The Singapore Free Press, 25 June 1953

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Lareest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. Si^ ap ,re Th-,:5.. Ju.y M. PHc 15 (<is
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    $25 M TO END RICE SHORTAGE
    300 1 Uritain boosts colonial food output ]y|R. Oliver Lyttelton, the Secretary for Colonies, announced m the House of Commons yesterday that, because of the serious world rice shortage, the British Government would provide up to £3 million (about Ms2s million) for rice production m British
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    A smile for Phyllis
    76 1 picture. Reaching for his wallet, Singapore millionaire rubber magnate, Mr. Lee Kong Chian, smiles as Mrs. Phyllis Lim (left) persuades him to try his luck m the lucky dip during last night's Chinese Ladies' Association ball m aid of the St. John Appeal ai ihe Victoria
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    'MCA not licked' Sir Cheng-lock
    129 1  -  SIT YIN FONG By pJLLOWING the Federation Government's refusal to reconsider the ban on the M.C.A. lottery, the presiaent, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, said this morning: "The iJ-t.A. is not licked." wn? c i* A> need nor neces--2 killed if the Chinese 2, n of
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    Australia fears economic crisis
    37 1 AUSTRALIA is probably fac- ing the greatest economic crisis m her history as a result of the increasing output and lowering prices of .synthetic fibres, a leading wool trader .said m Sydney yesterday.
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    A NEW NATION IS ON THE WAY
    130 1 A NEW NATION IS ON THE WAY THE House of Commons by 188 votes to 165— a Government minority 23 hist night passed a l:ill paving the way for a Federation of Southern Rhodesia northern Rhodesia and Nyjsaland into one central African country of 500,000 square miles. The bill <?ive.s
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    SPEAK UP
    53 1 SINGAPORE police this morning appealed for information from eye-witnesses of the murder of a R.E.M.E. fitter, Ang Eng Guan, who was shot dead by three gunmen at Alexandra Road yesterday. A CID spokesman said: "We believe that a number of people saw the shooting. It is their duty
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    Red premier says: We are guilty
    94 1 Red premier says: We are guilty EAST GERMAN Premier, Mr. Otto Grotewohl, said last night his Government was responsible for the situation leading to last week's riots m East Germany. In a speech before coal miners at Boehlen, Saxony, which was transmitted m part by the East German radio he
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    Rubber price
    29 1 Singapore rubber market opened this morning on a quiet tone with first grade, July shipment, at 67 :i .j cents a pound, "'a cent above yesterday's clo.se.
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    U.N. may hold the front
    170 1 U.N. may hold the front THE United Nations are thinking of trying to replace South Korea's frontline troops with their own forces to safeguard a Korean truce when it is signed, informed sources m London said yesterday. South Koreans now hold about two-thirds of the battle line. Meanwhile South Korea
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    GERMAN UNITY A 'NECESSITY'
    341 2 Britain backs Adenauers demand for end of martial law SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL yesterday told Dr. Konrari Adenauer, the West German Chancellor, that the anti-Communist riots m East Germany had demonstrated the "urgent necessity" of reuniting Germany m freedom. The British Prime Minister was replying to the
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    Yet another man tries to form a govt.
    131 2 MILLIONAIRE textile manufacturer, M. Joseph Laniel, agreed last night to attempt to form a government to end France's long cabinet crisis and fill France's seat at the Big Three Bermuda conference. The politically unknown economic expert, a member of the right of
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    M.P. on local elections
    115 2 MR. Lan Winterbottoim, (Labour), m the House of Commons yesterday asked about the composition and terms of reference of the proposed committee "on elections to the Federal Legislative Council. He wanted to know whether it would have the advice of persons experienced m the conduct of
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    Joint UK, Australia A-tests
    204 2 BRITAIN'S next atomic tests "to meet various Service requirements" will be undertaken m collaboration with the Australian Government m the Woomera rocket range. The acting Australian Prime Minister, 81r Arthur Fadden, said yesterday m Canberra that preparations were being made Jointly by the British and Australian
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    NICOLL TRIES HIS LUCK
    50 2 picture. The Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, tries his luci at the lucky dip and shows his ticket to Mrs. Christina Lokt (centre) dui/Lng the Chinese Ladies' Association ball m aid cA the St John Appeal at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. Free Press
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    Christie 'fascinated by dead bodies'
    247 2 A PSYCHIATRIST said yesterday that "Reg" Christie who admits killing: seven women m a grisly sexmurder drama— was undersexed and "fascinated" by dead bodies. Dr. J. Hobson was called to buttress the defence contention that Christie was insane when he made his kills with strangling
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    Kashmir: AH is hopeful
    57 2 PREMIER Mohammed AH and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Safrullah Khan, returned to Karachi yesterday after a month's absence to attend the Coronation m London and to meet General Naguib at Cairo The Premier told newsmen at the aii port he was hopeful that the Kashmir problem
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    Malaya alert to outside threat
    322 2 Malaya alert to outside threat Colonies, said m the Y r Commons last nieht tv??* f 39 British battafcL^ mam m Malaya becLS 0 situation m f****** «fc He said m reply to by Mr. Emmanuel Labour, that "the BritSS^?ernment will remain rSL?' for the defence «fr against external aeere«i*
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    FIRST GOVERNOR
    16 2 Lord Llpwellln. 60, a .forme: Conservative Cabinet Minute. Nyasaland, authoritative U» don quarters say.
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      42 2 I HEADACHE j I JnChin-W j v Bill 4Jv M yj rWn FOR RELIEF TAKE STOPS ANY PA!N IN tESS THAN 10 MIMU* AND IS PERFECTLY SAFE AND HARMLIS MWM >n S«:t«Tl..n<! By HOFFMANN-LA ROCHt CO.. LTD I DIETHELM a CO^ L
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    37 more schools are to have playgrounds
    124 3 37 more schools are to have playgrounds ALL WILL BE READY THIS YEAR I p ree press Staff Keporter I ivrROUNDS are to be provided for 37 SingaI P^ore sSs this year. Most of the sites have been selected. Direc tor of Public Works, said I Mr A> f !olnev
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    50 MIL. TREES FOR PEKING
    51 3 A project is being mapped out to turn the western hilLs outside Peking into a holiday and health resort, reports the official New China News Agency. More than 50,000,000 trees will be planted which will help to improve the climate of the capital, the agency
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    42 MAU MAU DIE
    72 3 Forty-two Mau Mau terrorists were killed m a fierce battle with British colonial troops and security forces m the Fort Hail area of Kenya. HINDU wedding ceremony 'or Mr. and Mrs. Balakrish«>n at Chitty Road, Singapore The bridegroom is the son of the late Mr. R.
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    The lonely hearts are delighted
    264 3 SINGAPORE'S lonely people were delighted yesterday to hear that a club had been formed for them. The story of the Lonely Hearts' Club appeared m the Free Press. The club is open to everyone older than 15, but especially the lonely. Married couples can joii
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    Call fo widen rubber inquiry
    216 3 Call fo widen rubber inquiry \|R STANLEY Awbery, Labour asked the Secretary 01 State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, m the House 01 Commons last night, if he would take steps to broaden jne terms of reference of the Malayan rubber industry inquiry. He thought the terms should mcc
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    ROBERT'S DANCE IS TABU
    51 3 ROBERT'S DANCE IS TABU picture. Francis Roberts performs his tabu dance at the sixth heat of the Singapore amateur talent contest m the Great World Cabaret on Tuesday night. Francis lost through popular audience applause to Eddie Chan, who sang the Bing Crosby hit tune "Zing a Little Zong." Free
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    RED CONCESSION
    20 3 Albania's Radio Tirana said the peasants no longer have to hand part of their harvests to the state.
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    Esplanade 'boys': Why we mob customers
    191 3 Esplanade 'boys': Why we mob customers 11 ANY waiters at the EspU'lnatle restaurant said yesterday they had to 'mob customers to avoid complaints from their employers, fhey added that their bosses would have to close their stalls if they did not compete for business. 3ne of them said: "Business had
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, June 25, 1953. Opinion THE COUNCIL AND THE CRECHE
    406 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, June 25, 1953. Opinion THE COUNCIL AND THE CRECHE rnHE affair of No. 10 Bal- moral Road, Singapore, is not a great public issue. It has been re- i ported m the newspapers with only modest headlines. Nevertheless, we believe that it merits! more than
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    Italy Now Goes Into a Spin...
    740 4 DE C ASP IRIS ALUC LET HIM DOWN By a Special Correspondent WHILE bands of enterprising lads all over Italy have been making quick money, scraping electoral posters off walls and selling them by the ton to waste-paper dealers, Rome has gone through the
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    ...AUSTRIA HAS A TASTE OF FREEDOM
    419 4  - ...AUSTRIA HAS A TASTE OF FREEDOM PETER KIRK Hitler's first victim is still under foreign domination. pROBABLY, of all the annoyances that the Russian occupation of Austria provided, the restriction of travel between the Eastern and Western Zones was the worst. Now. suddenly, it has been lifted, and the Austrian
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    POCKET CARTOON
    29 4  -  OSBERT LANCASTER *> "Of course I'm against it —just think of hating to u.'atch all one's dearest friends advertising face creum m the middle of the Ninth Symphony.'"
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    tovely as they come
    60 5 THEY COME from Hong Kong: and are here to sing at the Oriental Theatre. On the left is Miss Nancy Tsang, the other is Miss Mvi Chen. Both are Hong: Kong-born and favour the high-necked, full-slitted cheong-sum. They said yesterday: "We have never been here before
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    Reduce the price of coffee, cafes are urged
    189 5 Reduce the price of coffee, cafes are urged SINGAPORE'S Man-in-the-Street yesterday ur^ed that the price of coffee sold m restaurants and coffeeshops be reduced. He pointed dbt that coffie seeds are cheaper, and sugar is readily available m the market at a reduced price. Said Mr. Lim Chwee Seng, a
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    RED HORRORS IN BERLIN SHOCK TUC
    119 5 RED HORRORS IN BERLIN SHOCK TUC THE Singapore Trade Union 1 Congress has cabled the ICFTU headquarters m Brussels expressing "shock and horror at Communist brutalities on workers m the recent riots m East Germany. The cable said: "STUC U shocked at East Berlin repression against workers and endorses solidly
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    HE LOSES RIGHTS
    40 5 ll »PP?d iA nti graft cour t has °< S-Kin^fK labet'1 abet a frlend ri^ for^n oUkl of Political hl to »rif years and or dered hospital fnn^ nd M 4 2.000 m S7 sfi?C%. lt said he
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    PARENTS TOLD: BEWARE THE 'PIRATE' TAXIS
    291 5 PARENTS TOLD: BEWARE THE 'PIRATE' TAXIS They endanger children 9 s lives SINGAPORE education and insurance authorities yesterday warned parents against the risks of allowing "pirate" taxis to carry their children to and from schools. "Risks m sending children by vehicles not authorised to carry paying passengers are great and
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    Housing estate association
    75 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than 2,000 people Bring m the Sennett estate, Scrangoon Road, Singapoie, want to form an association to be called the Sennett Estate Residents' Welfare Association. They will meet on Sunday to approve the dralt rules and elect officers. The association will foster
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    REDS KILL MINERS
    27 5 More than 50 mineworkers In the Takarshan mining fields m Wanfa, m northern Kwangtung provice, were killed by Communist guards m a recent riot.
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    SPOKE WEDDING
    25 5 Singapore Police inspector, Mr. J. F. Tenp Tai heng and Miss Maggie Scow who were married at the Registry of Marriages last week-end.
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    HE MEETS POPE
    24 5 Gary Cooper and his wife and rijivghter were among 5.000 tourIstl and pilgrtnu received m jeneral audience yesterday by the Pope.
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    1,000 riot in Kashmir
    101 5 POLICE opened fire and used tear gas yesterday to disperse more than 1 000 demonstrftton who marched thi-ough the streets of Jammu, Kashmir, to mourn the death m Srinagar on Tuesday of Dr. S. P. Moongerjee leader of the Hindu Jan San»h Party. He was under
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      186 5 St. John AppvtMl HWIs I i Patron His Excellency Sir John N.coll, K.C.M.G., K. St. John Friday, June 26 Variety Concert at Ban Kang Hong Cafe New World from 8 p.m. r i Tickets $5, $2 and 'Specials' 3 Only a few tickets left; available at b > St. John
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      203 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis YBeSMS, I DIDN'T WANT A PLAIN JOB. *THBR£ I WAS.&ACK s I DIDN'T DREAM IN VAIN, If HOW DIH^ M 4*K 1 WANTED WEALTH. 1 GUESS IWASNI AGAIN.' BUT EVEN f AS YOU SEE. HERE I AM, YOU 00 IT* When
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      452 6 YOUR^ LUCKY T1 »is positive aiutl? U Kfc y° u don't ovfrdl e cstgsa Von arp SrfSSSSa friendship. k Me You easily prow Ut-a and need to hi^ r<Wl<i plainly. wUI f l( fil f ar^ n r r f or excitement. y Ou tS remember, however, J5 Jf* career
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    HUSBAND BOASTED OF CONQUEST, SAYS JUDGE
    380 7 HUSBAND BOASTED OF CONQUEST, SA YS JUDGE piVING judgment m a case at Leeds Divorce Court, Mr. Commissioner Latey, Q.C., referred to a "gloating husband who boasted to companions of his conquests over women." He granted a decree to Joan Elizabeth Cockburn, of Spring Bank West, Hull, against her husband,
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    This midwife delivered 6,000 babies
    115 7 This midwife delivered 6,000 babies WHEN Miss Annie Parsons, of Carnarvon Road, Reading, was recently called out at 2 a.m. she set up a local record. For Miss Parsons, 60, is a midwife and she safely delivered her 6,000 th baby. "It is nothing really," said Miss Parsons. "I have
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    SOVIET LOAN
    21 7 The Soviet Government has announced a new state loan of 15 billion rubles for development of the national economy.
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    U.S. WAR LOSSES
    17 7 American battle casualties m Korea now total 136,862, an increase of 833 over lastweek^
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    Wives don't like £5 notes
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    THE 'ACES' WILL FLY SEA HAWKS
    115 7 fE Ace of Diamonds insignia of the Navy's No. 806 fightr squadron will be .seen by thousands of people attending flying displays at naval airfields this summer. The ""Aces" are equipped with the Fleet Air Anns fastest airplanes, the new H aw k er
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    Mario shattered her world
    213 7 OLOE-EYED Mrs. Peach Massey B shaped diamond earring and said: "I shall never regret leaving a rich husband to run away with a pen niless Frenchman." Then, running her fingers through the fashionably steeltinted curls of her raven hair, she added: "No woman gives up a
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    DOCTOR, 62, TO SWIM CHANNEL
    91 7 DOCTOR, 62, TO SWIM CHANNEL SOUTHW ARK'S C h a n n elswimming doctor, 62-year-old Dr. George Basil Brewster, has gone into strict training for his 17th attempt to conquer the Channel. He hopes to make it during the last week In July or the first m August. They've fclimbed
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    JUDGE DEPLORES A DOCTOR
    196 7 KTV' 01 a doctor J^ce St a hi^ Cribed by Mr most h C ln Io »don as "^fenced I qUletln l have Jf ld H .fh|t Dr. John BinW| tf ce r' Rh(XS near *i» !nnt^? Cates that a man John 1 r WOrk!^urer A
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    ONE-HANDED ARTIST
    64 7 Lt-Col. F. B. H. Drummond, M C a rettred Army officer who lost his right arm m Flanders *n 1918 and had to learn to write and draw all over again s giving an exhibit/ion of his water-colour drawings m LonCol Drummond lives alone m Devonshire, where he
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      109 7 Your hair demands the care you give your face 'Cleanse— nourish— glamorise'— these /^"^>""^| are Steiner's three basic rules for hair health and beauty. We are showing fc> -g|l the three Steincr preparations you need |||lf^g^?i||| for this simple, effective treatment: M Jjl S. 3 Cream Shamfxw to cleanse, Stbosyn
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    DANCE CHAMPION ACTION
    409 9 DANCE CHAMPION ACTION £HEERED ON by her sister. Lena, and her brother. Luseno, Dolores Marselo of Selangor and her partner. Alien Chang, came through with flying colours io win the first 1953 Malayan Professional Blue Riband Dance Championships at the Happy World Cabaret. Six of Malaya's best danring teams participated
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    A question of WATER halted a train
    399 10 TT was a "difference of opinion between driver and 1 fireman on the question of water" that stopped the 12.20 p.m. Lincoln to Derby train m the middle of a level-crossing for 40 minutes. Mr. Harry James. Nottingham .secretary of the Associated Sc[ciety
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    NOW HE CAN SEE THROUGH HER DEAD HERO'S EYES
    211 10 NOW HE CAN SEE THROUGH HER DEAD HERO'S EYES AN Oxford man, blind m both eyes by two separate accident*, is seeing now through the eyes of a dead Marine. The delicate transplanting operation took place at the Oxford Eye Hospital after the eyes had been stored m an "eye
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    MARRIAGE PLAN-WIFE TO KEEP TME HOME
    351 10 MARRIAGE PLAN -WIFE TO KEEP TME HOME FOR two yeaw Charles William Henry Larcey abandoned a woman wh< was very much m lov e with him, said a Divorce Court judg:e. •Then he got m touch with her. Unfortunately for the woman and her child, she married him. -Making all
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    THREE SMALL BOYS AND THE ORGAN
    133 10 THREE SMALL BOYS AND THE ORGAN 'FHREE six-year-old boys crept -i- into St. Lawrence's Church, Lechlafde, Gloucestershire, and made their way to the organ Nat. Then one stood on a chair and reached up to the small organ pipes. He wrenched loose some of them and the three small boys
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    EXILED WIVES
    36 10 Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the British Minister of State, said m the House of Commons yesterday that Russia had again m Apr refused to let Russian wives o Britons to join their husbands m Britain.
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      21 11 Major S. Scrutton, Royil Engineers, handles the freight Section at Embarkation IIQ. He is assisted by a team of five captains.
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      It's a Seven-Day Week job in Dockland
      407 11 .•nrilKN IS YOUR W^m* our:' and R( ,l] «,n my I" I'll1 11 1 eve-y(lav topics discusrLization that swings t action h a n d li n g SMTV effi dently STcomplexitie? of emQuarters, established m L port area ot Singapore Si after
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      Bridge Hand
      121 11 (Cover tho South and East hands) North-South vulnerable North dealer £.vn of defending this hand with Kahn. m the reE«?T* Pair event of the Sates Championships event »v won by Fred Spto s l P^ t the defending w rid *J, Ch ph^ earlier m the >X X?
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      He's the new Port Commandant
      30 11 Lt.-Col. j. ML Gre^n, MBK, Royal Engineers, at his desk at Embarkation Headquarters. He succeeded Colonel A. E. Saunders v Port Commandant early this month.
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      Troopships
      47 11 The following are the provisional dates of arrivals oi troopships at Singapore. Outward bound from the United Kingdom, the 19,121--ton "Empire Fowey Ls expected on Saturday. Homeward bound for Liverpool, the Dorsetshire/ oldest troopship on the Far Eastern run, is expected to call on July 5.
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      THEY ARE TOGETHER AGAIN
      195 11 THEY ARE TOGETHER AGAIN A military partnership of long standing will be renewed n *'xt week when the 11th Hussart move up from Singapore to join the L2tb Lancers m the federation. Apart from having constantly relieved one another these famous Regiments have seen much service togetner m many parts
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      227 11 Today's Crossword I I i Br US \i <;.>>>.— l, 1 .j. n y. Me* Or wh a he In me meal, Oeri i«». 7. The morn- tar wedi (7). v. Not a throne for Ing beiore puuled da/e. (•>. v, the ttket oi you 1 «7). 13, R ils
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      A rajah and his diamond
      341 12 r>EFERRING to B.SM.'s letter 1* may I mention tho following farts about the Koh-i-Noor. Among Otfaen who held the Koh-1-Noor the bri^hte.st diamond of the Brti'h Crown, were Ibrahim I-odhi. Humayun. Mohd Shah and the great raider. Nadir Shah. On beholding this great diamond. Nadir
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      INSPECTED
      71 12 WITH reference to the complaint signed by "Inspector", Geylang, we the undersigned inspectors of the General Post Office refute the allegations. We have at no time complained and we are fully satisfied with the present cleaning arrangements and sanitary conditions of the GPO latrines. W. A. REE, J. J.
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      MULTI JOBS
      33 12 U'E Malayans can see #he dLs- advantage of having 11 puvernments m one country. Why cant the Scots? UNITY. Johore Bahru. Could be just Scotch. Also remember jobs for the boys.
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    SIXERS LEARN JUNGLE DANCE
    366 12 1 Weekty seoui earner I —^—^M^M TO PROMOTE better standards of cubbing:. North District has organised a Sixer s training course. Classes were held at the Victoria School last Saturday. Seventeen little Wolf Cub ii leaders," learned how to conduct games, plays and lead songs. They
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    Behind the times
    180 12 VISITORS to Singapore have variously estimated that thus Colony Ls 20 to 50 years behind the times. Yet when someone wants to remove this anachronism -m at least our live shows hp Ls cried down, and put cut of business. The police completely lone th»lr sense of
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      300 years out of date
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      NEGLECTED
      165 12 WHEN will all the hyper-sen-sitive nationalists from Caledonia to Cambodia learn that m the modern world there is no such thing as independence for a country or nation. And the sooner all home rule is abolished the better. These fellows are at least three or four hundred year.* out
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    THE CUBS' GAME
    31 12 These Cubs taking a "sixers" training course for Wolf Cub leaders, enjoy a same m the hall of Victoria School as Mrs. R. V. C. Manhire looks on.
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    L FOR LICENCE
    71 12 I FIND it an L of a job driving round Chinatown— beginners dodging here and there m irregular convoys. going by fits and start* with unexpected halts and L turns. And the signals; one arm hanging one side at an L of an angle and somebody else's
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    WITH CLUTCH AND BRAKE THROUGH S'PORE
    227 12 WITH CLUTCH AND BRAKE THROUGH S'PORE T AM working On th, x script of a book J h I shall be most gratefd if 0 your readers are abLL^ Pfr information Zh^' 1 R^htarmispushec^, driver's window and th^V from the elbow, as if X been shot. The fir vuWwl, for
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      34 12 Any grouse? HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PR ESS M\N and tell others about it m his POSTBACi briefly.
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      116 12 m THE PRESIDENT' is your finest way to me v. o. n* k^^J 1 -^v?" 11^ 1^ d Double-decked "Strato" Clij.pers' IM clu>ively on /»r«W«U Hi-hts. No extra fare, board The President at Manila-connecting Clipper from Singapore. Aboard The President you savor wonderful gourmet meals sip the finest U.ampagnc You
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    Kremlin Find the Plots
    1009 13  - Kremlin Find the Plots GEORGE ADDISON Wh\ 'Russian Novels are so Dull By 1947 or there S INC abou s few modern novels have been *&3 into English or translated d mto Fre^ ".e f other W n trie" not behind the This is not W f the effects of
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    QUICK LOOKS
    138 13 W' rl v"''"u mi?, 0 """'l/0/ J*J ''■> many A aromatic and suiftli/moving story of sudden death and trial for murder. Muihtendb, Andre OJde (Seeker Warburg >. Two early satirical pieces which first established the author's reputation as a eon* tumate stylist. Translated by\ George D. Painter. Jolly
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    He Listens for 'Bites'
    344 13 "Still Water Angling" by Richard Walker. rE fisherman from whom the big ones do not get away divulges h i s monster-catching secrets. He i^ Mr. Rkhard Walker, selfconfessed fishing "fanatic," whose astonishing *Mii at A book all anglers will read with profit. catching outsize fish
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    POR TER WRITES A BOOK
    452 13 "I rod of Oxford" divans) by Frrd Ki< Lrrlon (^ECIL RHODES is said to have remarked that wherever you go you will find Oxford men at the top of the tree m everything except science. This is a sentiment with whirh Fred Bicktrton, the author
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    A vital season for Ken Jones
    173 14 If EN Jones, the brilliant Olympic v sprinter and Welsh International right wing three-quarter has been elected captain of Newport for next season. It is the second occasion for him to receive this honour, and the club are hoping that he will lead the
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    Hard, fast wicket for today's Test
    290 14 yNCOURAGED by their moral victory m the r In-ruined Test at Nottingham, England should at least have an even chance of beatIng Austnlia In the second Test, beginning at Lords today. Teams should be uell matched, with England showing more soundness, if not brilliance.
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    AUSSIES WANT NEW KNOCK-ON RULE
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    JOE IS OUT OF A JOB
    99 14 k WELL-KNOWN prewar Ma- lay an boxer, Mecca-born Joe Diamond, is today doing odd jobs for fiis living. Three montht ago, the training ring built next to his house m AJjunied Road was shut down due to lack of support from local boxers. Joe
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    LUEG TAKES MILE
    62 14 The German 1.500 metres champion, Werner Lueg, Bronze Medallist at the distance ir last year's Olympic Games, von the Humburg mile over 1.609 metres at Hamburg last niuht with a Idine of 4 mins. 7.8 sees. He finished just ahead of the two Swedish runners, Ingvar Erikson
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    282 14 Inter-unit Honours shared "W N°- 2SI Vehicle BatuiiT one mile inter-Zf 1 I**1 and thus gained tS me<ll needed to tie Wuh^S 'he inter-unit crmi Balt4^ Royal Army OrdiS^J meet held at Nee &2, Cor *»4ft The teams shari^U^" had 59 points. R mt *ee^ Cpl. Mohd. Isa was Ik.
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    61 14 Miller captaincy displeases Johnsoil Splash headlines saying "M* fails m captaincy test" topped I article by former Austrahan JP bowler lan Johnson m the w paper "Argus" m Melbourne yea wrote: "Keith V* first full term as capUir i of tbeU tr.lian team has brougm no g credit on himself
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    706 15 fhe other seeds through .Imjf '3-year-old fair-haired Australian, yester|AN AVK^; =j p( i the first major upset of this years; 1 da y P^ 1 championships when he toppled the ffimbledon i n chan p i on> Enrique Morea, who was /m 8 for
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    321 15 YJIDDLESEX, the leaders m the county cricket cham- pionsihp, got off to a good start against Nottinghamshire yesterday after their six-wicket defeat by Glou- cestershire on Tuesday. At close of play, Notts were 15 lor no wicket after Middles* x had declared at 318 for
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    51 15 George H. W..lker. 7«-vo..r-old investment banker ami donor ol tlir Walker Cup m the British-Amer! amateur Rolf competition, died at his Now York home yesterday The .sports trophy named for him placed m competition In when Walker was i enl ol the U.S. Golf Association A.
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    708 16  -  ALLAN LEWIS Fast work at Kuala Lumpur Border Scot does three m 36 From \ION VS KUDA (Lansdown) did a winning gallop, 1 on the second grass track which was lightning fast, at Kuala Lumpur this morning when she ran three m 36 1/5 without being fully
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    79 16 VJLTORLD bantamweight champion Jimmy drruthers of Australia will box a non-title bout atjainst T.tnny Campo, flyweight champion ot the Philippines, m Manila, manager Dr. John McGarr said yesterday m Sydney. The Campo m;*t<h will be one M several tUB-vp bouts planned for OUTUtbtn before he defends his
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    269 16  -  ALLAN LEWIS From FINE RUN .showed a nice turn of speed to dlspo.se of three m 38 at this morning's track work at Kuala Lumpur. He appears to be holding his Singapore form. (iwilym (Flannery) and Asholme (J. Donnelly), who did pace woik from the
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    256 16 Cold Storage 1; Pulau Bukom 0 THE Singapore Business Houses F.A. Div. 1 leaguo match between Singapore Cold Storage and Pulau Bukom at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday was a keen tussle. I What the play lacked m skill was made up m enthusiasm. Cold
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        551 1 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CELEBRATES GDI nFN U L U t II lUBILEE ORCHARD ROAD BRANCH IN SINGAPORE, ONE OF 19 RETAIL SHOPS IN THE COLONY AND FEDERATION §a&3MK BSfe^Bß»!jt« Wi- sBT *w'' ,^x -'?x -^^^g|^rItI^|BHJBMMMMMHBBp nnm |1h s Jfl HT :>^bß HT^^bt bb Bl B BJ PJ 9fll ItcwffiwftiJjP B
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        261 1 This modern Cold Storage depot was opened m December, 1935, and houses meat, delicatessen, fish, grocery and bakery departments, shopping arcacfr. tea room and extensive cold stores. Adjacent is the Cold Storage Creameries and milk bar. Other retail depots are established at Kuala Lumpur, I poll, P<-nang. Malacca, Kelantan. Kuantan.
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        292 2 [SO Years] [Progress t 1903 Singapore Cold Storage Co Ltd. registered, with capital of $600,000. 1904 Agreement with Burn I Philp, of Australia, to sliip first cargo of 270 to?is of frozen meat to Singapore. 1905 On 4th March first frozen meat arrived m Colony. 1908 Kuala Lumpur Branch opened
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        782 2 QUICK-FROZEN PACKAGE*) 'Tremendous boon to HHtt^, dßMki Malayan housewives' WB^^^mSL HOUSEHOLD shoppers have been quick to realise the mWM m B^ savings involved m using Bird's-Eye quick-frozen \_J^, I packaged foods and Singapore Cold Storage has install- v fm^? 1^ "'"^SSJki ed deep-freeze showcases m most retail depots throughout the
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        666 3 (Advertisement) j*l q Mee-eream still favourite Creamer ten .^^■■jAHk^fF* 1 [t Cl *IS I ('I lll'v. I il I l\.l <l "^^'^^^^^^Hfcfr^^hhm^ !^rfC^Vy vV. w' ■^'^^W<^r^^^^t j2 K-Jf 3B^^"'^MMffSa /\U\ Between 27,000 and 30.000 Tho«sands of packages oj bottles Of milk and dairy Interior of Cold Storage Creameries showing bottling
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        95 4 M^ i m M mm m w M I \3\J YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNI RETAIL SHOPS tf r/w/// of 19 throughout the Colony Cf Federation I CREAMERIES Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Penang I retailing famous "Magn olia" Ice-cream and I Dairy Products. 1 BAKERIES producing the finest breads
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