The Singapore Free Press, 16 January 1961

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    25 1 KEEP UP WITH THE LOCAL NEWS YOU MUST READ... The SINGAPORE Free Press No. ***** ARCHIVES, NATOV'u *"a«ARY, WTMG.U'OIUji MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1961. 15 CENTS
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    Gibbs all form
    814 1 Gibbs all form IFF SP>N STAR IS FIRST lESI AND HE M 3SES HATTRICK I AUSiggling r third West Inn sumall out r .c:ci:nu their I r vicadly i f havoc n h missed a Benand to a danGf mt at the .^t as v lost Benrwaj at tc ball
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    QUOTE
    40 1 E r .:<~^ boxing p^^mote* Jocfc i^ A n- r -recasting his prospects for '961: ■•God mode the bees, ■-The bees will still make hone:/. ■'Boxers Will still do the fig Jit ing. '•But Jack will still get the money
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    Soviet hovercraft
    11 1 LONDON Mon. Work will be- me firs* Boviel avercraft.
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    CHINA CUT IN RICE EXPORTS
    322 1  - CHINA CUT IN RICE EXPORTS DAVID TAMBYAH REWRITE HISTORY' SA YS Mr. YONG AS TALKS OPEN By Bukit Timah, Won. TOP historians m South-Easl Asia were this morning invited by the Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nvuk Lin, to "make history i i Ny rewriting n. Mr. Yong was speaking
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    But Singapore's supplies will be made up by neighbours
    254 1  - But Singapore's supplies will be made up by neighbours JAMES ANG By SINGAPORE CITY. Monday J)ROUGHT-STRICKEX Red China is expected to slash her rice exports to Singapore this year by well over half. Instead of the 30,000 tons she provided lust year, she will send only a small quantity to
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    Firm burgled: $640
    50 1 SINGAPORE CITY. Men. A Cshinese expon .md import firm m Amoy street. Hong Ler and Co.. reported the theft of SI 000 ana a calculu ting-machine valued at $540 yesterday. The thieves gained entry by severing the chain attached to the locy. of the rear collapsible gate.
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    Thugs rob couple
    38 1 SINGAPORE CITY, Mon. Five Lbugs armed with be-ar-ing-scrapera tied up a labourer. Tar. Kirn Chiaii. and hLs wife. In their home ai 9 p.m. yesterday and escaped with $1,000 cash and valuables worth about $1,000
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    Lock icon GLIDER-GIRL HIT BY LIGHTNING AT 30,000 FT SETS AN ALTITUDE RECORD
    147 1 GLIDER-GIRL HIT BY LIGHTNING AT 30,000 FT SETS AN ALTITUDE RECORD JOHANNESBURG. Mon. Mrs. Ann Burns was knocked unconscious wnen lightning struck her glider ai 3U.000 feet during hw record flight at Kimberley. the Johannesburg Sunday Times reported yesterday. Bui when she lecovtveci she took it u;j another 5.000 feet,
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    Extremist Govt.
    27 1 geneva, Mon— Extremist Algeiian Europeans led by Aider's insurrection leader, Joseph Ortiz. plan to set up a provisional government "somewhere m Europe" on Jan. 24
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    Outfoxed: Hunt hounds die as they give chase over live rail
    207 1 Outfoxed: Hunt hounds die as they give chase over live rail MARTIN HILL (Kent). Men. A fox leu 19 hounds lo their deaths during a hunt here yesterday. It darted safely across an electric train line nut most of the hounds which tried to follow were electrocuted. The master of
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    4 JAPANESE RESCUE WOMAN IN DOCK DRAMA
    116 1 4 JAPANESE RESCUE WOMAN IN DOCK DRAMA CAPETOWN. Mon. Four Japanese seamen from the Okishima Maru dived into Duncan Dock here last night to save a woman. Kathleen dv PlessLs who. while sending near the ship, slipped and till into the water. Captain M. Kamada. 61. saw her fall and
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    A happy new year for try, try men
    295 1 A happy new year for try, try men SINGAPORE CITY. Mon.— A Singapore teacher, Mr. Leo Kin Phin and Mr. Kut'k Kirn Fah < above), a clerk/interpreter at the Mines Department m Kuala Lumpur, share the $500 prize m the Free Press Word Puzzle contest "WW." They will each gel
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      2 1 EXAM RESULTS
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      50 1 TOMORROW the Free Press will publish the names of the 2.800 passes m the Adult Education Board literacy examination m Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil. Gevasonor foi I II I LONG PLAY W|i\ I easy-to-load /j^TP—yyyiyy^f^i^ I spool and self- IS^MMBMM^MImAmJB) lubricating silicone I Available at all good stores. I
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    Liner with difference: More space for passengers on the decks
    499 2 Liner with difference: More space for passengers on the decks SINGAPORE CITY, Monday. QUEEN ELIZABETH, the Queen Mother, will launch a new 22,000-ton passenger liner Northern Star on June 27 this year for the Shaw Savill Line. The liner is being built by Vickers Armstrong at their naval yard, Wallsend-on-Tyne.
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    Ceylon to rush oil grab Bill, defy U.S., Britain
    179 2 Ceylon to rush oil grab Bill, defy U.S., Britain C'ULOUBO. Mon A Bill which seeks to give the Ceylon Government p-^ r to acquin tr leum installations and ft* prices o1 pet re eura products Is expecfc d I be given priority the Parliamentary session beginning on Wednes- Offictal sources
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    BRITISH OIL FIRM ANNOUNCES A PRICE HIKE
    106 2 BRITISH OIL FIRM ANNOUNCES A PRICE HIKE I onlxa Mod a leading "^British oil group, Sbell-Mex od British Petroleum have d~meed an Increase of ore [fpennj gallon m the >lesal< prices o: higb grade iraffin, vapourisinf oil and all grades of gs s o:\. v pourist is a Fuel used
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    NEW HIGH GRADE URANIUM DEPOSIT FOUND IN AUSTRALIA
    131 2 NEW HIGH GRADE URANIUM DEPOSIT FOUND IN AUSTRALIA DARWIN. Mon.-The Australian Minister for National Development. Se nator William Spooner, said yesterday that a new high urade uranium ore deposit had been discovered at Rum Jungle m the Northern Territory. He said it had been established that the deposit had reserves
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    Metal price cuts
    59 2 m:\\ YORK: Oihei leading sellers h.»\e followed Lhe pnee cvi of American Smelting and Refining on Monday, and lhe official list price o: pr.me Western zir.c is now U.S ll*j cents per pound east Sv, Louis. Meanwhile .i leading custom smelter has cut the puce of electrolytic
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    New metals market
    24 2 Bt'EXOS AIRES: A nonferrous metals futures market an independent organisation similar to the grain market is to start operations here soon.
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    Finance, shipping and aviation
    451 2 Finance, shipping and aviation JAPAN AIR LINES TO COMPETE IN NORTH POLE RACE WITH NEW JET SERVICE PAYA LEBAR, Mon.— Japan Air Lines will join the international air race across the North Pole m June when it introduces a bi-weekly jet service from Tokyo to Paris. ■According to plans a
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    WOMAN SEEKS SECRETS OF 2 WAR 'DISCS'
    286 2  - WOMAN SEEKS SECRETS OF 2 WAR 'DISCS' ROBERT CHONG By Singapore City. Mon. j np\V() identity discs, bearing a name m English and a code number, found m the possession of a Japanese officer, have not revealed their secrets after 17 years. ■niiu wjuay tut iuiuii wishes to contact the
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    BLAST WRECKS SYNAGOGUE OFFICE: 'WORK OF VANDALS'
    83 2 BLAST WRECKS SYNAGOGUE OFFICE: 'WORK OF VANDALS' JOHANNESBURG. Mon An explosion wrecked one of several offices on the cast wing of the Wolmarans Street synagogue here yesterday. shattering windows m three blocks of flats opposite. Police sa id between five and ten pounds of dynamite were used. Wolmarans Streel synagogue,
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    Mercy flight
    31 2 HONG KONG. Mon. A helicopter of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force airlifted a Chinese workman. seriously Injured m a road accident on Lantao Island. to the hospital here.
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    New pain-killer
    19 2 JACKSON (Mississippi), Mon.— A surgical team here successfully used an electronic device to anaesthetise a woman patient.
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    Taj in alabaster for the Queen on Indian tour
    464 2 Taj in alabaster for the Queen on Indian tour ''iT/'h^raEiT PRESS FOREIGN SERVICE N EW DELHI Monca, AN SO-pound model of the Taj Mahal J out of fine Italian alabaster stae uj presented to Queen Klizabeth In the |l Pradesh State Government mken she J the monument at Agra. National
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    HISTORIANS AND THE YOUNG GIANTS ...BY YONG
    166 2 HISTORIANS AND THE YOUNG GIANTS ...BY YONG I FROM hJ.\ responsibility c liical n; o: t;t-<.'.> I .iv v.v.'.n.. llr O.; ben i thinking I v ill make po&sibn eecom individual tin ne I the liitii tepn n ntt d O V nicrooa i Hi. i s eco:. l.t o:
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      239 2 EUROPE SERVICE Aden, Port Said, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, E Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Scandinavia with transhipment. Spore r S'haiP r r s Extra Calls At: u2l Jan 22 24 Jan 25 Jan Barcelona, Leixoes. Hamburg (152). Bremen. r Scheme Liojfl 27 30 Jan 2. 5 Feb 31 1 Feo Alexandria.
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      511 2 -NOTE: All prices below are middle prices.— SINGAPORE, Monday. Wearne Bros 2.23 2.27V2 Sungei Ben W» «W» SHUI.mb WBBk« SSJ 1^::::: S S BB^J g £,ST-= S &> Previous Saturday wmi am Jacka 1.45 1.46 Sunge. Way U7 i-'^Beraain 3/9 310 Asm. Bncsis Cfds. (N) .SO .90. uiNWU I"1 P
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      213 2 Red missile test a fli WASHINGTON. Mon.-- by Hie D Russia may b» using Btfttion similar methods v Ametica In preparation for a mar.- TV,< < X into-space flight, according u>r- i to some U.S. Air Force mx mil space expert v va ail att An M object with missile
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      166 2 N.Y.K.LINE ■>:^rr>i Hjnj 1 HamtK 1 Rotterdam s Ha 9 II Feb i«.3*i Maru ret Aden etSda* f S3 Mi ijmt Hambari T a :s 1 I A a j c're" 27 29 Jan Nijaa Maru For I, B< rut, Lattal a Bo -gy>. Co-r.rn. Mm j 12 H Mar
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    Be Malayan' drama drive among the youths
    250 3  - Be Malayan' drama drive among the youths ARTHUR RICHARDS By SINGAPORE CITY, Mon.— The Singapore Chinese YMCA plans to bring drama m four languages to all the 380,000 school children m the State. This is part of the association's 196! plans to strengBthen the YMCA movement and foster a fraternal
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    pil goes straight to teaching staff of her old school
    167 3 pil goes straight to teaching staff of her old school I girl, ho made up her go to become a leacher, lion. She has taken up her old school, the Nan School p I 1 I I Stamford, Mon. scored l- 1 firsts In her 12 years at schooling. Miss
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    Alliance vs P.P.P.?
    28 3 IPOH. Mon. -The Alliance and the Peoples Progressive Party have decided to pick their candidates for town council elections m Perak well before nomination day.
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    Back home happy
    33 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Tlie deputy chairman of the i London Tin Corporation. Dato Sir Douglas Waring, returned to Britain happy with tin prospecting work now being carried out m Malaya.
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    A charity dance
    47 3 MUAR. Mon.— A Chinese I New ear dance to raise funds to buy an oxygen tent for the District Hospital here 1 will be held at the Diamond jubilee Hall on Feb 18 It i will be organised by the Muar Rotary Club f
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    DEATH
    133 3 Timeless enemies m a fi^ht to the finish A MOMENT OF DEATH PRESERVED it was a battle to the death between a mongoose and a cobra m an Indian village m Tanjore District one day last November. The owner of the mongoose pet, S. Periasamy, a Singapore clerk on
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    EX-BOXER FIGHTS BEES... AND FOR THE FIRST TIME TAKES A FULL COUNT
    219 3 EX-BOXER FIGHTS BEES... AND FOR THE FIRST TIME TAKES A FULL COUNT KATONG. Mon. Billy Ong. 59. an ex-boxer, had fought many battles In the ring at the Happy World m hi.-- younger days, but never once took the lull count. But he was laid out by a swarm of
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    Fishing stakes ban
    32 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. I The Federation Government intends to ban all fishing stakes m the country shortly, the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. said.
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    Decorations contest
    32 3 i PENANG, Mon.— The Penang National Language Month state committee will hold a .shops and firms decoration i competition to "promote and I encourage" the use of the national language.
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    Grants for port
    31 3 MALACCA. Mon.— The cost of setting up Malacca 's proposed Port Commission is likely to be included m the supplementary budget to be introduced m Parliament m i.pril.
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    Record number of Mecca piligrims
    62 3 PENANG, Mon. A post-war record number of Malayan Muslims will go on a pilgrimage to Mecca this year when the new pilgrim ship. Kuala Lumpur, makes its maiden voyage. The pilgrimage control oiTicer, Haji All Rouse, announced thai 7.043 pilgrims, including 64G from Singapore, Sarawak,
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      316 3 qhirp market report; 7.00 The I date; 200 Close down; 5.00 Medium Wave 4T6 metres j bnare NewsUlk; 7.15 Japan j Children's Corner; 5.30 HBC trom 8.00 p.m.— 900 p.m. d^»i> LJ^ce Patrol; 8.30 Record show- boree; 6.55 Malayan stock excnm- qno Sones from the change report; 7.00 rune BigAM.:
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  • Death from the Sea
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    Now it's Brando on the Bounty
    340 5 ■B^"*"" "■■■■■^■^■BBBBBmzz NODDING PALMS. DANCING GIRLS AND TARITATHE MUTINEERS NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD POOR Captain Bligh! When My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty appointed him to the 250-ton Bounty and sent him off to Tahiti "to obtain plants of the breadfruit with a
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      14 5 KSAHI CULTURED PEARLS LOVE Wil GUITAR 1 P 'LVANIA descent Tubes ■ertors °nger mcti
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      155 5 RIP KIRBY by John Prentice 6c Fred Diekensoi M""-— rCS X<E/ ■BBBBI^AYI 065a?\E THAT AV^-Jf^wT 7V£ SAVI£ r Me I_, 3JI H f LEN MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis If^ XTocrv:^--| lat LAST-:^hc-;-;-!^f '.-.r- :S V r r vj7^ jj,J \AYLAM6 40E!)Y0U-SOYOU LOMPOM. 1601--TME /^K B: GREAMINS? JCUW^NTJg,
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  • TELLING THE PEOPLE
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      Apartheid and Afro-Asia
      220 6 Apartheid and Afro-Asia 11 ILL the South Af- rica of Dr. Verwoerd emerge from the March conference Prime Ministers with its membership of the Commonwealth confirmed? African and Indian politicians ivow. the Union now holding a series of strategy meetings m London are determined that she should not. They are
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      The doctor abroad
      103 6 IMPRESSIVE is the 1 array of medical teams that the Japanese are sending this year to South-East Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Consider the list: Singapore: Seventeen medical specialists under the Colombo Plan. Ceylon: Three tuberculosis experts. India: Three leprologists. Indonesia: Two dental professors who will
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  • Singapore Scene
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      FUN TIME ON CRUISER
      246 6 ROYAL NAVY OFFICERS, MEN PLAY HOSTS TO 20 SPASTICS SEMBAWANG, .Mon. TWENTY han d icapped children from the Singapore Spastic Children's Association recently had the fun of their lives on board a Royal Navy cruiser. Their hosts were officers and men of HMS Belfast who rigged
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      Chinese Chamber chief opens new $3 mil. Katong housing estate
      264 6 Chinese Chamber chief opens new $3 mil. Katong housing estate OUXDREDS of well-wishers and visitors turned up to attend the opening ceremony of "Eastern Mansion" the new seaside housing estate at Katong by Mr. Ko Teck Kin. chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Scan Boon Heng. managing
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      ECAFE delegate
      36 6 SINGAPORE CITY. Mon.— Tlii Singapore Government has selected Mr. Lim Sb.ee Ping to represent the Ministry of Finance at the forthcoming ECAFE conference on Industries and Natural Resources beginning m Bangkok on Jan. "25
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      Repairs to godown
      26 6 SINGAPORE CITY. Mon. General repairs and colour washing are to be carried out to Pepys Road rice godown at a cost of $69,672.
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      TRUST FUND TO BUILD NEW $95.000 HOME FOR ORPHANS
      106 6 TRUST FUND TO BUILD NEW $95.000 HOME FOR ORPHANS pEYLANG. Mor.. A new vl orphanage Is to be erected at Mattar Poad off Aljunied Road by the Singapore Muslim Trust Fund Association to replace the present institution m Geylang. The proposed orphanage costing 595.000 will be a two-storey building. It
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      Visiting clown keeps lunch-time crowd agog at city car park
      314 6 Visiting clown keeps lunch-time crowd agog at city car park RAFFLES PLACE. MON UNCLE 808 has come to town. He attracted a large lunchtime crowd when he stopped his van at the Raffles Place car park. Uncle Bob m real life, Bob Murray, 40, is a circus clown, musician, magician,
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      76 6 First Choice of 1961 Vc offer the newest and best optical crvice. It you have been wearing our (losses during 1960 >ou'll want to ontmue the patronage. It you hove tot yet tried our service make it our first New Year's resolution to noko a convenient appointment.... M better still
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    THOSE POWDER PUFF IN S'PORE
    60 7  - THOSE POWDER PUFF IN S'PORE CHAN SWAN BEE g No. 1 I layer, Miyage, is >j the msctous Singapore. who was tisit, -aid rerj fen :.UTanen are to holds singles women lable-tennis n ;>■■■- tableketbali v nis, un think pend as vatch a comlour gles Centra] to ■t fee a
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    Fisnermen report ikan bilis 'invasion' off Marine Parade
    43 7 Fisnermen report ikan bilis 'invasion' off Marine Parade (KATONG, Monday. ted an ikan bills "invain- Parade. They sa\ there fish, less than 3in. long, m W do r ►kin^ monster I 8 .d if m m. i .-eh >] P aid a [Sht be
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    Call for tenders
    21 7 V kg M m ruct; m lanjong m Buwt I CUnic I?:- and Yeo I I uud ttn£
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    HE'S OFF TO SEE S SIS AFTER 14 YEARS
    201 7  - HE'S OFF TO SEE S SIS AFTER 14 YEARS PAYA LEBAR Mon. 1 11 1 fli^i^rß OFF to see his sister m England ior the first time m 14 years is airline traffic supervisor Mr. David Adcock. Mr. Adcock last saw his sis- ter, Miriam, m 1947 when he left
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    Govt. should sponsor academy of music here, says pianist Yu
    333 7 Govt. should sponsor academy of music here, says pianist Yu SINGAPORE CITY, Monday. A BRILLIANT young Singapore pianist, Yu Chun Yee, 24, who will be leaving for Paris next week to study under Madame Tagliat'erro, told the Free Press that the Government should sponsor a Singapore Chun Yee, who returned
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    YOUTH AND NATION BUILDING
    74 7 YOUTH AND NATION BUILDING y^:^:. AP Ma, Singa] r o 3 are urged jo re- itince the "culture rh€K gum, ci ca-o da and rock n 1 roll and to consciously study and n spect the cultures ol our people The call is made editorially In the Siglap clarion. ir.a^azir.e
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    POP
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    I-card advice
    29 7 ALOR STAR. Mon. The State Registration Officer, Mr. R Ampaavanar urged the people, especially those living m central Kedah, to take out their new identity cards early.
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    New block of flats for Katong
    139 7 KATONG. Mon A new block oi modern fourstorey tlats at the june on Ol Fort Road and Mountbatten Road will be ready before the end of th.' \eai The Ref block. to o< railed Paterson Mansions win consist of 32 units, each with two
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    FISHING DURING LUNCH-BREAK IS NEW 'SPORT'
    54 7 FISHING DURING LUNCH-BREAK IS NEW 'SPORT' >TAVAL BASE. Mon. Fishing inside the dockyard perimeter fence during the lunch-break Is becoming an increasingly popular sport among dockyard workers here. As soon as the hooter goes at 11.30 a.m.. the workmen have a hurried lunch and then rush to the wharf-side, or
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    5 on study tour
    29 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Four Japanese students and their professor who are on a study tour of South-East Asian countries, arrived m i Kuala Lumpur recently.
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    Sprints: A day to remember despite all the misgivings
    363 8  - Sprints: A day to remember despite all the misgivings G. SUBHAS THERE WERE FAULTS— BUT IT WAS A BOLD STEP BY THIS CL PHHB^ by fdfdfdfvbghfgdfgd fd SINGAPORE CITY, Monday. THE scooter sprints held at the Old Upper Thomson Road track hist Sunday will go down m Singapore's motor-racing records
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    USE COMMUNITY CENTRES TO HELP THE POOR, ADVISES OFFICER
    147 8 USE COMMUNITY CENTRES TO HELP THE POOR, ADVISES OFFICER KALLANG, Mon. A suggestion th at community centres be used by philanthropic associations to distribute gifts has been made by the publicity I officer of the Peoples Association, Mr. Neo Beng Chuan. Mr. Neo was answering an Inquiry as to whether
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    Free tickets for Cultural night
    49 8 SINGAPORE CITY. Mon. Free admission tickets lor the "Cultural Night" organised by the Ministry of Culture for delegates of the S.E. Asian Historian Conference are obtainable at the box office of the Cultural Centre tonight before the start of the thow at 7.30 p.m.
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    scrap of paper Starts a chain of doubts
    38 9 il'Ni&ilili B k rrr.ir> f irittingprder Soutl ice. an it -ed of L it Ml by l t-nntana I gs t oi m. res. I' ikes 1 I ft i
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    Look here for your lucky star
    317 9 II to proto I p:.ce it has been s .-ned. Just make sure you arc not trapped In a routine job. You have a loving nature but, you appear reserved I even aloof, when it c.. T.e> to making friends. To find what the
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    A hard look at Hickok
    1083 9  -  PETER FORSTER -A LEGEND THAT SURVIVED ACES AND EIGHTS by X lll |«gend ot the Wild West has been exploded often enough— even the makers of television films must know by now that m reality the Western "heroes" were mostly sordid, small-time criminals. Buta new
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    A thriller for keen 'shutter-bugs'
    467 9 JggH'^'^^x'N'v'' 'v^ >^ t^'^*X''* s v^v'sj^>'^ 1 -^^^y^^Sx^-"^' NEW PHOTOGRAMS 1961. (llifTe cV Son>. Ltd.) Ms. pHOTOGRAMS of the year first appeared m 1895. What immense strides have been taken since then In the skill and technical acumen of phot h graphers rhis new collecti
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    Rupert and the Sky-boat-23
    98 9 While they are peering at the mystery. Rupert tilts it slightly. Immediately the hammer* head slips off and falls with a bump to the ground, while the piece of metal drags itself from his hand and g*ts whizzing up into the sky. Why, that's exactly what
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      Calling all Sepak Raga enthusiasts: Join this tournament
      271 10 Calling all Sepak Raga enthusiasts Join this tournament THREE-DIVISION competition for the Singapore Championship Cup will be run by the Singapore Amateur Sepak Raga Association this year. There are 27 clubs affiliated t() 1 110 iISSOCkUIOn. trams ran mm the assoria- The three divisions will be A" and 'B* divisions,
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      DANCERS TO SWto G-MEN FUN!
      705 10  - DANCERS TO SWto G-MEN FUN! KEN JALLEH SPORTS CHATTER BY »TWO beautiful Indian classical dancers, m Singapore for their holidays, are expected to swell the Tour Fund of the Singapore Government Services Football Association, preparing to leave for their Indonesian tour, on January 26. Secretary of the SGSFA. Mr S.
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      Tamil Festival soccer champs
      68 10 0 Umar Pulavar Tamil High School, who became champions m the Tamil Festival Soccer tournament when they beat Pasir Panjang Tamil School m the replay. Standing from left to right: Mr. V. Sethupathy (Sports Secretary of the Organising Committee), S. M. Frook, Pathy, Kuppan, Shanmugam. Kasinathan,
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      Mrs TONY LOCK BLASTS 'MEAN' SURREY FANS
      180 10 |j ONDON. Mon.— Mrs. Tony i*^ Lock delivered a final j blast against Surrey's cricket supporters for "meanness and poor spirit" m raising less than $40,000 as a benefit for her husband, the England left-arm bowler. An Irate Audrey said: "My indignation against
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      BASILIO IS SUSPENDED
      64 10 NEW YORK, Mon.— Carmen i Basilio was suspended for 60 days by the New York State Athletic Commission for being overweight m violation of i his contract, m his fight against Gaspar Ortega on Jan. 7. The suspension against former world's middleweight and welterweight champion was ellective
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      N. Malayan golf
      39 10 IPOH. Mon.— The Perak Turf Club Sporty Club will hold i the annual North Malayan golf championship on the Tiger Lane course here over the Chinese New Year holi- days on Feb. 15. 16 and 17.
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      MAKE A MAGIC TRE
      123 10  -  P.C. SORCAR By TAKE a long strip of paper the longer the bet- ter. Such strips can be had from a newspaper by folding it along the columns. Then roll it up. Take the roll m your hand and cut with a pair of scissors or
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      DO NOT LISTEN TO THE MOANERS... STANDARD UP
      1811 11  - DO NOT LISTEN TO THE MOANERS... STANDARD UP KEN JALLEH by |i!u ipore fblfe proclaiming its newly won a> an independent State, flew the breeic, and the people rose as the Miuilah Sinisrapura filled the South n nsob (iames stadium at Bangho< afternoon m mid-December, iad just started, and on
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      The men are victorious
      178 11 SINGAPORE, Mon. Senior men golfers of Malaya beat the women Golrers of the Royal Singapore Golf Club m their annual match played at the R.S.G.C. links at Sime Road yesterday. Results (Senior men golfers mentioned first): C. H- Pell and M- Dukey (1) V Mrs. A.
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      AWARD FOR A SINGAPORE M-CYCLIST
      83 11 QINGAPORE, Mon.—Twenty>s six-year-old motor-cyclist, Cheng Teck Meng, will be awarded with a, gold Gilera badge for his victories on an Italian machine. Dr. Ing Michele Bianchi director of the Moto Gilera of Milan, said: "Please express to Mr. Cheng our best compliments for his victories
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      They will play for Singapore
      111 11 TALAN BESAR. Mon— The fol- lowing players have been i vselected for matcnes against l the Spartak Prague at Jaianl Besar. On Saturday, January' at 730 p.m.: Singapore Selection: Mokhtar Tabri, Samaa Abdullah, All Samijan, Omar Rahmat, Lee Teng Yee, Napi Bari. Omar Awaiig, Gurunathan,
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      Big fight date
      21 11 MIAMI BEACH, Mon.—The third world heavyweight title fight between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson, Is on March 13.
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      Benneth's winning farewell
      400 11 it Ma i the I B. pore Junior E land K.- I X K. B Hinton ■t stroke I B Hoard), i h I ft J Pothotl. more, I M 1 »c- style: 1 M. Breet. 2. D. O B>Tne, 3. A. Davies. 19-9 sec. 30 metres
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      Eight trusty clubs collected by caddy for the Open
      297 11  - Eight trusty clubs collected by caddy for the Open LITTLE NENE B> SINGAPORE CITY, Mon. WITH eight assorted clubs, Lini Ah Beng, 41--year-old Royal Island Club caddy and father of seven children, will enter the $20,000 Open golf competition at RIC links next month. A caddy for 18 years, Ah
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      A last chance to enter the Sevens rugby tournament
      359 11 A last chance to enter the Sevens rugby tournament SINGAPORE CITY, Mon. Today is the last day foi teams to enter thr seven-a-side rugby tuurnament. Organised by the Singapoie Cricket Club. it is open to all. Play begins on Jan. 3G Semi-finals and the nn?l will be played on Saturday
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      Canterbury are Shield leaders
      79 11 i i CHBISTCHURCH, Men—Cantcrbuiy beat Central Districts by nine vickets to place themselves m a viriually uui>ea;able position m tills season's Plu;.icet Shield cricket championship. The position at the top of the labie now read. 5 Canterbury 30 points from three matches; Ota^o 13 points from
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      Fit Palomar dazzles with 38 1/5On soft track
      400 12  - Fit Palomar dazzles with 38 1/5On soft track ALLAN LEWIS A SPECIAL 600 a.m. REPORT FROM IPOH BY DALOMAR (Subian) showed thai he is quite lit when going better Ihan stablcmate Malham (Leman) over a snuu-llv run three m :;s :> on the slightly sofl number two track this morning.
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      CINEMASCOPE BEATS SAME KING'S MISSION IN THE MAIN RACE
      105 12 CINEMASCOPE BEATS SAME KING'S MISSION IN THE MAIN RACE 3HAW stables started the new racing season on the right leg at Ipoh yesterday with three winners, Exhibitor 11, (Race Four), Enjoyment 111 (Race Five) and Cinemascope 111 (Race Six). Enjoyment and Cinemascope are trained by Jack Spencer m Singapore and
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      Army challenge the Civilians today for hockey title
      220 12 U'ILL Ihe Civilians retain their championship of Ihe Local Quadrangular, or will the Army supersede them 4 The answer to this question will Ik' decided when the two sides meet today al the S.R.C padang at 5.15 p.m. Civilians, who fielded different
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      Kiwis name Test team
      87 12 DUNEDIN, Moa -Only two oi 12 players named by New Zealand for the first unofficial four-day Test against! the M.C.C. next Friday are Without previous international experience. They arc sr. J. Cameron, j Otago ia-: -medium bowler,! and P. T. Barton, stylish right-hand batsman The 12
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      Stamford too good
      23 12 BUKIT TIMAH. Mon.— > Stamford Community Centre; beat Bukit Timah Commu- nity centre 5-1 In the 1961 inter-Community centre tennis tournament.
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      RECORD BREAKER ACQUITTED ON EXPENSE CHARGE
      146 12 RECORD BREAKER ACQUITTED ON EXPENSE CHARGE In a few words DORTMI'XD. Luier, world record breaking hurdler, was acquitted by the West Gorman Athletic Association of overcharging on exper^es for an international meeting. LONDON. British women swimmer* v. ill learn up with me best m Europe to take on the United
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      Second day weights for Ipoh
      286 12 Remaining weights for second day of the Perak Turf Club on Wednesday. Cl. 5, Div 1- OF: Eiilol Tower 9.0. Funny Face 8.10, Remembrance 8.9. Dauntless 8.3. Little Lulu 8.7. Lancier 8.6. Colour Film 8.4. Summer Kiss 8.3. Bravo 8.2. Bim. Swell 8.2. Cargo Rice
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      FLYING START FOR THE SHAW STABLES
      868 12 Loyalty seemed to run his race m patches and at the home turn looked dangerous. But he made no impression m the run home. AH Clear who followed the winner practically all the way was giving ground at the finish. npHF Shaw Stabte-Spencer- Maddock
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      'I'm pretty sure I would have won' says Downes
      457 12 BEFORE leaving for New York yesterday, challenger Terry Downes said he believed it would be at least three months before he could resume fighting because of the nose cuts he suffered on Saturday night when stopped m the seventh round of
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      146 10 JS& LEONARD"?^ Incorporate* every tried nnd proved "7 ~7 feature used m domestic refrigerators: CU. Tt. Price: Singapore $840/- Federation $1,015 Less Special Cash Discount Represented m Federation of Malaya HARDEN COMPANY s H TA^ SONS 78 82, ORCHARD RD., S'PORE-9 6tn Moor. Chino Insuronce Building, Til *****-*****-2890* I 7*.
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      328 10 CLUES OC ROSS T "1 1. I'm up witn nothing but I i I V? i |z BBBZ~ dream-stuff! (5». 'I I 4. Fay creatures get it m The H^^h k^tf tf broken press (7). 3 8- To be superlative sounds like JBH|^.^_HH_^__^^H^ I forty to the Romans (5). R™""^
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      39 11 Today's Sport So«*r: Star Soccerltes v H.M.S. ravalier, Farrer Park 5.15 p.m. Hnrkev I^>c al Quadrangular: Navy v R -A.P.. S.RC. padan«r 3.45 p.m Army v Civilians. S.R.C. t«dane 5.00 pm. Rafby: S.C.C. v All Blues, padang 5.00 p.m
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