The Singapore Free Press, 13 December 1958

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper B* xnuapare. Saturday. Decrmber 13, 1958. Price lids.
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    Lock icon 'Maltese oppose change of flag'
    153 1 'Maltese oppose change of flag' 1 Mabel Strickland, der of Malta's. Prog si v c Constitutional I aid In London yest that independence Island colony was utely out of the Dii." kland, who i.s tak- r m government the constitutional a nomic future of :old a press vonft; uce that
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    Lock icon Big swoop on Cyprus 'black spot'
    70 1 Big swoop on Cyprus 'black spot' X v troops made a *oop yesterday villages m Leitownahip, one of kest trouble .spots 1 m a light-low-up to intel•oports that haI OKA Greek Cy- rorists were holed 0 troops who have past month across the North Cyprus > swept down 'ions some
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    Lock icon DULLES ATTACKS RUSSIAN BROKEN PLEDGES
    342 1 DULLES ATTACKS RUSSIAN BROKEN PLEDGES Adenauer, Berlin mayor patch up quarrel SOLD LAST HOURS' DIARY TO THE PRESS I|R. JOHN FOSTER DULLES, the U.S. Secretary of State, said m a statement yesterday before leaving for talks on Germany with the other Western Foreign Ministers m Paris that the Soviet rulers
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    Record day?
    52 1 OUKIT TIMAH will be at its best this afternoon for the last of the season's classics, the Singapore St. Leger over 1] miles, v/rites Allan Lewis. The track will be hard and fast and records may be broken. Today's Racing Special giving the latest information from the course,
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    Lock icon Struck off the roll—Pope Pius's doctor
    225 1 Struck off the roll Pope Pius's doctor I)R. RJCCARDO GALEAZZI LISI, personal physician to the late Pope Pius, was last night struck off the roll of the Italian Medical Association by a decision of the Rome section of the Association. The action against Professor Galeazzi Lisi followed his sale to
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    RICE GLUT WARNING
    38 1 LI \N(i Thawil SethapanW karn, the SlMMff Economic AfTiiirs Undcr-Secrotary, warned Bangkok ri« nurchmti rwteriai that next peat the riot InUta wimM be very competitive owing to a good rice crop m all rice-producing conntn
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    Lock icon Fire sweeps big Formosa mill
    43 1 Fir* Otton ■pinning mill at Panchiao, near Taipeh on Thursday, cawing an estimated lot* of over MsB3o,r>oo. Ton.s Ol eotUm and finished yarn were d< 1 but the plant's knitting and Ing factorh c not dam. i, U.P.I.
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    Lock icon MISSILES FOR U.K. RECORD
    59 1 MISSILES FOR U.K. RECORD fTHOR intermediate range A ballistic missiles were flown to Britain at a record rate last month. tUe U.S. Air Force said yesterday. Eighty trips were made across the Atlantic during November by Thor-carry-iiiß planes. "More than 250 flights have operated m support of the Thor project
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    Lock icon Certificates for census trainees
    41 1 Representatives from 17 Asian nations, including Malaya and North Borneo were presented with certificates m Tokyo yesterday after completing a three and half months training course m census taking m preparation for t.hp iQAn «.«,.i^i census. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Ocean balloon silent
    69 1 JJADIO amateurs m the Canary Islands tried m vain all yesterday to pick up signals from the balloon "The Small World" which took off with four Britons aboard m the morning m an attempt to cress the Atlantic. Local 'hams" had agreed with the crew of the
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    4 polio cases
    34 1 Four children with polio paralysis were admitted to the Middleton Hospital between 4.30 p.m. yesterday and 9.30 a.m. today. The total number of polio cases so far this year is 380.
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    Lock icon Ghana Assembly approves Guinea merger
    264 2 Ghana Assembly approves Guinea merger DR. KWAME NKRUMAH, Ghanaian Prim c Minister, yesterday introduced In the Accra Parliament a motion approving the recent GhanaGuinea declaration cons tituting themselves th« nucleus of a Union of West African States. Moving the approval motion. Dr. Nkrumah said he had appointed Mr. N. A.
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    Lock icon Tito trade team off to Moscow
    28 2 A Yugoslav government trade mission left Belgrade for Moscow yesterday io work out .'i 1959 trade agreement with the Soviel union Reuter
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    Communist bloc now stockpiling rubber?
    86 2 fin*: key to next year's outlook lor natural rubber may again manded rrom th( muni il countries, tho i fion Econoi id. m the vv< i »pc .Hid ti. will natui immunial countries 1 tons moie rubber thl.s year than la They arc bent on
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    Ismail: Start Algeria peace talks
    216 2 I\R. ISMAIL bin Dato Abdul 9 Rahman, chief Malayan delegate, told the U.N. y< clay he hoped early iv Nation* would be held between France Mid the representatives of the Algerian people to reach an amicable solution of the Algeria problem. He told the main
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    Lock icon RULE BY ARMY ENDS: CIVILIAN TAKES OVER FROM SALAN
    266 2 RULE BY ARMY ENDS: CIVILIAN TAKES OVER FROM SALAN /^iljnekal Charles de Gaulle's Government yesterday ended army rule m Algeria. General Raoul Salan, who assumed full civil and military powers after the May 13 revolt which led to Gen. de Gaulle's return to power last June, was named Inspector-General of
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    Lock icon 'Red rocket sites being built in Tibet'
    96 2 'Red rocket sites being built in Tibet' A MERICAN National SpaaA Agency scientists bain In Washington yesterday that launching platfornv at altitudes of 15.000 to 20,000 feet m Tibet would give the Russians a "sub stantial" advantage m missile .satellite flringf. The statement! were made through a spokesman for the
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    MR. TAN, 61, ENTERS HILL RACE JUST FOR FUN'
    170 3 QIXTY-OMti KKAB- 0 oil) Mr. I*" a* i*oafi tecretarj i"c cniiH-M' i namoei o! I 1 ummerre, win be Uiv j OltteKt lompeiuoi IB U •iii.l chmomg race At i,u.v*t n.aan tomorrow. me race, sponsored by liie (Liieng u\\4 school, coven
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    Lock icon U.N. again condemns Russia for repression of Hungary
    262 3 U.N. again condemns Russia for repression of Hungary rpHE United Nations General Assembly yester- clay again condemned Soviet and Hungarian "defiance" of its many resolutions on the Hungary problem. The 81-member world forum also appointed Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand, immediate past president, to be the United Nations "watchdog"
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    Lock icon He baptised Eden
    20 3 Lancelot Liddell I sir Anthony a baby at Ferry land, has died In i d 89.- Reuter
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    Lock icon JUDGE LIFTS STRIKE BAN ON AIR UNION
    84 3 A FEDERAL judge yestcr. day lifted the strike ban imposed last month on the Air Line Pilots' Association, freeing the union to go on strike against American Airlines. A union spokesman sau.: '•We have no immediate or 1 advanced plans for a strike
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    Lock icon She tried to defy gravity
    47 3 UIX-YEAR-OLD Katli y k^ Langjana tried to imitate a "lady on television" and jumped from a second storey window at Michigan. Holland. She fell uninjured into a deep snow bank. She said she meant to "fly" to Ihr house next door Reuter
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    Raab for Japan
    20 3 Austrian Premier Julius Raab la to arrive In Japan on January 8 on a vi it Reuter
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    Lock icon OLGA IS HULA HULA WINNER
    61 3 Miss oiua d< Boau v is the irlnnei of the "Hula Hula" conies! held ItJl night *t Ihe Cathaj cinema In connection with the screening <>f the pi« lure ihr Lml r.u m.im Second irai M' s^ loyci i mi Thejf W mmm n: 1
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    Lock icon SHE PREFERRED $220,000 TO MAINTENANCE
    59 3 SHE PREFERRED $220,000 TO MAINTENANCE !\|n.£>. nope je.ssie Harris agreed m the London Divorce Court to accept a lump-sum payment of £26.000 ($220,000) instead ol maintenance from her .stockbroker husband. Mr. Peter Harris. The husband, against whom she was granted a decree nisi on the ground of i adultery, proposed
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    Lock icon Missiles for Korea?
    22 3 South Korea is negotiating with the United States for equipping the Korean air fore* 1 with RiriAwinrfpr missiles.—! Reuter
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    The 5,000th overhaul
    54 3 THE public are invit< visit the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 41 Base Workshop (Vehicle* tomorrow, on Its Visitors' Day. to celebrate the completion ol its s.oootn vehicle overhaul. Mr. L. C. Don, Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Welfare, will unveil the fi.OOOth vehicle
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    Photography men hold dinner
    22 3 Command i" graphic Reproduction Unit held a Chi din i dance at tho Adeiphl Hotel la t nijiht.
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    The Singapore Free Press Saturday, Dec. 13, 1958
    8 4 The Singapore Free Press Saturday, Dec. 13, 1958
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      Inspiringly unique
      208 4 ARGUMENTS m faI A your of curbs being placed on the free entry into Britain of people from the Commonwealth family of nations are realistic and logical. Heartrendingly so. It is the people of Bri- I tain who have to bear the cost of looking after the tens
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    Diplomats Peter and Paul having a look round
    482 4 Diplomats Peter and Paul having a look round NOW THE RUSSIANS START TO MOVE IH ON BOTH FLANKS OF AFRICA iiiiiinii JQrIN **********111 REDFERN reports from I CONAKRY capital of \s the Frenchmen A pack their bags m Guinea, the Russians are unpacking theirs. The other day Conakry, the capital,
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    Military men and the arms
    168 4 Military men and the arms GEOFFREY THIRSBY reports from Beirut TOAMS of Russians are to go to Bagdad to A teach the Iraqi Army to use the militan equipment Russia is sending to Iraq. Already one shipload of Russian arms h K arrived at the Iraqi port of Bara. More
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    Money-hungry stars facing boycott
    221 4  -  PETER EVANS rpOP Hollywood stars among them William Holden, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marlon Brando- are threatened with a boycott by major film companies unless they stop their leap-fro^ing demand for bi«.» money. Mike Frankovich, American chief of Columbia Pictures m Britain, said: "We cannot continue meeting
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      53 4 FINER RINGS S. P. H. WHATEVER THE OCCASION AN ENGAGEMENT, AN ANNIVERSARY. O»? JUST "A GIFT" THERE ARE RINGS TO CONVEY EVERY GESTURE OF GOODWILL WITH CHARM 8c ELEGANCE S.P.H. De SILVA LTD. 45. HIGH STREET AIR -PORT, S'PO 6, STATION ROAD, IPOH Associate Co: SP.H De SILVA (H X
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    ARCHITECTS DON'T WANT 'A SOLOMON'
    497 5 Draft Planning Bill under fire f pili: Institute of Architects oi Malaya has strongly opposed provisions In Ihe draft Planning Bill which would make it possible for the Governor-in-Councll to appoint our single prison as the competent authority to administer all future development projects In
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    35 5 Princess Sharma save a demonstration of (rating hair styles. Uthlg fresh flowers, In London Popper picture above shows "Gold Wheat" made with shadow leaves, ears of wheat, mimosa and a i laurel leaf painted Bold.
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    S'pore not paying toward upkeep of C-G's office
    203 5 'ri IK Singapore Government is no longer required to pay a contribution towards the i' the Commissioner-General's office, it disclosed m a memorandum tabled at the islative Assembly yesterday. Government .statement said before the Com- General's office was reorganised m 1955. the
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    TOP ARTISTS IN BIG CHARITY SHOW
    124 5 Mr ol Singapore's top tcrtaincrs will contribute tow 1 i he ,il." m aid ol tin* 8t M pital at the Victoria Tin atr night. Is b« it) 1 I OH n much more < labor m pr< A number < pular profe v.
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    Lock icon Liner ends service
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    Lock icon Record US imports
    10 5 im--110 million t: '.rd- M m Reuter
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      230 6 I. —_-||mi—lMMM■■ M| M M| M| fl| HM I Ji^l r lIAWKI^ Syduey •Stu^ltui •y JEFf MAWKE Of TWE X UWNUMAM ff TurU S ??S BNS O^TME 'S VUCN6RABLE TO EXISTENCE Of A 11^ 5 ANO VW >^^ T»g>d ma^t.AMS POWE? ATTACK BY A CMEM»CAUV MARTIAfs. .NVASION D.ABOL.CAILV If /W
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      333 6 w BORN today, you h.r. introspective mind combined with a demon affectionate nature. This rather dltlicult to under two halves of your per oft.n lighting with each I you, less than anyone are not able to ftgure out ction to turn. Poetic and visionary have a desire to be practical
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  • SATURDAY Magazine
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      7 1 SATURDAY Magazine Singapore, Saturday, December 13, 1958.
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      Family jokes need not be funny to raise laugh
      1019 1  -  Lucy Huang Every family has a dozen catch phrases that hold the accumulated laughter of generations; tag lines that give one the delicious feeling of sharing something special with only the chosen few; code words that r convey the happiness of
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      A home from home for Pte. Elvis
      1133 2  - A home from home for Pte. Elvis ANTONY TERRY By T^OTHINd so exciting hiis happened m the sleepy little German town of Friedberg since the first American (J.I. nosed his way into it m a jeep bristling with machineguns nearly 1 1 years ago. Today Friedberg has been renamed Presleytown,
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      Airmen's departure a blow to Lancashire
      24 2 |N trims of -.ish the departure «»i United st;,t<. s airmen Mllmated la hay, been C74,Mi,OM. Uconbory. Hiintlncdoni.l
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      Dea
      278 2 uST,!. pries to a such a nmnn make an mter r p featured m aL, can, Canadian Hawaiian tv papers. She also 1 1 her correct needs are te.squo. m perate. They mak readini Abby. just pub hed Abby, m pi i Morton philli] ft .v. San Fran.. man.
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      'ADORABLE' PET-A
      98 2  -  ANNE SHARPLEY BY I^M X since the entrancing revcluJ lion that during one of the lin-aks m the let /\nv hippopotami usrd |t 111,1111 London (some hippo hone s were i| eilil] (lilß up m Tral I hi\c die. nut of re slodtinu Britain with hippt.s 1 saw
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      FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special
      465 3 lIM IHI4IIIIMIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIM HI HUH I 1111 l lIMMIIIIHIHIII THE FREE PRESS \I LAN LEWIS TRESPASSER I kKAKATOA KRAKATOA o 00. I air Nipper Holiday Flight Holiday Flight Fair Nipper II ME TO WIN SETIA l'ef Dear Chanteur D'Amour Sette Time To Win Klll CONSERVATIVE CONSERVATIVE
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      FAVOUR TURNS TO VIA VICTORIA
      740 3  -  ALLAN LEWIS Says Srili St. Leger field of Mr si\ is one of the 3-Bmallt'Nt on record and ha Mti.iiu Code is fa'U'ouritr. Hut this mornvhH n :lt ne racecourse ■lure was not such a :^fco:i!nl"iii note about Hiis chances because. "Mf the state of
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        44 3 MIMIMMIIMIHIIMIIIMIMIIIMniMIIMIIIHIMMIIIMI 1 {best bets I MV best bets this afternoon arc: A m ii I <• m m f Park, Prime of LallU and K< double 11. first outsiders could be Three beers liravo and Timberlane. 1 THE GOING I The Roing will bf Rood.
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        15 3 The shouting m the I Bar is for I m BULLDOG I (MM*. 1! i
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      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
      1598 4 RACE 1-2.00: CLASS I, DIV. 3-6 FURS. 1 USUB4 HOLIDAY I IK- H I V.L. L« a > Martin 1.00 Johnson ***** JUDICIAI Mr. Kwikj H bbs 1.13 Franklin j .i»j4UB (.K.\M> CHANCELLOR Gyr. bru^ lWilh> A. Ki-nnarch Rodgers 812 Moon 4 KJ445 SWEET DREAM II
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      Form
      369 4 RACE ONf HO|. in V CoulU have Come Up m j JUDICIAL; m Div .3 6P <• X D »i\v (ll 10-U-5I Bghth^S^f" OF race. tWEET DEEAU II Scratched 1: agement; 8 O\er 3F m 37 4 KBAEATOA: 2-12 over |p m to Wonder X; race. SAN lIBOi to
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      of all today's runners
      1372 5 RACE CARD— contd from Page 2 RACE 8-530: CLASS 1, DIV. 2-6 FURS. HIGH SOVUEIGN syr. cliag <X T Stable) R. Bi.uk 900 m,ani FOREST BEAU 11 4yr. chag <KY. Lim) Daniels s!l3 Ransome III'RRY lIIRRY Gyr. greg (Merapi Stable) Lee 812 ,T HIE COBRA 4yr.
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        124 5 Don't let spoil your recordings recording head of any Tape r tends to become mag- \n4 In use. Small at first but J >ily building UP, this residual |{jl jnetism can seriously affect the X^x lity of your recordings by pro- /j !v increasing the hiss level, vi also impart
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      WHITE HEATHER IS THE DANGER
      1343 6 Pick your winners with... TRESPASSER WITH six horses to Tf choose from lor the mam event (Race Seven) today, my selection is Straits Code. He has the form. The danger is White Heather. Setla is an obvious choice m Race Two. Another good bet is
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      Shark had food tor thought
      669 7 \IY 10-TON ketch Sea iTI Wanderer idly swung off course. I put the wheel hard over and waited. But m vain. The last breath of the dying trade-wind had vanished, leaving me completely becalmed. Oily swells stretched to the horizon, broken by land m two
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      HIPPO
      19 7 l l 'Ins uordl tUk I?* onrs ooialcl B Britain quifo th -t punctual g" LHn hour ll'i
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      WARSAW'S GIRLS ARE SO GOOD-LOOKING!
      963 7  - WARSAW'S GIRLS ARE SO GOOD-LOOKING! George Millar fcrAK ABBY: During the war my EusDand was stationed near london, England. Ever since Ip has been shouting "Pamela" l n n is sleep. Who do you Ithir.:: Pamela might have been? .-JEALOUS. DEAR JEALOUS: It wasn't his sergeant. By From Eileen Ascroft
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      PELHAM GROOM at the Cinema
      127 8 PELHAM GROOM at the Cinema Polynesian dancers, tests of courage, tiger sharks, sjj and Vikings have all been paraded for my enter- I 5 tainment this week. Bikinis and baldrics were E much m evidence. Girls with more moving s parts than a twelve jewelled watch and bearded warriors who
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      A TRIP, BY SEA, TO 'PARADISE'
      318 8 A TRIP, BY SEA, TO 'PARADISE' •mil,, i.ast Paradise" produced by Goliero Colunna JL and directed by Folco Quilicl is one of the best travelogues I hue ever seen, made so by the fact thai t-i«> commentary is not a mere recitation of facts as is so ofteu ihc case,
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      Kirk helps 'Vikings' make bloodbath of war
      661 8 f-'PHE VIKINGS' is without doubt the most bloodthirsty, riotous, wassailing production that I've over soon, and furthermore it is more or less historically accurate. Who is going to worry it the clothing and the armour is more Norman than Norse, and if the
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      THEY PAY HOMAGE TO IDOL
      75 8 A wedding feast on a; Polyne \ian island is one; Of the many colourful; scenes m "The Last* Paradise." The ceremony §nds\ the young couple; breaking array from the; dun i dire info al lagoon <ii the bottom oj which is an idol to which
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    • Round the World Market Prices
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        U.K closing prices
        157 9 L ONDON, i><> 1 ricvious Tuda> K-s c.if. buyers 23 k buverj> sellers sellers lni 244 buyers 84 'i sellers 24 sel i I i:SS Spot 24 buyers 23 ,bu •sellers 23 Ti sellers Hl I RSS Settlement 'i m i.m 24 1 buyc 33T5 buj 24',
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        New York prices
        101 9 NEW YORK, Dee. It. Previous Today Straits Spot 09.12 nom. 99,00 nom. futiut Us (on trad Dec 07.25 buyers 97.25 bir 99.25 sellers 99.25 sellers lan 97.12 buyers 97.12 buyers 99.12 sellers 09.12 sellers Q SALES: Nil. li-i Futures Jan. 29.60 buyers 29.55 buyers 29.90 sellers 29.70
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        DOW JONES AVERAGES
        28 9 NEW YORK. Doc. 1> Previous Today g ial* .563.07 562.27 155.30 154 70 Di.ni'v'j, Bonds 86.80 86.79 ftililies 87.86 87.9.^ ft .M.^it.' Averages 196.20 195.91
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        U.S. PEPPER
        50 9 ilting reI i m 23V 22 to 22' Lampong spot and i' o 24. nnoat? December ship- ment 22',. 22 elf. Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white .^pot iuid ;i release 38 i. afloats 3r«. ;uid December shipment 37'a. 36"'i (if. sellers exdock. prices quoted m US ents per lb.
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        89 9 LONDON. D^< It. L Pirvi.ius Today M\ Philippines c.i.l I K. »rth European ports delivered Whl per long ton Dec. |242 reseller! $242 'm Straita e.l.f. IK North vopean pmt> delivered Hght p. i loot (on Dec. .lan. £89 sellers tfiO (IN i oil. erudf Strait*
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      GAINS IN MANY SECTIONS
      83 9 i A Ith m Up Itho coildi- quite X the .nlku p rise In Greek i following report debt taik.s to take place In the United States. Industrials improved after a hesitant start gains predominated on balance Btore shares particularly bright with minent. Properly si In
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      'Rainbows' that can mean blindness
      293 9  - 'Rainbows' that can mean blindness MARGARET WEE By IV) you sometimes see rainbows surrounding the ceiling lights? Does the atmosphere outside appear smoggy? you do, take special care. Eye specialists m Singapore have warned: "Do not dismiss these symptoms as being merely a case of eye-strain. They may mean blindness,
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      Tariff accord
      18 9 South Korea and South Vietnam will enter Into a tariff agreement effective on January 1. 1959.
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      NO LOSS BUT, OH, SO MUCH BOTHER
      170 9 NO LOSS BUT, OH, SO MUCH BOTHER THE illness of an official In the medical department übout two years ago, and a subsequent failure to make a book adjustment of $1,894.7.7, has made necessary an approach to thu Legislative Assembly to rectify the error. The Financial Secretary Mr. T. M.
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        71 9 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 11.58 a.m. E TOMORROW: 1.35 a.m. E E and 12.41 p.m. E MOND \i 5.15 i hi. and 1 .V> p m E TUESDAY: 2.:>3 a.m. E E and MO p.m. E WEDNESDAY: 3 12 a m. and Z *)f> p.m. E THURSDAY: 1.1 1 a.m.
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      THE ADVENTURES OF Wahab and Mei Ting
      323 10  -  KATHLEEN HICKLEY ft SERfU BY npHE i) fri< were In a dilemma The last thine; tl winter! to do w.t back Into that adful old house where they had imprisoned, but on the other hair!, they could not leave their friend the clockwork
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      LAST WEEK'S WINNERS
      405 10 THE winners oi la.>t' we< k's colour-in coneach Of whom will re- $5 prize m due COUr&e) are as follow Miss Lesley Prior < 13). 61 tock Avenue, Scran goon Gardens. Singapore 19. Miss Annie Seafi Liang Heok (8), A-21 Albert House. Singapore 7. Master Johnny Ng
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      ESCAPE BID SUCCEEDS
      325 10 the man come out, looking extremely cross. "Bringing me up here on a wild goo>e cha.se." they heard him say. "Trying of the little toy car In disgust, then he strode off down the path, leaving a very disconcerted boy behind him. Boey went back into the
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        With prizes for you
        101 10 |>OCKET-MONEY prizes MT are oflfered for colourins tliis scene with paints, crayons or chalks. There are four prizes offered each of S5 (two for boys and two for uirls). All you have to do Is to set to work to brighten up the sketch, then fill
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        182 10 A NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS TODAY I Rupert and the Fire Bird •lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII •********************1111 l ■**********11 l Rupert has been playing a long Hello Rupert," say* the little way from his home and is Peke cheerfully. No. 1 haven't thinking of turning back when lest anything. I'm looking for he spies
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        166 10 I 0 CLUES ACKOSS.-l. animals from wl Steep rock-face overhang get wool. 8. Stranjjo looai ing the sea. 6, Fairy m animal with a short m "A Midsummer Night's and thick hairy sW» Dream. 1 7. Relative of the Aneurin Bevan Is a weasel and ferret. 9, It may member
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      1410 11 v, Singapore for tomorrow are I ihi K« II 01 ENGLAND s 's Cathedral: 7.v« Communion; 800 an. :nnunlon; 9.30 aon bool; 1030 a.m. MornW 11.00 a.m. Mandum, W remorlal Hall); 11 Communion; 6.00 P.ni P M Hiioa'i Church. Katonf: mnninion, 8 a.m. Ist; 9.30 am Jr Sunday
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        161 11 She Amo- tffaf tffouve/ 7ke Sfat6m(,tiiflfo& J <oj Peaan& A Short but Illuminating Case History. The Shabdin triplets were born m the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on 28th September 1957. Their birth weights were: Norma 3-lbs, Nornein 3-lbs, Norjan 2-lbs. 121-oz. All three babies were fed on Lactogen from birth.- At
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      WEEKEND QUIZ PAGE
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      TRY THIS NEW QUIZ
      129 12 r AST WEEK I showed you what could be done with a few lines when a pear was given as a background. This week m i)uiz No. 3 I am giving you that background and I want you to see what you can do. Remember, the
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      IT WAS TOP OF A TIN
      113 12 'PRIZE QUIZ 3 V*flk("ied winner was Mohd. Amin Hamid of 4 tturin L;m» Singapore 19. The answer, a. bo many of you told me, was that the picture was the top >>f a tin containing cleaning powder. Now V the first object In a
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      A FAMILIAR NAME
      75 12 SPECIAL QUIZ IIfINNER was Mr. J.B.S. Ang (where have I heard that name before?) who was the only person who knew that th<^ film was "The Devil And The Deep' which was made m 1932. The stars were Charles Laughton and Gary Cooper. Cary Grant and Talluluh
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      Who wrote the Essays of Elia?
      135 12 PRIZE QUIZ 2 npilK winner was Mr. C. A. de Cruz, 8/10 Bank Of China Building, Singapore. The answers were: 1. Scrooge; 2. Tuesday; 3. Garb; 4. Hamlet; 5. An early sign of friendship m Which the forearm was offered so that the acquaintance
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      Now for your film fest
      120 12 PRIZE QUIZ 1 JMIE winner was Chua Khiam Ouan, co Joseph Travers and Sons Ltd Chart Bank Chambers, Singapore 1. The answers were: 1. English film writer, producer and critic, 2. "Kind Sir m n del; 4. Joseph, 5. Religious Film Society; 6 -The Wild
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      Lock icon FAR EAST PLAYERS COMPETE
      81 13 r i»)E HOCK, who play--1 a big part m IndoThomas Cup win laya, is one of seveading players from I t xpected to m the All-England inton championships Empire Pool, Wornm March 18 to 21. likely to travel to are two young Ma:lm Say Hup and
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      CHIPPED BONE
      33 13 Iv Player. 23-year-old African golfer, is to an opertion for a i d bone m his right elbow today m JohannesHe Is likely to be out 11 for about six weeks.
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      THIS MANAGER HAS TOO MUCH TALENT
      438 13  -  ARCHIE QUICK fHE ENVY OF FIRST DIVISION CLUBS BUT THERE IS NO-ONE TO LEAD IT By VIEVER was there a football manager on the horns of a bigger dilemma than Ted Drake of Chelsea. He has so many teentgers fit for First Division duty
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      69 13 KRAMER JUNIOR. Tliis youngster vets some firsthand tips from the world's foremost tennis player, Ashley Cooper of Australia. Cooper is Wimbledon, French and Australian singles champion and the l\ -year -Old boy listening to his advice hopes to achieve a like success one day. He is David Kramer, son of
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      Lock icon TABLE TENNIS STARS WED
      63 13 The Japanese International table tennis player, Mr. Yoshio Tomita, yesterday married the present women's world champion, Miss Fujie Eguchi, m Tokyo. At the wedding ceremony many table tennis star players were present, including Ichiro Oglmura and Toshiaki Tanaka. Mr. Tomita was a member of Japanese team
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      Japanese stars to visit Britain
      220 13 Japanese stars to visit Britain ORITISH table tennis J f fans are <4 90 peirent sure" of seeing Japan's table tennis stars m action at the Empire Pool, Wembley, next April, Mr. Peter Lowen, secretary of the English Table Tennis Association, said yesterday. "I would not care to 100 per
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      Lock icon NEW CHAMPION
      38 13 Ich Schocppner, w i' i many, be-, hup fho now m li^l) 1 'ti f boxli champ] knocking out Willie H<x si hol oj the n the fifth round of thcii nghi I In TI Reuter
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      SLICE COST DAI REES THE TITLE
      163 13 Worst golf moments A long-handicap lice at the 36th the 1953 Match-play championship final lo t Dai Reea the title to Max Faulknor and gave him the worst moment ol career. "It happened at Ganton," recalls Roes. "I had be»n four down to Max
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      Lock icon TEST PROFITS
      28 13 Queensland Cricket Association made a record profit of C 12,000 Australian on the first Test between Australia and England m Brisbane. Over 77,000 people watched.— Reuter
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        91 13 W K+ vT d I In addition *«B| fo complete '^^^^Wfc* V >>\ mo'jt radio progrommrs ovoil f —P^P Maloya, the Radio WccHy J^' I*r jffl toms many intrrr VfiP^ on a °'P cct^ fain /Jf^- ment world. \Bt /m Some features of D«c. 14th W^ 3r 'va2f HkjMi'jMs ft
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        98 13 (llls ACEO 5 Surest colour m). ,1 jrst^j 6 Prevent about a pound; it's tor is la! n^Rt general ••(1 In m my 7 Hcprlved of rights lite fratlCl eer stupidity (lled < 13 >v 1 U See no cnt among lton.s on ir -ie.i tho niminc plot* (9). 13
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      Lock icon Ex-champions battle for second place
      126 14 Ex-champions battle for second place r pwo former world a. A teur billiards chumpious Leslie Dnltield (Bntanu and Tom Cleary (Australia) clashed for second place In the current championships in Calcutta yesterday. Wilson Jones of India had already become the new world champion. On the way to the title he
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      Lock icon Gupte takes nine wicKets for 102
      247 14 OUBHAS GUPTE, 29-year-old leg spinner, took nine West Indies wickets for 102 runs m the second Test match at Kanpur yesterday the best performance by an Indian bowler m one innings of a Test match. The West Indies were all out for 22 on
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      Lock icon YVON DURELLE GETS RETURN
      74 14 Light heavyweight champion Avelie Moore announced yesterday that he would fight only m South America between now and his return defence of the world title against Yvon Durelle at Montreal next summer. Moore, who made his seventh defence on an 11th round knockout over Durelle, said
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      Lock icon MALAYAN WINS
      31 14 H. Parmar (Malaya) reached the semi-finals of men's singles m the London Badminton Championships last night at Epsom. Surrey. He beat R. J. Mills (Snrrev) 10-15. 15-7, 17-15.— Reuter
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      JOHNNY MORTELL SAYS 'ALOHA'
      443 14 JOHNNY MOKTELL is going home. After more than 20 years m this part of the world, during which time he slugged his way to fame, rode the crest of championship glory, and then faded penniless from the public eye. Johnny is returning to Honolulu to live
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      Lock icon KRAMER SEEKS FRESH TALENT
      171 14 KRAMER SEEKS FRESH TALENT rNNIS promoter Jack Kramer said last night m Melbourne he is likely to make professional offers to the Italian Orlando Sirola, and Andres Gimeno of Spain, m addition to the Australians Ashley Cooper and Malcolm Anderson, after the Davis Cup challenge round. Kramer issued ties for
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