The Singapore Free Press, 4 August 1961

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    16 1 NEWS YOU MUST READ.,, The SINGAPORE Free Press No. *****. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1961 15 CENTS
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    PARIS MEET ON BERLIN
    34 1 Ifignt Li 3GOr I talks' > hir ni^hi ith I i-ihv m i deni Ken- lited I ed to lerlin but is I for I I i k I I I
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    YOUTH WHO QUIT SCHOOL TO ACT WILL STAR WITH HUDSON
    240 1 YOUTH WHO QUIT SCHOOL TO ACT WILL STAR WITH HUDSON SINGAPORE, Friday. A MALAY youth from Perak who abandoned his studies to come to Singapore to become an actor is to leave for Hollywood to costar in Universal Pictures' "The Spiral Road/' He is actor Ibrahim bin Hassan. 25. of
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    GROUSE AGAINST BOAC: TOO MANY ASIANS EMPLOYED
    116 1 ONDON. Fri. The pan»i Ld represe nting 8.0.A.C. and I its stewards and stewardesses is to hold a special meeting next Thursday to j discuss a complaint that 8.0.A.C. is employing too i many Asian stewardesses ■in proportion to British girls. A statement
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    'LIZ' IN S'PORE SURPRISE...
    175 1 'LIZ' IN S'PORE SURPRISE. Then autograph-hunters found out that she was just a 'double' SINGAPORE, Friday. ELIZABETH TAYLOB is in town!".Singa--1-i poreans whispered and passed the word iround outside a local cinema lasi night. And within minutes a large crowd had gathered round "Liz" as she stood waiting for the
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    'More pay' demand
    36 1 tokvo Frt.- Japan* mrvps? i-i iwur organisation, the General i rurril or Japan Trace Union*. opened its 17th annualconvention wltb a demand for more pay and snorter work\Z hour, luV i 3.8i»0.000 membeis
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    'What an awful life it is to be dead...'
    456 1 What an awful life it is to be dead LONDON. Fri. A coroner refused to bring Mrs. Chrlssie Fraser back to life. She is still dead officially. Mrs. Fraser turned up alive at her sister's home in Aberdeen 10 days after the coroner recorded a verdict that she was the
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    'Happy Malaysia'
    35 1 KUCHING, Fri. Miss Joan Vickers. Conservative member of the British Parliament, said on arrival here on Wednesday that she in favour of Malaya's i Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahi man's "Happy Malaysia" plan.
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    How science comes to the aid of the detective
    134 1 A NEW series on your favourite subject crime detection starts in The Free Press tomorrow. It tells how science comes to the aid of the detective in solving baffling mysteries. It tells how the evidence of forensic experts has trapped men
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    Forum postponed
    27 1 SINGAPORE. Fn. TTie public forum on "The Constitutional Struggle Ahead" at the Nanyangj University tonight has been post- puiit ci. IT'LL HANDLE FIRE, MARINE POLICIES
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    Japanese insurance firm sets up business
    101 1 Japanese insurance firm sets up business gIXGAPORE, FrL— A Japanese insurance company Ikis set up business in Singapore for the iiist lime. Japanese officials who arrived here to inaugu- rate it were introduced Ito local businessmen at a cocktail party at the iAdelphi Hotel. The Japanese company, through its agents,
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    Students' Walk: List of names
    50 1 A RECORD Dumber of boys and girls have entered for the second annual Students' Walk on Sunday. Aug. 13. The first list of entries and their numbers appear in page 11 today. The second and final list will be published in The Free Press tomorrow.
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    4 simulators killed
    39 1 SYDNEY. Fri. Four Au.stralian airmen who had been employed as "astronaut simulators" in muck spare flights were killed when an Air Force Dakota crashed near Perth la.»i Monday, reports Hip Aeronautical Correspondent of ilie Adelaide Advertiser.
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      TIN FIRMER ON ADVANCE AT S'PORE AND G.S.A. SALES
      164 2 TIN FIRMER ON ADVANCE AT S'PORE AND G.S.A. SALES |ON DON. Fri. Tin J opened iirmer on j the advance at Sinsu-j pure and the satisfae- tory response to the General Services Administration's tin sale. highei levels, however. ht out freer offers and [ell bark to finish around the previous
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      Market indices
      27 2 i N -v Fr. he Pinan- Indices for ago, :.U t< f's respe T -liu J:1 0. 433 3 2« I*' i IW 3. 193
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      Borgward paying off workers
      42 2 MEN. G nyi, Borgi Com] i rted laying ofl '.2.500 who are bei g i smissed r efforts > find ne\ flrm DQ tp er < amp my i crisis, will Mig rhen I lave The m e Fe bruarv.
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      Ships in port
      88 2 CHli'j lyin^- SlWlftSldO UN olri-JDur. J .-.'■ir.., tufljv .trt 8 x^v :9, State of Rajastbai :i Banka 23/24 Stai I erkern 13/14 i. Sirusa 0 roads Straat RiOi k• Pede, Pwei •r, i Lei i'r»- %< di- Tomar, Hoegli l IT, Inner »f....; :.:.>• ag Larut, 7oa|
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      Malakoff Rubber take-over of Broome is an important move
      362 2 Malakoff Rubber take-over of Broome is an important move By The Free Press Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. I AST YEAR Malakoff Rubber secured the issued capital of Kelantan Rubber, following a share exchange offer, largely with a view to developing the extensive implanted areas owned by this company, states the
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      GILTS TUMBLE FURTHER: INDUSTRIALS FORGE AHEAD
      152 2 GILTS TUMBLE FURTHER INDUSTRIALS FORGE AHEAD T ONDON. Fri. Industrial equities and gilt-edged securities continued to pursue opposite courses in the stock markets here yesterday under the influence of the Trustee investment B.li. Gilt-edged securities rumbled further In t':-.e morning and al- though a :norie-t. rally was staged later, prices
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      Sterling rallies
      51 2 [.ondon Pri After a minor dn; due to the publication o: the big July loss In reserves, sterling resumed its advance. In New York rallied back almost to par, j with d big demand. In London yesterday morning it opened at about 2 7985 dollars and rallied to
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      Hong Kong prices
      57 2 HONG KONG. Thurs.— Closing prices here today were: Previous Today I H. Bank Corporation 5382 S3S4 i Si-. > sales Wheelock Marderi $13.10 513.20 sales sales HTcong phone $46.00 $47.25 j buyers sales j Dairy Farm St Coid Storage 541.00 $4i.uo' sales sales < Taikoo Dock 570.00
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      UPs and DOWNs of your shares
      116 2 UPs and DOWNs of your shares La^ sales In the Singapore Trading Room yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS: Bousteud 51. 59 1 cenl i, F. N. Ords. $2.49 i— 1 cent), dammon Si. B7 2 cents), McAHster 51 .40 I 2 cents), Sime Darby 7s. 10£d. i lid.). Steamers 84 cents (h
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      Kenya bank scheme announced
      80 2 NAIROBI. Fri.— Plans to establish an African bank in Kenya and a similar one in the Central African Federation have been announced here by Colonel David Stirling, former president of the multi-racial Capricorn Africa Society. He said the proposals had been widely circulated in the city
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      Unemployment falls
      32 2 on w WASHINGTON. Fri. Unemployment m the United States dropped to 5,140,000 m July lrom 5.580.000 in June, the Labour Department ha.s announced. There were 4.000,000 idle in July. 1960.
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    G-G sworn in
    32 2 CANBERRA. Fr; Vi-couni De L'lsle was yesterday sworn in as Australia's 15th Governor- j General in a brief, colourful j ceremony in the Senate Chamber j at Parliament House.
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    Bourguiba's price for dropping complaint to the U.N.
    195 2 Bourguiba's price for dropping complaint to the U.N. TUNIS, Fri.— Tunisia i is ready to drop her complaint to the United Nations on Bizerta if France agrees to negotiate a timetable for the evacuation of the base, President Habib Bourguiba said yesterday. 'The United States and) France he told a
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    Jet pilot killed
    34 2 SEOUL. Fn.- Fhe United States Air Force pilot oi a jet tighter was killed yesterday when his aircrafi crashed and burned during li tiding at an air base in South Kort-a.
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    US airline crew to tote guns in bid to beat Hijackers
    273 2 EL PASO (TexaiK Friday. TIIH U.S. Government hst nignt authorised the arming of commercial airline crews following an attempt here yesterday to hijack Lit gunpoint a Boeing /()7 jel airliner with (i~ passengers aboard. Two men first thought to
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    'I HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO MAKE MOON FLIGHT'-YURI
    135 2 'I HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO MAKE MOON FLIGHT'-YURI >M:\V YORK. Fri.— Major i Yuri Gagarin believes he will be chosen to make Russia's first flight to the moon, according to an American publisher who interviewed him in the Dutch West Indies. Mr. Gerald Bartell, President of MacFadden Publications and
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    GIRL, 17, BATTERED TO DEATH
    104 2 pLASGOW, Fri. Detecvl lives were yesterday investigating the murder of a 17-year-old girl the third person to die by violence in the city in the last 11 days. She was Margaret Parker battered to death on Wednesday night, just after she had been escorted home
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    3-HOUR LAOS MEET AGREES ON TROOPS BAN
    174 2 3-HOUR LAOS MEET AGREES ON TROOPS BAN (JENEVA. Fri. The 14--power Laos conference has reached broad conditional agreement on banning foreign troops and military bases from a neutral Laos, authoritative sources said. The conference, in a thrrehour session yesterday has also conditionally agreed on general undertakings not to import armaments
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    ROUND THE WORLD MARKET PRICES
    365 2 NOTE; All prices beiuw I are middle vrices U.K. Closing Prices LONDON. Auk. 3. Previous Today HUBBEK No. ll»b e.l.f E ii to p t a n ports Aug 7/16 24 7 '16 Sept 24 11 Hi L't, Roubth No 1 KiiS Spol 24 9/16
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    Commons backs Govt. decision to join the European 'Six'
    302 2 Commons backs Govt. decision to join the European 'Six' LONDON. Friday. THE House of Commons last night overwhelmingly endorsed the British Government's decision to negotiate for membership of the European Common Market by 313 votes to five. Earlier the Commons had rejected a Labour Opposition motion critical of the Government's
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    70 2 Poiic< q opened t 01 violeri(v" a ;B and ordei <> B PoliC4 i] Q Clas] tween th e ri<.v hclmeted Ofl wA ,bl dshi i B Armoured J^ called it policen to hand mobs. Poli j I rioters A spokf -ma Wr were m and I P 1
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    Overthrow President
    14 2 pah: f Lmminei ovwtbro Qaulh j^K the papei 'P: '.::<■< fl lri> ur
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    Fewer incides
    13 2 LONDON ft K Be n tary. thr H I I I <
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    Nehru says
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      464 2 N.Y.K.LINE S'ro^e p. S'haa Pcrang SMNda f -'jru i;a 9 H Rotterdam 11/11 Aug Sagsmi Man rAd ih, c t. Said, G?noa, M'seilles, j ETA 24 96] Bremen, Rott rdan. Lonoon. II 27/29 Aug Rtnta Mjru Beirut, latl kia, Famgusta, i Sal« taitbul, (Bourgas, Constanza 11 13 Sept i': 1
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      243 2 NOTICE LIQUORS LICENSING BOARD SiNGAPORi NOTKK OF Ql \RTI Kl Y BG66XH! A quarterly sesr-ion of the LiqiM r 1 Will be held in the Court oi the I). Ifa the Criminal District and Ifag Bridge Road. Singapore, at 10.30 i.ra 1961. 2. Applications lor the taw House, Samsu Shop.
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    Ada ten years to your life by learning to sleep less
    823 3 Ada ten years to your life by learning to sleep less The eigntjigur^slumbgr probably came to be fixedjby _AeJenftdLo|jthe_iu^ I, -,„> t>»pedoed the old wives' adage about a one hour's sleep before midnight -HARVEY JAMES r n are is a lot tor a man to lose out of his life
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      276 3 thousands have taken advantage o/th JU j J S'-* l^^uu^ WHY NOTjrOU? LADIES' DEPT. MEW'S PEPf. I AMERICAN Lodies Slocks $4.00 SPORTSHIRTS $5.90 Lodies Shorts $2.60 READY MADE Dl e OA SLACKS 57.90 Embd. Blouses $6.90 AMERICAN TIES $2.50 Prtd Shirts Blouses ARROW FANCY 4 sleeves) $4.90 SH|RTS S9 90
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      170 3 RIP KUtBY by John Prentice Fred Dickenson MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis J THE HEART OF JULIET JONES by Stan Drake j HH^ 3 J^^f^ THE OEA &TO HIT &ACK, VASS/iyTTH| GIG -YOU KNOW A&OUT GUCH THINGS. 1 I K..AS A &OY WHO KNOWS^ ag^'v- M'~^\ AGLjv CAN
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    Singapore is proud of them
    330 4 f IWaa j j POPLE| 4 VISITING Austraa lian couple, Mr. and Mrs. T E. Johnson of S3 dney, are full of praise for our young men and women st udj ing in their count rv They said they had found Singapore and Mala} an
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    The man who gave up millions
    320 4 The man who gave up millions ...JUST TO BE AT KENNEDY'S ELBOW rfIHE Americans call him 1 "The Whiz Kid." His name: Robert Strange McNamara, 44 years of a«e. United States Secretary of Defence. Behind this man with the unlikely name are the U.S. armed troops, which, with their nuclear
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    100 YEARS AGO
    141 4 the Free Press reported: "By the .steamer Laucefield we have Calcutta papers to the 20th ult. The Licence Bill and the Bill for a Government Paper Currency, had been passed by the Legislative Council and received the assent oi the Governor- G ener a 1. Sir Barnes
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    JUST FANCY THAT
    59 4 oixty five schoolboys I at Hampton, on the outskirts ol Londo n, crammed on a single bed to win a new kind of world championship for their school. The captain oi the "bedsmen" told the crowd at a school fete that the American Air Force held the
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    WHERE THE OLD ARE NOT ALONE
    1040 4  - WHERE THE OLD ARE NOT ALONE T. J. CHICHAK BY St. John's Home for the Aged gives shelter and food to 40 needy people DEEP in the heart of Africa lives a tribe which disposes of the members who have become old and are no longer capable of service to
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    Life is like that
    22 4 Life is like that I I I I I a »d one Boviei m I H I I I I H| I
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    LAUGH.. BEACHCOM
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      615 4 1 on emn hand in your rlassified ad. to any on* of COLD STORAGE SHOPS throughout MALAYA and SINGAPORE CAMCRON HIGHLANDS Cold Storage iX> 1 M* iu 1 ii Rau iron OaM > <• M Lat.j ."> m Strrf RLANS d Sor-ir M td., Raad •lOTA IHA»U OaM Kaw^MC, UALA
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      13 4 fa COLDS./tC#£S a>ut P4//VS TIGER OIL ENG AUN TONC Tm| nCH MfOKAI HAll
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      33 4 v l=OR YOUR DELIGHT f LorwG si/; |S&^^ --J 10-PIGtQ|\j..CIGAPrTTL:: M^fc i IS I 20-PICEOW IWUICTTt^ 55- A PACKET IN WNWPOM 60^ A PACKET IN M«/W the finest Gevasonor a P rTTTLjJ AVAILABLEATA^GOO^TORt^^
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      255 4 SINGAPORE ing requests; 10.30 Law and Short Wave Service: P Ucy 1 1 n li C i— loi SJST val; 11.00 Starlight concert; ll metres (7250 kc/s.) 11.30 Music for two; 12 imidMcuium Wave Service: m hu close cimvu 176 metres. RADIO MALAYA (41.7 metres) A.M.— 11.00 Programme sum- P.M.—
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      334 4 CLUES ACROSS 9 Just a little io.- a oatm «3». i Work at the office, petfcaps n VVhal vou seasaa ticket ,4, oughl to o*t i.") i. 1 Game fellow? <».» t2 Tnis hook hurts! <s>. 8 U's noi good to put me fish io Tid y ieLler Wlln margin
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    DOCTOR TO GO FOR POST-GARD STUDY IN LONDON
    15 5 DOCTOR TO GO FOR POST-GARD STUDY IN LONDON I I f I I I r
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    S'pore to mark Children's Day: Holiday for 370,000
    225 5 S'pore to mark Children's Day: Holiday for 370,000 SINGAPORE, Friday. p)K the iirst time in Singapore's history, about 370,000 children from the four language streams will celebrate Children's Day on Oct. 2:5. This is in observance of the United Nans Children's Day. To mark the occasion, school holiday lus been
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    Welcome to Singapore
    104 5 Welcome to Singapore Logatto, Mr. F. uid Mr. E. Sabani, all i I the Italian Trudf ion, iltw m yes(rom Jakarta for three day stay before j Bangkok. They are j ithay Hotel r, D. Diaiy. hotel pn>- New Zealand, Hew hen ;terday for three H( itays at the Cock--11
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    ALEXANDRA LEE'S SINGAPORE DIARY
    574 5 ALEXANDRA LEE'S SINGAPORE DIARY SINGAPORE, Friday. IS SET for Hie dance to be run by the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association tomorrow night, the chairman of the dance committee, Mr. Leslie Long, tells me. The scene at Fraser and Neave Hall will climax the committee's full-scale efforts to make the occasion
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    TEACHERS WILL ATTEND BIG RALLY TOMORROW
    139 5 TEACHERS WILL ATTEND BIG RALLY TOMORROW SINGAPORE. Fri. All tea- chers in the State will celebrate Teachers' Day tomorrow with a mammoth rally at the Happy World Stadium at 9 a.m. The Yang di-Pertuan Ne- j gara. Inche Yusof bin Ishak. the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. and the
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    HEAD OF STATE SEES POLY STUDENTS' WORK
    68 5 HEAD OF STATE SEES POLY STUDENTS' WORK SINGAPORE. Fri. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara Inche Yusof bin Ishak and PuanNoor Aishah yesterday v^ited the Singapore Polytechnic where they saw the vork that is being done by the was also a preview of the displays and classSSk demonstrations which will be staged
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    Who's This?
    18 5 MAO TSE-TUNG of ComJSS& China was the ngst*rv personality in yp«' %$s "Who's This" quiz- I
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    THREE-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP FOR MALAY GIRL
    223 5 THREE-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP FOR MALAY GIRL T»ANJONG PAGAR, A Fri. Miss Rugayah binte Abdul Rashid, a library assistant at the Singapore Polytechnic, has been awarded a three-year scholarship under the Colonial Development and Wei- 1 fare Funds. She left for Britain on the "Asia", i yesterday. She is the first Malay
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      105 5 i Rv 'Ihhk i \s^^W WJk jJriS^N. in SINGAPORE our usual store FISaCA" Hit Parade (English I j Band of 10.30 to 11.00 a.m., ami BINACA" Gect Mala on 25 1 1 p.m on every Wednesday." I i PHONE ***** OR WRITE ORATION, 81-A, HIGH STREET. J>M M^»gg" jjm swing
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      342 5 K "X" k "^T "3nT "W 7-7 W sT 1 ANNIVERSARY ST SALE BARGAINS GALORE! LADIES' DEPT. J MEN'S DEPT. Ladies SKIRTS $4.20 VERTIGO I CHARTS S3 00 SHORTS $2 DACRON SHIRTS $7.50 SLACKS $4.20 W BLOUSES SS.SO j 54.90 Prtd. BLOUSES $3.90 ARROW SHIRTS PANTIES $1.2S HICKOK BELTS $40
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      25 5 Talk at church SINGAPORE. Fri. R^v. S scwaretnam. well-known: dist Church m Fort Canning Road at 8 p.m. today, rie leases for the Federation tomorrow.
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      294 5 CINEMAS SINGAPORE ART SOCIE\LHAMBKA: Gic^ei Goes TV: Exhibition ol local artists' Hawaiian 1.30, 4. tf.3o. 9.30 painting. British Council, OrCVPITOL- Spartacus 3. 8. ciiarci Roaa. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. CATHAY* One-Evert Jacks COMMONWEALTH TECHNI--115 4 645 930 CAL TRAINING WEEK exhibic;iOßE Michael StrcgofT tion at Boys' Town in Bukit
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    Island-wide cultural events planned for Orient Year festival
    250 6 Island-wide cultural events planned for Orient Year festival SINGAPORE, Friday. gIXTY-ONE cultural organisations and 40 schools will take part in this year's cultural festival which opens on Aug. 19. The festival, organised as pail of the Orient Year programme, will be marked by island-wide cultural events lasting for a week.
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    Special course to help Malays enter teaching profession
    275 6 Special course to help Malays enter teaching profession SINGAPORE, Friday. A TWO-AXD-A-HALF month Special Malay Secondary Course, planned to assist Malays who do not possess the minimum qualifications but want to get into the teaching profession, has been organised by the Lembaga Gerakan Pelajaran Dewasa (Adult Education Board). i The
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    EX-UNION MAN PLANS TO WRITE A BOOK ON CULTURE
    110 6 EX-UNION MAN PLANS TO WRITE A BOOK ON CULTURE gEMBAWANG- Fri. A 29-year-old writer is seriously studying the various aspects of Malayan culture to write a book on it. He is Mr. K. Bhasy, a former assistant secretary of the Singapore Naval Base Labour Union. Reads, writes Mr. Bhasy spends
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    Teacher injured
    30 6 SEREMBAN, Fri. Mr. Parchalingam. 27, a teacher in Taiping, was injured when his car crashed into a stream at the 21st mile Seremban. Kuala Lumpur Road near Semenylh.
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    Housewives worry as ikan bill's price doubles
    167 6 Housewives worry as ikan bill's price doubles SINGAPORE, Fri. Housewives in the State are worried over the recent sharp increase in the price of ikan bills (white bait). The price for the steamed variety has risen to about $1 a kati, more than double the normal price. The salted and
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    GAN ENG SENG PUPILS TO HOLD BARBECUE TOMORROW
    116 6 GAN ENG SENG PUPILS TO HOLD BARBECUE TOMORROW SINGAPORE, Fri. The pre-university and Secondary Four pupils of the Gan Eng Seng School will hold their first barbecue at Katong, tomorrow from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 pm. Mr. Lee Kim Siang, the organiser of the barbecue said that it was the
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    SCHOOL TO BUILD $100,000 SCIENCE BLOCK
    83 6 SCHOOL TO BUILD $100,000 SCIENCE BLOCK SINGAPORE. Fri. The Yock Eng High Schoo] in Tanjong Katong Road is building a four-storey science block costing $100,000. A spokesman of the school said that a grant of $50,000 had been approved by the Ministry of Education. Construction would begin as soon as
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    HE'S BACK WITH DIPLOMA IN PRINTING
    55 6 HE'S BACK WITH DIPLOMA IN PRINTING SINGAPORE, Fri. Mr. Soh Kee Loon, 28, (above) an old pupil of Victoria School, has returned home with a diploma for lithography from Japan. Mr. Soh left Singapore three years ago to join the Dai-Nippon Printing Company in Japan. He is also an associate
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    Govt. pilot survey
    27 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation Government is to undertake a pilot survey of the employment and unemployment situation in the rural and urban areas
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    Tanjong Rhu picnic to promote friendship among Christian youths
    148 6 Tanjong Rhu picnic to promote friendship among Christian youths SINGAPORE, Friday. JHE Singapore Youth for Christ will hold a "super-bumper* picnic on Wednesday at the ranjong Rhu Girls' School in Tanjonc| Rhu. The picnic from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m will be one of the biggest ever held bv the
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    Dance to help Refugee Fund
    64 6 NAVAL BASE, Fri A charity dance in aid ol the World Refugee Fund will b< held at the Di^jnond Jubilee Hall in Johore Bahru tomorrow from 8.30p.m. to I.ooam. Tickets for the dance are available from: Mr. R Somusundram, P.O Box. 81. Johore Bahru; or
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    9 BOYS ORGANISE GIANT' PICNIC
    76 6 QINGAPORE, Fri. Nine O youngsters have organised a social picnic for residents in the Tanglin area on August 6 at Pasir Ris from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Calling themselves the "Clarymids" of Tanglin the nine youths, whose ages range from 14 to 18, hope
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    SOCIETY TO HOLD TALKS ON EVOLUTION
    195 6 THE Singapore Society for Spiritual Culture has organised a course of six lectures entitled "Evolution" to be held at the Cultural Centre, Canning Rise, every Friday at 8 p.m. from Aug. 18 to Sept. 22. Three lectures will be given by Mr. D. S.
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    PROFESSOR THE U.S. SAYS SINGA FASCINAT
    58 6 PROFESSOR THE U.S. SAYS SINGA FASCINAT PAY". Uflttl r >nr Ui Singa] ::j the i 3 said I i Sin-..:-, '*m n ice- I Qberoi. w] I in -^B I for I n> r "''i bi;: aft<-r s< I Woflo I^H "I would there the world Jm Pr I I
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    Scouting jubilee
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    GMA AND DEMOCRACY-BY PROFESSOR
    438 9 M//nC at university talk says: 'Thejndmduar s rights must be safeguarded' iy begins if the citizen is robbed of his (join and subjugated to a political belief I SINGAPORE, Friday. „v m survive in any country expense of the citizen. For democracy, it must safely i)|
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    COMES PLANS INSTAL A KING CLOCK'
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    THREE COLLEGE GIRLS FROM AMERICA GET THEIR FIRST TASTE OF SATAY
    40 9 FRKf. Press photo shows three of the visiting American college students (from left) Sally Salo. 20, Mirai Rappeposey, 19, a.nd Nancy Johannes, 18, getting their first taste of satay.
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    Apple Queen Darriel in-she'll bring cheer to the underprivileged
    142 9 Apple Queen Darriel in -she'll bring cheer to the underprivileged SINGAPORE, Friday. JYJISS DARRIEL TOONE, 20, Australia's "Apple Queen 1961," stepped into Singapore for the first time, shortly after the liner Charon came alongside at nine o'clock in the morning. She told The Free Press: "I'm looking forward to meeting
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    HE'S AGAIN CHOSEN FOR ROTARY TALKS
    96 9 HE'S AGAIN CHOSEN FOR ROTARY TALKS SINGAPORE. Fri.— A wellknown Singapore Rotarian, Dr. Arthur W. S. Thevathasan. (above) has been appointed the Rotary International president's personal representative at four district conferences to be held in Japan in October this year. Dr. Thevathasan will be accompanied by his wife to the
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    Bishop lays school corner-stone
    38 9 T-\NJONC MALIM. Fri.— The Bishop of Penang, Msgr. Francis Chan, laid the cor-ner-stone of the $70,000 extension of the Catholic High School in Slim Road. The extension includes 10 classrooms and a science laboratory.
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    300 HELP TO SELL RSPCA FLAGS
    74 9 300 HELP TO SELL RSPCA FLAGS SINGAPORE. Fri. More than a hundred members and volunteers helped to sell Hags during the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals flag day on Wednesday. The organiser, Mrs. B. Sutherland, told The Free Press that she was pleased with the response
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    To study in Britain
    28 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. Mr. Alan Chan, an assistant manager of Jackson and Co., Ltd. here, leaves tomorrow I lor England to study sales i promotion-
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    Cultural show for 33 on tour
    175 9 Cultural show for 33 on tour QINGAPORE, F r i.— Twenty-six students and seven professors from the Western College for Women in America attended a cultural show held in their honour at the Chinese YMCA. The show was organised by the Chinese YMCA in association with the Malayan Council of
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    S'pore is little United Nations, say U.S. teachers on a round-world tour
    154 9 S'pore is little United Nations, say U.S. teachers on a round-world tour SINGAPORE, Friday. ■JHREK American high school teachers on a global tour have described Singapore as a miniature United Nations. They are Miss Hitcher, Miss A. Krug and Misg V. Valentine all of the Fordson High School in Dearborn,
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    YOUTHS TO EXCHANGE CULTURAL VIEWS
    139 9 YOUTHS TO EXCHANGE CULTURAL VIEWS IZATONG, Fri.— Malay youths in Geylang are organising a "get together party" at the People's Association on Aug. 11 at 7.30 p.m. Five hundred Malay youths from Singapore. Johore and 30 delegates of the Kuala Lumpur Malay Youths who are making a seven-day visit here,
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    'Invest in tourist trade' reminder
    56 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Federation was told that j unless it invested money in the tourist industry, the country could not hope to make it a paying proposition. This reminder came from the Tourist Promotion Officer. Inche Osman Siru, when he addressed the weekly luncheon
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    Deep water berths
    37 9 PORT SWETTENHAM. Fri. The Ministry of Transport will next recommend to the Government that additional deep water berths should be I built here as a follow-up to the $40-million North Klang Straits project. I
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    Girl of 22 can take care of herself on trip, say readers
    399 10 Girl of 22 can take care of herself on trip, say readers gIIOL'LI.) a 22-year-old gir] be slopped from spending a holiday away from home with her friends? Readers of this page save an emphatic "No" when they were asked this question in Family Problem No. 5. The contest poses
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    You're never too young to dance
    180 10 BABY CLINIC ...FOR MRS. KNOW-HOW IJOW soon is it a good idea for a little girl to take dancing lessons. This question comes from Siglap: "My little girl is just three years' old. and I would like her to join a dancing class, but
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    Lightning Flash in splendid workout on a soft track
    401 12  - Lightning Flash in splendid workout on a soft track SCRUTINEER By K. Lumpur, Friday. TRAINER R. van Breukelen's King's Cup candidate, Lightning Flash, caught the eye with a splendid workout this morning on a soft track. Ridden by jockey McGrowdie, Lightning Flash was merely cantering when he disposed of 3F
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    PRIMARY ATHLETES BREAK 15 RECORDS
    348 12 JALAN BESAR, Fri.— Singa- j pore's Primary school athletes had a good record breaking day at their l Combined Schools' second annual inter-district athletic championship meet held here yesterday. Top honours went to Bukit Timah District. They won the championship with 262 5/6 points. Runners-up
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    Australians, leading by 355 runs, in fine position to force win
    355 12 Australians, leading by 355 runs, in fine position to force win LONDON, Friday. JJOUTING Surrey for only 75 runs in their first innings, the Australian cricketers pressed home their advantage and were a good position to force victory with a lead of 355 at the end of the second day
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    FIGHTING INNINGS BY CLOSE, THEN TRUEMAN TAKES 4 FOR 3
    298 12 FIGHTING INNINGS BY CLOSE, THEN TRUEMAN TAKES 4 FOR 3 LONDON. Fri.— Brian Close. the nian who came in for most of the criticism alien England had been beaten in the fourth Test by Australia, was the hero of English County cricket champions. Yorkshire, yesterday. Yorkshire, who are Qghting to
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    SABA TO SELECT BEAUTY QUEEN TOMORROW
    118 12 SINGAPORE. Fri. Ten Singapore girls have bo far submitted their entrie.s tor the SABA Beaut y Queen contest, highlight of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's first dance at the Fra^er and Neave's Hall in River Valley Road on Saturday night. A spokesman of the
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    Now a softball KO tournament
    43 12 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Singapore Softball Association will hold a knockout competition for the junior and senior teams starting on August 19. Mr. Bill Tan. secretary ol tne association, is calling for entries. Entries close on Tuesday, August 8.
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    Watch out: The Borneans with the taking ways are here
    565 12  - Watch out: The Borneans with the taking ways are here K EN JALLEH WRITES T*HE men and the pretty girls with the taking ways arc in which means watch out, Singapore Amateur Athletic Association for your silver pots, and your records. The North Borneans are here to take And that's
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    Davidson's bonus
    52 12 SYDNEY, Fri. Alan Da^dson, one of the heroes of the great Australian win over England in the fourth Test at Manchester is almost certain to take his total money from bonus awards in three Test series to over $7,000 by the end of the flfth Test at the
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      118 12 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, NG SWEE CHENG of No. 946, Pa.sir Panjane Road, Singapore, have applied lor a Retail Shop licence in respeci ol piemises No: 946, Pa^ii Panjang RonU, Singapore, and tha. mis application will be heard In the Court of the District Juuue and First
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