The Singapore Free Press, 2 June 1954

Microfilm: NL2438
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    Masthead
    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. 13M4. Singapore. Wed., June 2, 1934. Price HCtft
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    Five-hour storm hits Singapore
    85 1 MORE than 4.1 inches of rain fell m Singapore early this morning, meteorological authorities at Kallang said. The deluge started at 3.35 a.m. and by 9 a.m.. when it fizzled out to a steady drizzle, 4.58 ins. had been recorded. No windstorm, however, accompanied the downpour.
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    U.S. should use A-weapons in Indo-China if...'
    70 1 RAL Arthur W. Radford. iii man of the Joint of Staff, told the House Affairs Committee reiat the United States be prepared to use '•■lie weapon! if it intervenes he Indo-China war. a mmittee member said m hington yesterday. congreagman, who did wish
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    Delta defence plans speeded
    93 1 r |V!F French speeded detence plans m the Choben valley rday M speculation spread four Vietmlnh divisions Ing toward the Red River 11 a from Dien Bien Phu ned to hit that sector first. ench Union armour and gantry, operating v.nder heavy j vcr. routec rebel
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    127 British killed in Malaya war
    32 1 The number ol British troops killed m the years 1951-52 and 1953 fighting Communist terrorists m Malaya was 127, the House of Commons was told yesterday.
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    CALL-UP SPEEDED
    37 1 France's accelerated call-up of conscripts to release regulars for strengthening IndoChina forces, will start at the end of this month This batch of about 40.000 men was orginally due to be callrd up next October.
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    Queen attends a wedding
    46 1 THE QUEEN yesterday attended the wedding m Westminster Abbey of 30-year-old Viscount Althorp and 18-year-old Honourable Frances Fermoy. Thousands of people turned out to see both the Royal Family and the principals m what was the wedding of the year.— 1 U.P.
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    JOB MYSTERY AS TEMPLER FLIES OFF
    398 1 JOB MYSTERY AS TEMPLE R FLIES OFF CHEERFUL General Templer did not make any reference to last night's important War Office announcement regarding new plans for his future when he boarded a HO AC Constellation for London at Kallang Airport this morning. All he would say was: "Good luck to
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    Tito in Greece
    33 1 Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia has arrived m Greek waters for a state visit which will put the finishing touch to the military alliance between Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia. A. P.
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    18 1 Cien. Tempter umbrella cover from Airport Manager Mr. P. \V. Ford as he arrived at Kallang this morning.
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    Films lost money
    23 1 A.P Britain's National Film Finance Corporation, set up by the Government to lend money to producers, lost £1.190.340 last year.—
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    Off for Suez zone
    32 1 Eight hundred officers and men of the South Staffordshire Regiment embarked on the troopship. Devonshire, m Liverpool yesterday for three years service m the Suez Canal Zone. A.P.
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    Tint-days' rest
    108 1 The Templers had a QUiet time during their two days stay at Government House, .said ■m official .spokesman. The general had lunch with Mr Mac Donald yesterday. Among those who .saw the Templers off were the C-I-C FARELF, Gen. Sir Charles Loewen the Naval C-I-C Admiral Sir Charles
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    MRS. EDEN INDISPOSED
    21 1 Mrs Anthony Eden, wife of the Foreign Secretary, na.s cancelled all her engagements for the next few weeks.
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    BRITAIN: LET ASIA GUARD THE TRUCE
    236 2 TBI Westrrn Isi« Three sought m Geneva vrstrrda> to reac h a«rr<nirut on Ihc names of a pane' <>i •neutral" countries who could be sponsored as watc lid#fl of an lntlo-( hina truce. Britain. It waa learned later, wantfl Asian repn a. t «u^..,^.
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    ARAB BOY FLIES TO LONDON
    69 2 ARAB BOY FLIES TO LONDON Accompanied by his mother, 11-year-old Palestine Arab refugee Rafic Mattar arrives m London to undergo a brain operation which, it is hoped, will restore the sight m one eye. New Zealand brain surgeon Dr. Murray Falconer agreed to operate free of charge if Rafic was
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    Military talks on S.E. Asia start
    146 2 ADMIRAL Arthur W. Radford. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is conferring with the Australian and New Zealand Chiefs of Staff on Indo-China, according to official sources m Washington. Trio Australians and New Zealanders are m Washington lor five-power talks on South-East Asia.
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    CHOU IN A BLUE SUIT DINES WITH EDEN
    169 2 MR. CHOU EN-LAI. Chinese Minister donned Western clothes for the first time m public m Geneva last night to dine with Mr. Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary. The revolving doors of a luxury hotel overlooking Lake Geneva, where the dinner Wai
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    They agree on Balkan pact
    101 2 pREMIER Alexander Papagos Is expected to announce this week -end that agreement has been reached for a full military alliance between Greece. Turkey and Yugoslavia. The pre.sent tripartits friend.ship agreement between tjie three countries well-informed .sources Raid, would be expanded as a further deterrent to
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    Four new planes
    11 2 The Saudi Arabia Airlines has bought 4 Corvairs.
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    69 2 Watching the Installation m the Federal Legislative Council Chamber at Kuala Lumpur yesterday of Sir Donald MacGUlivray as the new High Commissioner were (left to ri^ht) Air Vice Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson, C-in-C, Tar Bast Air Forces; Sir John Nicoll, Governor of Singapore; Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner-General for South-Fast
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    Too much rice: Siam has export problem
    228 2 Too much rice: Siam has export problem Thailand will not be able to export all its estimated .sur plus of 1,800,000 (out oi nee this year, it was admitted officially for the first time m Bangkok yesterday. "We shall do our best to export at least one million tons," Luang
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    Mau Mau leader is killed
    34 2 Wanjaii Ndegwar, a prominent Mail Mau leader known as Ndaya. wa s killed on Saturday m a battle m the Moun. Kenya region, 80 miles North. of Nairobi.— Reuter
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    LANIEL MINISTER QUIT HIS POST AFTER TEN HOURS
    330 3 LANIEL MINISTER QUIT HIS POST AFTER TEN HOURS AT LUST Secretary of State for Indo-China M. Raymond Schmitilein resigned last night on Party orders. Mr. Schmittlein appointed the night before had spent less )an 10 hou rs at his Ministry— one of the shortest tenure of office m French political
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    Chaplin—by a Russian
    118 3 Chaplin— by a Russian GREGORY ALEXANDROV, Soviet film director, described Charles Chaplin, the British actor and producer, as the friend of all who fight for justice, peace, and freedom, Moscow radio reported yesterday. Commenting on the award to Chaplin of an international peace prize. Alexandrov said* "Chaplin does not draw
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    Freight rates cut
    25 3 aty British, American continental shipping firms ed m Bombay yesterday iuotion m freight rates for me.se from 85 shilling tn A. P.
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    Japs for Brazil
    18 3 A Japanese immigrant ship Tokyo yesterday with 535 going to new nomes m il A.P.
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    BANNISTER RACES WITH CHEQUE
    209 3 J^OGER Bannister, first man to run a mile m under four minutes, and three other 'I'npion runners .sped T«>ugh busy streets m the west End of London today. r£2i carivin a cheque for XTje cheques, for delivery to If »ur churches m London m ir^ent need
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    Kashmir dispute may go to U.N.
    153 3 Kashmir dispute may go to U.N. DAKISTAN will go back to the Security Council and press for an early settlement of the Kashmir dis>ute if a negotiated settlement cannot be had with ndia. Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammad Ali said last night In a broadcast to the nation, Ali said that
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    NUN FOUND IN FLAMES
    100 3 POLICE at Baddesley Clinton, hamlet with a population of 150 m the English county of Warwickshire, are investigating the mystery death of an aged nun whose kero-sene-soaked body was found m a shed at Poor Clare's convent. Nuns returning to their cells from prayer saw smoke
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    Million cows
    15 3 Over one million cow.s were artificially inseminated m England and Wales la.st year—
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    Unexpected return
    30 3 The Indian diplomat Mr V K. Krishna Menon, yc.storday unexpectedly returned to Geneva from London for talk.s with Eastern and Western leaders on an Indo-China .settlement- A. P.
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    A POSY FOR SIR WINSTON
    49 3 With a curtsy, four-year-old Teresa Emmet hands a bunch of roses to Britain's smiling Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. And behind Teresa is two-year-old Georgina Fleming with her gift a single carnation. Sir Winston was attending the Conservative women's conference m London. picture. A.P.
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    LIE DETECTOR FOR MCCARTHY
    55 3 REPUBLICAN Senator Mea Carthy propased m Washm^ton yesterday that all principal! m the' McCarthyArmy dispute should submit voluntarily to a lie detector teat. McCarthy said he would, wi |iin»iy b( > the first, and added .such tests could end m 24 hours the investigation of his
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    Money for Israel
    22 3 Money for Israel Israel yesterday received a U553,G77,000 purcha.se appro- priation from the U.S. Foreign j Operations Administration. A.P.
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    Government wins
    27 3 The Christian Democrat party of Premier Mario Scclba hat won elections m 12 ot 16 Italian communities which voted lot local councils on Sunday A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY June 2, 1954. Opinion History in names
    388 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY June 2, 1954. Opinion History in names Mrs. Roocit Ell broached a subject of an importance which may not, on the surface, be readily apparent when she objected at a meeting of the Singapore city Council to certain lanes m IfacPheraon Koad Improvement Estate being
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    16 4 A DIAh OC X A V > v-V~*| THE STRATEGICAL LINE-UP OF FORCES IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA TODAY.
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    U.S. economy leaves Reds behind
    640 4 U.S. economy leaves Reds behind IN 1928, Americans enjoyed a living standard 3.7 times better than the Russian. By 1954, the United States advantage had increased to 7.14. These Oicures show how rapidly the United States' economy h;us outstripped Communist Russia's. Bypassing the "official" but misleading Russian currency statistics. J
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    8 4 Nwuy Uutvb, Columbia ttarlet, m a new pote.
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    'MAGIC' BOATS FOUND
    317 4  - 'MAGIC' BOATS FOUND ROBERT HEWETT They are 5,000 yeors old I By AN Egyptian archaelogist I claims the disrovm I of "magic" stone boats I designed 5,000 year* I to carry the soul of I Che o p s—one of the I greatest of the ancient I Pharoahs across th<
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      66 4 PATEK PHILIPPE THE BEST WATCH IN THE WORLD From 1900 to 1952 PATEK PHILIPPE have obtained almost as many Observatory certificates as all the other watch manufacturers combined In the 1953 competition Patck Philippe won complete victory m the wrist watch class. by gaining. First prixc m the indivi- dual
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      160 4 Now! A creamy lipstick that j I WONT WEAR OFF! I otav-Lonn a I SMEAR-PROOF LIPSTICK I flow wonderful to have a creams Iptffch that won't I wear of!! A gay lustrous liprtict tluit keeps you I company for hours at a time! That'« Stay-Ltag. I C.rf.imv, indrlihlc Stay Lonp
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    STOP SCHOOL IN FLAT-SIT TELLS CLERK
    244 5 STOP SCHOOL IN FLAT- SIT TELLS CLERK rrHE university clerk looked despairingly at the order trom trie Singapore Improvement Trust. Don't use your flat i school anymore— or else this clerk gives lesson, ,U,h to 100 children ol XL district free. the classes are stopped rhildren, many of whom come
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    INGRID BERGMAN OPERA PUT OFF
    57 5 INGRID BERGMAN OPERA PUT OFF The London appearance of Miss Ing rid Bergman, who was open m Honegger's opera Joan of Arc at the Stake at the Stoll Theatre on July 1. ha* boen postponed indefinitely Jack Hylton. who was n<; on the show, said the Uponement had been agreed
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    SCHOOL ROUTE 'A MENACE'
    63 5 To let to a new school, 300 Udren aged four to 11 will to crass three main roads d with Dockland traffic. Parents have sent a 1.000--protest to the MinisI Education. Miss Horsh Thoy say that if their >chool m FarranceUmehouse, is closed keep their children
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    'SAVE CATHEDRAL'
    16 5 lonal appeal Ls to be 'it'd for money to save fabric of Carlisle Cathed-
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    Survived death railway ordeal
    447 5 SPORE HAWKER'S EXPERIENCES A Singapore hawker today told of a batch of 125 Malayan civilians who were taken by the Japanese to work on the infamous Siam-Burma "Railway of Death." He was among 20 odd who survived the ordeal, and returner! after the liberation. The hawker
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    S.A.T.A. SURVEY HELD UP
    104 5 ACK of voluntary workers lj and funcLs have held up i! a -wide .survey of 'oerculosli, planned two i&O by the Royal Sin-Anti-Tuberrulosis As- itkm. Bl 't an offlcU] of sata the survey was only temporarily shelved. •<t the .scheme into ttion, SATA would need U
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    Paris is a keeper of cats—all 40
    338 5 Paris is a keeper of cats— all 40 NOT so very long ago I*ari> Has, a Singapore Indiin witrhin.m. was told by his employer: Paris. I want you to look after my cats when I go on leave Piri s agreed, and alons came the cats all 10 of them
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    IKE'S BUST FOR SANDHURST
    42 5 A Dronze bust of President Eisenhower was unveiled at the Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst, by Mrs. Winthroo Aldrich, wife of the American Ambassador The bust was presented to the British Army by Mr. Georßp Sands, of New York.
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    624 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR I UOKN TODAY, the j I your life is your own h« m j I and hearth and then I able to find all the pleasure I I and enjoyment you d« n, \ou s I are fond of looking on the I bright side of thifl
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    Jewelry for the bosom
    151 6 A LAWYER turned d< I has come up with I latest jewelry item br^ I for the bosom f I Designer Lawrence Corb 1 New York sets rhlnest< I pearls, jet or crystal on I frame made of flexible, t; I pered wire. The Icwel i
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      179 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I Z TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs a poc'o? jaco-^es p^pa'.p juwp^p snip off the piSTANT smo<?e--* mxh a>,TRo/ERsy-- meve^tmeless J r \^mjuJp^FS!^ 3 x 'V^v^ THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris /^OKAy BABY IJmV /i /^|li(t SEND DOWW A^ JANE by Hubbard EMfIE^fHffMPJJWffIMI
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    ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MEAT RAMP
    40 7 The Ministry of Aurieulture vcrv iirm with but- dealers who form rings to rig -motion irket* when the meat trade 1 m July, Mr. J. H ot the Ministry's livedivision, said at Not- im.
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    KEEPING THE UP-TO-DATE
    36 7 SJINGAPORE City Council Plans to spend 79,500 to >rove its fire and ambu- ince sfTvircs. ouncll will buy a $40,000 tender fire engine to repiaci the existing 20-year-Oid one uincii i* now 110
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    NAAFI BEER IS FOUND IN CIVILIAN SHOPS
    338 7 Ring suspected of smuggling iINGAPOEB Government is losing revenue by the activities of a mixed ring of servicemen and civilian smugglers of duty-free beer from NAAFI establishment*. The smuggled beer is sold to different Colony jer shops, A Free Press reporter bought two
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    'TV ON THE RATION'
    33 7 No child under six should be aiiowrd to watch more than one hour of TV day. Miss Maria Hud. the TV producer told nursery school teachers In London i
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    400 overseas girls stayed at Y hostel
    132 7 MORE than 400 girls of 18 nationalities stayed at Fort Canning hostel of the Y. W. C. A, during the period June 1953 to May 1954, Mrs. Shufen Khoo, general secretary, told the Free Press. Mrs. Khoo said 198 of the girls were
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    S'pore seaman is baffled by test
    236 7 'Did not feel well then,' he says MASWAR bin Ayik, a Singapore Malay seaman is baffled by a special court of inquiry decision last week which said that he is "colour-blind." Maswar who contends he is not, told a Free Press j reporter, at
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    Parsees form association
    56 7 Parsees m Maiaya nave formed an association to promote their social, educational, and cultural activities. Office-bearers are Mr. B. M. Framroz (chairman', Mr. H. R. Mistry. i vice-chairman Mr. K. M. Medora <hon. secretary*, and four committee members. There are about 30 Parsers m Singapore with more
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    GIANT STALK
    14 7 In Brundall. Northfolk a polyanthus bearing 110 flowers r.n n finale stem.
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    29 7 Maswar bin Ayik was playing draughts yesterday at his home m Kelantan Lane. He said he had no difficulty m distinguishing the two colours on the board. picture. Free
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    FIRE BRIGADE
    58 7 lOOfer road-worthy. To keep its ambulance service up-to-date, two new ambu- lances will be bought for a total of about $36,500. They will replace two old on* s which will later be disposed of by public tender. Another $3,000 will be spent on Instructional equipment for the lecture
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    HIS 'BIRDIE' WAS A CUCKOO
    55 7 Mr. Vaughan Thomas, playing up to the ninth hole at Radyr, Glamorgan, golf course took a No. 5 iron and made his second shot. It brought down a .shower of feathers and a dead cuckoo and cost Mr. Thomas a round of drinks at the
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    SPOKEN ENGLISH
    40 7 The British Council invites applications from those wishing to join the third course on "Spoken English" which begins next Thursday at 6.30 p m Applications .should be addressed to the Adult Education Officer. British Council, Stamford Road, Singapore.
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    This isn't Council job
    148 7 This isn't Council job lABOUREHS of the City J Cleansing Department are not obliged to ctwm the drain* of mrivati roadi la Singai>ore, Mr. J. Ephraim, city cleansing Superintendent, said yesterday. He was commenting on a letter m the Straits Tlmea m which the writer stated that drama of roads
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    COUNCIL TAKES OVER HOTEL
    54 7 Derbyshire County Council decided to sell its i' 227.000 offices m the centre of Derby and to move to the holiday centre of Matlock. The council agreed to buy Rmedley's Hydro, a 320-roomed hotel at Matlock, for £122,800. Another 100,000 is to be spent on adapting
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    MONKEY TRICKS
    23 7 Two monkeys which escaped from a circus have been pulline up newly planted flowers and peeping through windows |at Warmington, Northants.
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    COOING IN CHURCH
    30 7 Sulphur candles are being burned m the tower of a Brighton church to drive away nesting pigeons because their cooings and flapping of wings are disturbing services.
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    LIGHTNING FIRE
    20 7 A tick or su tons oi wimmc was set on firo by lighting at Cox Green, near Maidenhead
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    PICNIC TO A LIGHTHOUSE
    136 8 CIVE hundred picnicking schoolchildren, f.-om 31 Singapore schools, visited Raffles Lighthouse as guests of the Governor, Sir |ohn Nicoll. last week. They spent two happy hours playing on the shingly beach and asking the keeper, Mr. Ceorgc Childs, endless questions. They had a good time on
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    Gay party for a 100-year old friend
    85 9 stirring incidents. It has guided the adventurous sloops of the East India Company; it trembled when, m 1883, Krakatoa volcano m the Sunda Straits exploded m the world's worst earthquake and it frowned down on the invading warships of japan during World War
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    Knights of the Round Table
    913 10 I Story so far. Arthur Pcndrjgon. claimant to the throne of England, has fought a successful war against the chieftains who had kept the nation divided. At Camelot he is crowned king and weds the beautiful prirjeess, Cuinevcre. Arthur introduces his queen to his best
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    'No blonde flozies'says Shelley
    515 10 She wants better parts I ...and less publicity I By 808 THOMAS IT'S hard to imagine Shelley Winters as a shrinking violet, but she claims she will no longer air her personal matters m public. "I've got a new policy," she says. "From now on, my
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    The woman in the car starts a new mystery
    1167 11 The woman in the car starts a new mystery FIND THIS BOY! The third instalment of an exciting crime serial by LEONARD MOSLEY il/lIFKK is Tony Rowe? To If find him is ursent, for two reasons: he will die unless he is given an injection, and he is the only
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    You MUST wear a tie-to dine in this Soviet ship
    550 11 On her way home to Leningrad, from England, by way of Helsinki, sailed the Soviet shjp^^^ LV. .hip, describes what life aboard is hke. t nniTrwT mv ticket to lowered into boat— or taken I BOUGHT my tKKCT. 10 ff
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    This lamb stayed at school
    83 11 I arrv the lamb. < arri* the nursery rhyme itafft further —not only does he «c to sell >01. he Mays linn-! And, as pirt of thr If till "<re he is taking part m road instruc tion with children of Kastlield ountry Primar y
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    Lends spice to life
    48 12 BpiCj nrvvroni r to the world of fashion is Difhy Morton's imtiiir» suit. The wrapover blouse and jacket lininß are of the finest Sudan cotton. The print is m a light shade of nutmeg with a broken check of black and white. Reuter ohoto.
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    PARENTS TO BLAME FOR PROBLEM CHILD
    376 12  -  Mary Ann Harlien h MOTHER and father are to be blame for part of the juvenile delinquency spurt m the last live years, according to Lois L. Higgins, director of Chicago's Crime Prevention Bureau. 'Many parents nowadays just don't care." said Mrs. Higgins, a
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    The 1954 brides still prefer while
    384 12  -  CHRISTINE by White is still the mosi popular colour with 1954s brides. The biggest, news Of the season is the short weddingtfown. Following up the vogue for short eveningfrocks the designers have introduced the same theme m one or two of the wedding styles.
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    Bridge Hand
    470 12 Neither side vulnerable I West dealer I north I \k4 3 2 I 4k 10 5 3 I WEST KA9T I A A Q J 9 8 476! I <?Q9 J 10 8 6 5 I 0530 X J 7 I *K962 7 4 I SOUTH I AKI
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    Captivating
    29 12 Mrs. Patricia Jarman of Bath, Somerset, is shown here with the huge bird-in-eage creation she entered for the "Fantastic Headdress" competition of the Bath Assembly Floral Ball Renter
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      259 12 u.LLs Aciiuss: 2 a dictator arises m rur iY>. l Notice to carmen or does it 3 Error on ice? (4) mean that the wares ulve pica- 4 If if were not for the flowers sure? 8). they could be roasters! (B>. 7 They bloom abroad as natives 5 They
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    Govt. can't stop thirst for liquor
    456 13 INDIAN PROHIBITION ATTEMPTS ARE NOT RUNNING SMOOTHLY rKDOTLEGGING and *J illegal distilling are increasing by "leaps and bounds" m Madras state despite seven years of prohibition, according to a government report. The report gives little encouragement to India's dries who look on Madras as
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    'Brigadoon' is her next
    29 13 'Brigadoon' is her next Cyi ('harissP, the M-G-M taMtef star who is increasingly popular with Malayan film **#*****> Johnson I Beea m Msr!cadMH M v%>th GCM KiUj and Van John.un.
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    'Who knows what?' This book will tell you
    485 13  -  HAL BOYLE by rpHERE is a saying that "It ain't what you know that counts— it's who you know." This remark isn't as pertinent as it used to be. Civilisation has become so complicated that people with specialised knowledge m any field
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    Blue and white
    24 13 A blue felt hat with while leather trininiinß by S<hur/, of Berlin Is the latest hat fashion from (irrnviny.— Popper photo.
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    He didn't know when to quit
    1042 14  -  ROGER YUE By PCOME BOXERS do not know the- meaning of the word wuu. wu «..> eve.tu.lly do, but not before they have had thomsdves w Iknocked ai,, Ml t Uial they are permanent!) damaged, both physnally and mo tall>. Ignario Fernandez, rormer Madison
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    Cricketer wins hat tax' case
    249 14 BRUCE DOOLAND took til Northam] toi wickets .it Ta n Monday. Hii counsel took another In London, where the Inland Revenue wen clean bowled. Pm Bruce wai the mitral figure m i teti caae to deckle whether Lancashire League cricketen must i>.iy incooM tax on
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    U.S. JOCKEY 'AT HOME'
    163 14 JOHNNY LANGDON, 45-year-old ace American jockey, yesterday rode a winner over part of the Ep.som Derby course on which he rides Canadianowned Irlfh bred Blue Sail toRtdtaf Lord Ciwlopan's Bird Boiif m the Durban's Stakes over 10 furlongl, he beat the 3-1 favourite, Langley, i i*l<i«*n
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    DUNSFORD IS RE-ELECTED
    87 14 Mr B. I. Duiusford was elected tin- prwldeat of the Slnßapore Amu-U-ur Weight lifting Federation for the ninth year at the annual general ■ttttafofthf BAWI,K. held at Queen street Boy.s Club. Other oflielaL for the current ye.tt are Vi<e-I»i Ideal Mr. C'hua TUB Tick an<i Mi .Soli
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    Empire golf meet opens
    169 14 ZEALAND beat South Africa by seven games to two and Australia defeated Canada by purr.es to four on t lie first day of the Commonwealth international golf series at St. Andrews, yesterday. Britain, the other team competing, were not engaged. The five day tournament which has
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    H.K. offers £3,000 to Aussie team
    85 14 TMIE Hong Kong Football Association decided last nlfht to ask the Australian Soccer Association to send an Australian team to play three games there m December. 'Hie association said it was ready !<> offer the Australians £1,000 for each match and Ih eteam members
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    N.Z. INVITE BANNISTER
    62 14 Roger Bannister. Britain's fourminute miler. is to be invited to tour New Zealand after competing m the Kmpire Games at Vancouver next month. The New Zealand Amateur Athletir Association decided tonight to Invite Bannister, the Australian crack miler, John I.indy. and other Empire Oftmei athletes. A selected
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    BANKERS WIN
    18 14 Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation beat Bpri&g up by [our to > ■•>■■ m a im-iKiiy badminton nnii II
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    DARIUS BECOMES DERBY FAVOURITE
    229 14 DARIUS BECOMES DERBY FAVOURITE DARIUS ousted Rowston Manor last night as favourite for today's Epsom Derby. The Two-thousand Guineas winner, became favourite for the first time at the Victoria Club call-over m London Earlier Rowston Manor's trainer had denied rumours all was not well with his charge. In a busy
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    Thrills by Peng Soon and Piruz
    200 14 WONG PENG SOON showed all I his grace and skill when ho I beat Selangor's Abdullah Piruz 15- I 9, 15-10 m an exhibition matrh I at the Singapore badminton sU- I dium last night. I Both payers were taking part m th« I
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    P.D. BASKETBALL
    30 14 PORT DICKSON, Tie.- —A tot- 1 I of twelve teams have entered for v*u I basketball tournament for the BJ"*> I Keke Wet- Cup. I I I I
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    PROBABLE SCRATCHINGS
    42 15 I)KOli\KLi: .scraUliiiigs lor tomorrow: .Many Thanks, Honourbright, Opera, I'ndecideil, (iardenia, Kite Mill, True Bell, Kindling. Ambassador, Sturveta, Roustabout Kronchong. The going is likely to be very good. Welcome rain fell last night, taking the sting out of the firm track.
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    WEIGHT WONT CHECK BARAKAT still the best for main race
    1066 15  - WEIGHT WONT CHECK BARAKAT still the best for main race TRESPASSER By BARAKAT, from horse of the meeting, should win the Class 2, Div. 1 sprint over six furlongs, the main .ace at renang tomorrow. This improving, well Duilt son of Seven Seas, lias to give weight to such speedsters
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      Tengah Latest league tables
      226 15 Tengah Latest league tables Division 1 P W D L F A PUs RA F Tengah 13 7 4 2 21 15 18 10 6 3 1 22 10 IS HA P. SeleUr 12 7 1 4 24 19 15 I B.W. 11 7 0 4 22 21 14 I
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      beat Seletar and keep lead
      327 15 F.B.W. WIN 3-1 Plying Boat Wing beat Royal Naval Air Station S»-mb«iwang 3-1 at BeleUr yesterday m a Services League Div. 1 match. ONE-COAL WIN d\ 2 LtafUi lmAtn, raf. Changi "A" beat Rojral Army Pay Corps i-o al Chanti jrestenlay. R.E.M.E. HELD hA i
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      CHANGI GET LATE DRAW
      226 15 Signals I < h 1 ROYAL Air Force Chanirl, lt :(1 placed m thC Sim vh 1 if. equalised hi minuU from time to for< e•■ d signal at Alexandra >< day. f had a great* pi cea m i well fought Aft< conceding an i
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      130 15 WEIGHTS FOR FIKAL DAY *.*'l M.lil> toi Ihiei lair Sit *.v Kakahanga M.i>! races on the last torget-Me-Not 8.00 len Dollars 8.0« races on me tasi gcoU Grey 713 CL 4 D|V 2 lM day of the Penang Doncaster 7.12 British Film 9.00 r.C. meeting, Satur- rh Camel 7.12 Rosalind
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    COCKELL STEAM-ROLLERS TO POINTS WIN
    240 16 |)<>N COCKELL, the British and British Empiic heavyweight champion, boat Harry Matthews of the United States on points over 10 rounds m London last night. CockelJ steam-rollered his way to a narrow point: victory m the international heavyweight contest billed as a world title eliminator.
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    Sammy McCarthy is new British feather champ
    216 16 SAMMY McCarthy won tin* re itherweight championship "t Britain la I nJ fht when title hoi l( I R Clayton 31. retired at the end of the eighth round Boa :ill ld :is mi n t M <:. von every rourd pnd con
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    MITRI BEATEN BY HAZEL
    96 16 4"i OKI) AN HAZEL of Bristol, \X England, beat Tiberio Mitri of Italy, the European middleweight champion, m a 10--round international middleweight contest on points. Hp fought .splendidly to overthrow the famous lion of Tries? o. Though there was not a great deal to it. Hazel
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    AUSSIES LEAD BELGIUM 4-0
    73 16 Australia, holder.- of the Davis Cup, led Belgium, the 1953 European rone winners, by lour m itches to nil afu-r the first day's play In their two-day Internationa] friendly m Brussels. Results: H Emer on beat G. Mezzl 3-6 G-:<. (5-3; M. Hu.se beat 11.I 1
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    CLASSIFIED ADS.
    303 16 BIRTH 10 Words $h (minimum) PAGSL: Horn to lonise, wife of J. F.x^el. .son Chris, LK>th uell (ireenlull Nursing Home, 3 1st Muy. 1954. ENGAGEMENTS 20 Word* $fi (minimum) I)F. JONG JOLLKY: The Kn^;i^emerw was announced between Ernst Vfinon DC JoQg and Anna Marguerlte Jotlej (dm Billiewiez) on
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    Another world record by Emil Zatopek
    237 16 Another world record by Emil Zatopek J£MIL Zatopek, Czech holder of nine world records. last night bettered his own world figures for 10,000 metres (six miles 375 yards* when he clocked 28 mini 54.2 sec In Brussels. His previous best was 29 mins. 1.6 sees made last November. It was
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    WALKING RECORD
    60 16 A Detroit walker, William Milhaio. 33, claims a new record for a quarter mile. He walked 440 yards m 1 minute, ondi v<> terday and will .submit the mark lor recognition by the World's Professional Walkers Association Hi said the old record Is 1 minute, 26 seconds by
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    Footballer hits a century
    334 16 Footballer hits a century The Pakistan tourini team failed to accept the challenge of scoring 87 runs an hour and their watch against Hampshire ended tamely yesterday m a draw. When Hampshire declared at 238 for six, Pakistan had just under three hours to score 2GI to win. They lost
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    Yorks threat to Middlesex
    444 16 \fIDDLESEX beat Gloucestershire yesterday to I aTI register their sixth straight win since the start of I the English County cricket championship this season. I In winning by seven wickets I at Lords, Middlesex gained due award for all-round supremacy Their slow bowlers enjoyed chief i
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