The Singapore Free Press, 24 March 1953

Microfilm: NL3672
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Urgent Afternoon Sale m Malaya \7 15,660, Singapore. Turs.. Mar. 24. 1903. Price 15 CU.
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    'UNFAIR' TACTICS BY UNIONS
    408 1  - 'UNFAIR' TACTICS BY UNIONS SIT YIN FONG Liiy men already had pay adjustments Hy j in. Singapore i iiy t uuncil Deputy .'resident, Mr. J. T. Kea said this morning it was unfair for the 10,000 daily-paid workers to talk of a strike so soon after they had secured a
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    The fight AFFTER the fight
    96 1 The fight is over, but another fight begins. Teeth bared in fury. Walter Cartier goes for Randolph Turpin, British middleweight champion. This extraordinary incident occurred after the American had been disqualified in the second round of a 10 round fight in London last Tuesday. As
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    Rubber price
    32 1 oDen^ P re Rubber Market Sth fl f qUietly this morning at 793 St Krade A P ril shipment, low vL O^ a .P° und 3 <* cent be--IUW yesterday's close.
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    GAGGED AND ROBBED
    30 1 Road 2r n alonß Al^andra c Wnese Sh a mn e> yesterda y' a frontow v mon ser was ccnkX? > by three men who him of $125
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    Postal clerks to choose today
    187 1  -  P. M. RAMAN By THE chairman of the industrial court to arbitrate m the Singapore postal dispute may be chosen today, the Commissioner of Labour, Mr. G. W. Davis, told me. General agreement had already been reached on the terms of reference except for one
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    2,500 SEE LIONS MAUL TRAINER
    61 1 Two lions sprang at their trainer, bore him to the ground and gashed his face with their claws before 2,500 spectators at the World Jungle Compound m Thousand Oaks, California. Attendants fired a fusilade of blank cartridges at the beasts, frightening them from the trainer,
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    EDITOR GAOLED
    35 1 U. Law Yone, editor of tho English language in pap-/ Nation, was convicted m th Rangoon District Court yesterday of criminally defaming •rovernnient official and I to 30 days m gaol i fined.
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    MINE EXPLOSION
    24 1 An explosion rocked Hoi colliery m Durham, I rday One man Is mi two were injured and several others overcome by gas.
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    Blow to Church—Bishop
    47 1 Blow to Church— Bishop Ti£- R 7- H. W. Baines. £harch iJ* Briton S to Ro to c hrisL?anity there WCataWli Xor In Malayan towns, he said the British demonstrated Christian loyalty m the V functory fashion. The Bishop plans to return to Singapore m October. A.P.
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    COMET CUTS TIME TO S'PORE
    120 1 COMET CUTS TIME TO S'PORE rpilr Itritish Overseas Airways 1 < orporation vrsterday an* nounrrd reduced fl>ing timN f(»r (umet jrtlmer flights between London Johannesburg. Colombo and Singapore. This m thr result of streamlining the ground organisation at airports along the routes. Time spent on the ground at most stops
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    ATTACK SMASHED
    31 1 American infantrymen smashed a big Communist attack today after a bloody nightlong battle against 3.000 Chinese who stormed three hill bastions guarding the western Invasion corridor into South Korea.-
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    MORE FOR TOURISTS
    23 1 Britain announced yesterday an incroa.se In the Individual travel allowance for British tourists abroad from £25 tg £40 a year.-
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    CHIANG WANTS A SUPREMO
    322 2 to head armies m Indo-China, Korea, Formosa f'KNKKAI.ISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek saUl I >."»««»> that the anti-Communist armies m Korea. Indo china and Formosa should be consolidated under a sin"lr command and concentrate their efforts on liunrhinr an attack on South China. Su h*a n,ovo would be
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    Italy to kick out Farouk for politics
    142 2 Italy to kick out Farouk for politics ITOLLOWING a protest by the -T E yptian Government against x-Kiiig Farouk's continued residence In Italy, the Rome Government has agreed to inform him that his stay there If "undesirable." The Egyptians accused Farouk of publishing a bulletin m Italy against Egypt and
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    Ike worried about his $
    70 2 Ike worried about his PRESIDENT Elsenhower is feeling the financial pinch of living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, according to a visitor. Rep. Harold C. Ostertag (R-NY), who had lunch with the President, said Mr. Eisenhower displayed "apparent concern" at the expenses the White House involved. Mr. Eisenhower related he had
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    WOMEN MEET
    40 2 Women members of the Singapore Indian Association will uryiniise a fun jair on Sunday at halestier Road m aid of their sports and social a< m iln Picture shous members who "itl be m charge o) the stalls
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    Injured man fights thugs
    70 2 A MAN with blood streaming down his face fought off two bandits armed with lead piping m a London street yesterday and prevented the theft of £800. Mr. Christopher Buck 24, was entering nis office with weekend takings from the firm's branches when he was attacked.
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    A Lulitza for Princess Margaret
    92 2 AMONG the gifts Marshal Tito gave his hosts after his five-day visit to Britain was a "lulitza" for Princess Margaret It was a Bosnian silver >rette pipe surh as he himself uses. rhe Yugoslav President gave the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh specimens of
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    He eurnn a living by crying
    347 2 He eurnn a living by crying IS(.. said Johnnit X \j runs m the famm. Wfi like that all the time it was the way I was brought up. lohn \i\ni Ray, a Pale tt six-foot young man old. married but separated from his wife, flew i"to l>ondon to demonstrate
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    No strike by officers, says Ridgway
    99 2 No strike by officers, says Ridgway NATO Commanaer-in-uniei, Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. said m Bonn, Germany, yesterday that rumours that some British and French officers at his SHAPE Headquarters were m effect on strike were untrue. Asked if he could comment on a whispering campaign aliening some European officers, assigned
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    U.S. DENIES SPY PLOT
    161 2 MSA funds help refugees FHE United States charged m the United Naw 1 yesterday that the 1948 Communist coup in i t«*»°; Slovakia -is one of the most glaring records of sorter sion m modern times. U.S Ambassador, Mr Her Cabot Lodge. Jr., told the eral
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    BOAC face two strikes
    79 2 BO AC face two strikes r r O strike threats face British Overseas Airways Corporation. About 1,000 ground engineers m Britain will strike today if sheet metal workers continue to be employed m jobs which the former say should be done by riggers and fitters. More than 100 instrument workers
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    THE TURPINS !N DIVORCE COURT
    35 2 Mary Theresa Turpin, wile of British middleweight champion Randolph Turpin, sought a judicial separation m the divorce court yesterday. She alleged cruelty. Turpin denied the charge. The case was adjourned.
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    INSTITUTE GUTTED
    8 2 ffsas? m v cityi .future, Japan.
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    STUDENT TEACHERS ARE HARD-UP
    134 3 /^om^ money mTiKK' VTK Course students at the Singapore f kp/s Training College who come from the Fede- *re unable to live on the $100-a month suballowance eiven to them. ?hpv write home tor extra pocket money. llltry About 40 per cent of the 1.100 Normal
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    The $22,500 screen may cost $4,500 more
    140 3 riIHE ZVV-Jt-ar-uiu k— 1 screen of Emperor Chicn Lunr cost Madam Chi Liang 122,500 at a recent Sinrapore auction. It may cost her another $4,500 m luxury tax to get it across the Johorc Causeway. Madam Chi, owner of robber estates and pawnshops
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    Ice show beauty
    39 3 photo. There's less than 48 hours between the final curtain and her flight to Johannesburg so ice ballerina Daphne Walker packs m her dress-ing-room at Wembley's Empire Pool, London. She will open an ice Johannesburg. Reuter
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    FALY SENATE ROW
    32 3 Senator Guiseppe Para tore resigned as President of the Italian Senate yesterday m protest against the tactics used by the Communist-led opposition to delay the government's electoral reform bilL
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    600,000 MAY STRIKE
    43 3 Belgium's Trade Union Federation, representing about 600,--000 workers, served strike notices m coal mines, steel works and metal factories m Belgium's industrial area around Charleroi. This followed Socialist opposition to a new government decree which would reduce social security benefits.
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    QUEEN MARY
    24 3 Queen Mary, 85, had a comfortable day yesterday and Marlborough House announced that the twice daily bulletins on her condition will cease.
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    THE QUEEN'S UNCLE
    29 3 The Duke of Gloucester, uncle of the Queen, will represent the Queen at the Coronation of King Felsal II of Iraq m Baghdad on May 2.
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    Keep kitchen knife ready for robbers
    193 3 IF YOU CAN'T GET A GUN: Free Press Staff Reporter FIREARMS for self-defence, may be bought on Government approval, a Singapore police spokesman told me yesterday. He was commenting on a reader's criticism of a police appeal to the public to exercise their right
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    MORE £ TO SPEND
    23 3 MORE TO SPEND Britain announced yesterday m increase m the individual ravrl allowance for British tourists abroad from £25 to £40 a year.
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    PAINTER DEAD
    16 3 Famed French painter, Raoul Dufy, died yesterday m Paris at the ixizv of 75.
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    GROCER ROBBED
    25 3 J ean rSS y° st€rd ay locked cooler nf^ tler m th e meat «tor P an is c and scaped with $500.
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    Hardship only natural, sauatters told
    238 3 Hardship only natural, sauatters told gQUATTERS newly settled at Bedok must expect that m opening up new ground there would be some hardship m early months. The Commissioner for Lands, w. J. A. Harvey, said this yesJ"aay at a press conference J n ?n commenting on a Free 2 report
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    Untitled
    48 3 picture. a mn F only woman Chief Miss Victoria Drummond MM t seen talking Engineer to hold a Board of Trade s<and with Mr. George W. Sco^t.M vt ineßepres^ i {n ,rd-Vacuum. Oil Co. mr^ab, and Mr. Scott psmyftS^ ihcship wasin handled the ouni 'Jolony waters.- Free Press
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    LIPSTICK GIRLS IN CUSS? School heads frown
    280 3 LIPSTICK GIRLS IN CUSS? School heads frown I>KIM lI' MS „r girls schools m Singmporr said yesterday that wearing bright clothrs, make-up and smoking m class by students was whatever fheir influencr on scholastic records may he bad for adolescent morals. They were commenting on the 'hi natural" experiment m
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    3 choirs for oratorio
    48 3 STAINER'S oratorio, "The Cruclflxon," will be given by three Singapore choirs at Wesley Church on April 2. They will be th n Wr y Evening Choirs, the Wesley Morning Choirs and the V.M.C.A. mixed choir. The director will be Mr. Andrew Ler, programme secre-
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    Boys to farm 50-acre island off Singapore
    131 3 NUMBER of boys of Gim--100 School, trained m an- to turn Puiau Aycr Chawan, a 50-aere I off Tanjong Klinf, Binore, into a big f.irm. The owner of the Lsland, Dr. 2 J. Paglar, told the Free >' the "clearing up" of the
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. March 24 1953 Opinion A ROAD FUND
    385 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. March 24 1953 Opinion A ROAD FUND A WRITER m the latest issue of the A. A.M. bulletin has accused Singapore City Council of putting "fun and fishes" before road safety. He tl outraged by the thought that thousands of dollars of public money should
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    The Loneliest House in Europe
    508 4  -  R.M. McColl THE SOVIET UNIONS CENTRE OF CULTURE BfLC lft By BELGRADE. rpODAY 1 visited what is perhaps the loneliest house m all of southeast Europe the Soviet Union's Centrv of Culture here m the middle of busy Belgrade. Time was, m the halcyon days
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    DAZZLE
    362 4 ANGLEY HALL is not a 12 hospital, yet it is as much concerned with saving life as any medical establishment m Britain. This old country house m Buckinghamshire, once used as m orphanage, is now the headqharters of a team of experts charged with the task of keeping death
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    He wants to Join the Army
    167 4 -AND HE'S 801 WfARL RUSSEL Bert*J rand Russell, the philosopher told a birthday celebration at the Institut Francais that when he grows old~he is now 80 he intends to join the Army of Monaco and seek quiet. Earl Russell, with Countess Russell whom he
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      56 4 MOUNTAIN mm MW m APPLE JUICE helps you start the day There's nothing more refreshing n0 tasty as a glass of sparkling apple V** thing m the morning. Mounta.n Maid I* juice of only the finest apples, the big r^rA health m a ripened ones, to bring you gooo glass"
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    How to feed a monkey
    79 5 How to feed a monkey YO h httlr >i blue eyes and golden cv She went to the Botanic Gardens one morning and said: •7 want to feed a monkey. "But not— oh, no not the way others do." So to Lesson One: The slow approach softly calling: H M><
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    She's clever when she's pretty
    253 5 She's clever when she's pretty ARE women cleverer than men? Yes, according to an American professor m New Jersey, and Oh, no," according to most men m Singapore. It was Prof. Ashley Montagu, of Rutgers University's new research school, who started the business. He made Mr. Cheong Hock Hal. a
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    They want this road widened
    90 5 They want this road widened T 11**" p anjang District RunußS^f Ls the streTch i? Widen the nar Hi and 51/ f r ad between Thi ?C f mile -stones. Cwef^f 1 K has be^ made The c^ air man said Ui y ar l° re b^n s P ere
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    THESE GIRLS DON'T GET THE WIND UP
    408 5 Modesty on the pillion seat (W\ a girl ride pillion on a motor cycle m a Chinese Cheong-sam, a Malay s.irong. an Indian I iff European skirt? Here are four Singapore girls, eacl) with a dlfl mode of dress to tell you what
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    NANYANG MEN TO MEET SIR ALEXANDER
    92 5 NANYANG MEN TO MEET SIR ALEXANDER SIR Alexander Carr-Saun-riers, founder of the University of Malaya will meet sponsors of the Nanyanjg University today at the Tanjong Khu Club. They will explain to Sir Alexander the purpose *nd nature of Natiyang University. lie will also be asked to comment. The sponsors
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    Crowning souvenirs are flowing in
    211 5 HUNDREDS of types of Coronation souvenirs are coming- into the Colony from Britain. They range from a ten-cent metallic badge to a $400 life size portrait of the Queen. The most Interesting is the Singapore flag m transfers, rhey can be fixed on cars and
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    STUDENT CHALLENGE
    29 5 The Socialist Club of the students of the University of Malaya has issued a challenge to all comers" to debate under ;he auspices of the Debating Union.
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    CLAN NAMES CHIEF
    17 5 Mr. Scan Kwee Klap has been elected president of the Singapore Scan Clan Association.
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    TRADE SHOW
    20 5 There will be an exhibition of Hong Kong manufactured goods at the Happy World Stadium on May 1.
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    TAMILIAN ASSN
    16 5 Mr. S. Jaganathan, Singapore City Councillor, has been elected president of the Tamilian Association.
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    BLOOD BANK
    19 5 Singapore's Blood Bank yesterday made an urgent appeal for donors, especially foe the "O and -B" group.
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    When his doctor wife met an old friend...
    396 6 WHEN two doctors husband and wife, e:i h sourl at Manchester Ih-nr mirt. Mr l.n "this to* them: wife has ton of lying and deceit behind her the a has hrrn qmlty of n.n.lu 1 uhirh M Ml tie Pr U To
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    'JUST FOR YOU'
    41 6 LISTENING TO HER OWN VOICE jane wnui listens to the "playback" of one of her vocal numbers for Paramo unt's "Just For You," new Technicolour musicaldrama In which 6he is co-star-red with Bins Crosby and Ethel Barry more.
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    THREE GIRLS IN SEARCH OF A JOB
    187 6 rliiiKr-fc; Kins *'»O avv"' v X jobs advertised m an evenIng newspaper were told that the posts had been filled, said Mr E. J Durnin. prosecuting m a rase at Dublin The advertiser, said Mr. Durffiin. was Henry Shatter aged 48. clothier, of
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    WONDER CAMERA
    35 6 A Danish camera has been introduced into America It (makes up to 20 pictures on the same film. A four-picture sheet costs only US$l.25, while a 20US$3 Fe layout caR be sold for
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    HO TO FREE 200
    33 6 Peking radio said yesterday tne Vietminh Government of m om ist Ho chl Mi *h In Indo-China had decided to (release 200 French North Afrii can prisoners of war.
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    I don't spend money, says Coco the Clown
    166 6 I don 't spend money, says Coco the Clown the Clown— Mr. Nikolai PoliakofT, 53 of Great Church Lane, Hammersmith completed his public examination at the London Bankruptcy jCourt He told the court he intended to settle his debts as soon as he could. Said Mr. W. Whitehead, Assistant Official
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    TWIN DOUBLE TROUBLE
    57 6 RODERICK and Raymond A Openshaw, three-year-old twins of Bromley Cross, near Bolton, not only look alike but act alike. A doctor prescribed them crcossote fumes because they have whooping cough. One of the twins drank some of the creosote and the other followed his example. Both are
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    Bird chirped its thanks
    43 6 A STARLING trapped head downwards for two days was rescued from a 75ft. tree m Leigh Park, Havant. ft S.P.C.A. Inspector H. Hindle, who climbed the tree, I: "After nursing and a drink it flew off— chirping its thanks."
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    Vicar says: I am no accountant
    93 6 Vicar says: I am no accountant THE Rev. Arthur Clark, 57 former Vicar of Christ Church, Macclesfield, Cheshire, who is suing his successor, the Rev. Eric Weeks for damages for alleged slander concerning the parish accounts, said at Manchester Assizes that he had entered money received m March 1950 m
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    PARK FOR MESSING
    60 6 NAAFI craftsmen at Alderare preparing £60,000 worth of tents, to go up m Kensington Gardens on May 15 as mess-rooms for 14,000 troops taking part m the Coronation The camp will cover six acres, and special arrangements are being made to deliver 701 b. of Madras curry
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    ASSAULT ON GIRLS VICAR GAOLED
    163 6 ASSAULT ON GIRLS VICAR GAOLED THOUGH Middlesex S^SL?*^* 111 aged 10 rl|lu is| Mr Edward Clark* n Z< said the eiri i.!^ Mary's Church^to^J Rloves which wefcfcjftJ 1-M .h e win Uo M where the vicar *a*2?* I Will R ive you aTtft* G/r/ mVd The child left the chnn*
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    ANYONE LIKE TO BUY BUNCH OF GHOSTS?
    46 6 Two solo ghosts a nook and a little old womttand a spectral party of 11 century bloods driving a coach and four are offered as attractions of a 15th century house at Lenham, Kent, offered for sale— price £7,500.
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    VISCOUNT SEEKS EARLDOM
    86 6 A PETITION seeking to establish his right to the Earldom of Dundee has been presented to the Queen and lodged with the House of Lords by Viscount Dudhope, hereditary royal standard-bearer for Scotland. Viscount Dudhope. formerly Mr. Scrymgeour-Wedder- burn was held by the Committee for Privileges of
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    A WOMAN TELLS COURT OF MASSAGE FOR 2 IN FLAT
    249 7 J<no attractive youns women— one a fair-haired 20-year-old shorthand tvpisi dressed m a long scarlet coat, and the other a 32-year-old bookkeeper— *aye evidence at West London about the day when they said, a man telephoned their flat over a
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    TELEVISION'S MARY SAID A BIG, BIG D
    108 7 TELEVISION'S MARY SAID A BIG, BIG D WITH one wora a iauy iosi her dignity. TV announcer Mary Malcolm compering a cabaret programme from London's Washington Hotel warned viewers that she had to tell several stories but promised to keep her dig- i nity." All went well until the programme
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    Marilyn -the honey blonde
    27 7 Marilyn -the honey blonde MARILYN MONROE: Watch for this honey blonde m Monkey Business" and "Don't Bother To Knark," both 20th (Vntury-Fox productions soon coming to Singapore.
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    LAMB CHOP OR JOINT?
    179 7 A noser for Bench MAGISTRATES at St. Albans, Herts, were as decide the difference between a cnop ana a jui meat. The question arose when Dunckley and Son, Ltd., butchers, and George William Dunckley, managing director of the firm, of High Street, Harpenden, pleaded guilty to
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    Story of the night she didn't go home
    334 7 tt' e scarf a tall slim girl P 5 told the lte l 2 Green, Middlesex, that *°°^nint night at a SniVs house because she ?.Th»d a row at home. 5. the court was J n r William Bailey aged 26, ",al
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    She likes chocolate at 107
    90 7 rUlMIl) to be Britain's oldest woman, Miss Margaret Bebb y Lunn, of Evesham Road, Cheltenham, is 107. Previous d£d °I. llu Utle Mrs Elizabeth Whitehe*d, of Bournemouth, m" March 5 a &ed 108, meJo Ss Lunn a native of Hull, Yorks, was unable to read
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    THE FIGHTER
    27 7 Lady (Eleanor) Yarrow, one of the leaders of the "votes-for-women" campaign 40 years ago, has died at her home m Co Dublin. She is 83.
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    FREE HANDS WILL BUILD CHURCH
    45 7 Pamela Charlton, aged 11 and Brian Wetherall cut the first turf for a £40.000 church to be built by the 5.000 people of Clifton Estate, Nottingham. One quarter of the cost will be n labour given free by this comrruinit.V
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    HE WED THE 'WRONG WOMAN'
    122 7 I GOT off on the wrong foot. I married the wrong woman, sir," said the man m the dock at Marlborough Street, London 'Go on. blame it on a woman, replied the magistrate, Mr. Rowland Thomas, Q.C. rhe man. John Gordon Stewart, aged 30. labourer,
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    KEEP-FIT GIRLS
    482 8 Wanted— Trim Figures for Stage Show EVERY Friday, evening. 30 young Singapore girls and middle-aged women assemble m the dimly lit Social Welfare Hall to hold keep-fit classes. And they have a special reason for keeping fit. They hope to put on a song and dance show later
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    AMPHIBIAN SINKS
    8 10 vehicle II Jf point, c drowned.
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    FOUND DEAD
    11 10 terday m S ag jjeWJ eW yort derson estatejnj^
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    HUKS RAID PORT
    10 10 Communist H "7 tbe aSt I fiohtiner.
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      137 10 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davi, iiw».«~*.«? .jgbv i ff&»»- 1 1 p^^y Puei>ciTYO{pmrM{MTy please. ~\i sor«y. no fc-Hf^^ "IzA 1 \x\ I %^TS^J TARZAN k y Edgar Rice Burroughs l rVi/'f/d .ddi f 3Avere salOtec? rng T^^N^.'&Avere/' a COlCs6a^, ♦YOU ARE i^M^MP l^^ i^| y* wfflt-^--
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      455 10 UJCK\ AH case «r IKf sW*.*"* J*. ?o. ran be a rifiL I**1 «n all thin*,, .J^'* A certain jUrnnVt; < haracter make. U duW* you to coM^« 1k.122 tho«e who are J;5 >«v arr: Learn U fceiii!? 1 human, or rather. uJZZ** tor inside t N m n. sympathetic
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    THE THOUSAND POUND MINK
    1313 11 short story by MAIR HAMILTON «T WAS nt JSi\oXi the skins S£h tW ad! touch J 1 a card pi ire nnctric- r throat. C °Wlen sh, spoke her throuen a sieve. -Keep it £d" will you. until tomorrow? I should like mv gSband to see
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    Radio 'ar-flaps'
    41 11 photo. Here are two members of Z Division of the London Metropolitan police testing the new crash helmets which are fitted with special ear-flaps to allow them to use the radio t»l*. phone equipment without removing their helmets. Reuter
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    Bridge Talk
    264 11 Botn sidea vulnerable East dealer 'me Diaamg Rast South West North Pass 1* Pass 1 N.T Pass 2^? Pa3s 2 N.T. All pass rfHIS HAND from thr World 1 Championship match In which JM American > m defeated the Bwedteh t-am by 8,260 points to retain the title
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    The SINGAPORE DOCTOR
    808 13 The man who couldn't sleep AM unable to Bleep", £ud a wt-11-ncunshed Chinese of about forty years of Iff M soon as he £t down m front of me •Unless I drink one or tw o bottles of stout before go to bed, I am awaki the
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    66 13 photo. An Australian firm has just produced a iittle hut that can be erected m ten minutes. Its base measures about Bft. by 9ft and the hut can hold two bunks, two chairs and a table. The "Summerbox," as it is called, weiffhs 1,000 lbs and is
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    SO YOU HAVE A BAD HEART?
    537 13  -  Dr. A Chesby by 1903 The doctor (j Ivorma. Frutn the di ,!h of > n ords et< M orbm tnrdis. Bed long tw'c m call ay morrn cffJßftl into his gig. 1 9 5 3~~ Nothing much q. SmaU leak m a i«/i
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      1269 14 THE BANK OF INDIA LIMITED. I BA LAW SHEET AS AT 31st DECEMBER. 1952. I CAPITAL AND UABIUTI^ l>ROl>i:i{TY AND J i papital R*. a, p R*. P- L d and %ith Re»-rve B-nk of India ~~7T I 1 Auihori«d Capital 5.00.000 Share, of 500 00 000 0 In '^otSl)
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    Aussies solve Olympic housing poser
    206 15 Village will now be built TPAIIVN Prime Minister Robert Menzies tordav* approved a AJ12,000,000 plan for L JSf: r o* 1956 Olympic village. 1)0 ?h mrins that the 1956 Games will now almost JZS be held m Melbourne. ffrtaini} dc T||K A( STRAIIAN m: y
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    42 15 A Free Press cameraman sna pped this fine action shot at yesterday's soccer match on the Victoria School ground. A Combined Schools player (left) is seen trying to clear the ball with his head m the encounter against S.A.F.A. who won fiveone.
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    ENGLAND v. HUNGARY IN T-T CUP FINAL
    108 15 ENGLAND v. HUNGARY IN T-T CUP FINAL rfHE nuns national taoie 1 tennis teams of Enpland md Hungary have qualified for Z 'final match of the Swaythling Cup tourney m the World Table Tennis Championships beinc held m Bucharest. England emercpd as victor of •Group A" m the men's singles
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    French women triumph 48-26
    53 15 FRANCE defeated Argentina ™48t026 m the women's 'asketball championships. The victory clinched a second ►lace tie for France. France led 14-9 at the first luarter and 25-13 at the half. Fast Dlay and excellent teamfork under the leadershi D of apian Ann e Man rmrh*n affled
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    RUGBY UNION
    33 15 naX\i°L. U X Ru^y Union Fhh yed > es terday were hktaYft Ua 0? New"nQg« 11 Crumlin 0- St Ives 3 Ai dershot serving n- o^.._f v^ 3 A1 st«t 0.- Reuter
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    S'PORE CRICKET XI v. SELANGOR
    59 15 I r<RICKET team to represent U Singapore against Selangor at Kuala Lumpur on April 4, 5 and 6 is: F. O. Reynolds (capt). H. J C Cheesman. L. J. A. Diplock, H L.' Heard M. N. Raiji, S. K. Sundram, 5-i, tepto C Thuraisingham S.
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    9-1 VICTORY
    23 15 Bukit Tlmah S.C. beat C.P. Samajam by nine goals to one In a SAFA Division 3A league tie at Oeylang yesterday.
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    RAOC WIN 5-1
    23 15 Royal Army Ordnance Corps beat Royal Signals In a soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday by five goals to one.
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    NENE ANSWERS SOLDIER
    586 15 PS indeed nice to b e a boxer, Shin^° S idolize dby your P a| 5 m he Army. In the case or Isimeli Radrodro, the fieht•»ffF,j,a n he is rea ant C G e H ho^° t0 Staff Se W \^L k v 0w if the
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    Amicables just couldn't score
    223 15 Amicables just couldn 't score A.A.A 0; I.R.C 0. INDIAN Recreation Club earned their first Singapore I Amateur F.A. league point when they held a strone Amicable Athletic Association XI to a scoreless draw at Talan Besar Stadium yesterday. They must count themselves lucky. This was Indians third game m
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    SCARLET ADMIRAL IS READY TO WIN
    332 16 SCARLET ADMIRAL IS READY TO WIN Horses out m full force on ipoh track Free tress Karitig i orresponuem SILVER CREST three furlongs m 37; Scarlet Admiral three m 37 2/5; Mystic Melody three m II 3 5; and Windy Corner five m 63 4 5 galloped attractively at the
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    SMART GALLOP BY DERBY HOPE MUBARAK
    322 16 SMART GALLOP BY DERBY HOPE MUBARAK MUBARAK, a bright Derby pros- pect with Harry McCloud up, had Treasure Top (late Pep C». with Charles u.txide, for company m a mile workout. Steadily gathering speed they ran the last 3F. m 43 3/5. with Mubarak going beautifully on the bit at
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    SAFA CHIEF BACK
    24 16 Mr. W. McGregor Watt, president of the Singapore Amateur Football Association, returned to the Colony yesterday from leave m the U.K.
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    Papa Toweel won't let Vie quit now...
    119 16 Papa Toweel won't let Vie quit now... Mill TOWEEL. lather and lr.uner of Vie Tow eel, cx world bint imvtiight champion, said m Johnne>hurg yesterday that his boy uould not quit the ring, but would continue to fight as a featheru eight. Vn w;is knocked out m the tenth round
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    Names like Harith made these boys nervous
    411 16 Names like Harith made these boys nervous S.A.F.A 5; Combined School 1. SA.F.A. were superior m all departments but the schoolboys battled gallantly. It was m fact the reputations of some of the players there were Singipore stars Harith. Boon Leong and Ismail Yusoff m the S.A.F.A. team that unnerved
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    Kranji rally was in vain
    58 16 HAIKOWYU S.C. boat Royal I Navy Kranji by two goals to nil m yesterday's SAFA Division Two league fixture at CYMA ground. The foals came m the 7th ami 16th minutes. Fadjiar opened accounts for Haikowyu and Ahmad added another. A thrilling recovery by Kranji
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    UNKNOWN
    67 16 T tAM l r«pment Sian. pore CiTiliam m sS day's Joe Chappeli M«mtU soccer maU?h tfainst Krvr Naty »t J.lan Bmr dium is: Chee Senj; Johw, Te«t Kcnj; Vms, Htrith (capt) Hin Wenf; Omar Annfc Boon seonff, Awan? Baku, Boon Leong, Alan Kins. The inclusion of Vaaii surprise. He
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    LIFT RECORD
    44 16 PRAVDA reported yesterdw new world record m w« liftine by Soviet athlete, lti Lomakin. k Lomakin. performing to p middleweight class for an i* ciub, pressed with two hrn 170.5 kilogrammes, exfeedf, thereby the record estibli* hv Soviet athlete. A. VorofcK A.P.
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    Tuli wins on points
    29 16 JAKE Tuli, flyweight champion of the British Emp«« 1 pointed Almeto Falcinnelli, of Italy, former b»ntamw«ij 1 champion, over ten rounds at Newcastle last nijbt.-new
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    Chelsea win 3-0
    124 16 /CHELSEA, who are making a Vj bofd bid to retain first division status m the English Football League, improvt d their prospects yesterday with a three-nl] win over Liverpool. Amateur international centreforward. Jim Lewis, of Walthamstow Avenue, scored one oi the goals against a Liverpool combination which
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