The Singapore Free Press, 23 May 1953

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press largest Aftfrnoon Sale m Malaya r'w« iw s^- M y ):>:i Pr "C
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  • 330 1  -  SIT YIN FONG Radio wiU control the Dragon By THE entire 3,500-strong Singapore Police Force is beinj mobilised for its' biggest-ever job— the safe-guarding of peace and order during all the functions, big and small, of Coronation Week from May 30 to June
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  • 71 1 picture. RACHEL IRENE PELFIER from the West Indies, greets Britain with a bi X smile and bottle of rum of the most Potent variety. Rachel is a seamstress who has saved up h *r money to see the CoronJ«w. She intends to
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  • 110 1 A SEARCHING British Government n W} r y l A allegations that British ships transported Chinese Communist troops last year has not yielded »a shred of evidence" to support the charge, an informed source said m London last night. The investigation was ordered by the
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  • 36 1 The French Government has requested the United State* Government as a matter of urgency for an aircraft carrier and helicopters to carry on the war m Indo-China, reliable sources m Washington said yesterday.- U.P.
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  • 30 1 f'2L< f l tUh Mount Everest maJK? t c re believed t( J be freeSL^ weather and below fo^'^we* were pre- a jorthe next 24 hours
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  • 23 1 o *nsi«{! afl Ru »>ber Market wi: h first a d H ly this corning 70?^^. June shipment iSSSa'y,^ U CCnt
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  • 14 1 S? of co onS Dlr ector of the 1 --"-ft 1 sras
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  • 32 1 A Chinese, Lee Kirn, 29. was injured and admitted to hospital when the car m which he was driving overturned m Ayer Raja Road. Singapore, at about 5.00 a.m. today.
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  • 84 1 "Box seats 'for the cripples on big night CHILDREN from Social Welfare hdmes m Singapore will be among the Government and City Council employees and their families who will Me IBi Coronation procession INH box seats." These under-privih'Rcd rhildron will be accommodated m the former offices of the Social Welfarv
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  • 65 1 ALLAN LEWIS, Free Press racing correspondent, gives ABBOT'S HAVEN. SPIDER KING and WHO REGRETS as his best bets al Bukit Timah today. Outsiders: Elturius, Royal Signal and. Red Dust. Trespasser's specials are Abbot's Haven and Golden Lotus. Some rain fell this morning. Provided there
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  • 127 1 A BRITISH SOLDIER was stabbed to death m the main road of Port Said on Thursday, a few hundred yards from the British naval dockyard. Another British soldier was wounded but is now off the danger list A Greek' restaurant owner said he saw two groups
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    • 27 1 v Tiger Testimonials f M. HENRI HEROILIE. the popular proprietor of Harry's Hash House, remarked: 44 but nalurellement all my patrons demand Distributors: Fraser Neav* L'd. 4.TT.52
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  • 285 2 LONDON DRA WS UP PLANS FOR BIG-4 TALKS Bohlen for Bermuda |>XII Isll diplomats m London began laying pre**liminary plans yesterday for a Western meeting with Kremlin leaders m July or early m August. The Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, was expected to press for a very early top-level Big
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  • 75 2 The Kenya government yesterday announced drastic new measures to fight the Mau Mau. Under the new emergency re- guiations persoas convicted of demanding, collecting or re- 1 ceiving supplies for terrorists s can be sentenced to death. This increases the penalty from the previous maximum
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  • 20 2 CHESTON: To Oedi. wife of Eric P. Cheston, at Bunysar Hospital, on 19th May. 1953, a son, Christopher John.
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  • 34 2 AT THE Presbyterian Church. Orchard Road, Singapore, on the flth. May, 1953, the marriage between Claire E. Lowe and Robert O. Logan wax solemnised by the Rrvd. Gordon Bennett (Chaplain to the Forces.
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  • 72 2 6TRON&CH on 15th May 1953 at 90 Hallybilrton Road Hove SussexConstance Edith (nee Durnford) widow of Alfred Stronaca late of Aberdeen and Batu Cave*. Please no letters. KRAAL: Annie Winifred, beloved wife of Stephen Samuel and dearly loved mother of Cecelia, Rene. Irene. Muriel and Gladys, passed away peacefully
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  • 32 2 The international Tin Study Group at The Hague reported yesterday that world mine production of tin-in-concentrat.e.s m March is estimated at 16.100 long tons against 11,900 tons m February.
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  • 67 2 rpHRFE American jet pilots A cracked the sound barrier yesterday and won a "well done" from the Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke was witnessing a spectacular display by 32 American Air Force F-86 jet fighters at Bentwaters Airbase m Britain. After the fly past, three
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  • 264 2 A priest battles 'devils' to save girl MANILA'S "possessed girl CUrita Villanueva blasphemed when a Canadian missionary yesterday tried to drive the "devils" out of her. Canes, screams and maledi< t ions echoed and reechoed la the women's gaol as the Rev Lester Summerall, of the Assemblies of God Mission,
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  • 46 2 CAPERS CARNIVAL picture. WEARING m papier- make head to represent Swedish Premier Tage Erfander, a student carries a ffirl student AnnKarin Schequist m his arms during: a students' carnival m Stockholm. The carnhral was staged as part of the 706 th anniversary of the city.- UP
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  • 255 2 'I miss your ugly face sa id wife TEXAS oil millionaire. Sheppard "Abdullah" King:, flew into Rome yesterday determined to win back his wife, red-headed Egyptian belly dancei Samia Gamal. Reports from Cairo quoted Samia as saying she would not be at the Egyptian airfield to meet King, but that
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  • 155 2 LEGS-a question of life death isn't it? sl or Villagers of Telscombe, v nt land would like th«e ffi points cleared up SOO n !L se v tjl are, they a left with a plague of cate pillars on their hands For the past two weeks,' caUrpillars have been swarminover
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  • 94 2 A SPOKESMAN for 48 Detroit businessmen who recently tcured the Far East said yesterday that Japan must trade with Communist China a" the United States must lo*er tariff barriers. Mr. Mervin Gaskin. leader of the tour, said the group conridered the future of the Fa East
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  • 41 2 IllCrM Bercman and rec tor husband Roberto w vacation m s f P n before leaving .tor jW*\ i( rfs In Japan Rossellin* n rld to shoot a Wm starnne m. for a Japanese film con
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    • 269 2 ANNOUNCEMENT READY made Cocktail Frocks made from Ta.ssetas Sea Island Cotton and Broidery Anglais at Harrows Ltd. 7, Orchard Road. ACCOMMODATION VACANT IV HNJSHED room, attached bath, M.S.. Tanglin area, with breakfast. Reply Post Box 143. FOR 5, months furnished single room with Xrfh In English bachelor's flat, good food,
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    • 67 2 Entertain Your Guests At The UNIVERSAL ii \it a ■ESIABIA* 1 FOOD Chinese and European WWE «ar well .tocked with Best Bra-d, ACCOMMODATIOM Cod a«d A»y R^ 1 M US/C SONGS DANCE To the accompaniment of Wong (hin Ton* ana RIGHTLY 8 12 P.M. CURRY TIFFIN EVERY SUNDAY 12-* accompanied
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  • 311 3 South Winds will house a high school MacD TO BE DIRECTOR-GENERAL Free Press Staff Reporter Lee Kong Chian, the Singapore multi millionaire, has decided to zivo the former South Winds Hotel to the Nanyang Chinese Christian Mission. They will run a Chinese high school there. The Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, had
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  • 41 3 HIS CHOICE 'CLOTH OF GOLD' pnoio. "CLOTH OF GOLD,' 9 always associated with the panoply of monarchy, is the choice of designer lan Meredith for this cocktail suit m red and gold for Coronation year. The model is Jill Hestic- Reuter
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  • 45 3 THE Duke and Duchess ol Windsor were among 1,675 passengers who sailed from j New York on the liner United States for Europe yesterday and they were about the cnly I prominent travellers who were not going to the Coronation.
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  • 203 3 say the councillors CEVERAL Singapore Legislative and City Councillors said yesterday that it was quite fair to exclude the general public from the four public buildings on the route of the Coronation procession on the night of June 2. The buildings are: the Fullerton Building, the Supreme
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  • 98 3 MR. M. P. D. Niir a Legislative and City Councillor, said yesterday that it was unfair to keep the public out of buildings built with public money, on the night of June 2. He was the only councillor to criticise the banning of the
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  • 20 3 A republic modelled on American lines will be announced m E^ypt shortly, well Informed Egyptian circles said yesterday.
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  • 32 3 SiaUon hS Fe Mala Cult^al L° ali commnnft° pened lts d°°' o7S" nitles interested m C&^^ember S ernculture tQ be&Un 2 78 taken at > ce «ng of iUs committee.
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  • 24 3 Thirty-one bodies have been recovered from the River Dhaleshwari m East Pakistan after a launch capsized and many more are feared drowned.
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  • 59 3 picture. THE Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll. returned to Singapore yesterday after six weeks' leave m Britain. He ivas (ireeted at Changi where he landed by BOAC Comet, by local leaders ,amo?ig them, Mr. Thio Chan Bee, Legislative councillor for Balestier (left), and the Deputy President
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  • 213 3 ENGINEERS have just completed a 630-foot long bridge across a jungle swamp m Burnei, that barred the way to a possible new oil location deep m the jungle. The oil company plans to drill two deep exploration wells m the Labis area, a remote jungle district. To
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  • 380 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 23, 1953. Opinion BIG THREE MEETING CWEN the poor m spirit and the faint m faith must feel a surge of hope m their hearts at the news that the President of the United States and the Prime Ministers of Britain and France are
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  • 785 4  - Farmers Don't Like Red Sickle WALTER FARR Reporter behind the Iron Curtain TK) senior Communist officials. bUBtneSB chiefs und ordinary workers m Poland, I put the questions people m Britain and all over the world are asking: What does the latest peace talk m Moscow and Warsaw mean? Has there
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  • 362 4  - THE NEW JAP NAVY RUSSELL SPURR TOKYO. I SET sail the other day with the Japanese Navy. Half of it. Fifteen motor launches and trawlers— and an unarmed harbour vessel. That wa s the flagship. Ordinarily, It spends the time lifting and laying buoys arouna Yokohama harbour. Today it carried
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  • 297 4 J U T ST Fe Co< s Sona tor Joe McCarthy stand m the estimation of his own people? As the man who pulls no punches against Reds or anyone he suspects (even Clem Attlee) of fellow travelling? Or as -i greater danger to democracy than Hitler,
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  • 35 5 THE SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB, as it will look on the right of the Coronation. This striking picture was taken on Thursday night when the club tested its floodlighting arrangements.
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  • 276 5  - CHILDREN AFRAID TO WALK TO SCHOOL P. M. RAMAN Month to clear stray dogs By SINGAPORE will be cleared of stray dogs m about a month, Mr. A. H. Foster, chief veterinary officer, told me yesterday. Residents of the rural areas meanwhile expressed concern at the thousands of collarless animals,
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  • 284 5 The giant C-Day show THE Singapore Chinese Coronation procession on June 2 will moTe along the four-mile route with dock-like precision. Mr. Tty Soo Yong, vice-chair-man of the Chinese Celebrations General Affairs Committee, said yesterday that perfect timing would have to be kept because the head of
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  • 97 5 SINGAPORE Council of Ulamas is planning to ask the Government to permit a board similar to that m the Federation to collect religious alms. A Council spokesman said that alms had been collected by people not entitled to receive them and as such
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  • 47 5 East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity (Communist/ Party has ordered all its members between 18 and 3< years ol a^e to participate m a threemonth physical training proKramme to gain the necessary strength "for the construction of Socialism and lor the defence of peace."
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  • 79 5 S'pore short of bands and musicians SINGAPORE is short of professional musicians and dance bands. Many new restaurants, hotels and dance halls are unable to hire bands. So musicians are getting "tempting" offers. Some reputed musicians are earning quite a bit of "sideline" nv-ney But* the demand Ls only for
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  • 50 5 The Legion of Honour worn by Napoleon at Waterloo one of his teeth, and a pair of knee buckles fetched £78 at Sotheby's, London. An Elizabethan document of 1573. constituting the royal proclamation for the Observance of the Book of Common Prayer, was bought for £240.
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  • 125 5 Park, play field on Hong Lim Green SINGAPORE City Council is finalising plans to develop Hong Lim Green into a public sport! field and park. Work on the project will start soon. There will be tennis ana badminton courts besides other sports facilities. These will be hired out to the
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  • 78 5 MR. G. G. WILSON, the acting: manager of the Singapore Traction Company, said yesterday he thought it unnecessary to display bus route numbers at the rear of STC buses A reader of the Free Press had complained that there was sometimes confusion m bus queues because
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  • 40 6 Unidentified assailants shot and killed Mohamed Moktar Sheik of Sidi Asker, early yesterday. Almost simultaneously, the offices of Mohamed Zaiane Sheik of the village of Bekalta were set on fire by other "unknowns." officials said m Tunis.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 281 6 MANDRAKE, THE MACICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davi« (7^: 1 ~1 [AM I CHASING H.M--OR 6H£ LWO,NG I I WEU.' A PAIAOMN TH( &f h^^^OwX «o^>^ J2^— _ilT V ME t I THINK HE WANTS ME TO FOLLOW HE JUNG !±^"^^^-^^|2_ JSElftJ^^yS TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs C*^^)~^ '^-^^^-PBBfc^^SSßy^
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    • 225 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR energy You set a hgh ,°L yourself and work hard (or achieving it. You are to mounting tens^n? 2?*lenrn how to relax al I° B intervals. al st *ted If you learn to work hard then play hard to a sc ™< 5™ be ready ill other
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  • 368 7 YARD THEORY ABOUT DEATH FLAT FACE Laboratory tests SCOTLAND YARD is now 99 per cent convinced that one of the two bodies found m the garden of a house m Notting Hill, London, is that of an Austrian woman who disappeared from the district m 1945. This theory is backed
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  • Article, Illustration
    23 7 picture. A beach ensemble m black cotton for the top. with a skirt ux! matching hat m white varnished straw. U.P.
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  • 71 7 A farmer flred a shotgun at the hounds of Cork's United Hunt and wounded ten of them when they entered his father's farm. He was fined £2 at Rath- cormac for unlawful possession of the gun, and £1 for causing unnecessary suffering. It was said that
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  • 25 7 Revenue Officers chased a frogman smuggler towing strategic materials m floating bags, m Hong Kong harbour. He escaped, but abandoned the bags.
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  • 129 7 Norman, 3, takes taxi for a run TW\HREE YEAR OLD Norman Cohen "drove* his lather's 16-year-old car— once a taxi -120 yards down steeply sloping Western Avenue, Goiders Green, London, and finished wp m a garden. Norman gets a thrill out of sitting m the driving seat of the old
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  • 210 7 THE story of the woman civil servant and the brussels 1 sprouts was told to the Society of Civil Servants at Eastbourne, London. I And it went like this (Mr. George Taylor of the Charity Ovmmission branch speaking): "A little while ago I went
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  • 52 7 bua^« told Kent lont trifioor, l a n n a J s he sleeps on tho hlth she hi ?l n^ sd^'n. for gl a week %y}** n Payin X El k the housed 1 6 other rooms th^." Her d > other Plans 151. «er rent
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  • 71 7 TWO HUNDRED factory girls came out on strike —because they were not allowed to sing at their work. Other factories on the Bridgend, Glamorgan, Trading Estate, they protested, had "Music While You Work" over loudspeakers. Another complaint about "hard conditions of working"
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  • 114 7 rTMIE neon signs m TrafalX gar Square, London, were switched off for one man. He stood m the shadow of Nelson's Co 1 u run, casually smokiiin his pipe and loatched. Homegoing theatre crowds looked round ptr.Jed. The shadows seemed loriaer. The square had an
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  • 82 7 Commercial traveller Richard Lawrence Evans, 28, whose car plunged over 96ft. cliffs at Peacehaven, Sussex, In the early hours, may have been m a sleepy, semi-alcoholic state and have driven unthinkingly over the edge, said the coroner at a Peacehaven inquest. Evans, of Vale
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  • 143 7 DOCTORS have been told to improve their handwriting, generally rated as the worst m any profession. If they do not, say the examiners of the royal colleges, who mark the papers of doctors sitting for diplomas, they will lose marks for bad handwriting. The examiners say
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  • 31 7 BACK AT HALF -TIME The orchestra resumed playing half-way through "Randall's Scandals" at the Palace Theatre, Halifax, after comedian Frank Randall announced an "amicable settlement" of his dispute with the pianist.
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  • 122 7 AN idea of Mr. Gordon Trill, a 37-year-rOld inventor, brought fast action from the Duke of Edinburgh. Mr. Trill, whose tiny Lincolnsire firm won a contract to make half the plastic boxes for the Coronation coins, got the idea that the boxes would look better
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    • 26 7 Just unpacked A New and very Attractive Collection GARMENTS Full Range m Skirts Nylon Gaberdine Baby Nylon Frocks Maidenform Brassiers G. RAMCHAND 72, High Sift, Singapore
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  • 89 8 Husband and W jf< introduce a n e and exciting Watef sport to Singap ore Watch out f or them at Kat Ong Beach today. Skimming along off Katong shore are Ashley Cooper and his wife Betty. They go water-skiing there every weekend. This afternoon
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  • 27 8 Using lines of different lengths Ashley Cooper and his Man m the boat is Lav Liat Hou, a keen enthusiast and o pupils.
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  • 31 8 Below: A deep water take-off. From the shore you This method is difficult. The skis have to be almost verm the surface of the water as you j*
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  • 67 8 This shot was taken from the speed-boat. The water was rough and the photographer found himself bounced around as he tried to focus his camera. But somehow he managed to get a clear picture. I Above left: a close-up view of Ashley
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine
    • 9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine Saturday, May 23, 1953.
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    • 19 1 An unusual photographic treat ment of the Shih Chung Branch School, Peiving by H. F. Chan.
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    • 613 1  - There 's magic at work K. S. CHIA m the Federation says SINGAPOREANS may not v appreciate it but there is real magic m those two words "Operation Service." People m the Federation are beginning w> bask m the sunshine of weir magic. 1 have been pleasantly surprised that the
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    • 1263 1 THE EYE OF ONYX T^HE KING with his court; was returning to the capital from his annuyl visit to the border provinces when he decided to halt to hunt deer at the invitation of a local governor. The hunting party came to an abrupt close, however, when at the moment
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    • Saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE
      • 654 2 THERE HAVE been a lot of letters and a lot of questions from you boys and girls this week and f shall try to answer some of them here. One oi the questions I was asked is, "What is it that causes evil and why
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      • 39 2 photo. How much is that doggie m the v.indow? The one with the waggely tail. How much is that doggie m th? window? 1 do hope that doggie's for sale. Popper
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      • 431 2  - LEGEND OF THE SPECTRE HUNTSMAN Eric by Uncle YOU HAVE all seen, of course, the poles sticking from house windows m Singapore on which clothes are hung to dry? But have you noticed that this only applies to Chinese houses and never to a Malay's house? There is a reason
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      • 102 2 kiddi-koff The NEW Children's COUGH MIXTURE jS^W containing Vitamin C JTfe^- J Kinni-KOFF h the wonderful new remedf made specially for the PROMPT. SAM-: *»d <^ '^Wf SIRE relief of kiddies' coughs, colds, bron- f^*M chitis and croup, while at the same time it replaces loss of Vitamin XV so
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    • Page 2 Miscellaneous
      • 135 2 jjjßf m T flp 8 M S Iftr following children seek pen pals. Ho Yew Men* (14). 2 Lorong 13. Geylang. Singapore 14. Hobbles: Photos. scout ng fishing, badminton and soccer. ETen Wong <14>. 28 Van Kit Road Singar>ore 2. Hobbies: Films, songs picn'es. Ellis Tan <15). 5-A. Cannln e
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      • 171 2 Contest winners The winners of last week's Junior contest are: Teresa Pereira. (12), 24, Karikal Lane, Katong, Singapore, 15. Phyllis Wright, (15), 6-D. Papys Road, off Pasir Panjang, Singapore 5. Jagjit Singh (11), 7, Topas Road, Singapore 13. Joseph Das, (10), 81, Durham Estate. Singapore 8. CcngTatulations. The prize of
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    • 111 3 HAVE YOU seen a hat like this before'? Well, you might see one if you V ent to the Coronation proprocession In London. It belongs to an Arab soldier, and there will b^ a contingent of Arabs all w ar- ing hats like this at the Coronation.
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    • 723 3  - The Mysterious Scarf Seller Mary Carthcart Borer by s— -Tessa saves the day THERE'S NOT a second to lose, Tessa! Somehow or other we must get Terry out of that place." whispered Roger, when they were clear of the carpet shop. They reached the house but could make no impression
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    • 43 3 come to reign when Nature wakes. When primroses are m the glen. And icild birds sing an Easter hymn. And chicks play round their mother hen, 'Twixt tears and smiles I pass my time. And while I reign the year's at prime.
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      • 568 3 jliNIOU CROSSWORD insect f^^Jpil'aui. joyous I 1 2,' e' Surname of 31st U.S. suH £T jojips vrl%><>nt 10 Person who Q i: m 9 soox 9 '™*WUV 9 I,rech the t**>Hcatton of -jaaauiav z :NMOa Scspapers. etc. 13. Possesses. nfS 9l J?jLJ gi v H >I SOLUTION u?H tl Wtap
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    • 1127 4 Two Ways to Make a Good Film The Screen II A CONTRAST IN METHOD A concrete corridor divides two studios at Shepperton. In one a British director, Guy Hamilton, was making a film, m the other, an American, John Huston. KENNETH PEARSON points out the gap that divides the style
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    • 300 4 Hollywood "King* HOLLYWOOD A TOP executive of oir of America's bigg c cinema chains says there are only three film names who consistent!? outgross the pop CO r machines. The golden trio, he said is Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and John Wayne and. he added. "Wayne
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      • 142 4 I Circus Busch Berlin m i i \m> Shows Daily a^ i i> tn. 9 m. JlllPi^isWPr I The Best Circus to Visit MALAYA r Z 0 1 > MADAMK MICAEI.A BI'SCH, "^^SS M PRorßii n:i-- oi ■HBBl^^*^ p *W \i j CIUCIS BIStH BERLIN, I^^^^^Jlt 1 I HFRSELF AND
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    • Article, Illustration
      17 5 Pete r lviuov.l.as still to write a |ie*« pl*J an<l many years to do It
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    • 360 5  - USTINOV, the Great Mimic IAIN HAMILTON A young man with one talent too many By nETER Ustinov has A packed more into his 14 years on the stage— he is still only 32— than many men accomplish In a lifetime. Half of the 20 plays he has written have been
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    • 631 5  - Anna may be the 'Shrew IAN GRANT NEW SPORE STAR IN DEMAND MISS Anna Richardsons recent appearance m the Stage Club's "Youmr Wives Tale introduced a professional touch that is too often absent from local productions. She was also extremely nice to look at— a feature that has not always
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    • 130 5 •rpilE Road to Rome." the next 1 Arts Theatre production, b Robert Sherwood's witty and satirical explanation of a historical mystery wl.v did Hannibal, having defeated the Romans, not enter Rome? Sherwood's theory i.s that the daughter of the Roman tor slipped through the lines to Hannibal's
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      • 307 5 11 ».m., 1.45, 4.1 :>, Mi »-30 p m.| Streei_of^^|JUl|U tough guys, h^^^i— Jill El temprationf V j» A x max Starring Ralph Meeker Leslie Caron PUS! Malayan Gazette showing "RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL AT MALACCA" N G 'T" M-O-M'S "PAT MIXE 1T i, ft^sTOHIGHT MIDNiGHT'w^i Jumping 0 HMVKHINT PICTURE MIDNIGHT!^;! -SEVEN
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    • 572 6 Now is the time for slraiyht thought Says TAN HONG POH /FIANCES of a local table y tennis team participate mx m the 2nd Asian Championships to be held m Tokyo between Sept. 6 and 13 are not bri^hi, after the "sitting on the fence" attitude
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    • 47 6 From the left they are Chan Yee Tsin£ of Macau, Baguio Wong of Hong Kong, and the sensational \oshiko Tanaka of Japan. They all played here last year. Will Singapore's women be able to achieve as much as they have done m table tennis?
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    • 535 6 A record meet for the Chinese schools GERRY ISAAC sums up 'THOUSANDS of cheering voices pierced the air at Jalan Besar Stadium last weekend where the grand three-day 12th. annual inter-Chinese Schools Athletic meet was held. Twenty-one new records were created and two equalled. All events were keenly contested by
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    • 121 6 AT 39 years of a«e, and *ith 19 year* at The Valley t o his credit. Ham Bartratn, red-headed lm«-r national goalkeeper, si lit has an ambition led He want* to keep pUyinf for Charlton Athletic until litta »o that he c*n complete 21 year* In tnHr foal
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    • 86 6 ROTUND Ray Roberts. Penarth Rugby Clubs hooker for all his speed and sleight of frot m the set scrums has a repu r ation with his clubm^tes for his casual slowness. Invariably, he is the lust man to cat.h a bis or a train and las' man
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    • Article, Illustration
      601 7  -  CHARLES BRYCE by ZT7n admire a dare- SSar as i 'p an ovation. But have ge seen one penalSS ff-SSUui Play? t haven't, and it Is h.gh aie our "occer referees *ot around to it. Hnw many times m one m atch do we see this samehurt Sometimes
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    • 520 7 NEWS HOUND ESCAPES WITH SOCCER REPORT qpHEY take their football seriously at Royal Air Force Seletar. I went to !a match there on Thursday evening, and found myself the centre of a "manhunt" to track down the sinister sports reporter. Anyone would have thought that the
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    • 235 7 THIS GOALIE ASKS FOR TROUBLE... minus those players chosen for Combined Services. This match is to serve as a further trial. Combined Services first Malaya Cup fixture this season is on June 27 against Negri at a venue still to be decided. On July 16 they meet Malacca at Jalan
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    • 743 8 A bit of Britain in New York The USA. as a woman sees it by KAY MURRAY NFW YORK. JOHN WANAMAKFirS brilliantly conceived British exposition m its N^w York store, which I visited the other duv. is as British as Pircadiilv Cirrus itself. John Wanamaker, the elder, founded his London
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    • 38 8 Sir Alexander Korda cuts a 400 Ib. birthday cake at a "coming of age" party for 300 guests m the Savoy Theatre, London, to celebrate the 21st an nirersary of his London Films Productions.
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    • 259 8 I see more complication* ahead for the latecomer to a home television party. Besides groping for a seat, he will soon be muttering: "Where are the glasses?" Yes, 3-D TV is on the way! At present it's strictly experimental and has only been shown to the press
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    • Article, Illustration
      553 9  -  NORMAN COTTERRELL CHARLES BRYCE Pictures by Story by o new remedy 'that Sunday r go i" *< ?*35 knots is •thing to dispel J£h aftermath Saturday believe me. try it There's nothing difficult about falling off a pair of water-skis! Of course when you become as proficient as Mr
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    • 19 9 But what does George see over there. Some body's stealing his thunder. It's Mrs. A. Cooper.
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    • 419 10 STRIKE A MATCH IN BRITAIN And nine lights out of ten your money will go t0... CTRIKE a light— and nine times out of ten you are 3 putting money into the pocket of the mammoth Brit I S n at rSort OrP o onO n a the n match
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    • 128 10 ONE of Tito's young army captains Uus become a millionaire overnight. Five million dollars <C 1.785,--000) go to Captain Vaso Antonio and already he has decided 1. To donate 4,000,00(1 dollars (t 1,428,000) to the Yugoslav Treasury. 2. To build a medical clinic m his home village.
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    • 372 10 BRITAIN'S PEOPLE SIMPLY LOVE HER The Queen of Tonga rIE only ruling Queen from out of town invited ready won the favour of to the Coronation has al-royalty-loving Britain. She is shy but stately Queen Salote Tupou of the Tonga Islands, a goldenbrown Polynesian. Queen Salote stole the show at
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    • 253 10 FOR six years a raHway engineer warned his chiefs that a century-old tunnel needed strengthening. Last month part of it collapsed, swallowing two houses and killing five people. The engineer, middle-aged Mr H Bradley, assistant chief works Inspector, told this to the public inquiry into
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    • 78 10 GARAGE OWNER ATTACKED MR. WALTER GLOVER, 47--year-old garage proprietor, of Camden Square, St. Pancras. was attacked and struck on the head at his garage. Thieves who had broken into the garage were waiting for Mr. Glover as he drove up m his car. He was found by his wife v/ho
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    • 223 10 •GIVEHIMTOYS' rKE two naughty boys, both of the kind magistrates send to remand homes: What would you do with them? M* Ernest Holmes. Birmingham's Children's Officer, has two suggestions m his report on the city's first four years' intense study of "juvenile delinquents": Case No. 1. This
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    • NAVY ARMY Free Press Services' Page AIR FORCE
      • 824 11 Tmall bore shoot at nee soon rpEAMS representative of Ithe Services throughout the Colony competed to last Saturday's Small Bore Shoot at Nee Soon but, as the Garrison Commander, Lt.-Col. W. R Baverstock, said before the prize giving It was left to the civilians
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      • 248 11 CIXTEEN prearranged "par" deals. 0 originally played as the 1953 Intercollegiate Bridge Championship, are being presented here. To play there deals m your own game, save the series until complete; then have the hands stacked m duplicate boards (or you may use four properly marked envelopes, each containing
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      • 377 11 WEST HAS JOINED East m Malaya with the arrival last week aboard the troopship Asturias of the Regimental Band of the West Yorkshire Regiment. Their counterparts, the Regimental Band of the East Yorkshire Regiment arrived early m February abroad the troopship Empire Clyde and is fast making
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      • 259 11 Today's Crossword i B&HBhSJm&hH B B^bBBI < I mfcy. jj r^^B I^^b^ 111 ACROSS l, They can be interested OIjwolls;^ they flOH'1 ml in the dTMl in coffee, cotton or tobacco «8> *7. circle! (7) 11. Subsided with a seat I'ouble it for hire purch se (5) 8. in it
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    • 175 12 Haxworth warns of road toll fears 'Exercise control' MR \V. R. M. Haxworth, Singapore Traffic TMet Superintendent, this morning urged parent! to make a special effort to control their children when they are on the roads during the Coronation celebrations Mr. Haxworth said: "With everyone wanting
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    • 79 12 A number of women, serving with the fighting forces m Singapore, have entered for a bathing beauty contest to be held at the Services' Nuffleld Pool m Beach Road on June 5. The contest is being organised by the Women's Voluntary Service m conjunction with the
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      36 12 MR. I HANK LEE, Assistant Controller of Immigration, Singapore, s< tiding instrurtioiis from East Wh*rf. to the Department's launch Elizabeth, which has been fitted with a radiotelephone linking her with the shore. Free Press
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    • The Pressman's Postbag
      • 286 12 THIS is to express the Singapore Attap Dwellers' Association's appreciation of the excellent pictures of the Upper Aljunied Road Settlement, published m your issue of May 21 But I regret to have to point out two inacurracies m the report which was published with the pictures. It was
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      • 100 12 A FEW nights ago, 1 went to see a "war film with a new twist" at the Pavilion Theatre m Orchard Road, Singapore. The main feature was supported by a classical music short. Tchaikovsky's ''Nutcracker Suite." During this item the behaviour of a section of the uuciience
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    • 87 12 HALF a million women m Ilirmingham want a club of their own m the city centre win n- Rule No. 1 will b< Men hu Itui'l- included by invitation ONLY They want a social centre where women can meet women, housewives MM keep up-to-the minute on
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    • 60 12 Alice starts tonight picture. The ISLAND PLAYERS start a five-night run with "Alice m Wonderland" at the Victoria Memorial Hall Singapore, tonight. Here are the March Mare (En.d Riches) and the Duchess (Virginia Johnson) helping the Fish Foo man (Habibah binte Mohamed Salleh aged eight) adjust her costume. ThP Threp
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    • 73 12 MAY I appeal to the management of the Sivan Temple m Orchard Road, Singapore, to have that part of the temple facing Orchard Road, at least cleaned and whitewashed before the Coronation of our Queen and, if they are financially able, to decorate and illuminate the building. I
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    • 144 12 Ghosts spoil gold trade i¥*ETWEEN now and August AJ Singapore's Chinese gold me rchants expect the business to remain dull and inactive Thus is the period ghosts are on their earthly sojourn. But another reason for the slack time m the gold business I is the Chinese belief that it
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    • 55 12 Singapore orchid growers who want to send their orchids to London as Coronation decorations for Westminster Hal should contact the Director of the Botanic Gardens, Mr. M. K. Henderson. Mr Henderson wants at leasi 100 sprays of the best varieties. The flowers will probably leave
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      • 58 12 T^nUfhUSp^ial OPTOHG'XigM Extension m LOO m. Spot Dance Prizes of Cointreau Liqueur Miniature Sets, Martell Brandy. A Lady's Wish "Perfumes kindly presented by Messrs. Optorg Co- (M) Ltd. Celebrate Your Race Winnings the Happy Cabaret where you can be sure o good night's entertainment. IMM or nan., U, 6~V» A
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    • 407 13 Riddle of the Dead Leopard Third of four weekly instalments of "THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO" >EFORE Uncle Bill died 'he told Harry: "I wught and thought nd thought about, what might leave you. Finally, wrote a little something; i riddle. I don't want you a read it until after I
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    • 235 13 THE Snows of Kilimanjaro" is a love story based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway. Gregory Peck plays Harry Street, the hero, »n4 the women m his life are Ava Gardner. Htddcgarde Neff and Susan Hayward. The story moves from Paris, the Riviera and Spain
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    • 538 13  - Bachelors in Demand JENNIFER JOHNS HOLLYWOOD'S ELIGSBLES [ELIGIBLE males m J Hollywood fall sharply (many women wish thi> would happen) into two classes: the genum* bachelor who has never married and has weaknesses m his armour, and the divorced actors who have been bitten once or twice and now go
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      • 44 13 HBi« Jl/an uiAo Umed HEMINGWAY'S WOMEN!... Sifun Hogu.it id Bk J HIS IS J^HHL AS whose life as M r By. J ERNEST HEMINGWAYS GREATEST LOVE STORY -Cow S*\ THE OWO^/S 2c MUIMW^RP SSc-HAYWARD- GARDNER M^Hmf.HMI «^M,IWR»WHC S.-..H.H MStY RMUNSPI SHOWING SOON ODE ON
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    • 267 14 Game catching on m the U.S. ATOP American soccer Official warns tht» leaders of the game Iti America that they must develop home-grown players and stop importation of star foreign players. Iftiltl Miller, chief Of Soccer Associates, a statistical and publicity group, believes that Americans
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    • 113 14 j INDoAY HASSBTT, the captain, and Bill Johnston, left-arm bowler, have both recovered from injuries and are included m the Australian side for the three-day game against the Minor Counties starting at Stoke today. Another player to return is Ray Llndvall. Australian fast bowler. Johnston,
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    • 166 14 ROGER Bannister, a slim, fairhaired medical student, aiid Britain's leading middle distance runner, may get nearer to the coveted 4-min. mile at the British Games today at the White City Stadium. Bannister, who recently clocked the fastest mile ever run by a British athlete
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    • 35 14 Although they took the lead with a goal m the last five minutes 656 Air Observation Post were beaten two-one In a Kuala Lumpur League soccer fixture by 10th Brigade Signals yesterday.
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    • 25 14 No. 18 Infantry Brigade Headquarters scored an easy three-one win over Ist Somerset Light Infantry m Garrison League game In Kualla Lumpur yesterday.
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    • 404 14  -  George Whiting By CPORTSMAN for whom I could feel *>rry: Peter Needham, 29, golfer, handicap two at Sunnlngdale. A goodly part of Mr. Need hams competitive golf has hitherto been enj'/yed m the quiet and pleasant purlieus of Oxford University and lv the chummily cheerful
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    • 392 14  - Spurs will stick to shor passing style ARCHIE QUICK By T^ECREASED playing success will not force Tottenhai Hotspur into an alteration of style. I Says Manager Arthur Rowe, who devised it "We are convinced that our short-passing style is the correct one and that it is the one the public
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    • 158 14 FRENCH referee Schemann has resigned from the International Amateur Boxing; Association after apologising for spitting into the face of British judge James Titmus. Schemann's resignation was accepted by the Association's executive committee which commended Titmus, former British oolice heavyweight boxing champion, for "his self-restraint
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    • 35 14 Government Club Menttkd being revived after a lap« years. The club clowd temporarily when the W^*,, requsitioned by the military m 19 T^e club wflj be housed Home Guard In Station Road. MentakaD.
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      • 42 14 C QUEENIE PAUL £v presents I The Sun- Kissed Cuties *3 In lAn Entire Change of Programme 3 "JHtff A Mlivhlifihts" TONIGHT EXTENSION 1 a.m. p tapitoi Uestaiiran* (RESERVATIONS: PHONE 85)25) 3TAU V f\ FRIfl Ma"»g' r At your service TUNY U-tliiii
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    • 324 15 SPENCER'S 'BIG 3' IMPRESS By ALLAN LEWIS rpRAINER Jack Spencer's "Big j I Three" Entertainment ll' j Cinecolor and Gamber Melayu were outstanding track workers at Bukit Timah this morning on the No. 2 grass track which was fast. EnUrUinment II (Smith) and (inecolor (Ward) did an exceptional trial over
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    • 305 15  - 11 CHOSEN FOR TRAINING PETER DE CRUZ By Spore prepares for Foon? Seong meet ELEVEN players have^ been selected for training to represent Singapore m the forthcoming Foong Seong Cup Tournament. They were chosen at a committee meeting of tha Singapore Badminton Association held at the Badminton Hall. Selangor are
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    • 145 15 ■^EE SOON Garrison and The Rest of the Army drew with a goal each m yesterdays soccer trial at Nee Soon. In a strong Garrison defence Evans. Bettis and Benson were out.standing. Renwick opened accounts for Garrison after half-time with a full blooded drive. The
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    • 112 15 R^ ley defe r ated Ol T the Unit^ 'Britain, y£u5 a Joan <*">" t^HH Pl& The difficulty overcoming her tenacious British opponent. The match uas played under a broiling sun. Helen Fletcher of Britain defeated Mrs. Andree Varin of Franc*. 6-2, 6 -3 m
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    • 169 15 HTHE first Past-War Swimming Carnival organised by ihe V.M.C.A. will be held at the Nuffi?ld swimming pool by kind" co-operation of the Joint Services Committee, en Friday and Saturday. June 19 and 20. Tliis event will be part of the Association's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Individual events
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    • 236 15 Tigers 2; S.R.C TT was no easy game for the Tigers, The never-say-die I Eurasians made them sweat thoroughly for another two points m the SAFA Div. 1 league. The Singapore Recreation Club often had Tigers running the wrong way. Had it not been for
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    • 479 15 TWO men with a load of responsibility on their shoulders these days are Freddie Brown and Norman Yardley. nm J he f two former England cricket skippers are aS pom fn a h dS TeSt sele tor And that means they are going
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    • 29 15 Yugoslavia beat Wales five-two In an international soccer match m Belgrade on Thursday. It was the first game ever played between the two countries- A.P.
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    • 514 16 NATIONAL HOPE m tne is.JU ißace 2> Northern Circuit is the form horse and will probably start favourite, but m this open race should atill pay $21iO or more if he wins. -ltilld.iw will have conditions to his liking and most be hard to beat. hhandi Star was
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