The Singapore Free Press, 27 January 1955

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    Masthead
    13 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya SS»— .*>— >: I9:>: P 15(K
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    This S.I.T. plan won't end slums says Nair
    130 1 it. m P. D. Nalr, a Legts- >} Councillor, told today that the ment Trust s all relatives n of a family not clear Singabul would spread mbui pon the six unibers of the SIT I y were powerpolicy. »st difficulties and
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    Car hits bus
    15 1 collided with a bus rturned near Alexantatton last night. river was slightly
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    S'PORE RUBBER EASIER
    73 1 nUBBEB opened in Sm- s a pore this morning at 51.0.V. per lb.. U cents below la*st night's dose. but quickly steadied to Sl. Otil for February first grade. Overnight New York was half a US cfcnt better in price while London was up by one half-penny.
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    LALLANG FIRE
    12 1 ing in Branksome r caught men put it out -td.
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    Firm loses $1,069
    19 1 Firm loses $1, 069 bitects in China apore, has reported 1.069 from a drawer n was lound broken open.
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    Lock icon QUAKE KNOCKS OUT OIL WELLS
    32 1 TWELVE OIL WELLS were knocked out of production in ornia and several others affected by a deep earth tremor lc Brach area, a survey showed yesterday. U.P.
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    CELEBES PIRATES' LOOT -SEWING MACHINES
    173 1 BUCCANEERS, sailing in the Celebes Sea of Indonesia, have made off with 2.) sewing machines as plunder from a coastal village raid. The pirates, like romantic relics from long ago waded ashore from a 20-ton motorboat last Friday, to swoop down on the northeastern Celebes
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    Busman's holiday
    22 1 ol the Japanese low in Singapore, last ok a night off from going to film: -There's No Like Show Business."
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    The missing rum
    14 1 ties of rum worth Wen from a store [£ar Street, Singapore,
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    Lock icon BRITAIN AND FRANCE IGNORE RUSSIAN THREATS
    139 1 BRITAIN AND FRANCE IGNORE RUSSIAN THREATS BRITAIN and France yesterday rejected Russia's protests against German rearmament in which the Soviets threatened to scrap their friendship treaties with the two countries. The French and British ambassadors delivered to the Russian Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov, the replies to the Soviet notes of
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    Lock icon Cocos Bill is read in Commons
    67 1 T«HE HOUSE of Commons to--1 day gave a formal first reading to a Bill to give the Queen authority to place the Cocos Islands, in the Indian Ocean, under the authority ol Australia. There was no discussion. Agreement for the transfer of the 27
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    Lock icon Oehlers feted by MPs in London
    66 1 Oehlers feted by MPs in London Mr G. E N Oehlers, Spea-ker-designate of Singa- j pore who is in London on a I three months' visit was guest of honour yesterday at a luncheon given by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Also at the lunch was Mr. L W Donough. Clerk
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    MASKED MEN ROB FISHMONGER
    45 1 Three masked men waylaid a Chinese fishmonger on Tuesday night in Bulim Road, off Chua Chu Rang, Singapore and robbed him of $145. They tied him up with a towel found in his pocket. They then made off in a car.
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    Lock icon BIG NEW ASIA DEFENCE PLAN
    198 1 S 'pore— Allied base AUSTRALIA, New Zealand, Britain and the United States are secretly considering re-deployment ol armed forces in Asia with headquarters in Singapore, in view of present threats of agression. Such forces, say U.S. authoritative sources, could be available to meet trouble anywhere
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    Lock icon No change in surrender policy, M.P.s told
    154 1 No change in surrender policy, M.P.s told \IR. Henry Hopklnson, Mm--I*l ister of State for Colonial Affairs, told the House of commons yesterday that the present surrender policy for Communist terrorists in Malaya embodied a very real measure ol amnesty. Mr. George Thomson (Labour) had asked what reply the Federal
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    BRITAIN TO DEVELOP COLONIES WITH £120 MIL. PUN
    129 2 'Fill: BRITISH GOVERNMENT last night announced plans to spend U2I million on development work in the colonies in the next five yean. The House of Commons gave formal first reading Ithoul debate to a Bill extending the life ot a 1945 law
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    Lock icon Edendale attack was 'wanton and unprovoked'
    279 2 Edendale attack was 'wanton and unprovoked' Mr Robert Turton. joint Under-Secretary, ise ol Common. that the bombing ol h hip Edendale by Ch Nationalist aircraft q and unprovoked attai k t an lnnoc< i British merchant ship prominently marked with the British The Edendale was sunk last week during an
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    Lock icon Russia is warned
    24 2 i Government warn- i rdav that norwitn G( i Lble until the) .man reunification and a fYppiv npcrnttatAri rv U P
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    CINIANG 'SPIES' ARE COUGHT
    41 2 Two Nation i Chine i mmunl i chin' in p. kin;: One was tenced to death U nu theothei 0 life Imprisonment. ng radio said they were riding Information to a" mage organisation in ilonj; ...ng. j
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    TESTS ON FOR 'SLICE' FILM
    73 2 TESTS ON FOR 'SLICE' FILM ABOUT 30 women and 10 children were given screen tests in Singapore yesterday ior parts in J. Arthur Rank's forthcoming feature film, "A Town Like Alice" Free Press pictures show: Above: Mr. Jack Lee, the film director, directing one of the aspirants. Cameraman is Mr.
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    RICE TALK OPENS
    47 2 The ninth meeting of the Consultative Committee on rice was opened by the Com- missioner-General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. at Phoenix Park today. I About 25 countries interested in the import and export of rice were represented. The meeting will last for two days, i
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    Lock icon Call for rail disputes probe
    224 2 A Government appointed court of inquiry set up to j investigate the recent threatened national rail strike last night called for a "searching" probe into friction between union leaders and the operator of Britain's state-run railways. The three-man court in its final report said the
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    BUT STILL HE WON'T SELL THOSE COWS
    155 2 BUT STILL HE WON'T SELL THOSE COWS T'WO cows belongin Singapore bullock drivt r. Rain Thai, brought him into trouble with law ye t< rday fo] time in 12 months. Bui Thai. with driving his cart within city limits along Rangoon R he did not mind the cows had served
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    Lock icon We must stop people going Red
    242 2 We must stop people going Red SIR Pierson Dixon, Brie chief delegate to the United Nations, said yesterday the West must see to it that no more people go the of the 'over 580,000,000 nese" who are 'at the sent time on the wrong of the Iron Curtain. "If we
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      111 2 II 11l Milium 1 1 mi. All """V DAVID "ST'I DROWN j M SIX TRACTORS SIXTY IMPLEMENTS B ALL BUILT TO DO MORE WORK There arc 6 tractors and 60 implements in the David Brown range, each one designed in close alliance with agricultural engineers and experienced practical farmers. They're
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    Lock icon LOYALTY OF QUEEN'S SERVANTS DEFENDED
    96 3 th's persona] defended be- Council. Hritl a s t 'SZ thics, at then meeting in fS& OolvlUe. to the Queen. ed a statement in f a annual report ng been the cusra 1 the staffs useholds to write ufe Inside them. he declared: 'I n
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    Lock icon GAYEST GAOL IN EUROPE IS NO MORE
    55 3 GAYEST GAOL IN EUROPE IS NO MORE ii*;: been the If ga< In Europe horities about the the county .n Southern i] on char>onera out to I to the elLi is alleged. •timed loaded of wine and food gaolers in a re discoverrisoner on an :ycle and hid n. Police
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    Lock icon Strike in Italy
    18 3 -M-hour strike > workers demanding tied up Italian 'tti factories from to the Alps yesterday UP
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    Lock icon ATOM CLOCK MAY SET NEW TIME SOON
    131 3 ATOM CLOCK MAY SET NEW TIME SOON ANEW atomic clock can measure time mo r e s accurately than any device E now known, Columbia 5 University physicist*, have disclosed. E g It could usher in "ato- E sale standard time" rather than present sun standard E time. 1 For
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    Lock icon Teacher believes she was once a princess
    252 3 Teacher believes she was once a princess GIVEN LEAVE FOR VISIT TO EGYPT 4 PRIM English .school teach--i er who believes she danced in an Egyptian Pharaoh's palace 3.000 years ago. will fly to Cairo next month to seek evidence of her reincarnation, her spokesman said In Blackpool, Lancashire, yesterday.
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    33 3 picture Sir Alan S Watt, the Australian Commissioner in Malaya, welcomes Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. the Commissioner-General at a cocktail party last night to celebrate tttth anniversary of the founding of Australia. Free Press
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    Lock icon SOLDIER ON MURDER CHARGE: I WAS TRYING TO MAKE LOVE TO HER
    194 3 a 19-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER, alleged to have followed A a bride of three months to a lonely spot and then assaulted her, was sent for trial in Wednesbury, Central England, yesterday, on a charge of murdering jher The soldier.
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    Lock icon Battle of bricks in streets of Haiphong
    65 3 IMUNIBT DEMONSTRATORS hurled bricks and at military police in an hour-long riot in ol Haiphong. Indo-China. yesterday. tired tear-ga^ bombs f ded clubs before the brought under cont About 70 people were 1 and 10 injured. broke out while warded workmen tak- t
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    Lock icon 2 gaol-breakers surrender
    27 3 the 21 armed Moroc ed from MogaPr «on on Monday night ea up yesterday. ice and troops are hunt1' SIX fllfTitlVOc B+lll ot Reuter
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    Lock icon FOURTH SET OF TWINS-AND IT'S A RECORD
    95 3 A 33-year-old Hamburg housewife gave birth on Tuesday night to her fourth set of twins. Doctors believe it to be a record for Germany. The mother is Edith David, wife of a 35-year-old mechanic who makes 460 marks ($330) a month. The newest
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan 27, 1955. Opinion Trust and councillors
    265 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan 27, 1955. Opinion Trust and councillors CINGAPORE, adually u becoming electionconscious, will watch tomorrow's proceedings in the Legislative Council with more than the usual interest. Will the councillors especially those who will be seeking votes in April champion the people's case on the controversial
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    DILEMMA at Bonn's Foreign Office
    839 4  - DILEMMA at Bonn's Foreign Office ANTONY TERRY by Must the nations that defied Naziism expect further insolence from German diplomatic circles? tioi iis-girl 1 butter, th( of the i man I d'affaires m London, referred to Britain ai enemy territory," the German public has been prying more closely into the
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    BY THE WAV
    365 4  -  Beachcomber dfgsdfsdf If there are to be Bishopettes, the lady who recently advised parents to tell children that "even now some people believe in God will surelv be the first. That even now is the familiar mark of the really advanced theologian, and the concession of some
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      24 4 EXCELLENT RINCS «<>l 1)1 VMONDSfirGI MS I\ \il\i McVGOUX With Smart t+ Efficient j Worknnmship j G.C.DcSILVA&BROS 3. RAFFLES PLACE <) Singapore- 1 Tel: *****.
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      103 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 years of experience I in estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS 3rd FLOOR. (Raffles Place) BINJAI PARK A HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AT Si M.S DUNEARN ROAD MANY LOTS IN THIS PARKLIKE ESTATE ARE IN ELEVATED SITUATION WATER ELECTRICITY ARE LAID ON TELEPHONE AVAILABLE I
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    Community centres should get. govt, help
    132 5 SAYS MR. LEE \i'i)"F Citv Councillor. Mr. Lee Choon Enr. 5I It iheGir\er\\mer\i to give moral and material A wnteweoj centr es in the Colony. ht 'V ot TtT<r to the Secretary for Social Welfare. p Cromwell Mr. Lee said that although the organised
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    The $16,000 bill
    36 5 The $16,000 bill THE mace, robes for the Speaker and the sword and chain of office for the sergeant-at-arms for the newSingapore Legislative Assembly will cost $16,050. Sanction of the Legislative Council will be .sought tomorrow.
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    New Year fling by 162
    57 5 One hundred and sixty-two people were arrested in Negri Sembilan for gambling during the Chinese New Year holidays, j Seven were caught at a I Beremban fun fair opened on I Sunday by the Alliance to I raise funds. Of the 41 arrested in Se
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    Boy fined $100
    18 5 Boy fined 100 I Chinese boy was Juvenile Court Mr. N. L. Cohen ssion of two restricted artimit.
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    LEGCO'S LONG AGENDA-AND THEN A LONG BREAK
    194 5 SINGAPORE Legislative Council is expected to be prorogued after its session tomorrow. This will allow councillors to devote more time to elections to the Assembly, which may be held in the middle of April. Nine councillors have so far announced their intention of
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    69 5 picture. \|ODELS of animals, Chinese architecture and <^™ IPt?'1 P t?' $£Jf sculptured out of cutt-c-fish bones, clay, rocks and wood wi I be g .the Great World, in Sin K apore, next month. The sculptor bi-year o d Mr. Kh.K. Kim Min, formerly a tin miner of Taiping, will
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    BUDDHIST PRIEST HERE TO PREACH PEACE
    243 5 BUDDHIST PRIEST HERE TO PREACH PEACE AHI'UDIHVr priest. Ambalangoda l handrasm (left) has irriv«*d In Singa- pore from »l<>n to tell of the Buddhist May of life. Bikku handrasiri had been all his JU years as an ordained priesi in the fam- ous Kankoth \ihara in South Ceylon, m.dititing, teaching
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    $1¾ MIL FOR MISSION IN FAR EAST
    53 5 $1¾ MIL FOR MISSION IN FAR EAST The Far Ea.st Division Council of the Advent M Church, which has just ended its meeting In Singapore, has allocated $1,750,000 for work in the Far East. Of this, the Malayan Union Mission will receive $207,000 for Singapore and the Federation. Siam. IndoChina,
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      234 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davi; C£Z r^Z 1 [&nn7rfJfVF- 1 WE'RE NOT SA^vl [tHEYWANTTQ I I'LL SEE THEmI I VWYBF WE CAN M£lP YOU "YOU 6Z3n# sii~^? i5i.K^^/ P Y pas:^eaJi!^^ ksiTlVE/^ Vj I J# DEAL. y^=T MILLION DOLLA^/J[ j*^ ri TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT
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      U.K. dosing prices
      195 7 Previous Today i rss cil European 30>. buyers 30 buyers pil.iui: N l Rh 304 seller? SOT* sellers Rs df European 30 L* buyers 30 s, buyers 1 BSS CJ.i. v 3i)l> sellerg M% sel ers parti U'< h s t 30« /4 buyers 30 buyers so.
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      New York prices
      96 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 26. Previous Today n A npirbv 88.62 nom. 8850 nom. |IN straits spot and nearby 8800 nom UN futO Jan Feb 88.50 traded 88.10 bid rco 88.25 asked March: 88.50 bid 88.10 bid 88.75 asked 88.25 asked TONE; Stttij SALES: 17 lots. KimUK future.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      35 7 46'.. cents perl 43. Sarawak spot 45 and lamponi 45 to wVi spot 46 cents per pound sellers ex February 444 March ttH. April dock. m prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      29 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 26. Previous Today 397.00 401.97 20 Railroads 140.61 141.30 1 Domesti, Bonds 100 67 100.71 I Stock* I omptisite Averages V. 147.17 148.42
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      119 7 Jan. 26. rs.m.l Previous Today ,),la Philippines ci.f. UK/North Feb. iropean delivered weight per $202 buyers 5207'4 value u,, i l f a n Feb saosseiiew tOPRs Philippines f.o.b. Manila. debvered weight, per long ton unquoted unquoted tOPRA -hails ci.f. I K /North delivered weight per
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    THE LONG-HAIRED MAN STOOPED THEN.....
    106 7 »RKER who wore his long met with an cient In a Johore >ry, the Federation Department said issued yesterday. irred when the man. "P*rator of a rubber machine, stooped to I Piece of rubber. ng so his hair was nto the roll ers of the
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    18 7 French military authorities said in Saigon yesterday that 616,833 refugees had fled Communist Vietnam.- UP
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    Perlis has a baby show
    37 7 The Perlis Territorial Association of Women's Institutes held Its annual baby show and handicrafts exhibition at the Malay Boys' School, Kangar. weekend. The State Secretary, inche Abdullah bin Sahad, opened the exhibition.
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    Claims trial to housebreaking
    47 7 Hassan bin Darns 18 O Gombak Lane, claimed trial in Kuala Lumpur yesterday to housebrealdnß and theft oi two sarongs, two singlets and three shirts from Mohamed Maideen on Jan. 6. The case was postponed to Feb 2 Hassan was given $250 bad.
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    HUGE RICE SURPLUS CUTS LIVING COST
    151 7 'Position good but it could change 9 THERE is a huge surplus of rice at present, according to Mr. M Saravanamuttu, Ceylon Ambassador in Indonesia and Ceylon Commissioner in Malaya, who arrived on a Qantas Constellation to attend a rice conference in Singapore today.
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    310,000 claim dismissed
    92 7 310,000 claim dismissed Mr Justice Wilson in Kuala I Lumpur yesterday dismissed a civil suit bv a woman who Claimed $10.000 damages from a motorist for the death of her child. The woman, Kwong Wan Hen, alleged that Lau Kek 1 Sinn, of Kuantan, was driving negligently when he knocked
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    Rubber Council
    21 7 The draft constitution for 1 Malaya's Rubber Industrial 1 Joint Council has been distributed among employers and I workers.
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    Dogs steal show
    101 7 IT was a day of VIPs at Kallang on Wednesday, but two dogs, "Sandy" and 'Dandy." stole a lot of the limelight. There were generals, ambassadors and Japanese dancing girls, but "Sandy and "Dandy" didn't care. Sandy. a.n eight-week-old Cairn terrier weighing only l\ lb., and Dandy,
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    ANCIENT BOOK OF LOVE IS STOLEN
    71 8 ANCIENT BOOK OF LOVE IS STOLEN a BOOK writ A T Ron la from Btat< iblic HI ai .st if. Il( r With It a H tury Bibli I rbrth I la 1 writh n in 1 nch by G tie de i and J< in r> love philosophy M<
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    HE SAW LODGER KISS HIS WIFE THEN WENT 'MAD'
    177 8 HE SAW LODGER KISS HIS WIFE THEN WENT 'MAD' BURLY Jack Heath looked through th< window into the firelit diniiv^-roon: of his home and saw his wife bein^ kissed by their lodger. "I am not a jealous man. hut there is a limit to most things. ...I let him have
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    Smashing reduction
    62 8 A DRIVER snpprd from his bus at a stop order a cup pi t< a Before he was served the bus, with 45 passengers, roiled down a snow-covered slop< at Mansfield, Notts. The bus struck a lorry and knocked it through the plate glass window ol a furniture
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    CATCH AS CATS CAN'T
    44 8 ROUNDSMAN Jack Morgan was handing a bottle of milk to a woman in Southwell. Nottinghamshire, when i| (racked and broke in half The bottle fell hut Jack eanghl the pint of milk without spilling a drop. It had fro/en solid
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    Bus man vanishes through floor
    47 8 Passenger! saw conductor Charles Goldsmith, aged 49,' disappearing through a hole in the floor ol his bill made by a drive shaft which broke at Brlerley Hill, staffs. The Dm lopped and Goldsmith of j Chestei road Kidderminster wu* taken to hospital.
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    Match-making did not pay this Cupid
    205 8 Match-making did not pay this Cupid NO. There's no money in Lonely Hearts. Not much anyway, says a man who tried to take a business of it. Thirty- nine -year-old John Charles Sim, who for four years has been running a Lonely Hearts convention at Whitley Bay, Northumberland holiday centre,
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    'William Tell' Navy officer who shot his best friend
    457 8 'William Tell' Navy officer who shot his best friend IT HAPPENED IN SUBMARINE AFTER HOTEL DRINKS J I I if Tell Oil] fired if o l 11, through the hi ad. And al f Oosporf courtirtial, Culli n found guilty ol maliously ounding Holmes and firing a gun at him
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    A MAYFAIR THEATRE CROWD LAND IN A SPOT
    217 8 A MAYFAIR THEATRE CROWD LAND IN A SPOT rE out-of-Debrett cast of Mayfair's latest venture into amateur theatrical: booked a 300-seat hall and now find they have sold 3.00U tickets. The play— "The Lights W< I Amber"— was planned to open at Hampstead's Rudolf Steiner Hall on February 6. But
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    Lock icon Belle of the Twenties
    64 8 picture. s Patricia cutis. lovely star of the BBC-TV panel r game "Down You Go" beE comes a gay young thins S of the l!>:30s in her welS come return to the cineEma screen. Here she is as Bubbles in the London Films Production. "The E
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    Women fight fire
    20 8 Women with saucepans of water fought a flat fire in Lowndes-sl reel Beigravia. London, until firemen arrived!
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    Theatres pay up
    32 8 Theatres and music halls outside London will pay rises Of 3s. 6d. to 12s. 6d. a week to stage technicians and other staff, under agreements which took effect recently.
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    MODEL PLANE BAN VETOED
    121 8 THE home-town of the RollsRoyce testing centre, where the Flying Bedstead flew, is worried about the dangers of flying model aircraft. The town council of Hucknall, Notts, wants to bar model fliers from the 35-acre Titchfield Park. But the Home Office has gone down on the
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    POISON TRIAL COUPLE FREED
    624 9 Jury takes only eight minutes 7 1 to reach verdict A JURY took less than eight minutes it Devizes Assizes to find Leonard Holcombe and his wife Doreen not guilty of murdering 79 year-old Arthur Dove with rat poison. The couple, whose only meetings have been
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    138 9 Allan his 'Goddess' arrive* in Enejlunel SERGEANT Allan Pickford of the Royal Army Pay Corps and his bride Ho* Lai Sheum (Beautiful > Goddess of the Moon) are J seen above arriving in Lon- > don. > Allan and Lai Sheum met >at a partv in Hong Kong last August.
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    A pat and 2 walk and the mongrel is saved
    245 9 A pat and 2 walk and the mongrel is saved NE1 L. a mongrel terrier sentence of death. reprieved after Judge I McKee lifted her his Bench, stroked her. iki d her up and down is brought before the I -Yorkshire* Apmmittee by her 33--wner, miner Joseph i Donnington. three
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    THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MEAN A LOT TO A WIFE
    303 9 THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MEAN A LOT TO A WIFE She was a pretty, vivacious girl who spoke English fluently. Of the husband's interest in things mechanical, the judge said: "He was pursuing a perfectly innocent and proper vocation but not bothering as be might have done to study more
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    Son stabbed 'in lark' with mother-in-law
    184 9 HAPPILY married Mr. Leon- j aid Tyler was "stabbed" In the back bv his mother-in-law He thought it a big joke— even though it was a real knife. It happened when he invited his in-law Mrs. Florence Clare to stay with him and his
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    'Mr. Vacuum' dies at 83
    72 9 Mr. Hubert Cecil Booth, who invented the vacuum cli at i 1901, has died in London, aged 83. He got the idea aft* an American carpet-cleaning gadget that blew the dust out into a box. Most of the dust missed the box, and Mr. Booth
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    The cost of being a rescuer
    47 9 The cost of being a rescuer While 28-year-old Raymond Morlev, ot Highgate, London, was wriggling along a branch over Hi Ponds to save a dog from an icefloe, his wallet stolen by the man he asked to hold his overcoat Later iit was found minus £4 10s,
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    MORE miles to the gallon
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    PLAN EOR BIG CAR RALLY
    97 10 I>i..\NB tor a mammoth car rally from Britain ami the continent to Johannesburg are heme, investigated by motor racing circle In the lat- 1 ter city. As present details go cars taking part in the vent (or- j gani.sed bv the Rand Motoring club to
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    32 11 Virein W °i >^ irS iy care ul grooming at a Hollywood studio iniS i llii ,s hoiltK given key parts in several furthcoms nuns. She lus already made her bow in two.
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    Lock icon Are "test tube" babies illegitimate?
    388 12 ONE of the most vexing problems facing doctors, lawmakers. reliLnd many temiltes today is u Mi Amerk thousands of "test tube" babies. Are they LUegitimafc ild their mothers be mod guilty of adultery or possibly victims of rape in the I yes of the law?
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    112 12 VEXED QUESTION HAS AMERICANS WORRIED says ROBERT GOLDSTEIN i \cr assume a legal obligation to support his nominal or real father? However, in the vast majority of rases these questions never arise Vrmn lh<> pnst rpHE technique of artificial insemination goes back many years. A legend contains the first such
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    18 12 British actress Shirley I-orrimer wears Tstrava's violet slacks and black Jersey waistcoat with low neck and fringed sleeves.
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    These metal "surgeons" operate on warships
    122 13 These metal "surgeons" operate on warships i"AL iirgeons" have out operations ah battleship and other Their work in areas where laked flame for welding be used has the Admiralty ousands of pounds. Qg keys which Ked"' into slots metal fractures in machim ry, the "surgeons" cessary to lift ns of
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    GUNNERS CLASH IN FINAL
    79 14 GUNNERS CLASH IN FINAL \FTER a dose contest 55th Training Refimenfl Royal Artillery woo the Western soamand Inter-anil team boxing championship bj defeating: ::sth Trg. Regt R.A. »>> six boots to five. ABOVE: Heavyweight Sft. Brown (55th Try. Reft.), on the right, blocks a riyht to the head from Bombardier
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    108 14 SONNY Amoroso, (131 lb), Oakland, exploded with a volley of punches to score a technical knockout over Ray Castro, (134 lb), Los Angeles, m the tilth round of a scheduled ten rounder at Rl< hmond auditorium, California, Amoro i di ro for a
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    44 14 Pla\ Lng one <>f i heir wor i games ■in sea .on. 22 Sp< Lai \n Service nenl losl to 13-man Bel i Clflfo ruggei side by eight points (goal, try) to ti il) on the Kuala Lumpur padang yesterday.
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    229 14 CRICKET Not Australia's Number 1 sport FOR all the sporting clamour there is Down Under in these days of Test thrills, it may surprise you to know that cricket is by no means the first sport in Australia. Beach sport is their first hue, particularly surf-riding and fishing. Da rid
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    37 14 Lawrence Armstead. New Orleans lightweight, knocked down Billv Lynch of Hartford. Connecticut! lour times in the first two rounds last night to win by a technical knockout in a scheduled 10-rounder In New Orleans.
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    43 15 picture. rweifht boxer Fric Marsden of St. Helens, Lancashire, lin,n fi; for his February S British title bout against Miasma l>ai Dower. The title is vacant. Here His wife S wattnes Marsden set out for roadwork despite the Reuter
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    59 15 SANDY Saddler of!. defend his ainst 1 ißed Top* Dai Squai en on i i Tne Lng by both fighters Bee oi Julius n ew < hairman ol the New York Athletic Commii It will mark Saddli title (leie ber 26, 1951, when he stopped Willie
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    84 15 FORMER Singapore Malaya Cup referee, Capt Stocker, |wil] start a series ol classes for Seiangor soccer referees at Kuala Lumpur OH February 14. Capt. Stocker was In Singapore for three and a half years hefore going on leave In 1954. While in the Colony he refereed
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    49 15 Team to represent Nelson Youngsters Bgftinst Spooner Youn^t-ers In a soccer friendly at the Railway Institute ground. Singapore, on Sunday, kick-oil 5.15 p.m., will be chosen from: Saliman, Leow, Sulaimnn. Albert Tay. Apian. Edward Archer. Rahman. Vasuthevan. P. P. Moorthy. If, j Haroon. G. Gopal. Boon Boat,
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    107 16 Y'HIS morning's post brought five more entries for the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's >. until Championships to be held; from I ebruary 1 to 4 at the Sin- I gaporc B.idminton Hall. This brings the total so far received to 18. Last year Iff boys
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    38 16 Juan Manuel Fangio. world champion race driver, tunic I In the fastest time in ott: speed triaLs yesterday for th Buenos Aires Grand Prix th Sunday. Fnngio drove his Silver Arrow Mercedes Benz.
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