The Singapore Free Press, 24 February 1951

Microfilm: NL3653
Total Pages: 12
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    17 1 Th e Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IH MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATIKD.W, FFHKIARV 1951 I'KKF II UNh
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    Chinese general shot
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    Red Marshal's prophecy
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    TEST MATCH DELAYED
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    FLEEING REDS AT BAY IN PASS
    278 1 FLEEING REDS AT BAY IN PASS Heavy artillery fire on advancing G.Ls TVNK-I Hi TOKYO, Saturday. in east cLJr^ *K™ tn T Communists ei-ht miles i^wSSSL^ t^m fo bay in a of i th S! r daWn |)(>slli()ns lhr <* th on i,,\ im i 7 i lhl )ll r
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    TWO Wide Boys
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    FRENCH KILL 55 REBELS U.N. asks Peking to reconsider
    182 1 FRENCH KILL 55 REBELS U.N. asks Peking to reconsider LAKE SUCCESS, Saturday. T*IIK UNITED NATIONS Good Offices Committee has made its first approach to Communist China to see if Peking: will reconsider and discuss Korean peace terms with it. The three-member committee made its first move in the last day
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    Toboggan to win cup
    76 1 ALLAN LEWIS' best beti today are Tohn. Rimiu (flory and Tantalus. TRESPASSER'S best are Bonnie Prime and Majestic scholar. riCTVRE TIP in Pa^e 7. The c^ing will be hea\\ U .P French troops have killed 22 Communist Vietminh rebels in the central province of Annaai and
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    U.S. meeting in Ceylon
    100 1 COLOMBO. S UN'ITED States diplomatic and consular oil. have arrived in Colombo for a ni 1 meeting of U.S. Monday. N ?arly GO top-ranking U.S. officials will meet in Nuwera Eliya resort town inland from the Cry lon coast, in talks expected to Ja.->t about a
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    No bases talk
    37 1 An official spokesman of General Eisenhowers Headquarters, commenting on reports that America would build air bases in France, said yesterday that thefe had been no discussion on the subject with the French Government.- Reuter
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    ACTRESS FLEES
    23 1 A Hungarian motion picture actress, Katalin Karady. and ■j. singer. Oliver Lantos. have escaped into the American zone of Austria. U.P
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    CALLED HOME
    26 1 The British Ambassador in Washington, Sir Oliver Franks has been called to London for consultation and will lpave New York on March 3. U.P
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    CABINET LOSES BUT WONIT QUIE
    150 1 LONDON, Sat. THE Government was defeated by eight votes in the Commons today but only on a bill introduced by a private Conservative Member No Question of the Government's downfall was therefore involved. Wild cheers and cries of i „,-flOlprl ttiP an- modify the State-owned
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    Pact powers to name admiral
    268 1 WASHINGTON. Saturday. \IILITAKY sources said yesterday that the proposal to name U.S. Admiral William I erhteler to command Atlantic treaty naval foms is before the treaty Powers' deputies Council in L: ndon. Any request for a re-consideration of the appointment would have to be made
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    Margaretto tout aione
    80 1 Reuter pRINCESS Margaret is fimg to visit parts of New Zealand without Ihe King and Queen in the royal tour nevt year. The Prime Minister, Mr. Sydney Holland siid tli it altho«ffc the tour by the Kinjf and Queen would ne- rily be restricted, Princess Margaret would
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    810,000,000 rubber cargo
    59 1 81 0,000,000 rubber cargo PENANG, Sat. RED China is shortly to one of the biggest single shipments of rubber from Malaya The freighter Empire Mountain, which arrived here last week, has left Penang with 2,000 tons Df rubber consigned collectively by 10 Chinese rubber dealers here. The rubber, all consigned
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    HUSES uSED
    29 1 HUSES uSED Police turned fir- on banned Old Julian Calendar Sect followers In Athe I terday to break up an attempted dei: !or*» the Greek lok Ca*. dral.- A.P
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    fUCHS DISOWNED
    20 1 The Horn*' Secrcury made an order ri atom spy Klaus Bmil J Fuel is of his British cltisen-
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    U.K. rail strike averted
    64 1 U.K. rail strike averted IV g m-wide I railu lent and about G12.0 B many k was noi known v. •mcnt had be*»n i in time to prevent i nd stoj ov«t Briti.sh trai m Tlip settlenv men wor. 2 DChen h.id demnnd^ of tho b unions tfter mi Monday
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    pilot KILLED
    15 1 A R killed when fighter hiisrcl in N ed and bun: Mok; Reuter
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    LOCUST INVASION
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    Duchess of Windsor.
    48 1 who in a N<w V A. P Four thousand bells at three shillings a niffht are bein* offered to Festival of Britain visitors in this deep air raid shelter at (lapham, London. Bessie, the lioness gapes wide in a mi/rhty yawn at the London Zoo.
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    Was This Capt. Kidd's Treasure Isle?
    782 2  - Was This Capt. Kidd' s Treasure Isle? GEOFFREY JENKINS By POSSESSION Island, at the mouth of Luderitz harbour, in South-V. Africa trying to from the and blast of the sun and the line of desert dunes 'hat come down to the sea, is the ideal pirates treasure island. What is
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    Why whiskers?
    40 2 QMTI l.kcly you ve often «"inltrf(l whv a cat has vhfcfctt The uhiskrrs spread out tht- *fc«|i width of the rat's are \*r\ KMl- »n<l help the cat to iv about berau^e I*CJ act like feelers, so you
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    SPOTLIGHT ON PETS
    343 2 FROM VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS fornia the French poodle is gaining in popularity. Just to have a dog washed stripped. clipped and generally groomed costs at least $30. The latest fad in this dogcrazy nation is to have your pet's collar decorated with tartans and plaids to match your
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    Page For Children
    1037 2  -  S.C. GEORGE By Tree the Slaves' Was the Order Midshipman Andrew Christie and his friend, Ben Noakes of a privateer recently returned from sea, are pressganged on to a Naval warship at Plymouth Andrew now an ordinary seaman. The warship sails for Calcutta where they join a
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    Stamp corner
    65 2 Stamp corner IN the high mountains of the Austrian Tyrol, where men climb in threes roped together, they watch for a cheeky little crow before dangerous climbs. This red-billed bird, slim- mer than a jackdaw, is the surest weather prophet in the Alps. In fine weather the birds follow the
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    Plenty of Budding Poets
    339 2 Plenty of Budding Poets IVELL, here we are again how quickly the week flies and before I know where I am it is once more time to sit down to answer your various letters. And now, I suppose you are all eagerly awaiting the results of last weeks competition so
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    MULTI-PURPOSE
    64 3 MIOW CHAIR A really easy chuir Is tins one, Tmther'l I«»n -tn iiu« -nious multi-purpose fireside chair in which Ike ilrsi-ners. Mr (icorse Bull, sits at the British Furniture and Allied Trades Fvhibition at Earls ourt, London. It has a detachable ashtray, an all-size s;l;'.ssholdcr, rack tor papers, hooks
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    SNAKE SLEPT IN HIS HELMET
    68 3 When a miner at Wonthaggi, Victoria, put on his helmet ready for the day's work he felt something tickling his scalp. Thinking It was a Iy, he took off the helmet and wiped his head. This happened again. Then he saw the tail of a
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    FRANCE REVIVES MILITARY SPIRIT
    405 3 Weapon display in Germany BAUMHALDER, S.-W. Germany, Saturday. THE military spirit is reviving in France. This was Impressively demonstrated at the three-day display of France's latest weapons from February 1 to 3 in the 100-square miles of the cam:; of Baumhalder, in South-West Germany. Here, by
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    Eliot poems ruled obscene Morellollywood JAP SHIP ENTERS U.K.
    507 3 Eliot poems ruled obscene Morellollywood JAP SHIP ENTERS U.K. Brookhin Oh de.u oh dear, this is m;>s ben ••perhaps we nun for Christianity to reach Brookline "All of mv if read intelligently, are edifyii not know poem Eliot, who holds the eo Order of Merit. both sides of the At!.
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    Reds sought
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    RECORD SURPLUS
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    Solution To Crossword No.286
    13 3 Solution To Crossword No.286 i 11. I 13. H Effort 21 I Sort
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    Bridge Problem
    44 3 Bridge Problem CLUBS s North »nd all eight defei Sou'h If ads di.imond j i North '.>. lth ht I U> rt ten. Again i > and Na tli rufli leads the last club, and vha rd If Ea.-,t thitr makes the b the diuniond, SouUi
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      287 3 New Crossword No. 287 LLI'ES K<>*»>: l water oh. blow them! it oi ran «8. 3*. 8. "For in on the sea" <-i«. 9. American soldier geus bus tor hat rker where the place ia short staffed? (5). f e of [4 ribes this blessed plot perhaps (11). 16. It
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      230 3 Radio SINGAPORE (BlXfc NETWORK) 10 a m Korean News followed bv Emergency News; 12 Programmes in Malay; l p.m. Pio-ram-me Summary; 1.02 Saturday Ballroom- 1.30 Time Signal News; Interlude of Plantation Music: 2 Album of Harmony: 2.15 Racing Commentaries from the Singapore Turf Club with interval music from the studio:
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    The Singapore Free Press The pay packet
    184 4 The Singapore Free Press The pay packet .iot waste to arefu) what he i man with :1nce in i hile, ne did r t< mpthe re- i rirt- In. of i tful :n unbalanc- 1 bur i a nawnT n iv not h line picture oi :i in the dues
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    WHEN STRIKES FOLD UP . . . WHEN 'MASS DEMONSTRATIONS'FALL FLATARE THE COMMUNISTS SHAMMING?
    1061 4 WHEN STRIKES FOLD UP WHEN 'MASS DEMONSTRATIONS' FALL FLATARE THE COMMUNISTS SHAMMING? ROME: 1 1 ERE in Kome I have boen listening to the anxious talk of Intelligence men puzzling over Communist failures in Italy, and they shamming tomiminists delib. ng their punches to kud us into r-esMmation of their
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    Talking about Singapore by Citizen
    924 4 Talking about Singapore by Citizen I i.N the uio! one occa- sion 'jf the last meeting: of Singapore's first newly constituted Legislative Council, unofficial members had the satisfaction of hearing the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, sav that r}*e second Council of t^e Colony will advance still further towirds selfgovernment. The
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    Blind Want Hard Work, Not Pity
    519 4  -  PETER LOYEGROVE By CHORTHAND-typing. varied Industrial work from machine-operating and glass-cutting to wire splicing and riveting, poultry farming, the law, music, teaching, physiotherapy, and the church are some of the occupations and professions now bciiig undertaken by Wind persons in Great Britain. The old
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    APPLICANTS FOR S.M.C. POSTS MISLED
    606 5 APPLICANTS FOR S.M.C. POSTS MISLED Lying up the mounts bav Senior Officers' Assn. blames Home Agents ree ress Staff Reporter |.M OKMATION given by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners' Home Agents in London to applicants for Municipal posts has been "extremely inaccurate and misleading," said Mr. K. H. Widgery, at the
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    S'pore amateur dance contest
    4 5 S'pore amateur dance contest
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    FEDERATION WARNING
    47 5 IN YON] who. in order to obtain a certificate of citizenship, makes a statu!..r\ declaration that he iiiI ml* t«» settle permanently !»e Federation, when he no intention of doing m> i-onipiits perjury, the I'jhr.ition (.overnment Stated has paid 000 eollec- it for the auihoi.
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    American Assn. dinner & dance
    64 5 American Assn. dinner dance AT THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION dinner and dance held at the Seaview Hotel on Thursday ni?ht Around the table (from left to right): Air Vice Marshal Blucke, Air Officer Commanding: Malaya, Lady Sterndale Bennett. Colonel Earl C Stewart. American Military Attache. Mrs. Poeti. wife of General Poett,
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    YOUTHFUL NEPALESE ESCAPED DEATH & SOUGHT NEW WORLD
    531 5  - YOUTHFUL NEPALESE ESCAPED DEATH SOUGHT NEW WORLD ROGER YUE Bv .»itrf<? a storv of a young Nepalese of remarkable courage and grit H E who escaped from the horroS the Indian communal riots to a new WOrld n.n».n.rnnnrrnn- .MHMim— IN SINGAPORE today, after a narrow escape from death in his
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    D.F.C AIRMAN ACQUITTED
    43 5 Holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Flight-Lieutenant R. B Lelghton was yesterday acquitted of assaulting a Chinese estate manager. Tan Gee Kim. leighton still stands charged with wrongfully confining Tan in the RAF. guard room at the Kuala Lumpur Aerodrome.
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    STORE RATION CARDS NOT VALID IN FEDERATION
    166 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE residents visiting the Federation and staying in hotels there will not be able to have their ration cards transferred for the period of their stay there, Mr. W. W. Jenkins, Deputy Controller of Supplies, told the Free Press
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    UWER-WATER FISHING THRILLS
    309 5 UWER- WATER FISHING THRILLS- WITH HARJPOON-GUiH Free Press Staff Reporter. RMEI> with a harpoon gun (shown In t:;e picture a yount; Singapore Eurasian, who went to Australia recently on a vacation. brcame an expert in the popular sport "down under" of underwater fishing. Back in Singapore, however, this fishing enthusiast
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    SIX FISHERMEN LOST IN SQUALL
    155 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent THE FISHERFOLK of Kemaman, Trengganu, are mourning the death of six Malay fishermen who lost their lives during a r%-ent heavy squall at sea. The fishermen had gone out to sea on a calm morning with no threat of a storm
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    S.M.C. dejers ous route extension
    255 5 S.M.C. dejers ous rou te exten sion Free Press Stall Reporter THE VEHICLES and Traffic CMunlttoc %i Si pore Municipal Commissioners Mi defei I consideration of whether the Singapore Co., should be permitted to extvnd its bus wen t from the Delta-Havelock Road jun< Una t«> e junction of Alexandra
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    Dublin Hospital is grateful....
    84 5 SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED TO MALAYANS Fr<«' i r IN rrcoxn.li. u tl.<- uand gr.uiualev 01 the gapore Kin? llt.. d I College ml *T« t'. Mir former "i;nl« ni" ol Dublin |{«m m:\i i: and Tf inil> the fmpanese a Ihe Is:kikl <•! 11l Hospital tnd is
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    SIAMESE RAIL CHIEFS DUE
    36 5 SIAMESE RAIL CHIEFS DUE Four executives of the Royal Siamese State Railways. *ho hav* been the guests of the Mai Railway! for the past eight davs leave Kuala Lumpur tomorrow for a short visit to Singapore.
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    AUSTRALIA'S BATSMEN SUBDUED
    948 6  - AUSTRALIA'S BATSMEN SUBDUED Superb strategy bv Brown From BILK BOWES Special to the Free Press MELBOURNE, Saturday. ONCE again England bowlers have confounded the Australian batsmen. On a good baiting wicket in the Fifth Test at Melbourne Freddie Brown (four for 40) and Alt-i Bedster (four for 44) wore responsible
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    Scoreboard
    68 6 I iTRAI.I Kt Innv h R« d>f t b lfov Kr mil M 1 ttt lluttun I'. > 1 i »n l A if Brow m 7 ieisti is w Bedser I nut 13 i Mil >:i b Bedser 1 V. Johnston m>t out t I BM Hirl i
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    Market has eye on labour
    31 6 Market has eye on labour i .1 a ment i ciisIhe ol rday, :"s financial r undertone long-dated i and up follow- r apainst in per f b ric Comi Reuter
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    S.R.C Ixal T.lt.V.
    20 6 Si'ORE R noil Broi goal t friendl; c relay. T day TB A R A.F. rer Park
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    Ban on mid-week racing proposed
    166 6 From JIM CHAMBERS MID-WEEK honeraeing In Britain is in danger of beintr banned a^ain. Next week stewards of the i'lub. the rulino body of racing in Britain ii!\p a date with Government officials to talk things over. Some members ol the Gounent figure that to
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    'WE'LL DO OUR BEST'
    146 6 WE are resolved to do our best but even if we are not successful we will wot fail to bring back the lessons of defeat so that others afterwards may not fail," said Mr. J. S. de Souza. manager of the Singapore contingent to Asian Games.
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    ARMY SKIERS WIN TITLE i
    109 6 BRITISH Army skiers won the Inter-Services championship at St. Moritz, Switzerland, yesterday when four Army skiers took the first four places in the slalom event Colour Sergeant Geoffrey Broadman (West Yorkshire Regiment 1 won the slalom over a course of 45 gates. His time for
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    FRENCH COLT FANCIED
    63 6 THE French colt Astromonte was heavily supported in Tattersalls ring at Linsfield Park races yesterday for the Lincolnshire Handicap on the strength of a report that Ihe had a good gallop at Chantilly. Comte De Chambures' colt i.s now a firm second favourite at 10-1, and is
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    Northern clubs may be last four
    173 6 pOl R First Division clubs from tho north of 1 England— Manchester United, Blackpool, Newcastle United and Sunderland may reach the Football Association Cup semi-finals a s a result of the sixth-round ties to be played today. All except Manchester United are at home
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    SOSC farewell party
    83 6 MR. G. 11. Kiat, chairman of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council finance committee, speaking: at yesterday's farewell party lor the Singapore team to the Asian Games. Seated (from left to right are Mr. Lim Ch-.inn Geok (president of the Singapore Badminton Association), Mr. W. L. Blythe
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    Colony water polo team hard to beat
    606 6 SINGAPORE'S water polo team, nicely blended with experience and youth, will take a lot of beating in the Asian Games competition at New Delhi next month. If Japan's water polo stars keep out, as do their swimmers, Singapore will have a first-rate chance
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    Today's rugbv
    40 6 rHE Rugby Union international match between France and England definitely will be played today. There had been "doubts that the ground at Twickenham would be in satisfactory condition following the heavy ratns of the past three weeks. A.P
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    IOBOGGAN IS AGAIN NAPPED
    660 7  - IOBOGGAN IS AGAIN NAPPED ALLAN LEWIS By Pi.lure Latest hints from course J± *ALbh rail, fifteen feet out from the permanent rail, and heavy goins will not make winners any easier to find at Bukit Timah this afternoon. Toboggan was again the most discussed horse for the Spring Cup on
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    S. AUSTRALIA ALL OUT 229
    59 7 SOUTH Australia scored 229 and West Australia replied with 13 for one wicket on the opening day of the final Sheffield Shield game of the season at Adelaide yesterday. A stubborn two- hour innings for 44 by Phil Ridings a ninth-wicket stand of 49. the
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    TITLE FIGHT
    398 7 uruuy aiscussea as the dinner. He ill be very hard to beat. He has been most consistent in his recent races. Havdee Ifl a'.so a strong tip. She ran two prominent races at K.L. I'ov an upset, look to Ballroom, who will be improved from his first race.
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    R.A.S.C. SCHOO SCORE DOUBLE
    285 7 Free Press Boxing Reporter RA.S.C. School (Far East) scored a double |n winning the Anchor Cup in last night's final of the Singapore Base District inter-unit team boxing championships at Tanglin Barracks gymnasium. A few weeks ago R.A.S.C. won the Fraser and Neave Cup in the
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    kipton told: 'Don't despair'
    35 7 i the ley. England's r, who injured an when bowling against i yesterday, will have He hopes that after a rest >nd tomorrow he will I in Australia's nninga Reuter A.A.P
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    Texas sold
    38 7 engaged in race ei?ht today, has been sold. He will do his future racing for the interests of Mr. Eu Eng Hock i owner of Four O'clock II and Kinder Gold* and Mr. ran of Singapore.
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    AH The Latest Selections
    231 7 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL 801 POIMtR R 2 C IV COtRT MELBURY COURT ABBOTSFORD ABBOTSFORD j ABBOT SfORD IJi!f« ri Rnfr PaUroi Melbury Court MHbury ourl Mcltu M rt "o^riy rlag Abbotsford River Patrol Belgium River I'airol R 2 C 2 ;> NTAI :i
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    TODAYS CARD
    1085 7 DELOW is given the card of events for today's races 13 at Bukit Timah. The double tote will be on Races Five and Ei*ht. The Big Sweep will be on Race Seven. Race 1—2.15: Class 2, Div. I— 6 F. &19 Yds. 1 001 Liberty Flag Charles 9.00
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    Services XI v. Civilians
    39 7 Combined Services (Singapore) will be fielding the following: soccer team against Singapore Civilians alJalaji Besar Stadium to- Robinson (RAF), CPO Jack (Navy). SQMS Butler (Army), FAC Dover, SMPO White (Navy); L/Cpl. Mawson (Army), SQMS White-
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    PICTURE TIP
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    Billy Thompson knocked out
    90 7 PIIRRE MON .1 \h( European I u championship v cd out Billy Thomi British champ on twelfth round <jf tl duled 15 roundi chesi It van a Burprtsliif a fight which Thompson appeared to be winning. Dp 'o the seventh round he g 1 to be
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    265 8 Sitting, but not sitting pretty Front CYRIL AYXSLKY WITH THE HRITISH FORCES IS KOREA, Saturday. JROOPS Hitting alone the banks of the river" is a smug military phrase which looks pretty enough in print. In reality it is anything but pretty for our troops who
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    168 8 UNREST IN RUSSIA, SAYS STASSEN WASHINGTON. Sat. HAROLD SUssen told Con>s yesterday that Ruska plagued so greatly by internal "Unrest and resistance" that ihe free world can win a victory without if it makes itself strong. For this reason, the Republican political leader said the United States should limit ground
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    University taken over bv Reds
    52 8 ininese auin have taken over the Roman Catholic Aurora University in ...u. privately run bv i :"ies. le university's 1.200 si a ere studying mediila -v. It.s 12 tic professors were dismissed, but the five lav proft were allowed iin, provided they would 1 h
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    75 8 The British Film Academy last night voted the Amen- can-made "All About Eve" 1950\s best film from any sources. The film, starring Bette Davis was produced by the ntieth-Century-Fox. Balloting named "The Blue' Lamp", about London's pothe best British effort of the year. Another American picture "The
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    GARAGE HAND WAS IN 'DEN OF THIEVES'
    270 8 LONDON, Saturday. 4 GARAGE attendant was told by the Recorder, Mr. C. L. Henderson, K.C., at Bedford Quarter Sessions that he was In a den of thieves. Alfred Heard, 49. of Back-street. Ciggleswade, said he gave false receipts to expose a racket in
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    Sharman joins Hollywood
    313 8 HOLLYWOOD, Saturday. OHARMAN Douglas has abandoned the international social whirl for a ITSSISO-per-weekl T S$150-per-week job in Hollywood. Not ***** a^o, Miss Douglas was the glamour girl of the U.S. Embassy in London, where her father, Mr. l»?wis Douglas, was Ambassador to Britain. Today she lives alone
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    JET BOMBER REACHES U.S.
    38 8 Britain's record-breaking Canberra Jet bomber landed in Washington, yesterday from Gander. Newfoundland! It had completed the 1.317--mile flight from Gander to the Andrew Field, American Air Force base in two hours 59 m mutes.
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    INDIA HAS CHOICE
    33 8 Canada's aid to India under the Colombo Plan need not be wheat if India prefers to have it in some other form, it was said in Ottawa yesterday. Reuter Reuter
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    23 8 Yesterday's quotations on the Hong Kong money exchange wereHK56.115 6.175 per US$l HK515.70 per sterling HK5329.5 per tae4 of gold U.P
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    148 8 (Continued from Paue Six) made another great* ca'ch to disTallon. This one was a left-handed catch, otherwise it was identical with Hassett;s. and from the bowling of Bedser. Perhaps .now England could have done with Bailey. Poor .old Freddie. '•Brownie." as the crowd were affectionately calling him. was
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      62 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris SHE SLAPPEP me y\ WILL. ARREST ALL THE PRINCESS'S /^s>.m/,- S ,\l JS"****' ESE AI?S I «IF I WERE AN V^LORP PERSONAL SERVANTS ANP =3 J^-, WI SES MH •MPUPENT POTMAN.' BULLFISH/ REPLACE THEM im/ «3urV hTfJ^l J^~^ EVOIVn«NS l7 !F i ccuf? get MV
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    1233 1  - OPERATION NOEL PHILCOV a &Ao&g&uf L THE captain of the A aircraft G92 was in a solemn mood. The interview with his superiors had been :i lensdhy one and he felt tired after it. There was work to do though, and he pulled himself together as he approached his quarters.
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    715 2 The 'Outcast' May Be Reed's Best lOSEPH Conrad, the lorei^nrr w h o *-rote some of the most autlfuJ English prose of his general lon. was a master of itescription. ide n^ character* come alive vvth a quick f phrase, he used ritins to here, to build up tnd to
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    353 2 '"THE MAGNET* 9 (coming to the Pavilion) is about a 12-year-old boy, an attractive, tousled-haired. ofT-hand youngster with all the vices and virtues of his kind. He is untidy. His pockets bulge with the queerest assortment of objects which he 'swops' for even stranger
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    193 2 HTHE return of 'SPELL BOIN D" (coming to :hc Capitol) is a reminder of a "truth" often put over by Hollywood that Americans do not suffer from common or garden illnesses but from "complexes". "Spellbound is an Alfred Hitchcock production and one of the best of the
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    79 2 CAPITOL: "Tea For Two"— Doris Day croons old song favourites. There are plenty of laughs and plenty of song-and-dance ac'.s. PAVILIOX: "Emergency Wedding"—Larry Parks and Barbara Hale get married in. a hurry right at. the beginning of the CATHAY: "Samson and Delilah" —the stirring Biblical story of
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    223 2 HHWO entertaining documentaries will be seen in Singapore shortly. -THE FIGHT IN MALAYA" (coming to the Cathay) and •FAREWELL TO YESTERDAY" (now at the Alhambra). "The Fight in Malaya" is a vivid and rapid survey of the political and economic situation in Malaya today which should tread on
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    247 2 'Corn Disguised as Art U/ALK SOFTLY n STRANGER (coming to the Pavilion) is, according to the synopsis, "the story of two fates linked by pity and pathos". Fortunately it is nothing of the sort. It is all about Joseph Cotten a oardsharper and Valli the crippled daughter of a rich
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    382 3  -  RALDINE FUNK I use native fibres in ion of entirely new textiles i ihe hills Of lerri I'nited Wesl weavers. fibre I decorative as the cosoia. palm prized for -i-colo hat straw. a nd the majugua renowned for its bark. be found. mned V
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    844 3 7 can't go on living.... ACCORDING to a survey of criminal statistics in <irc;it Britain more women than men try to cornmil suicide, but two men to every woman succeed. Suicide is a major social problem in any civilised nation, yet a great many
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    810 3 Skipper tells of 'eight months in heir AM free alter eight months \i\ hell. I can sleep auain in the dark after 230 nights of blazing eleetih light. I am finished with the eternal clicK of the sly peephole cove r in the cell door. Once more I can eat
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    440 4  -  Badminton in England MALAYANS com jK'tii in the Surrey ope*i cham pionships starting Wimbledon Itiday will l>. able lo an Mea of Ihe extent which the badminton re^ h ;il in Britain iias pross il during llupast \r:tr Judging &v the con- i the ited I
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    299 4  -  OLYMPIA \\s I VY of irable in mdard wun the b >i vi i< s in sociation n pro'hin» and adetrainiut!, it should ndously" he vi"w of Llm .v elected :\e Unii to the M v.V h tne 3 A FA .mi > plenty of wort
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    473 4  -  TOO late! frour years too late, Herbert Sutcliffe has declared, •We cannot afford to send a weak team to Australia we just cannot afford to send players out merely to cement the Empire". We, of course, meaningcricket. Cricket made just that sacrifice for the
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    165 4 ENGLAND'S cricket J counties will have poor money share-out from the M.C.C. tour now ending in Australia. It amounts to this profits wiii all be gathered during the last Test match now in progress. Takings thus far have just about cleared expenses M.C.C. 's share
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    119 4  - How boxers reacted before big fights WILL GRIMSLEY »y DR. Vincent Nardiello says >.tax Baer the finest physical sp cimen he efw jabbed with a stethoscope. Joe Louis and Bug Rav Robinson are boxing's "icebe 1 befon* an important right, he adds, and the most nervous man ne has ever
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