The Singapore Free Press, 2 November 1953

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  • 22 1 The Singapore Free Press 1 umd Afternoon Salt- in .Malaya. l| nn Nov 1953. Price 13 Its. tig, WSI. Sinsapore. Mon., >»»^- "I
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  • 302 1 VARSITY MAY BE SHUT Xffhru"* threat to students Lucknow disorders ]yjR. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, the Indian Prime Minister, yesterday threatened to close Lucknow University unless the students end the turbulence which provoked two days and nifhti of clashes with the police in which one man has been killed. He interrupted a
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  • 66 1 REPUBLICAN Senator Joseph McCathy has announced the dismissal of a member of I the United States Army's loyalty screening board for alleged activities in a Communist front organisation. Senator McCarthy told reporters in Los Angeles on Saturday night that the man was appointed under the Truman
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  • 4 1 DONKEY TO THE RESCUE-
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  • 184 1  -  ROGER YUE I By APRE-DAWN car chase through the deserted streets of Singapore today resulted in the capture of a Chinese when police cornered his fleeing vehicle in a blind alley in Kempas Road. The man and an accomplice were pursued for nearly
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  • 26 1 t p h r J s n died under at Wards nL^? n he ru »hed ftca Cpar a rt P Lsng an identi
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  • 86 1 terday cal^ ren(>e yes 1 m" the con >pulsorv f make il the t a^, r v y or Part of *•<-., said t,h*' fact that so many married women had nothing in their pockets accounted for a great deal of shoplifting. "Let us try to
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  • 30 1 A party of 15 women, most ot them housewives, will leave London by air for Moscow today to study the life and conditions of Soviet women and children.
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  • 296 1  - War Dept. pay talks are on today P. KRISHNAN By A conference affectim tht pay packets of about 20.000 War Department employee* in the Federation and Singapore li now going on at the OII.Q, FARhLF. Singapore The conference, which started at 10 a.m.. was called by the Command Secretary <>t
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  • 27 1 Singapore Rubber Market this morning opened on an easier tone with first grade, November shipment, at 55.% cents a pound, one cent below Saturday's close.
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  • 73 1 IONDONERS turned even J to donkey power at the height of the petrol delivery strike. Miss Lilo Brum of Knightsbridge, (top picture) went for her week-end shopping on the popular donkey. Meanwhile the petrol pumps had run dry and the cars had disappeared from the
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  • 288 2 Tour like the Queen's will cost $4 mil. I A PKKSON Hho would like to make a world tour «tf thf seal* 1 of the Queen's which begins on Nov. 23, Mould need between M.loo.ih,'. and I'SJS 1,450,000 ($4 ?00,000 Malayan) an American travel consultant said in New York yesterday.
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  • 292 2 Trieste police put on 3 -day alert FEAR OF RIOTS BY ITALIANS J^ THRKK-DAY special alert order to police is due to go into operation in Trieste today and allied authorities braced themselves for the tensest period since the British and Americans announced they would evacuate the territory. The next
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  • 31 2 President Celal Bayar in a speech at the opening of Parliament in Ankara yesterdav announced he would arrive in Washington on Jan. 27 for a United States tour.
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  • 218 2 THE BURGLAR JUST LEFT CRUMBS THIS STRAWC^rORLD A LONDON burglar boiled A four eggs, Wttered his visiting living room with egg Shells and bread crumbs smoked all the cigarettes he could find and changed his old shoes and raincoat for new before he left with a £10 camera. Flabbergasted A
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  • 95 2 lAELHI .state police arrested a Sikh extremist leader who had threatened to start a fa.;! to death outside the house oi the Prime Minister Mr. Nehru. The Sikh. Sampuran Singh Raman, of Patiala is the lead- r of the Akali Sikhs-an extremist faction. Raman and
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  • 250 3 Rural Board plans to answer public demand smC APOBE VILLAGES GO AHEAD Press Staff Reporter nWjAPORE Rural Board: S Dlans to step up its life services next year. £wA will build more shelters markets. Collection centres mmunity halls and a flre-cum-ambulance station. Monev has been earmrarkofl far M The y
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  • 175 3 Nixon to risk visit to front FRENCH security authorities in northern Vietnam have de- cided to go ahead with plans for Mr. Richard Nixon. Vice-Presi- dent of the United States, to visit the most dangerous bat- j tiefront in Indo-China despite the obvious risk to his personal safety. The decision
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  • 98 3 Indies' O f.!!f hl -several h^d e on O Lv 1500 was also Jo the AMuSSy'L f UM -N-a fl P films' L?L Road Musllm u r f th^ Singaptir,. wr Sycd Harun Alhabshi. and an official from the Organisation's H. Q. President of U.M.N.O.
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  • 40 3 picture. lour of the newly elected officials of the Singapore Dance Hostesses' Association. Left to riy:ht: Miss Rose Chan, treasurer; Miss Annie Lee, secretary; Miss Yvonne Chow, oresident: and Miss Mimi Cheong, trustee. Free Press
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  • 192 3 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Trade Union Adviser, Mr. Alex Simpson, yesterday attended an emergency meeting of the Singapore Dance Hostesses' Association called to "strengthen and build up the union." There had been dissatisfaction over the running of the association as some members had long not
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  • 139 3 Ramp in land hinders building (Tree Press Stall Reporter) HIGH cost of land in Singapore is interfering with tho plans of building societies to tarry out large housing projects. The* manager of one housing estate said he was shocked when a land owner demanded twice the present market value for
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  • 34 3 The day's post at Norwich Castle Museum often includes live hornets and live poisonous adders sent for identification, says Mr. Edward Ellis, the Museum's naturalist, in a report on his work. i
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  • 29 3 An official U.S. Senate report says the number of civilians employed by the U.S. Government has shrunk for 14 successive months, a net decline of 209,866.
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  • 400 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Nov. 2, 1953 Opinion INDEPENDENCE MR. HENRY BYROADE, the United States Assistant Secretary of State, spoke yesterday on colonial changes. He said: "We do not want the vast labour and pain extended in the struggle for freedom to be wasted by the prematu'v creation of
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  • 542 4  - For China Iron Curtain Rations RITCHIE McEWEN says there will be a ti^htenin^ of belts this winter wherever the Red rUg flies j VIENNA. ALTHOUGH record crop* are reported from ftvi of the nine countries under Communist rule, millions living under the Red Flag will starve this winter as a
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  • 407 4 JOHN DOE, ALIAS GOD The fantastic rise of Father Divine. IN front of the Judge stood George Baker, a Negro from the banks of the Savannah. The judge ordered him to jail for a year. Four days later the judge dropped dead. And suddenly George Baker became a legend. Negroes
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    • 43 4 I! Gifts I H<- surr the Glfli um J Give W vd i\ n I liirlhilay, or Vimi\erj -ary, is worthy of Km |jl occasion. W v offrr you a srlcoj) lion al most reasonable priors. I S. P. H.deSILVA SINGAPORE, IPOH K.LCMrUR
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 28 4 >OSB K«TIv?SI -'u-y, udvanci n /^J I Mwndr,d >f ar 5 m^ I rxficcc people tc-iU be I through PiccadilCf I through tht sound-barS I fodu>. 1 I
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  • 267 5 i,/ to cancel driving licence before trial \\iovc w GAP ORE mot«r.^ye uid jr y.nissioner of J-" gof dri vers accused o Mj d n jv? n r "offences until proceedings against ihe'in over." powe rs to the Commissioner %e move to give l^
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    15 5 picture. nl* S HEB »SON. SinWfe hello »irl, one of thr Biifht- Wednesday Free Press
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    58 5 picture. The little Chinese lad with the stick is getting ready to hit an imitation rat which will appear out of the tunnel. This was one of the games at the Convent of the Good Shepherd fete and fair at St. Joseph's Institution. The proceeds will go towards the building
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  • 29 5 Two land experts are flying out from London to British Guiana to advise the Govern--1 ment there about drainage irri- gation and land settlement questions.
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  • 234 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FIRE-CONSCIOUS attap hut dwellers of Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore, are storing extra buckets of water in their homes. Seven hundred of their children attending Kai Kok Public School in the village are being taught by teachers what to do if a blaze
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    31 5 picture. Vih b n at the l 'ii^' hrl P° rat the Poppy Hay badminton n da ni C ht hi* apore ttadmlnton Assoriation's hall on T tn| h Free Press
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  • 46 5 SINGAPORE'S Chinese schools have been warned by the Education Department against carrying too many students in their school buses. The Department has issued circulars to the schools drawing their attention to the risks. This follows a con-plaint by the Traffic Police.
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  • 32 5 i Two American soldiers were arrested In Tokyo yesterday by Japanese Customs and found guilty Ol violation of the currency control law. Both men were fined (US* 194*.
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  • 22 5 The Government of P;ikUt.in U considering a proposal to in decimal coin. tem in the country, u I announced yesterday.
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  • 198 5 L-men like longer licence Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE learner drivers yesterday welcomed the proposal to extend the period of provisional licences from three to six months. The proposal appears In proposed amendments to the Trame Ordinance. Explaining the amendment, a Government official said: ThU will reduce the large amount
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  • 8 5 United Nations Secretary Gen. U.N. headquarters.
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    • 134 5 H The ball-bearing is to watchmaking what jet propulsion is to *****H W -jiy* ■fc/^i The first self-winding watch on a ball-bearing ihi§ tSSm MM! banishes the last weak spot in the automatic watch Wearlng-out U the bugbear of all mechanisms but nobody imagined It might be possible to Introduce
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    • 396 6 sf 1 «*3 mi JK I c-^^ IS, i R v^A if *a I _^LlL^ntK_^_n^L^L^L^^^_w^B^^^^^L^B^^hßMß^^L^Bß^b^a^n^^n^LV '^3fc' i I V 1 V MAKDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis sjJI WAITING V- T C«BP^fc^ FALSE t YE- WILL Bf AFRAIO TO 1/7=^. l/TTv lh r^ I ißl> MVHIMMH.S 1J1^»
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  • 290 7 \Challenge to Jockey Club owners and trainers are challenging the Jockey Club decision not igISH rsct n° r! lea ding trainer, Paddy Prendergast, to run horses in England, fallow b een taken pending the result of the Irish Turf Club's inuga l advice i running of
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  • 67 7 JIISS ALICE HARLE, 52- M d he *<*-«nistress of taS? strcet Infant Sch o1 Sjennymoor, Co. Durham Zr nn J cl t I at SPennyii c«h lncludin ff Bs. Sdir !^u Uken from a deteCU?e: "I don't SWfr^ threw th ferinr fj^ C ad been
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  • 49 7 A WINSTON Churchill painting—done at Casablanca and presented to President Roosevelt is on sale for U557,500 at the Hammer Galleries in New York. The canvas is Tower of Katoubua Mosque," while S'lr Winston and Roosevelt were attending the wartime confer- ence in North Africa. A.P.
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  • 146 7 A MAN stabbed a woman in the street and ran into Stockwell Tube station in London. A train killed him as he tried to make a getaway through the tunnels Three trains were halted. Railwaymen with lanterns led 400 passengers through a tunnel to
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  • Article, Illustration
    38 7 MEET the new Deborah Kerr who has discarded her "straitlaced miss" roles to play a sultry, seductive blonde in Columbia's "From Here To Eternity." This Router picture Rives Deborah -fans a Rlimpsr of what's in store for them.
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  • 77 7 Anthony told the truth IJVG//T -YEAR-OLD Anthony J Morris, who told the judge he knew all about truth, has lost his claim to t:200 damages for a broken leg. A kerbstoTie fell on him while he was playing cowboys outside his home at Bedfront, Middlesex. The injury made him flat
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  • 88 7 THE 16 members of Sudbury, Suffolk, Council arr trying to solve a very heavy problem the problem of th<* 200-year-old box mangle. It was presented to the council for posterity by a laundry owner. It took several employces to carry it into the town hall and Out
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  • 38 7 STUDIO 'SUN' SHINES BRIGHT ON VERONICA picture. STAR on whom the 'sun' is shining bright— even though it may be a sunless day is Veronica Hurst. Here she is "sunbathing" for the cameras at Shepperton, England, studios- Reuter
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  • 367 8  -  Peter de Cruz Storv by l»v IT'S amazing what handicapped people can make with their hands. An example of this was seen at the Hospital Diversional Therapy Unit's Exhibition and Sale of Handicrafts held at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. It would be
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  • 2386 10  - THOSE FEROCIOUS GUARDS OF TITO Sir Winston Churchill Second World War (Vol. 6)-7byS In Any list. 1944, t^e Prune Minister paid a visit to FieldMarshal Alexander and Gen. Mait land -Wilson in Italy, with the intention also of meeting Marshal Tito, at that time under Allied protection in the Adriatic
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 133 11 Bridge Hand North-South vulnerable Eui dealer NORTH 4 4 3 tf A Q J 10 0Q 6 3 *AQ 7 t WEBT KAST v'l 7 2 C J 7 9D5 J «4» 0 A K 6 J 2 SOUTH A 8 <SKU2 C 10 8 4 2 4 K 10
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    • 310 11 Today's Crossword I ■'^^HH HH BH hfli I ACROSS Joneses i5). 10 Decline to «o back <3». I The .sleeper who might be asso< i- 12 State of waters no longer troubled, ited with a bea.st (6)4 Her cub is a maybe <4>. 13 Is he one of the landed
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  • 55 12 SOME OF the victims of the r »«ent fire in Aljunied Road Mngapore. are pictured in KiUin Ayer on thnr hj) to thru The bundle* they are carrying contain dothing. rice and nousehold g«H>d» given to them by the Blue Crow Association to nelp th.in i»tart
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
    • 279 12 [T is given oniy to a privileged few in this modern are* to appreciate the time-honoured, traditional thea- a L a d dramatic performances, peculiar to individual nations which have not yet become slaves to modernity. Still fewer are privileged to become real critics of
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  • 299 12 I WAS rather intrigued when -1 I read the heading of a short article in the Free Press "Mr Young Keeps Temper." Mr. Young may be right In saying that "the Council of Action 'thirdform boy' reference to the Government's Rltson pay proposals was 'intended to be
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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 in hh POSTIIACi briefly
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  • 59 12 AFTER reading the article In f+ the Free press headed 'A STLSELS** 11 t feel thatl mSSSRSU 1 a very delicate W avoin P V° plf> WOI|W prefer avoid controvewy. or mis- j understanding, between the various sects in the. Colony For that reason I shall not go
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  • 36 12 Thirteen people sentenced to death by a Bucharest court on Oct. 12 on charges of espionage and sabotage, were executed on Oct. 31, the official Rumanian press service "Agerpress" said I last night.
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  • 521 13  -  SAM WHITE She will walk out with the city's best-dressed women. bv PARISr^ING to stay with R Y rount of Pans and BtheCouni s A x- e hV am has' found the best in Europe l the French thron, <* r rnJelled certain to family
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  • 58 13 picture. I The Queen, radiant and bejewelled, attended a concert at the Royal Festival Hall recently. The concert by Commonwealth artistes was arranged by the High Commissioners of Australia and New Zealand. It was the Queen's first night out since her return from Balmoral. Her dress was
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  • 422 13  -  JUDITH SIMONS by nrmr, LONDON. R S di *-ingrained tinguTsh ?2 longer di of means m the wife days a n h^ s n e servantless the Sme ki!l kely to hav^ And um d f han^s. <l! e take care, that. coan>e
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    • 108 13 O- p n ..c a-» Vll M <At Main Store: > ***'v\« +**^S>~-^ > BATA BUILDING, V SINGAPORE SINGAPORE'S LEADING HAIR-CUTTER RAZOR METHOD An ideal cut before your permanent wave NOTE:- Limited Stock of Creme Oil Cold Wave. Nil EN CURTIS, jvst arrived. Also Creme Oil Zotos Wave gives wondetfiil
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  • 1153 14  -  JOHN FARROW Cave selectors a soccer treat By LATEST POSITIONS ENGLAND'S soccer league leaders West Kromwith MJ Albion crashed 4—l at Blackpool on Saturday and the men to do the damage were Blackpool stars Stanley iMatthews and Stan Mortensen. But this defeat did not topple West
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  • 131 14 T*HE Cain Hoy Stables' Turni",To oWon0 Won the U*****,395 Gaden States before a record i crowd of 43,324. R. S. Lytle's Correlation was second and V S I€ L- arm 's Ooyamo finished third. There was an objection against Correlation but the stewards held
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  • 186 14 Drobny turns down Kramer JACK Kramer, the American professional lawn lennis player said in Los Angeles that Jaroslav Drobny, the former C ;T C[ p ayer had declined an offer to turn professional Kramer who Ls aLso ft promoter, denied London reports that he had offered Drobny a guarantee of
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  • 319 14 ALL BLACKS OPEN TOUR WITH EASY 24-0 VICTORY me New /.-aland Rucby Union tea*. tish tour with a U o vii-torl. p 1 tlw CMintlM and the win was ust s Ver S^ New Zealand centre Fitzeeraw **>** fiS attack and Kelly, in addition o iL? s m^, i ucc
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  • 92 14 X EDDY Davi won an unio* points decsion over GwrgeAmjo in a dull 10-round boxing m<m night that drew warnings from v referee and boos from a small m at Madison Square Oardwi. Round after rouna the referee til ed to the fighters, saying "come and
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    • 65 14 NO TIME TO GET YOUR CAR SERVICED BECAUSE YOU NEED IT DURING THE DAY? SHELL ROCHORE SERVICE STATION Junction of Short St./Rochoro Canal Rd. TEL 7157. 4 SHELL NEW BRIDGE ROAD SERVICB STATION Junction of Kreta Aycr/Ncw Bridge IMs. TEL *****. )f SHELL KATONG SERVICE STATION Junction of Tembeling/Easl Coasl
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  • 198 15 Jluf Somdets title -as not at stake *mm hnxer Star Cony won an unanimous PHILIPPINE* > boxe Somdet Yontrakit of Siam, rOUn M Champion of the Orient, last night in a el VM at the Kajadamnern Stadium, Bangkok. ZMtWytJw match. Star Gony lost by a
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  • 103 15 'T'HE SELANGOR Badminton As- sociation's tournament committee decided to offer two dates for the Challenge Round of the Foon^r Seong Cup of which Selangor are the holders. The dates are either Nov. 21 and 22 or Nov. 28 and 29 at Kuala Lumpur. Singapore and Penang
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  • 99 15 West Indies Cricket Board of j Control announced the names of 10 cricketers invited to visit Jamn'ca early In January for possible selection against England j in the First Test of the tour. The First Test of England 1953-54 tour of the West Indies opena on January
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  • 93 15 EXHIBITION BY AMERICAN GIRL WIPERS IS OFF imt Island Club have re--1 cieved a cable from Australia yesterday statin? that Marlene Bauer, 19-yew-old American girl golf professional, is sick and will D«t be able to come to Sinto play the proposed exhibition at the Club's Mine on Nov. 5. The
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  • 349 15 PADERNAL LOSES IN A USTRALIA Ij^ORMER Australian bantamweight champion, Younu Regan (7.11), had a clear-cut points win in his bout with Filipino Ric Padernal <8.12i> over 12 rounds at Melbourne Stadium. Padernal fought in Singapore before he went to Australia. In j nis first Colony fight he was knocked out
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  • 269 15 Eurasians .2; Indians 0. Fj^URASIANS. Singapore Ami J teur F.A. Community League underdogs, helped themselves t< their first league points yesterday when they defeated Indian* at Jalan Besar Stadium. However. Indians could ha^v done better, but found Eurasian defender! a determined set. who went
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    • 242 15 CAPITOL LAST DAY I U 1.45. 4. |Jfl H 93V "CAROLINE CHERIE" TVt hnitulor Frtiuh Film with Knglish Suhtitl* s Tomorrow ONLY MtRRY GO ROUND" in Mandarin Book Now! WEDNESDAY Simultaneously with th«. PAVILION tt I* TPtT CHARLES LAUGHTON TjgjJ Oil v in REX FROM TODAY 11. 1.45. 4, 6
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  • 168 16 To clash with Henricks again Free Press Correspondent \rSTKAIJANS are looking forward to Singapore schoolboy swimming wonder Neo Chwee Kok's visit. l The have heard of Chwee Kok's very fast 110-yard swim against their champion, Jon Henricks. in Singapore recently and Mr. W. B.
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  • 167 16 WONDER MAN ZATOPEK RUNS RECORD 6-MILE FfMIL ZATOPEK. triple Olympic cnampion, broke the J world records for ten thousand metres and six miles at a meeting at Houska. Czechoslovakia, yesterday according to reports from Prague. Zatopek ran ten thousand metres in 29 minutes 1 6 seconds beating his own official
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  • 52 16 VICTORIAN leg-spin bowl er and hard-hittiiu batsman, Doug Ring, has announced his retirement from big cricket. Ring toured England for the second time with the 1953 Australian Test team* but was not an outstanding success. Towards the end of th.- tour he img troubled by a
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  • 20 16 2» Word* $6 (minimum) HUTCHESON: Boy for Pat and Joe. Peter Chalmers born, Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Nov. 1, 1953.
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  • 64 16 1* Words $6 (minimum) WILFRED SIMMS on 2.11.53. Cortege leaving General Hospital for Bldadari Cemetry 4.30 p.m. Age 55 years. ANDERSON Agnes Anderson dearly beloved mother of N. A. Marjoribanks in London after a serious illness. MADAM NG LOY NIONG, beloved wife ot Lam Joon Shu, passed away peacefully
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  • 86 16 j ~%M R. LIM Chuan Geok. president of the Singapore Badminton Association, left for London by air yesterday on a business trip. In his absence, Mr. Tan Chwee Hok will act as president. Mr. Quek Kent? Siang. hon. secretary oi the SB A will
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  • 113 16 I>KINCL Morvi owned by Mr. J. Harris and "H. Banks" won the £4 800 Victoria Derby by a head from Cromis. owned by Mrs. J. W. and Mr. A E Underwood, at the Flemington racecourse. Townsville. owned by Mrs. S. E. Smithers and Mr. B.
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  • 55 16 Sir Donald Bradman has oeen appointed a State cricket selector for the 1953-54, season. The panel for the season, appointed by the South Australian Cricket Association cricket committee, is: Sir Donald Bradman. and Messrs P. L. Ridings and C.L.B. Starr. Sir Donald replaces Glenlg Club captain
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    30 16 /GREECE defeated an Israel national team 1-0 In the World Cup soccer match series yesterday befor? rm estimated 35.000 fans in Athens fofball stadium.— A.P. KIM FATT
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  • 227 16 ONE of the biggest upsets in Malayan badminton was caused last night at the Sinsapare badminton championships when 44-year-old Leow Kim Fatt, former Singapore champion, soundly whipped Loong Pan Yap 1949 Singapore run-ner-up and a member of this year's Colony Foong Seong Cup team-
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  • 4 16 BETTER THAN GORDON PIRIE?
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  • 159 16 McKenley to be a pro HERB MCKENLEY, runner-up in the Olympic Games 100 metres final at Helsinki, wil 1 turn professional to compete in the 1953-54 professional athletic i season in Victoria. A Victorian Athletic League sub-committee council on October 19 agreed to McKenlev "s terms to visit Australia. McKenley
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