The Singapore Free Press, 24 December 1958

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper Singapore, W>dne day. December 24, 1958. Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon Shanghai pianist 'in stately home'
    162 1 Shanghai pianist 'in stately home' JjV TSUN, 24-year-old Chi--1 nese pianist who is defying an order by the Pt king Government to return home, is in hiding in one of England's stately homes, the Daily Mail reported today. The newspaper said the pianist, who has been granted a visa to
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    Agreement on bank deal
    135 1 THE boards of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and Mercantile Bank Limited announced in London yesterday that agreement had now been reached In principle, subject to rormal contract, under which the Corporation will make an offer to the share no dors or the Mercantile Bank
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    SPA chiefs fly to see the Tengku
    260 1 rfiHE Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, who is also me chairman of the Singapore People's Alliance, left for Kuala Lumpur to meet Tengku Abdul Rahman soon after the result of the Mayoral election was known yesterday. Mr Tang Peng Yeu, SPA leader
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    RUBBER PRICE
    33 1 January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at 84 i cents a lb., down a quarter of a cent on yesterday's closing price. The tone was quiet.
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    Lock icon ROYAL FAMILY JOIN VILLAGERS IN CAROLS
    51 1 ROYAL FAMILY JOIN VILLAGERS IN CAROLS THE Queen and other members of the royal family last night joined a party of villagers in carols at Sandringham. The 22 carollers had been outside Sandringham House singing Christmas Awake when they were invited In by Captain the Lord Plunket, the Queen's equerry.—
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    Lock icon Bank men strike
    17 1 The Ceylon Bank Employecs Union's 4,000 members are to start a strike today.- U.P.I.
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    Lock icon OIL FIND
    25 1 The Shell-B.P. petroleum development company announced last night it struck oil in an exploration well In the Degema division of Eastern Nigeria.- U.P.I.
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    Lock icon 7 killed in crash
    18 1 A bus and two lorries colnear Pulaski, Tennesv•. killing at least seven People.- U.P.I.
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    Russia: We're ready to talk on European security if...
    131 1 RUSSIA said last night she was M% ready to meet "other InS terested states" to discuss pro- blems of European security pro- vided the NATO countries were ready to discard the preliminary E settlement of the German ques- tion. In a
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    Lock icon IKE GIVES WORLD PEACE PLEDGE
    207 1 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER 1 in his annual Christmas message to the world gave his "solemn word" yesterday that the United States would I never use its strength to i break the peace. The President said the j people of the United States and their Government did
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    Lock icon Order to Quemoy: Don't fire tomorrow
    69 1 CiEN. Wang-Shu-ming, Nar tlonallst Chinese Chief of General Btaff, yesterday ordered the Quemoy garrison to. withhold counter shelling on Christmas Day, If the Communist Chinese make no new move against the Quemoys. General Wang, however, ordered the garrison to stand alert against any possible
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    Akihito hopes to wed earlier
    35 1 Crown Prince Akihito of Japan revealed yesterday that he hopes to wed Miss Michlko Shoda next spring instead of in the autumn as originally proposed by the Imperial household. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Fog covers U.K.
    12 1 Fog covered much of England and Wales yesterday. Reuter
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      29 1 Tke Free Press gj s^ wishes all its readers £j vi »!f k a Merry Xmas \S The Free Press will not be published JJ\ n tomorrow. v s
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      79 1 j« ***** HI ***** S i The management and the 5| staff of Mont D'Or wish their customers a Merry S Christmas and a prosperous R New Year. j| g ORDER YOUR CAKES NOW? g For the New Year, lor 8 Weddings and ether special 55J occasions. i 8 5
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    Lock icon RACING DRIVER LEAVES £7,000
    43 2 Stuart Lewis-Evans, British racing driver killed last October in the Morocco Grand Prix at Casablanca, left €7.433 it was announced yesterday. Lewis-Evans who was 28 and married. died in hospital .several days after the .rash from severe bur.. Reuter
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    Lock icon Reds fail in Scrooge drive on W. Berliners
    275 2 Reds fail in Scrooge drive on W. Berliners 'THE East German communists are trying to spoil West Berlin's Christmas with threats and blackmail. Instead of peace on earth, they talked war Instead of Christmas greetings, they sent West Berliners anonymous letters that spoke of suicide, kidnapping and jail. Instead of
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    Lock icon EMERGENCY PARLIAMENT CALLED IN GHANA
    140 2 EMERGENCY PARLIAMENT CALLED IN GHANA AN emergency meeting of Ghana's National Assembly has been tailed fur today following the announcement of an almost complete Opposition party boycott of Parliament until *0 Party members now detained are brought to trial No reason for the session was announced. The Prime Minister, Dr.
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    Lock icon Missing woman died from exposure
    133 2 Missing woman died from exposure *&<&' found dead id in a forest in England. Jed I Posure an Inquest decided yesterday. a Lc y K Odg e was f0 »nd dead m bracken m Ash<L., Forest after being S ing from her hSme v Crowborough. Sussex since Nov. 24 U6Sex
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    Lock icon MENDES-FRANCE QUITS I.M.F.
    42 2 M. Pierre Mendes-Prance, Radical ex- premier wiio his scat in the general election last month, has resigned a* (Dior of the International Monetary Fund and as a Deputy Governor of the World Bank, it was officially announced in Reuter
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    Lock icon Warship damaged by heavy seas
    17 2 The Canadian destroyer i damaged in gale 600 miles «»n 'tin Reuter
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    Lock icon MOSCOW BAN ON RADIO MAN
    60 2 The Soviet authorities •esterday banned Edmund Stevens, acting correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company. from making further broadcasts from Moscow, the radio and television network announced in the city. Stevens has been representing the network as well as Time magazine since la>t Saturday when the
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      87 2 ••?<H i 0- 1 k A A MERRY CHRISTMAS A HAPPY NEW YEAR INTERNATIONAL CORPN. H ADELPHI CHRISTMAS and NEW VKAK FESTIM 24th December. X'mos Eve. Extension 200 am iffl Dinner Call with FLOOR SHOW. CoPHats and Balloons December. X'mai N.^ht. to 12.00 midn.ght Dinrwr A lo Corte with FLOOR
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    Lock icon Coloured Santa jives at an all-races party
    320 3 rWTHER CHRISTMAS was coloured and jived to a West Indian steel band at a multi-racial children's party at Notting Hill, London, last tiight near the scene of last i miner's race riots. Principal hosts were Mr. !iard Hauser, an Australian ologist, and his
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    SHOPPERS' CARS CAUSE RECORD TRAFFIC JAM
    79 3 SHOPPERS' CARS CAUSE RECORD TRAFFIC JAM CENTRAL LONDON came \s almost to a standstill yesterday with shoppers causing the biggest traffic jams on record, transport authorities s-aid. A spokesman, blaming the crush on the flood of private motorists coming to the West End shopping centres and blocking side streets with
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    Lock icon JAIL FOR MAN 'WITH £60,000 SALTED AWAY'
    211 3 ALAN BAINBRIDGE, 31--year.old London club proprietor, was jailed for four years yesterday as an accessory before the fact in a £60,000 bank robbery last October. A jury found Bainbrid je not guilty on a charge of breaking and entering a bank in suburban
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    Lock icon HITLER HAUNT REOPENED
    37 3 rpm; Munich beer cellar where Hitler plotted in the I It w i iii thi Ml r rthrow of the Bavarian I Mtrr i to power thi npllar and held ai Nov. 8 Reuter
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    Lock icon Former Nyasaland Governor dies
    26 3 Sir Geoffrey I lor Colby, who for i up to ior and command* chiel In Ny;i aland, 111 .1 M Him Reuter
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      108 3 for Perfection and Beauty in Carpets of distinction Visit IRANIAN CARPETS 4. d Y\j. 'd langlin Road >^1 (near Tangle Inn) V'f* or Singapore. Tel: ***** IRANIAN (Persian) BOKHARA, PAKISTAN CARPETS RUGS i JP I i I invisible hair net does away J with the blown-about look vVmatfvpr tho weather,
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      114 3 Vt'f n|>|>r4M*ial« k your riistoiu ami fl we art- aware thai WF you arc PClpOM' fl B^ hihl« for our profl pr«-ss. To all of 1 you, we sincerely sa> "Tliunk >ou* a n il li o p 0 y o ii r p Christtnai will he the- batl ever.
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    The Singapore Free Press Wednesday. Dec. 24, 1958. Opinion Investment by Govt.
    122 4 The Singapore Free Press Wednesday. Dec. 24, 1958. Opinion Investment by Govt. TJEASOXS advanced against Government efforts to attract tourists to Singapore centre mainly on this island's "lack of attractions" and on the "largeness" of the expenditure involved. It is true that Singapore does not possess the magnificence of many
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    Lock icon IN THE LANDS OF THE BIBLE, MEN OF GOODWILL ARE HARD TO FIND
    1255 4  - IN THE LANDS OF THE BIBLE, MEN OF GOODWILL ARE HARD TO FIND A RYE WALLENSTEIN Bethlehems bells will ring out message of hop e by (CHURCH bells in the birthplace of Christ will this year once again peal out their Christmas message over lands torn by strife and hatred.
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      44 4 PATEK PHILIPPE The Masitr Watchmakers of Geneva. Patek Philippe K the only watch manufacturer whose entire collection of men's watches carengraved on every movement, the official .stamp of the State of Gtoneva, the authentic guarantee of centuries-old quality" Agents: I SENA, LTD. Smgopore Pcnong.
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      45 4 IT IS WISE... TO PHONE -i PACKING I PROBLEMS n glass, china, silver-wart Mg jnd furmtu'e needs the attend m T| experts We pack and cr 1 V anything for vov with thf %l ESTIMATES FREE ON REQUEST jF TRANSPORTS STORAGE 173 CECIL STREET SINGAPORE
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    THERE'LL BE XMAS FARE FOR FORCES
    239 5 THERE' LL BE XMAS FARE FOR FORCES It's as usual^ in jungle war but- IT will be a 'business us usual" Christmas for i4 Co ""nonwealth fortes fighting the almost iorgotten war" against communist terrorists m Malayan jungle. Their Christmas food and mail from home arc being flown to them
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    Lock icon ASSEMBLY HOUSE SHOW A BIG DRAW
    141 5 THE photographic exhibition on the British Parliamentary Government now being held in the lobby of Assembly House is attracting large crowds. The exhibition, which will remain open until Dec. 31. is designed to show the history of Parliament in Britain and the spread of
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    Y.W.C.A. PLAN FOR NIGHT STUDY SOON
    76 5 Y.W.C.A. PLAN FOR NIGHT STUDY SOON THE Singapore YWCA hopes to hold night classes on various subjects when its new premises in Outram Road is completed early next year. Classes arranged by the association are at present being held mainly in the evenings at its head office in Raffles Quay.
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      90 5 My dear, f jj *****6 S i<^^\ a" no coffee like v/k/^ Mocafino! /^lAji fe^ MOCAFINO I jV^«lj»^ "Magic" INSTANT COFFEE BOA C AIRWAYS USE IT WHY NOT YOU? AVAILABLE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES hi>i\i rnr *%tG3fft lluMllli Beauty Basket (2PB-35U) The J^M i HHr '4 kUMiK' smart lacnucred
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      35 6 Enjoy today's most exciting Cigarette... First in Flavour .The full fi flavour that means more I more aroma! Every L ever made has carried tl ment: "A blend o\ quality cigarette tobac^ special aromatic types."
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      285 6 fOUd THOUSANO Th^ YV>«*» /i*>c PUTS THE "VENGEANCE" If* '/©I I RgngP c;t P ao vnnoge.uec VKSHk. /WILES TO C3O. fM 'lf S AJ/O£fl£/flSe ffOt//VO THE tHtoter mAßS utTAH f- S^Si?Sf po^^ utTAe-weiLENTE»?; Northern <J »wws £>c£Pt# /^ro 7^ Ar/vios^f be 1 cq^ I^cf iLi?r«Si?S S£SS AWv^i ATMOSPHERE Websphere Of
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      353 6 llJUuiftJ*^ I^ORN today you h. n 1> adventuresome natu one 'dare'' you to do o and nothing will stop since you are Maentia o viduahst. you want to -way in all things. Then a little ot the reformer and you are eager \l challenge. You are at your best with
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  • COMMODITIES
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      U.K. closing prices
      136 7 LOMMN i» Prcviuui Today 1 K^> C.i.f. ,lU J4B I vb -'4 bU 1 KSS Spot 24'.. buy< 24 bu -'4 L sellers RM \o 1 KSS Settlement i,b 24% bu 24 -x WtlV .sellers M.irch 25 MUtra 25 .sellers Above prices quoted m pence. »li; Ulute
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      New York prices
      100 7 NEW YORK, Dec IS. Previous Today Straits >pot 98.87 noin. 98.87 nom. futures |l Contract Dec 97.25 buyt 97.25 buyers 99.25 sellers 99.25 sellers Jan 97.25 buyers 97.25 buyers 99.25 sellers 99.25 seller.- null SALES: Nil. Hl»; t mures Jan. 30.20 buyers 30.20 buyers 30.45 sel 30.45
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      27 7 NEW YORK. Dec. i:\. Previous Today idostrUli 571.23 566.39 inroads 154.34 154.28 nnestic Bonds 86.73 86.51 tilitlM 88.95 89.02 iwks Composite Averages 198.09 197.09
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      U.S. PEPPER
      57 7 24 altln r reata 23 'i to 23, ipment 22 2 to 22 mpong spot 24, e 23H, a floats December ship- prices Quoted in U.S cents vcr lb ment 22 1 Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white spot and awaiting- release 39. afloats 38 1 and December shipment 38,
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      72 7 I ON DON, Dec. 23 Previous Today !>ines c.i.f. U.K.,' pean ports delivered 1«m» s ton Dor. c.if IK. /North ports delivered Bf ton Dec. Jan. CM quoted £90 quOIL crude Straits •l" '.in ports in bulk 1 n I)oc./Jan £128 qu< £128 qui I .rude
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    Lock icon IKE BUDGET POSES TRICKY DECISIONS FOR DEMOCRATS
    217 7 IKE BUDGET POSES TRICKY DECISIONS FOR DEMOCRATS DRESIDENT Eisenhower's unprecedented step in announcing two weeks in advance of the opening of Congress his plan for a 1 T 5V77,000 million balanced budget for 1959-60 has set off the expected political controversy. Democrats were yesterday calling it "unrealistic," while Republican Conservatives
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    London stocks maintain firm tone
    144 7 London stocks maintain firm tone BUSINESS continued to contract in the London stock markets yesterday due to holiday influences but there was still a sizeable selective demand and the firm tone was fully maintained. Gilt-^dged securities had a quiet day but the shortdated stocks were supported and improved slightly. Foreign
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      40 7 if uT jT'j /Tk Cold Storage X x. x <jgj£ WK r ill w JF A WM 1 if New...hxotic... ri P. itous UltCtl <r« .ition l.;iss«> Availaltle at li Irading storm OTTOBO COMFAmr fMM^^^» •> Sii.K..porr, Ku«l* lum|»«r, l|«.h. Pfn»n|.
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      256 7 1 SINGAPORE 1 I HIGH TIDES I E TODAY: 10.52 p.m. E TOMORROW: 9.54 a.m. E E and 11.28 p.m. E FRIDAY: 10.29 a.m. E E SATURDAY: 0.02 a.m. and 11.01 a.m. E SUNDAY: 0.37 a.m. E and 11.41 a.m. E MONDAY: 1.10 a.m. and 12.19 p.m. TUESDAY: 1.44 a.m.
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    Mr Coward rather er his Christ
    628 8  -  SARAH ROTHSCHI HI HIS SWAT IT IV ALL THE CLiTTEttLXG 4 \i>ii \i v Ol BY "{'IIKISTMAS is such a carry -on," said Mr. Noel Coward, relaxing like some warm-blooded lizard in his rose and cyclamen-filled suite at the Dorchester. But Judging from the
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    YOUNG
    309 8 HER first Christmas dinner may be something of an ordeal to a youni; wife but, because it is one of those easy-stage jobs, there is no more to it than cooking a good Sunday meal. Indeed, there is mucn less, for she can begin her preparations beforehand and gently
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  • FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special
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      9 1 FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special Wednesday, December 24, 1958.
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      KALLAN LEWIS SUMS UP THE BEST BETS
      970 1 KALLAN LEWIS SUMS UP THE BEST BETS PICK OF CLASS I SPRINT Class 4 Div. |mm 51, Furs. Haming Water 9.00, On Sciten 8.13. Ellen' Treasure 8.12, E \ijit Sentry 809, Field Light 8.0!). Trow Hill II 8.08, Con- E stanza 8.08, Box Office II 8.08, Bright Eyes 111 8.07,
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      MELIANTHUS IS RIGHT IN FORM FOR VICTORY
      1621 1 MELIANTHUS IS RIGHT IN FORM FOR VICTORY Class 4 Dlv. l 7F. Honey Bird 9.00; Oleander II B.U; Valiant Knight 8.10; Royal College 8.10; White Magic 8.07; (ia y Hunter 8.05; Hit Parade 8.03; Honey Bee 8.0 1, Adjutant 8.02; Corporal Nim 8.01; Qui Vive 8.00; Pleasure Park 8.00; Singora
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        74 1 How many ways have you enjoyed REMY MARTIN* Rcmy Martin Brandy on ice or with Oinger Ale; Brandy water, or Brandy Soda. Brandy with this, Brandy with that The important thing is (to you ask for Rrmy Martin VBO.P by name you will be rewarded with the samr lupert qua]
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      PROBABLE STARTERS
      1172 2 (CLASS 4, DIV. D-55 FURS. J3886 PONTICAN syr beg (Y L Lee) Martin §Sf ***** OAMfc ONE 4yr. brnzg (BKW Kongsi) Martin 801 (CLASS 4, DIV. i)-7 FURS. on™ SP^nK 8 6yr bee <yuok Vincent) Noordm 900 291*° OLEANDER 4yr. chlrg (Pil St E. Breuk Si, 503™ VALIANT
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      Form
      135 2 Ct 4 Uiv. 1— 58 -Went nictly ov, g ON SCREEN: y Went over 3F ln 38 j 22 E I 2. L 5 BENw^t8 EN w^ t^ > ;"<f cent track report re FIELD LIGHT: 22 12-58 Went over 3F in 41 VeT len s Treasure. D TROW
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      of first day entries
      1046 3 GAME ONE: 22-12-58 not fully extended for ui 5 with The Ausiie. (14 Div. I— 7F HOMY BIRD: 23-12-58-We:. 1 iver half mile under fven time with Intended. OLEANDER II: 11-12-58— v.r 3F in 41 3 5 VALIANT KNIGHT: 2-12--)8-\V t easily over 3F in 13
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        178 3 IWDS THE Showroom Opened Nightly Till 10 P.M. Sole Agent.: ASIA MOTOR COMPANY LTD, Ngee Ann Building, Orchard Road, Singapore. Tel: ****** *****; K. Lumpur Distributors: ASIA MOTOR COMPANY, Jalan Dua off Sungei Besi Road, Tel: *****; Penang Distributors: ASIA MOTOR COMPANY, 89-A, Forquhar Street, Opposite E 0 Hotel. Tel:
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      MELIANTHUS AND BRIGHT EYES
      1563 4 in r-— mm %imm _____B___L L _L* 1 ____L I_*#*mM I^^B MM-M-lM-— .j___^___________________L-__________! It* tI-^-P _r V t *^T^ T^ Tv 1 m <f'$_& l_-i--fe|MM__4__^__J These are the best in Div. 1 events IyjKLIANTHUS has excellent chances in the (lass 4, Dix. 1 event over seven
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        32 4 E Visit the I CHICKEN wKere you can wine, i dine and dance by the water's ed&e to the accompaniment of j deli&h tful music I ARMANDO&ELVYJ with their ITALIAN MELODIES, j
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      joys mas
      162 9 joys mas woiirn In the Dorchester, Mr. Coward with his mile, "'except Willie Somerset ham but he could on the chandeliers us .so young." d Mr. Coward who. pite <>f his lines, looks iarkably young, whehe had over taken ;r-e of rejuvenating ctions. Too cruel iess me no. not yet,"
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      LIFE COOKS THAT SPECIAL MEAL
      701 9 -and finds it easy, says Helen Burke unites. Lift each nut with t (.loth to prevent burning the hands and, with the aid of a small sharp Rnife. both shells (outer and inner) will come off every easily. Dried chestnuts are even work. Soak them
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      The pensioners' cake
      71 9 THE AGENT GENERAL for South Australia, Mr. A. H. Greenham, was at the Lheisea tioyal Hospital,: [London, to hand over a Christmas cake on behalf of the Returned Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's League ofj Australia. Here he is seen helping the hospital's oldest pensioner, Sgt. J. J.
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      OH SURE, SHE'S SMART ... BUT SHE'S THE ONE WOMAN I HOPE TO SEE LESS OF IN 1959
      392 10 OH SURE, SHE'S SMART BUT SHE'S THE ONE WOMAN I HOPE TO SEE LESS OF IN 1959 BARBARA GRIGGS GETS IN FIRST WITH A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION [T IS the one colour you never get tired of It's the only colour you can wear to a party six nights of
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      MAN—KEEP OUT!
      216 10 MAN— KEEP OUT! MARGARET O'HARA joins a battle of the cooks I /AS LIKE BEING JED IN THE B \XD WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE AT THAT. e was the bright thing irom the firm pf margarine manufacannouncing that last bachelors-only ion in London successful they mking of holding planned to
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      Godiva the parrot gets the bird
      388 10 f ODIVA. the Amazonian parrot, keeps on the move. She was given away by the art gallery that bought her to Joyce Morgan, who makes pots in Chelsea. But Miss Morgan had to banish Godlva from i pottery and put her In her flat
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      Lock icon THATCH A LA MODE
      43 10 <;OOSE quills, in shades of grey and beige, mould into this gay little hat which London designer Norman Fdwin cheerfully calls 1 h< Haystack. The quills are caught with a vel- vet ribbon of vivid salmon colour. Reuter picture.
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      Curtain Up
      332 11 Curtain Up NEWS AND VIEWS IN SHOW BUSINESS So Seberg failed but she's no regrets lEAN SEBERG gave J a small smile. Said she: "I know it will take a long time and a lot of hard work to live down my first two films. "I hope I will manage
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      Beth—a star with a mind of her own
      398 11 Beth a star with a mind of her own THEY all complain about being tailed starlets though they usually say they don't want to be stars too soon." But Beth Rogan is a starlet, star to be. or aspiring actress, who can at least lay legitimate claim to other professional
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      Censor may ban Susan from gas chamber
      156 11 i??u /inai »sv/?i Quentin gas-chambei scenes, in which even the poison pellets are see? exploding, have caused the censor to liold ut. the film. For if he passes this scene it will make film history as the first legal execution ever to b<
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      Short and sweet
      58 11 In H urt Jin here will spend < Simone, One complaint obou that fine new ploy at »H St. Martin's, "The Grass is Greener": why do the programmes cost a shilling? This idea of doubling the ordinary six-penny programme price seems to be catch ing on. In
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      239 12 NEW PAK PLAN FOR WATER SHARING REJECTED BY INDIA INDIA has rejected, in effect, Pakistan's U*****,000,000 engineering plan to solve the dispute over the vital Indus River waters, accordiu to diplomatic sources In Washington. Pakistan was described a* ijually opposed to India's counter- proposal. Talks at the World Bank headquarters
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      61 12 SENATOR Hubert Hum- p phr< j said in Wash- i :e disarma- committee I whether muni t China's parti- i cipatl essential to, on bann- ts. cratic senator, who returned recently i had an InterMi NikitaKhruthe Soviet Premi.-r, ol tho slxoup ciy really the
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      84 12 AK observing operation uf law enforcement agen< in several United States cities, lliree police officials from the Philippines agree on the importance of extensive police train- ing programmes. Police Chief Francisco A. Paraan of Baguio t ity iright) and two colleagues Area. dio S. Lozada (centre),
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      315 12 THERE CAN BE NO COMPROMISE PHILIPPINE Ambassador Francisco A Delgado declared in New York that there can be no middle ground between Communism and true Democracy. You have to take one side or the other, he said. The head of the Philippine mission to the United Nations was asked by
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      56 12 Communist China has claimed that its railroad network has reached the capitals of the country's provinces and autonomous regions with tne exception of Lhasa <l'ibet>. Kweiyang (Kweichow Province). Sining (Tsinghai Province) and Urumchi (Sinkiang Province). The official communist weekly, the Peking Review, said Communist China has 17
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      121 12 JAPANS cfTort to stamp out prostitution with enforcement of the antiprostitution law which came into effect last April failed, according to a Welfare Ministry report published In Tokyo. The ministry, which conducted a nationwide sur- vey, noted that "more than half" of the 47,520 known prostitutes sent
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      599 12 TOURISTS' $238 M. FOR JAPAN yiSITS by foreign luxury liners, the Vsi i Games and international conferences boost ed Japan's tourist industry this year to i d,,s war high, the Transportation* Ministry ported in Tokyo. The ministry baid that about 158 000 turn visited Japan in 1958 and spent an
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      CHORAL HARMONY FROM RUSSIA
      373 13 RUSSIAN SONGS. The Ku sian Academic Choir. Conductor ilrxander Svcrhnikov. (Philips 10-inch *****1 R and 50G202 R). pROM the vocal domains of Russia this week come two discs that feature some of he best of Russian choral music sung by a ihoir which through brilliant musical
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      820 13  - THE DUKE REIGNS IN JAZZLAND Jonathan Russell mM^u... a THE kings of Jazzland come and go, but the Duke sits tight in his castle of fame, more powerful and more popukit than them all. rAnd who i s this uke of Jazz? Who else but Duke Ellington, the man who
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      133 13 Di i VELVET BOSE. Johnny Gregory Orchestra. Everlasting w «it/. Ibe Young and tho (.uilty, Venice, Deep Velvet Rose. i\i\a EP, NEP *****). in.-- brings fre h delight from Johnny >ry. I Jimmy Walker (soprano i rp) and Larry h> mb >ne>, th< J I Orchestra
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      555 14 TERRY DOWNES v SUGAR RAY? Just a statement used for publicity GLEN GIVES UP 10- YEAR DREAM By AKC HIE QIICK GIMMICKS are being X1 conjured up thick and fast this Christmastide in the boxing world for the purpose of giving a shot in the arm to a fading
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      TONY MARCHI TO REJOIN SPURS?
      311 14 mHINOS are .stirring in the Italian Soccer world. Tony Marchi has moved from Venice to Turin, but that was only to be expected for he was a Juventus player from the moment he left Tottenhnm although to circumvent the Italian FA rule governing the number
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      82 14 1f 1 babl > vote P t favour of j lll)an n X hjHd i uw in, 85^; Argentine ol> Jf? t Committee. Ulym i I! nese Olympic J nos Aires to u e e of the Argentine Olym- il> Connnitt,.,; at are ception fiven
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      BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE
      158 15  - BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE M. HARRISON-GARY H\ KEEN competition for purtvtf can be a telling factor both at rubber bildge and iplicate). On the above deal, In a match gainst the U.S.A. champions, n English team made two moliu scores wliich added up > a 'useful gain of four match
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      EMBARRASSING ISSUE FOR B.A.M. BOSSES
      206 15  - EMBARRASSING ISSUE FOR B.A.M. BOSSES NETMAN By jm SAY HIP faces a diilicult decision, and at One of two Thomas Cup players invited in compete in the Glasgow Internationl ChaiMion ships next March, Lim Say Hup is as S ?o go as colleague Teh Kew San. But the date clashes
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      35 15 Showers were forecast today for Adelaide where M.C.C. were due to begin their four -day match against South Australia. The weather was cool with a maximum temperature of about 72 degrees fahrenheit Reuter
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      53 15 William Dutton, racehorse trainer of Malton, Yorkshire, died suddenly last night at the age of 57. He had been ill at home for about a week. As a jockey, Mr. Dutton won the Grand National at Aintree, Liverpool, in 1928 on Tipperary Tim, a 100 to
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      118 15 WORLD flyweight boxing champion Pascual Perez of Argentina left Manila yesterday by air lor Hong Kong, en route to Japan. Perez was accompanied by his wife, his manager Lazaro Koci and his trainer Felipe Segura. Just prior to his departure he thanked t the Filipino people
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      LATE TRY GIVES SCC VICTORY
      44 15 LATE TRY GIVES SCC VICTORY With two mlnu Sin Cricket Club v. I [ing h-11 in theii match Agaili i HMAB ran y "> the p Then Hugh Foi u through lor a try Hb rtr-d f ciui) victory I (ti ill n •i re
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      HERE'S ONE GOAL THEY DIDN'T GET
      95 15 KELSEY, the Arsenal^ 5 goalkeeper, saves a hea-%. S rfcr //"0771 Sewell (No. B),S I r/gr/i£. Se?reZZ ca/;ie zu /as£ io i«/ce i/iz&. header leaping between Arsenalß 5 defenders Wills triyhtjE a/id Dodyin. E T^w English F.A S jD^u- 1 league match, pZaj/ed a£
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      'POP' ELECTED FOR 13th YEAR RUNNING
      101 15 'POP' ELECTED FOR 13th YEAR RUNNING jtiK. Lim Yong Liang, affectionately known as "Pop" to hundreds of Singapore soccer players and officials, was reelected honorary secretary of the Singapore Amateur Football Association last night. Veteran It is the 13th successive term in office lor this 59--year-old veteran of Mala yan
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        114 15 j I.I'FS ACROSS 3 Drab port I boul a bit for the trifle 4 n>."<t to ride i Bly glance bobbin hundrrd here- li. C quad about a 7 Nip (7). i7) !l Hi.: Inly In when MP. riot I<)k i ipptr imbibei spirit I back- (8). M Damned urgent
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      25 16 Swarms of red locusts Invaded Jordanian territory from the Saudi Arabian desert yesterday "in dreadful quantities," the Agriculture Ministry announced. Reuter
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      32 16 American airlines yesterday accepted a federal mediation board truce proposal which could ?et its strikegrounded planes into the air in time for the peak holiday travel rush.- U.P.I.
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      24 16 The U.S. Government's cost of living index moved upward to 123.9 in November to equal the peak level of last July.- Reuter
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      474 16 'They are working for secession from the U.A.R.' DRESIDENT NASSER yesterday for the first time publicly accused the Syrian communists of working against Egyptian-Syrian unity, and accused some members of the party of wanting Syria to secede from the United Arab Republic. "The Communist Party in
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      172 16 A new era in Nasser ist policy for Mid-Bast? DRESIDENT Nasser's attack yesterday on communists the first since 1954 when he branded them as "Zionist agents" created a sensation in foreign diplomatic quarters in Cairo. Observers noted that ever since the Soviet arms deal in 1955, although communism has been
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      151 16 HIGHER RUBBER SALES: US FORECAST TWO rubber company officials have forecast higher sales for the rubber Industry in 1959. Mr. H.C. Humphreys Jr., chairman of the United States Rubber Company, said rubber industry sales next year should set a record of more than US$6,OOO million, compared with an estimated U555,500
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      91 16 PRINCESS ALEXANDRA of Kent is to accompany her mother, the Duchess of Kent, on her visit to Latin America in February and March next year, it was announced at Kensington Palace in London last night. The Princess, who is at present at Sandringham in Norfolk, with
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