Singapore Standard, 15 February 1958

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  • 22 1 SINGAPORE SATNDARD Telephone *****—5 Cable. "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1958 v °l V!ll. ro. 227 15 cts. 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 300 1 'MAKE UP YOUR MIND' LIB-SOCS TELL PEOPLE Choose The Reds Or The Socialists THE Liberal Socialist Party yesterday told the people of Singapore that they had to choose between left wing extremism stemming from Communist docEriNl or practical socialism. In a policy statv.T.cnt, the Lib -Socs, maintained tb a I
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  • 140 1 Petrol Is Down Cent In S'pore THE Shell Company, Singapore, yesterday announced that the price of petrol for their two grades —Shell resuk\r and Supershell has been increased by a cent a salon in the Federation, and decreased a cent in the Colony. In two or three places on the
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  • 34 1 TOKYO. Fib 14 (Renter) A jelling mob of 50 Leftist Japanese itudenti today itorme 1 the gateway of the French Embassy in Tokyo in protest against the French bombing of Tunisia
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  • 77 1 IFOH. Fri. Twenty-two youth- were (U't.-.ined by the Police here up to 11 p.m. today as a preventive :r.easure aua ::.A outbreak of Chinese New Year violence in this town. The reinforced Police Force set lIP Dad bocks on all approaches to and at intersections in
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  • 74 1 LONDON. Feu. 14 <UP> Prime Minister Mr. Harold Macmillan returned from a six-week Commonwealth tour today and immediately rejected demands that he answer the Conservatives' Rochdale by-election defeat by calling a national election. "I do not intend. II I have he EUPPOrt Of my colleagues in
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  • 557 1 GOVT. MAKES DRASTIC MOVE Financial, Shipping Links Cut Off From. Sumatra JAKARTA, Feb. 14.— The Central Governmenr was today reported to have cut financial and shipping links with the rebellious Central Sumatra. A leading newspaper, the Sin Po, said the Bank of Indonesia had ordered ell bGnks
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  • 459 1 Promoter Affacked In Stadium Fracas, As By THE SPORTS EDITOR IN DEFEAT, Japans Kiyoshi Miura won the greatest victory a Japanese hus ever won in Singapore since the war. Kobbed of the decision in his boxing match against
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  • 90 1 THE $15,000 mace whxh has been locked up in the Singapore City Council .strong-room by the Mayor, Mr. Ong Ens Guan, will be presented to Rallies Museum The City Council Finance and General Purposes Committee yesterday decided that the mace should be placed on
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  • 275 1 Rulers Name 3 Malays For High Court Posts KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Judges of the High Courts in the Federation of Malaya will be appointed exclusively from Malay members of the Bar. The decree was issued by the Yang di-Pcrtuan Agoru; m the Council of Rulers. Under the decree, and jntil
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  • 121 1 HUNDREDS of armoured vehicles in Singapore are now being sent to Sumatra where the "Young Colone's" group is planning a revolt against the administration of the Central government. The armoured cars are surplus Britsh Army stocks, bought over by second-hand car dealers in the
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  • 59 1 KIDNAPPED FREED A CHINESE physician, hen Sweet Keow, 1,5. ol Middle Ro;td. Singapore, who was reported to lia\e been kidnapped a week ago by canisters, was released early this morning. He was found by Police in a road oft Paya Lebar where he had been dumped by the
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  • 143 1 3,500 TO CALL OFF STRIKE BIRMINGHAM. K:.g an* Feb 14 (Reuter>-Ab< vi worker- on j-tnke at an ax.epro !u< mg plant re 1 deeded n turn work h Mo:. 'lay J heir a 1 5 :.t ft 45.000 B;. 1 h M< r C" ration v. ir. i; vv^re stood
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    • 22 1 WITH THIS ISSUE ISSUED free with today's paper is a 10--pa g c sky Cinema Around The World In Eighty Days supplement
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    • 721 2 1 A BIRTH RANSOME To Pr~« e *sor and Mrs r A Ka-^me a horn on 13tn F-^rjarv af X X M H DEATH MR. NEO PEE WAN. aged 69 k.- -#<j •I".^ O f p^^ Z^ua~.. Poh I I ie"fi P-v- ChOTM isc-i <. Kh«x» Eng Watt. Mrs Tari
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    • 1251 2 NOTICES i tui PITMAN*: TITRF CLUB I THE PENANG TURF CLUB SPRING MEETING, 1958. SATURDAY. IST MARCH. 1958. WEDNESDAY, STH MARCH, 1958. SATURDAY BTH MARCH, 1958. ENTRIES close at 12 o'clock Neon on Thursday, 20th February, 1958 Application List for SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS for the Financial Year, Ist September. 15)57 to
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    • 902 2 TENDEK NOTICES "^^l THE undermentioned Company invites renders for Stevedoring and Lighterage for the period of 3 (three) months for transhipment of approximately 9000 (nine thousand) tons of rice per month from first to second carrier. The first steamer is scheduled to arrive in the first week of March 1958.
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    • 42 2 wdyJ I l5 'i<IO- j, 4-Cw, H s| Hl Df fHCOITBO«iii New table treatm •eheve PilJ Beit at List is ttMncnt forpilesM trc.iuncr'. dbiflj| h i •ith a drink c.h Hcmoute bnra from uithm the bead p. n^ I. v..:..c j I:
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  • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 384 3 uncil of the Liberal Socialist d i new policy which it will vil of all divisions of the Party r jves that there is room in r\" f 'wo political camps the Right f^k H d -d.ires that there can be no f- the two schools
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    • 288 3 '•Sr^apore Base will play an important is new defence plans. Yet when the i asked if Britain would continue t: base m the event of Singaporeans 4 .1 »*:ir obligations in this respect, ISi 'nc qjestion os hypothetical. It was 1 ""-en a hypothetical question as Mr. •lons
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    • 33 3 No l^fci CdD.,, M-.E-NfcWS >v»di ,S l.r«) A'l department* ■n« Inajranc* 174 Batu -<a fe»«o»»ont rf^^ a*** v ior v.* -I 4 47 V 4 -•Cr ra rel 1471
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  • 1063 3  - THE CARIBBEAN: —ALL COMMUNITIES LOOK WITH HOPE TO THE FUTURE HAROLD CHAMPION By an authority on West Indies topics This model of a village teas built by West Indies schoolboys during the development oi housing in the Caribbean. It shows the interest taken by the younger generation 'n improrin a
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  • 51 3 The maximum possible duration of an eclipse of the sun is 7 minutes 40 seconds. This could only occur at the Equator, but the longest actually occurring since 717 A.D. was on June 20, 1955. It lasted 7 minutes 8 seconds and was visible from the Philippine
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  • Shorts from the talks
    • 65 3 The Things That Matter! "THE story I tiki about 1 the Cavalry Club shows how single-mmd-cdly military they are^ They have a portrait of the noet Darre in the Cavalry Club with a little card on the frame describing him as a Lieutenant Dante of Gueloh Cavalry it he Battle
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    • 52 3 ••\|Y impression Ls that -'I one writer in the 'ami y is enough for the nubile; wo is too much and as for three-it :s altogether impossible I think." Sacheverell Sitwell, the author and brother of Sir Osbert and Dame Edith Sitwell. speaking in the BBC programme "In
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  • 529 3  -  Nora Beloff -By Paris njAMILA Bouhired, the 22-year-old Algerian girl who has been in a death cell since July 15, 1957, is unlikely to be executed, according to a senior official of the French Foreign Office. The fate of the girl, who confirmed her loyalty
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  • 394 3 the NEWS as it strikes me so long ago. Little Rock. Arkansas, Inited States of America, rocked the civilised world with a brief reign of terror because Negro beys and fiirls were permitted by the Law of the country to study in schools which had been, up to then, exclusively
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  • 269 4 Pasir Panjang Ridge Battle Is Recalled KUALA LUMPUR/ Fri.— The Malay Regiment's heroic stand against the Japanese invaders of Singapore was recalled today when the regiment celebrated the sixteenth anniversary of "The Battle of Pasir Panjang Ridge." Major Mohamed Nasir bin Haji Tahir, Public Relation*
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  • 381 4 S'pore Not Turning Red, Says Mr. Lim SINGAPORE is going more and more towards the Left, but that does not mean it is turning Communist, Chief Minister Mr. Lim Yew Hock told a group of 32 leading American journalists on a visit to the Colony yesterday. Mr. Lim said, here
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  • 41 4 NG AH HOCK, who stole a shirt. Den and a wallet containing $114 from Mohamad Farid at a public convenience in Singapore, was yesterday fined $250 or six weeks' jail by *he Ninth Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates.
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  • 23 4 THE meeting of the Perils Council of State, originally fixed for February ~7. has heen postponed to March 4 at 10 a.m.
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  • 90 4 CALL FOR EXPAT'S DISMISSAL THE staff rommittre of the Sinsapore City Council yesterday recommended the dismissal of an expatriate officer for alleged misconduct. The committee took the decision after considering reports about the officer's conduct, which in its opinion was "unsatisfactory." This officer, who had been with the Council for
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  • 176 4 A MARRIED couple who were said to have "terrorized and persecuted"' a minister and his family of seven were yesterday (ined a total of $500 in a Singapore Court. In addiLon, they were bound over to keep he peace for six months in the sum
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  • 8 4 Senator For S'pore I I be irro:npa'- I
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  • 118 4 FREE compulsory primary education for all Singapore children is still far oA sair* the Permanent Sccretarv to the Ministry of Educ. ion yesterday. Such a scheme would cost the Colony Government an annual sum of SL'JO. OOO,OOO, the Permanent Secretary, Mr Lee Siow Mong.
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  • Article, Illustration
    57 4 ABOUT COO proplp. inf!ud:n? 250 rhildren \<s terdav received S.'i.OOO worth of jjifts from lii. Singapore Anti-Tubercu-losis Association. They were t!ir poor paiients from 'M>~\ families now under iho carr of the Association. The including a S3 "an? pow" to each person, were clothes, milk fmcks. shirts, old trousers
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  • 100 4 Open Air Mass For Lourdes Centenary THE centenary <■ bration.s o! tin Appariti n I Lourdes wili have its cl:m.i> in Singapore in an open a;r Ma» at the Jaian B Stadium tomorrow. The Arcnbihhop uJ S.ivj.. pore and Malacca. th( Rev. M. Oicomendy w... preside at the met Preceding
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  • 49 4 THE University ol Ma;;i Students' Union "lully ported and sympathize with the aspirations students of the Nanyar/J University for forma; n nition of the degre. s obtained in this Univ. r ii A resolution to thi> was pas>ed at th< trni Students' Council held on Monday.
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  • 37 4 E. 11 l~ *(M his a. 1 I n' a 1 L n V w Hock. J some talk Mr. W d •a.- J in good ft!** Ifcwuph ibhos to thr n Singapore E in's futur
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  • 201 4 MILLIONAIRE rubber nu.n,:, M: -I Oiian has resigned as a membn oi tin- M committee oi the Singapore (h:n«s< (I iierce. and his post is still \acant 1h» informed yesterday. Mi Lee did >: l\ M 'Ac luually mia I I I fl tion," Mr. TanSiak Kc\ fl The
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  • 313 5 Battalion Has Now Bagged Its 210 th Victim IPOH, Fri. A notorious terrorist leader, Tang Liew Kiew, 35, district committee member in charge of the Parit-Pusing-Papan M.C.P. branch in the Batu Gajah area, was one of the two terrorists killed yesterday by a patrol of the Second Battalion, the
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  • 59 5 ICov't Told The 2b Ah Wan, Led a verdict 1 of an h of ndore of Co., 53. 5, a cherrySquare, T y Road on rear. pjU* to n d Bckam com- wife her Pact haot)v for ath. i by V. had by the tft he »»;as also m
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  • 8 5 at Temple m load by the .pore
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  • 177 5 PHE L'nivi rsity of Malaya -1 Snck-ty will present of Bacr w humorous C Cantata, at annuaJ conceit today and tomorrow. The cantata. one of the two choir Items In the concert. l s a dellghtlillll interesting .story about the efforts of a father
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  • 112 5 lE L'niveriitv of Malaya idem* Uni( n called „n the and t» derati< n OoTernmeiita t<3 recogm>e the degrees c nu rn-d by the an- L'n.vtT>ity ye.ster- Lett to this effect were fa unj n to Federan E>rlm< Minister, Tunku VI I•• Rahman, and Colony Mini.sti r Mr.
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  • 177 5 Man Found In Sea With Legs Tied PENANG, Fri. A fisherman was found in the sea with his legs tied, a Coroner's Court was told today. The Coroner, Mr. Au Ah Wan, was inquiring into the death of Tan Sin Kheng, 24, of Jelutong. Sin Kheng's brother, Cheng Hock, said
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  • 22 5 THE Chief Police Officer. Perak. Mr. J. R. H. Burns. has resumed duties after a .short holiday in Britain.
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  • 230 5 First Step In Switch Jobs THE Singapore City Council will soon appoint an Asian Deputy Chief Administrative Officer in place of Mr. K. Middleton-Smith, who has been promoted Chief Itiinistrative Officer. decision to this effect taken by the Fmance General Purposes Comee last
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  • 117 5 HEADACHES, SAYS WIFE OF MINISTER MRS. Hurustiati Subandrio. the wife of the Indonesian Foreign Minister, flew into Singapore yesterday on her way to Ceylon. Mrs. Subandrio is heading a delegation of eight Indonesian Congress women to the Afro-Asian conference for women in Colombo. She is a Member of the Planning
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  • 50 5 CHILDREN of members of the Owen Estates (Pek Kio) Community Centre in Cambridge Road will be entertained to a Chinese New Year •party on Feb. 23. In addition to he distribution of free drinks, cakes and gifts, there will be an open air cinema show.
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  • 72 5 ACTING A.S.P. Gopalan with a party of detectives arrested two men suspected of house-breaking a: Victoria Street, S.ngapore, early yesterday. A.S.P. Gopalan recovered two daggers in one of the men's houses. Detectives, after working for ten hours, recovered a wristwatch and Den stolen from King George V
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  • 285 6 RAVE OXE ANTICIPATING improvement since his debut at Bukit Timah. I am giving Tc.p Circle a chance to open accounts in the opening race of the afternoon. Top Circle ran prominent. y right past the half mile in his effort at Bukit Timah (.race
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  • 1458 6 PROGRAMME IS BEST IN A TOUCH FIELD By WINDSOR LAD WITH On Stage, Programme and Prince Charter accepting, Singapore trainer Jack Spencer holds a strong hand in ttie main nine furlongs event for Class One stayers at Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, opening day of the Selangor Turf Club s February
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  • 236 6 Screen Play Tops In This Field RACE EMGHT COLLATERAL. Screen Play. James Aitch, Maghera Passbook. Prince Of Lalita and a s el re the best *n this field. My vote, however, goes to Screen Play who finished third to Collateral and James Aitch over the nine at Bukit Timah. Screen
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  • 214 6 HAVE \l\E On his third to Miss Harmony over six furlongs at Penan*, I anticipate Colour i r urn to improve and win tops this race. He led the field i right to the final furlong be- i fore he was beaten. He should find
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  • 78 6 THE goingr for today's racing at Kuala Lumpur is expected to be good. Best Bet THE best bet of the day is DISTINE in Race 5. A good longshot is Time To Reason in Race 2. Big Sweep THE Unlimited Sweep will be drawn on Race 9 Treble
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  • 174 6 Windsor Lad Scrutineer j <,oo,K^ TOP CIRCLE KENTUCKY PRIDt UriTTjmis 'H 1 Santiago Native Ruler M u.-mk v Xte O Kentucky Pride Brlll.ant Light Brig i,' 1 ARTINA MIRALDA <MIK~\II>\ '< Si'^^ T ,> GREY ELEGANCE (iREV ELEGANCE *> X Fire Power Fire Power lir»- I'.m.r k 3
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  • 226 8 THE production of Michael Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days" made motion picture history, shattering records and precedents with Toddian profligacy. HERE IS A LIST OF THEM The most assistant directors: 33. The first time units of the Royal Thailand Navy are seen in a film. The
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  • 307 8 w -.K.'.VG a < t^:\-.cu\ir opening to v:atch his spectacular *'ilm producer M chad Todd decided U u*':e the greatest extreme in contrasts he could > :J. A: great expense. r-e print of the grand-daddy of all scicnce-'iction Tories. George Mclies
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  • 354 8 Airlines used on chartered flights included Air France. New ibtrian British European. Dutch KLM. Middle East. British Overseas A.C., Paiiist in. Pan American. Canadian Pacific Railway (which operates air service between Tokyo and Hongkong). TWA Japan Airlines, Frontier. Bonanza. American, Western, Braniff, Capitol. United. Southwest Airlines,
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  • 111 8 MORE means of travel were employed than in any other film. Not counting the 55 trucks, hundreds of thousands of miles of railroad transportation and 51 million miles of air travel (passenger and freight) to make the picture, the script called for one or more principals (David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert
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  • 111 8 ALLAHABAD TO (\I.( n y I GREAT INDIAN PEMXSIT i:\u' w JM CALCITTA TO BANGKOK (in ,V RANGOON ROYAL BAKU BANGKOK TO HONGKONG i,\ I RANGOON M EAST HONGKONG lo \\|.i v I KONG BY OSTRICH HONGKONG lo M I CHINESE JINK (RED SAILS) YOKOHAMA TO JAPA\t>I
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  • Article, Illustration
    401 9 MIKE TODD Broadway's Man m Motioni by By courtesy of THEATRE ARTS V ar;d he nas and I rivo-fect- year- n his terJV* him to kncnv the fcrf a midway wiles, plus Li of an Essipp: RrS tht- »ck f t faro dealer. •a!ks I n a K^iatis all w
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    395 9 It only lasts four minutes on the screen, but it caused an international incident V.. **quence in "Around The World In was an afterthought on the part vt V/Ap 7 odd the most expensive and -n^ nttrrthought in movie history. fti>*m p« uith David Miven and Mexican <
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  • 172 9 Screening Records yi "AROUND the World rr. in 5? ißhty Da y s yi still showing in the following places, each marking a record in its respective territory. Rivoli Theatre on < Broadaway (1 year and yL 16 weeks) Los Angeles Miami 4^ (1 year and 6 weeks) Detroit San
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    • 53 9 Congratulations to SHAW BROTHERS LIMITED on the opening of their latest triumph FABULOUS Hy&Si SI/ V -x-Sr THEATRE KIM SENG ROAD, SINGAPORE. SHEWAN, TOMES CO. LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG HONGKONG GENERAL MERCHANTS «JSjf.mM. MANUFACTURERS REPRESENTATIVES TILING SPECIALISTS > <m^ ROYAL INTEROCEAN LINES To Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, New
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  • Article, Illustration
    327 10 "WHAT do you think of the part of Phileas Fogg in 'Around The World In 80 Days/ Mike Todd asked him. "It's my favourite part in fiction/ he said unhe s i tatingly. "I'd play it for nothing." "You got a deal," said Todd, grasping his hand. "It
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  • 183 10 The Leading Lady IT is typical of Mike Todd that, after attaining a constellation of 50 stars, more than 45 for "bit" parts, he selected a 21 -year-old unknown as the leading lady of his M$ 18,000,000 production. Why Shirley MacLame? "She's believable, yet has that pixie quality." says Todd.
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  • 111 10 'THIS delight::, y *y production of Jules Verne c.'c a; fantasy at :!s best, tor it never loses tit t touch. The film t the story o< p- Fogg (David X n back in 1872 vain -< r $ta:d mcvi y ~cr< of hii London club that '< o:
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  • Article, Illustration
    231 11 -PHILANTHROPIST SHOWMAN "CANTINFLAS is the world's greatest comedian/ according to Charlie Chaplin, who is not accustomed to making such statements twenty times a day. Certainly, he is the highest paid entertainer in the world, with a minimum income of Ms3oo 000 per month, mostly from the royalties of his
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  • 692 11 How Todd persuaded 50 stars to be in "Around the World" t\l I- TOIH» s I rcf|r*4Umy by F; than h full- P'-nre Vr these men I v > rem ,i Mr Ol ir#* a.- the T c .'in? -uai. L» «*rd 1 I'm mter- t !rritihled t-sO-L I he.ir
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 138 11 —THE STARS •v ROBERT Newton was born to play Inspector Fix," remarked David Niven who, as Phileas Fogg, is shadowv ed by him in his chase, vfr around the world. One month after he yj* finished th c picture, w Newton died, of heart vr attack, in the arms of
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  • 80 12 Cantinflas in Japan... "AROUND the World in 80 Days" is an engaging comedy with great variety of scene. When Phileas Fogg made his wager, back in 1872, that he could circle the globe in eighty days, this would have been a prodigious feat even if regular means
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  • 349 12 ROLEX— First Choice Around The World ROUND the World in Eighty Days" or 6.912.000 Seconds!! And speaking: of absolute accuracy in seconds There is nothing in the world like a Rolex Watch. All over the world. In all walks of life, there are satisfied owners of Rolex Watches. Letters of
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  • 284 12 A Pride Of sJ THE most modern equipment and decoration is incorporated in Shaw's "SKY"; the latest addition to their already huge chain of Ist class and modern movie houses. Th i s ultra-modern Theatre has been provided with a large screen measuring 54' x 27' for cinema
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  • 141 12 'pHE premiere at the SKY THEATRE will take place on Sat. Feb. 15 at 8.30 p.m., under the distinguished patronage of H.E. the Governor of Singapore, Sir William Goode, K.C.M.G. and will be held in conjunction with the largest combined charity effort ever to be held in the
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  • 44 12 Red Cross or Crippled Children's Home St John Council (Ambulance Brigade Association) St Andrew's Mission Hospital S ATA. Kwong Wai Sui Free Hospital I Association M Drat and UM ir..M Society 1 Kamakrishrij Mm Muslim Orpnasß Little Sisterw'-B Association k>'J Blind. 1
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    • 87 12 COOKS WORLD TRAVEL SERVICE i l COOKS HAVE BEEN THE WORLD'S LEADING TRAVEL AGENCY FOR OVER A CENTURY, AND WHETHER YOU WISH TO ENCIRCLE THE GLOBE IN 8 DAYS OR 80 DAYS THEY CAN PLAN EVERY DETAIL OF YOUR JOURNEY AND ENSURE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO YOUR EVERY TRAVEL REQUIREMENT, j
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  • 370 13 Exciting Wallboard Designs I rvpe of plywood paneli' X its debut m Singapore with bKV; CINEMA. Serf types X ail are E&" The new \S$ (seveF*i above F r etHtftche most f these new f- iLfascinatLji fabric Cwf pattern EJh any <*•- K\^ contemyitional or
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  • 159 13 Cffr thetr S m Southno de- 3 cks mi L node by JL of CalfTin W*d ~j bidding l L died to otl<ia Cities i of rnish |M r chosen it v^ treoten r these 1. re- r. "I that the up-to-date design, which has won \^.erous awards in
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  • 438 13 The Audiences Wait and Laugh after picture is over! fJSUALLY after a picture is over the audience usually starts leaving their seats immediately, but not Mike Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days" in amazing Todd-AO and Eastman Color. It's all due to the wonderful cartoon "charades" that serve as
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  • 565 13 WHEN Charles Boyer, playing the part of Mon. Gasse, Clerk. Thos. Cook Son, Paris, in the film "Around the World in 80 Days" assists Phileas Fogg in charting his itinerary, it will be of interest to recall that Thos. Cook himself, founder of the famous travel
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    • 100 13 luxurious tyre of all time— the new Eagle by kong, $o m ft. so silent. a«^/ «0 safe, this magnificent tyre is •••ery detail. The deep, long life-tread embodies the diamond pattern in a new exclusive design for flexibility, and smoother riding. Deep-cut blade slots put hun- edges on the
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    • 118 13 Flagship of a world -famed fleet Here is the S. S. President Cleveland, luxury flagship of the President Fleet, sailing every 3 weeks from Hongkong for San Francisco via Kobe, Yokohama and Honolulu. Plying this, and other sea lanes Round the World, Southeast Asia and New York to California are
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  • 1082 14 MOVIE MAGIC AND ILLUSION HOLLYWOOD always tries to conceal the fact the! spectacular movies are ingenious illusions. Rarely away the secrets of how special scenes are filmed Yet when producer Mike Todd was filming his $5,000,000 Am Days he invited Popular Mechanics readers to see things that ever don't get
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  • 280 14 IT is certainly true to say the "finish" of a building can add enormously to its appearance if well done. The architects and owners of the SKY Cinema have taken no chances with this important aspect of the construction and have accordingly specified the highest quality products throughout.
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    • 91 14 I 1 yye extend heartiest 1 congratulations to I SHAW ORGANISATION I on the opening of its SKY CINEMA I; and are proud to announce that we were specifically chosen as its I INTERIOR DECORATORS HUA I A CONSTRUCTION CO. 31-32, MEDEIROS BUILDING CECIL STREET, TELEPHONE ***** SINGAPORE. I Our
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    • 41 14 dramatic new > j plywood and delicacy of a ran -basket- weave" pat!« r:. buff, or finished to mitch "modern" or tradition* Wm feet, i inch thick The ceilings of a.l t CINEMA have il>^______l_-^ MODERN TRAD' 1011 FISIIO V wW w
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  • 548 15 for SKY Architect U HG of Show Brothers' Sky Cinema presented an r^aiprcbem in that it has three equally important P^ „^cly the two sides facing on the main Flares rf the Great World Amusement Park and pon the increasingly busy Kirn Seng R oa d L,
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  • 552 15 A Prophecy Comes True SAS Goes Over The Pole JULES Verne over a 100 years ago wrote the novel "Around the world in 80 days." This was regarded by critics to be fantastic fiction, probably the forerunner of our present day science fiction, but Jules Vernes prophecies were fulfilled to
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  • 59 15 pOGG and his friends arrive in Hongkong. There, Fix gets Passepartout drunk and tossed aboard a ship sailing for Japan before he can notify Fogz that its time of departure has been advanced. But Fogg resourcefully hires a junk which sets them to Yokohama in time
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  • 255 15 Cantlflas In India... By Five Record Companies 'piE theme from Michael Todd's "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS", which will play at Sky Cinema, is being played in five different recorded versions Closest to the original sound-track, in concept, due to the emp] yment of
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    • 134 15 *tf l ::ce:her y with V WAIT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS v Extend Ikartu Congratulations and B SHAW BROTHERS LTD. I nn the opening of the SKY THEATRE fiOHNG ATTRACTIONS voyne -JET PILOT" 1 .■^t Leigh iTecHn. color) 1 "THE GIRL MOST LIKELY" B /.ALT DISNEY SPECIALS E D YELLER" (TecHncc-o B
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    • 44 15 CONGRATULATIONS to SHAW BROTHERS on the opening of the new SKY THEATRE SINGAPORE 0 This ultra-modern theatre is equipped with GAUMONT-KALEE SAFETY FIRE CURTAIN STAGE DRAPERIES STAGE EQUIPMENT AND STAGE LIGHTING supplied and installed by H. A. O'CONNOR CO., LTD MALAYA'S LEADING CINEMA SPECIALISTS
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    • 433 16 1 5ffl«TTm.mfifflBBffifiBffiffiaBffiffiffffiffiffiBM I i [8 I The Shaw Organisation is proud to be associated with II (liBrS?) United Artists in announcing that the under-listed line-up of (|l^K%) outstanding attractions will be released in Shaws Cinemas jj N^^f throughout Singapore and the Federation during the ns#^ 1 next 12 months. 9
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  • 597 17 L iura Winner To All But Two Japans numbe? thUe i^Z"* P°«">^, beat 121 last ni ht w^at wilV'h rWeight> u Kiyoshi Miuratime as the biggest f ar^ If r h em emb ed f »r ><>ng "■ssesv tarce of a boxing decision. i^.ero were r .o kno.-knowns Ground
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  • 19 17 < h -c.i.-k-v f< r > i»00 fit**** 1 iht > •^fd in tnnr LVdM up a led ml I iNt
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  • 10 17 cmi- loyal o.— Latift r SHB. Police hip Tanglin.
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  • 152 17 FIFA To Lift Ban On The Hungarians ZURICH. Feb. 13 (Reuter) The suspensions on three Hungarian international footballers who have ottered their services to Manchester United were reduced today by the executive committee of the International Football Association (FIFA). The ban on Sandor Koscis is to be lifted next Saturday
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  • 509 17 r,l Club Move For Reduction r huh percentage deduction totalling f i the TotalLsator by the Government :!uker to flourish as he does/ chair- ....pore Turf Club, Mr. T.M. Calhaem, general meeting of the Club yester- i report to the I r. Calhaem, sal I
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  • 61 17 nil the i n msc 11 r-wnue I'M md I increase t^- I rease was tor in taeint. but loun Nimal sweep uas L^MGI on the I Official I .phies i:z l> up I > lightly ir at «.ov- lamer r md percent 'i the i k-.nu a Has
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  • 24 17 RAJAJJI Sports Club will hold its 6th annual general meeting at the Ceylon Tamil Association at Handy Road at 3 p.m. today.
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  • 116 17 SINGAPORE'S contingent for Asian Games in Tokyo will leave the Colony on May 14 and May 18. it was revealed at the Management committee mcetins of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council yesterday. SOSC affiliated were requested to submit ;h e names uf their
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  • 120 17 The Army team to meet the Royal Air "Force in the inter service hockey competition today will be selected from the following L/Cpl. Ahmad SER. RQMS M C Lambert GHQ Sig. Regt Pte. W. R. Austin 75 Coy RASC (MT). S Sgt CW. Quick 41 Base W/ s
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    • 520 17 Seamaster fQ your guarantee of high precision I under all climates 1 ;,V r-ngineer^ in the rfttfag heat of the Sahara; scientists commissioned to design a vatch the soldiers, sailors j jj, in the ice-bound solitude of the arctic sportsmen in and pilots of Britain could confidently take with Jjj
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  • 531 18 FOR THE FORCES Specially For The Women 1 ASK any Servicewives 1 x who live m the Federation what Singapore neans to them and most oj them- will reply "Treasure Island." It won't take you long to 'nd out why. You have only to look around Sin gapore shops to
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  • 692 18  -  JOHN WOODROW By TTHE voice from the tiny chapel is strong, resonant Irish. Its owner, white robed, sits at a table in a room cooled by the freshness of sea breezes. "We must he tells his attentive audience of some dozen servicemen in Malaya, "learn
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  • 270 18 Changi Chatter /WN there be a betler time to arrive in Singapore than Chinese New Year with its colourful festivities and fireworks. Yesterday H. M. T. Fowey brought a contingent of families that included Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Lund, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Ninnis. Mrs. Bloomfield, and also Warrant Officer and Mrs.
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    20 18 CHIEFIE' By The sergeant said he would be a mother to me, so I took nun my socks to darn."
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  • 158 18  -  RITA DEL 'TODAY'S QUOTATION "Grant that I may no; criticize my neighbour until I have walked a milr i n his moccasins. Indian Prayer SATURDAY FOR I R\ ONE: Solve pri,b>rrii r geniouslv and s< ok < sive ways of < yourself and i i .<-■: r, some additions:
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    • 138 18 |<PAVL,Q X > "I^^ I I Opens Mfc^WUtov ri < *|m^^ «^l^.Sk a fk fllkfl Hi I it j P&V Tb s^^si AllK«tlbrob« loot* liiZ^tar^ 1 ff- famed column. ond ir rr dirt-d«al«r, cam« horn* 1 jA <^ > jm "t" Pf tofindh.i ng^f hand sl|Mfeljß^ SlH^_ T man wa*
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    • 270 18 LI'L ABNER A REMARKABLE \P^4| 9\^y 4 C PA^- GjS AM^C.T J. TINTYPE VHHbT •%^rf > ANNIE "f. f J^^. > |c!r. i*v*i\j'H4fMtf'ty^!ruZ \Sj 3 M^ i < -t3-:-r BjLLMQCrr'^ ST Ry CO A ALLEY OOP HHHW < L_> MOW ALL L^^ I 1 IT 3 PQNfc.. uNL>> K^ LMHLaK"^^
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  • 58 19 G. BANTA SINGH of Singapore was yesterdj y produced before a Singapore Court wp.cn charsjc of attempted murder of P. Vassudewm en Thursday, was explained to ham Basil Singh vai ordered to bs reananded in custody oy the Magistrate, Mr, R. B. I. Pates, until Feb. 22
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  • 31 19 A SINGAPORE labourer. P. Vasu Devun. WM attacked t\v his neighbour with a chopper in Kalian^ Road 00 Thursday. He was reported to be critically ill in hospital yesterday.
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  • 507 19 D.P.P. CHALLENGES RIGHT TO PETITION Court Told PENANG, Fri. An Alliance candidate, Mr. Cheah Seng Teik, sought a ruling before Mr. Justice Rigby in the High Court here today against his rejection as a candidate tor the North Ward of the Butterworth Town Council on Nomination Day in November last
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  • 99 19 4 LEGAL FIRMS TO ADVISE COUNCIL FOt.'R lega] firrr.s in Singapore will act as legal advisers to the City Council from next month. Hitherto, the Co m U tad f r (> firm to advise it < n •e?a! matters. Thr Co md 'i Finance and Lteneral Purpose Committee which
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  • 104 19 Labourer Jailed For Extortion A LABOURER threatened a watchman with death if he failed to hand over $50 at the required time, a Sintmpore Court was told yesterday. In trie dock of the First Criminal District Court was tlit> labourer. Manual Singh. Who was sentenced to 12 months' Imprisonment for
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  • 168 19 RUBBER TIN PRICES t.i.O>lN(.i rubhet pgnai i cents per Ib i n Smga oore yesterday were: Buyers Seller> Spot (nom.) 77£ 77t R.S.S. No. 1 771 772 April R.S.S No. 1 774 111 RS S No 2 March 73 742 KS.S No 3 March 70 i 70 J Tone: Uncertain.
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  • 149 19 SINGAPORE hawkers should not allow politics to ruin their association and union, the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim I'ew Hock, yesterday told 24 representatives of the Singapore Itinerant Hawkers and Stallholders Associa- tion and the Hawkers Union. "Unite. CjlOOßf -i IOOd COII- i StitUtion
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  • 90 19 THERESA TAY INQUEST FOR MARCH 11 THE inquest on Theresa lay, 37. has been fixed for March 11 and 12, Singapore Coroner, Mr. Giam Thong Hinß, told The Standard yesterday. Mr. Giam said Police asked for postponement last Thursday, as they wished to carry out further investigations. H? said more
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  • 88 19 A PACKED audience was at the third and fourth heats of the 1 !_>.■) B Radio Malaya Singapore's Talentime Competition held at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Hal! on Thursday. Winners of the heats are. Hen;3— lst Raiph De Silva guitarist and vocalist: 2nd Patricia Sheperdson
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  • 162 19 TWO youths sporting Tcny Curtis ha.rcuts, robbed a man of $800 in Lorong 34, Geylang. yesterday. A 14-year-old boy, on his way to school, was robbed of a wristwatch by three youths in Tembeling Road. One of the robbers, also with a Tony Curtis
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  • 156 19 Medals For Blood Donors THE .Minister for Health. Mr. A. J Braga, .yesterday presented tr.edaU to |2 blood donors ■f the Blood Transfusion Centre, General Hospital, Singapore. Six who had mane H donations or more, each received gold bars. Ten received gold medals for 20 donation each. The re?i received
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  • 27 19 THIEVES broke into the home of a ship's chief steward. Fai Sai Jooi, in Geyian?. Singapore, on Thursday and stole cash and jewellery totalling 52.375.
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    • 448 19 Bfeßv 1 I i I "al ■mi a a^wajai^wTi ■rrPU£7i¥?B /^^r^^^.VOM' Shoeing \2* r t.45. 4. 8.30 9.3(| E ••|iiHIILM)S;i:,('ANDLr- r IK\..M»\ ni M\S« MH{ N|lM> :\RN of 3 KINGDOMS" V,'--/.-^ •yr -AP.i NDIHK WORLD IN 80 DAYS" r FRONTIER SCOUT" 'riv,^°| I the DESPERADOS I^;',;— I L \SSAGE" i^^F^"-,
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    • 758 19 ttfrlMVKl^"' TODAY! W*J**4 I^.^ 1151 "jiai mcv" kimno\\k J" Llß\Nk M\\lK\ rAt JVJCJ K\KKAKA M< HOL*^- t PAL JOLI sNIH\" PHOTO CONTEST <U rn W hntries may mm be submitted wth only ti« ket .itta< hed. No coupon necessary. "^C TONK.III > MIDNK.HT PRI IKW OK Ol X KXdIINi, CHINESE
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    • 233 19 ,WVl>M:)>W^r,T:m< vsdfsd dfgftrdfgdf I ni\rr«»liy «»J Malaya; Musical Society Concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall; Exhibition ot Engineering Equ pment at the U:nve:s:ty of Malaya Engineering Department from i» lm> an-., to IXJI '.m International Charity Committee: Charitj C;ne:n.i Show "Round the World in hi D iy»" at the Sky
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    • 230 19 incut: free Film Show at the Woodbridge Hjsp.ta: (Male Sect.on i 7.30 p m. Rover rt-vv Chinese New Year Dance at UM Chinese YMCA nail. Prinot Edward Road 7.311 p.m. Ra (Ties Muslim (Stamford Road): PletorlaJ Exhibition ot .Mercantile Marine History from 'J.uo am to 9 M p.m. Katoag Hoys'
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    • 310 19 Latifl American Way; a p.m. Saturday Promenade, 3.30 June Box Parade; H. 45 Lights on tor the evening Programme summary and a tune or two be tore tne Ne.vs; 7 p.m. Time Signal and News; 7.15 Latin Quarter; 7.30 Tne B:g Record; 8 pm Listeners Calling; H. 45 folk Songs
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    • 283 19 Service; 3 p.m. Wavelength Changes and Frequency Announcement 3.05 Yours Smceie.y; 3 30 Close down; 445 The News; 1 p.m. From tne Editorials; IJI This Day and Age; 5.15 For Children; 5 45 The story of Little Black Sambo; 6 nm The Goon Story; 6.30 The News: b.3!' Comnaentary: 'i.45
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    • 881 20 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. Tel: 5392J/6. *****/4 U2/» Robrmon Read THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICI T« NalMax. MomHml, Boston, New York. BalMmc^, Philadelphia e> C*ilt Ports. S pore f>. S ham Penang f^Cin 28Feb/10Mar 11 Mar 15/16 Mar WLYJSIS 23/27 April 28 April 29 April Carrier* option to
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    • 1124 20 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) <lnco»DO*ateo M b.nßapoiel (12 lines) mm XHE BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON CONTINUAL PORTS Carrier* option to proceed via otht oort. to load and d.scha.g. eantc (Via Sats with liberty to proceed »la Panama or Cape ot
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    • 911 20 MITSUI LINE Spore P. S'hom Penang FOR JAPAN. Mikagesan Maru via Manila for Yokohama, Kobe Osaka 24 Feb 22 Feb Amogisan Maru for Yokohama, Kobe, Moji a Mai Harunasan Maru for Moji, Kobe, Yokohama (Ist call) 29 Mar 3 Apl 31 Mar (2nd coll) 4 Apl FOH U.S.A. For New
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    • 532 20 EAST ASIATIC liJ OUTWARDS Soiling, to. bon»koh IBd -UALANDIA" 23 24 I "GUSUANGA" 26/27 f Clf| I "korea" Mmm tK I Accepts corqc fo» Bonqkok >niQffi I "SELANDIA" 9/10 Mo, I MOMtWARDS Soiling, t O Adtn w n I Rotterdom Hamburg Bremen Cop >V "MANCHURIA""^, 1 Calls Beyrouth. Gdynia I
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  • 151 21 Says Pepsi-Cola President MALAYA has tremendous opportunities for attracting overseas capital, provided prevailing stable conditions are maintained, in the view of Mr. Donald M. Kendall president of Pepsi-Cola International. i US lnve^tment public Is looking towards Malaya as a possible new outlet for Its iunds.
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  • 108 21 Outer Roads Fchprs Kalianget. Adonis, Glory, Teireisas Lapaz. Sg Bila. Talabot, Artemis, Stanvac Mala kka. Benlcdi, Great Okas, i haron, Btatiua Jansen. Kian Aunm. Tees Breeze, Roggeveen. Julius Fuc:k. Inner Roads Auby, Torir.a Rawang. Panjangan, Teckhon?. Hin Cheong, Annabelle. Hee Hock, Tong An, L-isem. T e Pmang,
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  • 231 21 Quiet Week In Market THE past week has been unremarkably quiet, says the weekly rubber market report of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co.. Ltd. The price has moved little in a thin market, which has taken small notice of the continuous flow of disquieting reports from Indonesia. The background buying of
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  • 112 21 INTERNATIONAL first grade rubber for March closed at 77J cents per lb. on the Singapore market yesterday, unchanged on Thursday. The tone at the close was uncertain. The market ruled quiet throughout the morning, but in the afternoon it became irregular. On a very thin market,
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  • 217 21 RICE-FOR-COPRA BARTER PLAN WITH P.I. LIKELY SINGAPORE traders may soon find it possible to barter rice for Philippines copra, the Republic's Commercial Attache in the Colony, Mr. A. Tahil, told The Standard yesterday. He was commenting on a cabled report from Manila which said the Philippines had approved a copra-for-rice
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  • 193 21 PENANG, Fri.—Japanese experts in agriculture are looking forward to come to Malaya with a view to aiding farmers increase their production of padi. This was stated by Mr. Yoshituka Takaya, Chief of the Guidance Office of Agriculture and Livestock in Aomori Prefecture. He is
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  • 174 21 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: 8.8. Pets 38/6 arrival: Fed. Disp. $2; F. N. ords. $2.65 to $2.70; Gammon $2,274 to $2.28 J: Hammer $2.10 to $2.12J; $2.0« to $2.10 overnight; H. Waugh $1-50. $1.51 J: M. Breweries 53.43 A to 5M.45: M. Cement $1.30:
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  • 55 21 THE International Tin Council estimates between 9.0K0 to 9.00 D ions of tin were exported from the Soviet Union during last year, a^ording to traae statistics available. But the Council says there may have been entries of Russian Hn into transit trades of other countries which have
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  • 289 21 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Preparations are well under way in the Federal capital for the first big international conference to be held here from March 5 to 15 under ECAFE (Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East). The Public Works Department is
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  • 99 21 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Malayan rubber producing: industry last year paid $120,482,861 in the way of duty on rubber exports, the annual report of the Rubber Producers' Council for 1957 discloses. Net exports during the year amounted to 638,905 tons. Imports were 363,271 tons. Total production of
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  • 35 21 MALAYAN imports of tin concentrates into Malaya, in January, totalled 1,365 tons of which 1,227 tons came from Thailand. Burma sent 103 tons and Laos 35 tons, in the same month.
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  • 31 21 Reactor Station The Japanese Atomic Power Company is to ask for British tenders for the construction of a 150 megawatt single-power reactor station to be built at Takai village, near Tokyo.
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  • 99 21 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per plcul yesterday were: copr- Jan.-Feb UK/ Continent $30i buyers $31 i sellers: coconut oil In bulk $45£ sellers; in drums $49 sellers Muntok white pepper $101 sellers; Sarawak white $100 sellers; special Sarawak black $62. Singapore Copra Associa tion closing
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  • 55 21 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying, T.T. 32-5/16. O.D. 32-7 16, 90 days airrr.ail 32-13/16 credit bills, 32-7 8 trade bills. Selling rate?. T.T. or O.D. ready were: Canada 32; French Francs *****; Belgian Francs 1615-1 2.
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  • 164 21 INDUSTRIALS aad tin* were hesitant after firm, while rubbers ware irratular yesterday. Price' changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTHALS Buyers Sellers Fraser Neave Ords. 2.65 2.70 Gammon 2.25 2.30 W. Hammer 2.10 2 15 Henry Waugh 1.50 1.55 Hume Industries Pref. 21/3
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    • 334 21 KTburma shipping board I c S. "PYIDAWAYE" I ,s SINGAPORE 20th FEBRUARY I C _s3 22nd. FEBRUARY. I ».'-,-i Moulmein fir Rangoon. I mongers and cargo«t -jse contact. I national Shipping Agency. m .-n of Burma Shipping Boord 87 Neil Rood, I Tel ***** *****. I^VirNl-LINES I ROBINSON ROAD. I,
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    • 93 21 W 111 V'^^lilliiiiflkxß 19 W 1 YlMSiiiljp^Sß Boi The Ronson Viking, most suecessful gas lighter in the world, is now made in four new finishes I altogether a very distinguished .ABOVE: The Viking in grey and gunmetal enamel m l^^H RIGHT: The Viking in blue enamel I^^B with rolled gold
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  • 265 22 MILLION TRADE FAIR OPERATE AT GREAT WORLD ONE million dollars worth of local and foreign products will be on display at the Inter national Trade Exhibition which opens at the Great World Park, Singapore, today. It will as t three weeks. Seventy stalls, in addition to the 165 boo 4
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  • 199 22 Hopes For Increased Business With Japan THE Japanese ConsulGeneral in Singapore, Mr. Seizo Hinata, hopes that the Great World Trade Fair will be a success, and be the means of increasing trading prospects between Singapore and Japan. This is said in Mr. Hinata':? message to mark the
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  • 39 22 Invest Industrial -Commercial Ministor J I ,1,, -fl llljsl! Is,, 1 1,. I J '-I'm yj The Ministe J mm idded: "fej Ing c trade eHUtttkii those who arc ij promoting local 3 fttappore.* a 4 i *.j r
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    • 128 22 See the Multi-purpose usage and Wide Adaptability of: The STEEL PIPE SCAFFOLD PIPE SUPPORT ASSEMBLED HOUSE used in the construction of: The JAPANESE TRADE FAIR PAVILION GREAT WORLD All trade enquiries are cordially invited to: KINOSHITA CO., LTD. Room L, 13th Floor, Asia Insurance Building, Singapore. Telephone: ****** I m\\
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  • 898 23 Defence Gives Reason For Cable Check In Colony MILLIONS of United States dollars could have vanished through Hongkong If Aik Hoe and Company had not received confirmatory cables from New York on time, Mr. M.B. Brash told the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. Mr. Brash
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  • 38 23 THE Singapore City Council Labour Sub-committee and leaders of the Federation of City Council Unions met last nUht to discu>s the question of redundant gas workers, The meeting was nd.iourncd following the Federation's request.
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  • 66 23 SHAW Organization's new 51.600.000 Sky Cinemi in the Great World will be opened by the Governor of Singapore, Sir William Goode, tonicht. The theatre will screen the premiere of Mike Todd's show. "Around the World in Eighty Days." Ip to late last night labourers were working overtime
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  • 153 23 THE Singapore Labour Ministry made an un--uccebsful atiempt yesterday to end the strike by 200 dailv-tated employees at the work-site of Gammon (Malaya) Limited in Jurong. Mr Goh Koh Pi i. assistant Labour Commissioner (Industrial Relations). told The Standard last niahl that nis
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  • 145 23 $700 For Poisoning A Fish Pond IPOH. Fri. Three youths who destroyed a fish-breed-er's life's savings by poisoning his poni. were todny ordered by the Magistrate Tengku Yaecob, to pay the breeder $700 compensation. They were also bound over. '"I am taking a serious flew of this because it might
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  • 46 23 KHUA AH SENG was yesterday accused fa a Singapore Court of the attempted murder of N's Ah Seng on board a tongkang berthed off Nicoll Highway on Thursday. Khua was remanded in custody until Friday when the case will be mentioned.
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    • 102 24 NICOSIA, Feb. 14. (Reuter). —Mr. Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, returning from his Commonwealth tour, had 40 minutes talk with the Governor of Cyprus, Sir Hugh Foot, when his plane stopped here to refuel today. Mr. Macmillan did not leave the aircraft.
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    • 306 24 Rocket From USSR To America Perfected, Say German Scientists CAMP FRIEDLAND, Germany, Feb. 14 (UP) The Soviet Union has a missile capable of striking directly at the United States, a repatriated German scientist said yesterday. Albert Joswig, one of ten scientists who arrived in the
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    • 275 24 More Pay To Tempt British Recruits LONDON. Feb. 14 (Reuter) Britain yesterday announced new pay increases tv tempt recruits to the all-rrsulr navy, army and air force which will replace the present part-conscript-ed force by 1U62. Poor recruiting for the regular forces has been threatening the government's plan t i
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    • 72 24 LONDON, Fe (Renter) 3r.'.\.r. ris rr.a e represeniations to Rmwanii about laal We :rc~ lay's arrest of a :^4- IT- I Rumanian crr.p.oyee cf the Br:: sh :c^a':.^n in B -In ire-!. Mr George Bi'.i a. ::-.e F ro:;n OrlVe announced t The announcerr.cnt said the
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    • 25 24 A PREMATURE bla^t in a mine in Caltanis^etta. Italy killed at least eight miners yesterday and injured 64. it Was reported. U.P.
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    • 157 24 BRITAIN'S WONDER WEAPONS LONDON. Feb. 14 iUP> Britain lifted the wraps on two MV top-secret "WOBder" weapons yesterday a ballistic rocket launched froiD underground and a propelled bomb and announced thai both will be added to the West's growing arsenal of H-weapons. A: the same time she revealed that the
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    • 76 24 MAWSON. Anarctica, Feb. 14 (Renter) Two men from the Australian expedition Ship Thtla Dan were Hun? Into the freestafl sub-tero water Qi Mawson harbOUl here today as a pontoon ferrying supplies to the base capsized in heavy swell lan Adams, leader of this year's relief
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    • 75 24 THE FOUR-MAN crew of the Golden Rule pose on her deck in San Pedro. California before sailing the boat to Fniwetok in the Marshall Islands. the sitr of the U.S. nuclear testing grounds. The four intend to remain here :\s loir as the tests continue as
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    • 100 24 UNITED NATIONS. Feb. 14 tUP> ItUtisla notified the Security Council hist night that it will consider itself free to use the right of "legitimate sell-defence" if France tries to defy the orders blockading French garrisons and denying the French Navy the use of Tunisian ports.
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    • 32 24 THE FRENCH Defence Ministry has denied a French Press report That units of the French Mediterranean fleet wore massing in readiness to sail for Bizerta in case of emergency. Reuter
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    • 159 24 No Military Bases In N. Borneo LONDON. Fob 14 (Reu.er) The Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, yesterday denied that m.litary bases had been established in British North Borneo. A Labour Member, Mr. Reginald Sorensen. had asked in the House of Commons why the Colonial Secretary had aporoved the establishment of
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    • 195 24 New 'Arab Federation' Is Born AMMAN. Feb. 14 (UP-Reulcr) The Hashemite kingdom of Iraq and Jordan early today merged themselves into a Federated Stale with one Government, one urm, '_ne foreign policy and one economy. The official Federation i agreement was signed by Iraq's
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    • 91 24 COLOMBO. Feb. 14 (Reutcr) Representative women social workers from countries of Asia and Africa will begin an eight-day conference here tomorrow to discuss problems affecting women and children in the region. Prime Minister. Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, will inaugurate the conference which aims to extend the spirit
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    • 24 24 PRESIDENT Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam arrived in Rangoon yesterday by air frorr Calcutta on a four-day goodwill visit.— Reuter
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    • 182 24 LONDON, Feb. 14 (Reuter) —The House of Commons, aftei a two-day debate, last night endorsed the Government's plan to break with ancient tradition by allowing women to sit and vote in the hitherto all-male House of Lords The Commons gave a second reading
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    • 441 24 EAST BERLIN BANDSMEN ORDERED TO RATION JAZZ 'Decadent' Music BERLIN, Feb. 14 (UP) The Communists have put teeth into their new decree rationing Western music. An East German Culture Ministry edict has laid down the punishment for singers or musicians who use too many Western songs. They face fines of
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    • 53 24 HONGKONG. Feb. 14 (Reoter> The Chinese Premier Chou En-lai left today (in a visit to North Korea with a Chinese Communist poodwill mission, Peking Radio reported. With him went the new Foreign Minister, Chen Yi. the Vicf-Foreien Minister. Chan? Wen Tien, and the Ann? Chief-of-Staff.
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