The Singapore Free Press, 12 August 1959

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  • 13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS No. ***** SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1959. 15 CENTS.
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  • 7 1 Mr. Lee clears up 2 points hghghsghg
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  • 14 1 t first ned i" Singap lorning at In p*T 1!) "1> quirt
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  • 253 1 40 cents an hour maximum charge Move to ease traffic congestion in city area SYSTEM of metered car parking is to be introduced in the centre of Singapore city to alleviate traffic congestion. It will affect car parks in Raffles Place, Fullerton Way, Collyer Quay
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  • 132 1 TENGKU WARNS TACTICS KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Opposition parties were work n religious and propaganda. alleged Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Alliance national leader and former prime minister, when he returned to Kuala Lumpur alter a 10-day election campaign to woo Coast vi, i "This i> very berious indeed." hi warned. The
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  • 71 1 GUNS ARE LINED ON BORDER > T EW DELHI. Wed. Reports received here from Laos that the situation has ■rased considerably." official sources say. However, the North Vietnamese government considers the situation has become "extremely serious." Communist antl aircraft have been moved into place along North Vietnam's border with Laos.
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  • 26 1 MOSCOW. Wed --Mr. Nlkita Khrushchev said thaj main difficulties had not yet been overcome at the three-power Geneva conference on nuclear suspension. Reuter
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  • 74 1 Music teachers survey The Ministry ol Education has Instructed principals ot all schools In Singapore to s upplv it with a list of tea- j chers at present teaching music in their schools, i and those who are Qualified to do so but are not teaching the .subject. Principals have
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  • 64 1 OTTAWA, Tues. The United States Defence Secretary. Mr. Neil McElroy, said it was "distinctly possible" the Canadian Government might want the United States to set up intercontinental ballistic missile bases in Canada. This would be a Canadian decision alone, he said when he arrived from
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  • 54 1 McNicol off to Bangkok The Australian Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. D. \v. McNicol, left this morning for Bangkok to attend a conference of heads of Australian missions in South-east Asia. beginning there tomorrow. Mr McNicol will be away for about a week. He is likelv to visit Hono Rons before
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  • 26 1 TOKYO. Wed. Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi said in a nice way today that England's policy toward Communist China had not been successful. U.P.I.
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  • 23 1 VIENNA. Wed. The Rumanian Minister for Commerce, Mr. Marcel Popescu. has been relieved of his position. No reason was given. Reuter
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  • 78 1 LONDON. Wed.— Thousand* iof British and American sportsmen today carried their 1 guns tu the moors for the opening of the grouse shooting tiie "glorious twelfth. The opening of the season. fixed by act of parliament. 1 sees the start of what ir (Scotland and Yorkshire
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  • 48 1 Two planes crash pilots safe TOKYO Wed— Two United^ States military aircraft crashed from the sky over Japan yesterday but the pilots parachuted free in both cases. One of the crashed aircraft was a Marino Corps Fury Jet, 1 the other one an air force I R.F.101.- Reuter
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  • 258 1 Shift of capital to Federation now slackens KUALA LUMPUR, Wed —The (low of capital from Singapore to the Federation is still continuing, but is not as intensive as it \va> in April and May this year. This was disclosed to the Free Pres rday fc spokesman for the office of
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  • 46 1 •ma magnate Mi Loke Wan The head inisation. recriving a Birthda> award -n \i >mbcrship ol Ihe Most Order of the life of the Crown of Kelant»n. i ,i upon him by th«- Sultan of KeUntan au in\v">tiiurr eercnMHi) at Kut.i Bharu recently.
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  • 92 1 Repatriation E signing is tomorrow C\l( l 1 I v. IVed. A three-member North Ko,in Red Cross Society delegation arrived here sterda? from Rangoon by air. They will si^n an it tmorrow with the Japanese Red Cross or the repatriation of North Koreans now in Japan. tional CornRod C hat
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  • 16 1 Medals for blood donors Th'- Minister for Health Ss^n Centre. General Hospi>re. today at 4.30 p.m.
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  • 10 1 NE w DELHI. Wrci. -Presithis uutumi, Reuter
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  • 127 1 rmirn Thl N "i i^nrpV.'v.n;Vcon«micdi S""premier Che» < >'<»«. >'"' „f ...nrre.m •> r e vic or readers for donations. The uovernor said that initial reports of total damage estimated at one billion Formosa dollars, approximately MSIBO mil. In England fresh storms described as the
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  • 26 1 The Free Pr—s picture- shows newly designed P lots in Kaffirs Place. Owner clri\. »e n,« ijrstMi illuws h-ss lUcd.Mii ot •ndvement.
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  • 17 1 LONDON. miral B. W Officer Sul next w» the-world tour. H SingaiX)ie Malta.
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  • 176 2 AGRICULTURE TRADE POLICY BY U.K. PARTY LONDON, Wednesday. A BRITISH Labour Party policy statement published here said the party favoured the development of international co-operation and long-term trading agreements on agricultural and horticultural marketing, especially with Commonwealth countries. The party would also seek to promote international agreements, the statement added.
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  • 71 2 LONDON, Wed. London stock markets stood up quite well to the overnight •>otback on Wall Street, the, sharpest for four years. Prices were marked down at j the openihg out very little celling developed. The markets rallied modestly later In places. On the day losses
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  • 47 2 LONDON. Wed.- With Sinclosing advice* little changed on balance the i »arherc was steady at the outo( yesterday but* bu>incb:s W9ls slow to start. Tin prices were well maintained despite generally quiet outride conditions. Dull trading persisted in I vegetable oils and oil-
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  • 101 2 VEW YORK. Tues.— Wall Street closed steady as a late rally developed which sent values to their highest levels of the day. I At the close there was a fair majority of gains ranging mostly to one point. At the outset this morning a> the
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  • 93 2 JAPAN TO SUPPLY SEAMEN 'TOKYO. Wed. Japa seamen are In demand. The Japanese Ministry of Transportation said yesterday that the Japanese government had received quests from West Germany, Iraq, and Indonesia for the supply ot .seamen to work on their inland shipping lines. The Ministry said Japan <vould be able
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  • 29 2 BRISBANE. Wed. -The I Australian tobacco production was estimated at over 7.500 short tons, an increase of more than 26 per cent, on the previous year. Reuter
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  • 243 2 SHIPS IN PORT >hips lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Soudan 1 2, Pabint;i 4 5, Jc.^e Lykes 6A, Idomeneus 6 7. Maori 8 9. Ceylon 10 11. Chupra 13 14. Straat Torres 18. Maetsuycker 19. Serampang N.Wall 2. Sesamat N.Wall 3. SerdaiiK N.Wall 4, Emp.
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  • 82 2 BELFAST. Wed. A sitdown strike of 5.000 workers at the aircraft factory here of Short Brothers and Harland. which began on Monday in prote.st against impending redundancies, yesterday spread to the company's factories at Lisburn and Newtownards. The strike came in the wake of an announcement
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  • 46 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed.— Matson Navigation Co. said it will file later in the week with the Federal Maritime Board for a 121 P«*i* cent boost in freight rates between U.S. Pacific Coast ports and Hawaii. The increase would be effective from Sept. 14.
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  • 38 2 BONN. Wed.— An Indonesian delegation of three government officials is due here today. An Indonesian Embassy spokesman said the delegation would discuss the question of West German technical assistance towards Indonesia's industrial developiieni.- Reuter
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  • 83 2 RETREADS INDUSTRY GROWING NEW YORK. Tues. The tyre retreading industry. a minor factor in the overall replacement sector prior to World War 11. has grown immensely in the past few years. Reliable trade sources predict retreading tyre volume will soon reach $1,000 million. Giant rubber companies are vying with the
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  • 197 2 Round the work Market Prices U.K. CLOSINC pj^Tl RI Kill .ll No. I Kfi potts Auk- Sept. Ul BBhlC Nu. 1 K Et BBER No. 1 n^s BdHH Houv Term* lept rONI M...dv Alt' PEPPER: Uluti f a.q «-.i.f European rx»i N PfcITER: Black Si i- < if. lurupran |»«i
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  • 765 2 INDUSTRIALS Previous Teeay 10 S 240 J B B Petrol 5: B 53 E S S S is e s B E B 1.01 B I g s Gt. Life B I '9 8 A S Geo'gr. e GoOdWOOd D r> I.CO B 5 S 1.05
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    • 194 2 I' n BICGESTHITS! li»«J. I Kattai Kav 15-POP 6*3 impi, thniK Umewmry Squires 43-Pop b>B »a<k Parnell 43-POP (31 BkM \valon t:,-POP 636 I abian 43-POP 61 lark Pourcel 43-POP 6»1 v<> Konnic Hilton 43-POP 638 »«n 43-POP 643 Mi, •nnk I mnefai »3-M(iM 101* Inmim Fdwards r.-M(,M 10'0 lion
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    • 32 2 POP -Hali Daze £36 11 1 I By Cog VOOQKIKIG O-nHER K/IETNJ a SATuCiOAVS, SEEM TO \jL WE OWLV OWE We -jj M, MA. GET ALL- J EVEQ. ME^o i 1 //3
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  • 366 3 First repatriation ship for October? J-iP.AN, N. KOREA TO SIGN AGREEMENT ["UK ii rst So\iet repatriation ship taking Koreans from Japan to North Korea is due to leave the Japanese port ol NiiKata in October or early November, according to reliable reports in Geneva. This arrangement U the result of
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  • 332 3 1 PUBLICATION devoted to world population problems said In Washington that urgent action was necessary to reduce birth rates in Asia and the Far Fast. It added that "only Japan has the Western n of births and deaths which holds population growth to
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  • 104 3 INDIA GOES AHEAD WITH A- PROJECT j INDIA will a*k world- 1 uiclc bids this year for construction of its E tirst atomic power E E station, expected to cost about I'SSMO. OOO.OOO. In- dian scientist H. J. Bha- bha said in Bombay. E E Mr. Bhahha said natu- E
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  • 127 3 'Macao has no reason to protest' T Portuguese Government saw no reason to protest to the Red Chinese government about recent gunboat incidents reported near Macao, Lisbon sources The sources hen hat the territorial waters between „o and Continental China are defined by the line of test depth which in
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  • 63 3 Two Japanese >cholars will sail from Kobe to Wellington. New Zealand, on August 20 to launch a six-month survey of the Polynesian islanders in the Southern Pacific. They hope to discover the origin of the Japanese race. The scholars are Mr. Makoto Suzuki, a professor oi
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  • 66 3 Getting into an 'act' CHAIRMAN J. William V^ Fulbright ol the Senate Foreign relations committee said today he was "not too impressed" by charges of waste and inefficiency in the U.S. foreign aid programme in South Vietnam. The Arkansas Democrat said that the novel, '"Hie Ugly American," had set the
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  • 131 3 Solring Stunt 's refugee problem r pilE repatriation of Viet- namese refugees in NorthEastern Si ain who want to go to North Vietnam has been accepted in principle by the communist North Vietnam Red Cross deleSates now conducting negotiations In Rangoon, Burma, with Siamese Red Cross delegates. according to sources
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  • 51 3 Antara news agency said that oi 30.000 Indonesians at present living at Tawao. British North Borneo. many wished to be repatriated. However, the agency .said. they were afraid to return In case "they were prosecuted lor having lefi the country in an illegal way."
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  • 114 3 SECRETARY-GENERAL Supardo of the Jakarta Ministry of Education said teachers in the wild jungle region of East Borneo often had to wait a* long as a year for their salaries because of hazards in getting the money to them. One of the hazards is
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  • 390 3 A SUGGESTION by Mr. C. D. Deshmukh, India's former Finance Minister, that India should be ruled by a "'Cabinet of talents" instead ol by a political party, has aroused considerable interest in political circles in New Delhi. Delivering a public lecture at Madras University. Mr.
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  • 147 3 A DOUBT ABOUT INDONESIA CO-OPS THE Sourabaya newspaper Harian Umum said in an editorial that it doubted if Indonesian co-operative> would be able to take over alien-run businesses successfully. Alien businessmen rural districts most 01 them Chinese have been ordered to close up shop Irom January l or sell out
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  • 28 3 A s>ix-man survey mission will leave Japan this Autumi, on a two-month trip to India and Burma to study the Origin of Rice Reuter
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  • 30 3 The Philippines lias inaui gurated an educational broadcasting programme io.r public school children throughout the country following the donation of 500 tadio .sets by the Australian Government Reuter
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    • 146 3 You see them here, you see them there Smed ley's Porkers are everywhere! I&MEDLFKiff PORK SAUSAGE PORK CHIPOLATAS Try some today FITZRATRICK S 300 Orchard Rood, Smgopore 9. Tel: *****-9 THE FAMOUS ircd^ .ate Ji %< IN NEW COLORFUL £*"*flV TONES with or with- g^ out laces —IN TEN fl
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  • 630 4  -  ZAINAL ABIDIN 63-YEAR-OLD CAMPAIGNER IS CONFIDENT OFSUCCESS -By THE STRONGEST AREA FOR PARTY NEGARA pARTY NEGARA'S 63-year-old chief, Dato Onn bin Jafl'ur, may well prove himself third time lucky. This is his third election battle. He losl in the li )">•"> General Elections and again in a
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  • 320 4 BROILED EELS, tried oysters and small wooden boxes with chops! are some of the dishes which railway traveller? Japan can buy from the "platform-to-; catering business which flourishes in the cou rains pull rations, uniformed salesmen and salesgirls walk platform calling out at can windows
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  • 188 4 20 Britons are now eating 'death dust' TWENTY British scienti at Harwell. including two women, have been .ung tiny quantii •ntium the H-b> fail sredient wl has worried medical nun all over the world— to disaffecl the b<")dy. A spokesman of the British Medical Research Council lid the most dai
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  • 339 4  - BY THE WAY Beachcomber kklklkglkgj impudence oi tne kinu of bounder who joins, the exclusive Nuclear Club without being proposed and seconded, much elected, has flabbergasted the members. If this goes on. we snail b people joining the Outer Seven, the Inner Six. Middle Five or ihc Upper Four without
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  • 10 4 Scientist study the way TL I ftf 1 I I
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    • 128 4 PATEK PHILIPPE I\w Master Watchmakers of Geneva An extraordinary record. In disputed urist b category, Patek Phipe has obtained the rt mark 55.42, ever orded at the Gent Observatory. Authorised Dealers Sole Age:. H. SENA, LTD. Singapore Pcnong. t LASSIFIED \I)S. \1 YOl R >I K\|( E Win Am cte
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    • 195 4 NOTICE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB \l(.|>l SEPTEMBCK (I)KRBY) Ml ETIXG— >aturdav l>nh August, »dn«>dav 2nd and Saturdav .">th V.Krt. RIES Cl on WEDNESDAY, 19TH AUGUST eepkes FOR MEMBERS ONLY U be held each Race Dav. o the .inter. Application.-, must be de in writing and be received before 3.30 p.m. each
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    • 532 4 10 r 1 1.1 KS ACROSS A pure start to a royal finish I E iUI in favour In feline contentment (4). word ion tB> Extension of a wet writer to 7. With one sibilant n a dry one <6>. the little creature v 7. of show Oiie would yhake
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  • 93 5 HAS UNEMPLOYMENT REACHED SATURATION POINT? ()/1 OF 43,380 OTERED AT 01 R EXCHANGE II> R 1 $S >'l \FF RKPORTER nl situation in Singapore ing £rim picture at thi^ rating, the Minister of ir, Mr K. M. Byrne, told the have registered at the t
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  • 266 5 Massage parlours: Govt. move for cubs is jastu, say owners rkWNERS of several' v .lions in yesterday .bed the Government's new move to control their business to the Ma Bill to be intomorrow's tl I all ma parnave to be licensed .ualified staff. liable t SI. OOO with a furceeding
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  • 158 5 Association finds jobs for former prisoners THE Singapore After Care Association has so far helped 78 of the 400 prisoners released in the State this year. pokesman of the 1 that the light varied. Some ed i warrant home town ation. ear, r them. d at the time
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  • 33 5 have beer, electtrea urer. Mj Davia !Mr.s, M/M. H Gib,onH m_. I Quitzow. Mrs. P. Ban Mr M. Rutherford, Mr. Weller. Mr. B** n Mr Koh Eng P*nt» Cyril Cru
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  • 85 5 ADVISERS ON MALA Y EDUCATION rE Minister for Education Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. yesterday announced the appointment of a seven-man advisory committee on Malay education pending the formation of the Education Advisory Council. pVp Assemblyman for Ulu Pandan. Inche Arif bin Suradi. is the chairman and the secretary Is Inche
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  • 64 5 ««,i A f thp Rod S loea Scnool of Ballet unds over a cheque MISS B^«r^e*^MlwS^Mld^ of Singapore to Mr. Sim Miah Kian, for $1,682.51 for the na m re Council of Social Service. The money was the Si hon. t;oa>uror of the Sm|apore M us<
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  • 82 5 picture. s HAPPY WRAF guests at the reception in the E Malcolm Club after the E wedding of Cpl. Ted 5 Johnson and WRAF Cpl. E E Margaret Forshaw at E E St. George's Church, E (hangi. From left E (standing): Anne Brad- r E shaw. Rose
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  • 92 5 PAKISTANI OFFER TO MALA YANS rE Pakistan Government has offered to reserve a few places for Muslim students in Singapore at the medical colleges of the University of Punjab. In a memorandum to the principals of all secondary schools in the State, the Chief Examinations Officer. Mr. T. R. Ooraisamy,
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  • 68 5 The Inner Wheel Club of I Singapore, has abandoned its plan to adopt more children. The president of the club, Mrs. Hena Sinha said it was finding it difficult to raise the i money to support the children. The club is at present supporting six children,
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  • 215 5 INDIAN textiles are picking up again in SouthEast Asia after taking a beating last year from textiles from China because of undercutting in prices. An Indian Gevernment spokesman in Singapore toia the Free Press that Dotn Indian and Chinese textiles were about the same
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  • 126 5 Important speech by Premier rE Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, is expected to make an important policy statement when he opens the political study centre for Singapore civil servants on Saturday. The opening ceremony will take place at the residence of the former Finance Secretary in Goodwood Hill, which
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    • 104 5 Y.W.C.a. (Outran! Road): Malay— beginners 9 a.m. Y.W.C.A. (Raffles Quay): Beauty culture 5.15 p.m.; International omens Club American Aim show 10.30 a.m. PUBLIC SPEAKING INSTITUTE: Session five at the Lecture flail above the Great World management office 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. TOC H: Recorded music recital at the Church
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    • 41 5 S'PORE TIDES TODAY: 4.07 p.m. TOMORROW: 5.28 a.m. and 5.12 p.m. FRIDAY: 7.33 a.m. and 6.35 p.m. SATURDAY: 9.01 a.m. and 7.57 p.m. SUNDAY: 9.55 a.m. and 9.00 p.m. MONDAY: 10.37 a.m. and 9.50 p.m. TUESDAY: 11.13 a.m. and 10.35 p-m.
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  • 481 6  -  TAN MOK-AI the Boeing 707 w a > taking from the runwaj of Singapore I y a Lebar airport lerday, the line round with a tra\ of glasses brimming with gin, ostensibly demonstrating Ihe smoothness of the ne w ii *«peed jetliner it
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  • 68 6 BURMA EDITOR IS HERE Mr. v. B. David, (above), editor of the Burma Express, is now In Singapore on a three-month tour of south-Fast A^ia. lie has already visited Siam. Laos. Cambodia and South Vietnam. He will have an audience with the Sultan of Johore. Sir Ismail, tomorrow and go
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  • 74 6 VISCOUNT FOR MALAYAN AIRW AYS jyjALAYAN Airways nas ac- a Viscount 760D aircraft is at present d on preliminary pilot and engineer training courses in Singapore. The company will shortly announce the commencing date of services later thus year on regional and domestic routes when the familiar DC-3s will be
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  • 26 6 BOAG JETS TO FLY OVER WORLD ROUES SOON dhdhghfghgfdhK I both and Jet ain i Pacific i troduce a row .ted by Jel and Jet prop
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  • 13 6 xhibitlon best paintJ oms of Helen D. •7 Tanglln Road. Monday.
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  • 189 6 TEACHING OF MALAY: 'SLOW PROGRESS' I/UALA LUMPUR. 1V Wed. The 10,000--strong Federation oft Malaya Malay Teachers' Association is expected to meet in Kuala Lumpur soon to discuss 1 proposals lor amendments to the Razak oducation report, which will be reviewed before i the end ot this year. The association has
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  • 204 6 New clam: Sightseers are not KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. In future the public ot Kuala Lumpur will be able to see their brand new dam at Klang Gates "'by appointment only." Unless they have got permission beiorehvind a stout. padlocked Rate, spanning the mouth oi the approach tunnel, will shut them
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  • 27 6 A total of 1.659 adults registered for special Malay evening classes when r. t rat ion opened at 30 centres in Singapore on Monday night.
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  • 127 6 Study award offer to S'pore THE Hong Kong Junior Chamber of Commerce is offering four scholarships to graduates of Chinese senior middle schools in Singapore for higher education in either Chung Chi or New Asia College. These scholarships cover tuition and laboratory fees for four years, board and lodging in*
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  • 76 6 Shell essay contest: $1,255 prizes Mr. P. F. Stanton. Si:. poiv branch mana Shell. Ltd.. will give away ca,sh prizes to winners of the 1959 Shell essay competition at the Cultural Centre tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. The subjects for this years essay contest were "The of Oil."" 'The Uses of
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  • 115 6 PICTURED :itx>v*' is junr Elias who has recentlj zoomed into the new an up and coming lashion model. June, who alread> holds the title of Miss Trim, hopes to «ain the Miss Surf honours. Vieim with snen other lovelies for the same honour. June appears
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  • 267 6 I^UALA LUMPUR, Wed. 1V —Kangaroo will be on the menu for the iirst time in Malaya this week, when a restaurant hero introduces a new line in soups, made from kangaroo tail. The manager of the restaurant, Mr. J. T. Lim said vesterday that the kanRaroo
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  • 27 6 REAF officer from Sydney AIR VICE-MARSHAL harles |> Australian Air t<>rt<\ a<i-on)panit t?r. on arrival at Singapon I Vice-Marshal and\ is to tak« S— fci Staff Oftirer I
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  • 181 6 RADIO COURSES ECONOMICS E WELL SUPPORT AN economics course in over he radio proved high the Federation and S The course of 15 sons broaden.-' nday eveninc is under the dire of Ungku Abdul omics the University c. In Singapore. .gku A that about 3 000 eluding pel d professional
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  • 240 7 Hell take this challenge A CHUNKY young man -TV has just accepted the greatest challenge before British industry. The man is 43-year-old Alick Sydney Dick, head of Standard Motors. He looks too young to be boss of anything let alone to run the £31,000,000 motoring combine. Standard is about to
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  • 260 7 A NEW BRITISH SPORTS CAR IS COMING SOON rßy a Special Correspondent A NEW 100 miles an hour sports car that costs £971 in Britain the Sunbeam Alpine has just been announced by Rootes. I have tested it for two days in the French Alps the rally country it is
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  • 299 7 AT A TIME of year when car sales in the Northern Hemisphere usually begin i to fall, the British motor industry is stiM experienc- j Ing what .seems likely to prove the greatest boom in history. A record production figure of 1,150,000 cars is predicted for
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    • 78 8 There are more radioactive material* In everyfood than there is Strontium 90 in the air after nuclear explosions, according to the annual report of the Briton Empire Cancer campaign. The physics department of the Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Cancer Hospital, records, "It has found that the ordiating patterns
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    • 150 8 Your child will be like this DR. Spock Scott-Jamet discusses the progress of the male child. Today, by special request the doctor lists some milestones in' the life of the well-adjusted litUe S»rl. Parents, check your daughter! AT 5, she kicks her lega In the air when visitors come, revealing:
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    • 219 8 -BY MAKING YOURSM THIS COSY BEACH k] gKACH wraps do not seem to be a favourite with or for that matter with their husbands cm I It's true such wraps may not be essential, but they have their advantages over just a towel. Furthermore, they can
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    • 106 8 Miss Jenny noiiand. I Wuodford. Cheshire. timed by the A. V. Roe House Magazine to be the "highest ana fastest* 1 Britain. The strength of the magazine's claim is based on ct that Jenny, who works for the aviation firm, recently flew as ;i flight te>t observer
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    • 144 8 Ten-thou>and Brit is hi schoolchildren will have Continental holidays this year in parties organised by the School Travel Service. More than 100 parties are going to Switzerland. Otherhave chosen France. Germany. Italy. Denmark. Hoiland, Belgium and Norway. Some groups are going by air. One party will
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    • 125 8 JEFF HAWKE by Sydney Jordan JjBI k^B»^K BM sW I m^" l^BrFs J^B JH ■Hr^^L.^^V^^^^b .^tf^BM ■^■t^s'^^^^^^^' 4b^BpßHblb\ fl /TFbT MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis i W^EM AGCARPTR:ES TO STOPH!,'/, SAIP- 4 1 f *-E EMTIRL -36 J> |O LOTH AK ATTENDS TOM IV— R P T- c
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    • 106 8 |>OHN today you u O ol those p ltiv< ;ind ii lc to them throufi thick and thin It might your advantage. times, things through the eyes I another, before rr. your mind to do air Since caution is par your nature. you a might find that sharing i ices
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  • 41 9 Erst inter-club Saturday m ii\t- leading iiul>> in thf Stanvac Qrsi Inter-dub athletic Park «>n Saturday. the s Force Leading athletes the the I rer up will thb t tO Ii record in wh \t II X 1 11 M.I TROPHY
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  • 23 9 th New B and stertest id only the Lions :orm. Lead- me they ao tries penalty. Reuter
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  • 251 9 INDIAN TOURISTS LOSE TO LOWLY NOTTS NOTTINGHAM, Wed. 'THE Indian cricketers A suffered their second defeat by a county side this season when Nottinghamshire, bottom of the championship table, beat them by eight wickets at Trent .Bridge here yesterday. Scores were: Indians 172 and 255: Nottinghamshire] 284 and 144 lor
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  • 582 9 Junior Badminton thrills nin v KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. JSIL.L.] .M, of Johore scored a fine win over Thing Hian Houw. Indonesia's leading; junior badminton player, in the opening match of the junior badminton international between Federation Combined Schools and Indonesian youths at
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  • 23 9 ROME, Wed. Morocco will send 100 athletes to the Olympic Games in Rome next year, the Organising Committee announced today. Reuter
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  • 487 9 SAFA Junior Cup match ends in free-for-all Telok Kurau ltd 2; Java Setia Sports Club 1. THE SAFA Junior (uptie between Telok Kurau United and Java Setia Sports Club at Farrer Park yesterday, was abandoned three minutes before full-time because the erowd became unruly. Telok Kurau were leading by two
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  • 49 9 AMSTERDAM, Wed. Rudi Altig, of West Germany, won the 4.000 metres amateur pursuit title, at the world cycling championships here last night. Altig, 22, clocked 4 min. 24.1 sec. against 4min. 29.65ec. by Marian Valotto, of Italy. The time was for seven laps, i Reuter
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  • 19 9 American league baseball results: I New York 8 Boston 5. National league: Los Angeles 4 j Chicago 5.
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  • 59 9 BERLIN. Wed Konrad Enke, of East Germany, broke the European record for the 200 metres breaststroke with a time of 2min. 38.6sec at Leipzig yesterday, the East German News Agency ADN reported. His time clipped seven-tenths of a second off the record of 2min. 39.35ec. set by
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  • 202 9 Solomons slips so Spinks meets O'Brien LONDON, Wednesday. TT PAYS to advertise. John O'Brien, one-time Glasgow plumber, has been paying good money to inform the boxing world, through the trade Press, that he wishes to poke the nose, bust the jaw and otherwise inconvenience London's Terry Spinks in a contest
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  • 134 9 Sally sets another record CALLY HUDSON who set up a new Singapore 200 metres free style record at the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association championships on Monday, yesterday established )d another in the 400 metres event. Saliy clocked 5 min 34.6 sec an improvement of 15.9 sec off Norma Hutchinson's five-year-old
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  • 66 9 LONDON'. Wed.— Fight Promoter Harry Leven yesterday announced that British and British Empire heavyweight champion Henry Cooper will defend his titles against Joe Erskine next November and the winner will challenge for the world title. Leven said Cooper of London and Erskine of Wales will
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  • 69 9 FULLBACK FORGOT RULES Juri. the Kota Raja fullback far a moment Jorgol the rules in n. teribq I v\F.\ Division j One league second round mat* With goalkeeper Ar- shad (left) drawn nut Juri handled the ball in attempting to save. The I .Marines trailing 4-5 at I this stajje
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  • 60 9 Briton wins German lawn tennis title HAMBURG. Wed. I Knight (Northampf Cup pla. mth Airi' win the m< Tennis Champ, .ship.s h( K: ;-6 6-4 8-6. German-born Edda Budmg the women's singles a walkover. Suzl Korr nal. had itch beca i .ry suffered in the worn 1 on Monci Kn;
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  • 337 10 < »m...uni«l rhi«« calls for attention Indone*ian_Govt. Subandrio is requested to prevent effects of 'imperialist provocation JAKARTA. Wednesday. POMMUNIST CHINA has drawn the attention of the Indonesian goveminent to the position of Chinese in the Republic. Th "Change of "instruments of ratification In an Indonesian Chinese dual eH
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  • 74 10 FAIRY OPERA STARTS TOMORROW SINGAPORE will see, for the first time, a production ol Humperkincks's fairy I "Hansel and Gretel" when children from the Marymount Convent School pr sent It at the Cultural Centre from Thursday. The opera Is created by a local producer. Elma Hoalim. and will run fur
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  • 118 10 CID MEN HUNT 30 THUGS SQUADS of CID men rushed O to a wayang In a vii. In Singapore last night Portly after two badly beaten youths were picked up by a passing radio patrol car at the 12th milestone. Sembawang Road. They were after 30 thugs, armed with parangs
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  • 62 10 LONDON. Wed. -The 20.645--ton American tanker National Peace, which ran aground on Monday night near the Laccadive" Islands oil the west coast of India has been abandoned. Lloyds shipping intelligence here reported yesterday. The tanker was bound for Manila from Bahrein and, according to Bombay Radio, ran
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  • 35 10 (WNBERRA. Wed.— The Indonesian Governmentowned shipping line Jakarta ci has bo Australian National Lire River Burdekin for M3525.000. Ine 5.000-ton River Burdekin was built in Brisbane r^urino the war.- Reuter
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  • 36 10 Ghanaian name for Royal babv talk i ON DO' red. Dr. L N would be 1 but h Dr. h a I U treason. i Bill John W p rsfleld, I ■.port by a fr Reuter
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  • 55 10 BID TO END STRIKE LONDON. Wed. Labour try i aiid ster- ory at xfor d. which ripple all Bri•ion pla adjourned both ate disr hours with the industrial Mr. P. St. John O\ i more .die at .other; d plan i he 12 unions ive given official strike.— Reuter REST
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  • 274 10 SAHARA A-TEST: NIGERIA ANGRY LAGOS. Wed.— Nigeria should reconsider her position in the Commonwealth when she attained independence if Britain and the United States failed to support her in urging France not to test an atom bomb in the Sahara, the Federal Parliament here was told yesterday. Mr. Jaja Nwachuku.
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  • 130 10 Dedicate eye operation in rocking boat... YOKOHAMA, Wed.— A Norwegian seaman on a ship which left Singapore bound for San Francisco was recovering here today after a desperate operation to save his sight. The operation transplantation of cornea was performed by Japanese Dr. chikashi Sato on a tiny patrol boat
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  • 32 10 BUENOS AIRES— A newspaper here quoted Soviet scientists as saying a dog and a bitcn were sent by Russia on a "honeymoon" into space. The ***** later uave birth to puppies.— Reuter
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  • 16 10 DURBAN Ail t^ential services will resume tomorrow in Cato Manor, scene oi the beerhall riots.- Reuter
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  • 23 10 SAINT MALO. Bntanny— Forty-eighi Brichsn canoeists atier crossing Hie cnannei lelt here txik> morning lor a week of and sun in Britanny.- Reuter
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  • 21 10 LONDON Sir Alec Guinness, British stage and screen star, today entered the London Llinic for an omvation for varicose \eins. Reuter
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  • 21 10 WASHINGTO N— The United States will pay Jodrell Bank, the world's largest radio-telescope, Ms42o an hour for trackiner U.S. satellites.- Reuter
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  • 21 10 LONDON Princess Margaret will join the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the royal children on holiday at Balmoral tonight.— Reuter
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  • 18 10 JAKARTA Four West German journalists will arrive here on Aug. 15 as guests o! the Indonesia government.- Reuter
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  • 24 10 FOLKESTONE. Kent. Ar. attempt to swim the El lish Channel both rays without stopping may be made this week by American Paul Heron. Reuter
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  • 18 10 JAKARTA, An Indonesian patrol boat seized the five-ton Formosan fishing vessel "Wan Fu" for entering territorial waters. Reuter
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  • 31 10 ZURICH. -Workmen were today clearing blocked roads and railways and sweeping up the debris of a freak storm which raced across Switzerland yesterday afternoon. k'H' npr fl least seven people.- Reuter
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  • 32 10 BERLIN. East German news agency ADN said East Germany was cooperating with the Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia and China In the construction of China's most modern power station at Shenvanti. formerly Mukden. Reuter
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  • 21 10 SAIGON An appeal for a massive turnout of women voters at the general elections in Soutli Vietnam was launched today Reuter
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  • 24 10 BERLIN Professor Emil Fuchs, 85, father of convictei atom spy Dr. Klaus Fuch.v went to West Berlin today to lecture a religious congi Reuter
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  • 22 10 CAPE CANAVERAL. Florida --The U.S. Air Force, made its third successful A; firing in the last four week* here to day.- Reuter
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  • 21 10 LONON,— The most powerful medium wave radio station in the Middle East was opened at El Mansoura, Northern Eevot yesterday. Reuter
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  • 210 10 HAVANA. Tin FIDEL CASTRO smashed a vest conspiracy against his revolutionary government and seized its ringleaders through undero working with the anti-Castro forces, it was disclosed tod;. I The ringleaders were taken to Camp Liberty, army headquarters, under arrest. Meanwhile, loy forces were
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  • 25 10 LONDON The Hurricane vine. which traditionally led the R.A.F fly-past to "ate tht >i Britjein. will make their la celebration on Sept. 20.
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  • 94 10 MEETING SHIFTS TO NAIROBI NAIROBI. Wed.— The East and Central African trade union and political conference which was to have been held in Kampala on Saturday will now be held In Nairobi— probably on Aug. 26. This move follows a Uganda government announcement i on Monday that it was bann-
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  • 12 10 JAKARTA Wed don< sified a cent: b< ci- vastat i
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  • 31 10 U.k. 'VARSITY HEAT TO VISIT HONG KONG LONDON. Wed Fuiton oi >ber, at the Invitation tvernnu Is to advise po>t-.seco :U on t ot po>tleges, and I n Hong K< dhjhdjhjdh■
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  • 46 10 Fli7ihet»i md the Duke of Edinbursh arrivin* at London airport aftor a J x week out o l" 000 miles in Canada. They were *reet* at the airport by thru six uee K loui u ch Wren Ulp Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.
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