The Singapore Free Press, 14 July 1954

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. N,, I WOO Singapore. Wed.. July 14.1954. Price 13 Cts
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    EMERGENCY COUNCIL CALLED
    122 1 4 N emergency meeting of the A Singapore City Council has been provisionally called tor Friday to discuss the threat by its 10,000 workers to strike on Monday if they are not Ritson pay scales backdated to June IB last year. Compromise proposals may be prepared by
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    CHIANG'S MEN MAY SEIZE RED TANKER
    52 1 Y-VTIONALIST Chinese war.l shipa may attempt to Intercept the 15.000-ton Soviet titik^r Leningrad, which has ared Singapore for Shangt high Nationalist official i ited m Tatpeb (Formosa) lay. Te 7,a> no comment conthree other Soviet i heading north w »nalists seized the k)viet tanker
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    IN BRANOY
    24 1 Inese trade mission i two weeks of busi- ith British indus- Jts and manufacturers {m and brandy party indon hotel last night-
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    HEAT KILLS 8
    23 1 h ti wave In the i 91 itea so far thla sumhas caused the deaths of i eight people. Reuter
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    Rubber price
    20 1 KuobP! Market opened 1 iiiet to-ie i his morning with July shipment at 70. i txHituJ lvali-a-cciit below
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    'Lost' girl turns up
    29 1 Miss Chiang Lav Moi, 14--year-old Singapore cafe singer, who returned to her home yesterday after she had been reported missing for more than 10 days.
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    Ships collide
    58 1 THE ADMIRALTY reported m London last night that a Royal Naval tanker caught fire and a British tanker was holed m a collision m foe. 30 miles east ot Gibraltar. The fire m the bow of the tanker Wave Commander, was put out. The tanker, British Unity (8,406
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    Kallang 'safe for Connie landings'
    189 1 Kallang 'safe for Connie landings' KALLANG Airport WAI regarded as having many advantages for boac and Qantas. and as bein:^ auitable and safe for ConsteUation landings Tills was disclosed at tilt* Kalian? air crash inquiry m Singapore this morning, when Mr Kenneth Seth. counsel for the Department of Civil Aviation,
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    MARJORIE WEE IS GREETED WITH FLOWERS IN MANILA
    132 1 \]VKH)im; WKE, -Miss Singapore", on her Ihe 'Miss i ni verse" l "ty content m California BreeiH at Manila airUst Bifht with a garI of sampatjuita ttower.s. was welcomed by ""♦*r> (,f Manila's Junior ambei of Commerce. irnini; a maroon cheoni; And
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    BIG TWO AGREE ON THE PEACE
    375 1 Plan put up to Dulles THE French premier, Mr. Mendes-France, and the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Kden, were reported at their Pari> meeting last night to have urged Mr. Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, to endorse their agreed terms of a settlement foi peace
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    FRENCH MAY ABANDON HANOI
    115 1 FRENCH officials are dis- i cussing with the Vietmlnh] the possibility that France may pull out of Hanoi If a ceasefire agreement is reached at the Geneva conference, reliable sources said In Hanoi yesterday. Secret truce talks were resumed at Trung Gia. 25 miles north of
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    School teacher in hospital
    43 1 Mr. Cheong Hock Hal. civics master at St. Andrew's Schooj Singapore, has been adn I to the General Hospital with .t s.-iious glandular ailment. Mr Cheong has tj t>n U J by hia doctors to discontinue i teaching tempomrtlj.
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    Reds hit Laos city near Thai border
    282 2 |X)R the first, time m the §e*en-year IndoChina war, VieUninb troops have attacked the Mekong River city Of Pakse. m Southern Laos near the Thailand border. according to military reports received m Paris last nitfht. Vietminh fwwefi attacked the rity of 30 000
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    Chinese Ladies honour Mrs. Tan
    84 2 picture rIE Chinese Ladies Association of Singapore yesterday gave a luncheon m honour of Mrs. Tan Chin Tuan. wife of the Deputy President of the Legislative Council, who was awarded the M.B.E. on the Queen's Birthday. Pictured from left are: Mrs Yeo Jin Bong. Mrs.
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    Britain, U.S. will relax trade ban
    78 2 BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES have agreed to trim the list of poods banned to the European Communists. Mr. Peter Thorneycroft. the President of the Board of Trade, told the House of Commons last night. The whole Anglo American strategic controls programme would be
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    80,000 ARMED POLICE IN EAST GERMANY
    269 2 ARMED police unltl m Ea.st Germany now number from Hd.ooo to 85 000 men. according to lafc t Bi h Otiicial Information pre; i nted to Parliami ni rday m a Whit. Paper. The emi-militarv police unii i a cribed In the WhiU Paper
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    Japan-India air service
    30 2 India ftnd Japan are cxr« rt» <i to mj-ii ;ii, airline t r i port .i^n M. t n< i < !<»re Uit < ii»: of tins nidijtlj. A.P.
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    MALAYAN STUDENTS TELL OF THEIR HARDSHIPS
    435 2 Allowances may go up m Britain AMOVE U> raise the allowance* pajd to 1,100 Malayan students In Britain is now being considered by the Governments of Malaya and Singapore, it Ifl learned m London. A report produced by the Malayan Commissioner m liOndon, Raja
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    King sees Pope
    19 2 Kine Hussein of Jordon was received m a private audience by the Podp yesterday. A. P.
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    Tin reserve in U.S. 'in good shape'
    89 2 /CONGRESSIONAL action on V> the joint resolution to continue the operation of the United States Governmentowned tin smelter at Texas City, Texas, until June 30, 1955, was completed yesterday when the Senate passed the resolution for a second time. On June 1 the
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    Emperor in Nice
    21 2 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrived m Nice, France, yesterday after a tour of the United States. A.P.
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    TOP PLANNER IS BACK
    46 3 TOP PLANNER IS BACK picture. Sir George Pepler, the (.overnmpnt's town planning consultant, and Lady Pepler. on their arrival at Kalians Airport yesterday. Lady Pepler was presented with a basket of flowers by Mrs. D. If. Kimilosy, wife of the Gov"rnment's Chief Planning Officer, Free Press
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    FESTING KNIGHTED
    36 3 General Francis FestCommander of British •jp.s m the Suez Canal zone Egypt, received a knighthood and the insignia of a H-lit Commander of the Brii Empire at a Buckingham investiture m London yesterday.- U.P
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    MAU MAU GIRL TO HANG FOR MURDER
    190 3 MAU MAU GIRL TO HANG FOR MURDER VM VI \K <>l I) Kikuyu gift, Wan.ji Johainia la\ on a stretcher m i Nairobi court yestenia} and heard Supreme oiirt judge •enteiuc her to death for the murder of a Kuropean woman. Lying with two tin iir wounds m her leg,
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    Princess fires burst from jet
    121 3 Princess fires burst from jet Princess Margaret fired a burst of 20 millimetre cannon .shells from a Meteor jet night fighter In Ahlhorn, yesterday, on the second day of her hr.st visit to West Germany. The fighter was .standing m the testing butts of Ahlhorn RAF. station. The Princess had
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    Burma Reds kill 4 police
    60 3 IX)UR policemen were killed V and one was wounded by a Communist gang tnat raided an outpost six miles from Mandalay. reports reaching Rangoon yesterday said. One raider was killed. The attack was one of several reported staged by Communists and Karen rebels against Government
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    FLYNN PAY HIS DEBT -AND ADDS A TIP
    124 3 PRROL FLYNN a Hollywood actor, backed down at the thought of going to an English gaol yesterday and paid the M 5422 his former landlady claimed he owed her, plus Mssl tip for the police. Yesterday was the day set for the
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    LABOUR M.P.s PLAN NEW CHINA TOUR
    84 3 LABOUR M.P.s PLAN NEW CHINA TOUR PLANS an* beinti made for a second British Labour and Trari..' Union delegation to pay a goodwill vLsit to Communist China m October, the Britain China Friendship Association .-.aid m London yesterday. It has already been an nounced that Mr Clemeni Attlee. the Labour
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    Informal talks
    27 3 Informal talk., on the revlsion of N ftherl inds Indonesian relation.-, were resumed by Mm* delegation <>t the two countries m Ttie Hdt;ue y^t.-rday Reuter
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    Death for 505 bandits
    67 3 BRITAIN, has executed 505 Africans m the campaign to wipe out Mau Mau antiWhifc terrorism m Kenya, the House ot Commons was told yesterday. Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttleton said they were convicted of murder, unlawful [KMJflfllkin of arms or ammunition, consorting
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    30 KILLED IN LANDSLIDES
    64 3 riiHE bodies of 30 people A killed m landslides m the mountains five miles from Medellin (Columbia), were uncovered yesterday. Sixteen passengers m two biuses buried by the .slides, were believed dead. At lejust 80 were injured. Landslides m the Andes are not infrequent m Columbia.
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      83 3 TIP FOR TO-DAY RACES EASY FEEL MEANS EASY WINNER P^ In the scorching heat of Singapore fe MEN face a problem of how to be jL Yjp well dressed yet remain comfortable 1 DACRON SUITINb B made of paJester fibre has found a ||p solution crease resistant, extra shape retention
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      Opinion The Dulles decision
      352 4 Opinion The Dulles decision Interest m the vital Geneva talks ha.s been quickened by the meeting of the Western Big Three foreign ministers In Paris. rhe current situation could i scarcely have been infused %ith more drama had it been .stage-contrived. Mr Mende.s France has a week left of his
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    Where Freedom Reigns Supreme....
    749 4  - Where Freedom Reigns Supreme A. Hoeling EUROPEANS HAVE EXCHANGED FAME AND FORTUNE FOR A PLACE IN GOD S OWN COUNTRY/ By North American News Alliance. ....AND EVEN POVERTY 15 A PRIVELEGE wA?m :> women who once r-ornmunded fame and merited fortunei are quietly and happily retormiii^ menial chores .somewhere m
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    A NATION OF KILLERS
    377 4 bngbmjml,k, (Charles L. Adams quotes from the Soviet press T*HE Russian people are x being told that the United States is raising a younger generation of "professional killers." More than adolescent exuberance inspires the young men and women who will direct the affairs of the U.S.
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    It's quiteeasy
    127 4 HP//E Hammersmith News Sheet and Diary has a story about a small bop trying to explain cricket to an American. ff*j quite simple," he says. you have two sides, one out m the field, one m. Each man on the side thuVs m goes out, and ii ht
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      29 4 Charm and Choice SENA'S Here is the work of master craftsmen, upholding m contemporary manner the proud traditions of centuries. H. SENA LIMITED HIGH CLASS JEWELLERS Singapore, Penang. Bangkok
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      113 4 B^WH f I rorevnr Helena Rubinstein has given a life-time to the creation of thinp for beauty to the fundamentals of skin care to the cherishing of natural loveliness. Her three easy rules— made famous m her salons the world over— to Cleanse, Nourish and Tone the skin, v bring
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    NEW HOSPITAL RESERVOIR TO BE BUILT
    146 5 XX on IC lieu S'HNMMO service reservoir for the neral Hospital will beuin next month, Mr. K. louston, ©I IIM Singapore Public Works Depurtent, said yesterday. Fenders have already been called for the resern is to be built on a hill behind the Universal
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    AT 17 SHE IS ALREADY A STAR
    161 5 AT 17 SHE IS ALREADY A STAR riM) be a sta* a °y s!lrtW at the BffC of II «s an aelnevem M t and Francisca Maas. Singapore dancer, holds that proud claim Francisca received her first .liMtint; lesson when ilie wi> 10 Since then she has never looked back.
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    A drowning man saved
    62 5 BUTTER WORTH, Wed Using a lifebelt and a lifeboat, the crew of the Penang Harbour Board ferry Tallang. yesterday saved a passenger. Lim Soew Thoi. 40, of Sungei Patani. from drowning. Lim was believed to have fallen overboard while travelling from Penang to Butterworth. He was
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    And here is Francisca
    8 5 AT 11 AT 17
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    Menon feted in capital
    41 5 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. 1 >pala Motion, the outRepresentative of the ■-nt „f India, ycster--1 led on Indians m to help build up a 1 Mnlaya. i Menon waa Kiven a fare■y by the Indian com- Kuala Lumpur
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    M.Y.F. meeting
    21 5 Malayan Methodist jn Fellowship Council will 1 Uio Tamil Methodist Malacca Street, Kuala ljr at I(US a.m. oq July
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    Sultan will
    54 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed THE Sultan Of Selangor will open the Kuala BeUWfOI District Aeri Horticultural show at Kuala s.-langor on Exhibits will include different types of padi grown m toe district, fruits and other local toocLstufTs. vegetables, edible oil. poultry embroidery, handicrafts, flowers, flshins materials, village art works
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    TOO LAZY TO CARRY WATER? THEN PAY
    143 5 A THRIVING occupation m Mianv Singapore villages is the water carrying business. Carriers "sell water collected from the City Council's stand pipes at the rate of 10 cents for a four-gallon kerosene tin. The Council's rate is 55 cents for 1.000 gallons. In
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    TAXIDRIVERS NOW HAVE VARSITY DAY
    91 5 TAXIDRIVERS NOW HAVE VARSITY DAY SINGAPORE taxlmen have decided to give a day's earnings m aid of the Nanyang University Endowment Fund on August 7. Collection boxes are to be fitted m taxis. Labels parted on the wind screen of these vehicles will inform passengers of the campaign. A University
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    They'll put it across in English
    102 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. ,v selangor Chinese schools > are to stage a combined ariety concert here next ook-end m English. It is believed to be tho first me m M:ilaya for Chinese ,ols to <iive a public conert m the English language Each of
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    open the farm show
    48 5 Exhibits by the Drai:. and Irrigation Department, tne Health. Veterinary, Informa tion. Agricultural departments Medical Research and Rubber Research institutes, a prim oil company and the Women'i Institute will bo displayed. Other attraction* will include a ..am pan race, badminton, football, and cinema ■hows.
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      320 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis HONEST, SOW GUY.'. -TG MAKF YOU STOP ffj^TV E^l, HHV^V^fl^l <■ 'aja N. AE'U BE r;r/EP SEEN HEFCRE i r >r'.* "'/t NAMED v 2^ i 1 f ,j ■t^^^^. -k-PARED HIRED l)<, AT r~- V. NA-',A OWIM ftF-AT J t5L£. W f
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      667 6 I YOUR I LUCKY I STAR BORN TODAY. you an whose nature is to lead, but on the other hand. you die j not one to push yourself for. ward. You manage lo influence j others through your quiet, po- sitive will rather than i>> A loud, dominating personality. There
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    Her arms were once paralysed
    5 7 Her arms were once paralysed
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    Mr. and Mrs. Wu in London
    61 7 >T Wl Tsai Yen, the finger Punter from Singapore and •'v Wu look at some of the ■JJJt delicate exhibits at "-ir show now going on m <»ndon. ■Jr. Wu i s probably the only rt «\t m the world who Ifeteti only by
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    'We are cured' they said
    189 7 I rec Press Staff Reporter I WENT to the last of the tw«-week lons faith healing services conducted by Ceylon > Rev. Alwin de Alvis at Balestier Koad. Singapore Large crowds young and old. rich and poor— have been flecking to his meetings. On the
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    Car strippers busy again
    47 7 PENANG, Wed. Petty lieves are busy again strippng spare parts from vehicles puked m the streets. I. ist night, one car In Pitt Street lost its wheel cap.s From another car parked m a back lane oil Chulia Street, a headhnu) was stolen.
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    MALAYANS FAIL TO MAKE GRADE AT MARINE EXAMS
    301 7 MOST of the Malayans examined m Singapore for deck certificates of competency and certificates of efficiency failed to make the grade last year, according to the annual report of the Marine Department. Of the 885 examined, 472 failed. Of the 413 who
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    Meeting put off
    36 7 The Johore State Council meeting, scheduled for July 27, ha.s been postponed to August 24 It will be held m the Council Chamber at the Government offices building, Johore Bahru, at 10 a.m.
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    MORE ASK FOR JOBS NOW AT THIS BUREAU
    160 7 MORE ASK FOR JOBS NOW AT THIS BUREAU JOBS were found for 37.) unemployed people by the Singapore Employment Exchange last month \l> more than m May. Mr. F. G. Tyson. Chief Employment Officer, said that "there are definite signs to show that more people are taking advantage of the
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    He promised medicine: allegation
    79 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. O. SINNADURAI, aged 28, wu Charged at Kuala Lumpur yesterday with cheating a woman of $3 The prosecution alleged that Blnnadural received $3 from Chee Swee Lin at the General Hospital yesterday under the false pretence that he would her a bottle of
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    That gap in traffic training...
    146 7 SINGAPORE police officers who are sent to England tor special training learn, mainly crime investigation, a police official told the Free Presf yesterday. There is no special course for them on traffic work, he explained. The official was commenting on a query why no local
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    GAMES A HELP YO D FOOD FAIR TH ASSEMBLY
    373 8  - GAMES A HELP YO D FOOD FAIR TH ASSEMBLY PETER de CRUZ Story by THE SINGAPORE Youth CcunciH and food fair at the Victoria MB rial Hall drew a capacity crowd hM moment ft opened to the time The fair was m aid V Assembly of Youth to be *c
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    He taught the Queen TO ride
    622 10  - He taught the Queen TO ride STANLEY BONNET Prince Charles will soon have a 'date' with Mr. Smith. By HPHE small boy swivelled on the saddle and. turning to the groom who walked beside William, the puny, asked: -When will Mr. Smith start teaching me?" It was riding, not Tithmetic,
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    11 10 A riew tf Beaevean Dam, part ol the Scottish Hydro-Elec-irin vrhpmr.
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    Mountain rivers put Hie into Highlands
    580 10  -  ALASTAIR M. DUNNETT By IT was Sir Walter Scott who Introduced the Highlands of Scotland to the modern world. When he was turning his geniiu loose upon the pattern of Highland pastoral life. Europe was breathing heavily m the smoke of the industrial age.
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    The 'Conic Opera' Red Army
    652 11  - The 'Conic Opera' Red Army ANTHONY TERRY THE FIVE-YEAR FLOP By GERMANY S OLD RUSSIAN TANKS KEEP BREAKING DOWN RUSSIA'S live year struggle to raise an tticient East German army, a fanatical Red righting force equipped with Soviet arms and ready to attack the West has dismally failed. Instead the
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    THE ROYAL HUSSARS IN MALAYA
    305 11 THE ROYAL HUSSARS IN MALAYA THE latest regiment to 1 arrive for operational duties m Malaya, are the 15 19th The King's Royal Hussars, who have just seen service m Germany. The regiment took their present title m 1922 on the amalgamation of the 15th The King's Hussars with the
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      99 11 JUBILEE CAFE RESTAURANT Singapore City's Best Muslim Restaurant CENTRAL CLEAN COOL Jubilee has become the favourite rendezvous for tasteful food and is daily visited by Europeans, Chinese, Malays, Indians Delicious food, moderate charges, excellent service. Special Rice from lhDiA for your Nasi Bryani. Let Us Go to JUBILEE, 771/773. NORTH
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    Women may take to Pipe smoking
    761 12 Women may take to Pipe smoking KAY MURRAY writes on "The U,S.A. as a woman sees it." lmlm STAR, Jean Bimm o n s \>- American women V iU t ike to briar shortly. I think it would be [treat fun to smoke <i pipe," saya the Britiah-born rcss, ;ind
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    22 12 Ann Huiuslip appear- at mree Cases ot Murder.' the new Wessex Production.. She 15 "The Girl" m the episode "In the Picture."
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    Bridge Hand
    359 12 Moth sides vuln«»ra Miitli dealer NORTH A X I 1M 10 9 A X 8 I X tl H MTBOI K\sT Al4 3 K'865,5 A Q J 7 1') 7 6 5 0 AA*'♦ 8 5 3 I SOUTH 4▲Q I OQ 4 2 ♦Q J 7 Th«
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      63 12 "ROYAL" BALL 111 (11(1 fit The Singapore P World Youth Assembly Fund under the Distinguished Patronage of His Excellency, Mr. MALCOLM MacDONALD, P. C. on SATURDAY, the 17th JULY, 1954 The ISLAND CLUB from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Floor Shows and Valuable Prizes. Tickets $8/including tuppcr Reservations from ROIUNSON'S
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      233 12 1 WKM fIH IB ■Vh^^hHl 181 (i.iis %i koss: 3 The poli'K l.m gHt to the bottom 1 A Hllaft iit Elsmore of something b!'"Jd-curdllng. 4 More venturesome with e^Ks (6), 5 The gardetwr's ixjlicy I (7;. H They arc rathtr small for the ♦> TaMt traveller? t.6' data to
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    Italian tram ride is free-for-all
    610 13 BERNARD ROLAND tells of a few quaint Latin customs ITALY is a strange country, and the Italians have lots of funny little mannerisms and contradictory customs. They are very clothes conscious and always pat their curves before sitting down, to avoid creasing their garments. But
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    'Hotel' for 300 good' prisoners
    155 13 'Hotel' for 300 good' prisoners A CREAM -COLOURED "hotel" that cost six million Malayan dollars has been built on a hill at Walla W.illa Washington, to house 3(M> "pood" prisoners selected from Washington State Penitentiary. The men will live a life of comparative luxury. They will have complete freedom of
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    Linda's new sweater
    25 13 Linda ChtiltlMl wears a sold bracelet with a large coin to go with her green sweater. She's now making fthns for Columbia.
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    THIS DRUG BEATS FEAR
    188 13 THIS DRUG BEATS FEAR A DRUG which is believed to combat fear is being tested by Air Ministry doctors m Britain. The possibility that it could be used as an -anti- jitter" pill for pilots on combat missions is being thoroughly investigated. Many thousands of capsules containing the drug have
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    NEW PAIN KILLER
    247 13 k DRUG designed tc make people insensible to pain but tc leave them conscious and able to move may give surgery a new substitute for anaesthesia. This preparation does for the entire system what a local anesthetic does to a specific part of the body. Dr. John
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      55 13 "Fernme et Chien" (Woman and Dog), a WSJ *J*22? I oiling, was among the 26 pieces (total value £**•**> M view m London of the new work of 73-y«ar-old arliM Pahlo Picasso. The recent exhibition included sculpture ami paintings— many of them showing Picasso m his^most fantastic mood, Prices ranged
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    CHANGI WIN SERVICES LEAGUE
    567 14 But oh how late they left it! BLUNDELL SCORES WINNER KAK. 'hangi S; R.A.S.C ROYAL \ir Force Chanfl won the Services League IJiv. 1, championship with only three minutes to spare m yesterdays deciding: gamp against Royal Army Service Corps at Aver Rajah Koad. Combined Services
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    S'pore team for State tennis
    97 14 S^INGAF'ORE will me*" Jotmre m 'heir defence of ttin Inter* hi t C'h.Hiti I.«*on^ Cup The-v :i itdMi 'Vlll take J)l ire on the Binfaporc Chinese Recret'ion C eoiVU on Pri<l iy .«n<i S.i"iri <\ m •?< he.-, will Ik* m •HI on Fruity at
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    STATE RUGBY
    43 14 lOHORI the HMS Malaya rugby champions, will open theii season with a match against Singapore CiTiliana on Nov. G at Johort* Bahru. This will probably fx* the only HM S Mi.. Dipetition m itch t«> u'.' played m Johore li thru.
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    Sappers beat Tengah 2-0
    101 14 /"•ENTRE-FORWARD Rutheriord scored both Nftlfl as Royal Fn^itievrs l>eat RA F. Tengah 2-0 m yesterday's Di\ 1 Services Lea?uH match at Gillman Barracks. -Sappers had a slight edge m An evenly contested game. Line led l-<> at half-time CHAMPS BEATEN RAF Chilli A' who recently won
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    160 14 THE dra-A for the Useful Badminton Party > open and Junior limit! and open doubles championships resulted as follows: Open Singles: Oei Kirn Hock v Goh Tian Chye: Leow Kirn Fat: v Lim Kirn Choon; Tay Chin Yyf v Phun Yew Hong; Tan Chin Guan v Dm
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    Miss Kamo in round three
    68 14 AfISS Sachiko Kamo. 27--year-old Japanese women's tennis champion, and Mr> Heather Brewer Bermuda, moved into the third round of the women's singles m the Welsh iawn tennis championships ye>terday. Mrs. Brewster defeated Ifisfl Bileen Gordon. Wales. 6-0, 6-2. m the second round. Misa Kamo had
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    Ground 'good' despite the rain
    414 15 Ground 'good' despite the rain All set for today's school athletics Free Press Athletics Reporter LJEAVY rain this morning caused anxiety to the Singapore Schools Sports Committee. Storm clouds opened up with a shower that looked set for the day and which threatened to wash out this afternoon's annual inter-school
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      beat Malaya in t-tennis
      80 15 THE University of Malaya last night lost by 12 games to one m the inter- Var.s.cv table tennis tournament In Hong Kong. The only victory wa.s m the mixed doubles m whrch Muss Peoh Guat Kirn and Chew Kok Aun of the University of Malaya beat
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      RUSSIA BEAT SWEDEN 13-3
      66 15 I M ssi A be«t Sweden by 13 points to three m an unofficial (hew meeting which finished yesterday with h marathon match between Soviet's Paul Keres and Goesta Stoltz. Keres won m 72 draws, addinfr one more point to the six the Ruxsianfi piled up
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      JAPS LEAVE
      27 15 The Japanp*e Dnvls Cud tram which wax defeated by Mexico m zone play during the past weekend left by air ytsterday for home A. P.
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    Zatopek is ill: won't run
    138 15 Zatopek is ill: won't run CZECH lons distance runner Emil Zatopek M-heduled to participate m the 5.000-metre race at a track and field meet m Stockholm on Friday, is ill and unable to come, organisers of the meet announced yesterday. Gordon Pirie, Britain s track long distance runner, will not
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    JOLLILADS TOP THEIR GROUP
    348 15 lOLLILADS Sporting Association (Red), the defend- ing champions, became Group "A" winners of the Singapore Table Tennis Association senior inter-club league when they scored a convincing 5-1 victory over their closest rivals Tiger Sporting Association at the Happy World Table Tennis Centre last night. Th<y will
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    Positions
    75 15 Up to date positions: (iROIP "A" P W L Ft* Jcllilads (Red* 5 5-5 Tiger S.A. 5 4 14 Chinese SA (Blue Chinese YMCA 'Blue) 5 2 3 2 RAF 5 14 1 U Of M. AS A. 5 5 (iROIT "B" Spore NB Traders 5 5-5 Chinese YMCA
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    INDIA THOMAS CUP TEAM
    54 15 India's meet Thailand at Bangk July 30 and 31 In the first round (Asiatic zone) of the Thomaf Cup badminton tournan.mt innounced yesterday m follows: C.u-mirc Gommes i manager an(i non-playir.c captain Trilok Nath Seth (vice capfit:n>: Nandu M N.»jpkar- P..rrium..n 8. Chawla: Amntlal I)e\vi-n ;-nd
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    37 15 A:. t^> School tx^i Beattj Secondary School by 70 runs m a friei.c: el match at Hong Lim Gref r lay. c I H. SI 30. j b 2C. Tone 3-2r,. I 15, M 4-7),
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    YORKS 1st. WARWICK 2nd, DERBY 3rd County roundup
    143 15 YORKS 1st. WARWICK 2nd, DERBY 3rd County roundup ESSEX beat Middlesex hv an minnjfs and 67 runs m •»r county cricket tlavh •h ended yesterday. ■nd (!efe.:l The: i Ith 138 17 mai :e third with 108 "from 14 games, ;<nd M M from 15 1 mm. '<•' i ndiof
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      120 15 Spend A Glorious Evening with Miss ALICE LEE »t OCEAN PARK HOTEL Every Thursday Friday Saturday i I I Nightingale of the Orient Mission Orange Wins International Award PARIS The Institut d'AhmentatKn has awarded its Star of Excellence to Mission Orang'i,y M,» soft di «iik v< r»,d<-r<-<1 l<< \jf tl.«-
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    WATCH THE MUDLARKS AT BUKIT TIMAH TODAY
    436 16 WATCH THE MUDLARKS AT BUKIT TIMAH TODAY Form may go haywire after rain F Course Corresponded RAIN fell heavily at Bukit Tim ah th^ morning and the going has changed from very good to yielding at best. Form may go haywire with the sudden change of going and my advice
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    119 16 20 W»rdn S< (minimum). X S. SUBKAMANIA IYER retired Malayan Railway, 36 Years K#t Ice at Port Swettenham died on Holiday at Tiruppunitluirai, India, 12 754 MADAM YEO KIM NEO, aged «!i veirs old (Beloved wife of the late Mr Yap Oim Cheong) passed awiv peacefully at her residence
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    Thrilling win for Pakistan
    265 16 PAKISTAN beat Lancashire I t)y six wickets. Routine the county for !)8 m the second innings, the tourists set themselves to scare EM runs for victory. Then m surprlainf lack of venom ■bout the Lancashire attai k. but for I limp the Pakistan Iml.s--men did no(
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