The Singapore Free Press, 2 July 1953

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Urn's! Afternoon Sale m .Malaya. li,. *****, Singapore Thurs., July 3,1953. Price 15 Cts
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    BYRNE MUST LEAD US'-UNIONS
    744 1  - BYRNE MUST LEAD US '-UNIONS SIT YIN FONG The p peer cc ar reviving Ritson talks Government criticised By OINGAPORE Council of Action leaders told me this morning (as they told the Under-Secretary, Mr. J. D. Higham, yesterday) that they must have Mr. K. M. Byrne to present their case
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    ESTABLISHMENT OFFICER
    23 1 Singapore's new Establishment Officer, Mr. B. Young, who takes over from Mr. John N. Ward, who goes on leave this week-end.
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    Tunisian prince is slain in his palace
    413 1 AN ASSASSIN'S bullet yesterday snuffed out the life of Prince Azzedine Bey, heir presumptive to the Beylical crown of Tunisia and oiu* of the few friends m high places France could count on m her troubled North African protectorate. The murderer crept into
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    Rubber Prie
    29 1 •SftS* Rubber Market S t hU morning on an unJ%l'° m ne *"h first grade, i fe nt at 64 8 cent S C aneed from yester
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    Delegation to Nicoll
    74 1 A MEETING of Singapore tra^e union representatives today will propose the sending of a delegation to see the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, to ask for withdrawal of changes against Mr. K. M. Byrne. It will also pursue 1 the question whether Mr. Byrne should be on the
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    No more concessions, U.S. warns Mr. Rhee
    201 1 No more concessions, U.S. warns Mr. Rhee A dent o as warned Pr eslp» H TOman Rhee Wl V n eslden t Elsenhower's Walter fiDal conciiVnn u as niade its no uS him and will S c heth he agrees or iSftf the 5 i epUed m a let m
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    Tories win Abingdon
    61 1 THE Conservative Government held its slender Parliamentary majority of 18 by winning a by-election m Abingdon yesterday. The result was: Mr. Airey M. A. Nea v c. Conservative. 22,986; Mr. Ted Castle. Labour. 17.126; Mr George R Men. Liberal. 3,060. Conservative majority 5,860., Conservative majority m a
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    QUEEN AT BELFAST
    32 1 rpHOUSANDS of people yesterA day acclaimed the Queen and thp Duke of Edinburgh when they arrived m Belfast Northern Ireland, by air from London for a three-day Coronation visit.
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    Pasir Panjang Supplement
    71 1 the Governor of A Singapore will formally open the Pasir Panjang power station. To commemorate the occasion, the- Free Press will publish a 24-page full-size supplement telling m words and pictures the story of the creation of the finest power station m the Far Ea.st. fie sure
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    AGAIN Four winners in a row
    51 1 AGAIN Four winners in a row rLLOWERS of Allan Lewi% Free Press rarin? correspondent, I). i I another good day at the Kuala Lumpur races yesterday. Lewis tipped FOUR winners off the reel Talisman, Farnley, Badalona and Best Tip. Last Saturday, Lewis had five winners, four of them m a
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    RUSSIA MAY LAUNCH NEW PEACE DRIVE
    465 2 Bermuda delay an opportunity BRITISH officials last night predicted a new major Soviet peace offensive centering: on Germany following the sudden recall of the Kremlin's three top ambassadors m the West. They expected a major diplomatic move to tak<* advantage of the illness of
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    Lipstick on dead husband's mouth
    153 2 WAR BRIDE FOUND GUILTY MRS. Hildergrade Garni Pelton, 32-year-old German war bride at Oakland, California, was found guilty yesterday of' murder m the second degree for the slaving of her husband, William Pelton. The guilty verdict carries a -penalty of five years to life imprisonment.
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    BRITON TO BE ALLIED AIR CHIEF
    128 2 A BRITISH air hero of World War II soon is to be named chief of the Atlantic Allies Air Forces m Central Europe informed officials said yesterday. He is Air Marshall Sir Basil Embry, 51-year-old Royal Air Force pilot who was captured by the
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    Sir Winston doing well
    98 2 SIR Winston Churchill, ordered by his doctors to rest, is impressing everybody by his extraordinary recuperative powers, sources close to the Prime Minister said m London last night. These sources admitted Sir Winston had been desperately tired, and that this showed itself quite suddenly. But his
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    Fear of rice slump in Burma
    192 2 Fear of rice slump in Burma UEARS of possible slumn x the price of Burma? port rice is i mp i ied c ing given by Burma? aJ2?" tural Minister yesfe L^ country's 12-man miL peasants. n The Minister, Mr. Kyawß™ who is also the secreK eral of AU-BurmTpg*!; Organisation,
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    U.S. to stop foreign aid in 1956
    73 2 U.S. to stop foreign aid in 1956 THE senate yesterday voted to end the Mutual Security Administration on July 1, 1}» and stop actual Foreign Aid spending one year later. nomocratic Senators mib lanfteU ol Montana^ Walter F George, of Georgß. Committee, said: 'From on I will not support any
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    INQUIRING CAMERA on films 'OH, THAT ACCENT!' SAYS AN ASIAN
    501 3  - INQUIRING CAMERA on films 'OH, THAT ACCENT! SAYS AN ASIAN ROGER YUE Ry upr> is a Chinese girl who obhas English taste* m films: MISS JEANETTE TAN, secretary to a bank manager said: JShy I like British tarns. American films are like fairy faTes and they are full of imagination.
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    Synthetic rubber may go up 3 US cents
    243 3 Synthetic rubber may go up 3 US cents A U.S. GOVERNMENT rubber expert told Senators yesterday the price of synthetic rnhhpr might. «n up three U.S. cents a pound when the Government's synthetic rubber facilities were sold to private in* terests. Mr. Morton Yohalem, a Re- j construction Finance Corporation
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    They love the quiet humour
    293 3 \nd here are the views of those who championed the Bnti.sh fi'm: LT COM DR. T. P. SKABOI'RNE, manager of a leading book -store: 'My preference Is absolutely and certainly English. Maybe it's because I'm English, but I like the production. 'Greater detail is given
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    Break up S'pore into zones for 'L' drivers, they say
    253 3 SEVERAL Singapore motorists yesterday suggested that the Colony be divided into three zones— rural suburban and city to solve the problem of U V drivers clogging up busy streets. They said: "For the first two months, an "L" driver should
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    HASSAN IS BARRED FROM POLITICS
    58 3 Mohamed Hassan, former personal secretary of ex-King Farouk, was stripped yesterday political rights and barred from public office for a period of 15 years. Hassan was convicted by the Anti Graft. Court set Up after thn military revolution to take up cases of abuse of
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    12 nations plan atom lab
    86 3 BRITAIN and 11 continental nations yesterday agreed to build m Geneva the world's greatest atom smashing machine —entirely for purposes of peace. It will have 10 times the power of lightning. The laboratory and apparatus will take seven years to complete. No single country outside
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    OIL CRY IN FORMOSA
    53 3 Existence of immense petroleum deposits m Formosa was publicly claimed yesterday by a Chinese professor who spent 17 years m Japan studying geology. Mr. Ting Ying Ma, professor at the National Taiwan University, said the deposits are main- ly m the area between Tainan and Kaohsiung,
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    POSTMEN PROTEST
    22 3 Five thousand post office clerks struck for^ two hours throughout Israri ye.stercJay, protesting against repeated delays m payment of salaries.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 2, 1953. Opinion THE GOVERNMENT AND Mr. BYRNE
    356 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 2, 1953. Opinion THE GOVERNMENT AND Mr. BYRNE SIR Edward Ritson calked for goodwill m discussions by the Singapore Government and union representatives on conditions of service. Neither side has questioned the need for it. But ithere appears to be little chance of cordiality
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    The Magic of BALI
    777 4 The Magic of BALI More Europeans an settling down on the glamourous isle. Hen Sefton Delmer tells the story of one of them SOURABAYA, Java. IifORE and more EuroiTA peans are settling down on the glamorous, magical island of Bali, just across the water. I have just come back from
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      31 4 POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER What sort o/ news-coverage is this t Here > tht final night extra with still no mention oj tht vrizrwinnino exhibitors at tht Delphinium Show I I
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    70 INSOLVENT CLERKS OWNED $1MIL
    317 5 70 INSOLVENT CLERKS OWNED $1MIL let's have more thrift societies' Free Press Staff Keporter ..PORF'S Official Assignee, Mr. W. C Alcock. SDIGf!, advised wage-earners to organise y e nrf loan societies m order to avoid money lenders and Ban^H were becoming More nd c^ r r There was a crying
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    ANOTHER MAN GOES
    33 5 The rash of resignations by top United States information officials m Europe continued yesterday with the departure of Mr. Lloyd A. Free, head of the Public Affairs Programme m Italy.
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    Rabies has been proved in S'pore
    258 5 Rabies has been proved in S'pore lIR A H FOSTER, the Chief M Government Veterinary Officer said yesterday that the nSence of rabies m Singapore had been proved to his satisfaction. f He was commenting on a letter to the Free Press from a reader who signed himself "Eye Witness."
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    NO FLAME SUITS
    29 5 President Eisenhower has signed a bill to ban sales of highly inflammable wearing apparel, such as certain types of cowboy suits and so called "torch" sweaters.
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    'BUTTERFLY' IS INVITED TO AMERICA
    282 5 'BUTTERFLY' IS INVITED TO AMERICA Miss Loh Lin is so excited Free Press Staff Reporter THE MOST thrilled girl m 1 Singapore yesterday was Miss Loh Lin, 23, of "The Artist's Model" and "The Butterfly" shows which the Police banned. M *s Loh Lin is excited because «ne has received
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    Big building plan is delayed
    113 5 THE SINGAPORE Immigration Department's proposed $750,000 new headquarters building on a site off Prince Edward Road will not be built this year. The Director of Public Work.!. Mr. A. Wear, said the plan has been deferred until next year. Mr. J.L.J. Haxworth, Controller of Immigration,
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    Thomson Road $3m housing estate
    147 5 Thomson Road $3m housing estate A $3,000,000 project to build 170 homes on 25 acres of land at the 53 milestone, Thomson Road, has been started m Singapore. It is known as the Adelphi Park Estate. The Managing Director of the newly formed estate, Mr. E, O. Dale, said there
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      155 5 BLOOD ■< URGENTLY REQUIRED Singapore Hospitals must be assured of a constant supply of Blood to carry on the great work of healing and Saving LifeAccidents m Streets, Factories, Workshops etc- cause serious casualties. These cases and others dangerously ill m Hospital or Maternity Wards must be given the best
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      237 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis *\LA I^niCMKd.TW T/6ffl DRANK I NOW-- STOP- -YOU FOOL/THAT 1 HB^ JHHBTI FROM 7«f W/Uffl HOU WHEKM WATCH. IUGER WILL KILL YOU.' I H^F"^ A Myi- ThE JUNGLE WITCH'S STORY:* AT THF NATIVE HAD SCAIIEREO HIS WHITE -m |^km fHP»VBd| WmK-^
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      367 6 YOUk 1 LUCKY Th is one of *"<•<•«**. But, to < iour yo u f 3'^ easi 'y get tired 0 7^«- lj n °t call for whk »> C >«»r talents "f v lh '7 »ke better there is nA course, yon «n '5 loVf I""-''cl solnlion h h
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    A 'SPINELESS HUSBAND' AND TWO WOMEN
    327 7 pncouraged her husband— "a spineW IFE actively c „__t o comm it misconduct with A less, sensuous, man Commissio ner Bush-James fl&a^J Mrs. Queenle Eliza »He dismissed a Avenuef M itcham, Surrey. whr> Holberton. °'J| s r r by her husband. Mr. Albert Victor
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    ENVOY RESIGNS
    94 7 Egyptian ambassador to Paris. Adly Andraos. has tendered his resignation and it has been acrepted. an authoritative- source said yesterday Prior to his Pans assignment, he was ambassador to Greece. picture. Voluptuous Hollywood l Hunearun-horn a horse-shoe around the ne< k n v the ((f m Eta Bartok,
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    Three children sleep, while police hunt
    94 7 fl*O brothers and their six-year-old sister slept sound--2dis.\ rOoin at their school as A^l officers had callt^ chHHr S unU1 d ay»Bht. quietly ren tro °P ed ho fl ASSESS and evenin^ ist^L J mmy< and their Pafk'2M a J played m Jubilee Ml
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    A splashing goad time
    45 7 picture. KONXIE STEELE. 23, (left) and Shirley Allen 20, have l^^^J^^^Ji too! The two contestants m the Miss Washington ».t. cont WL c ht by grapher at a pool whilt the temperature re S i tered a hot 90 degrees. U.P.
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    GIRLS BURN SCHOOL, SAY: 'WE'RE SORRY'
    106 7 rpHREE Wolveriiampton school--1 girls ,one aged 15 and two aged. 14, who admitted to a Wolverhampton placed on probaburn down their school, causing damage costing £508, were at Woversampton placed on probation for two years. The father of each girl was ordered to pay
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    Two die in fight over a girl
    133 7 A 19-YEAR-OLD National Service man, home on sevfn days' leave before *oin* out to Korea, and a.21-vear-old seaman both died from injuries they received In a ?afe fight over a girl m Cable Street, Stepney^London. Tables, chairs, and crockery were overturned as the
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    2,000 MEDALS FOR SALE
    94 7 One of the first Victoria Crosses ever awarded is to be sold next month by a London hrm of auctioneers. It was won m the Crimea by Chief Gunner John Roberts, who destroyed a great quantity of Russian stores on th 2 shores of the Sea
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      61 7 I NEW Super -6 Clippers to 1 TOKYO I FROM HONCKONC 2 I Leave Singapore 930 a. m. Wednesday, 1 arrive Tokyo 9.4S />. m. Thursday with stops at Manila and Hon^kon^ Also to the U-S.A. from Singapore via I Hongkong and Tokyo at no extra fare Pan American World
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    Raffles Record Is Broken
    183 8 Raffles Record Is Broken SPORTS THRKLLS-AND LAUGHTER QNE of the highlights of I Raffles Institution's annual sports, held on the school ground last week, was I the record-breaking jump of 10ft. 2 ins. by Coh Siew Kang m the Pc!e Vault. S^g He cleared that height m his first attempt.
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    Onlookerssmiling, shy and serious
    48 8 Right: As a competitor m the Pole Vault gets ready for his jump, these two lads wonder if he will make it. 'Above: Pretty Mary Ong obliges with a big smile, while her friend next Ito her shyly covers her face ivith her fan.
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    "They're off!'
    63 8  -  PETER DE CRUZ Story by Pictures by Picture. I Mow: A lance-corporal does me monkey run" m the cadet race. Above: "They're off!" This is the start of ihc 100 yards sprint. SAM KAI FA YE Left: Patricia Gaw. of Raffle* WWi School is out to win this
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    Putting the shot and....
    15 8 Left: Ng Thin Sionq strains every muscle m putting the shot.
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    ...limbering up
    17 8 ...limbering up Right: Joyce Sim of Raffles Girls' School limbers up for the girl's inter-school invitatio?i relay.
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    Cheering the relay race
    16 9 Left: A section of the spectators cheering Vie runners m the inter-house
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    'One-two-three Heave!'
    26 9 'One-two-three Heave!' Below: "Heave!" The boys dig their feet m and pull for all they are lvorth m reply to the urgent commands of their leader.
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    THE FLYING SIKH
    19 9 THE FLY ING SIKH Above, lejt: Kuldip Singh is caught by the cameraman clearing this hurdle m line style.
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    BREAKING THE VAULT RECORD
    42 9 Schoolboy Nathan receives the baton from his team-mute, Peter Soh m the 400 yard inter-lwube relay. Goh Sieiv Kanq making his record breaking jump m the pole vault Is caught just after he has let go the pole.
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    Head bump kills A1 soldier
    307 10 Head bump kills A1 soldier SIGNALMAN John Hughes, 22, suffered from a rare disease __it killed his mother and grandfather for eifiht years and the slightest knock was dar»erous. He told his Army medical board about it when he wis called up, but was passed Al Then he died. At
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    No. 1. gets £75 for 'trespass by a tree'
    101 10 No. 1 gets £75 for 'trespass by a tree' A STORY OF 2 MEN A MAN was awarded £75 m damages and £50 costs for "trespass and damage" by the roots of a neighbour's poplar tree. He had claimed £475. He said the roots ruined his lawn and garden, and
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    No. 2 with his third wife meets the other two
    142 10 ON the seventh floor of a Cape Town building a business man stepped into a lift with his recentlymarried third wife. On the fourth floor the lift stopped and m stepped his first wife. The business man was still recovering
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    RED PLANES DOWNED
    37 10 A United States Navy Corsair pilot claimed destruction of two Communist light planes at the mouth of the Han River during an air raid alert In the Seoul *umpo Air Base area last night
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    BETTY BREAKS OUT
    17 10 »euy arable has ended her year* association with 20th 1 Century lor him*. I
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    RACKET BY NUMBERS
    448 10 The tax men m U.S. noun** on the new Capones wheel has come lull circle. Four of the five Mann lieutenants m the Chicago gang kingdom that stems°f Al Capone days, have been indicted by a grand jury on h \tax evasion the same >ort of charge
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    The girl told him her secret and then....
    247 10 CAVING there were exceptional circumstances which justified not passing a prison sentence, Mr. Justice Havers at Esset Assizes at Chelmsford placed Gordon Leslie Crew, aged 35, brea«i salesman, of Oswold Road, Chorltoncum-Hardy, Manchester, on probation for three years. Crew pleaded guilty to
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    BIG U.S. DEFICIT
    27 10 The government piled up a record peacetime deficit of US $9,389,000,000 hi fiscal year 1953 which ended last midnight, the U.S. Treasury announced yesterday.
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    Champions are Still on Top
    486 11 frha om flares to hand fj eWdent that ast 11 S.rt lady champion. Lumsdon is well set M S. the coveted cup »X s^ond time runSff'^hS top place f'"L closely challenged by a Social and Dance, the out--o^e is still m the balance. Wth ten
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    Free Press Serviees' Page
    23 11 AMR FORCE i Andrey Totter who was recently seen m Singapore m Columbia's 3-D film, "Man m the Dark."
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    Troopships due in Singapore
    71 11 Troopships due in Singapore THE FOLLOWING are the provisional dates of arrivals at Singapore of troopships, both outward and homeward bound, up to midJuly. The dates are subject to alteration Outward bound the 11.080--ton Dilwara, sister ship to the Dunera," ts expected at Singapore from the United Kingdom on July
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    'HAY FEVER' NOW SHOWING
    62 11 'HAY FEVER' NOW SHOWING The REME Dramatic Society's presentation of Noel Coward's comedy "II a y Fever went on at the REME Theatre last evening. Tonight llNBgtS. Mess nipht and Officers Invitation Night is on Friday when unresevred .seats may be available for Other Rank. Enquiries should be made to
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    G.O.C. TAKES SALUTE
    320 11 G.O.C. TAKES SAL UTE AFTER A WEEK of sporting and social activities the Royal Army Services Corps celebrated Corps Sunday with, a Church Parade at St. George's Garrison Church. Tanglin, and afterwards marched past the G.0.C., Singapore Base District, Major-General A. G. O'Carroll Scott. The service was conducted by the
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      42 11 London's most popular cabaret act. I PAT KAY I and I BETTY ANKERS I From the famous "96" Restaurant, Piccadilly, s Stars of Radio, Television, Films. Now appearing at Te!cp!ione 3848 for table reservations Non-diners, cover charge between 10 11 p.m. 3
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      94 11 Todays Crossword 1 J 11 l 1 Garbled 1> evidence for Oat 4l V 4 a: ii quite ;i borinß U ]t: i-s hkir B mlsUke (4) 11 2^l (5) 10 i« 1; 18, A piece of p A^a c! (9) 13, 19. A full ,01 9 61 •<'!!« II
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      278 11 Bridge Hand Kast-West vulnerable West dealer ■NORTH VQ9B 7 4 3 0 J8662 73 WEST KAST Q2 A 10 4 3 S? A J 10 6 tfK6 O*A Q 7 3 OK 10 9 4 ♦562 Q 9 4 SOUTH 4 K l l 1.T.1 I ,tf 2 Tk J
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    A TROOP FOR BOYS' TOWN
    313 12 Weekly scout corner PLANS are being completed for the formation of a new Scout troop at the Bukit Timah Boys' Town which is run by Brothers of the Order of St. Gabriel. An official of the Singapore Boy Scouts Association was present on Saturday to
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    FIFTY FIFTY
    107 12 IT was some months ago that Raymans' Market which was built at a great cost was opened to the public. The market is very neat and clean. But there is one thing to which I would like to draw the authorities' attention. There are no sign boards for
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    Wedded to loneliness?
    162 12 ITAKE my hat off to Mr. J. A. Jumat, the founder of the Lonely Hearts Club, for his initiative. But I fail to understand why Mr. Jumat wants married men and women to Join. They should not, 1 think, join at all. After all, I am aure
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      'Nothing for me... Why?' he asks
      261 12 TN RESPONSE to the daily appeal of the Pressman, I wish to answer these questions and tell your readers my 'grouse' as an obedient Government servant: 1. Have you a 'Grouse'? Yes! Clerks In some Government departments are getting their arrears of back pay
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    Just what is a dog!
    109 12 CLAUSE 5 of the agreement between the S.IT. and tenants states that the tenant agrees "not to allow any livestock or ANY ANIMAL OF ANY SORT on the said premises." I have, however, noticed that there are quite a number of tenants owning dogs m
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    FORM GUIDE
    78 12 I SEE a lot of space alotted to race supplements specifying the form of horses, the usefullness of which is open to grave doubts. Besides, more space is given to repetition of the previous days race results which are already history. Every time I use the horses' form,
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    VOLUNTEER IN TATTERS ASKS WHY
    75 12 VOLUNTEER IN TATTERS ASKS WHY m 1949 I have been i drtiii *> one uniform oeen »yea oni, My uniform Is n^ and rather tatteiZ either I have JSX oversized or mJTJ f «H shrunk and > shrecto. I eannit bers of other d W^ agree with me to outrageous
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    FREE CHOICE
    121 12 TN this fair cosmopolitan cte i Singapore, I fail entirely to derstand the women's criticisms i n:en's clothes and the mens similar criticisms of the women's clothes. I consider men's and women's guments alike men should bynoneuj utter anything 111 about women's clothes and women should not mate
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    Letters must be short
    35 12 photo. LADY MARAIA SIKUNA 01 i-iji saiutcs »m« n— Mother by curtseyinj clapping her hands three times at the Woman Corona Club garden pal«e a t L* *">»<** h Palace, K»don.- Popper
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    Mixed-bag of a Biography
    608 13  - Mixed-bag of a Biography PETER QU EN NELL Book Reviews by tault, by Conunorthodox f that ffave reU for many JW^ th an birtoricul ""Si <tory of a group of us U*,^ landowners, not- B Rtzgibb«. fist Earl 81OnS P rv° and throws interestS? Constants Fitzgibbon, it one time commissioned
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    QUICK LOOKS
    181 13 ISIi 10 0^ '^A«. by Thomas J!JJ- (HoUl «an<i carter. cSS2J S.? 0 1 monastic life, mrFELp* Patrick Leigh Fer^ trunpg Mt *J young American Jay tSS^ fritic of he sunWf ¥ot vp fe tod lV illld lh^ (I> «Ut«, GLORY Md.hsner, tnd deeply t ""> tad reminiscences
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    'LOVE' IN RED FADES
    294 13  - 'LOVE' IN RED FADES JAMES LEASOR In Pierced Hearts and True Love (Verse Hoy In by Harms Ebenslen. I KNOW a man who had "In Memory of My Dear Mother" tattooed on his arm and she outlived him by ten years. She seems almost to have outlived the art of
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    CHURCHILL: NEW BOOK?
    130 13 CHURCHILL: NEW BOOK? SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL it soon »o begin writing another book." report* W. H. Smith i Book Trad* news. The story Publishing circles is that this will be Hie -s Prime Minister's political testament, which he will em- bark upon as soon as he gives up the Foreign
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    THINGS THEY SAY
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    A Boom in Books
    559 13 A Boom in Books LONDON booksellers are still riding a post-war boom and the public lending libraries report more business than ever before. 'Escapist' books are most popular. Novelist Nigel Balchin tops the fiction sales with "Sunday Creditors," a contrast m characters of two brother running an engineering firm. One
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    BUKOM SCORE UPSET OF SEASON
    747 14 Shell outplayed by speedy forwards Pulau Bukom 2; Shell 0. IT was the biggest upset of the season; the biggest surprise of yesterday's Singapore Business Houses league soccer programme. The upset was the victory of Pulau Bukom, who are placed second from the bottom of
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    OTHER RESULTS
    44 14 Other SBHFA results DIVISION ONE: M PH. 3. Malayan Airways O. DIVISION TWO: Breweries 3 1.C.1. O Ford S.C. wo Borneo Motors. DIVISION THREE: East Asiatic 2. Jacks 2. Alexandra Brickworks 6. Sime Darby -B" 2. Cable Wireless 1. Rotterdam T.C O.
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    A bull's eye
    26 14 The Free Freti MID- DAY NAP for yesterday's races TALISMAN 'Race 4> scored. Watch the Mid-day Nap. It appears on every race day.
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    Bis Sweep
    56 14 Big Sweep TOTAL POOL: |SSS,7M FIRST: ISISSI (Sti:i.«:J9) SECOND; is:; i;:>o jstl,Slt) THIRD:. ttMSI (sl:>>>'H Starters ($3lBl each) Nos: *****0, 11IH4I, BS7S7S, ?:SSTB6, 1M557. unsulation (***** each). N«»s: lltttt, !2 2493. 3263:»7, 131!V',i. 15CM1, lurr.i, ziwm, 13;;:;::. *****3, 14bl.">!) DOI'BLE TOTE FIRST DOI'BLK: 34 tickets ($47 each): SECOND
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    AMERICANS MEET ISLAND CLUB AT GOLF
    293 14 jytAW for (he golf match between the American Association and Urn Island Club, to be pl..»d t lie bkai Club on Sunday Ls:— 7.00 am E K. W. I.indcboom, J V B 9S lld v P Mnellng A Jon-. 8-.JD am W H,i „.r
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    BADALONA SCORES A HAT-TRICK
    342 14  - BADALONA SCORES A HAT-TRICK ALLAN LEWIS HOW THEY RAN AT X.L YESTERDAY By OADALONA made his winning: sequence three on end when he won the main race Cl. I, Div. 2 l Mile at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, second day of the Selangor Turf Club June-July meeting. Mawi rode Badalona with
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    Court craft
    384 14 No matter which way you sev it, you've just got to admit that Gloria Butler looks a picture m her Wimbfcdoa tennis togs. The America girl certainly brought a original touch to this year's parade of court fashions. And was she popular! Why, the other players were ill
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    Gloster hit back v. Aussies
    579 15 Gloster hit back v. Aussies 20'yr-old spiuuer takes 3 wickets THE Australians, somewhat chastened and leg-weary after their five day struggle m the Lord's Test, travelled to Gloucester yesterday and met Tom Graveney at his elegant best. But' even Graveney couldn't stop Gloucester's collapse. He collected 52 runs but Lindwall
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    SCOREBOARD
    180 15 CiLOITESTFR SHIRE— IST INNS. Kmmett b Miller 22 Young r Hassftt b Lindwall (.i.iveney c A b Hill 52 Crapp r b Benaud Milton r Harvey b Lindwall 15 Wilson Ibu b Hill U I I ambert b Benaud 1 Mortimore b Archer 20 C. J. Scott b Lindwall
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    Szabados is beaten by 17-year-old
    42 15 r world table-tennis I* T^n Michael Szaba-c^^ar-old Sydney player. J^ Jen ii ngS was playing m a sza bad match an d it was State fZlTever by an Ausl)^r^ d a c J cr n a competition.
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    EYE-OPENER FOR SELECTORS
    189 15 Bill t:<hi<ii hits 211 DILL EDRICH, Middlesex's v veteran fi^htin? skipper. gave the Test selectors one more nud»e yesterday, with a sturdy double century— his second three figure innings m successive days— against Essex, at Lords. Other century makers were Don Kenyon— .still the season's most prolific
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    MRS. LOW STAGES A COMEBACK
    51 15 Former champion Mrs. I'\v Stall made a gnmd c nubno. she won the Penanp women ciown m thus year's terms championship m the Colony ft! crri.<\. M:s low. who held the trie In Hi4B. defeated Mrs. chure Cbeafc In the final In stralchi seta 8-2,
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    ESSEX REMAIN AT THE TOP
    80 15 E^^ined their the I imp- *> he v ,'h Hampshire nnd i four I ti:sl 11. r. Demoutt) whl h iritti v. .shire. P now v. f Mil h wi'h s*j. urn/ Kmi' by H nin.s Romford, satDcd thrjr 0j 11. tn county (Jk d
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    DANGER MEN
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    BIRTHS
    46 16 GHII)[ KY ro I -l<\v. wife of Arnold Oridley, Ml 27th Juno. 1953, at the Penang Maternity Hospital, h daughter, Alison Elizabeth. CHANDRIKA: To Mrs. Madhavi Nalr. Ai;p of K. B. N.iir. on 13.9.53. at »>l2. Jelutang Avenue. Forest. Re- 5 irch Institute, Kepong, Setangor.
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    MARRIAGE
    29 16 MAR RIAG E DAVIK -HARI.E: At the Methodlv Church, Kbng, John Davn\ Colonial Veterinary Service, Malaya, to Margaret Walls Harle, British Red Ci Milr a. on 27th June, |fS3.
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    MONA'S KUDA IN GREAT FORM
    416 16  -  ALLAN LEWIS To race under Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe "s colours From MOWS KIDA (Smith) again showed outstanding form when she was going; better than BOKDF.K Scot (Whitney) at the end of a well run three, m 36 1 5 on the second grass track
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    Drobny's 10th bid fails 'GIANT KILLER' ENTERS FINAL
    631 16 Drobny's 10th bid fails 'GIANT KILLER' ENTERS FINAL TTNSEEDED Kurt Nielsen, 22-year old /student from Copenhagen, will play JfSS*^ Victor Siexas, 29-year-old Philadelphia^ S d don men's singles tomorrow. wimbfe. Nielsen yesterday easily outmanoeuvred bile Jaroslav Drobny. Egyptian finalist at Wtaw^ last year to cap a great run of "giant
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    NO WOMEN
    59 16 I\UE to lack of sufficient entries J there will be no women's Kinglet m the 1953 Perak tennis champi nships which are d'.ie to s'art, this weekend. Though there are Insufficient entries for the women's singles an unusually lai^e number of women from Teluk Alison and Sitiawan will
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    3rd DAY WEIGHTS
    360 16 IVKIOIITS Satur- day. third day of Kuala Lumpur meet: Ci. 1. Div. I—6 F.: Best Tip 3.<>o Mom's Km.li Nil Bunga KlO Yutoi II 8.09 Supremacy H.O'J Dondan; Sayan; 8.0."> Spidrr Kin? B.ot Border Scot 8.03 September Sonp HIM) Sangfroid 8 00 Kliandi S(jr 7.10 Talisman 7.10
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