The Singapore Free Press, 25 November 1954

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya *****. Singapore, Thui Nov. 25, 1954. Price 15 Cts.
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    18 U.S. 'spies' killed or held by China Reds
    182 1 /IOMMUNIST CHINA yesterday said it had killed or captured 230 spies— 13 Americans and the rest Chinese Nationalists, sent into China since 1951. Thirteen of the Americans are still being held under prison sentences ranging from four years to life. Five
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    'Sure' Labour seats are lost
    65 1 Labour gains m New Zealand's recent general election cut by two seats yesterwhen a final count of posand absentee ballots showjlim majorities for the Naona] Party m two constituenJ previously credited to Labour. The strength of the parties now National 45, Labour 35. the old
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    East German Police mutiny
    31 1 East German Police mutiny HPHE West Berlin anti-Cor-n munfet information bureau said yesterday that eight memII -n of the East German police 'I been arrested for mutiny H")henstuecken. near RranI'll'jUlg.- Reuter
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    Injured in fight
    27 1 A man was found seriously Mtt> rt m Boat Quay, Singayosterday afternoon. It pelieved he was involved m flight. 5 Wan has been detained.
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    First Test tomorrow
    61 1 THE first Test match between England and Australia begins tomorrow at Brisbane. Each day the Free Press I will give the MOST UP TO I THE MINUTE scores. The opening play will be described in tomorrow's Free Press. Don't miss this. Make I sure of your copy
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    9 GANG MEN HELD AFTER BOTTLE FIGHT
    61 1 SINGAPORE police have detained nine men m connection with the bottle battle near the junction of McCallum and Cecil Streets last night. The detained men are believed to be members of secret societies gang 36 and gang 909. The fight stopped abruptly when
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    EXEMPTED
    36 1 The West German Foreign Office said yesterday Germans living abroad will not be liable for service m the revived armed forces although an old Nazi law requiring such service is still on the books. A.P.
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    Ching: I've failed
    64 1 ruling Kuomtattiig PWtf of Oeneral Kaihek'a Nationalist Governent celebrated its 60th an"r.sary m Formosa yesterf with rails for reforms. General said m a message: "I hnve failed m my position of leadership, i have no desire to evade responsibility for our failure. I can find no words
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    RUSSIA REJECTS IKE'S SECURITY TALKS PLAN
    146 1 Meeting 'would have no point'— RUSSIA last night rejected President Eisenhower's suggestion of a four-power European security conference after West German rearmament Is ratified by the West. Such a meeting; "would have no point," Moscow Radio said. Yugoslavia yesteTday rejected the Soviet invitation to
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    RED AMNESTY
    19 1 Albania's Communist government has granted an amnesty to "a certain number of ordinary nnri political orisoner*. Reuter
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    RED-KILLS' REWARDS TO STAND
    317 1 RED-KILLS' REWARDS TO STAND Malaya day m Commons THE SECRETARY of State lor the Colonies, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, yesterday refused to tell the authorities m Malaya to stop giving rewards to Communist terrorists for killing other Reds before surrendering. He told a Labour member, Mr. Harry Hynd, who had
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    Ballet girl now bids for Sheik
    122 1 BALLET (lancer Mary Seal of Toronto has Z I added her name to the list of girls who want to marry Sheik lizat Gaafar. The pretty blonde has sent a c**ble to the 38- I year-old oil-rich Sheik at Kuwait on the Persian Guir.
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    Rubber quiet
    39 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on a quiet, steady tone with first grade, December shipment, at 81 3 A cents a lb., 2 a cent below yesterday's close. The price improved quickly to 82 cents.
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    VISHINSKY HOME
    17 1 The body of Soviet statesman Andrei Vishinsky arrived In Moscow by air last tilght.- A.P.
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    FIRE RAZES VILLAGE
    68 1 340 homeless WIND FANNED Hres m various parts of Italy have left more than 340 homeless, and have destroyed an Alpine village, a forest, and a toy factory. The village of Bresimo. a mountain resort m the Alps near Trento, was almost engulfed by a blaze which
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    GIFT OF MEDICINE
    28 1 The U.S. Ambassador, Mr. George V. Allen, yesterday presented to India his Government's gift of US$lOO,OOO worth of emergency medical suonlips for flood victims.— A.P.
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    U.S. AIR DEFENCES NO BAR TO NEW PLANES'
    265 2 ||S AIR SFX'KETARY U Mr. Harold Talbott. .said yesterday m Washington, the U.S. cannot rely ycl on anti-aircraft guided missile! to knock down < nemy bombers and expies s c d dissatisfaction with the efficiency of interceptor planes. Moreover. Mr. Talbott indicated
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    Form army of Papuans they urge
    143 2 MEMBERS of four Dutch political groups m- I eluding three Government parties yesterday asked f the Dutch Government for "an important increase I I m armed forces on Dutch i New Guinea. i During a debate on the I defence budget m the Dutch
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    Britain protests to Chiang
    138 2 Britain protests to Chiang SIR Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, announced yesterday that Britain had protested to the Chinese Nationalist authorities over the stop- pin» earlier this month of two British merchant vessels by warships based on Formosa. British warships have lull instructions to protect Briti.sh merchant ships on their
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    LONDON GIVES QUEEN MOTHER BIG WELCOME
    114 2 TOHE Queen Mother, returned 1- to London ye.sterday from her tour of the United States and Canada. She came up from Southampton on a special train after leaving the liner Queen Mary. First to greet her at Waterloo Station was her daughter, the Queen.
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    Indonesia told: Hands off N. Guinea
    299 2 Indonesia told: Hands off N. Guinea AUSTRALIA declared yesterday that New Guinea would always be a potential invasion springboard to her soil and that she would take an aggressive interest m any question concerning the i.sland's future. This was stated by Sir Perry Spender, Australian Ambassador to the United States.
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    Beria army was ready for Moscow battle
    580 2 THE MASTER SPY WAS OUT-SPIED lAVEEMT] BfcKIA supported J by two divisions of troops drawn up m Hfosj ow m battle lines, made a bid for control of the Kremlin four months after Stalin's death. This is stated m the latest issue of
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    LORD LINDSAY BLAMES U.S. FORMOSAN POLICY FOR CHINA TENSION
    198 2 LORD LINDSAY BLAMES U.S. FORMOSAN POLICY FOR CHINA TENSION I ORD LINDSAY, official interpreter with the recent British Labour Party delegation m Communist China, said m Canberra yesterday there can be no relief m the tension between China and the United States while America pursues its Formosan policy. Lord Lindsay
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    CRIME BRANDED
    32 2 U.P. Germany, which under Hitler exterminated millions of Jews, yesterday deposited with the United Nations its ratification of the international agreement which brands such acts as a crime against humanity.
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    Six-week Comet probe is now over
    197 3 Six-week Comet probe is now over 4 SIX -WEEK probe into A the loss two British :i,t jet airliners m the literranean one of the ,r exhaustive inquiries iviation history was concluded m London esterday. rhe Court of Inquiry was presided over by Lord Cohen nd it.s findings will now
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    Ike entertains three flying premiers
    91 3 Ike entertains three flying premiers THF prime ministers of Nor--1 way, Denmark and Sweden iched yesterday with Presi'nt Eisenhower at the White House m Washington. lunch was the principal vent of their brief visit to hington at the conclusion of a history-making flight. Prime Ministers Mr. Oscar Torp of Norway,
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    FIRST DELIVERY
    26 3 I yptian tanker Al Hurtrrived In Port Said on with the first cargo lan crude oil delivered the new Soviet-Egyp- petroleum .supplies agree- A.P.
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    Jamaica elections
    12 3 Jamaica will have a general "On on January 12. Reuter
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    JAPANESE TECHNICAL EXPERTS FOR S. E. ASIA
    139 3 I *PAN vui S end 11 technical Jf )>! to, and take 25 from, South and V' E Wt Asia by March mr, the loader of its Ration to the Council for 1 ltlh 'i Co-operation said m 1 ;n: >" yesterday. Bhiroaich)
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    GIRL FOUND BURIED ON GOLF COURSE WITH TOY DOLL
    288 3 GIRL FOUND BURIED ON GOLF COURSE WITH TOY DOLL A TEDDY BEAR, a toy rabbit, a rag doll and two Father Christinas ornaments were found buried on a golf course with the body of a four-year-old girl, alleged to have been murdered, it was said m a court m Chertsey,
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    He met the Queen
    20 3 The Queen received Sir John Kotelawala, Ceylon's Prime Mirister, m audience at Buckingham Palace yesterday Reuter
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    Vietnam warlord raids army post
    289 3 QNE of South Vietnam's warlords has raided a -i, atlonal Arm y outpost southwest of Saieon killed one soldier and wounded several more Army Headquarters said yesterday. y PnrH Thi H neW incide nt serves to underline the discord and confusion fast approaching anarchy m
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    Captive priests chained by Reds
    169 3 Captive priests chained by Reds 11WO Belgian prieitl were treated by the Communists "with extraordinary cruelty" during their imprisonment m North Vietnam during the Indo-China war and were chained to one another for long periods. This was .stated by the International Fides Agency m Rome yesterday. It added that more
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    'Lift ban-Reds
    28 3 'Lift ban- Reds Radio Peking said yesterday that Communist delegates to the Korean Military Armistice Commission had proposed that travel be permitted between North and South Korea.- U.P.
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      Watch for pirates
      361 4 The Registrar of Vehicles said recently he was unaware officially that hundreds of "pirate" taxis were operating m Singapore, although he conceded that the public seemed to know these taxis were illegally plying for hire. Perhaps Mr. Buckeridge was drawing a line between his private and official
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    THE MILK BAR MENOES FRANCE
    20 4 yES IT IS GAY. IS IT NOT 1 WE HAVE NOT THE ALCOHOL POISONING NOW
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    CUT the KICK-and close the CAFE!
    381 4  - CUT the KICK -and close the CAFE! JOAN HARRISON by The boulevard patrons are angry at the planned attack on their liberty' f\N THE table m front of us was a threequarters empty bottle of burgundy. The scene was a Paris restaurant and I was explaining to an English friend
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  • Letters from readers
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      THEY'LL STILL BE USING ENGLISH
      118 4 YOUR editorial entitled, "The Official Language" I smacks of "Machiavelism". You believe that simple Singaporeans would agree to the sacrifice of equity for what you called "practicability". You do not state, however, whose convenience this "practicability 1 Ls to serve— the present governing body or
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      Only a lame excuse
      109 4 Y°ur correspondent Mr. W M Edwards reveals the truth why the Rendol Commission recommends that En lish must be the only language used m our Councils, That the use of other language a i.s impracticable Is only a hi UK' excuse. The truth is now out
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      GRATEFUL
      35 4 'fills tetter la -sent with (lie grateful thanks of the Council of Brthcsda (Katong) Church, for your kindness m I including m your paper our church services on Sundays. GORDON L. A. SCOTT. Singapore.
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    Britain had alcohol fight too
    183 4 Britain had alcohol fight too MR. Mendes-France's new B plans tor combattina: alcoholism m France and cutt- B ing down production of wines B and spirits m favour of m- B creasing the crop production B recall the prolonged battles B which went on between the beer and whiskey m-
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    THESE 300,000 HAVE THE VOTE
    645 5 Katong is division with AND THESE most electors I SEEK THEIR VOTE CANDIDATES already nomi- na ted for the forthcoming tlons ft re (figures m brae- note approximate nurr b,. r of voters) 'm ()K AVER: (11,400) Mr. Tar Chee (Labour F-ont>. Mr. R ,hiiuv
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    Castings shortage hits water dept.
    79 5 A Singapore firm which used to make special castings for waterworks stopped manufacture last year. The city water department later experienced a shortage. Future supplies might have to be bought from overseas, said the annual report of the water engineer for 1953. MORE MONEY FOR
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    THEY WANT A GIRLS' CLUB
    46 5 YOUNG girls living m the Havelock Road and Tiong Bahru areas have approached the Delta Ganges Welfare Association to help them form a girls' club. The Association has promised to help, Its secretary, Mr. T. R. Fernandez, told the Free Press.
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    STATUTORY POWERS FOR DISTRICT COMMITTEES
    175 5 I) RICT committees to be 11 under the new Hiii constituting the I Island Council, will tutory powers, the 'a, told yesterday. I übtful whether they powers to raise elves. They would be Riven facilities to eir own estimates financial indents on Council, it was
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      99 5 M r m U M Z*^mmmm¥^m\ A: 1 yn they are made with \^__j If sistency gives a quick thorough i ts*^ *f mix brings out the fullness of j their flavour. Fried dishes, too, Wss* m^sJ^^ vegetable oils. Spry stays fresh M—f j so much longer and is always
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      224 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis P o';m"' rHf rj> kt <lU{iVlC(M i>inw\ [fnTr "leavi r m wp guickiy \And a mnai. h t flaws L {VEfZV INCH IS COVERED WITH THI r0 W"* 7 MBELUH. TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs TAK/A'i I' l-S5- J A« S WEA>J -J
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      754 6 YOUR I LUCKY I I STAR I IJORN today m ll( I dt-pt-ndent thi, !kl B I «ome tc your uhii eonel,, B E without the help v,, I E «f outMders. i 01l fl E ptyehk m your ability toiEu I j what others are thinkini "ft I often
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    Bound the World Market Prices
    297 7 Bound the World Market Prices I Above prices quoted m pence H m <"-«wa k f. a q c.i.f. European ports D^. 48 V sellers 48d. filers PI i: BUirh Lumpong t^a.q. c.i.f. European peril unquoteo unquoted pi ri'i i. Butcli >urawab |.a.q. c.U. ln J»° rU Dec 35' L.d.
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    U.S. PEPPER
    67 7 I Ma jbar was Quoted at 50 equal monthly proportions^ 45. pound. Afloats at 48 to 47. Sarawak spot 43 Lamoonc soot 50 Wpmeni 47. December 40. and Ceylon spot 48 ceT per rwund February and March (m! sellers ex dock. A&ou€ prices quoted m U.S. cents per
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    Copra, coconut oil prices
    95 7 ;n:\ l-l,ilippin M elf. UK/Norlh. im'na.d' tiiiv"*'?," wng ton Nov./ Dec. H £71 buyers £70% buyers £71 'L< seller.* £71 .^elleiv, Wt Dec. Jan. B rw-nuff £71 b "y pr5 5 Wl buyers H >NM OIL, rrudp. Striats, cl.f. £72 sellers £71 sellers m nu, ContinpnUl
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    Stowaway sets poser in Spore
    153 7 Stowaway sets poser in Spore I FOREIGN Legionnaire M Gutierrez, 22, was m <■■■■ "J .ships cabin m japore yesterday, while Hp'j officers and Colony Ition authorities were Ing what to do with I Spanish .stowaway m American Line.s t. President Harding. W ■i.h he would re- Wl hometown m
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    DAILY USE OF WATER IN S'PORE ROSE 4M. GALS IN YEAR
    250 7 r PHE AVERAGE daily consumption of water m Singapore last year was 42,097,000 gallons— 4,126,000 more than the figure for 1952. In his 1953 report, the City Water Engineer, Mr. W. S. Btredwick, states that the income from the
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    Probe pledge on schools profiteering
    108 7 PROFITS from book saltvi. cinema shows and other activities m Singapore Government and aided SCttOOll will be investigated if they are found to be excessive, Mr. R E Ince, Deputy Director ol Education, said yesterday. Mr. Ince wa.s commenting on ;i reader's letter alleging that
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    FAREWELL PARTY FOR TEACHERS
    61 7 PENANG, Thur.s. Malay teachers who are retiring al the end of the year will be entertained by Penane: and Province Wellesley Malay Teachers' Union at a farewell tea party at the union's half I yearly meeting on Saturday. The party wil! be followed i by a
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    Aquarists form society in S'pore
    175 7 THE Singapore Aquarists' Society has accepted a City Council invitation to nominate a representative to sit |on the advisory board to the Van Klee-f Aquarium. Mr. See Teck Jin, an experienced fish breeder has been selected. Dr. R. D. Purchon, professor of Zoology at the
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    Govt. costs up $2m
    42 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Additional expenditure amounting to $2,153,410 became neceSMry to meet the require- 1 merits of the normal public •services m 1953 m Johorc ProI vision for thi.s has now been approved by the State Council, j
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    SAY FAMILY DOCTOR, NOT GP
    118 8 811/ HATS m a nam< Quite V? a l<'t. thinks Mr lain Mac leod. Minister of H. alth par "Get into the habit of using tlie term family doctor' m ■tead "f 'general practitioner,' "he urged doctors <>i 'he future m Condon. He said: "It
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    BARBERS HIT BACK AT FRIEND'S 'COFFEE WITH SHAVE' OFFER
    397 8 BARBERS HIT BACK AT FRIEND'S 'COFFEE WITH SHAVE' OFFER E T*HREE TIMES, bus dri- E JL ver Tom Men nard tried E E to get into the big time E E but without success, until z: E recently. E E Within an hour of his E E audition at London's
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    MAN CLEARED OF SHOOTING HUSBAND WHO BEAT HIM
    738 8 20 minutes a husband beat up a man who was alleged to have been associating with his wife. •'Every time he showed any Sign of life I hit him again," the husband told a jury at Essex Assizes at Chelmsford. The man.
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    RAIN SENT CUP TEAM RUNNING TO 'LOCAL'
    218 8 Walk-off cost them the game AT half-time five village soccer players walked ofl the field when their cup team was losing 2—l m H the rain. The game stopped. And later it was nut a that they lost the matcn. m After the
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    This is what they like, Mr. Artist
    151 8 A PAINTING of a fat, jolly Frrnch postman (price 84 hung m a North London cinema. "Lovely."' said a pretty shop 3 girl. "Horribly commercial," said an artist. And that showed the difference m taste of people who look at pictures and those
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    Fire brigade pays
    33 8 A Chatham fiTtm™ I was fined £6 *<***!?£ v speed limit on his w. v fv fire sent the bill to the c v .council. Kent Fire Committee agreed to P«»
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    DRIVERS BLAMED
    20 8 Motorists cause 1,650 of thf 3,184 road accidents m Kent m three months, says the Road Safety Committee.
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    Islanders are happy again
    125 8 gEL PIK inlanders— there Arc more than 40 of them arc no longer "marooned m the Thames. But they are .still angry, heeau.se .someone stolp their new boat. The ferry linking them with the mainland, at Twickenham, 30 yard.s away, .sank recently. So the people on
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    SPANISH DANCE BY BARMAID WENT A BIT TOO FAR
    524 9 'I didnt sit on men's laps 9 i rrHERE was no question that the Spanish dance which Sylvia the oarmaid performed m a public-house m Stepney, London, was well done. "It was very artistic," said a police.station sergeant, giving evidence at
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    QUEEN SEES FILM STARS
    92 9 SS ruwt: Queen talking to American film actress, SS Mona Freeman, who was j?? am oner the British and ss American artists taking >> part m the stage presen- \< tation at the Royal Film SS Performance held at the Empire Theatre, Liecester SS Square, London,
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    DUSTMEN START SALVAGE FIRM
    38 9 Dustmen at Long Eaton, Derby, have been made partners m a salvage collecting business and are earning up to *:2 10s. a week from their profits. The business is organised by the Urban Council.
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    A tittle boy who found a purse
    289 9 A tittle boy who found a purse ON the counter ol i shop near his home at Totteridgp m North London. a nine-year-old boy found i purse, he picked it up. and OUtslde he wa.s .stopped Soon he was .standing before juvenile court magistrates accused of stealing it. He was
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    Proctors pounce on gatecrashers
    60 9 University proctow walked I Into the Oxford Union Society oiu 1 niKht when it had a bar extension, and took the names lof 50 people m the bar and I dining-room. They did 90 at the suggestion Of the .society's president because many nonmembers have been
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    Town says: forget this raid by boys'
    317 9 T IIE old market town of Buckingham wants to forget about the .stealing .spree OT two 14-year-old boys from .> -J25-a-year Stowe School— a modern public .school nearly which u.sed to be the seat of the Dukes of Buckingham MU| Chandos The boy.s
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    DENTIST ACCUSED BY WIFE CLEARED BY BOARD
    461 9 DENTIST ACCUSED BY WIFE CLEARED BY BOARD MR. Roderick Horan, a dentist, was cleared of charges that he had been guilty of infamous or dlsgrace- ful conduct by committing > misconduct with Mrs. Winifred > Purchase, a patient. > He said after the hearing m > London: "This has been
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    New 'scare' siren protects children on four!
    334 10 New 'scare' siren protects children on four! 71 'III-. latest safety device m 1 the I nitrd States design led to protect school -rhildren from reckless drivers is an electronic mechanism that sets off a siren to w;irn drivers to slow down Several ol these ilreni have been Installed near
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    LAUGHTER IN PARIS
    80 10 THERE'S a good deal of hearty laughter among Parisian motorists this au- i tutitn. [ike British butchers at the end of rationing, Paris garage owners, hitherto magnificently off-hand, are des- perately vrooinf the customer for the first time for fifteen years Reason? Because of new rules al-
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    Motels give luxury at low cost
    477 10 McKENZIE PORTER motors across a continent without wrecking his bank OEHIND a forty -five horse power eightcylinder engine I drove with my wife and son clear across the United States from coast to coast on a motoring holiday that cost the equivalent of MsBBo—
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    64 miles to the gallon with five passengers
    209 10 I BRITAIN'S first motorisM rickshaw carrying five people at a cost fur each of less than three cents for six miles appeared at the Motor Cydfl Show at liarls Court, London. It was designed m "open" form for tho Par Kast. Mr.
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    A PAGE for MOTORISTS
    165 10 A PAGE for MOTORISTS 'Noise-eater' I will silence I motor-bikes I A MAJOR anti-nol.se cam- I paign is shortly to be launched m West Germany's I capital ot Bonn. Mam target I for the campaign will be near- I ly two million motor-bikes B which at present jar the ncr-
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    Police were upset
    105 10 rpHERE was some consterna- Hf A tion at Nice police headquarters last week. They were 9H preparing for "Make Less Noise" Week and stern- faced H policemen went round Bf with portable noise-measuring X gadgets and glaring at motor- |R cyclists, radio fiends, etc. But nobody, they
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    The talkies' TALK too much!
    431 11 The talkies' TALK too much! 1 j > j ctureg when sound came m says the idol of the silent era Lillian Gi.B,hw ho Hrmly believes that A LOT of solid-thinking movie /ans are beginning to wonder— and worry. Are motion pictures talking too much? Although the last two years
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    SHOCK IN STORE
    52 11 A LEC GUINA XESS is Koi n g to shock some of s admirers u hen they see him totally bald as s*' is pictured here— m ls latest film, "The 1 nsoner." "The public, 1 a fflad to sav > do not expect glaniour from me,"
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    EVEN FERRER'S NOT SURE JUST WHO'S GOING TO WIN
    99 11 ACTOR Jose Ferrer wyj hii tOttghett director i.s him- l(!l He star.s in, and directs "The Shrike," a problem play. pVJJ a daily battle between mSS. thfl actor and Ferrer the 'rector," he .said. "I try to hayo the director win,
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    IT'S TOUGH TRYING TO NAME A MOVIE
    354 11 IT'S TOUGH TRYING TO NAME A MOVIE VTAMING a Hollywood movie is sometimes more of an intellectual strain than producing it. Aptness is less desirable than Box Office appeal, which explains why you never have seen a picture called, "Z-Z-Z-Z," or "Son of Z-Z-Z-Z," you don't want a title that
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    This title almost went 'Phffft' says HAROLD HEFFERNAN
    150 11 This title almost went 'Phffft' says HAROLD HEFFERNAN m however, only led to another: How do you Pronounce "PHFFFT?" Judy Holliday pronounced it 32 different ways on a sound track StiU unsatisfied, they then polled several hundred English profe.ssor.s to get their ideas. chao.s. The Profe&sor.s .said that "PHFFFT" should
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    SHOW TALK
    277 11 SHOW TALK CniRiSTMAs came early m Hollywood at the premiarc oi "White Christmas** m Hollywood's Beverly Hilh There was a Santa ms, several curvaceous girls dressed a.s white Christmas trees with bells Jingling, and carols on the Tannoy system. There wa.s one very putty girl, Maria English, m a dress
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    'LIGHT UP'-IN THE MODERN MANNER
    628 12  -  JEAN WISEMAN o****** V m jj Simplicity of line follows the latest trend, decorations are restrained and subtle If IGHTINU lip lH tiit J modem manner is a tonic to any home, and also tits the mood of the contemporary furniture and furnishing* which arc
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    Bridge Hand
    430 12 Bridge Hand Both Hides vulnerable South dealer NORTH y a 6 f> 0 Q 10 7 4 3 ♦j9 8 7 WRtoT EAST 4J684 10 9 3 2 <? X Q 10 9 <? 8 7 3 OJ»6 OAKB AQ3 2 6 2 A SOUTH 4AK Q 8 7 VJ
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      295 12 Ife Iv ml I flk mi tiUk IMb k.^%^^% "mM^ 1 t^ C'LI'ES AC'KOSS 4 Dig out, not aece.s.sntily fran B 2 Sounds like a meterological the soil (7>. morning farewell (s>. 5 Costs two leo.s (3). 5 Gossip m b French castle (4). 6 Are native? this? Partly (5),
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    Ace matadors earn film star salaries
    421 13 Ace matadors earn film star salaries BULL-FIGHTING IS REALLY BIG BUSINESS, Sax l JOHN CULMER DO YOU know what it costs to stage a bull!it m Spam? And what a first-clan matat; tarns? I've been turning up some urea on the financial side bull-fighting, and they interesting reading. m Spain,
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    'SWEEPS' CAN RETIRE IN COMFORT
    464 13 rpHE West German par- liament recently passed a law which won it more praise than almost any other measure it has enacted m its five-year life. It voted a raise of approximately 20 marks a month m old age pensions. Although the Germans complain that
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    HERE HE COMES
    32 13 literally "wise monkeys"), or bull-ring- servants, for each fight. Totting it all up, you tan say that a first-class tight m .'Madrid involves preliminary expenditure of around MSS6 000.
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    It was cigars for their 'Old Boy'
    128 13 Sir Winston ('hurt-hill fonil•I large cigar box m the Hf»d Masters study at llar- v ">d whispered to his Mrs. Mary Soames: V hat wonderful gift." box had been presented »»im rarlier by Harrow head f> ">- R L. Phillips, to mark his
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      A WEIGHT LIFT FOR SOCCER
      254 14 MX It Vlt 1 I ANN, manager of Knstol Hovers, miii of ideas, vw ill soon shock the football world by jiving his pro motion-seeking players a <ours«- (»f Instruction m w eight lilting Mr Ihiiii has (MM to the top o| tin- weight lifting
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      New secrets in British cars
      296 14 By a Special Correspondent T»HERE is Jit tic doubt, that the only motor racing 1 team of British Grand Prix cars likely to challenge the foreigners next season will be the Vanwall Stable run by millionaire sportsman Tony Vandervell.: uurmg cne past week I was
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      Sports quiz
      137 14 (It Who is the stranger here: Iris Cooley, Judy Devlin, Cecelia Samuel, Helen, Heng? (2) Henry Armstrong held three world boxing titles at the same time. What were they? ('£> A badminton picture appearing on page 15 yesterday was wrongly captioned as being Ong I'oh Lim. Who was
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      U.K. RUGBY UNION
      32 14 County championship matchte '■•'■'•iii Countten o Middlesex 20, Oxfordfthln 8 Hfikshir** D, Surrey 24 Ken Q Othi r match tembrklfc Unhrtrhl' 19 M H Steel BrtdKPri, Team l\i RtUUM
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      Rival heavies on same card
      86 14 HEAVYWEIGHT rivals for Don Cockell'a British title, luck Gardner and Johnny Williams, will fight ai Belle Vue (Manchester) on Decem>er 10, but not each oth< r, Gardner moots French champion Lucien Touzard over eighi rounds: Williams faces Joe Bygravea <Birkonhoa<h over the same distance. Ron
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      RIFLE MEET ON DEC. 5
      100 14 Thf Singapore Rifle a Delation Will hoW -i ifl 1 tlirc' |ng ;it 1 |n> N' I1 Booi i■■ i on i >c B from 180 I m Tin iin b« two 1 1 .i i ■A" for tho <• with hand i apj ol
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      Indonesians a threat to Malaya's best
      214 14 iJy NETMAN A T fche rate these Indonesians J\ are improving Malaya will have her hands full to retain badminton superiority m the years to come. Indonesian champion Ferry Sonneville, who beat Ooi Teik Hock oi Pi* nun g on the first night, beat
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      REAL CUP FINISH
      112 14 rjniREE goals In the l isl ten minutes jave Blythe Spartans a thrilling 5-4 vi< lory over Boston United m one of the EngH m Football Association Cup flrsl round replays yesterday. Both are minor league clubs. Cup results:— Darlington 12 B.ir:<>w 1; Blythe Spartans :> Boston
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      GO AHEAD FOR SPORTS CENTRE
      86 14 A £1,750,000 plan for a national sports centre at Crystal Palace has been approved unanimously by London County Council* Hut what is still not known is who is going; to pay for the upkeep of the .stadium, hostel and playing fields. The £1. 730.000 needed
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      NAT LOFTHOUSE TOLD TO REST
      113 14 pENTRE FORWARD Nat Lofl hov e oi Bolton la miss Ing from the England Soccer party which has started trainIng at West Bromwich for the '.Mmc with Germany on December l. I. oft hou.se has been ordered B complete re.st for seven days. He must
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      STOP THIS WAILING!
      459 14 [JOKING l£ like a grubby child It simply hates h. in-.' washed behind the ears, Look what happened last W( -I; m London An inter.iutional world championship dJinniittfc int't, lull ol high hope and great Ideals, And they made several Important di clsions. I'lic committee t onsisted
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      Is Modern golf any better?
      669 14 Is Modern golf any better? HEN two performer 0 M&lneaee and experience \>t Co! ion and Crawlcy Combine I i make a declaration, it behoves one to pay respectful attention, however absurd it may on the surface an. pear to be. The declaration m question m i ■!<• m perfect
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    EARTHQUAKE SHOOK 'EM ALL
    622 15 t ,,,,,.,u.k. (Morliraerl. t h, buMt, b«te »«.J«Ut Si.h. MnMr) 1. pa, f ur n nd ,27 lor CLOSE FINISH Tfhi«««{uaiters of a length sepa- ;> i#v »nst and M>«ond as Mr. W. McGregor Watt's Sir Francis Donnelly) be*t« Punter's Delight <■ >< iid i m
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    BIG SWEEP
    52 15 TOTAL POOL: $3«3.816 FIRST: No. 2G5181 ($H>3,7Hi). SECOND: No *****2 ($81,858) THIRD: No. IG2OOB ($45,477). Starters ($4,134 each) Nos. *****)4, 532G94, *****0, *****5, 1764W), *****9, *****2. *****9, *****3, *****6, *****8. Consolations ($2,728 each) Nos. *****9, *****1, *****6, *****9, *****4, *****7, *****0, *****8, *****4, *****8. DOUBLE TOTE: 62 tickets
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    THE FIJIANS PILE UP 61 POINTS
    178 15 pi* tares. THE Fijian rugger XV yesterday chalked up 61 points (11 tfoals. two tries) against three points 'penalty) by 11th HUMan m their FARELF Cup rugby final at Seremban. The Fijians led 35-0 at halftime. Trie^ werp scored m th< first half by
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    GOLD MEDAL
    23 15 Ohua Lamke of China won gold medal m the world championship bad^p piKPon shooting contest oa .Sunday. His wore was i)<)
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    Kampong League soccer results
    63 15 Resulti of the Brcwertei K&mpong League boccci competiUon tnatchca played v i tei day wire Permuda Latehan a beat Bouna Vista Ranger* "A" 6 0, Scorers: is mall <:<•, Jumarl, Rahman Paiitti Othman B;ik;ir, m th( match DC twf«'ii the h teams, Peimudi won 4*3, Sunn!,
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    IN LOVE WITH ROAD RACE
    88 15 I rMBSRTO Mtflkrfl is tfrnvtlltni to MratCQ City Id OOOtOI I Ms4H.<iO(> prise fof winning the f\»m AmeriCßn K»ct(i rftce and La calling hlm&clJ "tiie !iuip|)ift man In the world" "X hope to returu next yen, h» commented ywtordftt I'm m ten with this rACC
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    SAME MANAGER FOR DODGERS
    25 15 Brooklyn Dodgtn ftnnounctd "••'f maaagtr Walter btm Binned to >„.,.,„..■ 11 m 10. r r u t twj u> both sides U.P.
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    SERVICES LOSE
    27 15 I 1 1 1 v» r v f 'r i,.i i Dublil f( .i f/ i Devon pori Service Kir »>y Union matcti al Dtwnporl
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    Aussies beat S.H.B. 8-0
    43 16 lJF.sri/I'S of ru?by matches played yeUerday m Singapore: Royal Australian Air Force 8. Singapore Harbour Board 0. RNAS Semhawang 3, Royal Air Force Changi 0. Singapore Cricket Club "A" 18 Police 3. Royal Artillery Blakang Mati 8 R.F..M.E. 0.
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    BANDOOLA GOES BEST IN
    550 16 FINAL RUNS Forest Duke m fine shape I rrc I'ress Course Correspondent ffOUMtt DUKE, Bandoola and Never A Bank— all r bright Singapore St. Lefer hopes wound up their preparation m fine style on the training track at fiukit rim ah this morning. The going was
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    U.S. SERGEANT PIPS SWEDE FOR TITLE
    123 16 MASTER Sergeant. Huelet lf Benner of the United States snatched victory from Swedish champion Torsten Ullman m the free pistol event of the 36th world championship tournament at Caracas, Venezuela. Hans Aasnes of Norway and Chaleb Seif Allah of Egypt were tied with perfect
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    'I HATE BOXING'
    222 16 Now Barnes I takes title from Brown j A USTRALIAN welterweight champion iV George Barnes won the British Empire I welterweight title last night when he knocked out champion Barry Brown of New Zealand m the 11th round of their I scheduled 15 round fight at Sydney
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    2 UNABLE TO TRAVEL
    41 16 Centre forward A w a n g Bakar and reserve goalkeeper Skinner are unable to accompany the Singapore soccer team, which leaves for Hong Kong tonight. Singapore play Hong Kong for the Aw Hoe Cup on Saturday.
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    WEIGHTS FOR LAST DAY
    415 16 IT^ETGTS for all races on Saturday, concluding da^ of the Singapore Turf Club's November Meeting were announced this morning as follows: THE SINGAPORE Forest Beau 8.0<» CL. DIV. I—7l ST. LEGER Prosperity 8.08 LESS 22 YD. CL. l *****, iinorolor 8.07 Graduate 9.0< Khor Mousa 0.00
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    AUSSIES COMMENT ON ENGLAND XI
    327 16 AUSSIES COMMENT ON ENGLAND XI ENGLAND was making a daring gamble by excluding her spin bowlers and relying on pace to win the first Test, according to cricket writer, Hugh Buggy, m today's Melbourne Argus. "It will throw the full force of a pace attack against the Australian batsmen but
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