The Singapore Free Press, 30 January 1954

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1 6 The Singapore Free Press
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. 139o». Singapore Sat., Jan. 30. 1954, Price 15 Cts
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  • Article
    BACK PAY HITS A SNAG
    535 1  - BACK PAY HITS A SNAG P. M. RAMAN ieachers may not get $10,000 Allowance crisis By J^f hLIALISI teachers m Singapore may not after all be able to draw that $10,000 each they were hoping to get as back payment of allowances. The Government is reviewing the scheme passed by
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    THE BLAZING CAR —and the man who drove it
    79 1 THE BLAZING CAR —and the man who drove it British racing driver, Eric Forrest Green, was taken to hospital with serious burns after escaping from the burning; wreckage of his three-litre Aston Martin car at Buenos Aires recently. •reen, a resident of Argentina mid still m a critical condition, trashed
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    Rubber price
    27 1 Singapore Rubber Market opened on an uncertain tone this morning with iirst grade, February shipment at 55.1/8 cents a pound, one-eighth cent above yesterday's dlose.
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    Two 'golden' bets today
    34 1 Uip; at Kuala Lumpur **Lbe good. There was tERNAND B. b t bfc his native Fr^^ B that has taken him i?. R< 1 urope, He started m August 1911
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    NEW GUINEA SNAG
    29 1 The Washington administration has reprimanded the United .States Far East Command for engaging Japanese surveyors for New Guinea wthout consulting the Defence of State Departments. U.P.
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    2 men, cars held in NAAFI crime
    292 1 2 men, cars held in NAAFI crime By SIT YIN FONG SINGAPORE police this morning did not .rule out the possibility that the three men who stole $13,000 from the NAAFI cashiers m Chua Chu Kang Road yesterday may be the same gang who seized a Christmas payroll of the
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    Premier leaps to defence
    201 1 Premier leaps to defence Red sis alts U.S envoy: C COMMUNIST leader, Mr. J Palmiro TogUattl declared m the Italian Chamber of Deputies la.st night that U.S. Ambassador, Mrs. Clare Booth Luce, "seems to be one of those persons who disgrace everything with which they meddle." The Premier, Mr. Amintore
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    FREEDOM FOR AND AFTER ELECTIONS
    301 2 FREEDOM FOR AND AFTER ELECTIONS Eden proposes a new Germany piIE BRITISH Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, submitted to the Big Four conference m Berlin yesterday a five-stage plan for the unification of Germany "and the conclusion of a freely negotiated peace treaty." His plan, which was understood to have
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    Flashback to a bridal dayafter 25 years
    84 2 Flashback to a bridal dayafter 25 years To irark the silver anniversary of their wedding, Mr. and Mrs. To King of Sera ngoon Road, Singapore took this "wedding" picture. With them (from left) are: Father Bonainy, vicar of Cathedral o f the Good Shepherd (where the picture was taken) Miss
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    Griffiths arrested
    69 2 Capt^n Gerald Ortflltl year-old King's African Kifle* Company Commander has been arrested on holding charges of 111-treating Africans a spokesman for Army Command headquarters m Nairobi said yesterday. The charges will be formulated after a summary of evidence has been completed and a court martial convened. He added
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    Roosevelt wrote her of his other loves, says wife
    194 2 WHEN WITH THE MARINES... npHE wife of Mr. James Roosevelt, eldest son of the late x president, has filed a suit for separate maintenance naming three other women as co-respondents. tThe suit, entered by Romelle ihneider Roosevelt of Pasatfia, California, In
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    The Rock: Spain is 'wasting time'
    42 2 The Rock Spain is 'wasting time' SPANISH protests against the Queen's forthcoming visit to Gibraltar are a waste of time the weekly Economist said yesterday, since there is almost universal support for Britain's stand m continuing her tenancy of the island fortress.
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    From the West End to Singapore
    319 2 INTIMATE revue was given to a Singapore audience for the first time last night when the Vie Optimists made their Victoria Theatre debut. It was a huge success. Producer Donald Davies has string together an assortment of amusing and sentimental sketches, lyrics and monologues,
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    PASTOR THROWS OUT PEACE ANGEL
    156 2 PASTOR THROWS OUT PEACE ANGEL THIS STRANGE WORLD Barbara Pleyer, the 27-year-old German girl who dressed as an angel to stage a peace demonstration at the Helsinki Olympic Games, was evicted from the Nikolassee Protestant Church m Berlin last night by the pastor. He said Barbara, who had beeo praying
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    Chiang's man here 'to get men, money'
    232 3 Ch iang 's man here 'to get men, money GENERAL'S VISIT STARTS TALK Free Press Staff Reporter was rife this week among Singapore Chinese that the sudden visit of Gen. Lee Lions Eng, former Governor of Fukien Province, was a special mission to encourage overseas Chinese assistance to Nationalist China
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    HOME AGAIN —After 7-year walk
    61 3 HOME AGAIN- —After 7-year walk FERNAND BRASIL returns to his native France at the end I a seven-and-half-year walk that has taken him all over •"rope. He started m August He now plans a trip to America and the Far Fast, this time with his son. Apart from sea crossings,
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    Too many men make Varsity girls shy
    405 3  -  G. T. BOON PAUSE BOR AI A! till I By WHILE UNIVERSITY of Malaya students agreed yesterday with Sir Sydney Came, the Vice-Chancellor, that the boys and girls should get together more often, two facts, they say, prevent their mingling as freely as
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    EYES COVERED
    32 3 Three masked Chinese with knives robbed a Malay of hLs Wricfe watch and $5 last night at Binjai Park m Kampong Cantak Bharu. They covered his eye.s while robbing him.
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    HE HAS A SECRET PLAN FOR WORKLESS
    147 3 HE HAS A SECRET PLAN FOR WORKLESS Free Press Stall Reporter SINGAPORE'S Chid Bmployment Officer, Mr. F. G. Tyson, said yesterday, hat a new scheme for the provision of training facilities has been forwarded to the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, for approval. Ho was referring to a report from London
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    Power man is buck on new job
    105 3 Power man is buck on new job MX. t vlarshall, retired resident engineer m charge <»f the installation ol plant at the new Pasir Panjang power station m Singapore, returned yester<lav to Malaya on a new jolt He will be m charge «>f the 'onslaught Bridge power station extension m
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    FAROUK KEEPS SON
    29 3 Ex-queen Narriman's lawyer said yesterday she has agreed to give custody of her tiny son. Ahmed Fuad, to ex-king Farouk. who has accepted divorce conditions. U.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY Jan. 30' 1954 FOOLISHNESS
    439 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY Jan. 30' 1954 FOOLISHNESS J^OLLOWIxN'G a decision Of the U gislative Council last June to adopt a scheme to jflve financial recognition to the merits and additional qualilications of specialist teachers they were each look- 1 in£ forward to a windfall of about $10,000. This
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    The In-the-Money Stars are 'Broke'
    958 4  -  Sheilah Grahame It was spent on wives, agents, income tax ana Cadillacs I assesses a few Hollywood batik balances Dick Haymes Hasn 't a dime IN THE RED THE 'CRAZY GUYS' HOLLYWOOD. IT'S hard to believe that 1 stars who make millions of dollars don't
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    POMPADOURS OFF IN A HUFF
    222 5 The Colony can 7 afford 'monsieur and madarne 5 ree Press Staff Reporter 1?IVK of the eight pairs of pompadour fish prei iou.;. prismatic and priced u t 5750 which arrived m Singapore just two days ago will be on their way to lion- Kong
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    Speak or read— this depends on your head slant
    237 5 Free Press Staff Reporter \l. r HKN T do notes cease to be notes and become a speech? And conversely when is a speech no longer a speech but a sheaf of notes? Said a Singapore City Councillor yesterday: It all
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    FREEDOM MEDAL
    33 5 The Greek Prime Minister Marshal Papagos was decorated today with the Guard Cross of the Order of Leopold by Kins; Baudouin of Belgium for his services m the cause of freedom.
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    NO MORE DANCES AT SVC HALL
    199 5 It's a 'Protected Place' now Free Press Staff Reporter TH E Singapore Volunteer Corps hall m Beach Roaci, one ot the most-used dance halls m the Colony, will not be available to the public a.s from Feb. 1. Th S.V.C. headquarters Is one of
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    But it's not Haxworth's folly
    171 5 Free Press Staff Reporter f ET that maze of horror m J River Valley Road outside United Engineers be named 'Haxworth's Folly,' wrote a reader to the Pressman's I'ostbag. Said Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, Singapore's Traffic Police Chiei yesterday: "The roundabout is not my
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      170 5 \^^^^^^ailoo^|/ur^ ..> HI bill f\ 1 I A'■ fn a (j iTO HAPPY CABARET Lfj ,1 Hip City's Most Km hanting Nifht Si>ot LUCKY BALLOOHS nAMrr^ VALUABLE ENGLISH V CIGARETTE CASES m SWISS POWDER A r COMPACTS GIVEN DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TEDDY KOON AND \W^y HIS STRICT TEMPO
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    525 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR gORN TODAY, •f those who can immense influence over JE and you must be careful tll you always exert this the right direction. Vo U Vul an alert, keen mind. a imagination, and an insai, »v This can lead you int., water But as a nil, >„„
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    IN LIGHTER VEIN
    91 6 She: "Stop that. John' you act like a fentlemai He: "I'm sorry- but do imitations." Yokel (back from trip don): -Them Lunnon folk Oil so fa.st a* I wvus suppose Neighbour: Hows thai Yokel: -i was to one theatres, and they were plain" "Hamlet 1 that I
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      278 6 MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I I BfAM.' 1 OU6MTA WAIT. CHAMrI I WEU-WHAT'u] I YOuVf GOT YOUR 6IRL HfHE K\ WAIT A MINUTE. SHE KNOCK YDUB r^) HE'S UWOER WE DO NOW? I -AND A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. CAME IN WITH THAT OHOARLIN6,\rEVERYTMIN6'SAU HEAD
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    A CENTRE-HALF MUST NOT BE EASY TO BEAT
    1625 7  -  CHOO SENG QUEE way to soccer success y iMIK whole defensive i system revolves round the centre-half. He has t most important duty to perform, to guard the approach to his goal. centre-hall must not be a ■00 per cent, "stopper." pure
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    2 FOR ASIAN GAMES
    210 7  -  JOE EZEKIEL Hv HE Singapore Amateur weight-lifting Federation has asked Singapore 'ympic Sports Council to hide two referees m the team to the van Games m Manila tnis May. jjhey are Leong Kwong Nang and Tai Ye w Chai-both are numbers of the young Chinese Amateur
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    Dave Sands last deal
    592 7  -  FILEMON G. SALAYSAY By AM a proud possessor of the last 1 Boxing Contract, signed by the lab Empire Middleweight champion DA VI SANDS of Australia. Local boxing rans win remember this dusky battler who displayed his wares m the Colony by annihilating Boy Brooks twice
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    Good Chinese food is where you find it
    637 8  -  BILL WEBB-JONES says DURING my lAfl holiday m Britain I was u'lad to see that most of tho Chinese restaurants had got firmly established again; some are extremely good, others are rather a sham, a Chinese decorated exterior and name hiding a
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    Untitled
    93 8 photo. Mrs. Hanna Hillcrs and her 6- year-old son, Jimmy, photographed m London after an un successful attempt by the boy's father to take him to the United States. German-bom Mrs. Hillers wants to live m Germany with the boy. His father, an American, was stopped at London airport with
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    A PAINTER TALKS OF WOMEN
    427 8  - A PAINTER TALKS OF WOMEN Frances Dale by LONDON. A LIVERIED, flunkey opened the massive front door where I stood m the light of the flambeaux, and led me silently past gilded mirrors, marble statuary and ancestral oil-paintings into a can-vas-stacked studio. And there sat my host at a grand
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    Perfect technique
    56 8 photo. Temperamental stars sometime s "raise the root" but here's Columbia Pictures' glamorous R ita Hayworth using the studios roof for a display of her terpsi chorean technique under the California sun. Rita was limbering up for her role as "Miss Sadie Thompson" m the Technicolor musical drama
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    The Bend in the Road
    361 8 Continued from Page 1 out or control, and skidded towards a tree. Covering his lace with his arms. Ronnie ducked away from the windscreen. There was a grinding crash, he was thrown violently forward, then blackness. WHEN HE CAME to, he was stretched out on
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      72 8 J The weekly issue o! the STRAITS BUDGET^S'f" PJ sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kinga" l at an inclusive rate of $24.00 1 FOR SIX MONTHS It you want the 'BUDGET' while on leave or wi^ 3 to make an "Air-subscription on behalf of your
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    TV Favourite Is A 'Shocker'
    1091 9  -  KAY MURRA Y THE U.S. A. AS A WOMAN SEES IT by NEW YORK. BRITISH mothers trembling for the effect on their young of all-out TV can take little comfort from the latest American bulletin. Howdy Doody, the freckled ;t iid once beloved puppet, and
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    Bridge Hand
    276 9 North-South vulnerable We«t dealer NORTH •AQ 9 4 V 9 8 7 0A Q a 4A X 3 *nm east AKJ 8 7 «*32 V X Q J 6 < 0 J 10 3 2 AJ<65 10 9 4 SOUTH V A 10 6 4 K97 6 4
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    Lana's lotest picture
    11 9 A new portrait of Lana Turner, M-Ci-M stir
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    BUCKLEY
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      36 9 ATTENTION Inquiries invited for supplies of nil designs and sizes of NEW SPRINGS for Machines. Motors, Printing Plants and Industries. WONG THIAM SPRING FACTORY, Office: 8-A. Fraser Street. Tel: ***** Factory: 7. Guillemard RocvJ, Singapore *4
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      104 9 Today's Crossword ...j..^^. dinenskmal Instrument (4), 1 v «h thi. •Tin.'" '4' 4 A rtly descrtbei the twta 8 A t a i#» i Abandoned thl dn rarmer goes thli di tance^ welconw its a l. rer. (4. a nd X J i m a dXult n T homework (6
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  • The Pressman's Postbag
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      RIGHT FACTS AND WRONG PICTURE
      327 10 VO doubt all the facts given by the Minister of stat e for the Colonies, Mr. Henry Hopkinson, m his reply t Mr. Stanley Awbery m the House of Commons on marriage and divorce are absolutely correct. But the reply m fact gives a totally
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      Untitled
      35 10 MR. D. J. THOMAS, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dass Pillay, formerly of Kuala Lumpur and Miss Roubela daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Arputham of Sentul, who were married m India.
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      Letters must be short
      114 10 STOP IT IF. as the placard Indicate, the S.T.C. Express Service No. 18 will only make its first stop on request at Rumah Miskin. does It not mean that one may set off at approved points on request after passing that pomt 0 There are request
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      Your name, please
      56 10 IF the correspondent who sent the letter m praise '>•' Mr. Molotov, and who disagrees so strongly with the Free Press leader of last Wednesday, will let the Pressimn have his nair.e and address written clearly enough to be read his contribution will be published. It seems
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      TEACHERS
      67 10 T FORMERLY studied m the Anglo-Chinese School Singapore, and the teachers then were all very kind and never showed favouritism. If the teachers want respect from their students, they must be kind and never use force. This. I understand, is not now the case. Will the Education Department remove
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      BUS FARES
      107 10 T THINK the Singapore W*' 1 tion Company shouUthe fares. vl It used to be contends tiu the cojiductors were swindling so that the publ had to pay five cents mo c. Now I see that the staff falcations have been ended w cause C.I.D. men have I
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    The Beauty From Burma
    186 11 l BEAUTIFUL 20-year-ola A Burmese girl who has had previous professional acting experience has just bee given the star role opposite Gi ry Peck mi n the latest rilm on a South Asian them* 'The Purple plain." based on H. E Bates' best- new stmi is
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    Farouk is the New Film Hero
    861 11  - Farouk is the New Film Hero DAVID LEWIN IT S ABOUT A "KING ABDULLAH" WHO HAS WANY GIRL FRIENDS BUT EVERYONE KNOWS... visits a fantastic film set ALEXANDRIA. 'THE royal yacht Mah- roussa. that once belonged to King Farouk, left its moorings below the palace here today for the first
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    Novarro Magic Lingers
    281 11 Novarro Magic Lingers I WENT to see Ramon Novarro, the great screen-lover of 25 or 30 years ago. Before I went m I was thinking of "faded glory," of "the sadness of oblivion," ol "the fickleness of the public." There was no need A small, neiit, handsome, middle-aged mmn got
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      84 11 Giant Super-6 Clippers* to j| CONMtCIIHS CLIPPW *<• M,|,. v a: i I ssis I Singapore -Kuam I gTCwLM^ j. s -r: i Tllh FILM lOK IIIK 1 954 ASIAN FILM FKSTIVAI7 t Sou th-East Asia Film Co y2BK )f\ 'y proudl> present*; '•fn^jAjf^^ "DARNAATANG f r f.- J BABAINGUWIN"
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    ENGLAND PLANNING A SPECIAL WORLD CUP SQUAD
    855 12  -  JOHN FARROW Hard training for 22 players Hv ENGLAND'S soccer bosses plan an intensive training grind for 22 players before (he World Cup finals m Switzerland next June lt>- July I. That is their answer to public agitation and newspaper campaigning for new
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    Shell supreme in badminton
    316 12  -  TAN HONG POH By LTEEPING up a steady progress from a modest begin- ning, Shell Sports Club is today one of the most prominent and up-to-date sports associations among the commercial houses m Singapore. Known as the A.P.C. Sports Club 34 years ago. the club wai
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    BROMWICH IN FINAL
    111 12 piRST final completed m the Ausx tralian Lawn Tennis Champion ships, the men's doubles, was won by Mervyn Rose and Rex Hartwig. They beat Clive Wilderspin and Neale Praser 6-3. 6 4. 6-2. John Bromwich and Miss B. Penrose (Australia) reached the final of the mixed doubles,
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    N.S.W. ALL OUT 182
    44 12 Victoria scored 32 runs for the loss of one wicket m reply to New Sou h Wales first innings total of 182 at the close of play on the first day of fher Shefield Shield match m Sydney yesterday. Reuter
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    PALIO UP TO CLASS 1
    268 12 I> RIDGE LAW II and Pallo. Class A 2 horses who won at 'he recent Singapore meeting toother with Btarry have been sent up to Class 1 states a BtntW Racing Association relea.se Other tnastan are: From CT. 2 to Cl. 3: Adonis, Gallant Reo,
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    Shell S.C.'s 1953 athletic meet
    140 12 [NOTATIONS »<"■ ''Mended to representatives f rO m thf branch offices »n Malacca, Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh and Penan* to attend the 1953 athletic meet of the Shell Sports l t ,b. Picture shows the representatives and their wives together with members of the Singapore Committee
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    Selangor pick 22 hockey men
    130 12 SELANGOR Hockey Association has named twenty two players to go into special training for their match against the Indian Tourists on Feb. 18 Brian Robertson, who trained tiie Malayan "22", will be m charge. He will coach the Selangor men on the same lines Players
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      42 12 SINGAPORE PRICE .35 cts a SINGAPORE fHSLilcfe FEDERATION PRICE 45 cts. X FEDERATION PRl< E. per Packet of 10 sticks per Packet of 10 stir. SOLE AGENTS:HUP HIN TRADING CO LTD. TEL. 26 3 5 Vi SSST" STREET> SINGAP R pVbOX .509.
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    Don't look for big score today
    330 13 STRONG SOUTH HAVE TO FIGHT Free Press Rugby Reporter EVERYBODY is taking the South to beat the North m today's Malayan rugger Test at Jalan Besar Stadium. It's natural because the Southern States are fielding their strongest combination for years. Now I'm not going
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    PARBADOS ALL OUT FOR 203
    195 13 TUHBADOS scored 203 runs X for live wickets by the clos^ of the first day of their match itrainst the M.C.C. The pitch, playing slow, gave littie he p either to the pace bowlers or the spinners, but *he tourists spin Stack of Tony Lock
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    212lb. forwards for All Blacks
    81 13 bard even game with New Zea- land relying on their superb heavyweight pack and England tunking on speed and superior back f, la anticipated m today's Rugby ion International at Twickenham. New Zealand obviously plan to make it a forward battle with a pack totalling
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    Sportsman of the Year
    36 13 \LL votes m the Free Press pull to select Malaya's Sportsman of the Year must roach this office by 12 noon on on Monday. The result will be announced m Wednesday's issue.
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    COCKELL FANCIED
    23 13 ritish heavyweight Don Cockell '>ne-to-five favourite last night tain his British Empire title he meets Johnny Arthur, the African challenger. U.P.
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    NEO SWIMS SLOWER AND WINS FINAL
    137 13 A SMILING Neo Chwee Kok climbed out of the Melbourne Olympic pool last night afte r winning the 220 yards final m record time at the Victoria State Championships. Neo's time was 2min 14.8 sec, a new State mark. THIS IS SLOWER THAN THE
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    SOUTH AFRICA 200 FOR 7
    118 13 SOUTH AFRICA scored 200 for seven wickets on the opening day of the fourth cricket Test against New Zealand m Johannesburg yesorday. SCOREBOARD South Africa Ist. innings: McGlew lbw b Mac Gibbon 61 Westcott c Chappie b Ovcrton 43 Watkins c Mooney b Mac Gibbon
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  • Today's K.L. gallops
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      WATCH
      130 13  -  ALLAN LEWIS I rom ANDY (Mulley). workWl&e out and on the «i Rakahanga, did a gallop at Kuala Lummorning, when he disd el three m 37. -ugh other horses made slightly time than Little Andy, I his effort the best because °rked almost on the outside btftti Little Andy
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      LITTLE ANDY
      136 13 Orissa (Bougoure), well on the bit, was going better than Ever (Jlory (Leong) and Sharp Look (ittWl) to run three m 37 1 5. Rosalind (Manning) finished front Of La Naturiste Rtissell > to run three m 37 2/5, fully extended Summer Corn (D. Jones* linLshed m front
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    Olson too good for Gavilan
    224 13 Olson too good for Gavilan By a Special Correspondent. ONLY a master boxer or a terrific puncher can beat Carl Bobo Olson. The Cuban Kid Gavilan I* neither. I have seen Bobo Olson on two occasions, that ITM m Manila during his bouts against Orient champion Boy Brooks. But remember,
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    QUEENSLAND 155 FOR ONE
    32 13 Queensland scored 155 runs, for the loss of one wicket m reply ti> We.stern Australia's 102 on the opening day of their Sheffield cricket match In Brisbane yesterday.
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    BROADSIDE A 'HANDICAPPER'S TIP'
    660 14  -  ALLAN LEWIS it looks like a u<hhl day far puntern From VO RAIN IN Xl ALA FOR THREE DAYS and punters are happy because prospects of a good track are bright. Thia could mean much better results for racegoers after the shocka at Penang and Singapore.
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    Mid-day nap
    514 14  -  CHU CHIN CHOW m the 5.30 < Race 7>. Though promoted n class Quern's Scholar will be hard to beat. Personally I would jive her a better chance on a track with the sting out of it. Etching should run well over seven. Has finished well m the
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine
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      Masthead
      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday Magazine Saturday, |an. 30. 1954.
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      The Bend of the Road
      664 1  -  F. J. S. EDWARDS A short story by AS HE GLANCED at the clock on the dashboard. Ronnie frowned, and pressed the accelerator still farther. He was late. The journey into town was taking longer than he had thought, and that puncture had made things
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      8 1 rKETTY MAlD.— Photo by Loh Ping lion, Singapore
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      INTRODUCTION TO A CHINESE NEW YEAR
      508 1 ERIC MITCHELL writes an open letter to those who have yet to SO YOU haven't yet been through the never-to-be-forgotten ordeal of a Chinese New Year? Right. Hold on to your hats. Take a grip of yourself or the nearest solid object. For you
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        43 1 AROUND THE WORLD ....it's .^^P mm <^^r m U^ <. \AJ I M \AI FA Q 7r n0 n I n\ n t m r\ J /A Ml II LOOK fOR TNI T^fITINC MSN Silr^aiift IXMISIOIC LT». <Hi. Gf 11.11 Mill 11-11 I »l#l
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      Saturday CHILDREN'S PAGE
      457 2 RUPERTS NEW YEAR ADVENTURE— 3 llu bt Continued) As Rupert and Podgy approach ihe M.ition 1 heir p.\\. Ferdy Fox. •appears, danemg about m exciiement. You're lust m time." he cries. C.in you hurry bi. more 5 Ive goi everything nxed And there's I tram s-.irting m
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      Another New Year Feast
      484 2  -  Auntie Wendy SATURDAY MAGAZINE THE COMING WEEK will see the joyous celebration of Chinese New Year. the most important festival of the Chinese people. This New Year is different from the one observed by other peoples of the world. It is based on lunar calculations and
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      PEOPLE COLLECT MANY THINGS
      337 2 WHEN AN OLD man died recently there were found m his house four largo boxes full of tram tickets from nearly every tramway system m the world. For 20 years he had collected every variety of tram ticket he could find, and these he had sorted
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        46 2 RADIO WEEKLY 'NCORPORATINC RADIO MALAYA NEWS ALL THE BEST MJ\ MtOMH \SIIXI, Full Programmes 3lulau Variety Show Oiltields m Itorneo Classical music notes* Ch in esc mv s ic* Film rerieu\s 9 Cartoons and *****. Picture section PRICE SO CENTS FROM ALL NEWSAGENTS ON SALE TODAY
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        226 2 JUNIOR CONTEST 1 Today, boys md nirls, tin Junior Contest consists <>l crossword puzzle. The USM four prizes of So each (two boy s and two girls) will n o lv th c first four correct solutions opened. When you have finish ed, fill m the coupon and send the
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      flight to Adventure
      726 3  - flight to Adventure KATHLEEN HICKLEY 15— The Fight for the Submarine rpHE THREE BOYS fought with great ourage, although Chalky, who had been carrying Professor, was almost xhausted before the a began. Nevertheless, m the first seconds, he managed to land a tremendous .nt hand swing on the jaw of
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      Elephant knows what zebras are to?
      65 3 Photo. Latchimar, two year-old clrphant m a Brighton, Sussex, rircu s, knows what zebras Irtish style are for. He is seen using the striped road -crossing when on his way from his statue w the theatre m which he is appearing. The prudent pachyderm
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      16 3 pholo. i v,r inhn Aicoc- and Sir /irtnur VV'hitten Tn.s "emofUMo the first .ffietol Mtontt. Popper
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      A clever dog that doesn't bark
      479 3  - A clever dog that doesn't bark TONY PEA RCE by LOOKING for the ideal dog? Well, consider this one. It does not bark but yodels like a Swiss climber. Well trained, it will hand you a cup of coffee without spilling a drop. It has the lines of a racehorse,
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      'Never Again', says Glenn Ford
      528 4  - 'Never Again says Glenn Ford SHEILAH GRAHAME ..AFTER FILM- MAKING LIN SIX DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HOLLVW(K)I). STARS like (lark (;ablc, Lana Turner. GtM Kelly and t'laudette Colbert have returned from long picture making jaunts abroad, and chances are they won't bo gointf again soon. Gregory IVck and Alan Ladd are reportedly
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      'Journey's End'
      90 4 R. C. SHERRIFF'S play of the first war, "Journey's End," is on again m London. It's 25 years since it was fir.st produced there. In its first two years it brought him £75 000 m royalties. There were times m the 'thirties when 15 companies were playing it
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      Superwomen in action
      153 4 Superwomen in action A PERFECTLY Malay-dubbed fantasy i.s Darna At Ang Rabaing Lawin. a Filipino picture which open.s at the Garrick tomorrow evening. Tills II Director Carlos Vander Tolo.sa'.s multi-million peso production and Is a "nominee' for the Asian Film Festival at Tokyo late this summer. it i.s the story
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      This will be the FACE.. ... and this the VOICE
      396 4  - This will be the FACE.. and this the VOICE Sheilah Grahame 'The Student Prince By HOLLYWOOD. HE looks like a young Gregory Peck. And he sings like Mario Lanza m his first starring picture In Hollywood. That tall, dark and handsome Edmund Purdom. the star of Metro's "Student Prince." "I'm
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      POPULAR FILMS
      53 4 THE SHOW BUSINESS barometer goes way up an surprises the film In the West End of London seven out of ten films attract big business. Record-holders: The Rob with its super-wide screen "Julius Caesar" and Here to Eternity." The ou standing British picture la "Tn Kidnappers." with two
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      The Facts of the 'Matter'
      527 5 The Facts of the 'Matter' SAN GRANT has seen The Film They Banned ana is mystified.... true that "THE T OF THE MAT;Pavilion) is about police commisner In a British colony, he accepts a loan an unscrupulous li cal trader, that he ists others to evade the <q nonces of
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      Flynn in A Kilt
      307 5 THE MASTER Ol BALLAMRAE" (Capitol) will enhance Errol Flynn's reputation for sword-play and loveplay and fill his bank balance. But it seems a shame that Robert Louis Stevenson, who, after all. was a most charming fellow who never did anyone any harm, should laave been dragged
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      AN OLD SCHOOL HEAD RUBS A GOOD MATCH OUT!
      501 6 AN OLD SCHOOL HEAD RUBS A GOOD MATCH OUT! Malcolm Motldvr's sports-pourrie THE DIRECTOR of Education, Federation, has almost breached the causeway that mile-long structure which links Singapore to the PederaMaiayun schoolboys will NOT play against the Indian hockey tourists next month niter all AND HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RUBBING
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      GOT ANYTHING TO SAY....?
      43 6 ll' you have any grouse, views, or anything of interest dealing with sport write and tell me. Others will like to read about it too. Address your letters to: Malcolm Modder's Sportspourrie, c/o Singapore Free Press, Cecil Street, Singapore.
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      SO WILLIE GETS HIS OWN WAY
      296 6 SO WILLIE GETS HIS OWN WAY QIAPA TAHI Was a dead loss! ♦5 Made a hole m our go-marry-a-horse friend Willies pocket. Sitre, Willie was worried but he had to face the wife some tnne. "Go face her, 9 a Chinese jriend comforted him, "Tell her we're on the verge
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      A Fijian will never play far S'pore
      245 6 A Fijian will never play far S 'pore THE FIJIANS are dynamite! Should they bo allowed to play for a State m the HMS Malaya Cup Rugby competition? (NO) Should their number be cut down to fifty per «'ent if allowed to play for I State? (the answer is still
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      CINDER TRACK WILL NOT BE READY IN TIME
      483 6 CINDER TRACK WILL NOT BE READY IN TIME 'sHE 440-yard v-indn t rack at Farrcr Park will NOT BE READY m time r or the Singapore Olympic Snorts Council trials to bi held In March. This is straight from tii shoulder and it comes from Mr W. I. Watson, city
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      Send the youngsters to Glasgow
      289 6 lyiLL the Badminton Association of Malaya keep that promise? That's what Malaya's shuttle stars want to know. These were the exact words I used m these columns a fortnight ago and I was referring to BAM's South East Asia tour plans. A BAM answer i>
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