The Singapore Free Press, 15 January 1954

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  • 24 1 The Singapore Free Press truest Aiternoon bale m Malaya. I *i n S a l> orf Fri J n 15 1951. Price 15 Cls.
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  • 25 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened quietly this morning with first grade, January .shipment, at 36.3 8 cents a pound, one-eighth cent below yesterday's clo.se.
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  • 63 1 fH AFRICAN newspapers iy carried reports of that Dr. D. F. Malan's nment is planning to cX- the pound during the I pro-Government news- )lc Burger, splashed fc&ei story on its front PW- I fc Mid reports of coming devaiuatiun retched their highest point on Wednesday with effects
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  • 139 1 "THE Ways and Means Committee of the I.S. House of Representatives approved yesterday a three-year programme of sharp reductions m taxes on income from dividends. Staff experts said the proposed changes would mean a .saving of US$24O million for about 4 000.000 taxpaying stockholders
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  • 33 1 A Kikuyu tribesman Charles Kariithi Mathumu claiming to be a Mau Mau general known as •General Number Six" was sentenced to death m Nairobi yesterday for unlawfully possessing i pistol.
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  • 428 1 'Quick think' If Rhee acts the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, yesterday, a Democrat Senator Hubert Humphrey, asked what would happen if South Korea attacked the Aiortn. The question was addressed to the civilian Secretary of the Army, Mr. Robert Stevens, who
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  • 261 1 4 named Queen's Scholars: 3 awards to Perak Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Today. j/o? k students of the University of Malaya have been aw trded Queen's Scholarships. They are: Abdullah bin Ayub of Sitiawan, Perak; Loke Kwong Huns of Kampar, Perak; Lee Khee Wee of Kuala Lumpur, and
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  • 108 1 S. AFRICA GOLD MINE STRIKES IT RICH AFTER six years' work South Africa's new gold field m the Orange Free State has struck it rich again. An underground manhole has uncovered by far the richest gold ore found since two boreholes sunk from the surface m the same area six
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  • 27 1 r taking $62.20 from a Chinese household at lile Jurong Road, one r bbers, armed with a 1 a warning shot air. Later arrests were
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  • 237 1  - Stabbing: 3 held in car chase P. M. RAMAN By V HECTIC motor el through the side lorongi of Gcylung Road by the crew Ol a Singapore radio CfUf this morning resulted m the capture of three fleeing Chinese and a blood -.stained dagger On receiving a 999 call, the
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  • 66 1 FILM actress Marilyn Monroe was married m San Francisco yesterday to a former baseball star Joe Dimaggio m a civil ceremony which drew four hundred spectators. Presiding Municipal Judge, Charles S. Peery, performed the ceremony m his City Hall chambers on the Plaza, famous for its
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  • 60 1 Singapore police last night detained a number of people for questioning following the clash of two rival secret society gan^s at the junction of Raffles Quay and Cross Street. A chopper was recovered from the road. Forty men took part m the fight, which started
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  • 318 2 The toast of kings now lives on stew sun; wmmsn i r r:t\§u,. I A BELLE" otero. mm J Europe's mo*t sought ,il(rr beaut* and now .m impo\t n>li« (I old lady ot H4. >e-lerda* won a court action m Nice brought hy man who -lann. «1 to haw sa\cj|
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  • 161 2 The big 'bathe' to wash away sins Half a million Hindus yesterday plunged into the muddy waters oi the .sacred Ganges and Jumma rivers to launch one of the world's bip.ge.st religious festivals, the Kumbh Mela. The pilgrims, the vanguard of five million expected m Allahabad during the 49 days
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  • 224 2 SDFSD r rHE 4< Rank of Sight" a storage depot of human eyes— appealed to Britons last night to will their eyes to the bank when they died. It's to help restore sight to the blind. I3octors and nurses .stand by at the Queen Victoria
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  • 193 2 RED STRIKE FAILS TO SHUT ATOM PLANT ELECTRICIANS yesterday struck at the third key J atomic plant this week as Communist-led guerrilla walkouts for higher pay snowballed throughout Britain and hit Ro>al Air Force bases m Northern Ireland. On the orders of the Red leaders of the Electrical Trades Union.
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  • 286 2 Last night's play MACBETH without the Thane of Cawdor is as pointless as a M Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark. Last nights Arts Theatre production was full of deficiencies and yawning wide was the place that should have been dominated by Macbeth himself. Henry HochMadt brought only
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  • 42 2 The US. Army Secretary Mr Robert T. Stevens, will leave on Sunday for a tour of the Far East by way of Hawaii. He will visit Korea. Japan and Also stop m Okinawa. Formosa Honj^ Kon^ and the Philippines
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  • 228 3  -  SIT YIN FONG POLICE BROKE UP HOODLUMS By UNTIL Singapore ponce eaugni up wnn mem recently, i uaiiff of young Indian hoodlums, known as the '•Black-shirts"* terrorised a small community of Indian labourers living m the vicinity of Bukit Panjang village. Thr uniform indicated that
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  • 210 3  - UNCLES AND AUNTS WANTED P.L. KOH BY SINGAPORE Social Welfare Department is seeking "un- cles" and "aunts" for orphans and children of "broken" fami- j les now staying at the Girls' Homecraft Centre and Perak House. An official of the department said yesterday: "Those youngsters are m need of homely
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  • 19 3 A.. Franca on Wednesday! new speed record from to Paris— nine hours unites m a Constella-
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  • 39 3 Reports reaching LucKnow. capital of Uttar Pradesh state m northern India, .said yesterday at least five people have died from the cold as winds sweeping from the Himalaya* brought "near freezing tempera-tni-pv. tr> th.'it area.
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  • 47 3 Alter 15 days of troublefree flying from Croydon, England, a twin-engined Miles Gemini plane crashed yesterday on a hop from Perth airport to another airfield two mile.s away. Mr. Bob Newham. 30, an Australian National Airlines pilot on leave, was not seriously hurt.
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  • 68 3 MR. Brian Corbctt, of the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency, arrived m Singapore last night by Cathay Pacific Airways from Hong Kong on his way to New Zealand for an eight-week holiday. .Mr. Corbett, who is m charge of the I'NKRA work from Seoul to Pusan,
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  • 208 3  -  JOSEPH YEO By THE Singapore City Water Engineer, Mr. W. S. Stredwick said yesterday that tiny, wrigglinff, red worms vthirh have been found m tap water are absolutely harmless. Mr Stredwick was commenting on a letter to the Pressmen from a reader who said he
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  • 49 3 THE 3,000-ton Panamanian tanker Franco Lisi arrived m Bombay yesterday with the first post-war shipment of Russian petroleum products for India. The shipments included 2.710 tons of kerosene oil and a smaller quantity of motor spirit. It was under the recently concluded Indo-Soviet trade agreement.
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  • 435 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Jan. 15, 1954 Opinion BUTTER FOR THE RUSSIANS THE other day we heard ot American cars m the .streets 01 Peking. Now we are told it may be American butter on Russian bread a handy hundred thousand tons of it. The Amerlcam arc good businessmen.
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  • 586 4 A Premier Retires to the Open Desert Mill > MUM II mtl ItflllMtlllll IMIM IMIIHItI Bengurion, Israel's scholarly leader, has shown his true greatness, by his latest move, says Terrence Lyons. SOUTHERN NEGEV. "Goodbye, Tcl-Aiii. and let thy sons follow mc and settle m the Negev." rHis was Bengurion'fl farewi
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  • 199 4 itfOST of the world's air- lines have now ordered one or other of the new British jet and turboprop transport planes. Orders total £64 million of which planes to the value of £16 million have been delivered. It is expected that orders will eventually be completed
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  • 120 4 ONE Christmas present which Princess Ann insisted on having m advance was a muff. It was one of the Christmas Rrf»s 'eft forhhrc r by the Queen. The young Princess begged the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and her nurse for it tor weeks and Prince Charles was just
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    • 27 4 VALUE QUALITY ENGAGEMENT RINGS Choose a Ring you will j fee proud of all your life P. H. HENDRY JeweOert 78. North Biidm M. MiiK.iporr K. Lumpur
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    • 186 4 I QUICK FROZEN! j OYSTERS AND I SCALLOPS I Try Scallops with Sweet Corn for a SUPPER Dish Cover scallops with cold water bring to boil and simmer for ten minutes. Grease Scallop shells or individual fireproof dishes with butter and a good seasoning of salt and pepper. Line them
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  • 236 5 Educationists earlier trade training SCHOOL 'QUOTA SYSTEM' CRITICISED urge Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE educationists yesterday urged the Colony to follow the British system more closely and provide facilities for students to go for commercial and technical training early m their school career. The technical stream should first be able
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  • 151 5 A GEYLANG TRIPLET DIES SAKRA, one of the triplets born to Mariam binte Abu Bakar, wife of a granite labourer, living m Geylang Serai, Singapore, has died. She was the second born and weakest of the three. Sakra weighed less than sib. She was ill for five days. Five days
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  • 248 5 500 LIVE IN FEAR HORNETS' STING Free Press Staff Reporter A SWARM oi hornets is causing xV alarm among five hundred residents and students near a Chinese temple m Race Course Road. Singapore. The insects have built a nest on a tree behind the Fook Siew Thong (Temple of Luck
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  • 41 5 Scaffolding Is rising around the walls ot Westminster Afcoey, mother church ol the Commonwealth, as money sent I rom ail over the Commonwealth Is put to work to save the decayed fabric of the ancient Abbey. i
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    53 5 Turkish President Celal Bayar >pend two days m Britain week on his way to New r an official tour of the the Foreign Office said last night In London. Free Press picture. K. T. ALEXANDER. gapore'i new Coroner, who yesterday for the first He succeeds Mr. R.
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  • 84 5 C^EYLGN Premier Sir Joim Kotelawela has donated a month's salary to a fund for restoring a jungle shrine m central Ceylon. The premier said the gift was made to get the help of the temple's guardian deity to solve the problem of Indians living m Ceylon
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  • 247 5 Protestant praises Roman Church HE REV. C STANLEY Smith, 1 -a principal of Trinity Singapore. laftt night the Roman Catholic h for being more alive tc probli-ms of social justice many Protestant churches must acknowledge thus though we may not agree with the programme which the lathollc Church offers," he
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  • 31 5 'The annual general busin< mi eting and election ol officials or the Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore District, will be held on Saturday, at 2.30 pm. at Wesley Church Hall.'
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  • 542 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR l>oi;\ TODAY, >„l l Keen mind am! one U quipped to handle an\ p HI presented >«. u rfokientlj i decbfcdjr. \on an- asualh lonj #aj «h* ad of mum neai mp< litnr. 100. for ou i the ahilitv to fH at the farts, Interpret thrsa, ami
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  • 63 6 Foreman (to small workman who has met wltn accident). When will father be fit for work Boy: I cant iay for but it worn bo for a lon Foreman: Why's that? Boy: Cos com pen set m. He: I've eot two tick the theatre. She: Oh good!
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    • 247 6 l*< Ik w& -iy Ht iT -[vl; Jr A \Cl MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davi« y TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burrough; THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris I r&ESIDES THAT'LL P^fcsT VV^LL CON6KATULATIOWS YoR SHOULC IT BE -^7TiI7XI^VSo--BUTISw N E PUBLICITY STORV-.-SAINT f^^lf^^^- STAR CONTRACT ABOUT IT
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  • 392 7 MOON MADNESS MAN TRIES TO JOIN THE FOREIGN LEGION ■7AMSHING Charles Hyde, the 31-year-old man said to sufTer from moon mad- > n Vss, appeared m court again. time he was said to have gone to North Africa to join the French Foreign ion— without telling the probation officer. He
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  • 170 7 TH I KTY-One- Year-Old Mr. Roy Challacombe. of Maiden Court, Bute Road. Wallington. England, is coins lo preach Christianity to the Maku Indians, a tribe of savages about whom little is known and who !>it unexplored jungle up the Amazon. lls m March with an
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  • 78 7 Passengers can 'walk across the world' PASSENGERS m the new P and 0 liner ARCADIA due to leave London on her maiden voyage to Australia next month, will "walk across the world" when they So to the forward observation lounge. Two map panels of the eastern and western hemispheres have
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  • 53 7 A ladder gang which .stole £4.000 worth of furs from a hou.se m Belgravia, London, left one behind. The house, m Chester Square, If the home of City business man Mr. Rudolph de Trafiord. j He said: "They were obviously experienced fur-stealers they i left the one
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  • 217 7 A '-DON bobby" arrested Canadian deserter at 'ion. London an hich has so far cost the "i and some other (fees 80 young officers. bubby mta 25-year-old Constable Richard Grif•^od to the C.I.D. at escorted the doser- London H.Q. of the "i Military Provost Corps,
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  • 380 8 Spiritual Chief in Singapore TIIK members of Uie Bombay Bohra com mtinity m Singapore gave rousing welcome lo their spiritual leader from Bombay when he visited the Colony recently. He is Dr. Sardar Taher Saifuddin, chancellor of Aligarh University, who is considered to be the spiritual head of about half
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  • Free Press RACE FORM Special
    • 9 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special Friday, Jan. 15, 1954.
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    • 510 1 Pre-race swabbing and rapid tests succesful THE MOST useful 1 contribution to Malayan racing m the 1953 season was made < ne controlling body --the Straits r icing Association. The Straits Racing As,1.0.1. through their veterinary surgeons in «l official analyst has s t imped out doping.
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    • 731 1 SHANGRILA IS MY HORSE OF THE YEAR MY HORSE of the year is SHANGKILA. He has earned this title, even though he is only m his first season m Malaya, by his versatile and consist ent performance. He had his first .start, unplaced at Singapore on February 2, 1953. m
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    • 150 1 Spencer won $500,000 for patrons ttINGAPORI trainer J. A. fencer a»ain heads the ng trainers' list with 60 50 seconds and 45 Altogether Spencer had Lartert. He won for his ns about $500,000. teran Malayan trainer nu.s Van Breukelen Is nd on the list with 56 win- 35 .seconds, and
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    • 491 1 CHAMPION BILLY PUTS ON WEIGHT Allan Lewis reviews 1953* rHE 1953 racing reason m Malaya has been eventful. Malaya has the distinction of having the youngest leading jockey m the world— l6-year-old Billy Bagby, who has achieved m his second year of riding what many jockeys never do. Young Bagby
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    • 176 1 Shaw s head the owners SHAW STABLES are again the leading owners with stakes of $335,030 from ,42 winners, 28 seconds and 37 thirds. Their principal winners during the year weir Entertainment (Coronation Cup>. Cinecolor Cinema. Box Office and Oambar Meiayu, who c l remarkable come back at me Singapore
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    • 10608 2 FORM OF HORSES CLASS TWO HORSES CLASS 2. EOLLOWING arc the horses entered for the Singapore Turf Club's January Meeting. ADMISSION -><. X I C 111 l>: 1M l)i\ I i rack k< ii.(KiuilLu. to >• lpun a-7 6t :> j i k good i ii m I D I
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    • 143 9  -  P.L. Koh Pictures by Story by (of the Government of India m Malaya (second from left) presents to the leader itaMMfl an address of welcome from Hie Bohra community m Singapore. Civing crctary. Mr. Miy.is.ib Ibrahim Yamani. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Commisrfianudm. son and heir
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    • 358 10 Court hears of his 145 'cool and cunning crimes 9 SENTENCE of six years' said to have •plumbed The boy. Brian James showed no emotion as th< imprisonment was passed on a boy affed IC. He wa> (lie depths of wickedness." Harrison, of Garfleld
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    • 398 10 COMMONS BAD AIR MAKES ME ILL -MP HOT air has long been a House of Commons problem Colonel George Wigg. Socialist MP. for Dudley and Btourbridge, complained ab*ut tin- effect bad ventilation m the Chamber having on hi> health. Bpeaklng at Stourbndpe. Worcestershire, he blamed it for the Sinus trouble
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    • 46 10 Strato-toxi waits below 4 IRIJNF passengers flying eight miles above the earth can now "call a car" and have II waiting when they land at Kritish airports. The passenger asks a steward to book the car and a message is radioed to a car, hire company.
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    • 22 10 A cheap tea scheme for women old -age pensioners was suggested by Mr George Chetwynd. Socialist WT». for Stock-ton-on-Tees.
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    • 188 10 A curate attacks painted women PRIEST'S sermon at4** tacking some of Darlington'fl youth may be discussed by the town council. "Spivs and painted trollops who worship not at the shrine ot the Son of God but of Saint Ava Gardner or Saint Marilyn Monroe" was one of tht phrases. The
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      64 10 ALFKEO Rode, the French producer, has started work on his neu film "Ost La .Vie Parisienne." Star of the picture i« liis wife Claudine Dupius, who plays a dual role of a young cabaret dancer of 1<M)O and that of her ran rid a lighter m 1953. Picture shows laudine
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    • 150 10 SEEING ROUND CORNERS A DEVICE to .see round corners has been developed by Dr. H. H. Hopkins, of the Imperial College of Science and Technology m London. It will be of outstanding valur m science, medicine and industry. It consists mainly oi a bundle of very fine transparent flexible fibres,
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      217 11 y SWING occurred on toil when West opened the king nda East agonized for a W nil proper play. We c king-queen-ten at the en or eight cud dlaIth something m clubs on or he might have the nos. the ice of diamonds. 1 no trick at all
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    • 976 11 THE STORY OF THE FILM FROM Here to Eternity" the story ot some /\rr< r can soldiers m Pearl Jr at the outbreak of It i< the story, m particular, of lent of Private Pre- ntgomcry Clift) by his Kfinf officer. Captain Prewitt has bl nded
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      • 151 11 Today's Crossword BBBBBsf BBBBBst BBBsH BBBBBsT^ ssl bb^^^^^^^b^Bbb'^^^ I^l I BHIBST S^SBBt MSBM BB> X( yn<k< rttme Pffmtnft"** 1 at s canteen ihow nni .9 4 Can It bC real money? The bus? ftzSfcd Pounds and^UMngs? (5. 13^ onal tySnt <5). S!pe* or soa^ gratulatory cry «•>»■ W- \f- or
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    • 457 12 IT IS 1 IMF Malayans kicked themselves out of the fantasy they have been living m. since the war and stopped pretending that the more unpleasant aspects of life are not true. Because a maniac like Hitler turned racial differences Into racial hatreds we are
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    • 72 12 A BRITISH ARMY Doctor. Col. J. A. G. Carmichael, wifl rushed to Cairo recently to attend the son of the Egyptian Guidance Minister, Salah Salem. The authorities waived carrent restrictions to enable him to respond to the call for treatment for the sick boy, two-year-old Mohamed, who
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    • 202 12 WHAT kind of a trap is somebody setting along the loot path In upper part ol Holland Road. Workmen aro busy raising the kerb about six inches every few feet. Now the edite of the path looks like the crenellated wail of a Cftßtle and is
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    • 204 12 'Wake up men— do not be enslaved' MR. TAN KHENG Hawke has seen fit to deviate from the true meaning of my letter of Jan. 8. My symnathies are with you. Mr. Tan! Fimsy dresses and bikinis were not In my line of vision. Women assuming the powtrs of men
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    • 61 12 I WONDER why there is no proper street lighting alon^ Tanjong Katong Road where sc many buses and cars running at night. I was nervous one night when I was waiting a bus at one oi the stops where no lighting is installed. How about girls standing alone
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    • 149 12 IT was 2.10 p.m. on Batu Jan. 9. when I walked up to the Singapore Harbour Board ottice with an expired pa*l In mv hand for renewal. To my surprise I was turned away by the policeman on duty to go to the next window.
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    • 122 12 Give up call in verbal Will \NY Malay would be a f oo l t 0 concede that "Kampona Saigon M m his M Malay In th* Council has not spoken mouthful against the Malay language. It is unbearable to him and unpleasant to h. To laugh at a people
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      • 34 12 W^mwX Any grouse? HAVK you a grouse? Have you a bright idea? Have you .veen anything itmaft o r unusuaJ? Then write to the PRESSMAN and tell othent about it m his POSTBACi— briefly.
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      • 28 12 SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK UNSWEETENED EVAPORATED MILK OAICE TRIED ALWAYS SATISFIED AVAILABLE FROM ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES sole agents: 0 KIAN GWAN (MALAYA) LTD.i^ J SINGAPORE -PENANG -KUALA LUMPUR
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    • 661 13  - Needle and Thread Carried Her to F ame DOROTHY ROE by NEW YORK. THE AGE of 5, Mary A Brooks Picken hitched wagon to a needle and thread- and it has car- c her to heights of ud fortune. This bright-eyed, pink- becked lady probably is world's foremost •nority on
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      49 13 photo. Here's tailored sophistication! Several clever devices contribute to the novel line of this coat m Krimmer Tescan Embros Lamb. The dolman sleeves are cut m one with the bodice, which is bloused at the back. The peplum is fluted to stand away from the hips.- Reuter
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      7 13 lIMBURGE R ON WHITE WITH CHIOROPHYU
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    • 427 13 says Winifred Lees GLASGOW, Scotland. PARIS has a big say m setting our hair-styles, as well as introducing other fashion trends. So, knowing that he was lust back rrom France with all the latest ideas at his fingertips, I went up to visit a
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    • 450 14 EARLY MIST IS THE EARLY CHOICE FOR GRAND NATIONAL Royal horse is also favoured IWE Grand National and Fpsom Derby— two races where Britons turn out a million strong, forget their troubles and bet the family wad— will be raced on March 11 and June respectively. Hottest pickfl for the
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    • 235 14 Charles KOs Satterfield in 4 minutes JjiX-heavyweight champion Ezj card Charles, '189 Ib.) exploded a second round knockout over Chicago's Bob Satterfleld, < 180 Ib.) .it Chicago Stadium on Wednesday night to solidify his claim for a June title bout with champion Rocky Marciano. Charles lashed out with a powerful
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    • 116 14 India in strong position INDIA are m a strong position A against the Commonwealth m the fourth unofficial Test m Madras. Declaring alter tea at 440 for nint, India claimed one wicket for 22 runs before close of play. By lunch time yesterday India had j carried their overnight score
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    • 70 14 A chante has been made m Bnj- land's team to play Walet m Rugby Union Internationa] at Twickenham tomorrow. W. P. C. Davies, the Harlequin centre three-quarter, injured m ankle last weekend, and his place will be taken by J. P. Quinn, of New Brighton. Quinn
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    • 36 14 Gordon Richards' curling team ol Sir Jan Con y, Billy Origgs and n. Smith were narrowly beaten In !i-.e finals ol the Jackson Curling Morlta. Cup was won by the Kander Reuter
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    • 352 14 44-YR-OLD SURPRISE CHOICE FOR TEST pEOROE Headley, 44-year-old "l Engli leagu< cricketer. who v.i. brought home to, Jami V a bj pubH subscript] n to play foi tni C Li ny again I MCC I b irprl selee- on the West 1 Ii jr. H< adli v last pi t
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    • 101 14 No more fights for Joseph in Australia SINGAPORE youth boxer Joseph Chens will not be allowed to take part m any further bouts durinff the current West Australian tour. Cheng was knocked out by (iranville Pitts (West Australia) on Monday nisjht and had to receive medical attention to an m
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      • 93 14 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. Members are advised that the Second Day of the Singapore Turf Club January Meeting, advertised for Wednesday, January 20th, has been put forward to Tuesday, January 19th which is a public holiday. Singapore, L. C. BAILEY 14th January, 1954. Secretary, S.T.C. NVDOUBLE LION BRAND// Ll -i Cli
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    • 634 15  -  ALLAN LEWIS v V<> bavk tti ii v kit iintuh auuin By KIN(1 (ROW, a consistent performer m Cl. 3, can win the main race at Bukit Timah tomorrow, opening day of the Singapore Turf Club's January meeting. 1,, his last six races m
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    • 1099 15 FOLLOWING horses will not start tomorrow: Marvel of Peru, Verulam, Madrid. Sturveta, Nuit de Baal, liaydee. Applause. Snowblaze, Spitfire 11, Lucifer. Hutan Melintang. Sappoh. New Year, Gamchew. Colorado 11, Feature Film, Kumar. Matinee 11, Neveradoubt. South Pacific, Malleable Mouldings. Coronation. The ydaris, Marsiglio and Limpopo. Pearly, Ribu and Kindling
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    • 185 15 >t start third to The J at Ipoh. I think JJ«"MI a good bet m the Cl. 4 race over 6F. *Tom has gradually raced IJ w»d the ipoh outinp I **H that 15 needed to Carrie 4 V"™ I He l|iJ > 4 ]b. extra. lof>tt
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    • 231 16  - TRACK WORK Thaipusam's the day for Punter's Delight ALLAN LEWIS IVy pi MIiKS DELIGHT <M< Cloud) drew attention to Ins chances 1 on the second duv when he spurted two m 24 I "> on the second -nss track at Bukit Timah this morning This is a good gallop, because
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    • 94 16 'I'll do my best'-Mabel Mabel HAVES. Singapore'! loiu' entry m the 21.st World Table Tennis Chami>i<m.ship> left the Colony fur England on board the Willeni Ruy.i last nikht. Bevfral Mtadi and ■upporten pwt R| rhp wh.nl to see lie: orT. M.,t>el laid that rt* did not txpecl to win. but
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    • 336 16 One non-league club m 4th round HRADINGTON United, the southern League club from Oxford, won their F.A. Cup third round replay at home against Stockport County yesterday to be the sole non-)ea* lie club to reach the fourth round of the competition. Their victory earned
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    • 295 16 ALL AFTER DON —but the champ puts his price up I\ON COCKELL, the British h^vyweight champion j, great demand. London pr omoter Jack Solomon hirr and so does Canadian promoter Jack Berry Solomons announced m the United States TtlUij. that he had matched Cockell a gainst Roland LaSUr/i h American
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    • 88 16 RESULTS of WJL Cup third round replays: Charlton Athletic 2 Portsmouth 3 (after extra time) Headington United 1 Stockport County 0; Hull City 2 Brentford 2 (after extra time); Leicester City 3 Middlesbrough 2: Leyton Orient 4 Tranmere Rovers 1 Scunthorpe United 3 Wrexham 1: Swansea Town 4 Barrow
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    • 48 16 The two FA Cup third round replays which were still undecided after extra time yesterday will be replayed a second time next Monday, Jan. 18 as follows: Brentford v Hull City at Hillsborough. Sheffield. Walsall v Lincoln City at the Nottingham Forest ground. Reuter
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    • 42 16 r BUSH took eight fftckttl for nine runs when pl;«vin<jj for Extern Province against Orange Free State m an inter-provinciil Nuffield Sch<x>ls cricket tournament m Capetown yesterday. Free State were all nut for 16. Reuter
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    • 375 16 BRRRR! THE COLD WORRIES NEO... rree Press Special from Sydney THE cold and Neo Chwee Kok is the main talking point among Sydney sportsmen. Nobody here ha.s .seen the Singapore swimmer go flat out, but already the critics who have seen him m training at the North Sydney Olympic Pool
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