The Singapore Free Press, 23 June 1954

Microfilm: NL2439
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    Masthead
    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. llfltt. Singapore, Wed., June 23, 1934. Price lSCfc.
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    Mat in his bath
    171 1 BATH to little Mat Noor means the stand pipe the village pump. And here lie- i;, enjoying it before dashing back home to get dried then so to bed. l'>ut Mat doesn't no to the pump whenever he decides to have a bath. Many m his
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    Nepal King ill
    10 1 King Tribhuvana of Nepal has heart trouble.
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    France off to nee Chou
    147 1 TIHE French Premier. M. Pierre Mendes France left Paris last night for Berne to meet Chine* c Foreign Minister Chou En Lai. ThLs will be the first direct contact a t Government level between France and China. Diplomats m Paris v.eie Mjinj that the naeetlnK
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    VICTORY OVER REBELS SAYS GUATEMALA
    145 1 THE Guatemalan Government yesterday claimed big victories by routing rebel forces m the initial stiges of a general offensive, capturing many prisoners and arms, and inflicting a great number of casualties. Government forces, a communique said, drove the rebels out of Gualan town. 20 miles
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    MAYOR GAOLED: INSULTED POPE
    36 1 Otello Bencdetti. Communist Mayor of Vallerano, near Rome, yesterday began an eight-month gaol sentence for insulting the Pope. In a speech last September he referred to the Pontiff us that criminal. A.P.
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    Rubber price
    26 1 The Singapore rubber market 'opened this morning on Meady tone with liim vn&t July rtUpmen at 9$M ctnti iHiutifi of tmu above jretterdajr*i cloie.
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    Few Asians in Kenya fight
    47 1 ONLY 650 Asians In Kenya are serving m the security forces out of a total of 6.000 I whc have received callup noti- res to fight against the Mau Mau. There are now 11,000 Asians aged 18 to 30 liable for callup.
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    Sleeping man attacked
    48 1 A Singapore Indian labourer. Ramasamy, 28, living m Harbour Board quarters was at* tacked m his sleep by an intruder last night. He jumped up. and with the assistance of two friends caught a man holding a broken bottle. Ramasamy was injured m the hand.
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    BATTLE RAGES NEAR HANOI
    180 1 Now m its third day THE French Hi^h Command announced m Hanoi today that several French Union and Communist Vietminh battalions are locked m a large-scale battle m the Sontay area, 31 miles north-west of Hanoi. French officials said the battle had been under way tor
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    Duke has a restful day
    32 1 rr.HE 18 year old Duke of 1 Kent, m a London hospital alter a car crash, spent a restful day yesterday and continued to make .satisfactory progress.
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    COMMONS VOTE IN TRADE TV
    69 1 COMMONS VOTE IN TRADE TV rPHE HOUSE of Coinrnui* A luM. nmhi finally Djuvsed the Government's controvei kal Bill to introduce commercial television into Britain M a rival to tin- BritUh Broadcastin^ Corporation by SBM vote* to 205. Mr I- i>. Oammans, the A-sai.st:mt Postmaster Oenetal* .said be hoped the
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    THE STUDENTS STILL THERE
    38 1 CHINESE students camping m the Chinese Hiuh School, Bukit Timah Road, who were expected to clear out today, may stay on for another day There w;us no si<i;n of their i leaving this morning.
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    MALAY REGT. HAS A 'COLONEL' NOW
    45 1 LIEUTENANT General Sir Hush Btockwell bai become the Arit Colonel cf the Malay Regiment, the Lmidoti Gazette announced last niuiht. Sir Hurli will be Colonel of the Regiment for five yearn He was formerly General OHicer Commanding. Malaya. Reuter
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      108 1 V/" /l I/^ simplu delicious I Mtio n '^7 W Your first UttC ol '^)v;»ltin<*' (old A. yv Will \h- r»*v»«l;it ion It's Cool, WrV. JjM creamy dolietOUtaMl i» a shwr dolifht. You'll wonder why you tflp**^ <* '*~&7 hadn't thought *>f it hfffVti 'W^-t^ty^^rVdf Ovaltiru- 1 C'ol<l provides concen-
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    $GRIP ON GIFTS EASED
    154 2 Exchange laws are reviewed EXCHANGE control over the sending of gift parcels worth less than $200, except to some destinations, has been lifted by the Singapore Government. Parcels and other export^ valued between $200 ann $2,000 will require a CD. 3X lorm. However no bank certificate
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    Doctors object
    41 2 Thirty Japanese doctors staged a sitdovn -strike m front ol the Well are Ministry m Tokyo yesterday In an attempt to block proposed cuts m fees to be charged patients under a government-sponsored low cost hOtSpitalisation programme. A. P.
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    Parliament dissolved
    28 2 The Jordan Parliament was dissolved yesterday before it WiUs due to meet for a vote of confidence m Prime Minister Tew fIC Ahrinlhiirin's 'nvPrn. JlH'llt.— A.P.
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    Like my new bustle?
    63 2 THIS YOITHFUL evening gown is made m a new acetate lace tricot mounted over brilliant red taffeta which is also used m the swathed line of the bodice and the elaborately trellised panel m the back of the skirt. It was shown at a London fashion
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    ILO MEETING ACCEPTS RED BLOC EMPLOYERS
    147 2 A PLENARY session of the International Labour Organisation's annual conference m Geneva yesterday upheld the credentials of employer delegates and advisers from the Soviet bloc countries, which had been challenged by Western employer delegates. Among the Government delegations voting In favour of the Communists
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    Motor cycles to Red China? —ban still on
    123 2 MR. DERICK HEATHCOAT AMERY. Minister ol State at thr Board ol Trad y< t< rday hi irtm< ni wu willing to do all it could to i rage th< xjx»rt of mmstrategic good I i china. Bu? po Blbilitiei ol do- V-
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    COTTON RECOVERY
    21 2 Italy'.s production of en yarns and textiles i.is eh a slight but .^t»;i(iv recovery In n niontlt,v A .P.
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    Survey of padi output starts
    195 2 Survey of padi output starts IWE Federation Govern- ment has begun an economic survey of padi production In the country. It is bring undertaken b.v the Department of Agriculture which over the next three years, will be assisted by four teams of students from the University of Malaya who will
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    Road experts going to Washington
    86 2 Road experts going to Washington rE Federation Director Of Public Works. Mr. K. Nankivell. and the senior reasearch engineer, Mr. S. E. Jewket, are due early next, month m Washington where they will visit the Natural Rubber Development Bureau. They will study progress made on rubber road surfacing, and will
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    $55,000 VOTED FOR SULTAN
    35 2 Federal Legislative Council today approved a supplementary allocation of $55,000 to Pahang, for a new house boat and car for the Sultan. The house boat will cost $15,000; the car $40,000.
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    REVOLT BREWS
    27 2 A correspondent of the Calcutta, Statesman reported from :.pong yesterday widespread and effective resistance movement has development In Tibet against the Chinese Communist occupation. A.P.
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    Shares go DOWN in smoke
    39 2 TOBACCO sharts on the New York Stmk Exchange plunged yesterday, some to their lowest level so far this year on new medical reports of a link hituiin smnkinor ami cancer and In-art trouble. Reuter
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    FORGIVE US OUR SIN, GIRLS PRAY
    77 2 FORGIVE US OUR SIN, GIRLS PRAY PALE blue incense rose toward the gilt ceiling. Low chanting: spread through the dim temple, and a little silver bell tinkled behind the sanctuary. Kimono-clad women knelt on the white straw mats and bowed deeply and reverently before the great golden image of Buddha.
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    Now Siglap gets library
    174 2 Now Siglap gets library SINGAPORE^ second suburban branch library will be opened at Siglap tomorrow. The library will be housed m the new Siglap social welfare centre at the junction of East Coast Road and Palm Road. Mrs. Kay Hudson, Raffles Librarian said; "People m the district have been keen
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    No barso she can now cool off
    103 3 No barso she can now cool off YPT'S government took pity yesterday on sick and rx-Premier Mustapha El a.s. It cleared the way hla truculent wife to cool Alexandria's seaside. government lifted the use arrest which has tricted the 75-year-old and his 49 -year-old pouse, Zeinab El Wukil, to their
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    GEORGE MEDAL NURSE SAVED 15 BABIES FROM FIRE
    291 3 GEORGE MEDAL NURSE SAVED 15 BABIES FROM FIRE MISS FREDA HOLLAND, 41-year-old nurse who rescued 15 babies from the smoke-filled ward of a leading Berkshire maternity home yesterday received the George Medal, one of Britain's highest awards for courage. Though both her arms were burnt and her tact scorched, Nurse
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    5 STRIKERS FLEE RED BERLIN NOOSE
    44 3 5 STRIKERS FLEE RED BERLIN NOOSE IVE EAST Berlin bricklayers, •ill dressed m their worklothes, fled across the -West border and asked >')litical asylum yesterday. t Berlin refugee officials I the bricklayers were about arrested by Communist 1 because they had staged utest strike.
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    BACK AFTER HOLIDAY
    33 3 Mrs. Margaret Malei, blonde wife of Singapore American businessman Frank Malet, flew into Kalians this week on her birthday to rejoin her husband. She had been on holiday m Australia.
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    ROYAL, PRAISE FOR MAN WHO TACKLED BEAR
    70 3 ROYAL, PRAISE FOR MAN WHO TACKLED BEAR NEWCASTLE -ONTTNE ptttCfWlfl, In■pectot Stanlef Mumm Mttlging, received .1 Koyal commendation for capturiim ;i pcrforniinj; l»r:ir which had escaped and attacked a woman. The hear came upon the woman as it ambled down a Newcastle street, hut when she fell on the ground,
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    U.S. S for lard
    24 3 Britain yesterday received a U. 5.513.5. 513. 5 million authorisation for the purchase of lard m the United States. A.P.
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    Diplomat's attack stirs Canberra
    119 3 Diplomat 's attack stirs Canberra /IENERAL Cariappa'.s attack \J on the "White Australia" policy caused a .stir m diplo batic circles m Canberra yesterday. The Indian High Commissioner is reported to have said it B Queensland news conference that the policy deigned to exclude coloured people from the country is
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    OONESiA SIGNS: BIG TIN PACT SNAGS ARE GONE
    326 3 OONESiA SIGNS: BIG TIN PACT SNAGS ARE GONE I FORMED quarters m London no longer have any i doubts that the Internanal Tin Agreement will be implemented. With Indonesia's signature on the agreement yesterday and dear indications from Paris that France intends after all V) sign, the two major stumbling
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    Gold reserves up
    32 3 Foreign nations trading with US$5OO 000,000 to their Rpld the United States added and dollar reserves m the nr.si thre months of this year Hespite a business decline.- A.P.
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    PoUeo find done in ship: 3 held
    107 3 HASHISH lor delivery to Canadian drug tra lck WU discovered aboard the Portuguese freighter Polycrest. police announced m Lisbon yesterday Ttu* men have been arrested, and a full report sent to the International Drue Commission. rhe arrested men, two Portuguese and a Spaniard,
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    Adventure wanted
    24 3 Th Bv< •st expedition l»'.irler, Sir John Hunt jreiterdaf appealed t (> British educator! to cultivate "the spirit of Adventure" m youths U.P.
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    7 killed in RAF crash
    66 3 7 killed in RAF crash AKOYAI. Air Force Dakota transport plane en route from Durban, South Africa to Malta, crashed 12 miles from Nairobi, killing all seven people aboard. The piano carried a crew of three, and lour pa The RAF plane cra-shf'd m the 8,000-fooi hii'h wild hill COuntry
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    Depot blown up
    23 3 a French Union ammunition depot north ol Tnukrk m Laof was blown up yesterday *>F I Vh'tminh Communist forces, A.P.
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      108 3 NEW YORK IN SINGAPORE Z You don't have to write to your \\p fiends m NEW YORK or HONGKONG V for your requirements. jL. We have the widett range of every '"A thing that is latest m MEK'S WEAR m In Light Weight Suitings alone we I have over hundred
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion Freeing the streets
    403 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion Freeing the streets WEDNESDAY. June 23. 1954. Bmgapore is not unique m that the has a vexed ear-parking problem. She is probably unique, however, m her disinclination to get to grips with the problem. Sur-parking m the city proper pre.seuUs dilliculties basically on all fours
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    Boxing in old Tashkent
    890 4 They call it BOKC —and there's no applause, no cheers. 'Someday I may find out just what does excite a crowd m the Soviet Union. 9 GFGDSGDSGDFGS ...AND NO ONE GETS KNOCKED OUT IT'S a Jovely evening, so let's stroll round to the "Park of Rest
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      38 4 Charm and Choice at SENA 'S The exclusive and unique selection of Jewellery, Cold and Silverware always available at Sena's is probably the most extensive »m 6 varied m Malaya. X SENA MICH CLASS lEWELLERS f/mgaporc. Pcnang Bangkok.
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      109 4 Hit t JOilil i^L^A/^^H Jm*Jm Appeal Week SATURDAY 26th. JUNE You will have fun at the GARDEN FETE />/ the grounds of GOVERNMENT HOUSE by kind permission of H.E. The Governor Sir John Nicoll, K. C. M. G. Kt. St. J. ir Ride the Big Train to Treasure Island it
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    NO NATIONAL SCHOOLS FOR FEDERATION
    625 5 NO NATIONAL SCHOOLS FOR FEDERATION We cannot afford if -Report Education tax move hinted THE first progress report on the Federation Government's Education Ordinance of 1952 shows that many of its schemes are being held up by a snortage of money. Federal Legislative councillors were told this today m a
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    Malaya is cut into 52 for elections
    305 5 Malaya is cut into 52 for elections THE Constituency Delineation Commission has divided the Federation of Malaya into 52 constituencies and has assumed that its commendations are of a temporary nature. report, laid before the ■ral Legislative Council if, looking into the ire says that the numof federal constituencies no
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    GOT MILK BY FRAUD CHARGE
    96 5 GOT MILK BY FRAUD CHARGE KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. DAVID IGNATIUS FRANKFORT, alias Lim Hock Chye, 23, of Doraisamy Street, was changed m the sessions court yesterday with cheating Samuel Senn of Nestles Ltd Frankfort was alleged to have dishonestly induced Senn on June 14 to deliver 40 cases i of
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    THE 52
    36 5 The 52 constituencies dividing the Federation are: PENAN'G ■ftSfigA 1 2 SELANGOR —7; PAH AM— S« PER\K 10. NEGRI SIMBII AN li WIIORK 8; KFDAH 6. KELANTAN -5; TRKN(. GANU 3; and ICTUS 1
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    TEACHERS MARRY
    41 5 Mr. Woiiu (boon Oin, a leather at the Singapore C hinese Mandarin School, and his bride, formerly Miss Tim Fe Hoon who is a teacher at the f.W.C A. Bveataf Beksei They were married at the Jubilee (hurch. Singapore.
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    THIS WHITLEY COUNCIL IS TO MEET
    230 5 THE first meeting of the new 1 Whitley Council, to be the tin- negotiating body for ill Outstanding pay and other between the Singapore rnment and its 18,000 em- is expected to be held tty. The council will consist of 30 bera 16 representing
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      107 5 mm m M Long Playing Standard Records I ///i' /^/cv/ /vv/a'.v <;/ authorized dealers m Maliya. ■VttSr E s ISAAC co LTD s^c-' c Tc, .lSms. Kom S^are W%i7c You Buy! -j—b**^* Remington Ca«h $350. H.P. $378 £a.sj/ payments tor Standard typewriter! can a/.vo be arranged. COMMERCIAL TRADERS LTD. House
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    Pension for Toio's family
    83 6 hhhe widow and family < i A the Japanese wartime leader General To.io (hanged lor war crimes are to receive an annual pension of more that MSI. COO under the terms of a surprise law presented to the Japanese Diet. In addition the families of all
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      637 6 d I Aj%# \*mlt MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis STAR M|| p-r-i IJORN TODAY, thr v us v Me*:;.- •'.;/••>..•■■ hh e' e K ven >ou a al)l B^^^^^™*lf|| J 4 «_^m^^ Uant Usl Uf laltllls but, i l: ynuO i ac,t emf ftOrc tmh K3 «< ™3B^^*
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    A RENDEL POSER GOES TO LONDON
    256 7 THE Singapore Government has sought advice from London on the question of according citizenship a nd voting rights under the Kendel constitution to resident British -protected subjects. Mr J D Higham Under Secretary, yesterday described it as a "complicated legal matter." He hoped to
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    New society will link university graduates
    222 7 A SOCIETY with facilities for social, cultural, and political activities will be farmed shortly for graduates of universities. It will be known as the University of Malaya Society. It was founded by a nine-man liaison committee of members Of the Alumni Association. Stamford Club,
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    Betrothed girl missing
    63 7 I I KLANG, Wed. An Indian 1 couple have reported to the Klang Police that their 16--year-old daughter has been missing from their home at 1 Bute Estate, Kuala Langat since yesterday. The report said tne girl was engaged to be married to a labourer on the
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    New look for boy's home
    241 7 E A SINGAPORE textile merE i\ chant. Mr. Q. Uttamram. E has Rive $3,000 for the E colourwashing and painting of the Ramakrishna Mission E Boys' Home m Bartley Road. E The home consists of a E dormitory, a workshop, dinE ing hall and kitchen.
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    NANYANG SPONSORS AGREE: 'NO POLITICS'
    161 7 sponsors of the new Nanyang University yesterday "fully endorsed" a statement of its chancellor-designate, Dr. Lin Yil-tftng, m New York, that the university would not tolerate politics. Mr. Lien Ylng-chow, one of the chief sponsors said: "Dr. Lin is absolutely right. From the beginning we
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    Free shows at bridge opening
    41 7 KOTA BAHRU, Wed Free shows will mark the opening of the K^niubu bridge, the large&t m the district, on Haturday. The RIDA Kave $4,000 U* build the 100 ft long bridge Kampotig people AUpi>li«?d free labour.
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    STUDIO PLANS BIG CONCERT
    90 7 1W Taylor Dame Studio m Kinuaporr wiU hold 1 oncert at the < iol Thea half-hour U,Jw will feature item*, In whkh M chlldreu wdl by Belinda Ku. Mci Ka< aud There U will alw ke of Z9 different c#untriev and a ballet. Thr main artuUw
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    Youth meeting
    32 7 TAIPING. Wed The Member for Industrial and Social Relations. Inche Muatapha Albakri, will open the fourth annual meeting of the Perak i Youth Library, Ipoh, at 10JO a.m. on Sunday.
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      109 7 c Lovely and I c Comfortable m 1 ICXtCSt HARDY NIPPERS I wßß^^ I'iiniti'J itotk of tlw uvllknown "HAKDY" NIPPERS has just m arrived. Do corns m early ftr y^///r n'U'itiim In' fore they arc fl g| jk>/(/ Mil attain. g 0 I^^BV HARDY NIPPERS Mf Wffj^m c worn without
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    —but laugh There's r, too
    434 8 but laugh There 's r, too The dramatic scene (above) is from Hie play "Tears Of A Cabaret CM." The wife (Yvonne Chow) grieves over the suicide of her husband (Chan Yew Wah. on bed). Her friend (Ivy Lim tries to console her. In the other scene at top Chang
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    All together now, Laugh!
    618 10 All together now, Laugh! £#c /%lkic& WRITES A (HIDE HOOK FOR All INCOMING TOURISTS ON JOKES British f ASD HOW SOT TO MISS THE POINT THE tourist season If on. Britain's visitors from abroad, notably America, mill around Stratford-on-Avon, Saint Paul's, and the Olde Cheshire Cheese, equipped with guide books,
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    BY THE WAY
    293 10 HYGIENE m London restaurants has been criticised. The following new regulations are suggested. 1. EVERY waiter must wear thick surgeons gloves, and must be sprinkled, at 20--minute Intervals, with a germicide Dowder. 2. KNIVES and forks must be wrapped m calico when not m use. 3. BOTTLES
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    'Eyesore' angers Parisians
    380 10  -  STEPHEN COULTER French newsletter by PARISIANS are extra- ordinarily touchy about the look of their city. That is an enormous row soing on at the moment about a sort of prefabricated h ang a r that has been built for a science exhibition slap at the base
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    'King' Cedric Kills 800 a Day
    347 11 'King' Cedric Kills 800 a Day LEWIN's [spotlight] Helen of Troy' m Rome Or er now to Rome... v he™ thai free enterprise film '■Helen of Troy" is bemq YOU SEE, said Sir Cedric Hardwicke, m m the king class now. As my years m the acting profession Ini ase,
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    FATTIES HOLD BANQUET
    182 11 A BANQUET for the World's Largest" has j st tak A piac-r m the small CmfW to Northern Italy. TltM the I attics' Banquet", the t yJ£ r i| JS limited to people With a minimum lo|) Not that this worried the customers for most oi W
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    Take-over bewilders the stars
    409 11 Take-over bewilders the stars 'he British Government now owns a film studio HAD a look at "my" lilm studio at Shepperon, Middlesex. Well, it s 90 per cent mine- ince the Government ook over British Lion. British Lion owns a najor part of Shepper:on. The gateman salut- i >d me
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    BABY DUMPING GROWS
    216 11 I>ECAUSE 80 many 1* babies arc abandoned every week m France, most towns and cities throughout the country have now opened special abandonment centres Where mothers may leave their babies without incurring the severe penalties of the law. Although r:»r rewer babies are being abandoned than wa
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    Quote of the week
    45 11 Quote of the week A FRENCH poiUiCUl commentator: French political crises remind me I of thai act <>f the clou n urock m a hich nr tead of I drawing the piano ttool toward* the piano, he pushei the immense piano ton (mis the tod.
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    Untitled
    14 11 Paul Douslas, Ginger Rogers and \Vill»;.n. Holden m "ForFattl ever Female", coining to Singapore.
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    Debbie talking...
    225 11 "|^lYi: y.ars »«<>, s*>s I P l> i* i> ii ie > noWi* (ahoyo, il an>oiit' had told j me or •»> lainily thai I would KVCft uin a b<auty contest. we would have told them right bark that they uere out of their > mind Mm i
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    STOCKS NOW COME TO YOU
    878 12 More than half the Big City's "Gamblers" are women: Old-time Film Favourites take TV by Storm: Judging the "Audi snce Reaction" off the Very Young ryilE NEW YORK Stock Exchange, discovering tnat 52% of America's investors are leminine, is taking Wall Street to The Women.
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    Bridge Hend
    422 12 Bridge Hend Kast West vulnerable Suuth dealer (Look uuly at North and East hands) NORTH 4 A8 6 4 pun 0K 8 6 *Q 5 4 WKJT KAST A I" A J 7 5 V AQJB 4 <? 7 3 2 OAQJS 0*32 83 A A J 6 ■SOUTH 9?
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    BUCKLEY
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      50 12 Stealing AVOSET beats stealing L^^ candy any day! Eveu strong men yield to the drlieious KnUuhumm flavoi vi VVOSEI HIPPING, the hT^ES/ Bterili/.o<l treain that keeps for (^^"^ftrwij^l tuonthrt, whips when you want it. S >i j A^ent-,: FITZPATRICK S FOOD SUPPLIES (FAR EAST* LTD GO Orchard Ro.id, Sing iporc-9.
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      241 12 I VLVEM AIKOSS: 1 Will Len ti Blimey. Bobiy HMakl (11) 7 roach Ann with thi.V.' «n». 8 Afraid ol nothlnfl at sea' <li. n Entrance to very hospitable A rota of a hearty kind (5) 12 dwelling «4, 4... 9 Large area* 1 Brief suit for a civilian, but
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    Gay cotton fashion
    35 13 picture. Fresh from the Berlin fashion world is this charming summer frock of white cotton, printed with black design, with bare shoulders and puff sleeves. Th« fleeting skirt has cut-in Dockets. Popper
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    THEY DRESS SHABBILY TO EAT WELL
    498 13 says Ritchie McEwen AUSTRIANS spend on an average 59% of their incomes on food. One explanation as to why this is possible is the rigid State control of rents, which have been kept down to almost preWorld War I levels and account for only
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    Westerners weak at night fighting
    450 13 Westerners weak at night fighting reports BEM PRICE IT TOOK 50,000 rounds of small arms fire to kill one Red Chinese -soldier m the Korean war. Lt.-Col. Walter J. Fellenz, chairman of the Small Arms Committee at the U.S. Army's infantry school at Fort Benning, Georgia, considers this something of
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    THE KING OF K.O. HAS LOST HIS STING
    205 14  - THE KING OF K.O. HAS LOST HIS STING CONNIE RYAN Algerian beat world cham^ By of the experts and most of the orclir r *i? xin fai s re be^ inni »ff to believe that Sand* Saddler has lost his effectiveness as a ffchV, will never again be of true
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    Tennis trophy
    64 14 Lim Eng Keat, Perak's run-ner-up, and veteran Tan Cheng Phor. receive their trophy from Mrs Sim Bock Choon. wife of the P.C.R.C.'s president, at the conclusion of the Perik Chinese Re- creation Club's open tennis c'hampion>hip m Ipoh. Lim > won the singles title and partnering Tan annexed
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    '2 TEAMS FROM U.K. IS UNFAIR'
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    C.B. devoted his life to golf
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    REDS SAY NO
    21 14 Russia hiiH turned down an mviii tat ion to .send a canoe team to thb years Wlllesden Regatta.
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      Gallant Fathul crumble in the second half
      235 15  - Gallant Fathul crumble in the second half ARGOS AT THE STADIUM THE LAST WORD— by Tigers 7; Fathul Karib 0. J^LEVEN minutes from time young Jimmy Tan came J running m from the left wing to meet a Siang Hock cross with his head. And that was number veven for
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      REME COAST TO VICTORY
      286 15 I United Services League R.E.M.E. 3; F.B.W 0. INSIDE-LEFT Wilkie was the danger man for the 1 visitors at RAF Seletar yesterday. The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers were by far the better team m this Services league Div. 1, fixture. R.E.M.R played good constructive soccer.
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    A right from The Rock
    36 15 Rocky Marciano slams his right to the chin of challenger Ezzard Charles m their world heavyweight title bout last week m New York Marciano won on points after 15 rugged rounds.
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    NIGHT OUT FOR LANDY
    70 15 PILES Of letters and telegrams congratulating the Australian runner John Landy on his world mile record lie unopened In his hotel room at Tiiiku. Finland. Bouquet* of red. white and blue flower.s from his fans perfume the room. But the lean, quietly spoken athlete has been
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    FOOTBALLERS ORDERED OFF
    75 15 '-•MAN Brotherhood Socrerites xored five goals without reply n t fraction Union S.C. m yk§* terday'a SAFA Div 3B le.eue match al CYMA ground. Sankaran (IndlMM) nnd All action) were ordered off the 1 !or rouph play near the end. nil Afi.ih and Netaji Sports il drew
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    ITALIAN BOXER WINS
    28 15 Hi.lo Scortichini of Italy won a lit decision last night over Pedro Gonialti of the United States m 10-round boxins match m New I A.P.
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    A RECORD HENLEY
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    11 RUNS IN 2½ HOURS
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    8-wktwinfor Pakistan XI
    211 16 PAKISTAN beat Nottinghamshire by eight wickets at Nottingham yesterday. Nottinghamshire were m danger of an innings defeat when with five second innings wickets left they were 70 runs behind at lunch. Notts were 148 for 5 at the interval. Nottinghamshire were all out m their second innings
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    YORKS DRAW
    247 16 MIDDLESEX and Yorkshire, among the leaders m the county cricket chamiMon.shm played out a draw at Lord.s yesterday. Warwuk.slilrp increased their It- id i( 'he top by beating Leicester. Scores At Lord's: Middlesex v. Yorkshire match drawn. Yorkshire 4DO and I (Wilson 91 >. Middlesex 430 (Robertaon lUj.
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    Hoad & Rosewall in great battle
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    STALEMATE IN WORLD MATCH
    36 16 Wolfging Unzicker, of Germany and J. H. Dormer, of Holland, holding first and second place m thi Western European Tournament o! the World Chess Championship played to a draw m Munich yesterday.
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    Malaya invited for Davis Cud
    144 16 Malaya invited for Davis Cud if ALALA may soon be competing m the Davis Cup world tennis competition. Tennis associations of South-ei.st Asia are being canvassed with the idea of reviving an Eastern Zone m the Davis Cup tourney. N. Krishnaswamy, Secretary of the All India Lawn Tennis Association, said
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    110 16 THE chess tourney betweei Ru^ia and the Unitec States erupted into an acrimo nious dispute last night a> visiting Soviets pushed tv a 1 points to 6 lead. The arguments centred around the rigid time limit set on play. Reieree Hjtv Kmoch, himself an American ruled
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    25 16 f Police Training Depot beat Royi Naval Air Station Sembawang 4 m a friendly soccer match ;>! ijre at the Depot yesterday.
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