The Singapore Free Press, 31 July 1953

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    15 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. Singapore Frl.. July ?A. l»X. IWI-^'ts.
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    British Govt. is considering: MONEY AID FOR MALAYA
    211 1 British Govt. is considering: MONEY AID FOR MALAYA Truce hit economy m the Colonies AIR. OLIVER LYTTELTON, the Colonial Secretary, said m 4 the House of Commons last night that the question of immediate financial assistance to Malaya was under consideration. He was answering ;i question by Mr. Cyril Osborne
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    Britain protests to U.S. over Dulles
    864 1 Britain protests to U.S. over Dulles OTATEMENTS on Kor< 3by Mr. John Fostei Dulles, the American Secretary of State, worried th< British Government so much that they made immediate representations to Washington. Mr. R. A Butler, the Acting Prim Minister, disclosed yesterday. Mr. Dulles two days a^u I i Press
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    MAKINS BRIEFS MR. DULLES
    55 1 Jsj'R KOCEK MAKISS, th»Bri ish Ambassador, eon"M f«»r .)0 minutes yestvr°iv with Ihc I'nited "Stilts J^rettry of state Mr John r *wr I)ulle>. m Washiii-lon. lr R«*Rer explained to Mr. Ihr British position r- *»*«ng the Korean M«CC |»niern.c ;ui( i h| tdm I<M u '">a
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    BYRNE DECISION WILL STAND
    219 1  -  SIT YIN FONG Hv Tiir Singapore Government has "no Intentton" of changing its stand on the issue of Mr. X M. Byrne, leader of the Council of Action, who has been rep;|manded by the Governor, Sir John NIcoU for making statement to the Pirss. This waj
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    U.N. GETS READY
    35 1 picture The United Nations General Assembly president, Mr. Leste Pearson ri S ht) confers With the l\X. Secretary General Mr. Dartommarskjrtd, as officials of V.V rush wreparations for the Korean armistice. U.P.
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    Grand Prix special
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    Rubber price
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    ALL QUIET AS ALLIES WITHDRAW
    75 1 FMGHTB AEMI headquarters an— need lust night that the v\ithcln*al of Allied forces ftl«l| the intir- Korean battlelinc was completed without incident at ».">0 p.m.. It minutes before the deadline. Commonwealth Division troops on Urn western front were the last to complete the MMmetre pull
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    Argentine peak is conquered
    62 1 A N Ai",rntlne-led expedition A hafl M'ach.'d tin- top Of Aconcagua < nearly 22,900 K'«*t high), the Western Hemisphere*! highest peak, according to reports reaching Buenoi Airea. Th<> first winter expedition to the peak to the Andei on the Chilean border, it was led by Argentine
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      29 1 CRAVEN 'A' I I()K SMOOTH, CII \N, SMOKING jj cork-tippcdcicjiircttc io the world. Jar Imported 1 1 *mi I omlon fWw Im, ..I s>— V'OS I'jiiWi-u io— 4oH-IH- *"*^^»^^W
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    Trained by Germans
    30 2 picture Preparing to .jump during ;i test flight are some »*i Egypt's first paratroopers who are being trainer! by German expert*, serving with the Egyptian Army. U.P.
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    SUEZ TALKS ON AGAIN INFORMALLY'
    184 2 4-point basis IMMTISH and Egyptian negotiator) m<t last nlrhi lor "the hrst time since their talks the Su« base broke down last May. A join! communique described the meeting n« Informal. The occasion was, m fact, a dinner m Cairo Iplomatic activity. chief British negof
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    PACT WITH LIBYA
    26 2 Itain and Lit concluded a treaty ol friendship and alliance, Mr. Belwyn Lloyd Ister of Btate, told the Hou.se of Commons yesterday. Reuter
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    Taft: Turn for worse
    50 2 Taft Turn for worse I>HES IDENT EISE Personal doctor v.Howard Snyde r v fe rGnator Ta{ yeste rdly 1 1 J aiim »«n"b u ,wo n v t %i -"onthenaC.^ "Senator TafTl.aV^ a turn for the wow nl Publfaher William R. Mather the Arizona Daily Rt cancer.- ayin2 Reuter A.P.
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    TEETH TROUBLE
    18 2 Thieves broke into a t tal laboratory, m Milan Cit and made off with 30.00' teeth.
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    Council asked to curb own 'busy bodies'
    331 3 Council asked to curb own 'busy bodies rrAPORE city councillors will be asked today S* a pp r <)\e a motion designed to curb their dom to walk into the City Hall, just as they f |lLe and taking up the time of the staff. motion Is the direct result
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    THEY HAVE TO LOOK AFTER THEIR VOTES
    154 3 /10ULD I »y a few words on I the correspondence In your ■.per on the ri S ht of elected Keillors to enter the Citj Hall and approach officials^ They have been undeservedly dubbed "busybodies." Elected men are m an entirely different position
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    POLICE RADIO CARS TO BE DOUBLED
    144 3 THE fleet of radio patrol cars is to be doubled to step 1 up efficiency against crime. Mr. Xigel Morris, Commissioner of Police, told the Free Press this morning. He said: "Our work will be ?reatly increased m thr^e months' time when we have
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    GENERAL HERE
    42 3 ynture. Major-General W. G. Gentry heNei I Ar K m y^ arrived m SiniW" J?J t BOAC yesterda visit Zealand serving i Fijian Infantry l: n. v.l be here IV^ ,V T. Sixsmith Chiel <»i S r.uo Farelf. Free Press
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    "A NEWSMEN TO BE AT RED FESTIVAL
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    He will visit naval bases
    49 3 Commander Allan Noble, Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, will visit British naval bases 'm the Far East during parliament's summer recess, it was announced m London yesterday. Commander Noble hopes to visit warships m Korean waters and bases m Japan, Hong Kon» and Singapore.
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    So pretty a Violet
    30 3 MISS VIOLET SLEIGH (ri^ht) \*ho was judged 'the Federation's "Miss Max Factor" m Kuala Lumpur. With her is one of the runners-up. Miss (hong; Yin* Lai.
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    30,000 Koreans get free food
    32 3 Thirty thousand Korean refugees received rice and other foodstuff yesterday from the Korean communication* /one m line with President Kisenhower'a programme tor thi feeding oi Korean needy.
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    Baldness is a sign of virility in the men
    205 3 Baldness is a sign of virility in the men >[J VER MIND 11 i ,i old Baldie." it only provi he-man, b n edlcal publical. Bald headi and hairy chesU lgn« ol masculine virility. Thi> theorj was advanced m the current Issue ol Family m <••,,;• a publicatl< n >1
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    BANDITS KILL FAMILY
    15 3 Armed bandits on Basil. in Island, Philippine!, yeiterdmy massacred family of sevrn.
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, July 31. 1953. Opinion BUS, BRIDGE AND COUNCIL
    447 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, July 31. 1953. Opinion BUS, BRIDGE AND COUNCIL AT yesterday's meeting of "the Rural Board, Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha proI tested against the City Council's approval of a bus route extension outside the City limits. His complaint was that the Council had thereby trespassed
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    Red Army are the Real Soviet Rulers
    722 4  - Red Army are the R eal Soviet Rulers ERIC JOHNSON Stl VS icho was special adviser to the U.S. delegation at the U.N.E.S.C.O. oonference m Paris 1949 THE Soviet Union ma 1 headed for a milit itorship. This could come m the two, maybe soon< rding to information received, during
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    Regency—and Romance
    388 4 Regency and Romance LONDON. AFFICIALS dose to the Cabinet are privately denying rumours that there is any present intention of altering the Art of Regency under which Princess Margaret, younger sister of the present Queen Elizabeth, would act as Aegent if at any time the Queen were unable to govern,
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      33 4 VALUE QUALITY High Btst ENGAGEMENT RINGS I Choose a Ring you will be proud of all your life. j\ IP. H. HENDRY I jt well* i < TX. North Bridge Rd. Singapore K. Lumpur
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      26 4 S. C. S. GAMMON BACON the ''better half of the famous bacon egg team "You'll be glad you bought it at Cold Storage" SINGAPORE COLD STORAGECOJ^
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    AID-CHARITIES POOL SUGGESTED
    254 5 AID-CHARITIES POOL SUGGESTED firms tell Mrs. t»u of new idea Press sun Reporte Fre P e rnTIVES of leading nKECUTIV^ yesterda y 6 firms saia u^mmunity r fund should be che \a m Singapore forme hv they could W e t r ri bute af annual 2fS distribution to 5
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    City starts war on pirate cabs
    185 5 Free Press Stall' Reporter THE Singapore City Council is conducting a war against 1 pirate" taxis, there are about 5.000 of these taxis now. A driver arrested m a raid was convicted this weefc of using a car for hire without a taxi licence,
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    Faster way to get radium
    48 5 Faster way to get radium m anind moi leni •btainina im for m canc< I il dm, nof P ure radium from JiS?r wlth whlch occurs lt ur In a matter ot i te^i aa y- s compared to the &bof, Process which requires iloa mouth the CommU-
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    THE KIWI LEAGUE HOLDING DANCE
    35 5 Singapore Kiwi Members' League will hold its sixth anniversary dance at the Adelphi Hotel tonight. Included m the floor show is a jitterbug exhibition by Majorie Albuqurque and Larr* Ooh.
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    THE OLD FOLKS' FAREWELL
    24 5 T lhl Red Cross oi.l Peoples i go^bye yesterday to Mrs^ W.l.^ |iref Mr SHtosw- iiviiic. Ulythc- Free Press picture
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    They have 67 years' service i in police
    371 5 They have 67 years' service i in police rv)UR locally-recruited Asian police officers who have been promoted to direct "the s complete investigation of crime <$j m Singapore." have 67 years' .service between them. f| They are Mr. Cheah Tent; Chcok, acting deputy tupertn- tendent m Area One <14 years)
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      203 5 AMERICAN i Q BABY j» j /M SHARKSKIN fyr^W/ Best for Ladies* Day Dresses I I /Wk Let Your bod V breath m ///Fa comfort with American v <W/ I Baby Sharkskin, Wash- v> 1 ll able at horne 1 11 The material that is pleasure 111 to wear... now
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      207 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Dav.s InTHUUNOU ££Sdtl YOU WILL LET THIS Si 'M MOVES IHTOTHi EH l HA T IL U L T B£ A ff T«,Vf UKf WITCHI KIICHtN, (T, InJ POWDER FALL INTO IT" h*TIW HWGHAIt THE RIG HT T«/$ < POWDMAtJ mo Am-
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      335 6 LUCKY S TAR you r ideas, rath?r?k J^i to t0 vo p h o 7 you ln you.- wn'^Wtim ggaSSsS a hettf. one! ch n l«tt| t v arc musical »< hnd someonf who Is as ainbiSi for you as »ou are for v M «r Emotionally, yon need j^
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    SAILOR WAS AFRAID TO FACE WIFE
    371 7 SAILOR WAS AFRAID TO FACE WIFE 2 fiTFTY two year old r Robert Christopher JohnJ L never "funked" anyZp m nearly 30 years S service. But he just not face goins home I Z telling his wife he was I Ttrouble with the police I "lotoson, a chief electrical I
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    'MERCY' RICE
    70 7 Twenty torus ol mercy rice 1 the rewnt Japanese Hood jwuaii arrived at Moji Japan ?7^ d ay from Siam aboard the ,'r'} on Mitsi > Shippin- Line f^!L T °nyo Mahru f impress^ of the Fairej li-M ater |h CV »>• used far ;i city to eit)
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    The silliest divorce case of them all-judge
    244 7 The silliest divorce case of them all-judge IT was the silliest divorce case he had ever heard. r M r Commissioner Blanco White said m the London Divorce Court. Here we have a perfectly respectable couple who were married m 1908. and after 39 years of tolerably amiable life together
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    Tell wives of this danger —SAYS A JUDGE
    203 7 Tell wives of this danger —SAYS A JUDGE HOUSEWIVES should be warm-d aboof the danger <»l eating froien cooked ham after it has been rrfriurratoi lor some time. Lord Justice Denning said m london. It the ham is li fected with bacteria, the court ol Ap was told, it becomes
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    DOCTOR, 83, IS BARRED TILL L-TEST
    152 7 DOCTOR, 83, IS BARRED TILL L-TEST AN 83-year-old doctor wm ordered m London not to drive again until he had taken a driving test. 'Gallant though it It, the qustion arises whether it Ls wi.«>e for a gentleman of 83 to be still driving a car," the magistrate at Maiyh-bone
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      93 7 WATNEY'S RED BARREL BE E D AM I) BY IPIMMNTMKNT XL II t% n V hki.*\ i j:> to THK l.%Tr MILK STOUT UK mADf ENQUIRIES To: I P.0.80X 499 SINGAPORE g Entertain Your Guests At The UNIVERSAL HOTEL X All A RESTAURANT H rnnn rUUU Coin md Europ m
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    FIRESIDE FROLICS BY THE FELLOWSHIP
    211 8  -  ROGER YUE St ANDREWS CATHEDRAL MEMBERS IN MERRY MOOh I Story by I i Pictures by and i T^HE sky was starry and A the night inviting, so about 100 members of the Singapore St. Andrew's Cathedral Youth Fellowship lit a huge "campflre" on the
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    The conductor
    31 8 Sing, everybody, smij" BhOUU Vee Teck Peng as fie keeps time With the music. Right: a pume vet* off to a tentative start. It was won m Jull living.
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    Clearing
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  • Free Press RACE FORM Special
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      10 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special 1 Friday, July 31, 1953.
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      Malayan Turf boom over
      1038 1 Revenue from meetings DROP! $7,000 paid for dead horse KSion'abou, the relate fuuu^of iWyeSflted from ff^-war boom hay, m nessimistic out look. I worth $30,000. fl ne Perak Turt Club is adoptJ a wise policy by keeping 9 he stakes for important hut. M:t a hi
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      On-the-spot lab to beat done racket
      231 1  - On-the-spot lab to beat done racket ALLAN LEWIS i Bv- H TO help the straits Racing 91 a Associ ation :n the antlVI Jopng campaign the Sclangor I Turf club hav c built a modern f laboratory where all the analyXl *n« and research work which as Previously sent to
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        50 1 PHOTO miSHiHshmmtm with 0 #&Beff* timtofc.* /MOVIE CAMEBA OPERATING SPEEDS S^\\\ J < A\- /V (Frame* Per Second). f\lf\ '6 (Normat> 32 48 a** 'seeijfe rare *qa!» l-'J ft \J *S<* i A 4b iSm i 1 .^fl Kb H A O'CONNOR CO., LTD lA IDIAW BLDC SINGAPORE TEL *****
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      FORM GUIDE FOR PENANG MEETING
      10161 2 FORM G UIDE FOR PENANG MEETING LX)LLOWING are the 1 horses entered the Penan^ Turf Club's August Meeting. NORSES CLASS 1. ASIA MINOR lot kih ill started lt-4-U ft'pori «>f and il rdi •B-.Kbj i ci D 1 turiui 8-; 2nd N« rthern rcult f- k lad Meibun Court 8-4
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        180 4 L t ikl) 5 COS FRADINC SOCIETY Singapore Kuala Lumpur. Penang Kuching OSr The Oriental Optical Co., OPTOMETRISTS MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS j 4NI) SCIENTIFIC EYE EXAMINATION WITH A.O (LATEST MODERN EQUIPMENT) JL* \J My dear fellow, I know! y/'jp'/^ Avoid tension' Relax! C It's all so simple, or so V jK
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        154 4 f S kO ifi A Irttlt flm gots a long w.y v <" UMi etenCHTwol omm rclt Movi«t Wn Of *hir»« ..v,. hhj ,h t for,. >S=^ Ycof tho«:e cf v. f7 7 len, f JS V^T? M«# for tteudy d» r or u^r- i' ft H < '«'> «r»»«
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      20 9 If ill Edith Paul tM*l <>" Iniliun dance round th e fire. Right: Miss Doris Wrc ana r Cheoiui Hock 11u>.
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      Rudi-the-big-shot note found in 'envoy' case
      535 10 DIPLOMATIC BAGS USED BY WATCH SMUGGLERS £USTOMS men visited five houses m the Kast End at night looking for k ßudi the Big Shot." "Rudi", a short, fat, stateless alien, was London end mastermind of an international gang which smuggled nearly £1.000.000 worth of
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      Twins swop schools for a lark'
      156 10 Twins swop schools for a lark' THWIN 16-year-old brothers switched schools **for a A lark." .John Blyth, of Merrywood Orammar School, Bristol went m Vernon's place to Cotham Grammar School. Vernon spent the day at Merrywood, where he lasted all day without being found out by the masters. John though
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      3-D FINDS AMBER-EYED CHARLOTTE AUSTIN
      18 10 3-D FINDS AMBER-EYED CHARLOTTE AUSTIN SHE has "starred" m two tests m the Cinema Scope wide screen process.
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      THE THINGS PEOPLE DO...
      161 10 JERUSALEM'S council has «J ordered all backyard roosters to be killed because thej keep th e Holy City awake. A motor-cyclist whose carelessness killed an old nun m Bonn was sentenced to look after his victim's grave for three years A man whose raspberries have been
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      NEGUIB READY FOR TALKS
      59 10 General Ne^uib. the Egyptian Pre .idem, said In Cario yesterday he was ready to m Sir Winston Churchill to discuss the Anglo-Egyptian dispute over the Suez Canal Zone. He t >ld reporter.s: "I 1 d no; matter where the meeting is hhelmd m London )t elsewhere
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      Bridge Hand
      262 11 Neither Mile vulnerable South dealer NORTH 4 \C K J 6 Ju 0 A K 10 4 A ll 4 2 WK8T FAST 4 K 7 4a A J 5 C W J 8 f 10 u HOl'TH ft Q It J A 10 4 A 0 2
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      Submarines will soon smell their wav
      455 11  - Submarines will soon smell their wav FRANK CAREY by WASHINGTON. 3 ""V smelling out grical differences m the water. I V^ and other pros- iff useful to the navy 'suggested by scienti- f evidence that migrat- flc /'smon smell their %h me through huni J r a eds of miles
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      BUCKLEY
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      'New look' in aviation
      74 11 This i«> the fantastic tailplune of the Handle Paur Victor 4- jet crescent-win* bomber which made its first public appearance at Radlett aen.Jrome, Hertfordshire, recently. Vnusually high, the tailplane presents the appearance of ont small plane on top of another. The Victor is now m sup*rpriority
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      25-cent note brought me love, success"
      193 12  - 25-cent note brought me love, success" P M. RAMAN MR. LEE'S UNDATED FIND By THERK is a story to toll about the undated 25-cent. note seen below. Its owner, who picked it up m a Singapore street about 15 years ago, says it has brought him love, disappointment and success.
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      59 12 pAKTY mrmbers of Chig- will, Essex, urban council often argue so heatedly m committee that they cannot remember exactly what was said whe.i they come to a full council meeting. Mrs. L. M. Scott, an Independent, member suggested they should buy a tape recorder. The council instructed the general
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        IDEAL MAN
        232 12 IAM not like tl Volentino" who professed the other day that he answered the description of My Kind of Man" as given by the Johore Bahru Malay girl, Dib, m her letter to you of July 10. But I would like to help her find and keep the
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        POOR GIRLS
        130 12 THAVE read with intercut thr by per s" m the p" nnst th< ises. He objected to the remarks they tied on tiif men who patro-n:.-,c 'hem. I I I mnot blame them for givinß their opinions. It was a sort of obligation to the Pressman. "Experience Tells"
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        THE REPLY
        86 12 MR. GARY TOK on seminude sho the le reply that J I to the female virtue m "Moulin Roug< i are dlsi ppolnU 'he By. You !hen over the ban. Nexi inderttand. Later jrou do not wish to argUC. Dear me, can you i cc :> Sir, your
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        TEARLESS 12'
        114 12 WHAT a commentary on Malaya's political scene! Twelve business leaders the very top rank— have to "promise to show fearlessness" m the presence of Gen Sir Gerald Templer. In other words, they rehearsed their courage carefully. Now we are awaiting with trembling suspense for the great show-down. I
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        UNPLEASANT
        89 12 THOUGH I am not a resident of Rochore. I can fully un land the peoples complaint again.st their elected councillor. I walk past the canal daily and I must confess the smell is not pleasing at all. Surely the councillor can do something •'Disgusted 1 m his letter has
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        GRATEFUL
        29 12 Iknew it was the Colonial j Secretary and I thought it was Mr. Jones. I am grateful to Mr. Litn Pian tor his correction. A FIXLOW VOLUNTEER. Singapore*
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      58 12 urn mi tiioner-General, Ui. Mikoim MacDonald, cnats to Prof. Oppenheim .1 some Of the Si I niversity of Malaya students, who are going on aa academic tour of India and Ceylon. The pJetafC shows, left to ri^ht: Mr. Timothy Lim, Prof. Oppenheim, Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Walter Ayathurai, Mr. S.T. Sundram
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      Magicians blame evil spirits .. .
      182 12 Magicians blame evil spirits This note he thought. Was He h.«d them exorcised different. later Mr. Lee oDenerf So it nevei left his leather pocket- *»'>P- He retired about 15 velf**^ ed belt till he opened curio ihop Experts a t the Singapore p« It m then framed and hung
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      Any grouse!
      32 12 LJAVi: you a grouse? Have "yoi- a bright idea? Hay you seen anything stranrr or unusual? Then wi-fte to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m hi? POSTBAG briefly.
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        97 12 LYDIA'S SCHOOL OF ART AND DRAMA CINDERELLA VICTORIA THEATRE Bth and 9th August at 8.30 p.m. TICKETS: M. Bookings at Robinsons ~.HIIIIIHII -^^^,m,^fiim»IIIIIIK»IHI« *****1 II 2 WHEN 1^ MXiAPOBI I STAY VI „^-t-i THE EMBASSY HOTEL .OPPOSITE KATONG PAR» TOMOKKOW NMHR EXTENSION W dance mum* mr* > "J J" SATVRDAI
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      New Autumn Clothes are Skin-Tight
      416 13  - New Autumn Clothes are Skin-Tight DOROTHY ROE ufRF WE GO AGAIN, GIRLS! by NEW YORK. mHE LONG-SUFFERING Ifigure of woman must another beatinp this or if she is to fit into P'iw skintight fall 'Tone are the conceal toK full skirts, the padded Splines, the comfortable crinolines, that allowed a
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      69 13 These two evening gowns by Rome's Kleonora Garnett strike a contrast on the Eternal City's Pincio Terrace. On the left is a pleated light greeni falle gown, arranged m overlayers, with lace applied bodice, and bar e shoulders. On the right, is a simple dark gre«n tafTetta gown, with back
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      ITALIANS START LOW BACK' LOOK
      248 13  -  Jodi Desmond ROME by OOPS! Did something slip? No. Milady. It's the Italian mode now appearing m many countries. It's the "low back" look. Rome's fashion houses admittedly out to under-ciu Paris prices m a battle for thn dollar-rich American markei —are busy turning out
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      IF WOMEN ARE STUPID WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?
      314 13 IF WOMEN ARE STUPID WHOSE FAULT IS THA T? by Phoebe Young LONDON. BOMB has been throw.; bang into the heart of the cold war between thr sexes. A 21 -year-old French girl told me: "Englishmen think all women are stupid/ 1 Interested Well, the bomb thrower, Kliette Mouret, is
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        47 13 s#c#// makes /he difference I Mjf DECORATING YOUR HOME ■H MODERNIZING YOURHOME JMB? RENOVATING MAINTAINING YOURHOME AND OFFICE THERE IS ONLY ONE ADDRESS FOR 1 1 GOOD WORK AT LOW COST! I -KI-LIIO- I IS<,-\ < I (II MKM 1 \%jLijr The waterproof watch /fT^jkjß ///C// PRECISION S^Jf
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      Aussies pass Surrey 2 wkt. down
      406 15 liar voy h its his 9th 100 i Sffler Neil Harvey, lfft -'nth <>f the to r nl t l highlight of aS Au^trelians first ln£LA^ainst Surrey at "WJJi yesterday. ttie°™ ri t passed Burrey« .^Mfor 8 declared »ttn •"■w wkk.t. down, but otf
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      Yassin gives an Awang Bakar performance
      251 15 CINTAPORK INDIANS were completely thrown out of Nheir strides i/. the water-logged pitch at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, and meeting Malays m a soal scoring mood, were beaten 8-1 m their SAFA Community Because of a possible did not field the Colony c treacherous
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      PAPILLIO WINS
      36 15 Dapillio, a four-year-old owned 1 ty Sir' Humphrey de Tr mard of the Jockey club, scored a ".iilortaole three>length victory In at Goodwood Siakt s over two miles, three teknga a; Qoodwood on Mbjalijr.
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        COMPTON 'CATCH'
        192 15 r write this letter having two niinu tes ;igo put down this ftftel noon's copy (Wednesday) of the li I*, ess. Towards the end of \oiir "I ire Ii ess Coi respondent's' report !on the font tli lest, m partii ula.h black print appears a sentence p.u t
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        Bedser out of W. indies tour
        129 15 lEX HUTTON, England's rapt ;i in J af ;e Australians, wmm of ;1 strong England team for the tour of the West Hutton will be the first professional ptain an official England touream. Prom i lie present Test team M C c named nine
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        OOI AND LEE IN GREAT FORM
        78 15 001 IK IK HOCK Mid L*C Chye Pen»ng'« No. I double combination, took only 17 minutes to beat Tm Teik Uw »»d h Wah la one of the openlni of Hie Penanf badminton championships. They ir< n L*-2. iv: rtvals U« Mk Hoc* ,nd
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      'Frisco not for Turpin'
      21 15 /^EOROE MIDDI ETON maw li not ftgh American mkkUewel Yori glnal off. Londoi bi ten i Reuter
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        121 15 PAVILION Fro^ TODAY 1 |5 I 6.1»—9 II I I- A R^ r Pickwick IX*V*cJL ('ft HEX NOW SHOWING 11. 1.45. 4 <;::(> al ft 3l p m ftbbotf d^)st€|/o ficetftptainidd I Laughton m*mi Toiiidiiiiw Sunday at M'NITE "MANITHAN" Tamil CAPITOL today 11, 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30 &&mt k Tonight
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        102 15 rooAY dmily? 1 1 .i r.i 1.45- -4.15 i"i ml I it pin ■nnBPWBH st.irrmu CHARLTON SUSAN ill si on MORROW AK.IST BANK HOLIDAY MIDNIGHTS... TOMORROW! grut |Rtr|fffisw)l DRAMA' llifllHlll I Itllll nffNjUfEDSPUR SUNDAY! |p y^^ tHOWPLACL Of IMI ISLAND Ph uc 21-Hl For Buoking* \O\V MIOU'I.M. 11 am 1.44,
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      HONOLULU SHOULD SCORE A HAT-TRICK
      1144 14  - HONOLULU SHOULD SCORE A HAT-TRICK ALLAN LEWIS First day of Penang meet By f LASS One horses, who race over 1 Mile and 6 F., will be the attraction at Tenant's Bukit Gantong racecourse tomorrow, when the Penaiiff Turf Club open their fourday August Bank Holiday meeting, Scratchpads have reduced
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      Problem race of day
      307 14 Problem race of day LACK of consistent form makes the Cl. 1. Dlv. 2 race over six fttrtOßfl a problem. TrYas ttnished third to Grecian Knight m nil second race at BlngAI>ore m May. At the last meetiny on ti»p HUM course he finished ei»lith to Quicksand, then third to
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      Scratchings
      54 14 ri'llitiSE horse win not ktart tomorrow Womitote Inn, Entertainment, Ktagpoit, Mubarak. Colonel Daly, Opera, Mvlßii Man. The Strand, Pnlol Pufeh. Short Hairs. Scottish Miastiel Uninsured, Theatre, Flushing, Pad Store, High Dawn, lair Anita. Bun.ua. Oleander, Pink Treasure Sound Wave, Gold Train, Peasant Girl, Thaumatursy, Honourbright, Avilor, Hula Hula. Siam
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      TWO BEST BETS —D. SAYANG AND DE-WIN
      377 14 TWO BEST BETS —D. SAY ANG AND DE-WIN f)ONDANG SAYANG should he one *f v lf ll M>iv. 1, over six r ur ,o,U fthebest »>etsi D She gets only 9 lb. for her win at In June i have never seen a hors e \in anv a U: easUy
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      Triple honours to A. Piruz
      135 14 A BDULLAH Piruz became Seb gors triple badminton champia when he won the men's douaia championship with Mok Vat Iji and the mixed doubles title with Ma Cecilia Samuel last night. On Wednesday Piruz regained his sinjia title. Although they lost the flrit 11-15 to
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        46 14 m dQO i //■Kr^r x f The Johnson Sea-horse outr flP^V^ board is the motor on ttlis boat< \j\ W\pjt I Fishermen respect Johnsofl too will find that YOUK a buys MORE m a Johnson. xss^jut I loah P- vri 1 Sinjipar- Kuilj Lumpur X j
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      WHY THIS SILLY RULE?
      415 16 B.A.M. tourney snould be for ALL! Free Press Sports Editor IT'S a shame indeed, I Badminton A )U of Malaya has Light it fit to introduce a new rule a rule th U to be criticised by other countries. 1 am referring to the deci>.»>u ma
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      STORE v. JOHORE
      41 16 SEGAMAT, Thurs, Efforts are being made to play this years annual Singapore v Johore State cricket matrh at Se^amat on Aug. 14 nd 15. The Johore team will be picked after a trial to be held next week.
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      AUSSIE ARRIVES WITH $31,000 CAR
      162 16 AUSSIE ARRIVES WITH $31,000 CAR THt FIRST competitor from oversea* to enter ihe ann ial Johore Grand Prix to be held Ln Johore Bahru on Sunday at Hia.m. arrived m Singapore eariy this morning from Ktralia on board the Ifaetsus He ii 32-\ -far-ioid Sydney Andei who If the official
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      Chapman to lecture
      51 16 Chapman to lecture Mr. H. A. l. Chapman, who i.- Mning from United Kingdom under the auspices ot the British C t< lecture and demonstrate on lei m Sarawak fox 2 months, v m stay iv Sim apore on Au and 9 m order to give lei lures and aemon>trations
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      CLARKE SHIELD NETBALL TODAY
      41 16 The final of the Clarke Shield netball tournament at Raffles Oirla school ground ye.sterda.\ was postponed to this evening owit\.» to unfavourable weather conditions. The teams m the final are Girls' Sports Club and Raffles Old Girls.
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      WITH 5-0 WIN LODGERS MOVE UP TO 2nd PLACE
      210 16 WITH another big win yesterday. 5-0 against Royal Signals. Royal Air Force Lodgers move into second position behind Royal Air Force Corinthians m the Fir.st Division table of the United Services Soccer League. The Lodger forwards, adaptin" themselves better to the
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      BAILEY HITS 68 NOT OUT, THEN BAGS 10 FOR 77
      325 16 BAILEY HITS 68 NOT OUT, THEN BAGS 10 FOR 77 TKKVOR BAILEY, Essex and Enei 1 followed up his 68 not out on Wedne^iL aU r Ul ten Somerset wickets for 77 ruism h U y^ County score an innings win > est *«lay to helpg Ben Brocklehurst, Somerset caotain
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      PHOTO DECIDES GOODWOOD CUP
      54 16 AIH George Dlgby'a Sonepi won the QoodWOOd Cup over I course of 21 furlongi In photo finish with Mr. MalcoUn IfcAlptne's Bl.irney Stone ;>t Goodwood yesterday. Mr Anthony Hawtrey'a Vidi Yiri vai third. Sotiepi .1 2-1 favourite won by a short head with four lengths between
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      Scores
      153 16 Ckm ut play scores: I At Southampton; Middlesex I 'Brown 103, Thompson 125 X I ton rightarm last-medium 6 Sal and 2i. lor 2. Hampshire 152 At Blackpool: Lancashire 265 J* 262 for 6 (Grieves 66 Whan™*!" ou\ 58.. Worce-stershirem^n*! «\*^****2. Berry le^ftl At Cheimsford: Essex bt. Sod^l set
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      8,000 can see the Cup final
      74 16 8,000 can see the Cup final WIGHT thousand ipecfotw jLj will watch this ve«r'i Milava Cuv final at Ipoh on m 11 ccii Singapore and tk icinnes of &f inter-me M between Penana and Kelantu Th>, Perak Football Asmt:on are makin n arrangemah to seat unhj this number aim final.
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        66 16 MIsrKLLANKOUS venus Ladles Kalrdressing salon, 2H4 Ft- Rd.. now air conditioned. Chargea remain uncnange<i Ring ***** for ippotntraeni maison martin European Hal: 324. Orchard Road T"\ hi. For one month .ill Permanent W $20. Bp« Itl addles, for Pedicure THOROUGHBRKI) Smooth Fox Wrier female pup three tnonthi to he ilvw
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