The Singapore Free Press, 3 March 1953

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press
  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press IL— Large-! Afternoon Sale m Malaya lurv. Mar 10.-,:;. Price I U
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  • 477 1 WIFE WEPT IN SILENCE Lee Meng swap may depend on Malaya jyjKS. WIMFRKI) BANDERS, wife of the British business man held by the Hungarian Reds, was m tears last ni^ht when she was told the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, had said the Malayan woman terrorist Lee Men^, could not be
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    56 1 BOY SCOUTS m the Federation have gone out to work again to earn money for Scout fimds. Here, Lieio Choo Wah, Chin Yoke Loon and Leu Han Choic, three scouts from the Jin jan g New Village, six miles from Kuala Lumpur, shine a large bronze gong
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  • 194 1 MOBS shouting anti-American slogans, stoned American cars and homes m Teheran yesterday as riots continued In Persia's capital. Premier Mohammei! Mossadeq's supporters appeared to be gaining the upper hand In the demonstrations which have alternately assailed and defended the aged Nationalist leader. Crowds hurled stones
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  • 41 1 A Singapore Malay living m Kampong Alexandra Road woke up at 4 a.m. today and iound two of his table drawers on the five-foot-way. A burglar had removed cash. two watches and an alarm clock together worth $T23.
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  • 37 1 A Chinese seaman returning; to his ship at 1.10 a.m. today W up m Raffles Place Mn°apore, and relieved of a v atch, a ring, and cash totalling $100. He also lost his immigration pass.
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  • 31 1 A Singapore thief took $104 On li a Mala y woman hawker's terdav n the EsJ)lanade y es She left the bag while she en t to a standpipe.
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  • 30 1 a klstan las t, night announced W'hL lmport polic y heavily J S, ng lmport fro^ the dollar from tan imports area. Pan and the non-dollar j
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  • Article, Illustration
    37 1 picture. Mr. J. D Higham, Singapore's new Under-Secretary, who arrived this morning by the S.S. Canton from Britain. He is the former head of the South Fast Asia Department nf ih*. Colonial Office. Free Press
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  • 105 1 IHE1 HE United states Mutual Security Administrator, Mr. day°th E Btassen said 'yestermaVn t0 much sstt ttice ie 'Frl V ln fmm EWorld to the Communist nations to help thorn cut clown United Nations soldiers In Korea and Indo-China. shipping and by obtaii co-operation of other
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  • 102 1 FAKE C.I.D. STOLE HIS OPIUM PIPE I rtt Vrem Staff Reporter A ('HINT i his opium ;)ip«- by Ml l n I >ore last They pooed as police a The Chines** who live* m Minto Road, was assaulted and pushed to the ground when he plt.id'd with his two assailant*
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  • 36 1 QUEEN MARY IS CONFINED TO BED Queen Mary. 85-year-old grandmother, of the Queen, has been confined to bed for the past week with gastric trouble. She has not been out for her usual car drives lately.
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  • 28 1 Singapore rubber market opened m a steady tone this morning with first grade, March shipment at 77 cents a pound, x /a cent above yesterday's close.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 59 1 |iißg THE m6t CLUtfi*s«tr II |Ss£/ 4 GHQST STORY Hy Emlyn Williams TRESPASS I AT VICTORIA THEATRE II 9 p.m. THURSDAY MARCH sth 1 11 GALA PREMIERE IN AID OF ST. ANDREW'S II MISSION HOSPITAL II Tickets $5. and $3. Other Performances March 6th and 7th. Tickets $3.00, $2.00 and
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  • 256 2 'Idiot' cry started it Premier may close Diet rim* Japanese Prime Minister. Mr. Shig.ru osl.i«l;i. 1 fired three Cabinet minister y.M. til.h an." threatened to dissolve the Diet as his opponents joined rones m a show of strength against »>"* shaky government. in* 4 n.^ourceiuj xwr. xuoi**m« 74 called two
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  • 71 2 Editor 'abused' a premier gaoled JOSKPH Kiwanukt, editor of the Kampala vernacular newspaper "I'Kanda Post," has been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment by a local court for publishing an article abusing" the native Prime Minister of Igandi s central province. He is alleged to have called the Premier "a useless
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  • 108 2 MR. V: 'FORMOSA IS EVIDENCE' rE Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei VLshinsky, charged yesterday that President Elsenhower's order ending the "neutralization" of Formosa is "clear evidence" of the United States desire to expand the Korean war. "The United States plans," he told the United Nations Political Committee, "call for the
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  • 26 2 More than 600 Chinese Nationalist guerillas raided the town of Anpu, m Kwangtuns province, China recently. Anpu is m the Luichow peninsula, near Ljmkong.
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  • 124 2 AN international commission reported last night that though France's political prisons m Tunisia are not concentration camps, the police and gendarmerie have employed abuse and even torture to wring confessions from prisoners. The international Commission Against Concentration Camps said that m general the treatment of
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  • 58 2 Daily air service between the Pacific coast and the Far East was established yesterday by Pan-American World Airways. The new operational schedule calls for daily nights between San FrancLsco and Los Angeles and Tokyo and two flights weekly to Manila. The service provides connections to Hong
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  • 29 2 Turkey's parliament In Ankara on Sunday night approved a record budget of 2.127,000,000 Turkish lira (about U*****,000,--000. Forty ptr cent will go for defence pur]
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  • 22 2 The Pope yesterday quietly Celebrated his 77th birthday and the 14th anniversary of his election to St. Peters throne.
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  • 14 2 India has askea imua iur 1 supply of rice this year.
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  • 115 2 'Spy' scare in mystery fires RANGOON was panic-sincKri. vestrrday. the third successive day of outbreaks of fire Which have uutted whole idential areas and left ly 25,000 homeless. Streets* m the city were lined with furniture and bed rolls ready to be picked up by the panic-filled citizens. Public parks.
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  • 19 2 All police leave m South Africa has been cancelled until after the general election on April 15.
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  • 60 2 The Nepalese Government is considering using Mt. Everest and other towering peaks m the Himalayas as a tourist attraction with an eye to revenue. The British Everest team is arriving shortly at Khatmandu and representatives of half-a-dozen other nations are waiting their turn
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 68 2 COME TO THE fa HAPPY WORLD f TENNIS M EXHIBITION L KB. MRS. i MOTTRAM, If k. h. Ip n r/m/ leading I J Malayan Players II P/flj commences 8.15 p. m« "Dunlop I FORT TENNIS BALLS lU< I whi WILL BE USED l U* A I has I Sue
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  • 163 3 REFORMED REDS TO SPEAK FOR GOVT. Free Pn st afT Reporter QINGAPORI Government will us,, reformed" Reds to counter Communist propaganda m the Colony m the same way as the I .-deration Government is emplovin* surrendered bandits Five CommiiniM< have been converted from their old ways m a rehabilitation camp
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  • Article, Illustration
    38 3 ■picture. MRS. JOAN BOOTTY, an orof the exhibition of nation display and light' ing material* and souvenirs being held m the Victoria Uemoriai Hull, Singapore. era mines an umbrella one of the items on display yesterday. Free Press
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  • 132 3 U.K. sends students to debate in Singapore THREE stuiifiit representi I atives of British univerf fl sities will arrive m Singapore 1 for a 10-day stay during which they will hold dei bates with local university j undergraduates The students whose visit I has been arranged by the British Council,
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  • 74 3 MORE than 2.500 Singapore Chinese adults last night had tneir rirst lesson on Chinese m 84 new adult classes started by the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association. These classes are held m various Chinese primary schools throughout the island, mostly m the rural areas.
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  • 23 3 The University of Malaya Entrance Examination for 1953 will be held m Singapore, and the Federation from March 16 to 20.
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  • 29 3 Malayan External Trade Statistics for December, 1952, together with annual totals for 1952 will bo available for sale at the Government Publications Bureau, FulWton Building from today.
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  • 24 3 The Stage Clud will Rive an 1 additional performance of "Trespass" to raise funds for Singapore's British Flood Relief Fund on Sunday.
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  • 39 3 H. A. O'Connor Co. of Singapore will hoici a cocktail party for Mr. H. R. A. de Jonge, Managing director of Messrs. G. B. Kalee and G. B. Equipments, London, at Raffles Hotel at 7 p.m. today.
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  • 12 3 Singapore's British Flood Relief Fund reached $106,425.13 at noon yesterday.
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  • 128 3 2 j-YEAR-OM) spinster, who sh^ af aid that th man Hat 7 anlwl to marry would *iv, if Ye her if she dj d not 'used i m an y thin was ac»non ev r e p centI y of stealing buy J fro
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  • 185 3 $4 million from Jap properties SINGAPORE Government expects to collect about $4,000,000 from the sale of pre-war Japanese properties m the Colony, the Custodian of Property, Mr. W. G. Alcock, told the Free Press yesterday. They consist of about 48 lots i of land and houses m various parts of
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  • 43 3 Bingftpore'l new Under Secretary, Mr. J. D. Higham is due today from London m the Canton. He will take over from Mr. R. W. Jakeman. Mr. Higham is a former head of the South-East Asia Department of the Colonial Office. I
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  • 82 3 UOUSEWIVES occupying homes m Bennett housing estate m Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, may soon have a private market m the centre of the estate. Officials of Sennett Realty Company are negotiating with the City Council for permission to build the market. About 300 families live in the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 63 3 MAKE A MOTE Robinson's Sale commences mmmm^^^\ on March 25th A^^ z===Zi^====^y/w I Swiss WATCHES /fjf -g/ for 100% PERFECTION jW J/I SUPER AUTOMATIC fflW CENT'S MODELS /r^m^UA W.th Stainless A^^S^T^S \W avallable Steel Case dJ%SHtSccLIi UR X L ST<>RE LADIES MOMLS I^S^^^^ You buy a Lifetime Companion then you
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  • 353 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. March 3, 1953. Opinion NEW TENANTS fTHE committee appointed by the Governor to investigate allegations of demands for unjustified rent increases has not been able to offer a solution to the problems which confront tenants of uncontrolled properties. It found that the charges made by
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  • 185 4 CORONATION WINS PLACE ON THE MAP OF AFRICA IV WHAT W4S ONCE KNOW as lh P heart of Darkest Af--1 rica §U n«u names went on th r map last month. Mr Douglas Busk British Ambassador to Abyvunia. named four hitherto undiscovered mountain peaks and a glacier m the Kuwensori
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  • 997 4  -  Noel Clark A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF LIFE TODAY IN HITLERS CAPITAIII by 'TWERE is something un- real about Berlin from the moment you fly past the windows of fourthfloor flats, or so it seems, to land at Tcmpelhof Airport. Once down, you meet with officials
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  • 90 5 MANDARIN W tS „< are "Otc the vogue fgS&'Ztr.Ulc. V M M,na new and exciting. L*lf' C sMii>» make the ancient Ttfinhe stde-ualk pupv which were formerly provided to entertain wedding gu seem very tame. Marionettes uowadays, toon't attract more than a handful of curious children.
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  • 96 5 JjIX Chinese pineapple can--1 ning firms m the Federaion and Singapore are planung to start a factory to make netal boxes. The new factory may be built n Singapore. The six companies the Lam United Malaya, Lam Huat P Kee chuan Seng, Hui S
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  • 29 5 Singpore's newest woman j lawyer is Mrs. Lucy Chen. Shr was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday by Mr. Justice T. A. Brown m the High Court.
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  • 102 5 n5; THR EE Malayan girls, CfedbyMr. Robert cn c to nnol o I hope of finding Greg Vp y pl he lead oPPMite "Pu?ple phf'^' fe th e film Ph^raphe?s. not pOSe fOr a f rris 5' who is directing Plaint 'J Arthur Rank
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  • 39 5 The C.-in-C. of the French Air Force m Indo-China, Gen. L. M. Chassin will arrive m Singapore from Saigon on Fri- j d£^y for a three-day personal visit to the C.-in-C, Far East. Air Force. j
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  • 192 5 Row over Malay broadcast SOME Muslim religious bodies have protested against a recent broadcast, m which, studies m Islam were stated to have interfered with the English education of Malay youth. "It's really much ado about nothing," Inche Osman Kalam. chief of the Malay section of Radio Malaya, said yesterday
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  • 92 5 EVICTIONS MAKE TENANTS SIT UP SINGAPORE City and Legislative Councillor, M P D Nair, wants to form an association for tenants of the Singapore Improvement Trust flats. There is a potenuai memwiship of 20,000. Mr. Nair said yesterday: '•Through the association it will be possible for tenants to press for
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    37 5 picture. MR. W. R. BOOTH, maintenance engineer of the Singapore Traction Co., who returned to the Colony by Qantas-BOAC yesterday after leave m which he visited motor workshops and busbuildinff firms m England. Free Press
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  • 50 5 rrttHRTY girls, educated m C 1 to become nurses, today b English language, at the <«en The girls, some of whom ar gfter completing the English c hinese middle schools who wish Man a year's course m the eral Hospital, Singapore. c married, will learn nursing ourse.
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  • 162 5 Free Preys Staff K«|M»rt»r TWENTY men m Alor St.ir have eagerh embraced a new religious cult m the hope that if they follow it faithfully they will be allowed to marry angels m heaven after death. But to achieve this s devotee must suck
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  • 26 5 A Singapore Government spokesman yesterday said that since December 1951, 286 certificates of naturalisation had been presented. Of these 66 went to non-English speaking people.
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  • 102 5 Sometimes it' s naked houris PARADISE and houris" are promised m a variety of (ults springing up periodically m Malaya. t irly \r\ 1931, authorities m the Vlus tracked down one such cult which promised its followers the pleasure of the houris m paradise if only they would take a
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 94 5 .■^i^^ tfie WATCH urd/t, 'S^ r//£H£jVtrTHATA/£V£fiß#£AKS: Distributors m Malaya: WINC HENC LEE CHAY fir CO., 447, NortrßTSge^Rd 00 North Bridge Rd. Singapore. Singapore. YANC BROTHERS, SIOW HIAP BROS., 21 -B, Battery Rd. 102, North Bridge Rd. Singapore. Singapore. TONC AIK CO.. LTD., SAM YIK CO., LTD., 234, Penang Rd. 9-11,
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  • 331 6 OIDNEY Temple !M< I <l!«ii. brother of i< tor M< I a*;l«Mi the film stai, uas dc»M-rihrcl m the C'haiii-erj Division as i rolling stoiw who seemed to have fleeced two women," when his widow. Dr. Kleanoi <outhrv Mi I .ijjlen. of
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  • 33 6 A motor car accident m New Yuik haitea an all-Norv < wedding, injuring the bride and five of her relatives. Solvei Eikland. the 29-year-old bride, suffered hip and leg fractures.
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  • 27 6 Britain's engineering industry will face a slump unless it exported more to Russia. China and other Communist countries, according to a group ol London economist*.
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  • 24 6 Norton Motor Cycles have been bought for .£900,000 by their greatest rivals, Associated Motor Cycles, makers of A.J.S. and Matchless machines.
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  • 82 6 Transfusions given during 70 m.p.h. dash An ambulance was driven at 70 mii' hour over desolate \V< h mountain roads, then through the vail* m a beetle drive to save the life of a two-year-old boy. (Ie the If ambulance nurses gave blood t: fusions to John McCarthy. Whose head
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  • 178 6 AiiiiiLu; Durgmr witn a uik mrctn-MieaK uiukc into nine council houses and stole wage packets m the Surrey town of Farnham. He wound up his night with a touch of bravado. He went on a stolen bicycle to the home of Detective-Inspector Shoobridge, of Farnham
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  • 31 6 A British n tic m Germany has issued a warrant of arrest for ex-General Bernhard Lammordinp. Commander of thi> s: S Division "Das Reich" In France In 1944.
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  • 17 6 JANE GREER looks quite a school girl m her blouse of broad checks.
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  • 270 6 >ni X J m I densely populatI ed town had to call a il en milei* a\* »x t tend a man found gasM-d at nmlnißht. m lu^u^^t jury was I, i s von t «MM -it nulit. tht- jur\ vaN iiilfrm. «l
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  • 39 6 The first Comet bough: Canadian Pacific Airlines I trans-Pacific flights hat M London on its way to Sytiggl It will make its first paaJ er flight from Sydney to 19 lulu route on April 28.
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  • 19 6 Britain's aircraft expc:l reached a record figun M 1 .000.000 m 1952 double the 1947 level I
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 218 6 jF"y A V I rTOI /77~~ TT\ Big lifts Ii i 9= s^r =3 dV C *oi mso^c play i j\L QANTAS-8.0.A.C. Air Cnrgo Service can handle them 1 j. with Ihe same ease as a \l g I WH Ib. parcel, can »\>ce<\ them 1 '^Wf/ -j I=3 safely,
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  • 80 7 photo. A thousand dancers whirled across the great floor of the Koyal Albert Hall m London m a display held m aid of the Royal School of Deaf and Dumb children on Friday. The display included the whirl of the baff-pipcs. the rippling of the
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  • 241 7 (T*HE mistake Jack and Daphne Barker, the cabaret r artists, made was that they did not keep to cabaret. At the peak of their success as a dual act they opened a West End restaurant, and that said Mr. Barker recently, landed them m
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  • 30 7 The French luxury liner La Marseillaise and the Norwegian vessel HermeHn were damaged I yesterday when they brushed each other outside Yokohama i harbour. There were no casualties.
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  • 113 7 MIRIAM, 5, FIGHTS A 'DRAGON' FIVE-YEAR-OLD Miriam Pavey, of Linden Road, Bristol, had a battle with an imaginary dragon. She stuck her toy sword between the elements of an electric fire. This is what happened: There was an explosion under the lounge floor; another blew the linoleum off the hall
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  • 20 7 Arrests of leaders of extremist Sikh factions who are backing anti-Government agitation m Kashmir has reached 106. J
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  • 112 7 New 'nerve centre' for air traffic BRITAIN'S determination to lead the world m "the skyways of tomorrow" was emphasised yesterday by Mr. John Profumo. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, when he opened a new clearing house at Croydon Airport for air-traffic messages. The new civil aviation communications
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  • 32 7 m li en pe °P le wer e killed out ICO aty When a bus B° l ravin* Co^l° l h "^led over a !!!^_and burst into flames.
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  • 137 7 JjIFTY British cinemas arc they a r rp Sa n le r by One man And ~J!i^2_themon easy terms. I "A small deposit secures," I said Mr. Bemad Woolley, 801--5 ton show business agent, last I night. "Some are going for .£2,000 and
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  • 204 7 WIFE WROTE LET'S BE MODERN AND CIVILISED' r TWO years after her marriage a young wife dropped the word "darling" m writing to her husband and used "dear." Soon she wanted a divorce "m the modern manner. said Mr. Justice Davies In the London Divorce Court yesterday. He (iiMin.ssed a
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  • 117 7 4MERICA Is now mass-pro-ducing rockets that are guided to their target by radar at supersonic speed. Combat units have already been trained and equipped to use "at least two kinds" of these guided missiles, the U.S. Army announced yesterday. The missiles, which can carry small atom-bombs,
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  • 76 7 For the second time m four months the 30-strong Coronation committee at Halesworth, Suffolk (pop. 2,054), has "sacked" itself. In October they resigned after a dispute with the council over Coronation finance, but re-formed when th^ council guaranteed £150. Now the committee say the festivities would cost
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  • 16 7 The world's first atomic artillery shell will be lired m Nevada U.S.A., this spring.
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  • 72 7 The Canadian stopped hU limousine m Liverpool's Bengel Street, went up to the playing children and asked what they wanted for a Coronation Year gift. They said: "A seaside holiday." That was nearly a year ago. Last night the 45 children of the .street where
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  • 32 7 Three people were killed and 11 injured m a riot m Bombay rday when a procession, protesting against the slaughter of cows, was .stoned at Viramgam, near Ahmedabad.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements

  • 496 8 TF you are feeling lonely A and find your evenings hang heavily on you join Singapore's first Square Dance Club which meets 1 every Tuesday night at the Y.W.C.A. m Raffles Quay. Square dancing is a surefire cure for loneliness. It's really quite simple. No Intricate steps.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 359 10 MANDRAKE. THE MACICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis YOU COULD PASS FOR HtM. N^*_] XXAJfe^J^S H TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs Captain ''^S 'V 1^ i""^^^' 1 S '</lit^l II H ve^rsepAv, j—i^r 1 a /I A w- "lie "asp a"! -c rr=» 15 ha.c: r^ >^ r. >«
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    • 424 10 YOUR LUCKY STAR >*eaaW v ««t U» VwTl* N k there i. o«t life r^' »he tine things «tf m m mu>., 4ll^ Ihj, TL not Mf v, uk« sSL 7 IVou tm^ than rotnprotniae Y«ing to wait a loag u^^ 1 what you really w«jiL i? 1 7— see
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  • 1033 11 Out of Control, at 760 m.p.h. 'Prometheus' hits sound barrier STORY SO FAR.... primp peel, R.AF. pilot, had the first "hunch" about the sound barrier." He had put his Spitfire irito a dive while flying home from France to Britain m 1943 and to his horror had had difficulty m
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 83 11 THE CAST |ohn Ridgcfiefd, aircraft manufacturer RALPH RICHARDSON Susan Carthwaite, his daughter, ANN TODD. Tony Carthwaite, ex-R.A.F. test pilot NICEL PATRICK. Philip Peel, ex-R.A.F. test pi'ot |OHN |USTIN. |es« Peel, his wife DINAH SHERIDAN. Wiß Sparks, aircraft designer lOSEPH TOMELTY. Sfory has been adapted by IYMPSON HARMAN from the tcrcen
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    • 79 11 ~"THE SOUND BARRIER" I I Tut'sdatf 21th Htnrvh9.3Op.rn. I O O I BELIEF I APPEAL I Give now to help. 370 persons are dead; 32,000 have been evacuated and 25,000 homes have been inundated due to floods and gales m the United Kingdom. ALL DONATIONS, HOWEVER I SMALL ARE WELCOME
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 284 11 Bridge Hand KtHta siot- \u i.eiai i [Botti dealer NORTfI till AC 6 4 4 X i ft 4 ?7-A A X Q M J|, 7 6 2 75 4 3 I k J 10 9 7 3 4*7*Q J 10 8 BOVTH I Jin a Q 10J I X
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  • 265 12 THEY WERE PERSUADED INTO: A 10 minute picture By Ci T. BOON |T took me 10 minutes to 1 p, i group of Chinese women chanty workers to pose for a photograph (See picture on right) They were attending? a meeting railed by Mr.s Ewlyn Phoa. of Mouimein Roa-i. to
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  • 219 12  - YOU CAN GO AGAIN IF IT'S WET L. P. KOH By Open air cinema finance RECENT' heavy rain has hit the open air cinema's m the rural areas of Singapore. But if you go and a downpour sets m half way through the programme you don't have to stay and
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  • 59 12 pIPE-MAJOR Andrew Kirk, 75, of St. Andrews, who died recently was a Black Watch veteran of the Boer War and World War I. A noted composer of pipe music, many of his compositions were accepted by the Royal Family. At the time of his death he
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  • Article, Illustration
    31 12 picture. kAn employee of the Thean View Circus snatches 40 winks m Singapore after a hard nights work on a box between the elephants and the onlookers.- Free Press
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  • 73 12 Free Tress staff Reporter PEOPLE on the islands round Singapore row their own boats to go the free pirture shows given by the Shell Co. on Pulau Bukom three times a week. Th; from o-> far away as I Pulau Sudonß an hoi roy o:un
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  • 57 12 Air Fo:ve Chief, Air Vice Marsha) A. C. Sanderson. will present wtngl to thret members of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force who have reached a wartime .standard of fl> iciency. The ceremony will be held at the Beach Road Headquarters, on Friday. The recipients are
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    19 12 MX. U.BKRT TRAVUS, RAP, Seletar who wed Mhi Alice Loh, of Singapore, it the Singapore Registry Saturday.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 64 12 FLOOD RELIEF APPEAL) GIVE NOW TO HELP 370 PERSONS ARE DEAD 32,000 HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AND 25,000 HOMES HAVE BEEN INUNDATED DUE TO FLOODS AND GALES IN U.K. ALL DONATIONS, HOWEVER SMALL ARE WELCOME Donations should be sent to The Set rctary British Flood Relief Fund c/o Social Welfare DepU
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  • The SINGAPORE DOCTOR Advises You
    • 691 13 .'MERE IS THE X-RAY H photograph, Doctor. They took it yesterday and I received the result J^ay," said the patient who was complaining of a ccugh slight difficulty m breathing on exertion, and noises m his chest over the last six months. I had
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    • 80 13 photo. In an atmosphere as free from germs as science can make it, these girls are filling small phils with the wonder drugs ACTH and Efocaine at the new C 100,000 extension of the Crookes Laboratories at Park Royal, London. The girls have to be
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    • 51 13 A Government spokesman m London yesterday described Communist reports of an American directive for germ warfare m Korea as "complete nonsense." Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs replied to a question: "Germ warfare has never been used by the United Nations forces m
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 6 13 It^ GOB TOTMI WASSIAMULL'S SALE Singapore.
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    • 376 13 today* m t 4m\ I You tannot keep health/ without vitamin** Lack of sufficient* vitamin A lowers bed f/ /V~ re*htance "md makes ont mort liable Q coughs,^cold^tnd "otKer*ch«iVJHness«u aXw/SSSSBSLX On#*of MhTr richest TknownT source J. of 1 A itlil *^sw^^sr^sw \/7i\PßiDli\ ViumlnJAjrCrookes^Halibut^f. \va\\ "^ll ilsi^Jotulnl^iumift D^litttnti4l Xot \Y M
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 175 13 Today's Crossword i(ro s s 1 I, b I 3 ""~~^~^~TB B^~BB* The mood to brg.n r making good sterl I (8) 7. IXstanre I t* the opt• c a n |fl| I J measures iS» 1 B. L Parm an; ma) ttMTU f name ol incicnt I r^ Egypt
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  • 185 14 Kick-off Day 8 games start Services soccer S. I Ml ire tuning their voices to give the I ttocr season a thunderous welcome. rhll evenlni theyll father at their various bases throughout |M»rr to cheer on their teams m the opening fixtures of the United Serried League. Eight Uei .1
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  • 46 14 DIVISION I RAF < hJngi v. Athenians; R s v. R F ME.; RAF Srlrtjr v. HMS Terror; R. Signals T. X I DIVISION II RI.MF. v. KAF (haiui. 1.8. W. f. RA M C RAF Teujj-ili v. R I' R.N.A S. v. C. H Q.
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  • 113 14 In the second division. Flying Boat Wing, the other side from 6eletar m action today, receive I Royal Army Medical Corps on I their home ground. The R.A.M.C are making their debut m the Services League this season. Alexandra rivals, R.E.ME. And R.A.S.C. meet m a Division I clash on
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  • 41 14 The draw for the third round quarter finals* of the n° Cup to l*» played on s.i'u:March 14 is: Bradf'-rd Northern v Hur'der Held; Wiuan v Hull X Rovers: War v Leeds H..;!i\ St. Helens.— Rt-
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  • 30 14 Spain's cycling ace. Joseph Gil, won the European mount. an climb- ing trophy at La Turbie France. Second was Vincent of France; third Mirando of France. I i
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  • 33 14 SCOTLAND ARSENAL WIN pLIFF HOLTON scored all four goals yesterday as Arsenal defeated Sheffield Wednesday m a previously postponed first division game 4-1. Other reMilt:— A Scotland Eleven 2. the Army 1.- A.P.
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  • 144 14 HHHFRF'S coins to be a neck-and -neck finish m the Singapore A poll to elect "Jkiss Tahic Tennis of IMf*. Mrs. Mabel Hayes, captain of the K.tmala Ramanujan Cup team at the First Asian Championships, has regained toe ■< > itl m votes from Miss Tan Kit.
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  • 221 14 THE Football Association have narked down on ticket Iperi and also players concerned m the F.A. Cud final at Wembley Stadium On May 2, it was disclosed m I recent memorandum from th u-iation. A committee, after considerthe allocation of tick Announced that the
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  • 37 14 /CANTERBURY, for whom M.X v^ Chappie scored 165, punish, ed the South African touring team's bowling to score 345 for wickets on the opening day of their three-day match m Christchurch.
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  • 384 15 MORTENSEN MAY RETURN FOR BLACKPOOL Bolton k Evtrton m Cup yfiml ~^v- mrrt Fverton and Birmingham R Ol 7 „r Tottenham Hotspur meet Lci^ooM" the Football Association cup <Ht r wni be played m the th Bolton and Everton will meet at m^ Road he home of Manchester City a
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  • 56 15 CAMBRIDGE BEAT SPANISH XV 18 -0 Cambrifi^e Unlveisltf defeated a «»m of Madrid. Spain, students, iB-0. yotcrdaj m a Rugby Union am at Cambridge. suSior. BritiSh PlaJ erS Were far Oiher results: Newbri. .p Pontypool 11; Cross ■g 0, Abertillery o k abandoned «w 15 minutes play m the second
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  • 30 15 |d£ aja A and Rf'cklites C all m yesterday's Div. 2 W le at Ge yl»»g Stadium. tSTSLr ?*«»r and Latiff for »Skiiie Teng and H Chia lor
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  • 217 15 MOTTRAMS THRILL 1,500 FANS OVER 1.500 spectators, including the Governor of Singapore were treated to an exhibition of tennis by K. H. Ip and Tony Mottram at the Happy World Stadium last night. K. H. Ip, the Malayan and Hong Kong champion, made a gallant effort against Britain s No.
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  • 455 15 DOWN to the featherweight class again, Sst Syed Onvir was m fine form for the preliminaries of the Singapore Base District annual individual boxing championships at Tanglin gymnasium last night. The Royal Army Service Corps boxer looked superbly fit as h> outboxed skillful L'Cpl Arends
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  • 79 15 I I ON DON bookmakers have made Blackpool and Bolton Wandtrers the joint 9 to 4 favourites to win the FA. challenge (up. Blackpool on Saturday eliminated Arsenal 2-1 In the semi-final Bolton WandtrtTN will play Everton, who are quoted at 6-1. Tottenham Hotspur and
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  • 184 15 P R NCE ALY KHAN'S French who i 1 r ed five -y^ar-old Nahar, RicLr^ J* ridd£l n by Gordon HaS 111 th e Lincolnshire I ro. ap was well backed for calC'^the Victoria Club ve r m London last nigbt. tain? con u firme d
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  • 355 15 TIGERS TAKE IT EASY FOR 8-0 TRIUMPH Tiger S.C. 8: Singapore C.C. 0. r<;KK Sports Club yesterday whipped Singapore Cricket Hub by eight goals to nil m a friendly game of soccer on S padang. Tigers could have won by a bißgtr nniri but they ju>t took things easy. As
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    • 187 15 i ALHAMdRA TODAY <c DAILY! U „ni I M «-45 and 9.31 p "THE DEVIL MAKES THREENEXT CHANGE! LAST 2 CAtS! 11 am 145-4 15-6.45 and H. 30 p.m. r r r. o p c < OPENS THURSDAY! LEOMrOREYU My Son John hais mnxt wutEH- jm'aer. A Paramount Picture CAPITOL
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  • 442 16 Horses prepare for Penang meeting I Free Tress K.irlng Conrsponde«l M\N O'WAK II an up and vmmkmg W*VA% Mreet KeMlßf, galloped m great heart on the training truk it Penang t 1 is morning, when he skipped over half a nulr m M 1
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  • 34 16 W B i's O. P Bufbei 6-0 6-3 m the se. :id ol the of ■nrpi'a niternals championships m Cairo I >nd round game. T Drobny (Eg>pt) trounced n) 6-1, 6-o.— A.P.
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  • 37 16 T IINUULIN till in.siae-io: waiu Joe Johnstone. transferred from Ibrox Park, has just taken a sparetime job but it won't interfere with his physical fitness. Joe has been appointed P.T.I, at a Lincoln school.
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  • 21 16 Rovers Juniors beat Singapore Recreation Club by two goals to one m soccer friendly on the Padan D yesterday.
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  • 36 16 RASC School beat REME Training entre 6-0 m yesterdays MOR "A" ?ague tie at Nee Soon. EDDIE Moylan of the United States won three titles m an international lawn tennis tournament at Kingston, Jamaica.
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  • 162 16 By Archie Quirk T^HE penalty of beu:^ a boxing champion is th.r fOQ never expected to fall bolow the ho- 1 >'aridard. No excuses are L-ept«Ki. Wrli Randolph Turpin under a temporary cloud. the mantle of British hopes has fallen on the :ky shoulders of
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  • 196 16 MR. Koh Teck Ec, president of Marigold Barminton Party. veer's winners of the Bii Badminton Association senior juiiior inter-club championships, yesterday mat nis party would leaw no stone unturned to maintain thtfli uperiority this season. He said: 'It was the first time i:i Singapore badminton
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  • 108 16 TEAM to represent the Bin pore Amateur Football Aslation against Combln Europeans m Saturday's Flood lef Fund soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium i.s rs); Johan (PBUi, Teow Kcng (Rovers); Yas.sin (Fathul Karib*, Harlth (Tigers, capt.), Hin Wcng (Tigers); Omar Awang tie.si, Boon Seono: (Tig Awang
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  • 255 16 Kota Raja 2; Katonfl Sujurah This was a tame affair, But it was a line adilevemei foe the team ol ra ureary soccer gave me sm.an Falan Beaar Stadium crowd to enthuse about. KO Haw m well on top the greater part of the ie. Had
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  • 26 16 India beat Hong Kong M first table tennis '"test" Bangalore by three mater* M two. The Indians won two siruß and the doubles— Reuter.
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  • 31 16 2 -0 LEAGUE DEBUT Playing their first match M the SAFA Div. 3A league yr I day. Kebenaran F.C. beat I 1 Brigade by two coals to d;: M [A ground
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  • 180 16 NOW Pompee says April if there's money inhit^l l>r <^ l<»>don ConM^. Y<>l AM)i: rOMPBE, the h^T" 1 champion of the West Indl "^1 fight m Singapore on Mar 11 (HiT I Uiat the Trinidad senitkTS 1 *l trip is not alto^SL^l Burns said that hT-*fl *l« be free f
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