The Singapore Free Press, 5 May 1951

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  • 19 1 The Sinapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA s 11,194 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 209 1 Local firms reluctant Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Saturday. THERE is a market m Britain worth half a million pounds for Malayan rubber shoes. But for some reason manufacturers seem reluctant to take the opportunity. A buyer tor one large chain stores m Britain told an official
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    31 1 picture. The Guard of Honour ol men of the Ist Battalion Green Howards escorts m the sirloin of beef at last night's St. George's Society dinner at Riffles Hotel. Free Press
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  • 28 1 Th West German govern.l today banned the hsfront. the neo-Nazi it Reich Party's" elite id of Blackshirted guards, similar to Hitler's Brownit ed stom troopers.
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  • 32 1 p vi.'i I t. r today's by Allan r PltH NM fcfl nt. v wagen are Show oratet h \.rv he.« I I latest bi .ir hi
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  • 8 1 AIR CHIEFS END TALKS C m to A.P.
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  • 28 1 L ABOUR NEEDED Britain's 21 R >ya! Ordn- factories need 50 per cent more labour to carry out he rearmament programme, p Ministry of Supply ar.■•cimced yesterday. Reuter
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  • 175 1 PERSIA WILL SAFEGUARD CONCESSIONS WASHINGTON, Sat. THE Persian Embassy m Washington stated yesterday that nationalisation of Persia's oil industry would not involve confiscation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's properties. Nor would it mean curtailment of the oil to the free world, an Embassy statement said. The statement was issued at
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  • 116 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. 'pHE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, told visiting foreign editors yesterday that the United States will come out of the present foreign policy row "more solidly than before." But he warned "We are going to have a rough time." M. James
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  • 218 1 TOKYO, Saturday. ITNITED NATIONS troops yesterday moved out of their Han river defences m a driving rainstorm to recapture several miles m west central Korea as the Allies took the initiative from the stalled Communist army all along the 100-mile Korean front. With Lt.-Gen. Matthew Ridgway
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    32 1 picture. Cheng Wens Kum and Ch^n Wai Kee. pupils #f Pearls Hill School Singapore, painting the heads of puppets which were used \n a puppet show during Parents Day yesterday. Free Press
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  • 30 1 President Sear O'Kr'-ly yesterday ordered a general election m Eire. Polling will take place on May 30 and tto new House will meet on June 13- Reuter
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  • 20 1 The Queen Elizabeth violin ntest opened m Brussels rcrday with 28 violin^ ;r O m 12 countries, including
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  • 476 1 Free Press Correspondent LONDON, Saturday. MR. C. G. Harrison, president of the European Civil Servants Association of Malaya, who flew to London on April 16 to confer with the Colonial Secretary on terms and conditions of service m Malaya, told me today that he had
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  • 150 1 CEASE-FIRE VIOLATION IN SYRIA TEL AVIV, Sat. FIGHTING flared up on the Syrian border last night less than four hours after the cease-fire should have come into effect. A Syrian infantry fofce, supported by mortar fire, tried again to capture the El Mutiia height, according to an Israeli military spokesman.
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  • 61 1 SIAM'S tin production, and exports are rising. Output reached 10.363 tons m 1950, compared with 7,814 tons m 1949. Exports m 1950 -vere valued at 325,000,000 baht. The 1949 figure was 182.000,000 baht. Prices for tin last year ranged between 1.000 and 2,000 baht per picul.
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  • 27 1 Marshal Tito has fully recovered from his recent operation for gallstones and his health is now excellent, his four doctors announced m a Belgrade.- Reuter
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  • 116 1 BOMBAY, Sat. SCORES of Indian women volunteers yesterday went around Bombay selling peace dove" badges and collecting Funds for the Ali-India Peace Convention opening here on hundred delegates from all parts of Indi^w|tt but the Indian Government is understood to have refused visas for foreign delegates,
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  • 596 1 Hong Kong supplies Red armies-MacA WASHINGTON, Saturday. QEN. Mac Arthur said yesterday that exports from Hong Kong to China m February and March this year had been of "substantial assistance" to the Communists m Korea. "There was no question about if he told the joint Senate Committee m his resumed
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  • 63 1 /JEN. Ma< Arthur said his v plan to halt CblMti intervention m Korea would be to disrupt the captcft? of the industrially v*ak Chinese nation to sunolT their armies m Kor-a He added: "If you. for instance, disturb m the slightest way the distributive systems of
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  • 25 1 The Aga Khan, accompanied by the Begum, will learr today by air for Cairo to al--tend the wedding of Km* Farouk. A.P
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  • 107 1 Child of six in 'political' kidnapping VIENNA. Sat. ¥>OLITICAL kidnapping m i Austria occurs weekly. One of the latest was a Mx-year-old boy. A divorce court awarded th« mothec custody of th<* child. The father successfully appealed, claiming the mother was a Community and a drunkard. The mother went to
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  • 840 2  -  ANGUS MacDONALO IPage For Childrei l Fourth instalment o a serial by So far (CAPTAIN Santerre proved eager enough to accept the offer Cavendish had made, and, when the Arabs shortly afterwards made a sudden assault from all sides, he had already placed the Englishman
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  • 286 2 WHAT is the hobby most of you would like to be good at? It might be ventriloquism. In case it is we have called m Francis Coudrill, whose puppet Hank the Cowboy is so popular m England. This week he shows
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  • 71 2 it takes all shapes and s:zjs to make a doggy world and kmg er short, large or small, they all go to the show. The dignified Collie "Whitles Why boy" was waiting: for the judges to come along at a London show so he had
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  • 97 2 HERE are six questions for you to answer. How quickly can you Ret them? L Which at these colours are to be found m the spectrum? Blue, pink heliotrope, silver, green, grey, yellow. 2. Sort out from this list which implements are used m which games. Bat, club mallet,
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  • 65 2 WHICH country do you think holds the World Football Cup? Eii'iianci -or maybe Scotland? Wrong. It is Uruguay a little land r.ct qaite as big as Great Britain on the eastern side of South America. The competition was played there last summer and England was knocked out.
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  • 328 2 J^EAR Children, More of you entered for the competition last week than at any time m the past so you will understand that the task of selecting the lucky winners has been a difficult one for me. Many of you sent m the
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  • 91 2 JN these days it is otten said that 100 much is done for boys and girls, and thai if they had to "make their own fun," :hey would appreciate It far more than they do. But just wait a minute. Thirty boys m Sunderiand England, want to
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    • 215 2 1 M^ B I" iI TT I| TI C m «4^t I Air-cooled Tel. 4442 Wr t I ADORABLE 4F n I MARIA of MEN ADO m her tirst M screen adventure as the Bewitching Charming a Island Queen m SARONG! I m lEWEST SEHS/mOl II MALAY MOTION PICTURES WWd^&tA
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    • 96 2 QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Blue, green, yellow. 2. Bat. cricket, clvb golf, mallet, croquet, spikes running, shuttlecock badminton. 3. Neither. The yolk of an egg is yellow. 4. A kilt. 5. MMMDCCCLXXIX. 6. 1794. 0 °Ihe JF W GANG~~~ Wmill T»t 6ANG IS SIARCHINB fo» PtKHA^S THt OTHER fl WISH WE
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    • 90 2 This week's competition M</JiT of you boys and girl are interested m bird> a.nd the names of four are illustrated m this week's puzzle. Here then, boys and girls, Is a Picture Crossword for you to solve. There are four prizes of S5 (one each for a boy and girl
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  • 343 3 RAIN 'DEVOURS' A PLANE Mystery of four fliers HARGEISA, British Somaliland, Iriday. THE rains came— four inches m six hours— after elff wl dr -V months and Bett > Costaiolas, a Welsh -irl with a Greek name, fle w towards them Her husband Spiro was piloting the tiny one engine
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  • 14 3 Fannie Mas makes a come-back r A -he JUit liar bank r the j
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  • 47 3 Sixty Conservative Members of Parliament are to seek a debate on Commonwealth unity. They have given notice of a motion which would ask the House of Commons to declare Commonwealth and empire was the first consideration of British m its overseas commitments. Reuter
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    43 3 LETTING OFF PELLEiS W. Hicks, a veteran of the East Lancashire Regiment, tries his hand with a steam gun which fires lead pellets with a burst of steam. The gun is one of those m the ictoria and Albert Museum 1851 Exhibition show.
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  • 34 3 Eighteen-year-old Grant B^rriman. of Adelaide, now on his way to England on the Chitral. will contest the world chess title at Birmingham. He ?ained selection by winning the South Australian Chess Tournament. Reuter
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  • 197 3 LONDON, Saturday. piRST steps have been taken to halt the "decay and destruction" of the stately homes of England. The dukes and lords who have had to open their doors to sightseers are to be given loans or grantssubject to conditions to keep their ancient
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  • 56 3 India's government-operat-ed radio network must adapt future programme plans to 76 regional languages spoken by at least 200,000 people each. The Information and Broadcasting Minister, R. N. Diwakar, told Parliament m New Delhi m a budget debate that the government's allIndia radio now caters for 14 Indian languages,
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    314 3 Intercollegiate Hand #3 Kast-West vulnerable. South dealer. BEAD THIS BEFORE YOl LOOK AT TODAY'S HAND: 18 prearranged "par' 1 hands were played m colleges all over tne country earlier this year, to determine qualifiers for the Inter-Collegiate Bridge Championship m Chicago this month. You may test your skill on
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  • 123 3 FRANCO KEEPS HIM AWAY FROM HOME COLOMBO. Sat. DON Salvador De Madsriaga. a former Spanish Ambassador to the United States and France, sa i cl m Colombo that he would never return to his motherland so long as the Franco regime was m pow^r. The ex-envoy, who *s also a
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    • 442 3 BUCKLEY CIKIPADnui? I No 2 RAF Re S' ona l Dance Eand; Oin\2l\r\jM\£» 9 Variety Bandbox; 9.30 lime m,, MtTiinwHi Signal and News; 9.45 Rendezvous (BLLt >r lwotttv' with the Stars; 10.30 Wres'ling 10 a.m. Emergency News from Commentary from the Happy Kuala Lumpur; 10.10 Close; 1 p.m. Wond Stadium;
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  • 528 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 5, 1951. Housing costs /\NLY a few months ago many people m Singapore dreamed fond dreams of build- j ing their own hornet, perhaps out of savings, j perhaps with the help of loans from building Le& Today thos»; creams lie m ruins. Buildin?
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  • 542 4  -  DONALD SEAMAN Then— a peer's daughter lights up a cigar By THEY held a rehearsal recently the selfappointed young men and women who are out to show overseas tourists "the humming life" of Eton and Oxford. For m just a week the curtain goes up
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  • 19 4 18-year-old Anloiii* Parkenham talks over the plans. Behind. lighting up. is colleague, Tom Stacev.
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  • 1021 4 Talking about Singapore by Citizen. COMMISSIONERS' EMOTIONS I •a PARDONABLE mis- take—if mistake tt really is of some citizens is that the motions which certain Municipal Commissioners have introduced for debate at recent Commissioners' meetings could be more properly described as the "emotions" of these Commissioners. Take, for instance, the
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  • 495 4 ITALIANS often speak with barbed tongues when they welcome visitors to their country. Often— but not always. The picture of the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth laying a wreath on a lonely, windswept grave at the British Military Cemetery at Anzio drew from the
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  • 799 4  -  ALEXAXDER CLIFFORD THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN by INHERE is a pearly A gleam ol magnolia trees m the front garden, and a white powdering of blossom across the hills that flank the Rhine. Bonn's third springtime as the tebporary capital of Germany
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  • 252 5 FOUR MONEY GOES ON PETROL' Say Singapore Commissioners Free Press Staff Reporter gINCiAPORE Municipal Commissioners yesterday named transport as the biggest item on their expenditure lists. They said this m reply to a letter appearing m the press which asked what their "out of pocket" expenses were. But. Municipal Commissioner
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  • 9 5 WATER WORKS' GUARDS GET MORE PAY IReportei s. eet-
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  • 273 5 HOUSES WITH NO ROOFS IN COLONY And now it's a shortage of tiles Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE is now suffering from a very acute shortage of roof I linjf the latest obstacle to confront the Colony's long suffering building engineers and contractors. As a result, some housing estates m
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  • 220 5 Three say NO' to cremation Free Press Staff Reporter PATHOLICS, Muslims and Jews have emphatically to cremate their dead, Mr. W. Fox, secretary of the Burial Lands Committee said yesterday. Most people, however, are m favour of cremation. The Commmittee which has been meeting regularly, is not prepared to put
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  • 64 5 Youths between the age group of 18 and 24, who plan to get into the Penang Auxiliary Police Force to dodge the Manpower Call-Up will be discouraged from joining. "I would like to make it clear that members of the Auxiliary Police are also liable to
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  • 39 5 MULTI-MILLION BUILDING PLAN Five thousand graves will be opened up shortly at the Tai Sun Cemetery, off Orchard Road, and the bones of the dead removed to make way for a multi-million dollar building plan by the Teochew community.
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  • 22 5 Nearly 40,000 dogs were destroyed m the Federation last year, partly as a result v of strict anti-rabies neasure.
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  • 29 5 Men of the Singapore Police Force are to get their cigarettes direct from importers following complaints that they found difficu tv m buying cigarettes outside.
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  • 63 5 HMS Theseus the British light carrier, steamed into the Singapore Naval Base yesterday morning after seven months fighting m the Korean war. Vice- Admiral the Hon. Sir Guy Russel. C-in-C. Far East Station was on the quayside to greet the Theseus. His own personal band
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  • 27 5 For the third successive month Germany was the biggest buyer of Malayan tea according to export statistics issued m the Federation yesterday for March.
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  • 104 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Goyernment m an order last ni?ht. remitted death duties <»n estates of those killed m the riots. No death duty will be paid where the estate does not exceed $40,006. If an estate is more than S4«,000, no duty will
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  • 133 5 Mr. Chong said that the opendoor policy which he had advocated for the MCA. was under study by the various branches m the Federation and a decision was expected from each branch by the end of this month. The matter would then be referred to a working
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  • 20 5 The -Workers Herald" the first trade union paper ever produced m this country, was published yesterday m Singapore.
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  • 109 5 CHOW KANG SAYS:THANKS EVERYBODY' Free Press Reporter OEVENTEEN -year-old Wong "Chow Kang, when shown the list of people who had offered to help him remain m school, said yesterday 1 would like lo say Thank you to everyone who has kindly come to my aid." Offers have been coming m
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  • 75 5 Free Press Staff Reporter U7ORK on semi detached houses, lor student accommodation, will be started soon, Mr. W. G. Mclntosh. the Bursar of the University of Malaya said yesterday. The new houses, which will provide accommodation for about 500 students, will be spread over 16 acres
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  • 58 5 Several hotels, bars and restaurants m Singapore are charging ten cents more for a stengah whisky, because of a recent 55 cents price increase for a bottle of whisky. Some have even increased the price of brandy, gin and rum. though there is no
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  • 28 5 Mr. Ivor Kraal. Singapore journalist, was married to Miss Norah Doi'al of the United S'a'e= Information Services, u\ Uie Cathedral of the God Shtplrrd. this morning.
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  • 65 5 picture. A fomous English novel Lorna Doone came to life m Singapore yesterday, when John Ridd and Lorna Doone rode through the city. Shirley Such (seen above) took the role of John Ridd. while her sister Pamela was dressed as Lorna Doone. It was an advertising
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  • 167 5 Free Press Staff Reporter pREDIT Foncier de L'Extreme Orient, who bought tho Frankel Estate m the SiKlao district of Singapore for $1,000,000 m 1946, have buiH 40 houses on part of the estate for re-housing squatters who ate befcisr forced to rridve out of another
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  • 161 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore branch of the Malayan Chin?se Association is constantly receiving appeals for help financial and otherwise now that its social work is becoming more widely known, the chairman of the local branch, Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt, said yesterday. The
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  • 271 5 SCRAP EXAMS FOR CLERKS— MR. FRISBY TELLS THE MCs Free Press Staff Reporter TpHE Director of Education, Singapore, Mr. A. W. Frisby, has suggested t.> A the Municipal Commissioners that the clerical examinations held by the Municipality for clerks at the S9O salary mark be abolished. Also, that employees should
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  • 218 5 Free Press Staff Reporter VONE of the allegations of corruption against the -^Seamen's Registration Bureau has been substan« tiated, nor m most ca>es have any credible witnesses been produced, says the Seamen's Inquiry Commission, whose report was published yesterday. The Commission was appointed to study
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  • 107 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CERVICE m the Municipality during the Japanese Occupation and the B.M.A. period is beine: partly recc*?nis?d by tne Municipal Cottmissiontis Junior officers who entered v r service taring that prr;-*! h%;*€ been infortred tnat their senrne will novk toy nckoned fro:n
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  • 38 5 BE YOUR OWN PRICE INSPECTORS' Takf not-ce of 'he fair un< e list and act is your own prtcf irvpectorf.' ur^pi Singapore's FVwxl Controller. Mr A D Stutchburv, at the Tfcnglin Dlitrld Oodsw htwnftatk Ing m the B
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    • 95 5 iS^i t>«velaiion i|M *»ows you iMli^&r HOW T0 TRAVEL A night on the train or an air trip across tie '^^^J^a/* g world leaves you unruffled if your luggage is planned as carefully as your journey. a REVELATION TRAIN CASE WILL CARRY YOUR IMPORTANT THINGS ENROUTE It has a Waterproof
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  • 349 6 INDONESIANS OPEN TOUR v. MALAYS Ramlan, Ramli not available Free Press Soccer Reporter SINGAPORE'S thrill-craving soccer fans are expected to pack Jalan Besar Stadium this evening for the opening match of the Indonesians' tour. The visitors are practically the same side which took part m the Asian Games at New
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  • 141 6 11/Mi.W meet Barrow m the final of the Kujjbv Lea* i;u.- hallrnge (up today at \\»inbi«-v mtl a capacity croud is expected for the fourth wfpk running at Ife stadium. W'Uan are the favourites b»<-.iiis«* of their better record thi> season the> finished second m the Leamie
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  • 137 6 UOLLAND won their Davis < tennis tie with Monaco by taking the doubles yest I-,' m will meet Ire- > m the second round of |he Buropea m Svul and Rinkel bea' N')"hes r>nd Pa.snuier 6 l, 2, 6 2 Two singles rer > b^ played.
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  • 94 6 SEVEN goals for Singapore District Signal Regiment included two hat-tricks m yesterdays .S.A.F.A. Div. 2 soccer match against Indonesians "A" at Geylang Stadium. Indonesians scored one goal the first of the match. With only five minutes play ijone Bujang went through the Signals' defence to beat
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  • 93 6 Posts and Telegraoh S.C. and Customs S.C. drey; four-all at P. T. ground yesterday m a S.A.F.A. Div. 3 "B" match. P. T. opened accounts through W. Ponniah. but Salim and Masri no'ched two goals for Customs before hal-time. P. T. resumed strongly and took the lead through
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  • 35 6 In yesterdays Business Houses Leagut Division "A" encounter Sime Darby S.C. and Shell SC. drew two-allon fhe Shell ground. Goal-scorers were Saludhin and Zainal, two each for Sime Darby and Shell respectively.
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  • 181 6 Indonesians 2; 5.R.C....0. SINGAPORE Recreation O Club were so weak m shooting m their S.A.F.A. Div. 1 League match against Indonesians last evening that they even missed two penalty kicks. Indonesians were also poor m finishing, but Ghaffar. their right back, made no mistake with a
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    44 6 Farm. Blackpool's goalkeeper, lies helpless on the ground as a sizzling leftfoot drive by Milburn from 30 yards enters the net. This wa s the second Newcastle goal m last Saturday's F.A. Cup final, l n which Blackpool were beaten 2-1.
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  • 344 6 WITH the most artistic display of tennis seen at the British hard court tennis championships at Bournemouth this week, Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt) yesterday retained his singles title. He beat Felicisimo Ampon (Philippines) m the final 6 4, 6 2, 6 o. Footwork and stroke production of
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  • 30 6 pARTICK THISTLE beat Clyde one-nil m the second rouod of the Glasgow Charity Cup soccer competition yesterday. Plymouth Argvle and Aberdeen drew two-all m a friendly.- Reuter A.P
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  • 261 6 Belle of All just staves off challenge MR. H. S. Tufton's unbeaten Nasrullah ii! of All, won the 1,000 Guineas ;jt yesterday by a neck m an exciting finish H. D. H. Willies Subtle Difference. Belle of All, trained at Newmarket b. Bertie, started favourite at 4—l. She by Gordon
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  • 62 6 BILL Ferguson, who has travelled over half a million miles as scorer and baggage master to International cricketers, is reported to be thinking of retiring. Ferguson, born m Sydney (Australia*, went to England m 1905 with the Australian team and since then he has been regarded as
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  • 161 6 U.K. ARMY SIDE HELD From MM HII c>l <.. X THE British Ai team on to I maintained tti cord, drawing < another Comv eleven at VUUI The result wa.s wrong. The Am much of the play ii half that goalk«< i> son touched th^ once: they we:< and were
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  • 17 6 RA F Malaya will I athletic championships '*hanj?i on Saturda\ I I 2.15 p.m.
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  • 459 7  - VERY HEAVY GOING FOR RACES IN PENANG ALLAN LEWIS PENANG Double Nine is now fancied dgfgfg Saturday. \T rain from 11 o'clock last eachcd its peak this morning at 7.30, to rain very heavily. At the time till coming down like a cloudK will be very heavy for this ft
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  • 34 7 U.K. CRICKET WASHED OUT RAIN caused a complete washout of flrst-cla&s cricket yesterday. a ball was bowled tori any of the following :es: reestershire v. South s Cambridge Univ v. Lancashire: OxUnivenity t Yorkshire.
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  • 51 7 SOCCER: Indonesian tourists t M.il^vs at Stadium. MHLtrilS: R.E.M.E. Sports M \\t-r Rajah Road. (KKkH: R.A.r. SeleUr II 1 S < Rt II at S.C.R.C. NonBinders v Ceylon S.C. at C.S.C.: X U (hani:i v RJCJLS. Semba- at Sfmbawang; RAF haiu'i 11 S.l'.( S.R.I t Police 'A* at
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    7 7  -  McLeod By Solution on Monday
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  • 99 7 THE 1951 Singapore TableTennis Association interschool tournament reaches its deciding stage tonight when unbeaten St. Andrew* School •\A*' clashes with St. Anthony's Boys* School, last years champions, at the Great World. St. Andrew's "A", whose seven victories include a fivefour win over the favourites Chinese High
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  • 137 7 •SINGAPORE Oricket Club ieama> for the week-end -are: Against RAF. Changi 2nd XI (away) today: A. E Sow ray icapt >. J. A;u\«en. J. Blumsky. A. Pi hvcick H. E Ca.slnn. A. N. Plber. A. W. Hayes. .1. N.* lines. L. Hollid.iy. J. D. Hailiday, V.
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  • 50 7 SINHALESE Cricket XI agains: RAF |el\ar m their 9.C.A. fixture at Woodsville tomorrow nt 11 a.m. is: C Seneviratne <rapt>; V. R. Fernando. Mayo Perera. P. Fernandez. Bob Peries. Noel Perera. S Williams. L. Frugtniet. S. Piyadara. P. Manawadu and Horace perera. Reserves: A. Fernando and A. Mendis.
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  • 120 7 FOOTBALL Association at Malaya Council has drawn up revised fixtures to fit Singapore into the Malaya Cup soccer competition this year. Provisional dates are: NORTHERN SECTION. May 5. Fahan* Ferak. May 19. Krdak v Perak; S«ta«c«r Pah an*. May 26. Perm* Sda«f«r: Penanjc v Kedah. J«se P»h»nf
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  • 622 7 OELOW is the race card 33 for today's Penang races. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race 1—2.30: Class 4, Div. 2—5 Furs. 1 321 Finalist Charles 9.00 2 000 Princess Beau Bagby 8.13 3—o Chosen J. Donnelly 8.12 4 000 Gilded Dome Garrard 8.11
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  • 271 7 PENANG, Saturday. I> ABA (Bagby) showed his usual speed to reel off three furlongs m 40 sees, this morning. This was the best effort on the heavy No. 2 grass track, which was opened, outside only, for fast work. Baba, a last-start winner, should run well
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    57 7 A LL-ENGLAND and Malayan badminton champion. Won/: Pen« Soon. smiles when photographed at Kalian* Airport >>n his return from London L*>t night. In his bag are the All-England trophr. the Danish Elektrol Cup and the F. W. Hickson Memorial Cup three of the most important badminton trophies
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  • 23 7 GORDON RICHARDS rode four winners at Newmarket yesterday, the eve of his 47th birthday, including BeUe of All. wtanff rl the
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  • 18 8 IE R< OETEL At Kandang I on May 4th, to c of J G. 1c I on.
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  • 217 8 Mr Gromyko accepts, 'on condition' PARIS, Sat. RUSSIA yesterday accepted the first of three agenda offers made by the Western Powers on Wednesday— but on condition that the Soviet proposals on the vital armaments question should be substituted for those of Britain. France and the United States m the draft.
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  • 95 8 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that MADAM LEONG YUET MENG \oluntarily left the house and protection of her husband. MR. PHOON SHEE FUN of No. 119, Amoy Street, Singapore, m l '47. thereafter nothing has been heard or known of her. NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that PHOON SHEE
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    281 8 Disagreement on three points WASHINGTON, Saturday. A MERICAN and British officials have made "real and definite progress m Washington toward settling some of their differences on a Japanese peace treaty, the State Department announced yesterday. Several points remain to be settled, however, and Mr. John Foster Dulles, President Truman's
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  • 48 8 MR. WINSTON chnr-hill has six pictures hung m this year's Royal Academy due to open today m London. Two are described by critics as having distinct modernistic tendencies and have been hung with the exhibits of other "modern" painters, sometimes called the "wild men". Reuter
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  • 42 8 In the Victoria Memorial Hall on May 18, the First Battalion Seaforth Highlanders will give a two-hour concert m aid of the Salvation Army. The programme includes popular music. military marches. Scottish tunes and a display of highland dancing
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  • 105 8 FRENCH POST FALLS TO VIETMINH SAIGON, Sat. *pHE p^t of Daloc, about 25 miles south-east of the Tonking capital, fell to Vietminh forces after hard fighting by its Vietnamese partisan defenders, stated a French Army communique last night. The communique said that Vietminh forces inside the French-held Tonking Delta bridgehead
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  • 88 8 AUCKLAND, Sat. THREE QUARTERS of Auckland dockers returned to work yesterday after striking for 10 weeks. Police and servicemen stood guard over the trucks which carried them to the wharves, but there were no demonstrations. Most of the men were members of the new local union
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  • 151 8 LONDON, Saturday. THE Stock Exchange closed the week quietly firm with a slight curtailment of general activity noticeable owing to the week ending, states Reuter's financial correspondent. There were no signs of any deterioration, however, other than m some of the more speculative issues where there
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  • 53 8 The Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. David Ben Gurion, yesterday discussed with the US Secretary of Defence, Gen. George Marshall, problems of maintaining peace m the Middle East Yesterday's closing quotations on the Hong Kong money exchange market were HK56.1325/6.16 per US$l HK515.70 per sterling. HK5317.5 per tael
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    • 180 8 New Crossword No. 345 CLUES ACROSS 1. One living virtuously can mo re cheaply be assured no doubt (4, 4>. 6, Accompaniment of a Leat of Bread, a Book of Ver.se, and Thou (5. 2. 4). 7. No garment for a man of Eire (6). 8. Alongside the Sappers m
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  • Free Press Saturday magazine
    • 8 1 Free Press Saturday magazine Saturday, May 5, 1951.
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    • 604 1 liE PAGEANTRY OF SINGAPORE'S ESTABLISHMENT. \RS AGO. WAS OVER. THE SUPPLY SHIPS CAME I IN AND DUMPED THE PETERSON delves into hitherto closed records and comes up with a historical episode that has not been told before. 11ll 1 I illh I s i j»lr:i
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    • 435 1  - THE CASE OF THE MING VASES Kluanger by OH' hi r/7e A/my Dynajly, r^-'y made some priceless pottery. riPO specijuens were handed me. By some-one tn Johore; Who said. "Wfteri j/oh pef to &jr. .4Mrf see ?i;/ia^ Tie's prepared to pay. Then press for slightly more*' But, m a catalogue,
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    • 276 1 INTELLIGENCE TEST MR. WAMPUM, icho was m Australia, sent instructions to his solicitor to sell his well-known collection of silver spoons. "But keev back one hundred of them.' 1 he wrote, "and distribute them among my nieces and nephews. There are eleven of them, as you know I
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      6 1 Pnoto by Birte Steincke HUNGRY GIRL.-
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    • 620 1 AN AMAH SAYS FAREWELL BEE WICKERSON writes from England (STANDING on the deck of the trooper that was to take me away frtira Singapore and home to England, I stared across the waters of the Singapore roads to where the lights of the city winked rather solemnly at me. I
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      • 85 1 "MIS MASTER'S VOICE" Recordings by WORLD FAMOUS SINGERS. DAnnunzio To.v i > PATA |Tr»nuicoldo Pt— Baritone DA 1887 MOUNTAINS-TAKE THE SUN Mountain.) Tito Gobbi DA 1940 0 LOLA BlANCA— "Cavallpria Rusticana" 1 VIDI MAI Mannon Loscauf— Puccini Tenor DA 1908 WIBA r. Folk Song) NT -Siciian Folk Songi tano— Tenor
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      • 126 1 INDIGESTION I Relieved By J|n)MEDOSE kj r^- l^Jf IL- Of This Famous Remedy iClr Mm Dod'i lei axdigcattort mat» llSy mXm^ your meals a misery. Let just ,|^f "M Ba one dobe of MACT .RAM \mf /imWmfk BRAND STO.VL\CH POW. M% w x-^^nKL DER brm ou relief Thii f% J^9fc
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    • 40 2 Harold H«th (left) produi <?r ol' Biackma Id" as t.iun Saintsbury. managing: editor of a newspaper and Dirk Bo^arde, an Army deserter who brines incriminatine < vi d» nee against his sister, m a dramatic scene frcn the film.
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    • 746 2  - Screen death roll heavy FRANK ROGERS FILM NEWS by out of place —m such a tragic week. MAXWELL REED start* the ball rolling by shooting a farmer m tht* first few minutes of the British Independent Artists' production THE DARK MAN (coming to the Pavilion). Two minutes later he murders
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    • 306 2  -  MAUREEN MALLAL By "WATCH the Birdie" (coming to the Cathay) with Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl, Ann Miller, is one of the funniest films I've seen for a long while. Its hilarious atmosphere is created right from the word "go" as the title, sub-titles, and names of
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    • 407 2 ANCELI-MOST PROMISING FACE SINCE BERGMAN writes LEONARD MOSLEY I ONCE heard an oldtime critic, dreaming of the past, say: "One of the experiences I shall always remember la seeiis* Gloria Swanson on the screen for the first time— and knowing at once that 1 was looking at a great future
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    • 328 2 THE script called for Burt Lancaster, cast as an Arab, to ride a hurro (donkey) across some sand dunes at a desert location site. But the tnirro was feeling baulky. It would not budge. Movie making was halted while a wrangler coaxed. The burro stayed strike.
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      • 267 2 Showing Today! )1 m.m.. 1.45. 4.M. 6.3* ft 9.3* I m versa! International* 4 MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION! "HARVEY" starring JAMES STEWART with W3 Josephine Hall V Winner of the Oscar for the Best Support- Jfi me Actress fl 9 M«s! A Complete 2-Reeler of the ASIA! GAMES at XV OELHI
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      • 135 2 dfggg EDWARD I'NOKRWOOD Yard Inspector F|ON'T let the above headline lead yoa to suppose that the roof has fallen m at the Cathay. It hasn't. What it means is that m three films previewed by me this week— "Lady Without Passport," "The Dark Man' and "Blackmailed," eight people died, most
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      • 509 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR SATURDAY BORN todu\. you have an unusually sharp memory. Oner you have seen a person, yon will never forget him. Once a fact has gone into tb* fil* ca*e called your mind, it never leaves it. You can pull out a detail for instant use whenever you
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    • 992 3  -  JOHN K. JONES A Free Press Saturday short story by T AN he| p voll < Sir?" enquired the assistant. A broad grin spread gradually over the dusky oriental features. "I wish to see the manager," explained Thala m his recently perfected English. He followed the
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    • 770 3  -  CARTER DA VIDSON by TPllli highest paid soldiers m the world, America's (iTs, arc lining up beside international army buddies who get ns little as live cents (threepence) a day. All ore a little embarrassed about it. The difference m pay between countries supplying
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    • 377 3  - S 'pores changing landscape MARIAN WELLS by one was more fully alive to the changing landscape than 80-year-old Mr. L., who spent many of his hist days recalling past times m Singapore. While he impatiently fingered his income tax form he would playfully imagine what a millionaire he would be
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    • 919 4  -  JOHN RALPH By f pHE fanfares sound, the champion enters. The crowd rises to acclaim him. Less than an hour later the giam, lies on his dress-ing-room couch, a doctor tends his bruised and battered face and th e great weals on his ribs. At
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      54 4 pORMER Auestralian tennis champion Dinny Pails hopes to induce Gussie Moran and Pauline Betz tp make an Australian professional tour this year. Oinny Pails, now a promoter of professional tennis said that he would approach Gussie to play m a troupe which would also include a prominent American
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    • 553 4  - Inyangas frog legs get the goals ALIA HAMMOND »> AFRICA'S football is now m full swing, with the Blood and Snow, the Wild Brave Lions, ana Durban Bombing Champions among the 153 colourfully titled clubs who will compete for Africa's major soccer honour, the Baloyli Cup. Evi':y large centre has
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    • 669 4  -  C. BR YCE ,Tnn«MMrinnnn""^'"" l l -^^'»T{W>Oi>QflfWVWVy iJ L^ By A N Army officer packed his cricket equipment last Sunday afternoon and dashed away from the annual Combined Services v. Singapore Civilians cricket ma\ch on the Padang. Services had finished their innings and,
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