The Singapore Free Press, 19 November 1954

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Larger! Afternoon Salt* m Malaya. V< lllO'l. Singapore. Fri., Nov. 19, 1954. Price 15 CU
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    Britain leads way: Paris pact ratified
    131 1 rrHE House of Commons approved the Paris agreements on German irmament last night by 264 votes to lour. The vote came after the Foreign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden, asked for unanimous approval following- a two-day foreign policy debate. Such approval would have been possible
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    CONVOY HERO TO TAKE OVER FROM LAMBE
    92 1 -"I-: -Admiral A. K. Scott- Moncrieff, recently Admiral >mmanding Reserves, has been pointed Naval Commanderhief, Far East Station, it announced m Singapore this morning. takes over from Admiral Charles Lambe next April. Imiral Scott -Moncrieff was Oiiicer, Second-in-Com-Paj East Station, cornall Commonwealth forces
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    TORIES HOLD KEY SEAT
    36 1 Mnston Churchill's con•7 have retained the lal constituency of West with an increased f v The result declared 't was Mr John Woolywervattve) 21,158; Mr J^ntOn (Labour) 18.650; !lf V: 2.508 Renter
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    $1,000 gem theft
    13 1 $1, 000 gem theft worth $1,000 was a hOUM m Carlisle gngapore, yesterday
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    HE wiff succed Malan
    37 1 HE wiff succed Ma lan African Cabinet has ftgrttd that the Finance n h« Si Nlcolaas Havenga, shall succeed Dr Malan 1 retires as Prime Minister on Nov. JO the Rand Daily l xt ted yesterday. Router
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    'RAW RECRUITS WERE TERRORISED BY NCO's'
    160 1 Probe at army training camp THE British Army conducted a tWO-day inquiry Bit Cat(crick, Yorkshire. training camp into reportf that raw recruits were terrorised by their non-commi.ssioned oHicers. More than 200 recruits were Questioned about allegations thai NCO'j fired air pistol., m the barrack
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    Evangelist Bolly for S'pore
    94 1 Evangelist Bolly for S'pore pWANGELIST Billy Graham, JCi said m Minneapolis yesterday that he may take a round* the world trip m 1956 Such a trip, he added, appeared the only way he could fill all the requests from throughout the world for evangelistic "crusades". Graham said he has had
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    WOMEN IN CRASH
    23 1 Three Chinese women and a man were injured when a car overturned m Kallang Road. Singapore, at 1 a.m. today.
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    COMETS TO FLY AGAIN
    245 1 COMETS TO FLY AGAIN Ministry gives a pledge THE COMET JET airliners will fly a^ain only after all the defects disclosed m the present inquiry have been cured "as far as is humanly possible. This assurance was jrtven yesterday by a spokesman of the British Ministry ol T?aLpbrt St the
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    Reds stoned us in street say priests
    92 1 Reds stoned us in street say priests I LMMR American priests returned i yesterday to New York from Communist China with stories of massacres, mock public trials and of being stoned m the streets. Members of the Passionist Fathers. I they spent about five years under "house I arrest" before
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    Handcuffed man still at large
    92 1 A HANDCUFFED Chinese who escaped while being led to a Customs van near a cemetery off Thomson Road, Singapore, is still at large. Customs officers had arrested him and some others as they were alleged to be preparing samsu. A police spokesman said this morning
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    Rubber up again
    54 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened thus morning on a steady tone with first grade, December shipment, at 83 b 1 cents a lb., 7 8 of a cent above yesterday's close. Short covering activity was reported with overnight acceptances by New York. Both overnight London and New
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    CHIANG SPY DIES, LOVER GAOLED
    85 1 A CHINESE accused ot spying for the Nationalist Government has been executed m Amoy, the New China news agency said today His accomplice was sentenced to 15 years' I gaol. The agency alleged that Wang Chiung Yao and his mistress, Hsueh Shu Chen. wer« sent
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    CHIEF SCOUT OFF
    15 1 Lord Rowallan, the Chief Scout, left Singapore today for Colombo by air.
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    FRENCH CUT VIETNAM ARMY
    298 2 And still seek money to pay the rest THE 150,000-strong French expeditionary tmt* South Vietnam is to ht CUt by 50,000, the National Assembly s Finance ommission was told m Fans yesterday. A Socialist Deputy, M. Christian Pineau, who recently led a parliamentary delegation to indo-China,
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    TYPHOON HEADS FOR RYUKYUS
    91 2 TYPHOON HEADS FOR RYUKYUS mYPHCKJN .S;ti!y bounced Oti I th< N<>rth«-rn Philippines yesterday and headed i<»r t* 1 southern Ryukyu Islands be twci'ii Formosa and Okinawa The late-season t ropical storm lashed tnr il l coast <>f Northern Luzon, main Philip pin€ island with 120 mile an hour winds. Then
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    SUEZ CANAL TO BE MADE WIDER, DEEPER
    120 2 SUEZ CANAL TO BE MADE WIDER, DEEPER a US$45, million improvement programme for the Suez Canal was announced m New York yesterday by the Suez Canal Co. The announcement said the 100-mile waterway is to be widened and deepened throughout its entire length to accommodate the "increasinßly heavy traffic and
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    Spurned-so he burned barns
    54 2 A 27-year-old Austrian who confessed setting fire to farm buildings every time he was spurned by a girl, yesterday was sentenced to 15 years' hard labour. Johann Und of Karlstetten admitted m Vienna he set fire tO five barns because f-'irls laughed at him when he
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    ROXBURGHE HEIR
    34 2 The Duchess of Roxburgh!', 35, yesterday save birth to a boy m an Edinburgh nursing home. Mother and child, who becomes heli to the dukedom. were said to be "dointj well".- Renter
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    Toscanini returns
    36 2 Aituro TDSC&nin] Will take tin hiti baton again to conduci Giuseppe Vcrdi'i last operft. Falitafl at the Little Bcala'i opening ihon next month He h&n not conducted since nln larrwrll m United Btat< AP
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    Joan Blondell ill
    19 2 Actress Joan hwuhlhi la )n Hollywood, Hiu Ui Buffering from th< after-affecta <»( q VII ll' AP
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    140 HOUSES SWEPT OFF BY 4-HOUR DOWNPOUR
    64 2 AHH IMIOIIt downpour m BOfOftA, < olomhia. washed away HO hoiitrs and CftUSed damage estimated at more fh»n M< 1 »00 000 "m WfdnMday rlehl TVt liiiidrin irtfl drowiHd. A motor Utim h and a nuin I»«t of row l)n;,ts navigated the principal
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    'Old, not new, Germany worries Russia'
    361 2 'Old, not new, Germany worries Russia' MR. ANEURIN BEVAN, leftwing Labour Party leader, .said yesterday that the Soviet Prime Minister Mr. Georgi Mplrnkov, had told him m Moscow that certain ele- merits were coming into power In Western Germany which were there before the war. Mr. Bevan wa.s .speaking m
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    Car worse off for hitting bear
    63 2 A car and a bear COllidi d near Salmon Arm. British Columbra. Tin car came of second best. Although bowled over by the impact, the bear lumbered away, apparently unharmed. Thr car's radial or was pushed back, the torn ofT and a headlight smashed,
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    EVEREST 26 FEET HIGHER
    38 2 Observations and calculations carried out by an Indian survey and announced m New Delhi last night -show thai Mount Everest is 29.028 feet high. Its former height was calculated to be 29.002 feet. Reuter
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    Malaya lesson to beat Reds in Asia?
    187 2 Malaya lesson to beat Reds in Asia? rpHE United State* U const H J. ing with Britain on methods for combating the threat of Communist sul v< rslon m South-EaM Asia 1 ticularly Siam, diplomatic cources said m London yesterday. The United States and Britain consider the Asian situation at
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    Russian held after shots
    37 2 British authorities announced m Bonn last night that they were holding a Russian soldier after a shooting incident on the Iron Curtain border between the British and Soviet zones of Germany A P.
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    Shapely girl shocks school
    178 3 Shapely girl shocks school >n aspAPER pictures of an I year-Old shapely Aucknd (County Durham) schoola brief sunsuit shocked school governors so much iat they have decided to susM<T. schoolgirl, Miss Isabel son, has been asked not to school until the govhave considered "her I I 'I SI'. Originally she
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    A-Tests not changing climate-Churchill
    141 3 A-Tests not changing climate -Churchill FIRST FOGS HAVE BRITONS WORRIED DIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, the Prime Minister, yesterday assured Britons coughing m the first 10-s of the autumn that the nations climate was not being affected by radioactive particles from atomic experiments. In the House of Commons he rejected a Labour
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    ANSWER TO DUSTING BY A-ASHES
    79 3 ANSWER TO DUSTING BY A-ASHES f I you ever set dusted «y radioactive ashes ***** an atomic or hydro':i bomb explosion, wash yourself down with plenty (li Water and corn meal. fhal was one simple ***** 1|(!( <>»' deeontamina- Presented at the 1 ""I States Japan fl iy-biologlcal conference •n
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    CHILD OF 9 SET ON FIRE
    56 3 I police sairl yostcrthal BerviUano De W, poured kerosene "i liter. Juana, and •'''li to it she [n collect a debt for Juana is In b hospital i uffering ftom Brat and second degree burni on her face and «jh».;t. Her father, unrin*>4<>ycd has
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    'GHOULISH OLD MAN SHOWED OFF DEATH SPOT'
    495 3 'GHOULISH OLD MAN SHOWED OFF DEATH SPOT' Witnesses at the Drummond triple-murder trial m Digue, France, said yesterday that old Ga.ston Dominiei took great "pleasure" and acted' every bit like a musuem guide" m showing tourists the exact spot on his lonely farm where a British family was shot and
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    New road under the Thames
    162 3 New road under the Thames ANEW road through the square miles of the City of London, a new tunnel under the River Thames, underground garages, and a review of the 30 miles an hour speed limit. These are some of the proposals announced by Mr. John Boyd Carpenter. Minister of
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    Successor named
    29 3 Pope Pius yesterday named Gaetano, Cardinal Cicognani, pro-Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Seal to succeed Giuseppe. Cardinal Bruno, w*/o died on Nov. 10. A.P.
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    'WOLF PACK' OF GIRLS BEAT UP TEENAGERS
    122 3 rpwo teen-age girls walking to a Chicago drug store ■1 for a drink were attacked and beaten on Wednesday night by what police described as a ''wolf pack" of six girls wearing blue trousers. The victims Judith Gramm. 13. and Bclva Stadt. 15
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    Fans mass at barrymore funeral
    84 3 Fans mass at barrymore funeral lIONBL Barrymore was bur- Led yesterday In the Roman Catholic faith of his birth, while 2,000 eager fan* crowded mound the Los Angelei ohapel. A crowd outside aa the film famous arrived tf > pay their last respects to the pat riarch of the famed
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      86 3 You should try RUPERT BRAND PACIFIC COD FILLETS OCFAKI pepru Cll I etc COHOE SALMON STEAKS COHOE SALMON FILLETS COOKED CRABMEAT COOKED SHRIMPMEAT The Store where you can shop with ease and economy n c W^^ II 9j H r rgK r s* oo^ >^ II I 1 I 1™
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      Opinion The official language
      390 4 Opinion The official language The secretary of state for the Colonies seema to have had the final word on the subject Oi an official language lor the new Singapore Legislature and City and Island Council. Mr. Hopkinson has reiterated that English will be used. The question ha.s provoked keen debate,
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    Stalin has been forgotten
    1297 4 Stalin has been forgotten The decisions made by the Soviet rulers after Stalin's death exposed the three deepest fears of the Russian people. This is the third and last instalment by EMMET HUGHES of his account of life m Moscow today. I*ol i. than yw has <m p .:e th<
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    Ava will visit Singapore
    74 5 Ava will visit Singapore V\ Gardner, the film ictress, is to visit i Singapore next month. She will arrive by Pan- American Airways on De- 'tuber ii. accompanied by i r sister. Beatrice, and E ess agent David Hanna. Miss Gardner is on tour i onjunction with the eening of
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    More offices for India
    53 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. I Government of India is opening more offices In the fderation, its Representative. k!r X X Tandon. said here lay, The .lw offices would reduce heavy rush of work now being handled by the offices m tapore and Kuala Lumpur. *'>rk is mainly
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    New garden for City
    121 5 sit. m Beach Road. vhere the shackle Club f( > b( will be developed iblic ;arden similar to danade, Mr. W. Irving City Architect, said < ty, COait road would r °ugh the Kroi/hd. split- m two. City Council would start lv after the road was
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    FAMILY PLANNERS WELCOME EXTRA GIFT FOR WORK
    379 5 r rilll Singapore Government's increased grant of SCiO.OOO for 1955 against $45,000 this year to the Family Planning Association was "most welcome" said Mrs. Joanna Moore, the association's vice-chairman, yesterday. She, disagreed with the comments 0! some Legislative Councillors about the association at
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    250 FIREMEN IN GROUP INSURANCE SCHEME
    127 5 Malek Sulong, secre- tary of the Singapore Fire Brigade Employees' Union yesterday said that 250 firemen hud joined a new group insurance scheme. The new .scheme, he adaea. would not affect claims on the City Council for injuries and death under the Workmen s
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    New power plan
    29 5 SEGAMAT, Fri. Work has begun to convert the present DC electric supply m Segamat to AC. The switch over is expected tO be completed next year.
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    QUESTIONS ABOUT A SHOW
    124 5 QUESTIONS ABOUT A SHOW BUKIT MERTAJAM, Frl. THE recent staging of a Teochew wayang for two weeks on the Jit Sin School ground In Anson Road was criticised by Mrs. B. H. Oon (P.W. Labour) at today's mooting of the Town Council here. She asked: "Did those ihowfl not interfere
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    RIDA loan for butcher
    47 5 SEGAMAT, Fri. A $3,000 loan by HIDA has enabled a former special constable. Ahmad bin Idris, to start a new life as a businessman dealing In mutton at the Segamat market. He Is one of the few Malays m that trade m Johore.
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    No new petrol kiosks yet
    67 5 The Building Committee of the Singapore city Council has upheld i» n earlier decision not to allow the building o! any more new petrol filling stations until the Improvement Trust had completed an inquiry into the matter. Last week, the Committee unanimously refused permission lor
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    Sultan's birthday
    20 5 TELUK ANSON. Fri. Teluk Ansnn wiii be the venue of the Sultan Of Perak'B birthday celebrations Id January.
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  • ROUND THE world Market Prices
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      U.K. dosing prices
      211 7 LONDON, Nov. 18. Previous Today Nov. i: No. 1 KSS cJi. Luropean 23 buyers 24 H buyers norts NO* 23? -sellers 24*.* sellers No 1 KSS c.U. European 23 9 16 buyers L'4's buyers !»•<■ 23 13 16 sellers 24% sellers r.,n: \<> 1 RSS spot 24
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      New York prices
      102 7 NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Previous Today TIN Sti aits spot and nearby 92.25 nom. 91.75 nom. UN futures Nov. 91.75 bid 91.25 bid 92 asked 91.80 asked Dee. 91.50 bid 91.25 bid 91.87 asked 91.70 asked Jan, 91.50 bid 91.15 bid 91.87 asked 91.60 asked TDM: Quiet.
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      US. PEPPER
      55 7 Spot Malabar was quoted at 49 cento per pound. Afloats at 48. •mber shipment 47. December 46. January, February and March (m equal monthly proportions) 44. Sarawak spot 47 U to 48. A floats 47 and lampong spot at 49 cents per pound sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      33 7 NEW YORK. Nov. 18 Previous Today 379.69 377.44 129.31 128.23 100.92 100.90 60.22 60.36 139.38 138.67 0 Industrials M Railroads 14 Domestic Bonds I "litiea til Sue. kx omposite Averages
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      122 7 OPR V. Philippines, c J.t UK/North. European delivered weight per long ton Nov 'Dec COPRA, Philippines, f.o.b. Manila, delivered weight, per long ton <<»N:\. Straits c.i.f. UK/North European delivered weight per *•><': ton I (>( ONI I OIL, nude, Striats, c.i.f. uropean Continental ports m :l!
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    ASSOCIATION TO FIGHT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
    86 7 '''ORE Legislative incillor, Mr. m. p. d. 1 ing to curb Juvenile through an asso--1 Rich he proposes to public meeting on Sun In lUgurai meeting; of 0 Community Ser--1 OClatiOn will be Mi., .hi Kng P\ib\\r School. Jalan Yd Chu KanK Road m. ►bject«
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    Theft charge
    25 7 JOJIORE BARRU. Fri. Lee J«'r» Seng, charged with the theft of a bedstead belorr'inK to ft woman, was allowed $2(M) bail pending trial.
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    All Govt. schools to teach vernaculars
    293 7 rHE study of a vernacular language, Mandarin, Malay or Tamil, will be compulsory In all Singapore Government primary English schools from next year. Pupils may either learn their own mother tongue or any of the other two languages. But they must learn one. Teaching
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    238 pass exam
    28 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. Two hundred and thirty-eight Federation candidates have passed the practical music examinations of the Royal Schools of Music held earlier this year.
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    CHINESE CHAMBER PLANS BIG DRIVE FOR VOTERS
    122 7 HPHE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce 1 is planning a big drive to get eligible voters among the Chinese to register for the Legislative Assembly I elections next April. 1 Mr. Ng Aik Huan, chairi man of the organisation section of the Chamber's
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    BUT THERE IS A SNAG FOR THESE CITIZENS
    131 7 ONLY those Commonwealth citizens who had registered as citizens of the United Kingdom and the Colonies by Sept. 30 will have their names included m the electoral register for the Legislative Assembly elections. A Government sopkesman said yesterday it would not be
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    Gold pendant to Miss Poppy
    53 7 PENANG, Fri. A gold pendant will be presented to "Miss Poppy of Penang," who will be crowned at a charity dance tonight at the City Lights. The judges will award marks for beauty and dress. Clothes worn should include the two colours of the poppies
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    HUNT FOR CAR STRIPPERS IN PENANG
    62 7 HUNT FOR CAR STRIPPERS IN PENANG PENANG, Fri. Penang police are looking for a gang .stealing headlamps and other spare parts from vehicles parked at the roadside during the night. Police believe the stolen goods are being smuggled to neighbouring countries. Two more headlamps and a radio valve at $400
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    He didn't hear train: Killed
    47 7 ALOE STAR, Fri. A deaf man could not hear an oncoming tram and was killed the Alor »Star Coroner, Inch' Ahmad Hanafio, wn s told yesterday. He r.'turnod a vcrrllrt ol df j ath by misadventure 1 on Li m Hoon (57).
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    HOTEL GUEST SOLD PLANO ON THE QUIET
    263 8 HOTEL GUEST SOLD PLANO ON THE QUIET A MAN who stayed as a j;u«'st at JKusthmir'H' s Grand Hold and on (he quiet soltl thr grand piano m the famous I'.ilm Court was sent to jail lor six months. "TiKit's ;t novel way oi swindling," mused the chairman (j Eastbourne
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    HE NOW HAS HIS OWN TEST TO PASS
    188 8 HE NOW HAS HIS OWN TEST TO PASS Jt was an Initiative v- th".y set Sub-Lieutenant John Watkin.s at ii.m 8 Vernon, the Portsmouth training jbfation lie bad to produce; 1. a cat 2. a Splthead pheasant 'a kipper); 3, a Sick Bay Shackle (a safety-pin) The kipper and the
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    'STOP SWEARING'
    92 8 Supervisor* m a Bolt on cotton mill are being warned to "clean up your language" because girl workers have complained HANKY RANDALL, .vl.o was blinded In Ifhc Mill World War m PfmnOC »i> 1918 af the aft or Is. plain a nunc ai bowifi at the Kinc Alfred
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    Now it's the soap wrappers' j-i-g
    202 8 Now it's the soap wrappers' j-i-g MAKK .1 notfl oi a new OCCUpational disease announced by medical science recently to a world which, you might think, has troubles enough already, it U called "Soap-wrapper's Jig" it is only right to .say straightaway thai it is no more lethal than Lho.se
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    Actor forgot lines, dropped from play
    198 8 ]t|R. ESME PERCY, the 67-year-old West End actor iT who forgot some of his lines on the first night of a play by Jean Cocteau, was replaced at Salisbury Playhouse by an understudy. Mr. Michael Wide general manager of Salisbury Repertory Company, called at
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    COW CAUSED A FUSE
    50 8 Engineers Investigating a scries of power breakdowns at Eec leshal), Staffordshire, finally traced the fault to a small pylon and a cow. The row wits using a barbedwire stay attached to the pylon as a back.scratcher. The pylon became loo.se and the wires touched, causing fusing.
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    Nobody stole it in China
    67 8 Dr Edith Bummerskll] had nothlns stolen m al] her Journey to the Far Ea.st. But when •sho returned to England, she ■aid al a recent Fulham meetIns her v,;illc( was taken. Dr Summerskll] said she left hei handbag In the tolli t on .1 train
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    No rent-no TV, says Council
    44 8 Coun< ii ii nantfl In arrears with their n m win *)<■ forbidd« n io op rate a tv set it Wainlord, Suffolk Each 01 the 871 tenant must f< i permission to hare a TV uui.ij on liij, room.
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    Council wrote: Pay fine or face prosecution
    219 8 I A COUNTY COUNCIL is to explain publicly why a dog-owner was asked to pay a "mitigated penalty" of £I—or1 or face prosecution for having no licences for his two does. Mr. Vernon Redwood, of Highlands End, Eype, Dorset was asked to pay
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    64 8 photo. NEW CHILD film stars, Michel Kay Popper, 10, and Krstyna Rumistrzewicz, 8, attend the first night of their first film "The Divided Heart" at the Gaumont Theatre m London last week Michel was chosen from hundreds of boys for the part although he had no previous acting experience. He
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    PROBLEM TO BE THRASHED OUT
    62 8 A father told Judge Clothier at Lambeth County Court: "My sons teacher said that if he would concentrate he could be the best boy m the school." He took his son to see a psychiatrist. 1 Judge Clothier: "In the old days you got one
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    DRIVE WITH A PRAYER: PRIMATE
    44 8 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Fisher, suggested a new road-safety slogan recently. "Drive carefully, drive prayer-fully." Road casualties were "a real blot on our civilisation, 1 he tolo the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents congress m London
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    STARLINGS STOP TOWER CLOCK
    35 8 Thousands of starlings lost m the fou stopped the rlock on a 90-it tower at Walhusey, Cheshire. They clustered round the tower ;>nd eventually blotted Out the dock's four lighted dial.s.
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    Rajah gets hurt
    32 8 Police dog Rajah, responsible for nearly 70 arrests, way Injured when he ran on t l .spike while traininir at inber Court (Surrey), it penetrated deep into his chest.
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    Sea gives up 96 elephant tusks
    246 8 PHHE n< v. a n< < Ived with calm m the und< rwriting room of Lloyd 'j that •i' phant m kv had been recovered from the hold <>i a "»> -Mink 73 years ago <>v tne Devon coast, 'I he ship waj the
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    COLOUR BAR IN BRITAIN TOO
    187 9 iHI! British peopla were guilty themselves of ondemned m South Afric Addressing the York Dioesan conference, Dr. Cyril Garbctt, Archbishop of York, said that there was often a ocial prejudice against colourMi people. They did not always fee] welcome and sometimes found it difficult to
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    OIL TYCOON
    83 9 Here's Izaat Gaafar, the E oil millionaire, who was tl !>P( i (l to marry Ex-Queen 2 Narriman of Egypt on the C 5 dissolution of her marri- •»«<• to her present hus- E E band. E Ga&far is chief of cabir "'t to the Royal house- j
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    248 9 A Baroness too proud to be shabby "POR the past ten years, Baroness Berta von Griflenstein, once wealthy and successful, lived m a state of poverty. Shabby, penniless but for the little money given her by friends. She eked out an existence. Her home m recent years was a room
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    HOME-MADE BOMB KILLS YOUTH
    52 9 Twelve-year-old Derek Holden was killed near his home at Burnley, Lancashire, by a home-made bomb comprising a nut and bolt and gunpowder. The "bomb" exploded m the boy's hand after it had been thrown against a wall. His brother John, 14, had a hand injured m
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    SMOKELESS ZONE
    36 9 London's first smokeless zone will be set up m the St. Mary's Redevelopment Area, Woolwich Council decided recently The zone, which has just over 100 dwellings at the moment, will eventually cover 75 acres.
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    BODY ON MOUNTAIN
    40 9 Farmer William Mayo'.s hor.se shied as he rounded -up shfeD on Rudry Mountain. Glamorgan. It had stumbled on the body of a youm? man lyinr m a hollow. Police said it probably had been there for weeks
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    SMASHING HAIRCUT
    34 9 MR. S. C. Elliot of Liverpool, had a haircut m Brighton. Afterwards he walked through the barber's quarter-inch-thick shop window into the street. "I was thinking of something else," he said, unharmed.
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    FIVE-INCH SPIDER FOUND IN TRUCK
    56 9 A five-inch wolf spider, one of the most poisonous species, was found m a rail wagon at Deighton, Huddersfield. The spider was sent by a dyestuffs works official to Huddersfield \s medical officer of health, Dr. J. R. Murdock. It is thought to have come
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    CIGARETTE RAID
    17 9 Thieves stole 10,000 cigarettes and tobacco from a shop 300 yards from Brighton Police Headquarters.
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    Gem box makes Reds curious
    150 9 lovlct Embassy ta 1 ted m b strange t?fi box, described M n perty ol a gentlewhich Is coming up tie's autumn sal< > ol gold, studded with 1 '"i sapphires, rabies J ;ili emerald, and bears An inscription m Ru I iati says: Commanding
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    Churchill at Guildhall
    66 9 picture. E E Sir Winston Churchill, the E E Prime Minister, addresses j= guests at the annual Lord E E Mayor's banquet m Guild- E E hall, London. Left to E right: The new Lord E E Mayor, Alderman Sey- E mour Howard; Churchill, 5 E the
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    £30,000 man's wife carries own coal
    242 9 MRS. EMILY FORSYTH is 73. She lives m a flat at Reading, grows her own vegetables, does her own housework and carries coal up three flights of stairs. But she should be getting £2,000 a year maintenance allowance. "I manage on my old-age pension,
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    AN OLIVE BRANCH FOR SIR THOMAS
    184 9 PEACE overtures from the Halle Concerts Society, with which he quarrelled nine years ago, have gone to Sir Thomas Beecham. The society was told that he has been invited to conduct again under its auspices nine years alter the row caused because the Lord
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    Plumber will keep promise
    86 9 IN 1888 William Bird. ;m anpr« ntlce plumber, hid B note m the rooi ol s school being hu lit m Ipswich, m (the promli ed tf > reward th( Dnd( t if 50 y ars h:iri elapsed since ihe t ote v pi i f
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    WANTED! GARAGES
    30 9 o.ir m every Rv< t > n.mt* living "(i B I )U(1I» y VV« r< ■>• I hou.siriß tate wan la a K«»- r^4> r t, a census tiis .shown.
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    DARTMOOR MAN'S PLAY TO BE SEEN IN CHURCH
    189 9 A DARTMOOR convict who reformed is to have the play he wrote m his prison cell produced m the We:st End of London next month. Not m a theatre, because it is a Nativity play but m a Re-gent-street church, with the
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    Life was so bewildering
    544 10  -  GLORGE MALCOLM THOMSON by FOR POOR Mme. CAUCUIN HI NOHI.i: SAVAGE, A UPC OF PAUL GAUGUIN, by Lawrence ami Klizabeth Hanson. C hulto and Windus. 21s. 304 pajjrv MADAME GAUGUIN has bad it bad Press. There haa never been a book about her husband which tailed
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    A DAY'S WORK
    721 10  -  ANNE SHARPLEY dmbgfjdxgjio by LIVING with a genius is supposed to be difficult, Being his wife is supposed to be impossible. Whether you or I think Georges Simenon France's great writer of psychological thrillers, is a genius or not, is not the point. His wife Is sure
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    A POCKET CARTOON
    22 10  -  OSBFRT LANCASTER hy "Were we m Kusxia, l.itdy Whi/»snadr, you wouhl be made to uithdraw that imM remark It"
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    A book to read & keep
    159 10 A book to read keep GUIDE TO SINGAPORE. Eighth edition. Papineau Studios 235 pages. $3. THHIS annual publication Is one of the best produced handbooks on Singapore available. It contains much pertinent information for both resident and tourist Apart from its use as a guide book, it is a handsome
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    Nazis had plans far them
    392 11 Nazis had plans far them i\ ORPHANAGES 1 throughout Germany day are hundreds of is kv blonde, blue-eyed children who, had Hitler on the war, would now Germany's elite the pre-destined rulers of a Nazi Europe, perhaps a Nazi world. These are the "Lebensborn" Udren— toe scientiflcally-"Miper-race" of SS lac
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    MORE SHOT GUNS THAN RABBITS
    175 11 MORE SHOT GUNS THAN RABBITS ITALIANS do not have to 1 stru g g l c with that < l "»Buc-twister myxo- J matosls. This rabbit- < Rilling disease is unknown < "i Italy, and no precau- < tiong are being taken to Prevent an out-break. < The reason for
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    WASH MACHINES ARE SAFER THAN SERVANTS
    413 11 WASH MACHINES ARE SAFER THAN SERVANTS IN MAU MAU iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiHi LAND .inn imiiiiiniiii MAU MAU is creating a buying boom m Kenya —on the "washing machine front." Hundreds of European housewives, unwilling to trust their servants are doing the housework— all of it themselves with the result that m Nairobi,
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    Don't say it with bullets!
    123 11 Don't say it with bullets! THE fiery souls of Corsica arc In a ferment. For epochs It has been I a hallowed tradition that I they let loose their joy and enthusiasm parti- cularly at election times by firing volleys of pistol shots m the air. Unluckily, thiqgs got a
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    No 'chairs' up this mountain greatest
    94 11 No 'chairs' up this mountain greatest THE Swiss Alpine Club has petitioned the Government to discourage the installation of funiculars and eableways m Swiss alpine resorts m order not to ruin the landscape. The Club recommends that licences should only be granted m cases of "absolute necessity." The 40,000-strono association
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    33 11 DON'T let em off m the street, DON'T put 'em m Auntie Vcra's bed, DON'T put em m baby's pram, DON'T tie 'em on the cat— and they call it a free country
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    greatest asset
    595 12 rr Five men talk about it to JUDITH WE'VE been told it b< lore, and it seems we are being told it again, thai a woman's most charming asset is her feminity. o n c c she is strident and overassert ivc nun avoid her. But don't worry,
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    43 12 IMi i; latest r;(r i s tale is ;ihoii( the woman who r;il| s at the shop to make her last hire purchase payment on I prani tfid how's l»al»y now? asks the cishnr. J*Wne" says Mama. lies getting married n«*x| month.
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    IA DRESS OF I THE FUTURE?
    69 12 I A DRESS OF I THE FUTURE? neuter picture The Tele-suit,' futuristic ensemble designed by Margaret Edwards, student of the Kingston, Surrey School of Art. features a cherry-quilt-ed satin jacket with braiding decoration and matching pillbox hat worn with black jersey jeans and juniper. The suit is modelled by Diana
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    Reds make profit out of Reds
    182 12 Reds make profit out of Reds JJUSSIA and her European satellites have opened a big hole m Western barriers against war potential exports to Communist China They are buying strategic Roods from the West and sellinn; them to the Chinesemaking a neat profit m the bargain. Western officials In London
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    Sincerity Pays off
    225 12 Sincerity Pays off A SMALL town girl with air of sincerity outrun, many a sophisticated beaut m the race for a husband i,,.. cause she remembers something the glamour queens fortfet. "A woman still needs to be a good listener, and most beautiful women can talk about only one thing
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    SHORT CUT, NO CURLS
    83 12 AUSTRIAN hair stylists ■£\> are launching a new style which they hope— will soon set the fashion all ova the world. It is called "a la Vienne" and m choosing it the Austrian Association Hair Stylists hare taken into account the fact that most women near
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      242 12 CLVBB ACROSS: 4 A mad letter (4). 1 The last warning? <9) s The ink teacher uses? (7). 5 Cap for a lot of people (3) a What an ill-omen does (5). 7 Scottish family group <4» 9 Poetic lakes (4). 8 Impeded a female deer at first 12 The
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    The downfall of President Neguib
    597 13 F r 222ftS 22= *USgS» has been waning. Egypt's P *«id««tho«Wo»fra« r ~l^ One by^' he has lo^t ill his jobs. Even his name disarm*™*^ t "a!" tiiZ from the society column. The Army no longer consider* w rfzz i him necessary. PEN. Mohammed Ne-
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    382 13  -  FRED MANOR by OHED a tear for the downtrodden North American male. He is confined to his basement from where, accompanied by his groans and cries of anguish, issue the whine of power-saw and the vicious hum of the portable lathe. This is the
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    147 13 kitchen is really a .sight and any other husband would know what to do about it. __9' course, the basement of Mildred's house is equipped like a medium-sized plant witii tools and implements of every kind. And everybody up and down the road wonders why he continues lor 40
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    HARPER TAKES 75 sec TO BEAT THIS GIANT
    331 14 HARPER TAKES 75 sec TO BEAT THIS GIANT £1X K.A.F. men won BriUnnia Shield boxing finals m the inter-Allied Services competitions at the Fmpire Pool. Wembley. The B.A.F. won the boxing with 50 points; France was second with 3h; and Heli'ium and the U.S.A.F. equal third. But the Ra f.
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    McAteer has his hardest fight
    140 14 I>at MaAtfM r, Blrkenhead contender for thu Ktiti.sti middleweight title, gained nil 32nri victory In 32 nghta when he outpointed Gino Meno/zi, ol Italy. it wai McAtcer'j first tenround content, and hia hardest, He waa marked fur the first time J hia career b swelling
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    CHELSEA PREPARE FOR HUNGARY XI
    59 14 r*KELSEA Pootbal] Club announced yesterday that negotiations were practically complete for them to I meet the Hungarian soccer champions, Voros Lobogo, m London on December 15. Voros Lobogo possess some of the leading players In Hungary Including several of the brilliant' Hunga- rian side which
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    F.S. CUP FINAL
    37 14 The Foon» Seong Cup inter-stat* badminton Challenge Hound between Penang, the holders and Singapore will be played at the Han Chiang Clune.se Hi«h School hall, Penang, on Dec. 18 and 19. THE ENGLAND CAPTAIN
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    We will win— Hutton
    101 14 We will win— Hutton I EN HUTTON forecasts J small scores m the cricket Tests with Australia and England to win the rubber. The tourists' .skipper discussed the prospects yesterday. He said: 'The bowling strength Of the teams is &ood, and this Ls going to mane run-getting difficult. I have
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    SCOTS PLAY HUNGARY ON DECEMBER 8
    216 14 THE choice of Joe McDonald, Sunderland's young left iback, for the Scottish team to meet Kilmarnock by floodlight m the first of the three prac- tice games before the match I with Hungary on December 8, pinpoints the recognition hi.s club are receiving m
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    1960 Olympics in Detroit
    94 14 Lj.S. Olympic Screening Board endorsed Detroit last night i as America's site for the 1960 j Olympic Games. A spokesman for the board said that the endorsement of the motor city now goes to the U.S. Olympic Association for a mail vote among its members.. If
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    TEST MAN TO LOSE PAY
    282 14 TEST MAN TO LOSE PAY A USTRALIAN business Is J\ getting tough with its stai cricketers. It is refusing to pay if they prefer pJaying Instead of working. Arthur Morris is B car .salesman. His firm have told him they wU] not pay him when he is playing cricket. Ray
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    KARIM HURT, MAY BE OUT
    58 14 A BDUL KARIM, the Johore player -**-vvho is to captain the Federation, may not be able to play m lie "■home international" hockey fixture against Singapore on Nov. 28 as he i.s badly injured. Karim iceeived a nasty knock on the nose m a league
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    ARMY PATROLS RACE ROUTE
    219 14 ARMY PATROLS RACE ROUTE rriiE 1,908-mile Pan American A road race beginning today i.s the longest and possibly the most dangerous major automobile race m the world. Over 150 top driver* from three continents will mutch their wits and talents and risk their prestige and their lives -to Win Malayan
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    BUXTON SEEKS NEW TITLE
    84 14 ALEX Buxton, who] Jy retained hit BrtMiii i ruiMi weight tin* 1 by knocking out Albfi I Fln< h iit, Hii^ i mlngham, wants to UyiiL m r middle- weight m futUTt, Mr, Jim Wicks s;iid he is asking t lie bbb of c. to consider
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    WHO REGRETS AND ZATOPEK THE FANCIES
    1141 15 iiu;si>\ssi;h on the first d 8 Forest Duke is a doubtful starter nOHEST Dl KE, a four-year-old Delville Wood horse I has made such improvement m the last two months that he is bound to receive solid support m tomorrows main race at Bukit
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    Inaccuracies in this golf book
    352 15  - Inaccuracies in this golf book HENRY LONCHURST Says NX Oi the most likeable chararth m gOll on either side of "JnouC, m my own rxperienre H Jimmy Demaret— nrrent (f "nci syllable, at m Harriet. enough to win the Masters ni ';"»''"t tltfM times, and the v, do to, Demaret
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    PROBABLE SCRATCHING
    75 15 PROBABLE stratthings for the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's meeting tomorrow are: Gambar Melayu, CamPus Belle, Kingport, Chesieres, Singing Master, Channel Patrol, Masterpiece, Silver Screen, Cydaris, Wedding Day, Above Board. What happened, Bonzer, Lieveling, Padi Field, Rippling Heavy rain fell this morning and the going tomorrow
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    TWO STABLES FIGHT IT OUT
    807 15 TWO STABLES FIGHT IT OUT THE Class 1, Division 2 race over a miJe will resolve into a great battle between two stables— Heddle and Yon^ Thau Yin. Heddle will rely on Na/ak.u and J«lly Sailor and Yong on radi Store and British PariKon. I think Nazakat will come out
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    132 15 (1) Asian Games record for the women's high jump is (a) 4ft. 11»4in.; (b) sf t- 6in>j (c) sft. l«/ 2 in. Which? <2) When and where will the next Thomas Cup final be <3> Which world ranking I boxer acted as Joe Louis m the film "Joe
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    SCOTS BEAT IRISH LEAGUE 5-0
    91 16 I^lli; Scottish iMfM beat the League of Inland by five fOall to nil when they met at Shawfield Park. GUtfOW, last night m an inter-league so<cer match postponed from Wednesday ntfht because of fog. Half-time score was .'{-0. The Scotsmen were playing good footbalJ and
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    More upsets in tennis
    118 16 ROSEWALL OUT KEX HAHTWiu defeated Ken Rosewall, 6 3, G 2, n S, and M<Mvyn Rose eliminated John Bromwloh, 9 7, 2 6. 6 3, 3 6, 6 1, yesterday m the All-Australian singles semi-finals ai the New South Wale.s tennis championships. Hartwitf's victory, combined with
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    MORRIS IS VICE-CAPT.
    21 16 VRTHUR MORRIS was today appointed vice-captain Ol Australia first Test team. Lan Johnson was yesterday appointed captain. Reuter
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    V.M.C.A. CROSS COUNTRY RUNS
    77 16 The closing date of entries for the I Singapore Chinese y.m.c.a. fourth I annual Open Cross Country Races has been extended to Nov. 25. The races, for three and four nille.s, will be held at Pasir Panjang. starting from the junction oi Pasir Panjang Road and
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    MARKSMAN BEATS RECORD U.S. leading
    215 16 MARKSMAN BEATS RECORD U.S. leading /•ILBERT Boa, 30, of Toronto. Canada's lone representative on the tiring line, shot his way to the world championship with a new record Of 598 out of a possible HOC with smallbore carbine In the Etv; lish Match at Venezuela yesterday. J According to a
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    SONNEVILLE ARRIVES
    67 16 INDONESIA'S badminton champion, Paris Bonneville defti and another top player, Eddy YusolT, arrived m Singapore yesterday to take part m the international exhibitions to he held at the Sirißa pore Badminton Association hnll from Nov. IS to it. They W vrr met at Kalian* airpmt hv Ken Davidson
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    SPRINT CHAMP TURNS PRO
    62 16 (IYKII, Peacock, BriLi.sh 29--t year- old world amatrur cycling .sprint champion, win 1-urn profewiona] at the otui of the year ami Join the Raleigh stable with Hex Harris, tna world Champion and Sid Patterson, the 1951 world pursuit champion, Peacock won hil Utlfl m a sensational
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    Bribe offer to boxer
    113 16 mother of welterweight contender Vince Martinez .said ye.sterday the Paterson, New Jersey, fighter had reported a M$6(),000 bride offer to throw a fight on October 29. The report was made to the New York Athletic Commission and the District Attorney's Office, she .said. Mr.s. Anthony Martinez
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    CHINA VICTORY
    41 16 Nationalist. China's basketball team la.st night won its second victory over a Peruvian all-star team, 49-30, The teams p.uv again tonight. The Chinese quintet came jixtn m the recent world has KettMul cnamplpnshipi al Rio n* 1 .Jani-iri) AP
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    OXFORD LOSE
    19 16 It V. Stanley's Team brat Oxford University 27 16 In their Kurhv union mat< h yesterday Reuter
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    HUMEZ IS CHAMP!
    115 16 i^WISS referee Henri Nicole O waves his hand and Tiberio Mitri, of Italy (top photo), loses his European middleweight title to Charles Hume/, of France (bottom picture) m Milan last Saturday. The end of this fight came shortly before the end of the third round after Mitri
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    WONG MEETS POH LIM IN DOUBLES TOO
    241 16 WONG MEETS POH LIM IN DOUBLES TOO IyONG PENG SOON Tf meets On- p ()h In thenum'a singles final entered the doubles fina m partnership with Peng Hooi m last nig] Singapore Badmini Championship ties The Fooiijs Seong Cup combi nation beat Loonu pan y and Kon Kong Mm m
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    VITHOOL FIGHT CALLED OFF
    34 16 LAST night's boxing card at the Happy World Stadium was postponed by the promoter Mr. A. Razak. Thep Vithool was to have fought Tony Louis of Selangor over 12 rounds.
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      Masthead
      9 1 Free Press RACE FORM Special Friday, Nov. 19, 1954.
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      TIME FOR AN AUSTRALIAN HORSE TO WIN
      269 1 The Free Press racing expert summarises Spore St. Leger prospects THIS season's Cup races on the Malayan Turf have so far been completely dominated by English and Irish -bred horses, but the last of the season's classics", the Singapore St. Leger over If
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      Forest Duke is ready
      179 1 NOT for many a season have we seen a better genuine Australian-bred horse than Forest Duke. This son of Delville Wood (sire of Forest Beau and some topnotchers on the Australian Turf) won two races over sprint distances as a three-year-old. When he turned four, Keith
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      Queen reviews classic horses
      137 1 '■> leen spent one of B?aS beloved by most I "Orsea exercised on then lunched with Sfr. Captain Cecil jMort, and visited her tneir boxes Queen drove out to ;fl the exercise bgßWe the Newmarjj{ch road, and watchAlSxSnder'' a possi:ljv hope for 1955, who Was ridden
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      Khor Mousa's 2nd St Leger
      412 1 KHOR Mousa, now m the Hobbs stable, will have a crack at his second St. Leger. This Persian Gulf gelding triumphed m last year's race with a postage stamp on his back It could not be called a satisfactory classic race. None of the runners
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        14205 2 Form Guide For S'pore Race Meeting HOLLOWING %tt Urn liorsfs ent«*rt*(l lor the Singapore Turf Club's November Meeting. Class One ABBOT! HAVEN I i mi rt( M i r* t- i < 1 r > i »-l; 3rd MO very >i u\ i < 111 i» i por< MJ i
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