The Singapore Free Press, 26 February 1960

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    15 1 IS TALKING ABOUT The SINGAPORE Free Press No. ***** FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 196<U<**" 15 CENTS
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    JET AGE PLAN FOR AIRPORT The cost the new terminal
    151 1  - JET AGE PLAN FOR AIRPORT The cost the new terminal CHAN SWAN BEE More efficient passenger handling, lower building cost UNAL DESIGN VISED TO 5E Lld-ups I L meat I -port I I I I I I I Blueprints I irsery I morning that the new terminal will cost far
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    Smartest combination for business and pleasure
    42 1 Smartest combination for business and pleasure R om ~ute to 50 PLEASURE Sleek lines by Pimn Farina; roomy comfort for four adults or two adults, three children, handsome two-tone finishes; making the A.40 the most modern two purpose car c roads today.
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    Lock icon FREE PRESS PAGE ONE THRILL NO. 2 FOR 26 RAFFLES GIRLS
    132 1 it was a Free Press Page One thrill No. 2 for a second party of 26 Post School Certificate Upper Form Six) students from Raffles Girls' School, Singapore, yesterday when they saw the first copy rolled out of the
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    Lock icon Final salute by Earl Mountbatten as Countess is laid to rest COUNTESS: AN INDIAN TRIBUTE
    336 1 Final salute by Earl Mountbatten as Countess is laid to rest COUNTESS: AN INDIAN TRIBUTE PORTSMOUTH, Friday. POUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN, a favourite aunt of the British royal family and former Vicereine of India, was buried at sea yesterday nine miles off the English South coast. Ti burial requested by Lady Mountbatten
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    Lock icon MR. BUTLIN BACKS $42,000 BIG WALK
    90 1 MR. BUTLIN BACKS $42,000 BIG WALK lONDON. Fri. Billy Butj lin, Britain's self-styled holiday ramp "king," yesterday hit back at critics of his proposed £5.000 <M542.500> walk the length of Britain, m which 1,000 people are expected to compete. South African-born Mr. Butlin answered objections by two Scottish county councils:
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    My son -by father Philip
    93 1 My son -by father Philip LONDON. Fri. The soil born to Queen Elizabt th last Friday Ls "quite unlike" either Prince Charles or Princess Anne when they were babies. That is the opinion of the proud father. Prince Philip, according to Senora Prado. wife of the President of Peru m
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    Nikita talk today
    14 1 BALI. Fri. Premier Nikita Khru>hchev will address the Indonesian Parliament today.
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    Big hunt still on
    37 1 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Police are still hunting for the seven good conduct convicts who escaped from their prison quarters m Woodlands yesterday. Until late this morning none of them have been captured.
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    Darul Islam strike
    16 1 JAKARTA, Fri.— Fifty armed Darul Islam rebels plundered a village near Bandung yesterday.
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    Sultan, 12, crowned
    17 1 ADEN, Fri. Mahmud bin Aidru Alaflfi. 12. was yesterday crowned Sultan of Lower Yaffa.
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    Lock icon 4 die in Ceylon floods
    35 1 COLOMBO, Fri. Two more deaths were reported yesterday from flood-stricken areas m Eastern Ceylon where 3,000 families are homeless and padi harvests destroyed. The death roll is now four. Reuter
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    Miners: No hope now
    23 1 BERLIN, Fit There i.s ,itUe hope now for rhe 76 miners trapped since Monduy m the Karl Marx pit.
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
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    Lock icon Plane hits plane: 66 die in Rio crash Crash bodies seen floating in bay
    381 1 Plane hits plane: 66 die in Rio crash Crash bodies seen floating in bay DISASTER OVERTAKES U.S. RAND ON WAY TO PLAY AT IKE RECEPTION RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. —Sixty-six people were feared dead when a United States Navy transport plane and a Brazilian commercial airliner exploded and crashed m
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    SILENCE ON THAT BIG 'NO' BY DOCTORS 'They just want to keep the money'
    254 1 SILENCE ON THAT BIG 'NO' BY DOCTORS 'They just want to keep the money' OFFICIALS of the Singapore Government Medical and Dental Officers Association were reluctant this morning to say why members voted last night against a proposal to hand over professional allowances to medical projects. The proposal was first
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    Ghana: Atom dust up
    23 1 ACCRA. bn. Ghana titl&tfi have übMTved an increase m radioactive fallout -inn ench atom bomb u-.>t m the Bahi
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    Lord Selkirk calls
    20 1 SAIGON. Fri. The Earl of Selkirk. British Commi.v lor Singapore, yesierda} ed on President Ngo Dmri Diem
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    U.S. still leads
    16 1 LONDON. Fri The United States today still lead* the world m oil production.
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    Matty is better
    20 1 LONDON. Kn. Ac. r A. E Matthews. 90. now In hospital after a .stroke |g doing vu\:.
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    UNIT TRUST PRICE
    8 1 day $1.19. buying price $1.14.
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    Mine shares are irregular with some forced selling
    414 2 SINGAPORE, Friday. \|L\l\(i shares were still irregular on the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday and there was some forced selling evident m the section. Some operators round themselves unable lo take up scrip to which they were already committed and although tins \vas
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    DIVIDENDS
    85 2 Holyrood Rubber LONDON: Holyrood Rubber directors declare, for the financial year ending December 31, 1959. an interim dividend of 10 per cent (2/- per £1 stock unif> subject to income tax at 7/9 m the The dividend Ls payable on March 25. 1960. The last day for lodging transfers
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    TAKE-OVERS
    49 2 Malakoff Rubber Estates LONDON: Malakoff Rubber Estates Limited announced that lls offer to acquire the whole of the issued share capital of Kelantan Rubber Estates Limited has been accepted by members representing 84 per cent of the shares The offer will remain open for acceptance until further notice.
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    A look-around
    139 2 The U.S. and Thai rice exports BANGKOK: The English-lan-guage newspaper Bangkok World said that Thai rice trade with India and Pakistan has been affected because of competition from the United States. Rice negotiations conducted by Thai authorities with India and Pakistan fell through when the United States indicated
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    170 2 SHIPS IN PORT CJHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Karako- rum 1 2. Borneo 4 5, Selandia 6A, Thor.sgaard 6 7. Polydorus 8 9, Kristin Bakke 10 11. Pres. Boshof 13 14. Limburg 15 16. Billiton 18, Fuji Maru 19. Giang Ann N.Wall 4.
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    HONG KONG PRICES
    63 2 HONG KONG, Thursday. Closing prices here today were: Yesterday Today H. S. Banking Corporation $1,300 $1,300 sales sales Union Ins. Canton 99.50 $101.00 &$l OO.OO &$102.00 .sales sales Wheelock Maiden.. 6.75 6.90 sales 6.85 sales H'Korig phone $34.50 $35.75 &535.00 &$36.00 sales sales Dairy Farm «fc Cold
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      U.K. Closing Prices
      115 2 LONDON, Fob. 25. Yesterday Today RUBBER No. I RSS e if. European ports Mar I 4 Apr 3:5 ti 34 RUBBER No. 1 NSS B Soot 34 1 S 3»l/8 UBBER No. 1 RSS Sottlomont Mouse Term. Apr tt S/4 34 .VS May SSt/M 34 3/l« TONE:
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      New York Prices
      57 2 NEW YORK. Feb. 25. Yesterday Today TIN Straits spot 101.25 101.00 TIN future* Straits Contrast TONE: SALES: RUBBER Futures Mar 40.65 4(i 71 May 3* Tl 40 15 TONE: Very steady. SALES: 66 lots No. 1 RSS Mar lanaed price to* COFFEE: Futures 8 Contract Mar. Above
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      Dow Jones Averages
      29 2 NEW YORK, Feb 25. Yesterday Today 30 industrials *-•'< 73 20 Railroads 150.87 40 Domestic Bends 15 Utilities 65 Stocks Composite Avarages 206 62 20 7 fcl
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      U.S. Pepper
      41 2 ihar spot and afraitlnp releaM .ifloats r.s. X* b. shi; L;irnponK .«pot and awaiting raflo«fs U, Feb. shipmcnSarawak unquoted. Mun'ok wMW spot and awaiting rrI?AA« 97. afloat shipment unquoted, sellers dock. Ahove prices quoted In U.S. centa per ib.
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      Copra, Coconut Prices
      86 2 LONDON. F»b 25. Ytsterday Taday COPRA f>hlli»pints a.i.f. U.K./Narth Cwrapean ports Calivarad w sight par lang ton Ft*. BM7| 5247 COPRA, Straits a. if. U.K./Narth Europaan ports datlvarad wsmht par long ta« Fab. Mar. i vh>» i COCONUT OIL aruda Straits c.i f. Europaan parts m bulk
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    LONDON STOCKS UNSETTLED AND NERVOUS
    116 2 LONDON STOCKS UNSETTLED AND NERVOUS LONDON. Friday. V^ERVOUS and unsettled conditions prevailed m London stock markets yesterday. Overnight developments m the giltedged market with a slide m price reflected a withdrawal of government support for British Govern- ment securities after persistent selling, particularly by the clearing banks needing extra funds
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    Wall Street
    103 2 NEW YORK: The market closed firm with a fair margin of gains ranging generally to one dollar or so. Steels dipped slightly m the closing minutes, but other sections rose. The ticker lagged behind sales. Values sagged slightly m the first hour despite an opening spurt upwards The
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    Lock icon Textile mill for the Sudan
    34 2 LONDON Fri. Three British firms have between then jjot a contract worth nearly £6.000.000 to build a complete textile mill m the Sudan-, it was announced here yesterday. Reuter
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    Malayan Stock Exchange
    809 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. RET TO MARKINGS I cci Cum capital nui i xail eiciutfiag everytttug x« excluiiag BinflrBi I cii cum town isstta 9 icr ciciudmf capital ntara T ccr cm« capital retwra H cum diviltaf e call a> cm all I (I
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      22 2 I PAGE TWO GIVES YOU THE DETAILS OF THE UPS AND DOWNS OF YOUR INVESTMENTS J Mil— i^ nuM i— —l— H^M
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    Poly head on why there's no Malay autical class
    181 3 Poly head on why there's no Malay autical class E SINGAPORE, Friday. thi Singapore Polytechnic. yesterday explained the tenting a request by the rs 1 Union for advanced ondiuted m Malay, hal the examinations for s and local trade mates led m English or Malay. majority of those the certificates
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    German study rant for Malayan
    7 3 German study rant for Malayan I i
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    Australia holiday
    22 3 )HORE BAHRU. Thurs Hin. PWD engineer. Johore an< Quek have Australia on holiday. Quek qualified as an :ieer m Australia.
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      A BITTER END TO BOY'S SEARCH FOR MOTHER HE HAS NEVER SEEN
      232 3 A BITTER END TO BOY'S SEARCH FOR MOTHER HE HAS NEVER SEEN SINGAPORE, Friday. 17- YEAR-OLD boy's search for a mother he cannot remember ever having seen at all, ended yesterday m a sharp, bitter .twist. The mother said: "I will not see him." In the General Hospital, the mother,
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      Call to form a Malay debating society in S'pore
      250 3 Call to form a Malay debating society in S'pore SINGAPORE. Fri. A Straits Chinese leader, Mr. Gwee Peng Kwee, 60. yesterday advocated the formation of a Malay debating society. "Now that the first phase of learning Malay Is In full swing, the next step is to talk and argue m
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      One-way idea studied
      48 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Highway Authority is considering a proposal to introduce a one-way traffic system m Colombo Court with entry from North Bridge Road and exit into High Street. It is also considering recommendations to restrict narking along Robinson Road. Cross Street and Telegraph Street.
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    Seven-gun salvo for Ramadhan
    79 3 Seven-gun salvo for Ramadhan ¥OHORE BAHRU. Fri. A J seven-gun salvo from Bukit Timbalan followed by sirens here will announce the coming of Ramadhan. beginning of the Puasa month, the President, Religious Affairs. Johore, said yesterday. If the new moon is sighted tomorrow night. Puasa will begin on Sunday. If
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    A WARNING ON CARS SEIZED FOR SMUGGLING
    91 3 A WARNING ON CARS SEIZED FOR SMUGGLING KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation Government has warned that hire purchase cars seized by the Customs for smuggling offences and forfeited by a court will not be returned to the hire purchase companies. The Government also reminded car owners, who hired or lent
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    'Creation' by Naval Base Singers
    58 3 SEMBAWANG. Fri. The Naval Base Singere will present Haydn's "Creation" (Part One and Two) at St. Peter's Church, Naval Base, at 7.30 p.m. on March 6. The soloists will be Miss Margaret Phear (soprano). Mr. Tan Peng Tuan (tenor), and Mr. David De Lara Bell
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    Dockyard dance
    21 3 SEMBAWANG. Fri. The Dockyard Association. Naval Base, will hold a dance at the club's premises at 8.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    A GIFT OF PETROL FOR MILK DRIVE
    82 3 A GIFT OF PETROL FOR MILK DRIVE CALTEX Oil (Malaya) Limited has donated 44 gallons of petrol to the Johore Bahru Red Cross. Under the project a Red Cross van will distribute free milk to mothers-to-be and children m selected villages m Johore. Free Press picture shows the superintendent of
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    *****... it is a special number for these 12
    170 3 ***** it is a special number for these 12 TAXIMEN PAY UP FOR A TELEPHONE IN VILLAGE HOLLAND VILLAGE, Fri. Twelve taxidrivers here have jointly installed a telephone m the village taxi-stand for the convenience of residents. The number is *****. The cost of installing the telephone and the hut
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    Next Grand Prix
    34 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. The organising committee of the Grand Prix has decided to hold a racing meet yearly m June. A proposal to hold another Grand Prix m August was turned down.
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    Undergrads get 'legal' lessons at Bureau
    79 3 Undergrads get 'legal' lessons at Bureau HAVELOCK. Fri.— A team of lour law students of I the University of Malaya have begun work at the Free Legal Aid Bureau. Havelock Roaa. The team will work for two weeks when they will be replaced by another team. The law students work
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    Ballroom dance championship
    58 3 Ballroom dance championship SINGAPORE, Fri. The International Society of Teachers of Dancing will hold their 1960 Open Novice Ballroom Championships on Aug. 1 and 2 at the Great World Cabaret. The competition is open to all amateurs who have not won a lirst prize m any major championships. Partners are
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    IN PRAISE OF THE SIMPLE CAMERA...
    87 3 IN PRAISE OF THE SIMPLE CAMERA... SINGAPORE, Fri. Mr. Lav Eng Seng, 19, of Kampong Bahru Road, was one of the prize winners m the "How would you photograph Judy Lee" contest held recently. Lav, who is a student In the Chung Cheng Chi High School. Katong. fcaid he has
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      Even the rooster crowed for 'Hang Tuah'
      903 4 Even the rooster crowed for 'Hang Tuah' t COCK CROWED lustily m the wide sounding recess back of Victoria Theatre. It was "seven m the evening! I wasn't the least bit surprised. Anything can happen at a final dress rehearsal though it usually doesn't. The crow suddenly subsided. And whoever
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      AFTER ALL THE EXCITEMENT, NOW TO SPEND THAT $4,000
      316 4 After the built-up tenseness of the race has finally released you, after the almost mechanical checking up on the why's and the wherefore's has stopped and your mind no longer drives over each stretch, hurling around each corner then you can
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    LORRY DRIVER ON SEX CHARGE TELLS THE POLICE: I MET PRETTY BLONDE IN A BAR...
    200 4 LORRY DRIVER ON SEX CHARGE TELLS THE POLICE: I MET PRETTY BLONDE IN A BAR... LONDON. Fri. ASKED by a pretty blonde m a bar if he would like a drink, a lorrydriver was alleged to have told the police he noticed she looked about 19, was smokins: and had
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    Gentlemen's agreement' for fish price control
    40 5 PROFITS ONLY FOR inn at tv^ MAJOR MARKETS FROM TUESDAY SINGAPORE, Friday. I MMlgero m two major marKirbau and Beach Road, "gentleman's agreement" •ther. h will conic into force ..I l>\ Iliree conditions. System
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    BADMINTON EXHIBITION BRINGS IN $6,144 FOR THEATRE
    54 5 THE bandminton exhibition organised by the Mayflower Badminton Part\ last month netted M 1 44 for the National Theatre Fund. Picture shuns Mr. Quek Sen- Gttan, president of the party. handing over a cheque for th3t amount on Wednesday to the Minister for
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    40 industrial stoppages last year
    25 5 NO A PORE. Pri. There man-days 1< of workers I 1.939. lost, •he manuThe I 644. com- and id builci.
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    Didn't stop six fined
    25 5 NGAPORE. F Six for Thye Choi. Lee* Kai L:. .2:01 Road; Tan G South Bridge Road: of Lorong 29; j| koon
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    Oleh Oleh officiais
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    Wrong payments' total $75,206
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    Stocking up for tourists
    157 5 SINGAPORE. I v. ttcrfront shopkeepers from Keppel Road to Change an replen; the ;1 demand^ board Kungsholm. holm. d to next Friday, will be rsl world cruise call here this In a determined effort to please the eye ot the most discrixninat cal traders have stocked
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    BASKETBALL MATCH TO AID THEATRE FUND
    96 5 SINGAPORE. rri. The Singapore Amateur Basketball Federation has decided to stage a grand basketball match m aid of the National Theatre Fund. The match will be held on March 5 at 8 p.m. at the Happy World Staditim. The Singapore State team will play
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    KL traders told: 'Give youth a helping hand'
    227 5 KL traders told: 'Give youth a helping hand' I/UALA LUMPUR, Fri. 1V Kuala Lumpur Rotarians, most of them businessmen, were urged at their monthly luncheon to consider giving two hours a week to youth work m the town to fill a tremendous need for voluntary helpers. The speaker. Mr. R
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      89 5 RIP KIRBY By John Prentice tfc Fred Dickenson MANDRAKE b y Lee Falk and Phil DaviS y. >•■ -T- ~> r I \«,..-:-ve?>ME" 1 r. i ROY REN '/I -r^ i V-. s sTi r .viL'-Hsy 'Wg r s A fmI r T By Stan Drake THE HEART OF JULIET
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      The go ahead for trade and industry
      237 6 The go ahead for trade and industry TO exist at all, to nnd work and food for its growing population, to produce the money for tlio social revolution !io\v m progress, Singapore must diversity its economy. That is the keynote of the radio talk by the Minister for Finance. Dr.
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      Day's harvest from
      82 6 roads /JNE day's work m Singapore traffic courts this week produced fines ranging from $2 to S5O each on eighty convicted traffic offenders. The offences ranged from riding a bicycle without lights to disobeying traffic lights, speeding and inconsiderate driving. The number of offenders convicted gives some
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    Of all those winds of change Sir Roy is catching the iciest blasts
    811 6 Of all those winds of change Sir Roy is catching the iciest blasts THE 'HARD REALITIES' IN THE CONTINENT SHAPED LIKE A QUESTION Mr. Macmillan has gone home. Lord Monckton has arrived m Blantyre to inquire into the constitutional problems of the Central African Federation. STEPHEN BARBER reports the turmoil
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    LOOK UP!
    439 6  -  SALLY VINCE The ceilings are going gay... here are 4 ideas By WHAT goes on under v o u r feet m Britain is rapidly becoming of secondary importance It's what happens above your head that matters now. Ceiling consciousness Is bringing a home revolution that is easy
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    A 2,000 m.p.h. flier goes into training
    264 6 £ODFREY AUTY, 38 W year-old Bristol test pilot, is going into training with the aim of becoming Britain's fastest test flier later this year. Auty, a former RAF pilot, has been chosen to fly the all-steel Bristol 188 research aircraft which is to
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    alented barnyard artist paints for is ticket to Paris
    184 7  - alented barnyard artist paints for is ticket to Paris IAN MOK-AI YIO CHU KANG A #ONG CHICKENS AND THE DUCKS... AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG MAN Im, khkh k FRI. rubbery, watched somehras, interrupted by young Singaporean his way to Paris. »uch :t meagre mistress :i old Chan puik Sang I his
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    SHE IMPROVED HOUSE ILLEGALLY: A $100 FINE
    84 7 SHE IMPROVED HOUSE ILLEGALLY: A $100 FINE OINGAPORE, Fri.— Madam Lim Eng Neo who improved "considerably" her house m Havelock Road by adding another store> pleaded guilty yesterday to Ulegal construction. Mr. J. L. C. Zuzarte. tor the City Building Surveyor's Department, did not dispute the house had "improved." Mr.
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    Army sergeant to company director
    121 7 SINGAPORE, Friday. AIR. G.C.K. Choudhury, 36, today spoke of Singapore as a land of opportunity which enabled him to rise from an army sergeant to managing director of a company. "Of course, it was hard work all the way." he said. Today, after 10 years,
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    Youth, 18, pushed constable on chest: Fined $100
    160 7 Youth, 18, pushed constable on chest: Fined $100 SINGAPORE, Fri. A court prosecutor yesterday asked a Singapore magistrate to pass a deterrent sentence on an 18--year-old youth as a warning to others to respect the "guardians ot the law." Chief Inspector E. H. Sheares, prosecuting, pressed for a deterrent sentence
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    Speeding offences
    36 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Two people were fined yesterday for speeding beyond the 30 m.p.h. limit. Mrs. J. H. Bass, of Watten Park, was fined 525 and A. H. G. Murray, of the H.M.S. Cavaliar, $30.
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    ALL THESE VALUABLE PRIZES TO BE WON ON SUNDAY IN BIG WALK
    1110 7 HERE are the prizes to be won m the Free I Presi Walk on Sunday. Seniors 1 Challenge Trophy and repiica presented by Bata Shoe Co. Ltd.; Bata Shoos; Crate of Coca Cola by Lion 2 Telefunken Partner
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    MALAYANS CO FOR BRITISH COSMETICS-A SURVEY
    312 7 MALAYANS CO FOR BRITISH COSMETICS-A SURVEY SINGAPORE, Friday. M\LAYAN women have a preference lor British cosmetics and French perfume This was the conclusion disclosed ii market survey recently conducted m Mai; by the Indian High Commission on the prospects for Indian perfumes and cosmetics m this country. The survey report
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    Misadventure
    34 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Coroner, Inche Ahmad bin Hussein, yesterday returned a dventure on Tan Ham Chuw. 27-year-old housewife, who died on Jan. 5 alter a fall outside home m Pay a Lebar B
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      165 7 MALay YOUTH LITERARY by Dr. H. Wilmanns of the ASSOCIATION presents -Hai^ Werke. Germany, at Allen lecture Jebat Menderhaka"— a &t**e theatre. Sepoy Lu^. 8.15 p.m.; tragedy m Malay —at the Vie- chairman. Dr. Ho Yuen, toria Theatre at 8.30 pm YMCA: Junior dej INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY 2 p.m bodybuilc: MOVEMENT:
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    Backstreet nobody to society somebody... with no fairy to help
    848 8  - Backstreet nobody to society somebody... with no fairy to help HAZEL MEYRICK THE CINDERELLA STORY as lived by sylvia^, By Till. organist i a m I) I through ;i Few snatches of extern porarv mush The bri(U groom stoo d erect :it (he altar, not flaring to look Ik« Tli
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      169 8 Indian Quality Produi A new level of excellence m fan H Here is the far formanoe and dura r ryottiooufcl Fan. replete with naaj MM I i piece— a resuh o! of txeem and technique that is *< i»<vte by «k U engineering know-ho* »ccamu»iied I Its pressure d rotor,
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      62 8 vAMa^afii^s^s»i^tt2 BORN today, you have a strong personality and are one to abide by your own laws, rather than by those made by anyone else. Your intuitions are exceptionally keen and you act almost entirely upon the advice of that so-called 'inner voice." Interested m the welfare of mankind m
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      Horses entered for the Penang Turf Club's Feb./March race meeting
      2838 9 Horses entered for the Penang Turf Club's Feb./March race meeting pOLLOVVING are all the horses entered for the Penang Turf Club's February March meeting: CLASS FOUR BRAVO (late Capitol) CWON: (Ten s'arted) 13-1-60 Ipoh <*-9 Johr ti k 10; 3rd F( THIRO started) l r oar Winds •0. Neckw N
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      MARSHAL PIL ANOTHER HCOLNSHIRE VICTORY
      263 9 MARSHAL PIL ANOTHER HCOLNSHIRE VICTORY D Marshal Fil, winner of Handicap last year, is one i to win it again. This run on March 23. Dr. S. C. Lip of Ipoh ight is he carried last I I I I to that Irish candidate 'ant ncied at the Sir furlong
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      90 9  -  HYLTON CLEAVER By Horsemastership, b y Margaret Cabell >< H homas Yoseloff. 375. ♦•(I.) covers more than 400 pa*es and is fully illustrated. It seems essentially a work which should be Siven to young riders M present, since they are unlikely to afford
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      Boussac breaks a social barrier
      263 10  -  Sam White EXCLUSIVE FROM PARIS by SAVOURY little social triumph has conic the way of the French horse owner and industrialist. M. Marcel Boussac. the president of the body which controls French improvement of Bloodstock," and thereby belt of that 126-year-old body who is not
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      FORM OF ALL THE CLASS FIVE HORSES
      3647 10 FORM OF ALL THE CLASS FIVE HORSES CLASS FIVE \BJLTAM ELEVENTH: (14 started) 17-1-60 !i>oh >-'•• BF (Hougoure) CI. 5 Div. 1; list Tiny .T..«lf l»l: 2nd. Thirteen Wonders 8-6: 3rd. Kidjang 8-9. Neck-s-i'i I-M 4 ">• Track Rood. SIXTH: (13 started) 10-1-60 Ipoq 8-12 S|F (Bougoure) Cl. 5 Div.
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    COLLECT YOUR NUMBER TAGS RIGHT NOW
    16 11 COLLECT YOUR NUMBER TAGS RIGHT NOW Utton oil walkers Is Walk on Sunmust collect their ljll
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    K.L. walkers present a challenge
    97 11 K.L. walkers present a challenge FEDERATION contenders re going to present a Jable challenge m the Press Walk on Sunday from Kuala include the winof the Malay Mall held last week. >ng them is Herbert 2061), who has nes contested the London to Brighton Walk Royal Air Force of 43
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    83 11 A special prize for the women iI'MMFN entrants m the Free Press Walk on Sunday will qualify for a special prize which U beUna ted by Singer ring Machine Company. \t .">th milestone Dunearn Road, will be the SinSewtag Ma<hine banner, and a representative of the firm. the tir>t women
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      539 11 CAMERA AND TAPE recording enthusiasts are well advised to call m and see the versatile range of equipment and accessories on show at The Arcade Photo Store, 18 The Arcade. THERE ARE SOME wonderfully inexpensive buys m baby's and children's wear over at Soon Joo Co., 53 High St. Prices
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    127 12 No rows— 'l was only too friendly with her' VAN RIE PREGNANT gOSTON- Fri.—Willem van Rie, on trial i'oi the murder of his 23-year-oM shipboard sweetheart Lynn kau tTman, admitted yesterday that he was responsible ior her pregraitcj He had replied "H r Dis- Attorney John
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    Army ban on PIA
    29 12 JAKARTA. Fri. The a: prohibited PIA Press Bureau Indonesia >m pub BONN S Elvis Presley, rock and star, will complete his military Ice In arch.
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    The big line-up for a number
    100 12 WALKERS GET SET FOR THE BIG DAY HOW ABOUT YOU? 0 Competitors m the Free Press Walk collect their numbered tags at the foyer m Times House. River Valley Read. There is an envelope awaiting every contestant and all must be collected before the
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    Civil service unions lodge strong protest about remarks by Minister
    189 12 Civil service unions lodge strong protest about remarks by Minister ANOTHER STORM BREWS OVER THAT 'MISSING' $110 MILLION KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. "pHE Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Service has made a strong protest about the Minister of Finance's remarks in Parliament about Mic civil servu
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    FILM PAIR EXCHANGE WORDS AND SLAPS
    79 12 FILM PAIR EXCHANGE WORDS AND SLAPS TAIPEH. Fri. A Hong Kong film couple fought with Words and slaps before a startled film audience while making a stage appearance. Actor 1.0 Wei told his wife. Liv Liang Hua. not to think so highly of herself. She replied with slaps and screams.
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    Hammond is better
    12 12 PIETERMARITZBURG. Fri. —Ailing cricketer Wally Hammond was btttcr today.
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    Sub hunt ends
    26 12 BUENOS AIRES. Fri. After a month-long hunt the Argentine navy today gave up the search for the foreign submarine fan the Golfo Nuevo
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    The whale spotters
    19 12 LONDON. Fri.— Royal Air Force coastal command crews patrolling the Atlantic have taken to whale spotting.
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    Amery in talks
    23 12 NICOSIA. F^ri. Mr. Julian Amery, British Colonial Secretary, had a two-hour talk yesterday with Archbishop Makarios on disputed base zones.
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    $1.5 mil. jewel haul
    28 12 $1 .5 mil. jewel haul NEW YORK. Fri. Two gangsters yesterday tied up the staff of a jewel shop m Phoenix and made off with $1,500,000 m diamonds.
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    19 12 VIENNA, Fri. Hungary will deliver five 1,500-ton freighters to Indonesia at the beginning of 1962.- Reuter
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    Garuda link-up
    30 12 BERLIN, Fri. The East German Airline and the Garuda Indonesia Airways have agreed to set up a service linking East Berlin and Prague with all airfields m Indonesia.
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    18 12 AMMAN, Fri.--An economic agreement between Japan and Jordan will be signed here on March 3. Reuter
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    No A-subs for Japan
    21 12 WASHINGTON. Fri. The Defence Department yesterday said no atomic-powered Polaris submarines would be based m Japanese waters.
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    23 12 LONDON. Fri.— Lady Slim. 11l with duodenal trouble, vu driven to hospitaJ when the liner Arcadia docked here yesterday.- Re uter
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