The Singapore Free Press, 14 August 1953

Microfilm: NL3677
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya. No. I518S, Meganre *ri.. August II. ItSa, Price IS CU.
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    CABARET GOES IN HALF MILLION $ S'PORE NIGHT BLAZE
    879 1  - CABARET GOES IN HALF MILLION S'PORE NIGHT BLAZE G. T. Boon, Harry Fang By Pictures by ■niniTQAIWV* OF PEOPLE IN SINGAPORE'S CHINATOWN Tl'MBLKl) C«^THEIR BEDS AT DAWN TODAY TO WATCH A *500,000 III r /l? The lire completely (tutted the top floors of a long block ol m-storeyed build nas
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    Rubber price
    11 1 quietly this ftryt grade, August shipment mil sbove yesterday'.
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    3.15 a.m. scene
    33 1 pie lure. A general view of the half- mil Hon dollar are WBJS a '^—J^T ly gutted the Airview Cabaret at Peck Seah street, s at dawn todray^ Free Press
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      27 1 KM* CRAVEN 'A' OR SMOOTH CHAN SMOKING cork-tipped chjarcttc f in the world. (RAM fif Imported from London if S.M.M'OK. F| IIDIKMION TeT r.,o-s.o S HMkmuf- IM
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    Amah, 58, saves her boss's daughter
    243 2 A 58-YEAR-OLD Chinese amah, Poon Siew Choy, saved her employer's eight-year-old daughter from this morning's blaze. She was sleeping with the baby and about seven other children and employees in a zinc and wooden timber shop behind the burning Air View Hotel. Poon was
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    Machine guns to end riots
    100 2 liliACHINE-gun nests were set up at key points in Colombo -tit and armed military vehicles patrolled the main roads yesterday afternoon in a hid in stamp out violent demonstrations against price increases. These new measure* decide! at a meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. Dudley
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    THE FIRE SCARED NINETY-TWO STUDENT GIRLS SCREAMED FLED TO SAFETY
    364 2 THE FIRE SCARED NINETY-TWO STUDENT GIRLS SCREAMED FLED TO SAFETY picture. KOi'SED from their sleep by shouts of -lire' from the streets below, 92 students and their 11 teachers from two Federation schools, who were staying In the Khek Community Guild building, fled to safety when the adjacent Air View
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      76 2 You should try RUPERT BRAND COD FILLETS HALIBUT STEAKS SOLE fILLETS v fcj»Si jA w- j§Sc»6Brap»^^^^ RUPERT brand sole fillets are carefully packaged and frozen in a plant employing the most modern fast freezing equipment in Canada JENKINS 4% CONTINENTAL NOVELTY APS REVIIF T FUNNY NEW SHOW fflwi "GROTESQUE JST
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    Virgin case may end Monday
    446 3  -  SIT YIN FONG &JM W MONEY SETTLEMENT* By SINGAPORE Hifh Court judge, Mr. Justice A Dgltrose, was told on Monday that it was likelj Settlement would be reached between the two L5cs in what has become known as the "The is now a civil issue,
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    RED BASES BLASTED
    30 3 French bomber.s yesterday; In heavily hit Vletminh buildup ol supply bases for an d offensive In Septemntratlng unon tarwithin sight of the border province o( Red China.
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    10,000 HOMELESS
    38 3 One Korean was killed and 10 000 persona were reported homeless yesterday as 11.M nC hes of rain flooded Seoul and the .surrounding are At least 2.000 homes led in Seoul and 250 In Inchon A.P.
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    ANGRY CHINESE HUNT 'BLACK MAGIC PRIEST
    73 3 rOSEPH VEO. A PARTY of angry Chin irchlng Singapore foi l-headed priest," who have inflicted "black tlces on a girl. Their strongest clue This grt* said to worship with iv e loss ticks, a peculiar practice .Othct priests usually pray *Mi twj or three
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    C-Queen stays home for LOVE
    216 3  - C -Queen stays home for LOVE KOII PENG LEONG By DENANG'S Coronation Queen, 20-year-ow miss Marearet Chen, has marriage plans. she said Yesterday: "I had planned to go overseas for an education course. But since meeting him I have decided otherwise. Who is the lucky man? When Is the wedding
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    HEW BID TO FORM ITALIAN GOVT
    32 3 Giuseppe Pella. wartime bookkeeper for Italy's anti-fascist partisans and postwar financial expert who "saved the lira" agreed last night to try to form a new government.
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    THE TEN DANCING YEARS OF DOROTHY, 19
    150 3 THE TEN DANCING YEARS OF DOROTHY, 19 VT ievt is in 81 i M ►en a ballet icho >1 ire i like this: took her I i i olne in Ireland. \t 13, she wen! to Blmh School Camberiey, a ball the thing on the curriculum. Three ye i she
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    PICKING THE RIGHT MEN
    60 3 &EVERAL names bdrr been S suggested for the posts „i chancellor and ViceChancellor of the Nanyang University. Selections will be made. Of ///c University council. Dr. S. Y. Wang, the council secretary, said yesterday. The immediate problem of the University, she said is raisina funds. Sate
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    3 SEEK ASYLUM
    23 3 Three Yugoslav soccer players 1 asked Austrian authorities for political asylum in the 0 i. Occupation '/one of Austria yesterday.
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      27 3 1 r^PSflPasaws^^' aw FOLKWEAVE FURNISHINGS Glowing Colours C IJI.imI.-.I uilli Kay Mulli e<,lo.ir.(l Stripes «f Cree« wd Tan ami (nan., It. ig« a...l ltr«.*ii, ROBINSON& Co i«l
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Aug. 14, 1953. Opinion GIVING UP
    405 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Aug. 14, 1953. Opinion GIVING UP THE Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, told teachers assembled for a vacation course m Singapore yesterday that the Korean truce was the first demonstration that collective security can defeat aggression. There are indications that, despite the victory ballyhoo and
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    Stevenson 'Down' But He Is Far From 'Out'
    912 4  - Stevenson 'Down' But He Is Far From 'Out' WILLIAM HARDCASTLE His brilliant speeches have just been published says AMERICAN politicians have to pay for "time" on the radio and television just like any soap or soft-drink manufacturer. One night last September Adlai Stevenson, at the cost of several hundred dollars
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    ENTER—THE FAIRY PRINCESS
    191 4 ENTER— THE FAIRY PRINCESS LONDON. ENTER the Fairy Princess. Arrangements for showing the people Britain's most glamorous teenager, Princess Alexandra of Kent, are now being made. The Duchess of Kent recently drove" to Buckingham Palace m a dark green Rolls. It is a specially equipped model m which, if you
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      39 4 I VALUE QUALITY High Best I ENGAGEMENT Rl N GS 8 Choose a Ring you will 8 be proud of all your life. y> |P. H. HENDRY 5; Jewellers v> 78. North Bridge Kd. tt Singapore -K. Lumpur ty
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      39 4 "Well buy TOPSIDE or SILVERSIDE nrrr II of BEEF... Jfak 's wonderful for g^L POT ROASTS j-O^tt •CA SSEROLES at Cold Sto'H* "Ycu'll be glad you bought it ar w UMmWI COLD STCRASEJOJJL m^ m^ mmmm *u****a***aas*aa*ammmmmiaaaaaaaam m m
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    Homes for fire victims
    22 5 picture saesa THESE are soma of the nearly l^teri cheap-real houses 2^ B niedBoadf«*Oe*laa| fire rictlms, Free Press
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    FLASHING LIGHTS AID MAN ON FOOT
    234 5 FLASHING LIGHTS AID MAN ON FOOT 1W0 new types of lighting system will beintrodm 1 1 soon at pedestrian CTO ings. One will be a sodium light which throws a bright beam right along the crossing. drawing attention to all motorists. it inn be tnstallei opposite the Happy World park,
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    First 12 will be ready in week
    124 5  - First 12 will be ready in week G. T BOON By ANLY 12 of the first 50 U "cheap" houses at the j Aliunied Road settlement for Geylang fire victims will be ready by the end of next week. Three hundred of the 1Wrent houses were ordered by the Government.
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    'PRIEST' HELD IN S'PORE
    105 5 'PRIEST' HELD IN S'PORE SINGAPORE police last night held a 61 -year-old bearded Chinese, .SLiid to be a "priest" in a labourer's h mi le in Amoy Street. Su.sperio'is neighbours dialled "999." Within a few minutes, a radio car arrived and took the •^an away. The men who phoned the
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    Lonely hearts to wait
    71 5 av A BRANCH of the Singav pore Lonely Heart'g club be formed in Penang? Some said "why not," but of the Club in Singa- P> i d. liL > I I a 1 .ler from a i' n ing his permission to foim a branch in
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    SWORD PLAY
    31 5 picture. c mm aMMher af the Chinese Calo Wee. The startled h>»k is from a meiiiinr »i mr l L. Great World tot the SIMM*" v ,un,rt Free Press
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    FLOODS EVEN HERE
    22 6 Flood, have rayaped tfe normally S^SfiL to Sea roast of Saudi Arabia "Mf waters destroyed tfl villages near JtoM-^
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      255 6 __X _i *sc^w__ _<•■■ i^i^; ":-S *< v^'.v'"' /^K. JH____ Il ____L__ a ■—^Bkk«________«_t. ah****. _H. k. x^s. 156 b M^M #"^_^_s^__iss*^ SHbi Mm xv s I ■Hbi mL hi '*'"f* 1 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis <^~ iKy^r^i^ j r :7: 1 s%&M__ni •'ji j
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      366 6 YOUR^I LUCKY STAR mm**!*** <yM hat things seem t0 a fu»e you are clZ^ ll (k > of the world m n lh v ar <" not one [^2* at first 1 _fii k,IOH H so.. ve?v muvl *Mttfa« unvon to" ell M< circle' 0 y ur in >i- those
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    MISSING CHILD FOUND IN A DOG'S GRAVE
    411 7 Mother accused of murder 4 }I\\ and his wife sat side by side and heard a Crown Prosecutor describe the A discovery of their three- year-old daughter's body in a dog's grave. In the dock at Boston, Lincolnshire. Magistrates' Conn were Reginald Walters.
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    New role for Debbie
    11 7 Debbie Reynolds in MGM's "I Love Melvin."'
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    'Not for Sandhurst' -by clerical error
    152 7 LMGIITKEX-Year-Old Arthur Whittaker passed all the B tests and the Army Selection Board interview for entry to Sandhurst and then an Army clerk sent mm a "You have failed" letter in error. Although he still hopes to win I permanent commission in the Army,
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    An Indian starlet
    45 7 picture. The soft and gentle batari i of sue of th,. most premising of the starlets <»r Hindi ai I Punjabi Mats with ringlets failing D*er her ihOUMers show her M she appear.d in the iilm "Da.io" directed by Kinin Kutn U.P.
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    A STARVING WOMAN HAD TO WAIT
    88 7 A STARVING WOMAN HAD TO WAIT A WOMAN whose death was aggravated by atarvatj >n was put on a hostel waiting list, a coroner said. nrnm r Colchester Essex coroner, Mr. O. Thompson Smith. Mid that 59-year-old Miss Dons Margaret Taylor, of Holland Road. Little Claeton. died m hospital from
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    Sir Winston —the 'boy'
    63 7 AUSTRALIA'S Prime Mini M. Robert Gordon Menzies. jjjd in a broadcast that Sir Wm.ston Churchill, the British p dm* Minister, had -the heart and enthusiasm of a boy." of people througl h ied Sir Winston thing rain and tireds said. it deal of Sir Winston during
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    GEORGE, 95, DROVE WITHOUT CARE
    82 7 afiEORGE DOBSON v. ill I U when he year probation U him for driving without i And until then he t drive although this viction In 40 years en motorcy AU 'tnu arouse from a mtaoi ion, the the mag Wilts. '•tik;i ti i M
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    RUSSIANS QUIT
    26 7 The Soviet Air Forc,» has ived out of four leases in I I Germany Allied officers are unc < how to analyze (he 1 move.
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      65 7 I I la^ f .a>T UNDERWOOD DE LUXE jS!&*?5*fct*^^^Safeal2^Saii!2y Jr? 'J 'VV;- v aaaw^ JSSpK BsT»i^^^^^i^i i .j 1 1 1 a Sol* Agents: UNDERWOOD GENERAL AGENCIES (M) LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG Sfci/7 mokes //ie difference k-Off DECORATING YOUR HOME Jn MODERNIZING YOUR HOME JL^gr RENOVATING MAINTAINING 4^r YOURHOMF
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    Up Go the Barrels—Down Come the Pigeons
    620 8  - Up Go the Barrels Down Come the Pigeons PETER de CRUZ Story by Pictures by 'THIRTY five members of the Singapore Gun Club competed m the August Bank Holiday Shoot, the club's biggest shoot of the year, at the Singapore Rifle Range. Early m the day. rain threatened to spoil
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    'DOG' SNAMESENT ME TO PRISON'
    340 10 _f SSntish mist ulu, huiis German DRITISH Intelligence men mixed uo a "with that of a German politician said ns_, nam Naumann. Ur Werner And this mix-up. claimed the Herr *%M*** partly responsible tor his being; locked UDi_iaelii? s six months. up ma cell w
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    The dance named Invitation
    26 10 The dance named In vita tion FOR LOOKS, for charm and for that extra "fire. Rhonda Fleming's the girl, says her Hollywood studio. Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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    Doctor goes to gaol for £43 frauds on Health Service
    279 10 TWENTY-Eight-Year-Old Dr. John Joseph Flanigan ran from Airdrie Shenff 1 Court to a small prison van. covering his face with a handkerchief. He was on his way to begin a 60-day sentence for defrauding the Lanarkshire Executive of the National
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    MINISTER SACKED
    29 10 Haj Ra.shid Ellcakeia. Nazi: (Minister* of Agriculture and member ol th tii Council of the Libyan province of ICyrenaica, ha n cl from liLi pool by Rjjv.l
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    BOY, GIRL OF 17 VANISH TO MARRY
    220 10 BOY, GIRL OF 17 VANISH TO MARRY SEVENTEEN YEAR -OLD ■3 sweethearts David Sayer s and Joy Waller, missing from their homes m J Horsham, Sussex, are believed to have run away to be married. They left school nearly two weeks ago and two days after vanished. A friend said:
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    Jan models a beach suit
    16 10 JAN STERLING In a beach suit Malayan glamour «irL» could copy.
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      92 10 .MlC*.' MiiMr*"' •'M|'.' I i "'<i*iMlMC,'. v I SINGAPORE RESTAURANT (Ist. Class Bar) g 79. Bras Basah Road Tel. 4088, Singapore 7 Excellent Cuisine rt 5 1 st. Class Service Special Cocktails Cold Beer, Wine Spirits 5 European Dinner Ala Carte I Chinese Food I MAHUFACruKtr<> ■jTj'M Singapore >| *-<•*
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      56 10 __rju_r j k i %__^___rfp^p __B_B. ___:i. _V^ t^ZZeHy issue of the SmXITS BWDgjr JJ* I>> scut hy Air Mail •f.»" 3 Lj?rf 1 8 Kingdom at an Incl.sWe rat*^ of j II you want th^l^KT" < S«B|[£jS to make an oa Jt buCJtOTg Home ofliee pr an fx->l *}£>
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    Many New Uses For Rubber
    647 11 Many New Uses For Rubber AMERICANS may soon Abe riding: on rubber sidewalks and m rubber subways. They may be heatinp their homes with rubber panels and driving tUPir automobiles over vast networks of rubber roads. The world's first moving rubber sidewalk already is m public use m the United
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    Bridge Quiz
    248 11 WHEN YOU HAVE opened the bidding with three hearts anti partner responds three spades, your rebid will usually be a simple rebid ef your suit. However, then sre occasional exceptions. Assume that, with neither side vulnerable, partner has bid three qndes over your three heaxl bid. There is
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    DISGUISE IS PERFECT
    225 11 rubber is being put to new and interesting uses The rising interest m water sports, tor instance, i. manifested m the Increasing production and heavy consumer buying of such devices as rubber fins, flippers, lace masks and close-fitting suits to be worn by swimmers. One company reports
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      157 11 United Nations Publications Proceeding- of the Regional Technical CeeUeeeee B fieeS Control In ABiS and li- I Fast $15.00 Mobilisation ol Doom C Reporl and Document i i •_< First vv« k mt- I Demographic IMS 3^ Economic Burvi of rVsis *n< I■< Par __Ml H'. r >2 J.JJ World
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      91 11 1 BUCKLEY V 7 ''■>■"! *C*~l. XJV k an*ATTEN SHUN*' Today's Crossword >-/ H ii |^B •&s■*••■ I I B__l 1 I 1 I _H_H_-_____i_-_-_i_____i^^ v H^^l__r^^^ r I do In pari ol a i-i; SOLI Hon 22. no 24. Onpull DOWN -1, ItS N\\«Ml able (6-4, 4. 2. J
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    16 SAIL FOR KELANTAN 'CHAMPOREE'
    271 12 16 SAIL FOR KELANTAN 'CHAMPOREE' Weekty scout corner SIXTEEN Singapore Boy Scouts left yesterday for Kelantan aboard the s.s. Pangkor to attend the "champoree" organised by the Kelantan B.S. A. to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the movement m that The "champoree" will be opened by the Sultan of Kelantan
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    SHIP AFIRE
    42 12 The British cargo ship City ol Singapore, 7.338 tons, caught fire m Kidderpore Docks. Calcutta yesterday. The City of Singapore arrived m Calcutta a few days ago from East Pakistan with Jute and was loading tea at the Calcutta port
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    Sex life of U.S. women causes a storm
    163 12 Sex life of U.S. women causes a storm THE sex life of American women caused a storm of controversy and sensation to begin to blow up m Britain yesterday. Even before publication of Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey "Sex Behaviour m the Human Female," Britons already were beginning to take sides
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    BRITAIN'S VIEW ON ATOM-GUN
    89 12 Britain is not following America's lead m producing a gun to fire atomic shells, Field Marshal Sir John Harding, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, said m Camberloy yesterday. Sir John, speaking at a press conference at the end of a three-day study of atomic weapons
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    'Holy Land' to be built in America
    128 12 A MILE-SQUARE reproduction of the Holy Land, complete j with camels, street bazaars and ancient buildings a.nd terrain, will be built m Florida, it was Stated yesterday. The sum of U552,000,000 has been estimated for the Ject, organised by a Broadway producer, Eddie
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    Untitled
    107 12 w ?:i» o. R. n. Greenwood, evau a ...aft' i.isiructor at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, a party of newly -coin missioned army ollicers has left on the first stage of an expedition inside the Arctic Circle during their leave. The party- planned to explore the peninsula between the Sor
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      RATIONAL
      161 12 KBC vents his indignation. Did he expect me to be Jostled out of my composure? I am not moved, and I am not pleading for a respite. In his razoredge keenness he ignores the contents m my previous letter. I mentioned nothing about Nia-ura Monroe's*anatomy. or her acting, except
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      BLACK-OUTS
      77 12 new electricity generators at Pasir Panjang have done their work well and departed, leaving everything m perfect working order. They had no special thanks, nor did they a*k tor any. The "old gang" took over and already we've had a couple of major black-outs. Too bad we can't blame
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      NOT No 1
      92 12 THE Singapore Traction Company's No. 1 night service especially between seven and eight, is really deplorable. When I wanted to catch a bua .long Clemenceau Avenue a few nights ago. I had to wait, believe It or not, for 30 minutes. Something wron? somewhere? Definitely not my
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      Any grouse?
      34 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have yor a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG briefly J I
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      DISGUSTING
      128 12 VENOMOUS *nd caustic criticism has been directed at the ladies. Because one tn 10,000 of the women -passengers m buses, and one m 1.000 'hello-gals", happen to be somewhat impertinent, many men have taken pleasure m ridiculing them m general. In addition we have one who relishes the idea
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      49 12 A rUOTISF wA Ski from SroHaiitl v y CThe l:imoiis"(,Hor.s!.- Brand Scotch Whisky! Horn m 1800, it's still Sole Agents I A. Clouet Co.. Ltd. 33-36 Wallich St Spore. I SS SS EVERY jt, gk SATURDAY JDgL -¥-v LUNCHTIME Jffiß 8 /l J l\ iftL \wv Cockpit >> TEL 384S
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    RIVERSIDE OUTFIT
    60 13 photo. This carefree ensemble for laz> days along the river is worn by Shirley Burnister, starlet from the Aida Foster School, at a fashion show aboard a launch at Hampton Court, Middlesex. Shirley s leopard-print shorts a»V topped with a bobble-trim-med black sweater. Raffia deck shoes and wicker
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    IS THIS FAIR, MR. DIOR?
    267 13 IS THIS FAIR, MR. DIOR? LONDON. SINCE YOUR meteoric rise to the fashion headlines in 1947, Mr. Dior, women newspaper columnists (or should it be columnistes?) have come to know that we can depend on you to give us material with which to work. And now, once again, you have
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    Let's Call It the Natural Line
    763 13 EILEEN ANDERSON reports on the latest London fashions LONDON. IN THE LAST few days it A has been called the T'ang Line, Princess Lin( Corselette Line, Slim Line, t Sheath Line— so many different names for Britain's fashion line for the coming autumn and
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      29 13 SSkfttMO sandals Fcr Comfortable Went Available in different sixes O colours. FRICE $5/l| il concession lo schooUids in uniforms. Loss 10 < discount THE ORCHARD STORE 27 1 Orrh.TH Rc.id.
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      75 13 SWEET-SCENTED ELIZABETH ARDEN gives you the onm fragrant depilatory that's really easy to uicl Feel how satin soft and baby-smooth your skis is after you've whined tsVS* unwanted hair with SLtLK Now be aesk-lessjas the feminine way in record tier*. Sleek MAYNARD CO., LTD. 1 1 BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE- 1.
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    WILL PENG SOON MAKE IT EIGHT THIS YEAR?
    617 14 Three to stop him Free Press Badminton Reporter lyOKI.I) No. 1 player, .\oiig Peng soon, has set records m Malayan badminton seven Malayan championships and four them m a row which few Malayans can surpass or equal, and it looks as though
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    ALL-MALAYA ROAD RACE
    111 14 HPHIS year's All Malayan 25-mile Cycle road race will beheld at the Kuala Lumpur I__ ke Gardens on Sunday. Starting at 8.30 a.m. Tliis is the seventh year of the contest which la for the Dunlop Challenge Cup. The race was won lrt3i year Tommy Taylor. This
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    PENANG CUP TEAM
    42 14 rpHE Football Association of Penanu j has selected 22 players for .special training for the Malaya Cup final j against Singapore on Aug. 22. The first training session will be held on Victoria Green at 5.30 p.m. today. i
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    Turpin fights Olson in Oct.
    122 14 IJRITAINS Randolph Turpin I Carl (Hobo) Olson, of Honolulu, will box li rounds tor the v. wot i.i middleweight champions!',/.- on| Wednesday. Oct 21, m Madison Square Garden. New York, it was aansuiiLSd on Thursday. Jim Non i.s. President or the International Boxing Club, completed
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    IT LOOKS LIKE ONG AND MARJAN
    388 14 T_IE men's doubles should be the most open. Although Penang has made this event their speciality m the i post-war era and has two good pairs entered this year, it is difficult to deny the chances ot the former champions Poh Lim and Ismail
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    ARSENAL'S FIRST MATCH AWAY TO W. BROMWICH
    304 14 ARSENAL, Division One League champions, play their first league match away to West Bromwich next Wednesday when the English League opens with 33 matches m the four divisions. The Cup champions Blackpool unci en finalists Bolton Wanderers not engaged. The fixtures are: DIVISION
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    100 th. BOAT RACE
    50 14 The 1954 University Boat Race will be rowed from Putney to Mortlake m Saturday, April 3 at approximately 1245 GMT. The race will be the hundredth m the .-.cries. Of the previous 99, Cambridge have won 54. Oxford 44 and there has been one dead heat.
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    CHWEE KOK SWAM LIKE OLYMPIC STAR
    443 15 1 "JT T 7 but Henrieks was bit better VEO Chwee Kok, Malaya's No. I swimmer, swam Ihe 100 metres any Malayan has ever achieved but it was just not good enough to beat Jon Henrieks, Australia's national 110 yards and 220 yards champion.
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    SCC RUGBY OFFICIALS
    35 15 Singapore Cricket Club rugby otols for 1953-4 are-Convenor: Tav,or Captain, Max Parker; fhetora, j. W Cashin and A. M "fiOertson; hon. secretary. L. N. C. "ale: hon. team secretary, T. R W..rren.
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    Marines whip REME 4-1
    200 15 Marine Dept. 4 R.E.M.E. l (jUOD combination between a lively J* of forwards and si solid <cJ»ee lulped Marines Department lifeless Royal Electrical Meal Enpineer.s team m a SAPA Cup tie at Jalan Beaar S'aesterday. '•F. however, did not lose the lor want of tryli n
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    AUSSIES SCORE RECORD WIN
    330 15 A USSIES SCORE RECORD WIN THE Australian cricketers scored their biggest victory A of the tour yesterday, when they crushed Essex by |an innings and 212 runs on a spinners wicket m Southend, Essex. Declaring at their overnight '"tal of 477 for seven, the tou- "ist.s dismissed their opponents twice
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    HEAVY ENTRIES FOR KL MEET
    90 15 OWING to the heavy entries there will be ten races q: the third day of the Selangor Turf Club's August meeting. There will be nine race: on the first day and eight on the second. The committee has decided to limit fields to 16 runners.
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    NON-BENDERS XI
    56 15 Non -Benders CC. to play Shell S.C. at Paya Lebar at 2.15 tomorrow. J. T. Rea < captain), E. V. G. Day, A. Baker, V. C Westerhout. W. R. M. Haxworth, G. Westerhout. R. V. S. Sundram. P. D'Almeida. S. Stewart, D. C D "Cotta, Gurdial Singh. Scorer:
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    WIN CUP-TIE
    49 15 Bintantf Bulan SC beat Star Emm eerites 'A' 3-1 m their SAFA Junior j Cup tie at Geylang yesterday. Ismail (2) and Baker scored for Bintang Bulan and Kirn Choon for the km In another match Haikow.\u beat Windsor Rovers 3-1 at BODCA j g round.. I
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    TEST FEVER GRIPS ENGLAND
    740 16 It 9 8 hard to get a ticket even at £20 Free Press Special Correspondent I ENGLAND is at fever heat for the Final Test that J begins at Kennlnfton Oval tomorrow. Never have I Known such interest, and though otters of as high as £26
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    BIRTH
    14 16 HITCHCOCK, to Jean wife ot John, at Kandang Kerbau, 13th August, a daughter.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    34 16 AERIA-D 'OLIVEIRO: On 8 8 53. between Vernon, son of the late Mr. F. C. D. Aeria and Mrs. Stella Hendroff. and Christine Myrtle, daughter of Mr. Mrs. J. H. DOltveiro of Ipoh.
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    MARRIAGES
    60 16 ROBERT CHIN KIM TECK and Cecilia Chan Nya Chee wa. solemnised at Holy Rosary Church, Kuala Lumpur, 13th August. THE MARRIAGE took place at Bradford. Yorkshire, on 11th Aug., 1953. between Maurice, only son of Mr. Mrs. J. H. E. Avison of Cleckheaton. Yorks: and Mary j Chris* ine,
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    TRUEMAN BAGS 6 FOR 47
    314 16 TRUEMAN BAGS 6 FOR 47 FREDDIE Tr_.\an enhanced I '.'ls chance of inclusion among England's final eleven linst the Australians m the Final Te_-t at the Oval when m a fine five-over spell for Royal Air Force against Royal Naw at Lords he took four for 24. Freeman ended with
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    Today's sport
    68 16 S(K C Kit SBHFA League and Cap, Div. 1): (.u'.hiie v Jack*, Fairer Park; Div. N.T.S. v Handlesbank. FaiTCff Park. SUA (IP1IK: Fathul Karib f K.VF. Seletar. Seletar, Jalan Be.ar. LEAGUE, DIV. IA: Tuan Mom; 0.8.A. v SHetar F.C., Clerical I snnind; DIV. 3B: Malay S.I v Immigration
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    001 WINS ALONE
    109 16 001 TEIK HOCK served up his usual brand of never say die badminton on Wed nosi day when he retained his Penang nvixed doubles title m partnership -with Miss Teoh Siew Huah. After eliminating Lim Say Hup and Miss Lim Kean Swee 8-15, 15-10, 18-15 m a
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    Mawi may ride with Sir Gordon
    153 16  - Mawi may ride with Sir Gordon ALLAN LEWIS From ABDUL Mawi, who now occupies n second place on the winning jockeys- list m .Malaya. his received an invitation to ride m the Melbourne Racing Club's Invitation Stikes on Sept, .4. If Mawi accepts and I think he will he will
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    RUSH ON TO BUY SOCCER STARS
    365 16  -  JOHN FARROW By HPHE last-minute rush is on to sign star players before I the English soccer season starts next Wednesday- 1 and the envious eyes of managers are turned to j Free -scoring Hibernian centreforward Lawrie Reiliy, who hipped hom P goals last
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    OWEN WINS MEDAL
    53 16 The Royal Singapore Golf Club' mens August medal stroke competition was won by P. M. Owen (7S-7--71) m the A" division and by P. J Monaghan (89—18—71; m the 1 division. -1 Mrs J. W. F. Lumsden (two doro won the women's August medal <bo?ey» competition m
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