The Singapore Free Press, 14 April 1960

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    Masthead
    13 1 IS The SINGAPORE Free Press No. ***** THURSDAY, APRIL, 14, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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    NAME TO NOTE: CHOO HUEY
    273 1  -  MELVIN CHAN Spore man to conduct London Philharmonic Summit of success— at 28... I cal career ■began at age If five for him SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore today stands length of the summit of ireer. His name is Choo he will condud the hestra at the
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    Royal invitation
    20 1 LONDON. Thurs. A 13- girl who saved a from drowning last to be Invited to Margaret's wedding 6.
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    Barbara on the way
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    Father appeals on TV for safe return of kidnap son
    205 1 Father appeals on TV for safe return of kidnap son ERIC, FOUR, SNATCHED WHILE PLAYING IN GOLF CLUB GARDEN PARIS, Thursday. ROLAND PEUGEOT, father of the four year-old heir to the Peugeol cur firm \\h< was kidnapped from a smart golf club here made a dramatic television anneal last nifdit
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    TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED AS LORRY DRAGS MOTOR-CYCLE AFTER CRASH
    78 1 TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED AS LORRY DRAGS MOTOR-CYCLE AFTER CRASH TWO men were seriously injured when their motorcycle collided with a military truck m Tank Road and came to rest under one of the truck's huge wheals yesterday. The rider and pillion rider, both mecha- nics. were taken to the General
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    Lock icon Chessman fails
    24 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs.— The State Supreme Court yesterday denied the latest appeal from his death sentence by convict author Caryl Chessman. Reuter
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    POLICE RAID HOMES, OFFICES AND GRAB DOCUMENTS
    126 1 CAPETOWN. Thurs. Police from the Security Branch, yesterday, raided the offices "of the magazines 'Drum' and •Golden City Post', and seized several hundred copies of this month's issue. Detectives also raided the homes of three leading members of the non-racial South African Sports
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    MONTEIRO TO OPEN MALAYAN CHESS CONTESTS
    94 1 MONTEIRO TO OPEN MALAYAN CHESS CONTESTS Singapore. Thurs.—Professor E. S. Monteiro, Dean of the University of Malaya's Faculty of Medicine will open the Malayan Chess Championships at Allen Hall tomorrow at 9 a.m. All preparations for this competition. to which spectators will be admitted free, have been completed. Twenty-four competitors,
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    Lock icon BEVERLY SINNED AT $300 COURT IS TOLD
    156 1 BEVERLY SINNED AT $300 COURT IS TOLD FLYNN'S PROTEGE I OS ANGELES, Thurs. Blonde Beverly Aadland, 17-year-old protege of the late Errol Flynn, has engaged m acts of prostitution lor $100 (about MS3OO) a time, a probation officer told a juvenile court here yesterday. The probation officer, Mrs. Gene Kelley,
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    Lock icon Age at the wheel
    26 1 LONDON. Thurs.— A 74--year-old man m a 61-year-old car will begin a 1.000-mile sentimental journey next week, it was announced yesterday. Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 WAN STOCK EXCHANGE 1 1 HI AT VII MM IIMMV IN jBER OUlU a r i n c K I S AFRICA I HOOL THEI ROBBERY DDEP BETT. 1 1
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    DIVIDENDS
    268 2 1 pence per stock by Gopeng Consolidated LONDON: Gopeng Consolidated declared a fourth Interim dividend of 11.l 1 pence per stock unit for the year ended Sept. 30. 1959 and also a second Interim dividend ot 2 pence per stock unit year ending Sept. 30. 1960. Both dividends less
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    TAKE-OVERS
    129 2 Malaya General offers for Mengkibol LONDON': The directors of Mengkibol i Central Johorei Rubber Company announce that they have received offers from Malaya General Company to acquire the whole of the issued ordinary and preference capital of the company not already owned by Malaya General Company. The consideration offered
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    LOOK-AROUND
    77 2 Down go copper sheet prices NEW YORK: Revere Copper and Brass Company ax.noun.cci that effective immediately it is reaucing prices on aome copper sheets to meet competition from foreign import, m the United States market. The cuts by Revere are beini applied on sales to distributors ot 16 oz.
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    Hong Kong prices
    55 2 HONG KONG, Wednesday. Closing prices here today were: Previous Today H. S. Banking Corporation $1,270 $1,265 sales sales Union Ins. Canton $94.00 $93.00 sales sales Wheelock Marden 7.15 7.16 sales sales HKong phone $36.25 $36.00 ..$36.00 sales sales Dairy Farm Cold Storage $27.30 $27.30 .sales sales Talkoo
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    Stock Exchange is quiet as holidays draw near
    465 2 Stock Exchange is quiet as holidays draw near SINGAPORE, Thursday. THE MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE having a rest this week a short one because of the Easter holidays. And m any case, like most other markets m the Federation and Singapore many operators seemed to all intents and purposes to have
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. Closing Prices
      118 2 LONDON, April 13. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European ports April 34 13/16 34 11 16 May 34g 34 9/16 RUBBER NO. 1 fltt Spot 34g 34 3/16 RUBBER NO. 1 tat Settlement House Terms May 34 5/16 34 3 1* Juno 34i 34 1/16
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      New York Prices
      57 2 NEW YORK, April 13. Pravious Today TIN Etraits spot 99. .5 99.12 TIN future Straits Csntraet TONE: SALE3: RUBBER FuturSS May 39.9-t 39.95 July 39.30 39.15 TONE: Barely steady. SALES: 19 lets. ,.o. 1 R33 April landed price 40. 40J COFFEE: Futures Contrast May 37.11 37.80 Above
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      Dow Jones Averages
      34 2 NEW YORK. April 13. Previous Today 30 Industrials 626.50 626.50 20 Railroads 145.01 144.41 SO Domestic Bonds S3. 07 S3. 06 15 Utilities S9.41 89.47 35 Stocks Composite Averages 207.06 206.92
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      U.S. Pepper
      48 2 ?4alabar spot and awaiting release 30, afloats 60, April shipment 60. Lampong spot and awaiting release 60, afloats 60, April shipment 60. barawak unquoted. Muntok white spot and awaiting release 88, afloats 88, April shipment 88, sellers, ex-dock. Above prices quoted io U.S. cents per lb.
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      Copra, Coconut Prices
      81 2 LONDON, April 13. Previous Tsday COPRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K.. North Europesn ports delivered weight per long ton afloat $220 $220 COPRA, Straits c.i.f. U.K. /North European ports delivered weight per long tons April f 82s S3. COCONUT OIL crude Etralts c.i.f. European ports in bulk per long
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    Unsettled conditions in stock markets before the holiday
    164 2 Unsettled conditions in stock markets before the holiday LONDON, Thursday. UNSETTLED conditions were again apparent m the London stock markets yesterday. Although there were occasional bright spots, losses were again fairly numerous. Holiday influences added to the current adverse factors. Good company news was by no means lacking but whereas
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    METALS
    43 2 Tin prices steady LONDON steady despi the c< quietness of outsj In the afternotually neglected Copper slips NEW YORK After an early mode.*' copper future_ on profr fairly active and In the liternooi ly steady with home pressure noted m nearby p
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    Lock icon Wall Street steady
    61 2 NEW YORK: Wall Street closed steady with mostly fractional changes either j way. Early morning trading was quiet but some new buying later of individual issues raised the market slightly to show at midday a narrow majority of mostly fractional gains. Shortly before the close activity picked
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    UP 17 DOWN 16 UNCHANGED 146
    890 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. ■SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. P'e.ious Today INDUSTRIALS 41ft Bricks Prer 1.95 1.95 Ord*. 2.20 2.40 fttlas ice n.OO Buytrs 8.8. Petrol faO.'- s*'6 B.M. Trustees 5.23 9.25 ;00. Tin Smelt Prif. 19/- 19 Ords 51/- 49.'--reoerai Dispensary 1.38- 2
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    Lock icon Scarcity new business rubber
    6 2 Scarcity new business rubber N Reuter
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      933 2 SHIPPIN G^ CAT C V ggf THE t A. W. LINES Sailings tn ABtN, RIB SEA. MIOITtHANtAN. JQ CONTININTAL 8 SCANDINAVIAN POBTS. £*C S'ptrp P. B'Ham Penang y\ "»«0«««l" M/M Apr 26 21 Apr 20 28 Apr AJ& ma. "Bnirp" a) 81 Apr/ 4 May 9/8 May 9/1 May A,
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      157 2 HAMBURG-AMERICAN uJ «c NORTH GERMAN LLOM To (Colombo), Genoa, Marscil Bremen Hon bu Calls Southampton for po t WERRASTEIN (LLOYD! I Apr t ESSEN (NAPAC: ;i 23 Apr FRANKFURT (NAPAG 31 Apr 2 May Express Service Omits Marseilles To Manila, Hongkong, Yokohama, Nogovo c-cJI NANNOVER (HAPAC RAVENSTEIN (LLOVO; Apr "TJIfifSDEN
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      178 2 POcyr CHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharvea or expected today are: Orcadea 1 3, Seikai Maru 4 5, Eastern Maid 6A, Cleveland 6/7, Ascanlus 8/9. Hoegh Drake 10/11. AdoltWarski 13 14. Werrastein 15/16, Agamemnon 18, Mandama 19, Sedili N.Wall 3, Bentong 21/22, Ginko Maru 23/24. Benveg 25, Bldor
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    Malaya's 'Tube Girl' is studying for nursing career in Britain
    292 3  - Malaya's 'Tube Girl' is studying for nursing career in Britain MELVIN CHAN By Singapore, Thursday I -old daughter of a Kuala Lumpur labourer aroused wide-spread public sympathy m Singapore and Malaya 1957 when it became known she was kept alive by a rubber Her throat was so barilv burnt by
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    Untitled
    21 3 I! begins Free Press m the air. Remember rroir at 8 p.m. Both 17 Kill be repeated throw your copy of
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    MALAYA HELPS SOUTH VIETNAM
    32 3 fhbfnfnfnf Tv thousand more c to be exported. Vietnam has also sent two men on a study tour of cocoa and oil plant cultivation m Malaya and Ceylon.
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    THE CHANGI VARIETY CLUB COMES TO TOWN WITH 'PRIVATE LIVES'
    249 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. It Is always encouraging to see new drama jroups venturing into Singapore to supplement the comparative lack of live entertainment offered to the citizens. On April 21. 22. and 23 at 9 p.m.. we welcome to the Cultural
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    S'pore manufacturers quit as foreign shoes flood market
    200 3 S'pore manufacturers quit as foreign shoes flood market THE INFLUX of cheap Japanese and Hong Kong footwear m the market has forced several local shoe manufacturers to quit their business and act as agents instead. Local and overseas consumers of Singapore-made footwear have switched on to Japanese and Hong Kong
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    Hawkers' mutual aid
    17 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Simon Road Market Hawkers' Mutual Aid Association will be inaugurated tomorrow.
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    FAILED TO REPORT: JAILED
    113 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Ninth Magistrate, Mr. R. 8.1 Pates, yesterday sentenced j Lim Kirn Seng, alias Ang Hwee Seng to two months' jail for j failing to notify the police of his address while under a two-year police supervision order. Inspector Teoh Beng San told the
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    MAN-EATER PROWLS SO VERY NEAR PICNIC WATERFALL
    221 3 MAN-EATER PROWLS SO VERY NEAR PICNIC WATERFALL JOH O R E BAHRU, Thurs. Workers m some tin mines around the tiny village of Tengkill, near Kota Tinggi, have refused to go on night shifts m spite of offers of double and treble pay. REASON: The man-eater of Tengkill, which has
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    Ipoh wedding for two who found love across ocean
    110 3 Ipoh wedding for two who found love across ocean IPOH. Thursday. TWO Malayans whose friendship blossomed into romance when they were students m Adelaide, South Australia, plan to marry here this month. They are Dr. Jagdev Singh of Taiping. and der Hoondal. of Kuala Kangsar. He began to study medicine
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    CORONER CALLS FOR NEW CRASH PROBE
    102 3 CORONER CALLS FOR NEW CRASH PROBE SINGAPORE. Thurs. Returning an open i verdict at the conclusion of an inquest on the death of a I 16-year-old schoolboy, Chan Weng Kwong, who died after being knocked down by a j motor car, the coroner, Mr. I N. A. D'Rozario, said there
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    Radio study team
    25 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A nine-man team of Asian radio and television broadcasters arrived here yesterday to study the Federation Government's development programme.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      167 3 Learning Malay I with Radio Singapore- 18 arc. 1 o I I I i Mun.ih. ther and sister. Dolah abang kami: Dolah is our elder brother. Au.ik kenal abang kami Dolah? Do you know our elder brother Dolah? 8. Dia kauan rapat adck awak Leha; He is a friend of
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      369 3 P.M. 1.00 Programme summary; 1.45 Made m Vienna; 2.00 The 1.02 Potluck; 1.30 The news; 1.40 dream of the Rood. Christ's PasNewstalk; 1.45 Negro spirituals; sion told m Jamaican dialect 2.00 close down. verse. 5.00 Programme summary; 5.03 2.30 A meditation upon The Music hath charms; 5.30 The Cross; 3.00
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    Absent wife who invents her romantic affairs
    344 4 HUSBAND'S INTEREST IN HER SEEMED TO BE FLAGGING, SAYS JUDGE LONDON, Thursday. I ONG BEFORE dark-haired Mrs. Elizabeth Haynes left her husband or was guilty of misconduct she began telling him romantic but untruthful stories of affairs with other men, said a Divorce
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    PRESIDENT SUKARNO (I LIKE CHILDREN) ENJOYS A WALK WITH TWO OF THEM IN IRAQ
    46 4 PRESIDENT SUKARNO (I LIKE CHILDREN) ENJOYS A WALK WITH TWO OF THEM IN IRAQ fc| President Sukarno ot Indon- of children. While on le lis i i« toured the old itv of Bah\lo» lx children. Picture >ho\\s dim walk n them while Iraqi ullu ia|v |<m>l<
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    False alarm
    43 4 LONDON. Thurs.— A Bomb Disposal Unit was called to a home yesterday when the owner found a bullet m his fire. When they dropped it into a bucket of water, it sizzled. The bullet turned out to be a "burnt sausage."
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    Quota-no problem
    33 4 TAIPEH, Thurs.— Formosa will have no difficulty to fulfil her new sugar export quota of 771.142 metric tons recently decided by the Executive Board at the International Sugar conference m London.
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    Rained out protest
    33 4 AUCKLAND, Thurs.— Two hundred hungry and rainsoaked convicts returned meekly to their cells at Mount Eden prison here today at the end of a 22-hour demonstration m the prison courtyard.
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    Lock icon Goodwill visit
    32 4 HONG KONG. Thurs— The president of the Japanese Youth League Council, Mr. Akiichi Mano, has arrived m Peking on a good-will visit as guest of the All-China Youth Federation. Reuter
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    'Hamlet' in a park
    22 4 NEW YORK, Thurs.—British proucer, Tyrone Guthrie, will direct an outdoor performance of Hamlet m Central Park next year.
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    A Chinese-African association
    31 4 PEKING, Thurs.— A ChineseAfrican Peoples' Friendship Association "to support the African Peoples' just struggle against imperialism" has been formed here on the initiative of 17 Chinese peoples' organisations.
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    African fined $850
    37 4 JOHANNESBURG, Thurs.— An African charged under the Emergency Regulations was fined £100 (MsBso) or 12 months imprisonment m the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court for threatening workers with death on March 31 during a stay-at-home movement.
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    MIDNIGHT 'RAID' BY GIRLS: PANIC AT MONKEY ISLAND
    101 4 MIDNIGHT 'RAID' BY GIRLS: PANIC AT MONKEY ISLAND SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs.— A madcap prank of five San Francisco co-eds at midnight set off bedlam at Monkey Island m the local zoo. It was all started when the girls— all teenagersplunged m their Capri pants and sweaters into the flve-feet deep
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    Japanese training
    24 4 JAKARTA, Thurs. A spokesman for the Indonesian Education Ministry said that 200 civil servants would be sent to Japan for more training.
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    That 'Uncle Par' joke wasn't funny to Police Commissioner
    151 4 That 'Uncle Par' joke wasn't funny to Police Commissioner NEW YORK, Thurs.— Fold a five-dollar bill (Msls) m your driving licence, and you will be surprised how often the traffic cops will wave you on with a merry smile and no ticket. But New York Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy
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    Woman who claims $42½mil. has to cook in garden
    152 4 Woman who claims $42 mil. has to cook in garden LONDON. Thursday. A WOMAN who claims she is owed £."> million (Ms 42-500,000) cooks her children's tea on a garden lire But for 43-year-old widow Mrs. Maria Killick this is no picnic it's grim necessity. At her home m Surrey
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    UNION BOSS ACCUSED OF 'GROSS ABUSES'
    14 4 UNION BOSS ACCUSED OF 'GROSS ABUSES' :;ooc lun. Ed th. In It no 1
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    Famous plastic surgeon dies
    53 4 LONDON. Tnur_>. Sir Archibald Mcindoe. a world famous plastic suryc on, died unexpectedly m his sleep on Tuesday. He was a Zealander. Sir Archibald operated on more than 60 Royal Air Force men burned or disfigured during the war. Hi removed a scar from Duchess of
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    Naval visit
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      644 4 B I ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD I B B I ROi \L ROTrF.RDAM LLOM) m Holland invites yoang artists m Singapore. Australia. New .nd. Amenca, England and Holland to participate m a SIX COUNTRY MENU CARD design competition. fl 'MPETfTION mm The competiuoo ia being erganized by the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd
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    Boy pleads guilty to stealing watch from boss
    11 5 Boy pleads guilty to stealing watch from boss 30 3 month
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    Departure date
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    3 sharks scare Changi bathers
    116 5 PICNIC BOAT IS TRAILED, THEN A RUSH BACK TO SHORE AS SWIMMERS CLIMB OUT OF WATER SINGAPORE, Thursday. J^ SCHOOL of sharks is keeping bathers off the water at Changi Point. Three sharks, each about six feel long, have hern spoiled surfacing not far from
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    FIRST PARTY OF WORKERS' BRIGADE TACKLES CAMP PROJECT
    91 5 FIRST PARTY OF WORKERS' BRIGADE TACKLES CAMP PROJECT SINGAPORE. Thurs. The first party of 50 members ot the Singapore WorkeiV Brigade is now at the Pasir Ris Camp, oil the 10 milestone Tampines Road. Their iew assignm* at Paslr Ris Camp include the construction of three workers' camps and road
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    Fatal accident
    22 5 ALEXANDRA. Thurs. /> cyclist, Kuttv Appu Gopal. 44 died yesterday alter he wa. knocked down, by a bus n Vp\andra Road.
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    Police appeal for eye-witnesses
    57 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Police is appealing fur eyewitnesses of a fatal accident m which a cyclist, Kutty Appu, 43. was knocked down by a bus yesterday at the junction of Leng Kee Road and Tiong Bahru Road. Eye-witnesses are asked to contact Inspector Mahinder Singh at Sepoy
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    WATER STUNT MEN TO GIVE AN EXHIBITION OF SKILL FOR S'PORE EASTER HOLIDAY MAKERS
    36 5 l\l %1 i trirk water-ski champion Jimmy Let- performing a stunt with sehoolirl Ken| Ban a n preparation for the ski carnival.
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    Carnival by the sea: A Sunday of ski-ing and fun in the sun
    105 5 Carnival by the sea A Sunday of ski-ing and fun in the sun n iAPOB Thm*s. A grand water ski carnival which promises to be the besi m recent years, will be held the West Point irtlens on Easier Sum!; ere. *old r d day Item called Ski with Us"
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      14 5 SEEGER'S I 3N COURSE 0 o Complete Im.A. LTD., Those who know buy I
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      162 5 t*_w pREFERR™ K__ JT <«* investment .n good A suit tailored by iSii^yfi If Esquire will do you _V _k _Rr^___ TMI WINS SHOP 86 HIGH ST., SINGAPORE. TEL *****. sL/iAT >__p___ j»**" _l__l__l i #w KM /r -v 7§ 1 H __--^__l 9 r^^"»_w^^ 9-_fc_n_-____H__H__-_9 m v-H_f_iJ__L_JL-_I 111 ■/sßhk^
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      213 5 RIP KIRBY B.v John Prentice 6c Fred Dickenson MANDRAKE Oy Lee Talk and Phil Davis T "j FLOWER MOVS/WERE- MAMPRAkE,YCo\ f "vJ loH JACK;- I'VE POUMp) /Vr) Ni _HoE_SB____TT" VVEREMAS^/ELCUS) (SECRET, HIM AT LAST -IMF L-*__B-I «^00»--^ Bl I I Lj Hi 1 Ttii_ titAKl OF JULIET By Stan Drake
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      262 5 DIARY OF TODAY'S EVENTS I SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY: Presents nth annual exhibition of works by local ariists. at Polytechnic, 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. RAFELES MUSEUM: Exhibition of nature photographs by Eric Hoskm. 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. SINGAPORE RECORDED MUSIC SOCIETY: Presents a weekly concert uf recoraed music j
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  • OPINION
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      Why don't we get into this game?
      185 6 \IALAYA, the open mouth of imports, is yet the scene of another trade tussle. Thailand, India, China and Japan are all contending for the upper hand m the Malayan sports equipment market. Malaya is no mean market. Singapore and the Federation imported between
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      Odd things animals do
      93 6 TN a village 80 miles from Saigon, a cat suckles three mice. The owner of the cat, a farmer, finds it difficult to move around his house because of the crowd of unbelievers. While the sight is understandably surprising, it also shows up how our minds
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  • INSIDE BALLET
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      Praise from Miss Dibb
      713 6 EXCELLENT POTENTIAL DANCERS AMONG THE JUNIORS, SAYS OFFICIAL EXAMINER FVERYONE here is asking: How high is the standard of ballet m Singapore? Answer: It is about equal to that m the West, and Singapore can take pride m the fact that she has excellent potential dancers
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      The problem of Black Africa
      242 6 BIGGEST ISSUE: BLACK V. WHITE NOT all Africa is "black." To most people, the members I of the Negro, Bantu, and allied coloured races m the South are m a different category from the lighter-skin-ned Arabs, Hamites, and Semites of the northern part of the
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    Catholic priest celibaty
    26 6  - Catholic priest celibaty HENRY THOMAS B» »J DO ma: Law chai Big obstaj it ii 1 wo U r mm Westi HI I p It Ls
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      16 6 Rings of Distinction ENGAGEMENT WEDDING RINGS U.S. de SILVA Jewellers 106, ORCHARD RD., SINGAPORE. Telephone: *****
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      149 6 FOUR PRIZES TO BE WON BY BOYS AND GIRLS BELOW 15 POCKET-MONEY prizes are offered for colouring SSThvST^O^T •H__R_*^2r5 this scene with paints. g/JT^^\^^<4& --^l?VV^^^ Post your effort to Aunty k& *_fl _K__fl^V f Wendy, c/o The Singapore _HG9t_£W/7 Free Press. Times House, >^^.;.:. :7>s^ I River Valley Road. Singa-
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      169 7 j L 11 lit" Ijl a I m i ft I Hii 1960 MALAYAN ITlvllllllllJ Jj/£m3 ECONOMY RUN "B WB^ J* w /^"_i^^^~ q a s^^ tO^_t!^_4_r *^^T *<^^^^ < s j_ y __^i___________._ y^ IRk. g^gj^^^, ft h, W S\At m m l^m^'^* mmmVt. -r iki I »i_. w-J_Ll_________^/_&
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    PICKING A ROUTE One experience we shall never forget
    952 8  - PICKING A ROUTE One experience we shall never forget FRANCIS BARUCH 876 miles of beauty and concentration By vice-president of the Singapore Motor Club and member of the organising committee. WHEN we set out to f f pick a route for the 1960 Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run the main task
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    What the Run means to YOI
    276 8 HOW many people when they read about the 1960 Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run think that it is "just another of those stunts" and that it does not affect them? How many Malayan motorists realise that the run, as a matter of fact, does have
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    Australian winners
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    ON WAY TO DEAD HORSE GAP
    32 9 ON WAY TO DEAD HORSE GAP I during the I thtI of of I I VtiNtr.i! 1 ny s from I Hobai per 14.1 the tu.ll p hon--1 tinner 1 ni run.
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    THE MEN BEHIND 1960 RUN
    279 9 of the Singapore Motor Club, organisers of the sixth Malayan Mobilgas Economy linn, have been busy putting the finishing touches to Malaya's greatest national motoring event. Mr. Freddie Pope, chairman of the organising committee, and his colleagues have been meeting weekly since the beginning of
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    A Wolseley beats 30 other cars to win
    148 9 A Wolseley beats 30 other cars to win A Wolseley 6/99 was the outright winner of the fifth Australian Mobilgas Economy Run which has just been run over 1,334 miles. Thirtyone cars took part. The Wolseley registered 60.9380 ton miles per gallon for the four-day run. Second was a Humber
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      56 9 SIMCA _fe__n > :e t __9___ S^**'***»<ofc__ H-V L A ___0P drivers m mind. Anane, and only Ariane. offers you the combination of true 35 m.p.g. thnftiness with roomy 6-seater comfort and nippy 76 m.p.h. performance Elegant and robust, the Anane CYCLE CARRIAGE SINGAPORE BAt.PAHAt-KUAIAI.MP_tHUCIIINC mU iinitimit iM-owOMOut imi ii.
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    ENTRANTS IN 1960 RUN
    830 10 65 cars m search ot success CLASS I (UP TO 850 cc.) No. Make of Car Driver Co-Driver 65 1957 Fiat 600 U Coates (SMC) R. W. Heath (SMC) 64 1960 N.S.U. Prinz D. Ling (MMSC) Wye Yoon Yee (MMSC) 63 1959 N.S.U. Prinz C. K.
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      107 10 HHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIi™™ ,11,1,1,1 iiil 1 H-H H __H_______ "O as/ am/ I UP M 111 l__l I 1^ I I ____P^ JtJf 7a ~f~ *D A/ I DHIIIDSI Push-button Car Radio N6XB6V £//f'' jff\ mmm M.W. and five fully bandspread S.W. ranges. j2§ /W y Model N6XB6V-00: S.W. bands 16-19-25-30 and
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    FLASHBACK TO '59
    49 11 Knding roads c as big a hazard .\ere last E EASIER going finds the cars strung out and "heading for the hills." will always Iters, bringing reunwelcome gear ROAD workb just to make it even trickier when going round the bends and twists of the Cap.
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    Class winners will get $500 and trophy
    276 12 Class winners will get $500 and trophy MANY FINE TROPHIES THE many handsome trophies on display m Singapore. CASH awards totalling tf 7o<j h, r classes m the 1960 M n M^ nomy Run, to be held ovei th. have been readjusted following th, two classes from the nine origin;
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    Souvenirs and delicious nourishment for crews
    236 12 (CONTESTANTS m the 1960 Mobilgas Economy Run will not go short of nourishment while covering the 816 arduous miles of the great national motoring event. Nestles Products < Malaya Limited have made arrangements with the Standard Vacuum Oil Company to supply a variety ot"
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      450 12 I front disc brakes I I make a power I I of d ifference I £#Uj I II /tm\ You must drive the MGA 1600 to appreciate the allround advances it has to offer. You must experience for yourself the extra punch beneath the throttle, the instant braking-power that front
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      61 12 HE'S CHAIRMAN Cl THE ORGANISER! IHImMB TO" a_____aV Jr^^.P^^-8811-Baa-""""""""""™ FREDDIE POPE, president ol re M speaking at the presentation ol au ners. This year he is < haiin 0 1 mittee and will also b; vruMl i i CHAMPIO ______________L_''~''_!_r^ XWf \hp__L_^_^^______^^^^^B J? Champion's full-fi f J/* delivers the full
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    EARLY MORNING CHECKPOINT
    28 13 IPOH railway station will be a checkpoint early on Saturday morning. Drivers will take a compulsory breakfast break of 90 minutes at the Station Hotel.
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    PARTNERS THEN-RIVALS NOW
    50 13 I This year they are friendly rivals. Bill Wylie (left) recent winner of Man Rogers >hake hands last year after winning class two m a Humber Hawk estate a Sunbeam Rapier m class B and his old co-driver is driving a 1960 Ford Prefect In elan two
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    23 makes of cars in Run
    108 13 rrWENTY-three makes of cars will take part m the observed classes of this year's Economy Run. Fiats head the list with seven entries, followed by four Morris cars and four Austins. Other cars are: Borgward, Triumph Herald and Ford, trfree each; N.S.U. Prinz, Peugeot
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      139 13 _JE3_3 mL^ J '__(-_3i _____v Jr I I XII tHI ___TA liV r^Jlnd nothing wears so well as /JOHNSONSSWAX] For soally hard woar Ut Johnson's Wax taka Xl This world-famous wax protects and preserves ad floors and furniture, giving a hard, brilliant finish m that resists wear and tear. Specffy
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    Volunteer observers
    252 14 THE need for a high uniform standard of observation has prompted the organisers and sponsors of the 1960 Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run to draw the required complement of observers from among members of the University of Malaya (Singapore Students Union. Over 50 members of the Students' Union have
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    GETTING DOWN TO DETAILS
    48 14 GETTING DOWN TO DETAILS ORGANISING an event of the magnitude of this year's economy run requires infinitesimal attention to details. These extracts from the rules covering the sealing of petrol c__r KM M»|v One ho, A pou. Ku; 51 ol d Side nurt im i n i' Ll
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    Break for food
    44 14 C( MPEI II ()KS and observers will be sen ed with _MM irtekl from Nestles xans and will be provided with flasks of MP or Nescafe f drink en route. Heir box lun.hr* are heme handed out m last years run.
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      443 14 ___fc^____^^^^l Mmf/x wMJr P\ ll /r?^p7 A //ryfc^ ._r\ T^^ _E__i __F J. f A m 4H_^ r 1 11 K^^^^B^^vW^ j|] rSf m Ar\4 _^_^_H i _J&£\f~'' If 1 \/<af\l mmmWAW ff I _f £^_L^^ _ri__^_S ____L i WAr Wmw/ Am Wm Rely on Firestone De Luxe to give
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    You are lookng lovely today
    14 15 You are lookng lovely today I LOVELY totkiv is Miss I She is IS.
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    A Balinese dance put Leonie on path to a May wedding to band leader
    272 15  -  MARGARET WEE IT WAS AN ACCIDENTAL FRIENDSHIP THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER By Singapore Thurs TT WAS just accidental that Singapore model Leonie Koenitz should fall m lo\e with dance band leader, Jose Daroya. Six months ago,
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    CHURCH FUN-FAIR TO RAISE MONEY FOR NEW BUILDING
    10 15 CHURCH FUN-FAIR TO RAISE MONEY FOR NEW BUILDING I I
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    Piano recital
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    THREE NEW STUDY OFFERS FOR MALAYAN STUDENTS
    107 15 THREE NEW STUDY OFFERS FOR MALAYAN STUDENTS DUKIT TIMAH. 33 Thurs. Mr. Fernando Andrada, leader of the Guatamala University students delegation to the recent Asian Seminar Co-operation, said that Latin American Universities will offer three scholarships to Malayan students. These scholarships will be tenable for two years. He said he
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    Gold price up $5: Don't sell for less, dealers told
    176 15 Gold price up $5: Don't sell for less, dealers told (-J0L1) price has gone up by five dollars a tael from yesterday. The current price is $160 a tael for 24 carat gold and $144 a tael for 22 carat gold. This is the second increase the price of sold
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    $15 traffic fine for woman
    43 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A woman. Saw Gin Huay, of Bukit Panjang Road, was fined $15 m a traffic court yesterday for permitting a tag Teck Leong. to use her car along Jurong Road with an expired ROY tax disc.
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    Talks to end
    28 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Trade talks between Japan and Malaya, which began on Feb 8. are expected to be concluded by the end of this month.
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    $2,000 winner
    26 15 GOPENG. Thurs.— Mrs. J.W. Rowley, who runs a kindergarten m Ipoh, has won the first prize of $2,000 m the Campbell soups "Consumers' Competition."
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    AN ADVENTUROUS THEODORE RIDES FROM LONDON TO SINGAPORE
    171 15 AN ADVENTUROUS THEODORE RIDES FROM LONDON TO SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Adventurous Theodore Hoist, 24, a London University graduate, has arrived m Singapore, on his motor-cycle, after leaving London m September last year. Mr. Hoist said he rode all the way up to Calcutta. From Calcutta he travelled to Penang by
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    50 HOLIDAY STUDENTS BECOME ICE VENDORS
    97 15 50 HOLIDAY STUDENTS BECOME ICE VENDORS BUKIT PANJANG, Thurs. About 50 school boys m this area have become icecream vendors during the present vacation. All they needed was $10 capital as deposit with the factory for the thermos flask to stock ice-cream sticks. For each five-cent stick sold a boy
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    A PRIVATE'S AIR DASH AFTER FATHER'S DEATH
    68 15 A PRIVATE'S AIR DASH AFTER FATHER'S DEATH SINGAPORE, Thurs.— .Within an hour of receiving news of the death of his father. 23-year-old Private Barry Kendall was rushed from his army camp m Kota Tinggi to Paya Lebar where he caught the first available Comet for London. Private Kendall, a regimental
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    ENVOY PRAISES GARDENS
    183 15 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The French Ambassador to New Zealand, Monsieur Jean Baudier, has most vivid impressions of Singapore. They are the cool scenic beauty of the Botanic Gardens and the sweltering heat of the city's streets. He was so highly impressed by the Gardens, that he has promised
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    More culture in union programmes now, says souvenir report
    208 15 More culture in union programmes now, says souvenir report SINGAPORE, Thursday. PULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL activities are playing an increasing part m the daily programmes of the 22,000-strong Singapore Genera] Employees' Union. This was disclosed m the I souvenir magazine published recently to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the founding of
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    Youth faces three charges of
    126 15 Youth faces three charges of SINGAPORE, Thurs.— A youth, M. Rajasegaram was yesterday brought up before the Ninth Magistrate on three counts of theft and a fourth of misappropriation. The charges alleged that he stole an $80 radio from Mr. O. Mohamed Maideen on March 22, and another radio worth
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    Union's exhibition
    25 15 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The General Employees' Union will hold an exhibition on "Union and Workers' life" m all its four branches from this week-end.
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    Citizenship papers
    25 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A total of 1,026.448 Federal Citizenship certificates has been issued throughout the Federation up to the end of Last month
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      40 15 POP -Dress circle i n x ;._> ,Ye notm.kjci I I vu El voo oqessl— l I NO-t^ o<n> £~T] Don't trust to luck... be sure ot a pleasant evening every day with a regular order tor The Singapore Free Press
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    Why the groom did not turn up
    239 16  -  ROYSTON LAZAROO PHILOMENA, 16, WAITED AND WAITED... WHEN TWO DAYS LATER A LETTER. HE WAS CONFINED TO BARRACKS By SINGAPORE. Thursday If ARCH 26 was a very special day lor Ivan iTI Charles Clarke, 21, a naval airman mechanic, and a 16-year-old Singapore
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    THE VIENNA ACADEMY CHORUS TO GIVE CONCERT FOR THE THEATRE FUND
    157 16 THE VIENNA ACADEMY CHORUS TO GIVE CONCERT FOR THE THEATRE FUND SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Vienna Academy Chorus, an elite choir of 24 vocally and instrumental^- trained students and graduates of the Vienna Academy of Music, will give a performance at the Victoria Theatre at 8.45 p.m. on April 20 m
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    Meeting called to form a co-operative body for Malays
    150 16 Meeting called to form a co-operative body for Malays INAUGURAL meeting to form a Malay Co-operative Society m Bukil Panjang and Jalan Teck VVhye, will be held on Sunday ;il 2 p.m. :it the Bukit Panjang Community Centre. The pro-ten. honorary secretary, lncne Zain bin Mahmood. has invited all Malays
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    Boy, 15, beaten to death: A probe
    33 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. --Urn Seng Soon. 15. an inmate of the Gimson School for Boys m dementi Road was beaten to death on Tuesday. Police are investigating.
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    First Malayan for top rail post
    57 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Dato Ahmed Perang. Deputy General Manager of the Malayan Railway, has been appointed to act as General Manager, m place of Mr. E.T. Williams, who has gone on leave. This is the first time a Malayan has been appointed to act
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    $15 traffic fine
    44 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Five men were each fined $15 m the first Traffic Court yesterday for failing to obey traffic-signs and light-signals 'on Singapore roads. They were Chan Kong Sang. Tay Kirn Seong. Ng j Yeow, V.M. Muthu and Koh Lai Seng.
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    General Hull back
    29 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Commander m Chief. Far East Land Forces, General slr Richard Hull, returned here ye>terdav by air aii»T a .short visit to Hong Kong.
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    Shell sports meet
    28 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Shell sports clubs from Malaya and Singapore will meet m Kuala Lumpur during the Easter Holidays to take part In their annual sports.
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    5,000 visit West Japan trade exhibition
    26 16 5,000 visit West Japan trade exhibition m bu have rangi I Jap... tion son 1 1 ing mat was more c arra; could pricemake they < aid
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    9 16 SIN< d.-pin-manm:;: and it> i settled.
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      131 16 use CUTEX lipstick a*^ and feel W^ ready V for any A! 5 I datc.^Wm v ____R n .-th. iJvl 4_fl _f I -n_fr aaia r <f Wx i It "il CL'TEX brings to you 2 neu A WA\\ exciting lipstick* world a0 famous Sheer Lanolin 9%wy^^ i lipstick that
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      335 16 DAILY CROSSWORD HJJJ CLUES ACROSS 1. It's m for a good pasting before being hung! .9». 5 A play on words <3). 7. Covered with a thin >weet layer or a biuer cold one! (4). 8. Beneath the second part of 18 down, this ma) pull Mat ■Ml (B>. 10.
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      414 16 SINGAPORE JftrrW TODAY: pm. TOMORROW: 0.33 a.m. and 1.1.8 p.m. SATURDAY: 1.10 a.m. and 1 p.m. SUNDAY: 1.51 a.m. and 3.21 p.m MONDAY: -..37 a.m. and !34 p m. R^P-^ m^*^W^^W^^^*^*P^^^^mmm*mW^^mimL Aor BORN ttjday you have es- cancer (June 22-July 23 1 sentiaUy a gay, pleasure- Distant Interest* may hold
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      424 17  -  SUNNY GIAM describes the hunt piHi photographers armed with $:W,()00 worth of photographic equipment swarmed into the quiet kampong deep off Kirn Chuan Road last Sunday. This was the occasion of the photographic safari organised by the Photographic Society of Singapore and led by its ace cameraman. An
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      451 17 "WHITE SAIL. This is a sample of a good idea spoiled by a weak camera angle. Often the cameraman is forced to take the shot at whatever way it comes to him. and the result turns out to be equally haphazard. Take a few minutes
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      Silver trophy award for Singapore in international competition
      164 17 KWAN SAM HOI TAKES THE BRONZE MEDAL HPHE Photographic Society of Singapore received another triumph m the 11th Dart Photographique of Pordeaux, France. The award, a silver trophy, was tor the b. st representative club m the salon. Eleven members had a
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      THE BEST WAY FOR YOU TO MAKE PHOTO FRIENDS
      72 17 I F you war- t m photography, si nd I coupon to the Free Press Can Coach: I want to loin the Photographic Society ot Singapore. 'lease post me 3 form m self-addressed envelope which I enclose. Man m the bright
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    Checkmate: The whole object of Chess game
    434 18 Checkmate: The whole object of Chess game LESSON TEN by FRED RElfeJ Diagram 1 White Queen eh« k* (CHECKMATE is how you win match is time to learn what the vvord m Any move that attacks a hostile King is known as a "check". As soon as a King Is
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      1196 18 gHOPPING CENTRE brings you every Tuesday and Friday the good buys availableFG in the shops. There seems to be no lack of good products and ideas»in Singapore these days. Some of them you'll find here. ALL KINDS OF Indian car- pets and second-hand carpets maintenance Singapore Piano are now on
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      48 18 SPECIAL BARGAIN Gents Si Ladies Cocktail watches 17 Jewels. $15.00 Guaranteed Swiss watches 15 Jewels $10.50 Dacron Trousers 4,90 Gents Pyjamas all sixes.. 3.50 Foncy Sport Shirts 2.50 Fancy Table Clocks 2.00 Dealers for Minister Shirts Sportshirts. Visit early to: HIMALAYA TRADING CO., 3, Selegie Rd., Spore -7.
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    Start here today, and learn to play
    165 19 BAT AND BALL IS ALL YOU NEED FOR A GAME ...PLAYED ANYWHERE §TEP by step we are going to take you oxer the essentials of softball. Bui first lets take a lightning look at what makes the game so fascinating. Masl people know
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    5 19 This one can in again
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    JALAN BESAR MADE AMENDS FOR HIS PENANG DEFEATS
    148 19 Xl \l.\ LI MPI'R. Thurs lan Be^ar made i> i'it hK Penang deits when he won the •ml race comportably •"iI.IV, and <■olu.il. was tic fifth. TURK'S FIRE won the third race easily after being baulked when going for an opening soon
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    RACE FINISHES AT KUALA LUMPUR
    118 19 r'l 13 I Going good R 1 to 3, then soft j jl t~ v> m 1;. .iht Ti runt- l mm lb 35, Won I>> Si, 1. 1 4— abt TF. Tit**; 1 mm. 21 :>. Won by: 1;. 1 1— aht :K Time:
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    NOEL McGROWDIE IN PEAK FORM FOR WINNING TREBLE
    651 19 NOEL McGROWDIE IN PEAK FORM FOR WINNING TREBLE By ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. McGrowdie was m good form here yesterday. He rode a winning treble. Littlewood, Race One, paid $21 and $8; Summer Kiss, Race Five, paid $75 and $20; Forget-Me-Not, m the last race, paid $11 and $5.
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    Three past winners in the Run
    100 19 Three past winners in the Run IPOH. Thurs. Three previous winners are contesting the Mobilgas Economy Run i from Ipoh to Singapore. It begins tomorrow. J. B. Lievens, 1959 winner, has entered Class 3 with the Borgward [sab c 1 1 a he drove to victory. Colin Dowsett drove a
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      Mahat Ambu blasts the weary Wearnes
      385 20  - Mahat Ambu blasts the weary Wearnes Chua Ban Hock By Jalan Besar, Thurs. Eveready 4; Wearnes 0 FVEREADY assured themselves of retaining the SBHFA Div. 1 League championship yesterday. They cleared their stiffest hurdle at the stadium. All the goals were scored by Mahat Ambu. Splitting wide Wearnes defence for
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      Lock icon Bankers stay in the top division
      40 20  -  Vazir Markar By Farrer Park, Thu Mercantile Bank I; Patau Bvkom VfERCANTILE ink ion BHFA be- B Equalised put picture. Singapore Glass on the attack. The Eveready "A" goalkeeper leaps to clear.- Free Press
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      Cold Storage coast home
      80 20 S.C.S. 3; Borneo Co. 1 FARRER PARK. Thur was an easy Div. 2 win Cold Storage, who led 1-0 at half time. They coasted to their goal,. through Dollah Yusof. Yusof Osman, and Muslim Jasmin. Taib netted for Borneo ComDivision 3 decided Netherland Trading Society I;
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      THE HERO: 4-GOAL OF SHELL
      86 20 THE HERO: 4-GOAL OF SHELL Shell 7; F and *N 3. IMH R of these Shell goals tame off the boot of lan Sim Koh. 2b. He is an old boy of Malacca High School, one of the strongest m Malayan soccer. Fraser and Neave were routed m this Div.
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      Scottish League
      32 20 LONDON. Thurs. Scottish football results: League Two: Alloa Athletic Cowdenbeath 2, Dumbarton 4 East Fife 2, Falkirk 2 Albion Rovers 1, j Queens Park 2 Forfar Athletic 2. I Reuter.
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      BANKERS' POINTS
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      43 20 FRANKFURT, Thurs. Eintracht (Frankfurt* beat Glasgow Rangers 6-1 In the first le* of their European Cup semi-final Half-time score: 1-1. Real Madrid and Barcelona meet m the first leg of the other semi-final m Madrid on April 21 Reuter
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      39 20 MOSCOW. Thurs.^The 12th game of the world chess championship between Mikhail Botvlnnlk and challenger Mikhail Tahl ended In a draw after the 72nd move. Score now m the 24- game series Is: Tahl 7, Botvlnnlk 5. U.P.I.
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      KEY DIV. 2 CLASH: EVEREADY SLICED BY FLYING GLASS
      414 20  -  KEN TOFT By FARRER PARK, Thursday Singapore Glass 1; Eveready "A" 1 WATCH out for flying Glass! That's my warning to Cold Storage next vieI tims? There is nothing fragile about these Glass boys. Yesterday they cut unbeaten Eveready "A" to
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