The Singapore Free Press, 5 December 1959

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    13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1959. No. *****. 15 CENTS.
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    CEYLON: AN ELECTION
    249 1 CEYLON AN ELECTION Governor-General acts amid strained atmosphere Parliament dissolved Daha 9 s wish (COLOMBO, Sat— Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, GovernorGeneral of Ceylon, last night ordered the dissolution of Parliament on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Governor General also ordered a general election on March 19 and summoned the
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    Opionion Inhance for Malayan Architects
    35 1 Opionion Inhance for Malayan Architects I I I 1 iica--1 adhra ter--1 I I of I I the re- I ex- ;ews ome rchithc posmtry h sonse of conlocal -ying I here :.:thy outt uick
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    Lock icon CHINA RELEASES EX-EMPEROR HENRY PU YI
    250 1 CHINA RELEASES EX-EMPEROR HENRY PU YI PEKING, Saturday. npHE Chinese Supreme Court decided yesterday to x pardon and release Henry Pu Vi, former Emperor of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, after 14 years m custody. The name of the 53-year-old ex-Emperor appeared m a list of 33 war criminals
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    Lock icon Due soon — 'King of Singapore'
    76 1 Due soon 'King of Singapore' HOMER A. Tomlinson, 67 says he will proclaim him self "King of Singapore" on Dec 13 The self-styled bishop, now on his "conquest of the world" after setting out from New York on Nov. intends to proclaim himself Kine m 39 countries— "in th* eaus*
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    Lock icon KOALA BEAR BAN
    27 1 CANBERRA, Sac Australia's cuddly Koala Bear can no longer be exported, even to zoos. Commercial export of all Australian fauna was banned yesterday.— Reuter
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    BOOST FOR THEATRE FUND
    91 1 HUNDREDS of volunteers were all over Singapore city this morning selling National Loyalty Week souvenir cards. The cards will be sold the whole of today. Na- tional Flag Day. to collect funds for the National Theatre to be built at Kallang Park. Each card is m
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    Watch out for this opic...
    76 1 Watch out for this opic The Ramayana is India's epic poem. In splendour, chivalry and excitement it rivals Homer's Odyssey. Now it has been rewritten os o children's book. .for which the Free Press has bought serial rights. You will meet these wonderful characters: "The Story of Rama and Sita"
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    Lock icon U.S. monkey controls rocket in space
    165 1 U.S. monkey controls rocket in space WASHINGTON, Sat. A monkey made a flight into space yesterday, and returned fit and hungry. The highly trained animal aided the experiment by working a lever m response to a given light signals. Named Sam, he went up 75 miles m a Little Joe
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    Lock icon SEA CABLE
    20 1 WELLINGTON, Sat. The New Zealand Government has approved participation m the £88 million round-the-world Commonwealth submarine cable- Reuter
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    S'PORE TO GET CAR FACTORY?
    254 1 Italian firms considering setting up assembly plants ITALIAN car and scooter manufacturers may set up assembly plants m Singapore. Investigations are now being made. This was disclosed to The Free Press by Dr. Carmelo La Rosa, leader of a 14-man Italian trade mission, m an
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    Wage survey in Malaya
    81 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. About 92 leading employers m the Federation are being interviewed to give a picture of the working conditions and wage rates obtainable m the Federation. The Industrial and Commercial Employers' Association is gathering and pooling the information. Said its secretary, Mr. A. Thuraisingam.
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    18 hurt in acid attack on bus
    149 1 18 hurt in acid attack on bus I£UALA LUMPUR, Sat. Eighteen people were injured m a midnight acid bomb attack on a bus 10 miles from here last night. Three may lose their sight. They are all women. Their injuries are "very serious." They are m the general hospital here.
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    Lock icon GUATEMALA FEARS ATTACK
    37 1 ITASBI N G T O > (ou.mil of II Am<ii(.ni Si unusual session oniplaiDi i mar he. aft Mexican i irnlt C»H\iU» Council. Ml Steu de l.in i cprtN* n i a^k^d Un th. U.P.I.
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    BUSINESSMAN ROBBED
    14 1 thu^s rob h-MMi Toll, a t>u •'f V*>ou m kho Road. Mng.ii
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    17 1 LONDON Radio den polio "f Mlpp nraponj It \\< irdu+hi with i onscqurn< tt Rritjin Reuter
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    A BIG INCREASE IN TIN QUOTA
    403 2 Scope of buffer stock manager extended International Council has given extra 6,000 tons LONDON, Saturday. THE International Tin Council yesterday announced an increase m 1 the permissible exports quota. For the first quarter of 1960 the figure has been fixed at 36,000 tons— an
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    HONG KONG PRICES
    44 2 Union Ins. Canton $83.50 $83.50 Wheeloclc Marden t 5.55 HKong phone $30. T0 $31.00 Dairy Farm Cold Storage $20.30 $20.40 Taikoo Docks $38.50 $39.00 j HONO KONG. Friday, prices here today were: Yesterday Today H <fc S Bunking Corporation 51.045 $1,050
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    State needs industrial drive
    113 2 State needs industrial drive SINGAPORE should place special emphasis on industrialisation, while not neglecting the entrepot trade, and thus provide work for its increasing population. Dr. Charles Gamba, Lecturer m Economics at the University of Malaya, said this m an interview with The Free Press yesterday. He suggested that Singapore
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    Lock icon Airlines pool operations
    138 2 INDIAN, Australian and British airlines have agreed to pool operations, Air India International announced here yesterday. The statement was issued on behalf of the three airlines taking part m talks m Bombay British Overseas Airways Corporation, Air India International and Qantas. The statement said India, Britain and
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    QUITS TEACHING FOR ENGINEERING
    59 2 Mr. Teo Yew Chiat, 23, (above) a school teacher will join the Singapore Glass Factory today to take up a specialist course m slass production. Mr. Teo who is a parttime second year engineering student at the Polytechnic, said he decided to quit teaching; to take
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    Lock icon EXPLOSION IN SHIP
    39 2 BALTIMORE. Sat. Ma.ryland port authorities have received an SOS from a freighter m the Atlantic off Cape Henry, reporting an explosion In Its hold. The vessel, port authorities said, was identified as the Gulf Tiger. U.P.I.
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    Rounding the World Market Prices
    159 2 Rounding the World Market Prices NOTE: All prices belou are middle prices. U.K. Closing Prices LONDON. Dec. 4. Yesterday Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS ;i.t. European ports Dm S3 11 16 34. Jan 33} 34 << if, RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 341 ÜBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement Heine Terms
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    702 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. SINGAPORE, FRIOAY. INDUSTRIALS Yesterday Today AIM Bricks Prer 1.70 1.70 OrdS. 199 1.99 Attas Ice 1100 Buyers 8.8. Petrol *51'B.M. Trustees 5.25 5.25 Ccn. Tin Smelt Pref. 19'- 19'- OrdS. 47 9 48* Federal Dispensary 1.16 1.18 1 Fitzpatricks l.Mz
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      283 2 HAMBURG-AMERICAN LIME NORTH GERMAN LLOYD To Colombo, Genoa, Marseilles, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen Hamburg. Calls Southampton for passengers. S'oore P. Sham Pananf REIFENSTEIN (LLOYD) H/11 Dec 21 21 Dec 21/22 Dec MUNCHEN (HAPA6) 2123 Oec 24/25 Dec 25/21 Dec FRANKFURT (NAPW) 30 Dec 1 Jan 2/ 3 Jaa Express Service. At
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      338 2 SH/PS/N Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves today are: Ravenstein 1/2, Mersey Lloyd 4/5, Benvrackie S/7, Polydorus 6A. Teiresias 8/9, Marceli Nowotko 10/11, Radnorshire 13/14, Japara 15/16, Pres. Fillmore 18, Shunko Maru 19, Aow Siam. N. Wall 1. Salong N. Wall 2, Sedenak N. Wall 4, Tronoh N.
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      45 2 By Gog POP -Fine Goings On f^lj_t WMATVE >OU JiJhASXKIC* "T^E L»<jMTS|| IjQvSaß BKENJ UP TO, AKJO ?»A«K»KiO O^ Ha 7j i Irfc^^^Bni I■ m k^w B IMOvo caokj "fp44k-r I Oo»orr wckjOvj BE —MDU CAVTT- I "TT^4»fO»C I MUSnr'vE I DOioV -4f ROTTBO r~L\
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    Lock icon KE ARRIVES IN RAIN STORM
    294 3 forld tour begins m Rome for United States President ■j Russians announce a lj t l goodwill mission I India m January »ROME, Saturday. n a cordial but rain-soaked welRome, President Eisenhower ber h President Giovanni Gronchi r Italian Government leaders here was learned m
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    BLEEING BRAZIL REBELS SHOT
    25 3 I B I ired, nent ;i the ds m fl and the cape. B red at Brazi- .:ided I two :e!laB
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    THE MAG DIES AGED 66
    18 3 H B I fleet I Scot the B "urnI >übi Revn of -hip
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    XMAS SATIRE IS BANNED
    39 3 CANBERRA, Sat— A Ban had been imposed by the Australian Federation ol Commercial Broadcasting Stations on a record satirising the commercial exploitation of Christmas. The record was "Green Christmas" by the American satirist. Stan Freburg.
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    Lock icon BIG TO BRITAIN
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    GAULLE'S VISIT
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    Lock icon WOOMERA ROCKETS
    21 3 LONDON. Sat. Three British Skylark rockets were fired from the Woomera testing ground, Australia, on Monday and Tuesday.- Reuter
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    Lock icon MENZIES LISTENS TO THE IRIAN SONG
    139 3 JAKARTA, Sat.— Australian «J Prime Minister Mr. Robert Menzies last night gazed at a huge golden map of Indonesia showing Dutch -ruled West New Guinea as part of the Republic while a choir sang: Irian. Irian, Irian. Jurisdiction, territory of Indonesia. All peoples are
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    Australia pledges gift for Kinabalu memorial fund
    181 3 Australia pledges gift for Kinabalu memorial fund CANBERRA, Saturday. T'HE Australian Government would give A£5,000 x (M 534,000) towards the establishment of a national park on Mount Kinabalu m North Borneo. Announcing this yesterday, Mr. R. G. Casey, External Affairs Minister, said the park would commemorate 1,800 Australians and 600
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    Buddhists pray
    28 3 The Singapore Buddhist Lodge In Kirn Yam Road has asked all its members to pray nightly until Dec. 9 "for the prosperity and happiness of Singapore."
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    Lock icon HEAD OF STATE SHELTERS
    64 3 picture. r«UL? A G d| p |RT UAN NEGARA, Inche Yusof Ishak, shares an umbrella with the at 7^ 1 R n f °L P °J; Ce AE. G. Blades, before the rain washed out the Gran^Tatt^ at Jalan Besa r Smjapore. yesterday. At the microphone
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    Lock icon Uprising in Shan State crushed
    106 3 Uprising in Shan State crushed LASHIO, Sat. TTOE Burmese army has A suppressed a rebellion which began two weeks ago m the Northern Shan State, the army said here yesterday. All towns and villages occupied by the rebels m the Salween River area had been retaken by Burmese troops. A
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    Lock icon Anti-Nehru march in Nepal
    66 3 Anti-Nehru march in Nepal JTATMANDU, Sat.-Students *»> here marched through the streets to the Indian embassy yesterday to protest against a statement by the Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, last week that any aggression against Nepal would be considered aggression against India. The demonstrators shouted: "Down with Indian expansionists" and
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    Lock icon SEATO WOULD AID INDIA
    70 3 WELLINGTON, Thurs. If India were attacked by China, Seato forces m the Pacific would gc to her aid, the Commander-in-Chief of French forces m the Pacific, Rear-Admiral J. C. Ever.ou, said here yesterday. "The basic decision would be one for the political leaders of the nations
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    Lock icon CATHOLICS WILL FAST ON DEC. 23
    69 3 VATICAN CITY, Sat.— Pope John ha« brought forward from Christmas Eve to December 23 the obligation of fasting and abstinence from meat for Catholics, according to a decree of the Vatican's Congregation of the Council. The announcement said this had been done at the
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    Lock icon Probe of dam disaster
    153 3 Probe of dam disaster F|RAGUIGNAN (French U Riviera), Sat.— The public prosecutor of Var Department announced here last night he had begun legal proceedings m connectionwith the Frejus dam disaster. No further details were given. Government Ministers arrived to make inquiries. Women wept openly as Bishop Henry Mazerat of Frejus
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    INDIAN HEADS GAZA UNEF
    47 3 INDIAN HEADS GAZA UNEF NEW YORK, Sat.— MajorGeneral P. S. Gyani of the Indian Army has been nominated by Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, the SecretaryGeneral, to be commander of the United Nations Emer gency Force m the Gaza Strip m succession to Lieutenant General E. L. M. Burns.
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    Lock icon BULLET HOLES IN PLANE
    28 3 JAKARTA, Sat— A Garuda Indonesian Airways Convair landed at Palembang, South Sumatra with mysterious bullet holes on its body, Antara news agency reported. Reuter
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    Lock icon A CHRISTMAS CLOWN SAYS HELLO
    93 3 A clown makes friends at yesterday's party "for underprivileged children, organised by the Hans Andersen Club at Raffles Hotel. Singapore's new State flag mingled with traditional Christmas decorations and the 500 children sang "Majulah Singapura." There were two Father Christmases distributing toys and a six-item
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      43 3 ARTS BULL Hotel Sat. 1 2th Dec 515 admits two m aid of the Singapore Children's Society feat urlfl f t Hc #n' c fin<* ls c i I 190^ X W SwWSltu SB ■■■■■■■■r W&^^A B Vwho will be 'MISS SUPERSHELL I96O*
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    TREATS TO COME
    118 4 TREATS TO COME TARZAN. The Ape Man is being recorded. The film music marks a unique use of Afro-Cuban type scoring. COMPOSER Jeir Alexander ha^ written a special dance number for Herman, the crafty pigeon m Metro Goldwyn Mayers "The Gazebo". The murder mystery-comedy stars Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds.
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    COLOUR PROBLEM IS MIXED IN WITH THIS MURDER
    276 4  - COLOUR PROBLEM IS MIXED IN WITH THIS MURDER ESME BAPTISTA THE FREE PRESS FILM Pa^ PREVIEWS BY "CAPPHIRE" is a film which not only unravels a muni rays the true position of Britain's colour problem 1? and black, are thrown together through some thin th^ n it spells disaster. iread^(
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    The wonderful world in which we live
    320 4 The wonderful world in which we live 'THE third Cinerama adventure, "Seven Wonders of the World/* presented by Lowell Thomas, is a joyous affirmation of the earth's beauty. It is one of the triumphs of Cinerama that countries, already familiar to many, are made to reveal an intense magic beauty
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    MUSIC AND LAUGHSA PLEASANT CHANGE
    185 4 IT is a pleasant change to see a good film which relies neither on sex nor violent action for its theme. Such is 20th Century Fox's musical comedy, "Bobbikins." The star is baby Steven Stocker, a chubby faced toddler who causes a whirlwind m the
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    NEW RUSE TO BEAT THE LAW
    228 5 y e moneylenders Yon' 8* ye l° a ns Imittst post-dated I cash cheques rgSSED moneylenders in Singapore e devi^d a new method to beat the dendiT* Ordinance which barred them xn busine> out loans to "selected clients' cheques instead of making the romissory
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    Sunday's Services
    65 5 icca In I a.m. ::vV> ln lUton. hurch; j .9 30 :oh; p.IM I a m L Via Chu i B Qg Of Scbool; m m >ng: 430 J>m. I Gosjjel I rim church ■ynicMß Read: 9 15 a.m. I .'at ion :.-eiistic Sermrr.W Road: IS am. SunB
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    THE MASSAGE RLPOURS NOW
    24 5 THE MASSAGE RLPOURS NOW par.censed Governtotal to -an, j rAay es were udy iisr Car:t ipplicaby the p»iron: proprietors P irlours, did not lualifi-
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    water areas
    23 5 off I \iian I juneI rangoon I Payoh I to 230 I Hill K^V*yi 1 between I Angora I p.m. nnec-
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    High Mass
    29 5 The Cathedral of the Good Shepperd. Singapore will hold a Pontificial High Mass for peace and prosperity m the new State of Singapore tomorrow at 10 a.m.
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    Art display
    25 5 The Sunny Way Kindergarten m Stevens Road, Singapore, will hold an exhibition of art and handicraft from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. to-morrow.
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    Inche Yusof to visit site of theatre
    157 5 TODAY'S LOYALTY WEEK SHOWS THE Yang di-Pertuan x Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, will visit the site of the National Theatre for Singapore at Kallang Park at 5 p.m. next Wednesday. This is one of the highlights of the National Loyalty Week, which
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    SOCIETY PICKS OFFICIALS
    96 5 Following were elected officials of the Malayan Society of Engineers: President, Mr. P. C. Lim: vice-president, Mr. Chan Kui Chuan; hon. secretary, Mr. Gan Eng Kee; hon. treasurer, Mr. Hiew Slew Nam: hon. auditors, Mr. Neo Poh Choon and Mr. R. A. Baker. Other members on the
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      Choose your ideal colour this easy way
      193 5 Choose your ideal colour this easy way ANE of the best ways of building up a wardrobe is to concentrate of clothes of the colour that flatters you most. Ah. you may say. but how can I be sure exactly which colour that is? Here is the solution to your
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      No S.I.T. visit for Mr. Ong
      40 5 No S.I.T. visit for Mr. Ong The Minister tor National Development, Mr. Ong Eng Guan. will not visit any Singapore Improvement Trust estate today because ot the heavy National Loyalty VVeek j programme. He will resume the visits next week.
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    Lock icon IT'S A BEN HUR HAT
    33 5 picture. VYSE of London shows this modern adaptation of a prayer hat worn by the men of Judea m the new version of the film, Ben Hur. Popper
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    Blood: Where to go now
    77 5 The blood donation session In Singapore which was to have been held at the Pegu Road Clinic on Sunday has been cancelled since a Blood Donation Centre has been set up at the Victoria Memorial Hall for the duration of National Loyalty Week. People wishing
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      151 5 RIP KIRBY By John Prentice 6c Fred Dickenson PyTK?Wv7Vyj^ x^/ U| I fc #X unfortunately; with time blt t»e ma\jiez %^SV/ 'h\s joint ain't NgMfr^vfcgf PAPEPS THAT YOUR T ~^J El U^Kl PF FCR r PGE?% *4N? r O /^Jff\l AtLL BUILT. 1 THINK ||i|BF^lH| CIP OPPONENT THE I £W**%
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      99 5 t^ m^ L r^^^^2^~ a al lA^^*2t^MF^ m S^tKtfSU^^^^^&^^tfa&&Z BORN today, you have a rather complex, even contradictory, nature. And since you appear to be a different person to different people, you are often misunderstood. By nature, you are quicktempered and impulsive and often say, m wrath, biting things which
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      411 5 you have been accepted into the inner circle, it is for life. Remember, too, that it takes two to make a serious argument and there usually are two sides to every question. If you are willing to listen to both sides before making a decision, all goes much more smoothly
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    Random Thoughts
    760 6  - Random Thoughts BUMI PUTERA Kaja 355 iii i i i 1 1 THE MAN ON THE WHARF THE year was 1932. The place was a SingaX pore Harbour Board wharf amidst the bustle one always finds along the waterfront on weekdays. We had just come oft a ship one of
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    Love, Money, Tina
    774 6 AS SHE SHOWED ME ROUND THE YACHT, I COULD TELL IT MEANT NOTHING TO HER By ANNE SHARPLEY pERHAPS it was be- cause her fibre was so unexpectedly fine for a girl of Mediterranean blood. The soft, sweet, tiny voice. The pale wraiths of hair that always
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    BY THE WAY
    167 6  -  Beachcomber kf READING about a "staggering demand for twin babies" I thought what bad news this must be for the gloomy statisticians who, m spite of the fact that world food production is increasing faster than the birth rate, continue to prophesy universal famine. But, on reading
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      423 6 111 II CLUES ACROSS 4. Pertaining to milk <6>. 1. Lucifer for darning? Its very J- A sweet sUcky spread (7) close! (1 6 5> 6. Command attention by grasping what's under one's 8. Captivate the way m <B>. feet (4. 3, 5). 9. When diving it Lsn t rung
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    RUPEES ARE GOING CHEAP
    354 7  -  P.M.RAMAN < >*^eney^estrietions by IndianGo vt Itts Singapore money-changers By 1 hi JLi an r .!i pee one of the m °st w«rw le urren c»« m the n,?r ki gOUIJf chea P in the Singapore black market. R* 2i F 9° r 4!°° eople are
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    Reunion after 32 years' parting
    274 7 Reunion after 32 years parting AIR. H. H. PEREIRA, a 111 58-year-old father, looked anxiously as a group of passengers from Ceylon arrived at Nthe Singapore Airport yesterday. i their faces hop•ch an unfamiliar son. But he >t recog that longing to be\a quite natural. but embarrassing. Mr. Perelra was
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    GIVE UP FLICK KNIVES CALL TO SCHOOLBOYS
    212 7 GIVE UP FLICK KNIVES CALL TO SCHOOLBOYS PRINCIPALS of all Singapore schools have been instructed to obtain the surrender of flick knives m the possession of their students. The directive to the principals follows receipt of a letter from the Commissioner* of Police to the Ministry of Education last week.
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    Swami talks on Bhagavad Gita
    30 7 Swami talks on Bhagavad Gita There will be a class on •Bhagavad Gita' today at 6.30 p.m. at the Ramakrlshna Mission, 9 Norris Road, conducted by Swami Siddhatmananda, the president.
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    Two cooks with a prize touch
    50 7 Private J.A. Sanders and Cpl. Jaafar bin Wan Ibrahim won prizes as topnotch cooks yesterday m the Singapore Base District Inter-unit Messing and Individual Cookery Competition at Nee Soon. The 37th Company R.A.S.C. (Water Transport) won the British section and M.B.T.C. the Malay section.
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    Women's Dairy -TODAY
    134 7 Women's Dairy -TODAY YW.C.A. (Raffles Quay): Rhythmic movement 9.45 a.m.; Poise and personality, 10.45 a.m. yWCA. /Outram Road) Young Adults Club: folk dancing. 4 p.m.; Malay. 7 p.m. S.MVATIONARMY: (Clemenceau Aye.): Christmas i<*iir 1 D.m. to 7 p.m. FAMHY PLANNING ASSOCIATION: Fl«f l>ay EXHIBITIONS <Ra«\7 MuMiim): 'China by Y. H.
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    AAS NOW HAS TWO PARKING KIOSKS LEFT
    130 7 rE Automobile Association of Singapore car parking kiosk at Empress Place has been taken -over by the Singapore Highway Authority. The AAB now retains only two parking kiosks m the city area. They are at Raffles Place and Collyer Quay, the AAB secretary,
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    Loan exhibition of paintings
    66 7 Loan exhibition of paintings Members of the Singapore Art Society have been invited by the Working Committee of the National Art Gallery m Kuala Lumpur to take part m a Loan Exhibition of paintings by Singapore artiste. The exhibition will be held for one month at the Gallery commencing next
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      41 7 HIGH TIDES TODAY: 1.46 p.m. TOMORROW: 3.29 a.m. and 2.38 p.m. MONDAY: 4.20 a.m. and 3.35 p.m. TUESDAY: 5.20 a.m. and 4.52 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 6.26 a.m. and 6.40 p.m. THURSDAY: 7.26 a.m. and 8.15 p.m. FRIDAY: 8.14 a.m. and 9.20 p.m.
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    GARDENIA CUTTINGS GROW SO EASILY
    260 8  -  M.R.S. A R SCOTT By A flower that is known lo all GARDENIAS grow easily and are common m Malaya, almost every garden having at least one bush, so the white sweetly-scented flowers are well known to everyone. In Europe Gardenias have to be grown
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    Dealing with mealy bugs
    365 8 The opening buds are attractive, a s the petals are twisted and half overlapping and the exposed margin of each segment is green. As they unioia the bicolour effect of the green and white of the outer petals is most fresh and pretty. Not long-lived They
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    RUPERT'S DEEP SEA ADVENTURE
    205 8 Soon the seaweed package is opened and they are all dizzied by the sparkling. glowing colours of the treasures from the bottom of the ocean. "Father Neptune s^id that you shouldn't search wrecks for a silly thing like gold." says Rupert. "AH the gold m the
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      174 8 Junior Crossword CLUES ACROSS.-^ kingly manner. 6. Kin open riding- is a popular .sport on cake, made with jam. etc. 10. some coasts. 5. You may have The house you !i\e m, for exone m a pet. 7. River m Scotland ample. 11. French word mea:. famous for salmon. 8.
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    THEY CUT
    38 9 THEY CUT I most ".an mils Be- u A I n the I t0 I -:tiodox I tdiI I I I I I I I old o shoulItamt I 5 heart. I this evoit to iced, apparinges -eh.
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    CHANGED SHAPE TO DOWN BODY NOISE
    666 9 ROBERT GLENTON road-tests Yauxhall Cresta Take the car I have been testing. The Vaux h a 1 1 Cresta. I have always liked it for its speed, its burliness, its happiness In the wet, and the way it can hold six people without elbow
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    GO, KART, GO ...!
    78 9 GO, KART, GO (JO-KART racing, the I v* current miniature car craze m America, is Jo be staged m Northern England. One of the drivers will be Reg Har- «s, the former world I clin X champion. Go- I Karts are only a yard I wide but they' are cap-
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    GLENTON'S SCORECARD
    56 9 Pus. (Max REMARK" 10» Vw% -m m i a It wouldn't earn a trown m a fcn n reading room. Steerinf Don't try U-turn*. Suspension t Sponge-driving. C«racrtaif 8 No need for a stiff *pper Up. .Comfort It At heartwarming at a log fire. Finish 10 Extremely Hollywood.
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    TOO MANY MODELS'
    122 9 MR. FRANK COUSINS, secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, has called on Britain's major car firms to co-operate m producing fewer models for sale to the world. He told the Oxford University Labour Club that too many of Britain's great Industrial organisations worked on the
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    Lock icon HOAD WINS PRO TENNIS TITLE
    48 10 ADELAIDE, Fri.— Lew Hoad Australia) won the professional lawn tennis tournament here last night when he defeated Pancho Gonzales (USA) 6-4. 6-0. Frank Sedgman Austra- defeated Rex Hartwig (Australia) 6-3. 5-7. 6-4. to take second place. Gonzales was third and Hartwig fourth. Reuter
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    29 10 COPENHAGEN. Fxi.—Denmark beat England 7-0 m the European Zone first round of the Über Cup women's world badminton team championship here last night. Reuter
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    Interport cricket
    43 10 HONG KONG. Sat— The visiting Royal Bangkok Sports i Club just managed to hold the local R. E. Lee's XI to a draw here yesterday m the first of a series of interport matches by Bangkok, Malayan and Hong Kong teams.
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    HIGH PRAISE FOR THE LOCAL REFEREES
    279 10 Barnes talks about Malayan soccer WALLY Barnes, famous Arsenal and Wales soccer star who was here 18 months ago on a coaching tour, has a i high opinion of Malayan soccer referees. He says their standard is high and he has urged the British
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    FA Cup upsets likely today
    223 10 BIG REWARDS AT STAKE vyiTH big financial considerations at stake, the forty surviving clubs m the FA Cup competition await today's ties with bated breath and much anxiety. This is the Round which is the Open Sesame to fame and fortune with the possibility of
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    LEARNING THE HARD WAY
    52 10 LONDON. Twelve months ago Luton centre half Syd Owen was hailed "The Footballer of the Year", dined, wined and presented with the Football Writers' Association statuette. Now he Is manager of Luton, bottom of the First Division, and struggling to find a way to avoid the
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    Johore tennis
    61 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. The Johore Bahru District Lawn Tennis Association's open championships will be held on the courts of the Johore Civil Service Club from Dec. 17 to Dec. 27. The events are men's singles and doubles, mixed doubles, veterans doubles, novices singles and doubles. Entries should be
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    Today's rugger on the air
    51 10 Today's rugger on the air The English service of Radio Singapore will broadcast a commentary on the H.MS. Malaya Cup south zone final between Singapore Civilians and Singapore Joint Services, to be played on the padang today, as part of National Loyalty Week celebrations. The broadcast will commence at 4.45
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    Lock icon RETURN MATCH CHANCE FOR CHARNLEY
    111 10 RETURN MATCH CHANCE FOR CHARNLEY ONDON, Fri.—London boxmJ ing promoter Jack Solomons wants to stage a return match for the world lightweight title between Joe Brown and Dave Charnley In England. Brown retained the championship against British challenger Charnley m Houston, Texas, on Wednesday. The referee stopped the fight after
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    SUSPENDED FOR LIFE
    46 10 SUSPENDED FOR LIFE LONDON. A Liverpool amateur full back has been suspended for life for butting a' referee. The official had three teeth knocked out and had to have all the remainder removed. The player was also fined Ms4s at the local police court for assault.
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    Singapore swimmers sure of medals
    295 10  - Singapore swimmers sure of medals Francis Boey By SINGAPORE'S swimmers for the South East Asia Peninsula Games at Bangkok this month will most probably return home with the most number of medals won by any team. This was stated by the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's national coach, Mr. Kee Soon
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    BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE
    174 10 ALTHOUGH he was vul/V nerable, South flouted two conditions when he opened this deal with One Heart; he lacked both a ,sound rebid and the playing strength to make up for his weakness m high cards. What is more, he was up against opponents who knew
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      159 10 TODAY RUGBY: H.M.S. Malaya Cvp Singapore Civilians v Singapore Joint Services, padang 5.00 p.m.; Nee Soon Garrison v South Johore, Nee Soon; RAF Seletar *B f v The Blacks. Seletar: RAF Changi B v 221 8.V.D., Changi. RNZAF v Tankards, Tengah: 443 8.A.1), v REME, Kcat Hong. HOCKEY: SHA league:
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    ALL THE LATEST SELECTIONS
    309 11 FREE PRESS STRAITS TIMFc? ha, 4 vu,, i^m~ tbw»a««.T~ S "MES MALAYMAIL NAN YANG NANFANG I ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP rai i ./w i I CALL BOY POINTER L.M.V. KWEE LOH MA YU-LOONG I Rhl ni RELIABLE M lunfhr NriKf Clear Reception RELIABLE C. RECEPTION
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    FREE PRESS RACE DAY
    71 11 FREE PRESS RACE DAY BEST BETS ALLAN LEWIS' best bets for today Reliable (Race One), Tua Pwar (Race Three) and All Clear (Race Seven). Best outsiders Grand Coup (Race Five), Lord Frederick II (Race Eight) and Sulpizio (Race Six). The going will be heavy. TRESPASSER'S best bets: Oleander II (Race
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    FIRM OF TODAY'S RUNNERS
    1208 11 ONE rack Re- B 4 5 \u:h Gameborough .aer. RUSSIAN KIM 3-12-59— Was out to make time over 3F m 44 Fan W/UUH No recent track re—C RACE TWO lL\v> DIV. 6 FURS. \>H HFQI E: No recent ie report Fancied; won m II'PFK MV 1-12-59
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    1395 11 RACE 1-2.15: CLASS 4, DIV. 3- 6 FURS. 1. ***** CARGO RICE 9yr. cheg (W. Tan) Allan 9.00 (2) Leon* 2. ***** DANCING WATER 6yr. brag (James H Stable) Daniels 8.13 6 Geyer 3. ***** ACTRESS 111 3yr. cham (Shaw Stable) Spencer 8.12 (11) 4. *****
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    Grand Coup now a threat
    754 12 ALLAN LEWIS BRINGS YOU FINAL HINTS ON TnnAY'S RACES AT BUKIT TIMAH LIKES WET TRACK IN ST. LEGER RACE Pack of Cold will be hard to beat ANE and a quarter inches of rain at Bukit Timah last evening U will make today's St. Leger
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    ST. LEGER VETERAN
    79 12 IN the field of nine for today's St. Le- ger only Via Victoria has previously contested the race. He finished second to On Stage last >! year. Garnet Bougoure rider of Grand Coup m todays main S event won last year's St. Leger on On Stage. Mr.
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    Burnley's record
    65 12 LONDON. Burnley, running so strongly for the First Division Championship, have 38 professionals on their staff and not one of them was transferred from another Football League club. Two came from the Irish League, and the other 36 were all signed from local junior or schools football surely
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    They can take the going
    168 12 They can take the going THE following horses nave raced well on son or neavy going. Race One:— Cargo Rice, Clear Reception, Ellew. Reliable. White Magic. Race Two:— Cash Cheque, Lucky Game, Sapper Prince, Dragon Seed, Gameborough ill. Tua Pwar and Ellen's Treasure. Race Three: Carbon Paper, Colza, Hindu Robe,
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    SPORTRAIT
    19 12 Even the most plausible Motor Show salesman would be hard pressed to make your performance sound convincing I
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    Title to Fraser and Emerson
    41 12 MELBOURNE, Sat. Neale Fraser and Roy Emerson won the men's doubles title m the Victorian State lawn tennis championships here yesterday beating fellow Australians Bob Howe and Bob Hewitt 6-3, 3-6, 15-13, 7-5 m the final.
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    276 12 KARACHI, Sat.—Pakistan, beaten m the first two Tests, had to struggle for 157 for four wickets against Australia on the opening day of the third and final Test. They were indebted to young Hanif Mohammad <51j and Saeed Ahmad (72 not out) who defied
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    38 12 LOGAN, Utah, Sat.— Gene Fullmer (Utah) is seven to five on favourite to retain the American National Boxing Association's version of the world middleweight crown when he meets 'Spider' Webb (Chicago) here today. Reuter
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