The Singapore Free Press, 24 August 1955

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Mii'.poif Wnl. \.u 'I. IMS.MM ISCtI
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    BREAKFAST THEN To U.S. and back HOME FOR DINNER
    205 1 BREAKFAST THEN To U.S. and back HOME FOR DINNER TWO nonchalant British airmen breakfasted m London yesterday morning, nipped over to New York for lunch and flew back home to dine with their wives last night. They did it by Canberra jet bomber and the whole thing took just over
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    Lock icon JAPS FOR RUSSIA
    17 1 A delegation from both chambers of the Japanese Diet is to visit Russia. Reuter
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    KALLANG THEFT
    17 1 A wall clock worth $60 was stolen from Kallang Airport control tower m Singapore yesterday.
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    Lock icon MORE A-SUBS
    14 1 The United States Navy i-> to build four more atompowered submarines Reuter
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    NO CROCODILE TEARS FOR THOSE LANDLORDS
    171 1 Marshall hits at exploiters THE Chief Minister, Mr. Marshall, assured the Legislative Assembly this morning that the Land Acquisition Bi would not affect the small householder. But he said the government would not shed any crocodile tears for those landlords who practise fantastic exploitation
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    Lock icon Reservists to go to Morocco
    83 1 The French Prim*' Minister, M. Edgar Faure, announced m Aix Les Btdna last ni^ht that some young French reservists m France and North Africa would be recalled to the colours to reinforce the troop* keeping order m North Africa. A representative of the Arab League
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    RUBBER UP
    27 1 The Singapore Rubb'-r M:irket opened on an uncertain trjn<' this morning with lir.st grade September shipment, at 51.42J a lb.. 2i cents above yesterday's cloae.
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    Aquarium delay
    25 1 Due to the strike of the City council workers, the opening of the new Van K!<*ef Aquarium icheduled for Saturday biu been p<Jbtpuiicd.
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    Lock icon 9 KILLED AS PLANE HITS THREE HOUSES
    68 1 9 KILLED AS PLANE HITS THREE HOUSES AC-1 19 Flying Boxcar faltered on take-off, crashed into a Negro residential area near the Charleston. South Carolina Air Force Base and exploded yesterday. Five of the 11 members ot the plane crew and four Negro civilians were killed. Eleven people were injured.
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    Peaceful march on Kashmir planned
    130 1 TtHE central executive of the 1 Pakistan Christian League decided yesterday at an emergency meeting m Karachi, to launch a peaceful march on Indian-held Kashmir starting September 15. Zafar Iqbal, general secretary Of the league, announced that he would lead the first contingent. He said
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    IS DIVORCED MAN A BACHELOR?
    158 1 A JUDGE at London Sessions yesterday consulted three dictionaries to help him define the word "bachelor." Before him was Robert Perters. aged 36, charged with entering a false statement m a marriage register. He was entered as a bachelor when, it was said, he had
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    GENERAL STRIKE TALK PUT OFF
    236 1 VIR. o. s. Rengasamy, secretary of the A Singapore City Council Labour Unions' Federation, said this morning that an all-union meeting planned for tomorrow to discuss support for the city council labourers' strike had been postponed indefinitely. His statement followed disclosure m yesterday's Free Press
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    COUNCIL VAN STONED
    47 1 A SINGAPORE City Council <ias Department van was stoned at the junction of Kalians Road and Lavender Street at 0.50 a.m. today. Three people hiding behind pillars threw stones is the van approached the junction. No-one was injured. Damage to the van was slight
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    Lock icon CYPRUS WARNED
    30 1 Strong meausures. Including a curfew, will be imposed if disturbances are threatened during the London tripartite talJcs which open on Monday, the Cyprus Govprnment warned last nii?ht. Reuter
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    Lock icon Duke's cousin shot
    36 1 Mr. Henry Howard, a cou.sni of the Duke of Norfolk. wa.s found dead with a bullet wound In his head at hU home m Tuxedo Park on Monday. New York police .said. Reuter
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    Lock icon Airmen on gold export charges
    97 2 rlcan of Par. -A: Airy ..a rz* of 'ing tc export 200 vaftclttl on June 11 Hearings will be hfld .at*-: m cltTi ir. ivhldl t«-o other members of Van AL i t crm ar*charged with attempting to export 3<"Kj OUDCei 01 |OH and 7C*O
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    U.S. SAYS SORRY TO INDIA ENVOY
    266 2 I'UIE U-S. BUte Departmei/ yesterday apologised U th<- Indian Ambassador foi an Incident m Houston. Tw where he wa.s asked to leave a public dining room because he was believed to oc a Negro A State Department tpcJce man .said an official expression of
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    Lock icon Living costs rise
    15 2 America's living costs rose m July for the second straight month A.P.
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    Lock icon The cost of living in 'Jet Bang Alley'
    66 2 The cost of living in 'Jet Bang Alley' OFFICIAL Rojal \ir force spotters uaUhing \hr effect of near supersonic flights over Bishops Waltham's "Jet Bane Alley" m ffamp>>hire yesterday saw 45 freenhouse windows shattered by planes flying at about 4,000 feet. A looal nurseryman, Mr. Leslie Green, said supersonic bangs
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    Lock icon MUTINY BOSSES CAPTURED
    218 2 Troops fire on police rebels r rHE leader ol tnutln uthern Sudan 1 defer. tl :U of his Ridefl bav< D captured, say Khartoum report din Cairo. No details were given. Reports also said troops m Malakal m Upper Nile Province opened fire to quell a police
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    Lock icon Ex-president dies
    24 2 Rrdolf Minger, a farmer's von who became President of Switzerland m 1935. died m hospital at Berne. Switzerland, yesterday, aged 73. A.P.
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    Lock icon IT WAS SO FRIENDLY AS AIRMAN CAME BACK
    236 2 IT WAS SO FRIENDLY AS AIRMAN CAME BACK AU. S. airman rested m an army hospital m Ascom City. Korea, yesterday after being freed by the Commumunist^ m one of the most friendly meetings bet. Americans and Reds the uneasy truce began Second Lieut. Guy Bumpas, 23. who was shot
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    Lock icon Police find stolen arms
    112 2 I POLICE have recovered all the arms stolen by raiders from the armoury at Liverpool College on Sunday night. Seven sten guns, five .22 rifles and a number of ammunition magazines w ere iound ve.sterday m an old air raid shelter less than 400 yards from
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    Lock icon Britons eat more rice
    61 2 British imports of rice during April and June of this y- U :i mounted to 33.600 tons, the highest quarterly figure since January. March 1951. the Comnonwealth Economic Committee stated m London yesterday. Shipments from Burma •lone, at 16.600 tons, were al nosi as much as
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    Lock icon Cotton for China
    17 2 China yesterday signed a ontract to buy 10.000 toi irotton from Egypt.- Re uter
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    Hairdos will bo off show at bait
    320 3 Hair dos will bo off show at bait BEFORE and afr*r m hairstyles. Mrs. Syi via Lade will be on the models m a parade ol hairstyles to be seen at the SATA ball at the Rafll(\s Hotel on S ber 10. On the left Is Mrs. Lade's original I
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    Lock icon STRIKE GREETS QUEEN MARY TRAVELLERS
    127 3 PASSENGERS of the Queen Mary had to move their own luggage on handcarts yesterday when the liner docked m New York harbour. Reason: the spread of the longshoremen's wildcat strike .shortly after the ship arrived. The stoppage apparently from cancellation of the temporary work permit
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    DANCES AT FAREWELL TO MacDONALD
    82 3 DANCES AT FAREWELL TO MacDONALD > T ATIONAL dances of the H Chinese. Indian and Malay ■immunities of Singapore will be performed at the farewell party given by the Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall. to the Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm MaeDonald. on Saturday afternoon at the Padang. It will be one
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    SPEEDING TRAIN IN FOG COLLISION
    92 3 Many students among dead A FAST electric train carrying school children and commuters, Hashing out of a dense fog, crashed into the rear of a halted local train at a Buenos Aires suburban station yesterday. The Transport Ministry said 14 persons were kilted and 35
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    SATA VISIT BY MARSHALL
    29 3 The Chief Minister, Mr David Marshall, will visit the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association clinic m Shenton Way on Monday He will also tour the rehabilitation centre.
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    Lock icon TV demonstrations
    28 3 During the next three month., the Radio Corporation oi America will conduct tflev «ion demonstrations at rain be held at Jakarta. Karachi and New Delhi U.P.
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    Lock icon U.K. airline makes first profit
    40 3 British European Airway., Britain's sutr-owm'd •short haul' airline made a n<4 profit of C 63,093 In the year prided last March SI. and celebrated Its firet deficit free rear since i' Inception m 1947. Reuter
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    HOUSEBREAKERS' LOOT CAN BE CLAIMED BY S'PORE OWNERS
    75 3 rpANJONG P»*»* police u:-«--1 balding Bt€ camera*, four watches, a pair ol bmoculars, three #w cup «jj an alarm clock, which f they .seised from a Rang Ol 10 housebreakera Ihe 10 were caught month after they comn 01 thefi Alexandra Road
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    SPY GANG SMASHED AFTER TWO YEARS
    180 3 Homr police stop stale secrets going l<> KnU |>OME police said last night they have Just sma which has been feedin 81 <'«■ ecret to [ron < I tin co mtrii two years." the police formally charged three Italians with ''continued i tion of
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    Lock icon Jaundice killed him, not H-dust
    144 3 RED PROPAGANDA WAS A LIE JAUNDICE not radiation illness killed the Japanese fisherman dusted by the H-bomb left at Bikini 17 months ifO, Japanese doctors now admit. This was disclosed m Washington yesterday by U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defence Frank B. Berry, who said thi
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      16 3 It he ft entertaining friends always keep tradition with mm I|amlj| CAMUS La Grande Marque GOGNAG
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      118 3 r o^»^o% l «»^o%«» r<>>N«»^o^»^<>^'»^ UNPACKED TODAY I I NEW HICKOK BELTS AND I INITIAL BUCKLKS J LATEST DESIGNS IN HICKOK INITIAL WALLETS KEY CHAINS I 5 FINEST SQUARE— END TIES IN I SOBKR PATTERNS AND SHADKS 1 S 100% DACRON SUITING IN NI.W I SHADKS OF CHARCOAL, I 1(K);
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 1955. Opinion THE POLICE
    197 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 1955. Opinion THE POLICE f the Mini I i md that ol n I lined itive triken moi ol the <r< 01 thi p I fen monthi too recent to reiit fU th< ChU I Mini U c for Up p ttleni <■
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    Britain leads in atoms for peace drive
    503 4  - Britain leads in atoms for peace drive TOM DAWSON by E I I X I) v, build It liffl ilt inder-€ UmiUe Ito .oner- i OOr::*' r Britaii In v... re are few r f c mil* tones [x>ic v out bei high-road Ui m a latering A:. er.V k
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    BY THE WAY
    136 4  -  UNKNOWN wSM/JvffiysJ. v/% a woman eouncilloi bftj pointed out that a 'aoman councillor ls a councillor first and a v. oman afterward*. Was there nobody at that meeting gallant tDouch to cry "Meet me ifterwardj?" Men v.iv be rmn. ai .1 yearning fhout ol 1 ed during
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      15 4 77 means '> much more) \to gi% t-\ a rPATEK PHILIPPE Watch H. SEMA LTD. I
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    SINGAPORE Spotlight
    517 5  -  Adelaide Eastley By WE'VE lost our reputation as the "cleanest city m Asia" to the current strikers. Shoppers m Change Alley Saturday literally had to struggle through piles of debris. In nearby streets, armed policemen escorted substitute streetcleaners. Big night m Siglap is attendance at the open-air Million
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    HOW TO MAKE RIJSTRAFFEL
    199 5 EXPERT: At a rijstaffel Sunday I devoured the best Malay food I ever enjoyed so I tracked down the caterer, Mrs. Hamid of Jalan Kassim Beringim off Haig Road. In her spotless home, this lovely lady from Ceribon, Java, discussed the refinements of traditional Indonesian cookery,
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    CLASSROM AT HOME
    72 5 SHUT-INS: G'Kxi news for those happy indoor IpOTU, the wh«-»-lchair and bedrid den residents of our community, is contained m the announcement from the US I S that a dim called "ClaiSTOOm At Home" is beillf shown at the .services theatrette. II should be of Interest t*>
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      91 5 §04 4 4 41 ™W Mtrunswivk Lon; Playing 0 Stand-ird Xccordt near the latest issuet at authorized dealer* m Malaya, «i^ E.S.ISAAC&CO.,LTD. £ZSSJR& I MODE*!* Ol TOM OH HOW I 4>* -DACBON" SIU HIS I WEAM m WWWtnVT m CAWKI > Only -Wash, Dm and Wear 1 In 60 Minutes
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      468 6 ># |||MM|| |rt||||| MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis STAR 1 7 f r Mr _vv- i DON*l I )OKN fjn thi fir 1 d lx of X >: .V"-.- V. *-> the incomirs -i^n. ir«o gXPLAIN THIS B£L!|VJ i-_. >ou jrf rU d b, M^ur M h. f/f
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      U. K. closing prices
      163 7 LONDON. Aui; n f'.KUt i i:ss c.i.f. European unquoted Ptrll August ucieu-u KM-.KFK No [Ml t.i.f. Kuropean M I;,. 40 t buy ..mill. Nt 'P. t< mber ->rs 41', "le," .:ilH»:i: No 1 RSS Se(t,e m ent 4U m!; H«M6 Terms September 41 se n r
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      New York prices
      102 7 NKW YORK, Aug. 23. Previous Today IN Straits spot and nearby 96.25 nom. MJI nom. TIN futures August 95.25 bid 95 00 bid 96.50 asked 96 00 asked September 94.75 bid 95.00 bid 96.00 asked M 00 asked October 94.25 bid 94.25 bid 95.00 ;usked 95.25 asked
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      U.S. PEPPER
      46 7 Spot Malabar and awaiting Lampong spot and awaiting release release 40 ailoats 39 1 August 39. 40. afloat 39-. August 39. Sellers Sarawak spot and awaiting release ex-dock. 36, a floats 35 1 2 August 35*2 Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      33 7 NEW YORK, Auff. M Previous Today 30 Industrials 452.55 JJJ-Jj .'0 Railroads 155.65 I £Z < S m PmMtte Bonds 98.87 15 I tilities < J552 .JfH b\ Stmks romi>osite Average 1(13.99
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      119 7 Aug. 23. Previous Today (OI'RA Philippines c.i.f. IK North Juropoan delivered weight per Im* ton Auff./Sept. $168 quoted $168 quoted OPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m bulk per ton Unquoted Unquoted I <>ri; A Straits c.i.f. IK /North Kuropoan delivered weight per l«ng ton Aug. Sept. £<)3'j
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    BABY SHOW HIGHLIGHT OF WEEK
    429 7 BABY SHOW HIGHLIGHT OF WEEK Clinics to advertise health work mothers, there Is going to be a babj iTI show for babies up to two years ol age In Singapore the week of Novembei 21. it is being organised by the infant Welfare Clinics to show tfr~ v if regular
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    START GROOMING NOW
    194 7 "While the show L: ouon to nil Singapore babio.s. those unrolled at the seven clinics :»rc expected to bo entered parly The judging will be bued uuon individual points of KOOd health." It Ls expected that schoolchildren will prepare colourful pasters announcing the show, first one of
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    134 WAR DISTRESSED TO GET HELP
    108 7 134 WAR DISTRESSED TO GET HELP OUT of some 500 application for grants from the Malaya War DLstrc.s.s Fund (Singapore), only 134 have been approved, said Secretary ol Social Wei lure, Mr. T. R Cromwell, fund chairman, yesterday. First payment to an early applicant w.l, made recently, .aid Mr. Cromwell.
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    OXFORD'S REIGN OF TERROR
    919 8  - OXFORD'S REIGN OF TERROR Robert Milne-Tyte Six hundred years ago there took place by After three days hardly a living student remained m the town, 19 college halls were destroyed and the University seemed obliterated. I It r \T.f ttli A I Bt. 8c hoi Ist I fate f ul
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    67 8 Till'; QUEEN, the Duke of Edinburgh and the two Royal children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne stand by the rails of the Royal yacht Britannia as It arrived at the Cairn Kyan Dockyard, Wigtownshire, near Stranrear, Scotland, The Qaeen and the Duke spent the day touring the district. The shin
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    THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES
    450 8 THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES I F ax*- ol retributi 1 1 I r >n the A tier, cer.t i .ed by the 8..-.--hop cf Lincoln. Soo:. ware.-. llowing a Re;. and bailiff m the Tower of Lone n aim epoi i Oxford jailed loca: The Bberill ol Ox: als n
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    Lock icon Korean rioters are driven off
    99 9 South Korean demonstrators beat a hasty retreat as tear gas grenades burst at the end of the causeway leading to Wolnii Island. Some 300 demonstrators had tried to storm the causeway to reach the billets of the Czech and Polish members of the neutral nations'
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    TINNED WINE AT MALAYA SHOW But official was puzzled
    298 9 TINNED WINE AT MALAYA SHOW But official was puzzled WINE by the tin, not the bottle, may be sold at the off-licence stores m Britain m a few months' time. Both the French and the Americans have started to put sherry and yin ordinaire m tins and the French and
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    Zoo budgies die-safer to be inside
    131 9 Zoo budgies die -safer to be inside IjMGHTY-FIVE budgeri- J gars that were tree to jj roam the outside world from their London Zoo j aviary have been des- troyed because some got the parrot disease called psittacosis. Worried budgie owners m the Regent's Park area are asking: "Will my
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    LI. G. to visit isles
    27 9 The Home Secretary, Major Gwilym Lloyd George and Mrs. Lloyd George, are to visit the Channel Islands from Sept. 4 to 9.
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    Germs in Red China eggs: U.K. bakers are warned
    158 9 STOCKS of powdered eggwhite from China recently delivered to Britain have been found to contain dangerous bacteria. Food officials have ordered Birmingham bakers to give up their .supplies. Baker.s and traders throughout the country have been warned not to use the
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    STROLL ON FLOOD-WALL COSTS FATHER £5
    176 9 A FAMILY'S stroll on the sandhills at Palling on the East Norfolk coast was not so harmless as they thoughU-nor so cheap. For the father. Herbert Mortram, of Beccles Gate Estate, Dereham, was fined £5 for "trampling down certain marram grass." He and his
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    DOUBLE TROUBLE
    30 9 Sentence of one month'.s jail on a Nigerian landlord, Oladipo oduniLsi. of Broadler-street Marylebone, for Msaiutint a tenant, wa^ doubled when nusi appealed fi London hhji^ ApiK'uii Couuuittce.
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    INCREASED COMFORT FOR THE SAILOR
    217 9 INCREASED COMFORT FOR THE SAILOR DEABOOTB the R .il O Navy ure I be <:• fOltAMft. The present kn- high rilbbef and leath- b»*ing superseded by halfWelllngtons "much tnort comfortable articles of loutwear." says the Admiral! reaching mid way uo thp calt 01 the I«'K. Th-- Admiralty .s:iy.^ thai 01
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      30 9 SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLERS IN THE WORLD For Sea Air Reservations to INDONESIA AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND consult SINGAPORE TRAVEL BUREAU 11, The Arcade (Ground Floor) TEL ***** SINGAPORE 1 GRAMS: "TRAVBUREAU"
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    Lock icon IT WAS A GREAT SHOW
    226 10 ousands see opening of Jew airport I Pictures by and 'llj. <>' ni.ti t.us Aim Lennox -Boyd inspects tii» «»f lac li \f v.hifh pi.j\«fi at the op»-r]ins,' of the «<»w Singapore Airport. k There was a full and interesting programme. A R.A.F. helicopter iaiici
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    The taxi puzzle
    373 12 kdjfdjhfdlfjfhdd I EX th* tax; o v 1 b sony d he deteri k H oat of system at the first chance. I do mean ft] I Th' girl friend her by the *ay and I tc rl m hi.s tax; d behind othei ome ti Ughi
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    OVERSEAS TEST FOR AIRLINER SOON
    226 12 FLL -SCALE trials of a Britannia airliner are to begin next mont/h over .some of the British Overseas Airways Corporation routes on which the big four "propJet" englned airliners w'. 1 br Introduced next year. The Britannia will leave Bristol for trlaLs that will take
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    HE WANTS A PLACE IN THE SUN
    820 12  -  THOMAS WISEMAN But scripts don't suit Mr. Clift 4 FTER a certain amount of L wan I >t Montgomery Clift to teU me h They are, if you will forgive itionalfc to lie m *.h(- sun somewhere To 1 this programme Mr. Clift
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    FAMILY CAR LUXURY
    235 12 FAMILY CAR LUXURY CVAR air-conditioning, up to now a luxury "for millionaires only, is gradually coming into the category o* just another I extra for American motorists. Soon it will be m the same bracket as heaters and radios but much more expensive. In Texas, where temperatures reach 100 degrees,
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    Malay plants come round on a weekly roster at the
    235 12 Malay plants come round on a weekly roster at the L>\l>r.i.i.r.iJ wim men ovic-**-tific, English and Malay names, a rotating collection of Malaya's common wild plants is being shown weekly m the plant house at the Botanic Gardens, it is announced by Mr. J. W. Purseglove, director. "The plants may
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    Botanic Gardens
    148 12 Avenue, which has encroached considerably m recent months, has been cut bark and several years' rubbish removed. Young orchid plants grown from seedlings this year are showing much promise with more than 1,500 flasks of seedlings now germinating and under expert observation m the gardens' laboratories. Last year's
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    They play brass bands at fires
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    NEW POPULAR DISCS
    346 13 SEVERAL i ntertaining popular discs have been release d m k cent weeks. Veres Lajos and his Hun garian Orch< tra Million ofl a tew Hungarian and Russian Melodies thai have become familiar for tin ir swift tempo and nostalgic violin treat- merit on Philips P *****
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    TEA WITH MAHMOUD
    1773 14  -  ANITA LESLIE \by VM I LESLIE «aye up acting to Income a trainer of horses. Him (aim- h»r u.ti-tmic travels, laetadlaf wnrtoc m the Middle r.a^t. South Mriia. Italy, (•••rmany. With h«-j hushand. Commander William Kiruj, war time -.uhm.iritie are, she now lives m a twelfth-century fortress
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    313 14 entrust any stranger with your watch or your wallet for safe keeping. R X cutting my load as well as his own with a kettle and saucepan tied on top. took up his favourite Staff and started off. The village* ciders wished him well. "Gone two nights."
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    1099 15 TWENTY-SIX TIPS THAT PARIS TAUGHT ME From A to Z! DTARTTNG off my Paris fashion alphabet with A FOR A lines as the Paris model girls wear them when they are off duty, quite a different affairs from the A lines they wear when they are modelling the clothes the
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    'Lets hit 100' said the Queen Mother — AND SHE DID!
    847 16  - 'Lets hit 100' said the Queen Mother AND SHE DID! William Hickey QUEEN MOTHER, i am told, recently ftSked to have a look at a Jaguar car Oiv wa.*> driven over to Windsor for her. Tlu- ririvr-r took bet round Windsor Gnat Park. And since the Qu«*<*n Mother y.as in.s
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    Bridge Hand
    269 16 OIXTEEN prearranged "par" deals, recently played m more than 150 colleges to decide the 1955 Intercollegiate Bridge Championships, are being presented here. To play these deals m your own game, instead of reading the par results now. .save the entire series until completed. Then have the deals stacked
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    Don't think you've heard he last of Gracie
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    PUTTING A PUNCH INTO IT!
    239 18 Fough work... SINGAPORE'S team for the South-east Asian boxing championships from Aug. 29 to Sept. 3 has been m serious training for the past month Here are some of the boys at work at the University of Malaya Hostel where they are camped. Their training
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    248 19  - 'Only Charles, Matthews will get in' PIERRE BIBAROT By (French National team trainer, m charge of Rest of Europe side.) IF the experts had to pick one team from the 22 men who played m Belfast I think only John Charles and Stanley Matthews of Great Britain would be m.
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    530 19 JLW,t.b HANGING FROM BILLY WRIGHT TO DR. ANDREJEMC, GIVE VIEWS OS BRITISH SOCCER.... AND SUGGEST THE CiRE dlfdf;dgfjffd';k B y DOCTOR MIHAILO ANDREJEVIC m an interview with Dr. Andrejevic is president of the international committee j of the Yugoslav F.A. and an I executive member of F.I.
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    444 19 English players must learn the tough way Billy Wright iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimimiiiiiiimiiiiiiii (Captain of England and Wolverhampton) says some of Britain's husky young men who shirk work would not last five minutes m Russia... and that is not (/ood enough for us. A FIGHTING spirit is a wonderful thing, but it is
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    What price all-Britain?
    202 19 WHEEI does Britain *o from here? s< rap thr idea of the (ireat liritain side? Or throw national interest overboard ;ind pick the eleven best footballers m the IK? Listen to these experts discussing the problem after the Kelfast Hop ARTIII X DKKWKY (chairman of the I.
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    244 20 SOUTH AFRICA'S touring cricketers mlllWWi the lltll victory of their tour yesterday when they beat Hampshire by 275 runs. Sri to ••ore 39G tor victory m live and threequarter hours, the county were all over before lunch It wa.s another sterling performance by Hugh Tuy field,
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    295 20 GOR\ (Sheep-eaten Singh (542-lb.) smacked his lips this morning and rubbed that wide expanse of flesh— his stomach— and smiled. "I am happy." he said. "I hear that a jockey is about the same weight as the sheep I have for Gora. who plays
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    44 20 Yesterday's soccer results were. Dir 1: Arsenal 3. Cardiff City 1; Oiv 3 (South): Watford 2. Coventry City 1 Div 3 (North): Grin^by Town 6. Chester 1; Soutiywt 2. Derby County 5 Glasgow Cup ifirst round>: Celtic 4. Clyde 0 Reuter
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      342 20 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIKTHS N Words $6 (minimum). LEWIS- To Muriel and Hush a son Michael, at Randan* Keib;»u Hospital on Monday 22 August. 1955. MORGAN GILES: On Auk. 22nd to Pamela wife of Captain Moruan r OUea Royal Navy. son <Rodney». k BERINGER. August 12tb. 1955 at g the Biitbh
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