The Singapore Free Press, 8 July 1953
1953-07-08
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section12 1953-07-08 1 The Singapore Free Press ]mA Afternoon Sale in Malaya- £Z^* wea^ r12 words
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Article373 1953-07-08 1 RHEE PLOTS NEW HITCH Wants to split Britain from United States £OMMUNIST and United Nations armistice negotVtors are renewing contact today for the first time for nine days with i liaison meeting which will show whether truce prospects arcbright, or fading. The Communists Asked for the meeting and may submit373 words
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222 1953-07-08 1 Nixon to come to Asia on goodwill tour fTHE White House announced j 1 yesterday that Vice-Presid- j rot Nixon would make a 'jouci- J till trip to the Far East and Southern Asia in the aut'imn. probably in October and Nov- ember. The announcement said Mr. Niion would make222 words
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Article123 1953-07-08 1 Warning to U.S.: Don't delay SIR Winston Churchill has instructed the acting Foreign Secretary, the Marquess of Salisbury, to caution the United States against waiting too long before agreeing to a toplevel meeting with the Kremlin leaders. Lord Salisbury received his final brieh'ng at dinner with the Prime Minister on123 words
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Article75 1953-07-08 1 Kiss of death A P?,' yeaM>ld Maltese, M <!ivorc e y <^r f Ol 1 Wlfe to a r *m&r d h ad onthp courthped d J tt But tho J» d^ hi ea *°*n and disarmed n 'tl C c "noili^ ere in court 1 0 attempt r aReuter - 75 words
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Article18 1953-07-08 1 2?* s&v bber market S»aib fi 8t gr d^ at 66V4 Si cen t above yeo-18 words
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Article54 1953-07-08 1 Nuns in a Chinese temple in Prince Phillip Avenue, Singapore, were awakened at 4 a.m. yesterday by the sound of cracking wood caused by someone attempting to force a way in. Finding no one they went back to bed. A check revealed damage to the outer54 words
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Article, Illustration34 1953-07-08 1 picture. The Duchess of Kent chats with >la«Jf« Con nolly at, Wji£ bledoa after the singes final In whjrti Little >lo »»eat l>uris Hart to reiuiu her title. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article30 1953-07-08 1 Nearly 20 officers and men of Gurkha Regiments decorated for gallantry in operations against bandits in Malaya received their awards from the Queen at Buckingham Palace yesterday.30 words
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Article, Illustration112 1953-07-08 1 Townsend: A quvry in the House A QUESTION will be asked A in the House of Commons today about the future of Group-Captain Peter Townsend, Extra Equerry to Queen Elizabeth, whose name has been linked romantically with that of Princess Margaret. The Air Ministry announced last week that Group-Captain Townsend,Reuter - 112 words
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Advertisement73 1953-07-08 1 tQbz& BLESS he. heart! She jr>TiH*yf%% mother to see her A 1 &\^<^\ )J little ffirl goin>, r ahead; )l gaining strength and W vigour every day f MONTHS ago mother 1 n-.ilised the importance *K^B& I of a good supplemen- l\J^//J t.iry fo<nl to reinforce V^ mßf y her73 words
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Article, Illustration289 1953-07-08 2 King, Premier in secret talks THE Cambodian Prime Minister, Penn Xouth, flew to Siam Reap yesterday to confer with Kin# Norodom Sihanouk and to decide whether to accept the latest French offer of independence for IndoChina. The Prime Minister, the Cambodian monarch and aidesA.P. - 289 words
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232 1953-07-08 2 Story of a wolf, wasp, and a woman A HOMELY British housewife's story of how her blouse was frisked for a wasp by a twoIrssed wolf cost Archibald G. Morley a small fine at Brighton yesterday on a charge of assault. Mrs. Winifred Collins said the incident began while she232 words
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Article71 1953-07-08 2 Back on the shelres T*HE U.S. State Department has directed its overseas linraries to put back on the shelves many volumes removed during: the recent purge of books by Communist and controversial authors. Officials said the books still banned were named in two master lists, the latest of which wasA.P. - 71 words
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189 1953-07-08 2 T>RITISH trade unionist leaders yesterday began a bid "to restore Mr. Herbert Morrison, former Labour Foreign Secretary, to the National Executive of the Labour Party from which he was ousted last year Leaders of the National Union I J of Mineworkers. meeting at Hastings189 words
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Article78 1953-07-08 2 PRESIDENT Luigi Einaudi I last night overrode a refusal by the outgoing Prime Minister. Mr. Alcide de Gasperi. to tform a new government, and formally asked him to try to set up his eighth successive Cabintt since the war. Signor de Gasperi. Christian Democrat leader whose Parliamentary78 words
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Article79 1953-07-08 2 VTORMAN F. Lucas. seeking a divorce on grounds of cruelty, said the breaking point came when his wife started finishing his dog around. 'She pulled Hi tars and prowled in its face." Lfll testified. When it growled back she hit it with a poker. "YouA.P. - 79 words
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Article138 1953-07-08 2 MR. STEPHEN SWINGLER, a Labour member of Parliament, asked in the House of Commons yesterday what protests Britain had made to Japan about the counterfeiting: of British goods in that country. He said that according to a recent re^pcrt of the British Commercial Attache In Japan,Reuter - 138 words
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Article22 1953-07-08 2 A Navv Constellation trans- port plane crashed in flamenear Chesterton. Maryland. yesterday, kilCing all .six of the V.22 words
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143 1953-07-08 2 60 held in Calcutta's week-old tram riots FLYING stones m 1 crackers forori 7. ssrvrf -if* arrested. Wc Among them was Mr i Basu, leader of the cL J opposition in the wS "Sf Legislative Assembly !> •seized after he led a de puu2 to see the Calcutta w theReuter - 143 words
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Article73 1953-07-08 2 The British Transport Cmsmission decided last night appeal against the Court of Inquiry findings on the disaster tr the ferry ship, Princess Victor* which sank off the Irish ccfc killing 133 people. The registered manager of* ship. Captain J. D. Reed, is IB appealing. The Court of73 words
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Advertisement31 1953-07-08 2 TOUGH AND built to COMPACT mi UNDERWOOD Correspondent enjjinerrpd for durability... < v I *V^yv <> precision-built for easier, ff^^iiljTj jL'Z^J faster writing. *J ,SV,/<- .U'.»/>: M j |J||. UKBERWOOD GENERAL AGEHCIK yj31 words
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Article, Illustration327 1953-07-08 3 On the comics trail iW cameka- WuttE Singapore children Hl h ave a kern taste for most of their parents *****0 1 like them at all. Some d ontended that comics X meant for grown-up. ««;Sd the omics as K?S nothing in them tn keep the reader thinking 1 v327 words
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Article388 1953-07-08 3 Scheme for cheap and fast transport is welcomed Free Press Staff Reporter THK Public Passenger Transport Committee of the City Council is to be asked to inquire into the possibility of operating electric trains in Singapore as part of the future transport system. This would not388 words
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171 1953-07-08 3 Mau Man is 'now less fashionable' Sir GEORGE Bnkine, the last Africans Comman-der-in-chief, said yesterday the "Man Man i.s .several points less fashionable than it was" alter the recent large .scale anti-terrorist Operation! 11l Kenya. But he told reporters at hi* headquarter! in Nairobi that there were '•.still plenty" ofReuter - 171 words
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Article47 1953-07-08 3 A fighting bull, raein? through the streets on his way to the bullring in Pamplona. Spain, ploughed his way through a pile of youths, injuring three alter first trying to jump over them. Five other half-ton bulls, with needle-sharp horns, followed him through.47 words
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Article28 1953-07-08 3 The American freighter Cornhusker Mariner (14,000 tons), with a crew of 45 went aground outside Pusan breakwater yesterday and was reported in danger of breaking up.28 words
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Article, Illustration87 1953-07-08 3 ALTHOUTH Moscow still refuses to allow the wives of British subjects to return to their husbands, they have relented in the case of Kussian women married to Americans. This move follows representations by the United States Ambassador in Moscow. Picture shows one of the first American-married Russian87 words
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Advertisement129 1953-07-08 3 Fruit Presses I A practical type for b:g C'J.p'J. y Mill! a/i ii n Made of cast iron. All parts \^W V J block tin. Every machine is —m^ l\ v Vl'l Bg'J "^r—^ rubber ring which is to be -^^^^^^^^ji] placed between the cushion /jp^^^^^gZ|M||^^^™^^^^^ and the body of129 words
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408 1953-07-08 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, July 8. 1953. Opinion OUR RICE BOWL rE Rice Production Committee appointed by General Templei seven months ago to consider ways and means by which Malaya could grow more rice within three years has published its report. Its recommendations make it plain that the process408 words
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Article, Illustration608 1953-07-08 4 THE WAR OF WORDS HOTS UP NORMAN LINDHURST reveals the major force behind the current revolts against Russian rule in East Germany. FRANKFURT. WHAT happens when you take a radio station— the most powerful in Western Europeplant it smack in the centre of the Soviet Zone of Germany and start608 words
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Article417 1953-07-08 4 TOM DAWSON - TOM DAWSON by rvON'T LET the terri*J fying flash of our second atomic bomb blind you to the exciting possibilities for .swift industrial and medical progress which atomic energy holds for the British people. While the world awaits this reverberating explosion from Woomera, Australia, Britain's417 words
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Advertisement14 1953-07-08 4 LONGINES The World s Most Honoured Watch SvlJ by ALL HIGH CLASS WATCH DEALERS14 words
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Advertisement145 1953-07-08 4 AN APPEAL TO YOU I The Saving of a Life may depend on BLOOD TRANSFUSION Blood cannot be manufactured or imported. We must be assured of a constant supply of Blood from the people of Singapore to carry on the great work of healing and saving lives in our Hospitals.145 words
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308 1953-07-08 5 Medical Plan takes the first REAL stride MANY BUILDINGS ARE GOING UP Press Staff Reporter Fr« Spores io-JJJW SSal Plan, which has 3M I Ittle visible proma« since its inception re 1 9 48 takes its first m .i stride forward this reia «irh the completion If $750,000 Outtionts' Clinic308 words
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Article, Illustration110 1953-07-08 5 TANJONG Katong Girls' School, Singapore, is planning to form an art club to promote drawing and painting among its students Mi s s Leila Samy, the art teacher, said yesterday that many of her students living Eearby were ?en to improve their110 words
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Article69 1953-07-08 5 from lif an Hild anim a' s which arrived in Singapore l °ndon 7 Fetl »ration yesterady by train will be sent to The aim! be part a Coronation collection. Ph «asant mals a Binturon«. two Siamanßs, a Peacock Klt chener ai Jr. an Ar *us69 words
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Article, Illustration71 1953-07-08 5 picture. TAM KUNG, a local deity of fishermen around Hong Kong:, jets more attention than mos t other deities in the Colony. For a good reason. He has it in his power to swell the catch of the fisherman or ,send them home from a long trip emptyhanded.U.p. - 71 words
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Article258 1953-07-08 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Labour Party will contest all six seats in the City Council elections in December, according to Mr. S. K. Reddi, the chairman. A meeting of the general council has been called for July 18 to nx a258 words
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Article61 1953-07-08 5 The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has announced an Interim dividend ot C2 per share, it was stated in I m-.-afie received by the Singapore office yt*t(> F d ree' of Hong Kong OorpOT; ation profits tax. the dividend is payable on Aug. 10- Transrer61 words
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Article, Illustration54 1953-07-08 5 picture. FROM the many beauty contests which have been held throughout the Philippines, Cristina Pacheco has emerged as queen of queens. She will present her country at the Miss Universe of 1953 contest in Long Beach, California. Picture shows her being crowned by last year's MissU.P. - 54 words
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Article111 1953-07-08 5 THE WOMEN'S and Children's Section of the Singapore Social WPlfare Department is now investigating the case of 4 14-year-old Chinr.se girl who was recently rescued from a well-known brothel area. The girl was detained by two officers of the Department after she was .seen111 words
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Article108 1953-07-08 5 EVERY one of the 51 victims i who were rendered homeless by yesterday's early morning fire in New Market Road was given $5 pocket money by the Singapore Social Welfare Department yesterday. Apart from public assistance, the families have also applied for S.I.T. accommodation. Mr. B.108 words
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Advertisement123 1953-07-08 5 Now Available Horrockses REGO. BEDSHEETS PILLOW CASES HORROCKSES The Greatest Name in Cotton STRONG SMOOTH. WASHES VERY WELL WHITE In sizes to fit every bed: 63" x 86". 72" x 90". 72" x 104" Pillow Cases: 20" x 30" COL'D sheets In sizes: 63" x 96" Col'd Pillow Cases: 20"123 words
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Miscellaneous129 1953-07-08 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis H-- ]rSuDOENLY,I«EAL.ZEOTHATOOc:; 'j /Q£4-^ IMPULSE-" I L^^,^^ ~j-r W4<; fOMPLETELY IN MY POWER- f^ TAKE MORE. b L^^ JlfTffl DOT TOOK TH£ /^JR-V. fIFNOMOREiT /^P^/ iX"~^T fvEsT) JO/0 TOLD 5 V I i Vl E y fe 4-.^ fOwlw^i f TARZAN129 words
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Miscellaneous446 1953-07-08 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR even calculating, when u eN to money nuiltn.Zi S^ dont uatch out wVi ywi «ith millions- ln J iu M B"<. since you ar, JL" 18 pathetic to the suffering of S"" man, you will want to see ih, h A hi oa rlv K marri »8e446 words
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152 1953-07-08 7 An anvil' wedding as Garbo and Laughton WUXIAM3 is Lf. \i ARGA Sweetheart. Jam« P*- and because her par- arrlag r,reen for an anvil wedhe oined them to"^l onvil matrimonv as SSS..S? Md "Charle. Laughton.' And althou-h they were feel--t aJ «id because they would v to «tav in Scotland152 words
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Article, Illustration12 1953-07-08 7 Debra Paget, in 'Ziesfeld Girl," a 20th Century-Fox production.12 words
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Article251 1953-07-08 7 Factories 'need glamour girls |F all factory workers were made to file past a glamorous girl as they went in to work, Britain's export drive would get a tremendous boost, M.P.s have been told at a private meeting in Westminster. Tlie girl should be sitting at a highly polished desk251 words
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Article, Illustration15 1953-07-08 7 i:ii/ahrth Taylor in "The <»" rl Who Has Fvtrvthmi;.' an M-G-M produ tio.i.15 words
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193 1953-07-08 7 I^VERYTHING was ready in E* Shipton-on-Stour, Warwickshire, including the bulldozer, for 46-year-old farmer Archibald Payne to plough up a .sixacre field he had just bought lor £500. But as he stood in the field a big chauffeur-driven car drew up. And out stepped the193 words
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Article38 1953-07-08 7 A tw:n-pngin«*d navy Datroi leaplane w.th 12 men aboard went down vt'sterdav in tnp Berim Be* netr Adak in w* Aleutian Islands. Hours later. search Planes sighted onff oil slick and flomtlm HMK38 words
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Article15 1953-07-08 7 Moscow's newi|»pW Pravda has compUined that the Soviet oil Industry la laggtaf;15 words
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Article19 1953-07-08 7 lu >to Ud hurm n S n d n ri d 10 JapS! J^evethe 11 lt Burma19 words
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Article42 1953-07-08 7 VfICHAEL GLIDDON. ten. of Rone-Roid. HUperton, near Trowbridge. wilMmmv [arrived at the vlUagc idi a live mortar Domo, which tie f^"' l I" l tlrl The bomb *d IM l ft wail collection by a p >S al office*42 words
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296 1953-07-08 7 THE HUSBANDS HAVE RIGHT TO 'DICTATE' ON SPENDING says a divorce judge THE breadwinner of the family is entitled to dictate the policy by which his money is .spent, Mr. Commissioner O. T. Temple-Moris, Q.C.. ruled at Swansea Divorce Court. After all. he has to provide the money." said the296 words
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Advertisement92 1953-07-08 7 Smrth-Corona OFFICE TYPEWRITER A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE TO 00 A BEAUTIFUL TYPING JOB! PAGE -END Indicator Revolutionary. Smith Corona PA<iK KNI> Indicator accurately indicates just how far you are from the bottom of the sheet No more supplies wasted no needless and ni*tly retyping! You will wonder how you <-ver used92 words
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Article, Illustration78 1953-07-08 8 SINGAPORE GUN CLUB SHOOT IT OUT Mrs. B. Santos (top right) presents Mr. R. Perty with a tankard for winnig ihe no handicap shoot. (Left) "You won't find any clay pigeons down Ihe barrel. Mr. R C. Smith, right, tells Mr. A. fansen. (Below I: Competitors take a look at78 words
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Article, Illustration408 1953-07-08 8 PETER de CRUZ - Colony on a ''Safari'' PETER de CRUZ Story by rfark^t Africa. To« JJ i t T *«cy were member* of 1 Twelve member, f tw o silver spoons. The first stage was the single rise in which competitors had to hcot one clay pigeon released into the air from aCHEW BOON CHIN - 408 words
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Article, Illustration34 1953-07-08 9 Iff Mr. R. Peny's turn to shoot in the single rise Those wafchmg are, from the c #t Messrs C Meyer A |ansen, R. Pe«iy, R. C. Smith and E Cordeiro.34 words
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385 1953-07-08 10 He waited 57 years for his BIG moment, and found it on a chimney pot For his wife and police are tired if his pranks MR. PERCY HAMMON has promised to give it up. never again to be a "blemisher of the peace"385 words
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141 1953-07-08 10 CINEMA GIRL, 20, CRAWLS TO RESCUE rpiIREK floors above the audience at the Gaumo-nt State Theatre, Kilburn second biggest cinema in the world a 20-year-old girl secretary wriggled through an 18-inch space to rescue a badly injured workman. He was trapped between air pipes and purifier tanks. The audience were141 words
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Article28 1953-07-08 10 A shortage of insecticides and sprayers in Chln a ha s caused the Reds to issue orders that insects must be killed by hand28 words
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82 1953-07-08 10 Nudists who turn pink at the word BRITAIN'S official nudist body bumprd into barefaced opposition yesterday from a splinter group. The breakaway sector says it turns pink at the word nudist. Although as "•iked as its parent organisation, the rebellious sunbathers would feel more covered if they were called 'naturists."A.P. - 82 words
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Article92 1953-07-08 10 The Church of England newspaper complained pesterday the Queen is beii i<>, subjected to sheer exploitation by her own subjects. The weekly publication referred to the Official parade, tours and other public appearances which have been going on ever since the Coronation. It said92 words
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Article, Illustration153 1953-07-08 10 AN 85-year-old spinster has left about £10,000 to a 14-year-old girl and net 11-year-old brother because, she said in her will: "I think they will always put their nation and Sovereign first." The woman was M^s Ro.salic Florence Weston. of Cl^d Hill. Aldington, near153 words
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Article22 1953-07-08 10 The Netherlands Red Cross hu decided to give M544.000 i preliminary aid u> victims of the -louds in Juiuu.22 words
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Article, Illustration26 1953-07-08 10 photo. A swiMSl IT rashion sh«« in the window was the bright idea of a West tterfin ctotklVf store to attract custoniers. U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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Advertisement162 1953-07-08 10 \kjjp I r \f3k I your secretary "typemoney for you! Fjstcr typ.n, more letters letter blisiiMM that's ifej your secretly offers you w|, ei you s ,ve her a Haldj, Swedish precision-built typewriter. Thanks' to the world. famous Hjlda futher-ktmb and' eye-protecting green finiA.r«nell produce more and better business letters162 words
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Article, Illustration580 1953-07-08 11 FRANK R. HODGE - FRANK R. HODGE by MILAN. E LAST SUPPER" Cmnlo da Vinci is 2 fter fading so ff s' med sure to be e world in a few SL Mauro Pelliccioli, jTSwtert restorer of £L recently completed ?S5 of painstaking <vork S the famous painting -JttitoA.P.; U.P. - 580 words
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Article, Illustration86 1953-07-08 11 pnb-Soßth vulnerable p dealer Skidding: W «t North East T 5" l <> P« 8 »*T.AH Pass STi faVoUlite hand of story wr v e told of len. *l*iL B< J a story P erh «P s SKit.^that had t2e Ftou W rld cham*n* w Aces back ln86 words
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Advertisement143 1953-07-08 11 f^H% Anti-Shrink fabrics They are— but also lor L blouses and lingerie r HPhere are many different kind* 1 of Anti-Shrink fabrics guaranteed by Grafton. There are rayon crtpes to suit all tastes, dupions, fabrics for playwear, morning and afternoon wear as well as a complete range for lingerie and143 words
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Miscellaneous189 1953-07-08 11 Today's Crossword ACROSS 3. Blade* but not of put! (4). I. Floral decoration (4, 2, 7). 4. Onion nip for beliefs? 18). 7. Below h tender? «7-8». 5. Stimulate i5». I. Up to the time when you culti- 6. These American typLHs ha\e < vate (4 1. a gun to189 words
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Weekly scout corner
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Article297 1953-07-08 12 CIX Boy Scouts from North District will take a series 'of tests at Woodsville this weekend for their Ven- turer Badge. They are required to show their skill at ambulance work, signalling, pioneering and Scout craft. Six experienced scouters will judge them. Results of the297 words
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The Pressman's Postbag
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Letter, Illustration172 1953-07-08 12 POLICE SAT WOMEN STOOD MUCH has been said and written-concerning "OperaxTl tion Service". But I wonder if it still exists. Recently in bus I v.as confronted with some constables who. notwithstanding the fuct that the bus was packed to cc pa city, sat like lords while women stood. It is172 words
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Letter86 1953-07-08 12 ALIMAH'S letter sfiould have gone into the waste-paper basket. She is writing balderdash. She must be cranky to say that Eleanor favours co-education because she wants to have more boy friends. What IS wrong even if Eleanor wants more boy friends? Doesn't Alimah have any friends at all?86 words
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Article32 1953-07-08 12 HAVE job a grouse? Have 70a a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it in his POSTBAG briefly.32 words
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Article73 1953-07-08 12 T AMP-POSTS are absolutely es- sential in Oxley Road to avoid car accidents and safeguard pedestrians and residents. In pre-war days. Oxley Road had three lamp-pasts and was well lighted. During the Japanese occupatlon the three lamp-posts were removed, leaving the road in darkness. I cannot understand why the73 words
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Article, Illustration53 1953-07-08 12 THE QUEEN and the Duke of Edinburgh smile happily as they watch drummers beat drums with canes outside Government House at Hillsborough, Northern Ireland. Standing beside the Queen (left to right) are: V i s c o unt Brookeborough Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Lady Uakehurst, wife of the Governor53 words
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Article42 1953-07-08 12 Glove-maker S. Longhi collapsed from the heat in his garden in Svendborg, Denmark, and his glasses, caught en a branch above him as he fell, focused sun rays on to his shirt. setting it ablaze. He died in hospital.42 words
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Advertisement38 1953-07-08 12 ■$'***< iX \F\l^^*^ I/*/ l >^ i) j Wmßf a w ssa jhS il^ A. I f V F% *-S(. r t^l r 7 T" k4 lt* tm .^^l IV« fiot nu| e^e dm. tke m^ ...UcAwte tkuffit to peAfictCo*38 words
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Article686 1953-07-08 13 Charles Reid - Charles Reid AMD'S FOREMOST STRING QUARTET TO BRITAIN. THEY SAY ,r TONE TO A LAND WHERE THE Sues aVe of the_ right size. by LONDON. tirTiA ND is clever at FS crack musi--5L String Quartet Spaa -aa Shave a combined age flayers Jack O'Brien. S686 words
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Article, Illustration16 1953-07-08 13 Anne Miller in a musical moment in the film 'Small Town Girl."16 words
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Article215 1953-07-08 13 OSLO. XTORWEGIAN, composer Edvard Grieg, wr-o took the errie fiddle tunes of Norway's backwoods and mountain valleys and turned them into some of the world's most -played romantic music, will be the subject of one of the most ambitious motives ever produced In Scandinavia. Starring British actors215 words
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228 1953-07-08 13 IN OCTOBER last yea r the 1 Singapore Musical Society awarded two scholarships for tvo years each to two young local musicians who were prepared to take up the bassoon and oboe respectively. The winner of the bassoon scholarship. Mr. Leong Yoon Pin, |i reported by228 words
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Article, Illustration12 1953-07-08 13 'HEY, L ONGHAIR, STOP THAT INFERNAL NOISE WHIIE IM V WORKING!"12 words
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Advertisement269 1953-07-08 13 MBFMWM W~7 t MOOTWIt CO. MALAYA LTD Z^STA I WtftJF/ iOHM LITTLE S BUILDING MZ3 RECORD SUGGESTIONS TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto, No. 1 0p.23 in B flat minor. j Unimky, piano with the Residency Orch.. The Hague. Cond. Willem van Otterloo. Philips record A*****L. LOHENGRIN, (Wagner) Preludes I and 111. Bridal269 words
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Article, Illustration29 1953-07-08 14 "There's several reasons why you can't finish your game tonight -one because you're not Drobny and he's not Patty, and another because you're clearing out and I'm locking up."29 words
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Article, Illustration337 1953-07-08 14 "FORMER world heavyweight champion Joe Louis is getting ready to hit the road again in search of the dollar. The millions he made for himself and others over nearly two golden decades are gone. It would be nice to record..? ~TT~ that inA.P. - 337 words
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Article70 1953-07-08 14 ROYAL Engineers footballers Kennedy and Spanswick have been suspended from all representative soccer for failing to turn up when selected for Combined Services Malaya Cup XI against Negri Sembilan last week. Kennedy was to have played at centre-forward and Spanswick at insideleft. Baxter, the half back who70 words
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156 1953-07-08 14 3rd Test venue notorious for drawn matches Free Press Special Correspondent England and Australia ao to Manchester for the third tett all square tomorrow* with three to play. In view of the thrills in the drawn names at Trent Bridge and Lord's and every prospect of a continuance of the156 words
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Article152 1953-07-08 14 TN the only United Ser- 1 vices League soccer fixture played off yesterday, Royal Air For'v Seletar Corinthians beat Royal Air Force Chansi oy two goals to nil at Seletar. Alter even play In a scoreless first-half, Corinthians opened accounts In the fifth minute of152 words
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Advertisement108 1953-07-08 14 £ttniUI||OIIHIH!tH-< .M!i![]M'""' l "!C3!i |l! M 1 ir |l lllllillll *i Wlll\ IN SIW«AFiM I THE EMBASSY HOTB (OPPOSITF KATONG PARK) EXTENSION TILL 1.00 AM on SATURDAY, 11th lULT, l» DANTE NIGHTLY: 8 JO P.M. to M»™f 2 SATURDAY TEA DANCB: 4 .30 P X to tMJM SUNDAY CONCUT MUSIC:108 words
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Article, Illustration142 1953-07-08 15 AN airman from R.A.F Scletar yesterday come within one second of the Singapore A.A. A. record for the three miles when he won the final of this event h the. F^r East Air Force annual athletic championships at Changi The three miles final wot held yesterday142 words
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Article27 1953-07-08 15 Thefollowinp have bern alerted to present Royal SignaLs versus RAP alter Corinthians in a Services lea*w game at Seletur tomorrow: Sgt Clarke: Maj Pairnun Set27 words
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Article22 1953-07-08 15 t^ull Jac of the toj*°? the 200-kilometre Dieppe *S?,iK. of the tour de Fvunce *»n«Bruyne of Belgium third A.PA.P. - 22 words
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470 1953-07-08 15 SURREY CHASING THE COUNTY LEADERS Laker takes 10 for 105 MIDDLESEX strengthened their position at the heart iTI of the English County cricket championship table yesterday when they beat Warwickshire, the 1951 champions, by 148 runs. They won mainly through the dominance of spin bowlers Jack Young and Fred Titmus,Reuter - 470 words
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Article94 1953-07-08 15 Bank 2, Malayan Airways 0. Ahi Py game On the Padan yesterday, Malayan SBBpi a t ys were oUt Played by Mercantile Bank in the lui Ua u .e an^ Cup match. li Ki!:° ne .«dPcl affair with tacking 5 aom S all at"•^SrSfbuf 094 words
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Article57 1953-07-08 15 A Russian etwa ten left Moscow yesterday to play Hi American team In New York. The American Chess Federation invited the Russian team through the International Chess Federation. The Russians will play an American tCftU (Hpt.iimci by Samuel H* slu-.i <\. the first round toUP - 57 words
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Article49 1953-07-08 15 Telok Kurau English School haa now (|UHlilied for the final oi the Singapore Junior Schools Soccer Ch.-.nipionshipe. They beat Monk> Hill School lour-nil at Geylanp En--li>h School ground and vull meet the winners of the .senil-fin;i! round between Radin Mm EngUsi) School and Griffith Afternoon School.49 words
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Article254 1953-07-08 15 At Liverpool: Lancashire bt Glamorgan by 10 wickets. Glamorgan 154 and 109 Lancashire 258 ami six for no wicket At Oval: Surrey bt Yorkshire by 10 wickets. Yorkshire 137 and 172, iHutton 76, Lock leftarm slow four for 32). Surrey 292 and 21 for no wicket. At Birmingham: MiddlesexReuter - 254 words
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Article104 1953-07-08 15 THE Congress of the International Lawn Tennis Fede- ration, meeting in Paris yesterday sanctioned the holding of the next lawn tennis championships of Asia in Manila in February 1954. Mr J. Eaton Griffith of Britain w.us elected president of the International Federation in succession toReuter - 104 words
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Advertisement261 1953-07-08 15 LAST DAY/ 11 a.m.- 1.15 4 .15 ti.4. r BJI pm 1 from (iRiM.KK h^SMiU.TOH.%- jS^affiffll«C!ißL.,; OPENS TOMOKROWT BTfiiiilsl Exugh Masn Umfluui SffAn niwtiiuugwM— r fT^^* s-" i ot thi island Phone 21-116 For Bookings OPENS TODAY! 11 a.m. 1.45. 4.15, ii 9.30 p.m. YUNG lIWA pictures presents LIN DAI261 words
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Article431 1953-07-08 16 ALLAN LEWIS - ALLAN LEWIS Bagby horses out Tjoa gets n J a new jockey By BAGBY trained horses were the only ones to go against the watch on the fast second grass track at ISukit Timah this morning:. Scottish Minstrel (Bagby Jr), who made a very431 words
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Article195 1953-07-08 16 WONG MABEL IN FINAL WONG Tong Goon and Mabel Hayes, Singapore's "Mr. and Miss. Table Tennis" combination, and George Chen and Tan Kit Foil? were the only two unbeaten pairs when the mixed doubles e reached its final stage last night. There will be no play in the Singapore Table195 words
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Article38 1953-07-08 16 In the City Council inter-depart-ment soccer competition, Treasury Dept. defeated Secretariat Dept. by seven goals to one at Farrer Park. Treasury Dept. also won their tennis fixture with a two-one victory over Water Dept.38 words
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Article26 1953-07-08 16 ONLY- GOAL WIN Cosmos B.C. defeated Past fie Telegraphs by a solitary goal scored by Aksin In their SAFA D. v 3C match at CYMA ground.26 words
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Article32 1953-07-08 16 MR. BENNY MANUEL and family thank all friends and relation* for the letters of condolence, wreaths and valuable assistance rendered at the funeral of the late Mr. O. Manuel of Seremban.32 words
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Article38 1953-07-08 16 Tuan Mong OB. A. scored a two-one victory over Kebeneran Club in yesterday's SAFA Div 3A fixture at CYMA ground. Scorers were Kim Hunis and Janvs Au for Tuan Mong and Abckil Ka*si:n for Kebeneran.38 words
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Article, Illustration31 1953-07-08 16 This o\rl in the scallop r.K.e 1 shorts is G'adfis Loke-Chua: the Se'angor tennis champion. Gladys yesterday entered the women's singles finaf in the Singapore lawn tennis championshim.31 words
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174 1953-07-08 16 f EN HUTTON, the England captain is suffering from an attack of fibrositis in his shoulder and may not be fit to play against Australia in the third Test which begins at Old Trafford, Manchester, tomorrow. Announcing this yesterday F. R. Brown, ChairmanA.P.; Reuter - 174 words
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Article24 1953-07-08 16 Star Soccerites "A" beat Blue Rovers by four to one in a SAFA Div. 3C league tie at BODCA ground yesterduv.24 words
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Article57 1953-07-08 16 TIHE two Siamese boxers. Chai Sitphoi and Sodsal. arrived in the Colony by air yesterday, all set for their battles at the Happy World Stadium on Friday night. Sitphoi meets Singapore bantamweight Sonny Chia in the mam event, while Sodsai fights Paul Cheng. The Siamese will train at57 words
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Article26 1953-07-08 16 World flyweight champion Yashlo Shirai and Vic Herman, six'h ranking fighter In the world yesterday rigatd contracts for their 10-round non-title fi^ht in Tokyo.26 words
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Article185 1953-07-08 16 OAMDOLPH lurpin. world middle-wei-h? bOOrinf champ* n, according to the British Boring Board ol Control will definitely meet the American champion Carl Olson In New York later this year for the undisputed world title. Mr Jack Solomons, the London promoter who Is staying inReuter - 185 words
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Article223 1953-07-08 16 Chew Be e and Urn Hee ChinSi B «aty and tered the 2: final on a wS? b er concedJi y Mrs. a Greenhill fli?, the semiflnals of the men s doubles One L m Hee Chin Played cool devastating tennis o gain an ea=y victory223 words
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