The Singapore Free Press, 27 July 1954

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press I unrest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. |MIL Singapore, Tues. July 27,1954. Price 15Cts.
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    SHAWCROSS Quiet night, says wife
    144 1 SHAWCROSS Quiet night, says wife AIK Christopher Shawcross, OC who was wounded Ambushed by Communist m Johore on SunL v spent a quiet night at the l)f Capt. H. M. Birch, \c Qantas manager, m peire last night. Shawcross told the Press that he was "more ifortaWe" this morning. At
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    Navy 'on doorstep'
    172 1 E i»KI I ism warships operE 13 ating from Hong E Kong were "on the doorE step" if needed —of the E area where United States E naval planes shot down E two Chinese Communist fighter planes, the AdE in 1 1 .ill said m London E
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    REA TELLS STRIKERS DOOR IS STILL OPEN'
    292 1 THE Acting President of the Singapore City Mr. J. T. Rea, this orning .said the door was ►en for the resumption 'otiatioru m the strike ***** council daily-rated It seemj a pity that the loiu turned down the good <>t the Governor, Sir
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    Genevieve in U.S.
    31 1 I'enant Genevieve de rerraube, the nurse of 15 :-n Phu. arrived m New r yesterday un a visit to United States at the invin 01 the U.S. Congress.-
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    BOMBS IN KIOSK
    23 1 *°llce yfst<'rday t,>ok posses- two apparently live renadei found on the sictek m M a str<>et telephone m North London.-Rev-
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    Truce time is put off by hour
    106 1 Truce time is put off by hour AN UNEXPLAINED hour's delay m the ceasefire m northern Vietnam was report ed m a despatch reaching Paris from Indo-Chlna early today just as the truce was due to begin. The new truce time i 8 a.m. local time imidnteht GMT). The full
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    NEW ORDER TO S'PORE PLANES
    365 1 Avoid Hainan PASSENGER airliners flying from Singapore to Hong Kong via Bangkok and Saigon have been told to keep clear of the China coast and to avoid Hainan Island. Direct flights between Singapore and Hon^ Kong are not affected as the planes do not have
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    Civil war claims
    25 1 Claim.s for M 5750.000 have been filed against Lloyd.s of London for damage done during the rerent rivil war m Guatemala.- Reuter
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    Rubber price
    29 1 The Singapore? rubber mar lot opened thi.s morning on an uncertain tone with first grade. August shipment, at 70 cents a pound five-eighths cent above yesterday* dosing.
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    'Sailors hit me in hotel'
    75 1 'Sailors hit me in hotel' 'pHE manager of the Hong Kont; Hotel m Race Course Road. Singapore hrvs told the police that five .sailor* assaulted him and hLs two aaitltantl last ni^ht. The? BEid tlie .sailor.-, h,id punched them A police .spokesman said this morning that the aaaault us h<
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    Empress sees Pope
    15 1 Pope Pius yesterday received m private audience Nam Phuong Empress of Vietnam.
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    They took her life savings
    36 1 A Chinese woman llvini In Kampong Tiong Bahru, 81nga« pore, has reported the theft yesterday oj her life savings of $230 which she had k»pt under a mattress at her home.
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    $1,000 HAUL
    25 1 A thief broke into a shop m North Bridge Road, Singapore, yesterday and stole binoculars, .spectacles, sun glasses and magnifying glasses worth $1,000.
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    MALAYAN'S $85,000 PARTY
    279 2 lONDOX is still talking j about the grandest and most costly (M885.0O0) debutante party since the war given by a Malayan millionaire, Mr. Stanley Smith, uho heads an iron ore company and import and export firm m Malaya. Thus 18-year-old daughter Barbara, was launched into London society.
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    Cabinet to meet on China Sea clashnew crisis feared
    284 2 AN anxious Britain last i night considered advising boll) the United States and Red China to show restraint m the China Sea clash off Hainan, informed officiate said m London. Prime Minister Churchill i was said to be gravely concerned at
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    Hooded men pick out Mau Mau
    133 2 |X)RMER terrorists, masked .T by hoods, moved among detained Africans picking out Mau Mau gangsters after a weekend sweep by British and African troops through Thika township, 25 miles north of Nairobi. Out of more than 1,000 Africans screened, 255 suspects were seized one
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    ANGRY CONGRESS BACKS HAINAN ACTION
    200 2 Angry Congressional lead- 1 ers yesterday m Washington accused Red China of "piracy" I 2n the skies. They said I'nited States navy planes were justified m .shooting down two Ked lighters off the China coast. Republican leader Mr. William X Knowiand interrupted a Senate drhate
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    Canada accepts truce job
    41 2 Canada Will officially accept membership of the Indochina trim supervision commission m a (lay or two, iniunned BOUTCei said m Ottawa yesterday. India and Poland. the other members have already ai-'itetl to serve on the commission. Reuter
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    Britain recognises
    13 2 Britain has formally recognised the new anti-Communist Giuit* rmilan regime. A.P.
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    BRITAIN WILL EXAMINE RED NOTE ON SECURITY
    115 2 THE British Government will make "the most careful examination" of the new Soviet note proposing a conference to consider a European collective security pact, Mr. Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons yesterday The Russian note, delivered last Saturday,
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      103 2 HEERACO SILK STORE Director Imports of U.S.A. Goods, 87, High Street f Singapore- 1. Tel: ***** Just Received Fresh Consignment NYLON TEXTILES READY MADE GOODS. Mojud Stocking All Sizes 4.50 per pair Nylon NigM Dresses Pleated $17. 00 each Full Pleated Slips $1500 each Halrslips Pleated 7.50 each Cufflink Cr
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    Portuguese troops dig in to keep hold on India port
    194 3 Portuguese troops dig in to keep hold on India port iMH'R Bombay newsmen who entered Portuguese Damao disguised as merchants report that Portugal is putting her Indian territory on a war footing The four said they were arrested, questioned and linally escorted to the border yesterday. Tension has arisen tnrougnout
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    S.E. Asia talks were 'helpful'
    179 3 S.E. Asia talks were 'helpful' MR. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons yesterday the British Government was satisfied with the results of the Anglo-Ameri-can study group's discussions on South-East Asian security. A Labour member. Mr. Woodrow Wyatt. asked if the Americans had a better understanding of
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    French trucks blown up by rebel mines
    83 3 DESPITE the French and Vietminh agreement three days ago that both sides would stop mining roads and destroying bridges and communication lines, rebel guerillas again mined the Hanoi Haiphong supply route last night. Three American correspondents narrowly escaped death or injury when two
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    NEHRU URGES: ADMIT RED CHINA TO U.N.
    69 3 NEHRU URGES: ADMIT RED CHINA TO U.N. MR- NEHRU, the Indian Prime Minister, last mght appealed to the United rhln°a n5 t0 admi J Communist China as a member. "To regard Formosa as representing china Ls as sensible as it would be to regard the Andaman Islands as representing the
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    DRINKING VODKA IS A DUTY SAY SEAMEN
    84 3 DRINKING VODKA IS A DUTY SAY SEAMEN Ip V Swedish ratings, '^arged with drunken 1 vfsh aVI Ur durin a rec nt -Jo^. L «nin«rad, told a loc kholm magistrate's "*g their duties. JSJJ of said Russian JSSL v °°k no action Swedish sailors ly'••"•'"miim mi mi, ing m the
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    BRITAIN, U.S. TO EASE GOODS-FOR-RUSSIA BAN
    172 3 URITAIN and the United States have agreed to relax oof ,p f e ba n cx P° rt s Russia and her European satellites starting on August 16, it wa* announced m London yesterday. At the same time Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, President of the
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    FLOODS KILL 300 IN TIBET
    113 3 FLOODS KILL 300 IN TIBET Trading post washed out 4 BOlT 300 people, including 33 Indian soldiers, were A killed m the Tibetan trading town of Gyangtse, which has been almost completely washed away by Hoods, it was announced yesterday m New Delhi. Reports reaching Delhi from the Indian relief
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    16 3 Mr. Terence James Eden and Miss Live Beryl Lidstone who were married at George's Church, Changi.
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    NOW INGRID WILL STAR IN GERMAN FILM
    65 3 INGRID BERGMAN comes to Munich this week to star m a German film for the first time. The film version of Stephen Zweig s novel "Anxiety" will be made and directed by her husband, Roberto Rosselini. She will speak German. Miss Bergman played
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    Sikh killers lose appeal in London
    112 3 Sikh killers lose appeal in London rE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council f yesterday turned down a petition by two Sikhs who asked leave to appeal i against the death sentence passed on them for j murdering another Sikb m Malaya. The petitioning Sikhs, i were Ramnath, son of
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    ON THE RESERVE NOW
    26 3 Two of Britain's veteran aircraft carriers Implacable and Indefatigable are to be .placed on the reserve, the Admiralty announced last night Reuter
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    King opens Parliament
    21 3 Iraq's new parliament wa.s opened by King Fei.sul yesterday. The next session will be lon Nov. 3.- A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press FLOODS
    381 4 The Singapore Free Press FLOODS Tuesday. July 27. 1954. Flooding. causing wretched conditions m communities whose normal conditions are lar from beins all that could be wished, is a vexed and largely unanswered question In Singapore. It is especially vexed for those who live m the Sennctt Estate. In 1953
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    A CHAPTER IN THE
    443 4 I I IT WAS SHANGHAI, 1920. The summer wai hot and the rackets were unprofitable. Gangster Ku Shun-chan^ derided to join the Communist party. He applied and KOt m. A vague but important Comrade Wu Hao liked his looks. Ku Shun chang was a real bully-boy
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    ITALY HAS STEMMED RED TIDE
    708 4  - ITALY HAS STEMMED RED TIDE John Wren THE MAN WHO FOUGHT MUSSOLINI NOW FISHTS MOSCOW. By IX)R the first time m this bitter, oftimes bloody, nine year old battle of Democracy versus Communism, Italy's freedom loving forces are on the offensive. Whether a few hundred thousand spaghetti-eat-ing Italian workers join
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      22 4 It i tiffs o/ itistinviion for every occasion ENGAGEMENTS WEDDING RINGS U. S. de SUVA, Jewellers 106, Orchard Rd., Spore-9 Phone: *****
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      37 4 1 SINGAPORE INNER WHEEL CLUB Do your shopping this week A iL QT TttG MARKET FAIR British Council Hall I M I o# 2.30 7p.m. GROCERIES, MISFITS FANCY GOODS, Space donated by SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.
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    TEN MORE SCHOOLS TO GET FREE DENTAL SERVICES NEXT YEAR
    278 5 TEN MORE SCHOOLS TO GET FREE DENTAL SERVICES NEXT YEAR rvilf. Singapore Government's first mobile dental clinic, which gives free dental treatment to schoolrhiidren i" the rural areas, has been so successful that the service will be expanded from next year. The chief dental officer, Mr. N. H. Gittins said
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    Influx of U.S.-made gaming machines
    182 5 Influx of U.S.-made gaming machines A N increasing number jri vi American-made machines, apparently described as for i "amusement only," are j I being hroujjht into Singa- pore from Hong Kong;. Singapore merchants are Relieved to be draw- I iii» dm the very large i i)uol ot black market j
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    S'pore police officer ill in England
    58 5 W. T. RODRIGUES. a T1 Singapore Assistant Superit of Police, who left 1 month for a tra course at Ryton-on-Duru,-EngUnd, is m hospital. -:«'e Press was told that Iriguea suffered a nerv.Dreakdown soon after his |f e one of four Colony r »fTirers selected
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    WOMAN HITS OUT AT 'MAD SALE RUSH'
    119 5 A "MAD RUSH and grab" by women at a recent Church sale m Singapore has brought forth criticism by a Free Press reader. Mrs. Ivy Williams of Singa- pore said she went to the sale I with a friend but came away with
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    Govt. opposes practice of back pay claims
    166 5 Govt. opposes practice of back pay claims pI'BIJC servants m Singa--1 pore who may claim back pay m future will run int<» stiffer (government resi a nee. Said a (iovernment spokesman ye.sterday; "We arc firmly opposed to any continuance of the practice which has become known as backdating. "Claims for
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    Council director leaves for U.K.
    40 5 PENANG, Tues. Mr. Peter Gibbs, Regional Director of the British Council here left for Britain today. A new ai pointment awaits him m Syria. He will be succeeded here by Mr. W. J. K. Mandy.
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    Registration of voters begins
    26 5 KLANG, Tue.s. Re^'i.stration of voters for the Town Council elections m December started 1 today. Register* will remain [open till Aug. 26.
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    H.Q. opening
    30 5 TAIPING, Tues.— The official opening of the headquarters of the Malayan Youth Council at Hong Nam Settlement, Kuala Mimpur, will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday. I
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    A BIG DAY FOR THESE CHILDREN
    154 5 KLDREN of the various welfare centres m ipore will exhibit their at the two-week trade which opens at the World on Saturday. Hippy World managers allocated the de;nt space for a stall. *o carpenter! from the Finn children's centfe now erecting it. Mr. T.
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    61 5 MR. S. USE and Miss Z. Locke (above) were chosen "Kiwi Couple" at the anniversary dance of the Kiwi League held at Raffles Hotel. Singapore, at the weekend. Ahout £00 members attended. A special conga dance was given by the Javanese dancer. Miss Laila and her partner. Prizes were given
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    They plan to end toddy habit
    130 5 They plan to end toddy habit IPOH. Tues. DELEGATES from 30 affiliated organisations of the roI cently-formed Perak United Indian Council decided to I conduct an educational campaign to wean Indians from the toddy drinking habit. A five-member sub-commit-tee was appointed to prepare a report on how best this could
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    The P.O. savings account grows
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. In June, a total of $4,441.***** was deposited m the Federa- tion of Malaya Post Office savings bank. This amount exceeded withdrawals by $637,***** During the month. 3,419 new accounts were opened.
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    K.L. Forum
    34 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tties Miss Dorothy Neville-Rolf p. a member of the Royal Institute ;of International Affairs, will speak at the next meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Forum on Friday on "constructive Rrumbling."
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      267 6 MANDRAKE mr n r—l I ftAkl T AUVAY MANDRAKE "1 SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT THIS- riLWAiTHfRF.ME 1 HE'S S DON 'J GO AWAY M< ANORAKE j T WH AT COULD *m~W DOESN'T WANT TOJ BOARDING I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, j HAPPEN --WITH ALL^M 1 TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT
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      696 6 immiit jmiiiMinii 4111 *****11 ill JIIMIIUHr— YOUR LUCKY I STAR! 2 ti DORN TODAY, you have a well-balanced nature a i E combination of sensitivity, <au- tion and strong will. You know i how to concentrate on your ob- 5 jective, have a keen sense of E honour, good jud|ment,
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    FLOODS! CALL FOR ACTION
    447 7 riKNNFTT Estate residents m Upper Serangoon. Singapore. are enduring their third year of flooding. Still no action has bee liken. The floods here are getting worse every time it rims. It looks like we are beinc I*W to either sink or mumi m them." said Mr.
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    SINGAPORE TO TRY PARKING METERS
    231 7 i SINGAPORE firm has offered to instal 180 parking meters m Raffles Place and Fullerton Place free for a trial ueriod. The meters (one is m the picture on the right) are of American design and are made m Britain by Denners Ltd. Sime Darby,
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    43 registered
    31 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Registrar of Societies. Federation of Malaya registered 43 societies last month. Applications of 11 societies for exemp- tion were approved by the High j Commissioner-in-Council.
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    15 7 picture by the St. Louis Un iversity, arrived to have a look around. Free Press
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    Start soon on 3 new schools for 3,840
    282 7 T*HE Singapore Government m its bid to provide more places for school children seeking admission next year, will soon start work on three more new primary schools to accommodate 3,840 children. Tenders for these have been invited. The schools are to be
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    Painted lips—on forehead
    76 7 Painted lips— on forehead F/ 1 MXI V Wee certainly knows how to «rin and kCM it M Quek Choon llui does .1 ticklish job of painting pair of lips on her forehead. It was all n.irt of the fun staged by more than 100 lioli d.t>- makers at the
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    NO CONTROL OVER THEATRE POSTERS
    343 8 I am powerless, Lord Scarbrough says Ban plea fails-its public taste' I ORI) SCARBROUGH, the Lord Chamberlain, has told three (Socialist MP.s he Is powerleu to control sexy theatre pasters advertising plays he ha,s licensed foi public product ion IB letter to them he quoted
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    'SPARE THE RABBITS'
    26 8 The League Against cruel Sports i.s to ask the Minister Ol Agriculture tO prevent deliberate spreading ol myxomat• i i rabbit disea. c.
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    RAINY DAY SAVING
    24 8 A South African hotelkeeper In Cape Province is offering guests 2s. m the off their billi for each day it r;iins.
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    Now Joan needn't wait to marry
    72 8 Now Joan needn't wait to marry "JtfINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Joan Pary said that her mother had refused to let her marry unletf .she had a double-wedding with her .sister next March. But. jo;m explained to Birmingham magistrates: "I lam very much m love with 1 Donald, and I don't want to wait
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    Stay-at-home Maggie sticks neck out
    334 8 it is ESASY to persuade some riri. 1 to leave );< me But not Maggii Ing her rather her i her 1 loi i uly o< t« i mln< d effoi t to gtaj put In lin :;tie l;in,r.: ,ni(l--irißa ol the old hi me/ttead
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    'Miss X menaced: Officer gaoled
    171 8 'Miss X menaced: Officer gaoled AN Air Force officer wh< tried to blackmail a woman doctor was gaoled for four years. An Old Bailey (London^ jury, finding Flight-Lieutenant Don Gleezan Clarke guilty, added that it thought another man was concerned m the offence. In his evidence, Clarke, stationed at North
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    MASTER DID NOT SPANK BOY TOO MUCH-BENCH
    211 8 A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy spanked by a master m a physical training class was not punished unreasonably or excessively, Nottingham magistrates decided. They dismissed a .summons for alleged assault on his son, Harry, brought by Lawrence Lavvlor of Fenwick Road, against John Eric Wright,
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    Trapped on cliff for two days
    164 8 Trapped on cliff for two days pOR TWO days and night,* I man on holiday trapped half-way up the 7501t cliffs of Devil's Dyke, Lynmouth, Devon. He lay In the rain, almost unable to move Then boatmen spotted him and he was rescued by fln men. Mr Roy Eirusley. 30,
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    TOO MUCH POLISH
    21 8 The polLshin? of .school floi>i. m Essex is being .stopped reduce the risk ol teachers »nU children lalJmg.
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    At 16, he sees his first tree
    150 9 At 16, he sees his first tree CiIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Robert S Russell gazed reverently ,1 the first tree he had ever n -Smashing," he said. H w as equally enthusiastic nbmit seeing his first train bus and television set. There seemed no end to the wonders of England to Russell and
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    THE CUCKOOS 'GO SLOW'
    36 9 B 1! watcheri m many Suf'wagea have reported [uckooa which call cuck" and othen only wallsta are now cxamlnv that the "split" protest linked with Pring weather which to a food shortage.
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    FATHERS THANK YOU PUZZLED ARMY
    328 9 FATHERS THANK YOU PUZZLED ARMY \IR ARTHUR SHAW tat down at his home In aTI Gerard-street, Derby, and wrote a letter to the Commanding Officer of the Sherwood Foresters at the city's Normanton Barracks. It caused almost as much stir as a live hand-grenade. For it said: "My wife and
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    Top actress
    46 9 AT THE VILLA Del (Ysari m Rome recently, "Silver Ribbons" were awarded to the best actors and actresses of the year. Gina Lollobrigida was among the winners for her interpretation m "La Bersagliera". The picture shows American actor William Holden congratulating Gina.- Popper picture.
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    OEMS TRICKSTER PICKED THE BEST-THEN £9,000 DIAMONDS VANISHED
    179 9 OEMS TRICKSTER PICKED THE BEST-THEN £9,000 DIAMONDS VANISHED A MAN with a foreign accent has stolen diamonds xl valued at £9.000 by one of the cleverest confidence tricks reported m Britain for years. Ana Scotland Yard said mat he might still be m Britain. His description has been sent to
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    'EAT A NEW WAY' HE WAS TOLD
    53 9 "Develop a new method of eating," a 70-year-old Middlesex man was told by his dentist when he complained that his new false teeth hurt. The patient was not properly treated, decided the Middlesex National Health Service Executive Council The dentist's nine-guinea fee will
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    BRIDE BY POST
    31 9 Canadian farmer, who to the Mayor of EvcL estershlre, for hciu <"■>« a wife, has 'found •nd m a letter exDrossrrl l "v t wumen wrot£ h i e
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    NEW SPOTS FOR ZEBRAS
    38 9 Steel studs marking Kingston, Surrey, zebra crossings are to be replaced with 558 new ones costing about lOd. each. The existing studs are 'am. too small and are not .spaced according to new regulations.
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    47 9 pic lv re. k*iiM stir deft) visitrd the new roller-akatiiif rink afl Battefaea K«-sti\:ii Gardeni GLORIA NORI) Anirrican K'SSrfcf fcSl shr and Miss Jo<rlyn Taylor, t. -Irvision Ice star, ihftff* a p.i.r and d»d a m London. She had no skates with her Ml s^ munstr4lio|l Popper
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    Venice gives a party for Marco Polo
    332 10  - Venice gives a party for Marco Polo JOHN WREN Venice is celebrating the 700 th anniversary of th« i birth <>t our ol Its most famous sons. Marco polo the world's flrsl I >urUt and globe trotter. Marco Polo travelled to the far limits ol the unknown Orient at a
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    54 10 Tony Faramus who wrote "The Faramus Story", grim tale of his experiences m Buchenwald and Maulthausen torture camps during the war is now taking part m "The Coldit/ Story' film of British prisoners of war Faramus spent two >ears m hospitals and clinics recovering from his ptiltn ordeal. He is
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    BY THE WAY
    230 10  -  BEACHCOMBER WHICH of the following l!(1 genuine criticisms by art critics? (Answera a! foot ot mj handling or abstract idea.sre.suts a toneless .statement ot hus per lonal seme of t utility. 2 Representational vigour of thta kind, by discarding non-essentials, reveals the bure bones of a cosmic
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    U.S. BASES IN SPAIN
    105 10 a CCORDING to reliable A sources, both Spanish and American work on VS. air bases at Torrejon, near Madrid, and at Sanjurjo. m the province of Zaragoza. will begin early m the autumn. Plans are nearing completion and bids from Spanish contractors, who. according to the
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    'Britannia' is a two-in-one ship
    560 11 Royal yacht can become hospitalship hospital ship rrHE need for a new 1 Royal Yacht was fir pssine even before the The slender-lined, funnelled Victoria inri Albert, known to nany sailors as an ac,ommodation -sh i p at Portsmouth, was obsolete and even m her
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    Hollywood is going to sea
    345 11  -  HAROLD HEFFERNAN rpHE modern trend for films about the sea is being expressed by "Came Mutiny," "The Cruel Sea," "The Sea Around Us," "Titanic," and "Beneath the Twelve-Mile Aeef." It was a "water" film •Captain Blood," that brough t fl rl l lame to Erroll
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    Newest hat from Paris
    34 12 picture. This n.i. i. i.juraid green bearskin decorated with a glycerined ostrich plume is the latest offering from Paris for autumn and winter wear. It is called 'Green Gallant." Popper
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    HOW TO KEEP YOUNG
    42 12 HOW TO KEEP YOUNG picture. Mr. Jack Parry of Rochdale, Lanes, a sprightly youngster of HI. believes that there's nothing like standing on your head if you want to keep young and happy. His 10-year-old urand-dauchter Joyce watches how its done.- Popper
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    An old hat is popular again
    476 12  -  Reinhold G. Ensz by KING EDWARD Vii INVENTED THE HOMBURG AND IT IS COMING INTO ITS OWN ONCE MORE ALL OVER THE WORLD. ONE of the world's most universal hats is becoming more and more popular, but few people connect the Hombur^ hat with
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    OFFICIAL LANGUAGE HIDES PRICE RISE
    311 12 riMIE cost Of living is ris- inn In Spain. Five increases m prices for bread, gas, electricity, telephones and newspapers- have been announced within a week. Becau.se ttM government belu'vt'.s m making anything no unpleasant a.s a ruse m coats as painlesj aj possible, official
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    Bridge Hand
    348 12 Bridge Hand Both sides vulnerable South dealer NORTH ♦a g 9 WEST EAST AAKQ') A S? 7 0 10 < J i *KlO4*. Jl I SOUTH <? A X Q R *8 7 The bidding South West North F^t IV 14 39 Pas* 4 All pass YESTERDAY, we told the
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      267 12 CM Fs ACROSS 6. Cardiac condition.-, not dealt with 1. Play dice met for it (12). by G.P.s <6, 6). 8 Ret tains as m bats <8) 7. What to do with decorative red 9 Tln.s boy is a thug! (4». on occasions! (5, 3 4) No. l;td come back!
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    All this, and a contessa too
    264 13  - All this, and a contessa too John Wren By -AM I still m the 20th century?" I asked myself as our blacklacquered, 200-year-old, flower-banked gondola floated past the House Oold (Ca d'Oro). "ic gondolier, m traditional colourful costume, •serenaded us with love songs, sung since the gondola plied the Grand
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    The drums beat in Polo — poto
    1034 13 The drums beat in Polo poto r TOM STACEY author of a book on i Malaya is now on the I threshold of the jungle m Africa on an exciting j journey into the Unknown. T^HE drums of Poto-poto -do you know what they sound like at night? In this
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    ENGLAND MUST GET TO WORK NOW
    428 14 Beat Cup holders and return to top Free Press London Correspondent WOBLD (up holders (;ermany are due at Wembley on December 1. The German team are training for that prestige match now. If the Football Association follows form eleven English players will be told
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    Favourites out of U.S. pro golf
    141 14 TWO favourites for the title, Roberto De Vicenxo Argentina > and Sam Snead (USA.) were beaten m the 36-hole quarter-finals of the American Professional Golfers Association championship at si Paul. Minnesota. Snead who has won the title three times, was beaten at the 39th
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    2 ARMY CYCLING RECORDS BEATEN
    179 14 2 ARMY CYCLING RECORDS BEATEN r r O new Army records were set up at the Army Track Cycling Championships at Hernc Hill. Craftsman B Sandy (7 TrR. Bn REMK) won the 1,000 metres time trial, unpaced, standing start, m 1 mm. 15-8 sees, and PW> K. Hartley (Depot, South
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    BRITAIN CAN AID AMERICA
    292 14  -  BOB PENNINGTON By TED DRAKE, chief of the new Chelsea, has a dream to make the United States and Canada first-class football powers. Can baseball-worshipping North America equal the maestros south of Panama m Soccer ability? "Yes." says Drake. "With British aid." He studies his report
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    LIEUT-COL Zatopek
    25 14 E. Zatopek. Czechoslovak Olympic champion runner and army major, has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, the Czech Socialist newspaper. Svobodne Slovo. reported Reuter
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    YEARLING SALES
    83 14 *|(>KE than 650 thoroughbred yearlings are being auctioned al two places m the USA. It was announced that 363 would be up lor .sale at Keeneland, Kenlucky, on July 26, 27, and 28 and 2H'j would be auctioned at Saratoga, New York slate, during the week beginning August
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    A YOUNG VETERAN
    48 14 picture Although only 14 Allen Brew of British Columbia, Canada, is already a veteran at winning shimming championships. He has been named as one of the 30 Canadian swimmers for the Empire Cames at Vancouver. Allen recently won five titles m the Canadian championships. Reuter
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    M.C.C. follow the Aussie system
    572 14 AT LONG LAST, the M.C.C. have come round to the belief that fitness for Test cricket really matters. Accordingly, they have appointed Harold Dalton. the Essex county masseur and fitness expert, to travel with the England team to Australia this winter (writes Crawford White) r
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    Clean sweep by Ferrari
    133 14 JOSE Folian Gonzalez of Argentina drove his red Ferrari to victory m the Grand Prixe de Portugal, beating stablemate Mike Hawthorn, of Britain, by a fraction of a second. Third, nearly a lap behind the leaders, was young Master Gregory of the U.S., also driving a
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    STIRLING MOSS 2nd AT CAEN
    111 14 STIRLING Moss (Britain* driving a Maserati; finished second m the Caen Grand Prix yesterday. He covered the 60 -laps of about 130 miles m 1 hour 29 minutes 4 2 seconds, averaging about 86 mph. Winner was Maurice Trintigant (France) m a Ferrari. His time
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    S.S.C. BEAT CHINESE 9-2
    158 14 SINGAPORE Swimming Club "A team went further ahead m ti Singapore Amateur swimming M* ciation's Div. A league water-poo championship when they beat l>'» nese Swimming Club "A" team o> 9-2 m the S.S.C. pool on Suria.v S.S.C. have won m their three outings. Q Wiebe
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    BRITISH TEAM IN VANCOUVER
    353 15 BRITISH TEAM IN VANCOUVER Bannister predicts great mile race pJIi: flags of Hong Kong Northern Rhodesia, Trinidad, Bermuda and Hong Kong today joined those of 17 other Commonwealth countries flying round the square m the centre of Empire Viilage yesterday. Sixty three British athletes arrived by air on Sunday. The
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    S.O.S.C. MEETING
    21 15 Btafapore Olympic and Sports ell will held us general meeting I yM C A Orchard Road, at a rhuraday.
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    The long, long wait until August 9
    225 15  -  ARGOS [THE LAST WOM—br Dockvird 4* Marine Dept 1IVEU" DONE Dockyard. Here's a team of fighters who took the field yesterday with one resolution:- 1o iivoiri relesation. And it looks as if this upset victory over the third placed SAFA Div. 1 team
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    Jockey Club lifts ban on trainer
    149 15 Jockey Club lifts ban on trainer EADING Irish trainer, P. J. 1^ Prendergast, has stated that he has received a letter from the English Jockey Club, removing the ban on his horses running m Britain. Prendergast, who trains the largest string of horses m Ireland, can now make entries for
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    JUNIOR CUP TIE WASHED OUT
    49 15 The SAFA Junior Cup tie replay between Aston A.C. and Singapore Cricket Club on the padann yesterday was postponed owing to the water-logged ground. A friendly game «as played instead which Aston »nd S.C.C. drew 1-1. Suppiah scored lor Aston and Haremakker lor S.C.C.
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    PWD SPORTS CLUB OFFICIALS
    34 15 Nfw officials of the PWD Spoil. C p?e.s?d r ent: A. Wear; vice-presid-enr R O lies; hon. serref.trv 3 dAlmeida. Hon. treasurer: P I, 00l m Lai, P. SMI Rengaya.
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    MANAGER STILL IN HOSPITAL
    78 15 MR James Meech, manager of England's Empire Games boxing team who was injured m a fall of nearly 20 feet on Sunday, is expected to be out of hospital m two or three days. Mr Meech is believed to ha\T chipped a shoulder bone. He tried
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    THE TEST
    19 15 |C No play yesterday. "Of course, those chaps are lucky, the weather doernt interfere with their sport
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    S.A.F.A. RCFS
    28 15 The Singapoie Civilian AMpeiaUon Football Referees' Society will now their monthly discussion meeting n SAFA Club-hou.se at 7 |J in Members and otheib uitei^i«u *W welcome.
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    28 probables for Stewards Cup
    114 15 T' n? BIOBT probables and tot 'he Stewards Cup. 1 ix furlongs at Good! daj art:. D Forte). Vilmoray (W. (E Smith), Dumtow>, Tudor Honey Ki «aby), Ballyiinan Brea-j sley». Golden Lion <B Hwift', N«»v*rullah «K. Gethin). AmbHss;.dorCourt (T. Garter) Nullabor (G. Lewis', Sprinv Wj
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    World record
    53 15 picture. Nora Sm;ilit\\ (i"t\ hands over the baton to Diana Leather for the last leg of the 3 x 880 yard relay event— which with Ann Oliver they won m 6 mm 46 set— during the International pre-Fmpire Games athletic meeting at White City. This tim* beat the
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    Save Our Sport 17 DAYS TO GO
    348 16 Save Our Sport 17 DAYS TO GO and we still need $1000 By The Sports Editor r pilK Singapore Amateur Athletic Association needs $1,000 to compete m the Mala ya n A. A. A. championships at Kuala I ii input on August l!> and 11. Seventeen days remain m which
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    Martin trio give best track time
    376 16 STEADY rain fell almost continuously from noon yesterday till this morning at Penang and the going was heavy when horses came out for work m a drizzle on the main training track. Best time of the morning was returned by the Martin stable's trio
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    Sweden end with 5-0 win
    53 16 SWEDEN, who on Sunday gained a winning lead, yes- terday completed a 5-0 win j over France m the European Zone Davis Cup lawn tennis final m Paris. In yesterday's singles Lennart Berseim beat Paul Remy 6-2, C-3 6-4 and Sven Davidsson uefeated Robert Haillet
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    SOVIET RELAY MEN BEAT RECORD
    122 16 SOVIET RELAY MEN BEAT RECORD A SOVIET Army quartet bettered the world record for the 4 x 800 metre relay yesterday m Kiev with a time of 7 minutes 2(>B .seconds. The listed world mark for the men's relay is 7:28 set by! a team of Czechoslovakia army runners. However,
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    BIRTHS
    42 16 20 Wurda v. (minimum) WEST: To Wrndy. Nee' Ayton, wife of John, at Batu Gajah, on I:2nd July, a daughter. TO SHEILA and Ronald Mowat, of Sedneley Estate, on 25th July, 1954. at Btii!".-.;ir Hospital, Kuaia Lumpur, a daughter, Alison Claire.
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    DEATH
    37 16 29 Word* $ti (minimum). ROBER tson A) Pietermaritz buqi Natal, on 18 7 r >4 Gyda Kokaitaon, widow of the late R. M. Robertson formerly of Port Dickson, i NB. and IfOthai of Gvda Jean St-ott.
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    Mary ran against doctor's orders
    181 16 Mary ran against doctor's orders E rpllK story behind Mar* 1 Klass' amazins victories a t the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association championships is one of courage and deterE mination. Her victories m E the women's 100 and TlO E yards sprinis were amazE ing because SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOME
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    ALL EYES ON THE BALL
    54 16 Gentlemen v. Players at Lords.W. J. Edrich (Gents.) hits a ball from K. Appleyard over the heads of the fielders, who are G.A.R. Lock. D. Compton and D. Kenyon. The wicketkeeper is T. G. Evans. Edrich was caught off this ball m the deep. Players
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    H.K. BOWLER IN LAST 4
    65 16 Joe Luz, the Hong Kong bowler, made a good showing 1 when he competed m the British Columbia Bowling Association tournament m preparation for the coming games. In the singles championship he defeated the reigning British Empire Games singles champion. Ham Panett. of New Zealand,
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