The Singapore Free Press, 2 March 1959

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    POLICE STOOD BY AS THEY DANCED THE CHA CHA
    109 3 iu stood by at E tin* Groat World Caba- ret yesterday after dis- two rival groups of thltffl who lied* 1 the ■Rink w Hull cham■pionships and engaged I'm a running battle with bottles ih. thiiys fled beEfort t he police
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    Lock icon REBELS RAID A FARM, KIDNAP FAMILY OF 10
    119 3 REBELS RAID A FARM, KIDNAP FAMILY OF 1 0 ALGERIAN rebels last nighi raided an Italia A owned farm south of Algiers and kidnapped the owners, the 10-member Cesaro family. The heavily 'irmed rebels stormed Into the farmstead, near Ain Be.ssem, in the Aumale -ion. and abducted Into the mountains
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    Lock icon 'Hypocrisy'-Lord A. Iashes out at the C'wealth
    324 3 'Hypocrisy'-Lord A. Iashes out at the C'wealth r ORD ALTRINCHAM, outspoken critic of the lJ monarchy and the Church of England, last night attacked the Commonwealth as an "unorganised hypocrisy" and a "haphazard collection of sovereign states." British, African and West Indian students at a debate in London heard him
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    Lock icon Author snubs Jap writers
    57 3 BRITISH NOBEL PRIZE WINNER Arthur Koestler, now visiting Japan, threw u bombshell in Japanese literary cricles yester day by refusing an Invitation to address the Japan Pen Club. The famed British author of "Darkness At Noon," replying to the invitation from the club's secretary, said he
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    Lock icon Big quake off New Guinea
    33 3 The Pordham Univ. U mograph >• sterday recorded a "fairly earthquake centra 9,800 from Nev Y«»rk. The um d the earthquake v bably in ,)t N( w CJmi Reuter
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    Lock icon VILLAGERS FLEE FROM LAVA MENACE
    66 3 VILLAGERS FLEE FROM LAVA MENACE I)FOPI,K were evacuat- Mi from the Mount j Cameroon area on the I burdrr of the French and British Cameroonx yesterday as lava from erupting volcanoes threatened villages. A stream of lava 300 yards wide, 30 feet thick and advancing 'iOO yards a day was
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    Lock icon Pocket hookah fill protect smokers
    72 3 Pocket hookah fill protect smokers MR. PERCY HILL, 71, of Wednesbury. near Birmingham, England, ha.s Invented "pocket hookah" „hi. he claims will protect smokers from the dangers of tobacco. As an industrial chemist he experimented with purifying tobacco smoke aivi later designed his breastpocket hookah, which, like the Eastern hookah,
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    'Rain Queen' dies
    17 3 Qiirrn i HI. l< dary "Rain Q> whpir tribe, the Balob^du com. n the
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    Lock icon BABY ESCAPES PLANE CRASH
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      Opinion Call for urgency
      217 4 TIME and again the Free Press has drawn I attention to the everpresent fire danger in our kampongs, which with their twisting paths and closely packed attap houses are death traps that can be triggered at any moment. Now, at long last, the question has been
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      IT'S FASHIONABLE TO BE A NAZI...
      684 4  -  ANTONY TERRY Says reporting from Bonn (^RIES of "Kill the Jew" ring through a peaceful German street. A gang of Nazi toughs leap from a convoy of cars and burst into a small cafe. Over go the neatly arranged tables. The spotless crockery, glass
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    BY THE WAY
    211 4  - BY THE WAY Beachcombar M the much ,u id WQr nen that a certata coun^ number ot 1;, uple h *<h mon, were of the sJS COtttfon, and the sa »t lerelilabel them. l n ltSe SJS letters, -Rei us^ gJS^ each rocket arrives from America it should be tran?
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      56 4 LOOKING FOR A WIDDIN i IS NO PROBLEM AT AIL IF YOU REMEMBER TO VISIT S.P H THERE ARE GIFTS BOTH EXPEN SIVE AND INtXPEM GIFTS TO SUIT YOUR PARTICULAR PURPOSE S.P.H. DE SILVA LTD. 45 High St. It Airport Singapore. 6 Station Rd. Ipoh. Associotc Co. S. P. H.
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    FPA anxious to reopen 7 clinics
    240 5 r PHE Singapore Family Plannm Association is making effort to reopen the seven clinics which were dosed after the Government had reduced its yearly grant by $20,000. The annual report of the association for last y^ar, just relea said the closing of the clinics
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    66 5 .picture. THE STERN of the 81.000-ton Cmiard liner Queen Mary stands massively over the men "sanding-off" one of the giant vessel's propellers in the King George V dry dock in Southampton. The process gives the propeller a smooth and polished finish for extra speed. The Queen Mary has been ■ndergoini
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    BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE
    178 5  - BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE M. Harrison-Cray by A I lIIOUGH North fl] irtod t»i< 1 trouble on U band, i p.( i.ii bid would bavc .s;<ved the da. 11. .-lde bid m follow BMdC 1 •.■<) lien 1 Tvo Spades Four Spades. An odd.son l.uii Is ea«llj rea< lied it
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    HORROR PICTURES ARE SERVING USEFUL PURPOSE, SAY POLICE
    172 5 HORROR PICTURES ARE SERVING USEFUL PURPOSE, SAY POLICE I^XHIBITS in the police pavilion at the Singa- pore Constitution Exposition which have been criticised as "gruesome" are having a salutary effect on the public, according to the 1 Police Secretary, Mr. William Cheng. Many of the exhibits are photographs ot traffic
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    Lock icon PICKLES-WELL SEASONED
    28 5 Research scientists in i ondon who recently opened sealed tins ol food 100 year.-, old have now been offered a 200-year-bottk ol pickles to Investigate. Reuter
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    36 schools have vacancies
    70 5 36 schools have vacancies PARENTS of children Seeking admission to Government English Primary schools may appi.v to principals from today until Friday. The Ministry of Education has announced that there are vacancies in .Hi schools most of them in the rural areas. Only children born in 1950, 195] or 1
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    Lock icon Big welcome for the Windsors
    39 5 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were cheered when they arrived at Tucson Arizona last night -but I their three pedigree dog narrowly escaped beinj trampled by a welcoming crowd of 800 people Reuter
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    Lock icon Fewer executions
    29 5 Forty-eight crlmii als were executed in tlx United states lu.st year— the lowest annual number .since the Federal Prisons Bureau began keeping national rcrords in Vj'M) Reuter
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    Students' ideas for Nanyang
    72 5 ling University i lon is now public representthe university's staff, equipment r academic matted with it velopment. nisslon has Intereducationists and iy connected university. who put forviews were uuat the unii\ Kheong, m--1 the commission. had met the looked over the luipment and icilities, ion is
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    Officials of the Skal Club
    37 5 Air. E. J. C. Gardner has been elected president of the Singapore Skal Club. Other officials are Mr. Max Landolt. vice-presi-dent; Mr. A. Zeevaarder, secretary; and Mr. H n U public relations.
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    34 5 picture A YOUNG visitor to the 1959 Craft's dhow m Olympia, London, make* friends with tiny chlchahua .11 the door of It* ro cottage kennel rhi <■ Ih»v\ attracted 11,211 entrants a world record Popper
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    Lock icon DAG: FIRST STOP KARACHI
    28 5 Mr. Dag HammarKsjoeld, al oi the United Nation.s, left Rome by air last night for Karachi on the fir.st stai i A.>.ian tour Reuter
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    Lock icon Strike holds up 51 ships
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      172 6 I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l^BHMbbßblb^HbiHblbbßb^Hb^b^bb^bßblbbßbb^bßH !::.'.''t^^;>»' J I-: jigTiAWKir^^ Hm*mg ooctoeo not to /a^cs/tguitie in* IF" »v AKi up^ei^^^^H HBR L*' *^p Pfj ZT^^BbIK^G smtHGe obj&ct oereciED in the ships wuais TMf matter T k^^n cant ourrs r- y i>^^l \SCAMN£OS. Utfif HAWKE IS BESET BY WHO VOO Vfc BCCfst NATTt BimG JkJ »MCAAS€S
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      357 6 BORN today von adaptability 3 j stances and are all types ol peo] Although a certain an diplomacy and flexil useful, n !> apt into mediocritj you into eombaUve You arc excessivi criticism but a Praise. ut someone on the back and you harder to do more faster and t
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    NO CASH FOR WORK-SHY
    321 7 Allowances stopped: Jobs for 300 but only SO turned up A NUMBER of able-bodied men who were re- ceiving public assistance from the Social Welfare Department have been deprived of their allowances following their refusal to take up work offered them. The Ministry of Labour and
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    Lock icon SO TRIM FOR SPRING ...IN CREEN AND CREAM
    66 7 SO TRIM FOR SPRING ...IN CREEN AND CREAM MAYA **t HA (top pic tun) models an evening coal In green and cream silk taffeta worn over short evening dress of silk chiffon Also In green and cream. Diana Arnold (bottom picture) weai lamp-shade hit irith > boldly-patterned silk foulard dress
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    S'PORE PHOTO SHOW OPENS ON FRIDAY
    51 7 THI-; loth Singapore International Salon organised by the Photographic Society of Singapore will oprn On Friday at the Victoria Memorial Hall Approximately pictures out of the 2,()0i sent m by 41 countries have ben n ■elected for exhibition. Singapore übmltted i > pictures out
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    Yorkshiremen's annual party
    43 7 The Society of Yorkshire men In Malaya will hold ita annual president's party ut 8 p.m. on March 10 at 17 Gallop Road. The society at nual i ,ii meeting elected Mr G. Wood president and Mr G. Mitchell vice-pres;
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      44 7 jgF&BaSs?^ OFFERS YOU A push-button control 3 speeds built in Concert Hall loudspeaker t Avclol It- of JACKS PHOTO CO Capitol Buildinq IS7 North Brldqe Rood, S nqaporc. H. Oft-"" r l*\ a \.3 /%j$ *\S AK t I t ■H|j^^lpifli» from Germany I
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      41 7 SINCAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 4.26 p.m. TOMORROW: 4.00 a.m 6.19 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 5.10 a.m. and 8.27 p.m. riIURSDAY: 6.49 a.m. and 9.29 p.m. KRIDAY: 8.20 a.m. and 10.10 p.m. SATURDAY: 9.20 a.m. and 10.44 p.m. SUNDAY: 10.07 a.m. and 11.11 p.m.
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      369 7 CLUES ACROSS 6 Re. one taxlcab how aelßv chance, through the gravatlng! (12) spirit of enterprise (12). 7 Can't see straight, or pre--8 Peeling out of sorts, like a sumably hear straight (12). footnote? (5,3). 10 Alexandre Dumas' kisses. J«»r Able to return to this ...ace *J» ™«f nl 14
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    A GREAT DAY FOR OLGA
    81 8 TU JL M a a i not day old camel is zoo's yyHIPSNADE zoo ux ently ned it ith another fu •if Bactrian Camel "Olga" gave tO a male hah;/ whU h hns aay been cl The baby was Boon on iti end surprised the
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    Lock icon DOG THE DARK
    64 8 DOG THE DARK Hey what's goinl here! The Hash bill ping and everyboj but I'm completely I So I think I'll lie dl I'm called Ang I hi round popIking, dark. come irom iiiu'i. and wnal tun it is to be able to let your hair down once in a
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    New bridge will link up by-pass
    94 8 New bridge will link up by-pass Gracefully spanning the River Lime amid a network of scaffolding is the new bridge being built to carry the Lai by-pass in Britain. The new road, conol about 11 miles <>f dual carria £3,750,000. It Will relieve con !<>n m Lanca where for traffic
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    Lock icon They all look up to Ted on stilts
    113 9 They all look up to Ted on stilts |T was the most oversized man that three-year-old Carl Griffiths and his fiveyear old sister, Moira, had ever encountered, and he was riding the strangest bicycle They stood back in amazement and looked skyward to the face of Ted Bailey, of Leicester,
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    Anglers' riddle
    66 9 Hundreds of garfish washed up between Seaham Harbour and South Shields in North East England have set local anglers speculating. Normally these striking bird beaked fish with green bones go to the north-east coast In the mackerel season some six months ofi. Amateur and professional fishermen have been
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    WAITRESS IN COFFEE BAR IS £50,000 BRIDE
    152 9 WAITRESS IN COFFEE BAR IS £50,000 BRIDE AN 18-year-old bride of two months has been left £50,000 nearly half ot her lathers £120.000 But last week, pretty Mrs. Oriole Newby started a new job as waitress in an espresso b:»r. This la b< [don t Come Into any Ol my
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    PLAYGROUND FIRE ENGINE
    26 9 Nc.«. II mity Primary .School I r a dtaused ftri i could be placed In t I child] 1 •y If t! play
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      Baudouin, Beatrix at Alps rendezvous
      318 10 Baudouin, Beatrix at Alps rendezvous ADAKK. youn^ man wearing spectacles, he walked into the hotel carrying a suitcase and skis. He registered as plain "B. de Rethy" and the hotel staff carefully called him "Monsieur." And shortly everyone knew at the Austrian Alpine resort of St. Anton, that bachelor King
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      A CHANCE OF NAME
      132 10 'FHE Duke of Newcastle has arrived in London from Jamaica. With him is his friend Mrs. Sally Anne Jemal, who has changed her name for t.bo third time. Slu. i£ now known as Mrs. Hope. The 51-year-old duke's family name la Pelham -Cl in ton -Hope
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    WALTON PLANS TO SET SIR
    283 10 WINSTON'S BOOK TO MUSIC SIR WILLIAM WALTON, who lives permanently on the lovely Island vi Ischia in the Bay of Naples slipped quietly Into London the other day. He and his 31-year-old Argentinian wife will stay for a month. He is there for the negotiations
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    He'll put Estoril in a gay mood
    253 10 He'll put Estoril in a gay mood rRMER handbag salesman Teodore Dos Santos, now boss of the Estoril casino, near Lisbon, said the other day that he is spending £100.000 on putting tbe resort on the map. For Estoril. which tor years has been content to provide a haven for
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    SIR GORDON IN THE STABLE
    153 10 SIR GORDON IN THE STABLE SIR GORDON RICHARDS has sold his house, Clements Meadow, at Marlborough. He hopes to move in about six months to a bungalow to be b-uilt nearer his stables at Ogbourne. Over a year ago J Gordon put his house to be worth betweei £40.000 and
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    Country Britain saved from Boers now feeds Europe
    633 11 Country Britain saved from Boers now feeds Europe lEAT, and markets 1 for it In Europe and Britain and elsewhere, have become major factors in the economy of Bechuanaland. is the country traversed in former days by what used to' be called "The Missionary Road." he country where veld or
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    NEW HOPE IN 'FREEZE' SURGERY
    315 12 The heart may be stopped for hour fTEAMS of surgeons from Duke and northwestern universities in the U.S. have reported to a medical conference how they lowered the body temperatures as low as 41 degrees tor heart surgery patients. They used machines instead of ice.
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    NEW WAY TO STORE EYES
    91 12 A NEW "deep-freeze" storage method may solve the shortage in Britain of eyes bequeathed for corneal grafting, an eye surgeon said. Mr. B. W. Rycroft, one of Britain s foremost specialists in cornea I grafting, said with the present methods of shortage a week was
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    Teams test air workers breathe and warn factories of dangers
    436 12  -  V. DANIELLS By THE United Steel Companies Ltd., which employs over 35,000 in its various branches, has a team whose job is to study the air that workers breathe. There are only six such teams in Britain. Most are in
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    Lock icon GLACIERS OF HIMALAYAS HOW REDUCED
    791 13  - GLACIERS OF HIMALAYAS HOW REDUCED V. M. NAIR India s share in the IGY by ri I i giant glaciers of the Himalayas are retting smaller, ac- orc i to Indian scientists. After a recent exjedition they reported thai many glaciers had n treated several hundred feet and lost several
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    Lock icon Methane to warm homes
    133 13 I tanker er nai arland in tuary with rJmental i ii'iuid meI ndon >nvorte(l rgo ever 'ho Atlfintl'Of llqui-i tanks lual to 290 which Is the ofT by ■d in tnnK-: >n Canvey I'ipod to nearby Rnmford where ;t ran be turned into town li the
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    Nuclear heat from sun
    152 13 ABOVE is the unique mirror arrangement of a giant solar furnace, one of the worlds most powerful devices for "harnessing" the sun's heat, which is now being operated at Natick. Massachusetts, in the United States. The furnace produces a four-inch beam of heat registering up to
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    Lock icon SEXTANT SUPERIOR TO COMPASS
    335 13 SEXTANT SUPERIOR TO COMPASS radio sextant, saia to be JO times as accurate us present marine compasses, could revolutionise modern naval warfare, its designers have claimed. Dr. Gene Marner. head of the radio astronomy group at the Collins Radio Co., said the device can track the moon and sun continuously
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    Lock icon Anglo-US joint bid on new plane
    88 13 Anglo-US joint bid on new plane I)LANS toi joint Anglo-Ann i t<> pr foldiliK WillKs have I Iwallow" aircraft f. d»v. 1 Wiilh.s who invented ,1 i n the wartime br( ichlng oi Ocrn it has long tapering wlnga which ar> ,iT I landing bui wept hark for flint ■If
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    496 14 K\( I ONI. liM Whistler (?»4, Mawi) beats Small World (9.0, Johnson) in the (lass Div. one mile event by l'_. lengths. Pearl Snap (8.4, Donnelly, thinl. beating Entertainer II (7 9 tarr 7.6, Humphries) by I', lengths. On the raiK js fitth-plared Courtier (7.9 carr 7.2, Ng>. The Whistler
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    Favourites topple again at Penang
    846 15  -  ALLAN LEWIS By I \lK\ FAVOrKllfc. IN I'KOUK.VM.MK (>| EIGHT I\l\lS YWs h TOPPLED AT PENANG ON SATURDAY. Spring Cup, main race for Class 3 horses, went to Gustani who tit had the race won utter going two furlongs. On Saturday Ous talll ible to
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    Make a note of these...
    137 15 TWO non winners »n 1 Saturday will win in the near future. (OKA, third in the sixth race won by stable mate Gettysburg, will improw* her own wriyht from that race. BOOMERANG, fifth In the seventh ran-. u.«s alwav well placed wide out Watrh for
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    Lock icon Sonneville beaten in final
    123 15 KURT Nielsen, of Denmarlwon the men's single; title in the Belgian inter national badminton championships yesterday. He beat Ferry Sonneville < Indonesia! 15-3. 15-2 in the final. Miss Tonny Hoist-Chris-tensen 'Denmark > won tlu women's singles, beating her compatriot Miss Inge KJaer>rd 8-11, 11 2, 11-5.
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    Lock icon UNDERWATER COACHING
    103 15 BLUINNERS at the sport of underwater swimming are seen wearing masks and snorkel tubes as they receive instruction at Hford (Essex) Baths from 29-year-old Miss Pauline Ady, one of Britain's leading underwater swimmers. The novices pictured here were attending a training course organised by the British Sub Aqua
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    Lock icon West Indies threw away their chance
    128 15 HES yesterday throw away a chance >n the third and linal day ot their list Centra] Zone iit Bahawalpur, hours play on a pitch taking spin. •i<(t to en fort the toiiow on after "i t)««'ii shot out I8f)-27(j runs behind ftl t innings
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    ENGLAND GET AN EARLY WICKET
    178 15 ENGLAND GET AN EARLY WICKET VEW ZEALAND, who started th(^ day needing 204 runs with all their second innings wickets in hand to avoid an innings defeat, lost a wicket with only nine runs added to the overnight score on the third day of the first Test against England thi?
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    Lock icon SCOREBOARD
    57 15 KNtiLANI) Ist innings 374 (E. Dexter 141, May 71.) NEW ZEALAND Ist Innings 142 (Lock r> for 31). N.X. second Innings, (Overnight 28 for 0) Bolton c May b Mortiinorr !<i Harris b Triinnan 13 Gay not out 1 1 Krid c Coudrey b Lock 1 SutcliflV not out
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      204 15 OVERSEAS Readers are Up -to -Date! Malaya fa the foc.il point Budget ia \ho ideal papci io of South J.i-1 Asia and tend regularly to Malayan many people today considei students and ex-Mala)ana that this is an area where abroad* the future destinies of the The -Budget' 1 can of
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    MR. BOYD HURRIES HOME
    320 16 Top level policy talks on Nyasaland BRITAIN'S Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, Hew back to London yesterday from Aden lor high-level policy talks on the serious African-European elaahei In the Rhodetian Federation and their effects on future race relations there Tin' Secretary has been on a
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    Lock icon European wives quit as clashes continue
    114 16 European wives quit as clashes continue riiHE situation in NyasaX land was still tense yesterday after a week of riots in which three people have been killed and dozens wounded and arrested. Police dispersed small crowds in Blantyre yesterday. A number of European wives and children have left Nyasaland by
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    'Cowboys' escort Philip to Jesselton airport
    123 16  -  WILLIAM FISH By BAJAU natives mounted on sleek horses and sturdy mountain ponies this morning accompanied Prince Philip along the last part of the road to the airport when he left on for Sandakan, The Bajaus, known locally as ause many men and use
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    Lock icon LIVE AND LET LIVE IS THE SOLUTION MIKOYAN
    216 16 LIVE AND LET LIVE IS THE SOLUTION MIKOYAN From Page 1 hance the success of the talks. But it was emphasised that this feeling arose out of the better diplomatic atmosphere of the last few days and there was no hard evidence to support it. It was noted that in
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    Off for talks on S'pore film
    62 16 Mr. Loke Wan Tho left for England by plane this morning to discuss with the Rank Organisation plans for filming "The Night ComeiV in Singapore. Film tars Jean Simmons and her husband Stewart Granger arc due to arrive hen May to play the leading
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    Lock icon DIANE WEDS AIRMAN
    54 16 piclure. KAF Corporal John William Hardie and Miss Diane Geraldine Vaz, who were married at St. Paul's Church, Upper Serangoon Road, at the weekend. Miss Vaz is the second daughter of Mr. A. J. (•'Guy") Vaz, deputy superintendent of the Singapore City Council Cleansing Department, who resigned
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    Lock icon Plane took off on its own
    39 16 A .small to the airfield ot Ferrara, Xonh Italy, knocked pilot as he wa about to board it, took otl on and remained about 40 minutes before crashing Into treet It caused Reuter
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      357 16 „U Ha, fr©l th« connniinci of I .'ti»er» out repre»en»oHv* jt Ut floor SINGAPORE COLO STORAGE ORCHARD ROAD ill receive tmoll odvertnc -n nt» and »n>wet» to bo» tumbcrs CLASSIFIED ADS. \\\()l I Ml M ?ti \< i minimum). Frocks, li. Battery AT rOI R >KKVI( h .'U urd§ $2
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  • FREE PRESS SUPPLEMENT The BIG WALK
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      10 1 FREE PRESS SUPPLEMENT The BIG WALK Monday, March 2, 1959.
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      Asians take up the big challenge
      777 1 BY THE SPORTS EDITOR SINGAPORE'S ANNUAL SPORTS EPIC OM usand six hundred Singaporeans -and Federation citizens to boot— are eager to prove their stamina and ability in the Free p Walk next Sunday. dawn blinks, they will be wide awake and lining up for
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      Seeking Olympic walkers
      160 1 I" 1 ipore Amateur Athletic Asn are looking for oiympn ""I they uill be talent spotting Preia Walk. people who t;o in for the fjjjlfc Just do not know how to walk mmented Chief lodge b it then lie Added would br wiliinu to eoaeh »nd who
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      THE PRIZES
      818 2 SPECIAL SPECIAL I'KI/I for "the most ninitorimis performance" la t inopinion of tlic Judfei and organisers: A one hour flight In the new Cornel 4, »>> courtesy Of British Overseas Alnrajri Corporation. The Cornel will take off from Singapoie Airport at 2.M p.m., just a few hours after
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      7566 3 THESE ARE THE ***** PEOPLE IN THE WALK lIIKKK is the full tmtry li.t and Um '»•»•>'' uiven to each contestant. >ie s t th| IW h i s or her .mine B the up. a ,o Rgt Kr<»»P' illld m>U Uw ,liv »f the Bis Walk N» nil
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        44 3 I Vl'l HI I lIIS I I OK M» I I II ACCI) nirv EASE or opi n\rio;v I I I O \O>I Y I II I I lAIII LI T 1 Renington Rand of Malaya Ltd. 2nd tloot |«Hr Little iw«M***(, Singapore I
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        3 4 rUii ENERGY 1
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        88 4 FERGUZAOE MEANS GOOD DEWS FOR WALKERS! The most effective, the Quickest way to replace lost energy is to take strengthgiving Glucose. Ferguzadis ideal because it is Glucose made into a sparkling, tempting drink. It builds up your energy too. Before a strenuous game or a long walk, have a glass
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        44 5 HORLICKS THE ORIGINAL HEALTH FOOD Enjoyed and appreciated for over 70 years by Sportsmen and Athletes the world over HORLICKS IN TABLET FORM Natural and Chocolate flavoured, offers you a convenient and economical package and will provide that extra energy to ensure your success
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        139 6 !^B^^BP^p I SUCCESS in vigonius .ports and panics tin !L lj A*-»T Ikl VII demand* i hMi decree ol physical dtnesi -and h/\\ |\\r\ T l Ip|l^ VI thls depends largely on correct diet m£ f V| V1 V 111 **\^^H ovaltine' has been officially recognised and ,q N (^^^^H
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      44 WOMEN HAVE ENTERED
      57 7 MARY OEY urns the only woman in la .1 year's Free Press Walk Hera she is, pictured striding along the Hukit Timah highway in skirt and blouse and a wide-brimmed straw hat. Mary finished the course in good time This year there is a special section
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        67 8 U< >• i Ml Britannia Services London Eastabout VIA Hong Kong Tokyo San Francisco AND New York Starting April across the Pacific lA< .ith.inlayc of B<)\( s li«k«l InsUliMnt l'l.»n ll> mm, pa> l»t«r' ikl (!< L>. I your 1 A R .n? ftr MALAYAN AIRWAYS (0 M ro-A-c ftAes
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        74 9 FOAC Britannia Westabout VIA Middle East LI hTC/I /^j Hi Eig/if Services Weekly lAf id^antagc of R()A( s Ikkrt ln\talm<-nl IMin fly now, pay later I BOAC'I WOrld wi<!« routrs ami dt Lu»r. F.rtt Cl.iv Tounst iirni Bconomy clmi S«fvu*n comutt your Travel Ak.nt ,r MALAYAN AIRWAYS (C»<-n<r.il laid A^nts)
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      THE ARMY HELPS TO MAKE WALK A BIG HIT
      169 10  - THE ARMY HELPS TO MAKE WALK A BIG HIT Cheshires by Royal Hussars band will play It is the Regimental Band of the 13 18 Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), seen above. They will play by kind permission of the Commanding Officer. £ROWDS of spectators waiting at the finish of
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        82 10 Walk With WRIGLEY'S "Don't Crack Up Because of Thirst* M Chew Wrigley s Spearmint and Keep *%fc Going Flat Out pRE^ pACKETS 0F DELICIOUS, REFRESHING I W^SeJTVcorm'/n 1 SP f# WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT AND SUGAR COATED M^c^l/r" 11 1 fc i a P- K. GUM KINDLY SUPPLIED TO ALL Helps keep
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      Drinks for the thirsty
      18 11  -  Fraser Neave ST. JOHN AMBULANCE m by and IAND CARE FOR THE WEARY BY
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        27 11 /TT. WHy donV you take the") JOHORC EXPRESS, ITfe QUICKER \g» MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE/ J (^^4j f) SINCAPORE^JOHORE M*.^ EXPRESS LTD vaiil» 132 ROCHORE ROAD rBL. J1498
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      WHAT YOU MUST DO -FROM START TO FINISH
      865 12 WHAT YOU MUST DO -FROM START TO FINISH Instructions for all I Read this carefully it tells you all you want to know about the big day AT THE FINISH..; 1 After (hey cross the finishing HJJ, fiflfiSffi I. should collect their Certificate of Merit '«>« special table provided for
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        47 12 Title?* Beet* Testimonials r s*s k V I /s/f* is vali I I X //jffif iii) 1 m 'li i W Miss I. FALUTIN a water ski enthusiast, stated: "I always ■811 lor a I ijjcr §»fWCO AND BOTTirO in UNOAfOftl MAIATAN flnrwroir', i to and I
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