The Singapore Free Press, 8 January 1960

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    13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS No. *****. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 8 1960. 15 CENTS.
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    OPINION Delicate problem for Bonn
    10 1 OPINION Delicate problem for Bonn be I G 0 SHORTAGE
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    Smartest combination for business and pleasure
    52 1 Smartest combination for business and pleasure -ggage '•at as m quick accelera- j from ■•n 1 minute > up to 50 PLEASURE Sleek lines by Pinm Farina; roomy comfort for four adults or two adults, three children; handsome two-tone finishes; making the A.40 the most modern two -purpose car on
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    Rubber: A dull start
    32 1 January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at 115 cents per lb., down one-eighth of a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was dull.
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    Form Guide Today
    51 1 The Free Press Form Guide for the coming Ipoh races appears m pages 9 and 10 today. In future, the Guide will be published on the preceding Friday when a race meeting starts on a Sunday and on the preceding Thursday if it begins on a Saturday.
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    ACTION ON TEACHERS
    333 1 Full-time certificate course to be scrapped: Students will nave to help out by working m primary schools —TO EASE Now all training is part time By A. MAHADEVA RADICAL changes with a view to unifying the various teacher training: schemes m Singapore are now being finalised by
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    Lock icon Overseas League chief flies in 'to help Singapore'
    72 1 Sir Evelyn Wrench pictured at Paya Lebar airport with officials of the Singapore branch of the Overseas League: from left Mr. N. Rastogi (committee member), Mr. C. F. Pope (hon. treasurer). Miss M. A. Raynor (secretary to Sir Evelyn), Sir Evelyn, Mr.
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    MOVE TO ADAPT TO NEW CONDITIONS
    255 1 MOVE TO ADAPT TO NEW CONDITIONS npHE 77-year-old founder-president of the OverA seas League. Sir Evelyn Wrench, arrived In Singapore last night by Qantas from Australia to find out how the League could help Singapore to "fulfil its destiny." The League, which has over 500.000 members of all races and
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    Lock icon Ice floe breaks up: Planes sent to rescue scientists
    217 1 WASHINGTON, Hi. Planes have been sent to rescue 28 United States military and civilian scientists from an ice island m the Arctic that is reported to be breaking up, the I'.S Air Force announced yesterday. The ice island is situated about
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    Lock icon NEW FLARE-UP IN CONGO: TRIBESMEN IN SAVAGE FIGHTS
    132 1 NEW FLARE-UP IN CONGO: TRIBESMEN IN SAVAGE FIGHTS LILIABOURC;. Belgian Congo. Fri.— Several villages have been sacked and many huts burned m a now flare-up of fighting between LuVia and Baluha tribesmen m trouble-torn Kasai province m the heart of the Congo, the Belgian news Agency reported last night. Bands
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    Assembly queries on Council staff
    281 1 Assembly queries on Council staff OINGAPORE'S Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. will be asked to say at the next Legislative Assembly meeting- on Jan. 13 whether present employees of the City Council will be paid a pension or provident fund on their retirement after th c integration of their
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    Lock icon Plane in landing mishap, gutted
    117 1 Plane in landing mishap, gutted PASSENGERS, CREW SAFE T ONDON. Fri— A British European Airways Viscount airliner was destroyed by fire at London airport last night after its nosewheel collapsed on landing from Dublin m foggy conditions. The 54 passengers and crew of five all escaped injury, although some were
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    57 1 !POH SCRATCf-MNC i ii, I on h w u I i i Hall II I in i' i, K I i I 1 I BARRIER DRAW in i i in 1 II 9 I it: 11 UAR TAKES 0\ HBO J is ~lhtin M« i R imK li
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    Lock icon 'This is unfair,' India tells U.S.
    77 2 'This is unfair,' India tells U.S. >\ W ORh. Fri. India i has complained to MTasktagtaa against Amrrir.u) sales of non-Indian fafcria under the name hulu Madras This was announced vester<i 13 b\ th. Indian onsul- Mfili Mr. M. tiopala MeaMk 1 h«> complaint pointrd out that hand-\vo\en cotton fabrics
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    TURN FOR THE BETTER ON LONDON MARKETS
    353 2 l i riee upheaval is ending as many storks regain ground lost m the last few days LONDON, Friday. AFTER the upheaval of the past few days, the London stock markets took i turn for the better yesterday and although losses were fairly
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    892 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. KEY TO MARKINGS X cci Com capital issie i xall excluflinc everything «i eiclvimg dividend I cfei cum Mnus issue y icr m excluiiic capital returi t ccr cum capital retura H ct cum iivigeti c Mil en* til z
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    LONDON COPRA PRICE UP
    113 2 LONDON COPRA PRICE UP LONDON. Fri.— Backed by reports rrom Manila that j recent typhoon damage to the j copra crop was mucn more j extensive than was at first i estimated. prices on the market here moved higher with dealer trading fairly active. Several parcels of Philip- pines copra
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    HONG KONG PRICES
    56 2 HONG KONG. Thursday. Closing prices here today were: Yesterday Today H. S. Banking Corporation $1,205 $1,140 sellers -sales Union Ins. Canton. $94.00 $94.00 :>ales satoi Wi-.eelock Maiden 6.10 6.10 sales sales H'Kong phone $33.00 532.75 sales i»ales Dairy Farm Sc Cold Storage $22.10 $22.30 MIH sales Taikoo
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    Slight rise in rubber
    71 2 Slight rise in rubber LONDON, Fri.— The steady close at Singapore enjcouraged the market to adjust j prices upwards by a farthing a pound at the outset but business during the morning session was very slow. Despite continued apathy of buyers during the afternoon sellers showed no disposition to make
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    Lock icon BO AC 10 EXPAND PACIFIC SERVICE
    41 2 LONDON, Fri. The British Overseas Airways Corpoi ration said that irom March 17 there would be three Britannia flights weekly on their trans-Pacific service between i San Francisco and Tokyo and i Hong Kong Reuter
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    First trust fund
    9 2 Managers selling price, today $1.16 xd.
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    Record at Port Swettenham
    35 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A record total of 1,334,000 tons of cargo was handled last year at Port Swettenham. This is 4,000 tons more than In the previous record year of 1957.
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    97 2 SHIPS IN PORT CHIPS lying alongside the Sin-; gaporp Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Jan Matejko 1/2. General Sikorski 4/j, Charon 6A. Cardigansliire 6/7, Benmhor 8/9. BenqkAlis 10/11. Lexa Maersk 13/14. Salsette 15/16, Ferndaie 18. Van Waerwtjck 19. Islander 21/22, Pacific Maru 23. Larut 24. Purnea 25/26. Kasimbar
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    Master of latest Orient Line ship is named
    303 2 Business briefs f ONDON, Fri. A descendant of an admiral who 12 fought beside Nelson at Trafalgar has been chosen to command the Orient Line's big new luxury liner, the 40,000-ton Oriana, expected to make her maiden voyage to Australia and the
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    World market prices
    338 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. U.K. Closing Prices LONDON. Jan. 7. Yesterday Today RUBBER No. l RSS •J.f. European ik '""i\:. SmJS"!? RUBBER NO. 1 RSS Spot 34 > 34i ÜBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement Home 3.( ,16i) H l« Terms Feb Mar 33 33
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      334 2 HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE <Sc NORTH GERMAN LLOYD To (Colombo), Genoo, Marseilles, Antwerp, Rottcrdot*, Bremen Hamburg. Calls Southampton for passengers. Store RAVENSTEIN (LLOYD) 11 21 lM 22 21 )M 21 14 DRESDEN (HAPAC 23 26 Jan 27 21 Jan 21 21 Jan HANNOVER (HAPAC) 31 JN 1 fet 2 3 Fel ixprtu
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    Lock icon Nazism: U.N. probe sought
    205 3 l 7 YOUTHS AND CITY EMPLOYEE TO BE TRIED ON RACE CHARGES IN BERLIN NEW YORK, Friday ,H! SITED NATIONS was asked yesterI to investigate the defacement of s with Nazi swastikas and other ini»f racial intolerance. made by the Internationa' Rights of Man m a
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    ACCIDENT POLICE APPEAL TO PUBLIC
    69 3 ACCIDENT POLICE APPEAL TO PUBLIC 'liiiini iiiiiur SINGAPORE police are appealing tor witnesses of an accident at about 3.15 p.m. yesterday m which an elderly woman was knocked down and killed by a car at the 14* milestone. Woodlands Road. The woman was Fong Ho, 66. The car was driven
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    Lock icon NEW BASOEKI PORTRAIT
    14 3 NEW BASOEKI PORTRAIT omKmg Queen Mi Raden won porthe th« Yang Malaya irnn Reuter
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    Rumi spelling
    49 3 A recorded interview In which Dr. Haji Zainal Abidin bin Ahmad, chairman of the board of governors of the Malaysian Sociological Research Institute, discusses the reformation of Rumi Malay spelling, tvill be broadcast by Radio Singapore m the series 'Talk of the Week" at 8.1? p.m. today.
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    BLOOD BANK VOLUNTEERS
    66 3 Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, will lead a delegation of Peoples Action Party (Rochore Branch) members and other members of the public to Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital on Sunday at 9 a.m. to donate blood. A Government statement said the mobile transfusion unit would not
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    Band concert
    21 3 Singapore Police Band will j play m the Botanic Gardens on Sunday between 5 p.m. j and 6 p.m.
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    Nanyang graduates seek teaching jobs
    169 3 T*HE Public Services Commission yesterday interviewed a group of Nanyang I'niversity graduates who have applied to teach m Singapore's Government and Government-aided Chinese schools. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. the Minister for Eduction, tola the Free Press that this was the first time the P.S.C. had
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    MONKS START 3 BUDDHIST SCHOOLS
    92 3 MONKS START 3 BUDDHIST SCHOOLS AN Amcfican-born Buddhist monk, the Rev. Susiddih (Harold Brian (.node). 26, a former Hollywood film executive, and the Venerable Sumangalo (Dr. Robert Stuart Clifton), 57, -American-born abbott of the Poh Em Shih Monastery m Pasir Panjang, left Singapore yesterday by air for Penang, after establishing
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    No water
    48 3 Water will be cut off today along Tanjong Katong Road (between Geylang Road and Swanage Road) from 9 a.m. j to 3 p.m. and along the back!lane of Foch Road (between ißeatty Road and Lavender Street* from 9 A.m. to 5 p.m. !to repair leaking pipes.
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    Tape recording of her singing won Merle 'passport' to visit S'pore
    330 3 Tape recording of her singing won Merle 'passport' to visit S'pore AUSTRALIAN GIRL MAKES A HIT HERE I A tape recording was the "passport," to a stay m Singapore for Merle Harris .(pictured left), attractive Australian singer now performing at a popular Singapore night club. Merle, 22, was looking for
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    Illegal entry
    40 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Shari bin Buradi, 20, who entered the Federation at Sungei Bah, Permas, from Indonesia, without a valid passport, was fined $400 m the Magistrate's Court yesterday. |He said he came to see his sick father.
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    Malaya invites Pak. Minister
    34 3 KARACHI, Fri.— Pakistan s Education Minister, Mr. Habibur Rehman, will make a three-day visit to Kuala Lumpur towards the end of the month at the invitation of the Federation Government.
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      243 3 A COTTON SATIN fl ,W1 *i IN DESIGN SOSI/4 I Controlled Retail Price: *> S'pore/Pefiang $3.10 per yd. j^*m „>* ifc^Vv flP\ Moloya $3.50 per yd. f%A f\t >v^ jB W^ -**J v <£*. HB VP* V^^ These fabrics are all FULLY GUARANTEED; 'if satisfaction is wo/ obtained, the cost
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    Guess who said it
    168 4 1 The Prime Minister's job and mine are the same. 2 Elizabeth Taylor, who is she? 3 It is no good for man to seek escape m luniks and rocketry and to leave his soul morally earthbound among the television sets and espresso bars. 4 Cod
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    How to play you just can't lose
    195 4 How to play you just can't lose rE OBJECT of tne game is to tit the sayings above to the people who said them. Warning is hereby given that a certain low cunning has been exercised m choosing the quotations. Some are obvious: some are less likely: some might have
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    ANSWERS
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    JEWEL THEFT
    52 4 LONDON. Fri. Two men apeared m court here on charges of stealing jewellery and other articles worth more than i' 155.000 from four London branches of the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Association. They were committed m custody for trial at the Old Bailey. Both pleaded not guilty and reserved
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    237 4 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today planning thi i gigantic seal* "j care too much I i care of detail y when necessary that also. You around person Wbt ry through a p. inception as an completed job this, you may a: brilliant success m life. And sin< < span will
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      403 4 L Jl -:r tt^ra h I B in^ rj cj^=B w w 'I m w mww/M r nrt WMam am a km mat m Li i^c I i Sensational cosmetic discovery! removes tine lines and wrinkles tightens ond r«juvtnotts th« skin. .^flHIK^. Use Plocentubcx on face, neck ond |k hands.
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      85 4 r The most POPULAR Set m America Japan 8 TRANSISTORS 4gents: REIMAN COMPANY 32 Bonk of China Bldg., S pom. Tel: *****. mm DIATONIC ACCORDIONS IM W H Model 112 2 stops 2 sets rr' U^ t ''.sl Model 113 3 stops, 3 sets ret ri^ Model 114 4 stops,
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      124 4 RIP kirby By John Prentice 6c Fred Dlckenson MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis NOW OREAT ANJP TRAFPIC MOVES REMEMBER \Z' POMT^V YOU REALLY MO MORE t PLAMESFLY WHERE BAWPITG THEGOOPOLI7 REMINP 7 WEREKJMGOF \BAMPrT9. I k SAFELY ONCE ROAMEI7-- \v I PAYS T ME. BAN PITS T WHAT
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    Aileen (5ft. 11 in.) aims to become foremost model
    139 5 Aileen (5 ft. 11 in.) aims to become foremost model l^.yoar-old, Aileen I h iriuht). who musl m the tallest models m I ft^-^ nibition. become a top prohe goes back &he was educatThen she rejoined n Malacca. quiet there," I did not know what I tf v U rvsilvss
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    CHINESE LADIES' NEW VENTURE
    94 5 11 .pore C >sociation film embers S war II ye worked the Assoe never return amen: programme iddy Long Leg> ning Rise, at 9 p.m. on Jan. 12. Speaking about the objects of the Association, Mrs. Yeoh said that it aimed chiefly at promoting cultural, social
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    KEEP YOUR NAILS PRETTY
    66 5 PRETTY hands complement a pretty face and nail> are all important. Here's a tip to help you preserve their length. File them wiih an emery board, starting on a level with the tip of each ringer, curving them into a crescent. If you shape them this
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    $30 for household hints
    232 5 AN idea for freshening up suede shoes wins first prize of $20 In the "Household Hints" contest for Miss Mavis D'Souza, 425, Serangoon Road, Singapore, 8, who says: "To freshen them up, steam them over a kettle and brush with a rubber brush. If you have
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    Preparing for arrival of baby is simple
    683 5  - Preparing for arrival of baby is simple NURSE MEG TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN BY IN Malaya preparing for the arrival of a new baby is a comparatively simple matter compared to the preparation necessary m a cold country where warm clothing, chills and woollen shawls are all matters to be thought
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    What is YOUR baby query?
    287 5 What is YOUR baby problem? Write to Nurse Meg, c/o Feminascope The Free Press, Times House, River Valley Road, Singapore, 9, and she will answer your query m this page. Readers' names and addresses are not published. Their letters are seen only by Nurse Meg
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      138 5 You'd find it ideal m air-conditioning j NESTUM- A/ I all the family s^S I All healthy babies should be given a complementary food from about 12 weeks of age— SPli^^l and you cannot do better than choose deli- cious, easily digested NESTUM ready-cooked. 4 3 -cereal food. NESTUM is
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    6 MONTHS ON AN ICEFLOE
    957 6 Missed most of all were letters Bears intruded on the 'island' By MICHAEL COPE reporting from Fairbanks, Alaska, tne story of life m th«- Arctic as told by IS. Air Force Captain James F. Smith who has just returned from America's floating ice station "Charlie"
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    JAK AT THE BARBER'S
    21 6 "Oh Sir, Sir. with one of those adorable fluffy mohair sweaters you'll be the rage of Chelsea.'
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    IT'S COOKERY BOOK WITH A DIFFERENCE
    437 6 IT'S COOKERY BOOK WITH A DIFFERENCE TJDSFKJDSJDJDR GF,MFTKJDSKJDRKJDSYT TFJHDSJHZDKJDJDRJDR MAINLY FISH. By Victor MacClure Andre Deutsch, 10 6. THIS is something different m the way of cookery books. To begin with, there isn't a scrap of meat m the whole thing. And secondly it isn't one of those awful catalogues
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    How much do you know about fish?
    202 6 How much do you know about fish? rE Book of the Week is about fish so let's have some questions this week about our own fishing industry. 1. How much money is the Federation Government spending on regrouping fishermen along the West coast into bigger units? 2. Name the United
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      215 6 mm m^^^m THE N^w I 00% WATFKPI <ioi Sole Agents: I For Singapore, Federation o M alj British North Bon PO E.S. REUBEN 1. Shaw's (Capitol) Buidin; i» t r North Bridge Road Sin I Obtainoble from oil leod THE ONLY DIE-CAST FAN .^^^DE IN INDIA U AVAILABLE ON HIRE
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      275 6 CLUES ACROSS 4 Exponent of the Terpsichorean 1 baves one's strength— for be- art (6). ing married? (B>. 5 Blood is spilled to make this 7 seeking doth of monstrous man (4). Lolt 1 16^) (LOtr Labours 6 But at meeting one may sit )Sl) (0) m these! (6). BNo
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      37 6 we^k-end's sport, a preview of vj£ n5S Ye a K azin rer§o 3 -7 complled by Kelvln Rev SSr^^ Conductors and composers '6 00 k 7 30 At > our request. your 93n SK?*^ b i^ Claud Doral
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    BOOM FOR MALAYAN TIMBER IS ON THE WAY: BIG DEMAND
    276 7 tfelavan timber trade is heading for a boom this year, folheavier demand overseas tor high quality hardwoods. Farmer, managing director of a leading timber exya, told the Free Press yesterday that Malayan 11-known overseas for its quality. "~i Also, there
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    LOOK, SHE MAY SUE
    295 7 The Police won't stop you staring so long as the girls don H mind By CHAN SWAN BEE TF you are thinking of spending your lunch-hour staring at a pretty assistant m a shop or store this afternoon, think again. There Is no law against standing
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    81 CARS IN RECORD ECONOMY RUN ENTRY
    161 7 81 CARS IN RECORD ECONOMY RUN ENTRY A RECORD number of 81 cars will be accepted this year m the 1960 economy run to be held during the Easter holidays on April 15, 16 and 17. The 816.5 mile-long route 70 miles longer than last year will be a stiff
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    Special Squad inactive 'for the time being'
    61 7 I 01 P< The Special Squad, a 71--sti handpicked .d of officers and men, tic successors to the reputed •Phantom Squad." dbbandcd In the middle of year Before being taken off the c list the Special Squad iked up a fine record. In
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    CURKHAS OFF FOR JESSELTON
    72 7 1YTLTFKKF /ribed as the "Salisbury plain of the Far East ing area. 50 miles a>t of Jesselton, will British Army units Far East to under- Ing In up-to-date hods and techniques. training scheme Is m r nice with the policy d by the CommanderChief Far East
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    HELL SPEAK FOR SINGAPORE
    37 7 New -v oe on t:ie use oi ols In the mutual appre- eastern and we»alues A total or 31 countries and mational organisation* been invited to nominate a representative each to the seminar.
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    Chinese sinsehs can cure paralysis
    190 7 Chinese sinsehs can cure paralysis EADING Chinese sinsehs m Singapore yesterday claimed that, with the aid of rare Chinese herbs and roots, they can cure certain types of paralysis and apoplexy. They were commenting on a report that Chinese physicians m Hong Kong were treating paralysis and apoplexy successfully with
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    Malay dance class soon
    83 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Federation Arts Council is to start another class on Malay classical dances for beginners at the Y.W.C.A. here shortly. Inche Ibrahim Ariff. secretary of the Arts Council, said yesterday this step was being taken m conjunction with the Y.W.C.A. to encourage more
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    317 more cars in Singapore now
    71 7 317 more cars in Singapore now rERE was an Increase of 317 cars m Singapore during December, bringing the total registered m the State to 57.894. Four new buses were registered for private use. One bus from the public trans* port system was taken off the road. There was also
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    CARS NOW CARRY 'SIP MARK
    126 7 CARS NOW CARRY 'SIP MARK MOTOR vehicle registration numbers, with a new index mark "SU", will be issued from Monday. City Council Administrator, Mr. P. C. Lim, announced yesterday that numbers will be issued by the Registry of Vehicles on the basis of "first come, first served." Introduction of the
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    Cinema treat
    38 7 The Hans Anderson Club m Singapore will take 100 underprivileged children to see "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Cathay cinema on Jan. 12. The film treat is being provided by J. Arthur Rank and Cathay organisation.
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    5 murder cases
    25 7 The January session of the Singapore assize court opens on Tuesday with a calendar of 38 cases. Five involve murder, 19 robbery.
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      36 7 TODAY: 7.36 p.m. TOMORROW: 7.01 a.m. and 9.04 p.m. SUNDAY: 8.11 a.m. and 9.56 p.m. MONDAY: 9Ab a.m. and 10.36 p.m. TUESDAY: 9.30 a.m. and 11.10 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 10.07 a.m. and 11.40 p.m. THURSDAY: 10.42 a.m.
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    1013 8 WEEK-END Barqains On this page are some of the best bargains m town, so scan them closely for your shopping needs for Chinese New Year. The Bargains Page is a regular Free Press feature, appearing every Tuesday and Friday. S "JINGLE BELL. JINGLE BELL You can buy a wide range
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    BOGUS NOTES HOARD IN U.S. VAULT
    267 8 BOGUS NOTES HOARD IN U.S. VAULT WASHINGTON, Fri. Five million dollars (U.S.) m paper money is kept securely locked behind heavy steel doors m a vault m the United States Treasury Building here yet all the money is worthless. This is wnat Treasury experts call the "funny money room" of
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    Romanov crest on vodka bottle
    362 8 Romanov crest on vodka bottle 'THE private crest of A the Romanovs the Royal family of old Imperial Russia is to be used for the first time to promote a commercial enterprise. The crest, a red griffon bearing a sword and shield, appears on the label of a new brand
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      211 8 You must visit the shop that offers ALL KINDS of CUTE STYLES BABY WEAR. SOON JOO CO., I 53, High Street, Spore. Phone: *****. VANITY I Singapore's Best Known; Gown Salon. Alwoys on enormous range of Gifts vvell suited to your pocket. For $5/- and $10/Eorring, Sports blouses, Artificial flowers,
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      36 8 Students who go Overseas We sell what you need overcoat quilt, woollen pullovers, underwear*, scarf, gloves, junipers, winter pyjamas. Advice given Call on us FOOK ON Dept. Store 83/85, South Bridge Rood, Singapore- 1 Tel: *****
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      231 8 Sove your becouse we import direct ond sell direct thot mokes everything cheaper. Watches, Cameras. Transistor Radios Sensational Offer! LIEN WAH 108, North Bridge Rood, Tel: *****, ***** Spore. JUST UNPACKED E1960 RANGE of SPORT WEAR COME EARLY AND CHOOSE The Best KHEMCOS 68, High Street, Singapore-6. SAN MING The
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    FREE PREE GUIDE TO RACING FORM
    11219 9 FREE PREE GUIDE TO RACING FORM I, the lor uarv lass two H H L -k Duet 8-7. l-ll-Track heavy. SCRATCHID: 9-12-59 Spore S-n 3-Course scratching iHiKinvrii: 119 started) 21-10-59 t>K (Oeven Cl. 2 Div. 3. c 8-12; 2nd. Mickey 3rd. Tittlino 8-3 carr 3. Track good. FLIRT DON WAYNE
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    Today's Sport
    32 11 SOCCER MFA league. Sorantfoon Malays v. Stable Boys "A". RIGGER:— RAF Changi v. Johore Bahru United. HOCKEY: -«Farelf Cup quarter-final, REME Workshops v. Royal Signals. TABLE TENNlS:—Singapore championships (at SYSC).
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    ARMY HOCKEY XI V KHALSA
    50 11 The Army Singapore team i will meet Khalsa Association !In a hockey match at Giliman Barracks tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. The Army team is: Fiddimore, Godfrey. Stoddard, Badawai, Eagan. Elliott. Harrison, Abdullah. Nizar, Arjankumar Chetri. M. Yusoff, Fordham. Reserves: Stewart. Devine- Jones, Lee and Straker.
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    Peng Soon to play Kops in Theatre Fund special
    442 11  -  FRANCIS BOEY by STILL THE BEST PLAYER IN WORLD TODAY 9 IVTONG Peng Soon will return to competitive badminton— to help Singapore's National Theatre Fund. He plans to play against Denmark's ace Erland Kods at the Singapore Badminton Stadium on Jan.
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    S.C.A. DECIDES LADDIE ASKED TO COACH HERE
    225 11 S.C.A. DECIDES LADDIE ASKED TO COACH HERE M*»7Hi HPHE Singapore Cricket Association will ask Laddie Outschoorn. Worcestershire professional, to coach Singapore schoolboys for a month. A .MSTERDAM. Fri. Japan j-^\ is among nine nations exempted from qualifying I stages of the 1960 Olympic I water-polo tournament. SAIGON. Hong Kong's Kit
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    GALLOPS AT IPOH FAST TRIAL BY REMEMBRANCE
    463 11 GALLOPS AT IPOH FAST TRIAL BY REMEMBRANCE I I n U I ■■■Wl^J mm mm Dm%DTT C^ ■<"<■ IPOH, Fri. IJEAVY rain for about ten minutes yesterterday took" the sting out of the ground, making conditions almost ideal for galloping here this morning. Present indications are that the going will
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    Police Cup golf draw and times
    279 11 T!HE draw and starting times for the Royal Island Club Police Challenge Cup (36th hole stroke) at the RIC tomorrow are: IST TEE (Saturday): 2.00 p.m. T. B. Sim (14), A. L. Jenkin UB>, R. Archibald (15); 2.05 F. D. Johns (18), L. J.
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    Inter-Unit hockey
    53 11 Inter-Unit hockey In the FARELF hockey competition REME will meet Royal Signals (Meiktila barracks) m a quarter-final match at Ayer Rajah road today at 5.00 p.m. Winners of this tie will meet Royal Engineers. The REME team is: Davis: Reid. Caffyn: Lee. Bird. Ismail: Foxcroft. Badawi, Reynolds. Mohamed. Forde. Reserves.
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    Rajaji S.C. in soccer final
    42 11 Rajaji S.C. in soccer final Rajaji Sports Club defeated the Indian Gymkhana 2—l m the semifinal of the Tamil Festival soccer tournament at Farrer Park yesterday. N. Loganathan and K. Syed Omar scored for the winners, and M. Pakrisamy for Indian Gymkahana.
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    310 12 IKE ANNOUNCES: ATLAS IS IN SERVICE 'Stronger m long-range striking power 9 WASHINGTON. Fri. ff —President Eisenhower told Congress yesterday that America's Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile could hit a target the size of an airfield at ranges of over 5.000 miles. At the same time, he pledged himself and the
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    213 12 MOSCOW, Friday. RUSSIA plans to carry out tests m the Central Pacific m the next few weeks with a powerful new rocket designed to undertake space flights to planets of the solar system, it was announced here last nicht. A statement issued by
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    104 12 CEYLON: BIG SECURITY CRACKDOWN COLOMBO, Friday. 'THE Premier. Mr. Wijayananda Dahanayake, yesterday ordered Service chiefs and the Ins-pector-General of Police to enforce a nationwide security scheme. "There is a serious attempt by certain subversive elements to sabotage democracy m this country and prevent the holding of a general election this
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    38 12 BANGKOK. Fri.— A Thai boxer. Nai Cha Orn Pinsuk. t died after being knocked out m a Thai-style boxing bout m Rano. about 125 miles southra.st of here, the nnlire rpj ported today.- Reuter
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    26 12 NAKURA i Kenya). Fri. A European police inspector. Raymond Pascoe. was sentenced to six months' imprisonment here for wrongfully confining an African. Re uter
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    MAO'S LAND AMBITIONS
    48 12 MAO 'S LAND AMBITIONS LONDON, Fri— The New Statesman, a left-wing weekly review, said that the latest Chinese Note to India showed that Mr. Chou En-lai, the Chinese Premier, had made up his mind simply to occupy any territory which prerevolutionary China had at any time conquered. Reuter.
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    110 12 CHINESE TROOPS FOR ALGERIA? PARIS, Fri. Tbe Algerian rebels are expecting aid m the form of "volunteer Chinese troops and Iraqi military instructors m their struggle against the French, La Depeche Quotidienne said here yesterday. The Conservative newspaper said plans for such action were discussed m Tripoli, Libya, by the
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    MORE SENIOR PUPILS PASS
    93 12 A RECORD number ot candidates have p;> the Singapore Government's Chinese Senior Middle 111 Examinations held here m November last year. The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that 7<> per cent of the 1.550 candidates from the various Chinese schools m Singapore passed the examinations. The
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    Farmer reports taxi hold-up
    52 12 A farmer, Mr. Chua Bok Koon. reported to the police that he was held up at gunpoint by a taxi driver at 81.--milestone, Changi Road. Singapore, last night and robbed of $150. He had boarded the taxi m Victoria Street, he said. There waa another man
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    'No doubt she's the real Anastasia'
    87 12 ITAMBURG, Fri. A famed German scientist said m testimony yesterday that Anna Anderson, the mystery woman who claims to be Grand Duchess Anastasia, is the real Russian princess Prof. Otto Reche. dean of German anthropologists. told a Hamburg court where Mrs. Anderson is fighting
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    47 12 HONG KONG, Fri.—Singapore and Malaya are among South-east Asian countries which arc to be visited by a semi-official Japanese mission. Its leader. Diet member Tatsuo Tanaka, said Japan plans to set up a five billion yen fund for the devf looment of South-east Asia. Reuter
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    Lock icon R.I. PAPERS CRITICISE MR. LEE
    83 12 R.I. PAPERS CRITICISE MR. LEE JAKARTA, Fri. Some Ja«l karta newspapers yesterday criticised the Singapore Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's, reported statement that sagging standards of public conduct and public administration and living were visible m Indonesia and other Asian nations. Merdeka hoped that Mr. Lee's "coming visit to
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    23 12 BELGRADE, Fri. Yugoslav Adriatic shipyards have signed an agreement to build 10 ships valued at MslB million for Indonesia. U.P.I.
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    38 12 TOKYO, Fri.— Eight hundred overseas Chinese arrived m Canton yesterday the New China News Agency reported. It said 31 were from Singapore and Malaya and the others from Indonesia and 350 were students. U.P.I.
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    Thug shoots at stall-keeper
    46 12 A thug fired two shots at a coffeen-stall keeper, HiLSsain Ali, m Dover Ryad, off Ayer Rajah Road, Singapore, last night. Two men armed with daggers demanded money from Ali. When he refused a third man fired two shots. Ali was unhurt.
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    79 12 HK hesitates to bid for RI contract IJONG KONG, Fri.— Hong Kong i s holding back m its t>ld for a contract to supply Ind onesia with 50.000,000 yards of mediumpriced textiles. The Indonesian offer is regarded as much too low to make sales feasible, textile circles said yesterday. But
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    63 12 BOMBAY. Fri. The Indian Pilots' Guild, organisation of pilots of the Air India International Corporation, has called on its members to strike from noon today m protest against the Corporations decision to send a nonmember of the Guild to Seattle, Washington, for training on Boeing
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    201 12 BARRING TON DIDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS OUT Wt^^^^^^t^^^^^^k ""Hill, J G,MGFM,MGFKXDF ENGLAND IST INNPullar run out 65 Cowdrey c Sobers b Watson 30 Barrington c Alexander b Ramadhin 128 c Alexander b Hall 1 Smith c Alexander b Scarlett 39 Dexter not out 103 Illincworth b Hamadhin 5 Swetman r
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    74 12 SON WILL PARTNER MAURICE IT is Pestana Day on Jan. 23. When Penang play Johore tin the All Blues rugby final:— Maurice Pestana, 44, will captain Penang at scrumhalf; Son Brian. 18. will partner him at stand-off; Cousin Kenneth, 20, is m the opposition Johore s scrum-half. Rugby officials meet
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    105 12 CHOO Kirn Leng and Tan Hong Kirn entered the Junior Men s Doubles m the Singapore Table Tennis championships played at the Youth Centre iast ni^ht. They beat Lvi Kok Know and Wong Kit Seng 3-2 and will meet Lim Jin Choon and Ho Feng
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    49 12 Gordon i; dn i m t<ikl a Bomba\ U<k nr U> unl criekrt 1 But he ktpt ing fit iu-\t season. J arrived m v -iffi from Indi;< air: .inDoofl he would nol play ajfl this Rorkr *M sufliruu l P*J mc sin< < hi
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