The Singapore Free Press, 11 August 1955

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Large*! Afternoon Sale m Malaya 1 1.;.;::. Singapore, Thurs.. Auj 11. Iffi, Price If Vis
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    Lock icon Duke for Germany
    26 1 The Duk.' o! Edinburgh will vi.sii c; rni.iity m October to present colour! to the 2nd Battalion, tn»' Royal Canadian R«'- Reuter Reuter
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    T.U.C. hit at sack threat
    239 1 But employers say: Action forced on us THE threat to dismiss 800 worker 17 Singapore .sawmills was dcs< by the acting president of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. s. Jaganathan, this morning us "very deplorable. 91 I idle lince 500 timber carrVrs went on itrlke
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    U.K. JOINS H-RACE FOR PEACE
    191 1 U.K. JOINS H-RACE FOR PEACE gRITAIN formally disclosed at Geneva yesterday, that she has joined the race to harness the hydrogen homh for peace. This announcement, at/a press conference by Sir John Cockcroft, chairman of the United Kingdom atomic energy authority, put three bis nations directly m the race to
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    Lock icon That curtain—up, up, up
    72 1 That curtain up, up, up ATOP SPOKESMAN for the Soviet Foreign Ministry hinted yesterday that there soon may be a dramatic change m Soviet censorship regulations for Western newspaper correspondents. The possibility was not excluded that censorship would be dropped entirely, the spokesman implied. Mr. Leonid P. Ilyichev, chief of
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    Lock icon Sunspot activity
    18 1 A Japanese observutorv reported m Tokyo yesterday that It had located increased sun- spot activity. U.P.
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    Rubber price collapse
    93 1 Rubber price collapse HEAVY selling of rubber on the London market by Singapore dealers overnight caused a collapse m the price of rubber by eight cents when the local market opened this morning. September first grade fell from $1.53, last night's dosing price, to around the $1.45 level with August
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    Lock icon Teachers arrested
    85 1 CEQUEL to the drowning of 36 girl students came yesterday when the vice-principal and physical education instructor of Kyohoku High School, 300 miles south of Tokyo, were arrested and charged with accidental homicide. This move followed almost two weeks of police investigation during which there were uequent changes
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    Lock icon TEMPLE OFFER
    25 1 Prime Minister Nehru discloted m New Delhi yesterday that the government of Siam had oiicred to build a temple U.P. it Bodh Gaya.
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    Lock icon Recruiting Aussies for police force
    57 1 The Deputy Commissioner of the Malayan Police Force. Mr I S. Wylie. arrived m Sydney yesterday to recruit Australians as lieutenants m his force. He was accompanied by Deputy Superintendent P. A Goldsbury and Lieutenant R. Wells. Former servicemen or policemen would be favourably considered
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    Lock icon HOE AND SHOVEL RIOTERS WRECK TOWN HALL
    104 1 FOUR hundred peasants armed with hoes and shovels rioted m the village of Apollosa n« i ar Benevint South Italy, yesterday becatte their council is taking too long to build a road linklng their hamlet with the main village. Under cover of darkness
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    Lock icon NOT OUR SUBS, SAY RUSSIANS
    45 1 In a Note to the fi" i ament yeaU rdaj d that no Rum an sub marines wen- m Swedl h I ritorial waters or m the when unidentified foi marines were ighted the Sw< lg n uUicc auiiounced. A.P.
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    Lock icon Cap-at-commodore man jailed
    109 1 A NAVAL court martial at Portsmouth, England, yesterday Tntenced sailor James Stevens to a year m prison for starting to put on his hat and then throwing it at his commodore instead. Stevens pleaded 'guilty to charges of violence against his commanding officer. Stevens, an engineer mechanic,
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    Lock icon KOREA RIOTS: DULLES GIVES PLEDGE
    110 1 KOREA RIOTS: DULLES GIVES PLEDGE 'IMIE U.S. Secretary of- State, 1 Mr. John Foster-Dulle.s. -aid m Washington yesterday that the US. would cany out its obligation to protect the Neutral Nations supervisory commission m South Korea, winch had been recently threatened by rioters. Mr Dulles also expressed the hope that
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    Lock icon All rightwe'll take the naked mermaid
    148 2 All rightwe'll take the naked mermaid POR .several years the crest. 1 of the neighbouring holiday resorts of Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea. Lincolnshire, has been a naked mermaid riding on a dolphin. But thus year when it came to building an eight-foot high voluptuous neon-lit mermaid overlooking the main street of
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    Lock icon Barriers down in East-West atomic swop
    385 2 Barriers down in East-West atomic swop r |MI F "Atomic urtain 1. existing between Russia and the \\es. m lifted again at GMMTt JHllfrttoj when the world's lending nuclear physu ists met for their first -ever international conference. The men who first ron<ei\«'d and bfltagM to reality the atom bomb
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    Russians claim antidote
    37 2 TWO Soviet scientists yesterday gave a detailed report to the atoms for peace conference at Geneva on the medical treatment given to two Russians now said to be fully recovered from acute atomic radiation.
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    Lock icon AMERICAN WARNS
    34 2 Dr. Edward Teller, credited as chief contributor to America's Hbomb. warned the conference: "There Is still no foolproof system. Any system can be defeated by a great enough fool." U.P. A.P. and
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    POWER FAMINE JUST AVERTED
    97 2 I^UCLEAR power has been harnessed "just m time" to save the world from a power famine due to increased demands for electricity and the rapidity of the reduction of stocks of coal and oil, a British engineer said m Geneva yesterday. Mr. J. M. Kay. from
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    Zhukov wedding joke on Ike is exploded
    75 2 /OFFICIAL spokesmen yester\J day m Washington threw cold water on rumours that President Eisenhower was the victim of a Soviet practical joke when he sent wedding gifts from Geneva to Marshal Zhukov's daughter. Questioned about a report that the Embassy m Moscow had
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    Lock icon Pay more, Ceylon will ask China
    118 2 ACEYLONESE trade delegation headed by Minister of Commerce, Mr. Shirley Corea, leaves Colombo at the end of this month for Peking, to ask the Chinese for a higher price for rubber which Ceylon now sells 1 under a five-year pact. Although the price fox
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    Lock icon NO TANKS ON GOA BORDER, SAYS INDIA
    141 2 NO TANKS ON GOA BORDER, SAYS INDIA THE Indian Hißh sion m London denied charges by guese Governmen* had concentrated 15 tank* on the northern Goa. At no time hi [ndian troops occupied ai t O f the Indian Goan was stated Indian officials at p a j kot denying
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    Lock icon South Vietnam terms for polls talks
    143 2 THE South Vietnam Government declared last night that elections to unify North and South Vietnam could be held only when the people living m the Communist North enjoyed "democracy and fundamental human Hunts." In a broadcast it described last month's proposal from North Vietnam
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    42 MALAYAN WOMEN ENTER ART SHOW
    223 2 JUDGING of entries for the J first art show by Malayan women artists to be held on September 2 took place yesterday at the British Council Hall. They were submitted by 42 women artists from all over Malaya and Singapore. Sixty compositions m a
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    Swimsuit girl of Tanglin
    231 3  -  VIVIENNE PUCKRIDCE »> \fOST people feel the i?l heat m Singapore, but not many so much as x certain young lady from Tanglin To exercise her three dogs m Holland Road m the evenings, she ars a black bathing costume. li»h> Youiir j A SUB-COMMITTEE of
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    Lock icon 'SAND THROWN OVER BODIES WAS BURIAL'
    243 3 V' CAMP UNDERTAKER testified m New York yesterday that frozen ground made it impossible to give a decent burial to two American war prisoners who allegedly died at the hand.s of a fellow American In Korea. William C. Stevenson, 24, describing himself as the
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    Lock icon THE ROYAL ANGLERS
    312 3 DRINCE CHARLES and Princes Anne went Ashing at Stranraer, Scotland I yesterday and the fairhaired Prm lught a tiny perch. The R tii the Queen and I Duke ol Edinburgh are <<n their vaj moral their h Scotland and are travelling iiuJ the Wi I Britain m
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    Lock icon Hurricane at standstill
    79 3 The Miami Weather Bureau said yesterday that hurricane "Connie" with winds up to 125 miles an hour, is stationary 225 miles south-east of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and is expected to remain so for the next 12 hours. After that it is expected to move north over
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    Tiny perch thrills the Princess
    33 3 Tiny perch thrills the Princess AT PORTSMOUTH for an eight-day cruise on the Britannia are Prince Charles and Princess Anne. They were accompanied by their parents, Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.
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    Lock icon INGRID DENIES MARRIAGE RIFT
    62 3 Actress tagrid Bergman yesterday denied that a r it t in lier marriage with Roberto Roeaellinl had caused her Lo make a film with another director. "There is nothing amiss m my marriage, and you eaa print that," said Miss Bergman who is m Paris to
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    Lock icon SECRET UK PLANES TO BE SHOWN
    148 3 the Flyln B public at I bpi ough, Hamp hin month, the Society ol Bi i Aucraft Con nounced ThOU and the general pub 1 i>[ them from 01 will be Allowed fur the fti t time to see several p] m< still on
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      2 3 RARE EXQUISITE
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, August 11, 1955. Opinion SAVE THAT CHILD...
    248 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, August 11, 1955. Opinion SAVE THAT CHILD... VIORE vehicles of all) descriptions today use the roads of expanding Singapore than ever before,' m its history. Sheer pressure of population has compelled building of houses and blocks of lints at a rate and on a scale
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    Lock icon A Brotherhood upsets the Reds
    901 4  - A Brotherhood upsets the Reds JOHN RODERICK by (COMMUNISM has run into a new and baffling foe m free South Vietnam. It is an enemy it does not know how to light. Its name is "Operation Brotherhood." The Communist Vietminh finds it difficult to wage war on Operation Brotherhood because
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      21 4 HANDSOME (iHT ill the IfISIOKY OF TIME MEASUREMENT lOLIX 6. C.De SUVA BROS., "Jewellers" 3. RAFFLES PLACE Sin?.iporc-1 Tel: *****. j
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      96 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 years of experience m estate development by CREDIT FOMCIER MEYER CHAMBERS, 3rd FLOOR, (Raffles Place) BINJAI PARK A HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AT 6i 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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    A toast to a lady of 84
    69 5 Madam Ching Gck Kuan, one of Hi*- oldest Catholic residents of the Bukit Panumk area m Singapore, celebrated her 84th birthday at a party held at the premises of the 800 Joo Hoo Chor Huay at Ritkit Put janp. Picture bHow shows Madam
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    Sacred Bo tree of Paya Lebar again flourishing
    475 5 \HUGE "offspring" of the sacred bo tree phich was transplanted from the main runway of the new international airport at Paya Lebar to a spot about half-a-mile away is again flourishing says Vrt current issue of the Botanic Gardens annual departmental report.
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    Judge cuts "excessive" garage bill
    131 5 A GARAGE paid nechanli si 58 an hour but charged fte cu.stonicr $t 20 an hour for labour. TOO much, said a iud f He cut by $10 50 the $70 12 bill for labour charges present rd to bricklayer Mr Stephen Cherry after hla
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    THIEF GETS HOARD HIDDEN IN DRAWER
    56 5 MR CHARLKS CARR. 70--year-old retired Ui.t around ticket collector, w< Sf living m bed-sitting hud saved t5OO f« a hOBM of Uu own. But W f (> 'i svitta rubber band, wrapped In ua old id len in wei m. been ttolen from his
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    NEW RAFT PLAN TO FIGHT FIRES AT SEA
    398 5 NEW RAFT PLAN TO FIGHT FIRES AT SEA DEVOLUTIONAET new ftre-flfhtini equipment designed to control ships' fires Ins been brought to Singapore from Kngland by W. H Hrennan Co. The firm last year introduced the S< hermuK rocket line-throwing apparatus now used by the Marine Police as a life-saving measure.
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      666 6 Sj^* ♦f'fev /!-v ■■%'■■<'■■''■'■■•<' fc^ Irv^ MAIMDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis j STAR I Z x AfTER SEARCHING THROUGH 1 I NARROAEO WHAT H <tfSS 'SEARCHING IJOKN today. ,our K^ t (MOW A TtN CtNTURitS,I USeOMY I H DOWN TO THIS B R| UIANT ThR OoOH _£P«^\ i
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      U. K. closing prices
      198 7 LONDON. Aug li) Previous T,»day i;i WJKR No. 1 BSS c.i.f. European 4:r, buyers 41 bu p«ii \uKUst 43H sellers 42 IK iUIFR No. 1 RSS v.l.t. Furupean 43', buyers 41", bi I'orU September 43.. sellers 42', se!. HIKHIK No. 1 RSS Spot 43 1 buyers
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      New York prices
      101 7 NEW YORK. Aug. II Previous Today Tin Straits spot and nearby 97.00 nom. 96.62 nom. Tin futures August 9G.00 bid M.SO bid 96.75 asked 96.50 asked September 94.25 bid 94.00 bid 95.00 a.^ked 95.00 asked October 94.00 bid 93.6") bid 94.75 a.sked 94.65 asked I ONE: Dull.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      50 7 Lampong spot and awaiting release 44 Afloats 43 1 to 43. August shipment 42^. Sellers ex-dook Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib. Spot Malabar 44. awaiting release 44 AfloHt-s 43 4 to 43. August 42. Sarawak spot and awaiting release 19 Afloat* 38 'i. August 37%.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      31 7 Previous Today N Railroads 448 84 M Industrials 1 51 22 ID Domestic Bonds 99 2 2 lo 1515 Itilities 65.59 Jg (it Stocks Composite Average 161.95 lbz-ju
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      116 7 Auk. 10. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. UK/North Kuropean delivered weight per l.»n« ton Aug. Sept. $175 nom. $174 nom. OPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila In hulk per ton Unquoted Unquoted COPRA Straits c.i.f. TK /North European delivered weight per l*ng ton Aug./ Sept £634 buyers £63
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    Lock icon A-AGE AT SEA Mr. Adler and Mr. Marshall do look alike
    260 7 A-AGE AT SEA Mr. Adler and Mr. Marshall do look alike «W voi 111 l ONI >l\\ lltOM I III: OTHER? \yOKLD famous harmonica player Larry Adler and Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, say the) are "alike enough to be brothers.' Mr. Adlcr, who leaves Singapore for London today,
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    Blast burns Aly's sons
    65 7 Aly Khan'i two sons. K.mrn ;>nd Alnn. an<'d 18 and 10. bad burns on the legl m an explosion on board his yacht My I ov«' at the Cote d'A/ur port ni Bt, Tropei recently. Aly and hundred* of holidaymakeri were itandinf a f( w yards
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    WORRIES ARE FORGOTTEN
    52 7 MR. IIAVII) MARSHALL relaxes. After all it isn't every day that he joins a M.iii Raya Haji picnic party ui\« m m the grounds of his home by members of the Young Malay Women's Association. Here Mr. Marshall takes it easy with some of the members and
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    Lock icon THREAT BY 'CHERRY TREE' MEN
    191 7 THREAT BY 'CHERRY TREE' MEN SEVERAL hundred Japanese members of the fanatical "Cherry Tree Suicide Battalion" m Brazil threatened yesterday to join six of their colleagues who have been hunger striking for the past two wee.ks. The six hunger strikers are fasting m protest against the fines imposed on them
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    Lock icon Goodwill mission to Peking
    35 7 A group of 18 MPs. miner i union i ;i "<i social workert left London by plane yesterday for Peking on •will mission to "look v U.P. i anything th»-y desired.
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    Two years in Singapore made him drop career to help others
    226 7 Two years in Singapore made him drop career to help others ENGINEERING was to hv I J the career of Alan Briscoc, of Third Crossroad, Twickenham, London, when, at the age of 17, h e joined the RAF as a wireless mechanic. Two years stationed at Singapore have changed .ill
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    Drivers offered free brake test
    48 7 Motor! driving through BOOtle. Lanes, run call m at. police headquarter! and have their brake* tested free Of charge. The chief Constable, Mr Harold Legge, made tin offer to motorist with an :i luranc* that however ins brakej no driver wiii be orosecuted.
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    The GREAT GRIMALDI
    1735 8  - The GREAT GRIMALDI Patrick Pointon HE WAS THE WINCE Of CLOWNS WHO MAM AUDIENCES ROAR WITH LAUGHTER. YET LIFE WAS NO JOKE FOR HIM; IT WAS CNE LONG TRAGEDY by rrnh doctor thought for i moment Tin n:«tri had asked him for ;t cun lor d< pression. T)j< n h<.said:
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    MAYORESS IS TO WED HER CHAUFFEUR
    204 9 MAYORESS IS TO WED HER CHAUFFEUR 35-YEAR-OLD blonde, A slim, and attractive uyoress If to marry her offiand tall and good-look-chauffeur. That is the situation m I wport, Mon.. which is induing the 105.000 citizens. For the situation is this: official car draws up. hit steps Miss Joan Denman, the
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    First sturgeon
    30 9 The first sturgeon ever bt m Channel Islands ra was landed last week by t'olonel H. A. Stevenson off v. it was over flve and a feet long.
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    There's nothing to laugh at in laughing gas
    503 9 There's nothing to laugh at in laughing gas CLERGYMAN BECAME VIRTUALLY A HUMAN VEGETABLE' AUGHING GAS (nitrous -'oxide) commonly used tor anaesthetics by doctors and dentists is under suspicion. In the Lancet two doctors sugt it may damage the lin. 1 tells of a 73-year-old clergyman, a great traveller and
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    A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW
    35 9 A FLAME cast a flickering m a Nottingham fackaiy window. •Fire thought a woman. and called the brigade. Thoy ran up an escape ladder, entered, and hlw out cal ai
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    KILLED HIMSELF IN KILLING STRAY CAT
    246 9 Inhaled gas m attempt J}K)R two years the stray cat wandered round the block of flats at Stanwell, Middlesex. It annoyed one of the flat-dwellers, Mr. Cyril Patterson so much he decided to get rid of her but m killing her he killed himself,
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    PONY RESCUED
    45 9 Blue Moon, a 3ft. Bin. high pony, was rescued by fireman when he got stuck In a muddy pond on Stanmore Common. lie had escaped from a ridine stable. The firemen used block and tackle and bales or straw to set bin out
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    $212 down houses
    16 9 Council houses at Glllln^harn, Kent, are to be .sold lor deposit* of $212.
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    CAMPAIGN TO END 'SPRAWL TOWNS'
    134 9 rpin; M of Housing, Mr. cd a t o m d "sprawl-towns m Britain. Every planning authority In England and Wales has reeetved a l«t tor from hlj Ministry on the importance of checking the unrestricted sprawl of bullt-UD areas." The remedy, sayi the Minister,
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    The honest man
    35 9 Van-driver Mr. F. o. Cole, of Dunfiold road, Catford, found ft blue bag containing £297 on Clapham Common. He took it to the police, ;ind it was claimed by a Batter.sra firm.
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    318 10 picture. lr| *«««.:<■»: v.v, .-y- -A..*, i Picture. picture. J THE SEA DAK T. a jet seaplane fitted with X a single ski, is now being used by the I.S. t Navy for hydrodynamics research. In this Popper picture it is shown making X a taxi run at high speed
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    Lock icon WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
    261 11 jiirturr picture. picture. picture. picture. hinuttY pt'iiuonr oj vmie Organdie dotted m black and buttle-like bow are talking ])oukts <>( the new thortskirted dinner dress WOrn by actress Viieca I.mdfors. The dress is m black peau fa Reuter .4 LOUIBON BOMR of France who won his
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    Will this be R-month for Margaret?
    1318 12  - Will this be R-month for Margaret? WINIFRED LEES Balmoral has a fairyland air of romance Ily was announcing from Balmoral the engagement of another of hi.s sons -the Duke Ol Gloucester— to Lady Alice Montague Douglas Scot, daughter "f the seventh Duke of Buocleuch. The Duke of Gloucester was at
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    GIRLS in the AIR
    404 13 i 'OMEN from all parts of the world can am for work m aviation at a junior college m the ildwestern section of the United States. Since it ame the first such urse m the country m 1941, students at Stehens College m ColumMissourl, have flown
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    Dentist's drill on way out?
    169 13 Dentist's drill on way out? THI ntist's drill will soon be Just a painful nory, predicts the US. Army which is ex- :*ting with a plasii Riling material tl ould liminate the r:< d drill holes m teeth of >ize and shape suffiit to hold fillings. j. s< pb l.
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    A Sunday afternoon
    1831 14  -  GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD by "vtell, I suppose ''shan't be .shot at dawn? 9 I asked Lieutenant Vit.su cheerfully. To my dismay the young < unty officer did not i »«n •mile. "We shoot no one without court martial." he said. H<- seemed to me very oh Btlnatc for
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      27 14 THE answer to yesterday's "Did It Happen" story •SLOW MOVEMENT" is YES. it did happen: to Tuesday's tale —"A MANSION FOR SALE" NO, it did not happen.
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    BLAME IT ON THE PARENTS
    582 15  -  LEO HENDRICK —not the comics! by HOWEVER much other countries, faced with a dangerous increase m i nile crime, may point using finger a at rror Comics as the source of the trouble, Holland approaches the matter more honestly believing that such comics only exist
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    He's got a date and he doesn't know it
    226 15 He's got a date and he doesn't know it THERE'S a sailor m the 1 U.S. Navy who has a date with one of the prettiest nightclub singers m New York, and doesn't know it. The date will include 'inner and a floorshow the Copacabana and any liquid refreshment happens
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      2 15 ANSWER TOMORROW
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    1303 16 I HAVE always b<'*-n m f rouble with Manchester and SfockpOTt I haw .said m the p;ist that they are imly cities, .md i express the usual Southern prejudice that lip In Manchester, it is all rain and grime. So when I said that on
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      252 16 CLUIi ACROSS 2 Handy coverings (.7). 1 Headcovering Kg the life of Bebe 3 Food for a loal> l4>< and Ben? <.6i 5 Exclamation of a spider, bit 4 C.ibinet not m power (6). ttiiished? <S) <jn J l colll y Sir Carol Reed, vagabond of the 6 A if
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    Lock icon Pharaohs curse lost him his contracts
    823 17  -  GEORGE ALLEN by \^EKY FEW of the wellknown screen peronaliUefl of the earliest days of the silent tworeelen arc still active m the picture industry But Tom Ternss has successfully weathered til the transformation that nearly 40 years have brought to motion pictures, and
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    323 17 ALL THIS —AND MISS OHMART TOO* AS an example of the stepp-ed-up campaign to groom new stars, take a look at what a big Hollywood studio is doing with Carol Ohmart whom you never heard of, but who will undoubtedly be a iy
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    LADIES COLF
    38 18 MRS. R. A. C. Cobley w;> A" divLsion winner In the Royal bland Club's Ludie., August I.U.U. coin petition with a .score ol 80-11 75, Mrs R. AlLvjn wa s B diVLslon wliiner with 103-34 -UJ.
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    BRITISH ISLES XV BEAT UNIVERSITIES 21-14
    184 18 Till; TOURING BRITISH IBLES RIJOBY INION TEAM BKAT CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES BY !!1 POINTS (THREE GOALS \NI) TWO TRIES) TO H (ONE CUIAL TWO TRIES AND ONE PENALTY! IN SCRAPPY MATCH WATCHED BY A CROWD OK Hi,ooo IN DURBAN YESTERDAY. Johnny Williams and Haydn Morris
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    177 18 QINOAPORI Chinese Recreation lub'i < i<> i' tennis champion M-u> tic are: Tomorrow: I.lc.'i) Kin- Liang and Ho Chak v Dennli i.<-<- ;«n<i Cheong lln mi Slew; LOOng 1 **'«'k Chow and X.mi Olm Lo< k v elm. i Choon Leong ;iii(l Nu, Cht-nu, Koon. Saturday:
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    RECS RETAIN TROPHY 3 0
    51 18 Singapore Recreation t'luh torday retained the Padana swhen they noun' ••<! the CS l< In t ciuti 3-0 at loccer tor the late Mr. c. h Clai ke v ophj n !i( padang Re< s VOn fOI v > i R.C .<•••!- ten Irf-forward X
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    Lock icon U.S. ATHLETES HAVE SET THREE WORLD RECORDS
    285 18 U.S. ATHLETES HAVE SET THREE WORLD RECORDS THREE IWW World records. MM performance which ties world mark, tuo now American records and one unofficial world record arc amonf t tn- Achievement! ■•<<> t;ir m i UM 1955 outdoor track and Odd to In the Uni'i 'i SI it«\s The bCSI
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    1206 18  - 'Call me Potty... with a capital P' Igeorge whiting The Genial Giant says kit (f II j II you like MT sportsmen m lanje lumps. I can recommend with sume confidence a 1 kinc size portion who arrived m London the other day. His name ishwart Potgiet.-r, he weighs 22st
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    SPORTS LETTER:
    152 18 Johnson's impudence \v r IIAT impudence on the part of lan Johnson to say that Oil Langley is the world's best wicket-keeper! It shows the value of Johnson's boast reported m the Free Press, of being able to beat England. Perhaps Australia's captain cockahoop with his success m
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    Command RAF XI v. Singapore
    52 18 The Command RAF soccer team to meet Sin^aj>ore's victorious Malaya Cup final side at the Jalan Beoar stachum on Sunday at 5.1J p.m. will be: MacLaren (Mai); Ives (S'l Eyre (Mai); Toft (HKi, Ci Spore), ONeill (Spore); Ibrahim (Spore), Clarke (Spore). Thompson (Spore). Clark (HK»,
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    MONTHLY MEDAL
    24 18 The August monthly medal i petition at the Royal Singapore o< >ii Club was won by J. A. Gib^ou Uie "A" a
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    COLONY WIN F.E.A.F. CUP AFTER HARD BATTLE
    472 19 COLONY WIN F.E.A.F. CUP AFTER HARD BATTLE jAN a water-logged pitch at Seletar yesterday which hampered good footbaM, KAI Singapore won the Far East Air j Force inter-group Cup after a hard-fought final against RAF Hong Kong, by two goals to one. The teams were introduced to the C-in-C Far
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    SBH RESULTS AND LATEST POSITIONS
    370 19 SBH RESULTS AND LATEST POSITIONS \'ESTERDAI"S results and latest positions m the Business Houses F. A. League and Cup ompetition are: GROUP A Tel. Board 5 Hongkong B. 2 V. N. 4 C. Bank 4 P W D L F APts. Tel. Board 7 7 0 0 38 3 14
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    55 19 NATIONAL Boxm/r Association President, Anthony Petronella m a letter received m Manila yesterday, promised his organisation will sanction a featherweight titlematch between world (hampion Sandy Saddler and Flash Elorde of th* Philippines. Saddler dropped a unanimous decision to the Filipino m their 10-round non-title bout m
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    Lock icon LOCK, TRUEMAN, BAILEY IN GREAT FORM; OUTSCHOORN HITS 106
    354 19 LOCK, TRUEMAN, BAILEY IN GREAT FORM; OUTSCHOORN HITS 106 COUNTY ROUND-UP Yesterday, the Yorkshire fastbowler took the wickets of Giles, Storks and Poole with successive balls m his eighth over. But this was the end of Trueman's successful burst, and he finished with figures of three wickets for 71 runs
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    113 19 BOUNTY cricket clow of play scores: At Lords: Middlesex 155 (Leslie Compton 57; Bannister 6-79). Warwickshire 113 for 0. At Derby: Sussex 189. Derbyshire 31 for three. At Clactort: Essex 376 for 8. (Dodds 72, Trevor Bailey not out 152) v. Kent. At ChHtenham: Glamorgan 135
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    LAST NIGHTS S.B.A. JUNIOR RESULTS
    372 19 LAST NIGHTS S. B. A. JUNIOR RESULTS RESULTS of ties In the 8.8.A. junior badminton championships played at the SBA hall la.st night were: Junior men's *ingle« 'third round): Salleh Kur.shi beat T;m Chin Jin 15-8. 17-12. Junior men* doubles fserond round) On« Tiong Oin and Phun Yew Hong beat
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    Lock icon Watson may not be fit for Test
    114 19 WILLIE WATSON, the Yorkshire lefthander, may not be fit t6 play for England against South Africa m the fifth and final cricket Test at The Oval, London, on Saturday. Watson who also missed the fourth Test through an elbow injury, has bruised knuckles
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    U.S. win two foursomes
    98 19 THE United States won two of four foursomes, with one halved, against overseas golfers when the International Cup matches opened at the Turn O Shanter OOUnt m Illinois yesterday. Peter flMMton < Australia). the BritLsh champion, and Angel Miguel (Spam) beaf the American pair. DoO| Kord
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    Solidarity and Flower Queen in splendid gallop
    827 20 Solidarity and Flower Queen in splendid gallop FREE PRESS RACING CORRESPONDENT COI.IDAKITY (llougoure) and I lower Q«MII (Tait)« were associated m a splendid tryout On the train-^ ing track at lUikit Timah this mornlnff. Brcukui" Irom the half mile, they ran the last 3f. m 38 4 5 keeping wide
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    PRIMO IS BACK AT HIS OLD JOB WRESTLING AND HE'S A HIT
    333 20 PRIMO IS BACK AT HIS OLD JOB WRESTLING AND HE'S A HIT STICK on the walls and pillars m mam parts of the city this BTHIHUH wer newspaper-style posters announcing that Primo lament would DC wrestling here soon. To many a Singaporean, this would have seemed a iiew type of
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    DEATHS
    116 20 20 Words $6 (minimum). PAFXTrRAVE: William Henry, at the General Hospital. Singapore, on the »jth August, Interment at Bidi'dari Cemetery, on 7th August. LIM: Mudam Urn Poh Muey agtd 7»), passed away peacefully on 9 8.55. She left behind one son. Pwee Sye Cheow. one daughter. Mrs. Kirn Env.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    116 20 2Q Word* < minimum). MR A MRS. V L S I)F SII.VA thank all Relatives ;uid Ptlendi for t.heir Kirui Attendance, Valuable Olftf and TeleKram.s an t.iie Ooca* sion of their second Daughter's Wed<imi< on Bfh AOgtsA MR. AND MHS. N. We.sU>n thank all relatives, otteert, friends, lor valuable
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    Lock icon SOUTH AFRICANS IN FEAST OF RUN-MAKING: McGLEW 161, KEITH 100
    172 20 SOUTH AFRICANS IN FEAST OF RUN-MAKING: McGLEW 161, KEITH 100 JACKIE MCGLEW. THE SOUTH AFRICAN OPENING BATSJ MAN BECAME THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORER OF THE TOUR YESTERDAY WHEN HE HIT A FLOWING 161 AGAINST LEICESTERSHIRE. In a feast of run-making, McGlew and Headley Keith added 224 for the second wicket,
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    T-TENNIS TITLE TO TAN KEE LENG
    52 20 Tan Kee Lena won the singles title at tiie Woodbrid^e Hospital's table tennis championships beating Tan Ail N:;ee 13-21, 21-14. 21-13, 21-11 m the final la*J ni^ht. In the semi-final Kee Leng beat W. Bartholomeuz 21 10 21-9. and Ah Na,ee beat Mail Yusof
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    COLONY MALAY CUP TEAM
    117 20 Singapore Malaya will meet Belan•Of Mala', Hi tin- <mii- linal ol !he .suit. ms Oold ("vi) aoooer Competition at Jalan l!< ..i stadium at .1 tfi m. tomorrow. Tin Singapore 'cam uil! i*> picked trom O man Angullla, [droi Albar, Jonan H hid t llman, Aman
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    Malayan C.F.A. team v. Salzburg
    104 20 THE unbeaten Austrian Salzburg soccer tourists will > play two games m Kuala Lum- pur this week-end, meeting a F.A.S. XI on Friday and a formidable Malayan Chinese XI on Saturday. Both games will be played at the T.P.C A stadium m Prince? Road. The
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      9 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special Thursday, August 11. 1955.
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      Form Guide For Spore Races
      12006 1 Form Guide For Spore Races iMUXOWING are the horses entered for the Singapore Turf Club August meeting:. CLASS TWC ADMIRALTY MM II: ill started) W-«-55 Ipoh 51F Str <Jones» 01. 2 Div 3; Uight Eyes II 8-13; 2nd Chrysann,m 9-5: 3rd Beccaflcoes 8-13. 1-2-1-Ob 4 5 Track very good '«CX
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