The Singapore Free Press, 26 August 1953

Microfilm: NL3677
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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya. Nt. U7*ti SilisaM '<• Wed., Aug. IH. 19=i3. Pi ire |S (Is
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    NURSES REBEL AT 'TYRANNY'
    960 1  - NURSES REBEL AT 'TYRANNY' SIT YIN FONG Discontent in iuxurt§ hostel Many are resigning By PROBATIONARY nurses in the $2 million dollar nurses' hostel at Singapore General Hospital are in silent rebellion at what they term 'toostrict discipline, verging on tyranny." Their grouses concern "bad and inadequate food", "the lack
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    Stalin's son wasn't at big parade
    173 1 THE MYSTERY surrounding the present whereabouts of Stalin's 34-year-old son. Lieut Gen. Vassili Stalin, who was one of the leaders of the Soviet Air Force has detuned with the passing of the annual Moscow air display. Until his father's death in March lie commanded
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    $400 taken at gunpoint
    100 1 1)RE TENDING to make Mine purchases, a lone"., gunman, suddenly whisked out a revolfee and »rabbed $400 from the own»»r of a sundry-goods shop in Paya Lebar Road yesterday j even in A.s the robijer left the ship, he i baaed bf Mai fletlm. Fri^hietied neighbours
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    Rubber price
    30 1 Singapore Rubber Market Opene t quietly this morning with f lrst oracle. Sep tenil)tM Bhipment, at (34 3 i cents a pound. 1 h cen( below yesterday's close.
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    Pilgrim Neguib
    23 1 picture. President Ne&uib of Egypt wears the traditional whit*robe of piUrimasv he boards a plane at airo airport for Mecca. A.P.
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    MATA HARI IS BEST
    37 1 The going for tt* Klia|;l Lumpur rucvs today will be very nntefli rain tails. Allan Lewi.V IWI l >'" M a..« Hun. Sudden Choice and Ti.i Juanu Utf and Mid-day Nap PW l f >
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    ALL FRANCE BACK AT WORK
    45 1 Thf, 2i-d.ty labour offensive] i the French govern- men! Tumbled :a.->t night when t" e C immunist unions >r^' rail uru ,rk. The rail itrik ivernmenl in) In i food. I The UUMmr i Armor r end i the U.P.
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    MOUSTACHES VANISH FROM TEHERAN
    231 1 MOUSTACHES VANISH FROM TEHERAN Morsr.u ÜBS .-rr ranftikiai trom Teheran fetcMM ti» war one is to invite MTCpi Kijj Stalin-like moustache* bvIMM distinctive in the lust two ve;«rs of MMIKI of the Tudt'lt (Communist) i»;irtv. So, in the h'rst few hours after Dr. Mossadeq was defeated, men with moustaches were
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    MALAYAN JUDGE FOR EAST AFRICA
    36 1 Tlie uppointnu-nt of Justice Mr. Francis Arthur Briggl, Puisne judge In the Federation of Malaya to be Jllitlce 01 Appeal iaitern African Court of Appeal, wai announced in featerday'u London CHiette.
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    BAR BARS REDS
    29 1 The American Bar Association's bOUM <'t tleleKat«»» mm )|)tt"i .i resolution th.it no I Communist ihould »><• permitted to be u lawyer in the United i Static
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    MR. V BACKS DOWN ON KOREA
    550 2 MR. V BACKS DOWN ON KOREA Yes for any share of table RUSSIA yesterday revised its proposed line up to the Korean peace conference to include Indonesia, Syria. Ejzypt. Mexico ana Burma. The Soviet Union also proposed that the decision* of the ronference should have the unanimous consent of the
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    Flying Frenchmen attack
    28 2 picture. PICTrRE snows French paratroopers descending on the Annam coast to raid Vietminh bases. Recently they have executed <a number of such successful strikes.- Popper
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    Burma flood sweeps over 90 miles
    142 2 Burma flood sweeps over 90 miles rpHE BURMESE Supreme ComA mander. General New Win sent In his troops yesterday to save the lives of thousands of people trapped bv flood waters. The swollen Sit tang. Pegu and Kyaikkyi rivers have submerged the entire area from Pegu to Pyu turning the
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    'COBALT BOMB IS MADNESS'
    126 2 'COBALT BOMB IS MADNESS' I>ROF. Marcus Oliphant. Director of Physical Sci* ncea at the Australian Notional University, said last night: "Only a madman would use the cobalt bomb. ■it i.s a two-edged weapon which would cause afl much damage to the attacker a.s to the attacked." He was commenting on
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    AGITATORS' SNAKE STORY IS A LIE
    341 3 Beach plan delayed By P. M. RAMAN r|;\i;i. squatters on Changi beach, Singapore, who have been asked to quit to make waj for the proposed $1,000,001 Lvelopment scheme, were yesterday advised to ignore agitator; »nd take advantage of the Government's resettlement scheme Claims have
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    THEY RUN A 'HOME' FOR 50 CHILDREN
    180 3 THEY RUN A 'HOME' FOR 50 CHILDREN Creche care for 3 babies found on road THRKK unwanted babies, abandoned by their mothers on Singapore streets, are now bein* cared for at the Overseas Chinese Creche in Balmoral Road. They are: a Eurasian boy who was picked up on Tiong B;ihru
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    Sackcloth dirty? 'What nonsense'
    76 3 suggestion that sackcloth at Chinese funerals A vas insanitary was called n<m^n,, yesterday by Mi. Soh Kee Hah. an undertaker, and Austerity council, considering the cloth insanitary, said that tnemben of bereaved familiej .should wear black or white Instead. Mr Soh said that »<*doth i.s usually
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    The Ceylon Government Is accused
    91 3 The Ceylon Govern ment Is accused Opposition members In Cey- lon's House ol Repreaenta- Ho are brinKice motion ►rnment signally [aile i to solve any ol the country'* major problems." If i the koi Bfcnt with bavin rail "to i the universal opposition the people to the •wh Irawal of
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    Hong Kong bride
    25 3 pivlure ih, former Mi-s IV"""--ufin, i, ,»i«>w«i her.- with h-r Klrling Point, Svin^v. Thin^ kr^Jc ijlk^ >t .,it from H'»»4 K< AP
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Aug. 26, 1953. Opinion THE SAD SHAH
    391 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Aug. 26, 1953. Opinion THE SAD SHAH fFHE Shah of Persia is a sad and worried man. The cheers that greeted him on his triumphant return to Teheran have died down. The celebrations are over. But the country's problems that had been acute ever since
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    Red VOTES Can Win Japan
    691 4 Red VOTES Can Win Japan PEACE IN KOREA HAS MEANT AN ECONOMIC SLUMP IN JAPAN THAT COULD HAVE POLITICAL RESULTS DISASTROUS TO SOUTH- EAST ASIA. By Frank Oliver, an expert on China who spent 16 years in the Far East for Reuters and the Associated Press. TOK\O. JAPAN was as
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    ALL ABOUT EVA
    384 4  -  Robert Ottaway By i^VA baktuk nas two films and marriage. The last time I met her she was waiting to see a producer. She already had a husband. We have seen this bright -eyed Hungarian in three British films, and. at 24. she has collected a trio
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      14 4 LONGINES The World' s Most Honoured Watch Sold by ALL HIGH CLASS WATCH DEALERS
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      109 4 ifl^ fc il^ —They are— but also lor 5 K^s'^bB&HIIBK-l- I Ill /i |Rv^>^ T^herc are many different kindi pl i^ Xof Anti-Shrink fabrics guarao* jr teed by Grafton. There are rayoa 'feg^rf^X crepes to suit all tastes, dupiow, G fabrics for playwear, morning and l id afternoon wear as
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    Chain will foil knock at door thief
    313 5  - Chain will foil knock at door thief ROGER YUE IpLICE TIP TO ANXIOUS HOUSEHOLDERS r.v rfirh this mornm<* auvisra to use ;h«rt "ins fastened to the.r front "11 'to prevent robbers from Ttine rflto the house on the text of being policemen. the authorities issued anher ir^ninr. If there is
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    Korea-bound after four 'wonderful days' here
    240 5 iFree Press Staff Reporter hREE hundred Korea bound Indian Held ambulance men led from Singapore yesterday h Japan after lour wonder- days" in Malaya which they Ind' "fascinating and hosLble". ■They will reach the Korean Int early next month. The unit will be attached
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    NARRIMAN SUES FOR £4,000 A MONTH
    49 5 NARRIMAN SUES FOR £4,000 A MONTH I Reliable sourc a reported jes■erdav that ex-Queen Narriman f jjking e 4.000 i Egypt uin i 1 »nthiy alimony from former f-^i hurotik. I The claim i s boing made groujh a Muslim court »nd F n custodian ot Farouk'^ i r^Jn_E^ypt.
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    SULTAN'S FAREWELL IN FOUR STAGES
    184 5 SULTAN'S FAREWELL IN FOUR STAGES Ihe Bul m a n d Sultana of Johorc have left Britain t N Be re they .sailed, i farewell narty in »se friends In i^ Lir -:;s cocktails at "rosven >:■ House, a theatre the Victoria Pal i\ the Savoy, and aancing at a
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    Variety shows for City Day
    90 5 riMIE Chinese and Malay com- munities Will hold variety I shows for three days Irom Sept. 1 21 to celebrate the second i anniversary of City Day. There will be no processions. The shows will be held on the steps of the City Hall The
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    He brings 'em out alive
    109 5 SOME people like fish fried, others steamed. The Chinese even eat them raw. But Mr. P. C. Moitra goe: one better. H e swallows them alive. And to keep clear with the S.P.C.A., he swallows a gallon of water at the same time so that
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    ASYLUM SOUGHT
    36 5 Ti..- Charge d jzechoslova* legatloi U r Karel Stanek who 'vnru, over th< oner in Nico la Sal Mediterranean I -<■ J1 bolonv island, tot asyluin Mlitlcal re ench Language Beirut newipapw L--3oir report**" A.P.
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      144 5 1 ORIENTAL SILVERWARE I md Coffee Seta with I Cigarette C i les Cigaretti Boie A,!> Trays. Cake B ket Box •i, Spoons and Condiment Bets, Silver Piligi W i Bracelets, Barrrin Pendants, Necklaces, Brooches, Rings, i LANKA JEWELLERS, (THK BOUSE yon CEYLON QKM$\ 20. BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE 1. PHONE
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      247 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I DON*TKNOW. THEY MIGHT PIS- OP- THEY MAY 6Etl^ IN THE U WHAT YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD M N INTEGRATE UP THERE--WHICH ISMT] CAUGHT-- OR STUCK lONOSPHERE COULD SI AS MiNE-BUT I'MGOikG onrunefDM nP ANir kdl rOMING M LIKELY. UPTOTHIS
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      475 6 YOURT* luckJ 5 in starl < /vervthin r »>^| W enthusiasms arr T»| at »mbition s vaunting v* N success and pu/' J 0 1)1 you are vert^^J hi «^Uer your A J^| make it easy for v O to fM^l others. You are k ti ul lh d,tai.e? W
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    TELL CHILDREN THE SECRETS AT 10
    290 7 DP rf/.VSft t rmm "'T* h ,7dren should be taught, /X fsionld teach them at hnt aue they should be luoht and how the teach- should be conducted Ze matters about jchtch there has been more theory hut few data on which to base
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    Some sex laws hurt society -SAYS KINSEY
    958 7 L Alfred C. Kinsey and t his associates of the a stitute for Sex Research r Indiana. U.S.. are criti- I of the laws and popular i ejudices which strive to nflne "sexual functions i married adults." leither laws nor customs can m»e
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    VARSITY BACKS SCIENTIST
    75 7 THE President of Indiana Uni- versity yesterday defended the sex re.search of Dr. Alfred Kin.sey while a Roman ►lie Archbishop deplored lateral circulation Dl his p'»bu^ied outside of scientific circle i D r Herman B. Wells, president M the Bl.mmiimton institution where Dr Kmsey la a Prot
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    Chinese Girls Recall a Love Storv
    368 8 FESTIVAL OF THE SEVEN VIRGINS AND THE COWHERD rpHERE arc lew Chinese legends as beautiful aa the "Seven Virgins and the Cowherd". H/givcs the lie to the popular notion that the Chi- nest are an un romantic people, conservative In love affairs. The thousand-year
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    SOLITARY MALE
    187 9  -  SIT YIN FONG AMONG SO MANY WOMEN A Pictures by Story by I the praying and hustle the, at last to a supper of /nee lelast item m the night of k U eir m°nev for the praying the vianu guildi in the -en o 4 Chinatown (Krctu
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    Wildings in England
    43 10 picture. The screen star, Michael Wild ing, and his screen star wife. Elizabeth Taylor, arrive at Lon don airport from New York with their seven-month-old son, Michael Howard Wilding, for a holiday. Baby Wilding was b orn in America.- A.P.
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    LOCKOUT
    25 10 Following labour trouble owr :he past eis»ht months the nanagenn-nt of the Indian iron ;md .steel works at Burnpur India has declared a lockout
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    The chef's thirst cost a London brewery £500,000
    293 10 The chef's thirst cost a London brewery £500,000 A CHEF'S thirst has reoi brewery, the Marlboroi rganised work at a London I ugh Street magistrate was. told. And because of what he saw at the bottom of the quart bottle of pale ale he bought a< his local." the brewery
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    NILE HEROINE
    10 10 RHONDA FLEMING in 'The Serpent of the Nile/'
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    Mother says 'My fault'
    74 10 A middle-aged widow was gaoled for seven days at Nun--1 eaton for failing to send three Of her children to school regularly. It was said that out of 335 possible attendances the children attended 284, 285, and 251 times respectively. The mother, Mrs. Lily Ellen Brown,
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    SHIP FREED
    27 10 The British ship Nitf'l.>ck '946 tons) radioed yesterday rhat she had bwn intercepted Oy an armed ship of unknown nationality oil the South China coast.
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    SIX BANK CLERKS CHASE MAN AFTER £500 GRAB
    169 10 SIX BANK CLERKS CHASE MAN AFTER £500 GRAB SIX counter clerks at the Brixton Road. London, branch of the Westminister Bank chased a thief through the streets, after he had .snatched a bundle of 500 1 notes from the counter. The man weaved his way alontj the crowded pavements holding
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    MEN OF MILLIONS FIGHT FOR NEW RICHES
    228 10 MEN OF MILLIONS FIGHT FOR NEW RICHES \|K. HAKRY FEKdI SON. Britain's tractor king, has aTI set off a millionaires' battle for one of the world's most valuable markets by his deal with a Canadian company. The main names In the battle are: MR. RBGUBON, who by hi* invention* and
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    STOWAWAY SWIMS 8 MILES
    36 10 STOWAWAY SWIMS 8 MILES C 'arvalho said Harry TuS of Yokohama leaned fr^ the rail of the Wilson Ni£ hours liter he reached Ik! beach of the norTher?^ of the main island in the Hawaiian chain.
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    The Jealous Father Wrecks a Marriage
    693 11 This is the concluding article in the refresher course for wives (and husbands) by PHYLLIS DIGBY MORTON. if ARRIAGE is the chief l'l milestone in most people's lives. The second is the day their first child is born. There are marriages where this second
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    Bridge Hand
    341 11 Bast-Wesi vulnerable North denier NORTH J o o A 7 WIST LAST K 10 9 4 A .T 4 t 4 2 V A 3 Q7 I OK A c '>. i! x Q j a SOUTH 4 I 0 A It t I J K 4 Tt.f
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      113 11 PtRKLME TANJ*" 1 MB F j A CO ii u iilllllllflll" i^*^ iifi* 4<w IJI fV r Carpets of Oi i "^1 1 tv Choose your Carpet to suit your room and furnishings from the fine collection at SHROFFS (MALAYA) LTD. A C A^ncTsho^oZ: 47/49 5,a,n...d Rd Si-.»...-6. T«l: 2105^
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    Kheks meet in S'pore
    30 12 Picture. The Pan-Malayan meeting of Khek organisations held in the Khek Community Guild. Singapore. Addre|-on? the members is Mr. Chok See. of Kluang. Johorcv- Free Press
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      NURSES' PIQUE
      172 12 THE following notice was put ud recently in the new Singapore General Hospital Hones' hostel; "Will the nurses on the first floor please .see that their rooms are tidy. All dirty clothes and shoes must be kept in the cupboards and not outside. Let an example be shown
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      UNNECESSARY
      102 12 DISTRICT numbers are now being displayed all over i Singapore on red discs; one can i also find them in the Straits Times directory and the tele- j phone directory. B. K. Lim was i certainly asking too much when j he requested that they be put on the
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      TRAFFIC SENSE
      116 12 HAVE read various articles in •■> your paoer. on the desirability of double-decker buses being introduced in Singapore. As I have been In Sydney Austrulii f<w the past 10 years, I would like to say these few wordv If double-decker buses are successful In Sydney, where the traffic,
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      Any grouse?
      33 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have vor a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then wrfte to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it in his POSTBAG briefly. i
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      GHOST TALK
      122 12 WITH the present ghost-talk sweeping the city, one cannot helo feeling jittery when walking along a lonely, daik road at night News of vampires and fire-spirits has already caused many a sleepless night to some nervous Individuals In fact some of them claim that they are beginning to
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      JAP ENVOY
      39 12 Picture. MR. TETSrO BAN, former Japanese Charge d'Affairs in Ceylon, passed through Singapore on his way back to Tokyo to be reputed* He was accompanied by his wire, his daughter Yoshiko .ind sun. Keii< hi Free Press
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    Egypt in search of An Anthem
    533 13 Egypt in search of An Anthem Verdi arranged the old one CAIRO. REPUBLICAN Egypt is J^ looking for a new national anthem. A nation-wide competition recently yielded 108 hymns. Three were selected and were submif.V\l to President Mohammed Neguib and a jury of musical experts. They were all found to
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    FOR MUSIC LOVING FILM FANS
    83 13 Tamara Toumanova. Who made her professional debut uHth the famous ballerina, Anna Pavlova, when she was five, appears as Anna in the fUtll, "Totiight We Si'hj." Here sht is in the dance. "The Dying Swan," mode famous, hu Pavlova. The film t s based on
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    COMPOSING MUSIC FOR A FILM
    419 13 COMPOSING MUSIC FOR A FILM Sir Arthur Bhss on The Beggar's Opera' x THINK it was fortunate that I had never seen a previous production of "The Beggars Opera". I started my job on the film unhampered by the work of others and free from prejudice. I was determined, too.
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    MUSIC QUIZ
    102 13 A Kit is (a) a kind of Key t-u^lt (b) a pocket fidd>i dancing masters in tht and early 19th centuries, (c) I tuning sltdr of a wind m-'r rvM nl or id) cr< ok ol > brass m' trument? 2. Is Cotillon (a) an n the n<j
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    SUNDAY CONCERT
    34 13 HPHERI ait only a ir* $1 fcr tin- eooccri bj m .11. i i dmn v\. All tht William Ti M BoeArtj tl <„,».. Ira Mof.d^> Ufaß) VMtrti Hall F^ESTO *«H *FP^*» tJlt
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      171 13 A SELECTION OF OUTSTANDING LONG PLAYING RECORDS SCHUBERT. Symphony No. 9 in C maior. Concertgebouw Orch. of Amsterdam. Cond. by Josef Knps DECCA LXT27I9 ERIC COATES. London Suite and London Again Suite. Philharmonic Prom Orch. Cond. by Eric Coates PARLOPHONE PMDIOO4 SCHUMANN. Scenes from Childhood. DEBUSSY. Children's Corner Su.te. Wa»!ter
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    TATE- PETER PAN OF CRICKET
    396 14 Crowds mob him H^^_^ J ,^fl^^U a^aaatfi^hV jtUb flfe A IV AbW sblbb^bbV Free Press Special Correspondent THE Press Box >it the Final Test at Kenning ton Oval was an autograph hunter's paradise It seemed as though the years had rolled back and an earlier
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    Test series is now level at 19-19
    66 14 Test series is now level at 19-19 WH AT are the Aabt» »iml bow did the VewmmrigmaLU In 1882 when Aiiifiwfc vm at the Oval for the first time in Cn^Und 'by seven runs the Sporting Times (The Pink Tn) published a black-bordered R.I. P. notice In Affectionate Remembrance of
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    Complete Test averages
    443 14 Ate* fcatt.a F Br»«n. tl and It; A LMk. I. and 4; 0 lUthavn. 17*: TruuiMn. If; R Talt#rt«li. t AIM fr«wi«d R Tatter mm tl-Slt 3; ft tUtham O-ttM-1; D C*mpUn MtVI PICLOINC -G tvans It (11 c. I it). W Etfricrt 7 MUtws. 0 Compton
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    FASTEST 100 v. AUSTRALIA
    126 14 A fine cen'ury by Peter Wighr, 23V ear-old West Indian batsman on Ml first appearance in English crfctet helped Somerset to make a cieUUbto draw of the match ifilnsl the Australians at Taunton. Somerset, yesterday. No play was passible before lunch tecau.se of rain. When the
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    Test facts
    85 14 > IMM Kilrich completed I.(MM) runs afUiKi Australia when t 111* >core irncheti 51. > For the fli>t (I me BUtofl > I9'it> every bowler ch<»*en by KruUn.j lu the rubber touk a wlckK. V ?ln 19 !b. afier four (fr.»Hn rst*. the fifth at the Oval was
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    204 14 JJIVER.SIMENT during TM( BUU* at, The Ov il was a flock oi plii"«m.s whi< h frequently flew on to the tjround and hid to be Kared away. a sparrow. y«o, Interrupted the baUiai. „t h, lu Mn!i 1 John *rlott. the BBC t ot,mienl.i ,r
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    72 14 TIM followiDf Inter, after the team taken U> Australia hv |vo RllgH (later Lord Darftlej/ had won two of the Arct three Testa, some Australian women brirnett t «tump o«*eii In the third came, put trie .tohfi IH an urn. and gave It
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    309 15 RASC ARE SERVICE SOCCER CHAMPIONS ROYAL Army Service Corps made sure of I'nited Services First Division League honours at Ayer Rail Koad yesterday, and In the process proved themselves worthy champions. R.A.S.C. wanted a draw In their last match against RA.F. Changi yesterday, to win the league They trailed 1-0
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    43 15 Yesterday's U.K. socrer results: Kirst division: Burnley 2 Blackpool 1 Chelsea 4 Portsmouth 3 Third div. (Northern) Rorhdale 0 Tranmere Rovers 1 IRISH ULSTER COT Deny City 3, CliftonvJlle 0; Crus;i<lei.s 4. Glentoran 3; Linfield 4 B;»ngor 2 Reuter
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    104 15 A LUCKY uoal seven minutes be- lore the final whistle gave Europeans a 3-2 victory over Army in ye^erday's Singapore Amateur F. As Community League tie at Jaten Besar. From the kick off Europeans went into the attack ami in the fourth minute were a. goal
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    25 15 The Malayan Chine.se Football Association cup final between Penang and Singapore will be played in Singapore on I Sept. 5
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    108 15 Don Cockell may fight Charles tfZZAIti) CHASLES, f«Mf world heavyweight champion, mav br th e tu-xt opponent of I>i>n (ockHl, Britain's heawVfciffht cha.mpion. British boxing promoter Jack .Solomons wants (o arrange a bout lor Cockell in London on Sept. 29. "If (ockells manager agrees to the date. I shall trv
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    356 15 SURREY defeated Middlesex yesterday, and are hot favourites to win the County cricket championship lor the second straight year. They took over the lead yesterday after a 135-run victory over Middlesex. That save them 160 points from 25 games. Nearest rivals are Sussex and
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