The Singapore Free Press, 16 February 1960

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  • 12 1 The Singapore Free Press No. *****. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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  • 173 1  -  MELVIN CHAN tiles tune zooms to million yards a month ■oscow I price Ir with Ichina GFH GFH H I B million B th —and I B I B I;ir I LI. average was down by half to 125.000 yards. Down, down m
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  • 85 1 I ONDON. Tues. The Queen, expect ing her third child within the next 24 hours, went for a long stroll m the grounds of Buckingham Palace yester day. Her corgi dogs romped beside her. She was warmly wrapped up as. despite bright sunshine and
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  • 164 1 Only opponent dies, Rhee is re-elected SEOUL, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Syngman Rhee of the Republic r of Korea won the re-election today by tU lt. with the sudden^clleath^of his only 0£ nnnent. bWvear-old Dr. Chough Pyung Ok. m Washington. He is thus assured ol re-election m the March 15th presidential election,
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  • 91 1 World's costliest job? NEW YORK. Tues. What's the world's costliest job? Look Magazine says today it is the ambassadorship to the Court of St. James. The magazine says that the U.S. ambassador Mr. John H. Whitney will have spent nearly US$5OO,OOO of his own money by the time his four-year
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  • 43 1 LONDON. Tues. An Anglo-Malayan agreement will be signed here tomorrow und which Britain will give a £2.-50.000 ($19,150,000) loan to Malaya for the purchase of telecommunications equipment Tl loan will be repayable by the end of 1969.- Reuter
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  • 17 1 LONDON. Tues. Britain is to give trials to the Sabin anti-polio vaccine. Reuter
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  • 102 1 EMPLOYEES of Boustead and To. Ltd. m Singa. pore have entered two teams, each with a reserve, for the Free Press Biff Walk on Feb. 28. THEIR AIM: To outwalk entries from other big firms. Members of the Boustead teams are (from left) A.
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  • 188 1 Black-cape Dracula trapped sleeping peacefully MONTEROfa. Argentina, Tues. A 25-year-old stone-mason has admitted that he was tne "human vampire" who had victimised at least 15 women here. Florencio Rogue Fernandez, the self-styled Dracula, was found sleeping m a cave where he had fled from pursuing police. He said he could
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  • 19 1 LONDON. Tues. The cyclone which struck the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius left 15.000 people homeless. U.P.I.
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  • 21 1 LONDON. Tues.— Deep overnight frost iced up main roads and rail tracks m many parts of Britain yesterday. Reuter
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  • 16 1 LONDON, Tues— Mr. John Sutor. 95, yesterday married 43-year-old Miss Kathleen Devlin. Reuter
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  • 169 1 SIN FRANCISCO, Tues. Convict author Caryl Chessman's request for a sti\ of execution and all hi> other motions were denied yesterday by the I nited States Appeals Court here. Chessman, 38, is due to die i- Quentin Prison on Friday. He was eonvi'ted and sentenced tv death
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  • 21 1 BANGKOK. Tv The Thai Government will ba troi the import ol which :.re d duced m sufflcient qua
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  • 17 1 LONDON. Ti. exports m Janua: all-time record ol (mo Previous I 000.000 last October Reuter
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  • 10 1 Managers' pi buying $1.13. selling $1 18.
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  • 260 1 RUSSIA TO SEEK BASES IN AMBOINA? GENEVA, Tuesday. INDONESIAN rebel leaders in Europe dairat'd yesterday thai Mr. Khrushchev would seek naval and air bases for Russia during his official visit to Indonesia starting on Thursday. A spokesman said he had reliable information from Indonesia that the Soviet i Premier aimed
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  • 4 1 STOP PRESS Stock Exchange
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 20 1 MAGIC CLING BRA JL-^ <lin_ing bark njL//| available id BLA< h 1 alt'j at 7 mfUanis 52. North Bridge Poad.
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  • 58 2 NO RUBBER DEALS IN JAKARTA JAKARTA: There were no buyers for rubber at the Jakarta market today. Brokers said they believed this was because exporters were checking their books after the latest government export regulations. The Government now requires exporters to report all financial holdings abroad and show taxation papers
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  • 72 2 LONDON: Quotations at the opening tended slightly below Friday's closing level and buying interest was slow to develop. Traders said that the removal of the British rail strike threat had left the market empty of influence. They described the position as stalemate for the greater part of
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  • 31 2 LONDON: Tin was very steady m quiet dealings. Firmer Eastern advices helped sentiment m the absence of much Iresh outside demand. In New York tin was firmer but quie'
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  • 19 2 LONDON: Tm stocks fell 173 to 8,302 tons comprising London 4,885. Liverpool 2.652 and hull 765.
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  • 62 2 HONG KONG. Mond.' v. Closing prices here today were: Saturday Today H. ct S. Banking Corporation $1,215 $1,240 sales sales Union Ins. Canton.. $96.00 $96.50 sales sellers Wheelock Marden s> 6.70 S 6.75 .-ales sales HKong phone $33.75 $34.25 &$34.00&534.75 sales sales Dairy Farm Cold Storage $24.40
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  • 325 2 Dollar rubbers still firm, operators cautious PAGE TWO GIVES YOU THE DETAILS OF THE UPS AND DOWNS OF YOUR INVESTMENTS SINGAPORE, Tuesday. nOLLAK rubbers continued their firmness on the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday. Operators are still hanging on to their scrip tightly and further price appreciations m this section of
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  • 48 2 lOKYO. Tues. The Nippon Mining Company. a leading Japanese copper smelter, has announced it would raise Its ex-mill price of electrolytic copper to doconsumers by 24.000 yen to 3lL'.uoo yen (M 52,002) per ton. effective late this month. Five other copper smelters woujd follow suit.
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 132 2 LONDON, Feb. 15. Friday Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European ports Feb 33 3 S 33 216 Mar 32 1/16 32 10/16 RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot ...33 1/8 33 5/8 ÜBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms Mar SSS/lf 3.T3M6 Apr./ June 32 1/2 32
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    • 32 2 NEW YORK. Feb. 15. Friday Today !30 Industrials 622.23 filT.'.v 20 Railroads 151 20 40 Domestic Bonds 81. M 15 Utilities fc0.34 65 Stocks Composite AvoragM MS.I 7 204.92
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    • 47 2 Malahar spot and awaiting i 59, afloats SS, Feb. ahipme' l.amponß spot and awaitinK release oi), atloj* ri li. shiprrur Sarawak unquoit-d. Murtok white spot 100, awaiting r.1.-as.- IUO, afloats 100, F.ti. rtitpn— nt 100. sellers, ex-aock. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb.
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    • 56 2 landed one* COFFEE: Futures B Contract Mar. dosed 36. M above prices quoted m u.S cents per 10. NEW YORK. Feb. 15. Friday Today TIN Straits spot 101.00 101.75 TIN futures Straits Contract TONE: SALES: RUBBER Futunt Mar SS.CC 39 00 May 5&.26 35.40 TONE: Steadier. SALES:
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    • 81 2 LONDON, Feb. 15. Friday Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K. /North European ports delivered weight per long ton Feb. COPRA, Straits cif. U.K. 'North European ports delivered weight ocr long ton Mar. Apr. f SI i *l COCONUT OIL crude Straits 144. European ports m bulk par long
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  • 113 2 NEW YORK: 1 Street clo&ed easy aritb liberally distributed losses extending mostly to almost tuo points. There was little new- t< mulate buying m the morninc: and attempts to extend last Fridays mild rally failed to sustained support. Observers said there was no solid evidence tnat a "base"
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  • 19 2 NEW YORK: Dupont declared a usual interim dividend of 51.50 payable March 14. on record Feb. 23.
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  • 185 2 LONDON. Tuesday. T_iE London stock markets made good response to x the satisfactory ending of the railway dispute but the volume of business was somewhat disappointing, and after an initial advance many prices settled down at below the best levels. The statement by the Governor of the
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  • 877 2 NOTE: AU prices below are middle prices. SINGAPORE. MONDAY. Sttoi loosy INDUSTRIALS Aim IriCftl Pref 1.95 1.95 Ordi. 2.20 2 40 *tlas ice 11.00 B^ers 8.6. Petrol 59 60 B.M. Trustees 5.25 325 :on. Tin Smelt Pref. :9 19 Ords 51/- 51'federai Oiscensary 1.22ij 1.231 2 FitzDatricks
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 745 2 ——^SHIPPING—™ |lf THE E.A.C. LINES Ik. y& S ~\J Sailings ta AOEN, REO SEA. MEDITERRANEAN. f mmM CONTINENTAL I SCANDINAVIAN PORTS. iC PVf Spare P. S'laic Penang mj\ VfX l w.s. "Jotlaniia" 1} 10 20 Fel 21/22 Fel 23 24 ft* t6f O> JT w.s. "Sibonp" 20 Fel/ 4 Mar
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    • 233 2 HAMBURG-AM^> «c NORTH GERMa^ 1 To (Colombo), Genoo, MorseilU ,L -< Am^_ Bremen Her Colls Southompton f O poj ISARSTEIN (LLOYD) ti HESSENSTEIN (LLOYO; 20 22 Feb SCHWABENSTEIN (LLOYO) 20 Feb Express Si To Manila, Hongkong, Yokohcr BAYERNSTEIN LIOYC WERRASTEIN HOU ESSEN (HAPAG Oir THE BLUE FUNNEL t, (NORTH AMERICAN
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 269 2 SMPS/N PQfZLT gIHPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Zaankerk 1 2, Musi Lloyd 4 5, Sudan 6A. Goya Cn Z, ot Col ombo 8,9. Wairata }9 \l> Banda 13, 14, Chandpara la/16. Riverbank 18, Hlmeji Maru K\mV^T S Ji^ aU 3 Semantan N.Wall 4. Sedih
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  • 197 3 f-nCIAI WORKER LAUDS UNIQUE MADRAS PROJECT •i urm. m -titu- >t«rtvomen meal a for •nour .it .-litre. th I I m--1 .1!- for improvement and expansion Thr best is yet to be. she told her hosts. ihe American welfare wr. who
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  • 65 3 BOY CLIMBED WALL TO STEAL SINGAPORE, Tues. A schoolboy broke into a seamen's mess by scaling a backwall. Inspector Mary Quintal, prosecuting, told the Juvenile Court yesterday. The boy, aged 15, pleaded guilty to housebreaking and theft of a pair of gold cuff-links, worth $60. He was found hiding behind
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  • 30 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. Gunnar Ericsson, managing director of AB Atvidabergs Industrier ithe Facit Group) and Mr. Widar Skullman, an executive, are due here tomorrow on a three-day visit.
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  • 122 3 OLLECTIVE OR INDIVIDUAL BARGAINING? BUS OWNERS TO MEET TODAY VSiON WANTS TO TALK TO THE COM**™* QNE AT A TIME I SINGAPORE, Tuesday. :.ine>e Bus Owners AsII meet tonight to discuss mbers should be collectively animation m their talks rs on their demand to imrOUf Ordinance m full. Workers Union,
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  • 91 3 Mrs. HERTER AT THE MALAYAN STALL AT FOOD FAIR WOMEN from 21 countries participated m the annual Y.W.C.A. Food Fair at the Mayflower Hotel m Washington, D.C.. exchanging recipes and sampling each others native dishes. Picture shows Mrs. Paul Kok. wife of the personal assistant to the Malayan Ambassador to
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  • 94 3 EXANG, Tuesday. left Penang today in alcutta to begin :i Kngland in n converted B--— A.W.S. Sim. retiring Director of Customs PrevenServices, and his authowife. Katherine, hope to complete their overI iourney in five months. Their converted van :ied the -Ark" has \-foot beds.
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  • 30 3 SINGAPORE. Tv The Singapore Telephone Board I ler to build iiOO.OOO new exchange The building ls expected to be equipped by the end of next year.
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  • 150 3 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. [WO representatives from Singapore will attend a conference on children and youth lo be held trom March 27 to April 2, m White House, Washington. A spokesman of the American Consulate, Singapore, said more than 50 countries would be represented at the
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  • 34 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The ore Cage Bird S< will meet on Feb. 22 N Woolierton Park. Members are requested to bring their "feathered friends" along. Guests are welcome.
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  • 42 3 1 3 to advise Yong SINGAPORE. Tues. A thirteen-men committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. Jek Yuen Thong. Political Secretary to the Prime Minister, is to be appointed to advise the Education Minister, Mr. Yon" Nyuk Lin, on language teaching and illiteracy.
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  • 243 3 To teach bold elephants a lesson— death at dawn IPOH, Tues.— A 50-year-old cow elephant, one of a small herd which has destroyed crops m the Teluk Anson area tor a long time, was killed by Perak Game Department men yesterday. The Game Warden. Perak. Mr James Aw. and two
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  • 229 3 A CRASH DOWN 100-ft. RAVINE: 6 SAFE pENANG, Tues. A first year Sydney University medical student on holiday with his family m Penang was among six people injured yesterday when their car plunged into a 100-foot ravine near Telok Kumbar, 163, miles from the city. The student, Michael Lvi, 19,
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  • 92 3 They do not want a municipality IPOH, Tues.— The Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday decided at a committee meeting not to accept a proposal that the Ipoh Town Council be made a municipality. It was felt that the change would involve extra expenditure and that the present revenue collected
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  • 89 3 Folk dance expert coining for second visit SINGAPORE. Tues. An American folk and square dance expert of the International Recreation Association of New York. Texas- born Mr. Ricky Holden. will arrive m Singapore early m April on a second goodwill tour of South-East Asia. He will conduct special dance workshops
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  • 82 3 IPOH. Tues. A "great number" of highly skilled health inspectors have resigned because of dissatisfaction with their conditions of service. This is stated by :he C Medical OtTicir. KinU District. Dr. W. Holmes., m his annual report Dr. Holmes said that wi'hin the Medical Department there
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  • 28 3 ALOR STAR, Tues— The The Kedah Mentri Besar, Dato Syed Omar Shahabuddin. yesterday opened A $60,000 road at Guar Napai, 18 miles from here.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 24 3 liDVSLS :mzl PACKING Gapore baggage transport agency ltd. <;^ m association with (Jjk SINGAPORE PACKING CO.. LTD. F^f :P£ UPl]* PORJ SWETTENHAM £f P X >
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    • 249 3 Chronometer The title Chronometer is legally protected BHH_M and reserved for Swiss high quality watches which have passed the very stringent tests of Official Swiss Control Stations. ■JL Wotches which surpass thc olreody narrow «P^_j2sjs'^L_ margins by half are awarded a certificate /jJ_l Jv| with distinction. Every ETERNA-MATIC M. mm
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  • 255 4  -  SUNNY GIA by Fantasy m paper of show A MAN who makes mountains out of miniatures is Dr. S. Y. Chen, F.R.P.S. He has the eye of an artist and the craft of a skilled worker. You can see samples of his talent m an exhibition now
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  • 176 4 IT is easy to picture family history m the making, indoors as well as out. Add a flash attachment to your camera, insert a bulb and you have, m effect, brought the sun indoors to your picture-taking. Taking flash pictures is as easy as shoot:: outdoors.
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  • 53 4 The Photographic Society cf Singapore is now presenting the 1960 Foto Fair at the Victoria Memorial Hall. It closes on Feb. 21. Below is a selection from the 11th Singapore International Salon on display there. bj (Hungary). hy (Malaya) "WINTER TALE. J. Szabodr "HUGE NET',
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 292 4 *re_lr__9_f_ LAND CAMERAS r > i t^\ i Trom i^nap to Print m 8 DnlirniH /Jr 44 mm\ L^^"^^m Land Camera *_ff J_____r^ Model 800 P il rw 'iin,. w xj'^ liii Polaroid _y Highlander .......I jVk____pV*^ JHrV> Land Camera .J./ J^AmmWi M del 8 A '*_£._>■ (Picture nze: lH
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    • 40 4 HEARING IS BELIEVING IN THIS GRUNDIG L I a 1 v _>__•. I Anotru \_^_2!!S_# rechnicc itf_i! p,,cc I^l SOU AGENTS: KU _r SO:I22WE: $1035/- (Singapore SI- I PRICES FOR 50 122 WE 01 NOTE: ihe FREE SATURDAY WERE 0 I
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  • 125 5  -  MELVIN CHAN pnjST RAISED AT BROADCASTING CONFERENCE IN NEW DELHI By Singapore, Tues. TS THEY ommercia] programmes led and Ihr young I NDKSIRABLK. the recent Fourth Conference m M Gilbert Stringer, on) of the New 1 m ■jc/teme talks with VI ;>ter lor Culture. ratnam, and
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  • 104 5 Popular Mr. Housley goes so sadly CIXGAPORE. Tues. Mr. Alfred Housley, the popular science master at Victoria School here, sailed "regretfully" away on the Pyrrhus yesterday. Mr. Housley leaves on retirement after seven years m Singapore. He is returning to Manchester with his wife Jean. To see him off at
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  • 35 5 SINGAPORE. Tues.—Members of the Housing and Development Committee are Mr. Llm Kirn San (chairman). Mr. Reginald Quah (deputy chairman*. Mr. Llm Cheng Kiat, Mr. Cheng Kai 6hui. and Dr. Fong Kirn Heng.
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  • 115 5 SINGAPORE. Tues.— The International Women's Club will hold an "Indom Morning" at the YWCA In Collyer Quay at 10 a.m. tomorrow. There will be an exhibition of Batiks and a wide variety ol Indonesian food cooked and served by mem- ber> of the Indonesian Ladies Association.
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  • 193 5 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. WHO should manage a home where there are in-laws husband, wife, mother-in-law or the unmarried eldest sister-in-law? A group oi 2d women leaders tackled this common and thorny problem m Asian homes during the weekend but could lind no solution. However,
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  • 384 5 Call for more market research by German expert STUDENTS TO HELP IN BERLIN SURVEY TO BOOST EXPORTS- SINGAPORE, Tues. A leading German expert on market research said yesterday that South-East Asian countries would benefit economically and socially if more interresearch schemes were carried out. He Ls Dr. K. P. Stackelberg,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 619 5 Now- in your own liome-the fast (^yoaewrteted! Gtr ah the full rich goodness fl 1^ present only when the coffee bean BLdcy »Afl|j9HMflHH Is broken grind your own fresh. flavorful coffee. Ground hours or longer before use. precious flavor escapes. Fresh -ground the HSk Kitchen Aid way, you never knew
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 231 5 RIP KIRBY By John Prentice dc Fred Dickenson MANDRAKE b^ Lee Falk and Phil Davis 1 ©rimes fives SKYPI oo t G oT 4 ~9sZs A w ARE n. r-__. mmmmm-.-ir^^' C A HAWK— />' 'r-»<?__ IJr THE HEART OF JULIET By Stan DriM ___________________^/^>/ -*f\4lSi YES, EVE.. .IVE SEEN
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  • 303 6 Good manners make good neighbours T^EXT to problems posed by rent, tenancies and rights under the citizenship law, biggest worry to the average Singaporean is lack of manners. For good manners would solve most of the problems posed m letters to the newspapers, to the government advice bureau over
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  • 1158 6 was m some far oft place of indescribable beauty. lIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIItIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIII' The colours, the forms are beyond description iiiiiiiiiiitiiiifiiifitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiifiiiiiiiiifiiitiiiiiifiiiiiiriiftifiitr —Mr. Peter Hurkos, after eating the mushroom amanita muscaria THE study oi drugs, particularly those affecting the mind, may yet produce surprises even
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  • 577 6  - One thing is clear— this is no bird brained idea TAN THUAN KOK ...MM.Hiiiii HOW DOES ONE JUDGE A BIRD SIRGIIG COMPETITIOD? i„, Bllll I b 7 UOW DOES one judge a bird singing n competition? The question was shot at me by the Editor the day a news item
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 80 6 I SPORT SHIRTJ Coo/ a/icf Comfortnl m+* I FASHION FAVOURITI CHOOSE FROM THE MOST EXCITING COL- LECTIONS OF CO- j-^ LOURFUL EXOTIC \J j ORIENTAL AND HA- WAIIAN STYLES which |fc_ /iai>e ,/uaf arrived WL 86 North Bridge Road. SingiP*! THE SHOP FOR UDIES' GENTS REM*' __fui^^ _____s^__ ______»__fcC*? \m
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  • 12 7 plan to beat ild boar oaching HGF HGFHGF GF GH FGHFG F
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  • 72 7 cked, then a stab in the back eating pan is fined $150 APORE. Tuesday. dispute between loyee told a court feed the same day. ...d thg,t on lay after the Abdul eating Abdul came to 8.30 p.m. argument to bl pulled onid. thougji Abdul lii p, he paid odul :e.
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  • 5 7 HARY OF TODAY'S EVENTS I
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  • 55 7 \PORE, Tues. Six .ed $15 each m aflic Magistrate's -day for failing to m to traffic signs. re Quek Kirn Koh Hong Ting. Cheng g Seng, Toh Thian Teng. Teow Eng and Ong Boon and Koh were fined ►ring the traffic "No ign while the rest
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  • 432 7  -  LARGE SUMS CHANGE HANDS IN SECRET SIAMESE FISH FIGHTS TAN THUAN KOK SINGAPORE, Tuesday By fHOl SANHS OF DOLLARS change hands every Minday m Singapore as owners pit their champion Siamese fighting fishes a_rain>t one another m several places known only to followers of
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  • 31 7 NO DON'TS ON HAIR-DO'S, SHE SAYS N imong I t in id da parents girls armors. go to a itter of 1 i look r friends styles ;ld attract ad::vm men.
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  • 13 7 The h Spor reopened m April. wn as the creation Centre.
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  • 34 7 Mr C. Y. Tang has been re-el^ctrd president of the Hotel Association of Singapore Other officials are O. Wlederkehr, vice-pre-sident: Mr. Lim Jit Chin, tary and Mr. V. S. Menon. treasurer.
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  • 291 7  - Sailor to design the set for next ballet RUDYARD OTTER By SINGAPORE, Tues. Tall, slender William Glass, a writer m the Royal Navy, has been commissioned by the Director of the Singapore Ballet Academy, Mr. Vernon Martinus, to design and paint the stage scenery for their production of "Les Sylphides,"
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  • 86 7 COUNTESS Mountbatten, Superintendent-in-Chief of St. John Ambulance Brigade (Overseas), was entertained to a dinner on Sunday by the St. John Council and the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade on her arrival m Singapore. The Countess is on an inspection tour of brigade units
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  • 166 7 PORTRAIT OF AN ENTERPRISING YOUNG MAN KATONG, Tuesday. piGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tay Choon Huat was not successful m his hunt for a job like many others. But unlike most, Choon Huat, created his own job. He is the owner-salesman f of his own business a buy- and-sell bookstall m Katong. j In
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  • 87 7 A $60 fine for five traffic offences SINGAPORE, Tues. A aotor-cyclist, Lon Quek .lg, of Muar Road, was ...ied a total of $60 yesterday for rive traffic offences. Loh pleaded guilty to all the five charges which said that he: DROVE with an expired provisional driving licence at Guillemard Road
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  • 95 7 SINGAPORE, Tues.—Nineteen people were fined m the First Traffic Magistrate's Court yesterday for failing to display current tax discs on their vehicles. They were: Tan Kee Choon. Lim Choo Woo, Tan Geok Seng, Ang Yah Tiam, Ong King Hoon, Yong Cher Koon, Beh Poh
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  • 208 7 Witness fined $100 for perjury OINGAPORE, Tues. —A trial took an unexpected turn yesterday when a prosecution witness was fined $100 for perjury. The witness, Yap Ah Kow. a coffee shop proprietor, i testifying against Chua Teow Han. who was accused of causing hurt to a carpenter. Ong Kirn Peng,
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  • 50 7 KATONG. Tues.- The Pr byterian Boys School, one of the oldest schools m Singapore, is adding four more classrooms to its science wing. The principal of the school. Mr Gay Wan Guay. said extension works would $40,000 ii. eluding lurnituiv for the science laboratory and libr
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  • 42 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. A 15Juvenile Court yesterday charges of breaking Into a house at 4.30 one morning and using criminal force with intent to assault a woman there. He WmXs allowed ball, pending trial on March 30.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 88 7 I .-^^^mmmm^^^-^ TODAY. 12.16 p.m. TOMORROW: 133 am. and 135 p.m. THURSDAY: 2.06 a.m. and 2.20 p.m. FRIDAY: 2.42 a.m. and 3.12 p.m. SATURDAY: 3.26 a.m. and 4.26 p.m. SUNDAY: 4.21 a.m. and 6.22 p.m. MONDAY: 5.35 a.m. and 8.32 p.m. By G°g 71 rll AKJO mmfr HI HC LO
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  • 1125 8  - Case of the Swordsman of Detroit DAVID ETTRICK WITCHCRAFT and MURDER __=i____ca_____l By KILLER CAME BY NIGHT TO BEHEAD FAMILY IgENNY Evangelista was working late. Bent over his paper>trewn desk, he had forgotten the world. Only the whisper of turning pages broke the stillness m his study. July 2nd, 1929
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  • 417 8  -  DAVID CARRITT TH E Rift. lecacy OF; WHC ART BY THE EYf By JHERE is an art gallery m London which apparently „obof It contains some of the most famous French p world. Yet it attracts an average of only Ml \isitors Perhaps Londoners
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    • 124 8 V ir lcc. -»_--«_>«_**• 1.? H-_---Afii--HP_'i _rt___H_^_'_t_»i t *_r_Tfir I* t f "*i)*Vii-.ti-in IH-.I 1 __M__ME__l _—■———> ___t____L mi ___y____j____i _-_----------awft*'W^--WJi^A > 3Wr^-»^- w:^ r^._« i.v-.r.....v q__.-»y_n H— HB^'^'^^H M »^^*^*^^^B^WWB^^^^^^^^WB^^^W m{ms^Ai^mimm m mwmtm33^KtwVA3r m iWntM^Awn BORN I ou hay, lections that are very the surface, and your Ukely are
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    • 102 8 a while to catch up with a. You have a keen history and are en uncannily accurate m your projection of the future, as well. Historians suggest you are a philosopher and 1 philosophers consider you a historian! It can* be said, however, that you have many of the characteristics
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    • 450 8 your sympathy suggest constructive channels for assistance and everything progresses favourably. To find what the stars have m store lor you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily suide. TOMORROW AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) This should be one of your
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    • 310 8 The daily crossword B B I B I I I I I I CLUES ACROs^ I. Plash of fire was m from, and glittered <B>. 7. The "ego" Ls :he tmng that runs through <o). 8. News— not about high and low water, though! (7). 9. Semester it follows facing
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  • 52 9 Ein black and gj€ bow-length ha "To brighten the it behind, outfit she wears a emphasis broad brimmed D ana hat. Her small ;d belt white handbag by a completes the uc. le. smart look, ouch of Designed by c Vanity, 32, Raffles of
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  • 355 9 TTICOAT WITH DIFFERENCE ADE of RUBBER I petticoats m nylon, tulle and lace bul surprised to know that you can now jret rubber. type ot 'he hemline. It falls who do not want tc COOL SHADES of an inch m thickThere is no clut- bird t i SAKE GIFT V
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  • 417 9 Vegetable stew wins her cash and hamper VEGETABLE STEW that sounds delicious. Miss S. Kirn Seng, 15, Huddington Avenue, Serangoon Garden Estate, Singapore, 19, tells us how to make it and wins first prize m EVE's Recipe Contest No. 6. INGREDIENTS: One cup kernels, one cup green peas, four potatoes,
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  • 249 9  - Lovely to look at JOY MENG O IT'S a QUESTION of CALORIES "fIOW should I mea- sure calories?'* asks Celia. "Hoiv can I know the correct number for my weight? I am trying to diet and to cut down on calories." A good method of measuring calories is to multiply
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    • 188 10 JUST W RECEIVED Jt Ladies Poplin Blouses 1 from $2.90 each. Children's Pojamas (Latest designs) from $4.00 pair. y J m ~7)— ll fe»_ag f\ PUPIMC STOPS i k 6. Rattles Place A _H AmmW ammmmm mm*. 4 4 JOHORE GRAND PRIX 20th -21st Feb. 1960 _nor< ll ARCHIPELAGO TRAVEL
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    • 597 10 SHOPPING CENTRE brings you every Tuesday and Friday the good buys available m the shops. There seems to be no lack of good products and ideas m Singapore these days. Some of them you'll find here. THE CHOICE OF SHOES is all you could ask for from S. M. Hussain
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    • 542 10 changes everything. Luggage is now given a new clean look because the locks and hardware are recessed m a silvery track. Perfect for the lady traveller who demands matching smartness. Available at inexpensive cost from San Kong Co. Ltd., 13 15 South Bridge Road. I ft ft ft MOTORISTS LOOKING
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    • 225 10 BUCKLAND P1AN0.... Fully Tropicalised ___f"^^^_3S ____tt_ton____fl--_ 1 i CASH PRICE: $1,500 HIRE-PURCHASE: Down $450.00 12 x $94.50 j A DUET-SEAT STOOL TO MATCH i NANG 4.CNG LCD J >»-■ i PsANO WQUSt t I "*jU IOV'OS SEL-Oit «_AO. SiNGAPO-l >. Looking for a i good used car? SEE UNIVERSAL CARS
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    • 255 10 AMAZING BARGAINS CLEARING Mosquito Net 90" x 340" SS.J Single Bedsheets 3 PCS $7.1 Pillowcases 4 PCS 53.1 Gents' Cotton Socks 2 PRS $1.( Remnants From 2 to 4 Yard (Over 500 Pieces) Now Any Piece 1 .90 Each CATHAY SILK STORE 38 39 Bras Basah Road, Spore Phone *****.
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    • 583 10 AFTER JOHOR^] Ceylon to hold I fown Grand! (^EYLON wants to hold M^ Malayans to tnl One of their Johore Coronation M. I. Rauf, is mar big event is organ. M. I. Rauf will b« Ch jt a Volvo P. 444 ln th. S m and Tourers ela _f^^\l He
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  • 31 11 HGF HFGH innate joy rules m thi s Royal Singapore Flvinr f'lnh ,„n Mind ,v Feb. t*. The free fIU-5 Ye priL. meritorious performance. F s lor
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  • 344 11 at lotn odlanos, at 6.15 transport to r'.r.t _5t assemble '--up points In at 7 a.m .1 route. ince from >?art to finish off the -nen. followed Dion and Seniors •es each. r must wear the *d to him. :^ie numbers will ln ad.on tag. Iso be provided.
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  • 405 11 T dominated the c Swimming Club :mm_ng S .i.day. William, [rene and Esther them collected m the 19-event r amine. youngster who at the carnival was an Ah Kow's seven- Alex Chan. metre free style for boys > under 5: 1. Ng Gok Wong
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  • 687 11 THREE DAYS TO GO -AND THE PRIZES ARE PILING UP QET your name m NOW. No time to delay. Entry list for the Free Press Walk will close on Friday at 4 p.m. No late entries can be accepted under any circumstances. The Free Press Walk, which [tZ^ im f°
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  • 305 11 A YOUNG man with talent and eager to prove it that's Shenton Towle, 23, former flyweight boxing champion of the Far East Land Forces. As a soldier he won the Singapore Army title m 1955 and 1956, lost narrowly to South-East Asia champion
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  • 36 11 TOKYO, Tues.-^Sixth ranking Japanese lightweight Genji Sakai < 133 i lb.) knocked out Orient featherweigh 1 champion Hisao Kobayashi <129£ lb. > last night m the second round of a scheduled ten-round overweight nontitle bout.— U.P.l.
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  • 60 12 Mac (just back from Africa) calls top-level talks GRAVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MINISTERS ON $6,000 MIL. LONG-RANGE MISSILE PROJECT LONDON, Tuesday. OERIOUS cli.Tcron.os on oortain aspects of M^JjgfgJZ 5 nnuM including tho 3.000-mile ballistic missile Blue Streak, are iXv^lto havo develoned am ens defence chief- m recent
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  • 181 12 LONDON, Tuesday. BERTRAM) RUSSELL, the British philoD sopher, said hist night it was quite untrue that France was safer now thai she had the atom bomb. He told thc second anniversary meeting of the campaign for nuclear disarmament, that the French atom explosion last Saturday
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  • 78 12 Royal family 'should wed coloured people' NEWCASTLE, (England), p ues Presbyterian minister suggested here vesterdas that members of |he British royal famil. should marry toloured people to help solve the colour bar problem The Key William Barbour said la^t nisjht: "I can see no reason why. for example. Prince Charles
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  • 13 12 WASHINGTON Tv« Eisenhower declined an invitation to vis Bolivia Reuter
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  • 110 12 This morning's accidents in the rain SINCAPORF Tues. Early morning rain caused several accidents today. In one accident (top picture) a van travelling j along St. Andrew's Road j skidded m front of City Hall at about 5.31 a.m. and crashed into another car. The van jumped oil the road
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  • 73 12 THE STRATHAIRD RETURNING TO SOUTHHAMPTON SOUTHAMPTON. Tues. The 22.568-ton P and O liner Strathaird was sailing back to Southampton yesterday after developing a lault In Lts electrical propulsion machinery. The Australia-bound liner, carrying about 1.200 passengers, left Tilbury last night. A dock official here said the Strathaird was expected to
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  • 41 12 ROME, Tues. An association of Italian insurance companies is providing insurance of up to £600 ($5,100) a head m case or death tor the 6.400 athletes and 1.300 journalists exnected to attend the Olympic Games here this summer.— Reuter
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  • 31 12 CANTERBURY. Tues. The "Red Dean." Dr. Hewlett Johnson, yesterday led 10 women, seven men and a dog through the streets to protest against France's atomic explosion. Reut er
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  • 235 12 IT'S 'YES, BUT' TO PROPOSED NEW KENYA SET-UP LONDON. Tuesday. PUROPEAXS, Africans and Asians have agreed "with reservations" on a proposed new constitution tor Kenya outlined at the London conference by Mr. lain Macleod, the Colonial Secrelan A Colonial Office communique said only one group of delegates to the conference.
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  • 129 12 TV before baby so wife gets divorce LONDON, Tues.— A wife who said that her husband would not give her the baby she desperately wanted because it would mean he would have to give up his television set and scooter was granted a decree nisi m the divorce court here
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  • 32 12 LAHORE, Tues.— Mr. Abdus Sattar Pirzad-a. a former Pakistan Cabinet Minister, was yesterday barred from public life for six years by a punze tribunal appointed by President Avub Khan.- Reuter
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  • 25 12 LISBON. Tues. The Government last night denied a recent British newspaper report that Portugal was thinking of handing Macao back to China. Reuter
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  • 28 12 NEW DELHI. Tues. The Government rushed emergency supplies ot rice to the Mizo district of Assam. threatened by famine because of a plague of rats.- Reuter
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  • 21 12 HONG KONG. Tues. A six-year-old girl yesterday crashed 100 feet to her death from an eighth floor window.
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  • 172 12 COLOMBO, Tues. The resumed magisterial inquiry into the Bandaranaike assassination was yesterday told that the purpose of a shooting practice was to shoot a "big fellow." C. Amerasinghe. the seventh accused who subsequently turned Crown witness, told the inquiry that three of the accused persons Buddharakkhita
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