The Singapore Free Press, 28 July 1955

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya |43t I. Siigapore. Thurs.. July 28. 1955. Prior |g is
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    Lock icon 57 aboard plane shot down by Bulgarian A-A
    211 1 a I <)l R-ENGINED airliner of the Israeli El AI Air- lines, bound for Tel Aviv from London, with 50 passengpri and a crew of seven, crashed m flames early yesterday after being fired on by Bulgarian antiaircraft guns. There were no
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    ULTIMATUM BY FIREMEN: DIRECT ACTION IF...
    222 1 ULTIMATUM BY FIREMEN DIRECT ACTION IF... gIN'GAPORE city firemen have threatened to take t action" if the City Council failed to finalise their I new pay scheme by the end of j next month. In a letter to the city prei lent, the firemen's union president. Inche Buang Sen- j
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    Rubber over $1.37
    79 1 THE price of rubber m Singapore this morning jumped to its highest level since the beginning of February 1952 when first grade, August shipment, fob. buyers, was quoted at $1.37- a lb., a rise of three cents above yesterday's close. The higher price was reported to be
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    HATTA HOPEFUL
    26 1 Vice President Mohammed Hatta said m Jakarta yesterday that he hoped a new government would be formed within the next few days.— A. P.
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    Governor as patron
    28 1 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Brown Black, has consented to be patron of the Chinese YMCA. according to its president, Dr. Chen Su Lan.
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    POLICE KNOW IT'S TOUGH
    141 1 POLICE m Malaya who volunteered for special operations must have appreciated that their Living conditions must sometimes be hard. Mr. Henry Hopkinson, Minister of State for the Colonies, told the House of Commons yesterday. He was answering I complaint by Mr. Victor Yates, g Labour MP.
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    ALLIANCE NOW LEADING 33-1
    471 1 I MAO chief iallis EWJM a small hotel bedroom m Kuala 1 Lumpur, where he has been "hiding." the Federation of Malaya's future Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Kahman said this morning that he was confident the Alliance would win 51 seats m the election. "I am
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    'OUR SUCCESS IS NOT CUE TO COMMUNAL VOTING'
    149 1 SPEAKING from UMNO headquarters m Johore Bahru this morning. Dr Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, UMNO Vice-President answered charges by defeated candidates that the Alliance suecess wa.s due to communal voting tt j a th, i *v He said: "The reply to that
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    LATEST RESULTS
    141 1 KRIAN (PKRAK) Hajl Ahmad Tuan Hussin (PMIP) 8,685. Ilaji Sulaiman Balastine (All) 8,235; Mohd Jan bin Ngah Mohd (Nap) 3.315. SINGE! PKRAK ITU Mohd Ghazali Jawi (All) 16.781: Mat Judin bin Haji Ahmad (Ind.) 4.595; Syed Nordin Wafa (NAP) 2.099. SUNGKI PKRAK HILIR Abdul Aziz bi n Haji
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    Victor and Vanquished
    64 2 INCHE SULEIMAN bin Dato Abdul Rahman of the Alliance (left) who won the Johore Jiahru constituency over Dato Onn bin Ja afar (Negara) taking a snack at his headquarters yesterday. He polled 8,745 votes to his opponent's 2,802. Picture above shows Dato Onn talking to students of
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    Lock icon Talk with Reds, Diem told
    94 2 Talk with Reds, Diem told 1 TNITED STATES. Q v and French rei tives m Saigon 1; tic notes, urged s _th nam Premier Ngo Dinh to start pre-electora] with the Comnuir. minh. it was n ciallv m Saigon The notes invited Diem's goternment to reply to Communist invitations f
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    Lock icon BULGANIN AND KHRUSHCHEV TO VISIT BRITAIN
    339 2 BULGANIN AND KHRUSHCHEV TO VISIT BRITAIN L^IR ANTHONY EDEN, the British Prime Minister, i announced m the House of Commons yesterday that Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev, the Communist Party Secretary, had accepted an invitation to visit Britain early next year. The Prime Minister made the announcement during a debate
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    Lock icon Siamese twins die
    26 2 A pair of 11-month-old Siamese twin pirls from East Germany died yesterday soon after they were separated by a West Berlin surgeon- U.P.
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    Lock icon ROYAL CEREMONY
    18 2 The Princess Royal will officially open the new Montreal General Hospital on Oc- tober 4. Reuter
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    Lock icon 51 killed in Algerian hill battle
    52 2 51 killed in Algerian hill battle THIRTY Algerian outlaws were killed near Constantine last night after they had ambushed and killed 21 Foreign Legionnaires. The rebel band, armed with automatic weapons, ambushed a Legion convoy about five a.m. on the twisting Ejellal-Taberga road m the Aures mountain region of eastern
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    No war now, says Tito
    52 2 President Tito told 100,000 Yugoslavs gathered m the Croatian town of Karlstadt yesterday that he considered the results of the Geneva summit conference show that war will be avoided. "Mankind can breathe more calmly," he added, "but great efforts are still required to settle all
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    Lock icon Much distrust and suspicion removed, says Sir Anthony
    249 2 SIR ANTHONY Eden, the British Prime Minister, yesterday told the House of Commons: "So long as Germany is divided there can be no real security m Europe." He was opening a debate on the recent Big Four conference m Geneva. Sir Anthony
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    Lock icon ANTI-PERON RIVAL TALKS
    105 2 pOR the first time sine President Peron assumed power m 1946, an anti-Pero-nista rival was allowed to address the nation by ra<lio last night to state his party's position m the face of the President's call for a political truce. Senor Arturo Frondizi, president of the National
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      78 2 MODRHDUSEsI ENGLAND'S FINEST 8 A^_^-_jL l rr^yL n^ England's Finest Fruits ar c used for >*> g A V"" Moorhouse's "England's Finest" jams and SS fc-JSkJ CVen theSe are raded ttmi selected before << 8 V /lu\ under ideal conditions .it Sunglow << << L^^^T The ua,,, y Flavour of
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    Dance-band leader weds his singer
    374 3 I_v VIVIENNE IM'CKRIDGE 1 r FTHE romance of a local 1 band-leader and the I B rl who sang with the d, has led to the mar- ige of Mr. Dewand 1 c hand and Miss Theresa Carvallo. Mr Chand is best known m Singapore
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    Lock icon THEATRE ROOF CAVES IN BUT THE SHOW GOES ON
    98 3 PART of London's famous Palladium Theatre collapsed last night. A huge chunk oi ceiling fell On the rear rows of the main auditorium a few minutes bethe curtain was to go upon a show headed by American singer Rosemary Clooney. Five
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    SO NOW HE KNOWS HE'S WED
    140 3 SO NOW HE KNOWS HE'S WED A BRITISH Appeals court yesterday finally sorted out the matrimonial tangle >t British Lord and his ex-wife who found accession of marriages that they wen short ol on*' divorce. The court straightened out the long-standing mix-up by ruling that a single divorce was enough
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    Lock icon Empire Supreme Court
    284 3  -  SIR HARTLEY PROPOSAL BY SIR HARTLEY SHAWCPOSS. former Socialist Attorney General proposed m London yesterday the setting up of a Supreme Court of the British Commonwealth to include "the cream of its judicial talent." Sir Hartley, leading barrister and present Labour Party Member of Parliament, was addressing
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    Lock icon Snake peril as floods hit Assam
    104 3 SIRENS, bugles and loudspeakers yesterday warned villagers along the Brahmaputra River to evacuate their homes, m the path of a raging new flood sweeping down upon Assam from the Upper Himalayan reaches. A.s torrential rains continued, the river had reached unprecedented heights near Tsela
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    123 3 NINE Singapore police ollieerSi honoured by the Queen for bravery and distinguished service m the May riots and last year's Kallang air crash, were guests of the Singapore Rotary Club at a luncheon meeting yesterday. The speaker was the Police Secretary, Mr. Peter Claque. The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall,
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    Lock icon Police warn on mental criminals
    90 3 Kritish police chiefs raster day 1 that they were "alarmed" at the number of people arrested for cony ni'.ttiri2 the most savage and brutal offences, who were subsequently found to have been mental pat They were concerned about the apparent ease" with which §uch patients
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 28, 1955. SILENT HEROES
    253 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 28, 1955. SILENT HEROES IN the new Federal Gov- ernment now m the making, there should be a voice to speak on behalf of the veterans of Malaya's long and bitter, and now inevitably victorious, struggle against Communist domination. We refer to the Malayan
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    The Swiss would rather have tourists
    826 4  - The Swiss would rather have tourists ROBERT ALLEN says Cl NEVANS View( a mi 1 "Bit Four" talk.s in their liikr-sifi' cii with mixed feelings H tvlng seen so many International conferences' during the last ft) years, they w< j mildly apathetic. Indeed, the hoteliers viewed the "summit' conference with
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    POCKET CARTOON
    31 4  -  OSBERT LANCASTER by Do you realise, Unity, that if this bovrgtois enthusiasm for Russia goes much further, there's a grave danger of our finding ourselves m an unpersecuted majority
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    BY THE WAY
    337 4  -  Beachcomber QNCE again a wail goe.s up about the overcrowding m Harley-street. The .subletting of consulting-rooms is a growing scandal, and a woman with measle.s may find herself putting her tongue out at a doctor who is tapping someone else's knee m a crowded corner. People stumble
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      23 4 A HAN'DSOMK (.111 HISTORY OF TIME MI.ASI KIMI.M I i ROLEX JG.C.DeSILVA&BROS.J I "Jewellers" 3. RAFFLES PLACE if 8 Singapore- 1 Tel: *****$
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      96 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 yean of experience m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS, 3rd FLOOR, (Raffles Place) BINJAI PARK A HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AT 6^ M.S. DUNEARN ROAD MANY LOTS IN THIS PARKLIKE ESTATE ARE IN ELEVATED SITUATION WATER ELECTRICITY ARE LAID ON AREAS 11.000 to 30,000
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    EXPERT DUPED TAX MEN FOR 6 YEARS
    308 5 EXPERT DUPED TAX MEN FOR 6 YEARS i\( OME-TAX accountant Hyman Mendel Schiff had his own interpretation of P.A.Y.E. In his deals with the Inland Revenue it meant Prosperity At Your Fxp< k nse." For Schiff, who made the returns for over 400 I> n firms, kept two sets of
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    Man sold bird eggs, fined £55
    405 5 a MIN who said he V A dt ilt with more birds' >< eggs than anybody else m V the world was fined a >< total of 5 witn C5O >; costs for selling and offer- SJ Ins, "*Hd birds' eggs for ?< lale.
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    Mother unfit to plead
    51 5 Mrs. Renee Maria Goodchild, 30. of Buckhurst Hill. Essex, accused of causing grievous bodily harm to her three-year-old daughter. Joyce, by throwing her over a railway bridge with intent to murder, was found to be insane and unfit to plead when she appeared at the Old
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    New O.C.P.D.
    27 5 Mr. J. Crossley. the Raub O.C.P.D. has been transferred to Kuantan. His place has been taken by Mr. J. A. Clemens, formerly assistant 0.C.P.D., Raub.
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    LIFE IN PRAGUE IS JUST FINE, SHE SAYS
    235 5 English wife home on holiday AN Enghshwoman who has lived m Czechoslovakia for seven year* said m London: "I like living there very much indeed." Mrs. Jean Eisler, 39-year-old wife of Mr. Paul Eisler, a Czech economist and author who was wounded
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    Modern windows make burglary easy, they say
    273 5 Modern windows make burglary easy, they say IVTINDOWS without hars but only overlapping Slass blinds (louvres) m Singapore Improvement Trust houses at Guillemard Road area are worrying some 280 tenants. For the louvres, they say, can easily be opened from the outside with pincers or a screwdriver -affording no protection
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    Hawkers' first anniversary
    41 5 The Taipintf Hawkers* Association has planned a gala programme for its first anniversary on July 31. There will be a ceremony at its premises m Kota Road at noon and dinner at Kum Loong restaurant at 6 p.m.
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    Sir K. Grubb for S'pore
    80 5 SIR KENNETH GRUBB. president ol the Church Missionary Society and chairman of the Commission of Churches ion International Affairs, will I visit Singapore m October during a three and -a half months overseas tour. Before arriving here, Sir Kenneth will visit Hong Kong, Indonesia. Australia
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      72 5 FUN 'n GAMES < 1 W>_S_____3L JOHN WADDINCrON //f-ftjfti GAMES "Monopoly" ALL m lued $9 50 "Sorry de Luze" EACH "Sony Standard" £6/75 Soi.ta.re Games $4/70 "Skudo" &3/50 m Poker Dice $2/15 set Jm^ JmmM Sets j 9/ ,j m Best Draughts $3/85 set Playing Cards from .75 Ctl pack
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      363 6 lkflkfkf MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I 1 [ANOTH^STHEfOOT-m J I I ffUA-- f H^gf^ 11 S^^sg^l w MONEY THAT VANISHED FROM J WHAT-TJ M L p C A U c L r m.A n.. A L YOU.TOUAIST? nl, I VOUAAE-THE TOURIST/ V --FOR ALL THE VAULTS/ \T
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      760 6 4 H YOUR LUCKY STAR JJORN toda>, your intuitions J and impulses are near surface. Nine times out of tin J you a< t first— and think al.imt it later- Half of the time, your d«ri- sions are the ri«ht ones, the T rest of the time, it mi^'ht ha^e
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      U.K. closing prices
      188 7 LONDON. July 27. Previous Today i.i rkfr No 1 RSS e.i.f. European 37 j buyers 37", buyers r?r?s \u^.st 38 'h sellers 39. sellers kViK No 1 R*S ci.f. European 37 > 2 buyers 38 buyer.-, i <eutember 38 IICTS 39 i'KKK No 1 RSS Settlement 3D
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      New York prices
      107 7 NEW YORK, July 27 Previous Today Tin Straits spot and nearby 98.87 nom. 98.25 nom. Tin futures July 98.25 bid deleted 99.50 asked August 96.25 bid 96.35 bid 97.50 asked 97.35 asked September 94.90 bid 94 65 bid 96.10 asked 95.65 asked TONE: Quitt SALES: Nil. Rl
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      U.S. PEPPER
      52 7 Spot Nfalabar 47. Awaiting retesst 47. Afloats 46 to 46. July 45... Sarawak spot 43. Awaiting release 42. Afloat* 41 to 40*_. July shipment 39»_. Lampong spot 47. Awaiting release 47. Afloats 46' i to 46. July 45' 2 All sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      116 7 COPR.\ Philippines c.i.f. UK/North t.urupean delivered weight per l»ll| ton A us. Sept. COPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m »>ulk. p«.r long »on COPRA Straits c.i.f. UK/North Kuropean delivered weight per l»"g ton July/ Aug. Aug. Sept. < oc ONI T OIL erode Straits c.i.f. C X
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      38 7 NEW YORK. July 27. •>* i~a t Previous Today L nd r i a S ***** .45 159.47 159.71 4'» Dom^tic Bonds 99.61 99 55 utilities 66.68 66 65 t»l Mocks Composite Average 168.77 168 84
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    WOMAN WANTED TO BE A MOTHER
    253 7 XT WAS the great sorrow I m the life of 44-year- I old Mrs. Kathleen Ballard j that she had no children, She told her friend. Mrs. Neale. herself a mother-to-be: "I wish it was me who was having i the baby." Twice Mrs.
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    'Give newly-weds tax rebate'
    126 7 PROBLEMS of young people,, especially newly weds, will be discussed at the National League of Young Liberals' conference at Leicester University on September 10 and 11. The South Kensington branch suggests that a study should be made, starting with the conditions of employment of young people
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    Claims trial on chandu charge
    36 7 Mohamed Noor bin LatifT, 24, of Kampong Bahru, Pa.sir Mas, Kelantan, claimed trial m the Sessions Court there on a charge of possession of 20 tahiLi of chandu, on July 18.
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    THAT $600 HAIR-DO SURVIVES ARMY JAIL
    230 7 THAT $600 HAIR-DO SURVIVES ARMY JAIL pRIVATE Tom Wood the A Territorial who would not have a haircut, got out of the glasshouse" complete with his Teddy Boy curls. Most of them, anyway. His blue beret sat correctly on his head, the badge above his left eye, the band straight
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    Sultan's Gold Medal for jungle nurse
    261 7 OED CROSS nurse Miss Violet Morse. of Bournemouth, who cared for 12,000 Malayan villagers has been awarded the heavy gold Ne<>ri Sembilan Medal by the Sultan. She If the first Red Cross worker to be given the award and now she has the Queen's
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    CHILD-KILLER WAS TRAPPED BY CAR
    213 7 Man is sentenced to death IT was the little black car] bought second-hand by 42--■fear-Old Ernest Charles Hardin'.' that led to his being con- j vioted at Birmingham Assizes lor the murder of a child. Its former owner saw it on his way home from
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    NAUGHTY OLD PARR
    1007 8 NAUGHTY OLD PARR Three hundred years ago London smog (and overeating) killed a fantastic veteran nrfOE sky darkens; Uu 1 very air turns g duly. choking yellow; motorist* slow to a craw] a ltti h i adl am pa pi ering through the midday gloom Smog h&a wrapji (i London
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    40 8 pulure. THE silent fairground at \V>.VT>iouth, Dorset was nnde r three feet of water last week after flooding i a used by a succession of etoodfcant* Straw covers the surface of the water swirling between the roundabout* and sideshows. Reuter
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    THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES
    498 8  - THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES C.D.T. BAKER-CARR by Earl of Arundel n. protege into the i. Head public house n< the Strand. There i who was anyone m I n society came to see King's Painter m 0 Sir Anthony Van Dyck commissioned to c.v portrait. Old Parr's most m.: visitors
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    WELL, IS IT EATING OR DRINKING?
    165 9 WELL, IS IT EATING OR DRINKING? WHEN a cat greedily laps up >> er of milk is it thirsty? ,-i t.< were m doubt as a cat can distinn the sensations md thirst. So they put nine to the test. cat was put m a box had a movable metal
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    The £150-a-week housewife says 'mink? Oh, no'
    620 9 The £150-a-week housewife says 'mink? Oh, no' 4X excited, bright-eyed girl told what it feels like to be the wife of a man whose pay has leaped overnight from £15 to H5O a week. Husband Eddie Firmani, Charlton's inside forward who ed for Sampdoria, the Genoa football club, for a
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    Remember the postmaster
    55 9 Please, says New York's Postmaster, please have your secretary take letters to the post when she goes out for coffee m the morning. It seems that the city's mallboxes are empty between ten and three, then so packed between four and seven that office boys leave piles
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    NOT ENOUGH CASH, SO WORK ON BUILDING 1,500 HOMES IS STOPPED
    149 9 NOT ENOUGH CASH, SO WORK ON BUILDING 1,500 HOMES IS STOPPED pLANS to build 1,500 freeenterprise houses on half a dozen estates near London have been halted because building societies cannot advance money to would-be home buyers. TWa was announced by Mr. Leo Henry Paul Meyer, chairman of Ideal Building
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    A lesson for the headmaster
    86 9 Expert Alphornist Mr. Martin Christen watches with a smile as Mr. Albert Harvey, headmaster of Spenborough Millbridge School, Liversedge, Yorkshire, tries to sound the 14-foot alphorn he has been sent from Switzerland. Mr. Christen has come from Switzerland to teach Mr. Harvey to play the
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    Dollars for Peter the pilot
    56 9 Eiehteen-year-old Peter Woods, of Cavendish-road .Black. dool who wan" to be an airline pilot, has received a 25 Pto \ZvmZ 722 ii! 7d eift— "to get some flyln* time. US fnXertfan^oman 'sent It t/ him She heard he ha d spent all his pocket money
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    WORLD NEW
    182 10 niCTUKE top left of page shows the funeral for the French victims of the Bastille Day riots m Casablanca when seven people were killed by a bomb thrown onto a cafe terrace. Centre left shows troops clearing demonstrators from Old Medina, native section of Casablanca. One pretty French
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    IN PICTURES
    75 11 L H&" JP:<&i iimP HHEnaHaaa4Rawa»ii«BaßßßßßP rers m d beaches. Picture above was Iken at the Lido m Hyde Park, London the famous Serpentine, during ie recent heat wave. ■„„.„vr^w.-. ii.iifinnnnnnnmf ••nnnanr^ofwrnirnwaani -:>-dflaS9fi ONE OF THE Royal Navy's smallest war ships. Stickleback, a new Shrimp class midget submarine, leaving
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    THE FLYING BEDSTEAD'
    125 11 WEIRD LOOKING trai sport from anothi world? Not at all It's tt Rolls Royce •'Flying Bet stead' 1 which wai on i the recent Faniborouj Hampshire i display, it Is test machine and can taki i vertically. On the left, Sheik Rata AI Ballm M Sabah, the
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    FILM STAR and the JOURNALIST
    737 12  -  HENRY THODY By /l day with Gina Mjollobrigi<g a f PHE film script called for an Englishman with a 1 curly. Edwardian moustache. Italy, it seemed, was unable to provide an actor who grew such a "prop." The problem was resolved on a platform In
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    SAILORS WHO FEAR THE IRON CURTAIN
    247 12 Problem is finding ships pOREIGN sailors who dare not go back to their homes behind the Iron Curtain are a problem for officials whose job it is to find ships for them m London. There are thousands of sailors who sought freedom by (Mcaplns
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    $215 brought her part ownership in uranium mine
    239 12 $215 brought her part ownership in uranium mine 48-year-old American housewife who invested $215 on the hunch of a friend last month, is now a part-own-er of the second -richest uranium deposit ever found. Mrs. Dorothy Madigan and her husband, John, a truck company supervisor, have spent their summer vacations
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    Average U.S. marriage lasts 13.4 years
    175 12 "MARRIAGE m the United lf States has an average duration of 13.4 years, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau survey. But the survey also disclosed that 80 per cent of all married women between the ages of 15 and 59 were still wed
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    The Duke's old car is
    175 13 BURLY Max Obie, a \v w Yorker with a nd c rew-cut, basabig wn ite English car which is so startling that he n ot take it on the roa d He is building a }sft. trailer to take it to xhibitions. "Last time 1
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    It is too eye-catching to be driven, says EVELYN IRONS
    65 13 It is too eye-catching to be driven, says EVELYN IRONS IMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII sional mannequin, have five < these super-cars between them, doing the repairs them--4> M S. The pride of their collection i s the Rolls. Mr. Obie reckons it has cost him about £3,000, including the time he .i> spent
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    U.S. showpiece
    213 13 Aided by photographs from Belgium showing the body under construction, he spent months of spare time restoring the old car to its original glory. Its features include circular doors, giving it its nickname, "the Circular Rolls." The car came to the United States just before the war, and
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    TO TIBET BY SCOOTER
    155 13 TO TIBET BY SCOOTER VINETEEN year old A^ Oxford undergraduate Peter White will get out this month for Tibet on a motor scooter. On the back will be a U nt. sleeping bag and a portable pressure stove. His ambition is to flail every country m the world and he
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    This is the new Regency
    404 13  -  DEREK HARRIS by Liquid smoothness, superb comfort, remarkable perfomance, aristocratic opulence, and all the qualities associated with a name famous throughout the motor world THE superblyi comfortiible car cruised at 70 miles an hour along the 1 ad, riding with incredible .smoothness, its ecu pant
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    1713 14  -  SEWELL STOKES /jj^l.HiJiWJJJStll by DRAWING BY FACT or FICTION? Read this problem story and judge for yourself. The answer will be published tomorrow. mi inn 11 m t 111 nt m iiiiiim iit ii iLi THE answer to f yesterday's 'Did It Happen' tale— I
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    69 15 Shed bathe in eau-de-cologne if... DV Abrahall stood guard °ut Ide the dressing- her friend, pianist n Joyce at the Festival ail London, and explained wallers: "She needs five to get cool." s Joyce, who had just 1 d a recital, was washing eau-de-Cologne 4 Td m the stuff if
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    326 16 DISREGARDING a steady drizzle Princess Alexandra and the Duke of Kent, Miss Charlotte Bowater and Lord Christopher Thynne sat for a quarter of an hour m the flood-lit gardens of Gorhambury, the Earl of Verulam's house near St. Albans. London. They had been
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    NOW LIBERACE FACES the CAMERAS
    699 17  - NOW LIBERACE FACES the CAMERAS MICHAEL RUDDY by But ends up m bandages" i, >. i1. i. ••1. ■■> ,>•■>•, >>., i HiimmH HOW would you like to 1^50,000 ($2,975,--ar? talked with a man and he enjoys But when I get tired. I can always get my Mother to cook
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    270 17 lather side vulnerable South dealer The bidding. SOUTH vest EAST Pasa 2 4 Pass 34 Pass 6 4 All pasa seem that North wa 6 quite ambitious m Jumping all the atx, but lets see bow he j« uhen South rebid three North could see no losers m
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    26 17 OOLITIC AL note. The neuI trallst political weekly Observateur served dry martinis scotch, champapn^ and vodka at its annual birthday party m Pari* recently.
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    Peter could not show his prize
    216 18 OPEN golf champion Peter Thomson could not show off the trophy he won for the second year when he played m an exhibition J match m Edinburgh recent- iy. He and pretty wife Lois could not open the trophy case. The lock was jammed
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    101 18 /tI.YMPIC and world athletic honours are forecast for q ll MARGARET FRANCIS, ll year-old medical student at S Manchester University— sheer showing her class over the 5 hurdles. Margaret native af MacChiesfieid. Ceahlre, recent- i Q Iv broke the British women's 100 yds. record and
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    206 18  - 'Tee-wheeler' takes the walk out of golf EVELYN IRONS i b > I AMERICAN FAIRWAYS 1 CONTROVERSY AMONG THE GOLFERS IN THE UNITED S i About 7000 of these run- abouts are m use. with the p idea of taking the effort out of the game by transporting players and
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    116 18 from 16 nations will take part m this year.-, mterational cross channel nrlmwlng ace on Aug. 11, it was announced t Folkstone yesterday. The race, sponsored by Mr. Billy lutlin, who runs a chain of popular olidav camps m Britain, offers cash riSM totalling £1.900
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    53 18 Young Men's Sikh Association, ■ie BAFA Div. 2B league le laintained their 100 percent record hen they defeated Balestier l -2 In i replay at Jauan Beeai adium last night. Sikhs .scored through Inderjeei ingh <3». Mohinder Singh an vtar Singh while George Chua I nth
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    177 18 rpilK TOURING SOUTH CHINA 1 SOCCER TEAM FROM HONG KONG TROUjNCED SOUTH AUSTRALIA BY 12 GOALS TO ML IN FLOOD-LIT GAME AT LDELAIDE LAST NIGHT. The Australians appeared to he holding the visitors far the first 20 minutes but the Chinese suddenly turned the game
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    418 19  -  Jack Beaumont By V(l Hal \VS, WHO HAVE BETTER RESULTS AGAINST S TOURING TEAMS THAN ANY OTHER SINGAPORE OR mii AYAN SIDE MADE THE AUSTRIANB <i() FLAT Oil FOR 1 111 IK i 3-1 VICTORY AT JALAN BESAR STADIUM LAST
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    72 19 This is bow the goals were aitnatee: Iloohleitner laid on uilor-made goalmouth chance for Fleck who crashed the ball past the helpless Angullia. 15 minutes. Dannenberger (pen) „fter Vonderka had been brought iown from behind. H minutes: Hocnleitner s fast drive from 25 yards beat Angullla „11 the
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    84 19 liHE South African cricketers fresh from their triumph In the fourth Test, played their first two -day fixture of the tour against the minor counties here at Stoke-on-Trent yesterday. They met with some opposition but were not really troubled m dismissing the Counties for
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    43 19 MOORE HAW ROUT RE 1 Army Ordnance Corps "red an overwhelming nlne-wicket over Royal Engineers In Inter-Corpa cricket fixture at Gillman Barracks yesterday. RE 50 (Wellard 14. Maguire 13. Ramsay 12. Moore 6-25 Haw 4-19) KAOC 53-1 (Maguire 26 n.0., Allway 15 n.0.).
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    432 19 Wickets tumble in County cricket matches WICKETS galore tumbled m yesterday's county cricket programme. In eight championship matches, 117 wickets fell and three county teams were all out just after lunch Blackpool and Cardiff were the main scenes of devastation At Cardiff, 21 wickets tumbled m the match between Glamorgan
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    39 19 tjVHt the first time since 1 1939, Italy won the King (ieorge V (iold Challenge Cup, the coveted prize m the international horse show, men's jumping championship Here is the Queen presenting the Cup to Col. Cartavegne. Popper picture.
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    'BISLEY' MEETING THIS WEEKEND
    46 19 The Singapore Rifle Associate n •BLsley" meeting will b e held at the Bukit Timah Range on Saturda;. and Sunday. Members and affiliated units aif reminded that all entries must I Mr C. M Ho, PO Box 957 (Tel *****> before tomorrow.
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    87 19 aoucu S.A.F.A. Community league: EuropeanK v Eurasians, Jalan Bcsar; IDlv. 2A: Argonaut* v V.M.M.A., Farrer Park; Dlv. 3B: Windsor Rovers v Spring dale, Geylang; Netajl v Dural Aflah. CYMA ground; Alexandra F.T. v Rajajl, Clerical Union (round; Govt. Service* league; Dlv. 1: Woodbridrfe v T.T.C. •A'. Printing ground;
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    62 19 International sallinK championships will be held at Tandjom? I^iok near Jakarta from AttfUf* 18 to 21. Sportsmen from Singapore, Manila and Bong Kong have accept td Invitations to attend thU event organised by two Jakarta sailing cluba. The international crmmplonshlp* will !>♦■ combined wi'h national <
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    GOLD CUP HOPE RENNIES 37 FOR 3F
    612 20 KENNIES, a Gold t "P Pros pet t galloped m stylish lashioii on the training track this im rmng when he docked for three m a workout with Sihonev With lie II up. Kennies uas alw.ivs going belter than his stable mate. The
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    84 20 APOUI YKAR OLD horse. Petal, belonging to the late Mr. A. Donald of Singapore who died m an Kdinburgh hospital after an operation on Tuesday, is now enroute to Singapore. This was announced during yesterday's races at Fedcar. It is intended that the horse will race
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    Robust cup fixture at Friendly Hill
    147 20 Robust cup fixture at Friendly Hill |N a robust gsttal played at Prlendly Bill yesterday. 30 Bn RAOC I Div 1 team, beat Base District Workshops let en of Div. hv H-l alter extra time In their Annv Cup lixtnre. The score at the end of nor > 1 tinif
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    355 20 r«Mir niTRM WAS AGAIN AT GOODWOOD YESTERDAY TO T WATCH THE ElfiHT-YEAR-OLD GELDING FRENCH DESIGN WIN THE GOODWOOD STAKES OVER TWO MILES. THREE IF ORLONGS FOR THE SECOND TIME. He was successful three i v?ars ago. I French Design Is only tne
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    203 20 THE committee of the Singapore Turf Club have decided to Increase by $400 a race the stakes for Class Two unci Three horses at i their August Meeting on Aug 13, n and 19. The programme and amended stakes for the meeting are: ('la. I TWO: First
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    160 20 High, wide AND handsome *T«lllS is :."> year-old Gets* 1 Murphy. 265-lb. JaUUaM heavyweight wrestling champion of Canada and Waaataei of th c "Mi. Canada title m m 19.V). He U here for a sprles of lights and make s Ids first appearance at the nsaaaj World arena on Saturday
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    40 20 QWIFTS A.C. will send 18 athletes O and nine officials to M for the triangular athletic meet against Mercury AC. and ftfslscca :)n Sunday. Swifts won the meet on the two Dccasions it has been held.
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    33 20 T'HE French Rugby League team L which has been touring Australia opened their visit to New Zealand by beating a West Coast side 18-12 rit Greymouth yesterday. Reuter
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