The Singapore Free Press, 16 May 1953

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Lanre^t Afternoon Sale m Malaya f»P»t*"*i n 16 19:>3 l>rite 15 ct
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    6,000 MUST PAY NEWRENT
    281 1 6,000 MUST PAY NEWRENT Trust says £isi€ii Vio* tenants Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Improvement Trust will not restore the 15 per cent rebate on rent given to 6,000 postwar tenants on January, 1950. The tenants' pica was rejected ;it a meeting of trustees on Wednesday. Said Mr. T. P.
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    NOT EVEN FOR MAGIC CARPETS
    40 1 NOT EVEN FOR MAGIC CARPETS PERHAPS the man and the woman on the carpet could not read the "No waiting" sign. But even couples on "masic carpets" must observe London traffic rules. The Law. sceptical of •'magic," takes down particulars.
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    Court hears Comet Crash evidence
    123 1 A COURT of Inquiry yesterday visited the spot near Calcutta where a British Overseas Airways Comet Mr"? S ra sh ed May 2 with the loss of 43 lives. ■r. N. a. Lokur, conducting 2 Lnquiry a^isted by three "Maori, spent nearly six hours w
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    Mrs. Parsons better
    99 1 AIRS. EVELYN PARSONS. 28--I*l y-ar-old widow ot rUghtUeut. D. R. Parsons, who w.us ad with v list wounds m hor R.af. quart-T.s. Butterworth, on Friday ni^h>, is making satisfactory pTOfreai In Penang General Hospital. Hospital authorities said. thLs 'morning that her condition had improved. She had a
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    Rubber price
    10 1 *|'h June fl r t y ls morning
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    RAIN: BEST BETS
    38 1 m RAIN fell m Penang this morning and the going for the races mil not be better than soft. Allan Lewis' best bets are Yesterday, Punters Delight ana Salmon Lore. Latest course information.— P. 16.
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    Marciano wins in the first round
    237 1 Marciano wins in the first round ROCKY MARCIANO knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott m the first round of their 15 round title fight m Chicago last niuht to retain the world heavyweight championship. It was a sensational victory. A right upper cut to the jaw ended the 39-\enr-o!d Nearro challenger's
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    Stabhvtl btf masked man
    70 1 A Singapore woman. Mrs. Bee Chin Blanc, was stabbed bf i masked knifeman, In her house at Tanjonj Pagar early this morning. She fought the intruder, ami received injuries on the head, neck and left thigh Her husband was away on night duty at a nearby
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    'WE'RE THE MAU MAU OF CANAL'
    166 1 rraOUSANDS of Egyptian A workers yelling "We are the Mau Mau of the Canal"; "Out with the British;" and 'Wo occupation after thi* day," left oil refineries a»A shipyards at Suez last nisrht to greet Wing Commander Hassan Ibrahim and Major Kama I El
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    NO MUNICH, SAYS CHURCHILL
    385 2 Pledges British aid for Germany SIR Winston Churchill told the West German Chancellor, Mr. Konrad Adenauer, yesterday there will be no 'appeasement" of Russia and that Britain has no intention of "buying peace" from the Kremlin. He also gave the Chancellor tho solemn assurance that Germany's
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    RIGHT WING HINDUS ARRESTED
    68 2 RIGHT WING HINDUS ARRESTED Police yesterday arrested Mr N C. Chatterjee, an M.P. and president of th e All-India Hindu Mahasabha. under the Preventive Detention Act. With three other top members ol right wing Hindu extremist organisation* he was arrested m a police roundup after demonstrations and meetings m Delhi
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    PRESSMEN ARRESTED
    34 2 Sever reporters attached to the weekly newspa|)er. Front- line," have been arresU-d m Korea on charges of handing over military mm* rets to the Communists, the South Korean 1 polire said yesterday.
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    Russia has 200,000 planes
    86 2 SOVIET RUSSIA has about MMM •pentlve aircraft, n Conservative Member of Parliament, Kris. OJL Friorpalmer, told the House of Commons yesterday. "She also had something: m the region of N to 100 airborne divisions" he added. "it is no exaggeration <<» siig'j'est that m the unlikely
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    Fighting on again around Laos. Hanoi
    116 2 Fighting on again around Laos. Hanoi FRENCH paratroopers yesterday clashed with Vietminh insurgents 25 kllometrei north Of Luang Prabanf, the Laotian royal capital. About 12 Vietminh troops v.ere killed. In the Tonkin Delta around Hanoi the Reds reserved their attacks. Vietminh units of the crack 320 Division were m action
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    6 BURNED TO DEATH
    19 2 Six peopio wore burned to death yesterday at Hamamatsu, about 150 niilf.s west of Tokyo
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    5 EMBASSIES CLOSE
    40 2 Pakistan Ks taking her ambassadors out of China, Japan, Brazil, Spain and Ceylon to savi* money, a Foreign Office spokesman said m Karachi \< tcrday. The embasJtei m those i countries would be. piaetd under 1 Charge d'Affair.v
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    Belfrage to be deported
    95 2 MR. Ceciric Belfrane. Bhti.shbc>rn editor of the Nationul Guardian," a weekly newt 1 magazine publl.shed m New York, waj» arrested yesterday In hU ollice for deportation He had refused on Thursday to tell Senator McCarthys invrutlgatinr cmnii "<• whether M »hsu Communist I The u.B. Attorney
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    WORLD CITIZEN No. 1 HELb
    132 2 C^ARRY Denies, self -styled 1 World Citr.cn No. 1, has been defamed by the police m London. Earlier Danes .sat on the Ixise of the railings outside Buckingham Palace and wanted to stay there until given a free passage to India. He had aho been
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    CZECHS 'PARDON' U.S. PRISONER
    146 2 A TASS message from Prague said last night that Mr. William Outis, American newsman imprisoned for "espionage", has been pardoned by the Czech Prrsilent. Mil, Oa'is had earlier .-cnt i .1 mnie.st to the Czech authorities. Ta\s did not specify whr- ther Mr. Oati.s had actually
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    Britain says 'no' to £1 m. Red drug order
    362 2 Britain says 'no' to £1 m. Red drug order rHE British Government yesterday turned down a demand by a left-wing Socialist for lifting of the embargo on the export of penicillin and other drugs to Red China. The Secretary for Overseas Trade, Mr. Harry R. Mackeson. told the Hou.se of
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      119 2 TUITION and SIX dresses FREE /?m,v a Borletti Setting Machine ami: ir« 1 10 months' sewing tuition free 2. srw six dreseet free (y«" cfceeiß vhat i>iiH<'rn^ von like) /r^ Bay |355 l!orl«Hi for jp only .S Olid fhi- b fc*WJ **^Hf Cost cf a Bcrfttti 5355 fcj^ Less cost
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    Ex-officer looks for Chinese wife
    252 3 Ex-officer looks for Chinese wife TWELVE YEARS AFTER Staff Re P« rte 4 r fIWEE weeks before the tall 1 «f Singapore, fora" .eutena.t m the R^J N aty, Mr C O. Vuu^ian-Neale, got leave froir active duty > yi-.it X Chinese wile, Eva, to their Clm Ka Lincoln Mad.
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    Girl finds her daddy
    133 3 IN anonymous Singapore woman, who prefers to call herself ♦Madam X yesterday helped to locate the father of a Ceylon girl. The girl, Marie Young:. 17, had written from Matale. Ceylon to th P Singapore Social Welfare Department appealing: "Please find my daddy for me." Madam
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    Night lights far swimming pools planned,
    78 3 Night lights far swimming pools planned, VTJGHT swinimin; will soon •W be introduced at the Van Kit and Mount Emily swimming pools, said Mr. 11. Hawson, Acting City Architect, yesterday. As soon as money is available and extra staff engaged, work on lamps and fittings will begin. City Councillors suggested
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    A nip for the thrift?
    54 3 The Gan Tianj Kwee cup, •warded to the class which s*?es the most money during the year, is received by these two boys, representatives of Standard On e A. from Mrs. 1. 1 m Boon Keng at the first Speech and Prize Day of Gan
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    New school to admit those turned away
    122 3 TfiahT STOREY sch o1 now be »'c MH mi n Tiong and ai,nii,,\" Sap< V c is to be a mixed P^marv school for admission will be invited as soon I as the school is ready. Mr. R. E. Ince. Deputy Director of
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    OPERA STAR DIES
    25 3 The once world famous opera tenor. Herman Yadlowker, died at his Tel Aviv home Thursday, lonely and almost forgotten. He irai 75.
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    AN ATTLEE DIES
    21 3 Robrt MUre, eldest bother of Mr. Clement Attlee, died m London yesterday. An attorney, I lie VBJ 32.
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    Ruler will be at Abbey in white silk
    62 3 1 rrived l^ T° f Kelanta i^terdiy d fo n th^°" don by air A new Ron, R« oronationdeI 'vered i* Royce car was S°rt wh^ e h^, a t London airhours fat' h landed «Wal »«Hd by sand CaUS f Of
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    HOUSING ESTATE PROTEST OPPOSED
    345 3 No reason to complain Free Press StufT Reporter F EGISLATIVE and City Councillors In Singapore lj yesterday defended the Colony Government against a protest by a housing estate director who claimed that the new squatter settlement In Tpper Aljunied Road would adversely affect the value of
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      92 3 RevelatM :j with the Patent expanding fittonf4 S Thank heaven, said the best -dressed I a woman m the hotel, for darling Charles' i m He gave me ttn^ divine set of matched fl i^^. wm, I'll see Michjel get^ n-.e i set tool) •''••il T REVELATION WINE STRIPED U
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. May 16, 1953. Opinion RESERVED SEATS
    231 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. May 16, 1953. Opinion RESERVED SEATS fTHE Singapore Legislative Council will debate next Tuesday a motion which m effect calls upon the Government to abolish the present system under which the three Chambers of Commerce are each allowed to elect a member to the Council.
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    CHANCE THE NAME
    128 4 rls time that "something is done" about Coronation Road, says a writer to the press. We entirely agree; a few week* ago the Free Press drew attention to the matter by publ'shln* pictures Illustrating the primit v«' condition of this and other roads bearing royal names But
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    THE TRAIL
    69 4 In repotting on the British Everest Expedition Ralph Izhard accomplished, almost "by< mistake. the fcatj or c.imoing over < 18,000 ft. up thc< mountain to the < Khumbu Glacier. < He traveled m I one day wfcit is* normjl y consid-, ered to«r days' I stages for laden
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    A One-Man Mt. Everest Bid
    582 4 A One-Man Mt. Everest Bid ALL ROUND Thyangbochi rise gigantic snow peaks, many of majestic grandeur, others of slender, almost sublime, beauty. Spiritually the monastery is linked with another larger establishment on the northern and Tibetan side of Everest, and frequent visits are made between the two over the 19,000
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    Next Premier?
    384 4  -  SARAH LORELL Mr. R. A. But!er has ability 3r| d ambiton HE has a way of standing at the Dispatch Box m an attitude reminiscent of a schoolmaster erect feet slightly apart, hands resting lightly on the table at either side of the box. His voice is measured,
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    MAD KHOO' SWAPS ONE Hot spot FOR ANOTHER
    460 5  - MAD KHOO' SWAPS ONE Hot spot FOR ANOTHER SIT YIN FONG Nteht off from bandit battle By A MALAYAN planter. Mr. Khoo Peck Wan, 34, nicknamed "Mad Khoo" for his daring, danced, drank and made merry m Singapore last night to celebrate his latest brush with Communist bandits. To all
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    Royal works at art show
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    GURKHAS FOR BIG MILITARY TATTOO
    58 5 The massed pipes and drums of the brigade of Gurkhas from Malaya who are now m England to take part m the Coronation, will play a big part m thus year's military tattoo on Edinburgh Castle esplanade from Aug. 23 to Sept. 12. The Gurkhas
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    The blind too to celebrate
    95 5 rFHE blind under the care of A the Singapore Social Welfare Department will not be forgotten during the Coronation celebrations. An official of the department said plans are being drawn up to give them a sood time. H°f^ b Y a number of distinguished amateur
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    RELIEF FOR FIRE VICTIMS PLAN
    97 5 \IR G H FrCe PrCSS Staff Re P° rte iU Relief O K 4aLa C Hnn rman Of the SIn a P™ Joint J r wnisation hf s ,ri• r' u aid y ester <lay that the Colony. as a rellef scheme for fire victims
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    NOT ARMED REVOLT
    32 5 The Kenya government yesterday declined to accept a recommendation by European elected members to declare the present situation m the colony a state of armed rebellion by the Kikuyu.
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    Nudity "harmful'
    116 5 I ONDONs Public Morality Council has deplored the "unhealthy exploitation of female nudity 1 m music hall performances which it claimed did "immea.surable harm" to large numbers of people. In its annual report issued yesterday, this Watchdog of public moraLs welcomed the tan of Scarborough on his appointment
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    MOVE TO SAVE STATELY HOMES'
    74 5 The British government is to buy or make grants for the upkeep of some of Britain's most outjtanding historic homes now m danger of being lost through decay. It was decided to spend* £2 v 2 million. In the last 30 years, more than 160
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    THOSELINES ARE NOT WHITE NOW
    114 5 THOSELINES ARE NOT WHITE NOW SINGAPORE motorists are complaining that the white lines, arrows and double white lines on the roads are becoming indistinct, and they do not appear to serve their purpo.se any more. Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, Traffic Police Superintendent, said yesterday. "I have asked the City
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    TOO MANY DRUNKS IN DRY' CITY
    37 5 Alcoholics m legally "dry" Oklahoma state are crowding mentally sick people out of mental hospitals, the State Mental Health Director Dr. H. H. Donahue, told a legislative meeting m Oklahama City.
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    BLONDE PRIVATE EYE
    462 6 Mother guards £40,000 I gold plate IN the Petei Cheyney tradition she is slim, blonde, and ''good-looking. Kirgantly dressed, she sat unobstrusive ly m the salon of a Bond Street jewellers. She looked as if she had a flat m IVlayfair and a five-figure bank balance. In
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    FAN FAn FOB CAN-CAN LILO
    64 6 FAN FAn FOB CAN-CAN LILO photo. U.P. IN TIIK DRESSING ROOM of French comedienne ULO, who scored a hit m her opening-night starring performance m ole Porter's new musical comedy. "Can Can," the charming girl displays some natural props. Set designer JO MIELZINKK fans the air with a programme H>
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    Street of two names starts a row
    193 6 A LONDON County Council attempt to solve the problem of the street with two names, one On the left, the other on the right, has resulted m protests from people? livinu (here. Turn oil boampftt Val<\ LeWLshiiiiun. and the .siKn on the left
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    'ATOMIC GEMS SET EXPERTS TALKING
    210 6 'ATOMIC GEMS SET EXPERTS TALKING IjUH'R "atomic" diamonds have been put on view m Philadelphia. They are attracting the attention of diamond experts from all over the world. They began as cheap diamonds. Their value today, According to some experts, i.s 10 times greater than their original value. This increased
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    The reai Mackay by a McKie
    69 6 The reai Mackay by a McKie MR. John JI. MeKie, Tory M.P. lor Galloway, has changed his name to Mackie because h<> docs not like it pronounced Kacka? rhyming with "eye" 1 He said: "Bcota as well as Eng- IKh call be Mackay, and the proper pronunciation of McKle rhymes
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    75 DiE IN GANSSS
    29 6 nty-flre Hindu pilgrims Including women and children i to have been drowni(i when a b Mil capsized v t i tho river sacred to Hindus.
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    THE EARL OUT FOXES THE POND TERROk
    160 6 So many b i i Iflsh have beep vaq ihlrtc overn from the grounds o] Warwick Ca tie that th»' earl hai been forced to add lomethlng n< his 900-ye ir-old dlefenc During the winter nearly 500 dl appeared from an ornamentaC pool
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      71 6 ERNEST BOREL 1 Perfect Timepiece 2 Etegantly finished 3 Keeps Time All The Time 4 Make this your choice Sole Distributors MALAYS WATCH TRADERS 1 19A. North Bridge Road. Tel. 4774 Singaporc-6 STOCKISTS OF ARROW SHIRTS TRUVAL BANNER 6c GENTS SHOES AVAILABLE FOR Wholesale flf Retail 332, NORTH BRIDGE RD.,
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    Rumours link her with Farouk
    42 7 picture. li Riboton It is rumoured m Paris that a romance has developed Shapely belly-dancer According to the rumours Farouk goes every night to an between her and Kin r^ b|an cabaret to see Farida dance. U.P.
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    WTFE WHO LIVES THREE LIVES
    240 7 WTFE WHO LIVES THREE LIVES Rt f vAiinff Jekvll and Hyde wife who has developed three fiSS^SmA^J^. -une before a^anel of doctors .n New The cas3. complete with colour films cl the girl m her different lives, was presented to the panel by two doctors! from Augusta. Georgia It concert*
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    1,000 TRAINS BRING CHALK FOR WALL
    64 7 One thousand train ;o;ids of chalk have gone Into a deU-nct wall between Reculver Tower -s and Birchington. Kent, where the sea broke through ov T 4 000 acres of farmland. Tne wall is be:n g built beside the main London to Thanet raitway
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    FARMERS' PLEA
    31 7 Reorganisation of tho system of inquiry into orders for compulsory purchase of agricultural lnnd for housing wa.s ur«ed by the executive committee of Kent National Farmers' Union last night.
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    DEGREE FOR DUCHESS
    25 7 A proposal to confer the dentt of Doctor of Law on the Duchpss of Kent will be heard by Cambridge University Senate.
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    NEW FACTPRU MAY CUT TV COSTS
    71 7 Cheaper TV is foreshadowed 1 by the Government-assisted building, m North-West Lan- cashire. of a me w cathode-ray I tube factory for the Mullard Company. Rising military and civilian demand for the tubethe screen on which TV pictures a re seen— has spurred the
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    Machine draws in a girl
    88 7 Machine draws in a girl A GIRL of 15 was drawn into a laundry washing machine and killed. Kathleen Pascoe, of wynd Street. Barry. Glamorgan, picked up a sheet that felt from her basket and dropped it into the washing machine. tt._ <-_i__j a^«. TJorHincr nri iiicnu. luui o said:
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    600 walk out of tunnel
    110 7 600 walk out of tunnel SIX HUNDRED passengers on a rush-hour tube train had to trudge 200 yards through a. tunnel to Knightsbridei* station when power failrd on the Piccadilly Line. Another 1,200 people, most ol them office workers, io< out of two other stalled train* by walking through the
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    HEAT BARRIER SETS JET PUZZLE
    99 7 T HE ttc Turkish built by spe d he a !i than ti Win l Store aour mction and compres- Blon ol th air will make i /hot ntiais can I >P tl! hot room to IHO degr< ..niicit almost doi ly. The dO?tO1 by
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    The boy of 18 —and the woman of 62
    210 7 The boy of 18 and the woman of 62 tfKOM the dock m Exeter an i«-yr;ir-».u n F evidence given of his friendship with a wor Probation officer E. T. Odsers sai 1 the woman having sustfested marriage to im Mr Odgers :>dded that the youth, Alan Jo ney of
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    UNKNOWN
    109 7 10/// V KNAPP HOLLINS, J 37-year-old U.S. salesman, ftjw to London Airport, and reached the ten v ire of London, without having had his passport stamped, Marlborough Street Court was told. Said Holims: "I was drunk when I pot m the plane at New York. Counsel for Holims said
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    DRIVER FLUNG FROM VAN
    50 7 Mr. W. H. Card, greengrocer of Storrington, Sussex, lost con* trol of his electrically-dnve van on a steep hill at Thakeharr It mounted a bank, and he w*f flung out as his weight bun open a door. He was taken t hospital with head injuries. B
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      65 7 (V (I \Z/ HAPPY WORLD SINGAPORE There's no use talking taste it! Bmm<* m popular iivvry* Phillips A Mm MinU>rnuirvH. Be Happy at the Happy Cabaret Special Spot Dance Prizes of Mackinlay's V.O. B.Scotch Whisky kindly presented by M*ft*r*.Sroti A Enfilinh (SEA) #>#«/- Wuirh tur our Omlu I»r»n<*li»n gT "3
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    NIGHT OF GAIETY AT CLERKS' ANNUAL
    170 8 WISTFUL WATCHERS THE Singapore Clerical Unin« ago to fight f or a I vin"^" Wa 4 S m the Colony. f$ motto fs^'^ Thrift s on esty,|J Over the years, the U«;* bersand for others. Un -on fought I, After the liberation m kj
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  • Saturday Magazine
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      6 1 Saturday Magazine Saturday, May 16, 1953.
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      THE BET
      1129 1  -  H. S. LEE i hpnrt-warming story of a little man at the races, of borrowed money and a loyal wife- A Free Press short story by rr was a quarter past one in the morning when Kim Swee pushed away r he pile of newspapers Ld several volumes
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      Malacca kampongs are pretty
      420 1  - Malacca kampongs are pretty KATHARINE SIM »>y wvivi£, malauca, kamu pongs are most attractive; often there are welltended plants, flowering shrubs and cheerful red and yellow crotons around them. Many Malacca houses wast stone steps to their Terandahs, tiled in gay appealing colours OBNln a A r nUmC^S mOSJM» in
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    • Saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE
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        Can a sport be a nobbyr
        714 2 THE most interesting letter I received last week came from Patrick Scan. 15, of 1062-4 Yio Chu Karm Road, Singapore 19. He objects to the description m the pen pals column Ol swimmin". badminton and table tennis as hobbies. Patrick claims these are not
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        PEN PALS' COLUMN
        88 2 The following children seek pen pals: Patrick H. L. Seah (15), 1062-4 Yio Chu Kang Road Singapore 19. Wants pen pals of either seiy anywhere. Hobbies: Songs, dtciing, stamps, view-cards and photos. Goh Lam Hock d 4). Block I, Room No. 3, H.M. Custom's Quarters Flat, Mosque
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        How to make smoke — without fire
        289 2  - How to make smoke without fire UNCLE ERIC by YOU HAVE ALL, I expect, heard the expression: "There's no smoke without fire." It is usually used when there are a lot of rumours about a thing, but no facts available, and people say, "Ah well, there's no smoke without fire,"
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        Sooty finds a home and pal
        117 2 m the squirrel, > s a f«r armchair comfort, and he doesn't at all mind sharing it with a dog but cats— they're different. The trouble about the tree tops, he found, is that cats can climb, too. And on one proul he met
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        Our longest lived Queen
        165 2 QUEEN MARY, who died last month, was 85, the longestlived of any of our Queens. And she died on the same date as Queen Elizabeth I who. m her turn, had lived longer than any English Queen. When Elizabeth I died exactly 350 years ago she
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      Scouts do some queer jobs
      506 3 Children, here is a new and exciting cartoon serial. Read today's opening chapter and follow Penny every week on her wonderful adventures withTHE LAST MAGICIAN Penny Is onjoylnß her holiday Darins Points him out and IK- "That is our neighbour rJtrarißC old man. Some ocoole
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      MAKE YOUR OWN SCENERY IN A JAR
      161 3 4 PRETTY EFFECT of 1 submarine scenery may be obtained by means of a jam jar, a little waterglass and silver sand, and a few coloured crystals. Fill the jai with about one Quarter water-glass and threequarters warm water. Stir until the water-
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      The Mysteriaus Scart Seller
      616 3  - The Mysteriaus Scart Seller Mary Cathcart Borer I by 4 me Tr^u is aos**d •'IF there's nothing more I can do to help. I'd better be getting back to my hotel," said Terry, feeling faintly disappointed that his adventure had ended so tamely and that he would have so little
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      Comedy About the Cold War
      687 4 Comedy About the Cold War "HPOP SECRET*' (coming to the Pavilion is a British comedy that has found a startling new subject to laugh about— the Cold War. It sees the funny side m Communism, Stalin, atomic bombs. Communist "peace" conferences and dinners at the Kremlin. It pokes fun at
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      BRITISH 'NO' TO RITA
      70 4 ton mum, whom Amerl- i ••i crtt i :<i their i ie&t sen r, is to co with Itila ll;.xu,,rth k film vc i Somer i I m Rain. d mrl.i- Hollyw( -(I v:d. t€ nd t'-in :i. v.r M Hayworth, to tin proc( i d
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      NO-MAKE- UP 'LILI'
      174 4 LX)UR times m her 21 years Mile. Leslie Caron has visited London as a French ballet dancer no one particularly noticed. The other day she arrived on visit No. s— as a Hollywood iilin acttess and star of "Lili." the film voted "the most entertaining picture of
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      RED HEADS 'EXCITING'
      250 4  -  MAURICE WILTSHIRE HOLLYWOOD. pENNY Edwards dyed her blonde hair a flaming red for a most un-female-like reason— "l was just tired of being told I looked too pretty or too young.' "Beauty," she expounds, "can be a handicap m this town. Look at Shirley Booth. Gloria Grahame,
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      Olivier found this star
      72 4 pETER finch. Australian actor, now filminp "Ktphant Walk" m Ceylon u*eti to live there. "For a time I shaved my head like a Buddhist prfetti and often wore the yellow silk robe.s of the order," he said. Peter says he owes his pood fortune to Sir
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      'Why Rehearse'?
      389 5  - 'Why Rehearse CECIL WILSON said the French -and they didn 't THIRTEEN actors and actresses of the Comedie Francaise. the company that introduced Sarah Bernhardt to England on its first visit m 1879. have arrived m London to open a three-week season at the St. James's Theatre. On the same
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      NOTHING LIKE SHAKESPEARE
      76 5 \l/E arc school R.rfc of ages ranging from ten to 14. We are by no means intellectuals. But w e have plenty of time for poetry and Shakespeare we can, and do, "abide." Here are some of our reasons: (a) His extensive vocabulary; b His characters seem
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      P.C. 49 IS STAGE HIT
      181 5 P.C. 49 IS STAGE HIT •'VJLTHAT the London stage needs is new actors," said Noel Coward. Seeing that Coward is returning to the stage after six years' neglect of acting, it sounded a handsome admission to me. He was complementing Brian Rtece 13 years his juniorafter the try-out performance of
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      PECK AT WORK
      38 5 GRIGORY PECK recently .started work on a new pictun at Pine wood. He went up to every member of the film unit, introduced himself, and said: "I hope I won't cau.se you too much bother."
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      Guinness will be Father Brown
      183 5  -  CEIL WILSON I.EC GUINNESS, who is to star lor six weeks m the first Shakespearean festival at Canada's own Stratford-on-Avon, plans on his return to introduce Q, K. Chesterton's Father Brown to the s>n n. He lias been offered t by ;i new md< pendent
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      CASABLANCA PLOT LED TO A NEW ONE MILE RECORD
      492 6  - CASABLANCA PLOT LED TO A NEW ONE MILE RECORD ARCHIE QUICK By R r rwo men tat plotting m a Casablanca hotel They schemed to smash Sydney Wood er son's 16--year-old one mile British running record of 4 mins. 16.4 sees. How well R<,yer Bannister and Chris Cliat<ncaii svc( ceded
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      SPORTS LETTER
      80 6 I HAVE noticed that you have a reporter who goes undet the name of Gerry Isaac. He write* for your Saturday Magazine m the sports page. A recent article he wrote was on the Australian youth boxers A few days later I read the reports that a Gerry
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      ARMY F.A. CHIEF IN HOSPITAL
      73 6 J^IEUT-COL H. M. PRINCE. MBE. BKM. .he Army Football Asmrlatlxi Secretary, has entered the RAMC Hospital. MllltMUik London, I for a Hiree mon'hs ret*. He h%c a lu"f afffction. Clo-el Prince, who returned after 41 year* m RAMC uniform from "B'v" to Lieut-Colonel, i.s a
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      Out for record
      54 6 (•lIELTHAM Kangerx play m the Blatkbtorn <Lane») Comblnalf>n L.isi MR.son they wo.i the Division Three Championship and 1 the Cotton Cup. This tinw he., have won Division Two Champion>»ut> atd the Eddlestcn Cup. Watch out Division One club next aeaaon? The double League »nd do fea« ha«
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      A RACKET
      61 6 A quarter of an hour before the Wembley Cup F!n*l the price of ipjv lou's' tickets drop-)"d ■hsrjilvThey were* ankin^ 30s for 5I Mi k-i n d £2 for 'Hieti the market faHed and one tau left uiMi h 50- U.ket on 111M»n i n il'i Hii ts
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      NOT CRICKET
      53 6 QAXBNDIM kkct C- b >a I |>I1 iaif (Lwnw.) tMM i f L«*»' de'taed U) .riN-r On VJI -?<ien Me .1 Coai< I»m«lH.>i, junior soccer i\.i.i W» :*t v moie ttiey p: ■bock by i^i.iifj- t pukka :<<>t»>all '^n W .tnfoid Albion, \,y t#o E««K i i one.
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      A BIG THRILL FOR MARJORIE JACKSON
      59 6 °W D (h -niii! >n printer M .r.<>. i J" i M W.i.s 111 ll p i Jjnen the %tav en o] N B nth filn „i^j BhMa m i OUw k itt. New Bai 'i w.i s M(»n.it,i/ Ifiaiater, nm< (he n W<"-lc
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      The 'antelopes' of A.C.S.
      376 6  -  GERRY ISAAC By LX)UR young lads who can outrun any school track team m the Colony and probably m the Federation also form th e Anglo Chineses School's 4 x 200 yards relay squad. The four lads broke this year's first 4 x 200 yards inter
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      Return of the 'bug'
      134 6 By ALL-ROUNDER J^HE Busatti car which mi n the early '30s. reigned unchallenged mi n its clas-5 on tho race tracks of the world and introduced to racing men of the calibre of Louis Chiron, Sir Malcolm Campbell and Raymond Mays, is to be made again
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      The women take more interest
      490 7  - The women take more interest TAN HONG POH Progress m local table tennis By THE recent affiliation of the Young Women's Christian Association to the Singapore Table Tennis Association showed that table tennis is fast progressing m the Colony. The YWC4 is the first women's club to be affiliated to
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      COME AWAY, THE WADDELL UNITED!
      323 7 LANARKSHIRE Juniors went to t*,t Pl y thelr anni^l representative match m Dublin ■fata* Lems'er 7 I( J Lea*ue **t) a complete Ml Jon by Willie Waddell. Qto^l X2?\ dt Wto w W.ddell lUnlSs Lanarkshl *»»h Forth tyHEN Tom WMtfckff ni inlift ii^K?^* 1 f
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      DON BRADMAN MADE CRICKET A BUSINESS
      195 7 By A Special Correspondent CRICKET is here, the Australians are here but Sir Don Bradman is not I remember so well when the Bowral Boy made a &9 enttj into the glaring limelight ol the international arena. He left his out-back town to go
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      Sir Don speaks on 'brighter cricket'
      76 7 SIR Donald Bradm&n said m Adelaide last night that an "aggres&ive. dynamic attitude" m cricket should be adopted whenever possible. Discussing "brighter cricket" over the air m the Australian Broadcast ing Commission's forum. Sir Donald said cricket legislators had played their part m making
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      MISSED MEDAL
      290 7 rpHROUGH playing for the British Army against the Belgian Army, Ronnie Clayton, Blackburn Rovers' left half, miss^J a Cup medal, for his RA (Woolwich) unit won the RA Challenge trophy. Clayton hoped to pby with Blackburn on their coming European trip, but instead he will be wanted by
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      NOW THEY'RE GIVING AWAY A MAN!
      812 8  - NOW THEY'RE GIVING AWAY A MAN! The U.S.A. as a woman sees it NEW YORK. VOW I'VE SEEN everything! Television has given away washing machines. refrigerators, Cadillacs, honeymoons, a week of. living like a millionaire and Just plain money. Now they're giving away a Man! The womar. who most intriguingly
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      Spinach becomes suspect
      137 8 'THE theory, that Popeye the Sailor gained hi.s legendary strength from spinach U suspect, according to the British Medical Journal. Many conscientiou.s mothers force spinach on unwilling children in the belief that it does them good, but it robs the body of bone-forming calcium. according to the
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      Back in U.K.
      30 8 photo. «*wii} ha .U^A™",'i. Cro 1 S? 4 lled w Charlie" liunaon, airport is hard f Chaplin with his wife Conn wllPn they arrived from Geneva. Reuter
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      9 8 Hjvc you any r*4 white and blue weeds. Mac."
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      Spirit of the Tropics
      50 8 photo. All the gay aoAiuiuuinent and spirit of the tropics has been brought to London by the We st Indian dancers from the Caribbean. Here their leader. Harold Holness is se«n m the air as he leaps over the head of another dancer dnrinr rehearsal Reuter
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      NNER-DANCE
      167 1 1 v of the Union is Mr. Urn Tin Soon, who f^ny y^s b^n the Ceneral Secretary. L iuion has been identified with efforts to <-r faithful workers of the occupation A pay or faitn f n T v fota f membership of 686 includes a num--molovers, who were,
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      61 2 Junior Contest Children out with your paints, chalks or crayons and Ret busy colouring this picture. Four prizes of S.> each (two boyg and two girls) are offer rd Nf the best work. When you have finished, fill m the coupon and send the whole thin* to Auntie Wendy. Singapore
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      27 3 CroToJile Shirt i fe?| jw^^rlu' invcllcd look f/kwr^Gt* I*'1 jy^^Hfls^^siß^sl^i^^*^^^^*^**^s^P^»^ I llfitJniivluiMt 1 ih y I'iIYYC il I ill I Obtainable al KM OLI MOHAMEO HIGH STREET
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      36 3 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS: 2 Suniaw, r Of a famous British physician. |B| |j U I* ifS llSt and cOllector bor W Pf y_^_ a an™J£u llt 4 f S(o^ish seV- mudx 9 '9UWots Z SSOVOV
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      210 4 Cihcus Busch Berlih BUMii|MM| j I Special Announcement for HL w people living m the suburban B iH areas. This circus will not perform m any other place *lfl m Singapore, except at Its M^V^^^lB wHB I pr«-srrit location, during tbr Wm < I Sf.isi.n. j X* ■hPAI' V«C I
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      139 6 LET iME: &j± JOP \ABOUT OUR FRED f* VAT 'EM V^pi^i Tfe MCC '^3% AUSTRALIANS /(h&^'Wm JiSSrciv > tgJ-CZ.7 LAC IV&P^^ n sE t S a -ig ]K!^ \^3^m^J OPERATWN Jfi^-WL AND RAF ~^Sf«^> HiPttKfcPDT ANNOON^D A DESIRE TO SEND'feM I X DOWN A FEW "PEAKEffg* AND >77^ /-nTk^j CDCh
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      63 7 Warfedale SUPER 12. CS AL jjS LOUd'sPEArViIS av9 gsKrW itngSl gWI '^k. a^gj gsv «Sy v^gvjr uansients H y^ oufperformi many combinations! A complete range of speakers n available fot every l\pl£tion by* bt Wh^e^ale Wireless Works iSer tfce personal slirectio* of C. A. triftgs. worMrenowned audio engineer. Full Particulars
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      44 8 A PROPER GLASS WITH PROPER TESTING IS WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR PRECIOUS EYES. \lw GrrccJt China ®ptic&l Cu.. 334. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD NUR BRAS BASAH ROAD* SINGAPORE TTbEST CHINESE FOOD Re -decorated and Air Conditioned Tai Thong Restaurant (Happy World) is THE place
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    1942 CALENDAR FOR 1953
    33 2 1942 CALENDAR FOR 1953 Eleven f«£* *j|r 1 gave a f c^ lrm an jcrzewski, ci*« 5 j board of ass^orij never used J_ f to use. This jt same M m IW_
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      230 2 v'v Mk «Mf f^H *)I^H #%%'>i& :>•%■% t k -:S?' A wBL. >s 4 > ;K- MAGICIAN by Lee Fall, and Phil Davis m i rrl QIIT tup r\ n<iFR I GET TOTHE MOUNTAINS] fjUNGLE WITCH? YUP, B B IT" n THIS m ri6HT way S^Si^ m Sore frightened they
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      401 2 YOUR LUCK^ STAB />OKN TODAY, there lh "'S of the stfl^ «;'»'i»arian m your nat r\< >t you did nol l, av <, g hl grace af a sense 0 h rn. might make you a ri£S^ serious person. But you are always .v see the amusing side to 2
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    Chemicals are Saving Elbow Grease
    548 3  - Chemicals are Saving Elbow Grease CYNTHIA LOWRY by N EW YORK. «tBOW GREASE is on "?}Z slide Ch/nncals '"cSemkal wor^savers, S of consumer acceptance. c^n make cleanmg-up S Housewife and give hei tafwt chelnical housewares roduct splashes onto the market with an expensive pro- tional buildup, anywhere from one to
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    Bridge Quiz
    161 3 YOUR SECOND BID is th« one which begins to narrow down the wide range of strength which an opening bid of one m a suit nay show. However, when both opponents ;«re to the bidding and your partner is lileot you must think twice about whether your extra
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    Miss Austria
    20 3 Dhoto. Austria has picked her most beautiful woman m 1953. She is 18-year-old actress. Lore j Felger Popper
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    At Industries Fair
    45 3 photo. The Queen, on a visit to the British Industries Fair at Lark Court London, is greeted on th c Sierra Leone stand by Mrs. C. M. A. Thompson, the wife of a member of the Legislative Council of Sierra Leone. A.P.
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      32 3 Why all this fuss? 7^' //tippy And (uirC'/rtr With wonder little tractor. Powered by the famous VILLIERS MARK-\2 A-Stroke engine With special reducing gear drive. Sole AqevJr, V 'Z 58. ORCHARD ROAD
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      298 3 Today's Crossword f .jt^ p, 1 I r 7 I I 11 1_ -aaaH"™L-.-a- aaflaasl I I IE II I bP HI bH ffjjffifiB iaaaaaj— BBBBBl BH 1 I ~~bbbbbI bbW L^ \< i.'os^ i. Bnm- into tali be- fortunei to be ■■lenmBd (4) I. A >> fan .he snap!
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    Three English starlets
    27 4 ENGLISH BEAUTIES: Joan Man, Dorothy Brom.'lcy and Audrey Dillon, three English jfirls taken to Hollywood for Paramount* "The Girls of Pleasure island" m Technicolor.
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      WRONG NUMBER
      134 4 fIfHAT can b e done about wrong-number telephone calls 0 For years I have complained to the Telephone Company who ggitv t the matter their attention. Stil' the wrong-num-fcer calls continue. I get as many as 10 a day and wme at the most odd hours. In every
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      HAZARD
      60 4 1 THINK quite enough complaints have been made about taxis cruising. Isn't it about time trishaws were stopped doing the same thing. It's the vacant ones which meander about m a haphazard fashion without having any particular destination m mind. They are a menace to other road users and
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      SUGAR SALES
      98 4 A CORRESPONDENT alleges that Mm sale of sugar In Singapore is restricted by the rationing authorities to certain hours This is totally untrue. There mo restriction whatever a*> to hours of sale and if the writ*- oJ the letter -D. S.--Is uii.ibl-. to obtain his ration supplies at
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      Tricky hat
      44 4 The American actress, jane Morgan, m "Flirtation", the latest addition to her collection of hats. It is In black silk straw veiled m black nylon. Hats are her hobby when she i» not starring m "Three Cheers'' at th e London Casino.
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      WATER MUSIC?
      48 4 I VOTE that soft music be provided by a RedifTusion set or a Radio Malaya transmission at th e Esplanade Restaurant. Music played softly helps to create a cheerful and romantic atmosphere, and to aid dißestion. Craif Road. C. M. LEE. The Moonlight Sonata of course.
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      BAD BUSINESS
      78 4 DURING the recent Legislative Council meeting a member proposed the abolition of the three Chambers of Commerce seats. It Ls very regrettable because the.sf. represent a tive.s have done a k>4 Of good for the trade nnd economy of Singapore. To abolish them now would b y illtimed
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      241 4 entirely new ||Sl O ft #J dd Fd l< X 426 A O t Yd dlO fi>r AC ""^'^Z •f Untd by the aMiti,,,, t two+osMon bass witch A ¥*f*(*f> Fl ft f\ Ff 4 receiver «*tli medi m x -^*s^t^r+ *'\jMm/ -woe. short-wave from H to 92m and bandtprtad
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    Harry Joins the Civil War in Spaim
    981 5 Harry Joins the Civil War in Spaim "^rKT' second of four weekly instalments of "TK£ SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO" Lha smiled up at ASUS*" tMI Xi the bullfights. cruelty sic Ken* "X* fere sitting to a "LSit lining to a. band. bytflW herma Si 11 6 L ob as war Torres.
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    THE ODEON'S FIRST FILM
    163 5 THE ODEON 'S FIRST FILM THE Snows of Kilimanjaro is a love story based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway. Gregory Peck pbys Harry Street, the hero, and the women m his life are Ava Cardner, Hiddegarde Neff and Susan Hayward. The story moves f'om Paris, the Riviera and
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    UNITED WIN
    9 6 hv 5S?*. club b< iit Co m
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    Big soccer festival next month
    367 6 World's top teams will compete A "WORLD series festival" of soccer football is on 1X schedule for New York and other North American cities this spring. Top teams from England, Germany, Northern Ireland, Switzerland and Colombia will compete. The American League has arranged for .some
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    Britain hopeful of beating United States
    232 6 Britain hopeful of beating United States RYDER CUP GREAT Britain's Ryder Cup team to meet the United Stales at Wentworth, Surrey, m September Is to be selected immediately after the Open Championship at Carnoustie, Scotland, m July so that the players can get together and practice mutch-play among themselves. i;i.i
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    OLYMPIC CHIEF MAY RESIGN
    138 6 Chairman Arthur W. Coles of the Control Committee for Melbourne's 1956 Olympic Games said yesterday he is seriously considering resigning from the Olympic Committee. "I am certain some people want to get me out of the way," he said to a reporter. He was commenting on
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    AUSSIES WIN
    49 6 Amtralta'g doubles team. Lewis Hoad and Mervjm Rose, defeated Vie Heixaa of Philadelphia and Bernard Bartieri of Ban Anglo, Te; 6-4 e-4 In an exhibition tennis match In Mtl.in on Thursday. I" singles. Australian Cllve wl 1 mplri beat Glaniii Cucelll, I' ily C-2, 4-6. 6-4. A.P.
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    BOXING IS OUT ON ITS FEET
    96 6 £JRIIISH boxing is "almf).st out on M feet" bernu.se of the 33 13 per cent entertainment, tv J OnBox.n "n Chalrman 'he British Boxing Board of Control, >sa id m Glasgow yesterday. fK f ce 1 t old the Boat's annual meeting n^H 1
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    PENANG IN FINAL
    35 6 Penan* Chinp.se. defondin X chrnPlor.s. hud v ea*y PMMfC Into :ne northorn mi final of the MCFA CUJ OOWgttlUoo Vbtn llu-y troufvcd Or,;', r V" nese nye on Victoria ureon. Penan« yesterday.
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    Put the injured man at centre-forward
    359 6  -  GEOFFREY SIMPSON By QNE of Soccer's main talking points m a season that v brought a high rate of player-casualties was the problem of the limping man. workable, let me say it is already m operation. They put en their thinking caps at one
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    Sports beag
    480 6  -  CHARLES BRYC JBT aaB CORONATION Fever is V/ going the rounds m Singapore. The number of "Coronation Cups' being competed for must run into double figures. The latest of these is a challenge trophy to b e won outriffh* at a swimming gala on June 6. The Singapore
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    LEAGUE DRAW
    25 6 Sorlril Athletic Party and Tui.i Mon* ow Boys' AMoeteUon p out m twatl draw m their BAPA niv 3A lennue maU-li at Gevlang
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    FIRST IN THE IRISH GUINEAS
    131 6 J^ADY Burys Northern Gleam ridden by T. Burns scored a narrow victory m the Irish 1000 Guineas over one mile. In thrilling finish she won by a neck from N. S. MacNaushton's Beau Coro with the President of Eire Mr. Scan T. O. 'Kelly's Banii
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    CRAIG'S GREATEST THRILL
    98 6 >r VUK greatest thriii i .shall rvvr have m my Ui«. .said n-y <Mr -ol(l lan Craig v h,. walked throußh the Grace Mcm.jriu! Oatea at Lordi for the nrst tun This lihrnotnonal Australian cricketer .said: "i am only a Kiddie, but ever .since I can remember
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    MCC MEET AUSSiES AT LORD'S TODAY
    204 7 Chance to recover lost prestige r minutes.. ....Ana i ong ra nge binoculars. Just take MCC side to meet the tourists m the, look at th ®^Va r tin°- at Lord's today, three-day match staitm. at ia^ gives EngJish erfc j keters a chance
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    Roy Tattersall finishes with 12 wkts for 70
    223 7 MTIDESPRISAD rain heavily Wfuttailed County cricket "tcto yesterday. Twc .of the hours to play 95 minutes m the hope of securing a first Innings Section but this was no', "Though rain delayed the start Lancashire managed to beat Sussex by an innings
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    TALK BEFORE THE BIG FIGHT...
    206 7 TALK BEFORE THE BIG FIGHT... ROCKY MARCIANO, world heavyweight champion, conceded nearly a stone m weight to Jersey Joe Walcott when he defended hi s title at the Chicago Stadium last night. At the weigh-in Marciano scaled 13 stone. Marciano gave away 12 pounds when he took the title from
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    JAPS PREFER GRASS COURTS
    98 7 UNITED STATES and Japanese Davis Cup teams will play their first round North American Zone matches tph^c r5 a l S r CO i Urt n S f the Vaneo "ver, British Columbia, Tennis Club July 9-11, Alrick Man, Jr. chairman of thDavis Cup Committee, said
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    KLINEY CUP PLACINCS
    73 7 Placings at he half-wav v: the Singapore inter-club ttimis competition for the Klincy Cup are SECTION "A" P W D L Pis Tanglin Club 4 4 0 0 8 Malay S.C. 6 3 12 7 SRC. 4 112 3 Indian Assn. 4 0 0 4 SECTION »B
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    ONLY-GOAL WIN
    28 7 Amicable A A beat Mercantile B«»nk S.C. by the only goal scored m their soccer friendly /t Farrer P; ik vesierday. Ah Chow gained the .-oal.
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    304 7 y l t f&'? Ar »>* Cup ref <*'**"!'?'' won b lh Angles *<** n Ionf Holland amin X a 3-0 Z next J l^ad over Finland m their European zone second round Davis Cup lawn tennis tie. In the opening singles mahhes R^mondo Beyro
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    SIME DABBY HELD
    39 7 Sime Darby and Indian Brotherhood Sorceries drew with two *oals MCB m a friendly sucrer matcn yesterday at Parrer Park. Scorers for Sime Darby were Veil a and Avtar Singh. Munusamy and Ka.sip.idmn scored for Indians
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    SPECIAL MEETING
    24 7 The Singapore Amateur Football Association will hold an extraordinary Council meeting on Tuesday to discuss the "Coronation amnesiy plea for suspended player.v
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    SHIRAI GETS JAPS' VOTES
    187 7 MONDAY'S TITLE FIGHT JAPANESE boxing experts today unanimously picked world flyweight champion Yoshio Shirai to retain his title against Filipino challenger Tanny Campo m their 15-round Tokyo bout on Monday night. They .said Shirai not only has I me advantage m height and reach, but he
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    YESTERDAY-A STABLE CERT
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    The going will be soft
    345 8 The going will be soft From ALLAN LEWIS YESTERDAY is today's 1 nap. PUNTER'S DELIGHT and SALMON LORE make up the best bets of the day. Conditions will suit Yesteraay m the second race as it rained this morning and the going, at best, will be soft. MARTIN'S STABLE MARK
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    DEATH
    29 8 OWEN: On Uth May. 1953. sud denlv In hospital at St. Leonards. H,irtii)sbire Owen Owen late of tin. A.smtip Petroleum Co. (S.S.) Ltd.. BiH beloved father of Pam.
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    Mid-day nap
    384 8 MALLEABLE MOULDINGS m the 4.50 (Race 6) Dewar, on K.L. form de.spite ji-{ rise m weight, is a Btrong stable Up. Hi> will probably run Salmon Lore clase. Sea Dragon was doing his bes" WOrk at the eivi I f the .seven of Ml first rice. He .should
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    Corinthians upset in Services clash
    344 8 F.B.YV 4; Corinthians 1. |>OVAL Air Force Soletur Corinthians, who lie second IX> m the Singapore United Services Association Pcotball Div. 1 table, were upset m a fast and Interesting league tie at Beletar yesterday. Flying Boit Wing tcored two goals m each half. Had
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    CARD
    591 8 Race 1 2.15: Class 5, Div. 3—6 Furs. 1 006 Boater J. Donnelly 9JDQ 2 450 Ashok Whitney 8.10 3 962 Skyrider Jones 8.09 4 464 Beauman 5 i r >3 Mr Tin Manning 8 ',8 6 170 Dundop.ild Wood.s 8 <7 7 008 Hollywood Star Tulloh 8.06 8
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