The Singapore Free Press, 20 July 1954

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  • 22 1 The Singapore Free Press I a rg est Afternoon Sale in Malaya. No. 14rt<»-">. Singapore, Tues., July 20, 1954. Price 15 CU.
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  • 383 1 TIIK Singapore City Council sent out many newly-engaged contract labourers, under police protection, to help man essential services this morning second day of the strike by 10,000 daily rated workers. The men Chinese, Sikhs and Javanese supplemented the work being done
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  • 139 1 pIK Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll, said in the Legislative Council this morning that the City Coun"l strike had caused "a serious situation.' He hoped that negotiations would be resumed by the disputing parties and that the strike would be called off. *ne Governor said:
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  • 148 1 THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. W.AC. Goode said at the hl ngaporv Legislative Council "•'••'ting this morning that he s *w no reason to appoint a ymmittof to inquire into the ■tleged hardship caused to 'V l tenants or to examine xp-nditure and the method Tr
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  • 256 1 AGREEMENT AT GENEVA Says Moscow iCiKKEMKNT M major questions x affecting the restoration of peace in Indo-China can be considered to have been reached at Geneva, Moscow Radio said last night. The broadcast, quoting the Soviet new agency Tass, said that "circles close to the Russian delegation expressed confidence that
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  • 25 1 A Chinese sampan owner yesterday reported to the Singapore Marine Police the theft of his sampan moored 60 feet away off Clyde Terrace.
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  • 44 1 The Singapore rubber market opened slightly easier this morning with first grade, August shipment, at 69'/4 cents a pound seven-eighths cent below yesterday's close. The decline wa.s due to new.s of the favourable progress made in the Indo-China truce talks at Geneva,
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  • 49 1 GIRL AGED 6 ROBBED WHILE AT PLAY SIX-YEAR-OLD En g Oek Choo was robbed of her gold necklace bv two Chinese while she was playing in a backlane off Carver Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon. One man covered the girl's eyes with his hands while the other removed the jewellery.
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    • 121 1 M i i^rti m at *j*- m I WBHRY^ I ANXIETY GRIEF I OVERWORK I EXCITEMENT I SLEEPLESSNESS I call for RELAXATABS I They Relax Your Nerves You'll find a source of 'absolute relaxation and I soothing calm by taking RELAXATABS th* y bring I restfulness and tranquility to sufferers
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  • 505 2 THE LAST 24 HOURS IN STRUGGLE FOR PEACE THE Geneva peaee conference <•»» indo-China entered its lasi dramatic 24 hours last »•««»»< wiUl < v(;r>thhiK printing to ;in East-West ceasefire tgrtemtnt ,o3 miilniKlit today to end «-i^ li t years <>f bloody conflict. Hardflsted bargaining was In full swing end
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  • 68 2 ARTIST, 62 ACCUSED OF MURDER PROSECUTION in the murder trial of Spani.shboin William Sanchez Dc Pina Hepper, 62-year-old artist, in court in Lewe.s, Sussex, yesterday, alleged that he raped and murdered nn 11-year-old and then left Britain for Bpaln. The body of little Margaret 6pevirk wtus found on the divan
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  • 51 2 MRS S. F. HO. was appointed chairman of the Poppy Day Appeal Committee at a meeting called yesterday by Mrs W.A.C. Goode. the wife of Singapore's Colonial Secretary The meeting, held at the Colonial Secretary's home. formed the general organising committee and many sub-
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  • 25 2 The new special constabulary unit at Kalians will cost $09 100 this year. The money v.it> approved by the Singapore Legislative Council today.
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  • 158 2 BRITAIN and the United States intend to end their occupation of (lermany by the end of September, whether France does the same or not, authoritative diplomatic sources said in Bonn yesterday. These sources said that if France had not ratified the European Defence Community
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  • 139 2 fliHh Western Big-Thn t have 1 a'-'r< j to form ;t SouthKast Asia Treaty Organisation (8BATO) to seal off that vital region iri-m further omrnunist penetration, retardlesi of whether the Geneva conference ends the war In IndO-Chlna, Western diplomatic .sources said in Geneva yesterdaj. Informants
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  • 22 2 picture. SinsaiM>re City Council strikers carrying placards, formed pickets outside the City Hall yererday afternoon.- Free Press
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  • 206 2 Defence services to get extra grant SINGAPORE Legislative Council today approved a Government reauest for sudplementary demands amounting to more than $1,600,000 The defence services cot the major share, nearly. $986,000 for "other charges and special expenditure" which were not foreseen when the Budget estimates were prepared A new section
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  • 198 3 Troops help to stem Danube Hie Danube flood crest tas hed Budapest and more Hungarian and Soviet soldiers were sent to the flood stricken areas northwest of the Hungarian capital. Radio Budapest said yesterday. level of the Danube at Budapest climbed ud to 26 feet early yesterday
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    42 3 picture. >lr \V A C duode (left) the Colonial Secretary, watches the documentation of the first 60 National Servicemen at the Civil Defence Headquarters in Kolam Ayer, Singapore. With him are Lieutenant Colonel L. T. Firbank and Quarter-Master D Brennan.— Free Press
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  • 116 3 THE British Comet 111 jet--1 liner, descendant of the 1-fated Comet I, successfully completed her maiden flight at Hatfield last evening Test pilot John ("Cat's Ryes") Cunningham said: "She oenaved perfectly." The Comet 111. designed for tne Atlantic run was aloft for tfj minutes. Airlines
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  • 18 3 rh<» Senate Judiciary Comttee yesterday approved ♦^Islation to make peacetime sf>vin K punishable by death.
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  • 109 3 Girl's body was jammed in drawer THE body of Dorothy Poore, 18. of Clinton. Indiana, was found brutally jammed into a dresser drawer four feet long in a hotel at Indianapolis on Sunday. The body, clad only in undergarments, was partially decomposed and police experts sought yesterday to find out
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  • 34 3 The Turkish liner, Tasus. arrived in New York yesterday on a good-will visit with 450 Turkish Members of Parliament, business and professional men and women and their families aboard- A.P.
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  • 111 3 THF Republic of Panama, which assigned an official chaperon to its entry in the *liss Universe contest in Long Beach. California, learned yesterday it need not have bothered. Mrs. Leona Sears, of Panama Hty, said there had been much church opposition to the Miss
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  • 126 3 JOSEF HAYEK, 20, a student, chose death in a lion's den in Nuernberg (Germany), because he slipped from first to second place in his class standing. He said this in a note left to his Czech refugee mother. This was his second attempt
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  • 25 3 Britain has granted limited rights for a year to the Scandinavian Airline System to run a weekly service to Hong Kong.
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  • 151 3 SERGE Levltky. the man without a country who has spent 11 months aboard a French ship without once touching land, got a brief respite yesterday. Fren.li author;.:, granted him shore leave in Marseilles until July 31. Levitsky has been travelling steadily since August 7
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  • 46 3 THE hot spell over the midwest of America continued into its 13th day yesterday with no sign of relief. Federal officials said another week of the heat might cause serious crop damage. The death toll from the heat wave now totals 237 AP
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    • 355 4 Opinion Abode of wisdom "oday IOOSU large among the memorable occasions in the history of Singapore. It marks the fir.st meeting of the Legislative Council in its new chamber in the Assembly House, richest in historical association and oldest among the Colony's buildings of any architectural consequence. .ike the Colony
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  • 680 4 They could be used by Fighter blanes in 'little 9 wars in ASIA says Michael Amrine U.S. ATOMIC REPORTER REVOLUTIONARY changes in producing long range Fightf r planes and smaller atomic bombs add Up to a greater likelihood Of using A-bombs in "small" wars like those in
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  • 403 4 THIS PETROV SLUSH... JOHN CORDON POINTS OUT SHE IS A VERY TOUCH BABY. AREN'T we becoming rather over-senti-mental about Mrs. Petrov? From the heart-palpitating slush pouring out from the spy inquiry in Australia, one might imagine that we had snatched a poor little ill-used innocent from an unjust fate. I
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  • 178 5 bgffhg;n,g;. JINCiAFORE City has a soft spot in its highlyrommercialised heart for gardens. That is clearly evident in the Esplanade, fronting the harbour along Conuuffht Drive. Few cities in the world today an btaafl of one so picturesque ihis (iarden of Singapore Ky. I ir>t there
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  • 66 5 MALAY fishermen believe that a seaside holiday bungalow near Ponggol Point, Singapore, is haunted. Many years ago. thev .say, several people were mysteriously drowned nearby and one body was left there for several days. Villagers do not go near the place now. A fisherman told picnickers last
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  • 93 5 IPOH, Tues. M EM BERS of the Pertk SUte uiunce who resigned :tl councils and boards over Federal elections lstue are bring asked whether they wish to withdraw their resignations. Letters addressed to members tski them this in view of the decision announced by the
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  • 34 5 «{ALA LUMPUR. Mon.-A provide for the conduct elections and for the inUhment of offences and rapi Is to b<> introduced t the next meeting of the ngw Council of State on
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  • 262 5 INCHE KARIM DZAFIR, secretary of the 2,000-strong Malay Seamen's Union ii Singapore yesterday said the proposed Government licensing of seamen' lodging houses would not help to solve the "terrible" shortage of accommodatioi for Asian seamen. He was referring to a new bill, which is
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  • 29 5 KUALA" LUMPUR. Tues— No casualties among the Comnm- ni.st terrorists or the security forces in the Federation hav«been reported in the 2\ houn sinrc Sundav afternoon.
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  • 53 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Madame Viiayalak.slniii Pandit, President of the UN General Assembly, will address a public meeting at the Selan»or Turf Club on August 13 The all-community reception committee which met this afternoon drew up plans for the one-day visit of Madame Pandit to
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  • 69 5 New book on Singapore TO COST $15,000 Singapore Public Relation* Department is to publish a book entitled "Historic Buildings of Singapore." containing ten pages of historical introduction. 1G pages of photographs and 1G pages of notes and Appendices. The renUure will cost the taxpayer $13,000. The Legislative Council approved the
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    • 100 5 SINGAPORE FABRICATORS abe /toUnui to announce their new service in INJECTION MOULDING OF PLASTICS. Injection moulding is a process by which plastics products can be mass produced most economically. We are now in a postion to produce any plastic mouldings with accuracy and speed. Ours is the only firm that
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 126 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and phil J^^ TNI MAN WHO TUEPATHIC^ hj^l^t~y MURDEP, LOTHARy S^_Hii A f \^U9* L r \i TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroi"-^ %vf >, ~T £W\ I w.Ese^r.v a loke worse wiam ea?E or to f^\^ v^ THE SAINT by Leslie Chartens JANE by Hubbard FvES.
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  • 196 7  -  STEVE NEOH Singapore officials reply to Free Press disclosures by SINGAPORE Government and Ci'yCouncil department heads have given a promise to take action wherever possible when residents put forward genuine complaints about poor living conditions in their districts or villages. They were referring to the series
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  • 107 7 The first problem I tackled was that of the shortage of water stand pipes. It Is an urßent need in several areas in Singapore. In the Bedok Resettlement area, for example, one thousand people share one stand pipe. At the City Health Office I was
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  • 108 7 Education is perhaps the most acute problem in the viliues. The Director of Education, Mr. R.M. Young, says the department is carrying out its development programme "as last as we can." He added: "If the residents :m find accommodation in their own areas, we will provide equipment
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  • 121 7 Living conditions of villagers ire being studied carefully by the Social Welfare Department. The Secretary for Social Mr. T. P. Cromwell iid the principal means of his department could now weu> ''organisational." At present," he added "we »re engaged in a joint effort tn other government de'tments
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  • 81 7 With the growing population, the HOUSING problem is becoming serious. Squatters' areas are springing up everywhere many becoming firetraps endangering thousands of lives. Bearing a major responsibility for the Colony's housing development is the Singapore Improvement Trust. Said the Trust Chief Architect, Mr. S. C. Woolmer: "We
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  • 97 7 ROADS Cost warning One of the City Council's biggest problems is ROAD BUILDING. The City Engineer. Mr. G. Edmond, thinks that an amendment to the present ordinance may help solve it. But residents must be prepared to bear all expenses in building roads in their areas. There are now more
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  • 101 7 LIGHTS Big progress Many villages some districts are without street lights This encourages crime The City Electrical Engineer, Mr. C. C. Payne, said: "Singapore is one of the best-lit cities in the Far East. "We are ahead of our schedule and as soon as it is completed we shall submit
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  • 77 7 FIRE New survey On the safety side, the City Fire Chief, Mr. J. G. Shaw Is completing a survey of all villages and kampongs. •'There are undoubtedly many flretraps," he said 'We shaU make recommendations to minimise the danger and improve conditions on the results of this survey, he saidThe
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  • 413 7 $-a-head 'school starts up SEVERAL brave men have decided to go ahead with a "free education project" to save 3,000-odd village waifs in Singapore from becoming a social menace. They have started to register children aged between seven and 14 Chinese, Malays and Indians whose parents want them to go
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  • 89 7 Pet erouse of many residents Ls the lack of a TELEPHONE Mr A J. Thursfleld, general manager of the Oriental Tele- phone and Electrical Company said: "We are installing 250 new lines a month. "By next September, we hope to satisfy residents in Sennett Estate. St
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  • 77 7 Tell us when you are away— police PENANG, Tifes. POLICE hf-re yesterday warned householders to take precautions against sn<'uk thieves Doors and windows should not be left open, a spokesman said. Families leaving their houses unoccupied for loiik periods should advise their nearest police station so that checks can be
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  • 75 8 picture. MRS. VIJAYA Lakshmi r Pandit, the sister of the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, and presi- dent of the United Nations General Assembly, i had tea with Sir Winston and Lady Churchill at their C'hartwell home in Kent during her visit to j Britain.
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  • 329 8 AND THE LAW STEPPED IN THE day of 14-year-old Michael Davison began at 6.30 a.m. He cleaned the grate, lit the fire, tidied the house, put out the milk bottles, got clothes nady for the two other children, and made tea for the
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  • 145 8 A GIRL IN LOVE IS TO BE FREED A 16-YEAR-OLD girl is to be allowed to continue her friendship with a 46-year-old uncle by marriage. At Lambeth Juvenile Court, London, where the girl appeared on remand as being beyond control, it was stated that since a previous hearing a compromise
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  • 29 8 A road -.sweeper who lound a £5 note and kept it wa.s lined pajapjo pun V. nu|p?.)]s ioj k* to pi-y £1 Is. casts at Croydon.
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  • 26 8 Ollice chairs should be Dadded and covered with a material that does not make :rousers and skirts shine, says .he British Standards In-
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  • 211 8 Artist threw Out challenge to duel A BEARDED Chelsea artist challenged another painter to a duel in Hyde Park, giving him choice of weapons. it was said at West London. There was no duel. And the challenged man was fined 10s. with 21s. costs for what the magistrate. Mr. J.
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  • 192 8 HRIMINOLOGISTS have sugij gested tighter driving, icence rules to check medi-:ally-unfit motorists whom ;he law at present lets loose m the roads Professor J. A. Kerr (Edln- j )urgh University) pointed out ;o Lhe British Medical Assn:iation conference in Glasgow :hat one out
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  • 409 8 RAY PICKED OUT THIEF WHO LOVED PURPLE THE FAVOURITE COLOI'R of Lawrence Stephen Webber was purple— until a week ago. He iik,. j it for the petunia in his buttonhole, the border on hi s liandkerchief and the circles round his socks. But it was purple that betrayed him and
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  • 39 8 LORD COBHAM, President of the M.C.C gave this advice to the boys of M a lv College: "Buy a copy of tut Town Planning Act. read It and determine never to wm English like it."
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  • 179 8 HTVAX inspectors have re- ceived from the Board of Inland Revenue new instructions relating to directors' expenses. They are told that trivial items should not be pursued unreasonably. There should not be requests for details about past years' expenses unless there is some special reason,
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  • 246 9 ii'HENEVLR th- was f? trouble between Mr. and Phillips they each talk- ,i to th<-ir cat. Pete. ma a strong link beD them." said Mr. Commissioner Latey. in the Divorce court. •'Tli» y were both very fond of it. When relations were strained they
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  • 14 9 £1,000 has been given anonymously for beautifying Bury St. Edmunds Cathedral
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  • 248 9 QUTSIDE a public-house in East Kent the sifjn said "Coaches welcome." But Landlord X looked gloomily out of his bar parlour as loads of trippers sped For Landlord X he refuses to give his name for publication because, he says, he has been
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    95 9 picture. SOME members of the company which presented "The Frog." Princess Margaret helped to produce the play. It's three performances raised C 10,000 for the Invalid Children's Aid Association. The money is to be spent mainly in adapting and equipping the Pilgrims School at Seaford to be a special boarding
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  • 157 9 The judge wasn't too hopeful I AM not optimistic that this will do you any good." said Mr. Justice Austin Jones at Kent Assizes at Maidstone. £nen he sent 22-year-old John Montague Amy to corrective training for four years. The judge told Amy that the t>nly reason he was not
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  • 39 9 Two girls were thrown Into the sea off Birchington, Kent, when their canoe overturned. Margate lifeboat was launched, but the girls, Marion Boulton and Valerie Tatham, Doth 15 and both of Birchinginn in', m q chr»rp
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  • 779 9 COME BACK, WIFE CABLED TO MISS BERHY I 4 WOMAN who had been associating with a film producer decided to get away from it all by emigrating to Australia, said Mr. Commissioner W. Latey, Q.C. In the Divorce Court. The mans wife cabled her aboard ship: "Please, pl< Me, phase
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  • 181 9 WHEN a 39-year-old woman appeared for sentence at Liverpool Quarter Sessions on a charge of shoplifting, her defending counsel made a plea for a course that would save her 17th child from being born in prison. Mr. Graham Rogers, the Recorder, sentenced the
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  • 672 10 AT the Eton v. Harrow match I realised what Professor J. L. B. Smith's feelings must have been when he first saw the roelacanth. You may remember that archaic fish was supposed to have disappeared some 600,000 centuries ago. That the only evidence of its existence
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  • 765 10  - Transit camp to Freedom Michael Manning Creece is the first stage to a new life By Iheek-to-cheeky MOST CADDISH remark of the week in London Mr. Richard Berens, explaining why he and his friends favoured the cheek-to-cheek style of dancing: "Debutantes are not very interesting to talk to, so there
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    64 10 THHE story of a rich A girl who, has no aversion to the attentions of a poor youth, offers vivacious Shyama (above) a ranking role in the Hindi picture, Dhoop Chhaon. now showing at the Garrick. Good performances by others in the cast, including Krishna Kumari, and the comedian Agha,
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    • 66 10 The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can be sent by Air Mail to any address in the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of 24.00 I FOR SIX MONTHS If you want the "BUDGET" while on leave or wish to make an "Air-subscription" on behalf of your I I
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  • 759 11 The Story of Erisa Kirode B.A. TOM STACEY, who described in a best seller called The Hostile Sim' bow i he found a lost tribe in Malaya, is off again-on a Journey to the Unknown j through the jungles of Africa. He here portrays his companion, Erisa Kirode, a Cambridge
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    14 11 vWhat dyou k*t_fh.s o.e says Cold »oi |h« liim.ol.llw 01 Drwdtul _w»ath«i »o» July ?>
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  • 341 11 By the Way HAVING completely failed to control the traffic, the Ministry of Transport is to control pedestrians. I suggest, for a beginning, the compulsory parking of pedestrians in barbedwire pens at certain hours of the day. Those with urgent business would be released on the production of a permit
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  • 367 11 French news letter by Stephen Coulter ANE of the last pioneers w of the X-ray comes into the news this week. He is 17-year-old Henri Bourdon, former laboratory assistant of the St. Louis HospitaL Paris, who almost nail a century ago worked *ith the small team
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  • 395 12 Bridge Hand Both> tides vulnerable West dealer (Look only at South 's cards) NORTH 4J7 5 2 V 0 A 10 7 4 WBBT KAHT 4KQBC A 10 0 4 WKJ763 <? AQ1064 0•5 0 3 4k 10 8 4k 6 5 HOUTH OKQ I 8 2 *AK 4 S
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  • 392 12 reports BERNARD RONALD from Italy /'ENERAI LY speaking the Italian woman i* forever ttririnf to dresi differently from hei "sisters" because of tht unwritten law of Fashion in her country which decrees that no one can ever be a ladv unless she i.-, an Individualist.
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  • 214 12 4 JAPANESE University professor and a beautician have agreed that excessive smoking detracts from a voman's beauty. Mrs Maya Kataoka, one Of the leading beauty experts in Japan, sa!d: "I don'l think it is wrong for women to smoke, bul it does harm the
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  • 65 12 AN advertisement in London asking for married shorthand typists caught the eye the other day. A director of the firm, who inserted the advertisement, says that long experience with secretaries and typists has taught him two things. I— Married women are more reliable. 2 —Married women are
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  • 147 12 THE next thine:, girls, is the butch bob. Or you might call it the crew or the burr. Larry Matthews, who runs an all-night beauty shop in New York catering to show people, says the next hair style to be adopted by the American woman will
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 273 12 j HT3 j^^H I I^H ■B^^ BBS HBi^i iIIII I I i J I CLUES ACROSS: 10. The return of the little de1. The faculty ot an apparition? butante (3). (6>. 12. The inside Information about 4. Leave chits for mountainous the smuggler? (4). roads? Hi>. 13. Labour with a
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  • 926 13 The castle was escape-proof bu; these war prisoners were THE expert escapers. PATRICK REID'S "The 1 Colditz Story," one of the most fascinating prisoner -of war escape books of World War Two, is being: turned into a thrilling film at Shepperton studios which should prove one of
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  • 369 13 Ava is learning Spanish MICHAEL RUDDY WRITES ON THE HOLLYWOOD SCENE. OOW wOiild you like a pleasant job this summer, teaching a beauteous film star how to speak Spanish? Juan Losada, exchange student at the University of Southern California from Madrid, has the job. He's giving AVA GARDNER threehours of
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  • 172 14 I MEMBERS of the Skidaddle Water*; Club Singapore, are concentrating on group ski-«ng now that they have a special prop«llor to go w,th the.r Mercury Mark 40 outboard 25 h p dev. 35 h.p.l. Ski-ing ifl ?roups of two. three and four, member, arc thinkm* up ream
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  • 169 14 Tony Trabert may turn pro. I^KANK Sedgman, former Austra- Han Davi.s Oup are, says that three of America's rankinK tennis •targ, Tony Trabert, Maureen Connolly and Doris Hart, may turn pi fesftlonal so>>n Sedgman. Just returned to Melbourne from hi.s second tour with Jack Kramer's pro trouj>e, said Kramer may
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  • 37 14 India will send an ottViul cricket team to tour Pakistan during the coming winter. The Tour Committee of the Indian Cricket Control Board has accepted tbe Invitation made bv the Pakb*L»*n Board of Control. Reuter
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  • 101 14 HPWO minor hitches occurred In Vancouver where preparations lire in hand for the opening of Empire Village, in which athletes for the Empire and Commonwealth Games, will have their home from now until the Games end on August 7. The Southern Rhodeslan standard had to
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  • 283 14 JIR Stanley Rous, Secretary of the English Football Association, suggests that one of the reasons for England's decline at soccer is that she is still too "keep-off-the-grass minded". Writing in the Football Association year book, under the title of "An Open Letter t o John Bull"
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  • 370 15 Favourites take count in K.O. Cup Unset Number 1..... They trailed 2-0 at half-time ampenis Hovers 3; Star Soccerites "A" 2. i||£ underdogs trailed 2-0 at half-time. Their victory was an upset, and thrilling. Star icceritefi "A" were expected to have an easy win in
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  • 117 15 Tiong linliru Rangers 5, Woodbridge Hospital 0. Rangers knocked out iit <i Woodbridge Hosier, enterprising Their match at Farrer vided high class fare. Woodbridge Hospital might find lesser opponents y in the SAFA 1 league next season. Tier.- Bahru'a form was surThey forced the play
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  • 103 15 THE Singapore Gun Club annual August Bank Holiday shoot will w held on Sunday August 1 at the Gun Club range. The programme of seven events will commence at 10.30 a.m. and com tine until 4 p.m. A Chinese lunch will be served for
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  • 57 15 Moscow Dynamo football team J "i^er v. A. Burov believes laughter is one of the best ways of relaxing." T] t was his comment when the wob went to the circus In wma. Players need relaxation, not Wj training," he $aid. Dviiamos meet Rapid, the
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  • 76 15 ORIENT welterweight boxing champion Somdet Yongtrakit of Bangkok has agreed to defend his title against former Japanese welterweight champion Teruo Onuki on August 2 in Osaka. Papers for the 12 round bout have been signed in Tokyo. Two other Thai boxers are to meet Japanese
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  • 115 15 S.C.C 0, Aston 0. THE score sheet was empty, but this was a match full of misses for Aston Athletic Association. S.C.C. centre-half Davids played an outstanding role in defence. He was well supported. If the Club forwards had displayed half the form of their defence
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  • 283 15 Widow gives savings so sop can run m/|RS. (Mum Williams, widowed mother of Welsh allround athlete, Hywel Williams, is giving up a lug part of her lilt-'s savings so that her son mav have I charce to compete in the Commonwealth and Empire GIIIH at Vancouver later this month. Williams
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  • 87 15 Sweden beat Belgium in Davis Cup CU EDEN beat Belgium 3-2 in fJ( ir thrilling European u lvi Cup semi-final in '<-< kholm yesterday Jackie Bru-hant of Belgium U-Tinart Bergelin of Swe- in a five-set match lasting than three hours to level scores 2-2 il f 0 h 8 nt
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  • 412 16 York* in danger: Northants 409 Tyson injures 2 Middlesex men VIIMILESEX captain Bill Edrich was hit in th i?I mouth by a ball from -fast bowler Frank Tyson a lords yesterday and was taken to hospital. Edrich received a severe blow when trying
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  • 64 16 ><> Words S« (minimum). GAREH: To Mm <x ....u.ice, on 17th July, a daughter. BAKER: At Youngberg Hospital, July 18th to Janice and Herman Baker of Singapore, a daughter, Sara. BURNETT: To Wllhelmlna nee Hogarth wife of Lt. Col. J.S.P.A.F. Burnett, 14 July. son. Malcolm Forbes ON 19TH JULY,
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  • 24 16 ?f Words SH (minimum). MOSELLE NATHAN, nee Benjamin wife of E. J. Nathan, at the KK Hospital on 14th July 1954. Deeply regretted.
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  • 124 16 At Lords: Northamptonshire 409 I (Livingston 133, Jakeman 60. Tyson not out 60 Middlesex 22 for one. At Bournemouth: Warwickshire 179 (Cannings four for 44 Hampshire 53 for two At Paisley: Ireland 330 (Allan five for 94) Scotland 288 for seven (Chisholm 81, Altchlson 103). At ardiff: Glamorgan
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  • 41 16 WARREN Giles. President of the National Baseball League, announced yesterday that a hearing will be held today on a fight between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phils last Sunday. He also suspended, pending conclusion of the hearing, manager
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  • 30 16 Amsterdam has offered to organise thU year's "Chess Olympics" in September, following Argentines withdrawal. The Dutch offer was made to the International World Ch*** hv.Wu- lion <FIDE> A.P.
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  • 92 16 Eddie Stanky, pitcher Ellis Deal and catcher Sal Yvars of the Cardinals and Earl Torgeson of the Phils. A single yesterday by Dale Mitchell drove home the run that gave the Cleveland Indians a 4-3 victory over the Washington Senators, preserving the Indians' half-game lead In the
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    23 16 I.rn Mutton was last night rliotrn to captain the Marylrbone ClWlill C lub (M(() tourin* side in Australia and \»w Zealand.
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  • 169 16 INDIA is sending four of her Asian record holders to compete in the fifth British Empire Games, beginning July 31, in Vancouver. T,partine r thp prnnn I* thp inaian oamson, zio-io. rarduman Singh, who scored a double in the Asian Games at Manila, winning a
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  • 37 16 Torben Ulrich. Denmark's No 2 tennis player, has been in hospital with a nervous breakdown after a few days* stay m a naval training camp. Ulrich was detailed i«»<=f Thursday for military service.- A.P.
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  • 305 16 riiMrl wlCK£t aluuu ui uZ *k u) vvaqar iutsoau a rvu^ir JVioiiauinieu, 6MCH ui wauiii hit nta fugnest More 01 tne tour, enabled the Pakistan cricketers to recover lrom u disappointing start a^ani^L Surrey, tne county leaden the Oval yesterday Waqar Hassan made
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  • 46 16 STAN Ockers of Belgium yesterday won the 11th lap of the Tour de France bicycle race a tough 241--kilometre run through Pyrenees Mountain passes. Gilbert Bauvin of the French North-East Centre team was second, followed by Louison Bobet of the French national team.
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