The Singapore Free Press, 24 September 1953

Microfilm: NL3677
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    22 1 The Singapore Free Press m .< Afternoon Salt- m >lala> a mil, Tu. lrc cnit 14. IMS. Singapore, Thurs.. ><M"- Price IS Cts.
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    SHENTON SCHEME MAY FLOP
    478 1  - SHENTON SCHEME MAY FLOP SIT YIN FONG Hail s *too soft 9 9 pilings vanish By THE $22 million Shenton Way skyscraper scheme may be a failure. The trade recession and bad soil conditions may cause the scheme to be abandoned by some firms who bought Crown land there to
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    Little Kow Chai gets grandstand view
    39 1 «a vantage picture. J* Ah Kow Chai. hmr- d of an Ampang the mooneake festift*S h hc thw front Bger P p °P hiek of 7. a d s« Private R"&*__*_____ Free Press
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    cheran airmen fire hangars
    33 1 cheran airmen fire hangars .*Pfi °J red:Q'r hani° rce tried to isfc^&oj 1 then °n Tue<_Ho p V rt near t^buft S e sentry. a th a,ld r re <*_ *uc o: the sentries
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    RICE, RUBBER AGREEMENT
    40 1 The Communist New China News Agency reported that Mr. Susanta De Fonseka. head of a Ceylon trade delegation, left Peking for home yesterday after signing the new agreement with China for trading rice and rubber during 1954.
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    Eleven men beat up 3 hawkers
    125 1 Eleven men beat up 3 hawkers Free Press Staff Reporter ELEVEN Chinese from three cars beat up three hawkers at a wayang performance m Jalan Eunos, Singapore, at a little past midnight last n:ght. The assault took place after a Teochew fruit hawker was knocked down and slightly injured m
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    The visa is doomed by 15 nations
    131 1 The visa is doomed by 15 nations THE 15-nation Council of Europe has unanimously recommended the abolition of visas for inter-European travel At its assembly m Strasbourg yesterday the council also called for other measures to make travel among European countries easier. It said that regional passport unions already existing
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    Rubber price
    28 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an easier tone with first grade, October shipment, at 62.3 8 cents a pound, one cent below yesterday's close.
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    Six million in 24-hour strike
    140 1 OIK MILLION Italian workers were called off their jobs yesterday m the biggest nationwide industrial strike there since the Communists tried m vain to smash the j Italian Government m 1948. 5 The Communists hailed the crippling 24-hour wa;k-out as i the start of their
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    Winston,Eden end holiday
    56 1 SIR Winston Churchill and Mr. Anthony Eden are both expected back m London next week. Mr. Eden, now holidaying m Athens, is due to fly home on Wednesday. The Prime Minister, who is .at Lord Beaverbrook's villa, La Capponcina, Cap Dail, m south France, has not yet
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    ASIAN BACKING
    39 1 The 15-nation Asian— African group m the United Nations agreed yesterday to support the Philippines as the bloc's candidate for election to the Security Council seat to be vacated by Greece. Turkey also seeks the position. U.P.
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    The West must increase forces: Bidault
    264 2 The West must increase forces: Bidault NO MORE MONEY AVAILABLE, BUT TIIK French Foreign Minister M. Georges Bidault, told the North Atlantic Council yesterday it could not count on any further Increases m military expenditure by member countries. But, he said, "we must increase our forces." The West must try
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    Man's best hope is UN—lke
    79 2 Man's best hope is UN— lke PRESIDENT Eisenhower said yesterday m Washington the United Nations was man's best hope to substitute the conference table for the battlefield. In a brief talk to the United States Committee for United Nations Day. President Eisenhower said the United Nations has become a "Sheer
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    RITA WEDS
    28 2 Rita Hayworth. who married Aly Khan In splendour amid international society, will wed sinter Dick Haymes m a simple •I ceremony m Las Vegas. Nevada. today.
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    'Miss Europe', the drum player
    45 2 FXVISA CIANNI, recently elected "Miss Europe" m the contest at Istanbul, plays the drums during a reception Riven m her honour by the Italian members of the contest committee on her return to Rome at the fashionable Rupe Arpea Club.
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    MORE BERIA MEN FALL IN THE PURGE
    134 2 MORE BERIA MEN FALL IN THE PURGE rE purge m the TransCaucasus area of Russia, where Lavrenti Beria's influence was formerly extremely strong, spread yesterday to the little autonomous Soviet state of Dagestan which borders Georgia, Beria'.s home state. The local radio from Makhac Kala, m Dagestan, monitored m London,
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    Purged Red in Japan
    66 2 (SOUTH KOREAN Police said yesterday that the pureed Foreign Minister ol North Korea, Park Hun Yun^, has fled to Japan and is now m the custody of the American authoits. The police stated Park, purged h}.st summer With about 11 Other North Korean leaders escaped with
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    McCARTHY RANTS OF ALLIES 'WHO CRINGE TO ENEMY'
    184 2 OENATOR Joseph McCarthy urged last night that the v U.S. withhold aid to Britain unless she stopped trade with Communist China. r "We do not want allies who cringe and surrender m the face of an enemy threat or who lick the
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    Talks on jets
    65 2 Sir Hudson Fysh. Chairman of Qantas Empire Airways, who fiew into Singapore yesterday m a Qautas Constellation from Sydney He is on his way to London to have talks with Sir Miles Thomas, head of 8.0.A.C., on the future of jetliner services. Sir Hudson said at Kallang
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    China deal to shelling protest
    102 2 China deal to shelling protest T>RITAIN will protest J IJ Peking about the shS a Royal Navy launch 3 Kong on Sept. 9. i f n n a j is received from the r3 Government soon, said **1 tic quarters m London 2 day. I The first protest wm_l cd
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    COUPLE ROBBED
    33 2 A Chinese and his girl} were robbed of their and a pair of glasses by i men m the grounds i Singapore General Hoaj Tuesday night. One 3 held a knife.
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    Now it's a million dollar sweep
    260 3 fans for fire VICTIMS PLAN Free Press Staff Reporter oiMrAPORE Joint Relief Organisation has !E Irided to run $1,000,000 lotteries instead _°Vnft 000 sweeps they first proposed. the* 0 m three of these lotteries consecutively •J T to raise at least $600,000 to build
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    Engaged
    92 3 MISS Eunice Thio, daughter of Mr. Thio Chan Bee, who left yesterday by air to join the London University, is engaged to Mr. Ang Keng Leng, a Singapore architect. Miss Thio met Mr. Ang m lnited States last year when she went there to study on an American scholarship.
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    Boys' Town -flag day will help pay debt
    186 3 INCAPORE'S Boys' Town, off pi milestone. Bukit Timah J will hold a flag day on ttarday to help pay off a •tqOO debt incurred following lumber of projects being comtted last year. In appeal for generous coributions is being made by the
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    Alarm over 'splinters'
    118 3 Alarm over 'splinters SINGAPORE unionists yesterday expressed alarm at the number of splinter unions springing up m the Colony. They fear the trend may weaken the labour movement. The position may be discussed nt the next meeting of the governing i body of the Trade Union Congress. Mr. S. Jaganathan.
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    HANGING IS STILL THE BEST WAY
    48 3 A government inquiry com mission urged Britain yesterday to stick to hanging as the best way of executing murderers It found no advantage m tne electric chair or gas chamber execution but suggested lethal Injections es a possible successor to the noose.
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    HE LOST HIS CHANCE
    53 3 Mr. A. J. Dean (left), a blind Australian ex-serviceman, who lost his chance of meeting the Reds m Korea. He was blinded m a hand grenade incident m Tokyo before his unit moved out to fight the Reds. He is photographed with Mr. Ron Mitchell, of
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    BOGART LEAVES WARNER BROTHERS
    73 3 v Pnrey Bogart and arner Brothers jointly an- nce n tf^erday that they company after 17 wKT *i sked fe and wa, J^ted release from the baft m lU f 3 l,ar Boga 9 r 4 t 6 h ,r )m> P lc ture em <s_m
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    HE MAN WHO WANTED A CRACK AT REDS
    142 3 HE MAN WHO WANTED A CRACK AT REDS "in A th J o Dean was Private S^JSfiS" thG -ent Hp v._.t nt: y Re?i- J takeap ad aclwaVs wanted 1951 °he wen t to Japan m '/5 a y v e J° »n Tokyo, but >^to y tho ef 2
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    HE PAINTS HIS WAY ROUND THE WORLD
    142 3 Free Press Staff Reporter pEKD Barkowsky, a young German artist who started off from Munich, Germany, nearly three years ago to paint his way round the world, has arrived m Singapore, m Singapore. Dunng his trip, which covered three continents Europe, Africa and
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    RED CHIEF DIES
    20 3 Moscow Radio announced the death yesterday of Gomchigin Bumatsende, titular chief of the Communist-ruled Mongolian People's Republic.
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      263 3 Lucozade the sparkling ink __*—«s. y< \\^s*~^*y I J y^A&v^ c ff i is an Invaluable source of vitality y J f JQ*W m cases of illness. It is assimilated at once and f^'*~^jy^^T do- 28 not tnc most delicate system. Doctors htr^ d n< nurses recommend it. In sickness
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  • The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 1953
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      Opinion AT KANDANG KERBAU
      444 4 Opinion AT KANDANG KERBAU DURING the past few years the Director of Medical Services has continually warned that there is a limit to the demands which can be made on Singapore's overtaxed hospitals. The breaking point, it seems, is now at hand. At a press conference yesterday Dr. Vickers said
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    It Could be Another French Revolution
    1102 4 fdsfsdfsdfsdf THE FRENCH "WORM" HAS TURNED AT LAST. LANIEL, THE PREMIER, IS BEING WATCHED BY AN6RY MILLIONS ROUSED AT LAST BY THE RECENT STRIKES. LANIEL HAS UNTIL NEXT MONTH TO AVERT A CRISIS. HE IS CUTTING PRICES, FINING TAX DODGERS, PROMISING HIGHER WAGES ...BUT
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      20 4 ARTIE'S HEADLINE WJLNorrrtsl S<Tv_ceHSßH^^^^^= /_r* At I *aJA T ***> t I H *c _____________FV J V* I*3 fS i *«M_MW-_W«_H-M__--____«M__MM_-_
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    MARKETS EXPECTED DRASTIC CHANGES'
    88 5 Mt 'fruitless' after 6 years Free Press Staff Reporter n i hpen done to effect a drastic streamlining and improvement JIHING utl th colony, said the president of Singapore's United LlSifiA- Bok Eng, yesterday. J th fthen Manila |^«JK_rt, challenge "administration. «r Lav added: "We arc
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    From Spain to Singapore
    51 5 THIRLING around m a Spanish dance are (left to right) Mary Soh, Jean Chew and Betty Lim. They were among many artists who performed at a variety concert staged on the steps of the City Hall, to celebrate the second anniversary of (ity Day. Free Press
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    60 more omes for police
    159 5 IGAPORE'S Director of Public Works, Mr. A. Wear, yesterday that work on 360 ters at Mt. Vernon for »the nys police force will begin year. lis wii' be the Police Departtfc biggest single housing ict, costing nearly $1,800,000. m* have been called for. tWear said
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    JAP COUR'S MAY TRY AMERICANS
    40 5 JAP COUR'S MAY TRY AMERICANS Mtfil T Tnitdd states !»*3d tS panese civil Hittei off s5 ical o«en?es g* off duty on Japanese S4 t th m r ntr^s are klons ff "P neWnbtrl_. kyo revis(J H inU)tra tive agreement
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    EDS FIRE ON JUNK
    38 5 reanarme/ mr nm ng yesterday r^fireon h^ munist ?Isl and 20 'f, noar Xa r Kong miles south of .member 0 f tho r_ L crew Wa o x the fishing Siohosplfa!. JUred and
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    .... And from India
    21 5 And from India Wan Maimunah, nine-year old Malay student fron Johore, performing a Hindus tani dance on Singapore Cit, Hall steps
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    JAP TYPHOON CANCELS S'PORE TALK
    129 5 JAP TYPHOON CANCELS S'PORE TALK Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE members of the Malayan Historical Society will not be able to hear a talk on Singapore m the early 1860s on Friday because of a typhoon m the Sea of Japan. The typhoon has delayed the departure from Japan of
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    BUY ABROAD, U.S. IS TOLD
    51 5 THE AMERICAN Bankers Association said yesterday that the United States should continue to "open its markets increasingly to foreign goods." "A nation can sell abroad only as it buys abroad." said a resolution adopted without dissent :by the 7.200 delegates to the i bankers' annual
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    enlists grouse on signboards
    84 5 re Sector of 5 Dr w J e Mf oards the dental profession. If any dentist is dissatisfied with doctors' signs, he can make a complaint to the Board or to the Medical Council. "These two bodies will consider the complaints. And the complaints should cover
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    Table delicacy in the ditch
    352 5 Table delicacy in the ditch NEW FISH TO BE BRED HER! Free Press Staff Reporter TILAPIA, a fish that matures and multiplies fast, and is a good table attraction, is shortly to be introduced to Singapore. As it can eat any kind of food and iive m any kind of
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      84 5 for a REAL TROUT FLIES caugKt m cuff lints anJ tie liolJer of fine quality made with a liar J rolleJ overlay of 14 Kt. golJ for lasting enjoyment Also on Display ii Runtfe of Other Krementz Fine .Jeuvllery GI AN SINGH Co., Ltd. 30-1, Raffles Place, S pore-1 P*one
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      524 6 IjndJ _J -wvm^" :i i^T»J 1 1/ Tci your LUCK] MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis STM IJOKN ON TH S V ■BHV_________Bs___i-__M___i ITw; fffijiw HFNMTCHmM I GOOD NIGHT/ WHAT'S THAT COMING 1 AND A FLAMISG MEJEORJHE SUE OF A arp /"[Ti" 8 si n LiL" IHt
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    MRS. HUDSON HAS HER 20th BABY
    308 7 Ltif'Zv eats m relays >v hiker makes his daily call on the Hudsons SNtheWKer i 0 ayes— but soon it will be '^Mrs Hudson has just had her twentieth child. for nf them are still alive, and 14 of them live en nfrents m
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    GIRL, 7, LIVES ALONE IN CAVE
    159 7 GIRL, 7, LIVES ALONE IN CAVE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ckaf and dumb native girl .red to have been lost two 1 in the bushland of st Central Africa has n found "alive and ilthy," according to reorts from Mossamedes. rtufese West Africa. Iccording to native rerts ptoed together at Bamedes but impossible
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    Desert millions go to Germany
    135 7 Desert millions go to Germany LUON-DOLLAR contracts for the development ol Saudi Arabia are being handed out to German firm* 11-year-old Prince Abdullah Feisal. prince, grandson of King *ud, is touring Germany invitation of the West m Government. threw a party m Berlin jounce that he has signed isomer contract—
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    NARRIMAN LETS THE LOWER FLAT
    95 7 NARRIMAN LETS THE LOWER FLAT EX-QUEEN NARRIMAN, once the consort of the world's j most lavish-spending monarch, is now said to be living on £9 a week. Her only property, a family spokesman said, is a two storey villa m suburban HelloMolis. Before she became engaged to Farouk m 1950
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    AN 'GRABS' BABY
    66 7 itched M X pram was %at th by 5 van fro ent. l the edge of the hadattac hed springs, it Wg for 50 yards. lft e main street of SuUon-in-Ashfield, Notts shouted, and the driver halted. The mother, Mrs. Jean Dallison of Garden-Lane. Sutton said The
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    Finest airport for London
    83 7 LONDON Airport, Britain's main air terminal, is being developed into the finest airport m the world, at a total cost of £26 million. The new central terminal buildings, now under construction, will include an exhibition hall, news cinema, roof gardens and a children's playground. A dance
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    THE LADY RAISED HER VOICE
    156 7 THE open-air political meeting was quite orderly until j Lady Clare Hoskyns-Abrahall arrived, a polce inspector said. Lady Hoskyns-Abrahall be- hayed m a disorderly manner, said Inspector Pearcey, by I shouting repeatedly at the J speaker. Then she asked me why I did not stop
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    SONGS AND DANCES FRICL
    220 8 THE HIGHLIGHTS of the Hong Kong Parade, a song and dance revuo from the northern colony now playing m Singapore, are the singing of Chang Lv and the dancing of Hsieh Lu-pa and Loh Peh-yuen. Miss Chang (left) is one of Hong Kong's two most famous
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    HONG KONG
    182 9  -  FU HSI Story by Pictures by and surprise ot the Hong Kong <4 1 3 before her arr.val. M.ss Fong > «he succeeds admirably .n proS '.-tSSs* and practically unknown oki *<*•* Te enthusiastic favour of Up, ft i_-_.ni> Paradr. which is being M< ES _T are Salome
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    SIX SAILED IN BOAT FOR FOUR -TWO DIED
    503 10 BOAT licensed to carry four _-»«*?*^^L|?J2 I with six-one welfhlnf Hi st. Two men drowned hpn the boat was capsized by a wave. hC This overloadinrS?the South Cfcvon cowner, jr. B. Hutchings, was the primary cause ct mis jplorable disaster." de recorded
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    EX-POW BECOMES VICAR
    45 10 An ex-pow of the Japanese, the Rev. peter Goodwin Hartley, will be the new vicar of Elstow, Bedfordshire. In him the parish which bred John Bunyan will have another author for he wrote "Escape to Captivity," which is about his war experiences.
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    35 10 picture. 4 BLONDK, 23-year-old EVELYN AY of Pennsylvania, reI cenUy won the annual "Miss America" pageant m Atlantic 1 City, New Jersey, and soon found that she was the focus of much attention.- Paul Popper
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    GIRL 'CONFESSED AND WAS BEATEN'
    161 10 AN 11-year-old girl was submitted to "a barrage of questioning" about £120 missing from a guest house m which she lived. Finally she confessed falsely and was "beaten black and blue." The story of the child was brought out m evidence when 22-year-old Leonard Boddy
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    The secret of Mrs. Paul's walks to the wood
    227 10 The secret of Mrs. Paul's walks to the wood FOR 20 years, from the time she was a schoolgirl, Mrs. Vera Paul made a pilgrimage to a secret spot m an Oxfordshire beechwood. There she looked to see whether a tiny plant had bloomed. She shared her secret witn only
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    He went after ball—killed
    46 10 He went after ball— killed DURING a lunch-time game of cricket 17-year-old Brian Edwin Woodall, of King Edmund Street, Dudley, Worcs, clambered on to an asbestos roof to recover the ball. He fell through to a concrete floor and died from his injuries. Inquest verdict: Accident.
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    Brighton belles
    99 10 GAY SCENES from the day* of the 1730's up to the present time were enacted m Brighton, Sussex, recently to celebrate the coming to the village of Brighthelmstone of the man who invented sea-bathing— Dr Richard Russel. Dr Russel, of Lowes, championed the health-giving powers of the sea
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    SPITS' TO THE RESCUE
    925 11 SPITS' TO THE RESCUE f^UUut. Peter Ross fAlec Guinness) is a re* Pilot with the R.A.F. m Malta. The 1 i nn obstruction to Axis supply hues m the << Mediterranean, is the daily target of heavy air ranis, g l( Ross disobeys orders by following an enemy train •../,,<_
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    Bridge Hand
    344 11 LmiN PARTNER has bid two I salts, your choice of next bid II often depend upon the way he d them, as well as upon the r__tt of your hand. For example. he raids one suit before he shows 10 ier he is longer m the first (Holt
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      28 11 SiretmUned' is the word for Kflßl FILES CARD INDEXES N1 jjjjj§ STEEL DESKS VISIBLE -Jj; "'"'l RECORDING SYSTEMS UNDERWOOD 6ENERAL AGENCIES (M) LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang 1
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      314 11 Today s Crossword i I R I RT~T B I E IV ■n I MM M ttßff Q —^fl I K^^B ___r^~~l^ I i i i ACROSS.— 2, Noel gets refresh- tagl below the surface only visible ment? 9>. 8. Jumps m the dark that to an electrician maybe? (5-8).
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      WEARE IN THE DARK
      218 12 WEARE IN THE DARK Too much power PrVO letters appeared m the Press recently criticising the public services m Ganges Avenue After Antiletter regarding the deplorable condition ol HI portion of the avenue, work was immediately begun (o remedy the situation and it is now nearly completed. i rflowever, after
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      DATED OR NOT?
      67 12 MANY times have articles appeared m your paper .statin.; that there is no date of Issue on old 10 cent notes. A.^. an Interested collector of old Straits Settlement notes I know there is. Mr. A. Rahman bin Ahmad will find the date of issue at the
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      EXCESSIVE
      96 12 Ik READ with much interest m* Mr. Sim Bene Seng's reply to a letter written by "Perblexed." Mr. Sim says that he is pndeavouring to get the authorities to clean the canal twice a {month. Now Mr Councillor, surely that will be too excessive. Remember Rochore is but one
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      They paid fares for a U-turn
      209 12 WE were on our way home from the concert held on City Night. Thinking that we could avoid the crowd waiting for the buses, we crossed to the side of the road opposite to the S.T.C. terminal hut and there we boarded one. As
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      Any grouse?
      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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      GOLD FALLS ON PEACE PROSPECTS
      57 12 The price of gold fell to its lowest level m France, since the liberation, yesterday and financial circles said it resulted from an apparent confidence m world peace moves and possible Russian action m world financial markets. The price on the Paris bourse yesterday was
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      Untitled
      46 12 PRINCE WAN WAI Thayakon of Siam shakes hands with Madam Vi.jayalakshmi Pandit of India after she w.as elected president of the UN General Assembly. The prince was defeated m the voting. At the right is India's top delegate to the U.N. Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon.
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      'L'-MENACE
      29 12 ARE NEWLY qualified drivers permitted to teach learner drivers? If not. action must be taken to stop this menace, to road safety. L B X Disqualify them 1}
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      Murdered priests are buried
      79 12 MORE than 150 priests and nuns headed a mile -long funeral procession m Hang Kong .as two murdered Chinese Catholic priests were buried a few days ago. The priests. Fathers Peter Ngai, 53, and John Cheng, 35, were found m their bloodspattered pyjamas, when they failed
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      HOT SHOW
      73 12 I AM a regular picture and do not mind que iup for an hour or two I theatre m order to obtain ticket when there are ot m this same position as self. I see no reason why no j per shelters cannot be pron *m the three
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    Almost 'Lost' Everest
    327 13 -o Hie.. A truOOLBOY lOK vOVR royal highness, I my lords, ladies and gentlemen, it falls to my lot as chairman That was how the "gala premiere lecture" of the Ascent of Everest began at the Royal Festival Hall, London, one night last week and in that
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    He Was Hitler's No. 1. Thug
    941 13 EDGAR HOLT reviews a book that throws new light on Nazi trickery "The Secret Front" by Wi-helm Iloeitl (Weider.feld and Nicolson). EIGHT years after Hitler's death we have not yet fathomed all the dark secrets of Nazi rule m Germany. But gradually they are
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    QUICK LOOKS
    180 13 X A DIFFERENT FACE. By Ohvia Manning, Heinec< mann. >> A brilliantly dismal story. Hugo Fletcher comes back to the dreary seaside resort ?> where he ruined his youth. [< He invests his savings i?i a private school, which has l< failed be j ore his arrival. X
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    NO BUG-EYED MONSTERS Science stories
    286 13 NO BUG -EYED MONSTERS Science stories <_REAT STORIES OF SC IENf'EHC'TION, Ed. Murray Leinster ■Tassell). IF the choice of title ol this book is clumsy, the choice of content is not for here are fourteen pseudo-scientific stories from the top drawer, that will insult the intelligence of nobody. Bug-eyed monsters,
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    ENGLAND SELECTORS ARE SEARCHING FOR INSIDE FORWARDS
    635 14 ENGLAND SELECTORS ARE SEARCHING FOR INSIDE FORWARDS ii thP international field, will Ik* the T IU. current SOCcer season, especially In the i < > 1 toughest Ihe England team will experience m 90 years oi dieted. UM mnP tition for the World Cup. and a The season will be
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    THE END OF THIS PARTNERSHIP
    14 14 Woodcote Inn, Jockey Tait, and Owner Mr. Kok Hoong.
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    ELORDE FOR AMERICA
    64 14 ORIENT bantamweight champion Plash Borde ol the Philippine v/iii mcci -i ipaneae featherweight i m round non-title boul In Tokyo on Sept. *_<■ im- Dghl aih be the young Filipino l.i >t in ii h m Jap m before ha i** i i- 1 tor the United
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    Woodcote Inn Horse of 1952' is dead
    299 14 Woodcote Inn Horse of 1952' is dead riinO great racehorses of the A Malayan Turf Woodcote Inn and Tara Street, both owned by Kuala Lumpur millionaire Mr. Kok Hoong have ended their racing careers. Woodcote Inn, voted "Horse of 195 V at the Malayan Racehorse Owners Associations annual dinner m
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    Carruthers is very fit
    99 14 •tmif world bantamweight boj ng champion, Jimmy CarruL then, thawed such great form ci a special trial m thai he must be favourite to retain his title against ■r Keenan, <>j Scotland, on Nov. 13. Carruthers, showing improved hitting power and Qf I than When /.<•
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    Horse, second to Pinsa, is here
    402 14 SMOKE SIGNAL, who was second to Pin/a—wonder horse ot 1 :).">.'>, who lave Sir Gordon Richards his nrst Derby win as g two-year-old m 1352 is among 12 horses recently classified by the Straits Hieing Association. Smoke Signal, a chestnut English gelding by Siffnal
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    MARCIANO MEANS BUSINESS
    346 15 Boxers fit for tnniffllt's bout ___aa«riANO at tho peak of his career, expects H snuted Vißht m his record tonight L^aWgwU against determined Roland starz n;,iri Like to dear that up," said the heavyweight 1,1 W nn after T uesdaYs sizzling workout. "It is the RSS then
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    MAWI HAS 15 OTHERS TO BEAT
    145 15 \IALAYAN jockey Abdul Mawi waa featured m the Sun Plctoi oterday. under a two-column head- 1 Dg Meet the Top Jockeys The article which gave some high- lghts of Mawi's career and carrie< AngU column photograph, said the Malayan rider would return to Singa-
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    Belgium held by Finland
    113 15 I>elgivm drew 1-3 with Finland In Brussels, last night and took the lead m Group Two ol the World soccer Cup competition. Suec.cn. who meet Belgium In I return came next month, can force I replay tor Group honours. If Sweden beat Belgium they will tie
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    Hussies set ugby record
    61 15 ■TRALIAS touring Rugby Union beat eastern Provinces f clubs by m pointa to 17 at Reinet q South Africa yee- al'er lea ling 16-14 at the in- Australians score brought th ir JJJ he wirreni tour to 441. •^ord for i,n international team ma Africa ;1
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    44 15 SOC'C XX BAFA Senior tup: Amicable Athletic \snii. v Marine Dept, >.('., Jalan Besar. HOCKEY BIM League. Div. Federation Customs v Ceylon S.C. A'. CSC K'ound. SHH Rees v V M.S. Fairer *****. SWIMMING Bt, Andnw's S( hooi s inter-house rhaapionships. Chiwcst Bwinuninf
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    NAVY WIN THE SWIM C'SHIPS
    117 15 ROYAL Navy with a total of 98 points won the interServices Swimming Championships for the first time since it was instituted m 1949 at Nuffield Pool yesterday. Royal Navy and Royal Air tyrce had 90 points each prior o the last event water polo. slavy
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    Davis Cup zone finals
    100 15 "THE first Davis Cup inter-zone final between Belguim and India vill be played m Perth on Dec. 10. 11, 12. The Lawn Tennis Association of alia fixed the place and time ifter the two countries were unable ice on the venue. Belcium wishd to play m
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    CYCLE RACE POSTPONED
    69 15 Smuapore Cycle Racing Association.- first post-war round-the-i&land ii -start road race which was to be held on Sunday has been postponed. Mr Ec Lye Huat, hon. secretary of the S.C.R.A.. said that the postponement was due to a hitch over official approval. The Police have given permission
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    U.K. RUGGER RESULTS
    57 15 Yesterday's rugby union ,md ruptrt league results are: Rushy I_»a*ur* Lancashire C\\\* second round: Bl s 38. Stnvi:.*. 9', WlgSB I*, Workington 7. Yorkshire Cup. serona round: Hurider.-fielri 19. York 7; Hunslet 11, X. 5 2; Bradford Northern 27 Raf»3 I'nion: Blackheath Bristol 8; Cheltenham 9. Olouc<
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    EGYPT WINS
    18 15 he openli nal mlllta] Immlnj championships me minutes, 21 secon< Holland States third. India fourth. AP.
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    BADMINTON MEETING
    24 15 The c ,UD their badminton champion ships on Sunday when the firs round Ilea will be played at UH <-: T A V_:ill_
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    ENGLAND SCORE 5-0 VICTORY
    305 16 Lofthouse nets three v. Irish rfMU. English Football League beat the Irish League (Northern Ireland) f>> five goals to nil in Belfast yesterday, after leading 3-0 at half time. In Dublin, the l.<-,,<4iir o! [reland (Eire) beat a strong WHsh League team by :*-o, after leading
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    195 16 The English i brought a satisfie into eyes ol England i had braved the wintry north sea to run internationals Kir. 1 land's first full internal n.ii of the season is against Wales at Cardiff on Oci and it looks as if few chai will
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    117 16 Ireland'! loecer team to play Scotland In Belfast on Oct. 'J waa chosen laat night atter tiie lnter-leagu< match Ait)i tlie English League. Although all the chosen players _T€ former Internationals, several ol them have been recalled for dm v. only lis of the side, Cunnlnghan
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    29 16 Singapore Harbour Board Recreation Club have j?iven Kota Raja "A" a walk-over m their S.AFA. second division ma' eh scheduled to hay. been pi ij d today.
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    CEYLONESE TOP SHA TABLE
    98 16 •PEYLON Sports Club scored a one-nil victory over v Latin' Wanderers at Balestier Road yesterday, to maintain an unbeaten record m the SHA Senior League and to shoot to the top of the table. Ceylon the better j team— though they took the i j field
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    FiJIANS MEET SOUTH JOHORE
    42 16 JOHORE BAHRU We re Rugbj i Jace then- stiffe they tneet the the first time here. "South Johore Qted by Sealfe; Unijku Ibrahim palbreath. Haddo (capt); Hewitt Fox. Charnlee eon; Ruddock, Hutson Pulton M Robertson and I ireen.
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    CABLEMEN HELD BY CUSTOMS S.C.
    47 16 Cable Wireless Bp i Club .mi Customs drew 4—4 m a friendly hockey match at Ferrer Park U rday, -Scorers f<>r Cable and W were RodHgues <2> and Roi (2 1 while Molnmed fcfohal i2> ana i Alwi i2i replied for Customs.
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    Klass hits six for Bankers
    193 16 Klass hits six for Bankers TWE favourites, Hongkong 1 Bank "A"', who are Divi ston One champions, and Mansfield Sports club. finished eighth In Division Two of the league, \< sterday qualified for tlie final of the sbhfa League and Cup competition. The Bank set themselve a double hv trouncing
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    PIRIE SHINE IN A NEW RELAY MARE
    215 16 PIRIE SHINE IN A NEW RELAY MARE (.oi.nox piKir 4 BRITISH quartet last night bettered the world. the 1x1,500 metre with a time of 15 J; 21 2 seconds for the 6,000 metres. The British effort came several hour after a garian quartet had lowered the world mark forth? relay
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    BRITAIN'S NEW HEAVYWEIGHT HOPE IS SCOTTLAND
    75 16 4 HUSKY young I _A from Scotland is tain's latest heavywej boxing hope. He is Johnny Veitch. IS, (I feet 4 inches and pounds. Veitch has turned fessional under mam Sam Burns, who an bring Veitch on sta "We may have a whitt here
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    S'PORE LOSE TO THE JAPS
    53 16 SINGAPORE were defeated by a Japanese team m the opening session of the Hons Kong, Singapore ..nd Japan table-tennis exhibition natch which began yesterday at PUkushlma In Northern Japan. Hong Kong lost to Japan I Pukushima team; 5-0 while Biiuraporc went down 4-1 to the
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    Rosewall for the Arn
    69 16 KEN ROSEWALL, M 18-year-old tennis dl terdav was declared unfit for the t'ompulaoh months of military 1 which threatened to II his training for his a defence of the DavUCuj .•ember. Robert Rosew ill. t> I stcr's father, said Kei fered since boyhflf' chronic dermatitis I
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    19 16 V.M.C.A. beat Combir. I M three doubles to two match played al the _HCA jreaterday.
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