The Singapore Free Press, 18 April 1959

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    Rioting convicts threaten to burn 23 hostages alive if troops attack
    144 1 RIOTING convicts In the Montana state prison yesterday twice released one of their Z\] hostages the young prison psychologist to allow him to describe the latest situation inside. The psychologist. Dr. Walter Jones, was allowed out for eight minutes,
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    Pressmen invited
    50 1 ond appearlour later, was a new message from to the prison ad earliLn three re porter > m dt tails of their the warden was to arrange a th riot lead* tns of an rebellion. >ken to be lrom while t the situation. tit. too. BS the In
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    Gold deal to beat smugglers
    21 1 lilUt (i in terdaj to have 40,000 ounces of in an efthfl reported •»f gold from
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    Lock icon INDO-NEPAL TALKS ON TIBET CRISIS
    69 1 INDO-NEPAL TALKS ON TIBET CRISIS KING MAHENDRA of Nepal and the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, will meet at a public function in the foothills of Nepal near Bhimnagar on April 30. It is believed in New Delhi that they will have a full discussion on the Tibetan situation which
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    Lock icon Dulles: No change
    26 1 Mr. John Foster Dul'i-s .spent a comfortable night and thvvo is no chaxij physical condition, a medical bulletin said In .mgton yesterda: Reuter
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    At 73 she visits Jap who saved her life in Burma
    138 1 MRS SYLVIA DICKMANN. a 73-year-old Brit: inn. i. arrived in Japan to her prom! <<• thai woul Mr. Takahiko i formi army i aved in Burma during the Padfii Two ye Mr Dickmann i«-tt lor Japan but rli ill
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    Lock icon CHILDREN STONE WOMEN
    37 1 British women, wives of British officials in itoned by about 60 Cyprlot .school 1 on Salamals Beach. a picnic, police were inform* ed thnt schoolb >f thrir locked ind wwn were not injurec Reuter
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    Lock icon Nine die in clash over cows
    79 1 Nine die in clash over cows ile were killed ind huiicht Jured in b at Bitatnarhl, north Bihar. yesterday over the •laughter 01 coi A du.sk to dawn curfew haa n clamped on SltamarbJ and armed police are patrolling the town The fighting was said to have .started when two
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    Lock icon TOKYO AND LONDON PUT ON STRICT CHECKS
    160 1 TOKYO AND LONDON PUT ON STRICT CHECKS II \i health i»«. *5 cautions arc beini taken concerning plane passengers arriving In Britain from Singapore A London Airport Health Authority spokesman said last night tin- Singapore authorities w«ir making doubly sure that all pas senders leaving there had vaccination certificates in
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    SMALLPOX: FIRST NEW CASE IN 3 DAYS
    294 1 SMALLPOX: FIRST NEW CASE IN 3 DAYS Manila may send vaccine on Monday /\NK more smallpox case was discovered this morning in the infected row of houses in Kampong Alexandra. The victim, a Chinese woman, has been sent to Middleton Hospital. Health and sanitary officials are now on the spot
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    Lock icon Girl murder: Man accused
    53 1 AIM -YEAR-OLD tractor driver, lather of two children, api)eared in court terday charged with the murder of 12-ycar-old Janice Ann Holes found strangled and assaulted on Tuesday near her cottage home in Market Ha gland. He was William Th< Francis Jenkin. ■ave his addn the farm
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    Lock icon 26 die in air crash
    27 1 rjiWENTY-SIX persons were A killed yesterday when a Mexico Airline C-46 transport crashed on a flight from Mexicali to Mexico City..- U.P.I
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  • REDS TAKE BACK A FEW 'SINNERS'
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      BO AC still get Tokyo permit
      116 2 BO AC still get Tokyo permit Aboac man rial London that the company •cannot bell that thfl US. Civil A. ru nautics Board will ac the recommendation that the airline should not be allowed to operate It round-the-world Jet 1 1 rvice through Tokyo. The recommendation was made in Washington
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      SHAME! THEY ARE TURNING LONDON INTO A NEW YORK'
      136 2 rpiiE chairman ol i-on--1 dons Savoy Hotel. Mr. Hugh wontnei complained yesterday that planning schemes were uyinK to turn the city into "an Imitation Ol New York." Planning schemes very olten Mem to have the .(feet ol destroying the (harm of
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      Peking's rightist critics repented
      226 2 Peking's rightist critics repented REPENTANT Chinese "rightists," purged from public life last year for attacking the communist regime, were yesterday publicly accepted back into the fold though at a lower level. Three former ministers were among 18 non-com-munist politicians previously denounced who appeared as members or the third national committee
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      Lock icon Malcolm Clubs need not dose at end of year
      218 2 .umiiiiimmMimiiiiiiHiiiittttttTM"**!*'****"**"*"" Mr. george ward, Secret for Air, said yesterday there was no longer any question of Malcolm Clubs welfare clubs for British airmen In Germany and the Far East being required to close at the end of the year. The Air
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      POLICE USE TEAR GAS IN RAID ON CYPRUSCLUB
      148 2 POLICE USE TEAR GAS IN RAID ON CYPRUSCLUB J fIYPRUS Police last ♦\j ni«ht confirmed J t that tear nas was used when British police entered a Greek club in t Paphos, in west Cyprus, ♦on Thursday night, but denied the Paphos' J J mayor's charge that they beat up
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      Lock icon Job for Herter, says Senator
      33 2 Mr. lan Herter Mr. John tary o el an official announcement ay. ator i oi publican in the Scnat Id id been urccl that Mi Herter would Reuter
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      Free trip to Russia offer
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      COTTON MAYORS SEE MAC BUT 'NOT HOPEFUL'
      137 2 A SKED by nine Lancashire mayors to lake to aid Britain's depressed cotton industry, Mr. Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, said the government was "very mindful of the difficulties of the industry and is at this momeni engaged in discussions with the Cotton
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      Lock icon A-BAN HOPE
      29 2 Mr. John Diefenb Canada's prime mini said in Ottawi the West had not abai ed hope of a comprehi agreement with R banning of nui I Reuter
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      Lock icon Subs for Bonn
      16 2 The Wesi German ord< oi 350 tons each to be in Kiel. Reuter
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      Lock icon Purchase tax
      54 2 To abolish the purtax on all textl manufactured In Britain. l'o take o bring new Industi i<^ Into thi which will be hit hardest by lor the contraction Industry. The mayors hi lor the exportation that the government ment promised by Mr. M millan would b<» in hi.s
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      Lock icon Buzzing protest
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      34 2 A change to greater comfort... BUY CROCODILE Brand PYJAMAS Avolloblc In mony pi'" design* "lour or p AH itoN *o MM both v old. Very rcotonobly LI SENG MIN CO. LTD 6 North Bridqt "<*
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    SLAIN GIRL'S MOTHER IS STILL FRIENDS WITH KILLER
    80 3 SLAIN GIRL'S MOTHER IS STILL FRIENDS WITH KILLER iM)MIND CHARLES BARBER, 22, who Strangl\j i his fiancee while they kissed alter she ;he loved another man, was sentenced years' jail for manslaughter in London my found him not guilty of murder. Mi Muriel Soan, mother of the girl, 17--ld typist
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    Kiss of death
    76 3 The defence admitted that Barber gave Carol Ann the kiss of death by choking her with hands, then tying a cord tightly around her The court heard of a letter, that Mrs. Soan wrote to Barber after the killing in which she urged him not to reproach
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    Lock icon The 'other man'
    63 3 The "other man" in Carol Ann Soan's life, ar-old Charles Patrick Dark, committed suicide with an overdose of sleeping: tablets in a Home hotel two weeks after her death. The £irl had fallen in love with Dark, a co-worker in a London insurance office, and had promised
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    CEREMONIES TO BE CUT TO LET QUEEN MEET PEOPLE
    112 3 CEREMONIES TO BE CUT TO LET QUEEN MEET PEOPLE THE Queen has personally expressed the wish to see how Canadians live, work and play, and so all unnecessary ceremony is being eliminated from her six weeks Canadian tour this summer, the Queen's Canadian assistant press secretary told a press conference
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    Lock icon Passes thick with Reds dodged by Dalai Lama
    266 3 THE story of the perilous fortnight's flight of the Dalai Lama across 1 the Himalayas from Lhasa to India is slowly unfolding as more and Tibetans arrive at the tiny Assam railhead town of Tezpur to their God-King today. The 23-year-old spiritual
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    Lock icon M.P. to raise case of hypnotised L-driver
    243 3 M.P. to raise case of hypnotised L- driver SHE PASSED TEST: NOW COMMONS TO HEAR OF IT I>l< \l SI a Paignton, l)eAJ von, houscun, passed her driving test under hyp- nosis, questions will be asked in the House of Commons M.s. Mary Friddoc. £5, X passed her driving test
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    Lock icon LOAD IN TODD'S PLANE WAS TOO HEAVY
    145 3 LOAD IN TODD'S PLANE WAS TOO HEAVY THE plane in which showman Mike Todd crashed to his death in New Mexico last year was reported in Washington yesterday to have been seriously overloaded. After long and detailed investigation, the Civil Aeronautics Board said in its reports on the accident, in
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    Lock icon Rains over in flood city
    46 3 BUKNOS AIRES yesterday to autumi hine for the I i.imr in a fortnight and found the authorities ip the river-front and repairing dan ed \v torrential rams and In the meantinn r rhc waters ol thi I back to normal Reuter
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    Lock icon RHODESIA EMERGENCY IS EXTENDED
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      16 3 M. FUNTER S. GRINBERG Diamonds Jewellery 67, Stamford Rd., (Eu Court 81dg.,) S'pore 6. Telephone *****. >^
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      118 3 Going Home? for medium and heavy weight woollens H HP**! T there are no better names than j^B* DORMEUIL FRERES Before making your Jfct ■P^ ifc cno ce D sure that I I M^k 1 you nave seen our K**3 4 new range. mg^M 4 m < Br\w When selectingyour
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    The Singapore Free Press
    8 4 SATURDAY, April 18, 1959
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    Opinion
    186 4 Selfish t^veryone concerned J is to be congratulated on the speed and efficiency with which the vaccination teams swung into their stride and dealt with the thousands of people who presented themselves for inoculation. Unfortunately, there is another side to the picture It is not one which concerns the
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    What LOVE has done Janette Scott
    376 4 What LOVE has done Janette Scott between pigtails and cocktails DIANA DURBIN failed. So did Margaret O'Brien. And simpering Shirley Temple's lollipop charm turned sour before she was out of her teens. But the other night Britain's one time child star, Janette Scott, successfully bridged that gap between pigtails and
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    BY THE WAY
    307 4  -  Beachcomber Bnot even skin-deep, and M>n\r women of taste will >l<- t<> bil] ntlre Face Pals*' iows were not enough. You can get FaUc ryritch your wig, bly) False n Follow, and then the "angelic i ly complaining that I chin crack me it wai worn, juut
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      28 4 NEW ARRIVALS SWAN PLAIN FINE COTTON BLANKETS 60"x90" 51 1.50 Each WOOL BLANKETS 536.00 Each II I A J TEXTILES LTD., 71. High Street. Spore Tel«: ***** *****
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      45 4 "ASAHI" WORLD FAMOUS CULTURED PEARLS IN in ALL FORMS OF JEWELLERY AT ITS LATEST FASHIONABLE NOW ON DISPLAY AGENTS: S. P. H. de SILVA LTD. 45, HIGH STREET AIRPORT SINGAPORE 6, STATION ROAD IPOH ASSOCIATE COMPANY S. P. H. DE SILVA (H.K.) LTD. HONG KONG.
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    DOCTORS CABLE TO SIAM FOR VACCINE
    253 5 DOCTORS CABLE TO SIAM FOR VACCINE n: private doctors In Singapore who ran short of vaccine have cabled Bangkok for plies. Doctors told the Fre* Pr< s that they had experiencing considerable diiriruity in the vaccine. Some have completely out of stock. Many dispensaries have also sold all their Borne
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    BALLET: THE FIRST NIGHT FOR PUPILS
    100 5 rpwo new productions A Winter Frolic and Ming Toi will form the main items of the programme in the second season of the Singapore Ballet from April 22 to 26 at the Victoria Theatre. The third item will be a different one each night.
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    Chinese paintings on show
    34 5 An exhibition of Chi painting by Miss Tien Man Shin was opened yesterday at the Chinese Chamber ot Commerce by Mr Lee Slow Mong, Pcrmaneni to the Ministry ol tlon.
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    Lock icon Police probe reduces testers by 8
    195 5 Police probe reduces testers by 8 •THE acting Police Secretary, Mr. S. K. Sund- ram, said today that eight driving testers of the Singapore Traffic Police have been suspended recently pending the result of a departmental inquiry into alleged corruption. Of the eight suspended, four testers have resigned and one
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    FAIR'S FINAL COUNT FOR GOVT. SOON
    130 5 FAIR'S FINAL COUNT FOR GOVT. SOON j; rpilE Singapore Con- J| 4> A stitution Kxposi- i> tion committee is ex- 1j i, pected to finalise its <! <> accounts and submit it < f J| to the Government J' > soon. 4 ','> The month-long !i <> fair which was
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    S'pore boys' clubs need $18,000
    54 5 rpin-; Federation oi Boy,' Clul $18,--000 i Mr ry ot the $10.0(10 ai it flag day t« $8 We want fflciem nd not continually tor Mr. f led Donations TM i 13,000 from the I itlon, $1,000 the vlc< tht Upp< Club, Mi b.\ I
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      66 5 MIRRO 6- Piece Cooky Cutter Set Cleans easily Stays bright Lasts long popular onima! cooky cutters (Chicken, Rabbit, ie, Cornel, Lion ond e) pocked in a transparent bog. $1.20 MARDEN COMPANY 7 8 82, Orchord Rd., S'porc-9 ***** ***** ***** I mm projector with 'A* 1.4 widtongl* l«i», *pccd sdjuttor
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      154 5 Fashions RTm bS^**" 1 89^. I9^M ESQUIRE caters for the most moflern minded youttti men with the latest styles from ISew York* We have carefully studied their requirements and can offer first class tailor-made or ready-made clothing in all sizes with an exhaustiv variety of materials to choose from. SUITS
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      210 6 Jill lIAWKi: S^tliit > Jordan TM 7NVMJI Bf¥kCE-MM* ft&L TMCMB6UOB AMALYGtt TMC litliVif |r j«FP FUBMD «VTO A 9ifi#**.l UMTT Of OQMSrKK^BWJJ of nig AOGOGV IN f VVMA7 A a If i MKIW HQTHW^a, ffy TMf POWMti Of 7W Cff^«n>»#F 7MOUOMT9 J9^^ £AQi OF THGHf MINQ€ pcff-f ID MAC<T>< CRCATUMI
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      359 6 Boh iy you have di iture tl da some typ< positive ex; have given you artistie tal( I up to you i ver which expression most Inter then push all your effort! to. achieving a single goal. Ii there is one attribute you i more than any other or. capacity
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      UK, closing prices
      103 7 LONDON, \piii |i I'mmlou* loday i f. unquou ui.. -'8 -p.it tll.inent 1 buyers jh' s bu sflleis 1 prices quoted in pence. pi I- >U J«.Q. kprll 36*i .sellers 36'* sellers ■m r. Sp««rial U \pril 204 sellers 204 itll c prices Quoted in pence UIM
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      New York prices
      101 7 Jm K\ »I*K IV fil li Muiis -f i 102.25 nom. 102.25 nom. j^fi futurfs °«B«its (ontiacl M.v 100.50 buyers 100.50 buyers 102.50 sellers 102.50 sellers rm lulj 100.37 buyers 100.37 buyers J 102.37 sellers 102.37 sellers hMsf.: Quirt. SALES: Nil. Miui: Futures Ma> 34.35 buyers 34.60
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      27 7 i^m > I i Olkl\, \pril 17. Railrojil^ 168.38 168.92 Domc>!ii Bonds 85. b5 85.74 a«rtili(ifs (12.71 93.22 st fkv "if Avcraees J13.16 214 86
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      U.S. PEPPER
      46 7 I a wait ing W April I ara- -r relen.se M i shipment I I i quoted i 25 to 25>4. cif. Sarawak unquoted Muntok white spot 4«i awaiting release unquoted, at! 4K. April shipment, 45 cif, sellers, ex-dock. in U.S. cents per ib.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      59 7 Ifß\ Phili] if. it K/ JJhtu op. m ports drlivrre'd lon \pi /.Mav P V UK. North dcUvrred on afloat. IN <>IL crude strait* «ts in bulk 'lunc )N crnd« Cevlon .n bulk inin j- ton I ONDON, April i: I'kvlous Today to $280 to $282
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    Britannia cruise in fresh water
    216 7 Britannia cruise in fresh water MOST of the 7,000 milt's that tlie Royal Yacht Britannia is to steam in North American waters during this summer's royal tour will be fresh water sailing. Her trip up the St. Lawrence and through the Great Lakes will be by far the longest fresh
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    INDUSTRIALS REMAIN FIRM
    35 7 ir- od Imp ek but to thJ ally firm. i mail h Wall 'he Oil ml on ne firm. United The demand for rubbei btockpil tin i to bring mi rp I
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    162 FT. CRASH TEST FOR U.K. LIFEBOAT
    164 7 162 FT. CRASH TEST FOR U.K. LIFEBOAT •jmif Canadian authorities hare agreed to let a British inventor .semi a 26-ft "indestructita lifeboat over Niagara Falls. They lay down one condition that no human CM animal shall be aboard. The boat is being built at "g secret place on the South
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    22 STRIKES, 2 LOCKOUTS DURING 1958
    83 7 A TOTAL of 22 strikes and two lockouts involving 2.679 workers occurred in Singapore la.st year, it is disclosed in the March issue oj Malayan Statistics. In 1957 there were 27 strikes and one lockout in which over 8.000 people were involved. Of the
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    CANADA'S FLYING OFFICES'
    87 7 THERE are now nearly 500 "flying boardrooms'' registered by companies In Canada, They include a Vickcr Viscount used by the president of the Royal Bank of Canada. Most of the pianos are run by oil companies, breweries, construction firms, pulp and paper companies and department stores. The
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    HANDS OFF TEA BREAK WARNING
    33 7 HANDS OFF TEA BREAK WARNING A warning to Britain', not to "mi the ol The Building Worker. I e Amal adi Work i titled One, worry of buikU i Diou bebuildii by h
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    Nails and a notice
    118 7 Nails and a notice 71 YKAK OLD Van couver ironmonger Mowing salesmen that the simplest mr. thods of selling are ■till the best. Mr William Stearmun put a bucket of in hit window with a printed sun bordered in Mack: "Coffin nails not for ialc lit* (usually mention. «*d they
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    Lock icon Mr. Gaitskell in Stockholm
    32 7 Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, the British Labour Party leader, arrived in Stockholm by air yesterday afternoon to attend the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Swedish Social Democrat Party. Reuter
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      54 7 1 SINCAPORE I j HIGH TIDES 1 TODAY: :.:>:! p.m TOVIOKKOW: 7.10 a.m. and H.il p.m. MONDAY: 8..M a.m. and 0 M0 p.m. TUESDAY: 9.21 a.m. and f> 5 4 p.m WEDNESDAY: 10.0!) a.m. ;{fid 1i.27 p.m THURSDAY: 10.:>S a.m. and 11.02 p.m. FRIDAY: 11.46 am. and M.V.) p.m. iOO
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    Father Mole-Cricket ROYAL ASTROLOGER THE EMPOROR'S BIRTHDAY
    120 8  - Father Mole-Cricket ROYAL ASTROLOGER THE EMPOROR'S BIRTHDAY WILLIS HALL A SfftJAl STORY BY Part 1 API kh the with the Emperor f >i the Distant Mountain., the Royal Astrologer and his Assistant were able to take things easy for vhile. Mother Molo Cricket, indeed, vvus SO glad to see her
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    LAST WEEK'S WINNERS
    337 8 riMIE winners of last week's colour-in conich "l whom will receive a $5 prize in du* course) are as follows: MUs Doris Tan '12 >. 27A Duller Terrace, Singapore 3. Miss Baby seet (B>, 104 Tmcner Road, Singapore 12. Master Ng Choo Kiong (9>. 1 Cheng Cheok
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    SURPRISE REVEALED
    339 8 was remarkably goodtempered during the first few weeks that followed their return. In fact, he never trou- ••■•■••••■•■■•■•■■•••if As far as Father MoleCricket and his son were concerned, their luck was too good to last. And. in truth, it was not to be long before their good fortune
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      A colour-in contest
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      With prizes for you
      237 8 POCKET-MONEY prizes are offered for colouring this scene with paints, crayons or chalks. There are four prize* offered each of $5 (two for boys and two for girls). All you have to do Is to set to work to brighten up the sketch, then fill in
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      195 8 CLUES ACROSS. 1. Puts to make up a netball team. a Question. 6. Watch with 7, Dry outer covering of a hin^'d cover protecting some truits or seeds. 8. Cry 7. It Is supposed of a hungry lion, perhaps, to go mad In March. 9 10. Another word for Christ
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      115 8 i'«.ii:iuii 1 mt 111 1 11 *****111, 1 1111 tiiuiilitiliiliiliiiliil 1 *************************1 10 him I Rupert and the Fire Bin TMIHIIIIIHIMIIIIHIIMtIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIIIIMIUIH.IIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIMIIII'IIII.oiI.II k iMr^ll MUkjn« strainht for one of th« demand. I'm R 1 h.gher terraces the bird lets know uhy I m h« I Rupert slide ger.tly from its back
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      102 9 cannot afford to take a chance with any S^ baby BUT when it means rearing IHRKK all at the n& ,> That is why Mr <.V Mrs Isa bin Ahmad chose fe^^ I.ACTOGEN for their babies and as facts speak kk louder than words, this is the Triplets story in
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  • WEEKEND QUIZ PAGE
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      NAME THESE TWO JOLSON SONGS
      132 10 PRIZE QUIZ l] TIIK selected win- ner v Sunnj ee of 150-D I irl Sit. pore if). The answers were: l. Shepperd id wick; 2. Come Next Spring; 3. Hell Drivers; 4. Dirk Bo- de in "in Met i>. Moonlight The Rainmaker; Barbara Graham in
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      SPECIAL QUIZ
      104 10 SELECTED winner was Patrick Che on 257-F Sumapah Estate, off Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore 19. The photograph was of Bette Davis as she will appear in the film version of Daphne dc Maurier's novel "The Scapegoat'. Quite a few knew the correct answer, hut strangely enough just as
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      PRIZE QUIZ 2
      139 10 THE winner was John Chng of 685 Holy Innocents Lane, Singapore 19. The answers were: 1. Tweedledum w n d Tweedledee; 2. The Iron Hand In A Velvet Glove; 3. A gang commanded by an otflcer who forcibly enlisted men into the Royal Navy in the latter
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      The Quizman writes...
      147 10 The Quizman writes. (VNCE again I made the questions a little too easy, and was rewarded with a mountain of correct answers. Too many of you knew all the answers to the Film Quiz, and so no comment is necessary. The General Knowledge Quiz was won by a quarter of
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      SWASTIKA BECOMES ...A HAWKER
      79 10 SWASTIKA BECOMES ...A HAWKER r rin; winner of Quiz Three was mj ss (ll( 1 113-C, Prinsep Street, Singapon As usual there was a host <i excellei drawing, and diverse were the uses to whic you put the Swastika. The prize ua s awarde to Miss M. Chan, whose picture
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    BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE
    73 11 BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE on this sort bidding was breath, er hand, but I plact was ,ld only say Two South "s bid of \i pray for a ,:.s other suit. tnued \wih T\vo North and Two West then bid ,a North's Jump dosed the hardly go wrong the revealing
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    WRIGHT AS ENGLAND CAPTAIN?
    314 11  - WRIGHT AS ENGLAND CAPTAIN? ARCHIE QUICK Says IJOW Iftttf will Hint; Billy Wright continue to reign o\ Engltah Soccer? When will Crown Prince Konnie Clayton succeed to the coveted Throne? These were the questions I asked myself as I saw these two strapping athletes practise on Arsenal's ground tor the
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    Rivalry for places in Americas tour
    270 11 Rivalry for places in Americas tour vyHEN the selected England team plus one reTT serve practised at the grounds of Chelsea, Arsenal and at Roehampton prior to facing Scotland their minds were beyond Wembley. They knew that each and everyone of them was fighting for one of the coveted places
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    Lock icon SPEED ACES CLASH TODAY
    176 12 me ithin tenths ol ond ol t he lap record held by Stirling Moss in practice at Liverpool yesterd for today's Aintree International car race. Gregory took his elimaxengined Cooper round the three-mile circuit <4.828 kilometres i in 1 min. .V »t an average .speed ol
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    19 12 Hunslrt boat Hull 22-15 in the only major Rugby League match played in Britain la.st night.— Reuter
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    Lock icon BUT IT WAS NOT ALLOWED
    55 12 THIS foal for Luton Town, the English F.a. Cup finalists, was disallowed when they played Tottenham Hotspur at Tottenham in a Division One League match. Players seen here are Morton (right) and Brown of Luton and Hollowbread and Baker of Spurs, who won the match
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    Lock icon Indian touring team in London
    69 12 The Indian cricket team to tour England this summer arrived in London by air last night. Dattajirao Gaekwad, the captain, said at London Airport: "We are looking forward to the tour and hope to give a good account of ourselves. "We have a good legbreak
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    Can Ireland topple rugby champions?
    316 12 I^RANCE who have clinched the International Rugby Union Champi 1 ship and have been unbeaten for 13 months face what may well their toughest match of the season when they meet Ireland in final championship match in Dublin today. The French have impressed the British
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    Toweel off to Londo
    36 12 IIHLUE Toweel, South T? African holder of the British Empire light-weight boxing title, left Johannes- burg by air for London terday for his fight New York's Carlos Orti Wembley on May 12.
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    STARTING STALLS IN SINGAPORE
    190 12  -  ALLAN LEWIS By rpHE Singapore Turl Club I on behall ol I sociated n^rc ciul ii delivery of the 20 or more mobile starting stalls being used by Singapore trained horses for practii The horses are being carefully schooled in the boxes without being started from
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    LATE NEWS
    35 12 COURT WARNING TO PIER ANCELI I|<>|!\ WOO fails Ma old Ma land uitfi I' t <»urt v QUADS— ALL BOYS oi.j bride i birth t<» tnads diti PAP COUNCILLOR RESIGN Ml members UTS
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      15 12 Manikin Singapore Importers LIAN HUP TOBACCO CO., LTD 11, Robinson Rood, Tel: ***** ***** m^^
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    SATURDAY Magazine
    9 1 S A TURDAY Magazine Singapore, Saturday, April 18, 1959.
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    Mrs. Appiah: 0ur mixed marriage has worked
    438 1  - Mrs. Appiah: 0ur mixed marriage has worked JOHN REDFERN by \T 38, Peggy Cripps that was now the wife of an African lawyer politician awaits eagerly the birth of her third child. This daughter of Sir Stafford Cripps "lost" a baby last year and very much wants this one. It
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    FLASBACK TO 1953
    239 1 swerved out of control and overturned 50ft. in front of me. She has been to Accra, the capital, only once in four years. But she is not bored. She goes to the occasional official party, Khe exchanges visits with Europeans like Mrs. Hewitt, the local colonel's Wife.
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    A PLEDGE
    35 1 Joe i Frequently away from Kumas] on l;iw or parl: ry work. Nowa idcly t I wii< i Ch from Kumasi, a i full I I I ui my i Journi one ali
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    SATURDAY CHILD
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    U.S. MAY MAN ON MOON jN 10 YEARS
    122 2 U.S. MAY MAN ON MOON jN 10 YEARS IMERICAN pj •■place radio i tat lons and telescopes on the moon and send a man to the moon within 10 years have been outlined to senators in Washington by 15 of the nation's leading sjKM i nt ists. Officers oi the
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    THE PLANS
    110 2 It would also provide clues concerning the nature of space and perhaps help determine the age and size ol the universe. During the next 10 years 100 or even 150 satellites might be orbiting the earth and the other planets simultaneously, they said. The subcommittee members were also
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    Radioactive over Britain has doubled
    73 2  - Radioactive over Britain has doubled CHAPMAN PINCHER By I I BTRONTIUM !)0, the most dangerous form of radioactive H-bomb dust, has Uvvi\ falling on Britain almost twice as fast during the last six months as the scientists predicted. Medical Research Council scientists noticed a substantial increase soon after the Russians
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    THE THREE CAUSES
    85 2 In all cases of foods so far tested, the strontium 90 level is still well below the danger limit. But the scientists are concerned about the increase. They believe it is due to three causes: 1 Some of the Russian H-bombs were exploded on or near the
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    THE VITAL QUESTION LURKING BY
    134 2 OOW will it be on Monday morning? Like last Monday and the Monday betore that? Will you wake with the dull realisation that something unpleasant Us going to happen to you? Then, when you are lully awake, will you suddenly know what it is that
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    ARE YOU THE RIGHT
    139 2 If you have never had this experience, you are unique. Most people feel like it occasionally. And that i.s perfectly natural. After a glorious and blissful week-end, with all thoughts of earning your living banished, the first hint of "back to work" is bound to be
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    END OF THE HOLIDAY . .
    19 2  - END OF THE HOLIDAY JAK BY llt could! 't be her taxi. Joe. She's not due back till tomorrow
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    REALLY IN T JOB?
    455 5 in the pools? ure. b» !;.r d hoback present job ke it. i r or wo qual :>>r a ib. idling back over he last l»-u years lOiild \(iu -;i> you iad been more often itaj ill on a> a Monday? b' a Frid i Flea
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    $8 ½m. battery may power new satellites
    715 5  - $8 1/2m. battery may power new satellites Peter Evans by 'PHOUSANDS of de- voted admirers of Sherlock Holmes, the Baker street detective to whom all things wore elementary, will be surprised by a new mystery— a real life one which has sprung up. It is a mystery which may well
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    AUNTIE MAME IS TERRIFIC
    208 6 Peiham Groom sees Rosalind, Margaret and Sophia steal the show A comedy must not miss JAM prepared to a small wager that minute of "Auntie Maim:" you will be saying -Why?" "Why dun "i we see Rosalind Russell more often?" She has a habit of fading
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    Passion, avarice, frenzy under the elms
    304 6 Passion, avarice, frenzy under the elms DESIRE I'NDER THE ELMS" is an adaptation of the play of that name by Eugene O'Neill. The locale is New England in 1850. Seventy-five year old Ephraim Cabot (Burl Ives) marries a young: girl, Anna Putnam (Sophia Loren) his third wife. His two elder
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    Sordid story, nosty people
    217 6 Sordid story, nosty people T li! J Am, I cers t 1 poiuc m and certai M their tocieti 1 WfAad m Lire m the m they r I again. <er Moon' M the i o/o//r .X, Chuck Nelsoi 9 Dre/D Barnni: B young man M covering jrom tM effects
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    YUL IS DYNAMIC IN RED WIG. BUT...
    45 6 YUL IS DYNAMIC IN RED WIG. BUT. riMIF Sound the 1 Fury" has Yul Bry ghton [or thai hould 1) It old :nlly v. d I. home ait' ;>lrth -it her lllegli I hor B 1 With of film 11 allow* I I RATING v
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    FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special
    9 1 FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special Saturday, April 18, 1959.
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    TAKE THIS SAFE DOUBLE TODAY
    439 1  - TAKE THIS SAFE DOUBLE TODA Y ALLAN LEWIS -by DOSE of Malaya and Briden < h o u 1 d make a satv double in the two opening events u Penang this afterMalaj in her last outBukit Timah, Is d In the Dirhree sprint and it the weak n asily.
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      97 1 HERE IS YOUR NEW Jf% ROOMINESS The ne-v M A '10 takes lour adults B vA and all the lniva",; 1 K Xsh you want. R< i Wk folds flat Un i Mm loads. BB ij^ -/JJV'i MONEY SAVING HMMH You c;»n cover up t(j mm^^^^^^^^^^^L 50 miles to the
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    PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
    836 2 RACE 1-2.15: CLASS 2, DIV. 3-6 FURS. 1 ***** ROWN I ink t u Mmm !»()< VI IYTOH BT( Uk 812 l>oiin<-ll> N ipom K R Br» Uk I U K»'»>J window ii m (Un v MO Mw 0 MORI liuiK sou SHOWING t>! Marl 105
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    TRACK
    219 2 RACE ONE CBOWM link Went over 3P In 41 D()( m\v rOR: track report. IFORT: 10-3 i not fully extended 3« 1 5 with Kim raid WINDOW lis I Went from the 61 three-quarter p Moid: 20-3 59 D <F m 39 4 5. NOW SHOWING: I 41 I
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    FORM OF ALL RUNNERS
    348 3 MISSISSIPPI No n ort pin iiun track report IIKKS lIKI 3F in Littlewood AK( IK KK(il()\ recent track report. CORFORAI MM: No recent truck r< port Mm <>< K HOME: l Finished lu.->t 3F in time RACE SIX Bl \('K GOLD: n i r than 1
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    BLACK GOLD IS BEST IN TODAY'S MAIN SPRINT
    1242 4 BLACK GOLD IS BEST IN TODAY'S MAIN SPRINT TRESPASSER REVIEWS BEST BETS FOR THE OPENING DAY BIDDING imh.-I tot promotion to la vv > One, Black <•"!<! i- tinprospect »i» Race Six toda) Ihe main sprint. Follow Barakal ftdently In Rac< i I I One hit a bl h third
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    88 4  -  ALLAN LEWIS Si'i lir nc\i\u> HORSES m \i)i ihi i 11 -1 lIMES ON iin m Mm u TWO iit\(K vi PENANG mi> MORNING m to t; Ime On Srreen ood for Pa book three In 3D on the outside could have done better. ZeltU (King) went
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