The Singapore Free Press, 19 February 1951

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    9 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA
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    RED OFFENSIVE PETERS OUT
    109 1 Allies drive back to Han River L Chine "hit and nw" offensive m Korea since mid petered out last night and allied armoured forces struck the Han ri\er. an is advanced almost without opposition! ist of Seoul. An armoured column >m Chipyong, where American and French
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    New cabinet in Vietnam
    51 1 SAIGON, Mon. B\<> DAI, the Frenchbacked Vietnamese Chief "i State, and Premier Iran Van tin li have reached agreement on a new Cabinet <>t 18 Ministers, InehldBye from Tonkinese parti The agreement ends month's cabinet crisis m Vietnam, which has a semiindependent status within the French
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    Shammed dead to fool Reds
    7 1 Shammed dead to fool Reds Wednes- Reuter
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    Politicos to show incomes
    82 1 lANH A. Mon. 'THE Philippine Cabinet has unanimously approved a resolution requiring the income tax returns of department secretaries (Cabinet members» to be subject to public inspection. The Cabinet members waived their immunity under the law to such inspection of lr income tax return f The
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    Bigger oil output
    21 1 British-owned Haifa oil rein to w< r an nt between the Israeli 1 1 dun last month Reuter
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    ARMED GANG ROBS HOMES
    51 1 Five Chinese, two armed with knives. broke into a house m Whitley Road, Singapore, last night and robbed a Chinese family of cash and jewellery worth $545. The same gang entered another house m Balestier Road an hour later and stole jewellery and cash worth) $510
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    FREE HAND
    22 1 Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy Wisconsin I has demanded that General MacArthur be given a free hand n fighting the Chinese.
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    'Mystery'shots at U.S. ship off Korea
    121 1 'Mystery' shots at U.S. ship off Korea WASHINGTON, Mon. AN Official United States Navy Magazine said yesterday that an American warship m Korean waters sighted two uniden'ined obs In the sky last December trailing long white streamers of smoke. The crew of the ship said that the two objects which
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    PARTY DEMANDS CABINET SEATS
    156 1 ACCRA, Monday. DR Kwame Nkruinah led a delegation of his Convention Peoples Party which won a victory m the recent Gold Coast elections, to the Governor Sir Charles Noble Arden Clark yesterday and demanded all eight African seats In the new cabinet. Dr Nkrumah, 41-year-old Bachelor
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    Turks oppose Greek claim
    84 1 NICOSIA, Mon. 'TURKS m Cyprus are alarmed at Greece's claim to the island and the Turkish National Union Party has cabled the British Colonial Secretary saving that 85.00U ►riot Turks oppose the Greek Premier's statement that Cyprus belongs to Greece. Similar messages were sent to the
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    The cook can even doze
    48 1 TRIPLE PURPOSE f hief Scout sir Franklin Gimson is amused by the explanation of this complicated contraption given to him by Singapore scouts. It is a chair on which a cook can look ifter his pot*, read the paper, and doze off simultaneously.
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    Peking hits out at Slam 'persecution'
    197 1 SAN FKANCISCO, Monday. pOMMUNIST China fired a furious propaganda broadside against Siam yesterday for what the Keds called "large-scale persecution" of 3,000,000 Chinese m that country. A series of broadcasts from Peking, included irate editorials from a number of Chinese Red papers and blustering
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    Kashmir dispute
    19 1 The United Nations Security Council will make a determined effort this week to solve the Kashmir issue.
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    German tax protest
    106 1 AMASS demonstration of the 40.000 refugees and bombed out families protesting against the Equalisation of Burdens Bill now before the West German Parliament passed off quietly m Bonn yesterday. The Bill will redistribute the fortunes and property of those who kept their property to compensate those who
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    The wrong spirit
    42 1 NOT a single one of the 1,500 vol. rs on the e lee lion rail east hi. I fur or aga«n»t at an option poll held to close a tod.iy tavern m Karaegala district m Western PRIC'r II CENTS
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    Japs to be in Pacific arms pact
    285 1 Japs to be in Pacific arms pact WKIKKA, Hinjjjj T'HE AMERICAN- Australian-New EealiUltl talks m Canberra last week are believed iv observer* here to have laid solid foundations tor a Pat iiic security framework within the broader >tru< ture of the Tinted Nations and including Japan. The communique issued after
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    "Don't arm Japs', Evatt
    101 1 MI'M.l. Mon. DR. HERBERI I vail deputy leader of the Australian labour Opp Uoa vnd \e>lerda\ that HO aatorj to the IMS am tie. with Japan had the right to alter its rearmament I'iulii (ins without the prior consent ot the tralian people Dr. Fvatt said
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    Rail strikes threaten Britain
    57 1 Rail strikes threaten Britain Reuter IGNORING offlc to de 1 way drive: London's Pari de< stril the. rla. Man. workstrike midnight and hi. leaders ha d <»n 11 irds, P' met er torn Other ral held my spread rike mo If Ihe M:* Ls i it will ther dl the
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    WEST REPLIES IN MOSCOW
    99 1 MOSCOW. Mon. THE British, French and United States emba were believed to have r yesterday the answers of their ernments to the Soviet proposal for a four I conference. The Western I **iH Probably be delivered Soviet Foreign Minister. M. Vyshinsky. today or tomorrow. It was
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    JAP AIR COMPANY
    10 1 Th I J wi'l s»t:r June Reuter
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    C.O.L. in U.S. is Soaring
    742 2 it's much worse over there f riiE Ugnt out 1 tin In Britain, Square laze malciii it famous til en m tie pa, for a man who erll ,il N< a York Is .liant it dab of cake r d the N»-\v Vr lights m
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    Spotlight on Power Cuts
    483 2 Spotlight on Power Cuts Correspondents report on the electricity situation m Europe. LMtAXCE is now get--1 ting biu-k to her \mdance last— for the first winter since war— pout r ruts are known a ivwhere m the country. Shops are allowed unFoi >ng, window displays, and d other principal cities
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    GEMS AMONG THE 'ADS'
    886 2 THE following advirtisment, which appeared m an American newspaper, reads more like fiction than truth:- Run away from his wife and helpless family, John by trade a tailor, has zig-zag teeth, is swivel-eyed and a scar (for which he has me to thank) on his left
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    181 2 BORN today, on the cusp of the incoming sign, you will inherit some of its duality. You will combine a fiery and tempestuous nature with a certain amount of practical, commonsense acumen. You should be a go-getter and a natural moneymaker. Yours will not be a career
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    Proposal for 'Coffin' Woman
    159 2 Proposal for 'Coffin Woman IN her attempt to resolve world problems by the thought processes of the Fas! mystics, Mile. Lys Chelys has now spent 20 days tasting Lille, North Fiance. She will lie for 60 days m a sealed coffin, drinkii nly two glasses of water a day. It
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      141 2 Solution To Crossword No. 281 ..Aero**: l. LagOS. 4. Ensue 7. Poster paint. 8. Owner. 9. Adze. 11. Ring. 12. Acrid. 14. Prevaricate. 15. Warts. 16, Nudes. Down: 1. Lap-dog. 2. Gas engineer. 3. Sherry, glass. 4 Explanation. 5. Switzerland. 6. Eats 10, Adders 13. Spew. Hew Crossword No. 282
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    CONFIRMATION
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    RADIO LISTENING
    70 3 I PORE v rwoßi B I BFEBS [Singapore] 4 45 p m. Program] nary; te Concert 1 Richard Debate ConABC > 6 Inda 6.30 Hi G 45 ill; 7.15 French: News *BBC> Hour; mo Intel Thai: :.d Talk.^ 1 BBC', 8.45 I Kuoyu: < BBC > 9 30
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    U.S. CANNED PLANES GOOD
    379 3 U.S. CANNED PLANES GOOD i > thr* I I sex. I'll llal light Assault weapons Jl leave storage WASHINGTON, Monday. is opening her cans" of preserved aeroplain's, tanks, guns and ships and is delighted to find how well most of them have kept m the five years since he put
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    Reinforcements from Tibet
    48 3 China has had :o withdraw of hi from era Tibis m Korea, according to e;> Ing Kalimpong. A merchant from .a. who met the withChinese troop the Communists are worried about the prospects of G> ral M ur's troops dasho the Manchurian border m. A.P.
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    ICE BANK FOR HUMAN BONES
    158 3 CHICAGO, Monday. DEVELOPMENT of a new method of preserving human hone for "bone hanks" was announced by the I.S. Naw It may allow storage ot bones for surgical use for as much as seven years, compared to an estimated one r limit for bone preserved
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    COWEN IN TOKYO
    15 3 Mr. Myron Cowen. U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, has arrived m Tokyo.—
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    US President's term on ration
    222 3 US President 's term on ration NEW YORK, Monday. |T looks very much as though America intends to ration the time served by her future Presidents. Twenty-seven of America's 48 States have already ratified an amendment to the Constitution making tea years the limit a man can stay m the
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    Colour bar 'Isolation'
    97 3 CAPETOWN. Mon. THE South African Medical Journal has deplored the 'virtual cultural and scientific isolation" imposed on the Union by the colour bar situation. No international conference, however scientific, could now be held In the country, it declared. The journal, organ of the Medical Association of South
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    Bridge
    276 3 With neither side vulnerable. North holds: irnA r go Some players hive the thai a leap to game is a "closing" bid: that tar from Inviting slam, ii shut s the door by deliberately cutting on: The exploratory rounds of bidding. There is some justice to the theory that
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    DISSOLVED
    26 3 The Governor of Malta. Sir j Gerald Creasy has. agreed to dissolve the Maltese Parliament upon the advice of the Premier Mr. George Borg Olivier.
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    EUROPE ARMY PROPOSALS
    68 3 Tne Western natioi begun studying wh< France's plan for a unil European army Is .'ion to the problem of < participation In Europe's defence or just a pipedream." Representatives ol 12 w cm countries including Germany, met for the second time at the French Foi Office to
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    300 lbs OF GOLD IN MOTOR CAR
    65 3 Mr. Saul Chafe York and Zurich has b arrested m Mew V k charges of attempting smuggle gold ou United States on board liner Queen Elizabe'h. Earlier 300 lbs of gold hac been found m leci on a car being loaded on liner.
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    Allies to end state of war with Germany
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    Trains resume border traffic
    13 3 T rains resume border traffic s urn" a 1 brii V die U.P.
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      159 3 drSskC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Zn I HAD Toil THAT'S A HE.' I BOUGHT A I [mANDRAKE,| EO INVENTEO AnWil I HAVEN'T YOU M YES, BUT 1 WAS REE FOR HALF INTEREST IN YOUR WHAT IS if GRAVITY 'PAINT. YOU NOTICEO THESE AFRAIO TO MENTION mv
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  • The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Feb. 19. 1951.
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      Singapore Regiment
      268 4 HP wo events In the Singapore legislative Council In Its final sesreflect the pre. that r made m securing for the local people a more decisive hand m concta of the :s. C it m tuture be < would P of by Mr ■:i of ;>ore i ould
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    RAF bandit bombingquestions in Commons
    1936 4  -  Hall Romney >-■ IT is no secret that there are conflicting views, inside and outside Malaya, regarding the value of R. A. F. bombing against the terrorists. Mr. Emrys Hughes, Socialist, has, m the House ot Commons, questioned whether the policy justifies the expenditure. Oa
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    U.S. atom-bombers to fly from North African bases
    125 4 A Mt.ii.. l i.N nvavy bomb- ers are to use bases m French Morocco under an agreement to be signed be- n the U.S and The main bases will be ivablaiica-Cazes and Port Lyautey, Meknes, Marra- kesi: The M U r a
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    US- USSR talks still failing
    445 4  -  CYRIL RAY > NEGOTIATIONS lately resumed m Washington on the settlement of LendLease accounts between the United States of America and the U.S.S.R. seem to have been more unsuccessful than pny others that have taken place m the last four \ears. The Soviet reply to
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    PAY REVISIONS FOR SMC STAFF
    378 5 PAY REVISIONS FOR SMC ST AFF Joint request to Com m issioners Free Press Staff Reporter REQUESTS for what amount to a revision of the new post-war salary schemes of the Singapore Municipality have been made to the Municipal Commissioners. This is partly bcause, since the adoption of the new
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    SIKH MISSIONARY SOCIETY
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    Village not to be destroyed
    8 5 Village not to be destroyed I ied Sin-
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    Good news comes to lonely fire victim
    307 5 Free Press Staff Kr porter. 'pHTRTY -one-year old Tan Yam Pee. ihe Singapore mother who lust her husband and her six rhildren m the big fire m Beach Road last \ear. has received an offer of a job as a baby sitter to
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    $7 PENALTY
    18 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— ye Scuriai. Chinese were fined ST m the Police rt today for gambling.
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    A ROUSING SEND-OFF
    33 5 MR ANTHONY BROOKE was given a rousing sendoff by a party of Sarawak Malays and Dyaks before he left for the United Kingdom m the French liner "La Marseillaise" yesterday.
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    Siamese Moslem pilgrimages
    111 5 AN INDICATION that the Muslim Religious Committee m Bangkok may make its own arrangements for sending Siamese Muslims on pilgrimages to Mecca, should the Malayan Government be unable to provide satisfactory shipping conditions, wa s given by a member of the Siamese Parliament, Mr. Abdullah Helang Puteh,
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    CONGRESS DATE
    26 5 The Alor Star Indian Contren will hold its annual general meeting at 4 p m on h K nh Intiia BIG DAY AT HOSPITAL
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    OWNERS TO MEET
    40 5 MALACCA. Sun. A general meeting of the Malayan Es ate Owners Association. Malacca District, will be held at the New Capitol Dance Hall on Thursday to discuss labour regrouping schemes and controlled areas" •i >der E'licsrepc" regulations.
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    Taught to speak—with an English accent
    186 5 Taught to speak— with an English accent Fre«* Press Staff Reporter EVER heard a Chinese child speak English with an English accent? At a prlvatefly-run kindergarten m Siglap a number of them do, thanks to the enterprise of a European woman. Mrs. M. A. Cornwell. The kindergarten, the only one
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    ROBBER GANG MCA DRIVE FOR STAB WOMAN BLOOD DONORS
    93 5 ROBBER GANG MCA DRIVE FOR STAB WOMAN BLOOD DONORS Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese woman was stabbed on the shoulder last night when she tried to prevent a gang of Chinese from entering her room In an attempt at robbery at 375. Balestier Road. She was sent to hospital
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    PARENT-TEACHER ASSNS FOR CHINESE SCHOOLS
    211 5 id i .m, .r Free Press staff Reporter 3/K. LIM \AO SIANG, principal of the Singapore ung Cheng Chinese School, has drawn up plans for the formation of a parent-teacher association. Mr. Lim has circularised the parents of all his pupils explaining to them that
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    GUIDES' 'GOOD DEED OF THE YEAR'
    121 5 GUIDES' 'GOOD DEED OF THE YEAR' Free Prey. Mti.iv Krpurter DERI Oft MING their "Good Deed of the Tear", GaMes from the Eleventh Singapore Girl Guide Com pa n\ visited Saint Andrew i < Orthopaedic Hospital at Katong on Saturday and entertained the young patients and distributed gifts of sv\
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    Muslim College
    67 5 WAYS and means of raising funds for the Muslim College, Malaya, were discussed at a meeting of ihe Executive Committee of the College at Klang on Saturday. Maulana Muhammed Abdul Aleem Siddiqui, who was present at the meeting gave an undertaking that he would personally appeal to all
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    TRANSFER FOR D.O.
    20 5 KOTA BAHRU. Sun Mr J. Aitkin. District Ofl Ulu Kdantan f erred to Butfc vlnce We] month.
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    TOCOGGAN WON AS HE PLEASED
    560 6  - TOCOGGAN WON AS HE PLEASED ALLAN LEWIS H\ Perak 'Derby 9 prospect asked to concede weight to Tobog I gan. wIK) sored twice m Div. 1 ier, Astivel. whoi cent form has been mo ent In this division. Longchamps. Dot e Gold .Cup winner, and Battleship. winner of the are
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    '1st RACE CHARLES' AGAIN
    53 6 CHe Flag the. iv ope: T and al by relesattvourite. X .d place, with .ill the pa River Patrol I -der un'il after |ht. Liberty I *n^ed Assize id the race jiist headAsa r the lour, having his first me from nni-h fourth. He i re-enter
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    FRENCHMAN WINS CYCLING TITLE
    50 6 I ot Fiance rid c .lay by I re^ 2 miles D dso of, I I m 1 h. 6 mother I Pierre Jot; I m 1 hr. 8 mins. 58 •ie team event points, while 3i ond with 18 I i ird with 20.— Reuter
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    SERVICES XV RETURN
    39 6 THE Singapore Combined ices Hong Kong touring rugby team arrived back m Singapore yesterday by air at 7.0 p.m. at Changi. Of three games played during the one week tour, they won one and lost tw
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    SIAM'S TEAM
    26 6 BANGKOK, sun Thailand's Olympic Comir. lected 3 1 an team for track and field s at the Asian Games lr Nea Delhi next month.
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    PROMISING EFFORTS BY NEWCOMERS
    537 6 NEWCOMERS dominated the finish of the second race at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Perky Count scored nicely from Asia, with the pacemaker, Dante's Idyll, tnird Perky Count ran two promising races at Ipoh last month. He improved irom them as shown by his effort on Saturday
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    SPAIN WINS 6-3
    23 6 Spain beat Switzerland by six goals to three m an international soccer match at Madrid yesterday. At ha] \iin led
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    BEST BET ONE TO FOLLOW
    386 6 A BBOTSFOKD made short work of the opposition ii the fifth race when he came from the tail-end o the field to win comfortably by 1 1 lengths from new comer Best Bet. Jeanne D'Arc ran right up to hei Ipoh form to finish third,
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    Bukit Timah race finishes
    79 6 S&; BBW BIT £3 "SttJ 2B£* uv L_-J—-IJI!L^-_-^-^l_J^:.--' v (oult '-i-.fough with a leriiiic burst to -.via from iiACI i iggan r) oraws away Horn stable-mate Happy Traveller (Charles) to win the main race of the day. Astivel (Mawi) was third, 2 2 lengths behind the
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    DANTE'S IDYLL SHOWS THE WAY
    57 6 pic lure Dante's Idyll (Tulloh) continues to lead at the hal-mile m the second race at Bukit Tirhah on Saturday. Closely following him are Six And Eight (h. Donnelly) and Starain (Spencer) with Perky Count (Lansdown) moving up third. Perky Count went on to win
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    SANDS READY FOR U.K. TRIP
    57 6 BRiTioti Empire Middleweight champion Daw vSands is prepared to defend Jiis title against Randolph Turpin. British champion m England next May or June His manager. Tom Maguire ■id last nigh! at Newcastle' -alia "All I am wait-' S for is a cable from promoter Jack
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    Heritor may make amends in near future
    325 6 DIRTHDAV Gift finished we ii eighth race for h.i uturday. Heritor, who \\a a run up to expectations. He was prominent early, between the half-mile pest and He finished on again m the straight to be sixth. The race will probably do him
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    HAPPY OWNER
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    Ceylon save game v. C'wealth XI
    12 7 Ceylon save game v. C'wealth XI I I I hen He m
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    WEIGHTS FOR 2nd, 3rd DAYS
    311 7 W EIGHTS FOR 2nd, 3rd DAYS I CI 1, Div 4-6 F c Rote 9.00 rine 8.11 <.i<>rif> 8.10 ret Mis 8.06 8.02 7.11 "seouin 709 CI 2, Div 2—6 F. Pcrkj «>u tt 9.00 I IndoHlark I Dhoti 0.10 Maisi r 8.09 I Is lite Saattag Through 8.08 lull
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    CAMBRIDGE DOES SOUND TRIAL
    605 7 CAMBRIDGE DOES SOUND TRIAL Handles heavy track well By ALLAN LEWIS yyORKING an the outside rail of the number two g^rass track, which was heavy, Cambridge (Lansdown) drew attention to his chances m the main sprint on Wednesday when he was Koing easily to finish m front of Persian Lord
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    ROWAN NAMED VICE-CAPTAIN
    64 7 ROWAN NAMED V ICE-CAPTAIN ij^RlC l was appointed J >'.am of the South African cricks team to tour England this summer, at a ting of the South African Cricket Board at Durban last an. who is 41. has been Transvaal's captain for the ir.> Dudley Nourse. who has alchosen to
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    ROBINSON TO FIGHT MAXIM
    88 7 QEORGE GAINFORD, manager of the new middleweight champion Ray Robinson, said yesterday he" is ready to accept an offer for Robinson to fight light-heavy-weight champion Joey Maxim at Philadelphia "if the money is there." Gainford said he had received a telegram from Philadelphia promoter Johnny Attell
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    CENTURY BY THIAM SIEW
    73 7 /^HEONG Thiam Slew scored 117 not out for Holloway's XI st Tan Huck Chuan's XI when the V.M.C.A. opened the cricket season with a home-and-home match on their ground m Bulestier Road. In another trial match, played on the Indian Association ground. Sural ta's XI beat
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    Marshall breaks own record
    97 7 JOHN MARSHALL, Yale University's Australian star, broke his own world's record for the 500 metres free style by 10.6 seconds at the 19th annual swimming carnival at New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday night. Marshall, swimming a line covered the dsitance m five minutes 43.7 seconds. His
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    PICTURE TIP
    18 7 SOLUTION to Mcleod's Picture Tip for Saturday's races uxls Dantle's Idyll (third m race 2). picture.
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    LATEST SOCCER LEAGUE PLACINGS
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    HK schools' team coining
    88 7 HK schools team coining has been received from Hong Kong to the effect that a soccer team from the Christian Brother schools m the Colony may be coming here to play a series of games during the August holidays. Meanwhile. Inter-school soccer m Singapire is already m full .swing. The
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    Services fall away after taking lead
    219 7 /COMBINED Services must improve immensely if they are to take over the Malaya Cup this year from Singapore Civilians, who have been barred by the Football Association of Malaya. Although playing against a Singapore Amateur Football Association scratch side m their game at Jalan
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    EDDY PLAYS TRICK SHOT
    62 7 photo. A jump and an under-the-I eg drive from Eddy B. Choong of Malaya, who defeated his compatriot and recently crowned Singapore badmint on champion. Cheong Hock Leng. m the Irish singles eh ampionship final on Sunday at Belfast by 15-5. 15-2. Both will be taking
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    Spurs given a hard fight
    435 7 From JIM CHAMBERS TOTTENHAM Hotspur, leaders of the First A Division of the English Football League, had to fight hard against lowly Aston Villa on Saturday to win three-two on a heavy, muddy ground. All over the country, conditions were the same after several weeks
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    Drastic rule by French Jockey Club
    477 7 Drastic rule by French Jockey Club From VERNON MORGAN /^HANGING one's mind is going to p < i tnmUy business for riCChfW owners m franc* result of a new rule by the c< t Ink regarding overnight declarations. In future if an owner's h< declared runner, he will haw the
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    Trainers fees up
    146 7 B> \i lUAi.w t\ irmim decided l<. i: training ltd v iron. 1. A statement MMM this has l>«« n issued I Kacehors< Trail ciatinn of Rhdft*a The statement Natl a general meeting of members of the I Trainer-*' Ai i Malaya held on l-'cb. Has uuin.moush
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    UK RUGBY RESULTS
    115 7 SATURDAY S UJK aunt] < hamp»ons»»ip *>rmi Final (re-pla^ f.shire I tidlands i Gl«>ucestershi:« < lab Mat* iiAbervon 11 H..:.< Air Force Cheltenham 3; London S Manchester 3; Old Blues 0. I' S Portsmouth 5; O.M.T. 6. OxJord U 6; St. Ma ry \lvn Pal Blackheath 6
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    H.K. Rugby lour proposed
    38 7 UONG KONG Football Club team may visit .1?. next montli for mater 1 the Japan Rugby ion Directors of the J a Rugby Association will reach a final decision on Wed; day Reuter AAP
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    Brown and £1,000 award
    64 7 Brown and £1,000 award J^ TOPIC In ci In England t<.' would skipper Frown's Status be if he 1.000 ca*h prr/« a Sydney firm la offe the best all-rounn I i S take the 1 as is pofi&iJ fe.ssiofiaP To settle on Urn ct Uk the faj rha: Af only
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    Storm hits Melbourne
    79 8 MELBOURNE, Mon. rain backed by a 70 mile-an-hour gale damaged hundreds of buildings m Melbourne yesterday, wrecked fishing fleets m Port Phillip Bay and threatened serious flooding m country areas which had been clamouring for water for the past few weeks. The sudden mid-summer squall sent a
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    DAY OF CRISIS
    41 8 The South Korean President, Dr. Syngman Rhee, has proclaimed a day of "national crisis'* to be observed throughout Korea on the 25th of each month to mark the beginning of the Korean war on June 25 year- Reuter
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    OPEN AGAIN
    17 8 Irish banks, closed lor eight weeks because of a strike of officials, re-opened at the
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    ASIAN STATES HERE TO STAY
    178 8 West advised to adjust outlook SYDNEY, Monday. THE West must adjust to the changed situation Asia where new nations "have come to stay", Sir Esler Dening, British Foreign Office expert said yesterday m Sydney. "Do not let us be gloomy about Asia", he said m
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    GIFT-WITH A REASON
    60 8 The Cebu City, (Philippines) Chamber of Commerce save a siren mounted on a 70- foot pole to Incity. They said it was needed so that government and business workers could not use as an excuse for being late for work the fact that they had no alarm
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    RED CROSS SQUABBLE SETTLED
    154 8 RED CROSS SQUABBLE SETTLED TOKYO. Mon. GENERAL Mac Arthur yesterday announced that the Red Cross teams which had threatened to withdraw from Korea because of a ban on distinctive uniforms and independent supervision had now recognised the need for a unified effort and "have fully co-operated." "It la wholly impracticable
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    TRADE TALKS
    23 8 An eight-man Iraqi trade delegj has arrived In New Delhi for talks with the government of India on increased commerce- A.P.
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    Dying man 'kidnapped' from hospital
    119 8 Dying man 'kidnapped' from hospital CATANIA, Italy. Mon. A DYING man's relatives 'fought with doctors and nurses to "kidnap" the man from a hospital here so that he could "die m his own home." Doctors said the relatives seized the man as he was wheeled out of the operating room
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    Red 'purge' in Italy
    78 8 ROME. Mon. THE Italian Communist vice-secretary, P c t r o Seech ia. just returned from his second trip m a month to Moscow, was reported yesterday to be preparing a '"purge" m the Italian party of ail members suspected of opposing the 'blind obedience to
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    'HOPE' PHONE GOES SILENT
    190 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. 4 PHONE number is coming out of the book. And a little bit of hope is leaving the lives of the saddest people In Washington. The phone started ringing when widowed Julia Shelhamer, a 70-year-old Methodist missionary, wondered if there was not some way
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    Documentary evidence
    64 8 The I.N. Secretary-Ge-heral. Mr. Trysjve Lie. gives definition of a difference hetween the I'nited Nations and the League of Nations: We produce 10 times as many document^ He was explaining why Geneva, Switzerland, could not accommodate the autumn session of the General Assembly when the League of Nations,
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    HALF A SHIP SAVED
    62 8 The stern section of the 4.928 ton Swedish motor vessel Christer Salen, which broke m half off the east coast of Japan on Thursday, crawled into Yokohama harbour yesterday at three knots under its own power. Ten passengers and 4 of the crew who were transferred
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    Giant 'eye' for US Navy
    68 8 The U.S. Navy is installing a giant new "radio telescope" with which it hoped to get better reception of the "n< of the sun. moon and sta: The Naval Research Laboratory said one objective of the irch was to get more detailed information on there
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    IN PARIS
    25 8 M. Do Hung. SecretaryGeneral of the Vietnamese Foreign Office, and M. Tran Van Don. Vietnamese Minister to Britain, arrived m Paris yesterday.- Reuter
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    52 miles to fill up customs form
    230 8 LONDON, Monday. T»0 help a managing director fill up a form, a Customs official travelled 52 miles m a hired car. Cost, 9d. a mile, plus ss. an hour waiting time. It all happened because of a bit of irony on the part
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    AIRMAN DIES IN CRASH
    59 8 One British officer was killed and 11 people were injured yesterday when their twin-engined transport plane crashed while landing at Stockholm's snow-bound airport. The other officers and cadets escaped injury. The plane, bringing British airmen to tour Sweden as guests of the government, carried four of
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    SNOWED IN
    27 8 Two hens buried four weeks ago by an avalanche at Zuez Engadine, Switzerland were dug out alive and cackling yesterday by workers clearing debris.- Reuter
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    Iraq ready for battle
    264 8 BAGHDAD, Monday. TRAQ can mobilise at least 50,000 well-trained soldiers Ito fight against any aggression, according to General Hussein Fawzi, former Army Chief of Staff. General Fawzi said m an interview "it would be possible for Iraq to marshal such a force m a very short
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    Tax 'hits Red duster fleet'
    135 8 LONDON Mon. /CRITICISM of two aspects of British public policy which seriously affect the country's shipping industry Government trading and taxation—is made m the annual report of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom. The present system of taxation is steadily diminishing the power
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    PARCELS TO UK MAY RESUME
    64 8 The Country Women's Association m Sydney has asked the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman EC. O'Dea. to reopen the Food for Britain Fund. Mr. ODea said he would consider starting a new fund if a group of citizens or an organisation asked him to do
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    CHINESE FREE PRISONERS
    56 8 Chinese Communist troops recently set free 130 prisoners of war on the Han River front, according to a New China News Agency despatch from Korea received m London. The prisoners Americans, British, Australians and South Koreans were given a farewell party and provided with travelling expenses before
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    TRADE MISSION
    23 8 A five-man Indian delegation flew to Karachi yesterday to confer with Pakistan officials on the possibilities of normal trade resumption. A.P.
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    French bomb Rebels
    58 8 SAIGON. Mon. French Union forces .vere active m all sectors of northern Indo China, a French communique reported. The Air Force bombed minh camps and dumps about 80 kilometres southwest of the Tonkin, capital of Hanoi. General De Lattre de signy, French Commander-in-Chief m Indo China. Is
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    ENVOY DIES
    14 8 The U.S. Ambassador to South Africa. John Erharri: died iced 61.- Reuter
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    Russia is puzzle to Chinese
    58 8 Russia is puzzle to Chinese rE I why R no Korea; Moore. Times just ret Peking In a d.^' with lead to i mon Russia h<-r Bid would H In groups ask i soldi' Korean to Chi:. Mooie been told 'his I :o D1 We. per. Gei-: •Vetoes' and one
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    SHIP FIRED ON BY JUNK
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