The Singapore Free Press, 18 November 1954

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Salt* m Malaya. So. *****. Singapore, Thurs., Nov. 18, 1951. Price 15 Cts.
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    HE MERELY DID HIS DUTY
    203 1 mWO Canadian newspapers I yesterday came to the de:e of Mr. Malcolm Mactiald criticised m some Briish quarters following publition m the Straits Times Annual of pictures showing him walking hand-in-hand with two Dyak girls. Commenting on the controve >; over the CommissionerG oral for
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    BLONDE, 2 DAUGHTERS FOUND DEAD IN HOME
    162 1 J ONDON police were probing early yesterday the J strangling of an attractive blonde mother and l»er 13-year-old daughter, and the mystery death of a baby daughter. Their bodies were found m a house m the North London suburb of Wood Green. The
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    HOLIDAY PROTEST BY 5,000
    26 1 than 5,000 civil servants 'n&trated m London last again** proposals by the ury which, they claimed, cut their annual holiday nan. Reuter
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    GANG MEN HELD
    19 1 F "ur men believed to be >frs of a secret society !< detained by the Singapore yesterday.
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    SPY EXECUTED
    21 1 «eek Army Reserve 2nd John Mariolis. 27. was "ted yesterday by a firing uci m Corfu for spying.- AP
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    Call for more to emigrate
    69 1 Call for more to emigrate COMMONWEALTH Prime > Ministers, at their January conference m London,, are to be urged to consider increased migration from Britain to the Commonwealth as a matter of "great urgency." The Migration Council for Commonwealth Development and Cooperation, which seeks a strengthening of the Commonwealth through
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    Russia says 'yes' to talks on 'atoms for peace'
    165 1 Russia says 'yes' to talks on 'atoms for peace' OUSSIA agreed yesterday to take part m plans for LX> an international scientific conference which is part of President Eisenhower's "atoms-for-peace" programme. At the same time, the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Y. Vishinsky, told the United Nations General Assembly^
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    TALKS ON TROOPS
    89 1 MR. MALCOLM MacDONALD. the Commissioner General for South East Asia, and Australian Government and Service leaders yesterday discussed the commitment of Australian troops m the Panifie area and South-East Asia. "No decisions have been taken," Sir Philip Mcßride, the Australian Defence Minister, said after the meeting m
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    THE QUEEN MOTHER
    29 1 The Queen Mother, arrived at New V ork by air from Ottawa yesterday to embark on the liner Queen Mary and re- turn to England. Reuter
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    30 die in clash
    28 1 Thirty Tunisian nationalist guerillas were killed m a twoday clash with French troops about 150 miles south of Tunis. it is reported today.— AP
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    Mr. France there
    26 1 French Premier Pierre Men-des-France arrived at Washington by air yesterday for talks with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State, Mr. Dullos.— l U.P.
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    CAPTURE EARNS MORE
    78 1 MR. Henry Hopkinson, Minister of State for the Colonies, said m the House of Commons yesterday that rewards given to civilians or surrendered terrorist* In Malaya for killing; other terrorists were always much less than those for capturing them. The reward to a surrendering terrorist for killing
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    ENGLISH ONLY SAYS MINISTER
    204 1 Commons reply [*IIE Secretary of State for the Colonies sees no reason to dissent from the unanimous recommendation of the iendel Commission earlier this year that it is not practicable to use languages other than English m both the new Singapore Legislature and City and Island
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    Still they ask about Templer job
    73 1 Still they ask about Templer job MR. Maclean, Under Secretary at the War Office, said m the House of Commons yesterday that an announcement about the future of General Sir Gerald Templer, former British High Commissioner m Malaya, would be made "m due course." He was replying to Mr. Fernybough,
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    Rubber up again
    64 1 THE Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on a better tone with first grade, December shipment, at 81% cents a lb., 1% of a cent above yesterday's close. While overnight London was virtually unchanged, New York was up by 2*/2 Malayan cents. Better trade demand was apparent
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    Russia warned by U.S.: Take care
    189 2 Russia warned by U.S.: Take care miit: rmted stat«s warned X Ru sia yesterday it would be forced to take the necessary (j» tensive v iJ r unlei i the Rede ;i**t to prevent Incident* such as the shooting down ol hu American sVW reconnaissance plane ofl Hokkaido, m northern
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    Prowler outside Roosevelt home
    77 2 Mrs Romella Roosevelt, estranged wife of Congressmanelect James Roosevelt, has reported that on two occasions a man has been seen lurking near her home, m Pasadena. California, and she fears for the safety of her three children. Detective Joseph R. Guthrie said yesterday l(K>t prints were
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    SIAM MAY FREE 70
    35 2 Siam may soon free, m response to a Nationalist Chinese Government plea, 70 Chinese convicted Ol minor crimes. They were to have been deported. Mof-t had been arrested for profiteering. A.P.
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    California quake
    14 2 A short, sharp earthquake was felt at Lone Pine (California i, yesterday.
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    HE PROPOSED TO HER ON A MOUNTAIN
    148 2 HE PROPOSED TO HER ON A MOUNTAIN E a MALAYAN planter E J\ chose the top of Ben. E r Nevis, highest mountain E in Scotland, to propose to a girl he met while on E E leave. E And yesterday. Miss Shirley Muntz, a 8.8.C E news and information
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    'DON'T EXPECT HUSBAND WAITING ON WHARF'
    207 2 TIE New Zealand Labour and Employment Department yesterday dashed the matrimonial hopes of any young English woman considering a tactical emigration after reading of New Zealand's surfeit of bachelors. The department said: 'Actually, for practical purposes, the bachelor surplus ks more Ma Us tic
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    REARM GERMANY OR FACE WAR
    486 2 rpjlh Korean Secretary, Sir L Anthon) 1 ien warned the West yesterday t() approve r jjj a n rearmament or ..{< v Wi t <>< man) >>»• ii< k« d jnto the bo *j« t We must aJ' have l< arn< d that *'i iy
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    The silent two from Shanghai
    102 2 TWO Britons and a Bwi de and his three child n q a m Hong Kong yt sti rday ir. China m the British gtean er. Yunnan. They were Mr. Reginald H H of Birmingham and Mrs; g A. Shrap who both worked h the
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    FAREWELL PARADE OF GURKHAS
    48 2 The 2/7 Gurkhas held a farewell parade at Slim Barrack?, Singapore, this morning. They are due to leave for Hong Kong on November 23. Major-General I.E.C.M. Perowne. officer commanding the 17th Gurkha Brigade inspected the parade and presented long service and good conduct medals.
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    CRISIS FACES JAKARTA GOVT.
    26 2 Opposition parties are framing a no-confidence motion against Premier Ali Sastroamidjojos "Progress Nationalist' 1 government, informed sources said m Jakarta vesttrdav.— AP
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    LONG SERVICE REWARDED
    55 3 AMONG servicemen and A civilians who re- ceived the Commander- in-Chief s award m Singa- pore of certificates and I medals for long service i was Warrant Officer J. Campbell, of the R.A.O.C. Maj-Gen. D. D. C. Tul- loch, G.O.C. Singapore, is i seen pinning the long
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    RUBBER FOR CHINA MAY BE CUT
    146 3 RUBBER FOR CHINA MAY BE CUT (tEYLON'S surplus rubber will v be sold m the world market, m preference to Communist China, if the current improvement m world prices continues, it was learned m Colombo yesterday. The price m the world market has risen to 26 pence m London— a
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    ITALY RATIFIES TIN PACT
    51 3 The Italian Cabinet yesterday approved a bill ratifying the International Tin Agreement concluded m London on March 1. The bill now goes to Parliament. Canada has already ratified the pact first of six producing and 14 consuming signatories. Last week Australia approved ratification of the Reuter
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    NOW INDIA OFFERS URANIUM FOR PEACE
    153 3 JMHA offered yesterday to Jive "considerable quan--1 of uranium to President Jfenhower'j "atoms for Plan but wanted irill it would not be wea to make atomic weapons. 1 Offer was made to the .Nation* main political ttittee by India* chief Mr. V. K. Krishna
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    SWINDLED BY SHAH'S SISTER, SAYS FRENCHMAN
    85 3 SWINDLED BY SHAH'S SISTER, SAYS FRENCHMAN A 30-YEAR-OLD Frenchman yesterday m FYiris A formally charged Princess Ashraf Pahlevi, sister of the Shah of Iran, of swindling him of 19,500,000 francs m the days when Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq was the Prime Minister. A formal complaint against the princess was lodged by
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    Promise to repay
    59 3 Mr. Richard's lawyer said the princess had promised she would repay him as soon as the Mossadeq regime was thrown out. Mr. Richard further charged that Princess Ashraf Pahlevi did, m fact, get a large sum from Iran after the coup which returned the young Shah to
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    'America wants to be friends but...'
    156 3 'PHE GOVERNOR of Hong Kong, Sir Alexander Grantham, told the Legislative Assembly yesterdiay he found m America a desire to be friends with the Chinese people and a feeling of regret that this was thwarted by the fact a Communist government was m power.
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    Refugee Red fears for family
    112 3 NIKOLAN Khokhlov. Soviet secret service agent who defected to the west, appealed m New York yesterday for public support m the United States to help save the lives of his family still m Russia. The 35-year-old Soviet citizen said he believed his wife, infant, and
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    'Miracle' of science
    173 3 'Miracle' of science rO American surgeons yesterday described the successful transplanting of glandfl taken from dead baby m a young woman's body. They me the thyroid gland and the parathyroids, little lands which straddle thr thyroid. They are apparently the first case of successful transplanting of the.se glandi for the
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    ANGEL' THEFT CHARGE
    33 3 Alam D. Morgan, 26, was accused m London yesterday of stealing a stone angel from a cemetery. A magistrate directed he be detained lor trial m a higher court A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 1954. Opinion Real issue unsolved
    363 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 1954. Opinion Real issue unsolved m the time which has elapsed since an outburst ol approving and disapproving cries {.-rreted the announcement that the (Jovernment had (Jeeided to refuse permission for a Japanese boxer to en- j ter the Colony, more considered opinions
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    Persia looks West again
    298 4 Ah.td.tn th« gua>> an--1 aliw a«ain. Skiprx i Mann stood on the bridge of the British Advorate He was proud t<» tptain the lust of ten tankers dm- to load 135,090 tons of oil m three days ;»t Abadan and Bandar Meshur I 'he stored there
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    Food is scarce and poor
    675 4 Food is scarce and poor Vl/'IIAT does the average citizen of Moscow eat? His daily fare has slowly improved from the dread depths of the immediate postwar months to reach this staple diet: soup, cheap sausage and cured fish, cabbage and potatoes, bread and macaroni. None but the best paid
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    POLICE PATROLS FOR SCHOOLS
    199 5 To help children cross roads safely •INGAPORE police is to start special school crossing patrols to help children cross the roads, prevent accidents and check speeding. fhey will be stationed at all dangerous junctions points normally used by children during school starting and closing hours. The
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    12 NEW BUS SHELTERS IN S'PORE SOON
    59 5 12 NEW BUS SHELTERS IN S'PORE SOON 77. ELVE new bus shelters to be put up by the Council m various parts of )ore before the end of thi ar. Four will be placed along Road, two each on Timah and Telok Blands, one each on East Kampong Bahru, Bart-
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    Free milk for these children
    34 5 :vw uf Delta Estate are •en free milk every >on by the Delta Ganges Association of Singa- part o[ the AssociaTlfare programme. I English classes for are also given.
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    'Kidnap' charge
    35 5 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. A food hawker, Ramu Ponnu- 1 samy. 20, was charged here yesterday with kidnapping a minor, Gengammal, at Prai on Oct. 29. He was granted bail ol $500 pending trial. I
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    At 73 he's flying home on life's savings
    180 5 At 73 he's flying home on life's savings A 73-year-old Scots retired watchman arrived m Singapore yesterday by air from Sydney on his way home. He is Mr" Archibald Cochrane. He arrived m a Qantas- j 8.0.A.C, plane and is flying J home for the first time m 32 <
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    notary talks
    41 5 TAIPING. Thurs. A party < of Taiping Rotarians and their wives will leave for Bangkok on Dec. 6 to attend I the Rotary District Conference! there on Dec. 10 and 11. The i > party will return on Dec 16. < i
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    Bus strike threat over sacked man
    32 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Two hundred and twenty-three busmen of the General Transport Company here have threatened to strike if a sacked bus conductor is not reinstated.
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    41 5 picture. IJJ I ijian women at the Pasir Panjan* Military Cemetery, Singapore, are 5 the death of their husbands at the funeral of the five Fijian.s who <? killed m a bandit ambush near Yon* Peng, Johore. on Monday.— S Free Press
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    Army wives do their bit for Xmas
    168 5 Army wives do their bit for Xmas n^Hlfi group ol BUigaiKurc their bit to give the 200 leper children 01 Trafalgar Home 3 novel Christmas treat thif year by converting old shoe boxei into attractive stockInns.*' I All they do ll to glue i Christma.s paper around an old box
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    699 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR |>OK\ U>da>. a keen |MMg B j justice governs ull that \.mi B do. Since you have a llUfcri B< insight into the Motivations uj others, you seem to be able lv j judge, instantly, what is right H and what is wrung m ji U H
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      203 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis i~r^r:~~^ r^^^^W I KMTiON, 2<34f. BuTir", "'J •f\% vIV WTjl TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs rTlliW//i rO»V- A rVin'afitfP^B PE^SOJAI. COMBAT ""MEN 3V law, Tv-tE tt^avEUECS PX^SEP AMP TAKZAN SAW A P!S T ANT CuPP POTT£p j F^BfiW ONE C»J iMTBRPERE wiTM OPENINGS
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      107 6 f M Today's Radio I l oo p.m. The Musir onrs Round; i3O Time Signal and News Dance Musicians; 200 English Schools Broadcasts; 5.00 J°« Time Signal, Calling A""- 6.00 Tim Annonnremonf and gramme Summary; 6.02 BMuUfiri Music; 630 Radio Bookshop; B.« virtuoso; 6.55 Announcement ana b Singapore Share Market
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. dosing prices
      209 7 LONDON, ov 17. Previous Today Nov. IE! No. 1 IiSS ci.f European 23 S l>u/ers H% kMtMTI 24 sellers r\\ sellers No 1 K^S ci.f. European 333 buyers 23 9 16 buyers i' i( 13% sellers 2i n 16 sellers RIBBCI N« 1 KSS spot 25 buyers
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      New York prices
      104 7 NEW YORK, Nov. IT. Previous Today TIN Straits BpOt and nearby 91.50 nom. 92.2S norn TIN futures Scv 91.00 bid 91.7,3 bid 91.G2 asked 92 a.sked l>ec 9100 bid 91.50 bid 91.50 a.sked 91.87 asked Jan 90.75 bid 9150 bid sAiii:"^. 91 87aaked RI'BBKR futures, Dec. '54
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      U.S. PEPPER
      46 7 monthly proporUons) 45. Spot Sarawak 49. Spot Lampong 51. and Ceylon spot at 49 cents per pound sellers ex dock. m U.S. cents per Ib. Malabar was quoted at 51 per pound. November ship--49 December 47. January, and March (m equal Above prices quoted
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      35 7 NEW YORK, Nov. 17. Previou» Today 37:U9 379 G3 127.09 129.31 100.91 100.92 60.33 60 22 138.70 139.38 Fl.i!ir;.lfK 1 Domestic Bonds I ;.:',itie>, 61 St.Hk> o ni posits A vc rapes
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      108 7 Nov 17. Previous Todjy $190 n.mi. $i9i sellers unquoU»d unquoted Nov./ Dec £70 sellers buyers £70',, sellers Dec./ Jan. i £70Mi sellers £70 tf pud value £i«>o Bellera t99\ seUen £!(U'j sellers £104 sellers $170.00 norn $165.00 nn:n.. I hilippineg, c.i.f. IK North. m delivered weight
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    REDS ('WE MEANT TO GIVE UP') WILL DIE
    229 7 REDS ('WE MEANT TO GIVE UP') WILL DIE PENANO, Thurs. i SIAK KOOI and an Jlork Thiam toheard the death tence passed on them second time when found guilty at retrial In the High :f here oi unlawful *sion of firearms at rambun on Nov. 28 ar. fury retired for
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    French troops on way home
    47 7 a 12 000 -ton French ship Claude Bernard, arrived m Singapore yesterday from Sai con with 500 French troops on Uxinrd bound for Marseilles The vessel stopped m port f >r B few hours ♦<> t;ik" 'm wi I tcr, provisions and tankers.
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    MOTOR RICKSHA FOR SINGAPORE HAS PLASTIC BODY
    221 7 •THE motor ricksha, which has been proposed for Singapore, is now on display at the Motorcycle show at Karls Court, London. It has a strong, really sturdy engine and chassis. One model has an open metal body with a dropdown rear Map. The
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    UAKKELS TO GO FROM CAR LANES
    41 7 UAKKELS TO GO FROM CAR LANES THE barrels m Singapore's Connaught Drive are soon to be replaced with portable tiles. The City Engineer, Mr. G. Edmond, promised this at a recent meeting of the City Council. The barrels divide traffic lanes.
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    CAR PARK REPLACES GRASS VERGE
    74 7 The grass verge on the eaial side of Sta m ford Road. between Victoria Street and North Bridge Road, Ls to be converted Into a car park, at a co.st oi $6,750. It will have a footpath by the side ami accommodate 28 cars. The
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    Found hanging
    18 7 IPOH, Thurs.-Forty-year-old Gurmukh Singh wa* found I hanging m his house m Tanion« Rambutan last night.
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    They heard of 'the importance of insurance'
    83 7 They heard of 'the importance of insurance' rpnK importance o] how loft gurance policies In different part.-, of the world reflect on i nat ion 'i economic stability was {4ivcii yesterday by Mr o 8. Armstrong, th c Canadian Trad»- Commissioner m Singipore. Canada, with major Industries m oil ore
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    THE BEST CHRISTMAS FOR 15 YEARS THEY'RE OUT ON ROMP WITH BRUCE
    63 8 THE BEST CHRISTMAS FOR 15 YEARS THEY'RE OUT ON ROMP WITH BRUCE Six-year-old tfirls Francis, Elizabeth, Bridget, and Jennifer (above) leading Bruce, their huge St. Bernard dog, are out on a romp m t»»e field at Kirn Tree farm, m Wiltshire. The lour Good quada and Bruce seem to like
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    Toy shops are packed: Plenty to eat, buy
    310 8 Toy shops are packed: Plenty to eat, buy DRITAJN'S belt, niost lavish Chrii tmaa since ]U'j l j is six w<-cks uway and only another major strike can smash it. The country is uoin^ gay On its greatest spending spree for the first completely r; f ion i ree Ch
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    HE WOULDN'T GET OFF BUS -FINED £2
    160 8 HE WOULDN'T GET OFF BUS -FINED £2 A MAN who jumped on a bus hold up ;it traffic lifcnts Wai ftned at Newcastle. Tin penalty wa.s not for getting OH between .stops, but for refusing to gel off when asked \j\ the conductress. That difference was empha* ,«ied hv both
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    Roads go 'from bad to worse'
    142 8 Roads go 'from bad to worse' THE flow of traffic m Britain's major cities will come to a dead stop unless something radical is done quickly. So .said Mr. C. T. JBrunner, vice-chairman of the British Road Federation, at an Institute of Transport dinner m Birmingham. We had gone from
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    PLEDGE TO CLEAR SLUM SCHOOLS
    100 8 PLEDGE TO CLEAR SLUM SCHOOLS I>HE Ministry of Education may soon tari a drive to sweep away slum schools, Replac< men! ol dilapidated chooli i. one thing which Dennis Vosper the Mim.iiv. Parliamentary BeCl etai J .iid jn Hull he hope.s will soon be attended to, 1 aclH r.s and
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    GIRL SENT PAINTING TO SHOW-THEN JOINS BIG-NAME ARTISTS
    375 8 GIRL SENT PAINTING TO SHOW-THEN JOINS BIG-NAME ARTISTS A LITTLE girl, aged eight, hugged a personal secret as she moved shyly among the corduroys and horse-tail hair-do's at the London Group's art show recently. She was an artist too. They were looking A. 1_ 1 A at her picture. Tania
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    200 MILES TOOK THEM 8 DAYS
    57 8 Five men m two lorries took eie>ht days to travel 200 miles and are proud of their .speed. They were hauling a 80-ton steel tower from Oldbury. Staffordshire, to Fawley, Hampshire. "The last 12 miles took as four hours," said Driver Andrew Morris, "but
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    New manor lord celebrates with fireworks
    287 8 New manor lord celebrates with fireworks MKN used to raise their raps, women used to curtsy when former Lords of the Manor of A, ken ham went by. Nowaday* as one of the \i\\agen ol the present lord of the Minor observed: "We Call on him to draw us I
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    More 'poor' students go to varsity
    185 8 More 'poor' students go to varsity >TEARLY half the university H| students m Britain are B| children of manual workers, clerks, shop assistants, or j^H salesmen. 91 Five years ago the proportion was a third. This is shown m a survey published by the Institution of Political and Economic Planning.
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    RINGS CUT DEBT
    37 8 Two gold wedding rings have B been left to the Treasury m reduction of the National Deb! WL m the will of Mrs. Jane Den- V nett, a clergyman's widow. 01 H Bexhill-on-Sea, Essex.
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    A moment of victory
    61 9 \li. \\<rell Ilarriman (Democrat), \\l'<> has been elected Governor of New York, is seen (above) making the victory announcement with Mrs. Harriman at the Hotel Kill more m new York. They were surrounded by newspapermen and wellwishers. This victory has led many people to tip him
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    R.A.F. WILL HELP THE FISHERMEN TO FIND THE MISSING PILCHARDS
    274 9 R.A.F. WILL HELP THE FISHERMEN TO FIND THE MISSING PILCHARDS THE pilchard fishermen of Mevagissey have had one j 1 big worry lately they can't find any pilchards. It is weeks since a pilchard has been landed. It is years since the Cornish winter pilchard season has been such a
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    DRIVE ON RIGHT, SWEDES TOLD
    33 9 dish traffic committee up by the Government has nmended a switch from! right-hand driving. >weden is ihe only country Europe outside Britain! traffic keeps to the left. 1
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    Chaplain hits at bishop for criticisms on church unity
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    132 9 i rriHE Royal Air Force has A announced m Bonn I that it is prepared to pay I I £5 to any German who i can prove that it had kill- i ed more than 50 geese m the past year during I r bombing
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    362 9 TV school lessons are planned D ET AILED plans for classroom TV have been Presented to the Schools i ting Council m J Britain. bas i c recommendation. believed, is that "as .soon sible 11 thorp should be or three transmissions a T for .secondary school:i between 11 and 15.
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    £1,300 FIND IN JUNK MUST BE GIVEN UP
    153 9 IT wa.s just an old tin box A amongst a lot of junk. But in.side, underneath a quantity of nuts and bolts were Savings Certificates worth £1.300. A H\u,h Court Judge ruled recently that finding! are not Keepings. He ordered the dealer
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    THE THING THAT CAME BY NIGHT IS MYSTERY
    191 9 THE THING THAT CAME BY NIGHT IS MYSTERY VV"HY has .someone cut a huge question mark on the side of St. Catherine s Hill, the 200-foot riM i which overlook! Winchester? It was done .silently m the night, carved from the .solid Hampshire earth. It Ls 20U yards long and
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    173 10 Brii€iin*ft n«>u im*ii>r vc««^'r 'I he first all-British motor scooter to go into production to compete with European designs is to be manufactured by the a Dayton Cycle Company of London. Foreign motor scooters << hive been unchallenged on the British market for the past V four
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    317 10  - If you don't kill the examiner! JOHN WREN YOU'LL PASS THAT DRIVING TEST II by pVEBY Monday morn*J Ing Italians ofcen their newspapers and shake their heads at the glory photos of the weekend's accidents. The photos oi wrecked cars inrl torn corpses are pictures Which would never \w publlshed
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    222 10 It's comfort streamlined says HASIL CAR/JEW ANEW LOOK m motorcycles for the everyday rider is disclosed with the release of details of three new powerful British models. It Us a look designed for j streamlined comfort. Plastic cowling encloses the front oi each motor-cycle so that
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    The LIMELIGHT can be dashed AWKWARD
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    318 11 PIE-AND-CUSTARD COMEDIES STILL POPULAR SLAPSTICK comedies and novelty short subjects are a lost art on movie screens today and the public undeniably would like to have this delightful type of entertainment return. r Should Hollywood producers need any proof of this, > they could check audience j polls on all
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    190 11 J ILLIAN GISH admits she's growing up. In the first picture she made (1913), Lionel Barrymore played the role of her grandfather. Two years later she appeared m a two-reeler m which Lionel played her father. Eight years ago she was his wife m "Duel In The Sun."
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    546 12 MARTJE STARTLES WOMEN WITH HER 'PHARAOHNIC Its new, exqutolte, < i x~ Citing. It's a fashion every woman will fall lor It's the Phuraohnic Look Here i a fashion that hould put Cairo right on the map "f "haute couture 1 and
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    62 12 BLUE SILK GOWN picture. Here's :x n evening circs for that sp. cial occasion m pastel shade blue damask silk, with (at(« bow of Duehesse silk. The very new lonwaist line is accentuated by c m b r o i (1 c r> which goes avei from the skirt to
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    562 13  - Waterfront thugs are scared of this priest JOHN SAMPSON says (WNUSTERS are re- gaining control of the New York docks despite united efforts of two States— New York and New Jersey to drive them out. But again, as another era of trikes, murder, extortion and i' very is threatened, the
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    'Home' to Menuhin
    110 13 VIOLINIST Yehudi Menu- j him recently played at the i Albert Hall his first concert m England for a year. "I look upon thifl place U my home above any other concert hall," he told frieml.s who crowded backstage to .see him. Mr.s. Menuhin, wearing a black
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    67 13 MR. Bicky O'Beroi, who owns 31 hotels m I India, wore buttons worth I £2,000 on his jacket when he dined at a West End night club m London. They were of gold, inset with ancient Hindu sym- bols m diamonds. I There were
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    GEOFF DUKE STILL LEADS THE WORLD
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    76 14 ihe Johore xv for tht hM B 'i' < i Competil ton mat< h agali I I ■em i. m M ilacca al i er( mb m '.i, iturdaj I John BSdtngton (< lapl > p i •i i Cpl Bab i i Ibrahim; Band man >.r idl
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    55 14 All the best footwork came from the Germans Islacker and the heavily built Gottschalk were tantalisingly clever— but when all is said and done it was Alf Ramsey's match one he will want to recall m his non-playing days under the heading of "How I was
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    79 14 I AUSTRALASIA, a combina- x\ tion of Australian and Hi I New Zealand players, defeated Z£ j Great Britain, a team which ijH included a number of the men who at the weekend won the World Rugby League Cup. m a Ml Rugby League match under
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    51 14 In a Yugoslavia table-tennis tourna. jflß ment Yugoslavia's Jospi Vogrinc beat Japan's world champion Ichiro Ommura 21-11. 21-18. while Yugoslavia's H| Vilim Harantjozo also beat Ogimura 18-21. 22-20. 21-19. In a doubles match, Oglmura and Yugoslavia's Zarko Dolinar beat H| Harangozo and Vogrinc 14-21, 21-10, 21-19.-
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    18 14 The Italian soccer team "Torino" yesterday beat the French team •'Stade Reims" 2 1.- A. P.
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    18 15 I "Xow that tension is lessened, perhaps we might have a top-level meeting to call off sporting events..."
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    339 15 rpHEY are saying there is a "hoodoo" on Stamford Bridge because Chelsea keep losing matches at home, which is just plain nonsense, of course. You lose matches, generally, because the other side are the better team and get the ball into the net more often. Bad luck
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    75 15 TTIIE 4-0 defeat of Moscow Sptirtak by Wolverhnmpton Wanderers caused a shock m Moscow yesterday. Most newspapers did not mention the name, but KotiTimal Prnvrtn the newspaprr of the Soviet Communist Youth League, which printed the Rcore, obsrrvrfl that fog was a big factor In the result.
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    413 15 OXFOHD li.ivjiig won I I 100 th Univf-r: it\ Boat R c with fc»ur Australian] boat, art not to change b wini.ii iK routine. Thcv will have plenty Pi Australian^ on hand and are to .vtu'k t<j the > \mv coaches th;,t were so successful year,
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    17 15 Cambridge University hrat Gtfyßi Hospital 3! 0 m a rugby union I match ycHtti ii<ty.
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    706 16 ALLGOOD RUNS LIKE A WINNER Final gallops at Bukit Timah Free Press Course Correspondent QAMROIG (Sf m '!H I I), Allftod and Adelaide Star (it. m 52 l 5), Proctor (31. In 3K 5) and Dande Hay (Sf. In IX 1/5) were the pick of well over 150 horses which
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    83 16 2ft Word* $ti (minimum) HIT SON: TO Phv! and GeofT. a son Orahame, ai X K. Hospital, on J7i h November. YOU: To Rene*- and Peter, a son, :it Kandang Kerbau Hospital, on Novtmber ir> Both Mother and Son well. LLOYDS: On I7ih November to Jackie and Ned a
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    44 16 20 nonl* S'» minimum) MACKENZIE SUTHERLAND: The pn -a 'fin*'!)! is announced between Colin Charles youngest .son of the iat« Li Col. and Mrs. W. S. M tckenzle of LochUaver, and Elisabeth Murray, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robeii .Sutherland, of Dumfries.
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    27 16 20 Wonls S>> < minimum sands: Arthur Langdale, quietly after a long illness, on 13th ivember, at the Mill House, Woodborough, Wilt,s r»iul formerly of Mi! tva.
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    204 16 (Free Tress Boxing Reporter) Till, I* VITHOOL, who tights Tony Louis of Selangor for the bantamweight championship of Singa- pore at the Happy World iiena tonight, predicted this morning that he will knock out the Selangor champion within six rounds. "I have been keyed up
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    236 16 A MERICA'S Thomas Cup coach, Ken Davidson, predieted m Singapore yesterday that the V T S. would be a stronger threat to Malaya m the next world bad- m m km i sci irs. Davidson arrived yesterday along with the four top women badminton players from England
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    64 16 BIG MATCH CALLED OFF I ast night'a Inter league J football match between Scottish League and League of Ireland had to be postponed owlns to foa which thirkencM m en i -i) ki n the vnv\\- evenThe same wai to have be( ii played under floodllghl i IJie match win
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    197 16  -  ARGOS KALMAK 3; SINGAPORE j 4FTER the floodlight thrills were over at j u Besar Stadium last night I asked the Bwi coach Mr. Wamyactits to name the playei tie liked most m the Singapore team. His answer •The best was Rahim Omar; his speed and
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    148 16 Kalmar F. F. took an early lead with two quick mv). by inside-right Rylander. The tourists adopted a nippy short inter-passing game that had Singapore's defence worried BUT EIGHT MINUTES AFTER HALF-TIME RAHIM OMAR LAID ON A GOAL FOR AW.'vNG BAKAR. It was a beautiful combination—
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    16 16 Atom Bomb, a horse running In 9 the Newhaven handicap steeplechase fl yesterday, fell.— U.P.
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    41 16 Seven horses started In the 2 mile Cuckfield novice's steeple at the same meeting at Plump! (.England) and not. one finished. 9 All seven fell. B The race was declared void and 9 all bets were cancelled.-- A.P.
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