The Singapore Free Press, 28 January 1960

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS kfkk No. *****. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1960. V 15 CENTS.*'
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  • 17 1 OPINION Mr. Lee's success I X I ft B m m *o r^cie I 1 re- j
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  • 45 1 PARIS. Thun>.— Police said last night they had seized weeks edition of the dies France Observateur wing), La Voix ComTiuni Aspects de la France and Rivarol (rightand a special edition if the satirical magazine Charivari. planation was given the seizures.- Reuter
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  • 212 1 Only two fires as Spore ushers m Year of the Rat 20 are treated Singapore ushered m the New Year with the traditional cracker cannonade about 20 people were treated m the General Hospital casualty department for burns Crackers were blamed for a fire m a car
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  • 108 1 The Pong family listen intently to the radio m their Tanjong Katong, Singapore, home for it is bringing them the voice of their daughter Florence singing m Melbourne. The Radio Australia broadcast was their Chinese New Year gift from Florence, who is known as
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  • 677 1 ALGERIAN OFFER TO NEGOTIATE CEASE-FIRE PARIS FEARS CIVIL WAR TUNIS. Thursday. T*HE 'Tree Algerian Government" last night reA affirmed its readiness to negotiate with France on a cease-fire in Algeria, but announced at the same time that it "envisaged the hypothesis of a long and murderous war." M. Ferhat Abbas,
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  • 37 1 'MUST REPAY IN U.S. BANGKOK, Thurs. The U.S. Development Loan Fund has formulated a new policy under which repayment by recipient countries must be made m U.S. dollars, according to local press reports here today.— l Reuter
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  • 46 1 BRUSSELS, Thurs. Congolese delegations at a roundtable conference here on the Congo's future have accepted a Belgian Government proposal that the African colony should be proclaimed independent on June 30. The Congolese had been demanding independence on June 1. Reuter
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  • 179 1 The Big Walk attracts ex-champ A FTEK four years away from active sport, G. S. Baratharaj, 35, has decided to get fit again. And, like hundreds of other people, he is doing this by contesting the Free Press Walk on Sunday, Feb. 28. As a schoolboy, he was keen on
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  • 87 1 Man, 66, is stabbed to death YEO AH RAY. 66, was stabbed to death a few minutes after the New Year began. He was found groaning at the door of his home at the 6th milestone, Yio Chu Kang I^oad. Singapore, soon after midnight. Mrs. Chia Keok. 52. a fellow
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  • 85 1 K.L. violinist gets U.K. study award LONDON, Thurs.- Andrew Chye of Kuala Lumpur has been awarded a scholarship to study the violin at the Royal Academy of Music here. It is one of five overseas scholarships announced by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of music. The scholarships provide
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  • 84 1 JAKARTA REFUSES TO NEGOTIATE JAKARTA, Thurs.— The Indonesian Government has declined to negotiate with Communist China on the rights and interests of Chinese settlers m the Republic. It also accused the settlers of trying to disrupt Indonesian economy and said they were subject to "provocative external pressures and instructions." The
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  • 32 1 LONDON. Thurs. Industrial stoppages throughout Britain last year Involved 644,000 workers and caused a loss of 5.250,000 working days, according to the Ministry of Labour Gazette. There were
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  • 210 1 LONDON, Thurs. Street bookmakers m some London districts make regular payments to the police on a graduated scale, according to rank, to avoid arrest, a Labour Peer. Lord .Stonham, told the House of Lords last night. A "dummy" had to be arrested periodically to
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  • 126 1 MANILA, Thursday. PHILIPPINE health authorities yesterday took measures to prevent a flu epidemic reported to have broken out m North Borneo from spreading into the country. Dr. Jesus Azurin, quarantine director, told reporters he had alerted his officers, especially m the Southern
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  • 84 1 LISBON, Thurs. Nine aircraft yesterday resumed the search for a. Portuguese air liner missing with nine people on board between Darwin. North Australia, and Portuguese Timor, a telegram from the Governor of Timor to the Overseas Ministry here re- ported. Australian and Portuguese I aircraft have
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  • 47 1 NEW YEAR BC Imi l SIR A. LEACH i Lemch H };< VISITS I I .Hit 1 |>t \< Opposition M< R i.*M nighi MullxlH I t k VJ I ,i Km:,. ..Ml S< POLICE STATION MACHINECUNNED Btl FJIS I i iiili I ln>b Kc| Svril fV.i
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    • 31 1 PAGE "Hoppiest people" prize-winning essays 4 The McCarthy story 6 K.L. race special 11, 12 Women's section 8 Forces page 9 Cartoons 8 Your lucky star 8 Other overseas cables 3
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  • 199 2 1 Govl. calls for tenders LONDON, Thurs.— The British Government is inviting tenders for a nuclear reactor to be installed m a 65,000-ton tanker, the Minister of Transport, Mr. Ernest Marples, said yesterday. He told a questioner m the House of Commons that tenders would
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  • 195 2 Profit-taking halts share advance ONDON. Thurs.— The stock Li majkets developed a firmer tendency during the early part of the session yesterday but buying interest appeared to slacken later and In response to some profittaking many industrial equities reacted. Engineering shares were generally better but steel shares were finally below
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  • 270 2 SHIPS IN PORT CHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves today are; Pres. Jackson 4 5, Bradeverett 6A, Glenea/u 67, btraat Van Diemen 8 9, Benreoch 15/16, Yuklkawa Maru 19, Rajah j Brooke 2'J 24 Nanuisa 25. Benveg 26, Obokil 3132. Drente 33 34. Glaucu.s 35. 36. Dar.akil 40/41.
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  • 52 2 NEW YORK, Thurs.— KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have i agreed to pay M$27.000 in settlement of a \I$757.500 claim for damages filed after the death of an American when one of their planes crashed In the Ati lantic in 1958 with the Loss 1 of 99
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  • 30 2 NEW P AND O CHAIRMAN LONDON. Thurs.— Sir Do- nald Anderson. deputy chairman and managing director of the P O Steam I Navigation Co.. has been i elected chairman. Reuter
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  • 33 2 MANILA, Thurs. The Philippine bureau of Pasts has discovered 30 watches and a number of fountain pens and handkerchiefs m a package from Hong Kong supposed to contain tea Reuter
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  • 99 2 U.S. ENDS DEBT TALK WITH RUSSIA WASHINGTON, Thurs.— The United States yesterday broke off lend lease talks with Russia and accused the Russians of improperly attempting It raise trade matters at the conversations. The State Department said the Soviet delegates had attempted to include such matters as a trade agreement
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  • 939 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. INDUSTRIALS Yesteraay Today A\tt BruKs Prer. 1.95 j.95 OrdS. Was Ice HOG 8.8. Petrol 59 61/B.M. Trustees 5 25 5 25 ion. Tin Smelt Pref. :9 19 Ords 50 6 51/Federai Dispensary :.is-> 1.17 Fitipatricks 1.17 1.18 Fraser
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 119 2 LONDON. Jan. 27. Yesterday Today RUBBfcR No. i RSS C.i.f. European ports Feb 33; 33 11/16 Mar. 33. 33 13/16 RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 36. 38^ UBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms Mar 34. 34 13/16 Apr. June 33 3/16 33 9 16 TONE: Firm.
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    • 59 2 NEW YORK. Jan. .7. Yesterday Today TIN Straits spot 100.50 100.37 TIN futures Straits Contract I TONE: SALES: RUBBER Futures Jan 40.13* 40.38 Mar. 40.4u 40. b_ TONE: Firm. SALES: 39 lots. No. 1 RSS Feb. landed price 40 4u. COFFEE: Futures B Contraot March 36.35 ;;6
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    • 37 2 NEW YORK. Jan. 27. Yesterday Today 30 Industrials 6:19. S4 637.67 20 Railroads 154.19 133.74 I «0 Domestic Bonds SI. 14 SI 17 j 15 Utilities M.45 65 Stocks Composite Averages 211.00 210 32
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    • 51 2 Malabar spot and awaitinp r. j 67, afloats 66. Jan. shipment 66 to •'.">. Lampong spot and awaiting release 67, afloats 66, Jan. shipment 66 to ♦>•"< Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white snot 115, awaiting release 115, afloats 113, Jan. Shipment 114, sellers, ex-dock. Above prices quoted in U.S.
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    • 79 2 Yesterday Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K. /North European ports delivered weight per long ton Jan. S262* S260 COPRA. Straits c.i.i. U.K. /North European port* delivered weight oer long ton Jan. /Fab. i 93; t 93 COCONUT OIL crude Straits o.l.f. European ports in bulk per long ton
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  • 62 2 HONG KONG. Wednesday. Closing prices here today were: Yesterday Today H. A: S. Banking Corporation $1,190 51. 195 sales Union Ins. Canton. $94.00 $92.00 sellers buyers Wheelock Marden.. S 6.15 6.15 sales <fes 6.10 sales H'Kong "phone $33.50 $33.75 sales sales Dairy Farm Cold Storage 524.00 $24.50
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 46 2 POP— Machine Age I M f M MAASC VOU A I K 1 I Sb 5 i ssxssr. s_3ss__l i _#***t<J i^\ m\ i mm y^m4 cm-icr» P < 1? CX J' I ul TO __^«f *Tt fr -tftC i I. f r\ Oc__ \aj -«<^ I w
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  • 31 3 I )i a n m orbit round earth m 1961, US predicts Lfroiiaiits I inak« l Ltlantic I, rockets Mmury rides tic m i six 00
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  • 7 3 U.C. CALL FOR BIG BOYCOTT ds dur-
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  • 97 3 1 I m m m I above B I I I ning •ome Ingle I »tenl*» mins a back- ward tilt m order not to look pigeon-chested. Thus the profile was the J -boyish one of the *****. But the walk was J entirely different should•hrown
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  • 61 3 picture. Firemen at the scene of the fire m Mngapore s Chinatown last nuht. The tire broke out m a grocery shop m Duxton Koad whm a stork of fire-crackers exploded. Neighbours and passers -hy helped to keep thr (lames m cheek until the arrival of the
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  • 82 3 3 TRUSSED WOMEN MAN SLAIN NORTH BRUNSWICK (New Jersey). Thurs. The ?audy getaway cax of a silent filler who shot three trussed women and a man to death jn Tuesday without apparent motive was found abandoned yesterday In neighbouring Elizabeth. New Jersey Police lope to trap the slayer before tie
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  • 310 3 RED CHINA BECOMES FRIENDLY AGAIN LONDON, Thurs.—Decision by Mr. Khrushchev to visit India, Burma and Indonesia next month has, m the view of diplomats here, resulted m Red China swinging over to a friendlier approach towards those countries. Not long ago there was tension between China and India over border
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  • 92 3 Fish tows boat for two hours RABAUL, Thurs. Three men m two boats were towed four miles for two hours around Rabaul harbour by a fish. The fish story was told by amateur fisherman, Billy Bates, 31. who said they were fishing m two boats tied together at some distance
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  • 29 3 BANGKOK. Thurs. Thailand^ Economic Affairs Under-Secretary Luang Thawin Srethpanitkarn said that shipments of American rice would not be made to Malaya. Singapore or Japan.
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  • 20 3 WIGAN, Thurs. Dr. Barbara Moore has so far covered 584 miles m her 1,000-mile walk. Reuter
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  • 25 3 SEVILLE (Spain), Thurs.— Ex-President Juan Peron of Argentina has arrived here 'by air on a visit from the i nnminiMn RenilbliC Reuter
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  • 173 3 I T ONDON, Thur*. Thir- teen Conservatives staged a minor revolt against the Government last night, urging a more dynamic policy for the State-owned coal industry. The rebels included Mr. Gerald Nabarro, Lord Hinchingbrooke and Mr. Nigel Birch, a former economic secretary to the
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  • 54 3 PAYETTEVILLE (North Carolina), Thurs. The wreckage of a B-25 Mitchell bomber has been found high m the New Guinea mountains where it. crashed nearly 16 years ago during the war, the army said yesterday. The remains of the 10 men who were m the twin-engine bomber
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  • 34 3 COALBRQOK (South Africa), Thurs. Rescue workers made no progress yesterday m their desperate attempts to bore a 515-foot ventilation shaft down to 440 miners entombed m a mine. U.P.I.
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  • 275 3 I \\(,IFR. Thurs. A top Inited Nations economist htt urped mobilisation of Xfrica's resources to diversify the continent's economy and "reduce its excessive dependence on the outside world." M. phillipe de Seynes, I'n-der-Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs. to 4 a meeting here of the Economic
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  • 149 3 World a dangerous place, says Mac DRETORIA, Thurs.— Mr. 1 Harold Macmillan said here yesterday that he hoped to make a considered statement on his African tour when he addressed the South African Parliament m Capetown next Wednesday. The British Prime Minister, who met the Press soon after his arrival
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  • 66 3 Bevan: Some improvement T ONDON, Thurs.— The con1j dition of Mr. Aneurin Bevan, 62-year-old deputy leader of the Labour Party, showed some improvement yesterday and a bulletin said he was taking his food better. It was learned at London's Royal Free Hospital that he was able to choose his meals
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  • 228 3 LONDON, Thursday. npHE British Foreign Office declined to comment yesterday on a statement by Sir Anthony Eden m his memoirs that Israel had to act m the Middle East m 1956 year of the Suez crisis unless she was Dreoared to wait for her
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  • 48 3 LONDON. Thurs. Two hundred London taxi drivers drove to the House of Commons to protest against laws that prevent U-turns m the heart of London. Their cars blocked the entrance to the House, then m session, and caused a considerable traffic jam m the area.
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  • HAPPIEST PEOPLE?
    • 520 4  -  S. HAI HONG SAYS KNOW a place whose people are the happiest I have known. And every Sunday, when there is nothing better to do, I go there Pulau Brani (the Brave Island). I don't know if the people there are heroes, but I know
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    • 311 4  -  A. RODRIGUES I— W "J-_^-_^-Tj^--^--PT-f^-^--B tf _T^^-^-^-M^C-r— B^ iS-b-l^-^-Kl ___B- Making most of life By I IKE Thailand. Malaya is close to countries which are centres of major and minor unrest. However, Malaya stands apart with a cool detachment, reflecting a remarkable trait m the Malays.
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    • 447 4  -  P. K. LEONG By T>EAUTY strolls along the sheltered walks under canopies of cherry-blossoms. Industry spins the wheel of labour from cottage plants to mammoth factories. Toil pushes the plough through rugged terrain or braves the wind to fish m the surrounding waters. These
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    • 385 4 By ALEXANDRA LEE AWAY from all the noise and bustle of modern life, away from the hectic speed-crazed world we live m, is a little island off England, where the errors of modern civilization have hardly been spread chiefly because the people there stoutly
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  • 449 4  - Is this the end of tlhe Latin lower PATRICIA LIWIN 1 B 'pHREE of us sat m a x darkened studio m Rome watching the screen. A girl was doing a strip-tease to the "1want to be happy" Cha-cha. Two young men dressed m frilly skirts and feather head-dresses were
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    • 69 4 UMIC Vflll UCT U'^i^'^^wJ HAVI YUU Nit I f\ i\ |J ¥ifl k lit im Mil 4-W i%^ mm mm! mm m/ v^jSs^ 1/ lii A>J JK^ im §411 v SL ■r S y^ g 1 The 7th Century master-detective is on the trail of the killers m —The "whodunit"
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  • 672 5 Afferent roles of Lord Selkirk EXPERIENCED MEN FILL KEY POSITIONS people >sion i »flice niateinir the ions > m > it r B I link the w present post m la>t year. Mr. Bourdillon, aged 46 born m India, where his :.er was
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  • 38 5 left) and Mr. S. T. Ratnam, the !")-nation conference on the I'M services m South East Asia. Politic*] Secretary to the MinisKitnam a senior officer m the »fmii b> INKSCO. was held m
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  • 141 5 How to have voting rights again SINGAPORE voters whose names have been struck off the electoral registers for failing to vote m the last general election are now appealing to the Government to have them restored. A statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs said that those who wished to
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  • 44 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.~| inche Mahmood bin Ali has; been appointed chairman of; the Board of Visiting Jus- ticos lor Johore Bahru. There are two women. Puan Zaidah binte Abubakar and Puan Rahman binte Abdul Manaf. on the Board, which has 24 members.
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  • 309 5 Protest at teachers —'not qualified' THE Malay Education x Council of Singapore has criticised the way m which the Government was running the evening classes m Malay for adults. The Education Ministry came m for criticism on Tuesday night when the Council discussed conditions prevailing m the evening Malay classes
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  • 167 5 Noted U.S. designer due here MR. GEORG OLDEN, director of graphic arts lor the Columbia Broadcasting System television network m New York, will give several talks while m Singapore next week. Now on a 45-day tour of Formosa, Hong Kong. Singapore and Burma on a U.S. Department of State grant,
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  • 39 5 The electricity supply will be cut off m the Union Building, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building, Change Alley and Collyer Quay between 8.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. tomorrow for electrical extension work at the Union Building sub-station.
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  • 97 5 An item by the American! Dance Jubilee team will be i one of the highlights of Radio Singapore's "Puspawarna Singapura" to be staged at! the Badminton Hall on Monday at 8 p.m. Other artistes include P. Ramlee, Saloma, Ruby Wah, Sutinah's dancers, Theresa de
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  • 226 5 barge i pubfor Itsell m line with the changpoiitical status of the territory, the editorial declared: "But let us remind ourselves that the mere adoption of new symbols is not enough." "We must be consistently on the alert and by our conduct, high standards ot efficiency
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  • 87 5 Beware of unhygienic ice-cream rE Singapore Government has warned the public i against buying ice-cream j and other iced drinks made j under unhygenic conditions. The warning added that m October last year eight cases of typhoid were traced to a "typhoid carrier"— an iceddrink hawker. The Government also warni
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  • 82 5 School to admit over-aged pupils The majority of the 1.425 over-aged pupils from Government, aided and private schools m Singapore who recently registered for admission to Forms 111. IV and V at the Jurong Special Secondary School are likely to be accepted, a spokesman for the Education Ministry said yesterday.
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  • 179 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Diesel lorries could be pre vented from emitting acrid exhaust smoke if the owners took care to keep their engines m "tip top" condition, the service managers of various motor car firms said yesterday. They were commenting on the Road Transport
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  • 135 5 rE Albert Schweitzer of the Far East, 32-year-old Dr. Tom Dooley (centre, above), knows he is going to die m 18 months— of cancer, but he insists: "I am the happiest guy alive." American Dr. Dooley has worked among the disease- ridden people of Laos
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  • 303 6 Kussian demob: Where the men will go YTOSCOW. What ITA happens now to the hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers about to be demobilised? Siberia and the virgin lands are waiting wide open and man hungry. Colonel General Filipp Golikov. head of the army's political administration, significantly pointed out to
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  • 146 6 11.45 British Caribbean writers; 12.30 The Kung Hee— Kune Hee show. Chinese New Year radio carnival, produced by Vernon Palmer: 1.00 Programme summary; 1.02 Pot-luck. 130 The news; 1.40 Newstalk; 145 The Norman LubofT Choir sings; 2.00 Song of Norway. 2.00 Music from Italy; 2.45 Footsteps m the
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  • 1157 6  -  RICHARD ROVERE 4 BEST SENATOR DEFEATED BY THE WORST The man who panicked a nation V By gEXATOH McCarthy was re-elected circuit judge m 194."), and the following year was elected to the Senate seat. This seat had been held for 20 years by Robert M. La Follette,
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  • 643 6  - WEST AFRICAN BLOC IS PROPOSED THOMAS R. CURRAN By MONROVIA. Presidifl ent William V. Tubman of Liberia said he favoured some sort of an economic common market for Liberia and the new independent states m West Africa but all talk of political mergers should be regarded with caution. Starting his
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 330 6 CLL'ES ACROSS WO rk (7) I. No neat arrangement here 3. See 1 dovm (4) 4. Be'divided m U,o? on this. o^J&V* on account of something (6». 6. In which to' find the con9. Behave nervily, like the testants (5). 12 ■Tedtou« W D£rTr/ 1 flOrin (4)< 8> "^''niit m
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  • 82 7 SCALE OF FREIGHT RATES TO WEST AFRICAN PORTS IS NOW FIXED ILgGES SAME j FA R EAST OFERENCE I l( tod -a senile- u (t -tn charge an agreed I its tor Sin&aI a the Kcdoration of Ma--I|V..; m port-. I iis 'gentleGold Star 4
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  • 460 7 SINGAPOREANS WHO MADE G00D.... 6 pEOPLE laughed at his venture when Mr. G. C. Thio opened a coffeeshop m Singapore durthe early months of the Japanese occupation. "They thought t tchm a sales executive 3ata Shoe Co.. Ltd. to coffeeshop
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  • 160 7 S.H.B. POLICE PROMOTIONS piVE more Asians will L be promoted as officers m the Singapore Harbour Board Police this year. The Chief of the Harbour Board Police, Mr. R. Tilley, m disclosing this, said that candidates would be selected from the members of the rank
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  • 162 7 Census that is too much for girls KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Girls hoping to be employed as enumerators for the $1,000,000 agricultural census of the country are unlucky. A spokesman for the Agriculture Department said here yesterday that it was unlikely that girls would be taken on for this job, which
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  • 61 7 The International Folk Dance Club of the Chinese YMCA, Singapore, will hold a "New Year Rendezvous" dance on Feb. 5 from 8 p.m. to 11 pjn. at Prince Edward Road. An all-star band, "The Corals," will be present. Members will be admitted free, but
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  • 263 7 City Council union writes to Minister HPHE 3,000-strong Singapore City Council Electrical Workers' Union yesterday suggested that the Government should refer the Industrial Relations Bill to a select committee. It made this proposal m a letter sent to the Minister for Labour and Law, Mr.
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  • 7 7 RSITY HAS 2 OSTS VACANT for ia
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  • 79 7 PREMIER VISITS BALI ISLE The Singapore goodwill mission to Indonesia, headed by the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, was taken on a tour of Bali Island. Free Press pictures show ABOVE: Mr. Lee and members of his mission visiting the village of I bud. where they viewed an art
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  • 185 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The new, million-dollar factories setting up house m the Federation were showing the way to improved working conditions* said the Senior Insnector of Machinery, Mr. E. G. Charlton. yesterday. "I wish some of the established factory managers m this country would
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  • 124 7 Traders hit at Mines Dept. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Malay businessmen yesterday welcomed the Government's plan to help Malays to take part m the mining industry but at the same time criticised the Mines Department which, they said had been most reluctant to issue prospecting licences to Malay applicants. The secretary
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  • 34 7 Ong Beng Kee, 12, a student, was killed after a taxi had knocked him down at Bukit Panjang Road, Singapore, yesterday. He and his brother, Beng Hin, 10, were going to school.
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  • 136 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— About 40 families will have to leave their homes to make way for the new railway diversion south of Kuala Lumpur airfield. The District Officer. Mr. M. A. Kidner, said yesterday that six blocks of labour lines, 12 wooden
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  • 211 7 European recruits still coming in KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The number* of Europeans coming into the Federation has not dropped significantly since the new Immigration Ordinance came into force last May, said a spokesman for the Immigration Department yesterday. "It is too early to say for certain, but there does not
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  • 41 7 A Singapore hawker. Tan Meng Chee, 42, died yesterday after being stabbed m his Banda Street home. He and his wife. Low Eng Fong, 27, were stabbed m a quarrel with a man. The couple have three children.
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    • 39 7 TODAY: 10.24 a.m. and 11.55 p.m. TOMORROW: 11.10 a.m. SATURDAY: 0.32 a.m. and 11.55 p.m. SUNDAY: 1.08 a.m. and 12.38 p.m. MONDAY: 1.41 a.m. and 1.21 p.m. TUESDAY: 2.12 ajn. and 2.04 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 2.43 a.m. and 2.49 p.m.
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  • A PAGE FOR WOMEN
    • 455 8  - SINGAPORE GIRLS LACK IMAGINATION IN HAIR STYLES ESME BAPTISTA says Ceylon beauty expert By TALL and willowy, Mrs. Moira Muthu Krishna, one of Ceylon's leading hair stylists and beauty experts, is surprised at one thing Singapore girls have no imagination m hair styles. Moira, who has been m Singapore for
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    • 115 8 Party tip for the hostess ONCE, a long time ago, when we used to serve. single-handed, many more dishes than we do today, I was given a reprimand by an old friend, writes Helen Burke. We had come to the fourth course and I had risen to leave the room.
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    • 23 8 Film actress Juliette Greco: There are some women who do not like passing on gossip. They are content with inventing it."
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    • 43 8 NEW YORK.— Low-calorie ice-cream is popular with women who want to slim Hence this note from a Pittsburgh housewife: "Please send half a gallon of skinny ice-cream today instead of Friday. I have until then to get into a tight dress."
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    • 127 8 EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS by Mr. T.C. Tan at Diethelm building, Market Street, 9 a.m. to 430 p.m. GEYLANG S TRAITS CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH: Chinese New Year Thanksgiving Service 8 p.m. PAYA LEBAR METHODIST CHURCH: Prayer circle at church 5.15 p-m. SINGAPORE RED CROSS SOCIETY: Treat for Old People's
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    • 227 8 HERBAL MEDICINES AMONG GIFTS FOR THE QUEEN ONDON, Thurs. Home-brewed herbal mcdicines, including one guaranteed by the sender to ensure that the new royal baby is a boy, ha been among the gifts sent to the Queen by wellwishers, it was learned today. But the Queen, expecting her third child
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 219 8 i mSMAU£ 4 Classified advertisements published m this newspaper are read with attention that's why Straits Times 'Small-AcU>' I bring BIG results. I To place a OHO ad. readers m the i Federation should complete the clasM- 1 fied form or phone their nearest S^ Straits Times office. Singapore readers
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 423 9  -  Cpl. K. H. Sharp f turn surveyors' u into finished )V the thousand Story by )U North Malaya, a Royal Engiw>r peers through his theodolite to a hill two miles away. He ptots .round him. Australian Army patrol a ions stops near the hill to The map
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  • 73 9 Steel plane ready soon THE English Electric P.I Lightning fighter, which level at Mach 2 (twice the >peed of sound), will shortly be coming into R.A.F. service. An all-steel research aircraft, capable of much highrr supersonic speeds, should al>o be flying soon. the Bristol T.lBB. ngines are moulded the fuselage,
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  • 494 9 BIRMINGHAM FALLS FOR CHINESE FOOD DIRMINGHAM: Home again after a day at the office or factory, many Birmingham husbands are likely to be offered Chinese food instead of the customary meat pie and chips. The reason is .that Birmingham housewives are creating a keen demand for
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  • 448 9 rvNE-EIGHTH of the new British Army will be stationed m the Aldershot district, said Major-Gene-ral R.A. Bramwell Davis, General Officer Commanding the District, when announcing the modernisation scheme for the area which will cost £17,500,000 (about $148 mil.) over the next seven years.
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  • The Forces Page
    • 153 9 Army trying out new machinegun ANEW light machinegun now being tried and tested for the infantry of the British Army may m time take the place of both the lightweight Bren and the heavier Vickers medium machinegun, which for half a century has played its noble part. The new weapon
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    • 252 9 SECOND nuclear submarine. Four more big County class guided-missile destroyers. Eight new anti-submarine frigates every year. A second commando carrier. Three or four conventional submarines a year for training purposes. Bigger emphasis on amphibious training. These were "the minimum requirement practicable to meet
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    • 233 9 Oldest airman (60) leaves RA.F. rE oldest serving airman m the Royal Air Force and one of two still serving who saw service m World War I. Chief Technician Alfred Wickham, of Rowner, Gosport, retired on his 60th birthday on Jan. 12. He has been 35 years with the Royal
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    • 42 9 FLYING sailors are kept happy off duty at the Navy's night-fighter station at Yeovilton, Somerset. Their many spare-time activities include running a pig far/n which now has 250 pigs. TWO soldiers prepare to fire the new F.N. machinegun.
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  • Article, Illustration
    239 10  -  The Rambler IS *f+* X X —AND YOU MAY QUOTE ME nPUE above quote comes from X a friend of mine at the Royal Singapore Golf Club. "Certainly you may quote me/* he added as he broke his putter m two. "if you dare print it." Well, readers, there
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  • 53 10 i MANILA. Thurs. Philippines are favourites for the first Asian Basketball Conference championship tonight when it meets Formosa m the tournament's closing stages. Unbeaten m eight games, the Filipinos need only"" to do a repeat of their 96 to 83 previous victory over the Chinese to win
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  • 168 10 Kops gets cable no Pakistan trip ERLAND Korp>. Danish Thomas Cup piayer. is> a disappointed man because of a cable from Pakistan. The Badminton Association there told him that their championships had been postponed. Kops had been invited as a guest player m the tournament from Jan. 25-30. The Dane,
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  • 204 10 India fight back in Test: now 243-6 CALCUTTA, Thurs. INDIA fought back in 1 the fifth and final Test yesterday. They are 106 runs ahead with four wickets in hand. The match ends today. Great batting by M. L. Jaisimha 111.0. 59 > and Chandu Borde <50) averted a threatened
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  • 65 10 INDIA—Ist Innrs. 194 AUSTRALIA—Ist Imifa. 331 INDIA—2nd Inn**. Kunderam b Davidson 0 Contractor c Davidson b Benaud 30 Roy lbw. Benaud 39 JaLsimha not out 59 Gopinath c Grout b Benaud 0 Nadkaxni c Grout b LAndwall 29 Borde b Mecklff 50 Kenny not out 26 Extras 10 Total
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  • 54 10 BRISBANE. Thurs.— An unknown' country girl. Margaret Smith, beat Wimbledon champion Maria Bueno 7-5. 3-6. 6-4 in the Australian Lawn tennis women's singles quarter-finals yesterday. Other results: C. Truman bt. Fay Fuller 6-0. 6-0; Mary Reitano bt. Mary Hawton 6-2. 8-6: Jan Lehane bt. Lorraine Robinson
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  • 23 10 CALCUTTA. Thurs. Wilson Jones won the Indian National billiards title yesterday. He beat S.N. E/.ierjee bv 4.178 points to 2.831. Reuter
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  • 104 10 LONDON, Thurs.—Draw for the Asian and Australasian zones of the 1960 Thomas Cup badminton tournament was announced last night. Thailand play India m the Asian Zone. Winners meet Malaya, who have a bye to the semi-final. Pakistan play Ceylon, the winners meeting;
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  • 549 10  -  FRANCIS BOEY By A SINGAPORE speedster will pit his skill against the world's best at the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races on June 2-6. K. C. Wong is making his plans now. This motor cyclist, who won fame at Colombo
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  • 327 10 A sure way to improve Asian rugby MORE Asian club sides are needed if rugby is to prosper, declared Mr. M. G. Leatham, wellknown Singapore rugby referee who leaves for England on leave next month. He said that this could be done with the formation oi District Clubs such as
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  • 61 10 INDIAN Recreation Club officials: President: Mr. A.P. Rajah; Vice Presidents: Mr. K. J. Pillai; Mr. V. Gurusamy; Hon. Secretary: Mr. L.S. Rajoo; Hon. Asst. Sec: Mr. V.J. Dass; Hon. Treasurer: Mr. A.S. Mydin; Asst. Hon. Treasurer: Mr. A. Rajoo; Sports Secretary: Mr. M. Krishna. Committee members Messrs.
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  • 130 10 Thomson and Nagle here on Feb. 8 pOLFERS Peter Thomson VI and Kel Nagle. are coming to Singapore next month to play an exhibition at the Royal Singapore Golf Club. They will fly into Singapore from Hong Kong after Playing m the £1.000 South China golf competition. Mr. Maurio- Miller.
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  • 15 10 Seletar "B" whipped Changi "B 26-0 m a rugby matx'h at Seletar yesterday.
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  • 16 10 The rugby match between RAF TVngah "B" and 1H Signal Regiment was called off yesterday.
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  • 6 10 Fit GHQ zone final FARELF i
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  • 31 10 DISTRICT TENNNIS TOURNAMENT '■•M the i i ■Ml L RAS:, v H ciecH with Car. Whjw tarv att» v&\ pore Ba merrben oi women's sw don: mojl mixed ri tal doublet.
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  • 9 10 THREE AU STARS G A TICKING B B Be
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 10 J/VERY good player knows that normal trump support is not needed for a suit that has been rebid once or twice, but 1 i Hll
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  • 91 11 KEEN EYED SELECTORS... AND THE TALENT IN VIEW Men with a mission are the Junior Asian Cup tourna ment selection committee. In a huddle here, watching play, are (from left)- C Goonting. G. Suppiah. Joseph Pillay (Schools), N. Mohan (Chairman of SAFA Youth Committee), secretary Lim Yong Liang, Ibrahim Isa
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  • 405 11  - Young men of soccer our future strength Francis Boey by THE shape of things to come m soccer. This is what the Singapore experts hope to mould. And to worfc with they have a bunch of youths who are both enthusiastic and determined. Forty-five of them flocked to Jalan Besar
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  • Free Press Race Day special
    • 723 12 A DOUBLE FOR BESTCRETE—HE LOOKS SAAFE IN RACE FIVE Allan Lewis reports front Ilie rour%e KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. DESTCRETE should win the main sprint this afternoon to comD Dlete a double for the meeting. He is penalised only 5 lb. for his easy 3 1 (2 lengths win in the
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    • 116 12 TWO hundred horses are entered for the February meeting of the Singapore Turf Club on Feb. 6. 11 and 14. Ninety-one are m Class 2 a ml 10f> m Class 3. There will be eight races each day. starting at 2.15 p.m. Racing schedule i*FIRST DAY ClasN
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    • 50 12 KHALSA Association play Singapore Joint Services at hockey on Sunday at Girls Sports Club ground m aid of the Khalsa building fund. Tickets are priced at SI. Khalsa team will be picked from: Balbir. Mahinder. Sardul. Kirpal. Kultar. Dail, Kartar. Hardial Harpajan. Harmohan. Dhillon. Sarawan. Ajit. Anoop.
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    • 22 12 The monthly discussion of the Singapore Civilian Referees Society scheduled for Friday has been postponed because of the Chinese NewYear.
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    • 28 12 Singapore Qovernment Services Football 'Association meet Joint Services on Feb. j 21 at Jalan Besar Stadium. J Proceeds go to the National j Theatre Fund.
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    • 25 12 The FARELF Singapore zone) hockey final between H.Q. Nee Soon Garrison and Royal Signals ended m a I—l1 1 draw yesterday at Gillman.
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  • 1123 12 RACE 1-2.30: CLASS 4, DIV. 3-ABT. 7 FURS. 1. ***** LUCKY GAME 5yr. bag (Metropole Stable) Hobbs 9.00 (8) Franklin 2. ***** CALVADOS 4yr. brirg (J.H. Laidlaw) Rodgers 8.13 (2) 3. ***** DANCING WATER 6yr. cham (James H Stable) Sullivan 8.11 3 > Taylor 4. *****
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