The Singapore Free Press, 30 May 1953

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    10 1 The Singapore Free Press Lanre»t Afternoon Sale in Malaya »JW
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    PADEK'S GHOST TO BE APPEASED
    501 1 Xtirrifiees on S 9 pore racecourse Bv SIT YIN FONT* A MALAY pawantf (medicine man) will perform a semah (spirit appeasing ceremony) at the Bukit Timah Racecourse today— the last day of the Singapore Turf Club Coronation Meeting— to lay a ghost which is believed
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    Woodcote Inn for the Cup
    541 1 Woodcote Inn for the Cup jftHffW. TRAINERS SAY.... By ALLAN LEWIS WOODCOTE INN. recordbreaking sprint and middle-distance champion in Malaya, is tipped by most trainers and jockey a to win the 5=20,000 Coronation Cup over seven; furlongs at Bukit Timah today. His chief rival, it is generally agreed, will be
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    Big three to meet in club
    93 1 THE Governor of Bermuda, Lieut. Gen. Sir Alexander Hood announced yesterday that th e MidOcean Club and the Castle Harbour Hotel in Hamilton would be the main sites for the big three conference to be held in Bermuda next month. He said that Sir
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    Allan Lewis' Cup double
    40 1 gTEADY rain this moroil -oine vnft p f r< i babl y make ti SS&US Bukit Timah ,u Uvm th, c« h Ent «t r toH ran ti Melbury r t mi Hopt. mn ana National
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    2 GANGS CLASH
    64 1 About 40 men from two notorious societies— the "9 1 koon-tong'' and the "Gi-hoe were involved in a bottle and bolt throwing affray in a kampon s ut Bukit Theresa. Singapore, last evening. The dispute was over a woman. Two bystanders were injured bv flying splinters and
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    87 1 SINGAPORE'S new iintaffout spot, the 17th century |M nH I e (I, h:ironi:il-< rested Eliiabethan Grill Ree«i ;lt Kaflles llottl, was opened last night, The (rests in tfcc elertri« <anrfle ehandelicred room were taken irom heraldic emblems ol the time of CJueen Lli/abetb L Picture shows ilrft to ri-ht) MmC
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    Islands offer to send us troops
    107 1 Islands offer to send us troops THIE inhabitants of Britain's tiny Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Western Pacific have offered 2,000 volunteers for service with British forces in Malaya, or Korea. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has sent a message to the inlanders expressing; Britain's
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    ENGAGEMENT
    21 2 THE engagement :> announced fcttween James I). K Howell, L)cpwtnunt of Bdueation, Kuala Lumpur, and Mona B. D.uics, Mi wpocf Pembrokeshire.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    95 2 THE FAMILY of the Lite Mr. John Frederick Cockburn thank all 'kind relatives and friend! wl ten< l inior.il. and ail who kindly lent wreaths, tele and It-tiers of condolence. mrs t.eong lim (nee chow Moh Nool). Ka.rn Hoonij. KhOOfl Chin and Khoon Yoke beu to express their thanks
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    London like theatre before big show
    31 2 THIS IMPRESSIVE Coronation arch at Hiffh Street has an illuminated Crown supported by two illuminated elephants. It is built by the Ceylonese Community of Singapore.
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    EXCITEMENT IS HIGH AS THE DAY NEARS
    760 2 EXCITEMENT IS HIGH AS THE DAY NEARS the maids of honour. A monocle caught the morning light and gleamed like a flashlight. Kilties waved like flame. Thr beauty and chiva/ry of an ancient raer passed in view before the massed thousands. They responded with "OH and AH" s" and an
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    TWO NIGHT TRAINS TO KUALA LUMPUR
    54 2 in addition to the pn :ii^'iit mail train, another at B. lf> p.m. will run from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur from June 1. a "Coronation Special" will run on June 4, leaving Sin^aat 9 am. for Jnhnrc Bahru. it will leave Johorc Bahru at
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    Union Jack barrel -parade boyecotted
    110 2 BECAUSE the Union Jack will not be flown at the official Coronation day military parade Ul Capetown, the City Council has withdrawn its invitation to the Royal Navy to attend The Council decided to boycott the parade after the Defence Department refused to allow the
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      520 2 C LASSIFIKD ADS. a ANNOUNCEMENT HARROWS LTD., 7. Orchard Road can solve your problem for a Cock 1 i! Frock for the Coronation Garden Party. SITUATION WANTFI) NEW ZEAI ANDER, at present In Australia, arriving In Singapore In September. seeks employment with a reputable person or firm. Aged 23, pood
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    Night and Day warning to shopkeepers
    255 3  -  P. M. RAMAN sugar IN PIENTY: MUST BE SOLD Isv 1 jenkms, odd> rationed rice and Sinff a P°[ e hour of the day or night when their S SSsflr -wjr hours m (sugar in the world it was in short supply in the
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    Eight new primary schools for S'pore
    199 3 bINGAPORE will have eight S n ew primary schools next y ea? with accommodation for 3500 children. Mr TP M Lewis, Senior Inspector of Schools, said yesterday that work has begun on three of the schools. Two are at Cantonment Roaa and one at
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    QUEEN ELIZABETH WALK IS OPENED
    50 3 About a hundred people including the Commissioner-Gen-eral. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. and members of the. Consular Corps were at the Esplanade this morning to see Mrs. T.P.F. McNeice, wife of the City President, pull a red and blue tape to open Queen Elizabeth Walk and Gardens.
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    TUNISIANS HELD
    29 3 French police yesterday arrested ten leaders of the pronationalist Destour group in a raid at Menzel Temin in the Cap Bon area some 40 miles from Tunis.
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    SPEED THAT CHAIR
    206 3 —urge Indian leaders J N j)IA\ leaders and educationists yesterday urßed that the Iniversity of Malaya should set up the proposed department of Indian studies as soon as possible. shoiiH lhe department r ld not merely teach a tS h m h^ the 2.000-year «cuon between Malaya,
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    The Coronation night look
    38 3 picture. LAST NIGHT the United engineers building in River Valley Road became a building of lights. Thousands of bulbs lit up together as the firm tested its night decorations for the Coronation.- Free Press
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    THREE MILLION BULBS WILL LIGHT THE CITY
    134 3 SINGAPORE electrical firms yesterday estimated that more than three million bulbs, besides thousands of flourescent tubes, will be used to li°ht up the Colony during Coronation Week. The bulbs will adorn buildings, arches, procession floats and the 500-foot sea dragon tion celebrations would
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    NO DEBATE AFTER ALL
    84 3 Free Press Staff Reporter Representatives of Malay students from the University of Malaya and the Singapore Malay Teachers Union, meeting at the premises of the union at Telok Kurau yesterday, decided not to hold the debate proposed by the students on Malay education. Both parties agreed
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    LECTURE TOUR
    28 3 Miss Anna Lord Strauss, New York civic and welfare leader, will leave on June 3 for a three-month lecture tour in five Asian countries, including Malaya.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 30, 1953 Opinion DRINKS FOR ALL
    366 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, May 30, 1953 Opinion DRINKS FOR ALL AMID all the criticism of the Singapore Government in which we hav? taken our part it is proper to acknowledge the solid progress bein'; made in providing essential amenities. The Pa.sir Panjang power station Is going ahead w.t
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    THE SHERPAS
    972 4  -  RALPH IZZARD Lung-power Slronfrlli Courage says They form the backbone of Everest attempts KHATMANDU. > T story ol an Everest 1 attempt would be complete loul a tribu the gallant S lerpa porters who do the donkey work oi carrying camping gear and food lor the climbers to
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    BUSES WILL RUN ON NEW ROUTES
    384 5 BUSES WILL RUN ON NEW ROUTES r.Day sets Transport pro mem Free Press Staff Reporter CORONATION Week will bring the biggest headache to Singapore bus companies which expect to handle ten times more passengers than during the City Day celebrations. All buses will be diverted from the heart of' the
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    Postal Nos. on dises
    86 5 Postal Nos. on dises The Singapore City Council is to put up 500 discs, bearing the postal numbers of districts, under the name plates of roads rn the city area. The scheme is to make Singapore public more conscious of postal district numbers. An official of the City Engineer's Department
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    Washing instead of flags will fly in Chinatown
    171 5 Washing instead of flags will fly in Chinatown TO washing must be done, Coronation or no, said Mr^Lim Ewe Lenff, 65-year-old stallholder in Chinatown. 'And if we do hang the clothes out to dry from "our windows instead of flags we mean no disloyalty to the Queen. Where else can
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    3,500 little guests at Govt. House
    102 5 A 51i5" Staff Reporter A highlight at this afternoon's mt L d n en%s part y at Government House will be a Dunoet fnd v^r dellg ht the 3 500 toguS iho wiX Ular School childr en C U U an i rn ke^
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    RAISING FUNDS
    27 5 The Singapore Malay Women \s Welfare Association is organising a cinema show at the City theatre in Geylang in aid of their Coronation celebrations programme.
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    Steaks for all, he promises
    104 5 Steaks for all, he promises One of the largest crowds in Italy's election campaign turned out on Thursday night in Rome's Piazza Del Popolo to cheer a candidate who promises a steak on every plate every day. Some spectators, apparently believing they would be served steaks on the spot, shouted:
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      170 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davi //fj\ -A VAST KfTCMN M7n W£ I DAIRY BARNS, WHEAT FIELDS SUCM I HOlO ON.' I'VE MAO *—> I QHE Wll L /ni SlLiNTCOOHS B*w i ACTIVITY- AND EVERYWHERE.THESE ENOUGH OF THJS/ WMEAU SEE YOlJIV TH[ f-AlACl Of THUUN6LF WITCH t
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      282 6 YOUR LUCK? STa jour lif«. 0 J rk lu.^' you win tnjo,'^*' may hav. Ji*. 1 1 former, loo. if "'."'l youth. tnia Von have a rea aboratory wf (h hap^2 In fact, yon are quit" V 2 of your own fate. The ,iS Riven you many talent, l?j. utmost
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    Tornado hits a U.S. town
    72 7 WACO, a city of 84,000 in Texas, was hit recently by a furious tornado. The toritado ripped through the centre of the town killing ten people and injuring at least 200. Picture shows a six-storey furniture store which collapsed "like and accordion" during the twister.
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    BRITISH McCARTHY ASHAMED OF NAME
    193 7 m telegrams— one to the Prime Minister, the other to US Ambassador Winthrop Aldrich— were sen: from Prestatyn. They were signed by Mr. Len White, general secretary, for his Civil Service Clelical As- Their purport was that tho association, in conference at Prestatyn, was upset,
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    C-day men learn not to faint
    127 7 C-day men learn not to faint MORE than 4,500 British airmen are training for one of the R.A.F.'s toughest postwar assignments. They are the men from stations all over Britain who will line the R.A.F. section of the Coronation route in Oxford Street and Regent Street They will be worked
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    MEN ARE 'STODGY'
    40 7 T^« men who built up the eeome a little to M»J st ><*-in-the-mud,' >n hion d sh» nlOn leaders at tottwu'driv L Was urgin S a •ome d n nV o^ e r r s ganise 5.000,-
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    M. FRANCE ACCEPTS
    38 7 B£Sa" e des pra nce, forbounced Vp J pH ance Mi "ister, d to try t e J day he h ad deS nt to end LI rm a OovernNtic al crisis nCes week 0^
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    POLICE QUESTION POLICE
    45 7 Police answering two 999 calls from people living in muchraided Chessington Avenue Finchley, raced there to question two men seen to be acting suspiciously and studying houses and front gardens." They found —two plain clothes men keeping an eye open for burglars.
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    Britain gets a U.S. contract
    58 7 4 BRITISH firm has been awarded an U*****,600 contract for manufacturing six transformer units for the McNary Dam Powerhouse on the Columbia River. Col. F. S. Tandy, the army's district engineer, announced the award to Ferranti Electric Co.. for manufacture at Hollingwood. Lancaster. England. It
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    RICE ON HIS HEAD
    27 7 South Korean police have put a price of. 100,000 lb. of rice on I the head of guerilla leader Lee I Hyon Sang.
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    Boy falls 200 ft. over cliff
    59 7 MITCHELL, a ed I Kirk, aged six, and his sister wa.s on a Brassy bank near his home in Old Dover Road. 'i'.H're was a scream and he disappeared. Jeremy toppled down a steep slope, dropped another 50ft.. then slid until he was CftUghi
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    Director denies bedroom scene
    359 7 CHAMBERMAID: HE CARRIED ME FROM BATHROOM A PRETTY chambermaid said at West London Court that a 29-year-old company director kissed her hands and neck before carrying her from a bathroom into the bedroom of his private suite at a Kensington hotel. The maid, Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham,
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    HER HUSBAND FOUND LOVE LETTERS
    102 7 AHU SB AN D packing clothes to take to his wife in hospital found a bundle of love letters written by her doctor, the disciplinary committee of the British General Medicai Council toas told. The doctor, Dr. Charles Kingsley Colwill, was ordered to be struct
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    THE WORST KILLER
    37 7 More children under 15 die in Britain from accidents in the home than from any single disease. And home accidents have annually killed 1.000 more people than road accidents for the last ten years.
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    Preview of the 'Aqua Show'
    365 8 lor Britannia Club at Coronation CERVICE men. and women in Singapore are due for a treat on June 5, when Johnnie Johnson wi I stage His special "aqua show" as part of the Britannia Club's Coronation festivities. They can expect an eye- full of curves
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    DARING DAMSELS, HIGH DIVES
    73 9 LEFT: A charming pose by a charming girl, Cay Randell. ABOVE: Bernice Lancaster and Skip Wolters do the javelin Dive. Skip pushes Bernice off his back for her dive and at the same I time diving himself. BELOW: Jackey Carey tests the temperature of the water
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    WOMAN SAYS: DOCTOR LED ME INTO FOREST AND...
    590 10 Judge disbelieves story MRS. JOAN EDITHA WELLCOAT went into the Divorce Court and told the commissioner that a doctor driving her to Brighton stopped the car at Handcross, went around to her door, took her by the wrist and led or pulled
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    3 boys have fun on ledge 60 feet up
    118 10 3 boys have fun on ledge 60 feet up photo. JNTO Smithfleld Market, Lon. don, at night roared t t escape, 12 firemen, an amb^ ance, and a squad car with. four policemen. They were there to rescue th* boys-aged between fiveiS seven—seen standing on a four-inch wide warehou* parapet
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    Bridge Hand
    170 11 Stage your own "Bridge Olympic." Bixteen prearranged "par" deals, wiginally played as the 1953 Intercollegiate Bridge Championship, are bein* presented here. To play these deals in your own game, save the series until complete; then have tne hands stacked in duplicate boards tor use four properly marked envelopes,
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    New York Sees a 'Miracle'
    496 11  -  KAY MURRAY BY THE USA AS A NE W YORK. ./vrttERS DAY, which M° T Srs American tlme tcally known as Sg£2» <* 34th St u^v's corner of »M Allthe Mothers in g£» .-as sr G S"S who hasn't been «SnTto Macy>s for/ears--12 n-it sood
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    IN U.K. FOR CORONATION
    34 11 photo. hoi hit Corporal Harchand Singh, of the M.A.A.F. (right) and Lt. Zanal Hitkam, of the Malaya Regiment on arrival at Southampton aboard the Empire Trooper for the Coronation.— U.P.
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      282 11 Today's Crossword III- BB I I I I I 1 i vi T I I E^^H ACROSS.— 2, Intangible thing (5). 7. "Icy gale thrall" (anag.» paa«ed among friends (4. 2, 3). 8. A (13). 9, Voice over it, maybe? <3) pose or poise? (5). 10, To malign, act ]5,
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    'LIZ' IS IN LOVE
    359 13 'LIZ' IS IN LOVE 71 HOLLYWOOD* HAPPIEST COUPLE Sheilah Graham writes on the marriage- few thought would succeed. HOLLYWOOD, canniest marriage Hollywood is tnt in nPODIe who think onP Sw ?tall didn't ex^ e fnTast longer than a. P ePtt n?hs--I mean the f%' m0 thS Wildes- -you fl Jr
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    The Answer to the Riddle
    534 13 The Answer to the Riddle The last instalment of The Snows of Kilimanjaro" *pHE pain in Harry's leg was well nigh unbearable. Helen gently wiped the perspiration from his forehead. He seemed to be only semi-conscious. "I'v e found the answer to the riddle," he whispered, "about the leopard who
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    ODEON'S FIRST FILM
    141 13 "THE Snows of Kilimanjaro" is a love stcry based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway. Gregory Peck plays Harry Street, the hero, and the women in his fffe are Ava Cardner. Hiddegarde Neff and Susan Hayward. The story moves from Paris, the Riviera and Spain to
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    U.S. 'Drive-ins' are popular
    145 13 rERE are 5,000 "drive-ins" or open-air cinemas in the U.S. Special "lanes" in front of each 1-deep line of cars, make for easy get-aways and the screen is hitched high so that the car in front can never spoil the view. In the beginning they were
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    2 batsmen punish the Aussies
    290 14 2 batsmen punish the Aussies Lanes draw match v. tourists r ANCASHIKE and the Australian tourists drew ai Manchester yesterday. At close of play on the final day the county had made 232 for nine in reply to the Australians' first innings total of 298. Rain delayed the start yesterday.
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    LINDWALL NO-BALLED
    242 14 LINDWALL NO -BALLED I>\I)I)V or i all, the umpire who no-balled (uan McCarthy of South Africa for throwing at Worcester last season, was concerned in another no-ball incident at Old Trafford on Thursday. This arose over the controversial I.mduall drag which has worried many umpires in the past. Twenty minutes
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    SCOREBOARD
    111 14 AUSTRALIANS— IST INNS iMW LANCASHIRE— IST. INNS Wafihbrook c Johnston b Miele r 22 P!ac e b LindwaJ( 0 Edntli (G» run out 23 Grieves o Langey b Ring 5 Howard not out 78 Wharton c IMDtf b LindwaU &7 Marnc r c Archer b Johnston 4 Hitlton (J)
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    REME BEAT S.C.C. 2—l
    95 14 SUPERIOR combination, helped REME score a convincing two one victory over S.C.C. in yesterday's Singapore Amateur F.A. Div. 1 league tie at Jalan Besar Stadium. Most prominent for REME were Leahey at centre and Moriarty at fullback. Goalkeeper Beacham did his full share. For SCC MatHot
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    Rangers rally
    43 14 A FTER a dull first half start and tailing one-nil during the intermission, Tiong Bahru Rangers stayed a brilliant rally to beat Rocklites Sports Club four-one in their Singapore Amateur Football Association Division 2 league match X Geylang Stadium on Thursday.
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    T.B.A. TABLE-TENNIS
    38 14 Tamil Brotherhood Association will meet Johore Post and Telecoms and Johore English College at table tennis tomorrow at Johore* Bahru. Players must meet at Mr. S. R. S. Naidu's residence. 430-A Serangoon Rd at 9 a.m.
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    MANCHESTER CUP
    33 14 Mr. J. R. Folletfs TinUnnabulum won the Manchester Cup run over 12 furlongs yesterday. Mr. J. H. Griffin's Galatian was second and Mr. Phil Bull's Anamnestes was third. Eight ran.- Reuter
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    End of STTA's 5-month search
    259 14 End of STTA's 5 -month search By TOP-SPIN Singapore Table Tennis Association has at last found a man to replace Mr. Aw Cheng Chye as president after a five-month search. He is Mr. Tan Choon Seng. Mr. Tan was elected president by a majority of one vote at the first
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    H.K. PLAYER IN TENNIS FINAL
    67 14 E. Tsai, of Hong Kong beat H. P. Walton, the former British Davis Cup player. 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-final of the men's singles at the priory Birmingham lawn tennis tournament yesterday. Tsal now meets M. P. Mohtadi, of Persia, in the final. The Hornr
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    ENGLAND WIN
    20 14 England beat Wales by seven bouts to three in an amateur international boxing match In Cardiff lastnlght. Reuter
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    Stephen House champions
    83 14 Hou.se won the house championship for the fourth year in with 227 points at St. Patrick's School's 15th annual athletic sports at the school ground yesterday. Runner-up was Henry House with 202 poinU. Individual honours for "A" division went to P. Ganasan, of Director House, with 19
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    SHACKLETONROUTS THE M.C.C.
    200 15 SHACKLETON ROUTS THE M.C.C. Hants win by 7 wkts. HAMPSHIRE held their lead at the top of the county championship table yesterday with 40 points from six matches. Middlesex are in second place with 38 points from five games. Neither were engaged in a county championship match but Gloucestershire, who
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    Little Mo meets Hart for title
    59 15 MAUREEN Connolly gained the finals of the women's singles and the women's doubles in the French international tennis championships yesterdav in Paris. Miss Connolly and Julie Sampson defeated the Italian combination of Sylvanie Lazzarino and Nicole Migliroi, 6-1, 6-2. in the women's double* semi-final.
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    266 15 At Ur*: Hampshire beat M.C.C. by seven wicket; M.C.C. 166 for nine declared and 147 (Shackleton rightarm fast medium seven for 32); Hampshire 210 for ni/ie declared and 105 lor three. At Tannton: Surrey beat Someset by 32 runs. Surrey 300 and 172 for ei?ht declared. Somerset
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    Kenyon strikes Test XI form
    249 15 -BUT TRUEMAN DISAPPOINTS THE fast bowling of Fred Trueman (Yorkshire) and x another excellent batting performance by Don Kenyon (Worcestershire) provided the main talking points on the last day's play of the England Test trial which ended at Birmingham in a draw By conceding 31
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    Hutton is chosen to lead the Test team
    123 15 Hutton is chosen to lead the Test team JEN HUT VON, the York- shire professional, was yesterday appointed Captain of the England cricket team to meet Australia in the first Test of the series at Nottingham, startina On June U. Hutton first led England in the series against India last
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    ITS STILL WOODCOTE INN
    1113 16  -  'Gambar' good for G-Cup By ALLAN LEWIS THK CORONATION and Governor's Cup discussions this morning, left the minor races practically neglected. Woodcote Inn, Cinecolor, Lillibullero and Entertainment were cne most discussed for the Coronation Cup, but there were also those super-optimists, who are always on the
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine
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      Masthead
      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine Saturday. May 30, 1953.
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      The Oriental Cat
      852 1 ff and tall coconut palms. Spacious houses bum f h S ng sea th t e h e S islands beyond. Charles Hendrik drove through ornate iron gates, up a drive edged with spider lilies. past ugly vanda orchids standfot sentinel. He left the car in the
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      Coronation Poem
      190 1  -  Mavis Moir by Atfed 17 WHERE IS a green and pleasant isle far off across the sea. Wherein duel's Fath and Hope (Did Love, it's home to Majoty. A sorruning nation mourned a King jiUi manu montlis ago. Death paid a C*fl Upon the House and fi'.U'd the
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      A Free Press short story
      180 1  -  JEAN ALINGTON by A tall Chinese boy. stripped to scarlet. swimming trunks, his brown torso gleaming witn oil and wearing a black mask, held a revolver, as he padded lithely. barefooted, round the table. The guests remained immobile, there was no sound but hU .sibilant
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    • SATURDAY MAGAZINE
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        A Great Week is Ahead of You
        628 2 I 1 f f X it' VEXT WEEK will be Coronation Week and all you boys and girls m Singapore will be busy with celebrations, parties, fun fairs, and film shows. A big programme has been prepared for your enjoyment and it starts
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        Animal stamps
        97 2 ANEW SET of stamps just issued by Canada takes you into adventure land. You go north to the Arctic for a polar bear; to the forest belt for moose; and west to the high Rockies for a wild mountain sheep. Canada is rich in wild life, but she
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        POOR OLD JUMBO JUST CAN NOT TAKE IT
        368 2  - POOR OLD JUMBO JUST CAN NOT TAKE IT Uncle Eric by A UNTIE WENDY has told me that several of you have asked for stories about tigers and elephants. Well, for a start I will tell you something I didn't know about elephants, until I had a talk with a
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        182 2 Junior Contest Mere are some fyy w i i flowers for you K t\P\^M \l\ i*^ J\ n to colour, boys I A Jl^s^ »nd girls, and l\\ V \IIV v X jfp Y you can use I\\ 1 vA>>^?p' c paints, crayons II y^^f^" I or chalks for I
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      Adventure in Space
      742 3 Adventure in Space AND GIRLS. BEGIN THIS EXCITING NEW SERIAL TODAY. Q the island •■T HE ina It's got a gorbeach snouted Ah 1 rinne d The in^%^ V is where So -iqnd I have a race l small Ime last time, but a rowing boat to t an ff
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      JUNIOR CROSSWORD
      285 3 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUII ACROSS. 5. Des Moines Ls the capital of this American state. 7, European river flowing into the Baltic. Canton is in this land. 11, Sooner than. 12. Weep or lament. 14. Famous Belgian watering place. 16. Small species of deer. 17. Character in the "Old Curiosity Shop."
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        436 3 Penny antl the Last Magician 3 Slowly the flood water rises And all over the town the Nobody in the town is In the low-lying town. The housewives are having the naoov-exceDt the ducks who citnens of the town demand furniture taken upstairs and are naPDV €XceDt tne^ oucrs. wno
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      Phenomenal Films
      603 4  - Phenomenal Films lan Grant By PHENOMENA, natural and supernatural, arc the features of two films previewed this week. "Fair Wind to Java" (coming to the New Alhambra) ends with tbe blowing up of the volcanic island of Krakatau and a tidal wave; "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima" (Capitol)
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      MAU MAU FILM
      31 4 JOHN WAYNE may do a xm mov le based on the Mau Mau uprLsmp -he'll play a Wr- game hunter whole wife is murdered by the Mau Maus
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      3-D IS NOT FOR HIM
      60 4 DRODUCER Nunn.iffy Johnson was asked tor hi, views about Hirce- dimensional films and said: "I haven't made up my mind >bout sound." WiJitm Powell, the T4iin Man, decided he would retire from pictures after 32 years. Said he: "I have lived through sound, colour, and
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      The Day I Came to Hollywood
      694 4  - The Day I Came to Hollywood DAVID LEWIN By rpHE DAY I CAME TO HOLLYWOOD Michael Wilding and I gaye Elizabeth Taylor a glass of champagne and took her to hospital. She is the second casualty on the* film "Elephant Walk.' The first was Vivien Leigh. She had a nervous
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      'PETER PAN' SHOULD BE NEXT
      309 5 'PETER PAN' SHOULD BE NEXT .Singapore is £ull o£ talent/ says 'Alice in Wonderland* producer IfR Donald Davies. proMducer of "Alice in Wonderland", would like to see Singapore produce its own "Peter Pan." Parted work on 'Alice in wSnderiand: I w« amazed at the number of people of aK ages
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      A 'Naughty' Arts play
      171 5 THE Arts Theatre this week gave two performances of what one theatregoer described as "the naughtiest play ever presented in Singapore." A full house at the British Council Hall on Tuesday appreciated every line pointedly delivered of John Dryden's "Marriage a la Mode" which treats the
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      Mitzi's 'Yes-No' Romance
      220 5 Mitzi's 'Yes-No' Romance 4 s mad and merry a s the Mibi C a acters she plavs. P^ynor is puzzling he Hollywood colonv with the abrupt- about face in HUT!* m Since 6 her car l eer h nntn On T Centrate on Then iTJ am twe nty-one. fijpfe «U
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      'I like', said Bill (aged 3)
      211 5 I PJ/Z-Z* <ct<jed 3> and Canjs (a cied 4) had decided views about Alice in Wonderland. Here are some THE DUCHESS BEAT- < ING THE BABY: BUI 1 highly approved. Carys had only one criticism. The baby. sh e pointed out, (in a tone
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      'NOISY' DIVORCES?
      181 5 CELDOM in such a brief period have there been as now so many Hollywood marital rifts that, seem destined for the divorce courts. JANE WITHERS, ehild-M.tr rival of Shirley Temple back in 1935, tearfully admits she is suing Bill Moss, wealthy husband and father of her threr children,
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        202 5 CAPITOL TODAY 11. 1.41 4. 6 30. 9.30 RANDOLPH jmg&JL |SCOTjMp Itmiifhl ifnitf gary cooper SnUNCHOD jIBEr^J REX LAST DAY 11 1.45 4. 630 9.30 >mim\{ Pork WIJDSOM V>d -•h IVNN BARI WILLIAM lEYNOLDS PAVILION From TODAY 1 45. 4, 6.30, 9.30 ALASTAIR SIM IN "FOLLY TO BE WISE" >^^>
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      RAFFLES HOTEL OPENS THE NEW Elizabethan Evill
      351 6 RAFFLES HOTEL OPENS THE NEW Elizabethan Evill "FJESIGNED for the Discriminating"—T h i s motto is true, indeed, of the fare, the decor and the exclusive comfort of the new Elizabethan Grill which opens to the public in the Raffles Hotel today. Arrangements have been made to import delicacies direct
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      Mavis goes to a football match
      809 8  -  MAVIS MOIR By Are you a man Are you a soccer (an? IC so, turn the page quickly. Your favourite game is here depicted through the eyes 06 a woman f WENT to a football match the other day. "Well 1 that's no crime,"
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      Kid Walkey has a bright future
      520 8  -  ROGER YUE By BOXING fans, remember Kid Walkey— the lad whom ring experts picKed a lew years ago as the most promising Chinese boxer since the days of Battling Key? As some of you probably may know, Walkey has quit the ring. Today, he
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      Sports beat
      811 8  -  CHARLES lIHIXE fey '•VOT giving anything away, is he?" said a nearby spectator as I watched the annual Europeans versus the Rest cricket classic. "Course not," said his friend, "he's a Scotsman.' Batsman in question was H. F. Sheppard who went on to total 105 before being caught
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