The Singapore Free Press, 26 December 1959

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    13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS No. *****. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1959 15 CENTS.
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    Opinion Afro-Asian group
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    Lock icon A CRIME-FREE XMAS
    337 1 A CRIME- FREE XMAS FEW TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; ONLY TWO FATAL Busy day for Kandang Kerbau staff: Record 101 babies Most Singaporeans decided to at home SELF-GOVERNING Singapore's first Christma> was crime-free and one of the quietesi since World War 11. thousands slept late this morning the Police Secretary, Mr. William
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    THE QUEEN SPEAKS 126 XMAS WORDS
    199 1 T ONDON, Sat. The Queen yesterday assured the people of the Commonwealth of her •constant interest and affection" m her shortest Christmas Day message ever. The Queen, who la expecting her third child early m the New Year, spoke only 126 words m the
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    BORDER BUILD-UP
    164 1 lleavilv-ariiied Chinese are sel for Himalayan winter NEW YORK, Sat. The New York Times said yesterday m a dispatch from Kalimpong that heavy concentrations of Chinese Communist troops were reported along much of India's 2,500-mile frontier. The dispatch said the Chi nese were reliably reported to have established
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    Lock icon TRAIN DERAILED
    26 1 COALING, ALABAMA, Sat. —A railway freight train was derailed near here yesterday several cars catching ftre near 10 larg* 1 butane gas tanks.— U.P.I
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    Lock icon IT'S PARIS FOR SUMMIT
    337 1 Khrushchev says yes 61// proposes either April 21 or May 4 MOSCOW, Sat. The Soviet Union has accepted the Big Three Western Powers' invitation to attend a summit conference next Spring, it was officially announ ced here yesterday. In accepting the Western 5s Jffsi ss« fh€
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    Lock icon Plane crashes in Sumatra Pilot killed
    91 1 fAKARTA, Sat. A Dakota airliner of the Govern-ment-owned Garuda Indonesian Airways crashed shortly alter the take-off from Palembang. south Sumatra, on Thursday afternoon. The captain of the aircralt was killed, the co-pilot, radio operator and the stewardess were injured, according to loeaj news agencies.
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    Lock icon 8 die in crash
    40 1 HAVERSTRAW, Now York, Sat— A car crammed with 11 persons crashed into a concrete stanchion here yester- day. killing eiuht persons and critically injuring three others all believed to be members of the same lamily. U.P.I.
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    DETAILS OF LEE'S 6-DAY R.I. VISIT
    122 1 DETAILS OF LEE'S 6-DAY R.I. VISIT JAKARTA, Sat. The J Indonesian Foreign Office announced today that Singapore's Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. would call on President Sukarno. First Minister Dr. Djuanda. Foreign Minister Dr. Subandrio and Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Advisory Council Roeslan Abdulgani during his visit to
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    Lock icon VILLAGE IS HIT BY LANDSLIDE
    65 1 JAKARTA. .Sat.- A major landslide has hit the village of Tjibansyala. m the Tjiandjur Regency of West Java, according to Jakarta net paper reports. They .say 43 houses havr been buried, and 183 others damaged or totally destroyed. There were no injuries to the village's
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    STOP PRESS
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      36 1 PAGE Penang Race Special 11, 12 Rama and Sita 5 Passage of Arms 6 Gardening 8 Cartoons 8 Your Lucky Star 5 Women's Corner 4 Film Reviews Car and Car Care 9 Other Overseas Cables 3
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    CITY LIGHTS
    28 2 Glad to see you back. Podbury. tcell mustn't keep you— no doubt after a few days away you'll have a bit of tidying up to do
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    DRIFTING WARSHIPS BACK IN TOW
    245 2 Gales lash world oceans Many drowned UK share holders get Vmas surprise I ONDON, Sat. Asur- prise Christmas present came to shareholders m Lancashire Dynamo Holdings, an electrical equipment manufacturers, m the form of a £9.250.000 take-over bid. tere I ectrical icturing. ottered *J4 CHshire
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    A NEW GUIDE OUT FOR THE NEW STATE
    295 2 A NEW GUIDE OUT FOR THE NEW STATE NEW Edition of the popular "Guide to Singapore and Spotlight on Malaya" has come oiT the press. It appears at an opportune time when so many things are changing m our Stat€ of Singapore, making the appearance of a new edition most
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    GHANA TO RUN OWN SHIPS
    66 2 GHANA TO RUN OWN SHIPS HAIFA. Sat. The Ghana Government is to become sole owner of the Black Star shipping line, hitherto a joint GhanianIsraeli enterprise, following an offer by the Israeli partners to sell their 40 per cent to Ghana. It is understood that the Black Star line intends
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    61 2 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves today are: Thermoplae 1 2. Cyclops 4 5. Star Bellatrix 67. Avala 6A. Crzyosloht 8 9. Asahi Maru 10 11. Sibago 13. Emp. Kitti- wake 21 22. Cracandore 27. j Bali 31 32. Bencleuch 33. >h 35. Ben Benon
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    Rubber futures Mere easier
    42 2 NEW YORK. Sat— Rubber, futures were easier yesterday on scattered liquidation j m thin pre-holiday dealings. Physical rubber was quiet; with most firms closing half day. In London the market was clo>ed yesterday and will reopen on Monday.
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    Lock icon FREER TRADE
    22 2 PARIS, sat. France will remove quota restrictions from 19 countries on Jan. 1. Cars, whisky and textile.^ are included.- Reuter
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    Lock icon NEW R.I. NOTES
    20 2 JAKARTA. Sat- The Bank; of Indonesia is to issue new 10 and 25 rupiah notes. j Reuter
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    Freighter goes down as its cargo explodes in storm off Yugoslavia
    264 2 Freighter goes down as its cargo explodes in storm off Yugoslavia LONDON, Saturday. TWO obsolete American aircraft carriers, which have been drifting m mid-Pacific since they broke loose from the Dutch tug Elbe on Dec. 15, have been taken m tow, the Elbe's London agents report. The carrier Mission Bay
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  • WORLD PRICES
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      U.K. Closing Prices
      64 2 LONDON. Ore. M. Wednesday Today »EPPER Whita Sarawak fa q. c if. European ports Doc 63; M| PEPPER: Black Sarawak Special oi f European ports Dee <5| IS Above prices Q'JC' «ie TIN First Sessitn Spot < 7sT; Threo months f7S4i -.>3; Settlement Priro tT^Tt TONE Barely
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      New York Prices
      56 2 NEW YORK Dec 24 Werint«day Today TIN Strait* spot 99 00 $--7 TIN futures Strait! Centraet TONE SALES: RUBBER Futurti Jan 4 1 4.*> Mar 4 TONE: Easier I SALES: 23 Ml i No. 1 RSS Jan. landed price ll] tl| COFFEE: Futurt« Contract March 31 47
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      Copra, Coconut Prices
      96 2 LONDON. Oec ?4 Wednesday Today COPRA Philippines if. U.K. North European pert* deliver** weight per long ton Dec. 12 I COPRA. Stratts c .i.t. U.K. North Euriptin ports <*•!•- vered weight Ptr long ton Dec. Jan E Mi L Ml tUCONUT OIL crude Straits o.i f. European
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    854 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. KEY TO MARKINGS cci Cum capital itsae x xtll eiclDiiif tvtrytliifi li =s excluding diviiet,* cli cum linos issue y xcr =r excluding capital titura t ccr as cm capital retort I ci cua Impend i el cum Mnus 1
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    OVIET GREETING TO U.S.
    227 3 jg-^S2g_ffi!CP^y to be 'truly a year of peace' Khrushchev sends gilts to Eisenhower family MOSCOW, Sat.Russia wished all Americans "Merry Christmas" m a special broadcast. "At this Christmas season we are better off than we were last year," said a Radio Moscow broadcast to North America.
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    13 'QUEENS'
    43 3 Ithr s,n R apore brauty queens who t>»«vn of Queens" title at a charity a llotrl tonight m aid of the Overseas Mary Lim. Teresa Maltby. m Helen Warts. Margaret Whyte! m l.ft Abdullah. Janet Woo ellne Ann Goddard, Gladys Lim!
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    0 VATION FOR WALKER BARBARA, 56
    83 3 0 VATION FOR WALKER BARBARA, 56 LONDON. Saturday. MOORE, 56-year-old Russian-born n reived a traffic -stopping welcome g hristmas revellers when she com-;-mile walk from Edinburgh to London ii night on Christmas Eve. I she's a jolly good fellow" .c reached Marble Arch, m K::d. al i crippling march of
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    Lock icon XMAS peace message by the Pope
    107 3 XMAS peace message by the Pope LONDON, Sat Pope Jonn iterday gave worshipm St. Peter's Square a >age of "light, joy and peace." peechj a 1. »n the crowd, estimated about 60.000, as people knelt m the square to receive Apostolic blessings. The voices of doctors, teacher>. farmers, and sportsn
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    Blood donors
    35 3 THE Singapore Blood Transfusion Service, which j was closed during the Christmas holidays, will be open i tomorrow between 9 a.m. and noon for new and regular donors at the General Hospital. I
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    Lock icon Soviet official sacked
    51 3 MOSCOW. Sat. Mr Yury Maksarev has been relieved from his post of chairman of the State Scientific-Technical Committee of the Soviet Council of Ministers, Tass reported yesterday. Tass gave no reason for the move, but said Mr. Konstantin Petukhov had been appointed to succeed Mr I Maksarev.—
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    Lock icon Police hunt young woman's slayer
    168 3 BIRMINGHAM. Sat.— Police ringed Birmingham yes- tt-rdav a> the hunt intensi- j ried for blood -stained killer who on Thursday night cut off the head of a woman at a local Y.W.C.A. hostel. Her headless. mutilated and partly clothed body was found hi a ten-by-six-foot
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    Lock icon Crash kills 13
    24 3 FREETOWN (Sierra Leone). Sat- Thirteen people were killed and 20 Injured when a crowded train crasl*** *"er inmnin? tJlc rails.- Reuter
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    CHANGES MINE
    25 3 ROME. Sat.— ltalian Prince Raimondo Orsini flew to the Lebanon yesterday rather than join Ex-Queen Soraya on an already-planned skiing holiday m Switzerland.-
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    TANJONG PRIOK
    21 3 JAKARTA. Sat Harbour facilities at Tanionu Priok are to be exoanded next year at a cost of about $5,600,000.-
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    Lock icon 32 months in coma
    30 3 PERTH < Scotland >, Sat.~A 50-year-old man who has lain m a coma tor 32 months after a rond accident died m hospital here without izainine consciousness. Reuter
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    Lock icon Soviet to talk lend-lease
    37 3 WASHINGTON, Sat— The State Department has an louneeri that new negotiations for a settlement of the soviet Union's wartime lend-lease debt to tin* United tates would open m Washington on Jan. 11 Reuter
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    Stuntmen on the dome of Supreme Court
    161 3 r|EATH-dcfying stunts v thrilled 10,000 people m Singapore yesterday. The visiting German aerialist troupe. Zugspitzar- tisten. went into action near the padan:;. Many people waited for two hours before the show finally got under way at 1.21 p.m. The team of four staged
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    Motor cycle up wire
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    Lock icon B0ack from the dead— on Xmas Eve
    74 3 B0ack from the dead on Xmas Eve OAKVILLE 'Ontario). Sat. A woman who thought her son had been killed m the war did not recognise him when he returned on Christmas Eve. She is Mrs. Ro.se Gilbert, whose son by a previous. marriage, Eddy Emond. was reported lost when the
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    Lock icon Singapore in Manila talks
    71 3 MANILA. Sat.- -The State i i Singapore will be one 01 forty countries represented at the Pax Roniana world assembly m Manila starting today and ending on Jan. 8. Objectives of the conference, the first to be held In Asia, will be to formulate a united
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    NERA SOUTH POLE
    26 3 MOSCOW. Sat. Russia's lt)-mar. South Polar exDedition. trekking across Antarctica, are now within 62 miles of t} le p p c R»",t r
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  • THE FREE PRESS FILM PAGE
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      THE TWO TALL MEN CHURN UP A CYCLONE
      398 4  - THE TWO TALL MEN CHURN UP A CYCLONE Ian Mok-ai By l unmanned ship is tossing m the backdrop of stonn-swcpt seas. TTbe captain has the mad motive to founder her. The broken bulkhead of the third hold shows a dead man's hand sticking out of a coal heap. With
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    But the author is so inaudible
    418 4 Life of the tormented writer of the Lost Generation F. Scott Fitzgerald "BELOVED INFIDEL" OIOGRAPHIES must always reckon with ablished opinio. id a sere* phy of a novel: .ore or F. Scott I to :':1 many things and out many enlightening facts, to be
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    SHAVING SHUDDERS
    108 4 Even Siivana Mangano weeps for her locks GI N A Loliobrigida and Claire Bloom recently objected to appearing m a new Italian film called "Jovanka and The Others." Reason: their roles required them to shave their heads. In the end. producer Dino de Laurentis turned In despair to
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    The clash of the giants
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    BABY CLINIC WHERE THE PATIENTS USE MAKE-UP
    441 4  -  GILLIAN MILLS WOMIVN < OHM II By HUNDREDS of years ago. Pulau Bram— "Island of the Brave"— was a nest of pirates, who lived by spying on, and pillaging, unsuspecting ships that sailed into the web of Singapore and her offshore islands. Times
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    INTER-RACIAL MARRIAGE PLEA
    40 4 JAKARTA. Sat.— President Sukarno told students at Jogjakarta's Gadja Mada University today that he favoured inter-marriage by I the various races of Indonesia. Ho said he himself was born of a Balinese mother and a Javanese father.
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      88 4 TODAY > STAGE CLUB: Presents ings by Mr. T. C. Tan at "Charley's Aunt" at the Diethelm building. Market Victoria Theatre 9 p.m. Street 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. V.M.C.A.: Dance for all BUKIT TIM AH YOUTH members 8 p.m. to mid- CLUB: Table tennis 4 pjn., ten^is^a^ JOO CHIAT
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    Rama AND Sita
    9 5  -  Barbara Leonie Picard A Serial by
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    KHIVA'S BOWK BENT, BROKEN
    1150 5 lUi STf»l SO f\R O J gOd Vishnu to I '^shasas^d"nZs?«h W< T' d Sla> the k.n S of the horn to^" thril° i thr iS a d f U l ur ♦hi northern ndU r^T^ f K J"* I'^ratha of Ayodhya. I do 11,, til
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    WIN A PRIZE
    96 5 DOCKET-MONEY prizes are offered for colouring this scene with paints, crayons or chalks. There are four prizes offered each of So (two for boys and two for girls). All you have to do is to set to work to brighten up the sketch, then fill m the
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    LAST WEEK'S WINNERS
    149 5 THE winners of last week's coiour-in contest, each of whom will receive a $5 prize m due course, are as follows Miss Chong Mci Yoke ill). 52 Lloyd Road. Singapore 9. Miss Helen Kwan (9), 38-P Wampoa Road. Singapore 12. Master Tan Hock Heng (14). 195 New
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    Rupert's adventure with a Truant
    186 5 Rupert's adventure with a Truant In his own house Rupert looks so worried that Mrs. Bear comes to see what is the trouble. M Rosalie has arrived." Rupert explains, and to keep her quiet I've promised to address her Christmas letter. She won*t believe that just writing Santa Claus is
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    Sleeping Beauty special contest results
    102 5 Winners of last week's Sleeping Benuty special colour contest are: Ist. <$10/-» Miss Lulu Wang (13), Chiltern Drue, Spore (13). 2nd (S5/-i Miss Lam Yoon Ka.:n (10), 3"i Tanglin Road. Singapore 10. Consolation prizes (double pass each i Master Hudson Sim <\o >), 52 Niven
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      602 5 t>ORN today you arc m- cannot be happy and you happiness to the entire r> ventive. Ingenious and will, as befits one or your Mrr?l) capable Your concentration talent and temperament TAI Rl S 'Apr 21-Mav2l> tn a sinKle obiecUve is ex- try to bring peace out ot Some neighbourhood
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    PASSAGE ARMS
    1094 6  - PASSAGE ARMS ERIC AMBLER Rofs PART SIX by DRAWN BY sdfdfhgjghkjhklhj Greg Nilsen, an American holidaymaker travelling m the Far East with his wife Dorothy, has unwittingly become the tool of a Chinese group running: gun s to antiCommunists. And that has landed them both m hot water, but hot,
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    MALAYAN SANITY IN A FRENZIED WORLD
    531 6 1^ I Random Thoughts \yiTH the year coming to an end, it's now the fashion to go into superlatives. Who's the top politician or statesman of 1959? Who's the sportsman of the year? What was the greatest feat m this or that sphere of
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      158 6 ■>(r/ Sufsisrci Cjr"TRUE TO LIFE Hi-F, > Hi-Fidelity listening with el*, 8 TRANSISTOR The only set with Press Agents: REIMAN COMPANY 32. Bank of China Building. S ooe. f«|: ***** [wa^w^ fabrics v lav I for smart gro\vn-up> and charmine children, t IL?T [A' /T %<V Design 7250/4 Controlled Retail
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      426 6 CLUES ACROSS 5. Light boat makes most of 1. Fifty m pelt-like surround- "I^ 11 home-made music ings made quite a stir (6 >. fi rj h f t houevpr 8 S^iSß S^ Sr ?oundat^ "ST* hig quite uniform m colour glgn Qf affecllon on lh€ baize (4) SUrSS?- tt
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    Indian trade team due in S'pore
    80 7 Indian trade team due in S'pore 4 THREE-MAX study team appointed by the Engineering Export Promotion of India, an orsani>n sponsored by the tori Government, will arrive Kuala Lumpur on Jan, 3 renew and follow up the Cor.: .-ontacts m Ihe Federation and Singapore. A: > ndiog four cays m
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    Lock icon Higher income tax in Thailand
    83 7 BA N Ci X O X The Government yesterday presented a Bill to the Conient Assembly revising the rates of personal income and trade taxes. The Bill pointed out that present levels of personal income for taxation were not close enough and company taxes were
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    Lock icon LOOSE GIRDER (IN TRUCK) HITS THREE VEHICLES
    193 7 Swung out sft. from rear of carrier a \N iron girder on a crane truck got loom and caused destruction to three vehicles m a traffic accident at Pasir i'anjang Road, Singapore, yesterday. The sirder ripped one side of a bus shed a
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    Passed exams
    28 7 Following have passed the Johore Civil Service examinations held last month: Inchc Ali bin Haji Ahmad "Part I* and Inche Ahmad bin A. Rahman 'Part ll>.
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    Hua Yu dinner
    28 7 THE Hua Yu Association. Singapore, will celebrate its 38th anniversary with a dinner at the associations premises m East Coast Road at 8 p.m. today
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    Lock icon SKAL CLUB HOLDS PARTY
    59 7 K et together for a Christ m V Gardner ca I r m ?;a P p r e e r Sld h can."e an."s t p h rciur ll ce b d m «he centre of ,ne Jr U T P he Singapore SKa. Cg has
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  • 14 more unions
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      struck off in Singapore
      175 7 T*HE Government has cancelled the certificates of registration of 14 more unions m Singapore. The unions are: Singapore i City Council Technical Officer 1 Union. Department I of Civil Aviation Work Union, Rural Board Inspectorate and Technical S1 Union. Singapore Govern- j ment Scri Employ m,
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      CHURCH SERVICES
      273 7 pOILOWING are hange» m A Sunday's Church Service* m >ingapore: ANGLICAN St. (icorge's Garrison Church. Tanglin Barracks; 7.19 a.m. Holy Communion; 9.30 a.m. S iinda-. School; 9.30 a.m. Morning Service; 10.45 a.m. Holy Baptism; 6.30 p.m. Evening Prayer. BE T HE S DA Bethesda (Raton?) Church: 8.30 a.m.
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    ANOTHER WARNING BY GOVT.
    217 7 ANOTHER WARNING BY GOVT. Officers who get into debt SINGAPORE Govern- ment employees were again warned yesterday that they are liable to be dismissed for getting into debt. A Government spokesman told the Free Press yesterday that civil servants should remember that the General Orders forbid them getting into debt.
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    CAR KILLS PEDESTRIAN APPEAL FOR WITNESSES
    118 7 CAR KILLS PEDESTRIAN APPEAL FOR WITNESSES Singapore Police yesterday appealed for eye-witnesses of an accident on Thursday when an elderly Malay was knocked down and fatally injured by a car at the 15U milestone. Woodlands Road, Singapore. Police identified the Malay as Inche Arshad bin Aman, 57, of Marseilling Road.
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    Polytechnic union elects officials
    65 7 The Singapore Polytechnic Students' Union has elected its executive committee ior 1960. The new president Is Mr H-arbans Singh. Other officials: Vice-president, Mr. Lin Horng Shean: hon. gen. secretary, Mr. Yee Kok Hoong; financial secretary. Mr. Tan Hee Chai; sports secretary. Mr. Eric Low: publication secretary,
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    New church
    29 7 THE consecration service of the new building of the St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Church will take place tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. at 10. Topaz Road, Singapore.
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    STRAY DOGS
    221 7 Airport shooter out to get nightly 'invaders 9 SINGAPORE airport authorities have started a shooting war against stray dogs at Paya Lebar. This follows a sudden Invasion of stray dogs from villages m the neighbourhood of the airfield. A Department of Civil Aviation Land Rover with a j
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    IT'S ORNAMENTAL AND SO USEFUL
    468 8  - IT'S ORNAMENTAL AND SO USEFUL M.R.S. ARSCOTT B> AS well us being prized as an ornamental foil ag c plant Sansevieria is also useful, and is grown for its fibre. This is silky-white and tough, and is used for weaving into fine mats, twine etc. and m some lands, for
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    FOOD TO PROTEINSHORT COUNTRIES
    289 8 FOOD TO PROTEINSHORT COUNTRIES A CAMPAIGN of special significance to the people of protein-short territories m Asia is m progress m Nigeria. A new protein food called Amama is now being marketed m that territory to combat the high death rate among Nigerian children c to protein deficiency. This product,
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    Save that Christmas Tree for next year
    227 8 Save that Christmas Tree for next year who buy real "Christmas trees" iinci them an expensive item. A tall well-shap-ed tree will cost anything up to $40. Those who indulge themselves to this extent usually try to make them last for two or three Christmas seasons, a feat which is
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    India are now beyond the pale
    10 8 India are now beyond the pale I I I B
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      193 8 RIP KIRBY By John Prentice 6c Fred Oickenson I\\ AAD >CU't?E NOT v3C'V> t ~l X A\P HA\ S^ A 1- I T^N KNCrt T-f t?s't> MQCE AFTER THE A^ANOLEg, R.P. > 5f C-!RL ACJOVTLiCE. FETTSi? I 0 SAY «L^fe A* IPI jT^! I HE^ JUsf TOOy -<^ V I
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    IWPHINE IS DAINTY, COMPACT, SPRITELY
    237 9  -  HARRY HEYWOOD I TEST BY out a mphinc I.lm a> shopping Oxford stands n^t the the spritely 845 watercooled ohv engine ouurkat .to work :de there is room for four lults, but with the fr at full Wretch, there not much space tor the r
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    Cut-price cars for U.S. forces in Japan
    150 9 Cut-price cars for U.S. forces in Japan nPWO leading Japanese x car manufacturing firms are seeking a new outlet for their products among the United States forces stationed m Japan. Thu Toyota Motor Sales Company, sole sales agent for Toyopt-t Crowns, said the company and the Fuji Precision Manufacturing Company,
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    Lock icon HE MADE A CAREER OF DEFYING DEATH
    207 9 HARRY WHITFIELD, 1 of Middlesbrough, made a career of defying death amid flying mud and cinders. He was a speedway ace and the roar of motorcycles, the thrills of racing and the challenge of speed were the things he loved. He burned out
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    Lock icon A stiff challenge to Detroit
    369 9 DETROIT, symbol of American productive -nius, bowed to foreign competition m the past decade. What happened to the U.S. motor industry m a brief span of ten years is indicative of ihe stiff challenge hurled at American industry as a whole by foreign manufacturers a
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      375 9 Here's the splendid Farina-styled WOLSELEY r^ Duotonc Colours "N f^^^*"— —^^mUlMfnl optional extra Extra door v\idth at knee level Polished wood facia with cow. led instruments The 15 60 combines exquisite line with a luxury specification and ihe technical excellence of Wolseley engineering. With generous accommodation for four to five
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      59 9 IMM or —vmer driver IJ^^^lf^) Tp lt £c? T l H Z"* B£ DUALLY AW«WA*Q m r WX-GANDuSE /rAS *ODS AS S»OW\ HE*E AMD 7X3H7EN 1^ ~**f' /d Le¥ U77*E BEYOND S7#A&tr. 4 O*S*AA/rLE 7HE 7 \L y^fe^^^^P^V^ /j j HAAJPLE AAJP REMOVE i T j />^v S<% L^. A<as+
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    FREEDOM CRUSADE & MORE TIN THE BEST
    479 10  - FREEDOM CRUSADE MORE TIN THE BEST ALLAN LEWIS This morning's Penan g track work By DAILY lIKIIM.I pENANG. Sat. Free- dom Crusade (Ward) and More Tin (D. Jones) worked well enough this morning to draw attention to their chances tomorrow. They ran three In 37-3 5 m the centre of
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    BIGGEST SPLASH BY THA SWIM KIDS
    570 10  -  FRANCIS BOEY SAYS COME brilliant and sensational times set by two Singapore teenage swim stars during the current year, have earned them the Free Press choice for the "Swimmer of the Year" nomination. The two stars of the year* are the Singapore Swimming Club's
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    BRIEF
    41 10 LONDON. Sat.-O: English League soccer mat es were played ycsU I Division One: B! Rovers 1 Blackpool 0 I 1 sion Three: Covn.tr Wrexham 3. Reuter FRANCE— The Australian Rugby League touri>tv u r beaten by Albi by If point
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    403 10 He-e .ire Sally Hudson's specta >:nce May: At the Singapore- Swum Club tr.iirt this remarkable youm. shocked swimming or 1 by establishing three Smeapor? recoi 'he two events and equalled a The records id were 50 metres breast stroke m 44 5 ring Heather Suckling's premark by four tenths of
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    Lock icon A HERO'S WELCOME
    38 10 *i ine winner of the world racine drivers' championship. Australian Jack Brabham, was given a hero's welcome. In a wildlv enthusiastic scene at the airport. 200 fans sang, "for he's a iollv orwvi lellow."— Reuter
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    Foong Seong
    136 10 PENANG. Sat— Sin beat BcUmcm I 1 i" th< 7onr final <>f tin I seong ('up competitionHan ChiaBg Hi^ii v hall last niyhl and meet Penany. tke b#Mer> the challenge round t<>t> and tomorrow niuht Singapore MTC th< i t4ry to their >e<ond d hies. Wee Choon Sent
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    BITS
    18 10 I m 'I I I K \v j pion 1 urru I I h\ m Ih.i. I
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    Good new for SGSF member
    11 10 Good new for SGSF member I I Ik I 1 m
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    NDIAIS HEROES PARADE
    62 10 NDIAIS HEROES PARADE KANPUR. Sat India tain G. Ramchand riyesterday afi AustraU Te>t match. 'Tl But the hi victory at Kai Jasu Pat lory ov< since the began Test crick' i in 1947. Chief archil the Ahmedabad Ja.Mi Patr'l. The excitt'd crowd < I called their p. parade round t!
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    Cash in tomorrow with this fast traveller
    1219 11 Cash in tomorrow with this fast traveller ALLAN LEWIS picks the winners Class j, Dlv. i~5 1 p. V, T «f Fran co«cot g.05; Old ;11 lUeh d 2^ n«*mu.£ TRAVELLER'S Cheque, Prudent Choice, Burma Glory, Old Tune, and perhaps Little Richard, can be given winning chances m the main
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    THEY MAY BE SCRATCHED
    15 11 Probable scratchings for tomorrow are: Pantjarobah, Subardini, Colour Film and Kwantung.
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    FREE MIST LOOKS BEST
    208 11 FREE MIST LOOKS BEST CLASS 4 DIV 2 si FtRS. Toreador 9.00, Slipper Prince 8 13 Upper Ten 8.13. PW Prince 8.12. Racoon H 8.12. Game One 811* Window Test 8.07. Dancing Water 8.06, Sunshine Lad 8.06. Free Mi»t 8.05. Carfo Rice 8.05. Glendore 8.01. AFTER his two performances at
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    THREE HORSES TO CLASS 3
    217 11 IJESULT 11, Peewe and Ten Per Carat have been promoted from Class 4 to Class 3, according to the latest list of classifications announced by the Straits Racing Association. Other classifications are: NEW CLASSIFICATIONS: The date within brackets shown after the horse\s same is the
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    TRACK FORM OF ALL RUNNERS
    885 12 See how your fancy has done m training Compiled specially by the Free Press CL3DIV.I-S\FURS. PRIDFNT CHOICE: No recent track report; won on holding I Paneled. BI'RMA GLOtl 22-12-59 Went over 3F In 43 *on on heavy track Fan- Clt'Cl KK.VM OSCOT: Newcomer no track
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    WHERE TRAINERS WORK HORSES IN SECRET
    1032 12  -  ALLAN LEWIS IS Away from prying eyes, the new Heath is a boon to trainers TIIF Singapore Tun lub continues to provide every facility for members, owners and trainer at its valuable property off the Bukit Timah Road. Bukir T is known the world
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      152 12 CHERRY HEERINO The Thirteen Won- *M Heering. A remark; try C/ieiry Heenr.t out why! Just poui result is long and Most men and v like ail worthwhile mellow oml feeling low you Cherry Herring. T wish it could h.-i 0 a, nous #V#r «m ow# M# Entertain dii! fwith CHERRY
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