The Singapore Free Press, 4 July 1955

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LtrfCflt Afternoon Sale m Malaya 1 1.100. Siiifiapore. Mon., July 4, 1955. Price 15 Cts
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    Another 'peace' letter from MCP
    218 1 Another 'peace' letter from MCP THE Communists are making a second bid to get Malayan political parties to agree to talks on ending the Emergency. They want an all- )ir ty tonference. Another "peace" letter has born received by an MCA lrider m Malacca. It was oust marked Haadyai. South
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    RUBBER UP
    21 1 Singapore Rubber Maropened this morning on a rote with first grade, shipment, at $1.2314 a lb., cent above Saturday's
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    Sergeant robbed
    22 1 i army sergeant living m Sow Leng Road. Singapore, reported the loss of $550, diamond rings and some hold articles.
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    1 a.m. robbery
    33 1 "hreo Chinese held up a m Prince Edward Road, ngaporp at about 1 a.m. today robbed them of two <*hes, two pens, a ring be;nging to the girl and $5.
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    NEW CHAOS PLOT IN COLONY
    301 1 TUC knows and is ready FREE PRESS INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT INhiW plot is being hatched to create chaos m Singapore. The plan is to rally the workers against the Government under the banner of a "workers' charter," now being drafted. Trade Union leaders today said they
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    Lock icon More Indians held in Goa
    51 1 Indian citizens demanding freedom for Ooa from Portuguese rule entered Ooane.se territory yesterday m three groups. Fifty-five unarmed volunteers were arrested, bat 34 were freed near the Indian border. Portuguese police detained the real, including the leader, K. Bhandarl. This was the seventh such demonstration.-
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    PORT ROW -CALL TO GOVERNOR
    142 1 TH E Singapore Harbour Board pay row will again be taken to Government House. The Staff strike is now m its 65th day. The president of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan, said a six-man delegation from the TUC and the Government and City
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    $600 shop haul
    22 1 A thief stole $600 cash and two cheques for $53 from a shop m Stamford Road. Singapore, yesterday morning.
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    Lock icon EXECUTIONS IN RED CHINA
    45 1 VINK men have been executed and others sent to prison m Red China for taking part m alleged counter-revolu-i«»nary activities for Nationalist China, according to m'^nd newspapers. Another 65 counter-revolutionaries nave rounded an m Shanghai and Manchuria, they report t4 Reuter
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    Forgotten men of S'pore
    290 1 AIR. FRANCIS THOMAS, the Minister for Commu ill nication* and Works, this morning referred to the people who live m the ruril districts as the forgotten men of Singapore. He was speaking at the opening of the new Bukit Panjanu Post OMice. He said the government
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    Lock icon BRITISH DOCKERS BACK TO WORK TODAY
    149 1 ABOUT 7,000 dockers at a A Liverpool meeting last night voted to resume wor* today, heralding the end of the strike which ha* hit six English ports for the past .six weeks. Only 200 hands wero raised against the decision. The Merseyside men provided
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    Call to '0' group blood donors
    37 1 An appeal for donors m "O" i^roup was made m Singapore this morning by the Blood Transfusion Service, General Hospital. Those wishing to answer the appeal are asked to ring *****.
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    Lock icon PERON AND CATHOLICS—A TRUCE
    269 2 PERON AND CATHOLICS— A TRUCE Primate's appeal read m all churches THE Roman Catholic Chunh and the Peron Government gave ample evidence yesterday that both ddCf are ea^er to settle the bitter dispute that has kfjjt Argentina m turmoil for the past eight months. The Primate of Argentina, Cardinal Copello,
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    Lock icon 'Conspiracy in Turkey' —Premier
    131 2 HW; i'umr Minister's Office la.-,t nitfht an used the Opposition of an "economic conspiracy" to tir up anarchy m Turkey. A statement r\ued m Ankara allied that the Oppositio:. W9M trying to exploit "mostly false rind sometimes temporary Bbortagea of some consumer fcoodi sucli m sugar
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    Lock icon Crowd sees stunt pilot crash
    37 2 German .stunt pilot Max firhwabc rra.shrrl before thp horrified eyos of several hundred schoolchildren yesterday <lurin^ an air show at Peretola airfield In Florence, Italy Doctors .said his condition w.-is "grave." U.P.
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    Lock icon SEATO meeting
    16 2 The meeting of the SEATO military advisory committee opens m Bangkok on Wednesday. U.P.
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    Lock icon U Nu for Moscow?
    29 2 Diplomatic sources m Moscow .said on Sunday that Burmese premier U Nu. who is now m Philadelphia, plans to visit Moscow later thus year.- A.P
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    Lock icon MORE SEIZED FAROUK LAND DISTRIBUTED TO PEASANTS
    86 2 MORE SEIZED FAROUK LAND DISTRIBUTED TO PEASANTS LIELT.-COL. Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian Premier, yesterday distributed 26,000 acres of land confiscated from estates of ex-Kinf Farouk and former members of the Royal family to landless fellaheen (peasants) m Upper Egypt. This, m accordance with the revolutionary regime's agrarian reform, brought to
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    Lock icon U.S. holiday deaths may top record
    183 2 Worst traffic jam of all seen THE holiday traffic toll mounted alarmingly m the United States yesterday as motorists jammed highways m one of the greatest ''traffic pile-ups" m the nations history. A survey showed that at least 139 people had been kil&d m
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    Lock icon CABINET RESHUFFLE BY EDEN SOON
    247 2 CABINET RESHUFFLE BY EDEN SOON MANY of Sir Anthony Eden's rank and the support? r< m Parliament hope that they may be included m government reconstruction which the Prime Minister plans to carry out soon The reshuffle probably during the long House of Commons vacation which b< at the end
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    Che Zahara off to world talk
    41 2 Che Zahara binte Moor Mohamad, president of Singapore Malay Women* Welfare Association, left for Lausanne. Switzerland, by air today to attend the World Mothers Conference. She la expected to be away for about a fortnight.
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    Lock icon German-U.S. trade
    28 2 West German exports to the United States reached a record monthly high m May ol $91,200,000. The previous hlgl of $90,300,000 was set m April. A.P.
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    Naval exercise
    33 2 The British and Yugoslav nayies will hold joint exercises, the first since the war m the Central Adriatic from the middle to the end of July it was Jearned m Belgrade
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    Lock icon ITALY'S CABINET WAITS FOR LIBERAL 'YES'
    128 2 PROFESSOR Antonio Segni. 1 Italy's new Left-wing Christian Democrat premierdesignate will today deliver a 24-hour ultimatum to the Liberal party, threatening to form a government without them unless they accept his terms. Professor Segni, 64, Is the main architect of Italy's land rj-form and,
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    TO LOVE AND A WIFE -BY BUS
    177 3 TO LOVE AND A WIFE -BY BUS a Kfsl <)M) of baehe- |ors and spinsters will se| out for Hie romantichill country of Ls*ret Auslr ii each u -eek m future under a new match-mak-im plan of Vienna's Hffer st marriage bureau. Travelling with slogan to happiness by bus" the
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    Lock icon BULLETS WERE HITTING THE WHOLE FUSELAGE'
    141 3 Shot-down U.S. crew returns N cheerful spirits despite incrs. burns and bandven U.S. fliers whose avy patrol plane was shot by Russian jet fighters ;if Bering Sea on June arrived m Oakland, Calil yesterday from AnchorAlaska. As the .seven stretchers were out of their
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    Lock icon He forced wife to wear chastity belt
    113 3 4 JKALOCShusband who -A padlocked his pretty wife m a mediaeval-style chastity belt whenever he left her alone, was arrested m a village near Turin, Italy, for ill-treating her. A doctor, called by a Friendly neighbour when l lie 31 -year-old wife fell
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    Lock icon 3,000 held in new Algeria terror round-up
    247 3 4 BOUT 3.000 people suspected of aiding and abetting terrorism In Algeria were rounded-up over the weekend, and Governor General Jacques Soustelle warned that restoring peace would be a long, hard job. Seven more Algerians, three ol them rebels. met violent deaths. Police
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    Lock icon TOWER OF FIRE OVER MT. ETNA
    128 3 VIOUNT Etna ipOUted toworIfl m;? damea and mushrooming smoke and rumbled •gain last ni-iht m a new burst of activity. Citizens In Catania. 3(J miles away, could tee flamei leap* Ing 100 yards into the air from the volcano's northeast crater. Fire could be
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    Lock icon HE KILLED FAMILY THAT HELPED HIM
    300 3 4 HUSKY airman, Ellis Lauhon, confessed m Galveston, Texas, yesterday that he shot and killed three members of a family who befriended him while he was hitch-hiking through Texas. One of his victims even gave him a second chance at friendship after he tried
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    Lock icon No strike now
    35 3 A strike by 60,000 government workers is expected to pnd tomorrow at Santiago, Chile. Government officials and union leaders reported on Saturday an agreement had been reached to settle the Stoppage.- A.P.
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    Lock icon Bridge fall hurls 60 into river
    174 3 STEEL cablej of a suspension bridge broke loose yesterday and plunged 60 .sightseers to the Cherokee Indian Reservation m North Curoliana into a river, killing one woman andmjurinic 40 people. "I estimate that there v ->0 to 60 people on the brui iiid drier
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    Lock icon Aleutian quake
    16 3 A "moderately .strong" earthquake near the Aleutian Islands, off Alaska, was reported yesterday.— U.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. July 4. 1955. Opinion On with the good music
    286 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. July 4. 1955. Opinion On with the good music DLEASE don't .shoot the J Labour Fr on t pianists Th cy arc doing their .second best. That about .sums up the attitude of the friendliest of the Government's critics. It is true that from the
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    He shaped India's sea power
    731 4 He shaped India's sea power In this article PAULINE WALTON tells the story of one man— an Englishman who has taught the arts of seamanship to almost every officer m India's present-day merchant and naval fleets. 1 1 IS name i.s Captain 11 M E s c. Harvey, he j.s
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    Secret ballot may curb strikes
    319 4 Secret ballot may curb strikes IT WAS forecast before the general elections that if the Conservative Party were returned to power steps would be taken to legislate against unofficial strikes which threaten to ruin the country's economy. No final decision has been taken yet for the simple reason that the
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    POCKET CARTOON
    5 4  -  OSBERT LANCASTER by
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    Beachcomber's
    111 4 BY THE WAY A PATIENT who carved his initials on a table m a British doctor's waiting room said, when reprimanded. "But the table belongs to the public, doesn't it, now that the State runs the service?" A more pithy answer was given by the patient who .scrawled on
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    SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    1019 5  -  ADELAIDE EASTLEY By lUNE MOON: We didn't J have June roses here but our June brides were arden-lovely. Married tsi week m traditional •ry were Miss Maria Theresa Sindorf, who •clued vows with Mr. Pieter H. J. van Baars at the Cathedral of the Shepherd; Miss Elske Wolters
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    COME TO SINGAPORE
    25 5 >'»«• of tho "Come to Singapore" posters which an* being sint averse* by the Public Relations office to attract tourists to the Colony
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    He won V.C. in two wars
    86 5 THE medals of a wartime I soldier, including the first "bio V.C. ever won, have iust been handed over to his unit, the R.A.M.C., at their depot at Crookham. near Aldershot. They belonged to tlhe late! -iL-uUsaaat Colonel Arthur i Martin Leakc, a doctor
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      532 6 _B mi A __f^B_ If MANDRAKE jy^Lee FaJk and^Phil^Davis j b STAR^ H_Rr r^-^^- |pfc _-^3 Wsffit%z!% T_*^y We ftfflr^ '*_i bs! lir ll(ll til ny well << I I will be all the sweeter when it 4 a 4. does arrive. 4 TAR7AN by Edgar Rice burroughs p^r, AuU'v,
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    Must we bow to Mr. Moore's threat to turn his back on the amateur stage?
    777 7  -  ADELAIDE EASTLEY A CHALLENGE BY 11/ AS it his hurt professional pride which provoked the recent outburst from Donald Moore, Singapore's littte theatre'; impressario, who has said that he is tli rough with amateurs m
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    HUSBAND LOOKED EN WINDOW AT 2 A.M.
    288 7 HUSBAND LOOKED EN WINDOW AT 2 A.M. A HUSBAND, deserted by his wife, went to her ground-floor flat, stood on a bicycle, and looked m her bedroom window. He saw her with another man. said Mr. Commissioner Flowers m the I^ondon Divorce Court. He gave a decree nisi to Mr
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    21 7 I Senior Aircraftwoman Monica Best, 22-year-old operating theatre technician from the RAF. hospital at Changi, has > left for England and > marriage.
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    X MARKS THE SPOT
    173 7 And then it's doh, ray, me SLIPS of paper bearing strange cyphers like "4X 6 6 3X7 are passed from boy to boy in Ellis Boys' School at Nottingham. The greater the traffic the more Mr. Norman Pearson is pleased. For he knows an experiment to
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    Film Exhibitors Assn. officers
    63 7 At the annual meeting of the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association of Malaya, the following were elected officebearers i President, Mr. Lim Chong Pang; vice-president, Mr. Wong Slew l^eng; hoo. treasurer, Mr Lim Big Kwan; hon. secretary. Mr Lim Keng Hor Council Members: Mcsffs. Loke Wan Tho. J.
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    Off to Sarawak
    33 7 Mrs. Mavis Gordon left Singapore m the Rajah Brooke at the week-end to Join her husband m Sarawak. Mr Gordon ll with the firm of Watts and Baker m Kuchma.
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    214 8 j (ABOVK): <iala event ede- i br.iinl by members of the Royal Singapore Yacbl Club on Saturday night with a sumptuous supper m a Colony nightspot was the Henley Royal Regatta. Centre figure among the diners at the main table is Vice-Commodore V. C. Rath. (ABOVE): Mr. Jimmy C. Allan
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    TWO IN HARMONY
    109 9 (ABOVE): "Anyone ran fall m love" sing Colony pianistradio star Percy Proctor and Him actress-crooner Salmah Ismail to patrons at a Singapore seaside resort as they make a special recording for Radio Malaya backed by a quintet on Saturday night. (BELOW): Recognise him? Whf, If* film director
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    TIME FOR LAUGHS
    83 9 [WE "Holiday On Ice" revue of 1955, which has just opened its season m Singapore, is playing to capacity houses at the Happy World Stadium. Saturday night was no exception <\bove): Among the laughter-raising items was this Symphony m B Flat" a spot of clowning by the
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    ABOUT SINGAPORE SATURDAY NIGHT
    112 9 ABOUT SINGAPORE SATURDAY NIGHT with Oswald Henry* and las camera |"d lisUninu to the dance music played h »W on Saturday night were Mr. Q. B. p IUo huan School, Mr. Cyril d'Silva, nrinHnai of Ran toon Road School, and Mr. Kingsley Morrando S Radfo 1 Mafaya R °w!th them
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    RANK A TOAST-'TO BETTER BUSINESS'
    39 9 •»*apore at the moment is Herr who as a representative of the flown her© to have talks with mem 4i.« his wife (second from left) enter- ,*m m T J.IV* «aj,^fl st svjs wus
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    Health- giving food costs too much
    684 10 Health- giving food costs too much GILES AMD. THE FARMERETTES says the SINGAPORE DOCTOR AN ERUDITE lecture be ior< one of our ladies' associations last vui-k was about child feeding m this country. The speaker, a nutrition exoert, said that the < LUSes of lnain'itrition oj children are due to
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    40,000 FIRED
    66 10 JjK>RTY thousand civil ser--T vants have been dismissed m Communist Hungary m a move to force workers into heavy industry and agriculture, Radio Budapest announced recently. Nearly 200,--000 were fired last year without compensation. An article m the Communist Party newspaper "Szabad Nep" pointed out that there are
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    Monkeys make the way safer for men
    601 10 Monkeys make the way safer for men MONKEY business* is flying high these days. Spurred by research demands for the animals, monkey-laden planes are winging their way out of the Far East m ever-inc reusing numbers. These animals fulnll an invaluable role m the laboratory, since they react much like
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    THERE'S EVEN A SWIMMING POOL IN THIS PRISON!
    621 11 THERE'S EVEN A SWIMMING POOL IN THIS PRISON! I HAVE just met some of England's "aristo cra ta of crime" the preventive Detention men. That horrible phrase speaks l These are the men have neither been frightdot reformed by the Ish prison system. men who have had the brimming pool!
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    GEORGE TANSEY calls on the Aristocrats of Crime
    390 11 THE Mayor of New York, Mr. Robert F. Wagner, on a visit to Britain with his wife, Susan (as guests of the City <.orp»ration). attended a special reception to their honour at the Ix»ndon Guildhall. Mr. Wagner was elected New m 1953
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    A 'FROG' line made audience SMILE
    479 11 A 'FROG line made audience SMILE THE Queen and 27 bouse guests from Windsor Castle entered Windsor's Theatre Royal by a side door a few nights aso to see the British musical. The World's The Limit.': Flowers which had been kept m "cold storage" m the bookniff office to stop
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    Lock icon Beauty in brocade
    44 12 picture WHAT a lovely evening, m a Kovvii like this worn by Ann South. It is of aquamarine brocade and net, and is trimmed with a spray of pink roM*s. This evening gown is by the London designer Arthur Hanks. Reuter
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    They tipple to ward off COLDS
    177 12 They tipple to ward off COLDS A REPORT that Berlin women an- "two-fisted drinkers' and that many of them have a weakness for "swigging .spirits straight nut uf the bottle" has just been Issued by a German distillery on the strength of a. survey conducted m We.st Berlin. The "bottle
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    THEY WANT ANNE'S THE ONLY GIRL
    114 12 ANNE FRANCIS ha* set a nnkmc record Over the |>;tbt j'lr she hii.s be<-n thi ■wily [eminlat membef m the ol three dlfTerenl Qlnu. Recentlf, .she vai the only h-msiW In the cist of Hud Jj'V at Black Rock/" w.tli ncer Trtry an r|
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    So you want to lead a stainless life?
    330 12 EILEEN ANDERSON tells you how I'VE STOPPED worrying about when- flies go to m the Winter. I'm much more bothered abofit where the dirty mark* come from m the summer, and about .vliat to do with them when they hit the target
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    67 12 HOLLYWOOD designer Helen Rose believes a woman can be both individual and comfortable if she suits styles to her figure. She herself keeps these fashionable objectives m mind when she designs wardrobes like this one for Elizabeth Taylor. *'I couldn't have been more comfortable than I was when I wear
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      251 12 OH U KOSS CLILS DOWN I Ifcx-.-. one wife fail for such a 2 Food that a guard gets In I 1. 4, Wales i 4). 8 A Picii'h plac* for horses? (8). 3 Close to the south (5). 0 Tbtorea without a tjardfOfcg 4 A self that Is not
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    Their INCOME TAX keeps these churches OPEN
    686 13  - Their INCOME TAX keeps these churches OPEN Ritchie McEwen by VO CHURCH m Austria, ♦N whether Protestant i catholic, has to worry it linance nowadays. thanks to Hitler,\i tnas clergy don't have to resort to such hand to mouth, stop-gap remedies as jumble sales, garden fetes and village bazaars to
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    106 13 D'D jjo to an archery meeting without wanting to shoot? 1 lady Docker Here she is at tbf Hampshire County l «ff Championships on the Thornycroft Cricket Ground KisinKstoke, Hants. Fifteen-year-old Paul Mullins of r^hot. a member of the Bowmen of Angley Wood, is lendbef his how so that she
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    56 13 picture SIX MEMBERS of the Buganda Lukiko mission called at the Colonial Office, London, to plead for the immediate return of the exiled Kabaka of Buganda. In the centre«of the group is the Kabaka's sister, Princess Madagire. On her left is the leader of the mission, Mr. Latimer Mpagi, Treasurer
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    Taking no chances
    20 13 V "WANTED" ad. i?i a Puns paper reads "Chaujfrur, formerly druer to Cabinet Minister, tceki Uablc mtua-
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    Bridge Hand
    363 13 North- South vulnerable •South* dealer TT may seem that North pushed A the bidding a trifle, and could have contended hllfUfll with a bid of three .spades, but his twelve poflnti m high cards seemed worth more, located behind the strong West hand. Once South rebid his suit,
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    HEY, REF WATCH IT!
    163 14 4 ji ...but it quite legal j: I m Siamese boxing j RECOGNISE the fellow on the left with his knee a -J trifle high? Yes, he's Nai Somkiat who knocked out I* Singapore's lop featherweight I .mi Kee Chan m one round two months ago.
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    Eric broke a record after he broke a leg!
    279 14 Eric broke a record after he broke a leg! By Sydney Hulls TJRIC SHIRLEY, THE FIRST li MAN EVER TO RUN THK 3.000 METRES STEEPLECHASE ON A BRITISH TRACK INSIDE NINE MINUTES, HAD ONE LEG IN PLASTER TWO MONTHS AdO! Yet the .same Shirley, 26 year-old ilncblev fruit sales man,
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    FAY WINS $7,500 GOLF
    145 14 Fay Crocks? of Montevideo. Uruguay, won the $7.r>00 £2,670 J women'i national open goll thampionShip with fourth round 74 and a 299 total at Wichita, KtruiM Her closest challenIfill Faulkr and Miss boil) mushed with Ml. mi Crocker who tsined the fir t priie "i 12.000
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    Lock icon AUSSIES BEATEN IN RUGBY 'TEST'
    36 14 hkimjank Sun The French Rugby League team beat Australia 29-28 hi the second 'Test" at Brisbane Crlckei Qround here yesterday Australia, who iron tbe drsl iixirh, led 15-11 ut half-time. Reuter
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    Lock icon ADMIRALS BEATEN
    30 14 a i BAM dmlral played 1 1 "!<•' (at ci lokel during the jui)il<-«' i elebratioo i terday of -iv- Royal Naval mouih, The R The cideU, v^ou. Reuter
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    F.A. Cup winners— but they're down in Div. 3 now
    445 14 F.A. Cup winners— but they're down in Div. 3 now miro roKMn fa <ip winners will pi \V IN THE TIIIKI) DIVISION NORTHERN SECTION NEXT SEASON. KKIDI-'OKD CfTV WON THE TROPHY IN nil 15V BEATING NEWCASTLE, AND DERBY DEFEATED CHAELTON ATHLETIC IN I9M, THE IRISH IPSET: The appointment of Mr.
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    SUNDERLAND WOULD PAY £40,000 FOR CHARLES
    284 14 SUNDERLAND WOULD PAY £40,000 FOR CHARLES By 808 PENNINGTON jiDWARD DITCHBURN, 68-year-old chairman of Sunderland, and the biggest buyer m British Soccer today, has his cheque book out. He wants three more stars to boost the new "Bank of England boys." Topping his wanted list John Charles. "At £40,000 Charles
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    Lock icon Another big win for British Isles
    124 14 T<HE British Isles touring Rugby Union team completely eclipsed a powerful Orange Free State >i (lt when winning by 31 points <five goals and two tries) to three pointy <a penalty goal) before a record cro\yd here at Kroonstad on Saturday. The tourists led
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    TWO VICTORIES FOR TENGAH
    71 14 RAF. Tengah beat S.C.C. by runs at cricket at Tengah yeTengah 145 (Mac Gee 47. 41, Anderson 18, Moores 4 -6 b. I 3-26, Marts 2-11). S.C.C. 9. denning 30, Hardy 27; Wood 4-31, Leray 2-24, Wilkinson Anderson 2-17). Tengah beat S.C.R.C. by W wickets on
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    Bayley wins RAF cycling
    64 14 Q. BAYLEY (Seletar; won the 50 miles time-trial Royal Air Force cycling champiomhipa m the 15th meet of the season at Bukit Timah yesterday. HLs time was 2hr. 12min. 55sec. Second was J. Pollard (Seletar), 2hr. 16min Bsec. and third, R. Pocklington (Changii 2hr 18min. 40sec.
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    BRACELET BOY CAN DEVELOP INTO A TOP CLASS SPRINTER
    765 15 BRACELET BOY CAN DEVELOP INTO A TOP CLASS SPRINTER TIIK IMi.WFI I V BROTHERS PORKY \M> MKKKY WHO HAVE STRUCK A BRIGHT TRAIN KR-JOi KEY COMBINATION. WERE TO THE FORE AT IPOH ON SATVBDAY WHEN OCEAN PEARL SCORED AN EASY LENGTH WIN IN THE CLASS 2, DIV. 1, 11-MILE RACE.
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    IPOH RACE FINISHES
    185 15 (H y\S PEARL (J. Donnelly) winning the first race (Class 2, Div. 1 l>/ 4 miles) from Olympic (Mortimer) and Rifcoletto (Bougoure). Fourth is Sudden Choice (AH). GREAT TRADITION (West) winning: the second race (Class 5, Div. 2 9f.) from Sweet William (Patterson) and China Town II
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    Lock icon LOUISE BROUGH WINS A DAZZLING SINGLES FINAL
    517 16 LOUISE BROUGH WINS A DAZZLING SINGLES FINAL iiiss LOUISK bkoi <;n. tt oi- r \i.im)K.nm won THE M WOMEN'S SINGLES TITLE AT WIMBI.K DON FOR THE MM Kill TIME WHEN SIIF BEAT WHS. BEVEKLEI FLEITZ, Of LOS INGELEB, 7 ON S.-tTIJRIMV. Both Rave a dazzlin dl play ol controlled tennis
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    3-mile winner at Selangor
    24 16 V. SATHASIVAM, of Mercury A.C., winning the three miles event at the Selangor AAA championships m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
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    BIRTHS
    37 16 20 Words $b (minimum). TAYLOR: To Vivienne and Bill, 1 Ptnang on July Ist, a son. I VfACLBOD: TO Margaret and Neil on 2nd July. ;ii Batu Gajah Ho pttal, a son (Stillborn), Margaret well. i
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    71 16 Wordn $t, (minimum) LBONChLAU: The en«aK<'me"nt toll announced between Soon Wei, second j I .son of Mr and Mrs I/eong Siew j Choon and Chinp Tin, Third daughter of Mi and Mrs Lmi Koon Soo. KWA I.EOW: The engagement ls| 1 announced between Dr. Kwa Hof)ti| i Bee, youngeet
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    DEATH
    33 16 20 Words i,H I minimum). PALMER: Reginald Francis, form- 1 erly 01 Singapore Cold storage Co, 1"i Singapore .suddenly at Brisbane, on 19th May, 1955. Ci ♦■m 1 ted 201 li idem
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      SOCCER
      44 16 DIV. I: Corinthians v II M Dockyard, Jalan Besar 5.30 p.m. 1»IV. 2A: S.R.C. v Seletar, Jalan li's.n 7 p.m.; Itadin Mas Ramblers v V.M.M A., at Cieylang; Customs v T.B.A. at Ml\ DIV. 3B: Alexandra F.T. v Town Rangers, I N ground.
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      TENNIS
      13 16 COLONY championships at S.( S.Ii.C. and Taagtfcj lub out is from SJt,
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    S'pore tennis meet starts
    118 16 dBBULTB of mates* lo the Blnga- por« termi s championships which began at the Tangun club 'id;iy were: Men's ataglea: I irst round: Dr. G. Phillips beat v. 1. Murtough l, 6--4; K. B Pang beat P. Wheat ley 7 5. 7 5; A. I. AL
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    Lock icon TRABERT WINS IN HOLLAND
    74 16 TV>NY I-RABERT, the new Wimbledon .singles champion, beat Budge Putty, 6-3. 9-7, m an exhibition match at Noordwijk. Holland day. Trabert beat Patty In a Wimbledon .semi tin al. In other exhibitions Vie Seixas defeated Enrique Morea Argentina! 6-3, 3-6. 8-6, and Art Larsen (U.S.) beat
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    ARMY (MALAYA) HELD TO DRAW IN 'TEST'
    247 16 ARMY Singapore and Army Malaya drew m their annual cricket fixture at HQ Malaya. Kuala Lumpur, yesterday utter rain stopped play an hour before the scheduled close. Singapore, continuing from their overnight 144 for five, added 65 runs m 55 minutes to declare
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    SECOND TRIUMPH
    25 16 MEI^OURNE. Mon.—Tlie favourite, Ly The Way, won his second Grand National Hurdles worth £A 1.680. over three miles here yesterday by .seven lengtlu.
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    Lock icon Chataway, Pirie and Hewson fail in record bids
    349 16 Chataway, Pirie and Hewson fail in record bids MIIKIS THAI AWAY. BRILLIANT BRITISH MIDDLE DISL TANCE RUNNEE, FAILED ON SATIRDAY IN HIS ATT\( k )N THE ONE MILE WORLD RECORD OF 3MIN. 58 SEC H\ AUSTRALIAN JOHN LANDV He put m a tremendous finishing burst to clock 4 mm 0.8
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    Chinese save game with late goal
    146 16 /CHINESE Swimming Club and the v> Singapore Swimming Club drew 6-6 m their S.A.S.A. Div. A waier polo match played at the Singapore. Swimming Club yesterday. It was a keen struggle from the start and Chinese took a 3-2 lead at half time. The
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    CONSTABULARY GO DOWN 2-1
    49 16 Friendly soccer matches at Farrer Park yesterday resulted: Springdale beat Volunteer Special Constabulary 2-1. Tian Soon scored both goals for Springdale, and Osman for V.S.C. Boys' Town beat Arsenal S.C. 1-0. the scorer being Lee Chok Foo. Nee Soon Boys' Club beat Rajiji S.C. 4-1.
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