The Singapore Free Press, 8 June 1955

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya \o 1 r.»7rt. Singapore. Wed.. June 8. 1955. Price 15 Cts
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    Lock icon Big peace hope in U.K. rail and dock strikes
    176 1 Big peace hope in U.K. rail and dock strikes t>OUND-THE-CLOCK conciliation efforts by leaders oi Britain's 8.000.000-strong Trades Union Congress >l night gave hope of an early settlement of both the and dock strikes. The two strikes, presenting the nation with its avest industrial crisis in a generation, have cut
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    Lock icon Concession from union heads
    132 1 Concession from union heads piERE was also fresh hope last night in the six ports here a stoppage by more ban 20,000 workers Ls tying up 172 ihips and leaving a rther 81 ships undermanned. A surprise concession was ide late in the day by the ike loaders, members of
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    RUBBER DOWN
    26 1 phe Singapore Rubber Maropened on an uncertain this morning with first ld <\ June shipment, at 98% U a lb., one-quarter cent °w yesterday's close.
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    CAFE ROBBED
    25 1 A cafe in North Bridge Road, upore, today reported the W&s of $i f 7 3o worth of i iquor cigarettes and cast*.
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    Lock icon QUEEN CANCELS ROYAL ASCOT
    39 1 ONE of the high points of the London social season, the Royal Ascot meeting, was postponed yesterday by the Queen to avoid complicating London's already vast traffic congestion caused by the the railroad strike U.P.
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    Reds derail night mail pilot
    132 1 Reds derail night mail pilot COMMUNIST terrorists last V/ night blew up the wickham trolley" which was piloting the Johore Bahru-Kuala Lumpur night mail about three miles north of Sedenak in the Kulai district. The trolley was derailed and the corporal in charge of the guard of four was taken
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    Lock icon HOA HAO BATTALION GIVE UP TO DIEM TROOPS
    164 1 PREMIER Ngo Dinh Diems Government claimed a big success yesterday in its drive against the Hoa Hao religious sect. It said a full battalion, 600 men, of Gen. Tran Van Soais rebel forces had surrendered. In the offensive it began on Sunday,
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    STANDSTILL AT 2 FACTORIES
    270 1 gIKODIXTION at two large industrial concerns in Singapore the Hume industries (Far East) Ltd., in Bukit Timah. and the Firestone Rubber Factory in Kallang has come to a complete standstill! since more than 2,000 workers went on strike yesterday. The strikes surprised the managements. The manager
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    Lock icon TROOPS ON FRONTIER
    70 1 MARSHAL Pibul Songgram the Prime Minister of Siam. said in London yesterday that his country was sending extra troops and police to the North Vietnam frontier following the setting up by the Communists of a so-called autonomous Siam State. The Prime Minister said the state in North
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    Lock icon Japan says no
    22 1 Japan has decided to reject an application for the import of 50,000 tons of soya beans from China. A.P.
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    22 1 picture. Some of the women rubber packers squatting; in front of the Firestone rubber factory in Kallang Road this morning Free Press
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    Adenauer invited
    24 1 Sir Anthony Eden, the British Prime Minister, has invited Dr. Konrad Adenauer, the West German Chancellor, to visit him on June 19.
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    Lock icon They want to unseat two jailed M.P.s
    121 2 NORTHERN IrL oi the British Pi Minister sal h '> will go to court to ua nvjci elected to BrtUlni i..u Parliament. Two Irish Nationalist. .ing Jail termi for raiding Brit army poet beal Ulster (Jnlonlft 'on enratnrei caiidldAtei in the May 26
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    Lock icon ATTLEE QUITTING AS CHIEF
    237 2 Dallon, Ede and Shinwell will follow MR CLEMENT ATTLEE. Britain's 72-ycar-old former Labour Prime Minister has decided to relinquish the Leadership of the Labour Party, it was loarned authoritatively in London yesSsS diet s=«nX s flection. nnnnsition leader for the t h^&U^U%2?SIVSS e SSSLS vacation, But
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    Lock icon U.N. COUNCIL MAY MEET ON EGYPT, ISRAEL CRISIS
    77 2 U.N. COUNCIL MAY MEET ON EGYPT, ISRAEL CRISIS THE UniU-d States envoy to the United Nations. Mr Cabot Lodge, and the pretcnt president of the Security Council, yesterday asked all Council members to prepare for I ]x>s.sibk' meeting on the Israeli Inrptlan border troubles. llf told the other 10 members
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    Lock icon LONDON COURT HITS AT 'H.K. LIGHTERS'
    130 2 LONDON COURT HITS AT 'H.K. LIGHTERS' A LONDON magistrate,. Col. W E. Batt, said yesterday that some cigarette lighters made in Hong Kong should be "dumped into the river." Col. Batt imposed a fine of £50 with one guinea costs on Ming Tse, engine room storekeeper on board the s.s.
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    RACE HARMONY
    28 2 The general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church voted 293-109 yesterday to supcert last year's decision to work toward integration of the races within the church
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    MASS SALVAGE
    28 2 Japanese crews may begin salvage operations in August on 57 ships sunk in World War II in the Manila and Cebu bay areas of the Philippines.
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    Lock icon Belgrade parley
    31 2 Britain, France, the United States and Yugoslavia will hold a conference on international affairs in Belgrade in late June, it was announced in the Yugoslav capital last night. Reuter
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    5 ROBBED NAAFI AFTER NIGHT OF DRINKING
    255 2 They opened safe with pickaxe AFTER a night of heavy drinking, five "merry" soldiers broke into the NAAFI grocery shop and kiosk at Tanglin Barracks, Singapore, and stole cash, cheques and stamps worth $2,297 and 1.000 cigarettes This was stated at a courtmartial
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    Big blow to Burma's Red boss
    98 2 BURMA'S most important rebel and leading Communist, Tfliakin Than Tun, ihas fallen from grace, it was reported yesterday by the usually reliably independent Rangoon English-language newspaper, The Nation. The paper reported that the last straw was the return from China of a Burmese Communist
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      140 2 0^ #v M O T UOOQ nUWoi CRAVEN 'A' ARE BACK IN THE TRU-VAC TIN Just like they were before the war! Now for the first time for fifteen years you can Th s rubber seal guarantees tlutt raven 'A' reach you buy Craten 4 A' JUSt as they used
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    GIVE US ALL-YEAR PAY ALSO
    195 3 Car workers seek Ford benefits r VUE head of the General Motors division of the d Auto Workers Union yesterday in Detroit he I a settlement with the h (ration better than that signed with the Ford tor Company. Representatives of the union the corporation
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    Lock icon BUSIEST EVER
    27 3 British lifeboats had their busiest time for 131 years last month, putting: to sea 64 times to answer distress calls and saving 80 lives. Reuter
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    Lock icon Stories of babies annoy film star
    286 3 IT'S ALL LIES, SAYS CABOT J^II.M star Bruce Cabot yesterday denied the testimony bv his wife that he was i he father of an illegitimate child in Italy. He also denied that he is he father of his wife's child ich a California court
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    Lock icon Crash plane took off on old runway
    123 3 A BRITISH European Airways turboprop airliner which crashed with 35 people aboard was accidentally directed to take off on an old disused runway at London Airport last January, it was stated in London yesterday. A court of inquiry was told that the Viscount
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    Lock icon FLOODS HIT VALLEYS IN SOUTH WALES
    138 3 FLOODS HIT VALLEYS IN SOUTH WALES FLOODS followed torrential rain and thunder in the South Wales valleys yesterday. At Pant, near Merthyr Tydfll, several families were evacuated. Police smashed down the front door of one h^use to rescue a 73-year-old woman from five feet of water. In another house a
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    Lock icon MAID OF COTTON FOR BRITAIN
    41 3 Miss De Lois Faulkner, 1955 "Maid of Cotton," left New York last night bv air for London. She is on a one-month tour of the British Isles and Europe, modelling the latest U.S. cotton fashions. U.P.
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    Lock icon MISSING BOY STOWAWAY DEAD ON BEACH
    161 3 THE body of one of two Korean stowaways who disappeared from the freighter Sea Serpent on Sunday has been found in the surf at Moss Beach, a few miles south of San Francisco. A second body was believed sighted several hundred yards offshore. It
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    STRIKERS PUT UP TENT ON ROAD
    59 3 Workers of the Hume Pipe Industries, who went on strike yesterday after talks on their wage claims had broken down, assem- ble in front of the factory in Bukit Timah Road. They have set up a tent on a traffic island to serve as
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, June 8, 1955. Opinion Guaranted Wage
    267 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, June 8, 1955. Opinion Guaranted Wage rviiK millenium ha.s bet n n ached, at least so far a the American workers In the factories ol the Ford Motor Company I arc conc( rned. They are now guaranteed nearly full salaries for 52 weeks Ol the
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    Lock icon PROBLEM DRINKERS
    1021 4  -  Mark T. Sheehan by ■The alcoholic is a victim no, only of the bottle MtfMs imlhmy U meet the social and cmatumal chfftculttes confronting him. it TAKES mow U I drinking to niukf an alcoholic, saya a. Yale University research specialist To bet ome addicted to drink, says
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      52 4 GIFTS j from j I SENA 'S Artici. of mm ksMtf and intrinsic v.ilut iimplr o»n.in»in»il \nt ut<ful gift*. «ll th work of fmt cnff*m< n The ninic of SENA upon th« boi convt y% 4 co*" plrnimt more eloquently th.in words j I H.SENA LTD. HIGH CLASS lEWELLERS SINGAPORE
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      95 4 Helena Rubinstein's I I NEW BEAUTY-PLAN f j Cleanses, replenishes f j and braces f I ageing skins >./Vh| f fVERY NIGHT cleanse uith creamy liquid Ucc P Cleanser Nourish with '^kW' 't /eplenishing, skin-conditioning Vitamin- ~wF^ EVERY MORNING brace with Contour Lift i f-ilm /TpW its tingling action as
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    STORE WATER SUPPLY SAFE
    371 5 No danger of a shortage TNLESS the level of the Tebrau River in Johore drops considerably, there is no danger for some time of a shortage of water within city limits, the Water Engineer, Mr. W. S. Stredwick, said yesterday. Working at full capacity, the Tebrau
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    47 5 picture. THE IN-COMING and out-going presidents of the Rotary lub of Singapore exchange greetings at the installation of Mr. Leslie Rayner as new president of the Club. Dr. A.W.S. i iwvathasan, the out-going president is seen formally handinff over the president's sash to Mr. Rayner. Free Press
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    Lock icon The heads have ceased to roll
    140 5 The heads have ceased to roll INDIA'S Northeast Frontier Agency has succeeded in stopping head -hunting in the tribal areas that form the border between India ana China. NEFA, which has been operating for three years, did the job without firing a shot. The task was completed by gaining the
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    Back govt, Goode urges Rotarians
    209 5 MR. W. A. C. Goode, the Officer Administering the Government, asked Singapore Kotarians to pledge their support for the new Government in the Colony. Mr. Goode, who was speaking at the installation ceremony of Mr. Leslie Rayner as new president of the Rotary club of
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    Lock icon HE KNOWS A CRICKET'S LOVE SONG
    128 5 RICHARD Alexander, a student of entomology at Ohio University, is trying to find out what the cricket is chirping about. He has been recording insect songs partly to earn his doctorate degree. Already he has discovered that insect songs are communicatory, and that courtship
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      8 5 EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS skipper sport shirts ""^^^^^^^^42!hl6H STREET TEU7SB3
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      126 5 MMrunsnvick Long Playing Standard Records SIB/-' rfjBWL T^< World Famous Artists Hear the latest issues at authorized dealers in Malaya. trSSSTLS. ISAAC& CO., LTD. s^, c ?e'!. s 3^: Stairs' fififS Carpet EPS SHROFFS CAiiPET SALE B.M.K. Axminster Woolen Runners 27^ wide 51 3.00 p. yd. English Woolen Runner with
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      221 6 V j nu;| Hawk MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and PMJJavis 1 f f OCTC D^PAHtMBNT TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT by Lesiie Chartens r [Ot CO JCSE NOT r VQUVE HEART y I READ ABOUT n inj the"' P' TEll^ US VI n VO)1 LIBurENANT' y~ ABOUT THE
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      672 6 YOUE I LUCKY I STAR I HORN today, you are apt to let your moods guide your life unless you take hold and I I conquer them at the outset and control them instead of permitting them to control you. Be a little more practical and E j matter of
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U. K. closing prices
      215 7 LONDON. June 7. Previous Today KFBBF.R No. 1 RSS cXf. European ruiris June •• •• •• KFBBEB No. 1 RSS cJi. European 'ports July •• .•• i-iBBKR W* RSS Spot 28" 4 buyers 28 sellers 28 7 8 buyers 2ys sellers 28 buyers 28 »•.. buyers
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      New York prices
      106 7 NEW YORK, June 7. Previous Today Tin Straits spot and ivarky 91.75 nom. 92.12 nom. UN futures June 91.50 bid 91.25 bid 9i 7«-» f^ked 92.00 asked July 91.25 bid. 91.15 bid yi.oO asked 91.85 asked An?. 91.15 bid 91.35 asked 90.90 bid 91.60 asked TONE: Quiet.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      58 7 Spot Malabar was quoted at 52 rents per pound. Awaiting release 52. Afloats 51 to 50. June shipment 50. Sarawak spot 50. Awaiting release 50. Afloats 47 to 46. June Above prices quoted in shipment 45. Lampong spot 52. Awaiting release 52. Afioats 51 to 50. June shipment
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      33 7 NEW YORK, June 7. Previous Today j'» Industrials 431.49 434.55 M Railroads 161.00 161.42 4 • Domestic Bonds 99.75 99.92 15 rtilities 64.41 64.39 61 Stocks Composite Average 160.95 161.67
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      124 7 COPRA Philippine ci.f. IK North European delivered weight per lone ton June July COPRA Philippine* f.o.b. Manila in bulk, per long; ton OPRA Straits e.U IK North European delivered weight per \ong ton June July July \ug COCONTT OIL crude, Straits cl.f. I K North European
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    GUIDE DOG TRIX HAS A NOSE FOR BITTER
    189 7 X, two-year-old guide dog, is amusing and embarrassing his 30-year-old master, blind scientist Raymond Benson. For Trix has a nose for public houses. Yesterday, Raymond Benson went shopping from hb> home in Orchard-road, y>ve, near Farnborough. «ants, and at 10.30— before pubs
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    DYING WOMAN'S HUSBAND WAS DRUNK, SAY POLICE
    295 7 THK husband of a dying woman was drunk when he L phoned the police for help at 12.50 a.m., a Coroner was told. The call was made by John Cecil Kenlay, a chauffeur, from a police phone box near his home in George-street,
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    Lock icon Farmer finds an OLD tree
    76 7 A tree that might be 200.000 years old was uncovered in Lebanon, Ohio, recently when a farmer started to dig a new pond. Ohio State University geologists think it was felled by an ancient glacier, which moved down from the north and covered the state.
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    Lock icon Egyptian cotton goes to Reds
    190 7 Egyptian cotton goes to Reds IJUSSIA and her satellites t\ have sharply increased cotton purchasing in Egypt. China may also absorb a heavy tonnage. To Egyptian cotton men the Communist economic delegates are friends in need even though trading is on a barter basis. The main thing in Egyptian eyes
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    Licensing Board officers
    49 7 The following have been appointed to serve on the Johore Bahru Licencing Board: The President. Sessions Court, chairman; the Deputy Commissioner for Labour, deputy chairman; the Health Officer, Johore South, secretary, Town Council; Inche A. Rahmin bin Kimen, Mr. Lee Ah Soo and Mr. R. Vaithyalingham.
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    Planter saved-by armoured car
    34 7 Planter saved -by armoured car Terrorists missed when they shot at the assistant manager of Telok Sengat Estate in the Kota Tinggi area of Johore on Sunday. He was travelling in an armoured car.
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    SINGAPORE PRIZE WINNERS
    222 8 THE Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. Dijvid Marshall, will open the Third PafKMalayan Photographic Exhibition spoored \yy the Singapore Camera Club at the British Council Hall, Stamford Rojid, °n Friday, at 5.30 p. m. The exhibition will be open daily, including Sunday, from 9 a. m. to
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    'FINS'
    206 10 will SAVE that china TWO mow Atlantic linen. ***9™*** EIiSS?: I (Lin which are operated by Holland-America i get stobUteerVto reduce rolling when they fnto dr! kto Britain for owrhaufc at the end ol 'in yeai The eotnp inj present Dai »hip, the Nleuw Am lerdam pected to be
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    BALLOONS that TICK
    113 10 DEFENCE measures against nuclear radiation ana bacteriological attack are to be taken by the West German government which I directed the German weather .service to establish a radiation monitoring .sen. Balloon* fitted with Gel counter will be .sent aiolt twice daily to a height of 15 mile.s
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    THIS SHOULD KEEP THOSE MINERS COOL
    151 10 rpHE Ruhr coal industry has 1 perfected a new pit air cooling machine which it is offering to British mine operators. The large .steel machine, placed below ground, fan-s cool air into the shafts and galleries Previous attempts to install cooling machines failed to
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    Food stays fresh with radiation
    114 10 Food stays fresh with radiation CONTROL of bacteria in food by atomic radiation promises U) make possible the transportation of mass quantities of fresh food to and from all parts of the world. Several scientists reported this development to the Internationa] congress on the peaceful uses of atomic energy h»'ld
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    111 10 The new liner Empress of Britain will be launched by the Queen on June 22 from Fairfields Yard, Govan. Scotland. The liner, when completed, will have cost approximately five million pounds ($42,500,000). Nine hundred tourist and 140 firstclass passengers will be carried by the new 24.500-ton (approx) impress when she
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    65 10 picture. THIS pit lure, just released for puhlit ation. shows the latest version of Armstrong Whitworth Airrraf I s guided missile This streamlined rocket is a llyirit; test bed for the new top set ret weapons now betel developed for defenc> against high flying atom bombers In the background mav
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    There's iron in them thar trees
    62 10 There's iron in them thar trees Geologists, seeking to locate rich iron ore deposits in Venezuela, have found their clue in the copei tree, it was recently reported. A variety of the eopei tree grows only on .soil produced by iron ore. By noting the locations of these trees on
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      97 10 I'ISP II I 9 *^4| r L_n_r L_A_- JTI rl r V /I p mm i TRANSPORT J^H 173 CECIL STREET < SINGAPORE .«...:iw!*i: jjg The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can be sent by Air Mail to any address in the United Kingdom Z at an inclusive rate
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    Lock icon Miss Vyvyan hits a high note
    734 11  - Miss Vyvyan hits a high note FRANCIS MARTIN New records by /i(X)D to see a girl get on. Take Jennifer /vvyan, who has just received a long-play aci olade. I first saw her as i £7-a-week ($6O) chorus >ini>er in the front row ol the sopranos in Verdi's ,pera, "Macbeth."
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    Lock icon Carol is giving up the ghost
    337 11 TAROL RICHARDS is giving up the ghost from now on. She's to sing only for herself. The red-haired lovely has earned a nice living acting as the voice double for film stars in Hollywood. When Cyd opens her mouth to warble on the creen,
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      169 11 HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE j PIAttO, PIANO-ACCORDION GUITAR EXPERT TUITION GIVEN AT i Foormans Music Studios i > (AIR-CONDITIONED) BRANCH 5, TIONG BAHRU ROAD j SINGAPORE, TEL. *****. HEAD OFFICE 37, ORCHARD ROAD ENROL NOW OPEN DAILY 9.00 a.m. To 8 00 p.m. I I
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    How does your hat look?
    382 12 How does your hat look? For an honest opinion Aim A MAN! f viiE best your husband from niaki.' era about your wv. hat to t him alon it. 8 Uj Ic, who h;i. b< en designing feminine h< adtj< ar for <••■• "Wh«n in his w: eJ t more
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    84 12 rpHESE delightful ideas in beachwear come from Terry Moore (above) and Pier Angeli (left), both of whom designed these ensembles. Terry uses a jersey top to go with the bloomers in striped linen which are gathered in by a welt to match the jersey blouse. A straw hat adds to
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    Women win out here on NUMBERS
    177 12 Women win out here on NUMBERS AS GERMANY settles down to her newfound sovereignty there are signs that German women accustomed to home, children and Church rules in the Hitler era. are now pushin;; into masculine fields at a rate that lias the males worried. A recent Government survey reveala
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      79 12 flfrfcfc Xs '/A •^^■^^^S^^E^^^ —^^T^ Y/s'-'-n "I v .v»? 1 Mix Robinson's c Patent' Barley to a thin, 2 St paste into hot water and boil for one minute only. Sweeten and flavour to taste. J- Strain and serve hot or cold. Ifs fust as simple as that. And remember
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      180 12 CLUH 4CBOM Blond fesUvil? (4». 1 An alternative to alone? («>. Sharp reply to a chemist, for 7 Otf mm Wlmr ml iharp, hi^ineti iG). l0<) t5) 7 Blown In a pipe, but no! l Objoct to appnnUoi <7). BBokidj <7). 0 :.<<• m«* vo round the OM to Masculine
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    Hussar came to the dance in a leaky 'Old Crock'
    281 13 Hussar came to the dance in a leaky 'Old Crock IN AMERICAN airman, wearing an orange and black track suit, strode confidently— a girl on his arm into a ballroom at Claridge's, London, during a debutante dance. Ho peered uncertainly at lord Howard De Walden, oung around for a minute
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    38 13 picture. << THIS novelty Bouele-tweed dress from the Mark Black tf Ciold Seal collection has a jacket effect. The channel << Naming at the low hips denote the new "A" line. The g skirt is fully lined and stiffened. Reuter
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    Bridge Hand
    297 13 Neither side vulnerable North dealer one-club bid on a three-card suit is a familiar bidding manoeuvre to the modern player. North's hand is not strong enough for one no-trump, and if he open. s with one spade he will find it embarrassing to rebid over a two-heart bid.
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    Historical
    50 13 WRENCH Customs men at r the Kchl bridge linking France and Germany are showing off the latest vaye of their Visitors Book with some pride. On it is the signature of saucy screen blonde Martine Carol and then, below, signed by ex-Premier Rene Mayer Delighted to be underneath I
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    You even send FREE cables on this train
    542 13  -  Fred Manor says NPHESE might almost be the pioneer days of 70 years ago. The days when the different railway companies were furiously driving their lines across the prairies, trying to get in first and to beat their rivals by every means,
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    COMEDIAN FIRST AT GOODWOOD
    116 14 COMEDIAN FIRST AT GOODWOOD Till--1 th ree -1 »P ed hou nd the Second a j i i p beam Alpine. don r.< U -I.;" BOP. i rit 1'" i trophy »n by Hamilton fD n ml i ."i hour, Bob u< rry, al o in a j) Jaguar Mike
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    35 14 PUj rolle) ball irlthonl «\«u leeiai the hx\r it 1 i r "M N'u York Insliu. f as ,s shown by this K ame lm l Mm the b*n MCC the distance to the uct
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    Channel swimmers gather
    321 14  - Channel swimmers gather SYLVIA SHORT By li| VOI air thinking I iwimming Ihe English Channel ini^ fear, fx-tlrr horn »i» ""i iAkv NOIJI place i»> Ho*. si ol tl pt to n ike I 35 ol York h t An,- Ito ma *f lh Ol vould-be chaJ I lh U)
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    Sport for the blind
    329 14 that the world of the blind is not Quite so dark as might \>e imagined i* proved each day on the playing fields of the New Y<>t Institute for the Education of the Blind, line competitive «.s u-cll as individual sporti arc in full swing. Can
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    JOE MERCER TO MANAGE LEICESTER
    177 14 JOE MERCER TO MANAGE LEICESTER JOOE MERCER, former England. Arsenal, and Everton captain, may be the next manager of Leicester City. He has had aji interview with the directors, and a decision is expected soon. Leicester, who, parted with their manager, Mr. Norman Bullock, in February were relegated to the
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    Lock icon Royal Ascot may be postponed
    69 14 Next week's Royal Ascot race meeting, one of the social anc sports highlights of the year will be cancelled if the British National Rail Strike continues, the Jockey Club announced yesterday. They did so with the approval of the Queen who normally attends the colourful
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    NO AWARDS FOR BEST PERFORMANCE
    53 14 No "best performance"' trophies will be presented i n this years Malayan Amateur Athletic meet, to be held in Ipoh on August 26 and 27. The organising committee has decided unanimously to dispense with the award of these trophies, due to the difficulty in deciding
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    A.C.S. OLD BOYS
    44 14 All old boys of the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, who wish to represent the Old Boys' Association at friendly cricket and hockey matches are requested to contact Mr. Teo Tye Hin c;o Sze Hai Tong Bank. Chulia Street, Singapore 1. Tel: *****.
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    CRICKET IS THE SLOWEST GAME, SAYS SCIENTIST
    257 14  - CRICKET IS THE SLOWEST GAME, SAYS SCIENTIST Chapman Pincher liy THE slur that cricket is the I world's slowest sport has been strengthened by a British scientist who has measured the energy expended in batting, bowling and fielding for the first time. HLs findings show that the average cricketer uses
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    Six goals and a hockey treat by the Indians
    376 15  - Six goals and a hockey treat by the Indians READE By SPECTATORS had another treat of Indian hockey at 15 its best yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium. On the lit -Id were the Indian Wanderers with some of the worlds best giving an artistic exhibition during which they slammed six
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    Lock icon A WORLD RECORD
    37 15 picture. Hungary's Sandor Iharos breaks the world record as he wins the International Two Miles race during the British (iames at the White City Stadium. London. His time was 8 min. 33.4 sec. Reuter
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    INDIA OFFER TO NEW ZEALAND XI
    101 15 f pHE Indian Cricket Board of 1 Control has made an atrr active offer to the New Zealand Cricket Council to send a team to tour India between October 17 of this year and March 17. 1956. Thv. offer was forwarded to the cricket
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    Draw for S'pore golf tourney
    209 15 fHE Ladies' Colony Golf Chamx pionship for 1955 will be played this year over the Royal Island Club. Qualifying rounds will be 36 holes, i.e., 18 holes at the Royal Singapore Golf Club on Sunday, June 12. and 18 holes at Royal Island Club on
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    Lock icon TENNIS STARS WITHDRAW
    38 15 West of England lawn tennis championship organisers were vesterday forced to reshuffle seedings when they yearned that Ham Richardson, US. and Wimbledon champion Jaroslav Drobny, Egypt, had to withdraw from the tourney through injuries U.P.
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    Spartans beat RAMC SERVICES SOCCER
    225 15 Spartans beat RAMC SERVICES SOCCER pOYAL Air Force Seletar Spartans beat Royal Army Medical Corps 4-2 yesterday in a Singapore United Services F.A. Div. 2 league tie at the B.M.H. Half-time score was 2-1. Spartans opened accounts after 15 minutes Garratley took a corner" kick, the goalkeeper could not reach
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    Lock icon SADDLER TO FIGHT ELORDE
    74 15 Promoter Lop*- Sorreal said yesterday that world featherweight champion Sandy Saddler of the United States has agreed to fight Japan's Sigeji Kaneko and the Philippines' Flash Elorde in Manila in non-title bouts next month. Sorreal has a cable from manager Charley Johnston saying the U. S.
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    POSTPONED
    31 15 Yesterday's Div. 1 Services League fixture between RAF Tengah and RAF Seletar was postponed. The Div. 1 league tie between RAF Changi and Royal Army Service Corps was also postponed.
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    R.A.P.C. BEAT CHANGI 3-1
    27 15 Royal Army Pay Corps beat RAF. Changi "B t# 3-1 yesterday in their Singapore United Services F.A. League Div. 2 match at Changi.
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    Lock icon WORLD RECORD BY BRITON
    29 15 Britain's Brian Hcwson set a new world record of two minutes 55-4 seconds for threequarters of a mile at Paddington track, London, last night. U.P.
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    HIT OUT AND SCORE
    515 15 CRICKET HINTS THE drive is the most exhilarating stroke in cricket. As he matures in physique and experience, every young batsman should begin to feel that the halfvoUey is a challenge which he is ready and eager to meet. The technique of the drives, whether straight,
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    Lock icon STAN PLAYS FOR BOTH TEAMS
    52 15 Stanley Matthews, Blackpool and England right winger, scored twice in a floodlit football match at Nkana Northern Rhodesia last night. He netted both goals for Rhokana, who led three nil at half-time. He then played for their opponents, the Rhodesian Selection Trust, but Rhokana won
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    DODGERS WIN
    20 15 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Cincinnati Redleys 4-0 yesterday at Brooklyn in the opening game of a three-game baseball series.
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    LATE BEDSER BLITZ FOILS YORKS
    617 16 Thrilling play at the Oval IN IN eSCiUni finish at the Oval. London. >•• <^rd. 1 sumv defeated thelf nearest rivah Yorkshire b rTnsTtoUkei >0 point lr.«cMn Ihr M»«hsh counh COUntj crkkel < harn|>ionslup. i i the second successive defeat tor Yorkshire who beaten by
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    Test pitch waterlogged
    275 16 SEVERAL hours of incessant rain has soaked the ground at Trent Bridge, Nottingham where the first cricket Test between England and South Af- ri'ja is due to start tomorrow. By late afternoon pools of water i were all over the ground and the pitch itself was waterlogged.
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    SBHFA league changes today
    74 16 roday'i Sin»ai)ore Business Houses F. A. League match ben Sime Darby and MalaJ in Airways has beon switched from Jalan Besar Stadium to Qeylang Stadium. AU padang matches .scheduleci for today have been postponed owing to preparations the Quecn'.s Birthday Parade. The match between Bata and
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    Lock icon A PISTON LEFT FROM DAI DOWER OF WALES
    63 16 picture. straight left from Dai Dower (right) of Wales lands on the point of the jaw of Pierre Gress (France) in their bantam weight contest at the Empress Hall, London. Dower, the British. Empire and European flyweight champion with a long unbeaten
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    BARTON v. BROWN FIGHT OFF
    49 16 Torrential rain caused the postponement of the open-air professional boxing tournament due to be held at Parry Bar Stadium. Birmingham, last night. It will now be .staged tomorrow. Main fight is between Ron Barton unbeaten light -heavyweight, and Mel Brown of the United States.
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