The Singapore Free Press, 29 June 1953

Microfilm: NL3676
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    9 1 The Singapore Free Press Afiwnuon Sale m Malaya. |irrr.
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    Ailing Churchill is still boss, but.. CABINET CHANGES LIKELY
    453 1 Ailing Churchill is still boss, but.. CABINET CHANGES LIKELY Prime Minister badly m need of rest CIR WINSTON (111 RCIIILL, 78, forced by his doctors to rest, will keep overall charge of foreign policy and allow Mr. R. A. Butler, 50, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to nui Britain's day
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    Lewis' FIVE winners
    116 1 FOUR m a row; THREE best bets ALLAN LEWIS, Fr»e Press raring correspondent, was m sreat form at the Kuala Lumpur races on Saturday. Ho tipped I IVE winners: Farnley ($ll and SO), Shansrila (Sl9 and SO), Mona'* Kuda (HI and S9>, Abbot's Haven ($ll and S7)
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    Princess for Africa
    24 1 A new ftudy by Doro.hy Wilding o/ Princes* Margaret, ™o leaves for Rhodesia tomorrow with the Queen Mother, A. P. picture.
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    Masked men rob S'pore family
    151 1 Masked men rob S'pore family V CHINESE woman living with her husband and two tung soils m a kampon« house Off the G' 2 mile Itolland Road, Singapore, was surprised m her I sleep by three masked and armed robbers who broke into her room at 1 a.m. yesterday. The
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    Miss Italy did it tor love
    162 1 Miss Italy did it tor love P'TASTOZZI, a statuesque, bl «e-eyed blonde who is n love with an American jrman, was crowned Miss ',7 on the Isle tiot?'! moonlit celebrar S t the2 °-year-old Milan Em??.! 011 her l 2 m 18 others of Italy's finbreakfn n Was almwst Naples^
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    Hope for war criminals
    47 1 npHE WEST Gorman Cboncel- lor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, crday visit* >n war crlmln held by Brltisfi authorities m gold In phalia uiid assured them Germany would do everything their said prisoners were en ll ir cell door aml the Chancellor otuod betuie tliuiu.
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    Sir Hartley's praise
    70 1 Sir Hartley's praise S//J Hartley Shawcross, Attorney-General m the last Labour Government, praised Sir Winston Churchill last night while campaigning for an opposition candidate m a by-election. think it is true to say that had he (Sir Winston) not been at the leadership of the country m 1940, you arid
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    Rubber price
    31 1 mßmmsm?" The Singapore Rubber Market opened on a quiet tone this morning with July iirst grade at 66 1 4 cents a lb., l; 8 cent below Saturday's close.
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      133 1 Lucozade the sparkling^^^X v- isT a //I'll) TIME FOR LUCOZADE! lit _M When you need a breather from the house- JJj I ftp work, or the kiddies begin to feel tired //i^ W V\\ during games then is the time for delicious ffljf Jy^??^ Luco/ade! I uco/ade stimulates the appe-
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    ROY FLEES RED GERMANY 120-mile trek to friends
    174 2 fiilfi i^ 11 -year-old 11 orphan Peter Von Diskowitzky after ho reached West Berlin at the end of a 120-mile trek from the threat of a Communist orphanage la riot-torn East Ormany. He is being: cared for by relatives m West Berlin.
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    Hillary, Tensing almost gave up near the too
    167 2 Hillary, Tensing almost gave up near the too CIR EDMUND HILLARY said m New Delhi last niffht that he and Tensing nearly gave up their successful climb of Everest when they hit a dangerous snow patch on the way to the 29,002-foot peak. "Climbing was fairly strenj- ous." he said
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    END SOON TO INDONESIAN GOVT. CRISIS
    88 2 END SOON TO INDONESIAN GOVT. CRISIS j INDONESIA'S 25-day-old gov--1 eminent crisis appeared nearim^ solution last night a> President Boekarno requested caretaker Foreign Minister Mr Mukartr; Not WidigOdo, to form "business cabinet" with the Widest possible support !q the provisional parliament. Mr. Mukarto was given one week to fulM; the
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    THE BODY'S NOT FOR BURNING
    146 2 T*HE 600 citizens of Sark, Channel Islands, are hopping mad over a proposal to substitute cremation for burial to save space on the tiny, four-square-mile island m the English Channel. The members of the Court of Chief Pleas— the islands parliament introduced the scheme fur
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    Race track shooting
    52 2 CROWDS stampeded at the Manila race track yesterday rn'rFnnl <nni **ttle between policemen while the indenn tn n S V' n)St l' :CS ™F" progress. One policeman v «.s hilled, another wouned i Lirn 1 T mior Makati Town > Bernardo Umalis. W3 JStSSSSSR <tHcmlhJ !<l the
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    REVOLT IN MINES BY TENS OF THOUSANDS
    261 2 REVOLT IN MINES BY TENS OF THOUSANDS Red terror fails to curb GermL. JENS of thousands of Fast German uranium workers defying Red army tanks, execution squads and mass arrests, continue to revolt airaiAst ommumst rule. The East Zone Government was making frantic efforts to get the situationback to normal
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    389 die in flood-torn Kyushu
    110 2 389 die in flood-torn Kyushu D K «H8 m Nor(h M»ji oi,"y began"^ JWU to safety aw ih.'"lersea tunnel linTl V shu and nshll «f flood from cities, is th gateway t« Kyushu aid linked with Honshu, Japan main island by the Kammo itself^?, tUn el The tunwi itself became
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      86 2 If coming to Singapore stay at, STRAND HOTEL 25 Beacoolea Street, Singapore —7. Opening Date Ist July Central, well furnished, clean rooms, all modern conveniences. Telegram "STRAHOTEL/ Booking* Phone No. *****. RADIO WEEKIY INCORPORATING RADIO MALAYA NEWS all net: best /v BROADCASTING I />< f.n/s mi ttudht Malay*** it. It.
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    IT IS SO 'LEGAL' THE POLICE CANNOT ACT Spivs run new easy money racket
    457 3 IT IS SO 'LEGAL' THE POLICE CANNOT ACT Spivs run new eas y money racket tTL on who bM be™ H^fiSShS written tM l^ angS u!e° r t'"^l trickThe spivs d the dWerence hingi^ AFT ER d<;SS? 1 and cash ON delivery ana very." tnrier has ajsst d 3»s too*
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    City staff may ask fortnightly pay
    145 3 SINGAPORE City Council employees may ask to have their salaries paid twice a month, following a similar Government departments. Some memberi will raise the matter at the next meeting of the Muncipal Service Union. But they may prefer, if the union endorses their demands,
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    5 million mercy pleas
    61 3 A JAPA NESE businessman Manib S a er l ay brou^^ into Won shl P m& nt of 30 thick earh? if Panese askin^ tor te* Jhe efforts 1 of uSSS IVIC Societies which Ww a,kL nat^ n wlde cam KSn^tn l^ PhlUpplne 0^ colnc^e.s with
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    STEEPED IN DEBT
    29 3 «SJernm Vl< i uau business >4lffiS b f lUlon That is ann for cve ry man 12 year*. P« r cent m tiu- i a t
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    RUBBER RECORD
    32 3 The American rubber industry set a new production record m the first half of this year. using more than 730.000 lontons 17 per cent over the same period last year.
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    He's Good At Chess
    45 3 picture. MAJID BIN ABDULLAH, chess champion of the Jalan Kunos Boys (iub, receives his award from Mrs. Harry I^e Wee, wife of the president of the Singapore Federation Boys' Clubs, at the second anniversary of the J.K.B.C. on Saturday. Free Press
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    'Filthy' streets not our fault—he says
    188 3 'Filthy' streets not our fault— he says MR. J. Ephraim, Superintendent of the City Cleansing and Hawkers' Department, said this morning that it was "unfair" of the public to criticise the department for the apparent fault of "some other people." Mr. Ephraim was commenting on a reader's letter which said
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      39 3 .1 pl.iy by Rich.ird Llewellyn < on July 9th. 10th .md IHh jt 9p m. m wB ru A fiITV DDF IUI IF P F TL V I CHARITY KKtMitKc V v THE CHILDRENS (d °'aID SOCIETY BOOKINGS AT ROBINSONS
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, June 29, 1953 Opinion SIR WINSTGN TAKES A REST
    368 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, June 29, 1953 Opinion SIR WINSTGN TAKES A REST pROM the four corners of I* the earth messages pour m on Sir Winston Churchill. Leaders of the democratic nations teil him that they wish for his speedy recovery. Their sentiments are echoed by millions of
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    What the Red Riviers Has to Offer
    1011 4  - What the Red Riviers Has to Offer Jeffrey Blyth 'HOLIDA YS IN R USS lA MAY RETURN By TiHEY are blowing the dust ofT the "Holidays m Russia" brochures m Britain's travel agencies. Reports from Vienna that Intourist. the official Soviet travel agency is planning to reopen its offices m
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      27 4 POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER und hrre is Lfor.ardo's yuprcmt masterpiece— the Motia Z.jsa f| Are you, too, ufraid to open your mouth tvhru you imifc M
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    kekeep ABLE WORKERS, GOVT, URGED
    438 5 imployee* views nn retrenchment n <Mrt Government's retrenchment policy lXGA rtake So consideration efficiency and should UK of employees, Government «f cl r al 2d yesterda> ork rnvprnment Council for Negotiation on G S the general principles on which riday discussed tne b^ me mev
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    Bill carries the bride
    42 5 picture. BILL KAHILI, the Hawaiian first mate on the freighter President Garfield, and a Singapore girl Yvonne Petersen who .were married at the Sinpapore Registry Office yesterday. Bill is carrying Yvonne up after the wedding ceremony. Free Press
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    BRITON EXPELLED
    40 5 Mr. Frank Ellis, described as I i long time British resident of Teheran who formerly worked for Cable and Wirless\ a British concern, has been ordered to leave Persia. He was accused of questionable activities against Persia.— Reuter
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    DECLINE AND FALL
    39 5 Found sewn m a mattress at the horrre for the aged poor m Turin, Italy, yesterday; 200,000 lire m pre-1918 Italian bills, worth more than M 5150-.-000 m their prime and now worth less than Msloso.
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    TEXTILE QUOTAS
    84 5 fel P re Trade Advisory ■^2"* of 'he three 1| «m 4 helr v "ws ,i, the was M 5 million for ~v the first half of this year. Up to the end <>t May licence totalling only $21 million had been taken. About $11 million worth had
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    ELmer is a nice fellow—if you dan't touch him
    299 5 ELmer is a nice fellow if you dan t touch him By Peter De Cruz DO you like hard-boiled eggs and liver? Well, Elmer likes them too. Klmer is an electric eel belonging to a Singapore City Councillor, Mr. S. S. Manyam, and is believed to he the only one
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    F.P.A. to expand mothers service
    191 5 F.P.A. to expand mothers service 11 H E SINGAPORE Family Planning Association is planning to expand its services to cope with the needa ol mothers asking advice, an official ol the association t'*d the Free Press yesterday. To raise funds for the work an appeals committee has boon formed to
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      103 5 953 A MM i HALS THE REFRIGERATOR EVERYONE ADMIRES SPECIAL 9.4 cv. ft. for the price of 7 Clh ft. $985/- CASH EASY TERMS! J GENEROUS TRADE-INS! Solr Distributors:- r«%» <;eoh<;e lee motors ltd 200. CLEMENCEAU AVENUE, SINGAPORE. Hey! Something new to crow about H END AN LINEN SPORT SHIRTS
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      234 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis SK I Hi MNION, IL^TiNO THF- POISONS, I 1 MIGHT AS WEll BE I BUT I DIDN'T WASH BOTTLEsII WHAT F^ N IN JAIL/ BUT I'M p! ;-J r LONG. DOC DISCOVERED J WAS \TnrjUKGLf witch's STOP/: WEVfBEFNMEPE I WHO KNOWS,
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    • Miscellaneous
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      360 6 YOURi luckJ stJ ]i° KN TODAY JOu A buundfui life U|l Jou ill onl, "i*l than a uttle blunt yJ'J sitive to criticism r *M ft the feeling" of othT*^ is not the case hs bllt Yet, underneath I fectionate. loving aj will make a iff J"«l Partner, despite y^!
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    YARD GETS TOWPATH CLUE
    212 7 Girl tells of man with a dagger CM of 18, frightened A -nearly three weeks v talk to the police, has 10 vital evidence to S3 Detective-Inspector am. leading the London double murder toI E than an hour after Mr Hannam interviewed the girl Kll description
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    Untitled
    28 7 picturr. Cuba's I)e Castro listen, (left m light Cherie, Peffffy a» Bahctl*. They arc m New York for a season at the Lat in Quarters Night Club.- U.P.
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    FIRE DESTROYS A BAZAAR
    36 7 Fire gutted the entire bazaar area m Chauk. a cen- j trai Burma oil town 300 miles north of Rangoon. The Burma Oil Company's fire fighting squad brought the fire under control.
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    SOVIET LOAN
    28 7 Moscow Radio said last night that a 15,000.000.000 roubles Soviet state loan floated on June 24 to further develop the nations economy has already been over-subscribed.
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    DEFIANT RECTOR HAS A SECRET PLAN
    255 7 I^E rector who defied the bishop has lost his post of rural dean. And from his pulpit, the rector will Wl the consreffaMon about "his plan." The rector, the Rev. J. C. Wansey, of Woodford. Essex, announced he had been removed from the office
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    Love finds a way
    72 7 A sid t Gl N couple were married m a ship's lifeboat nuthai m luZ rlal W( *ters, off South Shields, because they a^orc. ea m Britain long enough to have their wedding ce Oj)haL h Vl c a h °neyrnoon at sea. too. The brider/room.
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    The £26,000 a sweeper spent
    221 7 A SIX-SHILLING cigar was smoked by 36-year-old Steuart Darnell Spencer Davies, son of a knight and now a $5 a week roadsweeper, as he waited to be called into Sheffield Magistrate's Court. H e was making his third appearance for failing to pay £43 ss.
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    A little boy warded to climb like Hillary
    246 7 A little boy warded to climb like Hillary IpiGHT-YEAR-OLD Craig Mac- kic was m bed m disgrace at his home m Loughborough Road. Brixton, London, wondering about the unfairness of the grown-up world. > He had just performed a climbing feat that, m the opinion of his classmates at Cowley
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    The thief didn't touch £500
    68 7 The thief didn't touch £500 A THIEF took'a case of jewellery, reported to be worth 3.000, and several hundred pounds In notes from the London flat of Miss Raemonde Rahvis, a partner m the fashion house of Rahvis. But he did not touch the £500 m 18 Cancer Research Fund
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    STUDENTS' SURVEY
    416 8 Twenty-eight University of Malaya students are now carrying out a survey of attap dwellings on the fringes of the city to help the Colony's Diagnostic Survey Team m its factfinding work for the Master Plan. Taking advantage of their long vacation which lasts until October, the students split
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    MAKING A RECORD
    23 9 Below: S. Nadesvaran (left) nails a card to an attap hut as John Davies records the number on his files.
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    NUMBERING THE HUTS
    96 9 Ij A these two undergraduates walk away to carry on their work m ye been numbered anar Mr X A Wa f$ who charsc of fhe $uryey MerKn Road. Follow.ng I r, n «w»r« nurttions Dut to her by»hc*c two members of the survey team Loo Siew
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    Council quotes the story of the Winslow Boy JOURNALIST WRONGLY ACCUSED OF CHEQUE-THEFT
    478 10 Council quotes the story of the Winslow Boy JOURNALIST WRONGLY ACCUSED OF CHEQUE-THEFT A FLEET STREET journalist, wrongfully accused, stood In the dock at \1 msion House, m the City of London, as his counsel said: "It really makes one wonder whether the days of Adolf Beck and Cadet Archer-Shee
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    Long Beach and Paris
    101 10 ON LONG BEACH, aliiornia, the latest swim wear is a one-piece fish net suit with a fishnet cape that enables the we.irer to acquire a patterned midriff. The suit is zipped up the back and has a boned bra. There's nothing fishy about the suit, and
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    WRITE TO POLICE
    87 10 When the matter was over, he proposed to write to the Commissioner of the City Police, asking that the City 'with that generosity it always employs m the case of persons who have been wrongly and unjustly treated", fully and adequately reimburse Mr. Taylor "not by way
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    LATVIA SWERVES
    46 10 Moscow Radio read the riot act to Latvian Reds Jast night and accused them of nearly every sin m the Communist glossary. Latvia is the fourth Soviet republic m recent weeks to feel the Kremlin's wrath the others being the Ukraine, Lithuania and Georgia
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    SURGEON DIES
    12 10 Dr Prank H Lahey 73 a MUM „n Mr. Edea
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    'Greater road perils to youngsters'
    234 10 A WARNING to parents that m the next few weeks the accident rate to teenage cyclists is likely to be higher than ever has been Riven by the Ministry of Transport In Britain. The wanting came with the publication of figures showing that the toll
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    A BOTTLE, A DIMPLE & THE WHISKY
    142 10 A BOTTLE, A DIMPLE THE WHISKY IS it the label or the shape of the bottle that induces people to ask for a certain brand of whisky? Mr. John Campbell, a traveller for Haig's, the distillers, tested the question m Glasgow public houses. And from what he saw, he said
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    Call up men mind NCO's baby
    302 10 Call up men mind NCO's baby :»>aby. sitters f n Jl* married quarters hangar floors with "T octane petrol and 't hours painting d bj 5TU union cont for weeks before visits by officer commanding the s/ation In addition, airmen werewr Ployed whitewashing bilffS" and repairing J^ j room 1
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      49 10 I THE EMBASSY HOTEL j (OPPOSITE KATONO PARK) DANCE NIGHTLY: 830 PM It >IM>NIC.HI SATURDAY TK.\ I)\N(K: 450 P.M. to I SUNDAY (ONCKRT MISIC: 1 PM to 3 r» g MODJERATF TERMS FOR PBBMAMENT R^» f B CABLE ADDRKSS EMBHOTKI/' .opoRT i 5 MINUTES DRIVE FROM KALLAWG g t
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    The Atomic Cannon has Arrived
    461 11  - The Atomic Cannon has Arrived BILL BECKER h »c VEGAS. Nevada. J££ ATOMIC cannon T H an established tnHav to Amerire?'lfie plans. Nuc f S r scientists have comclea h the virtual pquiP r f SS f of a standard fbomb into a shell only £r tfi J-on, tb. U.o.
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    Bridge Hand
    339 11 South West North East 14 Pase Pass Dbi. All pa9B AN EXCELLENT performance m the recent Eastern States Bridge Championships demonstrated that our ex-teammate. Oswald Jacoby lost none of his bridge skill while serving with the Navy m Japan. Playing with Harry Fishbein. a brand-new partner. Ossie won
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    UNUSUAL PALS
    42 11 photo. Charlie, the rabbit, lies cradl eel m th* cla^p of Niskani. the tiger cub. They met not long after the birth of the tiffer cub during a circus visit to Sto ckholm and have been friends ever since. A.P.
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      58 11 T 0 /f\% urn tUfllti nii\J^ II*" Johns** \W^PH^>P^4^r^ ABILITY, E C O N(> M V and -"Zl_.. organisation giving a first-class .7-ff- senrice is behind them. You __c«-^ too will iind that YOUR dollar buys MORE m a Johnson! m BORNEO p v v m-< •im > \sQmpu nu
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      151 11 Today's Crossword -P^^Bl- I I I 1.1 ■^■BH B" 7 Y^t" -JB^ I 111 D rumni(i' f 4) Kt)bli T^ usually Z 7 8h Plnd out where thf ci is roan uwT J 8, 11 M.m later shows th< J" c 'dron iii 12 i his would make i •7i.
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      FORUM OR A POWDER KEG?
      299 12 FORUM OR A POWDER KEG? YOUR footnote to a letter under the caption, Stud> It" has ffiven me a bright idea." You. said- "The way some people blow up It sometimes seems more like B powder magazine than a forum." Well it has just struck me tint to keep up
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      BOYS' CLUB REPLIES
      162 12 rjiHE allegation by Mr. Timid A m the Pressman'^ Postbau of June 124 under th«? beading The Boy Who Did Not Dare" i.s most unfounded and ungentle manly. I would like to ask Mr. Timid how he can distinguish between the club boys and the street boys.
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      SHE APPROVES
      71 12 T THINK the idea that co- education should be introduced to Singapore schools is excellent. Many of my classmates, too, agree with "A StuThere are more advantages than disadvantages m introducing co-education. Why cannot there be co-education m Singapore English schools when other countries and the Chihave it
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      'WITH CLUTCH AND BRAKE'—CHAPTER 2
      376 12 'WITH CLUTCH AND BRAKE'— CHAPTER 2 AS chairman of the Roidmansiiip Branch of the International Society of Road Hogs. Inc. I am surprised that Mr. xeoman (Free Press, June 25) is not sure of the meaning of the road bigm mentioned by him. I had thought they were elementary. In
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      Rubber lag puts 1,000 out of work
      218 12 Rubber lag puts 1 ,000 out of work \T LEAST 1,000 people have been thrown out of work as a result of the diminishing: imports of slab rubber from Indonesia for Chinese remilling factories m Singapore. The jobless include workers from the remilling planl.s which have temporarily suspended operations, tongkaim
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      Now we taxed are
      85 12 Now we taxed are misleading. Our r ut? ewhat Quite satisfactory for "I art fcg*ag oorf r gs^ But the recent leeisiaHm. exempt amateur society?, the payment of enteVt.?. m tax contains a claus t^5 ment feet that the ruKf^ h? mv.st .state that"! a socle ■naUng or 2an L
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      JURY SERVICE
      99 12 j WAS appointed as a juror A la the Supreme Court and attended for two weeks. Later, when my services were not required. I was released I put m a claim for transport expenses but unfortunately my claim was turned down without any reason at all. If I
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      WHY BOTHER
      38 12 TO your correspondent Veronica Hilbourne and any similarly irate "charmers"•Why bother. Them's my sentiments, too. Let's make-up and both stay NATURAL. MERE MALE. Lorong Batawi. you bet they'll keep h w powder dry for another shot.
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      25 12 BRUNSVIGB CALCULATOR ■akk^^J /'if />^« J W^^^v /BWU THE CALCULATOR OF HIGH EFFICIENCY SPEED AND ACCURACY Sole Agents UNDERWOOD GENERAL AGENCIES (M) LTD SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR
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    Waists back to normal
    365 13  -  LOUISE PETRIE Fashion demands, Paris commands by HAVE to report from 1 Murielle my corresm Pans, that m Phfoay Sty's mid-season sSows "normality" is the Talways feel that mid<*ason collections of bi<; ffi, desi^rs r^t the true public taste specially m Paris, where extreme and extravagant
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    A TEN-YEAR-OLD DREAM COMES TRUE
    438 13 CHICAGO. A 10- YEAR DREAM leu co°^ ht with meat gs sandwiches and old trul n °> Utfits will co Xtmonth whe n 141 factory gin s take on for J*£ vacation flight to six^couTS? 611 Plan t0 tour the Pnn. and Vistt Clare P
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    YOUR MIND CAN KEEP YOU YOUNG
    501 13 says Judith oimons A NOTHER year ahead.... a call to fresh opportunity. Only one thing is wrong. You will be another year older. Yes, this "birthdayitis"' is a peculiai malady. It usually sets m about the middle twenties, when a woman develops a strange
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      108 13 VICKY MICHELLE BEAUTY PARLOUR LATEST ARRIVAL of Creme Oil COLD WAVE Sensationally new method for HAIR BEAUTY This Particular WAVE is followed with NEUTRATEST TEST PAPERS. No DRYNESS or FRIZZ of the HAIR SPEED N'EZE System 1 hrs. whole Process. Consult MISS VICKY for her special scissor tf razor method
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    When Alec won a Test match —as a batsman
    822 14 When Alec won a Test match as a batsman Wiifn ai<*c reached home alter his first trip to Australia with Walter Hammond's side of 1946--7 he was a tired man. Perhaps ho hud not thci learned to conserve his energies -to bowl within his capabilities. Perhaps it may have been
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    Managers fight over Marciano
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    175 14 HHHE Singapore senior cricket tour- nament positions after the weekend's matches are: t v Police v Police The results were: Police beat Na"y by an innings and 76 runs at Naval Base. Police 171 <S. Vellupillai 49 1; Navy 13 (Sandosham 4 for no runs. Vellupillai
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    522 15  -  Roy McKelvie by ,T is one of the rare qualities T lf Wimbledon that every 1 lives us something new. S worth While W«tchinj «r rHin/ This time we have SfS« have con,- through nJlftvourites for the singles U It has never
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    952 16 Allan Lewis reviews the racing ABBOT'S HAVEN HAD A LOT IN HAND ABBOT'S HAVEN ptti up a marvellous performance to win the main race Class 2 Div I, 1 Mile, at K.L. on Saturday, opening day of thiSelangor Turf Club's June July meeting. Abbot's Haven appeared to be hopelessly placed
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    131 16  -  ALLAN LEWIS By C^ARNET Bougoure, who broke a 1 left jaw wren Colenso and flu Star fell on Saturday, was sent a the Johore Baiiru hospital yesterdij morning. Colenso was travelling like aw» n« r when he fell and was sow placed that he must have a
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