The Singapore Free Press, 17 October 1955

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest AfteniOOtt Sale in Malaya •>,-._; .pore, Maaifty, Oetotet 17, IS55, Priee r> < U,
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    Lock icon 'Four times more Colombo Plan aid by Britain'
    123 1 4i rHORITATIVE sources m New Delhi, said last A ight that Britain was prepared to increase her Colombo Plan contribution almost four times. i the eve of the Singapore Colombo Plan conference (it opened this morning) the sources at London had informed
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    Casey makes call for more funds
    143 1 Casey makes call for more funds Flags of 17 membernations were displayed outside the Victoria Memorial Hall when the Governor. Sir Robert Black, opened the inaugural session of the Colombo Plan Conference m Singapore this morning. The Governor was received by the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall and the Colombo
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    TRAIN DEATHS DELIBERATE MURDER
    115 1 TRAIN DEATHS DELIBERATE MURDER FTE Kuala Lumpur coron t. Raia Azlan Shah. mmended today that all hould ride m their special coaches when j 4 by train. too that sick should also be c roner made the kit ions at the on seven people len a Rhode.sian amok with a
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    Dearer Smokes in U.K.
    79 1 Dearer Smokes in U.K. ORITONS xil! pay one penny for a packet ol 2 <i the popular brands cigarett -.> from Thurs day it was announced In London today This will raise the price from 3 7d, to 3 Bd. The more expensive brands will so up by one penny
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    COLOMBO PLAN CONFERENCE OPENS
    706 1 COLOMBO PLAN CONFERENCE OPENS mert black, Governor of sin■ii a .speech inting the plenary Of the Colombo •nsultative Comi, 1 at the Victoria "Mai Hall this said that the to the goodourcefulnesi and ion of man posed Plan was being iCt, he said, was the tangible cviJ i uew lactories,
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    65 ARRESTED IN 7a.m. DRAMA
    151 1 65 ARRESTED IN 7a.m. DRAMA Five-foot way cleared pORTY-EIGHT men and seven women, all former employees of the Singapore Cold Storage, were arrested outside the com* pany'fi premises m Orchard Road this morning. It is alleged that they linked arms and formed a human barrier across the front entrance to
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    Margaret and Peter stroll arm in arm
    507 1 Margaret and Peter stroll arm in arm ORINCESS Margaret and Group-Captain Peter Townsend, last evening strolled arm m arm on the lawns of the secluded country mansion at Binfleld, Berkshire, where they have been spending the weekend, says a Reuter report. The princess and the man world reports say j
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    RUBBER DOWN
    28 1 The Singapore Rubber Market, opened quietly this morning with first grade, November ihlpment, at $1 18 i x B lb lull re.nt below 1 Saturday'! cloie,
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    BIG TALKS ON RUBBER TODAY
    180 2 Rubukk •m» rta fron I n ttlon and it lead rubl er compai .i i i Jri Mono] i Ul i i for 1 daj ipenini ol 12th innual c< >nf< n nc< I i: national Rubb Study CM u>. r:..y comprise 80 delegat and
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    SCS delivery again soon
    49 2 A spokesman ol the Singapore Cold Storage said this mornins that tho company would restart Its home delivery service by hrisi mas. The service was suspended towards the end ol Augusi when 475 employees went on an illegal strike. New men are now being trained
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    'I SHALL EXPOSE THIRD MAN'
    242 2 MPs ULTIMATUM IN MACLEAN CASE 4 BRITISH Labour M.F, Mr. Norman DoddS, said Ln London yesterday he A jnt, nded to Identify the person who warned missing diplomats Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess they were suspected of Communist activities. Ii Foreign Secretary Harold MacMillan did
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    BEVAN INVITED TO LECTURE IN RUSSIA
    108 2 BEVAN INVITED TO LECTURE IN RUSSIA II uts .i Mtiuii ru •(I i lon don \^st^•^^l.l^ tint Mr. \nttMin Hevsa left wi"« Labour >• P., as been invited bj iht Soviel Academy of Stit'iHt' i*> s Itussia m^t lunnth to \tt- .thmt t Mimsti r fen tin* IASt Labour administration.
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    ROYAL HOLIDAY
    17 2 Queen Juliana arrived m Bermuda by air With her consort, Prince Bernhurd, yesterday. -A. P.
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    INDIA TO GIVE BURMA BIG LOAN
    172 2 INDIA TO GIVE BURMA BIG LOAN JNDIA Ls to lend Burnvi 200 million rupees Mr M. A. Raschid, Burn Minister for Tri m Calcutta last night The agreement, it wa, pected, would be m New Delhi today 1 Burmese Ambassador Mr. Raschid, who neg the loan agreement m New Delhi,
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    Mao warns 'unhealthy' co-op farms
    109 2 Mao warns 'unhealthy' co-op farms MAO TSE Timg, Chinas head of state, said China plans to Increas number of co-operative farms fr 0 m 050,000 to--1,300,000, Peking Radio ported yesterday. The radio was quoti Mao's report on agrieu delivered to the central committee of the Chine Communist Party or. July
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    Lock icon NO CHANGE
    21 2 Heir Julius Raab, Austrian Chancellor, declared m Vienrr yesterday there was »o question" or revaluing the Austrian schilling— Reuter
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    Lock icon Hurricane 11 near cost
    61 2 Hurricane Kate, the 11th tropical storm of the season was reported over the Central Caribbean yesterday. Forecasters the storm would hit the south coast at Haiti last night. Pilots who flew over the hurricane .said Its centre was 125 miles from Port AuPrince. It was moving
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    Lock icon Shaving again as Kabaka returns
    141 2 Shaving again as Kabaka returns THE Kabaka of Buganda, ending: almost two years m exile, took oft from London yesterday for his East African kingdom and his 2.000,000 subjects. The homecoming today of monarch Edward Frederick Mutese II will make Buganda a barber's paradise. His loyal tribesmen had refused to
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    THEY ALL BACK COLOMBO PLAN
    241 2 ]y|R. Vu Van Mau, the Vietnamese Minister for Foreign Affairs, .said m Singapore yesterday that he wa.s firmly convinced that co-operative action amone: nations inspired by the idea] of peace and justice would .successfully resist Com muni* m. Mr. Vu, who arrived by air will
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    Lock icon Talk of sin annoys Swedish beauty
    226 3 Talk of sin annoys Swedish beauty VUDE bathing i, rum moner m the United biates than m Sweden tv blonde' shapely Anita Ekbere Swedish film actresl pin-up favourite and frequent companion ol Frank Sinatr a and Tyrone Power. was replying m Rome to film star Hubert Mitchum ck m the
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    Lock icon BRITISH SAILORS TEAM UP WITH REDS FOR TOUR OF KREMLIN
    200 3 BRITISH SAILORS TEAM UP WITH REDS FOR TOUR OF KREMLIN ORITISH and Russian sailors teamed up to tour the Kremlin yesterday, according to Tass, the Soviet news agency. The Britons had breakfast at the Metropole Hotel after arriving from Leningrad, which ships jof the Home Fleet were visiting. They then
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    Lock icon BULLFIGHTER AND STAR WED AGAIN
    57 3 BULLFIGHTER AND STAR WED AGAIN SPANISH bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin and Italian" film starlet Lucia were married by the Roman Catholic Church yesterday seven months after thei civil wedding. The ceremony took place at ominguin's ranch at Cuenca, about 70 miles from Madrid. The couple were married In a civil
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    Lock icon 6 rebels die in new clash
    39 3 roops have killed /ell-armed tribesnew clash on rkane, In thr Riff near the Spa-, •can frontier was called m to Moroccan loc a 1 i the battle m which smen were injured Reuter
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    Lock icon GENEVA POLICY
    19 3 unofficial "partis a three-day debate m ■11 Thursday to Europe's policy coming Big pour Ministers' mppt.fn<r Reuter
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    Lock icon 450 children at Russian ship party
    168 3 450 children at Russian ship party AT Portsmouth yesterday Admiral Arsenni Golov-i ko, commander of the Russian goodwill mission ships, gave a party for 450 local children aboard his flagship. the Sverdlov. As the youngsters stepped off the gangway Russian sailors presented them with boxe-s of sweets and pictures of
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    Lock icon MAO FIT
    27 3 a Japani i doctor who say Moo T lid In T »lcyo y nun China's ippi ai d to bo m t L^ condition. U.P.
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    Lock icon Monks lead mob attack on Reds
    83 3 Monks lead mob attack on Reds A mob of i 000 Ceylon- 684 led by Buddhist monk., yesterday attacked a Sama Samajist (TrotSfryifce) party meeting. Three hundred armed police charged and teargassed the mob m an attempt to break it up. After each charge the demonstrators regrouped and hurled stones
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    Lock icon 78 OF 92,000 SURVIVE PRISON CAMP
    284 3 78 OF 92,000 SURVIVE PRISON CAMP Men 'died like flics 9 QNLY 17.000 of <)>.OOO (iernian soldiers captured at Stalingrad survived the first nine monthl Of captivity m Russia, a returned German said m Frtedland (amp, West Germany, yesterday Kun Zitt, 40, former engineer lieutenant who wa.s captured two days
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    Ike is given flood havoc reports
    51 3 Ike is given flood havoc reports PRESIDENT Eisenhower, 1 no longer bedridden tat In i eh ilr In the Denver Hospital y iterday md received report i on damage \>y noodwateri which reiterday swept f) y,. r pS i x North m erican itatei far the second time m six
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    Jet airliner sets record in U.S.
    50 3 A Boeing jet airliner flew from Seattle bo Washington m three hours and 58 minute* yesterday to .set a transcontinental .^perd record for commercial transport planes The airliner, designed to carry more than 100 passengers, averaged :">92 mph. over tfi<- 2 340 mile course
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    Lock icon 'Midget' refloated
    33 3 Private firms yesterday refloated an old Japanese Navy midgei submarine sunk by the v s. Navy at the end of World War it In 225 feet of water <<fr Nunui/u A.P.
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    Lock icon 'Keep to the left' wins the poll
    132 3 'Keep to the left' wins the poll CJWEDISH citizens v > 7 '■■> <■ mi iniif driving 'i the i<ii hand side ol the id rding to results of a plei Results from nine ol Swedens 24 province mad< cli < govern meni traffic i i endai m i hai
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      Opinion SELF-HELP NATIONS
      218 4 Opinion SELF-HELP NATIONS lifl EMBERS Of the Ti Col (Mil bo Plan family meeting m Singapore today will draw encouragement and Inspiration from the greal achievements and progress of this island territory. However under-develop-ed none of the member states is confronted by the problems that first f a c ed
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    The Man behind Eisenhower
    1009 4  - The Man behind Eisenhower RENE MacCOLL by p From Denver, Colorado, with the eyes of the world on the U.S. President, conies this portrait of a remarkable man n'Hii.h rr ea ide n I Eisenhower l1 1 i i;. ill there stalk/ tii. American political i M c ii remarkable
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    BY THE WAY
    302 4  -  UNKNOWN WHILE a massed choir ol 40.000 voices was singing Softly Awakes My Heart. a man walked OB tip- toe to his seat, with a finger to his lips. He wa.s Mr. George Swivel), who had arrived m England a week ago from Belgium, where he. had
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      43 4 ASAHI CULTURED PEARLS ARE I.AIMM) I 111 wok Li) OVER 5 THE *pi I I AMONG CULTURED PEARLS, SEE THEIR BEAI TV, COMPAR E TH EI R PRICES. Sole' Xi^nl*. S.P.H. de SUVA Ltd. si\<. IPOftl X I I YUM 14 A H'OII
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      27 4 QUIET QUIET QUIET j _J^S^X^i^^^^ that's the word "^ij^ X^— J lOHNSONS Johnson SEA-HORSE OUTBOARD j l JCp \m MtL Fi y T \j ~ffa(;m,fri SINCAPORE malaya
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    SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    1087 5  -  Adelaide Eastley BY.. CHINESE proverb A tl s it that one lives ong if the mind burns 'a bright name. it p h orism's ruth is proved by testimony m the of the "Sage of apore," 87-year-;cholar, Dr. Lim Boon Keng. This man of ancient and profound on)
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    Lock icon MPs IN MALTA TO PROBE PROBLEMS
    46 5 Itish Parliamentary n arrived m Valetta, 1 terda? to lnvestitoe problems of the including a proposal i should bo intento Britain and send tatlvea totheßritWh 1 of Commom. delegation is headed KJ Lord Chancellor, Lord and includes Mr. Reu ter
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    Lock icon 40-hr. week strike
    16 5 1 h«?f industrial ''U givi notice totrlke on November campaign for the Reuter
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    Lock icon Moscow girls mob star
    65 5 I French film star, Gerard Philipc, stole the SHOW last night at Moscow's BoLshoi Theatre whf/i crowds of Russians mobbed him and begged for hi.s autograph during the interval of the ballet "Cinderalla M Philipe, m Moscow for next week's French Film Festival, fled to a
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    Lock icon Adenauer better
    21 5 We.st German Chancellor, Dr. Adenauer, ill with pnrumonia, continues to make tfcxxi progress toward! re covery in Bonn.— A.P.
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      342 6 Wllll \Ki: b> JLm lalk and IMiil llavis CLAY CAMEL NAROA'LL I I WAIT- 1 THOUGHT I HEARD I I WISH OON'T WORRY. -HAG OUCKED U5 FOR BE SAFE SOMETHING AT THE WINDOW V YOU'O j HI6GINS IS A GOOD YEARS/ HIGGIN?, YOU ENOUGH- -I'LL -NO "CLAY CAMEL ALWAYS J-
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      603 6 Born today, you* intellectual fearlessness and adventure mind is well known, you are a leade not a follower, and because may find that you do not i recognition as soon as you I you should. The stars havi given you a varii tv ol talents, and a is up to
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    YATELY'S FOLLY-OR THE ROAD BAR-IS COMING DOWN
    366 7 YATELY'S FOLLY-OR THE ROAD BAR-IS COMING DOWN Colonel wins new campaign VATELY'S FOLLY or the locking bar that the parish council of this Hants village erected across a gravel road skirting the green ~i i com i n g down. And 75-year-old Colonel •'Jack' 1 Stilwell, Mesopotamia veteran of World
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    Esplanade food men offer deal
    213 7 Esplanade food men offer deal ■vi \I 1 HOLDERS at g > :u Singapore Espla- aadfl restaurant have j decided l orm a s n C di.itt to mn the restaut nit under a uni- liea control, I is is their reply to the City Council's move Q to phice
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    A shift from Klang planned
    44 7 Muslim College of laya m Klang will be tiifted to Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur's satellite town, if the college's application for a 50-acre site is approved. The college is at present housed m the Sultan of Selangor's Istana Jeremiah.
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    MOVED CAKES
    22 7 A 15-year-old boy was t $25 at Pontian yesterfor moving seven tahils cakes from a resi area without a per-
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    Shark—out come the police
    85 7 Shark— out come the police AN 18-FOOT basking shark trapped m the har- bour gave thousands a free show at Penzance Police were called to the quays to control the traffic and to keep an eye on the crowds lining the edges As the shark, like a blue ghost just
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    BOY WANTS TO START AS SWEEPER
    165 7 BOY WANTS TO START AS SWEEPER A 12-YEAR-OLD boy In North London Is so keen on a medical career that he is prepared to start by sweeping out wards at Charing Cross Hospital London. Lord Inman told the inaugural meeting of the medical schools' new academic year at the hospital
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    ROOF FALL
    24 7 Constable William Morland fell 14ft. to the ground while making a roof-top search m Hollywood Road, Islington. London. He injured his back
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    SUNSHINE MONTHS WERE BLACKEST
    201 7 AS the summer sunshine drew thousands Into the open, road casualties m July and August reached an all-time high m Britain for any two months. This was announced by the Ministry of Transport when it issued the provisional figures for August. These were 27,191 —3,426 above
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    GIRL IS JAILED FOR TICKET FORGERY
    148 7 a 19-year-old girl clerk, Marguerite' Pamela Head, has been jailed for six months at Lewes, Sussex, for forging four railway tickets. She lodged at Hayward Heath, Sussex, and worked m a London insurance office, said prosecuting counsel. m the office she learned how to
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    AMBULANCE ON PARADE
    82 7 About i 100 members f| f the <; f. John Ambulance division In 1 lei > ngor turned out for heii 1 1 nual In wx c t ion on Ihe Mfi 8 padang n Kuals i ">i pur yeiterdfl if The dl trict Buperintendent ofti. John
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    WIFE CLIMBED TO DYING HUSBAND
    120 7 A HOUSEWIFE climbed a 18 foot ladder to help her husband as lie lay dying M thi rout of their semi detached house, lie had gone up to repair .slates and collapsed. Mrs. Violet Dwight, of Morley Koad, VVallasey, heard her husband gasp She found
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    Families flee burst main
    130 7 was a mighty Whoosh! m the dark and In few minutes one of London's biggest cross-roads became a lake. It was a 36-inch water main just outside Kennington Oval station that burst The water tossed out lump.of road, and some of it blasted a way along
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    Boy fined $75
    24 7 A boy was fined $75 at Pontian yesterday for moving 2i katis of sugar from i restricted area without a permit.
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    IT'S NO JOKE NOW
    137 7 IT'S NO JOKE NOW ft/TANY parishes !n Derbyshire have a roadsweeper shortage becau.se the men are .sensitive about jokes made about them. And the joke.s have been getting on their nerves. The shortage was discussed at a meeting oi Derby AssociatLon oi Parish Councils. Said Mr. A. Fletcher: "The men
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    Children's home
    21 7 The Sultan of Johore will open the new children home m Jalan Larkin m Johore Bahru on Oct. 27.
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    THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES
    587 8 THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES Wildcat TOM BENSON'S impudence knew no bounds... he shanghaied 700 convicts as s f ave- labourer. Fron his island he defied the law for <ix years r VHE tale w< n' gun roun ems cofl horn C tuntry. You i m i^< n tand toi' Parli
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    THE SMUGGLER M.P. OF LUNDY
    959 8  -  Andrew Hugil by ships began to sail. Few oi the prisoners ever reached America. Hundreds found the voyage was a very .short one. In a matter of hours they were disembarking at Lundy and the .;hor« which they thought never to see again was .still
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    ZANY
    18 8  -  Artic h y "I am not intcre^td I*l you look m a •>•** van( to know u-hert toUfith?!'.
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    Mayfair gowns in airlift
    327 9 Mayfair gowns in airlift Russian fashions are dowdy FROTHY evening x dresses from Mayfair salons and suits from Savilerow are beinff flown behind the Iron Curtain by the R.A.F. Food parcels, too. For without the weekly airlifts, the cost of living for British Embassy staffs there would he trebled. Carrying;
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    HIS HOME AND JOB GONE IN A DAY
    154 9 Vm Y-YEAR-OLD George Mylchreest will re- >>• r the 24 hours he 0 h o S h me alld hls fig M a black day. And yi how it all hapf; "-forth Council, Nor- ■■'.•"berland, got an evlcwder agaJnst George ;nth ago
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    'GAVE WRONG IMPRESSION'
    200 9 Sir Gerald at work remodelling hds studio— was rather worried about all the commotion he caused. "I'm a perfect fool," he said. With his wife looking on approvingly. "If I had not been so bound up with saying naughty words on television two years ago I would
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    Actess Julie birthday
    144 9 Actess Julie birthday DTAGE actress Julie Andrews, who has been starring m the successful New York production of the British musical show "The Boy Friend" has returned to London from New York. In addition to her mother, grandmother and other relatives who were waiting to «reet her on arrival at
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    'Treasure sale' angers Sir Gerald's wife
    371 9 CJIR GERALD KELLY— the 76-year-old ex-president of the Royal Academy with the hasty tongue has been indiscreet again. Only this time he is m trouble at home. He has angered his own wife. Sir Gerald announced that he would have to sell most of
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    THAT YEAR 'GRANNIE' FORGOT
    287 9 THAT YEAR 'GRANNIE' FORGOT MRS. JANE '"Grannie") Seymour thought she was celebrating her 104 th birthday. But. it wa^ really her 105 th. Trn- 30 fttesta ut h'-r party m the N^w Cross General Hospital thought it v;i her 104 th unnm r ftf] too Bo did Mr. G mi\
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    HERE'S WISHING!
    177 10 (ABOVE): Newcomer to this part of the world, enjoying Singapore hospitality as h t > joins with friends m a toast to the future Is Mr. Al Wallace of Washington DC' who, during the past four months, has been attached to the administrative section of the U.S. Con-sul-General's
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    Round about SINGAPORE
    243 11 Round about SINGAPORE ■^'li^^^^''-'- ******wSi| _SmMmmm%m&mi&3jt! M iW& T() B' > I 00(1 (HIM ""■I Inivmir. of Man'S- [> lmi aml '''■1 Melo;'^^K' ill! HI 1 Aawnf f mm s- M;«l«olm Hi s t (ABOVE): Well-known SS Australian woman pho- tographer X a t h i n k a Fox,
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    Lock icon Free fight in a food queue
    71 12 picture. QUEUES f«r food mi\ he jettiaj ttvtt m Britain >>ut > at London Zoo the penguins still "fall m" to yet their ration of fish at feeding time. I h«- orderliness is upset > sometimes, though, when the tw« Imds at its head
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    DON'T WANNA PRETTY GUIDES
    232 12  - DON'T WANNA PRETTY GUIDES DAVID HINNAWI THJRBANED dragomen who for decades have shown tourists around Egypt's archeological treasures are gradually losing their jobs to sleek young women m fashionable Paris dresses. The dragomen, who inherited their profession from their fathers and know no other means of livelihood, are getting tough
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    FARMER WHO MADE AN ERROR STARTED ADVENTIST SECT
    1007 12 A pilgrim m search of a faith •On any day of worship millions of people from all walks of life reverently turn to the spiritual. Some are devotees of the lesser-known sects, who go from door to door spreading their faith and
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    TB fighters are hit by shortage of hospitals
    560 12 TB fighters are hit by shortage of hospitals Number i: m a series of articles j by Free Vn s J writer VIVIENNI 1 i PUCKR lUi.i to J mark Singapore's I J Health Week from November 'l\ to 'FHE most dreaded and common serio 1 In Singapore is tuberculosis.
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    Lock icon SWOLLEN FACE
    608 13 SWOLLEN FACE /jere were three possible causes for his The SINGAPORE DOCTOR fells how the real cause was determined cheeks were f i n and of an colour. He trdiy open his told me: -My n< en swollen ir the lasi rs. I applied medicines but j only became I
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    Scientist loses sleep battle with cows
    533 13  -  THOMAS R. HENRY by A SCIENTIST Who has spent years trying to stay up later than cows has thrown m the sponge. The animals Just never sleep, he's concluded. Same with sheep. The cud-chewera may snatch a cownap now and then with their eyes
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    AT THE CAFE COLIBRI...
    1255 14  - AT THE CAFE COLIBRI... HAROLD WARD BAILEY By TJAROLD WARD BAILF.Y is a Country Section Sergeant m F.ss<>\. He worked m London with the Military Police during the blitz, was transferred to the north of Scotland m the Special Investigation Branch, and after D Day served m France, Belgium, Holland
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    THIS IS THE LIFE I'VE ALWAYS WANTED.!'
    1151 15  - THIS IS THE LIFE I'VE ALWAYS WANTED.!' ANNE COTT-JAMES by Margaret Truman tells how she made that switch from statesmen to screen stars j. time i met are] Train one of hex Britain she lunching with Sir j churchiU and iiv at Chartwtli time was American m dence. I met
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    Lock icon You can THROW AWAY that ration book in Sweden
    1403 16 You can THROW AWAY that ration book in Sweden SAYS WILLIAM HICKEV If HAVB now changed niy opinion that the BritUn are the most patient people m the world I hand over the rather seedy laurels to the Swedes. Imagine what would happen m Britain U outside every pub and
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      172 16 DAILY CROSSWORD CLUE! ACROSS 4 Some vegetables, OOlloqui- 1 Who the French? (5). ally (6). Oiow v>rne «*rsatz coffee (7). ft Chez Pearl.' (G). 8 India's lost a letter to a f; Space for a Joint (5-4). writer with a luxurious fur 7 Btnda ftt tmMU for a flrni (13
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    SHE GIVES 'GLAMOUR' TO THE STARS
    461 17 SHE GIVES 'GLAMOUR' TO THE STARS WHILE publicity helped to "sell" Marly n Monroe's se\appeul to picture audiences the wuiid over, Britain's Diana Don has had more to offer to fans m looks, talent and acting ability. Her SA factor seems to have just been discovered abroad. So Diana is
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    MIKE STAYS HOME TO MIND THE BABY
    361 17  -  David Lewin by WILDING is has j< good E this r. wife i- -th ray been it a He no longer ract. The Wilding day. as i my Hollywood 1 1 work m the morning and fetch her every evening, m the meantime
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    BRIDGE HAND
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    Tennis is popular, but the Russians won't play at Wimbledon
    466 18  - Tennis is popular, but the Russians won't play at Wimbledon Terence O'Connon m^ i %J w I Di. 11 11J ■f I «^^B I»OJ vH. 3\it Tt L^J SINCE tin Helsinki Olympic Games the Russian advance In athletics has been phenomenal. On i y the United States of America could
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    Angela wins American title
    168 18 A NGELA Mortimer of England on Saturday won the Pan-American women's single tennis championship with a 6-3, 6-3 win over young Mary Ann Mitchell., US. and then readied the doubles final also Enrique Morea of Argentina teamed with Mela Ramirez de Castro, Mexico, to take the
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    T.B.A. GET HIT 8-0 BY NEE SOON BOYS
    37 18 ]V EE SOON Boys trounced Tamil Brotherhood Association R-0 m a soccer friendly yesterday at Fairer P.irk. Scorers were David Nicholson (4), Bill Grimshaw (2), Vince Barras and De-
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    MALACCA TAKE 9-0 BEATING
    226 18 Joiiore entered the southern section final of the Foong Seong cup badminton competition when they trounced Malacca by nine mat< hes to nil at Johore Bahru Last night, J< hore will now meet Selangor tow aids the end of the month to decide the oui ht
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    R.A.F. Changi outplay Sembawang 13-5
    292 18 FOLLOWING THEIR 16-9 WIN OVER S.C.C ON WED NESDAY. CHANGI WERE IN GOOD FORM \GAIN FOR THE VISIT OF R.N.A.S.. SEMBAWANG ON SMURDAY AND WON BY 13 POINTS (2 GOALS, I TRY) TO 5 1 (1 GOAL). Although Firkin. Haig and Preece were missing from
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    Moss gives Mercedes world title
    145 18 Moss gives Mercedes world title STERLING* MOSS. th c British motor racing driver, yesterday won the perilous Targa Floria race at Palermo, Italy and so secured for Mercedes the world car championship for 1955 Moss was closely followed by Juan Manuel Fangio, world individual racing driver, and captain of the
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    Lock icon Caulfield to Rising Fast again
    121 18 Caulfield to Rising Fast again RISING Fast, th c New Zealand gelding who won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup last year, won the Caulfield Cup again m Melbourne on Saturday over I 1 miles. New Zealand horses gained first three places. Ray Ribbon was second, three lengths behind, and Historic
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    NOTHER CUP VICTORY TO OP JOCKEY BOUCOURE
    450 19 1 J r JOCKEY GARNET BOUGOURE \A?w? AN OTHER CUP VICTORY AT SSHS N SATURDAY. RIDING A VIUm^wKSSP, HE LANDED SKIMS USEFUL CLASS THREE HORSE 1( ;HY a CLEVER HALF-LENGTH 'vrir/ IOMl OM THE FAST-FINISHING r,^| iI.'UITY IN THE AUTUMN CUP lory who
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    RAHIM OMAR SPARKS MALAYS' 3-2 WIN OVER TOURISTS
    325 19 RAHIM OMAR SPARKS MALAYS' 3-2 WIN OVER TOURISTS pIII'NG Ilua-Tiong Hoa, the combined Indonesian MMM u.ur "i nstS^ isted def< al or llle (irst tilm Ul ir Colony t our when they were beaten 3-2 by Singapore Malayi m t J^.la«well mateb before 4,000 crowd at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday.
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    Lock icon Pirie beats Zatopek again
    136 19 Pirie beats Zatopek again ORITAIN'S (;ordon Firie brought off another sweeping victory over Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakia's triple Olympic champion m an international athletic meet m Nanchecter on Saturday. Pirie won the 5,000 metres event m Mmm 19.2 sec for his third Victory m four meetings with Zatopek within the past
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    49 19 soccer SAFA Senior Cup: Marine Dept. v. RE. ME., Jalan Besar 5.15 p.m.; Tiger S.A. v. Pulau Brani (replay) 7 p.m. HOCKEY SHA Leapue: Div. 1 Police v. Wanderers. fist 1 ground. Div. 2 B.O.I). "B" v. RAI Changi, Chariffi. Friendly: Rafllis Inst. v. Victoria School. V.S.
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    Lock icon SONGKITRAT IS KNOCKED OUT
    37 19 BILLY Peacock, third ranking: contender for the world bantamweight title, beat Chamroen Songkitrat of Thailand by a technical knockout m the ninth round of a 10 -round bout m Bangkok last night. U.P.
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    Seletar beaten
    31 19 R.A.F. Malaya beat R.A.F. Seletar A 4—l m a hockey friendly at Seletar yesterday. Inside-right Ismail and centre forward Hanafiah each scored two coals. Seletar .scorer was inside-right Mitchell.
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    Joe Lucy beaten
    28 19 Duilio Loi, Italy's European lightweight/ boxing chum uion. beat Joe Lucy, former British champion, on points In a 10-round non-title bout at Milan last night.
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    Lock icon Denmark held
    30 19 Denmark and Sweden drew their football international match at Copenhagen yesterday, each .side scoring three time.s alter Denmark had led at half-time by 2 goaJa to o.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Golf champ wins
    28 19 Peter Thomson of Au.stralia. British open t'olf chain pion, won the .V 1.000 O«ltex Oil tournament at Wellington. New Zealand at, the week end Reuter
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    24 19 Holland and Belgium each .scored twice to draw :their international .soccer rruatch In Rotterdam ye.sterday, after an interval ICON of 1-1. Reuter
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    Lock icon Rosewall and Hoad say no
    47 19 A UST KALIAN Davis ■a* Cup players Levns Hoad and Ken Rose/wall have cabled American lawn tennis promoter Jack Kramer, rejecting offers of £16,000 each to become professionals A Slazenyers spokesman and RosewalVs pare 7i 19 announced this m Melbourne today. Reuter
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    Lock icon Drobny to have operation
    45 19 Jaraslav Drobny, former Wimbledon tennis champion, entered hospital a.t East Grin.stead last night for an appendicitis o] eraWon, Doctors adTised Drobny to have the operation earlier this yeax but it was postponed to allow him to >lay throughout the -,ummrr. A.P
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    Lock icon E. India shuttle championships
    54 19 Eddie Yusuf and I. Olich of Indonesia will participate m the p]a.st India badminton championships boiivj hold at Calcutta from Nov. 6 to 13. The Organisers .said yesterday that efforts were being marie to get top-rankiru? player:-; from Siain for the series. Shamshad am of Pakistan
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    Pakistan all set for victory
    105 19 AN INSPIRED spell of, bowling by left -ar m spinner Shujanddin put; Pakistan within sight of victory ovrr Now Zealand on the third day f >f the first Cricket Tesl m Karachi on Saturday {few Zealand, facing fir.st. inntngi arrears ol 125, had scored 2(
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    Lock icon BLUEBIRD II SINKS AFTER TESTS
    283 20 CAMPBELL ES J i'NHURT AS C J GOES DOWN SN 50ft. OF WAiffil ijonaiji CABtPBELLS SPEEDBOAT BLUEBIRiii V SANK HALF A MILE FROM SHORE IN K| U NEVADA. LAST NIGHT SOON AFTER Hi HXM TWO TEST RUNS. UE BLUEBIRD SANK STERN FIRST AND SETTLFM WATER
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    DEATH
    37 20 2*> Words $b (minimum i RAJOO R M. (JIMMY) on 16.10 55 >>i heart attack Cortege leaves 17-19, Ktllock Road iotr Hiver Valley Rd.» 4.45 pjn. Monday for Cathedral of Good Slicplu'td. I hence to Bidadan.
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    Blackpool strengthen position at top of Div. 1 league
    405 20 U.K. SOCCER REVIEW: BLACKPOOL. IN DIVISION 1. AND GRIMSBY TOWN DIVISION 3 NORTH CONSOLIDATED THEIR LEADERSHIPS IN SATURDAY'S LEAGUE SOCCER FRAY BY WINNING. But Fulham, Division 2 and Northampton. Division 3 South, were humbled, m the case of Fulham it cost
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    Geyer again top jockey
    146 20 pENANG appears to be the faA vourite course of young Sheldon Geyer. For the second time running, he topped the jockeys" list, finishing with five firsts and four places at the Penang Turf Club Autumn Cup Meeting. Leading trainer was Jimmy Martin with three firsts and
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    WORLD LIFT TITLE TO RUSSIA
    248 20 RUSSIA'S weightlifter.s yesterday won the team title m the world weightlifting championships at Munich with 29 points, followed by the United States 24, Egypt 4, Persia 2, I Burma Sweden and Fin- land each one. The Soviets had led m the team event from the
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