The Singapore Free Press, 5 February 1960

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    13 1 The SINGAPORE Free Press No. *****. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 196<k 15 CENTS.
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    A BLOW AFTER HOPES THAT HE WOULD STAY ...but he says: 'I think it is best this way' ANDOSHAM DECIDES TO GO
    49 1 A BLOW AFTER HOPES THAT HE WOULD STAY ...but he says: 'I think it is best this way' ANDOSHAM DECIDES TO GO II QUITS ARSITY HEAD XT WEEK Ik: 1 the I I iii- i i I '»n. at I whe split I PROF. SANDOSHAM BACK TO OLD JOB
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    Lock icon 1,000 miles in 22 days-Barbara proves a point
    408 1 1,000 miles in 22 days- Barbara proves a point LANDS KM), Friday. J)K. BARBARA MOORE, Britain's marathon walker, reached this most south-westerly point of England List night ;it the end of her LOOO-mile march from John o'Groats, the north-eastern tip of Scotland. Not now, please OTTAWA Fri. Queen has asked
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    Price melts...
    18 1 Price melts LONDON. Fri.— Butter sold today at 3s. sd. a lb. its lowest price m two years.
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    Nye:'A good night'
    35 1 Nye: A good night' LONDON. Fri.— Mr. Aneurin Bevan, 62, Deputy Leader of the British Labour Party recovering m hospital from a i major abdominal operation, "had a good night," a party spokesman said yesterday.
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    Voroshilov is 80
    17 1 KATMANDU. Fri.— The Russian President. Mr. Klimenti Voroshilov celebrated his 80th birthday here today.
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    Lock icon Cabinet reshuffle
    14 1 PARIS. Fri. Changes In the French Cabinet may be announced today.— Reuter
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    Smartest combination for business and pleasure
    39 1 Smartest combination for business and pleasure I-^ge PLEASURE Sleek lines by Pinin 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 the roads today.
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    Irian: The general keeps both his secrets
    162 1 Irian The general keeps both his secrets JAKARTA, Fri.—ln- donesia's Defence Minister, Gen. Haris Nasution, clammed up yesterday when questions on West New Guinea came up m Parliament. HE REFUSED to say why no budget provision hau been made to meet the cost of the struggle for West New Guinea.
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    Lock icon It's a boy for Diana Dors
    43 1 LONDON. Fri. Blonde British film actress Diana Dors last night gave birth to her first child, a boy. Mi.ss Dors, the wife of comedian Dickie Dawson, and the boy were both reported to be "doing well." Reuter
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    Lock icon Jockeys strike
    26 1 NEWMARKET. Fri. About 40 apprentice jockeys, including some employed by Queen Elizabeth's trainer, went on strike here yesterday for better conditions and prospects. Reuter
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    Lock icon Commons debate
    18 1 LONDON. Fri.— The House of Commons will debate foreign aflairs on Wednes- day and Thursday. Reuter
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    Finland invites Ike
    13 1 HELSINKI, Fii. President Eisenhower has been invited to visit Finland.
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    Lock icon Call them b....Scots? I wouldn't dare, says Minister Marples
    133 1 Call them b.... Scots? I wouldn't dare, says Minister Marples LONDON, Fri— An irate Scottish Member of Parliament complained m the House of Commons that Mr. Ernest Marples, the Minister of Transport, had threatened "never again to receive a deputation of bloody Scots." Mr. Marples assured Mr. Malcolm Macmillan. a
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    Lock icon 'Best chance of arms cut talks succeeding'
    249 1 'Best chance of arms cut talks succeeding' OERLIN. Fri. The Communist bloc Warsaw Pact Powers said m a declaration issued m Moscow yesterday that the preconditions for fruitful East- West disarmament talks had never been so favourable as now. The East German news agency ADN said the declaration, issued after
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    Lock icon 'IF ANYONE TRIES TO WORK TOO HARD-USE WHIP'
    140 1 'IF ANYONE TRIES TO WORK TOO HARD-USE WHIP' IIOX(i KONG, Friday. J^ HONG KOMi magistrate h;is recommended thai workers be whipped by their employers if the former insist on working too hard that is. working more than six days a week. A factory proprietor was fined HKS2S because Laboui officials
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    Boy of 13 is accused of murder
    74 1 Boy of 13 is accused of murder HONG KOXG. Fri. A gaunt and horror-stric-ken 13-year-old boy was brought before a court here charged with murder. The lad— his name was not revealed because he is a minor will be Hong Kong's youngest murderer if he is convicted. No pleas was
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    Elephant kills 2
    20 1 BANGKOK. Fri. An elephant ran amok and killed two mahouts m Northeastern Thailand, police reported yesterday.— fleuter.
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    STOP PRESS Share mart opening
    83 1 STOP PRESS Share mart opening M■ I irporti M BROS i I ON I \N RUBBER UP I'll tfc I MM TIMAH ORDER RUNNING of i unni n ;l,ih I Null ill \III I I I I ;l > I Ml !EK POSITIONS IN R OF HANDICAPS 1 i i
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    Losses in industrials, rubbers in demand
    562 2 Losses in industrials, rubbers in demand PAGE TWO GIVES YOU THE DETAILS OF THE UPS AND DOWNS OF YOUR INVESTMENTS By a Special Correspondent pROFIT TAKING caused a general drop m industrial prices on the Malayan Share Market yesterday, but there was no crack. The drops were not large and
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      Copra, Coconut Prices
      80 2 LONDON. Feb. 4. Yesterday Today COPaA Philippines c(f U.K. Nortn European ports delivered woight per ion* ton Feb. $154 $2ob COPRA, straits ci.t. U.K./North Europ€an porti dfh. verod weight per long ton Feb. Mar. ftl EM igSF e°:>. "ff ropean ports m buih ocr i 6ng ton
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      U.S. Pepper
      48 2 Malabar spot and awaiting R3. afloats t>3, Feb. shipment 63. l^ampong .spot and awaiting releane 63i afloats 63. Feb. shipment 63. Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white fcpot no. await ins release 110, afloats 108, Feb shipment Xiv, sellers, ex-dock, Above prices quoted m U.S. centl lM.r Ib
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      Dow Jones Averages
      30 2 NEW YORK. Feb. 4. Yesterday Today 30 industrials 630.97 851.14 20 Railroads 101.34 ]"i 174 40 Domestic Bonds M.41 Kl.Si !5 utilities 65 stocks Composite Averages 208.10
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      NeW York Prices
      50 2 NEW YORK. N». Yesterday Today TIN Strait! spot 100.50 100.t.2 TIN future* Strait* Contract TONE: SALES: RUBBER Futures Mar 3».57| 39.34J May 39.10 3^.^U TONE: Steadier. SALES: 102 lots. I 2-J Feb coffee: Futures b Contract Mar. BT.M 36.^2 ata»v« trmm quoted io U.B ei-nis wi m
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      U.K. Closing Prices
      115 2 london, Feb. 4. Yesterday Today RUBBER No. i Rs& c.i.f. European ports Feb 33 71« 33 •"> 16 Mar 33.) 16 334 RUBBER No. 1 RS& Spot 35i 342 ÜBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms Mar 33 11 16 33«. Apr. June ...33 116 32 13/16
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    DIVIDENDS
    54 2 Hongkong Rubber LONDON: Hongkong (Selangor) Rubber has declared an in-, terim dividend of 25 per cent j (unchanged! payable Feb. 27. Windsor's interim LONDON: Windsor iF.M.S."* Rubber Estate Ltd. has declared '< a second interim dividend of four pence per share for the year ended i Dec. 31. Warrants
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    TAKEOVERS
    65 2 Malakoff Rubber LONDON: Malakoff Rubber I Estates Ltd. offer for Kelantan Rubber Estates Ltd. ha* been j accepted b. over 81 per cent. Offer open until Feb. 29. North Hummock LONDON: Acceptance of offer by See Hoy Chan Ltd. for NorUi Hummock iSelangor) Ruboer Co's share capital declared unconditional.
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    945 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. STERLING RUBBERS OOLLAR RUBBERS MININGS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. INDUSTRIALS Yesteroay Today I AIM Bricks Pre:. 1.9s 1.95 Ords. 2.20 2.40 Atlas Ice 1100 Buyers 8.8. Petrol 59 61/B.M. Trustees 5*5 525 ion. Tin Smeit Prat. 19 19 Ores 50 6 51'Federal
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    LONDON MARKETS ARE UNSETTLED
    161 2 LONDON. Thursday. JMIH stocks markets m London today were generally unsettled. Incentive was lacking and although it was possible to buy for the new account, 1 which officially commences on Monday next, buyers were not prepared to open new com- mitments and with small selling showing
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    Cheaper steel, tinplate
    80 2 LONDON: The Iron ■tad Bteel Board announces thai ;i.e maximum prices of some Iron anc Steel products will be reduced from Monday. Items affected include basic pic Iron, down 7s. 6d a ton to £20 10s. 6d.. hematite pitr Iron, down 15s. to £23 19s. od.. heavy
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    The cash rolls in
    27 2 NEW YORK: Aluminium Co of America reports net profit of $55,570,854 <$3.52 a share* last year compared with $42,885 230 <51.96> m 1958.
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    Hong Kong prices
    61 2 HONG KONG, Thursday Closing prices here today were: Yesterday Toaay H. S. Banking Corporation $1,200 $1,200 sales sales Union Ins. Canton $97.00 $95.50 1 sellers sale* Wheelock Marden 6.1C 6.10 sales <fes 6.25 sales H Kong phone. $33.50 $33.50 &33.23 sales sales Dairy Farm <fc Cold Storage
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    Wall Street
    72 2 NEW YORK: Wall Siren closed Irregular, with mosily fractional chances either v. In early dealings the market .succumbed to pressure and deve- loped a liberal distribution of mostly fractional declineHowever, the continued favour- able news back^rour.u soon prompted a selective rally under the leadership of motors. steels and
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    124 2 SHIPS IN PORT lyin* alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Tigelberg 1 2. Neder Waal 4 5, Torrens 6A, Carthage 6/7. Olenroy 8 9, Songkhla 10 11. Lok Sang' 13 14. Batu 15 16, Steel Traveller 18. Braeside 19. Sedili N.Wall 4. Bentong 21 22. Bruus
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      869 2 SHIPPING THE C.A.C. LIMES v? -N. lajHM tt ADEN RED SEA. MEDITERRANEAN, -> CONTINiNTAL SCAMOIIUVIAN PORTS. >CIL S'ptrt f. Slaw fwng sJK OV) i Stotllla a) Mi. IHI/ 5 FH 17 Fel 7 I Fel (J^> jr ms. 'KUMdM" I) II 2B Fel 21 22 Fel 23 24 Fll v
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      8 2 Looking for Pop? He's now m Page 7
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      249 2 HAMBURG-AMER^J <c NORTH CERMANtJ To (Colombo), Genoa, Morse-H s Bremen Hcmb,, 9 P Calls Southampton t pttfc^ I ISARSTEIN (LLOYD) ISIS Feb NESSENSTEIN (LLOYO) 21 23 Feb SCMWABENSTEIN (LLOYD) 29 Fel/ 2 Mar loon I To Manila, Hongkong, Yokohoma m 0 HAMBURG (HAPAG) BAYERNSTEIN (LLOYD WERRASTEIN (LLOYD) THE BLUE FUNNEL
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  • Jacy at Ceylon's freedom day party
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      MEET A VERY PERFECT ENVOY GED A VERY ALERT EIGHT
      613 3 ■a innimnn I a tennis racket to be seen at I'lub m BalesI Jit. nd brights. On the ij of lights rm of the I ion, 34 tting ior a held by the C >mmissioner, W.P.S.R. JayaJayaweera, m .iniversary of
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      FESTIVAL DEBUT FOR A SONG
      7 3 FESTIVAL DEBUT FOR A SONG 1 j
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      'Husband gave away my first child on way back from hospital'—woman tells court
      289 3 'Husband gave away my first child on way back from hospital'— woman tells court IPOH, Thurs A YOUNG wife told the High Court here yesterday that her husband gave aw a y their first child a week after it was born. The wife, Daisy Mary, wus giving evidence m a
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      GOING ABROAD TO STUDY
      41 3 GOING ABROAD TO STUDY MISS Tan Sek Yong, pretty daughter of Mr. Tan Kui Choon, a former Kuching town councillor, who left Singapore yesterday for higher studies m Australia. Miss* Tan will study Aits at the Melbourne University. Free Press picture.
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      Inche Yusof to attend the big parade
      63 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara. Inche Yusof bin Ishak, and Countess Mountbatten will review the annual general parade of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday at 5 p.m. Inche Yusof will take the salute a^ the
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      Cheer for a trishaman
      68 3 KATONG, Fri— A trishawman was Heartily cheered by bystanders yesterday when he escaped serious injuries by adroitly jumping off his tri sha seconds before it came into collision with a car. As he picked himself up. six feet from the point of impact at the junction
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      Hid opium in her panties—fined
      47 3 Hid opium in her panties— fined KANGAR, Fri. A 44--year-old housewife, who hid 4! 2 lb. of opium m her panties, was convicted m the Sessions Court here today of importing the drug. The woman, Khor Ah Lian, was fined $1,000. The opium was valued at $750.
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      312 3 lt«ill«M Styling combined with a/ American Enginaorinq 4HHPB^^^) Tr-^p^^^ppr ••ooi i 1201 P R LTjnk L 'US ■■av^^l^lH Hi P PI I MOOtl il J»C MOUMTIO ON CASTOti i^ ""llSff I f h Youcanmovtit B^ I with two fin O «r» '.J| v' m Ideal for hotels and >^ meve
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  • Talking about children
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      The problem of jealousy LET NURSE MEG HELP YOU
      595 4 The problem of jealousy LET NURSE MEG HELP YOU WHEN a new baby joins a family there is usually great excitement on the part of the other children. However, when this initial excitement has worn off, parents may be disturbed to find the former youngest member displaying unmistakable signs of
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    A ROSE FOR LEONE
    47 4 A ROSE FOR LEONE JjEONIE KOENITZ wears a grey Dacron two-piece dress. Her skirt is held with a wide cumberbund, white with red spots. On top she wears a rose made of the same material as the cumberbund. The dress is from BON MARCHE, 179 Orchard Road.
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    WHEN BABY HAS HICCOUGHS...
    333 4 QWhat is wrong with a baby who suffers jrorn hiccoughs noiv and again? AHICCOLGHS m a baby are almost always due to wind caused by taking a feed too quickly. The most usual reason for this is that the hole m the teat is too large
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    Her table centre idea wins reader Rita $20 prise
    384 4 Her table centre idea wins reader Rita $20 prise MISS RITA CEDILLO, 30 6, Coldstream Avenue, Frankel Estate, Singapore, 15, wins the first prize of $20 m the "Household Hints" contest for her suggestion on a quick way to make a pretty centre piece for the table. She writes: "Using
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    STOP BEING NIBBLER!
    164 4 ijOW can I stop biting my 11 the hearts of many Sin from their hands, are attra Nail-biting is a habit. Sufferers will tell you it is easier for a chain smoker to give up cigarettes than for a veteran biter to give up nails. And it
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    CURTAINS SOILED? WASH till CARE AND ALL WILL BE MM
    184 4 Good lather l READER wants to know A how to wash terylene curtains. She wants to know whether she should use very hot water, do them by hand or machine, and seeks any other tips that would help to make
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    SHORT WEEKS
    42 4 And for the next seven days, you will find yourself determined not to go back to your manicurist without that look of cleanness and neatness. Every time you pop a finger into your mouth you will pull it out smartly.
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    Just visible
    55 4 After the sixth treatment your nails will probably be just visible over the fingertips and you will have the pleasure of having them shaped for the first time. Three months of regular treatment will grow nails well above the fingertips. And that is more than you could have
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      299 4 HEARING IS BELIEVING IN THIS GRUNDIG Another outstanding example ot i^^^yO? GRUNDIG ingenious design and Y^^^^JJljf technical excellence. Thrilling Stareophonic Sound from one magnificent If^^Jl^l instrument and at a sensible F^ik price. Medium Short Wave with I X I Stereo Phonograph. SOU AGENTS: KIAN GWAN (M) LTP Spare Parts Service
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      45 4 SHORT, stuv spoil yoir I I I LONG, slenti* treatmen M you can depend on natural feeding is not possible, give t^| your baby Lactogen and be happy m the Wi knowledge that you are giving the best. 0Im)IMBS 1 ***** p < ~!&i&y£~ t I
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    Glut— so the prospect for paint is not rosy
    239 5 SINGAPORE, Friday [HERE is a glut ol paints m Singapore and the Federation with the result that market prospects lor Indian paints here are not very briuht. market purvey by tl 1 mml slon m S. ore and the Indian imlsslon
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    AIRPORT WAR ON STRAY DOGS IS WON, NOW IT'S THE RATS...
    99 5 AIRPORT WAR ON STRAY DOGS IS WON, NOW IT'S THE RATS... PAYA LEBAR, Fri.— The 'war" on stray dogs at Singapore Airport has been fought and won. Authorities have now turned their attention to rats. The airport authorities began the war on stray dogs last month. The order was shoot-to-kill
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    MALAY COURSE OVER THE AIR
    75 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. Radio Singapore yesterday announced that booklets m four languages for the new radio course m Malay will be on sale this week. The booklets, price 20 cents, may be got at post offices. The course Is designed niainly to provide a working knowledge
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    Seven taximen are fined
    35 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. Seven taxi-drivers were fined between $5 and $10 yesterday when they pleaded guilty to either picking up passengers at bus stops or within 60 feet of a bus stop.
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    PENG SOON GETS BACK HIS YOUTH SPORTS CENTRE JOB
    180 5 PENG SOON GETS BACK HIS YOUTH SPORTS CENTRE JOB KALLAXG, Friday. fORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD former world badminton champion, Wong Peng Soon, is back m his $500-a-month job at the Singapore Youth Sports Centre. The Government has reengaged him as a full-time badminton instructor at the centre and coach for enthusiasts of the
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    Why Peking is bitter—by Sir Robert
    356 5 Why Peking is bitter— by Sir Robert 4 VISITING anaestheal> tist from Britain toid he now had "no doubt at all as to the success of the lmunist regime m Ch i derci me. he added non-Communist. who would not Communism m thetist is ri Zealander by birth. He lrtt
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      257 5 fashion-right /Kw*Wmm A COTTON SATIN f| Controlled Retail Price V S pore/Penong $3.10 per yd. /"w t- BttK HbaT L*^ «i^ Moloyo $3.50 p*r yd. A M*Fffc M» V These fabrics are all FULLY GUARANTEED if satisfaction is vpr wof obtained, the cost of the cloth and tailoring charges will
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      228 5 RIP KIRBY By John Prentice 6c Fred Dickenson *f~ ]ff T^ AA.ST v£ ~2 CO A._ r-E YOU WERE OUR LAST R.EASE COH'T II I CONT BLAME YOU "f I 1^ "2, AAY TO THE FAR EAST ANC? SAL J5 HOPE. NOW I'LL NEVER 7 CRY, MISS i TURNING US
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  • OPINION
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      No back door for the fainthearts
      224 6 r^BJECT lessons for citizens of all the new states m Asia can be drawn from the results of the Kerala State Assembly elections. First and most vital lesson is that it is necessary to perform your duty as an elector. Elections are a farce
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      Saving lives is their fun
      103 6 npHIRTEEN people now walking about Singapore owe their lives to a dedicated body of men who do their good work without show or publicity. They were saved from drowning, while bathing m the sea, by members of the 264 strong Singapore Life Guard Corps. This
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    It was obvious he was in love—but there were TWO Townsends...
    1351 6  - It was obvious he was in love— but there were TWO Townsends... ROBERT MELCHER By g THE ROMANTIC fl Cj ROUND J L« THE WORLD M h* JOURNEY J H| WITH A 1 [J NAPPY ENDING 1 AND THERE WERE ROWS BEFORE JOURNEY'S END 1. THE ROMAN] 2. THE EX-OFFIi
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      686 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. DEATH 20 Word* (Minimum) MR. COH KANO SING passed away peacefully on 4.2.00 leaving his wife l only .ioq Donaltf Gob Hock Swee mourn hi* lorn. Funeral on Saturday at 2 p.m. from Casket Underr, I- I vender Street. B'pore. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 20 Word* U (Minimum) THE FAMILY of
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      32 6 m v Song of Love Eternally Beautiful I 1 ENGAGEMENT RINGS I m Platinum Gold 1 Set Diamonds. IP. H. HENDRYg JeweUers A Silversmiths, 78. North Bridge Rd., Spore A KnaU Lumpur.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      358 6 'i I »2 I U TT If 1 IJ I 1^1 CLLES ACROSS Ian might say (3). I* I* M* IP P U l« Fruitful sounding way to 5 Listeners that may get har- ~^J—^J— fl B 1 t II sound the depth (5). vested (4). P P P P
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    How your card name can be changed
    14 7 How your card name can be changed mi/y quarrel 1 i v E I
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    DIARY OF TODAY'S EVENTS
    154 7 -v (.roip MOVI MINI. Opening lecture En School Certificate i. Oirl Guides Hut, Buyouts Road p.m. I OTHINO SHOP at St. Andrew s Cu -hfcirttl, CWA Rooms, South Side, 10 a.m. to noon. \1 COHOLICS ANONYMOI Closed meeting at YMCA "A" Orchard Road 6 p.m. r\n
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    EIGHT YEARS FOR $127 ROBBERY
    275 7 Shop assistant, lorry driver were with armed gang NEIGHBOURS IN CHASE AFTER FARMER AND FAMILY ARE HELD UP AT KNIFE POINT SINGAPORE. Friday. >HOP assistant. Lye Yen, 24, and a lorry driver, Lim Bock Swee, 31, were jailed for eight years m the Assize Court
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    New lease for 7 illegal homes
    84 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. Seven owners of Illegally-built houses today applied successfully to the court for a further six-months' lease. Mr. J.L. C. Zuzarte, for the City Council Chief Building Surveyor's Department, offered no objections. The seven applicants were Tan Geok Lin of Jervois Road, Peck
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    Wrong parking: $5
    38 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. Kwek Lai Chwee, of Haji Lane, was fined $5 m the Second Traffic Magistrate's Court yesterday for parking his car at a taxi stand along Kirn Seng Road on April 8 last year.
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    Work begins on US Consulate building
    101 7 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Work has started on the $1,500,00 four-storey American Con-sulate-General building m Hill Street. Mr. Miorhead Tukey, regional foreign buildings officer for the State Department m South-East Asia, stationed m Singapore! said the new building would be ready m November this year. The
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    UNCLE, NIECES IN BIG WALK TO SEE WHO IS BEST
    220 7 UNCLE, NIECES IN BIG WALK TO SEE WHO IS BEST SINGAPORE, Friday. 'pHREE members of the Seah family m Grange Road have joined the Free Presp Big Walk on Feb. 28 to decide, once and for all, who is the best walker m the family. The family battle will be
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    Woman engineer on ship has 'friends in every port'
    536 7  - Woman engineer on ship has 'friends in every port' HARRY CHIA BY SINGAPORE, Fri. -The only woman chief engineer m the British merchant navy, Miss Victoria Alexandria Drummond, is m Singapore on a nostalgic visit to the Far East. A sea veteran for 35 years 'This is the life I
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    Caused hurt—fined
    27 7 Caused hurt— fined SINGAPORE, Fri. Mohamed All, a hawker, was fined $75 yesterday Tor causing hurt to a P.W.D. pensioner, M. Packeer, 58, with an iron rod.
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    SAFE STOLEN, NOW THE TOWKAY HAS 'LEARNED HIS LESSON'
    155 7 SAFE STOLEN, NOW THE TOWKAY HAS 'LEARNED HIS LESSON' HAVELOCK, Fri. The towkay of a tyre shop in New Market Street whose safe containing $1,500 was carted away by thieves on Tuesday night, yesterday said that he had "learned a lesson." "I am folng to make myself a wajl-safe and
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    Vacation in kampongs: A plan for undergrads
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    41 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. -A verdirt of death by misadventure was recorded at an inquest yesterday on a 10-year-old girl. Tan Ngok Fon. who drowned m a pond at Sunpei Kadut. off Woodlands Road, on Dec. 9 last.
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    112 7 GOING, GOING...BUT NEVER GONE— $153.,000 JEWELS SINGAPORE, Fri. Going, going, going but not gone. And it will never go. For m the unique auction which began m a Chulia Street auction room yesterday, there were only auctioneers but no bidders. It wasn't because the Jewellery for auction was valueless. In
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      206 9 to, take a jump! and it'll give you away ilippe Halsman. Andre I xMS ontent with being an interj^ famous photographer, has been •J |r l OP sideline over the last few nted to us for the first is a new science the Unlike so many sciences, inda like, the
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      259 9 SUDDENLY JAPAN IS IN THE FASHION By QUENTIN CREWE IF publishers are any guide to public opinion. Japan has become the most fashionable country* Several books have just been published about Japan all enthusiastic. The most important is probably Sacheverell Sitwell's BRIDGE OF THE BROCADE SASH (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 365.)
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      511 9 THEY ARE ALL IN THIS NOVEL: PARIS LIFE, LOVE AND POLITICS Paperbacks that will please THE MANDARINS. Simone de Beauvoir. Fontana Books, $2.50. A powerful novel of the loves, lives and politics of present-day, Paris. Winner of the Prix Concourt. A must for your bookshelf. I'M ALL RIGHT JACK. Alan
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    242 10 S.C.C. seven-aside RESULTS: RMP (5 Dog Coy A 16 Saints 0. RAF Changi 20 Naval Base "B" 0; Nee Soon "A" 6 Seletar "A" 3; Royal R" MP were irTtop form yesterday m the Singapore Cricket Club seven-a-side rugger competition on the padang. They
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    52 10 HOCKEY: SHA junior knockout tournament Schools v Fveready padang. TABLE TENNIS: S.T.T.A. cham pionships. SYSC (7.30 p.m.). RIGGER (SCC seven -a -side) South Johore v RAF Seletar 'B\ Johore All Blues v G.H.Q., SCC 'B v RE. Alexandra. 443 B.A.D. 'A' v Johore Bahru United (all matches on
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    125 10 SYDNEY. Fri.-Rugby refereeing In England was criticised today by Australian officials. Returning with the Kangaroo Rugby League team. Mr. Jack Argent, claimed this had cost them the Test series. Argent and his co-manager. Em Keefer. and coach Clive Churchill, decried English and French interpretation of
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    162 10 THE South Koreans have at last struck form. x Tomorrow on the padang they meet Singapore m a return hockey match. The tourist* mean busiThey are out to avenge that 3-2 defeat they suffered the state in the opening match of their tour. This return
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    28 10 mbined Schools "C" boat RAF Changi l-o in the first round of the Singapore Hockey Association Junior knockout competition at VS •So"* Dar han Kumar
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    13 12 TOKYO. Fri. A rolling earthquake shook Tokyo this mornins,*.— U.P.I.
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