The Singapore Free Press, 13 February 1960

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    Masthead
    12 1 The Singapore Free Press No. *****. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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    WANTED: MA for A MONTH
    80 1 Welfare chief decides against parting those motherless ones le'll be paid to care for 1 7 children i ;HLRINA NC Singapore, Sat. m ircctor of Social Welfare, Mr. Don, is looking for an elderly neighbour to be fosterseven motherless children m father goes to the
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    Lock icon UNIONS WIN WAGE RISE, CALL OFF RAIL STRIKE
    79 1 UNIONS WIN WAGE RISE, CALL OFF RAIL STRIKE LONDON, Saturday. TRADE UNION leaders last night called off a national railway strike which had threatened to paralyse Britain from tomorrow. ioi: followed I g talks with the I a..dthemanage- the tate-owned tern over claims ed wage n that there 11 no
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    Lock icon Pirates pay for copra loot with forged notes
    84 1 JESSELTON, (North BorJ neo), Fri. Armed pirates intercepted on the high seas and robbed a sailing boat carrying copra from the Indonesian island of Celebes to Tawau on the east coast of North Borneo, according to police reports reaching here today. Crew
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    Lock icon VERY NICE' GIFTS-BUT ALL STOLEN
    129 1 VERY NICE' GIFTS-BUT ALL STOLEN TDKYO. Sat. Children A m Hiratsua, Central Japan, were praised by their teacher for the excellent gifts brought by them to sell at school bazaars until it was learnt the goods had been stolen. Police said yesterday they had discovered that aii entire class of
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    Bangkok by bus
    28 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— More than 80 Malayan tourists from various parts of the Federation will go to Bangkok by bus next month The cost: $18C.
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  • IN BRIEF
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      Lock icon $42,500 award to TB man
      47 1 $42,500 award to TB man EDINBURGH. Sat— Joseph Sorman. a 42-year-old Austrian male nurse who claimed he had contracted tuberculosis as a result of personal contact with mental defectives he had been nursinc:. was awarded £5.000 <M 542.500» damages at the Court of Session here yesterday.— Reuter
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      Lock icon Vigilance call
      31 1 LAHORE. Sat. The fourday South-East Asia Treaty i Organisation seminar on [countering Communist subi version yesterday urged greater vigilance and further action to meet intensified Communist activities.— Reu ter
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      Lock icon Revealing form
      27 1 LONDON. Sat.- Shapely 14--year-old Bridget Walker has been banned from her Tewkesbury school because the headmaster considers her favourite skirt is "too form revealing."— Reuter
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      Lock icon Sahara alert
      39 1 PARIS. Sat. France yes- 1 terday warned airlines of I flight restrictions effective from 0530 GMT 1 p.m. Malayan time) today m the vast; safety zone round her atom j test Kite m the Sahara.— I Reuter
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      H.K. job for 'Lackie'
      24 1 WELLINGTON. Sat. "Lackie" Macdonald. former Daily Mail correspondent m Singapore, has been appointed New Zealand Trade Commissioner In Hong Kong.
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      Lock icon Five die in fire
      27 1 NEW YORK. Sat.— A father, mother and their three children were burned to death yesterday when fire swent their home near here.— U.P.I.
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    Lock icon 'Peanut king' dies
    17 1 LONDON, Sat. Henry Whittvside. Britain's millionaire "peanut king," has died. He w:\s 69.- U.P.I.
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    Mercy dash is called off as son dies
    181 1 BEDOK Sat. A Singapore father's planned dash to the bedside of his dangerously ill son m hospital m Oxford. England, was called off a few hours before he was to have left by air early this morning when he received a menace
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    Lock icon Moore to Maugham: You're old-how can you know?
    405 1 Moore to Maugham: You're old- how can you know? I ONDON, Sat.—Marathon marcher, Dr. Barbara Moore last night answered Mr. Somerset Maugham's ridicule of her longevity theories and said: "He is a very ojd man. It is more than 50 years since he was a doctor. So how can he
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    Lock icon IN COURT SHE IS FINED $17 FOR SPEEDING. IN. HYDE PARK
    202 1 then she gets a ticking off from a judge LONDON, Sat. Dr. Barbara Moore today lost an appeal against a conviction for speeding m her three-wheeled "bubble car." The chairman of the court told her: "You stick to walking
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    Lock icon Queen 'very fit indeed'
    36 1 LONDON, Sat.— Prince Philip said yesterday that the Queer., whose third baby is nearly due. was "fine, very fit indeed." The royal birth Is ezoected at the weekend nr tm Monday.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Israeli killed
    20 1 TEL AVIV. Sat Israeli wa.s killed and two wounded i; on the Isr •erday spokesman announced 1- Reuter
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    Big Walk record
    20 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The total number of the Malay Mail Walk rd 2.828 Juniorh 1.22^. women 128
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    UNIT TRUST PRICE
    10 1 if $1 18 xd. tHI $1.13 xd.
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    Sterling rubbers hit by scrip arrival
    536 2 Sterling rubbers hit by scrip arrival PAGE TWO GIVES YOU THE DETAILS OF THE UPS AND DOWNS OF YOUR INVESTMENTS By a Special Correspondent SINGAPORE, Saturday. AN oversold Malayan share market yesterday showed a contrasting picture with industrials steady, tins irregular, dollar rubbers linn and sterling rubbers easier on profit-taking.
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. Closing Prices
      118 2 LONDON. Feb. 12. j Yesterday Today ■UMIH No. 1 RS5> c.i.f. European r > •> q ports Feb gj Mar I 1* 1 IIUBBEH No. 1 RSS Spot 34 33 1 ÜBBCR NO. 1 RS!> Settlement House Terms Mar 33 918 33 Apr. June 3^ 13 16
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      New York Prices
      57 2 NEW YORK, Feb. 12. Yesterday Today TIN Strait* spot Mi. :iT 101.90 TIN futures Strait* Contract TONE: SALES RUBBER Futures Mar. 3K.V74 35.66 May 35. 37 TONE: Steady. SALES: 25 lots. No. 1 RSS Feb. landed price 3f» COFFEE: Futurti B Contract Mar. 36. 0** closed Attj\e
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      Dow Jones Averages
      28 2 NEW YORK. Feb 12 Yrstfrday Tsrtay 30 Industrial* i 15.57 20 Railroads 150.1* «0 Oomtttic Bond* II.M 15 Utilities H.7S 65 Stocks Composita Averages 205.21
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      Copra, Coconut Prices
      89 2 LONDON, Fe*. 11. LONDON. Feb 12. COP3A Philippines e.i.f. UK. Nortn European port* c*elivereri weight per long ton Feb. MM COPRA. Straits > I U.K North European ports delivered weight ocr lonK ton Mar. Apr t S»l LUtONUT OIL irurta Straits e.t.f. European pt-rts m bum per
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    TAKEOVERS
    117 2 Muar River offer to Sapong Rubber LONDON. Muar River Rubber Co. offers to purchase the entire issued capital of Sapong Rubber Estates on the basis of 15 Muar 2s shares plus 4s 9d cash for each 15s Sapong share. These terms have been accepted by the Sapong directors Muar
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    DIVIDENDS
    17 2 London Tin interim LONDON: London Tin Corporation declared a second Interim dividend of 20 per cent.
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    Tube Investments share issue
    56 2 LONDON The directors of Tube Investments Lid. propose to; offer to ordinary stockholders on the register at the close of busi- j Deal on Feb. 10 16.828,702 new 1 ordinary shares of n each at 25s per share on the basis of one new share for
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    HONG KONG PRICES
    63 2 HONG KONG. Friday. Closing prices here today were: Yesterciav Today H. s. Banking Corporation 51. 205 $1,215 sales <ales Union Ins. Canton $95.00 $96.00 sales sales Wheelock Marden 6.65 6.70 >.tie.-. sales H Kong phone 5.34.0U $33.75 &533.70&534.00 sales sales Dairy Farm Cold Storage $24.20 $24.40 &524.30
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    Malayan Stock Exchange
    857 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. KEY TO MARKINGS I cci Cum capital nsn i «all eicluiiftg t«trytftit| Xl ixclMlißg Imlenl i cli cua inn iisui y icr exciulmt capital retur» t ccr cm capital rctvn I ci cua ftvitfeni c call cum all J ci
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    159 2 SHIPS IN PORT <2HIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves, this morning arc: Sirdhana 1/2. Benrinnes 4 5. Sudan 6A. Benlawers 6/7, Stiaat Banka 8 9. Glenfinlas 10/11, Salsette 13/14. Chandpara 15/16, Tadjouri 18. Maetsuvcker 19, Salon*? N. Wall 3, Segamat N. Wail 4. Perak N. Wall 5. Marudu
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    Lock icon A GOOD DEMAND FOR GILTS
    189 2 LONDON, Saturday. TT WAS a day of nerves m the London stock markets yesterday with operators eagerly awaiting the outcome of the rail discussions but the general undertone was good m response to a certain amount of selective buyine. Sentiment was to >ome extent helped
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    Wall Street
    118 2 NEW YORK: The marke: clo>.?d very steady irith hberallv distributed. mostly i factional, •zains. The list steadied In ir.id-afrer-noon after an indecisive morning. After an initial upward spur:, the market turned mixed. Changes were mostly fractional either way m the first hour. The market showed a small net
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    Dearer tyres
    33 2 AKRON Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co. has announced prices increases of three per cent for replacement passenper car tyres ana three to five per cent for truck replacement :\res effective today
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    The Labour Bill and the Importance of eeping the balance
    755 3  - The Labour Bill and the Importance of eeping the balance LEE HUA MOK COLUMBUS ECHO AND HOW HE fjOT GET HIS EGG ACT SCRAMBLED By U the rule angle had prevaile been the suggestion of ie the Mini- I ,n industrial Relations Bill in the Legislative Assembboth a poetic and
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    An exams without tears scheme by an inspector
    327 3 An exams without tears scheme by an inspector KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday A SCHEME for examinations without tears has been proposed by a Malayan inspector of schools. He wants 30 classes of about 1,000 children, to get a liberal education and go through school without ever worrying about the exams ahead.
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    Fire—from reel to real
    101 3 Fire— from reel to real STAMFORD, Sal— A fire enKinr was called to Ihe Sin Mm School m Klias Road, off Tampenis. at 10.0.» a m yestrrdav to P»t out a lir<- a film unit had started to eivr realistic- touc h to an out-door m •«;nr large nowd ot
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    BOYS' BEST FRIEND WAS THUGS' 'VICIOUS' DOG
    160 3 BOYS' BEST FRIEND WAS THUGS' 'VICIOUS' DOG SINGAPORE, Sat. Three teenage thu^s tried to use their dog to help them rob two schoolboys of a watch and some pocket money yesterday morning while they were walking along Victoria Street. Ow Wee Cheong, 12. and his brother Wai Fait. 7. of
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    Courtesy call
    27 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The new General Officer Commanding, Singapore Base pistrct, Mai. Gen. I.e. Harris, paid a courtr.sy call ion the Yang di-Pertuan Ne- gara today.
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    Singapore call-girls have fled to Bangkok
    141 3 Singapore call-girls have fled to Bangkok CINCAPORE. Sat. Recent reports suggest that local callgirls have fled across the Causeway to escape the Singapore Government's drive on prostitution. This i.s rue. A reliable source told the Free Pre s y< -terday that oi recent visit to Bangkok she saw a »rable
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    Masked men rob family of $700
    45 3 SEMBAWANG. Sat. Four masked men armed ten-inch blade ki:iv<\s robbed Mr. Org Tiow Guan. 70. and his family of $700 cash and jewellery, on Thursday njfcht. Tho men spent two hours ransacking th e house at mile Sembawang Road.
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    Hair dyes cost men $2.5 mil. a year in U.S.
    211 4 DATELINE: NEW YORK 4 Ml- Kir mm spent nearly V ISv: ;> million having: their hair d>ed last \rar. \nd the figure will be higher this \v.\r and still higher next." s.i> the barbci Onh tu«> colours are really laxourrd
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    HOW I DID IT
    604 4  -  Dr. BARBARA MOORE talks about her diet secrets m an interview with MAURICE FAGENCE "H ni ;l n y miles," someone asked Dr. Barbara M oor e, Britain's 1,000-mile walker, "how many miles do you do to the carrot A silly question, and the marching doctor,
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    Willher diet do you any good?
    182 4 Willher diet do you any good? WHAT, you ask. can I Barbara Moore's dirt of vegetables, fruit, fruit juices, nuts and hon» for YOl'? The answer of vegetarians and non-vegetarian^ alike is: "A lot But because we are not all like Dr. Moore, you must use common before trying to
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    Ask a woman hern And she will err less than any man
    71 4 Ask a woman hern And she will err less than any man WOMEN are notorious for lying about their age. In fact, MEN do it far more often, says Dr. Nathan Masor, an American specialist m illnesses of old afi He has just carried out a survey of 151 men
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      394 4 BORN today you have the responding paragraph. I type of personality that your birthday star b. jrour can be a tremendous In- daily guide, fluence upon all others with tomorrow whom you come In contact. »<-»...„„ You have a very special aqi arils «jan 21-r attraction for membe?s of y^Xe'nc?
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    Yes' to love after three trips
    139 5  -  ESME BAPTISTA PROM LONDON TO SINa 4 PQRE TO COURT HIS SWEETHEART By Singapore. Sat I Lying widower ED FORMER 3N OF SATA Ii widower made three N.onn miles from lo court his mid- L holiday w to Jap •ly fell lil m •:id
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    Faithful 45 who keep the dondang sayang alive in Malaya
    272 5  - Faithful 45 who keep the dondang say an g alive in Malaya HARRY CHIA By KATONG, Sat. 4 UNIQUE cultural A institution 01 the Straits-born Chin< m Malaya is bein» kept alive by 45 Straits Babas m Singapoi the youngest beins 40. he "dondang art ol repartee In verse a-d
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    Malay traders to ask Govt. for loans
    78 5 Malay traders to ask Govt. for loans KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A group of Malay traders m Kuala Lumpur is to ask the Government for loans to exI pand their business. The newly-formed Malay 1 Bazaar Traders' Association has decided to send a fiveman delegation to the Minis- try of Commerce
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    Firm disregarded summons: Fined
    73 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. Henry and Co., Sumbawa Road, were I fined $25 yesterday for disregarding a summons requiring the firm to be represented m a case before the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation. Mr. Ding Sieu Ming, at the Labour Department on Dec. 14. A representative of the
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    AN INDIAN DESCRIBES CRASH—IN HOKKIEN
    170 5 AN INDIAN DESCRIBES CRASH— IN HOKKIEN SINGAPORE. Sat. An Indian stepped into the witness box of the Assistant Coroner's Court yesterday and said: "I want to give evidence m Chinese." A 45-year-old taxi-driver, S. Munusamy spoke m fluent Hokkien. He was testifying at the inquest of a 30-year-old ship steward,
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    600 new students for K.L. varsity
    186 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. MORE THAN 600 students, including several from Singapore, will have the first taste of university life at the University of Malaya m Kuala Lumpur when the academic year begins m May. The number is more than double last year's figure. The
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    OPINION Knell rings for the bogus charity shark
    184 6 OPINION Knell rings for the bogus charity shark MEN who rob the poor under the pretence that they are helping them are among the meanest and most repulsive of humans. Unfortunately Singapore has harboured too many of them. But the days of easy harvest will soon be over. The Mutual
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    Hard times for real charity
    111 6 rvRGANISED charity has an important place m even the most highly developed welfare state. However well organised the mechanism of the welfare Ministries and however human its officers, there are cases which call for something more than official help. In a state like Singapore where
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    His main problem: How to save money without lowering morale
    801 6 His main problem: How to save money without lowering morale -i-l-BB____-_^ i SPOTLIGHT ON RETIRING UNIVERSITY PRINCIPAL j —^M "O'Brady, Donegan. You will be pleased to know that you have fe. honour of accompanying Mr. Alfred Hinds during exert* [BRITAIN'S champion jailbreaker Alfred C Chelmsford Prison 20 months ago. was
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    I just step aboard quietly and let them hate me...
    419 6  -  PETER CHAMBERS LIFE IN AMERICA by TRIUMPHANT snarl on his face, the bus driver just ignored the lot of us this morning. The bus wasn't full. But he sailed right past the Fifth-avenue bus-stop where we were standing. "Can you
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      436 6 CLUES ACROSS at the start of the hydraulic I P I II r M I 11 I and gloSs over tne P amtin B 5 Crooked fellows? (9). B 8~~" L---J— |mJ— 'p- 6. Bone shows a first class part 5. Placed m position like a m reverse (5). m
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    ,500 PEOPLE—ONE PHONE
    59 7 ,500 PEOPLE— ONE PHONE lector nas to travel a miie to make urgent calls for supplies from city l pH ONE BOARD'S vllS E: LINES E N D OF THE YEAR SE.MBAWANG, Saturday. ho live in 1.000 hoii Hill Estate have to share one ynopolitan population, mtained township s !I
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    73-year-old in Free Press Walk says: 'I like 17'
    354 7  - 73 -year- old in Free Press Walk says: 'I like 17' TAN THUAN KOK HE IS THE OLDEST ENTRANT SO FAR By Singapore, Sat. AT an age when most men would have resigned themselves to a dreary existence, counting the weary hours of each passing day, Mr. Albert Charles Carnegie,
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    Detective is acquitted of stealing in hotel
    140 7 Detective is acquitted of stealing in hotel iAPORE, Sat.-A hotel O keeper alleged m a dis- yesterday that a, stole his money dur- :d on his hotel m Lo- I 15. Geylang, on Oct 25 1 Mohamed Zain Mohamed Yassin pleaded ty to stealing $42 from! Lye Khun, the hotelkeep
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    A SAILOR IS FINED $180 FOR DRIVING WITHOUT LICENCE
    121 7 A SAILOR IS FINED $1 80 FOR DRIVING WITHOUT LICENCE SINGAPORE. Sat. A sailor, P. F. Carter of the H.M.N.Z.S. Pukaki, yesterday pleaded guilty m the Second Traffic Magistrate's Court to three traffic offences and wa,s fined a total of $180. He was also disqualified from driving all classes of
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    $700,000 science block for school
    223 7  -  WENDY MOK By Bukit Timah, Sat. PHK Anglo-Chinese School is building a new ><X) three-storey science block behind ts present building m Barker Road. The building will accommodate 10 classrooms and lecture rooms, three science laboratories (for physics, chemistry. and biology) a reference library, special
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    BIG WALK: 6 PUPILS ACCEPT A DARE
    105 7 BIG WALK: 6 PUPILS ACCEPT A DARE SINGAPORE, Sat. Six students, two girls and four boys, from Ang.oChinese School, have accepted the challenge of the Victoria School Sixth Formers to take pan m the Free Press Walk. They are all from the Lower Six Science "B." The boys are Loh
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    Author's busy day
    32 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. Mr. Somerset Maugham had a busy day yesterday. He attended to his own correspondence, and answered telephone calls, because his secretary, Mr. A. P. Searle, was sick.
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    Four motorists are fined
    52 7 SINGAPORE, Sat. Two men, Toh Khal Kok and Chee Cheng Ling, were fined $15 each m a traffic court yesterday tor failing to conform to traffic light signals. Two others, Teo Tee Senß and Set Nam Hap, were fined $10 each for parking their vehicles m
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    ROAD SNARLS AT HOUSING ESTATE: 'OPEN NEW ROUTE'
    235 7 ROAD SNARLS AT HOUSING ESTATE: 'OPEN NEW ROUTE' SERANGOOX, Saturday. jyjOTORISTS m Serangoon Garden Estate which has 3,000 houses and about 1,000 car-owners are asking the authorities to open Ihe gravel track leading from Cardiff Grove (o Bradell Road to relieve congestion. The track is wide enough for motor traffic,
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    Lord Tedder here
    25 7 SINGAPORE, Sat. Lord Tedder, 69, chairman of the Standard Triumph Motor Company, arrived here last night by air. on a round-the-world tour.
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      70 7 Cathedral service STAMFORD, Sat.— A Special Guide's Service will be held to St. Andrew's Cathedral tomorrow at 11.00 a.m. POP -Chil"* <>f rim By Cog I fij DOKJT "FfeklOtC MZKO TO OO -SOV16 KJEEOEO > jM^;^ have To Tw4irgk_.iw0» fj WpA£>/ _3ggE -*> "^^^^^^AmW^Amm _^_^_^___^_^_^_C_A_ i A J a*. M
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      286 7 Church services m S pore "C<OLLOWING are changes m 3.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. Sunday Morning Worship; 500 p.m. A Sundays Churcli Services m School; 6.00 p.m. Gospel Senice, Training Union; 6.00 p.m, EvenSingapore: Mr. E. Poulson; 7.45 p.m. Song Ing Worship. st r.FOßfiF'* takrison Service. Mr. Uew Kee Kok.
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      157 7 DIARY OF TODAY'S EVENTS Y.W.C.A. (Rafftes Qb Rhythmic movement 10.30 I I M( V (Orchard Road): Junior dept open from 2 p.m.; Malay class Cambridge Prep. Sid. One 2 pjn.. Std. Two 230 p.m Singapore Ches>s Club 3 p.m.; Judo practice for all 5 pjn Y.S.V. Club Night 7.30 p.m.;
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    'COMPACTS' WILL CUT U.S. CAR IMPORTS
    138 8 CARS made by European subsidiaries of American firms now account for more than a quarter of car imports to the Inited States, according to the Commerce Department. But "foreign-owned car concerns continue to carry on the bulk of the passenger car export business with
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    CANNAS GIVE YOU MASSED COLOUR
    962 8  -  M. R. S. Arscott By CAN N AS are one of the most showy herbaceou> plants we have m Malaya and one of the few plants with which it is possible to produce really solid masses of colour. However, really well grown cannas don't just
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    Arm us against thug menace, say New York taxi-men
    412 8  - Arm us against thug menace, say New York taxi-men Evelyn Irons By DRIVERS of New York's 12,000 taxis (that's double the number of London's cabs) should be armed. That's the latest demand of leaders of the industry. It follows an outbreak of hola-ups and assaults of taximen m the city.
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    Stand Spend $153 to bo outp
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      1009 9 llanfccr I a grove of and there led day hurrying he who m sur- had been by "Why did he deI bade you I '.ay- done so. urged mreplied Vulture tells and bad ared, S and HI th ran ing upon the upon Jat the ground.
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      185 9 JUNIOR CROSSWORD (H k> ROSS. —1. Pon- 5, Container for paint, perdered upon something. 6, haps. 7, Large American Bright coloured, partially member of the cat family, striped animal of Africa. 8, 11, A measured distance. 12, Throwing weapon used by Relation by marriage. 13, We natives 9 This was
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      371 9 ~fe j^i POCKET-MONEY prizes River Valley Road. Singaare offered for colour- pore 9, to reach her not ing this scene with paints, later than Thursday next crayons or chalks. Age limit is 15. There are four prizes offered each of $5 (two for Name (Master/Miss > boys and two for
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    Sidelines
    192 10  -  The Rombler by sINCAPOR F.'S basketball pl^y en are handicapped by lack of height. Here is what IS. college coach Joe Lapchick has to tell them: 'The little man must be a jfood handler slick passer, have an outride shot, and be able to dribble. He must dedicate himself
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    Pemuda bid to beat champions today
    401 10 SCORING 21 goals, and conceding only two, Pemuda Hawean have played their way into the final of the Malay Football Association Junior League tor the third year m succession. They will meet Setia Jaya. the defending champions, for the second time at Jalan Besar
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    LEAGUE TABLE
    98 10 Final league placings: P W D L F APts p Bawean 4 3 1 -21 2 7 P. Setia 4 2 1X655 Sukaramai 'B' 42 2 913 4 P peranakan 4 2 2 4 10 4 A. Malays 4 4 10 0 P W D L F A
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    Indians v. the Optimists
    43 10 The following will represent the Indian Association n.st Optimist Club m a cricket match tomorrow at Balestier Road:— Paramadevan, Mohinder Singh, Vijaysingam, Vythil-. ingam V Gill, Darshan Singh, Ashraff, Harbans Singh, Ajit Singh, Angullia, Harcharan Singh, and Hyder Sithawalla.
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    BIG WIN
    19 10 R.A.P.C. bt at Jollilads 5-0 m :i soccer match at Geylang stadium yesterday Denton<4> and Stoddart scored.
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    Cheshires lose
    15 10 Chinese Athletic beat First lires 4-2 m a soccer match rrer Park yesterday.
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    THE TIPSTERS LIST THEIR SELECTIONS
    393 11 Don't bet without referring to this guide I "EE^RESS STRAITS TIMES Malay Mail Nanyang Nanfan? E W,S TM»ASS« IWOMW CALL BOY POINTER L.M.V. "^^o^ MA YU-LOONG fancied M, TOBASCO 4 ESTROLL (J) IM»»Br« uni Dork Di V t 12 Tobosco 4 ToboV.l r_ IMPRESS (10)
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    RAINING FROM OF ALL THE RUNNERS
    1875 11 3F m -Disposed of 3F >-.;r>e— IK^ I o—Worked0 Worked er jF m 38 with Bon :ed. M MISMATE: 2-2-60 V 08; 11-2-60 Se\2 6P race: won on cour-e. PINT I M\> 11-2-60—Nin-cF race. BS 11-2-60 Course sera S 6F race. :>\ JAMBu teen
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    DAILY BRIDGE
    160 11  -  M. Harrison-Cray «y Dealer: South EMI-Wrst fame N. /^N today's hand North used an effective but little-known manover South opened One No-Trump <12-i« points. West doubled, and North Jumped to Three Clubs. The last call was clearly a shut-out attempt; with any thoughts of Rame. baMd on a
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    Sonsusie can score again today in the main sprint
    199 12 CMJfclJfc— a._. T i—^—^ Selections:—* SONSI T SIE Sir Chiron Iviha Setil Outsider: Bac^lara QAN Sonsusie win again? She is handicapped m Class 2, Div. 1 with 9.0 alter winning her first start m Class 3, Div. 2 with the same
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    KNOCKOUT HOCKEY DRAW
    15 12 ior kiuH-kout i FMF SRC F RAF mor kmukont- \.< c B": l
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    TOBASCO IS LOGICAL CHOICE
    332 12 TOBASCO IS LOGICAL CHOICE 'THERE is no reliable x form to follow m the Class 2 Div. 4 sprint. making it difficult to forecast. PHMHHM^ 1' Oha S V 0 r»^^P^^^K flowed a reSmhmmKJI 1111 11 t0 lorm when second to Can Do. As ne beat the rest as easily
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    IMPROVED HORSE TO WIN
    183 12 IMPROVED HORSE TO WIN pOWER First, another 1 non-starter the second day. is still my selection for the Class 2 Div. 3 6F. race. Power First was impressive m his last race at Ipoh when second. m^^^mmm Track work suggests imAjm^UKS Pro ye m c nt since then, so alth
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    MICKEY ROONEY WELL IN
    167 12 MICKEY ROONEY WELL IN IICKEY ROONEY, I who missed his en- gagement the second day, is still as lit hands can make him. He should win the Class 2 Div. 2 sprint, p^^^^ He gets 31b F^^^^BC«| more and ■■ItJMdKIH Lv divisions higher than wnen ne won at Ipoh. Can
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    Lock icon Jockey hurt
    26 12 ARCADIA (California), Sat World champion jockey Johi. v Longden. 52. broke his right ankle when thrown by Curragh Queen at Santa Anita rnpMvniru Reuter
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    EXTRA FURLONG WILL SUIT BUKIT TIMAH
    234 12 Selections:'— BUKIT TIMAH Promise Rina Outsider- Cinemascope OUKIT TIMAH, who won the Div. 2 race over one mile last week, did so well enough to win the top division over 9F. tomorrow. He is a division higher with 3 lb. less, at which I
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    NOW KINGS MISSION CAN MAKE AMENDS
    307 12 NOW KING S MISSION CAN MAKE AMENDS ■TING'S MISSION, narrowly beaten by Bukit Bintang over one mile the first day, will make amends tomorrow m the Class 3 Div. 2 9F. race. [FtWFB d i v i s i on Siwii&liWlilw higher with 5 lb more, but that will not
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    9 TEAMS IN SENIOR CRICKET
    178 12 9 TEAMS IN SENIOR CRICKET THE Singapore cricket so:, will officially star March 13 when the matches of the SCA jui and senior tournaments will be played. Nine teams bar for t r the junior. I year there wi I teams and 17 ;unior. Serangoon (iardens I last m tht
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    N.Z. HOCKEY TEAM MAY PLAY HERE
    103 12 f^iOOD news lor hockey U A New Zealand team may drop over for a few games on the way home after the Olympic Games m August. The Kiwis, m a letter to the S.H.A.. have accepted invitation sent by Singapore. This was the hrst
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    Lock icon PETER MAY HITS 124
    38 12 hit rS STON> Sat Peter ™*y n VtV^"* aßainst Ja n-BJ<a. 7he M.C.C. were 471 for five at close of play (Subba Row 92 Smith no. 83. Dexter 75 mw. worth n.o. 41 Reuter
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    17 12 Sat. Qu^nsliilld fCOijd 311 for three when put n to bat by Western Au*iralia Reuter
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