The Singapore Free Press, 24 June 1953

Microfilm: NL3676
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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Afternoon Sale in Malaya N7^3» Singapore Wrd.. June 21, 1958. Price lo Cts.
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    DATO TAN SEEKING ELECTION
    288 1  - DATO TAN SEEKING ELECTION SIT YIN FONG mm m ww mf y mW ww M mW m tttiht fo* 3 Spore MCA leadership By £)ATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan, presiden( of the Malayan Chinese Association, yesterday announced that he would stand for president of the Singapore branc h, of the M.C.A.,
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    U.N. won't pay
    204 1 Rhee's truce price SOURCES close to the U.S. Embassy in Seoul said President Syngman Rhee's terms lor signing a Korean truce were wholly unacceptable to the U.N. Command. The terms were: 1. A mutual security pact with the United States. 2. Simultaneous withdrawal of both United Nations
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    Picture of a kindly ghost
    107 1 Picture of a kindly ghost growth appears.- picture. PHOTOGR APHERS in Teluk Anson are cashing in on a claim that the images of a young maiden and an old man can be seen on a 300-year-old binjai tree, in the centre of the town, which is believed by hundreds of
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    The fifth man, Pinay, gives up
    118 1 MR. ANTOINE Pinay last night gave up his efforts to form L F t rench Cabinet after two SLW}^ Parties in the Nawnai Assembly had refused 2 supportuntil" Sk* dela ved his answer Movent P opular Republican nt Rp) Catholic denut; > r part
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    Colony man murdered
    70 1 Fre e Press Staff Reporter Ang Eng Gwan died in the Singapore General Hospital this morning, two hours after he was shot down about 7.15 a.m. at the junction of Alexandra Road and Delta Road. The gunman escaped after the i shooting, almost directly in front of
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    Rubber price
    23 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened quietly this morning with first grade, July shipment, at 67 cents a pound, cent below yesterday's close.
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    LYTTELTON: WE'VE WON THE PEOPLE
    108 1 THE SECRETARY of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, said bi london last night: "1 claim that we now have largely won tlie population to our side in Malaya." He said that while the emergency was not over, it had got I to a
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    COMET 'HALVES' IT
    26 1 A Comet let airliner making a training flight last ni-.ii' whooshed from Paris to London in 45 minutes. Normal time Ls iH) minutes.
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    NEW VOLCANO
    23 1 A new volcano has thrust itBell out Ol the s<'a, north Ol n Philippines. and reached the height oi 830 leet
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    GOLF COSTS HIM AN EYE
    53 1 AN operation was performed yesterday at the Preston Royal Infirmary, England, for the removal of the left eye of a golfer struck by his own ball. Golfers said, "the chance-in-millions-accident" occurred when a ball driven by Charles Langley, 48, struck a mound and rebounded into
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    Britain alert to rubber crisis
    158 1 Britain alert to rubber crisis A BRITISH government spokesman .said la.st night that Britain was ready to seek international agreements for supporting th© price of such commodities as rubber and tin if peace came to Korea. Mr. Reginald Maudling, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, said this in the House of
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    CHRISTIE: I BEGAN ORGY IN 1943
    266 2 CHRISTIE: I BEGAN ORGY IN 1943 Strangler not sure of number of victims JOHN Reginald Christie, sometimes weeping, sometimes sheepishly ashamed, mumbled to an Old Bailey jury yesterday that he was not sure how ma n y women he strangled— but his lawyer admitted at least seven in "sex mildness."
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    Anti-Nehru riots in New Delhi
    166 2 Anti-Nehru riots in New Delhi CLUB-SWINGING police and Hindu extremists battled in the streets of New Delhi yesterday in the wake of the death in political captivity of Mr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, a major opponent of Mr. Nehru, the Indian Premier. Mr. Mookerjee, 52-year-o!d leader of the extremist Jan Sangh
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    EXILES WED
    35 2 The Archduke Rudolph Hapsburg married the daughter of a Russian Czarist Count in New York yesterday, joining two noble families that have lived In exile from two fallen empires since World War I.
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    DUST BOWL
    25 2 Dust is drifting six feet high In parts of Baca County. United States heart of the southwest Colorado Dust Bowl of the mid-30*s.
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    RED CAPTAIN JUMPS HIS SHIP
    140 2 RED CAPTAIN JUMPS HIS SHIP THE captain of the Polish ship Batory, Jan Cwiklinski. hn.s jumped his ship and asked for political asylum in Britain, it was disclosed ln London list night. Thf Medical Officer Skipped the ship too. Th». !>3-year-old Captain Swikttnskl was a naval hero during World War
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    GEN. NEGUIB PRAYS
    35 2 public— picture. GEN. NEGUIB, President oi I S.vpl, kncelin; in prayer with Deputy Premier, Col. Gamal Abdc? Nasser in the Alhussein Mosque, Cairo following the nri clamition making Egypt a re- U.P.
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    Starvation stalks East Germany after the revolt
    252 2 Starvation stalks East Germany after the revolt HUNGER stalked East Germany yesterday, following last week's workers' revolt. Refugees to West Berlin reported that, undaunted by Soviet tanks and firing squads, East Germans have defied martial law with protest marches demanding bread. Otto Grotewohl's puppet government admitted M grave problems in
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    Eden to leave hospital
    65 2 A bulletin in Boston on Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary said last night he is expected to be able to leave hospital next week Mr. Eden entered hospital in Boston on June 6 and had an operation for a gall bladder complaint on June 10.
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    KILLING
    277 2 "It is a very long time since then." Earlier the defence counsel, Mr. Curtis-Bennett told the jury that Christie did not kill the Evan's baby. Christine admitted beginning his wild orgy of strangling in IMS when he was a special wartime policeman. Seven women died all walled up or
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      172 2 ALL^' NATIONS AnE IMiii, There are not many things a|| nations agree on but o, them choose Swedish steel be. cause of la h.gh quality And •n the Halda. the prec.sion-bu.lt Swedish typewriter, pm W| find this famous steel throuahout No less than 49 Sw f ,],sh ball bearings help
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    A CLUB FOR LONELY HEARTS... And 45 men, 30 women have asked to join
    177 3 A CLUB FOR LONELY HEARTS. And 45 men, 30 women have asked to join 4 ONELY Hearts' Club" has been set up in A1 onnrp But not with an eye to marriages. WK? a Place where lonely people can fin* '?J> said its founder, Mr. James A. Jumat, yesterriends, wwj
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    SATA does not ask for deposits
    144 3 SATA does not ask for deposits gJtt G H. Garlick. SATA eg as s&k Kent carry money which had to be kept for them. "Receipts for the sums received are given out. and the balance returned after deductions for treatment' The normal practice for any wantta treatment is to have
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    Bars on Reds may go now
    109 3 BRITAIN and other allied nations are to consider raising travel bans on Russians and other Communist diplomats, London sources said yesterday. Consultations will take place after due study has been given to the action of the Soviets to open some Russian gates to foreign
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    TO S. AMERICA
    20 3 President Eisenhower has sent his youngest brother, Dr. Milton Eisenhower, on a goodwill mission to South America.
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    Danes oppose NATO bases
    66 3 Plans to establish North At- lantic Treaty Organisation air bases in Denmark were torpedoed yesterday by the Social Democratic Party. Hans Hedgtoft, party chairman said his group would oppose an Allied request to station air force personnel in Denmark at the entrance to the Baltic Sea.
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    GOVT. TO SPEED POLICE HOMES
    165 3 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Director of Public Works, Mr. A. Wear. said yesterday that his department would speed up work on new police buildings. p The proposed 350 police married quarters to be built at Mount Vernon will eost Government about $1,750,000. P .F'
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    DUMP EXPLODES
    27 3 A violent explosion in 8 munitions dump rocked Salonika, Greece's second largest city, yesterday but no deatn or property damage outside the "dump were reported.
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    PATROL AMBUSH
    27 3 Arrow-shooting Wegrito tribesmen, believed to support the Communist-led Huk movement ambushed an army patrol 1 the Zambales mountains in tn. Philippines and killed I soldier.
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    80 INDIANS DIE
    20 3 Floods raging down India s Sabari River, a tributay o the Godavari. Wiled about bu people yesterday.
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    The Rosenberg aftermath
    64 3 A House of Representatives Judiciary sub-committee in Washington yesterday set hearings for next Tuesday on a resolution to impeach Supreme Court William O. Douglas. Mr W. M. Wheeler (Democrat, Georgia) called for the impeachment of Justice Douglas for "high crimes and misdemeanours" shortly after the Justice gave
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    SINGAPORE REUNION
    104 3 SEPARATED for a few years because of studies, two twin brothers Mr. Ho Kok Kit and Ho Kok Hoe had a happy reunion on Monday when the Nieuw Holland arrived in Singapore from Australia. Younger brother Kok Kit, recently graduated from the College of Technology of New South
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    Lim hits back at TUC critics
    255 3 Lim hits back at TUC critics SINGAPORE trade unionists last night refuted charges made by two unions that the Trade Union Congress, was inactive and served no useful purpose. The two unions were the Army Civil Service Union and the Naval Base Labour Union. They have a total membership of
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      58 3 FINEST CEYLON TEA (BROKEN ORANGE PEKOE) __^^.—~^L\*^Amwm amammA Bf mB afXaaZ Price per Vl lb. Packet $1.05 ENQUIRIES INVITED fROM THE TRADE M GOOD TEA is always welcome at home -and can be despatched in the following wood case packing 2 lbs. (including Postage) 7.35 7 lbs. n n $IV.AU
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    WEDNESDAY, June 24, 1953. TRAFFIC AUTHORITY
    448 4 WEDNESDAY, June 24, 1953. TRAFFIC AUTHORITY A CAR does not require two men at the wheel That is why it is good news that the City Council's Vehicles Committee have decided to throw in their hand as Singapore's Highway authority and let the Government take on the whole job ot
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    Peron Robs Evita Of Her Halo
    711 4  - Peron Robs Evita Of Her Halo HAL HENDRIX 1 THE WIDOWER-DICTATOR IS KILLING A LVrm By BUENOS AIRES. THE fabulous legend ot Evita Paron, one of the most powerful women in politics and the First Lady of Argentina until her death on July 26, is being erased in her country
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    PITY THE PREMIER OF PAKISTAN
    308 4  - PITY THE PREMIER OF PAKISTAN MOHAMMED ALI Man with a load of unsold cotton KARACHI. A TWO-MILE rail yard chock full of an estimated 735,000 unsold cotton bales greets the Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammed Ali every time he drives across his capital city. This insistent reminder of the central economic
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      15 4 LONGINES The World s Most Honoured Mat c/i Sold by ALL HIGH CLASS WATCH DEALERS
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      67 4 ••••but it's not for sale :> f\NE Coronation picture is not for sale. It shows Princess \(yj Anne, highly hilarious, being dragged off the Queen's train. >> An assistant of Cecil Beaton, the photographer said: ll" Just before we were ready to begin work there was a treftmendous amount of
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      11 4 3? a (mturissewuk cmestb \mjm3 CALDBECK* a rv MACGREGCR&CH T0 W§^^^
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    TELL US WHICH BOOKS ARE TOO NAUGHTY
    297 5 Rooksellers plea to Oovt. dcimV book-sellers yesterday asked the Government to compile a Ibl CINfiAPUt"; obscene books and tell the trade not to sell them. 3 0 f what they thin k a. re should be told what "We will o bey tn
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    NEWSREEL CHIEF IN SINGAPORE
    62 5 MR R A. MORRIS, foreign sal es manager of Associated British Pathe. the newsreel com pany, arrived in Singapore by air yesterday for a three-day survey of the market He was met at Kallang Airport by exe cutives of tt»« l***? «s£ ture shows (left to
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    ISLAND WILL
    130 5 pi Singapore Public Works hniiH?« epa .l tment wlll soon start S?kK g l e first Government Befar 0l 0n Pulau Tekon S sohlliL is u one of ei ht Primary *£S a K hlch Government will ffl th° Ut $2 mlUion t0 build g.%-** six months. Places
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    'TRAFFIC COURTS' IN SCHOOLS Police will go on despite critics
    233 5 'TRAFFIC COURTS' IN SCHOOLS Police will go on despite critics Free Press Staff Reporter ■■■i,•HHF Sincanore Traffic Police will set up "traffic courts I^n sevlrai^ local schools. One has already been established* in Raffes Institution. "We are going on with the scheme despite criticisms from some pupils and parents, said
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    GET NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL
    55 5 Estate (Buklt Timah,) Nee Soon, and Pulau Tekong. Three of them <two at Cantonment Road and the other al Nee Soon) are now being built For a start, the schools will only have morning sessions. With tho exception of one school. Which is tor ''.-.iris, the
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    YMCA JUBILEE
    28 5 The Singapore Young Men's Christian Association will round off its Golden Jubilee celebrations with a thanksgiving meeting in the Association hall next Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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    MORE WATER FOR H.K.
    35 5 Water taps in Hong Kong, limited of late to 11 hours per clay will go on a 16-hour day during weekends only, starting Saturday. Recent heavy rains have raised reservoir levels.
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      264 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I 1 |»jMvM;C7H«C«AOMAWy LOVELY IRS SHOUTCDATM..I HMS H/AKWS.I I "flwr THBY STOPPED MB, TCM POR AR jS^fa^WwJwttf «o««»ws6a«6rosroP««- M^j"*™"**™** 'AT HOMt 1 ALWAYS OfIEAMEOOF "l -84/7 S«£ ftAkVA^^ ig\ X -V CARM THAT UO MC HM WEALTH ANOPOWEB.BUTIWAS Lu ----^/^rjfC^j-^^" //Vlf4>
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      467 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR B ORN TODAY, you excessively li,;,? 0 which often U3m?^ gerate. If y o„ r Work y^ u t« na,. calls for utilizing (h »eiit». then yoo tfUfce >n your glory. But i stick to facts" you \mw IS** self at some disad^ntLj *C will need to
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    Wife on Riviera ran off with swimmer BUT I'M ALONE NOW, SHE TELLS COURT
    593 7 Wife on Riviera ran off with swimmer BUT I'M ALONE NOW, SHE TELLS COURT ho left her wealthy husband during a Riviera holiday to live with a A WIFE wn mi instructor is suing the husband— now divorced for the worth of jewellery. return oi that t h e Jewels,
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    30 7 Sultry Simone Silva, who plays 'Mink/ an unscrupulous luxury-loving woman, without a conscience in "Desperate Moment/' a Pinewood Studios production, poses on a carpet of mink coats, worth about £11.000.
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    9 7 A recent picture of Cyd Charisse. a Hollywood star.
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    DIVORCES MAY BE HARDER TO GET
    136 7 SOLICITORS in Britain are predicting a tightening-up in divorce court evidence following remarks by Mr. Justice Karminski. He warned solicitors that they must make full inquiries. "Sometimes tne's suspicions are aroused that the adultery, so called, in a London hotel is merely a cover
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    $9M. FACTORY
    23 7 comn^ 9 n milll °n aluminium eftaX^f 000 be establish. Phi Lir' P A hili PP^es as a joint lyWWte-Amcrfean venture
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    So don't dally down by the sea
    155 7 F you wea r a swimming cosi" I rS-- wlmmmB you lave1 ave )u st s *itnm?n„ decr f e for beaches. 45 soon S. „S°° ls riv lakes! ai W» *tep out of the water you must put on a robe which
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    The Gimson Schoolboys Meet Mr. Blythe
    322 8 The Gimson Schoolboys Meet Mr. Blythe COLONIAL SECRETARY ATTENDS DISPLAY SPICK AND SPAN in their uniforms, 1512 hoys of the Gimson School, in Clementi Roed, Singapore, turned out on Saturday Tor their sixth anniversary display and inspection. They stood to attention as the Police Band conducted by Bandmaster Mr. R.E.
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    WALTER SEOW Pictures by NORMAN COTTERELL
    180 8 WALTER SEOW Pictures by NORMAN COTTERELL Story by Boys' Brigade gave a smart display of marching under the direction of their ofhcer, Mr. Lee Thiam Swee. fc A TIE drill squad went into swift action in the blazing sun and was followed by the scouts who set up a wooden
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    A VISIT TO THE THE OFFICIAL VIEW...FROM A NEW ANGLE KOOL BAKERY
    96 8 A VISIT TO THE THE OFFICIAL VIEW...FROM A NEW ANGLE KOOL BAKERY I-- k». Mr Blythe accompanied by Mr. f ft Piilay acting Superintendent of the the column of 152 boys. IfSriateh a boy feeding the chickens in I the poultry yard. Br.| 0 w left: Mrs. Blythe hands over
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    Mr. A, B&C FOUNDA FRIEND, &...
    382 10 Mr. A, B& C FOUND A FRIEND, She drugged, robbed them, court told K ,'J9- YEAR-OLD housewife was accused of taking three men she picked up in the West End to hotels, drugging them, and then stealing their cash and valuables while they were unconscious. The woman, grey-haired Mrs. Annabella
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    Mid-summer dream
    40 10 M id-summer dream photo. SHAPELY young women, seeking to beat the heat in Washington, find relief in the cooling waters of a fountain at the National Gallery of Art. They look like water sprites' frolicking in fairy like splashes. U.P.
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    A happy ending to THE SAGA OF THE 'WALKING FAMILY'
    330 10 A happy ending to THE SAGA OF THE 'WALKING FAMILY' JT took five weeks for the Innes family father, mother, and six children aeed from 17 months to nine years to trek the 250 miles by road from Dundee to Leeds. They had s ome rough equipment for camping out—
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    The captain and the girl next door
    236 10 THE marital affairs of Captain Donald Victor Young wer» "slightly complicated." it was said at an Aldershot court martial. The complications were. 1. Freda Gladys White, whom he married in December 1937. This marriage was solved in 1945. 2. Joyce Kathleen Burgess, married
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    It's easy to keep a husband happy, 'just feed him'
    378 11 It's easy to keep a husband happy, 'just feed him' by DOROTHY ROE NEW YORK. t rs EASY to keep a husf ind happy, says young LSossola. blonde and "lust feed bim. u^t so-called psychological J agents merely are he SStof bad eating, says Betty. 5 hi delved deep into
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    76 11 Shown here mounting: a steep incline is the Alvis Saracen, a new 10-ton six wheeled armoured personnel carrier which is to be issued to motor battalions in British armourd divisions. The Saracen, which can go over the roughest country, carries a complete section of infantry, mounts a .30 machinegun and
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    Bridge Hand
    264 11 North-South vulnerable West dealer NORTH 0 6 4AKQ 9 8 3 WEST EABT *44 7 6 3 B A 4 <? K Q 9 OKQIO 0 A J 9 873 2 6 4 1 10 7 4 4 6 2 SOUTH 4 A K 10 8 6 2
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      129 11 Today's Crossword Hi lH I Hl^^^^ I L_i_^_ _J w^ lEB yffi.gw across.— 1, H remains persistent i" high dq ree <4. 4i. 7. Stylish sort of pain <s>. 8. Continuing for long time il), 9, A reel fo:< (7). 10, Wcxxiy records <4>. 12 11* atmosphere at Brighton? <7».
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      60 11 [OT the V.alK' ili. 11. *u K > Guy's n nih Ct). merelati IS] Give n "J; If. When J r 9 Th Lido does sh«.u an extinct bird l4) 20 Short bu not wraetl <4>. VOLITION •%jt\3 oz 'oi**i 'tit -pajois •QT -SCOW I I s sm! g8 WN
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    Would like girls at his school
    235 12 Would like girls at his school MUSSING SOMETHING $M\ IS a student I can only i education in Singapore i education. I hope every boy i, ill ind one thing: wrong: with and that is the lack of eoand girl will agree. Let me state some of the advantages. It
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    ALL WRONG
    190 12 MASTER L", got me wrong when he wrote: "Baba Tua' is only endeavouring to shame the Nyonyas before other races." Most people would have thought from my first letter on the subject that I was. if anything, going out of my way to praise our nyonya nyonya (not
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    THE BOY WHO DID NOT DARE
    75 12 THE BOY WHO DID NOT DARE ON passing Queen Street Boys' Club one Saturday evening, I saw three girls being disturbed by about 15 boys. They were shouting very bad words. Being alone. I dared not interfere because I knew very well if I did so, I would be beaten.
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    GROW UP
    105 12 VOUR correspondent, Veronica Hilborne makes a statement which typifies the ignorant state of suburban materialism which prevails in Singapore today, when she says that one of the pre-requisites of a gentleman is his manner of dress. A gentleman may not be wealthy enough to dress well. "Handsome ll
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    Any grouse?
    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 in his POSTBAG briefly.
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    Stenos want tester with local accent
    160 12 Stenos want tester with local accent I FEEL sure that most of the i stenographers employed in the War Department will agree that shorthand tests conducted by the Army authorities recently were very unsatisfacThis contention is based on the fact that out of 16 candidates who sat for the test
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    THEY FLY, BUT NOT ON WINGS
    44 12 THIS pair of crimson and green parrots were among 83 crates of finches, canaries and pigeons which arrived yesterday at Singapore's Kallang Airport from Sydney on their way to zoos and bird collectors in London, Belgium and Holland.
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    HYSTERIA THREAT TO A-SECRETS
    159 12 SIDELIGHT on America's atomic power programme— a sidelight showing one of the programme's many problemscome In the revelatton that a young atomic scientist, carrying secret information ln his head was last autumn kept in an Army hospital "for security reasons." J The engineer was in charge
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    SCANTY CLADS CAN'T SCARE THESE TyPES
    198 12 DEFERRING to "Four Scanty Girls Bann.TT is a mere waste of time o n the 2t*\ l thi to trouble themselves to stop this shoVV w always been backward— no w when it k ap r n pete with the other cities, what batmen,
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    Letters must be short
    43 12 Mr. Chan Shee Hoong. only sm of Madam Yuen Kai Chee, tri Miss. Woo Oi Yon* only dau?bter of Mr. and Mrs. Woo Out Fong. have become enraged it Singapore. A dinner at An: Sing 11-II followed the announcement.
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    A DAMPER
    70 12 AN Indian lady who wore a lovely sari at a recent rally was drenched to the skin by a sudden downpour. When the sun decided to appear again her American (might be Japanese) crepe (that's what I have been told) sari shrank. She spent the rest of the
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    51 13 For he's gone and married Yum Yum." Petti-Sing (Bernadette O'Farrell) sings and dances this song from The Mikado in the film Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan." Also in the cast are Ann Hanslip as Yum Yum, Martyn Green (Poo- Bah) Thomas Round (NankiPoo), Muriel Brunskill (Katisha) and Sylvia Clark (Peep
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    Coming Shortly 'The Mikado'
    458 13  - Coming Shortly 'The Mikado' PRESTO sdfdf I HAVE some good news for you. We are to see "The Mikado" at the Victoria Theatre in November and the Teachers Training College are to present it. This will be the college s second Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Their "H.M.S. Pinafore" remains one
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    Mario, Muscle and Music
    325 13 CAN'T SING WITHOUT MUSCLES. THEY SHOW IN THE ARIAS' HOLLYWOOD, J|ARIO LANZA put on his boxing-gloves, stood in rt C rne r of h boxinjrK? m the garden of hia 2J« and faced me. He round a punchin the centre, landing J£*onal blows on a ■N
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    How songs are born
    201 13 A SONGSMITH AT WORK IF you are humming a popular song today the chances are it was written t>.v 31-year-old, carroty-haired Robert Merrill. In the last year three out of the top ten songs in Britain came from the ebullient Mr. Merrill, who likes to tap
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    My brother Alec...
    311 14 HE'S THE LION OF SURREY, 1 THE BIG FELLA THE cricket writers call X Alec 'The Big Fei la," "The Lion of Surrey etc. I call him by a strict- ly private nickname. You, the cricketing pubI lic, have known him as a cricketer more or less
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    BEGINNING A NEW, INTIMATE SERIES ON ENGLAND'S GREAT BOWLER
    70 14 BEGINNING A NEW, INTIMATE SERIES ON ENGLAND' S GREAT BOWLER HOW often in sport do the great men emerge from the most unpromising of surroundings oo t ball in the back streets, cricket in the back garden, swimming in the local river Such a man is ALEC BEDSER, the Surrey
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    Light Blues get ready for Tokyo
    250 14 /CAMBRIDGE University's rugby team, who are flying to Tokyo by Comet on Sept. 1. are already getting excited about the trip. The team, tt.ought to be the strongest possible, are eager to emulate the performance of their rivals. Oxford, who were successful In all
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    By ERIC BEDSER
    299 14 By ERIC BEDSER ing estate t. And just as important, he supplied all the gear! It was on this ground that Alec started his career, and I. being tht elder brother, took first steps towards professionalism by winning a money prize (one shilling) for top scoring. We were eight. Now
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    33 14 GKOFFKKY 111 Aim, who hit 81 for Civilians against Services on the padang. on Sunday, sets one to the legside boundary past fielder C. Smith. The umpire is S. Sion.— Free Press picture.
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    Padang tie scrappy
    147 14 SCRAPPY soccer on the Padang yesterday saw Cable and Wireless beat Borneo Company by four goals to nil in their Singapore Business Houses Ft A. League Div. 3 match. Cable and Wireless notched two goals in either half. After the interval they dominated play. Cheng Quee scored
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    WHICH IS WHICH NOW?
    326 14 There was no playing-tield at ouj school; no lo\ely grass or concrete wicket to practise on. We had a piece of bare brdwn earth, though that was good enough. Well, almost. We had to oorrow the caretaker's broom to sweep the stones away before we could
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    CUP WARM-UP LEFT THE FANS COLD
    357 15 CUP WARM-UP LEFT THE FANS COLD Rices' win was m impressive 3* Manila 0. aobined j h^ was no triumpn ViET the score W arm-up 5 Co 7 b Mafaylcup trip to Negri Grt could have done little to Sr>uesCis°"win they persevere service. The »sk 2"*J*%fcsut by the fact that
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    FIJIANS WIN IN SAIGON
    22 15 FIJIANS WIN IN SAIGON tt&tSS^iS Battalion "f!T2 s?il ment turned from Pr£ )I !2 blned «-3 and 7 Prjnch Air Force and
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    GOLDEN GLOVES TEAMS DRAW
    24 15 '^^S^^Kteam winE J n Golden G1 °ves t** m2K five an "f* 5St 8 al Saint LoS **^_^h) draw Reuter
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    TRABERT LEAVES THE U.S. NAVY
    77 15 T T ny Trab ert bl O- y mrnmrnf. ••OaiUdsui the first round Davis Cup Batch aitli Japan from July 9 to 11 Vancouver, British Columbia. TTaberl will be captain of the t> Cup squad, which also Include! Hamilton Richardson und Tom Brows. Trabert entered
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    Dodds goal wins Changi 2 points
    307 15 R.A.F. Changi 1; R.N.A.S. 0. DOMINATING play for most of the game. Royal Naval Air Station Sembawang were unlucky to be robbed jf victory in a thrilling United Services senior league game at Changi yesterday. On the other hand Changi were not undeserving winners.
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      CASS NETS 4 TO SAVE RAOC
      67 15 I^OUR goals by Cass enabled Royal Army Ordnance Corps to draw four-all with Royal Signals in their Services League Div. 1 fixture at Kent Hong yesterday. Signals led three-one at half-time. Alter levelling the scores. R.A.O.C. netted the ball a fifth time a few
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      GHQ BEAT RAPC 2-1
      59 15 G.H.Q. beat second-placed Royal Army Pay Corps by two goals to om in a United Services Div. 2 league tie at Nee Soon yesterday. Lovell and Buxton scored for GHQ. Haysom of RAPC gained the first goal of the match. Allen hit the upright when he
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      TENGAH WIN
      32 15 Royal Air Force Tengah beat Royal Naval Air Station Sembawang in a Div 2 Services tie at Sembawang yesterday by three goals to nil. Scorers were Long (2) and Connell.
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      POSTPONED
      20 15 Yesterday's Div 1 Services league tie between Flving Boat Wing and the Roval Electrical and Mechanical ■nglnNTI was postponed.
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      WALKOVER
      25 15 Rovers "A" received a walkovei from Immigration SC. in a SA! A Div. 3R League tie which should have ulayed yesterday at BODCA ground.
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    PARKER CUP
    63 15 IN first round matches of the inter-Corps Parker Cup competition for Singapore Base DUtrtCl teams, RKME. beat CM P. by our kk.l.s to nil and Royal Signals beat RAO C. by six RoaLs to ml ln a v after drawing two-all. In the second round, io he played
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    BREWERIES S.C. 1953 OFFICIALS
    53 15 Brewer Tes Sports Club officials for 1953 are; President, Mr. L. Bels; vice president. Mr. J. de Rijke; hon. secretary, David Lim; hon asst. secretary, Ali bin Syed; hon. treasurer, R. Nadaisan; hon. sports coach, J. Nonis; committee. Messrs H. Wanschers, J. Vander Wagt; G. Swart,
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    CONNOLLY AND HART SWEEP TO 6-0 6-0 WIN
    472 16 British pair take US. stars to 5 sets THE first two seeded women Maureen Connolly and Doris Hart of the United States— won their opening matches in the women's singles at Wimbledon yesterday without dropping a game. "Little M<>" Connolly, who al
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    LITTLE MO'S DOWN TO 2-5 ODDS
    93 16 LITTLE MO'S DOWN TO 2-5 ODDS MAUREEN (Little Mo*) Connolly was made a red-hot 2—5 favourite in the London books yesterday to retain the Wimbledon women's tennis title. The books would offer no better than 10 1 that the 18 year old Californian won't make a clean sweep of the
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    Hutton takes 84 off tbe Australians
    238 16 Hutton takes 84 off tbe Australians rPHE Australians' match against Yorkshire at Sheffield peterc-u oui in a tame draw yest.eiuay after the County had bjpcome the first side to lead tbe tOlTilsts on first innings. Yorkshire, 377 in their first innings, dismissed the Australians for 323 yesterday and then scored
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    395 16 WOMEN'S SINGLES— IST ROUND J. Sampson (USA) beat Mrs. D. Gotla (Br i 6-1, 6-2; A. Mortimer (Br) beat Mrs J. Drobny (Br) 6-1. 6-4; Mrs. H. Weiss (Argentine) beat R. Morgan (Br* 6-1, 6-2; Mrs. N. Adamson <Fr> beat Miss R. Woodgate (Br> 2-6, 6-0, 6-3;
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    Middlesex declare and are beaten FINE WIN BY GLOSTER
    659 16 Middlesex declare and are beaten FINE WIN BY GLOSTER MIDDLESEX, the County cricket charting ers. were beaten by Gloucestershta I retain their position at the head of th P taw rda Four points for first innings brings their total to 82 from 12 games. They are ten points ahead of
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    Stranger scores 4
    39 16 Naval C-in-C Staff beat Rovers 6-3 in a SAFA DM match at CYMA ground y«w* Stranger (4). Bernent and Van j I Up Moval r.ln-L ta Blue Rovers replied through man (2) and Jaffar. Mow referred.
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