The Singapore Free Press, 8 June 1953

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press
  • 21 1 The Singapore Free Press (,ar?e«t Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. l«» S j :i; Men.. June, 8, 1933, Price 15 Cts.
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  • 389 1 U.S. ACCEPTS RED TRUCE PLAN §i§9*fj m€in Hhw tleiieu wor&ci as: PRESIDENT EISENHOWER announced yesterday that the tt Co J m lnist P |an for a Korean truce is acceptable to the United States and ur^ ec j South Korea to join the United Nation* m bringing the war to
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  • 19 1 Sill GORDON IN HiS HOUR OF VICTORY picture. <;<>rdon Richards. 25 times »PU>n jockey of Britain, united Press radio
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  • 157 1 ERSKINE: 'MAU WILL FEAR ME' pENERAL Sir George Erskine, the new CommanderJ in-Chief, Kast Africa, arrive?! m Nairobi yesterday by air from Khartoum and declared he intended to get on with the job of smashing Mag Man terrorism as quickly as possible. Gen. Erskine, 54, who was welcomed by the
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  • 40 1 a Chinese taxi-driver was by a Chinese er wno threw i leather i) n und his neck .shortly aftei hi m a lonely spot mgl Road. An Ilif- dl robber ,i. ■<■ A him ot $17
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  • 47 1 Fire (i. the engine <>f i I owned passenger launch this morning a.s it wh I AIU fi from a petrol kio.sk at Clifford Pier, Singapore. A v seaman, Mahmud. was slightly burnt, and sent to hospital Singapore Fire Brigade put out the tire.
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  • 88 1 Bidault will seek vote on Wednesday ™"ftem? f R ES BIDAULT France s me n r d f ss enate of Assembly nW!? c Nati ™*l C( *flrm him m dnesda y to He said tu n office--M hel lf risls and added < OS* to dial a S for
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  • 28 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an until! note with June first grade at G7'^ cents a lb., 7 8 cent above Fridays close.
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  • 58 1 P.O.W. exchange plan ready ALLIED and Communist staff officers announced after a 31-minute meeting at Panmunjom today that they had completed work on the exchange of prisoners of war assigned them. The exact nature of the work done by the officers was not disclosed by the U.N. Command spokesman who
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  • 139 1 Till QUEEN worshipped yes- terday m the Royal Chapel m the grounds of Windsor Castle where she is resting with her family after Coronation week. She was accompanied by her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen and other members of the Royal Family arrived
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    • 27 1 w I 1L..1....:::A ■2? dt*&^^ S cua«Mro Ji ill •3&& mm r ■■^f/ y GILBEY'S SPEY -ROYAL SCOTCH WHISKY London Dry Gin Sole AgenU GUTHRIE &Co Ltd
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  • 352 2 Concern over Egypt BRITISH Commonwealth Prime Ministers are 13 likely to make a public declaration this week backing Sir Winston Churchill's call for early East-West talks, usually reliable sources m London Sal The* nhie Commonwealth statesmen m a closed door conference
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    26 2 picture To the clash of gongs and cymbals, the dragon coiled and writhed about on the Pailang. Singapore, on Saturday night. Free Press
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  • 178 2 TALKS MAY END VIETMINH WAR VIETNAM PREMIER, Mr. Nguyan Van Tan, said m Saigon last night that the Indo-China war might be ended after negotiations with Moscow and Peking after the Bermuda conference. Mr. Van Tan said: "I must simply ask that Vietnam's fate be not tied with solutions of
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  • 152 2 THE United States Government moved yesterday to hamper trade of foreign ships with Communist China by denvine them the use of American fuel for such trips. Mr. Samuel Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce .said a new export control regulation effective from July 6
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  • 113 2 Britains "Mad Major," 61- 1 year-old Christopher Draper, who flew a plane under 15 1 Thames bridges last month has had his private pilot's licence i suspended. He was also told that a re- i prt*entative of the Thames police wanted to see him at
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  • 35 2 American Sabre jet fighters yesterday destroyed three MIGs. probably destroyed another and damaged two as they flew protective cover for fight-er-bomber Sabres that bombed a hydro-electric generator at the Su:ho dam.
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  • 137 2 Egypt police arrest Britons WILLIAM and Edward Lendrum, British civilians, taking a radio receiver to Cairo to sell were arrested by Egytian police and accused of pos- sessing a radio transmitter. Police arrested them at Ismailia station on Saturday while they were waiting to board the Cairo train. The brothers
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  • 181 2 Sweet root kept dragon prancing IT was yongsam roots *nu A come, from trees aL? China, Japan and Ko«?V kept the dragon and t he 2? prancing writhing and Sfht mgapOre on SaturSv These roots are sold m Chfc esc medicine .shops at ofo ranging from $7 to $10 a
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  • 63 2 American diplomatic penornel will have to do more travelling by ship, much of II cabin class accommodate under new travel regulate the State Department will jninto effect next week. Discarding a rule makings travel the standard on t foreign assignments, the partment says it is cheaper send
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    • 105 2 Definitely LAST WEEK of our grand CORONATION J^^^^^0 mT m^k NO MORE EXTENSION 1 1i i c %Siik§H lfiiiir' happy crowd to-day r i flft I never forget. See #/ie bargains here Men's Wh.te Handkerchieves Plain Georgette 44" NOW $4.00 a doz NOW $0.90 peM^ Men's Striped Shirts KM T
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  • 121 3 rpH!'] Governor of Singapore, Sir John F. Nicoll, was host to 1,H% at thf largest post- war garden party In the grounds of G«Termnent House on Saturday. (See picture above). The police band m their smart white uniforms entertained the guests while tea
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  • 205 3 S.I.T. rent rebels to pay up Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE Council of Joint Action 1 representing post-war Sin- aoor p improvement Trust tenanb' yesterday advised members, who are holding back rents, to pay up under protest. The Council will meanwhile reoraanise into a stronger body called the "Confederation of
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  • 210 3  - THE DRAGON HAS HER VENGEANCE G. T. BOON By r«HIS WEEK the management of a Singapore hotel will give a free dinner party to 250 guests who attended the launching ceremony of Gertrude, the Coronation sea dragon, on June 1. The guests did not have cocklails that night because the
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  • 54 3 MANY guests at the Teachers Training College dance m Monks Hill School Hall, Singapore, on Saturday night left soon after they arrived. A band which was supposed to play did not turn up. Instead there toas a substitute band. "And the organisers are suppose^ to be
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  • 148 3 ap Free Press Staff Reporter ||rhRATORS of private electric generators m villages around Singapore, who cashed m during the blackM» days may soon be out of business because the City Planning to sell electricity to the rural areas. The new Pasir Panjang power station and
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    8 3 Picture. S»«?s2*" GUN of 85? Ms-JRkJS Free Press
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  • 30 3 The driver was killed and 32 passengers suffered injuries on Saturday when a highway bu:s fell 50 feet into a roadside ravine m Taipeh.
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  • 45 3 THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, won the Dragon Class race with their yacht Bluebottle m the Royal London Yacht Club's regatta at Cowes, Isle of Wight yesterday. The royal yacht completed the course m three hours 23 minutes 20 seconds.
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  • 32 3 The Weather Bureau warned Shipping between Formosa and Japan to keep clear of the path of a typhoon moving northeastward across the sea after having bypassed Formosa on the east.
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  • 22 3 The Indian Government will include 48 more districts—consisting of 4,800 villages— in the National Community Development Programme next year.
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  • 145 3 Free Press Staff Reporter I WENT bare-foot into the Chettiar Hindu Temple m Tnnk Road, Singapore on Saturday and saw one of the biggest free feeds ever given to Singapore* poor. It was arranged by the chettiars of Singapore to mark the last day of Lhe Coronation
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    • 66 3 I I THE NAME THAT EVERY I I 'SMOKER" KNOWS!! 8 I I I dun hi BRUYERE, ROOT BRIAR, and shell BRIAR pees $24.00 to $34.50 DUNHILL LIGHTENS Pipe Lighter Silver Plated Eng.ne Turned PRICE S J0.50 each STANDARD CIGARETTE LIGHTER Silver Plated Eng.ne Turned PRICE each DUNHILL ALTOGETHER POUCH
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  • 459 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, June 8, 1953 Opinion KENT DISPUTES THE Rent Conciliation Board's annual report for 1952, which has just been published, adds a new cnapter to the dismal story of court congestion m Singapore. There was a neavy increase m work compared to tne previous year. This
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  • 1294 4 BERNARD WICKSTEED, famous "its fun finding out" journalist, was at the Cocon.-.non He was high m the roof of the Abbey and saw very litHe of the ceremony. His story below is nevertheless more c^crtaining than most of the many awe-struck eye-witness ac- COMEONE
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    • 40 4 Gifts Be sure the {*iH> you (ii> c e(I (I i ii it. Birthday or innh er- -ary, i> worthy of the occasion. I c offer you a selection al inosl reasonable price S. P. H.deSILVA SINGAPORE, (PGK, K. LUMPUrI
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    • 77 4 W^^^Fnr craftsmanship l ;l^^^s\J \V H.B. WINTER AND CO LTD. Jj\ VvS^^lft-E. BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE J^XjJjfII ■■Kt?F! HO wiii;.\ m m.\«ai'« iie THE EM3ASSY HOTEL (OPPOSITE KATONr. ?*MM N){fH i DANCM NIGHTLY: 8.30 PM t. >• PSATIRDAY TEA DANCE: 430 P M W% lLfs SINDAY ONCERT MUSIC: 12 NOON MODERATE
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  • 98 5 AN INDIAN DEITY TOURS CITY .40,000 brightly A silver chariot, drawn 1 holy bullocks, carbyr t he Hindu deity Sri flt t n^niam through the ffTsWapore Saturday night. L c as Part of their Coronate celebrations. j„„ tv,c silver chariot g v ssc- 2s A number of "helpers" Joined h^dJ
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  • 42 5 pictures. TOP LEFT- The Hindu deity, Sri Subramaiiiam, on a brightly lit silver chariot. TOP RIGHT: Two Chinese girls praying as the chariot passes. ABOVE: Efligies of legendary Hrnda figures doing a dance m Oxley Road Free Press
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  • 129 5 SATURDAY was a great day for the Malays. Wearing their Sunday best, they came from every kampong m Singapore, and even from across the Causeway, to watch the Malay Coronation procesI sion. There were thousands of people of other nationalities too. VendON selling
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    37 5 k* to»e# th nf°. U|> colour '«l ly dressed Malay women wait%i&t> ABOVP a y Coronati on procession on Saturday eontriiv l yP ical Mala kampong home on a Boat "ntributeti by the people of Geylunr Serai.
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  • 39 5 Cap! John c Townl.-y. who commanded the liner Q»«;^ Elizabeth on her line maiden voyate across the submarine^ Infested Atlantic m 1940. died j n Hasting on Fridi-v ni«ht He would have been 73 next week.
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  • 24 5 Wallace W. Hafwood, president of the Diamond Manufacturers Importers Association of America, predicts 1953 will be another good year for diamonds.
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    • 43 6 We buy and sell Ug ASSORTMENT OF STAB PARTS lor G.m. Chevrolet -J«P T "7! -Austin Bedford ex W.U.-Spare J** tanks. Apply C.R.A.F.E.. Corso Nova" <>■> NAPOLI (Italy) Olivetti TYPEWRIT^ For /r« apply to the BORNEO SUMATRA TWI" CO.-fHI 1 1 Telephone 3551 1.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 242 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis PPEET fawwutt^wju^^] fg^av^lffif^l |Ks!?^To°i(K w ;/j F ffJ INSIST THAT I EAT- -AND THEN YOU TODINE WITH ME. J( A/0 THING? ft YOU ARE THE &3'\> MY NAME IS BE TTA. SNATCM THE FOOD FROM ME? J |COME_ALON6^y fu^^^. TARZAN by
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    • 334 6 YOUR 1 STAR ahead of your time T^W be some who warm te Vl^TtL s true exiSl individuality. With are eminently practicTi r^ be good mist wL?" able. You are not .n^ 1 from illusion^ facts you present mayfc but they are usually You are, however, Ter, a creature of
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  • 467 7 'TEC SAYS A SHIPO WNER URGED HIM TO MURDER A 35-YEAR-OLD ship-owner bribed a detective he met m a London public-house "to arrange a car accident and kill a man" married to the shipowner's former wife, it was said m court. The shipowner, Derek Howard Wright, who gave his address
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    41 7 picture. A Well-known actress from Canton, Tung Fong Ming Chu, prefers to play m Hung Kong rather than m Red China. Though extremely skilled m the difficult routine of Cantonese opera, she is equally at home m the modern film U.P.
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    39 7 picture. Sita Jayawarriena. beautiful Oriental charmer, holds her hands m a characteristic dance pose m the Sinhalese film -That Nigh*" produced m Ceylon. Her hands and her lively eyes seem to be saying ''Dance, dance »n^ find romance." U.P.
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  • 119 7 i^EORGE HENRY WALSH, who vl claimed that his body-build-ing lessons added 6 l 2 ins. to the chest of King Frederik of Denmark (now 45 ins.) has been found dead on the railway #at Clapham. A police officer announced this at Brighton when Walsh failed
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  • 52 7 A now type of newsprint made from cull wood and pine hM been a test run with excellent results on Savannah [Morning News presses, Savannah. Gecrgla. The paper was made from a combination of 40 per cent 1 oak, 40 per cent gum and 20 1 per cent
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  • 255 7 4 FATHER and mother with their three children have from St. Helier, Jersey, a holiday isle. leaving: m their hotel all their luggage and letters to and from the Foreign Office, which mention Sir Winston Churchill. They left the Jubilee Hotel after breakfast
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  • 29 7 S AVE OUR CULTURE —SHE SAYS JjJ Megan Lloyd George JJ" Anglesey Eisteddfod that WckhrS, m hin Z done culture a tion al scale, our wrged-. rad ually sub-
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  • 19 7 BOY SLID DOWN RAIL, KILLED !f a 'i dental death on v. at Dasenham, ol sli(Jln d °wn the
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  • 147 7 SIR Clifford Heathcote Smith, of the Migration Council, who is 70, was lined £5 and three guineas costs at Bow Street. London, for interrupting the free passage of motor vehicles by misfcenaviour con- trary to Section 72 of the Highway Act of 1835. Mr. A.
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  • 43 7 A six-hit ball struck 22-year-old motor-cyclist Ralph Hunt, of Workshop, Notts, on the head as he drove past a Nottingham cricket ground. He carried on, and then collapsed and crashed at Ollerton, 18 miles away. He is m hospital.
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  • 178 7 Holiday wife riddle SUNSTROKE IS BLAMED THE death of Mrs. Rosalind Margaret Howard, aged 27, London publisher's wife, found drowned In the River Cele, wag accidental. An examining magistrate decided at Cahors, South-west France, that there were no suspicious circumstances. Mrs. Howard, mother of three, was on a holiday tour
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  • 29 7 Ducks at Pool Farm, Belton, Leicestershire, lost their pond when it was filled m for a housing site. Now one has been hatched with unwebbed feet.
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  • 56 7 MOB/L£: poZice /wuf (o rus/i an apprise *o s^ t V c °Ji a fasfboume, Sussex, ri)/icn a m'arm o/ bees caused a minor panic among holidaymakers. d Meanwhile a policeman telephoned to sap that ne naa split his breeches and had taken refuge m
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    487 8 ISLAND CLUB IP 1 j "is' i k/ |il )N BALL SINGAPORE'S lovely on a hilltop off t (vas gaily decked out ing for its Coronation It presented a sti many of them distil two Hollywood films long winding drive. On the ground Hi groaned under the miests were encouraj
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  • 175 10 Elizabeth Is gems 'found', Yard told SCOTLAND YARD men visited a house at night after hearing JWWfc belonging to the first Queen fcJwabeth may have been dug up." The visit was made after three Doys said they saw a man digging m the grounds of Wandle Bank House, London Road,
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  • 296 10 'LET PARENTS VISIT' ORDER ENDS TEARS THE experts who seek to study what goes on m the mind of a child were wrong. It is better for children m hospital to see their parents often. That is why the Minister of Health has asked all hospitals to allow frequent visiting
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  • 44 10 \iiiirty-uut: JapS.nc3C "2* freed yesterday from Sugamo Prison, where they had been serving sentences for war crimes m Indo-China during the last war. They were among 38 war criminals to whom French President Vincent Auriol granted reductions of sentences this week.
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  • 294 10 BLUE BLAZER IS FOUND BLUE blaaer and a mackintosh, which may help the A ponce mi n their hunt for the killer of the mother of four young children, 32-year-old Mrs. Doris Hopper were found on the banks of a desolate tree-lined resorvoir at
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  • 35 10 The US. Government has asked 14 American oil companies to Join In a new voluntary agreement to supply petroleum to friendly nations m case of any major threat to t 04 supplies.
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  • 23 10 Production of natural rubber equalled consumption at 132,500 long tons during April, the Secretariat of the international Rubber Study Group reported yesterday.
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  • 20 10 The French claimed 100 dead and wounded Red rebels yesterday after sharp fighting m extreme Southern Indo-Chinn.
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  • 47 10 - picture. VAN has her own ideas about how to keep cool as temperatures m the Jacksonville Beach area soar to the high f»O f s. What's more she knows how to put these ideas to work for her at a local ice house U.P.
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  • 66 10 rUJSTOMERS at the Crown V^ Inn, Ogbourne-St. George. Wiltshire, are joined m a drink every night by Bobby, a ten-week-oid baby fox. He greets the regulars with a wag: of the tail and drinks his beer from a wine-glass Bobby, who sleeps m the cellar
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    36 10 picture. ALLURING RHONDi FLEMING stirs up lots 4 warmth with a soltry lort as she prepares to bask li the California sunshine. The shapely motion picture beauty packs plenty n glamour into a bathinj suit U.P.
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  • 21 10 Floods and landslides least 41 jeople and Injui^w others as heavy rains conUnJ to lash Southern Japan
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  • 398 11  - Hot Irons Were Applied to their Tongues HAROLD GUARD by SALALAH, A THE n C SOUTH Arabian "oast there A Chines the outside tfe M nevfr hears of. but orl ?»t lee is dawning m &L roy Hollingworth toftd matters of justice are £WhW m the terriJ^of the Sultan of
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    331 11 ciare your own "Bridge Olympic fS, Sked In duplicate boards (or 2ioS prTpwly mar^d envelopes. f?i' n U n rie Pla^ S onr^ UOTRCOLLEGIATE HAND #14 Neither side vulnerable But dealer 'PHI BIDDING requires little comment; three notrump is a logical contract but it requires some km play
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  • 57 11 photo. Science didn't stop when it developed the "hot dog" It went right ahead to invent a means of undressing the popular sausage. Folks who prefer their Frankfurters without the skin can now 'enjoy the m m a moment, just by using a zipper type stripper that
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 235 11 Today's Crossword !s rtori? "Jlf" 4^* if 1 8 House hoW I (6). 7. The sort house soldiers ;nay ff (8) The ««r i? ssed Bort cf oJdike! 5) io. dad shirts (anag.) i£l 9 nrnn IT" n by a tea 1* Th« herring family can JT* (4 >- li
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      42 12 picture. The big fellows have had their chance. Now the little chap Is getting one. He is a C eylonese sentry marching to his post at Buckingham Palace when the Ceylon contingent took over from the Grenadiers Paul Popper
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    • 338 12 SHE IS WAITING FOR $1,000 Clerk's mother asks Govt. to hurry MY only son is a G.C.S. clerk m one of the Government Departments m Singapore Two months ago he brought home a good piece of news m the form of promised arrears* He is a very trustworthy boy and
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    • 147 12 IN your issue of June 4 you reproduced, on page 12, "the new Singapore 10 cent stamp which is going to "become a familiar sight to pnilatehsts all the world over". I am afraid that you omitted to say that there is a grave risk of the Singapore postal
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    • 74 12 I HOPE, I am not the first resident of East Coast Road to thank the organisers of the procession which passed along here. It was a very grand show and I sincerely hope other organisers will emulate the first successful procession, especially for the benefit of those who
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    • 57 12 Child flying alone LITTLE YVONNE CLARKE, who passed through Singapore by Qantas-BOAC, is making a trip from Sydney to Ireland all on her own. That's why she's hugging her teddy bear so tightly. She doesn't want to lose her sole travelling companion. With her m the picture is another Yvonne
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    • 169 12 WHO'S TO PAY FOR ATTAP FLOAT? IDO not understand who is the voice of the Attap Dwellers' Association, of Singapore. Is it Mr. Mak Pak Shee, or the committee? On the night of June 2, at the Chinese dragon procession I, a member of the committee, was shocked when I
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    • 32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG briefly.
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    • 81 12 RULES for romance revealed m a circular issued by the underground movement of the Burmese Communists: *~i Fart V members must not engage m matrimonial affair, without prior noA* to the executive committee Zu Ae'd. c interUiOn t0 P fl v court to a woman must
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    • 217 12 THE variety concert held on the City Coifncil steps was a great success. The crowd of aoout 50,Q00 really enjoyed the show and the organisers are to be commended for a fine performance. But here are a few tips for future shows: 1 The public should have b?en
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    • 296 12  -  PETER DE CRUZ By Plans to fIJ f h apOre man- andXVtaSt prices. s flsi The manager M* o Heng. said.y^ster^^^ company is offeriS. M at at auction S'M ship chandlers, hote^* 1 any other big consume CENT. LESS THAN ex?^ MARKET PRlc4 N gjg
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    • 96 12 SjT ~j) The Oriental Optieil Ck PPT^ JfllS ji 162 South Bridge Rm*I ff 1 7 l pper pi(kerins StrWi I I Slng3pore Penang Sll§ OPTOMFTRISTS MANUFACTURING n^l AND SCIENTIFIC EYE EXAMINATION WITH a« (LATEST MODERN EQUIPMOT^-sss^ The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET ggj* sent by Air Mail to
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  • 814 13  -  EILEEN ASCROFT by tQa makes it a dress Cy of Boyal history W ™mre generations, who F ft through its eW .riass Will Still mU ar Xat g glittering and craftswoman s Jft the embroidered D?? dl t as c s
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  • 431 13  -  Arthur Edson by t rs A urvt WA BHINGTON. l 8 A HOT, humid, sticky *e men\ h WaShinBt^- And 1 ngs J n common they hot, and (2) Why! n 8 coats. hc t weatoeo ei iJ:' ear coat m men Wltler? Because of woas
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  • 492 14  -  JOHN FARROW LANCS WIN IN ONE DAY By WHAT a day! Down Somerset way they are still licking their wounds anil trembling with excitement. Saturday was one of the most thrilling day's cricket ev«f seen on the county ground at Bath. It took
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  • 82 14 "ROGER Lagarde, 11-year-old golfer from Rouen, beat Britain's Harry Bently two and one m the 36 holes final of the French Amateur championship at Chantllly on Saturday. L 3 garde is the first golfer under 21 to win the title. His putting and approach work *<re
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  • 27 14 William T. (Big BUI) Tlldcn "the rather of organized professional tennu. died on Friday night at hit HoUywood apartment of a heart at- I U.P.
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  • 23 14 Willie P,p d27Slbs) beat Pat itaSSSZ !™P*»-> technical luwtkout m 14 sec<Mids of the tenth F round at Madison Square GardeiH
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  • 943 14  - BEST TIP WON AS SHE LIKED ALLAN LEWIS By OEST TIP, a stylish four-year-old chestnut English *^mare by Trimbush from Valery Cross, was untroubled to win the main race (Race 6) at Ipoh on Saturday, first day of the Perak Turf Club's June meeting. Best Tip allowed stablemate My Word
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  • 273 15 HARVEY HITS 109 v. HAMPSHIRE Aussies all out for 268 NEIL Harvey proved himself m fine fettle for the forthcoming first Test when he scored 109 for the Australians against liampshire at Southampton on a "Morris hit 55. The other tourists did not fare 30 well, being all out m
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  • 131 15 POLICE WERE CALLED TO DEAL WITH THE CROWD I for tf the crowd, "hose I distracted the I shooting Harvey Ir^urcy T-uHn, the a( rS"so after he had He did »o bmnH i a rv SS^^eipP"" to 'C'cfowd ha.l been call- each time a ball inf howled apparently m So'
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  • 128 15 AUSTRALIANS— -Ist Inns.: 268 Morris c Walker b Cannings 55 Hole c Marshall b Shaekleton i Harvey c ha ear b Gray 109 Dc C'ourcy c Ea&ar b Marshall 27 Craig c Prouton b Marshall Benaud lbw b Gray Archer c Cannings b Marshall 0 Davidson b Marshall Tallon
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  • 82 15 PLAYING on a waterlogged ground before a poor crowd, Perak yesterday mudlarked their way to a two-one victory over the Hon S Kong, soccer tourists, who thus sustained the second defeat m their Federation tour. the matcn pruviueu 21*52? soccer. Both teams adapted themselves well. t, o -vv
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  • 87 15 FORTY entries have been received for the YMCA Golden Jubilee Coronation Open Billiards Championships which start on June 15 Entries are now closed. A few Servicemt-n have entered and they may well spring a surprise to upset the local top-liiic players. Th« openinc ties wiii
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  • 375 15 WEIGHTS for all eipht races on the second day of the Pcrak Turf Club meetIn ff CL 3 DIV. 2— 5 F. Str Golden Dolphin 900 Punkaualla II 8.13 Gondolino 8.1? Palio 8.11 Linkshlr II Punter's Delight «.O8 River Moon II 808 Galway Greer 8.U7 t argo Rice
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    • 24 15 LAST HAY 11 A.M.. 1.30, 4. 6.45 9 30 P M. AjS-Vv. JohnMtUs OPENS TOMORROW m WA t'OMIXti I JgMLHAMBRA |||L PHOTOGRAPHY Kf sp
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    • 166 15 CAPITOL today 11. 1.45 4. ♦i.30 f).:;o Warner Bros. CV PRESENT WTgL, MIRACIEfI OF OUR LADY OF m*Ws jpATIMAfiH WARNERCOLOR *M" Plus! Full-Lrngth News of the CORONATION Kmxt it sen if*' SNtINQHEID Rimy TODAY: 3.15 6.30 9.15 p.m. Suraiya m -lIKS H A M (m Hindustani) I THE IATIIAI ©H«iAXISATI©H
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    • 58 15 LAST bAY **aaj 11 am-! I.IS-4.41 and 9^l P J<irl P Sr 9 --^FROM TOMORROW! THE PIC TL'RE YOU HAVE LONG WAITED FOR! ;i ProJ^ "hv VSTLETON KMCMT I hj_.Ai!i|»itontiMi iairenceolimer; Uutcnhy CHRISIOrHIR fRY j] JJ M.mil Adv.^r SIR MALCOLM SARGENT J J &pee..l MM by CUV WARRACK 'I pUv.-d
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  • 326 16  -  ALLAN LEWIS Three good things for Wednesday From OWING to yesterday's heavy rain, all fast work was done on the sand track this morning, at Ipoh. SHOW SHOW (Ward) who had CABARET (Lansdown) tor company, dre w attention to his chances on Wednesday
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  • Article, Illustration
    50 16 WHAT A FINISH! Three horses past the winning post almost m line m the eighth race at Ipoh on Saturday. Ma. jest as (J. Donnelly), nearer camera, was first; Yesterday (Tulloh). on the rails, second; and Geifang Star (McCloud) third. This was one of "photo finish specialist" Tulloh's rare misses.
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  • 170 16 rpHERE are no new caps m -I- England team picked to Australia m the flrsi cricket Test at Nottingham on Thursday. Fred Trueman, the Yorkshire fast bowler who was expected to give the Australians a tough time of it, has been omitted. However, this
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  • 18 16 GUNTON: To Llliane (nee Moxon>, wife of Philip Gunton, at Bungsar Hospital, on 3rd June, a son.
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  • 20 16 FARRELL: Cox: at St. Mary's The Boltons Kensington on 22nd May 1953. Arthur Denis Farrell to Margaret Macielline Cox.
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  • 49 16 MRS. G. D. Bartholomeusz wife of the late Mr. F. A. Bartholomeuss (Managing Director of F. A. Bartholomeusz Ltd.) passed away suddenly at her residence 1-D, Ardmore Park, Sunday 7th June. The office of Messrs F. A. Bartholomeusz Ltd. will be closed today as a mark of respect.
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  • 72 16 DR. N. C. MANICAVASAGAR and children beg to thank all those who rendered help, sent wreaths, m» --.sages of condolences and letters and attended the funeral of Mrs. Manirav.isajjar, who died on 2-6-53. THE FAMILY of the late Mr John.son Lee wish to express their Rrateful thanks to the
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  • 158 16 npHE Singapore Table Tennis Association's Coronation Cup tournament began at the Singapore Badminton stadium last night when eight ties were decided. In another tie Mary Voon th^n league, Wu Pev Shyan (Chung Hwa Service Association) was fully extended Mary Vocn (YWCA) before winning 21-18, 21-19. 21-15. In
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  • 16 16 Passed away, 4.6.1952. Most lovingly rvmembered. Mrs. P. Jones and S.R A. Identities.
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  • 22 16 TO THE loved memory of my hatband, George Thompson of 1 lAJoof Paßar, who died on June sth vn:i. Elinor.
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  • 32 16 We.st Indies welterweight champion Hectoi Constance of Trinidad will meen British champion Clifi Ourvfa over ten rounds m the big Coronanation boxing bill at Ixmdon's White City Stadium tomorrow.
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  • 46 16 THE PERAK Turf Club's tropties for the June meeting are most appropriate. These trophies for the second run Div. 1 races for both classes are replicas of the St. Edward Coronation Chair, complete with the stone or destiny. The miniatures which are m silver gilt.
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  • 162 16 Horrent ion Club could have had an innings victory over GHQ at Tanulm Barracks ye.sterdnv. But ;i mi <-(| '.itch by rhoppard In the siip.s from Captain Parry*! bat off a la.st ball made the *.ime a draw. CiHQ scored B<*. all out In the first
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  • 225 16 Chinese Athletics 4; S.C.C. 0. IT was a dull game. Chinese Athletics showing a distinct superiority but were below their best form. The Singapore Cricket Club forwards lacked combination. After some hard work during the first 30 minutes their defenders had no stamina
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  • 294 16 OINGAI'ORE cyclist Dolly Chew fell off h had to be taken m an ambulance tnr bicycl «r last night. l 0 Gen eral Hos^ She was competing m the two-lan the Cosmopolitan Cycling Club's fifth en ra <* Classic at Shenton Way. lii ll^nnual
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  • 233 16 New records DAVIS CLEAR 6ft 11¼in WALTER DAVIS, O l oil., num. However it not count as a record m it an exhibition jump at the S/ nter C lleg^ The world's record it i llin. set by Les Steers of o gon m 1941. Otlcolenko Pletneva br her own
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 63 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. SITI ATION WANTED ENOI.ISHWOMAN. middle aged, dtsirea position, compamon-house-ke«par, or nanny etc with European fimilv. Reply P.O. Box 790, Singapore ACCOMMODATION VACANT "COSMOS" 17 Scotts Rd.. available one single room, private entrance June 15th. VEHICLE FOR SALE AUSTIN A4O July 1951, done 18.000 miles, owner driver, excellent condition
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    • 42 16 N Y home is complete without x V p^ SS4I Wt»^^^"ll^^^^^^P^^^^B $255 ?v^ Hj^j r .j -Jh E^J I if i^r '■la^ Bb^ BI AY w*- j i I ■"■"K^^^B^B^»^»^»^iL-:_^ ill r.vU HD ki/MUTUI V r MUNI MLT j^m a 6ZG.C RAg
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  • Opening Singapore's Newest Theatre
    • 14 1 BBWmBE *B* I M**BPjs~^Sk '^5* ■BBl^^?^rf^^SP^^r^^^C^^^tj^a^^^2?^*^^^^S^^^^^^^^2^^P^sJ^'^ Opening Singapore's Newest Theatre Monday, June 8. 1953.
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    • 826 1 City's test car park, deaf aids and a cry room ThoCathav Organisation's neic Odeon Theatre m Jhßidli >Roac lean rightly be styled "The Show Kn? the "island", from the many original features me lntPd inits construction, some of which are ™^f£rtoedinthe following paragraphs. rpHE ODEON THEATRE I method of car
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    • 861 1  - UTMOST IN BEAUTY COMFORT Loke Wan Tho by Head of the Cathay Organisation. WHEN WE In the Cathay Organisation first began to plan for a new Singapore cinema m 1947, we set out to achieve, not just merely the biggest, most up-to-date and most comfortable theatre m Malaya; we hoped
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      • 42 1 PV^ //1 announcing that we have contributed m part to the fur" 5 nishings of this most^upto date theatre I ODEON I j COMFORT FURNITURE j m/ HmM jJVf S "-I iurionV- 1010/1012. Xorih llrhiw "j PHONE 7261 I ♦W.V.V.V.VAV/J'W.W.'. '.V.V.W.V. V.V.V-V.V.-JV
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      • 147 2 i g J 1 I m I i I I V M^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.^^^.^.^^-^»_^^^^^^ I GAUMONT KALEE I There Is A Gaumont Kalee Produci f/jJI jjAI B^-7 ...From Box-Office To Back-Stage; L All seating m the Odeon has been supplied by Gaumont-Kalee. S^^L^ In the circle there are 'Ambassador" chairs, finished m
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    • 625 3 FAMOUS FILM PRODUCER DESCRIBED IRISH S A R CONSTANCE SMITH NOW IN SINGAPORE r-iRL is a rare "r ttIS c with a bottom--1 of emotion. She less **"g the classic is of Helen ot tradition fres hest perV°1 V J\ Tever have seen."
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    • Page 3 Advertisements
      • 157 3 ,^\M- SI II na ?fn 'Vi y ■>*Tf| lim^i i --Tit > ;xv YORK AIR-CONDITIONING cools, de-humidifies, ventilates and filters the theatre ensuring a pleasant and smoke-free atmosphere— the same air-conditioning as New York's famous Empire State Building. HOPE'S METAL WINDOWS for maximum vision— Suplied m standard range to B.S.S.
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      • 301 4 lb ■V«JT~ Aluminium m Buihling BJ I AltfmmMMM is a mrndtn metal. Its p>«opertf«« o4 ligkrnet* A JfaflL^ ALUMINIUM LAMPS "trengrh. case fabrication, reflectivity »md I LfflP^^ ANODISED resistance re corr»««on. fire *md vermin m»kt it an ideal A Mgbfo^ material rot all torts »f structure. Aluminium has been WW^^
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    • 309 5 our cA I rate Aluminium creaS h waffirst produced Sfmore tUn a century ""if now being more Lre applied as an Jtfrturaimedium. 1, i. only natural because °'P P ?vm an Weal material »f vu e sf 'ln™uildlngs both inside and outside. Vffl.n C «"n
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    • 275 5 T»HE MAN m the street when he looks at any building sees only that portion which stands above ground level. When viewing the building, be it an imposing structure or just an ordinary dwelling house, he generally forgets that the part he sees is only possible
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    • 127 5 (Continued. from page 3). Five feet. flv e and a half inches tall. Miss Smith if best described as "slender with curves." She has a 23-inch waist, said to be* the measurement goal of American women, and has 36-incn hiDs and a 34-bust. Her work i s her
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      • 50 5 WATTS BAKER T T iyr T TT F T} SfIMTTfIDV F unurrDC OAWIIAK V JLjJMQjIJNhhKb D T ttmdfdc Jl LUMBERS Offer their congratulations to all concerned with the construction of the Odeon and are proud to have been one of the team. Showroom Office 3C4N Orchard Road-Phone ***** (2 lines)
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      5092 6 Loo^' S Cutier.^S Kay Cutler. inspection Stark^ S iMr s. Ketterinj "PROM CERTAIN points m the hotel known as the Rainbow Cabins, one could get a breathtaking view of the Falls. Niagara, tourist attraction, honeymooner's delight one million, five hundred thousand gallons of water cascading over her magnificent breadth
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      • 65 7 A SIGN... OF THE TIMES We apologise for the Pun, but we really to feel proud that THE ODEON Signs were executed m our own workshops together with the Film Lifts and Automatic Fire Shutter etc., which are installed for your safety UNION ENGINEERING CO. SPECIALISTS IN THEATRE EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIAL
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      • 41 8 COMPLETE INTERNAL ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION i BH BB] BB] BB] BBV BK^BBI BB 881 BB] BB] BBm Br^^^ B^^^Jb^ BB Bh ■BbV Ba B Bk^aa AVm BffM bVH b^h bh ■mATB BB Bh VBW^bW BB WA B^^m C/ 3 f it w
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      • 41 9 Uf II Ell if n en Js* YOU'RE ON THE CARPET m the HOLLYWOOD ROOM at the NEW ODEON CINEMA Remember... It came from LITTLES... WE SPECIALISE IN CUSTOM-MADE I FITTED CARPETS TO SUIT INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. SINGAPORE
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      • 141 10 YOUR KEY TO AN ENJOYABLE STAY AND THE BEST ENTERTAINMENT IN SINGAPORE! 1 CATHAY CINEMA NEW ALII AMUR A 1 HOME OF THE J THE THEATRE WITH THE 0 I GREAT FILM SUCCESSES FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE I CATHAY OCEAN 1 CATHAY I IiiSTAUitWT PARK j I HOTEL f FOR f SIGLAP
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    • 915 11 G.B. Kalee lives up to a proud motto roi en* p Xt <Teanisation (com X years has build up an sSFjbkt ,f grsyryes S draperies and assoafed equipment- m fact "Everything for the rlnema"-to the worlds leading theatres and cinemas a b Kalee's motto may be falriy applied to Singapore
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      • 34 11 "ACOUSTIPULP" CONGRATULAHONS TO THE ODEON CINEMA FOR INSTALLING THIS INTEGRALLY COLOURED, EASILY APPLIED PLASTIC SOUND a ii so it ii i:.\ i FIRST TIME USED IN MALAYA GETZ BROS CO. 53, Robinson Rd. Singapore
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      • 55 12 UNION CONSTRUCTION CO. (SHANGHAI) Takes pride m announcing that we were commissioned to be the general contractors responsible for the construction of the new CINEMA for the Cathay Organization. We are specialists for high class Building Construction and Interior Decoration Work where speed and quality of workmanship are required. 31/33
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