The Singapore Free Press, 10 September 1953

Microfilm: NL3677
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    Masthead
    10 1 The Singapore Free Press l^nH iftirnown Sale in Malaya. a
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    MYSTERY BLAZE BREAKS OUT
    390 1  - MYSTERY BLAZE BREAKS OUT SIT YIN FOXd I anti-arsan men patml street Hv Shopkeepers WHILE a newly-formed civilian fire squad patrol guarded 23 attap shops in North Bridge Road against arsonists, fire mysteriously broke out early this morning and destroyed the entire upper floor of a well-stocked gramophone records shop
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    Morning lire scene
    27 1 The gramophone records store in North Bridge Road which was dimaged by fire early this morning. Thre P fire engines put out the blaze.
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    Tin chief warns of unemployment
    273 1 HELP BY CUTTING TAXES, HE SAYS MR A. G. Glenister, chairman of the Malayan Chamber of Mines, yesterday warned in London hat the greatest danger to Malaya arising out of the present "uneconomic price" of tin was mass unemployment. He called for an "enlightened approach
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    BRITAIN'S A-BOMB TIMED FOR OCT 3
    79 1 BRITAIN'S A-BOMB TIMED FOR OCT 3 fHE likeliest date for the new the wi Sh atomic bomb at Oct era rocket r ange is tain's h^ adversary of BriMonte b ic at But the d^ lands l^ yciu determine, if* WiU be linally S W Mr m allan Min^ter of
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    Narriman's price
    69 1 EX-QUEEN Narriman yesterday filed suit for divorce tn Cairo from former King Farouk and asked for d.OOO Egyptian pounds monthly alimony. 4 fhp rij vnr rr acFCirouk Will mU to leam the f\ all '°JJ h f u^ 'Reached Hbn before deciding what step* Jo take. The n
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    Rubber price
    26 1 Singapore Rubber Market ouencd quietly this morning with first grade. September shipment, at 644 cents a pound, Ya cent below yesterday s i clo»
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    TALKS DEADLOCKED
    25 1 Hours of negotiation to end the "guerilla .strike of Br. electricians, which now affects 4.500 men, ended In deadlock in London last night.
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    WCOME TAX CUT
    18 1 Arthur FMH n Sir tall "n (or a ye S o7 Uay a b «dset
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    wonder: Fireball again?
    11 1 wonder Fireball again? .4 Fire brigade ojjicer surveys the burned house.
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    6 BRITONS KILLED IN LAUNCH
    105 1 6 BRITONS KILLED IN LAUNCH SIX of the 14 members of the j crew of a British Navy launch fired on by a Chinese Communist vessel yesterday were killed, it was officially p announced last nUht. Five 1( others were wounded. ia The 46-ton motor launch 1323 U was probably
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    FARMER FINDS £5.000 GEM
    37 1 A farmer who digs for diamonds su a sideline is reported to have found a 120-carat diamond worth about £5.000 and a few minutes later a 113/4--carat diamond near Kimberley Camp. Cape Province.
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    Pacific gang-uo on Red Cfiina
    263 2 3 NATIONS TO KEEP PEKING OUT OF U.N. AUSTRALIAN, New Zealand and United States Foreign Ministers agreed at their ANZI S Council meeting yesterday to oppose any move to seat Communist China in the United Nations "under present circumstances", informed sources in Washington said. The
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    Ike pledges aid to world trade
    157 2 Ike pledges aid to world trade SI>REBIDENT Eiftenhower ye.s--i terday pledged America'* full support for efforts to quicken international trade and j stabilise world currencies. His message wai read to the governors of the f>s- nation World Bank and International 1 Monetary Fund when their eighth annual meeting opened in
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    SIX DIE IN CINEMA
    71 2 .< A cinema projection booth /collapsed on a part of the audience at Rorrecilla de Cameras, 'In Spain last night, killing a 'lamily of four and two other people. The operator was not mirt. picture. gHr. Albert Lim Boon Sun, jkrandMin of Dr. lim Boon and
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    Help for S. Korea 'is essential'
    171 2 Help for S. Korea 'is essential' COUTH Korea must have help in maintaining its security in the divided peninsula if it is to develop towards a self-sustaining economy the United Nations Commission In Korea reported last night. The commission, in its annual report to the General Assembly, said that the
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    Britain buys Russian silver
    48 2 |>RITAIN Ls brlie-vcd to have bought a large quantity of silver from Russia It U believed to be several IUMfJ larger than tbc Untc million ounces (about one million Merlin? worth* which the British Government recently bought from the Japanese Go|vernm L nU stock*.
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    PRINCE WITH HAT TROUBLE
    43 2 picture. IT'S Prince Bernhard of Holland, who had trouble with his top hat during the "dress ,y test" of the International Horse Show at Rotterdam. Immediately after the ride he changed the top hat for a soft trilby.—- A.P.
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    Arabs to set up federa army
    208 2 Arabs to set up federa army JHE Chiefs of Staffs 0 Aro X armies meeting «n\? ab have agreed in pnncipip tn° up a 152,000 strong federal^ Set But the conference reffiEgypt's proposal tha "th" J S? quarters of the federal armv t established in the Suez pL^ zone, reliable
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    SPAIN-US PACT SOON
    35 2 Reliable Spanish sources said In Madrid last night that Spain and the United States will sign a military agreement within a fortnight giving the United States the right to use Spanish bases.
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    Success for man who sang if fed up
    287 3  - Success for man who sang if fed up p. L. KOH UNEXPECTED, SAYS STENOGRAPHER RONALD RV A r^%frK"vor he used to siiio ft r wor K felt depresse d a«e will »PP? a Lring the City on Stl L \a Airantra. one oi h Bon fi2r wStM chosen the a«
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    No chairs for the band again
    305 3 No chairs for the band again MUDDLE AT THE PARK SINGAPORE police bandmaster, Mr. R E. House was too angry for words on Tuesday, when he and his band turned up at the King: George V Park for their weekly performance, and again there were no chairs for the bandsmen.
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    Asian games to bar Reds
    48 3 ASIAN athletes entering the Philippines next May for the Asian sports games will be carefully screened for political leanings. A spokesman for the Games Security Committee said in Manila last night military intelligence agents will scret-n overseas contestants to keep out Communists.— A.P.
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    Labour VIP due today
    99 3 ]Vf R. M. C. Bolle, general secretary of the International Federation of Unions of Employees in Public ;«nd Civil services which has its headquarters in England is due to arrive in Singapore today for t two-day visit. i The Singapore Municipal Ser- vices Union Is the
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    SELF-SUFFICIENT
    21 3 India need not import any more food grains after' 1955. Rao Deshmukh, the Punjab Minister of Agriculture, said last night.
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    Women put comfort first
    176 3 Women put comfort first SINGAPORE shoemakers say that local women choose their shoes more for comfort than for style today. But they could not say whether women's feet are now bigger than they were 25 years ago. They were commenting on a report by the Ohio Chiropodists' Association in Cleveland,
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    THIRTY PLAN NEW POLITICAL PARTY
    156 3 with Socialist aims jj Free Press Staff Reporter TPHIRTY Singapore citizens will meet at a secret rendezvous in North Bridge Road early next month to form a new political party. The party will have socialist aims but will not be known by that name "for
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    Not even for million dollars, says Rita
    101 3 A SPOKESMAN for Rita Hay worth said yesterday tha she "is not interested in selling j her daughter's right to b reared as an American and i Christian." This, he said, was Rita's repl; f to a report that her forme husband. Prince
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Sept. 10, 1953. Opinion MALAYA'S FILMS
    440 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Sept. 10, 1953. Opinion MALAYA'S FILMS rIE Malayan Film Unit has just celebrated Its seventh birthday. It was marked by an invitation tx> film crlticfl to see a programme of M.F.U. films. This gesture showed <i commendable Improvement In the attitude ol the Films Division
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    The Rocket-Jetliner of the Future
    1146 4 The Rocket- Jetliner of the Future It's flight will be controlled by a crew on land aided by a 3-D screen. It will travel at i ioso ■a.p.h., carry Q passengers who *m a**ive two ho ttrs biJ*o?e thsy le£t! SIR MILES THOMAS, head of 8.0.A.C. dreams of what air
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    BURMA OFFERS ALL THE RICE WE NEED
    256 5 IT'S SULTRY IN HONG KONG And cotton for S'pore mill, too r Press Staff Reporter /iALAYA can have almost Mtf£e rice she wants 2ff I? A? C»° S S ld the three-man trade Legation from Rangoon which is in Singapore. must pay reasonable
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    The leggy look' makes sly debut
    147 5 The leggy look' makes sly debut p SPITE of protests from more conservative women mSinsapore. French fashion Sf H rt Christian Dior's latest S-l he L f g sy Look,' in aSi e hemline is lopped off a good four inches or SO— WU L be introduced here l adies
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    PIN-UP SMITH
    34 5 ip. t i3f*TlJ 9 s*! t h Smith wll will <<>mpete for the title iixt annual I at th M *'*y*n Jockeys' AnociatlMrti 4I tnunty dance a t Raffles llott-1 next Monday.
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    'BANDITS'
    44 5 The Czechoslovak Foreign Office said yesterday that "Kuomintang bandits" on July 31 hud .seized a ship carrying i bought by Czechoslovak firms and taken her to a Chinese Nationalist port, where the cargo was confiscated. The incident occurred near the Island of Nan.
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    TRIAL IN PUBLIC
    19 5 THE trial of ex-Premier Mosgadeq will be held in public says the Ttheran newspaper Farman A.P.
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    itiiss Fong says perfect husband elusive
    232 5 itiiss Fong says perfect husband elusive By ROGER Yl K. ACTING is hard work and needs great persever- ance. but finding the perfect husband is far more difficult, in the opinion of Hon£ Kong*s highest-paid woman film star. Miss Fong Yim Fun. now in Singapore. Although only 24 Miss Foii£
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    J.S.MAY TEST H-BOMB
    35 5 The United States may test a "fully developed nydrogen bomb" next year at Bikini atoll, j Recent developments bad brought improvements in the J experimental H-bomb device which was tested last November.
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    Doctors pooh pooh pooh claim
    304 5 Doctors pooh pooh pooh claim MILK CURE FOR MALARIA? Free Press Staff Reporter OINGAPORE medical authorities yesterday described too startling to be true" u report tliat English scientists have discovered that a milk diet can suppress malaria. The report states that the Britisn Association for the Advancement of Science had
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    BANDITS RAID WOLFRAM MIKES
    62 6 Two hundred armed «JJj I to Include Nationawj crossed the «g£S bonier into Kanchanaburi, w" Biam and raided wolfram m" 1 at dawn on Monday. fh Th? raiders, equipped JJS modem weapons and 10 lua 1 machinegunfl swooped oo^n three Kanchanaburi n 111^; overwhelmed the defender*-
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      353 6 MANOR,:- THE MAGICIAN b, Lee FH M DavU STAR HHHHHHBHHHHB -NG YET EXCEPT SPACE-" --REACHING MA- to'sEENO/, P' 1 """^am to'u L. hlt if,,.;, p r nv an „,i <d «'i s <»nu- type of tonsirunivf TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs SHSiHs" I/^ IXZ l^ Tllis birthday appears 'l 0
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    Buns, stew, vodka—Arctic Russians feast two Britons
    209 7 Buns, stew, vodka Arctic Russians feast two Britons rr\VO bored Britons have just paid a visit to a mystery A Russian settlement In the Arctic. They took the risk of being held as spies. Instead they were feasted on cream buns and vodka. Michael O'Hara. 20-year-oM geologist, of Chelsea, and
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    JUST GIVE A HUSBAND CARROTS
    126 7 JUST GIVE A HUSBAND CARROTS GIVE your husband plenty of carrots, madam, and you may possibly him from chronic bronchitis, nifht blindness and other ailments to which men are specially susceptible. That advice trig given by Dr. T. Moore, of Cambridge, at the British Association scientists' meeting in LiverPool. The
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    A MAN ON RUN HOLDS KEY TO BETS PLOT
    394 7 A MAN ON RUN HOLDS KEY TO BETS PLOT AFTER eight weeks of investigation by Scotland lard and a score of county police forces, there is one main link missing from the chain of evidence in the £200,000 Francasal betting plot. That link is a man now on the run.
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    Red tape. stops Joe and Charlie
    317 7 Red tape stops Joe and Charlie CHARLIE CORBY and Joe Holmes have travelled halfway from Kent, England, to East London. South Africa- by train, bus, lorry, camel, plane, Arab dhow, and foot. Food poisoning, fever, and lack of money, have not put them off. But Kenya does the officialdom of
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    The hat's name is Pmza
    37 7 picture. PIN/A', named after this year's Derby winner, in striped velour. decorated with pheasant feathers. It is modelled by actress Sarah Law son. at display of Dolores' hats in London. Paul Popper
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    from one shop to f1 million store
    194 7 from one shop to f 1 million store ht» J* 9to HttU grow into. A"" he f TbiUl if* the 2 !5." 3d. ho Ml m hisWi 'n,,r Thornton-Varl. v Art! "I held on to. Then S39 P 5 of "hat he had bu.lt to the Treasury a* deathd leare
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    86, runs six miles
    79 7 CHARLIE Hurt ran six miles M 102 minut(s He is 86. He a "STL n a Park bench f <* -stood up '"rTmin^"" 1 wlm waited w ''••i.-Unij wonderful now," Mr. Hart, of Strafford Road Twickenham, told them. "I want all the old people to put
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    UNKNOWN
    212 8 Pictures by N7 RADAYPASSESk k Forces operating i n the receives .it least one pack of %Up H delivered by parachute f rom a[^ flown by a Royal Air Force Cr e Air Despatch Team of No 5* r Since the bc K innin R o f e 14
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    UNKNOWN
    101 9 >« ki WinU rlittf 0 delivered Ictta M clearing. r«« ch eo* this. Thc A f. Mainten- Parachute packers checking new supplies of parachutes on arrival in Hie Parachute Packing Section of tSe RAF. Maintenance Base at Scletar. Despatch of No. 55 Coy.. Driver C. L. Huckle, .i*tit. and
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    AND ASKS EVERYONE TO A 'DO'
    366 10 AND ASKS EVERYONE TO A 'DO' Mr. Sims remembers his down-and-out days f *OMfi and m;ik<- whoopee (AmerieAnese for gaiety) at my Hftftrtf (Chinet* for "never mind") nlfhlfl sav the invitations sent out l>.v Mr. William Arthur Sims, ,i man with a kind heart and a 20-roonted mansion hv dors
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    BUT NOT A SCRATCH...
    57 10 M AT ADO K MTftBL ORTEGA, slipped and low his cape during a bull fiS"t in the Barcelona arena recently. The maddened bull was MOB towering owr him. hut help soon reached him and he was rescued unhurt. And Rafiel said la tor: "Never make a
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    Soldier held for 77 days
    86 10 A GUARDSMAN sentenced by a court-martial was said to have been under arrest waiting trial for 77 days. The defending officer called it disgraceful i For 22 of those days, he said David Glyn Lewis was tnder close arrest. Lewis, of the Ist Batt. Welsh
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    SAVED BY A TYPHOON
    69 10 14 TYPHOON .saved French f* uriwt, Father Pierre Narbis jbf the Paris Foreign Mission 00- -±\> ty, from a Communist outdoor fcubllc trial in China. lilt H<ds have acciused him of po^e^my weapon*, uidi inK reactkxurlea to escape and trudiiiK in the black mark' They matted
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    WEEPING MOTHER ABANDONED TWINS
    284 10 A 25-YEAR-OLD Irishwoman who admitted abandoning her six-month-old twin sons outside a Clapham, London, church was remanded for a medical report. picture. The woman, Mrs. Mary Teresa Kelly, of no fixed address, sat in the dock with her head bowed in her hands and occasionally weeping
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    Hoy goes to sea on typre
    121 10 Hoy goes to sea on typre TEN- YEAR-OLD William Mitten floated happily on his motor tube in the surf at Rarmston, Yorkshire. Suddenly, a ffust caimht the tube and swept it leawardl. Bathers tried to grab it. but William was carried off so swiftly thai in two or three minutes
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    Plaque for aquarium
    68 10 Singapore's new Van Kleef Aquarium which is bcins built at King George V Park will have a coloured sculptured phgue on its main elevation. It will cost $2,500. The Acting City Arcnitect and Building Surveyor, Mr. H. j Hawson, said work on this would begin at onc^.
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    Dorothy, 13, runs for the police
    192 10 Dorothy, 13, runs for the police /QUIETLY a L3-yearsrt| u told a coroner's court hjJJ she entered a House alone a r, H found a man lying in the i? filled kitchen The man's St was in another room with hZ injuries. raa Dorothy Rawlins, of Wm Street. Southsea, -showed
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    Bridge Hand
    284 11 Both sides vulnerable North dealer NORTH 4 a i) i i V K 0 K S |AKQCI UKST BAftT A K J 8 2 |QIH v4VJ 6 OAIO6 0 Q J 4 5 3 2 J 10 2 SOI Til 3 Vy A Q 10 8 7 5
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    Because of a Stamp
    595 11  - Because of a Stamp HAROLD BUNTING WA RS. PANAMA CANAL AND SCOUTS..- by D a postage RL-T R there n^l>' Bstam b P een no 1! 4 WM in BJJS two years before hnwine the ancient city capital of B S! a act rttoutoted the l£ iTrown Prince made the
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    Balledt in the Gymnasium
    281 11 photo. published by Batsford) which. while of gr^at value to the stamp collector, takes the story of stamps into the realms of world history, political aggressive ness, economy, and artistic bigotry. Artistic bigotry... The United States once considered refusing: mail from Spain because. U.S. citizens complained
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      129 11 \\ys^mj| could tell you l^S^ JUk How 'NEUTRADONNA' 1 1 iiffli™^ vl y its tc ctiiin t< an d Mi 1 1 speedy action neutra- 1 1 "iMP^ ses stomach acidity and =j i mr is a complete treatment for I s everyday stomach disorders. ~L I Your nearest dispensary
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      185 11 Today's Crossword p exll lB> 5 1 Henevi Impedimei -Mop 16-2-5) 9 Half I m a musical i lt 4) [f cut up a bit! m, io U«8 In 'n« Such a h tooth.' ,4. 11 ll(^)i I V-s or noih.; runner In the M '> S) \'S !li hke
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  • The PRESSMAN'S
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      U.S.RATINGS DRAW FIRE
      181 12 I WAS most interested in "An American Resident's' letter and perhaps you would allow me space to comment on the matter. As an ex-officer in the Royal Navy I have been both surprised and distressed by the apparent lack of bearing and discipline in men of the
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      Any grouse?
      33 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have I you scan anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and U*ll others about it in his POSTBAO briefly.
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      TAIL OR NO TAIL?
      87 12 IF YOy turn to page 285 of I 'Country Life." of July 23, 1968, you would see a picture of a Japanese fowl with a presumably long tail. Beneath it are the word.s, "The long-tailed" Tosa Fowl, of Japan. The elongated leathers are in fact not
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      Inscription is Host'
      161 12 MY attention has been drawn to the present state of the inscription surrounding the Tan Kim Seng Memorial Fountain, sited next to the Esplan ade restaurant. I ftdmlre the beauty of de.si»n but deplore the absence of an inscription. The decorative plants hav* grown to render the
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      JET FLIGHT
      85 12 Ninety United States B-47 bombers have completed the biggest mass Jet flight across the Atlantic in history. Fortyfiv of the planes flew from MacDill Air Base, Florida, to Fairford Air Base in England and 45 which had been at Fairford flew to MacDill. picture. A portrait of West
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      LET'S HAVE MORE OF IT
      127 12 I WAS one of the many huiidZmJA V /h0 attended the 'Taientlme ponaored by the Chine.se Swlmminß club at their prenUAet on t\ iday nij-lit Apart from the high form of jnterteinment supplied I waa happy U) notice that the pro- uramme ran from item
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      FOUL AIR
      75 12 rrilE BAD practice of smoking in cinema and theatre halls la not only rampant but is rapidly Increasing. Smoking indulged in such closer and congested places congested places vitiates the internal atmosphere make it oppressive and positively dangerous !<> public health. i Ir lw the tatere »t of
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      Late for work, 'bus crawled'
      315 12 Is he Retting ready for a war? No. This Press photographer is accompanying the crew of one of 187 cars soinp over the longest reliability trial course in the world Well, the bus came at 8.53 a.m. and I got into it thinking it would
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      "Boycott Jungle Green'
      187 12 "Boycott Jungle Green MANY YfiARS AGO Chinese, both literati k illiterate, -used to iS ions by calling them "red h ed devils." Manv years at^' Britons usod'to 'S^e Chinese by calling J* •Chinks b "Km I believe thus evil p rac tir, almost non-existent now e*l u among illiterate people
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      LET THERE HE LIGHT
      85 12 NOW THAT the authorities are lighting up Duneam Road, why not extend this essential service to Adam Road also? Adam Road is bearing increasingly heavy civilian and military traffic, and the pitch darkness at night is a constant hazard to motorist! and pedestrians. To the residents
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    Escape- from-HK Thriller
    677 13 Escape- from-HK Thriller <u PETER QUENNELL VM PLs reviews the new books eS™J rood Par by Alan Houston. Brodric*. -Hutchinson). rKrine the summer 'nler W the Japanese Sritous No Man's Land, Sin shirt and shorts weMied down by the S he carried, slipped Zo the pitch darkness of a wet
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