The Singapore Free Press, 28 August 1954

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. No. *****. Singapore, Sat., Aug 28, 1954. Price 15 CU.
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    Raid on isle part of Red nerve war
    117 1 UNITED STATES naval authorities said m Washington yesterday that American warships would not, under present orders, go into action if Communist China launched an all-out attack on Nationalist-held Quemoy Island, four miles off the mainland and about 100 miles from Formosa. A
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    Chiang rushes reinforcements to Kinmen
    37 1 Chiang rushes reinforcements to Kinmen rE London Daily Express said today m a dispatch from Hong Kong that American aircraft carriers and cruisers were escorting Chinese Nationalist landing craft carryine reinforcements from For- mosa to Kinmen. U.P.
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    France seeks guarantee
    85 1 Washington ci ip i o mttic officials said that the French ambassador, Mr. Henri Bonnet had made a strong plea yesterday that the United State, .should join France m ur^in^ that SEATO guarantee the .security of Vietnam m addition to Laos and Cambodia. He is said to
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    EDEN FOR U.N.
    38 1 It was announced m London yesterday that a ten-member delegation led by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden would represent Britain at the United Nations General Assembly session which begins m New York on September 21. A.P.
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    Unlicenced guns
    26 1 Fifteen hundred unlicenced tunj and nearly 43 rounds of ammunition were declared to the Kenya police during the ent 30-day firearms am- m-.sty Reuter
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    7 wounded in Cairo riot
    71 1 Seven policemen were wounded m Cairo yesterday when police clashed with fn^mbers of the fanatical Moslem Brotherhood outside a small mosque m the Roda Island district. Ten Moslem Brothers were arrested later by police rein- forcements. The injured poUce were members of a patrol jhich
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    2 a.m. SURPRISE CALL AT WAY: BAN A-BOMB
    193 1 THE Second World A.ssembly of Youth m Singapore wound up its 10-day sitting with a "surprise" 2 a.m. resolution today m which the dramatic last minute plea to f the world to prohibit the use of the atomic bomb as a weapon
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    Another taxi hold-up
    51 1 Three men early today ordered a Chine.se taxi-driver to a lane off Clementi Road Singapore, robbed him of $10 and ran away. This was the second taxi bold-up m Ckmenti Road this week The police today said steps would be taken to prevent similar hold-ups m this
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    FIGHT IN STREET
    20 1 Singapore police have detained four Indians after a fight m a compound m Dunearn Road last night.
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    SECOND PARIS BLOW AT EDC
    270 1 Concern m Britain French Government agreed last night to defer a decision on ratification of the European Army treaty if necessary to enable further negotiations to be held on France's demands far revisions, well informed sources said m Paris. News of the probable postponement of
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    India aids Nepal
    25 1 India is granting five million rupees to Nepal for the development of minor irrigation projects and village drinking water facilities.— A. P.
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    SINGAPORE -BY AN AMERICAN
    112 1 SINGAPORE -BY AN AMERICAN SINGAPORE gave every indication of maintaining its position as th€ financial and trading centre of South-East Asia, according to Mr. Tom B. Coughran. vice president and manager of the Bank of America's International Banking Department m San Francisco, who has just returned home from the Far
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    Rubber price up as strike ends
    86 1 Rubber price up as strike ends rpHE rubber market price la 1 Singapore jumped up when the market opened thli morning by U cents to cents ft pound following news from the United States that the strike of rubber workers In the Qoodyear plants In America (»m page 3 1
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    ATTLEE VISITS SHANGHAI SHIPS
    46 1 Mr. Clement Attlee left his seven Labour Party colleagues yesterday to vl.sit BrltLsh and other foreign ships m Shanghai docks. Other members of the Labour mission which arrived m Shanghai yesterday from Pekvisited British Arms ope- ing rating m the city Reuter
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    NEHRU 'IS FACING RED PAY-OFF'
    239 2 Does Ho seek peace? MR. GEORGE ALLEN, United States Ambassador to India, said m Washington yesterday that a showdown m relations between India and Communist China may come m Indo-China. In a speech to the National Security Commission of the American Legion m Washington, the
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    Waste of time?
    38 2 The Socialist controlled council of Birkenhead, m iiorthwest England may refuse to operate civil defence on the grounds that, m the hydropen bomb age, it is a waste of public time and money. Reu ter
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    Service extended
    22 2 Air India International has extended its service to Bangkok and Hong Kong and will shortly fly on to Tokyo.- A.P.
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    Mass break at embassy forestalled
    83 2 Mass break at embassy forestalled /GUATEMALA authorities said \J yesterday that a mass outbreak by most of the 192 people given asylum m the Argentine Embassy m Guatemala has been frustrated. The normal police guard at the embassy was hurriedly reinforced when the news became known. Hundreds of Guatemalans associated
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    'END THIS RICE MUDDLE, YOU CAN'T DEFEND IT'
    179 2 THE ECONOMIST said yesterday that unless the "rice muddle" m Malaya was cleared up m the next 12 months "the Communists will gain a propaganda handle that they can exploit m every kampong m the country." The journal urged an end to
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    Welcome home tea party to Madam Liu
    72 2 Welcome home tea party to Madam Liu Past and present pupils and staff of the Singapore Nanyang Girls' High School will hold a tea party this evening to welcome home their former principal, Madam Liv Yuen Siang Madam Liv, who was attacked by an acid-thrower while she was going to
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    7 KILLED IN INDIAN RIOT
    52 2 OEVEN people were killed and 19 injured m a disturbance kj which broke out rjl Oulbarga. 150 miles from Hyderabad E%T% a atel ter H ftJ P akistani fl ag was hoisted over a temple 10 the Hindu deity Ganesh Borne shops were set on
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    HARVESTING BY FLOODLIGHT
    54 2 FARMERS m Britain's South-East counties yesterday were making preparations to gather their corn at night, by floodlight. Farmers had faced big losses caused by the wet summer. Most of Britain basked m warm sunshine yesterday and some resorts had their warmest day of this year's almost non
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    His memories are an canvas
    194 2 His memories are an canvas WHEN Mr. W.R.M. Haxf f worth, the traffic police chief, sails from Singapore on retirement early next week he will take as memories of his 25-year stay here his treasured collection of oil paintings Painting is the hobby of Mr. Haxworth and his art pieces
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      326 2 i m-m m I q Adorable Creatures p i L^^rOM AN, as we all know, is an adorable creature. Every- thing about her is adorable, enchanting, seductive— her glance, her 1 smile, her gestures, everything, is full of such rare perfection, such i subtle harmony, such unobtrusive art is so
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    'LOVER SHOT PEER THEN CALLED HELP'
    273 3 Jealous blonde fired 3 times-court told ifRS. MAVIS WHEELER, 40, tried to murder her ill lover, theatre impresario Lord Vivian as he limbed In through a window of their cottage, it was alleged at Devizes, England, yesterday. Mrs. Wheeler appeared before the magistrates 1
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    CHILDREN DRAGGED OFF BY WOLVES
    111 3 CHILDREN DRAGGED OFF BY WOLVES MAN-EATING hyenas and wolves, prowling m the hills and ravines of t tur Pradesh State m Northern India are reported to have devoured 29 children since the end April. District police officers, trying to cope with the situation hive suggested to the State Government that
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    AT LAST THEY SAIL NORTH-WEST PASSAGE
    34 3 The United States Navy claimed yesterday that two American ice breakers had crashed their way through the Ice-clogged western entrance 01 the northwest passage m Canadian Arctic— Reuter
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    Japs lead again
    44 3 Japan is launching a new 'i^hter or tanker each month and has regained her position leader m Far East shipping, W. J. Duyvene De Wit, neral manager m the Philip- Of the Dutch Royal Inwean Lines, said m Manila 'sterday A.P.
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    Air travel credit
    33 3 Sabena Belgian airlines is offering a travel credit plan with no down payment and as much as two years for repayment to people living or working m New York A.P.
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    Austrian holiday
    16 3 The Duke and Duche.ss of Windsor left Venice yesterday for a holiday m Austria.—
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    Haymes gets gaol order for contempt
    118 3 SINGER Dick Haymes yesterday was ordered to be gaoled for contempt of court m failing to appear on a charge that he was m arrears US$4,BOO m alimony payments to one of his former wives, actress Joanne Dru. Superior Judge Walter H. Odemar, sitting
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    49 3 picture. Volunteers of the Singapore Military Forces attached to the S.R.A. coastal defence cleaning the barrels of two six-pounder guns after a firing practice on Blakang Mati island off Singapore last night. The exercise was watched by the Singapore Secretary of Defence, Mr. L. H. N. Davis.- Free Press
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    Rubber strike ends: 23,000 get rise
    176 3 Rubber strike ends: 2 3 ,000 get rise WAGE increases of six cents to ten cents an hour for M i production workers of Goodyear Tyre and Rubr Company were announced yesterday m Cleveland m settlement of a strike w Mch began on july 7. The agreement announced loint .statement
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    BRITISH FIRM SPEEDS JET CAR TESTS
    149 3 BRITAIN'S biggest car manufacturer has ordered engineers to step up experiments m an effort to Kct production started on an economical jetpropelled car. British Motor Corporation says it was encouraged by tests iv.st completed with an Au.stin Iheerline sedan car of a gas turbine
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    DEFENCE TALKS
    23 3 Britain and South Africa will have defence talks m London on Wednesday and Thursday .an authoritative source said 'last night. n
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    Toronto welcome
    31 3 Ihe Duchess of Kent and n-old Princess Alexandra greeted by a cheering rowd when they arrived m Toronto yesterday for the of the Canadian Na- J.Penina t.-itiai exhibition Reuter
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    War reparations
    24 3 japan is opposed to paying mM reparations to Burma In nart through Investment 01 nrivate Japanwe coinpani( m jomt enterprtoei m Burma
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      Opinion Brakes on self-rule
      354 4 Opinion Brakes on self-rule The observation* of former Director-General of Information m Malaya. Mr. Peterson, m a recent article on colonial political development, are of especial interest here, since his broad general conclusions are undoubtedly drawn from a survey of the current Malayan scene. Perhaps the most important of the
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    Prison doors flung wide for Nazis
    717 4 Prison doors flung wide for Nazis The allies are accelerating the exodus of war criminals says Norman Lindhurst Flashback to J Nuremburg WHEN the war ended the Allies held upwards of 10.000 Germans as war criminals including the cream of the German general staff Allied prosecutors declared that they had
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    CANADA IS NEW RED TARGET
    135 4 pANADA has become the latest target of a virulent Communist propaganda. Books and pamphlets, printed both m English and m foreign languages, are pouring into the Customs offices at the Canadian ports of entry Even strictly scientific books coming from behind the Iron Curtain contain
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    Big propaganda drive, writes Fred Manor
    124 4 rnHE authorities are, m fact, A more concerned with such literature than they are with the poisonous material distributed by the Satellite and Soviet dipldmatic missions here for the Embassy material goes almost exclusively to confirmed Communists. Meanwhile, the straight and outwardly "Innocuous" propaganda,
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    By the S'pore WAY
    398 5 By the S'pore WAY \rOVTH In Action! Much has been sa id at G.H.Q., Barker Road. Much is expected to be done! If only "F.D.R.," that i j, r eat American president, r'.- m Singapore today, perhaps he'd reconsider what he said 12 yeans vi, r o: •And Youth comes
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    'I HAVE LEARNED A LOT HERE' SAYS WAY EXPERT
    151 5 Man from Senegal on Spore housing W h H hou m S cx P ert Andre Guillabert from Senegal says ne nas learned much from Singapore's housing problems. We face similar difficulties at home," he added Hvi™ g H?f° re h
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    PUT ACCENT ON THRIFT, HE WILL ASK
    190 5 MALAYAN co-operative society officials will urge the Singapore and Federation Governments to sponsor lectures on the principles and practice of co-operation m teachers' training colleges. Teachers could then pass this knowledge on to students, said a spokesman of the All-Malayan Co-operative conference which
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    106 5 4 CROSS (he «rille of the confessional Komro (Lawrence Harvey) and Juliet (Susan Shentall) repeat their wedding voWs. This is a scene from me I. Arthur Rank, film Romeo and Juliet" which will have its world premiere m Singapore on September JB. simultaneously with *orld premieres m other big centres
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    Teachers get art, crafts instruction
    88 5 THIRTY HVK men and women teachers from Singapore Chinese schools are attending a course m art and handrraft organised by the Education Department. Four experienced teachers are conducting the course which is being held every afternoon except weekends m the art studio of Raffles Institution.
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    3 armed men grab $735
    61 5 PENANG, Sat. A Chinese couple living m Batu Ferringhi village were robbed of cash and jewellery worth $735 by three masked men early yesterday. j Two of the robbers, one armed with a pistol and the other a dagger, tied up the couple before ransacking
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    Police servant stole cheque, bought cycle
    74 5 IPOH, Sat. A 20-year-old houseboy employed m a police lieutenants' mess at Jelapang was fined $300, m default three months' imprisonment, today for stealing a cheque from his employer, Lieut. A.S. Jones. Chong Tze Wah was alleged to have cashed the cheque and bought
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    Council meeting
    17 5 KANGAR, Sat. The Perils State Council will meet at Arau Balai Besar on Sept 5
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    The Changi restort is a step nearer
    183 5 The Changi restort is a step nearer rOUSANDS of week-end Singapore pirnlrkers will have an up-to-daU* seaside resort when the Government compleU's its Changi beach, development scheme estimated to cost a million dollars. Development had been h°ld up pending completion of ane w road connecting Tanah Merah Be.sar and the
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      184 5 FINEST GLARE PROTECTION MONEY CAN BUY! The lenses m Bausch A Lorab Rajr■F^ r .t Bad Sud G\mms€s arc made of die finest optical glass, groan d -and -polished to *ip!p^^/ highest precision standards. Here's the fe^*} handsome new Ray-Han "Wayfarer" '^%jSf*. model for men, with sturdy, stylish **Wr£ lylonite
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    HE WANTS A BRISBANE GIRL
    95 6 HE WANTS A BRISBANE GIRL A TWENTY YEAR ol Sh b o y, Jgggj Ross Muir. has just <.< Brisbane, determined to "postie" and also *Jgj23 to meet a Brisbane girl W get married to her The lad from Edinbu first began his Post OfliNtr three years apo w legram
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      347 6 I _l .1 1^ MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis 1 "^^""^l I THAT WAS MANDRAKE. 1 POST yrd 7T~ NOW-- tVfRYROAO IS GUARDEO. I^t h£ r E ARE THE LIGHTS OF THE 1 REPORTING. MANORAKF ON J I M I 1 n JL HE WILL BF DESTROYED ON
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      564 6 YOUR LUCKY! STAR I IJORN today, the stars h^e i given you a real tout h «,f genius and it should be > ur i major objective m life to < u tivate these gifts and n a «h the heights of achievement to which you should aspire. Music, drama,
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    This is how to bully-off
    66 7 rpHIRTEEN years ago the 1 Girls' Sports Club m Singapore played their last game of hockey on their ground m Serangoon. Recently, they played their first practice ci me on the same field. Picture above shows Mrs. L. M. Pennefather, (left), well-known Colony sportswoman, affection
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    Why tell us -we know
    55 7 Pl( TURE on right shows I two future members of the club who think they're never too young to start playing hockey. They are Caroline Milne (left), who takes her practices seriously, and her cousin Joy Milne, who thinks it's more fun having: her picture
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    Smoke gave liquor tank away
    97 7 Smoke gave liquor tank away PENANG, Sat. A POLICE party on Thean Teik Estate saw smoke coming from the jungle. Think. ing that bandits were cooking food, the patrol moved m and found a huge tank distilling liquor. Chuah Chin Kaim, 51, yesterday pleaded guilty to two charges of distilling
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    New Johore Ministers
    83 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. A Johore Government Gazette sterday named the Johore ouncil of Ministers who have been chosen by the Sultan. They are: bato Ibrahim bin Rahman, Deputy Mentri ge&ar; Dato Mohamed Seth bin ■'••named Sa'aid, State SecreUngku Ismail bin A. »n, President, Religious llr Dato Ismail
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    The importance of building shelters
    185 7 TWO BUS TRAVELLERS SPEAK OUT I I>US passengers are much inconvenienced by lack of shelters m Ayer Raja-Bouna Vista Road area. The population of the area is increasing. It will be helpful if the three operating bos companies m the district can put up shelters
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    'DEPOT ONLY', IT WENT TO CITY
    154 7 I SHALL be obliged if you will kindly have the following GOOD NEWS inserted m today's issue of your paper. I wonder how many pedestrians, or even those who boarded the S.T.C bus No. 310 between the 8 and 8.30 am. observed that the
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    TRUST TO END WATER GROUSE BY TENANTS
    250 7 TRUST TO END WATER GROUSE BY TENANTS ALONG standing complaint of 10,000 Singapore Improvement Trust tenants that they are paying for more water than they use is now being settled. The board of trustees has now decided to instal individual meters m all new flats, on the ground floors first,
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    New water works almost ready
    40 7 KLANG, Sat. Members of the KJang Town Board will Inspect a water purification plant at North Hummock Estate, about four miles from here on Wednesday. The plant will be put Into operation early next month.
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    MAN GETS MATRON'S JOB
    349 8 MAN GETS MATRON 'S JOB HOSPITAL FACES TITLE PROBLEM yHERE was no problem In finding a successor to Miss Mary Hodkinson, matron of Haigh Hospital, Roth well. Yorkshire. Her issistant was fully quailled and had matron's :onfidence. Ba t wh a t .itle do you give to a man .vho
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    57 8 The 23rd. Armoured Brigade, a Western Command Territorial Army formation from the Liverpool, Chester, Oldham and Burton-on-Trent area, has just been engaged m Exercise "Summer Down" on Salisbury Plain. Here a trooper m the Cheshire Yeomanry has an early morning clean-up m front of his tank after cross- j ing
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    The Sunday song was not proper -fine £5
    201 8 The Sunday song was not proper -fine £5 IN i loung< suit, a trilby and i clerical collar, a man f-'ot up on the Rtage ol Dji saloon bar ol tin Whit< Harl and sans "The Simple i untry Pa it wu a Sunday night. And among the 150 customers
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    THE PASSPORT STARTED REAL HUSTLE
    124 8 THE PASSPORT STARTED REAL HUSTLE IjWERY minute mattered to J Mr. Stewart Martin, 43--year-old engineer, as he paced the quayside at Liverpool. At 4.15 he knew the gangways would be hauled ashore Irom the liner due to take him back to Freetown, Gold Coast, after leave m Lanark. Ana he
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    Railmen's names live on
    42 8 A book of remembrance recording the names of 1,298 men i and women of London Trans- port who lost their lives m the war was unveiled by Sir Brian Robertson, British Transport Commission chairman, at i Westminster headquarters.
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    The case of the missing shovels
    344 8 The case of the missing shovels IT was just a concrete base, 18ft. by 10ft. British Railways decided to lay it at a station 60 miles from London. And, says Essex signalman W. R Webster, m the Railway Review, this is what happened: The materials sand, cement, and so on
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    PAPER FLUTTERS IN AIR -AND DEATH TOOK TWO
    298 8 It started icith a piece of breeze and frlQh IN a few more minutes. 81-year-old George Fletcher would have been at work m an accountant's office But he was killed as he waited for the tramcar he has caught every morning for
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    Brothers meet after 68 years
    56 8 Seventy-four-year-old J^ 1 Mackness flew 3,000 miles _to i London Airport and was introduced to the brother he had not seen for 68 yeans. Jim and 72-year-old Sam Mackness, from Frome (Somerset were parted when Jim emigrated to Canada m 1886. Now I he is
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    DOWN IN SURF
    26 8 Week-end pilot Alan Claxton forced-landed his single-en-gined plane m the suit > ,Southend to avoid people m the beach when the engine c out.
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    Teeth still good
    25 8 Skeletons 800 years old we unearthed on a new IJOUM m estate at Worstead. Norfolk. The teeth of some were aJmi^ perfect.
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    Council is sorry for acting on idle gossip
    256 9 Council is sorry for acting on idle gossip i COUNCIL listened to A neighbours' gossip about Mr. Robert Davison and his family, then ordered him to quit his council home. Later the councillors admitted they were wrong and withdrew the eviction notice. Said Councillor F. J. Bride, chairman of the
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    Big family rides down its problem
    138 9 Big family rides down its problem MR. and Mrs. James Foster showed how to take a large family on outdoor holiday at the least expense when they turned up at the Cyclists Touring Club rally m York. They had done the trip from Sandbach, Cheshire, with their family of five,
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    The bride carried groom to altar
    121 9 TWENTY-ONE YEAR-OLD Robert Dean put me wedding ring on his bride's finger, then fainted. The bride. 20-year-old Louisa Groom, of Bucking-ham-street, Liverpool, staggered slightly as he clutcned at her for support. M mmmmimJl Then, with her arm around him, she hall-carrica him to the
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    A BEAUTY SPOT IS SPARED
    221 9 A FIGHT has been won tftj save the Yorkshire beauty, spot of Wentworth Woodhouse from the threa t of unlimited opencast coalViaifr^also means protection far the famous Wentworth Woodhouse mansion whim to be the biggest private house m Britain. It has 350 rooms The fieht
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    IDEAL LANDLORD WAS SUED FOR RENT CUT
    251 9 He gave prizes for clean rooms THE landlord of a three-storey house said that if one of his tenants falls sick m the night he fcoes to help, and sometimes stays up until the early hours cleaning the house "to make it nice"
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    TUG LEAVES DRY DOCK—AND SINKS
    38 9 TUG LEAVES DRY DOCK— AND SINKS The 231-ton Mersey tugboat Applegarth .sank m Canning Dock Liverpool. The only two men on board jumped to .safety She had just been movrd out of dry dock after a tWOday overhaul.
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    REMEMBRANCE BOOK
    41 9 A book of remembrance recording the names of 1,298 men and women of London Transport killed m the war 837 m the Forces and 461 m the blitz was unveiled by Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of lot Transport CommiM&Ofl
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    He stood to attention 142ft. up
    187 9 He stood to attention 142ft. up SIDNFY Bulman. a sturdy 16, .stood stiffly at attention. M*'n Rasped; women covered their eyes Sidney was on the top of I ship's BlMt 142 feet above the ground. As th f mm looked \\V and the women looked away, Sidney looked ahead Trie
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    British church restored by U.S. airmen
    110 9 I WORKING «'very (rtt evenVI m«. and tfivinn up all their Wave, a U S Air Force ofLeer and three airmen have completely rwtored Bt. Joiepht Human Catholic Church, at gouldern. OKfordihlre The walls had naked, paint had peeled, and the flooring worn out
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    69 9 picture. Four Kikuyu servants squat outside their hut m the mounds of a European house m a suburb of Nairobi as thatch is ripped away m a search that may result— for mm in a capital charge. Officers searched the hut as a result of a routine visit by an
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    The smugglers
    650 10  -  KATHLEEN HICKLEY BEGINNING TODAY: AN EXCITING TALE OF HOW TWO BOYS SOLVED A MYSTERY THAT BAFFLED THE POLICE. by rK>R weeks the gaily coloured posters pasted up all over town had been advertising the coming of the circus and at last, with a great burst of music, it
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      550 10 Saturday Page for Children LAST WEEK'S WINNERS rIE correct answer to last Vincent Khoo Tiam Siew week's shoe* puzzle is (8), 97 Siglap Road, SingaTHREE. The winners are: pore 15. Lily Tah Shnk Yin (10). 40 Andrew Wee (12), 155 SeleCrawhurst Drive. Singapore gie Road, Singapore 7. 19. The prize
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    'Niagara, is a Mecca for mad
    426 11 SOVIET VIEW OF FAMOUS FALLS AMERICAS "honeymoon falls" are a Mecca for madmen where capitalists stage sadistic spectacles to draw the crowds, says the Soviet magazine Smena. Smena says the biggest crowds of all gather at Niagara when decadent American newspapers and magazines raise
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    19 11 This lovely creature gracefully recumbent is French film star Nicole Maurey to be seen m "Secrets of the Inca."
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    Catch bird, THEN the fish
    603 11  - Catch bird, THEN the fish Richard Hughes A rare old Japanese sport, —cormorant fishing By LX)R the rare old Japanese sport of cormorant fishing you must catch your bird before you catch your fish. The captive cormorant, as used on the broad, fast-flowing Nagara-river at Gifu. is an evil-looking, highly
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    A cough and fever put me in hospital
    600 12 A cough and fever put me in hospital THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR GETS SICK TWO weeks ago I felt tired when I woke m the morning. My head was heavy, my back ached and I had a slight cough. I believed I had probably caught a cold from a patient who
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    32 12 picture. Gracefully performing a reverse dive at Wood Green, I London, swimming baths is 18-year-old Ann Long, of Uford, Essex, England's diving hope for the European championships held at Turin. Italy. Reuter
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    FIGHT AGAINST COLDS
    146 12 IN A stubbornly fought campaign agamst an old enemy, the common cold, the British Medical Research Council has reported a little progress. The Council said there is a possibility that what it called "this very tiresome infection" may some day be brought under control. The little advance
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    Bridge Quiz
    383 12 SOMETIMES partners minimum rebid conveys some significant Information beyond the mere fact that his high-card holding isn't much more than he needed for his opening bid. For example, there is a revelation m Norths choice of rebid m the i following auction (neither side vulnerable): North East South
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      397 12 26 26 I I JHnHnV" CLVBS ACROSS: Warrmnta wttbont national con1. Has such a person no name? flicts (4). <Bi. 6. "No company" for music? (4). 4. Rats m Burlington House? m a 7. Could be a veteran going to way (4). Brighton (10, 3). 9. Were m the present
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    Screen's 'weeping willow'
    278 13 Screen 's 'weeping willow Dorothy Adams of£stage is happy-go* lucky PASTING directors have tagged DOROTHY ADAMS, pretty, hazeleyed brunette, the human wailing wall". She has wept her way through more than half of the hundred pictures she's made since her film debut m 1935, and. she enjoys being typed as
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    11 13 Arlene Dahl, newly wed to Fernando Lamas, makes a graceful picture.
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    Captive of the Martian
    73 13 Lovely young Hazel Cour as a London model who (l one of the ccpttvet <>i 'ih the Martian, m •DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS the first major outer- svuee film to be made m britain, it tells the story of Nyak the Martian vho lands ntar a
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    Most stars are on location
    435 13 Most stars are on location So Hollywood is not 'at horne 9 to visitors now. THE usual summer horde of visitors that flock to get a glimpse of films m the making are being sadly disappointed m Hollywood this year. The beautiful ones have moved out to locations all over
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    Dateline, Hollywood...
    243 13  -  SHEILAH GRAHAME TOHNNIE RAY says he's J learned the formula for success m his first try at moviemaking, "Show Business," and that it sums up to "keep your mouth shut, do what you're told, and listen." "I was scared to death my Hrst day here." Johnnie admitted, ''and
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    BATTLE OF THE COURTS
    452 14 Who will win:Ong Chew Bee— or boy of 18? Free Press Tennis Reporter 4 YOUNGSTER of 18 is going to be the centre A of attrac tion at the Malayan Lawn Tennis Association championships, which began ycsterduj m Kuala Lumpur. One of the two competitors who
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    CEYLON S.C. OFFICIALS
    116 14 CEYLON Sports Club office-bearers elected at the 21st Annual General Meeting: Dr. C. Subrahmanyam, President; P E. Perera. Vice-President; Dr. P. T Nathan. Vice President; Dr. V. Thambipillai. Hon. Secretary; S. Nadarajah, Hon. Treasurer; S. Muthucumaru. Hon. Asst. Secretary; W D Ponnmpalam. Hon. Asst. Treasurer; Hobert R.
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    Spot the Sportsman
    26 14 This "ghost" picture is of a famous local badminton player. Do you recognise him? (Answer at fo6t of coluniN 1, page 15). I
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    BANNISTER INVITED
    111 14 Roger Bannister of England. Australia's John Landy, and America's Wes Santee are being invited to compete for the Australian mile title m Adelaide on February 5 next year. Sixteen Adelaide sports organisation have promised to find the money for Bannister's and Santee's I expenses. Mr. C. R. Aitken.
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    Rees beats Locke in brilliant duel
    96 14 DAI REES of Wales won the Southern professional golf championshio on the Fulwell Course. i England. Brilliant golf by Rees and I South Africa's Bobby Lo ice, immediately after their rpturn from Canada where they played m the big international fourbal] tournament marked the
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    RISSIANS WIN 7 TITLES OUT OF 8
    561 15  -  BERNON MORGAN Diane Leather and Pashley beaten By RUSSIAN athletes swept the board m the European athletic championships at Berne yesterday, winning seven of the eight Gold Medals decided. The Russians also captured two Silver and three Bronze Medals. With other minor placings
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    'DUCKS' LAST GAME TODAY
    46 15 (OREGON University beat Hong' Kong Amoy Canning team 74-62 m last night's basketball match at the Happy World Stadium. Tonight the U.S. college team, which is touring the Far East, meet combined Singapore, Federation and Hong Kong team m their last match.
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    Derbyshire 2nd, Yorkshire 3rd
    391 15 THE top three positions m the English County cricket championship table are settled. Surrey made certain of retaining the title for the third successive year In beat- ing Worcestershire on Thursday. Yorkshire, who have completed their programme, are second, and Derbyshire, held to a draw by
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    M.C.C. NAME 1 MORE BATSMAN FOR TOUR
    255 15 M.C.C. NAME 1 MORE BATSMAN FOR TOUR V. (VIC) WILSON, the Yorkshire left-handed batsman, has been invited by the Bi.C.C. to .iMimipaii) the team to Australia sailing from Tilbury on September 15. Announcing this yesterday Mr. Ronald Aird, Secretary of the M.C.C.. said that the invitation to Wilson m no
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    SCORES
    107 15 At Birmingham, Warwickshire beat Glamorgan by 56 runs. Warwickshire 163 and 149 (Shepherd 5 for 60). Glamorgan 133 and 123 (Hollies 6 for 40). At Bournemouth, Sussex beat Hampshire by 109 runs. Sussex 206 and 213 (Shackleton 5 for 42). Hampshire 132 (Oakman 5 for 43) and 178. At
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    9 wkt win for Pakistan
    246 15 PAKISTAN accomplished the defeat of Kent by nine wickets at Canterbury yesterday. The tourists began the day In a commanding position. Kent being only 42 runs ahead with three second innings wickets left and they never allowed the advantage to slip. There was a brief
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    THREE GOOD BETS AT K. L. RACES TODAY
    435 16 LOAD GARFIELD (In Race 5) ■Film Fan (Ro€* 2) Jambatan Mas (Race 3) Lord Garfield t(««« 5) Free Press Course Correspondent EMLM FAN II (Race Two), Jambatan Mas (Race Three), and Lord Garfield (Race Five) are three sound each-way bets at Kuala
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    221 16 TRESPASSER PENDENGAK fcFSOM JEEP CALL BO¥ POINTER j Race 1 GOOD MANNERS GOOD MANNERS PREVIEW II GOOD MANNERS MATINEE II 2.39 Preview Sangkilat Good Manners Preview II Jacobin MaUner Jacobin Matinee II Jacobin Good Manners Race 2 FILM FAN II HALF MOON FILM FAN HALF MOON
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    BIRTH
    22 16 2« »i $6 (minimum). LANGE: To Pansy and Mads, at Lily Maternity Home, on Thursday. 26th August, a son. Lan Lawrence.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    78 16 2u Word* %4 (minimum) THE ENGAGEMENT Ls innourced between Harold, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L Tennakoon of Nilai and Lalana eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. M&sacorale of Johore Bahru. THE ENGAGEMENT will be announced between Matthew Tay Sek Luan, eldttt son of Madam Ho
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    53 16 2$ Word* $4 (minimum). MR. AND MRS. A. MOMIN thank all those for their valuable presents and their kind attendance at their daughter's wedding. MR AND MRS. BRUCE 102 Sophia Road, Singapore wish to thank Relatives and Friends for the many Expressions of Good Wishes received on the occasion
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    70 FROM S'PORE FOR OLYMPICS
    38 16 I The Singapore Olympic Sports Council decided at a committee meeting yesterday that the Colony contingent for the 1956 Olympic Games m Melbourne should number 70. A drive for funds will commence immediately
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    RECS WIN 3-1
    41 16 Singapore Recreation Club beat Wanderers 3-1 m their opening hockey match of the season. This i friendly encounter was played yesterday on the Padan;. B. Marks. J. Martens and P. Neu- bronner scored for Recs; Carvalho for Wanderers.
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    Tiberio Mitri seeks a divorce
    104 16 Tiberio Mitri seeks a divorce rpiBErUO MITRT, 28-year-old European middleweight boxing champion, and his film star \ufe yesterday applied for an annulment I of their marriage. Mitrl married the beautiful Pulvia Franco "Mi.vs Italy 1949" In 1950 Tliey have a three year -old V)ll Reason given for the requested separation
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