The Singapore Free Press, 5 August 1954

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. N i4(M«». Singapore. Thurs.. Aug. .">. 1954. Price 15 Cts
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    MARJORIE MYSTERY
    121 1 Airline boss says 'I don't know' THE manager of Malayan Airways. Mr. I. Skeldon. his morning parried all questions about the future of their ur hostess. Miss Marjorle Wee. Miss Malaya." now on a temporary night-club job m Hollywood although she is scheduled to be back at work
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    ATTACK ON GIRL
    23 1 A young Indian girl reported last night that she had been assaulted by an Indian m Race Course Road, Singapore.
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    PRICE OF PROGRESS
    161 1 -Says Savage of airliner crash at Kallang THE former Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. A. W. Savage, today described the Constellation crash at Kallang as one of the worst m civil aviation and agreed it was the price of progress. He was continuing his evidence at the
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    Couple locked out—by two intruders
    77 1 Couple locked out— by two intruders A CHINESE couple returned from a wayang show m Singapore last night to find the door.s of their Jalan Besar home locked from inside and the lights switched on. Mr. Gan Siew Hong, the husband, locked the door from outside and phoned the police.
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    Sir Uda gives a party
    45 1 rE MALAYAN Commissioner m London, Sir Uda bin Raja Muhammed. last night gave a reception m honour of Sir Donald MacGillivray. the new British High Commissioner for Malaya. Sir Donald MacOlllivray Is exDected to return to Malaya on Tuesday. Reuter
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    RUBBER PRICE
    28 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone with first grade, August shipment, at 68 's cents a pound, cent below yesterday's close.
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    'DEATH RAIL' MAN IS WAY LEADER
    183 1 A SIAM 'Death Railway" man will fly into Singapore thi.s afternoon to preside at the World Assembly of Youth conference to be opened at the Anglo-Chinese School on August 15. He Li Mr. Guthrie Moir, a former British Army captain, who was taken prisoner
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    SURPRISE MOSCOW CALL FOR BIG 4 TALKS
    311 1 New bid to ha It West plan IN a surprise move Russia last night proposed a Big-Four meeting to prepare the ground lor a Pan-European security con Terence. This was the third time this year that Hussia has made the proposal. The Western
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    SHE WOKE TO FIND MAN IN HER BED
    96 1 SHE WOKE TO FIND MAN IN HER BED A TAMIL wife named Supamah, living at 13* m.s. Sembawang Road, Singapore, was assaulted by a man while she was asleep m bed early yesterday. After her husband left for work she went back to bed. The front door was locked but
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    WHISKY BARRELS GO UP IN FLAMES
    36 1 Fire apparently Ignited by lightning during a thunderstorm destroyed 42,000 barrels of whisky and several buildings of the American Distilling Cog 61 -acre plant near Pekln, nil- nois. yesterday.- A.P.
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    14-year-old facet murder charge
    31 1 A boy aged 14, was charged m Auckland yesterday with the murder of Josephus Verbiesan, t, whose naked body was found among bushes m a park.— AP
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    ASSAULT AT FAIR
    24 1 The wife of a Chinese wai assaulted by a Chinese at Singapore Trade Fair last night. A man has been detained.
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    Pendengari does it again
    145 1 Pendengari does it again DENDENGAE did it au.iin E El ai Penanr yesterday. 5 E His Special Nap Gin- E E seng was successful. It E paid $29 for win and >* E for a place. E Pendenjar advised hi* E E followers to put two win E units on
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    HAMBURG STRIKE HITS MILLION
    243 2 A MILLION people were without public transport, gas or water supplies at Ham- burg yesterday as public utilities men downed tools m the first of a threatened series of strikes to back a demand for nation-wide wage increases. -i Hundreds of thousands of I people m
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    WINNING SMILES AT THE GALA
    47 2 WINNING SMILES AT THE GALA .\KO\K: :>/l.i. Keid who won second place m the diving and barkstroke events at the Far East c Land Forces Annual Swimming' Gala held at c (i.H.Q., Singapore, yesterriay. LEFT: Pt« Edna Briggs, who won the WRA( div- E ing competition. .t'ljiiuiiiiimiiiiniiiimimiuimmijiir
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    WAR WRECK REFLOATED
    63 2 WAR WRECK REFLOATED fna FRENCH dettroyer MaiUe Hie/c wrecked by i>j< ammunition explosion m the rirtta of Clyde m April. IMO. wsu raised yesteraay from her bed ol mud under ■even fathomi <42 feet) oi V ill* I Tht opermtton followed nearly y«;i r (J f preparatory work rhe veaie]
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    Maurice can now go to U.S.A.
    53 2 The French music hall and film star Maurice Chevalier was granted permission yesterday to enter the United States m an apparent change of mind by the U.S. State Department. Mr. Chevalier had been refused a visa previously because he signed the CommunistinsDired Stockholm neare
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    INDIA PUTS BRAKE ON ENTRY BY PORTUGUESE
    165 2 T*HE Indian Government announced yesterday m New Delhi, it would shortly insist on permits for anyone wanting to enter India from the Portuguese Indian settlements which India wants to take over. A Foreign Ministry .spokesman said the move is m retaliation for Portugal's
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    Unwanted man in Poland now
    77 2 ryilE Polish ship Jaroslav !-l Dabrowski arrived at Gdynia yesterday from London With L>r Joseph Cort, 26-year-<<i<l American lecturer ordered nut ol Britain on board, on his way to political a.sylum m Czechoslovakia. Warsaw radio reported the ship's arrival utter announcing the Polish protest anainst
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    Fourth protest
    30 2 Russia has protested to the United States for the fourth time against the .seizure by Nationalist Chinese Of the Soviet tanker Tuapse off Itormosa on June 23. Renter.
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    Burmese order
    26 2 I he Burme.sr* Commerce Ministry yesterday ordered all foreign export and import hoUMfl to register with a new board under th#» Ministry* toiiirol. Reuter
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    BRITISH MISSION FOR SUEZ
    42 2 A British survey mission will leave for Cairo soon to lay the groundwork for civilian control of the Suez Canal ba.se when i British troops move out, the war office announced m Lon- i don last night.- A.P.
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    Top sound barrier plane takes off
    168 2 Top sound barrier plane takes off IXRITAIN'S fully super- sonic figh^i, capable of beating the speed of sound m level flight and not merely by rushing through the sound barrier m a dive, made its first flight yesterday. Built by the English Electric Company, makers of the Canberra. Britain's first
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    U.S. PUTS UP PLAN FOR COLLECTIVE U.N. ACTION
    168 2 THE United States called upon the United Nations yesterday to adopt a six-point plan to increase the partici pation of UN. members m any future action against aggression. The plan m the form of a declaration of principles was laid before the
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    Population up
    23 2 Canada's population on June 1 was 15,195,000, a gain of more than eight per cent over the 1952 census figure. A.P.
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    Mission to S.-E. Asia
    24 2 The Australian Government is organising a trade mission of Australian businessmen to visit a number of South-EaM Asian countries.- Reuter
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    A-WEAPONS FOR FUTURE BRITISH ARMY
    256 3 The new Tommy will be tougher BRITAIN'S army chiefs yesterday outlined plans foi a new-style streamlined fighting force equippec with atomic weapons and lightweight equipment anc supplied from the air by helicopters. The day when infantry and all the army could go to war with
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    BATTALION OF 'CORPORALS' FOR EUROPE
    64 3 BATTALION OF 'CORPORALS' FOR EUROPE rpHE Army announced m J- Washington yesterday that a battalion of "corporal" guided missiles soon would be added *n the growing atomic weapons arsenal of American forces m Europe. The "corporal" is a supersonic rocket weapon designed for support of ground combat operations. It is
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    Seamen's insurance
    29 3 Britain's Industrial Injuries Insurance Scheme will from next Monday be extended to cover most seamen engaged m Britain for service m foreign ships Reuter pic- r ture.
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    French troops pour into riot towns
    208 3 STEEL-HELMETED French troops and police yesterday patrolled the Arab quarters of Moroccan towns torn by bloody disorders m the past three days. Tension remains at explosion point as the authorities poured reinforcements into Fez. Casablanca, and the oil refining centre of Petitjean to block
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    Mrs. Attlee well
    19 3 Mrs. Clement Attlee, the wife of the Labour Party's Parliamentary leader, left an Oxford hospital yesterday.
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    IHe died as he wailed at surgery
    67 3 IHe died as he wailed at surgery WILLIAM STONE. 54. bled to death on Tuesday while sitting on a curb m front of his doctor's office m Red Bluff (California) waiting for the physician to return. Three other physicians were m a nearby clinic, but Stone told passers by he
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    New envoy to Tito
    24 3 Sir Frank Roberts, leading German expert at the Foreign Office, has been appointed British Ambassador to Yugos- I lavia.— Reuter
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    KILLERS TO DIE
    72 3 TWO African* were sentenced to death m Nairobi yesterday for consorting with armed people following the murder of 60-year-old Mias Anna Kowalska m Nairobi last Marrh. Three other Africans were acquitted Miss Kowalska was shot, stabbed, and strangled by a gang of 15 Africans, and the flve
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    Flying ants attack
    27 3 Thousands of flying ants invaded the sea coast village ot Sompting. Sussex, yesterday, forcing holiday-makers to urotect themselves with scar- Reuter yes and newspapers
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    CHILD AGED 2 BEATEN TO DEATH: 2 ARRESTED
    85 3 CHILD AGED 2 BEATEN TO DEATH 2 ARRESTED NEW YORK police announced yesterday they found two-year-old Joseph Mahoney, beaten to death with so many welts "he looked like a zebra." They arrested the child's mother, Margaret Mahoney, 29, and her common-law husband, Altred Bates, 23. Police said they admitted beating
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    Cheque to Queen for the Abbey
    36 3 Lt.-Oen Sir Willoughby Norrle. Governor-General of New Zealand, has .sent the Queen K4Bl from the National Council of Women as their contribution towards the restoration of Westminster Abbey, London. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Aug. 5. 1954. A task far from ended
    402 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Aug. 5. 1954. A task far from ended The major effort being made by the Singapore ImproveIment Trust to cope with the problem of providing accommodation for Singapore s teeming thousands is strikingly shown m the Trusts house-building record for last year, when for the
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    India Builds New Look Economy
    207 4 INDIA, whien at any time may tall off the political tightrope it is trying to walk between the Democratic Western world and the Communist East, is going through a forced draft industrial revolution nearly as spectacular as that of Soviet Russia. But India is not
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    Factories, mills and canals will raise the standard of living
    389 4  - Factories, mills and canals will raise the standard of living H. R. Vohra By Mast of these are being handled by private enterprise The Government confine^ itself to promoting big industrial projects that are too expensive or too complex to be handled by private businessmen. More steel liHE Government Is
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    Colour T.V. snag removed
    268 4 Colour T.V. snag removed [>RITAIN has now solved the main snag holding up colour TV. Engineers recently demonstrated a new camera that sends out full colour pictures that can be picked up m black-and-white by ordinary sets too. ,f>lie Mitchell, the announcer who introduced the world's first public TV programme
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    ARTIE'S HEADLINE
    14 4 I* I'm taking pare m the I Anglo- American study I groups.
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    CHINESE SCHOOL HAS $130,000 BUILDING PLAN
    91 5 CTHORITIES of the Singapore Pei Hw a School off A the 10th mile, Yio Chu Kang Road, are building a new $130,000 school. The two-storey building will have a large isembly hall, 12 classrooms, a library, and a canteen The present attap-roofed school will
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    'Lessons' on the air are a big success
    156 5 yUNGAPORE now has an average of 62 school v broadcast programmes a week m four languages The annual report for last year said that almost half the number of schools had wireless sets. During school hours there are eleven hours of broadcasts
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    He loses bribe —and $250
    35 5 SEGAMAT, Thurs.— Tee Boon Kirn, 23, was yesterday fined I $250 for offering a bribe of $10 to a police officer at Kebun Bahru new village. The $10 was confiscated.
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    Wild boar costs them 575
    30 5 SEGAMAT, Thurs.— Suleiman bin Kachot, 38, was yesterday fined $50 for shooting a wild boar. Gan Chuan, 28, was fined $25 fo* having the carcass.
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    Home Guard loses watch
    70 5 IPOH, Thurs. Liew Cheng 26, of the Klnta Valley Home Guard Batu Oajah, who spent a night m an hotel m O.^ borne Street, Ipoh. found his watch and fountain pen mining next morning. Liew went for a bath m the morning and on returning found
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    Karen, 9, has all the grace of an expert
    134 5 Karen, 9, has all the grace of an expert jim.\!'i»!(! has found a il ballet "hop*'." nine-yrar-old Karen Peterson (kft) who made her debut m a recital held last week. Karen has been described by Singapore dance critics as "a child who possesses all the Krace and poise of an
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    CITY COUNCIL REFUSES TO PAY GOVT. $820
    197 5 THE City Council has refused to pay the Government $820 which the Government spent on making up the footpath m front of Singapore's new Assembly House m High Street. The Government said the council must pay the money under section 108 of the
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    Engineers to celebrate
    47 5 TAIPING, Thurs— The Taiping Chinese Engineering Association and the Taiping Chinese Engineering Employees' Union will hold a joint celebration on Sunday with a tea party at their premises m Tupai Road. The occasion is the assoclai tion's 35th anniversary and the union's 6th anniversary.
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    14 5 C. Liv and Miss Hedy P. J. Won* of Singapore who have become engaged.
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    Healing services for Penang
    48 5 PENANG, Thurs. A faith healer, the Rev. Alwln K. de Alwis, of the Ceylon Pentecostal Mission, will hold a healing service and Gospel meeting at Westlands School from tomorrow until Sunday at 7 p.m daily. Admission If free and th<-rc will be no collection.
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    Pensioners come to rescue
    29 5 Pensioners come to rescue SEREMBAN, Thurs.—Pensioners have been re-employed Decause of the shortage cf experienced officers, the Government told Inche Mohamed Idrls at Seremban Council of State meeting yesterday.
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    100 PARENTS JOIN NEW ASSOCIATION
    90 5 100 PARENTS JOIN NEW ASSOCIATION LENGGONG. Thurs, Nearly 100 parent^ attended a meeting convened by Mr. Arthur Muttiah. headmaster of the Government English School here and decided to form a parent-teacher association. The following officials were elected: president. Inche Abdul Manaf bin Hindon; vice-pre-sident, Mr. Arthur Muttiah; hon. secretary and
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    A VOLCANO SHOWS OFF
    97 6 WITH three streams of redhot lava overflowing from its crater. New Zealand's only active mountain, Ngaurunoe, is again m constant and violent eruption. Observers are being treated to a display oi giant firework as rocks, steam and ash are hurled hundreds of feet into the air.
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      556 6 YOUR I LUCKY! STAR j BORN TODAY, you are poetic, artistic and creat- E ive. You are highly sensiine j to beauty m nature. Your intuitions are sharp, often quite j psychic, and can be trusted to lead you m the right direction if you will learn to follow them
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    The other half of Singapore lives in SLUMS
    381 7 The other half of Singapore lives in SLUMS V EARLY 500 000 people, or about half the population of Singapore, live m slums or overcrowded conditions. i: would cost $500,000,000 to rehouse them satisfactorily. Can the Colony afford it? The annual report of the Singapore Improvement Trust answers: "This amount
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    Exhibits for public view
    77 7 MALACCA, Thurs. Articles that will be on display at the Malacca stall of the Malayan Agri Horticultural exhibition at the weekend m Kuala Lumpur will be shown to the public at the Banda Hilir Srhool from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. A panel of judges
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    $20,000 GIFT TO HOSPITAL
    60 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. *ne Social and Welfare LottSliSL Board recently gave HO^OO. to the T.B. Hospital to Klang. "This will enable the hosw*i to carry on for some time a spokesman of the Selangor branch of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, said The
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    'Taj Mahal' of S'pore
    163 7 Know I Your I Singapore STANDING resplendent with pious dignity amid the green plains of Hartley Road, off Upper Serangoon Road, is the beautiful shrine of Sri Ramakrishna, Hindu Saint. The temple design follows pre-Mongul archilec ture. When lit It gives ft semblance of the famous
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    DEAD BOY'S SCHOOL PALS AID HIS PARENTS
    108 7 STUDENTS and the staff of Paya Lebar School, Singapore, yesterday collected $131 foe the parents of Goh Ah Fook, a fifth standard pupil, who was killed m a road accident on Tuesday. I Many of Goh's schoolmates were visibly moved when they learned
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    EXPELLED BOYS NOT YET AT SCHOOL
    167 7 EXPELLED BOYS NOT YET AT SCHOOL THE 70-odd boys who wen? expelled from the Singapore Catholic HiKh School are still not at any Kbool. They have applied fOf admission to the Chung Chenf \\\v,\\ School and Chinese Hi*h School, but approval lias not vft been ihren The school authoritlei are
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    S'pore school to have parents' day
    68 7 S'pore school to have parents' day ST. ANDREWS School, Singapore, is holdinj? Parents' i Day at Woodsville tomorrow. The highlight will be a variety concert to be staged by the boys m the school hall. There will be songs by the school choir, a magic show, instrumental music, plays and
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    Husband was still mother's boy
    218 8 Husband was still mother's boy 1 young wife who said h« <** mother-ir.-law usurped h'-r position m the home wa riven a divorce decret Bristol Mr Commissioner Raebun" 1 said the liu.sband and wif' had known one annfi.f since childhood When they married it v 1 Agreed that at first
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    Drill NCO was 'bit of an ogre'
    124 8 Drill NCO was 'bit of an ogre' r|NE DRILL instructor was "a bit of an ogre," said aircraftman, adding. "Like all an other D.l.'s." The D. 1., facing the courtmartial at Hednesford. Staffordshire, was Corporal Arthur John Braiden. 24, of Portsmouth. Aircraftman John Mooney, 19 of Dundee, complained of an
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    RADIO FINES
    20 8 Thirteen villagers of WarlIngham. Surrey, were fined a total of £31 at Oxted lor nol having radio licences.
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    109 8 MOKE 111 AN MIU tea men from all parts of Britain gathered at Olym- pia. London, for an m- do »r barbecue m honour 4 of the jubilee of a famous brand of tea. t On a spit specially made for the occasion and be- 1 lieved to be the
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    'NO CATS' SAID THE WILL
    45 8 NO cats must be kept on the Mill House Estate at Wonersh. Surrey, when the National Trust takes it over as a bird sanctuary. Mr. Robert Hey wood Haslarn i made it a condition of the gift m his will.
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    SCHOOL LIKE SHIP
    37 8 To encourage boys to go to sea a wing of a new secondary modern school at Harwich. Essex, will consist of a ship's deck and bridge, with masts, spars, derricks, and other seagoing equipment.
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    BAD SCHOOL LIGHTS HURT THEIR EYES
    107 8 POOR LIGHTING m schools I is causing bad eyesight among children m Nottinghamshire. Of 1,170 children examined, the county council was told. ">».<; were found to need glasses. Alderman < C. Kirk called for an overhaul of school lighting systems. Most of the bad
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    Dutch lovers flee to England's '21' law
    270 8 I"C*OR years dark-eyed Hennir Beijer, aged 21, has loved Tom Vcrweij, 29, owner of a Kara** m the little Dutch vill■fl of Soestdyk, near Hilvf-r-Kum, where she lives. And Tom ha« loved her. But m Holland no girl can get married under the
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    BRITAIN'S NEW ROAD SAFETY CODE, IN COLOUR, MAY BE BEST-SELLER
    508 8 BRITAIN'S NEW ROAD SAFETY CODE, IN COLOUR, MAY BE BEST-SELLER rE long awaited, much boosted, new Highway Code will be offered m Britain m October as the Government's biggest road safety bargain. The new 32-page booklet, printed m colour, will cost one penny— about twopence under cost unless the buyer
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    Scotland's 'shame'
    50 8 j^HEY are the greatest abomination, an affront to the senses, an insult to dignity, a disgrace to the country; cheerless, comfortless, dreary, dismal dens; a scandal and blight. They? At least half the public-ho*uses m Scotland, according to Mr. John Taylor <Soc, W. Lothian) m a Commons Committee.
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    ANTE-DELUVIAN
    50 8 A PPEALING for more care m A displaying and handling food. Canon Mervyn Stockwood. Bristol Health Committee chairman, said: "Some the fish I see on the slab U shops these days looks as the fisherman who landed it was called Noah and he sailed m the good ship Ark."
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    EYE TEST AFTER EVERY ACCIDENT
    37 8 Drivers involved m accidents should have their sight tested at the ltfcal police station, suggests the Road Safety Committee at Bingham, Notts. Am the stations should be equipped with a test chart.
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    YEARS AFTER
    23 8 The Royal Navy and iwy«» Marines will visit Walcheren, Holland, to commemorate tne Allied assault on the island m November 1944.
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    SECRET SHADOW PORTS IN BRITAIN
    439 9 Stand by for A-attacks vJHADOW ports, which can immediately replace any ports put out of action by atomic bombing or concentrated air attack, have been prepared m Britain and more are being provided. Until Lord Birkenhead gave the House of Lords a hint, this had
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    'Shoot to kill' says R.S.P.C.A.
    93 9 'Shoot to kill' says R.S.P.C.A. r\)R the first time m its hisr tory the R.S.P.C.A. m Britain i.s urging supporters: Shoot to kill." The Society is offering six- 11 nny cartridges tree to anyone who will put rabbits sufuring from myxomatosis out their misery. Thirty inspectors are organising "mercy .squads"
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    38 9 picture. Princess Alexandra, one of the smartest -dressed memh <rs of the Royal Family, wears a flowered dress and carries a white handbag; and a neatly rolled matching umbrella at the recent Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.- Reuter
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    CRUELTY PLEA BY WIFE IS REJECTED
    95 9 CRUELTY PLEA BY WIFE IS REJECTED rnHREE judges disagreed whe- ther it is cruel to a wife for her husband to undergo an operation which makes him incapable of fatherhood. The case was before the Court of Appeal. The Master of the Rolls. Sir Raymond Evershed, and Lord Justice Hodson
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    Chute brake fails as Delta lands
    172 9 TIHE brake parachute colJ lapsed as test pilot "Rolv" Falk brought his Avro Vulcan Delta bomber m to land at high speed. j ne big bomber raced down the main runway at Farnborough, overshot the concrete strip and sped on towards a group of
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    CLIMBERS CRAVED FOR SARDINES AT 18,000 FT.
    156 9 CLIMBERS CRAVED FOR SARDINES AT 1 8,000 FT. HOUSEKEEPING on Mount Everest is a big problem. Often climbers develop a craving for food not available, such as salmon, sardines and tinned fruit. And, says a report published by the Medical Research Council, above 18.000 feet it becomes more and more
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    The case of the two Mrs. Ferdinandos
    270 9 TWO women who claimed to be the wives of Mr. Alan Spencer Ferdinando met recently. But there were no acknowledgements and no small talk not even about the weather. They went to the Law Courts m London to hear a judge decide which
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    New Minister to Holy See
    73 9 picture. ALFIAN tfufus Helmi (centre) Indonesia's new I Minister to the Holy See, is flanked by papal secret waiters as he passes I through the Clementine I Gate of the Vatican on j his way to present his j credentials to the Pope, i In
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    HER NAME IS BOUNTIFUL
    59 9 A cow bred and ownvd by Mr A. Drexler, of Marston, Oxford, has at seven years and seven weeks old become the youngest In the world to yield 50 Un\3 of milk. She If Zemta Bountiful R M the only cow to hold world records for
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    RIVER CRUISE
    61 9 A crowd gathered on Victoria Bridge, Hereford, when a pile of drift wood brought down by the swollen River Wye settled against one of the piers of the bridge. In the centre was a nest containing 12 young moorhens with the parent birds on guard. The floating home
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    TATTOO CLUE
    27 9 The body of an unknown man, aged about 50 and with tattoo marks on hLs arms, was found m the Thames at Thames Haven, Essex.
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    22 10 you unh to come »o a garden patty, then you go straight home and get dressed v* come to a garden party.'
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    Jap youth scorns U.S. way of life
    607 10 CEVEN years of Ame- rican military occupation have made Japanese youth envious of U.S. power but scornful of the American way of life. Japan's postwar generation is profoundly pacifist. Nippon's youth thinks "de-mok-ra-sie" has good points, but a majority also feels Emperor worship
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    40 10 I .lIMMMIHMIIMMHHWM mi i i««« I To the strain s of an bar- j monium these small Japan- esp boys (left) lather and scrub each other's backs, as they are taught "public bath etiquette" by instructors at a Tokyo school.
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    BY THE WAY
    225 10  -  BEACHCOMBER nR SMART ALLICK took 20 of the senior boys of Narkover on a short visit to France last week. The parents were only too »lad to provide their soils with travellers' cheques, as the head master had emphasised the cultural opportunities. On landing at Dieppe, the
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    GOVT. RELIES ON INFORMERS
    186 10 T»HE U.S Government is becoming: increasingly dependent on the paid informer. Government officials m Washington admit. The officials say that "m a time of suspicion and distrust" a number of Government departments are relying on a "host of informers." Some are paid some unpaid, for tips
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    'S'pore music is poor' let professionals take over'
    583 11 'S'pore music is poor' let professionals take over' A READER CALLS LOCAL ORCHESTRA APPALLING', GENERAL LEVEL VERY LOW i THINK it is about time 1 there was a little clear thinking, or speaking regarding the position of serious music m Singapore. There are far too many inaccurate, or ridiculous, statements
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    'This statement is laughable....'
    93 11 The Singapore Musical Society's "Thinking i»louH" circular quoted m the above letter made these points: 1 "Anybody w«io attends every performance whicfr Singapore now hat to offer would receive m a year a mtnical education a« liberal as most cities m Hie world. 2 "Tfce obvious
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    Baby 'Pavlova' has made ballet history
    511 11 Baby 'Pavlova' has made ballet history The story of Ninette de Valois THE Sadler's Wells Ballet, founded m London only 23 years ago, ta the creation and crowning achievement of Ninette de Valois, once a <hild prodigy of ballet. Miss de Valols's knowledge o( mu/sic and her method of planning
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    SPORTS LINE
    108 12 for yarhliug IMU spurts outfit sketched by Rtx today shows the etoilMl worn by I.ady Shawrross. who is a sailing enthusiast. With her husband inrf twit rhildrrn (William.B. <ud Joanna, .>'). she set sail m their yacht Vanity for a six-week cruise at the end of last month.
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    Signorina has a wonderful walk
    718 12 BERNARD RONALD, with a Continental tour behind him. discovers (incidentally, of course) that the loveliest girls are m Italy. IF YOU believe as I once did that the most beautiful girls m the world are m oh-so-chic France, then take my word for it and
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    CURE FOR 'BURNING FEET'
    194 12 CURE FOR 'BURNING FEET' THE WEIRD "burning L feet" syndrome of war-time may be related closely to a deficiency m the diet of one of the most obscure of the vitamins pantothenic acid. The disease was particularly marked among Japanese prisoners of war They complained of severe shooting pains which
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      286 12 DAILY CROSSWORD P^V taut )HI *MHf CLUBI ACROSS: 4 Just the girl to take a little of 1 Quietened the engine noise? a Scotch drink (.5). <B>. 5 If you have No. 21. Across you 7 Ju»t one from a film storm? may be a good this (.7J. 6 Any
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    21 13 I Vow H never guess u/hy I »vt m o,fc r d to /five rhr I <"<>,, t ommr nrur>
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    28 13 Youth and age seems to be the theme here as lovely (iina i li is; iti.t sits with extras m her latest Italian film, "Bread, love and jealousy."
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    'Needling' the Soviets is not enough
    420 13 'Needling the Soviets is not enough Norman Lind hurst says lack of a dynamic policy is the cause of the drop m U.S. influence: m Germany. ANE year ago this week a wave of riots m East Germany rolled American prestige m both halves of this divided nation to the
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    Trade is booming in AFRICA
    485 13 Trade is booming in AFRICA Money and goods are pouring m jLMGHTY-THREE years ago a New York newspaper correspondent found a famed mission-ary-explorer m a native village on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, m the heart of the African Congo, and gave to the world a classic of emotional canservativeness:
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    Atom men join Rolls
    133 13 TWO senior scientists have left the atomic research station at HarThey are joining RollsRoyce, the airplane-en-gine manufacturers, at Derby. Both are chemical engineers, rated at Harwell m the Principal-Scienti-fic-Officer grade, who have been engaged m the design of uranium "engines" for the production of electric power.
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    Javelin joining R.A.F. soon
    215 13 Javelin joining R.A.F. soon "THE R.A.F. is due to get its first all-weather fighter within the next few days. It is the supersonic Deltawinged Javelin, powrred by two Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire jet engines. The first Javelin prototype flew m November 1951. Three more prototypes have flown .since. Two have been
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    Rico and Salem fight tomorrow
    209 14 Rico and Salem fight tomorrow Si*'< ml Dispatch from Tret Press Correspondent m Djakarta. RAY KICO and Kenny Salem, the Filipino boxers, will each take on tough opponents m Djakarta tomorrow night RU» is billed to meet Strong Atjong, lightweight and welterweight champion of Indonesia; Salem meets Fighting Noya m
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    Aston Martin Grand Prix challenge
    243 14 Aston Martin Grand Prix challenge APART from his tractor interests. Mr. David Brown,! a Yorkshire industrialist, It I head of the Aston Martin and Lagonda motor-car concerns, and hLs ambitious plans for the future m regard to his motorracing activities are consi- j derable. There never has been a Grand
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    SIGNALS OUST THE GUNNERS
    277 14 SIGNALS OUST THE GUNNERS LX)R three years the 67th Regiment Royal Artillery at Oswestry have won the Army Inter-Unit Athletics Championship, but this year they were forced into fourth place at Aldershot. even though they were only 14 points behind the winners. The title went to the Lst Training Regiment
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    YARMOUTH VICTORY FOR THE QUEEN
    57 14 YARMOUTH VICTORY FOR THE QUEEN The Queens Rosytlol snatched a short head victory over 8-11 favourite Yol Dust m the six furlongs Priorty Handicap for three-year-olds yesterday— the Queen's first win at Yarmouth Rosytlol. ridden by Eph correct Smith, was 6-2 second favourite. The bay flUy won the £207 first
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    THE CUP 15 'LOST' AGAIN
    225 14 THE CUP 15 'LOST' AGAIN (^ERMAfIY'S winning of the I King George V Gold Challenge Cup at the White City International Horse Show—actually it is a beautiful sculpture of St. George slaying the dragon recalls that the trophy has three great claims to fame. First, m the last year before
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    CHANNEL RECORD
    59 14 Geoflrey Tobert ;tnd Stuart Sirad, both of Twickenham. Middlesex, hust nitfht set up a new record by classing from Dover to Cap Griz Ne/. m four- horsepower motored twin flout itnoe m one hour 57 minutes. The record had been held by C. H. Harrison, who made the
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    LTAM DATES
    36 14 iIW Malayan lawn tennis rhimpionshtps, Which were fixtni fur seven days at the end ol this month, lutvf l**«ii curtailed to lour d*y> August 27 to 30 The hainpionshiiw will be held lv li>uU.
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    ENGLAND MAY MISS FRED'S FIRE
    477 14 ENGLAND MAY MISS FRED'S FIRE By ARCHIE Qll( X SO Freddie Trueman has been disciplined. The M.C.C. have punished England's best fast bowler for his alleged sins In the West Indies. He is hostile, he does not possess precise drawing room manners on or off the field. He Ls a
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    Swab taken as TV man's horse wins
    190 14 Swab taken as TV man's horse wins RAYMOND, the West End hairdresser and TV hair-stylist, went to Alexandra Park and saw his horse Galsere win the first race. Then the stewards ordered a saliva test for the horse The reason was probably because Galsere, a three-year-old, was noticed to be
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    PIERRE IS GLIDING CHAMPION
    82 14 PIERRE IS GLIDING CHAMPION GERARD PIERRE, 26-year-old Frenchman, was declared eliding champion of the world at the end of the International championships at Great Hucklow (Derbyshire). Bozidar Komac and Zwoniniar Rain of Yugoslavia were named two-seater champions. The competition, which began on July 20, ended m anticlimax on what promised
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    TOP CYCLIST IS RESERVE
    77 14 t> RITA IN S amateur team for the world road cycling championship m Germany on August 21 is mlikely to include national champion Bernard King (Coventry C.C.I. Ten days ago King capped a successful road-racing season by wlniint* the National Cyclists' Union itle But he has
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    ROUGH PLAY BY FLOODLIGHT
    156 14 Free Press Soccer Reporter FIVE Customs Sports Club players were warned by the referee as Singapore Harbour Board Police beat them 3-2 under floodlights at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The match was a SAFA Junior Cup tie. The teams took (he field to play off
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    TOM GRAVENEY HITS
    428 15 204 n.o. Gloucestershire foil Derby bid r pOM GRAVENEY scored 204 runs for Glouce*tershire yesterday and was still undefeated at close of play. The Test batsman's double century was part of Gloucestershire's total of 366 for six against Derbyshire, second placed team m the county table. The
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    Outlook bright for SAFA
    234 15  - Outlook bright for SAFA ARGOS By sllll Malays ...2; Grax FC 0. icjHTS! Action! For spine1/ tingllnf soccer you can't h, it this floodlight fare. Last Jut's match at the Stadium i not have been a better SAFA'a venture. lighting ivas first class; [ball uas excellent; the \ators were thrilled
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    COUNTY SCORES
    161 15 Close of play scores: At Chesterfield: Gloucestershire 366 for six (Tom Graveney not out 204. Emmett 50, Crapp 95) \ersus Derbyshire. At Canterbury: Middlesex 318 for seven declared, (Dewes 93, ThompM>n 91 >. Kent seven for one. At Manchester: Lancashire 119 for four, (Wharton 58) versus Nottinghamshire. Late
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    TROTTING RACE
    31 15 Newport Dream won the M 5520-,-490 Hazbletonian Trotting Race yesterday m New York, m two straight heats, taking the second heat by a neck m three-way photo-finish.- A. P.
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    GARY CHAPMAN BEATS WARDROP
    527 15 first Empire Games gold medal of the day yesterday m Vancouver went to South Africa, when ar-old Joan Harrison won the women's 110 yard* stroke final m the record time of 1 mm. 15.2 sees nd was Judith Symons and m 1 mm. 17.4 sees. third
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    Reprieve for Straight On
    495 15 I OTRAIGHT ON, earmarked for deletion after his poor display over If. on Saturday, won a reprieve when he came from last to beat some bright newcomers over 6f. at Penang yesterday. Neglected m the betting. Straight On paid a handsome dividend of $86 m a
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    HUNGARIAN SETS SWIM RECORD
    60 15 HUNGARIAN SETS SWIM RECORD pTORGV Tan pel \I Hungary set a new world rrrord of 1 mm sec. for the men's 100Melrc butterfly stroke on Sunday, swimming at the world students summer sports meet m Budapest, the Hungarian n c w I a«eney M'l'l reported yesterday. Tumpek's new mark bettered
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    SWIM CALA
    23 15 Totalling 202 points Q Branch won the Intel team < hajnpionship yesterday «t the OH Q PARELF wimmlny gala h«-l<l at Tanrlin.
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    41 16 Marjorie wins 100 picture. .Marjorie Jackson of \ti Ir.ilia. win.s the Kinpire dames linal of (he women's 100-yard event. Left to right: Marjot ie Jackson, (ripps of Australia, Mi.skell of Northern Rhodesia, Pashley of England Mirjorie's winning time was 10.7«ee. A.P.
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    BIRTHS
    59 16 2$ Wor4i U (minimum). HILL. On the 3rd August 1954, to Murgaret (nee Ambler) wife of Graham stur forth Hill, a son. REIN HOI .DT NIXLSEN: At Batu Giijah the fourth August 1954, to yips and Nold. a son. Soren. HAZARD. To Muriel, wife of w d. L. Hasard
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    64 16 2# Word* $t (minimum). DR M. O. WONO younger son oi Mr. aad Mrs. Wong Puck Sham, to Doris Lee Wee elder daughter of Dr and Mrs. H. T Wee. MCELW AINE KIRKM AN The engagement is announced between David, elder son of Sir Percy and Lady McElwalne of
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    AUSSIES WALK OUT IN GAMES ROW
    216 16 AUSSIES WALK OUT IN GAMES ROW I^HE Australian cycling team angrily walked out of the Bri fish Empire Games following a dUpui* m the 1.000 metre match sprint Cyril Pfitcry, Ie of England won. AijKhtliH disputed a disqualification ai'nu her top cyclist, 24 -year-old Lionel Cox. and pulled her entire
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    INTER CLUB BADMINTON
    44 16 Entries are Invited for the Singapore junior inter-school badminton championships and for the interschools championships. The inter -club championships will be run on a knock-out system. Entrance fee per team Is $10. Entries close on Saturday, Aug. 14 at 4.30 p.m.
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    Spin bowlers rock Warwick
    248 16 rPHE Pakistan spin bowlers Zulx fiqar Ahmed and Shujauddin caused a remarkable collapse by Warwickshire on the first day of their match on the Edgbaston ground. Birmingham, yesterday. A 15,000 crowd the largest of the season saw the County m their first innings slump from ill
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    GOLD CUP PROSPECTS WORK OUT
    363 16 GOLD CUP PROSPECTS WORK OUT Rodgers horses m fine form Free Press Course Correspondent (jJOLI) CUP prospects wound up their preparation on a heavy track at Penang this morning. There was more rain last night. The Rodgers stable's cup quartette— Golden Lotus, Mubarak, Three Rings and Campus Belle— all worked
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    COL., MRS. CURRAN TAKE MIXED OPEN
    58 16 The R.S.O.C.'s Open mixed Poursomes Competition played on Monday afternoon result-d in a win for Col. and Mrs. E. J. Curran (.41-tf' 2 -l---33>/*). Other cards returned: Mr. and Mrs. E. J. C. Gardner (44-10— 34>; Mrs. Taylor and P. B. Dowling <40--5—35); Mr.
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    Boon Leong impresses Graz chief
    160 16 MALAYA'S most popular footballer. Chia Boon Leong, impressed the manager of the Austrian tourists m last night's floodlight match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Commenting on the game, the manager of Graz F.C., Mr. A. Yanisth. said this morning: "It was very good. The SinoMalays forward
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    H.K. BEAT ENGLAND AT EMPIRE GAMES
    32 16 Hong Kong won their first round match when the rink bowls tourn ament m the British Empire and Commonwealth Games started yesterday. They beat England 26-20
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    DROBNY IN ITALY
    26 16 Jaroslav Drobny, Wimbledon winner, defeated Carlo Sada of Italy, 6-4, 6-4, In men's singles of a tennis tournament m Italy yester- day. A.P.
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