The Singapore Free Press, 17 February 1960

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    25 1 The SINGAPORE Free Press No. *****. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1960. 15 CENTS. France reassures: All is well after nuclear test, but... SAHARA ATOM CLOUD PERIL
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    nger to e East warns xpets
    7 1 nger to e East warns xpets pfspr
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    Lock icon Big walk race will decide which of look-alike twins she will wed
    196 1 BANGOR (N. Wales) Wednesday JDENTICAL twin brothers are to stage a 104-mile walking race to decide which of them decomes enaged to 3 pretty blonde student. The girl. Jean Girling. 19-year-old daughter of I Blickpool insurance broker cannot
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    American seaman dies in bar brawl
    43 1 American seaman dies in bar brawl ttING vPORE. Wed. -tabbed to nother serSured in a bar before mid:it. R Y t r J. B. KuluUors from mdii were havhe bar when started. In :bed in the .rriva in. C. J attempted to abbet
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    Lock icon Thirty Britain
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    Mr. Jane dies
    7 1 BDON N or carsixties.
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    Lock icon Sukarno's call
    10 1 HTA. V. Prevailed for ion of Indone- Reuter
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    Lock icon Palace: No sign of royal baby being born yet
    80 1 T ONDON. Wed.— Throe dot tors visited the Queen for 30 Ld minutes yesterday to make a purely routine examination. Buckingham Palace official said later: "There is no sin of the baby being born yet. But because the birth imminent, the
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    'True Joy' at 63 seeks new thrills in the Big Walk
    353 1  -  MARGARET WEE OLDEST WOMAN ENTRANT CONFIDENT OF COMPLETING 14J-MILE COURSE By SINGAPORE. Wed Sixty three yearold Madam Wong Hee Chin (Wong "True Joy"), a retired midwife, has entered the Free Press Big Walk on Feb. 28 "to seek new
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    Lock icon Terrorist is beaten to death by a Paris mob
    99 1 Terrorist is beaten to death by a Paris mob PARIS. Wed.— An Algerian terrorist died yesterday from a boating given him by an enraged, screaming mob of Parisians who cornered him in a courtyard after he shot and killed two policemen. The mob struck and kicked the assassin until his
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    Lock icon Gold bar...
    17 1 JAKARTA. Wed. The Army has forbidden publication of unofficial gold prices in the capital. Reuter
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    Lock icon THE FLAME FANTASTIC
    63 1 MELBOURNE, Wed.— A party of 120 student-teachers carried on rock n' rolline; when a river steamer m which they were rcoing to a barbeque burst into flames last nifbt on Mel- bourne's Yarra River. "We just kept dancing till the roof caught fire," one of the dancers
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    US$474m. contract
    27 1 US$ 474m. contract WASHINGTON. Wed. The Air Force has announced the award of a U*****.831.000 contract to RCA lor work on the ballistic missile early warning system.
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    Sumatra's aliens
    26 1 JAKARTA, Wed.— A total of 52.219 aliens had been registered as living in South Sumatra at the end of 1959. They included 54.078 Chinese
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    Severe cold
    15 1 LONDON, WED. Arctic conditions gripped Northern Britain yesterday, being particularly severe in Scotland.
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    Lock icon Soviet 'no' to Ike
    23 1 GENEVA. Wed.— The Soviet Union last night formally rejected President Eisenhower's pian for a limited nuclear test ban.- Reuter
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    MAN AND BOY INJURED IN 2 ATTACKS BY ACID BOMB
    153 1 MAN AND BOY INJURED IN 2 ATTACKS BY ACID BOMB SINGAPORE, Wednesday. ACID bombs were thrown at two places in Singapore lnst night Two people were injured. At a bus stop in Joo Chiat Place. Gcu Hai Leng. 29. v. accosted by two men and a woman at 11 p.m.
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      234 1 L Ag^/^ EASTERN r rl arts AND CRAFTS TA NG LTD. i be won every week'— »ee Page 12 S PIANO ACCORDIONS < Complete with Carrying Case) satisfy all Accordion Players Student 12 25 Keys 12 Boss $135.00 Student 24 25 Keys 24 Bass 150.00 Student 32 25 Keys 32
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      16 1 VAX HIM FOR rim« n hmti hi 136/142. Orchard iload. S'pore Trlv M144. ??S.'B A *****
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    294 2 SHIPS IN PORT lying atengsMe the singak^ pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Carthage 1/2, Musi Lio.vd 4 o Mikagis:.n Maru 6A. Staat Cook 6/7, City of Colombo 8/9. Walrata 10/11,'Banda 13 14. Chancipara 15/16. Irisbank 18. Akakura>an Maru 19. Pacific Maru N. Wall 1, Serudom N. Wall 2.
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    Doubled interim pushes Rantau up by 5 cents
    381 2 nkjkjk By a Special Correspondent TllttliK tin dividends were announced yesterday, but only one, that for Rantau Tin, had .jiiv influence on Malayan Stock Exchange prices. The 20 per cent Rantau interim is double that paid tor the year ended June 30,
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    Round the world Market Prices
    354 2 NUTK: Alt prices below are middle prices. U.K. Closing Prices LONDON. Feb. 16. Yesterday Today RUBBER No. I RSS c.i.f. European ports Feb 33 3 1b unquoted Mar 32 15/16 33 3 S RUBBER No. 1 BSS m B Spot 33 5/8 34 7/16 UBBER
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    TAKEOVERS
    110 2 See Hoy Chan up offer to Sungkap by 2d LONDON: The board ci Sunskap Para Plantations I td. announce that See Hoy Chan Ltd. have Increased their offer lor the Issued share capital of the company to Bi. 6G. per share from Bs. 4ri. The board state they are
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    American companies
    22 2 NEW YORK: Creoie Petroleum Corporation declared the usual quarterly dividend of 65 cents, pa > able March 10. on record Feb.
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    DIVIDENDS
    51 2 Grindlays Bank LONDON: National and GrindBar.k announced a second rim dividend of 6-1 4 per cent, In place of a final dividend, making 12-1 2 per cent tor the year 1959. payable on April 1. A 15 per cent dividend was paid before a capital reduction and a capitalisation
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    HONG KONG PRICES
    64 2 hong KONG. Tuesday. Closing prices here toda> were: v sierday Today H 8. Bank Corporation $1,240 $1,250 -aies &01.270 .sales Union Ins. Canton. 596.50 596.50 sellers sellers Wheelock Maiden $6 To 6.85 sale 1 .Nales H"Kong phone $34.2.) $35.00 &534.75 sales le> Dairv Farm <fc Cold Storage
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    LONDON MARKETS UNSETTLED
    153 2 LONDON. Wednesday. UNSETTLED conditions persisted In the London *J stock markets yesterday. Buyers held off and small selling caused prices to ease in most sections. Sentiment was affected by the further fall In Wall Street on Monday night and by the rise m American interest rates which
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    Wall Street
    149 2 NEW YORK: Wall Street closed heavy with liberally distributed losses ranging mostly to nearly two points. The Dow Jones industrial average closed at the lowest levels since last April 14. The average moved to a new low for this year in the morning as the list grave further
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    DEARER TYRES MOVE SPREADS
    54 2 AKRON: Both General Tyre and Rubber Co. and B. F. Goodrich announced they were raising tyre and tube prices by three to five per cent, In a move started last week by Goodyear Tyre anci Rubber Co. and followed .4nce by Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co.
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    Malayan Stock Exchange
    851 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. KEY TO MARKIM6S I cci Co* capital issua i ull ciclulißg everythiii ti ticlMimi Oivilend I cli cwr Nan imm y icf m excißimi capital rttttra Y ccr cun capital ritura I c< m cum «>v>gfp« c call cum alt
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      180 2 HAMBURG-AMERI^I NORTH GERMANiJ To (Colombo), Genoo, Mor.r.i Bremen H Qmb 1 Calls Southamptor I ISARSTEIN (LLOYD 17 19 Feb NESSENSTEIN aLOYn SCMWABENSTEIN (LLOYD) ?S Fek* Mar txfffv S I To Manila, Hongkong, Yokohnmo, m BAYERNSTEIN (LLOYD) WERRASTEIN (LLOYD ESSEN fHAPAG) THE BLUE FUNNEL J (NORTH AMERICAN 1 To Halifax, Montreal,
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    Off to France—a shipboard roundup...
    503 3 Off to France— a shipboard roundup... PAGE THREE TODAY RECORDS FAREWELL INTERVIEWS WITH FAMOUS (AND NOT YET FAMOUS) PEOPLE GOING PLACES SINGAPORE, Wednesday [lIKYI IKY wire fellowtravellers, |h e famous and the not yel famous, setting out on a voyage in the liner Laos. First, Ihe famous Somerset Maugham, <S(i,
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    rop in water jessure puts top to baths morning
    70 3 rop in water jessure puts top to baths morning ORE, Wednesday SIT ibis in Queens il Redhill Estate have bath in the j U i pressure is 100 ncl collec compi 51 I .in rum Heater been the ood, Redhill I d for a but ofi. mid n< low, r
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    check-up: just how t are the AF men?
    9 3 check-up: just how t are the AF men? mklljk
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    PM THE FRYING PAN...
    28 3 PM THE FRYING PAN rn n tmplf^ potato chips in the *V,. < ><'h in Beach Ho.i<\ winch sb« I hei .v Mr. T. 11. (.ore, assistant n \n.
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    Lock icon TWO CHARMING GIRLS EXERCISE THEIR PREROGATIVE
    133 3 01 COURSE, it is the prerogative of the lair sex to hide their age. These two charmers from Jakarta, Miss Dhyanawati it) and Miss Edowati Sudjono— daughters of the Indonesian Ambassadordesignate to Sweden. Norway and Finland, Mr. Kaden Sudjono^-determined-ly exercised that prerogative yesterday when
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    NO MORE' PLEDGE AND 2 FREED IN THREAT CASE
    82 3 NO MORE' PLEDGE AND 2 FREED IN THREAT CASE SLNGAPOHE, Wed. Two men charged with criminal intimidation were disch ed yesterday alter the comI compounded. Thong Sens Let' and Lim on were alleged to c-ommitted the offence at the Lido Cinema bicycle park at 9 p.m. on Sept. 12. Banta
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    DOCTOR GETS AN APOLOGY AND CASE IS SETTLED
    78 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Dr. H L Banner.ii. of Changi Road', accepted in a court here yesterday an apology a bus driver. Ong Chiat Wace. In Geylang on the night of July 12. The case was compounded after Ong tendered his apologies to Dr.
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    First night triumph for von Benda
    321 3 BEST TO PLAY HERE FOR SOME YEARS SINGAPORE, Wednesday 4 FILL house, led by the British Commissioner-General and the German Consul-General, received Hans von Benda and his worldfamous Berlin Chamber Orchestra with loud applause at the first of their two concerts at the Victoria
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    THIEVES DOWN ON THE FARM: CALL FOR PHONE
    150 3 THIEVES DOWN ON THE FARM: CALL FOR PHONE SINGAPORE, Wednesday. RESIDENTS of Pasir His Village, off the 10th milestone Tampenis Road, yesterday complained of vegetable thefts and said they would he grateful if a public; telephone was installed. The nearest telephone is three and a half miles away. They said
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    Grand Prix
    30 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed The Johore Executive Council has decided to declare this Saturday a half day and Sunday a full holiday in con- nection with the Grand Prix.
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    THE MAN WHO STARTED TO RUN WHEN HE SAW POLICE
    102 3 THE MAN WHO STARTED TO RUN WHEN HE SAW POLICE SIM. A. PORK, Wed. John Anthony Fredru ks. who admitted tuo pre\ ious convictions, was jailed lor a year yesterday lor fraudulent possession ot two v« The prosecution said that on Jan. 11 at 3 a.m.. tuo d*--tecti* i wralking
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      90 3 MODERN JEWELLERY by SKILLED CRAFTSMEN Manufacturers of GEM SET JEWELLERY Platinum and Gold t^Jtt]^/ Dealers in Diamonds., Rubies, Emeralds, Blue Sapphires, Cats Eyes, Star Sapphires, etc, etc. Also in High Class Watches G. C. de SUVA BROS., 3, Raffles Place, Singapore-1 Phone ***** {oinanaT actua iiy j~%£t grows New Hair
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    Esme answers
    1095 4 Esme answers I *t o!^°' I 1 1 1 A lot of thought usually goes into a gir Vs gold- digging tactic FOR the past few months I have been going out with a girl who is very pretty and intelligent. I like her but I cant help noticing she
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    The royal name... what comes next?
    616 4  - The royal name what comes next? Douglas Clark By LONDON. WEDNESDAY Tin: influence of the Mountbattens in the inn- lei of powei remarkable, persistent an time one or two newspapers ha\e >unding the alarm. Repeatedly the) have it democrats In it wholly healths and desirable? a hat happenv Bi mi
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    where the buses go tearing round corners and bends
    138 5 IHIT COURT IS IV BAD AREA :ans ORE, Wednesday. g 11th milestone described in the < burl .is ,i dangertear round s and bends along this bout the least conration for pedestrians children.' Inspector d. when he a deterrent seni river.
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    olice use fremen's dder on ium raid
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    OPIUM CASE: BARBER'S 'SOLEMN' PROMISE, AND HE IS FREED
    143 5 OPIUM CASE: BARBER'S 'SOLEMN' PROMISE, AND HE IS FREED SINGAPORE. Wed. An elderly barber, who d< cnbed himself as a former i opium addict, pleaded successfully in court yesterday for aii absolute discharge to a charge of being found in an opium den. Wong Chin Saw, 64. of Upper Circular
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    Plastic flowers: Florists are not worried in the least
    152 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Florists in Kuala Lumpur are not perturbed by the eale importation of plastic artificial flowers from Hong Kong and Germa They are confident that artificial flowers will not affect their busin< id of a lull, many florists are
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    Lock icon Kampong bride
    29 5 picture CHE SALMAH binte H. Safarwan. bride of Inche Sanad bin H. M. Said. They were married on Sunday at Jalan Payak, Kampong Melayu, Singapore. Free Press
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    NEW STAFF OF 400 FOR ISSUE OF NEW I-CARDS
    229 5 NEW STAFF OF 400 FOR ISSUE OF NEW I-CARDS I^UALA LUMPUR, Wed. i The Registration I Department is to recruit about 400 supervisors, interviewing officers and clerks to deal with the issue of new identity j cards. The selection of about 80 supervisors, 225 interviewing officers and 75 clerks will
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    Richardson leaves tomorrow
    52 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mai. Gen. C. L. Richardson, who i relinquishes his post of GOC. I Singapore Base District. I leaves for Britain tomorrow. He has been appointed Commander. British Army Staff, and Military Member, British Joint Services Mission, in Washington and will assume the post in June
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      224 5 iff Jiniait -PJ DENTAL JINTAN Dental Cream is a mcst advanced and ui I formula with on active Anti-Enzyme ingredient. Satttest have shown that brushing this tooth poste fight I decay all through day and night. Large Size: .70 cents per tube $6.72 p Standard Size: .50 cents Der tube
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      165 5 RIP KIRBY By John Prentice 6c Fred Dickenson -L; F\. ".v;\:. 30 I NP THAT'S KKSHT. WE'LL I HEf COME/ J NEVER v -^l w -5 J f-M'p A^ 5A 'nY TO PRE"ENC >Cj CIP fRAuP *?S^\ PA^ EAf rE r JvE /50 "NT N CJ RE! A LAC7Y TOR
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    Priming the pump for prosperity
    316 6 ml;,;l pVERY dollar circu- kiting in Singapore, the Federation, Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo is backed by sterling investments worth more than the dollar. But not one cent of thes currency reserves is at present invested in any of the member countries. Soon that will
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    Nehru and the Kerala cauldron
    716 6  - Nehru and the Kerala cauldron P. JOSEPH JOHN By AN ON-THE-SPOT REVIEW BY FKEI PRESS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ■Iz/^d KJ Ii ar J rfc* idaWKl ....;l';dd AFTER 28 months of misrule, the Communists are out. The chaste anti-Communists are in but for how long? That's the poser in the Augean stables
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    SLUM OFFICES: THE WHITE COLLAR WORKERS TELL OF THE BLACK CONDITIONS
    888 6  - SLUM OFFICES: THE WHITE COLLAR WORKERS TELL OF THE BLACK CONDITIONS FRANK BARBER By LONDON last the typists and the clerks have joined in the fight. Their pens and their typewriters aiv busier than ever, but not to refer to yours of the 30th ult. They are being used to
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      516 6 on ran hand in your classified ad, to any one of COLD STORAGE SHOPS throughout MALAYA <""* SINGAPORE CAMIRON HIGHLANDS M) Ltd.* Tanab Rata. IPOH Cold Storac* <M) Ltd.. Clare Stre«t. •CLANG -as«? (M) Ltd., ew Road. KOTA BMARU I Store** <M) Ltd.. Market. KUALA LUMPUR I Storage <M> Ltd..
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      43 6 iiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimii PATEK PHILIPPE is the only watch manufacturer whose entire collection of men's watches carries, engraved on every movement, the official stamp of the State of Geneva, the authentic guarantee of 3enturies-old "GENEVA QUALITY". H. SENA, LTD. HIGH CLASS JEWELLERS Singapore Penang. itiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiii
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    pore youth nong 50 share 00 essay prize
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    HMITTEE TO VIEW UNION CHARTER
    6 7 HMITTEE TO VIEW UNION CHARTER d,kf;d
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    BATIKS—MADE in SINGAPORE
    340 7  - BATIKS— MADE in SINGAPORE WENDY MOK Indonesian experts, local apprentices turn out 1,200 sarongs a month ORDERS AND INQUIRIES FROM U.S.A., FIJI HOLLAND, AUSTRALIA By Bukit Timah, Wed. ['HE JAVA BATK Sarong Factory, the onlv .rodudion. in Singa P° re has begun X n l!!f 0f 14 Ind °nesian experts
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    Grand old lady of Sikhs dies, 85
    16 7 tWed. The :\ort illr. r o under r* the
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    Heart-and-arrow at leap year ball
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    MOSQUITOES FIND A BREEDING HAVEN IN ESTATE
    116 7 MOSQUITOES FIND A BREEDING HAVEN IN ESTATE SEMBAWANG, Wednesday. £JHOKKD drains and over-grown lallang have increased the mosquito population in Sembawang Hills Estate. Residents said that the lallang had not been cleared although they had complained to the authorities concerned. The over-growth of lallang Is in an area adjoining the
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    Price and prejudice: Biscuit company seeks import curb
    211 7  - Price and prejudice: Biscuit company seeks import curb HARRY CHIA By Singapore, Wed. Thye Hong Biscuit and Confectionery Factory Ltd. has asked the Government to impose a tariff on imported biscuits Mr. Lee Khek Meng, the company's secretary, told the Free Press that the imposition of a quantity restriction or
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    Stole from sister
    26 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Syed Nordin bin Syed Chek. was jailed for eight months yesterday for stealing a pair of earrings from his stater.
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    Critical eyes on 'our buildings'
    298 7  -  A. MAHADEVA By SINGAPORE, Wed. students of architecture at the Singapore Polytechnic are keeping: a close and critical watch on architectural works in this country. 1 learnt this wiilie talking to three of the top officials of the newly-formed Polytechnic Architectural Society yesterday afternoon. Mr
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    Wanted: An old piano to teach blind boy a trade
    225 7 Wanted: An old piano to teach blind boy a trade SINGAPORE, Wed.— A 17-year-old blind pianist needs an old piano to learn a new trade piano-tuning, which an expert has offered to teach him without charges. The pianist is Chow Wah Seng, of the School for the Blind In Toa
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    SHIP TO BRING HOME BODY OF SINGAPORE BOY FOR BURIAL
    102 7 SHIP TO BRING HOME BODY OF SINGAPORE BOY FOR BURIAL SINGAPORE. Wed. < The body of 24-year-old An- thony See Leong Chuan, who died in Oxford, England, last Thursday, will be sent here t>y ship for burial. Anthony, a third-year student at the Oxford School of Architecture and Building 1
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      75 7 %^T TRANSisfOR RADIOS ••TRUE TO LIFE Hi-Fi Sound" Hi-Fidelity listening with elegant looks. yy kp niinnm rum n i innii i iiimm^ The only set with Press Buttons. Agents: REIMAN COMPANY 32. Bank of China Building. Spore Tel: *****. tkzatfa fi^ Ame Mfo HIGH QUALITY FURNITURE If 7/iis 7 piece
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      59 7 POP -A W9 Wai By Cog rT Iwmatabo^t -fipn'ill Heo»o-w^s A rnin i ■3) vov;R. promise jrTM A ikj fool SL IOMAKEEVERV J*|iy! RES^T'NG IMI 1 fZ CFPQQT TO-STAV W^fcV^ i lf+ J A.«.f^E«T '"^-^-0^; "I OUTOFOAIU i Don't trust to luck. Make sure of a pleasant evening every day
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      42 7 r^^^n^^^ifHi "if l TODAY: 1.35 p.m. TOMORROW: 2.06 a.m. and z.'ZO p.m. FRIDAY: 2.42 a.m. and 3.12 p.m. SATURDAY: 3.26 a.m. and 4JS6 p.m. SUNDAY: 4.21 a.m. and 6.22 p.m. MONDAY: 5.35 am. and 8.32 p.m. TUESDAY: 7.09 a.m. and 9.35 p.m.
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      186 7 DIARY OF TODAY'S EVENTS VWCA Raffle* Quay): International Women s Club Indonesian morning 10 a.m., English conversation 4 p.m., beauty culture 5.15 p.m. YMCA: Body-building and weight -lifting 4 p.m.. judo practice for all 5 p.m., Singapore Chess Club 5.30 p.m., table tennis practice 6 p.m., Malay Civil Service fetd.
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    The Vampire of Dusseldorf
    924 8  - The Vampire of Dusseldorf DAVID ETTRICK fd;kekl;le By ,x«^^ Nvy KHE mild-eyed man in the dock could have been anyone's favourite ncle. Now and again he even talked of children. But when he did, it was only to describe with meticulous, cold-blooded calm how he had set about murdering them.
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    DIANA
    226 8 that THEY KEEP ON MAKING TERRIBLE JQKES...AND I KEEP LAUGHING. ..AND LAUGHING HURTS NAhJ AND MILS. DICKIE DAWSON (the l)or> to you) are, with the possible exception of Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Charrier (the Bar dots to me), the most married couple of the moment. I was proud to
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      275 8 »"»-',i- i-jn-r>- irriMtiirfnriii rnitrim ■Ta^saU e^aAk gA^^t^La iJtar* a *a*— i^ m)Eidn^'t l \iP K ?t?V^'^& /js^'u* v w--> r jacty^tf3* VcJF^Z?3V^Waaass^^a^^tsr'T^^tav^^^l BORN today, you men and women are apt to differ widely in the use which you can make of your talents. You men are strong-minded, aggressive and positive
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      524 8 ThLs can be your best day of the week. A business trip could bring you exceptionally fine rewards. ARIES (Mar. 21 -Apr. 20 I— A Confidential matter involving a marriage or business partner :!d be handled satisfactorily today. TAURUS (Apr. 21 -May 21) There is an aspect of specula! ion
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      112 8 reased profits. Benefit from todays fine aspect*. VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23) You can take a chance, if necessary. This should be a good day for all your efforts, so act now. LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23) Take care of a secret financial arrangement so thai you have what you want in
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    Shy furniture kings of Britain reap their profits so quietly
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    FREDDIE POPE'S CAR CLINIC
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    ARMY'S TOP RUGBY XV IN SINGAPORE
    265 10 ARMY'S TOP RUGBY XV IN SINGAPORE THE past three seasons have marked a steady, if unspectacular, rise of GHQ in Singapore rugby. From only three or four successes in the 1957/58 season the club pulled up to be finalists in the Singapore zone of the FARELF inter-unit rugby championship and
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    Lock icon FAWSON IS THE FEAF CHAMP
    243 10 FAWSON IS THE FEAF CHAMP SQUADRON LEADER S. Pawson won the FEAF individual squash racket championship when he decisively beat Ft. Lt. Carter 3-0 in the rinal at Sell He was runner-up last Pawson did not drop a single game throughout the championship.^. Carter fought valiantly. and at times, matched
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    ARMED FORCES OFFICIALS
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    2-1 TO CHANGI
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    NDAY RACING POSER FOR SINGAPORE
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    25 11 who has week.- of aya lined ;m Sober Thjught for veral r. i pore Gold p. \7 who has to Ire; Penan* meeting.
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    Speedster Ahmad in for Grand Prix
    111 11 ALEXANDRA. Wednesday, •npetitor In the Shell-sponsored Johore a Coronation Grand Prix on Saturday is Ahmad Lin 28. a technician in the 8.0.D Ahmad is entering for the motor-cycle, unlimited cl Thi> Is his first time •mpetitor. Exciting? "Yes," he said, "but I have always
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    Taylors's medal
    35 11 Mrs G. Taylor (ne'.t 73 > was the silver division winner of the Royal Singapore Golf Club\> ladies monthly medal yesterday. Mrs. R. Newton (nett 70) was the winner i" l «e bronze division.
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    BATTING BATTLE LIKELY
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    1500 entries already in-and still they continue to flow
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    ENTRIES CLOSE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
    386 11 ENTRY FORM Fr€ k e Press %Valk NAME (in full) (Print clearly in capital letters) Address AGE Identity Card No GROUP* If .ou .~re a team member cross here Name of team Co you require transport to the starting point at Woodlands? (see below) ♦Croup
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    485 11 "I Competitors will report at Istn milestone. Woodland.-, at 6.15 a.m. on Sunday February 28. 19C0 Competitors wLshing transport to the starting point must assemble at the respective pick-up point? between 5 30 and 6 a.m. O The Walk will begin at 7 am alone the speci f
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    33 11 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed.— The president of the International Olympic Commr Mr. Avery Bran< orday that. Nation.; Chinese athh I uld be permitted to participate in the Rome Olympics— Reuter.
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    13 11 beat Combined H Kong Bukit Timah Capt. < BMteur champion nered
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    Ike asks for $4,175 mil. foreign aid programme
    344 12 Ike asks for $4,175 mil. foreign aid programme WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Eisenhower yesterday asked Con- to approve a foreign aid programme tor the toning year totalling U.S. $4,175 million. This waa an Increase from the I \s.s:s.f>3o mil. ask «d test year. Congress tlirn heavily cut tin- programme. < -vmtiialh
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    93 12 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. ARMER, i i and son-in-law, accused Ihe Assizes of Uu- murder of a haircrcani manufacturer. Ho Kan Seng, 11. in Aljunied Road on Sept. 2'A hist, were found nol guiltv and acquitted and discharged. Di Attached lid Mr. But In PARIS
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    244 12 Britain to get ballistic missile warning syst e j NAVY'S FIRST ATOMIC SUBMARINE TO BE ORDERED SOON: FRESH RESEARCH ON ROCKETS LONDON, Wednesday BRITAIN'S defence budget for the mnin 13 year is up by £115,700,000 (about mil), the Government announced yesk»rda> It will amount to £1,617,830,000
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    229 12 NEW DEAL FOR HONG KONG LABOUR -AMERY r ONDON. Wed. Mr. Julian Amery, the Colonial Under-Secre-tary, told the House of Commons yesterday that the labour regulations in Hong Kong limiting hours of work for women and young children were now bein" "vigorously enforced." Mr. Ernest Thornton iLabour» hud asked for
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    171 12 A DREAM COMES TRUE FOR POPE-HENNESSY PEXANG, Wednesday. VIK. JAMES Pope-Hennessy, official biographer of Queen Mary, said yesterday his dream came true when he visited the Kuala Kangsar site of the house where hjs great grandfather, Sir Hugh Low, British Resident of Perak from 1877 to 1889, used to live.
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