The Singapore Free Press, 18 April 1953

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Large-t Afternoon Sale m Malaya Ss. 13.6K'. Singapore Smt.. Apr., 1H 19-.3. Price 15 CU.
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    THREE THREATS TO PAKISTAN
    619 1 THREE THREATS TO PAKISTAN Economic collapse, famine, disorder fHh laki>tan Prime Minister and his (iovernment tart bet* sacked by the Covernor-Cu'iUTal. Chulam Mohammed, be- Se l as P roved Entirely inadequate to grapple with the difficulties facing the country." Mohammed All. 44. at present Ambassador to the United Sta who
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    Churchill says: Sudden hope
    342 1 HR Churchill, th e Prime Minister. said last night that the Kremlin's recent moves have brought "sudden hopes" to the whole world— and "we must not throw away a single hope if peace feelers are made m sjood faith" "Is there a new breeze blowing on
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    Rubber price
    58 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened steadily this mornina with first grade, May shipment, at 68 cents a pound, a rise of 8 cent over yesterday's close photo. BVTTON > England's captain, adds his autoyraph to the ywet bat held by actress, Mercy Haystead, at a reception London before the
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    Police in S'pore speedboat chase Malik to be envoy to U.K.
    122 1 Police in S'pore speedboat chase Malik to be envoy to U.K. Free Press Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE police speedboat pursued two men m a stolen motor-boat for nearly half a mile off Pasir Panjang last night. The police were outdistanced and the men escaped ashore. Later 120 bottles of brandy
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    PERON ACCUSED OF APING NAZIS
    116 1 PRESIDENT Peron was accused m Bu?nos Aires yesterday of staging "a poor imitation of the Reichstag fire" as police announced four arrests for "dis1 respect." The Nazi* burned down the GeVman Parliament, m 1933 and then staged a trial of Communists for doinu it. The
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    MEN WITH KNIVES ROB COUPLE
    49 1 Three Chinese with ki held up a courting couple at Bukit Payong (Umbrella Hill, > Singapore, last night and robbed them of $87. The Rang ran off m the direction of Canning Rise and appeared. A radio cur failed to find any truce of them.
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    END COMINFORM
    36 1 India's Viee-Presldent, l>r. S a r v a p a 1 1 1 Radhakrlshnan, spx'akinK at India's Railway Centenary, proposed last night that Russia abolish the Cominform as a rru'ans of easlna world tension.
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    Man who was not up to job
    20 1 NAZIMI I>!HN, the IV.kist.tM Prime Minister, who hw been relieved of his job.
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    FRENCH CLASH WITH 10,000 VIETMINH REBELS
    166 2 FRENCH CLASH WITH 10,000 VIETMINH REBELS 3-pronged Red drive into Laos TEN thousand Yirtminh rebels clashed with French troops yesterday after driving M miles into Laos ■latC m M hours. The rebell are part of a 40.000 strong Vu'tminh c rolling into Laos from three direction- Th 10 000 Red
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    Legs that launched a thousand kicks
    93 2 mHE LEGS that thrilled JL thousands on the trick now perform less hurrird steps for a smaller, but no less appreciative audience, as Mrs. Geoffrey Dyson (Maureen Garner), former Olympic hurdler, demonstrates for young pupils at her ballet school m Wanstead. Essex. Maureen was
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    Tennis star is divorced
    41 2 IjWKMF.K tenni> •li.inipion Fred Perry Ml divorce 1 m West Talm* Beach, Florida, yesterday by his wile, lorr.iine. Judge Joseph White signed the decree on the couples sixth WtMtaf anniversary. The divorce action ftltefM extreme cruelty- A.P.
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    HOME GUARD PLAN
    32 2 A plan t -home I* of Chinese m Siam to be used m event of a by the Chinese Communist! i< being studied by the Siam nment. votes. i
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    18 DIE IN TWO FIRES
    60 2 Fires m a factory and apartment house m Chicago only two miles apart killed at leaf! 18 people yesterday. Another 20 factory workers \v>re unaccounted for. Sixteen men and women perished m the flames that turned a four-storey main building of the Haber Corp.. into
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    PATROL SHOT AT
    49 2 A United States army frontier patrol was shot at while driving m a jeep along the V. Gerrran Czechoslovak frontier near Kemrewth. m upper Franconia. last night. No one was injured. The shot; came from across the border, and the patrol did not return the fire
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    Malan's men talk of 'bloody noses'
    205 2 THE -STRONG MAN of the re-elected South African A Nationalist Government, Mr. J. G. Strydom. told cheering University students m Pretoria that the opposition forces will get "bloody noses" if they try to breach the structure of Afrikaner nationalism. The students. hundred *trong. later
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    Lies'drove Chaplig out of the States
    73 2 Lies'drove Chaplig out of the States KiTinj up his rSLr I "'ted *Ute« £22^? against him. jpa t»-. He said he found h t^. to continue his m*iTT* work m America ilf* ditions which, detek.? 1 the last war (haplin, a British subjects spent most of hi, i^* America, issued
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    Dulles: I never said it
    136 2 Dulles: I never said it The United States Secretary of State Mr. John Foster Dulles, told a Congressional Committee today that United States policy was opposed to a United Nations trusteeship over Formosa. Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, before which he appeared m a
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      47 2 Air Conditioned Air View Cabaret Restaurant (Off Maxwell Koad) Cabaret TONIGHT EXTENSION TILL 1 A.M. 1? Ml 1? 17. one round of DRINKS on the house J UiiL; tQ LUCKY TABLES. Hfsl;i»ian<:. CHAN MEI KWANG will sing for you TODAY and DAILY. (12 noon To 3 P^j_^^*
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    GOVT. IS THROWING $500,000 DOWN DRAIN Expat, hotel bills
    230 3  - GOVT. IS THROWING $500, 000 DO WN DRAIN Expat, hotel bills P. M. RAMAN By SI.\(iAI>ORE Legislative Councillor, Mr M ps |> s r throwin l e r SSO0 S «n« <laV pr tfsted tha (.«'v,rnm,n. «.,s b P S hnm P i i c triate ofl l rers he
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    Han, wife 2 children -$2,148
    97 3 Han, wife 2 children -$2,148 /10VEBNMKNT officers for G irhom no accommodaZm is available s J *y at such S* AdHphi but ntribulf ""•> a few hund--2 dollar* out of their Claries. The rc*t is paid by Goftrnmrnt. H costs a man his wife „.d ti^» rhildren. a«ed frrr and
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    TOTE DIV. ENRAGES RACE FANS: TRACK WRECKED
    165 3 CCREAMING "Fixed! Fixed!" several hundred violently 0 enraged cycle race punters hurled themselves on to a track near Tokyo yesterday, threw stones at the race officials, tore up the woodwork, and set fire to what was left. They were the more indignant of
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    77 3 CROWN PRINCE AKIHITO 'left), Heir Apparent to the Japanese Throne, looks up at the camera as he munches a hamburger aboard the SS President Wilson at San Francisco. At right is Mr. Hoicard Measures, of the Canadian State Department. The prince, en route to London to represent his father n
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    Malayan-wide 'work camp' for youths
    63 3 Malayan-wide 'work camp' for youths A delegation of Singapore Youth workers will attend a Maayan-wide Anglican Youth fellowship "work camp" a new village near ipoh m August. w e expect Anglican fellow»niPs m the Federation to be ll resprfs(>nted," Mr. Cheona; n ek Hai, an official of the Fellowship, said.
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    New officer for
    35 3 Jhe Oovernmenta of the Pe-hav-!i rali()n ancl Singapore aye decided to appoint an inthl m r tlon off icer to the staff of j»* commissioner for Malaya In Mr. John Batten will
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    Malaya House
    27 3 take up this post on June 15. In the meantime. Mr. J. a Sullivan, recently acting Public Relations pore, will act v informatioi (lhcei". Reuter
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    40 ready for prowlers
    184 3 INJURED, SHE FOUGHT ON i\W of Mm 40 girls of thr Katong "srlf drfcnce tollr»< was slightly injured at a -?radu.itioti" irrrmonv «»n Wednesday Bhi whs demon i.it m/ h. r \\r-\\\ ftCQUtn three of her colleai no. In f> rok ol launched ii three-pronged attack
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    WELL-SHOD
    52 3 WELL -SHOD IT WAS SHOPPING DAY jte.sterday for Tina EnsU), the Finnish who lived 'liter 34 ffayj on a raft m the Bay of Beilyul. Tiira the shopper had a pair of iroinen's slippers on gift of a Finnish Jtussionari/, Miss Tia Kuitunrn. Hr is HOW m the SOCtel Welfare
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    VICTORY MARCH
    34 3 Hundreds Of University itU- dents bearing Kepubliran II r:s and rfnttWj But-r marcriin? Bong p -r:idr',j throiiKh the streets <>i Pretoria yeaterday m celebration or Prime Minister, Dr. Malun's shattering olertl'Ti victory.
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      163 3 No. 82 TOOL CHEST [p =::::^r^— A comprehensive kit m a El Rl M "~^^*l polished woodcq cabind I lie WLim Jf L, IP n three knr.es. Nds. I. 2 .nul 5 f^TblHr^k ¥*^Lll I aic iiKkiilcil and m addition TiMry^l I MORE skill m j i. at your if'OCTO
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. April 18. 1953. GOVE. HOUSING
    435 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. April 18. 1953. GOVE. HOUSING A GOOD deal of public criticism is hound to be aroused by the news that the Singapore Government is spending at the rate of moie than $500,000 a yeai on the hotel bills of 50 officers for whom it cannot
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    It's Not all Divorce Crime and Vice
    845 4 It's Not all Divorce Crime and Vice MANY AMERICANS ARE PURITANS WASHINGTON LETTER from DONALD STEPHENSON SO much da. bout Ann rr. prosp rlt) and •>out the hmh rate of divonv and crime and the strong Puritan strain is liable to be overlooked. There is. indeed. tOO thin« o: I
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    BY THE WAY
    483 4  -  Beachcomber By That stotvn kiss THE Mayor of Spodbury-on-the-Waddle has issued the following statement: "The allegation that I muttered Yumyum after saluting the Bazaar Queen is ridiculous, vulgar, and untrue. What I said was 'Come. Come!' The words were addressed to Miss Slopcorner, who made such a
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    'New World glamour'
    96 5 picture. SEEN at her London Hat m the swimsuit she will wear is Ni-year-old Shirley Douglas, daughter of the Premier of Saskatchewan, Canada. She is to play the part of a channel swimmer m the TV play Half Seas Over.' Shirley. student at the Royal Academy of
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    GOVT. TO SET UP TWO NEW COURTS
    228 5 GOVT. TO SET UP TWO NEW COURTS They will help rush cases Free I'ross Staff Reporter j^IM. ArOßh (.owrnmeiit U to set up two new courts to retterc conation m the lower courts. The courts will br housed l— In two prefabricated buildings at Hong Lim Gr. behind the Criminal
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    An assailant hurts his $900,000 hand
    104 5 An assailant hurts his $900,000 hand AN unidentified assailant yesterday Attacked the world famous violinist, Jasrha Hrifetz. with an iron bar and wounded his right hand slightly, shortly after the American musician played a sonata by the German composer, Richard Strauss, m Jerusalem. Musir of German composers is unwelcome m
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    DEVOTIONAL SONGS
    15 5 Pandit Davindra Vijay, an Indian devotional singer will sin" the Indian Association, tonight.
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    Chinatown girls keen to learn
    167 5 piIINATOWN ffirls are keen to learn nowadays. Many are attending evening classes run by the Y.W.C.A. Once they were total illiterates. Now they are beginning to read and write Chinese. The Y.W.C.A. runs classes at Mount Erskine and Havelock Road for girls who could not
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    Celebrate, but be austere
    101 5 A T the height of the Corona- tion celebrations, Singaporeans will be urged to prac«ce punctuality and austerity Ha c Sin S a Pore Puntuality an d Austerity Association. Mr. Peter Chew, hon. secrehJ .°u f the association, said l th^ committee had evolved m Ma
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    19 5 br!n)L Ha bonim (Singapore aS? v- wiH hold a ball at the CL^I Garden today yi n ojo p.m.
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    "SATA work advanced"
    119 5 "SAT A work advanced" THE methods of diagnosis and i treatment of chest diseases < used by the Royal Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association are much more advanced than those employed m other East- crn countries.. Dr. Kadri Zahur Hussain, a tuberculosis specialist, who arrived here from London recently added he was
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    PCs hold up traffic for nothing, say motorists
    139 5 PCs hold up traffic for nothing, say motorists M'OKi: motorists havr I. j »n* tables, directinf jinn lion <»urp. Ik ii.cimU, hold UP triHir nitnfcrwrils Said <•»>♦• ni'»t orixt 'I have hrrn Im hi up fr« (jijfntlv m Hun Hit It was most annoying" \nothrr said U hrn all ac(umulalrd
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    ROAD EXCAVATION
    38 5 To erusure MHJT How of traffic while excavation work Ls beini? carried out. temporary 'No No Right Turn" sl«ns have been placed »< the junctioiw of Can toiiment, Outram unc^ New Balestler Road tonight at 8 30.
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    Textile quota may be too much
    114 5 Textile quota may be too much MALAYA may not be able to I absorb the full quotn ol i4O million worth of tex— from Japan permitted for the .second half of this year. Sin-;. pore textile deafen -said yesterday. Allocation of the $40 million quota will be discussed by the
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    GIRL, 15, HAS 'MAKINGS OF THOROUGHLY BAD CHARACTER'
    350 6 GIRL, 15, HAS 'MAKINGS OF THOROUGHLY BAD CHARACTER' IVIIEN al5 year-old K irl was brought befor «k trates m the juxenile court at Barnsl/j f > parents were not there It was stated they wei of her court appearance and replied that th/ interest m her. nfy h *d m
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    AT 86 HER PAINTINGS ARE BOOKED FOR TV
    272 6 MISS Sarah Jane Bell, of Battle. Sussex, is on the way to becoming Britain's Grandma Moses. For at 86 Miss Bell is to have the first exhibition of her paintings before the country's largest au Hence. I In TV's women's feature "Leisure
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    Doctor takes drug drinks and dies
    178 6 Doctor takes drug drinks and dies Tning ho\ un v. was suppOM-d to tfOB h-m dr nlting. Dr Hood, of CHq Hospital London, prescribed the antar Dr. R^gnald Owrn ber. a 40-year-old V J surge And n» rer before, h<» said at I at D« a: Hospital he known myont
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    SHIP DISAPPEARS
    25 6 A small Nationalist steamer sailing from Kaohsiung, m Southwest Formosa, to Makung, m the Pescadores has disappeared. Nationalist warships and planes are searching
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    Phew! It's hot
    51 6 Phew! It's hot I IT WAS OSK ot V stu ns. Gwendoli7ie > the pool for v But before I dip. Gwendoline her other name is Day- posed fot Free Press cai'ierununi Sam Kai Faije. Gicendolnic was a photographer's model m Si/dacy and London before she came he r e
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    Wife quit hospital dies in car
    130 6 Wife quit hospital dies in car A WOMAN who had left hospital a«:iinst doctors' advice was found dead beside the body of her husband m their car at Holmsley, near 1 hristchurch. Hampshire. Into a back window of the car ran a rubber tube fixed to the exhaust. The couple
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    $20,000 theft alleged
    27 6 $20,000 theft alleged IV/LLMAf G:pp, 42- |e«r.J "l"*"", Of CM*,/*. Richmond. Surrey, accuti breaking into Richmond h<Office and stealing £aw m rash, stamps and nota oraers. w
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      77 6 ERNEST BOREI *^H| SBB^^_ vjß 1 Perfect Timepiece 2 Efegantty finished 3 Keeps Time All The Time. 4 Make this your choke. 1 Soe Distributors: MMAYMWITMTBiai 11 9A. Norrtt Bridge Roai Tel. 4774 Singaport-6 h t- M.FUJiTEB &S.6RIWERG, Diamonds IS 7cwe/' erJf i 67, Stamford M> J J (E« Court
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    How long can man be cheerful? AT LEAST 260 MINUTES
    345 7 How long can man be cheerful? AT LEAST 260 MINUTES ,mIRIFS MARKHAM was ldri*inc his X r lia tor across v makeshift iioden bridge »vei a waterJ~ m the marshes near Great Yarmouth when the hridze collapsed Dr with its groat rab pawing the air m front. ievci I over
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    20 7 photo. Blonde French cabaret artiste. Irene Hilda, who is appear*!!! Al a Piccadilly restaurant. !j)u' sings m French and English.
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    Surgeons carry on operating in theatre blast
    102 7 4 YOUNG girl was having a JV tonsil operation m th<-nw-floor theatre at Sevenoaka g*p:t a Kent, when there flam a J ou d explosion, and Dames burst fro m the anaesthetising apparatus. ran^ c menibers of the Snttt nf lace thy dam
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    FLYING PONIES
    28 7 ■ufij-a?? nu>s witJ i four look aff£y ind two grooms t0 to Ro" er t en are to be flown income portly to take part tournamcnl.
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    CHARMS AND SILK
    30 7 Ballerina Violetta Elvin, who makes her film debut m Enieric Pressburgers film. "Twice Ipon A Time," poses m a dramatic Rim-metal and black striped silk evening sown.
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    'Paving church cheaper than gaol' says vicar
    127 7 'Paving church cheaper than gaol' says vicar VICAR proposed that National Insurance contribu'°ns should include an amount J r th P clergy. 44 llt Dr W G Sinclair Snow. the I d vlcar of Bognor. at annual parish meeting:— i m£L cn f untr -v is spending I tQ ii
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    Coronation brings jobs
    82 7 CORONATION year brought a lot more jobs m February And most of all to building workers— l4,ooo more of them. Manpower statistics issued by the Ministry of Labour show that the country's total of registered workless on March 16 had fallen by 31,8000 m a month. The
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    FIRMS MADE BIG PROFITS ON WARSHIPS, SAYS REPORT
    190 7 LEADING shipbuilding firms made profits of up to 70 per cent, on war-time construction, according to a new volume of official history. The profit on a battleship was nearly 42 per cent, of cost; on submarines 70 per cent. On a sample
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    ARMS DEAL TALKS
    36 7 Premier Saife El Islam Alhassan of Yemen arrived m Copenhagen by plane yesterday at the invitation of Denmark's biggest gun factory, to discuss an arms purchase contract. He may also buy agricultural machinery.
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    'Monsieur' Farouk, please
    220 7 EX-K.NC WORRIED ABOUT CASH, SAYS; FAROUK. It senns. Is w<rrytnf His bill m i Monte Carlo hntH was £290. But I iuch a rumpus that tbtf hay«- refumit'd him IS per cent he r ru n his Cann I. uldren m U suit i ■>•* |H tin
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    BOY STOWAWAY
    28 7 When the luxury liner President Cleveland docked m Honj Kong, ship's officers delivered to port authorities a 14-year-old Filipino stoaway. who boarded the ship m Manila.
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      98 7 I Are you still without I "FRES-BRIZ" VENETIAN BLINDS? j C Oil A I ITY" The materials used m >he making of I|UHLI ll* FRES-BRIZ are of the best obtainable. rs \%t\m.m\M FRES-BRIZ re»i«t dirt, do not crack. ECONUMYI chip or peel FRES-BRIZ arc economical g 2 and arc made
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    THE BOY ENGINEERS
    354 8 They're keen and quick Pictures by CIFTY mechanically-minded orphans and 'problem' boys are learning a useful trade at the engineering workshop of St Josephs Trade School, part of the Bukit Timah Boys' Town, Singapore. Except during holidays and week-ends, this workshop if a beehive of activity. Every
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  • Saturday Magazine
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      Masthead
      6 1 Saturday Magazine Saturday. April 18. 1953.
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      IS YOUR HOME AS SAFE AS " YOU
      692 1  - IS YOUR HOME AS SAFE AS YOU Murphy ihi TIIIXK? BELIEVE it «>r not hidden D dangers lurk m your home-dangers that may lise serious aciidentl if nnt treated with the res"°ct they deserve Stallst ics show that every year more than <0,00»> people lose their live? m the home.
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      CAROLINE
      1353 1  -  Jean AUngton «M MOTHER'S family have always boasted that they could read thoughts, and that they possessed a certain gift of second sight. As far as we know they had no trace of Romany blood, and we used to laugh at them, until Aunt Bella made us feel very
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      A NEW GOG AND MAGOG
      84 1 1 FINISHING touches are now being put to the figures of Gog and Magog by Mr. David Evans, the sculptor, m his studio at Welwyn (iardm <"'///. Hertford****, before they are erected m the Guildhall. London. The famous originals were destroyed m the IJ*O blitl
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        53 1 SPECIAL OFFER j j MANHATTAN I SHIRTS/ I I I WE OFFER ONE LOT OF MANHATTAN WHITE SHIRTS TO BE SOLD OFF AT I $8-50 each I (Usual Price $12/50) This is an opportunity not to be missed 5 i AVAILABLE IN SIZES 14—17 EXCELSIOR LTD., j I 66. HIGH
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      SATURDAY MACAZINE
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      Contest Broke the Record
      835 2 Contest Broke the Record ____^.^^^^.^.^^^^^^^M ir. lIE ARE BACK to t thl w< childi- ***P it this way. Jan l i s iiid ord numbeoti Many b i irls entered it !or the ftrsl I w note how well t you had th 0 co: an which were tcamel k
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      THE 'LUCKY DIP'
      31 2 Ml H**ng Urn— .t-trrnn- nuht compares th c conknU tfk"luckv dip'" packet, with his friends Sifw Wah and Kwok Iluan a picture taken at the Rotary Club B
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      STAMP CORNER
      95 2 IF you want I life of leisure and fun on a palm-tnv i>wittl a corn! lauoon. then place for you is the Cayman which provide tbfl stamp of the week If you want a job you can prow eoconutl Or. more exciting, you can catch turtle* and export
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        71 2 Junior Contest This picture is a left-over from Easter. Doubtless you all still remember the beautifully coloured effgs yon saw md ate them. Colour this lovely Easter ep? and chick with paints, crayons or chalk and send it to Auntie Wendy, Singapore Free Press, Cecil Street, Singapore 1, by Wednesday.
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        20 2 'Do you know' solution SHODDY is cheap cloth nnde of old wool with a little new wool mix: d m.
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        59 2 DO YOU KNOW? TTAS your teacher rver said I Urn jt^pocr anc, iX to you: "That's a .shoddy don t know, see foot of Colum: piece of work"? She means Three. )Y> V v LANOLIN f >^g^ shampoo i Available at all leading stores. AL'onts: THE FEDERAL D!.SP E S
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    • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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        184 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS.— 1. Prepared meat from the pig. 3, See "16 Down." 6, Charles Lamb's penname. 7, Evergreen tree with very dark leathery leaves. 9. Get plea-sure from. 11, The founder of the modern police force. 12. A dull continuous pain. 13. It conveys messages to the brain.
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      THE MATCH-BOX 'SPECIAL'
      243 3 A TRAIN TAKES' SHAPE 4 IX aboard 'or the SatVf he l Club train-and it Jail the more fun for King made from match boxes. the match boxes. Use f Spart>>' 0U P utthematCheS "Vrthen the sides -this Is a S^S train and must be franc with
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      RIDDLE
      59 3 first is m COOK, but not m SPOON. ty second's m LIGHT, but not m MOON. *1 third is m DUCK, but not m DRAKE. fourth is m TABLE, but not m CAKE ■I/ uhole is part of a name you bear. *hen y OU meet and p?ay fair.
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      FLYING KITES
      300 3  -  UNCLE ERIC By r|ID you realise that kite flying If one of the oldest sames m the world? In Europe the tradition £o q s back to th e 4th century B.C. but kite-flying m Asia goes back to time immemorial. Koreans think the man who started the
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      Lionel, aged 14, has a flair for maths
      301 3 Lionel, aged 14, has a flair for maths ioXEL MARCH, an 18-Lvear-old schoolboy, has astonished university dons by thinking out an entirely new kind ol mathematics. let tils own mathematics master at Hove County Grammar School, Sussex, knew nothing about it until recently when he was .shown letters from the
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      WEY WANT PEN PALS
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      344 3 THE END. When all is ready Rupert opens the window, and to the astonishment of everyone a dozen robins dart m and fly acroas the room. Then, while the party cluster round, they .settle between the two chairs and. all singing together, they fill the
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      Tempers Flare Over 3-D
      331 4  - Tempers Flare Over 3-D HAROLD HEFFERNAN Ezam Hollywood m a dilemma WARNER says: 3D without the spectacles is not genuine 3D rpHE strain d the fll: 9LC >dnt. one is n feijtllg to the run. h I'd dilemma m I 3-ni I are I flan- M the bi« t> Mlvious
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      'Great Lover' is now the 'Great Actor'
      187 4  -  ANNE EDWARDS BOYEk DOES A SWITCH *FHE man they called 'the screen's greatest lover"; the man whose "sultry eyes smouldered with pas- sion"; whose "suave, caressing voice sank to strangled whispers'* as he made love to Garbo, Dietrich and Irene Dunne this man
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      713 4  - FOX FILM CHIEF BACKS FOCALS DAVID LEWIN Darryl Zanuck blazes a new trail IN a private cinema m a 1 Hollywood film studio today top film men from Britain and America will be greeted by a wiry, leanfaced picture -maker. Darryl Francis Zanuck. He will press a button by his
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      224 4  -  JENNIFER JOHNS "DWANA DEVIL" has come your .way already. Maybe you were disappointed but don't give up hope. Those weakkneed moth-eaten lions you saw weren't worth having m your laps anyway. If you really want to see something then just be patient and Jerry Lewis will come leaping
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      Anne Blyth to wed
      53 4 Ann Blyth. believe^ dDCtOfl make the ber bands. She never gave the rnattj much thought until she aj Dr. James McNulty. v iitetrician. "Doctors are sc undent^ ing." says Ann. Weddii^j r: be m June. Hope Rets a close share from bandit leader j£ Kussell m
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      Enter—a New Star....
      363 5  - Enter a New Star.... DAVID LEWIN nOROTH n Ua I) -The II v V-nrst new star of fllm and •tamo i iJv The Living Room. O] t»hP V month ■J" with the ISSn-ro and J "es wil m aud S*'of the few full-scale emotional roles written for a girl m
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      192 5 "Young Wives Tale" is m production 'yOUNG WIVES' Tale", a comedy by Ronald Jeans, is to be presented by the STAGE CLUB at the Victoria Theatre on May 7, 8 and 9. First performance will be m lid of the R.S.P.C.A. It WM first produced at the
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      DRAMA IN THE ABBEY
      117 5 WHILE London's Westmin.st- er Abbey Is still m its dress, a miracle piiu be iven near the n»gfl Altar. Called "Out of the Dtoi U:] U win be the first P la y of this kind ever to be Siven m the Abbey. B-!. aulhor is
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      ....AND A NEW PRODUCER
      557 5  - ....AND A NEW PRODUCER CECIL WILSON < Robert Helpmann thinks > all actors abt«M beg > dancers —and vice versa, ROBERT HELPMANN, the man to whom nothing seems to come amiss, has returned m th e new role of a producer to the theatre that gave him his first chance
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      Ace speedsters get ready for Grand Prix
      502 6  - Ace speedsters get ready for Grand Prix E. PETERS By A SPECTACLE of high speed and thrill-packed raci n assured 'he Bingmpoi Clubj tl Johore Grand Prix programme to be hold m Johore Bahru on Sunday. August 2. I am !ullv convinced that this year's meeting will turn out to
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      40 6 This spectacular action shot was taken at L?eds Raid, Huddersfield, whon the home side met Bverton m an Knglilh F.A. League second division natch. Glazzard is pictured leaping to boot borne Iluddersfielti's only goal. Everton won two-one. Topical Press photo.
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      764 6  -  CHARLES BRYEE Lk> /^OING to M Then if you haveni already started training, get crackin^ Tho 1954 Asian Games are expected to be higher m performance than the initial meet at New Delhi, and it is goins to be tougher to get into the Cinffinnro tfiiM*. Two l«H\il
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      ALL-CONQIJERING MERMAIDS OF S'PORE
      811 7  - ALL-CONQI JERING MERMAIDS OF S'PORE K. S. CHI A By TRIO Oi Singapore mils 1. A from Pen«ni the honour of being the allmermaid NAM V lIM ELSIE LIM and CYNTHIA a()N(i :<d creditable v: s in all their individual .vents over the Penang Easter |n the inter-Chinese Swimming Clubs
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      MRSTAINTON ON TARGET
      156 7 \JJS. MARY TAINTON, Of ct o hells Birmingham, was born m j but she 1S ie oi tne keenjj carts players m the local tf m 1 She ta c*P*«ta of her club tarn whirh hM jusl wQn tne anJ she is not only "consistent scorer, but
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      SPORE'S BOYS WILL WELCOME AUSSIES
      322 7  -  GERRY ISAAC By HERB they come, the Western Australian youth boxers! A number of excited local lads will be on board the Charon today to welcome their new friends. They will meet as friends and leave as friends, but sometime between they will have to
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      Will Matthews finish third
      468 7 4itm> luvktj? Asks ARCHIE QUICK Outside the partet) ot BottOQ and its linn. -nvirni. whole 800 I vuirld is Mv m" thai it long I ■m for nicy Itetttewi to r his overdue Cup .iwr's medal this year the hands of the Wh.-n the *p iller
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      Kiss of flattery
      39 8 ]X ii \i m;\ v wh.t A man wanU from nt-t m li inorr Aittrniu tlun t) tiudgericar take* a peanut irom his owner's iK'iitli aud Mr M >htrs a lump of suEar. Popper l»l( till
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      SHOULD TOY WEAPONS BE BANNED?
      26 8 SHOULD TOY WEAPONS BE BANNED? of toy u «r future and r^e ban d« aP flung himself jo f feWr e W money v r uoow
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      Soar face duels ban
      106 8 following a recent der- sion by the West O«nn in Federal Court that unto*, duelling while not Illegal I not advisable. German uniirare now telling the* students that the tough sword duels of the past are out Once upon a time duels *rt fought under the
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      WHALE OF A CATCH
      39 8 Three ships of the Nihon Marine Products Co.'s whalinz fleet returned yesterday from the Antarctic with 662 tons of frozen whale meat, 2.4 M tons of salted whale meat and 3,11 < tons of whale oil.
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      115 9 *BOVE, LEFT: Peter Chin nearest camera) and Tan Ah (im, two promising students :arry out repairs to the notor engine of a concrete nixer. RIGHT: Ng Han Zhong, 18, works on the nilling machine, which cuts md grooves metal. HAPPY .EFT: Chee Wan Kit 15. left) and Chong Pack Cuan,
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        266 10 I MANDRAKE, THE MACICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis 7V KINO'S 'Bi6 SHOWS SUOOCNLY IwMAT'SHf M SOUTHING ABOufl I SMOOT I I NOT f^AAO. Ht I THE KING INTEa*UPJIDBYASTKANGIfi,ANOT)4( SAYIN f SAM? CHALLENGING YOU DOWN HAS TME RI6«T MUST OID YOU NOT HEAR Mt.'KlNG'? BY I 4CMWO GOiS A>LO.
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        489 10 YOUR LUCKy STAR P T U aatr t J"^ u*ed WI> d^? '^'n c at k»a.Si?*"*3 you lh| wiak to^ 1 *«pirini artisu wL^T? ru«ed Umc ftjidCTL^S* P°ea*e h^ •^^il.^JP^ which T v O o ourU u r Mk£ l *fi 'ore t o l 0 make a UrtaL *»r
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      SCOUT MAKES RUSSIANS SAY YES
      119 11 it EIGHTEEN -year old Queen 's Scout John Jackson, of Wood Green. London, was walking past the Soviet Embassy' and noticed the privet hedge. He persuaded the officials that it needed cutting. A secretary supplied him with a pair of clippers and he set to
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      762 11  -  Branston By IN m I ...t ,l States, a short vMte ago, a clergyman the Ke\ (iranger Westberg of Chicago— told a Lutheran Convention at Colorado Springs: "It took grandmother four hours to make vegetable soup the modern housewife can make it m
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        238 11 Today's Crossword mirtMß m pastry A B Notning cou.d be I* \*-iM/(&k 9, The Ch\r.ce!!or ff f^| HB" of ihe Exch<qu»-r I appears to be con- BHI BBH bfl^lß HBHH^ fused :n thi* food t^, h^gK;-'* »-^i^i^>/ l4i 10, How mfii »7 I^ W^^ m n may work together ~~BaHF^
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      308 12 He puts love first Is** Marriage View I KNOW a number of old folks who still insist on marriage first then love and pick their owi daughters-in-law. This is "blindfold" marriage as yo ir correspondent m East Coast Road puts it. The old-fashioned Chinese believes m seeing his grandchildren before
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      ASSURANCE
      119 12 MY house had no water supply two weeks back; the pipeline was choked. I phoned up the complaints section of the City Council Water Department, and was assured that the matter would be attended to. Four days went by; a second phone complaint again resulted m an immediate assurance.
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      It's a joke off course
      87 12 SINGAPORE'S Traffic Police Superintendent, Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, referring to a story published m the Free Press yesterday about the "pig -headed ness" of some pedestrians while crossing zebras, states: "My jocular remark about a stick meant, of course, that if I saw any
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      920 13  -  MICHAEL RUDDY By ..HttE tins ewH-ration of flflta safa r ffSne lea« ue M som luminaries of the lim-llpht. Th» glamor. .'i^ xrandJ£er GI.OKM SWANfflif of them.' she »nid me a year or so ago when we were discussing !ne of her favourite subtrts Gloria Swanson. -Well
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        128 13 RECONCILED? fiary Cooper and ex-sooiilite. wife are «ad to be reconciled. HAPPY WORLD SINGAPORE Tonifjtti! Gala Haw Xif,hi. Extension to LOO a.m. sp<><i<.i rV p4> 00 0 > Vhine** M»ht Prizes for Spot Dances of "Vrvpv fl«» i'hinv" Perfumes, Lotions, Colognes, etc. kindly presented by J%ti*MHrH. Montur l.iii. lhtrm> In
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      610 14 England tipped to beat Scots International at Wembley By JIM CHAMBERS ENGLAND will beat Scotland and win the international soccer championship. That's the way 1 see todays bit fame at Wembley Stadium, where an all-ticket crowd of 100.000 will pay record British football receipts for a single game of £500,000.
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      VAN DONCK WINS SILVER KING GOLF
      121 14 FLORY Van Donck. of Belgium, with flnul rounds of 65, which equalled course record, and 74. for an aggregate of 274 won the Silver King golf tournament on the high course at Moor Park, Hertfordshire yesterday. Van Donck led the field by eight strokes
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      SCOTS HAVE A BETTER RECORD
      82 14 'ronvVS international will be »he 70th m the series. Scoil.ind lead with victoties atainst by England wiih 16 drawn. Teams: liuland:— Merrirk (Birmingham); Alf Ramsey (Tottenham), smith (Arsenal): Wright (Wolverhampton. captain), Barrass Bolton), Dickinson (Portsmouth* Tom Finney Pre.ston*. Bronds (Ma.ic'.iestrr City). Lofthoasc (Bolton). Redfern lYoggatt
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      96 14 -I'HE En :i.>h football ItlfM has select t-d >'m te.nn to' Danish F.-biii AMOdfttton conibi- .y 5 For their first ew en ative game ouUid< the British Islm, the te Hill be represented by: Bert Wfttama tWolverivimpton Wanderers*: Alf Ramsey (Tot I enham Ho' spurt
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      Umpires seek comfort
      329 14 By 'IXVICTA' DIKING last cricket season an innovation crenl into Singapore cricket. Instead of the lonrj heavy drill umpires' coa's (usually bu»ton!ess) some umpires changed into short white or cream coats, shorls and stockings. In this climate Fuch a course is I think very reasonable, wh»n one
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      300 14 'I hope Stan wins that medal I hope sSSl^g There. I've wtniw. B^gJ^nr% n assuredly the^JLj? J^li 'm* with ctaTL Hll l iJii »f»*hed down wit* tnSjft 1 Bolton hard^Wtn^, dangerously mWea<ff J?* *atch them wdtwJl 1 much to beat, but the/taJl 18-carat in ter nation™ iff V this season
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      261 15 HORSES MAY CHANGE GAMES SITE lOC talks begin today AUSTRALIAN Olympic £X delegates presented their report to the Executive Committee m an unscheduled afternoon meeting m Mexico City yesterday, and later expressed concern over the prospects of Melbourne's receiving the 1956 Games. The Australians, who parlier were confident that Melbourne
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      43 15 HARRY (WULUVAN, has just delivered a crisp left to Kre Chan's head which sent him half way through the ropes. The Australian, who boxed prettily for 10 rounds, however, lost the nght to the surprise of many a fight fan.— Free Press photo.
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      COME IN' -SAYS HECTOR
      223 15 COME IN' -SAYS HECTOR Prest Boxing Reporter. JJff Nai Kirn Lim. Talismans manager had fcO about h:s boy d<>. Srrv Hertor Constance. No. 1 ror the British we:tcTwdght boxing n ,*i*J me flue.' JJ^.or battle I'Mi'.m at the Hap D f£id Stadium tomorrow nigfcl over "sno^Burkingham. Hector's little M^mey trainer
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      30 15 Ofnial Youngsters meet Star Youngsters m a soccer friendly at Pkntr Park tomorrow. Genials team is: Thamby; Sherilf. Puman; Pathy, Velu, Segran: lUthan. Gopal, Rama (capt>, hruna, Kassim.
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      Inspired 10 men get the winner
      247 15 Singapore 2; Johore 1 YOU can't beat schoolboy soccer for all-out action Take for instance yesterday's match at Jalan Besar Stadium m which the Johore Combined School* XI was pipped by a late goal by Singapore Combined Schools. It was a rousing struggle Ml
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      RUGBY UNION
      17 15 UK rugby union results: Penzance and Ncvlyn 8 Exeter 11; Falmouth 20 Barnstaple o.— Reuter.
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      PRINCE EDWARD BOYS WIN LAYCOCK CUP
      340 15 SINGAPORE Youth Council Swimmlng Gala held at the Singapore Swimming Pool yesterday saw Prince Edward Road Boys' Club win the Laycock Cup with 39 points. Runners-up were Young Men s Christian Association with 34 points Winners of the Ellas Cup were Girls' Life Brigade
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      ASIAN GAMES
      24 15 J n *iLAND is to enter the Man^ C 0 As i a n Games at anila "i 1954 from May 1-9.
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      KEE CHAN WINS: AUSSIE UNLUCKY
      275 15 r THE three Australian boxers provided three close A battles m last night's promotion by Nene at the Happy World Stadium. i Their fights all went the distance of ten rounds. One of the Aussies drew, the others lost to the local boys. The decision
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      26 15 Ong Chew Bee, the Singapore champion, kept hi« YMCA tennis title yesterday, when he beat Norman Kitovitz, the Oxford Blue, 6-2. 0-6. 6-3.
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      186 15 Ring-rusly Shirai wins tame fight WOULD flyw«-i"h? champion Tothlo Rhirai of Japan, rin^-rusty. Jabb<<i out a unanimous but unspectacular 10-round decision over Baby "Mcc" M'ino of America m Tokyo last Qight. About 12 000 fans saw the non-titl*-. outdoor bout. It was a turn- un for Sh; title defence with
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      293 16 Free Press Racing Correspondent PROBLEM RACE m toda> drd at Bukit Timah is the $15,000 Spring Cup over a mile. Some of the finest middle distance horses m training are engaged and course opinion seems sharply divided. I heard at least six horses given with
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      16 16 International Wrestling Federation, has designated Tokyo as the m'p of the 1954 freestyle championships.
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