The Singapore Free Press, 6 May 1954

Microfilm: NL2438
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press 11™ Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. i Ml. Sinsapore, Thurs., May 6, 1954. Price UCti
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    Paratroopers leave for besieged fortress
    197 1 VILTMINH ATTACKERS DRAW CLOSER BOUT 800 French paratroopers yesterday left for Indo-China m American Air Force Globemasters, jond airlift within 15 days, according to military quart ts m Paris. The French Defence Ministry declined to give any tils beyond confirming that an unspecified number ddiers
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    The rebuked Marshal is still C-in-C
    100 1 MARSHAL Alphonse Juin, sacked from his national French posts last month for making an unauthorised anti-European army speech, will keep his post of Com-mander-in-Chief of SHAPE'S Central European sector. A NATO spokesman siid: "The NATO Council now has reason to believe that the Marshal
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    Lord Vestey dead
    24 1 loading director' 000 meat and 1 concern. Union nal, diod at his Lonlast night, aged 71. -"I' ill lor about a
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    Church and H-bomb
    20 1 Thurs. Church of! l«»derj will next week Irogen bomb and or not to call 'i on armaments
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    1 killed, 3 hurt in s'pore home
    97 1 APORE farmer, Nu Guan, aged 54 was killed three members of his family were wounded. sly, m a family affray In a small attap farm the sth mile, Juron? Road, early today. I wife, Tan creaming from hortly after mid;>1 > blood .streaming
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    24 MINERS IN DEATH TRAP: BLAST KILLS 19 ITALIANS 1,000 FEET DOWN
    98 1 HOPK ebbed lure today for 31 Miners trapped by an explosion m the Ribella coal mine m Creseete, limly. The final death toll inav exceed 40. The known dead reached 19 as rescue workers cluu frantically m deoris
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    Rubber price
    29 1 The Singapore ruober mm-Kei tit-(i M1: 1 morning irtth ■rade. May Bhipmeni »l 60'j |H)und. l eentfl be daj I tie tone was steady ftt lower Itvtte.
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    BIG THREE MILSTARY TALKS IN SINGAPORE SOON ON S.E. ASIA DEFENCE PLAN
    408 1 BIG THREE MILSTARY TALKS IN SINGAPORE SOON ON S.E. ASIA DEFENCE PLAN JHE "Big Three" Western powers with Australia and New Zealand, will probably start military talks soon m Singapore, O n South-East Asian defence, diplomatic sources said m London. Main object of the talks with which some of the
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    ANTHEM BANNED: HOLLAND PROTESTS
    46 1 Holland protested yesterday i to Jakarta against a ban on her national anthem by Indonesia. A note, to Indonesia said that the ban, imposed on the Dutch community at Bogor at Queen Juliana's birthday celebrations last Friday, conflicted with international custom. AP
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    THE BIG FLIGHT
    21 1 me nigni or capital irom I Indo-China through Hong I Kong has reached enormous I proportions. A P
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    Winston keeps pledge
    119 1 Till-, projected Singapore talks on South-east Asia defence are regarded m British quarters m Geneva as a logical development of the statement by the Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, m the House of Commons on \pril 27. that Britain would play her full part m guaranteeing: an
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    INCREASE TRADE'
    36 1 PARIS. Thurs.— The BntLsh Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Richard Butler yesterday called on Europe to increa.se its rntra-continental trade rather than its gold transactions to bridge the gap between debtors and creditors.— Reuter
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    'U.S. HAS LOST PRESTIGE OVER JOE v. ARMY ROW'
    298 2 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER the McCarthy-Army feud had caused the I international prestige and national Sell < Ct. He told a press conference he hoped the results of the current Senate Sub-Committe f s Investigation ol the controversy would mean the United States
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    Security set-up in process, says Ike
    463 2 Security set-up in process, says Ike IN W;r )i]j!t't(,i. tei P .fi th< pro] ou t h < A j i itlon/ <y> t Btoi I), T /■:< ld< Lid th< couni of Ihe i' o-Cl i m<u thinking m coni truct.' tei m lnciiKii th< mdl i cept ol
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    'ASIA WILL NOT TO LERATE INTERFERING POWERS'
    157 2 Burmese Premier on Colombo talks I NU, Prime Minister of Burma, said yesterday the Colombo conference of Asian nations had shown that the countries concerned would not tolerate interterence either from Communist or anti-Communist powers. He told a press conference he could add
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    Royal dancers arrive in red feathers
    126 2 Royal dancers arrive in red feathers LONDON. Thurs. /iamfra bullw Dashed and \j Londoner! stopped t<> .-tan yesterday when two cousins ol Queen Balote ol Tonga In red feathen and swaying skirts arrived after M 000 mil< air trip irom the Pacific Islands to miik and dance at a London
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    Village is wiped out in Greece
    130 2 Village is wiped out in Greece ATHENS. ThUTS. FRESH earthquake tremors yesterday wiped out the village Paschalitsa m the Almyros area of de vacated Thessaly. Central Greece No casualties were reported. I The tremors followed m the wake of those which killed 25 persons m the area last Friday and
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    London ready for Queen
    209 2 LONDON. Thurs I I ONDON YESTERDAY started lJ brightening up its streets to give the Queen a gay welcome 10 daya from nO w. Workmen are preparing decorations for the route along which the Queen and the Duke oj Edinburgh will drive ••n a triumphant return
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    MPs are told of S 'pore strike
    238 2 MPs are told of S 'pore strike MX HENRY HOFKINSON, Miafeter of State for the (olonies told Mr. Iwbery [ttbmtr) >" the Hoiim- oJ t'MUMM >estertfftj the stuke of Malay deck hands m Singapore could not he referred to arbitration without the agreement of both parties Mr AuUry )a( i
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    DENMARK TO BAR THIS SEX INVASION
    145 2 DENMARK TO BAR THIS SEX INVASION A MINISTRY of Justice spokesman m Copenhagen said last night night that Denmark would bar any more American's going to Denmark, just to change their sex. This invasion of American transverstites will have to be stopped," he said. "We dent know yet what we
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    Airport is No. 1
    47 2 The London Transport Corporation claimed yesterday that London airport is new the capital's biggest attraction for sightseers. The corporation will run special long dlstancf non-stop buses there and to other feature .spots In the art a at cheap rates durine th< summer. Reuter
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    U.S. TOUR
    44 2 Ceylon's Premier Sir John Kotelawela may set out on a tour of the United States early m June or else after Parliament adopts the budget m September, an informed sourer said last night. On hip way home the Premier will fWI Japan.
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    Singing their way{ to prize— and fame
    24 3 4 HANDSOME prize A awaits the winner of •ore* I9r>4 Atoj- Talent Quest, tho which will bp
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    Legal aid for poor in S'pore studied
    136 3 Legal aid for poor in S'pore studied m m's lawyer" plan 1 ipore hs being ■v studied by the Bar .'.ions for the setti pane] of lawyers •a pore's poor with ive already been i the Committee. ,i Mai shall, Colony originally proplan three years the Free Press i 1
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    SOCIALIST MEMORIAL
    8 3 fund f of the lit MP.
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    NEW FINN GOVT.
    23 3 NEW FINN GOV T. ■h Govern, terday by the smallest party m t h Y U h Peoples :1 8 Peaking Re uter
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    105 3 ret, Great World, on May 18 This is the second suc-(-i -ssive year that Shaw Brothers are trying to discover local song-and-dance talent. The winner will be chosen from nine men and women finalists. They will be ludged by a panel of adjudicators. Winner of last year's S ouest. Colony
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    Peak traffic problem
    32 3 LONDON, Thurs. London authorities wore urged ye day to consider .some readjustment 01 school an i h ipping times to .solve the Increasing problem of peak hour traffic— Reuter
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    Caterpillars invasion
    20 3 BRIGHTON, Thurs.—Chemists, agriculturists and Insect experts are fighting an invasion of caterpillars along the Sussex co ist. Reuter
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    Brunei is planning its first seaport
    216 3 Brunei is planning its first seaport rpiiREE schemes to give 1 Brunei state its first deepsea port and make it independent of Sarawak and North Borneo are being stu died m Brunei Town by the development committee Charged with the implementation of Brunei's hundred million dollars five-year development plan. It
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    Trust flats to get better water supply
    171 3 MORE than 1.000 people ring m 8 e Improvement Trusi Kirn Kc;»t Road, will •iw of water fi within the m nt petition to luncil for an Unp ovi iter supply, his i given "Priori! Mr ian Kum Chee, (Pro told the Five
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    18,000 S,PORE SEAMEN TO GET A NEW DEAL BY GOVT. SOON
    222 3 1 8,000 S,PORE SEAMEN TO GET A NEW DEAL BY GOVT. SOON British union man to advise pOVERNMENT will soon embark on an ambitious project to provide 18.000 Singapore seamen with a new welfare deal. An Official of the National Union Ot Seamen m Britain, Mr. T. White, is on
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    Tourists to get better welcome
    162 3 11HE NEW Singapore Paya Lebar airport building will have a handily placed informa- tion kio.sk for tourists, Mr. G. G. Tliom.son, the Public Rela- tion.s Secretary, said today. His department i.s planning wider information facilities for visitors, and welcomes every occasion on which the tourist
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    They asked for beer in the bus
    113 3 They asked for beer in the bus riiHK brewery* little poster A advertised beer delivered to the door. And the la.st words on it were: .or ask a driver for prices." But the poster was displayed on 100 corporation buses right behind the drivers' scuts. It was a good one
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    SWIMMING POOL AT ROMAN VILLA
    44 3 A swimming pool la to be built at High Wyeombe on the .site of a Roman viJJa. But before any work i.s begun the Ministry of Works will carry out excavation* to record the remalni found on the site.
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    TYPICAL MAY DAY
    20 3 LONDON, Thur.v England and Scotland had a typical May day yesterday with mimshiii.'. shower* and warmer Reuter
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    Opinion
    364 4 A lesson for Singapore Kin,";.'!" 1 seemj destined to figure well down In the ■corei list when the irreni Asian (>;um. conclude. With on< m two except! ti o| the perXorm i '-1 the Colony's representative] wiijjjv iiii. nol t» •ji good enough. Pli Ingly, youngstei have provided Ujc,.
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    MALAN baits Britain
    800 4  -  JOHN IVEY HiS REASON? HE NEEDS ANTI-BRITISH VOTES IF SOUTH AFRICA IS TO BE A REPUBLIC vo one knew better than Premier Daniel Malan that his recent appeal for the transfer to South Africa of the British protectorates would be answered by a sharp rejection from Sir
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      39 4 Official Distributors of ROLEX E N GAGEME N I DRESS RINGS With l»l.lll|i»M(|v Klllti* I Vl J>p j Krrif r.tlils |N „rk .irwl J t»l« G. C. deSILVA BROS. ieweUera, KafTiis im.ui Singapore I Telephone: ***** Gjf^rnaapoif/rccjJrf^ THURBD/ M
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      62 4 Dependability A Reliability are both essential factors m the case of PACKING of PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD 1 Off ran ant ni <>„ its Expvri l><ivli<rs o/ many Jjvursr^sianding. bstimatls~given without ojlugation. Please Phone or Call SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY LTD., rln Association with SINGAPORE PACKING CO., LTD. 65, The Arcade, Singapore-1,
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    GOVT. TO LURE BIG INVESTORS WITH TAX CUTS FOR NEW INDUSTRIES
    174 5 GOVT. TO LURE BIG INVESTORS WITH TAX CUTS FOR NEW INDUSTRIES ,v\\( IFKS m Singapore may soon find big indueebeforc them if they venture into new indusTh« object is to make the Colony the major Picturing centre m South-east Asia. !i" duccments-tax holidays (exemption from tor an agreed period), generous
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    Schoolgirls are ladies on the stage
    66 5 Schoolgirls are ladies on the stage SINGAPORE Nan Chiau Girls' High School is staging i play entitled "The Ladies" Hostel" at Victoria Memorial Hall at 7.30 p m. tonight. This is the first public performance given by the school since the Liberation. The play will be repeated tomorrow and on
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    POPE CONSOLES THE GREEKS
    47 5 The Pope has sent a message of condolence to the Greek Premier, Field Marshal /LPapagos, for the earthquakes that have struck Greece a^ain. Hv also sent a .sum of money to Archbishop Mario Macrionltia <>f Athens to be distribut- ed to victims.— A.P
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    LOCUSTS INVADE
    29 5 Two great Bwanns of Locusts were ravaging the states of Chalatenango and San Vicente m norther El Salvador yesterday. The lorusts came m from Honduras.— A. P.
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    'Save historic Churches'
    74 5 THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury, who is the chairv. Historic Churches i tor a new i to save over 2.000 hisi > from decay and .vi >peni on the last May when the Queen attend a special Li 81 Martin-in-the- mdon lowing day at 10 Street, Sir Winston
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    Art exhibition
    29 5 I China Society will exhibition of Chinese it the British Stamford Road, I May 16. Mipn will be open icfrom 9 a.m. to 6 MmiukNi will be
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    SEE QUEEN' TRIPS
    13 5 I the Queen" cheap i London will rom the North
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    Two surgeons back
    92 5 ralian plastic tied from a to Kuala Lum-i nariß last week-end ibout 12 more 1 the Singapore Hospital this week. 1 X f^uik. and his as-' R d H. Stanistreet. I Royal Melbourne »no arrived three I weeks ago spent about a week i demonstrating to senior
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    The marriage-making business isn't so popular now
    333 5 The marriage-making business isn't so popular now BUSINESS at Singapore's only marriage bureau the,' Windsor Marriage Bureau— is on the decline. The secretary of the bureau said yesterday that she couldn't understand why spinsters and bachelors I fought shy of the chance of finding suitable mates. The Bureau was formed
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    New cable ship for Singapore
    114 5 New cable ship for Singapore t'. S. Recorder, the British Commonwealth's mo>t modern 3,300 ion cable ship, w is launched m the Tyne this week. She is being built fur Cable and Wireless Limited. Singapore, at Neptune Yard by Swan. Hunter and Wiffham Richardson Limited. The new ship, pictured below,
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    School for deaf, dumb children an urgent need
    245 5 I\IE Singapore Government If considering an urgent plea by the Britten Red CrOM Society for a special school for deaf and dumb children About 100 of these children are still on the education waiting list becau.se of lack of accommodation. At present,
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      167 6 ■I 1 1 1 1 vJ' i I'l U Hil'B'fii iil'l'Jipl MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis f I I THA. WAS A Mif^l-M TAKING o».| I THIS A ™f»oim6Joll.\ I l^fA ~n\ S JSr- riIMR NO "N FOLLOW THAT HMO AND HIS t 1 y l\ W WR.BtNTAPf
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      733 6 I YOUR I LUCKY STAR DORN TODAY, you haw a 1J high degree of adaptal.iiux to people and circumstames > „v j have, however, a restless, sea uh- ing soul and although you n., j make what appears to be a i< m- porary compromise with life, v j is
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    Dynamite them into action...
    143 7 Dynamite them into action... 4 DOCTOR m England -A laimed that "administra- lynamlte" was needed to Kxne action into the runQing )i hospitals. Dr. Charles Metcalfp Brown. medical officer for Manchest rid the recent Sanitary Institute's Health Congress at S v wrough that hospital n magement should be handed i
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    A HAWKER'S GIFT
    46 7 picture. Sfv»»nt> -one-year-old Kuala I -iiiiiiiii hawker. Mr. Chan Niti Senu. celebrated his birthday recently by presenting sifts to inmates of the Kiiit: (ieorse V Jubilee Home m Sin Pen« Road. He is seen h<re handing a *ift to an woman. Free Press
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    No to 'sun camp'
    22 7 ithing society's ap- start a caravan Spring Woods, near rgholt. Essex, (Engbeen turned down >val by a planning
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    Museum raided
    24 7 IT who broke into M iseum. at Kenslngid set on the l u-in was huntt-d m Ice with dojis No- is stolen.
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    ARCHBISHOP HITS OUT: DON'T BE FATALISTS OVER H-BOMB
    264 7 'Civil Defence must continue' DEFUSAL to plan Civil Defence because of the development of the hydrogen bomb is condemned by the Archbishop of York as "cowardly and wrong: i weak and contemptible surrender to possibilities ihat may never occur.'' In a diocesan
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    Nest blocks gas vent—bride dies
    56 7 Nest blocks gas vent— bride dies A bird's nest— with two egg.^ —was found m the vent of a gas geyser m a bathroom m which a 21-year-old bride wa> iound dead. A tap was running and the geyser was turned on when Mrs. Marie Stickland. bride of a month,
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    Better ice-cream
    120 7 Ice-cream will be going back to its pre-war quality on May 8 when fats, butter, and margarine come off the lation in' Britain. birds away. For nearly a year he ranged between the pond and the River Ouse ten miles away. Finally Mr. Richardson asked Mr. Shirley to
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    THE SWAN AND GOOSE -AND NOW A SWOOSE
    176 7 The Richardsons have three THE swoose has arrived. Three sweese, m fact, have been born to Jan^y 1 the soose and Charlie the swan— hatched In the kitchen of a farmhouse by Mrs. Ida Richardson. The third and youngest member of the
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    Club insures against 'sixes'
    54 7 stone Kent, cricket Club whose ground Is near the main Dartford-Oravesend r ad, has Insured against damage '•sixes" tor E50.000. The policy also indemnifies Btone Parish council, which was order od in the High Court to pay t: 17.500 to v leven-year-old ,boy injured u» ttic
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    David Schine walks near the row scene
    48 7 David Schine walks near the row scene picture. PRIVATE David Schine. who is one of the central figures m the row now raging between Senator McCarthy and the I.S. Army, walks along the street near the Senate Office Buildiiiu m Washington where th«> ease is bein& heard. A.P
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    Lost woman, 82 found in stream
    41 7 Miss Adeline Beatrice Hop woud, 82. Dl Downlands-close. Sompting, Sussex, missing for three days utter going on i coach tour, was found dead In •x stream ai West Wantley Parm. West Chlltlngton, Su., i England.
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    Courage In No-man's land 38 years ago wins
    237 7 Courage In No-man's land 38 years ago wins \LAN< X CORPORAL who ived his wmnrled c.tpr nn m Prance m the Kal '-r'-i war heard that the c.^jtatn had left him *:300 m hl_ will. And m his home m Dick-Tii Heuth-road. Shirley, Birmingham (England*. 57 yearold Mr Thomas Oreen
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    Courage of the soldier who never gare in kills
    148 7 Courage of the soldier who never gare in kills RAYMOND ELLIOTT IVV*T liked to leave a job unfinished. And be showed that determination when, a.s a 19--year-old National Serviceman. he began to tire during i march. Another private. Raymond Reading, urged him to fall out. Replied Private Elliott.: "I have
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      37 7 «l \S IMPOSSUU 1 S |»ITIIHKN RIIODFSIAS Caledonian Society claimed l| hi "d pUyed "God Savr the ijueen" on the baspipes Ll «o Rut m Edinburgh an expert said: "Impo.v»ible *l erM,ugh noteb on t|ie pip( v
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    WHY PITY THE FAT GIRLE?
    569 8 The .Juno tvbes £et along very well HIIY reel sorry tor the fai I have ipent ;i week studying life among the outsixes and I can s:«v this: the Juno types can along <i»»»tt- well without our pity. d to .1 plump Kir] v to
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    55 8 photo Tin- Parisian fashion king, hristian Dior La to design "00l ni the world" sweaters which will be manufactured by i famous Scots knitwear ;imi hosiery firm for the Canadian and I S, dollar market, lien Mr. Dior tilks to (wo of hi> be iweatered modeli ;»< a U.i Idorf
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    Lace is making a comeback
    431 8  - Lace is making a comeback JUDITH SIMONS Says LONDON. Tin* MOST gracious of all fabrics i.s lace, n Imparts some of its own delicacy to any woman vJm wears it, giving gentleness to her demeanour. Before the war, lace had something .i nann a.s a "iha tronly fabric." Lengths In
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    51 8 photo. rhe return to popularity of the traditional flower met if is m this dress and jacket of printed rayon ffhmife. The colours blick and white on pale honey are typically this season's, while •nterest is added by black P'pms on the jacket and Molted rHaced bw.v on th^ dreis.—
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    She does NOT like whiskers
    217 8 She does NOT like whiskers Bj EILEEN ASCROFT \RE whl >.< rs an Improven ""t on a masculine 'ace? After an i vening speni with 60 members ol the Handl.bar Club I say mphatically 1 singer moustaches red exhibit ones and many that wen hall and half y belonged to
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    Wire brush removes face sears
    190 8 Wire brush removes face sears A NEW method of reni( scars through the urn i I a revolving stainless ste< wire brush has been developed by Now York doctor. The new technique called ■plastic planing," is reported to be far superior to sandpapering. The technique mak< 3 use of an
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    Blind farmer keeps his land
    197 9 Blind farmer keeps his land HERBERT WALDEN. the bind Essex farmer, will be owed to keep hia land. vricay Council decided he should remain to farm T es -undisturbed. ,i 51-year-old farmer -i t is wonderful Bert Walden, blind since the has farmed the Mime at South Green. v for
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    MORE OUT OF SCHOOL THAN IN
    54 9 A mother admitted at Ipsyesterday that her sixdaughter had beer absent from school 362 times In 16 months. Mrs. Elizabeth Sawtins. oi T beck -road, Ipswich. wai 15s. and warned that ii child was not .sent to school In future she would be taken
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    £24 MIL HEALTH
    16 9 C( t so fax of the Nationa Health Service In Surrey l 025,260
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    Boys go to Hollywood to learn manners
    123 9 KENT'S children's courts arc tending young offenders to Hollywood, a manor bone standing m 27 acres of pastures and woodland at \Y«sl Kingsdown. U»i> training they get there s Proving a success. Hollywood, which can house <>'» boys, was bought for 11.000 m
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    TUT, TUT, TUT WAS ALL THE PARROT COULD SAY
    182 9 g'I'ATION foreman James Knight gaw g fluttering m the tdim tunnel leading out of ;j nd Court tube station J': ra p to the end of the plat- Mr. Knight dashed along the platform to collect a rubbn glove. A train
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    'BACK-ROOM BOYS' PROBE COMET CRASHES BEFORE TESTS
    312 9 Experts want a guide first y^O further flight tests have been made yet of the Comet .jet airliner, and it is unlikely that any of the airplanes will be flown for a few weeks. The mystery of the Comet crashes is being probed
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    The most charming picture of tour
    44 9 The most charming picture of tour picture. THE QUEEN receives a basket of flowers from gracefully eurtesying Beata Kabasindi. 12, a pupil of the Convent of Mary Reparatrix, on arrival at Entebbe, Uganda. Looking on is Sir Andrew Cohen, the Governor of Uganda. Reuter
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    HEARING EVIDENCE
    26 9 Because magistrates have complained that they cannot hear witnesses, Croydon Council air to be recommended to experiment with sound amulifying eauipment m the court.
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    Bid to get rid of smog
    163 9 Bid to get rid of smog NKW btat-the -miioi; methods are being SiMilod m London m re-idinesb lor a conciiitrated drive m ieallng uith the dual problem, oi SSJMke abatement aisd air pollution London councils have In en .iskt'ti to put forward views on ways ■moke leateme it might be
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    Prisoner killed
    46 9 Bruce Charles Macgrt gor aged 44, serving a 12-montl sentence for fraud, was killed m an accident at Hounslow, Middlesi-x England. He was m a party of Pen tonville prisoners working m sheds made from air raid shelters when a shed collapsed on Dim
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    Postmen not popular as lodgers
    93 9 Postmen not popular as lodgers Landladies In Luton, England, will not take postmen .us lodgers became they have to get up so early In the morning. So Luton Post Office have had to rtfu.^e men offered by other districts, and are trviim to carry on with 17 men short. Says
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    CONVERT CANALS INTO TRUNK ROADS, SAYS M.P.
    160 9 Nd, they're too important— Govt. A SOLUTION to London's traffic problem was offered by an M.P.: convert some canals into trunk roads. Mr. J. E. S. Simon (Tory. West Ifkldlflibrough) vi.suali.srrl a road running from weft to east and by-passing all main trailic.
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    Music in the air but no sound
    185 9 Music in the air but no sound 'I'JEKE Ls music iii the air lor patients In a ward at Worming Ho pital, England. But not a wire can be set n. and no sound i.s heard by anyone walking through the ward When a patient wants to listen he clips
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    JAPS BACK BIRTH CONTROL
    419 10 JAPS BACK BIRTH CONTROL In the past too many babies led to wars, poverty and slavery. IMRTH CONTROL was practically unknown m .Japan before the war, but Japanese doctors are now enthusiastic over a recent experiment m controlling the country's d,i n cru v s population growth. The experiment, they
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    10 10 W f v fOYS l V off DUTY CYCLE RIDE.
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    Man, the Slave of Woman
    589 10  - Man, the Slave of Woman HAL BOYLE By Hal Boyle foresees a world run by the 'weaker sex NEW YORK THE other nighi I he I a man say right out loud that, it he ci had a chance for a ond life, he would prefer to return to Hie
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    Now you know!
    98 10 WHEN CHILDREN steal set fire to the house, or cosh somebody, they have often been unconsciously encouraged to do so by their parents, who would secretly like to do such things themselves. That is the latest theory of the child psychologists, who just cannot believe that some
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    8 10 PEGdY IBTLE, PKESTON FOSTER IN 1, HIE JtUV"
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    10 10 l \u\ic\ li kiwokx Of M >>< o\V DANCES IN LONDON
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    Modern Miss grows faster
    182 10  - Modern Miss grows faster CHAPMAN PINCHER Says XIODKRX MISS Britain I iTI grows -so fast that reaches her full womanly height by th<> time she is 16 two irlier than her indmother did a dcotor announces tot: H< r e on growfor about two y< :hes and i hall 21
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    THE EDGE OF THE BAMBOO CURTAIN
    921 11  - THE EDGE OF THE BAMBOO CURTAIN STEVE B. NEOH ihis If Uwijl Station^ British irontier post which is the only rail link between Red Chin*, and Hmg Kony. through Which hundreds of Malayan youths pass into the Bamboo Curtain area. Arrow shows Communist bastion KuarditiK the himtier region, while on
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    Jets for U.S.?
    104 11 riRST round m a. battle x to win a U.S. certificate of airworthiness for the Vickers Viscount jet-prop airliner opens this month with the visit to England of a fourman party from the U.S. Civil Aviation Administration. The four men are making the journey at the request
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    Oranges steal show
    302 11 AT MOSCOW PARTIES LWER attend an impor- tant diplomatic reception where a star attraction is just plain oranges? Ever see guest* pop oranges into their handbags and pockets to take home? And not be embarrassed about it? Well, it happens m Moscow. Oranges <vnd ***** other citrus
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    21 11 THE LAS'I STAGE OF THE ROYAL TOl'li CAN BE SEEEN 7A' THIS SPECIAL MA?. THE ROYAL FAMILY ARE NOW AT MALTA.
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    Children of the Sun
    38 12 photo. These children an weirinf juvenile sun suits displayed i?j .i fashion show m Kflfl, lti>th suits are m French c¥(»tton The riUMffareet are m pillar ln»\ rrd and have an embroidered pocket.— Reuter
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    YOUR heart must pay for The atom age
    440 12 qTRANGELY enough the vl fact thai so many p'' >i>i<' die <>f heart disease, and diseases of the circulation, constitutes victory for medicine. For the diseases of th<- heart mid of the circulatory system are the diseases yl the runninß down of
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    WILL HAWAII MEAN TROUBLE?
    624 12  -  O.H.BRANDON Island 2,000 miles from the U.S. mainland may become the 49th state of the Union. This will represent a revolutionary step m American history. by HULA dances, floral Iris and surfboards of the Hawaiian Islands have by now ceased to be the mb >ls '<:
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    Bridge Hand
    415 12 Both nld»»s vulnerable North dealer NORTH <? Q *\o\ 4 IVFST KAHT 4KQJ3 10 7 3 2 VMM 0 X J t 6 3 iVi SOUTH S> A X 8 0 A 10 g ♦AQ9 7 6 2 The bidding: North Eaat South Weat Pass Pass 14, 2*'
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    VISHINSKY'S GREAT FEAR
    155 13 VISHINSKY'S GREAT FEAR WHAT tru greatest anxiety of Soviet Minister Vishmsky? The Pctrov case? The Ccncva conference? Not at all. If one believes Fritz Bauer, a Ccrman prisoner-of-war who has just returned from Russia, it is his bulging waistline. Frit] Bauer, a master cutter m civilian life. was. until his
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    SNAKES KILL THOUSANDS
    173 13 THE number of snake--1 bite deaths m India runs into thousands every year, but statisticians have never been able to determine an exact figure. In the areas for which figures arc available for 1951. 5.105 deaths were caused by snakes. In other states, 1.594 were listed as
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    WARE THE V.I.P.
    764 13  -  NORMAN LINDHURST Ansc.-.cuii generals Tea* visits Erom senators and o££icials more than they Sea* the Russians Entertaining V.LPs is a major problem, employing many men. BY rPHE American Generals In Germany have a headache that causes them more sleepless nights than the Russians massed within cannon shot
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    Nothing wicked about Hashish dens
    438 13 Nothing wicked about Hashish dens AN ESQUIRE calendar is the most wicked thing to see m a Beirut, Hashish-smokers' den. A visit to the Hashish dens of this port city is apt to be disappointing if you expect to see oriental vice at its worst. Compared to reoorts of American
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    GARDNER PLODS THE LONG TRAIL
    244 14  -  GEORGE WHITING 15 v I X Gardner, plaster protecting his cut ri^ht eye- brow and lack Hoobs, holding tub of Ice-cream to iiis swollen left eye, tHI me that these Injuries will not prejudice their prospects of thumping each other .it the White City on
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    87-yr-old plans 2 mile run
    85 14 87-yr-old plans 2 mile run \i n Charlie il.trt who m 1951 rmn twelve mil from Tn i< krnh;im to the south Baal Bahl bitloa London, is plan* ninj another run lint h.lt lie I: aai mailr one lone 'distance run each < f iiinee his KOih birthday, has decided
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    KLANG TENNIS
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    GAVILAN DEFENDS WORLD CROWN
    68 14 Kid Gavilan of Cuba will defend his world welterweight boxing cham- pionship against Johnny Baxton In Philadelphia late m June or early July, promoter n trman Taylor has nnounctd. The bout would be Gavilan's flral title defence since last November. He recently lost a decision to
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    Darius beats French challenge to win
    105 14 DARIUS brat off the French challenge to win the MM Guineas, Brat raclni classic of the season, at Newn irket. Hidden by B. Mercer. Sir Percy Loraine's coll beat French .horse lerriol, ou ned by the ContfllC de Chamhnre and ridden by \V. B.
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      Syed Omar and the Asian Games
      308 14 TIM Asian Game* now proceeding m Manila are the 1 biggest thing m sport m this part of the world. Probably the greatest honour a local sportsman can achieve other than Olympic selection, is to take Dart m these "Asian Olympics". And yet. when
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    Wardrop is the fastest, but he can't compete!
    428 14 Wardrop is the fastest, but he can't compete! Isy DESMOND 11.-U'KETT THE Amateur Swimming Association almost went m at the deep end with joy when they learned that Jack Wardrop ha.; become the fastest European swimmer over 400 metres. Jack's just the boy. they enthused [or the European Games Championshipi
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    GAMES REQUEST
    15 15 *H1 ask the International < < «.rnmmee to Malfll the events of th« 165e Games
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    Apprentice rider wins
    22 15 p,« Winner of Ihr first ra«e, BiK Money (jockey Manninpi paid $121 and VM for a place. Free Press
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    Downpour foxed the punters
    511 15  -  TRESPASSER HOW THEY RAN AT K.L. By 4 RAINSTORM after the third race delayed proceed- ing for half an hour and made the going suddenly heavy at the Selangor Turf Club May meeting m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The racing began with the biggest upset of the
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    Youths replace banned stars
    86 15 ITALY picked a new Davis Cup team yesterday to rei the disqualified stars F;ui.<to Cardini. national sintf** champion, and Giuseppe Merlo, the country's number twc player. Th»\ wen banned indefinitely by the Italian Tennis Federation on Musation that they 'asked for money to participate m the
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    Infatuation wins stakes
    99 15 CIR MALCOLM McAlpine's Inratuatlon, who started jay( urite for last week's 2.000 Suineaa classic, won the trial slakej over 10 furlongs at Sur- '•> yesterday, defeating four fcp» m Derby entries. t nation ran on Ramely on t* Ing than he encountered at ""■"'Kf to master Court
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    PAKISTAN'S DAY IN MANILA
    429 15 PAKISTAN 'S DAY IN MANILA Hurt sprinter sets a record PAKISTAN'S male track stars got off to a lluling start on the final day of the track events of the second Asian (iames, winning the first two dash events both by new Asian (iames records and also gaining a second
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    Thrilling finish to ***** m run
    77 15 Thrilling finish to ***** m run IN one of the mast thrilling finishes seen at the Asian Games, South Korea's Choi Chung Sik burst lrom behind m the last lap to win the 10,000-metre run. Leading all the way until the hist lap. the 25th, was China's Pi Li Ifing
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    PAKISTAN 452 PTS
    56 15 TN the overall unofficial team scoring. Japan has 1,035 points, earned m track, wrestling and swimming. Pakistan follows with 452 points. Then comes India 436 points. Philippines 253, South Korea 165. Nationalist China 105. Singapore 25, Afghanistan 25. Israel 10. Malaya 7, Hong Kong 6. Indonesia 6,
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    U.K. CRICKET RAINED OFF
    94 15 Rain pi evented play In the following five first class cricket matches, which were due to be^in yesterday: M.C.C. v Surrey at Ix>rds: Oxford University Yorkshire at Oxford. Hampshire v The Army at Southampton; Derbyshire v Royal Air Fore at Ilkeston; Glamorgan v Somerset (two-day match
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    FIRST WIN FOR HOSTS
    76 15 MEDALS for the first two shooting events of the second Asian Games were awarded yesterday at the track and field stadium between events. It was the first time the flag of the host country, the Philippines, had been raised on the Asian Games flagpoles. The Philippines
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    WOMEN'S WATER POLO
    35 15 Hongkong beat the Philippines by tm goals to two m the first gam«of the women's water polo series ii Manila. Hon^kt.: ■<: fIVC voals In each hall and the Philippines one i nrti
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    Birthday win for Richards
    75 15 OIR GORDON KICHARDS thr» v. nis pame lev over a IOOf shot and rod*- the horse to his 4 836 victory yesterday on his aOtli birthday. Little Sir Gordon's victory was m the Ko.se BUkcs at Sandown Park m South west Louden. It Uiis I minor
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    JAPS CHOOSE 13 FOR THOMAS CUP
    52 15 I he Japan Badminton Association fHtvday tnoounotd itltcUoo <! 13-mtmbtf team to represent ).< In the A.sia HOC elimina' ion round of the Tboouu ("up tournament ibe ThonMt Cup i i MBbkn i the work! championship. The team nnounced b( the cfc m o!
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    FAVOURITE ROMPS HOME
    180 15 FAVOURITE ROMPS HOME THE main race saw the triumph of the day's hottest favourite. Sovereign. He was backed a«- if he couldn t lose, 422 tickets beiny ■Old on hin> on the win tote. This smashing three -year -old unleashed a brilliant turn of speed and was ne\er headed. At
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    NORMA MUST BEAT ONE JAP TO WIN A MEDAL
    349 16 Elsie him strikes her bond m 1 00 m heats By WEE KIM WEE TWO Singapore boxers and one athlete were eliminated on the fourth day of the Second Asian Games, but both trirl swimmers qualified for the finals. Norm;. Hutchinson,
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    S'pore boxers beaten
    122 16 S'pore boxers beaten By MARIO ROXAS HPHE Second Asian Gavie.s 1 boxing tournament opened ]a.st niuht with the Philippines and Japan a.s favourites. The only two Singapore boxers m action last night Dennis Lazaroo and Abdul Halim were both beaten. Aye Kho of Burma won split decision over Abdul Halim
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    Asian Games special
    77 16 Asian Games special (■it folll 'h place In the t^'> beats. Singaporr supporters suffered a hr:irt throb when BWe'l head hit the wall at the .*>o metre turn. She sank low for several seconds before <omiti£ up to resume the race and finished four seconds behind the winner m the
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    Japs set 14 of 26 records
    120 16 JAPAN swamped the rest of Asia as her crack men and women athlete* ran away with the track title of the Asian Oar.ies. The Japanese, dominating the track from the start, set 14 of the -♦i new athletic records. About 15.000 spectators looked on
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    Dennis is knocked out
    80 16 Japan's Hiroshi Iwabuchi scored a third round knockout over Dennis I azaroo of Singapore m their Ufbtajajght match. The knockout came when Lazaro>i ran into a hard right cross which caught him flush on the jaw. Both Qghtari showed good style m the first two rounds
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    196 16 minus Mm./, >,#, 'minimum 9ONIB, on J4 Apr il VMA. to .If. m md Ton <>i Pengkalan Kumtani Selangoi i on 018 lON on L*r»t ti April at IteyReW N ii \n& Home Hcaton Mcrny, i Jean wife ol Roj OUmod, Malayan Civil tenrlce daughter. I NUAGEMENT ?ft
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    All the weights for Saturday
    359 16 lUEKiHT'S for Saturday's races at Kuala Lumpur, Tf concluding day of th<> Selangor Turf Club May CL, t, niv. I—«i.1 «i Knjoyinriil II !».tlil < ;uiio Mm |.13 l'rus|Miily X.M Siijmt I'irtuir Hit) Mpnic Km^lii Koltin Hood K UK Pel Mission X OK S»n*l Difam
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    Troubadour (38) best over 3 F
    297 16 TODAY'S K.L. TRACK WORK I J\ Kucing Correspondent K\( ING irWc out tn a heavy track Troubadour, with Sawyer astride, clocked the smart time of :;h seconds for IF this morning:. It was the best workout of the morning. Prosperity (Mawi) strolled away from
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    NEO JUST SMILES IN WAIT
    151 16 NEO JUST SMILES IN WAIT NEO CHWEE KOK, who watched Morma Hutchiason and Bltie Lim .swim the heats yesterday .smiled confidently at hi.s prospecta m today's 100 metre swim. Ch**ee Kok told me beside the pool that In vai lully aware of the stifT opposition to come from two Japanese
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    JAPS BEST, SAYS JAP
    89 16 JAPS BEST, SAYS JAP rpHE 11 -member Japanese table tennis team, including one member who won the men's world singles championship m London arrived m Hong Kong yesterday on their way home. The Kroup will stay five days to play exhibition games with local players. World Champion Ichiro Ogimura said
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    TENNIS IN RAIN
    50 16 Top->eeded Tony Trabert of the United States led a large American delegation into the second round of the Italian international tennis tournament yesterday by defeating Eduardo Argon of Uruguay. 6-1. R -3 7-5. m a match that had to be StOlinPri tu.ir>o Has><->iica r\t li M.i n
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