The Singapore Free Press, 2 February 1960

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    13 1 The SINGAPORE Free Press No. *****, SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 2, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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    A NEW HUNT FOR FLU VIRUS
    106 1  -  MELVIN CHAN BORNEO SAMPLES IN VARSITY LABORATORIES Health Ministry men take preventive measures ||N GAPORE HAS NOTHING -TO R SAYS THE amous dr. lim ;kl;lk SINGAPORE. Tun ANN. the man who won renown, when he isolated h caused the 1957 epidemic, thai he was
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    Lock icon Dr. Barbara: 250 miles to go
    59 1 BRISTOL, Tues.— Dr. BarMoore, who hopes to hi r walk across the length of Britain by Thursiet out again early today more than 750 miles behind her. The 56- year-old Russianborn dietician resumed her 1.000-mile walk from John OGroats to Lands End after her
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    Lock icon Jet planes gift
    24 1 BAGDAD. Tues— The Iraqi Premier. Abdul Karim Kasannounced yesterday the of Iraqi Air Force jets to the Moroccan Air Force. U.P.I.
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    POP HAS JOINED THE BIG WALK
    125 1  -  Gog By HAVE YOU? POPULAR POP steps off the financial page today and makes Page One. This Free Press cartoon character has decided like everyone else m Singapore that taking part m the Big Walk on Mm day Feb. 28 is something he does
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    Lock icon 26 died in each others' arms
    185 1 VUBARI, Japan, Monday. RESCUE workers said today the 26 miners killed yesterday m a mine explosion and lire here wrapped their arms around each i (her m a futile attempt to escape the flames. Sixty-two men were m the mine early yesterday when a
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    Lock icon WOMAN, 69, DIED SEVEN TIMES IN THREE HOURS
    124 1 WOMAN, 69, DIED SEVEN TIMES IN THREE HOURS IONDON. lues.- The South j Shields coroner was tuid yesterday that a 69-year-old woman had "died" seven times m three hours. The inquest was on Mrs. Violet Hare. 69. who. the coroner decided, died of cardiac arrest. Mrs. Hare was said to
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    Visit by cruiser
    32 1 SINGAPORE. Tues. The French cruiser Jeanne d' Arc with 160 trainee cadets of the French Navy on board will call at Singapore on Friday for a five-day official visit.
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    Infected area
    27 1 SINGAPORE, Tues.— T h e Ministry for Health has declared Lucknow m India a smallpox infected place under the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance.
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    Lock icon Postponed again
    26 1 COLOMBO. Tues Tijp m quiry into the Bandaranaike assassination was yesterday postponed again due to illness Of vr n^ *h p flrrused people.- Reuter
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    Lock icon 500,000 cheers
    18 1 CALCUTTA, Tues. An estimated 500,000 Indians cheered Soviet President Voroshilov on his arrival here yesterday. U.P.I.
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    Traffic increase
    21 1 LONDON. Tues.— The number of motor vehicles m use m Britain rose by over 700.000 to 8,606.047 last year.
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    Lock icon New cardinals
    21 1 ROME. Tues.— The Pope is expected to creat new cardinals at a consistory toward the en.d of March.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Death sentence man fails in London appeal bid
    261 1 LONDON, Tues. A petition by Ng Kit Seong, who was sentenced to death m the High Court at Ipoh last September after being convicted of abetting the murder of Wong Kirn San m January, 1957 was refused leave to appeal against the
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    AFTER 25 YEARS PURPLE ROSE' GOES ON DREAM TOUR TO U.S.
    306 1  - AFTER 25 YEARS PURPLE ROSE' GOES ON DREAM TOUR TO U.S. CHAN SWAN BEE By SINGAPORE, Tues WHEN Madam Tye Mcc Koon, 47, of Chinatown left Singapore for Hollywood last weekend, it was the end of a 25-year wait for her and the case of a dream coming true. Before
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    Hatpin horror
    22 1 LONDON, Tues. A man who jabs babies with a hatpin is at loose m the Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate.
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    Lock icon Test match 'bowler (of bottles) gets $340 fine
    174 1 Test match 'bowler (of bottles) gets $340 fine PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Tues. A young Dominican gardener, Cyril Bellow, was fined iOO West Indian dollars (about $340) by a magistrate's court here yesterday for throwing bottles at the Queens Park Oval cricket ground during Saturday's disturbance. The magistrate told him:
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    Viscount back after 10 mins.
    47 1 PAYA LEBAR. Tues. A Kuala Lumpur-bound Malai yan Airways Viscount returned to the 'airport 10 minutes after taking off because of "mechanical trouble.' The jet-prop airliner carrying 33 passengers had taken off at 7.30 a.m. I It left again at 8.45 a.m.
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    UNIT TRUST FUND
    14 1 Managers selling price tolay Si 18 xd.. buy Ins price 1.13xd.
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    Share mart continues firm after the holiday
    292 2 By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THli resumption of business on the Malayan Share Market yesterday alter the long holiday saw a further firming m industrial shaies with investment buyers predominating. As a result 36 per cent of the industrial list gained m
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    Round the World Market Prices
    354 2 Round the World Market Prices NUTE: Ail prices below I are middle prices. U.K. Closing Prices LONDON. Feb. 1. Saturday Today RUBBER No. I RSS e.i.f. European ports Feb 33 13 16 33 1116 Mar 33J 33 0/ 16 1UBBEH No. 1 RSS Spot 36 35; UBBER No. 1 RSS
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    HONG KONG PRICES
    61 2 HONG KONG. Monday. Closing prices here today were: Wednesday Today H. S. Banking Corporation $1,195 $1,205 .•»ales sales Union Ins. Canton. $92.00 594.00 buyers buyers WbeelOCk Maiden t 6.15 6.15 &S 6.10 sales .^iles HKong phone $33.75 $33.75 sales &$J3. 50 sales Dairy Farm Cold Storage 524.J0
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    DIVIDENDS
    160 2 Nickels pay 75c. split shares NEW YORK: International Nickel has declared a quarterly dividend of 75 cents payable on March 21. on record February 23. Previous quarterly dividend was 65 cents which was m effect since September 1955. The directors also recommended for approval at the annual meeting m
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    U.K. stockpile sales
    109 2 LONDON. Tues. The Board of Trade sold 5.950 tons of natural rubber from its stocks m January, compared with disposals of 8.577 tons m December it was announced last night. January sales comprised: Spot 330 tons: February delivery 1.358 tons: March 2.065 tons, and April 2.197 tons.
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    898 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. SINGAPORE. MONDAY. INDUSTRIALS i Wednesday Tod3y j Al»i B-.wrs Prer 1.95 1.95 Ords. •t'as ice 11.00 Buyers B.B. Petrol 61/- B.M. Trustees 5. 25 5.25 in Smeit Pref. 19 :9 1 Ords 50 6 51'Federai Dispensary 1.17 I.I8V2 Fitzpatricks l.ll
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    London: Losses in equity markets
    192 2 LONDON. Tuesday. THE stock markets m London yesterday were unsettled with buyers reluctant to extend commitments and m response to a certain amount of selling there was a preponderance of losses m equity markets. The recent persistent lall on Wall Street was a restraining influence
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    159 2 SHIPS IN PORT CHIPS lying alongside the Singsiporr Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Tigelbcrg 1 2. Hannover 45. Aimer ia Lykes 6A. Glenearn 6 7. Awaia Maru 8 9, Shiranesan Maru 10 11. Songkhla 13 14. Tamesis 15 16. Somali 18, Tohoro 19, Serdang N. Wall 3, Sedenak
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    TIN FIRM
    13 2 LONDON, Tues.— Tin prices were fully maintained yesterday m moderate trading.
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    Lock icon Big jump in output of GMC cars
    98 2 Big jump in output of GMC cars DE TRI O T. Tues. General Motors Corporation built 328.188 cars m January up 16 per cent, from January last year, which had one additional work day. All General Motors lines, except Buick, built more cars last month than the corresponding month last
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    FORD OUTPUT UP 20 PER CENT
    46 2 DETROIT: Ford Motor Co. built a total of 200,009 cars m January, up 24 per cent from 160,824 of the year-ago month and 20 per cent ahead of December's output of 166,827 cars. Last month 45,038 Falcon cars were built.
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    Jet radar check at Paya Lebar
    409 3 THREE OTHER MILITARY AntrtFtnc 0N ISLAND POS E DANGER OF COLLISIONS G0 VT. IS ASKED TO JjSTALL 500-MILE span5 pan surveillance rQ UIPMENT I SINGAPORE, Tuesday ri:\MKNT is to be asked to install U->pan radar at the Singapore Lebar to prevent mid-air colliillance nukir
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    The car washers start a racket
    11 3 The car washers start a racket P U R. LumlOW alternative
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    rip to Mecca made easier
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    Wage agreement to be reviewed
    5 3 Wage agreement to be reviewed
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    Research will tell how long Pulau Sudong will stay above sea
    375 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Research will determine the time it will take the sea to reclaim Pulau Sudong, whose 400 residents found recently that their island was sinking: slowly. A senior lecturer and geologist, Dr. J.J. Nossin. of the Geography Department.
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    Poultry farmer spotted his stolen fowls at market, court is told
    192 3 Poultry farmer spotted his stolen fowls at market, court is told MAN IS CLEARED OF THEFT SINGAPORE, Tuesday. WHEN poultry farmer Tan Quee missed 320 fowls from his .coop m Holland Road early one morning, he reported to the police and then went to a nearby market. There. Tan told
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    Fuel tax: Two mines closed
    92 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. At least two Chinese tin mines m Perak were closed down last month because of the rise m fuel oil tax, Mr. Woo Ka Lim, secretary of the Perak Chinese Tin Mining Association, told the Free Press this morning. The Federation Government
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    Vandalism
    34 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The craze for smashing or damaging signs written m English has now affected the Department of Town and Country Planning. Damage estimated at $150 has been done to departmental signs.
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    Death fall: A misadventure
    46 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. A verdict of misadventure was recorded yesterday at the inquest on a carpenter. Yong Joo Huat, 43. who died m the General Hospital on Nov. 23 last year. Yong fell off a building m Weld Road wnile repairing a window.
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    BRIDGES THAT ARE 'HOMES' TO BOAT MEN
    258 3  - BRIDGES THAT ARE 'HOMES' TO BOAT MEN HARRY CHIA By SINGAPORE, Tues. Stevedores of Boat Quay and North Boat Quay on the banks of the Singapore River have built- their "rest houses" under two bridges m the heart of the city. iOne is under Coleman I Bridge. The other, a
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    Inspection tour
    23 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Minister for Health. Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim, today began a series of visits to City Council health departments.
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    3 plead guilty to lottery charge
    63 3 SINGAPORE. Mon.— Three men pleaded guilty today to a chaw of assisting m a -character" lottery at an Amoy Street house, raided by the Gambling Suppression Branch CID. yesterday. Cheng Kirn Guan of Ruby Lane Peh Khoon Hong of Worthing Road, and Teo Choo
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    Up soon—a new factory
    59 3 Up soon— a new factory KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A million-dollar asbestos factory with joint Malayan and Japanese capital will ?o up at Petaling Jaya m March. The new enterprise, registered as the Malayan Nozawa Asbestos Cement Co. Ltd.. will manufacture asbestos lightweight sheets, flat sheets and coagulated asbestos sheets. Later
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    SINGAPORE SALON PROVES TOO TOUGH FOR 15 NATIONS
    450 4  -  Sunny Giam allinif all Photographers- •by IJOVV high is the stan dard of the camera art m the 11th Singapore International Salon of Photography? Mr. Lee Lim, a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, said: "It's so high that
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    WHAT THE JUDGES LOOK FOR
    558 4 II T HAT do photo contest or salon judges look for m a picture being considered for prize-winning status? The answer to this question can help the amateur to become a better photographer, whether he aspires to see his prints hung m a salon exhibition
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    A PHOTO CAREER
    69 4 T AM capable of taking reasonably good photographs and I have my own darkroom. I am also looking for a photographic job. Can you please help? J A. Why don't you write to studios. DP and E establishments, or even the newspapers for jobs? Or be a
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    Nee Soon club is thriving
    61 4 Nee Soon club is thriving NEE Soon Garrison Camera Club was initiated by <» Company RASC and after some expansion was affiliated with 71 Army Education Centre. The club is now a thriving concern with 45 members divided into groups with each group having its own activities. There is a
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    500,000 holiday pay-out
    19 5 Lift 11 MmSTRY HELPS -°"> «™Tirrif,T GET OVERTIME WAGES ITS I I I (ho Decrease I I
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    S'pore artists show their skill
    70 5 THIS IS one of the 400: works by local artists which will be on show at the Second Equator Art Society exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, on Thursday. It is by Chai Mm Tze who has named it "Attending the National Language Class."
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    It's now 'larger family' trend in U.S.
    135 5 Rl 1 v ly tre»:d was probably th>> psychological effect of the war. Perhaps the G.I. Bill of which enabled men marry early, had ai->o thing to do with it. she add Miss Pennell, a former extent In Paris Uni::v for a year,
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    Chap-ji-kee: 2 plead guilty
    59 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. A woman and her daughter pleaded guilty today to assisting m the management lot a chap-ji-kee lottery at their kampong house, off Braddell Road, on Sunday. Png Kwa. 49. and Koh Ah Mui. 17. were allowed bail pending sentence next week. Insp. Teoh Beng
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    EIGHTEEN MONTHS FOR MAN WHO THREATENED A WITNESS
    170 5 EIGHTEEN MONTHS FOR MAN WHO THREATENED A WITNESS SINGAPORE, Tues. While his friend was awaiting trial on an extortion charge, Chan Kirn Tan, 21. approached the complainant and threatened him with death, a judge was told yesterday. Chan, of Sims Avenue, was jailed for 18 months for criminally intimidating Tan
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    Tickets for recital
    38 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. Tickets for the violin recital by the distinguished Czechoslovak artist, Ladislav Jasek, at the Victoria Theatre on Sunday at 8.45 p.m. are still available at Robinson's, Singapore Cold Storage and C. K. Tangs.
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    German study grant for local students
    124 5 SINGAPORE. Tuesday. OINGAPORE students and post-graduates are being invited to apply for scholarships m all faculties at German universities and polytechnics. Offered under the German Academic Exchange Service, these scholarships are awarded to students well qualified m the academic field. They should have studied
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    THE COST OF 4 DAYS' NIGHTMARE
    72 5 THE COST OF 4 DAYS' NIGHTMARE SINGAPORE. Tues. About 83.000 lb. of fire-crackers worth $180,000 were fired during the last four days to make Chinese New Year celebrations an undreamed of nightmare. The exceptionally low price of crackers 12 cents a packet was brought about by the continued ban on
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    RIVER TRAGEDY BODIES ARE RECOVERED
    75 5 RIVER TRAGEDY BODIES ARE RECOVERED KUCHING. Tues. 1 dies of the two drillers fell into a river at an oii- drilling location at Eti| 'bang. Sarawak, were r^c( ied on Saturday. D«aih was due to drowning. The funeral of both n Mr. A. L. Drysdale and Mr. J. S. Miller,
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    Snag hits new PAA jet services
    235 5 SINGAPORE. TUCS. A snag has hit the introduction of the Boeing 707 inter- j continental jet services from Singapore to San Francisco 1 by Pan American World Airways this month The operations manager of j PAA m Singapore. Mr. H. C. I Shiro. told
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    2 widows give evidence at husband's death inquiry
    186 5 2 widows give evidence at husband's death inquiry SINAPORE, Tuesday. JHYO sisters, widows of a 44-yeai -old labourer, were the main witnesses m a preliminary inquiry yesterday into the murder of their husband, Muniandv Na&unuthii. 11. Thamarai. the elfr of the two. said she saw Nagamuthu being- struck with a
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    FIRST BORNEO ASSISTANT BISHOP TO BE CONSECRATED
    119 5 FIRST BORNEO ASSISTANT BISHOP TO BE CONSECRATED KUCHING. Tues. Borneo will have its lint Assistant Bishop when the K» r. James Wong consecrated at St. Thomas Cathedral here. The Bishop of Singapore, tne Right Rev. Henry W. Baines, will attend the consecration. Bishop Baines left Singapore by Malayan Airways yesterday
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      106 5 By John Prentice 6c Fred Dickenson v r ,^S_ALL I BK:\C- VVAKNiN^ ■R N Sff Hi I B"*^" »-J* r l I i F 'C a^L V. Sift. S^^i^^^^l J^^l J^^^^* by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TOO TIRED TO FIGURE ILL JUST CATCH THE J I -^9^ TWAT OHZ
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      Industry can begin in a small way
      204 6 INDUSTRY beckons to 1 Singapore. International trade must remain the city state's mainstay, but industry must grow. And it must grow by Singapore's business men realising they must pull themselves up by their own boot straps. Great industries like steel and petrol need
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      Dangerous doctrine
      132 6 HPHE world's population is growing at a greater pace than food production is increasing. That is one of the biggest headaches that responsible politicians have to face the world over. That is why Singapore wants more industry. Work and food must be found for every one of the
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    'Touah-guy' Townsend ofte wasn't so tough
    2365 6  - 'Touah- guy' Townsend ofte wasn't so tough ROBERT MELCHER By THE SECOND OF FIVE ARTICLES ;kfl;;lr;l;lr l;fkl;ktrlkrp A crack zii liR Charming a Peter brood THE hotel reception clerks of four continents lent a helping hand to little Marie-Luce Jamagne m the tender trap she set for Peter Townsend. Wherever
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    st Auster search ts wreck of a Dakota
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    War on opium—refined drugs now in demand
    260 7 War on opium— refined drugs now in demand I fcam seinm bi Hhrc have Uropfcaierablv m the ■jnbttrti i fl «D ntivr B I urn Trr H?*" 1 m pr R»<l popu 1 "fofeum pi rioxfrom India and Burma. I Concealed t B[f opium f he I found nriden m
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    EIGHT MOTORISTS ARE FINED FOR SPEEDING
    126 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. Eight men were lined a total of $141 m the Traffic Magistrate's j Court yesterday for speeding. Tfc :^ted to have their cars between 40 and 60 miles an hour along Nicoll Highway. Bukit Timah Road, Woodlands Road and Dunearn Road. Lee
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    Lock icon LAST NIGHT'S BIG RADIO SHOW
    370 7 t Aiexander>s Ragtime Banddt^TthTloud^tToolaus^ ALL THE JUICY BITS OF A TASTY JOINT SINGAPORE, Tues. Not having seen the first edition of Radio Singapore's "Puspawarna Singapura" for like the milkmaid, "Nobody asked me, Sir," she said I haven't anything to use as a yardstick for last
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    'Set his dog on me' woman tells court
    155 7 SINGAPORE, Tucs.—Krishnan Kesavan was acquitted today without his defence being called on a summons charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a woman at 8 1 miles, Bukit Timah Road, on Aug. 3 last year. The woman, Poh Ah Swee, a washer-woman and
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    His visit to a neighbour gets him a year's jail
    203 7 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A DISTRICT judge yesterday jailed a youth for 12 months for not observing house curfew after telling him: "You don't have the same amount of liberty as we have." Tang Ah Loon, of Townshend Road, had admitted before
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    9 UNIONS REFUSED REGISTRATION
    122 7 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. rpHE Government has turned down applications to A register nine new trade unions within the last five months. The registrations were refused on the grounds that they would hamper the growth of the trade union movement m the State. Two other applications are now
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      113 7 DIARY OF TODAY'S EVENTS Y.W.C.A. (Raffles Quay): Malay beginners 10.30 a.m.; Japanese flower arrangement 2nd course 10 a.m., 3rd course 11 a.m.; dr-ama for children 3.45 p.m.; English conversation 4 p.m. V.M.C.A. (Orchard Road): Malay Civil Service Std. I beginners 6.30 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A. (South Pier i Table tennis 9
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      157 8 your star BORN today, your versatility may become your greatest handicap if you are not careful. The stars have given you so many talents that you may have difficulty m selecting the moM suitable area of expression. You have literary, artistic and musical gifts, and it is possible that you
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      159 9 MM wardrobe a Thai way use to give that I -trates its uses. f under your evenold blouse by I inch your waist as a ars from buttercup and m checks. From I de, Ruffles Place, at Lfc mu>t haTe wanted to capture the
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      479 9  - Lovely to look at JOY MENG I* A "¥'M to be married soon," 1 writes Mavis "'and my future mother-in-law has given me a length of beautiful old ivory coloured lace which, she suggests, would make a wedding gown. "I don't want to hurt her feelings but I can't see
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    1258 10 MID-WEEK Bargains 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. SUFFERING FROM UGLY DANDRUFF? Buy a bottle today of "Dandricide" from
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    541 11  -  ALLAN LEWIS reports this morning's training gallops Fastest on the track BUKIT TIMAH, Tuesday. JLMBALINA (Ward), who won a double at Penang, with All Boys for company, made the fastest time at Bukit Timah this morning. She disposed of three m 37 without being fully
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    74 11 I see promoted T^cy or. ing of Australians as supporters. Studying m Australian universities and schools, the team members are (left to right): STANDING: Idriss Awangku Brunei*, Sofi tKcdoh), Wee Heng Tion tTrenggonu), Yeo Teng Chew 'Johore Omar Bokhbereh (Singapore*, captain, Freddie
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    306 11  - Tigers of Malaya eek Tengku's aid VERITY GILL By c get m touch with me," said Malaya's students he met m Australia. an, who is a keen soccer fan, displays a special Malayan Timers champion third division 'stern Australia soccer league. Now 22 year old Omar Bakhbereh of Singapore, who
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    140 11 BLACKPOOL. Tues.—Stanley Matthews wants to come to Malaya. In training here on his 45th birthday yesterday, he declared "I have iiO thought of retiring yet. A man is as young as he feels." The Football Association of Malaya has offered Blackpool F.C. $15,000 to play one match with
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    356 11 THE TEST PORT OF SPAIN, Tuesday. ENGLAND did not enforce the follow on m the second Test against West Indies here yesterday. After leading by 270 on first innings, England built up a commanding lead of 466 runs with three second innings wickets standing by
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    32 11 MADRAS. Tues.— lndians R. Krishnan and Naresh Kumar lost the doubles linal m the All-India tennis championships. Ule Schmidt, Sweden, and Warren Woodcock, Australia, won 1-6. 6-3, 6-4. 9-7.
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    239 12 U.A.R. troops on the alert CAIRO. Tues. Armed forces m the Egyptian region of the United Arab Republic have been put on the alert following the clashes between Israeli and Syrian forces, Cairo Radio announced last night. The armed forces In the Syrian region are already placed on the alert.
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    33 12 £1 7 m. news service LONDON. Tues.— The mated cost of the BritL>h Government's overseas information service> m 1959-60 Is £16.964.140. Dr. Charles Hill. Chancellor of the Duchy 01 Lancaster, said yesterday. Reuter
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    35 12 BRUSSELS. Tues. Three people have been killed and 19 injured m new intertribal violence m Katanga Province, south-east Congo, M. Auguste de Schryver, Minister for the Congo, a/i--nounced here yesterday. Reuter
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