The Singapore Free Press, 17 September 1953

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  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press driest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. MMSK-- Sep!. 17. jtjt Mo IS C-
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  • 316 1 SECURITY MEN GO TO GENEVA %lrs* 3€aex\Lean left tny story 9 adtlress Foreign Office 'm the darlc' TWO M.1.5. (British security) men are now m Geneva investigating the disappearance on Monday of Mrs. Melinda Mac Lean, wife of the missing diplomat, Donald Mac Lean. They Hew into the Swiss town
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  • 223 1 SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY TODAY Free Press Staff Reporter THE SULTAN of Johore on Ins birthday today honour--1 ed four Johore subjects by creating them Datos of thC They 'are Dr Mohamed Salleh bin Haji Hamid, inche Ahmad bin Mohamed Shah, Captain Ahmad bin Mohamedian and Inche
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  • 113 1 S'ore cafe owner is stabbed MADAM TAI NYI/K CHIN, proprietress of the Corner Cafe m the New World Park. Singapore, was stabbed m the abdomen by a Chinese us she was opening the door of her house. In Kitchener Koad. at 12.30 a.m. today. Her condition is not serious. Madam
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  • 35 1 *nree masked and armed uunese robbers entered a house Lm fi oth mile Tempenis Road at 8 p.m. last night, held 5* £2 and his sSer-and g cash and jewellery worth
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  • 15 1 tw!n gaPOre Rubber Mark^t Pound fiAf a i 64> cent a B cents
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  • 121 1 [HE West German Chancellor. written d Adenauer, has Minister v h Fre »ch F,m>i n g^lHnin- thA°? rges Bid »uit. n> mi n dl scussions on JuV* I(>arned th^ Sh Pnt enhow, r and the Uniei w m -T? Mr *»eph wSiTr 5 WashJ
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  • 150 1 TAPPERS' STRIKE 'NOT LEGAL' THE Indonesian AttorneyGeneral's office will take measures against the leaders of the Estate Workers Union. Sarbupri. which ordered the strike on foreign-owned plantations throughout Indonesia. The strike, involving 700.000 estate workers according to the union estimate, but not more than half that number m the opinion
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  • 32 1 The South African Parliament yesterday rejected Premier Daniel Malan's South Africa Act Amendment Bill, designed to revise the constitution m order to put Cape coloured voters on a separate bill.
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  • 235 1  - I'LL ADOPT THAT BABYMRS. KOK SIT YIN FONG By FIRST person who wants to adopt a baby said by its mother to have been born on an "evil day" July 11 is Mrs. Kdward Kok. 33, wife of an army civilian employee. English-gpemkiag Mrs. Kok, mother of an eight-year-old rirl,
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  • 130 2 Britain seeks to raise some tariffs BRITAIN is expected to ask permission to raise protective tariffs for a range oi imports from non-Commonwealth countries when the eighth session of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT; opens m Geneva today. But the British delegation will assure the other 32
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  • 361 2 Lodge, Malik clash on China in UN KOREA IS PUT ON ASSEMBLY AGENDA THE United States Russia engaged m a ],> ited skirmish In tin United Nations yest< rday as the General Assembly cleared the way for starting the Important first round debate on Korea and other top drawer issues,
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  • 53 2 AN EIGHT-MAN Philippine trade mission is scheduled to travel Manila on Sept. 21 for Jakarta to survey possibilities of new markets for Philippine products. Their visit coincides with the two-month Indonesian international fair which opened on Aug. 29. Tiie mission will also visit Bineapore. Bangkok and
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  • 65 2 Egyptian Finance Minister. Mr. Abdcl Guclil e l Emary. has presented to the World Bank Egypt I ideas for a US$7OO 000,--000 Nile dam and Irrigation project which he says will increa c Egypt's farm production by onethird. Tiie Bank must now decide how
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  • 35 2 picture. Even sparrows queue m London. Mr. Bertram Cave, from Blackfriars, has taught these Hyde Park hopefuls to perch on his hands and take bits of bread from his mouth.- Reuter
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  • 226 2 -They led French strikes T»HE ROMAN Catholic Church called a halt yesterday to its programme of trying to fight Communism m France with priests m overalls. Word went out to end the novel experiment. Into the battle against the 5,000,000 Frenchmen who vote Communist the
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  • 60 2 28 killed as airliner explodes AN American Airlines plane *t\ crashed, exploded and burned killing 28 people -all aboard near the Albany airport yesterday. The Convair. en route from Boston to Chicago, pitched Into a small lot near the Albany Schenectady highway. About 12 passengers were thrown clear of the
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  • 47 2 The I' iiited States Secretary of Air. Mr II irnlH t. i»w>.# j yritrrday m Washin K ton the air forer -would canrii^/ J*'* Hon of neveral thousand jet and other ZSSrmtt I.» pro *™'r Possible savin, ol 400 to 500 m«ts dollars
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  • 209 2 ...1066 and all that number of oysters. r|uu_ international rv A Justice began hi2.1l case at The HawTt-! 1 decide who ownsAl rocky islets of MinquLM Ecrehos m the EnS^l nei and their v»| ter beds. w Britain and France hntv I the islets-the laroS h A| 100 yards long-where
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  • 144 2 His $5 trip round th e world OWEN KIRALFY, 31-year-old former London film technician, seen m Hong Kong, has been hitch-hik'lng around the world for the past two years. So far he has gone across France. Switzerland. Italy. Greece, Turkey. India. Ceylon. Malaya and Siam. He plans to go on
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    • 62 2 W* at* t* i f weamUirim the word for I B FILES CARD INDEXES STEEL DESKS VISIBLE RECORDING SYSTEMS UNDERWOOD GENERAL AGENCIES (M) LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang HONG KONG PARADE Musical Revue consisting of 15 HONG KONG BEAUTIES and celebrated Singing Stars. DANCING, SINGING, VAUDEVILLE. Tonight and nightly from
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  • 52 3 THE BLYTHES SAIL FOR AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE'S former Colonia 1 Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe boarding the Charon m Singapore harbour yesterday for A net P__Hfi He and Mrs. Blvthe had returned to Singapore last Friday after a round trip to Japan. After Australia, it will be retirement m Britain for
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  • 303 3 Free Press Staff Reporter 4BOTT 1,000 former members of the Singapore Labour A Party with party cards will meet m Badminton Hall on Oct. 4 to make it clear that they approved Mr. Lim Yew Hock's choice as Labour representative on the
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  • 34 3 Pilgrims return 52- f to th M° dest to this week bit >ti iw ster (,eft) Gaaah b J nti »SX (l*V 1 nd Ita fya Rui^S )8 J' who i»ve m J^"»put, Malacca.
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  • 11 3 rnie r &fer P^Uebank. te^Shin Com Cu "^rd
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  • 544 3  - LIFT THAT MARRIAGE RAN ON T.T.C. GIRLS THEY oAY ROGER YUE INQUIRING CAMERA finds out By MARRIAGE or career? Or both? That's the problem facing scores of women studentteachers m Singapore. Mr. Thio Chan Bee, Legislative Councillor and principal of Anglo-Chinese School, suggested m the Legislative Council on Tuesday the
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  • 119 3 'TWERE seems to be some misunderstanding about the bond requiring girl student- teachers not to marry during their period of training. Some people are under the impression that the ban is for five years. MR. P. S. DEMPSEY, principal of the Teachers' Training College, clarified
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    • 162 3 GRAND REDUCTION SALE [All Rock- Bottom Reduced Prices Now Clearing ENC. LINENS BEST SHADES 36' 1.60 p yd ARROW SHIRTS CENUINE 9.40 each U.S.A. DUPONT NYLON STOCKINGS 3.00 pair OR 3 PAIRS for 8.50 BED COVERS 55 x 90' 3.50 each OR 3 PIECES for $10.00 LADIES KNICKERSj MAIDENFORM BRAS.I
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  • The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Sept. 17, 1953
    • 400 4 Opinion OUT OF CONTROL SINGAPORE is so used to getting an excellent bill of health from the Director of Medical Ser- vices every year that some people may be beginning to take their safety from disease for granted. But even these complacent ones can hardly be unconcerned after reading what
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  • 584 4  -  ROBERT YATES [by Private Yates. 27. of the Glorious CloucesTcrs. was captured m April 1951; released last month; flown home to Ncwcastle-undcr-Lymc, Staffs. because his mother was ill. He tells his story m an interview with ROBERT BLAKE A 'Tommy describes how Chinese political instructors worked on prisoners of
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  • Article, Illustration
    217 4  -  OSBERT LANCASTER by camp had its chief in- 1 A structor.— we called him a political maniac and each of our seven companies had an instructor. Each platoon of 40 to 50 men I had a full-time Chinese instructor too. At any time of' the day and night
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  • 167 4  -  STEPHEN COUTH T HERE is a gm J more behind the ruJ over President a3 snub of Marshal 1 phonse Juin than m the eye. Since he made Marshal last yea Juin has establish a reputation for tael public talk. Recently he saw he would, run
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  • 293 5 Plan to ease crowding in the city SURVEY TO WORK SHIFT TO VILLAGES I Free Press Staff Reporter T ,i PORES diagnostic survey team is now KducS a suney of the rural areas to est,--r conducting hift a ***** proportion W'cifyt popuUtion. estimated to reach the if the cuy s
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  • 184 5 Teachers don't like a shorter course MANY TRAINEE teachers at Singapore's Teachers' Training College are against a suggestion that their three-year course should be reduced by one year. This suggestion was made by Mr. John Laycock, member for Katong, at Tuesday's Legislative Council. He said it might help to "speed
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  • 166 5 CHILDREN are helping Singapore Public Works Department to prepare playing fields which are now being provided for new primary schools. These students help to pick up stones, broken roots and grass and to plant new turf. •'They are doing a magnificent job." said Mr. R.
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  • 25 5 The United states Informam Service Office m Singapore jwrday invited applications i*f yail student undergwate scholarships m colleges Jtetor the 1954-1955 acade-
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  • 280 5 Shop owners say: These hawker stalls will ruin trade f JDERS and private residents *mU G uan Street F. M CV S 1 PProtestu rotest t0 Mr Tpa ai ns u?L the City President, h^ve tin' n^T^™ 50 m horne S marked outside '5 not°hin ers said yesterday front pllch
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  • 49 5 S 'AFRICA MAY BAN KINSEY Dr. Kinsey's famous report on the sex life of women may never be sold m South Africa. The Customs Department yesterday issued orders to Durban bookshops that they are not to sell any cs;?!es of it until they are given permission to do so.
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  • 88 5 Death of Mr. Baumgarten MR. H. N. Baumgarten, one of the long-service employees of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Singapore, has died of a heart attack. Mr. Baumgarten, who was 53, joined the bank staff as a junior clerk m 1919 and rose to the highest post held by
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  • 60 5 This is one of four tractors now being used by the P.W.IK to speed up work on the playing fields' scheme for new primary schools in the Colony. Machines such as mowers, ploughs, harrows, tillers, weeders, earth levellers and scoops can be attached to these tractors.
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  • 29 6 Britain has f b Xe r V France proposals foi «w Euro -tish association Willi "J Br ipean Defence CommuniW^, tish High Commission man said m Boon.
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  • 24 6 A Sino-Soviet Vnm^s ment for lonß-tcrm p in Lo China and immediate the construction oi d ifl prises has been re\^ Peking.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 159 6 MANDRAKE. THE MACICIAN "^^^Jjj^J^J^JJj __r____^- THIS 'OH "NU rUWtk J^| _____n- "~~T^^1 MttmLWkm^. T__ v j^^ r^RZAN b Y Edgar Rice Burrough THE SAINT by Leslie Charteri: AmA 1 KKANE WAS STARTINGI THE WAS ALL RIGHT WHENJ fwELL RUSTY IT LOOKED In ,t c.r Ct ,c l^^m*' #T TO TELL
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    • 553 6 YUUR 11 LUCKvL STAR r I{«rn roD.xv active and alen '< U I »tac« you use a n y* m you are not one to i hf 1 alon »ifh a book Hi are times whe« y ou V*< I become wider m I A J^»« that there?* happening m
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  • 37 7 Chosen tor film role picture. |________«MI__H__MHSMMIHHtIMH JANET RICHARDS, i irom Bristol, England, who has been chosen to pliy one of Akim Tamiroff s three beautiful daughters m "You Know What Sailors Are," a Pinewood Studios production.—- Reuter
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  • 245 7 A TINY light flickered on the dark face of a cliff. It A was a match struck by a girl stranded on a ledse after seeing her friend killed m a 150-foot fall. And it was her last match. But before the flame had
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  • 75 7 THEIR LOVE PERFECT AND 2 DIED pOM the start of her husband's long illness. Mrs. Shilton knew he would 5 aid P rose cuting counsel at Salisbury. d a c died 0f cancer and Shilton and twoL daUBhter Lmd were Mr_ SS!-- child died. Wd^wjth" Se nt for trial Sh
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  • 37 7 France had a 68 billion franc (US$lBO.OOO.OO0 1 trade deficit for the first eight months of 1053— a big improvement over the similar period last year, when the deficit was 181 billion I francs (US$520,000,000).
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  • 67 7 ti f nßaria cabinet yesc »'tural l d ed to cut the a S rl de Very <l u and the S ih,^ ction s »">- -ue "tuation of the farm- ers." Budapest Radio said. Delivery quotas tor collective farms for all kinds of products will
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  • 241 7 THE SURGEON WHO WAS OVER-ANXIOUS He operated: Woman died: He took his life YOUNG Dr. MacLennan was keen, terribly keen. His anxious mother would see the li.o-ht shining m his little study at home until 2 a.m. Even she thought he studied too hard: but he restlessly strove for perfection.
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  • Article, Illustration
    86 7 picture A U.S. rocket aircraft pilot cU ims to have recently flown a Douglas rocket -powered skyrocket at a speed of 1,143 mif.s per hour. The pilot, Lt.-Col. M arion Cari reached the speed of 1,143 m.p.h. after the aircra ft was dropped from the bomb bay of a Superfortress
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  • 73 7 B RISKY, a two-year-old black cat, goes fishing each evening m a weir at Haydon Bridge Northumberland, She. hauls out fish by the dozen when experienced anglers cannot get a bite. mmx She either scoops them out with a paw or puts her head m and
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  • 388 7 The friend he'd have, trusted with life OLD farmer Moss walked into his bank to check on his 5,000 account. But the manager said he had only £3. Farmer Moss sent for the police. Two policemen went to the farm of his neighbour, friend and adviser 49-year-old Richard Binks, of
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  • 488 8 ACHlli I PLAY BY THE ARTS THEATRE Pictures b\ yHE YELLOW JACKET,' a pU dram., is being performed "> dence of the Commissioner-Gene,,!* If is a Chinese p| ay in played for the first tinie |f|^ The Yellow lacked ha, f prop* men w* o walk on and oH Korgeou,
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  • 50 10 picture. Ii «i ■-■1-iiWin iiiii ii i I HERE'S Turkish belly dancer Nejla Ates, who has confirmed her engagement to oil heir Sheppard King of Texas. Nejla, who works m New York, is to wed King after his divorce from Egyptian belly dancer Samia Ci imal.- A.P.
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  • 316 10 US. ASKED TO RETURN BABY M.P. bacfcs .mother's claim A LONDON M.P. is seeking to bring pressure on the United States Government to restore a baby to its English mother. The M.P., Mr. R. J. Mellish (Lab., Bermondsey), said that unless the two arc reunited by October 1 he will
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  • 199 10 Rector row has split parish THERE Ij only one question m the Suffolk parish of Long Melford, and it is this: Who ts to be the new rector? It ts a question that has split the oarish and now awaits the decision of Dr. Richard Brook. Bishop of St. Edmundsbury
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  • 45 10 /JENERAL Fazollah Zahedl's M eovernment has demanded tiie recall to Russia of a Soviet oil man, Ignatov. Ignatov was a member of the Soviet firm of Iransov Naft which is now liquidated but formerly marketed Soviet oil m Persia s northern province
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  • 46 10 HERE IS 'ANNE' IN A DRESS OF GOLD picture. Yes, it's the star all a'glitter m a dress of gold 'Laughing Anne' or Margaret Lockwood who plays the title role m the film of that I name, arriving for its ore- I miere m London. Reuter
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  • 259 10 AN ugly 20-minutes brawl broke out at Bunnerong hostel m Sydney between British migrants evicted from hostels and some of those remaining:. Friction had been developing for days between evicted migrants living m tents and caravans alongside the hostel buildings, and those paying full board, who
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  • 35 10 Singapore Youth Council has shifted its office from the Chinese Secretariat building m Havelock Road to the former rice card registration centre m Orchard Road. The new premises was given by the Government
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  • 313 10 Boy who wants to go to school ANTHONY wanted to a Ato school. And a, th* he could have hi? g his parents bought a hon t But authority said .!S; This is how it happened Anthony Macdonneil I y. six— has been desperately an* xious to start school for
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  • 501 11  -  ED POLLAK by WITHDRAWAL of f Lypfs recognition o Royal Legation ot tne R0}«" d re Alb fi n y 'm Cairo, wiU ce fve tiie last king from Sand, the cradle ot monarchy. StfSkTß c SS of a deck of cards SSSd remain
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  • 580 11 rc-HILE WE WAIT patiently for the two or three occasions during a single session when a eeal two-bid may be correctly used. MOM players trea* this bid as a toy of which tney fcM become so fond that they cannot bear to leave it idle. It is a
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  • Article, Illustration
    237 11 villa. He sold his former home to a Saudi-Arabian prince. TO all the former monarchs and their families Farouk was exceptionally kind. He J often invited them to his parties. On one occasion he went out of his way to reconciliate Zog and Victor Emanuel who. after what
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  • 202 11 JUST THE THING FOR THE REDS FRANKFURST. j THE RUSSIANS are offering 1 to buy up almost the I entire production of a tiny gadget produced m West Ger- many that sells for just 730 marks. i I It is a "secret weapon" all f < right, but not the
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    • 33 11 [15. YORK 1 I Fly Pan American I via Bangkok to San Franciaco ss I Ii #Jy M/J —^jgs? I j bm\\ ai\\wL~ -L- W0 ,,0-S MOST j ijl IIiitFRfCAN £<PE ENCEO j
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 183 11 Today's Crossword i r BB 9b Wmi BB BB HHI. -flfl JBB^l^^lli^lßil P§s UB 1 __N ws& *i§ ■~j\ 2 RO m. (0) 6 Temperament of k have cauL here to b. EJXiJ 0 Al l The > l f ll The artist and the co 18 Le- d ;i
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
    • 281 12 'STOP BAD MANNERS' BUS RUSH KOrU who are otherwise good tempered seem to lost their manners at bus stops. Durlltf peak hours then a frantic scramble— every man for himseli. And, of course, the women j n then pushed to one side and nnot even take a back .seat. What
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    • 32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you seen anything strange or unusual? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell others about it m his POSTBAG briefly
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    • 93 12 ipEFERRING to Mr. T. S. jlv Simon's letter, does he want a fair rate for taxis? If so, does une consider the meter a fair medium of measure? Or Is he I appeal ing to be arguing that it is cheaper not to measure by 1 1 meter?
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 12 picture. Wolfgang Engel. 'I a fine specimen Of II! 11l hood was chosen the most beautiful male I m a contest held at the St. Pauls Nightclub, Berlin recently. More than a hundred .men took part. Engel was chosen from 20 finalists—- Popper
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    • 82 12 iIITHEN British or American Alois were screened m the past m Singapore, the subtitles appeared m the space provided below the screen. Several months ago, this mi thod was discontinued and I lib-title .ippcared ;<i tin bottom of the screen Tin w;ls disturbing enough but now, however, I notic
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    • 88 12 SUDA Kahwin-Kah Blum" has quoted passages from Dr. David Mace's book on Hebrew Marriage: "That sex can be a gift of God. to be received with gratitude and enjoyed I freely, Ls a truth too long forI gotten, and Is sorely m need of revival." j People m
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    • 241 12 IF THE ESTATES and Fire Brigade Committee of the City Council is unconvinced of the genuineness of my plea for a bandstand. I will quote a precedent from One Hundred Years of Singapore," Vol. 11. The Merry Past," i "In June 1831 the officers of
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    • 96 12 WOULD like to refer to a I statement made by Mr. j. m. H Hill, secretary of the ird of Currency Commissioners which appeared m your paper -doubting th 0 claim made by Mr Thong Chong Kirn of No 4 Kiamat Lane, that he pi, a ten-cent currency
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    • 35 12 H \na\Uta»g s I IfL t\ieve fe I i«' l _________=r.J% -__r-"S r_£E___Hr '_>«^P M T Mi A *pft-' j I _*_< _S __>.-^ T __T I J_T I i__»\ c «t* a^ -__£-^-m*_»-/«-- i _s^_i v
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  • 195 13 Tr«, Nun< Margwet rrouncer, i Hutchinson > A note/ based on the real 2 story °f SUter MarE25 Mar V Alacoque, a T^kable nun of the 17th o^y- The author «W _Lw "P?™ 1 Privileges to enable her to obtain an SS 1C and meticulously j SX Plcture
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  • 796 13 'Tough Guys' in Bid for the Cheyney Crown GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON I ON THE NEW BOOKS |1 -ETER CHEVNEY would not ni be amused «..<; ME DEADLY. By Mickey Arthur Barker, WRONG DELANEY by B»»| Sinrer «*_■•>• ■THAT would the late W Peter Cheyney say if he could hear that
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  • 117 13 111/OODROW WYATT, the Labour MP., during the Parliamentary recess is making a start on a book about the Gurkhas, their history, life and association with the Bri--9 Usb Army. >> Mr Wyatt, the founder and [i editor of "English Story. >< served m the Army
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  • 49 13 Harold Williams, the ban- tone, will be a guest of honour with the Governor (Sir John y> Nicoll >, at the Singapore ll Musical Society's dinner. << The dinner for members tt and friends will be held at the Ad el phi Roof Garden on Friday. October
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  • 356 13 Germans can write freely A again FRANKFORT. i^ERMAN authors and poets are staging a comeback, after being plunged m the mud of Under Adolf Hitler, German writers who did not flee abroad or go underground became the servants of death. It took men like Thomas Mann to show them that
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    • 148 13 Hut there's very lit tie _W_F 1_ Jmrfm^mW __h___L difference between inks, _^^^<9M BB^ s'^_____tw^ 'Up to a point. But beyond that point you'll find that Stephen's Radiant Fountain Pen Ink is the best ink tor your pen. That's because it's micro-filtered to make clogging impossible. It is the smoothest-flowing,
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  • 477 14 -But it was a near thing TRUE to their calculations, South China will icav« Singapore for Hong Kong with a clean record. But it was a near thing for them and on the run ol play they were lucky to snatch a 1
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  • 35 14 'ihc Singapon Amateur Boxing itlon will honour Rev < R R s Adanr at I dinner party at the Southern Hotel tomorrow. Canon Adams wih be learin Colony shortly on retirement.
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  • 29 14 The Anglo Chinese School swimming gala, which we ieen po ipon- d o tomoi; i will s art al 3 pm. at Chin Swimming Club i
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  • 90 14 nPHF Ke.st were given a hard Ight by 1 Newcomers before winning by eight POtntg ta _oal and a try) to six points <iuo trie.si m the Singapore Cricket clubs rugger trial on the padae lay. The trial showed that the club selectors will hare a hard
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  • 304 14 Britain sathletes need more trucks \V/HEn a mmi like OordOQ Pu 1 starts rutminii m world iha ti rlnK fashion, It gtvi tremendou Allp to athletic pui v It 1. surprising, therefore, to know bow few are the facilttte* 1 r running m Kngland compared v.i h tin- number <>(
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  • 333 14 Rocky has his chef worried ROCEY MAKC lANO admits he'i no ion .er a hungry fighter and that hai lots ol folk worried— including his personal chef. Said his chef Al Reinaner: I used to give him steaks weighing a pound and hall and even that wasn't enough. Now I
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  • 446 14 BRITAIN'S 1952-54 soccer season is only a month old. but already the fans are beginning to wonder —what 1 has happened to mighty Arsenal, winner of the League championship last year and the greatest name the game has ever known. After nine league
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  • 97 14 IjINGLAND defeated Wales 24-5 m J a Rugby League international match s1 St. Helens yesterday. England gained the ball regularly from the scrum and were able 'o dictate tne play with QreenwaU, St. Helens centre, scrum half Kielty and forward Pawsey and Henderson, 'he stars. Home,
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  • 47 14 S.J. Lim and N.N. Leicester won the replay for the President and vice pre Ident'i prizes of the Island Club with i nett score of 154. I P. Cook and E. J. Jensen were rannera up with a nett score of 155
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  • 105 14 Champ is in the mood... "It's easy for I.aStarza to Marciano light La Star£ "J •I wouldn't pick lrtm to knock Rovky. but there's a chance R "La Star, a bet ter boxer t|_ Marciano. and a keener punch' N«l as hard, but kre ncr .\t end of 111 rounds
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  • 237 15 MAWI WILL RIDE GREAT SCOUT Good mount —says Lewis An east/ winner CYPRESS POINT (Mcfloud) is seen here scoring a three length win yesterday m Race ti. Superiority (Hudson) was second and Elturius third. Free Press ~no\ after his «*>"" £> hv iir from VS^Tm^mam fi Great Scout the e
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  • 854 15  -  ALLAN LEWIS B> If YPRESS POINT, who was ridden splendidly by Harry McCloud, easily won the v sixth and main race at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day of the Singapore Turf Clubs Gold Cup meeting. This was McCloud's second winner for the day. ijpress
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  • 120 15 \TANSFIELD Sport.s Club qu T1 for the semi-final, ol the Bit pore Business Houses- FA. LeagW Cup competition when they beat I seas Chinese Bank by 2-0 at River Valley Road yesterday. Both .'(i;ils were scored m the half by Kirn Kee and Ibrahim liie SBHFA knockout
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    • 344 15 ICAPITOL From TOD?Vy 11, 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30 %.PPBPI •___j___i_ SHO*PLACE Or TMt iSLAN JIVOO "uZ'SaT" l kA t\ i_'_fl _^b w«^Ke*l Witf* N UNITED ARTISTS B<f VO**' starring JOHN PAYNE ___J]__KL__^.--1 P/us OW STAGf After 4 Before 6 30 9.30 OPENS TOMORROW JENKINS REVUE this is no quickie but
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  • 537 16  - THE GOLD CUP HORSES SHOW PACES ALLAN LEWIS Khor Mousa was besl among the lot By »h. it An: lIAMHIAI^ l II'! K. IITS f'»r tiie GOLD ?Y < ll* event, m sis* Iv t on Saturday at Bukit Tim ill a..-; L i DIV. 1 li M Forest Bene
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  • 286 16 I ILLIBULLERO (J. Donnelly) drew attention to his 1J Chances In the Sprint Cup by running three m 37 3 5, nicely on the bit. Missed his engagement yesterday, but this mornine'.s trial suggests he is a lit horse. Short Hairs (Farad) again attracted attention
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  • 360 16 |>ELOW are the re- (L. 1, DIV. 2—6 F. Oleander I*l SUO-tag weights Wonder Gali Ml U J-" Zanzibar 8.11 Sunear.ro Mg for Saturdays races Ao{< b r 8 i. at Bukit Timah: Quarter Deck 8.10 ■r Grecian Night 8.09 n ft4 THE LIBERATION The Strand SOO
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  • 141 16 Three new riders due ARTIirK WARD will leave for Syd ne A nex t Tuesday. He will replaced, joekn for the Shaw brother* by Ke n r I who hai been one of the leading riders inr^ 1^ for some months. H.irrett is expected i n t Wfi^ the I'cr.ik
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  • 494 16 W__bi tsKUiviwit_/n muiuti uuntuiuc tv set a crackkl pace at the top of Division I m the English Football _fl League and yesterday scored a resounding seven goals! H to three victory at Newcastle. I ii All the results DIVISION I Cardiff City 2.
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    • 410 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. I BIRTH TO LUCY, aife of G. H. McLeod, i > at Bungs r OO llth September, a daughter, Barbara Ann. ENGAGEMENT \j THE engagement is announced ber ween M I ie Baston of t Oaford, Eaglaad, ;tnd Mlss Phyllis T. Bl imp of Singapore. MARRIAGE MB. k
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    • 41 16 DRIED FRUITS s\ < Order your DRIED FRUITS now ope for £^3) XMAS PARCELS S and j^s XMAS PUDDIN^ 4 "You'll be glad you bought it at Cold Storage" SINGAPORE (OLD STORAGE COj^ >^re 1. Teleimoue: 5471 CMauu.Lny Director: aTw"^"" 1 0,
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