The Singapore Free Press, 6 August 1951

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA \i& SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1951. I'KHI HFTKfcN h\is
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    Four good reasons for a big smile
    30 1 picture. t.otidGsTsaw ••Miss World" and other winners of the receipt international beauty ccntest when they took a stroll in St. James'" Pirk.< Popper
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    REDS SAY 'WE ARE SORRY'
    393 1 'Won t happen again Peking tells Ridgway TOKYO, Monday. rn (HINA siH the stage for the reopening of the Korean truce talks JJljj sayiu that the violation of Kaesong's neutral zone by troop- m» accidental and would not happen again. Peking Radio broadcast the Communist
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    Premier calls on Stokes
    71 1 TEHERAN, Monday. L Richard Stokes, head of the British oil negota; mission, called on the Persian House *Mk speakers yesterday evening and return a call from the Premier Dr. PBi-M »adesh. T Kdamcur. tou >:'r-:r...>: i c. ■:_V s v Br F»«ndegh appeared apMajlis for his
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    Riot report tomorrow
    94 1 TTHE report of the Singapore Riots Inquiry Commission, which, headed by Sir Lionel Leach, investigated the December riots, will be published by the Singapore Government tomorrow, together with a despatch by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. The Straits Times will carry the report m full,
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    REDS SHELL OWN CARGO
    167 1 HONG KONG, Monday. HEAVILY damaged by Chinese Communist gunfire while carrying over 6,000 tons of cargo from Europe to Canton m June, the Danish Steamer "Marie Skou" arrived here yesterday from Canton after what her captain described as "my most dangerous voyage". He said that Communist
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    OLDIER DIES IN STREET BRAWL
    59 1 OLDIER DIES IN STREET BRAWL IN Mon. 1 P«- jdun a> killed and KgKfc »"h''-h >l irl> J m Lp iear here List Ejfbfo they tried to MwßTitL-h sohlitTN who E«thea:d of the ir.iliEjilicf. five Filipino Kffsud 3 Koran uirl Kirn wounded. Klnil U-tfd only 15 Em tat it the
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    NANDA DEVI CLAIMS TWO
    82 1 The French expedition which lost its chief and one of its members m the Himalayas during an expedition, arrived m New Delhi yesterday on its way back to France. The party, while reaching the summits of Nanda Dcvi (25 645) and Nanda Dcvi East (25,391 ft.)
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    HIT BY HAMMER
    12 1 A Chinese was admitted to the General Hospital this
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    Seven die as trains crash
    120 1 Seven die as trains crash ARUNDEL, Sussex, Mon. TWO trains packed with holl--1 day makers for the seaside collided near here yesterday, killing seven and seriously injuring 50. A train from Brighton to Portsmouth crashed into the back of a train halted at a village siding two miles from Arundel.
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    No ants for him
    24 1 Officials of the Birmingham Civic Amusement Park Alabama, complain that their tame anteater won't eat amfcS he likes hamburgers.— A.P.
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    SACKED CADETS DEMAND TRIAL
    212 1 WEST POINT, Monday. EIGHT cadets among 90 dismissed from West Point demanded courts martial yesterday and charged that they had betfn "threatened with imprisonment at Leavenworth and loss of citizenship*' if they did not admit classroom cheating. Four of the eight said th|y 1 were members
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    H.K. BANDITS RAID TRUCKS
    74 1 Bandits seriously injured three Army drivers when a number of trucks were waylaid ejiroute from Shumchun on the British border to Weichow last Wednesday. Some 60 bandits opened fire on the convoy and when one of the vehicles was hit the drivers stopped. The bancttts then
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    FASTER SERVICE
    33 1 A Swiss Air Company is shOTtly to put a passenger liner into service which will reduce the travelling time between Zurich. Geneva and New York, from 20 to 14 hours.- A.F.P.
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    'Frisco Chinatown murder
    102 1 THE body of a wealthy Chinatown merchant, his throat and chest ap parently ripped with a claw-like instrument, was found mt the week- nJ on ware store m San Francisco. A few feet away from him, spread out on a des| and m plain sight was 1
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    TWO WIDE BOYS
    8 1 "Stop acting Kk i~ Ccorge"
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    Best bets for today
    59 1 ALLAN Lewis, Free Press racing correspondent, cables the following from Penan? as being the best bets for today's races: Magic Oak, Pegasus and Pirtceb'ridge. Trespasser gives Sunny Valley and Piercebridge as the safest each-way wagers. The going has turned tyeavy. after this morning's showers. Latest hints
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    BAND FLEES FROM FIRE
    51 1 Negro bandleader Louis Armstrong and hU troupe fled to safety from a ballroom when fire broke out. killing a drummer from another band yesterday. Dale Jones. Armstrong's bass player, had a serious back Injury In a leap from the root of the burning Standlsh Hall Hotel.-
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    Dr. SCHACHT
    23 1 Dr. Brhacht at present visiting Indonesia, is to have a first conversation with Premier Sukimnn today to discuss financial and technica.
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    Rebels attack police in Jakarta area
    112 1 Rebels attack police in Jakarta area JAKARTA, Mon. AN armed group of unknown strength last night attacked a police post at Tanjung Priok, m Jakarta harbour, and tried to penetrate towards the capital. Heavy firing was heard and truckloads of steel helmeted Indonesian police and troops rushed there from the
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    MUFTI DENIES MURDER PLOT
    81 1 Haj Am m el Husseini former Mufti of Jerusalem and head of the Arab Higher Committee, issued a statement last night attacking the Jordan Government for having sent a note to Egypt asking that his activities be .stopped. He again refuted charges that the Jehad army,
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    Dies in attempt to shoot Niagara
    217 1 NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Mon. fyiLLIAM 'Red" Hill, f f who tried to shoot the 165-foot Niagara Falls yesterday in a contrap tion of rubber tubos he called "The Thing", was killed. The craft was tuin apart going over the fall.* and Hill vanished. A
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    Radio controls miniature ship
    84 1 An engineer of Richm ..li, London. M. G. Homy riche, has completed bui' of a minature ship 1 metre 63 centremetre lonp machinery and I are controlled by radio. Honnest-RediiChe btOi .1 his vessel on a cross ciian.iel voyage next month, small ship yesterday sailed m
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    BEATEN—DIES
    39 1 BEATEN— DIES The Government of Barbados is taking left! RCtioo to »et compensation lor dependents of a rolourcd Ba:b:idian seaman on the freighter Strategist who died m Capetown. all<'g<*dly as result of beaiin^ by the South African ix U.P.
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    BEAUTY QUEEN OF ASIA WILL GREET THE KING
    667 2  - BEAUTY QUEEN OF ASIA WILL GREET THE KING Donald MacCormick Ceylon plans o s spetf qc/e h by WHEN the King arrives m Colombo on his way to Australia early next year among those waiting to greet him will be "the most beautiful girl m Asia.' 1 Soon the quest
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    'Lucky' Gracie's neighbour
    344 2 r»RACIE FIELDS has a new neighbour on the Isle of Capri Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Dubbed by the American FBI. as the "king pin" of the drug traffic m Italy and America, he plans to stay for seme time. "Yep. I know all about Gracie." said Luciano. "I
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    Princess walks with Chief Scout
    50 2 Princess Elizabeth walks with the Chief-Scout, Lord Rowallan, during her review of Boy Scout [contingents from the British Common- wealth attending the World Jamboree m I the grounds of her London home Clar- ence House. Scouts from Singapore and the Federation are attending the Jamboree.
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    Bullfighter from Bloomsburg
    124 2  - Bullfighter from Bloomsburg Patrick Forest ~«y A SADLER m sSSsd A Picador i s vara"— a larJ 4*i ab 7ua3 HE IS no stn^^ fighting Hf 2 book which isuorTS book lor bullfight, Cair.pbeU fought i h. the Ptmeo JS he had deserted fSI cDposing arrrv i^J .scripts to fieht-^i
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      23 2 WELCOME TO OUR STALL AT THE TRADE EXHIBITION IN THE HAPPY WORLD I E fl^B I ttavftS B si we a Si i
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      359 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have a mind that functions swiftly even though you are rather slow to act. Yon think everything over very carefully before you begin. But once started, you work hard and conscientiously to finish the job. j You know how to take advantage of an
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    ALLIES ANSWER ADENAUR ON SAAR
    17 3 ALLIES ANSWER ADENAUR ON SAAR n c or reI tfl nan m ivotir posir ulr the Reuter
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    GANDHI FOR U.S.
    34 3 >Ida G:-..indhi, Hintnl who N w A US. ship carrying 9.450 ions, of wheat, first instalment of the 2.000,000 tons of American wheat loan, arrived m Bombay harbour yesterday.- A. P.
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    P.I. UNITED AGAINST JAP PACT.
    430 3 P.I. UNITED AGAINST JAP PACT. Conquest again m 50 years MANILA, Monday. A DVERSE reaction m the Philippines to the draft of the proposed Japanese Peace Treaty has surprised foreign observers m Manila by the unanimity of all sections of the nation. Strongly critical statements have been published both by
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    27 3 photo. Ri ?> TISITOR The Tovarlsrh. training ship of the Soviet Navy which is on a visit to Britain, tied uo alongside at an East Coast port. P.P.
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    Attlees in Norway
    60 3 OSLO, Mon. Mr. and Mr<s. Attlee have arrived m Bergen on kjrd H.MS. Widemouth -Jay. The Prime Minister and Mrs. Attlee are having a nine-day holiday m Norway as guesus of the Norwegian government. Mrs. Attlee received a boquet of flowers from the Mayor of Bergen, while
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    SONG WASN'T THAT GOOD
    81 3 Song writer. Lee Penny of the Hollywood, thought lor a minute that one of his tunes had reached the top of the hit parade when he received a royalty cheque for $1,033.72. He returned the cheque when he realised that it was all a big mistake.
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    TRADE STRIKE
    24 3 All legal trade between West and East Germany will com? to a standstill today because of Russian restrictions on West Berlin imports.
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    Peron takes war powers
    76 3 BUENOS AIRES, Mon. DRESIDENT Peron of Argen- Una has invoked his wartime emergency powers for the second time within eight months m an effort to break the three-day-old strike by anti-government railway drivers and firemen. The strike began with explosions which blasted rail tracks. All rail
    A.P.  -  76 words
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    Belgrade protests
    23 3 Yugoslavia has protested to Hungary and Rumania against frontier incidents which she accuse the two countries ot having deliberately provoked.- Reuter
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    Bridge Hand
    263 3 U^« c. a me fotu c; c»ubs, East winning the ace and returning the six. A diamond lead from East would have given declarer much more trouble; indeed, he could have made his contract only by refusing to take the trump finesse ai»d by guessing the spade finesse.
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    POLITICIANS GAOLED
    74 3 Two Parliamentary undersecretaries of the Gold Coast were sent to prison for nine months on a contempt of court charge The men. Lrn^.st Jantuah. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Justice, and Bediaqu Poko. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Communications and Work*, were charged with visiting the
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    Claims waived
    15 3 The Government of Ceylon on Thursday waived all claims for reparations against Japan.
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    70 3 JAIL PARA I>K -Mannequin* June Oakts (with hat and Patricia Jouning knocking on the door of Holloway (London). prison They went there to give the prisoners a fashion parade of .some of the latent designs by Mr. Victor Stiebel who gave the prisoners a lecture on the development of fashions
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      126 3 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya ■^■P^^^HHPBHI I FROM— II JUNGLE AIRPORT. II HE RUSHED UP- -SAYING SOMETHING I [IOTHAR, PACK OUR WHO IS X LENORE/ FROM A NATIVE BOY I ABOUT A WOMAN HELD BAGS/ WE LEAVE [LENORL?j WP^ kQ- ,n WHERE'O JUST BEFORE I MADE PRISONERS
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      122 3 SINGAPORE 10.00 a.m. Emergency News trum Kuala Lumpur; 10.10 Close Down; 1.00 p.m. Programme Summary; 1.02 Monday Matinee Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Johnny Amoroso; 1.30 Time Signal News; 1.45 Home on the Range; 2.00 Close Down; 6.15 Programme Summary; b. 17 Radio Dance Hall; 6.40 Adventures m Mi'~ic. 1 00 Tima
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      163 3 8.8.C. [Singapore] (General Overseas Service) MST K< s M 7.30 a.m.— 8.3(1 a.m. 958« 51.32 7 30 a.m.— B.^o a.m. ***** 25.53 000 p.m.— 1! 4 0 a.m. 1781 16.84 X 45 p.m.— 1 1.43 a.m. ***** 19.82 6.00 p.m.— 10.45 r.m ***** MUM 7.30 a.m. Radio Newsreel; 7.45* Religious
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, August 6, 1951. War and peace
    520 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, August 6, 1951. War and peace VO-ONE expected the Kaesong truce talks to result m a speedy cease-fire and an equally quick settlement of the vastly complicated Korean question. But. as the initiative came from the Communist side and a badly hurt side at thai,
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    Malaya Hall extension proposal is rejected
    1916 4  - Malaya Hall extension proposal is rejected Hall Romney STUDENTS WILL a BE DISAPPOINTED TWO SfDES a r TO QUESTION >* URGENT NEED OF f CONSIDERATION Building site would have cost £20,000 fHi 1 i&^Ti iPtlpi Itlifeyi gyg m &ji" dfdfgdfgdfghgh INHERE will be disappointment among Malayan students m London when
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    53 4 Paula Marshall, the firr.t Briush girl singer to fo to Korea to entertain the troops, packs her prettiest drcfl es and Jemima Puddieduck at her Surrey home. Je^rus i .u U J as hand) is a toy duck *J> d p a«la hopes sheil be the first mascot to cross
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    POCKET CARTOON
    42 4  -  OSBERT LANCASTER b> You'll ao roi'te» morn to improit Anolo-US relations mi/ dear Maudit n <^c next lime uOh meet an American diplomat you talk q little more atwut Economic Aid to Eurove and o little less about Randolvh Tv^jnn.'
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    MODERN COWBOY IS A HARD WORKER
    748 4 He doesn't cany a six-shoaier and he likes to ride his horse at a steady trot, says Kay Murray from Cheyenne AS the calendar sizthrough August the little town of Cheyenne, Wyoming, is getting ready to welcome to its 55th Rodeo about 80,000 visitors
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    2 4 Union dispute
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      17 4 Latest In Coro Jewellery S. P. H. de SUVA, 45. HIGH ST.. SINGAPORE. K. LUMPUR A IPOH
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      66 4 2n</ /Voor, I Showing A New Collection of IMPORTED MODEL GOM H. B. Winter Co., Ltd. Merchant Tailors mi The quality of oui expressed m the Per. the Garment. 18E, BATTERY ROAH (Firtt Floor) PHO l^^ ll^ifiJS^ONG JEWEUERS H..d OHice: 55 57. M S««< S "T, 8,..eh OH«.: 239 S.-H.
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      182 1 _^r-=7=^=====^^ \Yorhl Fastest Typewriters "*"®"0 :-'•''J^Kf^//^i \w\ x'^^^^fc^ "'-s?^^^! I a|^.,i v.O I iON FOR HAND OR fr- tty MACHINE EMSROIDERY I I W g|ir»*T The hmcjs i ■HmV one hand a v v t |^«A^*jiaMl vu>s m m a;^V 1 Jill 11^*1 t*T iw^Psflß^ THIRIEZ s ispßir*^ft* visit the
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  • Singapore Trade Exhitition 1951 Free Press SUPPLEMENT
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      11 1 Singapore Trade Exhitition 1951 Free Press SUPPLEMENT II MONDAY. Aug. 67l951.
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      Lots of lights, fun at new trade fair
      642 2 Have we the means? A message to the people of Singapore by GEORGE G. THOMSON. Public Relations Secretary, (\F PIPE-DREAMS, official reports and party U resolutions there need be no end. But on the road to their realisation they must pass the
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      How Singapore youth help to defend their homes
      544 2 Jy\ST year the Pub J lic Relations Office took for the theme of its stall at the Trade Exhibition its own work m fulfilling the essential task of building mutual understanding between the Government and the people. This year the theme puts
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      These are the exhibiton
      145 2 Stall No. 1/4 Cheong Lee Co. 5 Ling Chi Medicine Co. 6 T. G. Kiat Ltd. 7 F. E. Zuellig (M) Ltd. 8/9 K. E. Mohd. Ibrahim it Co. 10/11 Montor Ltd. 12/15 Singer Sewing Machine Co. 16/18 East Asiatic Co., Ltd. 19/24 Shriro (China) Ltd.
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      Every year Singlapore's concrete sky-line rises higher..."
      750 3 THE FIRST TRADERS FROM EUROPE PETERSON digs back m time to find out something about the first European merchants who carried on busin ess m Singapore. RV year Sinjph concrefa rises higher, if; the lown'a Rasing iiktimil !>> mcc and we hti'ii digging
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      Office vs. factory
      441 4  -  W. A. CLARKE by ris about time that such factory types as this, and there are many of them, realised that they are often nothing like so "productive" as they consider themselve* to be A high percentage of factory workers today are very little more than machineminders.
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      AN OLD CONTROVERSY COMES TO THE FORE AGAIN
      327 4 AN OLD CONTROVERSY COMES TO THE FORE AGAIN JHK old 'oflice vs.factory' controversy has cropped up again. This time someone claims to have settled it! It started with a meeting of the works committee at the Exide factory near Manchester. More production was wanted t but the whole works was
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      Bangkok is gold centre
      116 4 OANGKOK since the **war has become one of the major bullion centres of the Far East, although import and export of gold are prohibited, according 10 the Far Eastern Economic Review of Hong Kong. The magazine said thai the Siamese Government sanctions transit shipments of gold
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      GO AND SEE THE PERPETUAL PCURER
      204 4 A LOT of technical "research has gone into the final production of this feature of the F. and N. Stand. Visitors will be interested to see a huge bottle (about 6 feet) pouring a perpetual flow of Orange Crush into a large glass (about
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      Women will delight in this display of fine threads
      194 4 Women will delight in this display of fine threads *rWO stalls have been taken and combined into an attractive display by Harper, Gilfillan and Co. Among the interesting items to be seen here are various sewing and embroidery threads, and woman visitors will find them worth special inspection. Harper. Gilflllan
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      NEW COMPANY ACT SIGNED IN INDIA
      158 4 Indian President on July 21 promulgated an ordinance amending the Indian Companies Act. The Ordinance requires inter alia the approval of the Government for any change m the controlling interest of a company. It is intended to prevent the passing of wedl-estab-lished and reputable
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      A tailorfor the first time
      99 4 A tailorfor the fir st time FJV* firstly, f Bee CI^J xvill M wide J materials. Th Proprietor of it ggsB and iau?r as a cutter 'HZ quiredagooogenerilhi ledge of the bud* In 1934. heesubiiArtfc firm of Bee Chow fa chant Tailors, tradk( woollen piecegoods. l^ was later expar.a^i m
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      9 4 "I was never more serious m my life, Zinia."
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      A colonel revives a dying industry
      430 5  - A colonel revives a dying industry KENNETH LIKES by I TIDIER Aim--1 rt't Rf .King sllk PJS, 45, landed ■JJJrt the end of KiSc war m 1945. E2T w i I -andI of the 16 oss I .ned Japan, j jgv ebb econumiI si !i c tt b^ c: d
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      71 5 Cinderella had her glast coach and now, thanks to the ingenuity of a Paris designer, so can the motorist. Mr Paul Arsens. 47. who is also a painter and sculptor, has built what looks like a combination baby carnage, Piper cub light aircraft and transparent egg on wheels. It weiahs
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      Ceylon will relax exchange control
      217 5 t^XCHANGE control m Ceylon is likely to be relaxed following the lifting of restrictions on imports. Both the relaxation of exchange control and the lifting of import restrictions were recommended by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Ceylon m their first annual report
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      ROAD VENDORS ARE POPULAR
      303 5 FLUFFY puppy performs a double somersault; a tiny car rolls on its side; a .soldier marches round m circles: these things happen simultaneously on a stretch of five-foot way m Singapore where several vendors vie with one another for customers. Pavement selling is a legacy from
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      NO EXHIBITION CAN BE COMPLETE WITHOUT RUBBER
      596 6 a xepresentative range of rubber goods made m Malaya is shown at the stall of the Shum Yip Leong Rubber Works. TtfO Malayan trade exhibition is com plete without the manufactured products made from Malaya's most important primary raw product natural rubber. A
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      'Ovaltine' holds its lead
      513 6 'Ovaltine' holds its lead IT STANDS IN A CLASS BY ITSELF IN ITS POWER TO INFLUENCE A HIGH STANDARD OF FITNESS FOR BODY. BRAIN AND NERVES. \yHEN, early this century, 'Ovaltine' was first introduced to serve the cause of good health, it was unique an original product. It readily won
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      22 6 i ruooei -liuea steel virt t:^u v Un dredge about to be put into a tiu ..cu/ VWlcaniMer embedded m the ground.
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      'BRIBES' TO BUY CARS IN CANADA
      48 6 'BRIBES' TO BUY CARS IN CANADA ssa*SP Toronto to nU buyers o new cars, maml small*" tie* choked selling v. credi' r to cl ed a £2 m dollar wi Anoth-r A Yo gof^l\ he wool Mg dollars .rl^S elm: i^JTA petrol!- Dea« tr»* I j^ :> j 'V
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      PROFIT IN OLD JUNK
      608 7 furniture to flower pots, from warming pans to JolC screens, from pictures to pillows, they are all "wefory° v choose from. KENNY KAYE says there is I an ,».cr -Inch s if it nli ht .In l"°"" hl Ei» *< iiist (:h r ''pioneers "ho m
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      Stress on U.S. potentialities
      309 7 USIS is showing a series of films on various aspects of American trade and industry. AMERICAN Undc id industry will ll emphasised by the BB oUbil A the Inhibition. ISB dhplay will *tanpl tn show to il)!ic Ihc vnst !i!ks of trade niluslrv m the 1
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      BIGGEST GOLD BUYER
      218 7 fNDIA is now the! world's biggest buyer of gold, at premium prices, according to the Far East j Economic Review of 1 Hong Kong. "The population of that vast country is traditionally inclined to wear gold ornaments and to hoard gold m various forms", the magazine said.
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    • SPOTLIGHT ON GOOD SERVICE
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        309 8  - PAT HENRY Do you expect "Service with a smile," what is more, do you get it} Read happens m other countries by LONDON: I ACK of good service m Britain began with shortages during the war and when there is lack of still tends to thrive competition. The shopkeeper who
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        326 8  - PETER CHAMBERS by PARIS: "SERVICE with a smile" Just doesn't happen m France —at least not as far as the French Civil Service is concerned. Take, lor example, my attempt to get some quite ordinary postal information out of a French post office clerk. First of all he just stared
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        89 8  - FRED MANOR by TRIESTE: SERVICE m Trieste shops and restaurants is among the most In a prosperous 1 Trieste, crowded w. and American soldiers, rti cannot lea?e the toil fl* out special iT.itmtUfd permits, a place vithi P* reputation thrive* ind«* it thrive Its employe* A good wal'-r 1 ram
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        99 8  - RITCHIE McEWEN by VIENNA: CHOPPING In Austria is a pleasant pastime —and even a pleasant duty. Shop assistants earn something like £2.10s a week, but they still manage to welcome customer as if he or she were the only person they wanted to serve. Even if the customer wants something
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        298 8  - by NORMAN LINDHURST FRANKFURT: JN Germany shop assistants are either ingratiating or downright surly, depending on the supply of goods they have on hand at the moment. When shelves are lull the customer is overwhelmed with courtesy. When there are shortages, however, (and there Is a shortage of sugar now),
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      'Casual charmer'
      37 8 Casuilly tharminy is.lhcs Ici Ezhbilion of Colour Fabric and aa* tr car fn London. Shkirt ana T? tctffc r>^<n ic/iz^ ffrw < \rt. r efs m the stole and a Hke vvrrbrr the ensemble C g
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      39 2 I SFf OUft STAND AT THf "HAPPY WORLD' TRADE FAIR Singer Sewing Machine Co., (he. m U.S.A.) Meyer Chambers, Singapore. i gggg^ggg^g s SINR-13 Vast asiaiii to h^^ X (gjjdierq SCOTCHLITE f^ p^-\ FOR NIGHT ILLUMINATION DANISH fi^jft^ < i^^^WM
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      112 8 i^ mmmm®si%£7?iStt I CT^^^^^v^^vi/7/A I Head Office:- Johore Branch- I I 427 HAMILTON ROAD. SINGAPORE. 15, JALAN DATO ABDUL HAMID, jTBAHfItJ- J Phoae 4986 Phone ***** J LI SHIANG LAN IW*fot(t|... jft fll S^ i n i^ ""SS^i^^ 'ft-'- j»v S Bkfe^^BßT^^'' *^Sr :^i^^?B^HßHßtßßiMMw '^B \vW »H^w BBHBBBB^B(^^^2ss^^^^^ HS^y^ :^o^£^^S^^£^i^J^^^H^HdlP
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      28 1 v*p £X#/e/rs tf J k 1 JAEGER- LEGOULTRE j ,^l)^=^^^ 1 VACHERON [Owrs©s Ltd. I SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR PENANG^ Mffl\ I POYAL *^jim/s\ PAD/0 PENS PENCILS I SHAVERS
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      227 1 Growing stronger thanks to extra vitamin* A correct proportion of vitamins is essential for growing children. I^ack of vitamins A and D. for instance, lowers bodily resistance, and makes children more liable to coughs, influenza and other more serious illnesses. Make sure your children get these extra vitamins by giving
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      All-out Jap trade drive
      500 1  -  RICHARD HUGHES by •NO ITEM IS TOO SMALL OR TRIFLING FOR US TO MAKE. WE MAY NOT MAKE IT AS WELL AS WESTERN COMPETITORS-TO BEGIN WITH. BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE IT CHEAPER Japanese Ministry of Trade spokesman. Ld»g their rltnd success- drive for ESS Ltratmo
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      HIKES HIS EGGS RAW
      37 1 bft ciampion egg-UjM-year-old Keith Lfc-ihough they're h«B eats a dozen a Li dm raw. a glassEiane. Non-smoking, Lots* Mr. Slaier tills [ipe time as a proirtfcntr Rest of the |t b a Government
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      Shriro has world-wide connections
      178 1 ONE of the largest stalls m the Trade Exhibition has been taken by Shriro (China) Ltd. The main theme of the stand is to publicise the distribution throughout the world of the various offices of the Shriro Organisation. Many people think tha the Shriro Organization only
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      MORE CONSUMER GOODS IN RUSSIA
      538 1 Although output is improving m quality, quantity and range, demand is increasing even faster. CYRIL RAY reports from Moscow. TIIKRK is no mistaking that the supply of consumer goods to the Soviet public is steadily increasing both m range and m number. Nor does there
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      16 1 -Photo by Chinese owned tin mine m Selanqor, not far fra: Kuala Lumpur.- B irte Steincke.
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      They look tor tin
      11 1 Photo by Young dulang washers. Birte Steincke.
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      AUSTRALIA'S DRINK BILL
      59 4 AUSTRALIA'S DRINK BILL AUSTRALIANS bought £A27 million worth of beer, wine and spirits In the three months ended September last year. The sum represented s#*rn per cent of total retail sales m the country. Motor garages collected more than a fifth of ttye total retail trade with the sale of
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      BEAUTY CALLS FOR PLANNING
      562 4 Being as good-looking as possible is a job and like any other constructive effort, calls for thought, time and adequate materials. Why not let Max Factor be your guide? MAX Factor speciallfl ists m the art of make-up with the most famous Max Factor Hollywood beauty
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      They bring the latest to Singapore
      563 4 They bring the latest to Singapore OVERSEAS TRADERS LTD. LIVE UP TO THEIR NAME. fHE public's attention is drawn to the exhibition m stalls No. 52 and 53, nean the Geylang Road entrance, by Overseas Traders Ltd. This firm have contacted their oveFseas suppliers to send them the latest In
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      Believe it or not
      99 3 CONTRARY to the fond belief of overnight tourists, the current favourite drink of Hong Kong is not gin and tonic but plain milk. Sixty thousand bottles a day, according to current statistics, are consumed, compared with an average of 30,000 bottles m pre-war yean. Half of
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      THEY EMPHASISE THE UNUSUAL
      1024 3  - THEY EMPHASISE THE UNUSUAL MAX K. GILSTRAP Labour saving machinery new scientific marvels of corn and cattle- breeding, races, contests, and all kinds of entertainment make the annual fairs m the US- a stimulating experience. by v year, at the I ml of summer. l neighbours m "oh fenwg ideas-
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      SINGER HAS A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE
      654 2 SINGER HAS A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE The Singer Sewing Machine Company is teaching a fascinating new art to Malayans. 'J'UE sewing machine has a place m everyone's life. There is not an article of clothing we wear, from our shoes to our hats, which has not at one time
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      6 2 Photo by OLD HERBSELLER.— Birte Steincke.
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      A lesson in correct lighting
      452 2 A lesson in correct lighting fHE 1951 exhibition stand by William Jacks and Co. (Malaya) Ltd., last year's first prize winner, once again emphasises the use of lisht. The prize winning stand of last year made much of the use of light for utility purposes, whereas the present stand shows
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      24 2 VUICAIN F E ZUELLIG (MALAYA) LTD. P. O. BOX 725 SINGAPORE VISIT OUR STAND No. 7 AT THI EXHIBITION aL»— L^— J-Ll_* »'<l<Vt >tt
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      312 2 I Oia/ogue about the Dauntl^ AnxwusMind: Things are bad Th dark, the prospects black. Can i n kj >% win through, the odds heavily a«=- ai reserves low? V aCains an d Wise-Heartt Your fears are f am ji history. They said pretty much th ar m Elizabeth's time the
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    'RED-TAPE NONSENSE'
    65 5 A correspondent, after reading jhe minutes of Municipal meetings, published m the Government Gazette, wrote: "One has only to look at the piffling little matters of detail with which the Commissioners have to deal to see what a terrible timewasting routine has been evolved. "It does not require
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    MCs AGAINST TIME-LIMIT FOR SPEECHES
    224 5 MCs AGAINST TIME-LIMIT FOR SPEECHES President can always stop any 'irrelevance' DESPITE thp f F ee Press Staff Re P orter Matters debated by Municipal Commissioners were sometimes so important that speakers should be given time to thrash out the different issues which might arise out without any time restriction,
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    Mrs Robert Eu lashes at 'armchair critics'
    149 5 Mrs Robert Eu lashes at 'armchair critics' r^r* R<*ist ance Movement L thrsf >tate- <*" \at. b»'»" ""> rl>111 .-vtr. 'is s» --t but »r i 4 BJvS» llll J2S >J%t make *tart. '•*f*ta«we something .STi -«ne fora n tf hark do--I*^^ .h.ch will f and all«w I*. <. wor**.
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    More homes, shops ready in 2 months
    190 5 APART of the 350 homes and 30 shops, now m the first stage of construction m Upper Serangoon Road by the Sennett Realty Estate, is expected to be ready for occupation m about two months, and the whole programme m the first group
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    BLACKOUT AREAS FOR TONIGHT
    105 5 rE following sub-stations wiii be liable to load-shedding tonight: Aljunled Road, Bims Avenue. Paya Lebar Pump*. Joo CVilat Place, Jalan Eunoa, Rangoon Rd., Towner Rd., Seraagoon Rd., Kolam Ayer, McPherson 8.0., Kirn Chuan Rd Boundtv Rd Upper Serangoon, Yio ChQ Kang Rd.. Govt. Printing C. ice,
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    Charge by schoolboy 'most unfair' says M.C.
    250 5 Playing fields assessment Iree Press Staff Reporter IJR. F. C. JAMES, Singapore Municipal Commissioner for East Ward, told the Free Press yesterday that the charge brought against him by a schoolboy "that he had done practically nothing to get the St. Patrick's Institution's
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    JUST BEFORE THE CRASH
    53 5 picture. P. J. AKOLINE of ihc Sfngapore Motor Club, snapped by the Free Press cameraman a split second before his ear overturned at Zoo Corner m the I >00 c.c. and under event m yes' terday's Johore Grand Prix programme. Caroline crawled from under his car
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    Malay film stars in charity drive
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    New fees for Municipal analyses
    170 5 New fees for Municipal analyses Free Presss Staff Reporter. OINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners have fixed a new scale of fees, varying from $10 to $60, for analyses of specimens and articles conducted by the Municipal Analyst for outside parties. In all analyses, however, the President may at his discretion reduce the
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    New rules for world travel
    375 5 Transmission of epidemics Free Press Staff Reporter T*HE new International Sanitary Regulations drawn -L up by the World Health Organisation are designed to ensure maximum security against the international transmission of epidemic diseases, with minimum m interference to world traffic, said Dr. W. W. Yung,
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    GANYMED PAINTINGS ON SHOW
    165 5 IJONALD MOORt, hr.c I '4ie Society for Promo line Christian Knowledge m Sinrapore, whose previous collection of Ganymed facsimiles ot famous paintings was sold out. is holding his first Me public exhibition of 36 Ganymed* at Robinsons m Raffles Place tomorrow. The paintings are reproductions of
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    A SENSE OF PROPORTION
    92 5 YAP PHENU (iECK. Nominated Commissioner, was of the opinion that the present time-limit was necrssary for adjournment speeches, m view of the tendency of some members to speak too lung on a sub.jecl. "Members should exercise a sense of proportion when they speak." he said. "They
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    ENFORCE RULES OF DEBATE....
    107 5 CHAIRMEN at 3ingapore Municipal Commissioners' debates were too tolerant, according to Mr. F. C. James, Commissioner for East Ward. They allowed speakers to go off at a tangent much too often, thereby straying from the main points of the subject under discussion. This resulted m Municipal
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    CONSENT OF MAJORITY...
    151 5 5|R. J. M. JUMABHOY (Inde-pendentt-City Ward) agreed that there should be no time limit for speeches during debates. Mr. Jumrbhoy said he, personally, favoured an extension of the five-minute limit on adjournament speeches to ten minutes. xi there is no extension, however a speaker should be permitted
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    Appeal from Malay students in U.K.
    76 5 Frte Press Malay Correspondent In a recent letter to the "Utusan Melayu". Inche Zahar: bin Hassan, Chairman Reception Committee of the Malay Siudent s Association of Great Britain staged that Malay stujents In London were urgently In need of Malay gramophone records and appealed
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    17 5 Mr. Edward Francis Lawrence Russell has been appointed General Manager of the Malayan Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd.
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    Full-time job...
    58 5 Mrs. Robert Eu yesterday replied to a statement that very few wives m Singapore icere as free as she was to attend meetings, function* etc. Said Mrs. Eu: ''If running a school, doing Municipal work and looking after three children at home is not a fuU-time job. I
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    PENG SOON SHOULD BEAT LAW
    658 6 PENG SOON SHOULD BEAT LAW Plucky display by schoolboy PENANG, Monday. ANYTHING, of course, can happen when Penang's unpredictable Law Teik Hock takes the court, but if yesterday's semi-finals are any criterion of form, the All-England and Malayan champion, Wong Peng Soon, should have little difficulty m retailing the title
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    CONTRAST IN EXPRESSION
    75 6 CONTRAST IN EXPRESSION pictures. There is a confident look on Wong Peng Soon (left) as he returns a shot by Cheong Hock L«ng, the Singapore champion. Hock Leng is pictured putting all his power into a smash but his grim expression shows he is righting a losing battle. Peng Soon
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    Talbert wins Ea U.S. tennis title
    52 6 Talbert wins Ea U.S. tennis title D-LLY TalberUniflM fifth rankinj par terday won tf* mim final m thf Eikre p courts lawn tennis dam at South Onn?< Jersey. TalbPr bea* Ctrtr.fr M loy 6-4. 6-4. 6-: ie the Mulioy beat Dick to Wimbledon rbtspioc, 4 3-6 8-6 6-1 Wtathf'm finals.
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    S.S.C. suspend member
    30 6 SINGAPORE Swimming Club committee has suspended a member for three months. He is alleged to have repeatedly infringed the rules governing introduction of guests to the Club.
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    U.S. ROUT MEXICO
    93 6 UNITED States won th# remaining two singles and defeated N^exico by five matches to nil to reach the final of the American zone of the Davis Cup lawn tennis competition. They will meet Canada m the final and the winner will meet Sweden, the winners of the
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    65 6 A GARLAND tOR THE WINNER: Bill Ferguson of Perak smiles from the cockpit of his Cooper after winning yesterdays Johore Grand Prix at an average speed of 56.06 m.p.h. Ferguson scored a double with his .dwarf racer, as he also came first m the 1500 c.c. and under event. In
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    TANGLIN TENNIS
    45 6 QNLY one tie was played m the Tanglin Club Tennis Tournament yesterday, resulting m a mixed doubles handicap win for Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Van Heuven. This pair (minus. 3 handicap) defemed Mr. and Mrs. S. R. M»9K9 (scratch) 3-6. 6-2. 7-5.
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    Battleship hard to beat in Penang Gold Cup
    901 6 1 From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG. Monday. DATTLESHIP did a sound trial for his engagement m the 11-furlong Gold Cup next Saturday when he defeated Raj Mahal and Red Carnation m the main race at Penan* on Saturday. Battleship did everything right and
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    BAD LUCK BAULKS JENNINGS
    530 6 A DAY of thrills, spills, triumphs and disappointments this sums up yesterdays Johore Grand Prix, the third to be run m successive years by the Singapore Motor Club. The biggest cheers went to the little Cooper driven by Bill Ferguson, who won both the Johore Grand
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    'A' Coy swimmers win REME gala
    234 6 WITH a nine-points lead' over the runners-up, "A" Company Base Workshops won the inter-team challenge cup at the annual Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engin-' eers swimming gala held on Saturday afternoon at Oillman pool. "A" Company swimmers gathered 54 points, Training and Trade Testing
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    Poor standard in Malayan tennis tourney
    424 6 Poor standard in Malayan tennis tourney Free Pre Ss staff nrrH Kpond I STANDARD of play m the Ml H I v pionships now taking place h n len Ni!^tt poor. The participation of th* h^Kb^B pion and Wimbledon entrant kT< SrS^B to what would have been a rather p
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    GOING TURNS HEAVY IN PENANG
    673 7 GOING TURNS HEAVY IN PENANG open accounts From ALLAN LEWIS rain. "vercast, with threat of more mor£f g JJfuftjW on the course this furlongs. It is regarded t£ event over se™ the card. Lough clrraPi.^ 2*. 1 1084 °Pen rac c on Jacobin, Heritor Surt'anT Stu t 10 Beauchampa 11,
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    17 7 mada enter one final w Wt~ ver Cuba to X: V ititt ling I'■JJjiana Jcse Inepc- W
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    16 7  -  McLEOD By Solution to Mturday's Picture Tip is Noble Lad (race 3). S^iuUon i.c?ncriuu\
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    ROYAL NAVY IN FINAL
    60 7 ROYAL NAVY IN FINAL ROY A!, Navy reached the flnal of Hie Singapore Amateur Football Association challenge cup with a convincing three goals to nil victory over Royal Air Force Seletar at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. \\'.\y are holders of the cup. having won the flnal last season. Scorers for
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    19 HORSES IN PENANG GOLD CUP
    203 7 19 HORSES IN PENANG GOLD CUP A FIELD of 19 has been n nominated for thePenang Gold Cup to be run over llf. on Saturday, last day of the August Bank holiday meeting. Weights for three races on Saturday are: THE GOLD CUP CLASS I—l Mile 3 Furs. Colonel Daly
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    PWD badminton title to Dutton
    110 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. QELANGOR state footballer, E. Dutton today became the badminton champion of the Malayai. P.WJD. Sport* Clubs when he defeated Khaw Chin Guan of Penang m the Pan-Malayan P.W.D. annual sports here. He won 18-14. 15-13. The. doubles title was won by Shariff
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    Today's sport
    45 7 SOCCER: Cup -tie: kou lUja v Rovers. SUdiutn; Second Div. C. Lads v Signal*, Geylang Third Div. CYMA v Marines, St. Georpe's Rd.; Blue Rovers v Socials, at George's Road. GOLF: Colony final. SHOOTING: Spore Can Club, B. Timah, 10 a.m.— 4.30 p.m.
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    Press XI win 5-2
    66 7 A rousing second-half recovery saw Straits Times wipe off a twonil deficit to win by five goals to two m a Business Houses League Cup soccer match against Ford Motors at Thomson Road yesterday. Poh Chong and Cheong Weng put Ford two-up at m the first
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    Cricket Club win by 17 runs
    163 7 Singapore Cricket Club beat Royal Australian Air Force XI by 17 runs on the Padang yesterday. 8.C.C.: Ede c/b Martin 12. Woc«l» c Mills b Marnman 2. Revnods tt Mi s b Haves 15. Francii «t Miiis b Haves 8. Simpson c Headl*m b
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    South hopes on Eng Cheng and Bennett
    357 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Today. WITH rain clouds over Kuala Lumpur this morning the North v. South cricket "classic" will be anybody's game today. Although South are m a fairly dangerous position still, with a lead of only 57 runs with
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    UNION HAS ACCESS TO SECRETS
    234 8 UNION HAS ACCESS TO SECRETS Officials known as Communists WASHINGTON, Monday. UNITED States Senate investigators said yesterday that members of an alleged pro-Communist union 'had ready access to the nations most jealously guarded defence and diplomatic secrets". According to a report issued by the Senate Internal Security Sub-committee witnesses had
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    FAMOUS PARIS CLOCK STRIKES PASSER-BY
    113 8 FAMOUS PARIS CLOCK STRIKES PASSER-BY PARIS, Mon. VHE world famous clock on the tower of the Palais De Justice m Paris has gone "on strike" after 580 years. The clock, one of the oldest m the world, constructed for Charles V about 1370 drew attention to its own old age
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    DUKE GOES TO COWES
    55 8 Tht Duke of Edinburgh, nusband of Princess Elizabeth arrived at Cowes, Isle of Wight, yesterday, m the 184--ton yacht Pimpernel. The world famous Cowes regatta week opens today: Princess Elizabeth m Scotland attended church at Crathie near Balmoral castle with King and Queen Elizabeth yesterday. The
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    PRIESTS LOST'
    19 8 Fifty Roman Catholic missionaries and native priests have vanished m Korea since the outbreak of war. A.P.
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    Karachi has a blackout
    87 8 KARACHI. Monday. r pHE wail of air raid sirens sov.nded over Karachi last night as the signal for a half hour blackout m the Pakistan capital. A solitary aircraft circled over the darkened city during the experiment. In it were* civil defence officials. The Karachi provincial
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    Franco 'pact' condemned
    78 8 COPENHAGEN Mon. THE World Federation, of Liberal and Radical Youth, represented by delegates from 13 countries, yesterday passed a resolution here opposing all military coperation between the Western democracies and the present Spanish rule. The delegations expressed warmest sympathy with the Spanish Liberal Youth who lived under
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    U.K. representative
    27 8 The British Foreign Office has announced the appointment of Cyril Orden Wake-field-Harrey, present consulgeneral at Strasbourg, to be Britain's permanent representative tO **»<» rV\iir«/»il Europe.— A.P.
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    AIR AGREEMENT
    11 8 An Israel-Philippines air agreement will be- signed today.— Reuter
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    Atlantit conquest
    53 8 TWO young British shipbuilders have successfully sailed across the Atlantic Ocean m an 18-foot boat. Stanley Smith and Char les Violet of the Isle of Wight, England, were contacted yesterday by a fishing boat south-east of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, 85 days after they set out from England for
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    Nehru orders troops back
    251 8 NEW DELHI, Monday. INDIA has withdrawn her troops from the border areas to avoid the possibility of trial border incidents. This information waj contained m Premier Nehru's reply to Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Aly Khan's latest letter, dated Aug. 2, received m New Delhi, on Friday.
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    GONE TO U.S.
    30 8 Mir Laik Ali, former Prime Minister of Hyderabad, who was imprisoned when India took over but who later escaped, arrived m New York yesterday from London.- U.P.
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    All Egyptian papers 'go on strike'
    132 8 All Egyptian papers 'go on strike' CAIRO. Mon. IN the strongest demonstration for Press freedom m Egyptian history, all the nations newspapers and magazines suspended publication for one day yesterday m protest against "arbitrary press controls." Independent newspapers and party organs, including newspapers of the governing Wafdist Party, joined the
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    TSHEKEDI IS BANISHED
    60 8 Tshekedi Khama was yesterday served with an indefinite banishment order preventing him from* entering the Bamangwato tribe! reserve, where he was once Regent, The order was served by Mr. E. B. Beetham. Resident Commissioner of Beehuanaland. Tshekedi who had driven to Lobatsi from Mafeking left immediately for
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    HE ROAMED FREELY IN ATOM PLANT
    124 8 SYDNEY, Monday. TME Sydney Morning Herald's London corresx pondent has reported he was able to enter and walk about Britain's No. 1 secret atom station m. southern England without being challenged. In London, a spokesman for the Ministry of Supply, which controls Britain's atomic
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    HE JUMPED TO FREEDOM
    37 8 An East German sailor yesterday jumped off the trawler Stalingrad m the sound between Denmark and Sweden. When picked up by a Swedish vessel he said two others had jumped with him.- A.P.
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    27 8 A new contingent of 1,800 Turkish soldiers will leave m a few days for Korea to strengthen the Turkish brigade with the United Nations forces there. Reuter
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