The Singapore Free Press, 9 August 1955

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya i 1331. Singapore. Tups., Ail*. ?>. If).').'.. Price ISCU.
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    300 KOREA DRUNKS ATTACK ISLE
    267 1 Trouble spots SOUTH Korean war veterans failed early today to storm Wolmi Island off Inchon and overrun the bilhousine the neutral nations' inspectors. One group of about 300 were, according to the Eighth Army obviously drunk." lean guards used fire hoses and tear gas to
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    $1 ,600 THEFT
    15 1 tank-washing machinrth $1,600 weie stolen tanker anchored off i Bukom y sterday.
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    Atom only can keep the world going
    134 1 Atom only can keep the world going THE atom will have to supply man with his light, heat and means of propulsion within the next 45 years or the world will become immobilised through lack of power, the world's scientists prophesied m Geneva yesterday. Experts from 14 countries dwelt on
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    Defect in Valiant
    101 1 THE R.A.F. Jet Valiant bomber cut 21 mlnutea Ofl the two-year-old record nt the Singanore-Darwin run y.sterday. but was then deed temporarily unserviceable. The big British plane wa> clocked m only 4 hours and 3 mlnutea for the 2,095-mile flight The previous record wis set by ra
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    U.S. CLEARS AIR ON CHINA DEAL
    327 1 PHE United States has made it tfcear that it will make no other deals with Communist China m the China-1 S. negotiations at Geneva, until Peking starts to free 41 detained Americans. A special joint announcement, issued after yesterday's talks at the Instigation of
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    Lock icon New ruse to woo Chinese
    180 1 PEKING Radio has disclosed a new attempt by China to woo overseas Chinese to the Communist regime. The broadcast said that under new regulations, land free of charge or at a very low fee would be made available to Chinese residents abroad to inve.st m
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    TIN MEN STRIKE
    160 1 200 stop work after 24-hour notice rpwo HUNDRED tinsmiths employed by sown Chinese firms went on strike m Singapore this morning. The strikers-members of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union gave the firms 24-hours* notice yesterday to settle their claims when negotiations ended In i deadlock
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    Robbed man was bound and gagged
    60 1 MR C. H. Toussaint, labour supervisor at the Naval Base, wa., bound ai ga hy three armed Chinese and forced to hand over the ife at m:- on Road, N ek-end. The robbera mad $1 100 In ca h I I Mr. 1 f
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    RUBBER UP
    25 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened on an uncertaln note thla morning with flrst grad( A I hip menl U i above yesterday a cJ
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    Lock icon THE REDS—ASIA'S ENEMY No. 1
    356 2 THE REDS— ASIA'S ENEMY No. 1 'Colonialism /be dead nations can H believe it WALTER B. ROBERTSON, Assistant Seeret-.rv State for Far Eastern Affairs. said f Washington yesterday that it was hard for the leaden of South-East Asia to realise their old foe— -colonialism was dead and that they now
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    53 2 Saigon. The general is paying a return visit to Air Marshal Sir Francis Fressanges. F-in-C, Far East Air Force, rinht. He is expected to stay m the Colony until tomorrow. (.1 M KM. lIFNRI ARCHAIMBAULT, Com-mander-in-Chief. French Air Force, Far East, inspecting an R.A.F. guard-of-honour at Changi Station yesterday on
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    Lock icon POLICE HURT IN CLASH WITH STRIKERS
    90 2 I>OLICE clashed with striking harbour workers briefly m Amsterdam, Holland, yesterday. Police headquarters said five policemen and several strikers were injured m the first violence m the Communistled labour stoppage. The clash occurred when 2,000 dockers demonstrated outside the headquarters of the Socialist Dockworkers'
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    Lock icon FEWER JOBLESS
    29 2 Fewer Britons were out of work last month than at any time since 1932, the Ministry of Labour reported yesterday. The number of jobless was 185,000. Reuter
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    Gems missing from dead
    84 2 JERUSALEM police and re presentatives of El-Al Israel Airlines charged yesterday that many valuable possessions of victims of th" Bulgarian air crash were missing when the sack of possessions wa.s opened after shipment from Bulgaria. Police said the total value of the contents of the sack
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    Lock icon India moves to crush Naga rebels
    87 2 India moves to crush Naga rebels INDIAN air force planes yesterday began parachuting food and medicines to troops and armed police who are moving against rebellious Naga tribesmen in thick jungles north and east of Assam. Calcutta officials said that the Naga National Council is engineering the insurgence in support
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    Foreign cars lead
    40 2 Led by West German Volkswagen, sales of foreign cars m the United States so far this year have far outpaced the rise m sales of American cars, the Journal of Commerce reported m New York yesterday. A.P.
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    'ADMIT CHINA TO UN' PLEA BY CEYLON
    110 2 'ADMIT CHINA TO UN' PLEA BY CEYLON EMBASSADOR R. S. Gunewardene of Ceylon yesterday called for admission of Red China to the United Nations, declaring that this would "help greatly to relieve the current tension m the Far East." "Asian nations can play a useful role through their good offices
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    Gaza truce talks
    24 2 Egyptian and Israeli representatives yesterday held a seven-hour meeting to discuss security measures on the truce line marking the Gaza area
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    71 2 The Singapore, Chinese and Indian Chambers of Commerce last night gave a farewell cocktail party to the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, at the Raffles Hotel. Picture shows (near the microphone) Mr. D. T. As- somull, the Indian president. Mr. Ko Teck Kin, the Chinese president, Mr. MacDonald, and
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    Lock icon 'No at mass welcome, please' say airmen
    121 2 THE United States Air Force yesterday ruled out a mass welcome on the West Coast for the 11 fliers returning from Chinese prisons. In keeping with the wishes of the men themselves, they will b<- flown to the airports nearest their home, to
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    Marshall plans mammoth farewell
    390 3  - Marshall plans mammoth farewell VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE lii jiHE Chiel Minister, Mr. E J David Marshall, will E E give a mammoth farewell _z t i party for the Com- E missioner General, Mr. E ;olm Mac Donald. on E padang on August 27. E E Invitations are to be W
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    Lock icon Took death money charge
    78 3 JOSEPH YUEN, a Chinese employee of the U.S. consulate In Hong Kong, was charged yesterday In police court with extorting money from dependents of U.S. servicemen killed m the war. it was charged that Yuen, a clerk m the notarial section Ol the consulate, along with
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    No-potatoes row
    24 3 A shortage of potatoes m East Germany caused a crowd to manhandle Communist police at nearby Potsdam -Ba- j belsburg on Saturday
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    Lock icon Shot between eyes -and he tires
    129 3 JOHANNESBURG doctors J said yesterday that Piet ►ena, a young African, is tan m a million— a man will survive being shot •••■ll The eyes Mabena walked along the street on Sunday night fired a revolver a' him. The bullet entered back of the
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    Lock icon ATOMS-FOR-PEACE AWARDS BY FORD
    201 3 AMERICA'S mammoth Ford Motor Company is to establish a $3,000,000 "Nobeltype" fund as an annual international "atoms-for-peaee award." it wa.s announced m Geneva yesterday. Admiral Lewis Strauss, chairman of the UN. Atomic Energy Commission, told a news conference the award will be open to the world's
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    'MRS.'BECAME, 'MR.'-BUT NOT A FATHER
    180 3 'MRS.' BECAME, 'MR.'-BUT NOT A FATHER DR. MUNAWAR ALI, presi-dent-elect of the Pakisi tan Medical Association, on a j two-month tour of American medical institutions, has des- 1 I cribed the first successful sex i transformation of a woman j by plastic surgery. Dr. Ali said his patient lived as
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    Moon satellite the next step?
    165 3 Moon satellite the next step? IM OiniVllOV I Y411W4.1 nuns F EADERS of the I.S. earth satellite project said m Washington, yesterday that after the satellite is sent spinning around the globe, the next step might be to try to make one go round the moon. Three of the top
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    Lock icon Britain to press for compensation
    45 3 Britain will continue to press Bulgaria to pay full comI pen.sation for lots of life and I property involved m the shootinp, down of an Israeli civil airliner over Bulgarian territory last month, according to diplomatic quarters m London. Reuter
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    BLOOD BANK RESERVES BELOW PAR
    120 3 BLOOD BANK RESERVES BELOW PAR (SINGAPORE'S blood bank ls kJ dow:: to 84 lla.sk.s thLs •k tributors during July numbered 730. in* 401 new donor:. There a 265 Chinese, 87 Indians. ».i Malay 57 Eurasians an I io unidentified donors among the city'.s racial uroujxs The number of tran.sfu ion*
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    Lock icon Library of Wales
    29 3 The Queen opened yesterday at Aberyswyth. Wales, the new home of the National Library of Wales containing 1.500.000 books and 30.00() manuscripts on Wel.sh life. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, August 9, 1955. Opinon RED CHINA'S CLAIM
    242 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, August 9, 195 5. Opinon RED CHINA'S CLAIM |>EKING has informed 1 the (Jolted States that; it considers all Chinese nationals m America are liable to repatriation, according to New; Delhi Informed source i commenting upon the 1 Com m v nist ChinaUnited States talks
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    Lock icon GOA CRISIS
    986 4 Die announced intention of 100,000 Indian demonstrators to inarch into Goa on Aug. 15 may result m bloodshed and the eruption of violence on a dangerous scale The inv_.~n programme of sending small sands of demonstrators into Portuguese India to demand its merger with their country has to
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      21 4 A 'I* _p_f^^^^^^^i __r* m \j^yP' t*mm n £0 Er PRECISION WATCHES AT MODERATE PRICES (Manufactured by Amida Watch Co., S.A
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      170 4 mro a ORCHARD ROAD ARCADE cj^S DOLCIS for shoes Something to read' w. J and shoe repairs. he answer is the l\&Hl S.P.C.K. BOOK V^V ™*cl'"^ SHOP. The STRAITS TIMES mo*\ /w office is handy for V'^^-y inserting press an- y frtr „i 7W nouncements. l^- HILDAS for all {'J
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    OFFICERS QUIT OVER GRANTS FOR SCHOOLING
    327 5 OFFICERS QUIT OVER GRANTS FOR SCHOOLING i I/THOUGH local authorities m Britten, have power A by law to make education grants to send children ol service men to boarding school, the Treasury h is sm far refused to sanction them. Such a grant would prevent a child's (duration ing interrupted
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    Wedding receptions wreck marriages
    408 5 Wedding receptions wreck marriages DOCTOR WARNS E p the traditional wed- E 1 ding reception were E rr< placed by a party E AFTER THE HONEY- MOON fewer marriages E would have their early E E years haunted by the E E spectre of a honeymoon that went wrong. This
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    Forest officer to wed soon
    55 5 The wedding will take ln Kuala Lumpur on August 27 of Mr. Anthony Beveridge. District Forest Officer, Johore Bahru, and Miss Mary Macky, daughter of Mrs Macky and the late Dr. K. S Macky, of Auckland, New Zealand. Miss Macky is expected to arrive from
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    Going on holiday
    33 5 Mr. J Edlngton, of Kulai Besar Estate, Johore, and Mrs. Edlngton go on leave to Britain on Sunday. Mr. Edington captained the Johore rugby team m the past two years.
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    Found hanging
    22 5 Foo Sin. 55. who was yesterday found hanging m new village of Layang Layang. is believed to have committed suicide.
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    THE SERGEANT-MAJOR'S WIFE SLAPPED CORPORAL'S FACE
    132 5 A SERGEANT-MAJOR S wife mu y .sometimes a.sk a lance-corporal's wife to buy this or that for her. But when she slaps the lancecorporal on the fare other people may hear aJymt In court at Whitehill, Hants the slap was called assault and battery.
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    Lock icon Frogmen in Singapore
    75 5 picture. WATCHED by deeply engrossed children. thre c frogmen prepare their rubber undcr-water apparatus for a display m a swimming pool at Nelson House. Singapore. The display was one of j the highlights at a garden fete held at the official residence of the Flag Officer,' Malayan
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    'Marry me' said pilot at 10,000 ft.
    182 5 AND SHE YELLED 'YES' THE two-seater plane was 10,000 feet up and crossing the Alps when the pilot shouted to his passenger: "Will you marry me?" There was a pause. Then, above the roar of the engine, she yelled: "Yes." That is how
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      501 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil tevis |^p??! i CAN'T WAIT TO ll X THIS 'S V^ A G n^ E r 5 E SO LONG. USING FURIOUS.' THEY'LL J l/J M^ I R°** t«dav „>,, I vV r S T S u a ,Ef, sJr A^ m i EL
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      201 7 LONDON. All*. 8. Previous Today iMlU'.FK No. 1 FSS c.i.f. European \i :k buyers 41 i btntn 'l',,rts August ..43 NDn 42 hQri riltltlR No. 1 RSS ci.f. European 42 buyers 41 T buyer.s *l',,rt> >epU*mbex ..43 sellers 42' H sellers IM KKi:K So. 1 RSS Spot
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      New York prices
      99 7 NEW YORK, Aug. 8. Previous Today Ihi Straits spot and nearby 97.25 nom. 97.00 n<>m. Ihi tutmrtt August 9G.10 bid 95.75 bid 97.10 asked 96.75 asked September 94.35 bid 94.00 bid 95.60 asked 95.00 asked October 94.10 bid 93.75 bid 95.20 asked 94.75 asked TONE: Quiet. SALES:
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      U.S. PEPPER
      58 7 Spot Malabar and awaiting release 14. Afloats 44 to 43 \k First half 43 V4. Sarawak spot and t waiting release 40. Afloats 38 1 First half August 38. August 37 >_. Lsmpong spot and awaiting release 44. Afloats 44 to 43 1 First half August 42'_. Sellers
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      29 7 Previous Today SI K.iilroa-ds 456.40 454.05 !0 Industrials 155.00 lr>3.56 M Domestic Bonds 99 34 99.31 1-I-, Itilities 66.25 66.20 64 Minks omposite Average 164.85 163.94
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      127 7 Previous Today fOPEA Philippines c.i.f. I T K North I iropeaii delivered weight per Inn* (on \u)?. Sept. WJ'o sellers $175 nom. OPR.\ Philippines f.o.b. Manila In bulk, per ton Unquoted Unquoted COPRA Straits r.i.f. IK North iiropcan delivered weight per km| ton AiiR./Sept. Mitt buyers
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    10,000 more to join Singapore T.U.C.
    245 7 10,000 more to join Singapore T.U.C. WATERIRO.YT UNIONS WANT MERGER SINGAPORE waterfront unions with membership ot more than 10,000 have asked the Trade Union Congress to jet up a sj< section to deal with tin ir problems and eventual fusion of all the 14 unions into one body. Mr. a.
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    Drivers' union officials
    31 7 Mr. M. Ramasamy has been elected president of the Penang and Province Wellesley Indian Drivers' Union. Mr. R. Kalimuthu is the new secretary and Mr. T. Ramaiyah treasurer.
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    OH, GIRLS! WHAT A SHAME
    163 7 OH, GIRLS! WHAT A SHAME WIMBLEDON. Fashionable parents applauded. SchoolgirLs cheered. Pretty Diane Barlow received the coveted Aberdare Cup. Diane, as captain, received it on behalf of Queenswood School. It carried the title of England's Top Tennis School. Then came speeches of congratulation and at night there was a big
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    Lock icon S'pore teachers wed
    39 7 S 'pore teachers wed picture. ME. TAN BWH HOCK and Miss Agnes Won* l,okc lian, Singapore schoolteachers, were married at St. Andrew 1 Cathedral. Singapore, at the week end. Here they are seen cutting the wedding cake. Free Press
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    KISS ANGERS VILLAGE
    289 7 A NN RIDLEY, aged 19, blonde and pretty m a bright summer frock, waited by the kissing stone for two hours She waited for a traditional kiss— and a traditional golden sovereign. But the kiss she wantedand the sovereign— were bestowed instead on 40- j. ear-old Miss
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      3 7 SHIP MAERSK I
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    CROCKFORD: "Father of Hell & Hazard"
    921 8  - CROCKFORD: "Father of Hell Hazard" H. E. BLYTH by IMif of DM n who i i i- the tter Mi b( < n dependent on two things then «wn In mitable ambit lon a fact that they wen born into the right era for their particular gift it was thui
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    21 8 plClUi' ITS these dofi days we*vj been having. m, K h r make anyone dop-tin" Don't anyone dare s»j ••Cats'*. Popper
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    THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES
    466 8 THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES pared by Bust* most famoo-Thirty-thn employ, d. "all d richest livery ai I polite The hazard roon ll m the evenini presided over I himself, seated at m the corner and every waryins Play. My Lords Beftoi Chesterfield. Ti Gianville were most ardent gambler is on
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    A Tartar princess says: He was cruel
    326 9 A Tartar princess says: He was cruel 4 FORMER Tartar prinA cess, exiled as a child by the Russian revolution, w aa granted a divorce m London, from an ex-Polish Army captain— "a man of middle-class origin." "The wife had to put up with a man of domineering character who
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    RECTOR AND BRITISH LEGION MAKE IT UP
    168 9 Handshakes ail round mi have ended a dispute between the Rev. Richard rookahank, rector of Bere Perren, Devon, and British <>n members who wanted to "sack" him as their padre. Mr. Crookshank criticised m his parish magazine the siting of Binyon's lines Hiey
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    Boy falls 25ft.
    30 9 Six-year-old Thomas Bara fell 25ft. from a railway bridge m Savernake road, nampetead— and landed m from m live rail He went hospital with a cut arm.
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    A MARRIAGE WRECKER THAT'S MOTHER
    415 9 A MARRIAGE WRECKER THA T'S MOTHER mm m **ml* ttt'rt' li«>s I In- hla in.' far bmtn'ii limiii's. siii/s i10v10r.... THAT oldest of musir--1 hall jokes— about the mother-in-law is no fiction. And this is why, says Dr. Reginald Bennett, a psychiatrist and an M.P.: Nearly every mother secretly wants
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    Duchess of Kent and children see Crazy Gang
    61 9 Duchess of Kent and children see Crazy Gang The Duchess of Kent and her children the Duke of Kent, Prince Michael and Princess Alexandra arriving at the Victoria Palace Thgatre to see the Crazy Ganjj m "Jokers Wild." The show, which the Durness had seen before, was m part to
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    Why stop this man driving?
    125 9 Why stop this man driving AMO'IORIST overcome by drink turned his car into I a side road and stopped That was a "special ren.son" not to btn him from driving, the North London magistrate, Mr. Seymour Collins, decided i ife said: It i.^> important thai people In charge of cars,
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    Canaries for hire
    28 9 Card m a Nottingham pet Shop reads: Hum: the sunshine into your home with singing canary on hire purchaae Bird and cage, it M peak
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    Cyclist pushed -£400 goes
    47 9 Two men pushed a messenger off his bicycle as he left toil fEasexj town hall a id .snatched a bag containing £400 intended for the bank Th<- thieves abandoned a car near by, then vanished. Police set up blocks on main 1 i>tiCi_i
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    WORLD NEW IN PICTURES
    484 10 WORLD NEW IN PICTURES ABOVE: Space travel has been brought nearer by the Washington announcement that m about two years' time American scientists are to launch unmanned satellites which will circle the earth about 250 miles up. Picture above shows what the experiment may lead to. It is from a
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    Challenge to Singapore Girls A 17½inch WAIST
    758 12  - Challenge to Singapore Girls A 17 ½inch WAIST Anne Sharpley By A WAISTLINE OF 17/2 IN. NEEDS AN ATTITUDE OF MIND, SAYS MISS WEERAKOON, A BEAUTY FROM CEYLON WHO IS NOW IN LONDON. Can you beat it? WAISTS are not what they were, competition having moved elsewhere but even today
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    GOODWOOD'S NINTH DUKE TRANSFORMS THE PLACE
    1067 12 And makes country seat pay its own way By A Special Correspondent TO most people Goodwood means just one thing: racing. But this is only one part ol an enterprise which has succeeded m turning an old estate into a prosperous business concern. In
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  • OF INTEREST TO PHOTOGRAPHERS
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      Invitation from Indonesia
      583 13  - Invitation from Indonesia SUNNY GIAM by IHIE Semarang Photo Club of Indonesia, has invited the Sinuapore Camera Club to send 25 pictures tor thenThird Annual Exhibition of Pictorial Photography to be held on Oct. 29 to 31. Similar invitations have been sent to Japan, lions Kong, the Federation and other
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      22 13 rft and the Major who had v*. on the mat ab^ut our cv> tVCSa. "WELL, WELL— J it isnt oux CO. and
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      They want to give away treasures
      226 13  -  O. M. MARASHIAN fry |j*GYPT today is con*J fronted with a "desperate" problem unique among nations. It ha i so many treasures, and new piles of .surplus wealth are piling up at SUCh a rapid rate, 'hat it may be necessary to distribute the
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      87 14 _yp^*'^___ CD >£? SHOP AT CHUA YONG HAK 8, Change Alley, Spore Tel: ***** m WmmT Brocade House Coat, Brassieres, Morning and Evening dresses. Chinese Hand-Embroidery Goods, Golden Dragon Gown, Latest Fashion Lady Skirt, Nylon Cr Woollen Stockings. Carpets Etc., Etc. DING HOW i 33, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD TEL. *****
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      129 14 FREE PRESS SHOPPING GUIDE i_— For all-around comfort TAILOR YOUR SUIT OR 4&t^ TROUSERSorCOAT MINUTELY DETAILED IN PERFECTION J| LARGEST CHOICE SELECTIVE SUITINGS, B.H.T. DOULATRAM&CO. 48 50, High Street, Spore Phone 7846 Your choicest IB.fVi.lv. CARPETS on display AXIMINSTER MOTHPROOF CARPET Available m all sixes Cr designs >„ie ifaata SHROFFS
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      137 15 Stocktaking Reductions! for men! WOOLLEN VESTS Short or long sleeves. Sizes: 44—46. PREVIOUSLY $17.75 Now $7.50 WOOLLEN TRUNKS S-zes- 38, 42, 44, 46. REDUCED from $15.65 to $10.50 ROBINSON'S raffles Place. Singapore^ Toilet requirements for MEN After-shaving Lotion Shower Shampoo Hair-Dressing Busy Man's Bar products of Max Factor Hollywood available
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      115 15 hi iii ns mm n Ih, us \l us ii RADIOS RADIOGRAMS fully tropicalized —m\W^mW HHtfHHHH*"""" The Star of Radios for real Music Lovers. Sole Agents:M. PRAGER LTD. 159 Cecil Street. I.O. Box 1031. Tel: 6938. When it comes to music II come to MOUTRIES SPECIAL OFFER FOR FEW DAYS
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      151 15 Diamond Gem Set ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING RINGS !IN A WIDE CHOICE OF STYLES AND PRICES. LANKA Jeweller* (THE HOUSF FOR CEYION OHMS.. ZO. BATTERY ROAD. S PORE-1 PHONE: *****. BUY YOUR Fmwmmriim Long -Playing RECORDS Tfccorfs H km THE ART FURNITURE DEPOT, Music Dept: 132/36, Orchard Road. I Singipore. Tel:
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      98 15 Sole Agents for:TIPPA TYPEWRITERS **ww\ HAROIAL SINGH SONS LTD, 26. Raffles Place. Spore -I, Tel: *****/3 BUT at GREATLY REDUCED T is PRICES during our STOCK/^V TAKING SALE y from I n:: !.i n<l at your favourite storeBAJAJ TEXTILES, LTD. 71, HIGH STREET. Regain your energy with a dozen oysters
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      178 15 Gulden Vlies 1 Sot, A f ,«U LE.TELS 6 CO STRAOING SOCIETY ,*(»t*e ('IU AiSftTl*. BOLST'S Pickles Sole Distributors GIAN SINGH Co. Ltd. 30- 1, Raffles Place Singapore. ATTENTION! These splendid Australian NT.n'iizinee provide fine reeding p.» i.sure: Man Sr $1.20 Man Jr 100 Pocket Man 0.80 Radio A 1
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    A MANSION FOR SALE
    2045 16 A MANSION FOR SALE FACT or FlCTlON— another famous author tells a talc to set you puzzling. WITH The Wooden Horse, Eric Williams quickly captured the public imagination m 1949. and such books as The Tunnel (1951) and The Escapers (1953) have helped him to hold it ever since. For
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    BULLS ON THE WARPATH
    767 17 niiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimi Anything goes m this hectic city chase Mlllllllllf lIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIUtIIIIf ***** l UNTIL you have seen the wild, rip-snorting annual festival of Pamplona, m Northern Spain, on don't know what bull-fighting means. Everywhere else the not-o-gentle art of slaughtering i bull m cold blood follows a
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    Bridge Hand
    343 17 Both sides vulnerable The bidding: NORTH CAST SOUTH WiST 1 9 Pass 1 4 P%m 1 h.t. Pass 3 4 P**» 4 4 All Pass TAUOHT my wife how to make some of the m<jfit common safety plays the other day," sudly announced an expert who shall be
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    He MET his fans in a bathing-wrap
    101 17 He MET his fans in a bathing-wrap f 1 ONDUCTOR Ouido CantelU stripped after _li conceit at the Festival Hall m London recently —and received Mr and Mr.s Attlee In a bathing wrap Thej arc fani Of his, and had to a ait out.side nil dratlng room while he changed.
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      249 17 9n9 [20 j I I I CLUES ACBOSS 10 What seed men may Decome (7>. 7 Let clumsy aid come like this 11 The envoy loses nothing (4). (7 12 Measurei to sell (4). 8 Not evens and middles, evidently 13 Thls cap may be worn by the < 4
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      EVERY MAN IN SPARTAK TEAM IS A TECHNICIAN
      93 18 EVERY MAN IN SPARTAK TEAM IS A TECHNICIAN inta from the Hoi-, et_ imp. pnrt CT the;. PCTC Ittnl -p irlaft iri M %ii agreed h jurj r^en h*_terj h better teaai a ere m good form m ftlu bamll Urn tn» cci iq d to dm tlml n re
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      A warning on floodlit soccer
      154 18 i 'A IR.-ifNfj ihout the /a -fl*-'*. of floodlit matbd on attendant^s wai IfVa here kf the preM-->nt of the F.ngtah Foot League, rvj, Oakley Be <aid a rreat factor tf i radni tion of attendances was 'the pros- titutior, of th* floodlit sysi yyy
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      Jack Cheetham is a contented man
      237 18 CHHTTfI \frican captain Jack Cheetham i> a contrn>i man. 8 R*a>on Not just the Te^t victory over England it Manchester, but the vindication cf hi- side and the happ. -pint that is among them. Wat hing Roy McLean knock up hi 151 la a
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      SIGNALS CLEAR FIRST HURDLE
      44 18 Royal Signal* made a I itart m the 5 AF A .uw '■om pet it ion when they e.w...Bukit Timah 3 1 at Jalaii 'he 7 p.m. game yesterdaj Norm .2) and Betterde^ for Signals and IfahtM f J Timah.
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      17 teams for cud soccer
      113 18 TMIE .SINGAPORE Government Football Association > nament has attracted and eight too teams. Tne teams are: Div. 1: M.R.N.V.R.. Woodbridse hero' Training C Public- Works Department. M A.A.F.. Medical and Health SC Marines A", Customs and Police Div. t: Marine B Soelnl Welfare. Land Office,
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      162 18 MADE TO MEASURE. .there's an AUSTIN for your particular job .jßQ|glg^g^», AUSTIN A3O VAN "Vf^?*'^ _^__^^_4i__ commercial range is an >5^A f •^^_Si^^_i absolute must' for trades-,_^^|^»j^y^^a-__^l-_jW('^nr__^__r^^ nen h0 door-to-J- I i-li- A3O COUNTRYMAN ■^M ■mv_~§ Ml ~^s^, -^^^^^_^^iafc It painted and finished to a high f_J^ ________^"^^<^_-^_fe__i specification With
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    Penalty puts Singapore in F.E.A.F. final
    437 19 IN a dour struggle at Seletar yesterday, KA Singapore were lucky to beat RAF Malaya m th< semi-final of the Far East Air Force inter-groui soccer competition, by one goal (a penalty) to nil. It was a game of missed chances, both side. 1
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    Surrey in bad way: Yorks 12pts. clear
    393 19 BRIAN CLOSE, THE YORKSHIRE ALL-ROUNDER, MARKED HIS RECALL TO THE ENGLAND TEST TEAM WITH A SPLENDID SPELL OF BOWLING WHICH EARNED HIM SIX WICKETS FOR 63 IN HELPING YORKSHIRE BEAT DERBYSHIRE BY AN INNINGS IN TWO DAYS. Yorkshire's win put them 12 points
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    R.A.F. CHANGI SPORTS ROUND-UP
    49 19  -  Ralph Blakeman MEMBERS of the W.R..VI-. Changi netball team are (standing, from left): LACYf Dixie" Fardy. SACW Joyce Thompson. Cpl. Dorothy Wilmshurst and I.A< Rene Butler, and (seated, from left) Cpl. Anne Outsell, SACW Jennie Bere (with "Weeny," thr koala mastot) and Cpl. Val Bott.
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    SOCCER LEAGUES ARE STILL UNDECIDED
    712 19 SOCCER AGAIN STOLE THE LIMELIGHT IN THE CHANGI SPORTS PROGRAMME LAST WEEK. THE INTER-SECTION LEA GUE FIXTURES ARE WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF BEING COMPLETED AND INTEREST IS STILL MAINTAINED BY THE FACT THAT NEITHER OF THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS HAS BEEN SETTLED. The Changi team
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    SPRINGBOKS IN DRAMATIC COLLAPSE
    193 19 rnHE South African! collap* id 1 against Gloucestershire on the second day ol their thre< day crick* I match at Chelten ham. i' n?e Wicl without ftddiUi a at one stage. Their ia.^.l H a.' fell while only 21 runs were t>< ing added The South
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      28 19 OCEAN PARK 1 El f HOTEL'S FAMOUS QUINTET iii: Ace Band of Singapore with MISS SALOMA j!;! the Malay i 1 "Marilyn Monroe" Ring ***** for Table Keservations
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    622 20 FREE PRESS RACING CORRESPONDENT STAGE SHOW ll with SheJden Geyer astride, put up ;i line performance Ml the training track at Bukit lini.ii this nornlng when he decked M> l S foi 3f. m a trvout with Hanker Boy. Stage show
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    33 20 SOCCER S.A.F.A. League, 1: Corinthians v Police, .lala'n Besar; Junior Cup: Chinese Athletic v Kinta Hangers MFA ground Springdale V liarul Atiah, CYMA ground; Western' S.C. v Seletar F.C.. Farrer Park.
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    Kelantan earn draw
    78 20 SINGAPORE "A" with a 3 1 lead after 50 minutes m their match against Kelantan at Jalan Besar last night, took things easy and were held to a draw, the equalising goal coming m the final 30 seconds Kelantan got the equalising goals with 10 men. Hassan
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    DRAW FOR S.R.A. SCHOOLS TOURNEY
    68 20 The draw for the first round ol I the Singapore Badminton Association's Inter-school championship Is: i ridav 9 a.m.: St. Andrew's V St. Thomas; Young Inst, v AngloChinese; Serangoon v Victoria Yellow). Sunday Ml pm.: Chun? Chen? "A" v Holy Innocents; Chun? Chen? \V v
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    BIRTHS
    69 20 20 Word* $'i (minimum). i.. >wi ER: To Bally, s/lfe ol Dr. Bowler, Batu Oajah Ho pil tl oi. augu t 4th. 1965, a daughter, j i ibel ADCOCK: To Mary <nee Marks) i He b daughter Mai jarel Christine on 7th august at Bungsar Hospital. Both ueii. McALISTFK:
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    30 20 20 Wonts St (minimum). V\\ lAI Mi. X .J. Pillai of BUPpliei De] irtment .lohore Bahru pa pea efullj on Sunday 1 7 th auau I i mori i
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    69 20 2« Hunts $0 (minimum). MRS X .J PILLAI ;mcl Children thank all Pri< nd end Relativas foi theii kind ittendance aeelstance md condoles on the occasion ot Mr. k J PlUai*s funeral. MB A MRS, CHKW CHIN JLN M mk all relatives end friends t<> theii kind attendance at
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    DRASTIC CHANGES TEST TEAM
    111 20 DRASTIC CHANGES TEST TEAM F ENGLAND yesterday made drastic changes m their Learn to meet South Africa m the decisive tilth and final cricket Test beginning at The Oval. London, on Saturday. With the serie.s level at two matches all, England have dropped seven of the side beaten m the
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    The Babe improves
    32 20 Hospital authorities at Galveston, Texas .s;iid that the c mention of Mrs. Babe Zaharis, the famed woman golfer and athlete, was satisfactory." she is under treatment "or cancer.— Reuter.
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    S.E.A. BOXING: HONG KONG SENDING 10 AND SIAM 4
    157 20 HONG KONG have nam d thro,- ot the ten amateur boxen they will be gend ng for the South Easl Ada I lurnament In Bii nom Aug 29 to Bept. 3 One of thorn La Henry Wong, who reached the lightweight
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    OLYMPIC CHAMPION FOR SINGAPORE
    86 20 808 MATHIAS of the United States, winner of the decathlon at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics will visit Singapore to give exhibitions next month. Mat In. is will be on a world tour sponsored by tht I.S I ite Department. His tour will take about three
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    PENG HAN OFF TO PENANG
    113 20 SINGAPORE'S champion racing I motorist, Lim Peng Han will leave Singapore for Penang on Saturday on ins wajr to Colombo for the Cfeylon Motor Cycle Club's international meet on Aug 20 and 21 Peng Han will sail from Penanon Monday. He will compete aualnst top
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