The Singapore Free Press, 14 October 1953

Microfilm: NL3679
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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. N# *****. Singapore, U>d., Oct. 11, 1»:.3. Trice 13 C ts.
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    ASIA ALLIANCE PLAN
    269 1 ASIA ALLIANCE PLAN &in*i° n o new i\A TO Mutual aid pledges, UKITAIN soon will launch a tar-reaching project for an Allied defence, political and economic council m South-east Asia, diplomatic officials m London reported yesterday. The 1 idea is t<> clear ihc way for an eventual wider Pacific alliance.
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    Nixon: Reds can't split us
    85 1 riMIE U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT. A Mr. Richard M. Nixon, said yesterday m Wellington, New Zealand, the United States will never allow the Communists to split America and the British Commonwealth because there are "no better allies m the world." Mr. Nixon who is on a tour
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    Soviet suggests Swiss governor for Trieste
    183 1 Soviet suggests Swiss governor for Trieste THE Soviet today officially asked for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Trieste. The request was made by the Russian delegate, Mr. Andrei Vishinsky to Mr. William Borberg, of Denmark, who is president of the Council for October The Council will
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    RUBBER DROPS
    84 1 SINGAPORE Rubber Market thus morning dropped to 56 cents a pound for first grade. October .shipment -the lowest recorded since Mar. 28, 1950. when the closing price was 55. 5 8 cents. The figure whs 3 8 cent belo* yesterday's closing. The decline wu attriouted to overflight easier
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    GET YOUR GUN, JOE JAGAN, 3, IS TOLD
    249 1 GET YOUR GUN, JOE JAG AN, 3, IS TOLD THE HIGHLANDERS ARE THERE I BEIM fchL^ keen m -v-ni.n, the Crown, told him. "Don't be ;itr;iui G«t your gun and shoot buck." 'Us fun «TM a tO| pistol which Janei twirled <>n her Anger with the facility ol m Amti
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    DUKE INQUEST
    40 1 A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest m Tavistock. England, yesterday on the Duke of Bedford. 64. who was found dead of gunshot wounds on his estate on Sunday with his gun by his side.
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    Blow for India feud in S'pore
    21 1 sßHSSrara knif f rrom behind with a i>en- kS^fSn ttK* «'enctu.d '^^aVd the who SssSSte
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      83 1 ZiS^ BLESS her heart! She V S rT*yX(~>> knows how r pleases /^SBt f*£E&y^ rnnlher to see her Qz9^R^ M, <ffiwj\y^>^ little girl going ahead; •k*-^ v^ jfaininff strength an<l vigour every day f MONTHS ajjo mother ri^ I realised the importance Vjy^j^V^ i of a good HuppU'nH'n- /j tar)
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    Ceylon Premier names Cabinet
    160 2 Ceylon Premier names Cabinet I I SIH JOHN Kotelawala, 57 y« arold successor to Mr. Dudley Senanayake as Prime Minister of Ceylon, submitted the names Of his new cabinet to the Governor General, Lord Soulbury last night. The new Prime Minister, who took over when Mr. Senanayake 41, resigned two
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    100 MAU MAU KILLED
    95 2 SECURITY forces killed 100 Mau Mau terrorists and captured a further 108 m one of their most successful weeks since the Kenya emergency began, Army Headquarters "m Nairobi reported yesterday. One European and 10 African members of the security forces were killed and one African was
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    RED GENERAL DIES
    25 2 Lt.-Gen. of Aviation. Mikhail Petrovich Kharitonov, a Soviet military leader during World War 11. is dead. Moscow announced yesterday. He was 50
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    MURDERED BOBBY FOUGHT FOR LIFE
    331 2 MURDERED BOBBY FOUGHT FOR LIFE CIX-YEAR-OLD Bobby Green--'^•the murdered .son of a U.S. millionaire, fought for hi.s "ft* against hi.s kidnappers a fellow-prisoner of Mrs. Bonnie Brown Hearty, who has been charged with the kidnapping, hi id yesterday. The woman. Mr.s. Bonnie, Yonover. 3s, shared a cell with Mr.s Heady
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    BIG-3 TO PLAN PEACE STRATEGY
    359 2 BIG-3 TO PLAN PEACE STRATEGY MLMSTEKS MEET IN LONDON TIIK Hitf Three Western Foreign Ministers are to hold a surprise meeting 1 m London this weekend at which Britain is expected to seek American and French support for highest level talks with Russia. Sir Winston Churchill first made the proposal
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    Spy plot in U.S. Army
    62 2 rrHE U.S. Secretary of Defence. A Mr. Charles Wilson, hinted In Washington yesterday that the Army's investigation of Port Monmouth is turning up ■indications of a spy plot. He said "It looks like it might be worse than just i security leak." Almost simultaneously with
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    AGA KHAN'S BOOK
    24 2 The Aga Khan announced m Paill that hr had completed the firs* volume oi hi.s memoir which he began last Noftmbei
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    Watchman watchers watched chance
    255 2 fc> "^A ■^■■*x-.<^o^--' >■■• <->*x>Afr HL i^^A^i PRIVATE John Henderson, of Belfast I Peter Downs, of Cilasgow, were set V 1 Priv »J watchmen at a British Army store m H« Wattl > thJ it turned out that they needed watching Kon UiJ They .sent the
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    MASS SACKINGS TO COME IN S'PORE IF...
    219 3 Rubber firms retrench Free Press Staff Reporter nPTRENCHMENT has already started m some R Singapore rubber linns. This may be a prelude l 0 mass sacking if the price of rubber drops any loW f Sl) okesman of the Singapore Rubber Packers' Nation—
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    WOMAN DENIES JAR OF GINGER KILLINGS
    107 3 WOMAN DENIES JAR OF GINGER KILLINGS SIXTY THREE -year -old Mi Caroline OrilU, who ha been accused oi murdering three people, two of them relative*, and attempting to murder two others, laughed In court In Sydney yesterday when it was suggested that the had impregnated a jar of ginger with
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    He wants election blurb to go post free
    168 3 MR. M. P. D. Kair, Singapore City Councillor, said yesterday that he would move a resolution at this month's council meeting that candidates for the City elections be allowed to send election literature by post, free of postage. He said he would
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    H.K. clergyman for S'pore
    84 3 REV. Percy Smith, Vicar of Christ Church. Hong Kong, will leave for Singapore on Oct. 22 with hLs wife and daughter to spend three months. He will be on the staff of the St. Andrew's Cathedral. After home leave m England, Rev. Smith said he might
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    RUSSIAN TEXTILES
    25 3 New textile mills, expected to produce the largest volume m the world, are being built In the Soviet Union. Radio Moscow said yesterday.
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    LADIES IN WAITING
    58 3 picture. »**2!!!, V tf JSSmSi r <l to John Hard to '/e a t,J hr V ore drf,', Vfl ""''*<• \th to fill m time \io Ci he c 'tn-'c l'rlv tr OUtrict, i.n<i u Sander son\ in 'V-* Fast hn r r r/ flrf .v Loewen.
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    BIG FACE LIFT FOR FULLERTON BUILDING
    101 3 BIG FACE LIFT FOR FULLERTON BUILDING Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Fullerton Build- ing, which houses many Government departments is being brought up-to-date with extensive renovations. They will be completed early next year. Government has provided $485,000 for this. Reorganisation of office accommodation including structural alterations is being carried out
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    SHE'S BEAUTIFUL JADE
    98 3 UKAUTIFUL Jade, 15 (left), a Chinese girl who was found starving m China m 1942, shows gifts she brought her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. In 11 Foo Ng, and their daughter, May Jean, 4, after her arrival m California, by air ftom Hong Kong. Ng, an
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 1953 Opinion TRIESTE ROW
    400 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 1953 Opinion TRIESTE ROW YUGOSLAVIA'S violent reaction to the decision of Britain anH the United States to hand over the administration of Zone "A" of Trieste to Italy has aggravated the danger m the row over the Free Territory. And to stir the
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    Red object-to close the Panama Canal
    270 4 Red object -to close the Panama Canal -AFTER BRITISH GUIANA GUATEMALA IN South America J Communist centre is British Guiana now m the world headlines. In Central America Guatemala is the Red hot-bed. Latest newt indicates that once again the Communist campaign is being waged m thn part of the
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    Land of the 'Green Hell'
    522 4  -  DONALD MCORMICK rjEEP m the green jungle country m the Potaro River gold mining district rugged prospectors are battling for the wealth that lures men into the uncharted territories of British Guiana. They are too busy and too remote a whole week by a chugging
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      13 4 LONGINES The Worlds Most Honoured Watch Sold by ALL HIGH CLASS WATCH DEALERS
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      36 4 I /f C/rr women ALL OVER THE WORLD Always ask for fabrics guaranteed by Cuarantee fulfilled or cort including tailoring, charges refunded. I Sole Agents: LEBEL (CHINA) LIMITED Singapore Tel: 6321. 6697. Kuala Lumpur Tel: 5682.
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    Sums can be 80 simple
    142 5 XEACHERS TO SHOW HOW CHOCOLATES, sweets and jam m clay, dolls, kites and so many things children love, all made m miniature models, will be on mock sale at Monks Hill School, Singapore on Oct. 24 and 26. It is an exhibition of the lures
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    40 to study youth leadership
    57 5 40 to study youth leadership SINGAPORE Youth Council will hold a three-day ourse beginning this Friday £ri< me bers including 20 C°J var ">us youth organisations on youth leadership i Wl l\ be h f ld on tne S.Y.C. SnnH 6 a L Tanah Mer h of m "w er
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    Fans, cookers for queue in two months
    180 5 Fans, cookers for queue in two months SINGAPORE householders who are m the queue for electrical appliances from the City Council can now expect to have their kettles, heaters, ceiling fans and cookers before the end of the year. Mr. Chan Kum Chee, chairman of the Council's Public Utilities Committee,
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    700 JUNIORS IN SINGING COMPETITION
    180 5 700 JUNIORS IN SINGING COMPETITION MORE than 700 juniors of the> Singapore branch, British Red Cross Society will gather at the Raffles Institution hall on Saturday, Oct. 31 for a singing competition. The best singer will be selected to sing the junior Red Cross song at the opening of the
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    LIFT BARS U.S. TOLD
    37 5 The eighth session of the 33--nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade m Geneva has adopted a resolution calling on the United States to discontinue its restrictions on imports more of dairy products.
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    C.I.G.S. IN SINGAPORE
    29 5 Air Marshal Sir C'liffonl S;uiclrrs»n (Irft) irwlillf Ihe Chief of |bi Imperial C.enrral StafT. FltM Marshal Sir J.ihn HarUing on his arrival at Cliangi, Singapore, jfcslcruay.
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      214 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis G£T IN THEkE.jf I'll OBEY. BU T <Cv 1% //(K i«i VJl—^^H P"~V^V \5- TO^K^ TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs whole T£i£e of Simian £<?ute& ptzoppeo' fcV '^W/'^EL^fc 6lowlv th£ kins LU/yi&eeEP pc^aizp. no ailing a-eAe-r necE", a THE SAINT by
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      511 6 *OUR 1 LUCKY STAR ]{*>KN TODAY. practical *hm\f »«J I ing out your ideJTL 1 I liUle use for tbW J? I dally when it J"* I job finished thai n^ U I rtlM a«a>. Y O u arTuJlJ^ I nature and muht I I think before y^*** I OUMTwIm,
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    EVA DIDN'T EVEN SAY 'DAVID!'
    452 7 jin unsmiling actress flies into London She won't talk abaut her private lite uiTOK* 1-year-old actress friend of the Marquess of Milford Haven, B^^iSf mi plane at London's Northolt Airport unsmiling and look- very solemn. Germany arrivals lounge her *A come to U>ndon Sff -fleeting
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    Off-peg frocks for Queen
    71 7 TWE Queen has just chosen a number of cotton frocks off the peg for her tour of New Zealand and Australia. A collection from the range being prepared for sale m the shops next spring was taken to Buckingham Palace by representatives of Horrockses and from
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    'I was stupid' says kinsman of Marquess
    303 7 TWO LIVES OF ROBERT DOU6LAS pKOM his prison cell m Grasse, 20-year-old Robert Douglas, great-grandson of the ninth Marquess of Queensberry, and second cousin of the present marquis, has written to his mother: "I've done a lot of stupid things, but I promise
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    12 TRAINS PASSED OVER MAN
    101 7 12 TRAINS PASSED OVER MAN TWELVE trains rumbled over the tracks abov< him as an elderly man la} gravely injured on a viaduct 80ft. above the ground. Later, Mr. George Lesley, of the Black Boy Hotel. Sevenoaks, Kent, was m hospital, "fairly comfortaable" aft, r an operation. He had told
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    THE SINGAPORE OF 1856
    856 8  -  PETER DE CRUZ a a f I Story by JFHERE is an interesting oil-painting, of the town of Singapore, now on temporary exhibition at the Raffles Museum 'which was painted by an English artist, Mr. Percy Carpenter, m 1856. It is believed to be the finest
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    AS IT WAS....
    50 9 I* with Mount Erskme on the left, Felok A yer Street m the centre and Tanjong Rhu on the right. Below is the sane view today taken from Mount Erskine showing crowded Telok Ayer painting witn iviuu. Street no longer bounded on one side by the sea
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    AS IT IS NOW....
    51 9 Left. Government Hill (nrw Fort C.mmng) showing the bungalow built for Stamford Raffles m 1858-9 which was for a time "Government House Above: the plantation bungalow on Mount Erskmc frelow: Three piers jutting out into thr sen later to become lammed with houses instead of saihng
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    MEN WHO TAKE THE BLAME
    570 10 False chivalry says A rch bish op TALK ON MARRIAGES nPHE Archbishop of York talked of broken marriages. 1 Small acts of discourtesy and selfishness break more than greater sins he said. There the clergy could help, by sympathy and advice. And he stigmatised as
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    63 10 SHAPELY limb with pedometer attachment belongs to pretty Pan-American Airways stewardess Judy Reid, who kept her own private log of a trans- Atlantic round trip. Judy fouu d she walked 110 miles across the Atlantic when flying two miles high— during her duties aboard a PAA airliner. She stepp ed
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    REDS DESTROY 'OLD' BOOKS
    112 10 REDS DESTROY 'OLD BOOKS Bulgarian Communists, marauding the nations private bookshelves and public libraries for "waste paper" have destroyed all pre-Communist literature, including valuable old books, a Bulgarian newspaper revealed. TENANTS of a housing estate which has a central hr.it ing plant derided at a mass meeting to protest to
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    HEATED—OVER HOT WATER Boy cut school to marry
    371 10 HEATED— OVER HOT WATER Boy cut school to marry IT GOT BRIDE TO FREEDOM IT was just after the first lesson that Cousin "J* n I 1 out of school to marry Cousin "D. M He toM tw i I he was going to the dentist. After the ceremonial back
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    2 WOMEN TAKE 350 DRUG PILLS
    171 10 Coroner told of empty bottles lwo women died after taking an overdose of druas One teas onl y 20, the other 71 Between them it was said then had taken nearly 350 tablets. Two inquests told their' storiesTHE GIRL, 20 DOREEN May Peters, aged-
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    THE WOMAN, 71
    162 10 MRS. ETHEL JOWSEY, aged 71, a Merchant Navy captain's widow, of Scarborough, was found m a state of coma at her daughter's home m Lancaster Mews. London. Westminster coroner Mr. H. Neville Stafford recorded a verdict that Mrs. Jowsey died from bronchial pneumonia. following narcotic poisoning sustained
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    A Social Muddle Is Solved
    702 11  - A Social Muddle Is Solved KAY MURRAY by NEW YORK. «vt/-toN'S "Social W^rSs now neatly It List he d elicate of what to do if* 0 > with the donu?**Soe whose wife has a top diplomatic naUf Zier his nose. post from un^ the *Jg£ *2T the IP^ 1 k
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    Bridge Hand
    160 11 JS SPST 0 0 things a bit West hS^ Wd thre€ notrump. but Zd s*? out llttle wh n he SheKh^S hearU and N rth S tttt 'nf" h^" CoUltl find the £°L *»monds, or guess the S? trick L d rOI HP home wilh mn off hk
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    200 RESCUED FROM FIRE
    56 11 p nolo. Two hundred shipyard workers and seven women cleaners were rescued by tugs from the oil tanker Alva Bay at Queen s Dock, Glasgow, when a shed ca light fire. The workers, who were fitting out the tanker, w ere cut off from the quayside
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      76 11 /2£i dfofVE ill JJM€>TELOTA hO| IT'S NOT A DYE M Dr m X """*gy Ift fjQAT QUAY Sirj^APQRL", TEL: 212 62 Hrn wrrklv isMir of (In- SI l( A ITS BUDGET «an N s«n hy Air Mai 1 t<» any addr* ss m Ihr t'mtrd Kingdom at an inclusiw rale
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      235 11 Today's Crossword itoss.-i. u>rd to be driven a iton drinker? 7. Tiny etlng«6>. 4, store>, for the Sowers? ersl 10, Nut i verj itroni tie-up, 8) 8. Playing the n.lr of host? <8». mUftically? fO, 4>. 14. This pond i l t. Decision about a lik< i 11 cm! ,h!y
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      8 11 BUCKLEY SALUTE HIM MAYBE HE IL GO AWAYC
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    The road that has no sign
    145 12 I WAS .sweating profusely for over an hour last Sunday, trying to find where Swanage Road, Singapore, happened to be. I was told to look for it somewhere near Tanjong Katong Road, but when I landed there I could find nottving to direct me.
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    CANDID
    36 12 I SEE Mr. Mak Pak Shee is to be a candidate for the City Council elections. No doubt he is relying on the floating vote. ATTAP DUI I I I It Geylang. Association of ideas.
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    THE RAPT AND THE UNWRAPPED
    58 12 THE RAPT AND THE UNWRAPPED CHENG YIN-MOI, 19, Cantonese girl who is the most popular strip-tease dancer m Hong Kong despite the fact that she never strips beyond the legal limits, finishes her act before rapt onlookers. Her 95-pound body is painted m what she describes as a Parisian design
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    27 12 MR. GOH CHUNG San who\ paid for the furniture m the town office of the Singapore' Anti-Tuberculosis Association at the top floor of John Lit- tie's, Singapore.
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    Men with a call
    128 12 IHAVK read with orcnt intor<'st th<> lettftT of "M.S." which is a strong indictment on somo of our Asian medical practitioners I am In eniirp ■gMMMM with tli-' vlrw% your correspondent !i i px prenaed. MMBbtTi <>f .n honnurrd pinirsBton should nol leave room for surh
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      SEVEN PILLARS OF HIS WISDOM
      553 12 MX SKAH Mil KOK has given seven points why Singapore should not join the Federation. In this lettter I shall endeavour to answer point by point his objections to unification. POINT 1: "Singapore has its own legislature and I consider it is better for us
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      SHIP SPLITS
      40 12 A timber-laden British freighter broke m two off Russia's rugged northern coast and a Soviet ship rescued the 9-mau crew. The ship. the 4.900-ton Beckenham, was homeward bound from Igarka, a Siberian river port inside the Arctic circle.
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      CALL FOR STRIKE
      22 12 The Italian Social Democrat Labour Federation last night proposed a 24-hour general strike throughout Italian industry for Oct. 20.
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    THE RAJA SAY 'HELLO'
    15 12 THE RAJA SAY 'HELLO' TH RAJA of I 111 visit. n hjjj Telecom^**!. D.O.I. fgfgf
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    SORE POINT
    157 12 I AM getting corns In ti wrong place— and the SH gapore Traction Company m blame Every morning, i trn m an'S.T.C. bus to work v there is plenty to grouse abon Some of their buses are motti comfortable. They have no custm ed seats. To, rest one's
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    The Sound 'Barrier'
    658 13  -  PRESTO Music topics by HAROLD WILLIAMS f —FILM STAR Few Malayan students can go through it WZv is said-and P l ".ten about the I^Tsaida^t its rtv Ipatt Vat is from If ty ineWUble rather Kni^less. claim that it l^tfy to discover I'st how promising pi'H ■Surges,
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    JAZZ IS BOOMING
    381 13  -  PHOEBE YOUNG AZZ is booming. It is no longer the cult of a few odd students who absorbed it m a few odd cellars-it has branched out into a roaring business with a roaring crowd of supporters. toMMer the evidence. Last *eek about 30 clubs m London
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      94 13 Put YOUR voice on record! MpJjffi'Mjp S MOUTRIE CO.. (MALAY A> LTU /^Tf^ M/mf MM LITTLES BUILDING /,^t< Personal Recording Service enables you to send to your friends at home a really personal greeting and message. 10 m. discs (3 mins. each side) Original $12/50 copies $9/--12 m. discs (4
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      113 13 MUSIC QUIZ 1. "Vanity of Vanities", rhoral symphony for voices only, first performed at Liverpool m 1914, is the work of f 2 1 runo Walter, conductor ,vc\6 p»amst, born m Berlin m 1 576, i s I great personality »n the music world. What is his rf r>l surname
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    THEY ALL WANT TO MEET BASSEY
    269 14  -  GEORGE WHITING But McCarthy may be next lly 1 1<»(. Kid Kassey, picture-book winner on points at the Albert Hall over an almost equally inspired Sammy McCarthy, will not be collecting the £1000 put up jointly as sides takes. Instead, he is leaving It
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    'Pappy' Gault leaves for Sydney
    203 14 A RRANGEMENTS have now A been completed for U. S. bantamweight Henry Pappy Gault to fight Australian holder Jimmy Carruthers m a world title bout at tne Sydney Sport Ground on Nov. 13. According to a Sydney announcement Gault and his manager, Chris Cline, will
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    RUGBY XV ORDERED OFF THE FIELD
    72 14 rE whole Tredegar Rugby XV were sent off fifteen minutes before the. end of their match at Ebbw Vale recently. Trouble began when Ebbw Vale wer<» leading 13-3 and were awarded a free kick. The referee sent off the Trcdegar scrum-half, Glyn Griffin. Glyn's
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    A CLEAN SLATE
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    YMCA HELD 3-3
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    48 14 rE Japan Track and Field Association today announced the selection of 77 candi-dates-56 men and 21 womcnfor its team to participate m thp second Asian Olympics next May m Manila The Japan Rifle Shooting Association also picked 40 candidates for the Manila competition.
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    150 15 World ranking Pierste kayoed c ..rkitnt the Siamese bantamweight, Son^itra k<mt over BrHi3h fighter I scored a [J U rankinff world flyweight, m Bangkok jimmy nersie, m* hstni^. m tf boxer's victory climaxed the Police Day TheSia^f rvt 13 After the bout it was announced
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    83 15 Yap Chuan Cheng became the first schoolboy to win the Malacca open singles badminton championship when he beat Roland Ng. a seasjned player and Johore's first singles m the Poong Seong Cup, 15-10. 8-15. 15-8. m the final. After the match he siid he wouli
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    MRS. TEO SCORES GOLF DOUBLE
    54 15 Mrs. Teo won the monthly spoon stroke competition of the Keppel Club with a score of 89 30 59. Runner-up was Mrs. Leslie with 103— 36 67. The L. G. U. tournament was also won by Mrs. Teo with 98 30-68. Mrs Kean was second
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    61 15 The Singapore Malays team to meet Eurasian? m a SAFA community league match at Jal.tn Besar stadium on Friday \till re Picked from: Arshnd Ha&san, Johan. H.nith f/apti Omar Awang, Ismail Yusofl. Avshad Jaffar. Hajl Grahan. Rn.shid t.iman. Aman, Hassan. Yassin. O.sm.m .Tohnn. Ibrahim Manser.
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    39 16 HAMMKI I TO Nat di,. (nee ■tomtit) .it Bynfur Hospital, k.'. on October, a sou WRINCH: At Hihi (iajali Hospital. 11 10 :>3. to Sylvia viit»* Of JJ. Wrlnch. Mala, an PollCt vice, a son. Roth w- II
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    121 16 ORILLIANT goalkeeping by Atkin- son for Royal Air Force Changi was the feature of yesterdays Singapore Hockey Associations Second Division match on the padang which the airmen lost by 2-0 to SRC Blues. Had Atkinson been given good protection it was doubtful whether SRC would have
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    53 16 Tony Trabert and Maureen Connolly, United States tennis champions won thei r singles finals at the Pan American championships at Mexico City Trabert defeated Denmark s chnmpftOD Kurt Nielsen fi-2. 6-4. 6-1. Miss Connolly had little trouble m hciitlng Miss Shirley Pry ulso ol the United
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    22 16 AiiKlo--Cliinp.se Srhool ho;»f Hn"v Secondary School 3-| m a friendly hockey match on the ACS. ground vp.Oi»rdn v
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    44 16 BRISTOL CITY B EAT TURKS Results of yesterday 111 friendly football matches pM ed under floodlights were: Bristol City 7 FenerbuA (Turkey) 4; Crystal Palace I Derby 1; Kxeter itv 0 lm\M 4; Falkirk 1 Burnsley 3; Wul ford 1 Luton Town 1.-Reitet I
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