The Singapore Free Press, 29 July 1950

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 2323> SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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  • 113 1 S. KOREANS SMASH 12 TANKS Handshake and Reds gave m X troops of nine North Korean divisions hurled themselves at \meriian lines m Korea today m the opening stage of the si hattle of the war. itches saolsta •re extheir full men. and tank i do-OMtte a hours First Infantry
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    51 1 picture. Nadra (.Maria) kissed Mr. Majid's children when they went with Che Aminah and their father to fetch h»r from the Girls' Homecraft Centre at York Hill. In this picture, Xadra (centre) is carrying Mr. Majid's youngest, three-month-old Rabii. Beside her are Che Sauda Meft) and Che Aminah (right). Free
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  • 32 1 E vans takes the air photo. Godfrey Evans, England wicketkeeper, makes a Irantic and unsuccessful effort to stump Frank Worrell during the third Test Match. Worrell was compiling a mammoth score. Reuter
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  • 90 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. OKESIDENT Truman yesterday called for an in- crease m Government production of synthetic rubber to a rate of 675.000 tons annually. This would need immediate action to put several j Government -owned synthetic rubber factories back iin operation. Production is now over 400,000 tons
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  • 145 1 BRITAIN HALTS ARMY RELEASES LONDON, Sat. T»HE War Office yesterA day halted the release of all British army regulars whose enlistments are expiring and told its Volunteer Reserve to get ready for duty. In an apparent hint that the order will soon be extended to the Women's Royal Army Corps,
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  • 84 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Men.-; s said m Washington last night he had "a very satisfactory discussion" during an ho *r long meeting with Presidon' Truman and the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson. He refined to disclose d*taiN of the
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  • 29 1 The US. Congress sent to President Truman yesterday legislation giving the Government power to search all foreign ships entering American waters and control their movements. A.P.
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  • 227 1  - MARIA SAYS 'I STILL REMEMBER..' PETER HILL By THIRTEEN year-old Maria 1 Hertos'n. the little Dutch girl who was yesterday restored to her Malay guardian, Che Aminah. by a decision of the Singapore Appeal Court, gave me a broad grin early this morning. But it disappeared momentarily when Maria, now
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  • 112 1 3KLSBANF. Sat. A SYDNEY lad died m Cairns J\ Hospital, Brisbane yesterday, from a snakebite, but he was believed to hay* made valuable contribution to science. The snak» which bit him Is known as the Taipan. and regarded as the deadliest of Australia's snakes. It
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  • 140 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. THE United States has assigned two high-ranking x diplomatic and naval officers to represent the l\S. government on Nationalist-held Formosa. Mr. Karl Rankin, Consul-General at Hong Kong, has been transferred to Formosa as American Minister and Charge d'Affaires while Rear Admiral Harry Jarrett
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  • 44 1 West Berlin police used tear gas last night when 400 students broke up a meeting of the Rightwing "Sozialistiche Reichsparty" at which Otto E. Remer, former General who foiled the plot against Hitler m July 1944. was due to speak. Reuter
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  • 74 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. 'JHE U.S. State Department lAs asked India as an intermediary, to reassure Communist China that the United States had no territorial ambitions m Formosa, usually well-informed officials stated m Washington yesterday. The U.S. State Department would make no romment. But these officials said the
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  • 25 1 All American troops Including women auxiliaries m Europe are to be given training m atomic warfare and radiological defence starting on Tuesday. Reuter
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  • 210 1 Tell my wife,' he whispered Free Press Staff Reporter I HAD just left the bus and crossed the road 10 borrow 15 cents for my tare when I heard two shots." said an embarrassed Mrs. Stanley Huknef Of Scarborough. Yorkshire. England, the mysterious European woman whos^ prompt action probably saved
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  • 89 1 DRAWINGS of bells on wills everywhere will mark a "reJ sistance campaign to Communism" to be opened m Eastern Europe, Gen. Lucius D. Clay, former United States Military Governor m Berlin, announced m Chicago yesterday. The campaign would be reminiscent of the anti-Nazi "V" crusade during
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  • 113 1 BRUSSELS, Saturday. A JOBS raged through Brussels yesterday, attacking strike-breaking trams and taxis while the Belgian Cabinet met m almost continuous session. As mob law flared at scattered spots In the city. Baron Francis Xavier van der Straeter-Waillei. leader of the Catholic majority party, had three
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  • 116 1 BFLGRADE. Sal IN the largest demons! i of Its kind ever allowed m an Eastern European Communist country, between 500 and 600. stubbornly independent Serb peasants marciied to Belgrade yesterday to pro test against alleged abuses by th^ir local Communist raters. Th? peasants were
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  • 207 1 'End suffering in Korea India 's plea LAKE SUCCESS. Saturday INDIA made a last-minute appeal yesterda> |tj tik J North Koreans to withdraw beyond the 3XUi Parallel to prevent a world war. Sir Benegal N. Rau. India's permanent d to the Security Council, said that whatever the oui come of
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  • 57 1 rpHERE will br a 16-pac X Free Press on Monaa>. A special eight-page supplement will mark the IfSi trade exhibition at the Happy World. On the sport> pag**. Joe Louis will begin a series of articles m whit h he takes readers "behind the scenes" m
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  • 28 1 The British Government made it plain yesterday tha' it intend.s using Heligoland as a Royal Air Force bom bine target despite anguished, protests from Germany.- A.P.
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  • 61 1 U.S. AID FOR LAOS PROMISED T US. M [nd.iChina, Ifr D.»m;<!g k H 1 1 assured ttu I i Oovei ameni t U.S. v i ik> a prugr •a: v Mid econom 10l LJMMB, the sniHll^-s" Of i'»» thr< c Indo-Chiii Ltet. K«- :jiing his credentia Laotian F M I
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  • 38 1 Britain And Pak'.oti-'n w- r* reported ;<> mv,- agreed un new one-year term l-u ling balances rrtttses. Imt Pakisian trade oflkciali I thai it ni "pieni say that an igrei m^n I been coiu-luded and sit; U.P.
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    • 775 2  - African Assignment Capt. W. E. Johns By Another 'Biggies story if Soutar, son of a Sl trader m the rid m Africa I that h:s er Mi IOJf trading r c. had juund of the natives I i friendly given him a i bUC Bigyles n I I pc the
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      30 2 Picture. A study m expression- -little two-year-old Rodney Beams who came out here m April to join his father a warrant officer m the REM E base workshop. Free Press
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      112 2 DO yon want to be the best athlete m school? Useful hints on athletic events are given m a set of >tamps. just issued by Belgium to commemorate an international sports meeting there. Whatevei your favourite event, these stamps show the r r way to do it. The
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    • 1153 2  - 'Sail Ahoy' -Then 'Fire!' S.C. GEORGE continues his sea story "In Days of Old" Midshipman Andrew Christie has returned to Portsmouth aboard the privateer, Bonaventure. In the holds are 1500 boxes of captured bullion. T make certain the prize is fairly distributed a deputation from the crew see Mr. Marks,
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      39 2 The King and Queen paid ike first R borne School, Dorset. The modern site of on ancient Benedictine mown 1550 The King and Queen are here "ecu marionettes manimi'nted bv Jeremy C member of the 4th Mhtrbonu Scout T
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    • 261 2 IT was quite natural 1 that "Blackie". the chick, should be so named because every bit of down on his body was black. Small arid daiivy the smallest of the brood. '•Blackie'" was Bder'J favourite. Eider always picked her up. When she was still a chicken
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    • 129 2  - Our 'Catch Was Caviare JOHN GODLEY By PAHLEVI, (Irani. SHE came on b and flopped m the boltom of the boat: a long, graceful lady, a shimmering flash < silver, blotched with black. She weighed 241 b.. had a long beak of a nose, a thrashing tail, and was just
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    • 41 2 Modern Gown Shoppe A Collection 4// //u// Tailored Morning Frocks, Attractive Afternoon D Elegant Evening Goi No. 9,Stamfo>~ 7 t/au/t f(wvurute cbu*tks taste bettek at— fjltr •v C A i IN THE HEART OF ja y/l Singapore city TO T- s
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    • 258 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CT.TES ATROSS. I, Surname of (he scientists who discovered I (2 jj ififlp* ~HF radium. 6, A priest and teacher "^TBl~""""«(p~~'^ r^^-^— amonß the Celt.?. 7. Mediterran- HB___fl|L_ —^J_ coast of Arabia. 8, Character In fIULUIMIn Ptnny hear «he learehen coir.. ng Tha door ol fn« cabin opens
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  • 3544 3  -  ANDRE GIDE—I REDS' FRFF* RAT T OT 1»^ A SH AJVI BY GIDE, born m Paris m 1569, was educated privately and at the Ecole Alsacienne m Paris. He is a man of independent means who has never been obliged to earn his living by a
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  • 77 3 who Ins composed tl»' s narrative from Andre (lido's books with the help and approval of the author, was born m Killiney. <"»>. Dublin. Ireland, and educated at Alexandra College. Dublin. FT— MIIIIU College. Oxford, and the Sorbonne m Paris. She specialises m French literature and obtained a
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    • 75 3 Singapore Airport Hotel TBE ONE \\l> ONLY <>V OPi;\ All! TERR ICE tt \R. ft RESTAURANT IN THE FAR EAST AT ONK OF THE BEST AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD. DINE AND DANCE UNDER THE MOONLIGHT. MUSIC NIGHTLY EXCEPT MONDAY. 8.30 p.m. to MIDNIGHT TELEPHONE 3351. REHAIRING VIOLIN BOW $5.80 (BLEACHED
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  • 468 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, July 29, 1950. Wasted labour it is no fun getting the r out of the trees days. The estate personnel, from the manager to the weeded rs. are under constant of death or m Ju o:n the evil men who roam the jungles. The tapper
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  • 938 4  -  Major H.J.Wickenden ■by OEGINNING this **week are the first stages of the most intense and bitter fighting of the Korean campaign, for the Allied bridgehead, which may last two or three weeks before the issue is clear. There have been no decisive battles so far, although
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  • 97 4 n^HE Soviet Union, too, has its youth problem, and a propaganda campaign has been started against young people said to be lazy and decadent." Newspapers noxc accuse a section of Russia's boys and girls of neglecting their studies for dances, and the cinema, refusing to join the Komsomol
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  • 791 4 Talking about Singapore by Citizen. Harder for medical graduates Plea for married women doctors *Pay for Commissioners THINGS are to get a little harder for medical and dental graduates of the University o f Malaya as time goes on. The Director of Medical Services, Singapore. Dr. R. D. Gross, has
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    34 4 The Hon. Simon warrenaer, ?f -year-old second son of Lord Brunts field, (aid A/Rs Pamela Mper 24— year -old daughter of an Australian department store owner after their wedding at St.George'% Church, Hanover Square.
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  • 263 4  - It's New— And It's Breath-taking Trevor Evans by 'THE narrow strip between the sea and the rounded hills which lock away the coal valleys of Mid-Glamorgan m Wales is almost ready to show the world a £60,000,000 dream. It is the biggest job m Britain— a breathtaking steel project which
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    12 4 Balloon Tt% of f Cou ntess Mounibai Qtu fary'j Hospii B ihampton,L
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  • 199 4 lI'HEN welfare offi- rials m Aachen, m the British Zone of Germany asked seventy-four-year-old Karl Scheneeweiss as he stepped off a train bringing released German prisoners of war from Russia, when he Joined the German Army, he answered, "In 1914— under the Kaiser." Bchneeweisi
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    • 31 4 All Kinds of I LADIES' HAND BAGS The I i NOVELTY STORE,} I 88. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD i SINGAPORE. I I j SILVER,! E. P. N.S.i I ADD CRYSTAL TABLEWARE j
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    • 73 4 MJ M^^^Bfcw. Yes, there you are old boy and what lud make that pudding for tonight and perhaps a to follow. I could do with half-a-dozen of yoc get them, but really you *eem to popular now However, come along, it it nice of you to be sc and accommodating
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  • 227 5 UNIFIED MEDICAL SERVICE FOR CITY New plan for S. M. C. doctors ....Free Press Staff Reporter LMIFILD medical service affecting doctors serving m the Singapore Municipal Health Department has been proposed and details are expected to go before the Municipal Commissioners on the return from leave of Dr. N. A.
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  • 72 5 CAREFUL WO MEN VO TERS press SUff Reporter n\f*> are more careful m f^g their application Jr:/d *hey give correct JgJ, a n when they regisJfgi*- i as voters, says r :r ay Assistant of Elections. No s r; s.. a prosi^chve r.a'.e been ren'her hand. o include their heir
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  • 88 5 Vr aa Stall Reporter 4 I wniHlil pamphlets, criticising Gov(rnnent's attitude towards the Singapore Chinese High Sihool and the Xanyang J 1 lliu.li School were retenllv discovered by ni?mbers of the senior section of Raffles Library m the readin g rooir. The pamphlets were all m 1
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  • 45 5 The Singapore Government last night announced ;m amendment to the Emergency ration Regulations 1 f 1943 which givi s powers to the police to register a change < f address on an Identity curd, and so making the process quick and simpler than sent.
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  • 292 5 Free Press Staff Reporter I ATEST figures issued by the Registry of Trade rnions show a drop from 141 to 133 trade unions m Singapore since June last year. Total membership at present is 50,498. Fourteen employers' and employees' unions have been removed from the
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  • 67 5 Officials of the Straits Chinese British Association, Singapore, elected yesterday, are: President. Mr. T. W. Ong; vicepresident. Mr. Jee Ah Chian; hon. secretary, Mr. Chong Kow Thye; hon. treasurer, Mr. Tan Sim Hong; hon. auditor. Mr. V. I. Evan Wong; committee: Messrs. O. H. Kiat, Yap Pheng
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    59 5 picture. |\/|K. Lee Siow Montr, Moi the Chim y. SinpaTiore, was guest of honour at a farcy. niuaer ffiven by the Society last nitrht. Ho will leave for T v. Picture show; Mr. G. B. Klat "Y>< -v r >r>? rxi V" ■cr. Mr. s on his left a 1
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  • 21 5 The Singapore Govt>rnm<'nt Orticcrs 1 Co-operative Housing Moiety will hold its first an nual genera] meeting on Aug. 16.
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  • 218 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE police can keep order m the streets, but can A do little a/riut di\»rder m private houses until after it has taken pla.?e/' Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, Deputy Commissioner of Police, told the Free Press yesterday. He was illustrating
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    42 5 picture. CHE Khatijah, 30-ycir-old leader of (he Perak delegation of UMNO, readm? an address, expressing: sorrow over Dato Onn's resignation from the presidency and appealing for his return, at the UMNO meeting at Dato Onn's residence m Johore BMmi yesterday. Free Press
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  • 85 5 Officials of the Singapt re Harbour Board Staff Association elected yesterday are: President, Mr. Yong Heap Won; vice-presidents, Mr. A. Patel, Mr. K. A. Raman, Mr. M. Attyapan; hon. secretary. Mr. S A. Iyer; hon. asst. secretary. Mr. M. H. Latlff; Hon. treasurer, Mr. Tan Hock Soon;
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  • 46 5 MISS Ruth Warren, on holiday m Singapore from teachins the chMdren of U.S. Army personnel m Nairivo, Japan, admires an exhibition, of pictur?s of a t' pieil American small town m the U.S.I.S. With h"r is Mr. Henry Lawrence, Director of U.S.I.S. Malaya.
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  • 373 5 Five major issues before Commission Free Press Staff Reporter lyiTH five major resolutions on staff promotions and recruitment, rents and allowances for Commissioners to be debated, Monday's Municipal meeting is expected to be one of the longest on record. Mr. Si\ady G. Pillay (Progressive— City Ward)' will introduce a motion
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  • 190 5 Free Press Staff Reporter "^yE are more or If fessional asx ages and know anon to be hoodwinked often" a Singapore Labour Deflfcrtmr :it official said yesterday vrivn he explained how the D<^ mem would help to the new Children and You.ig Persons Ordinance whic.h
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    • 108 5 Names a^;J I MATER! '.IS /;J W? M w /^7 NAMR IT TOOT AM A N 2 0/ the world famous Toctal Products R I 4 «--.»»B»f HiMmn tn^^ /f/#^ Che m/ SS.C I(ii4ie6 MMMCnm Al iffUAW U (.uarante^d tor 5 Years) Hire Purrha-e 5655.00 J»eih.s,t 00 10 Monthly Payments
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    • 81 5 s<fz— s > i Made from the Finest fejjg^ Ingredients these English Biscuit» are packed to keep Fresh and Crisp /^t^^V^Oc II m air ti^ht tins I)3UKB|h HONEY BAKE St 20 r'^r'fl WATER BISCUIT $1.90 d Honry f tS If WHEATEN $1.90 l|"!!§fjl DIGESTIVE $1.50 v£2£2> PARMESTIKS $1.60 FIT FOR
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    • 4 5 HIM! TIDES I •> ,».m
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    • 269 5 WEEK-END RADIO SINGAPCP.S. (BLIE NBTWOBK) 484 and 41.7 metres. 10 a.m. News from Singapore. 12 Programmes m Malay; 1 p.m. Programme Summary; 1.02 Dance Music by Artie Shaw King Cole Trio; 1.30 Time Signal, News: 1.50 Light Music; 2 Album of Harmony; 2.30 Swing Time; 2.45 London Studio Melodies; 3.15
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  • 645 6  - JIN EONG, PIRUZ FOR BOMBAY VETERAN W/7/ /ir^ m BAM tourney By BADMINTON Association of Malaya, m response to an invitation from the Cricket Club of India, has nominated two players to take part m the All-India championships to be held at Bombay from Aug. 19 to 30. They are
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  • 29 6 The following were Urn <ii!or:»tions on the Hon?» Kong Money Exchange yesterday: HK56.27 per U.S. dollar HK$l5 45 i>er pound hnir. HK5312.5 per tael of Rold. U.P.
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    81 6 D. J. Insole, the tssex captain, is caught by thr camera as he bats m the i .unity cricket champion ship match against I<anrashire at Old Trafford. I ielding the ball is R. Berry. Insole played m the Third Test at Trent Bridge. Nottingham, last week, making 1\ runs m
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  • 214 6 Knott performs hat-trick 4 RAT-TRICK by Hampshire ofT-spinner C. J. Knott for the Gentlemen Bgalnsl the Ftmyen was the highlight of an exciting climax to this drawn match at Lord's yesterday. for victory when Knott. assisted by RCQIIMtfi smart stumping of two batsmen, recorded his achievement and when the end
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    94 6 TMAMONDS are trumps. South leads. North ami Sou'h are to win seven of Ihe eight tricfcs agahist any defence. South leads spade Jack overtaken by Norths quern. Norih leads spade. South ruffing with hinh diamond. South makes his ■econd diamond honour. Their leads diamond four. North discards a
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  • 55 6 Free Press StalY Reporter JOIIOREBAHRU Sat ORISONS Club defeated I'VMA by three goals to one m a Lear;uo soccer match on the Ittana padang festerday Prisons sru)p d all their Koals In thr first half through Yunos and Khalld «2. CYMA obta.n»'d their ««>ai through a penalty
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  • 118 6 NKW YORK. Sat. •pHE New York Stock Maiket received an additional fillip yesterday m the shape Of more hopeful views on th** international situation- and a long list of mostly pica earnings figures for the fir*' half of the year Although the advance was handicapped by week-end
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  • 96 6 IN a National Speedway League match at Bristol, yesterday Bristol beat Birmingham 48 poinU to 36. D. Bradley, S Salmon and Geoff Pymar each scored nine pom' s for the winners, while G Warren U0» and G. Bennett <9> were best for Birmingham. In the first half
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  • 201 6 l^ondoi^tock Exchan^ LONDON jjv QUET cautiousness and continuation O f th policy of watch and wait was th Louden s Exchange reaction to the news o f Ri» i\ intrnti to re-enter the Security Council thf I n Nations, states Reuter s financial < 1( j eil
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    • 120 6 31RTUS Un 38th July, a' R.A.F. ;.tl. Changi. to Catherine, of Lt.-Col. C. M. G. Kay. R S.C.. a son. NORTH: On 2(Hh July, at St. Ci-orces Hospital. London. to :!e of Basil T. North, a Chri.'opher Howard*. NOW SHOWING 11. I.J.V 4, <;.3O A 9.30 p.m. V ERROL FLYNN
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    • 154 6 RUBBER A Sunc\ h\ THt lINANCIAI IIM»s The worid'i leading business newspaper tftma re\iew of THE FUTURF ot NMI R M I is eagerly awaiting. Acknouiedged autw mm i Mr. H ERIC MILLER, Chairman. Br, Mr WARREN S. LOCKWOOL), D Dr C M BLOW, Bntish Rub Association. Mr. W. B.
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    • 489 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you are a garret for art's sake. You veritable bundle of figure that art should pay energy. You want to be on its own way. the go alMhe time. With- (iregarious by instinct, out something constructive you Hant friends wound to do, you will just
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  • 942 7 TWO SERVICES' RUNNERS UNLUCKY Injuries cause withdrawal r Jp\VO unlucky Services entrants for the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association championships at the University of Malaya ground, Bukit Timah, yesterday were F/O R. H. Leviseur (R.A.F. Changi) and Sgt. L. Dowdeswell (W.R.A.F.). LEVISEUR, the R.A.F. champion sprinter, was placed second m one
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  • 171 7 Muted mutor racing enthusiast m the i% is Peraks 40-year old Urn Huang I iv.\ >ent m his entry for the Johore t% after the close of entries and it was turned down. Lim told the Free Press thai m last year's Johore
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  • 30 7 id ol i. 1 by wo singles ki Cup oeat 4-6. 6-:^ -on den T-5. 3-6. I y.aved to- »ho are Zone S-4 i Reuter A.P.
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  • 85 7 MR D. Hely-Hutchinson's i?1 Krakatao won the £1.500 Chesterfield Cup over ten furlongs at Goodwood (Sussex* yesterday. There was a photofinish for second and third places, between Burnt Brown and Merry Month. Ten ran. The judge awarded second place to Mr. Maurice Ostrer's Burnt Brown after
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  • 65 7 S' pore Cold Cup winner to get $20,000 THE Free Press under- stands that the winner of the Singapore Gold Cup race at Bukit Timah m September will receive not less than S*!0.000. This will consist of the winning share of the stakes together with added money. This means that
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  • 22 7 Thunderstorm stops golf nden l and Bri- -noon. It aav. Lite carpe;. over QM 18th. i lour-inch round. to Ad* D A.P.
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  • 15 7 Fri. lar.d >peni vh- jac- ion to n to within ihe Reuter
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  • 134 7 l^er Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. MR. Justice Storr was elected president of the South Johore Rugby Football Club at the annual meeting held yesterday at Johore Civil Service Club The Club last year had a fairly successful season winning 17 out of the 20 maplayed.
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  • 56 7 fTNGAPORE Chinese Foot- ball Association Council will meet at the clubhouse at Fairer Park today at 2.30 p.m. I to discuss further the Bending I of a team to Burma Mr B^n Shadrack, honorary secretary of the Burma Aihletic Association, who has been here m connection with the
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  • 116 7 SAM' S FAREWELL FIGHT TONIGHT TT is "make or break" wh BnAte when he 0, Ong KiOß| at t v .e Happy World wrestling anna tonight, for II 's F.im's faievell flpht and he that 'v bM surprise m stare' for I" is many supporters. Thta la Tli last chance
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  • 33 7 GHQ FAREI.F wHt hold IWhßminif <a;a on August 9 at the Tanulin Barrack, Sw naming Pool. Swimmers from a.l Army branchei *i- take part. I tnclodlng the Women's Royal Army Jorps.
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  • 37 7 MEETING of all members of the Singapore Cricket Club men's hockey section will take place at the Club on Monday, Ati!4. 14, at 5.30 p.m. for the pur}x»se of electing office-bearers for the lorthcoming season.
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  • 151 7 JERSEY Joe Halcott yesterday demanded the first chance to fight Joe Louis m the "Brown Bomber s" comeback, campaign. "If Louis is going to try to comeback, he ought to have to prove his rigfat to fight the champion by fighting; the logical contender first— and
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  • 295 7 pULAU BRANI United looked as though they would easily beat BODCA when they m?t In a Senoir League game at ;he Stadium yesterday. They started off most promisingly m the first half, and were leading by on-» goal to nil at the interval, but they
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  • 417 7 U.K. COUNTY CRICKET JOHN Langridge, Sussex opening batsman, brought his total o f runs against Derbyshire m the last three matches to 710 by scoring 184 m 6} hours at the crease m their county cricket championship match yesterday. Sussex, m a sporting declaration, left
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  • 164 7 J.B. wants hall for badminton Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Bat. JOHORE Bahru Dis.nct Badminton <; > I tentative plans for bui hall fur badminton In J: Bahru at their ann v eral meeting held <*n 1 day m Joh<>re Bahru A sub-committ«v vvas appointed to go into and
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  • 96 7 THE top four po^ the county critkri < pionship table remain c changed after the srr matches ended vestri Lancashire, Yorkshire t Surrey, all of whom i their matches. l<>a«! tible m that crtier. ed by Warwickshire, v. "o had no match. Lancashire have 1 j
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    • 75 7 BULQVA Diamond Watches of unusual Elegance HASSIM 6c SONS North Bridge Road. Singapore. Merchants for over 40 years. THE NEW WORLD CABARET (The Dante Palate of Malaya) TOHICT i~GRAND ANNIVERSARY NIGHT TOMIfiHT m *WU BAND SPECIAL AnRACTIOH HEW HO STE^ i Julio "liiiTTirTj a bevy of PARTNER -STAR 1 1
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    • 147 7 FREE GIFTS "LIFEGUARD" CONDENSED MILK has, for the last 30 years, the good reputation of bcng an excellent food for Babies and f^E^^^ Infants Special Hf sale wll be held ftJ^y^rff^ WORLD TRADE FAIR from Ist to I v 14th August >^ 195a 0^ FREE CIFTS will be given away
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    • 206 7 Weekend sports events TODAY TOMORROW SOCCER: Junior A" League c < ICKE r T J Snr Tourney: championship. H.M. Dockyard s(•* v Indians on padang; ((iroop I winners) v. S.n.B. SRC. v RAF C hangi on padAuxiliary Police (Group II win- *"&< Ceylonese v (h«nese at ners), Police Training School,
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  • 264 8 ISLANDS WANT MODERN FERRY SERVICE GLASGOW, F:i. yy'ESTLRN Scotsmen, areustomed to sing genUmen- tally of their "Road to the Isles." are now engaged m hard-headed discussion about Its tutuie. The Islands I I^iav and Jura, where the ancient Lords of the l>l?s were anointed unt l the Fifteo:iih i Century,
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  • 251 8 P.C. TURNED HEAD-& WAS SHOT Troops joined m manhunt LONDON, Friday. POLICE-CONSTABLE Geoffrey Bobbins and two bailiffs called on 35-year-old smallholder Albert Leonard Giles, living m a converted tramcar, with a sheriff's warrant on four pigs. The pigs were put m a lorry. Then a shot was fired. Robbfcis fell
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    23 8 picture Refugees fleeing from invading North Korean troops stand m the doorway of a jammed railway box car somewhere m South Korea. A.P.
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  • 48 8 Tne newspaper Tokyo Nichl, m reviewing the effects of the first month of the Korean war on Japanese economy, pointed out that the war has so far acted as a strong stimulant which has boosted the prices of raw materials and employment m some industries. Reuter
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  • 108 8 LONDON. Frl. 'THERE is growing concern among British historians and antiquaries at Ihe Umffic m old parchment* for Industrial purposes. They fear that r.ian" valuable documents will be lost -which will mean Hundreds of interesting historical facts disappearing into oblivion. Heading the efforts to step the
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  • 200 8 'USELESS' ARMS GIVEN EG YPT CAIRO, Friday. EGYPTIANS, though not unaccustomed to racketeering have been shaken by allegations that during the war between Arabs and Jews m Palestine quantities of arms and ammunition which proved to be useless were bought m Europe for their armed forces by "get-rich-quick" contractors. Thesp
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  • 110 8 'Wanted' man was passenger STOCKHOLM. Fii. I^IVE Briionf, thr°e of them girls, found out on arrival m S'uckholm that a fellow passenger sailing from London had been blugpnv.irz Stefanowicz, the man sour-lit m connection with a murder m Buckinghamshire. But he did not land with 'hem. He was taken of!
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  • 51 8 The U S. Defence Department has issued a new casualty list identifying eight killed, one wounded and 24 missing m action In Korea. The list brought the number of casualties Identified m Washington to 65 killed, eight fatally wounded. 252 wounded. 78 injured and 391 missing.
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  • 84 8 THE Republican Senator, Mr. Homer Capehart asked the elder statesman. Mr. Bernard Buruch recently ii he thought me United Suites should arm 1.000.000 Japanese to fight In Korea. Mr. Baruch. testifying before the Senate Banking Committee, said that Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur Ifl the best
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  • 86 8 THE death penalty has been authorised for "bandits" guilty of serious "counter- revolutionary" crimes m Communist China m a directive issued by Mr. Chou Enlai. Prime Minister of the State Administrative Council, of-the Supreme peoples' Court, Moscow Radio reported. The broadcast was quoting a Tass news agency
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  • 384 8  -  CHARLES MOORE By I mted Press War correspondent ABOARD A B-29 OVER KOREA, Friday. \O TRAINS will cross the Taedong river from the Red Korean capital of Pyongyang: for some time I have just watched two B-29's of the Far Eastern Bomber Command explode 70
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  • 33 8 The rubber e.oup of the Commodity E> I coiporated, New York this year's orld of natural aw.c rubOr 1.605.000 loiig lu..s a- i pared with 1.487.500 1 i m 1949 A.P.
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  • 72 8 SYDNEY. F A MESSAGE from New Zealand said the Dominions contribution to the Korean campaign is undreMood lo be one field regiment with supporting signals detachment. The target being aimed at provisionally is 1200 men. Rectuiiing flgur?s available lasmight showed that more than 1.650 men
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  • 46 8 'MANHANDLED,' DEFENDERS SAY Defenders of a convicted Negro rapist, who was to have died yesterday m the electric chair, charged they were set upon and mm.handled by mobs m Jackson, Mississippi. Mississippi officials countered yesterday with the assertion that Communist* provoked the incidents for propaganda. A.P.
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    18 8 and Panrf.i I (rigfcti Ministei ChK-r and M. vfcea «*>•>■ c^ on him m v > Kfltl a Indii A.P.
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  • 33 8 The United Nations, presented with three different solutions for the future of Eritrea appeared yesterday to be moving toward some kind of federation between the former Italian Colony and Ethiopia. Reuter
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  • 6 8 FALKLAND DOGS FOR FESTIVAL 1 HP
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    • 359 8 OFFICE SPACE WANTED EUROPEAN COMPANY requires office space 3.000 to 6.000 Reply P.O. Box No 251. II'ITION STARTING August Book-Keep-Typir.a:. Shorthand, English T-VIII. Math?. V-VIII. Srecial :*h V-VI. Chinese V MCA. 107. Selegie Road. FOR SALE SPECIAL OFFER: Wall Thermometers. $1.89: Scout Telescopes Its, $38.50. No postal or teleom orders
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    • 277 8 New Crossword No. 11l Across: 1. No'e-puper. 8. An- IHB HM |mm| Itmmaammmgd glophobu. 9. Nine. 10. Search. 12, 9hß Airman. 14. Oslo. 17. Gestirulat ___H I I 18, Dish-water. Down: Organ i> j j^^HX? J^^ j 3. Eros. 4, Ash-key. 5, Ember. I; j Wf^ yb Rain gauge. 7.
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  • Free Press Saturday Magazine
    • 4 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine
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    • 4 1 Saturday, July 29, 1950.
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    • 449 1  - White Tiger and Great Sage The wast dramatic piece of paper m the world. AMOXG the images associated with certain aspects of the Chinese religions are two, both curious and remarkably interesting to the Westerner; the White Tiger and the Great Sage. The White Tiger can be found m most
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    • 618 1 j. m is oiK tiling. makes pulses it is the mere U gram. l of homes ;licker of I Ires a :ies of and tragedy. It or distress, or crush telemost md dr.; .id V... rtant The I: J i all the m
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    • 462 1 And now radio active golf balls k NEW application of atomic energy, now being tested m the United States, may some day be a boon to golfers especially the less skilful ones. U.S. scientists recently demonstrated a new ball that has minute radioactive materials embedded under its cover. These make
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    • 582 1  -  PHINESE restaurateurs and tea merchants m Penang are going about their business with a pleased expression on their faces since the announcement that cofl'ee prices will be increased two cents because "of the increasing high cost of materials". Operators of Chinese style cafes,
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    • 12 1 WHEN— THAT'S THE QUESTION BEE WICKERSON discusses one of her home problems.
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    • Page 1 Advertisements
      • 18 1 DUPLICATING if TYPEWRITING SERVICE COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, SCHOOL CLUB, Etc. T r S"LJIIA 26, TkeArc«d«(ltt Floor) V.PIUA fj. *****
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      • 42 1 STYLED FOR THE ~3fc STARS T«-^;W OF f HOLLYWOOD f You will look m M lovelier m a C ATA LIN A \(tf 0/ LOOK FOR T H E \"(^FIY I N G FISH SOLE AGENT*: EXCELSIOR LTD. 66, HIGH STREET. 3161
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    • 217 2 Chaplin Is Still No.l Comic /^HAPLIN'S back again m a rerelease Of City Lights coming to the Rex. It's too bad that he has become a highbrow idol and that a quarter of a century has imbued him with the odour of sanctity. To like Chaplin has becoOM a fetish.
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    • 326 2  - He Turned Down Hollywood j )A ::> Farrar, *ho rcrurned down a -tr Hollywood conwlll have had star m five British films by the end of the year. Alhe has made Gone to Jennifer Jones, of Gold, with E A1 the moment he is on The Late EdBlack, with Geraldine
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    • 500 2  -  MARGARET SULLAVAH, who will make you sub your heart out m "No Sad Songs For Me,'* gets another important role with producer Buddy Adler at Columbia m "The Mother," about a wife who can't have children. Maria Montez coin promised m her battle with the Johnston office.
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    • 556 2  - BEST 'WEEPIE' SINCE 'THE SEARCH' "VO Sad Songs For 11 Me", coming to the Pavilion. U about the Great Unmentionable, cancer, and it is a "weepie— the best to come to Singapore since "The Search sent audiences away with streaming eyes over a year ago. If the pressmen who attended
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    • 219 2 EVERYTHING Is set. The scene Is Hastings seafront; They are going to shoot a scene for the British film, "Man Detained" starring Maxwell Reed. The stars have been bnefed; the crowd has moved back; camera crews are ready. "Roll 'em," says the director. So they roll
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    • 194 2 CATHAY— Key to the City, stirring Clark Gable and Mariyn Maxwell, casts a light-hearted glance at the American political scene. Gable is a rough and ready Mayor who flexes his biceps m a bid for popular adoration over a television set. He i 'tracts beautiful women as
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    • 494 2  - The Great Film Gamble WHENEVER an Independent film producer tells me his troubles I recall the story of the professional racegoer who lost £5,000 m one week's betting. "Why don't you give it up?" asked a sympathetic friend. "Give it up!'' he cried. "Hang it all! It's my living. 1
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    • 46 2 Chance For Irish Beauty I who I I will I ft go o I othrr ic< Robert Taj Taylor I m England I Leo G Pet^r Ustino> of MGM spe. Vad m Italy, arf the Londor Laffan. tall gttt beauty, wh for the pur: of Poppsea
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    • 303 2 A Star Hits Back ALFRED Hitchcock, A the film director, who said "actors are really children" whose scrapes were beinn "over publicized" has provoked Ronald Reagan, president of the screen actors Kuild, into a vigorous defence of his co-stars. Said Reagan "I agree with Mr Hitrheock that stars are over-publicized.
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    • Page 2 Advertisements
      • 78 2 iSEW WORLD 17th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Ist. 2nd. AUGUST, 1950 FREE SHOWS TO ALL THE FOLLOWING CINEMAS WAYANGS 1. GRAND CINEMA: CHINESE PICTURE 2. LIDO CINEMA ENGLISH PICTURE 3. SHIRIN CINEMA: INDIAN PICTURE 4. TWILIGHT HALL: SHANGHAI WAYANC 5. ARENA FONC'S REVUE 6. OPEN AIR SRI KEMBANCAN OPERA OTHER ATTRACTIONS SCOOTERS,
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      • 101 2 We recommend VERITAS MULTI FIL (HIU Type) Rosette Fold Mantles LAST LONGd c;ivt MtTTti i IGHI For nil tviH»s ol Pressure I ~~VERfSS~~| j^ W ELEPHANT BRANO %0 300/400 Candle power C^* No 73*90 ►•AM IN tSvAANO FAJ.KS IONOON f C I >' tHt^ vt».iA> mwTti wow |Kvn.i>v «»f Inr.
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    • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 1469 3  - THE GIRL WHO LOST HER MEMORY LJM sighed X placed the handbag. .7' X she had not to 8 d the bag, ide of the clasp 1 welled up [t was not L a, m fact it .1 shabby. <he reclasp ild n inly >uld I re much j aired
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    • 520 3 IT WAS half past live m the morning and the mist was clearing fast. It was just light enough to see the jagged coastline, and the tall palms, swaying to and fro and waving ghostly branches m the early morning breeze. As we rowed
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    • 913 3  -  E. C. JANARDANAN TN THE every day life of the Malay kampong dweller, when a crocodile or a wild animal kills m his neighbourhood, he will attribute this to the combined ill-luck of the whole village rather than to an isolated case of misadventure. In Malaya,
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    • Page 3 Advertisements
      • 115 3 t J* V BIRIiLAR ALARM SYSTEM M idage which fn s m against being >ennv w j se an( j poun d And yet how many **le are like that. They *e»d large sums of money 11 acquiring beautiful and jynsive things and yet c r "Jge a trifling amount
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      • 93 3 World-M ide Radio Superb Record Reproduction m the "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" FIVErVALVE AUTO-RADIOGRAM. A Beautiful New yß^^^^^^^^S^m Combination Instrument for <fci i,^ ~-^n?i T^ZZ!!^ I^^ Worldwide Radio r "'!Ji!Kfrtfcs Reception. and l^fcp^f'M A'^ 'Tfflffl '■Rt Highest Quality Ri^^^^!K^S/t A fife Record Rep rod uc -^hL*'* t9 tion. !°^^*^^^»u rj& j
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    • 871 4  - HARITH, Colony' s soccer captain, says: 'I started soccer with a tennis ball' RALPH MODDER HARITH bin Omar, Singapore's centrehalf who will lead the team m the Malaya Cup soccer final against either Penang or Selangor, is one of the two members of the "old brigade" who are still representing
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    • 531 4  -  By CRUSADER IMPROVEMENT on thf tin. d dislao urned the previu -iv at Wcdiw day's Singapore interI :00l athletic chamnps sent Mr. E. S'rickland. chairman of on a hunt for nre-wir records. c had been kept, and > of rakin? up the old will take
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      32 4 GULKR. Turkish swimmer who has been training since the beginning of July on the French roast, said yesterday lie would attempt to swim 'ho English Channel on Au? 3 U.P.
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    • 563 4 IV'HEN not other- wise engaged m fishing. Chcong Thiam Siew is one of the most wholehearted cricketers one could wish to meet; he is a man who thoroughly enjoys the same and makes no bones about it. The result is that his opponents can usually expect either
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    • 283 4  -  XTOW that Sheffield Wednesday have gained promotion to Division One, an all-out effort is to be made at Hillsborough to restore some of the past glories of this, one of the olclest clubs m the country. Secretary Manager Eric Taylor told me that Improvements to
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    • 290 4  -  ROGER YUE A JOUNG boys* club with big ideas for the future is t;, Boys' Club who, with only 35 members all of whom of age, are setting about to make a name for therrw v, J* other boys clubs m Singapore Unlike
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    • 239 4  -  ALEX BANNISTER By some serious 'rail;.. 'able-tennis, and inttna play friendly ma 'oh* other boys clubs m p: tion for WOSX pton ships Darts and Chii:< i are other mci' are popular wkh to club did not take m this years various club championships
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      • 99 4 LADIES GENTLEMEN! FOR THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAYS THE PAVILION THEATRE HAS SKCUftED IN THE Id OF KEEN COMPETITION A FILM THAT HAS BEEN HAILED AS A BOLD. BRAVE VTTEMPT— A COURAGEOUS DEPARTURE— THAT PACKED THE WORLD'S LARGEST THEATRE (RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL) m New York for wedu II li Colu
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      • 40 4 PACKS BAGGI 65. THE ARCADE 3rd FLOOR Going Home on Ld Why not take advantage Our Door to I )<'<"' Packing Shipment Iw* Ctllectiop at destination. Delivery at your door step In conjunct i >n with Messrs. PICKFORD'S LTD of IMS
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