The Singapore Free Press, 14 October 1959

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    14 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS AJF;FUAPRN No. *****. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1959. 15 CENTS.
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    Opinion Chinese in R.I.
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    HUNT for KIDNAPPERS
    424 1 Hundreds of police comb 'certain rural areas': Towkay's mansion quiet: No more phone calls BIGGEST IN YEARS Bloodhounds searching for gang's hideout gINGAPORE police have launched one of the biggest searches in recent times to find the hide-out of the gang who kidnapped 70-year-old millionaire Mr. Chia
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    Lock icon MAC IS JUBILANT
    57 1 The British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan, waves to the crowd outside the Westminster City Hall, London, during the height of the general election. The trend of the polling: was already clear; it showed the Conservatives winning and Mr. Macmillan was in jubilant mood. With him is
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    STOP PRESS
    3 1 THUGS
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    2 die, 5 injured in road crash
    169 1 2 die, 5 injured in road crash Wed.— Two persons were killed and five injured in a road accident last night while returning from Tampin. Their car collided with a firewood lorry. Killed were Mr. P. Thambusamy, 40. driver of the car, and Mrs. Mary Antonia. 29, mother of seven
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    Lock icon Dalai Lama thanks Malaya
    167 1 Dalai Lama thanks Malaya MUSSOORIE, Wed.— Tibet's I Dalai Lame yesterday expressed the hope that when the Tibetan question is debated by the United Nations "ray appeal would be considered in all its aspects and that August -assembly will take or recommend appropriate measures to alleviate the terrible travail of
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    RUBBER TONE UNCERTAIN
    32 1 November first grade rubber buyers fob. opened in Singapore this morning at 101 U cents per lb., up five-eighths of a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was uncertain.
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    Lock icon SLIP-UP OVER SOLDIER IN MALAYA
    368 1 Army still had him on 'deserter 9 list bid made for his arrest NEWTON -le-Wiliows, Lanes., Wed.— Three military policemen arrived at a house here on Monday night to arrest a man they claimed was a deserter— but in fact has been serving in Malaya.
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    Lock icon Deserter hid 38 years in family's hayloft
    342 1 ###s v##m v#v#; \i:n want it HAMEENLINNA. Finland. Wed. Finnish army deserter Vaino Kilpinen said yesterday he would try to pick up the threads of life in a bewildering modern world he has scarcely seen during 38 years of hiding in a hayloft.
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      99 1 <^S>OL OF MBSIC <i. "V.-mo-r. Pi«>i«»*l- Violin. Gurfor, *A Pi.— I A Cia rincf Today's special features Teenager section page 7 Freddie Pope on your motoring problems page 8 His hobby collecting old coins page 6 10 RE MPTURE THE GLORY OF YOUTH All the art and hair colour experts
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    HIS 'NIGHTMARE' IN 120-KNOT TYPHOON
    230 2  - HIS 'NIGHTMARE' IN 120-KNOT TYPHOON ALAN KHOO Captain tells of *anxioiis moments* Bv TIIK captain of the 10,000-ton Blue Funnel ship Pyrrus told yesterday how ;i 120 -knot typhoon tossed his vessel around one night off Yokohama. Captain H. S. Wood, 52. described it as a "nightmarish adventure." He said
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    Lock icon SHIPPING TOLL OF VERA
    62 2 SHIPPING TOLL OF VERA TOKYO Wed. Japanese marine officials >aid jesterday two overships grounded by typhoon Vera would nut he refloated for months. The British ship hanssha would not be refloated for about six months and the Dutch ship Tjitjalenka would lake three months to n- float. lli.n said 67.000
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    To carry out census of industry in Malaya
    191 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Statistics Department is thinking of undertaking a census of industry in I the Federation. This was revealed yesterday I by the new Chief Statistician, I Mr. C. H. Harvey, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur this week to take
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    TOKYO VISIT
    33 2 TOKYO, Wed. The Indonesian Foreign Minister, Dr. Raden Subandrio, yesterday arrived here by Japan Airlines for talks with Japanese leaders on various issues related to economic co-opera-tion between Japan and Indonesia.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    224 2 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Corfu 12, He&senstein 4 5. Mand^ma 6A, Diomed 6 7. Ordia 8 9, Cresco, 10/11, Bali 13 14, Burma 15 16, Banda 18, Kasimbar 19. Sedili N.Wall 1. Semdom N.Wall 2. Sedenak N.Wall 3. Scudai N.Wall 4.
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    HONG KONG PRICES
    51 2 HONG KONG, Tuesday. Closing prices here today were: Previous Today HK$ HK$ H. S. Banking Corporation $995 $980 &$985 Union Ins. Canton $85 $86 Wheelock Marden $6.45 $6.40 <fcs6.so H'Kong 'phone $30.75 $30 A.-S3O 25 Dairy Farm <fc Cold Storage $19.90 $21 <fc520.70 Taikoo Docks $35.75 $35
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  • News in brief
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      Lock icon NEW TYPHOON DUE TO HIT OKINAWA
      62 2 NEW TYPHOON DUE TO HIT OKINAWA rpoKYO, Wed. Weather X officials last night reported that the newest typhoon. Charlotte, would begin to affect Okinawa, south of Japan, some time tomorrow. LONDON: Britain's ten-year-old state gas industry made a loss for the first time last year of 1,466,--882. Reuter. JAKARTA: THE
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      28 2 LONDON: British exports to the United States in the first nine months of this year were 39 per cent higher than in the same period of 1958. Reuter
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      25 2 DETROIT- The Chevrolet division of General Motors Corporation have announced that 9,350 workers are to be laid off today because of the steel strike.- Reuter
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      22 2 GRIMSBY. Dockers here decided yesterday to boycott the Icelandic trawler Hardbakur due to arrive early today with 26.500 stones of fish. Reuter
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      24 2 BANGKOK. The Thai Government has signed a contract with the Fuji Car Company of Japan for the construction of an oil refinery here. Reuter
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      17 2 WASHINGTON. The number of unemployed in the United States dropped by 196,000 to 3,230.000 in September. Reuter
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      16 2 AKRON, Ohio: Goodyear Tire and Rubber officials indicate the «teel strike has slowed down sales. Reuter
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      167 2 LONDON. East Asiatic Rubber Estates announced a dividend of 10 per cent, for the year to March 31. 1959. plus a special non-recurring bonus of 5 per cent, payable on November 17. LONDON. The London tin market continued to hold steady yesterday, helped by a fair Continental demand. LONDON. Prices
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    CUT IN AIR FARES ON SOVIET FAR EAST ROUTE
    296 2 CUT IN AIR FARES ON SOVIET FAR EAST ROUTE LONDON, Wednesday. A EROFLOT, the Soviet airline, is to reduce its long A distance jet and turbo-prop aircraft fares by 20 to 25 per cent as from Nov. 1 on domestic routes, Moscow Radio announced yesterday. Fares on these aircraft from
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    Advances rapid in London
    157 2 Advances rapid in London LONDON, Wed. The most active account the London Stock Exchange has ever experienced came to an j end yesterday on a firm note. Thtre was considerable pro-' fir during the morning. which more than oi! fairly large buying. But in the afternoon buyers gained the upper
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      U.K. Closing Prices
      67 2 NOTE: r c «S are middk RUBBER N c.i f Enrep< P«rt» Oct mm RUBBER No I R S Spot RUBBER N. Settlement Terms Nev ■m TONE S' PEPPER v Sarawak c.l.f. Europ. p»rtt Oct PEPPER Blact' Sarawak Sr ci f Enrop* ports Oct N TIN First
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      New York Prices
      39 2 New Yor k Prices *E* YOP» y TIN Straits «o< TIN futures Contract Oct Oec TONE Steartv S*. RUBBER Fut Nov. Jan TONE S SALES 26 lets No. 1 RSS landed pntr COFFEE Ptfti rot 8 Contract Above pr,
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      U.S. Pepper
      9 2 Malabar m shipment await O^tolwr I Ahovt
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      Copra, Coconut Prices
      69 2 COPRA PhH.ppmes c.i.r. uk Him European pr <*elivere<i per long ton r<ov COPRA. Straits c i t U.K. North repean port vered weikM per long ton Oct Mo* COCONUT OIL Straits ci t f ropean port bulk por |M| ton Oct. COCONUT OIL crude Ctylon c> f
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    679 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle priceSINGAPORE, Tuesday. Berjuntai 24 7= 7 2« i-i 1 Kempts INDUSTRIALS Previius Tslif Alex BmcKs Pret 1.75 1.70 Cros. 2.35 2.20 Atlas Ice l: .00 Buyers 8.8. Petrol 48 49 B.M. T rustee* 525 525 Con Tin Smelt Pref. IS- 19'--11
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      793 2 t»M« V« LINES \j£ Sailings ta ADEN. RED SEA. MEDITERRANEAN, -> CONTINENTAL t SCANDINAVIAN PORTS. a. 1/ S part P. S-imi Peiiif Cdy >C fttfaj i 11 it oct is 2t oct 21 22 oct a ms. Saaia 21 Oct 4 Nit 5 S Niv 8 7 Niv o^ >i)
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      290 2 HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD To Colombo, Genoa, Marseilles, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen Hamburg. Calls Southampton for passengers. S'pore P. S'r-am Penanf HESSENSTEIN (LLOYD) 12/14 Oct 15/11 Oet 11/17 Oct BRAUNSCHWEIG (HAPAG) 22/24 Oct 25/21 Oet 26/27 Oet SCHWABENSTEIN (LLOYD) 30 Oet/ 1 Niv To Manila, Hongkong, Yokohama, Nagoya and Kobe.
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    KUAN YEW HAS MADE 'ATOMIC REACTOR' GOVT.
    359 3 KUAN YEW HAS MADE 'ATOMIC REACTOR' GOVT. IPORFS Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. had produced a 5 -rta.ti.-n in Mngapore and made the Government a nuclear thr interests of the people. ,r in ::> last night acting Head Pharmacy at i a forum on the radii their role Le
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    Your lucky STAR
    109 3 D tOrres- Sot. on 21 -fe^ TAURUS i Apr. 21-May 21> ow real enthusiasm for job. Even project j new idea. It could lead to a rial raise Cl MINI J-June 21) —Friends can often prove ful in advancing toward i vour goal Areept aid. You j
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  • WOMEN'S CORNER
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      Lock icon She talked mum into letting her take up dancing
      221 3 She talked mum into letting her take up dancing VTOT many girls can persuade their mothers to see their point of view, but 14--year-old Carolyn Chan managed to do so. She pleaded with her mother to let her take up Eastern dancing. "Mum was not very keen at first, but
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      PROPOSED DRAFT FOR TIN PACT
      204 3 PROPOSED DRAFT FOR TIN PACT KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malayan tin miners are now going through a third working draft of a paper calling for substantial amendments to the tin agreement which expires on June 30. 1961. Malaya, the largest producer in the agreement, fully supports continuing the agreement but nine
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      Golden Jubilee celebration
      80 3 Anglicans will celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Diocese of Singapore on Sunday, at St. Andrew's Cathedral. The first Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. C. J. Fergu-son-Davie, whose 50th. consecration anniversary falls on the same year, will be specially remembered. Now 87. Bishop Ferguson Davie is
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      Plight of S'pore 'Specials'
      46 3 On the adjournment at today's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Assembly, Inche Mohamed All bin Alwi (UMNO-Kampong Kembangam will speak on the plight of members of the Special Constabulary, who are now jobless as a result of the abolition of the force.
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      202 3 JEFF HAWKE by Sydney Jordan Tv,£ BdAJKi CXSCSM T A COMCOOTING K' CMEC^EO UPON TWAT TWEV IP MV PLAN WORKS KMOV W€ EXtST VET MAC THOUGHT- BUT WHAT ACTUALLV WAD A VUNIATUPE ATOMIC WE MAY BE ABLE I ON MAC IT WO*TT SENO A POBOT ABOUT TWS ATOMIC PUE ASSEMBLED
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    Lock icon Panmunjom has degenerated into a tourist attraction
    709 4  -  SAMUEL KIM SIGHTSEERS TURN UP DAILY, LOOK IN AT MEETINGS, TOO By THE tiny truce village of Panmunjom in Korea, once the source of a worldwide hope for permanent peace, has degenerated into little more than a tourist attraction. Since July 27, 1953,
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    Lock icon Gift of elephant to Eisenhower
    63 4 WASHINGTON. President Eisenhower likened Dzimbo. a 4401b. baby elephant presented to him by the African Republics of the French Community, to "my grandchildren. They don't like carrots either." Dzimbo, after sampling a carrot proffered by the President, had refused a second and dived instead for
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    BY THE WAY
    212 4  - BY THE WAY Beachcomber AFJAPRUN mHOSE who are outside the X mysterious world of contemporary "music" can take it from me that I have just read of a "stratospheric trumpeter who plays a set of 10 toe-tappers." This kind of mazotto is for the snoogies who no longei dig wazzle-numbers,
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    Lock icon TRUMAN WASHES HIS OWN SOCKS
    483 4 TRUMAN WASHES HIS OWN SOCKS VEW YORK. Mr. Irineo Esperancilla, a Filipino who served four U.S. Presidents during his 25 years as chief steward at the White House, has now told his story. It includes intimate details of one President who kept a gun under his pillow for protection against
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      640 4 PATEK PHILIPPE The Master Watchmakers of Geneva An extraordinary record. In the most disputed wrist watch category, Patek Philippe has obtained the highest mark 55.42, ever recorded at the Geneva Observatory. Authorised Dealers Sole Agents H. SENA, LTD. Singapore Penang. CLASSIFIED ADS. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 129 Words $4 (Minimum) LESLIE AND MYRTLE
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      208 4 0 (KrSf* MOVING? Foe expert Pocking, remove! and storage I t services TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD. 173, Cecil Street, Singapore 1 Phone: *****. Managmg Director: I P^ fc) FIME FOOD...FINE MUSK uife! §<s>M<bm '-Wmwsi W?f\. BAR&RESTAURAII i. (except Mondays) < kB Supported by the Orchord Trio^L^^/f «rith Ernesto Doroyo ot piano.
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      161 4 rjf. 100 Programme Summary; cleer": 6.00 BBC. Jazz Club; Vandyke Affair— 2. The Marlow 1.02 Evy On the Ear; 1.30 The 6.30 Sound— 2. "High Notes and Incident, (a repeat of last SunNews- 140 Newstalk; 145 The Low Notes", day's broadcast); 9.00 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; 6.50 Sunset Serenade; 6.53
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      289 4 10 CLUES ACROSS 5. Old weapon for a denizen of 1. No complimentary stroke In the stream (4). court (B>. 6. Try elm transplanted into a 7. Like cats and dogs, perhaps fragrant evergreen (6>. < 5 >- 7. The Prinny period (7) 8. Without a handle, or what- n
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    The MALAYA WAS QUICKLY SINKING
    154 5 -AND THE MEN HAD TO KNOW IF SOS HAD BEEN PICKED UP... The in lifessed about in Their ship, and they their SOS "As we steamed away we could see the ship sinking It went out of sight when w*7 f > re barely m
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    Land scheme wider now
    69 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Government's land development programme is to be implemented in all 11 states in Malaya. This follows the agreement of Kelantan and Trengganu to fall in with the Federal Government's scheme. Agreement by the two panMalayan Islamic Party states will mean: An early
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    English classes
    44 5 Registration for English literacy (evening) classes to be opened by the Singapore of Education will take place from Monday to Saturday, next week at 41 centres to be announced soon. The total registered for its Chinese literacy classes last week was 2.532.
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    Rescue in stormy Straits
    61 5 A;FJAR I F 1 I I >nip to De swung around and to steam full speed to > inking ship. •When we arrived on the the fore-aft of the MALAYA was well under water and the crew had abandoned the ship and to lifeboats." The Pyrrus
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    Fewest RAF call at planes to Butterworth
    86 5 i Royal r Bri- flown around the world for occasion. The three bombers and military transport aircraft will take the eastward route via Malaya. The westward bound flight will be carried out RAF. Comet 2 transport aircraft on which Marshal Sir Denis Barnett.
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    Women's Diary TODAY
    148 5 Women's Diary TODAY KAMA LA CLUB: Malayalam class 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., 4 p.m. to G p.m. INPENDENT MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: Free film show at Nantina Home, Queen Street, 7.30 p.m. ROWCROFT THEATRE CLUB: "Dry Rot at REME Theatre, Rowcroft Lines. Ayer Rajah Road 8.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A. (Raffles Quay): International
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    Ministry seeks grant to improve its building
    209 5 Ministry seeks grant to improve its building THE Ministry of Labour t «t, t u« o^,,«^f the Free Press that work and Law has SOUgnt wou id begin immediately on Treasury sanction for receipt of the grant. a grant to carry out Mr Goh said that because structural alterations to
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    A CLUB FOR GRADUATES FROM UK
    191 5 A CLUB FOR GRADUATES FROM UK SINGAPORE graduates of British universities and colleges will soon have their own association. It will be called the U.K. Alumni. Headed By Mr. Alan Lim, an official of Shell Co., who is a graduate of Nottingham University, a group of these students have got
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    S.A.A. flag day
    15 5 The Singapore Aftercare Association will hold a flag day on Oct. 24.
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    Mr. Ong surveying work of anti-flood scheme
    82 5 Mr. Ong surveying work of anti-flood scheme ]\IR. Ong Eng Guan, Mi--I*l nister for National Development, commented that work of $400,000 antiflood scheme was going very well when he visited the working sites at Paya Lebar and Aljunied areas, Singapore, yesterday. The Ministry is racing against time to finish the
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    BIG CONTRACT FOR GAMMON
    79 5 Work on a $16,000,000 jet-age air base at Tengah. Singapore, will begin very soon the management of Gammon i Malaya) 1958 Ltd.. the firm which handles the project, announced yesterday. Though hundreds of workmen are expected to be engaged in the project, the firm declined to
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      130 5 HICH TIDES TODAY: 9.42 p.m TOMORROW: 10.13 am. and 10.22 p.m. FRIDAY: 10.37 a.m. and 10.59 p m. SATURDAY: 11.01 a.m. and 11.34 p.m. SUNDAY: 11.26 a.m. TUNE IN WITH THIS NATIONAL TRANSISTOR RADIO TUNE IN TO THE REST OF THE WORLD ON THE FOLLOWING WAVELENGTHS Si ""iii 25 3>
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    INTO THE INTRIGUING WORLD OF OLD COINS
    316 6  -  A. MAHADEVA by A LITTLE over 20 years ago rumblings of impending armed conflicts were sweeping the world., Almost every day the newspapers carried reports and articles that portended a catastrophic dash of the great international powers. All this caused anxiety to many
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    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
    246 6 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS WINSTON CHURCHILL has been In Parliament for most of the past 59 years. He is the sole remaining member who served under Queen Victoria great-great-gran/Imother of the present Queen Elizabeth 11. He has advised six sovereigns. BASIITraTHBONE has been playing God for four months in the
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    TV quiz rigged claim
    243 6 rriHE TV quiz scandals A exploded in Washing- E ton when a 32-year-old •s New Yorker, Herbert E Stempel, told a Congres-E E sional investigating com- E mittee that he won a E E fortune on the TV showE E "Twenty-one" but wasE E ?iven all
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    NOW FANCY THAT...
    375 6 2,200 WIDOWS BELOW AGE TOIGURES collected by two American doctors show that at the time of the last census in 1950, there were 2,200 widowed people under the age of 15 in the United States. Coloured red? RUSSIA'S moon rocket is being immortalised in the stained glass
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    THE WORLD OF SCIENCE
    519 6 THE WORLD OF SCIENCE MAN IS A SPIRIT SAYS DOCTOR LYNESS MAN is a spiritual being, and the materialistic interpretation of his existence is incorrect. This view is held by a scientist, and he is devoting his career to proving it. Clairvoyance as a science is the dedicated study of
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      248 6 j oecc^i I The Finwt ond Stereo ond Record Reprcdo JS I fl Price $43c/ lit I I lor <osh I H.P Term.. I I 100-125 4 200-230v AC. 5C Twin 3 -stage amplifiers with negative tecdl »ck u^ Four-speed automatic record chancier. Elliptical full range speaker and ESS speaker.
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  • YOUTH AND IDEALS
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      Verse competition results
      253 7  -  Paya Lebar Daniel Wang Many contestants I forgot reference to life in Singapore iyE received a big enough entry for the Simple Joys verse competition to indicate that there are many verse writers among our teenagers. It is regretted however, that many contestants forget to write of
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      A $5 prize for each oE these
      131 7  -  Don Titus Sim Kwang Chai Derek de Souza Life in school is joy, ice sing. But during history, sleep's the thing. We eat "katchang puteh" during geog.. We scream ichen we dissect a frog. Chemistry alicays brings the school roof off. Home made
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    SCHOOLDAY MEMORIES
    614 7  -  MARGARET WEE ALAN KHOO Cynthia Pestana. Katong Dead lizards and frogs on teacher's chair By AND They m ve gone too quickly Singaporeeans recall I h e i r hooldays with a wistful sii^h gone too quickly. In presenting a picture of schoolday attitude of those days tor
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    SIMPLICIUS FINDS JOY IN GIVING FREE PIANO LESSONS
    260 7 JOY comes in all sorts of forms. To 17--year old Simplicius Cheong it comes when he succeeds in persuading the youngsters in the neighbourhood to come and have free piano tuition from him. The one groat love of Simplicius is music He
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      359 7 ir^-i MUSIC FROM /g\ >Mgi!J THE BALLET "H.M. V." HOMAGE TO PAVLOVA Efrem Kurtz conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra ALP 1301 PETROUCHKA Etrem Kurtz conducting the Philharmonio Orchestra ALP 1503 LES SYLPHIDES CARNAVAL Robert Irving conducting the Philhormonia Orchestra CLP 1013 SWAN LAKE, Op. 20 Robert Irv.ng conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra
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    The CHARGING SYSTEM
    878 8 Leave regulator adjustments to the experts iin inn i pope. M.W.M.T-. deats this ireek with the charging system. MM it* adrire is generators are easily vhecked hut leave regulators atone. LEAVE IT &lfiȣj rE charging system of a car consists of two component parts, the generator and
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    Across Europe in 1933 Austin Seven
    137 8 A CANARY YELLOW and black Austin Seven of 1933 vintage is at this moment jogging across Europe from Turkey. In it are two enterprising British soldiers from the Cyprus garrison, due for release from the army, who decided to make their own way home
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    Those
    378 8 BRITAIN has the edge at this year's Paris Motor Show with her new small cars, which have certainly raised the eyebrows of engineers and designers. Raised, I judge, in approval. I guarantee it will not be long before France makes a swift reply, especially when the cost of tooling
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    SAFETY STRAP SALES ARE
    144 8 I HAVE news for those who favour safety-straps in cars. A head salesman friend reports sales of the straps have jumped lately. Onlv a few months ago, he says, it was difficult to interest car buyers in them. "Now almost every high- speed car I sell
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    All Gold Cup horses to start
    303 9  -  ALLAN LEWIS bf CA'IS MOUNT H* t Mentions of connections of the P rt handii apped in the 835,000 Singalo bo run over 1 miles at Bukit bnirduN i- to start. its, regarding a couple of n Niches Lee who won the Singapore Derby
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    57 9 JJAXGKOK. Wed. The Minister of Interior, Gen. Prapas Charusatien, said 'hat despite the present border dispute. Thailand would warmly welcome Cambodian sportsmen when they arrive here for the South-East Asia Peninsula Games in December. Gen. Prapas, who is also the chairman of the games, said: "Sports have nothing
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    18 9 Raffles Institution trounced Beatty Secondary School by 37 points to three in a rugger match yesterday.
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    90 9 GOLFER OF THE YEAR DUNEDIN. Florida. Wed. Art Wall, junior, was named "professional golfer of the year" by the Professional Golfers* Association. Selected by secret ballot of members of the PGA and sports writers. Wall gained 216 votes far ahead of the second choice. Bill Casper. American open champion who
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    SYSC plans for third anniversary
    148 9 SYSC plans for third anniversary THE Singapore Youth Sports Centre celebrates its third anniversary on Saturday, with a programme of sports, gymnastics, a lion dance and a film show for the public. The programme is as follows: Basketball: friendly match between RAF Seletar and SYSC mat Court No. 1 5.30
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    52 9 LONDON, Wed. Orimsby Town beat Queen's Park Ranger by three goals to one in their League Division 3 football match played at Grimsby yesterday. Other results: Division 3 Bradford City 2 Wrexham 2. Division 4 Rochdale 2 Gateshead 0, Walsall 2 Oldham 1, Watford 7 Hartlepools
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    32 9 LONDON, Wed. Dave Charnley, British lightweight boxing champion, yesterday signed the official contracts for his world title fight against Joe Brown, the holder, in Houston, Texas, on Dec. 2— Reuter
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    113 9 SINGAPORE: Rugger— SCC "A" v Johore Services, padang; 75 Squadron RNZAF "B" v The Blacks, Tengah; Army v All Blues. Thomson Road; REME v 221 BVD, Ayer Rajah Road; Nee Soon Garrison v Ist Bn.. Cheshire Regt., Selarang. Soccer: SAFA Senior Cup tie, Police v Darul Afiah, Jalan
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    140 10 CANBERRA. Wed. More V than 1.000 merchant ships are co-operating with Australian. British and New Zealand naval forces in a 12-day trade protection exercise covering one-seventh of the earth's surface. The exercise, which began on Monday, is aimed at testing the allied organisation for
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    62 10 Eden story is ready LONDON, Wed. Sir Anl thony Eden, whose political eclipse through broken health followed in the wake of the 1956 Suez crisis, will publish next February 29 his own account of the AngloFrench armed intervention in Egypt. This was disclosed yesterday by a spokesman for Messrs. Casell
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    38 10 LONDON. Wed.— Sir Evelyn Baring, who retires today after seven years as Governor of Kenya, hab been awarded the Queen's Commendation for Braye Conduct for rescuing a young Indian girl from drowning on Sept. 6. Reuter
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    55 10 A Singapore Harbour Board wireman, Selamat bin Haji RaLs. 34, who received severe injuries in a road accident two years ago, was awarded damages of $4,347 by Mr. Justice Ambrose in the High Court yesterday. The damages were awarded against a military laundry contractor. S. R. Rahmatullah.
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    185 10 BOMBAY. Wednesday. TIfRS. SYLVIA NANAVATI, 28-year-old English wife of an Indian naval officer accused of shooting dead his wife's lover, told a court here yesterday she had been infatuated with the dead man right up to the time of the alleged shooting. Dressed in a simple
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    36 10 WASHINGTON, Wed.— U.S. Under-Secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon left last night for the Far East where he will discuss U.S. aid and trade problems in Tokyo. Seoul, Taipeh and Hong Kong.— U.P.I.
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