The Singapore Free Press, 23 July 1951

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press f^^WAFTERMOOH SALE IN MALAYA |SIL SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1951. PKICE HFTEKN CKMS,
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    RED PROPOSAL ACCEPTABLE
    318 1 troop withdrawal talk is postponed w ASUINC.TON, Thursday. mnr ,,mi»t w hi* h the Communists were STha\, offered yesterday m the •ise-fire talks is understood to provide ithdra* al o\ foreign troops would not xJUed until after an armistice. This is topnm' acceptable to the United mist
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    They help to starve bandits
    84 1 They help to starve bandits LONDON Tr.urs. L:- ier-Sec-nfi." I u d Ik 6icmoß3 last night ISCbr strintfnt mea- Mali :eny food to kfij said, to p Elx sappo:: rjr On ■r :e Chicle populamd Ken iidespread. p had »w. a further i ♦heir. our t of ■PiwtKTe^ from (fci^BlaUo.:
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    KHAW JOO. TOK
    45 1 Mr. Khaw Joo Tok. Tha man who reportedly started the first bucket tin dredging company m the world, died n Penang yesterday. He was one of Penang 's most respected octogenarians and one of the pioneers of the Eastern Smelting ComPany. A.P
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    U.K. LEADS IN SHIPBUILDING
    17 1 U.K. LEADS IN SHIPBUILDING T 01 S i*»"l -house on apres, released KMd holds field with 39
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    BEFORE THE STORM
    34 1 RIOT PRELUDE Sonic girls smile, some si-owl. as they wave their arms and shake their fistt at a parade of peace partisans m Tehran's Istanbul Avenue. Rioting broke out shortly afterwards.
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    Britain awaits 'peace' proof
    256 1 LONDON, Thursday. ORITAIN will not relax her vigilance until there Is proof of a desire for peace "on the eastern side of the fence" the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Morrison, told Parliament, yesterday. Mr. Morrison urged caution m considering certain "peace campaigns.*' They could rejoice if it
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    STRIKERS BACK
    24 1 About 70 workers of the Singapore Glass Factory who struck ww* haye returned, Mr. A. S. Atkins, the commercial manager, said today.
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    WIDOWS WON'T GET MORE
    111 1 WIDOWS WON'T GET MORE t LONDON, Thurs. ]L|R. Barnet Janner, Labour, asked m the Commons yesterday whether the Colonial Secretary would review the present "inadequacy" of the compensation scheme for the widows of some planters who gave long years of service m Malaya and the substantial number of European staff
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    PRINCE LEAVES ASYLUM
    162 1 PRINCE LEAVES ASYLUM DAMASCUS, Thurs. OFFICIAL circles here believe that Emir Talal of Jordan, son of the murdered King Abdullah, has managed to leave his medical asylum In Switzerland but his present whereabouts are unknown. The Syrian Cabinet, which met yesterday was believed to have considered the "dangerous repercussions" which
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    'A-bomb if talks fail'
    88 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. weekly magazine Newsweek today said that the U.S. Defence Department was studying the possibility of atom- bombing concentrations of Chinese troops m the event of failure of Kaesong armistice talks. Newsweek said "this does not mean we are going to rush into unilateral use
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    A SECOND TERM FOR BRADLEY
    33 1 Truman yesterday formally nominated Central Omar Bradley for a new cwo-year term as chairman oj ihe Joint C&tefs-of -Staff, ttv jighest militmry post m the United States. A.P.
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    U.S. floods receding
    82 1 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri. Thurs. rE crest ol the most costly flood m United States history rolled past nerc yesterday leaving a trail of devastation that took 40 lives, left 200.000 homeless and caused $1,000,000,000 damage. The Mississippi River swept along 41.9 feet deep, toward the Gulf of
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    REDS HAVE A-BOMB CARRIERS
    119 1 PALO ALTO, Cal Thurs. RUSSIA has an aircraft capable of carrying the atomic bomb over a great discone, said here yesterday. RussSi had made considerable process m the atomic neJd. ttJanks partly to certain secret American data obtained by Soviet agent*. In tune Russia would possess
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    U.K. 'WILL JOIN OIL TALKS'
    247 1 LONDON, Thursday. OKITAIN is expected to make a decision today on the Persian proposals for further negotiations to settle the month-long oil dispute and informed sources said acceptance was as good as certain. The Cabinet is waiting for a report from the British Ambassador m
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    EGYPT MOVES AGAINST PRESS
    70 1 The Egyptian (Wafdist) Government is planning to rush through Parliament legislation empowering them to ban. confiscate or warn any newspaper which conducts a campaign "aimed at undermining the constitutional regime m Egypt." The new legislation was necessary, a spokesman said, after a court ruling reversing the
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    Khama exile order waived
    22 1 LONDON, T.liurs. THE BRITISH Government has waived its exclusion This was announced In the House of Commons yesterday
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    Non-alien 'dodgers' watched
    240 1 Non-alien 'dodgers watched LONDON, Thursday. ]i| R. Tom Cook, Under- Secretary for the Colonies, was questioned m the House of Commons yesterday about the call-up m Malaya. Mr. Leonard Gammans, Conservative, asked what was being done to prevent .the evasion of military duty by those liable to be called up,
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    The whistle meant death
    85 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. TWO Chinese and a S&kai were killed on the Sungei Sembrone at Kluang, Johore when Security f*rces opened fire on them. One of the Chinese was a woman. They were travelling m a tampan and ignored the challenge of
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    Labour party to aid Asian Socialists
    85 1 Labour party to aid Asian Socialists THE British Labour Parly will back a loan for financial aid from the Socialist International to Socialist parties m Asia, it was announced yesterday m London. Action was agreed at a meeting of the Labour Party National Executive yesterday when the party offered an
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    Separate defence plan for S.-E. Asia
    144 1 Separate defence plan for S.-E. Asia LONDON T.iur.v THE British Government hopes it will be pensile, to make a furiher sscur^y arrangement covering the general area of Sjuth-es-t Asia. Mr. Ernest Davies. B itish Foreign Under-Secretary. yesterday told 'he Hou>e or Commons. '"But so far, wp have v.h, found this
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    Reynaud to form Cabinet
    72 1 PARIS. Thill*. TATHOLLC leader and ex-. Premier George* Bidault* last night U)ld President* Auriol that he could not tryj to form a French Govern-' ment. Conservative ox-Pr :r.ier Paul Revnauti IM asked t» try his hand a* forming a Cabinet. M. Mdmult'i Inability t« secure agreement
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    WOMAN ROBBED
    31 1 A Chinese woman mil I up by a cyclist m Te.ssen.so!' i Read yesterday. With a p« r of plieus. lie removed six goftt banßles which she nil tag.
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    Mr. Shute finds a prophet on the airfield
    768 2  - Mr. Shute finds a prophet on the airfield GEORGE MALCOLM THOMPSON by KOI ND THE BEND. Kevil Shute. (Hcineoiann). 4 NY commercial sue- cess story, even if only from beginning to end of a greengrocery business, has a certain fascination. Once begun, the story runs itself, and if you happen
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    Part-time authorship for future?
    359 2 Part-time authorship for future? IS the day approaching when authorship will be a part-time job? Consider the case of 49-year-old novelist Anthony Gibbs, son of Sir Philip Gibbs. After writing 15 novels he will be an author no more. Why?" "I can't afford it. Writers can no longer expect to
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    Mrs. Suratgar sizes up the oil men
    788 2 Mrs. Suratgar sizes up the oil men THE POET'S WIFE FROM LONDON SETS DOWN HER OWN EXPERIENCES I>UT for the chance of her meeting and falling m love with a handsome young Persian poet, when they were both University students m London, the odds are that Olive Hepburn, Manchester-born and
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      436 2 Solution to Crossword No. 414 Across: 1, Realisation. 7. Met. 8. Trumpet. 9, Nicer. 10, Tutor. 12. Sisal. 14, Oriel. 15. Enslave. 17. P.P.S. 18. Transferred. Down: 1. Reminiscent. 2. Attacks. 3, Inter. 4. Achilt. 5, Imp. 6, Naturalised. 11, Tripper. 13, Loads. 14, Obese. 16, Sea. YOUR LUCKY STAR
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    ANNIBALSCOUNTED IN PAPUA
    583 3 ANNIBALSCOUNTED IN PAPUA New Guinea PATROLS are proß?n^ T E B Th «^a,. controlled" i^Sn alt&h *V? a u bout tni "uncontains head hunting t^ 'V 8 believed tha It also be cannibals s who ma y or may not Geographically, the Kukukuku country begins on th* Papuan Gulf coast
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    33 3 TOP SECRET? A North Korean officer adopts a secretive attitude as. hand cupped over mouth, he holds a field telephone conversation m Kaeson?. Lookin* out of the window is anoiher North Korean officer.
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    Rest ordered fer ballerina
    99 3 LONDON, Thurs. UARGOT Fonteyn, leading m ballerina of the Covent Garden Ballet, must take a long rest. She strainejd a foot while dancing last February and th« injury hj*s been slow m healing, the Covent Garden Opera management stated. The 31-year-old ballet star will leave the
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    Shinwell chosen
    35 3 Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, the Defence Minister, will prcbably represent Britain at fourpower talks to be held shortly m Washington to discuss the standardisation of small arms a government spokesman said m Lnnd'm. Reuter
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    THE REPAIRING OF KOREA
    127 3 Pt'SAN. Thursday. Id has n planned but virtually nothing ttis\t{ toward rehabilitation of devastated n :i rebuilding roads and railways nary supplies, only temporary, ..d disease-prevention steps Kb workKj:U( hands. The X.' itfugeea receive Hfentioos (usually H t J88 calories each Bi an one i nsh
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    19 nations seek £1 Million in oil
    101 3 LONDON, Thursday. BRITISH shipyards are going all out to equip their whaling fleet for a winter likely to J? ri^ the fiercest competition m Antarctic whaling history. Fitting out "should reach Its P«ak nex: month. Already British whalers Balaena and Southern Oarden, together
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    CHINA IS 21 BISHOPS SHORT
    60 3 Over 50,000.000 Catholics living m countries under Communtet rule and 11.000 priests have been victims of persecution. Of 146 BLsJiopTics m Communist China. 21 are without Bishops, states .the Catholic weekly magazine Sunday Examiner, published in <Sf °tnt latest Vatican statistics, the Examiner said 12
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    TURKS FINE
    25 3 Turkish coastal batteries flred several times at Soviet Navy motor boats whicn entered Turkish territorial waters during manoeuvres m the Black Sea, AFP.
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    TALKS ON I-C.
    31 3 The French Ambassador to the United States, M Henri Bonnet '<Hscji«ed a SK of question*, including Indo China, with the sec retary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. AFP.
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    Red trap in British Berlin
    362 3 BERLIN, Thursday. A COUPLE of men are on duty m Berlin to keep the flies away from the spider. They are West Berlin police and they stand on Masuren Allee (boulevard) a few feet from Radio Berlin, the crescent shaped house that Goebbels built. Inside
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    Logger fells house halt
    63 3 BRISBANE. Thurs. ENOUGH timber to build a house and a half was m the tallow-wood tree felled m 10 days by logger Frank Downing at Springbrook Valley, 80 miles south of Brisbane. It was 230 feet high with a base girth of more than 20 feet.
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    Maltreatment charge against orphanage
    108 3 Maltreatment charge against orphanage HONG KONG, Thurs. THE Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao Jih Pao reported that St. Paul's Orphanage m Hoihow (Hainan Island) was the latest Catholic orphanage m the country to face charges by the authorities of maltreatment of its wards. resulting m hUh mortality rates. The Hoihow
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    Bridge Hand
    472 3 YOU seldom get a positive response to an opening two-bid if you are playing a system that requires a trick and a half m order to make one. So m order to increase the occasions on which a positive response can be given, many experts have reduced Hand
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    The river that flows backwards
    108 3 The river that flows backwards LIVERPOOL. Thurs. A river that flows backwards, England "> narrowest house and a church built of cast iron, are listed m a booklet called "Merseyside Places of Interest", published by th» Merseyside Civic Society. The backward-flowing rtvef Is at Sefton Moss, where the* lower reaches
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    DUELS MEAN JAIL IN U.S.
    61 3 American KMton Lu-v trying lo hammer out a of ethics lor those m rdvi itiment.' toy \h t.ie noti I of restoring dupls as a form of redress lor "character I sassination Unfortnuately, there law that says you ran ro ti jail for ten years
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      323 3 Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m. Emergency News from Kuala Lumpur; 10.10 Close; 10.45 For the Schools:— Singing To?ether. Radio Sons Book Literature for Standards 8 1 p.m. Light Muak MedleyThomas Peluso his Concert Orchestra; 1.30 Time Signal News: 1.45 Dance Music played ov Rr.v Anthony Orchestra; 2 For the Schools: Singinn
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  • The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 26, 1951.
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      The spivs rejoice
      493 4 SINGAPORE S price racketeers had good cause for rejoicing yesterday. .They opened the morning newspaper, and found it m plenty of evidence lo support the charge that the consuming public is entirely content with its role of the lamb m the slaughterhouse. The news which brought comfort
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      Stopper industry
      195 4 WHEN 28-year-old f f Paul Nathanson, of Kennington, made three bottles stoppers and sent them as a gift to i friend m America, he was, without knowing it, founding a new business. The bottle stoppers had modelled heads one of Mr Churchil!. one of Uncle Sam and the
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    Russians Benefit From Fuehrer's Old Disciple
    1179 4 SEFTON DELMERS FINAL REPORT ON REMER rSwwBoL tPi. Xr^.JjL ft Jft sttTZ fw/BBwßm They get wonderful propaganda— all of it free WHO financed Remer and his neo-Nazi "Socialist Reich Party"? Hitler himself had plenty of financial assistance throughout his career. When he first took
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    It Seems to Me....
    755 4  - It Seems to Me. POLITICO By HTHE Philippines Government has protested m the strongest terms against the reparations clause m the proposed Japanese peace treaty. Australian ex-prisoners of war have called the compensation proposed "a fleabite". Burma has also announced her objections on the ground that the Japs have got
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    PRIME MINISTER DIED—BY FORGERY
    566 4 PRIME MINISTER DIED— BY FORGERY Egyptian gang operofd unnoticed for 10 yeors says Margaret Gilruft, A FTER a long line of Governments had been fooled by a gang of forgers which at the peak of its 10-year existence brandished documents designed to show Premier Nahas Pasha happily intriguing with Russia
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      42 4 Vo you.ftrttw... i i ...Hiat the tiger it a O more powerful, and fiercer animal tfcan »H co*ti" m« lion. I niai v u»nt Wind Mixture i« '"£"<>• I remedy for J^fT^H I stip»»ion. UMl geSt 0 AwK fi« I ntt W, </ T/CS*
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    CONSUMERS' MOVEMENT WON'T PACK UP'
    238 5 (fa Robert Eu berates S'bore public apathy I Free Press Staff Reporter L kck »f P ublk res P° n !t t P artici lar ly from Government P ,\,,ni.iDal employees, to the Consumers' Rally at thp V; M" HaH Tuesday would not mean the
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    They must be 'satisfied'
    40 5 They must be 'satisfied' t v v !i! r l a :ha! she hat! Kti» w** "I" r^Ae public r Md n mM- (.•rrrnme nt and P.. ,!tr»*l»W ..»,.-.«> that they i irr of E*trpav Thf (.ovirnLg H s|no-v itdbt t
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    WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES
    66 5 Mr. Thio Chan Bee, Singapore Legislative and Executive Council member and Vice-Principal of the An^lo-Chinese School, Is greeted on his arrival m Los Angeles airport, California, by Mr. Art Stewart, Pacific-Orient manager for Trans-World Airways. Mr. Thio. who is on an international travel itinerary, attended the
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    A SPECIAL PLEA
    37 5 a T&u Cheng Lock, President of the Malayan Cninesc n. has made a special plea to the Comptroller of Manptmm, Mr J. D. Hodgkinson. to allow Chinese 'only sons" to be exempted from call-up.
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    Leeture on Hinduism
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    Tragedy, disappointment came at the same time
    252 5 By ROGER VIE Tragedy and aisappointjuent came at the same time for Mr. G. V. Santhou, a teacher at St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore Mr. Santhou teas one of the original delegates selected by the Singapore Youth Council to attend the Third General Assembly
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    REQUEST TO A RULER
    66 5 THK SULTAN OF SELANOOR, {Mir* f* ool rl ht bm S limUning tt> a request by a m»n depuUUon of the "Ahnudiwah 1 MBrfim sect at lb« Istan* on Monday. The deputation Mked that their »ect be reeocni^d with the other tour accepted Muslim seeU m
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    EAST-WEST SOCIETY
    48 5 The Archdeacon of Singapore Re\ R. H. Woods. Mr. A. Jacobs. JSs M. Keel, Mr. Chia Cheong rtok and Mr*. V. Djvies «U1 be the speakers at tonight s meeting of the Ea.st.We6t Society m the YMC.A., Orchard Road at 8.30. Subject: Symposium on MarrUg«. r
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    MAKE TEMPORARY STAFF PERMANENT
    170 5 COUNCILLOR'S REQUEST TO GOVT.... A CALL to the Government to mete out equity and justice to temporary employees of the Singapore Government, who have put m a few years satisfactory work, by taking them on the permanent staff, was made by Dato C. J. Paglar, Progressive
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    Blackouts: daily paid workers' plea
    115 5 Blackouts: daily paid workers' plea Free Press Staff Reporter THE livelihood of artisans has been handicapped by the blackout of electricity m commercial firms during peak periods, states a letter sent by the Singapore Chinese Mechanics Association to the President of the Municipal Commissioners. The letter states that stoppage ot
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    SPECIAL COURT FOR MUNICIPAL OFFENCES
    101 5 SPECIAL COURT FOR MUNICIPAL OFFENCES Free Press Staff Reporter J± special court, with an independent magistrate seconded for Municipal Service, to try all Municipal offences, including cases under the traffic bylaws, should be set up im Singapore, Mr. M. P. D. Nair, Labour Party Commissioner, told the Free Press yesterday.
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    Gold price rises on 'War Talk'
    155 5 Free Press Staff RcP° ri *T' rfjflE price of fold which dropped from $240 per Uhil to $230 when the rease-fire m Korea was SSt discussed, pjrts that the peace talks were not foinj on as well as was exP***"!^ of wa r -War
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    Australia's 'Anthony Eden' ~ with a dynamic personality
    604 5 Australia's 'Anthony Eden' with a dynamic personality By PETER HILL rpODAY journalists m Indo--1 China will have a chance of meeting debonair, well- tailored Mr. Richard .Gardiner Casey, Australia's Minister for External Affairs, who left Singapore this morning for a t<pir of Saigon and its adjacent areas. Whether they will
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    Should the voters elect S'pore's Mayor?
    349 5 Should the voters elect S 'pore's Mayor? Free Press Staff Reporter THE election of a mayor, following the grant of city status to the Singapore Municipality, has already been accepted m principle by the Municipal Commissioners and must follow m course of time, said a Commissioner to the Free Press
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    Here's one suggestion
    142 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 'PHE Mayor of Singapore should be elected from among the Municipal Commissioners, with the contest thrown open to both the elected and the nominated, Mr. John Lay cock, Legislative Councillor and VicePresident of the Progressive Party, told the Vree Press Mr. Laycock said
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    Blackout areas
    56 5 THE lollowiug sub-stations uill 1 be liable to load-shedding tonight: Arthur Road, Broadrick Road, Mt. Batten Network, S'?ore Swimming Club, Tanjong Rhu, U.E. Shipyard, Rhu Cr^ss, Nanyang Ice Works, Cathay, M Donald House. Armenian St. D.C., Tan Chye Piace/Fort Canning, WU Waterloo St., St. Andrews High St./Starhford Road,
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    Poster prizes for Poppy Day
    112 5 The Chairman of the Poppy Day Appeal ha,« proposed that a ;>oM«-r competition be held this year lor the production of Posters to publicise the Children's Party, which is njn m Singapore In connection with Poppy Day. In order to attract and Inas many as
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    RIDGWAY CARR IN LIMELIGHT
    544 6 RIDGWAY CARR IN LIMELIGHT 4 wickets with 4 deliveries FRED Ridgway, Kent fast bowler, and Don Carr, Derbyshire batsman, who have been chosen to tour India, Pakistan and Ceylon with the M.C.C. team this winter, distinguished thertiselves m the match at Folkestone yesterday. Ridgway took four Derbyshire wickets with four
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    41 6 picture. GETTING DOWN TO IT OK ONE WAY OF GETTING ROUND A SHARP CORNER: L. Kraus and B. Hnser of Munich (Germany), riding a BMW, won the 500 ec sidecar race* m the Schottenring international motor-cycle races on July 15.. A.P.
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    Fox completes hat-trick
    127 6 Fox completes hat-trick TONY Fox, 22-year-old Cambridge undergraduate, won the Wingfield sculls over the 4 J -mile course from Putney to Mortlake last night. He beat J. Pinches *by 7 i lengths, with >I. R. Martin a further four lengths away third. Fox covered the course m 22 mins. 14
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    'MR. PENANG' CONTEST
    82 6 A BODY beautiful contest to select "Mr. Penan*" of 1951 will be held on Oct. 27. by the Penan* Happy Health Culturists and the Penang Health Culture League. Entries are Invited from residents m Penan*, Province Wellealer and Kedah. This contest will be held m conjunction with
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    PAAA Silver Jubilee
    54 6 OILVER JUBILEE of the Amateur Athletic Association of Perak will be celebrated at ihe annual championships tomorrow and on Saturday. One hundred and twenty- two competitors will take part, to commemorate their 25th anniversary. The A. A. A. of Perak. which was formed m 1926. have published
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    SEMI-FINAL
    23 6 In a Singapore Harbour Board inter-departmental Challenge Cup "eml-flnal yesterday. Fire Demand beat Traffic Department 4-0 Salleh (2». Kemat and Mokhtai scored.
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    Verity goes round in 80
    77 6 X- VERITY of Malaya had a second round of 80 on the Oakdale course yesterday for a 36 -hole total of 158 m the North British professional golf tournament at Harrcgate (Yorkshire) Leaders when he finished his round were Flory Van Donck (Belgium) and J.
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    67 6 TMTHUL Karib had little J 1 difficulty m beating HM.S. Terror m a Singapore Amateur Football Association junior cup- tie at St. George's Road yesterday. The score was eight goals to nil. Inside-left Yassin and out-side-left Rahim Omar routed the Terror defence on the left flank,
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    AIRWAYS WIN
    55 6 Malayan Airways S.C. defeated Bata S.C. one-nil .n Singapore Business Houses Football Association League Cup fixture at Farrer Park yesterday. After a scoreless first half Borhan scored for Airways m a goalmouth melee. Is 1 and Club course will be reservvi :or the Colony golf championship on Sunday
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    CLUB TENNIS RESULTS
    144 6 FURTHER ties played m the Tanglin C>-b Tennis championships yesterday resulted a* follows: Handicap Mixed Doablcs: Mr. and Mrs. R. Middleton-Staith (—.3) beat Maj. and Mrs. R. M. S. Maude 4> 6-1, 6-2. Handicap Men's Dmi Mm: D. W. McMullan and J. R. Scott (Scr.) bt. LL
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    44 6 4LL-ROUND supeMo:i'y b\ Catholic Young M^n* Association earned a four goals to one victory over Netaji Memorial F.C m a S.A.FJL Div. 3A match a: C.V.M.A. ground yesterday. C. Roaarlo (2>. R. Gomez and D. Rczvrio scored for CV.MA for N«taji.
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    398 6 Close finished in GHQ Farelf aquatic gala Q H.Q. FARELF S annual minimi U Barracks pool yeste rd n «^attJ finishes, especially m the W it ***tii to "C Platoon. XV( h 4 The lighter side of the em 1 vided by a joustin* contest I men, a dinghy and
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    RIVATEER SKIPS PENANG MEETING
    428 7  - RIVATEER SKIPS PENANG MEETING TRESPASSER By 22 entries for Gold Cup T H S r ace oose s who have been looking forward to renewal of rivalry between the C°u r D e ias C A n m Cd the finish of the Sinßaporl wU? bfdfstSed thC PCnang GOW CUP
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    MCC TEAM FOR CEYLON
    98 7 THE M.C.C. may meet a Commonwealth side, representing Australia, New Zealand. India. Pakistan and Ceylon, during their three weeks' visit to Ceylon after the Indian tour this winter. The M.C.C. will arrive on Feb. 14. the same day as the King will reach Colombo on his
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    40 7 TAIPING. Wed. Th-> annual knockout soccer competition for the Bayley Cup will be^in here on Saturday when tht Police meet the R.A.S.C. The second fixture is on Tuesday between the R. E. Sports Club and the Prisons Department.
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    MCC nominees
    45 7 LONDON. Wed— D. B. Carr. of Oxford University and Derbyshire. and Don Ken on, of Worcester- vhire, have been Invited to complete the party for the M.C.C. tour of India, Pakistan and Ceylon this winter. rM '*"r #n fi&jn£* n #*r# innAnnr*H Reuter
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    216 7 LcCORDING to .1 Urbane. Dr. X Eg, the Ireland and C* isles Rngfcy Cpß captain and Cr who toured Gjv with flSsh team, b Mteda pos:*:on with Bine hospr. L three til: t: a> > *iU m- captain, and a most likeable 1 man. He
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    S'pore tennis contestants
    50 7 S' pore tennis contestants The Free Press cameramancaught these two > ompentors m action on the S.C.C. rourts yesterday m the Singapore lawn tennis champion&hjps: Miss J. Rump (left) and Mrs. J. Purrier, Lim Boon Soo and Mrs. Purrier beat Freddie Tan and Mis* Rump 6-1, 6-2 m the mixed
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    407 7  -  CRUSADER By F AWN tennis of quite a high standard was seen on the V.M.C.A. courts m Bras Basah Road last evening when the V's accounted for the combined Hong Kong and Malayan Universities by 79 games to 65. Main attraction was, of course, the
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    TODAY'S TEST: CHANCES
    265 7 TODAY'S TEST: CHANCES Leeds, today. gNGLAND, though making six changes, are favourites to defeat South Africa m the fourth Te*>t which begins at Headingley today. Victory will give England the rubber, as they now lead by two wins to one m the series of five matches. In spite of the
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    I.A. CRICKET TEAMS
    81 7 Indian Association cricket team lor the week-end are: Sunday v S.C.R.C. (tournament) at I. A. ground: Lall Singh, Yu.su 1 Madari, Yacob Madari, Hu&ren Shah, P. L. Thiagarajan, R. Bhu palan, L. 8. Thivy, R. Sandoaham Vasu, Bag<u, Verity Gill, Dr. M Abraham. Umpire: J. Pierre. Sunday
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    H.K. STUDENTS LEAVE
    201 7 HONG KONG University students left Singapore this morning, having shared honours with bmvere tj of Malaya m the annual interSffifSgn Hotel "blowing .yffifi'2 tennis match against V.M.C.A. The dinner was given m honour of the visitors by the Ufiiversity of Malaya Ath!etlc Union. In future the Inter-Varsity
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    Chwee Kok's bid for records
    395 7 Chwee Kok' s bid for records REST OF THE SPORT ENTRIES for the Chinese Swimming Club's annual championships on Saturday. Aug. 11 (starting at 4 p.m.) close on Aus. L At this meet Neo Chwee Kok. *«li medallist of the Asian Games, will attempt to break the Singapore records /or
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    UK. INDUSTRY THREATENED BY JAPS
    461 8 Tory warning on textiles LONDON, Thursday. ORITISH industry would soon be faced again with stiff Japanese competition, Mr. R. A. Butler. Conservative, told the House of Commons yestefday. He said the £5,000,000 Japan would pay to former prisoners of war was "entirely inadequate." Mr. Butler
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    Losses in rayons, and textiles
    156 8 Losses in rayons, and textiles LONDON. Thurs. rjIHERE was not a great deal A of activity on the London Stock Exchange yesterday the bulk of the business transacted being m overseas issues with switching from domestic shares Into coppers and Canadian stocks again m evidence. Early Improvement among some industrials.
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    U.S. aid for five Asian countries
    294 8 WASHINGTON, Thurs. NEW details, were made public here yesterday of what is described as America's "comprehensive programme*' of economic aid to five couni tries of South-East Asia m the coning year. This was disclosed m a closed session before the i House Foreign Affairs
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    N.Z. REVOKES STRIKE LAWS
    59 8 The New Zealand Prime Minister. Mr. Sidney Holland said yesterday that the last of the Emergency Regulations which gave his Government wide powers during the dock strike will be revoked today Last week, following the waterfront workers' almost unanimous decision to call off their five-month old
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    35 8 Church membership mi n the United States rose to 85,705,--280 m 1950, a record making 55.9 per cent, of the population. The total membership was up 2,950,987 over the previous year.- AP
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    He was rejected for a poodle
    182 8 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, Thursday. A MEMPHIS clothier said yesterday that he is suing his ex-fiancee, m London, char^n* her with a French'S* d Wl> fOr David M. Shendelman, 32 said the suit, nied m British courts, was for U553,092, the sum it cost him to
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    HE'LL STAY WITH THE KING
    63 8 Lt.-General Frank Hortan Berryman, Director-irfrChief of the Royal Tour next year, left Sydney yesterday for London by air. He took with him the final draft of the tour itinerary for approval by the King and Queen. Gen. Bcrryman, accompanied by Mrs. Berryman. will be m
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    OFF TO TALKS
    27 8 The Burmese Foreign Minister, Sao Hkun Hkio, left Rangoon by plane yesterday for New Delhi, reportedly for important talks with Indian Government officials.- A.P.
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    Dead general defends men
    257 8 Dead general defends men PARIS, Thursday. rjENERAL Philippe Lcclerc denied m a letter pub- lished yesterday, long after his death, that his armoured division had fiddled away a day enjoying wine and public acclaim instead of liberating Paris. The complaint was made by General Omar Bradley m his recently published
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    Men nurses for girls?
    104 8 LONDON. Thurs. SHOULD male nurses work m women's hospital wards, just as female nurses work m men's wards? Women members of the South Western Regional Hospital Board said "No" at a meeting; at Truro, Cornwall. The board was discussing whether men should be used at a
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    194 8 LONDON, Thursday. are the conditions under which donkey meat can be sold for human consumption?" Replied Mr. F.T. WiUey Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Pood: "The pro- 1 visions of the Food and Drugs Act. 1938, relating to the sale of horse flesh, apply." j
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    132 8 WHO'LL HEA EUROPE ARMY THE delegates of five I*^***. iwj X having agree*! m princin f ur W^ a uniaed European arm! a-^ H will command it. -^^^^S'N The preliminary ifreen for a mUitary pool whicl would provide a unined army under one command, weaiing one uniform and fighting under
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