ge sucppiseo JNS^
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      477 6 j C_^r I I DORN today, you have a sweet out i **gOing, generous and ri "M nature. You are fond Ol oeooh? 1^ I they too, enjoy your coLl&n? Yo I ot the teiumine sex are 1 kv\ the social leaders in yuuVn I and you men are Inveterate
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      U.K. dosing prkes
      174 7 I'l eviuus Today Mm i' Nn I KSS C U W „i. |eb 229* buyer! 22% buyers 1 1 ll L no filers no sellers March 22% buyers 22 s buyers 22*4 sellers 23 .seller. s K..it no i KSS Spol 22-; buyers 22~; buyers ■Li-'-"- NO
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      New York prices
      101 7 I NEW YORK, Feb. 24. Previous Today N straits spot 94.87 norn 95.50 nom. Sitl°Contraci viarcli I! 94.00 buyers 94.00 buyers 1 95.00 sellers 95.25 sellers May 9375 buyers 93 75 buyers 94.50 sellers 95.00 sellers )M Steady. SALES: Nil. BBER Future* March 26.30 buyers 26.60 paid
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      29 7 I NEW YORK, Feb. 24. Previous Today Industriab 439.62 437.19 Railroads 105.31 104.15 Domestic Bonds 88 99 88.93 Itilities 71.93 72.08 Stocks Composite Averages 150.21 149.45
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      U.S. PEPPER
      61 7 t Malabar spot 25 U, awaiting lease 25, afloats 24»L« to 24 J /i, tbruary shipment 24 l/ t. Lamog spc>; and awaiting release afloats 24 \i, to 24U, Pebru- ary shipment 24. Sarawaks unquoted. Muntok white spot 34^. awaiting release 34, afloats 33 H, February shipment 32%.
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      Copra, coconut on prices
      104 7 LONDON, F?b. 24. L, Previous Today imi.\ Philippines c.i.f. U.R./ North Kuropeun ports delivered i*eight per long ton Feb./ Mar. $187 sellers $187 sellers <>N:\. Straits c.l.f. UK/North luropean ports delivered £68% buyers £68V£ buyers wni-iitpi-r long ton Feb. March £69 V*. sellers £69 sellers March
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    Lock icon Vicci's neu triumph is also her farewell
    419 7 Vicci 's neu triumph is also her farewell •TiflE KKME Dramatic Society and its producer scored an- other triumph last night with their latest production 'See How They Run" at the REMfc Thea- v tre, Rowcroft Lines, Ayer Raja Road. And it was a personal triumph for Vicki Courtney who
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    Lock icon TRIAL A 'CONTEST OF CROOKS v. HONEST MEN'
    209 7 TRIAL A 'CONTEST OF CROOKS v. HONEST MEN' A DEFENCE counsel reviewed the testimony of prosecution witnesses in the trial of five men on a conspiracy charge yesterday and declared: "Never can there have been such a procession of crooks through the witness box." Mr. Edward Clarke, defending DetectiveSergeant Trevor
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    Lock icon Now a space radio mystery
    75 7 Now a space radio mystery T»HE high-power radio x transmitter in America's space satellite "Explorer I" has suddenly come back on the air, the California Institute of Technology's jet propulsion laboratory disclosed i$ Pasadena yesterday. The surprise return of the high-power radio was picked up on Sunday night at the
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      141 7 SINGAPORE j HIGH TIDES TODAY: 2.41 p.m. 2 TOMORROW: 2.45 a.m. and 3.29 p.m, THURSDAY: 3.26 a.m. I and 4.39 p.m. FRIDAY: 4.20 a.m. and I 6.47 P.m. SATURDAY: 5.38 a.m. and 8.44 p m. SUNDAY: 7.15 a.m. and 9.35 p.m. J MONDAY: 8.33 a.m. and 10.13 p.m. Todays Radio
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    Now they get their wings...
    101 8 After eight weeks exhaustive training at the Training School, Heston near London Airport, stewardesses of BOAC are taught everything, from changing babies 1 nappies to serving a de luxe meal! At the end of the training period, the girls get their "wings" (brevets) presented to
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    OH. TO BE AN AIR HOSTESS
    143 8 SEVEN of 12 English girls who arc flying M air hostesses in the United States share an apartment Which is known as the "English Colony" in the Mid-West'l Kansas City Th<> girll are those who were recruited last year by the American airline TWA.
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    Nightmare snow for tied girl
    388 8 Nightmare snow for tied girl pulle' m back into rh trees Ho started JM my clothes off and S tually succeeded, il thing came off "He kept tying me during the struggle i not very well. I came J and e fefr U1 We H Frightened After describing an aft
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    53 8 Reuter photo. I Mr. Richard Edrrw 1 London County Council mittee, discusses with I i council's architect, a' proposed road improve™ London's busiest inti "< The Wellington A route from Buckingham island circled by the on The entrance to I Piccadilly with Kn.ghti front right corner oft* The improvements
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      Masthead
      6 1 Eve wtMmmm Tuesday, February 25, 1958.
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      SACK (Dior) v. SACK (potato).
      448 1 SACK (Dior) v. SACK (potato). QO YOU WANT to know what your menfolk think of the new sack-line dresses or would you rather not hear? Never has male opinion been so united, and I quote a typically male summary of the latest drape-shape from Paris. After seeing a substantial-type figure
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        139 1 #/o in v pniutn siull. buu hvrsvllf #t uuehm mi hnh> in ih*> iup aml sSsp i{ nn>r h*>v iwiuL vnitif*lggin4>gt ita> matt. THAT is immi mhmi urn did~. *4t ml i ttiki<> in itu> vnnvltisinn ihai iltv pniuin-siijtv savkilr<>ss nit ihv tv£i Innkvd r*>rfi ii&if ihv ninr-sifilv suvk-dr**ss WHAT
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      Screen stars set such a bad example
      466 2  - Screen stars set such a bad example Rev Frank Martin By the A LOVELY face smiles invitingly from the television screen. A gangling young man with a husky, untrained voice sings in a packed theatre. They are show business. These are the people who j They are the leaders of
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      No need for a fridge with this food
      171 2 No need for a fridge with this food TRRADIATED FOODS j foods preserved by bombarding them with ionising rays are likely to spell death to the familiar j household refrigera- i tor. In the past two years research into the long-term preserva- tion of foods has j proved the success
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      HOSTESSES AT BALL
      73 2 Lovely Singapore models. Marion Willis, left, and Peggy Tan, are two of the attractive local mannequins who will act as hostessess at a ball on March 1 at the Chinese Swimming Club, to aid the Asian Games Fund. Clothes needed for games Other attractions of the evening
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      RING RACKET HITS THOSE JEWELLERS
      197 2 ORITAIN'S jewellers have fallen out with the Chancellor of the Exchequer over the black market said to be flourishing in passing off new rings as "second-hand" to avoid 60 per cent purchase tax the Chancellor having claimed that malpractices "are not so extensive as has
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      HOW TO STAY WELL GROOMED ON YOUR TRAVELS
      503 3 HOW TO STAY WELL GROOMED ON YOUR TRAVELS %WANF to keep your grooming up to par on your travels? Chic, sophisticated Joan Fontaine may be able to help you. For although this famous Hollywood actress is recognised primarily for her dramatic screen performances, she could also claim fame as one
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        94 3 iowf\ and OovirVTry Tanglin Emporium: Orchard Road. I Dress Salon: Meyer Chambers, Raffles Place. I Boutique: Corner of High St. North Bridge Rd. I I |uj||| W||f J freshing after travel* I BBflßW^^^^|fe *ansing after a iicim Iffltei^PlE gporting event iK^lrSr^ &4s&& A 4 A Keg-' •••■:■>:•/ >y §^^^R&§st^^^R R^RV^
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      HARTNELLFLIRTS with DRACULA!
      180 4  -  JOY MATTHEWS By z toe man who mak< th< s< I n ithi king t>-'!--1 dresses for thi Qua n has sh >wn a collec- tion thai was a Idoscope oi the London season. Once more Kartnelft titled and privileged clients can rely on him to dress
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      Pastels now to suit all
      431 4 Pastels now to suit all yow that vivid Italian colour S have had a fair play and fickle fashion i.s turning again to the softer tones, blondes and brunettes are bein <-v treated to shades that are as becoming on one as on the other. This was proved recent,ly, in
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      NEW GUIDE IS KNITTING 'CERT
      104 4 PDR every woman who has despaired when a handle n i t unintentionally turns out a Sloppy Joe sweater, the news Is good. Sweaters and cardigans which fit where they ought are a future knitting "cert." Some bright backroom boy has solved the problem, which
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        135 4 NEWS! A Lt NG-LASTSNG LIPSTICK THAT DOES NOT DRY LIPS Helena Rubinstein NEW CREAMY Stay-Long LIPSTICK A NKW LOOK FOR LIPS? n now lov--lines* lor lips! Helena Rubinstein's New STAY-LONG Lip-stick clings l-"t (more miracaioosi) < lin^- caressingly never ftn.-aniit;. never drying. Ami the New EASY-CHANGE anil meant that changing
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      Tasty dishes-armystyle
      228 9 1, a l urt .!sfl added: "He B and coat over 1 said he was l.V his own coat. Is»iw:iy and I man{?JK my self. I ran X' court." Miss ■s.V "Whon my noi tied I was ■r' ..t> ng to E, own clothes ;i »ible. I did
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      Lock icon UNKWNON
      42 9 of the Com- ■r: Bennett the ic^i shows the m Park Corner j" li Bmnc processional «J P«3"> on a large B' routes. m l EM funnel linking »J I be seen at the m of a scheme FASDFDAS A .P.
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      Will the boa return?
      92 9 Will the boa return? Will the feather boa return now that Edwardian dress is rapidly becoming a fashion favourite? Rank organisation starlet, Jill Dixon, has her own favourite at Pinewood Studios whero she is now filming "A Night to Remember," tm» story of the Titanic's sinking in 1912. This film
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      Lock icon 'TALKS' INDUCE FARMERS TO UP GRAIN DRIVE
      212 10 'TALKS' INDUCE FARMERS TO UP GRAIN DRIVE (^OM.VIIMST CHINA has built up pressures against its peasants to a new high as the apparently frenzied drive in that nation continues for grain to fvvd its millions, according to a report reaching Tokyo. The Peking New China News Agency reported that 369
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      Lock icon Plan for Asian neutral zone
      39 10 The Japan Socialist Party, the major opposition party, said the party was hoping to establish a neutral zone in the Far East complementary to the Polish proposal for a neutral zone in Europe. Reuter
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      Lock icon Brisk trade in fakes
      103 10 Brisk trade in fakes I)OPULAKITY of Buddha statues has led to a brisk trade in fakes in Shun produced at bronze factories in the neighbourhood of temples, but some of the opies of ancient Buddhist art have themselves reached a very high artistic level. According to experts who have made
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      Lock icon SMALL NATIONS ALSO KEEN ON ARMS CUT
      158 10 INDONESIA'S ambassador to the United Na--1 tions has blamed the armaments race for holding back the economic development of the wood's non-industrial countries. Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo. in a New Jersey speech, said that the money being poured into nuclear weapons might better be
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      Lock icon Two mass graves
      93 10 TWO cemeteries with mass graves of prisoners who were buried ir 115 A.D. have been discovered on the outskirts ol Loyang, Honan Province according to the Peking New China News Agency. Bricks dug out by peasants on which were Inscribed the birthplace. name, crime and date of
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      Lock icon The militarists, not the people
      66 10 Filipino guerilla hero. Mr Raul S. Manglapus. .said in Melbourne that during the war he learned to hate the Japanese race because of the tortures practiced on him while he Was a prisoner. After a postwar visit to Japan, he said, "I found the Japanese
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      41 10 A Melbourne report .says the Australian Council of Trade Unions inter-state executive has decided to accept an invitation from the All-China Federation of Labour for a delegation to visit Peking for the May Day ce^brations. Reuter
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        156 10 HLECTRIC power and light are now M»#hi, many areas in Asia foi the first time s, 8 rei>ort issued by the United Nations EcobSi 1 Commission for Asia and the Far Fast During 11 months in 1956. 53 towns m< \Ka
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        41 10 Mr. Jean Royer, deputy secretary general of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. i s now In Tokyo t o discuss the p o s sibility of holding the 1958 gen^ ral session of GATT in Japan this autumn. Reuter
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        17 10 THE SIAMESE RED CROSS HAS BEEN OFFERED A COBALT CANCER UNIT BY THE RUSSIAN RED CROSS. REUTER
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        23 10 India will spend Rs.BBo million this year on rollingstock for its railroads. Most of the new equipment will be purchased in India U.P.
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        31 10 4 Red China's silk and cocoon industry has set itself the target of replacing Japan as the world's greatest producer in five years, the Peking New China News Agency reported. Reuter
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        27 10 penditure in 19,;; to about 5 per cent or its tokl I budget toys a ftjonovZ I report U.P. Communist North Korea will cut its defence ex-
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        24 10 A commentary v, the Peking People's Daily quoted by Peking Radio support. Ed the Sukarno ulministration and blasted the rebel government in Indonesia.. Renter
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        18 10 A "rat invasion" into two Southern Philippine provinces is reported do have caused widespread destruction to erons. U.P.
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        42 10 West Germany and Italy have informed the Manila Government they support the Philippines proposal for the integration of Uie North Atlantic Treaty Or-sanis-*t'*nn. the Bagdad Pact anf the SouthEast Asia Treaty OrS a n isation into a grand western defence alliance U.P.
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        31 10 Asked in Calcutta if he thought Communists had a hand in the state of affairs in Indonesia, Siamese Foreign Minister Prince Wan Waithiakon said: "Certainly not a hand but hands." Reuter
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        25 10 Prince Wan Waithiakon, Siamese Foreign Minister, is to lead the Siamese delegation to the SouthEast Asia Treaty Organisation ministers' meeting In Manila next, month. Reuter
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        32 10 Despite a record buylnj spree in Taipeh towarai the end of the Old 'f ar economic experts tnen foresee a recession as hW interest rates arc forcing many stores to dose- Reuter
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        38 10 Mr. Peter Kung, I Nationalist Chinese Government rice expert, has c selected by the I > Fo and Agricultural Or ation to be ifrlciiltarai adviser to the Government of Pakistan I v spend 0H« .V<ar in P t.lll.- U.P.
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        29 10 rtie Japanese 00V< has no intention ol Hir off South X U5547,19G,000 trade I the Japane.se Fn Minister, Mr. HLsato mada told the Diet (J liament) in Tokyo Reuter
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      152 10 Vietnam row subsides /CHINESE VIETNAMESE v; relations have Improved markedly in the last six months, a Nationalist Chinese diplomatic source in Saigon told United Press. Chinese in Saigon rioted and attempted an economic boycott last year as a result of President Ngo Dinh Diem's decrees affecting Chinese business and citizenship.
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      191 10 Chinese Reds hit at 'poor recruits' RED CHINA'S 600 million population is ruled by a Communist party which numbers less than 2 per rent, of the people. According to Tent; Hsiaoping, secretary general of thp party's Central Committee, the Chinese communist party has q membership of 12,720,000 inrcludlng 2,800,000 probationary
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      267 11 IfJNDU priests inspecting a leaking roof in th# treasury house of the anl cie nt Nathdawara Temple near Udaipur, Northern India, discovered a .eel door behind a cupboard. 1I M v broke the lock and by the li#ht of candles found their wav into
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      65 11 N EW HOP FOR 15 HUSKIES THE Japanese icebreaker Soya is standing by to airlift a seven-man wintering team to the Japanese base on Ongul Island, the Antarctic observation headquarters said in Tokyo. However, if it i s finally decided to call off observation work, it was stated, every effort
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      50 11 vii ncu iHuiinuiiu Nationalist Chinese Premier O.K. Yui told the Legislative Yuan (Parliament) in Taipeh that the Formosa Government's espionage activities in Red China have been stepped up in the past six months. The agents, he said, were now better trained and more effectively controlled than oeiore.— U.P.
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      120 11 MEMBERS of the t Japanese Diet (Parliament) took, time 1 off from their duties I to model "wrinkle' proof and non- tear able" suits at a men's fashion I sfioio in Tokyo. I The hit of the show, a double-breasted, peak lapel tuxedo of
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      38 11 SOUTH KOREA AGREES TO CUT ITS FORCES Coal province in Red China Shansi Province, known to be the richest coal resorve province in Red China. Is being given special emphasis in Peking's current five-year development pro- gramme.- U.P.
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      404 12  - GLOSSY PRINTS ARE BETTER SUNNY GIAM KWAN SAM HOI A.R.P.S. Catling ail Photographers] US By WHO'S COMING? ABOVE. Kittens can give the most delightful results. Rustling paper will get them to look quizzically in the required direction. This print has been accepted for salons in Malaya, France, Italy, England and
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        902 13 TILING FLOOR IS EASY IF YOU STICK TO RULES CLOOR TILES have many advantages which commend them to the home handyman. They represent flooring in easily handled units, are easy to lay, and allow the layer endless scope in working up his own patterns. In the smaller, awkwardly shaped rooms,
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        236 13 PLASTIC wall tiles are also easy to lay, and they, too, are available in a wide range of colours with capping rail and feature strip to add a touch of contrast. Make sure that the wall is perfectly clean and dry. All distemper and paper
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        291 13 JOINTS in asbestos sheet work can be waterproofed with white lead and linseed oil mixed to putty consistency. Length <>f grooved timber liin. long by lin. wide (edge of a tongue and groove board) provides first-class wool winder and scissors gauge when cutting lengths of wool
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      294 14 Cricketers must take means test rpHE position of the amateur In cricket has, A say, been degraded or. at best, severely down graded. This was made clear in the Long Koon at Lord's yesterday when the Duke of Norfolk, tin chairman of the M.C.C. special committee 01 amateurism, agreed that
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      415 14 This £100,000 forward line couldn't score a single goal By AKCIIIE QIICK OKIAN HARRIS (Everton), Derek Temple (Ever--13 ton). Bill Curry (Newcastle United), Gerry Hitchens (Aston Villa) and Cliff Jones (Tottenham Hotspur). That is a £100,000 forward line any club manager would be glad to own. But it was not
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      163 14 OLYMPIC GAMES decathlon representative John Cann of Sydney will take a f^w days' leave from a snake-catching expeditlo i to defend his Australian 220 yards hurdles title at th national athletic championships In Brisbane (Queens land) in March. Cann will compete as an Individual. Early in
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      200 14 THE BLUE BELLES The Cambridge Boat E Race trialisis, now in E E strict training on the E S River Cam, do not have E the river entirely to E themsejves, for the E Light Blue WOMEN S E E Eight have been out E E for daily practise, z\
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      45 14 The first track and fiold athletics meeting between Siam and Burma was held in Rangoon yesterday at Aungsan Stadium. The Thai track team outshone their Burmese opponents in the sprints, but the Burmese proved stronger in the long distance events. Reuter
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      347 14 INNINGS WIN FOR AUSSIES A FINE spell oj new J bowling by Alanfiai?l «m, who took five i^'l helped the Australian LSI keters beat Westerner vmceby an inni],,, ap^:B runs with a day to I yesterday in cape Toi-f I Thejas^five Province «fc I kets fell for_ JTrun?],^ I minutes
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        242 14 •I I i Epcaao 111 I I I I CLUES ACROSS g Gardeners "down under" (7). l The French flag— or Dutch, 6 Times for the little ones or Gorman, but never SwiM (5) i'h 0 Stops tho appiiintmeiUs (5), ft Mad turn (3). 1-2 Hie homelese ones look all
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        345 15 Jackie's Kuda 33-1 for the Lincolnshire Brill first callover on the "Spring Double/ the I 1 Lincolnshire Handicap to be run on March K(i and the Grand National Steeplechase on Klutli 29, was held at the Victoria Club, LonK]«m. last night. Former Malayan wonder sprinter Jackie's Kuda wa: H din
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        110 15 fALIM Ghani. who re- P-^mod Pakistan in ne I9ob Olympics and renamed to live in Australia ■a> chosen yesterday to re!;e>HH the state of Victoria n the Australian Athletic _hampu,ns!n Ps a t Brisbane "om March 15-17. Ghanl won the 440-yard Jjwea in 54.0 see.
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        132 15  -  ALLAN LEWIS SDFSDAFASD piVE players who have not previously represented New Zealand have been included in the cricket team to tour England this year. The team, announced yesterday is: John Alabaster (Otago) aged 27, Bob Blair, (Wellington) 25, Jack D'Arcy (Canterbury) 21, Noel Harford
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        139 15 Odds shorten on United QDDS against the newborn Manchester United aide winning the English Football Association Cup were cut from 100 to 9 to 13 to two at last night's Victoria Club callover in London. The fighting spirit shown by the United youngsters in beating Sheffield Wednesday in the Cup
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        310 15 Penang horses take it easy gVEN though the outside of the course pro per was opened for fast work at Penanfi this morning trainers did not take advantage ot it because the tracks are too hard for galloping. No horse went faster than even time IT) seconds
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        55 15 THE English Division Two football match at Rotherham yesterday between Rotherham United and Cardiff City was abandoned at half-time because of heavy snow. There was no scoring. The only other English soccer fixture yesterday Coventry City versus Aldershot in Division Three South— was postponed because the
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        93 15 Till: Football Association of Hong Kotif agreed yesterday that the Football Association of Malaya Asian Games team play two matches in Hong Kong next June. But the meeting turned down the suggested dates of June 3 and 5, proposing instead some time between June
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        40 15 Thomas Rosandich. American track coach, is due in Kuala Lumpur for a four-month tour of the Federation. He is pictured here in a classroom explaining to students in Laos the proper method of training for athletes.
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        93 15 DESPITE a game light by, Uie lower-order batsnen, South Australia failed Dy 53 runs to reach Vic- :oria's first innings score on .he third day of the Shefleld Shield match in Adelaide yesterday. Victoria have started i :helr second Innings strong- I ly and appear set
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      347 16 Parleys depend on Soviet 'Yes' to Ike's terms Yf R. JOHN FOSTEB DULLES, the I\S. Secretary l l of State, said in Washington yesterday that whether or not there would be an East West summit meeting depended entirely upon the Soviet Union. He had been asked
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      60 16 The American pianist, Mr. Eugene Istomin will judge the finals of the Own Grade Pianoforte Competition organised by the Singapore Musical Society, at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 8.30 p.m. tonight. The four finalists who will play works by Brahms! and Beethoven arc Robert! Tan,
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      13 16 President Nasser has accepted an invitation to visit S-ain. Reuter
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      24 16 The nuclear powered submarine Skate yesterday sailed from Groten. Connecticut, for Britain on what the U.S. navy called a "shakedown cruise." Reuter
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      141 16 YIP.. MARK HONHAMcarter, :u\ year-ola number of tho "Princess Margaret set" \g to be ask•d to stand as Liberal candidate in a forthcoming by election at Torrlngton Dtvon, south-west England It was announced in Lon don last night. Mr. Ambrose Fulford, a 59-year-old local farmer,
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      297 16 V SOCIALIST International spokesman said in London yester- day that the Yugoslav Government's decision "not to consider" the 1 entry of a socialist misl slon to plead for the re- lease of two socialists. was a shock. I "We thought that the Yugoslav Government.
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      163 16 U.S. denies helping Sumatran rebels From Page I pilots who took part In the raid on Meaado radio station as saying that they saw fS|Q building "crumble and burn." Th e report said warning shots were fired before the attack to enable people to j I leave the target area.
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      174 16 3 WEST GENERALS WALK OUT OF RED RECEPTION npHE three Western Commandants in Berlin x walked out of a reception given on Sunday night by General M. V. Zakharov, Commander-in-Chief of Soviet troops in Germany, Western diplomats said in Berlin yesterday. The reception was in honour of the 40th anniversary
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      174 16 Sea talks at Geneva 'a menace to UK fishing' BRITISH flsh craderjj told in London ye* day that international proposals at Geneval! anxr end o! Mr T. Boyd. of the Briuil Trawler Federation. s a J the move wa.s "the modß serious threat short jl war" to the Industry M
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      26 16 The Egyptian Embassy ml Tunis announced yt^tiTdayß tnat the United Arab Re-B public would have only aB single diplomatic represent™ ative in Tunisia U.P.
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