The Singapore Free Press, 29 May 1954

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Large* Afternoon Sale m Malaya. .No. ISML Singapore, Sat., May 29, 1954. Price 15Cts.
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    Holiday is over for Queen and Duke
    141 1 TMIE ROYAL holiday at Balmoral Castle m Scotland ends this weekend. The Duke of Edinburgh a keen airman, piloted his Devon airplane back to England yesterday. He was not returning to Buckingham Palace however. He stopped <»IT m Sussex where he probably will
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    CEASE-FIRE TALKS: REDS SAY YES
    290 1 CEASE-FIRE TALKS: REDS SAY YES TtHE Communists yesterday approved the principle L of holding military talks at Geneva on fixing cease-fire zones m Indo-China, but refused to accept a Western challenge to get started at once. East and West wrangled for two more hours at a morning session of the
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    All-night guard on babies
    118 1 All-night guard on babies 4 LL WAS quiet at Singapore's A Kundang Kerbau Maternity Hospital last night, where police and extra hospital staff kept vigil, after three babycalding attacks m the last two The hospital's supenntendDr. D Arulanandam, this morning said special precautions would continue for some re-assure the public."
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    BEST BETS TODAY
    38 1 Besfl hets by Trespasser for the opening day of the Penanf Turf Club's Summer Vfeetint today are Doncaster fßace G). Prince Ross (Race 5) and Every Chance (Race I). The going will be very iuod.
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    VAN HOLD-UP
    44 1 > men stopped a food PPly van at the 6 milestone, t Seranijoon Road, Singapore yesterday. After forcing the driver and a clerk at dagger point, to take em toGeylangßoad.the men [Jpbed the driver and clerk of m cash. The men es- '(I.
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    37 1 Carwford Street anyone know here it is? But that s the n.ime of a street on the traffic post m Kallang Road as you turn into it from Sembawang Road. Of course it should be Crawford Street.
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    Rubber price
    24 1 The Singapore rubber market opened quiet this morning with first grade, June shipment, at 63.V4 cents a pound, unchanged from, yesterday's close.
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    REDS CLOSE IN ON FORT GUARDING RICE CROP
    300 1 REDS CLOSE IN ON FORT GUARDING RICE CROP VIETMINH troops have f tought their way to within 250 yards of the encircled n*encti military post of Yen Phu m the Tonking frontonly about 37 miles south of Hanoi. position Just south of Phurv has been surrounded for over a fortnight.
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    Jordan withdraws
    15 1 Jordan yesterday withdrew from the United Nations Security Council discussions on Israel-Jordan relations.
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    Bouquet for a Pope
    56 1 Pope Pham Cong Tac. leader of the CaodaLsts on<- >r the most religious bodies m Indo-China is presented with a bouquet by a 19-year-old Caodaist Vietnamese student, Patricia Phon Hi. on his arrival by air m Parts from Saigon. He b to visit Emperor Bao Dvi
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    U.S. agrees to China talks on nationals?
    55 1 U.S. agrees to China talks on nationals? rE United States delegation at Geneva h«is told the I British delegation that it is ready to make direct contact with the Chinese delegation about United States nationals under arrest m China, and j Chinese nationals m the Unit- Ed States," a Chinese
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      101 1 ■ate r^ 'JttrS&S^^^^ Yes? No?!! well perhaps it isn't but it's certainly very like him! "Now who on earth are they talking about," says Baby "I'm just my own little self— determined to have my own way of course, but quite content so long as they continue to give me
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    They wed in London
    68 2 They wed in London Mr. Vinrent Yoong Tatt Kwong of Singapore and Miss NteHne Cora Khoo of Penang leave Kensington Registry office after their marriage m London. The bridegroom, a law student m London, is the son of Mr. Yoong Soon Siew and the late Mrs. Yoong. The bride is
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    McCARTHY MAN SAYS 'DIDN'T DECLARE WAR ON ARMY'
    161 2 McCARTHY MAN SAYS 'DIDN'T DECLARE WAR ON ARMY' KOY M. Cohn yesterday denied sworn testimony to a Senate sub-committee that he once "declared war" on the US. Army m a fit of rage over bein^ barred from a secret radar laboratoy at Fort Monmouth, New Jer.sey. Cohn, chief aide to
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    Tokyo invites Reds
    21 2 The Tokyo House of Repre■entatlve yesterday voted unanimously to invite Communist Chinese Red Cross dekgatlon to Japan. UP
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    Call from Hiroshima
    23 2 Citizens ol Hiroshima yester (lav called lor a ban on the use ol Atomic weaponi and Abomb experiments. A .P.
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    Siamese twins die
    22 2 Two month old Siamese twin girls died m Hamburg yesterday alter an unsuccessful operation to .separate them. A .P.
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    Death roll now 97
    20 2 Thr death roll on board the U.S. aircraft carrier Benninn ton rose to 97 yesterday. A.P.
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    Nervous emperor got a big cheer
    90 2 FOf SO nervous minutes m Washington yesterday, Emperor Halle Belassle of Ethiopia addressed a joint session <j1 th«- i; 8 Congreai m the language of bli royal court. undrr Rlaring Ulevlalon likhU, the Emperor advised Congressmen to follow hLs re ujuik^ g pledge to
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    SIGN OR QUIT-2 DAYS TO DECIDE
    179 2 SIGN OR QUIT-2 DAYS TO DECIDE Trust tenants warned TENANTS of 6,243 Singapore Improvement Trust flats, resisting: the 10 per cent rent increase, hiw two days to decide on the new agreements s) KU or quit. The Trust remains firm. The new rates which represent increases from $1.25 to $9
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    Britain narrowing the trade gap says Butler
    200 2 Britain narrowing the trade gap says Butler THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R. A. Butler said m London yesterday that Britain's export figures for the first four months of this year were higher than m the first or the second half of last year. The country had begun its
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    MRS. PANDIT TO VISIT BRITAIN
    45 2 Mrs. Vijaya Lak.snmi Pandit, the president of the eighth session of the Gmeral Assembly of the Unitrd Nations, will visit Britain lor a week early m July as xwsi ol the Government, the Fop i^n Office said last night. UP
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    De Valera fails
    52 2 Mr. John A. Cottelk), loader of Eire's Fine Goel (conservative) party, yesterday began talks m Dublin to form a coalition government after the retiring Prime Minister.. Mr. Eamon de Val< ra's Fianna Fail party failed to win a majority m the new elections to the 147 scat
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    Mr Controversy dead
    24 2 Mr. Poultncy Bigelow. 98. author and world traveller whose outspoken views Involved him m many controversies, died yesterday m NewYork. AP
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    13 months in Red gaol then freedom
    105 2 13 months in Red gaol then freedom rpWO BKLGIAN pric. -t.s. em--1 aciated ai.d weakened after 13 months' ordfal m a Chine.se Communist pn.son, collapsed m a mission house on their arrival m Hong Kong by train from Shanghai. The Key. Alain de Teghz, 40, Of Antwerp, and the Rev.
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    Flynn to pay up or be tried
    102 2 Flynn to pay up or be tried A CONTEMPT of court hearIng against film actor Errol Flymi over child support j money owed to his former wife, Nora Edinßton Flynn Haymes. was put off m Santa Monica, California, until July 2. on a promise the actor would make up back
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    AUSTRALIA POLLS
    56 2 AUSTRALIA goes to the polls today m a touch and go election that will decide whether the country reverts to Labour Government or continues under the free enterprise coalition of Mr. R. G. Menzies. The coalition at present holds 68 seats. 51 of them Liberals and 17 Country
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    Synthetic rubber plants draw bids
    67 2 The staff of the commission appointed by President Eisenhower to dispose of the U. S. government's giant synthetic rubber industry announced m Washington yesterday that so many bids had come m that it would start on Tuesday to sort them out. The 27 plants, scattered
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    One son is cleared now
    80 2 ARTHUR BOORMAN, 18--year-old London clerk shook his brother's hand m the dock m London yesterday after being acquitted on a charge of murdering their father. His brother Victor. 21. remained m the dock to be remanded m custody until June 4 on the murder charge.
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    Former champ on title trial
    61 2 Former Philippine lightweight champion Bonie Espionosa completely outboxed veteran Baby Oustilo last night to win a unanimous decision and the right to meet ICasahl Akiyama for the Japanese lightweight title. Espinosa is the brother of Leo bpinosa, who lost a close decision on Monday to
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    MISSION TO INDIA
    22 2 The Foreign Operations Administration will send a four-man team to India next week to survey FOA activities there.- U.P.
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    Moscow execution
    32 2 A Moscow court has sentenced a youth to be .shot for murder. It will be Russia's first execution for murder since capital punishment wa.s n imposed on May 7. A.P.
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    Cabinet to quit
    26 2 The present Syrian cabinet has decided to resign m favour of a non-party neutral administration to supervise the coming j tjcneral ejection.- A.P.
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    NURSE FOUND DEAD IN RIVER NEAR MURDER SPOT
    134 3 liIIE body of a middle-aged nurse. Miss Maud Long, was found m the River Avon, Rugby, (Warwickshire) 30 miles from where a murdered midwife was thrown m last month at Stratford-on-Avon. Miss Long 58, had arrived m Rugby only a few hours
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    Mystery light in church
    46 3 A MYSTERIOUS, light shining from a stone m an Armenian Orthodox church near Beirut, ha.s .scientists baffled. Dr. Simon Guerguerian, Professor of Chemistry at the French University m Beirut, who examined the phenomenon, said he was unable to find an explanation. A.P.
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    Worldwide rubber 'cartel' to break up
    286 3 Worldwide rubber 'cartel' to break up rpHE U.S. Justice Department 1 announced yesterday m Washington that an American and a British rubber company have agreed to break up what the U.S Government calls m international cartel m the production and sate of certain rubber products. The companies involved are the
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    HE STAKES CLAIM ON THE MOON
    40 3 Phoenix Arizona, for IO^.'WIO acres of the Moon. lIAROLD ROTHMAN, admitting he Is "fore■lthted, to say the least." fried a location notice m The claim was accepted by the Waiicota County Kecurdcr'b Office. AP.
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    U.S. imports up
    29 3 U.S. imports m April rose about 11 per cent over March to total U*****,000,000, about five per cent above the monthly average last year. A P
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    Visit to Syria
    18 3 Mr. Jefferson Caffrey. the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, will visit Syria on June 3. A.P.
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    Hillary carried down mountain
    187 3 ILLNESS BREAKS UP CLIMB MOUNTAINEERING circles said at New Delhi yesterday they believed that unless complications set m Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Everest had "a very good chance" of pulling through his pneumonia attack despite the hazards of lung illness atjiigh altitude. Sir Edmund is
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    4 WARSHIPS ARRIVE IN DANGER ZONE
    144 3 4 WARSHIPS ARRIVE IN DANGER ZONE THE BRITISH cruiser Newcastle lias arrived m Kingston. Jamaica. The ship is on her way to Britain after Korean service, but the weekly newspaper "Public Opinion" said she may be bound for British Honduras and Guatemala waters. "Waterfront reports indicate joint action by the
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    Actors may strike
    32 3 The Actors Equity Association <it New York has threatened >tnk<.' for the first time m .'{s years over demands tor a minimum wag< raise of US$lO per week. A.P.
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    It's Summer in Tokyo
    40 3 picture. Warm weather m 'lok>o brings out the Summer kimonos, known as yiikatas. Here are three Japanese girls wearing them. The thick cork soles of their sandals keep their feet cool on the hot pavements.- A.P.
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    Tempter's officers for talks
    151 3 Tempter's officers for talks RELIABLE souroet sa i d m Washington yesterday thajt General sir Gerald Tempter's command m Ma > is ing three stall officers to attend the fWe-power chlefi of stall meetlni The talks between the United States. Britain. France, New Zealand and Australia will begin m Washington
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      93 3 SAT. A. FUN FAIR m aid of THE FREE TREATMENT FUND under the distinguished patronage of 11. E. the Governor of Singapore GREAT WORLD PARK on SATURDAY, STH JUNE, 1954 front 10 a.m. 5.30 p,tn. ADMISSION: XO cents. DO COME and help a worthy cause A GOOD TIME will be
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1954.
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      Opinion A message to youth
      391 4 Opinion A message to youth Tomorrow will be a day of especial significance to many thou and 5 ol young men and women m Singapore, and to millions more, scattered all <A( r the world who arc eitibena ol the British Comiik nwealth of nations. For tomorrow Will be Em;
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    McCarthy is losing mass support
    804 4 Mason Rossiter Smith, himself k country editor has collecteo the opinions of u.s. weekly papers, claiming 54 percentofamerican readers, on senator McCarthy. They said he might walk out -ANDHEHAS! QEN. Joseph R. McCarthy sccm.s to be losing much of the grass tOOtfl support he formerly
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    BY THE WAY
    437 4 'PHE report that a rare 1 bird from China had been seen near Bristol sent me hot-foot to get an interview. "It is a meat relief to be here." said the bird "and to feel secure. "In my country you have no s<'on< r built your nesi
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      17 4 TELEFUNKEN AEG LIFE-LIKE REPRODUCTION IN SOUND RECEIVING AND RECORDING Sole AgentsSEOW KUAN CO. 4, DKoby Gh.iut. SINGAPORE
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    THEY'RE 'ENGLISH' POLICEMEN NOW
    186 5 One m 3 pass exams m Spore ONE of every three police- men m Singapore can now speak English. Since classes m English were tarted three years ago, 1,000 policemen have learnt the ige. The A.s.si.stant Commissioner i raining and Personnel, Mr. R. W Calderwood, said
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    Punching for the elections
    22 5 Miss Chong Ching <ian (above) of the Statistics Department reduces to specified holes particulars on a identity card.
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    TOO MODERN TO COOK IN
    62 5 Two kitchen stoves—" just oo wonderful and so modern he tenants say they are useput into houses m Brigg Road. Cai.stor, when they were modernised are to come out. "There isn't room for a steamer and they are no good for cooking a country dinner,"
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    NO 'KEEP CLEAN' LAW
    29 5 The Food Ministry and the harmaceutical Society have Cted a request from local authorities for a law requiring lemists to keep tlieir shops scrupulously clean.
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    PROFITABE TRAVEL
    28 5 Councillors who claim allowances for using their cars for council work make a profit of tv 34 miles, Councillor James W. Taylor told Bucks County Council.
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    Statistics girls warh hard to prepare new electaral roll
    264 5 Statistics girls warh hard to prepare new electaral roll SI X mathematicallyminded girls are preparing Singapore for its first elections under the Rendel Constitution by punching holes on crisp white paper. They are doing this at the rate of 150 holes a minute at the Statistics Department m Fullerton Building.
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    PEACE APPEAL
    37 5 The League of Red Cray Societies m Oslo last night appealed to the world to work for peace and disarmament, to prohbit all atomic weapons and protect all peoples from harm during atomic te.sts. A.P.
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    No more for band
    36 5 A Singapore City Council committee has turned down a suggestion by the Colony's Financial Secretary that the council should increase it- s contribution toward., the lip- I keep of the police band.
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    To cover esplanade
    27 5 Singapore City Council will soon put up a permanent aluminium covering for part of the Esplanade Restaurant area at an estimated cost of $20,000.
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    Council to meet big demand for cookers
    192 5 Council to meet big demand for cookers SINGAPORK housewlftl are becomitm keener to modernise their kitchens Kvt-ry month more th.in 4W arc applying tor electric from the City Council To meet this demand, which has been increasing ilnce the beginning of this y< i ar. t h^ Council's public CJUllUei
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    S'PORE POLITICAL PARTIES GEAR UP
    242 5 Government*! acceptanco of the Rendel constitutional proposal! ha.s touched off an tlon lever within the ranki of two political parties In Singapore. Both the Progressive and Labour parties are busy workIng on a panel of candidates onte-st next year's Legis»'ive Assembly elections, party secretaries said.
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    Father's skin ends bleeding
    86 6 CKIN from hi.s father was used successfully to stop bleeding m a younn man \yitl hemophilia the bleeding disease. Drs. Herbert Conway and Richard B. Stark report m the Transplantation Built tin of New York. Skin taken from one person does not "take" or .survive m
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      225 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs l^feJf "^WLlitil I HAVE AGREED TO HELP DR.HARRIS 1 I HA3KIS' PARTNER, MONK, I I BUT NOW A SLIP OF-DONS TONGUE HAS kuTowtTcriZt^T^A MuSrcn AND HIS DAUGHTER, EMILY WHO ANTAGONISTIC FROM THE REVEALED THAT SIMON IS-THESAIKTT.' r^^noPPTM^PiO^DAKfY^ ARE
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      515 6 YOUR I LUCKY I STAR I |>ORN TODAY. you ha\e an I extremely magnetic personality which is likely to thrust you into the limelight Whcrcvti you go. You are impulsive, even hul headfd and are apt to get into the worst kind of mix-ups. But you manage to get out
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    Renew your cards, jobless warned
    203 7 HINDKEDS of jobless people m Singapore are losing ■any employment opportunities because of their failure to renew registration cards with the Government Employment Exchange Bureau. Chief Employment Officer, Mr. F. (i. Tyson said it was important they should renew thief expired cards if they *til|
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    SULTAN OF JOHORE PROTESTS AT KAMPONG CANNONADE
    186 7 rrHE POLICE have stopi>ed the firing of "meriams" giant trackers m Johore Bahru after the Sultan had complained of the incessant explosions. The "meriam" is a device which ex- plodes a charge of kerosene or carbide gas. A long piece of bamboo or
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    More talk on electoral wards draft
    79 7 More talk on electoral wards draft I riiHE six-man committee 1 which is to define constituencies for holding the first elections under the new constitution m E E Singapore will hold its se- cond meeting today. At the committee's E first meeting members were given a draft map outlining the
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    AHEAD OF ITSELF
    32 7 nen British film. "Out of Clouds." starring London it. will be so up to date l it is shown m London next year that it will featwlldlnga not completed.
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    'Our $500 will do' legislators say
    254 7 'Our $500 will do legislators say MINISTERS MUST BE PAID WELL' MOST SINGAPORE Legislative Councillors seem to iTI think that $500 the present monthly allowance they get should be adequate for members of the future Legislative Assembly. That is because Assembly men, or women, can carry on their usual professions
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    VICTORY SONG ENDS IN SAD NOTE
    62 7 The choir from York-shire were jubilant, having won a first prize at Rhyl's festival. They assembled on the promenade with their supporters and sang "On Ilkla Moor baht 'at." A few yards away, m the darkness. thieves ransacked their three coaches. It was a
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    OFF HOME TO U.S.A.
    58 7 The staff of the IS. Consulate m Kuala Lumpur cave a farewell dinner to Miss Helen Simonson (third from left) Assistant Public Affairs Officer. I'Sls. and Mr. David Dean (second from left) administrative officer, before they left for the United States on leave. In the centre
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    WANDERING PARENTS NOT WANTED HERE
    32 7 A Parents Day has been cancelled at overcrowded Limehurst Girls School, Loughborough, because, says headmistress Miss M. M. Evans, "We have no room for parents wandering about."
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    Parents are defiant, save school
    46 7 By refu^in^ to send their children to the luxurious .school at Berry Hill, parents of En«- lish Bicknor, Olos., have saved their village school. The county council, giving m, will .spend 1:2.000 on improvements It will now get oil lamps, d
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    MR. LEWIS HAS GOOD NEWS FOR THESEPARENTS
    103 7 MR. LEWIS HAS GOOD NEWS FOR THESE PARENTS THE Education Department yesterday told parents m the Geylang-Katong area that 560 more places would be available for primary one children next year m two new schools to be built on Guillemard Road. This is m addition to 2,173 places now available
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    BIRDS TAKE OVER
    39 7 Builders have stopped work i on a part of a new bungalow m Shelthorpe, Lines, while blackbird fledglings learn to fly. The parents built their i esi m a ventilator before the roof was put on.
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    IF THIS MAKES YOU FAINT....
    98 7 Shaw Brothers. Singapore, will issue special passes to 'J>l'- m the audience who 'aim during the screening of i-D thriller, 'Phantom of Rue Morgue," to be shown at me Capitol soon. rhe passes "Faint Checks" v i «ntitle anyone who faint* during the show to
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    PATIENTS NEEDNT BE SHY NOW
    329 8 Hospital question time I>.\TIFATS at fl lar««- Birmingham hospital need no longer be afraid to ask questions— any question they like about their illness and condition. To spare any possible blushes the patients arc encouraged to write thoir questions. f /f#*f/ mn svribbh* #/#f«*r#V.% They
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    JOBS FOR 1,000
    21 8 The London Master Builders' Association has asked members to train m apprentice* 1,000 boys leaving .school thi.s .summer.
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    SAINTS FIRST
    27 8 Names of saints are more popular at christenings than those of film .stars says the Rev P. Tucker, vicar of St. Cyprian*, Frecheville, near Chesterfield.
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    PLACE IN THE SUN
    35 8 A £30,000 children's ward to be built at the Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth, St. John's Wood, London, will have a "push button" sliding roof i over 11m playroom.
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    ROW OVER £3 FOR DARBY AND JOAN: VICAR QUITS
    331 8 ROW OVER £3 FOR DARBY AND JOAN: VICAR QUITS AVTER hearing a personal J\ statement from the Reverend A. W. K. Sraford. priest m charge of St. Wilfrid's, giving hus reasons foi leaving, parishioners of Cowplain, near Portsmouth, passed resolution saying they believed he had been most shamefully treated, The
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    This is England —by an American
    219 8 This is England by an American FOOD IS MOST TASTELESS OUR food is Improving slightly, but is still the worst m the world. Our tourist agency has changed from very bad to very good. Our railways can be both. So says the 41 -year-old American author Templer Fielding. An advance
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    £15,000 FOR GIRL WHO LOVED DOGS
    131 8 £15,000 FOR GIRL WHO LOVED DOGS MX CHAELBB HofTman, a Southampton tobacconist, had a great attachment for his Aberdeen terrier Scottie which he took for walks every day. Then Mr. Hoffman fell ill and Scottie was taken around his favourite haunts by the old man's god-child. 11 -year-old I Jennifer
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    EGGS ARE IN -AND THE HERRING OUT
    105 8 EGGS ARE IN -AND THE HERRING OUT WHEN eggs came back on the free market it was a sad day for the herring, for the tasty silver fish is no longer the housewife's darling, says the Herring Industry Board. But they don't blame the housewife for "wanting and buying:, almost
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    Seeing things
    65 8 Seeing things Don t r.i>»i 10 1 your eyes tested. There seems only one girl and twelve arms m the picture. The illusion is created by the perfect precision of girls of the Combined Women's Services team during Indian club practice at Portsmouth for their display m the Royal Tournament
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    30 years wed—again
    83 8 30 years wed again For the second time m his 86 year& Mr. J. A. L. Beasley, of Paignton Devon has celebrated a 30th wedding anniversary. His first marriage, m June, 1892. lasted nearly 31 years. And 30 years ago he married his second wife. Said Mr. I Beasley, retired
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    Buzz-bike braking too weak —experts
    402 9 Buzz-bike braking too weak —experts INTENSIVE scientific tests j with motor-assisted pedal cycles the "poor man's motor cycles" have been carried out by the British Road Research Laboratory tc, discover how safe, or unsafe, they are. Brakes, lights, and controls come under criticism, and the investigators stress the danger of
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    HUSBAND GOT LOVING NOTES AS WIFE BETRAYED HIM
    319 9 HUSBAND GOT LOVING NOTES AS WIFE BETRAYED HIM |)IKl\<. (he time whru wife was betraying her husband she was writing affectionate letters to him, said Judge Fraser Harrison at Liverpool Divorce Court. Ho granted a decree to Stanley Rowland. 44-year-old political publicity Officer, of Liverpool, on the mound of his
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    Jet shoots out a man
    79 9 Jet shoots out a man LIKE A SHOT from a gun x dummy airman rockets at 60 miles an hour fromi the cockpit of a Master jet plane into a safety net at Cardington, Bedfordshire, RAF station, during an ejector seat demonstration which will be part of the Royal Tournament
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    SO DON'T WED SCHOOL TIE
    106 9 UAID Dr. Marjorle Tait at the conference of the National Marriage Guidance Council m Clacton-on-Sea: "It is terribly difficult for a man to marry a woman who is m effect a reflection and echo of her mother. "It is equally difficult for a woman to
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    Girl won't part with rare coin
    177 9 Girl won 't part with rare coin BARBARA GRIFFIN, 16-year-old children's nurse, has found a missing link In the national coin collection, and she has refused to give it to the British Museum. Barbara found the coin issued m the reign of the rebel Roman Emperor Carausius when working m
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    They count pews to fix water bill
    111 9 They count pews to fix water bill ONE TAP m the vrstry provides water to St. Mary's Church. Harrow-on-the-H 11. So the church treasurer complained to the Colne Valley Water Company that P* lOd. water rate was rather ligh. Back came the reply: Murjhes are assessed on their seating capacity.
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    Loan for gas
    21 9 Pakistan is negotiating with the World Bank for a loan of J5514,000,000 to develop natural ;as protecjs.- A.P.
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    GRAN CAN BE DRAGON IN THE HOME
    224 9 SYMPATHY for young peo- pie who have to look after a dragon a "disagreeable r runny" or other elderly relative—has been offered m London. It came from Dr. F. J. Fowler, of North-East Regional Metropolitan Hospital Board. at the National Women's Citizens conference
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    MYSTERY MEN of the jungle
    740 10  - MYSTERY MEN of the jungle KATHLEEN HICKLEY 121 ass RIHMAN and Mohammed find »n injured monkey In the jungle and take it home. They put it m the corner of the room to recover. Later that nifht Rahman sets up for a drink of water and hears a strange voice
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      86 10 I WINAPRiZE E i )i:i/i n are to be won, boys and girls, for colouriiiK this E 1 picture. Use paints, crayons or chalks; the method of E colouring, together with your age, will be taken into con- sideration. There are four prizes of S5 each (two boys and E
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      182 10 CLITEB ACROSS- i. Kind of firework. (J, The cork on a fish-ing-line 8, To «row old. 10. It is taken to find out the number of people living m a country. 13. Today we remember the attempt to blow up the of Parliament." 17. A relative of the hor.^e. 18.
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      337 10 La si tv€*t>li s trinnvß's fM| WINNIES of last week's colouring contest are: Elizabeth Darroih (ft), The (iriflin Inn. Ampant; Road. Kuala Lumpur. llashim bin SharifTudin (11). IC Still Road. Singapore IV Pfefgjl Lee (12), I-C Beatty Road. Singapore S Josrph Tin <H). IS Jalan NffC« Hen};. Johorc B:ihru Rupert
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    'Miss Photoflash' leads off
    424 11 'Miss Photoflash leads off H.irold Hcffernan says only a few beauty Misses 1 ever make good m Hollywood. JUMMER is .settling down on Hollywood and so are the contest winners. This is their big season. From all patrs of the country they'll be converging on the film capital, an all-expense
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    17 11 jell Chandler visit Mamie Van Doren In fier portaMe dressing room on the set of "Yankee Pasha."
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    The mysterious buyer
    130 11 The mysterious buyer \WHEN the famous Paris restauranc, Larva, closed down there was a mystery buyer at the auction of its famous salon. She was an elderly wo man, who, to the annoy ancc of Hie professional win< buyers, kept putting up the price of many of the wines sold.
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    'Private' Police Take over
    770 11  - 'Private' Police Take over BERNARD RONALD When its nighttime m Jtnlv By 4 POLICEMAN who docs ri no night duty is a rarity m most countries. Not so m Italy. For. believe it or not, 80 of the helmeted. cocked-hatted and soft-capped members of Italy's huge but far from uniformly
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    Meals must be regular
    768 12 The SINGAPORE DOCTOR talks about the feeding of infants TH E FEEDING of healthy Infanta and childron was based on tradition up to the last century. For that matter, the feeding; of adults was baaed on similar lines. The whys and hows of feeding began to
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    MALAYAN WINS 2 HIGHEST MEDICAL AWARDS
    532 12 THE two hignest awards given m the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to students of Public Health were won last year by a student from South-East Asia, Dr. K. H. Lim. who is a member of the Malayan Medical Service This is
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    Bridge Quiz
    335 12 IIfHEN partner opens the bidding W with two no-trump, he shows a hand worth 22. 23, or 24 points. These precise requirements enable partner to decide the eventual destination of the hand because he is immediately m a position to count the combined value within a couple of
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      254 12 Daily Crosstriprd CLOU ACROSS: but drawer! (7). 1 Roughly speaking what eight 6 Could this tool be used for mak and eight are t5. 7>. lOf a snow vehicle? (6*6). 8 Fish m McCarthy's net, per- 7 Provided electric light m 1877 haps? <B>. (7-5). 9 Only partly lapses (4).
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    Monty's nephew in Hollywood
    395 13 Every visitor to Hollywood wants to see the well know glamour spots. The nephew of Field-Manhall Montgomery is no exception. The day after he finished his featured part m U-I's The Black Shield," with Tony Curtis, Gary Montgomery took a tourists view of the town. Vivacious
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    NEW 'RAVE'
    76 13 England la raving about a new 15-year-old Ice-skating .star, HEATHS! BM.KIN, currently itarred m a revue by producer James Bherwood. BherWOOd is (he lucky millionaire who produced "Dial M For Murder" on the London Stage. The author of "Dial M." Freddie Knott, has been making some $1 too
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    Varsity athletes leave June 24 -AND STILL NEED $1,500
    104 14 Varsity athletes leave June 24 -AND STILL NEED $1 ,500 f ht-se five young tennis stars are scheduled to leave Singapore m the Tjiwangi on June 1\ for Hon^ Kong. They are part of a contingent of 33 students and two officials from the University of Malaya taking part m
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    TOURISTS WIN
    19 14 A. c. MaUuiona. tji^ Rio De Janeiro Football team, beat the Munich side. Bayorn, 2-1 m Munich.
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    You've hit the nail on the head Mr. Malet
    434 14  -  CHARLES BRYCE by qnHREE cheers for Frank Malet! On behalf of Singapore sports fans I thank this enterprising American businessman for at least trying to sta^e i world title fieht m Singapore. It didn't come oil. for which as a boxing
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    7 ACCEPT FOR THE CHURCHILL STAKES
    49 14 Final acceptors for the Winston Churchill Stakes to be run over two miles 70 yards at Hurst Park today are with weights: Premonition 126 lbs; Philos 121; Osborne 119: Prince Arthur and Spanish Star both 116; Royal Task and Friseur 111. Seven acceptors.
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    Schmeling cuts short U.S. stay
    136 14 I FOLLOWING one of th£ cooler r receptions m history from t United States boxing fraternity. Max Schmeling, the former woru heavyweight champion, is on ft" way back to Germany. The man who held the big title for almost two years, from June i m
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    BANNED STARS PLAY IN SINGAPORE MEET
    466 15  -  MALCOLM MODDER By A. Pituz and Koon Yam appear on Tuesday A BDULLAH PIRI Z and Lim Koon Yam, badminton stars of the Federation who are still at loggerheads with the Selangor Badminton Association over their Formosa trip, will play m Singapore after all.
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    RAIN BRINGS PAKISTAN A DRAWN GAME
    286 15 RAIN BRINGS PAKISTAN A DRAWN GAME RAIN caused Pakistan and Sussex to abandon their cricket match yesterday 75 minutes before the official close. Sussex were 171 for no wlck« t in their second innings at the end. Sussex resumed their second innings ei{jht< runs behind Pakistan's it innings of 279
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    TRIBUTES PAID TO STRICKLAND
    171 15 TRIBUTES were paid yesterday to Mr. Ted Strickland, retiring president of the Singapore Amateui Athletic Association. Mr. Strickland, who has helc the position for the past eighi years, declined to stand for reelection at the annual genera meeting at Raffles Institutior yesterday. Newly elected president Mr.
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    French boxer's offer rejected
    56 15 pHE New York State Athletic IT oomissionn >ission yesterday returned i u552,500 forfeit cheque, posted t?t- rt Lan Blois* manager for a fight with middleweight chamJOB Bobo Olson, on the grounds "M* it whs •premature." ojson ha.s already agreed to de- '"<! his title against Rocky
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    Red Mill wins 'Spanish Derby'
    73 15 J( RENDEH imported colt Red Mill owned by the Jagum Stud *on the Villapadlerna Stakes Himvalent to the Spanish Derby, b\ < lengths m Madrid. R«tl Mill, by Blue Mill out ol Keuibu. was ridden by Alvaro Diei «>»<! trained by Vicente Diez. Cnipiron was
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    SOVIET WIN
    24 15 Soviet Russia's Basketball tean defeated Belgium 129-54 last ni*h m the second East-against-Wes match of an international tourna ment m Milan. A.P.
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    French ban on Zatopek
    69 15 THE French Government has refused to grant an entry visv to the Czechoslovak long distance runner Emit Zatopek, who was to have taken part m an athletics contest m Paris tomorrow. A French Foreign Ministry spokesman last night said the visa had been refused because the
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    'Big Bill' and an Aussie in final
    225 15 BRITISH AMATEUR AMERICAN "Big Bill" Campbell beat defending champion and favourite, Joe Carr of Ireland, 3 and 2, to enter the final of the British Amateur Golf championship at Muirfield, Scotland, yesterday. In the 36-hole final today Campbell will play Australian Doug Bachli,
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    JAPS INVITE HENRICKS
    89 15 rPHE Australian swimmers John Henrirks and Garry Chapman have been invited to compete m the Japanese championships after thy Empire Games. Henricks visited Tokyo last August and won the 100 and 200 metre* events. Au.#.-alian officials .say that the winners will face a rush trip as the
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    U.S. DOUBLES PAIR IN FINAL
    69 15 r»THE American doubles team of Tony Trabert atid Vie Scixas turned back Australia's top pair. Mervyn Rose and Rex Hartwig, 11-9, 6-1, 3-6, 11-9; yesterday to reach the final round of the French international tennis tournament. Maureen Connolly of the U.S. and her Australian partner.
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    U.K. county positions
    172 15 IVTARWICKSHIRE. 1951 cham- pions, took over leadership m [he county cricket championship yesterday when they beat Worcestershire by 10 wickets. Thty have now amassed 64 points from their six games. Middlesex, with one game m hand over Warwickshire, are m second place four points behind. Yorkshire, who
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    MAJESTIC SIGHT, DONCASTER, CAMEL
    216 16 The Free Press Saturday, May 29, 1954 Three good I horses to back today MAJESTIC Sight (Race 5). Dune aster (Race 6) and The Camel (Race 7), all strong stable fancies, should make I safe treble at Penang today, opening day of the Penang Turf Club's
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    BIRTH
    25 16 20 Word* $t> (minimum) DUNCAN On 26th May to j Diana, wife of R. G. St. Clair Duncan of the P.W.D., Malacca, a daughter.
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    MARRIAGE
    23 16 20 Words $H (minimum) LYN THOMPSON AND ETHEL MARGARET PEACOCK, at the Registry Office. Kiuila Lumpur, on the 28th ol May, 1954.
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    DEATH
    22 16 lit Words v. 'minimum) MURPHY GEORGE F. (Late Unilevers > suddenly m London on Tuesday. Mtil May, 1954. Beloved Husbiind of Karen.
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    Mid-day Nap
    85 16 PRINCE ROSS iln Race 5> right quarter, while Greatest Hour will carry his stable's confidence. Race 3 looks a tussle between the topweights Graduate and Mata Hari 11. Both are fancied by their connections. I fancy Graduate Little Andy will come m for plenty of support and should
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    All the latest selections
    229 16 IKESPASSER PKNDBNCn EPSOM lUP CALL BOY POINTER Karri. EVERY CHANCE CUVEt BVG EVERY CHANCE EVERY CHANCE TEW DOLLARS 2.30 Qmmni View |wy ChMMt Large Scotch I'kelele Every Chance I'M Dollars I .«i Scutch Ten Dollars Large Scotch Large Scotch Race 2. GREATEST HOI R KINi.SBFAI TRI
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    508 16 ACCEPTORS and prob- able jockeys for today's races at Penang, first day of the Penang Turf Club's Summer Meeting are: KACE 1—2.30 CLASS 4, 1 000 Foire Sawyer 9.00 2 (ieneral View Bagby 8.12 3 -08 < lever Bug Hudson 8.10 4 -65 Every Chance West 8.09 5 Ten
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    OFFER TO ROCKY
    44 16 San Francisco promoter Jimmy Murray yesterday offered world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano a M 5900.000 guarantee or 40 percent of the gate for a title fight m San Francisco with the winner of the Junp 24 Nino ValdesEarl Walls fight.- U.P.
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    2nd day horses out on the track
    168 16 OOBBIE BURNS with Bougoure astride displayed a gx brieht turn of speed to beat Kheng Hua (West) m a rousing 3f tryout m 37 3/5 on the training track at Penang this morning. Both Robbie Burns and Khctig Hua are engaged m thr
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    WORLD CUP PRACTICE
    84 16 TMIE l(i football teams contesting for the world championship m Switzerland next month will be limited to two public training matches with national teams m Europe before the start of the championships. This was announced yesterday by the organising committee. In exceptional cases, three public niatchts will
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    ROLLER HOCKEY
    17 16 The world roller hockey championships, whirh 15 countries are taking part m, opened at Barcelona
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    12th HOME RUN
    31 16 icu r\.iur»/*:w.>Ki 1111 ins izin nomr run and Wally Post hLs eighth as the Cincinnati Red legs defeated the Chicago Cubs. 6-3. m a Major Leaeue baseball tie
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