The Singapore Free Press, 2 September 1953

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  • 23 1 The Singapore Free Press Urtesl Afternoon Sale m Malaya. »/i s.M»t 2 1953. Price 1"» I l*> No. ISYti, Sin^iP"'"'. W9M^ >U» l
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  • 915 1 TAX DODGING IS RIFE IN FED i?*nsU*n n t* n asid rubber hnmn Lucky bets an old story From LESLIE HOFFMAN CONSIDERABLE and widespread income tax evasion is rife m the Federation of Malaya, the Senior Income Tax Investigation Officer, Mr. R. K. Phillips, said m a report tabled at
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  • 169 1 THE 16 nations with troops m Korea have agreed to propose to the Communists that the political conference on Korea be begun on Oct. 1"> In Geneva, San Francisco or Honolulu, it was learned In Washington last night. I Tlu- decision was made at
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  • 22 1 The U.S. State Department said yesterday it had no objection to floating bibles by balloon into Iron Curtain "countries, i
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    41 1 ''t- 1 mMentci ship Krt Mtia»^ i M |erik F which (iU?ht r «fe and sank at Hut m April, lrli refloated la *t week. She was lUtin, ,t n an^le «f a mut ::o de?n ps Umk fvr complete reattiac.
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  • 128 1 Vote against Ceylon Govt. is defeated N opposition vote ti no CtlMaBM In the government was defeated m Ceylon's House of Representatives 'lower House* last nifhfl l)\ ."W votes (o 26. The motion accused the 50--vernment °f IgnSfkttg the universal opposition of the people to the withdrawal of the rt*e
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  • 28 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened quietly this morning with first made. September shipment at 63 3 4 centa i pound. 1 2 Cent below yester- close. I
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  • 20 1 Singapore Fire Brigade put oui .ill short circuit ftre In St c ithedral at 2 55 aan y
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  • 63 1 Aommunist union i call- programme and elsewhere. Q ed fresh strikes throughout metrical Trades Union meraefleland yesterday and the rfv-*%ers struck against two atomii lm* y hu ieJuv asked 'tor energy plants, three oi refineriills on the wage d that es, twq steel works, two cai
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  • 78 1 SQUADRON Leader Neville Duke smashed th e world air speed record with an average speed ol 722 m.p.h. the Royal Aero Club said last night. This is subject to confirmation. Squadron Leader Duke reached his speed during practice runs m preparation for an official bid. Speeds
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  • 143 1 APPROVAL of supplementary votf.s ti> B total of more than |6 million was asked of the Federal Legislative Co-uiuil at its meeting m Kuala Lumpur today. Of this sum, more tha.ii half was expenditure on the Emergency. The biggest Items <*£ supplementary spending wer c $2,500.--000 for
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    • 57 1 i a/If) r I 1 "U«* "rw P rice you pay> th at "flU* makes Ovaltine the J V*J Best Buy. ffl* D This is one of the 1 reasons why it is the world's most popular* food beverage. Be wise Economize Insist on OVALTINE The vitamin-fortified food beverage A.
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  • 226 2 Britain loses £4om. Red trade STRATEGIC GOODS, FIRMS TOLD ORIT^/V has lost more than £40,000,000 worth o B trld/'this vcar because of the embargo on trade British firms with "firm ord^ f exports to Communist China Russia. H^arv BiJJ^aria and Czechoslovakia have been ref" eftxport icences by the Board of
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  • 119 2 Cabinet changes, but Eden to stay VI ANY politicians m London are convinced that Sir Winston Churchill will reshuffle hi.s Ministry between now and Parliament's reassembly on Oct. 20. It would be unwise to assume there will be any change m Foreign Secretary. His progress Mr. Eden, who was gravely
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  • 35 2 Roar-Admiral E. H. Shattoek has been appointed Flau OHicer, Malaya, m succession to Roar-Admiral A. F. Pugsley, and will take up his duties m November, the Admiralty announced last ni^ht.
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  • 163 2 Van Fleet may work for South Korea INFORMED military sources m Washington said last nipht that General James Van Fleet, retired former Commander ol the Bth Army m Korea, was expected to be named soon as chief military adviser to the Republic of Korea. But the Korean Ambassador, Dr. You
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  • 143 2 A si l i omda> s a m Wist 1S had been smu acroia the Bast-West border to help them. The spokesman suici tnai :.'r of the thousands of East German Communists who naa entered West Germany Illegally m the last few days had also been given
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  • 42 2 i he ports electoral Dr WtTiier Naumann who Was branded M "claM II" Nazi ly the North Rhn.e Westphalia n CJovernmen( lasl week, yeitewlay de^-ribwi the government's move as an eler-toral manoeuvre which bad "no chance oi succeeding".— Reuter
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  • 61 2 132 thefts from stores AN INVESTIGATION into security messures taken to protect Government stores is urged m the Public 1 Accounts Committee's third report laid before the Federal Legislative Council m Kuala Lumpur today. The report covers the year 1950 —a year m which the committee was "seriously perturbed"' by
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    • 125 2 TOUGH *t0 AND Dortabl? COMPACT la8t! UM3ERWOOD Correspondent Dff;ignc<l for speed.... v ensineered for durability.... ,\\*> precision-built for easier. W\\ 'l-fTtyl^ '>! faster writing. \*w- c r .SV//f Agents: f4 «TtH* UNDERWOOD GENERAL AGENCIES (M) LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penan? Wi*anyiii<>d Prin fai-—^-^ CANYMED PRINTS OR FACSIMILES AS THEY ARE
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  • 340 3 The la w &t0 c amencled ~c r iv recommendations made by the ,n the ln(< y^mmits to the ordinance are to come up for 'ss&^is'p"* Lesisuitive In his report laid before the council this morning. Mr. Phillips said his itx recommendations would limit and
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  • 119 3 More off days for daily men V sin ciii committee appointed by the Federal Legislative Council hus recommended that daily-paid Government employee* should he allowed four paid holidays a year m addition to (wo weeks' vacation leave. This compares with the present system of three naid holidays a year and
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  • 41 3 THE United States Information Service is retrenching 21 Malayans employed m its Singapore and Federation offices. This b part of a world-wide reduction m the start of the USIS. it number of Americans tlie bein^ reduced.
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  • 156 3 Expert to help build aquarium liHE building for the Van Kleel aquarium m Kin? George V Pirk is expected to be recidy by the end of the year, Mr H Htwion, Acting City Architect, said yes'erday. But the designs and decoration of the water tanks will be held up till
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    29 3 Hi»h win Is I tniv 5 a flrc terday at Aberdeen, a Honß Koiu flshlnf? settlement, destroying abou I i tfugee hutc and leavin than 300 rehomeli
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  • 53 3 J h HUh ommissioner. Sir (i -raid Tempter, pinning the B«»y sc«utv (,i U (ross on senior s OU lub cii#m 2**t JSrJCSI Uni. who is 16 years ol\l, was awarded the Ciilt L^ss yr «»lUutry m rescuing a boy froA drowning m the IM at *«^)ta|
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  • 83 3 Within days of landing m Singapore, Miss Sue Rodgers, blonde singer-dancer with the Virgil magic revue now performing here, has grown so fond of the Colony that she plans to stay on indefinitely after the show has finished its season. "Thrt would mean that I
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  • 29 3 General Jonathan, M. Wainwright. 70, hero of Corregidor. has suffered a second stroke and is m a critical condition Brooke Army Hospital, San Antonia's announced last night.
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  • 177 3 Call for tighter hand on budget A (AIL for more .realistic Federal budgets, and tighter control over supplementary estimates, is made m the Public Accounts Committee report presented to the Federal Legislative Council m Kuala Lumpur today. Taking the year 1950 as an example, the committee found that excess expenditure
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  • 22 3 Mr P G. Hendry of P. H. Hendry, jeweller, left Singapore yesterday by the Asia for Ceylon on a holiday.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 87 3 Tailoretl COATS T Al LO RED £->, COAT HAT BONNET SETS if In all Wool or Gaberdine similar to illustration A tllj&Y m delightful shades of Blue. Rust and Camel '^W Sire 16 to 22 /Nl til $36.75 $49.50 wL iI)HiC. COATS d CAPS JLm&j 1\ I" all Wool Tweeds.
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  • WEDNESDAY, Sept. 2, 1953.
    • 373 4 ACCOMMODATION is be- ConUag easier to get m Singapore— that js the iiiore expensive variety. From Friday the Army will not grant, rent reservation allowances. These were made because m the pa.st it was iKctKsary to pa? lor a room even belore it Wftfl Occupied to
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  • 825 4  - Russia's 'Back Room (H-Bomb) Boys' WALTER FARR liy WHO arc the br*U* N hind Hussi** »y« ri bomb? How have they done it? In the opinion of men with expert knowledge of the soviet Union they have been helped considerably by leakage* of information from Western countries and by some
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 13 4 LONGINES The Worlds Most Honoured Watch Sold by All HIGH CLASS WATCH DEALERS
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    • 108 4 V li*!iilr Anti Shnnk f ahnC3 S> 'SCO *o^^^HjS9r P— Tkey are— but also lor blouses and lingerie r I 'here are many different kinds X of Anti-Shrink fabrics guaraot«cd by Grafton. There are rayon crtpes to suit all tastes, dupiens, fabrics for playwear, morning and afternoon wear as well
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  • 247 5 f^r anlik« O fl Orchard TtiSan cemetery °n oia Ti'.ey aie. *"vjjl ter y Bu^it Br o»-n <■ 1 '"5 11 R ouci Hindu mi ..chine* "j;;,^,,! r eW d plots, handed ie City Engineer for maintenan An official told the Free
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  • 152 5 Fed. to rebuild trunk roads SI SO MILLION PROGRAMME 4 Sl5O MILLION road re-building scheme Federation which will provide for the l *> l n( repairin- of the entire North-South and hast -m*si trunk roidswas announced m Kuala l.umpur tod:i>. a nine-j mime 101 reconstruction has been prepared. The Federal
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  • 136 5 LET'S HAVE LUXURY TAXIS, THEY SAY Si N G a p o reans yesterday were Intrigued with the idea that they might ***** bt having tax) rides m luxurious American Studebakers. Pontiacs. Buick.s and Lincolns. A proposal by tuxi-owners to use luxury cars as taxis WM priUewoithy they thought But
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  • 36 5 Six-year-old Noor l>i" > was never more eagef \m ju n his shod than m »P*r* day He mw me «ie Jetitors m the &<*£ rue M the C UhW Socli? Centre Mgjt« h««
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  • 197 5 liHE Federation Government is to embark on eight major ocial, building and cievelop;iemei before the end ot he >• The Legislative Council was isked m Kuala &dy 0 approve the expenditure. 1 Hostels lor medical housemen at I" Penang. Kuaia Lumpur Maaacc^ Johore Bahru.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 441 6 MANDRAKE. THE MAGICIAN by_Ue F,ik and Phil Davis STAR flVj HkflF^^^B lw imvr ilk i lu IMl1 11 ler^lt" BtxT 'I ml^f&i '^^mmw B'l at^Br ><>v mn hl <! tltii -i r Ms j-H H&' bmJ .i...«^ i!.in .s v hi, 1, ><;u dv n f L: rBMBL i^-^mmzamwh ft
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  • 143 7 £12,00 0. BANKNOTE HAUL OgM Sealed riddle I n WAS FOU Of PAPER land> *n! the notea the robi i nffldals removed the ia ud omci^ d emptj enm f their chei tatoThe ml vtOmrM bullion van. with it* protecttve Btcd grldi and d< The"\^n K be*" no v n
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  • 226 7 Man tumbles 100 feet— and lives ALL FOR A GIRL'S MACKINTOSH 4 MAN fell 100 feet from the 857 ft high Clifton A Suspension Bridge at Bristol. A few hours later he sat up m hospital wondering why he to still a live for m xu> ui».»p spike-like trees by
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  • 135 7 PHAMPAGXK DRINK INO v^ thieves stole more than 300 bottles of whisky. Mm. I champagne but missed £300 m cash at a bookmaker's home. The bottles were stored m a boxroom cupboard at Kiki Lodge. Hmrtwood Road. London. Jack. 20-year-old son of the bookmaker. Sid Kiki.
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  • 70 7 A Scrap ol kept In a cr jas proved to be part pO.Ooo winning ticket In a lottery. The lucky owner, c\ilixh> Garcia, la tod ty .1 million lire In pesetas on July 5 w he irned bis win- nlng tickei In s 11A tional lottery. Ex;>ownership.
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  • 87 7 \N 18-ton yacht, Petula. is on It way to Dakar. French North Africa, from Southampton carrying a three-man expedition which then plans to drift 2.500 miles across the Atlantic to study ocean life. The- crew are Frank Evans (27). and R. H. Sharma <33». marine
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  • 180 7 The fading world of Walter mitty JAMES Thurber, the American cartoonist and humorist virtually blind since 1941 has been seeking desperate y to bring help to his. wife Helen— hU "seeing eye. For now she. too. ?oing blind. Thurber-universally identified with his most famous creaUon Walter Mitty, the letspretend character
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 377 8 BUILDING THEIR OWN HALL YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS AT WOKK MEMBERS vartOlM youth organisations m Bingapore have made to building their own holiday reiOrt on a i\\(-,tcr( Bite <^ Tanah M'-nih Besar oil Cbangl Road. Ihej hope to build communiti hall with ehangbi| roootf and showew lor boys and j-irl.s by
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  • 97 9  -  P.L. KOH Siory and pictures by Right: Miss Emily Paul of Katong Bethesda Young Peoples Croup helps to paint beams for the hall. Below: Miss Grace Paul, a member of the Katong Bi thesoV Young People's Croup, helps to prepare "makan" for campers. Here she
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  • 308 10 rX)LR studies of Mr. r Krishna Menon, India's delegate to the United Nations, ag he reacted to toting by the United Nations political committee on whether his nation gets a seat m the Korean peace conference The vote was 27-21 with 11 abstentions. The
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  • 98 10 Boy killed by own arrow A alx-year-old boy died two lays after his brain was pierced ly an arrow he made himself. Nobody saw the accident. The hild was found lying unconsciSus near his home at HanS<i\ »toke-on-Trent. He appeared to I lave tripped over the kerb rvhile running home
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  • 50 10 1 About 3 000 supporters of the jermaii Reich Party clashed vlth police In Nuremberjr yeserday when police tried to ireak up their election rally orbidden by the city authoriPolice eventually used their I »atorw to disperse the crowd rho charged them sinj?in the lerman National Anthem Reuter
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  • 256 10 THREE men who will build complete towns anywhere from the sub-Arctic to the Equator sailed for Canada to sell their British factory-made buildings. With them they carried pictures of a town they built— of 1,000 buildings at Lobe, m the British Cameroons. for a
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  • 29 10 i Hunj?ar yesterday became the first of Yutfuslavia's Communist neighbours to resume full diplomatic relations with the appointment of Mr. Sander Kurinski a.s Minister to Yugoslavia.
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  • 87 10 MEMBERS of Merchant Tailors' School Archaeological Society. excavating the site of Cardinal Wolsci/ s Palace at Moor Mark, Hertfordshire, have unearthed the remains of a 16M century meal. In a brick sewage pit they iound intact an earthenware flagon about a foot high with strap handle
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  • 143 10 IT IS so difficult to serve sandwiches and follow Food Ministry regulations j that Sherrys, well known Brighton bar, is giving up its catering licence. "We think it almost impossible to keep accurate records.' a solicitor defending the bar 1 told Brighton magistrates yesterday.
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  • 36 10 The Western Powers will tell Russia this week they are profoundly disappointed 'with Mascow's latest refusal to restart negotiations on the treaty to give Austria her freedom, authoritative sources m London said last night.
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  • 126 10 LTOUNG Bmee Walker's c mP- plaint thnt his fortnl -hi teaervUt teaming vwth the i.A.F. confuted ol i>eeiiu^ po- ktoe« and wa.shin tablea m fRf V fk:erii me hacl resiilu Ine Air Ministry anna n <J VN° m(>r« batmen wail recalled lor the 14
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  • 215 10 Miss Emily Muddle was in a muddle IfISS EMILY MUDDLE had Ltl no system. When the police looked into the mahogany chest-of -drawers behind the counter of her all-sorts shop they found 15 betting .slips— and bundles of banknotes worth more than £1.600. yfiss Muddle slipped off her pink overall
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 37 10 t 14 m^rf f A M m Obtainable at all leading Watch Dealers. TO THE MUSIC OF f== CASTILLO s > with Miss LO LING will render your vouiite tunes to you NIGHTLI i AT THE > EMBASSY lIOIIi
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  • 556 11 BEERSHEBA, I IF YOU WANT to court I an Israel girl, brush up your knowledge oi the Bl Youn^ Israeli swj going to call on their bj girl friends take a quick goi at the Bible after making sure their hair is combed properly. This
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  • 130 11 Neither ?)de vu) Nurih d»a)er iCoter the Wetl and South <iirds i a l\ r a 1 WKST I \sT 4 8 Q 1« 7 I v m j 7 6 0 X 10 7 i- J S g I 4 I A 10 J I I >t
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  • 73 11 Train spotting i> a national hobby amo^g British schoolboys. Not only are there thousands of individual train-spotters but dozens of spotters' clubs as well. The railways lons ago abandoned the fight against overwhelming numbers of train-spot-ters. They now invite parties of schoolboys to the stations and
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  • 287 11 'Men, let's revive the old strut 9 says Hal Boyle \|EN NEED a ChristiaJ T1 Dio;\ a bold fellow t(fl restore the male feeling ojfl being quite a guy. Merl are m a male quandary! We either have to expos<B more of our charms ofl retreat to the soft anony-l
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 39 11 Today's Crossword BBBSp IS^^B n^£9 pß^B^^^^H ACBOSS m this kind of the B). 11 Blare In a m .11 voice (11). 8A i 'irk I I A Yin's 4) -24 'I he i BOH tIOS 14, 4.. „nuv a
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  • 12 12 picture nwinthlv nartv tor UMI lumilics.- Free Press
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  • 684 12 I DOUBT if the writer of the letter headed: Unification Only Way to Freedom, was here during the three-nd-a-half years when the people of this island had heir "freedom" under the rule of a thoroughly "unified" lalayan administration. At the head were the various
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  • 32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Ther write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG briefly.
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  • 76 12 Scandinavian Airlines who operate a D.C. 6 service from Stockholm to Tokyo, may mmvi fly through Singapore and Jakarta. Mr. Tag,. Petersen (left), Far Kast sales representative. is m the Colony on his way to Indonesia to establish a general ageinv. He will return for the
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  • 204 12 IN your Issue of Aug. 25, Mr. C. R H. Davidson Mfced to be enlightened on the Yokohama Fowl '1 hi> It ittfUl bird. Bt his lon<j sickle I've never heard of ont frith ever i > feel m length and .1 t.ui
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  • 175 12 GOBS SHATTER MOLESTED WIFE a J&ttttJZsfSZ** I had a bruised cheek and much shattered pride They molested my wife 01 three months and punched me when I went to her aid. ih«.> .ailed me *****, a gross slander as I was born m Travancore British sailors, who are always m
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  • 83 12 YOUR correspondent "Action Please" Ls very unfair to the I uneducated. People without edui cation are not necessarily thoughtless. I know of uneducated people jwho are very thoughtful and considerate, but I also know of educated people who are I thoughtless and inconsiderate. A visit to the Tions Bahru
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  • 59 12 I THANK the police for the advice Riven to us on precautions to be taken to prevent further robberies m Singapore, but I hope they will 2:0 a step further and publish the game information m all vernacular papers and also broadcast it. cuTiors. Hnisr Road. The same information
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • 803 13 A Society that Knows its Job 122 The Society, if it is. to have a lasting impression S focal music, has dual function: to bring us the worlds best players and to Sicourage local talent They are doing both so well that they deserve the "boost" I propose to give
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  • 235 13 on the funny side of MUSIC A MUSIC critic with integrity, awareness, and a sense of values "—(the new phrase which is ousting vital, human, and dynamic frttce said of a singing mouse, Of course nobody would pretend that X really sings, as j one understands the word 4
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  • 341 13 The 'Carbon copy Crooner VOW COMES the pay off to the long line of American singers who have shuffled into top positions m West End variety on the strength of gramophone record sales. Now comes the imitation the carbon copy "American" crooner. His name is Tony Brent, he is 26
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  • 37 13 r="*»ISARSALS ty Choli Ifattlmr Ptwlon* 1 (Ladies onl: hmdnm i Ti:t lull ebolr -Elijah' torla ..A Hail. Monday, en-.-rlnga only- 4i ßlJ*h") Chamber Enstmble: On hf s FtkJ.u afooki urn Bchool), CboiJ Tw ,HMV Studio). "PhIo" opera
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  • 421 14 Hongkong prepare for Asian Games GOOD HOPES OF A GOLD MEDAL ass. -n-rsn But four of them Stephen Xavier Neville Hughes. Mis.s Rita Hall and Miss Jennifer Hart are certainties. They are considered to b P amon? the b«\st m their events ;n South East A.sia. Stephen Xavier's time for
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  • 369 14 Big time tennis is dying in America ALTHOUGH tru- experts disagree, big time tennis is dying m the United States. America hasn't had a world beater since Jack Kramer and they have none m sight. For any other country, there would be nothing alarming m that, since world beaters don't
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  • 105 14 Charmian wins but rivals protest MISS Charmian M. Welsh o, Durham City yesterday won tho women's plain diving at th' National Swimming Championship of Britain at Blackpool but no awards will be made until an appeal is heard. This followed a day of protests which started when four of the
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  • 277 14 By JEROME HENDERSON. OINOAPORE became Malaya'.s bftftetbaU champion.s when they beat Selangor by 79 points to 'iO at the Happy World on Monday night. Selangor started well but their failure to rover their ba.se m every of their attack lost them many vitqj point I
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  • 62 14 McMILLEN, R.A.F's centreforward appears to have grown a painful outsize lump on his head, which Narayanan. Indians' goalkeeper, seems to take a de- light m baiting him by tapping it. It was just the ball and although McMillen got his heud to it he failed
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  • 514 15 SURREY WIN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP But they have to thank Lancashire dTRREY retained the County cricket championship h yesterday even though they failed to take a point from their game with Sussex who collected the four for a first innings lead. Lancashire who In such circumstances had a slender hoDe of
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  • 17 15 Yesterdays Rugby League re ViiKhlev 8. Ca.stl'eford 12. RocSdSe Hornets 56, Don ter 5. -^Reuter.
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  • 338 15 r Star Soccemes EaSff^St FX 0? match at jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. However. Tigers, who have won the SAFA league title thus season will have to cut their fancy play out and go for goals if they hope to score a •double. Soccerites worried
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  • 19 15 photo i Suppiah. Soccerites' goal- kt*<*p«T. punrhrs rlear durinii ;i Ticen raid. Free Press
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  • 36 15 British middleweight champion Randy Turpin ik m trainine at Wales headquarters for his Oct 21 world title bout \Mth Bobo Olson In V(>rk. where he will on ard the Queen Mary on sept. 16.
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  • 174 15 M Bournemouth: v ll uirc b\ an Innings and Hi mpshire ii for N( UlRfhMB: Not t runi not o I M iiiirin: Lei--i, rgan match drawn. < 17< and 21 ten 3 Lel< <" for 5 declawd (TompWn M, Palm Lthson not out 53 >. \t
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    • 235 15 CAPITOL Bth DAY I 11. liv i St k '»30 Technicolor REX tAsr day/ I 11, 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30 OPENS TOMORROW 1 "JACK MCCALL, I DESPERADO" 1 Technicolor PAVILION LAST DAY! I J 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30 I t3 CKAT STAW «f franc. I m 4 iM mm* c
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  • 319 16 ARSENAL IS HELD TO 1-1 DRAW I Goals galore m Div. 3 matches nil MIGHTY Arsenal yesterday moved a step up the h m 1 tibh from their unusual second from bottom position lut v. havr m await today's result between Middlesbrough and Roltoll to know whether they will stay
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  • 185 16 MISS Maureen Connolly, the defending cnampion ana holder of the world's four major singles championships (t'nited States, Britain, Australia and France), I easily won her second round match yesterday m the United States women's lawn tennis singles championship at Forest Hills. She beat Miss
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  • 29 16 RNAS Semba wane's rue<»pr iPim to meet RAF Selet^r S^ttSC Thomas; Jones. Richardson. Robiason, Gotten; Whiting. Sherlock; Blackie. Walton. Green. Treen Barnett; Watts. Whitty Park
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  • 82 16 AT the annual geueral meeting of r the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association iheld at Sinyajwre Ktcreation Club yesterday, the following were elected office bearers for the year 1953-1954. President: Mr. Aw Cheng Chye vice-presidents: \I. E. V. Smith. Mr Soh Ghee Soon (re-elected*, hon. Sec i Mr.
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  • 189 16 LUilt Wanderers were unfortunate to have shared nolnts with Police m their Singapore Hockey Association Senior League game at Thomson Road yesterday. The score was one-all. Play was not up to a mgi standard but perhaps the heavy ground conditions could be blamed for this.
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  • 39 16 The Keppel Club mixed foursomes 18 holes and bail sweep was won by Major Peace and Mrs. Macleod with a nett score of 70 3 8 Runners-up were Clendon and Mrs. Davies with of 72 3 s.
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  • 103 16 One jockey, 5 mounts, 5 wins J von on nil of them at the rave meeting „d Bridge racecourse m Burning, ham \iesterd\ m the six-race card he rode the first two inner* had no mount m the next race and (hr the meeting with a "hattrick'- m the last
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  • 186 16 KENT LOSE BY INNINGS Kent suffered an innlnga defeat at the hands of the Australians yesterday— and the men responsible for the County sides poor score "m their second knock were Bill Johnston 16 for 38> ana Davidson »3 for 10). Kent first inningi to.d of 181 w:i> e.i Mlv
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  • 206 16 THE provisional programme of the Selangor Turf Club's amateur meeting on Sept. 5 is: v, l^, n<>: TH|C HIRI IN(.HAM MIKRY: Furlongs: M iip Polo r >n r" KenB:ili IVllk Captain Kit-, 'fisher, pertti. Qunna Gold r eif Betty Golden Glory, Nimbi-' Mr. Bmy,
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