The Singapore Free Press, 21 July 1951

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 12- SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY t 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 294 1 Ihinese work with U. N. troops to repair bridge •ruAUE LAMP', Saturday. j^FTER being held up for a day because a rainswollen river prevented U.N. negotiators from reaching the conference site, the Kaesong cease-fire talks were resumed this morning The U.N. delegation left for Kaesong by
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  • 91 1 PAKISTAN DEMANDS: 'GET BACK' KARACHI, Sat. DETWEEN 50,000 and 100,000 D shouting Muslims on Thursday demanded m Karachi the immediate withdrawal of Indian troops massed on Pakistan borders. Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Sir Zafrullah Khan, said yesterday that Pakistan had earnestly requested India to withdraw her armed forces from Pakistan's border.
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  • 110 1 PURAL dwellers of Singapore welcome the measures the Municipal Engineer has proposed to check floods, Mr. H.J.C. Kulasingha, Legislative Councillor for Bukit Timah said today. He hoped that preventive measures would be taken without delay. Inche Ahmed Ibrahim, a nominated Malay Councillor, said that all measures should
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  • 54 1 Sir Esler Dening has been appointed to succeed Sir Alvary Gascoigne as head of the British mission m Tokyo. He will leave for his new post at the end of August. During the war, Sir Esler was political adivser to the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces
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  • 133 1 Withers right, says Councillor I Miff Reporter t\^iz with the L of the Withers B? Mr. E M. F. Cod, the Singapore Cr of Commerce pgtative on the pire Council, told ft« Press this morn i ud that *iot'*.^ repor: originjß 1947. when he and Members of Council question of
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  • 36 1 PW High Command Pißl enemy losses m m* to July 13 at 1.213,PJ«Mnmique said that Pjje there were 602,433 p^Jooes including 17,I P*oners. and 811,091 2 Korean losses. 'of f* mO9I were Dri*m- A.F.P
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    15 1 "And here are your final initructions go to the front and win."
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  • 53 1 ALLAN LEWIS, Free Press racing correspondent, rives these as his best bete today: Ursus. Privateer and Arlington. Best outsiders: Garuda, Tempest and Inky BiU. TRESPASSER recommends Billdaw and Kew Gardens. Best outsider: Tara Street. PICTURE TIP and todays course information m P. THE GOING is likely
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  • 74 1 xihe United States Government yesterday invited Foreign Office here said yesterday.^^ ivernmenU, the communi- said, has presented all rernments with copies o, draft Japanese peace aty together with copies two declarations by Japan d a protocol. Ui invitation has not been it to China, as the
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  • 48 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A woman suspect was A wounded and captured yesterday m an ep**& em between Security Forces and Sancttts *n the Sitiawan area of Perak. She waa already suffering from a leg wound. A bandit with her escaped.
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  • 59 1 P.P. picture. WON BY WHISKERS This crop is the result of a beard-growing contest. First prize of a gold watch was awarded to 33-year-old lorry driver (centre, with lif ht tie). He is celebrating his success at the bar of a Canterbury theatre where he was
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  • 285 1 PERSIAN SITUATION WORSE' ABADAN, Saturday. OERSIAN POLICE m Abadan yesterday ordered two senior officials of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to report to the passport office m Teheran "within a day or two' 1 to be expelled. The U.S. roving ambassador, Mr. W. Averell Harriman, again
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  • 62 1 KONG, Sat. DEKING Radio yesterday an- nounced the seizure of all property of three American oil companies m China. They are Standard Vacuum, Caltex Limited and the independent Chung Mcl, or Cathay Oil Company. The Reds last December ordered seizure of all American property m China.
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  • 69 1 THE Missouri River crumbled protecting levees near St. Louis yesterday as its flood swollen waters drove toward a crest at the junction with the Mississippi. Army engineers predicted that all dykes at the confluence of the two great rivers would be swept away within the next
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  • 106 1 LONDON, Sat. ALL 20,000 physicians m Britain's National Heaflth Service told the Government last night that they would resign on Sept. 25 unless their demands for increased pay rates were submitted to arbitration. The ultimatum was delivered to the Minister of Health. Mr. Hilary A. Marquand,
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  • 46 1 An American seamen, B. Hutchinson, off a President Line ship, alleged to the Police that he was attacked by five men, believed to be British seamen, early this morning near Bugis Street and robbed of cash and watch of a total value of $140.
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  • 64 1 RITA HAYWORTH is battling for women's righte m her neg otiations for a divorce settlement on her and All Khan* youn* 4a«f htor Tasmin. her attorney said today. Sh« ha» toned down a US$25O,Mt settlement beca«ae ibo thlnte th« lt-montl^-old child of her two-year marriage is worth
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  • 357 1 AMMAN, Saturday. KING ABDULLAH of Hashemite Jordan, the bearded 69-year-old monarch, was killed by a younf tailor hiding: behind a door of the Mosque of Omar m Jerusalem. His assassin, 21 -year-old Mustapha Shukri Asho, a Jerusalem tailor and member of the "Al
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  • 187 1 SYDNE/, Sat. ON the eve of his Far East tour, Australia's External Affairs Minister, Mr. Richard Casey, said las: night that the Equator had been like the Great Wall of China, and 'we have not been able to look over.' He said that he
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  • 24 1 Chinese Nationalist gunboats have sunk three big motorized Com/nunist junks and captured another m a one-hour action near the Na- A.P.
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    • 973 2 Labour Department attends to their welfare |\EAR Boys and Girls, Shoals of letters poured In i his week and I thought I was going to get snowed under with your entries. Every time the postman climbed up the steps which led to the office, he
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  • 1197 2 The toads became distllusioned Continuing the adventures of Andy by Liau Nyuk Oi A NDY the Toad perched on the edge of a flower pot and gazed at his fast growing colony with a world of pride m his eyes. It was he who had founded the colony, he who
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  • 123 2 A leader's statue on stamp IN 1519, the Spaniards led by Hernando Cortez, invaded Mexico. The Aztec inhabitants were surprised with awe, for instead of expecting the arrival of a white-skinned god Quezalcoatl. Cortez came to them as a despoiler. TTie Spaniards came for gold and they looted every treasure-house
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    • 82 2 f JUNIOR CONTEST t Try to win a prize by colouring this beautiful pici tare. When yoa have completed it fill m your name. i address and age. and post to Children's Page Singapore Free Press. Cecil Street, to arrive not later than <( Wednesday next. i There are four
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    • 25 2 I MAP Of THE t^t 6^ o^" THE i!^^/''' rHE^TME^^JYv4^^^tf|||^'n^ WHAT HAS AVV WHAT WILL H^tvou l(^"^7 SUii 1 V PERWS^T^i DO M I^^^ >^£>r
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    • 178 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD L^VES ACROSS.— J, A large Dick iurpin's famous ta? ia Cut Pi £n, hay p l rhaps 6 Wind ln into the right shape and siae 15 the Willows'* character. 7, A man's A girl's name. 16 The err of a voice between alto and baritone, sheep. 18.
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  • 510 3 To be bastion against Reds BANGKOK, Saturday. OIAM is riding high on a crest of dollars anH 3 technical help as the Americas tottte a^"t time to show sceptical Asia that "democrarv* W.*. better dividends than Communism The stakes are hi*h. and the results can
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  • 52 3 K. match industry dropping bo*g an i I v mate;lony is El" IS ouna Match I ied emI of i prvss i n of 600 emMi :2 e I accordI -,m Is I ment to t^-.- 1 rtinu to four I id of three I N .v: I T^vor ha«
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  • 47 3 EALTH TALK IN BANGKONG I i the in■Bl health divliion of ■hKic Hpalth Service I I a health r 3 ukok en ■KB also visit other Asia to Ittejnbßc health proc* *> Special Techr. mic Missions 'ißoraa. Ir.d )-China, >i and Siam i' r..c C•- peration PMtaß. A.P
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  • 10 3 Juried il«y when the ceiitrrv near A.F.P.
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  • 266 3 LONDON, Saturday. advice on how to deal with naughty children is given by the Home Office m a pamphlet describing conditions as they should be m well-run children's homes. It tells when to smack and when to cane after everything else has failed. J
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  • 22 3 The largest contingent of Canadian troops to arrive m J*pan since the Korean war have disembarkedf at Yokohama.- A. P.
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  • 383 3 Worta-South vulnerable. North dealer NORTH KQ 10 8 6 f VA 4 3 6 A 3 4 X 7 WEST EAST *J* A 9 7 3 6 8 CQJH 0 &54 A Q Id M 4JI BOUTU 4 Q? J 9 8 7 2 0 X 10 9
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  • 330 3 Formosans want U.S. trusteeship after treaty a strong reticence shown by all sections of the Formosan community to discuss political ma'.ters. If the Formosans were frerly :o express their wishes for the iv v status of Formosa, must fore, n observers believe, they would a>»k. for the island to become
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  • 130 3 ASMARA, Eritrea, Sat. rO Africans, who have been sentenced to death for marooning a party of Muslim pilgrims on a deserted island m the Red Sea are to appeal against the sentence The two were the captain and first mate of a dhow, carrying 26 pilgrims
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  • 104 3 DELHI. Sat. DENEWED floods m the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries as a result of heavy rains have inundated more than 200 villages m Upper Assam, it was reported trom Delhi. Airmen keeping vp a search. for an Indamer airlines Dakota freighter which vanished a
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    24 3 PAias CLIMAX A scene during the hour-long massive display of fireworks on the Esplanade des Invalides which marked the climax of Paris's bimillennium celebration
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    • 52 3 /j To INDIA f^* IN 7 HOURS y ¥J> X.L.M. CONSTELLATION W^A Local Office WjW v /0p 1 Finlayson Creen y/W d? w Singapore. Tel. 5431. /W A TO KWANG HENG GOLDSMITHS IN NAME I^ATEST FASHIONS ¥j| ESIGNED BY FIRST-CLASS CRAFTSMEN (GOLDSMITHS fr |IWELLERS) No. 68. South lridg« Read. Singapore.
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    • 382 3 JIITr/.PORE 8.8.C. [Singapore] 10.00 a.m. Emergency News from Kuala Lumpur; 10.10 Close; 1.00 (Gen j£ T VefS aS S^ C c) M p.m. Programme Summary; 1.02 '-30 ajn. 8.30 a.m. 9580 31.32 1 Suturdav Rftilrnnm— Th. T»^K 73e 8.30 a.m. ***** 25.53: baturaay Ballroom— The Bob 600 pjn 12 .45
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    • 481 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR SATURDAY have S iv > ov a keen brain. Cultivate it. And if you are gORN today, there .Is plannning on a career, you touch of the genius m you, will find you advance farther but your talents must be by letting your head, not your carefully
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  • 520 4 The Singapore Fress Press SATURDAY. July 21. 1951. A blow at ballyhoo fTWO boxing champions *of the world have fallen m two weeks •-King" Sugar Ray yielded his crown (with the greatest reluctance, we do not doubt) to a former Navy cook boy, Randolph Turpin, m London. Across the Atlantic,
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  • 777 4 DONALD MacCORMICK TALKS WITH TSHEKEDI KHAMA The 'Winslow Boy' of Africa wishes to return to his people IJV3R Tshekedi Khama used to the wideopen spaces of his Bechuanaland ranches from which the British Government has now banned him there must be something
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  • 283 4 One woman 's son.... A 'Letter to the Editor' extracted from the columns of the London Daily Express I ITTLfi more than a year ago the Korean war started, and two months ago last Tuesday my only son was killed m that "bloody" battle wherje heroes were born and died
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  • 675 4 Talking about Singapore by Citizen. T*HERE has been no A suspension of work, temporary or otherwise, on the Singapore education building programme and medical building programme. Work is still m the preparatory stage. These are the findings of the Select Committee appointed by the Legislative Council to find out what,
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  • 815 4  - ALL GET COLDS IN WASHINGTON HEAT OH BRANDON 1_ says 1 NEVER catch a cold m Washington, except when the hot weather season begins. This happens to most people here. It sounds not only paradoxical, but it seems almost ridiculous unless you know more about life m Washington m the
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  • 126 4 Communist icefcera V F r run <*Uut mv their seats. yJ'JJ Parliament tht wi per cent of n^ a similar total V rider the v/Party aUianc* s** a majority of w t^ J" constituency tab j J constituency^ j^ the French CoHjy claiming the rettitr? threaten '•form ot JSk other
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  • Free Press Saturday Magazine
    • 8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine SATURDAY, July 21. 1951.
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    • 1600 1  - YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY FUN K. S. CHIA says A little disclipine can go a long way towards obtaining fun without fear of getting into debt A Free Press Saturday short story by WILLIS HALL iii.-ii oort i m Malacca who pfcadJfck mother, to iiflH' W* He bad stolen
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    • 156 1 IISKRET process which I out of Chinese Bbcs arid was lost to! ■fior.: .:.v cen-' ■a has been redLseo I tred I llnpiti of the revived I 'show a i a loan I sea China I I his small I lio on the pus of
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    • 668 1 BEE WICKERSON WRITES FROM ENGLAND ABOUT HER UNEXPECTED MEETING WITH TWO MEN FROM SINGAPORE. J{KRE m England, I live m a little village m the heart of the Yorkshire dales. My husband, John, and Jane, and myself looked out on the June weather recently and deciding
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      • 23 1 -EELIN" 6 "TEALIN" are th« registered j ]f *m throughout Malay.. w Khon trading co., I No. IQ4 p^one 2495. Middle Road, Singapore.
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      • 40 1 MORE 1951 ORIGINALS r£j*H^ «r (jtyi re f A jpl nri'RP I m V 1 Ate rllil KEi I J 1 M f*" mi '■■^M H B I >- V 11 iSofc Agents: EXCELSIOR LTD. 66, HIGH STREET It TEL. 3161
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    • 1237 2  -  FRANK ROGERS *y a In "The Browning Version he plays a difficult role brilliantly For the length of THE BKOWNING VERSION (coming to the Pavilion) Michael Redgrave resumes an occupation he previously knew— that of a classics master m a public school, for back m the *30s
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    • 1045 2 -strictly the HARLOW way A leaf from ROBERT MacCOLLS Hollywood Diary other day a cor- respondent for an American magazine was interviewing a girl called Marilyn Monroe, when a box of matches m his pocket burst spontaneously into flames. Fortunately I am a non^
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    • 178 2 Indians always wrong... rnHE Indians were al- ways m the wrong until TOMAHAWK (coming to the Capitol) came along with Indian scout Jim Bridges simultaneously searching for the white man who murdered his squad, trying to prevent the U.S. cavalry establishing a wagon trail through Indian country, and smoothing down
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    • 138 2 IfAN Heflin, who was brought to Hollywood after scoring hits m several Broadway comedies, is doing his first film comedy for 10 years. That m itself is testimony to the strange workings of Hollywood. "Look I'm doing a comedy for the same reason I did my
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      • 182 2 TODAY II 146 4.W €Jt 5J# f. VM3W Hf lgn3 >* OCOMUOfi CARTER TODAY 2-4.15-6.3t-9.9t p.m. Lovely Alluring AVA GABDNfiK In A Draou Of Temmc%tmmm s L*ve And Intrigue <^ fe ]r" now m its 3rd. WEEK! DAILY 5 SHOWS: II ia- 1.45 4 13—6 45 9.30 p.m. S££ /F
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      • 205 2 Sole Agent* 4 I WOO HING BROTH* Sifsf unpacked:- SMOKERS REQUISITES Dunhill DtnUotta Cig arttit Cigarette I ightm Pipe I.ißhters. LANKA JEWELLERS Phone *****. i>», h. husTaTT 1 of No. 67, HICH STREET Manufacturer of Malacca Canes WalUj^ Also Dealer m Bali Head, Reptile SbcJ? Ready Made and Made to
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    • 451 3 nREAT disturbance has been caused m the ranks of the Little Twittering Players by the producers' decision to put on Red Riding Hood for the Christmas pantomime. The promising young tivelve -year -old, Maisie Dotes, picked for the part of Riding Hood, refused after the
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    • 324 3 SINGAPORE un°doubtedly has excellent street lighting facilities but with such frequent power cuts these days a section of the city is clothed m darkness every night, causing great inconvenience to road users. One wonderg whether the old gas lamps that featured
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      12 3 -Photo by Chinese squatter girl selling vegetables at the market.- Birte Steincke.
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    • 895 3  -  P. E. Norris by fHOSE who study palmistry claim that it is a lens through which the future may be seen. It is this aspect of the science that interests most people, for men are avid to know something of the future, especially m
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    • 760 3 A new life for old people pEW people at the age of 50 regard themselves as among those who are growing old. There are certain signs, how ever, which serve as reminders that slow changes are. taking place m the body aa it grows older. Blood pressure increases: muscles lose
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    • 557 4  -  CRUSADER By IJARITH, Singapore's skipper and centre-half a I soccer, may retire at the end of this season At the age of 35 he feels the pace of com petitive football and thinks he should give way to the younger players. The prospect of his
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      549 4 OFTEN is a cricket match held up because spectators are moving behind the bowler's arm. Usually this causes but a brief annoyance but to Jim Cornford. of Sussex, a recent case was much more serious. Three times when bowling against Essex, at Hove Cornford checked m the
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    • 155 4 rIS week's soccer poser (by Capt. H. J. Chisnall) is given below: In the last seconds of a junior soccer match, pressure on Blues' goal is relieved by a kick towards Reds' goal where a Blues forward gathers the bail and shoots. A Red full-back catches the ball.
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    • 64 4 gAID ex-world middleweight champion "Sugar" Ray Robinson as he left London for Paris last week: "I saw the big fight film on TV. Quite a scrap those two guys must have had—but there was too much Turpin about it." Then Robinson turned to a cameraman and said,
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    • 528 4  - Joe Higgins idol of Seletar soccer fans C. BRYCE By JOE HIGGINS, with his sparkling brand of football, earned himself a regular place m the Combined Services Malaya Cup team when he first turned out at out-side-left m a friendly against the Indonesian tourists earlier this season. A National Service
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    • 294 4 D ARON LADISLAUS von Heczev. an Austrian wrestler now m Singapore, insists on culture m wrestling, and will not allow his matches to be undignified. The Baron, a gorgeoos. blue-eyed hulk of a man. is 30 and single. His title, he says, goes back 500
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    • 56 4 Evans back his bes Ja '*n Beu- r l^! month 4 8 l b^aten one* wh?l 7 o*o' 5 CupJ excel., -i ***n cM MaUi&t Johor* lTl§ riay. The >„, .M expe. ted u> ma* jJM Herbert of f Monday's Combat £j at Seleurtiw^.JJ Ittelj to chUtaJ^Sj Army lor tkt
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    • 11 5 •mI L2r: t0 a m Om war Pan-
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    • 179 5 Speed up of Municipal procedure Free Press SUIT Reporter pLANS to speed up office procedure and practice m the Municipality and expedite the disposal of clerical work are expected to be recomended by Dr. L. C. Hill, an expert en local government administration, who is at present familiarising himself with
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    • 275 5 M.Cs support restriction Free Press Staff Reporter SEVERAL Singapore Municipal Commit v <W aT \°l d K th if.u Free yesterdayTha h f V ?K d T? Jf^ Gov «™ment inquiry into the blackout Question would serve an v useful purpose, Mr J It Jumabhoy (Independent-City Ward)
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    • 114 5 MR. ROBERTSON EXPLAINS... D. Robertson (whose minority report on the blackout position was adopted, vs ih amendments, on Wednesday) »»id tkat sotme his fel-low-Commissioners had described the restriction of supplies to certain classes of consumers as discriminationThey had supported the majority upset (subsequently rejected) which said that discrimination against members
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    • 89 5 Mrs. D. F. ATHERTON. (abort,) one of the three remaining Singapore delegates to the Third General Assembly and Council of the World Assembly of Youth at Cornell University. Ithaca, New York, early next month, will leave the Colony for the V, S.. via the United Kingdom on
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    • 100 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Government pensioners are w petition the Governor for cost of bvmf u£ otheV allowances on the same scale paid to senrinj officers. They will also ask that payment of these allowances should be made retrospective ÜBothU Both UeYvtog
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    • 99 5 Free PreM Staff ReperUr IN tkw the freqne^y wttk A which some Yekiele* la Sinfapeie 4wt Mas r^c^Hßd^'*"^^ kt the transfer fee. In tfcec— $1 to $3 for emek Uxl. The C^-mltie* wm. UW that there ha* ■«*«> A TrT betar tranrferred four to Ore «7ZZ
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    • 21 5 \mt m. R. Ttarner. Assistant Sunvintendint of Polie. MjUjan PoX Service, has been appoint <1 of pSltte. Slneaoor* with effect
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    • 49 5 p'cture. SINGAPORE'S Youth ouncU u »t is now In England at the International Youth Camp m ChiKwell, Essex. Displacing the Sa* ars four Singapore y*«th Imdcn. (from left) Mr. Leslie Rayner, Miss Lhn P»h, Mr. K. S. Linr and Mr. Lam Thiam Limb.- P.R.O.
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    • 146 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO new regional schools at Haig Road first of x the twelve to be built by the Education Department under the Ten-Year Plan are nearing completion and will be ready to take In pupils at the end of the year. "It is
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    • 112 5 Free Press Staff Reporter RUMOUR which alleged that 1 V Raffles Institution intended to transfer some of its backward students to other schools wan denied by Raffles principal, Mr. Ralph Ellis; and the Singapore Education Department. Mr. Ellis told the Free Press that Raffles Institution from time
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    • 116 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Indian Association's new clubhouse m Balestier plain "will serve to promote a better espirit de corps m the Indian community and bring closer and nearer not only Indians, but the members of" the other communities of this great city of Singapore."
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    • 98 5 rPHE following substations will be liable to load-shedding tonight: Bukit Pasoh (tart); 8.A.T.. Trafalgar Street, Prince Edward Road, Sago Street, Peoples' Park, Nanson Road. Lam Soon Oil Mills, Guan Hin, U. B. Network, U. E. Factory, River Valley Road, Killiney Road, Orchard Road, Armenian St. Static,
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    • 63 5 THE Singapore Social Wel--1 fare Department has agreed to extend the benefits of its Public Assistance Scheme to employees of the Naval Base, following discussions beween Dr. Williams of the R. N. Asian Hospital, and the Supervisor of the Public Assistance Section. Financial assistance to
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    • 60 5 \|R J. R. Knight, of HMS x Enigma, Naval Base, Seletar. has left the Navy and has Joined (he Malayan Stenedi inf and Transportatioo ConpftDv, of Bin Mr. Kxught, who 5 will shortly he ltfttfef for Pejmmg to take chart* of the flri&* business ther«> It
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    • 25 5 The Penang Peoples' Education Association has received an assurance from the Education Department that it would assist th* Association m "every way possible".
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    • 120 5 SHORTEN PROBATION IN S.M.U. SERVICE Free Press SUIT Reporter A recommendation that the A probationary period for newly-recmited Singapore Municipal employees should be reduced to six months, has been made by the Service Commit tee of the Municipal ''Commissioner*. This follows an earlier proposal by the Examinations Committee that the
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      188 5 still afloaJ I'ML liirrt Aduiiial aflcal witk the Royal Navy. Ti- and a-half >«rar-vid Sir Ralph Croofce, arrived m Singapore on Tbiniay on the liner B»i>-nk,i Tshi"t f*r a place to make my boase" m tkc n« bit fifth retirement from tiie \a\v. An expert on fmnncry and
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    • 101 5 Biru Camp, on the southern tip of Johore and owned by the Singapore Youth Council, yesterday invited youth groups or young people (not necessarily member organisations affiliated to the Council.) ,to make use of its amenities as a holiday resort. Holiday makers can cross the
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    • 236 5 Hoteliers 'shelve' Assn. plan Free Press Staff Reporter THE move by Singapore hoteliers and licensees to form a Hotel and Bars Association to protect their interests has been shelved for the time being **owfc\g to a lack of the desired support." a spokesman told the Free Press this morning. "But,"
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      • 73 5 Just like the grown-ups j COSY SLIPPERS FOR YOUNGSTERS m ENGLISH LEATHER j fs^^/ SIMI sto<s $8.95 I jf $t\ Si2#s 7to 9 $9.25 fcjfl: H\ sii 'o to i J9«50 I SiiM 2toi| $11.50 I ia BROWN and BLUE I Best Upper and Strong Chrome-Lttther Pump Sole. j Wedge
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    • 558 6 First win for Northants WARWICKSHIRE, with three two-day vicn tories m succession, are setting a cracking pace m the English County cricket championship. But Yorkshire and Lancashire yesterday kept m the running with splendid wins over Kent and Hampshire, respectively. Yorkshire, who have played a
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    • 73 6 NARESH KUMAR i India > entered the final of the men's singles m the Welsh Lawn tennis championships at Newport yesterday. In the semi-final he beat Don Trengonning (Australia) 6 4. 6 3 and will meet another Australian. Peter Cawthorn. m the final today. In the
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    • 52 6 THE Swedish football club, Helsingborg. are expected to arrive m Singapore late m November. They will now dpjnnitely be coming, and will pi'ay three games m the Colony and two m the Federation. The Swedish tourists have been guaranteed $5,000 for each of their matches m
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    • 64 6 'J'HE deciding gcal m yesterday's Business Houses League cup soccer match at Farrer Park came m the last minutes. Until then. Singapore Cold Storage and Guthrie Sports Club were level with two goals each through Saman and Marzuki (Cold Storage* and Gosman and Jaffar (Guthries). A Guthries defender
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    • 88 6 I£. H. IP.. (Hong Kong) entered the finals of the men's and mixed doubles but lost his semifinal match m the singles when the Scottish lawn tennis championships were continued at Edinburgh yesterday. He was beaten 6-4. 2-6, 6-4 byPaddy Roberts (Britain) m the
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    • 74 6 "DRIDEFORD, a high-class styer. has been flown out to Malaya from England by the van Breukelen stable. Brideford is a four-vear-old by Fairford out of Bridal Bay by Early School. Brideford won twice this year. He was successful m a 7f. handicap at Chester and
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    • 250 6 DILL FOX was elected yesD terday evening to skipper the Singapore Cricket Club rugby team throughout the coming season. Fox, a second row or wkag forward, succeeds South and State player J. Roualle, who left last month for home leave m Britain. He was
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    • 47 6 Celtic beat Clyde 4 l m their second-round replay m the St. Mungo Cup soccer competition yesterday.- The lawn tennis match between Combined Universities (Hong Kong and Malaya) and V.M.C.A. scheduled for yesterday at the V.M.C.A. courts was postponed because the ground was unfit.
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    • 364 6 OOUTH Africans gained their third first-class vietory of the tour and their second against a County side when they beat Derbyshire by eight wickets at Derby yesterday. Derbyshire, who had scored 258 m the first innings, were dismissed for 205 yesterday and the South Africans, 382
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    • 125 6 Army v. RAF cricket rE annual cricket match between R.A.F. Malaya and Army (Singapore) will take place at Noo Soon today and tomorrow. The game will start at 11.30 today •md 11 a.m. tomorrow. Following are the teams: Army: Major Smyth-Pigott rGHQ>. Lt. Col. Henchley (GHQV Maj Willcocks (Base District).
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    • 466 6  -  CRUSADER CHWEE KOKS TRAINING By NEO Chwee Kok, Singapore's best Olympic prospect, has been much m the sports limelight this week. It is no secret that he is continuing serious training, not only for attempts* on the Colony records for the 50 and 100 metres free-style
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    • 184 6 AMERICA WON the two matches of the United States-Japan tie m the first round of the American zone of the Davis Cup lawn tennis competition at Louisville (Kentucky* yesterday. Dick Savitt <US> defeat" ec: Fumiterea Nakano < Japan 7—5, 6—3, 6—2
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    • 108 6 ENGLAND'S 3.000 football players are due to report for practice this week-end but nobody knows how many will show up. The Ph. Union has been urgir.members not to sign new contracts, and a lot of them haven't. The players don't like the new contracts that
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    • 27 6 CHARLES 'FOUGHT TO DEATH I I 1 I I 1 I 1 I I I I I 1 1 II 3 f PUw Muri pu i pa
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    • 23 6 TRAINER Jr.n J forr. jJ the d run hi« jkm The ite zfej Gold Cur I a recorc I
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    • 20 6 HoOHft K. I openin? ba'.smar. is Nfl his last seasor. I Cour.- I ;hr<' ar I .school-roarhir/ I
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    • 1151 7  - RIVATEER IS RATED BEST FOR S' PORE CUP ALLAN LEWIS By Technicolor to run him close T HE S ln *apore Cup, worth approximately $11,000 m stakes and added money, was the most discussed race this morning at Bukit Timah. Kew Gardens will have a large following after his unlucky
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    • 108 7 f^-~^~T ikk>passe* ersoai jeep rAli mM I**** CALL BOY rOINTW BILLDAW BILLDAW *m»w™ o*o* Kichmo-d ArUntUm E5X£7 BILLDAW ,igss-!Sr ararUUl Harrier Garuda H.rrJL FA *K „-•4* »«pgwai> Bramhall Flyer £1 IEANNETTE JEANNETTE Flu* r*w t\l* }KS tilm Fan Film Fa« j^nlLfi. FILM FAN igr" c^"^ issss HtH-
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    • 28 7 ■i'SiVi. Base X .sorrow P J ■IIL Andrew Gil■it Hzssey. M P Hlbftr. W. R M B tit. H. Noon. fiIOTMU. K. H Jfarr Iran Wong
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      32 7  -  Mc Leod By PENANG Sat.— Altar their Malaya Cup match against Kedah at ft] t Star today Selangor will at Penang tomorrow to v against the settlement. iu...iO.i O/l .«k,v..u7.
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    • 331 7 1 9 to run in today's Festival race AFIELD of 19 horses whose total estimated value is £750,000 is expected to go to the post for today's big Festival race at Ascot, the richest prize m the history of the British Turf. Prize money for the V/2--mile race, officially named
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    • Page 7 Miscellaneous
      • 818 7 h*i«« JSI°k S i P l o^ 61 Jockeys today are given below. Double totes will be on Races Five and Eight Big Sweep on Race Seven. Race 1—2.15: Class 1, Div. 2— 6 F. &19 Yds. 1 252 I?^ 4 McPherson 8.12 "Brilliant Kongsi" Martin 2 000 Richmond Woods
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    • 154 8 GOVERNMENT EXPERTS DUE SOON Free Press Staff Reporter pHE Government of SinA gapore expect that the three experts appointed to re-organise the secretariat will arrive m the Colony by the end of October, Mr. K. A. Blacker, Organisation Secretary, told the Free Press. They will work m the Secretariat, but
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    • 100 8 CANBERRA, Sat. THE AUSTRALIAN Stevedor- ing Industry Board has reported that nine million hours of waterside workers labour was paid for but wasted m Australian ports m the year ended June 30, 1950. The board's report said "nonproductive time" of waterside workers totalled almost
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    • 463 8 Dead Toiler was personality man LONDON. Saturday. KING Abdullah of Jordan, 69, who was assassinated m Jerusalem yesterday, was one of the ablest and most colourful of all Middle Eastern' rulers. He was a short striking figure with hawklike nose, thick black eyebrows and carefully
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    • 60 8 No anxiety is felt about the health of 95-year-old exMarshal Philippe Petain, according to latest reports today from the Ille D'Yeu, off the French Atlantic coast. Madame Petain, who is staying on the island to be near her husband and, the army doctor attending him both denied
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    • 31 8 Two Japanese newspapermen arrived m Tokyo yesterday after the Eighth Army evicted them from Korea for violating an order that Japanese reporters must not visit the Pusan area.— A.P.
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    • 184 8 Her husband is a woman PARIS, Saturday. PLEVEN years ago Monsieur Jean Gabriel Fardet, XJ 39, a barman, married a widow and by legal adoption became the father of her two children. Now he has confessed to Paris police that "he" is a woman. f The pose remained undiscovered even
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    • 102 8 Plane afire, passengers saved RICHMOND, Virginia, Sat. A pilot skidded a crippled airliner carrying 53 persons to a safe landing m a muddy field today after one engine caught fire and a tail section broke off m a storm. The 48 passengers and five crew escaped without a scratch. The
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    • 335 8 LONDON, Saturday N°« T gUi lt y said a jur y at Manchester, and Mrs. Anna Neary. 26-year-old French-born mother and U fafnted mUrdeHng woman < n her bath, moaned Miss Rose Heilbron, 36--year-old K.C., who had defended her successfully, said i "This has
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    • 315 8 S'pore plan for fight against flooding Free Press Staff Reporter A RECOMMENDATION for joint anti-flood action by the Singapore Government and the Municipality has been accepted Jby the Public Works Committee of the Municipal Commissioners. The recommendation, mad? by the Municipal Engineer, Mr. G. Edmond, is that a joint body
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    • 47 8 The Americans have started rebuilding vital airfields m Greenland. Equipment and workers started moving there three weeks ago. With the bases back m use American planes will be able to patrol inland of the icecap, to guard against any Soviet attempt at infiltration.
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      • 538 8 Straits Tunes k Free Pres> For Hie con»«ni«nc« ot ad«ert*sers, o«ir Representatives at Ist Ftoor. Smtjapof* Cold Storage Orchard Road, will '•ceive small jdvtrritements and answers te box numbers BIRTHS JIGGENS. On 16.7.51, at 8.M.H., Singapore, to Peter and fcessle, a son. Richard Vernon. RIODEN. Jeremy Harry, at Kuching General
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      • 238 8 New Crossword No. 411 CLDES ACROSS 1, Elementary chemical rules of behaviour (8, 3); 7. A friend m 3 (3); 8. Bats m a different iorm (7); 9. Where both land and water vehicles may go (5); 10. Turn the boat by the Duck— if s forbidden (5) 12. In
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      • 63 8 Solution to Crossword No. 410 Across: 1, Tack. 3, Insure. 8, Peter. 9, Grist. 10, Exhausting, ll, Lampshades. 16, Polka. 17, Pried. 18, Debits. 19, Eden. Down: 1, Topee! 2. Catch. 4, Night shift. 5, Union. 6. Efts. 7, Triumphant. 12. Ad lib 13. Dried. 14. Sudan. 15, Aped. General
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