The Singapore Free Press, 2 May 1953

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. ***** Biligaparfl tat. May K'33. Price I* Ct&
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  • 402 1 REFUGEE THREAT TO SIAM nod menace 6O 9 000 an banter AS Vietminh troops edge nearer to Luang Prabang, royal town of Laos, and detachments fan out towards the frontier of Siam, the latter country is strengthening police posts along the border. Patrol boats are running up and down the
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  • 291 1 LYTTEL TON TO HELP FIGHT COLOUR BAR IN COLONIES THE SECRETARY of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, said m the House of Commons yesterday he strongly supported the continuance of Government policy to get rid of the colour bar. He was supporting a Conservative amendment, which took the
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  • 17 1 for the onThl 0 milllon Ch a a n S H e of Ru equipment
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  • 45 1 Ingrid weeps for joy picture. Ingrid Bergman embraces and kisses her director husband Roberto Rossellini who withdrew after the first half of a 1,000-mile motor race m Italy. She icas crying m her excitement. One driver was killed and seven injured m U.P. the race.
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  • 232 1 THE Singapore Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nigel Morris, said this morning that he would order an inquiry into charges of police intimidation of three Government trade union leaders. Mr. Morris contacted leaders of th* Council of Action who made the charges, and asked them for details
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  • 87 1 fdsfsd Mr. Nehru, who li touring th€ famine-affected areas of Maharasthtn m Bombay itate, said t^e world slUntion today was such thai any war among major pow,*s would ccrMainly reflect on other nations. India was no exception. We may succeed In keeping out of
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  • 24 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened steadily this morning with first grade. May shipment. At 74J centl a pound, li cents above ye>terday's clote.
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  • 51 1 A biz red double-docker bus skidded m a drizzle ye>terday and ploughed into a shop front m a crowded London Wot End street. A man and a woman WtTt trapped <>n the pavement md killed. Thirteen other persons were hurt including the )iis driver and
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    • 108 1 -mm* J £> o^k^S^ttH Ir ii M& m WF Jt a ■■■k^ l»»^^^^^\ ■>■■■■■■■ JUST ONE and aren't we enjoying ourselves? Baby wonders what all the fuss is about on this particular day the toys, the new frock, the cake and this lovely, lovely candle but what fun And what
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  • 316 2 IT' S LIKE WORLD WAR II HOMECOMING 22 P.O.W.s arrive m Britain TYVKNTY-TWO repatriated British prisoners of 1 war arrived at Lyneham, Kn*land, yesterday. Nearly 100 wives, mothers, sweethearts, other relatives and friends were at the airfield to *reet them. Men womrn and children swarmed about the plane shouting, crying
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  • 99 2 Mr. Shigemitsu, ex-war criminal seeks power MR. MAMORU Shigemitsu, who signed Japan's surrender and served a short term as a convicted war criminal, will .seek the post of Prime Minister when the new Diet convenes on May 18. Head of the Progressive party, Shigemitsu will oppose Pri/ne Minister Yoshida, the
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  • 50 2 Crown Prince Akihito was invited to fly around Britain m a comet jet airliner at the De Haviland aircraft factory m Hatfleld, yesterday, but the offer was not accepted. Permission had not been received from the royal palace m Tokyo allowing the prince to fly.
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  • 100 2 TjiIELD ENTERPRISES Inr corporate^ of Chicago said yesterday that a pictare Of the Prophet Mo hamed will be removed from Its world encyclopedia In deference to the Penan* Muslim Advisory Board. The board protested that there is no known authentic picture of the prophet.
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  • 34 2 The Registrar of the Singapore Supreme Court, Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, yesterday appealed to the Colonial Secretary to appoint three more magistrates to deal with congestion m the courts.
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  • 208 2 A GERMAN ceneral, who fought the British m the Western Desert ten years a*o, yesterday praised some of the British army top weapons when they were pat through their paces for his benefit at Wool, Dorset, England. General Han Speidel, who was Chief of
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  • 260 2 Today 2 cousins ascend their desert thrones TWO 18-year-old Harrovians slim, mustacbed and athletic, will today be installed amid the chanting of Muslim muezzins as Kings of Jordan and Iraq. King Feisal II of Iraq and King Hussein of Jordan are grandsons of the near legendary Kins Hussein I, who
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  • 26 2 The Foreign Office announced yesterday that Mr. Anthony Eden "has gained some strength following an operation on Wednesday to remove fluid causing jaundice.
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  • 187 2 U.S. aid cuts 'may hit world trade' THE SENATE Banking Committee yesterday reported that cutting United States foreign aid without putting something m its place to sustain foreign trade would invite a wortd depression. "It would be the surest way to promote and expand international Communism the Committee said. It
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    • 25 2 a mm mb mm j M. Flinter S. Grinberg Diamonds Jewellery! S 67, Stamford Rd., E( Ei Court Bid*., Spore, 6. Telephone 7923. B SottA
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  • 316 3 Joined by rustic bridge By SIT YIN FONG AS iA B* sSssw ew and still unnamed, e TCwoportion S will be joined bva'-b-eaiitiful rustic bridge over Stamford Canal. With this announcement^ W ritv Council President, Mr. T. pF McNeice this morning stemmed a rising
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  • 37 3 picture. The Stamford Canal, tvhich will be spanned by a "beautiful rustic bridge," if a scheme materialises to add the former Shackle Club site as an extension to the Esplanade Free Press
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  • 247 3 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Marine Police will equip its entire fleet of launches with radio communications within the next two months to increase its efficiency m combatting crime m Colony waters. At present, only 12 of the 46 boats, are so equipped. "When
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  • 18 3 piciuic. W the Mini,, rO 10 E I e'ldtKie Club site.- Free Press
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  • 93 3 A thief— who also seems to be an art collector— has walked off with a statuette of a nude woman by the famed French sculptor, Auguste Rodin, a London art dealer said yesterday. It was on loan from the Rodin Museum m Paris The 13-inch-high bronze sta-
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  • 133 3 rpHE Singapore Chinese Schools Co-ordinating Committee will ask the Government ''not to discriminate against Chinese schools." "Any evidence of discrimination will be seized upon by political instigators r to stir up dissatisfaction for their political aims". Other ways The Committee will also
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 2, 1953. Opinion
    • 202 4 rJE announcement that the site of the old Shackle Club is to be added to the new esplanade will find general approval. It iff accordance with the spirit I of the tiroes. Everywhere local authorities which have the future of big cities m their hands are hastening to preserve
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    • 180 4 REPORTS that the Vietminh forces have by-passed Luang Prabang, the royal town of Laos, and are pressing on to the Siamefe frontier give wicked point to the alterations by the Chinese Commun|fU that the Bangkok Government has been guilty I sony M-nriful aggression Thf-y also illustrate to what
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  • 1018 4  - A Health unto Her Majesty M*f >&* Lffi kJL\\s2mLsjJ dm I "The slafipini! of an embargo on Royal names for inns strikes across a tradition thai touches British life at its mart ge*U\ and j loyal heart", says James Dow ARE the Queen's advisers losing their sense of proportion? That
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  • 157 5 <- APORF'S soccer star, Awftttf Bakar, has turned clown an offer to be a film star. Said Avftßf yesterday: "I would rather b e a footballer than a famous film s-ar. He was offered the leading role m a new Kris Film
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  • 206 5 'LIST THE OLD HOMES' SAY COUNCILLORS rmcern over collapsing houses vty and LcMative ComSdlkJs yesterday called for a survey of Id houses m Singapore and the appointment_of _a committee to fir cSS" l^Are**™ number I hows collapsing m the Coloiv, Four houses have collapsed Mi year Two houses crashed m
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  • 48 5 photo. TWO STARS met m Cann es and they tned to understand each other— by sign language. The beautiful icoman is SUvana Mangano, of "Bitter Rice" fame. The bearded chap U Kirk Douuhis. Then will team up m "Ulysess" which, mil be finned soon U.P.
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  • 69 5 6,000 S'pore hawkers get a warning §IX THOUSAND! Itinerant S 15 UnICSS they renew poJSle Ucences <>as as 000 out of WdtlJ!?i mr hav e reEphraim th Uc ences s aid Mr. J W o^tl^ Un Bu P erln: Pectors Wuisf nt s hhera **er lnsS th ose whS d
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  • 10 5 jHwJS^^sar* T dailY wtSiEhJ"* bee flned
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  • 110 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE vegetable farmers will be given all the advice they need to help increase their crops. The Agricultural Division of the Department of Commerce and Industry has started a drive to raise production. About 66 tons of vegtables a
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  • 62 5 A seven-day exhibition of j photographs of Westminister Abbey and historic churches of England will be held at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, from May 18. The .show is being held m i junction with the appeal by the Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll.
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  • 23 5 Seven overseas examiners will help m thi i University of Mal.tva linul term examinations which begin m three weeks.
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    39 5 Two ships carrying pilgrims for Mecca will leave Singapore this month. QUEEN SORAYA of Persia holds her hat against the wind as she steps down at Rome's airport on a visit during which she will consult physicians-
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  • 147 5 Girl, 10, addresses villagers Fref Pr^s >.'. H It.M»orter A 10 FEAR-OLD Singapore girl n-<,?>i Krtt>k TViin Chinese school m Holland Village has this week been ipeaklßf to people m the neighbourhood from a Government loudspeaker va.i and telling them how medical visi*/i\s are helpin? to keep the children healthy
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  • 476 6 TEN FIGHT CLAIM BY STEPMOTHER Ex-waitress who wed rich man MR JUSTICE lIARMAN awarded $250 a year from a Wealthy merchant's estate to the ex-waitress who accepted a proposal at Lord's and became his second wiff, when he was 69 and sh e 33. When Reginald Henry .Symoncls died at
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  • 38 6 REMEMBER Penny Edwards, of "Powder River" fame. Here sh e II relaxing at a beach m Hollywood after that film. And naturally a cameraman was "just around the corner" to give fans this picture.
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  • 229 6 rIE pocket-sized terror of the Elephant and Castle, London, district was gaoled for seven years at the Old Bailey— bringing his total of gaol sentences for violence to 20 years, although he is tally 30 years old. Twice m his young life bar-row-boy
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  • 40 6 Middle K.t.st oil production toman (i to 28.000.000 metric ton.s in tin- quarter ended March 31, th«- I'etrolrum Information Bureau, London .said la.st nlgltt Production m the same period la.st vtai WM ju.st uiidt-r 24.--000,000, DMirk tons.
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  • 250 6 Poisoned widow surprise WOMAN CAUi ON YARD MEM VI RS. Louisa Merrifielfl iTr 48-year-oid hous^ keeper, went to Blackpod police station to heli Scotland Yard men invest!, gating the poisoning of 7ft year-old Mrs. Sard Rickett. An hour later Mrs. Merit fit-Id was driven back m police car to the
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  • 285 7 She had borrowed her sister's coat THE general idea was that 18-year-old Pamela Maureen Morton should be taught a lesson. What did happen was that Pamela spent three weeks m prison for something she did not do. .-w Two of the three
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    23 7 photo. Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, wears the robes m which he will officiate at the Coronation on Jun e 20. Reuter
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  • 113 7 [JP from private to captain shot 21 -year-old Peter Dover Buyers. By the method of self-promotion. And jhe story did not end with those "pips" he bought at a London store. Soon he was signing mi n at an Oxford 1( ?n ?VJ jOrd How
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  • 149 7 THE SERGEANT ORDERED: LET'S DANCE TiHE 30 part-time W.R.AC. girls should have been learning Army drill and radar. Instead, they were dancing. Their sergeant, Joyce Leach, watched them and did nothing about it. Neither did Major Evelyn Harroway. The explanation? The girls were dancing under orders. We hope this sort
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  • 57 7 'STARTLING RISE' IN CAR SALES Motor manufacturers are winning the battle for dollar markets. They announced a "startling increase m sales to the U.S. and Canada m the first three months of this year, compared with the first quarter of 1952. Sales to the U..S. were 9.798 (compared with 4,320)
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  • 34 7 East German Communist police late on Thursday night arrested three Western Allied soldiers at an East Berlin subway station. Eye-witnesses told western police the soldiers were either French or British.
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  • 28 7 United States Secretary of State Mr. John Foster Dulles, will visit 12 Middle Eastern countries on a 20-day trip by plane beginning May 9.
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  • 19 7 Britain turned over the grain trade to private businessmen ye.strrday after 12» 2 y^ars of state buying.
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  • 28 7 ta"SS. .H^d °n Ciuntv P 8 tiatln S with •y taking S aton t0 15-000 ft the r^P- cn^'J2«^ vi C ci EveI yn Den-
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  • 8 7 dfds M, ,est *Say ri? auth
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  • 107 7 VITAMIN B 6 KILLS THE HANGOVER A DRUNKEN person can now be sobered up m three minutes by an injection, British doctors report. It leaves next to no handover, they claim. The injection consists of a massive dose of vitamin 86, which occurs naturally m liver but can now be
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  • 98 7 THE SO- CAUTIOUS THIEVES IT seemed all so easy for the two thieves who broke into 'he villa of an American UNO official m Geneva. The American and his -family > were on holiday and the shutters of the villa had b« ett wide open. Tht thieves broke a window,
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    20 7 picture. Chief A. Albert J. Luthuli, president of the African National Congress. He plans to resume the "defiance campaign."— A.P.
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  • 175 7 Going! Gone! is the old chapel MR. CHARLES HENWOOD, 56-year-old business man, .stood among the green lawns of his country home and pondered what he would do with the old chapel he had just bought for £3,400. "I bcMsht it as a speculation,' ne said. "But if any religl us
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  • 288 8 Sir Charles explains Relief model makes TtUNDRED AND TWENTY top-ranking officers of the Army, Navy and Air Forces m the Federation, Singapore and hong Kong have just completed Exercses "Brutus" m the War Room, Tanglin Barracks, Singapore. The exercise was conducted by Gen. Sir Charles Keightley, Com^mander -inChief
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    114 9 thing clear f in-Chief, Far East Land Forces, demons«<e War Room. LEFT: Two military policemen guard the entrance to the War Room and conference hall where Exercise "Brutus" was held. Top-ranking officers taking parr m the exercise are (from the left) Maj.-Gen. R. C. Cruddas, C.O.C. Hong Kong, Mr. L.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 583 10 TARZAN _Z^JS af Rke B rZf- T 6? J STAJN Jl^^ I// W V^^SeM^T Hi N^ wEeeP THg> AP^'^ N \\|/--^^liii iVlie U underitandiiii parent. r wT^i 'ftf^; Hi Hbfl L'_ bitiour and* can supply the maiia- I I'^ rUrfcric ship? then Uis possible that ma bY LOS ie V.nariGrlb
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  • 971 11  -  CANON HUGH WARNER THE HAPPINESS OF EVERY GIRL WHO GOES TO THE ALTAR IS THE PRIZE TO BE DEFENDED IN A NEW FOUR-YEAR PLAN. by Plan by the BnMSTWiII be the centenary year nit alone could grant divorce courts granted 29,000 divorces. rTHE
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  • 208 11 Neither Bide vulnerable south dealer NORTH ■|Qf II 0?43 ♦A X 8 WEST FAST J 10 9 X 86VJ 8 6 i V*o X 6 2 OAQ9 f H5 85 3 2 Q 4 SOUTH 4A 4 3 THIS IS ANOTHER of the deals frnrn tVj» World's Chur^pionship
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  • 105 11 WOLVES m the Alaska Peninsula wilderness will be hunted by airplanes of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this month. The wolves have been preying: on fast-diminish-ing herds of caribou. Ski-equipped aircraft will fly just above the snow until wolf tracks are sighted. Then the machine-gunner
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    • 197 11 Today's Crossword '\(ii o v s i mm j 1 T 1 r r H| :>.:.. vet SS I < hvi i f 5>Q( KTg j^B b. I). .()•<•. .ii the I |0 gBI BECH OH^BI ».>\ .1:1 author m.iy I, m i^^^B* Itil 9. Ii pu* thr f I
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  • 22 12 Thc><* Rover "cooks' .make preparations for a nvikan kechil at a "barbecue." m the compound of Raffles Institution, Singapore
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  • 373 12  -  P. L. KOH By \IOKi: than 50 Singapore Rover Scouts from various Crews m the South-Western District attended their "barbecue" a jet-together for songs, games, forfeits and makan kechil at a campfire m the compound of Raffles Institution on Saturday. The occasion was taken
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    141 12 I WOULD not call this a grouse, but rather a helpful idea for the Singapore Traffic Police. I suggest that once a month, i they should let the poor Singapore motorists have their day. Call it "Motorists' Day", allowing them to eliminate all pedestrians who lag on pedestrian
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  • 119 12 LADY Aator- Nancy to most people— referring to pin-ups says: "Never has the Press printed more picture* of more absolutely 'dead' women than It is doing today". I agree and It was a relief, therefore, to come across those two portraits of a very 'live' lady— our Queen
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  • 32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then writ,, to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBACS briefly.
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  • 126 13 I shattering Yankee ac/i/m "Fame and Fortune" It is the story of of actress-plamcnte Ruth Gordon. Jean plays Ruth If you still don't think this is big as decisions go, then 111 add that no other Britishborn star has ever dared to come out with pure
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    24 13 Vivien Lf igh puts on a brave smile on her arrival at London airport followinff her Hollywood breakdown. Sir Laurence Olivier is with her.
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  • 247 13 AWARDS FOR 'SHEBA' AND 'LILI' w CANNES. A MERICA'S Shirley Booth completed her 1953 sweep of top stage and screen prizes at Cannes jnis week when she won jne sixth International Unnes Film Festivals "tie as last year's best actress. J** 4 5 -year-old New Yorker flfto« H? ho^ewife m
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  • 818 13  - END OF A LOVE STORY? The Strange Case of Miss Leigh SHEILA H GRAHAM By NO one quite Knows what happened to Vivien Leigh— except me. I saw the beginning and almost the ending o! her love story and career I met Vivien with Laurence Olivi?r m 1937 m London.
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  • 355 13  - Alan Ladd goes to Sea DAVID LEWIN WITH some assistance from the tire brigade Alan Ladd went to sea the other day m a screaming gale and a torrent of water. The water—enough to fill several small-size swimming pools was thoughtfully controlled by the firemen. The wind came from two
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  • 228 14  -  BOB JONES Burnley were beaten 3-2 By ARSENAL won the English F.A. league cnampionsnip yesterday with a three-two home victory over fifth place Burnley. It was the London club's seventh league title—a record for the 57-year-old competition and they gained it by a hair's
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    33 14 \l »11. HOLE (Australia) dives to the ground tor a ball m the slips from Don Kenyon, Worcestershire opening bat, during the first day's play of the match. Kenyon had made 67 runs.
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  • 53 14 IPOH If to be the venue of this years PARELF inler-unlt soccer competition for the Caldfoeck Cup. The final has been fixed for Septem- ber 25 and will be played on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground. The competition i.s divided into zones. Hon« Kong. Singapore
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  • 266 14 OTANDING «h the steps of High- b«ry Stadium, lesa than half mn hour after leading his club to victory Joe Mercer, the Arsenal captain and lefthalf, told thousands of ehsisrtng fans:— "Thank yon all. This has been the most splendid day of my life Mil I am
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  • 299 14 KEITH Miller, who scored 220 not out, the highest of his career, and Graeme Hole, 112, and Ron Archer, 108, made centuries on their first appearance m England for the Australians, whose match against Worcestershire ended m a draw yesterday Putting m some useful practice,
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  • 121 14 DAVIS CUP THE Netherlands yesterday took a two-nil lead over Ceylon m its first round match of the European zone Davis Cup tournament. In a one-hour match Holland's Hans van SwotL defeated Douglas Schareguivel 6-3 6-2, 6-2. Scharenguivel was extremely nervous, which showed m
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  • 80 14 JIMMY CARTER, world lightweight champion, will defend his title against George Araujo, on June 12. Mr. Jim NorrLs, President of the International Boxing Club, has announced. Carter defended his title last week against Tommy Collins whom he knocked down 10 times m four rounds to win
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  • 30 14 Huimirv. winners of the Olympic soccer tournament m Helsinki, are to visit England later this year. 'Hip natch will be played on November H or December 2. Reu'rr.
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  • 263 14 RAIN throughout the day held up play m the British hard courts iii\M» tennis championship.s it* Bournemouth, yt lertiny Only a few garnet ucir pMJted be! on- (iarki.c> halted play Flrirt to rtach the B"ml-flnnl.s f>f tin men v i \t i uno Ampoo of thr
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  • 51 14 HAPPY LAUGHTER Won the 1,000 guineas. Tess Gillian was second and Bebe Grande third. Tobacco magnate, H. D. Wills' Happy Laughter, a daughter of Royal Charger out of Bray Melody, scored an easy twolength victory over her better fancied stable companion. Tessa Dillion which started at
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  • 103 14 Aussie tennis stars play in Cairo A USTRALIA'S tennis champion, Ken Rose wall, yesterday trounced Austria's No. 1 player. Alfred Huber, 6-1, 6-3, m the opening match of a two-day exhibition tennis contest m Cairo. Jaroslav Drobny Egypt i defeated Australia's Mervyn Rose 10-8. 6-1. In the doubles, Rosewall and
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  • 273 15 Todays FA. Cup Final A^ T Tat r We^t% set t P Bolton go all out BOSSES* :Biif,SF:£ tween 1923 ana more re ffi "xperie^ If Wembley too much for them. thelr SarS Johnstone. outside right Sto Matthews and centreforSSd Stan Mortensen who mil Ralph
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    32 15 picture. TERRY ALLEN (right), comes m for some punishment from the Tunisian, Gaetan Anna- loro, m their 10-rounds at Empress Hall, London. Allen, British flyweight champion, was outpointed.- U.P.
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  • 357 15 Free Press Boxing: Reporter A ST ANDREW'S School boy did it. He was the first A to score a knockout over one of those tough youths from Western Australia. Shuh Kwan. who won the lightweight title at the 1953 Singapore Youth Boxing Championships, put Aussie
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  • 82 15 Bantamweight: L. Johnson (WA> bt B/Cpl Dickman. Lightweight: Denis Day CWA) bt. Pte. Parker. Mosquiloweight; Boy M. Ortega ot. A Pickett (WAV Special contest (Lightweight) James Turnbull iWA) bL L/Cpl. G. Siva. Gnatvefght: Boy Rodrigues bt. E. Hatch iWAi. Atomweight (special): Boy Baxter bt. Boy Jarajn (inatweiffht: Boy L/CpL
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  • 37 15 pREY skies and a grey colt named Native Dancer hogged the Kentucky Derby spotlight as trainers speculated on the possibility of an off" track for the 75th running of the croat American turf event today.
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  • 73 15 rRIEN, vfctM victory m the Doncaster Handicap at Randwick on April 4 cost Australian bookmakers heavily, was disqualified yesterday by stewards of the Australian Jockey Club after inquiry into the administration of a drug. They exonerated the owner and M. iiner. Tarien mill be allowed to
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  • 139 15 Al Bourke had an easy win when he defended his Australian middleweight title against Alfie Sands at Melbourne Stadium o n Apr 17 of hi* Hn B^ 0 8 flrst defence «cit^ Ute X was un«J ting the only real acton in P»ye m
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  • 120 15 rjHQ FARELF won the inter- unit light weapon championship m the last Qght at last night's conclusion of the ual FARELF Team and Individ uui Fencing Champui ships at TangUn gymnasium. SMI TW, Evans M.BE, who Her won the OeMer Memorial Phjr In the A PTC Championbei ame
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  • 26 15 The German football team, the Kickers, of Offenbach, has been invited by the Japanese Football Assoc ation for several internationHl exhibitkn matches this summer.
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  • 198 15 STTA seek to send a team to Tokyo By TAN BONG POH SEVERAL ways and means of raising money to senu 5 a team to participate m the 2nd. Asian championships to be held m Tokyo between Sept. 6 and 13 tfi year were discussed at the Singapore Tibie Tennis
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  • 21 15 Balestier United beat Cosmos S.C. by five goals to three m a SAFA Div. 3 league tie yesterday.
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  • 18 15 Police beat Tiong Bahru Rangers three-two m a SAFA Div. 2 match at CYMA ground yesterday.
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  • 279 16 IT'S TANKARD AND BAGBY D AY CALLBOV WW9OU JEM* HFAI.MOM POINTE! rsssrAtsm I f DINDONAIJJ FINALIST DANTE'S lIIYLL RACK, IMAIIONALD SSSlmMmrm Motion Figure Dundonald Motion Picture 2M Z»«»vix nu^donald Wftl MtUW fM- _Dondonald NOOIT <I.IMCHT \BO\E ALL" ABOVE ALL XRnv LEGAL TENDEB Above All I?R*I Tender Miss Coy 230 sZili.rdltUi
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  • 273 16 $lid-ilafj nap FLAME OF THE FORREST m the 445 (Race If Free Press Racing: Correspondent r>LLOW PHrL TANKARDS and BILLY BAGBY'S mounts at Kuala Lumpur today. Those two Jockeys stand head and shoulders above the rest and I expect them to share riding honours Thrrr
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  • 719 16 Race 1 2.00: Class 5, Div. 2—6 Furs. 1 451 Picture HouMe Bußn? 9.00 2 340 Dante's Idyll 8...,t i 8.11 3 323 Zalovix St raker 8.09 4 123 Finalist Tankard 8.09 5 602 Motion Picture Manning 8.08 6 056 Variety Revue All 8.06 7 248 Demonic Zain 8.06
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  • 259 16 Fathul Karib 5; Katong Sajaraii 2 niSPLAYING ftne combination and thrust Fathul Karib thrashed Katong Bajarah to submission In yesterday's Singapore A.F.A. Div. 1 match at .Talan Besar Stadium I With two <;oitl.s ;n tlu> ojx-n--iny minute th»«y leftWlttle doubt about their ultimate triumph. Sajaruh
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  • 146 16 The 1 3 jockeys 10 rare* on air RADIO MALAYA WILL BROADCAST ALL 10 RACES AT KUALA LUMPUR TODAY. MR. D. T. WARING, chairman of the Selangor Turf Club, has returned by air from Lcndon where he attended an important meeting of the Tin Study Group, and
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    • 232 16 DEATH Mrs. Ang Seng Chonj? (Mdm. Chen Y.v..\ Choo) paMed away peacefully on l>d. May. 1953 leavlnK behind her husband, son and four daughters Funeral takes place on 2nd May, 1953 at 3 p.m. for Bldadarl. K.L. papers please copy. ACCOMMODATION VACANT 17 ANGULLIA Park. Large single Si double room,
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    • 9 16 TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD 173, Cecil Street, Singapore Telephone 6577
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  • Saturday Magazien
    • 6 1 Saturday Magazien Saturday, May 2, 1953.
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    • 502 1  -  K. S. CHIA says SINGAPORE Municipal 15 commissioner? do not favour hawkers changing their pitches but to the Chinese, a hawker to make his living all the year round, must be able to "turn and ohange" with the seasons. A large percentage of the
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    • 1290 1  - The Man in the Empero r's Wheel F. CANNING A Free Press short story by pu HSIEN was travelling as the ambassador of the Prince of rhe Western Hills, with a mission to the Emperor Ch'ang chu. It was m China m the olden days and Fu Hsien banned himself
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    • Article, Illustration
      9 1 Fiffht for first place. Photo by Max Dei, Singapore.
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    • Saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE
      • 808 2  -  AUNTIE WENDY THE Pen Pals Problem has brought forth a lot of correspondence and my thanks go to all the boys and girls who wrote to me about it. Several suggestions were made on how best to deal with this problem but it was generally agreed
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      • 83 2 photo. Works by artists aged between three and 17 years have been hung at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, for the Children's Royal Academy"-the Royal Drawing Society s 58th Exhibition of children's drawings and paintings. About *0« works have been selected for exhibition out of 5,000 submitted.
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      • 235 2  -  UNCLE ERIC by HAVE you ?ver been to Singapore's Marriaman temple m South Bridge Road? You can hardly miss it if you take a stroll that way some time, its main entrance with its colourful sculptured figures is such a familiar landmark Pass through that
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    • Page 2 Advertisements
      • 61 2 Junior Contest Colour this boat, boys and girls. Cse paints, crayon* or chalks, and see how well you can do it. Four prizes (two boys and two rirls) of $5 each are offered. Fill m your full name, address and are and semd the completed picture to Auntie Wendy, The
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      • 143 2 kiddi-koff I The /VfW Children's COUGH MIXTURE i^^^ containing Vitamin 'C 1 iti KIDDI-KOFF is the wonderful new remrd? mm>£witiß made specially for the PROMPT, SAFE and SI RE relief «»f kiddies' coughs, colds, bron- X' v\Sf chitis and croup, while at the same time it MFhEwI replaces loss of
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    • Page 2 Miscellaneous
      • 181 2 JUNIOR; CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS: 2. Aircraft without an engine. 6, Kind of fairy supposed to haunt woods and caves. 8, He comes next m rank to the mayor. 9 de Janeiro 1 is the capital of Brazil 10. It may be converted m rugby football 11, Golden globe With a
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    • 458 3  -  Mary Cathcart Borer fsdf 2 'Follow that lorry" motorin^ip/rom Cairo. f■fySfSk; cried the rran. «To fttfe te-ce and PXC aimed Terry, anxious o be fd^him and watch the lorry •'Listen! You're Terry Harden, aren't you?" Terry looked up quick y. The rran had suddenly spoken to
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    • 40 3 photo The tale of the Three Bears was performed by pupils of the Hui Ya School m Taipeh, Formosa, recently at an International Children's Party attended by Chinese and foreign childre"- This is a scene from theplay. USIS
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    • 98 3 PEN PALS' COLUMN The following boys and girls seek pen pals. EVELYN YEO (14). 23 Lorong 26, Geylang, Singapore 14. Wants airls m the Federation only. Hobbies: Cycling, films* songs, stfijnps. WONG PENG KONG (15). 14- B Pudu Street, c/ o Chop Lin Yue, Kuala Lumpur. Wants overseas and locai
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    • 544 3  - Singapore Fifty years ago M. G. SCOTT FROM A CHILD'S MEMORY OF by AIY earliest memory of iTI Singapore is being held up by my father to see the Duke and Duchess of Connaught drive by m an open carriage. My mother had said. Hold her up Hold her up
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      • 53 3 BE SMART BE WISE AND ECONOMIZE ALWAYS WEAR SHIRTS A PROPER GLASS WITH PROPER TESTING IS WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR PRECIOUS EYES. \ke Great China (Optical C/.. 334. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. (NEAR BRAS BASAH ROAD) SINGAPORE. F.r BEST CHINESE FOOD Re-decorated and Air Conditioned Tai Thong Restaurant (Happy World)
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      • 29 3 Mothers hei h s 2*Z?Z .(YOU JUST HELP X-, I mummy s y^> |Ql n~HT (JAM! X- /WE HAVE TO) V-«Z!> > PAY FOR <.' -i,/, n fc^ V^ THEM! Kj|i
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    • 765 4  -  DAVID LEWIN f^^r^viH S£; ""?fk A star as others see him discovers several James Masons ask any ten people who know one man well "What is ho really like?" and you can depend upon I H no two answers will agree. I tried the
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    • 49 4 I>aoul wai^h, one time actor now a picture dlrec tor ("Captain Homblower U) makr a Uirvc-fiimciLsional Meal film. H< will nrv«-r b able to setU li» a elm ma. fOf Mr. Walsh na« only one rye. and one-eyed P^oplf cannot tee locaLs which need Klaawa.
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    • 258 4  -  SHEILAY GRAHAM 1 By "U I Mull Mm H n.uiii-niillKui-doUar ClMßMacopt novice th.s i .ys Darryl Z.unick, 'i ntk mi c. nturi roi "Arui the Him iwo, Thf Robe' With Richard Burton, Victor Mature, Jean Stonmoni and Michael Rcnnic (I IM O then 'Hon i" Mm i i
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    • 383 4  - THAT FACE AGAIN Betty Hutton IAN GRANT And songs WONDER why Holly- wood wanted another film star so exactly like the ones ihev have already? The last British starlet to land a contract there— Veronica Hurst (right)— looks as like a pea m a pod as the girls whose faces
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      • 33 4 Today A Tonmriow at 7.15 Si 9.15 p.m. "MASSACRE RIVKK* 1 Action-P«rked Western! In! I BRAND COOKING OIL HWA ftONG MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 279-6, PAYA LEBAR Mfc BINGAFORE H. PI lON X *****
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    • 364 5  - FAME COMES TO YOUNG MISS.. TUTIN CECIL WILSON r!AT happens it you are a modest little girl of 22, frightened of success, and wak e up In Putney. London, a West End star? Ask Dorothy Tut m. who iftw herself famous this week after her triumph m Graham Greene's play.
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    • 74 5 KheTh«atgQ MIKE WILSON Acted uhile at Cambridge Vniversity and WM for several years associated Kith the ballet. ANNA RICIIAKDSON She comes from the television studios of the 8.8.C Has had extensive dramatic training and has pl"ped tie ''Young Wives Tale part of
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    • 149 5 INTRODUCES A NEW STAR^ "YOUNG Wives Tale" I which is bring: presented by the Stage Club on Thursday, Friday and Saturday next week, introduces some newplayers to the Singapore Stage. In the leading part is Anna Richardson conspicuous for her talents and beauty. She plays the young
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      • 250 5 CAPITOL TODAY 11, 1.45, ft, (J. 30, !U0 Warn erCo lor VihCENT PRICE FRANK LOVEJOY PHYLLIS KIRK NO FREE LIST TONIGHT M NITE fe^3« T"L IIIIC I i^^K ~w3p e^X SUSAN CABOT a u.v.er;amnt{rnckm picture PAVILION TODAY 1.45, 4, 6 30 9.30 Academy Award Winner for BEST PICTURE! "CASABLANCA Ingrid
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    • 875 6  - The amateurs— just who are they? GEOFFREY SIMPSON asks Talking about that Tax WHAT is amateur sport? What, for that mattor, is an amateur? The problem lias baffled the controlling hOdlM of sport for a quarter-century. Mr. R. A. Butler, whosp favourite gam* i> listed a.s shooting," defines m a
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    • 30 6 TACKLED- AND IT'S A HONEY! Hudders field'* secojid row forward J. Brown tackles St. Helens' stand-off Honey, during the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium Huddersfield won 15-10.
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    • 63 6 s^INCE they were promoted from the Si o Msii !>..>• c DiviBUrlliiH Albion (jrd Ol ip .urn I ir hi m H them l; h In «'iKhiii on, i.mxi s*a.s.»ii the) cond md wt-re promoted <>, lon. rtatn m siicccs-shr WMOIIf they h;i\«« been >ottoin
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    • 305 6  -  ROGER YUE By T'HE Singapore Amateur Boxing Association is embarkiiir? on a fundraising campaign to collect enough money to send a contingent of Colony youth boxing champions to Australian shores early next year. The Association needs $i. r i nnn t ojirj t o^jy.
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    • 201 6 FANCY a footballer making nearly £39.000 m transfer lees ALL TO HIMSELF inside a year. Plus a wage of £100 a month. Plus huge bonuses! Sounds incredible, doesn't It? Especially when that same man played m Britain a s an amateur. Yet that is the actual experience ot
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      • 61 6 Ant View Caiiaket "Where the ATMOSPHERE is COOL and the MU*IC is HOT" Presents 'DOG'S HEAD GUINNESS NIGHT' B* ffi^ V* W* >atrons (arriving before 11 p.m.) P 1 Itc W^ t* wi receive One Bott!e of 1 Bl Bra Eg "DOG'S HEAD" Guinness. Special Prizes of "DOG'S HEAD GUINNESS
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    • 316 7  -  ARCHIE QUICK By RABBITS! Now there's a thing: to take your mind off golf. Sam King:, the sturdy man of Ke.it always m the forefont of professional tournaments and a successful Ryder Cup player, is a gamekeeper at heart, and when he strode -in with
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    • Article, Illustration
      33 7 i"h that all you're wearing for this bouicr?" O'les i/rca' Hits cartoon for thr hc'ih at v tUHChev* gncn to the Australian Text cricket team ,Ov Hie Lumlva District vl.thc Institute of Jcmrnali*t&
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    • 147 7 Aussie pivot stays with Preston THE J. Marston story at Preston has ended happily for all concerned. This Australian centre-half for Preston North End .since 1950 has changed his mind about finishing: football jn England when the season ends. Following approaches by supporters acting independently of the ciub he agreed,
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    • 233 7 CTILL about and popular m Midlands sporting circules is Bob Chatt, of Barnard Castle, who won both an FA Cup winner's medal and an FA Amateur Cup winner's prize. He played ag a professional with Aston Villa mi n their Cup winning team m 1895.
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      701 7  -  CHARLES BRYCE h A CUP winner's medal for an airman who used to play inside-left for Singapore Combined Services? It's a dazzling prospect, but probable today. Wembley Cup Final spectators are likely to see m action a youth of 20 who used to thrill fans at Jalan Besar
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    • 156 7 Incidentally.... YOU may have been Impressed at the hitting power displayed by the six Australian Wimbledon stars when they played on the Singapore Cricket Club tennis courts last Sunday. But it was nothing, I'm told, compared to the shattering force behind the service of Mcc
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    • 569 8  - New show is a mixture of East West FU HSI by fiONSIDERABLE STIR has been created In Singapore night cafe circles and among followers of modern Chinese music by the arrival m the Colony this week of 24 Chinese singers, dancers and musicians from Honjf Kong;. This troupe calls itself
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