The Singapore Free Press, 22 February 1960

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    18 1 THE NEWSPAPER EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT The Singapore Free Press No. *****. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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    KENYA: BIG QUERY REMAINS
    29 1 Inference winds up without agreement on land security issue ileod is is inning I I I I I I I 'haras MACLEOD... BOLD NEW MEASURES
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    Lock icon Statue unveiled
    13 1 KNTOX Man•itue of mveiled by one of her Lady Pat- Reuter
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    Crash kills four
    13 1 A. Mon.— Four .-ailed yesterday i ollapsed in tne iblanca.
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    Lock icon ROYAL MOURNING FOR COUNTESS: QUEEN'S RULING
    499 1 LONDON, Monday. QUEEN ELIZABETH is observing family mourning for a week from yesterday for ntess Mountbatten who died in her sleep sselton early yesterday. The announcement that the Queen would observe family mourning came two days after she celebrated the birth of her third
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    46 DIE IN QUAKE: VILLAGE RAZED
    170 1 46 DIE IN QUAKE: VILLAGE RAZED ALGIERS, Mon. Three earthquake shocks in the remote Melouza region of Algeria yesterday killed 46 people and injured 88 as homes collapsed on the population of two Muslim villages. French army rescue teams ferried the injured to hospitals In the towns of Setif, Msila
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    Lock icon Bobby Locke: 'No visitors' order
    49 1 CAPETOWN, Mon. The condition of Bobby Locke, South African golfer injured In a collision between a car and a train near here on Friday night, was stated yesterday to be unchanged. He was conscious but no visitors were bein» allowed to see him.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Eggstraordinary
    19 1 TSU. Japan, Mon. -Members of the weather station here today succeeded in standing seven eggb on end. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Farah: Baby talk
    24 1 TEHERAN. Mon— A palace spokesman said today he did not know whether Queen Farah of Persia was expecting a baby. Reuter
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    5 COPTERS IN SEARCH: THEN SLIM'S SON IS FOUND
    154 1 5 COPTERS IN SEARCH: THEN SLIM'S SON IS FOUND LONDON, Mon.— Five helicopters searched Dartmoor yesterday when Major John Slim, 30-year-old only son of Field-Marshal Sir William Slim, was reported missing on an army exercise. Major Slim, former antiterrorist fighter in Malaya, had been missing since early on Saturday while
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    Coelacanth caught off Madagascar
    47 1 Coelacanth caught off Madagascar TANANARIVE (Madagascar), Mon. Fishermen test night caught a coelacanth, one of the world's rarest fish, which was believed to have been extinct for 50 million years until specimens were found in 1938. The fish was caught off the Comoro Islands, northwest of Madagascar.
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    Prince: A holiday
    27 1 NAIROBI, Mon. All Government schools in Kenya are 1 to have a days holiday today in celebration of the birth of RHtain\ new nrince.
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    Lock icon Inches cost more
    24 1 TOKYO. Mon. Rulers marked in inches have tripled in price since the Government banned rulers not using the metric system. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Vicar: I shall exorcise 'bumps in the night'
    142 1 LONDON, mon. A SERVICE of exorcism is to be held in a house at Salford. near Manchester, to rid a family 5? mysterious bumps in the night that have haunted their house for two months. The noises, which began on Christmas Eve
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    WATCHMAN KNIFED AS HE BATTLES THUGS IN CINEMA
    209 1  - WATCHMAN KNIFED AS HE BATTLES THUGS IN CINEMA KHOO YEOW TEE Break'in drama: Four vs. one By SINGAPORE. Monday A NIGHT watchman at the Jubilee Theatre, North Bridge Road reA reived serious stab wounds in the chest early tins morning when he resisted lour armed men who had broken into
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    STOP PRESS Stock Exchange
    18 1 STOP PRESS Stock Exchange ITZPA1 i r. v ii DOWN EN S TOUR i HOLD-UP OURNEY i L-hin
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    Lock icon Never-never cars
    25 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. American businessmen e tryinf to got Russian mission to set up car in the Soviet Union cars by easy payment Reuter
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    Lock icon Premier Kampmann
    21 1 COPENHAGEN King Frederik ol D< tcday appointed Mr. V I Kampmann. Finance Miiu>t< r. as Dam>!i Prime Minister. Reuter
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    Lock icon Man in orbit soon
    28 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. United State- will put ;in orbit late In 1961. Dr. Keith Glennan hi-ad Ol National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said rday. Reuter
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    Big murder hunt
    26 1 SOUTHAMPTON, Mon Police are investigating thr murder of a nine- year-old Iris Dawkins, found at midnight last night wit>~ wounds in her back.
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    UNIT TRUST PRICE
    11 1 Managers' prioei today, buying $1.14 and celling $1.19.
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    Due soon—the Sweden liner Kungsholm
    295 2  - Due soon— the Sweden liner Kungsholm BOB PERIES pAGETW^ODA^IVES YOU A ROUND-UP I OF THE SHIPS THAT ARE IN THE NEWSj By SINGAPORE, MON. CALLING AT SINGAPORE this week will be the 21,000-ton Swedish American luxury liner, Kungsholm, with M75 passengers, on hoard. The Kungsholm is on its third round-the-world
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    ATOM FUEL TALKS BEGIN IN LONDON
    143 2 ATOM FUEL TALKS BEGIN IN LONDON T ONDOX. Mon. Britain Lj and Japan begin negotiations here today on the British supply of uranium fuel to a Calder Hall-type nuclear generator being imported by Japan. Mr. Tamaki Ipponmat^u. vice-president of th< j Japan Atomic Power Generating Company, who flew here from
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    Lock icon Australia will abandon licensing of imports
    182 2 Australia will abandon licensing of imports i /CANBERRA. Mon.— Australia iv^ has decided virtually to abandon import licensing in a move to counter the threat of cost and price rises brought about by recent wage increases, the Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies. said yesterday. He was giving a special
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    Budget deficit
    38 2 ATHENS, Mon. Greece's 1960 budget tabled in Parliament yesterday forecast a £1.600,000 dericit despite a I £36,300,000 estimated income from foreign aid and NATO works and said it would be covered by the issue of bonds.
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    90 2 SHIPS IN PORT Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Eastern Saga 1/2, Themis 4/5, Tjipanas 6A, Mangalore 6/7, Nanusan Maru 3/9, Gassterkerk 10/11, Roma 13/14, Hessenstein 15/16, Benvrackie 18, Fuji Maru 19, Presco No 22 N. Wall 1, Rawang N. Wall 3, Seramprang N.
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    NEW YORK MARKET: SHARP RECOVERY
    177 2 NEW YORK MARKET: SHARP RECOVERY NEW YORK. Mon.-Thc stock market after early easiness mounted a sharp recovery during the week. The rally was sustained over three days oi trading. Prices early in the week closed at the lowest levels since February 195y with volume of trading picking up. Thereafter, stocks
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    Steward out—500 propeller shaft men plan to strike
    110 2 Steward out—500 propeller shaft men plan to strike BIRMINGHAM, Mon. British car production was threatened today by a strike at a factory here which makes propeller shafts for 95 per cent of the industry. About 500 men on the night shift have stopped work in protest against a shop steward's
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    Lock icon Duke to preside
    35 2 TORONTO. Mon. The Duke of Edinburgh will preside over a conference of more than 100 industrialists, trade union leaders and educationalists here on June 8 and 9. it was announced yesterday.- Reuter
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    Malayan Stock Exchange
    820 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. KEY T0 MARKINGS t eel era capital irai I till iicluiiig mryttHaa rt eictuffaj liviieai I eii si cu* Inn ttui y ier excltiißi capital rttara t ccr cm capital rcttrt I tt CUM tfi«lg||i t etll cm* all z
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    Big health survey on 56,000 Primary One pupils
    221 3 Big health survey on 56,000 Primary One pupils htfENTS ASKED FOR 1 H ILD REN'S HISTORY I I I Illi I ilth mo I; KILLEC A L CYCLING IIH GIRL HE LcE WOOED I I I rpen--1 \bdul ihv vhile pro\h wking show ;IN(;\PORE, Monday. conducting a health Kiys and
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    Madam Wong, 82, is the district 'grandma'
    282 3  - Madam Wong, 82, is the district 'grandma' WENDY MOK ADVICE- AND SHE OUGHT TO KNOW By CEPOY LINES, Mon. The "grandmother of Sepoy Lines," Madam Wong Sui Lin, 82, yesterday told me the secret of longevity and how to remain useful throughout one's life. "Take regular exercises, always leave the
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    OFFICIALS OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
    87 3 OFFICIALS OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION QUEENSTOWN, Mon. Mr Kelly Chan was elected pre- sident of the Queenstown Community Association at its I annual meeting yesterday. Mr. Khoo Ewe Tuan and Inche Mohd. Hashim bin Bujang were elected vice-presid-ents with Mr. K. X. Pereira as secretary. Other officials: Mr. V. Ganapathy, treasurer:
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    SECRETS OF HOW TO MAKE MARRIAGE A SUCCESS-BY ARGUE
    104 3 p es fit for the prettiest girl of that city. Hie shopkeeper brought $10 worth of a dozen big red ro rtunately. the young man had only $5. When he explained his position, the sympathetic ipkeeper decided to let m have
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    Earning Malay with Radio Singapore—3
    158 3 Earning Malay with Radio Singapore —3 MALAI K^ Mi P* tn^kat P ft this tSI Pme. [J^ n "> me to lift i anic- kit meja ini: Come and help me to lift this taWe. Itu kerusi: That is chair. 8. Bawa kerusi itu: Bring th.it chair. 9. Bawa kerusi
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    ORDER IS OUT: USE SPRAY GUN ON BUGS IN LIBRARY
    191 3  - ORDER IS OUT: USE SPRAY GUN ON BUGS IN LIBRARY EDNA TAN By Singapore, Mon. J^Y LAST, those bug-infcstcd chairs in Raffles Library will l>e fumigated. Oh, yes, there are bugs. When I last went to the library more than, two weeks ago, I came away with a "No bugs"
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    From rubber to houses— $5 mil. change for estate
    138 3 From rubber to houses $5 mil. change for estate lIPOH. Mon. A Chinese syndicate is to start work soon on a $5 million housing project here About 200 bungalows will be built on a 100-acre site oil Kampar Road. The bungalows each costing about $24,000, will be sold on hire
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    Brothers form rival teams for Big Walk
    179 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. j Two storekeeper brothers from William Jacks and Co. (M) Ltd have formed two teams to challenge each other I in the Free Press Big Walk. Mr. Lim Kok Kt-nj? of the i Kampong Bahru store has j picked out six
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    Goodwill mission team arrives
    54 3 KUALA LUMPUR Mon.-A *oodwUl mission team of. three South Koreans arrived here yesterday during a tour Mr. Dong jo T Kim m a former Vic, Minis ter of Foreign Affairs Dr. Klun Hep Trha. of the Wntafrv"of Reconstruction and Mr K»vu Soo Choi, of the M
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    Lock icon SIX MILES A DAY...
    54 3 picture. HERE are two girls, Miss Chan Chew Fong, 19, (left) and Miss Ling Phiang. 20 practising hard for the Free Press Bi e Walk They cover about six miles everyday. Our cameraman caught them outside Times House yesterday. Said Miss Ling Phiang: "We are anxious
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    TH E BOOKIES ARE ON THE RUN
    108 3 TH E BOOKIES ARE ON THE RUN SINGAPORE, Mon. The Government's recent crackdown on bookmakers has forced several big operators to close shop and scores of small-time bookies to suspend business. A bookmaker who used to handle thousands of dollars of bets said things were "getting too hot." He said
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    Police are told: No luxury cars
    102 3 Police are told: No luxury cars KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Police officers throughout the country have been ordered not to buy cars which are beyond their means. A police officer said here yesterday that there was a trend among junior officers to buy luxury cars. In future, according to the new
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    Two traffic lights with bended hoods
    62 3 SERANGOON. Mon. Two traffic lights at the junction of Kitchener Road, and Serangoon Road have their hoods bent and facing at wrong directions. Motorists have to stretch their necks for a glimpse of the signal lights at the far end of the junction. These
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    Building probe date
    33 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Building Industry Inquiry Commission will hold its next session in the Conference Room of the Ministry of Finance. sth floor Fullerton Building, at 10 a.m. tomorrow. I
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    The bosses here are women...
    217 3  - The bosses here are women T. F. HWANG By Singapore, Mon npHE Juvenile Court is the only court of law where women are the bosses. Here, men take their orders from them and cheerfully do what they are told. The magistrate is a woman. She controls an allmale staff usher,
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    Any lamp showing white light
    1052 4 will do it it is fixed to bicycle THIS WONT DO Q Is it legal to cycle holding a torch- light instead of having a bicycle lamp? A The law requires that your bicycle shall carry a lamp showing to the front a white light
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    NO LOVELY BRIDES TODAY TOP PAGE 5
    59 5 t T EF I WRAF Cor P° r »l Vera Woodman, 22, who married Senior Aircraftman Colin D. Shelley, 23, at Trinity Church, RAF Changi, on Saturday it BELOW: Miss Florence Loh, 20. a teacher, who married Corporal Robert Victor Jamieson, 21, at
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    A MASTERLY DISPLAY BY THREE SISTERS
    128 5 SIXGAPORK, Monday. A COSMOPOLITAN audience gave the Thirucbendur sisters a bif? hand at their first per- forma nee in the Victoria Theatre during the weekend. Padma. Dhanam and Uma gave such a masterly display of the intricate Bhara- tha Natyam dances that those who
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    FORTUNE HUNTERS LOOK UPON RIDA IS BIG MONEYLENDER, savs REPORT
    225 5 fsafsadfsad s have painted a ;re of their pro- d business or planting "But transformed .oomy atmosphere be early stages of repayments," he comr Threats ot uncommon. equests accompanied Prime ntion would loans were not 'oming. seems to be far
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    At 68, he hopes to climb to riches again
    174 5 At 68, he hopes to climb to riches again SINGAPORE, Mon. Old in years but strong in spirit. That is 68-year-old Mr. C. S. Byrnes, an engineer, who will this week leave for Ipoh to climb a 300 ft. hill to blaze the trail for a metallurgical find. He has
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    Where a nod will clinch a big deal...
    504 5 Where a nod will clinch a big deal... THEY KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL SINGAPORE, Monday. A HAND-SHAKE, a nod or a muttered "Yes" and tens, hundred* and even thousands of tons of South-East Asia's produce are bought, sold or exchanged. Their word is their bond. They are all personally
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    HOLE-IN'WALL SHOP OWNER BEGAN WITH $90 SAVINGS AND $510 LOAN
    133 5 HOLE-IN'WALL SHOP OWNER BEGAN WITH $90 SAVINGS AND $510 LOAN RATONG. Mon.— Abdul Razak. 30, came to Singapore 10 years ago with only the clothes on his back. Today, he is one of about 70 hole-in-the-wall s h o pkeepers in Katong with a flourishing business and an apprentice to
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      170 5 KIRBY By John Prentice dc Fred Dickenson i •.•-rr^'AV I NATtJf?ALLY HE BL.T I HAVE A _^^|K?W s^ C- wC'-RSE, «?P WOULC? NEVER X A<£ r>. AN THAT WILL j_^^j_^ _PW v 5 s fAPTA S :_C* NCT PE5MONP AS,? j TAKE JARE 0^ 'iW*^f ;^£O0»f'S EMPLOYED BY U5y# s
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      Tourist drum will be beaten again
      226 6 Tourist drum will be beaten again pRESENT at the annual conference of the Pacific Area Travel Association conference in Christchurch,- New Zealand, is Mr. K. C. Lee, parliamentary secretary to Singapore's Ministry of Culture. His presence, as the Minister of Culture has pointed out. will dispel the idea that our
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      No time for boredom
      100 6 STUDENTS at the University of Malaya have been complaining about being bored during the ridiculously long vacation. Obviously they still have not absorbed the truth that a university is not a school at which a student's every step is ordered and learning is pumped into passive
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    Why I say nuclear bombs can be used to stop a major war
    979 6  - Why I say nuclear bombs can be used to stop a major war EDWARD TELLER fsdfsfsdfsdf gdfgdgdg a* R. EDWARD Tellers opposition to a complete nuclear II test ban agreement, as revealed here in an exclusive ■J interview, is based on these two major points: WHILE America, as an open
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    THE FASCINATING WORLD OF
    542 6  -  JO-ANN LIM BBHBBSHBHHHKBH SHmhBHHMI 9Hs9BR9R^HR9JwM9BSsHH9MnBS^fiH9fIHBHB9BH HHHBHBfIHBHHBRMHI HHHMbBHR ivip Af h| j| o|n|g| 2L WHEN a friend says "Let's pile wood" or "Let's have a square-table conference'' or "Shall we build bricks?" I bristle with pleasure and anticipation. This may sound liko tnbberish to non man j
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    ARTER TRADE IS TIGHTENED UP
    190 7 The bad 1 ones are weeded out from that list of authorised firms oN ESIA WANTS TO ?B SMUGGLING... j 51NGAPORE O>NA TAN Singapore, Mon. vernment is taking steps JJn barter trade between Singapore i inlands. linns are registered with ilaU General here and are
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    RECORD TIMBER OF GIRLS STUDYING ENTISTRY
    12 7 RECORD TIMBER OF GIRLS STUDYING ENTISTRY It I I I I I
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    Actor to talk on Bermatology
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    Seven schools join in the ‘Teen Talks'
    151 7 Seven schools join in the ‘Teen Talks' QINGAPOR£, Mon. Seven»s teen representatives from n schools took part in rirst series cf the monthTeen Talks" at the Chinese YMCA on Saturday. They were from Raffles Girls' Secondary School, RafInstitution. Geylang ChiMethodist High School, Serangoon English School, •nstown Secondary School. Gan Eng
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    ENTRIES FOR THE MUSIC SOCIETY COMPETITION
    60 7 EN TRIES FOR THE MUSIC SOCIETY COMPETITION in ihe in the intermediate grade ipiano), 11 in the senior grade (piano) and 16 in the open grade (piano). Invitations were extended to overseas competitors but there was no response except for two from Johore Bahru and three from Kuala Lumpur. Mr.
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    Lock icon Blind Chow hits a bullseye as he hears 'Tenderly'
    469 7  - Blind Chow hits a bullseye as he hears 'Tenderly' CHAN SWAN BEE KATONG BRANCH OF APEX CLUB GIVES OLD PIANO TO ENABLE A TALENTED PIANIST TO LEARN TUNING TECHNIQUE By SINGAPORE, Mon. Seventeen-year-old Chow Wan Seng tapped his feet keeping time with the rhythm of a 45 r.p.m. disc in
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    Annual meeting
    27 7 SINGAPORE. Mon.— The annual meeting of the Singapore Musical Society will be held at the War Memorial Hall. St. Andrew's Cathedral at 5.30 p.m. today.
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    Special prayers
    23 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. Special thanksgiving prayers for Queen Elizabeth and her new baby Prince were offered at several church services here yesterday.
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    $11,815 gift for war on TB
    108 7 $11,815 gift for war on TB SINGAPORE, Mon. Donations since the beginning of this year to the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association have totalled $11,815. A S.A.T.A spokesman this morning told the Free Press that the flow of donations this year was "particularly encouraging.' This will help greatly in the war on
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    New library body
    30 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. The proposed Library Association of Singapore will be inaugurated at a meeting at the Adult Education Centre, Fort Canning Rise, on Saturday at 4.45 p.m.
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    No more pay-as-you-can service for troops
    188 7 SEMBAWANG, Monday. SHOPKEEPERS in Nee Soon who did a lucrative trade for 15 years in sending parcels to England for Servicemen on a pay-as-you-can basis have decided to call it off. The shopping centre in Transit Road, Nee Soon, had a system whereby Servicemen
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    FLOODS GIVE 230 A HOLIDAY
    109 7 SINGAPORE, Monday. ABOUT 230 pupils of Sin Min Chinese School at Klias Road, off Tampines Road, were told to go home when they arrived at the school on Saturday. REASON: Lessons could not be held as the classrooms were flooded. A teacher said the school
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    Road under repair
    38 7 PASIR PAN JANG, Mon. The stretch of North Buona Vista Road between the junctions of Eng Hoe Road and Rochester Road is being repaired and will be closed to traffic until 6 p.m. on Thursday.
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    AN OLD PAPER DRAWS A CROWD
    111 7 AN OLD PAPER DRAWS A CROWD F\YA LEBAR, Mon. THE SCENE: Outside the Chartered Bank branch at the Singapore Airport. THE TIME: 10 a.m. yesterday. The bank was closed. But at least 100 people saw the old newspaper on the floor outside the closed bank. They smiled and shook their
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    4 Services unions say 'no' to talks
    60 7 4 Services unions say 'no' to talks SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Federation of Services Union, which has 42,000 members, yesterday refused to negotiate with the Services authorities on general conditions of service on a piecemeal basis. The Federation wants an assurance from services chiefs that all aspects of the establishment
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    Talk by evangelist
    33 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. T. Bentley, an evangelist from Kuala Lumpur, will speak on "Overcoming In a dark day" at the Bethesda Gospel Hall, Bras Basah Road, at eight o'clock tonight.
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    Fall into drain... Mrs. M calls for grating
    122 7 DERANGOON, Mon. An Englishwoman, Mrs. M. O. Moore, 24, who came to Singapore about 11 months ago, fell into a monsoon drain in Yio Chu Kang Road yesterday. Doctors put four stitcher In her right leg. The drain was flooded at the
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    Talk on Malaya's changing culture
    44 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Minister for Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, will be the g\ speaker at the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting at the Cathay Restaurant on Saturday at 1.15 pm. He will speak on "Malaya'i Changing Culture."
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      53 7 r I By Cog T^ i I > ti MOW OO \T VA/~S «lO (j) 61 »T- Q S **©yTM K| a T wo. V_> B ilu <s«^e I _x HfAliT r^T^ vo OKj6 S^ J^__-£23 nrVr^ wjtn a regular order for the Singapore Free Press. '**e «ure of a
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      162 7 FfcUfcKAiio.N OF BOYS' a pjn., 3 p.m. to 5 pjn.; embroiCLUBs (Queen Street): Judo dery class 11 a.m. to 1 p.m; 6 p.m.; motor-repairing, class 2 p.m. to 4 pjn. photography 7 pjn. CHINESE Y-M.C.A.: Table KATONG BOYS' CLUB: tennis 9 a.m.; body-buildinc and (Guillemard Road): Badminton, weight-lifting 2 p.m.:
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    They call her "Tigress"—sh clawed her way to fame
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    52 9 sadfsdgddgd 1m of twelve jver the r the bK deompany ide with a girl artist. st time an Lsion comput -i girl under w handle J Parneil's appearance unract was in >ectacular. ma did a e roir I haven't tap danced beUma <id. "It's hard
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    595 9  -  Jonathan Russell NEW RECORDS by LATIN AMERICA. Conjunto Batacha del Mexico. Pita camion, Piedrita del mar, Yumbambe. Ay Pero bcume. (Fontana EP 467 086 TE). RUMBA, guaracha, bolero ...what more do you need to set your feet a-tap-ping? You'll like the
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    MUSIC QUIZ
    113 9 What did Doris Day say to the band leader? She had a great deal to say, judging by the many replies sent in for last Uieek's quiz. The judges decided that the most appropriate comment was: "Day by Day, how could you be so Thoughtless Again*' DORIS... SAID...
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    315 10 I Polo meet a success all round r s E Han- the jor Rose. :u Bal. to be Sir Richard GOC FARELF, who ard du Bahru. FL. 11. md Mr. 1 e subYACHTING MR HOLIDAY hi re- •'d Commodore or the STacht Club. Reason
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      469 10 RUGBY HIGHEST SCORER IN SEVENS IT'S the end of the rugby season. The seven-a-side competition won by 75 Squadron RNZAF 'A' was a fitting climax. A close check showed that the champion scorer in the competition, however, did not come from the No. 75 Squadron. The champion scorer was Peter
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      The lucky six who just made
      51 10 THE 1 t BASK A THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE CLIMATE' TEAM The lucky "Climate'' team from left to right: Sukairi bin Merkasan. Sanif bin Saniin. Mali mood sh.ir Salim bin Bachik. Moin bin Salleh and Sapariah bin Hus sain. Note: The clock in the
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      PRIZES ON SHOW AT ROBINSON'S
      271 10 PRIZES ON SHOW AT ROBINSON'S SWIMMING The annual general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association will be held at the Chinese Swimming Club. Amber Road, on Majch 1 at 5.30 p.m. Each affiliate may be represented by three delegates. *r Well-known swimmer and coach Kee Soon Bee is the
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      MR. FOX AND HIS TEAMS ARE ALL SET FOR THE BIG WALK ON FEB. 28
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      YEO'S JOLT HAD THE CROWD ON ITS TOES
      372 10 YE O 'S JOLT HAD THE CROWD ON ITS TOES pENTRE of attraction a weightlifting champio New Look' Efor junior soccentes LAST year Singapore's Junior Asian Cup warn at Kuala Lumpur was described as the rag-and-bone team of the tournament use of their shabby appearance. This year things will be
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    HE BIG WALK PRIZE LIST
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    94 11 picture. picture. E. P. Heath of Bangkok (54) and C. C. B. Marshall (68) appear undecided about the Johore Coronation Grand Prix course as they speed in opposite directions. Car No. 08 spun round as it came out of Post Office corner. Heath swerved
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    545 11 The crucial lap— when Bangkok driver bows out to speedy Bill SINGAPORE ENTRANT TRIUMPHS AFTER 140 GRUELLING MILES By FRANCIS BOEY fHE first 40 laps gave Bill Wyllie his toughest driving yesterday in the 70-lap 140 miles Johore Coronation Grand Prix. For close behind the Singapore champion was Bangkok entrant
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    Teo travels for a title
    100 11 rO Seng Chuar won the Fairwind Badminton Party men's singles final, beating Suadi bin Haji 15-7. 15-7 at the Clerical Union Hall. Other results: Men's Doubles (semi-finals): Charan Singh and S. Francis bt. Yap Siang Koon and Edward Khoo 16-17. 15-3 15-9; Harun Jasno and
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    Mixed foursomes
    21 11 Mr. and Mrs. M.B. Sterrett (36 5/16 pts.) won the Royal Island Club's mixed foursome stableford at RIC yesterday.
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    Six wins a record —and the $5 too
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    41 11 SOCCER: SGSFA league Div. 2A— Tan Took Seng "B" v S.I.R. P.W.D. ground; Police *'B" v Marines "B" Thomson Road; Printing v Prisons Printing ground. ATHLETICS: SA.A.A. coaching course Farrer Park. GOLF: Women R.SjG.C. v R.A.P. Changi. Sime Road.
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    13 11 SAIGON. Mon.- The Pen: soccer team beat Police 4-0. U.P.I.
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    WYLLIE SPECIAL SCORES AN EARLY SUCCESS
    571 11 WYLLIE SPECIAL SCORES AN EARLY SUCCESS OILL Wyllie, driving his Wyllie Special, started 33 this Shell-sponsored meeting with an overwhelming victory in the sports cars 1501 to 3001 cc class. At the end or the first lap he lay third. I. M. Barnwell (Jaguar XK 120) led the field of
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    197 11 ■parti Cars 15*1 to 3*01cc and over <5 laps): 1 Bill Wyllie (Wyllie Special); 2. I. M. Barnwell (Jaguar XK120i; 3. Yong Kee (Austin Healey>. Saloon and Tourer Cars 750cc to 13U0cc (5 laps): 1. R M Arblaster Austin Seven) 2. Stephen Seow (Simca Elysee); 3. Lam Theng Pew
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    119 12 Sorry, varsity test men tell the FBI LOS ANGELES, Mon. Caltfornlan University officials have apologised to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation for an -improper question" given to stu- dent* during an admission I examination last May. rhe controversial question: •What are the dangers to a democracy of a
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    46 12 51, 500,000 arson: Towkay held MANILA. Mon.— The police terday detained a Chinese businessman. Sia Kian Hong, °9 in connection with the sY.500.000 fire which gutted a textile market and other establishment in Tondo. Manila on Friday. Police said Sia confessed to si the fire.- U.P.I.
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    21 12 MUNICH. M Michael Houseman and Valerie Wait. :)f London, won the world :hampionship for standard lances here.- Re uter
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    18 12 TAIPEI. Mon. a Nationalist Chinese freighter has been sing tor nearly three days F rmosa Straits.
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    127 12 AMATEUR HOUDINI IS TRAPPED DURING ESCAPE ACT, DIES rpOKOMO Mon. Petrr 1 Leonard orfieitl i British immigrant. wnu found dead in his Bat herein a skin-diving suit and gas mask. He was chained to a bed. Police said he apparently died while practising a Houdini escape act. Foul play* is
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    Grand Prix winner Wyllie has good reason to smile
    52 12 PUTTING on his best Sunday smile, the Johore Coronation Shell Grand Prix winner, Bill Wyllie, takes home the Sultan's Trophy which was handed to him by the Sultan of Johore at the end of the race yesterday. See Page 11 for
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    207 12 U-boat skippers old foe says: Come for drink NEW YORK, Sunday. A GERMAN naval captain today met the man who helped to sink his U-boat during World War II at n bus station here. They shook hands, then went into a bar to re -live the events of April. 1944.
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    28 12 LONDON. Mon. Overseas I students enrolled for fulltime study or research in Britain this academic year totalled 11.284 of which 7,136 came from the Commonwealth Reuter
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    42 12 NEW YORK. Mon.— Young fathers in America are increasing rapidly in number. The number of children born in families where trie husband is under 20 years of age rose from 40.000 to 106.000, between 1940 ana 1957.
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    205 12 NAIROBI, Mon. An R.A.F. climbing team from Cyprus yesterday joined forces with a rescue party leaving the village of Naro Moru on the slopes of Mount Kenya in a bid to reach an injured man lying on a rocky ledge after a
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    26 12 TOKYO, Mon.— North Vietj nam today decided that I private commercial firms in Hanoi will be socialised by the end of I960.- U.P.I.
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    21 12 LONDON, Mon- Mr. Aneurin Bevan, convalescing at his home after an abdominal operation is still confined to bed.— Reuter
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    310 12 fc From Page One ol the land forces in Kenya, thus releasing more than $8i million for education. Britain would also underwrite loans of up to $42 million for resettlement purposes along the lines of a land development board which had been discussed by the
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