The Singapore Free Press, 1 July 1954

Microfilm: NL2439
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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press uc^t \i lei noon Sale in Malaya. Singapore, Thurs.. July I. 19.*>4. Prit p II iis.
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    S'pore wins at Henley
    165 1 S 'pore wins at Henley F\)\ w Singapore Yacht hib crew, from Sin- f leaf the Royal by four ieet in 7 uir»N. 31 M'o., in the firsl nd of the Wy folds for ixswain less tours, at regatta yesterday. Singapore crew is: K Dudgaie (bow). A. C. l)\ P.
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    BLAZE WIPES OUT MARKET
    260 1 BLAZE WIPES OUT MARKET She prayed amid flames A TEN year-old Chinese girl who prayed In bed as a huge lire razed her father's market In Lorong Tai Seng. Paya Lebar, at 1 a.m. today, is now In the Singapore General Hospital suffering from serious burns. She was rescued by
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    SIX HURT IN CAR CRASH
    51 1 Six people including two girls were Injured when their car crashed against a lamp-post near the Singapore Cold Storage in Koppel Road early today. Two of them. Mr. Ifcivid Rufus and Mr. Jorl,.J. Nonis. are -lying in the General Hospital. Th c'hers vw treated as
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    CHOU IN CANTON
    17 1 Mr. Chou En Lai. Red China's Premier and Foreign Minister. arrived in Canton yesterday.
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    Peace prospects better-Winston
    160 1 JIK WINSTON CHURCHILL told a press conference at Ottawa yesterday he thought world peace prospects had improved as a result of his weekend nlkv with President Eisenhower in Washington. Prime Minister answering; a question said t th« Washington talks had been very fruitful. He never had a
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    DUKE OF KENT LEAVES HOSPITAL
    31 1 The Duke of Kent left hospital yesterday having made "a sooci recovery" from the head injury he received In a motor accident on May M. IMitrr.
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    Thieves raid office
    19 1 The YMCA office m Stamford Road. Singapore, has reported a theft of $268 on Tuesday night.
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    Call-up boys begin today
    39 1 I'M. FIRST batch of 100 A national service men rei">rt for dtit> at ."U.") p.m. lit the Singapore Mili- tan Headquarters in Beach Iload. They will start their five month basic course on July 11
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    PLANE 'SANK' AT LAST MOMENT, SAYS PILOT
    112 1 PLANE 'SANK' AT LAST MOMENT, SAYS PILOT CAPTAIN T. W. Hoyle. pilot of the BOAC Constellation which crashed at Kalians on March 13, recalled to the witness .stand in crash inquiry in Singapore this morning said he was conscious of the plane "sinking" at the last moment. He had deliberated
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    Rubber price
    26 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened steadily this morning with first grade, July shipment, at 67 cents :i pound, one-eighth cent above jfesI ierclay i clo^e.
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    Fighting ends
    35 1 I RIGHTING has <*nded m Guatemala, according to reports reaching Now York yesterday. The new military regime under Colonel Elfego Monzen has railed on all civilian^ to surrender any arms In thptr possession.
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    THE BIG POLICE COMB-OUT GOES ON
    33 1 police this morning continued to comb the •> Jalan I lu area in the Semhawang district, where they arrested five suspected communists and found some hidden Anns jesterd.i-
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    FRENCH KILL 300 IN FIERCE BATTLE WITH VIETMINH
    137 2 rm\K III) French Inion infantry killed 3M <>m- munist troops in pitched battle yesterday with two Yietminh battalions near Nin Binh, the Irench li. Ji Command announfed in Hanoi. The French used lighter bombers and artillery m the action. Almost 200 Vietminh
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    France agrees to talks on Europe Army
    129 2 JCVIBNCH Premier, M Pierre a m» odea b ranc< and Bely<n> ij'.ii Minister. Mr. Pauj Henri Spaak. la.st nl^ht writ (i u, call a meeting ol the i reign Miniiten "i the six European Defence Community ntriei when the French Qovemmeni haj completed
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    They'll roast an ox
    39 2 I He Idento ol LJanberis, Wales, will celebrate the end oi meat rationing In Britain on Mon*i.«v i>v roasting un ox in the ground; <»1 a local hotel and •atinit it on the spoi Reuter
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    Anti-Red raids
    31 2 Italian police ye terdav raid t<i fanners' union headquartei m a dozen towm oi F'(rrara prorince -"id .seized documents ;iiid arrested union and comiiiuiii. t I'.utv offlciais. A P
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    $3,000 MIL. AID BUT NOT A CENT FOR EDEN PLAN
    81 2 $3,000 MIL. AID BUT NOT A CENT FOR EDEN PL AN IMiE house ol Representatives yesterday pawed and Nnt to the Senate a U553,358.--008.000 Foreign Aid Bill containing a clau.se omxj.shm nonaKKi*t.s.sion parts with Asian Communists* Before voting <<ii the Bill the House approved unanimously 390 to none an amendment
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    Last engagement
    38 2 Kiiir Qufttal And Queen Loulm ol Sweden went to the p« ra yesterday with the Queen and tht Duke "f Bdinburgh. it wai the Ja.st engagement ol the Swedish Roya] couDle'a .state vi.sjt to London A.P.
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    T.V. for Tunis
    27 2 PA i!0- kiiow.it t television itatiuii w ill go Into operation In tin Ninth African capita l Tuni« bv the end of 1955 A.P.
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    Martyrdom drama
    41 2 Royal Navy officer cadets on July IS will dramatise the martyrdom of Saint Allege, Arch bishop of Canterbury, on the exact site near Greenwich, where he was .struck down with an oxbone 1.000 years ;m<> by Viking plrate.s. Reuter
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    RARE A-FIND BY INDIAN STUDENT
    135 2 A 24 YEAR OLD Indian science student was credited yesterday with an important discovery in nuclear research described as a "once in a lifetime' finding by tin Nuclear Research Department of Sydney University. ITbt department said Prof« sor Harry Mease] announced that the discovery invuivrd
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    HULA HULA GIRLS DANCE FOR WOUNDED HEROES
    126 2 FjiORTV SEVKN wounded soldiers from the battle of Dim Him Phil in Indo- *****4 re sum* <l their trip home yesterday after a brief stopover in Hawaii, where they were greeted bv hula hula cirlv saw native dances and appeared on a television
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    Smash and grab
    35 2 Police yesterday threw a cordon round Brighton, British .south ootst resort, and searched trains after throe youni' men had smashed the window of a local radio shop and stolen television sets. Reuter
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    Suez talks to resume
    23 2 The Sues Canal zone talk.s between Britain and E^ypt may be resumed the middle of thi.s month U .P.
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    MARJORIE SIGNS
    45 2 Singapore") si«ns the contract which commits her to appear in the Miss I'niversr Pageant in Long Beach, California, next month. With her are Mr. V K. Yao. Singapore representative of I'niversal International Films, and Mr. Jack Sharp, of Shaw Brothers Free Press picture.
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    SOS for 14 Japs—but Russians keep mum
    160 2 SOS for 1 4 Japs— but Russians keep mum ItjKHJRTEEN crewmen oi a Japanese fishing boat 1 stranded on a rock near the Soviet-held island of, Sinsir, north of Japan, have landed safely on the island, the Maritime Safety Board (Coast Guard) reported yesterday from Hokkaido. The board said the
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    TALKS ON GOA 'REPRESSION'
    88 2 3| R R. K. Nehru Secretary to the Indian Foreign Ministry, will leave New Delhi for Bombay today to dlactUW the .situation in the Portuguese territory of Goa with the Government of Bombay State, which borders on Goa. Earlier thi.s month Mr. Nehru was in charge
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    Her first ship
    35 2 Princeei Alexandra, 17-year- old daughter of the Duchess Of Kent, fulfilled her first public engagement in Scotland yesterday when she launched the 3'-'. 000- ton oil tanker British Soldier at Glasgow. Reuter
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    Cafe machine-gunned
    23 2 Several personi were wounded yesterday when terrorist! machine -gunned a European cafe and a bakery at Tebourba. 35 miles from Tunis.
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    China's plan to get food to Tibet
    189 2 China's plan to get food to Tibet r*HINA is negotiating to buy rice and tea from India to feed Tibet, it was learned in New Delhi yesterday. Talks between India and China for a trade treaty began during the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister. Mr. Chou En Lai. last
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      88 2 tea ST. JOHN FM APPEAL WEEK You are invited to a COCKTAIL HOUR FASHION SHOW On Thursday, Bth July; from 6 to 8 p.m. at Eden Hall, 28 Nassim Rd. a. Sit in charming surroundings and watch a fashion show, presented by Messrs. Whiteaway Laidlaw. Enjoy a cocktail and cigarette
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    ACT NOW ON S-E ASIA
    366 3 Pacific Big 3 see grave Red danger and urge: Defence pact urgent aINGAFORE Filipinos will celebrate their eifthth indeS pendence day anniversary this Sunday. tend the Hlfh Mass at the Roman Catholic athcdral In I the m«rni,i S and later hold a picnic at Pas.r
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    20 DEAR IN FLOOD DISASTER
    72 3 I THE flooded Rio Grande yesterday caused extensive j damage 100 miles upstream. Twenty people were known I dead at the Mexican town of piedras Negras. There was another report that 200 bodies had been found there. The waters of the Rio Grander mightiest flood
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    Gun fire in Jerusalem
    43 3 The sound of rifle and automatic weapon fire reverberated through the streets of Jerusalem's Jewish section la^t nteht for more than an hour and several heavy explosions were heard. Traffic halted and evening strollers ducked for cover- A. P.
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    Limit MPs' earnings? Thev all roared 'no'
    136 3 A SOCIALIST who tried to limit how much members of Parliament may earn outside their Parliamentary salary got short shrift in the House of Commons last nu»ht A loud roar of "No" from Conservatives and not a single "Yes" greeted Mr. John Parker
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    INDONESIA MAY SELL MORE RUBBER TO RED CHINA
    95 3 r rilK <i,OOO tons of rubber ship |h»| from Indonesia It Ited China is understood to have been made in anticipation of the results of the trade talks now soinu on in Jakarta. I he shipment was made under J the regulations
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      39 3 Mm yj /y///t/ NUMDAHS J^SJiMk MANY GAY AND INTERESTING DESIGNS ARE AVAILABLE IN THESE EXCELLENT FLOOR COVERINGS. i I j V I' _.t/I «v i ROBINSON'S RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE liiii iiiii ii OHi ii !li!i ss ;nH :;Hi ;;;ii
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion Teaching Problem
    411 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion Teaching Problem THURSDAY, July 1 iw»4. T)h statement by the Deputy Director oi Education on the number of graduates uhn are entering the teachln| profession in the Colony could scarcely hate been More disturbing. Mr tfcLellan said that since IDC University of Malaya t>]M'TU'<\ nearly
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    Gun-for-hire Thugs go into Action
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    IT'S NOT THE BULLETS, BUT BOREDOM
    499 4 IT'S NOT THE BULLETS, BUT BOREDOM For U.S. troops, in another desert, life is also hell NEARLY 3,000 American airmen live between the arid monotony of the desert and fear of Offending the hypersensitive Arabian! In Saudi Arabia, most, delicate and vital link in the chain of bases the Military
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      29 4 Official Distributors of g ROLEX ENGAGEMENT DRESS RINGS l>ianmrul\ ItbiM s.tr>plur»' Birn'tll. r«.irls i"d Jadr G C. de SUVA BROS. ft WCIBCIffM. 5. H.tfTiis Plaee, Sincaporc I Ickphonc: Kill.'*
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      70 4 Gaittg Away? B Then Leave All Your iPACKING; I PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD f_ r r I mmm for Shipment, to us. u ESTIMATES CIVEN WITHOUT m u OBLIGATION I For SmrwUm thai t/oit ean m l)< i>< tid m p lease Phone or Call I SINGAPORE PACKING CO.. LTD. 65, The
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    THE LEWIS PLAN WINS 2,200 MORE SCHOOL PLACES
    318 5 .1 AIM V -''><• more S ni Npsiish Schools in Sep| Normally they should Masses only m .Jam i ninec tor of schools. Mr. T. S possible by the avi ggljeachcrejyho would gapore children will enter tember. have been admitted to prinary
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    There'll be more mixed bathing at this pool
    248 5 THE City architect and build--1 in, surveyor Mr W Irvine Watson said vesterdav that when the van Kit swimmine pool ro-tippned in mi a- Julyit would be floodlit and the public could swim from 9 am to 930 p.m. everyday, instead of
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    New books
    26 5 Newspaperman at Em ope and AmeM'. Wan? Tan Ming, ipor« Journalist, is one > new books added to h|iiese section of the library in Singapore.
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    DARING' CAR INSURANCE RATES ARE PLANNED
    192 5 DARING' CAR INSURANCE RATES ARE PLANNED Automobile Association Singapore is planning nn a motor insurance v and offer cheaper ms to its 6.000 memi profits will so to probetter motoring ser.^r members, it is prort'hermore the AssoclahWi that an offer of JJf insurance rates will lv increase membership. nSJ^V'Ay souKht
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    THE GIRL BOARDERS MOVE OUT Home 'too old'
    120 5 THE GIRL BOARDERS MOVE OUT Home 'too old' I rnHE Singapore Chung Hwa 1 Girls' High School has closed its boarding house In Niven Road. All student boarders, who are mostly from the Federation, have had to seek other accommodation. The principal, Miss Huang Siou Chyn, said the closing of
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    At home in flag ship
    60 5 PENANG Thurs. Rear Admiral F. A. Ballance, Flag Officer, and commanding officer ?«d officers of the Indian fleet visiting Malaya will be "at home" to Penang people on board the flagship. Delhi, at 7.15 p.m. on Tuesday. The visiting officers will be <ruests of honour
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    Man shot in escape bid FOUND NEAR STY
    81 5 Man shot in escape bid FOUND NEAR STY IPOH, Thurs.— A 53-year-old Chinese, arrested by a squad of Kinta valley home guards behind a pig sty in the Menglembu area, was shot and wounded In the shoulder when he tried to escape. The man, a "meehoon factory employee, was reported
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    26 5 Mr. Han Pok Fong, and Miss Lim Yuet Ling who were married in Singapore. Mr. Han is on the staff of the City Council.
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    Assize meeting
    22 5 The next meeting of the Singapore Assize will be held in the High Court at 10.30 a.m. on July 12.
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    Have you a pink ticket?
    151 5 FOR CONCERT FOR MEN ONLY riiHE Singapore Ex-Servloet 1 Association will hold a smoking concert at the b V C. Officers' Mess on July 7. Mr W G Smith, president of the Association, told the Free Press that the smoking concert—for men only -has been
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      138 6 11 §if 1 w^\ I +^f m^\ 1A mm w 1 ■■■BFH f ret t> i t v O-,VA*-'/- A/^ I UNDERSTAND. TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs y ~7~~\ HBPm^Bm KjOVV TmE /AGE o A'iT SA.V CPE* AC A k^9 I rrs >-«■■' r 'v <l^ l St <• jI
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      677 6 iiiiiiiiiuiiiimiiiiiuiiiiiiiMiiin"""" 111 I YOUR E LUCKY I STAR BOBM TODAY, J*u "s*B cess maj nol be as spec- laiUlar as you nJffcl ««> h to jr, I i*ul it will dMttC alonj;, all r.i good time, it }ou holu to your ideal. ftWW }our objec- live conscientiously, and al- W
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    WE CAN SEE FLOODS COMING
    868 7 HERE IS ANOTHER ARTICLE BY SIT YIN FONG ON SINGAPORE'S FLOOD PROBLEMS. TODAY HE TELLS OF THE MENACE TO A CHINESE TRADE AREA. But there's NOTHING we can do rttE rich Chinese textile merchants of Circular Road today not only ntend with the flooding of
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    ACTOR GIVES HIS TIE AS A PRIZE AT S'PORE MOVIE BALL
    234 7 ACTOR GIVES HIS TIE AS A PRIZE AT S'PORE MOVIE BALL FILM actor William Holden has donated his own necktie to help raise the $60,000 needed by the St. Andrew's Mission Hosr>ital. The Holden tie will be a prize at the Movie Ball planned for fund raising Hospital Week from
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    'Give him a chance' plea to court
    115 7 'Give him a chance' plea to court for ¥l ea for an othor chance" 25-year-old bachelor of a respectable governPenaioner to start a l^e was made in a SingawuLeL 01 1 yesterda b y his hl^, so Goh Chun Song, d Pleaded guilty to criminal h 0| trust of $1,652
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    Two men lose $10,000
    59 7 Ball of $10,000. which two men stood for the appellant in an appeal case who failed to turn up in the High Court. was forfeited by the Singapore Second Criminal District Jud«e Mr E. H. d'Netto. yesterday The bailors were Quek Ee Long and Tan Bonn
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    HAPPY PIANIST CAME HOME A LITTLE EARLY
    93 8 Ik COACH lOAD of Brisotl J\ tkittlers, playing an "away" match at. weymouth. were delighted when a fellow Bristolian, a stranger, played t)i< piano at their .si np -song ait»r the game. Generously they rewarded him in liquid forni, and much later all
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    NURSES IN SHOPS
    25 8 r Nurses are to explain their work at exhibitions in 100 shops in Derby, England, to aid staff recruiting lor Pastures Hospital.
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    HE BREEDS COCKROACHES
    57 8 HE BREEDS COCKROACHES Mr William Bunting wai told by Thorne, .South York. COUI] cil that he can stay in hlfl council hour il he j-,et,s nd of I the cockroach*! he breed! there and tendi to laboratories. A pOJteMlon order uas made afalnft him in May on tin ground that
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    THE TEACHER FEARED TUESDAYS
    255 8 r—then took a decision SCHOOLMASTER Graham Key, who strove for perfection In »»i- job. was happy except for one thing class of naaghtj children he had to take even Tuesday (luring IvnchtUne. He escaped taking that class yesterday by gassing himself one Monday ni^'M. His wife
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    Wo air it are such meek shoppers today
    148 8 Wo air it are such meek shoppers today ||OUBEWIVES now meekly accept a 530 p.m. Shop Closing hour when they once used to And it difficult to finish their shopping by 8 p m. This Ls .said In the National Union ol Shop, Distributive, and Allied Workers' journal, the New
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    TEMPLER'S EX-COOK IS CALLED UP
    229 8 Minister rejects 'postpone 9 plea TWENTY FOUR YEAR OLD Norman Webber, a Brighton chef who once cooked for General Sir Gerald Templer, will have to cook for the Territorial Army during August Bank Holiday week. For War Minister Antony Head rejected a plea in the
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    How to win —Aga Khan
    141 8 THE Aga Khan, owner of five Derby winners, gave this advice on TV in London, to the man who likes a flutter: "If the punter takes as much trouble as he does to have a football pool success he certainly will win. "He must work
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    BOY FRIENDS' INITIALS BRANDED ON GIRLS
    303 8 BOY FRIENDS' INITIALS BRANDED ON GIRLS IpntLß have been cutting \I the initials ol American boy friends on each other's arms. They use razor blades or screwdrivers and outline the letters with burned snatches, At two factories at SwindOll girls haw been warned ed that they will be .sacked if
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    'BECOME ENGINEERS'
    24 8 More than 1.000 schoolboys vi.sited an exhibition arranged at Derby by Rolls-Royce to persuade them to take up engineering as their career.
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    HELICOPTERS ABOVE GARAGE
    34 8 The roof of a seven-storey garage for nearly 800 cars in the centre of Bristol may be used as a helicopter station. Flans for the garage have been approved. Cost: .1:407,000.
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    View for all at new Ascot
    150 8 View for all at new Ascot a scot ibould be leti crowded i\ rod provide a belter view for all before the 1955 Royal Meeting. Fhe Duke of Norfolk, head of the three-trustee Ascot Authority, which runs the racecourse, has Riven orders for alterations on the lines first suggf >ted
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    Top-table guests defend peer
    475 8 THREE top table |UCttfl at a Navy League dinner on May 7 a marquis, a knight, and a Bag officer went to court at Aberdeen and told )»ow snlx r Lord Twred.snunr f|| Aili r they had spoken 42-year-old Lord Tw< edsmuir. aecond baron and ioii
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    Skylark men stop fun on destroyer
    318 9 Skylark men stop fun on destroyer BECAUSE of 0 "strikeby the pleasure boatmen of Eastbourne, 75 guest-ratings from the U.S. destroyer Eaton we re waiting on the pier to get back to their .ship. Ind becauae of the "strike" a party for the Mayor and Corporation aboard the Eaton to
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    SHEEP NEED MAKE-UP TOO
    133 9 But THIS society will ignore them MANY a white-faced sheep is really a blue-face, the judges were told at the Royal Highland Show at Dumfries. The North Country Cheviot Sheep Society complained that' some shepherds were powdertheir sheep before taking tmm into the ring, to disguise
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    New evidence on smoking risks
    381 9 DANCER IS REAL SAY EXPERTS > T EW evidence on the health risks of smoking is presented by two medical researchers. Their inquiry has been going on for three years and is based on the help of 40,000 British doctors. Here are some of the
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    Princess on Rose Day
    54 9 picture. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, the daughter of the Duchess of Kent, made a tour of the Alexandra Rose Day selling Points in London. The picture shows the Princess leaving I anada House, London, after seeing some of the rose sellers. '••'"••••imiiii,,,,. ii inii n 1 1 ii
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    BOTTLE ODYSSEY
    52 9 Robert Camm dropped a bottle with his name Mid address into the sea at Mablethorpe, Lines. That was three years ago, when he was 15. Now he has a postcard from Arthur Rake, of Haupesund, Norway- 500 mitefl away. He is inviting Arthur to vLsit him at Loughborough
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    FEE: TWO KISSES
    51 9 A sweep said he would rather j kiss 21-year-old mother of two Mrs. Audrey Short than charge her ss. for sweeping a chimney, i i And he did— twice. The sweep, James Edward Young, aged 48, of Hedley- .street, Gosforth, Northumber- j land, was fined £5 for
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    WRAPPERS POISONED ICE LOLLIES
    197 9 WRAPPERS POISONED ICE LOLLIES ICE LOLLIES with wrappers that contained poisonous lead chromate have been withdrawn from sale. Says the Worcestershire county analyst. Mr. Malcolm Love: "One can easily visualise the danger to children arising from chewinK and swallowing portions of the wrapper." Elaborate precautions had been takeji by the
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    'Air coal' saves man
    64 9 AIR trapped in his •f€fcoat kept a man afloat after he bad fallen from thr cross-Channel mailboat St. j Helier on her way from Weymouth to th€ Channel Islands. 1 Crew men in a lifeboat rescued the man 35-year-old Mr. William Millard. of St. Martin's (iuernsey
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    Exhumed monk was still 'alive'
    672 10  - Exhumed monk was still 'alive' WALTER WYNN Vatican is investigating the 'miracle 9 of Lebanon. Thk caae f Lebanese monk whose body allegedly is perfectly pre served 56 yeara after hla death la being studied bv the Vatican for pos»le canonization rommittee of Cardln tl hni completed theii oi t
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    By the Way
    153 10 By the Way KKAI)IN(i 01 bullet (i.mra who, at ;i K'iicar.sal. ini.. judged leap," I was remind «*d of the first night ol i,<Baiter du PerblanUer^' at the Ambi^u in Paris. Tumbelova, light ai thi.sti<down, misjudged a lean into the arm., of Serge Ttouserin .six- caught him a sickening blow
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    Recognise her?
    32 10 This is Miss Fritton, headmistress of "The Belles of St. Trinians". inspired bv the Konald Searle cartoons of "awful schoolgirls" Miss Fritton is played by Alastair Sim in the film
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    331 11 Clifton Webb makes a plea for comedy /^LIFTON WEBB thinks films are too violent nowadays. '•They concentrate on murder, mayhem and other forms of violence. Television is the same; it must have a terrible effect on the children," he says. "Even the stage has been taken
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    BRITISH BACK VISTAVISION
    89 11 BRITAIN'S Pincwood Studios arc to adopt the new Paramount Vistavision svstcm. The first Vistavision film to he made in Britain qocs into production this year. Mr. John Davis, managing director of the J. Arthur Rink organisation, says: "We decided in favour of Vist.iVision because it gives picture
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    Dateline, Hollywood...
    271 11 Putting money in "the old is" a somewhat out- (1 American custom which has one devoted and literal U llower today in the person of JEAN PETERS. She literally clips a five dollar bill to king with her garter whenever she leaves home and done ever since she
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    Gene, Aly and 'The Egyptian'
    535 11 Gene, Aly and 'The Egyptian' Lovers are mobbed in between film scenes r^ENE TIERNEY is play- ing in "The Egyptian"' and, at the same time, is being courted by Prince Aly Khan, most famous playboy in the world. It is a situation calling for tact, diplomacy, an even temper and
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    Laya Raki wins acclaim
    231 11  - Lay a Raki wins acclaim DAVID LEWIN THE SEEKERS" is a film of great hopes and high expectations. A British film company was pioneering a way in pictures by discovering an Empire story. I saw it privately in London and I came out saying: "What a wonderful idea; but what
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    Make-up—the emphasis is on lightness
    744 12 Make-up— the emphasis is on lightness says CHRISTINE IX is a pity that some women <>i mj acquaintance could not hare attended a small private class for cosmeticians 1 which was conducted purely fur "the trade," but at which I was a privileged spectator Fhe teacher was an expert come
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    City starts a charm school
    265 12 City starts a charm school THF: lust place you'd expect to Hnd a shortit^e of bathing beauties is in Florida. But it was Just such a shortage which led to the founding ol ft city charm school. In 1945. St. Petersburg, a Jtv ol some 96.000 wanted to revive its
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    OLYMPIC HAT
    31 12 picture. This lar>;<- bl/uk hat apparently mspireu o> the interlaced circle* of the Olympic Games, was worn bv Mrs. M Cowley at the recent Koyal Ascot race meeting;. Reuter
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    Bridge Hand
    295 12 PLAYERS oeuevt juite incorrectly, that they should not open the bidding wnen their opponent* are on score unless they have n somewhat better than usual hand Their theorj 15 that it they open, the opponent may back in and convert their part score into a game by a
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      262 12 gps^^Bsy^Bjߣi|Bn|B^Bny»jßjwmwß^^ C 1.l IS ACKOSS: 4 What JulU-t. sui ])ii.slngly, found 2 Jacktil may be part oi thru eet (6) stock-ln-traie ok f he mast 1 r n et *n£\ k No cratj tranderar? (ft). G A Kln mixtll^ bsw in two 10 Hut a. no wii.it fence i Ss?fci
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    Ministers, miners get equal pay
    792 13  -  RITCHIE McEWEN WAGES IN PARADISE' By THE highest wages In "Paradise" are paid to miners In the People's Democracies, and Stakanovite coal-hewers can earn as much as a Communist Minister of State, or even a Party official. Yet there is a serious .shortage of miners
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    30 13 'Handsome brute 1 does some wooing; In "Jubilee Trail" ex-boxer Buddy Baer is i "Handsome Brute M Vera Ralston is Florinda an actress on the run from the law. r
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    Window on the World
    240 13 DRITAIN'S flourishing u aircraft industry has speedily recovered from the shock of the Comet disasters. Airy talk of her commanding lead in jet airliners being snatched away by the United State*, should not be taken too seriously. Nobody underrates American drive and ability, but there is
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    YOU'RE WRONG!
    871 14 YOU 'RE WRONG! It's not the O ys bouncer I ten fear most Hutton ON many occasions during my contests with Australian bowlers Lindwall and Miller, I have been accused of beintf unable to hook. "Why doesn't Hutton hook the bouncers?" I have read so often; the conclusion being that
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    WELSH TEAM FOR EMPIRE GAMES
    54 14 The Welsh team for the Empire Games in Vancouver will be: John Disley (London AC.) mile and three miles: Peter Philips (Polytechnic Harriers). 4+o and 880 yards; Ken Jones (Newport). 100 yards and 220 yards: J. C. Roberts (Bwftnsea) javelin: Hywel Wilii.nii. (R a.fj. discus,
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    Henley rowing defeat for Russian Olympic champ
    466 15 Henley rowing defeat for Russian Olympic champ SOVIET KISSLVS first 5 challenge in the Henley Ke^atta, Britain's great river social event met with mixed fortunes on the opening day. The Krylia Sovetov cr\w iv. rcame the handicap ui striking a boom to win their first heat in the Steward* Challenge
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    AAA entries close July 10
    133 15 ENTRIES for the Singapore Ama•*~i teur Athletic Association's annual championships, to be held at the Police Training School ground on July 23 and 24 close on July 10 with 1 1 the hon. secretary, Mr. J. T. Christie, c o Raffles Institution. Events are: Men:
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    PADANG SHIELD
    18 15 Singapore Recreation Club and Singapore Cricket Club will play their annual Padang Shield soccer match today.
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    Yanks meet the Reds
    12 15 American luwcis uui nrtui the Russians at Henley.
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    Seletar 'A' take the team title
    325 15 SELETAR 'A" won the inter-team j athletic championship at the RAF Seletar sports yesterday. Seletar "Al\ a combination of athletes from Air Headquarters, 1 Supply Wing and Technical Wing, scored 170 points while seletar "B" (from the Flying Boat. Flying and Administrative Wings) were
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    CHEW BEE AND GLADYS WIN
    211 15 Free Press Tennis Reporter ONG CHEW BEE won the men's singles and Mrs. Gladys Loke Chua the women's singles in the finals of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association 1954 championships on the S.C.C. courts yesterday. Chew Bee "became champion for the third year in succession
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    JUNIOR SCHOOLS ATHLETIC MEET
    91 15 More than 500 boys and girls will take part in the first athletic meet of the junior schools in the "C" district at the Haig Road Boys School ground at 3 p.m. on July 10. The Secretary of the meet, Mr. Soh Hock Kee. of the
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    WATER POLO
    33 15 RAP Changi "A" beat RAF polo match at Seletar on Tuesday. L. A. C. KeLsh (3) and L. A. C Warnes scored for Changi; Spt Johnstone for Seletar. Sgt, Taylor refereed
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    WARWICK SCORE 358 v. MIDDLESEX
    255 15 WARWICK SCORE 358 v. MIDDLESEX IyARWICKSHIRE, English county championship 'eadeti, yesterday took full ad-' wage of winning the toss "Ml Middlesex, second in table, and put together 358 < a wicket which today may iKt spin. Middlesex had costly fielding lapsTed Gardner who made 46 was Effi!!! t*' 0 he
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    Geifang Star, Conventional gallop well
    228 16 TRACK WORK 4iEl I >m. STAB (BfcCloudJ f i oiiMiitionai (Clarke), in the i' mile on Saturday were matche i in a good ti rout on the tra k At K'.:;il i L mi 1 I:.-. nn the hall mile, inej I d to run
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    British women's golf final
    116 16 \IISS Frances Stephens, of 1" Bouthport. Lancashire will R*ft I fellow Curtis Cup international, Miss Elizabeth Price, of Surrey, In the 36 holes final of the British Women's Amateur Golf championship at Canton, i Yorkshire today. MUs Stephens, winner in 1949 and twice runner-up since, hao
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    HUNGARY VERSUS GERMANY FOR THE CUP
    515 16 HUNGARY VERSUS GERMANY FOR THE CUP Austria take a 6-7 trouncing IC< sulls Gerwany. <i; Austria 1. Hungary. 4; I riiKUay I. HUNGARY, hatted as the best team in the world. 11 and Germany the "dark hones" of the tournament will meet in the world cup football final at Kerne,
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    Rosewall can be youngest champion
    262 16 AUSTRALIA S Ken Rosewall mastered top-seeded Tony Trabert of United States in winning 3-6, 6-3. 4-6. 6-1. 6-1, yesterday to enter the men's singles final of the Wimbledon tennis championships. Nineteen-year-old Rosewall, seeded No. 3. whose form was indifferent in the early stages of the
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    S'PORE INDIANS v. CHINESE
    72 16 Soccer team to represent Singapore Indians against SlnK.ipore 1 Chinese In a friendly game on Sun- j dity at the Jalan Besar Stadium will be selected from the following A. Narayanan K G Suppiah. Mohinder Singh. G. Phillip. S. Veloo. J Mahlnda. T C Balan. M
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    RACE WEIGHTS FOR FINAL DAY
    429 16 VLTKKiHTS for a I «-ic li t rMM on Saturday at Kuala I utii|tiii. i mi. luilin; day of the Selangor Turf (lull's June-July Meeting: CL. I. DIV. 1-9 r. I I. hint 9.00 tippling River 8.13 >harp Look 8.13 Madles 8.12 -r> Laughter 8.11
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    Singapore students beaten in Hong Kong
    239 16 Singapore students beaten in Hong Kong THE University of Malava lost the Dr. Chan Ah Kow Challenge Troph.\ for tennis for the fourth time in succession wher they were beaten 4-2 bj Hong Kong University ir. the bi-annual intervarsity sports meeting in Hong Kong. One ot the matches had to
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