The Singapore Free Press, 25 August 1955

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya V, 1 IMS. Singapore. Thurs.. Aug. V*. 19:,.",. Price 1 la
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    COUNCIL TAKE ON 300 NEW MEN TODAY
    94 1 COUNCIL TAKE ON 300 NEW MEN TODAY Strike Day 9 MORE than 300 new labourers were employed again today by the Singapore City Council to carry on essential services. The labour strike is m its ninth day. Mr R. Middleton-Smith, deputy president of the City Council, reiterated that the Finance
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    2 KILLED, 23 HURT AS WAYANG LORRY TURNS OVER TWICE
    187 1 r v\\() men were killed and ?3 others were injured. some seriously, when a lorry bringing 30 squatters and farmers home from a wayang somersaulted twice at IS] milestone, Jurong Road, Singapore, last night. One man. a farmer, was killed
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    GERMAN CONSUL IN HOSPITAL
    52 1 The German Consul m Singapore, Herr Norbert S. Hebich. is m Singapore General Hospital, with a broken leg. In an accident aboard a Ocr man vessel on Tuesday Herr Hebich sustained a fracture Dl the right le?. At the General Hospital his condition was ired to
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    SEATO TALK
    19 1 The Council of repres tives of South-East Asia Treaty Organisation has opened a four-day meeting m Bangk
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    7th Fleet chief
    30 1 Rear Adm. Stuart H. Ingersoll will replace Vice Adm. A. M. Pride as Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet m the Far ku*t ux December or January
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    Lock icon Now Czechs cut army
    72 1 I^HE Czech Government dc- cided yesterday to cut its armed forces unofficially estimated at 200.000 men by 34.000. The cut will be completed by December 23. The decision was made because of an improvement m international ten s i o n— the same reason Russia ?ave
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    Lock icon Police fire on police
    59 1 About nine policemen In Southern Sudan, where some members of the Sudan Defence Force have mutinied, fired on other policemen today, but there were no casualties, the Sudan government agency said m London yesterday The shooting occurred at Malakal, north ot Juba. A statement said the
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    Lock icon JOCKEY TOWNSEND
    21 1 Oroup-Capl lin Peter To to rl le P m hot Rene Pc y PliX I Couri or: Sat Reuter
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    RUBBER DOWN
    9 1 S:: thi un an uncertain I grade,
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    Lock icon ARSENIC KILLS FIVE BABIES
    33 1 4 RBENIC In powdered milk I i I *>**• ***** He C alth SO offlctol S Hunk thai flyi r corted irtth the poison might huvc Ulkn Into »»t U.P.
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    CRISIS LAW FOR 3 MORE MONTHS
    273 1 Xsscmhlif /o ittivv offff stall PHE Legislative Assembly this morning a to extend the Emergency regulations for another three months. The Assembly also took the first step towards creating; an Independent staff of it.s own which will not be subject to the discipline and
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    Lock icon Red China To ration grain
    115 1 Red China To ration grain riOMMUNiST authorities In food-short P d China have ordered grim rationing for the nations 100 million urban population. The State Council issued this order along with 11 <' W measures designed to pry larger grain deliveries from the peasants and move the available fo-xl to
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    Lock icon World meeting to discuss rice
    46 1 Th. w >:ir.s chief rtc ■>. > riucing and con.suir.irm nations will meet m the Far East next month to studj w*J* and means to stabilise the International rice trade, th«- un. Food and Agricultur Organ! sation said m Rom«- yestei ij U.P.
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    Lock icon HEATWAVE IN UK
    23 1 i.: Itain' beat ontlnued yesterday with th* tempei U ure hittin (80 Fahrenheit In London In the cailv afternoon Reuter
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    Lock icon WARSHIPS STEP UP ATTACKS ON REDS
    116 1 BRITISH warships h;i v stepped up bombardmenta of Communist targets m the Federation, the Admiralty an nounced m London yesterday Operating close inshore, the ship.s have been blasting terrorists' camps and keeping the gangs continually on the move m the swampy Jungles Since March.
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    Lock icon Satellite by Japs
    27 1 japan could launch M wu Mi i I'.-ihtr hy r.>»i2 through v ;i balloon, a Jap mi ntl >t at Anita said JTCstei U.P.
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    HUSH-HUSH ON DRIVE AGAINST REBELS
    231 2 A SECURITY btadurai d all oewi of th* lai ■eali ofK Moroccan trl ttM Atlaj, Mountain*, vblcfc opened on Tuesday. Report* from Morocco ft day told of c;ilm at the scenes of the bloodiest fU'htiiiß. The final toll of the Oued-Zi massacre on Saturday announced
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    FLOOD MILLIONS
    24 2 President Kisenhower today approved a multi-million dollar emergency relief programme to help the flood devastated areas hi the northern states.- Router. I
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    AIRGIRL TO WED PILOT
    43 2 BOAC stewardess Annette Hull, who flies on the Argonaut services between London and Singapore, is to wed next April Her fiance is Flight Lieut. J. H. J. Lovell, an RAF. pilot Miss Hull met him while holidaying m Cyprus.
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    Economic crisis Cabinet-official
    347 2 I)RIMK Minister Sir Anthony Eden has called his Cabinet for a special meeting tomorrow afternoon to discuss Britain's strained economic .situation, it was officially announced m London yesterday. The country's worsening economic situation is among the chief topics of the Cabinet meeting, the second since Parliament adjourned
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    Arrests threaten new wave of Vietnam tension
    265 2 Arrests threaten new wave of Vietnam tension French officcrf seized b> \ietnamesf authorities and held despite ollieial I rench protest are to appear before a < i^ l court at Saigon today. IHilire authorities announced. The case tf two sfllcefl thrtaU-netl to unlrwish a nru era of tension between I
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    PEACE, BUT NOT AT PRICE OF SLAVERY-IKE
    310 2 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER assured the world yester- day that America would "never accept" Communist enslavement of free people m its "eagerness to avoid war." He declared solemnly that tne United States has rejected war as a means to peace. But he said this does
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    Camera ban on Russians at Harwell
    179 2 Camera ban on Russians at Harwell SOME 150 scientists from the Geneva atoms-for-peace conference, including 15 Russians and 10 Americans arrived at Harwell. England, by special planes yesterday to Inspect Britain's main atom research station. But the British refused to let them carry cameras on the tour and security officers
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    THE YARD AIDS OPIUM PROBE
    73 2 A TWO-MONTH inquiry into an attempt on June 15 to smuggle 850 pounds of opium from Ceylon to Australia m an electric generator has revealed the existence I an Internationa] ring of narcotics dealers, Colombo auth- oritiei said yesterday. Scotland Yard and Opylon police, which
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      26 2 SINGAPORE TRAVEL BUREAU I 11, The Arcade (Ground Floor) TEL; ***** SINGAPORE 1 GRAMS; "TRAVBUREAU" TRAVEL AGENTS U SEA AIR RAIL TRAVEL HOTELS AUTOS TOURS INSURANCE
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    'Cherub's' son went to show after he killed family
    277 3 COURT IS TOLD r rm: son »t a chief «»i Scotland Yard's murder squad wen I nfl to see a burlesque 1 show m London, alter hammering his irife and Infant daughter to death m the bathroom of their neat suburban
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    Lock icon THE BULLET HE WANTED OUT KILLED HIM
    73 3 THE BULLET HE WANTED OUT KILLED HIM HOSE V ARCS, M -year-old leader of a Bolivian proC iMnmunist party, died on ti operating table at oihahamba while surgeons were trying to remove a bullet from his lunjj. Aroc was wounded by a wouldbe assassin m 1944. IS. medical experts advised
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    Bank raiders use gelignite
    58 3 Bank raiders use gelignite Thieve.s used gelignite to blow open three safes m temporary premises of the Cominercia! Bank of Scotland, Beauly. early yesterday and sot iway with an estimated £400; iS.i.'JOO' m silver and notes. But they missed £8.000 $104,000" more m banknotes Alien the inner door of one
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    BRITISH OFFICERS ON MURDER CHARGE
    198 3 'African died of beatings and exposure' AKIKUYU prisoner was buaten and manacled m •an Indescribable position with his hands between his legs and then placed behind his neck." a Crown Counsel alleged at a magistrate's preliminary hearing at wyen. Kenya yesterday when two tpean police
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    Lock icon TRAIN PLOUGHS THROUGH 1,000 RAIL SQUATTERS
    104 3 TRAIN PLOUGHS THROUGH 1,000 RAIL SQUATTERS M\ p.ojilr VCTf klll'tl E :u»(! rislil "tthrrs iniurrii r v» hen iii hi i bound E r pa*senfer i run pi E through .1 «wm d »i refa E liaatting mi i i )in k I :<> mill noi 'li r r t»i
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    Lock icon DRACULA,' 73, TO WED
    96 3 ACTOR la Lugosi, 73, ye I rd; j al H <;. I lined a marriage licence to w\ da i-year oli l i lin studio cutting room clerk who wrote him daily letters of encouragement during his recent ment m hospital for narcotics addiction The actor,
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    Lock icon FOUR BOYS ACCUSED OF ARMS RAID
    37 3 r 1 I t I 1 1 I with th" Engll ii I i ernin luvenllei ed foi eight dtj i 1 held m custody I othen allowed i i Retuer
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    Varsity celebration plans ready
    220 3 '■pHK programme of activities 1 to commemorate th c inundation o| the first branch of the University m Malaya. the King Edward VII College of Medicine, is now complete. The celebrations will begin on October 7 and will end with a gala dinner and dance after
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Aug. 25. 1955. Opinion THE LAND FREEZE
    268 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Aug. 25. 1955. Opinion THE LAND FREEZE IN principle th< n be 1 little quarrel with the Government's move to freese for ten years the price of all property those prevailing on April 22 this year. The aim is to enable the Government to work
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    Lock icon REDS ARM BEHIND THE PEACE LOOK'
    826 4 REDS ARM BEHIND THE PEACE LOOK' NORMAN LINDHURST reveals how the Russians are speeding up mobilisation and military training m East Germany. Soviet stream oi r» E.: Germany army or. as the Russians would have it. the Peoples Police Thp astoms.^.ing th.ng and which the West r dn well to
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      23 4 H GIFT m thiHISTORY OF TIME ME ISI REMI N ROL E X I G.C.DeSILVA&BROS.. "JeivelUrs" 3 RAFFLES PLACE S.«*jfK»c-1 Td $3115 I
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      97 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 yctfl of experience m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS, 3rd FLOOR. (Raffles Place) BINJAI PARK A HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AT 6£ M.S. DUNEARN ROAD MANY LOTS IN THIS PARKLIKE ESTATE ARE IN ELEVATED SITUATION WATER ELECTRICITY ARE LAID ON AREAS: 11,000 to 30,000
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    DOCTOR DIES IN WELL OF DEATH
    402 5 Sisters lowered him down by rope on his last call IT WAS 1000 after break--1 fast with his wile and two young children that the telephone run.' for Dr. Mark Gregory Baker, at his surgery m Ash by de la Zoiich. Leicestershire. And the
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    Police hunt for Clara the croc.
    311 5 CLARA the Crocodile la only six months old and 2ft. 6in. long but she i>oon disturbed the mornIng calm of Ruislip. Mid- > dlesex. when she escaped I from her pond m the garden of the Six Bells on Ruislip Common. When Clara's owner.
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    INSURANCE FOR U.K. CARS IS GOING UP
    175 5 INSURANCE FOR U.K. CARS IS GOING UP CAR insurance is going up m Britain. Careless drivi ers will meet most of the bill. But the no-claims, accident--1 free drivers are to get bigger and bigger rebates. From December 1 the now rates fixed by tariff companies ifirms which fix minimum
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    Mother dies trying to save son
    90 5 Mother dies trying to save son MRS. RENE KENT died trying to save two of her children from the Thames near Gravesend. Seven-year-old Arthur and eight-year-old Jeanette wencarried away by a fast-runn-ing tide as they were padd-Thirty-two-year-old Mrs. Kent though unable to swim, went m to help them. But, with
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    81,170 theft
    31 5 Thieve* broke Into a .shop n Tunjong Pagar Road, Sin'aDore, on Tuesday night and kole 200 lb of copper wire a LvpewriU-r and three electric rons. worth altogther $1.1.0
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    Lock icon INDONESIANS MY FRIENDS, SAYS Mr. MacD.
    125 5 INDONESIANS MY FRIENDS, SAYS Mr. MacD. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald, the Commissioner General, says he i.s one of Indonesia's mo-st enthu.sia.stic friends. Mr. Mac Donald was speaking at a farewell cocktail party given m his honour by Dr. Herman Kartowisastro, the Indonesian Consul General, at his home m Paterson Road.
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    Farewell party for Whitfield
    42 5 The Belaitgoi Malay Tea chers' Association ea*e I ire well party on Tuesday night f the retiring Federation Directoi of Education. Mr. L l> Whitfleld. Mr Wbitfleld will leave for Britain next month after 33 years m Malaya.
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    SLOWLY, SLOWLY DOES IT
    55 5 FIREMEN put out a fire with three gallons ol water. It took them an hour. Carefull, carefully they sprinkled it on the fire m a warehou.se at Ip.swich docfcs. Tlif redsuiv. they wenfrightened oi soaking 100 bin filled with grain. Water would have swollen the grain
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      651 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis j STAR j *n| r NVIHTiON :--*ll^^ o- V "-'l>^_ t -Hf U rha»gi*< iikMttev <*.AS"fC *»VC v o^ CAS Vi. CO6. rr You are a k'.r. »U^i\tr i.f TVfINC *C f^ v-- ZS%-y j- >i i --^T human nature and luve liUi-
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      U. K. closing prices
      200 7 LONDON, Aug. M Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European 4u\ buyer* 41 buver.s *ES2Zm'£ tfW ?Smm 411 ««"Uer, 4!, sellers M I.ItFK No. 1 RS.> c.i.f. huropean 4<> buyers 40 1 buyer PorU October 4 o> H sellers 41 sellers RUBBER No. i RSS
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      New York prices
      103 7 NEW YORK. Auk. M I'leviou? Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 96.37 nom. 96.37 norn TIN futures August 95.00 bid 95.00 bid !if. 00 asked 97.00 asked September 93.00 bid 95.00 bid (Mi oo asked M.OO asked October 94.25 bid JJ.25 bid 95.2 b asked 9> 25
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      U.S. PEPPER
      40 7 Spot Malabar and awttttag Lampong spot and awaiting release release 40 afloat* 19ft. August 39. 40. afloa* 19%. August 39. Selleis Sarawak spot and awaiting release rx-dock. 36. afloats August 354Above prices quoted m US. cents per lb.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      34 7 NEW YORK, Au<j. 24. Previous Today 4-7 35 459.39 SI Industrials 157.37 :»0 Railroads 93.57 4o Domestic Bonds C 6.io 15 utilities 1fi563 166 11 G4 Storks Composite Average M M
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      76 7 Aiir. 2*Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. IK North "ITp^lr" 1 t0 Ma ;t Ul quoled Unquoled OPRA Straits c.i.f. TK /North COCONUT OIL crude Straits c.i.f. R7 spllers IK North Kuropean m bulk, per £87 sellers long ton Aujj. 'Sept. COCONUT OIL crud#«. Ceylon c.i.f. ,v..,
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    Parson lashes out at lotteries: Harmful to society
    317 7 Parson lashes out at lotteries: Harmful to society A weSLEY Methodist minister m Singapore, Rev. Craig s. Wilder, yesterday appealed to the (iovernment not to start or take part m public lotteries. He preached against it from the pulpit. According to him. Lotterie destroy character, corrupt the people and are
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    MAGICIAN-AMD HIS LATEST TRICK WITH A BABY
    75 7 Xl 1 )O TENG BNG, a wellknowi Singapore magician, who is line of the ei«ht members of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, is taking part m the mammoth "Festival of Manic" show at the onvent of the Holy iaiil Jesus Hull tomorrow night
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    6 NURSES CARPETED AFTER A PARTY
    320 7 6 NURSES CARPETED AFTER A PARTY CIX nurses have been "rarpeted" by the matron of Charing Cross Hospital, Lonlon. following a wild midnight party held on the rool TiTO .senior Stall WlT.so.s had their examination dais withdrawn temporarily. They have since left tin 1 hospital During the party liquor ww
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    VICAR THE ONLY ONE OF 200 TO BE PROSECUTED
    311 7 OUT of 200 customers of a London studio offering to- decent pictures and books only one was prosecuted and he was a parson. The Rev Wilfred Hall Jackson, 54-year-old Vicar of Lesbury Northumberland, and father of two adopted child i ren
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      29 7 "ELSE MAERSK 5 LOADING PORT SINGAPORE SWETTENHAM PENANG IN PORT-26 Aug. 27 Aug. 31 Aug.-2 Sept Eastern Roads FOR NEW YORK BOSTON BALTIMORE I PHILADELPHIA MONTREAL (Direct) SHIP MAERSK
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      26 7 SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY LTD. Appointed by International Air Transport Association .is Cargo Agenti for all approved Air Linei g3 'I 1,, \m iI- Sim Jrl
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    The Prophetess From 10 Downing Street
    1302 8  - The Prophetess From 10 Downing Street PETER FORSTER by dfkfgs;sff HESTER STANHOPE was the epitome of the eccentric English lady abroad— and she packed a most unfeminine right hook. r vm eccentric English--1 woman abroad ha* become n legend k< i pi i teashop I ream U rillagi ih< i\\(
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    Quarrel dragged on so she sat in husband's bus taking aspirins
    263 9 Quarrel dragged on so she sat in husband 's bus taking aspirins 'HUE weeks-Jong quarrel between 21-year-old Mrs. A Doreen Bailey and her bus-conductor husband came to a head when she got on his bus, tried to talk to him, got no response, and said: "If you don't want me,
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    A BRIDE DIES AS CRANE CUTS BUS
    217 9 A BRIDE DIES AS CRANE CUTS BUS NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Elizabeth Baunders, bride of 13 days, died when a travelling crane sliced open a bus from front to back. She was just back from her honeymoon. She was wearing the grey costume and picture hat m which she was married. She was
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    Blind girl to work on farm
    72 9 NINA BARRETT, 26. of Mania Vale, W. totally blind since .she was 18 months, is to take a job on a farm. She took a six- month cour.sc at the Kesteven Farm Insti- tute, Gaythorpe, Lincolnshire, and came fifth out of 37. Now she
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    Lock icon THE BEAUTIFUL RRINCESS
    49 9 This new study of Frinrevs Alexandra of Knit was made by Cetil Kcaton m ih<' (Ir.iumu rm>m at Kensinuton Pahue, Ixindon. Thr I'rin<«'s s is VMUriOff pearl t;ir-rint;s. diamond md jwarl nrcklarr and p«arl lirarr|«-t> with a r«-d and whih- BoWfed v ••hint; ftOTI A.P. pictMM
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    THROWING A PLANE AT A RAINDROP
    184 9 *Web 9 produces effect of AN artificial "spider's web" is being used at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire, by scientists who have produced m the laboratory the effect of throwing an aircraft at a raindrop. Their research is aimed at finding an answer
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    DAY AT RACES ENDS IN JAIL
    239 9 Nervously the clerk stepped into the manager's office and asked for the day off He explained that hW Wife had been desperately ill And with the air of a husband burdened by domestic troubles, h e told how imperative it was that he took
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    ONE MAN AND HIS JOB
    403 10 ONE MAN AND HIS JOB LENNOX-BOYD SWAMPED FOR U/S AUTOGRAPH I AM MONAR4 II <.| .ill I J sur\e>" must have been the feelingi Of Mr. len BOX Boyd, m the tore- front, Mr D.i\ ld Marshall, !< it Mi Tan I-* rk Sye and Mr Im n ing ChOU
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    AWAY FROM IT ALL... BY D. M. DAVIES
    425 12 AWAY FROM IT ALL... BY D. M. DAVIES 1- an odd out > [t it it '.he hail lUell -.y conven gar:: at to a little ted It always reminded ml [fi trick. But unfort i Ud not lisa] pear arrived at t] like a feline -is until one of
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    THEY TURN OUT 1,800 LOAVES AN HOUR
    550 12 THEY TURN OUT 1,800 LOAVES AN HOUR oread Is not only the "staff ot life" but big business m Singapore. A group ot International, civic and military representatives learned this on a tour of Singapore Cold Storage Bakery at Empire Dock where most of the Colony's daily bread supply is
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    Give a Hawaiian party on Sunday
    473 12  - Give a Hawaiian party on Sunday ADELAIDE EASTLEY lIV n iJ t f rom S Then it is that 1 th Qt tO I Here m Sin late Sun lay morning i br- its are true J but the ones I have < attend eem trite compared with the simple
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    Trouble with love —it's indigestible
    227 12 Trouble with love it's indigestible lIOSPITAL nurses and students who are In love are being asked to take part m a medical experiment to find out if the thought of getting married is giving them indigestion. Dr Jack Hunt, of Guy's Hospital. London, plans to make detailed examinations of their
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    GILES... TAKES THE FAMILY FISHING
    35 13 FOLLOW r MEIR HOUDAV ADVENTURES FVERY DA T H, S WEEK (iood job we left the children m home, on Father irould ht blaming them because he hasn't caught anything:'
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    Do you travel in the suicide seat?
    455 13 A New Zealander has invented a simple safety device calculated to reduce casualties among car passengers m road accidents THOUSANDS of lives may be saved by a new safety-belt lor car passengers Invent* d by a traffic officer m Auckland. New Zealand. It
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    TRAIN FOR TRADE
    183 13 rrms autumn Briti h firms will have B uniqw portunlty to sho* their r i t, India's miiin ii < customp^or the first time sine* the war i Exhibition Tra Special Train will set of! I Bomb;.'. I n a 5,000 mil< trip j; tinfi fiv< montl
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    'I was NEVER in love with Gable'
    469 15  -  MICHAEL RUDDY THE FIRST WIFE CONFESSES- JOSEPHINE DILLON, white-haired 71-year-old first wife of HeartThrob Clark Gable who recently married a fifth :ime denies that Gable <>u»ht a home for her m her "hour of need. She was referring to reports that Gable, hearing
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    14 15 C'Yl> (lIARISSK achirves (hat streamline! rff«-<t white blouse and hla< k unklr l«i»»:th tight*
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      67 15 o<'uth K^<sati It m the ambition of parentK the world over to plan a f?r»n<l future for their children. When the time came for weaning the parent* of these little people wisely choae LACTOGFN, for they knrw that LACTOGEN would anntire a tOtftld and healthy start m life LACTOGLN contain*
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      171 15 CLI9BI ACROSS 4 TIM rm.j-t mo^tTß tfieep taftl >'P the interior (6». 1 A Ranee threw such pottery mmm^u m ,-r, ,]i) 5 Sent liaj paioon <j) fi Part <»i 'he Gordu-i, kno< Ik tie I A on f lifted case about a letter (3) X TbraM la >he j*-*ejj«
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    Lock icon SHE WAS BROUGHT UP TO DISLIKE BRITAIN
    1388 16 SHE WAS BROUGHT UP TO DISLIKE BRITAIN reports WILLIAM Hie KEY WHEN I met Mrs. Huldah Bailes the other day I found her charming. very good--I'wkinK. very smart very much the civilised young woman. And. I must confess, I was a little surprised. My surprise is a proof of the
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    Bridge Hand
    339 16 oiXTEEN prearranged "pax" deals, recently played In more than 150 U.S. 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
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    Lock icon The DANES HAVE NO WORD for 'MANNERS'
    1093 17 Men consider polite behaviour effeminate iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiimiiii MANNERS MAKYTH MAN' is the motto of one of Britain's most famous and ancient public schools, Winchester College' Page 17 today spotlights reports on how far this motto is followed m various count- pROM one point of
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    Seven records at Base Dist. swim meet
    473 19 Seven records at Base Dist. swim meet QLVEN RECORDS WERE BROKEN AT YESTERDAYS SIN(i S PORE BASE DISTRICT SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT THE NUPFIELD POOL. In the 400 metres freestyle Sgt. Reeves (REME) broke the existing record by 17 seconds, clocking smin. 40.3 sec. L/Cpl. Wheadon was beaten by a
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    Cockell to fight Valdes
    113 19 Cockell to fight Valdes VALDES. the Cuban i heavyweight champion and a contender for thp world title, has been signed by London promoter Jack Solomons, to meet British heavyweight champion Don Cockell. at the White City stadium on Sept. 13. The non-title contest Will be over 10 rounds. Announcing this
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    ACROPOLIS WINS ON A DISQUALIFICATION
    153 19 ALICE LADY DERBY'S COLT ACROPOLIS. JOINT FAVOURITE FOR THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER WAS AWARDED HF» VOI TIGEUR STAKES AT YORK YESTERDAY ON THE I)? S yS?ATO)N OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S COLT VA PRESTO, A 20 TO ONE OUTSIDER. The stewards lodged an objection to Va
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    RECORD ENTRY FROM NURSES
    50 19 a record number of 60 entne. 1 have been received from DUfMI of six boipltali foj the annual Mcdl cal Bervlcw athletic meit on Bepi 10 at the Jalan Beau itadium. Heatg will be beM on Sati and Sunday on thi C at Sepoy Lines >
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    NEW EUROPEAN POLE VAULT RECORD
    90 19 ELES Land.stroem, of Finland, broke hus i European record for the pole vault with a leap ol lilt win. at Helsinki yesterday. Last month, Lar cleared Hit. Sin. to beat the previous record ol I4fl 1 set by the R 011 to, a year a
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    R.A.F. Seletar sportsletter
    453 19 frM JOHI p. HAMILL ONCE again soccer stole limelight at the Station. On Friday the Base team gave an- other brilliant display to beat j Naval Wanderers by 5-1 but the Navy gained the plaudits of the crowd by their never-say-dir Drand of soccer. On Thursday, the
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    Admin. Wing win Challenge Cup
    462 19 o CHANGI SWIM GALA: RAF. f'hanui hiter-Wing Swimming gala was held m the Selerang Swimming Pool yesterday. The Inter-Whu Challenge Tup was competed for by three teams— Administrative Wiii!, r (including the Hospital. lI.Cf.F.H.VF'. and Kqiiipment >. Hying- Wins (including Police and A.M.S.) and Technical
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    VIC SEIXAS IN DAVIS CUP TEAM
    66 19 IT.S champion Vie Sfixas i clinched his berth on the American Davis Cup team yesterday by beating Ham Richardson m a matcli ordered by Bill Talbert the captain. Playinf brilliantly Beixaa turned back Richard.son r > 3-6. 6-3. Afterwards Talbert said he would nominate
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    SOVEREIGN AND BRACELET BOY IN SPLENDID GALLOP
    252 20 1m V\N KKMKHKNV GOLD VASE HOPES WERI SEXI <M i IGAINST Till-: STOPWATCH <>\ IHI IK\(K IT IPOH THIS MORNING \\\n\ Mi I\l Ij.» i N IN(. FOR lUX PERAK TURI M.I B GOLD ITASI HECTIV BEGAN sovrrri^n. winner oi the Vas vlth
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    INTER-SERVICES TENNIS CHAMPIONS
    58 20 THE ARMY tennis team who won the inter-services tennis championship by defeating the RAF by six matches to two at Changi on Saturday. Back row: Cpl D. Johnson. Cpl. A. Sumner. Maj. \V D. Douglas, Capt O. M Amber. Ca»t. H E. Webb. Front: Mai W H
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    LIONS HELD 17-17
    46 20 riMIE British Isles Ruby Union 1 tourtni team were held to a 17-all draw by Eastern Tran.s- s vaal yesterday after leading 12- nil at halftime. The tourists played a man short m the .se- rotid half. Dou'4 Baker being E injured. E
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    Lock icon H.K. TEAM 'TREATED SHODDILY'
    189 20 H.K. TEAM 'TREATED SHODDILY' NAM HEONO. i manascr of the South E huia soccer team, bitter- E attacked the Australian jcccr administration yes- r jrday for what, he said, s ras shoddy treatment of fie Hong Kong team dur- E ik its tour Of Australia. "Our team has been z.
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    GRAY TAKES 8-7
    48 20 A fine bowling .spell of eight wickets for seven runs by I.t. Gray enabled Singapore Reiinn-nr R A to beat I)i 'tic s^naLs by 111 runs it Blakang Matt yesterday. R A 149 for 9 (Harvey 36. Sump--4G Proctor 39» Signals 38 (Gray 8-7). yv.
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    176 20 YESTERDAY'S soccer W division ONE: Huddei Town i. Chel i -i. Man« 2 fottenham Hotspiu Unit d 2, Hi! rnn. p rt mouth 2. w lampton 1: Preston North End 2. I lov. n l. Sunderland ■">, Aston i. We t Bromwicn Albioi. ■!l 0 DIVISION TWO;
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    Surrey lose 4 wickets for 32
    206 20 •^p STRKKk. who are M U»e threshold of their fourth successive BBgMsfc county cricket championship title, faltered at the Oval yesterday when they lost four wickets for ?,'l runs m reply to the Sussex total of 245. The champions need only 12. poinU from
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    South Africans 467 for 8
    68 20 HFLPED by sparkling centuries by little Jackie McGlew 1 1 12 and their captain Jack Cheeiham <161> the South African cricketers gave Ken! a gruelling time m the sun on the opening day of their three-day came at Canterbury yoterd I At the close of
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