The Singapore Free Press, 11 January 1955

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press I arrest Afternoon Sale m Malaya (Mngapoir. luev. Jan. 11. I<*:>.V Price l.i ts.
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    Lock icon GOVT. PLEDGE TO COLONIES
    257 1 Self-rule is aim —Lennox-Boyd ALL British political parties were irrevocably committed, economically and morally, to a policy of growing independence for the colonial empire, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr- Alan Lennox-Boyd, said today. "And we have no intention whatever of going back on
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    KRUSHCHEV VERSUS MALENKOV
    164 1 KRUSHCHEV VERSUS MALENKOV THE News Chronicle. London. day that Nikita :hev, Secretary-Gene-the Communist Party. I Premier Malenkov are I In a life-and-death r control of Soviet with Russian 'coexi with the Western Powers as the chief bone of contention between them. William Forrest, the Chronicle's diplomatic correspon- that if Krushchev
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    HOSPITAL TOUR
    36 1 Sir Eric Pridie. chief medical adviser to the Colonial Office, visted the Singapo General 1 this morning. He oiHn l^ Ore than an h^ r touring the wards. Later he '^>or members of the
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    Lock icon When girl weds a British soldier
    135 1 When girl weds a British soldier A FOREIGN girl who marries a British soldier abroad does so "for better or for worse" and should stay with him even if life m England is not as she imagined it, a divorce court judge said m Sheffield yesterday. But, he said, he
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    Rubber easier
    59 1 RUBBER was a little easier on the Singapore Rubber Market this morning. January fir^t grade buyers f.o.b. opening at 94 cents a lb., a quarter of a cent below last night's close. The tone was uncertain changing to steady. Overnight London and New York were both down m
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    Lock icon Give crews better torches —pilot
    171 1 Give crews better torches —pilot C w v V drian Virul y- soSuir."r d Pilot of the KIM. r ;<onste,lation Triton J( x'st.rday that more ,ra V aSI September's )ul> Shannon Airport. a nr« r (>n W had h^ tor," enuient v Pc <>f i?one Vnd the torch the oth,'
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    Reds claim 4 ships hit in Tachen raid
    270 1 Reds claim 4 ships hit in Tachen raid QNE HUNDRED Chinese Communist aircraft m seven waves unleashed the heaviest air attack of the civil war yesterday on the strategic Tachen islands, according to the Nationalist Defence Ministry m Taipeh. From dawn until late afternoon light bombers, fighter bombers and BOG
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    Lock icon TYRE PRICES UP
    46 1 Both the General Tire and Rubber Company and Firestone Tire and Rubber Company have raised prices on tyres 1 from two and half P?r cent to five per cent, matching increases announced recently by the United States Rubber, Goodyear and Goodrich. Re uter
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    'We stick to our word'
    9 1 MR. LENNOX- BO YD
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    THE AGE OF THE 'BIKINI'
    78 1 DAVID George Henderson was m Edinburgh yesterday acquitted of selling indecent books after his lawyer told the court: 'This is the age of the pin the age of the Bikini bathing costume. 'These books were merely pictures of nude women. They are part of the
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    MCC get an early wicket
    27 1 Hobart Tasmania l Combined XI (2nd Inns i 21 for one wicket. Favell b. Loader 9, Smith not out 6, Extras 6.
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      67 1 Choosing the ■i^ .'^^^l^k^^^^^^P^ Srai Photo by Mollie Ross Lorna Hilliker was chosen as the winner of the Cow Gate Challenge Cup at St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, Baby Show m 1954. Cow and Gate Milk Food is known and chosen throughout the world as the best infants' Food. COW&GATE^S QfeFOODo/'
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    Lock icon Kenya police 'not law unto itself', says former head of force
    583 2 Kenya police 'not law unto itself says former head of force THEY MUST GET TERRORIST INFORMATION TOO "is th<- pollcem m m Kenya to refrain from carrying nut an investigation which he bellevea ■right i»rin« valuable Information ol" terrorist actlviij because m doing so he runs the risk of severe
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    Lock icon Mr. France takes arms plan to Rome
    138 2 M PIERRE Mendes Prance, lir. f French Prime Minister to p;iv an official vt.it to Rome .since the war. hud an enthusiastic welcomi when he arrived [asi night. "Mr. France" i.s hoping to win Italian acceptance of his European armaments poo] plan before
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    Lock icon TYNE FLOODS FORCE VILLAGERS TO FLEE
    118 2 lIOMES were abandoned m three Northumberland villages yesterday when the River Tyne overflowed its banks and flooded hundreds of acres. The floods were the worst m living memory. The river, swollen by a night of continuous rain followed by snow yesterday, rose 10 feet
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    Lock icon THE CROOK WHO SAID GRACE
    90 2 A MAN who insisted on saying grace over restaurant lunches has been charged with fleecing two Toronto (Canada) men of $24,000. SanTord Durant, 66, was charged with fraud. John Krnest lluggins and Nelson Kaye filed the complaint after they sold their houses to raise the
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    Monty's mole cut
    29 2 Field Marshal Viscount. Montgomery, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander m Western Europe, yesterday had a minor operation to remove a mole from the hack ol lu.s head
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    Lock icon Railway chief dies
    26 2 Sir Ernest Bell, who held nil Important appointmentg m thp Indian Railways pied m London On Saturday at mii- fcffe of 87. Reuter
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    Lock icon An Emergency is ended
    46 2 The state of Emergency m Buganda proclaimed on November 30, when the 30-year-old Kabaka Mutesa 11, was deposed by the British government, ended last night. The Governor. Sir Andrew Cohen, signed the order resfindine the remaining Emergency rules still m force.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Death note sent to ambassador
    115 2 AN Egyptian laundry con iru.-tor is to face trial toon on chargei of threatening to fcui two memberi ol the British Embassy .staff m Cairo unless hh laundry contract with the British Army m the Canal wuj> renewed. The prasrrution office yes'•ni;ty named the accused
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    Lock icon SIR ANTHONY AWAITS NEWS FROM MR. DAG
    234 2 JV. parly leaves Peking r j'HE British Foreign Oflice was last night anxiously awaiting news from Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, the United Nations Secretary-General, who has been having talks with Mr. Chou En-lai, the Premier o! Communist China, m Peking. Sir Anthony Eden, thfForeign
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    Girl teacher wins appeal after caning 9-year-old
    178 2 Girl teacher wins appeal after caning 9-year-old A PRETTY young Northampton schoolteacher \v h o punished an unruly da 40 pupils with a blackboard pointer last November. terdav won her ap p against conviction for assaulting one of the childr< n —a nine-year-old girl. Two months ago Miss Audrey Margaret
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    Less RED tape on exit permits
    54 2 Chinese Communist authorities m Canton recently relaxed restrictions on issuance of exit permits, a pro-Nationalist newspaper reported m Hong Kong yesterday. The Runs: Sheung: Daily News said travel permits \ver»being granted much faster than before, especially for people seeking to raise' funds and obtain
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      69 2 Visit our Wine Department and make your dinners a delight. A fine selection of Ports, Sherries, Hocks, Burgundies and Clarets. BURGUNDIES Qts. I CLARETS Qrs. "Nuits-Saints-Ceorges" 7.50 St Mien" 6.75 Pommard" 8.00 >Sf Estephe' 550 "Beaune" 7.50 "PommeroT $5.75 SHERRIES— HEDCES BUTLER. Xream of Solera Choicest Old" $12.00 "Walnut Madeira
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    Lock icon SHE SAW DEATH STORY -THEN DIED THE SAME WAY
    132 3 Marjorie Tidbury, 54-year-old wife of a M ed British army Brigadier stiangled nerself t after reading a newspaper report of a licide, an inquest was told m Colchester, x x per cutting headed "Wife Strangled Headscarf" lay on the settee by
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    Port is sealed off in search for killer
    174 3 POLICE said last night that the killer who hurled four hand grenades into the audience of a crowded Ancona <Italyj cinema on Sunday night was a minor customs official who committed his wild act "m a moment of madness". The assassin, identified
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    Lock icon DIOR hits at demon of American women
    136 3 DIOR hits at demon of American women FRANCE'S No. 1 fashion ex- told 200 American In Paris yesterday that their sisters m the States often a way that makes them too glacial, too glazed, and too sophisticated." The hard words came from Dior at a luncheon of chapter of the
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    Bouquet for the Boys' Brigade
    41 3 th 'ore Battalion of Brigade Ls a moveof world-wide imoorI Mr. T.P.F e McNefce. MU President, yesterwhile declaring —month officers' at the Straits Method* Church, r by the fact that the gland w a great sue-
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    U.S. PIANIST WILL JUDGE TONIGHT
    71 3 The famed American pianist, Julius Katchen, arrived m Singapore last night by air to judge tonight's Musical Society's pianoforte competition. Mr. Katchen will also give a concert after the judging at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 8.30 p.m. Tickets for the adjudication can be obtained
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    Lock icon NEWW LAW CHIEF
    14 3 appointed M? vv^ rchiU has William Grant. 1 tt soiicitor Reuter
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    Lock icon But this was one time the answer was 'Yes'
    89 3 A\ 'Ha, ,t father, the to V u U preachi »S at U,ur, t «WhNW Say s N)> 1 -When God 'U b«V' n and si S"all- now doesn't seem very important," the minister told his congregation, which knew the event
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    Lock icon New chief for Mau fight
    65 3 SIR GEORGE ERSKINE. Commander-in-Chief. East Africa, who has been conducting the operations against the Mau Mau terrorists m Kenya since the command was set up m June 1953. is to return to England to take over Southern Command m November. He will be succeeded by
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    Lock icon Blood is completely renewed 14 times but man bleeds to death
    157 3 HUBERT W HARRIS, !7. of Dallas. Texas, whose blood supply was c— ipletclf renewed 14 ttaM a week m an efl'ort to save him from a mysterious internal bleeding, died yesterday. Dr. John A. Fmmert. his physician, declined to
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    Lock icon MURDER APPEAL BY TEST MAN IS LOST
    139 3 THE appeal of Leslie Hylton, 49-year-old former West Indies Test cricketer, against the death sentence imposed on him for the murder of his wife, was dismissed yesterday at Kingston, Jamaica. Chief Justice Carberry, handing down the judgment of the appeal court, said the
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    Lock icon John and Mary favourites
    62 3 JOHN and Mary remained favourite names for children born m Britain last year, according to an annual table based on announcements m the London Times. Mary was just ahead of Ann (or Anne i but Jane climbed to third place past Elizabeth. David remained second favourite
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      91 3 i TO ANNOUNCE I I THE ARRIVAL y j OF MORE C^LOSVKS r\ CHILDREN'S SHOES (Jrf>£tis FOR ME AND ALL other i "PLAY UP" SANOALS M/^m f&Jr $7.70 per pair FO/? US- and ALL OUR SCHOOL FRIENDS <»-^ —^^y B| J l^ -it ii "n 1 7 u -Mii t
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    The Singapore Fress Press TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 1955 Opinion Cash before arms
    289 4 The Singapore Fress Press TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 1955 Opinion Cash before arms DRITAIN and the CJnited States have agreed that politicaJ an d economic aid for SouthBast Asia is just as Important a.s amis. This policy change or the Americans is vital, for this area Is one of the most
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    SUSPICION
    924 4  -  RENE MacCOLL says Si eats at m a natutn... PROPO6I ;i f }nr -fold about ti. country ol .Soiifii Africa It Is a country ol beauty and onderful climate and basically friendly people. f. been so blessed with natural rlche Dig a bit below the south African surface and
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    Where are the Graham converts?
    430 4 YOU ran an article In Friday's Free Press which was entitled "Where are the Graham Converts?" Mi^ht I ask what Graham converts arc these? Dr. Billy Graham never claimed those who decided at his mreting.s as HIS converts Evidently the writer .stepped Ofl on the
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    'FOR EUROPEANS ONLY' ADVERT IS A MISTAKE
    130 5 Airline withdrew notice at once niNTAPORE will not see the Port Moresbey taxi and n ist service advertisement, which used to ap--IMir m ma*aiine folders Qantas, Australia's GoverninVowned airline, issued to passengers m flight. Tin Vnnmnutment said: "We cater only for Euro- m.
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    Another lallang fire in Penang
    40 5 Penang's fire brigade on Sunday night fought a lallang blaze opposite the New Springtide Hotel m Tanjong Bungah. The fire, put out m 10 minutes, was the second lallang blaze m Penang m four days.
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    Now they may play politics at Jalan Besar Stadium
    162 5 Now they may play politics at Jalan Besar Stadium SINGAPORE political parties may m future hire Jalan Besar Stadium of Farrer Park for election meetings or politica' rallies. After studying the problerr >f which Council parks should be open to political parties, the estates and Fire Brigade committee has recommended
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    Not guilty plea
    45 5 Teo Thye Choon. of 4V 2 mile, Klang Road, on Monday pleaded not guilty m the Sessions Court, Kuala Lumpur to a charge of driving under the influence of liquor at Batu Road on Sunday. The case was postponed to Feb. 10.
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    Lock icon 3 NEW ASIAN MINISTERS FOR METHODIST CHURCH
    278 5 BISKOp Ramond L. Archer. Methodist In South-East Asia, v ordained m Singapore th Asians as ministers Church m lya. tninistera are the R v. Yap Kirn Hao of Klang. J A P. Oswald of d the Rev. D. A C h, Mr. Yap
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    Lock icon Advance flood-figh ting
    33 5 A dvance flood- figh ting A Singapore Public Works Department tractor excavating earth at Bedok to make x new anti-flood canal. The canal wilt drain water away to the sea icture. Free Press
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    On training course
    29 5 Mr. Seah Scow Seek, Chinese Affairs Officer, Johore Bahru, left yesterday for Australia on a Colombo Plan scholarship for six months' course m public administration training.
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      609 6 mandj^ZIIJ^^ STAR TRANSPARENT MCTAL-BUT >T L 1 m^RYTO < lV? %^lt\> G^// swvr You knou h CONFUSES THE VISITOR M A >-kSa^. cJr/S? I 0/ »~J /^i*fe&-^__ £*K/ work hard and unremitting MOMENT-- QT U V ESCAWfc X f \P&P^ x^^Sh-%rU toward your objectiw-v i t v y? jtfL /j
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      199 7 LONDON, Jan. 10. Previous Today v kss cii European 28>s buyers 27\ buyers ,-i 881 ■No K s 28\ sellers 274 sellers IIN *"mm*'mAA European 28 buyers 27 >* buyers p |>its "I 1 i rss spot 291 bu y er s 27^ bu y ers Xl
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      New York prices
      89 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 10. Previous Today Ja SoM asked 86.25 asked l>b 86 00 bid 85.75 bid 86.25 asked 86.25 asked Mirch- 86.00 bid 85.75 bid 86.25 asked 86.25 asked TOXE: <>iii.-t. SALES: Nil. RU-.IUK futures. March *W 32.60 traded 31.85 traded May VI 32.13 to 31.30
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      U.S. PEPPER
      48 7 Spot Malabar was quoted at 40 pound. Awaiting release 39 'j. January shipment 3?. February 38 1 March 31h. Sarawak spot 39 and lampong spot 40 cents and first half January shipment 40 cents per pound sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per W.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      33 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 10. Previous Today M Industrials 395 60 400.89 Ki.lnuriN 144*34 146.23 W Domestic Bunds ***** 101.13 15 I tilitios 62.10 62.38 M SUcki mnpositr Averages 147.86 149.60
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      106 7 KA Philippines c j.f. VK/North European delivered weight per long ton lan./Feb f( »''K\ Philippines f.o.b. Manila. dHi\ tr ,d weijht, per long ton Mraits e.i.f. UK/North iropwii delivered weight per l( >"-; ton .Tan. Feb. f>b./Mar. C <ttONl 1 OU crude Striats c.ii. ConUnentol ports
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    Versatile star sings
    11 7 Versatile star sings ini^ is Miss V«';tr-old Program--11(> of <i h
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    THEY PLAN TO STUDY FIGURES NOW
    56 7 THEY PLAN TO STUDY FIGURES NOW The Penang Pictorialists have planned a "Studio Night" for figure studies at their monthly meeting at Brick Kiln Road on Saturday. This month's exhibition has been postponed to February. The Pictorialists have been invited by the Penang and North Malaya Motor Club to all
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    No drop in tobacco sales say importers
    149 7 MYSTERY OF THE MISSING REVENUE IMPORTERS of the more popular brands of cigarettes m Singapore say there A has been no any appreciable drop m demand. They were commenting on the drop of $1.2 million tobacco duty collected by Singapore Customs during 1954.
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    39 7 picture. Lady Strangman, wife of the chairman of the Singapore Traction Company, Sir Thomas Strangman, Q.C, is garlanded by Mr. Ang Ban Wan, president of the S.T.C. Employees' Union at a week-end tea-party given m their honour. Free Press
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    Rifle Club plans to expand
    117 7 Rifle Club plans to expand THE Pcnang Police and Volunteer Forces Miniature Rifle Club plans to extend its membership to all licensed holders of fire-arms. An amendment to the present rules to accept them as associate members will be considered at the annual meeting at Civil Defence headquarters, MacAlister Road,
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    35 7 picture Dr. (Miss) M. L. Hockin of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, enjoying: a joke during her talk on home life to members of the Malay Women's Welfare Association in Singapore, Free Press
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    $3,000 paid out for 'tips'
    29 7 Three thousand dollars was paid to members of the public for information leading to the arrest of two terrorists suspects m Penang m December.
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    Visual aids conference
    39 7 Delegates from Malaya will attend an Asian conference on visual aids and mass communications m Bangkok m March The conference is organised by the Radio-Audio-Visual Education and Mass Communications Committee of the World Council of Churches.
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    Youth meeting
    32 7 The general committee of the Malayan Youth Council will meet at the MYC headquarters m Kuala Lumpur on Sunday at 9.30 a.m. to discuss plans for a Malayan youtll seminar.
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    Caught!-the sprit of the dance
    76 8 Caught!-th e sp rit of the dance tvhis high speed UCtio n picture (■(itches to perfection the spirit of the dance as Anita and Armand whirl into i their cabaret act at Raffles Hotel. They have danced at such famous London night clubs as Giro's and The Embassy. Ajid who
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    Bandage found in tin of crab
    48 8 Among things found m food by Harrow 'Middlesex) health Inspector r< c< rjtiy were a i tic bandage In a tin oi crab firing In a bun, and a metal le ii. a mince pie Warnln« letters were .sent to the Liouucers.
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    WOMEN ROWED OUT TO SHIP
    142 8 WOMEN ROWED OUT TO SHIP r r\VO women who were seen rowing out to a ship anchored m the River Tees, boarded it without permission and refused to leave when ordered to do so by the captain, it was stated at South Bank, Yorks. The women Ann Froom. 25. and
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    THIS INNOCENT MAN MUST STILL PAY
    132 8 HARRY FLETCHER, whose fight to prove hU innocence has cost him £1.000, ($8,500) must pay €245 police costs awarded against him. Norfolk County Council has finally decided. In spite of a 600-name petition by his neighbours at Ickburgh. Norfolk, the council has approved a
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    The well-bred greyhounds that won't run
    402 8 LOOKS, breeding, health, hitth spirits the four (.■rey hounds have the lot But they won't run Four hundreds pounds has pone on buying them and rearing them And trying to train them Rut they won't run. The hare borei them; when the trap floon
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    MOTHER, 10, PREFERS DOLL
    105 8 A BABY boy has been born to 10-year-old Felicia Gomez de Diaz m the Puerto Limon Hospital, Costa Rica. Mother and her 51b 12oz. son are m perfect health. Four doctors flew 100 miles from San Jose to attend the birth, a caesarean. She is probably
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    The cost of war
    32 8 Payments by the British War Damage Commission r° r war damage to land and buildings amounted to £37.561,0»i during the year ended Martn 31. 1954, says a White-pape*
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    A DRIVING BAN ON BOY AGED NINE
    184 9 VIN -E-YEAR-OLD Frank N Baldwin pedalled oft buy .i comic on his •X iM^i he toM {.f.^ht'^ the handbrake. n th». rncine started. an H d fathe? heard the chugnin- and ran to his gate. «v vist m time to grab dUS scared
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    b. Wordsworth
    46 9 What does Test bowler Frank Tyson think about when he prepares for his "run up"'? He recites Wordsworth to himself, Sir James Duff, vicechancellor of D v r h a m University, said m London. "I suppose he finds it has a soothing effect."
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    LINER RACES TO SAVE CABIN BOY FROM SHARK
    217 9 WAS midnight aboard the 22,000-ton liner rathaird, ploughing homewards through the >oan, and 16-year-old cabin-boy John irews, making his first sea voyage, was fascinated by the waves. In his smart white jacket with blue cord epauli he leaned over the rails watching
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    STEER TRAPS COUPLE IN A CAR
    126 9 STEER TRAPS COUPLE IN A CAR MAD STEER kept a **T man aiid his wife pri- m their baby car f °r two hours. Policemen and factory porkers chased the steer •"Jo a Woolwich car park fh i l had run w»ld om UK h the street while 5 to
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    KEEPING PACE
    24 9 The British Government is spending £300,000 to build a new terminal at Luqa Airport m Malta to keep pace with increasing traffic
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    Woman of 69 sues man, 73, for breach
    81 9 Woman of 69 sues man, 73, for breach 'He broke promise 47 years ago' A 69-YEAR-OLD woman is bringing a breach of promise action dating back 47 years -to when she was a girl of 22. Miss Fanny Ennis of Ockley. near Dorking, Surrey —is suing 73-year-old Mr. John Purser,
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    Monkeys: No one was cruel
    322 9 WE SHALL NOT PROSECUTE, SAYS R.S.P.C.A. AFTER INQUIRY AND NO NEGLECT WHEN 394 DIED IN VEHICLE A TWO-DAY inquiry into the death of 394 monkeys m a van at London Airport brought this announcement from the R.S.P.C.A.: "There will be no prosecution." There was neither
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    Lock icon THROWN OUT —LEAVES U.K. FOR DENMARK
    72 9 Mrs. Jean Butler, 32-year-old American and a self-con-fessed ex-Communist was ordered by the Home Office to leave Britain by the end of the year. She was assistant curator at the Homiman Museum at Forest Hill, London. Mrs. Butler is engaged to Mr. (live Jenkins,
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    Dies aged 93
    27 9 Lucy P. Adams, who was 49 inches tali and appeared all over the world with the General Tom Thumb Company, has died aged 93.
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    His third life ended by shot from gun
    182 9 ERNEST DURHAM had three lives. They talked about them m a coroner's courtroom m the village where his third and last life ended Life No. l. ended when he took the identity of a dead soldier and vanished. Life No. 2 ended
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    SMASHER
    59 9 Gaoled 18 months ALBERT EDGLER. aged 50. smashed a wine-merch-ant's plate glass window and stole two bottles of wine. That was a year ago. He was gaoled for 12 months by Mr. G. D. Roberts. Bristol Recorder. Then Albert Edgier smashed the same window, stole two more bottles of
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    SMASHER
    50 9 Gaoled 5 years THOMAS EDWARD FISHER, aged 25. went to gaol for 12 months for theft. The day he came out of gaol. Fisher smashed a post office window and stole 10 cigarettes. He was gaoled for five years by judge T. M Backhouse, chairman of Nottingham Quarter Sessions.
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    Lock icon SIR FRANK'S SPACE HELMET
    60 9 picture. BRITAIN'S jet pioneer, Sir Frank Whittle gave the first of a series of lectures at the London Royal Institute. The series is speciaJly arranged for children and deals with the story of petroleum. Picture shows Miss Joy Vergesse, 22, placing a 'space helmet' on Sir
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    Pagoda flats
    31 9 Two gleaming ultra-modern blocks of flats with pagodas on their roofs are to rise m New York's old Chinatown. The State pays, as part of the slum clearance programme.
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    Lock icon He couldn't remove those lias
    463 10 He couldn 't remove those lias —SO HE COLLECTED THEM ON PAPER X you can carry it, 1 v, i iMI >> (l >' mr |y collects it. Bom< putl hunts, hunts trul turned downward handcuffs, thininufl boi MMI rv»-n .stuffed owls urn. :.s A British school teacher devote her
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    754 13 She lost SIX STONE by hypnotism MISS JEAN HOUSTON M a tall, elegant fashion designer In her thirties, will soon be sailing from Britain for Australia. knowing that her friends at home will pass her on thi without speaking, and that her parents may not recognise her. a passport official
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    85 13 A black market m £JjJ*»gs and medicine is na m Poland where SJw the medicine filing upon the order doctors must, by > number of patients can oSw In additi on they In m t eople every day. le stipulation lies p[ m °l present Black
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    656 14  - MARCIANO HAS GOT NOTHING ON THIS! GENE D. SYMONDS H.v I USED to think Joe Louis, Koi-K> 1 Marclano and that crowd worked a Dretty tou«h pitch. But compared to v hat passes tot boxing In Thailand the hoys mi«ht as well be rolling hoops at some girls' school. Fighters
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    94 14 (1) On which cricket ground was the first ever Test Match pUyed m England? (2) On Sunday someone won the Pierre (iillou Cup." Who was he and what was the sport? (3) For what sport is the King's Prize awarded? (4) With what sports do you connect these
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    31 14 Wellington yesterday won *J Plunket Shield New Zealand s premier cricket trophy for the 19a** 55 season— when they beat Centr.n Districts by four wickets at Nel>-«n.
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    91 14 yyHEN the Young Chinese Amateur Weight Lifting Party held its Annual General Meeting the following were elected office bearers far this year: President: Mr. Tan It Long; VicePresident: Mr. Leong Kwong NangSecretary and Treasurer: Mr Tai Yew Chai; Committee: Messrs Buey Chee Choon, Chin Chow Onn. K<>-
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    573 15 i if tif>hting innin&s by Denis Compton and Trevor D il, v "ved the M.C.C. from a complete batting ainst spirited bowling from the (d Fleven on the second day of the three day °T it Hobart, Tasmania. niat r!, \CC cricketers were
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    82 15 COMBINED M IST- INNS; 221 M.CC. IST INNS. Hutton c Hird b owley 15 Simp>on Smith b Cowlcy 28 Graveney c Rrownlow b (omplon c K.ivfll b Davidson 46 Wilson c Favell b Considine 3 Bailf.v c Ik-naud b Davidson 53 McConnon c Davidson b Renaud 22 Wardlo lbw
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    33 15 pOLICE Sports Ai^ociation beat G.H.Q. 2-1 yesterday It Div. 1 hockcv league :in. D f y red both Police P a rst half. Scorer xor g.hq. was Tejman Thapa.
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    25 15 t Malaya Signal ni^e pom ruKßer fri endly by a tryftoV^ 0 ieila "y goals and q fr Penalty goal) on around yesterday.
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    55 15 The selection committee of the Selangor Hockey Association has selected the following to represent Selangor against Malacca m the South Quadrangular hockey meet at Malacca this weekend: T. Nadarajah: M. Shanmuganathan, Chua Eng Cheng; Mahadavan. 3ian Singh, Bambridge; Lim Heng 3eet. C. De Souza. T. Lawrence.
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    653 15 THERE is much speculation over who will captain the British Rugrby Union team m South Africa this year. International matches between the British home countries do not begin until next Saturday when Wales and England meet, but since the beginning of the season
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    100 16 And t his is the draw Wolverhampton Wanderers v. •\rsenal; Bristol Rovers v. Chelsea; Sheffield Wednesday v. Notts County; HarUepools or Darlington v. Notts Forest; Ipswich or Bishop Auckland v. York City; Evcrton v. Lincoln or LtVfrpool; Swansea Town v. Bury or Stoke City; Leeds or Torquay v Huddersfield or
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    323 16 Demonic shows winning form brw Ph'ns oursc Correspondent LIEBT lime m t linn track at Ipoh (his Burning was returned m Jemelton, with BUI BUiotl astride. ihis speedy gelding skipped over 3f. from the fifth furlong to the 2f. In 37 1/5
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    282 16 WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers, the favourites, wi\ be a< borne to An enal, win liaw one oi the proudest record* m English football, ir fourth round ol the I ball A oclatlon Cup on January 29 Woke n thfl to iftn champion md conquerors ol two craci Europeai
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    17 16 The Selangor State hockey XI, under special training, trounced Selangor Club— Sikhs Combined 5 0
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    79 16 Sid Flaherty, manager of world middleweight champion Carl "Hobo- Olson said yesterday that Olson was "very interested" In a prospective fiuht this summer at Stockholm with the Swedish champion "Skofteby" BengUson But so far there has been no financial terms ottered." he added. "W" arc
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    61 16 Outstanding player of the North Malayan Hockey Quadrangular championship concluded m Ipoh on Sunday was Aminiilla Kar i m (right). Perak's inside-left, seen above scoring Perak'i fifth goal against Penang whom they beat 6 3 on Sunday. Penang's (goalkeeper Mohamed is seen making a futile attempt to
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