The Singapore Free Press, 30 December 1959

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    13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS No. *****. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1959. 15 CENTS.
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  • Opinion
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    RUBBER: RUSSIA ACTS
    507 1 Stockpile release doesn't surprise vs Spore traders Temporary drop m price expected 30,000 to r 50,000 tons to be sold LONDON. Wed.— Russia will II between 30,000 and 50,000 tons of stockpile rubber m the first quarter of next year. The Financial Times said yester- Quoting an
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    Down 2 cents
    30 1 Down 2 cents January first grade rubber buyers i.o.b. opened In Singapore this morning at 11l i cents per ib., down two cents on yesterday's close. The tone was uncertain.
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    Lock icon Search for oil under the sea
    76 1 photo. In their constant search for now sources of oil. the British Petroleum Company recently carries] out a marine seismic survey to investigate the geological structure beneath the sea bed m waters off the south coast of Dorset and the south-west coist of the
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    29 die in S'pore road accidents in Dec.—a record
    102 1 29 die in S'pore road accidents in Dec. a record A RECORD total of 29 killed m traffic accidents m Singapore has been reported for this month. This is the highest total of deaths on Singapore roads ever recorded for any month since the last war. In December last year
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    Tida-apa in a London
    78 1 Tida-apa in a London LONDON. Wed.— Car drivers and pedestrians "disappeared quickly" after an eldsrly man had been knocked down and killed In a London street, a witness told an Inquest yesterday. They left the body of 74--year-old Charles Kinsey lytng m the middle oi the roadway. The Coroner criticl
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    US plans A-Force in Thailand
    65 1 US plans A-Force in Thailand NEW YORK. Wed. Newsweek Magazine reported yes- terday that U.S. Army plan- ners are studying a plan to set up a ta.-k torce of atomicarmed paratroopers m Thailand that could be moved quickly to any trouble spot m South East Asia. The magazine's Periscope Column
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    The Space age-new Free Press series
    52 1 The Space age-new Free Press series The world is entering the Space Age and 1960 may well mark the opening phase of man's journey into space. Scientist Dr. Abraham Marcus begins on absorbing series m the Free Press on Friday dealing with the problems that face man m his greatest
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    Electoral rolls for inspection
    109 1 Electoral rolls for inspection TOHORE BAHRU. Wed.- J Revised electoral rolls will .be opened for inspection throughout the Federation for 28 days beginning Friday. More than 12 per cent, of new names have been added t to the rolls since the Parliamentary elections were held earlier this year, the Free
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    Lock icon Third wife? First two take poison
    86 1 Third wife? First two take poison Bangkok. wvd. The first and second wives of a Thai merchant here yesterday drank poison when they learned their husband intended to bring a third wife into the house, a police spokesman .said last night. Police found the first wife, aged 25. dead ai.d
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    Lock icon Sukarno's new wife report
    53 1 Sukarno's new wife report I NEW YORK. Wed. Newsweek reported yesterday that i President Sukarno oi Indonesia has taken an, 18-year-old girl as his third wife. It recalled the pro voiced when President Sukarno took a second wife In 1954. and said that news of the third marriage will pro-
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    Cyclone wipes out a town village gutted, another flooded
    220 1 NOUMEA. New Caledonia. Wed. All women and children are to be evacuated from Port Vila, the administrative centre of the Anglo-French New Hebrides group m the Pacific, which was struck by a violent cyclone on Mon- day night. The authorities here
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    Lock icon DIVORCED WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO RE-WED...
    163 1 DIVORCED WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO RE-WED... ONDON, Wed. Di- vorced women an more likely to remarry than widows of the same ape and the widows are more likely to enter a second marriage, than spinsters are to undertake a first, a Government report disclosed today. The Registrar General, commenting
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    SCOUTMASTER IN DEATH FALL
    57 1 Carnarvon. Wales. Wed. A 40-y^ar-old scoutma Mr. Peter Underwood, fell 200 feet to his death m the Welsh Hills la>t while helping trouble. Mr. Underwood, a married man. climbed along a r of the 3.000-foot mountain Trvfan. to rescue one ol scouts out with him m
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      42 1 PAGE t ssage of Arms 4 Youth and Ideals 7 Freddie Pope on your motoring problems 8 Women's section (> Cartoons b Your lucky stars ii Other overseas cables... 10 Singapore teachers' exam results 5 Penang race prospects by Allan Lewj s 9
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    Lock icon U.S. MUST EXPORT TO STEM ITS DEFICIT
    336 2 Foreign loans policy is being reviewed, says Treasnr> chief A SHINGTON, Wed.— Mr. Robert Anderson, I.S. Treaty Secretary. >aid wMerday the IS. would continue iN efforts to its deficit m balance of payment told t: American iation and Economic This adattack on m
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    Still no signs of a settlement in U.S. steel dispute
    154 2 Still no signs of a settlement in U.S. steel dispute WASHINGTON, Wednesday. lyiTH the Taft-Hartley injunction that suspended the United States steel strike due to expire on Jan. 26 there was still no sign yesterday of a settlement. President Eisenhower's board of inquiry ended two days of fruitless hearings yesterday
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    MARKETS TAKE A HOLIDAY
    60 2 United States Wall stree- and New York foreign exchanges wii; all day as The remaind U S markets (including ru will etwee:; noon ai. p.m. New York time l't-.ite\i Kingdom mark. as usual tomorrow On Friday, Jan I, cv epi the .^'.xk Exchaiv,e .;..d London toreig.-.
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    Lock icon TYPHOON MOVING TOWARDS LUZON
    35 2 TYPHOON MOVING TOWARDS LUZON MANILA. Wed. A .'-a typhoon named Harriet has been legated 380 miles northeast of the southern tip of Luzon Island. It Is moving m the direction of Nortl Luzon Reute r
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    UK STOCK MARKETS CHEERFUL
    134 2 UK STOCK MARKETS CHEERFUL j I ONDON. Wed.— Generally ij cheerful conditions were again apparent m the London stock markets today. Although the buying of Industrial equities was rather more selective gains were quite numerous and m some instances substantial. The demand was again stimulated by the move to allow
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    Lock icon Ship fire checked
    23 2 MARSEILLES. Wed. Fire which broke out m the holds i f the 5 jyptian ship A -war. has been Reuter
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    Lock icon More imports
    30 2 RAWALPINDI. W e d. Pakistan last night Increased import quotas for raw rubber and car tyres m a new policy for the period January to June 1960. U.P.I.
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    247 2 SHIPS IN PORT Ships lying alotifsMe the Sin tJ»pwe Harbour Board uliarvcs a evpectod Ukljv are: Flyilig Cloud -i 5, Faistria 6A. Miharu Maru v 7. Menestheua 4. Reifenstein 15/16 Hal tndama 19, Sedill N Wall 3. Sedenak N. Wall 4 Tronota N. Wall 5, Emp. Gannei 21/22, Bayon 23.
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    591 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. KEY TO MARKINGS t cct sb Cum caiiUi issue x xall ss enciud.Bf everythmf *d ticlittfißi iivioeaa 4 cfei cum lonus issue I «r excluding capital returt t ccr cum capital return II cl cam dividend X Cft b cm
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    MALAYAN UNIT TRUST
    10 2 Managers selling price today $1.10 xd. ment
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    Lock icon U.K. JOINS E.F.T.A.
    55 2 LONDON. Wed.— Britain si&ned a convention here yesterday establishing: a seven nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA) which will serve about !IO million people. The convention has to be ratified by parliaments of the seven countries and the first tariff cuts are expected to come into force
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      U.K. Closing Prices
      102 2 LONDON. Oec. 20 Yesterday Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS C.l.f. European ports Jan. 33] Feb. 12 13 16 RUBBEH No. 1 RSS Spot 34. ÜBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Ttrms Feb. BT/U »UMI Mar :J-'O l< TONE: Easier. Above prkps qaoted m pence. oEPPER: Whit* Sarawak
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      New York Prices
      46 2 NEW YORK. Dec 29. Yesterday Today TIN Str«»t» »pot 9S 50 N "•*> TIN futures Straits Contract TONE: SALES: RUBBER Futurt* Jm Mar 4 1 2 TONE Easy SALES: 61 lot* No. 1 RSS Jan. landed orice COFFEE Futures B Contract March A.-u^e i>r.
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      Dow Jones Averages
      26 2 NEW YORK Dec H Yesterday Today 30 Industrial! *»'.< 77 20 Railroads 40 Domestic Bonds *0 15 Utilities 15 Stock* Composite Average! 217.10 517.75
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      HONG KONG PRICES
      40 2 HONG KONG C] sing prices Monday 1 H S Bank 1 Union Eni Ca ton I -38. 5u Wheelock Ma: den (5.8 ETKong 'phone 8: 131 T i A: 121.10 I Ac $21.4 TniKoo l> <-. Jj (39.25
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      Lock icon TRADE TALKS
      21 2 LONDON. Wed Britain arid Japan will begin i In London In early February on a new trade agree- Reuter
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      U.S. Pepper
      18 2 :>:>, aflo Lamponc BS, a floats M| to Sarawak ss tmquou I tellers, Above prion per lb.
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      Copra, Coconut Prices
      14 2 LONDON 1, V.strrddy T COPRA PhiliooinM c.i.l. U K. North 'If
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      53 2 /s it very important. Sir? —Sir Henru is terribly busy just now—" PO P —A tomised r> By Cog POt^ ONLY CWCXIWi T=Ul.t- t 'MWIUKJITV Tq> _^-W~p»ve Sj& S-- oP-sccMTfc Them/ <>^ <^\ r AW i A,. i vs f r^ A OUIOCE^W />/^l# C X fc RW. i vim
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    MALAY PAPER 'NO OBSTACLE'
    258 3 master it if ho gets down to it' ONLY FIVE OUT OF 300 FAIL IN NATIONAL I VNGUAGE IN FINAL EAR NORMAL EXAMS Hy KHOO YEOW TEE J|ALAI thoußh a compulsory subject, uas not a bogey to the 300 final^enr dent eachers^ who sat for their
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    EVERYONE HAS SAME CHANCE
    72 3 It is the Singapore Government's policy to treat persons with Malay Standard VII qualification who seek job* m the police, customs, immigration and postal department m the same way as any other person with equivalent qualifications. This was stated m the Legislative Assembly yesterday by Mr.
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    Lock icon WOMAN, BABIES DIE IN FIRE
    42 3 SCUNTHORPE. Wed— Mrs. June Salmon, aged 20. and two baby sons died here early yesterday In a fire at their home. A third child. Paul, aged four, was rescued alive. The father was on night work.— Reuter
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    'No harsh word' session over in 35 mins.
    331 3 'No harsh word' session over in 35 mins. A FRIENDLY spirit prevailed at the last 1959 session of the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday, which lasted only 35 minutes the shortest meeting of the year. There were smiles all round, and not a harsh word was spoken by any member. I
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    WHAT IS A MALAYAN WRITER?
    147 3 SINGAPORE publisher. Mr. Donald Moore, last night gave a definition of what he considered to be a Malayan writer m English. He "A Malayan writer Is one who has written one or two books of a creative nature and one who has spent his or
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    Lock icon Refugees starving
    51 3 KATMANDU (Nepal*. Wed. Hundreds of Tibetan refugees, huddled on frozen fields, were reported to be starving and freezing m the sub-zero cold of the icy Himalayan winter. About 2.000 Tibetans crowded into the nearby town of Boudda and .so taxed its facilities that many could find no shelter.-
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    Lock icon N.S. doctor to wed in Adelaide
    81 3 A DELAIDE, Wed.— A Chinese i* student who has just graduated as a doctor m Adelaide will next month marry his Chinese sweetheart m an Adelaide church. He is Dr. Chung Sooi Kong, who met his sweetheart. Miss Margaret Lim Siew Lin. at school
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    A HOUSEFUL OF SMILES
    126 3 IN the home of the Mcsservys, there were only smiles yesterday when news was brought to Lieut. Peter John Messervy, head of the family. that the Queen had approved the award of the George Medal to him for his bravery. Lieut. Messervy was cited for removing
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    Lock icon CATHEDRAL WEDDING
    41 3 picture. (pi. Lawrence Fernandez of the Royal Signal Regiment m Kuala Lumpur yesterday wed Miss Aurea Arriola at the atheriral of the Good Shepherd m Singapore. Reception was held at the Catholic Centre m Bras Bas.th Road.— Free Press
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    Weighty problem at the airport
    234 3 HEAVIEST PIECE OF CARGO 'THE heaviest piece of cargo ever to reach Singa--1 pore by air was yesterday unloaded at Paya Lebar airport. It is an 11 -foot four- ton cylinder liner for a Norwegian tanker which needs an urgent replacement, i The cargo was
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    Lock icon 2 RELICS OF CRUCIFIXION ARE STOLEN
    88 3 2 RELICS OF CRUCIFIXION ARE STOLEN JERSEY CITY. Wed. Two J gunmen seized two religious relics valued at M 5420-,-000 from the owner as he war returning them to a bank on Monday night. A medallion said to contain a piece of thorn from the crown worn by Jesus Christ
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      158 3 BARGAINS FOR THE NEW YEAR! jsively at the H.M.V. Salon, 101, Tanglm Rd. BRAND NEW H.M.V. 5 valve, 3 waveband, erhet radio to make your New Year happier m ever before for only $90/- each FREE (to every purchaser) our latest A speed ng deck for record reproduction FIRST CLASS
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    THUNDERING TO A FINISH!
    1359 4 The Free Press serial builds to a climax with fear riding m a bullet -scarred Ceil His head was drooping and his face a deathly yellow m the lamplight... American Greg Nilsen and his wife Dorothy, unwittingly involved m a Far Eastern gun-running plot, are imprisoned
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    PASSAGE OF ARMS
    85 4  - PASSAGE OF ARMS Ambler mmi ■Jvifl \m tages when the plane took off thjree and a half hours later. The general had evidently decided that the opportunity of Impressing three insurgent officers with the strength of the Labuanga garrison had been too good to miss, and the airport building was
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    BY THE WAY
    92 4  -  Beacheomber gfhfgh rpHE physical strain of 1 ambling round a golf course was bound to tell. Even the mechanical caddie on wheels does not lighten the labour enough. In America helicopters are to be used to convey the players from one stroke to another. I suggest Miiall
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      756 4 PATEK PHILIPPE presents The "AMAGNETIC Wrist Wofch I. Magnetic field ap to 45* oersteds: exposed to this field, the watch is not affected. (The average magnetic field around home appliances—lncluding T.V.—is inferior to 100 oersteds). 11. It takes a magnetic field of ***** oersteds to stop the "Amagnetic" watch. 111.
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      197 4 or *>tpeft Pocking, rM^ ond storogt TRANSPORT STORAGELTD 173, Cecil Street, Singapon 1 Phone: 705;^. Managrn^ Director Ron.d p^a BE PRACTICAr 5 TT Use a I PRAKTI 35mm Single-lens Reflex camera m stondord eoHipaMM optional c«el or kiob-wMj (M» .1 features mw>, li Ifc^ Fx 3 Mb^y fj«Sr^^» Pr Ct
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      147 4 P.M. 1.00 Programme sum- BBC jazz club; 6.30 Personal State of Tension" (repeat of rmtry; 1.02 Easy on the ear; i. 3 n c hoi~> fi 45 Sunset serenade last Sunday's broadcast)- 900 The News; 1.40 Newstalk; 1.45 6.53 Announcements; 6.55 Sin- Christmas carnival, (repeat of Report on meeting of
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      247 4 CLUES ACROSS 4 He nuts his voice to tuneful 1 It dislocates the spine of the use (6). Bactrian (3, 4, 5). 5 Go back about the poem (7). 8 Quaint Al can make some- 6 William of the flock is seven thing which can't perfectly (4. 1, 3, 4).
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    Record year for Paya Lebar
    279 5 117.600 PEOPLE KNDED AT SPORE MRPORT IN I'iST 11 MONTHS y\\ A LEBAR International Airport figures r«r this year show an all-time record m movements, the Director of Civil AviaMr. K. M. Harclay. disclosed yesterday d reakln »f flßures show «d that m 11.. 600
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    SWAMI GAVE SEVEN TALKS
    36 5 SWAMI GAVE SEVEN TALKS ihatmananda, the Rama- .on m Singapore, iter a two- week tour Vietnam, Cambodia Phnom Penh I: he delivered on cultural the auspices I, anisations, inphical Society. Association for Relations, and Cultural Lodge.
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    SATA DONATIONS
    8 5 ti-Tuber-totalling ry of the i'heng Chuan.
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    HOSPITAL CONCERT
    10 5 "Aneka will be .gapore Gene- tonight at 7.30.
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    SCOUTS' DANCE
    14 5 Scouts Group of Chinese organise a New members and Saturday. Jan. 30.
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    Children's aid
    9 5 )ore Children's coileeted $2,788 its Flag Day.
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    TREAT FOR 100 CHILDREN
    92 5 Officers and men of the New Zealand ship Pukaka helped the Hans Anderson Club, Singapore. yesterday to entertain 100 under-pri-vileged children to a gala treat. Despite the rain, the children, selected from the Keppel Harbour Social Centre, had fun and frolic galore at Mrs. Lee Choon
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    15,000 MORE TRADE UNION MEMBERS
    168 5 TIRADE union membership m Singapore has m--1 creased by more than 15.000 since the new Government assumed office m June this year. This increase has been recorded despite the disappearance of 50 trade unions within the last six months. On May 30. there were 226
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    241 pass Singapore second-year Normal Class teacher exams
    954 5 SEVENTY-FIVE percent of second-year Normal Class students— 24l out of 325— who sat for their examinations at the Singapore Teachers* Training College have passed. Thirty-eight will sit for the re-examination m one of the groups. Forty-six failed outright. List of passes: Edith
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    Free shows for 1,200 children
    220 5 Free shows for 1,200 children rE visiting German team of aerialists, now performing at the Singapore Badminton Hall, is giving away free tickets to more than 1,200 under-privileged children to see its show. The children are drawn from more than 40 Social Welfare centres throughout the island. They will see
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    Mission meeting
    27 5 The annual general meeting of the Ramakrishna Mission. Singapore, will be held today at 5.30 p.m. at the Mission premises m Norris Road. r m
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      149 5 •'nt Shopping Guide it: American shoes made suits at 20^ nt CHANKiAI'S. Singa- exclusive men's High Street. at leisure without m ol CHANRAI 5, Arcode? Open doi.'v Ui 1 l> LSBILINE? It ease resisting soft shnnkless dress L This latest German uailable m different vv desifm. Try one v iVel
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      136 5 Boole Your Wew Year f re's S Porfy of £j STATION HOTEL Keppel Rood, SINGAPORE. tt> Special New Yoor't Ev« Dinner on 31st Doc. at $7/- eoch. I JW (Including Fancy Hats 4 Crackers) fe| >fc Phone ***** for yoar reservations. p€f top rank records t m il\ J TERRI
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      40 5 TODAY: 10.34 a.m. TOMORROW: 0.10 a.m. and 11.20 a.m. FRIDAY: 0.53 a.m. and 12.05 p.m. SATURDAY: USS a.m. and 12.49 p.m. SUNDAY: 2.15 a.m. and 1.35 p.m. MONDAY: 2.54 a.m. and 2 23 p.m. TUESDAY: 3.32 a.m. and 3.14 p.m.
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    Make way for gingham
    98 6 Make way for gingham NEXT year will be gingham year, writes BARBARA GRIGGS from London. So many wholesale designers have told me they're planning a lot of gingham for their summer collections that I decided to check the figures. And they're fantastic. Nobody m the cotton trade can remember a
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    NIGHT LUSTRE
    36 6 A sparkle m her hair Adding sparkle to the beautiful party hairstyle is the glittering new hair jewellery. The girl m the picture has pinned a big sparkler-brooch m front of her smooth coiffure.
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    CUT-PRICE GUNMEN GET TOUGH
    193 6 VIURDER, INC., is out of 1»1 business, but you can still hire a freelance killer to do v job m New York City. Current price of murder is about $30,000 Malayan, but Burton N. Pugach, a bearded New York lawyer, decided the price was a bit
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      12 6 llOoMeiiMii WORLD FAMOL^ s!^ DUAL SP«° TAPE RfCoßrl V^ Compocto^'^ SHBIBO "-H
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      157 6 dfgdfdfgfd Y.W.C.A. (Raffles Quay): Japanese flower arrangement beginners 5.15 p.m.: International Women's Club Canadian film show 10.30 a.m. KAMALA CLI/B: Malayalam class 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. STAGE CLUB: Presents "Charleys Aunt" at Victoria Theatre 9 p.m. EXHIBITIONS < Rattles Mu>eum > Photographic exhibition "'China"
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      342 6 BORN today you are ger.ial. friendly and kindly. You have a keen mind but must ham to use it fully, it you are to reach the heights There is a certain duality m your nature which may make life a little <iifficult for you at time* Although you are basically
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      88 6 [^j»^ fc^ B^*AaaßßßaaaaWaWßlaaaaaaaa^^**"*^^Bßßßßßaa*aa^i^^afc^k. I whi I pre> I I HXPI' I I I tale I uaturi I rail OWI I I I atten I To I I morr I I :p TOMOI \r the I I Ujl IRIl> I I i'lM nut. B< me AKII Pov at wot to r<
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    YOUTH AND IDEALS
    309 7 Reporter Catherina Ng describes the monster male m various clothing AVER a tall cool glass of lemonade m the warm evening we were philosophising on life. We talked about people and their human ways. Then we got down to talking about women and that was where the
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    TYPES OF MEN A GIRL HATES
    577 7 —braggarts and sycophants ready any day to svvear to his innocence, while doing his best to conceal his misdeeds from his friends. He assumes the role of a saint and frowns upon any tomfoolery that his friends may indulge m. He seizes every opportunity
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    TASTE OF A SOLDIER'S LIFE...
    102 7 TASTE OF A SOLDIER'S LIFE rHIRTY young Army cadets from Pasir Panjang school, Singapore, had a taste of full-time military life last week when they spent a week with British units. The cadets, all between 14 and 17 years of age, fired Bren guns, and flew m an Auster aircraft
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    A teenager with stars in her eyes
    225 7  - A teenager with stars in her eyes MARGARET WEE By TTKDURTEEN-year-old Anr thea Christine Dirckze is a teenager with stars m her eyes. The writer of a prizewinning entry m the Shankar's International Children's Writing and Drawing Competition for last year. Anthea is very optimistic about the career she intends
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    WHAT THEY SAY OF YOUTH
    96 7 I DON'T think the youth of today is any different to when I was a youth. I don't think youth will ever be any different.'' Magistrate. "¥>EOPLE try to persuade V me that discipline comes from within. That U bunkum. Discipline is inculcated within only
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      KEEP HAND-BRAKE IN TRIM
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      36 8 picture. THE übiquitous Land Rover even finds a place m the Bertram Mills circa at Olympia, London, this year. It takes m its stride the dri\ers weight and unusual character.— Keystone
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      LOOK! A CAR WITH NO WHEELS
      76 8 NEW YORK crowds watch a demonstration of what is claimed to be the world's latest method of transportation the CurtissWri K ht "Air Car." Without wheels. axles transmission, clutches, etc.. it travels smoothly ovrr any unobstructed terrain. across water. mud or swamps, on a
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    WITH 10-LB LESS TO CARRY EXCELSIOR
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    A DOUBLE FOR LITTLE 1 1 MICHAEL I
    233 9 A DOUBLE FOR LITTLE 1 1 MICHAEL I 1 ITTLE MICHAEL won Ld well enough over 5y 2 F the first day to overcome an 81b penalty and win z the Class 4 Div. I— 6F E race tomorrow to com- plete a double for the jjjj meeting. E E
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    O'Neill cracks the bowling
    177 9 O'Neill cracks the bowling AHMEDABAD, Wednesday. "^ORMAN O'Neill, 22-year-old Test batsman, scored 284 runs out of an Australian total of 554 for six declared m the touring team's drawn match with the Indian Cricket Board of Control President's XI here yesterday. O'Neill, who was 158 not out overnight, and Les
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    Today's Sport
    41 9 RIGGER: S.C.C. "A' v S.E.R.. Pacing; R.E.M.E. v R.A.F. Tengah. Ayer Rajah Road SOCCER: Malays Junior League Setia Jay a v Stable Boys "A". MFA Balestier Road. Bukit Panjang District K.O. B.P. Rangers v Kranji Rangers— B.P. English School.
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    Signals m semi-final
    67 9 NO. 19 Air Formation Signal Regt. entered the semi-final of tne FARELF rugby competition (Singapore zone) when they beat No. 3 Base Ordnance Depot by 11 points (goal, try and penalty) to nil at Changi yesterday. Signajs now meet GHQ. ARMY Guard Dog Unit beat Singapore Recreation
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    Basri the hero
    39 9 With five goals centreforward Basri was the hero of yesterday's Singapore Malay F.A. junior soccer league match when Pemuda Bawean beat Sukaramai 'B 8-0 at Balestier Road. Others who scored were Bakri. Man mud and Isnin.
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    5 for Rangers
    35 9 Govindasamy (2). Sect Goh Teng <2> and Sect Cheng Eng scored the goals when Rainbow Rangers entered the semi-final of the Bukit Panjang District FA knockout competition beating Woodlands SC 5-0 yesterday.
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    340 10 VOLUNTARY U.S. HALT TO NUCLEAR TESTS Suspension continues on a new basis WASHINGTON, Wed. J^HE United States announced yesterday that it will begin a period of voluntary suspension of nuclear tests when the 14--month suspension agreed upon between the Western powers expires tomorrow. President Eisenhower, making the announce- ment said
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    183 10 VIENNA. Wednesday. m'LGARIA will ask the Soviet Union to establish rocket launching: bases on her territory if "ruling circles" m Greece and Turkey reject a parliamentary conference of Balkan countries. Solia radio quoted Todor Zhivkov, first secretary of the Bulgarian Communist party, who proposed
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    FRANCE'S LOYALTY PLEDGE
    116 10 FRANCE'S LOYALTY PLEDGE OARIS. Wed. France was B I difficult ally for Ame: but a faithful one. M. Couve de Murvillr said reply 10 criticism g a twQ-day foreign policy debate m the National Assembly yesterday. He said he believed it possible to solve differ m r >f the French
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    59 10 JAKARTA. Wed.-The Indonesian Social A Hairs Minister, Mr. Muljadi Djodjomartono, suggested yesterday that Indonesian Chinese take Indonesian names. Mr. Muljadi was speaking at the opening of a social training course for Indonesian Chinese at Temmanggung. Centrai Java He >aid Chinese names such as Ong and Ang
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    55 10 ACTOR Edmund Purdom (above) is charging his wife Barbara with "adultery m company with" Prince Mario Ruspoli, mem. ber of one of Italy's wealthiest noble families. She charges that Purdom hit, defamed, and insulted her and failed to pay maintenance. A Rome court yesterday adjourned the
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    83 10 IRAN: WE MAY SEEK ALLIES' AID RAWALPINDI. Wed. The Iranian Prime Mini>ter. Mr. Manushar Eghbal. said here yesterday that his country would invoke help from all Its allies m the event of "aggression" by Iraq over the Shatt al-Arab dispute. Meanwhile it wa> reported m Teheran that Iraq troops which
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    32 10 LONDON. Wed. Aneurin Be van. deputy leader of the Labour opposition, had a stomach operation at a London hospital yesterday. He will stay m the hospital for two weeks. U.P.I.
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    157 10 'I saw monk in hall of Minister's house' /COLOMBO. Wed— A witness \\j m the Banciaranaike asI sassination case told the court yesterday that he saw Somarama Thero, who is accused of the murder, m the house of a former Minister, Mrs. Vimala Wijewardene, on the morning of Sept. 25
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    48 10 VATICAN CITY. Wed. The Roman Catholic Church is preparing a reform of the breviary recited daily by its priests and other slight changes. Vatican sources said today. The purpose of the reforms is to make religious services clearer and more appealing to modern man. U.P.I.
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    92 10 JAKARTA. Wed. "We Indonesians not only have the duty to take West Irian, but also the right to be there. said Foreign .Minister Dr. Subandrio yesterday. He compared Indonesia's claim on Dutch-ruled West New Guinea with Chinese "expansionism." They wrre entirely different, hr Ito cd. The West
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    PENG SOON WILL SET UP OWN HALL
    376 10  -  FRANCIS BOEY REST OF THE SPORT By FORMER world badr minton champion, Wong Peng Soon, who was awarded the M.B.E. by the Queen for services to badminton is looking for a suitable hall to continue coaching as a professional m Singapore. The four-times
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      170 10 TON DON, Wed. Henry Ld Cooper, 25, British and Empire heavyweight boxing champion, last night announced his engagement to Italian born Albina Genepri. A it LONDON. Workington beat Carlisle 1-0 m an English Football league fourth division match. <r LONDON. Tony Brooks said he had not yet made
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    152 10 MOSCOW. Wed. Mr. Khrushchev is likely to accept the date of May 16 formally proposed by the West yesterday for a summit meeting m Paris, observers here said last night. Rumours of a Khrushchev visit to Scandinavia m May,
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    176 10 LONDON, Wednesday. AIR. KHRUSHCHEV criticised Mr. Belyayev, i?1 Communist Party chief m Kazakhstan, and the Kazakh Premier, Mr. Unayev, m a speech on Christmas Day, Moscow Radio disclosed yesterday. He held them responsible for losing part ot this year's harvest m that important grain-grow-ing
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    'NOW WE CAN BE HONEST'
    67 10 JAKARTA. Wed. -President Sukarno yesterday a>kec j Indonesian managers of state companies most of which i formerly were Dutch— to act honestly. The president said: "You 1 are no more tools of the big firms with their centres .m Amsterdam and Rotter--1 dam. You do
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    15 10 VIENTIANE. Wed. Katav Den Sasorith. Laos VicePremier, died yesterday ol heart failure. Reuter
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