The Singapore Free Press, 28 April 1958

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    15 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper s!af»pM*, Monday April in, iy:s. price IftCti*
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    Police out on eve of big strike in Malta
    137 1 Police out on eve of big strike in Malta CJTEEL-HELMETED police upa trolle d Valletta's streets last night and a riot squad guarded the Governor's palace after nearly a week of antiBritish disturbances The Maltese General Workers Union, main supporter of former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff, has called a general
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    Parang attack by thugs
    41 1 Several secret society men JJv w i, th P aran ®s attacked Yew Wah Teck while he was coming out of a cabaret 5f r ck Seah Street with A Singapore spokesman toirollp |f belon S ed
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    Night attack
    14 1 (cc shop assistant In complained to <!m ten score susrsSs ;^<o,e 5125
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    Lock icon JAKARTA TROOPS MENACE 2 KEY TOWNS
    193 1 JAKARTA TROOPS MENACE 2 KEY TOWNS Lasl rete/ stronghold in Tapanuli falls— all main centres in province are under Government control again INDONESIAN Central Government troops have reached the "immediate vicinity" of two more rebel strongholds in Sumatra, Antara news agency said yesterday. They are the strategic towns of Padang
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    Cholera epidemic on wane
    91 1 Cholera epidemic on wane r pHE Cholera epidemic L which broke out in Calcutta early this month hag already claimed 400 lives, according to hospital authorities. The city's hospitals report that nearly 20 percent of the 766 cases admitted to hospitals are children aged under 12. The authorities said there
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    RUBBER PRICE
    32 1 May first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at 74 V 8 cents a lb., down seven-eighths of a cent on Friday's close. The tone was uncertain.
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    Lock icon CARONIA GOES ON THURSDAY
    127 1 CARONIA GOES ON THURSDAY 'THE Cunaid Company said In Liverpool la.st night that their 34,183-ton liner Caronia, held up In Japan since April 14 after colliding with a breakwater while leaving Yokoham?., was expected to leave on Thursday after completing repairs. The Caronia, on a 108-day luxury cruise, was originally
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    Party chiefs to hold vital talks on Friday
    164 1 Party chiefs to hold vital talks on Friday r pHE all-party conference to discuss the draft of Singapore's new constitution will begin on Friday. Copies of the draft are expected here any day now. The conference will be confined to members of the all-party delegation who took part in negotiations
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    Lock icon WEST BENGAL OIL STRIKE SPREADING
    180 1 WEST BENGAL OIL STRIKE SPREADING A J-day.old sit-down ol 195 oil emthreatened to tie Bengal's entire oil 11 government •r 1 federal gov- '"''ivcntion to > the -serious which has deve. the employees British-owned ■i Narkeldanga J'Ckon April 18 in ■ggggt blanket governart the Petroleum Workers' Federation jumped in with
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    WOMAN AND FAMILY BOUND AND ROBBED BY DAGGER MEN
    74 1 WOMAN AND FAMILY BOUND AND ROBBED BY DAGGER MEN THREE Chinese armed with daggers entered a house in Geylang at 3.15 a.m. today, tied up Madam Lim Heng Chew and her family and got away with $2,000 cash and jewels. Madam Lim told the police the men knocked at the
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    Lock icon BEAUTY QUEEN 'TOO YOUNG', GIVES UP TITLE
    89 1 BEAUTY QUEEN 'TOO YOUNG', GIVES UP TITLE BRITISH beauty queen June Cooper stepped off her throne yesterday because her mother put her foot down about her visiting Hollywood on the ground that she was too young. Sixteen-year-old salesgirl June, of Sheffield, was crowned Miss England last Tuesday. Mrs. Marjory Cooper
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    Lock icon The Russians, too
    34 1 Russian bomber., regularly patrol the Arctic area north of Alaska, Lt.-Oen, Francis Griswoki, vice-commander of the U.S Air Force's Strategic Air Command's operation said In VVu hini;ton l.'i t night Reuter
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    NEW U.S. STEPS TO RULE OUT A-BOMB ACCIDENT
    239 2 NEW U.S. STEPS TO RULE OUT A-BOMB ACCIDENT nrfHE us Air Force ai sur< d J. Congre m in t< itimony mud' 1 public yesterday, that it had taken steps which make it "virtually Impo Ible" for Its imb(i to n lease an atomic bomb accidentally. J! told the House
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    Lock icon Labour men shout down Bevan
    358 2 air. \\i i kin m: VAN, was shouted down In members oi his own party at a meeting in London esterday H hile he i was explaining th c j Labour Party's policy Eon nuclear disarm- anient. At times his voice E was completely drownE
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    U.S. 'YES' TO REDS LIKELY
    273 2 But it means that UK, French stains will be lowered rUPLOMATS in Washington speculated yesterMJ day that the United States might accept a broadening of summit preparatory talks in Moscow "in the interests of peace." The feeling in the United States capital was that the
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    Lock icon Exhibition by S'pore artist
    76 2 Exhibition by S'pore artist An exhibition of interior decoration by Mr. P. F. Huang, a Singapore artist was opened on Saturday at the Victoria Memorial Hall by Mr. Ko Teck Kin, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Ko is seen speaking at the opening ceremony. On his
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    THE MAIL THAT WENT ASTRAY
    61 2 Worried railroad officials sought an explanation yesterday of how a freight-car loaded with Christmas parcels got into a remote siding at Leeds last December and stayed there unnoticed for lour months. The car was part Of B mail (rain which puffed out Of Manchester station
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    MINISTER HITS OUT AT ARCHBISHOP
    121 2 ARCHBISHOP JOOST de BLANK, Anglican Archbishop of Capetown and former Bishop of Stepney, London, was criticised by a South African Cabinet Minister on Saturday night because of his views on racial politics. Mr. Charles Swart. Minister of Justice, speaking at a dinner in Pretoria, said
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    Ship blacklisted
    27 2 The Arab League yesterday blacklisted a Swedish ship because it visited both Arab and Israel) ports in a single voyage, it. was announced, v p
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    Lock icon Mr. K: We still want the summit talks
    235 2 \ih Nikita Khrushchev, soviet. Prime Minister, in a Kiev speech, reiterated that Russia still wanted a summit conference, and explained her refusal to meet the three Western envoys in Moscow jointly for pre -summit talks, the Soviet news agency Tass reported la.st
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    ADJOURN SEA LAW TALKS SAY THE AUSSIES
    262 3 U i yesterday new proposal to L tion eonferenc< i a w oi the sea In proposing a adjournment ot terence until imi y after the loth t tin- United Nai General Assembly. i end about next i-Yi The official text of the
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    Lock icon Wedding bells ring for happy brutes
    104 3 Wedding bells ring for happy brutes Mr. Joseph Quek Joo Nghee and Miss Theresa Lee Kwan Fang, who were married at the Church of Sainjs Peter and Paul. Queen Street Singapore, at the weekend. Mr. Quek is the second son of Madam Cecilia Er Mai Kiew. The bride is the
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    Lock icon Margaret dives to see lagoon's angel fish
    267 3 MARGARET iwimming In the "jwinj blue lagoon by 00 reef off thr 1 Crusoe," island Tobago yesterday j a diving mask to myriads of beautiOWed angel fish a^'wr iropical species !hore! ut a mlle ofT r^: had sealed oft r fading to golden
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    Iraq shocks Arab won't pay
    299 3 Iraq shocks Arab won't pay IRAQ announced last night that she would no long* r pay hei share of the Arab League budget, mc Iraqi Ambassador, Mr. Ibrahim Khodeir, made the announcement after a meeting of the League In Cairo. 'Iraq will not pay its share or the budget o!
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    Lock icon TO POLLS BY BIKE AND ON HANDLEBAR
    192 3 TO POLLS BY BIKE AND ON HANDLEBAR T'OGOLESE, many riding to polling booths in Lome on bicycles carrying their wives on the crossbars, yesterday voted In French Togoland's first elections under a new constitution. Queues at polling stations were quiet but police in jeeps were stationed ju.st around corners in
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    Lock icon Britain's atomic rival
    66 3 WEST GERMANY is revealed as a serious rival of Britain in atomic development for the first time at the 12th. German industries fair which was opened by President Theodor Heuss in Hanover yesterday. Sixteen West German firms exhibited in the nuclear section. Britain has a joint exhibit
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    The Singapore Free Press Monday, Apr. 28, 1958. Opinion CHASING PHANTOMS
    231 4 The Singapore Free Press Monday, Apr. 28, 1958. Opinion CHASING PHANTOMS /\N many sides America has been subjected to verbal attacks that are. as spurious as they are uncalled for. Russia, most heavily armed nation on earth, has been accusing peace -loving America of aggressive intentions, se ekin g thereby
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  • PELHAM GROOM writes every Monday
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      1200-word speech by judge became 4 words by interpreter
      959 4 1200-word speech by judge became 4 words by interpreter I'lIK hiic.st cxaniphs of precis writing \nu surely be found In the work of those men who write foreign sub" titles for films. The space OH the ftlttl its* ji' d( mandfi that their work shall be brief but their ability
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      This jungle drama ideal for a film
      615 4 17TSITS by film mag- nates to Singapore are no longer a rarity. They come for various reasons but whatever that reason may be they are ail on the lookout for a good story, a story of Malaya which can be (limed in Malaya,
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      57 4 Craftsmanship In Jewelleru IYmi weai' .lev. g| lii at its Bosti when you t hem made by Craft •men wlio have ipeclftiUod in tiii- work for man y w.irs. We under tnkc Bfi v k [ltd oi workiln r©paii Inn and etting in < '"'ld. VI I.ilrgold Of in PlfltittUßL
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    NO IDENTITY CHECK NOW BY COLONY POLICE AT
    242 5 police have abandoned tin' system Ling the Identity of persons entering the Colony from the Federation. gave these three reasons: 0 Tii tg of the emergency, lived a good deal of manpower, and >ed great Inconvenience to the travelling public. Free Press
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    Saw frost gather on hands in space-dive
    214 5 Saw frost gather on hands in space-dive AN R.A.F. officer one of two who accidentally set up a world record by ejecting from their plane at 56.000 feet— said at the weekend he watched frost accumulating on his hands a.s he feli through space waiting for his parachute to open.
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    Lock icon Ideas for Singapore?
    138 5 11/ITII Singapore now beginning' a campaign E for tourism, this jet-age mobile infor- S mation centre (above) seems ideal. Run by the Berlin Tourist OiYice it was E nicknamed the "Berlin Bear" and is now at the Brussels World Exhibition. E The van carries all modern equipment
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    New Comet was 'splendid' on its maiden test flight
    91 5 rpHE new de Havillar.d Comet IV, powered by Rolls Royce Avon jet engines, made a .successful maiden flight at Hatiield, Southern England, yesterday. John Cunningham, de Havilland's chief test pilot, took the new Comet up for an hour and 23 minutes
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    CINEMA IS BIGGEST DRAW AT ASIAN SEAMEN'S HOSTEL
    192 5 CINEMA IS BIGGEST DRAW AT ASIAN SEAMEN'S HOSTEL THE new Singapore Asian Seamen's club now fully fitted and equipped, is becoming Increasingly popular with Visiting ".seadogs." Up to an average of :io seamen at a time are staying at the hostel, which was opened on Feb. 7, by Mr. J.
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    Lock icon Pilgrims die of dysentery
    41 5 TVn Nigerian pilgrim to Mecca have di< d oi dy <-n tcry ana 700 have been quarantined ai El Obeid in the Sudan, the Nigerian pilgrim officer 1 nt Khartoum has reported to the Nigerian Oovrnnvnt. Reuter
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      36 6 i Firm and pleasing to the lips t mild yet deeply satisfying to the taste —Chesterfield alone is pleasure- packed by Accu-Ray. S CHESTERFIELD f [ffi s J SATISFIES Jjy^ ■ficAV TTE 5 MOST! > S 6
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      176 6 mm m a-B JEFF lIAU Xl b> Sydney .ford»u fa^^-|J llMf^p^^WJJHffiff^lf >lAM>IBAlii: by Lee Falk and I'liil Davis J.V\E hv Iliibbaycl TSuCK'll BE Vox/ WwATS V A>J Nou YE SOT COW- I S'POSS >OUfc I I- /^S^UP TALKING hZQE IN A MINUTP TmiS CA<E, YOU WAVF. i/ OPPCE'LL S.VELL X
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      473 6 Mm 1 J^t *IL~I K^ /^K *^P^ BORN today, you have a stroll! albeit rather dogmatic personality. Your one greatest fault p haps, iya tendency to procrastinat when important decisions are at stake Your intuitions are to be tri and II you would heed your imores&ions and act on them
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    38 7 The First Sea Lord, Lord Mountbatten, inspects a guard of hoaour of Burmese ratings at Tower Pier, London, at the hand- ing over ceremony of the former minesweeper H.M.S. Marin- er to the Burmese Navy.— Central Press picture.
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    $2m. extra water plan goes on
    210 7 $2m. extra water plan goes on "THE Singapore Government is going ahead with Its plan, to complete ihe $2,000,000 emergency water supply scheme in Bedok valley. The scheme, when completed, is expected to v vld 5,000.000 gallons of water a day. The scheme calls for the construction el deep wells.
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    Co-op bank to open soon
    42 7 Co- op bank to open soon I Co-opera-nk will open for aboul two exad date will i board oi to In held oi the bank ild also th< bank coi lider which deposits pted b i ins, 'Operative solin thi bank aboul
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    Big Soviet aid plan for Egypt
    42 7 Russia win help Egypi to build or expand six metal factories, 18 engineering enterprises and .-hops and seven oil enterprises, a Boviel Government economic periodical said yesterday ac cording to the Soviet newi agency Tas Reuter.
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    Buddhists prepare for Vesak
    101 7 Buddhists prepare for Vesak THE Buddhists In Singapore arc preparing to celebrate their holiesi day Of the year Vesuk on Saturday. Next Friday. Vesak Eve. Buddhists will decorate, the shrines for Saturday.-, celebrations. The Buddhist Union has worked out a programme for Saturday which Lnclud< a service (Chanting of prayers)
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    Lock icon CONSERVATIVE M.P. DIES
    43 7 Sir i. hi Orr-Ewing, Conservative Member ol Parliament for Weston-Super-Mare since H)34. died In hospital in England yr.trrd;iy. lie WM M( in the ia.-,t General Election, he was returned with ft majority of 11,082 ovrr his Labour Party opponent Reuter
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    Lock icon Soraya in Bermuda
    17 7 lya or Per R1 Hamilton terday In the mi bermuda »;ik for B Reuter
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    BIG HUNT FOR KIDNAP THUGS
    199 7 Junior members of ring vanish after crack-down the Singapore and Federation police are work- 4 Ing together to track down the remaining members of the million-dollar kidnapping rin£ whose back-bone was recently smashed in the Colony Following tin 1 11^ arrests In the Colony of
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    Lock icon Queen ill, so Duke reviews Scouts
    48 7 The Duke of Edinburgh yesterday took the Queen's place to review the annual St. George's Day parade o' 1,000 Queen's Scouts at Windsor Castle. The Queen, who Is recovering from a cold, was advised to stay In bed for the weekend. Reuter
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    SHE'S OFF TO AUSTRALIA ON 4-YEAR COURSE
    131 7 PRETTY 18-year-old Miss A Ong Siew Kee of Penang had longed to go abroad to study. Now her wish has come true. She left for Australia at the weekend to take a four-year course in domestic science. She will attend the Emily MacPherson
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      114 7 RUCKING H I cy| (c* TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD O 173 CECIL STREET GiNbAPOPE j imm UC*i^ MANAGIti'', UIkICTOR RONALD PEit m m m mi m m m m m >m m>. mi m vm have you entered for the dft %&i ffc. Beauty Contest? l^Lc 7 Ln'ry Forms and ft,
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      52 7 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAI 7.02 p.m. TOMORROW: 6.24 a.m. and 80 1 p.m. V. l DNI n!MY; 7.54 a.m. and 8.49 p m. THURSDAI 9.00 a.m. and 9.21 p.m. FRIDAY: 9.54 a.m. and 10.03 p.m. SATUiRDAI 10.45 a m. and lit.:: 1 p m > i n i > v.35
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      110 7 Today's radio programme p.m. Stresi On Strings; The D.N Speaks; 7.30 Music 1.30 1 Hue Signal and N< 1.45 I Amazes Mr; 8.00 World Affairs, On Strings; 2.00 Close a weekly commentary; 6.1S BeDown; 5.00 Di.sirici Ni'.' letter; Death the Swaying Palms; 8.30 •.IB Cnterlude for Music; r ).:H) Radio
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  • QUEEN'S DAY OUT WITH THE HORSES
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      UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
      145 8 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN The Queen and the ti the hor^e ti als at England. Their host was the Di ecj a variety of ev< qualities of horsem; Among the ■.rompetita ance test was Miss a lead oi several p Mighty." Later, completing the spe I r was a far cry from
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      SHEILAI WINS AGAIN
      114 8 Trllllll Illlllre Winner of the Badminton horse trials for the second year in succession was Miss Sheila Willcox. She is seen on the left L taking her dun gelding High and Mighty over one of the obstacles on the last day of the threeday trials. Fence down
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      ROYAL SCARF FASHION
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  • DIGGING UP THE PAST
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      THAT FIRST ISSUE -AND A BOMBSHELL
      1029 10 THAT FIRST ISSUE -AND A BOMBSHELL llillllillilillillillllliiiiiilliiiii.y THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FREL PRESS CERTAIN LV LIVED UP TO ITS NAME,! WRITES PELHAM GROOM, AND IN ITS OUTSPOKLM LEADER, SUP j PORTED A MALACCA PAPER THAT WAS BAN- 1 NED FOR ITSI ANTI SLAVERY VIEWS. IT is always interesting t<>
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      The antics of a Skylark
      178 10 Yon in i rocket 200 mill up in outer i pace V revealed by i toctor E B Dorling one ol thi I i i th Royal Aeron ml Uai E I ibll .inn< ni i- arnbo hlch dev< lop i c paci 1 1
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      Drivers so polite now i
      65 10 Drivers so polite now i Kespect for skirts is a must now in Stockholm where women are taking on an ever important role in running the city. Miss. Marianne Johansson is the first woman in Sweden to conduct traffic and this picture shows her directing it at the Tegelbacken in
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  • SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
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      Lock icon Tourism chief has big job ahead
      1244 11 Tourism chief has big job ahead asdfasdf irHEN .vif. Hubert Howlett, the New Zealander from Fi i*' arr ives here on May 29 to assume the post It Director of the Tourist Bureau he will IH f aC ed with the big job of launching a new industry— tourism. Boos;
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    THE TWO KILLERS
    1241 12 Singapore Doctor writes on smallpox and cholera Universal vaccination essemial qw\ll i' <» and cholera, two killer diseases, have been m.ikinn headline new The former ha i each <<l epidemic proportions East Pakl stan, the latter In Calcutta. Smallpox, also cal) d variola, la an acute, i
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    YOUR QUERIES ANSWERED
    90 12 AS I oner had rt hernia i would be grate* ful if you would tell me whether abdominal bells arc of any use as fl v>cVentive OJ hernia. ABDOMINAL belts are of no value in the prevention of hernia. Indeed, some would Argue that passive support of
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    Lock icon Hypnosis cure for 'muddled' prisoners
    368 12 Hypnosis cure for 'muddled' prisoners CONFERENCI 0 psychiatrists and psychologists In Well togton, New Zealand" lias been told that hypnosis has proved a much bel c r method «;i trea in "muddled" and hysterical prisoners than tranquillisers, Dr, n. 11. Buchanan, p yc'hu atrl ;j it the Mou pri on.
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  • THE WORLD OF SCIENCE
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      Jupiter retains secret of Great Red Spot
      482 13 Jupiter retains secret of Great Red Spot HUNDRED yeara an astronomer i r st perceived on the m ,i Uv planet Jupiter phenomenon which ia s probably aroused nO re interest and revived more attention fotn p o fessional star-gazers" than any ither "sky-sign." It has become known, rery simply,
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      105 13 UllllllllllltlMllltllllllllltlilllllllltltlflfllllllllHl This giant crane "Goliath" which took 14 months to build and is claimed to be the biggest of its type in the world, is being used to speed up construction of the Central Electricity Generating Board's nuclear power station at Brad- well-on-Sea, Essex. The crane, as tall as Nelson's
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      Lock icon RUBY AIDS SIGHT
      119 13 /COLUMBIA University ha \j announced in New York the development Of an amplifying device which may enable radio telescopes to see ten times further. The device uses a synthetic ruby which, when it receives radio waves from outer space, amplifies the Signals for e.i ier interpretation. The
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      Lock icon PROTEINOID MADE IN TEST TUBE
      197 13 PROTEINOID MADE IN TEST TUBE xx Ul y be well on the way to creating life tube if he has not done so already. ientists from Florida State University rted on experiments that have led to the roduction of a substance -perhaps almost WWitical with the first or early materials
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      Probe to prove Earth's crust moves
      443 13 Probe to prove Earth's crust moves A TEAM of scientists with their feet firmly planted on the ground are working steadily at Bidston, Cheshire England, to prove that the Earth's surface is about as firm and steady as a saucer atop a beaspring. For 24 hours a day seven days
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    Lock icon LAZAROO MUST HAVE CHANCE TO QULIFY
    482 14 SPORTS EDITORIAL BY CHARLES BRYCE II the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association send team to the Asian Games Tokyo next month then bantamweight Roy Lazaroo should be given a chance to be included. So far he has not had a proper chance. The match against
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    Lock icon CYCLE MARATHON IN THE PHILIPPINES
    59 14 tance of more than 100 miles from the start to the goal. The s c sun-baked cyclists of the Philippines arc about to cross Tabang Bridge in Guiguinto, Bulcan. during the gruelling 1958 "Tour of Luzon" hike marathon he- tween Quezon City and Dagupan City.
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    MINISTRY OF SPORT IS SUGGESTED
    225 14 MINISTRY OF SPORT IS SUGGESTED r vim New South Walea Olympic Council will press for the establishment of a Ministry 01 Sport in the Australian Government. The Council has decided to seek the establishment of the Ministry within the Department of Health, to con trol all s|X)rt in Australia. Similar
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    Lock icon PURSES HELD BY BOARD
    67 14 PURSES HELD BY BOARD THE Transvaal Boxing Board of Control are withholding the purses of Dennis Adams and Jose Ogazon pending a special investigation into their Johannesburg fight. Ogazon, the Spanish flyweight champion, outpointed Adams, South African and British Empire title holder, in a dull, mauling 10-round bout which had
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    Lock icon RUSSIANS WILL STICK TO JUNIOR EVENT
    73 14 RUSSIANS WILL STICK TO JUNIOR EVENT RUSSIAN lawn tennis players will compete only in the junior Wimbledon this year, and not in the championships proper. This was made clear yesterday in Moscow by Mr. V. Kollegorsky, a leading tennis oFaal who said the Soviet competitors would be known only after
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    Lock icon NEWMARKET ACCEPTORS
    50 14 There are eight final acceptors with weights for the Free Handicap for four-year-olds to be run over one mile and a half at Newmarket on Wednesday. They are: Arctic Explorer 9.00, Heswali Honey 8.13, Rose Argent and Messmate 800, Lightehran and Mannerheim 8.00, Compromise and Spaceman 7.12.— Reuter
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    31 14 The Japanese Swimming Association last night announced a team of Australian swimming champions will take part in the Japanese national swimming championship to be held on August 15 Reuter
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