The Singapore Free Press, 16 April 1958

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  • 14 1 The Singapore Free Press r.Ai,i,.Mi'> Own Family Papwr W, 18. MM. Pr»~ »5 CIS.
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  • 178 1 didn't know en says Mr. Soh SOU GHEE SOON, I Ib.-Soc. Legislative Asblyman for CairnhiU. l today h< waa not i je at th< time of the election that some of helpers had secret so- v connections, By-Election Corruption Eunission said yesterthat Information from ce source- "described reliable" was that
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  • 37 1 No more cars stolen Fo more cur- were n in Singapore yesterbringing the total for month to eighi cars. 10 car was stolen 1 Place a 3am fne other from Orchard [_Car Park ai 7.45 a m
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  • 166 1 STIFF RESISTANCE' SAYS REBEL RADIO Jakarta 25>V P raided A"-; WitaMdJ: o5 0 t f h Pit- Pokesfakartj city [M aid the > fl oi the oov- n because i i Produce idenne laid THE rebel Sumatran Padang Radio made this terse announcement on the progress of fighting last night;
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  • 338 1 WORST CRISIS YET AS FRENCH GOVT. FALLS Assembly 'No' fo resumed talks with Tunisia on frosis of Anglo- U.S. good offices mission's suggestions PRANCE'S 24th Cabinet crisis since the end of World War II followed the defeat of the five-month-old Government of Mr. Felix Gaillard in the National Assembly last
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  • 76 1 Caronia to enter U.S. dockyard in Japan? T'HE agents for the luxury liner Caronia said in Tokyo today they were seeking approval through the British Embassy for the vessel to be repaired at a United States naval dockyard at Yokosuka. The vessel's bow struck a light tower at the entrance
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  • 92 1 Riot squad guards US embassy HUNDREDS of riot police carrying machineguns cordoned oft the American Embassy in -Paris last night following rumours that there would be Right-wing demonstrations protesting against the U.S. role in France's crisis with Tunisia. The police, including steelhelmeted Republican security guards, took up positions at the
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  • 77 1 centres in S 'pore COLONIAL Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd stated in a Parliamentary reply yesterday that he was not aware that the Indonesian rebels were establishing centres in Singapore. Mr. Stan Awbery (Labour) who raised the question, also asked if he would take steps to liquidate those centres before the tension
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  • 13 1 A helicopter being towed through Madrid collided with a taxi.- Reuter
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  • 74 1 THE family of the late John n y Stompanato plans to sue film star Lana Turner for damages for his "wrongful death" at the hands of the star'.s daughter, Cheryl, according to the New York Daily News. The paper quoted relatives of Stompanato as saying
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  • 31 1 May first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at 77 cents a lb., up a quarter oi a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was quiet.
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  • 49 1 In the last 24 hours there were nine major burglaries In Singapore in which more than $9,000 worth in cash, jewellery and other properties was stolen. Some of the main areas in which the burglaries took place were Duxton Road, Bukit Pasoh, Kingshead Park and Fmcrald Hill.
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  • 173 2 Malaya as part of a new Tamil nation I pEVLON'8 I* i i »> L I Minister, Mr. St»l«>iii o n BandaranalkCi declared In Colombo yesterday thai t h i J current agitation by the Federal Party In the island gave rise to i' the question o! whe- thet it
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  • 330 2 'U.S. COUNTS ON NASUTION TO FORCE RI REFORMS' INFORMED .sources in Washington said yesterday that the United States is counting on the Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian Army, Maj.-Gen. Abdul Nasution, to force President Sukarno to reform his Government after the Sumatra rebellion is crushed. The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr.
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  • 199 2 DR Herbert v. Evatt. leader of the Australian opposition Labour Party, yesterday attacked the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation SEATO). Speaking in Canberra, he said: "It put too much emphasis on a warlike attitude." Replying to an appeal by External Affairs Minister, Mr. Richard G. Casey, for
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  • 46 2 Politics should be taught in schools so that children would have an unbiased picture of what is happening in their country, Mr. Howard Cooke, president of the Jamaica Union of Teachers, yesterday told the Western Federation of Teachers' -innual meeting in Kingston- Reuter
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  • 120 2 Summit: Reply by West on the way MR. Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Ministerannounced yesterday that he hoped a Note from Western governments replying to Soviet proposals summit talks would be delivered today. He told the House of Commons that the West's most important task was to persuade the Soviet
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  • 298 3 Bu d get missed a great apportunity—Gaitskell KM. CUT Mill KI'SIXKSS I HIM* rpilE main proposals of I the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Deriek Heathcoat Amory. were: COMPANY PROFITS TAX: Cut from 30 per cent to 10 per cent. INCOME TAX: The exemption for a single person aged l>s
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  • 142 3 HUGH l A i T KFi.i lor oi the bo i Sllld hi thought I\ had >pori what he -unary arks the pro- 3 j US j need m mmons by I of the Mr, Doric k the •our day. ;ht the j ith ristriction 1 P l
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  • 89 3 INDIAN women have been advised by their Health Minister to do physical exercises which will make them "sturdy girls like those of Britain. Germany and the United States.'" The Minister. Mr. D. P Karmarkar, told women medical students at the Lady Hardings
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  • 108 3 bter n Noon p «W»tanl Prime Mulatto,,' u I,). oi *e«tf to sign a no war dell disnutP i P rov Jdlng for the solution otiatin, >h een th^ two countries by ist "> reported! r arbitration Ra «lio NrSt] "m'
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  • 72 3 A cocktail party was held at the Rallies Hotel by Fraser and Neave Ltd. last night in honour of Mr. Eric L. Roberts, managing director of the whisky makers William Grant and Sons Ltd.. who is here in the course of a Far Eastern tour. Free
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  • 107 3 TWELVE million dollaiV worth of art treasures were saved from a fire in the New York Museum of Modern Art yesterday. One workman was killed and three women visitors were treated for smoke poisoning. More than a score of firemen were .injured or overcome
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  • 28 3 Joseph Reynolds, 30, was sentenced in London to eight years preventive detention yesterday for breakIng into women officers quarters at Holloway Prison Reuter
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  • 190 4 Opinion Matter of priorities The Singapore Free Press Wednesday, Apr. 16, 1958 TT is only natural that 1 people should want modem. Improvements and modern sanitation in their homes but that natural desire must be tempered with patience. Many new housing estates arc a very long way from the nearest
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  • 1045 4 23-MAN MISSION HAVE COME TO SINGAPORE AS TRADING PARTNERS AND NEIGHBOURS Philip Svarey J^* .lusi r a I'm n Trade nittntissinnvr in Sin *t** l*" f### su ll s in this article specially u?ritfen fa*r ih*> Free Press: pOMMERCIAL ties between Australia and PanMalaya will be strengthened
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  • 145 4 A USFRALIA'S most important trade mission to South East Asio since 1954 arrived in Singapore today. The 23-member mission, led by the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, Mr. R. W. Swartz, will spend ten days in the Colony. During that tin<e mission members will
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    • 91 4 PATEK PHILIPPE '1 1 M.i- i lal hi of i Wiit i'li i \m\n til ion ,ii i,. in \,i < -i u>rj ALL FIRST PRIZES ii si in i iuli inl mil rliissi/u al nm tir.si in manii/arturi'is *n irs i Inssi/ii iilum in si in ml jnslii s'
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    • 60 4 IT IS WISE... TO PHONE i22 4* K* AND SOLVE YOUR PACKING I 1 PROBLEMS UL Your glass, china, silver -wire W Vl and furniture needs the attention w fU of experts. Wr pack and crnte w cinything for you with the %l ft FURNITURE REMOVALS J y ESTIMATES FREE
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  • 116 5 Sinhalese celebrate their News Year The Sinhalese Association of Singapore celebrated the Sinhalese New Year at a tea party in Robinson Cafe on Monday. They also put up a stage show "Fate" which was appreciated by p. large number of guests. It was produced by Mr. B. A. Ranasinghe. ON
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  • 328 5 15,000 office workers to merge into single union GENERAL agreement has been reached among ten unions representing about 15,000 monthly paid staff in commercial establishments to merge into a single union. Mr. K. C. Thomas, the chairman of the provisional committee formed to seek the views of unions and draw
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  • 76 5 POLICE SEARCH FOR 'DUD CHEQUE' MAN SINGAPORE police are looking for a middleaged man in connection with several dud cheques issued to certain stores in the City. A police spokesman yesterday told the Free Press the imposter had issued more than five cheques In the past three weeks and got
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  • 64 5 The West Coast Road Community Centre has asked the Rural Board to build a village hall near the army playing field in Paslr Panjang. A spokesman of the Centre said they did not have the money to build the hall themselves. The centre, which was registered
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  • 100 5 Charming Senoritas I "The Spanish Ladies ■Go Gay" pupils of gj the Rose Eberwein m school of dancing m presented this lively I number at the Angloa Chinese School ThcaB tre Club's variety show at the Lee Kuo Chuan Auditorium in Barker Road, Singa- P pore. The charming se- noritas
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  • 59 5 The SATA Shop in Pars! Road, Singapore, now displays for sale more than 20 different items, made by patients at its rehabilitation centre. Mrs. Glady.s Nicol, SATA'a public relations officer, said the shop was patronised by an average Of 40 person., daily, despite the fact thai
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  • 21 5 Ships ai the Singapore N:<vai Bas< today are; And rew, M< tints Bay and N< v foil] idland
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    • 72 5 Silyo ,v///k? as it cleans ever had! himmering silver and J your- if you use i) a twinkling Silvo gives ish that really and because it is made 1 tlesi inurepletely safe for i -and gives it the I orld'sfavourite silver polish iiinii SAVE w h;le you have toi 5
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    • 70 6 S smoke Oasis with SOOTHING MENTHOL MIST S Menthol Misi makea the Big s J licli tobacco tasie fresher while jrou're smoking. i And the freshness slays with you long after smoking, too. Try the S Big 01 J Miwnffictiind bu l.itiqrlt til \1 I 1/(/ci.s Toburrn Co., VTT't'Ti 1
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 295 6 m*J m J m -J m J m J m M* m m m m m Mrmrm m mWm 9 m m I > Vim f ||F" A id fi,n,LtlmiT rt imiiill |LJH|iMii^*«wfc^HMMfelllllllllß |l JEtF lIAWKK by Sydney Jordan 1 I Ul&Hl^ WkA f jeer PEERS AT THE SOOCEN AMD
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    • 537 6 i BORN today, you take pride in b one of those self-reliant, sufficient individuals. You consider it a weakness to lean on others you don't In the least mind If t so-called "weaklings" lean on y< f you want order and discipline in your life and seemingly, with a of
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 176 7 LONDON, Apiil 15. I*i e\ iouis Today it'BBEK N IAJJSSl A JJ SS tJ 23 buyers 23 buyers a p"'t> 23 i s seUers 23U sellers MM 22 buyers 22 b buyers Ma> 23 sellers 23 sellers R s spot 33% buyers 23 ;i buyers ,;!>!'•: N(>
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    • 115 7 NEW YORK, April 15. Previous Today n N Straits Spot 92.25 nom. 92.37 nom. UN futiuos Q0 buyers 92.00 buyers M,.ut> Contiatt way 92 37 sellers 92.62 sellers Tu i v 9175 buyers 91.75 buyers J 92 25 sellers 92.50 sellers tavi Ouiei SALES Nil p. mi-
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    • 33 7 NEW YORK. April 15. Previous Today 30 Industries 443.76 447.58 20 Railroads 105.56 106.67 11) Domestic Bonds 88.79 88.82 15 Utilities 75 52 75.77 65 Stinks Composite Averages. 152.64 153.84
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    • 64 7 Malabar spot and awaiting release 26, ailoats 25 4 to 25 Vj, Qrst half April shipment 25%, La in pong spot and awaiting release 26, atioats 25% to 25% first half April ship- ment 25^. Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white spot and awaiting release 40, afloats and first half
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    • 101 7 LONDON, April 15. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K./ North European ports delivered weight per long ton Apr/.May $196 sellers $197',- sellers COPRA, Straits c.i.f. I .K /North European ports delivered £70 nom. £71 nom. weight per long ton Apr/.May May/June unquoted unquoted COCONUT OIL crude
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  • 218 7 VIETNAM BID FOR COLONY VEGETABLE MARKET VIETNAM is making a strong bid to fill the gap left by Indonesia in the Singapore vegetable market. Singapore used to import about $1.5 million worth of vegetables a year from Indonesia, mainly Sumatra, but regular supplies have not been coming in lately due
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  • 260 7 Criticise? First look to your own drains rE Singapore Rural Board yesterday answered some of the criticisms about lack of adequate sanitation facilities In Opera Estate voiced by residents to the Free Press last week. The Board, in an official statement, blamed the house owners for the present state of
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  • 55 7 An Algerian insurgent spokesman said in Tunis yesterday that the formation of "National Algerian" football team would be announced. He was commenting on the disappearance of 13 Algerian football stars from their clubs in France. Five of these players have already turned up in Tunisia.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 125 7 SINCAPORE HIGH TIDES I TODAY; 9.59 p.m. TOMORROW: 10 0G a.m. and 10.20 p.m. FRIDAY- 10.41 a.m. and 10.43 p.m. SATURDAY: 11.15 a.m, and 11.08 p.m. SUNDAY: 11.49 a.m. and 11.34 p.m. MONDAY- 12.24 p.m. TUESDAY: 0.02 a.m. and 100 p.m. Today's radio programme 1.15 p.m. Footllght Parade; 1.30 Share
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  • 532 8 Our big tourism opportunity "''THERE is a marked ES determination by Government carriers |5 in the Pacific area to prepare for the oil* as lion-dollar tourist in=s dustry which is going to develop in Pacific countries (including South-east Asia) with EE the advancement of the jet age." So says Mr.
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  • 85 8 T OCAL merchants would like to display Malayan goods aboard ships in port. They want to know what goods are now being shown and sold in shops aboard such vessels. I can report that these include gold and silverware, jewellery and leather goods, silks and lingerie, chinaware, needlework, sports
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  • 1998 8  - SINGAPORE POTLIGHT Adelaide Eastley BVm They offer an excellent medium for publicising Malaya's arts and crafts, silware and textiles, the display of which would be good publicity for South-east Asia. ft ti TOHORE'S Civil Service Club at Johore Bahru will be the scene of the take-off for the motor competition
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    25 8 WED IN OLONY picture. MR. TAN SENC HAI and Im, leave the Straits Chir Kampong Kapor.— I bride. Miss Pang Lye Methodist Church, Free Press
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    1126 10 ...WILLIAM HICKEY RUNAWAY lovers Dominic E Iw e s and wife Tessa Kennedy have forgotten their miseries, 1 hear from the United States. All or nearly all is rosy again in their world. They have USSI,OOO In their pockets, gift of an anonymous wellwisher. They have moved into
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    47 10 ?r K a n U music comes f rom the oell of this aptly-named "serpent played by Canon Noel Boston, Vicar of Dereham, Norfolk, whose hobby is collecting ancient musical instruments. The walls of his study bear other samples of his impressive and comprehensive collection.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 192 10 r; j CLUES ACROSS 6 Oet a sentence for this (6) 1 Increase Russian money for 7 Car mode for a socialist perfc ich worries (8) hups (7) 7 The French in the car (5) 11 Is this fluid In funds? (7) 8 Ire finish in this kind ol 13
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  • Photo News
    • 65 11 Girls in Outward Bound Course jhe wide op eri A spaces of Lake Coniston beckon these adventurous girls, setting out for a day's canoeing as m rt of an Outward BoMwd Trust course i the Lake District 0/ England. Besides canoeing, a /,7 either /or rock c/imbs, /t 1 /^a^'s,
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    • 37 11 THREE DIED IN THIS HERMES CRASH i THE wreckage of a Hermes plane of Skyways Ltd., which crashed l at S[S, four miles north of Stansted Airport, Essex, earlier thi» month, killing three members of the crew.
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      88 11 I; < rude oil from Nigeria to Britain has been unloaded }n)r Down, Swansea, the oil i m9h Prtrolcum Llan n 'c ceremony aboard the jWr Clyde Crusader, Mr. T. Mbu, ""nnissjoucr for Nigeria in the Kingdom, opened the valve to begin the discharge of the 7.000 I
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  • 253 12 'WOULD END PRESS FREEDOM IN FORMOSA' CHARGE AN independent Taipeh newspaper has accused the Nationalist Government of Irvine to pass a new publications law that would "mean the end of freedom of the press" on Formosa. The Great China Evening News said that one article of the revised law is
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  • 197 12 IIAiPEH'S independent papers those not con trolled by the Government or the Kuomintang Party charged that the New Publications Hill was secretly prepared by the Interior Minister, secretly approved by the Cabinet and secretly sent to the Parliament for secret hearings. The United Daily News said
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  • 66 12 INDIA'S Communist Party has published a resolution in Amritsar demanding the nationalisation of big banks and effective slate control over British and Indian monopolies. The resolution also calls for "opposition to the penetration of American capital" into India. It advocates ceilings on the profits of
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    98 12 Former Japanese Prime Minister Shi- geru Yoshida (left) takes a picture of news photographers who are lining up for the aged statesman they invited at a press photograph- ers' social meeting held I in Tokyo. Mr. Yoshida, now a I member of the House of Representatives, was considered as the
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  • 558 12 13,000 tied Cuadacanal by a ruse A FORMER intelligence officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy has disclosed in Tokyo how he outwitted U.S. forces during World War II to permit total evacuation of starving Japanese troops from Guadacanal. Former Commander Maruki Ito called it "more successful than the Dunkirk operation"
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  • 189 12 ASIAN MINDS SENSITIVE SAYS ENVOY MR. MOHAMMED ALI, the Pakistani ambassador, told the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia that the superiority of the West in political and economic power had produced in the minds of Asians a sense of inferiority and sensitivity. "The desire is uppermost
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  • 47 12 Missile basesP.I. reaction Manila Foreign Secretan Felixberto Serrano said Philippines had no i I officially sounded out on U.S plan to seek ml u bases in the Far East. Mr. Serrano said Philippines would r< its stand on the propcgj until official notificjuoi had been made.- U.P.
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  • RECORD ROUND-UP
    • 297 13  -  DJANGO REINHARDT L;L;L;L VOICE AN! ENIGMA I "Dja ngo." ui> B e Good. Dinah. ContYvsiif, I Saw Stars, Tiger Rag. ii,. Continental, Blue Drag, Sweet Sue Just Vou. The Sunshine 01 "i" s "iii«'. Swannea River. Vocal by .lorry MfengO. Personnel: Stephane GrapelDjanpo ReinhavcU.
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    • 389 13 1 ATEST IN THE ld LATIN- AMERICAN VOGUE SO POPULAR THROUGHOUT MALAYA XAVIER CUGAT and his Orchestra. "Bread, Love and Cha-cha-cha." Bread Love and Cha -chacha, Frenesi, Suavecito Very Very Satisfied, Whatever Lola Wants, Penthouse Mambo, La Paloma, Maria La 0, Coco SecoOj Banana Boat
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    • 198 13 CALYPSO-ERFOLGE. Tipitipitipso. Little Dariinf, Banana Boat Song, Calypso in D, Matilda, Jamaica Farewell. Jimmy O, Solang die Sterne Gluh'n. (Polydor 10-inch, ***** LPH). This is a hotch-potch of artistes, from the shivering violin of Helmut Zacharias to the warm voice of Caterina
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    • 246 13 MY MOTHERS EYES, sung by Russ Hamilton, shows promise of achieving top popularity. Russ has the apillty to get the most out of a song without overdoing inc sentiment He chooses another old favourite for tfie reverse: l Don't Know Why I Love You Like I do. Oriole H-HOi; CATCH
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    • 42 13 /i v ''hy^^V/ x \Ennnm3i THE TK 8U A QUALITY 3-D \^^J "fi#^ GRUnDiO) gfeZFZX TK 80 Wifh two tape speeds fij£s£S\ at your Radio Dealer* tod«iy: t-^ Singapore Distributors: H. A. O'CONNOR «c CO., LTD. Laidlaw Building, Battery Road, Singapore, 1.
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  • 49 14 A MAZE of bicycles just what you'd expect to find at II c r n i> Hill on August Kank Holida y mccca of cyclists from all ttver Britain. The "C h a m p i o n of Champions" event was won by Lloyd Hindi.
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  • 253 14 DANNY Beckley. 15. school boy boxing champion oJ Britain at hi. weight, is blind In one eye, his lather re vealed yesterday. Danny fought even t Ime between October and March and knocked out two opponents. Only his parents and trainer knew about his
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  • 128 14 A record 541 enter British golf A RECORD entry of 514 has been received for the 1958 British Amateur golf championship to be played at St. Andrews. Scotland from June 2 to 7. The previous largest entry was 324 in 1950. The field this year will be reduced by holding
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  • 433 14  - Hall of Fame for British sport ARCHIE QUICK By JT has been suggested that a British Sporting Hall of Fame should be created on the lines of the Helms Foundation in Los Angeles which perpetuates the memory of the "greats" of American in all fields. What a wonderful idea! Imagine
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  • 65 14 Australian mile star.s Herb Elliott, Merv Lincoln and their manager, Mr. Don Rapley, will leave Sydney for America no later than May 9 and probably a few days earlier. Definite booking* will br made this week. The first race for the pair falls on May 16,
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  • 395 14 Latest plan to beat the snow IIfIRST MOVE TOWARDS FREEING ENGLISH 1 r FOOTBALL FROM THE THREATS OF SNOV ICE AND FROST WILL BE MADE AT EVER TONS GROUND AT GOODISON PARK. Ll\ K: On April 22 worknun are duo to start installing warming apparatus in the
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  • 48 14 SUNDERLAND goalkeeper Fraser scoops the ball away from the danger oi Manchester Fnited centre forward Dawson's head as he leaps in to a centre. They were accompanied bv Sunderland right half Anderson (white shirt) and United'* Bobby Chartton. The match WW drawn 2-2.
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  • 533 15 No doubt about it -we will defend that lone Gold Medal f^iKOAPOBE WILL DEFINITELY BE SEND :> i\ii TEAM TO THE TOKYO ASIAN IMFS NEXT MONTH TO DEFEND ITS ONLY rill l>' MEDAL— WON BY ITS WATEU-POLO H \M WHEN BEATING JAPAN 4—2 IN MA- Nil A IN 1954. The
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  • 222 15 A HARD HITTING CHARNLEY THRASHES PETER WATERMAN [)AVE Charnley, British lightweight champion, crashed his way to a fifth round victory over Peter Water man, the welterweight title holder last night in London. The referee stopped the fight with 19 seconds to go in that round. Waterman may decide to retire
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  • 168 15 Ireland bid for soccer title today NORTHERN Ireland are A^ -siiyhl favourites to r^-^ o*,0 at Ninian Park taidiff today and become bright international soccer champions of the home ountnes for the first time. A draw would mean that icy must at least share JJ honour, m 1955-56 g*» hey
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  • 21 15 Oldham Athletic and Hull City drew 1-1 in their English league third division north match at Oldham yesterday. Reuter
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  • 86 15 during Hungarian <iljl(1 tennli team was ten by a combined CanJS» JJMB by 5-2 in MejJ watched by prePektog Elulal last »wS |li a Wang chuan-ro *JN matches in the oi nme-contost He rt »*d his th"d traight win over Zoltan Bcrczik, the European champion, by
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  • 140 15 Aussies want Empire Games just before the Olympics A PROPOSAL to stage future Empire Games in Olympic years, close to the Olympic date and venue, may be made shortly by some members of the Australian Empire Games Association. The members say that the strain on financing Empire Games teams between
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  • 83 15 HPHE New Zealand cricket team arrived In London by air yesterday for their five-month tour of England. Only four of the 16 players were in the New Zealand side which last visited England in 1949. They are John Reid, the 29-year-old captain,
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  • 75 15 A tribute to Spore weight lifters SINGAPORE Amateur Weightlifting Federation may not aocept the invitation extended by the Swedish Amateur Weightlifting Association to compete at the World's sixday championships of 1958 at Stockholm in September. The championships have been" authorised by the Federation Internationale Halterophile et Culturiste (world's controlling body).
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  • 55 15 "It just goes to show that the standard of weightlifting in Singapore is recognised by the world body after the last Olympic Games. "We may however be forced to turn the offer down because of our financial position. "Moreover, it would be a waste of money to send a token
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  • 132 15 Mr. Chua added: "It would be a lot better for the Colony welghtlifters to be sent to the British Empire Games at Cardiff in July. "They can at least bring back gold medals from Cardiff," declared Mr. Chua. Meantime at the Queen Street Buys' Club, Singapore, the final Asian Games
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  • 199 15 A PRELIMINARY sur- vey of the entries by the Japan Asian Games Committee yesterday said about 1,700 athletes and officials from 20 court I tries would be in Tokyo for the sports programme beginning on May 24. Some details about tia- tional entries arc not
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  • 183 16 I^HE British Government said yesterday that the situation in rebellion-torn Cyprus had deteriorated in the last few weeks and that 11 Cypriot civilians had been killed since January 1. The total death-toll .since the rebellion began is 3(55. including 142 Greek-Cyp-riots killed by other
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  • 65 16 20 Wordi $6 (minimum MRS TAN JIAK .SIEW passed away peacefully at 21 Marshall Ro;id on 16.4.1958, aged 7b'. Leaving 2 sons, Tan Soo Luiin and Soo Wee 3 Dau«hter.s-in-hwv, 2 adopted daughters, Mrs. Ong Chip Yan and Kow Liang Chye, 1 adopted .son-in-law and several grand and great
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  • 43 16 Two teenage youths on trial in New York for killing a polio-crippled boy were convicted last night of second degree murder. Two others of the seven on trial were found guilty of manslaughter. The others Reuter were acquitted.—
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  • 38 16 Three patients at the Clayton Hospital at Wakefield (Yorkshire) jumped from their beds and went to help injured people after they witnessed a bus crash through the window cf their ward.- Reuter
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  • 78 16 Actress of the silent films dies of cuncer ACTRESS Estelle Taylor, who once was the wife of former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey, died of cancer in Hollywood yesterday. Miss Taylor had appear, ed in vaudeville, night, clubs and films during a career that began in the silent screen era
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  • 184 16 LEBANON HITS AT CAIRO PRESS 'INTERFERENCE' THE Lebanese Government yesterday ordered an official protest to Cairo against "exaggerated and alarming" reporting of the Lebanese situation In the United Arab Republic cress. The Government branded the U.A.R. Press attacks as "inadmissible interference in Lebanese afTairs." At the same time, the government
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  • 49 16 houses are built five in a row. The plan is drawn by Mr. J. N. Lockerbie, Senior Assistant City Architect, City Council. An artist's impression of what the new lowcost houses for the Kampong Koo Chye fire victims look like when they are completed. The
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  • 267 16 STEEL-HELMETED police yesterday forced back a crowd of more than 300 Africans who rushed the staircase to the public gallery in the Nairobi Legislative Council building. Reinforcements were called to handle the crowd, and eventually a few of them were allowed in. The scenes followed
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  • 32 16 Sir Patrick Reilly Britain's ambassador to Russia, left London for Moscow today to begin diplomatic preparation for a summit conference if Russia agrees to talks beginning there tomorrow.— Reuter
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  • 55 16 THE ENVOY'S GROCER GETS HIS $36 fFHE Jordanian Embassy in London hurriedly sent the equivalent of $36 to grocer Harry Silverstein after a West London court issued a summons against the Ambassador, Assayed Abdel Monem Rifai. The cash was delivered to Mr. Silverstein who claimed that the Ambassador ignored two
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  • Free Press RADE DAY Special
    • 20 1 Free Press RADE DAY Special Wednesday, April 16, 1958. ■-■"t--fV JM f il)iy^ v r' J ftrHfttifflllMHMMßHlHHMMHMllllMMlß9Hi^ i— nninmn nnnnn
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    • 502 1  - WEAK OPPOSITION v. ON PAROLE IN RACE ONE ALLAN LEWIS By ()N PAROLE IS MY BEST BET AT KUALA LUMPUR THIS AFTERNOON. I THINK HIS 1 ORM MAKES HIM HM) (.001) FOR THIS VEAK LOT. Nell vne will run well md old Proctor is worth a place chance. There is
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      38 1 BEST BETS: On Parole (Race One), Peace Police (Race Four), and Reliable (Race Five). Best outsiders: Tawakal (Race Four), Pepper Dealer (Race Three), and Mysterious > (Race Two). THE GOING 5 The going will be > very good. S
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      • 385 1 5| v'^9| MIMIUMHHIMIHI lIIIMMtUI u 1. .mil ..MM.mumiM.M ...ill. THE FREE PRESS THE STRAITb TIMES SINGAPORE STANDARD NANYAN6 I ALLAN LEWIS I TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY V l^™ WINDSOR LA^ SCRUTINEER KWEE LOH Race 1 ON PAROLE SS,!^ 01^ Hamlet R LK MUnl™ f f AKOLE ON PAROLE ON
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    • 995 2 RACE 1-2.50: CLASS 5, »IV. 1- Si FURS. 1. ***** ROCKET syr. o*l (Of. Lo S.A. &MO U««> 9.02 Ch^re 2 5 ON parole 3yr. cheg ißed Owen St.) v Spencei 8.3 Bgusoua 3. ***** NELLYNE syr. bram IT. Sam Yuen Bt.) Yong 8.12 Mam 4.
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    • 992 2 Form of today's Kuala Lumpur runners I RACE ONE ROCKET: No reeei report. ON PAROLE: No track report. NELLYNE: No track report. HAMLET: 12-4-,;; W ent attractively over 3P ■>« with Hush. BOLD DRAtiOON i. 4 158 Went over 31 14-4-58 Reeled oi i 39 4/5. PROCTOR: N track report.
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    • 1247 4 TAKE ON PAROLE IF YOU WANT A SAFE BET TODAY ON PAROLE, a promising newcomer who has trained on splendidly since his first race in Malaya at Kuala Lumpur in February, looks the best bet in today's card. On Parole- has shown improvement, and today meets weak opposition. RACE ONE
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