The Singapore Free Press, 22 January 1954

Microfilm: NL2438
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No *****, Singapore, Fri., Jan. 22, 1954, Price 15 Cts.
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    ATTACK PLUS POLITICS
    486 1 Big Indo-China offensive IN A LARGE-SCALE land, sea and air attack French Union forces yesterday established a beachhead m Southern Indo-China where three million people have been under Vietminh domination since the beginning of the war. There was virtually no opposition. For the first time political commanders
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    Killer volcano may blow up, scientist says
    195 1 Killer volcano may blow up, scientist says THK KILLER volcano Merapi m Java may blow up, Dr. George A de Neve, the scientist who is watching the mountain fears. While it was erupting again seriously last night throwing billow.N "of ashclouds 500 feet into the air and down the mountain
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    24 AIRCRAFT SEARCH FOR LOST PLANE
    119 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. KUALA LUMPUR. Today. riIWENTY-FOUR aircraft, m JL eluding a Sunderland flying-boat, took off from bases m Singapore and the Federation at first light this morning to continue the search for the Auster plane with pilot and passenger aboard which disappeared
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    POLICE SHUT PIN-TABLES
    109 1 QINGAPORI police today closed town all the Chinatown kerb-pin-tables following proby parents that their childin ing robbed of cake ■md a fight on Tuesday involving players. corning, not a single ould be seen. All the mahad been removed. Only t'-mporary sheds which red them remained. 1 at
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    BLACK DAWN
    26 1 able fuse m Upper Scran- R°a<t blacked out a small m Braddell Heights at today. have begun and power v be restored before mid-day.
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    CARRIER SABOTAGE?
    87 1 Fourth m three months MINOR damage m the engine-room of Britain's bluest and newest jet aircraft carrier, the 36,800-ton Eagle, was reported by the Admiralty yesterday. This is the fourth case of damage aboard British carriers m the past three months. '-Investigations are preceedin? aboard the Eagle now
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    6 a.m. woman is still alive
    66 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. FORT SWETTENHAM, Today. SIXTY-.sevcn-year-old Madam Tham Yoke Wan, who WAS told that she would die this morning, is still alive. But at 10 o'clock today she was reported to be "breathing badly". A houseful of people said that she had
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    Rubber Price
    24 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened steadily this morning with first grade. February shipment, at 55% cents a pound, one-eighth cent above yesterday's close.
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    The £500 terrorist
    99 1 GEN. CHINA OF MAU IS CAPTURED HIS wounded throat bandaged, the self-styled "General China," second-in-command of the Man .Mail, is pictured m hospital at Nairobi after his 1 capture following a gun battle with police and troops 100 miles away m the Nyeri district of Kenya. "General
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      55 1 MACARONI fi ana v SPAGHETTI A Either will provide I satisfying supper after you have heard the Concert of Oriental Music hy U\ Guest Artists (Chinese, Indian, U\ Indonesian and Malay) at the //^d^ University of Malaya, today and itf^ tomorrow at 8.30 p.m. \\\V "Less trouble, less fuss? C^^^^>
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    Mirrors put in cinema for crowd to see Queen
    185 2 Mirrors put in cinema for crowd to see Queen MIftKOKS uere installed on either side of the stage m a cinema at Christchurch. New Zealand, yesterday so that the audience m the circles could see the Queen and the Ihike of Edinburgh arrive m the Royal box. The Queen who
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    Indian troops going home
    49 2 BRITAIN is to provide two ships, the Asturias and the Captain Hobson, to help carry home Indian troops and Red Cross workers who did guard and administration work for the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission m Korea The two ships will have accommodation for about 2,100.
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    EMBARGO ON CARS FOR CHINA GOES
    172 2 ]tf R. PETER Thorneycroft, the President of the Board ifl of Trade, said yesterday Britain had lifted the embargo on the export of small motor cars and sodium peroxide to Communist China. Some modifications m the embargo list of quantatitive control, including certain drugs,
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    P & 0 chief gives warning
    138 2 P 0 chief gives warning TWO British .shipping leaders Sir Federick Rebbeck, head of the .shipbuilders Harland and Wolff, and Sir William Currie, chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental line, warned m London yesterday about the rise of foreign competition. Sir Federick commenting on his firm's drop to .sixth place
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    THE GREAT ATOM SHARE-OUT PLAN—BY IKE
    288 2 THE GREAT ATOM SHARE-OUT PLAN— BY IKE Aid our friends Congress is told PRESIDENT Eisenhower proposed m Washington, yesterday that the United States share prepared atom material with friendly nations for peaceful purposes regardless of the outcome of atom talks with Soviet Russia. Mr. Eisenhower also told Congress that it
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    Guerilla strike boss
    72 2 Guerilla strike boss rIS IS Mr. Frank Foulkes, the president of the powerful Electrical Trades Union, which is now conducting a series of "guerilla" strikes m Britain. Mr. Fouikes, a Communist, Ifl m his second flve-year period of office as president. The strikes have involved atomic plants, power stations, oil
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    2,000 miles by ruft plan
    82 2 LT. JOHN GWYTHER. R.N.V.R., Hampshire farmer and Fello-v of the Royal Geographical Society, who plans a new Kon Tiki expedition, is pictured with his family at his firm it Tisted, Hampshire. Lt. Gwyther plans to drift 2,000 miles across the Pacific from Taihiti to New
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    DON'T CLOSE TIN SMELTER, HE PLEADS
    148 2 DON'T CLOSE TIN SMELTER, HE PLEADS REPRESENTATIVE Mr. Clark IV Thompson said m Washington yesterday he would protest to President Eisenhower against the Administration's proposal to close the Texas City, tin smelter. Mr. Thompson said that tin ii an essential material and must be available m large quantities m order
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    Britain to oppose Franco's game
    223 2 Britain to oppose Franco's game BRITAIN will oppose any Spanish attempt to give full sovereignty m Spanish Morocco to the Khalifa as demanded by the Moorish leaders m their statement at Totuan yesterday. Diplomatic quarters m London expressed considerable concern at the statement which is likely to cause tension and
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    THEY'LL FISH FOR INFORMATION
    89 3 Till: two scientists, Mr. 1 I). F. Hall (left) and Mr I H. Wickstead. (centre) who arrived m Singapore from. England to join the new Regional Fisheries Research Station at Changi, are seen with the Station director, Dr. I). F Ommanney. (ri^ht) who also s scientist.
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    PEPLER TALKS TO SELECT COMMITTEE
    72 3 PEPLER TALKS TO SELECT COMMITTEE y George Pepler. Town k I lanning consultant to the re Government. last! addresied members of Committee considerLand Acquistion ment) Bill >' has' so far mer i. :d^red memoranda It. nally hoped that the v port would be ready meeting of the LegLs:ll now whether
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    SINGAPORE CALL FROM A DUMB STRANGER
    487 3  -  ROGER YUE Spies visit Mr. Neubronner By Walter Neubronner, the civilian who helped police officer break up a ret society attack m ingapore on Sunday has been visited by a mysterIndian and Chinese who. he thinks, may be gang spies. Mr. T H. Allen,
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    The teachers of peace'
    51 3 OIR David Maxwell-Fyfe, the Home Secretary, said yesterday he banned foreign delepates from entering Britain for a "teachers for peace conference last month because it v.a.s an instrument of Communist propaganda. Seven Belgian, four French and two other delegates were not allowed to land under this
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    Comet in 30ft. of mud
    77 3 Bril jh naval frigatr •>:-•••!• reported t,, t\u yesterday that :>o i <"v t T«'d the >ci bed i where the British airliner i s beloved to cashed last wwk ofi The Wrangler Is sweeping ihe seas on the south coast oi Slba for the
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    The prawns get 2 fine family friends
    422 3 The prawns get 2 fine family friends A FULL survey of the species of prawns available m Singapore's prawn ponds and investigation of methods to improve their supply, will soon be carried out by the Singapore Government. Preliminary work has alread) been started by Mr. D. N. F. Hall, a
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    RUSSELL IS WELL
    24 3 Earl Russell the 11-year-old philosopher underwent d minor operation at a London hoaplt il yesterday His condition L> satisfactory. AP. I
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    POPE RECEIVES DIPLOMAT
    34 3 Pope Pius yesterday received m private audience Djoemhana Wiriaatmadja. Minister of the Indonesian Republic to the Holy See. He also received Bishop of Bellary, India. Ifofts John Hosan. born m Liverpool.
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    'Monkey trouble' in the Bach home
    258 3 'Monkey trouble' in the Bach home Free Press Staff Reporter INHERE was '"monkey trouble" A m tlie Bach household In Tomlinaon Road, Snvi i\> >re, yesterday. Animal lover, Mi>.s L. E. Bach and her adopted daughter Poppit wore searching nigh and low tor Twlnkletoes, :ni.sMr.<z since Wednesay. "Twinkletoes" was one
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      331 3 Specialists m Applied Asbestos Asbestos, "miracle among minerals, wrought wonders m and for Britain during the years of supreme trial and effort, wrought wonders on the seas, m the air. m North Africa, m Italy, on the beaches of Normandy and m the heart of the enemy's country. The full
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Jan, 22, 1954. Opinion
    450 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Jan, 22, 1954. Opinion IKE AND US 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower's budget for 1955 has grave news for Malaya. Tin United States Oovernm< nt programmes for buying rubber and tin arc to end. Baki the President: "Expenditures and receipt! for the rubber, tin and hemp programmes,
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    Figures Disprove The Prophets of Gloom
    689 4  - Figures Disprove The Prophets of Gloom JAY G. HAYDEN That U.S. 'Depression says WASHINGTON If .t nation can bo talk* d Into economic depn sion, then the United Sates is m danger. 1 \ui politicians. each with an obvious personal axe to grind, led the ade. Sen. Paul Douglas declared
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    BY THE WAY
    121 4  -  BEACHCOMBER \By «t#i iii-iMitut'vd jvsi I I REMEMBER m OC I when at a concert at Cn I Babilot's "Melody for Piano- I forte and Flute" waj beir.i: played, with Sir Gerald Barry at the flute. The pianoforte'! W keys and pedals had beer. A smeared with
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    Children try to Join English classes for adults
    145 5 THE RUSH FOR EDUCATION Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Council for Adult Education has opened inorc than 80 new classes this year to cope with the increasing demand for adult education. Students are being registered now for the classes ,vh can take
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    Food plea for the living ones
    104 5 Food plea for the living ones I Free Press Staff Reporter ME Po Kok Si (Garden of 1 -ration), oft Thomson Singapore, is appealing to feed its hundreds of imala and fish, lie pls<e became a "haven for living many Buddhists ickcd there to free the had also used garden
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    170 VACANT PLACES IN PRIMARIES
    139 5 170 VACANT PLACES IN PRIMARIES Tree Press Staff Reporter EIGHT Singapore Government 1 English schools have vacan- cies for 170 children m primary one classes, the Education Department announced yesterday. Children between six and eight }d)is fie eligible ior admission. Places are available iir Win.stedt morning school m Newton (II);
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    CHINESE OBSERVERS FOR BERLIN TALKS
    28 5 :nan delegation repre- the Communist Chines 1 nent arrived m East sterdajr, Chinese, it is underbill act as official obserit the F^oreic-n Ministers'
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    OIL PACT
    21 5 kesman for the Anglo>U company .>>aid yesftnn was negotiating nent with an Italian whereby the latter AuUo-Iranian oils m
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    President's deputy shot in jeep
    48 5 President's deputy shot in jeep rriHE Guatemalan Vice-Pre- sident and President of the Congress, Senor Guillermo Ovano Arriola. \vas shot while driving a jeep m the town of Totonicapan, it vas announced yesterday He is now In hospital. Senor Arriola is secretary of the important Revolutionary Action Party.
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    READY FOR NEW YEAR
    44 5 picture This Chinatown letter-writer is engrossed m work for one of his regular clients. The scrolls which fie hangs up for sale appear to attract no customer m althouah the Chine&l New Yeur is only 12 day-, ojj. Free Press
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    LUCKY SCROLLS BY JOBLESS CLERKS
    131 5 By P. I KOH UNEMPLOYED Chinese clerks In Singapore have become New Year scroll-writers. They have set up stalls on five-foot-ways m Chinatown to sell these "Good Luck" tokens to superstitious housewives and traders. Little capital is needed— Ju^t a few ream-, of red paper,
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    SPEECH CANCELLED
    38 5 The Board of Trad-* at New York announced yesterday thai Egyptian Ambassador, Ahmed Hussein, has cancelled his plans to address the Board m Jan. T\ because he must remain m Cairo "for matter.-. >l Btat-\ A.P.
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    $ loan for Ceylon power
    41 5 loan for Ceylon power World Rank has loaned Ceylon 104 million rupees (about IW million Malayan) for hydro-electricity development. was reported m Colombo yesterday. ■•<• I«jui was negotiated by Finance Minister, Mr umer "lleke, who visited Washington a few week, ago A.P.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      437 6 MANDRAKE. THE MAGICIAN by Lee Talk and Phil Davis I |V^ -J^L^^si fk »W F xMv" v^R-Xv will > JB ross-coloured K lass«V s one and ihv mmt "••"ThS >'°« a Personality uh u j, ftM D i Htlle difficult to .nfcriS TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs j sjr:^^ Az
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    Bruno Pontecorvo's mother still waits .... with a wish
    925 7  - Bruno Pontecorvo's mother still waits with a wish SAM WHITE IN MILAN'S NEWEST AND BRASSIEST HOTEL by RECENTLY the letter of Guy Burgess, sent to his mother touched off a new wave of speculation about the missing diplomats, Burgess and Maclean. BUT what of the missing scientist Bruno Pontecorvo?* It
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    BOMB FOUND IN SAND
    66 7 How it came there a nice riddle In a rubber dinghy secured ropp against the current, an engineer defuses a 1,100--s"und bomb, which had been <i<s(overed m the sand under Var bridge m the French Kijieri town of Nice. w not known how the ;»»b cime
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    KING DISSOLVES AN ASSEMBLY
    28 7 Idris of Libya yesterday Tripoli's Provincial slatire Council, for failing with the Provin- Government. S ft J r on the alert ughout the province.
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    Pay Brady no rent, say M.P.s
    117 7 Pay Brady no rent, say M.P.s TWO M.P.s stood In the dim courtyard between two blocks of tenements recently and advised 90 tenants to withhold their rent and pay it to the tax-men. Mr. George Strauss, Socialist Member for Vauxhall, told them: "Mr. Brady, or whoever owns this property, ewes
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    MORNING REVOLT AT THE TABLE
    168 7 MORNING REVOLT AT THE TABLE rE traditional English breakfast of bacon and eggs ha< been "knocked for a six" by the "packed breakfast cereal." So a meeting of wholesale grocers was told recently oy Major E. K. Edwards, vice-pre-sident of their national Federation. Major Edwards made these other points: SUGAR:
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      340 7 FOR YOU AT AGE 55 Men or women, under 45 by setting aside regular monthly, half-yearly or yearly amounts under the SUN LIFE OP CANADA plan can, for example, receive at age 55 a lump sum £4,315 for men or £4,852 for women or a private income for life of
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    'Pirates' Kidnap Children
    435 8  - 'Pirates' Kidnap Children P.L. Koh Story by Plunder-bound The Naval landing craft j draws away from H.M.S. 5 Laburnam, the "plundering" trap has begun. Left: Enjoying the "pirate feast" and (right) a pirate challenges "the enemy" while the children try to get a peep. FORTY children became "pirates" when they
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    TRAIN DRIVER WINS MEDAL
    343 10 Saved woman on live rail PASSENGER GAVE HIM AID AS the 11.48 a.m. electric train drew into Bromley South station one day last spring a woman stepped off the platform and stood on the line. The driver, 51 -year-old Mr. James Edward Hay wood, pulled up.
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    2 brothers rescue men in mine
    162 10 2 brothers rescue men in mine r r\V() miners become the first 1 George Medal brothers for their heroism m a Pit accident last February, it is announced m the London Gazette. The accident took place at Swadlincote Colliery, Derbyshire, where a 25-ton roof tall trapped three men. For two
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    No rabbits here—by order
    128 10 No rabbits here— by order RABBITS are to be outlawed from certain areas of Britain through a recent Bill. It is a Government measure to control the pest which, it has been estimated, destroys one -tenth of the food grown. Altogether the future looks grim for the rabbit, for the
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    'LOST WIDOW HAD £2,000
    61 10 The £2,000 estate of a widow who had not been heard of for 30 years— if alive she would be 114 years old— was ordered to pass to the Crown by Mr. Justice Wallington m the Probate Court recently. The judge gave leave to presume the
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    WHY NOT COLOURED POLICE?
    259 10 Mrs. Braddock, M.P., asks CiOLOURED policemen patrol- ling the streets of Britain, helping to keep law and order not only hi the "little Harlems" but throughout the country The idea comes from Mrs. Bessie Braddock, Socialist M P lor Liverpool Exchange, who intends to put it
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    EVEN IF CAR CRASH WAS HIS FAULT
    323 10 EVEN IF CAR CRASH WAS HIS FAULT Still tm Ht«^| I m for/ I SWEETHEARTS Andrew I Gear and Wiinm Hough I son left the Shetland Islands together to stud? at Aberdeen University But Wilma has been m hospita for five weeks because of Andrew's carelessness. He was careless riding
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    'School At Home' Is Paying Dividends
    565 11  -  Donald McCorm ick HERE'S A FASCINATING EXPERIMENT WHICH RAISES PROVO,ATIVE, EVEN CONTROVERSIAL. ISSUES. WHATEVER YOU MAY THINK OF THE SCHEME. IN THIS INSTANCE... by LONDON. u/HEN the postman call; >> at our house, my six-,iiid-a-half-year-old son dashes to see what is lying n the
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    New test centre
    42 11 Canada Is fast overtaking Australia as a leading centre l or guided weapons research. A sum ol fc 30.000.000 is beinjj spent on the guided weapon range at Primrose park. Edmonton, and N.A.TO airmen ar< to be trained there.
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    Bridge Hand
    170 11 I I H HAS .ilmcst enough tc uar- opening the bidding; yet he be content to let' the la; < ;.t bean Instead < i with double. His partner i DOC to bid; Bslbilitiei -Wesi may have a game ul.ev i ..ble ie put Northi ■'•< I water.
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    NEW RED CHALLENGE
    136 11 I^RO.M VIENNA comes news F of Russia's l atest challenge In scientific development an observatory for "flying saucers." News has filtered through scientific channels that Russia ha.s established this station "somewhere In Mongolia.'* it has only recently been completed. This fj the first news from Russia ol
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      169 11 Todays Crossword \< i{n>s vloui Interested In Alici Won--1 Raw material with a military kind d< f4). of finW 4Asi: c is nol what he 6 i ance I i quad] ped? iere! (7). 8 Would you find it 7 "Prais« ten hen 2, 11 racks'" 1 4-5) 9 [f«
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    LIGHT MATTER
    66 12 LIGHT MA TTER I 1 it public debt T RKAD In Free F'res letter 1 thai Mr., Amy Ede and Mr h m K'im Chee have said the m Tanjoni Katong Ro i I 1 < put up by October this What about the street i ghts n c irpmael
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    The prisoner postmaster or Changi Gaol
    767 12 The prisoner postmaster or Changi Gaol MR M I DUKKANT, fennel A.v->!.>Lmt Postmaster General <•! Hong Kong If now Controller Post EUngap n Hi.^ arrival v. the Colony »Ught him memono of stran postal Jobj he had to do t-" m changl Prl ion he told 11 {•> i pi
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    LONGER TRIP
    103 12 OX Jan. 15 you were good enough to publish a letter from me inquiring about the fcctpath m Holland Road which '.vis then being embroidered with a kerb 01 alternate level one! raised atones. I have still not found out the reason lor this, but whatever it was
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    GHASTLY PARADE OF PAY DAY
    181 12 rVHF. PROTRACTED delay m A Introducing much needed amendments to the money lenders law. based on the sound and practical recommendations of Mr. D. b. Alcock. and the failure <>t the elected councillors to make a righteous cen.sun on the Government tor the delay Jfveal
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    Rag and bone men paid in goldfish
    226 12 fpHREE of Britain's lop legal; minds yesterday decided that goldfish was not 'an article 1 They thought it *ra* a "thing" however. The decision by the Lord chief Justice of England Lord < < ridard, and two other justices leave* the way open
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      The tragedy of it all
      106 12 1 |)URING fee A: I U version 01 -Macb I this week to Singap s I children one of the I greeted with uninl *£j told by an idiot..." le To the children the H bb> JE? °sviously5 viously "Macbeth" an i the idiot, therefore,
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      HAPPY BOYS
      63 12 T UNDERSTAND that a Singapore English School is o n to have ltd extra Chinese Net Year holiday Feb. 2. But the pupil* have to attend school on Feb. 13. They will have five holiiivs on Feb. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1 hope that other schools m
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    THE SHOCKING' WAY TO BEAUTY
    424 13  - THE SHOCKING WAY TO BEAUTY Winifred Lees by GLASGOW. 1 MET A WOMAN the 1 other day who unblushtogJy said that she hadn't washed her face for years! With soap and water. is. beauty specialist, she flrm--5 that deep-cleansing cream suitable for your type i.s kinder to the ccmn than
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    A HOMELY MEDICINE
    85 13 A HOMELY MEDICINE HERE'S SOMETHING much more homely and old" fashii n< d Grannie's home made medicine passed on i<> me by a correspondent who swear* by it for clearing up youthful spot* and ra and for k* i ;t lit as the provt-rbiul fldd P<'ur two quarts boflin*, water
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    Swallowed knife
    36 13 knife Ay rki r allowed a twi pi nknife "pen at it> an attempt I Commit suicide So Jar t r ha.s sufTen d i>o efl docton hope to remote tb< t knife soon,
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    'I Resemble A Cat' Says Ginger Rogers
    548 13 PAGE FQR I WOMEN I i\ AND JUDITH SIMOi IS THINKS SHE IS RIGHT LONDON. PINGER ROGERS isn't Kinder! The shoulderlength page-boy style Which has not altered m her many years as a topranking star is a glorious honey blonde. Anrl her name?
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    American soap for Czech Reds
    181 13 American soap for Czech Reds npwo American corporatl a are to try and COB Czechs to the American wa3 I life. They hope to do thi sending 4u washing machine and a year's supply ol soap into Czechoslovakia. A Wisconsin washing machine company has donated the machines and an American
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    FIJIANS ARE THE TALK OF THE TOWN The fans serum down for word battle...
    1040 14  - FIJIANS ARE THE TALK OF THE TOWN The fans serum down for word battle... CHARLES BRYCE liy And this^ is why! JJKAR me, what a rumpus! the Fijians, 1 guess, are a powder-keg topic; and I lit the fuse with my article last Tuesday. Result is a loose maul of
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    Jet engine to dry the wicket
    65 14 EXPERIMENTS In drying crickei A pltrtati with i iet Mro-OBglne, m planned t the English county crl :ket club Dei byshlrt. Mr W. T. Taylor, the club Ml i! ID* la] Ditch would be prep »red f Dei bf to the ■W( And out
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    UNDER 3O's WIN 10-0
    38 14 I JNDER 30s beat Over 30\s by i-n points (two t'oalst to nil In vrsieniays rugby match on th< xcc. Peking. Hunnlngi icored try converted Parker and Wallen a try c<»n\erted l)\ I.IW. J
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    MARRIED MEN WIN HOCKEY 1-0
    32 14 <■ onl) |oa] .scoied m tht u>i.u.ti n k. m itch of the Singapore Servifps. played Sepoy ioc Singh Ncorai Fof the Married! 1 't'ly .mer Urn lui«rvaL
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    DRAW FOR INTER-STATE TENNIS CUP
    154 14 OINGAPORE, who won the Malayan inter-state tennis competition for the Chua Choon Leong cup last year on a walkover from Perak, will meet the champions ol the North and South zones m the final. Perak hare drawn a bye the first round 0/ the competition,
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    S. AFRICA XI FOR 4th TEST
    109 14 ANTON MURRAY, the Eastern Province all rounder who played m the first three Tests. ha.s been dropped from the South African team to meet j New Zealand m the fourth Test I starting m Johannesburg on There are no new raps m the South
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    DRAW OF DAVIS CUP Europe zone
    93 14 TWENTY-THRU countries fan, entered the 19">4 European Davia Cup tci nla tournament T waj announced yesterday v the for the first two rounds waa releiaei First round matthes: Brufl Switzerland; Monaco v TujosUvh; Netherlands v Spain: E:\of v Turkey; Austria v Ireland; PI v
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    132 14 Free Press Correspondent 4 I'STRALIAN champion Jon Henricks and his Singa- pore rival Neo Chwee Kok will meet again m Sydney tomorrow night. They are competing m the 110 yards final of the New South Wales championships. Henrieks qualified for the final last night when
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    THREE RINGS HARD TO BEAT
    657 15  -  ALLAN LEWIS I S pore raws-lust day By THREE KINGS, winner over one mile on the first day, has been penalised 11 lb. m the January Cup, over nine furlongs— main race at Bukit Timah tomorrow— final day of the Singapore Turf Club's January meeting.
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    56 15 tjH)LLOWING horses will not start tomorrow: Steeltrap, Bend Over, Marvel of Peru, Sturveta, Nuit de Baal, Blue Flash. Velocity, Sweet Dream, Many Thanks, Robbie Burns, High Dawn, Sunearco, Kilimanjaro, Sybil's Pride, Prince Ross, May Bug, Great Expectations. Fish's Kuda, Silver Screen, Show Show, Raratonga, Marsijjlio and The Camel. Trial
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    729 15 TWO GOOD BETS: BLUE RIBBON THE MAGYAR TH \i X WORK points to Blu? A Kihhon being one of the best bets 2. Div. 2 race over six Curies the same weight, division lower than when Penang. Leader, third m his first an extra 2 Ib. at which he be
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    293 15 Coralita. Palio.SupreRobin Hood, Punter's Bouiul Wave. Sporter and fll be given winning making the main Cl. 2 "1 1 lie hardest races on the rr.p. finished third to Bridge r'alio for which he gets 2 lb. '"U. who did not start on the sets 2 lb. more
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    588 16 Collapse came with victory m siaht West Indies win by 140 runs WEST INDIES BEAT ENGLAND IN THE FIRST TEST BY 140 RUNS. n ENGLAND WERE ALL OUT IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA, YESTER- After a superb start m their second Innings by Watson. Hutton and May. England collapsed. Oraveney
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    88 16 20 Words $h (minimum) PRESTON JAMES. At General Haspital Interment at Bidadari Cc- metery at 4 30 p.m. today. MRS HERMIN Jessie Overree aged 67 years died, peacefully at 630 p.m. 21.154 burial at 5 p.m. today at Bidadari Cemetery deeply regretted. MADAM LIM HOE NEO. aged 68. passed
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    MARJAN DEFENDS MALAY TITLES
    66 16 Malayan Thomas Cup player, Ismail bin Marian, last year's triple champion, will be defending his three titles at the All-Malayan Malays Badminton Championships m Penang during the Chinese New Year holidays. He will have 25 challengers m the open singles and will partner, M. Sadal, Sinuapore
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    84 16 I West Indies first innings 411. Second innings 209. England first Innings 110. Second innings: W. Watson c and b Stollmeyer llfi > L. Hutton lbw bowled Gomez 56 May c McWatt b Kentish 09 fompton b Ramadhin 2 Graveney c Weekes b Kentish 34 T. G. Evans b
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    163 16 Crowd cost Landy a record \N over-enthusiastic crowd at Olympic Park yesterday cost Australia's wonder miler John Landy a world record. For the first time m athletic history the citizens of Melbourne became really "Landy conscious" and flocked to the ground. The 25,000 record crowd was so enthusiastic they cheered
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    166 16 OARD punching Charley Norkus, a five to one under- dog, floored Danny Nardico seven times last night before the referee awarded him a technical knockout m the ninth round m a scheduled ten-round heavyweight match m Miami. Norkus f197 lb) simply had too many guns for
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    INDIANS WILL NOT FACE THE BEST PLAYERS
    253 16 INDIANS WILL NOT FACE THE BEST PLAY E RS Free Press Hockey Reporter I \\n\T are the selectors going to do? The \li v I TT eleven failed again. They were held to i,j lava <i| not too powerful Invitation team it Kn .1 bv a| yesterday. aU "mp Ur
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    22 16 GHQ, the Army inter-unit hockey champions, beat' Singapore Recreition Club by four goals to three on the padang yesterday.
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    ALL BUCKS 18th WIN
    70 16 rPHE Ncr Zealand Ru*by Union team beat the Welsh Club. Newport, by 11 points (one goal, one dropped goal, and penalty goal' to six tone penalty goal and a try 1 yesterday, the 18th victory of their British tour. It was not a spectacular match On
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