The Singapore Free Press, 12 June 1954

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Larm>t Afternoon Sale m Malaya t: Singapore, Sat.. June 12, 1954. Price 15 (Is
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    'I didn't call for aid by firemen'
    227 1 ENGINEER QUESTIONED AT INQUIRY MH Kenneth Seth, counsel representing the Singapore Civil Aviation Department, this morning told Kalian^ air crash inquiry court that it was important that the court should have before it idence upon which to decide whether the work of .lalay
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    Moneylender attacked
    50 1 Indians attacked a money-lender while he i a friend's house m Road, Singapore. i ight. A police .spokesman said thi.s norning that the money-lender •Supiamamam, of Mar--1 t. was not seriously riurt. men held him while the struck him with iron pipe* 1 i men have been detained.
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    Rubber Price
    28 1 gapore Rubber Market nt- t on an uncertain tone m morning with first grade, -shipment at 654 cents a 1 wnd, three quarter cent besterday's clase.
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    No 'Pearl Harbour' fear now—Ismay
    195 1 No 'Pearl Harbour' fear now— Ismay THE danger of the So- E viet I nium or its satel- 1 lites staging a "Pearl I Harbour" surprise attack j j against Western Europe I I appears to have passed, i Lord Ismay, Secretary General of the North At- lantic Treaty Organisa-
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    $500 THEFT
    33 1 One thousand feel ()1 old electric underground cables worth $500 have been .stolen from a military store at Selarang, Singapore. Five men are believed to have taken part m the theft.
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    SOUTH-EAST ASIA TALKS END
    67 1 piE FIVE power military 1 inference on South--IJ*t Asia ended m WashinK£n last night with an ani(nmcement that the high mkin« officers of the n 'ted States, Britain. r; -uici\ Australia and New Zealand would send their conclusions to their Governments. The military i« 1 tives.
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    'Urgent' Thai-U.S. talks on defence
    127 1 'Urgent' Thai-U.S. talks on defence 4 N authoritative Thai gpokesA man said m Bangkok yesterday that a military delegation will go to Washington m response to an urgent US. request for high level talks on rapidly Increasing Thailand's armed forces. The source said the Thai Defence Ministry has appointed a
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    ALL SET FOR THE CALL-UP
    336 1 90 students exempted M KM) students, including many from Chinese schools, have applied for exemption from National Service training. More than 90 per cent of the applications have been granted m order to give the applicants time to concentrate on their final examinations, a Government
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    Tribal envoy back home
    27 1 A tribal envoy returned to Kampala. (Uganda), by air from Britain yesterday on a secret mission for the deposed Kabaka <king> of Buganda.
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    Shadow he shot at was wife
    78 1 PMJCKMAM < harles W. Kos/ak. lit. shot and f critically wounded his I wife m their home m Washington early yes- 3 f terdav. He said he was awakened by thunder, saw a I I shadow near the window I and fired three shots
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    Sir John sees new assembly chamber
    48 1 The Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, this morning visited the new Legislative Assembly Chamber m the old Supreme Court at Empress Place. He was .shown around by Mr. T.H.H. Hancock, P.VV.D. Senior Architect m charge oi the renovation of the building.
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    Big crowd was there but....
    63 1 A big crowd gathered this morning when a police patrol and a flre engine rushed to a coffee .shop at Kirn Seng Road, Singapore, near the mam entrance of the CJre.it World. But all they .saw were dying tunics from a chimney which had caught
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    REDS SEAL OFF DELTA
    384 2 US stops airlift: 'It won't save Hanoi' RINGED' BY SEVEN DIVISIONS OFFICIAL sources said m Hanoi yesterday that the first elements of Communist columns marching south-east from Dien Bien Phu m northern Indo-China have reached Than Hoa. and thus completed sealing oft the Red River delta
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    COTY TRIES TO STAVE OFF LANIEL CRISIS
    155 2 MREtfE COTY. the French President, conferred with key politicians m Paiis ye.sterdav m an attempt to avert a political crisis With M. Joseph Laniel's 11--month-old Government fac- lnu almost inevitable defeat m today's vote of confidence on Itulo-China. the President saw M. Edeuard
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    'My Texan did turn up but...—redhead
    172 2 'My Texan did turn up but... redhead NAOMI WOLFSON, a 20-year-old English show girl who was left waiting by a wealthy Texan she claimed was to take her on a North American tour, said yesterday she hasn't enough money to get back home. She said she met Fred Harrison, 38-year-old
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    He carved T.B. on boys' arms for fun
    63 2 A 13-YEAR OLD boy admitted m a London juvenile court that he carved the initials T.R. for "Teddy Boy"— on the arms of four schoolmates "for fun." His teachers said the boy had also been running a "protection racket" m the school
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    Chess players in U.S.
    27 2 Fourteen Russian chess players, including some of the world's best, arrived m New York yesterday for a tournament with America's best players. A.P.
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    2 Climbers swept to death
    126 2 2 Climbers swept to death AUSTRIAN Alpinist, Frit/. Kaipared, and Swiss guide Anthony Vasenauer. were killed when they fell into i 4,800 foot ravine while climbIng Salccantay Peak, about 38 miles we.st of Cuzoo. word was received m Lima. Peru, last night. The tragedy took place, on Sunday. Two other
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    West Yes, Red No on U.N. holds up Geneva
    290 2 'THE Geneva deadlocks on 1 the issues affecting the Korea elections and Indo China armistice grew tighter as delegates spoke out m strong support of their views yesterday. unmunist China again attacked the United States m maintaining its outright rejection of
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    SACK MCCARTHY IF HE WON'T ANSWER CHARGE'
    190 3 SENATOR URGES ACTION nENATOB Ralph Flanders yesterday urged the v Senate to deprive Senator Joseph McCarthy of office as chairman of its investigation sub •committee, unless he answers accusations made against him m He said Senator McCarthy had held the entire Senate m
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    'Just like Hitler'
    53 3 A REPORT likening the rise of Senator McCarthy to that of Hitler ;l nd Stalin was approved unanimously yesterday by the Detroit Methodist hurch conference. The report, drawn up by the conference's Board of Social and Economic Relations, called Me- arthyism the "surface expression of a deadly
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    COSTLY DEFENCE
    22 3 Burma and Pakistan have told the United Nations they could see no early reduction m their defence spending. A .P.
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    $225,000 paid for kidnapped wife
    156 3 MOUNTAIN CAPTIVE FOR A DAY 4 STRONG police force combing the rugged Super- stition Mountains m Arizona picked up fresh tracks of an armed and dangerous kidnapper yesterday. Bloodhounds are being rushed to the area to help police seeking the abductor of Mrs. Evelyn Ann
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    Only seven votes
    40 3 Prime Minister Robert MenGovernment coalition W 'U have a majority of only seven votes m Australia's new °use of Representatives, final ctlon figures disclosed yes- rd *y. It had a majority of 15 the last House AP
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    India asked to help
    35 3 A Buddhist goodwill mission from Japan now m India has approached the Indian Government to use its good offices to secure the release of Japanese war prisoners detained m Russia. Reuter
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    LOST NAVY YACHT 'WAS SEIZED BY REDS'
    124 3 A BRITISH Royal Navy yacht missing with nine men was seized by a Chinese Communist gunboat at Sanmunkwan on June 4. A Chinese newspaper m Hongkong which reported this yesterday quoted an unidentified source. The Royal Navy said only that it is continuing
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    Barred scientist: US move
    187 3 PHK State Department has 1 >rdered a review of an official ruling that Profesfot Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac 51-year-old British Nobel Prize winner, is "inadmisrtWe* to the United states, according to a Washington despatch m the New /urk Times yesterday. department has asked JW Consular officer
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    'A real chance' of big tin pact
    154 3 AN interim committee which has been discussing a programme for the formation of the International Tin Council, ended its meetings m London last night. An official communique said that the committee considered preparation of rules on procedure which might be submitted to the
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    Fastest jet crashes
    36 3 One of the U.S. Navy's fastest jet tightens, the twinengine Cutlass, crashed on takeoff yesterday destroying a .school building at the Memphis naval air station and killing the pilot and two sailors.— A.P.
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    Turks ratify pact
    16 3 Turkey's Grand National Assembly yesterday unanimously ratified the TurkeyPakistan mutual assistance pact. A.P.
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    COOL SPOT FOR OUR ANTI-BANDIT AIRMEN
    71 3 "Let's cool ourselves now." shouted the airmen (above) as they dived into the new swimming: pool for the R.A.F. at Kuala Lumpur airport. The pool was one of the first built for airmen m the Federation. Mrs. F. R. W. Scherger, (below), wife of
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, June 12, 1954. Opinion Vigilance is paying
    368 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, June 12, 1954. Opinion Vigilance is paying Those who have sought to belittle the work Tiong Bahru Vigilante Corps has done since it was formed m February 1953. argue with scant logic. Main ground of criticism seems to have been that the corps cannot point
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    To Baku, by train (and what a journey!)
    572 4 To Baku, by train (and what a journey!) -y^^~'^\ TODAY IV A^ JETTING to Baku, on the Caspian Sea, gave me my first train ride inside th e Soviet Union. We took 18 hours to cover the 345 miles from Tiflis and Mar Coll was sorely tempted to create a
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      Side-saddling
      80 4 jjEAR sir. Your assumption that a knock-kneed women nainp side-saddle can be easily got off her horse merely shotos your own ignorance. It's true that she does not grip the horse with her knees, but the fact that she can easily dismount makes her more stubborn. The knock-kneed man
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      Larger than life
      67 4 T READ that there is an "electron microscope" which would magnify a comma m this column 200,000 times. The comma would seem to be nearly 300 ft. wide and over 500 ft. deep. If I drew an elephant it would j be bedtime before the reader had
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      Scene from 'Iliad' film
      89 4 Scene from 'Iliad' film Achilles: Hast seen my adversary, Hector, Ajax, forsooth? Ajax: Nay. I alnt bin around. Achilles: Somep'n's got into that warrior. But, see, here cometh the fair Helen, beshrew me, gramercy. Helen: Greetings, my lords. How art thou, Archilles? Hiya Ajax. Achilles: I seek that warrior Hector,
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    THE MacCOLL ROUTE
    272 4 speech m a Russian n» *i paper. "Is speaking,' 1 he says loud and clear. I nod gravely Honours are even. NOW it's getting very hot. and I'm glad of the light tropical suit I bought m Washington. The countryside is changing dramatically. The poppy fields and
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    200-YARD ROAD OF SHAME
    392 5 200- YARD ROAD OF SHAME Delightful suburb of contented folk has a BIG problem THERE can be fewer pleasant outings m Singapore than one to the delightful district of Katong on the east coast. There m the pick of the Colony suburbs live thriving and contented community. Besides it is
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    CAMERAS CLICKING LESS TODAY
    166 5 CAMERAS CLICKING LESS TODAY INTEREST In photograpny m 1 Singapore seems to have slackened off. Fewer cameras are being bought and photographic stores are feeling the drop m development and printinn business from amateur photographers. To offset this, brought about by the present trade recession, and stronger competition from bigger
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    HE WILL SOON SEE BETTER
    45 5 Eleven-year-old Rafic Matta the Arab boy who was operated on at a London hospital to save his sight, b making normal progress. Soon he will Ro to a convalescent home at Tilford. Surrey, where his mother can jtay with him
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    MORE ASK FOR RELIEF THIS YEAR
    236 5 MORE and more people m Sinspore are seeking financial relief from the Social Welfare Department under public assistance scheme. Lckneu and tuberculosis :nent allowances. c number of cases helped by department has increased considerably since the tegtaninji of this year. iu.se of this the
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    Rockets to aid police in rescues at sea
    120 5 Rockets to aid police in rescues at sea OOME of the Singapore >3 Marine Police boats are now equipped with a new rocket-firing device for sea rescues a police spokesman told the Free Press yesterday. This recent installation is the outcome of a series of tests conducted by Mr. John
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    A MATTER OF GETTING OFF
    69 5 Mr J McCowen, 60-year-old King's Lvnn docker, who is learning to ride pe»ny-fartmne bicycle for the town s chattel pageant, has one big worry: How to dismount? -There are only a few yard. to ride m the pageant/' .he says. •But someone will have to
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    A FREE PRESS REPORTER TODAY GOES ON EAST COAST TOUR
    228 5 od Mr De Foe Mr Lee Slow Mone. a Government official of Wilkinson Road, wants to see speeding along the smaller roads stopped. "I don't know wny motorists have to travel so fast alonu narrow roads Many accidents have occurred
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    SHOW AIDS SCHOOLS' FUND: $***** RAISED
    58 5 SHOW AIDS SCHOOLS' FUND: $***** RAISED rpHE two-day show sponsored 1 by the Singapore Ankwei Huay Kuan at the Happy World Stadium this week realised more than $30,000. The money will go towards a fund to help 15 schools run by the association, members i of which belong to a
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    Dirty work at night time
    80 6 ONE MORNING, ardent Party officials In an Iron Curtain country were horrified 1 find the factory walls covered with anti-Communist slogans. The offending words wen hastily scrubbed off, and one corner of the wall an exasperated official chalked up: "Coward! Why do your dirty work
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      205 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis lAS DAPPfP DAN THt SKItR'VANKM. •I I PRESS THI<, "If OPERATED f WL OH( T >*"« ~^=^M' •GHoil SKIER" PRI PARES 10 MOW DO YOO V V^ BUTTON. A REVOUiNC, y TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris rj^ r^
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      535 6 YOUR I LUCKY I STAR jJORN TODAY, the stars have given you a m.,i Plicity of talents You ire j astute m business and com E merce; you are gifted m the arts, especially literature anj music: and you are determined to have your own way and sue ceed at
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    Best pair with dance trophies
    79 7 Best pair with dance trophies MISS Lucy Lim and her partner. Mr. Lim Hon Chin. proudly exhibit their trophies after winmug the 1954 Singapore International Amateur Dance Championship at the Happy World cabaret this week. Miss Lim and Mr. Lim was adjudged the best pair. Eight other couples competed. The
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    School to get new building
    47 7 TAIPING. Sat. The new ouilding of the Hua Lian High School m Temple Street will be M>ened on June 25 by Mrs Lim nuao Lye. The opening coincides with he school's anniversary and Uidents will stage concerts on fune 25 and 26.
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    ROAD PLAN 'CONFUSING' MOTORISTS
    305 7 1 number of Singapore motorists yesterday described 'somewhat confusing" the new traffic system at Raffles Place, aimed at reducing congestion and eliminating circling. of these motorists thought that the business I leaving Raffles Place via Buttery Road and going all the way to the round about
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    DRUNKER BRAWLING NEAR TODDY SHOP SCARES CHILDREN
    204 7 I\KI\KEN brawls near the Government toddy shop on St. George's Koad m I'pper Serangoon, SingatMve are scaring children m a wide area who have to l»ass tb* shop on their way to schools. The children are insisting that parents accompany them on their
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    Canteen food will be cheaper
    278 7 Canteen food will be cheaper SINGAPORE Government's 20,000 employees are to get better and cheaper food from their office canteens soon. Final plans for the reorganisation and taking over of all private canteens m Government premises are being worked out. The running of the canteens will be under the .supervision
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    Gardener's home burgled
    40 7 IPOH, Sat. A gardener, J. Manickam. found that his house had been burgled on Tuesday morning while he had been working m his compound m Douglas Road. The house was found ransacked and property stolen. MR. INCE
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    A careless smoker started fire
    93 7 A careless smoker started fire KLANG, Sat. A CIGARETTE flung Irom a bedroom window is believed to have started a fire that destroyed more than 350 lbs. of charcoal, firewood and a bicycle m an hotel yard. The cigarette, thought to have been thrown from a back window of the
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    SEVEN HELD
    17 7 KLANG, Sat. Seven people were arrested m the Telok area near here for breaking curfew.
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      29 7 New church TAIPING, Sat. The Pokok Assam Methodist Church will be dedicated at 3 p.m. on June 19. The Rev. T. Runyan and the Rev. John Chua will officiate.
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    It's the world's biggest tanker
    105 8 It's the world's biggest tanker Lit, WOKLD'S bijjffest tanker. the 47,000-ton tanker Al Malik Saud Al Aw a I (King Saud The First) being launched at the Howaldt Shipyards. Hamburg with Muslim holy water. Greek born Argentine mv 1 1 i millionaire. Mr. Aristotle Onassis, proudly watched as his latest
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    'Show your warrant' -then 'P.C.s' ran off
    255 8 TWO women m a street m the centre of Sheffield one night were approached by men who claimed they were police officers, said Mr. D. F. Banwell, prosecuting at Sheffield. The women were asked for their names and addresses. When one demanded to
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    MOTHER GOT OFFER OF MARRIAGE IN COURT
    209 8 A FTER an offer had been A made m court to marry a 27-year-old mother she was sent to prison for three months at Clerkenwell, London. She pleaded guilty to neglecting her three-month-old child. The magistrate, Mr. Frank Powell, said a prison doctor
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    43 8 picture. it i? l^'?, AM ASS *P°*- Mr Pote Sarasin (left), speaks at a meeting of the ™«n T* S2TI& C jT l 2^S kll adopted a P r °P^al for a watchdog commission to study the Indo-China war threat to Siam A.P.
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    HIS PRETTY SECRETARY WORKED OVERTIME
    542 8 HIS PRETTY SECRETARY WORKED OVERTIME OECOrNTING a man's evidence that he took his iV secretary to public-houses because people with whom he did business were attracted by her, M r Justice Collinffwood said m the Divorce Court lllLon don that the explanation was not very convincing He awarded £300 damages
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    £10,000 policy to insure their fun
    121 8 MODEL motor-boat owners have been warned that before they sail their craft on lakes m Bristol parks they must indemnify the council against all claim* for injury to people or property up to £10.000. A spokesman for the town clerk, asked for a definition
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    HE BORED HOLES TO SPY ON NEIGHBOURS
    247 8 HE BORED HOLES TO SPY ON NEIGHBOURS AFTER a man had bored three holes through the roof of a neighbour's house, it was possible for him to see into the room below, said Chief Supt. A. Shand, prosecuting m a case at Mansfield. Notts. Before the magistrates was George Buttery,
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    FARMER APOLOGISES TO GIRL'S FATHER
    301 9 Tennis romance with 15-year-old interests m a guild association led to friendship between a married farmer and a 15-year-old ffirl, it was stated at Cheshire Assizes. Both were interested m tennis and a social club said Mr Peter Thomas M.P.. defending the farmer, George Alan
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    Dream cottage took a sudden tilt after rain
    137 9 AFTER living m rooms for ye*ars, 65-year-old chemical worker Mr. Daniel Evans bought his "dream cottage" —a 50-year-old £600 house at Heol Las, a few miles from Swansea. Enjoying the peace of his new home one day, he heard a noise and
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    Bring children to Church
    154 9 EVEN IF THEY'RE VERY YOUNG THE Rev. O. R. Clarke, vicar of Holy Trinity, Trinity--1 rise, Tulse Hill. London, told his congregation that children should be brought to church even if they do not understand the service. He safd:. "People will say that they must take
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    GASOMETER IS NOW A MONUMENT
    161 9 GASOMETER IS NOW A MONUMENT world's oldest gasometer i 1 haa joined the ranks of mansions and monuments, Parks and palaces which the Government plans to pre- 1 •serve as architectural and historic structure**. H appears m a list of Fulham nuildings scheduled by the Ministry of Housing and Local
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    THE OAK WAS THE TOUGHEST
    119 9 THE BRITISH oak Is the hardest of all trees to blow down. The popular belief Ls confirmed by the Forestry Commission m its annual reoort. In a survey of the disastrous effects of the great pah' m Scotland on J*™*™ 3 last year, it says
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    I Rare bear & fair girl of the air
    135 9 I Rare bear fair girl of the air IYNDELL BUNT, an A Australian air hostess went on a down-to-earth outing at Lone Pine, near Brisbane. There she found Cud(lie o. i koala bear, a trusting little fellow who became a friendly pet Only 25 years ago the koala w.'.n almost
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    VALERIE, 11, WAS SO INDEPENDENT
    205 9 VALERIE, 1 1 WAS SO INDEPENDENT AN airliner brought 11-year-old Valeric Sampson from Toronto to London. But it was her own determination, confidence, independence. and shrewd business sense which made the trip possible. All were very much m evidence as she stepped from the plane Valeric weilt to Canada four
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    MYSTERY MEN of the jungle
    764 10  - MYSTERY MEN of the jungle 123 Chapter Four j THE KING 1 qiHE LITTLE man looked I so fierce that the j boys felt quite frightened j but suddenly his face cleared. "Oh, it's Rah- man and Mohammed," j he said m a relieved voice. "But what are you doing
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      280 10 FOUR lucky boys girls TIM WINNKRS of last week's rolourine contest are: Penny l-owden <7), M WfMKlleieh Park, miii; tp.»rr 7 VM/Abeth Khoo IU), 7 rarmirh«al Road. Sinßaporel.{ Rupert and the Magic Ball— 6 fl II cakes t hearty kick n che mj|(u ball New instarv he is hopping around
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      255 10 BMBBBBBBBBBBBBBBiI Qurk VM Hoe (1.5k (i« Barker Road. Singapore- 11. Tan boon Kirn (14>. l)e--vonsiiire Road. Sinsapore The prize of $."> will t« each of the winners shortly. I know' how fo kick a bail t It was mean of you to play a trick 'ike that on me 1
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    Caesar is still 'news'
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    Immoral films cut
    25 11 C tionablc scenes from Co nenra I U*£ films" say Hie censors fall ar £c£w^a when e,7r ha.c t. ..uch B.i.i.h t.lm.-.
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    Hush hush French weapons
    164 11 Hush hush French weapons Deep m the Sahara.... ....deadly missiles COME of the most aston shing secret weapons m the world are being developed by France deep m the heart of the Sahara desert. The men working on them are solely French technicians and extremely little has yet reached the
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    Jumpy? You may be headed tor a breakdown
    537 12 Jumpy? You may be headed tor a breakdown FDFSFSDFSDFSFS IT greatly surprised D., a forty-five-year-old European, when I told him that if he did not slow down his tempo of living he was heading towards a nervous breakdown. His main complaint was that be was alway.s m a tension, as
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    293 12 ANSWERS (a) Pass. It is possible that your six points represent the balance of power between your partner and the doubler. and yet there Is nothing you can do about it. You aren't strong enough to redouble or to raise the clubs with only three (b) Redouble. You
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    Doctors will try to part Siamese twins today
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    There were 17,500 in the cast
    338 13 There were 17,500 in the cast THREE FILMS ARE BEING MADE IN EGYPT IF you want to get the 1 atmosphere of Hollywood these days. I reckon that the best place to go must be to ancient, sun-cracked Egypt. Reports from the studios suggest Egypt is certainly a happy hunting
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    405 13 THE average married couple can have a pood loud quarrel, even m public, and sail over it neatly but this had better not happen to anyone even faintly resembling a "name" personality In Hollywood. JUNE ALLYSON and DICK POWELL understand this fully today. Dick walked out on June
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    The 'slop-over' kiss
    117 13 THE student who described a kiss as the anatomical juxtaposition of two orbiculans oris muscles m a state To) "contraction didn't have third dimension movies m m For'a modern-day 3-dimensional movie kiss, while i being Photographed isn't a kiss at all. The state of con- traction is
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    248 13 MARILYN MOLLOY is a shadow Marilyn Monroe. She works m films, but you never see her. Part of her was visible m "How To Marry A Millionaire." That was when she doubled for Miss Monroe, but all the cameraman got of her was from neck to waitf.
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    Jimmy Milne seeks new laurels at Dunearn Kilo
    575 14 Jimmy Milne seeks new laurels at Dunearn Kilo ITIMMY MILNE, the Colony's most successful road J raring driver, who has heen handling: the Cooper 1098 cc extremely well recently, will compete m the 1100 cc. and unlimited events at the Kilometere speed trial to be held on the Dunearn Koad
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    185 14 THE Queen's clothes made racegoers shudder at the Epsom Derby. It wasn't the style or the cut of them. It was the colour. She was wearing a brilliant green short coat and a hat to match 1 The racegoing fraternity is very superstitious more superstitious
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    Jaguar is the Le Mans hope today
    272 14 Jaguar is the Le Mans hope today IJRITAINS M| hope m today's Le Mans 24-hour motor-race is once aguin the Jaguar, last year's winner. But there will be strong opposition with a field of tiO. including French, American, Italian and German entries, competing over the 8 z -mile road circuit
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    Spot the sportsman in disguise
    76 14 Spot the sportsman in disguise HERE'S the second Fret Press puzzle picture f ea turing a wellknown sportsman m a new role. This young man i s idolised 1 by scores of Colony schoolboys but not for his tennis exploits In fact they never see him on E the court.
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    NOTHING NEW ABOUT TENNIS
    488 14 A page from history rpENNIS is not a modern sport. The Romans playe* 1 it and so did the Greeks. Tn Rnmp they called it "Pila" and used leathe balls stuffed with hair. In the early phases of. the game the players used their bare hands
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    459 14 Positions m the Singapore Base District A.F.A. Leagues are as follows:- P W D L F A Pts REME Base WiS 5 2 3 10 7 7 30 Bn. R.A.O.C. 5 2 2 18 7 6 S.E.R. 5 13 19 9 5 Regti Pay Office 5
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      8 14 Sportsman m Disguise HQLUTION: Rahim Omar Singapore footballer.
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    BRITAIN WINS DOUBLES TO STAY IN
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    U.S. LEAD 3-0. IN WIGHTMAN CUP
    230 15 T*HE United States led Britain by three matches to L nil at the end of the first day's play m the Wightman Cup women's lawn tennis international at Wimbledon yesterday. The match ends today. 1 __1 L\ Britain have not won the trophy since
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    Queen's race trainer fined
    208 15 /^APT Cecil Boydßochfort. racehorse trainer for the Queen and several American owners, was fined £100 and severely molded by the British Jockey Club as the aftermath of a tight finish between two horses he entered m 'ne sime race. The horses were the four -year-old Premonition,
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    67 15 P. W.D. SOCCER Works Department i a ill meet Public Works 1 -t iJohore) (Southern m a Malayan P.W.D tournamtnl at Police Deoot J«hore Bahru today at 1 15 p.m. are requested to be at the *'>■ office. Hteh Street, Sine*''ore 3.30 p.m. •*lne is the Singapore 1 Yeo; Aman.
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    80 15 No play was possible because of rain before lunch on the second day of the first cricket Test between England and Pakistan at Lords yesterday. Rain which fell during the night offset all the artificial drying efforts of the ground staff. Further showers m ih( morning reduced the
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    51 15 LANDY WINS 1,500 m Australian miles John Landy won a 1,500-metre race m 3 mm. 46.4 sec. at the Helsinki Olympic stadium last night. World record for the 1,500 metre is 3: 43.0 held Jointly by Sweden's Gunder Haegg and I^ennart Strand, Britain's Roger Bannister, and Ger- many's Werner Lueg.
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    36 15 In the National baseball league, Eddie Mlksis' first homer of the season m the 10th inning gave Chicago a 5-4 victory over New York yesterday inflicted the second Giant defeat m 10 games. A.P..
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    20 15 BATA beat Hande!sb;»nk 4-1 m their Business Houses Div. 2 league match at the STC ground yesterday.
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    Cricket thrills in the rain
    303 15 Cricket thrills in the rain RAIN knocked English cricket lor six again yesterday but it did not rob the day's Drogramme of all its excitement. Yorkshire and Worcestershire profited by the rule which allows eight points for first innings lead m a game m which the first two days have
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    Arkinstall v. Drobny final
    117 15 TAROSLAV Drobny of Egypt over- came J. Horn of Britain 8-6. 6-8. 6-3. to reach the final m the men's singles of the West of England tennis championships yestt*day. He was Joined by Australia's Jark Arkinstall. who overcame an initial loss of one set to defeat
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    191 15 URUGUAY'S soccer team yesterday nanaea over the world championship cup— and next week will start trying to get it back. The cup is named for Jules Rimet. a founder of the Int«r national Federation Of Foot ball Associations «FIFA». UruEuav ha« held it since they
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    140 15 NIGgL BOOCOCK, 16-year-old Bradford speedway rider— the boy who will not five vp is m hospital after his third crash m three weeks. Nigel's dirt-track days began when he was 11. He paid 12 ss. for a broken -up 350 c.c. machine, put it
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    32 15 In a Div. 3A SAFA league n;,.t. at M.F.A. ground V*****. a^, Mas Ramblns beat BocW A-P- 2throu K h fo«lfl by Sudin Mokhlß Mid Ismail Beta.
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    224 16 Three best bets for Ipoh races P.P. Course Correspondent TJKKCiON II (Race One), Show Show (Race Five) and Eastern Pearl (Race Seven) stand out as three extra good bets at Ipoh today. There is little prospect of any break m the present bright and sunny
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    441 16 METEORITE (In Race 6) has been working exceptionally well. Padi Field is a stable fancy. Meteorite should take Race Six. Grandeur is fancied, while Ajit is a tip from the right quarter. Eastern Pearl, the Van Breukelens only hope for the day, should be hard to beat m
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    646 16 ACCEPTORS and prob- able jockeys for today's races at Ipoh, First Day of the Perak Turf Club June Meeting are: RACE 1—2.15: CLASS 3, DIV. 3—54 FURS. 1 373 Oregan II Clarke 9.00 2 091 Big Money Manning 8.13 3 528 Actor II Mulley 8.12 4 739 Hooghly Fellows
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    45 16 rraser Neave Deat Malaya i Publishing House 3-1 m their concluding SBHFA Dlv. 1 league matcn at River Valley Road yesterday. Inside-left Tahir scored a haltrick for F N. M.P.H. were first to score with a 12th minute Bakai Hit^him coal.
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    15 16 Major L. B. Holiday's Chatswonh won the Manchester Cup over IVfcl! miles yesterday.
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    29 16 R.A.P. cricket team to play S.C.R.C. m the senior tourney, at Hong Lim Green tomorrow: Dunn. Thorns. Perry. Meynell, Dearman Lewis, Knight, Durrant, Burton Taylor. Blissett.
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    27 16 The Federation Police Soccer XI i will meet Singapore Police XI for j I ti»e Mrlntosh Challenge Cup at I rhoniM)ti Road today. j I
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