The Singapore Free Press, 5 August 1958

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No I.:.-*-* M.mapoie, Tuesday, August 5, 1958. Price 15Cts.
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    Lock icon 11 MORE ARSON FIRES RASE IN NICOSIA
    177 1 11 MORE ARSON FIRES RASE IN NICOSIA jiLEVEN tires due to a arson were raging in th< Nicosia area. it was officially announced last night. Greek church in Louroudjina, a predominantly Turkish-populated South Cyprus village, and a Turkish mosque in a Greek village near Nicosia, were destroyed by fire. Meanwhile
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    The silent intruder
    38 1 The silent intruder hear] J" avan Road. bore rstrec t, Singato: J and jewellery T Uh W wore stolen C: v ng outside his h 30a.m. when he Eng house was boMr, j He dashed inW th. intruder
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    Big arms dump in jungle
    78 1 ONE of the biggest inns dumps found in Central Malaya in recent years has been discovered in the Ulu Selangor jungle. The arms were mostly hidden in trees, covered with sacks. Late last night security forces, after trek- lng through swamps, recovered them. Included in
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    30 children hurt in rail crash
    42 1 Thirty holiday bound children were injured yesterday when three railway carriages with 250 children on board broke loose from a shunting engine and crashed into the baggage car of «a train in Viccnza station, North Italy.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Back with Margaret -by request
    119 1 Back with Margaret -by request PRINCESS Margaret's 1 favourite Canadian swain, wealthy so-cialite-lawyer John Napier Turner, was invited back yesterday to the lakeside hideaway where he and the Princess spent Sunday together. Sources close to the Princess said Mr. Turner received a royal invitation to return. On Sunday night, the
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    Lock icon Rio's boo-boys jeer at Dulles
    136 1 THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, arrived in Brazil yesterday on a two-day official visit and immediately ran into an antiAmerican demonstration by a group of fist-shaking students shouting "Dulles go home." As Mr. Dulles sped at 50 miles an hour past
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    Lock icon BORDER CRISIS LAW – OFFICIAL
    89 1 BORDER CRISIS LAW OFFICIAL I ;il Government* •'v declared a emergency along bo rd r W« Cambodian ;t T; knot's move was -ifeßuard against outbreak of viol- ence beiore the arrival of Cambodian negotiators in Bangkok on Aug. 15 to confer on border problems. The Slam Government also cited the
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    Lock icon RUSSIA HOLDS UP HER REPLY: WEST IS PUZZLED
    437 1 RUSSIA HOLDS UP HER REPLY: WEST IS PUZZLED Has Mao made it tough for Khrushchev? WESTERN envoys in Moscow stood by all yesterday for the expeded Soviet reply to the latest proposals by the West on a United Nations summit meeting on the Middle East. But at midnight there was
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    Lock icon Over 100 children die of cholera
    91 1 Over 1 00 children die of cholera SIX more deaths yesterday brought to 218 the estimated toll during a 13--day cholera epidemic which has swept througu Katmandu and nearly 100 valley villagers in Nepal. More than half of the victims were children. In the absence of ambulances, Nepal's only two
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    RUBBER PRICE
    26 1 August first grade rubber buyers fob. opened in Singapore this morning at 81^8 cents a lb.. up three-eighths of a cent on Friday's close.
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    Chehab wants US troops to go
    482 2 President-elect's call pleases rebel chief pENERAL FUAD CHEHAB, n« wlyelected Lebanese President, said last night In A broadcast appeal for national unity that one of the country's "national aims" was "the withdrawal oi foreign forces from Lebanese territory.' In a five minute speech his
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    Lock icon 14 tell of revolt plot at trial in Jordan
    184 2 14 tell of revolt plot at trial in Jordan J FOURTEEN peopli ace I 1 ed ol ittempting to ov< rthi the pi' Ii! Jordanian r< rime and smuggle arms and KploBivei gave evidence In Amman ye t< rday when a military court }> l(i lL> third meeting. Some oj
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    Lock icon Bomb relic kills five children
    43 2 Five children :iged bo- j tween live and seven were killed yesterday when a bomb, believed to be a World j War II relic, exploded near: the local council building in Bosanski Novi, Yugosla- I v i.i Reuter
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    Lallang blaze traps python guarding nest of eggs
    103 2 Lallang blaze traps python guarding nest of eggs A 12. FOOT. LONG PYTHON nursing Vi of her eggs in tall la Hang at the Malay settlement in Jalan Eunos was killed by settlers clearing the area for their new homes yesterday. The presence of the python was not discovered until
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    DOUBLE-CHECK BY U.S. IRKS U.N. SPOTTERS IN THE LEBANON
    253 2 DOUBLE-CHECK BY U.S. IRKS U.N. SPOTTERS IN THE LEBANON ,4 UNITED NATIONS spotter plane, patrolling a 1 the Syrian-Lebanese border, crash-landed on the Lebanese side of the frontier in rebel-held territory, it was learned in Beirut yesterday. It was not clear whether the plane had been shot down or had
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    Chamoun: won't ask them to leave
    61 2 Chamoun: won't ask them to leave PRESIDENT CIIAMOUN of the Lebanon said yesterday he had no intention of asking the U.S. forces in the Lebanon to leave. He made his declaration shortly before a meeting with the U.S. special envoy, Mr. Robert Murphy, the U.S. Ambassador, Mr. Robert McClintock. the
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    Dance entries ciose soon
    71 2 The 1958 Singapore Cha-Cha-Cha and Rock n' Roll open championships will be held at the Great World Cabaret on Aug. 15 and J6 at 8 p.m. The competitions, which are being organised by the Singapore International Society of Dance Teachers, are open to amateur dancers lrom
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    'WALES DESERVES TO JOIN U.N.
    33 2 Sir Daniel Davis a physician to the Queen, yesterday toid T.onn visitors to the Welsh National Eisteddfod that Wales should not an invitation to join the United Nations.
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    AN ADEN SELF-RULE MOVE
    73 2 Iwß Sultan ol LaheJ, from Whom Britain withdrew recognition laJst^ month, said in Cairo yesterday thai he had bern Pledged the "full support" of the Arab League for the Aden people's struggle for self-determination, Thr plrrl^o wns glyeii on Sunday by Ihr Leag cretary-general, Mo Abdcl
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      36 2 POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER y? j~ > "As they're obviously none of them going to he on sjttukuiK trrm.f by fhe time they gtt there, I quite frankly fail to tee the point of the climb."
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    Lock icon STAMPEDE AND 350 CHILDREN GOT LOST
    96 3 STAMPEDE AND 350 CHILDREN GOT LOST nnXit 'r children separatS their families alter, the explosion of an munitions depot in meiro on Friday were sun waiting yesteri '.aimed by their pan Trie childri n are being held by police and institutions. Military authorities said vest, rday that the depot i,
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    Lock icon FAREWELL GIFT TO ENGINEER
    51 3 At a weekend farewell dinner to Mr. L I'm, station Engineer, Changi, and Mrs. Pye, it the Islamic restaurant, Singap.rv tririty stall members presented him with a set of Chinese flower pots. Here, the presentation is being made by Mr. Jaffri H. M. Som. Free Press
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    Lock icon THEY URGED BELIEF, NOT ACTION-TOP REDS FREED
    117 3 THEY URGED BELIEF, NOT ACTION -TOP REDS FREED Lited States Court Appeals in New York isterday reversed convictions of six Commun--956 lor conspiring to •gen and advocate the overthrow of the gen Uit nt T h ne wej entenced to one to W'n prison. hr «c appeal court -said the
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    Lock icon Church calls for new order, end of self-interest
    203 3 HHHE LAMBETH (London) confer- ence of archbishops and bishops of the Anglican communion last night called on the nations to "forgo those policies of self-interest which deny the interests of others." The conference issued this call in an interim statement on peace.
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    Lock icon Firemen rush to Eros, Westminster Abbey
    95 3 Firemen rush to Eros, Westminster Abbey FIRE engines raced to two London landmarks the statue of Eros and Westminster Abbey —in answer to alarm calls yesterday. They were called to Eros in Piccadilly Circus when smoke was seen coming from the base of the famous statue. The firmen found that
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    Lock icon Actress Arnaud still critical
    36 3 Miss Yvonne Arnaud, 65--year-old French-born actress, who collapsed with cerebral haemorrhage, last week, was still critically ill in a London hospital yesterday. Miss Arnaud had a brain operation two days ago. Reuter
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    Lock icon MARGARET SUNBATHES IN HILLS
    75 3 MARGARET SUNBATHES IN HILLS PRINCESS MARGARET, resting for two days at a lodge in Quebec's Gatineau Hills, sunbathed and swam in a nearby lake yesterday. Before leaving for the beach she sent birthday greetings to the Queen Mother who celebrated her 58th birthday yesterday. A Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter
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    Lock icon T.V. CANDIDATE STANDS DOWN
    29 3 London television star Jacqueline Mackenzie announced last night her withdrawal as prospective Liberal Party candidate for the Cheltenham seat in the House of Commons. Reuter
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    Lock icon HOLIDAY -BRITONS STAYED AT HOME
    171 3 HOLIDAY -BRITONS STAYED AT HOME BRITAIN last night ended one of its quietest August Bank Holiday weekends, with rain and trade recessions in some towns to blame. A planned aerial survey of road congestion around London fell through as there were no traffic jams. Millions made it a stay-at-home holiday,
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    Lock icon Bill to cut voting age of 'whites'
    43 3 Dr. T. E. Donges, the South African Minister of the Interior, yesterday gave notice In the House of Assembly of a bill to lower the present voting age of whites from 21 to 18 years. Reuter
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    Lock icon TROOPS KILL 41 CATTLE THIEVES
    36 3 Colombian tnx)p.s have killed 41 cattle-stealing bandits and taken six prisoners In a clash in moun- tainous country ea^t of Call. Two soldiers wcro killed and five were wound- cd.- Reuter
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      234 3 SALE? Sorry. No Sale but in the airconditioned atmosphere you can shop with comfort and purchase j quality goods at prices less than sales. SPECIAL OFFERS American made sport shirts from $5.50 (Hundreds of designs to select from) I I Dacron -Cotton Trousers Normal $28.50 Now $19.90 Dacron Cotton Shirts
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      Opinion A menace to all
      156 4 Opinion A menace to all ASIA'S young mde--*1 pendent nations are beginning to awaken to the menace of the Red bloc's trade ofJensive. And, paradoxically, this danger grows as these nations' development programmes progress. For the greater their production of primary j commodities and in- dustrial goods, the more they
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    Burma's Reds ask for more
    671 4  -  GUY WINT hv rpHE Burmese Com- munist Party has stiffened its attitude in the negotiations which have been going on between it and the Government of Burma. The Burma Government had offered an amnesty on generous terms but the Communist Party hopes for more. The
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    BY THE WAY
    195 4  -  Beachcomber WRfli DEPLORING the absence of gramophone recording.; in the old days a critic Bftyg; "We might have had a recording of Rougei de Lisle Ringing the Marseillaise, as depicted In David". famotlfl picture." Bui David got it, wrong. It was Dietrich, the Mayor of Strasbourg, who
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      29 4 Dltl^K I Green Spot Sum uiiiii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i
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      54 4 ROMAN SLIDE-PROJECTOR I i AF 300 I Trading Co. (M) Ltd. AURORA LTD., El 1 De J w %fo,W WBl^ I n vli t \f JL I* I QrTR Cc* TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD j J I ftr^S\ VII CECIL STRCEf SINGAPORE I Uk OtU^ MANAGING DIRECTOR RONALD PCC? PACKERS, SHIPPERS
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    Big T.B. ch on chil in cubicle!
    165 5 Big T.B. ch on c h i l in cubicle! uF\I H* visitors have started a li Systematic inspection of tuberculous parents living to Chtoatown cubicle iiomes to find out if children under 14 years of age have bom Infected. medical department spokesman lld all children suspected of ''contacts" would
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    CROWDS VISIT HEALTH DISPLAY
    122 5 THE Health Exhibition now being held at the Victoria Memorial Hail as part ot the antispitting campaign is proving a great attraction. Large crowds, many of them from Chinatown are visiting it. The exhibition will remain open daily from 8 a.m. to 9 pm. until Saturday.
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    Lock icon Primate sees Pope
    13 5 yeyterday re- )r; nnv;,,, audience r 7 "|i> Manila. Reuter
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    Hope of PAP split seen as unrealistic
    518 5 Hope of PAP split seen as unrealistic tiKl-WING elements in the Singapore Labour Front are hoping that a way can still be found to co-operate with what they call the rightist group In the PAP and, with their co-operation, create a genuine Socialist Front. These politicians are said to abhor
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    Lock icon DUCKING STC
    88 5 In a variation of the "coconut shy volunteers from the Royal Signals took their seats on "ducking stools" at the "Hit the bull's eye and give 'em a ducking" stall at the fun fair held in aid of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital at St. Andrew's Cathedral grounds
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    Lock icon DUKE LINES UP FOR A TROPHY FROM QUEEN
    127 5 T4IE QLJKKN y< storday presented the Duke ol Edinburgh with a polo whip after a match In Windsor Park. The Duke captained the Windsor Park .side in a 2-2 draw with Silver Leys Afterwards he headed the eight playen of the two
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    FOREIGN LANG
    141 5 \/IORE and more fI people in Singapore are learning foreign languages. It is estimated that about 5,000 are taking courses in French. German, Italian, Hindi and Dutch. Several hundred*, mainly Europeans, are studying Mandarin and Malay. According to a Free Press survey round the main institutions and organisations
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    JUDGE QUITS -MASS TRIAL ADJOURNED
    70 5 their 8.A., told Vh'g raass Press there was an iiv«i crease in the number of people studying German. He took six other classes with about 50 students while another three— two ill a secondary school and one at the Nanyang University—were given by another teacher.
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    MRS. LEE TO GIVE AWAY PRIZES
    55 5 The Singapore Combined Schools' fourth annual athletic meeting wii. held at the Farrer Park Stadium on Thursday and Friday under the patronage iof the Governor, Sir Wil- liam Goodo. The wife of the Permanent Secretary of the Education Ministry, Mrs. Leo Siow Mon i?.
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      250 6 B 1 1 B* v '^BBX BBfl W k**" v". i V— ■«m J BJ ~'M& \jj »r BBs I > IK) A MiendCc »l hope thats not my report he's writing to all Rbimiio'o Doric no\ ASIA'S young ir.do- Ulll |||O O llullu fl||k pendent nations are fm m
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      New York prices
      120 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 4 Previous Today H v o t 95.50 lUMii. 95.75 noni. V "1 ,m, «i Srpi 94.50 buyers 9462 buyers sl il 9550 sellers 95.62 sellers Qgj 94.50 buyers 94.37 buyers 95.50 sellers 95.50 sellers SALES: N/I '17 nH I tt'turti s, -„t. 28.04
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      32 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 4 Previous Today m [ndustrial 505.43 510.33 Sfl Railroads 132.47 134.10 10 Domtstii Bonds 89.63 89.63 15 tfliUefi 79.77 79.68 S5 Stocks Composite Averages 174.60 176.03
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      U.S. PEPPER
      74 7 Malabar spot and awaiting telease -8, a floats 27 'i to 27, firei h«U August shipment 27, 27 i and f. Lampong? spot and awaiting release 28. afloats 27«4 to 27. Best half August Above prices quoted shipment 27. 26. cif. Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white spot and. awaiting
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    SOON! NEW BILL TO ENCOURAGE NEW INDUSTRIES
    247 7 I E(:i: I.ATIOX to enli courage pioneer instries in Singapore ill be introduced at iii< mot'tiuL; uf the Legislative Assembly nexl month. The Minister of Commerce a:ui Industry. Mr. J. M JumabhOy, said he wag studying aspects of the legislation. "It Will be
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    Hope of PAP split seen as unrealistic
    509 7 Hope of PAP split seen as unrealistic J EFT-WING elements in the Singapore Labour Front are hoping that a way can still be found to co-operate with what they call the rightist group in the PAP and, with their co-operation, create a genuine Socialist Front. These politicians are said to
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    DANCE TO AID ORPHANAGE
    46 7 A ball in aid Of the orphanage of the Convent of I the Holy Infant Jesus will be held at Raffles Hotel on Saturday night under the I patronage of the Assistant Minister to the Chief Feeretary. Mr. M P. D. Nalr.
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    Lock icon She's out and about again
    35 7 She's out and about again Stniling. the Queen drives out from Buck- g B ingham Palace for the first time since sh<« was" ■taken ill with sinusitis a gon July 8.- Popper p«- I Illlllllft'
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    Lock icon U.K. training for cadets too costly
    41 7 The New Zealand Defence Minister. Mr. Phillip Connolly, said in Wellington yesterday until its overseas funds position improved New Zealand would have to stop sending air force cadets to Cranwell in Britain fur Reuter training,
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    Lock icon Giraffe born at London Zoo
    43 7 a giraffe was born at the London Zoo yesterday and the giraffe house WSM temporarily closed. The mother. M.ukl* m.c ol the two female giraffes at the zoo, and the young&ter were said to be doing well Reuter
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      126 7 -'"immiiimmiiiimiiiiiimiiiu: I SINGAPORE I fHIGH TIDES 52£1Y; 2.15 p.m. TOMORROW: ?'»0 am 1 and ;».46 p.m. 5 rHURSDAY: 3.0:> a.m II dlul 3.?.0 p.m. HI "JAY: 3..VJ a.m. and 1 03 p.m SATI RDAY: 5.04 a.m. S llul 4: P-m. MN^V: 6.55 a.m. w «2J «09 p.m. M() M>AV:B.44a.m.and •■-<
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    Spotlight on the new look railway
    192 8 E R APID P^g^ss is being made in eliminating the H bottle-neck between New Barnet (Herts) and Potters Bar (Middlesex) on the main rail line be tween King's Cross (London), and the North: In between these two stations the line taper- ed from four
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    RONG BOYS ERE CANED, IV PARENTS
    220 9 B. boj s wort' m-iitn- after an o f-teiMi school huh <(llt ol ■theixuvni- ome .all 15-y.ar- ined. I i is Bourne irv n in RubiiP- NUiiaiosex. BieM: gs in the ■^■iim-iii: wviv torn broken The conH shers ■mptied in corridors. I head master,
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    AN APPLE A DAY...
    53 9 The Chief Officer acts as umpire as the girls go all out in the apple-eating contest during the deck sports held, aboard the liner "Andes" cruising in the Mediterranean. "Andes." flagship of the Royal Mail Lines is a popular vessel with the hundreds of British holidaymakers
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    ELAINE CLIMBED TO THE RESCUE -THEN TWO WERE TRAPPED
    136 9 ELAINE CLIMBED TO THE RESCUE -THEN TWO WERE TRAPPED JHIRTEEN YEAR OLD Elaine Mace =E climbed a 30-foot tree near her home in Huddersficld to EE rescue a frightened kitten too scared to ES come down and was herself trapped for over half an hour. Although the four- month-old kitten
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    CASH-SHORT PEKING NOW LOOKS OVERSEAS
    273 10 CASH-SHORT PEKING NOW LOOKS OVERSEAS Ki:i> CHINA, to make up for loss oi foreign exchange incurred in its political and trade Offensive against Japan, has approached overseas Chinese for voluntary contributions, says a Hong Kong report. Employees of Communist -controlled organisations In Hour Konfc have been asked to make a
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    Lock icon Mid-East a buffer
    32 10 Mid-East a buffer IMIE independent New Delhi newspaper India Express, in supporting a summit conference, said that the Middle East should be converted into a "buffer belt" uncommitted to cither bloc— Reuter
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    Lock icon Envoy tells of Soviet back-down
    104 10 Envoy tells of Soviet back-down South Korean Ambassa- dor You chan Yang has accused the Soviet Union; ot conducting a "proxy war" in the Middle East. Mr. Yang 3aid in a Washington address, "There can be no doubt about who Instigated the revolts in the Lebanon und Iraq." He said:
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    Lock icon H.K. labour probe
    22 10 Miss Bheila Ogilvjp. Colonial Office labour adviser. has completed a threeweek investigation into Hong Kong's labour condi- tlonj Reuter
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    Lock icon U.S. TO TAKE PART IN INDIAN EXHIBITION
    143 10 U.S. TO TAKE PART IN INDIAN EXHIBITION riMiK office ol InterII national trade fairi In the u.s. Commerce De^ari men! tiaa announced thai tin u.s. Oovernmeni h' ween now and next Decpmber v^.n supply < i x hibits ol American life, industry, education and ftulture at fairs iii India. Turkey.
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    69 10 jra^^^^^»»yIPHfjRr3<Hjj^W^IM M MWPM^^MPMwWty^P>CPB M M DMMMBPqfrI<>PMM> <T*)PM m The U.S. Ambassador to Siam. Mr. U. Alexis Johnson, is seen accepting a C parrot from the people of Kaeng Muans in exchange for the gifts he took to the hinterland village. =.MriiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiuiiiiiiiininiMiiiiiiniiiiuiiililC3llliUiilli Mr. Johnson went to thank the f villagers for
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    Reef China Protestants being 'remoulded'
    535 10 Reef China Protestants being 'remoulded' Ui r featurine news I and views bVL about Asia today a SERIES of conferH ences of Chinese Protestant leaders has been held in Red China cities to give out reminders that religious activities cannot be separated from the needs of the Communist state. Delegates
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    Lock icon U.S. TRADE BAN ON CONTINUES
    75 10 U.S. TRADE BAN ON CONTINUES rpHE United Slates In t said flatly that it WO uld not relax its embargo nn 1 trade with Red China despite a Western L to ea.se trade i the Soviet Blo< and Con M muiiLst China m U.S. State Department press oilicei Lincoln Whiioß
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    101 10 A NEW PLAN FOR WATER SHARING rrilE World B.uik haM A announced that discuss sions in London bctweeim. Indian and Pakistani dele» gations on the Induß waters question have bee^E adjourned temporarily. B The bunk said thi B to enable the LndLin X gation to study in inorß i detail
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      128 10 Studying Overseas? IT von'tr shoith ilu»- \n ro to imni«diatrly to Circulation Britain or Australia (or in Manaßrr, Straits Budget. f t any mmw&m COUOtrj) tot Times House. River Vallry Btndlei >ou i.iiuiot do better ICoail. Singaporr 9. Six months Ivt keeptnf in Umrh with costs only $^4.00 by airmail
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    Lock icon Neurotics in Asia are now increasing
    258 11 Neurotics in Asia are now increasing rUROTK s are on the in< rease In a according to an cial oi the worm deration of Mental aim, reason rapid Instrialis I which generally followed a i a cale shift cities. )r Lin Tung-yi, profeso i psychiatry at the tional Taiwan (Formoi
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    Lock icon Juvenile problems? Tackle the Parents
    128 11 Juvenile problems? Tackle the Parents IUVENILE problems are «l rising in Japan, mainly due to a difference of opinion' between fathers and sons, Mr Tsugio Kunitani, chief probation officer of the Famihj Court of Hiroshima, said in Las Angeles. Mr. Kunitani, a delegate to the International V.M.C.A. meeting, took time
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    109 11 MEDICAL TEAM TO VISIT MALAYA DR. rhoma.s Dolley revisited Tokyo on his way to build more hospitals for South-East Asia and appealed for international support for his non-political, non-strings welfare programme. The 31-year-old ex-U.S. Navy physician who helped more than 600,000 Vietnamese escape communism through his refugee camp in North
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    109 11 Two stall' members of the Burmese Embassy in E Washington, Miss Daw Ni Ni and Mr. Maung Nyun 5 Sein, who have just gained American Bachelor of 5 5 Arts degrees. 5 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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    990 12  -  SUNNY GIAM calling the photographers BmR»»<8&sMI BBBHBKIMBwwffiMB«I IBllllßßWiW^^^j^y^?^!?j^)j|^j^J3llSSSj^Swi^^ .A Jk Judges had to look** at 704 photographs -BUT THE DECISION WAS CLOSE \N entry from Sarawak won the President's Uold Medal by a narrow decision in the Sixth Pan-Ma-layan Phonographic Exhibition. The Judgea were
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    'Sing us some more, Ernest'
    219 13 'Sing us some more, Ernest' THE FREE PRESS BOOK PAGE IQ lAi D'ORSAY, 1945-51. By Jacques line. Chapman and Hall. 30s. JACQUES DUMAINE looked on Paris and the world from a privileged position, with a greal deal of human sympathy and with few illusions. As ih, French Head of Protocol
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    A DELICATE PROBLEM
    408 13 young woman a lift in his official car. She replies: "Thank you very much, doar Gaston, but f feel so tired tonight thai I think 1 would rather walk home." Lady Diana Cooper, wife of the British Ambassador, "looking like a saintly mystic emerging from under a
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    POP LARKIN CONQUERS THE TAX MAN
    285 13 POP LARKIN CONQUERS THE TAX MAN J** DARLING BVDi I^AY U F. Bates, lID Pi 2k i2S 6d f" H. I- lUTES'S new comic book is M he *rty as a slap **fi ba.k from a medical f lU! Id as bril"antly coloured as a nt <tebocker -lory Prose j
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    GREAKOATS TO KEEP BULLETS OUT
    458 13 GREA KOA TS TO KEEP BULLETS OUT A SMALL figure, wearing several greatcoats to keep the bullets out, rode on a white pony at the head of a band of rebels sworn to rapture the Lieutenant-Governor of Canada. It was one of the most absurd incidents in Canadian history the
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    PLOTS AND PASSION IN PORTUGAL
    260 13 PORTUGAL THE PORTUGUESE ESCAPE. Ann Brfdffe. Cbatto and Windus. 16s. Young, lovely Hetta Paloczy is permittrd to leave Hungary and join her mother In Portugal, where she becomes involved in ;i Communist plot to capture a priest who has escaped from behind the Iron Curtain.
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    WATERSKI CHAMPION RETAINS NATIONAL TITLE
    528 14 WATERSKI CHAMPION RETAINS NATIONAL TITLE —And wins silver trophy outriqhtl three clays i la van Waterskiin Blakebrough yesterA second successive yea All round skiing ability won Brian first place in the slalom event, second place in the tricks, and third place in the jumping. In winning the slalom championship, he
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    TWO DEFEATS FOR AUSSIE SWIMMERS
    118 14 a übi kalian swimmers were beaten in two of x the events they contested yesterday in the French swimming championships in Paris. Rene Priolley of France beat Brian Wilkinson, British Empire and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, In the 2(>o metres butterfly event. Priolley; clocked 2tr.ii).
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    DIVING BATSMAN WAS JUST TOO LATE
    52 14 DIVING BATSMAN WAS JUST TOO LATE The diving batsman is Brian Close of Yorkshire. He just failed to get there in time when Surrey spinner Tony Lock shattered the wicket with a quick return oil 1 his own bowling. Swetman, the Surrey wicket-keeper, leaps joyfully in a confident appeal. Central
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    Tan Eng Yoon out of the Singapore team
    92 14 TAN ENG YOON, who re- presented Singapore at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, and who was Included in the contingent 1 named for the Malayan athletic championships In Pcnang on August 15 and 16, has withdrawan from the team.
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    TWO DIE IN CYCLE RACE
    72 14 I^WO Spanish competitors have died on the first Jay of the tour of Portugal •ycling race which started n Lisbon. Joaquim Polos, 20. died in lospital at Santarem after falling from his i-ycß through heat exhaust!* 1 about 50 miles from I.istoß 1 Raul Motos,
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      100 14 For Singapore Advertisers PLASSIFIED advertisements and Notices ftre now arreptcd at Ttmes House', River Valley Road, between 8.00 a.m. and 00 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m every Saturday. Classified ads. ran also be handed in at our town ofli<e. 101 Anson Road, between f)
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      263 14 CLUES ACROSS machine for the drinker |fl 1. It's more than the limit for 7. How boats may be t:cu'« schoolboys (3, 2, 6). in irrevocable fa.siunn •:>•■ 6. Frighten a friend at last 13. Wearing away the li <' -W n 5 >- mostly (7). I 9. Rest bad
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    Lock icon STING SHOT BEATS THE GOALKEEPER ALL THE WAY
    59 15 lh) Kflantan goalkeeper Idrus Amin (left) is beaten by a stinger from Mahat (not in P' ltllIt) Wh I^SISSTS^rSSL P yer r? I 511 Jalan Besar Stadium with three goals. 1 oihris in the picture are Gurunathan (right). Siiieraoorp's ir>*\*--~t-\*i ™,i tu~
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    75 15 WARD MAY RIDE AT SINGAPORE ARTHUR WARD, who has A ridden nine winners in his short busman's holiday" in Malaya, is thinking oi extending bis stay until after the next Singapore! meeting:. He has been offered several good mounts in the His Majesty's Cup to be ran at Kuala Lumpur
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    21 15 •an (right), Singapore's inside-right, leaps 1(1 mil (hr hall j;ops ovrr thr crossbar as "o.iikooper lili-us Ami n rhailrngrs p'u tiirr.
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    NEWCOMER RUNS THE BEST ON TRACK
    403 15  - NEWCOMER RUNS THE BEST ON TRACK u oki ihan hail )i ail inch <>i rain l lst n jghl made the outside oi the number two tra< k heavy for Cast work a 1 reining this morning:. Game On< a Martin n iwcomer s\ time when > no real efforts
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    85 15 Rain restricted play 10 100 minutes on the second day of the cricket match between Glamorgan and the New Zealander^ in Swansea yesterday. In that time Glamorgan lost four wickets in scoring 57. the New Zealanders having declared at their Saturday total of 306 lor eight. A wet
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    Only one thing saved Singapore
    291 15 Free Press Soccer Reporter Singapore Selection 5; Kelantan pLEARCUT winners according to the final score, the fact remains that only one thing saved Singapore yesterday at Jalan Besar stadium the combination between Ismail Yuson and Mahat. in a return match without these two forwards, my
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    Lock icon Surrey race to two-day victory
    564 15 COUNTY CRICKET -BUT NOT WITHOUT SHOCKS showing some oi the form which lias earned them six county championship titles in a row, raced to a two-day maximum points win over Nottinghamshire at the Oval yesterday. But victory came after the champions had received a number
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    Lock icon U.S. DISCOUNTS ASIA WAR FEARS
    274 16 Military balance in Far East nol WASHINGTON offi- ClalS yesterday discounted ivurs that the communist summit conference in Peking plotted war in Asia. They said communist military action anywhere in the world i.s unlikely while Moscow i.s engaged in its current peace propaganda offensive. Some
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    Lock icon SHOT CAUSED A PAUSETHEN 400 BATTLED UN
    110 16 SHOT CAUSED A PAUSETHEN 400 BATTLED UN rp\VO rival circuses X near the Brittany town of Quimpcr fought it out with animal whips, fists, water buckets and other handy objects when one troupe discovered its posters had been plastered over by those of its competitors. The entire staffs of both
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    Pony cart ride for Duke
    96 16 Rain and bad weather dogged the Duke of Edinburgh i when he visited the Scilly Isles in the south-west corner of England. Here he is seen well prepared for the weather riding in a pony cart, the only i means of transport, apart from tractors,
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    82 16 MRS. Mary Davis, 32--year-old Tulia (Oklahoma) housewife, stopped talking yesterday after Shattering almost, continuously for 94 hours. 32 minutes, 5 seconds. She claimed a now world marathon talking record. Mrs. Davis and five others started talking la.st Thursday to themselves or anyone who would listen
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    Lock icon U.K. IS WORKING ON A COUNTER TO RED LONG-RANGE MISSILE
    145 16 ORITAIN is working on a counter to long range ballistic missiles, Mr. Aubrey Jones British Minister of Supply, said when he arrivec in Melbourne yesterday Mr. Jones, who .stopped ir Melbourne on his way t( inspect the Woomera anc Maralinga
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    Miss Germany in crash
    61 16 MARLENE BEIIRENS, 19--year-old Miss German} in this year's Miss Universe Pageant, received a minor neck injury yesterday in 8 car accident She was X-rayed at a Long Beach hospital Doctors said the X-rays revealed no factures but she had sprained neck muscles. She will take physical
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    23 16 Mr. Grlgorf Zaltsev, first Soviet ambassador to Bagdad since Iraq joined the Bagdad Pact in 1955, arrived in Bagdad yesterday. Reuter
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      11 1 THE PAPER WITHIN A PAPER Eve P»*"MII Tuesday. August 5, 1958.
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      Goads to suit all tastes
      5 1 Goads to suit all tastes
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      Lock icon HAND-WEAVING IS BIG BUSINESS FOR SATA
      720 1 HAND-WEAVING IS BIG BUSINESS FOR SATA A NEW industry is well under way in Singapore— the handweaving of domestic decorative textiles by cured T.B. patients at the SATA rehabilitation centre. A recent visitor to the SATA .shop in Shenton Way was so enchanted by the beauty and economy of one
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      Lock icon Maternity tapper and skirt
      58 1 Maternity tapper and skirt HAPPY-GO-LUCKY 13 this sackline maternity topper and skirt modelled by Judy Lee. An original by a local woman designer, the blouse is in pink. and white striped satin cotton with a bateau neckline, the hemline of matched stripes adorned with a cute bow. The expandable skirt
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      Lock icon YOUNG IN HEART
      82 2 Here's a dance dress for the young -in- heart in baby blue brocade sprinkled with baby pink floivers'. The wide, wide collar features the latest portrait effect in a season of interesting bodice treatments to fashionable apparel. The full skirt is > mounted on pentia- < >
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      568 2 I IXEN is stealing the textile limelight with this perennial iavouritß arrived at local yardage and apparel shops in both bolts and n > tdvl made frocks in abundance. Manufactured by a well-known British'! textile firm, the linen is perfection both in its weaving and colon r-t ist B
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      THE GOURMET CLUB
      353 2 OKY-HIGH lemon pie is kl ;m American pastry, cs~ teemed by visitors. This heavenly pie (best in the land noted for unique foods) can appear right on your own table all the year round. It is poetic in its perfection with its merinBUe so airy it almost
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        145 2 2e duvc 19 form 0 D*?f.Y 0 CHAIN or kilch«n product. S^^HBlb4^«^Kß •CAM OPtr/tR KNIFE SHARPENER ff" 7JjMi^#Mr^MM JUICER ICE CRUSHER 61ENO-R.MIX l|.ij| ■■I NUT CRACKER FAMOUS OAZEY CHURNS ■SftHWH ll^fßlT^iii^^B ULTRA MODERN CANARAMIC CAN OPENER price: sib. so model sim $22.50 MODEL 82M. Other models available from 6.00 upward.
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      THE NEWEST, SNAPPIEST MOST PRACTICAL PAGE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN ope
      615 3 THE NEWEST, SNAPPIEST MOST PRACTICAL PAGE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN ope ll mm MAfu o' ,Ti N 1 m i: l()Ni:s R ,ii ON. i:i:ii.i.l:\NT ;H KsTERN STRIPES MUM IK CLOTH OK (a )K K<M X WHITE EIOK |-\NTAMS- TURBAN Jpereo ise or trapeze, the new frocKS fcivch to greet the
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      A SUMMER OF BUILT IN SURPRISES
      577 3 A SUMMER OF BUILT IN SURPRISES DARIs dictates and the world of fashion follows, including Singapore, and it appears that we are entering an era of mystery in apparel's new shadowy shapes, free-falling and vap•iurous. At the recent Paris openings, leading couturiers varied the chemise, giving it YOUTH in an
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        77 3 goddess \^^^*«*^Goddcss lifts even the WK\ \jr fullest bosom to firm, t■ t^' frankly feminine con- 9 /tf&te!£\& <: J*&L&^ tours, without shoulder I V Vw^^STwife^^Hr strain. So perfectly \^JSM§^» jflPyßr designed, it outlasts y^&Kf&m* ordinary Bras 2 to I Sole Agents: ORCHARD ROAD LAST 5 DAYS REORGANISATION SALE Fancy
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      217 4 HEKE are the original creations— made of the exciting hand screened cottons whose designs are inspired by the Malayan scene kampong sea and j unjle These fascinating textiles have been created by a Singapore expert whose batiks have won him wide renown. Last summer, your EVE introduced
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      Silk rise sought by India
      108 4 Silk rise sought by India INDIA is moving up in the i texile industry's .silk product ion. In 1953, production of raw silk in India, both the mulberry and non-mulberry variety, was more than two million pounds. By 1956 it had risen by one million pounds. The Central Silk Board
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      PROBE IN ULU FOR FASHIONS
      308 4 II r HAT does Malaya have to otter by way of original materials for our fashions besides our famiUar kampong brocades and hand weaving in me tallies? A leading designer, whose d'Almeida Street shop offer/ regularly the most interesting of textile innovations, is returning i
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      SPOTLIGHT TURNS ON THE LEGS
      280 4 SPOTLIGHT TURNS ON THE LEGS THE accent is on LEGS and how do your 1 measure up to the eye? Lucky is the long-limbed lass this s< asoj and others with first-rate gams what with thi hems going up and shoes getting narrower am narrower and more and more pointed.
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