The Singapore Free Press, 23 June 1959

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    13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS No. *****. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1959 13 CENTS.
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    Better jaw, jaw than war
    7 1 Opinion B
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    MOVE BY UNIONS
    355 1 Staff men tq plead: Give us more time to face cuts Approach to Govt. for less stern steps likely THE Federation ot Singapore Government Employees I'nion will meet tomorrow to discuss what it calls "the terrible blow" caused by the revision of variable allowances. committee which will
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    Lock icon LECTURER CONTINUES HIS TOUR
    54 1 Dk. MvniriK rrcuci <»i mr Christian escc Church in Berlin, who riea of lectures in Singapore recently on the *'Reiion of Manhood." left this morning for Calcutta tantas lit plan> to vixit other tpitals before returnini,' to Berlin. He has iir»i(i\ visited Africa, Austi iinl New
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    Lock icon Miners trapped
    26 1 MADRID. Tues. Rescue workers recovered the bodies of .»ix miners trapped in a mine at Mieres. north-western Spain, today after a firedamp explosion.- Reuter
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    S'pore 'axe' blessing in disguise to Federation, say union leaders
    261 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE Singapore Gov- ernment's decision to cut the pay of its officers was described by Federation union leaders yesterday as a "blessing in disguise" to the Malayan Government. They said that with the reduction or abolition of
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    Rubber down
    33 1 July first grade rub-' ber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at W cents per lb., down one and threeeighth cents on yesterday's close. The tone was quiet and easv.
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    ALL-JET SERMCE BY NOV.
    115 1 ALL-JET SERMCE BY NOV. BY November ail 8.0.A.C. services east of Karachi will be operated by jet aircraft. Thi> was officially announced by 8.0.A.C.\> General Manager. Eastern Routes. Mr. B. W. Bampfylde. at a pres;> conference this morning. Mr. Bampfyide had arrived in Singapore from Sydney at 2 a.m. to
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    Lock icon AIR COLLISION
    24 1 AUGSBURG. Tues. Both pilots were killed when two jet aircraft of the West German air force collided in mid-air here yesterday. Reuter
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    3.30 a.m. robbery
    31 1 Three Chinese armed with knives broke into a house in Henderson Road. Singapore, at 3.30 a.m. today, tied up the owner. Mr. Teo Tian Seng and stole $570.
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    Lock icon Holiday stop-over ends
    55 1 3K 1 tu re rpilfc Director ofj Customs in Deli. Timor. Dr. John Silra Pereira left Singapore this Lc^tT* b> Qan !f Wlth h W ife K Unt l da »S hlpr M*ric, 19, after spending a we'k here. They are on their way to Lisbon for
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    Lock icon KASSEM NIPS RED PLOT
    307 1 Arm) officers questioned LONDON, Tuesday. (WIRO RADIOS -Voice of the Arabs" station said today that developments in the Iraqi capital of Bagdad over the past few hours indicated that "serious events are on the point of taking place." The Radio, broadcastins: to the Arabic world, said
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    REDS NOW USE CHAIN LETTER
    79 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Special Branch investiga--1 tors are studying a brand new communist propaganda menace in the Federation. It's the old chain letter gag with a new twist. Recipients of the letters are asked to express their views on progress made under trie communist resime
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    Lock icon New U.S. satellite failed to orbit?
    229 1 New U.S. satellite failed to orbit? f APE CANAVERAL. v Tues The united States yesterday launched Vanguard 111, a scientific w euther satellite designed to measure the heat of sun and the earth. A brief official announcement half-an-hour later said all three stages of the rocket had fired successfully. But
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    Mystery fire in Pan-Am airliner
    39 1 Mystery fire in Pan-Am airliner SHANNON AIRPORT. (Ireland), Tues. Six dogs perished here yesterday and a quantity of j airmail was destroyed in 1 a mysterious fire that broke out in a PanAmerican World Airways DC-6-B cargo airliner as
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    28 1 35 DEAD. MISS IN STORM DISASTER *lifc. Ifces tr-brrm- in IK l >torm tli fox* in strait Yd>t $atai tinu**d p<~^ »Ull that final blarh* Reuter
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    148 1 it was preparing: to take off for New York. The fire gutted the airliner. which was at the end of the runway, and could be seen i distance of ten miles around the airport. The crew of six and two escaped by an emergency chute with only seconds to spare
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    Lock icon Harrods in favour of accepting merger bid
    141 2 Harrods in favour of accepting merger bid I don rMs The I■« ilireclors of Harrods t.ishionable London store where Queen Hi/abeth :en shup\ yesterday decided in tavour merger proposals put forward by the VJSS mil- li«m Debenham BtfM group. At the Name time terdaj thej rejected merger proposah put ward
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    S'pore shipping
    69 2 the >inBe:> 33. 34. Soßgkh Outrr Ruad Adna. Jen Inner R* ng Lee. LongIs Her.*:. Seria. Aou Riir.ba. Soon Lee. Sar.ar. -.entan. Mas, H;n Ser.c Yong Rajah Albert Dock -'.o. No. 1 Dock: No. 1 Dock: Mali eppel Harbour Wharf: H Wharf: i' BuJiom: Bidor, NorWestrrn anchorage: S
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    Lock icon CRIPPLING CAPITAL GAINS TAX MAY FOLLOW
    518 2 CRIPPLING CAPITAL GAINS TAX MAY FOLLOW Take-over bids worry City of London LONDON, Tues. ■JUK spice of financial life in Britain today is the so-called "take-over" bid. But it has got the City of London worried that its final result will only be a crippling capital gains tax. Essentially dramatic,
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    $510,000 for chairman's lost post
    72 2 $510,000 for chairman 's lost post \V. H. K:. will receive £60.000 000 for losing his unship of Taylor Waldon se £65 million with Ind Coope will B tain's biggest brewcation. Taylor lay told i circular letter of I ion payment to all one of I fe to any ret:,
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    JAP TRUCKS FOR U.S. ARMY
    67 2 LOS ANGELES. Mon. Through its Japan procurement agency the U.S. Army will buy 5.312 two-and-a-half ton cargo trucks valued at M55T.000.000 from Toyota Motor Company Ltd. of Japan. Delivery of the huge truck order will take place between October and June 1960. This purchase is
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    Yugoslavia in barter pact
    44 2 KARACHI, Tues. Yugoslavia yesterday finalised an agreement to exchange 50,000 tons of cement for an equal value of Pakistan's raw jute. Negotiations for the import of an equal amount of cement from Soviet Russia are also expected to start shortly.
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    N. Y. mart remains dull
    150 2 N. Y. mart remains dull NEW YORK, Mon. Wall Street closed steady today, showing a modest predominance of mostly fractional advances. After an early show of buying interest enthusiasm subsided as the morning progressed on the belief in some quarters that at least one of the major uncertainties facing the
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    NEW BID IN U.S. TO RELAX EMBARGO
    82 2 NEW BID IN U.S. TO RELAX EMBARGO VEW YORK, Mon. The Journal of Commerce reported today that a new effort to relax the embargo on American trade with Communist China had begun. The journal in a Washington dispatch said government officials could not say how intense interest in trading with
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    Bolivian tin for Brazil
    60 2 Bolivian tin for Brazil LA PAZ,Mon. Compania Estanifera do Brasil has bought 3.000 tons of Bolivian tin. Mr. Antonio Sanchez Galdeano. president of the Brazilian company, announced here. The tin is for the Brazilian Volta Redonda Foundry. Mr. Galdeano. who Is at present In La Paz. is accompanied by several
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    59 2 pirllirr Mr. Robert MrLaughiin. president <»f tin Hjstrui ofl ColumDi; i «>• a proclamation for "Ira 1 ime IS Day in tin- nations capital V the U.S. Tea Council are Indian "Tea Prii MaJha Ramani Madame Anjam who subsequently officiated with the "Tea l'i from lonese and Indonesian embassies at
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      U.K. CLOSING PRICES
      135 2 1 ONDOK, luih I'm ions Toda> Rl BBEK No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European porU June unquoted -uteri July 28 b •J8' s sellers :8 BIBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 18 buyers 28 sellers ?8 RUBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms July 28 :ers Auf 28 buyers
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      NEW YORK PRICES
      49 2 Nt\\ YORK. lun. 11. Previous Toda\ TIN Straits Spot 104.05 nom. TIN futures Straits Contract Juh 101.50 buyers 103.50 seiie: Sept 1u1.37 buyer 103 37 TONE: Quirt. >\n Nil. RUBBER: Futures Julr 33.75 buyers 33.95 KIV N«' 1 K^^ June land- oi I atari .luh-oid A
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      7 2 llHhl-t lo Domrstir BondI
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      U.S. PEPPER
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      COPRA, COCONUT PRICES
      71 2 COPRA I K North Luropean port* rii Mt per long ton .lul\ OPR Straits < i i i k i urupran ports deli M i u .1ul\ t()( OXI l OIL crate Strata i t htiropean ports in bulk per I ton Juh t OXI l <MI
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    MALAYAN SHARE MART PRICES
    1424 2 r SINGAPORE. Men. INDUSTRIALS. Previous Today Alex Bricks Pre:. 1.60 B 1.60 B 1.80 S 180 S Ords 2 20 B 2 20 B 2.30 S 2.30 S B3. Petrol 52 -B 54. B 54 xd CCi S 54 -xdcciS Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 18 -B
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    Lock icon Nuclear ban: New Red 'no' to West
    32 3 Nuclear ban: New Red 'no' to West Rusli rday rej< -American the stafftrol posts to i police a ban weapon put to the he con: might 'rol posts to oci I Reuter
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    Pact reviewed
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    Lock icon 'Geneva talks have done much in cause of peace'
    356 3 We ca»v a(u»ay.f kee/> o»v a* ue are tke othersMe^ Certaih.bf t*m>lt risk a nuclear collision. jgERLm! I I ,i■ li LONDON, Tuesday. THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies said here last night he believed the Geneva Foreign Ministers'
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    Lock icon YEARS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF MY AGE — RED DEAN
    76 3 YEARS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF MY AGE RED DEAN TONDON —Dr. Hew- the 85Id "•Red Dear/' o: :on dr. rejuven Rumania. He said yesterday that. to "the Criafter "n to ne couniiid meet Dr her :ed on a itment happ; ed power I had lost and me feel act as
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    Lock icon Red seamen flee
    52 3 ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND. Tues. Royal Canadian mounted police were out searching yesterday lor two crew members of the Russian trawler Newmon. who skipped ashore here at the weekend. The trawler arrived here lor supplies on Saturday. A Soviet embassy official has arrived from Ottawa to investigate the
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    Lock icon Major Greville-Bell is given decree
    154 3 LONDON. Tues. Major Anthony Greville-Bell. who won a judicial separation from his wife last November >n the ground of her adultery with the former Spanish Ambassador in London, the Duke de Primo de Rivera, was given a decree nisi in the Divorce Court here yesterday.
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    Lock icon GIRL STUDENT, 14, GETS ENGAGED
    105 3 Southend (Essex) schoolgirl Doreen Cooper (right) u.is ii i t- 1 1 quite a "lecture" l»\ her teacher because "ill this fuss among the girls is not good for the school.'* What caused the commotion amorm Doreen'g schoolmates? Fourteen-year-o!d Doreen had become engaged and went
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    Lock icon WEDDINGS FOR 12 IN CREW
    77 3 WEDDINGS FOR 12 IN CREW LONDON. Tues.— The cruiser Newfoundland returns to Portsmouth tomorrow after a four-year absence from the United Kingdom. Since leaving in March. 1955. she has twice re-com-missioned at Singapore for service in the Far East, and since January of last year has steamed 56.000 miles. Twelve
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    MAIN CLOSED FOR REPAIRS
    38 3 The Singapore City Water Engineer has reported that the six-inch main at the 9\ mile. West Coast Road, has been closed as from 3 p.m. today until further notice to repair a burst main.
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    New contracts
    37 3 NEW YORK, Tues. The j International Paper Company yesterday signed new two-year contracts with three unions, granting a 15-cent hourly wage increase and additional fringe benefits for 13.000 workers at ten plants in the south.
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    Lock icon PEACE LETTER FROM DR. A.
    242 3 BONN, Tues. THE latest quarrel between West German Chancellor Dr. Konrad Adenauer and his deputy. Dr. Ludwig Erhard may be settlec today, a Christian Democratic Party leader said last night alter a day of peace-makins: talks. Dr. Heinrich Krone, leader of the party's parliament, group
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    TIN SHIPMENT
    24 3 JAKARTA, Tues. About 300 tons of tin produced at Bangka Island are due to be shipped to the United States on Friday.
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    FUTURES ARE EASY
    51 3 NEW YORK. Tue.s. Rubber futures were easy on scattered selling In a thin market. Traders said lower foreign centres and factory offtake influenced the celling. Dealers bought little in the shipment market with prices considered too high in relation to what factories would pay in the landed
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    Lock icon S'PORE BANK'S APPEAL IS REJECTED
    345 3 S'PORE BANK'S APPEAL IS REJECTED LONDON. Tuesday. AN appeal by Sze Hai Tong Bank, Ltd.. of Singapore, arising in an action heard by Mr. Justice Whitton in the High Court of Singapore in which the bank was brought in as one of two third parties, was dismissed with costs by
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    Lock icon Row over twanging is ended
    117 3 Row over twanging is ended LI\KRroOL, Ue> More than 1.750 ship>ard boilermakers M strike over eighl weeks at am. mell Laird's here, detnird yesterday to return to work tomorrow morm Then men walked ma after a dispute with v wrights over who should ••twang" a piece ol t halked marking
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    'NEW YORK WAS FLOATING ON PURPLE CLOUD'
    522 4  - 'NEW YORK WAS FLOATING ON PURPLE CLOUD' David Divine llv rjISREGARDING the I folders, the air is not a proper place from which to view a country. Bj almost inexorable rule of air tra one achieves a wind, only in ove nths cloud. Bt sen when Ini lgton I j
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    66 4 Women business executives from Belgium, France. nany, Holland and Canada met their British opnutnbers in a congress held in London by the >h Associat Women K.vecutives, a society affiliated to the Femmes Chefs d'Kntcrprise Mondiales. Picture shows (from left): Mme. Foinanf (president of the international organisation, and an iron-foundry chief),
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    MONTY WITH PENSIONERS
    47 4 E Field Marshal E Lord Montgomery is E E interested in an old E E campaign medal E worn by one of the E E Chelsea Pensioners E at the Founders E Day Parade at the E R o y Hospi* E Chelsea. 3iimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiii£
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    TALKING POINTS
    23 4  - TALKING POINTS Henry Cabot Lodge Happn:, sorption I which Sir Lib* I bel natio\ ultimate t^oy but t Pa. United Sta: than loved
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    Ravaged land of Eneas is so poor
    419 4 Ravaged land of Eneas is so poor By a Special Correspondent pONJURE up a vision of extreme poverty, and it's on the cams that your imagination win take you to some oi the more distressof the MidEast. But your thoughts could travel with a -ood deal of justification to parts
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      319 4 PJM PROGRAMME ions Today we have: The 7.00 NEWS: 7.10 NEWSTALK: LISH TONGUE. With Pr0<i Snake and the Dreams" from ~<ls MI'SIC MAGAZINE; fessor Simeon Potter, Bermmu\K\; ijb SOrvi-NIRS lie US S.R. 5.45 CLASSICS 7.30 THE MALAYANAIRES; nard Miles, Herbert Agar, FROM SHOWLAND. featur- I'OR CHILDREN. The third (Radio Singapore's
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    Taxi man wins murder appeal
    22 5 Taxi man wins murder appeal esA a ice passilleged .nother So ran Sin .pore, ce of judicial 9 Lim. idLlm •hers her
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    ALUMNI OFFICIALS
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    OFFICERS START TO ECONOMISE
    409 5 ion't keep cars and servants from next month AND NO MORE FANCY FOODSTUFFS... Jt|ANY of the 6,000 civil servants affected by the Singapore Government's decision to >la>h variable allowances from next month have already started to economise. Hardest hit of the Government employees, j ording to
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    ART SHOW ON JULY 3
    74 5 rE Indone>ian ConsulGeneral. Brigadier General G. P.H. Djatikusumo. will open an exhibition of paint ings by Hasan Ja'afar at the Singapore Polytechnic 5.30 p.m. on July 3. About 100 of Ja'afar'^ works will be shown. They are mainly Malayan, Sumatran and Java landscapes. The exhibition
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    3 charged with rioting
    50 5 Three men were remanded till Saturday after being charged yesterday with rioting at Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, last Friday. Itfohamed Haniffa, S. A. Abdul Hamid and M. S. Abdul Hamid were alleged to have oe^n members of an unlawful assembly which caused hurt to Shaul Hamid.
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    WHY DO THE WOMEN LEAVE HOME?
    181 5 WHY have so many women in Singapore run away from home lateh The answer is financial difficulties, according to a spokesman o the Social Welfare Department. Many of the women who have been reconciled with their husbands largely through the efforts cf the Department—
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    'I saw man dash across the road'
    148 5 'I saw man dash across the road' i 60 year-old man, v Lim Ah Bee, died utter being knocked j down by a car at Kallang Road on May 4. the Singapore Coroner was told yesterday. Loh Choon Ngan. a factory worker, said he was driving a van along Kallang
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    'NOT A BIT OF EVIDENCE'
    67 5 'NOT A BIT OF EVIDENCE' THE Singapore Ninth Magistrate. Mr. Philip Lau. yesterday acquitted Loo Chwee Cha<>. 62. on a charge or assisting in carrying on a .racter" lottery at a Tiong Bahru provision >hop. The case resulted from a gambling Suppression Branch raid on the shop on May 7.
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    Stole 5 shirts
    36 5 Lim Kim Peow. 26. of Paya Lebar Crescent Singapore, was jailed for 12 months yesterday for theft of five shirts from a clothes-line outside a house in Upper Serangoon Road on May 5.
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    Complaints Bureau at work
    47 5 A section of the Public Inquiry and Complaints Bureau of the Singapore Ministry for National Development, showing people having details of their grouses taken down. On the extreme right (nearer camera) is Perjeran Singh, who wanted accommodation for himself and his three cows.
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    Lock icon Volunteer firemen
    48 5 picture. Volunteers helping to bring the hos e into position during the fiijht to control a lire in a sawmill within 100 yards of the huge 4.1s tunks in Kalians Road. Singapore, last niqht. At least :IO lost their cubicle home in the sawmill.- Free Press
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    Milk vendor seeks shelter 'for me and my cows'
    430 5 i MILK-VENDOR, in search of accommodation for himself and his cows. mong the 300 pi who turned up yesterday at th Public Inquiry and Complaints Bureau of the j Singapore Ministry for ional Development to voice their grievances. The a cleanshaven
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    Yong completes his plans to overhaul schools system
    215 5 Yong completes his plans to overhaul schools system T^HE new Minister of Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, is completing plans to overhaul Singapore's educational system to conform with the PAPs declared policies. These include a unified educational programme, Maiay as the national language, introduction of a common syllabus for all
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    16 Malayans called to Bar
    96 5 ITOLLOWING 16 Malayans .T have been called to the Bar in London: G. Murugaiyan, of Singapore; K. C. Yap, E. K. Choo. S. A. Raj. Mrs. M. Y Chan. Miss K. Y. Chan < all ot Kuala Lumpur >: K. K. Lam. T. P. Urn
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    Hitch-hike pair fall out
    54 5 Hitch-hike pair fall out A partnership of two young men from Katong who had planned to hitch-hike to Britain together has broken up even before the start of the adventure. THE REASON: Kyran de Souza, 19, who is ready to go cannot wait for Patrick Nonis, 17, who has not
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    Tea party for Sir Thomas
    48 5 The Singapore St. John Ambulance Association today gave a tea party in honour of Sir Thomas Meagher and Lady Meagher in Gilstead Road. Sir Thomas is the president of the National Safety Council of Western Australia and a former Lord Mayor of Perth
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    Gift to SATA
    29 5 The Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association has received a contribution of $100 towards its funds from the Singapore Naval Base Employees' Co operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd.
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    3 charged with helping to run lottery
    175 5 3 charged with helping to run lottery rpHREE men were ■1 cnarged In court yesterday with assisting in carrying on a character lottery In an unnumbered house at 13 milestone, Jurong Road, Singapore, on the night of May 8. Witness for the prosecution, ASP Meyer said that about 11 p.m
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    ACOA OFFICIALS
    33 5 Following have been elected officials for the Army Civilian Officer.^' Association. President. Mr. V. K. Nair; vice-president. Mr. J. P. Vettath; secretary, Mr. M. J. Abraham: treasurer, Mr. Jot? X. Carvall
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    Hurt charge
    44 5 Lim Boon King of Coronation Road. Singapore waj charged yesterday with hurting a coffee-stall owner. M.N. Abdul Hai, and with damaging his stall at 6 m..> Bukit Timah Road, on June 8. He was remanded till Junt 29. No plea was taken.
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      43 5 -SINGAPORE HICH TIDES TODAY: lit. put. TOMORROW: 024 a.m. and 1.59 p.m THIRSDAY: 1.10 a.m. and 2.40 p.m. FRIDAY 1.51 a.m. and 3 20 p.m. SATURDAY: 2.46 a.m. and 400 pm. SUNDAY: 3.40 a.m. and 444 p.m. MONDAY: 4.45 a.m. and 534 p.m
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    THINKING OF GOING ON A PICNIC?
    72 6 T NG of going on u picnic? Or spending a by the sea° If you intend taking food ally cool there are some nibble in the shape of a large envelop. 1 5 or travel'. zed vacuum jar for carrying I cream, jel- rifles,
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    She's Inner Wheel president
    85 6 She's Inner Wheel president MRS. HENNA SIN HA (below) was elected I president of the Inner Wheel Club at an in- I luncheon a I few days ago I at which the I K ue s t of I honour was Lady Goode, wife of the Yang di- Per- tuan
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    Wall plaques give your home touch of individuality
    177 6 Wall plaques give your home touch of individuality rFHERE is always someone A furnishing a house, but it's not only those basic essentials which give the home an air of friendliness and welcome. This comes with those little individual touches which are added afterwards. Once the heavy furnishings have been
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    DRESS WELL ON A FEW DOLLARS
    1126 6 Wonderful materials far the do-it-yourseif girl Here 's attractive, useful 'sheath *THE diagram above left shows how to make a simple sheath dress from 1 two straight pieces of material cut to your own measurements. It is easily one of the most attractive and
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    Bring memories of to life this way
    157 6 Bring memories of to life this way REMEMBERING those happy hoi; 1V the items on the credit side of 1 ries of lovely golden beside bl palm fringed beaches and mor stood still. Bring them all back to life again with simple snapshots coloured slides that will take you back
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    Give a lift to tired dress
    10 6 Give a lift to tired dre ss or mirr. DIQUe
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    A Singapore expert shakes the photo world
    564 7  - A Singapore expert shakes the photo world SUNNY GIAM Calling -complied SEND IN YOUR QUERIES AND THEY WILL BE REPLIED TO ON THIS PAGE luls K I by a Singapore photographer. n photographic "population" is talking about it Lim, owner of a Tions: Bahr'u studio, has hip of the Royal
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    THE ONE RULE FOR BETTER PICTURES
    250 7 order your Free Press regularly !j I LEE LIM F R.P.S. PRINTS I WERE NEVER SHOWN BEFORE This is the newspaper which teaches photography J-JAVINC pioneered photography for the amateur the Singapore Free Press today announces a sensational new series. IN NO OTHER NEWSPAPER
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    HAPPY HOLIDAYS
    285 7 TfOLIDAYS are family days. From Malaya to Mexico, in India or in Istanbul —no matter how they are celebrated the days of national or religious festivity are times for family gatherings and celebrations. These important days of every year are times to take pictures. When the family gathers
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    The Lens Brigade ARE YOU LISTED?
    169 7 The Lens Brigade ARE YOU LISTED? PHOTOGRAP HERS form an Army of their own which is rapidly conquering the whole world. Perhaps you are one of this spreading band encircling the globe. Do you appear in the list below? THE LEGIONEER: Shouldering his tripod he marches out each dawn to
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    Wives compete
    124 7 \ir H AT do >«" need to be a photographer** I T Some ol would say. a gadget bag of fancy len t »gnt meters, flashguns, exposure meters and other fnvpsttnTnt P SCveral nundre d dolUr> 1 uha^l ecp b ssariiv declar a group of individuals 2 who
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    D-DAY
    1324 8  -  David Howarth by His holiday on sands will never be the same jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiniMiMwniiniHimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiaA 1 ENTER Harry Bowers, 9st. soldier and son 1 of a soldier, a company sergeant-major now on his fourth landing and still brave enough to admit he is scared. This is his day again for heroism;
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      13 8 1 TOMORROW Assault by fishing line ELECTRIC Eye-m Bnm spotl Turret camera Ik
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      221 8 .li;i I lIWVKi; l»v S>,|| M .v Jordan I THE AffGOSy A4SSFS NEAP Th£ MOOSi lEKCEPTTwaTTMCIAST OM THE lAST LEG O* HEB E£*C JOUGMEY I ttESEARCH TEAMS OOLLEO f OUT OP t »-«C LUMAff BASE iH^^VftViA^H TWBE6 DAYS J CWEEC UP, MAC. f^M MOVING L^ TUIOEg MONTHS AGO jl jL^S
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    RACING
    169 9 Class 2, Division 3— 6 Furs. lir Nipoer XII ph,,.. in hii Bride mmam 8.09. 5 II s > more than in :on lower and is, I thi: > I E rol KN x an ouisidpr n Class 2, Division 4— 6 Furs. n K winkle S r phi
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    Experience tells
    231 9  -  ARGOS Bv BUT SERVICES GAVE TOURISTS A FRIGHT 5 Koni; ices KONG Chi: second their tour def eater ed Singapore Joint their floodlit Jalan Besar un last nig! to 4 p er. Mala insformation the i xpect. I r: oppoi;» n oy pla>ed like a side lined to
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    Lock icon OLYMPIC DIVER KILLED BY FALL
    64 9 NORWALK. Connecticut, -Bruce Harlan. 33. University of Michigan diving coach and former member of the U.S. Olympic team, died day in Norwalk hospital from injuries suffered in foot fall from a diving platform. Ht- fell while dismantling aving platform at the conclusion of an exhibition.
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    Lock icon Test man retires for a rest
    126 9 M CHESTER, Tiu.-v lorn Greenhough. the Lancashire and England leg-spinn-er has announced that hj dropping out of first class cricket for a brief rest. Greenhough. who has pi ed in both T this summer, made tl nounceimnt after an interview with tin :1 t
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    Lock icon TOKYO GAMES IN MAY?
    66 9 TOKYO. Tues The Japan Olympic Committee yesterday m to study the possibility of holding the 19G4 Olympic Games In Tokyo during Mny, m view ot weather conditions. The committee earlier proposed the Games be held during the period either from July 25 to August 9 or
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    TALENT BEST IN AN OPEN EVENT
    1271 9 WAN YOUR PUNTING WITH ALLAN LEWIS, MALAYA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL TIPSTER Winged Warrior the danger Cl. 5. Div. 1,-71 F Bonanza 9.00; Pleasant Dream 8.11. h.i <ha (ha 8.1 1- OverWftrn 8.11; Bangkok 8.11;' Welsh King 8.11 (iambar Melayu II tat; Bright Sun 8.07- Winged
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    TAKE PEPPER DEALER IN DIV. TWO RACE
    61 9 POLLOWIXG horses 1 E■* will not start tomor- E row: Stratosphere. Cool r Springs, Cliona. Silver E E Bright, Umeed, The Aus- E E sie. Colombia, Qui Vive, E E Start" Officer. Briden, Sri E E Medan, Judicial. Gunong E E Rapat, Hula
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    This morning's fast gallops
    457 9 OEACEFUL King, one of most improved stayers in x Malaya, drew attention to his chances in the Class 2 1J miles event on the last day by the way he worked at Kuala Lumpur this morning. Ridden by his regular race rider, John Forte, Peaceful King
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    NEW TURF CLUB RULES ACCEPTED
    104 9 NEW TURF CLUB RULES ACCEPTED IVf EMBERS of the pub- ITI H C will in future be admitted to the Singa- pore Turf Club as asso- ciate members. 5 This follows the pass- E ing of the new rules. E after slight amend- ments. by the general meeting: of ordinary
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    Lock icon RUNS GALORE FOR THE 'OLD BRIGADE'
    440 9 RUNS GALORE FOR THE 'OLD BRIGADE' COUNTY ONDON, Tues. While England's selectors ■k search anxiously for opening batsmen, four of the men who were overshadowed in the Hutton Washbrook era hammered big scores yesterday. Leading the way was Don Kenyon. 35. who hit 229 for Worcestershire again.st Hampshire. Dennis Brookes,
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    Lock icon Shocks open Wimbledon tournament
    336 9 LONDON r<ARL Buchholz, the 18-year-ola junior champion, became the I killer" of the 1959 Wimbledon Lawn Teni pionships yesterday by toppling third-:-Pietrangeli of Italy. The slim, 6 ft. 2 in. youngster sho\ of a seasoned campaigner to win played in the cool of the evenin 7-5.
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    RESULTS
    93 9 MEN S MM. I I roir B. Mi. I I C. Vermaak (South U K <<«B) beat .1 f Bai 6-2, <;-<• i \V. A. (Australia) In .u I" Darnion (Franr< i.-l J Ulricta (Denmai K v\<-< <. 6-3. 6-4: 1 a) beat T. 1 6-3. 8-4, 7-."»: J.
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    SECRETARY RESIGNS
    101 10 iiifi in XuiiiHuil Lttiott of Haittvaymen widens IT I* I llopo ol an end to h ork-to-rule campaign now bright hi ALA LI JHH K, lues. I ithin the National I nion of Railwax men widened yesterday when its general rotary. Mr. Aw tar Singh, resigned without notice,
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    66 10 rr won tin n tlit- talent cjuest final .it the Kex inema lasl tii-ht. Omar and the other seven finali>N will b»- s;iven >creen r itimah Ahmad, rinht. sinner, won the second prize of $50 and Rahmat M. Shah. left, the third award of S3O. Both Omar and Rahmat won
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    THE QUEEN VISITS BIG SMELTER
    24 10 THE QUEEN VISITS BIG SMELTER QMon. Queeii Elizabeth and the of Edinburgh both and the intense today watched the world's biggest alumin i i!d.
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    Mrs. Seow at Manila meeting
    109 10 MRS. SEOW PECK LENG. a member of the Singa- mbly. :^d vice-president of Federation of a n at il pen abi i "> the conferSeow returned to Singapore yesterday. During a stop-over in Saigon she said, according to the nam News Agency quoted by Renter,
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    Selection of polls candidates now to begin
    313 10 Kl ALA LI MPI K, Tuesday. lI'ITH just over a fortnight more for parliamentary elections nomination day. most of the political parties have begun to brief their branches on the selection of candidate Circulars and notices ning procedure and the prii i adopted
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    Lock icon Abbey 'chain gang' hits idolatry
    123 10 Abbey 'chain gang hits idolatry LONDON, Tues. Three women and a man journalist chained themselves to railings outside Westminster Abbey during a Sunday service to protest against "commercialism and idolatry" in the churches, a London court was lold yesterday. They had chains padlocked round their waists and were linked together
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    HITCH-HIKER TOILED THREE YEARS FOR WORLD TRIP
    149 10 HITCH-HIKER TOILED THREE YEARS FOR WORLD TRIP fresh-faced Austrian \outli has arrived In Singapore with more i\: nncs behind him than many men encounter In .1 lifetime. He is Peter Scho'gel who set off on .1 marathon hitch-hike si\ months ago with only the savings from three years' wovk in
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    Lock icon Opposition to ministers
    69 10 Opposition to ministers BUENOS AIRES. Mon. President Frondizi oi Argentina today conferred separately with the secretaries of the army, navy and air force as political and military unrest continued in the country. Navy opposition was today reported gathering against Rear-Admiral Adolfo Estevez, the Minister, and army officers in Cordoba City
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    Man cleared
    31 10 T. Sundaram. of Kinta Road. Singapore, was yesterday acquitted of stealing a basket of crabs from a stall in the Kandang Kerbau Market on the mornins: of Mav 7.
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    Lock icon Chequebook shortage follows print row
    105 10 Chequebook shortage follows prin t row ONDON. Tues Dup- J licated news sheets and bulletins appeal on the streets in some provincial towns and cities in Britain yes: day in a bid to beat the full impact of a pay and hours dispute between 200.000 printing workers and their empfc
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    Films lor S'pore Week in London
    90 10 Films lor S'pore W eek in London THE Ministry of Cu. lure in Singapore has sent film.photographs and exhibition materials to London for the "Singapore Week" celebrations which start tomorrow. The celebration^ have been arranged by Malayan Singapore students' organisations in Britain. They include an exhibition of Singapon stitutional and
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    Lock icon FIRST TO SWIM DEAD SEA
    64 10 AMMAN. Tues.— Two young Americans became the first men known to have swum the sait-laden Dead Sea, one of the world's toughest waters for swimmers. Jack Griffin, from the United States Embassy in Amman, and Bill Johnson, from the consulate In Cyprus. m nine miles
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    Lock icon 'A BIG STEP TO EQUAL JUSTICE FOR NEGROES'
    186 10 'A BIG STEP TO EQUAL JUSTICE FOR NEGROES' TALLAHASSEE. (Florida). Tu« IN a rape case in this state, a 16-year-<» was today sentenced at Marian n a t« prisonment for raping a white grandntoth> Earlier, at Tallahass< whiU been found guilty of rapi: ntenoed to life imprisonmThe Rev. David H.
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    113 10 PARIS, Tim n President Charles de («aulle li <J to pa\ state isit t<> ii. it was learned last nit hi letter delivered early (i.i> h\ sir (iladwyn jebb. British \mbassador. to General de Gaidle in person patted to haw contained
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    $8 MILLION BUILDING BOOM IN K.L.
    83 10 $8 MILLION BUILDING BOOM IN K.L. MORI lUW wa« spent in thr lust sh this year. It is that more will I ih« m «.nd half. Ihe Miinii ip a- Mi It health) sikms i that the Prin Dato Abdul I Hussein. v po^ l{ the KuaJa Luni| ar> banquet
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    U. K. stocks trend is good
    27 10 U. K. stocks trend is good I ONDO* but mi I rrods v I merger propo^a Mo ground on the v vai cf the Sear> hole woods.
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