The Singapore Free Press, 23 October 1954

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  • 20 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. l HIST. Singapore, Sat., Oct. li, 1954. Price 15 I ts
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  • 233 1 Pledge to Nehru CHINESE COMMUNIST leaders have assured the Indian 1 rime Minister, Mr. Nehru, that they will take "positive and concrete steps m the near future" to allay Asian tears of Chinese Communist expansionism, reports from Indian newsmen covering Mr. Nehru's China tour
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  • 63 1 SINGAPORE racehorse owner Mr. Wong Blew Leng won the ODell Plate for three-year-old.s at Doncaster yesterday v r l li 'ns hor.se Kampong. y Kampong will now be sent to Malaya to join his owner's racing stable. Kampong. ridden by Philip Povall. started 2-1
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  • 61 1 pENDENGAR'S Special j Selections for Penang races today are:—SPECIAL NAP J Good Andrew DOUBLE I Barnfield, Fighting Finish. TREBLE I Gem Beau. Doneaster, Conventional J Pendengar says the five J $5-units should be invest- ed thus: Special Nap: two wins < ($10); Double: each way J ($10); Treble:
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  • 39 1 November first grade rubber, buyers, f.o.b. was quoted m Singapore at the opening of the market this morning at v. cents a pound, three-six-teenths of a cent above last :.:'s close. The tone was reported quiet.
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  • 157 1 A man was awarded £9,000 damages and costs m tho Dublin High Court yesterday m a "very old fashioned form of action he brought against a man who committed adultery with his wife. He was Mr. Geoffrey O'Reilly, a bank official, and he
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  • 266 1 IfXPERTS were questioned at -i an inquiry m London yesterday on cracks alleged to have been formed during manufacture of the plane found m the metal of the Comet jet airliner which met disaster m the Mediterranean la^t January. Sir Arnold Hall, Director of
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  • 43 1 POLICE Lieutenant Edward I. Ollerton. stationed at Klapa Sawit. six miles north of Kulai, was found dead with gunshot wounds m the head m his quarters yesterday. The funeral will take place at 4 p.m. m Johore Bahru today.
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  • 34 1 The cricketer Denis Compton who was held up m Karachi when a BOAC constellation belly-landed there on Thursday night, is expected to arrive m Singapore this evening by a Qantas piano.
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  • 184 1 Return to work on Monday or troops will move m T<HE Minister of Labour, Sir Walter Monckton r yesterday gave 44,000 striking British dock workers this deadline: Return to work by Monday morning or troops will move into the waterfront Sir waiter told the House of Commons the
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  • 114 1 Heavy rain hits S'porethen floods VIEAVY rain for two-and-a half hours flooded many areas of Singapore this morning. Cars were marooned on the roads and departures at Kallang Airport were held up. Travellers to the city using the Holland Orchard Road route met a foot-deep sheet of water near the
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  • 24 1 A child's money box containing $30 was stolen from a house m Bukit Chermin off Keppel Road, Singapore, last night.
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    • 67 1 Today's Free Press includes c free Special Eight-Page Supplement on tomorrovte, i..ii» mil 1 1 am it On rude i* another tptetal feature ami il v Hi a, wear Ihe Free Press every Saturday. It is iinin ii A win vr i :m i:\ts fhs Free Prrss Will nal be
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    • 436 1 A NEW XL_III LION FOOTBALL CONTEST 53, 000 P R IZE MONEY! Ist $1,000 I WHICH ARE THE 2nd- $500 10 MOST IMPORTANT 3rd— $250 FACTORS IN PRODUCING m 50 prizes OF $25 A CONSISTENTLY GOOD 50 prizes of $25 FOOTBALLER? Following tha «t fSSST WHAT T0 m*t' mm* m-mm
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  • 216 2 France rejects new Otitii lizi iieo rtMIE FRENCH Prime Minister. Mr. Pierre Mendes- France said yesterday he would not tifn the Western agreements on (ierman rearmament today unless the French-German dispute over the Saar was settled. He made this statement to reporters with the full
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  • 107 2 UM ST GERMANY sat lor the ft hr.st time jesterdav al the conference table With hei major foes of two world wan who unanimously accepted her as an ally m their M-nation Atlantic Pact. But Federal Germany is not yet an official member of the Alliance
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  • 46 2 MR. John Foster Dulles. I nited States Sccrctarj of State, told \«slerday's meeting ol" the NATO Count d m Paris that hy "a near miracle." the tree peoples of the West had worked together to overcome a "crisis of almoM terrifying proportions."
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  • 90 2 Professor L. S. Finkelstein (above) who is m charge of a programme of F nited Nations studies m more than 20 countries, arrived m Singapore yesterday from Saigon. He is accompanied by his wife (also above). The professor, who is connected with the Fnited States Endowment
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  • 216 2 A BRITISH businessman yesterday disputed charges m the House of Commons that American Consular officials m Hong Kona were waging economic warfare against firms trading with Red China. "Never at any time have we bren contacted by U.S. Consular Official* here and threaten' id with
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 2 picture. Dr rm. Alagappa ChettUr, Indian industrialist and philanthropist, who addrssed the Vounsf Men's Literary Association m Singapore yesterday. Free Press
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  • 21 2 Mr. Katsu Okazaki, the Japanese Foreign Minister, arrived m Washington yesterday after a -^outh Am* rican tour Reuter
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  • 226 2  - Tell learner-drivers why they fail -Bureau bees Killed by SINGAPORE'S Bureau of Driving Standards consider that learner-drivers should be told why they fail m driving tests. It will press the matter with the Traffic Police. This was decided at the Bureau's first general meeting held at the Young Men's Christian
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  • 174 2 REDS AGREE TO RENEW CUT-ARMS TALKS rnißS Soviet Union yesterday 1 reached -full agreement" with the Western powi rs on the terms of a United Ni tions resolution to get un renewed secret flve-power talks on disarmament and it was reliably learned that they agreed to become a cosponsor of
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  • 482 3 'NO-MARRIAGE' WIFE DENIES BLACKMAIL a ATTRACTIVE Egyptian girl said m London yestcr- day that she did not know that her 'husband" lack Sinn Ip, 26, a Hong Kong student, had complained to her brother that he was being blackmailed. "We did not want money from him. Money cannot lake the
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  • 98 3 60 mph gale hits Ceylon HOMES EVACUATED IN FLOOD MENACE SIXTY miles-an-hour gales lashed the west coast of Ceylon yesterday a_ continuous monsoon rains of the last four days brought much of the island's life to a standstill. Ships lay idle m the oort of Colombo. In the town, people
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  • 136 3 A-PLANT CAN'T BLOW UP LIKE BOMBS IF you live near an atomicpower plant, don't feel uneasy, a scientist said m Bethlehem. Pennsylvania, yesterday. They can't blow up like an atomic bomb. In fact, said Mr. Harold W. Huntley, an atomic pow r er engineer, nuclear reactors for power production can
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  • 26 3 "Oood home m England Wanted for affectionate baby leopard, Gift. Used to children," said an advertisement "i the Times of London yesterday, A.P.
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  • 22 3 Philippine fighter planes bombed and strafed rebel hideOuts, south-east of Manila yesterday and killed six Commu-nist-led links. A. P.
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  • 24 3 Italian troops will enter Zone 'A" of the Trieste Free Territory on Oct, 20, implementing {ne accord between Italy and Jugoslavia. A.P.
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  • 110 3 riiiiF [talian governmenl JL may have Anally agree to permit Christian burial of the remains of Benito Mussolini, who led Italy Into war und defeat His widow Donna Rachel i. RnThia youngest son. singer Romano MuSSOlini, were jaw yesterday to have hurried to il
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  • 210 3 "OLEASE can I hold this E 1 lovely golliwog for just 3 5 one moment?" Three S year-old Kitty Booth asks E S Mrs. Laj Melwani, a voi- _z E untary helper at a Christ- E E mas bazaar at St. And- E E
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  • 268 3 Flynn: Film flop humiliated me COUNT lEFT ME STRANDED-AMD BROKE' I^RROL FLYNN charged m Rome yesterday that an Italian partner backed out on an agreement and left him stranded m a mountain village with a bankrupt film and an unpaid cast. The film star called a news conference to tell
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  • 31 3 Mr. Trygve Lie, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, said yesterday "now is not the time to discuss admittance of Communist China to the United Nations." U.P.
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  • The Singapore Free Press
    • 373 4 Opinion CHINESE SCHOOLS The President of the Chinese Middle School Teachers' Union Mr. Tan See How, has advLsed Singapore Chinese schoolteachers to accept the Government's new education policy "provided it truly benefits Chinese schools." The reason for the reservation on Mr. Tan's advice is hard to iind. Mr. Tan, since
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  • 785 4  - SUEZ 'Scuttle' could start a War J. L. Hays Iff fll" nti tsrttol mr* alrvmiy ftpttrr§ny By HOW will the coming evacuation of Britain's 80,000 strong airland garrison from the Suez Canal Zone shakeup the balance of power In the Middle East? Over the next few months. one of the
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  • 370 4 IVHETHER saddling of President Eisenhower with a Democratic Congress for the last two years of his term would be for good or ill recalls two examples when a similar condition clearly brought disaster. First, there was the last two years of the administration of President Woodrow Wilson
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  • 77 5 This Haunted Boy wins. gold medal TTWO hund- red and fifty pictures are on display at the Fourth "Malayan Photographic Kxhibitiun which wa s opened yesterday at Assembly Hall. at Kuala I.umpur. The exhibition is organised by the Selangor Camera Club. Picture (at left) entitled "Night Time Study by Lee
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  • 193 5 Over lOfl women Ol m nationalitieg In Singapore have volunteered to make "Poppy Fortnight" which begins today a big success Armed with 300.000 poppies and 12.000 collection tins they will launch an all-out appeal tor lunds. Assisting wii be a few hundred School girls, St.
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  • 252 5 THE SHORTAGE of trained teachers to staff the rapidly increasing: number of primary schools m Singapore has forced the Education Department to act. Several trained teachers are being transferred from existing schools to the new ones. They will be replaced by probationers.
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  • 65 5 SALESMAN LOSES CASH, GEMS TELUK ANSON, Sat. Thieves broke into the house iof a yesterday salesman at Kuala Pera estate, 25 m.s. Teluk Anson-Bagan Datoh Road, on Wednesday night and stole cash and jewellery worth $1,158. The salesman, Chelliah, and f his family were on a visit to j friends
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  • 78 5 There are 342 Primary One vacancies for next year m three Singapore .sehool.s The new Owen Road school has 42 and the two FOWIiC Road .schools 300. Registration for the Owen Road .school should oe made nt the the Dorsel Road afternoon school and lor places at
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  • 24 5 BIOAMAT, Sat, B, Mannt, 23 was acquitted of using cri minai force to ou tragi the modesty of a woman <m vouies estate.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 727 5 CHURCH OF ENGLAND 10 a.m. Morning Worship; 5 p.m. St Andrew's Cathedral: 7 a.m. Evening Worship. 8 a.m. Holy Communion; 9.30 a.m. Jubilee Church (Outram Road): Sunday School; 10.30 a.m. Special English Service 4.30 p.m. Service for the Medical Profession; METHODIST 11.30 a.m. Holy Communion; 6 p.m. Straits Chinese Church:
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  • 89 6 'Dust devils' play pranks m PROOF that the world w 1 still full of the oddes end natural) events comes trom Cyprus where coo] au tumn winds replacini iegrees-in-the-ahade 81 i sunshine, are creat moving "dust devlto, tremors, high mm, dren howera and violenl U htnin. Ju.st outsidr- Nicoshi ►ther
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 381 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I lj HS M_-H.AvE|f rSfTsTS^S" I ?S?S A aOCK 3lj J 1 1 1 s T l R e y ep?-| M BIEN ON TMAT M\ BM N I L %L_J "IvC *%1 I--• w I'M NOT RAVING^] f^AS A PEVER. A.Vi» i
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    • 548 6 YOUP gOßft roil v» irtgiaauty and ingenuitj tulm your must outsUndin* char ac ter iattes You can be vi ■*< ..u«d iipmi tv d. snvthiua just lime diflerenth j Hie way anyone els,. L, Ij j it! l\en m l, u mo>l lliuline jobs, you v. ill di over t
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  • 539 7 U.K* closing prices Previous Today Bl KBER. No. 1 RSS cli. European 22' i buyers 22-S- buyers ports Oct 23 sellers 22 7 sellers Rl BRER. No. 1 RSS cJ_. European 22 13/16 buyers 23% buyers ports Nov. 23 sellers 22 13 16 sellers RI'BBRI
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  • 295 7 T*HE MAN who led a team ot experts to streamline A and increase the efficiency of the Singapore Government machinery flies back to Britain on Monday well satisfied. In three years, he said, much had been done towards the internal efficiency
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  • 113 7 Hid opium in caps of wheels LIEW KIAN HWATT. tried to smuggle four pounds of opium into the Federation by hiding it m the four wheelcaps of a car. He was sentenced by Mr. N. L. Cohen m the Johore Bahru Sessions Court to one year's imprisonment and fined $2,000
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  • 66 7 GANGSTER THREAT TO HIM ALLEGED KU9LA LUMPUR, Sat. A Kuala Lumpur man was alleged yesterday to have threatened another with "trouble and disturbances" from gangster-,* and extorted $10. Lim Ah Poh. aged 27, of Kampong Semarang, was charged with extorting tho money from Ho Koon Peng m Pudu Road. Lim,
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  • 20 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. Muie scnooJ facilities are to be jrovided m three rural areas n Batu Pahat district.
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  • 108 7 7 CHAPTERS IN TALENT CONTEST REPRESENTATIVES from seven Methodist Youth Fellowship chapters are taking part m the Singapore District M. Y. F. talentime contest at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church hall, Kampong Kapor, at 7.30 to-night. The winning chapters will get the Thomas Cup (voice section) and the Sylvia Cup
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  • 79 7 The Singapore Hired Trisha Riders Association has protested to the City Council against the introduction of motor trishas. In a letter to all City Councillors, Mr. Chong Keng Swee, president of the association, accuses the Trisha Dealer.s Association, which made the suggestion, of trying to make profit
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  • 20 7 SEREMBAN. Sat. --Mr. Santokli Singh was re-elected president of the Negri Sembilan Club at the annual meeting. I
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  • 224 7 MORE MOTHERS NOW HAVE THEIR BABIES IN HOSPITAL IT ts gratifying that fewer 1 and fewer babies are bell j delivered m Singapore < hout .skilled attention, reported Dr. Maggie Lim, 8 tnior Assistant Health Offl■z m an annual review PUblLshed yesterday. 1' number of such §elf- tended cases last
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  • 464 8 He turned out to be a thief T WOMAN alreach had I fiance when she met another man, said Mr. ommissioner l.atev, Q.C, m the London Divorce Court. month later she married the man, breaking her engagement le clo so. "Perhaps this romance
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  • 122 8 It costs him 20s. 6d. to earn a THE problem of Mr. J. X' Lawrence is that he pays 20s. 6d. tax m the pound/ He works m Wellington, New Zealand, as a manufacturer's agent. In Britain, he pays incometax and surtax amounting to 19s. m the pound on the
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  • 38 8 For tearing a film poster from the wall of an Underground station a man was fined ss. at Thames Court yesterday. He said: "My lady friend wanted a picture of Gre_orv Peck."
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  • 173 8 THE general and the lance- corporal had met before, With the lance-corporal standing rigidly to attention for the general's inspection on the j parade ground. Then they met again, both Still Royal Marines, but both wearing civilian clothes. And the general said the
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  • 120 8 Sarah Gamp, Wilkins Micawber and Mr. Bumble are coming to life to help the old people of Southwark. They will be seen at a Dickens Fair serving at stalls fashioned like the Old Curiosity Shop at the Manor Place Baths on November 20. The Dickens Fellowship
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  • 218 8 'TOP DOG' WIFE WASN'T CRUEL, SAYS JUDGE IT is not cruelty for a wife to be "top dog" m her marriage, a London Divorce Court judge decided, when he rejected a petition by a husband who claimed his wife had nagged him and ordered him about. "There are a good
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  • 31 8 A £1,000 oat stack blaze at East Peckham, near Tonbi iai i Kent, was believed to h-ftve been started by two boys P f I me with matches.
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  • 371 8 DO dogs go to Paradise? Judge Tudor Rees asked a witness this question at Brentford County Court. "If ever I get there," the judge declared, "I hope to find some dogs there." Mr. P. Gaillard was giving evidence m a claim for £128
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  • 32 8 picture. Led by Huntsman George Baskerville. the Modbury Harriers are seen moving off (m picture above) after the opening of the traditional hunt m Modbury, South Devon. Reuter
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  • THE GAP HILL CLIMB
    • 14 1 THE GAP HILL CLIMB FREE PRESS CAP HILL CLIMB SUPPLEMENT Saturday, Oct. 23, 1954.
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    • 319 1 A message from Mr. J. N. Lockerbie, President of the Spore Motor Club rpHE Gap Hill Climb, now a bi-annual event of the Singapore Motor Club, is one of the most exciting competitions run by the Club. Those taking part have no time to relax, from the moment
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    • 97 1 WALTER WEARNE TROPHY, presented by Mr Wentoi the fastest time of the day for cars. MALAYAN SPECIALS TROPHY, presented by C. i Pope for the best time returned by a Malayan -built Special. NOVICES TROPHY, for the fastest time by a competitor Who has never before won a
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    • 606 1 THE COURSE RECORD IS THEIR AIM CHARLES BRYCE previews the highlights rpHE road over the Gap at Pasir Panjang is now quite famous for its speed meetings. Despite the absence of a few well-known regulars, tomorrow's time trials promise to provide a full day for both competitors and spectators. The
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    • 380 2 Two- wheel demons K.i'. VVONC;, holder 01 _M j ourse record lor ot r j cycles. i The thrill of motor-cycle pacing is a sure guarantee to draw spectators. Two wheels instead of ion:* makes a big difference when it comes to cornering, and there la always the thought that
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    • 216 2 WITH women competitors getting better and better, it is not unusual to Rnd them returning faster timet than some of the mm. Four lady drivers a re taking part m tomorrow's a p meet, and the Singapore Motor ClUb has put »p a ipecial trophy fo r
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      • 189 2 BEARINGS for -.ii o uriK)s(s'" a am *c v 1 1 Look lor our mark <■■ '_____t_ms *''%'••':< V SOUS AGENTS IN MALAYA:BENG YEW CO., LTD. 139/141, SELEGIE RD. SINGAPORE Tel: ***** 7 f»>~>»>>>>>>>>>>>^^ v S cYnacekcl Gfiegaace *^&> 1 0 J mmfe. Z-*Z%^ I mm iWmmm mmm*!m agsw-g; consul
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    • 601 3 Mother doesnt approve i\l PENG HAN has had a yen for motor racing ever since he was i child. And ever since he was a child liis mother has been trying to discourage hIW from such a d ingerous sport a boy of 15.
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    • 988 4 20 EVENTS TO BE CONTESTED Ni Entrant Driver/ Make Capacity Rider EVENT No. i class i Motor Cyelea 125 cc. ami Under, 67. Peter Chan Entrant CZ 126 C.C EVENT No I class 2 Motor Cyclei 250 cc. and Under M, X C. Wong Entrant Ambassador
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    • 90 4 HOW THE GAP STARTED IMIE Gap Hill Climb WtU first hold m 1927. It wai organised by thi Singapore Volunteer Corps and was largeiy lor the benefit of the Corps motor cycle platoon. The course was almost identical to the present day one, although a little shorter The B.V.C. held
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    • 522 5  -  Chan Lye Choon Chan Lye Huat The Chan brothers, who over the past few years have raced their way to the top m Malayan motor racing, will be making a strong challenge m tomorrow's Gap Hill Climb with five different cars. OINGAPORE S "speed 3 twins," Chan
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      • 79 5 Come and taste speed m the WU _r 1 l-^V fmmJt -IYI SERIES T. F. INMmidget This new Series T.F. Midget is the zippiest M.G. ever, and she has mighty good looks you'll agree. You'll like the lower sloping bonnet, the headlamps faired into the wings, the snug bucket scats
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      • 86 5 Continental TRIUMPHANT > > > > |BJ ECORD ACHIEVEMENTS! _v23»___^__^____R'___" >^^i___! Ist Fangio (Mercedes) \ljts 8 f HI HH Both completed the Race <[ J, i Sjj s_K_C___i U *_> *W l^_i mf% w_■ rt l _^X ___V__l_l __L.""_^_ifcT^^B mmmw Won this Gruelling Race over 22 Laps (311 miles) /P^^\
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    • 167 6 GAP QUIZ yyyy y y y y 1 which car competing U) tomorrow's Gap Hill Climb is the largest selling Bj ii I h ear tn the United States. 2 Nam.* the .smallest car taking part, and the Ingest 3. Oldest Malayan Special still competing m local motor races is
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    • 46 6 ONE Of the keenest of Singapore's motor-racing driver is J. M. Devereux-Colebourn. c magistrate who during court sessions must hare fined many motorists for speeding. Tomorrow he is entering an MGTD 1250 c.c.) m the sporti cars class of 1500 c.c. and under.
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    • 145 6 k*%HW^-. <">»*!;■•••; v. -o.- v.. -v\-.v.' Vi;':' \-;v*:x :*<v.-. :•*s¥§_?! ONE ol the worlds most ianious racing ear drivers is Stirling Moss of Great Britain. His latest triumph was a victory at Aintree over top speed aces from Italy, France, and the l'nited States. Competing m the
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    • 64 6 A LAGONDA Sports Saloon 1\ the first of thu.-, model to be imported into m p due to arrive In 8 ttn st week The Lagonda was o i tor Mr. Luke Wan Tl 1- ast m Auto* ltd •>n me .same bu.it an Aston-Martin DB2-4
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    • 396 6 French speedster will try again BEING a Frenchman AND a racing driver should give H. dv Vaure a little more glamour than the other competitors m tomorrows Gap Hill Climb. But he will only laugh if you tell him so. "Romantic? No' I iust like to race." The 34-year-old Frenchman,
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      • 133 6 Another world record for WkWi Subject to official confirmation, Austin-Healey 100 has become the WORLD'S FASTEST PRODUCTION CAR over the flying mile with A 19l > .6 miles per hour! _ri___ On hard salt, at Bonville Flats, ln Utah, U.S.A.. Mr. Donald Healey of Britain shattered the previous flying mile
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    • 375 7 and still a favourite lIIYIMY MILNE, top of the league when it tomes to J compiling: Gap Hill Climb results, i s the most experienced competitor m tomorrow's racing He fook part m the first Gap Hill Climb m I<)>7 and haa taken part m
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    • 133 7 the Cooper m first place m this class. His consistent success m this car makes him a favourite for the Unlimited class tomorrow. Milne, at 43, is popular with local motor racing fans and there is always a large uumber of supporters to cheer him on
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    • 68 7 ROTABLE nh*enttf *U the Autumn Gap is I'tiU Caroline who /■</*- not yet completed a tour of duty m Borneo Caroline, who < s due back hi Singa po/c carlij neit year, it tinted tils jriend and rut ing rival Freddy Pope to enter his Allui
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    • 153 7 ESTABLISHED stars usually set all the publicity when it comes to pre-race write ups, but they are only a small portion of the entries which go to make up a successful day's sport. The regular winners are of course always m the public eye and
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    • 785 8 the legs may not be so well-known as tne name, but it's Freddy all the same. If Freddy Pope isn't nosing around the engine of a car then he is behind the wheel driving it. Racing models are ol course his flrst love Inch why In Is
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      • 97 8 Isfta CHOICE ~:,4>^ L v OF THE ___k_T CHAMPS Not only is Mobiloil used by the champions at International fefe *_*=^^HP motoring and racing trials and events— it is also used hy IW _ff_U WW* M I _f\ 1 1 more motorists around thi: world than any other drand. mIIII
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    • 247 9 SJIXTY- YEAR- OLD hypEl notist Henry Blythe stopped an airman smoking when he gave a demonstration at an R.A.F. station m England. And afterwards 30 office!* went to him to be cured of wanting to smoke at two guineas a time. Sixty year old
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      42 9 picture. This new dress is named Button Hook." Wooden buttons extend from the collar along the left shoulder and again on the right side Of the skirt, from hip to knee. The dress is of oatmeal uorsted woven as a tweed, Reuter
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    • 204 9 21 -YEAR-OLD docker wounded m Korea and now capable of only light work has been oflfered a 10s. 6d.-a-week pepsion for 104 weeks by the Pensions Ministry. Mr. Robert Mellish. Labour M.P. for Bermondsey, has advised him not to accept the offer. He has complained
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    • 37 9 The threshing tail of a 20--foot shark, falling from the nets of the Fleetwood trawler Toronto m the darkness, off the Isle of Man, struck one of the deck hands and broke his arm.
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    • 53 9 A £100 White Russian camel, on its way io Whipsnade from Prague Zoo. staged an hour and a half sit-down strike at Bishopsgate goods yard. London, and spat at everyone who w r ent near. It was finally persuaded to efiter a horsebox waiting to take
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      81 9 TIIK Queen Mother recently visited the Queen's Hays of which she i.s Colonel-in-Chief, at Aiiwai Barracks TMworth, Hampshire, to wish them (iod Speed on their next tour of duty m the Middle Kast, which begins soon. The regiment has already done a five-year tour of duty with the Ilritish Army
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    • 59 9 Although 50-year-old Mrs.' Janet Paterson has held a driving licence for 28 year.-- she keeps L-plates on her car so that "other drivers give me consideration on the roads." She revealed thia to the police, said counsel at Accrington (Lanes), when Mrs. Paterson was fined
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    • 19 9 If vehicles drop mud on the roads of Kent, the owners will be fined £8.
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    • 140 9 VyoOLPIT, near Bury St "'Edmunds, Suffolk, i.s a village of good neighbours. That la why Sidney Rice, a 38-year-old gardener, came to be wearthe new suit. Sidney, a bachelor, recently [OSt his savings and all his belongings when his caravan home was destroyed
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    • 456 9 A YOUNG wife denied at Ascot, Berks, that she •flaunted another man m her husband's face." I She was giving evidence against her husband, Raymond Cook, of Cranbourne Caravan Site. Winkheld. Berks, who was charged with assaulting her and i causing bodily harm. Giving
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    • 171 9 HELICOPTERS TO JOIN IN WAR ON WHALES pouß helicopters will leave Britain with g whaling expedition at the vnd ot this month. They will ■rill whales Irom the air hy electricity. The helicopters, two factory ships and 14 killer x)ats will sail for the Antarctic irom Newcastle. On board one
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    • 68 10 I Tiie winners of last week's Junior Contest are: Wan Kalsom binte Ali (10). 5! Jalan Abdul Samad. Johore Bahru Rose Marie Soo (14). 7 !B Short Street. Sinraoore 7. Yeo Tai llitms <U). Tua Moru; School. Tank Road. Singapore (han Yoke Lan (IJ). 19 -A Silat
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    • 461 10 Rupert's Coral Island 4 Rupert has diffici>lty m guiding the sandboa; clear of obstacles' so Pauline makes -fas; the sail cords m order lo leave her hands free to help him steer. As she does so the little craft hits a boulder with a violent bump and before she can
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    • 444 10  -  KA THLEEN HICKLE Y AT LAST THE BOYS CATCH UP WITH THE FLEEING BOAT by T^HE BOYS gazed helplessly at the tongkangs, unable to spot the one m which Down had been taken away. Then Boey pointed excitedly. "There it is." he shrieked. "Are you sure that's the
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      • 172 10 A Competition For Young Artists -ssrrr I TIMER Eis pocket monej to -1 be won bo y*- and girls. .^■n \^m tor colouring this picture V__7 VS with Paints, crayons or Iffk J Vf chalks. There are four prizes //l_V' SJ 5 eacn <two boys and iV f I two
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      • 177 10 Junior Crossword IH I I^l fl^H I CLUES ACROSS.— 2, Opium is obtained from this flower. 5, Herb whose leaves are used OS seasoning. 6, The border 1 of a garment. 7, Scene of a j contest. 8, Large kind of jug.\ 9, Surname of a British politician. 10, Light
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    • 434 11  - Old Men rule the World DAVID BARN ETT Age at the helm now IF age bring* wisdom, then the councils of the Western world are loaded with sagacity. President Eisenhower, who is just 64 is just a youngster compared with some of the oldtimers with firm hands on the reins
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    • 130 11 rpHE outlines of postGeneva Communist policy m respect of southern Viet Nam. Cambodia and Laos began to be visible shortly after the settlement was concluded. Describing th* 1 agreement as "a great victory." but still niy a first step," Communist leaders called for increased Party solidarity m
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      14 11 Tiir Emperor ol Ethiopia Halle Selassie, <>n the stat* 1 drive throvffi London uith
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    • 471 11 Window on the World rpHE War Office is quietlj reinforcing the Mediterranean outpost ol Cyprus where the leaders of more than 400.000 Greek -speaking Cypriots, including Moscow-direct-ed Communists, are nowdemanding union with Greece. A single company of the Highland Light Infantry, held for ceremonial duties, i.s being steadily supplemented from
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    • 103 11 Vf ALA is a talented young actress whose pictures j have become very popular. She J has beauty, wit and charm and a figure whose attractive contours are set off by figure hugging; costumes. Her latest Hindustani picture Mala (coming to the 1 C; rrick offers
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    • 555 12 AS most players bid no-trumps today, an opening bid of one no-trump shows from 1G to 18 nine, In Ot* 4-3-2-1 point count, with only high cards counted. To justify a game bid m a major suit or m no-trump, me combined hand.*, should have 26 points. This
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    • 548 12 flEk 3lriviArv/KC (<^^^n Mil d. a middle-aged num. could hardly open Ins eyes His eyelids were swollen and lours were running (iown his cheeks. I gently lifted hla eyelids and saw that the delicate eve membrane was swollen and criss-crossed hy diluted blood
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      51 12 picture. Four-year-old Melvyti Foster, oi Birmingham, doesn't seem too impressed by student nurse Brenda Smith's demonstration of the strength oi* a new collapsible chidren's cot. the u Swacot" at the London Nursing Exhibition Perhaps he would rather have taken the cot's strength on trust and had B nap m 11.
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    • 174 12 SCOTLAND'S first mushroom ••miner", 28--year-old Mr. Matthew H. Pinkerton. of Thorntonhall, near Glasgow, has planed the use of Britain's disused limestone and sandstone mines for mushroom growing. Already the "white g-'ld" grown m his Thornston caverns is being canned and sold to markets m Australia. New Zealand,
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      • 301 12 mmtmmmmmmmmmmmmgmjm. l l l M.1.11.1. 1.1.l »i ii'lVlMß.>P*»^WWW**«WM'M>J.ii.i.iiiiw*-^!<MM _B__B_________B______^__Bt&^:: x SftmrtrfMiiiiitflMi e^"-*^***^^^^" _Phwgjaj*-^^ i Wl >**•* j****-*- *L._^_J^ S^ I™ 1^ CLUBS ACROSS: 3 Sound*, like a Tory ceremony i Make certain it's to .some degree _?h cen.ured 8). 5 A lon 6 poem split by half 4 Tins hall
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    • 625 13  - No woder he looks sad! Norman Lindhurst The St. Bernard has run foul of evil gossip and A Isa Hans are now the 'Good Samaritans oj the Alps* by 4 DOG'S life can be tragic m a genuinely human sort o! way particularly when the dog happens to be a
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    • 633 13  - Where all Sundays are fiestas JOHN CULMER In Spain they are always late £or work on Monday —and no wonder. pVERY Sunday m Spain is a fiesta a real holiday which everyone enjoys to the utmost, not as a dull-as-ditchwater interval m the w r orking week which has to
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    • 168 14 OUTSTANDING visitor among the many highly rated boxing stars to |0 to Aust 1 alia this year will be the world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano According to a cable from San Fr an.*!. sco. the Champion's manager, Al Weill, announced that Marciano would arrive In
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    • 272 14 TODAY'S UK FOOTBALL FIXTURES ENGLISH LEAGUE I>IV. I Aston Villa Arsenal Black pool v Chelsea Bolton v Manchester C. harlton v c ardiff Huddcrsheld v Fverton Manchester I v Newcastle Portsmouth v Leicester Sheffield VV. v Burnley Sunderland v Sheffield V. Tottenham v Preston Wolves v Bromwich ENGLISH LEAGUE DIV.
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    • 53 14 newcomer to the professional wrestling circuit m Australia next, month win be former heavyweight boxing champion ol the world Primo Camera n«> is expected to have a number of bouts during a .short three weeks visit m Sydney. Brisbane 'Queens- 1 land) a ,i_ Melbourne (Vie-
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    • 498 14  -  FRANK STAMPFL Says The man who coached Roger BaTmister to break the four-minute mile barrier and Chris Chataway to set a world 5,000 metres record. MHKIS CHATAWAY will run the worlds fastest mile next year. He doesn't say so. I do because I know him
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    • 170 14 No. 1 DRIVER TO LEAD GERMANS THOUGH world motor-racing champion Juan Fangio has not yet signed to drive for Mercedes next season he i.s certain to lead their team There is no question of Fangio leaving the German linn. Rudolf Uhlenhaut the London born < hiei designer of Mercedes, says
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    • 26 14 IJEAVYWEIGHT FOMi Schmidt of Samoa, took on 11 4() seconds to stop Australian Al McCoy IH Ul< light at Leichhardt Stadium, Sydney.
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    • 126 14 Three of Britain's most famous international runners, marathon heroes Jim IVters (right), Stan l'o\ deft) and Gordon Pirie (centre), leave llvtle Park London on tbe start of the London to Newcastle relay which heralds the beginning of Newcastle nag: wee**. Ibt* three runners covered the first six
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    • 211 14 BIRTHDAY WAS A 5-GOAL DAY rpHE move of Charlie McClelA land from Exeter City to Swindon Town recalls that on the day he was born In January 1926 his father, Jim McClelland. scored all five goals by which Middlesbrough knocked Leeds United out of thr Cup. What a birthday present'
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    • 841 15  - Two red-heads set the courts afire ROGER YUE DUE HERE NEXT MONTH By n m lki *--y iliau is an 011-neard saying, so lets Theviec^h, 7 ft 1 flPry red hilir^» Queem of the Shuttle. and In i Sln a r re "ext month to show us their mettle from
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    • 23 15 Mexican Mark, Trigo, 137| lb beat Italian Americo Agestinl, 1371 b. on oSlnte at, Rrt.hanp Stadium last night. AP.
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    • 26 15 Ramon Fuentes of Los Angeles defeated veteran Billy Graham of New York m a one-side 10-round bout on Thursday night Each weighed 150 lb.
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    • 145 15 ALL-ASIA BASKETBALL free rress sports iteporter SINGAPORE and Formosa will meet tonight for the All-Asia Basketball championship. Last night at the Happy Id stadium Singapore played brilliantly to^ upset the 'hilippines To-52. Formosa beat i Kon 72-56. Singapore's victory was the 'if the evenimr. Concednothing
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    • 109 15 BANNISTER SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR T3 OGER Bannister, first runner to A beat four minutes for the mile, has been chosen "Sportsman of the Year" by the Sports Writers Association of Britain. He heads the Association's annual ballot to elect the six sportsmen who have contributed most to Britain's international
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    • 116 15 DETER Thomson. Australia's x holder of the British Open and Matchplay championships was 13 strokes behind tho leader— American professional E. J. (Dutch" Harrison after 54 holes m the 72 holes Ampoi golf tournament m Sydney yesterday. Harrison had an aggregate Of 215. one under
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    • 204 15 rt** i NVw York State Boxing commission will demand diately that Johnny baxon defend Mi new welterht title against top cou- Carmen Basilio within lays Ojp have his title vacl, it was learned yesterday. Because of the hue and cry Wednesday's Philadelphia .1 m which
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    • 127 15 SHIRAI v. DOWER IS ON -SAPERSTEIN DOXINQ promoter Jack Bolomona v.,i(i m Londor <■■ terday thai „r i advlsei tO sfoBhiO Shirai. world flyweight champion, hai accepted m tanm foi i '--ir bout vrltli \VeI rui 'ii Dal Dower Mr Solomonj said Abe Saperstein of Nrw York, adviaei to Shirai,
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    • 336 16 No sign of rain DE-WIN fs napped to win the 5.25 at Penang today. This Devonian gelding was freely tipped mi the course this morning as an extra good thing after his fine display over 7f. on Wednesday. Trailing the field into the
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    • 246 16 TKKSPASSEK PKNDENG VK --I'SOM JEEP CAU BO* 1^ Kacel PINNhK IVMVIK.HI ,I'iNMK NN H PINNER 2.15. Movie II !-.<».., Movie II kw.^eau Sweet William llu-lnuis Kudu 1 Thelma's Kuda M»gto U» Momcll Magu- Eye |Mit BftOWN EYES KI'RKEK PACKS! BROWN EYES CINEMASCOPE U cinemascope u~ 2
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    • 76 16 SWEET WILLIAM In Kace 1> carry stable confidence m Raco Three. There is a quiet tip for Roman liver. My pick is Church Parade' from Roman Flyer Lord Frederick II ls likely to tv well supported again m the 3.45 to r> cover losses on him on the
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    • 53 16 HEAH IN FINAL MALAYA'S H. A. Heah defeated J. A. Russell of Scotland m the semifinals of the international badminton tourament m London last ni^ht 15—3, 15—2. In the men's doubles semifinals, Heah and E. L. Choon g of Malaya defeated J. P. Doyle and s. S. Huey, of Ireland,
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    • 126 16 ALBERTO Ascari, driving an Italian Lancia, is favourite for the Spanish Grand Prix tomorrow, j Juan Manuel Pangio and hi.< German Mercedes Benz will be ins main worries. The Grand Prix is the first appearance for the Lamias as racing cars. They have only appeared m races
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    • 51 16 Owing to flooded conditions there will be no piay today m the Malayan Polo Association tournament which was to be played at the Singapore polo mi omul. Thomson Road ihe Association is holding a meetIng at noon today to onsider holding thr tournament either tomorrow or nn
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      • 108 16 mmm THE WORLD'S FIRST REALty QUIET OUTBOARD MOTOR Jnhnson J the new Sea Horse 5 li! No one can __T- tell you what it's like, because _\\Wrjf*f^ there never has been anything like it! J^^^^^t^ It's so quiet that folks on shore hear 'he mr***\W' r__ bow-lap above ths sound
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