The Singapore Free Press, 30 August 1954

Microfilm: NL2439
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. 14»40. Singapore. Mon., Aug. 30, 1954. Price 15 Cts.
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    SLEEPING MAN ROBBED
    32 1 A Chinese ice-water seller was sleeping on his barrel m Omar Road, Singapore, on Saturday night when someone broke open his cash box Inside the cart and stole $37.
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    NOW MOSCOW JOINS IN 'FREE FORMOSA' CRY
    84 1 rpHE Soviet trade union A newspaper Trod yesterday supported Communist Chinese demands that Formosa be "liberated" from the Nationalists. Trud charged m an editorial broadcast by the Moscow Radio that Formosa had been transformed "into a hotbed of aggresaion" by the United States.
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    Pendengar Double up
    96 1 THE Free Press racing expert Pendengar landed his Special Selection Double at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. It was Good Manners ($l7 for a win. $8 for a place) and Jambatan Mas ($l4, $6). This brought m a profit he had suggested two $5 units, one each way
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    69 1 \IK Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson and Lady Sanderson dancing at the \nniversary Ball of the liberty Musical and Dramatic Association m Singapore's Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday. The ball, under the pat ronage of Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. was m aid of the British Red Cross Crippled Children's Home at Tanah
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    HOUSE TO HOUSE CHECK FOR KILLER
    125 1 HOUSE TO HOUSE CHECK FOR KILLER CHURCHGOERS prayed for the parents of an 11--year-old boy yesterday as police hunting his killer began a house-to-house check m Wigan. Lancashire. Scores of detectives combed the streets for the murderer of William Harmer, who was stabbed to death half it mile from his
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    SEATO men arrive
    73 1 CIR Alan Watt, Australia., Commissioner for Malaya and roving Ambassador for South-East Asia, has arrived In Manila from Singapore to attend the SEATO conference. Sir Alan Watt, who will lead an Australian study team will meet experts from other delegations on Wednesday to discuss a draft treaty
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    REA HITS AT UNIONS -'IT'S VINDICTIVE'
    159 1 THE Acting President of the Singapore City Coutvil, Mr J. T Rea, this morning described as vindictive a move by 11 City Council trade unions to stop working overtime and working on public holidays because they are not asked to work on Sundays." Mr.
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    PERU TREMORS
    17 1 Two earth tremor... rocked Lima. P*tu, yesterday hut no damage or casualties gvere reported. A.P.
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    Top Huk gaoled
    21 1 Communist Huk leader Lulu Taruc was sentenced t > 12 years imprisonment and fined US$lO,OOO m Manila yesterday A.P.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    28 1 The 5..-K_p<-re RuWxm Muket ipaMd on <*n vim crUhi |0M thi.. mmmkm with first n>r*fc imMnmhv .hi|>ment. »t 68 N en*,* a ixnind. unchanged Saturday"- cl«__*<
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    PARIS YES TO GERMAN ARMY
    256 1 EDC row goes on JHI. French bovemmenl yesterday officially declared itself id favour ol rearming West Germany. In a historic statement of policy to a packed National Assembly. Premier Pierre Mendes-France rejected outright the concept of French neutralism and pledged the country to unswerving loyalty
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    Thugs beat up London Indian
    93 1 Thugs beat up London Indian JNDIANS ran from their homes m an East End street m London yesterday to fight a cang of thugs who were beating up a 46-year-old Indian. Mr. Sant Singh The thugs came down thu street shouting to each other. They broke windows m Mr. Singh's
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    Hammer man flees
    34 1 i A Singapore Chinese clerk last night surprised a burlgar who broke into his home In Evelyn Road. The man had a hammer He took fright and fled. Nothing was stolen.
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    CEYLON BID FOR NEW COLOMBO TALKS AFTER SEATO
    308 2 CEYLON BID FOR NEW COLOMBO TALKS AFTER SEATO '/'KYLOX'S Prime Minister, Sir John Kotelawala, suggested vosterdav that the Colombo powers should meet after the SEATO talks at Manila next month. Sir John said that the countries of South-East Asia needed at least 100 years of peace to develop the region.
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  • Article
    Danes on alert for Red naval squadron
    207 2 ALL Danish observation posts had been alerted to watch for a Soviet naval squadron believed to be heading south into the Kattegat between Denmark and Sweden towards the Baltic, it was learned yesterday m Fr<*denkshaven. North Jutland. The squadron consisting nf two heavy
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    Free beeronce a year
    53 2 Beer lovers from all over Germany flocked to Luebbecke yesterday and drank more than 28.000 quarts of free brew gushing from a new fountain. The fountain was built by a brewery which plans to keep it running the year round. It will be free one day
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    WOMAN JOINS HIMALAYA PEAK CLIMBERS
    65 2 WOMAN JOINS HIMALAYA PEAK CLIMBERS F.UR members of a Swiss climbing expedition, including the French dress designer. Miss Claude Kogan. flew into Katmandu yesterday to prepare to scale the 23,440 Gauri Shankar Peak. ln the Himalayas. The expedition led by Raymond Lambert, will recruit a team of Nepalese porters and
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    SUDETENLAND CALLS FOR UNIFIED GERMANY
    101 2 fEN THOUSAND Sudeten Germans, expelled from Czechoslovakia after the last war, yesterday cheered speakers who demanded the inclusion of Sudetenland In a new unified Germany. Their open air rally was held near the Czech-Bavarian frontier. A Roman Catholic priest, the Rev. J. Reichenoerge, at- tacked
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    Nyasaland wants self-rule
    38 2 J [il FTY AFRICAN leaden proposed m Blantyre, Nyasaland, yesterday, that Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies should go to Nv_is_o an d to discuss »rlf- government for the territory.— Reuter
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    Film men take rise, railmen think it over
    97 2 URITISH film studio work- ers yesterday accepted a wage rise offer and railwaymen decided to ask for more talks on an offer made to them. Studio men have accepted an offer of three pence an hour more. Leaders of the 90.000 railway
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    30 2 picture Mr. James Andrew Cook tf Perth, and Miss Betty Appleyard of Claremont, both of Western Australia, after their wedding m the Wesley Church. Singapore, at the week-end.- Free Press
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    Four 'spies' held
    31 2 The East German Police have arrested four Germans hired by an American financed esDionage agency to form a "fifth column" behind Soviet Army lines m case of war.
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    TYPHOON IDA' LASHES HONG KONG
    217 3 3 ships hit, woman killed THE tail of typhoon "Ida" lashed Hong Kong with gusts of wind raging at up to 112 miles an hour yesteiday killing a Chinese woman and breaking three ships from their moorings. The centre of the typhoon passed 90 miles
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    Apache man lost in sea after show
    73 3 RENE BEDEAU, 30-year-old French dancer, disappeared m rough sea on the Blackpool beach early yesterday, police reported. Bedeau wa s appearing with m apache dancing trio m Blackpool. He left the theatre after giving two performances on Saturday night, and walked along the
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    Target failures
    35 3 Russia mined 320 million tons of coal last year, Mr. A. F. Zasyadko, Moscow's Minister of the Coal Industry said yesterday. He added that many enterprises are not reaching their production targets.- A.P.
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    He seeks aid
    23 3 Lt.-Gen. John Glubb, commander of the Jordan Arab Legion, Ls m Britain negotiating for financial aid for the Legion.- Reuter
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    250 HELD IN TEHERAN RED PLOT
    201 3 TWO hundred and fifty I people, many of them army and police officers, were arrested m Teheran, Persia, yesterday to smash a Red inspired conspiracy against the state. Beirut Radio said that General Arami, the chief of the Persian intelligence, had confirmed the story
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    FLOODS HIT CROPS-DUT NO CRISIS
    134 3 INDIA'S Food Minister, x Rafi Ahmed Kidwai. said that although the floods m the north and droughts which have occurred m the southern half of Bihar State had played havoc with cultivation of crops the food situation m India was not endangered. He said the
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    85 3 picture. lllllllllllllllllllllllllr A FTER 35 years with the company, Mr. F. 3 E D. Harrison (extreme left) E E managing director of E Goodyear Orient Co. Ltd. =is congratulated by his E E assistant, Mr. O. N. Cook. E About to hand over an E ,E album containing con- gratulatory
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    Yangtze threatens Ichang
    58 3 A new flood crest Is travelling down the Yangtze River toward Ichang m Western Hupeh province, the New China news agency said yesterday. Meanwhile the Yangtze water level is continuing to fall steadily at Wuhan, 280 miles to the east and the main centre of widespread floods
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    Fast helicopter
    22 3 The U. S. Army has set up a new helicopter speed record of 156 m.p.h. with a Sikorski XH39. A.P.
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    Peru to bar whalers
    49 3 THE Lima newspaper La Prensa said yesterday it was likely Peruvian naval units would intercept a whaling fleet which was to enter Peruvian waters soon. Thp fleet owned by Aristotle Onassis, Greek industrial magnate, included 16 ships. Onassis is now a citizen of Argentina.- A.P.
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    DECISION TODAY ON 2 GIRL SLAYERS
    139 3 THE Under Secretary of State for Justice, Mr. S. T. Barnett, will decide today how Pauline Yvonne Parker, 16. and Juliet Marion Hulme, 15, found guilty of murdering Pauline's mother will serve their sentence m New Zealand. They were sentenced to be detained during
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    Damascus visit
    21 3 Gen. E. L. M. Burns, new chief of staff of the Palestine Truce Organisation, has arrived m Damascus.- A.P.
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    Police dogs break up thrill rioters
    115 3 STOCKHOLM had another 'thrill riot" early yesterO day. Mounted police, squad cars, and police dogs joined forces and dispersed an unruly crowd of about 5,000. I Fights broke out between young rowdies and police m the midst of milling funseekers who had no place
    A.P.  -  115 words
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    WAR DEAD EXCHANGE TO BEGIN
    108 3 JN a quiet, green valley near Munsan m Korea yesterday lay 14,069 dead. They are Communist soldiers killed m the Korean war. The last of the bodies were brought to the valley "Olory Railhead"— by the Allies on Saturday night There, sheltered m new tents,
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    Envoy to Reds
    19 3 Mr. Jean Salnteny, tho French delegate to the Communist Vietminh government, arrived In Hanoi yesterday. A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion TESTING GROUND
    371 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion TESTING GROUND MONDAY. Aug. 30. 1954. The role of India m the Far Eastern scheme of things at the moment is clear. Mr. Nehru, the man of peace, is trustful of both Russia and Red China and, m keeping with that attitude, India will not
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    'Doctor' France has delayed his Diagnosis
    656 4 'Doctor' France has delayed his Diagnosis By HARVEY HI DSON. PREMIER Pierre MendesFrance. getting ready to operate on the sick French economy, has been extremely reticent about giving the patient a full diagnosis of its ailments and how he proposed to cure them. He has talked much m general terms,
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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      HYPOCRITE—OR MAN OF PEACE?
      223 4 HYPOCRITE— OR MAN OF PEA CE? YOUR correspondent's S.G.N, .s, remarks en the article by Simon Mavnard ("This is Imperialism m Reverse") should be admired for their naivete S GN's quiz "What typo of aggression does he .Mr. Nehru) encourage m Kashmir?" and S.G N'.s answer "Kashmir acceded to India
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      20 4 MIKIMOTO CULTURED PEARL I NECKLACES I with EARRINGS j to MATCH S. P. H. de SILVA, Singapore* Ipoh 4 K.Lumpur
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    GIRL ELOPED -AND LAW WAS DAY LATE
    236 5 And angry father I now repents TilIF law was a day late m catching up with a x 16-year-old Singapore Chinese girl who eloped to .Penang with her actor friend from Hong Kong. It all started m a Singapore cafe when the pretty
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    Artistes in S'pore to aid Johore Welfare
    184 5 Artistes in S'pore to aid Johore Welfare \|ORE than 30 Singapore variety artistes, filrc stars, body-builders anc weightlifters will take part m Johore Bharu'j welfare week which opens on Wednesday. Miss Violet Ho, glamorous physical culturist, will be a main attraction. "Mr. Singapore and Mr. Junior Singapore" a ill also
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    No schooling for half the children
    170 5 No schooling for half the children KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. I ONCERN over the lack of v. educational facilities for so many children m Malaya was expressed by Mr. Colin Hackett, State Information Officer, SeI ni_;or, yesterday. Mr. Hackett, who was speakm S at a graduation ceremony ol 55 Malay adult
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    86 5 THE! South Indian Muslim. Mr. M.M. Ishaq, who fasted for 121 hours to raise money for the proposed All Malaya Muslim College, has been promised donations by many firms. He will shdrtly undertake a tour of kampongs m Singapore and the Federation. He said if every Muslim gave him a
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    Inspector is transferred
    69 5 KAJANG. Mon. Inspector Fateh Din. or Kajang police headquarters. has been transferred to Kuala Kubu Bahru. Inspector Ahmad Jalaluddin. of Kuala Kubu Bahru. has arrived here to replace Inspector Din. Dr. Ganga Singh. Primary Supervisor Kajang High School, has been transferred to the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur.
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    Labourer dies at work
    37 5 KUANTAN. Mon An Indian PWD labourer died while at work yesterday along th c Gambang Pulau Mani. s road He was Marie Ayappan. 61 years old. He leaves a widow and six children.
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    NO MORE TENDER MERCIES
    56 5 /CONTRACTORS cannol m f future submit and witlidr*.v tenders as they please •Or city council work** m Sin*_*pore. The council's architect will warn a contractor the first time he withdraws a tender. If he does it a seond ti»"e m a year, he will not lie
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    Firemen insurance plan to get O.K.
    110 5 Tomorrow the Singapore City Council will give the go-ahead signal for firemen to take out group insurance policies. The Insurance company can collect the premium direct from the Council, but firemen must individually authorise the pay deductions. The scheme wa.s proposed by the Fire
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    Trade show winners
    44 5 MALACCA, Mon. Mr F. R 1 Fowle, acting Resident Commissioner, has declared open Malacca trade exhibition Messrs. Long Chan Brothers Yeo Hiap Seng Sauce Factory, lof Singapore, and Twentieth Century Company won first second and third prizes for oe.st decorated stands
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    Estate strike is over
    36 5 KLANG, Mon Nearly 201 field workers and tappers WtM went on strike a week ago al the Nigel Gardner Estate ir Batan-; Berjuntal, Kuala Se--1 langor. returned to w irt or Friday.
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    Mr. Devos dies
    43 5 TAIPING, Mon— Mr A I I Devos, former secretary ol defunct Taiping Turf Club died at his home m Tupal on Saturday alter a long ill ness. His funeral was new vestei „v ,v the I hrlstlan Cemeterj m Kamunting
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    Trishaman gets his medal after all
    146 5 AN OLD trisha rider who had seen better days hrforr the Japanese oeeupied Malaya walked into the Perak Labour Office the other day and asked startled officials to pay him for some fire watching he had done m 1941. He explained he had not
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    Scout's plan
    24 5 Scout' s plan KAJANG Mon. The UIU Langat District Boy Scouts Asscm iation is preparing a pro* iramme for the Chief S<out^ Lord Rowallan
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      657 6 I YOUR I LUCKY I I STAR I gORN TODAY, you are on, 1 of those jolly, happy g0 I i lucky souls who sffm to tare I little for anything but the pre- I r sent. You don't make phnv 5 you don't weep over lost on 1 portunities
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    SLO-O-PE ARMS IS OUT-BUT NOT IN S'PORE
    306 7 SLO-O-PE ARMS IS OUT-BUT NOT IN S'PORE NO more "Slo-o-pe Arms." No more "Order Arms.'* No more "Pre-sent Arms." The barracks square j wont be the same. These three commands, which have been with the British Army almost since the first muskets appeared, j are pensioned off. In their place
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    Only 5 turn up for meeting
    45 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Five people attended a public J meeting here yesterday to form an association of public vehicle users. After waiting for an hour. the convenor. Mr. Padi A Krishna*, decided to postpone the meeting to Friday I
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    59 7 picture &<*mapmmr---' ._t. mw w »_r_T^_ „f (hui Chaw New Village was visited by the Operations. Lt. Gen. G X Bourne when he made *Z nymg tour of Lower Perak last week. He is seen MM im n* 10^ bacco leaves drying m the sun. On me ri^m O.t P.
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    The talk was of beauty
    76 7 DO the girls m my country look as beautiful as 1?" laughs Miss Krahn-Trang, WAY delegate from Vietnam, during a conversation with Mr. Arthur Lim, a University of Malaya student, while another delegate from Holland listens. The occasion was the reception by the University of
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    Tourist-1 day: Visitor-1 month for visa to Java
    289 7 Tourist- 1 day: Visitor- 1 month for visa to Java 4 X Indonesian Consulate 41% official yesterday explained the difference between ordinary and tourist visa s which are issued to applicants m Singapore. A bona fide tourist, he said, would be able to get a vis i within "one or
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    Industries will come, say S'pore experts
    279 7 fUHFRE is ulenty of scope for industrialization m Hngapore and bright promise that it will come oh/Mit AYHPrt told the Free Press yesterday. about experts toia vie r Colony There was no need, tney saiu. m i compare the would depend l always on
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    THEY LIKE TO DO BUSINESS OVER A CUP OF COFFEE
    128 7 THEY LIKE TO DO BUSINESS OVER A CUP OF COFFEE SINGAPORE vegetable farmers m rural areas prefer to do business m crowded coffee shops over a cud of coffee, rather than m Vegetable Collecting Centres The Rural Board authorities are therefore not prepared to set up more centres this year.
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    Vietnam Consul
    21 7 Mr. Pham Khac Rau, the first Vietnamese Consul for j Singapore, is expected to ar--1 rive m Singapore today
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    THE BIG FEAST
    349 8 THE BIG FEAST pOR several hc.rjHt, building glittHi tuous b.inqut. our of the 4GO _X World Assembly oIH went to get a glimfl guests, the first tirß Colony. A Dragon Dan Culture Society nndß tion. DemonstratuH given by the Chin Association. MuscM 1 The delicious waiters and waitresß. built on
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    'Export London to the Empire'
    173 10 'Export London to the Empire r-SAITS TORY M.P. I ONDON S New Towns designed by the Labour Government to ease London's population problems -are not succeeding lo their mission, says a Tory MP. Mr. Fredrick Gough (Horsham). Hi.s Answer: m ambitious plsn to build nf *w towns. not Q6lr London
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    Dog—tired
    121 10 Dog— tired A NEWSPAPER gives the following advice to tourists who want to get out of a hotel booking at the last minute when they have found something better or cheaper. Say to the reception clerk where you have booked suppose it's all right if I bring my three dogs?*'
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    26 10 *li<liael Kowater. nephew of the Lord Mayor of London k with tii» fiancee Joan Hughes of West London. He is an W X A l\ sfllctff.
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    GRAND DUCHESS OF HAMPTONCOURT
    737 10  - GRAND DUCHESS OF HAMPTON CO UR T FRANCIS MARTIN A Romanov m exile she is sister of the murdered Tsar THE original White Russian colony of London is quickly dwindling. The recent death of 70-year-old Prince Vladimir Galitzine, one of the colony's leaders, is a reminder of time's toll. Thirty-flve
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    22 10 Glasgow art student. Ellen Bremner. 22. at work on a magnificent Spanish mural to be hun_» at the Scottish Industries Exhibition. Glasgow.
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    Wages pitifully low...
    530 11 Wages pitifully low... jj^l[F^ Communism has many followers .and the rich are inviting well-deserved oblivion/ says B. H. RIDDER. HOW is it that Communism is making such notable headway m Italy despite the fact that the United States has done more for the rebuilding of war-torn Italy and more for
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    Ban on 'sex' books
    377 11 Ban on 'sex' books J ffaliff A bid to end fc^ft^gjy^J^ crime wave THE West German Government and educators have started a grim war against what they I call the "damaging influence of sex and crime literature on German youth. Parliament has Just passed a law forbidding the sale of
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    24 11 President Elsenhower with two members of the 4-H Club for 18-year-olds. After addressing 200 delegates he was presented with a history of the movement
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    What do you keep in your wallet?
    401 11  - What do you keep in your wallet? ANNE SHARPLEY MEN'S wallets reflect their personality, according to an American psychiatrist. Hoping this was not also true of women's handbags, I set out to investigate a few well-known British wallets. I found EXEMPLARY SOCIETY WALLETS, handsome and neatly maintained carrying only money
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    Fortune-from a gimmick
    90 11 COOING to Britain shortly I Ls Donald R Brann OfM of Americas rlassie _ue« ess stones BBM Ulttl a gimmick. an Idea, VfeN hui marketed that Idea and made a for tune His gimmick waj thai ol making Ihiufi In woad b_ using paper puttem jllll like
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    13 11 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrive at Venice for the him festival.
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    Do your hands give you away?
    430 12 Do your hands give you away? A PAGE FOR WOMEN as*zs LADY BOYLE YOUR hand* can be a positive, expressive part of your personality. Gladys Cooper acts with her hands. Every mood is represented by a gesture. Watch the Queen Mother on new.sreeLs. Whatever she i.s doing, her hands complete
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    37 12 I picture. Model (lay Welch wears "Em raid," a cocktail dress of French lace trimmed with electric grata cellophane and black satin panel. H«*r cloche hat is of matching material with (ni) feather*, centred with cellophane. Popper
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    I'd choose a Frenchman every time
    291 12 I'd choose a Frenchman every time U EILEEN ASCROFT m Paris says WHY is the English male such a deadly tete-a-tete dining partner? An ideal companion for tough spots, like Are and accidents and family gatherings, but let him And himself dining a deux and his worst points emerge. The
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    HOLIDAYS AT HOME...
    102 12 HOLIDAYS AT HOME. rpHE family who stay at home instead of going away can r E 1 briny a holiday atmosphere into their own home. s The gay covered sandpit with adjustable and show- erproof canopy— and the splashing pool can be set up m the smallest of gardens or
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    Bridge Hand
    339 12 Bridge Hand East -West vulnerable South dealer NORTH 49 y i i 0J s 4 A II 111 WEST EAST 4 6 J 7 3 Q 8 5 Z OillMl *****2 6KQ *KJ S 4 I The oiddiQg South Weet North Eaa« 1 N T Pass 2* P*** 24 Pass
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      300 12 \W& s fßllliiL v AAJLJ i Jm ~l__________l i_r".r^ ■7 1 1 111 111 l 111 l ________________________________B ________H _««^JL«__»_b___L___-___»____________JL____»___J---_--_«_A"*^ CLUU ACROSS: 5 Is inane _n a way (7). 1 You might book these but 6 Some oi thi may be provided medical studeuts get them free when No. 1
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    New Treasure Isle ...this time it's 'sexy'
    663 13 New Treasure Isle ...this time it's 'sexy and made m Australia, says George Fa nee 1 1 11/ HEN two pirate galTf leons. flying the sknll-and-crossbones, sailed recently Into Botany Bay where Australia's discoverer Captain Cook made his first landing nearly two centuries before, none of the spectators on shore
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      WHY THE DOCTOR?
      75 14 DECENTLY I have seen the newspapers referring to a DOCTOR Roger Bannister Why* We all know of his medli ßl achievements without heivj; reminded so often. Let's stick to plain old Roger Bannister It sounds much more sporty. What would people think if we started the ridiculous
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      ONE-LEC LANDY
      124 14 I A LREADY the smear cam- paign against Roger Bannister's great mile victory at the Empire Games has started. The Free Press on Saturday carried a Reuter report m which Mr. C.R. Aitken President of the South Australian A.A.A., is quoted Hi saying: "I feel Bannister has doubt
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    Tough continentals say it with kisses
    559 14  -  DESMOND HACKETT By WELL I'll go to Halifax! Here is referee Arthur Ellis who has whistled m more countries than a migrating swallow telling us that the Soccer men of England are soft. I And more harsh words. He I says* the Continentals take
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    SPORTRAIT
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    Preview
    237 14 I i ii i nil SPOTLIGHTING highlights of the sporting week. TODAY: Malayan Lawn Tennis Association championships at Kuala Lumpur. Five titles will be recided today. Fixtures are: 9.30 a.m.. women's doubles final: Mrs. Gladys Loke Chua and Mrs. M. Sheridan v Mr* Pudner and Mrs. C. Cheah. 10.30
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    SURREY ALL OUT 128
    113 14 COUNTY cricket close of play scores At The Oval: Surrey 128 (Statham 5-35). Lancashire 112-5 Wharton 54). At Scarborough: Yorkshire 265 iSutcllffe 82). Canadian touring team 115-5. At Chesterfield: Derbyshire 156 (Wooller 5-45). Glamorgan 31-3. At Bristol: Warwickshire 211 (Wolton 50. Wells 5-50). Gloucester 103-1 (Graveney
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    How YOU can help Spore Olympic team
    414 14 How YOU can help Spore Olympic team SEVENTY Singapore spoi a lot when one consid The Singapore Olympic Sports Council looking ahead to 1956. decided last Friday to I start now a campaign for funds. Too often have local sports bodies been caught short when it comes to finding money.
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    HOW THEY RAN AT k.L. DON PATTERSON FINDS HIS FORM
    601 15 HOW THEY RAN AT k.L. DON PATTERSON FINDS HIS FORM Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: $288,400 IST: NO. *****4 ($77,868) 2ND: NO. *****4 ($38,934) 3RD NO. *****6 ($19,467) STARTERS: ($3,244 each) Nos. *****6. *****3. *****1. *****0. *****3 *****1. CONSOLATION: ($1,730 each) Nos. *****0, *****9, *****9, *****6, *****5, *****4. *****3 I *****4,
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    ONG CHEW BEE OUT HITS FERDINANDS FOR TIRE
    290 15 ONG CHEW BEE OUT HITS FERDINANDS FOR TIRE THIRTY-year-old Ong Chew Bee of Singapore beat Ceylon's Rupert Ferdinands for the Malayan lawn tennis men's singles title at Kuala Lumpur yesterday m straight sets 6-4, 6-1 The 18-year-old visitor was unsettled by Chew Bee's aggressive court play and could not match
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      133 15 HONOURS SHARED rAINER Alan Heddle who Bagby 434 67 550 has been out of luck for a J x 6350 time, was right back m the Spencer 2 3 2 4,«oo picture at the August meeting R Breukelen 8 1 0 3.90. of the Selangor Turf Club. Daniels ,202 3.150
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    ZATOPEK BEATEN IN BERNE GAMES
    621 16 ZATOPEK BEATEN IN BERNE GAMES The Russians break three world records Team title 1. RUSSIA -69 points t BRITAIN 100. points CIE< HOSI.OVAKIA H points BRITAIN FIRST —DISQUALIFIED RUSSIA took the honour- m the five-day Kuropean athletic championships which ended m Berne yesterday by winning 16 of the 35 gold
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    40 16 Emit Zatopek, the famous "iron man" of athletics, was beaten into third place m the 5,000 m final at the European Games m Berne yesterday. A Russian was first m a new world record time. Britain's Chris Chataway was second.
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    All the results
    314 16 All the results 1.500 metres: Roycr Barini.'*(Britain* :.mm. 43.8ser (G.mes re cord*. 2 Gunnar Nielsen (Den mark.. 3. Jungwlrth (Cze<-ho.slo\ •t kia*. 5.00S metre.: Vladimir Kut: Hn.vi.l 13min. 56.65ec. (world record). 2. Chris Chataway (Britain. 3 Emll Zatopek (Czechoslovakia* Hammer throw. Krlzanasov (Russia) 207 ft 9%188. (world record* 2 Standli
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    22 16 10 Word* $6 (minimum). SELLERS-SYMES: At St. Mary's Church. Kuala Lumpur on 28th August, David Murray Sellers to Gillian Isabel Symes.
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    DEATH
    32 16 20 Word* $0 (minimum). DR. K. N. GHOSH passed away peacefully at his Calcutta Residence on 24th August Morning. He leaves beliind his wife and ten Children to Mourn His Loss.
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    Cold medals
    31 16 The gold medals list for the five-day championships: Russia 16, Czechoslovakia and Hungary four each. Britain three. Finland and Germany two each. France, Italy, Poland and Sweden one each.
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    ROSEWALL AND TONY TRABERT IN FORM
    147 16 ROSEWALL AND TONY TRABERT IN FORM TIONY TRABERT and Ken Rosewell, two of the prime favourites, blasted their way past their initial opponents m the U. S. National Tennis championships yesterday at Forest Hills with effortless victories. The crowd at the West Side! Tennis Club sat m awed silence as
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    LEO ESPINOSA BEATS JAP
    58 16 I EO ESPINOSA beat Japanese J flyweight champion Speedy Aklra by a technical knockout m the seventh round of their scheduled ten round-bout ln Cagayan de Oro City. Mlsamls Oriental, last night. Immediately afterwards Esplnosa'. manager Palcldo Borromeo announced he had accepted an invitation for Espinosa
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    World cycling double by U.K. sprint men
    116 16 World cycling double by U.K. sprint men r»YRIL PEACOCK of Bri* J tain completed a cycling world championship double for his country at Cologne yesterday m beating John Tressider of Australia by two races to one m the final of the amateui sprint. Under floodlights earlier on yesterday morning Britain's
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    THEY'RE IN
    43 16 The International Ice Hock. League decided today to ad in* Eastern Germany and Spain to membership. The admission of Spain was unanimous. Thirty national dele gallons voted m favour of the admission of Eastern Germany, nine against and five abstained Reuter
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    U.S. BASEBALL
    15 16 Detroit Tigers 4 Philadelphia Athletics 3 (doubleheader). Chicago Cubs 8. Pittsburgh Pirates 4.
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    2 titles for Drobny
    75 16 Tf/IMBLEDON champion J aroslav Drobny yesterday defeated Italy's Giuseppe Merlo 6-1. 6-0. 6-4 m the men's singles final of an international tennis meet m Italy. Afterwards, the tireless ex-Czech teamed with Italy's Gianni Cucelli to beat Nicola Pietrangeli and Giorgio Facchini, Italy, 6-0, 6-3. 6-2 m
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