The Singapore Free Press, 7 October 1953

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Linrest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. wewrerw Siajtpore, Wed., Oct., 7. 1953. Price 15 tts.
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    BLOODSHED FEAR IN GUIANA
    571 1 BLOODSHED FEAR IN GUIANA ttritau* exposes Mica tntnaue iyITH the 9,100-ton cruiser Sheffield steaming full speed from Scotland to the West Indies, and an aircraftcarrier standing by, the British Government announced today that forces were being sent to British Guiana to preserve the peace and safety of all classes. The
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    West study pact with Russia
    263 1 West study pact with Russia AGREEMENT URGENT— DULLES TOE United States SecreA tary of State, Mr. Dulles said yesterday that the United States, Britain and France were discussing a proposed non-aggres-sion pact with the Soviet Union, which would give It assurances regarding Germany, Austria and Korea. He told newsmen m
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    PACIFIC PLANS
    26 1 fi^g" /oretgn Ml3nf^ Sth ard »K°- Case yUlster Sir w£,.i the Prlme Southeast a.i he de fence of Mt Mla a nd the Pacific
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    Eden 'fit and ready'
    33 1 SUN tanned and. m his own words, fit and ready for work, Mr. Anthony Edtn, the Foreign Minister, arrives at his home at Carlton Gardens, London, from Greece. i
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    Ipoh racing decision
    147 1 MR. CHARLES PARKER the Penang trainer, and Len Fry, the rider of Beccaficoes. disqualified after winning the last race at Ipoh on Saturday, have been given permission to appeal to the S.R.A. against the stewards' decision. They will not. however, take any further part m the current
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    AIR FORCE PARTY
    64 1 *»t\kL^ r H»osf SInSLJ5 mn eri0ll c -»n*C Far East Air Forte, last ni*ht save I corkUil SMhTV'' 0 left) v?' r, thf vi *Wn* detachment of the Royal Thai Air lone. PicUr. Sinclair t d Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. Souadron I.eadei halerm. j^^^^ Ir *ir 'ituniodore
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    British soldiers can't appeal
    102 1 British soldiers can 't appeal "THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council m 1 London yesterday refused leave of appeal to two British soldiers convicted of the murder of a Chinese washerwoman m Hong Kong last December. me jnong K>ong supreme Court sentenced the men to death and leave of
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    Flushing is best bet at Ipoh
    37 1 The going should be good at Ipoh today despite rain. Best bets should be Flushing, Oleander and Indonesia, says Allan Lewis. Latest course information and Mid -Day Nap m Page 16.
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    Rubber price
    51 1 The price of rubber m Singa- i pore this morning dropped by 3 4 cent, from yesterday's close. First grade October shipment was quoted at 59% cents, l A cent above yesterday's opening. Tone was uncertain. The drop was attributed to lack of support m London and New
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    Vietminh lose key bridge
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    INDIA WARNS: WE MAY QUIT KOREA
    402 2 Assurances sought from U.S. INFORMED Quarters In *New Delhi said last night, that Indian troops might have to be withdrawn form Korea unless the United Nations Command took steps for "fair implementation of the prisoners of war agreement". The Un'lted States Ambassador to India,
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    BALLOON MAN DIES
    34 2 MaJ. Gen. Edward Ashmove. the man who devised the balloon barrage pu t up against German bombers over Britain during two world wars died m Arundel yesterday. He wa s 81
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    Grandmother gives birth to quads
    274 2 STRANGE WORLD 1 MRS. ETHEL HUDSON, 38, a grandmother, gave birth *1 to va <Iruplets— a boy and three girls— at Gilgandra, 326 miles from Sydney yesterday. That save her a round dozen children. Her husband, Mr. E. R Hudson, 40, a fencing contractor, living
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    Sherpa the jet tested
    113 2 BRITAIN'S latest jet aircraft named after Sherp,* Tensing, the Everest climber, flew for the first time yesterday. The.Sherpa is a swept back shoulder wing monoplane with two small turbo Ut engines mounted side by side m the centre of the upper part of its fuselage just
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    JAP HIGHWAYS
    26 2 AcK?JI mer Premle r Hltoshi Ashida said yesterday he will P. r °P° sc s a plan to build •super" high ways m Japan
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    Governor sees plans
    65 2 picture. After laying the foundation-st one of extensions to the Kandang Kerbau Maternity hospital yesterday, the Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, is seen studying the plans and perspective which were shown to him by Mr. X A. Brundle, chief Government Architect. Following them is Mr A.
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    H-bomb threat is three years oft
    207 2 'PHK I nited States Secretary of Defence m I Wilson, yesterday estimated that it ,T C^ark I three years before the Soviet I'nion wSj* 41 drop hydrogen bombs on the I'nited Stati ab fe U I At a press conference m Washington Mr. Wilson
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    CHEAPER PETROL FOR BRITONS
    38 2 A reduction of one farthine gallon was announced m tto price of fuel for diesel engtaS road vehicles. The price of second grade spirit will now be four shillings and two pence a gallon.
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    $75 RISE LOST SPORE FAMILY THEIR HOME
    548 3 S.I.T. flat refused at last minute Free Press Staff Reporter THIS is the story of the Raman family of six and a Singapore Improvement Trust flat how they "tfot" one and lost it. Mr. Chemminian Koattiath Raman, a War Depart- ment draughtsman, who
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    S'pore women to welcome two Indian guests
    159 3 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE women will honour two distinguished women from India who are making a two-day visit to the Colony on October 26 and 28. They are Mrs. Ammu Swar.iinathan, a Hindu from South India and Begum Aizaz Rasool. from a
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    10 Malaya war heroes are decorated
    80 3 10 Malaya war heroes are decorated night uazett announced fiiftj m »ny Jth rltation were completed m extremely arduous and hazardous conditions." CapUin Russel has commanded a ni«iit In Pahang and Johore and waa rommended Tor his development «i a technique for finding terrorist a m )s U» deep Jungle.
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    $10 m. housing plan
    43 3 LAY-OUT plans for 350 bungalows, terrace houses and shops to be built m Frankel Estate, Siglap, have been prepared by SEACON, a firm of contractors. The whole scheme will cost nearly $10 million. Work is expected to start soon.
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    Templer's tribute
    73 3 picture. me nign commissioner, sir Gerald Templer, lays a wreath during the dedication service of the new headstone over the grave of the Federation's late High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, at the Cheras Road Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday. Sir Henry was murdered by terrorists on the road
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    HE SUCCEEDS TOWNSEND
    41 3 The Queen has appointed Captain Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton 64* as her extra Equerry, the London Gazette announced yesterday. He succeeds Group Captain Peter Townsend who was appointed Air Attache to the British Embassy m Brussels m July.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7, 1953. Opinion THE MIDDLEMAN
    383 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7, 1953. Opinion THE MIDDLEMAN ||\ESPITE increased pro- duction, particularly of livestock, m Singapore, price levels for foodstuffs and other essentials remained high, says the anual report of the Department of Co-oper-ative Development for 1952. It sets out two reasons for this. One was
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    'Specials' on Patrol in Africa
    493 4  -  JOHN REDFERN reports on trouble m FAIREST L AFRICA J IT is 5.45 p.m. and nearly dusk. The planter looks at his watch, pulls out a pencil, and switches on the radio. A crackly, ramrod voice announces: "This is Blueband." The 'stiff. official speech comes
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    Call-girl Racket
    133 4 rrvHE call-girl racket m Paris is so extensive that it de- X mauds continuous efforts several brigades ot police i fo control. It is estimated that a steady total or /•>*•. t iqoq men are «o?r /irm<7 o// call-girls m Paris alone. About 800 ?rere competed la*t yfiir.
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      13 4 LONGINES The World's Most Honoured Watch Sold by ALL HIGH CLASS WATCH DEALERS
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      60 4 -€l I CANNOT SHRINK #Look for the mark on all fabrics guaranteeefby CANNOT STRETCH C^XCJ^S^ *> if v ft. Guarantee fulfilled or co«f CANNOT FADE in J lud j n I tail0 ing Ch BCs J refunded. Sole Agents: LEBEL (CHINA) LIMITED Singapore Tel: 6321, 6697. Ku»lj tompur Tel: 56Wj^yjr///
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    The big river clean-up
    200 5 The b ig river clean-up TONGKANG MEN SAY: WE'LL HELP By ROGUE YUE cTndean up Singapore River." Th e government plans to spend millions to dredge he river, repair its walls. and make it more accessible to traffic m the water and on its banks. The headache The authorities' biggest
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    The refuse piles up
    21 5 v£'r refu t :e Wo th,- water, AM that W^^^^L {m v'<u '<- b-i 01 Smj,,i» ri < River.
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    Cracks in river walls
    35 5 This picture illustrates what Mr. E. W. Houston, Superintending Engineer, P.W.D., means when he says that the walls of Singapore river are m a "dreadful state." Note the cracks and unevenness.
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    Schools bar unlicensed hawkers
    171 5 Schools bar unlicensed hawkers SINGAPORE'S school children have constantly been warned against buying from unlicensed ice-cream hawkers outside their schools. Several English school principals said yesterday they had posted prefects to keep children away from these hawkers. In some of the schools, like AngloChinese School at Barker Road, signboards have
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    It cannot 'breathe'
    29 5 It cannot 'breathe' This is Singapore River the river that cannot "breathe* because of the hundreds of sainpaiis and tongkongs that are choking it. Picture taken rom Fullerton Building.
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      90 5 "DIMM! A" a MUHT SWITCH For AC or DC LAMPS GLIMMER SOFT CLEAR OR BRIGHT AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON Sole Agents BOLTER SIMON, 59, Winchester House, Singapore |ji|||[Jj 1953 Cavalcade Range Cash Less 10% Easy Payments arranged COMMERCIAL TRADERS LTD. HOUSE OF HIRE-PURCHASE Head Office: 17-18 Bonham Building.
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      262 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis r-, ,-7 l i a §t -J^r MANDRAKE CREATES A MENTALPICTURI Njfcf VT^T^TA OF "AN EARTH CITY. ThL STRATOMAN IS IMP^^^^PlV^^V OISCfNOTU \)blUKlD£tP Wif I i A EXPLORING. AMAZED. STILL. MANDRAKE WONDERS// lw«y Li/f ww ▼w/w ,n m vouk would.)) ocian
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      454 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR rf ififiS jUc and 0 out after iiY' U llnu 1 of >«"r o^,^ tor lilt- only wweth et *«o f«» it all the more! Yo u PWlu r«fttiic an opportuniu know .nouKh to .rasii tanlly. TIMM Hho arf your Mu-iess may call a?* opportunist. But knowin,
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    FORD'S BUILD NEW 'LUXURY' PAIR
    492 7 AND FTER saying the Ford "People's Car* is now a museum piece. Sir Patrick Hennessy coyly added: "1 hope—l know shall be seeing you again m the not-too-distant future. We have other plans m hand," he told the motoring Press. Thus it seems that another
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    Advice to girls —Quit home
    142 7 Advice to girls Quit home N i DRE R: yoUng men and irls about to enter -youMI h n .K e 7/ ties^f C i iven tnls Leave h you II be better off m digs. v came from Sir George Thomson, famous scientist and master of Corpus ChrLsti College.
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    BIG FAMILIES -BY A 6-SON MOTHER
    30 7 BIG FAMILIES -BY A 6-SON MOTHER CtitSbu^ the Ar^ibishop that «he w M th? a il on Oncers had 44 M fl ttt skfuJ5 kfu J that her The cousins.
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    'BRAVEST MAN IN ARMY
    60 7 U^n n i yA s f rtn fl '-i»)P(i m Th? an «n fitVS.79 hr.,- 'Tjipy are „j Von qi :ir t crs j n Winder c.i.stle. and a small IfPWld The Order was found£l .m 1348 to Mtift English anights, who, having born cap lured
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    CHICKENS FOR EGYPT
    29 7 J;«>rty thou.s»ind American chickens will be shipped soon to Egypt, where they will be men at the rate of 15 each to about 2.070 needy farmers
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    UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
    365 8  - UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Peter de Cruz SfUi'Mg hlf Si Mr first Port tra. it quest who, Hi! their •ten i sic ai educii Pan impoi this a trairjj sters more such sl<33 W Singa):c hesthe tf" Tr>-ner. '>-■ Vr iren. stra ol I chiidto mucultural to take I ps more is
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    SO NEAR THE SO-BRIGHT LIGHTS...
    531 10 SO NEAR THE SO-BRIGHT LIGHTS. OUR 22 HOURS IN A BOAT Rescued by 'copter IT is night and 20 ft. waves batter the little boat called Anglers' Luck. A man and his wife, alone and drifting helplessly, see the familiar twinkling lights of a promenade. So near, so far. For
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    Bottle note finds mother
    86 10 A bottle with a message inside, thrown overboard by Seaman Norman Wood, has brought him a reply trom nl» mother—after tm> yearn and 6.000 miles. Heaman Wood sent the JJttle on IU journey m March l-'remantle, Austra- Now he has heard from hi* mother who lives
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    Third time very unlucky
    104 10 Third time very unlucky PETER POLLARD, fishing m an angling festival on Brighton's West Pier lost the lead weight on his line at the first cast. He put another on and lost that. "Third time lucky," he said as he cast again, but he wasn't. True, he didn't lose the
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    Spain trims Cabinet
    50 10 /GENERAL Franco is expected to reorganise his cabinet soon following the recent defence agreement with the United States. Most probable change is the merging of three ministries--army air force and nayy under one defence minister, a move that would simplify the American re-equipment of the Spanish forces.
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    SAFE-BLOWER JIM HAD A JINX
    250 10 GENTLEMAN JIM LEYLAND hated crowds. They VI cramped his style as a safe-blower. And he bungled job after job fop a six-strong gang Alone hp did better 22 safes well blown m six months And alone he can .still stay -for the next seven years
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    999 FROM A HOLE IN THE ROAD
    295 10 REGINALD SANDS, a Post Ollice engineer, was repairing an underground cable when, his head out of a hole, he saw a sight which alarmed him. There, walking along Beal Road, Ilford. was a man He was Harry Barker, a 63-year-old liquor shop manager
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    HE BLAMED UNLUCKY OPAL FOR ARREST
    284 10 HE BLAMED UNLUCKY OPAL FOR ARREST say the poli^ £32.000 cash\ l ffi** bery at Maple's sW Tottenham Court blamed -an unlucky oT or his arrest, acco£ to Detective Superintend? ent Herbert Sparks Superintendent Spark* tn W Clerkenwell magistrates that h .stopped William NicholuJJS 45. a fisherman, of Guilforri Street,
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    U.K. Has Had a Formosa Consul For 90 Years
    487 11 TAIPEI. f c THERE ANYTHING Irregular about Britain S U S. «TB same Urn maintaining a connate m Formosa? The answer: Bntisn nffirials m Taipei have £y maintained there b nothing irregular about his m fact, they have been surprised at
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    Bridge Hand
    121 11 me bidding: South West North East J4 Pass 20 rase 4 Pass 44 All pass JN THE WORLD OF MUSIC, bridge you^,a yer y Popular pastime, but art,clS atant r i Of man v books an < SS r^in SlC> a re <)»™t per-11fi«jytg-to-P^y bridge thj first tri
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    SWISS WORRIED
    164 11 SWISS AUTHORITIES are worried by the large number of young Swiig who enrol every year n the French Foreign Legion. The number is about 300 and such enrolment is illegal as it i s strictly against the law for any Swiss citizen to enter the armed forces (the
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      301 11 Today's Crossword I Hf I HI ißf HH BHP^i 1 j 1 across. i, Pirat-dMi hand <!«■- wlvti dwtll In the Bast? if), 12. yi.Mion ,6.. 5, Its akin to the roo- Fluid found m a skatin^-i ink (3>. .<II evil? (6 j. 9> Age jn tnre ,3 MtK u
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      17 11 BUCKLEY TO/ "7 HOPE 7"H/S DOESN T MEAN A TRANSFER TO THE INFANTRY. SIR' Af Nt~,t,otu,t, -\V<U^
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  • The Pressmon's Postbag
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      'The confounded cheek of these drug peddlers'
      485 12 I HAVfc read with considerable interest your article on doctors and night calls m the Free Press. If the B.M.A. has no rule that doctors should attend night calls, I can only suy their rules have been framed for an advanced country like
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      Boy saves 3 lives
      109 12 TWELVE-YEAR-old French schoolboy Guy-Didier Bayo saved a mother and two of her three children from death m a pas-filled room recently. The third child, a baby of 8 months, died. Coming home from pluy, young Guy smelt gas as he passed the ground floor flat m
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      BOB HITS IT IN BOWLER
      88 12 808 HOPE, the American comedian, took part In an exhibition golf match at Battersea fun fair recently m aid of the National Playing: Fields Association. To Bob it was all great fun and the borrowed bowler hat added to the crowds amusement. Golfing internationals, Dai
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      3-D MINUS GLASSES
      98 12 VERY TICKLED' criticises local cinema operators for "not being able to provide a 3-D screen" and complains of the iwlaroid glasses he has to wear at 3-D films. Strictly speaking there is no such thing as "a 3-D screen.' The larger, curved screen which the cinemascope 3-D
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      Letters must be short
      64 12 SAILORS (arrowed) cling desperately to the rail of the Liberian freighter Greenville as it wallows m the Atlantic after being disabled during a severe storm 700 miles off the west coast of Ireland, recently. Twenty four survivors were rescued by the crew of the New York-bound
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      REFUGEE RUSSIAN GENERAL DIES
      55 12 Lt.-Gen. Alexis Von Schwartz, formerly of the Imperial Russian Army, was buried m the military Chacatia cemetery, m Buenos Aires. He died recently at the age of 79. Gen. Von Schwartz who had been an instructor at Argentina's Superior War College since 1923. fled Russia when
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      HOW LONG DID THE WAR LAST?
      205 12 HOW LONG DID THE WAR LAST? ON the second n OOr M Hall, opposite the VeL 011 Office, is v b'-'.rize SK ldent eel with the^ name s n^ Cab! numbers of the m?.m°f l 5 who served m Worl?^ But it i, inscribe*'^' I instead of 1914-1918 9l The
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      Any grouse?
      32 12 HAVE you a grouse? Haw 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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      80 12 GRAMPIAN SOUND EQUiPiH U GRAMPOLA" r^^mm»y GRAMOPHONE i '^B with 3 -SPEED GARRARD ?l RECORD. CHANGER r w% > Less 10% Cash So/c Agents: KEE HUAT RADIO CO., LTD. 122-124, ORCHARD RD.. S PORE 9 PHONE: 4566 fir *****. 223. BATU ROAD. KUALA LUMPUR. PHONE: 3451. 24. BEACH STREET. PENANC.
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  • Presto's Postbag
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      A 'Wigging from 'Prince Esterhazy'
      45 13 .hy not a m** be U Zias Can a wig e Ta man '"<•? «<*« S to wes. without some Jornhack making much tilth, VU a voor, thing To the whipping block xrih him. sir, to the whipping block, I say. ESTERHAZY
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      Conductor?
      75 13 f AST week, Mr. Bill Webb L Jones explained "Benny Goodman is not, and never has been a "Jazz Conductor. m fact. I would even go further and state that"there aip't no such thing." But Df Percy A. Scholes, the eminent Musicologist, writes: "Benny Goodman, (b. Chicago 1909). Jazz
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    Only 4 Tenors Can Sing It
    88 13 THE illness of tenor, Benno 1 Kusche, of the Bavarian State Opera, caused about 100 i people to demand their' money back at Covent Garden recently. It also delayed ele- bration party for an he l Kusche should have sung m Richard Strauss's opera
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    Untitled
    27 13 7 Lln (Grjuj c vi 1 r#r the exami«,«» Hfr) an<l Ha Slew Yin (draclc VI. intermrdiatr), promising candi«ii, Aasociatccl Board of the Royal Schools of Music
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    A 'Candlelight Concert'
    832 13  - A 'Candlelight Concert' PRESTO Music topics by "PRINCE Esterhazy", who has honoured me with a letter this week, was the distinguished nobleman who was at the Chamber Ensemble concert at the Victoria Hall last week. As a patron of Haydn he attended the performance of his former Kapellmeister's -Farewell" symphony.
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    QUIZ
    180 13 lis Burl Ives (a) guitarist, [{>) folk -singer, or (c) conduct* r 2 Eugene OrmarvJy. infant prodigy M violinist, Idttr < commg conductor, w.i>, b< m at Budapest In whdt year wd s he born? *y When jnd how did thr song •J John Brown's r-(»dy become universally popukir?
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    SAFA MUST THINK AGAIN ABOUT THEIR DECISION
    457 14 SAFA MUST THINK AGAIN ABOUT THEIR DECISION CINGAPORE soccer dubs* officials, players and follow- t'i> yt'sterday (Jest i ihrri S.\l \s ih'w ruling barring junior player from junior soccer after he bai pluyrd v senior division match as "ill considered." Clubs' officials with .junior and senior teams playing m BAFA'B
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    THESE SOCKS ARE A SOCCER PLAYER'S DREAM
    126 14 THESE SOCKS ARE A SOCCER PLAYER'S DREAM UOOTBALL socks which will not shrink and will stand up to rou «ii wear and winter mud are being made by a Keighley hosiery manufacturing company under a new process of treating wool with rubber. The stockings are the result of research which
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    Russian athletes show off
    233 14 Russian athletes show off J^ Soviet track and field team y tS terday continued a triumphant tour of Norway, treating fans to a new Russian record and other too perloimances. The four-man team of Vladimir faukharev. Levan Sandadze. Ardalion Ignatkv and Edmund Pilag.s set a new Russian record of l
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    CAN ICE HOCKEY RESIST KISS OF DEATH
    308 14 CAN ICE HOCKEY RESIST KISS OF DEATH IJIMTIHII Ire hwkpy K p»s its last etlMOt thLs MMOII to .show whether It ran restnt tin- Kls« of de.it h" whlrh «pertarulftr Ire showa are Hpplyjni< to It and whether it c»n Ikmiik bark a* one of the rutioriM U>i) Kppctator sport*
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