The Singapore Free Press, 18 March 1958

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper iv. Tuesday. March 18, 1058. Price 15 (is
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    Caronia romance -after 4 days at sea he proposed
    281 1 RICH American couple i ivho m> t tot the first time, Pell i» love and got married all aboard the faronia were among the 4ii tourists who arrived in Singapore in the luxury inn this morning. iej arc Mr, George Waller,
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    Fulse alarm- then fires in 2 Cyprus camps
    62 1 ■s last night in two milim Nicosia had earlier 'He southern la on a false N the judicial committee of the Privy Council decided that the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of Limassol must pay a collective fine of e 35.000 following a series
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    Big tobacco haul by Customs
    93 1 SINGAPORE Customs .seized more than 2,500 lb of contraband tobacco during the past three days. The duty on this would have amounted to about $21,000 A Customs spokesman said about 275 lb. was .seized on Saturday on the beach near Amber Road in Katong. 1,675
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    SS 5000 -'MAYOR JUMPED QUEUE'
    241 1 SS 5000 'MAYOR JUMPED QUEUE' I RAL-SOCIAL- City Councillor. v M Vasagar, y accused the Mr, On£ Eng Jumping' the t( > pick the SS6OOO for 1 rar which 'V boro the l «nDer .St. Mid the "on had creat--1 toe« among Councillors and the public as it tended to
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    MALAYANISATION SURPRISE BY CITY COUNCIL
    366 1 MALAYANISATION SURPRISE BY CITY COUNCIL Step to beat Public Services Commission JHE post of City Engineer is to be Malayanised almost immediately. The present holder ol the post, Mr. B. E. Thompson, is to retire in July. r The Finance and General Purposes Committee at its meeting last Friday decided
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    Blockade runner returns to Colony
    161 1 Blockade runner returns to Colony ANOTHER Singapore registered ship, the Hock Hai, arrived here this morning from Palembang after beating the Jakarta blockade. She carried more than 1.000 tons of rubber. She gave a wide berth to the Indonesian check points at Tanjong Pinang and Pulau Samboe and slipped through
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    Lock icon Avalanche kills 5
    27 1 A huge avalanche kill 'd five German tourists, three of them women, who were .skiing on the Greitspit/ mountain near Bcnxils, Switzerland yesterday. Reuter
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    RUBBER PRICE
    30 1 April first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at IV/b cents a lb., up onreighth of a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was quiet.
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    Lock icon Another long Soviet letter to Mac
    173 2 Another long Soviet letter to Mac COVIET 3 Mi m sent the i better ter r .f rIm c W Mac mlllan to Febnu,: leadi r. Mr. Macmil] m m,r n n wu willin :";:iV France, the United sS and the Soviet Unin ;^^'^h diplomatic chal Mr. Bulgan;:... letter yeste
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    Lock icon Nurse died, so doctor faces killing charge
    109 2 A LONDON Hal doctor yesterdaj committed for trial on a Coroner's war ant, charged with ti.c manslaugma or an Australian nurse. An Inquesi ry returnee the manslaughter verow alter the doctoi saiflw decided to en I thi pw nancy ot Jean Jog**" Florence
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      37 2 -WORtD'S FASTEST, SMOOTHEST JET-PROP AIRLINFB The mtii'nificent npvr R n a r o j-^, y^si^^fest World leader in air travel fa/res care of you >YS co.po». iion ASSOC ATION W|TH Qi A s a a^ ieA t
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    Lock icon Email admits strangling sister-in-law, court told
    388 3 Email admits strangling sister-in-law, court told DETECTIVE ALLEGES SHE SAID: I KILLED heX lUKS. EDITH DAISY iTI CHUBB, 4G, confessed to strangling her sister-in-law, Miss Lillian Kath 1 c c n Chubb, 52, with a scarf, a court was tula at Broaclstairs, Kent, En" land, yesterday. Prosecuting counsel saiu Mrs.
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    Lock icon 'I LEFT PART OF MY HEART IN C'WEALTH' QUEEN MOTHER
    266 3 r ju citj ol London last nighi wei« i the Queen Mother borne .in M i „ii;io-niiit' Australasian tour. t banquet given in her honour I r «|li. ill she spoke of her dis- ni at being unable to finish
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    Lock icon U.S. decides today on disarm negotiations
    370 3 U.S. decides today on disarm negotiations ryiii United States will decide today whethi r to press for meetings of the United Nut ii i] Disa rmament Commission and the Security Council in face of Soviet objections, authoritative pitted Nations sources Said last night. The decision will coir.c Tom tht- State
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    Lock icon A tax-free gift for those Illegal bookies
    77 3 rtMiK United .stale Bupr< me Cou ruled vti rda: 1 that bookmak< i could d< dud i xpen ea rrom it,- t income tax rvm n their bu li '"j-p*' it upheld b d< el lon by b court In < n c
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    Lock icon U.S. TO STUDY WAYS FOR MORE TRADE WITH JAPAN
    104 3 STATES Gov- I mission, led by Williams, the I tary <>t comWashington for May to explore Japan Hlj I member group With Japanese n and govern- and will also tematipnal trade Osaka, returning to the United States in May. Mr. Williams
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      135 3 GEMS NOW AVAILABLE A VEH V LARGE SELECTION OF STAR SAPPHIRES if BLUE SAPPHIRES RUBIES JADES ZIRCONS ALSO SINGAPORE SOUVENIRS S.P.H. de SUVA LTD. 45 HIGH STREET SPORE AIRPORT SINGAPOE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH. H Most up-to-date Fabrics fo» LVJ U decorating your house bungalow N H JUST UNPACKED... Hj Well
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  • The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Mar. 18, 1958
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      Opinion COUNCIL PUZZLERS
      189 4 r rwo proposals made by the Singapore City Council's estates! and building com-; mittee have puzzled the public as to either their need or justification. The committee have de- j cided to ask the Royal Island Club to throw open the grounds to the public at week-
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    THREE REMARKABLE MEM
    760 4  -  Sam White I'U In <, <<.bh> fro,,, %I A in a land of terror jMiivf.'K remarkable men dominate the Algerian scene, fhey are the Resident Minis ci tor Algeria, m. Robert Lacoste, th* Jesuit-edu-cated 47-\rar-oki Mayor oi Algiers, m. Jacques Chevalier, and the paratroop general who commands
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    Shortening the air routes
    188 4 I r FHK shortest distance between r two points is a straight line. But up till now the airlines of Ihr western world have had to follow some very round-about lines indeed on routes to the Far Fast, because Russia and China have not allowed them
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    Lock icon 'MAYOUR WAS MISLED'
    325 5 I f stiaiß protests: Aituek ttsifais- I jji Singapore City Council s vi< es Union has protested against certain remarks madf by the Mayor, M (h»u Eng Guan, about j v i is and the work ol kers 1 inspottors. ih, Mayor had said the cou nci]
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    Lock icon Home in a 'Heron'
    26 5 The Duke of Edinburgh landed in his Heron aircraft at London Airport, last nighi alter his 10-day private! Reuter visit to Germany
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    SHIPS AT BASE
    22 5 Ships in 1(1 Singapofi Navai Base today are' Newcasi if. Newfoundland Royalist, <; i Bride'a Ba Mouni Bay and Andre*
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    On parade for Governor
    63 5 \BOUT 450 cadeti [fleer v. ill be n p i rade when the Oovern r oi Bingapon Bit William Ooode "i" 11 hfi in Sea Cadet Corp i Hea i quarter v Kal i March 26 ai 5 '< h c< rps will ent< rl the
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    5-WEEK EASTER HOLIDAY? GOVT. ISSUES DENIAL
    222 5 QFFiciALS of the Singapore Ministry of Education yesterday denied that, the English school students would get five weeks of Easter vacation «uuuci.iiss iinu men parents have been speculating thai th< customary three weeks' Easter vacation would have to be extended by another two weeks,
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      68 6 r "clhesterfTeTd "pa cks MORE PLEASUKI: J BF ■'•''y^m&Fys' ■'^y^-!^>wPWnß M^ p ij?w i 'B**' ""^SBKF '■'•'•'•xß^k-' ';g' !^^Bi^>r^Bßw i K ;^^nT yyyy-y.^K-yy yy.yyy^sf' ■^■•■iimSfe i i ''SiBMF »*»*s^^» ''''•'■'jwW' ••'*'j^^^fcv^aic3<> t i ,'W*** l^^ l To the touch .to the taste, an Accu-Ray Chesterfield satisiics tnc most burns more
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      195 6 IIWP ,ii; Fir ii"\u iiif i» v«inc> .i«»r<i«iii f46 JAiJRAK Ci /yes THE fATAi O&OEG. ffl >3 58^k^ 4&^3n £kAS// rAt r 31A.\l»ISABii: by Lee I alk and IMiiF Davi« i JL— HI /T? rtl I BUT "N I W£'CE OM TOP OP M/S I IT S JAMIT MAMPRA^Z/^TMISISNI'TAM L
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      482 6 v I BORN today, y, v Lav personality ai .1 L c for public life in one 0 V E forms. You haw the al j friends, Uifluence people I c their support. c Naturally, anyi tie as p B c jou are wiU also maki r ever, you have
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      147 7 LONDON, Mam, i; l'ltviouv, Today P K ,n n% buyer. 22 buyer, i 22 sellers 22 7 S sellers xp.ii 22 s buyers 22 buyers 22 j seller 22 -el'lers \'u i RSS >p«'t L buyer; 23 buyi i. i 221 a selters 2:r. seliei i ">
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      New York prices
      93 7 NEW YORK. March 17 Previous Today sn.uts Sjxii 95.25 iiom. 95.00 norn I futures Lfts Contract March 94.50 buyers 93.75 buyers 95.25 sellers 94.87 sellers May 94.25 buyers 93.(52 buyers 9500 sellers 94.62 sellers k] Quiei SALES: Nil. BBER: Futures March 26 55 buyers 27.00 buyers 26.75
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      28 7 NEW YORK, March 17. Previous Today Industries 453.04 443.23 Railroads 106.27 104.73 Domestic Bonds 88 Bt> 88.87 Utilities 73.12 7315 Stoik- Composite Averages.. 153.76 132.3;"'
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      U.S. PEPPER
      58 7 and awaiting 1 floats 24 to 24%, c d hi li March shipment 24. pi spot and awaiting f afioafts 24'_. to J half March shipAdore prices quoted I mexit 23%. Sarawak spol 24%. i Muniok white spot and awaiting release 33 afloats 33, second half March shipment
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      111 7 LONDON. March 17. L Previous Today •H'KV Philippines o.i.f. l T X./ Forth European ports delivered f«gh< per long ton Mar. Apr. $1 o 1 .sellers SH»2 sellers [rBA, Straits c.Lf. I.K. North F ro P«an ports delivered £f,B< noni £68 buyers pwifnt per long ton
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    'ROBBERY IN TAXI' WARNING DEVICE
    173 7 'ROBBERY IN TAXI' WARNING DEVICE imm A SAFETY device designed to get help lor Singapore taxi drivers when they are being robbed has been put up to the Commissioner of Police Mr. A.E.G. Blades for consideration by the Taxi Drivers' Union. Mr. T. A. Simon, the president of the Singapore
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    Goode to see them beat the retreat
    63 7 The Governor of Singapore, Sir William Goode. will attend the "Beating o! the Retreat" to be held by I the King's Own Scottish Borderers at Selerang Bar- racks tomorrow, i Other guests will be the I Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, and
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    Lock icon Women storm jail: St Patrick's Day protest
    231 7 Women storm jail: St Patrick's Day protest piFTY women, wives and mothers oi Irish Ke publican army internees, stormed their way into Belfast jail yesterday in a St. Patrick's Day Demonstration. Their menfolk are among about 170 held in the prison under Northern Ireland emergency legislation permitting arrest and detention
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    BLUNT NO TO MORE PAY FOR BUSMEN
    93 7 BLUNT NO TO MORE PAY FOR BUSMEN ijay talk., between bran port chicf s and tradt union leaders oi London 50,000 bus worker, oroltf clown yesterday. The transport chlefa flath refused to Increase or extend a recommended industrial court award oi another eight shilling! and sixpence weekly lot 36.000 central
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    Lock icon RAILMEN CLAIM MORE PAY
    57 7 Leaders of Britain's 500,--000 railwaymen appeared before an industrial tribunal in London yesterday to claim substantial increases for all grades of workers on British Railways. lowest paid of the: nationalised industries. Their claims, twice rejected by the railway authorities, are expected to occupy the tribunal for
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    Big moment for Colony's Irish
    262 7 /^LASSES clinked, E xJ drinks flowed, and E voices blabbered unE ceasingly as the strains E of the Irish folk-tune E "Lakes of Mallow" comE ing from two pipers E filled the room. E It was St. Patrick's E night and members of E the
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      160 7 Singapore high tides: v TODAY: 10.4?, p.m. TOMORROW: 10 13 a.m and 1105 p.m. THURSDAY: 10 58 a.m < and 11.25 p.m. FRIDAY: 11.31 a.m and 11.49 p.m. 11 SATURDAY: 12.05 p.m. ,i SUNDAY- 0.13 a.m. and 12.38 p.m. MONDAY: 0.:»7 a.m. and 1.12 p.m. I > Todays radio programme
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    SINGAPORE
    26 8 THE SINGAPORE RIVER crowded with sampans— the men who load and unload them are the aristocrats of labour here some of their employers are millionaires.
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    'I pretended I was a tourist...
    439 8 r() PROVE that Singapore has plenty to ofl'er tourists besides beauty and entertainment I made an experiment a few days a^o. I pretended I was a tourist, fresh ofl* a ship. Spurning taxis an d trishas even organised Jightseeing tours I noof- >.t around
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    Three RAF men, too
    122 8 Three RAF men, too r f- n ake en-tain thai my gmi wa unbiased, i In Ited hree young R a P accompany me on ey i shall call I ".i». I lick and Hairy. 1 hay been statione I for many months. y fell t the beginning of ..!i-
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    The lantern maker
    36 8 The lantern maker N'- r to claim our at* tention was Umftngnred Chinese lanternmak< r named Tan Gok Kin", ins "workshop' 1 on t five fool -way In South Bridge Road. He WAI busilj stretching dried'
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    Real thing in duplicate
    112 8 Real thing in duplicate A DAZZLING showcase further along the street next claimed our attention and there the firm's staff admitted that the array of golden jewellery and jade was Singapore made exact duplicates of the real thing, The pieces were beautifully (but lightly) dipped in a substance which resembles
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    Umbrella factory
    46 8 Umbrella factory WE strolled past an umbrella factory, rounded a corner and found ourselves In a North Canal Street establishment which proclaimed, via a sign, its business "tortoise shells, sea produce, importers, exporters, commission agent and general merchant.'" It. lUM examines a buffalo horn from Indo-China.
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    Close to
    89 8 Pro 1 1 d a treasure trove, smelly but fascinatin rhere were great o] sea slugs (beche-de-mer) which i ti arned, once roamed sea bottoms o\ ura. by Islands as slimy sea cucumbers sqtio >hj things one steps on and w hich emit clouds ol protective Ink. Coveted
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    Gladly pay the price
    192 8 Gladly pay the price pESTAURATEURS aa .1 IV gourmets eye c samples and gladly pay the price for them. There were baby fins and gargantuan o n c s -the latter lopped from io-ioot man-eaters if I've ever seen a shark! Most of these come from Borneo and Sarawak which
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    48 8 SCULPTRESS Tan images she helps M Wr irokked ;:oxl Pickering Street m suddenly, we were :M Ing a mammoth to\fl coffin costing $:>.oool coffin-maker's .shop. (^H per ones cost around j^H the hardwood for fl th< se very yellow in eH rot-resistent undergi^H for 50 to 100 years.
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    It comes fro Pahang
    58 8 It comes fro Pahang IT is called kcr.ing^H and most of it m from Pahang. Clltfl^H solid log, the im si mly two, :4 round has not ?nfl for thousands 01 yeai« It takes two iv.ont^« make one. cliippfd by hand, then P' 1 the natural V b a mentioning
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    Wondrous lions...
    14 8 Wondrous lions... mum blishnu n ";:M myself, m bearir 1 f I depictii I
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  • Eve
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      7 1 Eve Wliiißil wmmmmm Tuesday, March 18, 1958.
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      Lock icon Shed a LIGHT on your home
      462 1 Shed a LIGHT on your home [PRESS contemporary l.v.ng w.th l.ghtmg fixtures which are designed to provide decorative ,|,m»ur for every room .n your home or your office. Lighting is important so why choo ,c those accessor.es w.th full appreciation of the fact that the right kind can pro c
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      Romantic chairs
      98 1 ROMANTIC as a Valen tine are the Victorian chairs in lacy bamboo to be found at a Bukit Tim ah Road store. Hand. made in an intricate, ly woven hearts-and. flowers motif, they came from Hong Kong where they are reputed to en. joy wide vogue for sitting
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      Lock icon A HAT OF: VIOLETS
      53 2 photo. The rustle of Spring g c* 'Id be accompanied v b.» no prettier head- gear than this starry- g eyed mannequin's with a its tiptilted cluster of sweet violets, whose H stems tie up to form a centre knot. The hat itself is of violet
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      GOURMET CLUB
      232 2 /ane of those dishes rated as immortal by thousands nl bon vivants who have lingered for any length of time In Our neighbouring Isles of Indonesia fas Oper Ayam Javanese style, it is ol Dutch origin tor it was the Dutch who virtually invented the most adventurous uses
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      Those happy G.I. brides
      191 2 Those happy G.I. brides 'Dress good, cook good and be sweet to youi mother-in-Twelve yeors qqo, writes Jennifer Johns, this was the advice given in the heart oi London by a vivacious Englishwoman to scores —or rather, hundreds of Gl brides setting out, some of them tearfully, all of them
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      Lock icon Femin scope
      1322 2 Femin scope THE NEWEST, SNAPPIEST MOST PRACTICAL PAGE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN REMINDFUL or the sandalwood t«Z I w lava and were so ruthle&sh Hh ß days of the clipper sliips is the i! ((l by l thrilling new packaging by Rogei <• il Available In attractive flacoi MI H dresser
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      WHERE TO BY
      124 2 WHERE TO BY CONTEMPORARY an (I traditional lamps and lighting fixtures, Lirnau lamp Shop, 417 Orchard Rd. (Nr Ann Bldg); woven ham boo elephant and rhino, French lettuce basket, iridescent bamboo mat sets, Chinese bench and cabinet reproductions and jihoji or bamboo screens, C. K. Tang, Ltd.. 241 River Valley
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      Lock icon NIGHTIE SACK
      48 3 E photo. E Th« sack invades the S bedroom in this white E cambric cocoon-like ereE ation adorned with scarE lot ribbon bowi a s >< 1"- satlon at thr recent E "Looking lor ward io E Cotton' fashion parade at London's Idea! Home E Exhibition. Reuter
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      63 3 A subtle blend of contemporary and traditional styling in these tiro attractive sitting room acces- m M SOTies has been achieved by the skilful handling of M our jungle cane combined with gey u)>nolstery on the chair and marbleised topping of the handy m table. g These are tiro of
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      PARADE OF NEW SHOE FASHIONS
      350 4 PARADE OF NEW SHOE FASHIONS 4 GLITTERING prevue fashion parade of the spectacular new shoe styles for 1958 will be presented a* Raffles Hote] tomorrow night at 10.15 o'clock by the Bata Shoe Company, Displaye c by local mann< quins. >( Cont in v iii al creations promise to hold
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      Chinese motifs in the boudoir
      131 4 Chinese mot ifs in the boudoir SOMETHING mow to the bou doM scene is iHis handsome Hong Kong furniture of gleaming hand-iubbed black wood Ihi athactive Singaporean on left, wearing a sumptuous embroidered n Mandarin leisure costume, posCb on a bench of splayed styling, the upholstery of r i cK
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      BYSSEY
      293 9 the city' An [ndonesian in ir<>n and batik songkok on the tive-foot-way hud sei up bis 10-foot square "factory" and was roasting the coffee bean., from his isles With loving care. His tools: nothing fan Ci< r than a revolving drum stoked by a charcoal lire and a square
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      Fragrant coffee
      18 9 Fragrant coffee f:offee drew •ther scene. '<* wntch lantcrnmakcr Coh Kcng paint symbolic Chinese char .ictcrs on a lantern.
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      Ceremonial service
      115 9 Ceremonial service tlilllllllilllllll!!' AT a shop in Cross street we sniffed the curious fragrances of hundreds of types of tea. J It was a smell which conjured mountain planta- J Thus fortified, we trudged on, tired but too excited to quit, until we found the microscopic Gemmil Lane atelier ol
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      ADELAIDE EASTLEY IN CHINATOWN
      141 9 L We wove through tortu--OUs throngs of shoppers and I glimpsed piles of neon-coloured sweets and treats, mountains of tangerines and Mandarin oranges, pots of h< rbal concoctions < f or cooling or heating the blood) and battalions of homeless kittens and dogs. Old women, neat
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      'Ghost of a tiger
      96 9 'Ghost of a tiger BEGGARS and swirling flocks of pigeons were sunning in the courtyard of the old Kuan Yin Temple nearby, a 12U-year-old relic of the days before the adjacent district was reclaimed and the sea rolled in outside its doors. (Crews of sampans then clocked outside to petition
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      Residential section
      353 9 Residential section i T EMERALD HILI c /A climbed a (teep hill, our agile i ompanions on U oi an aged iag cai iyi! hi avy acka and an old 1| tj i nd i '''t. emerged Into bhi tion hen il-buiit, tidy formei ly ici ione< r finding [1
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      All pictures by Free Press photographer Mak Kian Song
      16 9 All pictures by Free Press photographer Mak Kian Song TEA time .it «i ted packing establishment.
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      Lock icon MEDIATION IN RI CONFLICT IS ADVOCATED
      196 10 MEDIATION IN RI CONFLICT IS ADVOCATED I ill London rimes has called for mediation in the Indonesian civil war. "Containment <»j the dispute < s whal matters to the outside world," the daily declared. "Unfortunate!} the Sumatra rebellion touches on Internationa] In- terests, "Singapore as a trading entrepot and lately
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      Lock icon 'Drought signs' in Red China
      31 10 China a Yellow River valley and Lower Yangtae area are showing signs of drought, Peking Radio reI rted, These areas produce large quantities ol Un Reuter
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      88 10 CHIANG WARNS JAPAN OVER PEKING FLAG fiENERALISSIMO Chiang VJI Kai-shek has warned Japan's Prime Minister Mr. Nobusuke Kishi. that 1 lie would harm friendly relations with Nationalist China by allowing the j Communist Chinese to fly their flag over a trade j mission in Tokyo. Under an unofficial Ja- panese
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      181 10 Watch prices warning A I a closed session of the GLE.A.T.O. I council of ministers I conference in Manila it is now learned, Mr. Richard Casey, Aust- ralian External Affairs j Minister said that the I trend of the prices of I basic commodities in the South -East Asian area
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      133 10 Security men in Govt. offices are criticised QECURITX officers posted to government organisations O by tiic Nationalist Chinese secret police came under fire in the Taipeh Legislative Yuan. Legislator Chang Chiu-ju accused the Government of having 755 "security officers" watching government employees and said he had heard that 289 more
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      63 10 Unseasonable w a r m weather in Japan that has covered the plum trees with blossom weeks before time has been blamed upon the Russians. A Tokyo M.P.. Mr. Kiyoto Nozawa. told the Diet a causeway being built from j Siberia to Sakhalin Island had
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      160 10 rpilK Australian Govern- ment has rejected a request by the nation's fish canning industry for emergency aid under the recently-signed Au>t ralianJapanese trade agreement. it was announced in Canberra. Trade Minister John McEwen said the advisory authority on the trade agreement had found that the
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      125 10 26 YEARS TO GET BACK COST OF 14,000 ft. TUNNEL lAPAN'S first-completed Kanmon tonne] linking Hoi slui and Kyushu will have a far-reaching rftrctfl tlif economy and industries In the region. The 13.820 feet long tunnel, one-fifth oi wlilch lies feet beneath the tea-bed took 21 years to complete™ co^t
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      330 11 guth Korea soon hold ections Lj i -hi th Korean poliX v it u.ilh claim to know ■l' iclmii fchal 'anything II 1,,, I in the flections for il I v raiiiament this 'w IB] ll I, i tli:: that Presid ;;i W X Liberal- '.sill retain a :i.il rivalries
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      136 11 Japan takes a stand IAVAS told (he 87. nation conference on "the law oi the sea" in Geneva that it could never accept the prin. I ciple that sedentary fisheries \ver e part oi j the Continental Shell' |> and under the sove. I reifiiity oi the coastal 5 state.
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      262 11 Different roads: Tito says it again Yugoslavia's Communist leaders have arongly reaffirmed their faith in 5 "different roads" to .so- < cialLsm in the first authoS litative party programme > to be published in Belgrade for 10 years. v President Josip Tito and his colleagues declared > that Communist nations
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        559 12 Bird studJ by a worl authoritl SINGAPORE photographers will get a double treat at the sin gt i p o r c Flower Show sch< d nit ii to be opened on Friday, March 28, by His Excellencj Sir William AC. Goode. y >r here they will not
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        326 12  - HOSKING IS THE GREATEST OF ALL LOKE WAN THO By Singapore's own expert on bird pictures writes a special article of K1 W^ j'.j I W^ THE 158 pictures of birds which make mi this exhibition represent the cream ol the work ot one of the world's greatest bird photographers:
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        1241 13 Ittrvful preparation is secret PAINSTAKING preparation is the secret of securing a professional finish and completion in reasonable time to any job. Time may not count for much hen rhc do it yourself man begins a project, but his wife will have some,ing to
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      303 14  - Winning trial at Ipoh ALLAN LEWIS TRACK WORK By KEMKMB R A N C (Barratt), wh< mis.M a ins engagement on the ftrsi day, ran c winning trial at [poll this morning. Hr disposed ol three In 36 4 wide out <>n tin fast number two track. Remembrance Is b
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      129 14 CHAMPIONS: BOTH "Steady that hand and don't be nervous!" in- I structs CSM Ronald McNeil] (right) at the Army School of Physical Training, Aldcrshot. to 22-year- Z old Cpl. Ivor Percival who i s the champion road Z I walker of Lancashire and England. I Ivor is a member of
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      38 14 The draw for the Scot- tisli Cup semi-finals on i I April 5 is as follows: Motherwell y Clyde, to be played at Celtic Park. Glas- i gow Rangers v Hibernian, ai Hampdrn Park. Glasgow. Reuter
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      466 14 World Cup snags hit England ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER By ARCHIE QI'ICK tfVERYTHIXC. is hap pening to frust rate Walter Winterbottom's team building plans for the World Soccer Cup competition in Sweden this coming summer. First there wai Munich which s! ripped hijn ol th< s* rvices ol f< >ur
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      50 14 Aussie XV lose in Vancouver The Australian Rugby union ti am, who recenth 1 "'"'''i Britain and Prance were bea en n 8 by Brltl t, < olumbia yest< rday In Van couver In the Brit matt h oj their North American visii Brit i: h Columbia led 8 d
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      476 14 PAKISTAN HOPES ARE STILL STRONG t\ imiim.iu'tl sixth wicket stand of 66 between a, I (54) and A. 11. Kardar (35) kept alive PteUrtani 2 kil]] 4 fourth Test against the West Indies yesterday in <\ u ll( tish Guiana. ueor getown 1 When the fourth day's play ended, Pakistan
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        36 15 Ii borsts mil tomorrow: Invest, Joyful Specula. mcy k.iW\ ay--1 Urn, (iold Coin, Cha Cha (ha, Never Regret, Quickly, Nyanyian, Sunsh] n 6 E Kay, Kiik .Morning Mist, Movie House ll Hamlet.
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        14 15 Inter-league match drawn Itrclanjl 1 2 with wj (Northern 1 .BS Kham i. Northern
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        205 15 •I^uala lumpur trainer Milton Sullivan is well represented In the Class 3 Div. 3 6F race with Sure Profit (third to Burma Baby and Grey Elegance* and April Shower! (third to Milky Way in his only start at Singapore In January). Yesterday, April Showers 1S going
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        240 15 \f DARLING, who hu rai < d only tWiCI in M.ilay.i, 111 be one of the hardest to beat 111 the Class 3 Div. 5 Sprint My Darling finished seventh of 13 starters in his first race up the Ijwh straight SF. He then finished
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      169 16 I didn't want ot be king he tells Cairo plot trial t '> X M I I Prince Mohamed Mom-im. i Imtmhii I Regent who is on« of the chief witnesses in t i roysJisf conspiracy trial, told the supreme mil i i i it > tout in c Biro
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      46 16 The United States Con sulai -General announces thai the public may now make use ol the commercial library on the second floor of its building in 0. Cecil Street. It will be open trom 3 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays.
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      183 16 AIRPORT DESERTED AS PILOTS STRIKE rpilE tarmac at Schiphol X airport, Amsterdam, headquarters of KLM airlines worldwide services, was deserted yesterday when more than 300 pilots 1 struck in protest against the summary dismissal of two of their colleagues. Mr. Lionel Metz, Britishborn chief pilot and one of the two
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      242 16 Foreign Office control grows pRITAIN'S colonial affairs are seen by authoritative observers in London to be passing more and more into Foreign Office administration as a measure of the colonies' increasing importance internationally. Two striking Instances are Malta and Cyprus. Responsibility for handling them lies with the Colonial Secretary, but
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      25 16 I Cash, goods and jewellery worth over $3,000 were stolen from a house In Hyde Road and a shop in Ja'lan Eunos yesterday
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      163 16 Two Jewish buildings bombed in America CITY and state officials acted swiftly yesterday to avert further threatened violence following the bombing of a Jewish community centre in Nashville. Tennessee. The blast followed 18 hours after the dyna- mi ting of a Jewish buildina: in Miami. Florida. I Guards were posted
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      207 16 PARIS CRISIS: MORE POLICE CALLED VfORE i iian 1,000 securii»l iy police have been di an ed Into Paris from the provinces tor possible street clashes today when the French Assembly Is to vote on a confidence notion Which could brin^ down the government. The mot ion is on roust
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      173 16 T4IE Federal Reserve Board an--1 nounced In Washington yesterday that Us index of industrial production slumped three points in February to 130 per rent, of the 11)47-49 average the lowest level since December, 1954. The index lor February was li per cent, below the high
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      88 16 T HE U.S. naval research laboratory in Washington reported shortly after midnight that the satellite placed in orbit round the the earth by a Navy Vanguard rocket yesterday had already completed its third trip around the world on schedule. The navy calls its grape-
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