The Singapore Free Press, 1 April 1960

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  • 12 1 The Singapore Free Press No. *****. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, I960. 13 CENTS.
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  • 654 1 1 l— ■■■i H II IB p I B^ I Mm^ I P^ A stunned nation mourns for a shy man who endeared himself to all an official Funeral will be on Tuesday ...all flags at half-mast KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. -E Yang di-Pertuan Agong is dead. In a voice sharp
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  • 26 1 LONDON. Fri.— The Queen Mother, who is suffering from influenza, was seen yesterday by the Royal doctors. Lord Evens and Sir John Weir.
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  • 147 1 GRADUATED: SALES PLAN FOR STOCKPILE RUBBER WASHINGTON, Fri. The Administration has disclosed the terms under which it will sell over 400.000 tons of stockpile natural rubber under legislation now pending in Congress, according to the Journal of Commerce. The graduated scaie will iet a 30 cents per pound minimum on
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  • 6 1 STOP PRESS] KING Rl I 41
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  • 10 1 Managers' pel ar selling $1.28, buying $1
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    • 5 1 NEWSPAPER EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT
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    • 18 1 a for COMFORT J3 And DURABILITY //jj DIPLOMAT V\T\ VESTS rvH) BRIEFS Mode from IQO^r Fully glgiji *t*
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  • 477 2 Lingui Tin resumes work after nine years' stop f^fgyyySWggCTß^ UgSJ^WßS^m^^^^^^^^^^^^^P >l.\<i.\l UKL, I' riQil} THEKK WAS GOOD NEWS yesterday for Lingui Tin shareholders when the directors announced that mining operations had been resumed after nine years. Lingui. which owns tin bearing areas m South Johorc has been unable to work
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  • 363 2 Nuta': au prices below are middle prices. Malabar spot and a-*aitinc release 5S4 to 59. afloat. 58J to 59. April shipment 53J to 59. Lampong sjot and awaiting release SSJ to 58, afloats 58| to 5i>, April shipment 581 to 58. Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white spot .ind awaitinR
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  • 106 2 Gold shares recover but the industrials are distinctly dull LONDON, Friday. A SHARP recovery m gold shares niter Wednesday's heavy fall and distinctly dull conditions m industrial equities provided the chief features of the London slock markets yester- Gold shares nuctuated m very sensitive conditions during the morning but went
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  • 67 2 VFW YORK. Wall ctreet! (Mose NHLhVeav? with the market! sentation of losses rangingl mostly to one dollar or so. The Dow Jones industriai; averagt was down more than j three points. This brought its net loss for the month to I 13* points. Lack of stimulating bu>iness news
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  • 32 2 Tin: Revival of damand keeps price steady ,o^^™,,,, Li steady. The market v. aided by a revival tinental demand ann en-. quines Horn other ovei COUl.trie. although I Interest continued modi Sss^
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  • 7 2 BANGKOK
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  • 31 2 Rubber mart hardens near close of week I ONDON near tl week i ally hara» tv tier i fro more di propor turno rward < d except I were la: U.S. report
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 737 2 /^S^s CA &y jgIfTHE LA.V* LINES G4l S».l.«r. to lOEN. REO SEI. MEOIT!RRIN[AN. f Jft) Jf CONTINENTAL i SCANDINAVIAN PORTS V S pare P S ham Penam j* V m± BottM I C«« 15-16 J Ap< 5 Apr S Apr m < MFpVI d 23 25 Apr 26 27 Apr
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    • 437 2 DIVIDENDS 115 p.c. by Kuala Pergau Rubber LONDON: Kuala Pergau Rubbe! Plant.it ions Limited have declared a dividend of 15 percent income tax in respect of the year ended March 31. 1960 payable on or after April 30. 19H0 to shareholders on record March 31. 1960. Tlie announcement says It
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    • 707 2 London rubber easier LONDON: Lower Singapore advices brought an easier trend to the market at the outset. The close was easy at a decline of flve-eighths of a penny per pound for near and a half penny per pound for distant positions, j In New York, rubber futures were depressed
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    • 208 2 HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE tic NORTH GERMAN LLOYD To (Colombo), Genoa, Marseilles, Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg. Calls Southampton for passeng. BAYEBNSTEIN (LLOYD 30 Mar 1 Apr I WERRASTEIN (LLOYD 9 11 Apr 1? 13 Apr 13 14 tc.- ESSEN iHAPAC; ?1 23 Apr 24 75 Apr 25 2( Apr FRANKFURT <HAPAG 30
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  • 322 3 A RETIRING ARCHITECT SPEAKS ON NEED FOR BUILDINGS WITH FREE FLOW OF AIR SINGAPORE, Friday. Ql\ ES his way, a well-known Singapore architect would have erected all buildings in the island on stilts. The reason: Stilts would enable a free How of cool air under
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  • 30 3 GPO clerk took stamp sale money to pay debts N ...ore dis- told nisthan *o the ad- Hard pressed ird :.ad i I uld ou nder ar.d .ip- i to
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  • 212 3 TURNER TURNS 'THE RIVALS' INTO SCHOOL SPLAY CHARITY SINGAPORE, Fri.— Mr J. C. Turner, 38, who has had more than 12 years of experience m producing plays m England for schools, has just completed his latest work m Singapore "The Rivals" by R.B. Sheridan. He is now attached to the
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  • 50 3 SOMETHING FOR YOUNG OR OLD l in every even 01 hi bcampionahips to out-think tl opposition. IT unlimited in its scope tor providii entertainment and co I petition. No' irn ch< rom the p. i- BEGIN it player within a matter i I for nrdnner i will appear Monda\ in
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  • 307 3 SINGAPORE. Friday. TWO moiuhs ago. three men were said to have assaulted Chung Gan Tek, owner of a tailor shop m Lorong 27 Geylang, and smashed the showcases after a futile bid to extort money from him. But when Chung appeared
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  • 32 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. The j play "Encore" will be prei sented bjy the Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship at the Lee Kuo Chuan Auditorium. Anglo-Chinese School, Barker Road at eight o'clock tonight.
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  • 64 3 A BARBECUE FOR SPORE SHIPPING MEN-WITH CHICKEN AND SATAY KATONG, Fri. —A rush for the choice j drumstick the scene at the Hua Yu Club m Upper East Coast Road. More than a hundred people attended the bar- becue party eiven by Ben Line Steamer* Ltd. to Singapore shippers. A
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  • 97 3 OINGAPORE. Fri. Prik^ vate schools m Singapore reported a bis drop m eni rolnient since the opening j of Government schools for over-aged students. Managers of private! schools fear that if enrolj ment continues to drop, they would be forced to i close.
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  • 175 3 Degree for girl ill during final examination BUKIT TIMAH Fri.— The University of Malaya is to confer one Aegrotat degree at its convocation this year in Singapore. The special degree o be conferred on Mis Blllen Aminah May Crabb who fell ill half way through her papers in the Anal
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 184 3 P.M. 1.00 Programme sum- I of the latest discs m the musi< maiy; 1.02 Friday fare; 1.30 shops by Lewis Jones. The news; 1.40 Newstaik; 1.45 on^ T i Made m 10. Cos. j J^J, 0 <|^t mm Sfaeon 530 Matle^k^ I land news music and "P" 221 ?rom%ice- 600
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  • 197 4 HOLY WEEK PLAY IN JIVE IS NOT BLASPHEMY r ONDON, Fri. The leader of the Presbyterian Church in England has praised a rock 'n' roll Passion Play that has caused a controversy among churchgoers. n the play, "A Man Dies," members of the Lockleaze Presbyterian youth club at Bristol, dressed
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  • 32 4 WASHINGTON. Fri. The State Department has charg- td Cuban Premier Fidel ro with violating promi.>es he twice made to carry out! Cuba's international treaty obligations. I M]
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  • 311 4 MOSS IN BRIEF REUNION WITH ESTRANGED WIFE SAYS: NO HOPES OF RECONCILIATION NASSAU, Friday. ITATIE MOSS, estranged wife of the British racing ace, plans to get a job here, probably as a model and do some dress designing as well. "Whatever happens I
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  • 79 4 YUL AND WIFE VIRGINIA PART NEW YORK. Fri. Yul Brynner was divorced at Juarez, Mexico, by his blonde actress wife, Vir- ginia Gilmore. They wed 15 years ago when bald-pated Brynner was still an unknown. Incompatibility was the ground cited by Virginia. She has custody of their 13-year-old son Rocky.
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  • 218 4 Death duties 'killing' 500 small firms a year— booklet LONDON. Friday. DRITAIN'S smaller manufacturing companies there are 40.000 oi' them are disappearing at the rate of 500 a year because of death duties, the National Union oi Manufacturers says today m a booklet "The Scandal of Death Duties." Tlie booklet,
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  • 37 4 NEW YORK. Fri. Fire; hoses were turned loose on 150 Negroes who gathered at the county courthouse m Marshall. Texas, to protest against the arrest of some 60 lunch counter sitdown demonstrators.
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  • 28 4 PARIS. Fri.— A 20-nation economic committee has ordered the study of how differences between the "Six" and the "Seven" trading groups could damage European economy.
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  • 172 4 The massacre: A news leak, so Verwoerd sacks hospital chief JOHANNESBURG, Fri. J Dr. Isadore Frack famous superintendent of the hospital treating the Sharpeville wounded, has been suspended. The South African Health Ministry, infuriated by the revelations which leaked out of the hospital conterning the state of the casualties, ordered
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  • 29 4 SAN RAFAEL I California > Fri. Caryl Chessman's latest attempt to stay his May 2 date with the gas chamber was turned down m Superior Court here.
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  • 379 4 BORN on this day you men and women are likely to differ quite widely m the expression of your basic characteristics. Both are practical and rather calculating. You men use this trait to advance m your career and business; you women, to increase soI
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  • 222 4 Widow of former Mayor wins $400,000 will plea LONDON, Fri Cole, ex-Mayor Wood Green. Lone s a generous n. He was his wife t» parted; he being generou he left her other woman. But he was not K 1 his wife In hfe (M 5400.000. will. said m the Hifjh
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  • 95 4 Dr. Cheddi Japan (with hand to face). leader of the British Gniana delegation to talks on the Guiana constitution, surrounded by supporters outside the Magistrates Court m Bow Street, London. He had called off the day's session of the talks to attend
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  • 23 4 MOSCOW. F;i -J viet atomic scir i quoted yesterday a g It was possible to earthquakes from derground atomic i
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    • 153 4 PUCH The Low Price Motor Cycle for Learners Experts Force-Air-Cooled Ergin< Front Rear Telescopic Forks. 170 miles to a sailor Hire Purchase Deposit SBO.OO 530.00 Monthly Cm ft A efjtt KEE HUAT RADIO CO., LTD. Singapore X Lumpu'-Pcr VIOLIN OUTFITS (Mnde m Germ All T.M.A. Violin Outfit* on mode m
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 339 4 DAILY CROSSWORD 17 lia _^___1_ I.- .1 I I 1 W I I CLUBS ACROSS 1. Part of the topoeruphy cor- 3. Sat right abou: v. responding to one's periods of twisting <8». depression? (5-. 4. It.s line is 3 <3i. 4. And being inside the reman- 5. A. B.
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  • 63 5 BID TO EXTORT S20 FOR NEW YEAR GETS HIM A YEAR IN JAIL RE, Fri. A J) who attemptt $20 from a :or Chinese j celebrations i by a district S months. of I I 'hit. T. Geyai>trict >ler. i of Jan. j r man lam de- m him for
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  • 8 5 Soon -a $40,000 community hall Road. y i
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  • 198 5 DIARY OF TODAY'S EVENTS I I.OTHING SHOP: St. Andrew a Cathedral CWA Room, South Side 10 a.m. to noon. K\TO\(i KO\ > Ll -B: Badminton, indoor games 3 p.m sepak raga 5 p.m. .bodybuilding 6 p.m.; movie circle show 7 p.m. HI KIT TIMAH YOI'TH UIB: Basketry class 4.30 p.m.
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  • 58 5 SINGAPORE. Frt Offiof the Royal Singapore Flying Club are: President. P. J. White; vice-presi-dent, Mr. F. B. Oehlers; comCapt A F. W. Andren. Cap:, a. J. Morris, C.\p:. J. M. Mt-Causland. Mr. V Kandasamy and Mr. K. F. Brown. The club will soon appoint
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  • 16 5 JURON tudents ollected $170,000 for their Union House. Construction work begin some time
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  • 110 5 SINGAPORE. F tilled" under appallingunhyo;enic conditions m the swamps is i killer. causes •r v i Singapore Customs spok warned yest< r- ing foil dbcovery of an In>ing number of U hi the rural this year. >• aid that the "moonshiners" use rusty
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  • 81 5 SINGAPORE, Fri.— The Rev.! Bro. James, of St. Benedict's College, Colombo, is on a visit to Singapore. Bro. James, who is staying lat St. Joseph's Institution, Bras Basah Road, has been meeting a number of his old boys In this city.
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  • 32 5 SINGAPORE Fri. The I two-storey community cen1 tre now being built at the junction of Havelock Road and New Bridge Road will be completed by the middle ol June.
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  • 269 5 CONDITIONS ARE TRYING BUT THEY ARE ALL SO EAGER, SAYS SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SINGAPORE, Friday. J)Ea\F children in Singapore are now being taught Malay. This is revealed in the annual report of the Singapore Oral School for the Deaf. The school's principal, Mrs. <\. L. Pereira,
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  • 66 5 DUAL-CARRIAGE DRAIN SAVES HALF-MILE WALK ON SUNNY DAYS This half-mile lone dual-carriage monsoon drain. from Serangoon Road to Jalan Besar. serves a double purpose it carries aua> flood waters during the rains and is used as a road by pedestrians on sunnv days. Popularly referred to as "Jalan Parit." the
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  • 44 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Vespa Club will hold an extraordinary general meeting at the East Asiatic Co. premises m Orchard Road at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Members of the Club will proceed to a barbecue at Changi »oon after the meeting
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  • 33 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Singapore Olympic and Sports Council will hold a meeting of the committee of management on April 8. at i). 20 p.m. at the Garaen Club. Chulia Street.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 229 5 RIP KIRBY By John Prentice tfc Fred Dickenson MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis 4F 1 i MEAN. "XH>nEXAS6eRArE I T MERE ME »S, V" f ALMOSTAS) NARPA.IU WO L.APVSWIRLASA M -J=ri |V --ILOVEMIS LOOK— HA^FSOMEk MOVIE STAR. MYRON BYROM, t%f^ C^ ti— i VVROM BVRON-^ Jtw3lfA AS YOU.
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  • 331 6 Steel mill scheme is feasible IT APPEARS that the United Nations team coming to Singapore to investigate the feasibility of opening el mill will confine its inquiries purely to the difficulties that arise from the absence on the island of any of the necessary raw materials. Official reference to the
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  • 521 6 The Couple who seemed to have absolutely everything by WILLIAM HICKEY JpHE wedding of the year m 1931 had everything. But the marriage has crashed. The Marquis of Blandford, 33, List week tiled ;i suit lor divorce from his wile Sue, 30, naming as co-respondenl Mr. Alan HeberPercy. 24. T
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  • 467 6 Day for jokes has come round again 'APRIL 1 is the dau upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other 364." MarkTwain. 'On the first of Aprile, hunt the goicke another mile:' Scottish proverb *****). The custom of fooling people on the first of April la
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  • 841 6 AS the sleek bows of the 1,750-ton yacht Christina slice through the Atlantic swell the chances are that Sir Winston Churchill, bra nd v i^lass m hand, yachting cap jaunty on his wispy hair, is addressing his favourite audience. Sitting pixie fashion, cross-legged and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 240 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. J BIRTH nimum) RHAM onn Ht I I 3 CO a son. t I AT YOUR SERVICE I t.)— Box J« ct*. extra I TOP OUALITV COLOUR Pr 1 I CERTIFICATE. DIPLOMAS. fit* T I MON I A L I SHOPPING GUIDE I WJM.J 1m i* rit. extra
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    • 37 6 i mm mm mmm a oong of Love I Eternally Beautiful m ENGAGEMENT RINGS m Platinum Gold I fl Set Diamonds. i P. H. HEN DRY- Jewellers 78, North Bridje Road AdPlpiii Hotel. Spore, A Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 151 6 •TELL ME, CHER GENERAL, AM I A GUEST OR SIMPLY UNDER ARREST 9 What is it that Onassis and Churchill find to talk about? Shares? Art? History? Whatever it is, they have ONE thing m common, says JOHN WADDELL <~A A t II hove o morvelloi. ,^*["^^L V holidoy clothrs
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  • 156 7 SPORE MAN ADMITS FEDERAL CITIZENSHIP OFFENCES KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. —Lim Kirn Tu. 50. Tyrwhitt Road. Sinpore, pleaded guilty re to giving false information, fraudulently using a Federal citizenship certificate as genuine, and making a false statement. He ivaded guilty to all the charges. He was released on bail of 51.500
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  • 21 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Chinese YMCA Aeromodelling Club will meet at the association grounds m South Pier, at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 61 7 Nanyang's 'University Week' begins with unveiling of plaque by Toh THE Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Toh Chin Chye. unveils a bronze plaque on \Vednesda> to open Nanyang's "University Week. In the centre is Mr. Ng Kim Han. president of the university's Students' Union and
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  • 17 7 LOOKING LOVELY TODAY is Miss Colleen Leinbraggen, 1!'. She is a stenographer.
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  • 199 7 'DYNAMIC ROLE' OF MALAYA FOR CANNED GOODS FROM THE U.S. SINGAPORE, Fri.— Singapore and Malaya have a- very "dynamic role" m the Far Eastern market for the canned industries of the United States. This is the view of Mr. W. G. Carberry, director of the export department of Campbell Soup
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  • 59 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Yang di-Pertuan gara. Inche Yusof bin Ishak. is to open the 1960 Singapore Flower Show at the Happy: World Stadium at 5.30 p.m. today. The show will be opened to the public from then on till 10 p.m. and on Saturday
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  • 44 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Ton. Hoi Kirn of Jurong Road yesterday pleaded not guilty to j I a charge of bookmaking at the Singapore Turf Club on j Wednesday. Bail of $2,000 was offered. The case will be mentioned on June 15.
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  • 38 7 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Mr. E. Pereira has been elected the chairman of the Singapore Association of the Chartered I Institute of Secretaries. The vice-chairman is Mr. J. G. Scott, and secretary, Mr. Koh Bee Chye.
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  • 60 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Spastic Children's Association of Singapore has re-elected Mr. Leslie Rayner chairman and Dr. D. Gunn vice-chair-man. Miss Leela Nair was elected secretary and Mr. E. Le Maistre, treasurer. Committee members are Dr. Wong Hock Boon. Miss Lim Peck Ngo. Mrs. D. R. Gunn.
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  • 64 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Tay Koh Vat Bus Company will introduce a special service from Tan Qwee Lan Street via Thomson Road to the Chinese cemetery m Kampong San Teng for the Cheng Beng festival starting on Sunday. The other festival days are April 5. 10,
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  • 33 7 SINGAPORE, Fri The new 16th Company. Boys' j Brigade, formed last month under the leadership of Mr. j Evan Lim. will meet at the Chinese YMCA tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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  • 138 7 SINGAPORE. Friday rpHE Automobile Association of Singapore will screen colour films m cinemas to stress safety first. The chairman of the ociation, Mr. Milton Tan, said that he felt this was one of the best ways to make
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  • 168 7 Fragmentation? This is disintegration, says the planters' chairman JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. Till*] chairman of the Johore Planters' Association. Mr. S. Sandison, yesterday condemned fragmentation of \i\v^c rubber estates as a "process of disintegration." Speaking at the annual general meeting of the J.P.A.. Mr. Sandlson said that the term "land hunger"
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  • 222 7  - JOHORE C.P.O. SAYS IT'S BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM MARK FOENANDER By JOHORE BAHRU, F r i. Johore's Chief Police Officer, Mr. V W. PowellEvans, yesterday said that accurate information was the most effective way of arresting the increase in rubber thefts in the state. He told Johore
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 164 7 ASSAULT ON LABOURER: TWO MEN ARE FINED up a id to bribing if Bin nir a TiSHICA Looking /or o cine camera JACKS PHOTO CO. capore. iiii.i mi imiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmiiiiiiimiiiiiimiii£ |fASr£R^-^r| I bazaar *\S*s\ I FOR CHILDREN ONLY 7 .free I balloons E aJ sportshirts SHORTS FANCY ATTIRE SHOES, TIES etc.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 54 7 POP Positive Proof n n i r*T. I r— J I -J a-t l^-s-t me I me^s just &<>? VjL* y* JJ WHATS Y»a SEE 6 WM SEIF «v f tjECEI^EO J y 7f> Don't trust to luck... be sure of a pleasant evening every day with a regular order
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  • 105 8 WHITE for 1960, SAY FASHION 'DADDIES' dateline LONDON LEFT: "White Moth" is Norman Hartnell' s name for this dramatic cocktail dress m white silk gaberdine, with a low buttoned back. The name is apt the beautiful wing-like flying front panels tell you ichy. CENTRE: From John Cavanagh— dress and long
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  • 424 8  - And we are so pleased to obey [JILL BATEMAN by II 0\V fortunate H it is for us 1 females that that exclusive family of fashion designers keep on such good terms with their albeit distant but respected cousins the buyers of the popular walkaround London stores. For. without this
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  • 618 8 To call or not to call the doctor? VIOST mothers have xV1 to decide at some time whether to call or not to call the doctor for a child who is not well. There are no hard and fast rules which can be stated. I cannot say if this happens,
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  • 222 8 QMy baby of seven .months will sleep only on her face. Does this matter? A Children, like adults, often have very marked preferences for the way m which they like to sleep. I do not think it matters at all that your little
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  • 335 8 You CAN use porcelain dish in your oven 5 IF you don't have a fire-proof i ss to warm something quickly in the wen, here is a hint to follow. It wins MRS VVOLft TERS, 1, Tan Sim Boon Road. Singapore n << first prize of $20 in the 'Household
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    463 9 ONCE A ROYAL PASTIME NOW A NATIONAL SPORT [T'S a game everybody plays. In the kampongs, in the schools, on the beach, or in the city car parks you'll find a group of youths engrossed in the challenge of Sepak Raga. A challenge? Well, try it for yourself
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  • 34 9 i mt smsssm m*&<swm<MmasK •srsw^^cwws'^^ This popular pastime is catching on in Singapore. Free Press picture shows a game in progress. Allen Tan (back to camera) watches Yusoflf Said, tekong.
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  • 133 9 He wasn't selected. ..but young Smiley is not downhearted PASIR PANJANG. Friday. FOURTEEN -YEAR -OLD M Smiley M Gurung Bhu- pendra of Alexandra Modern School has a bright future m soccer. A Form 111 student. Bhupendra is fast and accurate. With the right coaching, he could well develop into a
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  • 58 9 BRADENTON (Florida). Fri. Sam Snead won the U.S. $40,000 Desoto open golf tournament by one stroke. He beat Jerry Barber m a duel that went down to the last hole. Snead shot a three under par 68 for a winning 72-hole total of 276. Barber
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  • 26 9 HOXG KONG, I ri— Singapore champions, Ist Bn. Cheshire Regiment, lost the FARELF Cup boxins final. Royal Tank Rest, won 18-15.
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  • 77 9 CARACAS. Fri. Brazilian tennis star Maria Ester Bueno became the central figure of the Altamira Cup tourney by taking three titles m three events: singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. Last night, she and Australian Neale Fraser beat Italian Lea Pericoli and Mexican Antonio Palafox 5-7,
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  • 25 9 BASKETBALL: Spore Base District final at Tanglin Gymnasium. Comb. Schools championships N.R.C. TABLE TENNIS: Comb. Schools championships N.R.C. SOCCER: Khalsa. v SCC— padang
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  • 170 9 BELFAST, Fri. Ireland make one change for their International soccer match with Wales at Wrexham on Wednesday April 6. They were beaten 2-1 by England at Wembley last November. Hill, of Norwich, comes m tor Crossan of the Dutch Club Sparta. Mcllroy (Burnley) is switched
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  • 117 9 THESE SMILING CHAMPIONS SAY TRAIN HARD IF YOU WANT TO WIN SUCCESS FAIRFIELD Methodist Girls' School displayed grand teamwork by capturing the Pasir Panjang District **A" and "B divisions netball title. They eliminated teams from St. Theresa's Convent, Outram School, Crescent Girls School. Hua Vi Chinese School and Alexandra Grammar
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  • 320 9  -  ARTHUR RICHARDS By SERANGOON GARDENS, Fri. A BROKEN stick and burning ambition has put a 20-year-old Singapore boy on the road to hockey stardom. Serangoon Gardens centre forward George Jacobs is one of the brightest prospects In the state
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  • 117 9 HE HAS ELASTIC LEGS rpOKYO. Fri. A Japax nose newspaper quoted Dr. Thomas K. Cureton. chief of 'the University of Illinois scientific coaching and training section, as saying that Thuyoshl Yamanaka. a leading Japanese swimmer, had the most elastic legs m the world. Dr. Cureton arrived h< recently to serve
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  • 25 9 TOKYO, Fii. World flyweight champion Fascual Perez was due to leave Tokyo by an air France plane at 8 a.m. today for Bangkok.
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  • 102 9 LONDON I i hl.»>. ABOIT (iOO League footballers Hill be out oi work when this season ends m six weeks' time. Clubs m all four Divisions, led bj First Division clubs like Chelsea. Newcastle, Everton, and Birmingham I plan drastic cuts m their staffs. They hope
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    153 9  -  M. Harrison-Cray by Dealer: South Game all M. Today's hand i hardy annual. Alj.er One Diamond by South and One Heart by West, is North entitled to make a free bid of One Spade? In practice he chose to say Two Diamonds and the outcome was dire East
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    • 186 9 Japan to send 210 T..pan pending on the results of the o|Q upproaching cycling season. "i c largest Olympic team of 249 members attendmes d the 1936 Berlin Games. to The contestants travelling to Rome will be divided into IS athletes. 26 swimmers, 16 restlers, 14 gymnasts. 14 oarsmen, 12
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  • 108 10 TH REE HANDSOME TROPHIES FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY RVh I AND YOU GET A LAST OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER IT VINAC CHALLENGE CUP FOR JUNIORS, being presented by Mr. A. D. Angus (left). Director of Henry Waugh (Singapore) Ltd. HORLICKS CHALLENGE CUP FOR SENIORS. being presented by Mr. E. J. Rees. Far
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  • 216 10 VOL 1 CAN still enter for the cross-country run which is to be held at MacRitchie ReaServoir on Saturday April 9. The official entry list closed yesterday, but. the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association decided that they could permit an extension
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  • 302 10 BOBBY IS SUFFERING FROM BOBBY-SOX BLUES AND HE'S THE SEASON'S FLOP All England is talking about this puzzle one of the brightest stars m British Soccer becomes the Hop of the season people start asking questions. Those questions are now being asked at Old Trafford where the fallen star whose
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  • 90 10 62 ENTER FAR EAST BOXING A TOTAL of 62 competitors from Singapore. Malaya and Hong Kong have entered for the annual FARELF individual boxing tournament. It begins on April 11 at Alexandra Gymnasium. Finals will be held on April 14. Capt. D. M. Mockford, secretary of the Singapore Base District
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  • 46 10 District champions St. Joseph's Institution, put up a good display to beat Victoria School 4-3 m a friendly soccer match yesterday.Scorers for St. Joseph's were Ho Poh Kan »2», Anj thony Chan and Francis Yeo. Abdul Rahman scored all three goals for Victoria.
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  • 43 10 Boy.-, m River Valley Chinese Middle School keep lit by practising 'Kun Tow' (Chinese art ot self-defence). Goh Tiong Hai. Lam Tiong. j Choon Heng and Lim It Kiam believe that this gives them extra energy for games
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  • 58 10 A la.st minute goal by Nadarajah enabled Khalsa! Sports Club to force a 2-2 draw against Ahaz Sports Club at Farrer Park ytsterday. Bohary scored both goals for Ahaz S. C. Logonathan and Nadarajah were Khalsa's scorers. 'When an Enulancl star like Bobby Charlton becomes the flop
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  • 34 10 Social Welfare beat Hail Kow Yu 3-1 at Fairer Park yesterday. Neoh Kirn Leng. Wilson and Ng Eng Choon scored for Social Welfare and Angullia netted Hai Kow Yu's only goal.
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  • 117 10 By JOHN INGHAM TRASHING Max Faulk- ncr, part fisherman part lfer t holds the title of Britain's most colourful fairway personals Some say Walt* r H equalled his multi-colour.s but Faulkner denies thiturning out m pink trousers, yellow shoes
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    • 175 10 NAME (block letters) \<-l ADDRESS: Mi h I wish to enter lor the Athletic Associations Cross-Count r 1 I to be held on Saturday. 9 April, 1960, ai a I the Macßitchie R< servoir. Entries clo^e 4.00 p.m. on Thur.sd.iy, 31 1960. No late entries will be consider H Entry
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  • 356 11  - HERBERT'S KUDA GALLOPS IN A WINNING TRIAL ...HE HAS STRONG CHANCE ON SUNDAY N LEWIS BUKIT TIMAH. Wednesday. kuda (Leman). a comparative t showed good form at Bukit rtomin He went much better i ard) and Campdale (Geyer) ihn e in ">7 2 5. i w kie out and at
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  • 22 11 and for Bukit I I. 2, Winner. "hi ron. 1 CL 1 V itchDi\ I innffs. nes
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  • 14 11 Parks gets century as the Test is drawn .itch x drrl. for 1 Reuter
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  • 11 11 I ig Govern>ol beat I SOCChinese n atch, 1-0. Tan
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  • 75 11 TOKYO. Fri. Orient middleweight champion, Fumio Kaizu of Japan, last it knocked out Rush on of the Philippines m 48 seconds of the first round. Their title bout had been slated for 12 rounds. Kaizu won the title b> knocking out Dowthong of Thailand.
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  • 32 11 Singapore Glass Factory Sports Club scored a runaway 5-0 victory over a weak ng Sports Club team at Farrer Park, y^terday. Scorers wore: Mat Noor. Rosdi and Wanda 3.
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  • 62 11 in— Ingemar Johansson approved a id Patterson on June SB at New lorn tj.s, swimmers today content the first Hup and Teh Ki-w San of Malaya ns doubles title m the L'S. Open ipionships beginning tod. 'Mis (Wnl (.e«inany). Weil Ger»»«| .ihir tennl*. 'Ml
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    • 153 11 Baby's and Children's Wear Is Our Specialty SOOX JOO CO.. 53, HIGH STREET SINGAPORE TEL: ***** CLOSING DOWN SALE Provisions Cosmetics Liquors Clearing at Less 20 Purchase Over $100/- Less 25 r Visit early and get the best at 10, Tonqlin Rd., S pore. Cosed on Fridov Oopn on Sunday
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    • 1183 11 gHOPPING CENTRE brings you every Tuesday and Friday the good buys available m the shops. There seems to be no lack of good products and ideas m Singapore these days. Some of them you'll find here. FORGET ALL YOU know about luggage design SAMSONITE SILHOUETTE changes everything. Luggage has new
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  • 147 12 6.000 ZULUS STREAM DOWN FROM THE HILLS, ROAD BLOCKS UP IN CATO MANOR JOHANNESBURG, Friday. pOLICK fired several shots last night to disperse a crowd of Africans who stoned trams in the African township of Western, near Johannesburg. One African was wounded. At a
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  • 152 12 COURT TOLD OF 'BUSH SURGERY' BY DYING MAN OORT MORESBY, Fri. A native dying of arrow wounds in the chest and stomach had apparently •'operated" on himself, a New Guinea Supreme Court told yesterday. Using a crude knife, and while fully conscious, he had opened his chest above the heart
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  • 25 12 GLASGOW. Fri.— A 13.450--ton fast diesel canio passencer liner is to be built at Scotstoun. Glasgow, for the Ben Line Shipping Company.
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  • 21 12 LONTXDN m In tern a Lifer ::re on Railway Electrification is to be held m ion next Octubt r.
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  • 256 12 COURT UPHOLDS L SUSPENSION OF NAVAL OFFICER'S LIFE SENTENCE jDOMBAY, Fri. The five judges of the Bombay High Court yesterday upheld the action of the State Governor m suspending the life sentence passed on an Indian naval officer charged with murdering his English wife's lover pending his appeal. Commander Kawas
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  • 22 12 MANILA. Fri. A chemical pilot plant, a gift from W< st Germany, is to be set up m Ci'bu city.
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  • 40 12 LONDON, Fri. Prince Philip went by police car to investigate a smash-and-grab crime m London's East End •on Wednesday night. He was paying a surprise visit to police forces m the district when the incident occurred.
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  • 34 12 LONDON. Fri.— Sir William Currie, retiring chairman of the P and O Company, Britain's biggest shipping group. I said that last year was "one lof the most depressing since I the thirties."
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  • 84 12 5 KILLED IN TWO CRASHES- 11 IN SEA RESCUE /^APE CANAVERAL, Fri. V Three men were killed when an Air Force refueling plane crashed m the stormy Atlantic. Eleven survivors were rescued last night and early tod-ay by a Coast Guard helicopter and ships that rushed to the crasji scene.
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  • 760 12 KLALA LUMPUR, I id. YaiiLi m B Negri Sembilan. born m ;wu mo n tiis Vain Tuan ut Sri Me. and mnda L'jong hi. Rembau and Johol the Dato Bandar of Sungel Jo. ad the J<\x Besar ot Tampin smned an agreement the
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  • 11 12 MRS. PILE AND SYLVIA THAIS WERE CURIOUS
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  • 211 12  - way into thai hearts TAN THUAN KOK By 'SINGAPORE, Fri. A seven month old baby, Sylvia, proved a real asset to her parents when they motored to Bangkok and back recently. The parents. Flying Officer and Mrs. Ronald Pile, decided on the 2.993-mile drive when plans for a holiday m
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  • 28 12 PARIS, Fri.— Pr do 1 Gaulle yesterday received the Moroccan Defence Mini Mr. Mohamed Aouad. who handed him a personal from King Mohamed.
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  • 117 12 IT'S GUILLOTINE FOR A RICH MAN WHO KILLED IS TIMES PARIS, Fri. Georges Rapin, 23-year-old member of a wealthy French family, was sentenced to death today for the murder of a Montmartre nightclub hostess and a garage hand. The death penalty m France is carried out by the guillotine. Rapin
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  • 99 12 U.S. plan A-test while bai talks continue WASHING I The I still planni non mil experiment nuclear test 1 with j con tin u. The i Commit with y i plosion I near Cai S Agreement this wo. d Mr. the Br; over a undergrc J specific;-. or ex Their
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