The Singapore Free Press, 24 October 1953

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    ISLAND-WIDE PLAN TO HAKE DEACHES SAFE
    318 3 lifeguards to keep watch a„MPORK Life Guard orps is planning a big all-island scheme to make S'Snv beaches safe for swimmers. rfeeuarus will patrol popular oeacn resorts Tral spk ends to watch out for swimming accidents. dU I ing co'ps meets today to The
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    TWO AND TWO MAKE FOUR
    83 3 MRS. \V. A. C. Goode, wife of the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, (see above) yesterday opened the Malayan Mathematical Society's Exhibition of "material for use m the teaching of primary school arithmetic" at Monk's Hill School yesterday. With her is Prof. A. Oppenlteim, Professor of Mathematics
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    Jet workers strike
    78 3 MORE than 28,000 men and th! K°? c n who build some of sH** k t n own American jet v S^'u nt on strike yesterday mna J* th American aviation company factories m Los Angees an d m Columbus, Omo ed Autn w kll i g
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    CHIEF'S SON KILLED
    42 3 K h" hang ra of *j n ffiw h« aS aS een mvr °er- body L b a y f the M *u Mau. °*n hou.se m a the back of M« city. ,n a main road m the
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    £'0,000 GEM CRAB: YARD HUNT TWO
    82 3 {pUHD Yam are LwSrVJd'S ,;I °.ooo worth a*. Mr "IWagTM: Liable SST 3 home m L>a? 0 S? 81^!! two curing the city* underworld trying to trace the missing jewellery. Private detectives are tlfO taking part m the .search on direct instructions from Mr.
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    QUICK-FREEZE FISH 'CAN'T BE SOLD'
    366 3 QUICK-FREEZE FISH 'CAN'T BE SOLD' QUICK-FREEZE fish will be uneconomical and unpopular with consumers, said Singapore fish merchants yesterday. They expressed scepticism over the exepriment conducted by the Malayan Fisheries Department to find a satisfactory method of freezing tropical fish. The object of the exjieriment was to conserve fish during
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    MILLION POUNDS OF BUTTER FREE
    56 3 A million pounds of American lUrplui butter will be given away today to the people of Berlin. The International Rescue Committee which paid the shipping casts of the butter with private donations m the United States, Lf making it available to Berlin ers from the
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    MORE TANKS
    31 3 Mr Duncan .Sandys. British Minister of Supply, announced yesterday that a new and improved version of Britain's crack 50-ton Centurion tank was being built for British and NATO forces.
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    $1m. publicity to sell our pineapples
    174 3 Free Press Staff Reporter Al AYA will spend a million dollars soon on publicity 1 f in Britain to boost sales of its canned pineapples there. This move is being made following Britain's decontrol of the product, .said Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, chairman of
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    BID TO STEAL LAUNCH FAILS
    53 3 Six Chinese armed with shotguns and posing as nolicemen attempted to steal a HK$3OO,OOO luxury launch from an anchorage next to a crowded ferry pier, m Hong Kong yesterday. They failed because m turning the launch they fouled its propeller with the anchor line of
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    PRIZES STOLEN
    35 3 An Indian general store m Manila recently was robbed of $700 worth of goods. Among the items missing were $225 m Philippine currency notes which were on display as prizes for a contest.
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    Williams sings to University
    183 3 Williams sings to University A SUPERB RECITAL HAROLD Williams the vivid actor and the commentator, as well as the singer, entertained a full audience, at a recital at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall last night sponsored by the University of Malaya Music Society. He sang four groups of 22 songs,
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      115 3 —THE— SALE OF SALES Everything at Tempting Prices. You will love to buy. b. h. t. DOULATRAM CO., 48 50, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE-6. OCEAN PARK HOTEL jL 0/ V BARBECUE CARDEM ™f3> t> Music »nd Dancing ."'cry night except ""'J* 1 ALL DRINKS served at lowest possible PRICES is x
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Oct. 24, 1953. Opinion
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      LABOUR THROES
      201 4 •SINGAPORE Labour Party O is again m the throes of a crisis. Four top oflicials, including the chairman, have quit. The General Council has asked Mr. Dasaratha Raj to resign "forthwith" from the Legislative Council because he was not appointed to the Rendel Commission. Neither Mr. Raj's resignation
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      Taxes and Defence
      201 4 TIIE Vice-President of the United States, Mr. Richard Nixon, arrives m Malaya today m the course of a factfinding tour of the East. One of the facts which ought to be brought to his notice is that his country and ours share a common experience; both are
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    Worker-Priests to be Priests Only
    660 4  - Worker -Priests to be Priests Only STEPHEN COULTER ;L'KFLDF rHE Vatican has been disturbed by reports that worker priests have been making common cause with Communists and have joined Communist political marches. So it has decreed that they must uo back to ordinary church duties. French church dignitaries leel strongly
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    6 4 Prim* Ministers need their glory too.
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    HE WAS CHURCHILL'S BEST MAN
    248 4  - HE WAS CHURCHILL'S BEST MAN FRANCIS MARTIN ORD Quickswood, best at Churchill's wedding, was 84, recently. Churchill swam into his ken at a luncheon attended by young Conservative MPs. m the late 'nineties. Quickswood (then Lord Hugh Cecil) was already m the House, where he was to remain for 38
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    ARTIE'S HEADLINE
    9 4 What on earth arc you smoking t\"
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    Violation, it says
    45 5 L MORDANT, man*! <r of Montor Ltd.. pushing a ifl-cent coin into the slot of a parkins meter which, with two others has been lying idle lor over 30 months m Singapore because no decision on t heir use has been reached.—
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    Meters parked tor 2½ years
    238 5  -  G. T. BOON By NEARLY three years ago. Singapore City Councillors felt revenue could be raised by installing parking meters. The then Registrar of Vehicles. Mr. W. A. M. Watts, wrote to a Singapore firm asking for samples. If the tests were successful 79 were
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    QUEST FOR MARKETS
    42 5 A British trade mission of prominent businessmen li to g" to the Middle East next month «> try to find markets for Brush goods. Mr. Peter Thorne^croft President of the Board of irade. announced m the House or Commons yesterday
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    Air race pilots due
    92 5 TOMORROW two of the three 1 Royal Air Force Canberras *hjch took part m the recent tjited Kingdom-Christchurch (New Zealand) Air Race, pilot£m\ JFt Lt RL E Bur ton 'wmner of the race) and !!L Fursze (who Wined third place), will ar&*2s£ from Perth AtChangithey will
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    Burma bans swet groups
    69 5 Burma bans s wet groups BTL has declare d illegal Communists lnclud *ng the :?dt cd c l^ ani 2ation, toft R *d Fla e r 1 m mum st Par ty. Cvl t t v ator.s Union trades Tj ninn the People* Karet Nahnno y dese rtersi, the Station
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    Rita denies slap in night club
    88 5 Rita denies slap in night club S"** Mft aymes an *J! ,Us 'on.%?_ a a y Wort h. Mid X li »y had S ywUrd X* that me H _W-»«I-" for H T »««ay nlg H h° t tel ln Hou,to2 m uJT 1 wme "hu ork CI '»b ii,
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    THOUSANDS OF CHEAP STORE HOMES NEXT YEAR
    210 5  - THOUSANDS OF CHEAP STORE HOMES NEXT YEAR JOSEPH YEO Slum clearance speeded up By pHOUSANDS ol cheap houses will be built m Singapore next year for the resettlement of squatters, a Government spokesman said yesterday. The scheme will cost about $5 million. Three large pieces of land at Kirn Seng
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    'YOUNG' FOR ENGLISHSO 2 STUDY MANDARIN
    229 5  - YOUNG' FOR ENGLISHSO 2 STUDY MANDARIN ROGER YUE By WHEN Inspector E. H. Sheares, i of the Singapore Traffic Police, took his two sons for admission into a Colony English school last year, he was told by the principal: "Sorry. they T re too young." So he did the next
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      58 5 'Sireamluted' is the word for B FILES CARD INDEXES STEEL DESKS VISIBLE RECORDING SYSTEMS UNDERWOOD GENERAL AGENCIES (M) LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang JUST RECEIVED I A NEW sr.ci < iion OF SINGLE STONE DIAMOND RINGS Set with Flawless White Diamonds from Thirty Points to TWO (arats each. I S.P.B.
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      348 6 MANDRAKE, THE MACICKN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis _Z IZ^l (TtV to., c hadha Tucvrnmnw'Tl POOR TT YEAH. SAY-- IE THE BUT HE WAS UP THERE TWO If ITS TRUE.NARDA.TMEY CUULUN I nir ut uin rnuc nAV<i WUfBE WA<; WFt> J ?rf -<>- COME TO EARTH BECA.'SE OF THE
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      600 6 YOUR LUCKY I STAR B°«_ »N TH.S \i\ •he incominr "r 1 >»- *re ruhd Pjfc •f War. V./'^ftTa dau.,tlea s i„ yo.u^ »«**k »''hng to work v b '> i« hal >ou wan J v^i« hypercritical, howe**** hitting pon,^ as* eu livate a U t U c h »Uon
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    A ROW OVER BELIEFS
    1185 7 which the 4 bishop of Canter- Fisher. H*_£ as -a briet. but <c ourteous and U read" r e P J y t0 n catholic propahas been published mm j i: 3 e S^pV caUid totalfourteouas '^Vitten by 5 UacieS A ngUcan priMta, about Ro- ,u
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    British Primate on 'attacks'
    128 7 British Primate on 'attacks' riMIIS is what Dr. Fisher 1 said to the Convocation of Canterbury: We of the Anglican communion have been taught by God through the circumstances of our history not only the duty of toleration but* also that its completion lies, In the higher duty of seeking
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    University's New Laboratory
    419 8 Un iversi ty' s New La bora tory A large new science laboratory has been opened at the University of Malaya. V T* l The laboratory consists of seven rooms Three are used for physical, three for organic and one for inorganic chemistry. The Physical Chemistry section was designed to
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    London's vision of the future
    225 10 BLUEPRINT FOR SHABBY SOUTH BANK Till: five-year plan foi developing London's South Bank had brought the "vision of the future ol this magnificent site" another stage nearer full realisation, said Mr. I. J. Hay ward. Leader of the L.C.C. The plan is the first stage
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    THE MAN WHO LOOKED FOR VENGEANCE
    179 10 THE MAN WHO LOOKED FOR VENGEANCE AFTER his wife ran away, a husband, for vengeance, set j fire to the cafe where she went to live with another man. After that, it was said m the j Old Bailey he offered his home to his wife and the other man
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    MARQUIS SUES PAPER
    40 10 A lawyer for the Marquis De •p«*va» announced yesterday the French nobleman has filed a defamation charge m a Vatican 2-l_i ft* tne v »"c*» news EPS' LOMervatore Romano, wriU publUhed criticism on a JTmSS Wt BUrHU
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    69 10 A FAMOUS name is signed on a new medium as Britain's fastest man, Lt. Commander Michael "Lucky" Lithgow, Viekers Supermarine chief test pilot, tf paints" his autograph on specially made Royal Doulton plate s at a Croydon, Surrey, pottery exhibition. Mrs. Lithgow, a pottery e nthusiast. opened the exhibition. '•Lucky"
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    100 sets of twins at one Irish school
    150 10 100 sets of twins at one Irish school EVEN Ireland, the land of twins, has never known anything like it. Among just under 2,000 children at Drimnagh State School there are more than 100 sets of identical twins. '*The storks around Gremlin, near Dublin, fly around m pairs," said Mrs.
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    A 'blackleg' lives next door, sir
    212 10 NEIGHBOURS of Mr. Ernie Goodman, of Romsey Road. I Dangenham, Essex, have been told m a circular letter from a strike committee that he is a blackleg. The letter starts: "Dear Sir. Madam, Do you know that Mr. E. Goodman, who lives at No.
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    NEW BABY AUSTIN IS CHEAPEST BY £6
    188 10 AUSTIN boss Leonard Lord has brought out the cheapest British car on the road a two-door version ot the baby A3O. At £475 (including purchase tax j it is £6 cheaper than its nearest rival, the new utilitytrim Standard Eight. And, Mr. Lord
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    PORK FOR RUSSIA
    48 10 Two Danish freighters were loaded with goods destined for Vladivostok on Thursday, the first shipment under a new U8150.000.000 trade agreement between Argentina and Russia The cargo consisted of 1.200 tons of pork. I M 0 tons of lamb and 63,313 boxes of butter. I
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    THEY CAN'T AFFORD ORANGES
    97 10 '■TOE shortage of goods I causing uneasiness. The people urgently need m textiles, clothing, bed ]jm\ stockings, and shoes. So said Fritz Selbmann, H German Minister for Mines, I a radio speech. He threatwl severe measures against ty ging workers. He went on: "Hoasitoi want better
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    The Lords Rake in the Pennies
    682 11  -  Stanley Godfrey nVFR A MILLION PEOPLE PAID £300,000 STATELYHOMESOFBRITAIN LAST SUMMER h LONDON. m DUST COVERS are Ttock m the stately J of England: the Xof armour m the Si have had their winter coat of grease— §nd their lords and ladyships are happily
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    Bridge Hand
    64 11 lat-Wut vulnerable Bwt_ toler v (Corer the East-Wett cards) ff! tt_£ r__l c v enUon U th» ku *V OWn here. Four I «iC,« aboot h<! aces 2* -1 mi, „i humbug, Ohio V^ p ss_. ta X SVJoubleton' S B^ of <•»»- Vifl? to d r5LL h
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    SVELTE FROM THE VELDT
    215 11 "we do it to pay the taxes to keep the roof over our heads and to prevent the family estates from being broken up." The government has promised £250,000 a year for maintaining historic houses, and £500,000 a year for the next five years for buying
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      184 11 Today's Crossword I _^H \\\\m\ .f^l B^^_i B^B I J I i 1 I I I 1— ACROSS lovers farm (6t. <i. Ella Sneecl. who ootLia ST. 8l 10 She s V, nip Tina,! to a rartaln dem.? ii vi n Am<,rlra woman? (I). J, i4*"it_. „r Mrdf i6p. 15.
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    ADVICE TO A 'WELL FROG'
    642 12 ADVICE TO A 'WELL FROG' W MX. FKANCIK TAN PENCi BEAfI lias expounded his parochial political philosophy m his letter on the subject of the unification of Malaya. Like the proverbial frog-in-the-well his mind seems to be incapable of comprehending, or conceiving of anything m time, or space, beyond what
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    Any grouse?
    32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about It m his POSTBAG briefly.
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    NO CHANGE
    54 12 AN up-to-date method of throat-cutting has been practiced lately by taxi-drivers and trisha-riders. "Sorry! No change." With these words they compel passengers to pay much more than the proper fares. This usually happens m the night when the shops are closed or m isolated places. Any retaliation? VICTIM.
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    Discovery in the stomach
    101 12 rE DISCOVERY of two biologically active substances m the waill of the stomach and intestines formed the thesis of the research work done by Mr. Toh Chin Chye, (above) University of Malaya Lecturer m Physiology, for his Ph. D. Mr. Toh. a Raffles College graduate and
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    MOCK WAR VICTIM
    47 12 rtVIF c •.:-<•• II M S SH't/t 1 tur§ and the destroyer 11 M.S Diamond, v huh were Ulision m Denmark during the NATO eierci.se Mariner, urcit Sheemeu with 40 injwe, officer* and rating* abroad. Picture shoies the damaged bows of HMS Diamond A.P. picture.
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    LOVE ON THE AIR IS SILLY
    211 12 PRESUMABLY Richard Kiong' wants his name to be men- j tioned m Listeners' Choice but I think people should be thankful if requests are played without their names. As there are such a large number ot records and names to the broadcast. Radio Malaya
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    Seniors tried to get fresh
    290 12 WE have read with much interest "Unbiased's" letter m reply to ours on ragging m the University of Malaya. Although "Unbiased" is a senior student, he does not appear to us to be fully aware of all the facts on the current session of ragging.
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    Mystery of life
    62 12 UNLESS something is wrong somewhere, I really cannot understand how "Young Desperate Father" could have a six-year-old child when the mother is only 18 years old. It Ls difficult for readers, or the city president, to be syn;- pathetic when they are nu* 6d -STILL WONDBWC' Spottiswoode,
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    L-walkers must store clear of L-drivers
    226 12 L-walkers must store clear of L-drivers THROUGH th, 1 I Camera I fl nd tJINi P^re motorists mJH__KI drivers as incaSu lr vl menace to the nXr J* M i matters worse ttaiL?*! tnans are also druff J*l unpleasantness. w^*»4* What tests should th*. undergo before uL^pl walk on the
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    BLUE BELTS
    93 12 A FEW (toys ago I got told, by a young lady from i hospital wearing a dark Mi belt. I heard the sister adire her as nurse and did I same. It appears I was wrooj to i ••nurse.- I am ignorant abort" colours and I should like
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      34 12 Letters must be short at RAFFLES GREAT SUCCESS OF Miss DOROTHY AMITA From SADLiRS WELLS SCHOOL LO*#>* APPEARING IN 1. WAttBB 2. «.IP!SiY KSFAIf A GERRY SOLIANOS HIS ORCHESTB* WITH FAVE CASELTQ" _-_^_^_tf I
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    'Kon-tikV trip-but by land
    131 13 THREE young university A graduates took a map and ruled a line down one side of the world— from Alaska to Cape Horn. "One day," they said, "We'll be the first men to motor right down that line, all 12,000 miles of it." That was four
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    BIGGEST BORES
    1226 13  -  GEORGE HUTCHINSON spotlights the men who go on and on ONE WHO are Britain's biggest bores? Who are the men the mere mention ot whose names wearies you beyond endurance? Allow me to present my own selection. My top four bores. I do not know how any of
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    Pity the Woman Diplomat
    164 13 Pity the Woman Diplomat THE new U.S. woman minister to Switzerland, Frances Willis, probably considers that she m at a great disadvantage In her new Job m comparison with all the married men who are ministers and ambassadors to other countries. Recently, when she leturned jrom the U.S. Embassy m
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    COLONY SELECTORS CRITICISED
    446 14 Selangor on firm ground SINGAPORE— Malaya's hockey champions— starte d this year's campaign on the wrong foot. Selangor surprised them m a fast match on the padang yesterda by scoring a 2—o win. On yesterday's rorm, neither Malacca nor Johore can Drevent Selangor from winning this friendly
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    Malacca beat Johore and the whistle
    289 14 ALTHOUGH Johore went down by 2-1 to Malacca m the j first match of the quadrangular hockey meet on the padang yesterday, they showed promise of better things. For a team, who are playing together for the first time, Johore did very well. They
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    Hunt takes last major golf tourney
    144 14 BERNARD HUNT, the young British Ryder Cup player, and Stewart Ross yesterday won the season's last major golf tournament when they took the Saxone Gleneagles foursomes final by beating Dai Rees, another Ryder Cup player, and George Dixon by three and two. In this
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    9 for Jockey Club Cup
    108 14 final acceptors for the Jockey Club Cup to be run over the Oesarewltch course of two miles and a quarter at Newmarket next Thursday are, with weights: Talma The Second 9.3 Mount Ararat 9.3 Clair Soleil 9.3 plarney Btone 9.3 Sun Compass 9.3 Plunching 9.3
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    TODAY'S U.K. SOCCER
    222 14 DIVISION 1 Bolton v Wolves Burnley t Cardiff Charlton Arsenal Liverpool Sheffield U. Manfhester If. v As ton Villa Middlesbrough v Blackpool NewcasUe v Huddersfleld Preston v Sunderland Sheffield W. v Portsmouth Tottenham Manchester C. W. Brom Chelsea DIVISION II Birmingham v Brentford Fulham v Doncaster Leeds
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    OLSON WILL NOT KEEP TITLE LONG
    320 14 Free Press Special Corn**.--. IF Carl Bobo Olson, who won the world JSO* I boxing title last Wednesday m NeV^SS Randolph Turpin of England, wants to en!!. J* champion he better do it now. Because in?]* he will be losing his title soon. c
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    DRAWN MATCH
    32 14 BATU G AJ AH, Thurs. B*l Yusuff School drew 1-1 with son School, of Ipoh ln hockey tiaM here. Zabri scored for the B_fl Yusuff School and Siv&nulfl equalised. fl
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    JOHORE GIRL SELECTED
    51 14 JOHORE GIRL SELECTED Federation will send »m\\ ball team of men and 3 players to the South-EaiH international basketball M petition at Bangkok on Noil Johore will be representciH Miss Koh Yee Too, a pupil the Convent who m ml basketball matches here 1 proved herself to be a pnfl
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    RIVERS' TOWEL THROW WAS WISE
    348 15 hfontanowas too %ood for Coates V Free Press Boxing importer mATES of Britain was game to the core but Mr** C hidinir he took from the stumpy Filipino Mm*]** ky Montan at thC HaPPy WOHd 'i&dium tost nig :ht. smaU crowd and it must m
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    48 15 picture. 1% Z** RAJA If i illM m m third ?*L?c h °<>l who won the Daing Makkah Shield for inter-Malay school m\\\\\wM^' Be *ar aitml 4 V€ar nt Jalan Be ar m***" l Theu Tanah Merah a ter e *tra time o y j_ 2 Free Press
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    271 15 ■mnt to own up. we are forced to K. --_oc against the whole hos'el KS have told the Board that Sch wi> made lor the offenaing Em that night, but it failed to them. _Vu*ri have hinted that the •STones might be willing to give Ettdves up if they got
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    BAKAR POCKET EDITION STARS
    239 15 hu iiti sit a scares t§vo OOCCER that would put most senior players to shame O was served out to 3,000 spectators at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday by Malay schoolboys all under 4 ft. 6 m. m the Daing Makkah Soccer Shield final. The match was
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    CHAI SITHPOI BEATS PIERCE
    31 15 JIMMY PIERCE, fifth ranking ban i tamweight boxer m the world. was beaten by Chai silhpol of Thai--1 land m his second fight m Bangkok last night.
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    Boxer & referee
    36 15 Boxer referee photo. '^oMmosmmmmmmmmmssmmw Dan Coates looks at Referee L. S. Fond appealingly, while Rocky Montano goes ufter him m the sixth round Montano won on a t.k.o. at the start of round seven Free Press
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    SAINTS KEEP ON WINNING
    147 15 SAINT Andrews established themselves as the Colony inter school rugger champions when they beat their last rivals Raffles Institution by 12 points (a try two penalties and a dropped goal) to six (two penalties) on Raffles grounds yesterday. As is usual with inter school rugby there
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      148 15 j The Happy Cabaret j I The City's most enchanting night spot) Don't Miss THE ELECTION OF THE HAPPY CABARET QUEEN FOR 1953 I (l£. 10. Ml to 31. 10. .13) Programme of Floor Shows for this week and next week: ■>} 24-10-53 Quickstep and Tango by MR. LAM |OON
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    THREE CUP RACES
    334 16 THREE CUP RACES From ALLAN LEWIS T^HREE RINGS will pro- bably start favourite for the Autumn Cup, main distance race for Class three horses at Penang this afternoon. He was the most discussed horse on the course this morning, when runners' chances were assessed. Magnificence, Tide O'Gold King Crow, Bend
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    RINGS & SCOT'S GREY FOR
    129 16 RINGS SCOT' S GREY FOR ALLAN LfclMS THHMPAJUiM KPSOM JEEP CALLBUV -jjj^. BEL— gP*" SF" Sis^J^J "T" 811 CLIMAX THE MAYGAK THE MA(iVAR SIR CLIMAX SITTT^^J Sa. sari-, aa 1 F 111 |C| j F.rnley Sweel Dream Talkie II Y*rn\* y TalkiTu f Race's THREE DIMENSIONS SCOTS GREY THREE DIMENSION
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    Mid-dayupj nap SWEET DREAM in the 4.15 (Race 4)
    666 16 Mid-dayupj nap SWEET DREAM in the 4.15 (Race 4) Kalemaria, second m her first race will also be hard to beat. Forget-Me-Not and Flame of the Forest are strongly fancied by the stable. I give them both an outside chance. Misty Line was the only other runner mentioned with any
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    CARD
    664 16 The Treble Tote will be held on Races 4, 6 and 7. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 7. RACE 1—2.30: CLASS 4, DIV. 2—l MILE 1 302 Etching Woods 8.13 2 519 .Nooit Gedacht Mawi 8.12 3 531 Fighting Finish Smith 8.11 4 208 Trumping ton
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      449 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTHS 20 Words $4 (minimum) TUCKER: To Jane, wife of Norman Tucker, a daughter at K.K. Hospital, on 23rd October. JOHNSON: To Jean, wife of E O. Johnson, a daughter, Jennifer Jean, on 22nd October, at Batu Oajah. JEFFERY: To Sylvia, wife of H. Q. Jeffery. a daughter
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine
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      Masthead
      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine Saturday, Oct. 24, ,95i.
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      OUT OF THE PAST
      1244 1  - OUT OF THE PAST JEAN ALINGTON II Free Press short story by IU EDWARD HollandSi Dykes stretched his toe legs and rose stiffly the Captain's table, bowing benignly to his ship-board acquaintances as he strolled from the opulent first class dining saloon. He had enjoyed the beginning of the voyage
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      Lilies are not so hard to grow
      490 1  - Lilies are not so hard to grow O. THOMPSON says WHY IS IT, I wonder, that so few Malayan Mens have a good *ow of lilies when there jre so many lovely varieties which will grow well wre? Perhaps it is because m have a reputation s_J£s* nard t0 grow—
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    • Saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE
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        No one solved the mystery
        732 2 NO ONE WROTE to me to explain the mystery of why so few girls competed m the previous week's Junior Contest. But there were many more entries from girls for last Saturday's puzzle picture competition. So we are back again at the old ratio but
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    • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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        478 2 I Junior Contest y Out with your paints, crayons or chalks and colour this << charming picture— there are four prizes (two boys and two 5) >> girls) of $5 each to be won. When you have finished fill Ing S the coupon and send the whole thing to Auntie
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      Flight to Adventure
      833 3  -  KATHLEEN HICKLEY TnnAY-A GRAND HEW w**£ah exciting trip into the SERIAL OF uNK NOWH by BOYS TAKE OFF tt LOOKS all "AK£i« said Chalky rt?*, doubtfully, Ung. ey ed mend, that wa s ssv«s& witherin2 scorn. fi_f£Mg pocket money for many weeks past. It wasagilder-a large ■■ii
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      It's a friendly dragon
      34 3 picture Lionel Griffith, seven years old, gets to know a not unfriendly dragon at the 28th annual exhibition organized by the British Poppet and Model Theatre Guild m London Popper
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      IT TOOK LONGER TO COME BACK
      441 3 from the bottom of the ocean says UNCLE ERIC THERE I WAS, children, actually on the bottom of the sea. Though I found it vtry difficult moving about. I was able to breath just as easily as on land. One of my more experienced
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        53 3 Safety Tips by ESTHER WILLIAMS assisted by TOM ««H TERRY mmm 3. DO NOT BE NERVOUS ABOUT THE WATER Have confidence m yourself and your swimming' ability. You will be much aSafer than if you are; tense and nervous. IF YOU ARE DEPENDING ON CLASSES I YOU CAN DEPEND ON
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    • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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        178 3 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CksUsiS ACROSS: 1. Brother of Moses 6. "School m French. 7 The national poet of Italy. 9 Ruler of Yugoslavia. 11. Julius Caesar was a great one. 12 Water-fowl with a white pdtch on the forehead. 13 A delicious juicy fruit. 10. Large member of the cat tribe.
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      Married Heroes are 'out'
      710 4  - Married Heroes are 'out' Marilyn Monroe My favourite men, by (JEORGE MARSHALL, the w nlm director, is a Hollywood old-timer. He has seen them comp-anH h* has seen them go since he started as an extra m 1913 for three dollars a day— l2s. 6d. then, £1 ls. sd. today.
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      'No comment'
      38 4 Film producer WALTER WANGER, handy with a sixshooter when honour is flaunted, attended an official banquet at Television City with his wife. JOAN BENNETT AskPd several times whether they had reconciled, both said. "No comment." brightly.
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      Just a Cutie —or a Born Star?
      566 4  - Just a Cutie —or a Born Star? HAROLD HEFFERNAN TERRY MOORE U 'going places* but no one knows Quite where, says HOLLYWOOD. THEY'RE inclined to x wash up Terry Moore around Hollywood as "just another cute little starlet", but if facts were analyzed, it would quickly become apparent that this
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      ACTORS (two kinds)
      34 4 SIB CEDRIC BjgJ^ gave it as his op«w» week: "There are <™- kinds of actor JJ S T** (1) The good ones, who are working. ork tag. Sir Cedric is notJ__l V*
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      WHAT PLAYS DO THEY WANT
      296 4 WHAT PLAYS DO THEY WANT to ..£'<* C Room." a sh»™ U% a young* tw een adultf™ torn| religion. tery >M he, This Ls nnf Players «C& fin?"" f °r regre t Si nk tS he theatre __nS?S|S« the achievement n i re| s? Davies and h L of °*A
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        24 4 CARLTON NIGHT ttjg 28-A, CAVENAGH ROAD, SINGAPORE 0, WE SERVE GOOD WlN^ WE HAVE GOOD M U PANrirsir; PARTMERS S^J^ NOW UNDER Ist CLA'
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      Quite a Lad, is Alan
      221 5 Quite a Lad, is Alan TIE RED BERET" (Capitol) is, m my view, an insult to the ay a« N- ri^triand with whose assistance it was (inexplicably) made. It is not a tribute to the Paratroop regiment at all. It is just one more glorification oi tne American male as
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      7 5 Back little loveii Ckel are the Menage
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      A rebuff for Ava
      77 5 I>IDE, VAQUERO," is a Westit' crn with a strong Mexican flavour (writes W MB If you like Westerns, this is a good one. If, as well, you like Mjass Ava Gardner, then "Ride. Vaquero' will enchant you. Anthony Quinn. a wild rebel, acts with skill. Robert
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      Desire— but no Street Car
      673 5  - Desire but no Street Car IAN GRANT \m&mißmmmkmdmm£a\ 1 THOUGHT at one stage m -COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA" (Cathay) that we were m tor one more expert translation to the screen of one more American drama of the type best exemplified by "Death of a Salesman" and "Streetcar named Desire",
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        151 5 REX NOW SHOWING 11 1.45. 4. 6.30 9.30 "AMmZWSTELW Plus! Pathe News Special ROTBALL: ENGLAND vs WALES Tonight !wi*nitn> I uiM.y.*l|MUliO»a < DOROTHY MALONE PRESTON FOSTER ALEX NCOt I CAPITOL LAST DAY 11, 1.45, 4, 6.30 9.30 on WIDE RANGE GIANT SCREEN U..mAT*^ fw L*-j_r J«_PVv 8%8Am%% g^ Plus! "3
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        202 5 I TODAY DAILY! 11.00 am -1 45 4.15-ti 45 Ml 9.30 p.m. ON THE PANORAMIC S( 'KEEN technTcolor TONIGHT MIDNIGHT! f tu«T SMMunrTI UWOSIB BOOTH gs_f£& i jsl< ■iiYYio mrnm^mjmM I f^A] ___TIRRY MOORE-. »«-_o_kui 1 1952 Academy Award Winner For The Best Actress (Shirley Booth) Mfci^g «HOWPLACC 0» THI
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      MR. HEAH HAS CALLED THE RIGHT TUNE...
      590 6 MR. HEAH HAS CALLED THE RIGHT TUNE... Mairvin* Jt»<l<l<>r\ sport s-pourrie jifß. HEAH Joo Seang XT president of the Badminton Association of Malaya, said on Tuesday night: "My one object and that of the BAM is to keep Malaya on top of the badminton world." It reminds me of a
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      She's 51-and still among the best!
      162 6 She's 51-and still among the best! MALAYA'S top badminton players are to play exhibition games at the Happy World Stadium on Oct. 31. The proceeds are to go to the Poppy Day Fund. The programme will be: Wong Peng Soon v. Cheong Hock Leng; Ooi Teik Hock v. Abdullah Piruz;
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      SPORE IS WORLD BOXING CONSCIOUS
      131 6 i\H, MR. TURPIN, you huve vr i e t me down! I'm the poorer by three large bottles of I entertained glorious visions of suckiTig that frothy stuff down, while sitting by the radio, listening to Penanq race results this afternoon. But what to do?
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      Dan't criticise, he says
      328 6 Dan' t criticise, he says SPORTS-POURRIE reader, M. Firdhousy Sadahudeen, of Kirk Terrace. Singapore, thinks modern sports writers are nuts. "WhaVs becoming of our modern sports writers?** he asks. Then he goes on to take me to task (Yes, he believes I'm soft m the head as well) on a
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      THE WHITE BALL HAS SET SOCCER FANS TALKING
      373 6 THE WHITE BALL HAS SET SOCCER FANS TALKING A WHITE coated football was used wften Europeans met Malays m a Community League game at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday evening. It was the first time that ball of this type was used b f in the Colony irom Britain
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      DOES THE BAM KNOW THAT....
      240 6 DOES THE BAM KNOW THAT.... !A TE AM of Mal »yan hi o£r 3, inton Players wiU Im, Formosa, at S middle of next month I am reliably told that th* boys have already got 4 luggage together m Photographs and documenti for entry to Formosa hare Taip a c
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        54 6 COT ANYTHING TO 5AY.....? I |F you have any gtrouse. I 1 views or anything of InI terest dealing with sport I write and tell me. Others I will like to read about It 1 Addreas your letters to: 1 Malcolm Modder's SportsI pourrle. I c/ 8ln **Pore Free Press.
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      THEY ALL SHOUT FOR FIJIANS v. ALLMALAYA
      545 7 THEY ALL SHOUT FOR FIJIANS v. ALLMALAYA TEOH ENG TAXT E, he rea Usts. Tne i%m are Just too __?«t rugger for any ft or colony eombin- the only sort of SB***- Ail-Malayan side. VSkfSSS I would like v X o.fhftt such a match H/ggftr be staged at WflStr Stadium
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      MNSOOR fought W'S WAY TO TOP AGAIN...
      206 7 MNSOOR fought W 'S WAY TO TOP AGAIN W courage and detor m i etcr Sport let me i^ al^ yan you tQ a" 16 introduce S^ k Ma C e s^- f rWard SSyte. s °ne of h Bembl?an" tn roth "s of _*N( He was a *J M
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      The 'Goose' will be coming bark
      444 7  - The 'Goose will be coming bark TAN HONG POH By T»HE FABULOUS Harlem x Globetrotters, first professional American-Negro basketball team to visit Singapore during their 25th Anniversary world tour m August last year, will be visiting us again. This team of barnstorming professionals, who thrilled more than 30,000 Singapore basketball
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      SOYS WILL MAKE IT A BASH-UP NIGHT
      289 7  - SOYS WILL MAKE IT A BASH-UP NIGHT GERRY ISAAC By CINGAPORE fight fans O get ready for four hectic nights of leather pounding. For the Singapore Youth Boxing Championships begin at the Happy World Stadium on Oct. 27 and spread over to Oct. 30— the night of the finals. Besides
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      Trouble tar the 'Gnats'
      115 7 Trouble tar the 'Gnats' rIS is Ronnie Manasseh 14-year-old boy boxen He will be lighting bm a Gnat-weight m the Singapore Youth Championships, which begin at the Happy World Stadium on Oct. 2.7 Ronnie broke his arm m a fall a few months ago and the plaster was removed 25
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      Colony team in Brunei
      115 7 T> OWING teams from SingaporO Saigon and Hongkong are m Brunei to compete m the annual regatta over the weekend. This Ls the first time since the end of the war that the regatta has been held m British North Borneo. The Singapore and Saigon teams
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        44 7 Bg j The Oriental Optical Co., m %ZoJmm m ;,H North Ik Q I'pprr Pickering /J^ i 1 Singapore, Penang Sian U^^^ESm I p0 BOX :{BT 1 TEL 3232 ***** sHII3 OPTOMETRISTS MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS ANI> SCIENTIFIC EYE EXAMINATION WITH A O. (LATEST MODERN EQUIPMENT)
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      No harm in baby flying
      243 8  - No harm in baby flying VERN HAUGLAND by MONTREAL. IT'S ALL RIGHT for 1 healthy babies to fly. if they are more than 10 days old. But there are no set rules for invalids. Airline medical departments need information on each one to determine if his diasea.se condition can safely
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      66 8 picture. Engine driver and motorman recall the thrillers they have read as they look at Sherlock Holmes (Marcel Shock) and Dr. Watson (Ralph Wing) who are seen on the platform of Baker Street Station. London. The eh aracters on the platform were members of the Sherlock Holmes Society who gathered
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      Jimmy Edwards to marry
      201 8 The committee said it found no reason to suppose that noise and vibration of jet engines would have a greater ill effect than that of piston engines on personnel servicing airplanes. Although some members of ground crews complained jf dizziness or headaches around jet engines, it
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