The Singapore Free Press, 24 August 1957

Microfilm: NL2446
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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper So. 14M5- Singapore, Saturday, August 24, 1957. Price 15 Cts.
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    DEADLOCK LOOMING
    166 1 BRITISH AND RUSSIAN DELEGATES IN HEATED EXCHANGES |\ELEGATES of Britain and Russia to the disarmament conference in London yesterday charged and counterI charged each other's governments with the adoption of standpoints liable to rule out any partial agreement in the five-month-old talks. At the 150 th session of
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    OPERATION 'CLEAN-UP' IS NOW CLOSED
    574 1 OPERATION 'CLEAN-UP' IS NOW CLOSED Mr. Xliit yieiy Hoclr *yiJ/ malte statement today on the policy he witi pursue in the tricky months that He ahead But there's a tough and testing time coming for the Singapore Government POLICE ACTION AGAINST SUBVERSIVE ELEMENTS IN SINGAPORE INITIATED ON THURSDAY NIGHT HAS
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    RUSH to give blood
    132 1 RUSH to give blood WITHIN an hour of the urgent appeal J jo r Group "O" blood I appearing fn £7ie Free Press yesterday, 40 peo4. pie arrived at the Sinigap o r c Transfusion I Centre to give blood. f ZVie /trs< person to f ma/cc (7 das/i (o
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    86 1 ihow? Free Press Picture (T early morning Injured 11 killed on and h v r/ 1 four others rrear M B>>tf»p*rt gasworks in I■ I Kalian* Road. The car crashed into a lam p- post at about 1 am See Toh Kwok Lam, 24. died soon after admission to the
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      33 1 'fijlUt lUUA 7 YOUr best uuide tn Sinaannre rarec intelligent W^ i beer drinker AtrntiirH GOLD MEDAL AT LONDON ■NtWIKI lIHIBITION HltWti ANO ■OTTLfO MALAYAN kmwiRIII. »lNQ»fom Itftiihutrd TO *T COUNTRiII Nl««l imii|«
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    48 2 picture. The wedding of Mr John Rajah, a teacher in Keppel i School, Singapore, and Miss Rosie Maniam took I place at the registry on Thursday morning. The I I picture shows the couple coming out of the registry I I in the Supreme Court building.- Free Press
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    MORAL INSTRUCTION FOR PRISONERS
    390 2 One*woman campaign to 'remould' at Chand First talk draws a 'good turn-ouV \|RS. Shirin Fozdar has started a one-woman campaign to reform Changi prisoners by a series of talks on morals. Mrs. Fozdar, an indomitable fighter for* women's rights, gave the first of her talks in
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    EXODUS AND INFLUX
    187 2 EXODUS AND INFLUX Destination Spore for Malayans JHE influx of people from the Federation coming to settle in Singapore is steadily increasing. The highest figure recorded for any one month so far was 2,046 in June. The steady increase started at the beginning of this year when an average of
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    Lock icon ANOTHER U.S. ATOMIC TEST
    42 2 The thirteenth atomic blast of the United States' 1957 atomic test series flashed across the Nevada desert before dawn yesterday. The blast code-named "Doppler" exploded with a flash plainly visible in Las Vegas, some 80 'mil*** southeast.- A.P.
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    42 2 picture. SulJtri FIIm d ci <>* Roomal Noor, pictured with Javanese dam < d«r£t tK ft) n S fll m sUr Sa^ah Ahmad (right) at the Cathay StudioJ durinf the pre-shooting ceremony for the Malay film "Che Mamat P»' ifl Tajam/' ••llllllMMlMUlllllUllltllllllllllllMlllMlliiiiiiin Free Press
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    Lock icon Sinatra is 'shot' by a blank
    38 2 Frank Sinatra received minor injuries on Thursday when a blank cartridge was fired too close to his neck during filming of a new television series at the MGM studios In Hollywood- U.P.
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    Lock icon Now vegetable turns violet
    72 2 Gardeners in Dieppe $m pect that radioactive rair may be responsible for the) cauliflowers t v i n g from white to violet tn colour. Two retired railwaymen M. Gaston Valire and his cousin M. Jules Vallee, keer amateur gardeners, saic that the change of colour
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    Lock icon NASSER INVITED TO CEYLON
    51 2 Gamal Abdt l Nasser wjl visit Ceylon soon, accoraing to a letter written oy the Egyptian President w the secretary of the CeylonEgypt Frtendship Association. in The organisation said JJ Colombo that LI extendM the invitation to Nasser order to cement incnd>hip between the two nations
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      189 2 -■B&T" "f HEY CANT STOP'US "FROM V "ffik SHOWING THIS PICTURE! S/nlster attempts have been mad* to suppress this bj K^M la^ filming of the sensat/onal Raader's Digest i I B*lSi bW -^P^ ■IK J •*pos« of cangsterfsm lit Mew P I BafJ^'H E«li^B^ J 2J r r C#fy f
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    Lock icon MALAYA BORDER IS UNDER WATCH
    278 3 MALAYA BORDER IS UNDER WATCH ;jam concern over lcds and merdeka «v> LCI Brigadier Rat m^ WaUinanahat, head of lithe Siamese Criminal InH vestigation Department and one of those directMing the nght against con:::i'-inist terrorists on I the oiani-Malaya border I flew south yesterday to I the border region. Bcforuni^
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    GRADUATION DAY
    41 3 Uicly Black, wife of the Governor of Singapore, will present certificates to gradating teachers when the Singapore Teachers' Training College holds its commemoration day celebration at the Anglo Chinese gchool auditorium in Barjei Road at 4 p.m. on Oct.
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    30 3 picture. Favourite with the motorists and favourite for the "Miss Grand Prix" title is Brigitta Jonson seen j here with racing driver John Kvarnatrom at the Swedish Grand Prix Popper
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    Lock icon 15 died by his hand
    192 3 SERGEANT GETS EIGHT MONTHS A WEST GERMAN army sergeant, Dieter Julitz, 23, was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment by a court in Kempten yesterday for the manslaughter by negligence of 15 paratrooper trainees who were swept to their deaths in a flooded river in June.
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    Lock icon 'Boudoir eyes'—Corinne will deny it
    599 3 'Boudoir eyes'— Corinne will deny it 'BEDROOM ESCAPADES! TRUE 1 CLAIM SCREEN STAR Corinne Calvet told newsmen in Hollywood yesterday she was not afraid to testify about a Confidential magazine story that said she wore out two husbands with boudoir kindness. "I don't mind testifying if it will help put
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    The singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Aug. 24. 1957. Opinion A blueprint is desired
    207 4 The singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Aug. 24. 1957. Opinion A blueprint is desired SINGAPORE needs an industrial blueprint. That appears to be the keynote of comment on the Free Press survey on the future of Singapore and the problem of providing employment for our growing population. Primary targets of industrialisation
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    WHAT ARE THE REAL REASONS FO RACIAL PREJUDICE...?
    1416 4 WHAT ARE THE REAL REASONS FO RACIAL PREJUDICE...? JJO injustice arouses emotions more than inhumanity. Few races in the world have suffered more than the Negro, lliis representative of ;i race of people whose origins are adorned hv unenlightened and selfish mankind with maledictory embellishment is at last beginning to
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      112 4 over 3,000,000 satisfied users. I HI Illustrated is the New *Hl.A f Rubber Tyre Model a mower designed to tackle any rough work and Bj stand up to hard wear. B i Attractively finislied in jade green, I i with red handles and red wheel g B discs. Stove enamelled
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    Lock icon Taking plunge -at ninety!
    91 5 Taking plunge -at ninety! picture. \t a time when most people are confined to their wheelchairs 90-year-old Miss Aline Hall still foes for her daily dip in England. With the temperature at only 60 degrees she went shooting down a water chute at the Lytham Sf \ime's open air baths.
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    19 5 l>i<ture. Free Press Norsiah binti who won °nd prize in the ,5 U.M.N.O. Queen It contest at 'the ■> Amusement
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    BOYCOTT OF SHEEP ENDS
    208 5 Imports return to normal as Australian prices drop JMPORT of livestock 1 from Australia is back to normal after seasonal increases in prices. A spokesman for a leading Singapore refrigerating company which does considerable business with Australia, told the Free I Press that the present j
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    Lock icon Fire hose amok lashes spectators
    89 5 A HEAVY fire hose lashed through spectators watching A a blaze in London yesterday sending eight of the Firemen 6 were baling the flre at St. Katharine's TeachTrs" Training College when the hose being pulled into position by a truck, whipped into the crowd at
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    S'PORE BREAKS A WORLD HIKE
    440 5 Clerk joins sportsman on a tour They are working round the world A BRITISH hitch-hiker in Canada, on the first leg of a world tour danced **in the ballroom of the select Jasper Lodge (where the Queen once stayed) oblivious to the presence of a
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    Lock icon FLU RAGES ON
    16 5 A total of 200,000 cases of influenza has been reported throughout Nigeria. A.P.
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      148 5 v'■ I£i*w^M^* &jm Ir '■''■'WVSm THE Here is the story of Malaya's march to nationhood a book MERDEKA worthy of a great occasion. T%£\f%VZ Between the handsome covers ■WWH o f this beautifully produced art paper book is the story of 4 Strait. Tim.. Publication Mfllaya ffom eafly time g
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      44 6 Eh iv oTt iff" I lV \a/ll KINO SIZB H li] W »aT. M I BCSTFILTER -jm^^^^k CIGARETTE! The Miracle Tip is easy-drawing, superior In every way. And L r has the mildness, J unmistakable flavour the best tobaccos. REGULAR KING-SIZE 'CRUSHPROOF C j
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      258 6 Miii\ DliiAME by Lee talk and Phil Davis I YES I PIC? A PLASTIC JObT LIKE I HEKE'S TME FILE. HE |TOPP--THE STAMP-lM I ON TYLER. HE WANTED/ WHOM? »VANTEP TO LOOK LIKE J=ml I FOR TDM REX- -WMO LOOKS 7 &ANKS--A BREAK AT TO LOOK LIKE X ANOTHER ACTOR-
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      567 6 ||ORN on this first day of th P <« I P c^in« sign Virgo, you are e ru fe I 5 by Mercury, the ancient god Z I I knowledge the messenger of t? II I gods. You have an electn^'Vtna! I Your one desire in life seems to I
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      185 7 LONDON, Au*. 23. -co Provtou* Todaj ,BKR No. 1 RSS cl.f. iropean ports August 26 V 2 buyers unquoted w 26% sellers 26% sellers Sept. 26 Vt buyers 26 l i buyers 26% sellers 26% sellers [BLR No. 1 KSS Spot 26 buyers 26 >4 buyers 27
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      New York prices
      102 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 23Previous Today f Straits Spot 9412 nom. 94 00 nom. i futures ndard Contract Auf. unquoted unquoted Sept. unquoted unquoted NX: Quiet. SALES: Nil. aits Contract Aur. 93.25 buyers 93.37 buyers 94.00 sellers 94.00 sellers Sept. 53. 12 buyers 93 12 buyers 93 75
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      38 7 NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Previous Today Industrials 481-46 ***** Railroads 140.46 138.21 Domestic Bonds 84.99 84.89 Utilities 68 09 67 51 Slocks Composite Averages ***** 164.84 .4 bore prices quoted in U.S. cents per W.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      55 7 jfalabar spot 27, Lampong »t 26 i Malabar /Lampong Uttng release 26^, afloats s August M Sarak spot 26%, awaiting release 26 U. afloat s 26, August shipment 25^; Muntok white peppei spot 36*4, awaiting release 36 afloats 35. and August shipment 35, sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      102 7 PRA Philippines ci.f. VMJ orth European delivered mtt per \ong ton Aug./ Sept. fRA, Straits elf. U.K.. North •uropfan delivered weight per N ton Aug. Sept. MS: Steady but quiet. PONCT oil crude Straits Jf IK North European in '\.f T r >on«: ton Aug. Sept.
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    Lock icon RED SWOOP GETS MIXED WELCOME
    344 7 Clean-up is birthday gift to Federation U.K. press divided on Lim's tatties THE Singapore Government's announcement yesterday that it had uncovered a new Communist plot to take over Singapore and the detention of 35 people got a mixed reception in several leading Briusn newspapers today.
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    Bid to set up cells in K.L.
    318 7 Bid to set up cells in K.L. THE newly-elected hard core group of the Singapore Peoples Action Party, now under detention by the Colony Government, made a, bid to set up 'cells' in the Federation, the Free Press learned in Kuala Lumpur today. A police spokesman told the Free Press
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    IPB grants first loans
    93 7 r pHE Industrial Promotions Board set up by the Singapore Government with $1,000,000 capital has approved loans to a few businessmen to promote or launch new industries in the Colony. This was disclosed to the Free Press by the board's manager, Mr. Lionel CresJeopardise He said
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      2 7 SHIP MAERSK
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      156 7 "'^Bl|^^Bl9^dJP^p NEW colculotor diols— NEW cosily Price: reod '■9 ures NEW values window. $78 00 NEW W««toii roting window iS'oore) PLUS fhe fe< > tvr wh eh havo mad e the W.stoit <j pore/ Master the world's most favoured exposure mrt»r. FROM ALL LEADING PHOTOGRAPHIC DEALERS Sole Ageirts: H.A. O'CONNOR
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      124 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore 1 10 pm. Saturday Date; 1.30 Time Signal, News and Singapore Share Market Report, l Saturday Da,e <SS°H t Weekend Sport; 2.45 The Latin American Way; 8.00 At Your Request, presented by Oepffrey Week., 3.30 Juke Box Parade; 4 oo Laay Afternoon; 4.30 Tea Dance
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      52 7 SINGAPORE I •HIGH TIDES TODAY: 0.41) pm S ■TOMORROW: 11.00 a.m. l I and 10 :;<i p.m. MONDAY: 11.84 am. p and 1 122 p.m. I I TUESDAY: 12.08 p.m. WEDNESDAY; 12.08 am. and 1242 p.m. ITIII'RSDAV: 12.55 a m and 117 P m FRIDAY: 1.45 a.m. and I 152
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    MOTHER GOOSE
    983 8  -  Kathleen Hickley (H HQ/iC AJttflAi b%ii I "THE STORY SO FAR"" 5 A dragon appears in Nursery Rhyme Land the day Mother (ioose is moving house. Everyone H terrified of the E I monster and runs away. Mother Goose and her pander take refuge inside the house The
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    LAST WEEK'S WINNERS
    63 8 HPHE winners of last week's colour-in contest —each each of whom will receive a prize of $5 in due course are: Miss Grace Cheong Swee Ling 9, 89 Main Street, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. Miss Villy Chen 12, 21 Dunsfold Drive, Singapore 13. Master Lawrence Soyza 11, 87
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      203 8 CLUES ACROSS.— I. A at the bottom of the sea. 7. play is often divided into Light beer, perhaps. 10. three of these. 6. Capital of "Open is a magic Cuba, famous for cigars. 8. phras e. 11. Longfellow A joyous Christmas song wrote a poem about the perhaps. 9.
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      366 8 A colour-in contest W *~ii i*^. With prizes for you! OOCKET-MONEX prixes Free Press. Cecil Street r re offered to, co.oor- «-««J~f rejch^M, ing this scene with paints next. Age limit is 15. crayons or chalks. There are four prizes Name (Master/Miss) offered— each of $5 (two for boys and
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    THROUGH JESUS YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN
    493 9  - THROUGH JESUS YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN Antonio Ormeo Saturday sermon by Rev. fciEHWE Christ ascended to Heaven, He appeared to th<* t. ap and told them what they were to preach the U dlsci P>es in Luke 24: 47, Jesus said, "And that renentpnr»A a™.* >. Lsho^ be preachedjnms name
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      71 9 whsn y^^Nk you cannot m breast-feed fL*W, tr M I Ui m^^mt^ Tai&&. :^}<w£ 1 ■>'' PREPARED FOR Roberto Bellfnl L>2/ir INFANT FEEDING Kuala Lumpur FRE^ MOTHER BOOK WJ9jjftfcwftV3 Plenw scud nu a COff) <>1 llu "Mmlur Book" \oi tXptCtatU <"d tut/ \ini^ nu 'I lii t i, (1 1
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      1121 9 Sunday church lannouncementsI announcements I h .v OF ENGLAND Ratong Presbyterian Church ■t IndreWa Cathedral; 7 a.m. WM W v r Koon Sen S Road): 815 am W inion: 8 a.m. M*MM i yMMMW Sunday school, 9.30 a.m. Bible parish Commu- ML mm m MJF Class and Communicants' Class 9,3
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    WEEKEND QUIZ PAGE
    565 10 WEEK'S SPECIAL PRIZE CONTEST If AST week's winner was Khoo Choong Lak of 444 Pudu Road, Kuala Lumpur. The answers were: 1. The Philadelphia Story 2. The Miami Story 3. Affair in Trinidad 4. Santiago 5. The Shanghai Story 6. Singapore 7. Scandal in Milan 8. South
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    Ceneral Knowledge Test
    187 10 ijniM'Vnmn QNE solitary competitor stands out above you all this week. She is Miss Elizabeth Chng of 685, Holy Innocent Lane, Singapore 19. But really the questions weren't all that difficult. Here are the answers. 1. A Globe Fish 2. A Cartoonist 3. Batu Gajah 4. A
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    Lock icon LOCK AND LAKER ROUT WEST INDIES
    302 11 JTourists crash in 31-min of *magic' spin bowline ENCLAND LEAD BY 323 RUNS IN THE FINAL TEST TONY LOCK and Jim Laker, the Surrey "twins," wrecked the West Indies first innings in 32 minutes of magic spin bowling on the second day of the
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    JOE BROWN HELD
    28 11 JOE BROWN, world lightweight boxing champion, was held to a draw by fellow American Joey Lopes In a 10-round non-title bout in Chicago last night.
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    Pirie beats Ibbotson in thrilling finish
    297 11 Pirie beats Ibbotson in thrilling finish pORDON PIRIE, world revJ cord holder and enigma of British athletics, silenced his critics last night when he won the 5,000 metres in splendid style at the Britain Russia International match at the White City. Pirie, who won in 13 mm. 58.6 sec, beat
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    Lock icon PATTERSON STOPS OLYMPIC CHAMP. IN SIXTH ROUND
    311 11 w ■-■i ij rA-rrisKsoN re- tamed his world heavy[jeight boxing title at Seattle o n Thursday night when he knocked out Pete Radetoacher in the sixth round, .nademacher, having his first MM stoce he beat the Russian ■«y M.u:k.hine for the Olympic a>»e
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    WEDNESDAY'S MATCH OFF
    62 11 SSEFFIELD WEDNESDAY hit by suspected Asian flu, was ordered to postpone their English Soccer League match against Newcastle United today to avoid the risk Of infection. The postponement of next Wednesday's match was ordered by the English Football League. Earlier officials ordered postponement of Sheffield's match against
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    TOURISTS 38-3 TO SOUTH FED 183
    174 11 T»HE Ceylon Cricket touri.st> are 145 runs behind with seven wickets in hand at the close of the first day a play in their three-day match against South Federation at Seremban yesterday. Scores were: South Federation 183 (Dews 65 not out, dc Sllva 51,
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    It's make or break for Arsenal's Vic Groves
    153 11 I^IIE new English football season, which begins today, is make or break time for Arsenals Vie (iroves (lub nuuiuger Jack Crayi»ton la optimistic enough to believe that not only will this Cockney East Knder solve the North London's leadership problem but that
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      119 11 RELAX yourself with the magazine that entertains— the WEEK ENDER! < is j«aßES't imam 4 -^l- w Exciting pages every week of ACTION CLAMOUR FEATURES SPORTS •••••••••••'•••••••••A K. L Little Hotels' Merdeka Racket an expose Rates inc reused six times! "I am the other woman to 10 married men" Sensational
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    Chew Bee is beaten by Ceylon's No. 3
    517 12 Chew Bee is beaten by Ceylon 's No. 3 MALAYAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS BIG SHOCK RESUftI MEN'S TOP TITLES TO CO OVERSEAS By F. SALAHUDIN pOR the first time in 26 years a Malayan will not be among the last four in the men's singles of the Malayan Lawn Tennis Championships
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    San Kew gets his first big test today
    339 12 San Kew gets his first big test today OENANG'S Teh Kew San, considered Malawi 1 most promising player and Thomas Cun hmtfl gets his first big test at Ipoh today when M meets Eddie Choong, four times All-EnSamH champion, in the semi-finals of the men's sXH event in this year's
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    BUKIT TIMAH FAST WORK
    101 12 j rpHE following horses went fast on the second track at Bukit Timah this morning: Amusement Park II (Posner) three in 38 wide out impressively. Bondi Barratt) A q v a r v a (Smith) and State Minstrel (Mawi) three in 39. State Minstrel very impressive.
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      454 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. I SITUATION WANTED 10 Words $2 (Vim Box 50 cts. extra. EUROPEAN MERCANTILE Assistant 33, Ten years Malayan Experience, Sales Shipping/ Office Administration, Seeks Responsible Position Singapore, Federation, Borneo. Excellent References Available Immediately. Reply Box 8343, FP. ACCOMMODATION VACANT tO Words $2 (Mm.) Box 59 cts. extra. "COSMOS".
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      44 12 The Rinjjs you select need not be cost'y but they Must above all be Beautiful a of good quality. At S.P.H. you will t the perfection you seek. S.P.H. de SUVA LTD. 45 HIGH ST. AIRPORT SINGAPORE 6 STATION RD. IPOH 6 EMBANKMENT-KUALA LUMPUR
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  • The Singapore Free Press
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      Masthead
      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE Singapore, August 24, 1957.
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      INTRODUCING...
      62 1 TW.V week's contributor to the -'Unusual Holidays" series is actor, director, writer Robert Morleij. He is famous for such stage successes as "The Man Who Came to Dinner,'^ "Edward My San" and "The Little His screen triumphs have included "The African Queen", "Outcast of the Islands" and "Around the
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      I'M THE ODD MAN OUT IN YUGOSLAVIA
      1104 1  -  ROBERT MORLEY A new authority" on life in Communist Europe by fcniN(i me, 1 said to the waiter, one of your national dishes! Quel- que chose nature] au pays., elwas sehr special... cine dishe nalionalr. You know how one goes on abroad. [I
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      Orchids for the taking
      1197 1  - Orchids for the taking I.N.D. By In respo7ise to several readers' requests, "J. N. D.~ gives some more hints on orchids; nrHERE are many wwasy s of collecting orchids. Let me enumerate only a few. Go into the jungle and help yourself to what you can find, but be careful
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      Death by the touch of a kris
      618 2 THHE theft of the poisoned Indonesian kris in New York calls to mind stories of how such blades have been poisoned in the past, for although murder by poison was never as prevalent in Malaya as in some other countries, history does relate
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      Speaking for myself
      414 2 I NEVER fail to be fascinated by the "smalls' in the London Times. Sandwiched between appeals for charity by "gentlewomen" and the latest sailing time of the m.v. Schwabenstein from Southampton one can usually come across such surprises as this: "Them are no half measures about the
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      SMOKE WISELY BE A H ND LIVE TO NDRED
      1190 2 SMOKE WISELY BE A H ND LIVE TO NDRED Stt C^mpton Mackenzie writ^ a M i ii W > 9 about a wonderful weed For his eighty first book S/B smoker, has written the history off defence of the kindly weed. I w/lK defiance of hiM ton Mackenzie, an avowed
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      45 3 This tine picture of a Chinese junk off Kowloon was taken by Mr. Chan Poh Ceok of 61 Cairnhill Road, Singapore. If you have a photograph you would like to see published in this page send it to Saturday Magazine, Free Press, Cecil Street, Singapore.
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      SECRET PLACE
      175 4 '"TWE Secret Place" is 1 another of those acceptable Rank thrillers in black and white mostly a sinis ter, dimly moonlit black. It's another diamond-rob-bery story with a crime-ncver-pays ending, made original by a serious character study of a small boy. Set rather effectively in a bomb razed
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      Romantic team...
      34 4 1 i«nJ* Z art Gran 9er and Rhonda Fleming I '•222 r^ an^ally in a very corny Western, I i?l\^1 ry Which nlso futures Burl Ives I in a brief singing introduction
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      A charming classic for children...
      274 4  - A charming classic for children... CECILE PARRISH WFMLM PREVIEWS A? J SAW the German film "Heidi" a few years ago in Switzerland when it was first released and, apart from a i new and rather poor American soundtrack, it is a film that can well bear a second viewing. This
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      'Excruciatingly' average Western
      265 4 'Excr uciatingly' average Western 1 I *■■■■H■■■H■HBH B B B B fl B B fl B B H H COMING U I A Gun Glory xx x B T" Kaseh Savane: x t i Heidi xx x x I The Secret Place xx x I S SHOWING I I U
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      NEW MALAY PRODCUTION
      179 4 NEW MALAY PRODCUTION "If ASEH SAYANG," is a Malay 1V "tear-jerker" with a cloudburst at every change of scene. Churning out the pathos with a liberal hand, Neng Tatimah is in the van as a frustrated nursemaid with Saadiah close behind as an equally frustrated mother Still frustrated Weeping less
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      5 1 FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special
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      ALL THE LATEST SELECTIONS
      329 1 Saturday, August 24, 1957. THE FREE PRESS THE STRAITS TIMES I SINGAPORE STAHDARD *T" V 'V H L_ SIAN6 PAU ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER^ __EPSOM JEEP_ CALL 80, POINTER— Km to 1 E8 '"en^Draws SKS"*" SVaw. PR,NCE EeVSShne,. SLIPPER PR.NCE VVAXER .^ENDED iM CHANTICLEER JADE SPRING NOBLE
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      Golden Melody strongly fancied in today's main event
      596 1  - Golden Melody strongly fancied in today's main event ALLAN LEWIS By ITNLESS there is a change in Malaya's unpredictable Heather. I fear there frill be lots of course patchings at Bukit flmah this afternoon. Important scratching already confirmed are Leatherneck, Ra l). Crimson Pirat. .Race 6), Tufpnand Ptmceof Lali- (Race
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      ALLAN LEWIS'S BEST BETS
      32 1 V kV, fwiss Best ti J Vp r toda r ion, r V One >. H P,,. s W! Outsiders v Noble Kwence t%Q J^ n i today should
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      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
      1119 2 1 RACE 1-2.15: CLASS 2, DIV. 4— 6 FURS. 1. 8 W.WhK 4yr bre| (OX Ch*Hl lldm. IT. Ooh) HoMM 9 0 Donnelly 2. 8 FRENCH DEAWS 3yr. birg i United Stable) K. Breukelen 8.12 <ie>er 3. 7 iikk HIGHNESS 4yr. Chat (S.K. Chee) Hobbs 811
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      TRAC FORM OF ALL TODAY'S RUNNERS
      1238 2 TRAC FORM OF ALL TODAY'S RUNNERS RACE ONf I WAZBB: ij I easily over 3h 1 Fire Risk; 21-8 mi in 53 and with Pizarro v I FRENCH DRAWS: —Went easily ver tH 42 3,5. n iF *B HER HIGHNESS: up ,1 —Impressed ',71 39 3/5 with V, I, Hi
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      BEARER BOND GETS THE VOTE IN MAIN EVENT
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      GREY COURT TO TURN TABLES ON FULL HOUSE
      188 4 GREY COURT TO TURN TABLES ON FULL HOUSE GREY COURT was unlucky in his first race to be narrowly beaten by Full House over this course last month. He is down a division with the same weight and meets Full House now on --lb better terms for a neck difference.
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      Tufton is the best bet in today's card
      169 4 PROMOTED I Tufton is improving with every race and is, I think, Class One material. I make him my best bet in today's card. Tufton can take any going and likes all distances from a mile to li miles, and he can
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      STARALA LOOKS HOBBS'S BEST
      164 4 Stakala, who beat the promising The Cobra and Hopeful Blue over tht.s course last month should score again in today's main sprint, a 6f handicap for Cla-s.s 2, Div 1. horses. Starala Is up only 2 1b for that win. and looks very well in the
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      Improving Alu Alu has a good chance here
      393 4 Improving Alu Alu has a good chance here ALU ALU has found his right form and should go on to better things. With only one pound more for his last start win in Class 3, Div. 1 at Kuala Lumpur early thb* month, he has a good chance of winning
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      Gunong Rapat has improved on his last-start win
      340 4 Gunong Rapat has improved on his last-start win GI'NONG RAPAT should start favourite and win the Cl. 2. Div. 2. -lie handicap (Race Four) today. Gunong Rapat will not be troubled by the extra two furlongs and an U-lb penalty. He Is in grand form, and has improved since his
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