The Singapore Free Press, 18 December 1961

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  • 23 1 THE LOCAL PAPER THAT IS FIRST WITH ALL THE HEWS WfaAru— The SINGAPORE Free Press No. *****. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1961 15 CENTS.
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  • 473 1 Scrutineer's review of the Penang meeting -P. 22 Troops, police cut through barbed wire fences, smash doors to get into camps I awn operation cinci out go ™p^l spended officers Mon. Troops tut through barbices and smashed 1 1 into four Work nps at > a.m. today
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  • 33 1 Raiding party at Jurong picture, Men of the Singapore Infantry Regiment and police m position outside an administrative building at the Work Brigade at Jurong during the eviction of susnended leaders. Free Press
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  • 98 1 TRESPASSER GIVES 6 PENANG WINNERS, SCRUTINEER 4 FREE PRESS tipsters Trespasser and Scrutineer were m brilliant form at the Penang races yesterday. Trespasser named six winners, five of them m a row. Scrutineer named four. Trespasser's winners were: Booberoi (Race One). Pin High (Race Two), Silver Screen (Race Three), Cash
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  • 150 1 SINGAPORE, Mon. Twenty-one Singapore readers share the $500 to The F r ee Press Word Puzzle "BY Thevare: Chan Kirn Siang. 931-B Upper Serangoon Close; Miss Elizabeth Ho, 34A, Hoot Kiam Road. Mr. Koh Cheong Kiat, 95, Tiong Bahru Road; Miss Koh Wan Mvi, 52, Grange
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  • 218 1 BELGAUM (Goan Border), Monday. TNDIAN troops today marched into all Portugal's three coastal enclaves of Goa, Daman and Div, and military observers expected them to be m control by dusk tonight. An estimated 2,1,000 to 30,000 troops backed by tanks and jet planes, launched the threepronged
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  • 483 1 PLANES SHOWER LEAFLETS: 'WE COME TO END TYRANNY' a holocaust and the massacre of l he people, of Goa." Indian paratroops and Indian naval units cruising oil the coast of Goa arc expected to pitch m to support the infantry moving across the mountainous, scrub-covered jungle. In Panjim the Goan
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  • 35 1 ,i ;er price r I i i» <•■■ AYAN, HK STOCK EXCHAN i »1 [>unlops tl hI.H A LIBERAT! MAY BE ANNOUNCED TOL V DELHI. Won dian li h< It tenant <■• uclhur> con VI, I
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 6 1 National language lesson m P. 4
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  • Finance, aviation and shipping
    • 316 2  -  CONRAD CHIEW By SINGAPORE, Mon. The new Qantas area m anagei for Southeast Asia. Mr. N. H. Powell, who has been In office here for about a month now. has talked to me about his proposed proizramme for Qantas m this region
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    • 494 2 Local crew flew to Japan to take delivery of Hsin Ann By LIM TIONG WAH SINGAPORE, Monday. JHE 9,040-ton freighter, Hsin Ann, has arrived here on her maiden voyage as the flagship of the Chip Hwa Shipping and Trading Co., Ltd. The new freighter is employed m the Far East
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    • 187 2 PRICE OF RUBBER RECOVERS: HIGHEST SINCE OCTOBER LOXDON. Mon.— The Financial Times commodity markets staff m their review ji the week say the price of natural rubber has recovered trom the depressing levels of late November this week and it 23-5 8 pence per lb. it is it its highest
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    • 77 2 NEW YORK. Mon. United States business m 1962 will enjoy its best year m history with grass national" product rising to U*****,000 uiill'.oi iro.n USso2o,ooo million m 1961, according to a year-end economic report compiled by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. However, it was added, "there are
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  • 64 2 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore wharves or expected today are: Batavia 27, TJikampek 'T. Bwa An 23 24 State of Gujarat 38/39, Bovenkt vk 46, Steel Vojrager <after Bovenkerki 4rt. Kissel Mara (after Timori if', Barnside (after H-.va Am 23/24, L;to (after Manila Maru < 42 43.
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  • 384 2  -  ALEXANDER THOMSON by VTEWCASTLE ON 111 TYNE, Mon. Mr. John Hunter looked out of his office window with me today and said: "That is where we would have built the Q3 had the order come to Tyneside." As things have turned out, of course, it has
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  • 332 2 U.N. ultimatum to Union Miniere: Halt shooting UNITED NATIONS, Monday. THE United Nations has delivered an ultimatum to the giant Union Miniere mining company m Elisabethville to put an end to "heavy fire" from its installations there on U.N. troops, or face an air strike today. A U.N. spokesman said
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  • 110 2 HANDFUL OF VOTES WILL DECIDE NECK-AND-NECK AUSTRALIAN POLL pANBERRA, Moil— A handle ful of votes cuuld decide the outcome of Australia's election heid on Dec. 9, according to electoral officials The result m the Queensland of Moreton will decide whether the Li-beral-Country coalition of the Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzies.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 138 2 AUTOMOTIVE BATTEPic. B for motor-cars, motor cycles &s J SWEE HIN TRADING CO m 166, Cross Street, Smg Oporc m 12-B, Jolon Tebrou. JoKorc Bohr, G. C. Huat Co., Ltd., United Aut 0 Sun, B 36, Moxwell Rood, H4 A 4 116 rI PP V Penong. Bcif '^<: W. |B
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  • 302 3 A $500 CASH PRIZE EVERY WEEK! Festival fun for Trafalgar Home children musT-oe-worv Word Puzzle competition entry form is m the back page SINGAPORE, Monday. ABOUT 100 children of the Trafalgar Home at the weekend had the time of their lives when they attended the Christmas party organised for them
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  • 135 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. ;ain, il is well worth while to x,;..sa,Hj^olKKk to the unysaJ childhood; where virtue rewarded and the wicked are brought to naught. tins a y and Victoria Stage .:•:■!.■■> ?er I by r c rm- :::y she I youth
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  • 218 3 BEAUTY CONTEST PREVIEW: QUIZ FOR GIRLS AS SCOOTERS ARE SHOWN ON TV SINGAPORE, Mon.— A parade of 12 different types of scooters under closecircuit television and a bevy of local beauties taking a quiz examination provided the highlights of the "Queen of Queens" preview at the Sea View Hotel yesterday.
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  • 129 3 MAIL DELIVERIES FOR CHRISTMAS DAY SINGAPORE. Mon. There will be one complete delivery o! correspondence only on Christmas Day. Monday Dec 25. The hours of business at the Genera] Post. Office will be from 9 a.m. to noon. All other post offices will open for public business from 9 a.m.
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  • 34 3 SINGAPORE. Mon.— A total of $1,114,611,452 m currency notes and $55,486,555 m coins was m circulation on Nov. 1, according to the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo.
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  • 50 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Water will be cut off m Zones Five and Six from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. today. Tomorrow water will he cut off m Zones Two and Three from 8 am. to 2 p.m. and m Zones Four and Seven from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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  • 668 3 SINGAPORE, Monday. OINGAPORE lias yet a long way lo travel along the road of national integration. said Inche Rahim Ishak, Political Secretary to the Ministry of Culture. 'And if artists, local and foreign, can help us m this journey of ours, they can be sure that their efforts
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 175 3 fa izlW km! sunglasses I MODEL Ml Jrj [MODEL LI 5 9pS^[^^ NOIE^ Beware imitations. All ZEISS lenses deaf this mark ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a y^K !r^*\ fr^%^ v>a fc( i CAPRICE IEB^LENE* wash n wear 2 COST ONLY $8.50 Wash perfectly Never need ironing RESIST CREASES DRIP DRY Retain their perfect shape
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 244 3 CINEMAS ODEON: Women Gener.ils ALII \MIiR A: Three Ring Cir- (Mandarin) 1.15. 4. 6.45, 9.30. cus 130 4, 6.30. 9.30. QUEENS: Jaali Note (Hindi) C\PITOL: Hippodrome 1.45. 4. 2.30. 6. 9. 6 30 930 ROYAL: Kappaloltiya Thami- CATHAY: Whistle Down the zhan (Tamil( i3i) > 1M Wind 1.30. 4. 6.30.
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  • 205 4 MORE PEOPLE DRINKING COFFEE HERE, SAYS EXPERT SINGAPORE, Mon. Singaporeans are very coffee-conscious I and there are wide possibilities of the marketing conditions of coffee locally continuing to improve m the years to come. This was stated by a coffeemarketing expert, Mr. Hampton Elmore. of San Francisco, who came to
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  • 171 4 First Government grants for free hospital and Blood Donors' Association approved SINGAPORE. Mon. riOR THE first time, the Singapore Government is to make cash contributions to the Blood Donors' Association and the Kwong Wai Siu Free Hospital. The association will get $2,500 while $15,000 will go to the hospital m
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  • 143 4 GOSPEL PLAYS TO BE STAGED AT XMAS DINNER QINGAPORE. Mon. A »5 series of Gospel plays presented by youth groups from the various churches will be the highlight of a Christmas dinner of the Singapore chapter of the Full Gospel Business Mens' Fellowship International on Dec. 27 at the Empress
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  • 369 4 THIS is the text of the 15th national language lesson together with vocabulary, to be broadcast over Radio Singapore at 7.30 tonight. KATA SIFAT (AJJJEt TIVES) Teacher: Whai is "kata t>ifat' (adjective)? Student: 'Kata si'at" is a word that ue.sciibe> a 'kata nama' moum. Teacher:
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  • 120 4 MAGIC SERVED AS 'DESSERT' SINGAPORE, Mon.— Magic was served as 'dessert' to more than 60 guests at a Chinese dinner held m the Dunsfold Drive home of Mr. Yeo Hock Thye, a business executive. The occasion was the 11th anniversary dinner of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Singapore Ring 115.
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  • 33 4 KAJANG. Mon. The Kajang High School will have more classrooms next year when a new block of four classrooms to accommodate 120 pupils is completed by the end of this month.
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  • 28 4 SEREMBAN. Mon. Two more cups have 'been presented for the sepak raga jaring competition to be held here on Dec. 30, 31 and Jan. 1.
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  • 56 4 SURGEON MARRIES DOCTOR AT METHODIST CHURCH MR. AND MRS. TAN CHEE YONG who were married at the Wesley Methodist Church m Fort Canning. The groom, a surgeon, is the youngest son of Madam lay Kirn Siew of Singapore. The bride, formerly Dr. Mary Chan IteiLi, is the eldest daughter of
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  • 170 4 SINGAPORE, Mon.— Three Norwegians have found that two years on the high seas seemed like ages when separated from their families m Oslo. They were seamen on the Norwegian tanker H. Shield, which is now m dry dock here and were anxious to join
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  • 35 4 SEMENYIH. Mon. The Universal Theatre at Mantin vhich can accommodate 500 has now been completed at a cost of nearly U 00.000. The only other cinema at Mantin is the Thai Wah
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  • 89 4 ART SOCIETY EXTENDS ITS ONE-MAN SHOWS TO TWO MONTH punched J* exhibit) tog the divi(iuai a elded period of ex" I two monti one i each J art is! This an:,- J Uiten ■is to see exhibittoi re::.-- held lt Council Hafi Sim FlCtorj r, T «>o short uncu for
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  • 43 4 SING IPORE M J Public v, rks Di .":>;.: bemin the two y.ev, BCh be four st< r ■m cater I r prtn it id The sch Wattarl p fEast i v.;;; y i the I ii ..>: I $301,858.91
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  • 1234 5  - The man who Captain in army of Atlantis DON EASTERN REIMAKNATIQM m ***■> Millions more believe they had all lived before Are all under some kind of delusion? Dl RING my in\o>tiirations I spoke to res.jflsiMc people who Cjjj believed that had lived on before. Some j jht-ni even believtrn
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 117 5 RIP KIRBY by John Prentice tic Fred Dickenson FRANKLY, hA\65 AMOUR, ASP I VOH'l ]HH»S^SiPB lT 6 JU6T THAT IM WSfc^rp v \WE WEREN'T PLANNING WANT YOU TO BE M fl FASCINATEP BY W ij\>^r)3 iS*^ MANDRAKE by Falk and Phil Davis THE HEART OF JULIET JONES by Stan Drake
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  • TELLING THE PEOPLE
    • 346 6 New jobs and their cost •THOUGHT-PROVOK--1 ING figures have been provided by the Finance Minister. Dr. Goh Keng Swee, on the potential cost of the industrialisation of Singapore. He has told the Legislative Assembly that to push through a 10-year programme of industrial expansion on the lines recommended by United
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  • 1099 6  - GUN THAT TAMED THE WILD WEST... MICHAEL CANNON COLTS PEACEMAKER' BROUGHT HIM FAME-AFTER HIS DEATH BY TT N 1940, with the Germans leering trium--1 phantly across the Channel, Britain was -■-desperately m need of arms. Covered with dust, the American Colt Company found 100 old Peacemaker .45 revolvers m their
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  • 322 6  -  PETER FAIRLEY By T»HERE will be no spit or polish aboard Britain's atomic submarines. For "bull" could bring illness even death to sailors m the new underwater "nuclear Navy." Spit spreads infection. Polish gives off gas. In a boat where everything will depend on the endurance
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  • 100 6 The Free Press reported: "The number of students of the Pulo Tikus College m Pinang was at first only 20 to 25, but m 1834 the Tonkin and Cochin Chinese missions availed themselves of the use of the Institution, and the numbers rose m 130. The boys
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  • 91 6 CAID London's Lord Chief Justice, Lord Parker: "Well, members of the jury And laughter broke out. For he was not m court, but making a speech. Hurried correction: "Members of the House of Lords. J^ GREEYHOUND travelling by train arrived at Barnsley, Yorkshire. But nobody knew where
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  • 51 6 Life is like that A wan J counter a| manager V; r ask.-d "Oh m Pli'-d -11, iJJ J charmiru and man meek m i "t eta j A Jo^ Jl vtted t inish v.. taculai ettrai T M 1 1 "Itil c to pay i ed •Oh direct extra
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  • 37 6 r hour. i COW- 1 Is hoi c co-opei mi the Qgan ed anal subject pronou burning Is botnd debate c whether I ehewinc Included l< of Eatii Will be •Xi even ele< tr
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 9 6 Fo* COIOS./tC#£S one* PA/MS... TIGER OIL ENC AUN TONG
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 240 6 TODAY'S RADIO RADIO SINGAPORE Tip Top Tunes; 9.15 A Name to Short Wave Service: Rembember; 9.30 News; 9.40 4i metres r<>so k/cs Album of Harmony; 11.00 Music iIJP \v» <£Jt. and Musicians; 10.30 Dr. Bradley Medium Wave Serwee. Remembers; 11.00 Two To 4.b metres. Tango. 11.30 Invitation to A.M.: 11.00
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    • 407 6 CLUES ACROSS 7 Do a bit of begging (5). 3 Woolly rompers (5). 911 ma y be jammy (3). 8 Officer with a drum, perhaDs 12 Just tne man to aid dons, (5). perhaps? V 7). 10 Anglers have them with fish 14 A tune i Down" can give m!
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  • FREE PRESS Christmas SUPPLEMENT
    • 248 7 Don't throw away your cards A s Boy Scout, permanently handicapped A a, who loves to make cardboard models :k, sure fingers. Little Caroline, who OOJ i hospital for some months yet, spends tappj hour cutting out her own jig-saw ii pictures. s a spastic boy whose face lights into
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    • 964 7  -  A. V. STACEY The safe- cracker m Santa Claus's clothes Petty thieves out m force By fJHRISTMAS is sadly, but inevitably, the bumper season for crookery as police forces all over the world know only too well. People are free and easy with their
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    • 262 7 Should parents tell the truth about Santa? gANTA GLAUS has caught up with modern society and has hern seen standing m queues outside psychiatrists 9 consulting rooms. Asked what be was doing m such unexpected places, he said he was seeking advice on the ageold problem that faces parents at
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    • 553 7 ABjOUR DAY, the first Monday m September, marks the beginning of Christmas preparations throughout the United States. Once that holiday is over, shopkeepers fill their windows with Christmas gifts, toys, raids and decorations to cater for a spending
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    • 274 7 and baiu mbku7iaol BRITISH-OWNED department stores here have again been decorated like their counterparts m London's Regent Street to remind the colony's European residents of Christmas at home. But the predominantlyChinese population is waiting until the beginning of February to celebrate its main annual
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    • 1699 8 There can be no real celebration of Xmas where ill-will still prevails' THE REAL MEANING OF CHR| S t m EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM TELLS ABOUT THE CROSS AND THE CROWN FOR A KING T AST Christmas a harried salesgirl m a department store leaned over the counter
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    • 1746 9  - Basher's party for the kids backfires..: PETER BLOXHAM WE ALL THOUGHT OLD BATES WAS JAB-HAPPY. BUT HE WASN'T By THE TEENAGERS WOULDN'T EVEN TOUCH THE PIES „iIKN Poo* old |{asher Hates up with the jjible idea we all SkM Y» man > tl lefts over v years had hi up
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    • 904 10  - THE HEAD OF A BOAR WAS MAIN DISH NORMAN KING By THE 'brave' days of old England were, if rude and unrefined, at least not lacking m a hearty and profuse hospitality. During the Christmas holidays, open house was kept by the barons and knights and for a fortnight and
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    • 33 10 0 SEASON'S greetings to the snc jnd north are sent by Jen Sales f re Santa Monica, California. wr>-: th< proves a fine place to prepare a
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    • THESE CHRISTMASES WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED
      • 647 11  -  MARK RUSKIN ou,UUU die as severe earthquake hits town during blizzard By the high >t Amrit, 5 -tralTwkought a day>pie of the Erzinjan, tillages, s< a to I:. i i tains. re the f ear-old whose yen a.>e some strayed com- mi m oi an as
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      • 1009 11  -  David Mansfield By CONDITIONS m the trenches m France m the latter part of 1914 were at their worst. When the men were not engaged m hand-to-hand fignting with bayonets and grenades m flooded, muddy fields encircled by walls of barbed wire, they were busy trying
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    • 281 12 A COMBINED dice and card game, with the board representing a simple road map somewhere m South-East Asia and the cards taking the place of the necessary equipment and set-backs of the journey, South-East Asian Tours is designed for two to six players. The route is
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    • 1064 13  -  ANDREW SIMMONDS By faflrifes will fcving parties o rt during rjtristinas nolif V en those who iU ,l reach the jt .onio time, for those f or tun and ibte f<>r (or adults, r possible :rder" j ana aid mSttSQ KELAY: ire -i* ur.
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    • 538 13  -  TAYLOR YATES By this Christ<n and t enjoying rfi display of ci giving m I fiobrate ites i rum very i hildren d forward as the ki the pre- Ed on ing. were not taps, a> toy unknown m M parents Foi < hildrens
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    • 115 13 What do you know about Christmas? toe taken down immediately after New Years Da y «n<*\ 9. Should we write: Goa rest you, merry gentlemen" or: God rest you merry, gentlemen." Why? 10 By what other name is Santa Claus commemorated In the church calendar. And on what date? 11.
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    • 1173 14  -  Sidney R. Campion By A BOUT 1,000 million greetings will be posted m Britain's 93--000 bright red letter boxes this Christmas, ranging from the reign of Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth 11, into boxes of widely different shapes and sizes, some standing
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    • 351 14 1. Tje Fea.-i of the Nativity ot Our Loir. 2. Constantly. 3. We cannoi be sure. Three are assumed because m the Bible three gifts are mentioned: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. 4. The OniU'd States. 5. Holly is lucky tc men, ivy to women. 6.
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    • 844 15 L R alter year, Krvone has to e L' e vor-present that pre- ttht 1 v ear— the F for the giving year p lazy to .-ay themselves before f- tnal They most of p.- have to ■■ult that ramble at to ouy indane 100,
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    • 791 15 From Page 7 girls m the world on Christmas Eve. In other words, what Mrs. "X" is saying, is that m her opinion, it is a mistake to confuse children by insisting that Santa Claus is a real person. She says that
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    • 1464 16  -  JOHN AKER WHITE By rpHE last case on the list, a complicated dispute over the ownership of some furniture, had kept me late on the Bench. It was almost dark when I came out of the council offices where the court sits and got
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    • 903 16  -  ANN HARBOUR By lIERE are directions for making: a beautiful and original tree. It is sophisticated enough to please the most world-weary teen-ager. It can be hung on the wall and will be a joy m small rooms. You will need about 24 round
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 143 12 -»4 *****444i^**^* iAi i4iiii **A*AA 44 I Pinocchio's Christmas Story By Watt DiJ* 1 «#4 *****************A44A444AAAA A44t I y ■J^k fi PINOCCHIO IS PCXJNO...AND PREED...BUT WE I uS( g LU rrvl AND j£Rk p', i| •fXTZTT? w V^- M uv/OM'T LEAVE MIS PUPPET PfiEMDS b, //'"SJ ip^jg-yl J f ,)y7
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    • 182 13 JUNIOR CROSSWORD -^^f B "~~^^^^^^^^^^L_^ I "Z^^E^-— w The figures m parentheses j 27. A gift of the Magi (5). denote the number of letters m 28. A fizzy ntmk to make the Se n °words rcgjlgd. rea-ha^^go bang! (9). 1 His Boxing-Day good deed 1. Broom riders of pantomime
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  • 238 17 FREE ENTERPRISE AND THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT I y l_-fc_ 1 wmeius need to be solved* says Jjeadles CI\G \PORP WNGAPORE, Monday. «fS CannOt do without som form her trL? Ve M ment or^ ni sation to handle Wrector ft' SF Mr OHR B «*<»es, Finance ISl n f
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  • 151 17 HANS ANDERSEN CLUB HOLDS XMAS PARTY FOR 60 UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN SINGAPORE, Mon. The general manager of Messrs. Fraser and Neave, Mr. W. D. Vincent, played Father Christmas to about 60 underprivileged children at a Hans Andersen Club party m Queen Astrid Park. Red cloak Mr. Vincent m a magnificent red
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  • 159 17 CASE OF THE WRONG AIRPORT EMBRACE pAYA LEBAR. Mon. 1 Mistaken identity led to a humorous exchange of hugs at Singapore airport. Two Filipino educationists. Mrs. Trinidad Marino and Mis. Catalina Velasquer. arrived at the airport at 3 a.m. from Colombo. Waiting for them was a Singapore teacher. Miss Foo
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  • 174 17 Professor: 'A truly Malayan dance must be created' SINGAPORE, Monday. Tl AN I. M. Damsjik, professor of dance at the Persatuan Artist Film Indonesia m Jakarta, said m Singapore thai Malayan and Indonesian cultural bodies should get together and create a truly Malayan dance. Tuan Damsjik who Is now here
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  • 119 17 LIBRARY, MUSEUM IMPRESS ART EXPERT FROM U.S. SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. Porter McCray. director of the Museum of Modern Art m New York, was deeply impressed by the good set-up and facilities provided by the National Library and National Museum here. Mr. McCray. who is now on a world tour to
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    • 368 17 wniin DiDTUniV AAllßDlllC < Jan 21-Feb. 19) ftlNfiFß Uune 22-July 23) IF IT S YOUR BIRTHDAY... AQUARIUS -morning and wmutu IJE cautious during i evening are the best parts of the afternoon, lest carelessness YOU are quiet, self-possessed tne day f or ac tivity. After- upset previously-made plans for and
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  • 1287 18 I am a schoolgirl of 14 and I have just discovered that I am an adopted child. Do you think I can leave my foster mother and go m search of my real mother who I believe is m Penang. I long to see
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  • 151 18 FIBROSITIS WHAT CHANCE QI have painful fibro- sitis across my neck and both shoulders, and have been told I have some nodules. Would you kindly tell me what the chances are of a complete cure? Does massage and heat treatment just keep it under? AFibrositis is a term
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    • 188 18 DOCKET- MONEY ■mi iij j^^i i I prizes are offered vv for the colouring of f i this scene with paints. J L-. i crayons or chalks. J j|f» There are four prizes of- y JT?**^. I fered each of $5 (two fc o lor boys and two for girls)
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  • 249 19  -  Christopher Nicole 13 I i^ADOWS IN THE |UNCLE by j, A GISTRATE had sim\: "The goWfieWs 1 iw°u tpos of civilisation .s juiix). Out there is seventy miles len the Pakaiafanas, then the VouVeaU right m the Rupununi I. o: these bind Bura-.r-iStance. wouldn't rimitive ?e lived there; ai
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  • 38 19 Questions General Pooie Is a 1 »m film called His ompanv." mkk h uitor *is v l i- a well ■■1 m >in S a- a hiM key <>k raja team inrj^tor of "■■■■•'Ui- fVve-
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  • 261 19 LIKE FOOTBALL ITSELF THIS EXCITING BOOK APPEALS TO ALL AGES WHEN the first International Football Book appeared last year it was haiied by top 'names m the game as the "finest books of its kind" they had seen. Now International Footbail Book No. 2 is out with the range and
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  • 702 19  -  PATRICIA LEWIS AHDKUAB KJAHB HMJ SIR Laurence Olivier's new leading lady m the film 'Term of Trial" is Sarah Miles, an 18-year-old unknown with long unset hair, sage-green sweater, and boysized jeans. And script-page by script-pa^e her part is much bister than
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    • 660 19 Word Puzzle 'BY': Winning solution BY 1 BT2 BY 3 BY 4 BY 5 BY 6 s -.___^JH^B 6I D [U I j1 _JHMMHHL— 1 l__^w i l_l__^m i i v 'tat ks A RAG used m this way selves when sitting m arm- Singa- FIBDOS MEDOBA, 2 \^J*? n
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  • 651 20 Forehand is most the natural of all strokes in table tennis- Victor Barna Give ay: yon c a table tennis bat and tell him to hit a forehand and the chances arc that he i will hit it proper!:/, saps Victor Barna. m the first of two looks at this
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  • 89 20 SYDNEY. Mon. R. Me Lucas, a 28-year-old New South Wales jockey, was disqualified for life by the Newcastle Jockey Club for using an electric battery m his whip. McLucas was alleged to have had a battery m hi* whip when he went to the post
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  • 419 20  - Wanted -a really ruthless and hungry fighter D. Hackett By London, Mon. But Cooper and his twin brother George known professionally as Jim were born m Bellingham, Kent, m May 1934. the sons of people like us. Cooper never knew the pangs of an empty belly or a cop's night
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  • 55 20 Pele, the famous Brazilian football player, grins as he is told of an Argentine newspaper report that the Penarol Club m Montevideo. Uruguay, has offered him 51, 000,000 to play for them. Is he accepting the offer? We don't know because Pele has not
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  • 128 20 LONDON, Monday. pRANK (Typhoon) Tyson, 31, former Northants and Kngland fast bowler, is emigrating to Australia, where his fame was won m the 1954-55 Tests. He left with his Mel-bourne-born wife Ursula, and their children, Philip, two and a half, and Sara, three months.
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    • 196 20 another m hands iiJB No need for artother par /p of hands to do the washing 1 I when you've a now i ,^v^ S Bendix Cyramatic because m fl I the Bendix is I automatic from start f jsr\ TL to finish. v Cyramatic V§ Soaks, washes, rm^e". drain
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  • 270 21 SINGAPORE SPORTS FANS VOTE TO ELECT A CHAMPION SINGAPORE, Monday. WHO is Singapore's champion spcrtsman for the year 1961? The next fortnight will decide the answer as sports fans send m their voting coupons which have been appearing daily m the Free Press. The
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  • 297 21 KIDDY-KARTERS ARE RARIN' TO RACE GO-KARTS FOR CHILDREN IF MOTORISED MIDGETS MEET ADULT APPROVAL SINGAPORE, Monday. £HILDUEN here will soon have the opportunity of racing m their own "Soap Box Derby" using specially made Go-karts that have a maximum speed of ten miles per hour. The Karting Club of Singapore
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  • 235 21 Navy boxers beat North Zone to win Forces title NAVAL BASE, Monday. IJOYAL Malayan Navy easily won the challenge trophy for the Southern Zone, 1961, when they beat the Northern Zone (Ist. Field Battery) by 21 points to 11 m the finals of the Federation Armed Forces boxing Championships at
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  • 64 21 TODAY'S SPORT IN SINGAPORE RUGBY: Trials Spore AllBlues v S.C.C. (Padang. 5.15 p.m.); Sanderson Cvp RAF Seletar v. RAF Tengah (Changi, 5.00 p.m.). TABLF TENNIS: SCSA InterDept. Championships 2nd Round: PWD "A" v Traffic Police; PWD B" v. Supreme Court; Dewan Bahasa v. Telecom "A"; General Hospital v. Prisons "B"
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  • 770 21 SEXETAR, Mon- S.A.C. Johnny Kok gained triple honours m the Ist Far East Air Force badminton championships held at K.A.F. Seletar's gymnasium. He proved too good for rivals from Hong Kong. R-A-F- Gan, Changi. Tengah and Butterworth. R.A.F. Seletar. most
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    • 384 21 fS MAKE HIS CHRISTMAS HAPPY WITH I GIFTS TO WEAR OUR STORE IS YOUR CHRISTMAS X S G/FT HEADQUARTERS FOR EVERY 3 AWN ON YOUR LIST... S X J2 SHIRTS:— ARROW, TERYLENE, WHITE COTTON, g Jg COLOURED COTTON, FANCY AND DACRON/ S S( COTTON. P» 31 VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS:— SILK
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  • 408 22 Good handling by jockey Donnelly lands Mr. Jason the Cup Scrutineer reviews yesterday's Penan g races MR. JASON, brilliantly handled by Mickey Donnelly, put up a lip-top staying performance m the 1] miles Club Cup for Class Two horses at Penang yesterday. Mr. Jason was the first leg of a
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  • 351 22 TRAFFIC MEN OFF TO GOOD START IN TABLE-TENNIS SINGAPORE. Mon. Taffic Poiice, favourites to win the Singapore Civil Service Association's inter-department team table tennis championship, cleared their first hurdle comfortably when they beat Statistics 3-2. Results:— Traffic Police beat Statistics 3 2 (Police players mentioned first): Singles Thomas Quek lost
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  • 449 22 Speedy Cash Box is too good for rivals in 6f sprint easing up. Second, 1-1/2 lengths away, was Ajnos, with Weebo third. Booheroi beat the favourite. Mori, by 2A lengths to pay $15. Taking command soon after the home turn, Booberoi drew away m tne straight to win comfortably. Keen
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  • 200 22 SANDERSON CUP RUGBY BEGINS TODAY SINGAPORE. Mon. Royal Air Force Station Tengah Combined will defend the Sanderson Cup m the Air Headquarters Malaya rugby competition which begins today. All match<s will be played at RAP Changi. kick-off 5.00 p.m. The Cup was presented m 1949 by Air Vice-Marshal A. C.
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  • 206 22 ATHLETIC TAKE CHALLENGE CUP WITH 5-2 WIN OVER RAF LAN BESAR. Mon. J Chinese Athletic, the Amateur Football association senior division champions, won the Challenge Cup. with a 5-2 victory over holders, RAF Seletar at the stadium here yesterday. The Chinese were worthy winners but the game itself did not
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  • 90 22 THOMSON. Mon. Scow Li Meng. reiurning a score ol 40 won the Royal Island Club "CT IM\asion Medal (Stableford* at the Thomson Road links yesicrday. Runners-up was H. E. Lee. soon> 38 on a count back. Ball sweep winners: Ist Nine Scow Li Mene
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  • 67 22 Kota Rajah Sepak Raga Jaring Club became the Champions of the Singapore Sepak Association inter -club tournament when they beat Chaya Bahru Sepak Raga Jaring Club 2-1 m the finals played at the New World. Picture shows the skipper of the winning team, Inrhe A.
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