The Straits Times, 27 February 1955

Microfilm: NL1793
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    Masthead
    14 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES lowest in No. 1.018. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1955. 15 CENTS
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    EDEN HERE: PRAISE FOR MALAYA
    467 1 Iplendid work', he says xign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden, denied in Singapore that he had objected to identifying Communism as the yO f the S.E.A.T.O. nations. Asked about his reported dispute m Bangkok with the U S Secretary of State, Mr. ]ohn Foster Dulles, on
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    HE INSPECTS THE GUARD
    70 1 ABOVE: Sir AnHiony inspects a guard of honour of the Ist. Regiment. Royal Artillery, as (mart in their red and white uniforms as he was in hit immaculate royal blue suit. Behind him ii the Chief of the Imperial Ceneral Staff. Field Marshal Sir |ohn Hardin*.
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    $5.000: One winner
    18 1 5.000: One winner Fs nner of Word I He w.ll j ry Office. :re bahru. I tor's I
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    KUANTAN WINS 5350,000 PRIZE
    100 1 KUANTAN WINS 5350,000 PRIZE KLANG. Saturday. ~233 sold m Kuantan won the new in- m the Social and Welfare Services •-•day tl -A.i.s wi n 129 sold in third by No. lr&wn today than the us lotter- N *****33. .25.000) No. I No. *****51. ;rth prizes *****35. 1411R29. tea <$io,ooo
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    Danger in this dare
    94 1 KIALA UMPIR, Sat. Tengku Abdul Rahman, President of thr Inited Malays National Organisation, has done a dangerous thing matching his life for any Communist terrorist who might surrender. The Federation Government has not abrocated the right of sending for trial on the rapital charge any Communist
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    Stalingrad says yes
    38 1 MOSCOW. Sat— The Soviet news agency Tass announced today that Stalingrad has accepted an invitation from Coventry, England, proposing that a delegation of six should visit the heavily bombed British city in March. A P
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    Lock icon Billy and the crisis
    29 1 CHICAGO, Sat Evangelist Billy Graham says the United States is facing the gravest crisis in its history and the snly answer is a religious re'ival.—AP
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    Lock icon Kotelawala for China
    30 1 COLOMBO. Sat— Sir John Kotelawala. Prime Minister of Ceylon, announced today that he plans to visit China soon to I learn about prospects or co- existence. Reuter. <
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    Lock icon He grew his hair
    117 1 LONDON. Sat— A Sikh who, left the British Army for two- ar.d-a-half years to obey the laws of his faith and grow his hair and beard, was sentenced to six months detention at a court martial at Ripon yesterday for being absent without leave. The Sikh,
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    Lock icon POLICE SAVED A BURGLAR
    120 1 NEW YORK. Sat. Police and emergency crews working with sledgehammers and acetylene torches today freed a seriously injured 20-year- old burglar who had been trapped for more than 12 hours after a 14-storey fall Police and an emergency ambulance doctor carefully lifted James Anderson, a Negro.
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    Talk on Malaya
    32 1 Dr. Elizabeth Comber (Han Suyln i now on leave in England Is to take part with Mr Woodrow Wyatt. Socialist M.P in a half-hour's BBC. dlsI cu&slon on Malaya
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    Drama in those flats
    93 1 Drama in those flats A Volunteer Special Constable raced up to the top of the nine-storey Singapore Improvement Trust flats in Upper Pickering Street yesterday when he heard people shouting: 'Don't jump!" He apprehended a Chinese carpenter with the help of a watchman. The carpenter was later sent to Woodbridge
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    Lock icon Ballet dancers collapsed
    65 1 WOLVERHAMPTON. Sat. Fifteen members of Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet Company were rushed to hospital last night, suffering from carbonmonoxide poisoning. A spokesman said the dancers were rehearsing in a draughty room and shut the windows. Fume.s from a coke stove filled the room and members of the
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    Lock icon Ten or twelve would do it
    75 1 LONDON. Sat. A British scientist, Professor F. Powell, said today that 10 or 12 welldirected hydrogen bombs would make 'ordinary life in Britain impossible. He said plausible estimates put the American stockpile of atomic bombs at about 4.000 and the Russian at about 1.000
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    Lock icon 'Christmas card' Britain in the snow
    213 1 'C hristmas card' Britain in the snow LONDON. Sat. BRITONS in the hills of Northern England began digging themselves out; of six-foot snow drifts today while the rest of the country shivered in below-freezing temperatures. Snowbound villages in Lincolnshire, which had been cut off from the rest of the world
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    Yap returns from Britain
    86 1 Mr. Yap Pheng Deck, vicepresident of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, returned from Britain yesterday with high hopes that the Chamber's fight for a multilingual legislarure would be successful. Mr. Yap said that many people in Britain thought the chamber's request was reasonable. He had
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    DEMOCRATS: 16 CANDIDATES
    382 1 THE Singapore Democrat Party will put up 16 candidates, including its president, Mr. Tan Eng joo, in the coming Legislative Assembly elections. 1 Mr. M. B. Brash, a Colony lawyer, and committee mem- bers of the Chinese Chamber j ol Commerce are among the candidates announced yesterday
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    Seaman: I won't go back
    161 1 Seaman: I won't go back I A CHINESE seaman, who feared he would be sent to Communist China when a ship reached Hong Kong, was taken off the ship before it left Singapore yesterday. rhe captain feared he might jump overboard and refused to carry him The 35-year-old seaman, a
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    Lock icon A vase for Eisenhower
    91 1 WASHINGTON. Sat —A twofoot white and gold vase, commemorating the Coronation of the Queen on June 2 1953 was received at the Whit* House yesterday as a gift to President Eisenhower The Eritish Ambassador, Sir Roger Makins, told Mr- Eisenhower that the British Pottery Manufacturers' Federation
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    Lock icon CHEESE MAN CAN STAY
    56 1 PITTSBURGH, Sat— An Italian chetsemaker who overstayed a visitor's visa was given an extra 30 days to conclude his American cheesemaking afiairs. Federal Judge Rabe March said he had eaten Italian che«»sC and liked it. Mr. March granted the stay after Fortunate Salamone, 44, promised to
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    Twenty thousand dollars winners
    368 1 Twenty thousand dollars winners CUBJECT to re-scrut'ny two entrants will share the first prize of $15,000 in The Malayan Monthly Word Puzzle Contest 'C. They will receive $7,500 each They are. MRS. J. STEVEN. 50A Hale Road. Kuala Lumpur; C. B. EASTERBROOK Sungei Way Dredging Ltd., Petaling, Selangor. They each
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      79 1 4 WALAYA S FINEST ICE CREAM HAPPINESS WHEREVER YOU ARE. BDA CHROMATIC HARMONICAS nromonica 40-reed $12.00 i per Chromonica 48-reed $14.50 Chromonica 64-reed $22.50 I u-a Ide luxe 40-reed $16.00 j omonica II de luxe 48-reed $20.00 j Packing $I—extra/1 extra/ |)|t&&^ 'HOHNER" A DIATONIC ACCORDIONS. N ;JH] mod; i.
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      124 1 Just Received! FINE ENGLISH Cut Crystal Suites. U. S. de SUVA, J c wel I era 106, Orchard Road, Singapore -9. when you must look your loveliest m/f^f* "V*» Pter Angeli Wk Fascinatingly lovely ■I £-*> J| M-GAtStu PAN -CAKE MAKE• U P by max Factor HOLLYWOOD j DAI FACTO*
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    WHAT ABOUT LIBERTY?
    1827 2 r THE WORLD IN 2000 THERE are few prophecies about the year 2000 A.D. that can be made with more confidence than one that the powers of the State will be greatly increased in all countries that are not already totalitarian. There is one proviso, it is
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    TEN MINUTES OF THRILLS
    427 2  -  SAGAI %^VSV; JkJUfGMsMIWm ■&&&s&&tt&tt&^^ MALAY professional fishermen were making good catches of delah last weekend and told us as we passed their laden boat near No. 6 beacon off Pulau Übln on Sunday that they expected to catch plenty more during the next few weeks. The
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      233 2 gy HANDLOOM FABRICS Noted for their excellence in texture, beauty of deiign and richness of artistic appeal. THE INDIAN HANDLOOM INDUSTRY has been a producer of cotton, silk and woollen cloth from times immemorial: India's fine Muslins, Chintzes, Shawh, Brocades etc. were the rage of fashionable women in far off
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  • Article
    Lock icon 38 die in Australian flood
    371 3 \/;s DROP FOOD TO HUNDREDS MAROONED: OCEAN TUGS SPEED TO RESCUE PEOPLE CLING TO ROOFS AS RIVER RAVAGES TOWN SYDNEY. Saturday. today dropped urgently needed supplies of food to hunderds of ,coplc clinging to their rooftops above swirling mudddy floodwaters in Town of Warren, New
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    India Rotary study offer
    35 3 juuhep- red a 2.400 grmdu- Tata Iron and ::idiciate can lanical, elecnuld not be -houlci have of the four C Arthur W. ;rient of the Club, told K n con Portugal,
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    Ignorance cost $2O
    18 3 k who ipnored a Li while driii the juneRoad and I i*t October ;ipore Court
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    40 WANT TO BE YOUTH LEADERS
    139 3 More than 40 people, a few of them from Sarawak, have applied to join the Club Lea:p Training Course sponsored by the Federation of Boys' Clubs Singapore. The course which begins on Mar 2i and ends on July 1. it the Singapore Youth Council
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    After My Fashion'
    165 3 "After My Fashion," by 1 Diana Morgan, the Stage Club's next production, was a West End success in London. John Forbes-Semphill <who will be remembered for his flne productions with the Singapore Rep.) was associated with it. It will be presented by the Stage Club at the
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    SHE WILL STAR IN NEW PLAY
    26 3 I Dorothy Morrell well-known Singapore actress, who takes a leading part in "After My Fashion." the new Stage Club production.
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    Calling all blood donors
    115 3 Blood donors of Group B and O are urgently wanted at the blood centre. In the General Hospital, according to the report of the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service for the week ending Friday. The report states the stock In these two groups is at a low
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    Malaya calling Scandinavia
    60 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Telephone calls can be made from Malaya to three more European countries. Austria, Finland and Sweden from Tuesday. The hours of service will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. local time. Minimum charges for a call of three minutes will be $40.50, and
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    Speeding: $15
    36 3 Lim Chye Soon, who drove a taxi at speed along Thomson Road at early on Oct. 18 last was fined $15 by Mr Howe Yoon Chong in the Singapore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday.
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    TELL MUM TO VOTE, SCOUTS ARE URGED
    175 3 Singapore boy scouts were urged yesterday to do their good turn on Election Day by reminding mum and dad to vote. At a rally at the AngloChinese School commemorat- ing the 98th birthday anniver- sary of the late Lord Badenpov.eli, founder of the
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    TWO KILLED BY STRAY BOMB
    164 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. TPWO Malay villagers were killed and eight others injured yesterday when men of the Ist Somerset Light Infantry accidentally lobbed a mortar bomb into Kampong Beleng near Temerloh. Pahang. The bomb struck a coconut tree in the kampong and exploded, hurling metal
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    COOLEST OF ALL
    34 3 Sir Anthony Eden and the Press at Killang Airport yesterday. Though the tvn biased down and he wore a full suit. Sir Anthony was the coolest of all. Sunday Times picture.
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    Move to beat corruption
    76 3 rpo get public co-operation I. against corruption in the coming elections, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau has been specially charged to investigate allegations of corruption from now until the elections. The bureau will be aided by a senior member of the Attor-ney-General's staff and an accountant.
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      178 3 HERE'S THE Af£H> HILLMANrance The Hillman Dr l.uxc Saloon with more luxury, more power more .style, also the Minx Special Saloon powered by the famous •"Econimastcr" eneine. The new Hillman (ilifornian with improvements in appearance, comfort and performance will still further increase the popularity of this advanced model \< v
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      326 3 Two's Company W with /ll|§ife Player's N?3 h\o^Veß'sl 3hie Quality L Q uallt y Cigarette J COUGH! COUGH!! COUGH!!! Is your life being ruined by i 1 ASTHMA^I! Don't neglect that cough I i/\ Persistent coughing may Q n.—VKI/- M ITI C Vw J\ J\ damage the lungs, bronchi bKUNLHI
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      193 3 C.AKRH X: Fujilama (Hindi* The Nile 11 a.m. Tel. 6903. English sub-titlesp 3.15. 6.30.' AI.HAMBRA: Diamond Horseshoe 9.15. Latin Lovers 11 am; Tel. 11. 1.30, 4, 6.45. 9 .30. Tarran. *****. The Ape Man 9a.m. Tel. «909. C*PITOL- Thp Violent Men BOXY: The Living Desert —3. ill, 1.45. 4. 6.30.
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    'Gaetano the Generous!'
    901 4  -  BERNARD RONALD By MILAN. COUNT Caetano Marzotto, 6 ft. and 60, strode briskly into his silk-walled study at the top of his Persian-carpeted white marble staircase, summoned one of his ten servants to prepare a fabulous dinner and as many cocktails as I was pleased to i
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    $60,000 WORTH OF BEAUTY
    69 4 $60,000 WORTH OF BEAUTY A girl who defied her dector's warning* and danced her way to recovery Eunice Melville stars in the muchcoverred 8.8.C. television "beauty spot" in the programme "Quite Contrary." Eunice was one of Australia's top models before injuring her spine last year. Since leaving Australia she has
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    HEADACHE? IT'S THE A-FEELING !
    342 4 HEADACHE? IT'S THE A-FEELING DEEN feeling rough lately? Getting more of those severe blinding headaches and wondering why? Don't bother blaming something you ate. now that the truth IS OUt. It is those atomic explosion In the Pacific that are leaving you with a Monday-morning feeling right through the vpek.
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    WHAT IS THE SECRET OF THE SIENA PIANO
    1295 4  - WHAT IS THE SECRET OF THE SIENA PIANO GEORGE N. ALLEN mmmmammmmmfmmmmf'ffWWfftfmgm^fl PI fi I By The story of an unique piano wto imitates guitar, harp, bells —rediscover after being lost for a century; modft piano-makers haven't learned its see?* it was first heard publicly in 180/, and then was
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  • Solutions to the contests
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      COMMITTEE MADE THIS CHOICE IN $20,000 CONTEST
      35 5 Bmw H 'he set of answers which the adjudication I .-mince adjudged to be the most apt and accurate C Thc Malayan Monthly 520.000 Must-Be-Won Word Contest "C.
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      Signs of carelessness in the easier clues
      856 5 By THE COMPETITION EDITOR THE entry for Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest 'PPP' was again above average and competition was keen. The adjudication committee, on a broad analysis, thought there were signs of carelessness with some of the easier clues. Here are observations
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      Lovely shellfish
      349 5 I sifHWlrl'l'l I* \l\ I.1\( L ether are MM I UQIES L und of scallops. K .I batter in a K finely diced nc onion, two E rs of I rench beans C m .is<>n with K > \A shake over C I few minutes. K- Fran direct
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      Crackers cost 13 youths $13
      90 5 Explndinc crackers after the Chinese New Year had j repercussions which echoed in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday. Thirteen youths were fined SI each. They had pleaded guilty to Oring crackers on Jan. 24 in various parts of the city without police permissionThe 13
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      Boys' Brigade officials
      125 5 Singapore Boys' Brigade Executive Council's officials for this year are: President: Mr. J. M Fraser. vice-presidents: Messrs A. M. Cherian. S. Brownsword, Chua Siak Phuang: Secretary: Mr. Liau Nyuk Siong. Asst. Secretary: Mr. E. Lim: Treasurer: Mr. Tan Hoay Gie: Life Boys' Area Supervisor: Miss Margaret E.
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      Winning answers to Word Puzzle PPP
      81 5 Winning a nswers to Word Puzzle PPP THE 55.000 prixe for Straits Times Word Puxxle Contest 'PPP' was won by C. POLLARD. Machinery Office. Johore Bahru. He submitted a set of answers which corresponded completely with those given below. These were adjudged by the adjudication committee to be the most
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      This was a spell that lasted for 2 hours
      342 5 This was a spell that lasted for 2 hours AT just two minutrs pasi nine on Friday night Dame Sybil Thorndike swept onto the platform of the Victoria Memorial Hall and surveyed the stragglers, made an enchanting curtsy to the Governor and Rave a quick nod of her patrician head
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      NO MORE AID, SO RED BOSS GAVE UP
      275 5 NO MORE AID, SO RED BOSS GAVE UP KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. rpHE most important ComX munist boss to have surrendered in the Federation since 1950 did so because of "no replacements in firearms, ammunition and personnel." This is the statement of Ah lan. State Committee member of the Pahang-Trengganu border
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      Tea party for team leaders
      140 5 Dr. Chen Su Lan, president of the Singapore Chinese YM.C.A., will give a tea-party at his residence. 133, Pasir Panjang Road, at 4 p.m. on March 5 for team leaders and the organising committee of the recent Chinese "V" nag Day. Prizes will be given
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      Woman molested
      28 5 A European woman living at Cairnhill. Singapore, reported to the police yesterday that a Malay youth "molested her as she was walking home on Friday night.
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      157 5 An otogant now 3 iiiro D. B. 2-4 Saloon Immediate Delivery the EASTERN AUTO CO., LTD. 69/79, Orchard Road, Singapore-9 Phone *****. Home Delivery Can be Arranged. INDIGESTION PAIN? STOP IT NOW! This to the fastest way to get relief from indigestion pain. Maclean Brand Stomach Powder acts fast I
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    NO GALLEONS-BUT A DEEP PEACE REMAINS
    802 6  - NO GALLEONS-BUT A DEEP PEACE REMAINS JOHN WILLIAMS By UHDUR centuries ago, when cannon ball and kings ruled agrarian Europe, the armadas of a tiny nation rode the seas from the Mediterranean to Japan The sturdy sailing ships lay low In the water with the gold and silver, cloth and
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  • The Countryman's Journal
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      Seng and a heartless little creature
      636 6 Seng and a heartless little creature rpHERE was not even a 1 drizzle last week, and a cool breeze was blowing on and off till sunset. Flower buds are to be seen on a few durian trees near the Dusun and on one of our trees, but we take no
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      RECORD OF THE WEEK
      148 6 There is probably no more famous, and no more hackneyed, music than the "Ballet Egyptiene" by Luigini. I was Interested to And out what this music would sound like when played by a quality orchestra. It has just been recorded by Lt>rchestre des Concerts Lamoureux. wJjo
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      This is the zebra style
      51 6 This is the zebra style Thit is the 'Zebra' fringe. with an .1 astymetrical coif- fure, designed by Steiner of London The 'Zebra' stripes are achieved with a preparation which is easily removed. j The hair is left I thick and full but worn close in to Hi* nape of
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      249 6 ■■r Xy v&t-J I AIR-INDIA 1 1 SALES AGENTS Anglo-French Trading COMPANY LIMITED TRAVEL DEPARTMENT 132 136, ROBINSON ROAD, TEL. *****/6 SINGAPORE. ranteeoN •15 JEWELS /^^f^^ WATERPROOF m/^T^^H ANTIMAGNETIC AT>\ RED CENTRE i^kWj- JfSS SKONDS ™J£SJ§&?* Mn SS SPECIAL OFFER 4*~'% ±'<*<fir^ POST f\ f SIX WATCHES 7mW W m
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      492 6 who W^if t loved dogs^f-^ 1 "TT4OB MARTIN'S "—if s a supplies mineral. kc hcusehold name today the borjv v I J How did It start and vitamin, orS.i'*! Theatory begins with one man. Thw vitan i<i»^ Bnsa8 n5a 1 man wno loved (iogn. are vitallyThe lat© Robert William (rnnfl
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    Accessories in straw
    294 7 Accessories in straw •ALTHOUGH the I French designers J are still the undisputed leaders of fashion the > Italians are rapidly coming to the fore as fashion leaders, parti- > cularly in holiday clothes. > Some of the Italian de- > signers have shown them- I selves to be experts
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    MISS CHARON JUST DOESN'T CARE
    396 7 Anne Scoff-James goes behind fhe Paris fashion scenes UO time. aias. m Collection Week to eat we:l. go shopping, or go on the town Six hundred dresses a day is about all you can manage The only relaxation was talking to people. I talked to
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    How will the Z-line look?
    337 7 \\/E have hardly recovered from the breathtaking onslaught of Dior s H-line and now we are about to be assailed with the A-line Perhaps we will now be bullied into taking a trip through the alphabet and I hate to think what the Z-line is
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    SUMMER GARDEN
    26 7 "Summer Garden" is the name tor this print of multi-coloured butterflies and flowers on Corvette's circle-skirt of cotton worn with a classic shirt blouse
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    DID THEY SAT... SHOES?
    167 7 DID THEY SAT... SHOES? PARIS THE Picasso shoe "wearable, but like the artist incomprehensible" is the hichlicht of the new collection of shoes launched recently by Andre Perugia, top Pariv women* shoe maker The heel and sole i»t the Picasso shoe are on top of the shoe instead of underneath
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      105 7 Heartburn? Acidity? UtAUY RAPID XtUZF I ALWAYS PRESCRIBE PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS j^^' (MINT- FLAVOURED) rC^Z*^fcl MA for we. pleasure CHIVERS Otoe English ntemolabs V. R. Vitk Co. Ltd.. Singapore Chiviri and Sons Ltd., Hilton, Cambridge, England V N y /i/ "We're here again to build up health in
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  • JANE LEE'S HUMAN CASE BOOK
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      A woman's critical years
      624 8 WHEN THE DAYS OF ROMANCE ARE GONE By ESME BAPTIST A AFTER courtship, bringing to a climax the wedding bells, a couple quite confidently assumes that theirs is a marriage that will stand on the firm basis of love and understanding. Generally it is so, but
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      YOUR SLIP IS SHOWING
      391 8 httt^Says CONSTANCE HALL IWOMF.N never admit they are fat till they are enormous, so measure yourself today. Odd how we cling to the measurements we had 10 years ago. Yvt are not fat because you have had a family or bemuse you are getting older, o-
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      Who started this myth about women?
      424 8 Who started this myth about women? HOW did this myth grow up that women are unpunc- j tual? Which husband first put about the tale that he always has to wait for his wife while she titivates herself in front of a mirror? It's about time it was exploded anyhow.
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      HE MARRIED A RICH GIRL
      657 8 r PWELVE years ago I married a rich girl who was not very attractive. Since then we have parted several times and then become reconciled. She Is very generous and will listen to any sob-story and lend out money without asking me so that I
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      WHAT ANNOYS YOU
      56 8 WHAT ANNOYS YOU |N the daily '•Battle of c, M h T e Sexes." there MUST be some little < thing which you find aggravating in the opposite NX. Is there some mannerism or attitude that annoys you? Why not tell other people about it? Write to: "You Men! You
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      232 8 *0 V tlOUt TStfH I" Explain that brushing Set an example' <;u is necessary night and the kiddies th« riSS* morning, and way fo dear, a after meals when- >^M, of the tJ\\ Take t hem regularly to your r«th he 3 iZ\ <| the dentist, explaining clean th?m with
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    $600 gift to University
    48 9 Thr Vice-Chancellor of the -ity of Malaya. Sir Sydnv ("aine. yesterday received a cheque for $600 lor the Endowment Fund from medical students. The money was collected for last year's annual dinner which was cancelled after a row with the restaur- 1 ait owner.
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    Lay the suicide flats ghost' or money back
    325 9 Lay the suicide flats ghost' or money back GHOST LAYERS $3,000 OFFER IS MET WITH A CONDITION: SINGAPORE City Councillors, questioned yesterday over a man's offer to rid the "suicide" flats at Upper Pickering Street of a "ghost," said they did not believe in spectres. An Indian ghost-layer, Mr. P.
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    SHE WAS A BRIDE TWICE IN ONE DAY
    266 9 Marrf age No. 1 Marriage No. 2 A YOUNG Singapore couple yesterday went through two weddmg ceremonies and the day was not over for the bridegroom until he also went through a faith conver- si on ritual. A; 10 a.m. Mr. Vincent
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    Youths for trial on consorting charge
    212 9 Youths for trial on consorting charge r'O youths were committed in Singapore yesterday for trial at the next Assizes on a joint charge of consorting with a man, found with two revolvers and six bullets, in the attic of a Uemmant Road house on June 28. They were Lai Choh
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    His hobby just 'grew on him'
    324 9 A SPARE-TIME hobby inspired by the gift of a friend is paying off handsome dividends to Mr. Charlie B. T. Lim, a Colony film distributor. He is growing "miniature gardens" in tiny flower pots, after the style or the Japanese and Chinese "experts." To
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    Pupils loved the Cassons
    157 9 TWO hours of Shakespearean scenes, played by Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson in the concert hall of the Methodist Girls' School yesterday, evoked thunderous applause from a full-house of school pupils. School children the English world over, are noted for quickness of their reactions
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    Merchant accused
    102 9 Cheong Aik Chong. a partner in a Singapore firm, was charged in the First Criminal District Court yesterday on two counts under the Foreign Control Ordinance Involving $87,144. He was alleged to have placed on Jan. 20 last year $82,312.87 to his credit and a further sum of
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    Mission party
    37 9 Mr. c. Kesavan. former Minister of Travancore-Cochin State, will be the guest of honour at a reception by the Sree Narayana Mission at West Hill Road, 13 2 milestone Sembawang, Singapore, at 5 p.m. today.
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    Johore boosts primary education plan
    191 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. ANOTHER English Primary school is to be built in Johore Bahru this year with accommodation for 250 pupils Although there is only at token vote of $10 in the Johore Estimates for 1955 for the construction of new English schools in Johore
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      69 9 High tides TODAY: Singapore 1.23 am 1 9ft. 41ns > 1.51 pm. <9ft. lln.' iPort Dlckson 813 a.m. <Bft 21ns. 9.46 p.m. 1 9ft. lln. i Penang 3.09 a.m j (6ft. 91ns i 33" pm (7ft. lln>. TOMORROW: Singapore 1.56 a.m. 1 9ft. 3ins> 2.41 p.m. (Bft. 4ins. i Port
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    Mrs PALMER HAS ENDURED SO MUCH
    688 10 A Chinese woman finds peace in Britain THE organiser of the Women's Institute Produce Show held up a jar of green peas. "First prize for bottled vegetables: Mrs. Doris Palmer, of Hordle, who is also first for tomato ketchup, marmalade and candied peel. There
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      300 10 The drama at the Singapore dockside on Wednesday, when a father strove desperately to prevent his daughter vanishing forever behind the Bamboo Curtain, serves to remind us that the first aim of international Communism is the smashing of family ties. Communism demands complete and unswerving loyalty to the
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      323 10 AN attentive observation might, perhaps, lead us to the immediate conclusion that the main intention of Worst Confounded" was not to convince but to confuse. HLs imagination regarding the practicability." "reservation for illiterates." translator problem," etc., seems to be intended to sidetrack the major issues
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      219 10 MR. S. HARIDAS seems not a little concerned over the lot of some of the Colony Cninese, because he feels that the one language system has annulled their chances of contesting the April elections. What he has conveniently left out, however, Is that there lire about half
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      158 10 MR. Ditt Singh. In the Sunday Times, deplores the discontent and deterioration of the Government Clerical Service and attributes this to "the suffering experienced by the clerks during the Japanese occupation, followed by their failure to receive a square deal from the Trusted and Benham Salary Commissions." Mr. Singh
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      'Ballyhoo'
      301 10 MR. Barney Avery, motoring correspondent of the Sunday Times says "of the many people who have spoken to me of my criticism of Capt. Richardson's Road Safety Campaign, Capt. Richardson is the only one who dlsgrees." Apropos of that statement I would like to make th<> following observations (a)
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      220 10 China Formosa IN the eyes of Great Britain, the U.S.S.R., India. Indo- ne*!a, Burma and a few other I countries, the Chinese Na- tionalist Government is not i considered to be a proper Chinese government. The proper Chinese Gov- ernment which many coun- f tries representing more than three-auarter of
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    THAT DYNAMITE BOWLER IS BACK
    666 10  - THAT DYNAMITE BOWLER IS BACK Frank Rogers I By DRAWLXGS BY DOS BADIOR i T^HIS is Radio Austra- lia's cricket service. We are now taking you over to Melbourne for a commentary on the Sixth Test Match. Over now to Charles Torture. Hello listeners, everywhere. I In Australia, it is
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    312 10 Billy Budd rpilE article about P«ng. which J^H the strait, Tlmifljpl sometf Th^SnJgJ It wal rXViy^flAfcKH iggri l the slow pro gI M' thp Emei Police -station a^JB bun*:! dttf^ men ana «nd pallet o:: tffl feroo from i. m% f2 ad l 0 Rl those da-, imi oi cha
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    Adverse trade slashed
    253 11 [SITED STATES WAS MALAYA'S BEST CUSTOMER LAST YEAR BETTER RUBBER PRICE MEANT MORE TRADE By CEOFFRET BOLAND \>A slashed its overall adverse trade balance 9 million in 1954 from $206 million in 3 and its adverse merchandise trading balance nillion from $3 6 million. shown in official
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    Rubber two cents up
    91 11 Rubber two cents up grade rubber 1 dosed in Sinly at 91 3 4 cents nta above Friday's ,dy tone. a fair turnover c firmed during short covering overnight London prices yesterday rrr:- No. 1 R buyer* 9l\. sellers Mar buyers No 2 buyers No. 3 buyers. ■:.ber of Commerce
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    17 11 W of tin in Singa- WU $355.12! 2 m ■:-i 37 2 cents on I
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    21 11 f pra Association K prii fts on Saturday: m <opra: March $29 2 sellers; i lycra $29 selm ni quiet.
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    rOO SCOUTS WILL MEET
    38 11 rOO SCOUTS WILL MEET IMPUR. Sat. 0 scouter.s from In the Federanri the first nance at Tanjong ■ay conference, lei Commissioners, cubmasters and of their committees leld in the Sultan Idns .icge on Apr. 15. discuss scouting Malaya.
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    31 11 The death occurred at sea on Feb 17, during his voyage to England on leave, of Mr. John Cunningham, London, of the Eastern Smelting Company Limited Penang.
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    'Restricted hours' fine
    42 11 Because he drove a car within the city area during restricted hours on Nov. 7, Mar- sunab bin Awee a provisional licensed driver, was fined $15 by Mr. Howe Yoon Chong in the Singapore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday
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    Distiller fined
    21 11 (;>ore court yestere Lai was fined for distilling sam.su in a y Radin Mas. off KamRoad. on F'.b. 25.
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    25 11 B im Avenue, betwen W ,nd Frar.kel Avem ipore, will be clasrd ifflc for six months. m :,i_. xork Is in pr<v
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    $200 bail on hurt charge
    65 11 Seenl Mohamed. son of Hajee M Shahul Hameed Alimsabib. of Cecil Street, claimed trial in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday to causing hurt to Ten En* Chuan with a knife on Friday night Seenl is said to have committed the offence on a lighter
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    Free trade, say the Democrats
    212 11 *J"RADE and commerce are given high priority in the election platform of the Democratic Party, Singapore, which has far more businessmen among its candidates for the Legislative Assembly elections than any other political party. The Party's manifesto saya it will help assist in the development
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    BE SAVAGE, HE TOLD THEM
    38 11 "Be alart jnd savage and mike sure you trutt your sentries", the Home Guard Intpecror-Cenerjl, Maj-Cen. E. B. Fonblanque told these Chinese guards inside their bullet-proof command post in Selangor on Thursday night.
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    LITERARY FIGURES AT LUNCHEON
    115 11 Two literary highlights, possibly even three, will be at the Singapore Union of Journalists' lunch at the Capitol Blue Room tomorrow. The speaker will be Mr. S. I. Hslung, Dean of Arts at Nanyang University, but better known for his play "'Lady Precious Stream" which ran
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    Two caught begging
    70 11 mWO elderly men who 1 claimed trial to begging for one cent, were put into the Home of Detention by the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday. Both were arrested on Friday morning. Sim Cheak Pc was arrested in Arab Street when a shopkeeper gave nim one cent.
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    Caused hurt charge
    44 11 Tan Kah Lee claimed trial to causing hurt to See Mien Scan? with a knife at the Oulr&Ki Road Prison on Jan. 29. He was ordered to be remanded in custody and the case was postponed to March 5 for hearing.
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    A SCHOOL COMES TO GIVE LIGHT'
    323 11 THE Chief Secretary of Singapore, Mr. W.A.C. Coode, spoke in fluent Malay yester--1 day when he declared open the Rotary $10,000 school and community hall at Ponggol Village. covered tablet on the wall, Mr. Goode praised the Rotary Club for their uplift planto improve
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    REDHILL CENTRE OFFICIALS
    123 11 Officials of the Redhill Community Centre, Singapore, for this year are: Patrons, Mrs. Elizabeth Choy and Mr. Lee Choon Eng; president. Mr. Pang Tong Khim; vice-presidents, Messrs. R. P. Rattl, Lee Kwok Peng, Chong Hong Woo. Soh Teow Seng; secretary, Mr. Tan Yong Koon, asst. Mr. Teo
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    MARK E-DAY ON YOUR CALENDAR—BISHOP
    155 11 MARK E-DAY ON YOUR CALENDAR— BISHOP BISHOP Raymond Archer, head of the Methodist Church in South-East Asia, har, called on all Methodists in Malaya, who are qualified to vote to add Election Day to their list of special days. In the latest newsletter of the Wesley Church. Singapore, Biehpi Archer
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    Lock icon U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    276 11 I.W.>IFW.-V Ml. ENGUBH LEAGUE DIVISION I Arsenal S Shcff. Wed. 2 Burnley 3 Charlton 0 Cardiff 3 Manrh. V. Chelsea 4 Hnddersfleld 1 •Everton Aston Villa •Leicester Kolton •Manrhtr C. Wolves Newcastle 1 Sunder land I Preston 3 Blackpool 1 •Sheffield i;. Portsmouth •West Brom. Tottenham ENGLISH
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    RAJA WILL UNVEIL PORTRAIT
    46 11 TELUK ANSON, Sat.— Raja Musa ibnl Sultan Sir Abdul Aziz, Raja Kechil Besar. Perak will unveil the portrait of the late KN. OL. V. Vellayappa Chettiar at the Vellayappa Chettiar Memorial Library at the Anglo-Chinese School in Raja Musa Road here tomor-
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    Speeding: $35
    42 11 For speeding along East Coast Road on the night of May 24 last, Goh Woo Lee was fined $35 by Mr. J. P. Trainor In the Singapore First Traffic Police Court yesterday. Goh admitted driving a car at 45 m.p.h.
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    194 12 EACH week the Sunday Times is awarding cash prises for readers' pictures. There is a first prize of $30, a second of $15 and runners-up each receive $5. it If you wish to enter for the competition send your entries to "Camera Contest," Sunday Times, Cecil Street, Singapore, making
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    A working day in the life of a Singaporean
    677 12  -  Donald Davies IN the year 1864 John Cameron, the go-ahead proprietor and editor of the Straits Times, published a book entitled "Malayan Hndia," in which he says that the day in Singapore began with the firing of the 68--pound cannon on
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    Mollie Ross likes to 'take' children
    244 12 PiLTVRE MSmSmWAUN about and i By CHAN CHIN BOCK. AT 46, Mrs. Mollle Ross is the proud possessor of a cosy little studio that has taken years to materialise. She is perhaps the only woman in Singapore with 30 years of photographic experience. Mrs.
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    Douglas backs into a spotlight
    236 13 Douglas backs into a spotlight I LONDON. ,a- a --'-ange literary It the Dorchesmentionad a ::ipme was friendship, a spoke It was rbert Agar. :.an, Mr. inks jun., was a it adv' n? The doe, strangely Fairbanks'*. ■s.is. in- d to :r a new be published on ■-d Is called
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    Film Fans' Forum Who is the most beautiful actress?
    294 13 Film Fans' Forum Who is the most beautiful actress? WHO is the most beauti- ful actress in Holly- wood? Is she the most beautiful girl in the world? JOHN LIM. Singapore. I I I hor.- Uno hard and fa.st rule for judging beauty of fare and figure. However, nhoevrr I
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    HE IS JAPAN'S MISTER FILM'
    189 13 DRACTICALLY all Japanese with one notable exception fail to understand why European contest judges and New York crit'es laud Japanese films that have been 1 given frigid or lukewarm receptions in Japan. •Rashomon's" award of the Venice Prize was greeted with such sneers as "the
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    CRITICS CHOSE THE BEST PICTURE
    103 13 New York film critic* who voted "On the Waterfront," the be»t picture of Hie year. Marlon Brando rhe best actor. aitd Elia Kazan the best director, recently presented commemorative plagues to the winners. Brando, busy n Hollywood, was represented by Evj Maria Saint. In the
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    What is Clamour?
    1170 13 **iiji^^^^oP^^^^^^ k ii t1^^,,,,.. L V\V^ H \\.^^^B^^^^^^ ...ik yHAT is glamour, that commodity, which Hollywood packages so well and so profitably? Glamour has been variously described md defined as charm and beauty exquisitely presented, plus the necessary elements of graciousness and intelligence. After many years in
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    1698 17 RUSSIANS USED DOCS TO CATCH PRISONERS .•••••••••a •••••••>•«•«»«•••■■«•■••«•••••••••••••••< |«lie limenex who fought with Spain's Blue j Division against Russia and was captured m World War 11. continues his account of Hrn 11 years he spent in Russian prfton camps. |ime*et I gave his reports to Daniel Mardcr, then
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    London 'Wide Boy' liked the Kelantan silver
    206 17  - London 'Wide Boy' liked the Kelantan silver DOROTHY THATCHER From A"d the beautiful reading room at Malaya j -emoved the lock from one of The ;.nta:nmg Kelantan silverware and roya -nself to one or two choice pieces and I |ust enough to fill his pockets yet arouse j d he
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      671 18  -  MIKE HAWTHORN By yiHE car makyth the motorist. The man who pays £3,000 for a motor-car buys more than just a highly polished product he buys a new highway code. For him the hustle and bustle of run-of-the-mill over. Instead he has driving in a
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      It wasn't hockey! It was a debacle
      678 18  -  CRUSADER Says AFTER seeing Selangor's 10-1 hockey debacle, my main impression is that the margin of defeat by Pakistan is not so perturbing as the visitors' complete eclipse of the State side. Those who saw the Indians beat Selangor 8-0 last year and
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      SOLUTION TO THE PARKING PROBLEM
      578 18 SOLUTION TO THE PARKING PROBLEM IT looks like my prophecy of Singapore streets being even more congested than they are at present may be < wrong. I understand from usually well-informed circles as the diplomats say that a working committee is examining the possibilities of providing us with multistoried parking
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    PAKISTAN AGAIN SCORE 11, CONCEDE ONE
    969 19 Singapore outplayed after good start By THE SPORTS EDITOR lUJ Singapore 1. cored a jroal against Pakistan yesterday only the second nst the \isitors on this tour. But this goal, and a 22 minute ;itt;u-k in the first half, were the only crumbs Singapore
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    64 19 THE I'ikiv in hooker tourists |i..n thrir lurd nuUh in the Colony a.;ain»t the President's XI at I a.in. in Bftar stadium at S.II p.m. today. The Prrsid-nt'i Xi was named l.iM night a> Doll.ih: Sgt i. .-Hard. Ajil Singh: S. C.unendran. I < llupillai. Kirpal
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    171 19 PI.NAXO Sal. ••<. match on the fur ihe first night's third Thomas (up i idrd the t plan md the most thrilling between \II-I .ng- ma one Poh Lim !!••< k and the Perakmnl ••< 'U«n <>t Tan Jin lim Kee I-
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