The Singapore Free Press, 26 March 1955

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. 14 116. Singapore. Sat., Mar. 26, 1955. Prite 15 Cts
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    Brussels gendarmes out with guns as riot fear grows
    186 1 Brussels gendarmes out with guns as riot fear grows |>OLICE m battle order carrying sub-machine guns threw a cordon round Brussels yesterday as the capital prepared for riots m Belgium's church-versus-state war over schools. Check points were thrown up on all roads into Brussels. Cars were stopped, identity cards checked
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    Lock icon Over truce line
    28 1 South Korean police charged that four North Korean Idlers crossed the truce line m a reconnaissance mission m i 'ion of the armistice igreement U.P.
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    Lock icon Jap boat seized
    20 1 A Russian patrol boat today ized a Japanese fishing boat off Hokkaido, Japan's nothern- most island. U.P.
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    DATO TAN A peaceful night
    85 1 DATO TAN A peaceful night DATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, who was operated on yesterday m the Malacca general hospital, had a peaceful night. Doctors said his condition was satisfactory. The Dato's son Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said his father was operated on for kid-ney
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    Biggest sports day-and UK press may be silent
    147 1 BRITAIN'S national newspaper bosses, union leaders :md Ministry of Labour officials will meet today to try to end the strike of 600 technicians which threatens to paralyse Fleet Street. The strike by maintenance workers and electricians has already halted the four million
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    RUBBER DOWN
    34 1 April first grade, f o.b. buyers, ned on the Singapore Rub--1 Market this morning at 89 l J« a lb., one quarter of a »t below yesterday's close. A^e u>ne was steady.
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    Lock icon U.K. TO GIVE FED. $6.8M TO FIGHT COMMUNISTS
    128 1 More for Colonial welfare BRITAIN is to give a grant of $6,802,000 i £812,000 to the Federation towards the robt of expanding its armed forces m 1955-56. North Borneo will get $3,825,000 (£450--000) British territories m the Far East will be given
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    Lock icon DRINK KILLS 5
    23 1 Bhochu, i low-grade JapaM ke mndp rrom iweet tees, killed five people and blinded two others this week A. P.
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    Lock icon NEW JET ENGINE
    21 1 Britain has developed a new c oal-burning let engine that nroduccs both electric power [ana heat- A. P.
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    SHOWDOWN IN SAIGON TODAY Diem mobilises
    300 1 SHOWDOWN IN SAIGON TODAY Diem mobilises tension mounting, the South Vietnam Government and the opposition private armies both hurried strong reinforcements into the Saigon area yesterday m the worst crisis since the Indo-China truce of last year. It is Zero Hour. The ultimatum from the leader of the Hoa Hao,
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    HO GOING TO BANDOENG
    65 1 PRESIDENT Ho Chi Minh L will head the North Vietnam delegation to the AfroAsian conference m Bandoenn next month, Informatin Minister Luman Tobing disclosed m Jakarta last night IN WASHINGTON yesterday, Mr. Adam Powell, negro member of the House of Representatives, said he would attend the
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    FACTORY SOLD
    26 1 THE Journal of Commerce reported In New York yesterday that General Motors will sell its assembly plant m Indonesia within the next lew days.
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    Lock icon Palace defends the Duke
    113 1 He didnH drive dangerously BUCKINGHAM TMJLMM last night defended the driving ability of the Duke of Edinburgh. It was the third knuckle rap by the Palace to the press m as many months. There is "absolutely no truth In reix>rts that the Duke drove badly or
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      48 1 VOTE TIGER A SINCAPORE BEER FOR SINCAPORE VOTERS f mW fllP I jyW# > .y > promises to quench the thirst of all voters! THE VOTE /S SECRET but it's no secret that TIGER BEER .s Malaya's most popular beer ELECTION TIME FOR (&fe\ A COLO MEDAL TICER |J >j
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    Lock icon West to tell of 'secret' 5-nation arms talks
    311 2 West to tell of 'secret' 5-nation arms talks SOVIET LEAKAGE AND DISTORTIONS' THE Foreign Office said m London yesterday that the Western powers were going to release the proceedings of the secret disarmament talks because of Soviet "leakage and distorA Foreign Office spokesman disclosed that the Western representatives protested to
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    Lock icon MOLOTOV TO BE SACKED -REPORT
    156 2 MOLOTOV TO BE SACKED -REPORT A WASHINGTON dispatch irum Robert Allen m the New York Post said last night tlr*t Mi. Molotov would .soon be dismissed afl Soviet Foreign Minister. Allen said the National Security Council, the top policy j body Is the United States, had received a special report
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    Lock icon Agricultural bank
    20 2 The Agricultural Bank of China, the new Chinese Communist bank, was formerly Inaugurated m Peking yes- terday Reuter
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    Lock icon NOW A YANK
    58 2 Four-year-old Tommy Kava- naßh Waterfield, the British youngster adopted by actress Jane Russell and her husband Bob Waterfield, former football star, yesterday became a subject of the United States. Tommy was adopted m Eng- i land late m 1951 when his parents said they couldn't give him
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    SO TOMMY IS
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    New U.S. probe into trade with China
    152 2 H.K. SITUATION DISGRACEFUL' ANEW investigation into trade by Western nationsincluding Britain with China, is expected to begin m the U.S. Congress within the next two weeks. It will be conducted by the Senate's permanent sub-com-mittee on investigations. The group says it has statistics
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    ELECTION DIARY
    196 2 The following election meetings are to be held tonight: DEMOCRATS: Mr. Leong Foon Chew (Pasir Panjangt 8 p.m., Mr. Soh Chin Chyes bungalow, 6 BMI Pasir Panjang Road. Mr. M. B. Brash tQueeastown) 8, Hong Hill meeting ground. PROGRESSIVE: Mr. K. M. S. Hamid 7 p.m., IH m.s.
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    Lock icon MALAYA TIN STOCKS DROP TO 17,000 TONS IN JAN.
    220 2 FIGURES for February published by the International Tin Study Group m The Hague showthat Indonesia produced 2.109 long tons of tin m concentrates during the month compared with 1.834 tons m January. I" Final January figures put Nigerian production at 721
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    Lock icon A-CLOUD FROM NEVADA SAYS INDIAN STATE
    84 2 MEMBERS of the L'ttar Pradesh state parliament m Lucknow yesterday expressed grave concern about a radioactive cloud which was observed at Allahabad and which was said to have come from the recent atomic explosions at Nevada m the United States. It was said that
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    Lock icon JAMAICAN DEMAND
    44 2 Demands that Jamaica be given a position just short of Dominion status within the British Commonwealth will be taken up with the Foreign Office m London soon, the Chief Minister. Mr. Norman Manley told the House of Reoresenta- tives m Kingston.— A.P.
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    Lock icon GOODWILL VISIT
    33 2 The United States Navy goodwill mission an aircraft carrier and four destroyers arrived m Bangkok yesterday to show United States preoaredness to carry out her obligations under the Manila reaty Reuter
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    Lock icon THESE WEDDINGS ARE VOID
    59 2 4 MARRIAGE between I white person and a Japanese is void m the U.S. state of Georgia and that holds trm- whether the marriage is performed m the state or not, Attorney General Eugene Cook ruled yesterday. The same law applies to marriages between whites and
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    Lock icon THREATS AND DEATH MARCH-BY 'PHONE
    151 2 THREATS AND DEATH MARCH-BY 'PHONE A 24-HOUR police guard was stationed at the Egyptian Consulate m New York yesterday after Consulate official ported receiving two th ening telephone calls One caller whistled a death march officials said. Nine uniformed police officers were assigned to the c sulate. located m an
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    Lock icon ENVOY TO EGYPT
    19 2 Siam has appointed Luang Ditakarn Phakdi as Minister to Egypt, the Foreign Mta announced yesteraay.- Reuter
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    Lock icon ROME SLUM WOMEN IN RIOTS
    158 3 Resistance heroine leads parade by 200 A CKOWD of 200 women, some pregnant and others with children at their sides, clashed with police m Kome yesterday m a riotous demonstration demanding new houses to replace slum dwellings. Marching behind a shapely blonde member of Parliament,
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    Lock icon baffles Hong Kong Hat with cheongsam
    198 3 baffles Hong Kong Hat with cheongsam \I T HO ever heard of a IT hat worn with a cheongsam m Hong Kong? As a matter of fact, who ever heard of a hat? That was the general reaction m Hong Kong today to a suggestion by Aage Thaarup, the Queen's
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    Collision, and destroyer bumps pier
    82 3 DAMAGE estimated at $14,665 was suffered by the British Daring class destroyer Duchess m a collision with a 9,644-ton American ship, Excambion. m Naples harbour yesterday. The blow wrenched the 2.610-ton destroyer from its moorings and it bumped its stern against the quay. Damage to
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    Lock icon He told me to use Pat's name, says Jelke witness
    198 3 MINOT JELKE'S lawyers yesterday began putting Uie final touches to their case lief ore the week end adjournment of his trial m New York on charges of compulsory prostitution. The defence is obtaining a witness from Florida but the nature
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    Lock icon Whooosh! And all Britain is 'lit up' by meteor
    209 3 BRILLIANT red fireball, with a greenish tail, hissed across Britain at dusk last night. Police, fire station, hospital and air control switchboards lit up from Land's End m the south tc Newcastle-on-Tyne m the north— a distance of 45C miles. But
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    Lock icon FRENCH FORCES LIFT CONTROLS
    52 3 French occupation forces yesterday lilted their two-day-old controls on the Austria Italy border following protests by the Austrian Interior Ministry. The French said the controls on travellers goi n g through the Brenner Pass were aimed at catching 43 Germans who deserted from the French Forei'm
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    Lock icon Aerial survey
    22 3 An aerial survey to determine Ceylon's geological and mineral potentialities will be undertaken shortly by trie 1 Canadian government.- U.P.
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    Lock icon THIS BRIDE WON'T BECOME MOSLEM
    163 3 THIS BRIDE WON'T BECOME MOSLEM Miss Cecelia Harper. 18. the lavounte urandchild of OcU B. Demille. will not become I Moslem uhen she marries Major Abba.s El Boughdadly, Mrs Joseph Harper, her mother, said In Hollywood yesterday. Cecelia caused a stir m Hollyv.f>od when the announced her engagement to the
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    'Hostile policy'
    17 3 A Turkish government spokesman yesterday accused Syria of conducting v hostile policy towards nls country.
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      199 3 a^giSth Mar. to 7tfi Apr.KS^* 7^^ HURRY for this fenfy SALE OF SALES f| DOORS OPEN 8.45 a.m. SAVE YOUR (ASH BILLS FOR LUCKY VOUCHER PRESENTS Numbers Will Be Posted Outside Main Entrance Daily UDIES SKIRTS. PRINTED RAYON M .2tf A Ssit< I n nrrr TQFPF tNULIin SnIRIJ. Cotton or
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Mar. 26. 1955. Opinion Caring for the aged
    282 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Mar. 26. 1955. Opinion Caring for the aged >TEARLY a million elder- ly people today live alone m Britain, said Lord Bevendge m a House of Lords debate on "Social and Human Problems of Old Age." And there is an "enormous reservoir of human misery
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    BY THE WAY
    187 4  -  UNKNOWN kdgklfh siwsfhfrwwoeghty A PROTEST against breeding bluebottles m artificial heat, to feed bats is not likely to start a raging controversy. Not many people are authorities on this ques- tion. The best course would be to appoint a royal commission to inquire into it and to
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    Lock icon DIEM'S UPHILL FIGHT
    808 4  -  JOHN RODERICK After much effort and hard work, South Vietnam has attained zero. Whatever progress is to be made to save the country from the Reds will stem from the efforts to be made henceforth by VON COMMUNIST N South Vietnam today is like an invalid Who
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      13 4 tf&PII&T Fountain Pens. 4^ /m 4F- A^cntt: VAN DEN BERC (S POREi LTD.
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      118 4 LACQUER SHEEN is the f*^ jnagic that grants your wish mi Wise women spray on a touch ■!>;■ \iJ*T?^B ot Steiner's Lacquer Sheen mff —-it giies it that finished look A^.,M^^l*^ i ijW and will stay put all day with- J i out even combing. Lacquer Bmmß Sheen is (he
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      25 4 ARTIE'S HEADLINE Jj £s?®mG The conttnts o/ this ()cx uou/ci filir < i product ucu|m)ii- ii-Jiu h u.ould Rive indisputuhle world domination, riiu'.e it's vi\ lunch
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    'RECORD' WEDDINGS ARE POPULAR
    329 5 And Chinese say advice on tape keeps homes together gINGAPORE is said to be far ahead of London m tape recording: weddings and other important family occasions. Parsons do not usually frown on machines beinu placed near the pulpit. Some are more than co-opera-tive, said those
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    HE WILL MARK REGIMENT'S BIRTHDAY
    146 5 HE WILL MARK REGIMENT'S BIRTHDAY A JOHORE officer of the A Malay Regiment. Captain lm bin Ismail, is planning rty on April 2 to celebrate 2nd birthday of the regiment, Inche Ibrahim is on a two- j ar course at Sandhurst where j there are also 24 other officer^ the
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    Chairman again
    68 5 Mr. C. F. Smith, nominated City Councillor, has been re- 1 appointed chairman of the Board of Management of Sinjapore Sports Stadium t:T March 6. 1958. Board members who have been re-appointed on differ- t'nt terms of office are Capt. W. H. Cowper ''one year). Mr. C>. H.
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    False diary charge
    72 5 The President ot the Sessions Court. Mr. I.CC. Ri^by. yesterday reserved judgment m tn case against Sect Soan Guan .a seivor police inspector attached "to the Senet Societies branch of the C.I.D. m Kuala I unipur, who wai charged with fraudulently using m genuine his 1953 official
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    Misadventure, says coroner
    34 5 The Singapore Coroner, wr. X T Alexander, yesterday returned a misadventure verdict on a 35-year-old woman, Bwee Mi Choo who fell from a bed at Kandani Kerbau hospital on Feb. 2C>.
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    Bribe offer
    30 5 An- Plak Kee. I i"< v drive ■rafTfllWd $40 Ul a SniKapon o bribe to a coiwtable, Mjei parkin, his rehide In v prullubitcd area on Dec a.
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    SHIRLEY WILL SHOW THE BOYS HOW TO RUN RIOT
    74 5 SHIRLEY WILL SHOW THE BOYS HOW TO RUN RIOT Xt \.>i\;« KIUT, 1 i moined Serficea entertainment party show l»y ii\e nxnibrrs of British musical comedy troupe, will be presented m Singapore next month. They will stage their show at the British Military Hospital. The live are. Denny Willis, comedian
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      554 5 f«1»&1a4 *k st dl *^^B s ™si iwf aan 1 ill Xl II OF ENGLAND ttenrlc* (Bng.) Mr. Wee Teow Kee M. Andreu's Cathedral: 7 a.m i 10.30 a.m. Service m Malay Mr. Communion. 8 a.m. Sun>; Daniel Sundram. 5.30 p.m. Service j LCharist Parish Communion. (.Eng.t Rev. Christopher Smith.
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      595 6 .■■■■_l_ MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis STAR I WONT V OBJECT^ SHED RAISE I I BUT SHE HASN'T^ ILL 60 IT AkP ON FAR-QFP BALD MOUWTAIN-| ]JOKN todax. >Our evcep£SJT f OB^ ECy SJgSSf fl ME N UKE° S II HE'S COM.NG-- l/'K SSTI ALEENA^/^-LOveSYOU.^ OBJECtW KNEW WAS
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      U.K. closing prices
      218 7 LONDON. Mar. .'V Previous Today ii KKKK No. 1 RSS cJ.f. European 25'^ buyers 26 buyer.* nmts \pril 25' H sellers 26 1. seller.. ii hri X No. 1 RSS ci.f. European 25V4 buyers 25 s buyer M n S!>Uv 25 sellers 26's seller.* >>i KKKK No.
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      New York prices
      97 7 Previous Today UN Straits spot and nearby 91.25 nom. 91.62 nom. riN futures March 90.50 bid 90.50 bid 91.50 asked 91.50 asked April 90.25 bid 90.25 bid 91.25 asked 91.25 asked May 90.10 bid 90.00 bid 91.10 asked 91.00 asked rONI: Quiet. SALE: Nil. iki K. futures,
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      U.S. PEPPER
      59 7 SDot Malabar offered at 42 to afloats. Sarawak spot was reported 4' and Stoats 41 to 41 K sellers traded at 41 cents while Lampong t vdock n Mafct fand f April slilpment was offered at about the same were at only a slight discount on levels as
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      28 7 NEW YORK. Mar. 25. Previous T.°^iX M Industrials «*-g 150 .26 21 Railroads 2a"S? 99 99 li) Domestic Bonds 5497 64.21 84 StockTcomposite 'Average 154.23
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      113 7 Previous Today COPRA Philippines ci.f. UK/North Kuropean deUvered weight P* r spii-re $182 quoted long ton March April .$lBl sellers *io COPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila unquoted m bulk, per long ton unquotea COPBA Straits eU. UK/North Kuropean delivered weight per opii-rs £67 buyers long ton March/
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    ALL BUT ONE LIKED RADIO FORUM TO AIR VIEWS
    119 7 MR. M. B. Brash of Democratic Party, one or j the five party leaders, who took part m the "Election; Forum" broadcast by Radio :aya on Wednesday night, said no yesterday when ask- 1 <-fi whether he would like to j
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    Colony's only straight clash of PROGRESSIVE v. DEMOCRATIC
    147 7 I IM KOON TKCK. 51. Pro- gressive. (businevs executive); born Singapore; educated St. Andrew's School, London University LL.B. (Hon); former member Colonial Legal Service during which he held posts as magistrate m Penang and Sheriff and Crown Counsel m Singapore; war-time officer
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    Prestige is at stake in Paya Lebar battle
    374 7 TODAY'S FREE PRESS ELECTION REPORT MUCH prestige is at stake m the fight m the Paya Lebar division. It is the only straight contest between a Progressive and a Democrat m the Colony. And the candidates are leading figures m their parties.
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    Typist's daily cup of 'poison'
    244 8 Typist's daily cup of 'poison' IT tasted bitter, the eleven.^, cup of coffee. It definite!} tested queerly bitter, tin Head Typist decided. Day after flay when one of tht young women under hei command brought round tht coffee it tasted bitter. She telt ill as soon as she had drunk
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    TAX MAN WHO FAKED EXPENSE ACCOUNT
    180 8 IN the comfortable, respectable dormitory village of Surrey, there were few citizens as comfortable and respectable as Stephen Alfred Notley. He was a civil servant, a principal m the Inland Revenue, earning £1,570 ($13,100) a year at 43, with the security of a £750-a-year
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    But who got that $147,000?
    57 8 Mr. Richard Stokes. Socialist M.P. for Ipswich, is to ask the British Government who got the £20,800 < $174,000 that the Ministry of Transport paid for 146 yards of land to widen Piccadilly. He will ask what steps the Transport Ministry will take "to avoid
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    Road to Tibet
    33 8 Two thousand volunteers are to begin construction next month of a 160-mile road through the Himalayan foothills to link India w"ith Tibet, which is within Communist China's sphere of influence.
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    Lock icon A CLOSE SHAVE-ON THE ROAD
    98 8 'Flying sub.' The Albacore, a £7,000,000 U.S. Navy experimental submarine, has proved faster than th c atomic powered submarine Nautilus and even many modern liners, say.- Colliers magazine. Its underwater speed is said to be so great that it requires planetype controls. THIS pillion passenger
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    Atomic circus
    24 8 An "atomic circus" a fivecaravan travelling exhibition about the peaceful uses of the atom is to tour big British towns m May.
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    MINISTRY ERROR GIVES FARMER A NEW CHANCE
    318 8 MINISTRY ERROR GIVES FARMER A NEW CHANCE L\iKMER BENNEY may keep his 155-acre farm at Constantine, Cornwall, (England) by a Judgment of the Court of Appeal. But he may still be plott] k>y the Minister of Agriculture. Three Judges quashed a dispossession order against Mr. Benney because the Minister had
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    Move for special U.S. bill to help blind Briton
    320 8 Move for special U.S. bill to help blind Briton A SPECIAL Bill is to be put before the United States Congress to get compensation for a Briton who was blinded m i 944 m a collision between his car and a U.S. Army truck near his home m Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex.
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    38 8 SHELL-PINK feathers cover this charming head hugging cap. with matching petals giving a flower like effect on the coils. With the sleek matching muff it makes an ideal for a summer bride and has been christened "Just ham;
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    Police dog traps missing prisoner
    179 8 A POLICE dog caught a missing prisoner and caught him within the jail precincts. He was Patrick Joseph Callaghan. 23. an Irishman who vanished from Camp Hill corrective training prison at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. Callaghan seems to have spent most Of bis 4H hour
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    Barbaric
    189 9 {That's what peer calls I Russians I fTtHE Soviet Union was i called a barbarian society m the House of Lords. But the word was used m a "classical" sense by Lord Coleraine (formerly Mr. Richard Law). This is how Lord Coleraine he led a Parliamentary delegation to Russia
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    INVITATION
    13 9 Sir Winston Churchill has 1• en invited to visit Berlin ihis year.
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    WEDDING OFF BUT FIANCE WAS AT RECEPTION GIRL
    500 9 rpHE WEDDING arranged by Mildred McWade WU called off But k Z ce X\u n Wen l n >u And her fl:u11 she »«»<». "tagged along behind the guests to the reception and helped me cut the C&KO. Miss McWade, a 29-year-old
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    Chess-by order
    22 9 Chess -by order Chess is now a compulsory 8800 ior boys and girls m the highest grade of Arnhem, Holland, elementary schools.
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    Average cost
    23 9 Average cost of keeping a I'lnki m a British remand home last year was £10 19s. <$96» a k. Commons answer.
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    M.P. will try to solve murder case
    211 9 MR. WILLIAM TEELING. 52 year old Tory MP, has set himself up as a one-man detective agency il)d is seeking the Third Man m a murder case of 27 years ago. C rgr Donovan, James Weaver, and Percival Taylor Vvert s. Nt» 'iced
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    Lock icon Gromyko received
    23 9 King Gustaf of Sweden yesterday received the Soviet Foreign Minister. Mr. Oromyko, m audience at the p;i lace m Stockholm. Reuter
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    Sheila likes 'separates'
    111 9 ACTRESS who appears to be enjoying herself is lovely Sheila Sim She plays the only girl among 13 passengers and crew aboard a plane flying from Hong Kong to Tokio m her new film, 'The Night My Number Came Tp" which is being made by Eating Studios.
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      33 9 \3^^oE YOU* MMNS OF CEILING FANS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CITY ELECTRICITY DEPT. vii n I it c AT ONLY $1.00 PER MONTH. CONSULT YOUR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR OR RING; PHONE 2419 EXTN. 342
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    The plan misfires!
    768 10  -  KATHLEEN HICKLEY SATURDAY SERIAL By 1 ANOTHER THRILLING) [INSTALMENT ON THE} JADVENTURES OFj jRAMASAMY AND HIS {GRASSHOPPER FRIEND! HOPPIT r.ii... n iiiiiiiniiiiiMiiiiiir RAM AS AMY mc*ts lloppii the grasshopper who makes the little boy small and takes him to a red ant colony. The two are kidnapped
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    Lock icon TOY DOGS
    63 10 picture. OutaloiiK Paul (on lop) and Sir (iordon of Enavant (m basket wear confident smiles as they await a look over by the judges at the South Eastern Counties Toy Dog Society show hedd at the Brunswick Hall, Vauxhall, London. Both dogs were entered by their owner. Miss
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      423 10 Rupert and the Butterflies 5 y_- ~-j~-z r-*i s Rupert gazes fascinated at the strange sight, and while he is witching more and more butterflies come to join the others on the plant, This must be the smell that Horace the hedgehog spoke of.*' he cries. Algy and 1 couldn't
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      113 10 kfdla;dkfkgjddlkdfkdhfkjkdfkjdk ldjkfjfghsklfhgdslalf how you ge; your collection. V-ju catch the rare ones and tike them to your farm. Do you think ycu could spare me a l.ale ot the essence to show my Daddy The old geruleman smiles and returning to where the precious fiV.d is stored he pours a
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      117 10 SHOW your skill as artists by colouring: this picture with paints, crayons or chalks, and you may win a prize. There are four $5 prizes to be won (two by boys and two by girls). Fill in your name, address and age and post to Aunty Wendy c o The
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    They used 80 gallons of paint on these 'girls'
    215 11 THE latest Hollywood newcomers known as "Les Girls" are named Tessie, Louise, Big Babe, Sharon, Big Jenny, Little Jenny, Carrie. Nellie, Jeanne and Wilma. They range In age from 25 to 80 years old and weigh about 8.000 lbs. each. They
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    TOURISTS will flock thither
    87 11 TOURISTS will flock thither A Hollywood studio plans to present Tucson's J" nl^ Chamber of Commerce the 34 adobe and frame buildings erected as a pioneer setting lor a film, after completion of the production, now snootni£ near the Arizona city. Workmen spent nearly two months constructinp: MJ duster of
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    RECOMMENDATION
    19 11 AN advertisement m a Hollywood paper about a hoi ror film revival: "See It With bomeone You Hate!''
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    HE HATES THOSE WHO SMOKE AT DINNER
    37 11 EDMUND FITRDOM is trytafl to poi ularise snuffis taking snuff, is preferable." They were popular wiwi Flvnn and no one etee. Cvthinß for a fad, or publicity, It H— M.
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    All because of
    31 11 I JNDA CHRISTIAN had to L* decline ie?eral onew cm j television .shows and a icriej based on the radio programme done for two yean by Mailene DietriclL
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    REDS won't see THIS Tolstoy film
    122 11 REDS won't see THIS Tolstoy film ATOP-FUOHT motion picture based up<.ii "War peace." Tolstoy's great< novel which ii; 1 been hail"! -is one ol the landmarks ol world literature, will soon go Into production as (MM ol the most important motion pIC tures of modern times This was announced by
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    income tax!
    31 11 "if i did Ihem, my earnings would put my husband, Tvronr Power Ul a higher income tax level. And wed both lo.sc at the yoftr.s •mhl, Uic practical Untfu
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    ORSON-THE TERRIBLE
    972 11  - - THOMAS WISEMAN IE mu^ mMkM tT% 1 r% C r% Elf^lm |I#IVII IW9 Vi m\+ ft £.I^^^ I I I II I jiiMMiiiiiiiiii M^I a 'f ()RSON WELLES. kind w of artistic multiplestore, looked as though he was having a clear- ance sale. Bargain* al- disposed of: One
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    Lock icon Frock with a difference
    42 12 picture. "Double Eagle**, an enchanting frock m egg-shell pure Honan silk with finely pleated very wide skirt showing an inset pattern m red. pink and parma. It was shown m I preview of summer fashions m Berlin.- Popper
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    Lock icon NEVER irritate a tired housewife
    375 12 NEVER irritate a tired housewife says DOROTHY ROE I HAVE just learned that it is not wise to irritate a tired housewife. Being a housewife myself, I can understand that a lot of overworked wives thought it was all too much when a household efficiency expert recently stated that working
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      268 12 CUES ACROSS 5 Named reform (5). 1 This stone path is In a garden 6 Might be the property of I philo(11). sopher. something precious? <.s>. 7 Can be seen backwards vi a 8 Ingeniously containing a Icwt handrufT (7) (8) 9 A gas-lit aperture (4). 10 You night find
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    Lock icon They killed their dogs to keep ALIVE
    371 13 They killed their dogs to keep ALIVE SLEDGE TEAM WAS TRAPPED IN BLIZZARD UOR 44 days Donald s Baird and an Eskimo companion foughi an Arctic blizzard Their food ran out. Wolves attacked. But the two men survived. And a few dayi ago 22--year-old Donald told his .story at Cape
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    BRIDGE QUIZ
    503 13 THE most difficult haiids to bid are those where you must hoose between calls that offer aliod equal advantages or disadvant- I. In such Wises, the answer bei (»mes clearer if you look ahead to he next round of bidding. Usually, your correct first choice will be the
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    It PAYS—to let buildings fall down
    173 13 It PAYS— to let buildings fall down OLD Madrid— the Madrid of three and four centuries ago-is falling down. Within the last lew w< there have been a dozen cases Of ancient building which have been split into flats, caving m and collapsing under th r m?; U SsScv,r. there
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    Police clear way to let him speed to work
    218 13 Police clear way to let him speed to work BRITONS are always being told nowadays how alert and ready they must be to defend themselves m case the cold war turns hot. General Gruenther, Supreme Commander, Europe, has as his staff device "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Nobody
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    Army school for athletes
    182 14 Army school for athletes rpWENTY-ONE British and Malayan soldiers from Singapore, Malaya and Hon»: Kong are learning athletics daily at G.H.Q.. Tanglin. They are on the annual thnv-week course held m Singapore to produce refereeJ, judges and assistant athletic coaches. At the sanv Ume they arc becomim proficient themselves at
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    FLYING START
    22 14 Caught m action as they leap from the starting blocks are Cfn King (right) and L'Cpl. Jones, practising sprint takeoflN.
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    Lock icon JAVELIN THROW
    63 14 IMIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIItIIIIII.IIIIIMMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIItIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIII. PHOTOGRAPHS BY WO II Cole-man corrects the stance of Goir. Dinn. as along with Cpl. R. Shuttleworth. he learns how to throw the javelin. Sgt. Howe Cl-efft h and Sgt. t raddock. x. bru>hi»ig up on throwing (he discus. N.J. COTTERELL Vs the hammer throwing class looks
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    Amateur race card
    234 15 Amateur race card ihl) for the Penant: Turt Club's Amateur Meeung toi; I ONK 2.30 p.m.: Maiden 1.1.t Tony Scurry 2F. <C;tt < liite 13.7;; Cider, Cfeptain Ounna, Gypsy. Stocanan. h ,m bo Cottage Queen. Scratching: SoMf Silk. Perth. RACE TWO 3 05: Hacks Di\. l*o SF. (Catchweights 12.7 >:
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    STOLI MEYER OUT OF TEST
    79 15  -  voung Peter Burge TEFT Stolimeyer, the West •I Indies captain and opening batsman, will be unable to play m the first Test against Australia m Jamaica today U cause of an injured finger. His place as opening batstuan will be taken by Glendon Gibbs 'British
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    Aussie team
    35 15  -  Les Favell The team will be lan Johnson 'captain). Keith Miller, (.vice captain Arthur Morris, Colin McDonald, Neil Harvey. Peter Burge. Richie Benaud. Len Maddocks, Ron Archer, Ray Lindwall, Bill Johnston. 12th' man-
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    Lock icon N.Z. all out 200
    59 15 YEW Zealand were all out for 200 m their first innings when the second Test against England resumed m Auckland this morning. Brian Statham, the England fast bowler, claimed New Zealand'a remaining two wickets for the addition of only one run to the overnight total. He
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    A RECORD 100m SWIM
    106 15 A RECORD 100m SWIM C'LARK SC HOLES of the United States won the men's 100 metres swimming lreestvle event m the PanAmerican Games yesterday jn 1 games record time of 577 seconds. Leonor Fisher of Canada also broke the games record uhen she won the women's 100 metres backstroke m
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    Lock icon French bid for first crown in Wales match
    127 15 T'HE final Rugby Union championship match of the season today at the jColombes Stadium m Parts will i decide whether France are to be hailed as outright champion* for the first time They meet Wales, and need only a draw to win
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    OUSTED
    43 15 Ti»t* thrw'fw reign of The Peoria, Illinois) cats a.s champion.*, of National Amateur AthlHir Association iAAU) basketball rumbled In a tu-<;7 loss to tank* members of the UnlverMty ol I Colorado team .hat won the big i seven < onierence title this season.
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    TOP SIAM BOXER FOR S'PORE
    144 15 TOP SIAM BOXER FOR S'PORE He will fight Sonny Chia a iapse of three months, Singapore will again see an international fight when Sonny Chia of Singapore meets Nai Songkiat of Siam on April 9 at the Happy World Arena. Twenty-one-year-old Songkiat. unbeaten featherweight of Thailand has 18 straight victories
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    7-GOAL CENTRE
    24 15 Ex-Perak State centre-forward Norman Curtis scored seven goalyesterday when Polite beat 1/6 Gurkha Rifles 8-2 m an Ipoh first division football match
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    Colony wrestler seeks world fame
    345 15 ROGER YUE brings neivs of Singapore's latest wrestling ventures. LEOW KYVONG SENG, one of Malaya's foremost Chinese all-in-wrestlers, who met m Singapore rings such formidable opponents as Tiger Ray Holden, Kay Hunter. Mike Barrett, Jon Morro, George Duane and Elmo Lincoln, is leaving this month
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    Lock icon MIDWEEK U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES
    87 15 MIDWEEK U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES U.K. midweek soccer fixtures: MONDAY English LtafUC Div. II Stoke City v Notti County Div. 11l Northern H.tlifax Town HurtlepooL* Ui.iU-d. TLTSI) BCOUUh league Duision lA:— St. Uirrrn I Mo'lu'iwell. mDMBSDAf EnKli^h 'p,i-;up L»v. II Southern Wfiidinc v Bournemouth. Watlo/d Miliu.ill. Dr. 11l Northern Bradford v
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    20 15 Picture. Fiiian ru K bv team, returned to Singapore The all conquering Hjun ru». pUUtt f inlrr-unit nip Free Press
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    Lock icon URUGUAY WIN
    22 15 Urußuay bttt K'w.'dor H m the South American foofbaU (''i4"\pioiiahlp »t Sanilapo l**l nlKnt. Bcor« at ruU-Ume wi«» oue-»ll Reuter
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    Lock icon G. National probables for today
    168 15 rrillßTY-ONE probables and 1 lockeyi tor todays Grand National Steeplechase, to be run over four nule> 806 yards at Aintree are: Roynl Tan (D. V. Di<k>. Early Mi.st (Fin;. 11 Marshal), Marlnera Log (R. Fiaii'i I, Mr. UnDCit 'Mr. J. R. Cox», GOOMOdK <A P.
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    Novices badminton
    29 15 The i*'l;«!ik<M Buiininton A ctattoa win begin 't'^r tort romprtition lor 'In- JTtM \uUi the novices |OUTO«IMD( uliicli Marts Ihe tu.st \\<-(.'k f)i n« >v t montti
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    MALAYANS UPSET THE TOP ENGLISH SEEDS
    355 16 All-England tournament rpHE unseeded Malayan 1 pair LT. Lee and B. S. Saw, brought off the first big upset of the AllEngland badminton championships last night when they beat the joint top seeded English pair, Shute and Best, m a marathon one and a
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    First day weights for Ipoh races
    394 16 WEIGHTS for the first day of the Ipoh Derby fT meeting, Saturday April 2, are: CLASS I— DIV. I— 9F Golden loin- 9.00 Three Rings 8.12 Never A Blank 8.10 Bearer Bond 8.09 Shangrila 8.09 Euphrates 8.08 Forest Duke 8.07 Adelaide Star 8.05 Dantesquc
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    Lock icon RESISTS
    230 16 WOMEN'S SINGLES Semi-finals: Miss M. Varner (U.S.) bt Miss Cooley (England* 11-7, 11-8. MiSo J. Devlin (U.S.) bt Miss M. shedd (Canada) 11-1, n-io. MEN'S DOUBLES Quarter finals; L. T. Lee and B. S. Saw (Malaya; bt W. Shute and J. R. Best (England; 17-16. 11-15 17-18. H. T.
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    Lock icon H.K. boxing team here for final
    262 16 FOURTEEN men from the Ist Battalion Northamp- tonshire Regiment arrived m Singapore yesterday from Hong Kong with one purpose m mind: to take the FARELf inter-unit boxing shield back with them. Corporal G. H. Oliver, most senior member of the team, said that he
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    165 16 \V T ONG Peng Soon qualified to meet his compatriot and present title-holder Eddie Choong In today's final, when he defeated B. Glans of Sweden. 15-6. 18-13. yesterday Eddie Choong had earlier defeated Finn Kobbero of Denmark 17-14, 15-1 m another mi-Una] match of the men's .singles.
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    Ipoh Derby impress
    318 16 Ipoh Derby impress f HACKWORK rVUE local Derby hopes, Oleanx de r Dantesque and Kearer Bond were again out for work on the training track at Ipoh this morning. The s>oiri" was on the firm side. Oleander iPovalh. paced by Malek zadeh, galloped attractively ovei L a mile m 50
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    CUP TRIALS
    32 16 On* Toh Lim will meet Lee Hoo Chye of Penans tonight m the Thunus Cup trials. Play commence?, at 8 p.m. at the Singapore Badminton Hall tonight and tomorrow Blffct
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      308 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. i ENGAGEMENT 20 Winds <H (minimum WISE SPURGEON. The Engagement is announced between Norman Stanly Wise, son of the late Arthur W. S. Wise of Bombay.! and of Mrs. M. If. Wi>e of 28,' 1 onsdale Road. Bournemouth, and Rose Ethel, widow of the late S. E. Spurgeon
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