The Singapore Free Press, 14 September 1957

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper J^_l*9B3. Singapore, Saturday, September 14. 1957. Price 15 Cta.
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    Lock icon New threat to Turkey by Kremlin
    291 1 New threat to Turkey by Kremlin THE Soviet Prime Minister. Mr. Nikolai Bulganin x warned Turkey last night that any militar^ action against Syria could lead to world conflict .m. c acCl^ c T urk ey of concentrating troops along Syria's border m obedience to American plans for an assault
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    Ocean monsters?
    71 1 These are not sea-going monsters but Royal Marine frogmen, who have been searching a weed- filled moat surrounding Salisbury Hall, near St Albans. England, for some valuable statues supposed to have been throivn into it by the third Earl of Salisbury over 600 years ago. Their haul so
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    'SOLVE DEBTS' BID TO GOVT.
    344 1 'SOLVE DEBTS' BID TO GO VT. fc Go bankrupt 1 call is undermining credit system claim Singapore Chettiars JHE Nattukottai Chettiars' Chamber of Commerce— among whose members are millionaire moneylenders of Market Street has offered to advance money" to clear indebtedness among Singapore Government employees But they want the government
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    Lock icon U.N. admits Fed. next week
    113 1 U.N. admits Fed. next week MA LAY A will be formally admitted as the 82nd member of the I'nited Nations on the first day of the new General Assembly, on Tuesday, it was learned In New York last night. The Assembly is expected unanimously to vote Malaya •into membership as
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    Lock icon FREAK FROGS FOUND
    199 1 A BIOLOGIST of thp Amsterdam Zoological Museum said yesterday that he found deformed frogs mi n a ditch where radioactive waste had been dumped by th Netherlands Nuclear Energy Institute. I Dr. D. Hillenius told the weekly "Het Vrije Volk 1 that the frogs had their front
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    BURMA INCREASING MALAYAN IMPORTS
    299 2 Firm trade links published a>ith Bangoon RURMA is proving a good and profitable customer for Malaya's coconut oil. During the first six months of this year she bought oil worth $6,700,000. Malaya's total export of coconut oil during this period to all parts of the world
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    Warships at the Naval Base
    20 2 Ships m the Singapore Naval Base today are: Newfoundland, Newcastle, Royalist. Crane, Telemachus and Andrew.
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    KHOO TO LEAD A BIG CHOIR
    68 2 The Singapore Musical Society will hold an oratorio —"Elijah"— at the Victoria Memorial Hall next Thursday at 8.45 p.m. Taking part will be the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Mr. Benjamin Khoo and a choir of 80 people, including four soloists, Mrs.
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    Boys' Town plea
    113 2 THE Boys' Town m Bukit Timah Road, Singapore. 1 which has 180 inmates and 600 non-resident i boys, is m need of funds to carry on its work. The Director of the Town, Rev. Brother Vincent, said it was still growing after eight years of expansion. Its
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    RED EXPOSE WILL HIT P.A.P. MOST
    224 2 rpHE Legislative Assembly debate on Thursday J- which exposed the extent of communist influence m the People's Action Party is expected to have some immediate repercussions m the cal parties. P.A.P. and other politi Political observers said the debate had served its purpose In
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    No work for the trained cripples
    256 2 rpHE majority of private 1 employers m Singapore are not co-operating with the Government m providing work for disabled persons. A spokesman of the Labour Department Employment Exchange told the Free Press that the Government was "trying its best to train such persons and
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    Lock icon GERMANS TO THE POLLS
    31 2 WEST German leaders made their last eve-of-poll efforts yesterday In the campaign for Sunday's General Election. Most commentators consider that an Adenauer victory is a certainty. Reuter
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    Lock icon TOOTH DECAY IS A POLIO RISK
    58 2 An Orish professor has reported evidence that bad teeth may expose a person to polio. Prof. P. J. Stoy of Belfast's Queen's University told a health congress In that Northern Ireland city that the evidence was uncovered by medical authorities investigating a polio epidemic
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      60 2 Ik. fcoi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii v Vildiitfl PICTURES Make arrangements now for your photographs to be taken by FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone: Singapore 2800 or write to Free Press Photographic Dept. 140-146, Cecil Street Singapore THIS SERVICE IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN SINGAPORE THREE OyriJE BIGGE*m^ONE v B^^ i Hfls fl W BK
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    INDIA WON'T CONDEMN THE RUSSIANS
    513 3 INDIA WO N'T CONDEMN THE RUSSIANS JN the I'nited Nations yesterday India declared herself flatly H against any conM dom nation of Russia and the Hungarian 1 regime for the brutal suppression of last year's freedom revolt p in Hungary. Despite the position taken by India a reB cognised leader
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    S.E. Asia studies Japs' fund plan
    280 3 JAPAN'S proposal for an economic development fund for SouthEast Asia is under study m several capitals m the region, accord- ing to Keuter reports. The Japanese plan envisages the immediate creation of a U*****,000,000 fund and the ultimate formation of a fund of U553,000,000,000
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    Lock icon Scandal is 'mildly humorous'
    240 3 Scandal is 'mildly humorous' /CONFIDENTIAL magazine Vj is tame compared with other magazines and bestselling novels, the defence maintained m Los Angeles yesterday m the scandal publication's criminal libel trial. Magazines filled with pictures of scantily clad women were waved at the Jurors by defence attorney Arthur J. Crowley as
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    Lock icon Africa arms pact
    146 3 Africa arms pact r>RITAIN yesterday O gave its answer to a E South African proposal E E for a new African re- z E gional defence alliance linked to the Atlantic E Pact. Bat British and Z E South African defence E E officials refused to dis- E z close
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    Lock icon New U.S. Atom sub.
    62 3 The U.S. Navy's fifth atomic submarine. Sargo, will be launched on Oct. 10, the Defence Department announced at Groton, Connecticut, yesterday. Sargo. the first such submarine built on the west coast, will be launched from the Mare Island navy yard m Vallejo. California. The four nuclear
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    Lock icon King returns
    18 3 King Hussein of Jordan has returned to his capttal of Amman from a Spanish vacation.- U.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Sept. 14, 1957 Opinion No lovers of beauty
    237 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Sept. 14, 1957 Opinion No lovers of beauty /\RCHIDs have become one of the principal topics of- conversation m Singapore. Nearly everyone is talking about them. There are people who grow them m a big way; there are those who have but one plant, and
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    Fearful indictment of the Soviet...
    1260 4 Fearful indictment of the Soviet United Nations report on Hu»f«" «"">««« Kremlin's ruthlessness The report on Hungary compiled by the United Nations Special Committee is a formidable document. In its 2,000 pages of testimony there is a wealth of evidence which the Soviet Union will find impossible to refute. Here
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    BY THE WAY
    306 4  -  Beachcomber T*HE complaint of a man m a cafe who found a shot m his roast beef suggests that there is some pretty erratic shootin? going on m the North. The usual procedure, when a cow wanders into a butt, is to milk her and set her
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      32 4 A/i?w to-day... in every way! HILLMAN MINX De Luxe Saloon f/i£ /fueif 0/ them all! LYONS MOTORS LTD. ORCHARD RD. SINGAPORE. 9. UNIVERSAL CARS Ipoh Penang. WEARNE BROS. K. Lumpur Seremban Malacca
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    NOW HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN FOR WEIS
    119 5 NOW HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN FOR WEIS JHE immediate future of the Wei family of a mother and seven children of Loroni* Tai Seng is well assured now, thanks to the generosity of Free Press readers. Contributions received up to 10 a.m. today totalled $1,528.50. In addition, several readers
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    Nepal men go gay
    72 5 Nepal men go gay the men of x the 2nd King Edward Vll's Own Gurkhas (The Sir moor Rifles) and their families will hold a Regimental Nautch as part of their centenary celebration of their battle honour "Delhi 1857" and these two picture are previews of how they celebrate. On
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    'South Winds' is so impressive, say graduates
    225 5 r)N a civics course tour of Singapore yesterday, 22 graduates of the Dale Carnegie Leadership Institute found the SATA rehabilitation centre at South Winds, extremely well organised and most impressive. Voicing the opinions of the group Mr. Tan Keng Sing said that they
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    Lock icon Hitler's associate for Canada
    55 5 Otto Strasser, former Hitler associate who spent 14 years m exile m Canada, has been given a temporary non-immigrant visa to return to Canada from Germany. The visa has been Issued for the purpose of a business trip to Canada by Strasser. It Is valid only
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      60 6 I&4l I AMERICA'S Jiili I Bfsr FILTER S 'H.TIRS I uMtTt t m»t Toatece ca CIGARETTE! Hi i^^^^^^^^h^l i I s The Miracle Tip is so easy-drawing, superior m every way. And L M i has the mildness, the t S unmistakable flavour of S the best tobaccos. regular ♦King-size
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      187 6 3I\\IMtAKi; by'"Lee Fai'k and Pbil Davis STOP THE CAMERA! WHAT'S A 1 I WAS SUPPOSE? TO mV THEY'VE dOT-; )W^4Jj^ THt MATTER WITH THEM—* TAKE TM6 N6CKUAC6 I J THE NeCKLAC6!// S^ hft^w /^MOLPrr—IHAVENT THEY'VE STOPPBP R6MTINO I —BUT OWE OP THOSE/ y ~\F |n^^>^^6drT TMC NECKLACE ANP RIMNEP TM6
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      435 6 BORN today, you are inventive and original m thought as well as m action. Independent and self-opin- I ionated. you are not one to follow I others. You live much of your life m the realm of thought and will consider everything most carefully before you go into* action— but
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      177 7 LONDON, Sept. IS. RUBBER No. 1 RSS C.I f European ports Sept. 24 Ti buyers 24*; buyers 25 \i sellers 25 sellers Oct. 25 buyers 24 buyers 2514 sellers 25 sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 25 buyers 24% buyers 25*4 sellers 25 sellers RUBBER No. 1
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      45 7 NEW YORK, Sept. 13- Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib. (Report delayed owing to communications difficulties) Previous Today 30 Industrials 480.56 Delayed 20 Railroads 132.49 40 Domestic Bonds ..85 19 15 I tilitlrs 67 58 65 Stocks Composite Averages 164.32
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      New York prices
      93 7 NEW YORK. Sept. 13- Previous Today TIN Straits Spot 93.37 nom. 93.50 nom. TIN futures Standard Contract Sept unquoted Delayed Oct. 91.50 nom. M TONE: SALES Straits Contract Sept. 92 75 buyers Delayed 93 25 sellers Oct. 92.50 buyers n 93.00 sellers TONE: SALES RUBBER: Futures Sept.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      99 7 LONDON, Sept. IS. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.l.f. UK./ North European delivered weight per lonr ton Sept/ Oct. $174 nom. $175 sellers COPRA. StraiU cl.f. U.K./North European delivered weight per lonr ton Sept/ Oct. £62»i buyers £63 nom. £63 hi sellers Oct./ Nov. £62H buyers £63
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    Guide who glitters
    69 7 GLOWING with colour and richly braided is the Arab costume from Mombassa worn m the pic- i ture above by Kenya Girl Guide Fathiya Hinamay. Adjusting it is another Guide from Kenya Suzanne Johnson from Nairobi. The girls are pictured at Foxlease, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England, where they
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    RAF parts the 4 newly weds
    182 7 TWO newly-wed teenage sisters wept on the door step of their bungalow m Nicosia, Cyprus, last week. The RAF had Just whisked their husbands out of Cyprus because the girls were suspected of helping EOKA terrorists. Corporal John Elliott aged 22, who married 19--year-old
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      107 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore 1.15 p.m. Saturday Date Part I: 130 Time Signal and News 1.45 Saturday Date— Part II; 2.15 The Weekend Sport; 245 The Latin American Way; 3.00 Saturday Prom; 330 Juke j Box; 4.00 Tea Dance; 5.00 Saturday Medley; 550 Sport* Hour; 630 Programme Sum- mary;
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      44 7 SINGAPORE jHICH TIDES TODAY: 1.14 p.m. TOMORROW: 1.53 am. and 1.45 p.m. j MONDAY: 2.37 a.m. and 2.22 p.m. TUESDAY: 3.35 am. and 3.09 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 5.06 am. and 4.19 p.m. i THURSDAY: 7.22 a.m. and 5.57 p.m. FRIDAY: 8.37 am. and 7.38 p.m.
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    House by the beach
    1137 8 A KATULKEX 1114 kl 1 V SI Hl \l "llfHO the dickens can it be?" Muzzily. trying to fight his way back from the deep sleep from which he had been awakened, Mohammed asked himself the question. •'Why would anyone want to be out at this
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      179 8 RUPERT'S ADVENTURE AT GREYROCKS COVE At Rupert's call David again platform. Ooh. what a mar "The tide must be right ou; slimy with thick seaweed. Nogoes ahead of htm down the vellous place!" cries Ruper.. now." ay* Rupert m growing one could go up or down it." he broken steps.
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      64 8 LAST WEEK'S WINNERS rE winners of last week's colour-In contest (each of whom will receive a $5 prize in due course) are as follows: Miss Doreen Koh Soo Kiang (10). 385 Beach Road, Singapore-!. Miss Chan Pux Han (8), 48-C, Kim Tian Road, Sin-gapore-2. Master Poh Soo Hoe (13*), 33.
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      293 8 A colour-in contest With prizes for you! POCKET-MONEI prizes Free Press. Cecil Street. Singapore 1. to reach ncr are offered for colour- not lsHer than Thursday ing; this scene with paints next. Age limit is 15. crayons or chalks. There are four prizes Nam (Master/Miss) offered— each of 55 (two
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    56 9 This is thr Polar B.joern which was used for the Norwegian Polar Institut< I 1 summer expedition to East Greenland. TJie vessel was reported to have been seriously damaged by ice when a strong on-shore wind pressed the park ice together m Frost Bay, near Myfffbukta and preparations were made
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      102 9 L.1 2/5 5 Michael Soosay TO FXPECTANT AND 1 A *m-^ NURSING MOTHERS A really smart publication that provides ~««d| for the recording of many fascinating details of baby's birth, progress, christening, first remarks JL~^ an(^ actions, photographs and family tree etc. y^i\ If I i J /I) ILU I
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      1140 9 TOMORROWS CBURCB OF ENGLAND rag| M M M >^H H St- Andrew's CatheOrM: 7am fl 1111 J I ST M Holy Communion* 8 a.m. MW mm V Eucharist and Parish Commu- Mfl Mm V M m^— nion, (Preacher, the Rev. J mW M m W M J^Br 4V Fleming of
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      126 10 r W <» 'll I— I— aaaaal dfgd itiL mr* afl ■a Ptek L_. aV* «4aaal vgv* M aaaaaaaaaaaaaaw^ V Ql^ J| Pta& gBgi^g^gfe^-..^ > Hb? IVW 1 .Cw CS9H1H HBHoaW Entry Form Name Address Prize Quiz No. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Prize Quiz No. 2. i
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      281 10 No one can accuse any of you of lacking a sense of humoui and the selection of the winning line of dialogue was far from easy. However the prizes go to: Ong Leong Chai of 21, Niven Road, Singapore who suggested: "Oh Doctor, you don't Rock V Roll the patient
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      166 10 Entries must be submitted on the Entry Form unless otherwise stated. The winner of each quiz will be selected by the Judges. There will be one prize winner for each quiz. All entries must reach the Judges by noon on Wednesday. Proof of posting cannot be accepted as proof of
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      207 10 t\. X. _Jpi I i > if 'I ~~T EDITOR'S NOTE FEAR I must have a very soft steak in me somewhere for I am always unhappy when I have to decide on a quiz winner from among several equally good entries. As a matter of fact the judging wasn't
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    Attractive gallop by Amusement Park
    404 11 ALLAN LEWIS'S REPORT FROM IPOH TRACK TWO CLASS THREE HORSES IMPRESS AMUSEMENT PARK, ridden by his usual race pilot, Merv Posner, worked attractively on the No. 2 track at Ipoh this morning. Going alone and keeping wide out, he was well on the bit to
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    Lock icon Bloomer to meet Jap in final
    78 11 Bloomer to meet Jap in final SHIRLEY BLOOMER (England), the No. 1 seed, and Sachiko Kamo (Japan), No. 2 seed, took their appointed places m the final when the women's singles of the Invitation Lawn Tennis Tournament was continued at Toronto yesterday. Miss Kamo beat Louise Brown (Toronto). Canada's No.
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    34 11 BURNLEY goalkeeper McDonald deft), half-back Adamson (on ground) and Dulin, the Tottenham out-side-left, m a tussle for the ball during the English League First Division match at White Hart Lane, London, on Sept. 7.
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    Hapoel play at J.B. today
    120 11 jLTAPOEL, Israel's soccer champloas, open their Singapore tour today (5 15 p.m with a match igalnst a Singapore selection. Tomorrow, also 5.15 pjn they will play the full Singapore side. On their record m Vienna and Holland, the tourists should win both their Colony matches
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    Saints hold RI to draw
    81 11 A LATE goal by outsideright Gurucharan Singh enabled St. Andrews School to hold Raffles Institution to a 2-2 draw m their interschool hockey match on the R.I. ground yesterday. Raffles op*. 1 nod the scoring m the fourth minute of the second half through Sandosham.
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    Lock icon ALL-AMERICAN GOLF FINAL IS ASSURED
    153 11 ALL-AMERICAN GOLF FINAL IS ASSURED EK)UR American Walker •T Cup players will contest the semi-finals of the United States Amateur Golf Championship over 36 holes today at Brookline, Massachusetts. Youngest of them is Rex Baxter (21), who was given a great fight m the sixth round yesterday by 19-year-old Phil
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    Colony cyclists get invitation from S. Vietnam
    200 11 Colony cyclists get invitation from S. Vietnam rE Federation of Cyclists of South Vietnam will invite 10 riders from Singapore to compete m the 2,800 kilometres (19-stages) tool of South and Central Vietnam from Oct. 23 this year. This was disclosed by the secretary of F.C.S.V., 47-year-old Mr. Phan Nhut
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      19 11 Th© touch of J\ J greotnessl^l WJJ Bm a V Rk .^k B^Tl At ywf f mntt mitn Shi!
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    Encourage schoolboys, says Mr Ismail
    490 12  - Encourage schoolboys, says Mr Ismail FRANCIS ROZARIO Malaya-Hong Kong-Ceylon triangular planned By PENANGS CHEAH IS FAST BOWLING HOPE MALAYAN cricket standards could reach a similar level to those of Madras or Ceylon within the next three years if Malayan state associations concentrate more on youth. Mr. M. K. M. Ismail,
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    MRS HANNAN WINS SHOOT
    64 12 TPHE Johore Bahru Rifle Association shoot for the Tungku Meriam Challenge Cup, open to lady competitors, was won by Mrs. J. Hannan i REME Rifle Club.) with a score of 579. The range prizes m this event were won by 25 yards Mrs. Mohamed Said (194
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    64 12 JOSEPH Kang Yong Guan. 25, who is the favourite to win the top award for motor cyclists at tomorrows gymkhana meet between the Singapore Motor Club and Singapore Police Force. Joseph, who is seen here astride his Triumph Tiger 100, was runner-up m 1955 and the champion last year. Tomorrow's
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    Surrey beat Rest
    138 12 OURREY, winning by six wickets at Scarborough yesterday became the third champion county to beat The Rest of England In the history of the representative matches between them. Yorkshire won the match against "The Rest" m 1905 and 1935, and Middlesex m 1947. England spinner Tony Lock
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    Lock icon FRENCH BEIGE TAKES THE CUP
    123 12 MR. R. F. DENNIS'S French Beige won the j Doncaster Cup, run over j two miles two furlongs, m a photo finish with Ix>rd Astor's Hornbeam, who was second. Mrs. T Lilley's Court Command was third Four ran. Official starting prices were: 5 to 1
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    Singapore to Johore Bahru race revived
    99 12 rpHE Singapore-Johore Bahru-Singapore mass-ed-start cycle race will be revived on Oct. 20 after a lapse of 17 years. The race will start at Shenton Way and end m front of the Anglo-Chinese School m Barker Road. Only 40 riders will be allowed to take
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      447 12 Straits Time* Free Prett For »he convenience of odv«rrisers our representative, ot l»t. floor, SINGAPORE COLO STORAGE, ORCHARD ROAD, will receive smoll odvertijementi ond snsweu to box numbers. Classified advertisements may also be handed to: CITY BOOK STORE LTD. Winchester House, Collyer Quay, Singapore. MR. M. M. ISMAIL, 3 Admiralty
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  • FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special
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      5 1 FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special
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      ALL THE LATEST SELECTIONS
      386 1 Saturday, September 14, 1957. THE FREE PRESS THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE STANDARD \jjjj*fjg ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER WINDSOR LAD SCRUTINEER KWEE LOH Race 1 COMMOTION COMMOTION COMMOTION COMMOTION COMMOTION COMMOTION COMMOTION COMMOTION 2.15 Sterling Sterling Tarxan Dollar Factory Flaxley Green Tarzan Tarzan
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      If Marigold starts, he will win
      680 1  -  ALLAN LEWIS CASH CHEQUE and Crown Link should provide the finish of the fifth race. Both have good recent form, which is more than can be said for most of the other acceptors. I fancy Cash Cheque to beat Crown Link. Azarole will also
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      BEST BETS
      30 1 ALLAN LEWIS'S Best Bets for today are Commotion, Tudor Wonder and State Minstrel. His best outsiders are: Distine, Diamond Jubilee and Cinder's Prince. The going will be good.
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      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
      1013 2 RACE 1-2.15: CLASS 3, DIV. *~7 FURS. 1. 705 REMEMBRANCE 4yr. brag (Mdm. C.K. Lee) Manning.. 8.13 taUh 2. 351 MONT BLOT II 5yr. beg (PCT Stable) JJ 3. 065 ADJUTANT 5yr. bag (KD Kongsi) R- ?re^ e ien.».. 4. 611 COMMOTION 3yr. beg (Dato Sir
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      Track form of all today's horses
      993 2 Track form of all today's horses RACE ONE REMEMBERANCE: No recent track report. MONT BLOT II: 15-8-57 Went easily over 3F m 43y 2 ADJUTANT: 10-9-57-Went over 3F m 38 4/5; 12-9-57 Covered 3F m 39 with Invincible. COMMOTION: 10-9-57 Went over 3F m 38 with Dollar Factory; 12-9-57 Was
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