The Singapore Free Press, 18 October 1955

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press argeet Afternoon Sale m Malaya 1391, Singapore, Tuesday. October 18. 1955. Pike 15 Its.
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    THE SMILING PRINCESS
    48 1 that set the world saying that B roarriafc was In the offing, rrincen Margaret was just Arriving from her holiday m Scotland. That "vi; she met Group Captain Peter Town If| l '»r the first time for nearly two and ;i 111 \I |p L
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    The Princess and Townsend meet: 5th night running
    222 1 The Princess and Townsend meet: 5th night running Oil ESS MARGARET J an( j Group Captain Peter Townsendi back m ii-Mi-i iiier their weekend tryst it the Berkshire country home of her CO usin, Mrs. John Wills, U( quests at a dinner party it the South Kensington home of one
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    Lock icon BITTER CHURCH ATTACK ON MARGARET
    307 1 BITTER CHURCH ATTACK ON MARGARET 'A DELIBERATE AFFRONT' AN ENGLISH clergyman publicly denounced Princess Margaret's romance with Group Captain Peter Townsend yesterday as 'entirely unsuitable, uncalled for, and bitterly regrettable." Canon C T. Kirtland. Honorary Canon at Canterbury Cathedral who made the attack, added: "Here she contemplates a deliberate affront
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    Food store pickets get warning
    214 1 Food store pickets get warning DOLICE this morning 1 warned about 100 pickets at the Singapore Cold Storage shop m Orchard Road not to move about m groups or obstruct delivery vans be m» taken out. If they did, they were told, they would be arrested. A strong police contingent,
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    NEW BUS STRIKE: OWNERS BAFFLED
    311 1 Many workers stranded \|ORE than 350 bus drivers and conductors of the Tay Koh Vat Bus Company staged an "impromptu" strike this morning, leaving thousands of office workers and school children stranded m various parts of the city, The men reported for work as usual
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    Phone wages talk today
    43 1 Representatives of the new Singapore Telephone Board Employees' Union and the Board mci this morning to discuss higher wage claims The union claims a 25 per cent increase m wages 21 days annual leave and im proved working conditions.
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    'POPE' YIELDS
    34 1 Pham -'Hi', 'I'M'!. "'Pone" ni the Cao i>;«i religious sect i" Viel na m has resigned all "religious and ]x>\n lea] power" a Fr( nch a^enrv despatch from Saigon said hot night.
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    Lock icon BANDITS KILL 7
    29 1 Sovcn Kuropf an passengCM travelling m a bUfl b6tween Bone. Eastern Algeria and Hrrbillon were kilh'd by bandits w h 0 anibushffi t fx m Reuter
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    RUBBER STEADY
    29 1 The Singapore Rubber Market open' rj steadily this morning with first grade November shipment, at $1.22 a ib l cents above fi si er day 1 cfoifl
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    Lock icon AIR RECORD
    35 1 The navy's tiny a ID Jet attack bomber m i •et a new world speed record ol 596 163 tnph ground i rioted circuit coiir.se. it v. ;i.. announced ia*st 1 night, U.P.
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      313 1 Advertisement Good Nbws for Aussies in Malaya AUSTRALIA has recently featured prominently in the local) news, but we wonder if all Australians who are now in Malaya realise that they ran enjoy their own favourite Swan Beer in this part of the world. The Swan Brewery have, for a number
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    Lock icon JAKARTA POLL FIGHT CLOSE
    376 2 Masjumi is catching up fast Inix)nksia's general el«c tlom .swung into a close battle last night between the Communist backed Nationalist and the pro Western Muslim Masjumi Displaying consistently Increasing strength outsid* densely populated Java the Masjuml rolled up a landslide vote to chal len«e the
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    Lock icon Troops open fire on riot mob
    149 2 senegalese infantry yesterday flred on a riot crowd a1 Marrekesh, Morocco, killing one demo istrator and wounding two others, after notcrs had rampaged through the Arab quarter attacking shops and setting them on fire. Police reports said the Senllg a i c s c
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    MOROCCO: RELATIONS STRAINED
    174 2 pRANCE'S relations with Spain became strained yesterday over Morocco. The Spanish Ambassador protested to M Pinay, the French Foreign Minister about false Information about Spain's attitude" appearing m the French Press. while the Resident General m Rabat, Morocco, m a communique published at Rabat accused Spain of
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    Lock icon Disarm meeting this week
    42 2 The United Nations Disarmament Commission i.s expected to meet m New York later this week at the request of the Soviet Union However, British sources said yesterday that it was unlikely there would be any full-scale debate Reuter
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    Lock icon Vaccine to fight cold virus
    279 2 Vaccine to fight cold virus IF, 0 Government sciential I v-iJi ***** announce I vaccine which is expected to prove effective again t "0! the viruses linked [f h the common !(t an(t .similar Infection informed sources sa < m Washington tei day. f r:>" varelne U l!t) t tnt
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    HELICOPTER ARSON SCARE AS RED FAIR OPENS IN TOKYO
    212 2 HELICOPTER ARSON SCARE AS RED FAIR OPENS IN TOKYO /COMMUNIST China made v> a determined bid for Japanese trade yesterday by opening its first trade fair m Tokyo, but police, fearful of riots, almost outnumbered exhibits. A thousand Japanese police swarmed over the fairgrounds on the Tokyo waterfront although only
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    Lock icon Japs to boost sterling trade
    75 2 Japan has told Britain she intends to eliminate all regulations tending to encourage imports from non sterling sources m preference to sterling area sources except for certain limited provisions affecting several commodities imported from Indonesia. The British Board of Trade stated this yesterday m London
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    Lock icon FLOOD KILLS 10 MOURNERS
    70 2 AFTJNERAL for one became B funeral for 11 when last week's North Indian storms stirred flash floods says a delayed report reaching New Delhi yesterday from Bijnor, 40 miles north-east of New Delhi. Sereral persons were cremating a body along the banks of the Qangei following
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    Lock icon Townsend with his week-end party hostes
    104 2 Townsend with his week-end party hostes MAN of the moment, Group Captain Peter Townsend, on a shopping tour of London with Mrs. John Lyeett Wills, hostess of the week-end party at which he and Princess Margaret were seen walking arm-in-arm at Rinfield. Berks. Yesterday the Princess returned, unsmiling, to Clarence
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    Lock icon Dock protest in Australia
    53 2 Dockers throughout Australia stopped work at midnight last night for 24 hours In protest against an arbitration court's refusal last week to grant a wage increase. Meetings will be held at all ports today to discuss possible further action to press the claim by the Waterside
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    Tank kills child
    25 2 One child was killed and another Injured when an army tank on display at an international fair at Tunis blew up yesterday
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    Lock icon Tribal drums pound out welcome to the Kabaka
    261 3 Tribal drums pound out welcome to the Kabaka \i;n PAVi OF LOYALTY TO TUi miEEM I-. -.;;\s biffect ever reworks display lit the f Kampala last the Buganda peoted and danced m lon ol the return their ruler, 30- Kabaka Mutesa Second. He had been two y, trs m exile
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    Lock icon LEAFLET RAID
    19 3 nalist Chinese planes fester< showered tons of n-opaganda leaflets along Mil coast of the China mainland.- U.P.
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    Lock icon TRADE TALKS
    13 3 started negotia--1 with Russia to con,C ide and payment pgreement. A.P.
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    30 3 Admiral A. G. Golovko, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Baltic Fleet, placing a wreath at the Cenotaph m Whitehall, London. The admiral headed the recent visit of Soviet ships to Britain.
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    Lock icon FEAR OF LOOSE RED MINES DELAYS U.K. WARSHIPS
    303 3 piVE British warships, already delayed 10 hours on their way home alter a goodwill visit to Leningrad, drop pc d anchor 25 miles from the port yesterday when the Soviet Navy warned there might be danger from floating mines disclosed by gales.
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    Lock icon CANADA TO PAY FOR AIR SURVEY
    36 3 Canada is to finance and conduct a $1,500,000 twoyear aerial survey of Ceylon's natural resources under provisions of the Colombo Plan for economic development of South and SouthEast A.sia. Reuter
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    Lock icon Ex-Po W wins fight in treason case
    122 3 Ex-Po W wins fight in treason case FORMER US. Army Sergeant John nnvid Provoo on c c convicted 01 treason for collaborating with the Japanese m world War ii. yesterday won hia long battle fo r freedom on a legal technicality, The Supreme Court m Washington upheld a Baltimore Federal
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    Lock icon BURMA TROOPS MAUL KAREN REBEL FORCE
    113 3 DUHMESE infantry unlt.s killed 38 Karen nbel.s k3 during the past fortnight In offensive operations between the Irrawaddy River and the Arakan Yoma hills, northwest of Rangoon. Fifty rebels sunf ndcrf-d Bind Burmese troopt cap* tured quantities ol arms, Including those which rebels had
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    Lock icon Dominica is battered by hurricane
    108 3 Dominica is battered by hurricane HUHRiCANK "Katie" yes terday slammed upon the Dominican Republic With winds ol 115 mi p h causing heavy rains and dangerous t Ides, and whirled across mountainous Jungli Of the interior. Lowlanders along the south coasi had been given only ;i few hours 1 warning
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    PI, Yugoslavia vie for seat
    51 3 liiik deadlocked election for the leat m the United Nations Security council win be resumed m a plenary session ol the General Assembly tomorrow. The elect ton was adjourned Lasl Fi Iday after six Innonclusive ballots with thr Philippines and Yugoslavia locked m a clasp
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion Case for the clerk
    245 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion Case for the clerk TUESDAY, o. 18 1955 f EMPLOYEES arc dividJ ed into two categories productive and non-productive. Whileemphasis is aaturally placed on l lie former, the second category is also vital to any business, other than a one-man show, being run successfully. Perhaps
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    Lock icon The Colonel was in error
    774 4  - The Colonel was in error STEPHEN COULTER by "VON, mon cher Monsieur," the Colonel lifted his shoulders m a Gallic shrug"make no mistake. It is not going to be the same thing here as m Indo-China." I was sitting m the office of Colonel Meric, one of France's most trusted
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    Lock icon Thanksgiving for the Kabaka
    50 5 picture. llt i, uiner Bishop i uiiia and now distant Bishop of Vorce ster, welcomiiijr he hahika of Buganl t k f st. \lartins-in-u e ,l( !,K London i tll Kibaki was ttendini a thanks--ISW s«rvi<e before eturning home after tl h t\\t» years' exile. Reuter
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    Canada wants more Britons
    31 5 Canada wants more Britons I launched a Britain, it is men and j jrate. Casselman, of Immigration "We have btv>. 1 000 immigrants a i Britain, it Is not want more."
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    Lock icon S. Korean denial
    27 5 kTh- niblic of Korea is denied that it would i m alliance with ii t China and South i 2-eported from jpeh, Formosa, U.P.
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    This smuggler's line was rusty steamrollers
    407 5 Customs foiled his hopes of fortune ■p C\ STOMS Service 14-ston( V McKenna wa^ I all-time nd. His line gling steam■r Hers. many months bashful wares '■rum led through the i to Dagenham I' ck where a 40-ton waited to swing aboard ships for
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    The last bale of hay...
    104 5 The last bale of hay. FARMER WILLIAM HILL breathed a Sigh Of contentment for the end of the best harvest for years was m .sight. He watched the *&*t h ;> (> Oi hay go u p the elevator at Lane End Farm, Tib.shelf near Alfreton. And he saw it
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    SWAN IN TRAFFIC -FATHER KILLED
    54 5 A swan walking along Watling Street, Nuneaton, caused the death of a 29--yoar-old motor-cydi.st. The bird slowed down a linn of traffic Victor Claude Bontlry. Of Corby. Northants. rather of three children, hit the rear of ono of the cai and WAS thrown into th»path
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    FALLING ANCHOR KILLS BOATMAN
    33 5 A man was killed and another injured when a ship's anchor fell and mashed their small boat In Liverpool Dock' The dead man WM Allan Ellis, ol LJlantyre Road.
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    GIRLS TAUGHT TO HANDLE PARENTS
    302 5 I r e !rb l i«m^til^ Obl< r !J i rodU4i "X ">* "».v friend to your parents. And tn 7 ometlme s w«»der how best to tell mum and dad that she's *„i Kirn «t»r? t J OnS M |IS a d sltuati< ls
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    WIDOWER ENTICED A WIFE: £300
    232 5 4 CHINA al.satian with a missing ear led Alan Graham Wood to the new home of his wife and the 76-year-old widower from whom It won vsoo damages. When the case ended. Wood of Congleton Road M ie clesfieid, said that after his wile disappeared
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      276 6 ••■••••a MAXIilt Ibt L«C Falk and Phil Pavis .~Z II A GENTLEMAN )/thAT'D Bi THE I I ANY SIGN NOTHING YET.SIR.I I V2 Pi^^CAM^cil^/ FROM TH^ y CHIEF. %\f HERE, OP THE THIS IS H'S ONLY tF JtL&UAviLotrm jL NO ONE'S APPROACHED j sJ3 3rJ POLICE TO PRINCESS. d AY
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      659 6 TVDRN today, you are prog* .v I! j IS active. You enjoy ne£ ide a like to promote them. You wil nevS i be one to stay m the weU-traJSS f road but will want to explore tS lesser-known highwayi aim bywaysoi J You are so much fche Ind vi
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      192 7 I Previous Today X v, 1 RS> c-.i.f. ;$4 buyeis 31, buyeia m imi Is October 34 sellers 35 seller r.c.iK So. l. K^ c.i.f. 34% buyers 34% buyers f, I'u.ts November a4 „e llers #j B r.i.i i: N X ss :u buyers 35 1 buyei
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      New York prices
      101 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Previous Today HIN Strait- -pol and nearby 96.12 ncnn. :>»; i j i»j\ futures October 95.25 bid 95.00 bid 96.25 BSked 96.00 a.sketi November 94.50 bid 04.25 bu] 95.50 asked !J5.25 asked December 94.25 bid 94.00 bid 95.25 asked £5.00 asked Quiet. SALES:
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      U.S. PEPPER
      61 7 (and awaiting ing release 34, afloats 33 1 Oct. fv i 41'_., afloats 39 to 38 12,l 2 32V>i. Lampong spot and awaitIcr. 33, Nov. 37, Dec. 36, ing 'release 41 *i, afloats 39 to an March In equal monthly 38^, October 38. Sellers ex•ts 34. Sarawak spot
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      36 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 17. i ft Previous Today ■2 Industrial* 444 53 446 13 ami Railroads 148.47 148.33 gpo Domestic lionds 98.67 98.67 ?|5 Utilities 61.48 61.70 f4 M.xks Composite Average 158.54 158.88
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      123 7 fOPBA Philippines c.i.f. U/K North European delivered i? weight per long ton Nov/Dec. JOPKA Philippines f.o.b. Manila in bulk prr ton (OPRA struits c.i.f. UK/North European delivered weight per Wng ton Ort./Nov Nov. Dec. a <"MT OIL, crude Straits I X North European in rott per
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    Lock icon Autumn comes to London park
    56 7 picture. THE PARK KEEPER m St. James's Park, London. gathers m the dead autumn leaves with rake and Besom. The leaves can no longer b«» burnt as the park j is m the newly constituted smokeless zone m which: ■it is hoped to eliminate London's
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    999? NO, NO, NO
    76 7 A man was making b phone call In cannon Street London, underground i i tion v, hen it closed< The lights went, outj and he found ail the exit gates lock cd. ire dialled 999 Said the operator: "That's for Itft-and-death, Dai] 'O. 1 ife dialled
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    SHARP-EYED BOYS CATCH POSTMAN
    164 7 DODNEY STURTON and Paul Spratley were walking by the river at Ham, Richmond, when they saw a postman burning- letters m a quiet lane. But "he looked suspicious," said 11-year-old Rodney, of Buckingham Road, Ham. "It was the crafty way he stamped out the flames when
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    Campaign to end asylum bogey
    160 7 Campaign to end asylum bogey SEVEN of every 10 patients now entering British mental hospitals do so of their own free will; 75 per cent, leave restored to health within a year, the majority within three months. These facts lie behind a na-tion-wide campaign to convince the public that there
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    THE 'MIRACLE' OF ST. LOUIS CROWN
    1435 8  - THE 'MIRACLE' OF ST. LOUIS CROWN PRINCE CONSTANTINE by of Bavaria fd,mb./,b.,bm,.ljv'l After 700 years of perilous exile, the holy relic survived the bombing of Dresden— in a redhot safe IOUIB ix ol Prance, J who utter his death was canonised as Saint Louis, reigned from 1220 to 1270. Some
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    STORY OF 8 WIVES
    183 8 GOOD heavens, my hushand!" This is the cry on the lips of eight beautiful, rather nervous young women as Sidi Mohammed Ben Yousscf, ex-Sultan of Morocco, prepares to sail from exile m Madagascar for France. The eight are former concubines from Sidi Mohammed's harem who, out
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    Emigrating is these girl's hobby
    249 9 Emigrating is these girl's hobby r rWO modern adventurers, Joan and Pamela Moss, whose line is "Emigrating," have set oft from England for California, via New York. Tli. n are playing a very contemporary same, with [mole rules: Given about VlOO, a good character, and »aste tor travel, anyone can
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    FOR HIM, IT IS NOT YET OVER
    184 9 1/IOKE than 100 "cloak and dagger" men and women known to war-time resistance movement m Europe only by code names, threw off their cloaks of serecy at a Knightsbridge party. 11 were members of the Special Operations executive. Periodically during the war they
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    Excuse me, said the girl P-G
    243 9 A POLICEWOMAN had a night out with her boy friend at a Chesterfield (Derbyshire) dance hall. In the middle of a dance a fight broke out between three men. Attractive Doreen Carrington, 28, of the West Riding Constabulary, politely excused herself from partner Bruce
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    80 girls collapse in class
    149 9 ffEAD MISTRESS Miss Margaret Vaug h a n turned her school gymnasium into a casualty ward after 80 girls collapsed m their classroom* with suspected food poisoning. The girls, aged 11 to 15, were carried into the gym, where they lay on the flour wrapped
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    The big round-up at Dartmoor
    71 9 Scene with a touch of the Wild West is at Dartmoor, where the annual round-up of ponies was taking place. The ponies were collected for branding and then turned loose E again. Ti i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1
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    Little pig has daily dip and weekly hot bath
    427 9 LEARNS TO FEED BY NUMBERS HPHE pigs that had a daily swim and a weekly hot bath; the piglets that fed by numbers these were two of the sights of Russian farming that British farmers have seen. The scientists and farmers
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    BRIDES ARE TOO DEAR
    55 9 A DEPUTATION of Arab bachelors has complained to the Ministry of Religions m Jerusalem that the price of brides had shot up. Today's cost: £350 to the future father-in-law, plus the cost of bedroom and livlng-roo m suites for a newflat. The Ministry prom Used to
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    Operation Prode
    386 10 The tank landing (raft Albert Humphries (275 gross tons) loads heavy equipment at Omtsha for transport to a drilling sit<\ She is the largest craft m the water transport fleet. Helicopters are being used by The Shell-D'Arcy Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited to ease communications with the
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      35 11 SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT ci Yocte mi a its of CEILING FANS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CITY ELECTRICITY DEPT. ON HIRE AT ONLY $1.00 PER MONTH. CONSULT YOUR ELECTRICAL RING: PHONE 2419 EXTN. 352
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    Only One Wife Now ...AND NO DIVORCES
    926 12 Only One Wife Now ...AND NO DIVORCES bfdblkflm;ln IT IS all a lot of rubbish, you know, about Mormons having more than one wife. They used to practise polygamy. They don't today; they have not done so for more than 50 years. But they are urged by their church to
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    96 12 SUPERVISOR of the Children's Zoo at London Zoo. Mrs. Maureen Kaiser is, of course, on friendly teams with the anl» mals under her care Visitors to the Children's Zoo m Regent'? Park are constantly amused by the various ways the animals and birds show their after tion for Maureen Sally,
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    Breakfast -after the ball is over
    253 12 Breakfast -after the ball is over qiNGAPORs-s version 0{ London's "Chelsea Art. Ball" at Victoria Memorial Hall on December 10 win h entitled "Neptune's Nocturne." Quests and floata will colour the harmonizing Wl th t theme. The ball vi\] benefit the Singapore Children'^ Society. Response from local firms, clubs and
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    Tragedy behind the children's smiling faces
    394 12 Tragedy behind the children' s smiling faces Number 14 m a series of articles by Free Press writer VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE to mark Singapore's Health Week from November 21 to 26. MOST of the 21 children I saw m the TB ward at the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital yesterday, did not
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    Cameramen show their best pictures
    422 13  - Cameramen show their best pictures SUNNY GIAM by I [DING with the Plan Con- now m ses- Singapore, leaaphotographera In I colony arc holding exhibition at Museum, comt this week. picture! on show, ibu ted by both proan d amateur phers, repreMnt I quality o* work iii Singapore. every picture
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    BRIDGE HAND
    418 13 The bidding SOUTH WCST NOPTM CAST 1 N. T. Pass 2 Pass 2 4 Pass 4 4 A) 1 pisil 'V'O one has yet conclusively answered the "Lady Off tiger?" question m contract bridge "which is more important, the bidding or the play?" When the contract bridge first,
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      238 13 CLUES \CROSS no usp to the tailor (5). letter for her (4). 5 A ridiculous statement to mostly a serpent begin with (4). C> Huntsman or Isle of Man Initial addition thin town (4). ships kit clien 7 Lollobrltuda follows a dnor--9 Uon for a medical term (6) 10 l)
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  • SCIENCE CORNER
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      Fast and streamlined
      67 14 THIS is an artist's conception of a now lightweight, fast train designed by and now being built by General Motors Corporation m the I'nited States. The new streamlined train will have bodies, Shock absorbers, and brakes similar to General Motors' new "Sceni-Cruiser" double-deck highway buses. The train
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      FAIR WEATHER—OR FOUL?
      389 14  - FAIR WEATHER— OR FOUL? Sol supplies the clues Mr. A METHOD of predicting weather conditions five to seven days m advance through a daily study of the rays emitted by the sun's corona has been reported by Trans World Airlines. The .system was developed after a 3V2 year study of
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      117 14 BERTRAND RUSSELL (Lord Russell) the distinguished scientist iml \olm-i Prize wittier, lias rwrivril the IV;us Trophy m recognition of his work m the OMS6 '»f world peace Tho pic ■entotlofi w.is madf hy the Editor of Pears in< wiopmiia, mj S s i,. Mury B^rktr. The Trophy was lirst insli(u(4(|
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    2133 16  - GET ME SOME HASHISH MAURICE LEVINSON by i \i \i KM I LEVINSON is 14. H( was educated at an elemental v s< hr>ol m London's last End, When z his father died m IfHK, Levlngon and his two hro- the/j entered an orph&naf e at West Norwood. Irom the
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    503 17  - Sir Harry taught her the steps MICHAEL RUDDY AND NOW MISS BAILEY LONGS FOR DEAR OLD BLIGHTY' goes to a party •inn. you join me at p ar ty to meet > Saint who gco ar with Bob urge Sanders Bailey to am FeeiL ard Schellbom: --t the home er-director-L
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    34 17 RITA MORENO proves much more of a prize to Richard Egan than all the riches sought by the Spanish Conquistadores m "Seven Cities of Gold', a historic adventure talr recalling the conquest oi California.
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    273 17 Peter threw a punch and the TROUBLE started PALM TREES swayed against the sky. hot sunshine beat down on the grass thatched huts, the big ammunition dump; the high, plat formed lookout. And you took your first view of all this though 1 the barbed wire. Here was realism. Atone
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    Czechs run their own Olympics for youngsters
    681 18 Czechs run their own Olympics for youngsters gfbfnnv,mn iiiiiiiiiiiciiiiiiiiiiiiti IN his concluding article on SPORT BEHIND I THE IRON CURTAIN, Terence O'Connor talks on how the Czechs regard sport and 1 I the wide and efficient organisation that controls it. ffiiiiiiiiiiituimiiimi HHniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiici lIST as UIC sutHliU- iron Curtain countries have
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    402 18 LAWN TENNIS ERA FOR BRITAIN ENDED WHEN MOTTRAMS TURNED PRO He wants to help the youngsters rplli; END OF A LAWN TKNNIS ERA FOR BRITAIN 1 WAS REACHED WIIKN TONY MOTTKAM AM) HIS Will;. I OKMI-RLY JOY GANNON. lIKCAME PROFESSIONALS. At h:s best, Mot tram only fringed on world class,
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    26 18 HAYNES, the Fulhani inside-left, sets m a shot at Hull goal before a tackle from Berry, the Hull nntn hall becomes imminent, Hull were beaten 5-0.
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    140 18 ni^in-. ah Font wltcton i homi the following ibj team fof thli wtek'i game ie a p Singapore versui Royal Navy totnorrow; AC Black i ien fahj LAC Ktn Igan (ChanEl i, Jnr. i n Packei (C) ac Mt (»•■<■ ii ac W.iifl (T) U Dai ke
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    162 18 »pHE Singapore Women's x Hockey Association will hold their first trial of the season on the SC.C. padang tomorrow to select the Civilian team to meet Services m the annual Poppy Day match. Another trial will be held next week and it is likely that
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    RAFFLES BEATE
    39 18 RAFFLES BE ATE VICTORIA School Raffles Instit „j m a hockey mat tona School yeaterd bajan Singh S( goal* for the winn dip sinßh scored I m a 2nd XI Bl tor ia beat Raffle Ing througb Tan Bin
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    46 19 HULL CITY, bottom of the English League Second Division, scored a .surprising 3-1 win over the Hungarian cupholders Vasas at Hull last night m a floodlit soccer match. The crack Hungarian side had previously beaten the English First Division side Tottenham Hotspurs 2 1.
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    522 19 day without some of their best players and had a .stern tussle with Administrative Wing. Neither side was able to score and a draw was a fair result. On Friday, F.E.A.F.'s third game brought them their first points. Witii a re-arranged team, they
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    271 19 T^EW ZEALAND suffered B di. c mal (ollapse on the rmal day of their first Test anainsi Pakistan and were beaten by an Innings and one run. Needing 4G run* with Mx WlCk( ts In hand to avoid an innings defeat, (he New Zealand batting slumped
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    80 19 1%/fISS ANGELA BUXTON and Miss Angela Mortimer of Britain won the women's doubles title m the Pan-American lawn tennis championships m Mexico City yesterday. They beat Miss M. de Roldan and Miss M. Hernandez of Mexico 6-2. 6-2 m the [final. Other results: Men's singles finai: Art
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    23 19 Blrkenhead P;irk beat the N'itHi o! [reland by i r > points to 12 In <*■ Rugby union match at u< Wait >■•■
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    51 19 England's amateur soccer team which will meet Bulgaria In an Olympic preliminary round tie m Sofia on Sunday were beaten 2 1 by Luton Town, the English League First Division side, m a trial match under floodlights at Luton last night. There was no score at halftime.
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      74 19 JiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiinniiMM TODAY'S SPORT iilllllffllllltillllilllillllllllliiiiiiiil HOCKEY SHA Leas u«". Div. I eyloii B.C. v 8.C.C., at B.C.C. Div. 2 R.K.M.F. v. S.R.C at S.R.C. I Navy Nomads v B.O.I). "A", at B O.D, G.H.Q "A" v. P a T. V A T ground. Div. 8 (able and Wireless v. RAF Ten^ah,
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    152 20 ci! I I Alt WASPS TOOK A 111 0 BEATING AT THE t> IMNDS OF NEE SOON GARRISON "A" IN THEIR RUGGER FIXTURE AT NEE SOON YESTERDAY. Wasps were up against a heavier team and this told greatly on them. Nee
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    38 20 picture. s(ii. BULAT breaks awa? from a scrum and is waUhrd i,s Ricketts i«jt) and Francis Lira (centre) during yesterday's \!i Blues rugger trial, when Police brut All Blues 1 1 8 it I homson Road.- Free Press
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    51 20 lit W'mil*. $H (minimum). TAN CHAI I BNG of Van Hrn Electrical Co., aged 3"). passed i■. a pc isel ullj on 18. 10.55 ;>t his Residence No l. Eber'Road. Singapore. Funeral today. The Coi te 111 leave ai 1 1 ajm. for J i! m EJunos Pnv;i!e Burial
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    Melbourne Cup favourite is scratched
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    146 20 WANDERERS went down by 5-0 to Police m their Div. 1 hockey match at Serangoon Road yesterday. Wanderers were without their Inside forward [/Estrange and his presence was badly missed In the Wanderers' attack. There was no stopping the Police yesterday and although
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